Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-14
LOWER TAX RATE AT ANNAPOLIS
Annual Colt Show on West River
Other Notes.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

| Special Correspondence of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, June 49, 1905.
The steady increase in the taxable bash
of Annapolis, owing to the new building.
| being erected, together with the increased
valuation of lots along most of the cit.
| streets, indicates that the next tax rat'
| will be sufficiently below the present rat
| to afford much-needed relief to the over
burdened taxpayer. The present taxable
| basis of the city of Annapolis is, in rount
| numbers, $3,20O,000. which. at the presen
| rate of 81 per $100 worth of property, yield:
a revenue Of So, 600. The chief remaining
source of the city's revenue is from licenses
Of which the liquor license fund is the larg
est item. For the present year City Treas
urer Charles j. Russell has added to the
taxable basis $4,000 worth of new prop
erty, and the new valuation raises the basis
by at least $35O,OOo.
One of the largest list of entries in its
history will be presented at the fifth annual
West river colt show tomorrow and Thurs
day This one of the pleasing events OF
the year in that part of the county, prom
Uses to be one of the most successful in the
history Of those who yearly cause to be dis
played the finest horsefesh in the county.
Messrs. Elizey, Cheston and Murray, who
were the originators of the show and who
nave yearly DTOaQened us scope, nave TINS
year gathered together the best list OF En-
tries in the history of the organization.
Miss Cornela Lansdale of Davidsonville.
this county, is among the graduates of
Western Maryland College who will receive
her diploma tomorrow from the hands of
Gov. Warfield. Miss Lansdale holds schol-
arship from this county, which will be va
cant upon her graduation, either for male
or female student
On Friday morning the graduating exer-
cises Of the preparatory school of St. Johns
College will be held In Mcdowell Hall.
There are thirty graduates. among whom is
Edwin Warfield. jr.. the only son Of Gov.
Warfield. The governor will make the ad-
dress to the graduating class.
Caroline Brooks, colOred woman whose
terday in a buggy while driving with her
husband to Upper Marlboro.
The family Of Commander Austin NJ.
Knight, U. S. N, left today for Davidson
vile, to spend the summer with the family
of Benjamin Watkins. :
Prof. H. Mel. P. Huse, head Of the de-
partment of modern languages at the Ma
val Academy, left here today with Mrs.
Huse for Amagansett, l.. l.
Miss Huse left for Cranston's, N. Y
On the annual excursion Of ST. Anne's
Sunday school to Colchester today :he
steamer Annapolis took S7S excursionists.
The u. 8. S. Atlanta was today anchored
off Hackett's point, below Annapolis.
Gov. Warfield will not hold his Official
day in Annapolis this week
Two more candidates who have passed
their final examinations were admitted TO
the Naval Academy this morning. They are
Ernest Joseph Blankenship and Frank Hill
Weaver.
Capt c. c. Hagelin of the schooner sallie
Ann of Oliyet, Calvert county, has been
awarded $3.50 for damages done by the tor
pedo boat Talbot in collision with the Salie
Ann off Greenberry's point May %.