The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-02

man OF less vitality than he. would long ago
have succumbed to the terrible affliction that
ended his life He received assiduous care
and professional attention from his physi-
clans. DIR. c. NJ. Ellis and his brothers DR..
r. r. Crothers and DR.. A. @. Crothers, his
brother Ex-States Attorney Austin L.
Crothers also being constantly at his bedside.
Over four months ago. the announcement
that Mr.. Crothers was in a Philadelphia Hos
pita to be operated upon for affection of
right side of his face, excited the appreheu-
sions of his personal friends, to whom the
news was as unexpected as it was unwelcome.
Th5 geietal hope thei. va. hat 1t would
prove = benignant and not an malignant
affection. After the operation. he returned
to Elkton, encouraged by the assurance of
his surgeons there, that his disease was not
cancerous. 1t was not long, however, before
the fatal virus lingering in his surgical
wound began its deadly work. and
by the advice OF his home physicians.
he went to the Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, where second operation
was performed by the eminent specialist,
LIT. I1uSltdu. IulS StCOuu optldlIOu was SO
comprehensive in its character, that fresh
assurance was again given him, and his
friends. that the deadly ravages OF his dis
order had been stayed. But their hopes were
only excited to be again disappointed by the
inevitable necessity for a third operation
about one month ago, which proved even
more severe than its predecessors. 1t was
then made plain that the cancerous growth
was extending near the carotid artery, and
the unfortunate sufferer only returned home
toawait the final result.
Mr.. Crothers was the son OF the late
Alpheus r. Crothers, Of this county. having
been born in the Eighth district Of this
county, on March 2Sth. 1857. His parents
were not affluent, and his only Inheritance
was the capacity for work, and the personal
determination that has been marked char
acteristic of the family. After public school
education, he was graduated at the West
Nottingham Academy and at sixteen he
undertook the avocation of teacher at War
wick, Charlestown and Calvert in this county.
With marked fondness for forensic debate
and discussion, he privately began the study
Of the law which he afterward completed in
the office Of the late Hiram Mccullough being
admitted to the Cecil Bar in 1873 before at
tanning his majority. He began mt once IL
political career, and in tho succeeding year
1879, was elected States Attorney for the
county, his party-the Democratic being in
the ascendancy in the county. He took at
once creditable position at the Bar and
four wears later in 1883 he formed n law part
nership with the late Daniel Bratton which
continued until 1889 In 1891 he contested
the Democratic nomination for Congress with
Mr.. Fred Talbot, the latter receiving the
nomination after two hundred ballots in the
congressional convention. Two years later
in 1S93--a party contest of unusual heat
and spirit, he was nominated over John S.
Writ, Esq, for the Senate Of Maryland and
was returned elected by II narrow margin of
twenty-seven votes his Republican competi-
tor being L. NJ Haines, ESD, the present
Republican candidate for the Associate Judge
ship of this Judicial District.
Upon taking his seat in the Senate, Mr..
Crothers displayed ability OF high order,
and in more than one instance rising above
the level of narrow partizanship, he made a
State reputation that generally attracted the
attention Of his party associates. The high
position taken by him in his partys councils,
easily commanded lor him Tie nomlna,lVu lor
the Attorney Generalshpi 1896, but he shared
the general fate OF his party in that year and
went down under an adverse ma jority. He
was afterward rendered but declined the Chair
manship Of the Democratic State Central
Committee, and last year was elected dele
to the Chicago Convention. At the time OF
his death he with L. NJ. Haines, Esq. was
junior counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and an active member Of the Independent
Order OF Odd Fellows. Mr.. Crothers never
married. but resided with his brother A. l..
Crothers, on North street, in this town. He
leaves seven brothers Drs. r. r. Crothers
and A. G. Crothers, Austin L. Crothers,
Alpheus, Granville W., John L., and VIM.
E. Crothers.
Mr. Crother's funeral will take place today
from his late residence on North street at IL
o'clock. His body will be taken to West Not
tingham for burial by special train from Elk.