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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-10-13
ST PER ANNUM.
OpHNINa OF
M. sCHNEEBERGER'S
~TRADE PALACE a5a
80 EAST MAIN STREET.
IVES MINST TER, MD.


Is now open to the Public of Westminster
and Carroll county our New Fall and Winter
stock of Ladies' Fancy and Staple Dress
Goods, Ladies and Gents Furnishings,
Ladies and Misses Cloaks, Carpets, Matt
ings, Oil Cloths, &c. Our Opening of Foreign
and Domestic Manufactures will be Of great
magnitude, and our special
E UVENIR PRICES 6a
For this opening will be lasting memento to
every cutomer. Our
DRY GOODS
are fresh from the the manufacturer and at
such Low Prices as to make you wonder how
they can be made for so little money. Our
Ladies and Gents Furnishing Department
has never been so well equipped as now.
There is not an article in that line which we
can't show.
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One inch Of rain falling upon one square
mile is equivalent to nearly 1880 900
gallons.
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IN OUR CLOAK DEPARTMENT

we can show you some of the wonders of the
day, and in that line We shall make the greatest
effort of our life to sell you garments of the
latest Partisan Style at almost cost, in order
10 gain your patronage.
Read every item of our Opening Prices, and
you will admit that
SCHNEEBERGER'S TRADE PALACE
is an up to date Establishment
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LADIES, AND CENTS FURNISHINGS.

LADIES AND GENl > FthNlSHlNGS.
20 dozen Ladies' Ribbed Vests, long
sleeves, regular price 50 cents,
Souvenir Price........................... soc
10 dozen Ladies' Bleached Ribbed
Vests, in sizes from to 6, regular
price IS cents. Souvenir Price........ 4oc
Lot Gents Outing Shirts, great
Naile. ZSC
Lot Gents Under Shirts, extra
heavy, assorted sizes, regular price
40 cents, Souvenir Price.............. 25c
Ladies' Fine Gauze 'Hermsdorf
Fast Black Hose, extra quality;
worth 30 cents, Souvenir Price,. 21c
% dozen Mems gray and brown mixed
half Hose, actual value 10 cents,
Souvenir Price. ce............................ SC
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SPECIAL.

% dozen Ladies' Fine Embroidered
and Scalloped Handkerchiefs, worth
l2s cents, Souvenir Price..............
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The value Of the butter expectation from
France averages nearly $1,000. o0o a
year.
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REMNANTS.

REMNANTS,
Sc. heavy muslin, Souvenir Price,, Sc
40 Inch heavy nnbleaehed muslin,
worth 10 cents, Souvenir Price,, &c
lOc. fine bleached Fruit ofthe Loom)-
Souvenir Price rice........................ 74c
6!e. Canton flannel, Souvenir Price. SC
l2!c. Flannelette, Souvenir Price,. 74c
l0c ehintz prints, Souvenir Price,. &c
Sc. fancy and mourning prints,
Souvenir Price &c
6!c. light prints, Souvenir Price.....-. SIC
and hundreds of other bargains throughout
the store.
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CLOAK DEPARTMENT.

We offer as opening bargains | Lot
Ladies' Refers in blue and black
cloth for present and winter wear,
handsomely made worth $500,
Souvenir Price. ice............................ $2.o8
| Lot Misses Refers in Fancy Cloth,
ages 10 to Is, worth $500. Souvenir
Price. $3.50
Lot Ladies' CheviOt Cloth Goats.
Prince Albert Skirt, worth $500,
Souvenir Price. S5.75
Space will not permit us to give you all the
Styles and Prices of our large and handsome
assortment in this special line, therefore We
ask you kindly 10 visit this department and
learn our prices.
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DRESS GOODS,
is an up to date Establishment.

"a Inch Wool Covert Cloth, in Brown,
Blue and Gray at...................... 2et
"a Inch Wool Covert Cloth, fancy
effects, very rich in colorings and
style ...............................- SSt
3G Inch Fancy Dress Goods, Cash
mere effects, which will make up as
well as any soc goods; opening
prlce Ao>
SO Inch Fancy Wool Cloth, worth so
cents, our opening price............... 37!t
38 Inch Plain Covert Cloth, the race
of this season, sold anywhere at so
cents, our opening price............... 39t
80 Inch Fancy Cloth, same quality as
sold last year at 75 cents, our open
ing prlce. 4oe
As Inch All Wool Cheviots, great
bargain, our opening priee...-..-..... 800
50 Inch All Wool Plain Covert Cloth
onr opening price. oet
50 Inch All Wool Covert Cloth, suit
able for Capes and Children's
Coats, our opening price. obt
would be cheap at Sl.25.
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The County Commissioners of Carroll coun-
ty will meet at their office, in Westminster,
ON the first Monday in November, 1894, for
the transaction Of business.
By order, JOHN j. REESE.
oec Clerk.
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LACE CURTAINS AND PORTIERES
% Pair Nottingham Curtains, 81 yds.
long, regular price Sl.50, Souvenir
ooe
80 Pair Nottingham Curtains, 81 yds.
long, 60 inches wide, Brussel pat
price s2.oo
10 Pair Nottingham Curtains, 81 yds.
Ss.75, Souvenir price..............:::..: D. s2.ee
10 Pair Chenille Portieres, deep dado,
Souvenir Price. ee........................... 80. ee
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Oar rice crop last year was 1876. eco 600
pounds
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Il o. GRIMES.
Successor TO
L. 0. GRIMES 4 CO.,
THE PRINCIPAL DEPOT,
WESTMINSTER. MD.
Having succeeded TO the business of the
late firm of L. O. Grimes 4 Co., the under
signed solicits the patronage of the firm s
former customers and the public generally.
He has as complete a stock of
HoIcE GRocE cERIEs
as can be found in our city.
CHOICE TEAS, COFFEES, SYRUPS,
NEW ORLEANS MoLASSES, CANNED
GOODS OF ALL KINDS. CIGARS, To
BAcco, &C.
The best grades of
PATENT PROCESS & FAMILY FLOUR
constantly on hand at bottom figures.
VIII pay the Highest Prices for
WHEAT, CORN, RYE, OATS,
and all kinds of Country Produce.
Agent for Latin 4 Rand's Blasting Pow
der, and Judson's Dynamite for stump blast
ing. &C. Farmers can be supplied with the
best quality of COTTON and FLAXSEED
MEAL, HEAVY MIDDLINGS, BRAN, &c,
at lowest prices.
mar % L. o. GRIMES.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-31
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends 10 personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 70
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs
It's excellence is due TO lis presenting
in the form most acceptable aud pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of a perfect lax
alive; egectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feveS
and permanently curing constipation;
1t hos given satisfaction TO millions and
mot With the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and il is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs Is for sale by all drug
eists IL 50c and 81 bottles, but u Ia man
1iactured by tho California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name Is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Fig,
and being we'll informed, yon will nor
accept any substitute If offered.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-31
SINKING OF Kow sHuyo.
By tho japanese War shiP-Neariy TIVE
Thousand Perish.

by tho Japanese War Shtp-Ncnrly I've
Thousand Perish.
suASGnt, luiy 3o.-The following is
the lates! Chinese version Of tho sink.
ing Of the troop ship KOw Shung,
chartered by China from tho China
Merchants Trading aud Steamship COM
pauy:
When the Kow shung was over.
hauled BIZ tho Japanese cruiaer, the
latter cent boat alongside the trans
port, with O prize crew TO convoy her
10 japan. The Japanese boarded tho
Kov shunR and ordered her captain
an EngliShman. 20 proceed to Japan.
Captain Galsworthy refused to obey
this order and the Japanese Withdrew
10 report 10 the commander OF theif
cruiser, The latter thea opened ate
upon tho transport, using the machine
guns mounted in the tops oil the
japanese ship. =. - =.
The iire was 90 we'll directed that II
soon cleared the KoW shunG's decks.
The cruiser then discharged two tor
pedoes at tho transport, sinking her
and drowning nearly..all Of, 900 souls on
board.
Colonel Won HAM, q German, for:
moriy the viceroy's atde.de-camp, and
q number Of other officers, were among
those killed by the Ere from tho tops Of
the cruiser before tho torpedoes were
discharged. The effect Of the explosion
OF tho torpedoes lie said 70 have been
terrific. Gaping holes large enough to
pull a boat through were torn in the
steamers aldo and through those
apertures tho water poured, drowning
between decks those who did not leap
overheard. =,
According to tho reports received
here two German passengers who were
on their =, to Kotea, in order 10 set-
To up business affairs boioro tho war
broke out in earneat, jumped over
board when the transport began 10
sink and succeeded In swimming to the
Japanese cruiser. But, in spite Of their
appeals 10 BIO taken on board aud thoir
announcement that they wore non.
combatants tho two Germans wdro
shot by the Japanese marines. A mum.
Der Of Chinese who awAm to tho cruiser
shared the same fate. Tho Japanese
absolutely refused to give quarter.
A French warahip. tho Lion, steamed
up as tho transport sank aud succeeded
IN roscuin9 some OF tho unfortunate
Chinese soldiers, but all the foreigners
arc reported to havo boon killed on
board tho Kow shunR, while returning
the Ere OF the Japanese, or else they
wore drowned by tho sinking oil the
transport No details havo been re-
coiyei Of tho battle which is said 10 have
takeu place at A-san between tho Chi.
nese and japanese forcos.
It Is reported that several Chinese
stoamers hayo boon captured and n
humber Of others destroyed at Taku BY
Japanese cruisers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-31

PExlS, CHINA, July So.-The follow
ing is tho Chinese official version of the
engagement which recently took place
between tho Chinese and Japanese
fleets. The collision between the
Chinese and Japanese ships occurred
In the Prince Jerome Gulf in the inlet
on which A.san ia situated. The
Japanese attacked the Chinese vessels
Witch were escortlng tho second and
smaller division Of troops despatched
from Taku to reinforce the Chinese
army at A-san. The japanese opeaed
fro, tho Chinese having strict orders
not to Gre unless they were attacked, OF
Il the landing Of tho Chinese troops
wore opposed.
The result Of the action was that one
Japanese iron clad was disabled by the
Chinese batticsbip Chen Ynen.
The Kow Shung, which was ounk by
by tho Japanese was chartered trans
port flying tho British flag.
Tho Chinese and Japanese ministers
remain at their posts.
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nnnnnr.n nrlnl.trr.. rteeall.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July So.-Afr.
Coco Tateno, tho Japanese minister,
presented his letters Of recall to the
President to-day. lilo was accompanied
to tho whito house by Secretary OF
State Gresham. Thoro was tho usual
exchange OF speeches between the Proc
ident and the minister, and the speeches
made clear tho fact that tho minister's
recall was In no way due TO any friction
between the two governments or be-
tween tho minister and the diplomatic
officers OF tho United States.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-31
Hnmmor Complaint.

Last fall I was taken with a kind Of
summer complaint accompanied with
q wonderful diarrh1a. Soon attcr my
wife's sister, who lives with us, was
taken in tho samo way. We used al.
most everything without benefit. Then
l said, lot US try Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and DiarrhGa Remedy, which
we did, and that curod US right away.
/ think much OF It, as It did for mo
whit Il was recommended to do.-John
Hettaler, Bethel, Berks Co., Pa.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-31
Hnrlt nf Train Mreekcss.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July So.-Last
night unknown persons wrecked tho
fast mail and express train on the
Great Southern railroad which loft tho
city at 0 o'clock. Tho wreck occurred
at Trenton. Ga, whore o switch had
boon opened. The engine, express and
mail cars woro thrown down m EN-
baakmet,t and wcrp demolished. Pas
senQer coaches were derailed but no
passengers wero hurt Express Mes
senger Stewart and a colorod porter
anrionniy. but not fatally injured.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-31
Food anpplIs. For CHM.

Say Francisco, CAL, July. so.-The
Call this morning says:
English vessels now In port arc una
Bile TO secure charters, and will be load.
cd with flour, at tho owners risk. and
scnt 10 China. An order has boon
placed with q canning company for TO-.
600 tons OF canned beef for tho same
market. Tho Rio Janeiro, which sailed
q few daye ago. TOOK out largo cargo Of
llour, as did tho two preceding steamers.
Chinese merchants Of tho better class
admit that .hoif country is stocking up
with provisions.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-31

WASHINGTON, D. O., July @.-Tho
postoiIice department commenced tho
distribution Of the now postage stamps
furnished undcr tho rccont contract
with the bureau Of engraving and print
inc. So far only about half o million
STAMPS have been supplied TO tho do
parttncut and thoy arc forwarded to
postoiiices as soon as acquisitions for
them arc received.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-31

Tho readers OF this paper will DO
ploased 10 learn that thore 10 at Toast
ono dreaded disease that science has
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that Is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
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n constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutIonal treatment. Hal!'s Catarrh
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mon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
tho systom, thereby destroying, tho
foundation OF tho disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and insisting nature IN do
ing It's work. The proprictoss have SO
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Giant Catfish and Young Faithful Cones; Prairie Home of
Cree INDIAN Ferry across Red River of the North; Des
of Sioux River; Lovers Leap The Devils Notch; Danger
Rock Signal Rock Cabinet Gorge; Needle Points; Cathe-
dra Rock; Summit Of Harneys PeakView Of Bear Butte;
Harneys Peak; Horseshoe in Elk Canon Wedge Rock,
near Custer Beecher Rocks; Chamber in Crystal Cave.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-31

DENVER, COL, July so.-Joseph Will
son, who is believed to have been tho
leader OF the party that tarred and
feathored Adjutant General Tarsney
al Colorado Springs, has been arrested
near Nevada, Afo. II is reported that
hc Inns made q confession.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-31

CHICAGO JUNCTION, o., July so.-Abont
100 mon who wcrc employed at tho
Baltimore & Ohio railroad shops at this
Mace arc idle. They refused to comply
with an order OF tho company to with
draw from the American Railway
Union and wcro discharged. Tho places
OF fotty.fvc OF tho mon havc been filed
by non.union mon.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-31
ARTHUR MIDDLETON
After q Long Silence Again Takcg
Up His Trsnohant Pen
AND DlSC0URSES on DEMOCRACY.

It's Folbles aud Foilies-The FIeh,
Between Camden aud "windy"
wilson n Rcnowal of tho fractional
Contest That Came so Near Wreck.
Ing the Democracy In 1ss7-JoO
chiIton's Hand In tho work-Thc
Third District Congressional Fight.
A Breezy Letter on Democratic
Poliica
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-31

GALL for Cubeb Cough euro and In
siSt T rnon having nothing else. Twenty:
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Il Il il not 10 wo say-thc bcst remedy
~ tho kind in tho world-we AJAX you to
sold by Alex. :. Young, John klari,
Wheeling, and Bowie & Co., Bridge
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TO Atlantic City, Cape May and Sen iRlo'
vim u. 4 o., Thursday, August ., 1898,
Round trip $40. Tickets good twelve
says with stop OF privilege at Washing
ton. D. G, returning. Pullman sleeper
on tho s SIS p. IN. train ftom Wheeling
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-25
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a. Dunlap family is enjoying a visit
from Mrs Tinkelpaw
The Nav favar Il al had 1t Cornell
Grove that ona vonng lady caIIs herself
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Rev. MT. Alllng II q preacher ln Alen
county and tells the people the Lorq mas
chosen the weak Things Of me WoEl0 %
conlouhu she III
line view q the late eclipse 81 the
moon was nad AZ lyons Wnlch II the
only gooa tnlng tnal mas yes Deeh us
covered Ia the absence 81 ram CLOUDS
NOah's family might have partial re-
union in Kansas Ham Is marshal at
F. Scott. Japhet e running a livery sta
pie e Ao4at Dub oAeAA - SILL uAaCcouAte4
for.
If all the small boys knew what Dig,
Juicy waterEelons We're raised near
Garden lily II woulan pc long 1elore
tnal country nad lne gl7a-eal AA-uA -
young Dloou "a history
Editor Gilmore Of fredonla thought
when the corn crop falleds that ne could
worry along somehow but when the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-25

heaps of Emoldering ashes or blazing
furnaces Of fire. Some families, more
Fortunate managed to make start on the
road toward safety with wagons laden
with such household goods as could be
hastily gathered up, only to be overtaken
by the greedy flames before they bad gone
a mile Wives whose husbands failed
to come TO their aid hastily gathered
their children in their arms and ran to
the nearest water, whatever that might
be. In more than one instance the fam
lily well, resorted to as the only place Of
safety, became tomb for the refugees,
the fire drawing the air from the depths
and the victims sufocating from inhala
ton of mephitic gases
Hundreds, like the Wretches who were
caught near Hinckley this year, rushed
into ponds and marshes. Some saved
themselves in this way Others died
nniserabIy, immersed IN mud to their
nostrils, but smothered at last by the
fires consuming breath. Some escaped
almost miraculously, but manned. One
poor fellow lost both eyes and both feet,
yet saved his life, an almost useless
thing. One woman's face was actually
baked by the flames, so that the flesh
fell off, leaving her countenance in ap-
pearance like a CHASTITY grinning deaths
y
timately recover The loss of life was
not nearly SO great IN the vicinity of
the shore Of Lake Huron as elsew here,
for those living there could find a safe
refuge in its sheltering waters. though
the sufferings of some who saved them
selves in that manner were almost be-
yond recital. They were obliged to stand
as far out in the lake as they could,
every now and then completely i'm
mersing themselves in order to keep
from being burned by the sparks and
brands that were constantly falling
about them. Some there were who lost
their lives from exposure and some
from drowning. Many who We're left
alive by the fire died afterward from
nervous strain and physical exhaustion,
and there were not few who became
insane after their danger was past, as
have some who passed through the fires
Of this year. Nor were there lacking
cases of heroism every whit as striking
as that displayed I>y Jim Wood, the en-
gineer of the train that fed from the
flames that were destroying Hinckley;
but, as is usually the case, these brave
men IS names are mostly preserved only
in the memories Of their friends. instead
Of being held mp forever before the
world for its admiration.
Fire always plays queer tricks when
it gets beyond human control, and the
strange freaks Of the blazes of the B1ichi-
gan fires of 1881 were such as would
pass belief if they were not vouched for
BY unimpeachable witnesses. In one vii
lage that was surrounded by the woods,
as was Hinckley, every building but the
church and the saloon was destroyed. A
field of grain was left intact near the
town of western Michigan, though ev-
erything else on the farm Of which it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-25

The dispatch sent out by the Associ-
ated Press from Topeka the other day IN
reference TO railroad passes and saying
that the next legislature would pass
law abolishing their use by officials was
published In the Journal, but we disclalm
responsibility for it. In the next legisla-
ture of Kansas there will be 100 men.
and every one of them viii have q pass.
In addition to that be will be able to get
a pass Tor a friend if he asks for it. Does
any one suppose for moment that the
members Of the next legislature are go
ing TO be such angelic creatures that they
viii begin reform by taking their own
passes awayf The men who entertain
such an idea are too innocent Tor this
World.-Lawrence Journal
The pass system has been abolished in
other states and there is no reason 70 be-
lieve that it will not BE- in this state In
New York, the constitutional convention
has incorporated provision in the con-
stitution that no public official shall be
allowed to accept a railroad pass. The
members Of the legislature even though
each may have pass will be compelled
by public opinion to vote for an anti pass
law. provided public opinion manifests
itself strongly enough