The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-07-01
Maryland Affairs.

Last year the amount paid for freight on
crabs to the express companies at Crisfeld was
over SIS, 600 Cris6eld is now the largest crab
shipping point in the United States
Alexander Fountain and George W. Wilson
have purchased from the estate of the late
Frederick r. Dimfel the home farm contain
ing 20G acres, on the Tired Avon River, Talbot
county opposite Oxford for SlO,50O.
Thomas James, a worthy eolored mau and
a faithful workman. for 25 years employed in
the Fox rock quarries at Woodstock, Howard
eoauty, was killed at the quarries June %,
having been caught by falling stone from a
derrick. His body was crushed. He was an
old slave aud worked for Peach 4 Cavey.
Al Ridgely, Caroline county, VIM Martin
died from the effects Of poison oak last week.
\ few days previous he rubbed some of the
poisonous vine on his face to see if it would
really poison him. In few hours his face
began to swell, and, after great suffering, he
died.
Hon David Williamson Carroll, the father
of Mrs Daniel A. Boone. of Baltimore. and a
member ofthe Carroll family of Maryland, died
on the night Of June % at his home in Little
Rock, Arkansas, in his SSth year. He was
Judge in one Of the courts for long time, but
for some years has been retired. Judge Car
many years ago. He was in the Confederate
Army, serving throughout the war.
William House, aged AZ years, was killed
al IL O'Clock last Monday on the farm of ex.
County Commissioner Frank House, near
BurkitlSville. Frederick county, A load of
hay on which he was riding upset, and he fell
upon a ptchfork, the prongS of which peDe-
traied his heart He died 20 minutes after
the accident, He leaves wife and two chill
dren.
Secret Service Agents Charles f. Wright,
of Baltimore, and Thomas B. Foster, of San
Francisco. have arrested William Z. McCar-
dell OF Hagerstown; ii. ID. Sanner. of Cum
berland; aud William c. Noel of Frostburg,
on the charge Of dealing in Honduras lottery
tickets. the same charge upon which Edward
&. Files and Jacob Leon were arrested in
Baltimore few weeks ago.
Charles S,ayton, young man who resided
with his parents at Burrsville, Caroline county,
is in Jail. charged with choking his father 10
death during drunken quarrel on the night
of Jane "a. The Staytons have a number of
relatives of prominence. One brother of the
dead man, Rev. Charles Stayton, is u mission
AIRY worker among the Indians. John Stay
ton is real estate dealer in Utah and Thomas
c. Slayton is farmer of Queen Anne'S
county.
Several weeks ago Harvey Palmer, aged
I6 years, son of the late Harvey Palmer, of
Frederick county, ran away from the home of
his grandfather. Jacob Dinterman. near Pearl,
Frederick county, where he had been living.
and secured employment as 4 boat hand on
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. On last
saturday night the boy fell from the boat into
the canal at a point about four miles from
Washington, ID. c., and was drowned. His
body was not recovered until Sunday evening
and his relatives were notified.
DR.. Thomas Buchanan Steele, one of the
officers of Perry's expedition to Japan in
1858, died June - at his home, in Cambridge
aged SO years. DR.. Steele was known as ''the
grand old man of Cambridge" DR.. Steele
was prominently connected in Baltimore and
other sections of the State besides the Eastern
Shore. He was u son of the late John Neyitt
Steele, member of Congress in 1886 1887 and
Wing candidate for governor of Maryland in
1910 against William Grason, of Queen Annes
county. His mother was Anne Ogle Buch-
anan. of Hagerstown, and through her he was
descended from Samuel 0gle, twice proprie
tary governor of Maryland between 1871 and
1852.
The contract for the revision of the Poto-
mae Valley railroad that portion of the Wes-
tern Maryland railroad between Williams
port and Big Pool, which has Just been let to
Michael Elmore, of Cumberland, calls for the
bringing up of that line to the standard of the
Cumberland extension. The work, which in
wolves the reduction OF grades and elimination
of curvature is TO be completed by May of
next year. The Is miles affected by the con-
tract is Immediately adjacent to the Cumber-
land extension and will be part of the same
division of the road. 1t is now and will con
tnue to be an important link in the inter
change of business between the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at Cherry Run and the
Philadelphia and Reading railway at Ship
pensburg.
Two women were killed and 15 persons were
injured, one of whom may die, by collision
on Monday night between freight train of
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Rail
road and two cars of the Back River line of
the United Railways. The accident occurred
at 1910 O'Clock on Eastern avenue, High
landtown. Baltimore county, where the rail
road tracks cross those of the street-railway
company. The crash came almost without
warning to the 80 passengers of the cars. The
car that was struck was pushing another of
the Back River line that had become disabled
through defective moter. The second vehi-
Gle was turned completely over by the impact,
and the dying and injured were extricated
with difficulty from beneath the wreckage.