Milford chronicle., 1901-06-21
MATTERS IN MARYLAND,


on the floor at his home yesterday Rob |
ert Taylor, a 3-year-oId colored child, |
got hold of a bottle of whisky, drank
some of its contents and died soon af-
terward.
Redland, June 13-William Penn, So
years old, farmer of Redland, Mont
gomery county, was killed by a bundle
of straw which slipped from his wagon
and struck him squarely upon the top
of his head, breaking his neck.
st. Denis, Md, June 1S.-A cat
knocked a lighted lamp from a bureau
in the second story of double wooden
house near the Baltimore and Ohio
railway station here yesterday and 4
year-old Herman Kiercher, who was
asleep in one of the rooms, was burned
to death.
Baltimore, June 18.-Henry L. Line
weaver, aged Y years, was suffocated
to death yesterday while attempting to
escape from burning building at 7S9
w. Mulberry street, and Robert Birch
EFT, another old man, was so badly
burned that he died in a hospital sew
eral hours later. The fire was caused
by an explosion of gasoline.
Cumberland, June 14.-It is stated
that the Pennsylvania and Baltimore
and Ohio railroads, which run parallel
/ at Ellerslie, six miles north of Cumber-
land, will be connected at those points
so that freight over the Pennsylvania
line may be brought to Cumberland
to the Baltimore and Ohio depot, thus
consolidating the business.
Baltimore, June Is. - Joseph H
Ching, the St. Mary's county lawyer
who was recently convicted of being
the principal conspirator in the scheme
to alter the federal census returns
from that county, was yesterday sen
fenced to serve two years in the Balti
more city jail and to pay a fine o
$1,000. Ching's attorneys gave notice
Of an appeal to the supreme court o
the United States.
; Annapolis, Nd, June 1.-THE couT
of appeals has awarded Mrs. Frank H
Deane, of Baltimore, $4,000 damages i
her suit against the United Railwa
and Electric company, of Baltimore
Mrs. Deane's husband was killed by
blow of the fist of Geisenkotter,
e drunken passenger on the same ca
!. with Mr.. Deane. The company is hel
responsible for permitting Geisenko
ter to remain on the car
Baltimore, June 14.-Heavy fnanci
a losses incurred in speculation, it is a
serted here, caused the suicide of D
L William Hudson Daily, former surgeC
i in the United States army, person
friend of Gen. Miles and originator
the "embalmed beef" scandal Z
q Daily killed himself with a revolver
:, Pittsburg a few days ago, and it WI
given out there that the suicide WI
j. the result of melancholia brought {
s. by the death Of his wife.
1t Baltimore, June 13.-William Glel
Taylor of Washington, was yesterdi
convicted of the murder of his ste
mother and sentenced to serve Is yea
in the penitentiary. Taylor's wi
= tainted when the verdict was rendeTe
!, The crime was committed on March
te last, and was the result of Tayloi
s dissatisfaction over the manner
b. which his father spent his money
v the woman. Testimony showing tn
H. Taylor was mentally weak induced t
u ~ jury to render a verdict of murder
a. tho caoOnd deprea
te, Annapolis, June 14.-The Maryla
3D. court of appeals yesterday hand
N. down an opinion in a suit brought
'ui decide the status of the prefer
N. stock of the Baltimore and Ohio r.
mn way company, in which it held Il
a the holders of such stock are EMIT
ny to receive no more than the A per c.
guaranteed by the company. It v
ne contended by the plaintiffs that af
De being paid 4 per cent the prefer
~ stockholders were entitled to a furtl
share in the earnings of the comps
RS. on the same basis as holders of CT
e a mon stock
-. Annapolis, Md, June 18.-The
-" neral of Commander Charles Belkn
u. S. N, who died on Saturday
blood poisoning in the Union Pro
tant Infirmary, Baltimore, was h
tea yesterday at St. Anne's Protest
SEA Episcopal church, The honorary
loo bearers were Commander Wainwril
Of Capt. Cook, Lieutenant Comman
g of Parker, Capt Lentz, Chief Engin
Kirby, Surgeon Walton and Prof.
ley NJ. Terry. Naval officers, profess
is and a detachment of marines escOI
EN- the remains to the grave in the Ma
the cemetery, where the interment
on made.
e is Hagerstown, Md, June 1S.-Mrs.
lat- cob Dellinger found among some
j 10 papers in a trunk at her home, I
Williamsport, this county, a copy
tho the last dispatch written by Stone
i. of Jackson to Gen. Lee before the bs
tor. of Charlottesville. The dispatcl
side dated May 2, 1868, at 8 o'clock p.
ide and states that the enemy has MAJ
pu' stand at Charlottesville and expl
Vrn, es the belief that a kind provid,
the will bless us with success" 1t is
r of posed that the paper was left at
Dellinger's house, which was occu
as hospital during the war, by a
federate soldier.
the Baltimore, June 14.-Arthur 3
at is man, aged 10; Arthur Kalbheisch
hot and Edward Sheets, 10, were t;
dead from a water hole in Leoni
the stone quarry late yesterday aftern
oroo The three boys left home Wedne
Nav afternoon. accompanied by two
irit- About 4:30 o'clock the dogs retu
day. without the boys. They we're wet
'hia, no meaning was attached to the
ne OF at that time. The continued abs
cap of the boys alarmed their families,
a search was instituted. A hat CT
,biIe coat, belonging to the boys were f
,qers on the banks of the quarry, which
with pumped out and the bodies recov,
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