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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-09-20
CHAPTER 469.
AN ACT to amend section two of Article Of
the Constitution of the State.


the Constitution of the State.
sembly Of Maryland, (three-fifths of all the
members of the two Houses concurring,) That
the following section be and the same Is hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Constitution
qualified voters thereof, as herein provided,
said section shall supersede and stand in the
place and stead of section two of Article 3 OF
said Constitution.
q The City of Baltimore shall be divided into
four legislative districts as near as may be or
and each of said legislative districts of Balti-
more City, as they may from time to time be
laid out, in accordance with the provisions
hereof, and each county in the State, shall be
by the qualified voters Of the said legislative
districts of Baltimore City, and of the counties
of the State, respectively, and shall serve for
four years from the date of his election, su b.
ject to the classification Of Senators hereafter
provided for.
tty aforesaid, That the said foregoing section
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution shall at the next election for memb beers
of the General Assembly of this State, to be
day in the month Of November, nineteen hum
bred and one, be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection, in pursuance of the directions con-
tanned in Article IA of the Constitution or this
State; and at the said election the vote on said
proposed amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall
be written or printed the words, For the Con-
stitutional Amendment" or Against the Con.
stitutional Amendment" as the voter shall
elect, and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor or the
vote for and against said proposed amendment,
as directed by the said Fourteenth Article OF
the Constitution
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-09-20
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
Am. AN. A. M. Pm. p. N.

An additional train will leave Cardiff.
for York and intermediate stations at
8 O3 A. NJ. Returning will leave York
at 4 55 p. NJ.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-09-20
Approved April Z, 1900.

Now, THEREFORE,, 1, JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor Of the State Of Maryland, in pursu-
ance of the provisions Of section one of Article
fourteen of the Constitution Of the State, do
hereby order and direct that copy of said bills
proposing said Constitutional Amendments be
published in at least two newspapers in each
county where so many may be published, and
where not more than one may be published,
then in that newspaper, and in three newspa-
pers in the City Of Baltimore. one of which
shall be in the German language, once week
for at least three months preceding the next
ensuing general election (Which said general
election will be held on Tuesday, the 9th day
of November, nineteen hundred and one), at
which the said proposed amendments shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of the State
for adoption or rejection. so that each amend
ment shall be voted on separately.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-09-20

Trains mark Hrund
Peninsula south, 10 SO A. M-wcek days
1.24 M On Sunday 124
5.26, s46 An 619 s.59P
M. Additional
1905 M,
sos, 420 and 11.35 P. NJ.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-09-20
A NERVY BALLOONIST
SHE WILLINGLY RiSKED HER OWN
LIFE TO SAVE OTHERS.

How q PIucky Woman by Prompt
Action and a Feat of Great Daring
Averted a Panic Among Twenty
Ave Thousand SiEhtseers.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-09-20

avn AN AN. .M.P.M. p. n.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06
The Fire Edition.
By VICTOR A. HERMANN

BY VICTOR A. HERMANN.
Copyright. 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
All was excitement in the reportorial
room. Outside, on either side of the
Times iron building, a dozen struc-
lures were crumbling in the mighty
grasp of the fire warrior. 1t was the
worst confiagration since the memora-
BILE south-side blaze. At any moment
those at the night desk might have to
throw down their pencils and rush
down to the smoke choked thorough
fare
Ezra Spease, the city editor, came
out of his little office just as the walls
of Whites cracker factory tumbled in
with a muffied roar.
-Whew! Getting pretty close, boys.
but 1 guess we can stand it.
'-Old Spease" was on friendly terms
with everyone, from the devil to the
associate editor.
Then the old man walked over to
the window. The vast columns of
smoke and the Redeemed sky made an
exaggerated spectacle, one could have
sworn the whole city was doomed
Only a blazing mass of ruins marked
the spot where the 10stOry cracker
factory had lowered a few hours be-
fore.
+. As the city editor looked a thin
thread of red fame wound itself up to-
ward the drying room of the furni-
ture house. A few moments later the
tnfiammable interior was seething
furnace. A lone fireman stood on the
roof; his nozzle pouring a continuous
stream through the skylight- At times
he appeared to be enveloped in sea
OF fame, only to emerge like some in
vincible fire god
Where's Scott? Covering insurance?
All right; send Fairbanks"
Fairbanks threw down his clipping
shears and come forward.
do you see that fireman on the
roof? Well, not one man in hum
dred would stay up there minute
You are pretty fair at this sort OF
work; run off a little incident. We'll
need all the space available for the
next few days. but it'll come in good
on Sunday"
Fairbanks was already making en-
tries in his book, but the next instant
a mixture of charred wood and water
ratified the glass SO menacingly that
the two moved away.
pronounced odor~of burning var
nish penetrated the building and
started them all coughing
There's money in that varnish. .
said the city editor. thoughtfully. Then
the Opaque door of his little office was
closed behind him.
And the men on the desk continued
to WELD their heavy pencils. Two
objects were foremost in their minds:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

witches and steaming coffee that thu
paarby hotels sent down. The first
light in the east brought thousands of
spectators stumbling over the debris
strewn thoroughfare A silhouette
against the clear morning sky was the
less monument to the fire fiend 1t
was the only structure standing with
in block
Times Extrai All about the big fire.
cries of the newsboys went ringing
over the smolding ruins A man came
out of the Times Office with a long
streamer of black Grape. He began en-
twining it among the artistic work
over the door.
why, who is that for?" inquired .
reporter from the Star
That" and the man spoke with a
tremor, that is for the city editor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

of the crowned heads of the continent,
turning editor will be interesting to
contemplate. Orleans can wei afford to
essay the task of financing a newspa-
per. His private fortune is ample. Re
Gently it was reinforced by a decisSsn
of the French court which condemned
the French government to turn over to
the Duke and his family property and
funds worth many millions Of dollars.
The property consists largely of canal
shares which were the property of the
house of Orleans at the time of the
great revolution in the latter part of
the eighteenth century. After the
downfall of the dynasty this property
was confiscated. In 1914 laws were
passed providing for its restoration tc
the original owners. This was impos
sible in a majority of cases, as the gov
eminent had disposed of the property.
Subsequently the law provided that the
restoration should be made in cases
where the new owners died without
heirs, which would place the govern
ment in actual possession of it. Resti-
tuition has been made under the deci-
sion rendered lately by the courts.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06
Basinesl in South Africa.

Consul General Stowe of Cape Town
predicts a business revival in South
Africa after the close of the Boer war
and advises American exporters to be
on the lookout for their share of the
new trade. He argues that the losses
of the war must be replaced and that
these losses cover almost everything
men buy and sell, from farm imple-
ments and household necessities to min
ing machinery and railway supplies.
To corroborate his argument he cites
the fact that American manufacturers
of mining machinery have already re-
ceiyed orders aggregating $5,000,000
Mr.. Stoves roseate predictions
should be accepted with some reser-
vatfons. AS regards one class of inn
ports his view is correct. while as re-
CARDS another class he probably is
in error. 1t is true that the need for
goods and commodities of all kinds
will be widespread and urgent, but the
cash with which to buy them will be
lacking in many cases. The Beers are
fighting desperately and have become
impoverished. They will be sorely in
need of clothes. food, implements. and
all the necessaries of life, but they are
now too poor to DO any large amount
of buying for some years to come, that
is unless they wipe out British author
ity Then they can raise all the money
they will need.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06
Trusfs A6eef Priees.

Professor jeremiah W. jerks of Cor
nell university has made an unbiased
study of the effects of trusts on prices,
which appears in the current number
of the North American Review. From
the facts gathered by the United States
Industrial commission he deduces the
conclusion that prices are made high
er by the trusts than they would be
otherwise. The fact that prices of
manufactured commodities are now
lower than they were before the era
of combinations proves nothing either
way. The crucial question is whether
or not the margin between the cost of
raw materials and the market price Of
the finished product has increased
since the coming of the trusts Even
this is not an infailible test as regards
prices, for the trust may use its power
to force down the cost of the raw ma
teria1 it needs, but in general the size
of this margin between raw material
and finished product is the most re-
liable test available.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

A strip of abandoned land east of
Jacksonville, Ind. is alive with
snakes. some of the reptiles measur-
ing FIVE feet in length. The field be-
longs to Mr.. Frank Kaelin. Mr. w.
W. Lyon, u civil engineer. was running
the boundaries few days ago. that the
land might be fenced, and he en-
countered the snakes and abandoned
his work Mr.. Kaelin went to the held
to build the fence. The sun was war1n,
and the ground seemed to be covered
with the crawling reptiles Men who
were with Mr.. Kaelin charged on the
snakes with clubs and killed as, while
many escaped The fence was finally
built, but the workmen frequently
stopped to wage a war of extermina-
ton on the snakes. Then Mr.. Kae1in's
son started to plough up the ground,
and the first furrow turned up snakes
of all Sizes a large one took refuge
under one Of the horses, coiling around
the animals leg. The boy killed 16
snakes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

The great dinosaur, the restoration
of which has been the work of the geo
logical department of Yale University
for more than year, has been placed
in position in the Peabody museum at
Yale 1t was discovered by Prof. ].
B. Hatcher in the summer of 1891 while
exploring for the late Prof o. C.
Marsh of Yale in Wyoming. The speci-
men was in excellent condition, with
all its parts intact. and it was also an
entirely new variety. There is but one
other specimen in the world and it is
in Brussels Its length is 90 feet 3
inches The height of the head above
the base is Is feet inches
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

The legis ator believes steam laun-
dry could easily be operated in connec-
ton with each creamery at his home
town of Almond with a view to trying
the plan Mr.. Frost hopes to be
known to posterity as the emancipation
of the country housewife. The reward
he hopes for in life is a return to the
legislature. Mr.. Frost is serving his
second term in the assembly. He is
the Almond agent of several Insurance
companies and of an agricultural ma
chinery manufacturer, and owns a
large farm. which he manages in ad-
dition to his other business He is a
graduate from the Oshkosh Normal
school and is 43 years old.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06
NEW WOMAN IN WASHINGTON

wife of sidkey hey from Turkey Pop
uIar at Capital
The ladies of the Turkish legation
have not heretofore, taken any part in
the social life of the capital. Mme-
Ferrouh, wife of the recently recalled
Turkish minister was an orthodox Ma
hommetan woman, and received only
a few women, wives of diplomats, and
no men at all. She drove out once
in a while yelled to the eyes, and
shrouded in long silken coat Her
only companion was her younger sis
ter, who, by special permission of the
sultan, accompanied her to this coun-
try Neither woman would have been
allowed to leave Turkey if they had
any idea of adopting American Gus
toms. Ferrouth Bey's successor. Shek-
ib Bey, is reputed to be widower. At
all events he is unencumbered with
womankind- The second secretary,
Sidky Bey, has wife, however, and a
charming one, who promises to be-
come extremely popular in the dip1o-
matte set. She is an Armenian, and
consequently kind of Christian She
is tall and finely formed. with a mass
of jet black hair and fine dark eyes.
Nine Sidky, as she is called, was edu-
Gated in the Soutari college in Con-
stantinople, and is highly accom-
plished woman, speaking five Ian
quages and conversing extremely well
in all of them Her English is alto
gether perfect. Nine. Sidky is also a
fine singer, her voice having been care
fully cultivated in Italy, where she
lived for several years. Nine Sidky is
delighted with the freedom of Ameri-
can society, and takes naive delight
in each new custom with which she
becomes familiar Her latest fad is the
bicycle. and as she is probably the first
woman of her nationality who has ever
mounted a wheel, her daily appearance
in the park is watched for with consid-
cradle interest. She is graceful rider,
and wears most distracting bicycling
gowns--Chicago Tribune
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06
Emancipafe Formers Wife.

F. J. Frost, of Almond, Wis, who
represents the Second District in the
Wisconsin legislature. wants a steam
laundry established at every cross
roads in the state, where farmers
wives may bring their weekly wash
ings and save themselves one of the
hardest duties of their work Mr..
Frost has not fully developed his idea
as yet, and has no definite plan for the
establishment and maintenance of the
laundries, but he declares his plan is
feasible.
He is engaged in visiting the resi-
dents of his district, fixing his politi-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

At stag party recently given IN
Kansas City. pretty and polite Gus
tom was introduced There were Just
forty guests, and every one had wife
at home. Each on his departure
(about 2 o'clock in the morning) re-
cefved q handsome casket Of sweets
to take to his waiting partner and fam
nv The outside box wxs of satin
wood, costing IS. and rede a pleasant
memento of the OCCASION It Is safe
to say there were no curtain lectures
in forty homes that night
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06
Current Topics
a ycufbfuT Aufboress.

When a writer barely twenty years
of age produces a book of sufficient
merit to attract so conservative pub
fishing firm as the Harpers it is not
too fulsome credit to say she has
achieved distinct success This dis
tinction has been earned by Miss Mar
garet Horton Potter with. her third
novel. The House of DENIAL 1y-" Miss
Potter is the daughter of o. w. Potter.
the Chicago millionaire and was born
in Chicago in 1881 Her sister. Mrs.
Gertrude Potter Daniels. has also pub
lished two successful books. Miss Pot
ter has acquired most of her education
through travel and reading. Miss Pot
ter's last trip abroad included a con-
siderable stay in a remote village in
Sicily; there she secured much of the
material woven into her last novel, the
scenes OF which are laid in the court
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06
PIETRo MAscAGNI.

composer first looked upon day on. De-
cember z, 1863 He played SO well on
the piano that the musicians of the
town sent him as a child to the con-
servatory at Milan. There he fought
with his masters and turned his back
upon them. Then he Travelled with
a cheap opera company and wrote the
merest nothings in music In 1888
a Milanese manager offered prize for
an opera Mascagni wrote --Cavalieria
and sent it in The jury at once award
ed him the prize and his fortune and
reputation were made at one stroke In
1896 he became the director OF the
conservatory at Pesaro-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

of a blistered pane brought the city
editor out
Hotter and hotter. boys Well, it's
lucky this building is iron
But he began to feel a little nervous
in spite of himself. Showers of burn
ing wood began to fall around the
windows, while the roaring increased
until it drowned even the dull throb
of the engines
A fireman stuck his head in the door.
The chief says you'd better come
down-it's risky
Did the chief say we must desert
the building?"
We'll. not exactly those words, but
he did say it was dangerous to stay
up here another minute"
We'll, tell the chief when he orders
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

A large stan of women is employed at
the Vatican for the sole purpose of
keeping the pope's wardrobe III perfect
condition No spot or stain may dis
figure the garments worn by his holt
ness, and as-he always appears in
white. even a few hours wear deprives
the robes of their freshness IT is con-
sidered that no mans hand is dainty
enough for their care, so in this one
respect women are permitted to serve
the pontiff- Only the most delicate
materials are used. moire silk being
the summer fabric. and a specially
woven fine cloth the winter one
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06
Mary Soctvi1Ie 10 uved.

Lady Mary Sackville of England,
well known to the 400 of New York and
to the elite of Washington, and who
was at one time reported to have been
engaged to Frank Gould. will soon rid
herself of the name for ficklensss
which society has placed upon her.
The titled English woman is now pre-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

The King of Portugal is clever with
the brush and has been awarded sew
era1 medals for his pictures at exhibit
tons. AS a rule, however, he works in
pastel, and thus spends many leisure
day sketching favorite spots along the
coast
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06
The Old Man Grasped the Lever.

The Old Man Grasped the Lever
to get down all possible. or desert the
buildfEg-the latter only when or
dered-
The only idle man in the big room
was Winters He stood drying his feet
by the radiator, and fr0wning at the
smiling piece of Italian statuary that
embellished the spare desk An un-
successful journey in leaky boat will
ruffle even a newspaper man.
Presently old Spease's head appeared
in the doorway
You men on the desk. Chop the
foreign news in half don't let line
of exchange matter in We must have
two more columns for the fire.
And the door again banged.
The heat of the blaze was becoming
oppressive Winters removed his coat
Then some OF the others bes an to
tumble with their co-.ara. Tae crack
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

mat Is FOR the City Editor.
us to leave the building we'll obey.
The Times hasn't dropped an issue
since the day it started, and 1 hardly
think it will do so now
The fireman walked away and the
city editor stopped at the speaking
tube.
..Hello! Who is the pressroom?"
'.All of u.s. came the response
We'll, is everything all right? We
want to run of the edition within two
hours?'
Everything running, sir; but it's
terribly hot down hc-e.'
Same up here, Jim; but 1 think
they'll have it under control in an
hour
But one hour and then another
passed and still the fire ragged. The
fire laddies had almost deserted the
burning district, turning their efforts
to the property that lay in the path
of the blaze The big reportorial room
was also deserted Not a pane had
weathered the hot blasts that licked
the sashes- Sparks swept through the
jaggled glass and ignited a heap of ex-
changes that lay on the spare desk
Dense smoke filed the room and hall
way.
The pressroom was a hive of activ-
fty- A score of men busted around
the iron monster whose roar would
drown even the noise outside The city
editor superintendent the work from
mailing table. And the red liquid in
the little thermometer on the wall
crawled past no.
The last cylinder was in its place
Jim grasped the lever, but his hand
relaxed ana the poor fellow dropped
to the floor
ITS the heat" cried old Spease.
springing down to the floor, up to
the air with him,"
Then it was the old mans hand that
grasred the lever.
The great mass of wheels began to
revolve. slowly at first then increas-
ing until the noise was deafening- A
bank OF moist papers began to collect
at one end The mighty press was
speaking. One-two-three-fiv
floor; still the old man held the lever
Open
Ten Thousand COPIES" the city ed
itor chuckled. ten thousand copies"
The men stared at him in admiration
Suddenly. without warning. the wall
near the big dynamo began to crum-
| BILE
ny God. Run for your lffe-the
wallis coming I'M" they cried. scram-
bling up the iron stairway. But the
city editor did not hear their warning.
his eyes were riveted on the busy
wheels
We've never skipped an issue. Ten
thousand copies. ten thousand''-
At daybreak the fire was under con-
troll Its path had been checked by
| the sluggish river on one side. and a
long stretch of boulevard on the other
1t was now that the exhausted fire lad
dies took turns In devouring the sand
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06
Mascasn, TO Tour Unifed STATE.

Pietro Mascagni, the celebrated Ital-
ian composer, who is coming to Am
erica sfor a concert season of eight
weeks, has written several operas, but
only one of these has taken its place
beside the great compositions of the
nineteenth century. This is "Cavalle-
ria Rusticana" Mascagni. like Verdi.
was born in the humblest of circum-
stances. His father was baker OF
Leghorn. and in that city the future
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

which ne Is Inc
head. 1t is under
stood that the
Duke will assume
personal charge of
the editorial de-
partment of the pa
per- The novel
spectacle of royal
ty, in the person of
a claimant to a
throne, who by
blood and marriage
is related to many
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

al fences, and incidentally getting
their views on his pet scheme He
contrasts the comparatively little labor
done by the housewife in the city.
where laundries are available. with the
drudgery of the country farmhouse,
where each weeks washing and iron
ing must be done on the premises and
commonly by the housekeeper herself
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

Another London church is to have
the novelty of an outdoor pulpit like
the one at St Mary's Whftechapel- The
new one is being erected at Christ
church, Spitalfelds, as a memorial to
the late Dr. Billing, former rector.
and for many years bishop of Bedford
Like the Open-air pulpit used at White
chapel. the new one viii look out from
the church wall upon the open space Of
the dssused churchyard. where an out
door congregation can gather without
any danger from street traf1Ic