Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
HAGERSTOWN HAPPENINGS.
Street Signs Disappear Fatal Acct
dent-General News.

uent-Neuerul News.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
HAGERSTOWN. Nd, August .. 1900.
This city presents a changed and striking
appearance. Nearly every sign has been
taken down in compliance with an ordi-
nance passed by the city council for their
removal, and which fixed the time limit at
midnight on Tuesday. There was much
kicking and threats to test the ordinance in
court, but when the time came there was a
general compliance with the mandates. and
but few, If any, signs to be seen today
that are not against the buildings Many
persons think the removal of the signs i'm
proves the general aspect of Hagerstown's
thoroughfares, while others of the opin-
ion that the streets have lost their business
Ike appearance.
Fatally Injured.
Charles Borden, an employe OF the Ha-
gerstown spoke works, met with an acct
dent that will result in his death while en-
gagged in experimenting the cutting of lum-
ber Workmen had left a tree partly cut
down and standing on its stump when a
guest of wind blew it over on Borden.
catching him between It and the felled
tree like in a pair of scissors. His Shout
ders, chest and neck were horribly crushed,
his jawbone broken. face mashed and his
teeth imbedded in the tree and broken off
He is still living, but cannot recover. Bor-
den is thirty years old, and has a wife and
three children.
The Republican Club of Boonsboro' this
county. recently organized with a large
membership. and which was congratulated
in letters from President Mckinley and the
members of his cabinet, has elected the fol-
lowing officers: President. Mayor Josiah
Pierce; vice presidents, Moses Bomberger
A c. Huffer, P. s. Newcomer and Joseph
Keedy: corresponding secretary. DR. Wheel
er; recording secretary, Frank c. New
ccmer, all of whom are among the leading
men of that section of the county The
club, which was addressed at this meeting
by Col. John McElroy, editor of the Ma
tional Tribune of Washington. has a hand
some club room and library, tastefully fur
nished and decorated through the gener-
osity of Mayor and Mrs. Pierce who are at
their beautiful summer home on South
Mountain. above Boonsboro'.
Going to Fight Chinese
Harry Newcomer of williamsport, a
member of the 9th Infantry, United States
Volunteers, who has been at his home on
months furlough. left today for New York
to report for duty. His regiment has
been ordered to China and will go by rail
from New York to San Francisco and sail
at the earliest possible date. Mr.. New
conner recently returned from Cuba, where
the regiment has been stationed. in charge
of a soldier whose mind had become de-
ranged by the excessive use of cigarettes.
General and Personal.
Arrangements have been completed for
holding a grand Lutheran rally at Mount
Alto Thursday September 6. embracing the
whole Cumberland valley from Winchester
to Harrisburg. The program is about COM
pleted and will consist of Lutheran and
patriotic addresses.
Intelligence has been received here that
Mr. ]. Newton Potts, who was 50 severely
injured in a driving accident at Pen Mar
on July 10, is dying in Baltimore to which
place he was taken at the time his ply
sicians having given up all hope of his re-
covery.
Announcement is made of the approach
ing wedding of Rev. Arthur Hart Mckinley
and Miss Cora Pearl Morget, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Morget of Hancock this
county, in the Methodist Church at that
place on August s.
Rev. G. ]. Roudabush OF the Myersville
circuit of the United Brethren Church has
rendered his resignation, to take effect Sep
TENDER 1.
Messrs Bert Miller and William Hose
two young men of this city, have gone to
Brooklyn. n. Y. to join the United States
navy. They will be followed by several
others in few days.
Late arrivals at Hagerstown of Washing
tonians are the Misses Martha and Cora
Hggans. Mr. Edward Hickman, Mrs J. c.
Bum and children. Col. John NJ. Barry.
Miss Mary White, Mrs. NJ. c. Guthrie, Miss
Minnie Gibbons, Mr.. Carl O'Donnel, Mr.. G..
w. Seton.