Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-16
MARYLAND STATE news.
The Latest Happenings Gathered Froa
All Sources.

Pensions granted Marylander>: VIM
b. Mcl.ldon Baltimore. So: Calvin Up
hold. dead. Fried>villc. $e4: VIM. Edc
lin. Linden S.: Thomas Mitchell. Bal
timore ST.: Nancy B. Uphold. Friend,
vile. S.: john II. Dcnmc>. Baltimore
50; Catherine Bell Hagcr<town. s.
Catherine Myers Baltimore. So: Annie
K. Kirby Baltimore. IS: Henry Jingle
Berlin. So Charles J. Williams. Park
ton. SO: Henry Anderson. CordoVa. S..
Samuel 'iasco. Iorclcy. So: William ]
lydings. Baltimore. SI2: Wilhemiua
Schmnger. Baltimore. SIS: John II.
Grlglcy. Baltimore. So: John Blanchard,
Baltimore. 50; Susan Murry Bal;i-
more. s.; Mary T. Holden. Hage-s-
town. 4 Increase, Reissue. ctc-Madi-
son RlN. Davidsonvillc. IS; Stephen
Purnell, Baltimore. So
NJ. Thomas Markell died in Fed
crick. aged 81 years
The striking bricklaycrs and mason
on Naval academy work in Annapolis
carried their point and returned Il
work
NJ. Frank G. Adams has been pro
noted 10 be circuit manager oi all the
telegraph lines along the entire Balii-
more and Ohio system, with hcadquar-
tiers in Baltimore.
1t is pretty generally considered now
that Kent county will have no Demo
cratic candidate io- the Congress ,ional
norlinatio" and tia; in the convention
Kent Will cast her vote for Philemon
B. Hopper. OF Queen Anne's county
Congressional primaries will be held
Iii Kent August IS. ard the County con-
vention August 20.
Norman Brown. OF Cecil county.
freight brakeman on the Philadelphia.
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.
was killed near Gray'S Ferry by his
own train. He was standing on the
track i'll the rear OF his train, which i'll
backing knocked him down He was
so years oi age and son OF Street,
Brown. station agent OF the Philadcl
phia and /. ''imorc Central Railroad at
Liberty Grove Cecil county
An official OF the Western MARYLAND
Railroad who is believed TO be in po-
sition to know. makes the statement
that not ovcr 3 per cent. OF the ircigh;
that now passes over the Western
Maryland Railroad via Cherry Run will
be diverted 10 the Cumberland Valley
x.
sisting principally oi coal traffic 1t is
Southern Dispatch. Central States Dis
patch and all other business specially
routed over the Western Maryland can
not be divorced TO the Cumberland Val
Icy.
Miss Attic Duvall. aged Is wears.
daughter oi William ). Duvall OF Bur
ted suicide by hanging. Alter dinner
that day il was supposed by the family
tina; She went To her room 10 take a
rap. Is She had been slightly indiSposcd
for about a week. but it WAS aSccrtaincd
by member OF the household an hour
aitcr she had lei; the dining room that
she was not in her room. and he. father
found her hanging in the attic OF the
residence She had made ! rope by
twisting sheet tightly. and. after last
enIng one end 10 an exposed raIter
overhead. kicked over the chair upon
which she stood. and in few minutes
was lliclcsS. There IS no known cause
10. the young lady rash ACT. Is she had
III no way SHOWN suicidal tendency.
and he. indispoSition. Il is thought. was
not 81 nature 10 produce such mania.
The more probable cause was a love al
fair.
The Catoctin furnace property. which
has been the source ni many legal COM
plicationS III the past few wears. l. again
offered II mortgage sale on September
10. The final decree in these compiled
tons was rendered by Chief Judge Me
Sherry. he controX erSy was between
Ernest Sharp. oi Baltimore. and Vim.
/. RaincV OF New \ ork assignee OF the
mortgage. The court di>Solvcs the in
junction granted some time ago stop
ping the sale oil the property. and or
der> Sharp 10 accept the deed OF release
Tor the Frederick City property. The
cnur further directs Rainey 10 credi: the
$1,000 paid some time ago on the mort
gage Indebtedness and pay the costs OF
the proceedings i'll equity.
]. Harris Rogers and Phillips Clark
sold 10 the Washington. Baltimore and
Annapolis Electric Railway two acres
OF land i'll East Hyattsvillc Tor the pow
c-house OF the trolley line. The build
ing alone will cost in the ncighborhood
al S.,5c.ooo. and the plant. when com
pletcd. will compare iavorably with any
i'll the country OF a similar nature. The
site was selected because il was about
midway between the Washington. Bal
timore and Annapolis Railway. now
constructing and the City and Suburban
Railway both OF which lines will h5
supplied with current from the Hyatts.
vile plant.
Warner Humphrey. aged J years. sou
OF Mr. VIM r. Humphrey. OF Rock
vile. who iel from the third floor o!
his fathers house in course OF construc
ton. is in a critical condition. and i; Is
feared he cannot recover. No bones
were broken, but he was injured inter
nally.
General ard Mrs L. " Baughman
are visiting at Monterey. near Pen Mar.
A convention OF the Cecil County
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
was held at Woodlawn camp grounds.
d.. Benjamin r. Davidson. OF Da-
vidsonville. Anne Arundel county. was
badly bitten on the hand by Chcsa
peakc bay dog.
Miss Mary /. Clendcnin. OF Wood
lawn has been appointed assistant prin
cipal at West Nottingham Academy 1t
Colora. Cecil county.
Miss Frances T. Mudd. OF Hyatts-
Vile daughter oi Mrs. George +,
Mudd. OF Baltimore and cousin oi Con
gressman Sydney I. Mudd. will be mar
red 10 Mr. James J. Kennedy OF New
York. August -. in ST. Andrews Cath
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