Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-12
CALL FOR PRIMARIES ISSUED.
Successful Annapolis Candidates-New
Mayor Sworn In.
of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
ANNAPOLIS Md, July II, 1905.
The republican state central committee
for Anne Arundel county met here today
and issued call for the republican county
primaries, to be held throughout the sew
eral districts of the county, Saturday, July
20. The primaries will be to nominate
Candidates for the usual county ticket to
be voted in November including members of
the house of delegates, sheriff, county COM
missioners and other county officers. The
democratic primaries will be held Saturday,
July %.
When the North Atlantic squadron joins
the feet a convoy to the squadron with
the remains of John Paul Jones to the
Naval Academy, the fleet will remain here
two days.
The Boxer. the new training vessel for
middies at the Naval Academy, will shortly
take portion of the new fourth class on
a cruise for instruction down the bay.
A runaway accident occurred here today
in which Mrs. Garrison of North Severn
had her ankle broken.
Six additional candidates have success
fully passed all mental and physical exam
nations and today they were. sworn in as
members of the new fourth class of mid
shipmen. They were follows: Edward
c. Racquet Iowa; Erin l.. Ellington, North
Carolina; John E. Sloan, South Carolina;
Webster A. Capron, New York; Lafayette
L. Hodges, Mississippi, and Glenn B.
Strickland, Georgia.
Capt. Reisinger, United States Marine
Corps reported today at the Naval Acad-
envy and was assigned to duty at the Ma
rine Barracks and School of Application.
Thrty-one members of Company f, list
Infantry Maryland National Guard, of
EGston, Md, arrived in the city this morn
ing aboard small sailing vessel en- route
to the Maryland state rife range at Glen
Burnie, this county. They will spend two
days at rifle practice at the range. The
militiamen were in charge of their captain,
C. w. Adams. They left Annapolis on the
II 80 train over the Short Line.
The yernment tug Standish. command
ed by Lieut.. II. A. Wiley, U. S. N, sailed
from the Naval Academy at 7:30 O'Clock
this morning for Gardeners bay, Massachu-
sets, to join the vessels of the midShip-
mems summer cruising squadron. The
Standish carried a quantity of mail and
laundry for the officers and midshipmen of
the several vessels of the feet. The entire
squadron has rendeZvoused at Gardner
bay. On July 10 the midshipmen will be
transferred from one vessel to the other.
Mr.. Eugene Griffin of College avenue, who
| is well known and highly esteemed among
the members of the local lodge of Masons,
has recently been presented with hand
some silver service. The presentation was
made by about dozen recently initiated
me mbers of the Masons and was in recog
milton of the valuable instructions which
the recipient of the gift gave these men be-
fore their entrance into the lodge.
Mr.. John dep. Douw, the successful
mayoralty candidate in yesterdays cleo
ton, appeared before the clerk of the cir
cult court at the court house today, re-
ceived the oath and was duly sworn in as
the official head of Annapolis for the next
two years. The counselor and aldermen
elected will be sworn in before the new
mayor in response to call to be issued by
him
Sheriff Samuel b. Hardy has appointed
Mr.. George w Taylor, a resident of the first
district, the death watch over William
Leazer, colored who is to pay the death
"a In ha INIT toll vayd
on Calvert street on July u for the muir
der of Patrolman John G. Mcnamara of
Fairfield, Anne Arundel county. The crime
was committed on March 81 last.
A number of the members of the Tax
payers Association of Anne Arundel county
gathered in the circuit court room at the
court house today and the first meeting of
that association for several weeks was
neld.
Mr.. James w. Owens addressed the mem
bers on the subjects in the interest of the
betterment of the countys management.
He spoke at some length on the matter of
the protest which has been made over the
appointment of James Il. Crawford as a
special police officer for Germantown
Other addresses were delivered by Mr.
George T. Melvin, president of the associa-
ton. and Mr.. Charles M. Duvall of the
third district.
Perhaps the most unique piece of mail
matter that ever passed through the AM
napols postoffice was received here on Sat-
nrday last. 1t was a dollar bill, tagged
with the ADDRESS OF a miOShlpman, and was
postmarked Jacksonville. Fla. On the OBJ
verse side of the tag was, Spend this for
highballs and think of me- The money
came through the mail safely the same as
a post card.
The family of Lieut. E. II. Conger, U. s.
M. c.. is entertaining Miss Mildred Hag-
gard of Minneapolis. Mimi, at the Marine
Barracks, Naval Academy.
Prof p. r. Alger of the Naval Academy
has gone to South Bethlehem, Pa, for his
vacation.
Prof II. NJ. Paul has been detached from
the bureau of yards and docks at Washing
ton and is ordered to the Naval Academy.
The family of Rear Admiral Silas w.
Terry has taken up its residence here for
the summer.
The monthly report of the city health of
fcer shows for the month of June only If
teen deaths in population of 1200O.
Lieut. Earle Fisher, 18th United States
Cavalry, u. s. A., is here with Mrs. Fisher
to VISIT the latters mother, Mrs. Lewis
Gassaway. Lieut. and Mrs. Fisher have
just returned from the Philippines, where
Lieut.. Fisher has been stationed for the
past two years
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