Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-05-18
HEWS IN BRIEF.
From he Baltimore Sun.

The grand jury of Calvert are
not satisfied with the books of the
county commissioners, which they
have examined.
The case of John n. Burneston,
charged with killing his brother,
will be referred to the Baltimore
county grand jury.
Senator German called on Com
missioner Miller in regard to the
appointment of a collector of inter-
nal revenue for the Maryland dis
trict.
The hearing of the habeas corpus
case of the Maryland oystermen
convicted of violating the Virginia
oyster law was postponed until June
!, when it will take place in Rich
mOnd.
Saturday, May ID, 1898.
There is a movement on foot in
parts of Allegany and Garrett to
create new county.
There are no more vacancies for
Maryland boys at the West Point
Military Academy.
Gen. Joseph b. Seth has resigned
as commander of the State fishery
force of Maryland, to take effect
June so.
John Quirk, of Philadelphia, who
is a guest at the Maltby House,
walked overheard from pier s, Light
street. He was pulled out by deck
hands on the steamer St. Mary's.
John W. Williams, colored, sen-
fenced i'll Anne Arundel 20 eight
years in the penitentiary, escaped
from an officer who was taking him
to Jail from the courthouse, but
was recaptured after being wounded
by pistol shots.
Monday, May Is, 1898.
There have been more suicides
in the District in proportion to
population than in any other por-
ton of the country.
A large tobacco barn on the farm
of Geo. b. Lancaster, near New
port, in Charles county, was blown
down during q heavy storm. The
barn was full of tobacco.
A great deal of interests aroused
in Garrett and Allegany counties
over the disputed boundary line
between Maryland and West Vir-
ginia.
Horace McKeen was found guilty
in Washington of manslaughter in
shooting and killing his brother-in-
law, VIM. Ii. Harding, but was
recommended to the mercy of the
court.
The second trial of Jefferson
Phillips for the murder of George
). Smith, in Alexandria, resulted
In a verdict of murder in the second
degree, and he was sentenced to
eight years in the penitenitary.
The steamship City of Hamburg
collided with the ship Countess
Evenlyn off the coast of Cornwall.
England, on Saturday, and the
latter vessel was sunk with sixteen
of her crew and nine passengers.
Tuesday, May Is, 1898.
A great crowd is expected at Rich
mond May 81 on the occasion of the
relnterment of the remains of Hon.
Jefferson Davis.
John Terrell was lynched by a
mob at Bedford, Ind, early yester-
day morning. He was charged
with the murder of L. +. Price.
The Supreme Court of the United
States, through Justice GRAY, sus-
tanned the decision of the New York
courts in favor of the constitution
atty of the Geary exclusion act.
Under the new tax law of Prince
Georges county payments arc
promptly enforced and the finances
are in good condition.
There are in the United States
treasury nearly million dollars in
gold In excess of the 500, 900, 900
reserve.
Henry Gebhard, the foreman in
Hallenstein's furrier store, in New
York, was shot and instantly killed
by August Warner, a discharged
workman. Warner then shot him
self through the brain and fell on
the body of his victim.
Mrs. Fannie Ragland has sued
Woodward & Lothrop, of Washing
ton, for $4,000 for having her
searched in their establishment.
where she was arrested by "a private
detective on the charge of stealing
a diamond ring, which was not
found on her.