The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
condensedLat Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

So years. The two sisters had resided to-
gether all of their lives, and Mrs. Long
death was the result of grief for her SIS
ter. Mrs. Long is survived by two
brothersss, William Edgar Jones and
Mr.. Daniel w. Jones, all of Somerset
county.
Mr.. James Stewart died at the home
Of his son, John Stewart, in German
town, Montgomery county, in the nineti-
eth year of his age Mr.. Stewart was
born in Ireland in 1875 and came to this
country in IS48 In the early ffties he
became railroad engineer in Ohio and
in later years a farmer in Southern Kan
sas and Northern Iowa.
Miss Ida D. Knauff, the matron at the
Springfield State Hospital, at Sykesville,
was presented with a handsome diamond
ring by the employees and attendants at
the institution. The presentation was
mode by Mr. John Mccormick. Mrs.
Knauff is a great favorite with the at
PENDANTS and employees of the hospital,
and the present is token of their es-
TEEN.
AT the netting of the Great Council
of Maryland, Improved Order of Red
Men, at Cris6eld, the following nonli-
nations were made: Great Sachenl-
Kirby |. Rinker, of Brunswick. Great
Senior Sagamore-Walter Hubbard, of
Baltimore. Great Junior Sycamore
Past Sachems W. Hastings, of Girls
field; w. L. Shores, of Mount Vernon
P. E. Porter, of Annapolis; E. E. Ali
son, of Baltimore, and J. M. Liller of
Allegany county Great Prophet-Will-
lam T. Vinsinger, of Elkton. Great
Chief of Records-Dr. ]. c. Eittleton, Of
Pittsville. Great Keeper of Wampum--
John T. Yewell, of Baltimore. Repre-
sentative to the Great Council-W. H.
Lewis, of Hagerstown; N. c. Killam, OF
Baltimore; DR.. l.. L. Erickson, Jr., of
Berlin; William T. Vinsinger and M. F.
Magraw, of Elkton.
In the Anne Arundel Circuit Court,
at Annapolis, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Summer
field Tracy were awarded the custody
of Grace k. Hawkins, the infant daugh-
ter of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Haw-
kins. Habeas corpus proceedings grew
sout of contention between Mr.. and
Mrs. John Ray, the maternal grand
mother of the infant. AT the death of
the child's mother the child, after being
temporarily cared for by several menl-
bers of its mothers and its fathers
families, was placed in the custody of the
Tracys by the father, who, according to
the testimony of the witnesses, did not
get along well with his wife's family.
Following his own death, which oc-
Cured recently, the grandmother of the
child tried to obtain the custody of the
infant, which was contested by the fos-
ter parents, with the result above stated.
AT the request of State Fish Commits
sioner Charles F. Brooke the following
persons have agreed to distribute trout,
white fish and other varieties in the
streams of Montgomery county, namely,
John w. Keys, of Rockville; Washing
ton B. Chichester, of Olney; DR.. Will
lam A. Waters, of Germantown; F. p.
Hayes, of GAINESVILLE; H. D. Lansdale,
of Damascus Thomas E. Watkins, of
Damascus. Mr.. Brooke is especially in
terestcd in propagating the white" or
"fall' fish and will go to Pennsylvania
to secure a number of them for distribu-
ton.
Local dealers are having cattle shipped
into Hagerstown from Chicago and are
selling to butchers for 5 cents pound
live weight. This is cheaper than cattle
can be sold that are raised here. The
price paid for home-raised cattle is
from 5A to 5N cents pound.
Dr. Charles F. Lowndes, of Talbot
county, has just completed an experiment
on the shrinkage of corn. December 1
last he placed side by side bushel of
corn in the ear and also one shelled.
Upon weighing it this week he found
that the corn in the ear had lost but 4
pounds out of 70 and that the sheled
corn had lost I pound, which is less
than per cent.
Mrs. Thomas L. Moore, daughter-in-
law of Hon. Joseph T. Moore, of Sandy
Springs, died few days ago at Los
Angeles, Cal. She and her husband were
on their way to Honolulu, but Mrs.
Moore was taken suddenly i'll and died.
Mr.. George Fawcett, an experienced
railroad man of Cumberland, has entered
the service of the Panama Canal Com
mission and will leave for the lthmus
May IL.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Jones died at her
home, at Kensington, Montgomery couE-
ty, aged "a years. DIR. Eugene Jones,
her son, is physician at Kensington.
Belair will again have the State en-
campment. This was definitely settled
in conference between Adjt.-Gen. Chm
ton L. Riggs and Colonel Gather, repre-
senting the State authorities; Mr. John
d. Worthington, representing Mr.. ].
Lawrence Mccormick. on whose prop
erty the troops will encamp, and Mr..
]. S. Norris, general manager of the
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad.
The State officers have been considering
a site on the Deckman property for
several weeks, and while it was ideal
from many standpoints the question of
expense weighed too heavily against its
adoption. The Mccormick property is
the same place where the encampment
was located two years ago, and was
not first considered, because OF the
other site in view. 1t is beautiful place
on the outskirts of Belair There are a
number of magnificent views of Hartford
county and the land is all rolling, which
gives no opportunity for mud to form.