The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-07-14
rrVS OF THE STATE.

NEWS "
II $50 Postmaster Charles
ast 49, N clarksburg, Montgomery
NJ H I'LL Vas arrested by posIomce s,ia 80
X ln I... On the charge 81 empezzlln -
ssT order funds 20 80 ahno'
". Maryland Bar Association lit u
The 81 II cape May,week before last
sslol u nresent bills to the next leg
fdldeu rsnealing the law exemptlng
atuls militiamen from jury duty, |
hsesee-aaeing the number OF 'chal-
f dec cr.nted the defense in GRIMM
trials.
,ittsbnrg is considering install
EliLli electric lighting system. The
bg A. n hriIding a plant has fallen
Toleeh ard now the Commissioners
hrol ssanrinr to arrange to purchase
N.rent from the western Maryana
pnWer Company.
,bout $500 members Of fraternal
80 - throughout the State were III
pTu ea1 last week and participant
~ III parade there. AS many as
"a T. ds we're in line. The affair
..- heId under the auspices Of the
~, tribe Of Red Men, and about $500
TsTe given in prizes.
,rnapolis is said TO be 10 serious
Ger Of a water famine. The res
d arsir which supplies the town holds
" Urasent only enough water to last
az ~. pd ays and there Is no relief in
.L ~ The residents have been eau
Toned not to sprinkle the lawns ana
streets.
Recently Leroy Heisterman, 13
-,ars old. OF Baltimore city, accident
Inn shot himself in the side while
ahowing his revolver to several play
sn The trigger caught in his
lDat the pistol exploded and a bullet
rant into his side a few inches be
N ,,r the heart. He fell unconscious
j tbe ground and died a few days
later.
The State Roads Commission Is
planning troughs at points along the
raw public thoroughfares whenever
I Il practicable to do SO. The
tronghs are for watering live stock.
Attached is drinking fountain for
III accommodation of thirsty travel
ars Shade trees Will also be provid
"a whenever it is possible, but thus
far more trees have been removed
than have been planted.
Governor Crothers is a strong advo-
cate OF the colonization Of German
farmers in rural sections Of Maryland.
When Mr.. "A. F. Trappe, secretary OF
the State immigration Commission,
recently started on his journey to
Germany the Governor strongly i'm
messed upon him that he should di-
rect his efforts to inducing German
farmers to come to Maryland and set
lie here in colonies in order that, by
being thrown together, they would be
more content than if scattered. The
Governor believes that German set
Tiers would solve the problem con
fronted by Maryland farmers in Sc
curing capable farm labor.
No speaker Of the House Of Repre-
A strangely shaped coffin, construc-
ted of hugh stone and weighing over
hundred pounds, is in the possess
sion Of George Jordan, Baltimore
undertaken. It is probably relic
two centuries old, Tor a label was
found pasted inside the coffin and
printed in old English type, charact-
eristic of the period 200 years ago.
The body of the coffin Is Of peculiar
shape and is hewn from stone. The
lid is also Of stone with a small
aperture covered with glass. The
coffin is about four feet in length and
one foot wide in the middle. The
lining Of the casket is Of material
which has not been used for over a
century.
Four automobiles equipped with
apparatus, balloon and air.
ship machines and the like, have been
sent out BY the Northwestern Mill
tary Academy Of Chicago, and are
now en- route to Washington to dem
onstrate to the War Department and
President Taft and also to the Gov
errors of the various States the ef-
Of such apparatus in
times Of war. These cars are expect
ed to arrive in Maryland some time
around the middle Of July, and Gov
ernor Crothers will be asked to
view them. The State Militia, which
will then be in camp outside Of Fred
erick, has already accepted the in
vitation to witness the practical dem
onstration on their camping ground.