Evening star., 1901-03-22

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, March 81, 1901
The Baltimore conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church will open it's one
hundred and seventeenth annual session in
this city on Wednesday next. 1t will con-
tinue until April =. The report of the en-
tertainment committee, which has already
completed it's labors, indicates that 250
ministers and several hundred laymen will
be in attendance.
The sessions. of this conference promise
to be highly interesting. Important church
legislation will be brought up, including
the question of the pastors time limit, q
which has been under consideration for
some time, and has caused much lively
discussion upon the part of ministers A
notable feature of the conference will be
the reunion of the Baltimore and Central
Pennsylvania conferences in this city on
Monday, April l. The Pennsylvania con-
ference will be in session at Chambers
burg at the same time of the, Baltimore
conference here. About 900 minister's in
cluding 300 from Chambersburg, are eX-
pected to be present.
The immense freight blockade at Cherry
Run, this county, continues, notwithstand-
ings the efforts of the Western Maryland
railroad to break it. The Baltimore and
Ohio Company has now taken hold of it,
and is determined to clear out the yards at
any cost The yard in it's contested con-
ditiOn could receive more freight, and
many trains were stopped at Keyser, Graf
ton and other places along the Baltimore
and Ohio line. By the combined efforts of
the two roads in Wenty-four hours twen-
ty-five trains made up of 2,019 cars were
moved without a hitch accident. All
available engines on the various divisions
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad east of
the Ohio river are being hurried to Cherry
Run aid in this big movement
On Saturday last water was let in the
Cumberland division of the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal. Orders have been issued for
the filling of the WiliamSport level and
the final opening of the waterway for
boating on March 81. The indications are
for prosperous season. There are now
about fifty boat loads of cross ties lum-
ber, mine props and pulp wood stored
the canal wharves at Hancock, ready for
shipment
At lock 56 on the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal Mr. Lewis Mizelle, the purchaser of
the old Cation estate, has a large force Of
men developing the old coal mine that was
abandoned fifty years ago. He is starting
number of coke ovens and opened a store,
where post office has been established.
A movement is being made looking to
the extension of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad from Strausburg Junction to Har-
riSburg. The board of trade of Winchester
is moving in the matter and public meet
ing of citizens is to be held at New Market
to take action favorable to the matter
Mr.. Samuel G. Jacques and Mr.. Guy Dole,
two well-known gentlemen of Smithsburg,
this county, on Monday left for San Fran
cisco, whence they will sail for the Ha-
waiian Islands, where they will take posi-
tions as superintendents of large sugar
plantations
]. w. Stonebraker Of this city has pur-
chased for $3.50 the depot property on
the Washington county branch railroad
and eighteen acres of land at Breathetts-
vile, consisting Of warehouse, post office
and store rooms.
The body of Thomas Grey, a teamster In
the United States regular army, who died
last summer in Cuba, arrived at his home
In Sharpsburg and was inferred on Mon
day. The body of jeremiah w. Cleary, a
soldier who died in Cuba last July, was
buried at Greencastle Tuesday.
William E. Cost Of this city has gone to
Washington to accept position he for
merly occupied in the mail bag depart
ment.
Mr. Henry NJ. Dellinger Of Washington
Is now at his club house below Williams
port, which he is having handsomely fitted
up for the entertainment of himself and
friends during the warm weather of the
approaching summer.
Hotel Mckinley, Chambersburg has been
sold by James p McFerrin to Oscar NJ
Kemp, landlord of the Parker House, La
trObe Pa.