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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-06-29
Reduced One-.Way Second Glass
Rates TO the Northwest

Effective at once, the one.wav
second class selling and basing
rates to Portland, Tacoma and
Seattle will be rs follows:
From Council Bluffs'ahd Oma.
ha. $500; From St. Joseph.
1928. 50; From Athcison, 1913. 50;
From Leavenworth, S2S. IS;
From Kansas City, S2S.s5;
From st. Paul and Minneapolis
$1,000.
From all other points east of
Missouri River or st. Paul,
rates should be made by add.
ton of local rate to that gate
way rate named above which
will make lowest through rate.
For example, the through rate
from st. Louis will be S36. 25,
made S11.25 st. Louis to Coun.
Gil Bluffs and $500 beyond;
the through rate from Chicago
will be $3.50. so, made S11.5O Chi
cago to st. Paul, plus $500
beyond.
Rates to intermediate points
will be the same as named above
where the regular standard one.
way rate is higher, branch line
points to be made local ever
nearest junction carrying the
common rate.
L. w. WAKELEY.
General Passenger Agent.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-06-29
HOW TO DEAL. WITH TRUSTS,

Senators Cockrell's plan to
break up the industrial trusts
by placing On the free list eve
ry article controlled by a trust
is a good one. Canada has such
a law, and it works we'll. There
as not trust in the Dominion.
Perhaps the leaders of the
republican party have forgot
ten that the Mckinley tariff
did more than any other one
thing to defeat Mr.. Harrison in
1892. The excuse for that act
was that the surplus in the
treasury was growing so fast
that such a law was needed to
stop imports ito decrease Gus
toms receipts. We'll, it did stop
them, and also caused more in
dustrial strikes and more gen
eral reduction of wages than in
any other like period in the his
tory of the country. The Nc
Kinley tariff failed by over $50,
600, 600 to provide the custom
duties sdare of the cost of
maintaining the government.
AS a matter of fact, when the
Mckinley law became operative
there was q net surplus of 1925,
900, 900 in .the treasury, and
when it expired by repeal four
years later the treasury was
practically bankrupt.
The Nc Kinley tariff laid the
foundation for the present trust
system, and not a few were
formed during its lifetime. and
when the republican party came
into power again it reinstated
high protection, adding about
II per cent to the duties under
the Mckinley schedule. In 1890
the republican party placed
custom duties at an average of
AZ per ceut to stop the flow of
money into the treasury, as in
1897 it raised them to an aver
age of SO per cent to increase
the revenues. Thus the aver.
age protection to articles of
manufacture is SO per cent,
which is fully, if not more, than
43 per cent above the point
where foreign competition
would show itself, and which
gives our trusts 43 per cent ad-
ditional profits. That is. 43 per
cent more profits than they
would have under legitimate
competition. This 43 per cent
comes to the trusts in the ma.
ture of enforced contributions
for the American people, for
which they get no returns what
ever. It will be seen very
readily, therefore, how Senator
Cockrell's plan wnuld work. II
would take off the entire SO per
cent protection. which in return
would reduce the price of trust
articles exactly that much, and
destroy foundation upon which
a trust could be established.
Imperialism is the child of trust
ism, and trustism and Hanna.
McKin'evism are synonymous. =
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-06-29

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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-06-29
BURLINGTON ROUTE 9TH JULY
RATES,

Hannibal and return Que fare
for round trip. All other points
within 200 miles II fare for
Round trip on sale July 1913
and 4 good until July 9Th.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08
SEATTLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT FRIDAY. DECEMBER

in view OF the fact that the old De Ilesseps
company and the new French Panama
Canal Company had expended millions OF
dollars In perfecting very elaborate sur
vey Of that route and country through
which II passes. and the act Of congress
creating the isthmian canal commission
directed that there should be 4 comparison
between the Nicaragua and Panama
routes.
Public Bsilaing Appropriations.
Representative Mercer Of Nebraska. who
was chairman Of the house committee on
public buildings and grounds In the last
congress, s!gnalizes his return to the scene
OF his legislative duties by the prediction
that this Is going to be cool year for new
buildings. Indeed, Mr. Mercer says. con-
gress is likely to turn a deaf ear to all
sorts OF public building schemes and that
appropriation In this line will be hard to
get. There will be u disposition on the part
OF the committee to see that no import
ant work under construction shall suffer
for want of the sinews Of progress. but no
limits" will be increased, and the appro-
priations made last year will have to an
swer this year
An exception is possible in the case Of
New York city, whose claim for larger
postoffice Ii Handicapped by the appropria-
tIon made last year for a new custom
house. Mr.. Mercer says the policy OF the
committee will be to keep the aggregate of
appropriations down as low as possible for
public buildings, and he thinks that is the
general sentiment throughout congress at
this time.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08
How the judge Got Even.

II have seen many . funny incident in
knocking about" said C. J. Griswold, of
Denver. at the Hoffman house yesterday.
but don't remember any more anus
ing than one witnessed at Friar's Point,
Coahoma county, Miss, some years ago.
was in that part of the country on some
business. and, having nothing in particu-
lar to do for the time being, I went up
to the little courthouse to witness jury
trial that was going on there One Of
the Jurors, q rustic-looking chap, kept
going to sleep in the box. which irfitated
the presiding judge extremely. The Judge
sent a court officer to awaken the Juror
once or twice. but when he went to sleep
for the third time the Judge evidently
thought patience had ceased to be q
virtue. for, leaning over the rail, he said
to the Juror with severity: John Doe.
fine you $50 for persistently sleeping in
court All right. judge replied Doe.
that makes us even on that game we
had last night Inquiry developed that
the night previous had witnessed a poker
game at Friar's Point, from which the
magistrate had risen loser of exactly
$50 to Doe. New York Tribune.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08
AN HEIR TO $4,000.
Remembered In the VIII OF . Man
whose Life He Saved.

II Councilman J. L. Reilly II right in
placing confidence In letter which he
says he received from San Antonio, Tex,
last Saturday, he has fallen heir to a for
tune Of $s0.vvv left him by a rich farmer,
whose life he saved some four years ago.
At any rate. Mr.. Reilly thought 1t Wise
to start for Texas on the Southwestern
Limited at 8 o'clock this morning, in
order to put In his claim for the prop.
erty.
The news Of the councilman's good luck
was first made public yesterday by Mr..
Reilly as a sort Of sequel to his asser-
ton in the council Monday night that
he IL mentally and financially indepen-
dent"
II got a letter last Saturday from a
lawyer in San Antonio" said SMr. Reilly
last evening. ''in which was informed
that q man named wallace had died
there and left me $4,000. The author Of
the letter inclosed railway transporta-
ton, and asked me to come to San An
tonic at once. have reason to believe
that there Is no mistake about the nf-
fair, and naturally I am greatly pleased.
I would give the letter to the press were
1t not for the fact that there are certain
personal references in 1t which need not
be published.
"How do explain the desire of Wal
lace to remember me SO substantially?
Well, about four years ago 1 was stop
ping at the Sherman house In Palmer. q
little town near San Antonio One day
there was q runaway In front Of the
hotel. and I stopped the horse, probably
saving the life Of the man in tho buggy.
who turned out to be this Wallace. q
rich farmer.
I'm stopping the horse, I wrenched my
right arm seriously, and for time II
really looked as II amputation might be
necessary. Mr.. Wallace provided ample
medical care for me, however, and got
well. soon returned to the, East, and
on several occasions have received let
tiers from the old man.
"Of course hope to be back by next
Monday, but guess I don't care to
hurry matters too much. You certainly
would miss one council meeting for a
chance at $4,000. wouldn't you?"
When Mayor Farley was tod the story
Of Reilly's chests Of gold he laughed
broadly and muttered, IT haven't changed
my opinion a bit" With reference to
more particulars about the council, he
added: "Oh, will have something to give
out later
1t was reported yesterday that several
Democratic councilmen will push the
fight against the mayor for his alleged
insult to the members of the body, but
it merely seems as IL the wish is the
father to the thought. for no definite
talk of impeachment proceedings has
been heard
A telegram to the Plain Dealer from
San Antonio. Tex, last night says there
Is no such suburb as Palmer and that
Wallace is not known.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08
eunEa People IN GREENLAND.
Peculiarities Of Eskimos Of That
Far Northern Cline.
1lls Second Ave. TEL, Green n
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Peculiarities Of Eskimos Of That
Far Northern Cline.
Isolation has made Eskimos Of North
Greenland harmless and innocent; they are
really old children. They have no sense Of
shame. and they live in their cold chimes
at certain parts Of the year a. though 1t
was the under world, where there II no
need OF anything but the scantiest wear.
1t is unfortunate that they have no look
ing glasses in those chimes. for the people
go through whole year without wash
ing. The men dress IN animal skins, and
the dress of the women II about the same.
Meat il the only ration. Should q scurvy
epidemic appear In the comparatively
warm weather Of July, August and Sep
TENDER. the whole population chew grass
known as the scurvy plant. which tones
up the system.
The Eskimos never save anything In
the way Of food and skins. They live
from hand to mouth. and never stay In
the same place more than one or two
years. The whole country belongs to any
one, and everything larger than a fox IL
free. When a walrus Is killed by one Of
their huntsmen any other Eskimo can
carve out a piece Of the meat
One Of the scarcities is wood; there IL
not a single tree in Greenland a foot
high: the Arctic willow grows nat on the
ground. and this becomes at times about
two-thirds OF an inch thick. Wood Is
priced so highly that an Eskimo offered
to Peary all his belongings in the way Of
wife, sled and team of dogs for strip
Of wood as long as his body.
The house OF the North Greenlander Is
hole In the ground about four feet deep.
The sides are lined with stone. ana the
structure, when completed, Ii four and a
half feet high. This is the winter house.
which they shield with roof dirt and
snow. The lack Of wood compels the use
Of seal oil for fuel. In the winter all
hands get in the small house. the walls Of
which one can touch in any direction.
While 1t ID 30 degrees below zero on the
outside. 1t IL excessively within, and
q fire IL not necessary, on account of the
generation OF heat from the body. In the
spring they desert the house for skin
tents.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08

This little line of stones marks the limit
between the great heterogeneous. mort
bund Austrian empire, and the little noun
tain region which has always resisted the
shark of barbarity and never submitted
to the yoke which half Europe has hardly
been able to resist Before Turkey all the
civilization of the Middle Ages had been
impotent Greece. with all her traditions
and her splendid past, Is impotent today,
but this region, amid the bare gray noun
tains, with her simple boundary. marked
by few fiat stones, has always kept her
self unsubjugated by the conqueror. 1 can
not but have a feeling Of exaltation and
reverence as at length we enter Monte
negro There is, after all, no nation like
this. Through the centuries she has offered
a logged resistance to the savage hordes
of Oriental barbarism, and her resistance
has never been overcome. Hail, and hail
again, noble and unconquered land, unique
among the nations Of the earth! Njegoush,
the first Montenegrin village. 1t is a poor
place, though it is the cradle Of the reign
ing family; there are a few scattered cot
tages, with red roofs. and without CHM
neys. The only picturesque thing here Is
the dress Of the people; the red jackets. the
embroidery, the blue breeches. We draw
up at mean roadside inn. The landlord
salutes us with exquisite breeding; tall.
stately Montenegro, with q most gentle
face, but bearing. as they all do. weapons
in his girdle; a man, doubtless, gentle as
a child in peace. but daring to the death
in time of war. On again, through the
desolate, uninhabited region, till at last,
in the far distance, we see the lights OF
Cettinje--such a glimmer; some seven
lights are shining like solitary stars amid
the vastness of the mountain region, and
the night. An hours journey yet, and we
reach our goal. 1t is dark now. see
street Of low white houses, and some flick
ering lights, and with flourish we pull
up at the door OF the one hotel.-Church
Gazette.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08

The interests Of the Electric Vehicle Company
the General Carriage Company. the International
Power Company Orchard Croker's auto-truck
company and several smaller cab and carriage COM
panies. now doing business in the moro important
cities OF the country. to be combined into one
big company. controlled by William c. Whitney, the
the combination will probably not DO divulgsd for
some time.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08

THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY
Is ever to the front. and you win md its
accommodations unsurpassed. its rates az
low a. those Of any line. and everything
done to make your trip East enjoyable.
Before purchasing your ticket call at the
city or depot ticket once. !. A. Nadeau,
general agent. Seattle.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08
CLEARING HOUSE ACTION.
Recommend Uniform Rate ON out Of
Town C0llectaono. ~

Town Collection.
NEW YORK. Dec THE executive COMMITTEES
OF the clearing house association which represents
tho more important banking interests Of the coun-
try. has decided to recommend the adoption by all
Of the members oe the association Of a bylaw
providing for the charging Of regular ratio upon
out al town collections on checks.
This action. forcshadowed several weeks ago. after
a conference Of the largest banking interests Of
the West, 10 regarded as the most Important that
has been taken In the matter for town collection
Of checks and Is In accord with the action Of tho
New York Clearing House Association, which put
some rules and regulations into operation recently.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08

Metals.
The attention Of the metal trade was centered
largely on spelter throughout the day. which metal
displayed inherent strength and fair degree Of
activity Firm cables and light offerings were the
dominating influences at work. The othet depart
men.s quite destitute Of interesting features
Fig iron--Warrants. neglected.
Copper-Lake, duh and nominal. sl7d1725
Tin for spot and weak for futures; s27@
T5o.
Lead-Unchanged The firm that fixes the selling
price for miners and smelters quotes lead at $40
ut the close
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08
SAN FRANCISCO.
Sterling Exchange

Sterling Exchange,
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 7.--Sterlins on London,
sixty days. AslA; sight. aeel.
Financial.
Silver bars setc: Mexican dollars. 89asic; drafts,
sight. u; telegraph. l24.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08

NEW york.
The stock Exchange.

NEW YORK. Dec 7.-Dealinss on the stock en-
change approached condition Of stagnation sew
eral times at intervals being periods Of spasmodic
activity. The day almost exact repetition Of
yesterday. with periods Of strength at the opening
and near the close and an interval Of acute weak
ness in some stocks The early strength was largely
due TO the cheerful view Of American securities taken
BY London operators. who bought quite largely IN
this MARKET Rather positive evidence OF strength
in Union Pacific appeared In the iats rally. Iron
strength, probably on account Of covering uperationa
By bears. who sold them yesterday but this only
served TO make them more vulnerable to attack and
same was true Of the anthracite group, which ad-
vanced sharply and then developed acute weakness.
New Jersey Central leading, with fall Of points.
reporss Of projected opposition IN the trade by in
terests which have been raised from the present
companies. American Tobacco and Continental To
hscco dropped . and g respectively - Sugar and
the yesterday. The former stock vib-ated
widely. and closed with . small net gain. The un-
settled state Of industrial securities, which seemed
havc only SLIGHT effect on railroads, and when
pressure relaxed against the industrials there was
not much difficulty In bidding up prices Of nilroad
Pacific IL As consequence the list shows q fair
admixture Of net gains.
The condition Of the money market served to dis
bank return Il counted upon certain Saturday,
owing to the heavy drain by the subtreasury. The
advance In the Bank Of Frances official rate was
funds. aa1 indirect effects were perreptibie The
action IL significant OF the general apprehension over
the immediate future Of the money markets. Not
was Irregular With some Of the industrisis showing
Bonds were not active. and wore inclined 70 BE-
easier In sympathy With the break IN stocks. Total
United States twos advanced and new four, old
fours and fvs In the bid price.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08

F.-B. co. genuine pork sausage, 10c
pound, at Seattle. Fulton and xakius
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08

per cent; closed ruling rate. per cent; prime
mercantile paper 5tG6 per cent sterling exchange.
steady. with actual business in banker bills at
a. e694 sei demand and 81 SlA@4 8ia sixty days post
ed fates. $ls24 and $4s7i; commercial bills $As0l;
silver certihcatss. 6S@Soc bar silver Soc; Mexican
dollars l7ic; government bonds, strong; state bonds
inactive; railroad bonds. easier.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08
a Blatant Christmas DspfAo
Lanssss Ckasa. Imperial Groom Gina.
Austrian Gina. Royal RAbarian China.
CONE JUST 10 LOOK
Grea. American Importing Tea Co.
800 Pike Street. SEATTLE
sos Second Avenue. SEATTLE

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
First National bank at Seattle, in the
state of Washington, at the close Of busi-
ness. December q 1899.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-07-11
Noticias.

-. Sc hs ordenado Ia eutregs el dls 8
1Io, Mr. Jas A Buchanan Tesorero General
de la Isla, de las osntidades q existan ca Teso'
rerfa.
-. Ri Jusgado do 1" Iustsncis Dc Ca
tedral hs pedido Ia Secretarfa de Hacienda
certifoscitn de las cantidsdes cobradas por
don F6liz L Benet por pensiones que oorres.
pondfan q dofla Emilia Linares de LA1aro.
-. Don Juan Escudero Miranda, ha sido
nombrado Recaudador de, contribuoiones de
Bayam6n. +.
-. La Direction de Instruction Publios
hs devuelt to al alcslde de Bayamon un expe.
diente que rahiti6 sobre elevation de categorfa
de Ia E.ou els elemental que deaempeha dofla
Luisa Ferhsndez Callejo, por que no hay In.
gar su d probaci6n.
-. I'm piroular dirigids .por 10 secreta.
ria de E.t4do. sc solicisa de los Juecss de ms.
trucoi6n do Ia Isla uns relaci6n de los nombres
de los algnaciles existentes On cada JusgAdo,
con expression de las fechas dessus nombramiens
tos J toms de posesi6n.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-07-11
jQu6 SomoS?

- Es evidente que el pedazo de TERRA que se
halla tendida en- ell apacible mar de las Anti
Has, fernando la preciosa isla que desoubrid
Colon saoandola de las brumas de los mares al
l2 de Ootubre de l49a, ala que llamsron b.
riQxes los indfgenaa, perla hasts aver. llama
da Puerto Rico, que adornaba la corona de
Castillo, ha pasado des1e ell ls de Octubre del
afo 90 ser TERRA poseoi6n americana
Fu6 por el tratado de Paris, una de las
presas adquiridas, por la rifia tenida con Espa'
ha la mas peque6a, aoaso, que hsyan cojido los
moderuos oonquistadores de la gran demooracia
de los E. U. de America.
Save fotar la bandera estrelada en- las
almenas del <Morro, de San Juan, en- todos los
osstiilos en- todos los lif ,ios pdblioos en- los
SO pueblos de la provincis, fun lados por nues'
tros abuelos oastelianos.
iQuien hoy podra dudsr que es va Puerto
Rico, americana, 81 esta la viotorioss ensefl 3
que tremol6 Washington en- las oampsnas Ii
bradas por Ia libertad de su pueblo, fameando
en- nuestro oielo?
81 estan, igualmente, en- 81, dentro del to-
rritorlo, los heroioos viotoriosos sostenedores
de las batallas de Cavite do Santisgo. listos
para seguir defendiendo los fueros dereohos
conquistados por sus armasP
ION! es muy cierto, no cabe duda alguns
que el pedazo de terra q quien oantara un dia
en- versos sentidos armoniosos ell genial poeta
Gautier On habla oastellana. ............e .es hoy
americano.
lQue coss fAoil 6s, Zanzibar de due6o un
pedazo de tierra!....
1Y los puertorriqueflosP No, por que al
ser absorvidos por el pueblo oonquistsdor per
dimos nuestra personalidad carscterfstica y
propia, por tsnto, no hsblando en- el senti 10 de
10 polftios nj de la geogra6a. no somos ameri.
canos, nj podemos serlo aotualmente, porqus no
sc opera una transtormscion tan rapids en- la
constitution moral de un pueblo tan dense 90
mo el nuestro, como no Gambia de naturaleza
rApidamente un ouerpo de celulas oompaotas y
unidas, nj &c transforma So constitution fish
ca;-pues 81 para este utimo que cabe dentro
de las leyes eternas de Ia qufmios, se necesita,
espacio, tempo q reposo, para 10 primero, ha.
bra de requerirse, por entrar dentro de Las leyes
generates de Ia polftics, que ca otra qufnios
que tambien tasnsforms, los faotores, del item
po, neoesario para Ia adaptation; del respeto,
como elemento produotor de los afectos de
las a6ni'lades del pueblo , de leyes sobias y er
ponsivas, como gsnersdoras de- gratitudes
con6anzss entire todos los soogidos la nueva
ciujs danfa.
Y sun asf, deutro de ese lapse, en- one SO
opera Ia reaooi6n, que puede ser mas menos
porto, mas menos gestativo 8 inc6modo, ss
guirA vibrando la nots del cclono, alta y sono
70, en- "a hermoso lenguaje en- sus poesfas, en-
pa musicA en- sus amores, en- aus tradiciones
tus leyes, en- su historic sus oostumbres, On
ius leyendssy J su religion, pues seguirA adorsn
DO del mismo modo, en- ls iglesia del pueblo, al
pismo Dios que leOeuseharou sdorar sus abus'