The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-05-04
Maryland Affairs.


Annapolis has one saloon for every 270 in
habitants.
Cumberland and Hagerstown have several
cases of smallpox.
In Caroline county over 800 acres of fine
timber land have been burned over, caused
by n spark from an engine.
An effort is being made to unite the straw
hat manufactures of Baltimore and New York
into trust with capital of $l2,0O0,000.
The mortality report of Baltimore for April
showed total of 784 deaths, as compared
with 974 for the corresponding period of 1900.
After years idleness the tinplate mills at
Cumberland are to be put in operation as soon
as they can be prepared. Over 800 men will
be given work.
Jeremiah Collins, aged 80 years, died near
Potomac, Montgomery county, April 80. He
was only sick s few days, and prior to that he
frequently walked ten miles day.
Owing TO continuous use Of cigarettes, Hen
ry Burk, aged % years, has been placed in
the Baltimore jail, in order TO prevent him
from doing bodily harm TO his family.
Forest fires are raging in three directions
on the mountains near Cumberland. The one
on Warrior Mountain is doing much damage.
to save dwellings and other buildings.
Thomas Skipper, aged so years, of Marble
Hill, Eighth district, Baltimore county, fell
down stairway early last Sunday morning,
and broke his ueck. He was well and widely
known.
George Williams, colored, aged 60 years, is
in Towson Jail, where he is held for the murder
of his wife, Elizabeth Williams, aged AZ years.
The couple lived near Catonsvlle, Baltimore
county Daniel Sugars, an aged colored man,
lived with them.
Col. James P. Shannon, one of the most
prominent hotel men in the South, lessee of
the Eutaw House, Baltimore, aud manager of
the Blue Mountain House, died suddenly last
Sunday at the Waverly Hotel, Atlantic City,
N. J. His death was unexpected and was
caused by heart failure.
c. Edward Butler, aged Ga years, hung him
self in his residence in st. Michaels, Talbot
county, on April 80. His wife went into a
summer kitchen shortly after supper and ran
against the dead body of her husband. Mr..
Butler was at one time engaged in business at
Owings Mills, Baltimore county.
The deposit of mud left by the recent food
in the Potomac is serious barrier to travel
at Williamsport, and is giving the health au-
thorliies some anxiety from The odor arising
from it, The mud at the approaches to the
ferry is from three to six feet deep, and The
banks are covered with IA Shiny deposit.
Edward Stevens, alias Big Six, of Geliys
burg, and James G. Sanders, of Hagerstown,
both men with families, are III Hagerstown
Jail charged with placing three. day-od infant
on Mrs. Yeakle's porch, in Hagerstown, on
Monday night of last week. The men con-
fessed Sanders says his 1S-year-old single
sister, living near Gettysburg, Pa, is the
mother of the baby, aud that it was sympathy
for his sister that caused him to be party to
the act.
Work on the trolley line from Chesapeake
City to Elkton has been begun. Il will be
but link in the great new trolley belt line
which touches the Delaware River, the At
lantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay. The
combination constituting the circuit includes
As miles of trolley traction already in opera
ton and 100 miles which are to be built. The
consolidation is under the Peninsular Traction
Company, and the capital represented in the
total investment for construction and equip
ment will be So, 600, 600 The entire road is
chartered to carry freight as well as passen-
gers The population it will draw upon for
its revenues numbers in all about $4,000