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MONROE CITY DEMOCRAT
VOL. 13.
HONROE CITY, MISSOURI,THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1900.
NO. 35
Will Fill an Early Grave.
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 4. Com
menting on the president's mes
sage, the Enquirer says: "The
annual message of President
McKinley to congress is very
long and rather wearisome. It
will not he geneiallv read, but
discussion of it by the newspa
pers will familiarize the reading
public with those features
which are of interest and imj
porta nee. It has been careful
ly prepared and as to forms of
construction it takes a leading
place in the public documents
that have come from the pres
ent administration. We go no
further ill elucidation as to how
much that is saying for it. It
is well enough written, any
how, to make it a pity that so
much good composition should
have so deep as it will imme
diately go into.''
St. Louis, Dec. 4. The Re
public (Democrat) says: "Pres
ident McKlnley's message is of
exceptional historic value as
outlining, at the dawn of a new
century, the policy of a great
government which had just been
born when the present century
began. The, message is a con
fession that, insofar as it is
possible to Mr. McKinley and
the Republican party, the gov
ernment is to be administered
on lines of imperialism and of
class privilege that are foreign
to the spirit of its foupjAprs."
Mexico Reduces Salaries.
Mexico, Mo., Nov. 27. The
Great Britain's Policy in Africa
Lord Robert's recent an
nexation of the South African
Republic and the Orange Free
State, and their transformation
into the Vaal River and the
Orange River Colonies, would
Doing the Disagreeable.
Naturalists say that, when
examined minutely with a
microscope, it will be found
that no creature or object in
nature is positively ugly, that
there is a certain harmony or
(Subsidy Bill. School Report.
Wasington. D. O, Dec. 1. Report of Monroe City Public
The friends of the ship subsidy School lor the month ending
bill are rallying to itsstandard. ! Nov. i)0, l'JOO.
have been events of greater in sympathy of parts that renders
terest to the world had they the whole agreeable rather
not been discounted so long in than the reverse So the most
advance. Manifest destiny has disagreeable tasks ol lite, when
an application of Us own o the viewed in their proper pro
British advance in Africa it is,
indeed, more than EL Sentiment
al idea; it is an immutable law,
whose workings can be predict
ed with almost mathematical
precision. "Is this stretch of
country worth while?" is the
question thrust upon the British
statesman; and if the question
is answered in the affirmative,
lie at once concludes that Great
Britain has a divine right to
colonize and dig gold in that
land. The Transvaal was sub
mitted to that supreme test
some years ago; it passed the
examination satisfactorily, and
its incorporation into the Brit
ish Empire was a matter of
course. It is under the inspir
ation of this same cheerful
philosophy that her Majesty's
government permits France to
annex the Desert of Sahara, so
long as she keeps her hands off
Fashoda aud Bahr el-0 hazel ; it
tolerates Portugal in the
malarial maishes of Angola,
provided she does not press her
claims to Rhodesia; and il
raises no protest while Ger
many tights the rinderpest in
Mexico city council has finally U)0 sadpits of her West Afri
passed the much discussed sal- can possessions if the Imperial
portions, reveal a poetic, an at
tractive side hitherto undream
ed of. Turn on the sunlight of
good cheer, the determination
to see the bright as well as the
dark side, and you will lind
something pleasant even in the
most dreaded task. Succee.
What kind of a boy does a
businessman want'" was ask
ed a merchant, fie replied.
"Well I w.ll tell you. In the
first place he wants a boy who
don't Know too much. Busi
ness men generally like to run
their on business and prefer
one who will listen to their way
rather than teach them a new
kind. Second, a prompt boy,
one who understands seven
o'clock is not ten minutes past
Third, an industrious boy who
is not afraid to put in extra
work in case of need. Fourth,
an honest boy honest in ser
vice as well as matters of dol
lars and cents."
A lot of boys some of them
quite small are acqniring the
cigarette habit, '!'.. j.-.e little fel-
HI Ui UMIUIILL WIILl.ll 111 l ' i l ;i
following reductions per year
Mayor, present salary, $200, re
duced to $100; attorney, present
salary, $000, reduced to $150;
marshal, present salary, $900,
reduced to $660; police judge,
present salary, $180, reduced to
$150; assessor, present salary,
$150. reduced to $100; city clerk
Goverments does not aspire to
the diamond fields of Bechuana
land and the gold mines of the
Transvaal. Burton .1. Hend
rick, in Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly for December.
Com
Work On Joanna Bridge
menccd.
I. W. Henning, of St. Loui
present salary, $000, reduced to!arrived here Monday, and went
$540; night police;, present w BUlnr,'ulcuu
.salary, $1,200, reduced to $1,0H0
councilmen (8), present salary
$000, reduced to $10. Total
present salaries, $5,930, reduc-
constructiou
ed to $'1,200. This will be an
aunual saving to the city of
$1,(')70 per year,
Bring the Boers to Missouri.
The Boers who propose to find
new homes in America will
probably be best suited in the
middle West and Southwest,
where the climate is most near-
tli
of the Joanna
bridge. The timber to be useu
is now being prepared for use
for the bridge. The iron work
will not arrive for about 10 day,
And, thus the. long talked ol
Joanna bridge will be built,
aud ready for use in the neai
future. Perry Enterprise.
Among those outside the
breastworks can be discerned
the noble proportions of Dick
Dalton. who supported Joe
Floru for fnvernor of Missouri
iy like that to which they have Dick . . . ,1(M)se
gang has already selected its
in South
been accustomed
Africa.
They should be impressed
with the advantages of Mis
souri. In this State there are
400,000 acres of government
land" which may be had for
$1.25 an acre, besides a large
quantity controlled by railroad
companies which can be had at
a very low price. The climatic
conditions of Missouri are ideal
and the agricultural possibili
ties unsurpassed. These facts
should be carefully set forth
with the necessary details.
Missouri wants such new citi
zens. We can find room for all
.of them. Aud every one of
them will be a substantial addi
tion to the wealth, energy and
intelligence of the State. Post
Dispatch.
The interior ol J. J. Brown's
new office is neat as a new pin.
Joe believes in neatness.
candidate for governor in 1901
and that the man is Congrtss
man Cowherd of Kansas City.
Quincy Herald.
The Missouri Democracy lus
increased the number of coun
ties under Democratic control;
increased the Democratic con
gressmen from 111 to 14; increas
ed the majority in the house ol
representatives from 28 to 40.
aud increased the majority on
joint ballot in the legislature
from 40 to 50. Quincy Herald.
The government has "let'' a
contract to the siiip builders
trust for armor plate at $425 a
ton. Railroads get steel rail
at S5CI a ton, out tiiey are
Spending their own money
winie tue administration is
spending the people's money
and can afford to be liberal
Linneus Bulletin.
ows do not realize what this
habit means. Their parents
can find out who we mean if
they care to do so. And it will
be well for them to make the
xamination at once. Of
course, some parents do not
care enough to look after their
hildreu. If some animal they
.-ould get money out of was
icquiriug tins naoit. r.ney
would hustle around aud try to
stop it, This little item may
save some ol tne smaller ooys;
some of the older ones are al-
nost beyond redemption.
Bowling Green Times.
Cliihlrcus Letters to Santa Clans.
The DEMOCRAT'S Christmas
dition will be issued December
All letters to Sauta Claus
must be in the office by Satur-
lay evening December 8tb.
Judges will be selected to
award tiie two handsome
prizes, tor tne oest wriien
and Senator Frye, who has the
measure in charge in the
Senate, nas held extended con
ferences with them. Republi
cans w.ll endeavor to have the
bill taken up Wednesday. The
Democrats will break out in
open opposition anil a number
of Republicans will be on their
side. Senator Clay has pre
pared a speech of 1 17 typewrit
ten pages, expressing his op
position The light will be the
most Interesting of the session.
At the meeting of the Court
of Honor Monda evening of
ficers for the ensuring term
were elected as follows:
Chancellor, George W. Tooley;
Vice chancellor, Frank Bowers
recorder, Mrs. S. E. McFarland;
treasurer. Miss Bailie Crawford;
chaplain, Mrs. Bowers; con
ductor, A. Rohr; guard, James
Sullivan; sentinel, David
Sweetnam; director, E B. Spahr
and John White. This is an
excellent set of ollicers and
under their administration Mon
roe City District Court will
Jlourish. It is a good fraternal
anil beneficiary order and has
many advantages to present.
Dockery Sees President.
Washington, Dec. 4. Governor-elect
Dockery of Missouri
called at the white house today
to pay his respects to the presi
dent. Missouris next governor
is outspoken against the ship
subsidy bill. "A high protect
ive bill will never go hand in
hand with a great merchant
marine." he said. "'In order to
make shipping both ways.
With the high tariff wall around
the country our ship owners
can only take caegoes across
the water."
Richmond Conservator: Men
who refused to remain in the
democratic column in 1898 and
1000 should not be consulted in
case there i a reorganization
of the democratic party, of
which at this time then- seems
to be no special need, but men
who bad opposite opinions to
the majority and yet remained
and helped tight the battles are
entitled to come in on the
ground floor. They are the
kind it will do to tie to when
the party is in trouble, and not
those who desert the old ship.
J. T. Bradshaw of Chillicothe,
letters. Boys and Girls up to a candidate lor luet Llertf
the age of 12 years are cordially of the House of Represeuta-
i it v i ted to write
sure and write on
the paper only.
letters. Be
one side of
At the S. J. Melson sale next
Wednesday will be sold several
head of extra good brood mares
just such as we need more of in
this country. Every one of
them should be bought by peo
ple near by. Then there will
be sold cattle, hogs, com, hay,
an excellent line ui laiuuug
implements. Mr. Melson is
selling out because he has sold
bis farm and will move to Jack
sonville, Florida.
tives. For twenty two years
Mr. Bradshaw has been activ
ely engaged in the newspaper
work and has all that time been
a hard working Democratic.
He is competent to fill the pos
Ition with credit to himself and
to the satisfaction of the
House.
E. L. Anderson has sold a
half interest in bis grocery
store to William Patterson, of
St. Louis. Mr. Anderson keeps
a neat clean stock of goods and
the new firm will not fall be
hiud. Success to them.
Fifteen car loads of stock
was shiped out of Perry rues
day by the following parties:
E. Boulware 8 car loads of cat
tle 5 cars of ;i-year-old steers
and 3 loads of heifers; May T.
iGill 4 cars ol cows butcher
stuff; Hugh Hoar 2 cars of 1200
pounds yearling steers to
Chicago, aud SiU's Rosser 1 car
of hogs to St. Louis. M. T.
Gill, Hugh Hoar, E. S. Boul
ware aud sou, James, Jus
Lafrance and Dick Hopkins
went along with the shipment.
Pery Enterprise.
Roll of Honok.
Names of those perfect in at
tendance, deportment 05, aver
age scholarship 05 with no
grades below 95 in more than
two studies.
High School. Oleo Chipman,
Julia Megown, Daphne Craw
ford, Ellen Walker.
Grade 8. Edith Evans. Pearl
Forsythe. Joe Icenhower, Louis
Lear, May Megown, Jessie
Wa.les.
Grade 0. Blanche Green. J.
D. Melson. Lambert Lane, Jes
sie Hayden, John Jayne,
Grade 5. Alice Clark, Ada
Shryack, Richard Hatch, Elma
Smith. Henry Green, Ethel
Bay num.
Grade 4. Paschal Davis. Ray
Handley, Oleo Patton, Mamie
Icenhower, Francis Garner.
Grade :!. Lena Asbury, Car
son Eakle. Harold Ragland,
Edith Jarman, Ailene Pettit,
Gladys Pettit. Fannie Jayne.
Marguerite Patton.
Grade 2. Charles Aylor. Mil
dred Buell, George Dirigo, Ed
gar Ellis. George Tompkins.
Grade 1. Errett Brown, Har
old Davenport. Alberta jDresh
er, Myrtle Dirigo, Nora Jami
son, Nellie Jett. Walter Lear,
Hazel Pierceall. Fay Pettit.
Gertrude Spalding, Harry Fu
qua. Bessie Montgomery.
High School and grades 5 and
4 had the highest per cent on
lines and grade 4 the highest
percent of attendance for the
month.
Our pupils seem to have en
joyed the Thanksgiving holi
days and are now working with
renewed energy in their stud
ies. Elder Briuey. of Paris, who
conducted revival services at
the Christian Church favored
the High School with an inter
esting and instructive talk oue
morning while he was in our
city, and we hope to be favored
with a visit from Rev. W. Sim
mons who is conducting the
meeting at the First Baptist
Church.
The members of the Senior
Class are arranging a program
for a class day Dec. 21.
Respectfully,
R. S. Nichols, Bupt,
Toe Herrington Dead
Saturday raoruiug Joseph P.
Herrington, who was elected
railroad and warehouse com
missioner Nov. 6th. died in St.
Louis. Mr. Herrington has for
several years been a popular
Katv conductor. He was 48
years old. For several months
he has been afflicted with
Bright's disease. His death
makes a vacancy and Mr.
Flory's successor will be ap
pointed be Gov. Dockery,
There are several applicants
for the position The funeral
was at Bedalia where Mr. Flory
has lived since 1881.
The revival meeting at the
First Baptist church continues
with increasing interest. Ser
vices are held each afternoon
and evening. Up to yesterday
there had been twenty eight ad
ditions. Rev. W. A. Siuunous
is assisting Rev. Read in the
meeting.