The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-01-20
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled DowF
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Kew. w. Z. Spayde has resigned as
pastor of the Lutheran Churches al
Rouzerville, near Pen Mar, and at
Quincy, to accept a call from the Mes
siah Evangelical Lutheran Church at
Homestead, Pa.
Ex-Judge Daniel r. Magruder will
ask the Governor for the Communication
Of the death sentence of Tots Cooper,
rolored, the murderer of George Har-
ris, colored, who is now awaiting hang
ing OH Friday. January 81.
John Bowley, colored, who last week
attempted to assassinate Louise Cole
man, colored, by cutting her throat with
knife sharpened for the purpose, was
found by the police in a house in the
suburbs of Cambridge and is lodged ill
Jail. The woman is III fair way to
recovery.
Mr.. Edward c. Can't. States Attor
ney of Anne Arundel county, died at
his residence, in Annapolis, at the age
OF Is years. His death was practically
due to strangulation, as he was afflicted
with tuberculosis of the throat, conf
piicated with a cancer of the larynx.
Thomas Sinclair died at the residence
Of his son, George T. Sinclair, in OK
ford, Talbot county, aged oe years. He
was born in Baltimore in 1872, but the
greater part of his life was spent in St.
Michae1s. He leaves three sons and
four daughters. Messrs. Edwin, George
L. and William R. Sinclair. Mrs. Ma
haley Bell, of Oxford; Mrs. Silas {.
Lewis and Mrs. Louis Fitzpatrick, G:
st. Michaels, and Mrs. Ella May Gics-
well, of Baltimore. He also leaves -
grandchildren and. four great grandcli.i-
dren.
In his report OH the finances of Mary
land to Governor Warheld for the is-
cal year ended September 80, 1904, the
Comptroller of the Treasury, DIR. Cor
don T. Atkinson, says: The total
amounts received into the State Treas
ury proper during the fiscal year were
$4,4I6,828.5o. The balance in the Treas
ury proper at the close of the last fiscal
year, to wit, September 80, 1903, was
$I,I47,4Io42, and must be added to the
actual receipts of $4,4I6,828.50, aggre-
eating therefore $5,564,23o.oI. as the OPP
Grating cash-ail unprecedentedly large
amount, and is thus explained: The
amount of $4,4I6,828. 50 shown as the ac-
tual receipts is far from being the ordi-
nary annual revenue of the state, since
in said amount is embraced an item Of
$S42,o44.75. being part of the proceeds
of the sale of bonds authorized under
Chapter 228 of the Acts of 1904 known
as the Public Buildings loan,' $I,625,ooc
being the total authorized issue; $685.
600 of this loan was issued by the Board
of Public Works, as your Excellency is
well aware, as 81 per cent. coupon
bond, bearing date as of July I, 1904.
and after due notice thereof, was sold
to the highest bidder therefor, viz: $Io,-
900 TO the New York Clothing House
at sos and the remaining $SI5,ooo to
Wolfe Bros. & Co., of New York, at
$Io2. I61I, aggregating the above sum OF
$842, o4475, all of which moneys came
into the Treasury and was placed to
the credit of the accounts for which
they were issued. Your attention is also
called to the account of State tobacco
warehouses; showing receipts of $57,-
$1,000, an amount largely in excess of
former years. During the disastrous
conhagration that swept the city OF Bal
timore ON February 7 and 8 State To
bacco Warehouse No. 2, OH Long Dock,
was burned, and $4,000 of this $57,-
$1,000 represents the insurance paid into
the State on account of such loss. An
other item showing largely increased
revenues, and which must be character
lied as extraordinary only in COMPARE
son with previous years, however, and
not for the ones to come, you will OBJ
serve i'll the amounts paid by collectors
and incorporated institutions. For three
years past the State tax rate has been
II cents OH each $Ioo and for 10 years
prior thereto I7H cents, but the Legis-
lature of 1904 fixed the levy at 22H
cents, or an increase of 81 cents on
each $Ioo; therefore the unusual
amounts of $I,2oS, 28S. SO from collectors
and SI2I,o57.9o from incorporated insti-
increase over the year previous of $780,
o4oS3. Next year the tax rate is 23T
cents OH each 500 Chapter 343 of the
Acts of 1000 and annually thereafter
unless changed by the Legislature; hence
it becomes very manifest that this rev.
enue will be increased in the future, not
only by reason OF an increased rate, but
also from larger basis of arrearages
1t will therefore be seen that the ordi-
nary receipts into the Treasury, exclu-
sively of the amounts heretofore men
toned, remain about the same as the
year previous-in round figures, $3,-
100000"
Adjutant General c. l.. Riggs has
Just issued an order for convention of
all the officers of the State militia to be
held in Baltimore on Friday and Satur-
day, February II and IS. The conven-
tion will meet in the rooms of the board
of officers at the Fifth Regiment Armory
on Friday night. Papers which have
been prepared for the occasion will be
read and discussed. Several officers of
the regular army have been invited to
enter into the discussions. Among the
subjects that will be presented for con-
sideration will be the new infantry drill
regulations. A practical illustration OF
the new regulations will be afforded
during Friday evening or on Saturday
by company of the Eighth Infantry,
United States Army