The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-21
LOCAL NEWS.
Some Little lettings About
People and Things.

October.
The Walkersville Bryan Club
will meet tomorrow night to
transact important business.
The Democrats of Urbana will
organize a Bryan, Stevenson and
Little Club tomorrow night and
several speakers will be present.
The Democrats of BurkittS,
vile will meet tomorrow night
to organize a Bryan, Stevenson
and Little Club. All Democrats
are invited.
The Democrats of Thurmont
will meet tomorrow night for the
purpose of organizing a Bryan,
Stevenson and Little Club. All
Democrats are invited to be pres
ent.
Mr.. w. ID. N. Thomas has been
appointed to a clerkship in the
office Of the Street Commissioner
of Baltimore, to succeed Mr..
Charles f. Markell, formerly of
this city.
The War Department has com
pied arrangements for bringing
home the remains of about 1881
soldiers and sailors who lost
their lives in the Philippines,
China, Hawaii and Guam.
Republican organs now sand
then publish in black type the
names of few Democrats who
will support Mckinley, but it
will be noticed that they all voted
for Mckinley in 1896. - Baito
World.
Major Little the Democratic
nominee for Congress i'll this dis
4trict will be at the Democratic
County Committee meeting to,
morrow. A number of promi-
nent gentlemen from the other
counties of the district will also
be present.
Major Charles Little, the Dem
Ocratic nominee for Congress, will
be in Frederick tomorrow to at.
tend the meeting of the Demo
cratic County Central Committee.
A number of well known gentle
men from the Sixth District will
also be present.
Let the people of this Con
gressional District try a change
once in their representative
Send Major Little to Congress
and see the difference. Mr..
Pearre will simply carry out MIR.
McComas' wishes. What show
will certain Republicans have
with Pearre and McComas.
The Kefauver family, of Mid
dletown Valley, held a reunion
at Braddock Heights on Thurs,
day of last week About two
hundred members we're present.
Addresses were made by the Rev.
f. A. Ripley, of Martinsburg,
Pa; Revs. POntiuS and Beard, of
Middletown, and Rev. e. l.. Nc
Lean, of Frederick.
Some time in November Rev.
Father John Gaffney, S. j., so
well known in this county and
State, will celebrate his golden
jubilee. For 80 years he has la
bored most zealOusly in the
Lords vineyard, and his name
is household word among Prot
estants as well as Catholics.
Father Gaffney has spent 40
years of his life as a priest in
this county.
Mr.. Alfred Ritter, of this city,
is actively engaged at Demo
cratic Headquarters in Baltimore,
where he is assistant to Hon.
Murray Vandiyer, Chairman of
Democratic State Central Com
mittee. At present he has
charge of the registration in the
counties. He says that he be-
lieves that the full county Demo
cratic vote will be put on the
books on the two days for regis
tration-OctOber 20d and October
9th.
Mr.. Roosevelt has now under
taken the task of trying to con-
vince the people that the pur-
chase of Louisiana and the ac.
QUESTION of other territory ad.
Joining the original United States
was the same thing as purchas-
ing a lot of islands 1000 miles
away, inhabited largely by semi
savage people, with a war in
progress. If the Republicans can
find no better issue than this
to come before the people in No
vemDer the Hanna-McKin e y
tribe had just as well begin fold
ing their tents preparatory to
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