Evening star., 1898-07-25
ALLEGANY GROVES FLAG
Planted in Front of the Camp Meeting
Tabernacle
Enthusiastic, Patriotic and Religion,
Service at Which Gov. Lowndes
Presided-Other Views.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, July 25.-An en-
| thusiastic patriotic service took place Fri
| day night at Allegany Grove, the Methodist
| camp grounds, situated just above Cumber-
| lands historic Narrows. A flag was raised
| on an iro1 pole seyenty-fve feet high,
planted on the court In front of the taber-
Eacle at o'clock, amid great applause ami
brilliant illuminations All of the 100 cot
| tsges were gorgeously decorated and light
| ed up by Japanese lanterns and lamps of
| many-hued shades. Big camp fires blazed
| from stone platforms all over the grove.
A meeting was held in the tabernacle.
and Gov. Lowndes presided. Rev. w. ].
Mckenny, presiding elder, who introduced
| the governor. said: 1.-THE occasion was par
ticularly appropriate be cause as the scarlet
thread runs through the cordage OF the
British navy, SO the golden thread of the
Divine presence, the Divine favor and the
Divine blessing has Iun through ell the
past of American history"
Gov. LowndeS said that II the Spanish
Will not heed, the Americans WILL if neces-
| sary, plant the stars and stripes on the
i palace at Madrid. He said the God of Bat
ties protected Sampson. Schley and Shafter
| at Santiago.
The hymn, Onward, Christian Soldiers"
was sung with unusual fervor, and the au-
dience, numbering 1000 people, arose and
haNSu udSS WLcAl L he SidT
| ner' was sung.
Judge David W. Sloan, Gen. Joseph
| Sprigg and Capt. r. H. Gordon also spoke.
| Rev. Dr. NJ F. b. Rice was vigorously
| cheered when he advocated the retention
| Of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines
for human!tys sake. He said whenever
the American flag was hoisted there is
| should forever wave.
| Senator Wellington was i'll and could not
| attend.
The Battlefield Commission.
| Gov. Lowndes has completed the Antie-
| tam battlefield commission authorized by
the last legislature by naming William +.
| Dement, of Pomfret. Charles county, who
| commanded confederate battery ct
Sharpsburg during the battle. The other
| members Of the commission are Benjamin
F. Taylor, Baltimore county; Lieut.. Theo-
dore J. Vandeman. Cecil county: Col. Jos.
NJ. Sudsberg, Lieut.. George r. Graham,
Capt. William Gibson and William H. Par
ker of Baltimore city. The commission will
| visit the battlefield on August Ia and Sc
| lect the site for the monument to the
! Maryland soldiers that fell there, for which
$1,000 has been appropriated Nine bodies
| Of Maryland troops participated in the en-
gagement six being the federal side.
| The community of Mountain Lake Park
| at their annual meeting elected the follow
ing officers: President. Rev. c. w. Baldwin
of Baltimore; secretary, L. A. Rudsill;
treasurer, j. A. Hayden; annual commit
tee, c. w. Conner. Wheeling, W. Va; S.
| L. Allen, Baltimore; DIR. j. G. McLain,
Wheeling: P. T. Cartwright and L. A. Rudi-
sill, Mountain Lake Park.
| 1t was decided to put in two sewers at
once, and the annual committee was au-
| thcrized to borrow $1,50O to begin the work
The stockholders of the Mountain Lake
| Park Association elected the following OIL
| GERS: President c. w. Baldwin; board of
directors, c. w. Baldwin, c. W. Conner,
George c. Sturgis. John NJ. Davis and d.
| E. Offutt.
An AbscOnder Apprehcnded.
Frederick Schroll, telegraph operator,
formerly Of Flintstone this county, who
! absconded from Belington, w. Va, where
he was Baltimore and Ohio station and ex-
press agent, with over 81 900 worth of the
company's money and property, has been
| apprehended at San Francisco, and will be
| brought back on a reQuistion. After
| reaching San Francisco, Schroll wrote to
| people in Belington telling them that If
| they wanted him they would have to come
| to Manila to get him. 1t was his intention
| to leave with the troops, but for some rea-
son he failed to get away.
! Senator George L. Wellington has ac-
| cepted an invitation to address the Luth-
| eran reunion at Friedens. Pa, on August
| 1S.
| Mrs. Rosanna Bowles of Hancock and
| twelve children, among them Lew Wallace
! Bowles and Mrs. Anna b. Kendall of
| Washington, d. c., has filed suit for S10,-
| 600 damages against Bridges & Henderson,
| cement manufacturers, near Hancock. The
| plaintiffs claim the mines run under their
| land 125 feet at three different places at
| some points 100 feet under ground, and
| that at least 81, 900 barrels of cement rock
| owned by them was taken in this manner
! by Bridges & Henderson. An unsuccessful
| effort was made to compromise after the
discovery had been made by Cumberland
engineers, whom the Bowles heirs en-
ployed 1t Is also claimed that James Ell
| verson, editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
had agreed to lease the Bowles property
| and mine the cement, but threw up the lease
| when he discovered the alleged trespass.
| Barney Martin residing at Purcell twelve
miles north of this city, succeeded in catch
| ing eight large rattlesnakes last week. He
| sells the oil which he extracts from the
snakes at 81 an ounce to a firm in New
| York.