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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1900
Page
4
A fragmented item from The Daily News presents a March 6 historical note with unclear specifics and corrupted OCR text. Readable elements mention a date marker but lack concrete events, names, places, or outcomes to summarize.
The Wresty News will be ready Thursday as a handsome twelve page issue replete with news and features. It boasts Frederick city and county circulation as a premier advertising medium. Copy for new ads to THE WestEay News due by 5 PM Wednesday and changes by 12 PM that day.
Local social notes list visits and travel by residents and visitors. D M Dadderer from Mt Airy spends the day in Frederick. Vincent Sebold of Emmitsburg visits Frederick on business. Emily Maulsby in Court Square visits Washington. State's Attorney Glenn Worthington in Baltimore on business. Henry Wineberg in Baltimore on business. L H McKinster of Winchester spends a few days in Frederick. Wm M Douglass from the Park Hotel spends the day in Baltimore on business. Edward H Kreb returns from Baltimore. Maggie McPherson of East Patrick Street visits relatives in New York. Mrs Wm McCutcheon and children of Glassboro, N J visit sister Mrs John L Johnson. Mildred Thomas of Doubs visits Dr and Mrs S F Thomas. George M Cecil of Barnesville and Wm W Osborn of Baltimore visit Mrs Tours Chapline. S Bessie and M Edith Thomas near Buckeystown were guests yesterday. W F Albertson of Illinois leaves Frederick for Woodsboro. Mrs J G Johnson and Eleanor Walkersville spend weeks in Philadelphia and will visit Baltimore.
The piece notes early signs of spring with weather blips and social quips. It mentions Captain Walter Saunder auctioning household goods with lively bidding and strong prices. A City Hotel wagon toppled with no injuries, and David Speck of Frederick saw his pension rise from ten to seventeen dollars monthly.
Wesley Pope's son Wade Hampton Pope, 26, of Baltimore, fell from a moving engine near Bronwick while a train renewed, struck by a car on the adjacent track. No witness to the moment. body found between tracks after train passed. Pope, unmarried, leaves a mother and siblings. member of the B and O Railroad Trainmen's Association.
Special Dispatch to Tax News from Lospey on March 6 states General Brabandt suffered 12 killed and 30 wounded at Dordrecest. The Duke of Marlborough departed Cape Town today for the front.
WassiscTos March 6 The Senate Naval Affairs Committee ordered a favorable report on a bill to contract a government cable to Manila.
Special Dispatch reports Prof Harvey of Maine University shot himself in Bancro, Mars on March 6, resulting in death by his own action. The incident is described with minimal details and cites no additional participants or causes.
The annual State Board of Health report for the year ending December 31 1699 is submitted to the Governor. Secretary Dr John S Fulton notes commendations for Frederick Kent Queen Anne's and Washington counties for their sanitary work and cites gaps in vital statistics collection proposing burial permits to improve records. The report also highlights infectious disease reporting and cooperation from local boards and physicians.
Hr G C Hichelberger once of the area and now manager of Carroll Produce Co was in town to handle business matters, recently based in Baltimore. Mrs Joshua Biggs returned from Baltimore where she visited her sons. Mrs A B Close has had household effects removed and will move to Baltimore after leasing her Rocky Ridge residence to H Krise of Frederick.
Specal Dispatch to The News reports an explosion at Red Ash Mines in Mostcomerr West Virginia on March 6 trapping seventy men underground. Only two have been recovered and forty bodies have been recovered. No relief is expected for the remaining miners.
The Committee on Education in the House of Delegates drafts a bill to redesign the free school fund apportionment. It argues current distribution favors some counties and that colored pupils cost per capita differs, urging a population based method aligned with ages five to twenty and similar to the state tax approach.
A sprig party was held at the residence of Mr. J. E. Phigeger in Feagaville on Thursday evening March 1 to celebrate the birthday of Prof. C. D. Eldridge. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Kleeger Renn Hines and many other local residents. Games followed by refreshments were enjoyed into the late hour.
Senator Wellington and Representative Pearre urged boosting Cumberland federal building funds from 75000 to 125000. The supervising architect advises 85000 sans courts or 115000 with court quarters, raising questions if both lawmakers want judicial space and signaling a likely committee cut to 115000.
Former Maryland representative McDonald and H C Brown met with Representative Pearre regarding Sellmans post office in Montgomery County. Brown, the local postmaster, faced removal if he did not resign, and Pearre suggested a new postmaster Henry Black. An inspector’s report prompted the department to conclude Brown neglected duties. Pearre is expected to defer to department wishes.
The regular quarterly meeting at Junior Hall elected Daniel B. Steiner treasurer, defeating Frank B. Sappington 129 to 97 after polls closed at 9.15. Steiner’s supporters cheered as the result was announced. A separate note reports House of Delegates action to refund to Samuel Clagett money erroneously paid into the state treasury.
Testimony showed several gambling games openly conducted at the Hareretun iy Association grounds. The Washington County Circuit Court in Hagerstown found the Hagerstown Fair Association guilty on the sixth count for knowingly permitting gambling, with seven counts in the indictment.
Lewis Zimmerman of Troy Kansas died February 18 from heart trouble near Trot. Born January 5 1828 in the county, he pre empted a farm near Troy in 1857 and expanded his holdings. married Fannie M Blakely November 14 1867 and left three children, with widow and mother survive. Also noted are the deaths of John Ernest Sharar at 27 in Arlington Maryland February 25, burial at Heyaville March 3, survived by a widow Minnie Whitmore and three children, four sisters and two brothers. and Philip Asterly, 68, of 11 West Sixth Street, a cooper, died yesterday. funeral at 2:20 Wednesday with burial at Mt Olivet Cemetery.
Tomorrow sales clear real estate for Edward Hewes Frank L Stoner and others at City Hotel and Frederick Junction with dairy cattle and farming implements listed. City Opera House hosts Gortons Minstrels Monday night March 12 with a modern program and standout Gold Sextette. Wireman Les Henry jailed for three years in Maryland penitentiary for store robbery. Local market quotes from J E W Hargett. Hoods Sarsaparilla advertised as top medicine.
News from Bicesboro and Havre de Grace report town official elections and a fatal mining accident near New York Mine in Midland. Other items include license bill hearings in Annapolis, arrests for fraud, a murder charge in Bowie, a robbery with $520 purse, and health updates on several local residents.
Memorial notice for John Carle Damuth aged 16 years 9 months 13 days who died February 21 1900 at Thormont following typhoid fever. Notes his early graduation from high school at fifteen and telegraphy work in Vermont with Western Union. Buried at Thurmont. left three brothers and a mother Mrs Catharine Bennett. Reflects on his kindness and bright prospects and quotes family sentiments on faith.
A Jefferson notice bundle announces a postponed lecture to Thursday March 8 1900 by Rev A H Zimmerman. It advertises piano tutors from Wm Enabe Co visiting the city, piano and violin instruction by Bion Firestone, and sales of Baabe, Starr, Richmond and Singer pianos through H E Willcoxes 100 North Market St. It also promotes a China and housewares stock, lamps, and tea at White Star Coffee and Ko Mi Teas as local agents.
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