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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-20

r. 0. Cranston. mail agent
with head quarters at st. Louis,
came in Thursday evening to
spend few days with his
numerous warm friends who
were glad to see him His
work agrees with him and he
with his work. so it make 4
pleasant combiu,'pn. There
is one run out OF the Future
Great, that he and e boys
call the Pension Run. because
it is just like picking up
salary for doing nothing. He
paid the DEMOCRAT Il pleasant
call while in the city:
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-20
CITY OFFICIALS.

Grady:
ThirdWard-A. Boulware. D. D. Nelson
Secret Societies.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS No. "a, A. F.
& A. NJ, meets first and third Satur-
day nights of each month.
Monroe City r. A. Chapter, No. l04
meets fourth Monday nights in each
month.
ODD FELLowS-Monroe City Lodge
Ne. 26S, meets every Thursday night.
SUPREME COURT OF HoNoR.-Mon-
roe District Court No. 467 meets
every Monday night.
A. o. U. w. Mo nroe City Lodge, No
1853, meets first and third Friday
nights of each month.
MODERN WooDMEN-Monroe City
Camp, No. 2236 meets every Thurs
day night.
The r. N. of AS meet LIST. and Bird
Tuesday evening in the NJ. w,
A. hall.
p. E. o. Sisterhood, Monroe City
Chapter H. meets the second and
fourth Saturdays in each month.
MASONIC, Colored.-Advance Lodge
No. 8, meets first and third Tuesday
nights in each month.
BETHLEHEM CHAPTER No. Al meets
LIST Thursday in each month.
VIRGINIA COURT meets LIST Thursday
In each month.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-20
City Directory.
Churches.

LIST. BAPTI ST-Preacbing every Sun
morning and evening Sunday
school at 9:45, B. Y. p. U. $3.50 p.
IN. Sunday. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday evening Deacons meeting at
2 p. m. the last Sunday in each
month. I. H. Reed, Pastor.
GRACE BAPTIST-At [. o. Q. f.
hall. Preaching every Sunday l1:CJ
a. IN. and 1880 p. IN. Sunday school
0:45 a. IN. B Y. Z. U. 6:15. Prayer
meeting Wednesday night at $50 p.
m.. Business meetipg Wednesday
night after 1st Sunday ut 1870 p. III.
Choir practice every Saturday
at 1870 p. IN. w. G.. L. Devotional
Meeting Friday after 2nd Sunday
at 2:30. p IN. Sunbeam S. Devotional
meeting Saturday after End Sunday
at 2:3O p. IN. j. II. Rife, Pastor.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES every Sunday
at IL a. m. and s p. IN. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening. Sun
day school at I. Y. p. S. G.. E.
meeting at p. m. Sunday. r. b.
Briney, pastor.
NJ. L. CHURCH, SOUTH-Services
every Sunday morning and evening.
Sunday school at $50. Epworth
League at $3.50 Jr. Epworth League
at 2:30 p. mMid-week prayer meeting
Wednesday evening. Womans
Home Mission Society 3 Thursday
in each month. Womans Foreign
Mission Society Thursday in each
month 2:3o S. 5. Mission collection
LIST Sunday in each month. Officia
Board Meeting LIST Tuesday 7.30 p.
m. Church Conference Ind Tuesday
I:30 p. III. Lords Supper lst Sun.
day in each month. Business Meet.
ing Epworth League 18th Tuesday
1870 p. III. Rev. j. a. WALES, pas
tor
ST. JUDE'S EPISCOPAL-Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m. Preaching a
HOO a. m. and 200 p. IN. Sunday
Evening prayer meeting 500 p. IN
Friday. Rev. w. a. Hatch, Rector
PRESBYTERIAN - Services secont
and fourth Sundays morning an,
evening. Sunday school 9:45 a. m
Y. p S. G.. E. meeting 500 p. m
Sunday. Mid-week prayer meetin!
at S:00Wednesday evening. j. E
Travis pastor.
ATHOLIC-Servlces at 500 and 1910
a. IN. second and fourth Sundays i
each month. Father d. F. Sullivan
pastor.
End. BAPTIST, Colored.- Services tn
first Sunday in each month. B
Hawkins, pas tor
COu Directory.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-20
MONROE COUNTY .

MONROE COUNTY.
Circuit Court-Meets at Paris third Monday
in April and. fourth Monday in October.
Probate Court-Regular terms at Paris, second
Mondays in February, May, August and
November.
MARION COUNTY.
Circuit Gourt-Meets at Palmyra, second
Monday in February and first Monday in
September.
Hannibal Court of Rommon Pleas
second Monday in January, first Monday in
May and third Monday in September.
RAILS COUNTY,
Circuit Court-Meets at New London, third
Mondays in March and August.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-20

Sometimes the dog wags the
tail and sometimes the tail
wags the dog, but we'll be dog,
goned if the Supreme Couu t
didn't wag both ways,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-20

Newspaper men in great numbers
will be at the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton next summer. Many state Edi-
torial Associations and numerous press
clubs have arranged for trips to Buff
falo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-20
Low Rates

Beginning Saturday May the
4th, and on each subsequent
Saturday and Sunday until
further notice, M. X. & Il. r. r
Co.. will sell excursion tickets
between all local stations in
Missouri, Kansas and Indian
Ter. where the Que way fare
from the selling station is 81. sc
or less under following condi
tions rates at first class fare for
the ronnd trip minimum rate
25c. No reduction in fare to be
made for children.
Tickets will be sold for any
train leaving Monroe after 1C
o'clock, p. m. Saturday, and fol
all trains on Sunday.
The M. X. & II. has continued
the Tourist Sleeping Car Ser
vice from st. Louis each Tues
day OH the Katy Flyer to Mexi
CO, Arizona and California
points. This is the only line
that has this through Sleeping
Car Service.
Z. b. SPAHR, Agent
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-20

and ornamental gardening which will
embellish every part of this wonderful
Exposition. WILLIAM SCOTT,
Assistant Superintendent Of Horticul-
turc.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-20

A little poodle dog has died
at st. Joseph and the 'physi.
clans say from small pox. Poor
poodle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-20

VIM. Phillips, of Shelbina.
was the guest of Lis sister Mrs.
d. M. PROCTOR Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-20

If little Cuba only knew it,
81 he is doubly free in having the
United States back of her to
e uard and maintain her free.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES free
dom consist of being a position
to be compelled to do as Others
Sc fit to order you to do? If
so then Cuba is tree-free with
a big cable to her freedom.
Perry. Green, charged with
being the tire-bug, of Stouts,
Vile was acquitted Wednesday
evening, The wearing O. the
green knocked Hostetters Bit
tiers clean under the ropes.
A good new walk has been
put in on the west side and the
one on the north side of the
Tooley property at the cor. of
Main and Second Streets has
been put in good condition.
When Mckinley declared that
Porto Rico was entitled to free
trade his language was just as
emphatic as when declining the
third term which has not been
offered him.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-01-27

al Wellington for three years. Fer sew
eral years he was a member OF the state
board OF charities. and most OF the time
was its president
Mr. Stotler was married al Emporia in
March, 81 to Miss Lsvera Murdock. who
had come from Ohio with her father,
Thomas NBrdock. IN s. The marriage
occurred on March 4 the date Of LIN
coins first inauguration to the pTesi-
dency Mrs. Stotler is sister OF Mar
shall NJ. and Roland P. Murdock. Of the
Wichita Eagle. and Thomas Benton Aur-
dock Of the FL Dorado Republican. Ms.
stotler and i've children survive Mr.
Stotler-
The children are: Mrs. Il. L. Woods,
OF Wellington; Miss Mary Stotier; Miss
Adele and Miss Levera Stotler, who are
at home at Enporia. and William P SLOT
Ter. police reporter Of the Kansas CitS
Times. Twin children, the hrst born,
died IN their youth.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-01-27
CALLS 1T CONFISCATION
Rip Roaring Attack on Insurance
Rates Made by Admire.

Guthrie, o. T., Jan. 26.-The feature of
Jacob Admires Kinghsher Free Press
this week is an attack on insurance rates.
The Free Press says. DO the property
owners of this town realize now shame
fully they are being plundered by the fire
insurance companies doing business in
Oklahoma? case on our desk will il
lustrate this subject. In 1899 and 1890 this
town had no fire protection whatever.
Now under contract with Pabst com
panyo the water mains are kept charged
with water for fire purposes at an ex-
perse to the city Of about 5000 per
month. In 1899 the insurance rate on the
Free Press printing office was 1 1-2 per
cent-the premium for $500 being s22 30
This insurance was rewritten in Deem
Der, 1900 in the same company. and the
rate was increased to I'll per cent, or a
total Of St0D-increase s1S25. The pre-
mium on lot 90. block was increased on
$l.700 from s3S26 to s49SO-increase SIG
The premium on $1,000 on lot 7. block s.
Gree Press building) from s145O to S27. 30
increase sl3 In this case on a total in
surance Of 1920 the Increase IN the pre-
mium was from s752s to s1l7 55-net in
crease S42-2e, or little more than ss per
cent. What does this mean? Are the in
stTance companies going to confscate the
town? This is simply outrageous. and the
people should rebel against such infamous
extortion The business men Of Main
street had much better cancel al their
Insurance, and employ a half dozen night
Watchmen to police the district of nights
They could easily hire dozen and then
have money left, ard with our water sup
ply they would be safe and better OF than
a. present The legislature should drive
every Insurance company out Of the ter
ritory rather than submit to such out
RACES. It has always been the opinion
Of the Free Press. and stu IS that FIRE
Insurance companies are the breeders or
incendiarism. anyhow. II there was no
such thing as fire insurance there would
not be one fire where now there are ten
Let the business men Of this town take
this matter NJ and make a fight for self
preservation The town IS IN good hx6 81,
far as fire protection is concerned. or. II
i is not. the mayor and council are not
doing their duty as the mains are fuI Of
water which can be used in three min
utes fbnouce CT less"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-01-27
BUT is THE SH0NE LEGAL7
sheriff Oates Of Woods Comfy on
International Law.

Guthrie, Q. T., Jan. 26.--It is related by
the Alva Review that Sheriff Oates
learned while at FL Paso. Texas, that
want a prisoner who is across the bor-
der, they don't 90 to much expense OF
lose much time to get extradition papers.
On the bridge, across the Rio Grande
between El Paso and Juarez, a line is
marked, to show the boundary line be
tween the two countries.
By mutual consent, when the American
officials want man who is on the Mexi-
can side, they notify the Mexican officers,
and If they can catch the offender, they
take him to the line on the bridge and
turn him loose, but at the same time
they give him a shove that sends him
across the line. where he IS nabbed by
the American officials who are waiting
for him and he is again in the cold, icy
grip of the law.
Of course the same courtesy is extend
cd to the AIexicans. by our officers, when
they want man from our side. In this
way the circumlocution Office is dispensed
with, and many yards Of red tape are
saved
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-01-27

Drawing Plan Locks Salient
Features Of One.
so SAYS SENATOR HAVENS
People Who Participate Put
Nothing at Stake.

Guthrie. .. T.. Jan. es-Senator Havens
of Enid. does not think the prasasea
plan of drawing lots Cor lana in the klo-
va country. IN order 10 eliminate ths
horse race opening. is Of such a character
that il may be called a ietJery. He savs-
Considerable discussion Is eolnr on As
70 the best method OF opening ire III.
owa and Comanche and wichita reser,s-
tons But ne one has proposed a nsshed
that would remedy the evils ~ the -horss
race plan, by which other portions Of
Oklahoma were opened. without prenar-
ing the way of otaers just as great.
In consequence OF the smaller extent
OF the reservations about 20 ae opened
the INEQUALITIES of the opportunity ana
the strife among claimants viii De greas-
cr than they were at tho opening 81 ghe
strip. and II any new method could be-
devised that would be mere equi.aale
and ooViate the evils, Il would be ve-y
fortunate.
The suggestion that the lands be o.
ened by presidential proclamation
without other preliminary prepafafinne
which has seemed 20 receive much faVar
does not see INTO promise much improve
ment- Information Of the proclamatles
would be received by telegraph and the
race would start just the same. ex,~0s
that tnose farthsst from telegraphic corn
munlcatiou would hardly have eqeal
chances with those more favora5ly ie-
Gated.
The plan Of drawing. after the manner
Of a lottery has many advocates. But
il is Objected 20 on the ground 5ha7 ths
government should not engage in lot-
terry scheme. This objection. however. IS
not good. such "a drawing would lack
the essential and oolectionsl features 20
a lottery. The parties who nlght particle
pate would invest nothing and could lesa
nothing Nor would the government ,-l.-
tain anybody mosey or make ans pr0nt
II would simply bc a means az deteru1-
lining what particular lands sEeuid be
given. under the conditions o. the la~
TO each participant go the drawing ft
would De no more of lottery scheme
than the determination by iot ~ waa
should hold an Office where a &c exists
in the vote cast. and that is reoosnizs Il
as proper everywhere.
But there IS an objection that Is mo.e
serious. Thousands who would not other
wise think OF going to the new lands
would enter iato the drawing. They c-1i4
lose nothing in any case. and misht gain
somethinE such an inducsmcnt aeud
increase the number O. contestants by
thousands. and would sadly interfere
with the hopes o. many who. IN good
faith. deslre % secure permanent homes
IL would SO incumber and overload tbe
whole business as 20 make 60 almost
aurleaque-almoss as farclcal as Hose
Smiths Booth CertinCatea
The difficulty might possshly - avoided
by requiring every person desiring to
participate .n tho drawing 90 deposit
sum Of money a. 2 guarantee ~ sood
faith. the money 70 deposited 10 appiy as
part payment of the nnai pusrhass
money. or returned in ease of tsllafe
% draw a tract % lard
But probably. after All. e viii ha ueces
sary 20 resort % the horse race aEsl
Ia order to get the land disposed o.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-01-27
Will Be PEACEFUL
Statehood Convention Prom
ises No Sensations.
TO BE A SOCIAL AFFAIR
With Some Set Speeches and
Some Impromptu.

Guthrie. 0. T., Jan 26.-Statehood con-
ventions have become so frequent in Ok
! lahoma that speculation prior TO a con-
vention has passed out Of fashion. This
/ is partly due to the fact that hitherto
the resolutions BY statehood conventions
and forwarded TO congress have had only
an Indirectly beneficial effect, the men,
! bers of congress reading the demand for
statehood in the newspapers and being
mentally confronted with the proposition
that Oklahoma must be admitted some
day. and then dismissing the matter.
The demand for statehod began almost
with the first settlement Of the country.
and the lines Of dispute developed then
have not changed materially. One side
believes that statehood is far off if the
boundaries Of the new state are TO in
clude at once the Indian territory, and
favor immediate statehod for Oklahoma
wit ha provision that the Indian nations
be added from time TO time; the other
side wants one big state.
The demand for statehood is almost
wholly from Oklahoma. Only a very few
progressive souls in the Indian Territory
take any interest in the question what
ever. AS the representation was small
and cold at a recent convention at South
BIcAlester so the Indian Territory viii
have few delegates here, if any, next
Wednesday.
1t viii be strictly an Oklahoma affair
with a reimbursement resulting Of the
features OF the Flynn bill.
Dennis Flynn himself believes that at
the next session of congress. that is the
first session of the new congress, an
enabling act viii he passed for Oklahoma
The feeling here is that the coming
convention win help jog congress mem
ory that Oklahoma is still eager for the
honor. Several set speeches will be made,
and, as usual, several impromptu ones
to add liveliness to the occasion.
AS a matter Of fact the Oklahoma
statehood convention has passed into the
realms of a social affair. The delegates
are as determined as ever for statehood,
but the unexpressed. though prevailing
opinion is that patience is the mightiest
weapon in hand and the most appropri-
ate motto: Keep your Shirt On"
The men Of Oklahoma Of all parties
meet, select a temporary chairman.
appoint committees and adopt resolutions.
1t has always been a feature of Okla
homa statehod conventions that some
subsidiary question formed the issue, and
gave room for discussion. In one in
stance it was whether Governor Barnes
should be endorsed or not. another it
was a lively debate over whether taxes
We're greater in a state than in terri
tory. There are always present delegates
who through the committee on resolu-
tions desire to memorialize congress on
some territorial matter entirely extrane-
Gus to the question Of statehood. This
has time after time. led to exciting in
COMPREHENSIVE, and bitter situations.
happily forgotten in the most instances
within a week.
Up to date the promise of no such
secondary issue has appeared and the
convention threatens to be as peaceful
and balmy as June breeze laden with
orange blossoms.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-01-27

here the past week with a view Of open
ing up some wholesale houses, and with
in four or fy months at best Blackwell
viii have a wholesale grocery and sew
eral implement houses viii make Of this
place a distributing point
Our people have all been and are yet
busy, too much SO to let the outside
world know what We are doing; but see-
ing is believing, and with all our enter
prises, with our business men unit on
any proposition to make Blackwell the
best city in northern Oklahoma, all the
stranger has 10 do is to come and ''see
our smoke.''
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-01-27
INEQUALITIES OF TAXATION
Things for Which the Schedule Plan
Are Responsible.

Guthrie, 0. T., Jan. 26.-The Chandler
News in discussing assessment and taxa
ton says: There is a good opportunity
for helpful reform in the manner OF as
sessing property for taxation as assessing
IS done in Oklahoma; one that would be
benefit TO the interests of the territory
and the counties and, in most cases, to
the Individual taxpayers; q reform that
would result in property being assessed
at its actual value and in ali taxable
pl operty being assessed. The law at pres
ent doubtless undertakes TO accomplish
both these objects, but it doubtless fails,
for property has in the past been assess
ed at all the way from % per cent Of its
value up to its actual value, and the tax
dodger has been able to pursue succe S.
fully his pastine of letting other people
pay for the expense of protecting his
property. The effort to create an arti-
fetal schedule of values that can be arbi-
trarily applied to all property cannot be
successful. and this assessing by sched-
uie is especially unsatisfactory when it
is done by careless or incompetent asses
sor s If property was assessed at its
true value the necessary rate OF taxation
would be much lower and investors would
which any individual would have to pay
would probably not be increased IN any
degree. The objection is raised, however,
that if property was listed at its full
value the aggregate valuation would be
largely increased and the basis for the
issuing Of more bonds and the incurring
of additional expense would be thus ere
ated. This objection is partly true. as
suming that officers and taxpayers will
always incur Indebtedness up to the legal
limit, but the danger is not great, and. If
the remedy is to be applied by keeping
the total valuation down, it Will be very
hard to find the line at which the redue-
tion is to stop, for, if it is a protection
against public extravaganza to assess at
one-half the actual value, will it not be
srill further saving to assess at one
third or one-fourth Under the present
system of assessing by a sliding sched-
ule the burden is unequally distributed
Cash, Of course, must be listed at its full
value and so if a man has 800 in money
and can't dodge the assessor, he is likely
to pay tax on the full 800; but if a man
has horse for which he paid $50. per-
haps the horse will be assessed at from
$50 to SO. The same thing is true in
other classes Of property. and the in
equalities appear IN many forms and with
startling regularity. This plan Of assess
ing by schedule has another feature that
gives too much room for dishonesty and
incompetency to get in their work
Horses, for instance, are classiied and
the assessor has three guesses as to
which class the horse belongs in. and
then a guess as to the value This guess
ing business is 1lnsatisfac+orx-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-01-27
GLORY or A FAITHFUL DOG
when All Had Fsrsakcn the Master
ue Remained

Guthrie. O. T.. Jan. = What might BE-
called the story og "a Dos spgeara in
tho AIva Courier 10 s. this. Monday
man got drulk on she streets oi hlva ana
because ~ his aHaEgering afituie and
obscene language Was placed Ia The city
3aH BE was taken al0ng in most miH-
erabie condition py THE autb1flles. whsle
Il has heels trotted q iftie haif starved
d0g when placed in the cily naaiiie tha
little dog tried g. enter also but was aa-
cerencnirusiy klckea OUTSIDE ine dGsr.
The drunk was locked ~ ana lsu o.
sleep on hls 5aR ana tte oHcefs Ufat
away and The jail vas deserted save 81
lts r8nken occupant After awhile tns lt.
tie dog. which sftes ita summary eHnss-
sion. had been "a Keen observer from
distance. saeaked az aad once mare tflel
the SAB door - eec u lt eaH.1 set p lts
master .N1t being sactfasfai affel aE
erhaustisas amount ~ whining sn1 BIZ
ug az the door. t lsy dceu on ths sR.
cold and saigeFinE TO sHait fs master
arrival Tt waa % veFf fma eaz aaa
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tha HnesRe of q hrsfs ere ezssfiar
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