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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1901
Page
3
Burra N Y Sept 23 The court convenes at ten. District Attorney Penny reads the charge against Czolgusz, President McKinley's assassin. Czolgusz says guilty but the plea cannot be accepted and a not guilty plea is entered. Eight jurors are accepted at noon.
Special Dispatch reports that Rear Admiral Sampson asked the Navy Department to relieve him as commandant of the Boston navy yard on October 1 due to ill health. Secretary Long approved the request.
Purely personal notes report residents traveling for business and study in Baltimore Washington and Germantown. Reginald Hughes joins Cornell University. others return from trips to Expositions Niagara Falls and cities including Philadelphia and Union Bridge. Local market quotes and a feature eel weigh-in accompany brief notices.
A dramatic report details a burglary at Flook Gaver Co in Myersville where a safe was blown, vault doors damaged, and much of the cash possibly taken. The Fidelity and Casualty Company insured the bank for burglary and a Baltimore representative will examine the safe’s contents. Authorities note the blast occurred between 1 and 2 am and that the robbers may have fled toward Brunswick or Smithsburg.
Robert Green is jailed 30 days for drunken disorderly behavior after a Sunday arrest by Officer Zellers with a $10 fine and 75 cents costs. Henry Waters also jailed 30 days for a separate drunken disorderly charge after a similar early morning arrest by Officer Mebb ing. Vernon release concerns Raich E Vernon alias James E Anderson, freed as statute failed to cover fraud claims for hotel board. Mutual Life Insurance agents honor M E Gotzendanner for enterprise. district prizes awarded. A Chinese laundry owner plans to open a branch in Hagerstown.
About 930 on a crowded Saturday night a man named Mason, drunk and employed on railroad improvements, accidentally fired a .38 revolver at the corner of Second and Market. The bullet pierced a grocery window pane, glanced off cobbles, and is said to have endangered bystanders. Mason was arrested after a brief hearing and jailed for thirty days or fined, with possible additional charges for carrying a concealed weapon.
In Baltimore a mandamus suit challenges the illiteracy test in the new election law. Seth S. Sammerson leads the Reform League with lawyers Williams and Marshall. They seek to compel election judges to test reading ability and permit the plaintiff to vote. Plans aim to bring the case to the Court of Appeals for expedited ruling.
Thieves broke into Daniel Baker's house at 3142 Auchentoroly Terrace Baltimore last week while he is abroad. They ransacked the upper floors, opened drawers and trunks, but did not disturb the first floor. valuables were safeguarded in a safe deposit vault. Entry was gained by climbing a grape vine to a rear porch roof and cutting a shutter.
A Frederick post office notice lists advertised letters remaining on Saturday September 21 1901. Applicants must call for advertised letters or they will be sent to the dead letter office after two weeks. Gentlemens List Edgar Lewis J O Miller O L O'Brien Edward Routzahn Edward Routzahn A M Stone Wim String John Tal Laniss List Mrs Grace Abrams Miss Nellis Boward Miss Alice Cramling Mrs Wm Key Howard Miss Ella H Johnson Mrs Ida Mackery Miss Mary Strine Mrs Mary Tyler.
Summer ends as the sun completes its southward passage over the Tropic of Capricorn at 1:01 PM. The season shifts toward winter, with the sun’s angle and days growing shorter in the coming months, affecting outlook and weather patterns through the colder period.
Fifty three Fredericktonians used excursion rates on the Baltimore and Ohio line yesterday for a brief visit to Lonaconing. An excursion to Luray carried eleven Fredericktonians to the caverns.
The Frederick county Prohibition Convention will meet in the W. O. T. U. rooms in this city on Saturday October 3 at 10 o'clock.
A special meeting of the Independent Hoss Company will be held at 7:30 o'clock this evening. A public notice offers a News want ad for 25 cents to publicize a situation or a cook in Frederick.
A summary of services and events from local churches including Eical Reformed St. Johns Catholic Grace Reformed St Andrews United Brethren and Presbyterian notes. Details cover sermons scriptures morning and evening, Sunday school times, choir appointments, and upcoming rally days and meetings among Frederick religious groups.
In the southern city section on Saturday, a delivery wagon’s frightened horses ran amok near Broadway and South Market. Mr. Wm. E. Kahn Jr. was thrown from the wagon and dragged about twenty yards, striking his shoulder on a heavy iron gutter at the D. and D. Institute entrance. He suffered a severe shock and bruises but remained able to move about afterward.
In Baltimore Isaac Stephens, colored, was arrested for passing a counterfeit bill to W. P. Edwards of the Blue Goose saloon. He pleaded guilty and received one day ten in jail, with credit for two months already served. Katie Y Durcan of Woodsboro was indicted on a slog can postage stamp charge. Mise Dorous remains on bail.
Local notices advertise oysters from Doll's and the Oyster Hones, a Knights of Pythias lodge meeting on Monday September 28 at 7 30 p.m., and sales for a suburban residence with modern conveniences. Also promotions for Crown Washing Machine sales, a medical practice, and a large wall paper and carpet house offering exclusive designs and a Pan-American Exposition excursion in August and September with return by seven days.
A brisk sample of aphorisms from the Atchison Globe notes on world population, views on running the universe, bread on water, and dating witticisms. It mentions Mr. C. A. Frazier’s painted South Market street house and Reflects on lessons from mistakes and hair trials.
John Hendrickson reports that frosty mornings arrive with fall merchandise in, departments switching to winter stock. Dry goods offer rare items at good prices, including a new Movbo Glove described as faultless in gray, brown, tan, modes, and black, priced at 980.
All wool five inch skirts at 980 a yard appeal to shoppers. Medium and dark Oxford shades create stylish street skirts for women and school girls.
A line of wool waisting cloths in new fall colors opens with prices far below their real worth. Also a fresh line of goods brighter than before. Shaw at 250 is featured to attract customers, promising eye opening value.
Jonx Hoempsiexson introduces Neidig and Miller as a fashion house offering new dress goods, silks, velvets, and colored fabrics. They tout low prices, rich black satin and velvet options, and liberal stock with guaranteed repairs. Clinton E Main advertises prescripts and drug services at Frederick County Phones O and P.
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