The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-04-19
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
Domestic

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A wireless message received in,
New York from the Atlantic Trans
port Liner Minneapolis, at sea from
New York to London, reports that
Percy Janis, brother of Elsie Janis,
the actress, is believed to have jump
ed overheard
Officers of the Chicago police force
testified that they (the bluecoats)
raised campaign fund in the recent
mayoralty campaign in the Western
metropolis.
President McCrea, of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, and his two sons will
make tour on foot through portions
of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Chief of Police John Adams, of
Newark, N. j., dnder Indictment for
nonfeasance in office, shot and killed
himself In a public park.
The Second Reformed Church of
Hackensack, N. j., burned the day
after the celebration of the liquida-
ton of the church debt.
Five persons we're killed and seven
coaches burned in the wreck of the
Oriental Limited on the Great
Northern Railroad.
John H. Durbin, once owner of the
famous Homestead Mine and who
made and lost millions. died in Den
yer, Col.
1t is believed that Dolphin M.
Delmas has quit the Thaw case.
Editor Stead's announcement in
his speech at the Carnegie Institute
dedicatory ceremonies of his plan for
raising 100000 for a pilgrimage
from all countries to The Hague
Peace Conference met with ready re-
sponse.J Silver coins were showered
upon the stage by the audience, and
representatives Of number of col
leges promised contributions.
The. Joint congressional postal
commission, after session in New
York, issues a statement expressing
the opinion that great economies can
be effected by establishing modern,
up-to-date business methods in con-
Quoting the business.
Frederick Pabst, millionaire
brewer, and Mrs. Leon Barnickel,
wife of an athletic instructor, were
seriously injured in an automobile
accident at Milwaukee.
The Appellate Division if the New
York Supreme Court granted a mo-
ton to disbar George Burnham, Jr.,
who was convicted of a felony.
The Protestant Episcopal Church
Congress, at New Orleans, discussed
the right of the preacher to discuss
social questions in the pulpit.
The Appellate Court in Chicago
declared the public policy forbids the
recovery of insurance on person ex-
ecuted for murder.
Distinguished diplomats and edu-
Gators from several nations attended
the dedicatory ceremonies of the
Carnegie Institute at Pittsburg.
President Roosevelt sent letter.
and Mr.. Carnegie and Baron de Con-
slant (French representative of The
Hague Peace Tribunal) delivered adj
dresses.
Fred Schultz, yeggman, was SEN
fenced to Auburn State Prison for
life by Justice Arthur e. Sutherland
for the killing of Waterman Edward
Pullman at Sodus, Wayne County,
N Y.
The cotton compress in Chickasha,
l. T., together with a vast amount
of cotton, was destroyed by fire,
causing q loss estimated at $1,000
900.
The jury in the rebate case of the
General Electric Company and New
York Central Railroad, in Syracuse,
N. Y, disagreed.
Z The Attorney General of New
York has instituted proceedings to
restrain a combine of the telephone
companies.
The jury in Minneapolis found the
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha Railroad guilty of granting
rebates. y
Mrs. Sylvester T. Smith, wife of a
wealthy railroad official, living in
Chicago, jumped into Lake Michigan.
Robert G. Ogden. of New York,
was reelected president of the Con-
ference for Education in the South.
The Pennsylvania House of Repre-
sentatives passed bill to tax an
thracite coal.
Regis H. Post will be inaugurated
governor of Porto Rico on April IT..
Four hundred men employed in
hat factory at Orange, N. j., went
IN Strjko against regulation bar