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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1904
Page
2
The county faces authorization of selling the almshouse farm and faces opposition from county authorities. The writer argues discretion should govern sale, given questions about assets and potential purchase of a new site. They urge improving profitability, expanding arable land, and urgent need for a better poorhouse building, funded without extra taxes.
The Pension Commissioner Ware ruling grants a general service pension to any Civil War veteran aged 62, six dollars monthly. With many survivors reaching 62 since 1865, the policy will aid old soldiers but raise costs. The Springfield Republican cites estimates of potential increases and a total pension bill near or above 150 million dollars.
An article in the Apgeil Cosmopolitan by a French ecclesiastic under a pen name argues for reform in the Roman Catholic Church especially in catechetic teaching and priestly attitudes. It analyzes Pius X character as among the finest so far. Palm Sunday observed in Catholic and Episcopal churches. Maryland broad education bill likely to pass. Butler backs Gray or Gorman. Gray declines presidency. Hygi enie bill for barber shops passes Maryland Legislature.
In New York primaries Parker secured a landslide and is now regarded as the likely choice of Empire State delegates at the St. Louis convention. General Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia visited Annapolis on Tuesday as guest at troverner Warfield.
The coal market, once booming, has ended a period described as the greatest in years. Analysts note asharp drop in demand andPrices have tumbled as supply chains adjust, signaling a reset for miners and traders alike.
Professor L F Noble argues for uniform statewide school system, higher standards, and better training for teachers. He calls for increased salaries, minimum teacher pay, and equal school year length to ensure improved service, noting declining school taxes while neighboring states advance in education.
The New York World reports John D. Rockefeller is developing a Money-Giving Trust with careful administration led by Star J. Murphy. The plan extends Rockefeller’s philanthropy, building on Standard Oil principles to ensure returns and reduce waste, with over 35 million dollars already traced as given.
Nicholas Bond of Baltimore and Henry P. Scott of Wilmington, leaders of a New York Baltimore Delaware capitalists syndicate, have secured an option on the Queen Anne’s railroad now held by a receiver. The group, like the 1880s Eastern Shore railroad operators, would gain broad control of rail and steamboat lines between Baltimore and Maryland Peninsula. Frank Eblen, the Queen Anne’s receiver, reports borrowing authority of 20 000 dollars to pay interest and operating costs as the Queen Anne’s line from Queenstown to Lewes maintains connections to Baltimore and Cape May.
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