Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-16
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News From
Montgomery COunty's Capital.

General and Personal News From
Montgomery COunty's Capital.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, March Is, 1901.
An explosion of gasoline in the house of
Mr.. Richard A. Clagett. at this place, this
morning, resulted in Mrs. Clagett receiving
painful burns about the hands and face,
and very nearly causing a serious confia-
grafton. Some Of the inf1ammable fluid.
which had been used for cleaning pur-
poses, was left in a basin, and Mrs. Cla-
gett, desiring to use the utensil, and not
knowing the nature of it's contents, picked
it up and placed it near the kitchen stove
An explosion Immediately followed, and
she was in an instant enveloped in flames
Fortunately, she retained her presence of
mind, and, running into the yard, rolled
herself upon the wet ground. This, with
the efforts of a colored servant, eXtin-
guished the flames. Mrs. Clagett's hands
were painfully burned, and she was also
slightly burned about the face, while her
dress was burned entirely from her body.
A physician wasf summoned and dressed
her injuries which, while extremely pain
full are notaof a dangerous character.
The explosion also caused the woodwork
of the roomsand- some furniture and cloth
ing to catch fire., and for a while it looked
as if the buHdingt.Would be destroyed. The
energetic efforts sof young lady In the
house and OF seYeral neighbors, however,
finally extinguished the flames after a
hard fight The total damage was
At the next meeting of the county school
commissioners. which will be held here
May l, the14 trustees for all the public
schools of the county will be appointed.
Mr.. Warreu Choate, who has been dam
gerously lit at his home here, is conval-
escing, as is Postmaster Charles B. Jones,
who has also been i'll. Y
The board Of county commissioners for
W 1lf n
day next week for the purpose of making
transfers. of real estate and attachments in
taxes. The orphans court will also be in
session here the entire week.
There is every Indication that Montgom-
cry county will soon begin to present a
scene of unusual political activity which
will continue until the democratic primary
election, which will probably be held the
latter part of July or early in August Con-
siderable interest is already being mani
tested In the democratic nominations for
the offices to be filled, and the contest can
be said to have actually begun. The change
in the election law. which many democrats
believe will operate to the advantage of
their party. will. it is thought, have the
effect of bringing out an unprecedentedly
large number of candidates and interest
ing and exciting contests for all the nomi-
nations are confidently looked for. AS
pirants have already commenced to loom
up, and the list is expected to grow rap
idly from now on
county this fall are a state senator, four
members Of the house Of delegates, sher-
iff a county commissioner from each Of
the first, second and fifth collection dis
tricts and a county surveyor
Among those who, 1t is understood, will
stand for the democratic nominations are
the following:
State senator-William v. Bouic, present
incumbent. and Blair Lee. In the event
of Mr. Lee declining to run It is stated
that Mr.. Charles r. Brooke will be a can
didate and possibly Mr.. William NJ. Candy
also
House Of delegates-Bowie F. Waters,
Samuel D. Bird, Lawrence A. Darby, Ed
mund L. Amfss Dr. E. Henning Etchison
Sherif-John w. Collier, Richard E. OAR
by, Richard r. White, Thomas Howard,
William +. Gather and probably John A.
Selbv.
County commissioners-First collection
district: John W. Walker present incum-
bent William H. Griffith, Samuel R. Plum
mer, G. Fenton Snouffer. Second district:
Eugene A. McAtee. present incumbent:
Philip B. Souder, Dallas Young, William
E. King and William H. Benson Fifth
district: William E. Mannakee, Eleazer
Ray and William T. Wheeler
County suryeyor-Charles J. Maddox