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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Husband Went to Bed Armed

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 1O.-Mrs. Minnie Pfarrer,
of 1907 Hodiamont avenue. who has been
granted divorce from Georgia c. Piarrer by
Circuit Judge Kinzy, testified that her husband
during the last year that they lived together
never went to bed at night without taking a
butcher knife, baseball bat or poker with
him.
She also declared that her husband carefully
preserved newspaper accounts of men killing
their wives and families and pasted these to-
gether. She lived in constant fear, she said,
that he would kill her and the children.
Mrs. Ptarrer, who IS prepossessing, had her
five children in court with her. After the
two eldest George, aged nineteen, and Edna.
aged seventeen, had testified, Judge Kinzy had
the other ihree, William, aged thirteen; Roman,
eleven, and Cecilia nine, brought before him.
Their bright faces and neat appearance, coupled
with the testimony he had heard. convinced
him of the merit of Mrs. Pfarrer's case, and he
gave her divorce. the custody of the children
and So, 500 allmony.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Cat In Organ Stops Worship In
Church.

ST. PAUL, February 9.-In St. Paul's Meth.
odist Episcopal Church. the pastor had given
out the first hymn, the choir was ready to
sing, the man at the organ bellows had begun
10 pump and the organist had struck the first
notes, when an unearthly screech startled the
congregation.
Attbe discordant sound the organist clapped
her hands to her ears, and the man at the
bellows, frightened nearly out of his wits,
ceased his efforts abruptly. Then came an
ominous silence, broken by several prolonged
yowls and piteous meows.
Cat whispered the congregation, as the
sounds grew louder and more frequent. The
service came to an abrupt close. Headed by
the pastor, search was made in and about the
edifce by the members when, finally, the min
lister, stripping off his coat, crawled into the
organ loft aud soon emerged with big black
cat. Both cat aud minister were covered with
dust.
The cat had been imprisoned in the organ
for five days. 1t is supposed that when the
janitor of the church left the doors open the
cat went in and, becoming frightened, sought
refuge there.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
PUBLIC SALE
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1907.

The undersigned will sell at public sale, on his
farm in Myers district Carroll county. Md. along
the Pennsylvania L. Maryland state me, about 20
miles southeast of Littlestown and about I
miles southwest of Hanover. and about a mile south
of the public road from Littestown and state line
road, the following personal property
- head of horses-bay horse years old, saddle
horse or work wherever hitched: black mare, 4
wears good driver and works wherever htched; =
black mules one years the other years both good
leaders and work anywh here; bay mare years, with
foal, works single or any place hooked; roam mare
years. good single driver, safe for anyone TO drive
work any place; bay horse, years old, good saddle
horse leader black horse, years. good driver and
works any place: black mare years, good of-side
worker; dark bay mare, years. Extra Oft side work
er; dark bay mare, years, good otfside worker and
single driver: roam mare, years. good of-side
worker and single driver; roam mare, 3 years, fl.
side worker and single driver; sorrel mare 5 years
good saddler and single driver; bay horse. years
saddle horse safe SINGLE driver for any child sorre
hors ) years. works anywhere and good single
driver for anyone; dark bay mare, 3 years, good
single drvera and oif-sde worker; mare, , years
good off:sde worker and single driver roam horse,
years, otf.side worker and will work single; bay
horse, years, good ofiside worker bay horse, 81
years, good off.sde worker and single driver bay
horse, years. good off side worker; 35 head of cat
tie, consisting of II cows. Holstens and DurhamS,
some fresh by Sale ) hefers, 13 bulls 100 head of
hogs-l2 brood sows some will have pigs by sale:
IS Shoats, Berkshires and Chester Whites, weighing
40 10 40 lbs; $50 chickens, good watch dog,
separator and horsepower complete, Hepner 4 Sons
make; horse rake, corn planter, Mccormick binder,
oft. cut i'll running ORDER johnson binder, in
good running order; Deering mower. grain drill,
York mnke ) wagons-one ain. tread, for horses,
with bed one 4-horse narrow tread, with bed and
one 2horse wagon two 1S-ft. hay carriages, good us
new: riding pillow, Roland pillow, South Bend pillow.
chopping mill, i'll good running order. sulkey
plows spring harrows land roller wheebarrow,
shovel pows cultivator, milk cans. churn, dung
hook, double triple and single trees, stretchers.
halter chains. COW chains forks, breechbandS
front gears, check lines, pillow and wagon lines, fly
nets, collars, brides, wagon saddle. haters, and
many other articles.
Sale TO begin at o clock a. N. TermS-l0 months
credit all sums of So and upwards purchasers to
give with approved security, without interest
if paid when due. per cent. off for cash.
ALBERT WILDASIN.
VIM. Warner Bnd S. II. Crawford, auct
Martin Wildasin, Clerks. fetS st
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Mans Heart Bound With Silver
Wires.

PHILADELPHIA, February 16.-One
of those operations so delicate that even
surgeons consider them with grave misgiv-
ing was performed at the Medico- Chirur-
gical Hospital, when Professors Mann and
Ashton fed fifty feet Of fine silver thread
or wire, into an aneurism of the heart of
Frederick Williams
An aneurism is formed by blood vessel
of the heart dilating 1t grows until the
tissues stretch and touch the walls of the
chest, causing instant death.
About month ago, physicians who ex-
amined Williams, told him he should stop
work or the aneurism would burst. He
was removed to the hospital and has since
remained in bed scarcely daring to move.
As last resort surgeons decided on an
operation to save the patient S life.
The aneurism was pricked and as the
silver wire was fed into the opening
through a needle it was coiled around in-
side so as to form framework on which
the blood could coagulate. 1t is hoped
that the clot thus formed will grow into a
new tissue and form wall so that when
the aneurism does burst the aorta will re-
main intact.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
20 Killed and SO Injured.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Sixteen passen-
gers were killed outright, four others had
died of their injuries at midnight and at
least so more were more or less seriously
injured following the wreck of the White
Plains and Brewster Express on the Har-
lem division of the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad, near Woodlawn
road, in the Bronx, borough of Greater
New York, tonight.
The train, filled with matinee crowds and
commuters, was made up of two electric
motors, combination baggage and smok-
ing car and four passenger coaches. 1t left
the Grand Central at 6.13 clock, with
the first scheduled stop at White Plains.
1t was running at high speed when it
reached Woodlawn road, where there is a
sharp curve. The motors and the forward
car took the curve safely, but the following
coaches were derailed and, tumbling on
their sides, were dragged 100 yards be-
fore the couplings gave way and the four
cars piled together in ruins at the foot OF
low embankment.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Makes Tickle Man Pay Her 80, 900

Los ANGELES, Feb. 16'-nen thousand
dollars Of the capital stock of the Liberty
Gold Mining Company of Siskiyou county
is the balm which was required to ease and
soothe the wounded heart and injured feel
ings of Mrs. E. j. Edleman, ffty-one
years old. Spurned affection caused the
deep wound, and he who paid the tax was
William Beatty, wealthy mining man, aged
sixty four years.
The story Of rejected love and blighted
hopes came to its end, when, in consider
alton of the transfer to her of the requisite
certificates by her quondam sutton, Mrs.
Edleman, through her attorneys, agreed
to abandon the breach Of promise proceed
ings which she had brought against Beatty
in the Superior Court here.
Though the wound had been deep and
resistant to all healing salves, yet the fair
principal in the unhappy affair admitted a
remarkable cure, and fairly bupbled with
mirth as she displayed the green backed
papers that proclaimed her wealthy.
What am going to do now? Take
this money and start chicken ranch with
a partner. But first [ am going to give
banquet to my attorneys.
"Oh, no, the affair with Beatty was not
my first one. had been married twice
before and widow for eleven years. |
met Beatty here in July. We were
brought together through matrimonial
bureau, and our engagement followed in
October, He represented he was worth
s25, 900 besides his mining interests.
1--WE became engaged. Then he de-
serted me and married telephone girl.
| sued him for breach of promise and now
he has settled with me- -
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
PUBLIC SALE.

Intending to quit farming, / will sell at public
"a he on my premises on the New Windsor road "
miles from Westminster md "a of Il mill from Avon
dale alton OH the ". ". r. H.. on MONDAY. Feb
ruary % at II IN. the fol owing personal property
Head of Horses, one bay mare and will work
anywhere htched; suitable for a trucker or anyone
conducting n farm in need of one horse; and the
other an iron gray mare coming 4 years old, well
broken to work or drive; 10 Head of Cattle among
which are 8 Mich Cows, some fresh in spring and
others i'll fall; Thoroughbred Holstein Bull young
heifer, broadtrea 2-horse wagon, in good condi-
ton: spring wagon, good as new; stick wagon,
Deering binder, Deering mower, Empire grain drill,
in good order: horserlke ~ in Ross feed cutter,
machine jtck Is foot belt, Reed riding cultivator
used one season; Syracuse 2horse plOw, sprngtooth
harrow, Keystone weeder, single shovel pillow ana
other plows, American hand corn planter, new So
foot ex tension ladder, heavy short link log chan
crosscut saw, good sand screen, heavy carriage
pole set dung boards, wheelbarrOw, cutter sleigh
and bells Mans green bone cutter. good new
Reliable dry bone mill, grindstone. sets Yam kee
harness. ha made lead gears. set double har
ness collars, brdes check lines. lead line, horse
line &C., heavy truck wheels and axle. incubator
breeders, number of milk cans Star cream sepa-
rator household furniture, cookstove, roll 5foot
Union lock poultry wire, vinegar barrels. New
2horse Farban ks Morse Co Gasoline Engine,
pump jack 42-feet irch new rubber betting.
Terms of Sale ALL sums of D. land under. cash;
on all sums over $500 credit OF q months will be
given purchasers to give notes, with approve Sc
curity, BEARING interest from day of sale. No prop
erty to be removed until settled for.
FREDERICK W. HULL.
J. n. O. Smith, auct
febs is Ferd Schaeffer and +. II. Willet, clerks.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Negro a Postal Supervisor.

NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-Alexander e.
King, negro, who has been in the postal
service for the last IA years, has been ap-
pointed as street superintendent Of the
Wall street branch postofice, and this
morning began his duties.
While none of the clerks would talk on
the subject today, there was evident a feel
ing of resentment that their work should be
supervised by negro The appointment
was made by Postmaster Wilcox solely on
the record made by King in the service.
Kings position is an important one, the
station being the largest in the city outside
of the general postofice. More than ST.
$50, 900 of business was transacted last
year, and this is increasing all the time.
King has an excellent record. He entered
the service in 1892.
King was born in the South, but has
been in this city from boyhood. He is
graduate of public school His salary as
assistant superintendent is 81, 200 year.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Fell Dying at Altar.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Brother A.
Benedict, of St. Johns College, while at
tending early mass this morning in St.
Augustine Church, was suddenly stricken
with heart failure. He was standing with
other Brothers of the college in front of
the altar while the ashes were being bless
ed.
1t was thought that he had tainted, and
he was helped to pew and efforts made
to revive him. A physician was called,
and he pronounced Brother Benedict dead.
The doctor said he had probably succumbed
when stricken at the altar.
Brother Benedict was about 60 years
old. and it is stated that he had been a
teacher in India, and at one time was also
located in Baltimore.
Funeral services were held Friday morn
ing at 10 O clock in ST. Matthews Church
and interment will be on Saturday at
Ammendale, Md.
Out of respect to the memory of Brother
Benedict, St. John College has closed un-
til Monday. The students will attend the
services at St. Matthew in body.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Bets on Outcome Of Thaw Trial.

CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-With Harry K.
Thaw's life hanging in the balance Of JUS
tice, Chicago's gamblers have seized the
chance to make books upon the outcome
of the sensational New York murder case.
Thousands of dollars have been placed with
some of the big Chicago gamblers who have
opened books.
The following odds were posted in well
known hand book resort at noon today, the
bookmaker taking the negative:
Death sentence-Electric chair, so to l..
Penitentiary-Lif sentence, 10 to l.
Penitentiary-2O-year sentence, to |.
Observation-Disclosures, 3 to l.
Insanity-Criminal, even money.
Disagreement to 3.
Mistrial-Even money.
Acquittal-2 to ..
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
A Two-Billion-Dollar Country.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore sun.
Seventeen years ago, when the Fifty first
Congress was denounced for appropriating
a billion dollars in its two sessions is,
$500, 900, 900 in each session-the Speak
er of the House, the late Thomas B. Reed,
attempted to justify the expenditure by
remarking that ''this is billion dollar
country The people did not accept
that apology as sufficient and after the next
election the Republican party almost dis
appeared from the House of Representa-
tives While it is true that the Demo
Gratis made much of the charge of extrav-
agance in the campaign, the principal cause
of the Republican reverse and the big
Democratic majority in the Fifty-second
Congress was the attempt by the Fifty
first Congress to enact the Force bill.
1t seems that since 1890 the country
has doubled financially, for it is now, &C
cording to Mr.. Reeds method of estima-
ting, two-billion dollar country. In Mr..
Cleveland s first administration, because
of the economy that was practiced, the
revenues of the Government greatly ex-
ceeded the expenditures, and at the end
of the term large surplus had accumu
lated Mr. Cleveland made this fact the
basis of his ringing appeal for the reduc-
ton of taxation. The heavy taxation, he
said, was unnecessary, and unnecessary
taxation was unjust taxation. But the
appeal for the time fell upon deaf ears.
Mr.. Cleveland was defeated for e-election
and the succeeding Congress took effective
measures for disposing of the surplus and
providing against the recurrence of any
such argument for lower tariff taxes. I'm
fortunately, the selfish interest of powerful
trusts is linked with high taxes. All APP
peals by the New England factories for
free raw material, all clamoring of lower
taxation upon the necessaries of life, are
met with the statement that the Govern
ment needs the revenues And Congress,
by its lavish appropriations, is careful that
it shall continue to need them. Not many
years ago a river and harbor bill that car
ried $4,000, 600 created a sensation.
This Congress passes $50, 600, 900 bill
without battingan eye or causing comment.
The pension appropriation has been aug
mented by many millions many no
man can tell. Everything is increased,
except the salaries of those who deserve an
increase; so per cent. was added to the
pay of Congressman; S115, 800, 900 is ap-
propriated to the navy; nearly 500, 0OO,-
600 to the army and s20G, 600, 600 to the
Postoffice-a sum far in excess of any
previous appropriation for this purpose.
If the country has grown from one bill
lion dollars to two billion dollars in II
years, is there any limit in the future?
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Stole Locomotive on. the Installment
Plan

LIMA, O., Feb. l6.-Charged with
stealing Lake Erie & Western locomotive
piece by piece, five Lima boys, all under
the age Of sixteen-Hoddy Shaffer, Del
bert Tabler, Raymond Pearson, Harry
Watt and Cloyd Knitte--are confined in
the County Jail pending trial in the Pro-
bate Court.
The locomotive had been run onto side
track in the yards, awaiting repairs at the
shops before it could be sent out on the
road again. The boys are said to have
made raids on it at night. The railroads
have been heavy losers from brass thieves,
and will make strenuous efforts to break
up the gang.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Doctors Got Two Stomachs Mixed

CLEVELAND, OHIO, February 10
Peter Jordan, fairly we'll dressed, but lack
ing funds, is fastening to Philadelphia as
fast as freight trains and sympathetic brake
men will take him. He wants his stomach
His brother has it. Peter told Police
Judge Whelan today that, if necessary,
he would replevin the very useful bit of in
ternal mechanism.
He and his brother John lived in Phil
adelphia, and both were stricken with
stomach trouble and went to hospital for
treatment.
"John was addicted to liquor and used
cuss words, said Jordan. IL was a
church member and a tetotaler While
we were unconscious in the hospital being
operated on, the boiler, or something, ex-
ploded, and the doctor and nurses ran out
and left US. Not much damage was done by
the explosion, and they came back
eve both got better, and later found
had contracted the liquor habit, while
my brother joins the church. | could not
understand this change in me, neither
could my friends. l became discouraged
and went West. A week ago, while
was out in Frisco, l got letter from the
doctor who performed the operation in the
hospital. Here it is. 1t says:
SIN the panic during the explosion at
the time Of your operation, nurse has
confessed to me she mixed your and your
brother stomachs.
Judge, I'm on my way back to Phil
adelphia to replevin that stomach and
make the doctors put it back where it be-
longs
&C.," said the Judge.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Stocking Her Bank, Girl Loses $4O4

PITTsBURG, Feb 16.-Miss Birdie
Hall, of Esplanade street, Allegheny, has
deposited S404 in Pittsburg savings bank,
and at the same time registered VOW that
if she ever did. have another roll to carry
about she would not conceal it in her stock
ing, or, if so, that she would not tell any
young man where she had hidden the
money.
According to the police records of Magis-
trate Hadfeld, Of Allegheny, Birdie has
had a hard time since she discovered her
loss. She was formerly the chief telephone
operator in the Enterprise National Bank,
which collapsed about fifteen months ago,
carrying with it S404 of her savings.
Since that time she has been besieging
President Fred Gwinner to make things
right. Finally the aged Gwinner decided
that Birdie was entitled to all she claimed,
and he paid her the S4O4 out Of his own
pocket.
Birdie put the money in her stocking
She met some girl friends who were going
to have dinner with some of the boys at a
Pittsburg restaurant. She joined them,
and making friends with Frank Smith,
who sat at her side, told him about the
money and where she kept it.
When Birdie wakened the next morning
she still had her stockings, but no money
Later she had Smith arrested, and the
police found the S4O4 on him. But Birdie
made plea for him.
1t was my fault, Your Honor said
she. II shouldn't have told him where
the money was; but, at that-well-er-
er-I don t know how or when he got it.
Perhaps it fell out on the floor and he pick
ed it up
"Tll discharge him. said Magistrate
Hadfeld as he glared at Smith and smiled
at Birdie
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Bridegroom Forgot He Was To Be
Wed.

LONDON, Feb. l6.-A bride was kept
waiting and weeping at the altar of a Brent
ford (Middlesex) church because the
bridegroom had forgotten that it was his
wedding day.
Force of habit had led the man to his
work at the usual hour, and while the we'd
ding party was waiting for him at the church
he was at his desk, all oblivious of the fact
that he was to be married that day.
At last messenger was sent from the
church to remind the forgetful bridegroom,
who, hastily donning his wedding suit, hur-
ried to the church and was duly married
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Negro to Sue Hotel Man.

WLKEs-BARRE, Pa, Feb. 1s.-Rev
r. W. Christian, the colored minister of
Bath, N. Y, to whom permission was re-
fused to eat in the main dining room of
the Wilbur Hotel, at Sayre, by the pro-
prietor, A. R. Wood, declares that he will
begin suit against Wood for damages.
The negro registered at the house few
nights ago, and in the morning asked Wood
where he should take his breakfast. He
declares that Wood told him to 60 to the
kitchen. Christian is lecturer for the
Syracuse Lyceum Bureau and has travelled
all over the country.
Peculiarly enough he was recently SUBJ
stituted for Senator Tillman by the bureau
for an address in New York State town.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
IN MEETING.

SYkEsvGLE. MD. January 3lst, 1907.
At meeting of the Directors of The Syk es-
Vile Bank of Carroll County, held this day, IL
call for "A special meeting of the stakeholder.
was made for Saturday, March End, 1907, at
8 O'Clock p M. at the bank. for the purpose
of voting on the increase of the capital stock
from $2OOOO to $4,000, and converting the
Bank from a State to National Bank
WADE H. d. WAKEFIELD, Pres;
G. HARRY BEVARD, V. P;
w. NJ. CHIPLEY. Cashier.
W. R. McCardell, James b. George,
Samuel d. Shipley. Albert A. Dorsey,
Charles Beck. john 7. Ridgely,
G. Harry R2-ard, Wade II. d. Warheld.
Harry r. DeVries, W. NJ. Chipley,
E. NJ. Mellor, j. E. Beasman.
fab1 1t
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
MO. 1888 EQUITY.

In the Circuit Courl for Carroll County.
Emily Il. Thompson, ct AL, Plaintiffs. VS..
Henry II. Boyer, ct AL, Defendants.
Ordered, this eighth day of February, A. d..
1907, that the sale of the real and personal
property made and reported in the above EN-
titled cause by Edward o. Weant, Trustee,
appointed by the decree passed therein to sell
the real estate aud personal property decreed
To be sold be finally ratified and confirmed,
unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown
on or before the 1lth day of March, A. D..
1907. next; provided copy ofrhis order be IN
serted in some newspaper published in Carroll
County, Nd. once IA week for three successive
weeks previous to the 4th day of March. A..
ID. 1907.
The report states the amount of real estate
sale to be 100000 and the aggregate amount
of sales of personal property to be 5000 80.
DAVID p. SMtLSER, Clerk.
True copy Test.
feb8 st DAVID p. SMEIsER, Clerk.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-02-22
Hobo's Handout Was Worth $50
To Him.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, February 16.-An
old tramp applied at the home of Albert
Busch, near Beavertown, Morgan county,
for food and permission to get warm.
While he was sitting by the fire Mrs.
Busch left the room for minute. The
man stole $50 from a sideboard drawer.
The theft was not discovered for an
hosr Or more after the fellow had eaten his
nsj and gone.