The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-03-04
Mr.. WILLIAM n. RUBY.
The Editor and Proprietor of the ''Mary
land Journal Passes Away at His
Home in Towson-A Long
and Useful Career


and Useful Career.
Mr.. William H. Ruby, who was widely
known in Baltimore county, died at bis resi-
dence in Towson, at 11.45 o'clock on Sunday
morning last, in the 10Th year of his age. He
had been in failing health for some time and
his death was not wholly unexpected. The
members of bis family and several of his inti-
mate friends were at his bedside when he pass
ed away. His physician, DR.. j. 81. Jarrett
said the immediate cause of his death was or
ganic disease of the heart, accompanied by car
diac asthma.
Mr.. Ruby was born in York, Pa, and was
son of Joseph and Sarah Ruby. At an early
age he went with his family to Wrightsvile,
where he went to school for two years. He
was then apprenticed to his uncle, Henry
Ruby, who was conducting the printing bust
ness in Chambersburg. After serving part
of his time and acquiring thorough know
ledge of the printing business he went to Car
lisle where he remained until September, 1851,
when he came to Cockeysvlle and entered the
Office of the late E. F. Church, who had just
established the Baltimore County ADVOCATE
there. When Mr.. Church removed his Office
to Towson in 1854 Mr.. Ruby came with him
and continued as the foreman of his Office as
long as the ADVOCATE was published.
About that time Mr.. Ruby purchased from
the late John H. Longnecker the plant of the
Baltimore County 4mericGn, which had ceased
publication because of Mr.. Longnecker having
purchased the Office of the Baltimore County
| Advocate With this plant Mr.. Ruby estab-
lished the Maryland Journal and launched it
as strong Democratic paper. 1t at once came
into favor with his party and continued for
many years to enjoy large and lucrative
patronage. Mr.. Ruby continued as proprietor
of the Journal up to the time of his death aid
he was known personally to thousands OF Bal
timore county people.
Mr.. Ruby is survived by widow to whom
he was married in 1864, and one daughter, who
is the wife of Mr.. George e. ODell. He is
also survived by four brothers and four sisters.
He was the eldest of this large family and was
the first to pass away.
Mr.. Ruby was for forty-one years Mason
and an Odd Fellow for fifty-two years. In the
former order he had occupied all the positions
| in his own lodge at Towson and had been past
commander of Maryland Commandery, No. l,
the Oldest commandery in the .: s. He was
Grand Commander of the Knights Templar
of Maryland in 1893. He had also filled the
highest positions in Odd Fellowship He was
elected Grand Patriarch of the Encampment
in 1866, and in 1876 he served as Grand Master
| of the order in the State. He was also mem
Der of the Order of Elks.
Although an earnest and active Democrat
Mr.. Ruby never held an elective Office, but
| several times his name was mentioned as
possible candidate for the House of Delegates.
He was always a warm advocate of the cause
| of Senator German and during the second term
of President Cleveland the Senator secured for
him the Office of Commissioner OF lmmigra-
ton at the port of Baltimore.
LARGELY ATTENDED FUNERAL.
The funeral of Mr. Ruby took place at his
| late home in Towson at P. M. on Wednesday
and was attended by large concourse of peo-
pie. The religious services were conducted 6y
Rev. w. 81. H. Powers, rector of Trinity P. E.
Church, assisted by Revs. John r. Edwards
and Page Milburn, of the M. E. Church.
Large delegations of the Masonic order, Odd
Fellows and Elks were present, the former
being in charge of the ceremonies
The remains were taken to Greenmount
Cemetery and temporarily deposited in the
public mosoleum. Mrs. Ruby was sick and
unable to attend the funeral. When her health
will permit the remains will be finally Inferred
in the family lot in that cemetery. There were
a verv large number of beautiful floral tributes.
Hicks Weather Forecast for March,
| Hicks announces in Word and Works the fol-
lowing forecasts of the weather for the present
month:
| .sThe first marked disturbances for March will
| be central on the 81, 4th and 9Th. These reac-
tionary storms will eliminate in high tempera-
| ture, low barometer, with rain and high winds
| on and touching the 9th, ending In snow storms
over much of the country to the northward.
The Mercury disturbance being central on the
18th, the probabilities are that continued cloudy.
threatening, sleety conditions will continue into
the regular storm period following !., ,,,.n a
severe change to boreal winds and bfizzardous
conditions. may result in the northern sections
| on and about the 9th, but rapid reaction to
warmer will set in about the nth, followed by
falling barometer from western extremes, end
during Se vulcan storm period Extending from
the 7th to the 18th. Careful students of our fore
casts will not forget that our little globe passes
the 18th each year This fact always increases
the probabilities of storms tidal waves and
seismeic perturbatiOns about this time. Severe
boreal storms. with March cold wave, need not
surprise any one from about the 18th to the 14th.
ut must be remembered that the vernal equi.
| nOctial period extends over all this month and
that storm conditions may arise at almost any
time, even outside of the regular storm periods.
Dances will arise, and reach their eliminating
climages during these regular periods. The
18th to the 18th will bring marked storm, cul-
| minating in low barometer, rising temperature
and general storm conditions. ending in wide
areas of rain and snow. Another high barome-
from the northwest from about the nth to the
10Th, but it will give way as suddenly as 1t come.
lions Of the month will appear during the storm
period Immediately following.
"This storm period is from the 18th to the oath,
being at its center the 21st the central day OF
earth's vernal equinoctial period, with the Moon
at the full, the celestial equator and In peri
| a.
reasonably familiar with our forecasts. will
watch with much interest. The indications are
tropical storms and hurricanes will reach the
extreme parts of our south country about the
10th to ed, notably touching the 21st, and that
rain and high winds, turning to snow and very
cold for the season, will meet the tropical,
equatorial storms from the northwest. Asevere
March blizzard over much of the country north
ward is among the probabilities at this period.
ut is proper that we should say that grave
mistake was made in locating the time of the
Venus equinox in our 1905 Almanac The cor
is April 9th instead of May 9th. This, of course,
brings the Venus period one month earlier than
stated in our Almanac thro wing the last half OF
Dances. This fact will add greatly to the intens-
ity of all the disturbances of the foregoing
storm period and to the cold wave following the
storms.
"A reaetionary storm period will be central
0erature viii rise decidedly, the barometer will
fall progressively from west to east, and general
storms of rain and wind, turning to snow in the
all followed by another decided rise of the bar
ometer. n0rthwesterly winds and much colder:
1.-THE public should keep In mind the POSSIBLE
ity of disastrous floods during the month of
| March. Frozen streams and rivers that do not
break up in February will bring absolute danger
such danger. The month will not bring maxi
mum of cold, but much precipitation in the
rreeable fluctuations of temperature. an un-
steady state OF the barometer, and some furious
storms"
Opposes Church DEMONSTRATING the
Lord a Beggar."-Rev. Peter Ainsie, pastor
of the New Christian Temple in Baltimore
preached a powerful sermon last Sunday on
money and the Church." There has been
considerable controversy going on among some
of the ministers of the different denominations
regarding the giving of oyster supper and bazars
as a means whereby the church can increase its
funds. Rev. Mr.. Ainsie is opposed to the
holding of such affairs in his church, and the
maintenance of his parish is dependent entirely
! upon the contributions of bis congregation.
He abolished the system of giving entertain
ments and such other forms of church amuse-
ment in his own church some time ago, and
since inaugurating his new system he has met
with unusual success, and all of his congrega-
ton concur with him in his views. Rev. Mr..
Ainslie said in part
1.-THE giving of our money is named in the
Scripture as grace by the side of the grace of
faith, utterance, knowledge, earnestness and
love- consequently the handling of our money
is religious service and no knowledge is more
sacred than that that teaches US the relation
ship that we sustain to our money and the
reasons therefor. Under the Old Testament
| al. av,d