Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-04
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ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News Of Mont
gomery County.
.respondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd, April 3. 1900.
Two Washington couples were married
here this afternoon by Rev. s. r. White.
They were Mr.. Charles H. Stafford and Miss
Pearl D. Slater, and Mr.. John Jacob Oden-
wald and Miss Myrtle Mae Bursey. The
marriage of the flrst-named couple was per-
formed at the home of the minister, the
other ceremony taking place in the office of
the public school commissioner, in the court
house Both couples came out from the city
ON the electric car reaching here at $3.50.
and returned by the car departing one hour
later.
At a meeting of the board of public school
commissioners held here today resolution
was adopted thanking Representative George
"A. Pearre for the gift of a number of maps
for use in the public schools Of the county.
The board appointed Ritchie E. Haney
teacher of the Old Union School. and ac-
cepted the resignation of Dora E. Dorsey
as principal of the colored school at Clop-
pers. Trustees were appointed as follows:
DR. James e. Deets and Henson Buxton,
Clarksburg School; John o. I. Watkins,
Cedar Grove School, and J. w. Boyer Cedar
Heights School.
The board appointed Rev. Thomas D.
Richards and Messrs. Charles W. Pretty
man. John H. Gassaway. Charles F.. Kirk
ana john Thomas judges of the county dec
lamation contest. to be held here May 10 for
prize of $50 in gold offered by Mr.. Brain
ard II. Warner.
Alphonso Demayo. an Italian, who had
charge OF the commissary on the work of
double-tracking the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad in the upper section of the county
today pleaded guilty in the circuit court at
TINS place to an Indictment charging him
with violating the local option law of the
county lie was fined 500 and costs
Carrie Copeland, colored was convicted in
the circuit court here today of grand lar
ceny and was sentenced by Judge Hender-
son TO term or four years in the Mary
land penitentiary. She was charged with
having stolen $50 from trunk in the home
OF Dr Basil b. Gordon of the Laytonsville
nelghborhood while employed there
Daniel Frey. colored was convicted in the
circuit court here yesterday of a charge of
highway robbery. The Indictment alleged
tLat several months ago the accused was
one of several who held up and robbed
I Inonaas Gof1man, Virginian. who was
temporarily making his home In this coun-
ty, and relieved him of money and other
valuabies. The hold-up occurred on the
Conduit road a short distance above Cabin
john bridge late at night Judge Hender-
son sentenced the accused to term of
three years in the Maryland penitentia,y
The cases against Horace Greeley Diggs
and James Coates, both colored, indicted
Tor completely in the robbery. have been
noile pressed, but Robert Carter colored
similarly indicted, Is yet to be tried
Among the other cases disposed of are the
following: Ed Stewart, violation of local
optlOH HOT guilty, JO1n Green, assault
on Mary Jenkins. fined $40 and costs; Paris
Berkley and Forney Lee, shooting hog of
Greenbury Howard, each fined SD and
costs; Galley Stephenson, carrying con-
cealed weapons. six months in the house of
correction: Charles w. Robertson, carrying
concealed weapons, sentence SUSPENDED
pending good behavior
Louis Jackson, colored, a resident of
Gaithersburg, has been acquitted of
charge OF robbing passenger cars left stand
Ing over night at Gaithersburg.
Miss Isabel Veirs returned last evening
from a visit with her brother, William B.
Veirs. In Australia.
The funeral of Joseph T. Moore, jr, who
died suddenly early Saturday morning at
his home near Sandy Spring, occurred yes
terday afternoon from the late residence
of the deceased. The Society OF Friends, of
which the deceased was member, had
charge of the funeral, and among those
who spoke were DR.. Brooke and DR.. Stab
Ter. Messrs. Samuel B. Wetherald, J. Hills
Robertson, Allan Farquhar B. D. Palmer,
John Fl. Janney and George Brooke acted
as pallbearers. The interment was in the
Friends cemetery, Sandy Spring.
The town council of Glen Echo has ap-
pointed DR.. F. Lombard Woodward and
MessrS. James A. Moran and Van B. Cam
ada to act as judges at the municipal cleo
ton to be held Monday. May Z. when a
mayor and two councilmen will be chosen
to succeed Mayor John A. Garrett and
Councilmen William H. Roach and Joseph
J. Decker.
1t Is understood to be probable that the
case against Ernest Houghton of Glen Echo,
indicted in the circuit court for perjury, it
being alleged that he 5wore falsely in the
trial of Deputy Sheriff William r. Embrey
for the murder OF James A. Whalen will
not be tried at the term of court now in
session here. 1t Is stated that the principal
witness for the state refuses to come out
from Washington to testify, and this will
necessitate the postponement of the tIial.