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Meeting of Congress.

Congress assembled in extraordinary SEES
sion on Monday last and the attendance III both
houses WAS nearly the full membership.
Sneaker Cr,sp and the other Democratic
eaucns nominees wer,, elected in the House.
The Senate organized last March, though the
Democratic officers did not take their places
until Monday
Both houses adjourned early on Monday.
The President submitted his message on
Tuesday and it was given the closest atten.
ton in both houses. In the Senate several
financial bills were submitted, and there was
n spirited debate between Senators Hale,
German, Voorhees,, Sherman, Teller and
others. Senator Hale desired TO make haste
in.repealing the Sherman law, and for that
purpose desired to have the Senate meet at
il o'clock each day Mr.. German, OF Mary
land. resented Mr. Hale's remarks as being
made TO gain partisan advantage. 1t was
sssmall politics. he said, that had suggested
the resolution.
The Senate dare not las the senator FROM
Maine knew, and as the country knew dis
nose of such question in haste. Senators
ON both sides were divided in opinion as to
the proper remedy to be applied. He trusted
that all senators would rise above mere par
tis,,nship, and would settle the question to
the interest of the country, and he hoped that
nothing would he done on the Republican
side of the chamber to excite party feeling on
the Democratic side. He trusted that from
this time on it would be thoroughly under
stood that senators were here to serve their
country; that there was an awful condition OF
affairs existing, and that they would come TO
consideration of the question deliberately and
calmly with view ofperfecting some legisla-
ton that would give relief.
Canatar Sherman pyplnlnpu that the uci
which bears his name was temporary expe-
diency to stave off free coinage, and proceeded
to state the Republican position.
After colloquy between Senator Vest and
Sherman, Mr. Teller of Colorado, closed the
discussion He denied that the senator from
Maine (Mr Hale) spoke for the whole
Republican party or for all Republican
| senator's That senator spoke for him
self and for the New England senators
| who surrounded him, but he had no right IL
speak for others They had not made him
| their mouthpiece, and were not likely to dc
| so. The elamor for the repeal Of the Sher
man act did not. Mr.. Teller asserted, come
from the productive agencies of the country
not from the men who created the wealth OF
/ the country. 1t came from the money cen
tiers.
The House adjourned on Tuesday unit
! Thursday and the Senate until "Wednesday
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MORE TIME FOR PENSIONERS
Extension of the Period when They May
Prove Their Right Of Recognition.

WASHINGTON. Aug. G.-Judge Lochren,
nension commissioner, has extended until
October 10, 1893, the period within when
pensioners whose pensions have been sns'
pended may make proof of their right TO re-
ceive them in the following order, which was
issued yesterday:
sin cases of pensions heretofore suspended
for lack Of proof showing pensionable de-
gree of disability under the act OF June y,
1890. II is directed that the period within
which the pensioners may furnish further
evidence or apply to this bureau for examin-
alton by a medical board be extended to
October 10, 1893, and that no such pensions
be dropped for lack Of such evidence before
that date. Let a copy of this order be mailed
to all such pensioners as have not already
acted upon the notice previously gwen.
'sWM. LocHREN, Commissioner.
TO reporter Judge Lochren said, in ex
PLANTATION of the order:
Under color of the act OF June u, lo9o,
but really under the misconstruction oil thai
act resulting from order 1874, many pensions
were granted for disabilities not OF service
origin, which in no way incapaeited the per-
sons from the performance OF manual labor
and were, therefore, not pensIona6le under
that act, or under any other law. The duty
oil the bureau Is 10 ufOp aucSC P~"H'~''''
But in some cases claimants or their aitor-
news may have been misled by the practice
of the bureau, under order 1914, into direct
ing their proof only to such SPECIFIC dlsabill'
ties as were being rated under that order,
while, in fact. good case for pension might
have been shown The pensions have, there.
fore, not been dropped, but suspended, and
notice given to the pensioners, IN accordance
with established usage, to- furnish further evi'
dence within sixty days, and show their rlgh'
to pension. .if a legal right exists. Ordinarily
this has been found TO give sufficient time,
at has been thought, however, that be
cause OF the persistent misrepresentation by
certain classes of newspapers and persons O
the action and intention of this bureau thai
many pensioners may have been misled alte
discouraged from presenting such proofs as
they could furnish or from asking for medl
cal examination. | have therefore, upon the
suggestion and advice Of the Secretary OF the
Interior, concluded to extend the time within
which pensioners already notified may take
steps TO retain their pensions.
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The Presidents Message.

MIR. Cleveland's Message TO Congress,
submitted on Tuesday, is given in iull IN
this issue. 1t is not in his usual terse and
vigorous style and does not point out the
relief from the financial and business de
preston as fully as was hoped. The mes
SAGE. therefore, is not up to public expec-
tation.
The President aseribes every i'll to the
Sherman act, and recommends the speedy
repeal of the silver purchasing clause as
the immediate remedy. The ADVOCATE
does not hold the Sherman law responsible
for the present troubles, but believes that
the distrust aud lack of confidence is as
much due to jobbiug bankers and stock
sneculators as to the compulsory pur-
chase Of silver. Added to this, as the
ADVOCATE has heretofore pointed out, has
been the misrepresentation and exagger-
atoms of the Republican press and small
Republican politicians.
The panic has been one whose origin
was stock gambling And it did not cease
on Tuesday when the Administration had
nledeed itself to the repeal of the silver
purchasing clause Of the Sherman act, and
when il was known or at least believed, that
Congress would second the Administration.
The "bears' and ''bulls" in the stock ex-
change in New York glared AT each other,
aud began struggle The bears were
successful and further decline IN stocks
was effected. On Wednesday another de
cline vas forced
But the people had come to believe that
the Sherman act is the cause oil all busl-
ness arrangement, and no matter what the
real cause of financial disaster, the repeal
of its purchasing clause is imperaliyely
demanded as the first step toward restoring
confidence.
But after repeal what? That is the
question, and upon this point the country
was waiting to hear from the President
He has not answered, but left the matter
to Congress. 1t would have been better
If he had given the people his views
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the benefit of its corrections practically
defenseless. He relies for work upon the
ventures of confident and contented capital.
This failing him. his condition is without
alienation, for he can neither prey on the
misfortunes of others nor hoard his labor.
One of the greatest statesmen our country
has known, speaking more than nifty years
ago when arrangement Of the currency had
caused commercial distress, said: 'sfhe
yefy man of all others who has the deepest
interest in sound currency. and who suffers
most by mischievous legislation IN money
matters, is the man who earns his daily bread
by his daily toll.
These words are as pertinent nos as ohthe
day they were uttered, and ought TO i'm
pressively remind us that failure IN the
discharge Of our duty at this time must espe-
cially iniure those of our conntrymen who
labor. and who, because of their number and
condition, are entitled to the most watchful
care of their government.
1t is of the utmost importance thai such
relief as Congress can afford in the existing
situation be afforded at once. The maxim
stHe gives twice who gives quickly is di-
recily applicable. 1t may be true that the
embarrassments from which the business OF
the country is suffering arise as much from
evils unprecedented rs from those actually
existing. We may hope, too, that calm
councils will prevail, and that neither the
capitalists nor the wage earners will give
way to unreasOning panic, and sacrihce their
property or their interests under the influence
Of exaggerated fears. Nevertheless, every
days delay in removing one oil The plain ana
principal causes of the present state OF things
enlarges the mi chief already done and in-
creases the responsibility OF the government
for its existence Whatever else the people
have n right to expect from Congress. they
may certainly demand that legislation CON
demned by the ordeal of three years dlsas
trous experience shall be removed from the
statute books as soon as their representatives
can legitimately deal with it.
Ii was my purpose 10 summon Congress IN
special session early in the coming Septem'
Der that we might enter promptly upon the
work of tariff reform. which the true interests
of the country clearly demand, that which so
large majority of the people, as shown by
their sutirages, desire, expect, and to the
accomplishment of which every effort of the
present administration is pledged. But while
tariff reform has lost nothing OF its immediate
and permanent Importance, and must IN the
near future engage the attention OF Congress,
it has seemed TO me that the financial condi-
ton of the country should at once and before
all other subjects be considered by your hon
orable body.
earnestly recommend the prompt repeal
IF the provisions of the act passed July Ia,
1890, authorizing the purchase of silver hull
lion, and that other Legislative action may
put beyond all doubt or mistake the inten'
ton and the ability of the government to
| fulfill its pecuniary obligations in money uni
versally recognized by all civilized countries
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion, August Z, 1893.
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Almost Frozen in August.

CHEYENNE WYo., August Ga party of
tourists narrowly escaped perishing Wednes'
day in a snowstorm on Elk Mountain, Carton
county. near the Wyoming and Colorado
line. They were G. H. Allen and family,
Perry Ault and family, Miss Maggie Mqnk,
Otis Kelly. James Case, Jr., and Miss Ella
Bullock, all Eastern people, summering in
the Platte Valley.
Wednesday morning they made the ascent
of the Elk Mountain, IL 200 feet high. The
day was warm. and all in the party were
thinly clad. Just as the summit was reached
rain commenced falling, and all were drench
ed. Then the temperature fell very rapidly
and the rain changed to snow aud sleet The
wet clothing of the tourists froze stiff, and IN
the binding blizzard they were unable 10
move.
The party had but few matches, and, al
though wood was plentiful, it was impossible
for some time to kindle fire. Several OF
the party were frostbitten, and all were thor
oughly chilled. The storm lasted three hours
Had the party failed in getting their fire start
ed all would have persisted.
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Revolving Scenes at an Execution.

ylkEN4, Aug. "A revolving scene oc-
Cured Saturday vt at execution that took
place at Krems, a town IS miles nartheast OF
Vienna. A convict named Drummer, who
was serving term of Imprisonment at krems,
attacked a warden in the prison there and
killed him.
Brnuner was tried on a charge of murder,
convicted and sentenced to death. Capital
punishment in Austria consists of hanging,
not on y seagold, but on a post, at the top Of
which hook holds the moose. The usual
formaities we're gone through with and
Drummer was hanging with bis teet short
distance from the ground. He struggled and
gasped, and il was evident that something
was wrong with the arrangements Of the
moose.
Several minutes elapsed and Drummer was
still alive, and no one could tell when death
would relieve him of his agony. Finally, the
executioner took matters literally into his
own bands, and, mounting a ladder at the
back Of she post, he placed one hand oyel
the mouth of the struggling man and with the
other choked him until life vas extinct.
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No charge for Marriages and Deaths Obituaries and
Verses cents a line.
AT Sykesville, Nd, on August 4, 1898,
Richard t., aged 10 months and II days,
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Brooks.
At Henryton, Carroll county, Nd, on
August I'd. 1898, Mary Catherine, aged 8
months, youngest child of Randolph and
Elizabeth Richardson.
At Louisville, Nd, on July Is, 1893, Sam
ue H. Patterson, aged 81 years, months
and IL days.
In Manchester, Nd, on Wednesday, Au-
gust ,, 1898, Walter Hanson, aged CO years,
months and % days.
In Manchester, Nd, on August I, 1898,
John William, aged year, months and IL
days, son of William and NJ Lizzie Kahn.
In Manchester, Nd, on August I, 1893,
Margaret, aged 6S years, months and IA
days, wife OF John A. Stump.
Near New Windsor, Nd, at the residence
of her son-in-law, on August IL, 1898, Mrs.
Mary ID. Winemiller, aged IS years. The
funeral will take place at Middlebrrg on Sun
day, at 10 a. m.
la Westminster, Nd, on July %, 1898,
Frank Plus, aged years, months and 10
days, son of Edwin j. and Helen +. Await
AT Patapseo, Nd, August 9, 1893, after n
louH Ilbcss. WIS. A'sltdh - -hONCCJ dScb up
wards of 10 years, widow of Augustus MeGee.
Near Tannery, Nd, on August ,, 1893,
Nancy. aged SO years, 3 months and "a days,
wife of Lewis Green.
At Patapsco, Nd, on August 8, 1893,
Jacob A. Weller, aged &C years, months
and % days.
Near Tannery, Md, on August 3, 1893,
Mrs. Elizabeth Lowell, aged IS years. months
and II days.
Near Mt. Pleasant, Nd, on August 9th,
1898, Harry Milton, aged 6 years and 3
months, only son of Francis W. and Alice II.
Bish.
We had little treasure once,
lie was our joy and pride;
! We loved him, ah, perhaps too well.
For soon he slept and died.
All is dark within our dwelling.
Lonely are our hearts today,
For the one we loved so dearly
Has forever passed away.
BY HIS PARENTS.
This lovely bud. so young, so fair
Called hence by early doom,
Just came to show how sweet a flower
In paradise would bloom.
! Ere sin could harm, or sorrow fade.
Death came with friendly care.
The opening bud TO heaven conveyed.
And babe it blossom there.
BY A.cM
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While the North and West is suffering
from business depression and lack of con
dideuce. the southern half of the country
seems to DE going aLag as usual. For
the week ended July 81 the Chattanooga
Tradesman" reports p new industries es.
tablished or incorporated, 3 engagements
OF manufactures and il important new
buildings commenced in the Southern
States. It will appear from this showing
that the scarcity Of spot cash for loan and
the immiuence of tariff reduction have not
altogether discouraged enterprise south Of
Mason and Dixon's line.
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No honest pensioner has anything 10
fear from the investigation now going on
in the pension bureau at Washington
Only the fraudulent pensioner will be dis
turbed in his ill-gotten booty, and no
honest man will complain, should the hold
Of these dishonest leeches upon the treas
afy be broken. The attempt to arouse
the indignation of old soldiers upon this
subject will only compromise those engaged
in it, No tfue patriot. who periled hls
life and received disabilities in defense OF
his country, is mean enough TO sanction
fraud. but will be glad of purgation OF
the pension list
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Gold is coming over from Europe, mills
and factories are resuming, silver is going
up in the foreign markets. and Congress is
in session. It looks as if the worst we're
over and that people might regain eonh-
dence. says a contemporary. We have
seen several lists mills and factories that
have resumed. How is it, if Cleveland $
election last November caused the panic
which worked so much financial distress,
that these assumptions are taking place
before Congress has had a chance to take
any measure of relief whatever? The
truth is there was no foundation for this
alleged cause Of the panic. The Repuol-
can partisans who started it knew they
were acting falsely and dishonesty, and
for party effect, hoping TO change public
sentiment, which demands the moditica-
ton of the tariff as well as the repeal OF
the silver purchasing clause of the sher-
man bill The partial resumption destroys
their partisan theory in toto.
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For he Democratic AdvOos..

MEssRs. EDITORS Permit, please. del
agate to the late Judicial Convention, held in
YOUR city upon the 10th instant. to say that
he hospitality of the citizens of Westminster,
especially ihai Of Judge Roberts and Mr..
James Diifenbangh, we're equal to any it has
ever been his good fortune TO enjoy.
The complimentary endorsement Of Judges
Roberts and Revell by such unsmlmity
should be most highly appreciated by Gov.
Brown, since his appointments of these two
distinguished jurist have met the hearty and
satisfactory choice Of the entire people OF the
three counties.
Let the Governor hereby recognize the fact
that Justice will prevail. and that his, good
acts are appreciated by the people and viii
live after him. DELEdATE-
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Cholera in New York.

Health officer jenkins, of the port Of
New York, has officially announced the
presence Of two cases of cholera oa Swim
burne Island, the quarantine station o.
that port. The patients were passengers
on lie steamer Haramania, which arrived
last week, and are recovering All the
other passengers are in good health. There
Is no occasion fos panic, as the city is said
10 be in no danger Of the outbreak Of ar
epe.lemic.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-08-12

Senator German has again been made
the leader Of the Democrats in the Senate,
His sound Judgment and discretion, to-
eether with ms firmness and courage, have
made him conspicuous among the great
men 10 The Senate, and in his selection as
leader Maryland feels colnplimented
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-08-12

Mrs. Sarah Il. Sell. widow Of the late Rev.
Daniel Il. Sell, Of East Berlin. Pa. who re
Gently decided fine farm TO the Home Mis-,
sionary Board of the Lutheran General
synod. has given farm in Dover township,
York county, containing 46 acres, to the di,
rectors Of The lutheran Theological Semi
nary Of Gettysburg, Pa ltls valued at slOu
m acre.
An immense amount OF damage va done
by The heavy fall of hail on Sunday ia York
and Lancaster counties, Pa; the crop on
hundreds Of acrea beiuK mplelely destroyed:
Several harms were struck by lightning aud
they and contents destroyed
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-08-12

while the action Of the judicial eonven'
tiou was anticipated it is cause for con
graduation that the proceedings were so
harmonious and unanimous. The nomi-
nations Of Judges Roberts and Revell were
in accord with the public sentiment of the
circnit. The bench as constituted is a
strong and acceptable one, and the nomi-
Dees of Thursday will be elected without
opposition in November.
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Letter from Texas
correspondence of the Democrat .dvOc

Correspondence of the Democrat advocate.
FLoREsvII1.E, Texas, Au Sth, 1893.
MEssRs. EDITORS BY t days mail l
send You specimens OF mesquite beans,
some ripe, some green, a few of the leaves,
and a small piece of the wood-green. This
curious timber is Indigenous to Southwestern
Texas. and in many localities is the only
arboraceous vegetation. IT grows about the
size and very much the shape of an apple
tree. In rather dry seasons il bears prolific
crops of beans, like the samples sent. They
are useless as human food, but stock is
very fond of them, and they will iatten n
horse nearly equal 10 grain; | mean loose
horses, ms no one gathers them for that pur.
nose. The wood is excellent for fuel and
burns very well green; and for fence posts
and like purposes, it is exceled by no timber
known to me- resisting decay like red cedar
and bois dare pronounce that how dark I.
Ii can be cut green and fashioned into .
wagon falloe or "A nice gun stock-Fve done
boih-and il will stay where it is placed
as it does not shrink perceptibly. You need
not whistle or say rodents, Us no one is pay
ing me to lie on mesquite timber. 1t has a
strongly corrodDg effect on iron and steel, IN
contact with il, and is believed to possess
valuable tanning properties. Its tenacity'
hardness, elastieity, &c, is about like black
walnut. Ii wonld make handsome furniture,
only it is rather too small and crooked: u
this letter and accompanying samples are OF
any private interest both will have accom-
plisbed the purpose intended by your friend /,
PETER B. BARNES.
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Business Locals.

Losr.-on Sunday evening last while e, re.
turning from the Episcopal Chapel, Blue
Enameled Stick Pin with Pearl centre a
reward ifleft at this Office.
WANrED-A reliable woman to do general
housework. Address or apply to No. l3lo
PENNSYLVANIA Avenue, Baltimore, Md. at
You ALI. KNOW HIM.
| had been troubled with constipation ioI
wears, and tried most all kinds OF remedies
without any particular benefit. Finally
came across DR.. Deane's Dyspepsia Pllls
which have done me a wonderful lot OF good
r. C. Matthews, Westminster, Md.
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fIarrisopissn. Shermanissn, and McKin-
leyism. The bane Of American prosperity.
The antidete-Jeiiersoni and Cleveland
Democracy. A little while. and the change
will be apparent:
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Attorney General Hensel has refused the
writ of quo warranto requested by certain
citizens of Gettysburg, Pa, to deprive the
trolley lines of the franchises on the battle
field. and decided all the points involved IN
favor of the trolley company
New wheat sold in some Western towns on
Wednesday at 35 cents per bushel.
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TO CREDITORS.

This is TO give notice that the subscriber
has obtained from the Orphans Court of Car
roll county, in Maryland, letters testamentary
on the Personal Estate Of
SAMUEL II. PATTERSON,
late of Carroll county, deceased. AlIpersons
hayiRg claims against the deceased are warned
to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof
legally authenticated, to the subscriber, on or
before the 18th day of March, 1898; they
may otherwise by law be excluded from ali
benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 9TH day Of
August, 1898.
JOSHUA NJ. PATTERSON,
aul2 Al Executor.