The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-28
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

r1er in Bancroft Hall, the new quar-
tiers Of the m;dshipmen at the Naval
Academy. A workman, who was doing
some vanishing il: one of the corri-
doris, placed can Of shellae varnish in
contact with an electric-light switch
board in such a way that it closed cir
cult. The contents of the can ignited
and spread over the floor. The fire
was extinguished by workmen after some
flooring and walls had been burned.
J. William Allnut, of Laytonsville,
Montgomery county, was dangerously in
Jured by the breaking of the seat of
horse rake in his hay fields. When the
seat broke Mr.. Allnut fell backward to
the ground. The lines were around his
neck and this caused the horse to back.
Several prongs of the rake penetrated
Mr.. Allnuts groin and stomach, one to
depth OF about a inches.
Junius Yates, of Texas, and Jefferson
Davis Smith, Of Louisiana, have been
admitted as midshipmen to the Naval
Academy.
Bertha Rogers, aged about 20 years, an
employee in factory at Bellevue, the
county almshouse, is in serious condi-
ton from taking poison. She told the
family of Mrs. Cromer, with whom she
lived, that she had taken poison, and
emetics were administered by physi-
clan. Her wardrobe was searched and
a number of capsules, containing drugs,
were found. She was removed to Belle
VIE as soon as her condition permitted.
The following officers of the First
Regiment, Maryland National Guard,
have resigned: Major James c. Porter,
of Annapolis; First Lieutenant c. A.
Hogan, Company H, of Westminster,
and Second Lieutenant Zachariah H. S.
Crawford, of Company M, Of Annapolis.
Rev. w. A. COPELAND has been commits
stoned chaplain of the Fourth Regiment,
vice E. ]. Helfenstein, resigned.
George w. Heltzel, for years trusted
employee of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at the depot in Gaithersburg,
Montgomery county, was arrested on a
freight train as he was going to Wash
ington. He is accused of forcing an en-
trance into the office and robbing the
money till of SEQ while the agent was
at lunch. Special Agent Rohrer was in
charge of the office. Holtzel was familiar
with the Office during his long service,
and Detective William was assigned to
the case. When arrested Heltzel adj
mitted borrowing the money, and said
he had returned about half the amount,
but denied entering the Office by force.
He was lodged in jail at Rockville. He
is about 26 years old and resided in
Gaithersburg with his mother. Until ar
rested he bore an excellent reputation
and had held several positions with the
railroad company. 4
The Little Wabash Railroad" which
has been In operation for couple OF
seasons at Pen-Mar,. will be extended
next season from PEN Mar Park to the
Blue Mountain House, half mile dis
lance. The tracks will be laid on the
picturesque blue Mountain patti" which
will be widened. The railroad is min
iature affair. The locomotive is only
about two feet high. The passenger
cars, each holding four persons, are IN
proportion. The track now winds
around among the trees in the park in
the direction of the Western Maryland
Railroad Station. The road and equip
ment is owned and operated by William
R. Flegh, of Hagerstown. His II-year-
old son, Robert Fleigh, is the engineer,
and he is an expert Another son,
Harry, is the conductor. Mr.. Fleigh was
for a number of years an engineer on
the Western Maryland Railroad. He
has couple thousand dollars invested
in the enterprise. Last year about 2o,-
300 passengers were hauled on the rail-
road.
Harry Walton, I4-year-old son of G.
6. Walton, of Annapolis, is suffering with
rather painful injuries as the result of
double accident which befell him in
o5g am!l lIoqS V 'sAep MaI lseI sq@
he cut his foot severely. The foot be-
came swollen and his mother soaked
some absorbent cotton with turpentine
and wrapped the foot in it. Friday ne
stepped upon match and ignited it, set
ting fire to the turpentine and the band
ages. Before they could be removed his
foot was severely burned.
The wheat crop in Caroline county,
which it was expected would be very
large. has proved sad disappointment
to the farmers throughout the entire
county. The average is only about IS
bushels to the acre. The largest yield
so far reported is that on the farm OF
Mr.. George Nichols, which was oIo
bushels, or ~ bushels to the acre.
The large park surrounding the depot
at Washington Junction, on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, will be cleaned
I'D and made attractive to passengers
stopping at that point transferring for
East and West and for Frederick. Set
tees and shrubbery and flowers and trees
will be trimmed and put in excellent
condition.
Robert Barnard. colored of Burris-
vile. lies in a critical condition from
what is believed to be the effects of
dose of poison administered by Thomas
Broadway, colored 1t is said that
Broadway and Baynard had some trou-
Bile over woman, and that on Friday
Broadway offered Baynard drink of
gin. The gin, or what was given to him
as gin, made Baynard deathly sick. and
he was saved from death by the timely
arrival of DR.. S. C. Dudley, of Church
Hill Every symptom was that OF pois-
oning. DR.. j. NJ. Corkran, of Centre
:iiaS .aot the hottie containing the liquid