NEWS NOTES of INTEREST. AWFUL WRECK on W.M.R.R ARNDMENT
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s OUR r:#THE- DATE . SUBSCR PTION ON THE LABEL 5 PA D UP THE CARROLL RECORD. WILL TELL. Chesapeake & Potomac and *VOLUME 11. Maryland Telephones. TANEYTOWN. CARROLL COUNTY. MARYLAND. SATURDAY. JUNE 24. 1905. NUMBER 52 =NM Testimonial to John C. Crouse. the RECORD, by request, the following The Sad Case of Harry T. Petry. Union Bridge.-Saturday night,June graphic account of his experience. 17, will not soon be forgotten by the peo- NEWS NOTES Of INTEREST. The following letter was received by AWFUL WRECK ON W.M.R.R "I was sitting in the forward end of ARNDMENT TALK. The following letter was received, this SPECIAL CORR[SPONDENCE. ple of Union Bridge. It was a night of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Crouse, Taney- _ the smoker, the second seat from the week, by the editor of the RECORD froin intense anxiety, and as hour after hour town, from a Hagerstown neighbor and door, the smoker being directly behind Harry T. Petry, of New Windsor. As it passed by, bringing reports of an increas- Brief Items from County, State, friend of their son, John, and is publish- Twenty-six men Killed,and many the baggage car. As we passed the scene Mr. Vandiver Not Worried Over is so clearly self-explanatory, we have Latest Items of News Furnished ing death roll, the anxiety increased. In ed by request. It is a most eloquent of the freight wreck which occurred be- no comment to make except to com- the families who had relatives on the ill- testimonial of high esteem. More Insured. yond Mt. Hope a few days before, 35 the Opposition. mend the unfortunate young man to the by Regular Contributors. fated train there were some persons who • and our Exchanges. DEAR FRIENDS:- track hands, most of whom were from charitably inclined who . feel that they became almost frantic. When the report As the force of circumstances were can render the financial assistance evi- came that eight dead bodies would be on such that I have been unable to see you per- The most disastrous wreck in the his- Thurmont and Catoctin, got on the train; The Sun of Wednesday, contains the Jesse P. Garner, of Linwood, left, sonally upon this exceptionally sad period of most of them got in the baggage car, dently so much needed. The RECORD All communications for the REcORD must put off the train on its arrival at Union Monday afternoon, for the International tory of the Western Md. R. R. occurred following a'rticle which shows a strong be signed by the writer's own name;not nec- your live, I feel it my duty to communicate but six got on our car; one sat beside will gladly forward any contributions re- essarily for publication, but as an evidence Bridge, the fast mail train, the excite- letter, you the ex- on Saturday evening last between Pa- Democratic sentiment against the pro- Sunday School Convention now in ses- with you by to express to me in the smoker, the other five on the ceived. that the matters and facts transmittd are ment and anxiety became most intense. sion at Toronto, Canada. treme sorrow 1 feel for you, and for all con- tapsco and Lawndale, and was caused posed disfranchising amendment; boy,in legitimate and correct. Items of a mishiev- cerned, on account of the bereavement you platform and steps of the smoker and Democrats in Mr. Petry was well known as a No information as to who these dead have suffered in the death of your most esti- by a collision between a double-header "Certain well-known Taneytown and other places, as the ous character are not wanted. were could be baggage car. taken a position in The RECORD office is connected with the C. obtained,and it was taken mable son, for whom I can truthfully say I ireight train going east and the Hagers- the city who have driver, years ago, of the green grocery for granted. by Thomas Hann, of Medford, while cut- have always cherished the highest regard. west, both After we had been on the road some opposition to the proposed suffrage & P. and Maryland Telephones, from 7.80 a. inany, that they belong- town accommodation going wagon of John H. Keen,of Westminster. m. to 5.30 p. m.. and the office is usually open ed to our town or vicinity. On the ar- ting rye, on Monday, found a carrier Dear friends,the parting of loved ones from trains running at more than usual speed, time, I looked at my watch, and saw it amendment to the Constitution are bend- from to 7 p. m. The Editor's residence is pigeon in his field, having on its right this existence is very sad under the most fa- After leaving Westminster he started in also connected with the Maryland 'phone. rival of the train, it was learned that four vorable circumstances, but when it occurs as the passenger train was late and the was eight minutes of six, and I thought ing their efforts toward preventing an business, in Baltimore, where leg a nickel band containing "P. C. 916," through such sad means as this one, we can by my watch we were a little late. In a endorsement of the amendment by the the milk dead bodies were to be left here, and freight was evidently trying to make the he thinks he contracted his disease from that nom of them and on its left leg a copper band. The only console ourselves with the thought that Lawndale switch in order to let the minute or two came the strain and jar Democratic State Convention. Emmitsburg.-The 97th Annual Com- belonged to Union calling the world is better for his having lived in it, exposure. More recently, he has lived Bridge. A feeling of profound gratitude owner may recover the bird by although the period was seemingly short. passenger train pass.. which showed that the air brakes had To this end strenuous work is being mencement took place at Mt. St. Mary's for it. knew your in New Windsor, with his brother. He arose in many hearts when it was learn- The universal opinion of all who The cause of the wreck, in part, is un- been put on with all their power; almost done toward stirring up sentiment here is College, on Thursday the 15th. The ex- ed of. .1.• noble boy is that he was a kind and dutiful instantly followed a horrible grinding 31 years of age. that all the passengers on the wreck- son, and a virtuous, kind and loving husband, explainable, as those responsible were against the measure, with the hope that His letter is in part, as follows:- ercises were presided over by Cardinal ed train, all however, that crash, shattered glass, crashing timbers, the Democratic opposition will be made Gibbons and Governor Warfield bound for Union Bridge, had Miss Sallie Longwell, only daughter of one of the kind of people the world can ill af- killed. It is thought, MR. ENGLAR:- who de- escaped injuries. the late Col. John K. Longwell, and the ford to lose. The above lines would make an for some cause-either forgetfulness or flying splinters, hissing steam,falling car so manifest that the amendment will be I write to let you know that I am back livered a very able address. Seventeen epitaph upon his tomb that many of earth's at the hospital again, and have been since the Miss Lilian Merryman, Mrs. Jacob last survivor of the family, died Thurs- the fault of watches-the freight pulled seats, and then the car stopped. I turn- practically eliminated as an issue long young men were graduated with high nobles could afford to envy. ed and started for the rear of the car; it of 18th. of May. I am in such a condition that Gladhill, of our town, and Elmer Wolfe day afternoon at thc Hotel Westminster. I want to say to you, fattier and mother of out on the main track to make the next before the election, and the managers the doctors can do very little for me, and will hoonjo irFs.ridav, and wife, this friend of mine, I have met many people, was nearly full but contained only men; the party will be forced to abandon their have my right arm amputated, owing 16th, the who were coming to visit Mr. Miss Longwell spent much of her time switch, when it should evidently have have to 96th Annual Com- Daniel Wolfe, as strangers, and eventually became friends Gorsuch switch. they were crowding out of the door plan of making it the keynote of the to the dislocation, in order to get any relief mencemenCof St. Joseph's College took were well shaken up, but in travel and in Paris, France. Her fath- of theirs, but I can safely say none more so waited at as my pain is intense at all times. not seriously injured in any way. Mr. er was for 30 years president of Union than with your noble boy, whose general dis- A fact which likely plays a most and climbing out of the windows but campaign. Will have to submit to the operation, but do place. Cardinal Gibbons delivered a and there was no unseemly struggle and no Wolfe was sitting near the front end of National Bank of Westminster, and twice position was of such a friendly character, important part in the wreck that follow- Probably the foremost advocate of this not only suffer from my shoulder, but every beautiful tribute to the nine young ladies the it always seemed to do him good to do some one uttered a sound.