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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1900
Page
4
The Weekly News will be a handsome twelve page issue issued Thursday with full news and special features. It claims the largest local circulation and promotes advertising advantages. Copy for new advertisements for the Tuesday Weekly News is due by 5 pm Wednesday, and changes up to 12 inches are due the same day.
Tomorrow is the fifteenth, the regular collection day for Taz Daily News. Carriers will collect amounts due from subscribers on their routes. Have exact change ready to avoid inconvenience.
A long nonspecific social column lists numerous visitors and residents in Howard county, Baltimore, Hagerstown, and Frederick, detailing trips to Atlantic City, Mt. Airy, Rawley Springs, and Washington. It notes returning travelers, visits by families, and a sailing party at Atlantic City. Also reports Cumberland tin mill plant restarting three of its mills after joining the American Crucible Steel combine, with plans to add two more and a large payroll.
Rev. J Addison Ingle and Rev. Dr Osborn Ingle plan return to their China mission with a departure on September 10 if arrangements on the steamship Empress of China proceed. The voyage from Vancouver, B C is contingent on Bishop Graves in Shanghai confirming advisability. Their Hankow station lies along the Yangtze near four hundred miles inland from the coast.
Marks Lieberman probate in Elkton and Tazewell Jones dies near Princess Anne from Brights disease. Cumberland Daily Independent resumes under new management. J B Morrow improving after delicate operation. William R Spessard badly injured by a trampling horse. John King dies from injuries at work in Washington. Samuel Ward dies at 75 in Walker's Distillery, Washington county. Exware Lewis Delamster of Hagerstown severely ill in Atlantic City. Blue lawn enforcement efforts in Cumberland with two arrests. Queen City Fishing Club ends five week Potomac outing. George F. Ryan announces Norfolk and Western rail division changes at Williamsport. Smallpox patient in Lake land breaches quarantine. Miner unrest and potential strike renewed but unlikely to succeed. August term of Carroll Circuit Court opens at Westminster. Buena Vista Springs tract sale and nearby land deals. Weather records show hottest week on record in Hagerstown area. Morton Stewart dies at Fort Monroe. Pension granted to Mary Smith.
Allis P. Hentington, noted magnate of coal and railroad interests, died suddenly in New York from heart failure at an advanced age. He was among the era’s leading pooling and merging figures and had appeared in good health before his death.
Reports state De Wet seized one of his guns yesterday and holds prisoners. Former President Steyn is said to be confined in De Wet's camp under surveillance, as forces clash in the region.
Special Dispatch reports from Wasmscrox dated August 14 that Allied forces are now about ten miles from Pekin, signaling a significant advance in position.
In Philadelphia last week a Baptist graveyard sold with church property to a Polish congregation was dismantled. Seven hundred and six bodies were moved to Arlington cemetery and tombstones sold to a paving company. Headstones bearing inscriptions were broken or used as steps and curbstones along League Street, while neighbors watched in horror. The piece notes the clash of sentiment and commerce as gravestones are repurposed for utility.
A One mile handicap saw Pampel win with Grove second in 2 24. In the unlimited pursuit race McDoneld rode against Burck and Grove covering 325 miles in 9 minutes 103 seconds before finishing. Williamsport boy Gragon Blair jumps a canal. another tale reports a bull injuring a man, with a dramatic rescue.
Maryland delegates to the Grand Army of the Republic encampment gather for the Chicago event set August 27 through September 1. Leaders include Major BK Y Goldsborough, W F Vernon, Frank Smi th, and L M Ziromerman among others.
The Baltimore Committees on India Famine Relief acknowledged yesterday a list of contributions including the Junior Christian Endeavor Society of Lutheran church in Emmitsburg giving 2.17 and the Christian Endeavor Society of Evangelical Lutheran church in Wolfsville giving 3.05.
Promoters in New York and Philadelphia will be asked to take charge of building the Washington and Gettysburg Electric Railroad. The committee has full power to promote. a Philadelphia promoter has made a proposition and other promoters will be contacted. The charter was amended to rename the company and extend franchise terms, with strict deadlines for construction and operation in Frederick.
Strike at United Electric Light and Power Company in Baltimore formally ended at a Local Union No. 27 meeting. Workers return at old wages, with company discretion on rehiring. Strike began May 21, lasted about eleven weeks, with no wage increase secured. In a separate incident, 14 year old Franklin Shipley, son of William H. Shipley, collapsed from heat while riding home from gas house pike. He was treated at home and improved by morning.
In Rockville a vote will be held next Saturday on the Town Council ordinance allowing the Washington and Rockville Electric railway to enter Rockville. Opposition has grown since publication, and the contest is expected to be spirited as critics argue the measure grants the company excessive power.
A horse hitched to a buggy standing before a store bolted on South Market street yesterday afternoon. It collided with Mr. George Burck driving a separate team, throwing him out yet causing no serious injuries. Burck's wagon axle broke as the two teams clashed. The runaway team, owned by Win Be B. De, wrecked the buggy and caused the horse to suffer serious cuts before bystanders captured it.
A lightning bolt struck Edker Gaver's house in Middletown on Sunday evening, hitting the rain spout and loosening plaster before passing into the cistern. Mr and Mrs Gaver were on the porch and unharmed as the rain totaled half an inch and the temperature fell 20 degrees.
A special morning excursion ran from Bredpuck to Betthnore and Tolchester. Teohan and forty four excursionists joined the trip, aided by a brass band, at a $1 rate for the journey down and back.
The funeral of Mr. Frederick Bilde brand, who died yesterday at his home in Rocky Springs, will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock from the Rocky Springs chapel. Interment will be at Doah's cemetery. Also notes sickness of Mr. George Knauf and Miss Katherine F. Batson, with Batson rapidly convalescing.
Albert Digges Martha Diggs and Cumbach were arrested by Officer Six for fighting on East Patricia Street. The dispute over Diggs and his wife's plans led to a fight. Mrs Diggs was bruised. All four were jailed in default of $1,000 bail and costs. Richard J. Jackson was later arrested on a warrant and bailed to keep the peace.
The Presbyterian church women hosted a lawn party on James E Williams's lawn at Boyd's last Saturday evening drawing many Baldimore and Washington visitors. About 50 people attended and proceeds benefited the church. Harold Willard of Knoxville saved Ester Concard from drowning in a canal after several attempts to reach him.
Local notices advertise regular danos to Braddock tonight with bus departures from Square Forner to the Heights and Braddock Springs at 6 40 7 80 8 o clock. Itineraries include Mrs MM MM tease speaking at Braddock Springs Camp this afternoon and tonight, plus a market menu featuring soft crabs croquettes lamb fries and crab soup. The City Hotel Buffet pledges fresh crabs daily and a lunch under Episcopal supervision. Also advertised are eye ear nose throat services by Dr Wm O Boteler with free eye tests and spectacles, plus B&O Railroad excursions to Niagara Falls on select Sundays and a G A R encampment special from Baltimore.
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