Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-11-24
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

ulci VI w dSlllllStOn ana tlldl pldtc
on Friday evening last. OF the nee
essary $50 shares of stock required,
subscriptions were received amount
ing to $4,000. The shares are $I25
each, $25 of which goes to surplus
fund. A new 10000 brick bank will
be erected.
Mrs. Antonia Carlin, wife of DR..
James S. Carlin, OF Slldcll, Mont
gomery county, died at her residence
there, i'll her forty sixth year, Mrs.
Carlin was Miss Thompson, OF this
county. and second wife of DR.. Carln,
by whom she is survived. She leaves
two children, Mrs. Ncttie Schindell,
of Washington, aud Gilbert Carlin.
Mrs Susan A. Hardin. aged 90 years
died at her home in Landing Neck,
Talbot county.
Dennis Collins, Of Westernport,
died Saturday, aged 70 years. He
leaves widow and 10 children.
Mrs. d. G.. Shipley. of Little Or
leans, was probably fatally burned
her clothing having ignitcd from
stove while stirring the kitchen fire.
She was at once enveloped III flames,
but had the presence of mind to throw
blanket about herself. Her screams
for help attracted George Leighty,
who was passing. and he finally sub
dued the flames.
John l.. Burch. a dairyman of Boyds
while hauling corn was thrown under
meath the wheels OF his wagon, which
passed over his hips and stomach.
The wagon was heavily loadedwith nine
barrels OF corn. MIR. Burch's injuries
are extremely painful 1t is not
thought he has been fatally hurt.
An important case was decided by
the Court of Appeals in which the
United Railways and Electric Com
pany was held liable for an injury suf'
tered by Mrs. Georgiana Topp. living
at 1887 West Lanvale street. The
injury to Mrs. Topp resulted from her
being put off the car at an unsafe an
uneven landing place. In the case
below. Judge Stockbridge took the
case from the jury and Mrs. Topp ap-
pealed. The Court OF Appeals, in re-
viewing Judge Stockbrdge'S decision,
holds the railway company liable, and
in defining the standard OF duty holds
that carrier owes to its alighting pas
sengers the highest degree of care
which human forethought can provide
Thomas o. Haye, and J. Milton LycI)
represented Mrs. Topp
Andrew Hemming. of ONiord, left
his home by the night steamer on
October 26 for Baltimore, usteneibly
to go to city hospital. No word has
been heard from him since, and NO
%f !. InI
been sick and despondcnt for some
time. MIR. llemming was native OF
Helsingiors, Finland. His wife and
family are greatly distressed over his
disappearance.
The IIagerstown grand jury indicted
Frederick Easton for killing Lorenzo
ID. Kline and Charles Barton ior the
murder OF aged Simon Talhelm. Ea,-
ton admits he shot Kline, but claims
the killing was justitiablc, Barton de
nieS killing Talheim.
Miss Viola Thompson, daughter OF
Mr. Richard Thompson, Of Comus,
Montgomery county, and MIR. William
l.. Stottlcmyer, near BoydS, were mar
rcd in the parsonage OF st. Mary 5
Church at Barnesville by Rev Gilbert
ii. McDouald
he large skating pond, 3a5 by I25
and 3 feet deep, being built by the
Jacob Tomb Institute is nearing com
pletion and will be one of the finest i'll
the State.
With the official returns of Charles
County and Worcester County fully
ascertained and declared the vote Tor
Presidential electors in Maryland
places Mr.. Charles J. Bonaparte. Re
publican clector-at-largc, at the head
Jt the poll He leads ex-Gov. Frank
Brown by .S44 votes, but he is the only
Republican elector who pulls through
The lowest vote for Democratic elcr-
tor was cast for I. Herbert ShrIver,
who got Io7,2S5 votes and stays at
home, while Mr. Samuel \, Mudd,
hitherto considered defeated, is APP
parently saved by one vote more Tor
him than for Mr. Shriver
The first shipment OF freight over
the new HagcrstownM MycrSv>lle troll
ley was made Friday. The rails Of the
new electric road are laid from Ha-
gerstown to MyersviIle. but the road
is not thoroughly ballasted yet The
connection completes a continuous
electric road from Frederick to Ha-
eerstown through one Of the richest
agricultural regions of the State.
Edward Sliicr, OF St. James, sues
Samuel A. Cross, of near Tilghman-
ton. his father-in-law, for damages, al
lepinp that he drove him away from
his home and persuaded his wife not
to 90 with him He is OF very ner-
vo,ls temperament and frequently
while testiying broke down and wept.
Grover Barney and Albert Whit
lock were arrested i'll Hancock on the
charge Of robbing the store OF J. l.,
Uavcrmale, i'll Berkeley Springs, w.
Va, on Wednesday night. Both young
men are from Morgan County and had
come to Hancock to a funeral. The
accused were turned over to the West
Virginia officers and taken to Berkeley
Springs.
The frame barn Of w. l.. Morsten,
near Smithsburg, was burned to the
ground: loss $1,000, with only small
insurance. William Swopc, who was
blowing in nearby field, discovered
the fire and saved the live stock ana
most If the forming utensils. len
tons of hay and 500 bundles OF fodder
were burned.
Carleton Die, son of Mcclellan
Die. aged lS years, fell from the
DOORWAY of his home in Crlsheld,
breaking both legs.
J. William Rabbit has been ap-
polnted oversccr of the Montgomery
County alms-house; John L. West,
r,crk. and DR.. Edward Anderson, pny-
>ician. ,r
In driving accident Charles II.
Parker. OF Lay Hill, Montgomery
rodntv, was thrown from his carriage
br, held to the rens and was dragged