Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-28
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Death Of Edgar A. Thompson-General
and Personal.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, October 81. 1905.
Mr.. Edgar A. Thompson, native and
lifelong resident of this county. died at
an early hour this morning In Sibley Hos
pital. Washington, aged about fifty years.
He had been Ill several weeks Of typhoid
fever and was thought to be recovering.
Complications set in, however, and 1t was
found that an operation was necessary.
This was performed yesterday morning and
was the immediate cause of death. He Ii
survived by daughter, Miss Bessie Thomp-
son of Rockville and brother, Mr.. Oliver
Thompson, and two sisters, Mrs. Louis
Reed and Mrs. Philip Reed, all of this coun-
ty. The funeral will take place from this
place, the interment to be at Jamestown.
Mr.. David D. Hanna of Rockspring, Cecil
county, Nd. and Miss Laura Anna Hess OF
Lancaster, Pa visited Rockville yesterday
afternoon and were quietly married by Rev.
Thomas j. Packard. rector of Christ Epis-
copal Church, the ceremony taking place
at the home of the minister The young
folks were unaccompanied and Immediately
after the ceremony left for Washington.
The license for this marriage was issued
last August.
Another democratic mass meeting was
held last evening at Brookeville, many men,
bers of the party from that section of the
county attending Mr.. Washington B. Chi
chester presided The speakers were Messrs.
Blair Lee, Bowie F. Waters and Walter
A. Johnston. The principal topics discussed
were a primary election law and the Poe
amendment, Mr.. Lee, who is his party's
candidate for the state senate, as well as
the other speakers, favoring both. This
evening the same gentlemen spoke to a
large crowd at Old Germantown.
Reports from the democratic meetings SO
far held are that they have been unusually
largely attended and that the enthusiasm
has been Of a high order. This is inter-
Tod b,rf hn rt,- 70 mo
that the party is in better shape than re-
ports would indicate and that the dssat-
isfied are few and far between.
The fourth session of the Western District
Baptist Ministers Association of Maryland
will held at Upper Seneca Baptist
Church, this county. beginning Sunday
morning, October o. and continuing
through the following Thursday. Among
interesting program prepared are the fol-
lowing: Revs J. G. Hughes, w. S. Q.
Thomas, r. D. Stephenson, T. w. T. No
land, DR.. E. B. Hatcher, w. r. Hood, w.
H. Parker, c. w. Hudson, F. l.. Frazer, w.
H. Faust, B. D. Porter, w. B. Forney. w.
L. Ball, r. A. Smith. Thomas H. Campbell.
B. P. ROBERTSON, c. L. Laws and H. l..
Moltz. Included in the western district are
the following churches: Brantly, Fulton
Avenue, Franklin Square, First and Scott
Street and Fuller Memorial, Baltimore;
Rockville, Poolesville, Upper Seneca, Travi-
lah GAINESVILLE, Germantown and Mount
Zion of this county; Cumberland. Hagers-
town, Deep Creek, Laurel, Frostburg, Eek
hart Brownsville and Deer Park.
At this weeks session of the orphans
court for this county business was trans
acted as follows: The last will and testa-
ment of Lavinia Dreamer was admitted to
probate and record and letters testament
tary were granted to Thomas II. Offutt, the
executor named; the last will and tesla
ment of George E. Brooke admitted to
probate and record Charles VeirS, eXecu-
tor of Hester w. Veirs, filed inventory of
personal estate of deceased: letters tesla
mentary on the personal estate of Zacha-
riah Briggs was granted to Mary ]. Briggs;
Charles N. Zeitler. administrator of Edward
B. Brown, filed inventory of personal es-
tate of deceased and was granted an order
of sale
The Rockville town council has purchased
from the Frederick Fire Company two fine
fire-hose reels, capable of carrying nearly
two thousand feet of hose These were OBJ
tanned at a very low price, due to the eff
forts of Mr.. Lee Offutt, a member of the
council. The acquisitions place the Rock
vile fire department in excellent fire fight
ing shape probably better than that of any
town of similar size in the state.