Evening star., 1898-11-11
GOVERNOR SENDS REGRETS
Maryland's Executive Unable to At.
tend Banquet-Othar News

spec lal Dlspatch to The Evening Star
CUMBERLAND, Md, November Ii
Much to his regret Governor Lowndes finds
that he will he unable to attend the BAN
quet to be given tonight to General Miles
at the Waldorf. New York The governor
had accepted an invitation to respond to a
tcast, but he has a slight attack of rheu-
matism, and thinks he ought not to leave
home under the circumstances, and has,
therefore. sent letter of regret to the
committee in charge of the banquet
Those who will be present from Maryland
are General Thomas J. Shryock, state treas.
urer, and General A. E. Booth, and perhaps
several other members of the governors
staff.
Governor Lowndes has been asked to ap-
point a delegation of 800 Maryland farmers
to attend the national farmers convention,
which will meet at Forth Worth Tex next
month. He is anxious to learn who may
wish to attend, and will appoint any farmer
in Maryland who is willing to represent
the state.
A number of the larger towns in western
Maryland are much agitated over the ques-
ton of the adoption of a curfew law. The
town council of Oakland has passed a cur
rev ordinance and many persons IN Hag-
erstown are trying to have one adopted in
that city. A number of people in Frederick
also want one adopted there, but the more
conservative advise that it would be bet
ter to await the results in Oakland before
the experiment is tried. Those who op-
pose the passage of a curfew ordinance say
it restricts individual liberty, and the re-
cent decision of a southern court declaring
1t Unconstitutional is used an argument
" nile the through boating of coal to
Georgetown, ID. c., is quite dull the ship
ment OF the product from this region con
tinues TO be very large. During the past
week the shipments by rail amounted To
6i,165 tons, and by the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal about 1900 tons. The total ship
ElentS for the year aggregate a4JS.942 tons
an incre ase of about 1SS2l3 tons over the
corresponding period of 1897 The shin
! ments by canal show decrease of o7,057
tens
During the week %, 100 tons of coal and
3.265 tous of coke We're sent out frnr, tba
Elk Garden and Upper Potomac region in
West Virginia. TIE output of the region
shows decrease of 5.323 tons of coal ana
an increase of S21i tons of coke as com
pared with last year.
The town Council of Oakland is reported
to be in second muddle over the issue of
bends for public improvements The last
legislature OF Maryland authorized the
town to issue bonds to the amount of $40
600 to pay tie floating debt, improve the
streets and purchase electric lighting
plant The committee few weeks ago de
cided to issue bonds to the amount of S13
| 600 to bear per cent interest but re-
| ceived bids.
| 1t was then determined TO issue the bonds
bearing per cent interest, and ADVERTISE
ment was made accordingly.
Two bids were received, offering a small
| premium for the per cent bonds. and an
| other bid offering TO take the whole issue
| of bonds bearing 1 per cent at PAR with
| the usual CON mission for floating The bid
| on the per cent bonds is it is said the
better offer by about s15Go, but the mem
| fers OF the council are not agreed to
| which bid TO accept
| The president of the couEoii has resigned
| and 1t looks now as if the matter would
find its way in:o the courts for settlement