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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
COnXcntiOnCallraI.

The authorities of District No. 1G, T..
NJ. w, have called convention of dele
gates to sit i'll Meyersdale, Pa, next
Tuesday, 18th inst, to arrange scale
price for 1901, etc.
The operators Of that region are invited
to attend.
The same invitation has been sent to
Georges Creek operators with the hope,
it is said, of obtaining same assurance of
Il continuance of the current rate of
wages-5J cents "a ton.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Would Please Both.

EX-Gov. LowndcS thinks ''thc indie
pendent vote will resent democratic
tampering with the election law.
Perhaps.
But as neither party pretends to prospect
"the independent vote" it should not be
taken seriously into account.
Indeed, if that element could be dis
franchiscd by amy "tine Italian hand
legcrdemain, the politicians Of both par,
ties would regard it as "a trick worth
turning
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
SEMI-I4OCAL NEWS.
In a Fix"

kcyscr, w. Va, is now said to be be-
tween "the old boy aud fathomless sea.
After landing that big preparatory school
the town finds ont that under some re-
StrictiOn liquor saloons cannot be licensed
in places where there are State schools.
1t is a sort Of co-education that in West
Virginia is not permissible. The "old
topcs' We're awful proud of the town S
success until they heard this. And now
some say the Legislature couldn't have
hurt the town worse if they had set it
atire
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Breyitics.

Arthur Mcneil, negro miner, killed
his mine foreman Friday Of last week at
Camden, Mo, and was lynched by his
fcllow-miners same day. The leader of
the mob, evidently church member,
led i'll prayer for the doomed man.
An extraordinarily warm religious up
heaval and the recent cold spell were
contemporaneous events in Piedmont,
W. Va, verifying the old saying that
warm weather is unreasonable for
revivals. In other words, it seems to
take icy temperature to make a re-
ligious awakening red-hot
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09

Inauguration day opened in Frostburg
with an inauspicious sunrise, verified
shortly afternoon by snow and rain.
The streets, doubly moistencd We're
churned into mud by the traffic, more
than meeting Emerson's definition of
dirt as ''matter out of place.
Nearly zero cold followed for several
days, partly verifying Hicks prophecy,
published last week
Slightly warmer temperature is prob
able until Wednesday, thereafter change
able.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
COUNTY NEWS.
Over 5000 Tons a Day

The output Of the Consolidation Coal
company's Ocean mine, No. I CKlon-
dyke.) for the six working days ending
with Saturday, March ?, amounted to
-. l4l. 10 tons. To the men who under
mined, pulled down and loaded this big
mass Of coal the week income was at
least $4,000. Presuming there are 800,
the weeks wages to each amount to an
average of S24, or about $lO4 month.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Whore To RCgin.

The Baltimore SuH of Thursday shows
very conclusively that the present effort
to cure suffrage abuses will he vain if
the legislature does not include among
its enactments stringent primary cleo
ton law.
TO use IA homely, perhaps too radical
ii%ure-instead of trimming and graft
ing among the branches with pen
knife, the legislature should begin work
on the roots of the old tree with an axe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09

The president, elected wholly upon
the sound money issue, said not a word
in his inaugural address of his party 5
neglect to provide for its soundncss !g
tar.
The greater part Of his paper was
dedicated to his foreign policy, upon
which, standing alone, he would have
been overwhelmingly defeated.
Under Germans lead the democratic
party repudated its winning issue i'll
1892 and fell from power.
Can the republican party continue to
defy the law of gravitation
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Transfers of Real Estate.

The following notes of transfers of
real estate are of more or less interest:
William G. Miller to Solomon G. Umstott
lot in Homecoming, $l.lOO
Cumberland and Pennsylvania railroad
company to Henry r. Bruck. | G-lO acres at
Mount Savage for / 92-lD acres, the Union
Mining company reserving minerals under
latter.
Carlos $50
Louis Reese to Daniel Bevan, , lots in
Frost,s addition, Erostbnrg. $3.50.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09

The democratic assault upon illitcracy
is materially softened by the fact that j.
j. Robinson, editor of the Homecoming
.Stor, has gone to Annapolis in order to
he right in the middle of the citadel of
what the republicans, with II little too
much unsurpassed apprehension, seem
to regard rs their tower of strength
Meanwhile, that portion of unorganized
labor which does not sweat with the toll
of looking for more wages, is left at home
to look out for itself
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
New Mine ODened,

+. +. Grammar and L. +. McCardell,
both former Allcgany county newspaper
men, have 'clubbed together and de-
generated into bloatedcoal operators i'll
West Virginia at that. 1t is one of the
worst cases of tiinging away fame to pick
up money the JOURNAL has noticed.
Seriously, they have opened the old
Burns mine, on the hillside above Pied
mont, and gone tomining coal. Grammar
is president of the company and McCar-
dell sales-agenr. The JOURNAL hopes
they will feel justified soon in taking on
at least one more newspaper man of the
old and fighting reYime.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
TOWN AND VICINITY
Suit for Damages.

Mrs Isabella Stewart, relict of the late
Archibald Stewart, and heirs have en-
ages incurred i'll the death of Mr.. Stewart
due to alleged neglect of the county
road leading from this place to Carlos.
Amount of claim is $50 600
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Good Bread.

G.. II. Wittig & Sons are now baking
bread made of Purina Health Flour,
ground by the Purina Mills, St Louis,
Mo. They call it the "whole wheat
bread because it comprises all of that
portion of the wheat which contributes
nutriment TO both brain and Drawn A
sample sent the JOURNAL compelS the
great paper to say that it is palatable,
satisfying, and that little goes farther
than much of white bread The Purina
people are on the JOURNALS advertising
list: hence this interest i'll one of their
products, apart from the greater fact
that they are wholesale health promoters
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Fact.

THE democratic party in the United
States Senate has no leader" writes an
observer of the new body-a direct re-
suit of Organism superinduced by Cor
maniSm
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09

At Tuesdays session.
Samuel M Porter executor of w. w. P0r-
ter, deceased, settled his first and final ac-
count and made distribution under the will.
George Ternent and w. Atkinson, executors
of James Stewart, deceased, filed an inventory
of the personal property, and an order was
passed authorizing the sale Of the same.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Coming Events.

The executors sale of valuable real es-
tate this morning by Messrs. j. B.
Wright and Thomas w. Frost is an i'm
portant series Of offerings. The sale
will begin at lOIs O'Clock with the offer
Of the property occupied by George Nc
kenzie, on Mechanic street. This con-
cluded, the property on same street Oc-
cupied by Charles l.. Wade, will be Of
fered, and SO ON as shown in the adver-
tisement elsewhere printed. and which
all desiring homes should carefully read.
At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning next,
18th inst, j. n. Benson will offer for sale
the Carson property, corner of Bowery
and Charles strccts-a chance for both
dwelling and business purposes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09

Rev. J. NJ. Clymer, pastor OF the Han
cock (Md.) Presbyterian church, re-
signed. Sunday % members voted to
accept, IS to decline. He is the father
of Dr.. +. NJ. Clymer. of Midlothian.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Business Movement.

y new barber-shop is to be installed
soon in one of the Eleanor rooms 1t
will be a 5-cents-a-shave and 15-cents-a-
haircut, but so far as can be learned ii
is not yet branch of the marbc-yard.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
EifIL

All that VACANT LOT OF GROUND adj
joining the one last aforementioned,
shown as LOT FIVE on said map, fronting
fory-seven and a half feet on said Mechan.
ic street, and running back to said alley
one hundred and sixty five feet
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Frame Dwelling House.
EiUHtH.

All that LOT OF GROUND adjoining the Lot
last above described, shown as LOT EIGHT
on said map, having frontage of twenty
four and eight-tenths feet on the west side
of said Mechanic street and running back
with an even width one hundred and sixty
five feet to said alley improved by "a
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
T'Hi1'i.
EOHl'fH.

All that VACANT LOT OF GROUND adj
Joining the last one above -mentioncd,
known as LOT FOUR on said map front
ing forty-seven and a half feet on said Me.
chanic street, aud running back to said
alley one hundred and sixty five feet
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Frame Dwelling House.
SeUoHtb.

All that LOT OF GROUND adjoining the
Raley property, shown as LOT SEVEN on
said map, fronting twenty-four and eight
tenths feet on the west side Of said Mechanic
street and running back to said alley with
an even width one hundred and sixty five
feet improved by a
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
EmbrOiderieS, 1901.

You'll like the new effects.
Aren't YOU tired of the same old
style, year after year: The
Embroidery portion of this store
gets very particular attention,
and is ever alive to the newest
creations at moderate prices.
For the same money We give
dainticr, prctticr, newer En-
broidcrics. You d willingly give
more. And such Il variety =
greater, perhaps, than You will
find in two or three other stores
combined. The prices are right,
of course: YOU wouldn't buy
them SO literally if they weren't.
BIC lots to choose from at ) cents.
. cents, 10 cents, II! cents. -
cents. : cents. ~ cents, - cents.
30 cents.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
SiatH.

All that LOT OF GROUND adjoining the one
last above described, shown as LOT SIN on
said map, having frontage of sixty-six
feet on said Mechanic street and running
back to SAID alley one hundred and sixty
five feet improved bv n LA RGF-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Two Maryland Statesmen.

There is some complaint against
Senator McComas anti observation-disclosures
professions based upon his warm support
of the Force bill i'll the 51st Congress.
But as a serious grievance it does not
consist.
Because statesman was wrong |
years ago it does not follow that he
should remain wrong.
Tried by that presumption, Mr.. Cor
mans flop from his unquestionably mas
tcrful, heroic and successful antagonism
to the Force bill is more pronounced
than that of Mr.. McComas.
And as the situation exists at this
moment-Mr. McComas is opposing ex-
actly the sort of measure which invites
Force bills, Mr.. German favoringit.
Another result of democratic logic Just
now is-Mr McCOmas being wrong
when he favored disfranchiscment in
1890 and wrong now when he disfavors
it, his Inconsistency furnishes an example
for Mr. German to follow and a wrong
which can be justified in the commission
ola corresponding wrong by Mr.. German.
ter which loses, anti-merit wins.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Two I'OrncttepicS.

Editor Oder, of the Frostburg JorRNAt, is
a hard hearted man. tell you why; Last
week we had the grip so bad that we were
''just walking around to save funeral ex-
penses" and he never said so much as Hello
Rafferty, if you make de of it tins time
I'll see that your graves kept green. Gum
berland Courier.
The JOURNAL didn't know that Raj
fcrty' was threatened with extinction.
Fact is, O'Rourke is neglccting one OF
his duties as assistant examiner. He
evidently forgets that 1--WE Irish should
stand together
And then, 0 then, Rafferty, the JOUR
NAL Is not a Frostburg newspaper with a
case of grave-selling (cash i'll advance
gravedigging (iitto,) and keeping
(pncOrro 0DDendicitiS on hand.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09
Frame Dwelling House.
NINTH.

All that LOT OF GROUND situated on the
north side of Broadway street. in the town
of Frostburg, lying between the property
of John Price on the east and the property
of Greenberry Humberstou on the west,
fronting tity-four and a-half feet on said
Broadway street and running back two
hundred and seventcnths feet to Water
street, known as the Betscy Wright
Property; improved by a LARGE
2-StOry Frame Dwelling House.
TENTH.
All that LOT OF GROUND lying in Beall's
First Addition to the town of Frostburg,
known as LOT - OF BLOCK 8 of said Adj
diton improved by a
Frame Dwelling House,
Occupied by John Brown.
IHese properties WW be OLered
for safe, E1CH IN FRONT or
1I=57@t.4. ITS ENISES, begin-
No. ming With the first nbore
described at 1850 O'CLOCK 4.
NJ, ant continuing IN the Order
thereafter set forth until all are
sold.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash on the day of sale or
upon the ratification thereof.
s4y~ Conveyancing at expense ofpurchasers
JOHN b. WRIGHT,
THOMAS w. FROST,
Feb 16-it Executors.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09

The stockholders of the FroStburg
Trotting Association met Wednesday
evening.
B. 5. Randolph presided.
Messrs. j. H. Hitchins, secretary, and
Frank Watts, treasurer, made their an
nual reports, which We're approved.
OF the 81 stockholders represented the
following officers and directors We're
unanimously elected:
PreSde"t--John Chambers.
!Sectetary-J. II. Hitchins.
TrcaS"rer-Frank Watts.
DTectorS-B S. Randolph Howard Hitch
ms, ]. B. Williams, Dr. T. Griffith.
The officers named We're invested with
executive powers-arrange for all enter
tainments, lease grounds, stables, etc.
receive and pay all monies, etc.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-03-09

And at last it turns ont that, no mat
ter which loses, anti-merit wins.
The Washington times., 1901-10-27
A DOG DETECTIVE.
Baltimore Canine Who Traced Num-
erous Chicken Thieves

Bob. a canine Hawkshaw who made
speciality of trailing to the earth the col
ored brother afflicted with a kieptomania
running particularly to chickens, retired
on Sunday from the scene of his piping
expeditions and other triumphs and now
rests in n coffin which in turn rests in
a small hill on the Pimlico Road
Bob" who was pure bred white bull
dog of vicious appearance but amiable
manners, was the property of Mr.. Maurice
Snipley. who lives on Park Heights Ave
nue.. near First Avenue, At the time of
his demise Bob" was seven years old,
but in that brief period he had crowded
so many notable deeds and made so many
friends that he was thought to be much
older. For a bulldog Bob" was unusu-
ally gentle, making friends with all who
came his way, especially policemen. Why
he should have taken such strong fancy
to the guardians of the peace is not
known. but he admired them all. follow
ing them for lengthy walks around their
beats. Perhaps 1t was from his associa-
ton with the thief-takers that he became
Inspired to shine as a limb of the law.
His first arrest was made three years
ago when Mr.. Shipley lived on the Refs
terstown Road. above Electric Park. A
ehicken-hun negro got into the hen
coop one night and was rapidly thinning
its population. when Bob, appeared and
tried to take a hand, both literally and
figuratively. for he sprang at the man.
who in turn had just sufficient time to
81 ring into the chicken house and close
the door. Once in Bob" held him there
until Mr.. shipley arrived with a gun.
The negro was very much subdned by
the force arrayed against him, and as Mr.
Shipley did not have the time to spare to
prosecute him he was turned loose amid
many protests from the dog detective.
"Bob's" last conspicuous performance
was the arresting of Walter Scott, charg-
ed with the larceny of two chickens,
which were in a bag over his shoulder.
Walter was seen on the Pimlieo Road,
near Druid Hill Park. in the early hours
of July % by two policemen. who desired
TO know what he had In the bag. Scott
had business elsewhere at that moment
and hurried away. the patFolmen in full
pursuit. He took refuge in a thicket,
whence ii was impossible to disIodge him
and the pursuers We're in a quandary
when Bob" appeared. ran into the thick
ct, and brought the fugitive to bay hold
ing him there until the patrolrnen had
work ed their way to them For this deed
much notoriety was gained by Bob. but
his head was not in the least turned
About three weeks ago Bob" was
chained up for a short while one day
and in tugging at his chain he injured his
neck so severely that he died two weeks
ater in a veterina rian's hospital the end
Of his career being hastened by chloro-
form, as he was slowly starving to death
The funeral was an impressive affair
with a coffin and tears. and a marble
headstone is contemplated.-Baiti
The Washington times., 1901-10-27
AGRICULTURE IN ENGLAND.
Hundreds of Farms in the Country
Entirely Abandoned.

No one can read the reports of this
years harvest without wondering If the
agricultural industry Of this country Is
drifting toward total extinction.
The British acreage under wheat this
season was about / 800 00G-a fall of 14i 900
acres from last year. following a decline
of nearly 156 900 acres In 1900 and of 10l 90
acres in 1893.
A tour of the agricultural districts Of
England and Wales reveals the fact that
scores of farms are absolutely aban-
doned, that hundreds more are In a semi
derelict condition.
1t is difficult 20 select a county where
this deplorable state of affairs is the
most pronounced; it is universal
Broadly speaking. two facts have
brough; about this widespread desertion
of farm s-the low price of produce and
the high price OF labor.
Even If owners could be found for the
dereIict farms of England, the farmers
would probably fail to secure labOrers ex-
cept at wages which cut down the profits
to the vanishing point. Hodge is deserving
the soil at the rate of from l., 900 to 1900
annually. The last census shows that
the population of several agricultural dis
tricts is actually decreasing.
That English agriculture as food-pro-
ducing agency is now almost a thing of
the past appears evident from the fact
that of The 32O0O.O10 quarters of wheat
consumer annually in the British Isles no
less than "a 600.OOO quarters come from
abroad, for which nearly E40.O 900 is
paid Another GiOO00,000 is sent out of
the county each year for butter, milk,
fruit vegetables. and other farm prod
der. Every year each individual in Great
Britain pays "a for foreign food; in Ger
many, a fttle over Is. head is paid.
These facts are depressing TO the farmer:
but some authorities declare that instead
Of fighting the competition by working his
land on up-to-date lines and by modern
machinery. he is too ready to abandon
the struggle. and his farm well.
Mr.. A. j. Matthews. Secretary of the
Agricultural Organization Society, eX-
pressed the opinion that from many
points Of view this gradual extinction
o. the English farmer is a serious ma
tional danger. For one thing" he said
there is frequently not more than a
fortnignt's supply Of food in the country,
and never more than about six weeks
England is becoming entirely dependent
on the importer for foodstuffs. London
Mail
The Washington times., 1901-10-27
SACRIFICED TO AN IDOL.
Desire for Wealth Prompts n Father
to Commit Murder

A Hindu named Kuruba Ramanagowd
was sentenced to death last week in the
Sessions Court, Bailey, for sacrificing his
own son to an idol
The man admitted the offence. saying
that he believed the god would resusci-
tate the boy and give him wealth
He said that he had been In the habit Of
worshiping in the temple of kona Trap
pa, and one day the god appeared to him
in the form Of Jangama, and said to him.
There is wealth under me- To whom
should II be given but to you? Give me
your sons head. You know that a head
should be given to the god who confers a.
boon. j shall raise up your son and give
you the wealth which is under me-
The man answered: II have only one
son. How can l give him.
The god said: "A son will be born Do
not fear me. ] shall revive the son and
give you wealth"
Sure enough. a year later another son
was born to the man, and this strength
ened his belief
He brought the child to the temple and
Killed IL with a knife in front Of the idol
Having killed the child, the man began to
worship. but before he ha< finished the
police came and arrested him, and he told
the court that this interruption was the
reason why the god did not revive the
child and give him wealth.
The medical testimony Is that the man
is not insane.-Simla correspondence in
London Mail.
The Washington times., 1901-10-27

rent comment among the general public
was certainly to the effect that the fuli
danger of the South African situation was
not made known to it,
Be that as it may. the letter we haNe
printed proves that some consiueIaoIS
body of opinion still trusts the ofhcial
kilograms and is still confident that the
Government does not attempt 10 deceive
us into a very dangerous optimism. II
even shows that such a charge is regard
ed a s grave and unusual. and IL demands
proof. That proof is not difficult 10 luI-
nish. 1t repOses upon these three facts'
First, that Lord Kitchener is an absolute
master of al the sources of information
in South Africa; that all news must 20
to Pretoria before 1t goes anywhere else,
and that whatever reaches US reaches us
only after passing through the hands OF
his censors: second, that Lord Kitchener
is known to be extremely accurate ana
full in his reports; that he is determined
to present the situation to his GOVERN
ment in its gravest aspect, and that ne,
more than any other commander in TINS
campaign has urged the necessity for
continual reinforcement and for regu-
lar training. and has insisted on the great
difficulty of the task that lies before u.s.
third, in the face of these known facts
concerning the cOmmander-in-chtef ana
his dispatches, we are presented with
ports being invariably-not now and then,
but invariably-far less than the truth
They have nvariabiy-sometimes by de-
lay, more often by the suppression OF vital
portions. often by a combination of both
methods-led the public to believe that
things Were not as bad as was actually
the case.-London News