Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-08-03
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

Mrs. William II. Smith, aged 7Syears,
died at the home of Mrs. I. Clark Ma
son, in Easton. She was a daughter OF
the late Gen. Charles Dimmock, of Rich
mond, Va, who was ordnance officer
on the staff of Gen. Robert +. Lee. She
was one of the most prominent and
highly esteemed women OF Easton.
When the Naval Academy reopens i'll
October for the next academic year 1t
will have a total of S7I midShipmen, a
larger number than was ever there be-
fore at any one time.
Theodore B. Orrs, aged Fl years, OF
Lemoyne, Pa, freight conductor on the
Cumberland Valley railroad, was scrl-
ously injured near Failing Waters while
leaning out of the locomotive cab. Ills
head struck mail crane. His skull
was fractured, jaw broken, face badly
crushed and nearly all his teeth knocked
out.
Some time ago Capt. William Clayton,
of Smiths Island, Somerset county, while
going up Tylers Creek in his gasoline
boat, lost overheard his pockctbook con-
tanning Sis in paper money. The pock-
etbook remained in the water until one
face and hoatcd up near the wharf OF
B. F. Marsh. Mr.. Marsh's son, ARCHIE
A. Marsh, found and delivered the pock-
etbook to its owner.
Final arrangements for the Irl-County
Summer School at Ocean City were COM
peted at conference in Salisbury be-
tween County SuperincndcntS cMaS:
ter, of Worcester county; DaSSicl, or
Somerset county, and Bounds, of Wi
comico county. The school will open
August 29 and close September 8; 1t will
be in charge of State Superintendent OF
Education NJ Bates Stephens, assisted
by the three county supcrntcndcntS men,
toned The general session will be held
in the Atlantic Casino the sectional meet
ings in the public school and other suit
able buildings in Ocean City.
AT a meeting of dele. 'eS from the va
rous subordinate councils OF the State
of the Royal Arcanum held in Eaeton 1t
was urged in a resolution unanimously
passed that the grand council hold
special meeting and request the Supreme
| Council to reconsider its action on the
tate question Speeches were made hv
Gen. Joseph B. Seth, States Attorney
| Wilson, of Allcgany county and others.
Mr.. Wilson was president Of the meet
ing, which lasted until after midnight
Grand Regent Owens was also present
but made his departure before the con-
vention of delegates took action.
The City Council OF Ocean City has
granted charter for the iron pier Which
has been projected for Ocean City tor
many years. 1t will begin at point
midway between the Atlantic Hotel and
the Myers Cottage, which is now occu-
pied as a restaurant by William Mchcw.
Freight traffic on the Western Mary
land railroad is heavier now than 1t
| has been i'll years.
The frame dwelling OF Mr.. Clarence
| Lighter, near Lander, III the southern
part of the Middlctown Valley, was de-
stroyed by fire, with all the contents.
When the fire broke ont Mr.. Lighter
was at a ncighbor's house and The re
mandcr of the family were IN Mont
gomery county. The loss amounted to
$1,000, but the property was well IN
sured.
1t is now officially announced that tive
Hagerstown Electric Railway Company
will build trolley road from HagcrS-
town to Franklin county, Pa, there to
connect with the ChamberSburg, Green
castle and Wayncsboro electric line
Mayor A. c. Strife says the road WI.
not affect his company, which VIII build
an electric road from ilagcrStoWn 10
Waynesboro, a distance Of IL miles.
Something akin to mutiny was caused
among the members of Company X, t'rSt
| d ,,f vol hN -
order requiring the company to leave
Rockville early on the morning OF Satur~
day, August ), for the cncampment a
Belair. August ) is the l)enocratit pr
mary election day. 1t was originally ar
ranged for the company to leave on
August :. 1t has been arranged, how
ever. that the departure VIII NOT take
place until all hour after the polls open
The member, OF the company served NO
ticc that they would not leave until ;hey
deposited their ballots for the canildAtc>
OF their choice.
Train No. s. from Chicago, on til"
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at 40
o'clock P. NJ. struck and instantly killed
Catena Catra, an Italian laborcr. al
Stotts, cast Of KenSjngton. The man
was working and did not hear the ap'
preaching train -, =.
The crab industry OF Annapolis has III
the last few days picked up more than
so per cent.
flee of Collector and Treasurer OF Az
napolis. to which he was appointed by
the CITY Council last week. 1t is uil,
derstood that Eugene w. lgIehart Will
be appointed in his place, He was among
the applicants when Mr.. RulIman was
named.
Miss Fannie Anderson, aged IS years
was burned to death at the home OF her
nephew, Charles Summers near letter
son where he was living, MIR. Sum
mcrs and his wife who live about one
mile east of town, were absent, and Mis-
Anderson used the coal-ojl can in kind
linr fire in the kitchen stove. There
was loud report, which MIR. Summers
heard, but as there was blasting going
on in that section he attributed the re.
port to this and paid no attention to It.
Subsequently observing smoke coming
from his kitchen, he and his wife hur-
ried home and were horrjhed to find their
ami living beside the stove burned to
rrisp. The kitchen had already taken
6rc but in the meantime neighborS mad
arrived and they extinguishcd the flames,
not however, until the whole interior
had been burned.
Pickpockets at the Lutheran reunion
at Pen Mar did a thriving business. DR..
E. NJ, d. Eckcls, principal OF the Nor
NAL School at Shippensburg, was re,
Geved of his purse, containing ,$il5 and
valuable papers. John Baer of Wayncs-
5oro, lost SIS. J. w. Sltug, ol Waync,,-
boro, had So taken from bis pocket. y
Kecdysville man who refused to 9'yc