The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-04
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

lAC ldlC SCiI SIidllCo 1IltliiOShy VI Mill
mond, Va, who was ordnance officer
on the staff of Gen. Robert E. Lee. She
was one Of the most prominent and
highly esteemed women of Easton.
When the Naval Academy reopens in
October for the next academic year it
will have total of 87I midshipmen,
larger number than was ever there be-
fore at any one time.
Theodore B. Orris, aged Fl years, of
LemoXne, Pa, freight conductor on the
Cumberland Valley railroad, was seri-
ously injured near Falling Waters while
leaning out of the locomotive cab. His
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 Tyler's Creek in his gasoline
boat, lost overheard his pocketbook con-
tanning $II5 in paper money. The pock-
etbook remained in the water until one
day last week, when it came to the sur
face and hoated 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 Tri-County
Summer School at Ocean City were COM
pleted at conference in Salisbury be-
tween County Superintendent McMas--
ter, of Worcester county; DaSiel, OF
Somerset county, and Bounds, of Wi
comico county The school will open
August 20 and close September 8; it will
be in charge of State Superintendent of
Education M. Bates Stephens, assisted
by the three county superintendent 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 meeting of delegates from the va
rious subordinate councils of the State
of the Royal Arcanum held in Easton it
was urged in resolution unanimously
passed that the grand council hold
special meeting and request the Supreme
Council to reconsider its action on the
rate question Speeches were made nv
Cen Joseph B. Seth, States Attorney
Wilson, of Allegany county, and others.
Mr.. Wilson was president of the meet
ing, which lasted until after midnight.
Grand Regent Owens was also present,
Out fIidQc HIS ucpdltuiC DCiOiS Liz SOii7
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 for
many years. 1t will begin at point
midway between the Atlantic Hotel and
the Myers Cottage, which is now occu-
pied as restaurant by William McKew.
Freight traffic on the Western Mary
land railroad is heavier now than 1t
has been in years.
The frame dwelling of Mr.. Clarence
Lighter, near Lander, in the southern
part of the Middletown Valley, was de-
stroyed by fire, with all the contents.
When the fire broke out Mr.. Lighter
was at a neighbours house and the re-
mainder 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 the
Hagerstown Electric Railway Company
will build trolley road from Hagers-
town to Franklin county, Pa, there to
connect with the Chambersburg, Green
castle and Waynesboro electric line.
Mayor A. c. Strife says the road will
not affect his company, which will build
an electric road from Hagerstown to
Waynesboro, distance of IL miles.
Something akin to mutiny was caused
among the members of Company K, First
Maryland Regiment, of Rockville, by the
order requiring the company to leave
Rockville early on the morning of Satur-
day, August 5, for the encampment at
Belair. August 5 is the Democratic pri-
mary election day. 1t was originally ar
ranged for the company to leave on
August T. 1t has been arranged, how
ever, that the departure will not take
place until an hour after the polls OPEN
The members of the company served no
tice that they would not leave until they
deposited their ballots for the candidates
of their choice.
Train No. 6, from Chicago, on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at 40
o'clock P. NJ. struck and instantly killed
Catena Catra, an Italian laborer, at
Stotts. east of Kensington The man
was working and did not hear the APP
preaching train.
The crab industry of Annapolis has IN
the last few days picked up more than
so per cent
William H. Rullman declined the Of
fee of Collector and Treasurer of An
napolis, to which he was appointed by
the City Council last week. 1t is I'M
derstood that Eugene w. Iglehart will
be appointed in his place. He was among
the applicants when Mr.. Rullman was
named.
Miss Fannie Anderson, aged IS years,
was burned to death at the home of her
nephew, Charles Summers, near Jeffer-
son, where he was living. Mr.. Sum-
mers and his wife, who live about one
mile east of town. were absent, and Miss
Anderson used the coal-oil can in kind
ling fire in the kitchen stove. There
was a loud report. which Mr.. 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 Mortified to find their
aunt lying beside the stove burned to
crisp. The kitchen had already taken
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