The Washington herald., 1909-05-27
Carolinas, Maryland,
and Virginia News
Political and Otherwise.

ing or the ten members Of the Virginia
varsity baseball nine. Willis Houston
Pearson. OF Trenton. y. J.. was elected
captain Of next years team. Pearson has
been catcher on the varsity team for the
last two years. having made the team IN
/ his freshman year. He came 70 Virginia
from Lawrencevire N. j. Academy,
where he was a fellow-student OF James
a. Rector, Virginias noted sprinter. The
governing board OF the General Athletic
Association Of the university has awarded
I the following letters in baseball: John
! Francis Hon. Of Baltimore (captainJ /:
Charles Cunlin Walker. r.. OF Richmond:
Chester Anderson Wilmer. Of Quarryvilse,
Pa; Basil Gordon Dabney. Of ChaTlottes-
Vile; Roy Harry Pickford, Of Washing
I ton. D. C.: Samuel William Honaker. OF
/ Plano. Tex. Willis Houston Pearson, of
I Trenton. y. J, William Harvey Cabaniss.
Z OF MaIeys. Va: Marion Stevenson Fitch
EFT, OF Cape Charles. and Joseph Stuart
Hume.
Hagerstown. Md.-Miss Minnie wastler,
daughter Of T. a. WastleT, a former men,
Der Of the Maryland legislature. distin-
guished herself ard her sex by killing q
/ Dest Of copperhead snakes on the noun
tain near her home al Cascade Mss
/ Wastler suddenly came upon the snakes
| n the road, and. instead OF becoming
/ frightened and running away, she began
I 70 shower stones az the snakes. The
| first stone killed the largest Of the rep
tiles and in qui,k order the young woman
I dispatches the Cthers- Al Of the snakes
were fun grown
EIkton, Sd. - While walking on the
/ Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington
Railroad tracks at Perryville 81 midnight
recently John Fam, OF Port Deposit. was
struck and killed by an extra freight
train, and hts companion. John Geisler.
also OF Port Deposit. had a narrow escape
i. from the same fate. The men had spent
/ the evening al Harve de Grace and. hav-
I Ing missed their train, they started TO
walk home. Coroner Frazer. Of EIkton.
Z has TIE case under investigation.
Parkersburg. ". va.-Rev. J p Beck
ett Methodist preacher. who was tried
I IN the Criminal Court to-day charged
with having wiHfClly disturbed religious
worship by striking ". T. Cochran. a
member Of the church. with a poker sew
/ eraI times during services, was found not
guilty by the jury.
/ Beckett viii be tried b. the Methodist
/ conference. which meets tomorrow AZ
/ Elizabeth, on the charge OF assauIting a
I brother OF the church
Wheeling. W. Ya-The body Of Henry
PowI, who a week ago jumped from the
island bridge into the Ohio River. was
found at midnight 100 yards below the
/ bridge. He had been despOndent for
/ some time. and told his friends he would
/ take his life. A number o: people were
I on the bridge when he sprang Of
Winfield, Md large demonstration IS
expected at Winfield on Saturday, May
I ., which viii be observed as Decoration
/ Day Winfield IS the center OF a rich
I farming section Of Frederick and Car
among the first TO volunteer in defense
/ OF the Federal Union. Col George W. f.
/ Vernon. Of Baltimore. will be the orator.
/ The programme VIII be interesting and
| the attendance large. as the farmers and
| their families come BY thousands from
I the surrounding country with a wealth
/ OF flowers 20 strew upon the soldiers
/ graves. Under orders Of the G, A r.
/ all soldiers graves viii fOe honored, in
/ clUding Confederate graves.
! Hagerstown. Md.-Invitations have been
/ issued by Mrs. Hamilton Barr, of Ha-
/ gerstown 10 the marriage Of her daugh-
( ter. Ida May. to Vernon Nelson Sim
I mons. editor OF the Morning Herald.
4 The ceremony will take place in St.
( Johns Episcopal Church on June at
noon
Baltimore. Md--Physicisns at the Mary
land Homeopathic Hospital are fighting
! 10 prevent the death Of Mrs. Evelyn Hart
eel from wounds inflicted with a razor
last night by her husband. Jesse D.
4 HartzeIl. who. then committed suicide in
/ their apartments at 1893 Harlem avenue.
+ Hartzeu attacked him wife while she
was asleep, and she escaped from him
only after a struggle, during which she
was badly cut. Then Hartzell turned the
razor on himself and ended his life with
a slash across the throat
I Annapolis, Representative OF the
faction opposed 10 the control Of DR..
/ George Wells in the Democratic party
! Of Anne Arundel County have begun legal
action TO compel the State central com
uaittee for the county 10 provide for vOt-
/ ing at the primary election In each OF
the precincts Of the county. Each dis
+ trict Of the county Is composed OF either
I two OF three precincts. In some OF the
districts the committee has provided for
/ only one voting place. The action was
/ brought by Samuel J. Carr. and Dr.
I Wells, Dr. Benjamin r Davidson, and
I Frank s. Reveu, who compose the State
! central committee, are named as defend
ants. The court is asked TO issue a man.
damUs 10 compel the naming Of the poll
/ ing places and the selection Of officials.
I Only one place was designated in the
First district. Should the court grant
/ the mandsmus. it is assumed that the
committee viii name polling places for
the precincts in which they have not al
/ ready been named