Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-10-19
THURMONT COUNTY. THURSDAY OCTOBER 49,
MARYLAND STATE NEWS.
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down 10
Rapid Reading.

preparing to bring the town authorities
OF Oakland, Garrett county, to time tC.
holding up fast mail train Because,
as he alleged, the train was exceeding
the town speed limit when 1t entered
Oakland, one of the policemen boarded
the train, and at the point of revolver
took the engineer, William Manfee;
Conductor Theo Mullin and other train
men, despite their protest that it was
fast mail train, and conducted them be-
fore justice Of the peace. Their re-
lease was ordered by the Mayor, and ii
is stated that the officer who made the
arrest has skipped" The train was
delayed half an hour by the arrest. In
gincer Nlanlicc has Instituted suit tor
damages.
Mrs. l.. L. Creamcr, of Glen, Mont
gomcry county, died, aged As years, of
blood poisoning She scratched a finger
whhilc cutting cabbage in her garden,
and it caused her death.
John I. Coson the negro arrested at
Big Pool on suspicion of having shot
and killed Deputy Sheriff Hardy near
| Wcvcrton, is still held to await further
| investigation He denies that he knew
anything about the shooting OF Hardy.
The local officers do not believe ColSon
is James Burril wanted in Baltimore
for the murder of negro deckhand OF
the pungy Frances. Deputy Hardys
widow has a romantic history. Whch
mere babe she was captured, with her
parents, by hostile Indians. Her father
and mother were scalped and their dead
bodies thrown into the river The In
| dianS saved the little girls life and she
was rescued several years later by Gcner-
al Fitzpatrick and his troops. General
| Fitzpatrick placed her in a government
Indian school While still student fiar-
dy met her and she married him under
the name of her rescucr. 1t was not
until several years later that she learned
her family's name. A Government OF
fetal hunted up her history. She comes
from a wel-known Indiana family.
James Dowler, 81 years old, poor
man employed as driver for grocery
firm in Hagerstown, received $4,000 lett
him by the late John c. Robinson, his
first cousin, printers ink manufacturer,
who died in Philadelphia leaving all es-
tate valued at about $4,000. He was a
bachelor and had not seen his cousin
for over so years. He and Dowler were
born at Park Head, Washington County,
and played together when they were
boys The bequest was in the form OF
$4,000 !, per cent United States Gov
ernment bond, due in 1907, which came
to Dowlcr's attorney, Daniel W. Doub.
through the First National Bank OF
Hagerstown.
The Tobacco Planters Association or
Calvert County was organized with 100
members in Prince Fredericktown. Such
4 gathering of representative tobacco
growers, earnestly intent upon lmprov-
ing the condition of the tobacco market,
has never before assembled. The meet
ing was called to order by State Senator
l.. Mex. Griffith, who stated torcetully
its object. Mr. William +. Robinson,
one of the largest tobacco growers OF the
county, was chairman OF the meeting
and Mr. William A. Parran secretary
To any close observer the oyster sit
uation at Rock Hall is becoming a SER
ious matter Rock Hall, Kent County,
is dependent almost entirely upon TINS
industry, and anything that touches upon
its life is carefully watched. That the
industry is waning is not denied by the
/ most enthusiastic waterman. In 1902
at this time go oyster licenses were IS
sued; in 1903 there were 6S7; IN 1904
there were $40, and now i'll 1905 up to
this time there have been 524, thus show,
ing a gradual decrease i'll men engaged
in longing.
Mr. Bernard H. Warner has offered
to give a gold medal to the best decam..
er in each OF the I3 school districts OF
Montgomery County and $50 in gold to
the best declamer among those awarded
the medals in the various districts.
The Commissioners of Talbot Coun-
ty have decided to build the mile and
half of new road with oyster shells on
the road leading from Easton to st.
Michacls by State aid under their own
Governor Warfcld and Adiutant-Gen
eral Riggs attended a dance given by
the Assembly Club in Antlctam Hail.
Haperstown. They were accompanied
by Col. William Symington and Lieu,
Frank Riggs, OF the Governors staff
Col. Buchanan Schley introduced the
Governor TO the ladies and gentlemen
The ball committee was composed OF
Alexander Neill, Jr., Clarence keedy
Charles s. Lane. Vernon n. Simmons
and J. Frederick Fechtig.
BENJAMIN F. Beck died suddenly OF
acute Indigestion while sitting III chal'
at his home in Hagcrstown, aged "a
years. He spent the day at the ofi1c'
oi his sons, Beck Brothers. doing clerf
,al work, and was preparing to go to
the Hagerstown Fair when he was ul''
cxnectedy stricken. He was dlrecto1
in the Peoples National Bank. ne
leaves the following children: Mrs
thomas Guilty, OF Baltimore; Charles
K Beck, Philadelphia; J. Frank ;
Reck. Harry o. Beck, J. Edward Beck
Mrs Naomi Young, of Hagerstown.
The two-story building OF. the Iona
coming Star and the Lonaconlng keview
was destroyed by fire, causing loss OF o,
"rer @ Soooo and resulting in the death
bv suffocation of A. J. Wheeler, tht
bookkeeper who slept on the premises
The entire building was i'll flames wher
discovered but the prompt work OF the
Iocal fire companies saved the dJoinlls
nronerty. The fire is thought to be O
incendary origin. The presses, type
stock and files were all destroyed, and sc
rapidly did the fire do its work OF > de
{ struction as to convince those engaged
in fighting it that coal oil or some othe'
inf1amable fluid had been used.
While out driving, accompanied b!
his little son, Rev. John D. Hesler, 9, o
e. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Cambridge, had a narrow escape iron
serious injury. His horse was sudden
seized seized; with what is known as "runnIn
. yertiso." ,t1i and bolted off at full sppee!f
. t1I"so, M;s son was pulled from the vehicle il
safety but Mr. Hesier was thrown on ~
,% and badly bruised. The horse broke it
INV I'll .,.ohnhlu haze TO be killed