The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-11-17
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
1t is said that in four days John D. Rockefel-
ler's holdings in Standard Oil stocks increased
81, 1000 in value.
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company on Mon
day gave out orders for 2,400 freight cars. Wnlcn
makes 5,400 cars contracted for within week.
A Chicagoan wagered 5000 to 81 200 that Pres
ldent Mckinley would be reelected. Inc odos
nearly Z to 1-were the largest recorded during
the campaign.
The population of the State of New jersey,
as announced by the Census Bureau. is .SS5,60s.
as against 1444 1888 in $780, This is an increase OF
438, 1876, or 3O.3 per cent.
Count Won waldersee receives as commanding
officer of the Germans in China 500 a month, Pc
sides $3.50 as field marshal and $500 for what is
known as table money"
A bill to disfranchise the negro was introduced
Tuesday. A bill similar in character was lntro-
duced at the last session and defeateo
Judge William silas Jennings, Democratic
candidate for Governor of Florida. Is nrst
cousin of William Jennings Bryan. They were
schoolmates and playmates in their boyhood.
Arkansas Republicans are jubilant over the
news that Hampstead county, the nome OF SEN
atOr James K.Jones, chairman OF the Democratic
National Committee, gave Mckinley majority
of 119.
Lieut.. Col. Russell b. Harrison, inspector gen
eral United States Volunteers and son OF former
President Benjamin Harrison, has been nonor-
ably discharged from the army, his services be-
ing no longer required
The freshman class of Radcliffe College, Cam
bridge, Mass. has elected among other oincers
Miss Helen Keller the only bind a
vice president of the class.
Let the anti -imperialists keep close watch now
to see the ceremony of Emperor Mckinney put
ting on his crown. They have predicted that ne
would if re- elected and. of course, they beneveo
what they sadly. Y. Tribune.
Mrs. Bryan, wife of the Democratic candidate
for President, is said to have felt the strain OF
the campaign more than her husband The
tIayeling apd geseRptEanss sne
William Lutz. of Norfolk Va, has sent to Pres
ident Mckinley mammoth chrysantbemum
chrysanthemums of the Abraham Lincoln varie-
ty. The bush stands over 10 feet in height.
The marriage of Mr.. Arthur p. German. Jr..
son of ex-senator German, is announced for
Wednesday, November 28th. at p. NJ, at New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Washington.
Miss Grace James Norris is the bride-eect.
Baltimore is not a Bryan city. The san cannot
lead the business men of Baltimore into the quag-
mires of Organism, nor can it drive self.respec-
ting citizens to vote against their principles by
fake alarms about loss of trade.-Cum6ertdnd
Neacs.
The President has issued an executive order
admitting free of duty Christmas presents and
souvenirs sent by soldiers in China to friends in
the United States. The privilege is the same as
was extended to soldiers in the Philippines one
year ago.
Lott nhv,G fhQ dt1fv nj
every public man to receive, whenever possible,
all who wished to see him. Only short while
before his death he said IF people want to see
me they shall do go as long as have strength to
receive them"
On Saturday a boat on the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal sank in the short level" near Han
cock, necesstating the withdrawal of the water
from that part of the canal. Fully 500 eels were
left wriggling in the mud and over 100 of them
were captured.
A Tennessee woman who killed her son be-
cause he smoked cigarettes might as well have
permitted him to go on with the habit and let
nature take its course. If she was in hurry
she might have combined the cigarette habit
with frenzy to play football.
Mr.. Bryan is in receipt of many requests for a
statement concerning his future plans and his
attitude on public questions in view of Tuesday
result. He intimates that he would before long
enlighten the public fully. but for the present
he had private matters which demanded his
attention.
The Vermont Legislature, which is now in ses-
sion, is about to consider bill which provides
for the negotiation of loan of $4,000 ,0O0-the
entire sum to be expended on the Improvement
of the highways of the Green Mountain State
during the next two years. Vermonts debt is
now but 1884 600.
The National Sea Power Company was incor-
porated at Newark, N. j., this week. to OWL
to build and operate all sorts of machinery and
to gather from the sea power by which machine
ry, railroad cars, vehicles or any other apparatus
can be moved or operated.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt is arranging for hel
husband a rather novel album, which when nm
ished will contain some fifty snapshots taken OF
the Governor during his campaigning tour. q
history of the trip, all the newspaper reports OF
the candidates speeches and other printed mat
ter relating to his travels.
Tom Williams. president of the Caifornis
Jockey Club, is the winner of unique election
bet. He will distribute among the various or
phan asylums of that city carload of sweet po
tatoes, which Will L. Ashe lost to him on wager
that his hratharRP arter AshA u'''''" :
Complete returns give Mckinley plurality in
Nebraska of more than 5000. The RepublicaI
State ticket is elected by from 800 to 1000 The
Legislature probably stands: Senate-Republi-
cans, IS; Fusionsts, 16; vacant, !. House-Re-
publicans, 81 Fusionists, 40. In 1896 Mr.. Bryan
carried his home State by large majority
A Jury at Washington Ca. has decided that 81
is reasonable charge for shaving dead man
named, after having done his share toward pre-
pairing corpse for burial, and payment was re-
fused by the undertaken. The barber thereupor
took the case to court, with the result stated.
Cardinal Gibbons was very much surprised
when informed that MARYLAND had gone fol
Mckinley. II rather expected that Mr.. Nc
Kinley would carry the country, but l die
think that Maryland would be, Democratic
said he. "Mr. Wellington must be very much
disappointed, as he will now drop out of sight. ,
Mary Cuthbert, of Chicago, has served one
family well and faithfully for "a years, and she
is not through yet. She began to work for them
when she was II years old. last Saturday she
celebrated her nd birthday, and all the family
with the family, who look upon her as one OF
them.
Plans are already being discussed for the
Mckinley second Inauguration. AS in every
other instance for the last thirty years. it is IN
tended the ceremonies shall surpass all similar
undertakings. One new feature is being widely
discussed-the erection of hall solely for the
inaugural ball-and the movement is being much
commended.
"a unique feature of recent social entertain
ments in various Missouri towns has been an
identification card says the Kansas City Jour
nal. Each guest on arrival is presented with a
card on which is printed: Who are you? am
- The card, with the name written in, is
then consplcuously worn, anu eVeIyDouy KNOWS
everybody else and acts accordingly"
George Harris, colored. of Rowlandville, Cecil
county, who cast his vote for President McKin-
lev, at Rising Sun, according to the best author
ity, is 106 years of age. He was born in Hartford
county and remembers the burning of the town
of Havre- de- Grace by the British. His mother
died last year at the advanced age of III years
and his grandmother lived to be lis years old.
Cyrus G. Nicely, aged 81, died Unexpectedly in
a hospital at Richmond, Indiana. on Saturday.
The deceased was brother to Charles W. Nicely,
now in Jail in New York charged with postal
frauds in Cuba. A year ago his mind became
slightly affected, the trouble being attributed
to his long service in railroad work, and his
brothers downfall made him raving maniac.
Admiral Dewey has removed his collection of
gifts, which have occupied the most prominent
place in the hall of American history in the
National Museum in Washington, to his home,
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