The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-05-19

The suburban trolley cars did an i'm
mense business last Sunday. Inc Gay was
warm and many thousands Of people visited
the parks and other resorts about Baltimore.
The line to Riverview Park could not nearly
accommodate the throngs that wished to reach
that resort.
- DR.. Thomas s. Latimer, the eminent
surgeon who died at his home in Baltimore on
Wednesday, had large number of acquain-
tances in Baltimore county. be was per-
sonal friend of DR.. James Fl. Jarrett, Of Tow
son, who bad very high opinion OF his pro-
fessionaI skill.
- Valuable lots at Glyndon. belonging to
the estate Of the late Samuel T. Townsend,
will be sold at public sale, on the premises,
next Monday, by the Safe Deposit and Trust
Company, trustee. This sale is worthy the at
tention Of capitalists or of those who may wish
to secure homes.
THE annual spring meeting ofthe Shrews-
bury Trotting and Driving Association will be
held at the track at Shrewsbury, on Saturday,
June 10Th, commencing at I'm. The card will
contain three trots and PAGES and one running
race. For particulars see advertising columns
of The UNION today.
The Board Of Election Supervisors met
at Towson on Monday and elected Mr.. Charles
H. Wise, Democrat, president to succeed Mr..
William A. Slade, who died on Saturday. Mr.:
Thomas j. Hunter was re elected secretary of
the Board: Mr.. T. Irving Zimmerman is the
-SThe game old Garry Owen, with Mr..
\ Jervis Spencer, Jr., up, won the Br0Oklanu-
wood Handicap steeplechase that was run in
Green Spring Valley last Saturday afternoon.
| The weather was fine and the attendance large.
Garry Owen is ID years old and Is owned by
| Mr.. ]. Harry o. Donovan.
| THE Department of Maryland, G. A. R.,
has about completed arrangements for proper
| observance Of Memorial Day. The principal
decoration ceremonies will take place at Lou
don Park, on the Frederick road, but all the
| cemeteries around Baltimore will be visited by
delegations appointed for the purpose.
Il - Last Monday Patrolman .Kleeman. of
lPikesville, arrested an automobile party that
twas speeding through that town at the rate OF
| % miles an hour. Justice Emich, of Airing
ton, fined the chauffeur $40 and COSTS which
he paid. This high speeding can be checked If
the officers will be more strict In enforcing the
- Col. Joseph B. Phipps, at one time lieu
| tenantcolonel OF the Fourth Maryland Regi-
| ment. died very suddenly from heart disease
at his home at Pikesville, on the 18th instant,
aged 81 years. Col. PhiPps was an active mem
Der of Mount Vernon Place ID: E.. Church,
! Baltimore widow and one daughter sur
| vive him.
- The grand jury that will meet next Mon
| day will take up the case of Ernest Lyles, the
negro who murdered his sweetheart at her
home in Green Spring Valley, on the 9th in
slant. 1t is hoped that it may be as promptly
disposed of as was that ofIsaac Winder. States
Attorney Bussey will make speedy disposal
of the case.
suddenly at her home in Baltimore. on the
18th instant, aged " years, was the widow of
Philip Poullain, and the family spent several
summers at the Smedley House, Towson. One
of the daughters of Mrs. Poullain is the widow
of Mr.. Carroll Macgill. who was once resi-
dent of Towson.
- Cation Council, No. 279 G. B. L., of
Catonsville celebrated its sixteenth anniver-
sary last Sunday morning. Special services
were held in st. Marks Catholic Church. Rev.
]. E. Dunn, pastor. Rev. M. ]. Riordan,
pastor of st. Charles Church, PikesviIle,
preached an interesting sermon on 1.-The Catho-
lie Benevolent Legion"
- The annual conference of the African
Union M. p. Church, in session in Baltimore
this week, made the following appointments
for Baltimore county: Towson, q. B. Dashield;
Mt. Washington, ]. E. Lovett; West Balti-
more county, D. Harris: Ruxton, to be sup
piled. Rev. @. III. Williams, of Towson. is
president Of the conference.
Complaints are heard from some sections
of the county that the roads are going back
that is they are not as good as they were
few years ago. We don't see why this should
be in view Of the fact that large sums of money
are spent on them yearly. If 1t is judiciousy
expended there should besome show of better
ment at the end of each year.
- Mr.. Henry Gerstmyer, who lives on the
east side of the York road, just north Of Towson
says that the proposed Towson and Jockeys
Vile Electric Railway will run diagonally
across his lawn. He also says that the B. q
o. cutoff. with its four tracks, will pass just in
the rear of his stable. He will thus be COM
\pleteIy hemmed in by railroads.
"A young Baltimore countian, having
noticed in THE UNION last week the sale in
Philadelphia ofsome rare old coins that brought
extraordinarily high prices, writes Us that he
has a copper cent, coined in 1922, that, he
thinks. ought to be worth $500. If bis coin is
really valuable he should experience no diff
Guilty in finding purchaser for it.
1.-THE impostor calling himself General
Somebodyorother who put mp scheme to
swindle the sisters of st. Joseph's Hospital, in
Baltimore tried the same game in Towson,
but he failed to connect. This General is
very glib of tongue, a most accomplished liar
and slick article generally. Il may pay for
iothers to be on the lookout for him.
/ Judge Harlan, in the Criminal Court of
Baltimore, in test case heard by. him on
Thursday, decided that automobiles can run at
Ia speed of IL miles an hour in the city. Mr..
osborne l. Yellott, of Towson, was attorney for
Mr.. Jesse L. Cassard, who had been arrested
for running his car at speed exceeding miles
an hour. the contention being that the limit
\was II miles.
"a gentleman who drives the Loeb Raven
road says that anyone having horse that is
afraid of automobiles should keep off that
thoroughfare if they want to preserve their
limbs or lives. He says the road is favorite
Will uduy uflttIo Vi CdIo anu WHICH, cOAuC VI
them get on it they pay no attention whatever
to the speed limit but often run from 20 to 30
d miles an hour.
- 1t is said that the Democratic State Gen.
trail COMMITTEES for Baltimore county will meet
today to select four names to submit to the
Governor for appointment to the position of
Election Supervisor to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of William A. Slade. It is likely
the list will include Messrs. James Rittenhouse.
Frederick Won Kapf, Benjamin D. Stanton and
John N. Carroll.
- Messrs. Grain & Hershey, the well known
law firm, having purchased the Electric Park
property at Arlington, have leased it to Mr.. K.
G. Shanberger, business manager OF the Mary
land Theatre in Baltimore, who will hereafter
conduct the place. 1t is stated that Mr.. A.
Fenneman. former president of the company,
will hereafter devote his attention exclusively
to bis coal interests.
II "a man who has something to do with
automobiles says they are machines that have
\ come to stay. He admits that they are not "a
\ poor mans machine" but says they will
always be popular with the rich as well as with
those of moderate means because of the pleas
ure they afford. Very little reduction in the
price may ever be expected. he declares. because
/ of the great cost of constructing the cars.
4 THE Manor Glen Racing Association is
arranging for an afternoon of pleasure to take
place at the associations track on the Jarretts-
vile turnpike. on Saturday. June 3D., COM
mencing at IL NJ. There will be fox hound
trials, dance and other amusements. For
particulars see advertising columns of TIE
UNION today. DR.. Thomas n. Emory is presi
dent Of the association, and Mr.. ]. ]. Reuter-,
secretary.
- Some old residents in the neighborhood
of Woodlawn, formerly Powhatan), Baltimore
county are heartily sick and tired of the new
name-taken from the cemetery at that place
and would hail with pleasure the change back
to the time-honored name-Powhatan. 1t is
said movement is on foot to have this done,
one of the reasons given being that there were
two WOODLANDS in Maryland before this one
was established.
I 1.-The new automobile law. passed at the
last session of the Legislature, went into effect
! a few days ago. Under it the speed limit is
| fixed at IL miles an hour on public roads and
| in towns of 1.600 inhabitants or more. In
towns where the population is less the speed
| is fixed at miles an hour. This is done for
4 the reason that where the towns are smaller
Il there is less automobile travel and horses are
more apt to be frightenedb by their unfamiliarity
II with them.
II IA resident of Towson hired a colored
woman from an employment agency in Balti-
more and she arrived on Friday night of last
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