The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-03-26
THE DEATH RECORD.

| morning, 18th inst, after long illness from
complication of diseases, aged Il years Mrs
| Goodwin was born at the old Bowen home
stead on the York turnpike in Towson, ant
was the youngest daughter of the late Solomon
Bowen. She had wide acquaintance in diff
ferent sections of Baltimore county, her hns
band having been employed as manager o
the Cochran and Perine farms at Govanstown
the Hoen farm in Dulany's Valley, and b.
also was at one time teamster at Hoffman
paper mills, in. the 8th district. Messrs. Viii
liam and Joseph s. Bowen, of Towson, ar
her brothers.
Seymour.-Mr. Henry Seymour. of De
light, 4th district, died at the Maryland Uni
versity Hospital in Baltimore, on Thursday
night of last week in the 10th year of his age
On the 22d of February he had leg amputa
ted, ruptured artery having made the opera
ton necessary. This ultimately caused biz
death. Mr. Seymour was cattle dealer anC
lived on his farm at Delight He is survived
by widow and one son-Mr. John Seymour.
Smith. Miss Ann Smith, who was native
of Gainesville and who spent her entire life
there, died in that village on Tuesday last
aged 81 years. She was daughter OF John
K Smith, who was well known citizen in his
day Deceased was the Oldest member OF st
Timothy's P. e. Church, Gainesville, having
been regular attendant there for over hall
a century. She is survived by three broth.
ers and three sisters.
Keech-Miss Elizabeth H. Keech died on
Thursday, oath instant, after long illness
She was native of Prince Georges county,
Md, and one of family of elk sisters, four Of
whom survive, one of them being Mrs. Rose
Keech, wife of the late William s. Keech, who
was a prominent member of the Baltimore
county bar. The remains were taken to Belts
vile, Md, where the funeral took place.
Orton.-Miss Annie Orion, who for the past
eight years had lived with her uncle, Mfr.
Frederick Groom, of Towson, died on Thurs
day night of last week at hospital in Balti-
more, where she had been under treatment
several weeks. Deceased, who was native of
of Govanstown, from whose home her funeral
took place on Monday.
Discussing County Legislation-Don't
Want Road Law Changed.-At a special
meeting of the Highlandtown and Vicinity
improvement Association, held Tuesday night,
the members discussed some of the measures
that are now before the Legislature affecting
county taxpayers and residents.
The proposed changes in the road law were
condemned A bill has recently passed the
Legislature and is awaiting the Governors
signature making only two magistrates for the
18th district, one to serve in criminal capaci-
y
This law the association resolved to be per-
nicious measure, and it was decided to write to
Governor Warfield requesting that his sigma
ture be withheld from it until the members
have had an opportunity to acquaint him with
their views upon the matter.
In reference to the proposed law to abolish
the civil service rules in the police department,
the association passed the following resolution:
''ReSolyed, That the Highlandtown and vi
cinity improvement Association regards the
law lately introduced into the Legislature to
abolish civil service rules in connection with
the police force of Baltimore county to be an
iniquitous and vicious piece of legislation, a
step backward in good government harmful
to our community and against the interests of
all decent citizens"
A large delegation will go to Annapolis next
Wednesday to look into these matters, and
also to propose the following legislation:
bill to require the County Commissioners
to appropriate $4,000 for needed repairs on
School No. l. at Canton. Also one for So 900
for repairs to School No. 2, at Highlandtown,
and measure to appropriate $40 900 for a new
school building at Highlandtown.
Case Reversed by the Court of Appeals.
In the Court of Appeals on Tuesday Judge
Boyd rendered decision in the case of the
County Commissioners of Baltimore county
and West Arlington improvement Company
of Baltimore VS.. the United Railways and
Electric Company and the Western Maryland
Railroad Company.
This case is peculiar and interesting in its
character. Charles T. Cockey Jr., resident
of Baltimore county, brought an action in tort
against all four of the parties to the present
suit, alleging that on account of the negligent
of certain drains and culverts
by the defendants the natural flow of the
drainage was so diverted as to injure his prop
erty. The companies, who are now the APP
pellees, filed suggestions for the removal of the
case on the ground that they could not have
an impartial trial. This was not Joined by the
parties who are now the appellants Thepres-
emf suit therefore raises the question Of wheth:
parties do mot join in the suggestion for re-
lion sxtsns hs r 4sbs 81 IF Tbs State s93stu
The parties to the proceedings" This tsrs,
parties who might be connected with the suit.
The Court of Appeals, however, does not share
in this opinion and reverses the ruling of the
lower court, holding that the term means
either the plaintiff or defendant, all of whom
either party must join in the sug-
gestion of removal to make it effective.
Why Young Men Leave the Farm.-We
publish the following letter from "a Farmer
Boy" just as it was written, and all we have
to say is that the boy comes pretty near know
ing what he is talking about, even if he is
little 'off " in his composition, etc..
FARMER BOY.
AS this boy pick ND the union last week and
read in some of the letters of the upper end
that the old farmers say about the scarcity of
and going to philadelphia to secure work on the
Cars they claim number went last fall and
two went last month and is it any wonder that
they should leave the farm for no more show
than they have it is hard work from day light
till dark and they never have time to go any
place nor they cannot have their horse. nor
fhnv 10 q mic q
to raise to incurred him and when they
do go out for day pleasure or to go to see the
girls they have to pay for it as the old farmer is
as cross as bull tarion Bear the next day and
is it any wonder that the boy like to stay on the
farm if they have to take pull like that and
then he find the railroad better and more money
and less hours and he is q big fool if he don't
leave the farm and you can hear the old farmer
set up and tell what they done in their boyhood
out now day and do what they did in their day
they would cut the hide from their back and
now would like for some of the old farmer to
come and give this writing asolid thought and
see how far am off the right thing for the
farmer to do and see If the boy would not hang
to the farm little better than with no show at
the farmer will take my advise and hear from
you and give solid thought to me.
Grand Jury Adjourned-Did Nothing in
Beckman Case.-The grand jury for the
March term of the Circuit Court adjourned
HDallV Oh lu6SUdy, ZLu. IcTIldpS Ju0 iuOSl
important matter before it was the investiga-
ton of the Beckman murder, which occurred
on Hamilton avenue, east of the Hartford road
on the 10Th of January last. No presentment
or Indictment was found, the jury explaining
its inability on the ground of lack of evidence.
1t said:
Having been specially charged by your
honorable court to fully investigate the Beck
man murder of January 10th, 1904, we report
that we have summoned a large number of
witnesses, also all the detectives and officers
who have been investigating the case, and after
having made q thorough examination have
failed to discover sufficient evidence upon
which to found an indictment. The evidence
before us disclosed the fact that there has been
a most shocking murder committed upon one
of our best citizens, who was respected by the
entire community in which he lived, and the
Jury hopes that in the near future the guilty
party may be found
Sold for Unpaid Taxes.-County Treas
urer Mays sold at the Court House door on
Tuesday, for unpaid taxes, the following
pieces of property: Lot assessed to w. B. Whit
more, 9Th district, to T. Edward Hambleton,
for $3.50; lot assessed TO George w. Yellott,
trustee, 18th district, sold to Gus r. Brown,
500; lot assessed to Iias Hoy, 18th district, to
Gus r. Brown, 1855; lot assessed to Clayton
Enrich, 18th district, sold to William Dunty,
$50. SO; lot assessed to Edward Dandrekin, Sd
district, to County Commissioners S48 %; lot