The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-04-06

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wc. P. AND MARYLAND PHoHEs.-M
AN EFFORT was made to secure the original
copy Of the will of George Washington for ex-
hibition at the jamestown Exhibition, but the
authorities Of Fairfax county, Va, say they
have no right to consent to the removal Of this
carefully guarded document, which is stored
in the court house at Alexandria.
THE GOVERNOR of Texas has signed the bill
making gambling felony in that State. The
bill-which becomes operative at once-pro-
vides penitentiary sentence for any person
convicted of gambling, Jail penalty for the
owner of any building in which gambling de-
vices are kept, and imprisonment for thirty
days for any person found guilty of playing
cards in private house for prize.
PREPARATIONS ARE being made by the Union
Veteran Association of Maryland to celebrate
the forty-second anniversary of the surrender
of Gen. Robert e. Lee, at Appomattox Court
House, which occurred on the 9th of April,
1854. A number Of the most prominent men
Of the Grand Army in the United States will
participate. The annual State encampment of
G. A. r. will be had during the day and there
will be banquet at the Belvedere at night.
Ar meeting of the Republican State Gen.
trail Committee of Maryland, held in Balti-
more on Wednesday, Mr.. John B. Hanna, of
Hartford county, retired from the chairman
ship and Mr.. Thomas Parran, of Calvert coun-
ty, was unanimously chosen as his successor.
Mr.. Irving Z. Dickey, of Allegany county, was
elected secretary. The selection of Mr.. Parran
is claimed to have been victory for Congress
man Mudd. Mr.. Parran is in every way well
qualified for the position.
THAT from $1,000 600 to 81 10000 out of
total Of 100000 expended for finishing the
Pennsy lvania capitol building was paid fraud
ulently to the chief contractor John Fl. Sand
erson. is shown by the evidence thus far adj
duced before the investigating committee at
Harrisburg. The lowest profit upon these
transactions was found to be 300 per cent.
Other men did the actual work and supplied
the materials, after which the contractor and
the architect multiplied the cost from to 40
per cent.
LATELY THE new president of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad issued an order that a cat should
be provided for every passenger and freight
station on the line of the road. dispatch
from Harrisburg says: m. L. Stoner, who
is in charge of the Union Station here, is con-
fronted from morning till late at night with
tomcats blind cats, tabby cats, cross-eyed cats,
large, small, thin and fat cats. They have
come in boxes. bags, baskets, miniature ex-
press wagons and even larger vehicles. Arm
loads of them have been brought by men,
women and children, eager to find a good
home for surplus pets"
THE PRIMARY election in Baltimore on Tues
day resulted in the following nominations
the Republicans-for mayor, E. Clay IT,
ps, plurality $3.50; for comptroller. Geo.
Heffner, plurality, $3.50. By the Demo
crats-for mayor, J. Barry Mahool. plurality,
1850; for comptroller, Harry F. Hooper, no
opposition. Wachter Republican candidate
for mayor, polled IA, 1856 votes. George Stew
art Brown, (Democrat) for mayor, polled 8 2S5
votes, while J. Charles Linthicum, Democrat)
candidate for the same Office, polled 1885,
Mahool carried every ward in the city. He
was backed by the Democratic organization.
In THE Court of Appeals on Wednesday
Judge Pearce delivered the opinion of the court
reversing the decree of the Baltimore county
court in the appeal of the Baltimore and Ohio
az I'm Woto Tn,
versing the decree the court also dissolves the
Injunction granted by Judge Duncan against |
the company and dismisses the bill of COM
plant. This means thai the B. & o. Company
is now free to construct the famous cutoff |
through Howard, Baltimore and Hartford |
counties from Gorsuch, on the main line, to |
Seweli, on the Philadelphia division. The |
cutoff passes short distance north of Towson.
PosrMAsTER HARRIS has announced that from |
April 18th to November Both, 1907. there will be
on sale at the Baltimore Postoffice the COM
memorative series of 1907 postage stamps in
the denominations of one, two and five cents
These stamps are rectangular in shape. The
one-cent stamps contain a portrait of Capt.
John Smith, with medallions of Pocahontas
and Powhatan. The twocent stamps contain
picture representing the landing at James
town in 1907, with the representation of to-
bacc0 plant on one side and stalk of Indian
corn upon the other. The fivecent stamps
contain a portrait of Pocahontas, with the
years of her birth and death-1595 1917.
In HIS address on Good Friday in Old Trinity
Church, New York, Rev. DR.. W. L. Robbins,
dean of the General Theological Seminary,
said among other things: Jesus Christ is
still being crucified on this earth. There are
slaveries on every side. Jesus Christ is cruel
fed in the slavery of the thousands and hun
dreds of thousands of little children who are
in practical, if not actual, slavery in this land
today. Out of the lives of these little ones, by
the hard compelling tasks to which they are
put. is being ground every bit of the sweetness
and inspiration and hope. All that is holy is
being cruciied in the mad, foolish race after
wealth, the race which destroys every SEM
blance of spiritual and holy things in those
who engage in it."
The THIRD session of the Maryland Confer.
ence of Charities and Correction will be held
in Mccoy Hall, Baltimore, April 25th and Goth.
1907. The circular announcing this meeting
says: This is not a convention, but con-
ference on problems of the social welfare of
the people of Maryland. All public officials,
and all citizens of the State who are interested
in charity and reformation, on the better
ment of conditions, should identify themselves
with this conference, or at least attend the
session. etc. Mr.. John M. Glenn is presi-
dent of this organization and Mr.. Waldo New
conner, treasurer. Among the vice-presidents
are many of the most prominent men of the
State MIR. Il. Writ Steele, 101 West Saratoga
street, Baltimore, is the general secretary.
Any one can become a member of the organi-
cation by forwarding one dollar to Mr..
Newcomer.