The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-01-11
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
Domestic.

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Of New York on the ground that
ed to the Office.
Bankers Jacob H. Schiff, James
Stillman and D. o. Mills have been
summoned to testify before the In
terstate Commerce Commission re-
garding the Hartman roads.
The police of Philadelphia believe
that Rolla Steele. who exploded
bomb in the Fourth Street National
Bank, was an anarchist and that ne
acted alone.
The gross funded debt of New
York City, according to the annual
message of Mayor Mcclellan, is
$685., 697,392.
Mrs. A. B. Sims, holder of the
national woman's whist champion.
ship, has denounced card playing as
sin.
James McCrea, the new president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, for
mally assumed the duties of his po-
sition.
r. c. Flower, fugitive since 1893.
charged with grand larceny and
swindling credulous investors out OF
about 100000 on alleged bogus
mining operations, was arrested in
New York, after being hunted
throughout Mexico and South Amer
| lea.
The operating managers of nearly
all the railroads in the United States
will soon be confronted with demands
| by the trainmen and other labor for
an eight-hour day and an increase
! in wages.
Three thousands residents of Chi
cago have received notices Of eject
| ment in the suit of Sidney Smith,
who claims Chicago real estate valued
at $4,000, 900.
Harry Thaws wife and mother, as
well as himself, are averse to a
straightout insanity plea as his de-.
| Tense at the coming trial.
J. S. Young, of Baltimore, in tes-
| tifying in the licorice paste trial,
denied that he had conspired to limit
| the output
Boston has revived the "blue laws"
| to such an extent that a casket for
the dead cannot be moved on Sun
| day.
William De Costa, the mulatto
charged with perjury in giving false
testimony at the recent HartJe-Hooe
conspiracy trial in Ptitsburg, was
found guilty. He was remanded for
sentence.
In Chicago Judge Lands, of the
| Federal District Court of Northern
Illinois, sustained eight of the in
dictments against the Standard Oil
Company of Illinois and dismissed
| two.
No reason is assigned for the sui
in
| structor in the Harvard Architec-
tural School, who shot himself over
the heart and died in the hospital.
| 1t is said in Pittsburg that Mrs.
! Holman, the mother-in-law OF Harry
! Thaw, will give testimony at the trial
unfavorable to him.
Because of epidemic of typhoid
fever, the water supply of the city OF
Scranton has been seized by the
State.
In his message to the Missouri
| Legislature Governor Folk took a de-
cided stand against lobbyists.
Governor Cobb was inaugurated
governor of Maine for the second
time.
Foreign.
| Raisuli is said to have sought
refuge with his brother-in-law, Iii
lam, who has offered to deliver the
bandit chief over to the Moroccan
War Minister for a large sum of
money.
| The French Foreign Office says
there is no truth in the report that
France has coded Tahiti to Great
Britain, and that no negotiations on
the subject are in progress.
| Since January 1 there have been
16 workmen killed and 81 wounded
| in LODI, Russian Poland. The ter
rorists declare the determination of
political foes must continue.
Six Russian terrorists were saved
from the gallows by resouceful revo-
lutionists at Odessa, who faxed an
order committing the death sentence.
The Chinese trading quarter of
Bangkok, Siam, has been devastated
| by fire, and it is estimated that the
loss will amount to about $4,000
900.
1t is reported that Sir Henry Nor
timer Durand, former British am
bassador to Washington, will be APP
pointed governor of New South
Wales.
Karl Hau, of Washington, charged
with numbering his mother-in-law
at Baden-Baden, arrived at Ham
burg in charge of detectives.
The emigration for 1906 via Ham
burg and Bremen amounted to $751;
500 persons, an increase over the
preceding year of 51,595.
Emperor William is sending Valid
emar Won Setback to the United States
to study the commercial and finan-
cial situation.
The Duke of Abruzzi the noted
mountain climber, has been award
ed the gold medal of the Italian
Royal Geographical Society.
The Moller Company, large inn
porters of cotton and wool in Portu7
gal, has failed, and several of its