Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-01-21
MARYLAND STATE news
Condensed Late Des21tci,s BoH;i
Down for Rapid Reaii,:

son. Miss Louise, tic second daugh-
ter, is at school at Bryn Mawr. Mas
ter Edwin Warheld is attending a boys
school outside of Baltimore. Emma,
the youngest, girl OF four years, Is
the iavorlte OF the household and hei
fathers special. 4 room in the Exec
utive Mansion will be reserved, as II
was at Oakland, for Mrs. Nicodemus'
Mrs. Warhelds mother, and Miss NC
odemus, her sister.
Macarthur Bros. Company, Wabash
contractors, are completing a FIRST class
hospital at Little Orleans, for the use
OF men who might be injured or be-
come sick while at work on the con
Meeting link. There will be some heavy
tunnel work in tic ncighborhood OF
Little Orleans There will be branch
hospitals at North Branch and Old'
town. The company will have phys''
clans to look regularly alter the pa
tientS.
Col. Buchanan Schley State lax
Commissioner, submitted his report &c
the General Assembly. The repor'
shows that the revenues OF the state
derived from all sources through inc
operations of the Tax Commissioners
Office, were in 1905 $oS4SSS, an m
crease Of $Io5,654 over the receipts twC
years ago OF the increased revenues
II the State the Commissioner says al
east $4,000 has been added through
the special efforts OF the AK Oi''ce,
In the last two wears the assessment o.
real and personal property has IN
creased $,5,,l5,ooo. The total tax bas.!
IN the State is $742,3i3,ooo, OF "Nlc'
to71 ,ooo. 600 is real and personal prop.
erty and So, ,222 COO the stock ol cor
porations. Colonel Schley makes sew
.ral important recommendations, one
II which is to treat foreign corpora
lions dong business in the State Just az
home corporations are treated, ana ho'
to ulace home corporations at d'Sad'
vantage i'll competing with them nor IT,
force Marylandcrs out OF the state &c
get charters. TO accomplish t'iiS' ne
saws. the present system oi taxing
gross receipts be utilized and recon-,
mends that all foreign corporations
doing business in the state, excepting
insurance companies. be required tc
make reports to the Tax CominisSionc'
5 domestic corporations DO, ana 70 nt
.aXcd upon the amount Ot business o""'
III the State.
4 disastrous fire occurred at lIastport
, suburb OF Annapolis. Three houses
were burned to the ground w,th i"
'neir contents Fc> a time 1t looked aS
though large. portion OF The village
would be destroyed, as the houses or
either side were frame and easily III
Oammablc. The strong northwest "'nu
however. carried the flames out t"Wafc
the water front and by diligent WORK
on the part OF the bucket brigade, 'ne
fire was kept from spreading beyond the
houses which caught fire first nc
houses DESTROYED were owned by Bai
lam Blunt, Richard Turner ana l|'as
Blunt. all colorcd. and were valued IT
the aggregate at about $1,000. ne hI''
two we're insured. The cause oi the hr'
is unknown, 80
Mr., w. L. Rabbit. ni Rockville, has
been appointed private secretary. tc
Col Spencer G.. Ioncs. President oi the
MARYLAND Senate. Edw. {. King. o.
Clark has been appointed to .
position in the Senate folding room
lanes A. Kelley, oi kcnsIns'ocn' has
been named as one OF the doorNecperS
oi the House OF Delegates.
Ithiel Chapter, Royal Arch MaSonss
held It's annual reception in Masonic
Temple, FIagcrStown. About SOC
guests. including many prominent cur
zens, we're present. The reception com
nttec was composed OF Mayor Henry
lIolzapieI, Jr., Charles A. K,tchey
Charles Dancer, Clifford T. Martin
Harry +. Baker, Frank n, fAhrncy
Freeman Isanoge. Villain B. klng anq
High Priest David p. Schlnde', After
a musical and literary program was
rendered A banquet was served Joh'
Gosh Bower was toastmaster HE toll
lowing toasts we're responded to: Our
Guests" Col William p. Lane; "Work'
ing Tools and Emblems,' William Is
King; Our History" Mayor llolIaip'
icl; The Kings and Queens ot Ma
sonrv." DR.. l.. H. Keller. Congress.
man George A. Pcarrc, who was down
jor toast. was unable to be present
George Starkcy, OF Queen Anne $,
exhibited in Ccnirevil'c recently t"C
white coons. Mr.. Starkey Is the chani'
pion coon hunter OF Queen Anne 5
county. In the past two weeks he has
caught dozen aud halt coons. On
Saturday night, January ,, ne Starteo
out on a hunt with his three hounds
Boston. lack and Bony. In the Blake
tord woods he came upon the Wh'te
coons. There were four coonS III alh
bnt only two OF them were white, tne
others being of the ordinary color. lie
ol;,,had the tree and shook them out
and captured them. all alive with the
exception OF the old mother coon,
which measured 80 inches from UP OF
nose to end OF hind foot,
Uaqerstown has a man who pulls ms
own teeth. He is Henry I. Royce a
transferman. He extracted deep
rooted molar with a par OF ord'na'y
pliers such as mechanic would use
lie first cut his gums with ShalF
knife. He says lie expects never 10 {,
90 to dentist as long as he can pun
his own teeth.
Mr.. Thomas 1ughlett Henry M
been appointed examiner III the Grey
Court ior Talbot couWy.
REGISTER of Wills Thomas l..
lard. OF Hagerstown, received ncY
the death Of his brothcr-in- law:
DARBY, in Washington, d. e.
Darby was a South Carollnian a,
rjed Miss Mary Hilliard, ot
town daughter Of the late Ctl
IIilliard
Mrs. Mary A, Hancc,
county. died at the home OF
law. i. p. Beck, in Chest
Is years,
Judge James T. Wa'te
at his home, in Belar
care OF his physician
Page. lie is unable tI
At Wcstcrnport
sons were nomlnatc2
zens' meeting: Coy
Curran, Charles