The Democratic advocate., 1908-05-29
MARYLAND NEWS.


Alexand,r Moseley and Horace
Hynson, both colored, are in the
Chestertown Jail on suspicion OF De-
ing connected with the burning OF
Capt. John Walmsley's home, at Morg-
nee, Kent county about year ago,Cap-
tain Walmsley perished in the hames'
At a special election at Brunswick
the proposition to issue bonds to the
amount of $4,000 for municipal water
works system was carried by a ma
jority of 194.
The grand jury is Investigating the
graft charges against Messrs. James
H. Marine and ]. Arthur Wickham,
Baltimore.
The body of Theodore Loose, aged
9 years, was found floating in the dock
at the head of Pier 10, Locust Point
last week.
Lewis P. Grossnickle, merchant,
fruitgrower and postmaster at Maple
vile, Washington county, died last
week.
The managers of the Maryland
School for Boys met last week in the
Calvert Building, Baltimore, to con-
slider the recommendation of the COM
mittee that recently investigated
charges of cruelty against Superin-
tendent Hendrix. In the absence OF
Gen. Lawson Riggs, chairman of the
board, William G. Baker, Jr., presided,
and Maurice Laupheimer was secre-
tary, who asked Mr.. Hendrix to re-
sign, which he did.
Without any apparent cause, PRETTY
Rosie Kof1er, daughter of Mr.. Jack
Kof1er, 240 Eden street, Baltimore,
ended her life on May 19 by swallow
ing a quantity of carbolic acid.
The inflrmary and administration
buildings of the Maryland Tubercu-
losis Sanitarium, at Sabillasville,
which have been in the course of con-
struction for two years have been COM
pleted and will be ready for a few
patients by the first OF next month.
Capt Charles Horn, of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad police de-
partment, Baltimore, and Patrolman
Robert Webber, of Brunswick, arrest
ed in Frederick May 21 Robert Schro-
yer, % years old, son of George Schro-
yer, on the charge of setting freight
cars on fire. The arrest was made
on the confession of Jesse Brightwell,
who stated that he was with Schroyer
when he fired freight car near Ty-
sons fertilizer factory May II.
Governor Crothers and the members
of the Good Roads Commission elect
ed w. W. Crosby chief engineer of the
new roads for ST. Mary's and Cal
vert counties.
A sensational pistol battle occurred
May % in Worcester county, about
four miles from Pocomoke City be-
tween Lennie Parks and Charles Brit
tingham. Ned and Charles Britting-
ham are at the point of death, each
with bullet hole in his left lung.
There had been bad feeling between
the two families for the last six
months over Brittingham's farm
hands.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Con-
tinental Jar and Bottle Stopper Com
pany and the immense building, be-
longing to the Wenstrom estate, at
Calverton, near Baltimore, on May %
causing a damage of about 900.
The building was of brick. $50 feet
long and 100 feet wide. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
The steam ship George Weems. from
Georgetown, S. c., for Baltimore, was
found deserted and on fire off Frying
Pan Shoals by the pilot boat Elma
Brooks, of Southport, N. c., at p. m.
May 10.
John B. Ramsay, president of the
National Mechanics Bank, and Doug
las H. Thomas, president of the Mer-
chants National Bank, Baltimore, are
being subjected to good deal of chat
flng by their friends for recent mar
row escape they had from fine or
possible jail sentence for contempt
of the Somerset County Circuit Court.
Thomas B. Mcdowell, of the firm of
Mcdowell & Pyle, of Baltimore, was
found dead May u in creek which
runs under the railroad trestle near
Elko, on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad. There was nothing on the
body to indicate his identity, which
was not discovered until it was
brought to Richmond.
City Chemist William E. Hoffman,
Jr., accused DR.. William H. Dull, a
druggist at 400 North Gay street, Bal
timore, before Justice Carr, at the
Central Police Station, of attempting
to bribe him in connection with an
alleged cocaine case last week.
Henry Lautenklos, So years old, a
machinist in the employ of the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany, was instantly killed May q at
the main building of the company, 5
Light street, Baltimore, by being
caught in revolving fywheel at the
top of the elevator shaft
A locked pouch, containing first
class mail from Eastern points, was
thrown off Baltimore and Ohio train
Nc. II at lockwood Thursday morn
ing and ground to pieces. Much of
the mail was saved.
Harry Geaslin, Lester Saum and
Arthur Saum pleaded guilty before
Judge Keedy, in Hagerstown, of rob-
bing Oak Hill, the summer residence
of Mrs. Clara Hamilton, widow of Gov.
William T. Hamilton.
The Allegany Conference, Maryland
Synod, of the Woman's Home and For
eign Missionary Society is in session
for their fifth annual meeting at St.
Paul's Lutheran Church, Cumberland,
there beng over 200 visitors and dele
gates present.
The Maryland Court of Appeals has
completed the hearing of arguments
in cases on the April term docket,
and adjourned until June "a.
Alvy c. Summers and William Fire
stone captured at the foot of Catoctin