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New-York tribune., 1901-05-05
BABYLONIAN REMAINS.
EXPLORATIONS NOW IN PROGRESS IN
THE VALLEY OF THE EUPHRATEs.

THE VALLEY OF THE EUPHRATES
The Rev. DR. John p. Peters delivered a lect-
TIRE last week before the American Ethnological
Society early Babylonian civilization, and
showed some pictures of scenes and objects in
The country which he explored ten years ago. He
spoke OF the excavations al Nippur which Were
begun under the auspices OF the University Of
Pennsylvania in 1855. DR.. Peters directed two
Of the five campaigns and the inscribed ma
terial found by him and by DR.. ]. II. Haynes
by which the fact established that there
was a high state of civilization in Babylon. is
now being translated at Constantinople and
Philadelphia
These discoveries, disclosing they DO q
civilization which existed more than six thou
sand years before the Christian era, excited so
much interest that another expedition has been
organized to excavate I-r, Of the Chaldees, under
the leadership OF DIR. f. T. Banks.
The Germans are also organizing expeditions,
and the French have obtained permission to
work at Yokha on the site Of the ancient Baby
Ion, under Dr. De Morgan. At that point were
found many interesting ruins. Among the in
teresting views OF Nippur shown by Dr. Peters
were some of the Temple of Bel, the sun-god.
Every ancient Semitic city had its Baal or Bel.
The Israelites worshipped him, and before they
did so others looked upon him the fructifer
OF the soil The excavations show that al Baby
lonia Bel was in great favor. There were also
views of remains Of a fortified city and Of clay
New-York tribune., 1901-05-05
ALL-ENBRiCING.

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Il see that somebody says Edmund kean the
most famous of English actors. lived to adapt
the kind of meat he ate to the part he had to
play. choosing pork for tyrants beef for muir
derers and mutton for lovers"
That's great idea. | suppose when he had
to play several parts in one evening ne ate
hash
New-York tribune., 1901-05-05
FOUR STRIKING PARALLELS.

From The Kansas City Journal.
For the fourth time Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman
McKinnis. of Republic County, have become the
parents of twins. All of the children are living
and the eldest not yet eight years old A
local paper says il is "a case entirely without
parallel" though integrally there seem to be
at least four
New-York tribune., 1901-05-05

images OF various ages. some being made fully
-''oo years before the Christian era.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28
NOTICE OF SALE.
A. JAEGER.

Whereas, Lewis Anderson, deceased by his
last will, probated by the Probate Court
of Monroe county. Missouri, recorded in will
book ''D'' at pages 335, 1856 and 35, appointed
the undersigned as trustee of the real estate,
and executor of the last will and testament
of said deceased, and gave him full authority
to sell the real estate hereinafter described.
Now therefore will, on
Saturday, the 2lSt day of December, 1901,
sell at public vendue for cash to the highest
bidder in fl ont of the premises Lots Eleven Cl)
and Twelve.Q2) in block Five (5) of Persols
addition to the City of Monroe in the county
of Monroe in the State of Missouri
STEPHEN F. ANDERSON,
Executor and Trustee.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28

at the Academy, is spending
Thanksgiving week at home,
near Palmyra.
Miss Emma Fountain and Mr..
Chas. Longhead will be mar
ried Wednesday evening at
9 o'clock at the Arch street
Church in Hannibal. Rev.
johnson will perform the cere-
mony, and he and his wife.
with Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Thra sh er
will accompany the newly
married couple to Renssela err,
where they will take Thanks
giving dinner with Mrs. M. D.
MCRea, the brides sister.
Miss Gertrude Muldro w will
leave Thursday for a few days
visitwith Miss Olivia Bro WIN il
Monroe.
Hopson Glascock, wife anc
daughter, Miss Bessie have re
turned from Morgan cou nty
Mo, where they have been Wis
iting.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28

The services at the various
churches last Sunday which
was Worlds Temperance Sun
day." resulted in securing over
one hundred names to the total
abstinence pledge, The ser
mon in the afternoon by Rev.
H. H. Johnson at the Methodist
Church was excellent and the
house was full. His subject
was "a Mad Ok" and he made
some telling points against the
liquor traffic. The Loyal Temp.
erance Legion was there in
body and he gave them 4 hearty
welcome. The New Century
Knights were also present and
he spoke of the two pledge as
being much the same. Rev. r.
B. Briney spoke for the cause
in the evening at the Christian
Church. He gave the W. G. T.
U. much of the credit for the
growing temperance sentiment
which he says is.manifest today
along all lines of christian
activity sas we'll as business.
He handled the subject from a
scriptural standpoint and it
was ably presented. We could
easily have secured twice as
many names to the pledge in
the afternoon but for lack of
time to give all an opportunity.
Rev. w. r. Anderson was to
have preached on the subject IN
the morning at the Presbyter-
ian Church but was sick so he
will give his sermon later and
we hope to have a good number
of names from that church. AL.
though there was no sermon at
the Grace Baptist 'Cbur near
ly all present at the Sunday
school signed the pledge which
was surely a good work.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28

Chicago, The Windy City,
The City by the Lake has been
noted for women with big feet.
for divorcedwomen and now tit
goes to the front with the
youngest pair of clippers. Mas
ter Stewart M. Emminger aged
3 years and Miss Julian Ann
Hunt aged 3 years run away
to be married, but could find n o
one TO tie the nuptial knot for
them. Master Stewart is a
philosopher for he said; Maybe
no one will marry US now, but
some day Julia and 1 can get
married.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28
Joanna.

Born to the wife of John
Moss a fine boy baby, mother
and babe doing we'll
Mrs. Shepherd, of near 10.
anna, was visiting in Audrain
Co. last week.
Albert Anderson, who has
been under quarantine, is out
again.
Frank Little was charivaried
last Wednesday night.
, Mr.. Hess is going to dig a
we'll soon. We hope he will
strike water and plenty of it.
Hog killing is the order of
the day in the vicinity.
I Mr. Blue, of Spalding, and
daughter were in this vicinity
this week.
John Moss bought some fat
hogs from Wallace Adams this
week.
Thomas Mudd and sister
Mary left here for the State of
Washington, last Monday.
! James Barlow and Ocie Ne
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28
Rensselaer, Items.

Mrs. Agnes Bolton of Eu-
reka, Ark, is visiting Mrs.
john Muldron
Misses Mary Cleaver and
Maggie Van Deventer of FIorl-
da have been visiting the
young ladies at the boarding
ing house. They returned home
Saturday.
The open session of the ladies
Missionary Society of the Pres
byteriau Church last Sunday
was success. The papers
read were interesting and in.
structive, and the recitdtious
and music delightful. AS there
were no services at the Chris
tian church. the congregation
was larger than usual.
Miss Alice Stone, daughter
of j. P Stone OF this place,
and Mr.. John Thompson, an
enterprising young merchant of
Hannibal were married last
Wednesday at the home of DIR.
Hornback on North Fifth st.
DR.. Galher, the Presbyterian
minister OF Rensselaer, official ted
! Mrs. Thompson is we'll known
here, having made this her
home for some time, and has
the kindest wishes of her friends
here for a prosperous voyage
on the matrimonial sea.
Mrs. Ben McElroy jr., enter
tanned a number of ladies at a
dinner party last Friday
Although the weather was any
thiEg but pleasant, nearly
every invited guest was or
hand, and all felt fnlly repaid
for any trouble they might have
experienced in getting there
! The beautiful little room was
tastefully decorated with nod
ding chrysanthemums and thu
! dinner was sumptuous.
Mrs. w. r. Anderson of Mon
roe spent a few days last weel
with Mrs. W. 7. Finley.
Miss Nell Galher spent Sun
day with her parents.
J Alvin Goodnight, a studen
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28

we'll are making ties for Doug.
las Moss.
Mrs. Shuck was shopping in
Cincinnati Saturday.
Some folks from Perry were
on a hunting expedition near
here last week.
Born to the wife of Joseph
Rouse a fine boy. Mother and
babe doing we'll.
Perry Johnson went to Han.
nibal after fish last Thursday.
Heckard Bros. are doing a
rushing business saving lum .
Der now.
Rev. Chaise, a Methodist
preacher, preached at the
Pleasant Grove Christian
Church Sunday evening at
3 o'clock.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28

The boot and shoe manufact-
urers are birds, crows as it were.
They are kicking for the abol-
ishment of the 15c tariff on hides
but do not say anything about
the Csc protective tariff on
shoes that they are benefited
by. Nor do they tell the peo-
pie that they sell shoes in Lon
don and Paris for less money
than they do in New York or
st. Louis.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28
COOperyille.

There came very near being a
confagration at c.. r. Evans
last Wednesday morning. Mr.,
Evans was boiling some tar
and it caught fire. For while
ii seemed that everything was
on fire, but fortunately nothing
was lost.
Misses May Lear. Daisy Hand
ley and Messrs. George Mcleod,
Charley Lear, Cruise Handley
and John Tully, attended the
Spelling Bee at Stone school
house last Thursday night.
Ollie Hardesty. Of near the
Mcleod school. visited w. j.
Mcleod and family Sunday,
Dock Sandifer, Of Columbia,
visited Joe Sandifer last week.
B F.. Handley EFF, last Tues.
day for Kansas City where he
received a position in the
packing house. He will move
his family there in the near fu.
ture.
Mrs. B. F.. Handley and little
daughter are visiting Mrs,
Handley's father, Mr.. Webb, OF
Belleville.
H. l Lear and family spent
Sunday with Mr.. Lear's broth
err, Robert Lear, of Monroe
City,
Miss Peterson, of Kansas
City, is visiting Will Gosney
and family.
Mrs. Ben Mollet spent las
week with Mr. and Mrs. He'd
ricks of near Warren.
Mrs. j. w. Colvert and moth
err Mrs. Mollet spent Tuesday
with Mrs. DR.. Terrill in Warren
Miss Ray Webb, of nea'
Bellevllle, spent Saturday ant
Sunday with her friend, Mis-
Jessie Colvert.
Mr. and Mrs, G. e. Colver
spent Tuesday of asst weel
with Mrs. Coivert'A parents
near Warren.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28
Was II You?

Did you borrow my Woven
Wire Stretcher, or part CT an
Extension Ladder, or the whole
of an Extension Ladder from
me and forget to return it or
them? If so permit me to say;
l need them, please return them
promptly.
A. JAEGER.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28

Louis Lumburg, of Joanna,
quite a prosperous farmer and
all around good fellow paid the
DEMOCRAT an appreciated visit
Thursday AFTERNOON. He was
enroute to Palmyra to attend
to some business.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28

Tie record of Butler county
Mo during the last six months
shows twenty-five licenses issu.
ed to brides of 16 years, ele ven
to brides of Is and four to
brides of IA years of age. Mo
berly Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28

To our young friends we wish
to say; yoa ought to write your
letters to Santa Claus NOW.
Last year some of your letters
came the DEMOCRAT office too
late for it to have little pri.
vate talk with the old gentle
man while he was packing his
big basket for the good little
boys and girls. Send your let
tiers in as soon as possible.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28

Misses Mary and Flo Holmes
of La Belle, Mo, arrived Mon
day to visit their friend Mrs.
job Mastin.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-28

The submarine craft Fulton
spent Is hours Saturday laying
on the bottom of New York
bay. Every one is duly pleas.
ed over the feast. Capt. Gable
ia command says; we could
have staid down three months.
At time a severe storm was
sweeping over the bay but the
men in the Fulton were not
aware of it.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-25


As ou- readers win remember. not
long ago d Miss Stone. a Massachusetts
woman. for some years past an Ameri-
can missionary in Turkey, was seized
by briaands in that country. and. as it
is stated, carried 10 their mountain
fastness in Bulgaria She is being held
Tor ransom. and. as we understand
the matter the state Department
thinks that 1t would be- best to pay II
promptly. as otherwise the capuve's
hie most likely would be forfeited. The
a"'1uTlti~s are trying TO communicaJe
WIN MISS stones relatives ID order %
ascertain no" mush ih-y are IN a posi-
uon To- contribute IN Jh- way or ran
som II Is improbable Jhat there ls
any luAa III the command 81 the state
DeIai ''-eA' Ni'i1h ''uIa De USED Tor
the puIp IL Is SAID. however, mat
whoever 9AaH aaFahe' lhe money VIII
S'aI-n an @AcelIehJ ciahoe OF reimburse
HlehI- as the Government VIII demand
OF bulgaria me arrest and punishment
OF tue Dan 4lJs, ana an indemnity Suit-
'ieHO u" cover 'he ransom ana com
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-25
A Model Trial.

At ten o'clock on Monday morning
September -. ia the Erie County Court
House at Buffalo. New York. the assas-
sin Of the late President Mckinley was
put on trial Cor his crime At twenty
five minutes past four o'clock on Tues
day, September p. ne was found guilty
Of murder in the first degree. Under
the laws Of the State, a convicted fe!on
is entitled 20 a delay of two days after
conviction before sentence That was
accorded in The present case. Tomor-
row. Thursday, at two o'clock .. m,
sentence viii be passed and the muir
derous reptile viii be sent TO the dark
ness and silence Of his cell, there to
await his execution.
The trial just ended is something #
which the district attorney. and the
bench, bar, and people of Buffalo and
Erie county well may be proud JUS
tice has been done. as II should BE-.
swiftly, decorOusIy. and certainly All
the legitimate rights Of the prisoner
have been reljgiously respected and Ge-
Tended by two OF the most distinguish
cd lawyers in the Commonwealth. as
signed 70 the case by the court On the
sensible and pTaIsewoTthy reCommen-
daJiOn OF the Erie County Bar Aess-
citation. All that the circumstances
justified them in doing for their unWeI-
come and detcsted client they have
done. The case which forms the after
math Of d dark national tragedy has
been tried ami concluded without the
least hint of seIsationaHsm or petit
Jogging appeal to JechniCautes In its
SORROW the country has been spared d
repetition of the pain and shame OF TIE
Guiteau rri2I and for this the AmeGi-
can people are glad and thankful
What we have row 20 hope is that
a work so wen begun may be carried To
its end IN the death chair with intel
Hgent care that there be no opportunity
given 70 anyone 10 advertise the con-
demned wretch, OF AFFORD hum and his
accomplices the notoriety for which
such creatures yearu. and the hope Of
which often incitcs them To commit
deeds OF horror. Until the execution
of the sentence the assassin should be
kept IN abeolute solitary confinement,
and allowed L. speak TO no man. his
keepers excepted. Even they should be
required 10 refrain from all but ueces-
sary communicative. Should the con
dcmncd ask for the miuistTatiOus Of q
clergyman enc SUCH person should be
permitted 10 see him, but then only
after a promise UPON honor not 70
speak % his visit or visits TO anybody
outside. Certainly clerical volunteers
should be rigidIy excluded
The assassin's transportation % Au-
burn. where he Is o. meet his doom.
should b. secret ana without notice 10
the public. We most earnestly hope
that he journey in question viii be
undertaken in a way TO prevent news
paper interviews and camera snap
shots en- route. We do not want 10
near anything about the brute's feel
iugs. sentiments. religious hopes. OF
views. As Yearly as possible, now that
the law has condemned him. we want
to SEQ him rendered dead To- the world.
until the hour shall come. some weeks
hence. when the life IS 10 be crushed
out Of his foul body
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-25
AGRICULTURE ON THE YUKON.
Interesting Facts Contained in m
OEciaI Report.

The Division OF Publications Of the De
paTtmcnt Of Agriculture has just issued
the following ON the subject of agricuI-
ture along the Yukon.
The outlook for gardening and some
( agriculture in the cold interior recion Of
Alaska, along the Yukon. is made quite
encouraging by official reports recently
received az the United States Departments
[ of Agriculture at Washington. Prof G.
c. George son, who is in charge Of the
Alaska experiment stations. has spent the
summer in the interior and along the Yu-
kon Valley, visiting the experiment sta
ton established by the Department Of
Agriculture last year at Rampant. Just
outside the Arctic Circle. and other points
where experiments were arranged for
/ Good gardens were found all along the
route. especially at Eagle City and Holy
: Cross Mission. Although the season was
unusually late this year. new potatoes,
cabbage, caUlihower, beets. and other
vegetables were ready for the table be
fore the middle of August ana lettuce
raGishCs. and turnfDs grown in the open
had been in use for some weeks Flower
gardens containing a large variety Of an
nuals grown from seed furnished last
year were in full bloom At the station at
KampaTt rye seeded the previous fan
wintered perfectly and was ripe in July.
Spring seeded barley had ripened about
I the middle Of August. and there was
quite prospect for oats and wheat to
mature
Extensive areas Of excellent land
were found on the Lower Yukon upon
which there was an abundant and often
I luNuTiant growth Of grasses over six
I feet IN height The abundant moisture
and long days during the summer months
account for the surprising Iuxuriauce OF
vegetation In that Tar north region
one or Prof tieOrceson's assistants will
make "A trip overland from the Yukon Val
ley to Prince William sound taking the
iran from Eagle city. This viii afford
opportunity Tor q reconnaissance Of that
region. which is reported % contain lare-e
tracts CT land well suited to agriculture
4 report Of this trip and Of the seasons
operations OF the Alaska stations as a
whole viii be submitted to Congress in
the carly winter
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-25
ABOLITION OF sUB-TREAsURIEs
james SIOnn, OF baltimore, Opposes
the Suggestion


BALTIMORE. Sept. 25.-James Sloan. OF
the United States Sub-treusury in this
city, when asked what he thought Of the
suggestion by Mr.. Ridsely. the newly ap-
pointed Comptroller Of the Curreuc-- that
the United States Sub-treasuries be ab0l-
iShed. said There are nine sub-treasuries
IN the United States, and I have always
thought that thee were not sufficient
This opinion is based on the amount Of
business transacted at this Office. in the
way Of payment Of Government Obliga-
lions. in exchanges. and IN redemption Of
various denominations Of money which
from frequent handling, has become un6t
for circulation
Take the Sub-treasurv Of New York
That does more business than all the 9TH
er eight sub-treasUries combined. II the
sub-treasUries We're abolished all the
business now transacted al these various
branches would -ssariIy have 10 be
done IN Washington. CT through some ma
tolal bank. now designated as a deu0si-
cory only By having these sub-treasu-
NAeFe the sub treasures are lOcaJ-
Cd are brought INTO immediate contact
With the United States Tresury The sub
treasures receive deposits from many
pnSJofhces- The amount OF business done
a the various sub-treasuries for the wear
ts-f amounts, In total receipts and dis
LllssfI-eltS, 20 about S .1Ft H1 ON This is
distributed about as Follows
NcW York SZ-Jtt glN. 0lI. PHILADELPHIA
S-st't3,"ti; Baltimore Slg1.511es0. Boston
slNtuttHt- Cincinnati. S1Yerrlg- Chicago
Si-t.li';.-'. - Lous. $i.o.fn.od5. New or
leans. 100000, san Francisco SIS. gGJ. co.,
ne Sub-treasurer. Mr. Sloan. when ask
"a Tor his opinion about the. establish
menf OF a nited States bank. which AZ
IlCgcIy is said 90 favor said ID ba,-. -71r
seen q statement Of Air R-dgeIy-s ideas in
-1-L ana therefore C@uaoJ express an
opinion on his proposed plan However.
hrileNe that the present banking system
serves the people vel"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-25
Freedom in the PhiItnnincs.

a curious item Of news reaches US
from the Philippines In the Camariues
Province q banquet has Just been held
which was attended by several. if not
all, of the American Senators and Rep
sentauyes now visiting the islands
Speaking at this banquet Senator Ba-
con and Representatives Gaines Of Ten
uessee and Green Of Pennsylvania are
reported as having stated that as soon
as the war was finished the United
States would extend 10 the Philippines
freedom as il was known in America"
TEe Republican members Of the dele
CATION present are said TO have re-
Trained from speaking. The inference
is that there was probably some diff
ference Of opinion between the Repub-
hcans and Democrats concerning the
matter referred 70, or, at least. that
the Republicans did not feel at liberty
10 make any promises
Nor Is IL clear why the visiting Dem
ocrats should have felt justified in max
Ing the statement aScubed To them. In
the first place the language Is very ger
eral and might easily receive different
interpretations. 1t might be construed
u mean that the islands should be
given complete Independence. or IL
could be understood as signifying that
they should be governed in harmony
with American pTinciples-which. Of
course would be under the full pr0tec-
ton Of the Constitution. As matters
now stand it is hardly permissible 10
think that Senator Bacon intended to
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-25
ATLANTA's TROLLEY WAR.
A Deal Arranged TO HarmOHize the
RINnI GNHfeFnN.

BALTIMORE. Sept 2I-In consequence
Of a deal which was closed yesterday In
this city, harmony between the two street
railway corporations IN Atlanta. Ca.
now appears TO DE assured. one Of these
companies = the Atlanta Railway and
Power Company and the other is the At
Iauta Rapid Transit Company.
4 syndicate composed of the Mercantile
Trust and Deposit COMPANY OF this city.
the Old Colony Trust Company. OF Bos-
ton. and the New York Security and De
post Company, has acquired the interests
Of Joel Hurt auC others ia The lrst-uaued
railway company, and the result Of this
according 10 the statements OF those con-
cerncd. will be that destructive competI-
ton in the railway business in Atlanta
will cease.
Mr.. Hurt is president Of the GcurEia
Trust Company. ana the closing Of tho
deal involves about slIoJ.OUJ but the
price paid FOR the property is withheld
The transaction was arranged by Charles
r Spence, representing the AercautiIa
Trust Company. Joel Hurt Col T. j.
Lowry. president of the Lowry Bank. OF
Atlanta. ard Gordon Abbott president or
the Old Colony Trust COmIauy RTr
Spence said after the matter was closed
that the commands would not be-. con-
sOlidatcd. but that th.y would her,9rtar
work in harmony like the United Rrif-
ways Of this city. but with the differ, nee.
that there would not be any actual lrrir0
between them. The Rapid Transit COM
pany has been selling three tickets for no
cents but that IS eXUecJeu 10 cease.
The Atlanta Railway and Power Com
uany has S'HrHuo OF stock and ST. uuu ono uf
bonds. or which latter sltr1Yu1f is 10
served for future acquisitions and s. lsa -
90 90 retire tn Atlanta ConsoIid.t.B
Street Railway IS Of 1899. Il has abour
100 miles Of track
The Atlanta Rapid Transit Company has
81 uUu. Uuu Of stock and an equal afr,fr-rr
OF bonds II has over thirty miles ~
track.
Included in the deal is the property of
the Georgia Electric Light COMPANY
which is one OK the most yalu1II. 4es,fe