The citizen., 1913-03-14
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest GIeanings From All
Over the State.

UVer me Stato.
we" trustees For Bellevue Asylum
Samuel Lee Escapes Again.
Hotel Monterey Property
At Hancock Sold.
The newly-appointed trustees OF
Bellevue Asylum, Washington county's
almshouse, were sworn in Friday and
organized by electing David NJ. Hur
ley president, Harry McC. Stopffer
secretary and Daniel A. Thomas
treasurer.
Frederick.-Samuel Lee, a young
negro wanted by the Virginia and
Montgomery county authorities. escap
ed handcuffed from Sheriff Clifford
Howard, of Montgomery county, while
being taken from Frederick to Rock
vile. The negro jumped through a
window of a rapidly moving train
near Mt. Ephriam and is still at large
The Hotel Monterey property, al
Hancock, owned by George l.. Miller
was sold at public auction by D. w
Doub and J. A. Mason, assignees, un
der mortgage foreclosure proceedings
to Rebecca Murray, for $20,505 The
hotel is a new one.
c. H. Weber, division manager al
Frederick of the Chesapeake and Po
tomac Telephone Company appeared
before the executive committee of the
Farmers Association Saturday and
asked that the petition before the
Public Utilities Commission for an in
vestigation Of telephone charges in
that county be withdrawn.
William II. Shipley, of Frederick
commander, of Alexander Young Camp
of Confederate Veterans, celebrated
the SEVENTEEN anniversary of his birth
Friday. He survived Pickett's charge
at Gettysburg, having entered the
charge in "stonewall' Jackson's
brigade
The movement for a new charter fol
Hagerstown has been revived. V
Monroe Cushwa, president of the
Board of Trade, has appointed a com
mittee to draft new city charter anG
make provision for an extension of the
city limits
Miss Fannie NJ Clement, super
intendent of the Rural Nursing Branch
of the American Red Cross Nursing
Service, has selected Frederick as g
final training place for nurses fol
rural work.
While 100 persons were attending q
dance at the home of William Funk
near Beaver Creek, robbers went
through a number Of carriages hitched
outside the residence and carried of
robes, overcoats and gloves.
Rev. Richard B. Frampton, aged 81
years, died at his home, near Royal
Oak, from the infrmities Of age. In
early manhood Mr. Frampton taught
school in several of the counties OF
this State and also in Virginia.
Mrs. Charles Ridge, near Emmits
burg, was held in the sum of $500 bal
charged with shooting at Mrs. Robert
Mitchell with a revolver. The two
are neighbors and have large families
Several of their children became in
volved in a quarrel, when older mem
bers of the family took upl the trou
BILE. After an exchange of words Mrs
Ridge, it is alleged, fred one shot al
Mrs. Mitchell. The bullet went wide
of its mark.
Attorney-General Poe advised the
County Commissioners that Sylvan Re
treat the Cumberland institution for
the insane, could not be converted
into a State hospital along the lines
suggested by Dr. A. P. Herring, sec
retary Of the State Luncy Commission
without additional legislation, which
he suggests be asked as the next meet
ing of the General Assembly.
A number of warships we're engaged
in target practice in Tangier Sound
Thursday and Friday. The report OF
the guns made things lively in Girls
field. Buildings were shaken, WIN
dows we're broken and people in the
outlying district, not knowing what
the trouble was, were very much
wrought up. The old Texas was the
target.
The Worcester Fertilizer Company
capitalized at $4,000, has been formed
at Snow Hill with Montgomery Stage
of Indiantown, as president; E. H
Forks, vice-president, and the follow.
ing directors: II. w. Perdue, W. P
Coane, E. C. Shockley, D. F. Forks,
John L. Mason, o. NJ. Purnell, A. c.
Holloway, Matthew Purnell, J. w
Hancock, z. Cherrix, John H. Truitt
NJ. Stagg, L. B. Disbaroon, E. j.
Shockley and A. C. Hancock, D. Frank
Forks will be manager.
The three damage suits Instituted
aginst the Pennsylvania Trojan Pow
der Company, a New Jersey corpora
tion with hnadnnarterS at Allentown