The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-03
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
rhe Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Z Reading.
Domestic.

Roosevelt's speech on the railroad rate
question, says the President is right
when he recognizes that conscientious
and philosophical railway men should
be protected from the illegal acts of less
scrupulous competitors and unscrupu-
lous big shippers.
The Emperor of Japan has conferred
upon Banker Schiff, of New York, the
second order of the Sacred Treasure in
recognition of services rendered in con-
nection with the floating of Japans war
loan.
Gessler Roseau, the dynamiter, was ar
raigned in New York and pleaded not
guilty TO the charge OF sending an ex-
plosive TO the steamship Umbria.
A discharge from bankruptcy has
been granted in New York to S. F. b.
Morse, one of the partners of the failed
firm of Daniel ]. Sully & Co.
Rev. |. n w. Irvine issued state
ment in Philadelphia announcing that
he had given up the fight against Bishop
Ethelbert Talbot.
Philip Mcintyre pleaded guilty in New
York to the charge of swindling the
Citizens National Bank of Norfolk, Va.
A burglar, identified as Edward j..
Bannon, a former convict, was shot
dead by policeman in Boston, Mass.
Philip Mcintyre was held by the
federal authorities in New York on
the charge of working worthless check
in the City of Mexico He is wanted
in many American cities on charges of
swindling.
The trouble in Cavite and Batangas
provinces, Philippines, has led to a sus-
pension of habeas corpus. Federal
troops are aiding the constabulary in
the suppression of lawlessness.
j. Golden Kimball, general secretary
of the First Council of Seventy, in an
address at Logan, Utah, declared polyg-
amy to be remedy for race suicide.
]. N. H. Patrick, who raised the first
Nebraska regiment at the outbreak of
the Civil War, died in Omaha.
Alderman Jacob Ellen, of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, began a four-month sentence
in jail for accepting bride.
AS the result of thawing out dyna-
mite in Toledo, O., one man was killed
and four injured.
The Shakers of Mount Lebanon, N.
Y, and West Pittsfeld, Mass, have sold
to the forestry department of Pennsyl-
vania their promised land" The tract
consists of 10000 acres in Bloomington,
Pike county, Pa.
Mrs. Louisa Cody has filed in Chey-
enne, Wyo., an amended answer to the
amended petition of her husband. Buff
falo Bill, for divorce She denies all
charges made by him and makes charges
against him.
The County Court in Omaha, Neb,
granted 3o-year-old Charles Cook writ
of habeas corpus for the possession of
his intended bride, Mrs. Matilda A..
Reed, whose age is 6o.
Dr. Edward Lindsey Cunningham,
said to have been the oldest Surviving
graduate of the Harvard Medical School,
died at Newport, R. l., at the age of 90
years.
William Collins, of Owensville, KY,
offered his wife $1,000 if she would re-
turn to him. She declared she would
not come back for three times that
amount.
A trapper who, under the name of
Eugene Toilette, has been hunting in
the Hudson Bay district for 10 years,
it has just been discovered, is woman.
Lincoln Rogers was marriedEn Frank
fort, Ind, to Mrs. Matte R. Morian, OF
Rensselaer,, whom he had never seen and
whom he courted by mail.
Col. Samuel r. Honey has sued Hol-
lis H. Hunnewell, of Wellesley, Mass,
for $4,000 for conducting the divorce
of his wife against her former husband.
Foreign.
An actress playing in a Munich thea
er found bonbon box on her dressing
table. When she opened it an adder
darted out and fastened its fangs in her
gown.
The Russian authorities are affording
Colonel Napier, the British military at
tache, every facility to investigate the
attack upon the British consular Offices.
1t was officially announced in St. Pet
ersburg that the ministers are to draw
UP plans for the execution of reforms
affecting their respective departments.
The Princess Victoria, daughter of
King Edward, underwent an operation
for appendicitis, and her condition is
reported as satisfactory.
Eighteen men, including several an
archist leaders, have been arrested in
connection with the bomb-throwing out
rage of Monday night in Paris.
Russian officers testified before the in
ternational commission on the North Sea
affair that they saw two torpedo boats
before they opened fire.
The British government has demand
ed that the Governor General of War
saw make rigid inquiry into the at
tack by Russian soldiers upon the Brit
ish consular officials. There is anxiety
in British official circles over the stu
alton. The Russian Foreign Minister
has promptly expressed regrets and be-
gun an investigation.
Anti-Russian demonstrations continue
in several cities of Italy. At Leghorn a
general strike has been decided upon to
express sympathy with Russian work
men. About 10000 workmen have
struck.
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