The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-06-21
THE NEWS OF The WEEK
Domestic

nounced that the Woolsey and Hurl-
but scholarships would be awarded
by lot between Robert Alfonso Taft,
of Washington, d. c., and Samuel
Michael Cohen, of Hartford, ct. This
is the first time in 81 years that the
Woolsey scholarship has been di-
vided.
United States Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, chairman of the subcommit-
tee of the congressional commission
to investigate conditions at immi-
grafton stations, declares one physi-
clan is not sufficient to examine 1000
persons arriving in Baltimore in a
single day.
Federal Judge Smith Mcpherson,
sitting in Kansas City, in deciding
the conflict between the national and
state laws over two-cent mileage,
ruled that the federal authority had
Jurisdiction and enjoined the state
authorities from imposing penalties.
Herman S. Leroy, attorney for
the late James Henry Smith, denies
that Mrs. Simon Dufreche, of New
Orleans, is Smiths daughter, as she
has claimed.
President Roosevelt issued an ex-
ecutive order which will permit the
interchange of employment in the
federal forest service, the biologl-
cal service and certain employments
under state and territorial govern
ments.
George F. Baer, president of the
Reading, was served to appear be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in the hearing which has
been instituted against the anthra-
cite railroad companies in Philadel-
phia.
Harry Orchard told remarkable
story, to the effect that the famous
Pinkerton detective, Mcfarland, had
use the Bible to convert Orchard to
Christianity and then confess his
crimes.
President Roosevelt has confirmed
the sentence of hanging imposed by
courtmartial on Private William
Taylor for numbering his superior
officer in the Philippines.
The General Electric and the Edi-
son Companies have filed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission
complaints against the New York
Central.
Lemert S. Cook was convicted in
Pittsburg on the charge of being
involved in the rehypothecation of
the securities of the Enterprise
Bank.
The Supreme Conclave, Improved
Order of Heptasophs, reelected OIL
GERS and decided upon Boston as the
meeting place two years hence.
The torpedo-boat destroyer Blak-
ley was rammed by the DESTROYER
Whipple at the Norfolk Navy Yard
and put out of commission.
The body of R. H. Dodson, cox
swain of the Inflated launch of the
battleship Minnesota, was found in
Hampton Roads.
George Thompson died from heart
disease upon seeing the piano fac
tory in which he worked in New
York on fire.
Five thousand invitations were is
sued for the wedding of Miss Fish,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish, and Albert 2. Gray, son of
Judge Clinton Gray.
John Scory and Joseph Totarello,
Italians, fought a duel in the dark
in a Boston hallway until one fell
unconscious over the dead body or
the other.
The United States government en-
tered suit against IA railroad and
coal companies in Pennsylvania al
leging to represent the Hard Coal
Trust.
Ambassador Bryce, of Great Bri-
tain, in an address before the Uni
versity of Illinois, declared demo-
cracy the best form of government.
Harry Orchard detailed his plot
to kidnap a bankers son and kill
Governor Steunenberg, and added
burglary to his crimes.
The body of John Thomas, who
said he taught telegraphy to Thomas
A. Edison, lies unclaimed in the Chi
cago Morgue.
Louis Violet, who was adrift off
Newfoundland IA days in a fisher
mans yawl, was picked up by the
Cunarder Carmania.
DR.. Cyrenus A. David, prominent
Chicago physician, died of blood poi
soning contracted while operating on
patient.
Reese G. Brooks, banker and coal
operator of Scranton. Pa. is dead.
Foreign.