Evening star., 1898-11-14
UNDERTAKERS
GUY BARRoN's TRIAL.
Case to BE Heard in RockNiIIc-
Other News.


Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
HfATTSVILLE. Nd. November H. 1SaS
Guy G. Barron. who is charged with the
killing of Howard Keyworth at the Pan
Electric House in Bladensburg on IulyS
last, and whose trial. owing to refusal
at Marlboro to grant a continuance. was
moved to Rockville, was yesterday taken
to that place and couined in Jail To- await
trial, which comes UP At the term Of court
which ccnvenes there today. The case
Will probably be taken up about December
. Barron Will be defended by ex-senator
Joe Blackburn of Kentucky, Robert w.
Wells of Kansas and Edward {. Peters
of Rockville. States Attorney Roger
Bells. James Rogers Of Prince Georges
county and States Attorney Kilgore OF
Montgomery county will conduct the prose-
cution.
The funeral Of Fielder NJ Magruder. who
died last "Wednesday at his home. Sunny
side. was conducted yesterday in the burial
grounds adjoining St. Johns Church at
Batesville, Rev. Mr.. Mitchell officiating.
The foot ball team OF the Maryland Agrf-
cultural College has GisDanded, owing to
the number of crippled players.
The Hyattsvillc foot ball team will play
the keystones at Washington on the for
merS ground at 10 O'Clock THANKSGIVING
day. y large crowd will witness the game
The remains of +. b Webster. who died
at his home near this village last Thurs
day evening, were inferred in the old Bla-
densburg burial grounds. The services az
the house were conducted by the Rev,
William Melville of the Methodist Church,
and that at the grave by w. +. Hardesty,
chaplain Of Oriole Lodge No ~, l. O. o,
F.. which organization attended in body,
and of which the deceased was a member.
The coffin was covered with floral offerings
among which a pillgw of flowers
sented by the wives OF the members OF the
lodge and beautiful floral emblem of odd
Fellows, presented by the lodge. The pail.
bearers were Charles H. Daley, Charles T.
Shettle. Arthur Carr. Charles Beach and
Charles Long.
A large gathering Of colored people as
sembled at Dents Chapel in Bladensburg
Sunday evening. the occasion being the an
nual sermon to the Grand United Order
Sons and Daughters of Purity. The church
was crowded with members of the various
branches of the organization from Prince
Georges county and Washington. Among
the lodges that attended in a body were
St. Paul, No. 49, Of Berwyn, Md. Solo,
mon Lodge, No. 3, and Rebecca Lodge. No.
10, of Washington. w. II. Addison pastor
of Dents Chapel, delivered the sermon.
Grand Chief II. II. Beverly Of Washington
was present and took part in the exercises.
Information was received here today of
a fire that occurred in the trotting stables
of the Southern Maryland Fair Associa-
ticn at Marlboro in which an unknown
man lost his life. The fire occurred about
l. o'clock Friday night, the alarm being
given by the ringing of the court house
bell The fire brigade responded, but its
efforts were useless.
The next morning II was discovered that
the charred remains of man were In the
ruins. After considerable difficulty they
were gotten out OF the embers, and an ef-
fort was made to discover the man 5 identi-
ty. 1t is thought from information given
by some employees Of the Chesapeake Beach
railroad that man who is missing and
known Paddy" was probably the un-
fortunate. but there is no certainty about
it. Sheriff Tlghe took charge of the re-
mains and Inferred them in the Jail yard
with the services Of the Catholic Church.
jury of inquest was impancled, and.
after viewing the remains, rendered YER
dict that the unknown man had come to
his death from suffocation. the cause OF
the fire being unknown 10 the jury"
The building contained fifty stalls. The
loss is estimated at 81 600 with small in
Surauce.