The midland journal., 1905-12-08
THE LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
DOMESTIC:

President Edmond Souchon and til,
entire Louisiana State Board of Health
with the exception of DR.. Stephens, ten
dered their designations to Governo
Blanchard, and in report declared tina
no attempt was made to suppress tn,
facts as to yellow fever in New Orlean
when convinced of its existence.
Park Benz jamin, the naval expert, sug
gests the elimination of class privilege.
as the means of stopping such fights a.
the one that has given rise to the court
martial of Meriwether.
Mrs. George w. Feldhouse, of Swiss
vale, near Pittsburg, horsewhipped Prof
R. S. Cottan in the presence of his clas.
for alleged injustice to her son.
Albert Hill, butcher of Marcus Hook
Pa, publicly horsewhipped I. Richare
M. Doherty, rector of St. Martins Epis-
copal Church.
Mrs. William Moore, of Lexington
KY, a woman of AZ with 10 children
married young man, and her household
is in revolt.
Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, who is to b,
executed in Vermont for the murder OF
her husband, said farewell to her moth.
er.
George A. Jones, of Philadelphia, hav
ing been deserted by his wife, made two
attempts at suicide in Philadelphia. =
Florence Ryan, 20 years old, of SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, awoke after having beer
asleep for eight months.
Creditors of the Monarch Automobile,
Company of Aurora, ILL.,, filled petition
in the United States Court asking for tn,
appointment of a receiver The asset
of the company are estimated at 500,
900, and the liabilities are stated in th,
petition to exceed that amount.
1t is .rumored that J. Pierpont Morgan
nay sell the Cincinnati, Hamilton ane
Dayton. Railroad to Eugene Zimmerman
from whom Morgan acquired the road.
Capt. John B.. Munsey and wife, tn,
engineer and the cook were drowned b,
the, foundering of the sea barge Della
wanna, off the Massachusetts, coast.
The government has entered sui
against the Southern Pacific Railroad te
collect penalties for alleged violation OF
power-brake regulations.
Ex-President Cleveland, Governor Hig
gins and Jacob H. Schiff made addresses
at the celebration of the two hundred ane
fiftieth anniversary of the landing of Jew!
in New York A letter was read from
President Roosevelt.
The state insurance commissioner ol
Pennsylvania is considering the question
of making an investigation of the com
panies doing business in that state, with
view to prevent the practice of giving
rebates.
An old confederate flag captured by the
Eighth Illinois Cavalry from the Thir.
teenth Virginia Cavalry was returned in
Chicago to Harry Lee, representing Gov.
ernor Montague.
Robbers wrecked the safe of the
Citizens National Bank at Owl, In
dian Territory, and escaped with over
$1,000. The bank is owned by Beard
Bros, of Shawnee, Okla.
Jewish relief contributions sent to the
national committee in New York now
aggregate $o7o,I3o, and are expected to
soon reach the million mark.
Capt. Alga P. Berry, U. S. A., recent
ly convicted of conduct unbecoming an
officer and gentleman, committed sui
eide in Vancouver, Wash.
Edward S. Kingsland had prelimin-
ary hearing IN New YORK on the cnarge
of abducting Genevieve Horton, of Su-
gar Run, Pa.
Mrs. Henrietta Hume, native of An
napolis, Md, died at Columbia, Mo-, at
the age of 100 years.
A Santa Fe train was ditched near Las
Vegas, N. NJ, and the engineer was
scalded to death.
Two persons were killed and several
injured by railroad train near Lang
borne, Pa.
The warehouse of the Standard Oil
Company at Kansas City was destroyed
by fire.
Trouble is now brewing between Ven
ezuela and the Netherlands government.
A fire in Pittsburg caused damage
amounting to $4,000.