Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-08
HAGERSToWN NEWS GRIST
ARMY PREPARING TO
INVADE THIS CITY.
Mrs. Mary Cook the Leader-Serious
DrOuth I'm Washington
County.


Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Md. March 4, 1901.
Washington is threatened with the inva-
sion of another army 1t will be of the
Coxey order, but with an entirely different
mission, that of temperance. This is in &C.
cordance with the statement made in
public meeting at Williamsport, this coun-
ty, by Mrs. Mary Cook, reformer. who
has selected that place and Hagerstown
as her present field of operations. The
Saints of the Most High" of which Mrs.
Cook is member, will, she says march to
Washington this summer in a great army,
where Rev. ID. NJ. Hench, an evangelist
and Saint" will be proclaimed the tenn
perance king" She will herself command
company in this army. Mrs. Cook is a ma
tive of Washington county, but for the past
ten years has resided in the west Her
appearance in this locality after SO long an
absence gave rise to a rumor and caused
some commotion that she was an emIssary
of Mrs. Nation. This she has promptly de-
MED, and expresses her disapproval of that
ladys method for the suppression of the
liquor traffic, and characterized her as being
unbalanced.
less war on saloons, saloon keepers and the
whisky traffic generally. She has made
personal visits to a number of saloons in
HagerStown. conversng with those in
charge, but has made demonstration.
So far she has confined her crusade at
Williamsport to speech making in churches
and a public hall hired for the purpose.
Notwithstanding that Mrs. Cook admits her
lack of book learning she is naturally bright
and talks fuently and we'll She has caused
quite a commotion here and her doings and
actions are watched with much interest.
HagerStowns municipal election takes
place March %. Candidates are being an
nounced in large numbers, Notwithstanding
the fact that only councilmen from wards
Nos. l, 3 and are to be chosen. Those
from wards Nos. . and and the mayor
hold over until the next spring election.
There is likely to be no change in the city
management, as the republicans would have
to carry the three wards at the coming
election, which is hardly probable. as ward
1 is now represented by democrat, and
is generally conceded to that party. Dur
ing the week municipal elections have been
held in several of the larger towns of the
county. AT BoonSboro these officers We're
chosen: Burgess, Q. ]. Stottlemeyer; assist
ant burgess, Howard Flock; commissioners,
r. E. l.. Shaffer. Lewis E. Funk, DR.. ].
Hubert Wade, Dr. S S. Davis, Charles c.
Ford. At Williamsport these We're elected:
Burgess, George w. Thompson; assistant
burgess. George w. McCardell; commissi IN
ers, Peter L. Lemon, William II. Norris, S.
I. Preston, William H. Beard and c. S.
Charlton. Politics did not enter into the
contest at either place.
The want of water Is seriously felt
throughout the county. Funkstown is
of the cisterns are dry and the people are
forced to carry water from the Antiet am.
Some are using water from wells that nave
been condemned. The water is supposed to
have been the cause of typhoid in the town
AT Charlton the farmers have been driving
their stock two miles to water during the
entire winter. If rain does not soon relieve
them they VIII be compelled to haul water
for house use. Many of the streams have
dried up, while others are lower than ever
known to be.
Pearre, the new town at Siding Hin
creek, dividing Washington and Allegany
counties. and named after Representative
George A. Pearre, who represents the sixth
district of Maryland is starting off with a
vim. A coal mine is being opened, charcoal
ovens are In full blast, two sawmills are
in operation and many new houses are be-
ing erected A postmaster has just been
appointed.
James Lake, fifty-five years old is dead
at MS nome near Hancock, this county, as
result of peculiar affiiction brought on
by habit of eating cloves. Mr. Lake
was a horse dealer, known all over the
county and netghboring section of Penn
sylvania and West Virginia
Sportsmen and farmers along the South
branch of the Potomac river are organiz-
ing to prevent the pollution of that stream
by two tanneries at Winchester and Ridg-
way. Pa.
Rev. DR.. Daniel ]. Hauer, a native of
Hancock, this county, now of Hanover Ia.
who is believed to be the oldest Lutheran
clergyman in America, on Sunday last eel
ebrated his ninety-fifth birthday anniyer-
sary.
Rev. Elias E. Anderson, formerly sta
toned at Hancock, this county, and for
forty-four years member of the Balti-
more Methodist conference. died at his home
at Gainsboro, near Winchester Of pneumo-
MIA. Two weeks ago he preached his last
sermon He was sixty-seven years old.