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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
How They Escaped.

The grand Jury of New York has refused
to find an Indictment against Jay Gould and
Russell Sage, as trustese of the Kansas Pacl-
fic Railroad mortgage, on the charge OF mis-
appropriating several million dollars OF the
funds of the company.
Squire Flynn, commissioner ofpublic works
and contractor, charged with conspiracy to
cheat the city, have also got clear. Judge
Lawrence deciding that the conspiracy must
be first proved, and that all evidence as to
declarations made by defendants after the
agreement had been made, would be exclud-
ed As there was no testimony except that
proving that they had been engaged together
for the purpose named, the District Attorney
had to abandon the case. 1t was q strange
decision for a judge to make.-N. j. Star.
It was expected that the money of Gould
and Sage would prove too strong for the Or
binary course of justice, as such things 60
nowadays. The legal net is not constructed
for such big fish as these. As to the latter
case, it is but another step in the progress OF
events that is rapidly destroying public trust
in Jurisprudence, as now administered, as the
palladium of human rights. Of all the
reforms so loudly clamored for in this latter
part of the nineteenth century, none is sc
urgent as that of our system of jurisprudence
From the highest to the lowest our courts
stand in need Of most radical reform.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
The Recent Disasters in China.

The steamer City of Sidney arrived at San
Francisco on Sunday, with news from Hong
Kong and Yokohama. The Imperial Com
missioner, who was especially appointed to
investigate the loss of life in the Yellow river
inundalion, which occurred in December last,
has sent an official report to the Emperor OF
China that the total number of persons drown
ed is over 100, 900, and the number destitute
100000. A part of those flooded out have
been driven into other districts.
Copies of the Hong Kong Mail giving de-
scription of the earthquake in the Province of
Yunnan, December 10, have been received in
San Francisco. The Nail says: SIN the in
terror department of Ching Chau the distur-
Dances were extremely violent, being contin-
ued at irregular intervals for four days, when
they ceased entirely. The departmental city
is said to have been reduced to a mass of
ruins, scarcely house escaping damage,
and over five thousand persons are reported
to have been killed by falling buildings.
Many of them were buried under the ruins,
while the number Of injured is too large for
computation Yamen was destroyed, the
Magistrate escaping with slight injury. AT
the city of Lamon the effects of the earth
quake were scarcely less disastrous. At this
place, when the shock was being felt, an
enormous chasm opened in the earth and
water was thrown out from its depth. At Lo
Cheu, in Chuen, a striking change has been
caused in the appearance of the country, large
tracts of land being swallowed up, and the
surface changed into a lake. In Lo Chan
more than ten thousand persons are said to
have persisted.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
ACQUISITION of Patronage.

The Washington correspondent of the Bal.
timore SUI, on Thursday sent the foilowing to
that paper:
The question of patronage is one that
always attracts the attention of the average
Congressman, and can generally be relied
upon to provoke an interesting debate. In
the House, today, Representative Shaw, chair
man Of the committee on accounts called up
Mr.. Springer's resolution providing for an
increase in the force of the House folding
room. Messrs Washington. of Tennessee,
and Taulbee, of Kentucky, both of whom. 1t
is said, do not expect to have voice in the
selection of the additional employees by reason
of their opposition to the election of Door.
keeper Hurt, opposed the resolution on the
erosnd that their services are not needed.
Several attempts we're made to amend the res
olution so that the new appointees shall be
distributed among the congressional districts
which do not enjoy share of the House
patronage. DR.. Shaw showed eonclusively
that such resolution prior to presidential
election is not unusual, as there are certain
documents which have to be prepared for
distribution among the people of the country
After consuming more than an hour on tins
subject this committee was sustained and the
resolution adopted.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
Hnndaome Educational aiftg.

The will of William Bittinger, who died
March 8, at Abbottstown, Pa, was probated
on March 9. Itdisposes of SD, 600. Penn.
sylvania College, of Gettysburg, receives a
valuable farm of two hundred acres, near
Mechaniestowp, Frederick county, Nd,
and is made Fesidlary legatee. the entire
beouest amounting to nearly $4,000, to en-.
dow the William Bittinger protessorship OF
intellectual and moral SCIENCE. farm at
Shiremanstown, Cumberland county, Pa,
204 acres. valued at $4,000, is given TO tie
Lebanon Valley College at Annville, subject
TO the life estate of Rev. Daniel Eberly to
endow the Josephine Bittinger Eberly pro
fessorsllip in that institution. He also gives
S.. 900 TO the Lutheran congregation at Alb
bo,tstown for the erection of new church
provided the congregation raise like sum.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
A Gigantic Railway Project.

From Chicago Times.
| Ithas Just been discovered that St. Paul, Min
neapolIs and Chicago railroad men are eng-
neering a stupendous scheme. 1t is to build
railway from the Twin Cities, via Bismarck,
British Columbia aud Alaska, to Pekin, China,
and Irkoutsk, in the Russian empire. The
Minneapolis and Pacific, the Aberdeen, Bis
marck and Northwestern and the Canada
Pacific will carry the road to Victoria. Thence
line will be built TO Cape Prince of Wales,
on Behring strait, distance of about eleven
hundred miles. This body of water, separat-
ing the American continent from Asia, is
about thirty-five miles wide, and midway is
dotted with islands. The water is only twenty
or twenty-five fathoms deep, and can ult-
mately be br.dged, though Temporarily cross
| ing will BIO made i'll boats. On the opposite
side in Asia is East Cape, WHENCE a road will
! be constructed to Pekin, China, Yeddo, ia
/ nan, and other points in the Russian and
Chinese empires. A road is already being
constructed by the Russian government to
! Irkoutsk. and it is expected that this will be
extended to form juncture with the line
from East Cape to Pekin, about sixteen hun
dred miles from the strait.
This project looks huge. 1t is, and u few
years ago would have been deemed crazy
idea aud impossible of execution. But scar
cely better couRtry for railroading could be
| found, with comparatively small exceptions.
Through British Columbia passage is easy.
The weather on the pFapased line is never
severe, and the travel Is never impeded by
snow. There is but one port on the coast
that does not remain free of ice during the
winter, anil that ia Westminster, which is
sometimes filed with floating cakes. Coal is
plentiful and timber inexhaustible. In Alaska
there is but one section where cold weather
would prove drawback, and that is no worse
than on the Canadian Pacific. In most of
the territory traversed the temperature scarce
" ever falls below zero The extreme upper
part Of Siberia is almost uninhabtable, but
the road will enter that land in about latitude
62, and the country below that is rich in min
erals, timber, agricultural productions, furs,
ETC., and every mile Of the road can be made
to pay. -
The distance between Cape Prince of Wales
and Pekin is but little over l,60O' miles,
making the whole route from st. Paul and
Minneapolis TO Pekin but 5, 169miles. Trains
are expected to run through in fen days.
The time to Yeddo, Japan, will be about the
same as to Pekin.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
TO. 1888 EQUITY.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County sit
ting as Court of Equity.
Jam es II. Billingslea, Mortgage, VS.. George
Stouch and Rebecca Stouch, his wife,
Mortgagors.
Ordered this 18th day of March, A. D.,
1888, that the sales of the mortgaged proper
ty made and reported in the above entitled
cause by James H. Billingslea, Mortgage,
under and by virtue of the power of sale con-
tanned in two mortgages from George Stouch
and Rebecca Stouch, his wife, to him, the
one bearing date May lst, A. D., 1884, and
recorded among the Real Estate Mortgage
Records of Carroll County, in Liber F. 7. S.,
No. q, folio IT'S. &C., and the other bearing
date April 30th, A. D., 1886, and recorded
among the Real Estate Mortgage Records
aforesaid in Liber W. N. NJ, No. "a, folio l..
&C., be finally ratified and confirmed unless
cause to the contrary be shown on or before
the 18th day of April, next; provided copy
of this order be inserted in some newspaper
in Carroll county, Maryland, once week for
three successive weeks previous to the 10Th
day of April, next.
The report states the amount of sales to be
81, 400.
VIM. N. MARTIN, Clerk.
True Copy,@Test:
mar17 st WIN. N. MARTIN. Clerk.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
Tuealay night. Some Of the monrnera nearly

Tuesday night. Some of the monrners nearly
persisted.
The Brighton Beach Hotel at Coney Island
was carried away by an enormous wave dur
ing Tuesdays storm. The building was a
gigantic structure built in an Oriental style of
architecture, and was valued at $3.50, 900 A
large number of workmen have been engaged
for the past five months in the work of pre-
pairing to move the hotel from its present site
further inland, but the seas overlook them
and their labor was for naught. Railroad
tracks had been run under the building and
cars on the tracks had received the weight of
the building. A number of locomotives were
to have drawn the hotel 500 yards further in
land. The hotel has been a we'll known re-
sort for pleasure seekers for many years.
The steady encroachment of the sea during
recent years has compelled the propretors to
face the problem of a removal of the great
building.
Much destruction of property is reported at
Cape May and at other points along the New
Jersey coast.
Tons upon tons of mail matter have aceum-
ulated in the Eastern and Northern postoffices.
Up to II midnight on Wednesday no trains
had arrived or departed from New York,
Boston and other cities and towns.
The New York Central and other railroads
paid 50 per day to snow shovelers, and it is
thought that at least 1900 men are employ
ed by them and the New York city authori.
ties.
Boston was cut off from Geographic COM
munication, except by cable to Europe. The
railroad blockade throughout New England is
reported to be as bad as that in New Y ork and
Pennsylvania. The steamer New Haven was
obliged to anchor in the sound. The cables
snapped and the vessel was beached, but the
passengers after landing underwent terrible
suffering. The blockade about New York is
broken, and reports are being received of
great loss of life. The first mail from Balti-
mere and the South since the storm arrived
in New York on Thursday. The snow is dis
appearing in both Philadelphia and New York, ,
and there is something like a resumption of
railroad travel, though full telegraph facilities
are still lacking. The details of the storm at
Delaware Breakwater show great sufferings
and loss of life. Great destruction of prop
erty is reported in Accomac county, Virginia.
twenty eight boats were capsized in Chinco-
league bay, and it is said the bodies of fifteen
sailors have been washed ashore there. The
limits of the storm were Alexandria, Va, on
the south, Pittsburg and Buffalo on the west,
Saratoga, N. Y, on the north and Boston on
the east.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
Burial of Emperor William.

BERLIN, March 15.-The funeral of En-
peror William will take place tomorrow.
The bells of the churches will begin tolling at
IL a. M, and at the first peal all officers and
functionaries will take their prescribed places.
In accordance with Emperor Williams last
wishes service in the Cathedral will be con-
Quoted by DR.. Koegel, who will be assisted by
Cathedral clergy while prayers are being pro-
nounced over the remains. Infantry outside
the Cathedral will fire three volleys. The
coffin will then be released from the dais by
twelve senior colonies, who will bear it to the
funeral car and place it thereon. The pro-
cession through the Cathedral will be led by
a court chamberlain, Count Won Stoberg
Wernigerode. On either side of the coffin
will walk Prussian ministers, bearing the re-
gala and imperial insignia, escorted by two
staff officers and twelve captains. lmmed-
ately behind the coffin will come General Won
Pape, carrying the imperial standard, accom-
panied by Gems. Count Won Lehndorf and
Prince yon' Radziwil. Eight staff officers
will lead the horses of the funeral car Four
knights of the Black Eagle, Gen. Won Blum.
enthal, Won Trescow, Von Obenitz and Won
der Goitz, will hold corners of the pail. The
Cathedral organ will continue playing while
the imperial and royal mourners take place
in the procession. Starting amid tolling
bells the procession will cross Castle bridge,
pass through Inter den Linden to Brandon
burg gate.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
The Redistricting Bill.

In speaking of the bill to change the con-
eressonal districts of the state, now pending
in the Hou sc of Delegates the ADVOCATE last
week did not state the full intent of 1t. Mr..
Talbot, as noted, is to be beneficiary OF its
provisions, but it is further designed to aid
the Hon. Barnes Compton. Mr.. Compton,
it is alleged, has lost considerable of his pop
ularity, and to save him from political death
II becomes necessary to throw more Demo-
cratic votes in the Fifth District. The BILL
then, as it is aptly described in an anonymous
c;rcnlar that was distributed at Annapolis this
week, is "a Bill to Remove the Political
Disabilities of Fred Talbot and Barnes Comp
ton.n OF Mr.. Talbot the ADVOCATE has
nothing more TO say, and of Mr.. Compton we
can only remark that we do not believe 1t IS
essential at all that he shall be returned TO
Congress-. If his services have been satisiac-
tory N his constituents, they no doubt Will
re.elect him; if not, they will choose another.
II would seem, however, that Mr.. Compton
distrusts his people, else why seek new con-
stituency and an increased Democratic ma
jority.
The Democratic party is not an organlza-
ton to be used to further individual ambitions
or to accomplish personal ends; the rather, II
is to further and uphold principles and to
carry out public policy for the general good'
and we protest againstit being put to the base
use of giving political life to one, who but re-
Gently was rejected by the Democratic Adj
ministration at Washington, and OF proions-
inc the official existence Of another, who dis
trusts his constituents
Tn accomplishing this end, the bill renders
n debateable district so hopelessly Republican
that it would be useless for the Democrats
to attempt its redemption, and this is the nfst
instance in history that political party has
proposed to gerrymander state against ITSELF
In rendering the Sixth District hopeiessly
Republican, as the new bill would do, the
Democrats of Western Maryland are deprived
of an opportunity to elect Representative 10
CONGRESS to aid the national party and to give
additional prestige to the state with Demo-
cratic Administration.
The proposition is gross outrage, ana It's
authors and supporters err in their eaicula-
tons if they think it can be rushed through
the Legislature unuoticed. And they err
further if they believe that the twenty odd
thousand Democratic voters of Western Ma
ryland, coupled with thousands more in Bal
timore, Hartford and Cecil counties, are going
to quietly submit to such a scheme.
The bill has no valid reason 10 rest upon
Even if some change were desirable, it is not
necessary to accomplish it now, for new
census two years hence will be followed by a
reapportionuent, and new redistricting bill
will then become a necessity.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
Business Locals.
IL lN,o,lss fa-,ale !, ,bis Oa;ce.

Sale Notes 70. vale at this Office.
FoR RExT-Dwelling No. 2l5 east Main
Street; rooms, good location. Apply to
Chas. Z. Fink.
Onion Sets wanted by Roop & Zile, West
minister, Md.
Our Seed catalogue now ready, free to all,
Roop & lille, Seedmen, Westminster, Md.
/ offer my services as Auctioneer or Sale
Clerk, for the next 60 days, j. G. Skunk,
Westminster, Md.
House and Lot for rent at Sans Creek.
Apply to s. j. Mailman, Wakefield, Md. 8
FASHIONABLE DREssMAKER.
Having had several years experience, Miss
Joe Ham is confident she can please the
ladies either with plain sewing or the latest
fashions in dressmaking. Residence, 80 East
Green Street, one square east of Railroad.
Hulrs celebrated Nurse and Cattle Powder,
for sale by E. o. Grimes.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17

In Wilmington. Delaware, on Saturday
evening, team driven by drunken man
collided with an electric street car, and the
horse was killed. On the car passenger put
his elbow through one of the windows, and a
pane Of glass broken by this action flew into
the ear and gashed the throat of boy named
Dugan, injuring him SO badly that he died.
The. Methodist University in Mitche H.,
Dakota. was burned on March o, There
were forty inmates, including the faculty tyl
by humping from windows. Horton Pitcher,
Of Worthwhile, Dakota, was Xxi He'd, and nine
others were badly injured.
"A FIRE in Harrisburg, Illinois, on the night
of March 9th, destroyed. sixteen houses, in
Guiding one jewelry store, drug store, two
restaurants, millinery store, grocery, hard
ware store, two warehouses, clothing store
and Bank of Harrisburg. Loss, $74, 900; IN
surance, $4,000.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland is expected
to nav her long-deferred visit to the White
House during the Easter holidays
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
Letter from Texas.
Correspondence of the Democratic Advocate.
z, w.. ~, Mo,oL IN 1893

CORRESPONDENCE of the Democratic Advocate.
SrocKDALE, WILSON Co., March 10, 1888.
After cold disagreable winter, springtime
is now at hand. The horny handed farmers
have expectorated on their hands afresh and
are now plying the pillow and other agricultural
implements with commendable vigor. The
ground is thoroughly wet and people have
GOOD reason to hope for abundant crops.
The Farmers Alliance is pretty thoroughly
organized in this part of the state, and the
sun tanned producers are determined to have
their rights commercially, if they cannot po-
litically. Lately they have become intensely
cognizant of the fact that there is no affect
without an adequate cause. They see the
townsman's wife or daughter draw water from
a handy hydrant, while theirs lug two gallons
at a trip from the well or distant spring.
The Counter jumper" dresses tidily every
day, while the producer can only don such
duds on Sunday. The city citizen perambu-
lates the streets in magnificent turnouts,
while the toiler and family go to church IN the
farm wagon. City folks get their faces and
heads ''slicked up' by tousorial artist,
while the tired countryman scrapes the stub
BILE off his face and tears into his eyes with a
dull razor The city business man and
family promenade pleasant and brilliantly IL
lumined streets, in the cool of the evening,
while the husbandman and family are plodd-
ing around in muddy, dark COW pen. The
city lady can't wash; the country woman has
to. The city dude goes to balls; the rural
youngster goes to work. The cosmopolitan
lady hires a governess and pets a dog; the
country wife rears her beloved children who
call her mamma. Young city folks graduate,
and then fritter their lives away in ideness;
country children learn to labor and then
move the commerce of the world. The city
man is sleek and comely; the countryman is
rough (outside) and homely. Towns and
cities raise knaves; soldiers grow IT, the
country. Gamblers ply their nefarious pro-
fessions in towns and cities; countrymen earn
their food and raiment.
Why is all this thus? ask the people. and so
does PETE.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
The Gerrymander.
From The Frederick Union.

From the FFedeI1cH UHtOR.
There is a bill before the Legislature to
gerrymander the Congressional districts of
this state in the interest of some favored ones.
The measure is most diabolical scheme, and
is particularly unfair and unjust TO the Dem
ocrats of Western Maryland, and especially
those of the Sixth Congressional district
The purpose of the bill to redistrict the state
is not to benefit the Democratic party of the
state, but to benefit one or two individuals.
By the redistricting scheme the Sixth district
will become hopelessly Republican, whereas
now it is, with n good candidate, who will
make the fight squarely on Democratic prin
eiples, really debatable ground. In the last
election Mr.. McComas, deservedly the most
popular Republican in the district, was elect
ed by Alb majority, and with candidate
upon whom all Democrats could have united,
it would have been greatly less than that.
The bill proposes to take from the Sixth dis
trict Montgomery county. with its 700 major
ity, and add 10 it Carroll county, with only
900 Democratic majority thereby adding just
400 to the Republican majority, which is now
small. Let the Democratic members of the
Legislature from Garrett, Washington, Allie
gany. Carroll, Montgomery and Frederick
counties vote solidly against the measure.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-17
Maryland Affairs.

The number of deaths in Baltimore last
week was 1S9 and the number of births 1885,
Owing to the blockade of the roads by snow
the Baltimore county court was compelled to
| adjourn until Monday next.
| Mrs Sarah Mcbride Jackson, mother of
Gov. Jackson, died in Salisbury on Wednes-
day, aged 10 years. She had been i'll for
several months.
| Nathan Middleton, of Philadelphia, Pa,
has invested $4,000 in a new canning factory
on Spesutia Island. He will plant 400 acres
in corn and tomatoes.
The general store of J. W. Lee & Son, and
the offices of the Democrat and the Baltimore
county Union, at Towsontown, were burned
on Tuesday morning Loss above insurance
SIS, 500.
Mrs. Nancy Miller, aged 107 years, 8
months and % days, died at the residence of
her son Henry, in Cumberland, on March IL.
She was born in Greencastle, Pa. Her hus-
band died in 1880.
Pneumonia has been very fatal in Baltimore.
| In December, 1887, there were y deaths; in
January, 1888, 95 deaths, and in February,
1888, l07 deaths-making total of PA this
season, against 100 in the corresponding three
months of last season. The three winter
months just passed, therefore, show an in
creaSeu mOrtallty from TINS cause OF OF over
the corresponding period of last season.
A brick building at Park Mills, in the
southern part of Frederick county, owned by
| Frederick Ordeman, was, with its contents,
destroyed by fire on Sunday night. The
building was occupied by Mr. Charles Kohl
pause as general country store. On Mon
day morning a party of men, including Mr..
Kohlpause and his brother, engaged in a
search among the ruins for q considerable
sum of silver money that had been left in the
drawer While they were thus occupied the
gable end of the structure, which was still
standing, fell in. killing VIM. Medairy, a
farmer, aged 85 years, and seriously injuring
Charles Kohlpause and his brother, Freder-
lex Kohlpause, and two other young men
named Frank Buck and Jesse Martin. Fred
erick Kohlpause died soon after being re-
moved to his home, and Bucks injury, it is
thought, will result fatally. The loss to the
building and contents is estimated at nearly
$1,000 The stock was insured for 1920.
1t is not known how the fire originated. Me-
dairy leaves widow and one child.