The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-01
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

| in the morning completely destroyed
| the plant of the Snow Hill Canning
| Company, located near the Washing
ton street bridge, in the Snow Hill
| The good work of the Snow Hill hre
! department prevented the spread OF
| the fire to the mill of W. D. Corddry
| & Sons, Just across the street. The
Snow Hill Canning Company, the
owner of the destroyed plant, is COM
posed of Day, Swing & Co., of Caro-
| line county. The fire is supposed tc
| have originated from a burning box
heap outside How the fire started III
| the box heap is unknown. The loss
is estimated at $4,000; insurance not
known.
A severe storm passed over Wash
ington county, Sunday afternoon. The
wheat, which is ready for harvest, was
| thrown fat to the ground in many
places. The residence OF John b.
| Winters, at Cavetwn, was struck by
| lightning and portion OF the ROOF
| torn. off. The bolt ran down the ram
spout into a barrel, demolishing it.
| MIR. Winters, his son and the sons
| wife were shocked. A large shade
tree was struck and split. The house
was struck by lightning at the same
| place two years ago.
During his recent visit to Annapolis
Admiral W. S. Schley announced to
his friends that in the fall he would
| apply to the registration officers OF the
4, city of Annapolis to be registered
| as voter there. He said that alter
due consideration he had determined
to make Annapolis his home, and to
vote there during the remainder OF his
life. Admiral Schley has frequently
voted in that city in former years, but
not since the new registration and
election law of 1896 went into force.
| During the last session of the Mary
| land Legislature there was talk OF
comforting citizenship in Maryland up
on Admiral Schley by an act, but It
did not m1terialize. The best posted
| people upon the teehnicalities involved
| in the Admiraps registration say
| however, that there is not the slightest
| difficulty in the way of such a course
| Admiral Schley was formerly voteI
in Annapolis and never acquired 9
residence elsewhere Consequently il
| is held that he is still resident o.
| Annapolis and as such entitled tc
register whenever he applies. if he
| possesses the other qualifications
The closing exercises of the Am
nendale Academy, Ammendale, Prince
Georges county, took place on the
| lawn in front of the academy. Ar
| essay on ELECTRICITY was read by
Douglas c.. Mason Rev. Brother
Austin, visitor of the Christian Broth
| srs, presided and presented medal:
and prizes. Others present were:
Rev. Brother Clementius, director O.
| Ammendale Normal Institute; Broth.
srs Tobias, Edmund, Joseph and
Aloysius. The following is the list
of the honor students: Gold medal
for mathematics and English, Deve
reaux dc Castillo Johnston. Prizes
For typewriting and stenography
Douglas c. Mason; mathematics
Lionel L. Johnston; arithmetic ant
writing. Henry j. Wissman; penman.
ship and arithmetic, Edward Wiss.
man; reading and arithmetic, Robert
]. McNally; arithmetic, Robert V
Hall. In the preparatory and pri.
! mary classes prizes were awarded a:
| follows: Penmanship and arithmetic
Arsenius J. Corby; arithmetic and.
writing, Arturo NJ Johnston; spelling
and reading, Crosell C. Johnston
| writing and arithmetic, Clifford K
Cleborne, and for good conduct, te
Edward Cleborne.
DR.. James l.. Mccormick, of Trappe
| Talbot county, was thrown out of his
buggy while returning home from
visit to friends in Easton and was
| found unconscious in the road. 1t is
supposed he must have been lying
| in the road FIVE hours before he was
| discovered. Proper medical attention
was bestowed upon him and by the
afternoon and was getting around all
| right again.
1t is said Governor Warfeld has
| abandoned the idea of temporarily
moving the executive office into the
old Treasury Building, pending repairs
| to the present chamber, as it is
| thought the Office will be entirely safe
while repairs are being made.
A sheriff's jury of II persons rem
dered the verdict that Miss Martha
| Eek, of Keedysville, is non compos
| mentis and incapable of attending tc
her estate The proceedings were
taken by her sister, Mrs. Joseph
| Weigel.
Mrs. James NJ. Robertson was
elected president and Miss Nellie c.
Carroll historian and chronicler of the
Cambridge Woman's Club.
Miss Dorothy Fell, of London, Eng.
who for nearly year has been visit
ing her uncle, DR.. Thomas Fell, presi-
dent of ST. Johns College, Annapolis.
has started on her return home.
c. A. Harris, of North Dakota, has
been admitted to the as midshipman
to the Naval Academy.
Kent county will have a big crop
Of peaches-that is, in proportion to
10 the number of trees that are now
bearing. Reports from all over the
county agree that whert thete tres
they are full. Judge James S. Har
ris and two sons, who have large or
2hards near Still Pond, say they ex-
pect to have about $1,000 baskets and
that they are so distributed that they
will likely be of good size. The farms
of Thomas Hill, near Fairlee. will
have about 10000 baskets. The Quak-
er Neck fruit belt. which includes the
famous Colonel Wilkins peach farm,
of Riverside. is likely TO nroduce