The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14
on1nr .111nan RowLnR RESIGNS.
Judge Burke Appointed to the vacancy
Mr.. Frank /. Duncan Succeeds
Judge Burke.

Hon David Fowler, Chief Judge OF the mira |
Judicial Circuit created good deal Oh
by rendering his resignation to Gov. Warnelu
on the 9Th inst The Governor lmmeoiateiy
anpointed Associate Judge N. Charles Burke as |
Chief Judge to succeed Judge Fowler, ana Mr.;
Frank l. Duncan as Associate JUDGE W sueoeeu
Both gentlemen have already been nominal
ted by the Democrats of the circuit ior the
respective positions for which they have
been appointed.
his Observation-Disclosures at not receiving the Demo-
/ cratic nomination. was the emphatlc oeclara-
ton made by Judge Fowler, who sald:
NV resignation was occasiOned SIMPLY Dy |
personal business arrangements, Wric IN neSSs
Stated nv immediate withdrawal from the
| bench and was by no means PROVOKED Dy
pidue at not receiving the nomination. While
fmost certainly believed myself to De entitled
to the nomination-andm my friends DeneVeu SO,
also--that did not occasion my acuon
Asked his intentions for the future Judge
Fowler announced that he was about to enter
the active practice of law in partnership with
Mr.. George Whitelock, the firm to De organ
lied Immediately.
.WouId Won have gone back to the practice
of law had you been nominated I" asked q re-
porter.
mo: should have remained on the BENCH"
''But you would have been retired under the
| age Limitation within year, would you not?"
II should have been, but you must remem-
| Der that the Legislature has the power of ex-
tending that limit even up to the full term OF
fifteen years, and it has always been the custom
to do SOL
The appointment of Mr.. Duncan, who is
State Insurance Commissioner, creates vacan-
| cy in that Office.
Judge Fowler called upon the Governor on
| Friday, 9th inst, and handed him the follow
| ing communications
| re CAToNsvILLE. Nd, October 6, 1905,
| 70 the Hon. Edaoin Vdrfeld, Governor Of Mary
N0kfRe of the Third Judicial Circuit of Maryland.
MyFesignation to take effect immediately.
3 CAroNsvIiLE. ND. October 8, 1905.
| HFs Edscin WGrfeEd-My Dear G0UernOr:-I
udc postOn Which, You Recently s appont
| ed me, Circumstances of personal nature re-
latiny % future professional connections re-
| Qtire that should at once retire from the |
| bench, bat / cannot do SO without acknowledge
| ing the many courtesies have received at your
hands as Governor of Maryland Iremain.
The Governor Immediately accepted the res
| ignation and dictated letter to Judge Fow-
| Ter, in which he said
| Your letter of this date inclosing your resig-
nation as CHEF Judge OF the Third Judicial Cir
| cult of MARYLAND, received. assure you that in
| accepting the same do so with sincere regret. |
! You have been an able, faithful, conscientious
Judge. and m the exalted position which you
BILE services 70 your State and the people of your
| judicial circuit. In accepting your resignation
your new feIi Of professional work, and am
sure that you will carry with you in your retire
| ment from thebench the high regard and esteem
| of your associates and the admiration and re-
I spect of the people. Assuring you of my earnest
desire for your success, happiness and long life.
| Judge Burke went to the office of Governor
| Warfield in the Fidelity Building, in Balti-
| more, on Monday afternoon, and took the oath
| of Office as Chief Judge. He took his seat on
the bench of the Court of Appeals on Tuesday.
| Judge Fowler, who entered into law part
| nershp with Mr.. George Whitelock, appeared
on Monday in the Court of Common Pleas of
| Baltimore as one of the attorneys in the Polk
will case, in which an estate of over $50, 600 is
involved.
Societies Elect Oh1cers.-At the annual
meeting of the Fire Company of Hamilton,
Hartford road, held on the 9th inst, the fol-
lowing officers were elected President, Will
liam Schoor; vice-president, Henry Kronan;
treasurer, Joseph Garrison; secretary, A. Al
brecht; recording secretary, John Dressed;
captain, George Dressed; first lieutenant Cliff
ton Gebb; second lieutenant, Edward Mark
ley; sergeant alarms, Fl. Rigdon.
The Womans Club of Glyndon 4th district,
| has elected the following officers: President,
] Mrs. Sarah A. Frush vice president, Mrs. T.
Rowe Price; recording secretary, Mrs. Joseph
Warfeld corresponding secretary, Mrs. Emory
Warfeld: treasurer Mrs. Nellie Atkinson;
assistant treasurer, Miss Edna Jackson.
The Florence Hammand Young w. G. T. u.
of Reisterstown has elected the following Off
GERS: President, Mrs. Frank H. Zouck vice.
president, Mrs: w. II. Best; treasurer. Miss
Cecilia Bergman; kindergarten superiDten-
dent, Miss Grace Mccoy; flower mission super
intendent, Miss Dora Todd; world evangelism
superintendent. Miss E. Owings.
The Lend-a -hand Club of Mount Washing
ton, at its meeting on Monday, elected the fol-
lowing officers President Mrs. John T. Ora
AcES first vice president City Mrs: Thomas
,. Gambrill second vice-president (city), Mrs.
Joseph Lawton; first vice president County,,
Mrs. John A. Lawrence second vice-president
(connty) Mrs. Ross Holloway; recording sec.
rotary, Mrs John M. Carter; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. E. A. Griffith; treasurer, Mrs.
IA. HI. Goodrich; chairman of the hospitality
committee, Mrs. w. E. Paul.
The Christian Endeavor Society of EPSON
NJ P. Church. Towson, has elected the follow
ing officers: President, Mrs. J. E. Bowen;
vice president, John B. Fuller; secretary, Miss
Mary E. Bayne; treasurer, Miss Annie l.
Fuller.
The Irving Literary Society of the Cations
vile High School has elected the following Of
ficers: President, James Ball; vice president, |
John Sch0tta; secretary, Hazel Pierpoint;
treasurer, Katie McAleer; editor, Rubie Bond.
Work of the Orphans Court.-In the
Baltimore County Orphans Court this week
letters were granted on the following estates:
On the personal estate of Isaac III. Francis
to Mrs. Francis Isaac H. jr., William H. and
james s. Francis, executors.
On the personal estate of Paul Hoffman to
Frank s. and Antoine Hoffman,, administra-
tors.
On the personal estate of Anna R. Harrison
to w. Hall Harris, Jr., administrator
On the personal estate of John E. Bowersox
to Fannie Bowersox, Administrative.
On the personal estate of Emily V. Parker |
to Samuel Parker, executor.
The will of Mrs. Emily Virginia Parker, late
of MY Lady's Manor, was admitted to probate
on Wednesday. She bequeaths to her sons,
Samuel Parker and Joshua Howard Parker a
farm and tract of land. These sons are also
bequeathed $500 each, to be derived from the
sale of the testator's city stock. The residue
| thus derived is to be equully divided between
the testator's son, George Mcdowell Parker,
her daughters, Mary Virginia Barnes and Ella
McComas Parker, share and share alike. The
| testators sisters Mary E. McComas and Su-
| sauna NJ Gebeck, are bequeathed the sum Of
| 800 EACH The testator's grandchildren, Ruth
| Emily Parker and George Hause Parker, are
| bequeathed the sum of $50 each, and the tes-
| tatOr's daughter-in.law, Annie Parker is be-
| uueathed S25. The residue of the estate is d.
| vided equally among the testators children.
Good Words for an Improvement Club.
| in an article on Suburban Baltimore the
| Baltimore San of last Sunday said: 'The
| Govanstown Woman's Club is doing admira-
| BILE work along the line of neighborhood i'm
| provement for the development of the locality.
| The club women began their work as an or
| ganization with the neghborhood duties near
| est at hand, and started with such enthusiasm
| in the right direction that the club became the
| leaven that has produced greater results than
seemed possible when first established. The
members agitated better sidewalks in Govans-
| town, stirred up the Fire and Health Depart
ments to improved methods, secured better
| collection of garbage, distributed flower seeds
to the school children, developed tree planting,
started a public library and secured the CO.
| operation of official boards by good-natured
| determination and the practical business
methods introduced into their efforts. The
| literary and social side ofthe club life has been
equally pleasant and helpful"
] Claims Heavy Damages for Death of
| Husband.-Mrs. Elizabeth s. Nelson, by Mr..
] Harry s. Carver, attorney, has sued the North
ern Central Railway Company for $25 600 dam
| ages for the death of her husband, HOratio