The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-04
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
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is dead of blood poison as a result OF an
injury to her hand.
The majority of the ministers in the
coming Methodist Protestant Conference
it is said, will favor the time limit FOL
pastorates.
The Allegany County Commissioners
will issue bonds for $50, 900, the money
-aised therefrom to be used in equipping
. paid fire Company.
Secretary of State Tilghman recon
mends that the St. Louis Fair Commits.
sion from this State have Maryland
kitchen" among its exhibits.
The County Commissioners of Anne
Arundel county will ask the Legislature
for the privilege of issuing $6o,000 in
bonds for the construction of three
bridges.
Ralph Gamble, student at Tome In.
stitute, Port Deposit, has been awarded
4 handsome medal as token for winnin2
one of the contests at the relay races al
Washington, d. G.
Several hundred taxpayers met in the
courthouse in Denton to consider pro
posed road law for Caroline county. MI.
Henry Burdette, messenger, presided. :
United States Senator Asbury &. Latl-
mer, of South Carolina, spoke at length
On the national aspect of good roads
Legislation and the vast benefits which
follow building of good highways gen
orally. A resolution was carried unanl
mously requesting the Maryland General
Assembly to pass a joint resolution IN
structing Maryland's representatives in
Congress to vote for good roads leglsla-
ton. A. N johnson, State Highway
Engineer, said that the old system OF
running the road affairs of counties in
Maryland was probably fairly good in a
political sense, but involved a great waste
of the peoples money as business
proposition, more than one half sof all
such Ievies being utterly wasted. He
favored putting the roads in the hands
of a competent engineer.
4 meeting of the managers OF the
Springfield Hospital for the Insane was
held at Annapolis. DR.. ]. Clement Clark,
the superintendent, submitted his report,
which makes st ong plea for the care
of the insane by the State. The annual
election of officers took place. DR.. Clark
was unanimously reelected superlntenG-
cnt and was warmly commended Tor ms
administration. The other officers electee
are: John Hubner. ice-president. j.
Oliver Wardlow, secretary and treasurer
A. T. Forsythe, purveyor, {. L. Bennett,
clerk: J. r. Barnett, farmer The Coy,
crnor is ex-officio president of the board,
lie appointed John I1ubner, DR. Gundry
and Senator Beasman as the executive
committee After the meeting the man
ayers and the Governor had luncheon III
Carvel Hall.
John E. Rowland was found lying ir
the wagon shed at his home. in Hagers-
town, with bullet hole through his
head \ pistol with one empty shell II
it vas lying by his side. Mr.. Rowland
had been respondent becauseof i'll health
for some time.
\ party of saving bank presidents
went before the Judiciary Committee tc
ask that the present system of double
taxation upon savings banks having cap
ital stock he changed so as to relieve
these banks of that inequality.
The frame dwelling of Arthur Crom
well, near Buckeystown Station, WAS dc
stroyed by fire. entailing a loss of -, 900
on which there is a partial insurance. II
is said the ROOF took fire from spark:
coming from the chimney.
Emmett s Heatherly and lticbart
Wilson, while waking down the Bati
more and Ohio railroad tracks, ne;u
Evitts Creek. were struck by Il passenge-
train and killed.
A meeting of the State House Buiidins
Commission. Governor Wartieh presld
ing, was held in Treasurer Vandiver's
office. A resolution was adopted asking
for an appropriation of $500 600 TO com
plete the State House annex, renoyait
and restore the Old State House and II
decorate the new Court of Appeals build ,
ing, furnish steel cases and furniture fe
the Land Office and remove the ole
Comptroller's Office Mr.. .Iarias Pen
nington. the architect, reported that thu
completion of the annex. with furniture
will cost 800, 0Gd, the renovation anc
heating apparatus of the old State House
$3.50, 600 and the decoration and furni-
ture of the Court Of Appeals building
$40, 000 The Legislature will be asked
to include these amounts in new State
loan, which will also provide 5000 0ef
for completing the House of Correction
and perhaps something for the Spring
field Hospital for the Insane. rhis loan,
if made, will require taS Of over ! cent
on the 500 \ discussion upon the con
dition of the State finances took place
and it was shown that the fire in Balti
more and other occurrences have made
sthe condition of affairs unfavorable tc
large expenditures or any expenditures
which can be avoided The State Board
of Education is clamoring for more
money for the schools and they have
prepared bill, which has been intro
duced and which if passed " Il increase
the tax rate about 4 cents. For these
and other reasons the expenditure upon
the State buildings will he deferred NJ
long as possible. and the full amount of
the loan will not he issued f1r some
years
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