The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-08
THE LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
DOMESTIC

after long chase through Europe, Mex
leo and the United States. He is wanted
| in Shenandoah, Ia, to answer a charge
of forgery.
Prof. William A. Setchel, of the bota-
ny department of the University of Cali
| fornia, has discovered the possibility
of controlling regeneration in plant life.
Clara Stern was reported to have
leaped overheard from the steamer Hell
| Zig Olav, which arrived at New York
from Copenhagen.
| The German government has refused
to grant an exequatur to ]. Martin Mil
Ter, of New Jersey, recently appointed
consul to Aix-la- Chapelle.
Three trainmen were injured in a
freight wreck at Pennington, N. J., on
the New York Division of the Philadel
phia and Reading Railway.
| ]. F. Caldwell, a wealthy stockman,
was murdered in his bed at his home,
near Mentor, Kan, 10 miles from Salina.
Thirty panic-stricken passengers leaped
overheard from gasoline launch near
Delwit, Mich, and four were drowned.
| While fighting 10 secure possession OF
his child Thomas Harris shot and killed
Albert Brandt, his brother-in-law.
The committee appointed by the recent
constitutional convention of the Five
Civilized Tribes to draft constitution
for the proposed new state completed its
work.
D. A. Attic, who tried desperately
to make mash on Miss Helen George
in Brooklyn, was beaten by the crowd
and fined by the magistrate.
Mrs. Pauline Bowman, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, was shot in the face and dis
figured by man who with her husband,
mistook her for burglar.
The city health department of Atlanta,
| Ca, announced one case of yellow fever
in Atlanta.
The second section of the Bar Harbor
express crashed into the first section, a
number of passengers being scalded by
escaping steam.
Thebes Farthing, cashier of the State
Bank at Haulstadt, Ind, is missing and
his accounts are, apparently, $1,000 short.
Tentative arrangements have been
made for the Presidents return to Wash
ington from Oyster Bay.
Oliver o. Jones, bank cashier, under
indictment for embezzlement, broke jail
at Rushville, Ind.
Thousands of dollars damage was done
tobacco crops near GAINESVILLE, Wis, by
hail and wind.
Struck by Lightning, the Union Ele-
vator Company's elevator at Joliet, ILL.,,
burned down.
Miss Maria D'Amaze, mysterious
recluse, was found dead in her apart
ments in St. Louis.
Two American soldiers in the Philip
pines died from cholera.
Fire destroyed the plant of the jack
son (Tenn.) Wooden Mills and Pants
Factory, entailing loss of 100000, par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The tannery plant of Henry Holm
ger, at Columbia, Pa, was destroyed
by fire. The loss is estimated at $780,
900; partially insured.
The Carnegie Foundation has offered
five prizes for the best plans for the
building for the permanent peace court
at The Hague
The ifty-sixth convocation of the Uni
versity of Chicago was held in Chicago,
Hamlin Garland delivering the address.
WASHINGTON
Public Printer Palmer has requested
| the resignation of Foreman Oscar ].
INiSNCttS dhu l." -. I1dy. Dull nave uS-
clined to comply with the request.
Secretary Bonaparte issued an order
convening court martial to hear
charges against Captain Young and En-
| sign Wade, of the Bennington.
Joseph P. Killebrew, of Tennessee, has
been appointed by Secretary Wilson as
tobacco expert of the Agricultural De-
partment
Charles A. Moore, postofice clerk,
confessed appropriating railroad tickets
from letters in the Dead-Letter Office.
The War Department received the re-
port of Brigadier General Whit, COM
handing the Northern Division.
The Board of Consulting Engineers of
the Panama Canal discussed various
details of organization.
The Board of Engineer Experts called
to advise the Panama Canal Commits
sion upon the relative feasibility of the
sea level or lock canal, began its DELHI
erations in Washington. My
A naval court of inquiry was appointed
to examine into the conduct of the gen.
eral storekeeper's Office at Boston Navy
Yard.
Jesse E. Wilson, of Indiana, the new
assistant secretary of the interior, as
sumed the duties of his Office.
Henry ]. Bright, one of the four
surviving members of the jury that tried
Guiteau, is seriously ILL.,
There were Loot, 400 immigrants ar
rived in the United States during the
year ended June 80 last.
Mr.. D. w. Baker was installed as dis
trict attorney and entered upon his du-
ties.
Secretary Taft and his party sailed
from Manila for Japan
Dr. Salmon, chief of the Bureau of
Animal Industry, has been exonerated
by report of Solicitor McCabe, of
the Department of Agriculture.
| Government circulars are to be post
ed in the postoffices throughout the
country.
FOREIGN
Robert Bacon, of New York, has been
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