Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-04-02
State Happenings.

president of the Elkton Baseball Club.
which will help to form the Cecil Conn
ty Baseball League.
The st. Johns College baseball team
left Tuesday under Captain Mudd on
the annual Southern trip. and will play
at Charlottesville. Blacksburg. Salem
and Lexington. Va.
Frederick Dallam. Esq. ex-Mayor
Edward Phelps and John p. Curley
have announced themselves as candi-
dates for Mayor at the annual municipal
election i'm Laurel. on April Is.
The franchise granted the Cecil and
Kent Electric Company to build troll
ley railway over the public roads be.
tween Elkton and Chesapeake City will
expire i'm six months unless the road is
completed by that time. Work has not
yet been begun.
Judge Charles +. Holland. of Sails
bury, is having a fine yacht built, to be
run with gasoline power.
The Maryland legislature session of
1904 will expire by limitation at mid
night ON Monday next. April 4.
Jesse A. Lednum, of Easton. has been
appointed to a position in the Govern
ment Printing Office. Washington,
with a salary of 81. 200 year
The Town Council Of fredericksburg
has made it unlawful for any person
having been exposed to contagious
diseases to enter the town within II
days.
William J. Keithley aud II. C. Dodson.
Jr.. have announced themselves as
candidates for Town Commissioners of
St. Michael's at the election next Mon.
day.
The sum of $500 received from the
Woolsey estate is now available for the
road from Churchville to Havre de
Grace.
The Talbot County School Board has
decided to close the scholastic year on
June %.
The Cumberland Valley railroad runs
through four States, two of which
Maryland and virginia-have Jim
Crow" laws. and the other two-Penn-
sylvania and West Virginia-do not
have such law. 4 colored person 20.
ing from Harrisburg to Winchester on
first-class ticket can ride in the coaches
with white people in Pennsylva MIA and
West Virginia. but will have TO seek
other quarters in Maryland aud Virginia.
A couple from Virginia were married
late Saturday night at the Hotel
Hamilton. in Hagcrstown. by Rev. Mr..
Mowbray. They were Miss Virgic
Harris, of Burketown. and Mr.. q. ).
Nicol. of Weyes. They telephoned for
license and messenger was sent for
the minister. Both responded quickly
and the knot was tied
A serious freight wreck occurred on
the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington Railroad. near North East. Tues.
day night. Two freight cars were de-
molished and both the north aud south
bound tracks were torn up for nearly
200 yards. blocking travel for nearly five
hours. The freight train, in charge of
Conductor James H. Hill, was coming
north and was running at high rate
of speed. Suddenly fiange on a wheel
of a car broke, throwing the car and
the one following it from the track
The cars were dragged along for cor.
siderable distance aud finally turned
over. No one was injured
While Freight Conductor f. w.
White was bring train north over the
Philadelphia. Baltimore and Washing
ton Railroad Tuesday night from
Perryville. Cecil county, one of the crew
heard the cries of man for help and
signaled the engineer to stop the train.
When this was done the men made an
investigation and found man hanging
between two of the cars. He had been
riding on the train and had fallen off.
One leg was cut off. and To get his
head and body free it was necessary to
remove the brake rigging. BY the time
the unfortunate was removed from his
perilous position he lapsed into un-
consciousness. He was sent to a hos
pital. but his recovery is doubtful.