Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-05-05

MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.


most impofa ami boards constituted by
the executive arthority-the state
Board OF Aids ard Charities and the
Board oi Education, Two additional
members uf the Board OF AIDS and
Charities were provided for by tho
act of the last legislature, making the
nnraber Of the board seven. The
members just appointed are Eon.
Jone Lee Carroll, Howard county;
lanes Bono, %ar1uci Rosenthal. jr,
Reuben Foster ard Ferdinand {. La
trobc, Of Baltimore [ali reapoont-
mcn,s). AID Mcssrs. Thomas A.
Smith, of Caroline county, ard Frank
c. Rhodes. of Baltimore city. addl-
tional members. The members OF the
State Board Of Education as APP
pointed are +. Stanley Gary. Baltl-
more city. six gears; John 6. Rogers,
Howard county, tWo years; Lodock
p Wharton. Worcester county, Tour
wears; Clayton Purnell, Allcgan.y
county, four years: Glenn II. WORTH
ngton. Frederick county. SIX years
and Robert c. Cole, of Baltimore
city, six wears. The latter two are
new appointments.
Milliam Murray, of Baltimore coun,.
". one of the inmates of Sprlnghclc
State Hospital, met a horrible death
by throwing himself under wagon
,Gaded heavily with coal for the in
stitution. Attendant Capics had a
party of patients at work on the road
near the village when the accident
occurred. Justice Curley summoned
Jury. with r NJ. Anderson foreman
which rendered verdict Of suicide.
The victim was badly mangled and
crushed. Murray had been conincd
at the institution for about " months
The body of an insant ch'ld, winch
showed signs Of having been mnr,
dcrcd. was found on the farm o
Christian Lehman, four miles rot:H
If Hagcrstown. The officers arc LOOK
ing for its parents.
Miss katherine tpdeeraH, daugh
ter OF George UpdeGraf. the glove
manufactured, died at her home, or
Potomac avenue. Hagerstown, OF ap,
pcndicitis, aged Is years. She had
hccn sick one week. She is survived
bv her parents and one Brother.
Miss Gertrude Malloy, daughter o'
George Malloy. residing at Mount
Savage. was irightfully burned by the
cxplosion OF a coal oil almp. She
had turned the wick down To blow
out the fame, when the exp Iosion
occurred. Her face and body are
burned. Her condition is serious.
At meeting ot the directors OF
the Second National Bank OF Relair.
which was held Monday, the res1%'
nation oi Cashier Walter Finney was
accepted. The affairs OF the bank
have since been i'll the hands OF ITS
president, Thomas II. Robinson, and
Iohn y. Worthington, one OF the d'
rcctors. Mr.. l'inncy LETT Bclair on
Monday evening and drove to Edge
wood. ON the Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington Railroad, where lie
took a train ior Baltimore. lie was very
popular with the patrons OF the bahN
and brought considerable business t.
it through his individuality. Much
regret is felt that he lett the town SO
abruptly without telling his friends OF
his intention. The capital stock OF
the bank is 100000 and the surplus
and undivided profits by the last
statement were about $4,000 Scna
tor Robinson is president ana III
William S. Archer, Joseph b. Han
way, George t. Silver, w. Beatty
Harlan. John ID. Worthington and Dr
Martin l.. Jarrett directors wv
The annual commencement OF " aSh'
inpton High School took place III the
Auditorium, Princess Anne. There
we're three graduates, Morris Henry
Adams, Miss Rculah Agnes Dyer and
Miss Ellen Elizabeth Huttl.ngton' all
OF Princess Anne. The distrioutl0r
nj diplomas and honors was made
bv MIR. Henry l.. ID. Stanford pres.
dent OF the board OF trustees or the
school, ,
The commencement exercises ot the
Crisfeld High School were held N
the opera house, that city. lhe grad
yates were Mark c. Lewis, ElWortn
II. Cobourne and Erel. B. Gerald,
Willie T. Higgins, Edna MeWman an. ano
NJ. Alice Higgins. Rev W. > ih'Illps
delivered the address to the GRADUATES,
and Prof. +. f. Gardner presented
the diplomas A feature OF the oc'
casion was a tambourine drill under
the supervision OF Mrs. \. L, GOOD
rich.
A small party from Washington
composed Of Sir Henry Durand, BRIT
ish ambassador at Washington; Gen
George B. Davis and others, spent all
afternoon in going over the Antctaf1'
battlchclds They came over the b' "
O. in a ROYAL Blue club car as tar as
kecdysvillc and took carriages from
there over the field, The party re-
turned to Washington at night.
A rise in the Potomac river is
affordjng sport for fisherman, who are
catching numbers of carp and suckers.
lanes Bird caught in the river az
Williamsport a German carp wc,si'
ing sixteen pounds, together with d
number OF other fish,
Miss Sarah Ienowitz, who resides
at lIalpnc, two miles cast OF ROCK
Vile, was seriously injured III run
away accident few days ago. Wh'ie
ont riding with Mr.. Schlossbure
and two small children her horse TOOK
fright at passing train near Garrcu
PARK and ran away. The entire party
we're thrown out, but Miss Ienowlt7
was the only one to sustain serious
injury. ,h
Frank Miller, liverynan ano
horseman of Chambersburg, com
mitted suicide by hanging himself
lie was dcspondent because OF threats
Of suit for damages by a physr
clan against whom Miller had ap
reared for practicing without license
He leaves sick wife and child.
Charles French, residing near Po1n, II
Of Rocks, was arrested by Sherifi
Charles Young and held in default OF
5000 bail, charged with assuming ,,s l,S
wife with intent to kill. french' VINO
is tollgate keeper on the canal near
po;nte n Rocks. and his wife became