The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-12-16

AT THE meeting of the Board of Trustees o.
the Maryland Agricultural College, held at the
college last Saturday. it was decided to hold
memorial exercises incident to the celebration
of the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation
Of the college, and appointed committee of
five to act in conjunction with q committee
from the faculty of the college towards making
the event an interesting one. The celebration
will take place March 9th, 1906 The Mary
land Agricultural College was the first instit1-
ton in the United States to be incorporated
for the purpose of teaching scientific agricul-
ture. Messrs Charles A. Councilman and Mr.
e. Cuttings Merryman, both well known Bal
timore county farmers, are members of the
Board of Trustees of the college.
JOHN H. MITCHELL, U. s. Senator from Ore
gon, died in hospital in Portland, on the 9Th
instant, as a result of hemorrhage resulting
from the extraction Of four teeth the day be-
fore. Senator Mitchell came prominently be.
fore the world in July last, when, after trial,
he was convicted of charge of accepting
money for practicing before Federal depart
ments in Washington. The case was in con-
nection with the land frauds in Oregon. SEN
ator Mitchell was q native of Pennsylvania,
having been born on q farm in Washington
county in 1885. Through hard work and de-
privation he obtained an education and was
admitted to the bar. In 1880 he went to Cali
fornia and later to Oregon, where he took an
active part in politics and at once became
prominent. He was elected to the u s. Sem
ate in 1878.
In newspaper interview in Baltimore on
Tuesday, regarding the Speakership of the next
House of Delegates, Hon. ]. Fred. G. Talbot
said "Why am l an advocate of Bensons
Why, what kind of fellow would be if
did not advocate him ? The fight against Ben
son is an unfair one, and it is unfair to him to
refer to him as my candidate or anybody else's
candidate. He is Baltimore county's candi-
date, and the Baltimore county delegation is
with him. did not bring him out as candi-
date. l did not even suggest it to him to come
out for the place. But he is entitled to be
candidate if he wants to be one, and when
Baltimore county man is candidate and he
measures up to the place he is after, why there
smoothing for Baltimore county people to do
but get behind him, and that is what we are
doing. We always try to do the best we can
for our county"
A LETTER from Frederick, Nd, says that Mr..
A. R. Anders, member-elect to the House of
Delegates from that county, asserts that he
will not accept pass over the Baltimore and
Ohio or any other railroad if it is rendered to
him for use. He is one of the most prominent
and best-known young members of the Fred
erick bar Soon after his election he announc-
ed he would accept no favors from the rail-
roads, because he realized the fact that the
moment he accepted pass he was placing
himself under obligations to corporate influence
and this was calculated to rob him of his indie.
pendence. He says he has no thought of criti-
cising others who use passes, but for himself
he prefers to be free and independent. The
members from Frederick county are each al
lowed $50 by the State for mileage during thir
term. Mr.. Anders has bought 1-00O-mile
ticket book over the Baltimore and Ohio road
and when this is used he says he still will have
$13 of the States money to travel on.