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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-03-30

Beginning with Sunday all
services of the Baptist will be
conducted at the opera house,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-03-30

The Eli Perkins lecture net.
ted $6.75 for the Public School
library.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-03-30
One On Alex.

Most bachelors are neat, and
Alex Grady Is one of them.
His room adjoins his brother,
j. H. Grady's Office, both doors
have spring locks on them.
The Office has Il stove in it and
the bedroom none. Alex pre-
pared for his bath Sunday morn
ing and stepped into the hall.
click. the door was fast and the
keys on the inside. He went
into the office, took his bath
and again was absent minded
and stepped into the hall and
again, click went the lock and
there he was Saline under bare
poles in cold public hall, both
doors locked and his clothes
out of reach. He finally made
his trouble heard in the barber
shop down stairs and after Dor.
rowing piece of clothing fro m
this one and that one, he hunt
ed up his brother, secured the
keys and finally came unto his
own. That is one on Alex. A
nice little wife would save him
lots of trouble.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-03-30

Oh, my! But wasn't the
Westhoff & Carson show win
dow a beauty, Monday, and a
glance at the interior proved
that it was an easy matter for
gentlemen of taste to make a
lovely window when they had
such an exquisite stock to Sc,
lect from. Tue souvenirs were
exceedingly pretty, Miss Del.
ia Moss, who has a host of
friends and is an accomplished
saleslady, is with the new and
progressive firm.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-03-30
M. & M, b. & L. Association.

The directors Of the flourish
ing Merchants g. Mechanics
Building and Loan Association
held their annual election Mon
day. Officers elected were;
j. j. Brown, Pres; j. j. Rogers.
V. p: j. II. S. Hickman, Secy;
and Thos. Proctor, Treas.
Board of Directors, d. r.
Davenport, Elmer Shryack, ].
NJ. Proctor, Jr,, DR.. l.. Il. Bell,
L j. Sharp, Judge G. P. Nc
Carty and Geo. w. Tompkins.
Hon. w. II. Ragland was at,
tend ing to business in st, Louis
Saturday.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17

Madrid. March 1.-THE queen regent
has signed the treaty of peace between
Spain and the United States.
The signed treaty OF peace will be
forwarded to the French ambassador at
Washington. NJ. Jules Cambon. for eX-
change with the one signed by Presi-
dent Mckinley. No decree on the sub
ject will be published i'm the official ga
Zette.
Washington March lin the alb
sence of any direct diplomatic COM
munication between the United states
and Spain Secretary Hay expects To re-
oeive his first formal notice Of the rati-
hcation of the peace treaty by the
queen regent, through the medium OF
the French embassy here.
The next step must be taken by
Spain, that is she must name her spe-
cial envoy and notify the United States
government of the probable date upon
which he will present himself Ia Wash
ington with the exchange copy OF the
treaty OF peace. Although In most in
stances little more than perfunctory
ceremony. I'm the case Of exchange Of
ratifcations of this treaty. the details
viii be OF more than ordinary interest
FOR the occasion will be historical.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17
Chase by Gunhoat.

New York, March 17.~The special
correspondent OF the Herald at Manila
cables as follows:
ON Monday afternoon j went aboard
the United States gunboat Laguna de
Bay and accompanied her on the chase
OF the rebels She first steamed past
the town OF Pasg and turned her Cat
ling guns on the insurgents intrenched
along the shore. The insurgents We're
so frightened that the women. children.
horses soldiers and carabaos fled In
hundreds across the open fields toward
Laguna de Bay. The gunboat ceased
firing, but followed close behind tho
panic stricken crowd, driving them in
land
on Tuesday the gunboat Oste joined
the Laguna de Bay, both under COM
mand OF Capt. Grant. They made for
the lake channel, which had been
blocked by the insurgents, but they
1nally cleared the way.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17

the windows and on the roof. Firemen
are climbing up adjoining buildings and
throwing ropes. There are no long
ladders yet on the scene, The small
ladders are being put i'm use.
The police departments have tele-
Rraphed 10 Bellevue hospital for ALI the
available ambulances and al 1.-The doc
tors that can at once go to the scene.
Two ambulances and seven physicians
have gone TO the hotel.
The fire started on the second floor,
then spread rapidly. The progress OF
the fire in the large rooms OF the COM
paratively old building was swift and
the draughts i'm its very wide corridors
and stairways hastened the burning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17
Windsor Hotel at New York
On Fire and is Now Burning.
Some Of the Guests Unable to Escape
Jump From the Upper Stories
To The Street.

New York. March IA fire started
i'm the Windsor hotel this afternoon. \
number of guests were seen 10 jump
from some of the windows. a general
call for ambulances has been sent in.
The whole of the hotel. which is situ-
ated at Firty-ffth street and Fifth ave-
nue., is now i'm flames. The fire is
spreading with great rapidity and the
building which takes the block facing
Fifth avenue looks like roaring fur
mace. One woman jumped from the
fifth story to the pavement on the Fifth
avenue side.
People are on the roof crying and
screaming for help. The firemen are
doing their best to reach the people in
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17
MEMS FURNISHINGS.
TWENTY-ElNlIT CENT

TW EN10 -ElitiiI CENTS.
X small sum. but see what % Will
do this week:
MEMS NIGHT SHIRTS fun no.
size, good cotton, we'll made. /Ni,
neatly trimmed ............ HOO
MEMS DOMET NIGHT
SHIRTS, % inches long. a no.
regular soc. quality /HI
22c. saved on each ........... LOO
MEMS OUTSIDE DOMET
SHIRTS. 80 inches long. with
yoke. band collar and eXten-
sion band. also same make Ia
TWllled Sateen. light stripes no.
and heavy black AM white /Hl,
Chevlot. goo1 soc. shirts at. bOO
MEMS ELASTIC SUSPEND
ERS. fail length. excellent
web. Mohalr ends. strongly
made usually sold al 2jc. 0Oo
pair. now marked l5c. or I'M,
TWO PAIRS for.............. wv
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17
Prisoners Captured.

Manila, March 17.--4 y. m.-Co. g OF
the Washington regiment has captured
il0 additional prisoners near Taguig.
and also seized some ammunition. Most
uf tho rebels arms were hidden or
thrown into the river
The engineers threw temporary
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17
TREATY OF PEACE
WITH SPAIN SIGNED.
Queen Regent Affixed Her Signature
to il at Madrid Today.
WILL Be FORWARDED THROUGH FRENCH AMBASSADOR
)RWARDED THROUGH FRENCH AMBASSADOR

Climax Believed to Be at Hand Near Manila Officials at Washington
Well Pleased but Will Not Discuss Details Of the Dispatches Re-
Gently Received Company G, Of the Washington Volunteers Has
Captured One Hundred and Fifty Additional Prisoners Near Iagug
Temporary Bridge Thrown Across Pasg River by American Engineers
The Sherman Has Arrived at Singapore.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17
A Climax al Hand.

Washington. March ll-Advices have
been received from Manila which indl-
cate that the climax may occur at any
hour The officials here are very well
pleased with the condition of affairs.
hut viii not at present discuss details
Of the dispatches. The indications are
short time. President Mckinley has
hnan ndNlsed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17
The Sherman al Singapore.

Singapore. Straits Settlements, March
1.-THE United States transport Sher-
man. from New York on Feb. 8 for Ma
Mia with the Third infantry and four
companies of the Seventeenth infantry
on board has arrived here.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17

bridge across the Pasig river for the ar
tilery and commissary trains.
The Twentieth regiment will return
from the front today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17
Free Concert

by Church and Spary OF Reeves Ameri-
can Band i'm solos and duets IT
FRASER BROS. CO.'S store. isi Wey-
bosset street, Saturday afternoon and
evening.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17
70 Cur, Cold In On. osy

Take Laxative Bromo Qainlne Tablets Az
glc. The genuine has l.. B. q. On cash tablet
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17
Duane Blcyc'ss

Can't be beat for the price, s25.
FRASER BROS. CO, 2s7 'Weybosscs
street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-17

Halftone. Photo, Wood Engraving Print.
ne j. !. Ryder Co, A. Washington, corner
Eddy.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
building Association Statistics.

The report of the building and loan
department OF the auditor Of states
office Is out. The report shows that
thirty associations have retired dur
ing the year; that twenty-siX have
gone into liquidation; that there have
been nine consultations. and that nine
new associations have been founded.
The law OF 1881 required the changing
of methods OF many associations, and
it is thought that it wiil be The means
Of restoring confidence in many asso-
Citations Il is predicted in the report
that the associations Will renew their
popularity; although it is not thought
they will DE able to continue the diyi-
dends they have paid in the past. The
adjustment OF the expense fund less
ems the danger OF loss. The assets Of
the combined associations are nearly
80, 00O, 900 less than they were in the re-
port for last year.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOV-
ERY AND INVENTION.
Arc lamp without Car5ons-A New In
ventioa That viii Make Them Pos
sIble Signaling at sea by Night
Mushroom Caves.
arc Lamps without Cartons.

From the London Daily Mail: Pro-
. .isional protection has just been OBJ
tanned fer what appears 10 be yalu-
able electric are lamp invention. The
chief merit OF the new lamp, 70: which
patents have been applied for in Eng
land and other countries by Mr.. Peter
SPIES of FO,sdener0ad. Charlton, lies
II the fact that the ordinary cartoons
inseparable from other electric arc
lights. are not required at all.
Nowadays eyerybO y Is more or less
familiar with the are lights useG so
extensively for street and other out
door illumination. Doubtless. however.
few of the general public are aware
that at the point Of illumination the
electric current flows along sticks of
carbon, which are gradually burned
away by the intense heat and have 10
be regularly replaced. The cost of
material. time and labor this neces-
states is expected 10 be saved by the
carbonless are lamp. the newest in
Nention.
In an interview with a Daily Mail
repres, NATIVE the inventor and pat
eHtee explained the advantages and
general principles Cf this latest ad-
vance On an average" said Mr.
Spies. after every fifty hours burning.
the carbons have to be renewed. The
lew lamp. as opposed to this. Will re-
quire no attention for at least twelve
months, except All occasional outside
cleaning. Ii has no Intricate clock
work worked by an electro magnet TO
get out of order. or to display the or
binary antics of the arc light. My
are lamp is simply an air-tight glass
globe. from which the air has been
exhausted. Inside are two L-shaped
aluminium arms tipped with platinum.
wHich take the place of the old-fash-
toned carbon, and are regulated by a
pendulum.
he arc lamp does not require to
De sue pended perpendicularly In fact.
il Is Intended to be fixed to project
horizon tally. 1t throws no shadows
and ednceS the expenses OF mainte-
nance 10 a minimum. The wasting Of
the aluminium arms, owing TO their
being enclosed in the arless globe. is
SO small that only a yearly replace
ment becomes necessary"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
A WEEK IN INDIANA.
RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR
SEVEN DAYS.
State Papers Should BE Safely Kept
Says the State Librarian Payment OF
Large InstaIlment OF the States
Debt.
State Paper.

The committee which IS visiting
various state institutions and state de-
partments to see what new things are
wanted for the next two years, visited
the state library. The question OF
what to do with the valuable state pa
pers was suggested by ". +. Henry
the state librarian. and will no doubt
receive notice from the legislature.
The legislative papers from the first
legislature of the state until the last
one are on file in open pasteboard files,
which would be easily destructible by
fire. The loss of the papers would be
great. inasmuch as it would be impOs-
sible TO replace them. There are also
many Old valuable volumes concerning
the early history and the early laws
OF the state. which MI Henry is anx-
ious to preserve An appropriation
will be asked for a complete file of steel
boxes 10 be placed in the state Il
6rarianS Office. Mr. Henry would also
like TO have built a vault for the pres
ervation OF some old books which are
gradually rOtting away in the dust, air
and light.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
North Carolina Mills.

In 1890 North Carolina was ninth
i'll the list of cotton spinning states in
the South, says the Baltimore Sun, but
has now gone 10 second place, South
Carolina leading. Georgia, the third
state on the list. is over 300 900 spin
dies behind North Carolina Only four
other states Massachusetts. Rhode
Island, New Hampshire and Connecti-
cut-afe ahead OF North Carolina in
number OF spindles.
There are 30 cotton mills. of which
% make hosiery and 191 spin or weave
or Go both. There are in operation
| .054 csc spindles and 24,535 looms.
No less than AZ per cent OF the mills
run day and night The consumption
of cotton is now 163. Ss9 600 pounds
yearly. The increase Of spindles in
mills completed this year is 43,00O and
old mills have enlarged their plants by
adding 1880 spindles The only re-
duction is due 10 two fires. which de-
stroyed 1920 spindles, leaving the
years net gain $500 spindles.
The wages of cotton mill operatives
in this state is much lower than in the
New England states. and while the
latter have enacted laws regulating
the hours of the labor all attempts to
do SO in North Carolina have failed
The average number OF hours making
a days work in the mills in this state
is eleven and three-quarters. On an
average the mills run 293 days out of
BIB working days in the year.
There appears to be an abundance OF
mill labor in the state. The employees
are better satisfied than any other
class. and there is practically no antag-
onism between employer and en-
ployed. neither favoring labor regula-
tion legislation. There are no strikes
strike in the state.
The average daily wages paid to
skilled men is $1.07; unskiled, IS
cents; To skilled women. 63 cents I'M
skilled, 40 cents; children, 80 cents
/ The general average is GO cents for all,
which is said to be gain of / cent
over last year. 1t costs as little to live
in North Carolina as in any state in
| the Union. Aboat % per cent of the
mills have increased wages; over 2S
! per cent furnish their employees houses
/ free of rent. There were during the
, year only thirty-two accidents. OF
which but one was fatal. OF adult en-
/ ployes. 80 per cent. and OF children. So
per cent. read and write. At almost
every mill there is free school. Mill
owners support most of these.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
State Finances.

The state board of finance met 1t the
state house and decided to take up an
additional 100000 of the state debt
Two hundred thousand dollars was
sent to New York TO pay off part OF
the debt at the first Of the new year.
and this second amount will be sent TO
reach New York about January 10
This last payment viii take up ali Of
the temporary lean on the bonds OF
September 20. 1889, leaving the debt
of the state s4,S16,Gl5.12. The last
paymen- will also reduce the interest
on the foreign debt of the state to
s1t9,729. The amount paid by the state
In the course Of the last two years
alone has reduced the interest SO, 600
year, or enough 20 pay the Indiana
war debt. The auditor Of state is now
busy drawing UP warrants for the sal
aries of the state officers, on which
about $4,000 will be paid out. The
office will be closed all day Monday, as
will most of the state offices.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
The Giant Telescope of Paris.

Unless some accident interyenes. thu
huge ferkes telescope of the Chicago
University will soon lose its present
rank as the largest and most powerful
in existence. The French telescope
maker, Monsieur Gautier. is success.
fully pushing the work on a refract.
ing telescope 49.2 inches in aperture.
aud nearly 1874 feet long, which is 10 be
one of the attractions at the Paris ex-
position in 1900. This enormous in
strument will be too heavy and I'M
wieldly to be mounted on a pier. In
stead. It will lie in a horizontal posi-
ton, and the light of the heavenly
bodies will be reflected into il by
means of an immense mirror. 1t is ex.
pected that magnifying power of 10.
900 diameters will be used occasionally
with this telescope. 1t is to be fitted
for Photographic purposes. as well az
for mere gazing.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13

Holt dropped his hammer for a Krag-
Jorgensen. and rushing into the thick
est OF the fray. fought side by side
with his comrades and up the hill TO
the blockhouse. Ii was not the gilt
ter Of fury and murder that flashed in
his eyes then. It was the light o.
patriotism. How many men he killed
that day in inspiring war no one can
tell But the law of nations upheld
him.
Perhaps the president viii remember
these things. Perhaps the head OF the
standing army of the United States
VIII think that there Is some mitigat-
ing circumstance in the fact that Holt
was as ready 20 fight for his country
as for himself There may even be
some point in the evidence before the
court martial that the president can
regard with favor for the accused.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13

rear of the firing squad the command
ing officer will stand, and at the prop
er time will give his orders. At the
order. Make ready" the marksmen
Will cock their guns. Take aim" Will
be the next order, and ten guns will
swing to ten shoulders, to be aimed at
Lindsay Hollis heart.
FIRE. Five balls, from which muZ-
Zles no one will ever know, will pierce
the soldier of misfortune, and the in
cident will be closed.
Nothing remains at the conclusion Of
the tragedy but TO dispose OF the
corpse, just as though Holt had died
in the hospital. A decent burial will
be given all that is left Of him, and
the Tenth Cavalry will resume its daily
life agsin as though Holt had never
lived.
But his wonderful fighting at San
Juan Hill will not be forgotten Be
fore that fight began Holt was far
rier and made hOrseshOes for the
horses of his comrades. He worked
hard, and the music OF his anvil echoed
all day as be pounded the steel into
shape for the beasts that were to bear
their riders into battle.
But the roads became impossible and
the cavalIymen went into the fight on
foot. For the time being there was
no particular need OF horseshoes, and
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
Factory VS.. the saloon.

Laporte Ind-A novel situation eX-
lists in the village of Three Cakes, ten
miles north of this city, near the In
diana-Michigan line, where the War
ren-Featherbone works are located.
Mr.. Warren has proposed TO pay into
the town treasury sufficient money to
meet the demands Of the law FOR saloon
licenses. the purpose being to make the
little town dry" in the sense OF liQ
uors being sold, and prevent the open
ing Of saloons. The statement is made
that if saloons are opened, the great
industry will be moved away, AM as
the plant furnishes employment TO
about one-half OF the people, the sit
uation is an interesting one.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13

Underground Paris. damp and dark.
IS comparatively little known. 4 part
of this area is devoted TO the cata-
combs and the rest is Il vast garden 10
provide Injuries for the happy people
above in the sunshine. For twenty
miles these gardens extend, being from
twenty to 40 feet below the pavement
The only entrance is circular. like q
well, out OF which a long pole stands
and through this pole sticks are thrust.
This primitive ladder. the base Of
which swings below like a pendulum,
is the only means of reaching the
caves. Diad.cd stone quarries are the
mushroom gardens, the interiors like
rock temples. The caves are owned
by different people but are inspected
periodically by the government. An
important item in mushroom culture
is fresh air and here and there air
holes are bored, beneath which coke
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13

the risk OF breaking long record that
speaks volumes for the character of
our soldiers, Lindsay Holt may have
TO pay the penalty OF his crime With
his life.
The court martial provides. where
guilt Is proven under the charge o.
murder. that the culprit shall be shot
by a firing detail selected from the
provost guard. There will be ten ri
fiemen and Il commanding officer and a
second lieutenant. Every alternate
gun will be loaded. and the marksmen
will occupy three sides of square.
while on the fourth side Holt is 10
kneel. bound around the arms and
calves of his legs, Immediately in front
Of his coffin.
Around his eyes a bandage will be
tied. so that he may not know who of
his former comrades have been selected
10 carry out the mandate OF the mill
tary court. \ brief time will be al
lowed him for his last prayer, and his
chaplain Will administer the benedic-
ton
In order that there may be some rea-
sonable doubt as TO which of the rifle
men fired the fatal shots, only half of
the guns are TO be loaded with bullets.
The other half contain blank car
tri5ges.
These guns are distributed at hap
hazard and when the men take up their
positions 10 await the order 10 fire not
a single man will know whether or not
his weapon contains a messenger OF
death or a charge of harmless powder.
Three PAGES "a the right and to the
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-13
Light from Garbage Cremation.

Accounts for the first twelve months
working of the combined dust de-
structor and electric light undertaking
in Shoreditch show. says this weeks
London, gross profit OF nearly
G6.000 The electric light committee
estimates that the saving on the dust
destructOr a. compared with the old
method of disposing of refuse was
= .253. and they conclude that the net
profit and saving on The dust destruc-
tor and lighting combined mas been,
for the twelve months. f2.679. Ii should
be borne in mind that during the first
three months. when the work done
WAS small. there vas z loss of $500,
and that the vestry has reduced the
price OF current by 30 per cent during
the year London Telegraph.