The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-01-23
Maryland Affairs.

John Cox, ST., the well-known printer
of Baltimore, died on Saturday, aged "A
years.
Christian D. Raider was killed by an
angry bull near Middletown, Baltimore
county, on Monday.
Col. James A Boyd, of Montgomery
county, who died recently, left an estate
of over $500, 900 to his wife.
In the western part of this state typhoid
fever is prevailing to an alarming extent,
while in the eastern diphtheria and scarlet
fever are rampant.
William Hooper, colored lad, and sew
eral cows and hogs, were bitten by mad
dog near Oak Orchard, frederick county,
last week The dog was shot
Three masked men bound the inmates
and robbed the house of the Potomac
bridge-keeper at Brunswick, Frederick
county, securing $3.50, on Saturday.
Edward G.. Kenly has obtained verdict
for S25, 600 damages in his suit for inju-
ries received in an elevator in the building
of the Fidelity and Deposit Company Of
Maryland
Charles E. Werner, aged 81 years, a
Northern Central Railway freight brake
man, was killed by train at the coal
dumps north of the North avenue bridge,
Baltimore, on Monday.
Two mad dogs have BEEN killed at Falls
ton. Hartford county, lately One be-
longed to David Brown, colored, and the
other was black dog that came to the
farm of Mr.. Robert Preston and bit his
shepherd dog
Capt. David Sterling, farmer near
Hopewell, Somerset county, lost four valu-
able young horses last week from disease
the character Of which is as yet unknown.
They were afflicted with running of
mucus at the nose, which was very often
sive, and died in very short time.
T. j. c. Forrest, yard brakeman Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Bruins
wick, Frederick county while making a
coupling on Saturday was caught between
the cars and squeezed, and he died one
hour after the accident He was 35 years
old and leaves wife and three children.
In Baltimore, on Monday, Mrs Emma
Irwin was put on trial in the criminal court
on the charge of being accessory to the
murder of her husband. James j. Irwin,
at their home, at Allen Fresh. Charles
county, August 2, last. After a dramatic
and sensational fasco the jury declared her
not guilty without leaving their seats in
the jury box George Matthews, who was
tried and convicted of the murder of Irwin
in the Charles county court in November,
had been expected to be the chief witness
for the prosecution, as he was said to have
made damaging statements in an interview
with States Attorney Adrian Posey day
or two after his trial But when called
into the criminal court he refused to testify
or even to be sworn.
Louis Schurmann, who keeps a small
store at Sweet Air, Baltimore county, was
gored to death by bull Saturday night.
About 9. 30 o clock Mr. Sehurmann heard
noise in the stable, where the bull was
kept. He took light and went to see
what was the matter. Not returning in
half an hour, member of his household
went to the stable and found Mr.. Schur-
mann lying by the side of the bull He
was able, though suffering intensely, to
walk to his house, but died in few min
utes. His ribs had been broken by the
bull horns. Mr.. Schurmann was sixty
seven years old, and was born in Germany.
For several years he kept tinware store
on North Broadway, but for the past %
years he had lived at Sweet Air. He
leaves a wife,
A. T. Willoughby, who resides on the
farm of Hon. Thomas A. Smith, near
Ridgely, Caroline county, while returning
from visit to a neighbor's on Thursday
of last week, with heavy cane in his
hand, saw large gray eagle sitting in a
tree in the woods through which he was
passing. As he approached the tree the
huge bird, very much to the surprise Of
Mr. Willoughby, swooped down towards
him with a velocity as swift as it was start
ling to the pedestrian. Quickly realizing
the danger Of his position, Mr. Willoughby
by lodging, eluded the direct course of
the bird, and at the same time struck at
the eagle with the heavy stick he had in
his hand, but the bird, with the agility
of his kind, escaped the hurriedly aimed
blow, and Immediately renewed his attack
Mr.. Willoughby, with the danger to his
life staring him in the face, quickly met
the half-starved bird, this time dealing
him blow upon the head, so stunning
that there was no further doubt as to the
outcome of the battle. Mr.. Willoughby
carried the eagle to Ridgely, and it was
found to measure six feet, nine inches,
from tip to tip of wings and two feet, ten
inches, from bill to end of tail Six inches
was the circumference of the head, while
his immense talons were about two inches
long
At Annapolis, on Saturday, in the
equity case of Sarah A. Mars and others
against Sweetzer Linthicum, Judge Revell
has filed an opinion rejecting both accounts
fled by the auditor for the reasons that,
first, commission of ten per cent. was al
Z lowed without authority in account ''B'
to the trustee on 1914 80, upon which
sum he had already received commission.
The trustee was, however, allowed S25 as
a fee for services rendered by order of the
court. Seeond-Because in neither ac-
count was the collateral tax due to the
State allowed, the distributes of the fund
being collateral relations Several other
questions arose under the exceptions, and
the Judge stated that the law was well
recognized that courts of equity had ample
power and jurisdiction to superintend the
administration of assets among legatees and
distributes. He also decided that the
accounts of an administrator passed by the
Orphans Court were primia facie evidence
of their correctness, and that to overcome
this presumption an exceptant must do so
by satisfactory proof, which was not done
in this case Among other things in the
opinion touching this matter the court re-
marked as to the administration of the
personality by the Orphans Court that the
cost of $64. 69 for administering a simple
estate of $135, where there were but few