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The Washington times., 1905-10-08
METCALF EXPECTED
TO LEAVE CABINET
Health Reported Too Poor
for Further Work.

In the Cabinet changes that, II is said.
viii take place this winter a new Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor. it is
now generally understood. will be
among the first to be announced.
Secretary Metcalf is in poor health
and has been for some time. Much OF
the work OF the department has been
shifted on the shoulders of Assistant
Secretary Murray and Commissioner OF
Corporations Garfield. This, those close
TO Mr.. Metcalr say. will probably cause
him to resign should he not regain his
health I'm the near future.
Others have IL rlat there is an ele-
ment of back hand work going On. Sec
retary Taft and, Mr.. Metcalf do not
agree on the Chinese exclusion question
and this difference may open such 9
breach as to expedite the change. A
the Cabinet meeting last Tuesday. this
Chinese exclusion matter came up anC
while Secretary Metcalf was not present
other members of the Cabinet made sug,
gestfons that differed much from thCs,
held by the Secretary of Commerce ant
Labor.
That Mr.. Metcalf Is sincere In the ad
minIstration of his department no on.
has gainsaid The fact that he has no
been In close touch with departmental
affairs for nearly four months, on ac
count of i'll health alone. Is said TO b.
the reason why the botch in the Chimes
question has arisen, and his intimat
friends maintain that he Is working
against great odds.
Then II is said that should he retir
from the Cabinet he could get the Sen
atorial toga from California. This woul
keep him In official life. and would prob
ably be more TO his liking.
! Who will be his successor should thi
/ change be effected is not known. Repre-
sentative Jenkins from Wisconsin ha
many Endorsements for the place. AS
sistant Secretary Murray, who has figul
atively been the head OF the departmer
all summer. and who Is 2 warm frien
! of the President, is likely candidate
! Mr. Murray is at present al Upton.
Y. ont IL is understood that he has a
eye cut for higher honors.
The Washington times., 1905-10-08
Both Decline to Talk.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
VOLUNTEER READING

The following is the program for
volunteer readings and music In the
reading room for the blind at the Ii
brary of Congress for this week:
Tuesday. October 10, Miss c. NJ.
Keith, reading; Thursday. October u,
Gerald Tyler, vocalist. and Clarence
White. violinist; Saturday, October Ii.
DR.. l.. r. Klemm. reading.
The door to the reading room will
be closed promptly at 2:3O p. n. and
will be opened thereafter only be-
tween the numbers on The program.
The Washington times., 1905-10-08
SAYS HE WAS KNOCKED
OFF SCAFFOlD AND HURT

Suffering from injuries about the hip
and head, Antonio Ciiione an Italian.
thirty years old. OF zl2 Willow Tree
alley southwest, was sent to the Emer-
gency Hospital yesterday afternoon from
First and G streets southwest. The Ital-
ian said Andrew Gleason. jr., a contrac-
tor, knocked him of q second floor scaf-
fold on a new building on that corner.
Police OF the Fourth precint are inves-
tigating.
The Washington times., 1905-10-08
DR.. r. T. HOWE SAILS
TO JOIN HIS FAMILY

Among the passengers on the steamer
New York. which sailed yesterday from
New York city. We're DIR. Franklin T.
Howe and daughter. Miss Catherine Lay
Howe. of this city. They will spend
some time in England and will later
join Mrs. Franklin T. Howe and daugh-
ters in Paris.
The Washington times., 1905-10-08
C0L0RED MAN ARRESTED
FOR PURSUING WOMAN

Adolph Davidson, mulatto, about
twenty-four years old. was taken to Po-
lice HeeSSSss by Detectives Pratt
and Hewlett of the Central Office last
night for disorderly conduct. II Is al
legged Davidson followed a young woman
on Four-and-a-half and streets, and
when she ran he ran after her. He
was released for a hearing.
The Washington times., 1905-10-08
Husband Is Loyal.

Mrs. Mays husband, Ole j. May, a
member OF the United States Marine
Band. as was Conen, is sticking by his
wife with true nobility. He says he in
tends to see that she gets a. square
CONTINUED on Second Page)
The Washington times., 1905-10-08
SPECTATORS AtARk
GAYNOR AND GREENE
Worried by Crowds in New
York City.
GREENE FAINTs FROM FRIGHT
Prisoners Refuse to Discuss Their
Case-Taken in Cab to Jer-
sey City.
GREENE FAINTS FROM FRIGHT

NEW YORK. Oct. John F. Gaynor.
a former well-known Democratic poll
tician, and a friend of David B. Hill, and
have successfully defied the United
States Government for years in its ef-
forts TO bring them back to Savannah.
Ga, 10 stand trial on charges Of cor
rupting Capt Oberlin Nj. Carter, L. s.
A., and of embezzlemenr OF funds in con-
nection with Government contracts for
Improvements in that city, arrived here
tonight in the custody of a United
States marshal from Georgia and Secret
Service men. who went after the fugi-
tives when the Canadian authorities de-
cided upon their extradition.
The prisoners arrived at the Grand
Central Station at s o'clock, where a
large crowd of people were waiting to
get a glimpse of them They We're at
once surrounded, and as they emerged
from the train sheds the people fol-
lowed them until they were ushered
into waiting cabs.
Prisoners Nervous.
| The prisoners, especially Greene,
were plainly nervous when they saw
the large crowd. This was best illus
/ trated when a photographer took a
/ flashlight picture of the party.
! Greene almost tainted from fright
when the explosion occurred, and had
to be assisted TO the cab which was
( waiting for him.
| The marshals took them across the
| city and over to Jersey City, without
losing any time in New York, and all
! boarded the Pennsylvania train which
left for the South at 12:10 o'clock.
Both Decline to Talk.
| Members of the families of both mer
i are making the trip back to Savannah
with the prisoners. An effort was made
TO secure an interview with the meI
by local newspapers. but both prisoner.
declined TO discuss their case in any
way
The Washington times., 1905-10-08

The Kentucky Republican Club held
a largely attended meeting at e23 Louis
lana avenue northwest. last night. The
The Washington times., 1905-10-08

Fair today and tomorrow,
with rising temperature.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20

"Napper Tandy" is one Of the finest
and most popular brands of rye whisky
in the market. 1t Is well aged, of en-
cellent flavor and possesses fine bOu-
quet 1t can be had at all tirst-class
bars, Bullets ana cafes. The sole own
ers are John j. keenan, & Co., $50
West Lake street. Phone West 1881.
~6~
Oh, such headache. I'll never do
1t again. Caparine will give you in
slant relief Ask the man behind the
bar.
There Is no better or more delight
full beverage In the market than Mex
Roc mineral water.
~
Besley's ale is the hest. A drink Of
1t is appetizing and conducive to
health.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
LARGE Oaks.

An oak 81 feet in circumference
stands on "Providence Farm" the
home of Bartus Tr,w, in Quaker
Neck, Kent county. 1t is one Of
the largest, if not the largest in
girth upon the PeniEsula.-Ex.
Richards Oak, which stands in
the middle of the public road,
about three miles west of Rising
Sun, can give the Quaker Neck
tree two or three feet handicap
and still beatit out in size. The
dimensions of this celebrated tree,
under whose sheltering branches il
is said General Lafayette camped
one night, are: Height, 80 feet;
around trunk at ground 25 #. Z in.;
around trunk five feet from ground !,
10 #. Q In; around first limb, IL
ft. 8 in; around second limb, z ft.
5 in; spread of top across road. 100
it,; spread of top with road, 80 #.
These measurements were made
June 5, 1898, when it was photo
graphed by Eli T. Reynolds, Of this
town. A photo of this fine old tree
may be seen hanging on the wall in
the MIDLAND Office.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
State Aid For Roads.

Eighteen of the twenty.three
counties in Maryland have availed
themselves of the advantages Of
fered by the new road law for
State aid in improving their high
ways. Work has been started in
Hartford county on the road
between Havre de Grace and
carlton and on the Forest Hill
road. In Allegany and Washing
ton counties proposals have been
asked for and specifications in the
following counties are almost
completed: Prince Georges, Cecil,
Baltimore, Howard, Frederick, and
Montgomery.
The new law appropriates $780,
900 for the work, Cecil's share of
the fund being s1O,193.32 with
a mileage Of 63S roads.
The work will be under the di-
rection of W. W. Crosby, who has
succeeded A. N. Johnson as High
way Engineer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
Damages Awarded.

After hearing testimony for two
weeks in the condemnation pro
ceedings against the Lewis estate
at Havre de Grace, instituted by
the p, B. & W. Railroad Com
pany, The jury finally assessed the
damages at $17 800. The strip of
land condemned lies between two
railroads and is known as Upper
Bloomsbury. The amount of prop
erty acquired by the company is
approximately 20 acres, being a
strip 200 feet wide and three-q quar-
ters of a mile long. The proposed
line will pass directly in front of
the old Bloomsbury mansion house
and in some places will require a
fill of 1S feet.
The property is valued at $50, 900
by the owners, their contention be-
ing that the passage of the railroad
through the farm not only depre
ciates its value but renders it i'm
practicable for farming purposes.
The amount of damages agreed
upon by the jury is at the rate of
1915 per acre. I
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
A Pleasant Surprise.

Thursday, April 81, is a date
'1ong to be remembered" at the
james M. E. parsonage. 1t was
the 3Oth anniversary of the mar
riage of the pastor and his wife, to
begin with, and shortly after s p.
m. the parsonage was invaded by a
party of some 20 members and
friends of the church, who came to
assist in celebrating the. event.
They brought with them beautiful
refreshments, and after disposing
of these and spending an evening
in a most pleasurable social way,
Mr.. T. j. Wilson stepped to the
front and in a few well-chosen and
most kindly words voiced the con-
gratulations and good wishes of the
congregation, also presenting some
beautiful articles of linen to each
member of the family and purse
of s22 to the pastor. 1t was an
event highly appreciated by the
recipients of these kindnesses and
for which their hearty thanks are
given.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
Bible Study Glass.

The class for advanced Bible
study met at the home of Edwin
Haines on Wednesday evening.
Quite an interesting and instruc-
tive meeting was held. The first
part of the evening was spent in
reviewing past work, and the lat
ter part in taking up new work on
the history of the making of the
Book. The next meeting, to be
held with N. G. Brown on first
Wednesday evening in June, will
have the program varied with
papers on the different countries
that figured most largely during
the making of the Bible, viz: Phoe-
nicia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome,
etc. All interested are invited to
be present at the meetings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
Missionary Address.

The meeting in the M. E. church
on Tuesday night, addressed by
Miss Glenck, a returned missionary
from Foochow Conference, was a
marked success. Thirteen new
members were gained for the soci-
ETY.. Miss Glenck's subject was
Chinese women and girls, and she
was thoroughly familiar with her
subject, having spent five years in
the country. She endeavored to
impress her audience with the fact
that only women can help Chinese
women. She also gave sad ac-
counts of the value put on lives of
little girls in a Chinese home, only
two or three being tolerated. They
have pits dug. covered by tower
about six feet high, containing a
small opening through which baby
girls, living and dead, are repeat
edly thrown until the pit is full,
and then a new one is dug. An
other form of infanticide carried on
quite extensively is drowning. The
government claims to have law
to prevent these cruelties, but it is
not yet enforced. The only hope
for China is Christianity, and the
speaker urged all present to do
their part in aiding the work and
workers. eA
At the close of the meeting the
''King's Heralds" was organized
among the children, each one agree
ing to give two cents month for
the work. Twelve boys and girls
Joined the band.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
Fair and Festival In the Hall.

The fair and festival, under the
auspices Of the Rising Sun base
ball club, opened in the hall last
evening with a large attendance.
The fancy work table contained a
handsome display of articles
which showed the skill and artistic
taste of a number of our young
ladies in this class of work, and
also proved that the members OF
the team have a host of friends
among the fair sex, all of the arti
cles having been contributed. The
fair and festival will be continued
tonight and tomorrow night and
from the manner in which the
walters are rushed to fill the orders
for ice cream, cake, fruit and the
other good things being dispensed,
there is little doubt that the affair
will be success.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
A Crack Gunner.

A. X. Boyd, of Havre de Grace,
who enlisted in the u. s. Navy in
1903, has made record for him
self as a gunner. He is one of the
gun pointers on board the torpedo
boat destroyer Chauncy, and at a
recent target practice made a record
of thirty one shot in a minute with
a six FOUNDER, scoring seventeen
hits. The best previous record in
the Navy was thirty shot minute.
The young man will receive a
money prize and medal from the
government for his skill as a gun
pointer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
Fell Into a Caisson.

Benjamin Ackerson, of Hayre
de Grace, employed as a carpenter
with the contractors on the new
Susquehanna bridge, fell a dis
tance of thirty feet into a caisson
Monday morning and received in
juries which will doubtless prove
fatal. The unfortunate man was
removed to the Maryland General
Hospital, Baltimore, where an ex-
animation revealed the fact that
the spinal cord had been injured,
the body being paralyzed from the
shoulders down.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
To Camp At Bel Air.

1t was definitely settled on Fri
day last to hold the annual encamp
ment of the Maryland National
Guards on the farm of ]. Larence
Mccormick, near Bel Air, Hartford
county The site selected is the
same place that the encampment
was held two years ago. The en-
campment us scheduled to take
place about the second week in
August and will continue for over
a week. Besides the State guard
of 1000 men, there will be two
companies of United States cavalry,
a detachment of artillery and Gov
ernor Warfield's escort-TroOp A.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
Yellow perch propagated.

The efforts of those in charge of
the Battery fish Matching station,
below Havre de Grace, to propagate
yellow perch have been crowned
with success. During the month
of April 100, 100000 eggs of the
yellow perch were obtained from
which were derived SO, 100000 fry.
The attempt to propagate perch
last year in the Chester river was a
failure, it being claimed that the
water of that river was too blackish
to admit of the proper propagation
of the eggs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Mrs. William M. Pogue is visit
ing Philadelphia friends.
Miss Mary s. Haines enjoyed a
visit to Havre de Grace relatives
this week.
Mrs. Nellie Wagner visited
Philada. and Wilmington friends
this week.
The Thimble Club was entertain.
ed Monday evening by Mrs. Edna
Burlington.
Mrs. J. B. Slicer returned from a
weeks visit to Philadelphia friends
on Wednesday.
Mrs. Lillian Walton, of Swarth-
more, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Edna Burlington.
The Rising Sun borough election
will be held Monday, May s, be-
tween the hours of 3 and & p. m.
The Home Mission social will be
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Robertson on Friday evening,
May 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. s. Pogue left
Rising Sun on Wednesday for Nor
folk, Va, where they will spend
some weeks.
DIR. and Mrs. T. B. Moore spent
Saturday and Sunday at the
formers old home near Delto,
York county.
Miss Mary Brumfeld entertain
ed at her home near town this
week her cousin, Miss Mary L.
Brumfield, of Turkey Point.
A council of Royal Arcanam has
been established at Havre de Grace
with a membership of thirty five.
J. Newman Davis, of Whining
ton, has purchased the Joseph Nc
Neal property, on Belle Hill, near
Elkton.
The First National Bank OF
Havre de Grace contemplates the
erection of a new banking building
for their use in that town.
o. R. Currier, of Havre de
Grace, lost a fine Jersey COW last
week, the animal straying upon
the p, B. g. w. tracks and being
killed by a train.
Conclusion caused by blasting a
rock in the bed of the Susquehanna
on Saturday knocked a section Of
sheathing from a caisson being used
in the building of the piers for the
new railroad bridge at Perryville.
The members of Colora base ball
club will hold a festival in that
town on Friday and Saturday eve
nings, May 10 and 20. Ice cream
Strawberries, cake, confections, etc.,
in abundance. The festival will be
held regardless of weather, as there
is ample shelter in case of storm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
FIRES!
Store Property At Korner Ketch
Burned-Flre at Oxford.
FLOUR MILL GOES up In SMOKE.

The old frame store building at
Korner Ketch was destroyed by
fire early Monday morning. The
building was an old land mark
having been erected in 1854 by the
late Eli Coulson, brother of VIM.
Penn Coulson, and was occupied
by the latter's son, Eli Coulson, Jr.,
who conducted a general store bust.
ness at the stand. He lost all his
stock upon which there was an in
surance of 5000. The building
was owned by j. J.. Hanna. of
Liberty Grove. The origin of the
fire is unknown, but is supposed to
have been the work of an incen-
diary as there was no fire. <in the
stove in the building at the time.
The large freight house of the
Baltimore Central railroad, at Ok
ford, was totally destroyed by fire,
together with a large amount of
freight and several cars standing
on the track close by, early Sun
day morning. The Oxford fire
department responded to an alarm
and succeeded in saving the -four
mill and other property in close
proximity, the freight house being
doomed when they reached the
scene. The origin of the fire was
undoubtedly incendiary, as every
thing was secure when the COM
pany's agent and his assistant took
a survey of the premises late Satur-
day night. The loss will reach
$45, 900.
The Orange Grove Flour Mill,
on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, three miles from Cantons-
vile, built of brick and five stories
high, belonging to the G. A. Gam
brill Manufacturing Company, was
burned to the ground Monday
night, together with all its extern
sive machinery and large guam
tity of wheat stored for grinding.
The fire started in the engine room.
The Orange Grove Mill was the
largest of the kind in the State,
having daily capacity of
l, 200 to 1 500 barrels of flour. The
next largest mill of the same COM
pany was located in Baltimore, in
the burnt district, and was wiped
out of existence last year. The
only other mill of the same concern
is the original Ellicott Mill at Eli
colt City. The Orange Grove Mill
and its equipment were valued at
5000, 900. 81. X. Garvin, formerly
of Rising Sun, was master mechanic
at the mill.
Fire in the rag warehouse at the
paper mill of Curtis & Bro, near
Newark, on Friday night, damaged
the plant to the extent of several
hundred dollars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
BrookvIew Cemetery.

The annual stockholders meeting
of the Brookview Cemetery Com
pany was held at the Office of the
secretary and treasurer, Eli T..
Reynolds, on Tuesday evening,
May 2, when the following board
OF managers was elected for the
ensuing year: II. Fl. Haines, DR..
G. 8. Dare, VIM. M. Pogue, T. j.
Wilson, W. T. B. R. Robertson,
DIR. T. B. Moore, Wayne Reynolds,
W. L. Ryan and 8. J. Terry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
Aims House Trustees.

The trustees of the Poor and In.
sane held their regular monthly
meeting at the Aims House, on
Saturday, April 20. All members
present. Minutes of last meeting
read and approved. Overseer's re,
port read and approved. Superin,
dent reported one commitment dur.
ing the month, William McDer,
mott. Alex. Davis was discharged
from the Asylum. Warrants were
drawn on the County Treasurer te
the amount Of e529.18.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
Mrs. Anna II. Truman.

Mrs. Anna II. Truman, wife OF
Harvey II. Truman, died Wednes-
day, May 3, at her home at Glen
Mills, Pa. The deceased had been
a sufferer from consumption and
was in the 30th year of her age.
Her husband and three small child
rem survive. The remains will be
brought to Rising Sun on Saturday
morning, May 6, services being held
at the M. E. church at 10 O'Clock !;
interment at Brookview cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
DIED..
Ars. Margaretta Isabel Evans.

Mrs. Margaretta Isabel Evans,
wife of James II. Evans, died at
her home near Rising Sun, shortly
after nine o'clock Sunday morning
April 80, as the result of a stroke
of paralysis. Mrs. Evans suffered
a slight stroke about five weeks
ago, and daily grew weaker, becom.
ing practically helpless physically
but retaining her mental faculties
until the end, and facing her i'm
pending death with a resigned
Christian spirit. The deceased
was the youngest of a family of
three sons and four daughters born
to Patrick and Isabel Ewing at
the old homestead near Porter's
Bridge, in the Eighth district, and
died upon her birthday, being sc
years of age. Besides her hus-
band, Jas. 81. Evans, three sisters
and one brother survive-Jane
Anna Ewing and Mrs. j. Nelson
Black, of Charlestown; Mrs. Rebec-
ca F. M. Evans, Of Rising Sun, and
VIM. Pinkney Ewing, Of Miami,
Florida.
The funeral, which was largely
attended, was held on ednesday
morning, at IL O'Clock, from her
late home, the services being in
charge of Rev. Samuel Polk. of
West Nottingham Presbyterian
church, of which the deceased had
long been consistent member.
Six nephews acted as pallbearers
Walter Black, Bayard Black,
Frank Evans, John Evans, Cecil
E. Ewing and Evans E. Ewing.
The interment was made at West
Nottingham cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
Clarence Murray, a colored youth

Clarence Murray, colored youth
aged about 20 years, was accident
ally killed last week near Forest
Hill, Hartford county by being run
over by an ox-cart. Murray was
riding upon the cart, which was
loaded with a ton and a half of fer
tilizer, and accidentally fell out
one of the wheels passing over his
chest and crushing him to death.