The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-04-12
Maryland Affairs.

Charles A. Hiss, of Baltimore, committed
suicide on Sunday by cutting his throat with
razor.
Two men we're killed and six others were
injured when worktrain ran into gang OF
trackhands in Union tunnel, Baltimore, on
Monday morning.
DR.. J. II. Wishard of Letersburg is plant
ing 10 900 fruit trees, mostly apple and peach.
on his land near Edgemont and Greencastle,
Dr. Wishard will soon have 10000 trees in
bearing.
The Union Hospital Association, negro
organization of Frederick, has equipped a
building recently purchased on West All
Saints street and will open it in few days as
hospital.
The Alegany County Commissioners agreed
on the tax rate for the year, reducing it from
SIC last year to 81 for this year. This will
make the rate for State and county taxes in
the county $1.16.
Delmar narrowly escaped another large
conhagraton on March s. A lamp exploded
in the residence of Harley Waller, setting the
house on fire and nearly burning Mrs. Waller
up who was trying to extinguish the blaze
Historic Fort McHenry, which for so many
years has been one of the attractions of Bati-
more, was officially closed on Tuesday night
with the booming of the sunset gun. just
what the future Of the historic fort will be re-
mains with the War Department.
The last body of the five men who were
drowned in the Chesapeake Bay on January
3O-that of John Lorber, 2436 East Fayette
street, Baltimore, was recovered late Sunday
afternoon in Bodkin Greek, near the mouth of
the Magothy River. and it was brought to Bal
timore.
Lying face downward in a pool of blood
Noah Ernst, of Keedysville, Washington
aged citizen of near Guilford Springs, was
found a suicide in Room II at the Indian
Queen Hotel lat Chambersburg by Clerk Harry
f. Sites on Wednesday morning.
Major F. H. Lewis. civil engineer. and l..
A. Cover, secretary of the Maryland Portland
Cement Company, are in Hagerstown' with
assistants making preparations to build large
cement factory at Bissel, two miles east of
Hagerstown. The plant, it is said, will be
one of the largest cement industries in this Sec
ton of the country.
Joseph O'Brian, an insane prisoner, CON-
mitted suicide on last Monday in the Easton
jail by hanging himself from the top OF his
cell door with leather strap taken from an
old hand satcheli in which he kept his clothing.
This is the first time in the history of Talbot
county that anyone has committed suicide
within the walls of the Jail.
At noon on Saturday, April 81, the Mary
land Building at the jamestown Exposition
will be opened to the public. There will be
an appropriate program, including vocal and
instrumental music and speeches by Governor
Edwin Warfeld and Capt. Frederick M. Coils,
ton. The building will be one of the few com
pleted structures on the grounds.
At a conference in Frederick Tuesday be-
tween the Frederick Business Mems Associa
ton, George W. Dudderer, assistant indus
trial agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road; J. j. Lutz and William j. Mullins, of
the Lutz Il Schramm Company, Allegheny,
Pa, arrangements were made for the estab
lishment in Frederick of a large pickle indus
try.
The body of Horace Hast colored, a labor
err employed on the Washington, Baltimore
and Annapolis Electric Railway, near Bowie,
was found by negroes this morning lying in
ditch south of the track of the Pope's Creek
Line, half mile below Bowie. The man
was not struck by IA train, as none passed over
this track after o'clock, and Hast was seen
by several persons after that hour.
About 2 O'Clock Tuesday morning Deputy
Sheriff r. II. Vincent arrived at Hyattsvile,
! with William Proctor, colored, whom he had
arrested at his home, near Oxon Hill, Prince
Georges county, on suspicion of having at
tempted to criminaliy assault Mrs. Minnie
Spencer, young white woman, at her home,
near Rosecroft, quarter of mile from Oxon
Hill.
W. E. Knight was arrested at Sparrows
Point and brought to Chestertown Saturday
on charge of getting money under false pre-,
lenses and was held for the action of the
grand jury. Mr.. Knight was manager of the
cannery at Lambson's Station and is charged
with reporting more cases of canned goods in
the warehouse than were there and obtaining
loan on the goods.
Oliver B. Sinnisen, night fireman at the
power plant on Summit avenue of the Hagers-
town Street Railway Company, met fright
full death shortly after 4 o'clock Monday
morning, as the result of being crushed be-
tween heavy belt and the fly wheel of engine
propelling dynamo at the plant. Sinnisen
was lying on the betting asleep and when the
engine was started preparatory to the operat
ing of trolley cars he was carried to his death.
The body of the unfortunate man was literally
crushed into pulp and the parts were scattered
over the belt and ponderous wheel.