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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-31

The Earl of <imber'cy said that though
thr moment VA one N deepest gravity
he wonIi rot entirely abstain from criti-
,.izfn.. tho conduct VA the generals. it was
tn duty of tire government 20 select men
IN ,.pdurt these operations ann ii W1s
Continued on PAGE ~
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
No Other Town Like 1t.


Life must be worth living to the property
owners of Guilford. Connecticut, where the
voters in town meeting have decided that there
is no necessity to levy any taxes for the conf
ing year. The town owes no money, has
enough in the treasury to pay running ex-
penses, and so taxes are not needed. The good
people of Guilford boast that they we're the
first town in the country to go year without
a tax. Guilford has population of about
5000. The tax rate there for thepast ten years
has been only ten mills on the dollar, and ten
years ago the treasury had asurplus of SIC, 200.
This has gradually been reduced until now it
stands at 81. 600, but the venerable selectmen
will not let it 20 any lower than that for fear
their town will lose itscredit. 1t is a no license
place, and all the people are so well behaved
that police force is not needed. Guilford Is
in fair way to be overrun by students of po-
litical economy anxious to find out how it is
done. 1t certainly ought to be asbaven OF rest
for the weary and overburdenedNtaxp payer,
who cuts such figure in most American cities.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
GnIitiraI Mntices.
D EPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
By virtue of the authority vested in Is bv the
Republican, State Central Committee, we, the
undersigned, members of said Committee for
Baltimore county, designate
Friday. May 4th, 1000,
Between the hours of and7PM..
Can PRSARY re LlSan5 IS in int h h "a ah
9TH, 9th. 9Th, 9Th, 9th, 10th, 18th, 12h 14th and
10Th districts Of Baltimore county, and
Saturday, May 9th, 1910, 3
For the holding of the same in the 1st and 18th
electing FIVE DELEGATES from each of said
oistricts, 10 meet IN convention, At TOWSON,
on Monday, May 9TH, 1900, at IL 4. NJ, to select
Seven Delegates to the Republican State Con-
yention, which Is to meet IN BALTIMORE CITY
on May 9th, 1900.
And also in the said 3D. 3d. 4th 5th 9th, 7th Sth'
select FIVE DELEGATES, to meet in conven-
ton AT TOWSON, on Monday, May 18th, at IL NJ,
TO select Six Delegates to represent said districts
Second Congressional District of Maryland,
which is to meet IN BALTIMORE CITY, on
May 9Th. 1900; and also to select Six Delegates
70 represent said districts in the Republican
congressional Convention for the said Second
District which is to meet AT TOWSON, on
August 9TH, 1900.
And in the said 1st and 18th districts to select
FIVE DELEGATES from each of said districts
to meet in convention, AT GRAY'S, in Baiti-
NJ to select Two Delegates to represent said
districts in the Republican District and Con-
gressional Conventions for the Fifth Congress
sional District of Maryland. I
eaB Each set of delegates in each district of
the county must be named to this Committee. at
the OFFICE OF LABAN SPARKS, ESQ. No.
~ 81. Paul street. Baltimore, on or before IL M,
Monday, April Both. accompanied by deposit of
$3.50 for each precinct in which they arc to be
voted for.
AS-All tickets are to be printed by this COM
mittee on paper of uniform size, color and
quality, and are to have no distinguishing mark
or marks upon the back of the same.
AS.The Polls will be held in each Precinct and
Will be particularly named in THE UNION of
April 2Sth. G. ELLSWORTH UPTON,
LABAN SPARKS,
SAMUEL H. DEHOFF,
G. ROSS MACE
ARTHUR V. GRAHAM r
J. GOODMAN BOYD,
ZEBEDEE HOUSEHOLDER :.
Apl. H-2t Committee. 3
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

ONE OF the natural results Of the general
business prosperity in the United States is an
increase of immigration. At the present rate
we shall get enough new inhabitants from the
Old World this year to constitute new state
several new states, in fact, il we were to
adopt the smallest sample now on hand. But
they do not go where there is land for the
laudless, out of which new commonwealths
might be created. Statistics of arrivals at New
York for the last three months Of 1899 show
total of IA, So2, as against 1850 in the same
period of 1898, an increase of 2S,Ol2. How
mauy of these went where there is a demand
for immigrants to take up lands !? The official
figures answer that important inquiry. Four
fftbs of the IA S92 were destined for the section
east of Ohio and north of Mason and Dixon
line. Of these 80, 049 remained in New YORK
1885 were destined for Pennsylvania, and the
remainder distributed themselves in New
Jersey. Massachusetts, Connecticut and other
Eastern States. Less than 1000 went to the
South. and less than 5000 passed beyond the
Mississippi.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
DEATHS.


Tributes. &C.. 10 Cents Per Line
--~----~~------~----~---
PRINCE.-On Easter Sunday. April Is, 1900, viii
liam Evans, aged year and months son az
Edmund G.. and Martha V. Prince. Funeral
took place from parents residence, Hampton
Towson. Nd, on Tuesday morning. April II. al
1890 O'Clock. Interment in st. Johns Gene
terry, Waverly.
BOWERS.-At Alberton. Nd, April H. Daisy l..
Bowers, daughter of Jesse L. and Emily j.
Bowers, aged II years. months and II DAYS.
HANWAY.-On April 18th, at her residence.
Aigburtb, Mary Dinsmore Hanway, wife Of
William A. Hanway.
MORRow:-On April Il, near Owines' Mills,
Joseph Morrow, aged II years.
MATTHEWS.-0n first day, fourth month 15th
Mary L., wife of Thomas o. Matthews and
daughter of the late George and Sarah S. Mat
thews.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES on April Is, John v.
Neidhardt, in the 10th year of his age, son of
John and Anna Eeidhardt, at the home of his
parents, Lauraville.
GIES.-At Reisterstown, April IL, Margaret A.
wife of H. Lewis Giles.
JENK1NS.-On April Is. at Oak Lawn. Hamil-
ton avenue, near Hillen road, Joseph NJ. Jen-
kinS, husband of Miriam l.. Jenkins,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
Correspondence BALTIMORE County Union.
LETTER FROM TEXAS.

HARVEY, TEXAS, April 18th, 1900.
Aessrs Edtt0rs The big granite dam which
Shortly after II O'Clock on the morning OF the
9TH instant the apparently tmmovaDle structure
OF masonry yielded to the immense volume OF
water that had accumulated in Mcdonald Lake,
and IN less time than 1t takes to tell the story 200
feet of solid wall parted with the foundation and
started toward the Gulf. The water flowed over
the breast of the dam to the depth Of about nine
feet before the structure gave way, but lockers
on expressed no uneasiness In consequence. as
and even greater flows had been resisted by the
structure without harm. Furthermore, the dam
was supposed to have been made strong enough
to stand anything that the Colorado could de-
velop in the way OF food. collapse, there
fore. was the very last thing looked for by the
many spectators who lined the river at that
point.
There were no visible signs of tho impending
calamity. without warning the major portion
broke in two. The raging waters rushed through
the opening mountain high, roaring as they
bounded forward defantly, reaching out for
power-house was inundated, the wild water rush
ing through every available aperture, bent on
destroying the mill which 1t had run for several
years. Rapidly the lower floor of the building
was invaded and nine men at work there lost
their lives. Advancing towards the city In q
broader column and threatening manneritswept
reached Congress avenue bridge freight cars,
dwellings. fences, household belongings, domes-
tic animals. vehicles Of all kinds. bales Of hay,
&C., were seen hurriedly going seward. The
power company's light plant Is destroyed and
the city is powerless to furnish either water or
light. The dam is total wreck. 1t cost the
city 100000. The power house cost 100000.
Many theories are advanced as TO the cause or
the giving way Of the dam. Some think 1t was
undermined, while others believe 1t simply slid
Off the foundation. However this may be. the
work of destruction is complete and distressing
to look upon. The river In the lower part of
Travis county is fully three miles wide, spread
ing over farms and washing away houses and
fences. Hundreds of people have been rendered
Cd a Ws n Reraf III s2aa
Texas. All streams are flowing over farms,
which probably will be without cultivation this
year. later account of the Austin calamity
says twenty-seven dead bodies have been found
and searching for more is being vigorously
pushed, IOTA.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

Religious Services.-Attention is called to
the following announcements:
st. Johns P. E. Church. Western Run. Rev.
r. Heller Murphy, priest in charge.-ApriI 22d.
LA. NJ; May 9th and 10Th, at II A. NJ; at St.
Luke's, Jacksonville, Sunday, 18th also Nav
18th and 9th. all at IL A. NJ.
Great Falls Circuit, IT. Z. Church.-Rev. w.
F. Roberts will preach at Orem's and Gatch's.
Sunday. April 22d, and Rev. l.. NJ. Ferguson
at Camp Chapel and Loreley.
Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church. Gar
denviHe.-English services the second Sunday
of every month, at10.30AM. Rev. Karl Buff.
pastor
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

"Great Words for Young Men."-This
was the title of series of sermons preached
by Rev. w. L. Mcdowell formerly pastor OF
ST. Johns Church. Lutherville, at Broadway
NJ. E. Church, Baltimore, the final one being
given last Sunday night. He said in part -,
Success is something to be won 1t Will
not come by dreaming. We may desire to be,
come scholars, but we will not attain that end
by dreaming We may desire to attain sue
cess in business affairs, but we will not get
there through dreaming. There is but one
royal road to success, and that is to labor.
God gives all things to industry Whatever is
worth doing is worth doing at your best, for
every occupation in life needs thoroug hness.
Every man who succeeds must first meet with
obstacles and discouragements, but there IS
nothing for us to do but keep going ahead. 1t
is by keeping at it, driving away, that we
achieve success.
"You can never achieve the highest results
in your work unless you love it. and we will
never make success out of our work il we de-
sire to get away from it. We want to be gu.
premely careful about the one thing, and that
Is. that we must be careful to have supreme
thought of character. Character is OF value
here, and when a man has made it be should
be beyond the tongue of scandal. In Gods
grace It is above everything else."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

THE MINNEAPOLIS Journal says ''all the
=smers OF the world IN sort Of international
trust to restrict the production of wheat and
raise prices is the plan which it is hoped to
carry into effect at the International Agricul-
tural Conference in Paris, July 9th to 10th. It
is proposed to ask the farmers of the world to
reduce their wheat output by 20 per cent. and
not TO sell bushel for less than dollar. J.
C. Hanley, of st. Paul, who is one ofthe prime
movers in this proposed gigantic affair, says:
almost everything the farmer buys is resu-
lated in price by some trust. On the other
hand, all that the farmer sells has its price de-
termined by the competition of all the rest Of
the farmers of the world. The farmers pro-
pose to unite stop ruinous competition among
themselves and make the world pay fair
,1rica for their DrOduckn
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

A NUMBER Of Baltimore county Republicans
held a conference at the Union League in Bal
timore, on Tuesday afternoon. The invita-
tions to the meeting set forth that the object
was ito take such steps as may seem to be for
the best interest of the Republican party in
Baltimore county" There was general in
terchange of views among those present and
committee was appointed to make arrange
ments for the coming campaign. good deal
of dissatisfaction was expressed at the action
Of the State Central Committee in promulga-
ting plans for the primaries to be held next
month. There was general sentiment in
favor of nominating Baltimore county man
for Congress in the Second district this year.
The 9Th, 10th, 18th and 18th districts were not
represented in Tuesdays conference.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
aeru Advertisements.

->-----~---~-~-~-~----~-
Joshua @. Bosley, Attorney, Towson and
Phttopolfs, Md.
MORTGAGE SALE
Valuable Real Estate. in the Eighth EIec-
tion District of Baltimore County.
By virtue of the power and authority contain
q ed in certain mort age from VIM. &. ,as@
N.s Gill to Rachel A. Naylor, dated April 9I4
18th, a. ID. 1885, and recorded among the Mort
gage RECORDS OF said county, in Liber L. NJ. b.,
No. 1T9. folio 1872 &C., the undersigned. ATTORNEY
named in said mortgage, default having occur
red in the payment of said mortgage,) will offer
for sale, at Public Auction, ON THE PREM
Uses, on
Saturday, May 18th, 1900,
At2 O'Clock P. NJ.
ALL THAT LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND,
X ACRES ANS NNiD9T 10 soHaRE pERcHrs
MORE OR LESS. 'oi' TO-
And the improvements thereon, situate on the
county road leading from the Friends Church
and Bosley N. z. Church to the Western Run
turnpike. and adjoining the lands of D. w. Bos-
ley, Thomas 9. Pearce, Azor Gerber and the
heirs of John Matthews, deceased.
ms properly IS improved by good
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
Nearly new. containing six rooms. also cellar and
attic, with several outbuildings. There is a
natural how and with very little expense can be
carried into the dwelling. There is also good
Young orchard Of apple and other fruit trees.
with good roads, of easy access to schools,
churches. stores, mills, &c.
cation of sale, one third in six months and bal
ance in twelve months or all cash, at purchasers
option; deferred payments to be secured and to
bear interest from day of sale.
~ A deposit of $4,000 will be required at the
time of sale.
JOSHUA G. BOsLEY.
Attorney named in the Mortgage.
GEORGE w. JORDAN. Auctioneer.
Apl. 2l.-ts.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

LEAVES CAN be rapidly and cleanly picked
up from lawns by an Ohio woman's invention,
which has a large hopper mounted on wheels,
with fan blades set in the mouth Of the hopper
close to the ground, to be rapidly revolved BY
gearing inside the wheels, thus tanning the
leaves into the hopper.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

Heavy Damages Claimed.-Mr; William
Cotton. attorney for Jacob n. Wilhelm. on
Monday brought suit in the Superior Court OF
Baltimore against the Northern Central Rail-
way Company, claiming $4,000 damages for
alleged assault and battery by. agents OF the
COMPANY and false arrest and imprisonment.
The assault is claimed to have occurred at
Parkton on October 2Sth, 1899. A similar suit
was brought on behalf Of Frederick N. Will
helm against the company.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

A cRLLULoID puff comb in the hair of r.
year old girl living near Royal Oak. Talbot
county, exploded few days ago and set the
hair on fire, burning it badly and also scorch-
ing the scalp. The physician who attended
the girl said it was the electricity in her hair
that caused the trouble.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

THE FEDERAL Department Of Agriculture
is making a special point of recommending
nut culture. In New England the abandoned
farms are being planted with nut trees, and
the worked-out ground is found to furnish
nourishment enough to cause the walnut, but
ternut and chestnut to flourish abundantly.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

WITHIN SIX months the price of corn has
advanced one-third. -Four years ago an army
of orators was insisting that corn would soon
be a worthless incumbrance unless the money
OF the country was degraded to the free silver
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

Prices at the Eastern Hay Scales:-The
following were the quotations at the Eastern
Hay Scales, Baltimore, on Thursday: limo
thy hay, per ton, s16.00and SlS; clover hay, $40
to SIC; wheat straw, $3.50 to $500; rye straw,
$l4 to $16; oat straw, $3.50 to S9.OO; corn,
Der bbl.. $2.45 to $3.50.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

on ACCOUNT of ill health Hon. John Addison
Porter, secretary to President Mckinley, has
resigned, to take effect May LIST. He will be
succeeded by Mr.. George B. Cortelyou, Of New
York. the present assistant secretary.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

PHILADELPHIA HAS begun to utilize the sl2,-
OOO. 900 voted by citizens to improve the water
supply, and mainly for liberation. The NOR
tally from typhoid fever is still exceptionally
high in that city.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

A JAPANESE prince is to build steel and
marble palace worth $2.ooo,oOo and has or
dered the steel in the United States. Ameri-
can manufactures are marching right along
In static countries
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

soxE OF the Tammany braves say that they
will attend the Kansas City convention on the
Fourth Of July if they have to live on crackers
and water Probably they alludeto fre-crack-
ers and hre-weter.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

A KANSAS county has 600 poor farm,
with only one occupant. Before the next Re-
publican administration ends Kansas may be
compelled to import its poor folks.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

DEWEY AND WHEELER is Democratic sug-
eestion. It would not be bad idea to COM
bine with the Admiral warrior who knows
something about politics.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
TO cREp1roRs.

N ;-,a;,,,,
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That the subscri-
her has obtained from the Orphans Court OF
Baltimore county letters of administration on
'"' JOHN H. CUMMINGS,
late of said county, deceased. All persons having
claims against the said estate are hereby warneo
to the subscriber,
On or before the 18th day of October. 1900;
They may otherwise by law DO excluded from all
benefit OF said estate. Those indebted to sald
estate are requested to make immediate pay
ment Given under my hand this 18th day OF
Anri1 1900 MARGARET J2CUMMINGS.
AMI I4-4ts Administrators c. t. a.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
Daniel Webster's Epitaph.

Written by himself and copied from his tom
In Mansfield, Mass.)
Lord,
believe.
Help Thou
mine unbelief.
Philosophical argu
ment, especially that
drawn from the vastness
of the universe in compari-
son with the apparent insig
nihcance of this globe, has some
times shaken my reason for the faith
that Is in me; but my heart has
assured me that the Gospel of Jesus
Christ must be a divine reality.
The Sermon on the Mount can
not be a merely human
production. This belief
enters into the very
depth of my con-
science. The
whole his
tory of
man proves It.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
Reduced Rates to Cincinnati via Pennsyl
vanie Railroad, Account OF Peoples
Party National Convention.

For the benefit of those desiring to visit Gin
cinnati during the session of the Peoples Party
National Convention. May Q. the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell tickets from all sta
lions at the rate of one tirst-class fare for the
round trip. Tickets will be sold and good going
on May only, and returning leaving Cincinnati
not later than May IL.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
F. ". Story, Attorney, baltimore, Md.

VTTILLIAM K. MORTON AND MARY G.
w MORTON. rs. ROBERT d. CHILD,
TRUSTEE. In the Circuit Court for Baltimore
County, In Equity.
ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for Baltimore
county this 18th day of April, 1900. that the
sale made and reported by George II. Sergeant,
the Attorney named in the mortgage, for the
sale of the property described in the proceed
ings in the above entitled cause, be ratified and
confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof
be shown,
On or before the 18th day of May, 1905
Provided copy of this order he inserted in
some newspaper printed and published in Balti-
more county once in each of three successive
weeks before the said 18th day of May, 1900.
The report states the amount of sales to be
$4,s00.00. N. BOSLEY MERRYMAN, Clerk.
N. BOsLEY MERRYMAN, Clerk.
Apl. 14.-4t.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

A CHICAGO firm lately imported 500 tons of
broom corn from Hungary and it cost them,
laid down in that city, 500 per ton. The
Broom Corn Trust owns all of that material
in this country and it is held at 500 ton.
This the broom manufacturers refused to pay.
Miss NELLIE LEWIS. of Colorado Springs,
COL, has obtained verdict for $50, 900 against
Samuel Strong, Of that place, for breach of
promise Of marriage. Strong who is very
wealthy mineowner was married in February
last TO Miss Regina Neville. He has another
Similar suit on his hands, the-gfri in this case
claiming $780, 900 for her lacerated affections.
JAMES K. GARFIELD, the son of the late Pres
ident Garfield, has entered the lists as a candi-
date for the Republican nomination for Con-
gress from the Twentieth district of Ohio,
which includes about half the city of Cleve-
land and Lake and Medina counties. Mr.. Gar
field is brilliant young lawyer, and has al
ready made reputation rs a member of the
Ohio Legislature.
THE GREAT Paris Exposition opened on Sum-
day afternoon last in the presence of 10000
people. The American National Pavilion re-
manned closed and it will be closed every SUM-
day during the progress of the Exposition.
America has a splendid display, said to be
three times larger than that of any other for
eign country. This will be gratifying intelli-
gence for our people, many thousands of whom
will make pilgrimages to Paris this year.
SENATOR WELLINGTON has again been having
himself interviewed in Washington and as
usual, has been shooting off his mouth" and
giving his private affairs to the public, who
cares nothing whatever about them. 1t will
be blessing to the people of Maryland gen.
orally, and to the Republican party of the
State especially, when the Senator returns to
Cumberland to remain permanently. The Re-
publican party elevated him above his station
in life and it has had nothing but trouble
with him ever since.
A RETIRED army officer in Washington de-
cares that 10000 men have left this country
since last October to join the Boer forces in
South Africa. He does not mention how all
these men were shipped to South Africa or
who paid their expenses, but intimates that
large funds were available and that plenty Of
money can now be procured to pay the way Of
all men who may be enlisted in this country
to join the Beers. The same authority declares
that Of the number of men who have gone to
South Africa Maryland furnished $40.
THE CIGARETTE habit, which is an evil so
alarming. especially with boys, has met with
a most effective rebuke in Chicago, which
should greatly diminish its extent. Merchants,
pabHfacturers and professional men there
have united in refusing to employ boys adj
dicted to the vice. This is very practical and
drastic way of compelling reform. 1t is on
with the general railroad policy which
the hAbitual use Of liquor IA al bar to
loyment, or rather to advancement The
- : good examplB 10 follow.
.-aIwpSSEItach to
the social phenomena of the great city of the
lakes.