The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-07-14
NEWs NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Bravery and devotion to duty are
common upon the battlefield, but we
venture to say that these traits are
more than equalled in the annals of
Yailroading. Engineers aud brake
men have remained at their posts |
when certain death awaited them and |
telegraph operators at lonely tower |
houses have died in the performance |
of duty. An illustration of this sort |
of hercism was afforded, on Monday, |
in Delaware, when William A. Ahern, |
Il telegraph operator, was struck down |
by brick thrown through a window.
he fell like . log and his assailants
entered and robbed the place. Slight
" recovering his consciousness he set
the signals both ways to stop ali
trains and when his Office was entered
he was found ly ing unconscious in IL
pool of blood.
Queen Victoria lately received
number of women, headed 10y Miss
Susan b. Anthony, all of them being
delegates to the International Council
of Women, which met in London.
The Queen is represented as saying
"Now, | cannot have these ladies who
are visiting me return without giving
them a cup of tea Sir Arthur Bigge,
the Queens private secretary, re-
piled: But, your Majesty, they are
here in hundreds i do not care,
said the Queen, if they are here III
thousands They must all have cup
of tea when they come to see me.
And we had it in the Queens palace"
continued Miss Anthony, "as recCg
mition of womauhood.h
\ gold mine has beea discovered
near Ricine, West Virginia, which, it
| is believed, was operated 20 ears ago
| ~ counterfeiterS, who got out the
pre-, smeited it, collected the gold and
| converted it into money. Many of
them became very rich before the
| mine was abandoned. An analysis of
the ore shows it to be worth over
q, coo ton, and arrangements are to
be made to reopen the mine and de-
| velope The section. In a deep ravine
near the mine II skeletons were
| found, some with the skulls crushed
in and others with bullet marks on
| them. Their history is involved in
| obscurity.
Robert Bonner, the veteran pub
Usher OF the NelU York Ledger, died
at his home III New York on Thurs
day night. He Was the originator Of
modern style of advertising. On one
occasion he purchased the whole eight
pages Of the New York Herald and
covered them with advertisements.
The result may be imagined. Ju-
dicious advertising ALWAYS pays, and
Mr.. Bonner made a princely fortune.
Mrs. Southworth whose death was
noted last week, was one of his largest
contributors. He also secured con-
tributlons for The Ledger from Charlie
Dickens and Edward Everett.
Armistead TAYLOR, colored, was
found guilty in the Frederick county
court, on the 9th instant, of murder.
ing Dora Rosenstein, near Slidell,
Montgomery county. He was imme
diately sentenced to be hanged.
TaS lor's uncle, John Alfred Brown,
was implicated in the murder but
there seemed to be but little positive
proof against him. Taylor, however,
has made confession in which he
declared that Brown entered the
house first and killed Rosenstein with
an iron bar. He then gave the bar to
Taylor, who went up stairs and struck
down Mrs. Rosenstein.
The dangers of the sea find strik-
ing illustration in the fate of the great
steamship City of Paris, which was
wrecked on the 21st of last May, while
on her way from Cherbourg, France, to
this country. Captain Watkins, an
experienced navigator, who was in
command, in his report, admits that
he made an unaccountable error in
determining the position OF his vessel,
and ran her upon Manacle Rocks, in
! the English Channel. So it appears
| that in addition to the danger from
the elements the liability to error,
common to humanity, must be taken
| into account.
Earl ID. Shippers, popular young
man of Chestertown, was killed by
lightning, while bathing at the steam
boat wharf, in that place, last Satur-
day. There was no sign of an imme-
diatc storm and the swimmer hal
mounted pile II feet high, from
whence he was about to dive, when a
lash came, killing him instantly. He
was student at Washington College
and brother of DIR. Harry G.. Sim
pers, of Bay View Asylum, Baltimore.
Prof. Meade, of the United States
Weather Bureau, has been expert
,nenting with kites and has succeeded
in drawing down lightning from the
air in large quantities. He believes
there is stored in the air an mex
| haustible and unlimited supply OF
power, which is available by man if
only he can fad out how to draw
upon it. Prof. McAdie has already
utilized electricity from the air to run
| IL small machine.
The Spanish court martial which
tried Admiral Cervera and the other
Ulcers in connection with the de-
struction of the Spanish fleet off
Santiago b Admiral Schley, failed to
acGuit them. but postponed judgment
and released them. This is considered
equivalent to an acquittal. Only
Captain Moren, of the Cristobal
Colon. AMI General Parede, who was
on the same vessel, will be prosecuted.
1t is proposed to establish a brush
making plant ct the House of Cor
rection Any one WHO has seen the
unhappy prisoners there, two or
three moping together in a cell, with |
nothing to do, must be impressed
with the Importance, from every point |
of view. of compelling them to work.
With proper management the institu-
ton might be made nearly if not al
together selfsustaining.
The Marlboro GazeHe urges the |
nomination of C. c. Magruder, as the |
Democratic candidate for Attorney |