Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-04
THE FOURTH AT ANNAPOLIS.
Vessels in Gala Attire-Scarcity of
Crabs Noted.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
ANNAPOLIS, JULY g. 1905.
A pretty sight will be presented at the
Naval Academy tomorrow In connection
with the observance of the Fourth of July
All of the vessels on the station will dress
ship at o'clock in the morning and re-
main dressed until sunset. At noon ma
tional salute will be fired
The midshipmen at the academy will be
given a holiday and there will be no studies
or Rotations Rear Admiral Sands has
forbidden the discharge of fireworks in the
Naval Academy grounds proper, but has
granted permission to do so on the govern
ment farm removed from all buildings.
Rev Carl Buff, pastor of st. Martin
German Lutheran Church, Will sail Wednes-
day for Bremen to visit his old home at
Battenberg and Griessen He expects TO
be absent two months.
Five more candidates were sworn In as
mtdshipmen today, one Washington boy:
Ralph D. Spalding, Kentucky; Charles M.
Elder, Georgia; Harold T. Smith. Wash
ington; Luther Welsh, Missouri; Herbert r.
Borchardt, Illinois.
Rev and Mrs Joseph P. McComas left
today for Detroit, Mich.
Miss Mabel Benson and Miss Marie GUIDE
of Washington are visiting Miss Jennie
P. Richardson of Parole, near Annapolis.
The men stationed at the marine bar
racks, Naval Academy, will celebrate the
on the academy oval
Miss Elizabeth Beel, teacher of languages
in the Annapolis High School, has resigned
and will leave this week for Marionville,
Va
Miss Elizabeth Late, for many years
teacher in the public schools here, has ac-
cepted a position in st. Stevens School for
Girls at Germantown, Philadelphia, and will
enter upon her work there in September.
Mr.. Benjamin Watkins will serve the din
ner to the members of the South River Club
tomorrow. The affair will be the regular
quarterly dinner of the club, at which the
famous South River punch will have
place of honor. Many of the local members
of the club will be present and the attend
ance promises to be exceptionally large.
With poor fishing season drawing to a
close and the remembrances of the embargo
on fish during the winter months, the local
fish dealers are now confronted with
scarcity of crabs never before experienced
in the history of Annapolis.
Grabs are scarce and hard to secure
that there is every reason to believe that
this will be an exceptionally poor season
and will be the last straw to the burden
carried by the fishermen. Just what is
causing the scarcity of crabs is not known,
but 1t Is thought that the excessive rains
have so greatly disturbed the feeding
grounds of the hard-shellers that they have
hunted pastures new else been so poorly
fed that they have failed to develop.
Mr.. Walter Clark, who generally does
large crab business every year, reports the
poorest business in his experience. One
year ago last week his output was 1OO5 gal
Ions, against 4S0 gallons last week. In adj
dition to the fact that crabs are hard to
secure this season, they are, for the most
part, of an inferior nature.
All of the election appeal cases will be
placed on trial in the circuit court for this
county next Thursday These are thirty
nine in number and the reasons given for
the restoration of removed names are near
ly as great. 1t is thought that it will be
possible to dispose of all the cases on that
day, but If not they can be finished Friday.
Names have been removed of adherents
of both parties and the cases will be stub
bornly contested One of the most inter-
esting will be that of DR. Louis B. HenkeI.
5r., who, it is alleged is not a resident of
Annapolis, but that his home Is in East
port. This the doctor denies.
Serious injuries were received this morn
ing by Raymond Morgan. the young son
of Mr.. Samuel Morgan, while at play The
lad, together with number of companions.
was playing about an old pile driver in
College creek when the accident occurred.