The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15
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of Hagerstown; William Donaldson, of
Smithsburg; Mrs. John McDade, OF near
Hagerstown; Mrs. Mary Knode, OF
South Dakota, and Mri. Annie Lewis,
of Kansas.
News has just been received in Ridg-s
ly, Caroline County, of the death OF
John R. Lee at Yuma, Arizona. Mr.. Lee
was formerly resident of Caroline
County and leaves many surviving rela-
tives in the county, among them being
Clerk of the Circuit Court T. L. Day,
who is a half-brother Mr.. Lee was
graduated from Harvard Law School i'll
1866 and located at ST. Louis &c practice
his profession. About rs years ago he
located at Yuma, Ariz., where he be-
came interested in silver mining.
AT few minutes past o'clock A. NJ.
a fast eastbound limited train mad a
head-on collision with the newspaper
train out of Baltimore and Washington
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The
accident happened a: switch near
Boyds. No passengers were injured.
The trains were running slow at the
time One of the locomotives was badly
demolished. Conductor Gill; of .lle lin
ited collapsed shortly after the accident
and died without speaking :; word but
10 call for the agent at Boyds, who had
charge of the wreckagc. Mr.. Gill fell
on the steps OF one of the coaches OF
his train. He had jus. recovered from
severe illness and perhaps his death was
due to excitement. Conductor Gill was
one of the Oldest employees of the rail
road company. His body was taken 10
Baltimore and removed to his home.
3I5 N Calhoun ST He was 81 years OLD
and is survived by widow and one
child
A head-on collision between the Cherry
Run accommodation train and az extra
containing General Manager Alex. Ro-
bertson, Superintendent Shepherd ana
several other officials of the Western
Maryland Railroad, occurred on the Pc
tomac Valley division about half mile
from Charlton Station. The officials,
who were riding in private car, escaped
with bad shaking-up. President Pierce
and Vice-President Landstreet were also
on the special train. Thos. B. Davis, Jr.,
and party, of West Virginia, occupied 4
private car, which was attached to the
special Both engines were derailed.
The roadbed was torn up and traffic
was blocked for several hours The
two trains were to have passed at a point
near where the wreck occurred, but an
operator failed, it is alleged to deliver
the order The dispatcher is said to have
disappeared.
The remains OF Everett William Flet-
cher Smith who died at the Marion City
Hospital, Marion, Ohio, were buried i'll
All u,11o,uc, prota-top+ Entccopa1 Come.
terry, Snow Hill. Mr. Smith was drug
but moved to Ohio several years ago. He
zabeth S. Smith, and was born 50 years
ago at Grand Turk, Turks Island, West
Indies, where the father was stationed
as United States Consul. Mr.. B. Everett
Smith was one of the best-known men
of the Eastern Shore and with his son.
P. Sidney Smith, Still of Snow Hill, pub
lished and edited the Worcester County
Shield, which was continued by the son,
P. Sidney Smith, after his fathers death
until the great fire of 1908 when the
plant was destroyed.
On Tuesday night the bugcye William
E. Croswell, James Perry, captain and
owner, was lying at anchor in Cabin Cove
near ST. Michaels, when somcoue went
on board, broke the lock from the cabin
door and took the stock of provisions
which had ben laid in for cruise. A.
mong the things taken were bags of
flour, ham, can of lard, lot of corn
meal, dried apples, beans, quantity OF
coffee. sugar, etc.
Half the oyster measurers in Baltimore
CITY have been switched to Oxford, Cam
bridge, St. Mchaels, Chrisfield and other
towns along the Chesapeake bay by Gov
ernor Warheld as a result of the infor-
nation that the Gull law was not being
respected by the packers in these local
tiles. The Governors move is meeting
with much success, as the dredge boats
that have been coming into these ports
for the last few days have their oysters
culled.
President P. w. Sylvester, of tine Mary
land Agricultural College, has decided to
hold exercises OH March 8, 1900, conf
memorating the fiftieth anniversary of the
incorporation of the institution The
trustees are expected to authorize the
publication of volume setting forth the
history of the college, the steps taken
toward its incorporation and blographicar
sketches of its executives. The Mary
land Agricultural College was the first
institution of its kind incorporated in
the United States. A meeting of conf
mittees representing the alumni associa-
ton and faculty OF the college was held
Tuesday evening, when preparatory steps
were taken toward holding the cclebra-
ton. A committee on commemorative
exercises was appointed, with DR.. S. ).
Buckley, of the Maryland Agricultural
College, chairman
Mr.. William E.. Barnard, aged 81
wears, well-known resident OF Bruins
wick, died at his home after lingering
illness. He was an employee of the Bal
! more and Ohio Railroad. He was close
" identified with the Brotherhood OF
! Railway Trainmen and connected with
the organization in some official capacity
| for number of years. He was recog-
| nized as a man of good judgement III the
handling of the many questions that came
| hoforo the organization for settlement.