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The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
DEATHS HARVEST.
Well Known Residents And Others Who
Have Passed Away.


Susan ShaeHer.
Widow of the late Joseph Shaefer, died at her
residence this city, May Il. in her seth year
She was connected with some of the most pTomi-
uent families in this and adjoining counties III this
State, having been relative of the late Rev. Dr.
Zachurias. for many years pastor of the Reformed
Church at Frederick Three sons survive her-Nm.
IL Shaeler, an employe of the Baltimore Custom
house Chas Shaeier. at home, and James shaefer,
of Baltimore She also leaves five grandchildren
and eight or ten great-grandchidren. Funeral SER
vices and interment at Benjamin Reformed Church
on Tuesday, Revs, Stonesifer and Doty ohlclatng'
Her pallbearers were Frank. Harry and Leonard
shaefer grandsons. and Joseph w Hunter, Charles
Thomson and Reuben Humbert.
Ernest Grob
Died at his residence, near Manchester, May "A,
aged 20 years. He was member of Pennsylvania
regiment during the civil war. He had resided on
farm near Manchester for many years, and was
engaged in making clothing for a Baltimore firm.
He is survived by widow and four children
George. near Manchester; Mrs. Miller, Of PenuSyl-
vania and two unmarried daughters at home. Mr..
Grob was member Of the Reformed Church.
Mary Bloom,
Widow Of the late Adam Bloom, died May Il. at
the residence of her gnndson, henly Carr, at War
heldsburg aged s. years Her maiden name was
Dudderar and she sister of Peter puddcnr.
OF Frederick county. She is survived by two daugh-
ters. both Of whom are widows-Nrs. Margaret
Lindsay Of Oak Orchard. Frederick county, and
Mrs sarah Carr, Of warfeldsburg-
Sarah Dubs.
Widow of Emanuel Dubs, died Tuesday. May l.,
at her home near GlenviIe Pa, aged about 3 years
She was daughter Of the late Jesse II. Wentz and
wife and was born and reared In Mannheim Town
ship YORK county. where she resided all her life.
her husband died about SIX years ago, she is SUI
vived by three children. oliver ". pubs aud Mrs.
Geo. Saubcl Of near Glenyille and Jacob ". nubs.
Of Lincboro. Carroll county
Miss sarah Ann SayIor
D.ed al the home % her brother-in-law J. Hol-
bruner. at woods0oro Nd, May :. afler shor, i'll
ness or a complication OF diseases aged it years,
months and p days she Is survived By two broth
srs, Mess-S B. + SAyipr. Of woodsboro, AMI EEra J.
ssylor oi walkcrSvil'e and one sister. Mrs.. Jasper
MorrinEstar, OF Union Bridge Mis- saylor had
btyu sufferer from spinal trouble since she vss u
ycars ~ age having eceu oouhuei 20 her bi Tor SIX
years with Ii a. ibe start. She WAS devotci Mem
ter oi the Lutheran church.
The Democratic advocate., 1904-05-21
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

der. therefore to decide the question, pr. Frank Butler of Montreal, and Dr. Casey Wood of Chicago, undertook in the begtn' ming of 1904 an investigation of the subject under the auspices of the section on opthal- mology of the American Medical Associa. tion.. The investigators found that about l75 cases of blindness and about 100 deatha during the last seven or eight years could be directly imputed to wood alcohol in tha various forms in which 1t Is manufactured. This estimate is 6 conservative one, ana only treats of published instances of death and blindness.
 Drs Butler and Wood consider that ths investigations undertaken by them confirm the suspicious entertained by many physi- clans that the fumes of wood aicohol under certain favorable conditions. are a danger ous menace to eyesight. and they more- over believe that the concensus of opinion is opposed to the statement of the makers of the various forms of "deodorized" wood al- cohol that its external use in liniments, al- cohol ''rubs," in baths, in cosmetics, hair tonics, perfumes. etc, Is always devoid o& danger to the eyesight.
 The practice of substituting wood for grain alcohol in the manufacture of medi- oinal preparations would appear to be most insidious and pernicious means of poisoning, and the sale, not only of methyl whiskey but also of internal remedies and toilet preparations. manufactured or adul- terated with wood alcohol, should be re- stricted by law. In fact there is every reason why the proposition of Drs. Butler and Wood should be adopted that methyl alcohol in any of its forms should be treat ed as a poison. and subject to the laws of the various States restricting and regulating the sale of poisons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

drawbridge Is the greater exactness and solidity with which, when down, the tracks upon 1t are joined with those on the fixed spans, thus remov- ing one more possibility of disaster. The Sherzer Roller Lift. as the type of bridge in which one end is raised upon the rolling axis of the other. is called,
 is already installed at Boston and
 Bridgeport and the New Haven Rail-
 road is now building three more, one at Coscob, one at Westport and one over the Housatonic, east of Bridge port. On these new bridges a train can run over a bed as firm as that which led 1t to them. though it's speed is regulated by stringent State laws.
 Even did an engineer pass the warn ing signals when the bridge was rais- ed, his train would not plunge into the
 water. Derailing switches would turn the train from the track and thus bring 1t to a stop.
 The safeguarding of the public on
 the thoroughly equipped modern rail- way Is not confined tothat portion of the people who ride upon the trains.
 The deadly grade crossing is gradual ly being eliminated. From New York
 to New Haven, for instance. a distance of 73 miles, there are no crossings at grade. and from New Haven to New London there are only five, none of which are considered dangerous
 Over modern road beds guarded by
 modern signal systems, the traveller on the older American railroads has
 no cause to envy the European.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
PHILADELPHIA, THE CORRUPT.
A Tru.t-Nourished Party.

Savoyard in Nashville Banner.
 Washington, Nov. 5.-Philadelphla, the city of William Penn. Benjamin Franklin and stephen Girard, is the worst boss-ridden town in America. There is no such thing as an election fin Philadelphia. though they go through the motion of one periodically. The rascalities of those elections" are notorious. Newspapers of all shades of political opinion speak of them as matters of course. and recognize that the Republican majorities are whatever the Republican bosses have agreed in advance Is necessary. There Is no more elf-government In Philadelphia than there is in Warsaw, or Constantinople, and though the people vote there is no real election.
 Tn 1900, according to the census. the population of Philadelphia was 1,293. 697, and the population of New York proper-not "the Greater"-was 2050,- 507. What do you suppose the regis tration of those two towns is for the election next Tuesday? New York, 391, ,021, Philadelphia. 390,94S, a differ ence of just 73, though the difference in population is 756.910 Now 1t is a conceded fact that elections are fairer in New York than in any other large GUY m the ldnus IL IS a State and both parties are always vigil lant and thus there is no chance to steal. Assuming, then, that the regis tration of New York is as honest as Is possible in so great a community, there are registered in Philadelphia no less than 130.000 fraudulent votes that will be counted for the Republican tick ct next Tuesday. When Matt Quay To- cated in New York in 1888 to buy the election for the Republican party he sent to Philadelphia for the most noto- rious, the most expert, the most bril- liant ballox-box manipulator in all America. Four years later that same manipulator went to New York to steal the election again, and The New York Times drove him out of town when it heralded his advent and gave his his tory under the caption. "A New Rogue in Town"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
WOOD ALCOHOL.
Is Dangerous as a Drink and In MedicinAi
 Preparations.

Is Dangerous As a Drink and In MeoicA"AA
 Preparations.
 The Medical Record.
 Up to within a comparatively recent PC riod cases of poisoning by wood Aicoho' were among the rarities of medical practice for so long as the substance was manuiac- tured by the old processes it's oitehS"e smell and taste were sufficient to deter even the most hardened drinker from using It 70 satisfy his craving for alcoholic stimulants Since the time, however. that "deodorlzeo wood alcohol has been placed on the mar ket under various names, the fatalities rom its use have gone up by leaps and bounds /.
 Not only may it be used in place or grain alcohol in the manufacture ana adul- teratlon of spurious liquors. but 1t is also largely and widely used as menstruum in many toilet preparations and remedies for internal and external use. The reasons for this practice are twofold First, anl that which appeals most forcibly to human nature. is the comparative cheapness of wood alcohol, 1t being untaxed and costing hut fifty cents gallon, while grain alco- hol. taxed, costs at retail $2 .6Q gallon. The second reason is the ignorance of many manufacturers as to the deadly nature of nethyl alcohol. Indeed. even among mem- bers of the medical profession views with regard to the poisonous nature of methyl alcohol are widely divergent, and some who have had no experience in cases of wood alcohol poisoning are openly skeptieal con- eerninE its reputed toxic properties. In or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
nj willing to expend s1oo.ooo. 900 al

not willing to expend $100.000,0o0 an- nually on the navy. MT. Hay says the Democrats would dump the navy on the scrap pile. Parker and the Demo- crats believe the navy could get along excellently on $50, 900 900, and 1t Is his- tory that the first year of Mckinley 1t cost even less than $50,000,000. It did not go to the scrap pile then. The army for the current fiscal year is to cost $115, 1000, or about $10.O0O,OOO less than the immense military estab- lishment of the German empire.
 Those amounts are too large-alto- gether too large; but the Republican party and the Republican President stand pat" on that policy and If they make a change 1t will be to Increase rather than to decrease the outlay. The excuse for this Is the Philippines. We bought that country and that peo- ple from a country that had no just title to them, and Secretary Taft says we bought them and hold them to civ ilize them. There are some 40O.0OO,OOO people in sight of the Philippines also in need of civilization--the Chinese and if Taft's logic is any account 1t will be our duty to create armies and make navies to civilize them, too. I'll tell you why the Republican party 
 favors a big navy. It Is to give the steel trust a big market for steel plate at non-competitive prices. The steel trust has big armor plate plants and sells its product to the United states at enormously unconscionable prices, and If 1t was not for that fact there would
 be no talk of the Monroe doctrine and the American navy being the same size. There was not a man in either House of Congress who did not know, and
 many of them declared, that the steel trust was footing the treasury by the prices 1t fixed on armor plate, but somebody has to take care of the trusts and there Is nobody but the Republican party that loves the job. It Is a very simple thing. The publican party calls on the trusts to make the tariff. It is an enormously profitable job for them. They make millions out of 1t. and thus they can afford to buy the presidency for the g. o. p. every four years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

New York. Nov 12.-A series of de- plorable accidents on railways run ming through sparsely settled por- tions of the United States has recent ly caused a great deal of discussion of American railway management and unfavorable comparisons between methods employed here and abroad especially in England. Nevertheless. the achievements of American railway builders and managers rank among the most important in the industrial world and 1t Is a fact. that many American railroads are gradually be- ing brought to a state of perfection in the matter of safety which equals and perhaps exceeds the English standard often, called the highest in the world. English and Continental railways were built in countries already dense- ly populated where a large volume of trafic was assured from the start. American railroads on the other hand were often constructed in sections which we're at the time of their build ing practically uninhabited. Had it been necessary at the start to con- struct railways here as they were con- structed abroad 1t is safe to say that the lines would never have been built at all.
 In the thickly settled portions of the United states such rallroadS as the Pennsyivania, the New York Central, the New York. New Haven and Hart ford and the leading lines of the mid dIe West have practically attained the English standard in respect to safety, while to American minds the luxury of travel in this country has been car ried to a point unknown anywhere else. Between New York and Boston. for example, where there is probably as much travel as between any two places equally far apart in the world, the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad has now built up a line of 2sS miles which complies with all the requirements for safety which American experience has found of practical value.
 The corner-stone of safe railroad ing from an American standpoint is an Adequate and absolutely reliable system of signals. Recent accidents have shown that in the language of one railway official the brains of the most experienced railway men some times fail to work" and for this req son there has been a constant effort 70 provide some mechanical substi- ute for brains. This has been sue cessful as far as it is desirable to suc-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

EVERYBODY CAN HAVE MOE HAIR NOW, and you don't have to wait around weeks and months for results either. You will see improve ments from the very first application.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

John Hay is another statesman and scholar turned demagogue. He is the shepherd of the President. and th', only way he undertakes to defend his man Is to say that Parker is as incom- potent as Roosevelt is vicious. To do that he saw fit to insult John T. Nor gan of Alabama. and when he gets through reading Morgan's reply. 1t will be in order for him to indulge a big chunk of regret. Because Parker is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
Indisputable Evidence.

You have In 30 years"
 was in the early sixties made universally Casta With record fifty age out the AMBITION OF EVERY discover remedy suitable for the ailments of infants and children that would
 statistics covering the deaths in the City the and here find the beni6cent effect excluding 0piaes narcotics long sought for namey CASTORA
 Othe total number of deaths in New York City B per five years age; @ 46 per cent; 6s 40 HOO 35 cent mlL stop to think of it. Until 1897 limitations Csa appeared drug shelves frauds While the record for 1900 does expectation is the o when buying Co The signature the safeguard and he name
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

There has not come out of PennSyl- vania an honest majority in a presi- dential election since 1865. and there are plenty of good. square. honest. sen sible Democrats in Pennsylvania. who believe they can carry the State for the Democracy even in a presidential year If they could only get a fair election in the city of Philadelphia. the fraudulent vote of which greatly exceeds the Re- publican majority In the State under normal conditions.
 When they hold an honest election in Pennsylvania. especially in Philadel- phia. 1t will be time enough for the North to look into elections in Mlssis- sippi,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

If Roosevelt is elected, the people will find him an expensive luxury. The trusts will levy on even the men who vote for him contributions to recoup them the poodle they contributed to the election. Things that men eat, drink and wear will advance in price and the public will foot the bill after all. It IS the simplest process in the world-that mart of the electorate that it is imprac- ticable to steal is to be bought. It will cost a. deal of money. but the public will foot the bill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-19
WAR VIEWS OF EXPERTS.
Report That Russian Army Is
Hemmed In DiSCredited.
IFRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU

Washington May 1S-Military experts here
do not put much faith In the London dispatches
to-day 10 the effect that Kuropatkin and his
army are hemmed IN between Lao-Yang and
Moukden. 1t is probable that the force which
is observed In the rear OF the Russians is not
Of great numerical strength and corresponds
with the Russian troops who have appeared
periodically at Anju. The officers hardly
understand how the japanese have effected any
such flank movement. In order to do that. the
invaders must traverse a mountainous coun-
try where the thoroughfares are narrow passes
easily defended by handful OF men against a
large body OF the enemy. The problem OF mObil-
ization in the country where the main forces
are concentrating involves in the first
place, the movement OF troops roads which
are poor and few in number. For this reason
officers cannot understand why the Russians
did not hold their position at such a strategic
point Feng-wang- Cheng which commands
the only road from the Yslu district north to
Liao-Yang and further north TO Moukden. Much
OF the country which looks accessible to troops.
II one judges the conditions from the map. IS IN
reality too mountainous for the easy
ment OF large bodies of soldiers. It Is this fac
tor which supports the theory OF army officers
that the Russians have Intentionally retreated
rather than that they were forced to retreat.
In connection with this the accounts OF the
operations on tne 1alu RIVER nave interest. II
$4,000 Russians were retreating before three
times that number OF Japanese. IT would require
some time and orderly disposition OF the
troops 10 effect the retreat over the single road
available so as to avoid capture. Officers point
out that II the Russians had stopped TO give bat
tie they could easily have been captured by an
enemy so superior IN numerical strength before
they had chance to go by twos and threes over
the road TO a place OF safety. The experts say
that when a condition is reduced to arithmet-
ical basis, some OF the stories from the Far East
will be contradicted. This is not saying that the
japanese were not engaged with the Russians
in the force alleged In the dispatches. but the
conditions show that the Russians were not "de-
feated." This gives color TO the theory OF army
officers that the Russians have not lost control
OF the situation. but, on the contrary. are ar
ranging for the first great engagement OF tho
war, probably in the territory between Lao
Yang and Moukden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-19
JAPANESE GRAND STRATEGY"

There are hints, which may or may not be
true, OF some grand strategy" on the Jap
anese side. The Russians have been talking
of Turing on the japanese into the heart or
Manchuria, and there surrounding ana de-
stroying them at one tremendous stroke. The
probability that such thing will be done
seems daily to be growing less. If the Rus
slams have at hand an army capable of doing
such work. they are keeping it better con-
ceaed than any army ever was kept before
But now the talk has changed, and is to the
effect that the japanese are surrounding Cen
eral Kuropatkin's army, with the purpose of
destroying or capturing it. There are rumOrs
from several sources that they have sent north
ward from Feng- Wang Cheng to the neighbor-
hood of Moukden large army, which is now
actually between the Russian army at Lao
Yang and its base OF supplies. That may or
may not be so. We were saying the other
day that all was uncertainty about the move
ments of General Kurokrsa army. 1t is operat-
ing behind a mountain wall, and lets no news
get out and there is no telling at what point
it will emerge from it's hiding place 1t may
be at Hai-Cheng, and 1t may be at Moukden.
If the rumOr of Japanese approach to Monk
den should prove true, an interesting situa-
ton would be developed. The Russians at
Iiao-Yang would be between two fires. They
would probably push northward with all speed,
and strive to defeat the Japanese army at
MOukden and drive ii out OF the road so as
10 restore communications with Hardin. Its
best hope would be to do this quickly, be-
fore the Japanese southern army could come
up from Kai-ChOw and New-Chwang. But the
trouble is that the Japanese have a trick of
timing operations very precisely, so as to have
their two or more armies converge upon the
same point at the same moment OF time. They
did so, 1t will be recalled with marvellous sue
cess in their war with China. The chances
are. therefore, that in executing such a move
ment that which we have described Gen
eral Kuropatkin would find the Japanese south
army engaging his rear guard at the very
moment when his van came into touch with
the Japanese at Moukden In such case his
position would greatly resemble the prOverbial
one Of the nut between the jaws of the nut
cracker Sometimes the nut gets cracked and
sometimes it breaks one Of the jaws of the
cracker.
There is also this to be remembered, that a
japanese occupation of MOukden would mean
not only an attack upon the Russian army
from the north. 1t would also mean n cutting
Off OF the supplies Of the Russian army, and
that would put the Russians into an awkward
plight. The existence of General Kuropatkin's
army depends upon its receiving daily train
load of supplies from Hardin and beyond.
With those trains stopped and those supplies
cut off, 1t would have to fight or perish, anu
1t would have the grave disadvantage OF being
compelled 10 fight with some scarcity of sup
plies. Upon the whole then. such a movement
by the Japanese would be particularly for
midable one, with promise of gain sufficient
Ito counterbalance the risk Of disaster