The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-10-21
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.


and large rattlesnake.
Frederick Roscoe Mater and Miss
! Mary A. McCracken, of Washington,
d. c., were married in Rockville by
Rev. w. F. Locke, at the home of the
minister.
The Prohibitionists of the Fifth
Congressional district have nominated
! William E. Johnson, of Laurel, for
Congress. For the past two years Mr..
Johnson has been associated with Mr..
! John G.. Woolley in the work of COM
piling four-volume encyclopedia on
alcohol problems.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Alexander. of
Rock Hall, Kent county, have gone
! to spend week with relatives and
| friends in New York city.
Augustus V. Polack's jewelry store,
in the heart tof the business part of
Hagerstown, was robbed about noon
! the other day of $500 worth of dia-
| mond and opal rings, which were iii
an oval purple velvet case in the front
| window. The case contained about
20 stones. Case and all were taken.
| There were two persons in attend
ance in the store at the time of thu
robbery-Mr Polack, proprietor, and
a repairer, Oliver Smith. Four men
came singly into the store at close
intervals. Two went to the rear and
the other two stayed in front. One
| of the former had Mr. Polack put
new crystal on his gold watch, while
| the other man in the rear engaged
| the attention of the repairer by ask
| ing to look at some souvenir spoons.
| The two men in front became very
restless and Mr. Polack started to
wait on them, when the man who
had the crystal put on his watch de
tanned him by asking to look at some
| silver knives. The stout man in front
at this juncture opened large news
| paper, which entirely shielded from
the view of Mr.. Polack and the re-
| pairer the small man who stood be-
| bind the stout one at the window
| containing the jewels. 1t is thought
| the tray was stolen from the win
| dow at this time The two men in
front finally left the store, and were
| followed presently by the two in the
rear. The robbery was not discov
cred until several hours afterward. It
is thought the thieves left town on
the first train.
Mrs. Lemuel Jenkins, wife of a
1 farmer who lives halfway between
Salisbury and Snow Hill, died from
the effects of paris green taken by her
Tuesday night.
Annapolis business men are fgur
ing to form local mutual fire in
surance company.
The Yawl-rigged yacht Arelar.
owned and captained by George E.
Barton, of Philadelphia, put into An
napolis harbor for supplies. The
yacht flies the burgee of the Corin-
THAN Yacht Club, of Philadelphia. She
has her owner and his family aboard.
F. Buchanan Owen, of Baltimore,
who has been elected first lieutenant
of Company c, Fourth Regiment In
fantry, Maryland National Guard, will
be commissioned by Governor War
field this week.
The revised infantry drill regula-
ton of the United States Army have
been adopted for the government OF
| the Maryland National Guard.
Ezra Miller. veteran of the Civil
War, died at his home, near Pen-Mar,
aged 78 years.
The Prohibtionists of the Sixth
Maryland district have nominated
William A. Michaels, of Garrett coun-
| ty, for Congress- Mr.. Michaels is
a well-to-do farmer.
The work Of moving the effects OF
the Land Office to the new Court OF
| Appeals building has been completed
and companies NJ and G, the two An
napolis organizations of the First Reg.
iment, Maryland National Guard, will
shortly occupy the old building as an
| armory, as the Governor recently
turned it over to them for that pur-
pose. 1t is the intention of the mill.
tiamen to convert the armory into a
gymnasium for the promotion of ath-
letics among the men.
Mr.. Josiah w. Winpigler, who sc
mysteriously disappeared from his
home, near Creagerstown, on Sunday
morning, September II, has not a.
vet been heard from nor can any trace
of him be found by his relatives. Nc
motive can be assigned for his strange
act, as he was in good health at the
time, and his family and relatives
were of the best Mr.. Winpigler was
Civil War veteran and is about &c
years of age. He is about 5 feet 8
inches tall, weighs 100 pounds, has
black hair and sandy mustache. and
on the morning of his disappearance
wore black suit and black SLOUGH hat
and carried his pension papers in his
pocket.
The trutees of the Agricultural Col
lege held their monthly meeting at
the college. Those present were Spen-
Ger c. Jones, Dr. Jordan L. Atkinson,
David Seibert, c. J. Purnell. Charles
A. Evans, Charles Councilman, James
NJ. Monroe, Harold Walsh, E. G. Mer
ryman and F. Carroll Goldsborough.
The State Horticultural Society and
State Grange were invited to meet at
the college on December $3.50 and
30. A vacation of 80 days was granted
to President R. w. Sylvester: The
chair of Horticultural was filled by
the appointment of Prof. HUT, of Col
orado. The trustees expressed graft
hcation at the large number of stu
dents, about 200 having been so far
enrolled.