The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-18
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]. M. Sbuster, of Chicago, while UNI
piring ball game at Punxsutawney, "a,
was struck with bat and kicked into
insensibiiity by Left Fielder Clark. His
injuries are serious.
Ferdinand E. Boiges, alleged promoter
of the Ubero rubber plantation, is on
trial in Boston on I25 indictments charg-
ing larceny in connection with losses ag
gregating $1,5ooooo.
Lawyer Albert T. Patrick, convicted
of the murder of Millionaire William M.
Rice, has been granted another respite
of 80 days to allow the court to pass
on new evidence.
Four magazines of the Union Metallic
Cartridge Company, at Bridgeport, Ct,
exploded, shaking the state and throw
ing the city into panic over supposed
earthquake.
The United States Supreme Court has
decided that an Ohio bank cannot enter
into an outside business involving unlim-
tied liability.
C. E. Hooks, a well-known merchant
of Jacksonville, Fla, was shot and killed
by his I7-year-old daughter.
Dile plant of the Higgins Spring and
Axle Company, at Racine, Wis, was
ruined by fire. Loss, $25o,ooo.
The plan to construct floating dry
dock to be stationed at Solomon's Is
land, has been temporarily defeated IN
the House on the point of order that
the money for the same should not be
included in the Naval Appropriation Bill.
The Southern Baptist Convention
opened at Chattanooga with nearly
5000 delegates and visitors. President
Stepens' report showed that the churches
have contributed more than ever before,
the aggregate being $3I5,248.
The strike of the funeral drivers union
in New York City greatly interferes with
the burial of the dead. In one instance
the drivers of the hearse and carriages
at a funeral drove off and abandoned
the body and the mourners in a church:
The Electric Properties Company OF
New York, with which John F. Wallace,
former chief engineer of the Panama
Canal is to be identified, was incorporated
at Albany, with capital stock OF $r3,-
100000
David B. Hill testified as to the reason
ableness of his 5000 retaining fee from
the Equitable Life before the subcom-
mittee of the grievance committee OF the
New York State Bar Association.
The lives of several men were endan-
gered by the cavein of copper mine IN
Cuba. :,
The paper Trust" has surrendered
and the government wins the final de-
cision
E. NJ. Wilhoit, formerly an agent in
the employ of the Standard Oil Com
pany, testified before the Interstate Com
merce Commission in Chicago that by
direction of his superiors he bribed var
ious clerks to get information OF the
business of competitors, and also cheat
ed customers.
w. F. Bechtel, on trial in Minneapolis
for embezzling insurance funds, testihed
on the witness stand that he paid 5000
which had been demanded, to State In
surance Commissioner O'Shaughnessy
Police Magistrate Wahle, in New
York, released two merchants who had
been arrested at the instigation OF the
Chicago police authorities and roasted
the Chicago chief.
State Bank Examiner Cameron an
nounced that the depositors of the Co
lumbia Savings and Trust Company will
be paid in full.
w. H. Sylvester, president of the
First National Bank of Montezuma,
Ind, was shot and killed by his brother:
Counsel for Mrs. Duke filed an appeal
in Trenton, N. j., from the decision
granting a divorce to Mr.. Duke.
A petition was filed in Cincinnati for
receiver for the Springfield and west
ern Railroad.
Troops are gradually being with
drawn from San Francisco and the po-
lice resuming authority.
General Greely reported the conditions
in San Francisco to be improving.