The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-03-02

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n-C. 1 P. AND MARYLAND PHoEEs.-R
IT IS expected that more than $500 delegate
will attend the national road-makers conven
ton that will be held in Pittsburg. March 18th
18th and 14th. The railroads throughout tn
country have made special rates to those whit
attend the convention. 1t is expected tina
delegates will be present from thirtyeigh
states.
LAST WEEK Baltimore man named Franz
e. Davis caused the arrest of James e. Daw
kns, who was member of the last House o
Delegates, for expectorating on the floor of
street car. The charge against Mr.. Dawkin
was dismissed BY the police magistrate becaus
his accuser said he did not wish to prosecute
him. Now Dawkins has sued Davis for $50,
600 for false arrest.
MR.. l. FREEMAN RAsIN, leader of the Balti
more city Democracy, is confined to his hom,
suffering from a slight attack OF apoplexy
Owing to his strong constitution it is though
he will recover. Mr.. Rasin will be "a years o
age this month and he has been active in tn,
politics Of the city forty years. II is said tina
the leadership of the regulars in Baltimor'
has now fallen upon the shoulders of ex.Gov
Frank Brown.
CARUso, the Italian tenor now with th,
conried Metropolitan Opera Company in New
York. has had bis salary increased from 81, so
7f0f each performance to 81, 500. He demanded
$1,000 night, but the smaller sum was finall.
agreed upon. In this same connection it ma.
be stated that q. s. Senator Tillman, Of Soutl
Carolina, has just signed contract with lee
the race question.
THE LATEST annual report of United State
Commissioner of Education Brown. GOVERN
the year 1905. shows total of Is. 996, 213 pupil
in public and private schools. The length c
the school term in days averaged 1903. Their
were at work III, 1876 male teachers and 348 SO
female teachers. The cost of public education
was s3.49 per capita. Commissioner Brow
notes the rapid increase in the number Q
students receiving secondary instruction.
EUPr. RIees. of Iowa. in his annual report
urges legislation to suppress fraternities an
secret societies among public school pupils
He regards such organizations as a standin
menance to discipline, and as promoters c
clannishnesss and snobbery, while they plac
allegiance to the fraternity above that du
the school. He says, also that they lead
extravaganza, and sometimes to dissipation
and initiate against the democratic spirit {
the public school.
ELI SMITH. the man who drove dog tear
from Alaska to Washington, arrived in this
city last week and completed his mission b
delivering letter to the Postmaster Genera
of the United States. He left Nomein Noven
Der, 1905, and travelled the 5000 miles on
wager of $4,000, which he won. His vehicl
was built so that he could travel either O
wheels or on runners. Three of Smiths dog
died on the way and when be reached his de-
tinat;ss-iSe had seven.
Mr.. JOHN W. H GE1aER until recent
cashier Of the Canton National Bank, was al
rested few days ago upon the charge of en-
bezzling about $4,000 of the banks funds. MI
Geiger had been with the bank since its OF
ganization and always bore an irreproachabl
character. There was lately some change
among the officials of the bank and Mr.. Gel
gers resignation followed. He insists that b
is innocent of the charge and his friends hav
entire faith in him. He was heavily bonde
to the bank and is personally well able to pa.
the sum that he is charged with embezzling.
In THE last few weeks the Pennsylvania Rail
road has been gaining very unpleasant noto
riety because of the frequency of accidents Oh
its lines. The 1S.hour train between New Yorl
and Chicago-said to. be the fastest train il
the world-was wrecked on Friday night O
last week seven miles east of Johnstown, Pa
In rounding curve at high rate of speed tn
train jumped the track and rolled down &C
foot embankment into the Conemaugh river
Strange to say of "a passengers on the trail
but one was seriously hurt, the others escar
ing with cuts and bruises. The weather wa
very cold and the passengers, especially th
ladies, suffered severely from this cause. 1t
thought little short of miraculous that man,
were not killed.
AMERICA ATE $500, 600 900 sugar plums las
year. Every citizen consumed one-half of hi
weight in sweets during 1906. Honey mapl
syrup, sorghum and molasses are not counted
but the total amount Of the sugar consumr
ton, without such liquid additions, reache
the impressive figure of $500. O00, 900 pounds
The cane product Of the Louisiana, Texas an,
Florida plantations furnished some 800, 000, 90
pounds and the beets of Western States adde,
approximately 50000O,00 pounds of nativ
sweetness. To this fifth of the total anothe
fifth comes from our islands. But for three
fifths of our sugar we must look to foreigl
markets. OF this fully IS per cent. is can
sugar from the tropics. The remainder is bee
sugar, chiefly from the fields of Germany an,
Austria Hungary.
THE PHILADELPHIA Press calls attention Il
Vice President Thayer's statement that 1000
of the Pennsylvania Railroad stockholders
Al per cent. of the whole number-are women
"What this great aggregation of women inves
tors want" it remarks. lis sure dividend
Many of them own only few shares. but tn
income must be-ip many cases real factor il
life. In the broad treatment of railroad ques
tons generally the enormous number of wo
men who own securities in them should be
vital point for consideration" All of whicl
without doubt is true Still every corporation
should remember that if it does wrong eithe
by over.capitalization and extravaganza o
breaks the law of secret rebates to pay for tn
wrongdoing it should not bring to the from
"the widow and orphan" to justify its wrong
full ways.
THE ORGANIZATION Democrats Of Baltimor
city have finally fixed upon Mr.. j. Barry
Mahool as their candidate for the mayoralty
and they will put forth their best efforts tt
secure the nomination for him. But their
are other active candidates 10 the field anC