The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-18
THE DEATH RECORD.

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THE DEATH RECORD.
| Woods.-Mr. William Caufl Woods died
last Saturday afternoon at his home on Clifton
Place, Baltimore in the Gath year of his age.
| He was native of Baltimore county and was
born at the old homestead on the south side of
| the Joppa road near Sherwood. Some years
| ago he removed to Baltimore and had since
| been engaged in business there. He is sur
| vived by q widow, who is q half sister of Mr..
Clarence W. Craumer cashier of the Towson
| National Bank, and nine children. He is also
| survived by two sisters and brother-Mrs.
Hannah A. Shriver, Mrs. John C. Pearce, of
| lower Long Green Valley, and Mr. Richard G.
Woods. Deceased was son of Richard Colt
| Woods, who owned large body of land near
| what is now Sherwood Station, N. G. r. X.
| The funeral took place on Tuesday and the
interment was in Loudon Park Cemetery The
pall-bearers were Messrs. Alfred Shriver, VIM.
| G. Shriver, Richard Shriver, John G. Pearce
and Thomas G. Pearce nephews of the deceas-
ed, and Robert Roberts, nephew of Mrs. Woods.
Houck.-Chares H. Houck, only son of
Mr.. Eli Houck, proprietor of Houck's Mill, on
the Little Gunpowder, died on Wednesday
night, after a few days illness from rheuma-
| tism, aged Is years. His remains will be in
| tered in the cemetery at st. James P. E.
Church, My Lady's Manor, today.
hQluoQdrC.-MrS. mhTRdI6C nulU6UdTJ
died very suddenly on Thursday, 9th instant,
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles Coney,
| near Cockevsville The cause of her death was
heart disease. She was so years of age and
left no children. She is survived by three
| sisters.
Ensor.-Mrs. Emma Ensor wife of Mr..
| Elijah s.. Ensor, of Sparrows Point died at
the Johns Hopkins Hospital, on Sunday last,
from the effects of an operation, aged 40 years.
| She leaves no children. Her remains were in
tered at Black Rock Baptist Church.
Eggs That May Make Much Trouble
What was intended as huge joke on certain
residents of Towson, in which the prime joker
was Mr.. Frank /. Duncan, the well known at
torney may turn out most seriously to Mr..
| Duncan. The story goes that Mr.. Harry
| Brehm, of Baltimore had recently returned
from the Virginia coast and had brought with
him about 100 eggs. Mr.. Duncan. got posses
sion of q number of these eggs and sent them
around to many of his friends telling them
that they were sea-turtle eggs.
| But now comes the serious part. Secretary
Oregon Milton Dennis, of the Maryland State
| to Mr.. Harry Malcolm, of Towson, who is
| deputy game warden at large of theState. Mr..
| Dennis called On Mr.. Malcolm, who showed
him number of the eggs. Mr.. Dennis in
| structed Mr.. Malcolm to send one of the eggs
to DR.. T. 8. Palmer of the U. S. Biological Sur
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that the eggs are not turtle eggs, but seagull
| eggs. The Lacey act, passed by Congress, will
| play apart in the prosecution OF those bringing
| the eggs to Towson, as well as the State game
| law. In the meantime Mr. Malcolm will re-
tain the eggs secured from Mr.. Duncan as
evidence, and it looks like Mr.. Duncan's sea-
turtle egg joke will not be joke at all.
Lighting Contract Not Awarded.-On
| Wednesday the County Commissioners opened
| bids for lighting of Highlandtown Canton,
| Orangeville and vicinity. There were but two
| bidders, the Baltimore County Water and Elec-
| trio Light Company and the United Electric
Light and Power Company. The Baltimore
county company offered to supply two years
arc lights at S105 per year, for three years
| arc lights at 800 per year and for five years
arc lights at $50 per year; incandescent lights,
32-candlepower, two years at S26 %; three years
at $25 per year and five years at $22 so per year.
The city company offered to furnish arc lights
| at $125 per year for two years, 800 per year
for three years and go for five years; in
candescent lights, 32-candlepower, at $50 per
be lighted will require about 100 arc lights.
The contract was not awarded.
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Nearly All the Money in Sight.-A meet
ing of the Park Heights and Arlington I'M
provement Association was held WEDNESDAY
| night at the Pimlico Club. report OF the
committee on roads was read and it was stated
that over $4,000 had been subscribed to mac
adamize Park Heights avenue from the city
line to Druid Ridge Cemetery. The report was
considered highly encouraging as but S2z,OOO
is needed for the project and a meeting was
called for next Wednesday night when 1t IS
hoped to have the entire sum raised. A COM
mittee was appointed to confer with the County
Commissioners and find out how soon arrange
ments can be made for getting the construction
of the new road under way. This committee
is composed of Messrs. John Tranor, j. Smith
Ditch, Patrick Martin and John Waters.
SOMETHING ENTIRELY new comes from
Knightsville, Indiana. A dance was given by
the Pastime Club, most of the members OF
which are also members of the Methodist
Church, of that place. The pastor objected to
the affair, but it was finally decided to let 1t go
on with the understanding that it should be
opened with prayer. press dispatch says
"When the dance was announced there was a
division, followed by warm words, the older
members supporting the pastor in opposition.
| The dance was given with the pastor and other
members attending in body, and opening
the festivities with prayer and with authority
10 stop the fun if it became to their eyes I'M
seemly. The waltzes were played slowly and
there was no interruption. There is much
feeling, however"
Mr.. LEVI u. LETTER, who died at Bar Har-
Dor, Me-, on the 9th instant was born poor
boy at Leitersburg, Md. seventy years ago.
When young man he went to Colu mbus, o.,
and found employment as clerk in store. A
few years later he went to Chicago when the
place was mere village, and literally grew up
with the city" He engaged in the dry goods
business and soon became the head Of the lead
ing firm in that line. His wealth grew rapidly
and at the time of his death he was million
aire many times over. Mr.. Letters son, Joe
Letter, is the man who attempted to corner the
Chicago wheat market few years ago. He
lost over IS, 0O0, 900, every dollar of which his
father afterwards paid in order to clear his
sons name.
ABNER MCKINLEY, brother of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley, was found dead sitting in his
chair at his home at Somerset, Pa, on Satur-
day morning last He had suffered for some
time with Bright's disease. Mr.. Mckinley,
who was a lawyer by profession, leaves q
family.
Mr.. HEARST made the highest bid ever offer
ed for the Presidency. That is glory enough
for one campaign, and the young millionaire
can well afford to collapse.
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