The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-02

SPEAKING OF the Straus amendment to the
Constitution, to be voted on this year, former
Attorney General Charles j Bonaparte said
II consider the proposed suffrage amendment
to the Constitution of Maryland thoroughly
bad. 1t violates the Constitution of the United
States; it establishes heredity privileges in
political rights, which is unrepubican, un-
democratic and un-American. The amend
ment would, if adopted. foster misgovernment
and help to perpetuate the rule of bosses and
rings. Finally, it displays Maryland to The
enlightened public opinion Of the Union and
of the civilized world as so given over to blind
and stupid prejudices of race as to tolerate vir-
tual perjury and gross injustice to crafty these
prejudices. l shall, of course, do the little
can to defeat it if possible at the polls when
the time comes and shall try to think up a
few more amiable things to say of it or its
supporters during the next few weeks
HUNDREDS OF members Of the sect known
as Triune Immersionists assembled at West
Duxbury, Mass, on Friday, September "a,
that having been the day set for the destruc-
tion and publication of the world by fire, in
fulfIlment of their own prophecy. Many of
these people had disposed of their homes and
other property and when they saw that their
prophecy had failed they showed great disap-
pointment. They think that some mistake
was made in the calculation as 10 the time
and that the end of all things is near at hand
possibly some time next year.
In THE Circuit Court at Leonardtown, Nd,
on Saturday last Joseph Forrest was found
guilty of manslaughter on the charge of kill
ing his father and mother and the court SEN
fenced him 10 ten years in the penitentiary.
Counsel for Forrest tried to convince the jury
that the young man is of unsound mind, and
while they did not succeed, many familiar with
the circumstances believe that he is not wholly
responsible. The crime was most brutal one
and Forrest, after committing it. ran away
and remained in hiding several weeks.
GEN. MURRAY vANDrvER, who is Treasurer
of Maryland and has many other interests, is
also farmer and successful one at that
His fine farm is located on Spesuta Island,
not far from Havre-de-Grace, where Gen.
vandiver lives. This year he had II acres in
tomatoes and up to last week 5000 baskets
had been picked from the field and it is still
producing. His other crops have also done
well.
MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND, accompanied by
her four children and her mother sailed from
New York for Europe last Saturday. The
children-Esther, Marion, Francis Grover and
Richard Folsom-will be placed in school at
Lausanne Switzerland, and their mother will
take up her residence near them.
Maryland Theatre.-Vaudevill of the
latest novelty will be seen at the Maryland
next week. The headiner will be Miss Carrie
De Mar in her Lonesome Flossie'' speciality.
where she dallies with bottle or two of cham
pagne until her lonesomeness disappears. The
feature act of the bill will be Bert Leslie in bis
rag time vernacular, entitled Hogan in
Society,"" and when the curtain falls at its con-
clusion you have heard all that is known to
the world of slang Among others of tue bill
are Mr. and Mrs. Perkins Fisher in their COM
edy skit, 1.-The Halfway House.; the Frey
Twins not children one would suppose
from the billing, but big, husky athletes
demonstrating the various holds, clinches,
ETC., of professional wrestlers; Bowers Waters
and Crocker, the Three Funny Rubes," in
novelty act Keefe and Pearl, clever street
singers Arthur Huston. the funny juggler:
Miss Zinka Parma. the Hungarian entertainer
in music and novelty.