Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-08-10
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

Two cars of the Hartford Avenue line,
at the entrance to Clifton Park, Balti-
more. For some understandable rea-
son northbound car jumped the track
and crashed into one southbound
throwing it from the tracks and turning
it completely around Both cars were
BADLY damaged.
"A freight train loaded with cement
was wrecked on the southbound track
Of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and
| Washington Railroad near Aberdeen
| An axle broke and dcrailed car, block
ing both tracks for several hours and
delaying all the morning trains. The
wreckng crews did good work and
cleared the tracks before noon.
| Henry Filsingcr, a wel-to-do farmer
at Farview, Washington county, hang
| ed himself from an apple tree i'll the
orchard, about 100 yards rom the dwell
| ing. The deed was done at 10 A. NJ,
but was not found out until evening.
Albion McAllistcr, aged 10 years, was
killed at the public crossing at Rhodes
dale, Dorchester county, by the Ocean
peake and Atlantic Railway He was
crossing the track i'll wagon, when
it was struck by the engine, dcmolishing
the wagon and throwing McAlllster
about, 90 feet He was struck on the
back of the head and never recovered
consciousness. He was prominently
connected in his ncighborhood. He was
warned by some bystandcrs not to at
tempt to cross the track, as the train
was in sight and running at a speed OF
about so miles an hour He, however,
drove on the track and met his fate. He
had been to Cambridge to take an cx
animation for one of the college scholar
ships within the gift of the Dorchester
County School Board. He graduated
last year at the Vienna High School.
Mr.. Henry NJ IIclmscn died at his
home, in Rivcrdalc, Prince Georges
county, of typhoid fever, aged 81 years.
He was connected with the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Company
A big surprise came at meeting
of the Washington County Hospital As
socation when two large gifts were
unexpectedly received w. ID. Byron
and Harriet n Byron, his wife, OF VIII
Transport, turned over check for 5000
to be used in the erection of a hospital
in Hagcrstown The directors accepted
the money and placed it in bank as
nucleus of building fund lmmedl-
ately after the check was presented Ed
ward W. Mealey, a member OF the di-
rectoratc, announced that he would place
at the disposal of the association SIX
building lots, valued at $4,000, ON
! Broadway. not To be used as a site for
Il, al b,,, Ia, nd ~
proceeds applied to the building fund
1t is understood that number OF other
large gifts will shortly be made to the
| ASSOCIATION.
Mr.. Edward Moore fell from the
roof OF house in course OF conStruc,
ton at Cambridge and received severe
| injuries of the brain and
| paralysis of his lower extremitics. His
| condition is very critical.
During. a recent electrical storm in
| ST. Mary's county two valuable horses
belonging to Robert {. Combs and Dun
| can NJ. Turner were killed. The ami
mails were standing under a small tree.
| The lightning struck the trunk of the
tree about 10 feet from the ground,
| glanced off and killed the two horses,
Miss Mamie Friend. OF HagcrStown,
| has been engaged to take charge OF the
art department of kce Mar College.
| Miss Mary Erwin, of Indiana, has been
appointed teacher of elocution and ply
| steal culture.
The cornfcld of Charles r. Wootcrs,
in Chapel district, Talbot county, ten
antcd by John p. DuIin. was rddled by
a hailstorm. The hail cut the ears to
pieces and stripped the stalks OF all the
blades
Scholarships to the State Normal
| School in Baltimore have been award
ed in Anne Arundel county to Misses 5.
Lee Benson Grace Upton, Julia B, lis
dale, Mary Stockett, Sarah Conway and
| Marie +. Ricvc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed, of Pitt>bure,
made trip to Annapolis in an automo-
bile They are visiting the camp OF
Col. James Barnctte and other friend,
on the Severn River,
Don Joaquin Walker MARTINEZ Chile
an Minister TO the United States. his
family and secretaries are spending the
summer at Buena Vista Spring Hotel,
near Pen-Mar.
A frame barn on the farm OF George
Ambrose, a mile south of Conoco-
chcague. Washington county, was de
stroycd by fire, together with this years
crop of hay and other contents.
! The Lutheran parsonage at Church
| Hill, in the northern part OF Middlctown
Valley. was destroyed by fire al .
o'clock the other night. The fire origl-
mated from sparks from burning brush
| pile. All the contents OF the house We're
saved. The parsonage was occupied by
Rev. G. w. Stroup and family. Rev.
Mr. Stroup breaches at Church Hill and
Wolisville. The building was brick
structure, two stories high and base
mcnt.
Although w. J. Syms, president OF
The Building Trades Alliance of An
1apolis, sent out notices to all the union
workmen on the building operations
| about the State House to quit their
Jobs and go on strike, the call was lg-
! nored and the work on the State House
continues unnterruptcdly. Union work
,rs on the State House said they had
heard some talk of strike brewing, but
.hcy had paid little attention to it. They
saw they were aware of the cause OF
he dispute, but had gotten so now that
hey disrcgardcd it as baby play and
not worthy of any consideration.
Mr. William Martin, of Crishcld, was
drowned while in bathing at Old Is
and, summer resort two miles IRON
|rishcld. He was in the wafer with
Mr.. Lloyd Mears and wife and Mis-.
Nav Sterling, and walked out beyond
! he bar and went down. Mr. Mcars en-