Evening star., 1901-12-20
HAGERSTO NEWS GRIST.
important Insurance Decision-Pre
pose TaItimorc-FredericIS Trolley.

important Insurance Decision-Pro-
pose EaItinore-FredericIS Trolley.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Nd. December 10, 1901.
At Carlisle Judge Biddle decided case
of interest to Modern Woodmen of the
World, a fraternal society of large MEM
bership in nearly every state of the Union.
The local camp of Modern Woodmen was
sued for $4,000 insurance by Mrs. Alice NJ.
Keefer, whose husband committed suicide
in Hagerstown. The court held. first the
camp was Liable because the Woodmen is a
fraternal beneficiary society and not an
assessment insurance company; secondly,
the fact that keefer committed suicide re-
lleves the defendant company Of liability.
The case Will go to the supreme court.
Plans are rapidly maturing for the build
ing of trolley line from Baltimore to
Frederick, and eventually to Hagerstown.
The route mapped out is forty-five miles
long, as against about sixty miles by steam
| road. An important step in the development
Of these plans is an option secured on the
stock Of the turnpike company which owns
the roadway from Libertytown to Fred
erich, a distance of twelve mics. The SYM
! dicate which is back of the project has all
ready acquired right of way for trolley
line from Baltimore a,ong the Liberty road
to North Branch. Rights of way are prac-
tcally secured between North Branch and
L beTtytown. This line will connect with
the Frederick and Miidletown road and that
|. VIII put the cars in Hagerstown.
y corps of engineers is surveying the
proposed new route for the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad from Martinsburg to Har-
per's Ferry, and has extended its lines
through Shepherdstown. The survey leaves
the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio
about six miles west of Martinsburg,
| crosses the Opequon creek, goes southeast
ward just west of Shepherdstown, passing
over the tracks of the Norfolk and West
ern railway at an elevation. and strikes the
river al the old Knott quarries. then fol-
lowing the river until the main line is
reached mile west of Harper's Ferry. The
length Of the new route will be twenty
miles practically the same as the old line,
but it eliminates the heavy grades which
| ne ecessitates helper engines between Mar
tinsburg and Harper's Ferry.
Potatoes at wholesale have advanced to
| 81 bushei In the local market, with indi-
ca Ions of a still further advance in the
! near future. Many of the potatoes offered
are of inferior quality. They had been
selling at 20 and so cents per bushel. There
is apparently no scarcity in the supply here
and this advance is surprise.
Twenty-Five Chesapeake and Ohio canal
boats, representing seventy-fve persons and
| 100 mules. have gone into winter quarters at
Wiliamsport.
Rev. James D. Simmons of this city has
received and accepted call to an Epis-
copai charge at Norfolk, Va.
Rev. DR.. William H. Nelson, who has
been the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church
at Shepherdstown since 1867 has res gned,
to take effect at once, owing to bad heath.
Mr.. Robert Smith Of the bureau of en-
craving and printing at Washington has
| been called here by the serious Illness of
his father, Mr.. Charles H. Smith, we'll
known business man Of this city.
Miss Susie Dellinger has returned to
townsville, tn S county, from two months
visit to relatives in Washington.
Miss Mary l.. Livingston of Washington
| is among those in Hagerstown to spend the
holidays.