The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-06-11
Maryland Affairs.

Edwin F. Abel. Of the Baltimore Sun, left
AZ estate % 4s,42l.46.
Thomas II. Ridsely, a well known member
/ Of the Ba5Iuore bar, whose home was in La
[ thcryi,s died suddenly June 7;h ai Atlantic
City
Nh, Mamie I. Valentine fell dead Ia the
( United Breihsrn Church. a, CheSsviIle. Wed,
/ ncsiay. while attending the funeral Of Mrs.
/ Barbara Sgesssrd.
! A general rsJrenchment order, which takes
/ ire al the divisions o3 the Baltimore and Ohio
/ Railroad. has been seut out from the general
! offices, AT Camden Station, Baltimore.
Several barns were burned or damaged by
4 lightning ia Baltimore county during the
storm as, Thursday afternoon, and much
! damage vas done to crops by the high Wind,
T hail asd rain. The same storm vas equally
{ severe Ia parts OF Howard county.
4 John T. Marshall, a well known builder.
I died Il his home. ia Glyndon, last Tuesday
Z night. AGED 81 years, from Bughi's disease,
7 ne gave up active work about eight months
I A.H. al which time be was experimenting The
{ work al the State House at Annapolis. tie Is
I survived by his widow aud three daughters.
The Court Of Appeals, at Annapolis, has
/ affirmed the decision of the Washington
/ County Circuit Court IN giving the Western
| MARYLAND Railroad the right to condemn
[ rights Of way across the Chesapeake aud Ohio
I Canal 20 make connections with the West NIr-
/ piuia Central Railroad through Cumberland
This. MARYLAND State Firemen' Association,
I In .ssssion this week at Cumberland, elected
/ William q. kevbJn, ui Snow hill- president.
{ Mr.. kerbin Is the author OF the jim Grow law.
/ He received lis votes 10 10 tor J. q. Nickel
/ OF Cumberland. iagerstown was selected Tor
; the. next annual meeting.
I On the night Of June a severe hail, rain
I and cyclone storm swept parts OF Washington
rouuty. DESTROYING orchards, berry and canta-
I loupr crops. gram fields aud shrubbery. HAL
as large a. English waluuts tell for Is minutes,
/ much damage was done to buildings by their
fall and i've stock Was killed on several farms
| by lightning
/ Henry Barrau keyser. the oldest son OF
( Mr.. aud Mrs. H. Irvine keyser, died last Sun
/ Gay afternoon AT his country residence, near
/ Chaitoanee Station, Baltimore county, from
/ attack OF meningitis, aged 80 years He had
/ been "a. lust two weeks. Mr.. keySer was Il
nephew of the late William heyser, who died
/ suddenly las; week.
The. fierce wind and rain storm Sunday at
I reruocn aud evening did great damage to the
! wheat ia all parts Of Queens Anne's county.
| Much Of Il Is ieveled TO the ground, and 1t IS
/ feared that there will be considerable trouble
/ in harvesting. The wind blew down many
/ wires of the Diamond State Telephone Com
many. aud the rouuihouse Of the Queen
| Aune's Railroad Company, at Love Point,
was partially wrecked.
/ Levi Z. Letter, native of LelterSbarg,
| Washington county. once s. clerk, Iater a
1 peddler and recently reputed to be worth
I So. 600 GOO died suddenly at Bar Harbor,
I Maine. on Thursday. Of heart failure. lie
made his money in Chicago, merchandising,
/ dealing in real estate and in various specnIa
/ tinus. His wife was "a country school teacher
when he married her. They have handsome
residences in Chicago. Washington and Lon
/ don. One of his daughters is Lady Curzon,
/ Eicerine OF India.
/ William Cockey, aged - years, OF Chest,
/ nut Ridge Baltimore county, died June OF
/ loekiaw Over week previous Mr.. Cockey
/ ran a nail iuto his foot Nothing was thought
/ of the matter at the time, but on last Satur,
/ dav DR.. Thomas c. BusSey was summoned
/ and found that young Cockey Was suffering
/ from fully developed case of lOckjaw and
[ was beyond medical aid. He WIS attacked
/ by one CONFUSION after another, suffering IN
/ tense agony until death from exhaustion re-
/ lieved him.