Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-28
MARYLAND NOTES.

Samuel Dutrow, president of the board of
school commissioners for Frederick coun-
ty. Md, since 1885, with the exception of
an interim of two years, died at Frederick
Friday of Bright's disease, aged siXty-nne
years. He is survived by two sons and
three daughters.
William S. Rays large general merchan-
disc store a Pearl, Md, was completely de-
stroyed Friday by fire of unknown origin.
The loss is $4,000: partially insured.
A marriage license was issued in Balti-
more Friday to George b. Weiss of WASH
ington and Virginia T. Syme of Baltimore.
Homecoming have issued invitations to the
marriage of their daughter. Miss Mary
Dundon Sloan, to Mr.. Harry Bower Somer-
vile, In the Presbyterian Church at Iona
coming, June {.
The commencement exercises of the Allie
gany County Academy, next week, mark
the 1929 year of the institution The
lit Reynolds, Andrew Jackson Colborn,
Laurence White Wilson. George Gale
Townsend. Helen Winthrop Gray and Olive
Florence Powell.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad will APP
propriate $1OO a month for the mainte-
nance of the railroad branch of the Y. NJ.
e. A. in South Cumberland. The company
gave first aid to the movement by appro-
priating $1,000 for the purchase of the
Utah House, a commodious hotel building,
which will be converted into Y. NJ. G. a.
building. The arrangements in the
hands of William L. Radcliffe, general sec
rotary of the Cumberland Y. NJ. c. A.
James H. Smith. blacksmith and wagon
maker was burned to death in fire which
destroyed both his shops at Rainsburg. ten
miles north of Flintstone, this county,
Thursday. Some time ago Smith
rested for abusing his wife, who left him
In March, since which time he had been
drinking. He aged forty nine years.
His wife and three children survive. One
son is living in the vicinity of Cumberland.
William S. Norvell, tramp, who was
convicted of having fired the hay shed of
Penrose Wolf. near lockwood. destroying
100 tons of hay, was sentenced to eighteen
months in the penitentiary.
Frosts have practically ruined the straw
berry crop in Garrett county, near Frost
burg, which is supplied from that locality.
Jacob Miller, the largest grower in that
district, who had about 10000 new plants
out this year, says all are practically
ruined.
The Sunday school convention of the
Somerset classis, Reformed Church. which
includes Cumberland, will meet at Ellerlle.
May 80 The Chassis will meet in annual
session when the Sunday school convention
adtourns.
The next annual meeting of the Maryland
Protestant Episcopal diocese will be held
In Cumberland in June, 1906.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Rosenberger, Miss
Annie Rosenberger and Mr.. and Mrs. Pat
rick f. Finzel of Finzell, Garrett county,
were in a runaway accident on Little say
age mountain. Mr.. and Mrs. Rosenberger
and Mrs. FinZel were thrown out. Mr.. FIN
gel held to the lines and stopped the horses
after they had gone half a mile. The car
riage passed over Mr. and Mrs FinZel, in
juring them seriously.
The Piney Run OIL and Gas Company, OF
which Representative William II. Jackson
of Maryland is president. and in which
many Washingtonians are interested.
making preparations to sink their fourth
well in the Great Piney Run valley be-
tween Finzel, Md, and Pocahontas, Pa.
The trial Of Samuel Turvey for the MUIR
der of William Sutton at Coal Run in the
Meyersdale field during the miners strike,
in which State Senator Davis j. Lewis was
counsel for the defense, involved indirectly
the Somerset Coal Company on one side,
and the United Mine Workers of America
on the other. Sutton having been a nom
union man and Turvey a striker. The de-
Tense probed alibi. Sutton's wife, the
principal witness testified that her hus-
hand told her before he died that Turvey
was the man that shot him. The court re-
fused the motion of the defense to take the
case from the jury the ground that the
witnesses for the prosecution did not tes-
tify positively as to the identity OF the de-
PENDANT, The jury promptly found Turvey
not guilty.