Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-18
DOWN WITH YELLOW FEVER.
Body of Drowned Man Recovered
Other Annapolis Items.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

sperm Correspondence OF Inc our
ANNAPOLIS. Md. July II, 1907
News was received here today OF the Ill
ness of Charles Herzog. a civil engineer.
who left here two months ago for Panama.
He has an attack OF yellow fever at Guile
bra The death of Carpenter Johnson. whS
also left here for the same place several
months ago, is among those announced by
the government.
The funeral of Mrs. Rebecca Perry
Gather, aged eighty years. whose death
occurred here late Saturday night, took
place this afternoon, the Rev. Joseph +.
McComas, rector OF St. Anne's officiating.
The deceased was the widow of Thomas
Gather and is survived by two sons,
Thomas E. Gather of Oakland. Cal. and
p. Gather of Annapolis, and a daughter.
Miss Elizabeth Gather
The body OF Luther Dashields, who was
drowned off the bugeye Minnie and Helen
In the CHESAPEAKE bay last Thursday after
noon and which was recovered near Arun-
del on-the-Bay yesterday, was this morn
Ing shipped to his home at Taylors Island,
aboard the U. S. S. Alyarado. The re-
mains upon being found were brought to
Annapolis and turned over to Mr.. James
l.. Harrington of this city, in whose hands
tho drowned youths father, Mr.. William
+. Dashields. had placed the payment of
the $25 reward advertised in the Capital.
The body was recovered by George Tyler.
the bailff of Arundel-on- the-Bay, at about
IL O'Clock yesterday morning, who saw II
floating in the water near MIR. Thomas
Smiths pier. He brought the remains
ashore and notified Mr.. Harrington, who
took charge of the body after it had been
viewed by Justice John n. Davis OF this
city, who without calling jury returned a
verdict of accidental drowning.
AT shortly after 8 o'clock this morning
the practice ship Boxer cleared from her
nlOOrinRS at the Sanfee dock and with
about sixty members of the new fourth
class of midshipmen aboard headed down
the bay for cruise of one week.
The trim little sloop yacht Helen OF Bal
timore dropped anchor in this harbor this
morning and is now moored just off the
foot of Prince George street. The Helen
which Is owned by Mr.. James DENIM of
Baltimore. spent the whole Of last winter
at Heler's dry dock at Eastport.
The circuit court for Anne Arundel
county convened in this city today for the
Thomas Jones and Associate Judge James
Revell on the bench. The day was spent
In going over the docket and arranging the
| cases for their respective dates of hearing.
The docket for this session OF the county
judiciary is unusually small.
Miss Rayle, superintendent OF the Emerg-
ency Hospital. Is on her vacation and Miss
Kaufman. "a graduate of the Homeopathic
Hospital, Baltimore. Is substituting.
The annual examination for school teach
ers in the schools of Anne Arundel county
was opened this morning at 10 o'clock.
There were fifteen applicants for teachers
certificates in the white schools and four
applicants for certificates to teach I'm the
colored schools. There were no re-examin-
atoms, and the morning session was spent
over spelling, arithmetic, algebra and
physiology.
At the same time the competitive exam
fnation for the two scholarships at West-
ern Maryland and one at Maryland Agri-
cultural were held. There were ten young
ladies who entered the lists for the schol-
arship at Western Maryland. Five young
men are trying for the scholarships, and
the applicant who passes the highest will
have his choice between NJ. A. C. and
Western Maryland while the next highest
gets the other.