Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-12-14
MARYLAND STATE NEWS.
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down 10
Rapid Reading.

| Rapid Reading.
AT few minutes past o'clock A. M.
a fast eastbound limited train had a
! head-on collision with the newspaper
| train out of Baltimore and Washington
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The
accident happened at switch near
| Boyds. No passengers were injured
The trains were running slow at the
time. One of the locomotives was badly
demolished. Conductor Gill, of the linn
tied, collapsed shortly after the accident
and died without speaking a word but
to call for the agent at Boyds, who had
charge of the wreckage. Mr.. Gill fell
on the steps OF one OF the coaches of
his train. He had just recovered from
severe illness and perhaps his death was
| due to excitement. Conductor Gill was
one of the oldest employees of the rail
road company His body was taken to
Baltimore and removed to his home,
| 3I5 N. Calhoun St. He was o. years old
and is survived by widow and one
child
A headon collision between the Cherry
Run accommodation train and an extra
containing General Manager Alex. Ro-
bertson, Superintendent Shepherd and
several other officials OF the Western
Maryland Railroad, occurred on the Po-
tomac Valley division about a half mile
from Charlton Station. The officials,
who were riding i'll private car, escaped
| with bad shaking up. President Pierce
and Vice President Landstreet were also
on the special train. Thos. B. Davis, Jr,,
and party, of West Virginia, occupied
J private car, which was attached to the
| special. Both engines were derailed.
The roadbcd was torn up and traffic
| was blocked for several hours. The
two trains were to have passed at point
near where the wreck occurred, but an
operator failed, it is alleged to deliver
the order. The dispatcher is said to have
disappeared
The remains of Everett William Flet
cher Smith who died at the Marion City
Hospital, Marion, Ohio, were buried i'll
All Hallows Protestant Episcopal Gene
terry, Snow Hill Mr.. Smith was drug
gist in Snow Hill for number OF years,
but moved to Ohio several years ago he
was the son OF b. Everett Smith and Eli
zabcth S. Smith, and Twas born 53 years
ago at Grand Turk, Turks Island, West
Indies, where the father was stationed
as United States Consul. Mr.. B. Everett
Smith was one OF the bcst-known men
OF the Eastern Shore and. with his son,
p Sidney Smith. still OF Snow Hill, pub
lished and edited the Worcester County
Shield, which was continued by the son,
P Sidney Smith, after his fathers death
until the. great lire OF 1908 when the
plant was destroyed.
On Tuesday night the bugeyc William
i" Croswcll, James Perry, captain and
owner, was lying at anchor i'll Cabin Cove
near ST. Michaels, when someone went
on board broke the lock from the cabin
door and took the stock of provisions
which had ben laid in for cruise. A
mong the things taken were bags OF
flour, ham, can of lard, lot of corn
meal, dried apples, beans, a quantity OF
coffee, sugar, etc.
Half the oyster mcasurers i'll Baltimore
city have been switched to Oxford, Cam
bridge. St. Michaels, ChrisfeId and other
towns along the Chesapeake bay by Gov
crnor Warhcld as a result of the ntor-
nation that the Gull law was not being
respected by the packers i'll these local
tiles. The Governors move is meeting
with much success, as the dredge boats
that have been coming into these ports
for the last few days have their oysters
| cullcd.
President P. w. Sylvester, OF the Mary
land Agricultural College, has decided to
| l. NInrr1,
memorating the iftieth anniversary OF the
incorporation OF the institution. Inc
trustees are expected TO authorize the
publication of volume setting forth the
| history of the college, the steps taken
toward its incorporation and biographical
sketches of its executives. The Mary
land Agricultural College was the first
institution OF its kind Incorporated III
the United States. \ meeting OF COM
m,tceS representing the alumni aSSoca-
,on and faculty OF the college was held
Tuesday evening, when preparatory steps
we're taken toward holding the ccleDra-
ton. \ committee on commclnora'iIe
exercises was appointed, with Dr, > ,;
Buckley, OF the Maryland Agricultural
! College, chairman.
Thomas Fitzgerald, general manager OF
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, stated
in Cumberland that the new station Tor
Cumberland is assured and that the new
building will be erected before many
months on the park ground cast OF and
adjoining the Queen City Hotel property
which is now used as station. The
nlaos are now in the hands OF the archi-
tectS, and he stated that fine railroad
office building and station will be erected
"Business on the Baltimore and ONO is
certainly heavy now," said MIR, titz.
] gerald. but we are able to take care re-, VI
| It, although it is stralnlng every 1acln'!,
The new engines are working fne, ana
the company is greatly pleased with