The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-03-28

WOlucu DIS hCHs
1t is estimated that the recent increase to the
pay of railroad employees throughout the United
States affects 100000 men, involving cash out
lay for 1903 of $3S,35O,OOO
Mrs. George A. Graves. of Ogden. Utah. re-
Gently received check from the United States
Government, being her share of claim that had
been pending for lO5 years.
The exports of this country for February
were valued at ,1O5 which sum is $1,000
600 in excess OF any preceding February, accord
| ing to the Bureau of Statistics.
| sugar refineries, will effect an enormous saving
to the olive growers of California.
Irish is today the living tongue of almost as
many people as speak Welsh, Greek Servian,
| Bulgarian. Norwegian Danish. In Galway
alone are 1888 persons who can speak nothing
but Irish.
| Sir William P. Treloar, of London, says he
knows of no act of Parliament that has done
more good in England than that which led to
the opening of the museums and art galleries
on Sundays.
Experience has shown that nothing is gained,
in ordinary conditions, by placing electrical
power plants at the coal mines, it being cheaper
to haul the coal by rail than to transmit its
power by wire
Under the decision of the United States su-
preme Court, the amount of the prize money
awarded Admiral Dewey and the men under him
for sinking the Spanish squadron in Manila bay
will be $946063.
A son was born a few days ago to Mr.. and Mrs.
Cormac McCalis, of Hazelton. Pa, being the
twenty-third child born to the couple. Mrs.
McCallis is Al years old and was married at the
age of II years.
President Roosevelt has received an invita-
ton, engraved on plate of solid gold, to be the
| guest of the Union League Club, of San Fran
| cisco. He has accepted, and will speak at their
banquet, May l4th.
The late Major General Schuyler Hamilton
inherited great name and safeguarded its dis
| plished engineer, valiant soldier of two wars
and grandson of Alexander Hamilton.
It is stated on excellent authority of labor
| leaders in Wisconsin that the labor unions of
that State will fight every anti thrust bill now
| pending before the Legislature, believing that
| each one is inmical to organized labor.
Among the postofices of this great Republic
| there are seven Pierces Is Roosevelts, II kim
| leys, 20 to go Adamses and as many Jeffersons,
! Madisons Jacksons, Johnsons. Grants and Gar
fields 80 Washingtons, 30 Monroes, 81 Lincolns
South Jenkins, an Indiana pioneer, who died
requested that his shotgun. powder horn and
razor be buried with him. His friends placed
them in his coffin. in compliance with his wish.
He was 70 years old
Ira D; sankey. the associate of the late Dwight
L. M6 6 VINO 1Hst lines 5He dssht 81 ms eit
| to that effect has been made by the famous sing
ing evangelist's son. Mr.. Sankey, whose home
| is in Brooklyn is "a years OF age.
The Egn dairy report says in speaking of the
| Lawrence-Kennedy milking machine, New
| leland invention: $50 far as the experience of
users has gone the results are of such satisfac-
tory nature as to justify the belief that at last
the mechanical mixer has arrived"
|
The nearest star, whose distance astronomers
think they know is Alpha Centuar, and it is dis
tant from us four light years-that is to say, it's
light is four years in reaching u.s. although trav-
siissc- - iee 600 -ss'as -
During the past season nearly 100000 cans of
! tomatoes were put up by the various canneries
| of Morgan county, West Virginia. bringing in
| revenue of 100000. Two or three new Gamer
les will be built this season and the output will
be run up to 100000 cans if the tomato crop is
! good
rich man in the West, who says he wants all
his five sons to get along equally well in bust
ness, has asked them to unite with him in a cor
poration, each of the six men to have the same
amount of stock. 1t will be family company,
and there will be no reason for jealousies and
| disputes among the sons.
Leaves of a plant alleged to drive away mos
| Quitos have reached English botanists from
| Africa. The presence of single plant is stated
to clear room of the pest, and an infusion of
the leaves has been found an effective substi-
tute for quinine in the treatment of mosquito
conveyed maar1al FEVER.
Mrs. John Hopkins, who lives in reduced cir
cumstances at Ophir Gold Mine. Union county,
Charles Hill, of Los Angeles, Cal. The first hus-
band of Mrs. Hopkins, who was Robert Alex
ander, while in Texas 20 years ago. it is stated,
saved the life of Charles Hill.
James H. Hyde, of New York, first vice-presi-
having broken all Southern railroad records the
other day, when he Travelled on special train
between Jacksonville and Savannah. 172 miles,
in 152 minutes, with stretch of seven miles in
four minutes. 1t cost him 81, 600 to do it.
Molten wood is a new invention By means Of
high distillation and high pressure the escape of
developing gases is prevented, thereby reducing
the wood to molten condition. When cool the
mass assumes the character of coal. This new
body is hard, but can be shaped and nicely pol
ished. 1t is impervious to water and acids.
Mrs. Roosevelt has politely but positively re-
fused to send handkerchief to the bazaar which
the women of the Minnesota Territorial Pioneer
Association expect to give in April; Since the
women of Texas who begged handkerchief OF
her characterized her gift as "cheap cotton
rag'' she has turned deaf ear to all similar pc
titions.
Henry E. Stone, supposed to be the oldest en-
gineer in the United States in active and con-
tinuous service, has resigned his position on the
Lake Shore Railroad. He is in his seventy-ffth
year, has been railroad man since lS4S and an
engineer for nearly SO years. Mr.. Stone will be
given some light task in the railroad company's
employ.
The State Engineer of New York reports that
43 counties have taken advantage of the law
giving aid from the State treasury for the build
roads asked for is more than 1000 miles. About
800 miles have been macadamized, at cost of
$4,000 mile. The dirt roads cost from $4,000 to
$1,000 mile.
Mrs. King, of Corpus Christi, Tex, owns more
hans in the world. Her holdings amount IN
100000 acres located in the counties of Nueces
Hidalgo, Starr and Cameron. Her late husband,
Captain King, was one of the old-time cattle
baro1s. Mrs. King has about s., 600 cattle grazing
on her broad acres.
Rev. E. G. Crabil has resigned his pulpit at
Halstead, Pa, to become pitcher of the Column
bus, o., baseball team. He was offered $3.50 a
month and accepted but makes an iron-clad res
ervation that under no circumstances will he
play Sunday ball or be on the field Sundays He
will put in his Sundays speaking for T. NJ. G. AS
and missions in cities his club visits.
One part of the project of Secretary of Com
MERGE Cortelyou for the erection of large
building in Washington to accommodate the
bureaus over which he presides provides for a
spacious hall within the structure in which com
mercal bodies and associations visiting the Ma
tional Capital may meet. Washington is yearly
becoming more of convention city.
Radium is self-luminous, shining with blush
light; it, like Roentgen rays, makes sensitive
screen phosphorescent it shows the bones in
the nand, ana IS so vigorous tnaI IL mas produced
sores on those who have incautiously carried it
about their persons. The radium emits mega
lively electrified particles with velocity in
some cases approaching that of light.
Under a revision of the civil service rules, to
take effect April l5 the classified service is ex-
tended and will hereafter embrace all not mere
laborers or workmen or are not subject to con-
f1rmation by the Senate. When the civil service
law went into effect in 1885, IA, 600 positions were
brought within its scope. At present there are
1l2000 places in the Government service subject
to the law.
The flag borne by the First Mississippi Regi-
ment commanded by Jefferson Davis in the
Mexican War; has been received by the Missis
sippi Department of History. This venerable
historical relic is made of silk. 1t is much
faded. There were originally Is red and white
stripes. alternating, with a blue field in the
upper rght-hand corner dotted with twenty
three stars. one for each State in the Union at
the time. All of the stars have been cut out as
souvenirs.
The most wonderful farm in the world is stu
ated in Canada. Its popularity lies in the fact
that everything is worked by electricity. Two
waterfalls within the bounds of the farm fur
nlsh the motive power, central power-house
being erected near and the current is trans