The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-05-25
Maryland Affairs.

at Washington, has presented a picture of
Marquis de Lafayette to the University of
Maryland.
Beverly Bebe, of Wilmington, n. C.,
has purchased Of John c. Febiger, farm
of l10 acres, adjoining Easton, Talbot
county, for $50, 600
\ bank barn and contents, including
two mules. horse and calf. on the farm of
Melvin Hart>ock, near Flinstone, Ale
gany county, was burned May 10.
Ernest Lyles, colored, charged with
having murdered Ardena Dinicks, also
colored, in the Green Spring Valley, Bal
timore county, on May 9, has pied guilty.
Louis Schaltz and John J. Cayill, of
Baltimore, who alege that they were de
serted by their wives before the honey
moons were over, have filed suits for di-
/ yorce.
The Chesapeake Sugar Refining Com
pany has been incorporated with 81, 500,
GOO capital to build a plant at Wagner :
Point below Baltimore, with a capacity of
500 barrels day
John ). Siebert. architect, of .Cumber.
land IS preparing plans for the new $50,
900 depot To be erected by the Western
/ Maryland Railroad at Elkins, W Va 1t
will be one story and -a-half structure,
loo by 10 feet.
| Miss Amy, daughter of William r.
Z Humphrey, nf Rockville. has been awarded
the special pr5Le Of $50 in gold offered by
/ Braiuard IL Warner Of kensiu-tou for
the best dcclaimer among the public school
children Of Montgomery county.
/ Mr- Sydney f. Mudd wife Of Con
/ gresham Mudd, was operated on at Provi-
deucc Hospital Washington, D. c., on
May - Il was successful, but Mrs.
NuId condition /, still quite serious. and
. j, may he sometime before she recovers.
/ Five burglar, blew open the safe in the
F Blitimore Chesapeake and Atlantic pas
senger station at Salisbury, on May Is,
but made such a noise that they were
I frightened and fed One of the men, who
WAS captured. was seriously injured -Four
BAAEft tiAtt3. ftt~s7tA ~ Att-t1 - AlAt AAs
I we're caught later.
George ". Yellnit. who recently resign
I ei as a member Of the Board Of Commis
,ioners for Baltimore county. has recon
I ~idered his resignation aud will serve out
I hi term 10 taking thi. step he yielded
I o. the demands of hundreds Of taxpayers
of the cauniy, who made personal appeals,
aud t. the request Of Governor Warheld,
/ expressed in a letter addressed to him on
Mas IL
Ou Nav 20, fire destroyed twenty three
buildings IN CFisdeld, somerset county,
causing a loSs &c about $50. 600 The FIRE
started in the Hour mil, canning house aud
word ward uf Frederick Jnhas,n, and soon
the building wa- eayrlopci IN flames. which
spread to the adjoining buildings The
flames spread rspidly, aud it seemed for .
whiic that the whole town wuuld be swept,
a. there was stiff breeze blowing The
6rcpen prevented the spread towards the
resident Tortion. and 4 shift Of wind sent
,br blaze into tha, part inhabited by colorcd
people, burning their church, AMI several
r,s-isieuoes-
" the result Of peculiar accident
Harry. aged o wears. sea Of Samuel Hart
man. of near Quincy, Washington county,
will be blind the balance Of his hfe. While
playing he came across an old bicycle tire,
ia which he placed quan5i'y Of lime
Afserwari he poured water into ig. The
hne Stacked. there was an explosion and 4
quantity Of the lime Was blown into the
BOY faee ani eyes The lad was taken
90 Philadelphia, whcre SIX specialists made
4 careful examination Of the eyes and all
agreed thar the sight was destroyed the
noprni the lane entered the eyes aud that
nothing could be done for she relief Of the
bay
Five men we're killed and | 4 injured By
the wrcckln. Of work train on the new
Western MARYLAND Railroad extension just
east of Indigo tunnel. above Hancock, late
Saturday evening The dead are Charles
Swope. Benjamin Swope, J W Henry,
Charl,~ Henry aud Charles Clenserman,
lIl Of Great CacIpon, W Va. The train
vas made up Of three work ears and an
engine aud was running to Hancock la
a ,hap curve between steep bank aud the
canal the train struck large rock that had
fallen on the track The cars were thrown
20 fec, into the canal. With the w1rkmen
pcnned inside Conductor Hull jumped
anl saved his life. Though disabled, he
walked mile aud reported the wreck.
Through Alexander De Barril, Of Drum
Point, Calvert county. contract has been
made whereby the Waldorf Astoria Hotel,
in New York city, will hereafter receive
its entire supply Of soft-shell crabs used
during June. July aud August directly
from the crabbers of the Patuxent River,
instead Of from various points and through
several commission houses, as heretofore.
The hotel requires an enormous quantity
OF soft shell crabs, and the smaller the
specimens the larger the price. The Pa
tuxent River crabs are said TO be especially
desirable for several reasons, while the
supply available for the Waldorf Astoria
has been limited
Capt Andrew Woodall, aged s. years,
one Of the largest landowners and shippers
Of grain in Kent county, died a; his home,
at Georgetown, Md, on May ~, after
having been in i'll health for sometime.
Capt Woodall was one Of the most con
spicuous figures in the history of Kent
county and was very wealthy. lie owned
b farms in Kent aad Cecil counties, the
smallest of which Is 300 acres in extent,
and all of them aggregating nearly Il, 600
acres, aud his annual shipments of 300
000 bushels Of grain to Baltimore made
him well known. Of the farms he owned
be worked 2S of chem, employing nearly
900 hands, and the interest he took IN
his employees is well known, since he had a
large pension list He was born in George
town April 24, 1919, and was the son OF
Simon Woodall, of Kent county. In his
youth he was carpenter, but he did not
like it, and later procured a sailboat and
began freighting grain and various pro
duets from along the Sassairas River to
Baltimore. Just before the Civil War
Capt Woodall realized that grain would
advance in price, and, taxing his capital
.nl cr.l;t =, IT, laSt raSDurce he Dur-