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Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02

A destructive fire broke out In La
Plata, the county seat OF Charles county,
about ] o'clock Monday last, and before
1t was subdued loss Of $4,000 was
suffered by property owners. The pro-
perty destroyed was the restaurant of
Robert p. Horney, with most OF its con-
tents loss about $1 500; the Office build.
ing Of ex-State Senator Adrian Posey,
in which was located hIs law Office; the
plant of the Maryland Independent, Of
which he is editor and proprietor; the
Office Of the Southern Maryland Savings
Bank and the barber shop Of James A.
Mason. loss about 5000; the bakery Of
w. III. Young and the store and dwelling
Of w. l.. Dement,. These last, with
their contents. were almost totally de-
stroyed. only q small portion of Mr.. De-
ment's stock and furniture being saved.
The fire started In Young's Bakery,
which was q small frame house. The
village being without Q fire apparatus of
any kind, the flames made rapid head
way and soon communicated to adjoin-
ing buildings, which are also frame.
The burned section is Immediately to
the left Of the railroad at the point
where the car tracks cross the main
thoroughfare of the town. Horney's
restaurant was nearest the car track |;
next to it was the Posey building, then
the bakery and then the Dement, prop
erty, all OF IL being very compact for q
country village. With insufficient means
TO fight the flames. rapid headway was
made by the fire, and IL became almost q
matter of impossibility even to secure
the furniture and contents OF the build.
ings. Mr.. Posey was fortunate In saw.
ing most of his private papers. Mr..
Horney also succeeded in saving small
quantity of liquor.
Attention was given to protecting
surrounding property. The fire attract
ed many persons to the village, and
volunteer bucket brigade was soon
formed to prevent the spread of the
flames, which at one time seemed to
threaten more property in the immediate
vicinity.
The Town Hall, the largest building
in La Plata, was on the opposite side of
the road from the burned houses, and
this was in danger from heat and sparks.
Il was watched by force of men and
fully protected, IS were the dwellings
on Oak avenue, in the rear of the fire.
SuR.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02
|ANeW Presidenl |
New Stock Of Goods,
So Look Al Hy Prices.
.A MOE LINE on SHOES.

a Nls1E LINE OF SHOES.
Mems No. / Coarse Shoes Ellis. and
down "a low as oS censs.
and up.
Cbiidrsa's Shoes ise.. SOC, 30 and
mp.
Mems Fine Shoes from 90 cts. and m.
Ladies' Fine Shoes from IS cents up
Misses Fine Shoes from As cts. and mn.
Men's Leather Boots. Good Boots
Tor little money. e1.1O per pair. A &C.
lect Leather Boot for $50. All stock,
double soled, worth $a.00, at $1.s0.
BIG lot OF MEMS
AND BoYS CLOTHING.
A Good Suit for men, q a.SO
A Black Woolen Suit worth $50; nv
prices only $4.05. All Wool Black Clav
Suits $3.50, $e.75. % 90. For the best
$1,000 10 really worth ef5e0.
Children's Suits frum 80 cents M.
Men's Overcoats, light colored, fine an
silk. $500. IL really worth $1,000.
Black Overcoats for Men $4.25. $3.50;
worth $500.
Black Overcoats for Boys.
Coiored, all wool, silk lining, $2e0.
The best Mems Overcoas $e.25. Il
worth $f5 90.
WINTER Go0Ds-sUoH AS
BLANKETS. A Double Blapket from
50c. mp 70 81 80. Horse Blankets from,
The finest line sfDry Goods in the
world you will find in my house, such a
Worsted, all colors. Also low priced
Worsted from SC. up TO soc.
Apron Ginghams from &C., &c. and Z
cents per yard for the best in the mark
ct. Calicoes, light colored, are almost
given away.
Outing Cloth for ladies dresses rs low
as sc. and up. Cottons of ali kinds at
very low prices. Flannels and Notions
very cheap. Mems good Undershirts at
SOC. per pair and up.,' Ladies good
heavy weight vests soc. per pair. Misses
Black Hose 4 pair for 25 cts. Socks for
men as low as sc pair.
GROCERIES-Granulated Sugar, per
h.. &c. Levering's Coffee, lie. per IN
Sardines. per box, sc. Nice Flour, 12S
10: bag. CSC. Ginger Snaps, &c. ID.
LIQUORS-Whisky, Gin, Old Rye.
One half are given away. Just call and
see at
M. L. MlLLISON'S,
LeonardtoWn, Md.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02

An Answer.
From . recent issue of the Baltimore
Sun we clip the following answer tc a
query:
X. Y. e., Maddox, Md.-Oyster shells
are sparingly used in Connecticut for
catching oyster spat. 1t takes an oyster
three years to grow to merchantable
size, and the planters of Connecticut
do not care to wait so long. They have
for years been buying millions of bush.
els OF seed oysters in the Chesapeake
bay and and its tributaries for planting
in Long Island Sound and adjacent wa.
ters. These seed oysters planted IN wa.
ters OF rapid flow soon grow 20 required
size. Any rough surface will catch the
spat-oyster shells are not the only me-
dium for that purpose. Rocks, old gum
boots, sunken bark Of wood, pipes and
other rough surfaces thrown overheard
catch spat. In some OF the streams OF
Connecticut where the bottoms are COW
cred with many feet of soft mud young
trees are stuck in this mud and after
awhile they are loaded in all their
branches with growing oysters. For de
tails about growing In Connecticut wa.
ters write letter for printed matter and
reports to Shell Fish Commissioner. New
Haven, Conn. Some years ago the State
OF Maryland investigated the oyster In.
dustry and an exhaustive report was
made in book form. Prof. William K.
Brooks, OF John Hopkins University
has published Q book on the subject
which you can obtain through booksel.
lers advertising on the San's literary
page.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02

The oyster police schooner Bessie
Jones has arrested the following parties
for having sr. III oysters. Strategy ana
the pointed seminder OF rifle BAN 10
''heave 70" accomplished the captures /:
Leander AndeFton. Elmor Anderton.
Jefferson d. Williams, Orris Swift. all
OF Accomac county. Virginia; Marion
Turner. 81. Mary's county. At the hear
ing each was adjudged guilty" and
fined go and costs.
The last Of the Court House walls
went down at 0:4s q. n, Saturday last.
and foreman Fisher Immediately put .
large force Of men and boys to work
cleaning bricks. The mortar was 20
weak that about 5000 bricks were
cleaned and piled up by 0 p. m. Saturday.
All the tricks were cleaned and piled &c
. p. m. Tuesday. Foundations are being
dug up preparatory TO beginning work
on the building.
A friend OF ours who lives not a hun-
dred miles from Clements tells the fol-
lowing: "a friend shipped some dress
ed turkeys 70 Q selling agent and In due
time received an account of sales and In
foot note was informed that the ship
ment was received in good shape, but
that two Of the turkeys were dead. The
consignor made no complaints In his re-
ply but SIMPLY stated that as their en-
trails had been removed and feathers
picked OF he reckOned they had frozen
20 death"
IL will no doubt be Of interest to many
of our readers 70 know that We have iu
Leonardtown first-class plumber and
one who can and does do as good work
In that line as any city workman. ].
Roland Duke served his time at the
trade In Washington and after he had
learned the business was employed for
some years as plumber at the Shoreham
Hotel. II you want q bathroom fitted
up and hot and cold water in your house
call on him or write TO him. He will do
you a good job and the cost will not be
anything like as large as you imagine.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02

Correspondence OF the Beacon.s
sincs The heavy .rsins and high tides
Of The late past haze closed mp the mouth
Of Deep Greek and which hiss caused Che
water In the creek 90 rise high over the
marshes, We notice that 10 attracts the
attention Of many of our young friends.
Around the creek We can see them for
hours and hours At times, sitting on the
banks watching the golden back fish
bouncing and running about in the wa
ter over the marshes ana through the
grasses.
We notice that Mr.. Max Shuman has
made quite an improvement at the Ridge
BY painting his storehouse and dwell
ing.
Wheat 10 looking well. We see Un-
Gle Thorn +. occasionally walking thro'
his, looking and viewing is. We wish
him good luck. r. At
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02

"At one time suffered from q severe
sprain Of the ankle" says Geo. Z. Carry,
editor Of the Guide. Washington, Va.
"After using several well recommended
medicines without success, Itried Cham
berlain's Pain Balm, and am pleased to
say that relief came ss soon as began
its use and complete cure speedily fol.
lowed. This remedy has also been used
In my family for frosted feet with the
best results. cheerfully recommend
its use TO all who may need q first class
liniment." Sold by William r. Green.
well q Son, Leonardtown.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02

Correspondence Of the Beacon)
What beautiful weather now. The
farmers can again get to work.
Mr.. Marian Goode, Of Milestown, Wis.
it'd this neighborhood last Sunday.
Mr.. VIM. II. While, of Leonardtcwn,
visited his family Sunday last.
Mr.. Chas. p. and Mr.. 8. w. Herbert
were In our village few days ago.
My how the spotted horse travels.
He "fairly flies
Mr.. Bernard +. While visited his un-
Gle at Fishing Point last Sunday.
"The Jubilee" will begin Sunday aft
er next at our church, st. Johns. All
try and make it. What grand reward.
WHTPPooRwILL.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02

a 89S4y @sO@PSs
Sunday last, about 12 m, back build
ing at All Faith Church. Charlotte Hall
district, caught fire. and was burned.
Cigarstte smoking by boys is alleged to
have started the blaze. A large tree
trunk, out of which the top had been
blown, was ignited and from it, for q
time, the church was in danger. The
old tree was landmark and had been
left standing because under its branches
the late Bishop Pinkney had stood at
the dedication services. When the fire
was discovered bucket brigade was or
ganized and TO its exertions il due the
salvage of the church. Lewis G. John
sons barn was also endangered by the
blaze. Luckily, the congregation did
not know Of the danger and there was
no stsmpede from the church.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02

Mrs. Mary Jane Edelen, widow Of
William J. Edelen, died Thursday morn
ing, April 81, 1901, at her home, 537 Fnl.
ton Avenue. Baltimore. Mrs. Edelen
had been In poor health for number Of
years She was born In this county and
was the eldest daughter Of the late j.
Felix Fenwick and Of his first wife, Nary
simms Fenwick- All Of the older resi-.
dents Of Leonardtown remember Mrs.
kdeien we'll, and al have pleasant fecol-
lections Of her. She was, IN truth, . n6l
Die woman, and to know her was to hon.
or and esteem her. She leaves three
daughters and three sons. She was a
half-sister to J. Felix and Harry b. Fem
wick, of this county.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02
7. A. jones a Son.

xillinsTy.-We have carefully select
ed our spring and summer goods and
now have q complete stock, such as ia.
dies hats, dress goods. trimmings, lin
ings, shoes, ribbons, laces, emhroideries,
all-over laces, silks and line of ladies'
skirts, waists and underwear. III not
convenient to come in person, write for
samples and prices.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02
]. JUDsox LoNo.

J. Judson Long died at his residence
In the 4ih Election district. Tuesday,
April S0th. 1901. He had been sick for
number of years. and bore his afIiic-
tion with true Christian foFtitude. He
was truly good man and, in the best
sense OF the word. good citizen. He
was respected and esteemed by all who
knew him. HIS remains win be buried
as Nc. Joseph's, Thursday morning next
at Q o'clock. The pallbearers will be
James =. hattingly. Zach. p. Mattingly,
Webster b. Herbert. Fred. @. Davis,
John N. Payne. T. L. Davis.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02
4 A LaVrenCe'S
Department Store

Carrying out my purpose
of SELLING OUT and renting
my Store, would call atten-
ton to the following GREAT
OFFER of best goods at low
er prices than you can buy
anywhere else.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02

Farms for Sale. g.
Farm Of 800 acres, fertile, good -.
buildings, situate about miles from
Oakville and four miles from steamboat
wharf. Good state OF cultivation. Price,
$4,000. Terms easy.
Farm ITO acres, good buildings, fine
soil and well improved. Suitable for
trucking. Price, &1, 800. Near Sc. Jo-
seph's Church. Terms easy.
Farm 40 acres on Sc. Clements Bay.
Fine two-story dwelling. New. Suita-
BILE for cultivation Of fruit. Beautiful
view. Terms easy.
A small farm, II miles South Of Chap.
tico at Cross ROa-s. Two miles from
steamboat wharf. ~ acres. Common
improvements. Good stand for business
mercantile or mechanical. Suitable for
fruit. Price, 900. Terms easy
Small tract of land on tributary of Sc
Clements Bay Good dwelling. Abou
8 acres. Good for trucking. Price, &45O.
Terms easy.
10. r. MORGAN,
Leonardtown. Md.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02

t. Don't keep putting or. but 20 as
once to Ia A. Jones & Son and be meas
ured for your spring suit. Also. get
your neckwear, underwear, belt, hose,
hat. collars, suspenders. etc, for they
have full assortment.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02
VIM. 0 HENRY,

ATToRSEY-AT-LAw. LEoNARDTowN, Md
Special attention paid tn Collection Of
Claims. the Pension Business, Sale and
conveyance Of Real Estate, General Law
Practice.
June 2l-tfi
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02
Another Cold Winter
Is Coming

and we are prepared to make you COM
Portable. ] have my store flied with
choice goods. The newest and latest
things in
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02
WALTER DORSEY,
aTropNrv ar~asss

ATlOhNEf-AI
LEoxARDrowH, Nd.
onice-Regisserof wills oilcs.
Jan Il '02--1v
Saint Mary's beacon., 1901-05-02
professional.

frDELrry BuxLD7Ss, CoRxRK CHARLR
AND LExrxGroE Sra, BAETIAo8E, In
WIN continue to practice In 10. Mary's
and adjoining counties. Nov SIT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-10
The aaaa nss,u eagle: Sunday zurmo ousnnber TO- COL

that the city would finally have to get
| along without a system at all. The the
aires offered few and poor attractions
| and the people did not have the money to
| so any way. Bill collectors tramped the
| streets days and days without collecting
a cent. Men became shabby in dress, the
women made things over. BANK deposits
dwarfed 10 almost noIhirg; a new buggy
was sufficient rarity to attract notice.
\ new delivery wagon got write up
4 in the newspapers. Lots now selling for
hundreds sold then as low as SO. A man
working on the Eagle bought a seven
room TWO story residence for $3.50. Things
had gone to smash, and if the wonderful
| spirit of this city ever lay PROSTATE it
did that year, knocked down and trampled
fiat
In that day darkness lay heavily upon
the spirit Of the people and decay ate in
to the town that had been so beautiful
only a couple OF years before.
On Hillside avenue stood very beauti-
ful three story brick block The man who
owned it tore it down TO save paying taxes
on it.
Adversely numbers in its retinue many
kinds of unhappiness-severaI social scan
dals, mostly suppressed-drag eyed their
misery through the citys life.
There we're many suicides, some report
ed as such, some given TO the public as
sudden deaths from heart disease.
One Sunday prominent citizen who had
invested heavily stepped out Of the Occi-
dental hotel. The story goes that he look
ed up and down Main street and found
that he was the only man in sight the
only soul upon the street.
He looked one way and then the other
and with Unreasonable scorn cried out:
THE Magical Mascot Of the Meridian!
The Peerless Princess of the Plains,"
One prominent Wichitan who came 70
this city in that day, walked up and down
the streets. declaring that Wichita was
all right that it would yet be a city that
now was the time 20 invest. And he did
invest and people went to this mans wife
and seriously told her that his mind was
affected
1t was a dismal year. a year little spok-
en- Of n Wichita, year with only misery,
despair and hopeIessness. when the social
and business life offered no respite.
Wichita rarely refers to it, out in the
day when Wichita is erecting one million
dollars worth Of business and nanufact-
uring buildings and $4,000 worth of resi-
dences, when every college is running
fun blast. and every citizen is busy, and
every enterprise is thriving as it never
throve before. Wichita can afford to re-
cali the dismal wear and rejoice that she
survived it and through adversely came
to the destined star of greatness.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-10
N SEARCH FOR GOLD
Ambition of Explorer Peary
Said 10 be Sordid.
BREAKS WITH OIEDRICH
Latter Is Left TO Starve in the
Icy Regions.

Chicago, Nov. 9.-The Chicago Tribune
says:
Is Lieutenant Robert z. Peary really
in search Of the north pole or is he in
search Of Northern gold2
Up 70 a short time ago nobody sus-
pected that Lieutenant Peary, the intrepid
arctic explorer. had any other object in
undertaking the desperate polar journeys
that have made his name known in the
United States during the last ten years
than 10 plant the stars and stripes AT
the north pole. But now whisperings are
going around among those who have fol-
lowed closely the various attempts 10y
explorers to reach latitude 90 degrees.
TIE suspicion has insidiously crept into
the minds OF the scientific men that there
is another magnet than the pole that lies
in that great waste Of ice in the far
north
II IS the same magnet that Iured De
Sofa and his followers across the wilder
ness Of North America. that led Pizarra
10 Peru that brought adventures and
freebooters from all the civilized world
70 America in the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries. and that long afterward
stretched O trail Of bleaching bones from
the Mississippi 10 the western edge q
This continent; and that only few years
ago drew men in Wild scramble 20 the
bleak and iuhospital Klondike.
Colo
Has Peary discovered the golden Sc
cret 81 The land Of sHence7 is the hunt
for the north pole the real object ~ the
explorers or IS * only an excuse % search
for an icy Fl Dorado2
Suspicion that Peary might have some
notion besides the discovery q the pole
arose when the news vas brought back
from The North ~ ths dissensiauS which
had arisen between Lieutenant PeaTy and
DIT p s Dietrich. the surgeon and phy-
Stefan ~ Pear1-s relief ship Erie Eugir-
eer staafs ~ ne Wlrivard report-l
upon his return from The North itat ~.
I5e,irich had been u1r ashore CD the iee
az q degrees. - minutes noEih izti-
tude lie SAID fhere hsd been constant
euarr-firx between Lieutenant R=arF ara
Dr. ui-drlca. and that tlls finally c-l-
minated wh-r THE doctor VS. p1t ashore
- fl4cz ia ths morning o. tss -itA -
last August sa5 lefs ~ tre lltt.e EsSnl9
village ~ Et-h Greenland. 81 sasl that
~ D.-3ri rad ilasr rls sse althat
aag PROVISIONS unateFe- ard ui-h onlf
q fea GEMS sr8 . Omitted sHr-r - 7-n-
rrunst.oa 90 aefend himself sEs- rt-
-5 nmals ana 70 7erm.t SIS klirs
~alr,ls aud seal Tor f0od IN SO rrohz-
hlity rs oz.y chance Or lie vz5 e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-10

They are frost in Topeka. That is be-
cause Topeka has a Goldfish aristocracy
that the common people are afraid of.
Nobody is afraid of anybody in Wichita.
Everybody is as good as everybody else
and good deal better if he pays for his
sidewalk. parks his premises. paints his
( fence, keeps his underwear clean. builds
a nice porch and sows bluegrass.
The following is what the Capital says
Of the Governors and Mrs. Stanleys re-
ception:
Topeka people do not seem to grasp the
/ idea of a public reception. That has been
/ conclusiyely proven by the reception given
! Wednesday and last evening at the ex-
ecutive mansion. At neither were there
a suciently large number of people to
turn the affair into what is commonly
/ called "a crush"
The plain facts about the matter are
+ that the average citizen seems 10 be
/ somewhat awed by the proceedings and
I hesitates about attending while society
+ people are about like the boy, who, when
asked why he did not go to Jesus with his
/ troubles. replied: l haint been induced. %
This may be due to the fact that pub
1 lie receptions have never before been
given by d Kansas governor. The trouble
in the past has been that there was no
executive mansion and it was a difficult
matter to hold a reception in a hotel.
Now, however. the governor has a resi-
dence that is spacious enough for any
kind of function. and receptions be-
fore long. it is probable. viii be given at
stated intervals.
,-ao r1,, sFo, Of f-,r-~~r,-r C-o~,Trr- -,
conduct the receptions much upon the
plan OF those formerly given by the
president at the white house. Every
thing is informal in character and every
one is weicome. Persons attending are in
troduced 70 the chief executive. his wife
and other state officials and then are free
TO 90 as they please as long as they care
10 stay. The main purpose is 70 show
the people that the chief executive is
human being and doesn't wear horns
Last evening probably 90 people called
at the executive mansion They were re-
ceived in the parlors By Governor and
Mrs. Stanley and the other state officials
and their wives. 4 string orchestra furn-
ished music curing the evening and punch
was served in several of the apartments
After meeting thSofcial party the WIS.,
itors either scattered over the baIGing
and inspected the - and some rooms In
the house. or found coy corners and
spent the evening IN conversation. All
classes of society were represented and
sack coats and dress suits intermi1gIed-
Along Is the evening few 81 the men
slipped 10 into the third story ana
amused themselves in the billiard room.
N hill, z--a of rha y-rsr7, scr r-.r,fs cor e--a-
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known for almost a century. but such
was the number Of wild animals birds.
etc. in this section that Peary was led
to conclude that there might De- Eskimo
living to the south or where they were
2 hunting.
From an that is clear that since 800
i Peary has covered "a great deal of un-
( known land. aside from that traversed
hy him on his unsuccessful dash Tor the
north pole in March. 1900
''Thrd-Mr Stein. in former inter
view stated that North Greenland are both
rich in minerals and that he saw. and
was shown by the Eskimo. iuexhauetlble
deposits Of alum. graphite. iron ore.
nickel etc.
He also brought back with him nurn-
Der Of specimens or quartz which he has
not. as yet. had time 70 examine The
quartz he happened 70 mention "a the
I same time Thar De- wac contradlcfing the
statement as % his having said tnat
Feary had discovered gold 20 Greenland.
This and number ~ other things
have given rise 90 The suspicion in eclen-
tihs circles that gold may exist in ray-
ing quantities in the north az Greenland
and Grinnel Land.
The impression is steadily growing that
the trouble between Lieutenant pearv
and DIT. Diedrich was not the outcome
# jealousy OF fear that enc would claim
the discovery ~ the north pole Before TIE
other bgt that the gold fields Were 20
tho bottom ~ lt aU It is hrIies1 -
many that Ut Diedrich instead ~ being
insane ar some ~ the officers ~ fhe
Eric have claimed. had az exceedingly
sane and substantial motive Tor rren1inr
the approaching winter with ire Cope
York Eskimo
The case ~ Or D'tsr,eh PAS also 20
vired interest ard speculation over the
fate ~ John II VerhoeG uh1 eanef ~
the north with the rary ar-tlo czDe1f-
ton ~ 1851 BE was ieft behind m fhe
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