The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-30
STATE NEWS.

seriously i'll at Annapolis.
Herman Parker, of Salisbury, was shot
and killed by Patrolman Birmingham.
A thief in Hagerstown dug tunnel to
a hennery and got IS of its occupants.
Baskets of provisions were distributed
among the poor families at Hagerstown.
Benjamin F. Spessard, retired farmer,
died at Chewsville, Washington county.
The Western Maryland Railway, it is
said, will order about $4,000 tons OF rails.
Roscoe Baker was run over by West
ern Maryland train, diving in Hagers
town.
Harry c. Hill, OF Salisbury, was held
up by negro highwayman and shot in
an arm.
Experts are said to be sure that natural
gas and oil will be found in Wlcomico
county.
The Rhodes scholarship for next year
was won by Harold Brooks Herring, OF
Baltimore.
Several Cambridge negroes had FAM
| lily fight with knives and pistols and three
were hurt.
Manoah Metz, 10 years old, former
postmaster of Smithsburg, Washington
county, is dead.
Employees of William P Jackson's
shirt factory at Salisbury, will share in the
| profits of the concern.
Rev. Dr. Patrick Henry Miller has re-
| signed the pastorate of Grace Lutheran
church, Westminster.
A record for marriage licenses in Balti-
more issued on Friday was established
! when 81 were secured.
According to statements of health Off
Gals, the ''wriggling bugs" in Baltimore
city water are harmless.
The Western Maryland Railroad Com
pany will shortly place orders for $4,000
tons Of 9o-pound steel rails.
The Fifth District Farmers Club, of
Howard county, will hold banquet at
| Ellicott City on January ID.
Jerry l.. Smith, the Annapolis attorney
and court examiner, filed his answer to
charges of unprofessional conduct.
NJ. J. Clagett, formerly clerk in the
State tax office, is to go before jury that
will determine his mental condition.
Policeman William H. Lewis sued Will
liam H. Whitby, an Easton contractor,
for $1,000 damages, charging SANDER.
An investigation is being made to as
certain if Severn River oysters caused
the outbreak at the Naval Academy.
A conference between the machinists
and the Baltimore and Ohio officials is
expected to put an end to the strike.
Charles Edward Smith, typhoid fever
patient, committed suicide at Williams
port by sending a bullet into his head.
Department of Maryland c. A. R.,
will inaugurate campaign to secure the
half-masting of flags on public buildings
on Memorial Day.
The house of Louis B. Stone, at
Bladensburg was burned. the gas gener-
ated from soft coal in tightly closed
stove having exploded.
The Mayor of Mount Rainier, Prince
Georges county, on getting punch
bowl as a present said he would keep it
full during the holidays.
Mr.. Joseph Friedenwald, financier,
| philanthropst and president of the Crown
Cork and Seal Company, Baltimore, died
after lingering illness.
I1Ou' JOHl L. IldTuey, Tue OLDEST Denl-
ocratic politician and farmer of Howard
county, observed his eighty-ffth birthday
at his country home, Huntington"
1t is rumored that Mr.. Francis l..
Steuart, of the Erie, will succeed Mr.. A.
w. Thompson, now general manager, as
chief engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio.
The application of the Taneytown Saw
ings Bank, of Taneytown, Carroll county
for an increase in the capital stock from
SI3, 600 to SIS, 900 has been approved by
State Bank Commissioner Downs.