The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-04-08
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

Monday night. The most important
bills passed in the closing hours Of
the session were the Baltimore city
SIo,ooo,ooo sewerage loan and the
cmasculated and battered Hannah oys-
ter bill. The sewerage loan was so
amended that the corporations will
have to pay the entire cost of remov-
ing track and pipe distractions. The
Hannah oyster bill was so amended as
to conflne planting operations to the
barren bottoms and depleted beds OF
the bay proper. There were other i'm
portant amendments also
Robert FARRELL, ST., of Goldsboro,
Caroline county, was trying to con-
troll ferocious horse when he was
thrown down and was dragged some
distance. He was hurled against
building, his head striking it with
great force.
The Junior Order of United Ameri,
IN Mechanics has presented the Hum.
bird school, in South Cumberland
Miss Sue Mcknight teacher, with
6ne American flag. 1t was presented
On behalf of the lodge by Mr.. George
Stapenhorst, and accepted by MIR
John Spier, a member of the board
of trustees.
The large tomatoe canning factory
of Peter Student, near Hambleton
Talbot county, was destroyed by fire
the loss, exclusive of insurance, being
$4,000. The factory had been closed
for several months. Forty-fve hun
dred cases of tomatoes were stored
in the building. These at present
prices were worth $1,000.
The grand jury for the March term
IN its report to the Circuit Court 70,
st. Mary's county says: "By re.
quest of the Catholic clergy, we in.
sert the following item in our report
In the interest of good order and
morality and for the welfare of the
rising generation, we wish that safe.
guards be provided by our Legisla-
ture against the opening of unneces.
sary drinking saloons in the county
The consent of 10 freehoders living
within one mile should be requirej
before any new drinking place i:
before any new drinking place be
opened in St. Mary's county,"
Governor Warfield sent to the Sen.
ate the following appointments fol
notaries public in Baltimore city un-
der the acts of 1904: William N
Finley, Charles H. Millikin, Charles l.
Hutchens, ]. William Shelter, Michae
Luber, John J. McGrath, Ernest R
Crepster, John W. German, Jr., Johr
]. Cummings, Miss M. S. Funk, Chas
L. Wiegand, Samuel E. Pentz, Charlie.
E. Ortiz, ]. Alex Hilleary, r., Charlie:
M. Cohn, Hugh A. Norman, Miss
Mary E. Reik, Walter G. Olmstead
Hance w. B. Redi, Marc Bryant
Emil R. Denhart, Thomas G. Hull
Harry L. Drake, Miss Florence Bar
rett. John L. Jordan, justice of thu
peace, Twenty-ffth district of Fred
erick; Charles B. 7. Hendrickson
notary public for Frederick.
Jonas E. Beachley, a we'll known
farmer, was killed at Lappin's eros,
Roads, south of Hagerstown, by falling
through a hole, in a haynow in hi,
barn. He was in the NOW pitching
hay through the hole down into
stable for the live stock, when he los
his balance and fell headlong, land
ing on his side across horse trough
and sustaining injuries from which h,
died soon after being carried into TIL
house
The Legislature has pursued tn,
steady policy of voting appropriation.
without the slightest regard to tn,
ability of the State Treasury to pay
them. The general appropriation bill.
as they came from the two commit
tees along with standing appropria
lions, exceeded the revenues of the
State by about $4,000 a year. The
House of Delegates added to these
enormous appropriations further ex
penditures of nearly 100000 year
the principle one being the appropri
alton carried by the General Educa,
ton bill, this, however, is provided
for by an increase of AZ cents in the
State tax rate. The question viii
arise how these lavish appropriation:
are to be paid The Governor, the
Comptroller and the Treasurer will
unquestionably stop paying appro
priations as soon as all the money is
gone They will not use money which
belongs to the sinking funds to pa,
appropriations for social settlements
country homes, private schools or ever
medical colleges. The sinking funt
money has been been appropriated by
the Constitution and not one cent o
il can be or will be diverted. 1t i,
just possible, therefore, that some
the lavish appropriations OF public
money for private purposes will &c
ulipdlQ- n QOZCh JCdio dS' thS PNoP'
ratified an, amendment to the Consti
tuition giving the Governor power t.
veto any item of an appropriation bill
without vetoing the whole bill. NJ
Goyernor has ever taken advantage
of this and exercised this power, bu'
it is just possible that the presen'
Governor, who is distinctively a bust
ness man. may find it necessary {
..-o b;s Na,, IN Snrne Of the items IT
the General Appropriation bills rathe'
than have the State put IN the posi-
ton of having made donations which
it is unable to pay.
A freight wreck occurred at the
Seventy-one Mile siding on the Cum
berland Valley railroad, three milei
north of Hagerstown. A long trair
broke in two and the sections came
together again with terrific force. S
d. Ernst, conductor, of Mechanics
burg, Pa, was hurled from the cabooss
against cattle car, sustaining terri
bic scalp wound and dangerous iniur.