Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-06-30
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
ior Rapid Reading.

Fire which broke out at :, o'clock
in the morning completely destroyed
the plant of the Snow Hill Canning
| Company, located near the Washing,
ton street bridge, i'll the Snow tlil'
The good work of the Snow Hill hrc
department prevented the spread ot
the fire to the mill of w. d. Corddry
! & Sons, just across the street. lhe
| 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 IN
the box heap is unknown. The loss
is estimated at $4,000; insurance nor
known.
A severe storm passed over Wash
ington county, Sunday afternoon lhe
wheat, which is ready for harvest, was
thrown fiat to the ground in many
places. The residence OF john s.
Winters, at Cavetwn, was struck by
lightning and portion OF the root
torn off. The bolt ran down the ram
spout into a barrel, demolishug It
MIR. Winters, his son and the son
wife we're 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. 5. Schley announced tc
his friends hat in the fall he would
apply to the registration officers ot the
city OF Annapolis to be registered
as a voter there. He SAID that after
due consideration he had determined
to make Annapolis his home. and to
vote there during the remainder OF ms
life. Admiral Schley has frequently
voted in that city in former years, bun
not since the new registration and
election law OF 1890 went into force
During the last session OF the Mary
| land Legislature there was talk o'
conferring citizenship in Maryland up
on Admiral Schley by an act, but II
did not matcrialize Tive best postcc
people upon the tec'nicalticS invo'vec
| in the Admirals registration sry
however, that there is NOT the sllgftcS'
! difficulty in the way OF such course
! Admiral Schley was formerly vote,
| in Annapolis and never acquired
residence elsewhere. Consequently /,
is held that he is still resident q
Annapolis and as such cntitled tc
register whenever he applies, II he
possesses the other qualifications
The closing exercises of the AM
ncndalc Academy, Ammcndale, Prince
Georges county. took place on the
avn in front of the academy. Ar
essay on Electricity was read BY
Douglas c. Mason Rev. Brothe'
| 4 ,,,.,tnr rf thp 'tris.ilt I, Rrnt II.
,rs, presided and presented medal:
md prizes. Others present we're:
Rev. Brother Clementlus, director o.
Ammendalc Normal Institute; Broth.
RS Tobias. Edmund, Joseph anc
Aoysius. The following is the l,si
oi the honor students; Cold media
for mathematics and English, Devc
reaux de Castillo Johnston. Prizes
For typeWriting and stenography
Douglas c. Mason; mathematics
Lionel l.. Johnston: arithmetic ant
yriting, Henry ]. Wissman; penman
ship and arithmetic, Edward Wiss'
man; reading and arithmetic, Rober'
!. McNally: arithmetic, Robert VI
Hall. In the preparatory and pri'
mary classes prizes were awarded az
follows: Penmanship and arithmetic,
Arsenius J. Corby; arithmetic anc
writing, Arturo NJ. Johnston; spelling
and reading. Croscll c. Johnston
writing and arithmetic. Clifford X
| Cleborne, and for good conduct tc
Edward Cleborne
DR.. James l.. Mccormick, of Trappe
Talbot county, was thrown out of his
buggy while returning home from
! -. -: A.. aud
! found unconscious in the road. 1t is
supposed he must have been lying
in the road five hours before lie was
| discovered. Proper medical attention
was bestowed upon him and by the
afternoon and was getting around al
! right again.
1t is said Governor Warheld has
abandoned the idea of temporarily
moving the executive office into the
Did Treasury Building, pending repairs
10 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 Keedysvlle, 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 chronic'cr OF the
| Cambridge Woman's Club.
Miss Dorothy Fell of London, Eng,
who for nearly year has been visit
| no her uncle, Dr. Thomas Fell. prcsi.
| icnt OF St. Johns College, Annapolis
| has started on her return home.
c. A. Harris. OF North Dakota, has
been admitted to the as midshpn,ar
70 the Naval Academy.
Kent county will have big crop
| VI peaches cS--that is, in proportion tc
10 the number OF trees that arc now
bearing. Reports from all over the
county agree that whr'S thCse tt"s
thcv are full Judge lanes S, Har'
ris and two sons. who have large or
,hartlS near Still Pond. say they cx.
oect to have about 5000 baskets anc
that thev ave so distributed that they
will likely be nf good size. The farms
of Thomas Hill. near Fairlce. will
have about 10000 baskets. The Quak.
or Neck fruit belt. which includes the
famous Colonel Wilkins peach farm
nf Riverside. is likely to nroduce
thousands oi baskets The Wn''n:
farm especially has a big croo, Com
missioner Allie Loud reports his trees
vorv full The peach trees along the
Chesapeake bay are we'll filled also.
William L. Heirouimus died il
Hagerstown of general debility attel
a brief illness, aged 81 years. lie was
engaged i'll the shoe business a mum
ber OF years ago. His wife died thirty
years ago.
The construction OF the trolley ex'
tension acrosSs South Mountain tc
,i..,,;1Ie has deyeIODed plans 10.