Middletown transcript., 1899-05-06
MY MARYLAND.


Governor LoWndes has extended th9
fishing term in Maryland waters from
April 18th to June 1st.
The William l.. Mckee farm Of rs
acres, near Elkton, was sold at auction
on Tuesday to J. H. Sherett for $500.
Rev. Ephraim Phillips. of Pniladel-
phia, has been elected pastor Of Christ
Reform Episcopal Church in Cumber-
land for one year.
Montgomery Stuart, prominent
contractor and builder, Of Chester
town, died suddenly with heart disease
on Sunday night last. He was about
so years of age and leaves wife and
two daughters.
DR.. w. X. Carroll, Of Centrevile,
met with serious accident on Tues
day evening. While attempting to fire
small cannon on his yacht
the powder exploded and blew
particles in his face and eyes. He may
lose the sight Of both eyes,-Queen s.
town News.
Edward Pinder, colored, was instant
~ killed, William Hutchins probably
fatally Injured and Harrison Thomas
badly scalded by the explosion of a
boiler in the saw mill Of J. Frank Cop
page, near Hayden's Station on We'd
nesday last. Scarcity of water in ths
boiler is thought to have been the
cause of the explosion.
BALTIMORE MUNICIPAL ELECTION
The FIRST municipal election in Balti-
more under the new charter was held
on Tuesday. The ticket nominated by
the democratic party and supported by
independent democrats and indepan-
dent republicans was elected. The
total vote was 1O7, 1862, out of regis.
tration Of 121, ,339.
The vote on the general ticket was
as follows:
For Mayor-Thomas G. Hayes, DEM
ocrat, $1,000; William T. Malster,
republican, 48,948.
President Second Branch-SkipWith
Wilmer. democrat, 56,S63; John f.
Langhammer, republican, 40, ,421.
Comptroller-James FL. Smith, dem
ocrat. 1854; Fuller Waters, republic
can. 1880.
The democrats also elected all the
members of the Second Branch and
eighteen out of twenty-four members
Of the First Branch City Council: The
new Council will meet Thursday, May
18th, and begin its work.
The election was surprise in many
respects. There was no landslide, as
some democrats predicted, but there
was an unusually heavy vote in all The
wards and democratic gains every
where. The majorities in wards CON
sidered republican slrongholds were
cut down, aad wards claimed by re-
publicans were swept against them.
The fight in the fourteenth ward was
bitter, and it was thought that Hiram
Watty, the colored man nominated for
council, would be cut t. large sx-
tent. Watty ran 397 votes behind
Mayor Malster in the ward, but he was |
elected.
The vote was very heavy when COM |
pared with previous votes in the city.
In 1898 Latrobe, democrat. got Sc, ,423;
Malster. republican, 81 ,627. In 1895
Hooper, republican,, got So, 1873; Will
liams, democrat, 1915. In the same
election Governor Lowndes got 81, 920
votes and John E. Hurst, democrat, |
Al, 800. In 1897 Mayor Master got
54,624; Henry Williams, democrat, AZ.
7o5; Kleiuic. probibitionist, 1862. In
the congressional election last fall the
democratic ticket poIled 1869 votes
In the city to "A, ,865 for the republican
ticket. The total vote then cast at the
election was 1865.
The total registered vote OF the city
for the election on Tuesday was 121,-
339. Of which 101, ,748 were white and
19, ,59l colored. or these there were
polled 107, 1862, of which Mr.. Hayes got
81, $3.50; Mayor Malster, 4S,048; Mr..
Horner, prohibitionist, 1854. In the
election Of 1897. when Mayor Malster
was elected, there were polled 103, sol
votes. OF these Mayor Malster got
1924. With the larger registration
and heavier vote of Tuesday Mayor
Mslster polled 5,676 votes less than in
1897. Mr.. Hayes polled 1856 more
votes than were cast for the democratic
ticket in 1897.
OF nearly 5000 city employees OF all
kinds, probably half have in the past
been appointed directly or indirectly by
The Mayor. The next Mayor win ap.
point only ia oficials.