Middletown transcript., 1914-01-03
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER

IU UIIUIII OIIDIu
The Latest eIeanIngs From All
Over the State.
Prof. George A. Sites, principal of
the Clearspring School, awarded gold
prizes to Misses Catherine Hollinger,
Alma Dennis and Martha Bartles, the
winners in a spelling contest.
The century-old stone barn on the
farm of ]. Chalmers Reed, of Hagers-
town, near Fair View burned with
II horses, 10 head of cattle, 1000 bar
rels of corn, 20 tons of hay, farming
Implements, straw stack and feed. The
loss is $4,000, with $4,000 insurance.
The boarding house Of C.. Hazazer.
of Baltimore, on the bay near Chester
town, tenanted by Harry Pillings, was
burned The property was recently
improved by a $4,000 addition and
scores Of summer guests stayed there.
1t was known as Plum Point Hotel
Under the will of Mrs. Eliza P.
Clark, who died recently at Milford,
Del, the Rev Howard T. Quigg, pastor
of the Elkton Methodist Episcopal
Church, is bequeathed $500. The es-
tate is valued at 100000, and q large
sum is left to the Methodist Episcopal
| Church.
The Western Maryland Railway
Company has compromised out of
court for $1,000 the suit brought
against it for $4,000 damages by the
administrator for the death of George
A. Davis, brakeman. who was killed
at Cherry Run last October Davis
left a widow and two children.
Mrs Mary Friedy, aged 80 years,
who Keeps small store at Havre de
Grace, was beaten almost into insensi-
bility by a masked man, who entered
her place and robbed the cash drawer
of several dollars Mrs. Friedy's face
and head are badly cut and bruised.
She cannot say whether her assailant
was white or black
The body of Mrs. Mary E. WorthiRs'
ton, who died in Baltimore, was buried
in Rose F;n Cemetery. The Rev. J.
Poyntz JJler, rector of st. Johns
Protestant Episcopal Church, con-
Quoted the services at the grave. She
was a daughter of the late Joseph T.
Beeler, of Washington county, and is
survived by one brother, Frank E.
Beeler.
Jervis Hynson and Eugene Cousins
were arrested on suspicion Of knowing
something of OF being implicated in the
murder of James Coleman. Detective
Pumphrey has been busy on the case
since He questioned the three pris-
oners, Herman Maple, Thomas Blake
and James PARKWAY, but so far as is
known got no confession or anything
Of importance bearing on the case.
James Dutton, the young negro who
was tried and convicted by the Dor
chester Circuit Court in November on
the charge of attempted criminal as
sault on Miss Margaret Gillis, young
white girl, near Cambridge, and SEN
fenced to be hanged, was denied new
trial by Chief Judge John R. Patter-
son and Associate Judge Henry L. D.
Stanford. It is believed the case will
be carried to the Court Of Appeals.
D. Lester Harshman, of Myersville,
a farmer, aged 80 years, died at his
home following injuries sustained
early in the evening when he fell from
an apple tree from which he was chas-.
ing chickens. Mr.. Harshman fell only
about 10 feet and was found uncon-
scious by his wife. The injured man |
was removed to his home, but died !
without regaining consciousness as a !
result of conclusion of the brain.
The residents of upper Cecil have |
inaugurated a movement for better !
train service to and from Baltimore. |
A petition is being circulated among |
the patrons of the Central Division of |
the Pennsylvania Railroad. which will |
be presented to the Public Service |
Commission, asking that the railroad
company be compelled to show cause
why the present schedule, which, it is
claimed, discriminates against Balti-
more. should not be abolished and a
better service provided.
For the second time within six
months Capt Charles E. Clendaniel
has rescued a helpless crew from dis
tressed vessel on the Chesapeake Bay.
Lying at the mouth of Eastern bay,
with both masts blown out and the &.
crew helpless, the L. Atwood Bennett,
a schooner bound for Hog bay, was
picked up by the Maryetta, command
ed by Captain Clendaniel and towed
to Crab Alley harbor, where she is
now refttirg. Last July Captain Glen
daniel, while en- route from Baltimore,
found the dismasted schooner Lucy
Fletcher adrift in the bay.
ADMITS 5000 JEWELRY THEFT.
Wanted Annapolis Justice
To Shoot Him.