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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06
Doomed Without Reciprocity.

General Leonard Wood, FORM
err Military Governor of Cuba,
was questioned to day on the
subject of various special dis.
patches published here alleging
the existence of serious econom-
ic and political conditions in
Cuba. He said to representa-.
tive of the Associated Press:
In view of the present crisis
the Cuban sugar industry is alb.
solutely doomed without re-
clprocity with the United
States.
Il have the strongest reasons
for believing and hoping that a
reciprocity bill will be passed
during the next session of Cou.
gress. A great policy of Ted
dy's. He saves Cuba from the
Spanish and then when she asks
for bread holds out cotton wood
chips to her.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06
Carried His Own Arm.

Sandusky, O., Nov. IA 5
year old son OF Charles SamseIl
while playing on the B. and o.
tracks, was run over aud his
right arm ground off at the
shoulder. The lad gained his
feet and, carrying the mangIed
arm in his left hand walked to
his home. 500 feet away, where
he fell over unconscious from
the shock and loss of blood af
ter telling his mother how it
happened. 1t is thought lie
will die.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06
Bones Brittle As Glass.

Sedalia, Mo-, Nov. ii esse.
the Is year old son of ey PO--
liceman William N. Wilkerson,
fell today and broke his left
leg. This is the thirty-tirst
time he has fractured a limb by
falling. Three months ago he
fell and broke his right leg.
The bones of his arms and legs
are brittle as glass, DR.. W, j.
Ferguson says, and fail from
a chair has frequently resulted
in fracture of some one of his
limbs.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Ran. V. Sullivan has conclud.
ed to see a portion of the out.
side world once more and to
that end leaves today for In
diana, Kentucky and West Vir.
ginia where he will visit the
scenes of his boyhood and see
if the water in the branches
and springs is still good for
cooking purposes.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06
Ouch

While in the woods Friday J.
e. Moore who resides east of
the city met with quite a pain
ful accident, one that will pre-
vent his useing his left hand for
some time. The man he was
working with struck him with
an ak and cut the hand about
ten inches and quite deep.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Frank Muder, one time
Monroe boy but for the past fiji
teen years a resident of Trespi-
nos. Cal, came in Friday to see
his old friends and the home of
his boyhood. He left Uncle Ben
Ely and his sons we'll and doing
well.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06
Editor Dead.

S. W. Birch 70 years of age,
died in CarrolltOn, Mo. For
many years he was editor of the
Hannibal G ourier-Courier-P Post
and was we'll known in this
city from having made several
Republican speeches here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

| have client who has some
desirable unimproved Quincy
r al Estate to sell or exchange
for Monroe City property or
cheap lands. What have you to
offer. Inquire of T. J. WHITE,
Re Estate Agt. II
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

o. o. Nichtman and family
have moved from Lucas County.
Iowa. to the farm near Coop.
erville recently purchased by
him of D. K. Vowel. Missouri
especially Monroe always cor.
daily welcomes good citizens.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

G. o, Mayes came up from
Hannibal Saturday and stopped
his family who was enroute
home from Kansas City at this
point. There is scarlet fever
iu the house where he resides
and not wishing his wife and
children to come in contact
with it, he stopped them, so
they will remain here with rel
atives indefinitely.
j. B. Ballou was q businr g
v.-itor in Quincy. Mvniay.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

wANTED-A trustworthy gentleman or lady
in each county to manage business of an old
established house of solid financial standing
A straight, bona fide weekly cash salary of
$500 paid by check each Wednesday with all
expenses direct from headquarters. Money
advanced for expenses Manager, $40 caxton
Bldg Chicago.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

A druggist over at Stouts-
vile. a small town in Monroe
county claims one day recently
to have sold SIC worth of chew
Ing gum. Is that a new name
for it or not?-Shelby County
Herald.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

A few days since, in spe aking
of the DEMOCRAT a Republican
SAID: The DEMOCRAT is a
good paper. but then it is "a
Democratic paper. 1t is hard
to tell whether it was iptende d
for a "cussin" or a compliment
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Esau sold his birth right for
a mess a pottage Roosevelt
sold the Cubans to the sugar
interests for grease to run the
Republican machine.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Miss Mabel McMasters left
Monday for Chicago, where she
will attend school. Her moth
err accompanied her as tar as
QuilcV.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

DR.. John Da wson has return
ed 10 his studies in Kansas City.
He will be a full hedged grad
uate in March.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Mrs. L. A. Kelley and chill.
dren have returned from nice
long visit with relatives at
Clarksvile.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Miss Ruth Dawson, of Chilli.
cothe, arrived Saturday to pay
her friends Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Jaeger a visit.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

George Howe and p. Leinnin
ger were business visitors IL
the City of Flowers. Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

The young people and nearly
all Of our exchanges speak of
Paw Paw, but Webster says
Pa Paw.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Teachers, get your report
cards at this office.
II VI. CANCER, of Hannibal,
was in the city on business
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

President Theodore Roose
ven. has designated Nov. %, as
Thanksgiving Day, so fatten
your turkey and prepare for the
feast.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Miss May Bell, Of Hunnewell
spent Saturday and Sunday in
the city with the homefolks.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Pleased patrons always come
out of Streams barber shop.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Miss Eleanor Scott was in
Quincy Thursday. She is talk
ing lessons at the Conservatory
OF Music.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Mrs S. M. Brown has been
the guest of friends in Quincy.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

EMiss Btulah McGlasson, Of
Warren, was in the city on a
shopping expedition Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Acme Food for sale at Hay
denis Livery Barn. Every buck
et guaranteed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Butter and eggs bring y ru the
most money when taken to
SHARP & DONLEY
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

DR.. Hornback, Oculist and
Aurist. Hannibal. Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Get cash price on flour at
Sharp & DonIey's.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

j. M. Proctor WIS d business
visitor at Pattonsburg, Mo, the
first OF the week
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06
MONROE AND PHILADELPHIA
TELEPHONE LINE.

Connections with Palmyra. Hannibal. New
ara. Labelle. haywood. Jacksonville. LAGRANGE
Canton. Cherrydell. and all points in Lewis
Shelby and Marion counties. Rates; 25c. Try
this new line. 7. S SCOTT. Nngr
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Bring your eggs and butter TO
Sharp q Donley and get the
highest market price.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

N. H. Mccall. Of Moberly,
wa in the city the first of the
w,,K with old friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

The fire Friday night was at
the w. w Handley place near
Hdssard. 1t burned straw
ricK and about / mile of hedge.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Henry v. Wood was a bust
ness visitor in C:illicUthe Mon.
day.
Miss Mable McMasters spent
Thursday with Shelolna
friends.
H. G.. Scheetz. o. Palmyra,
was in the city Friday with
friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Mcodames H. r. Hardy, Ellen
Chad wick and Miss Rosa Gross
left for Hannibal, Saturday for
a Wis with friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-06

Pearl Able came in from
Kirksviile Saturday to spend
st vera days with the home
ryIly aud
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

due partly to necessity, partly to an intent
to preserve the balance Of progress in ali
departments.
Contributes to Service Generally.
But the betterment Of the baggage service
has been more strikingly shown in the de-
tails OF the work than In its delicacies. In
every important phase OF 1t, speed, GER
tainty, capacity, the advance has been mar
velcus. 1t is seldom now that the scheduled
resting time of a train is not sufficient for
the transmission Of all luggage to and from
IT.; nor is baggage lost any more, even
temporarily, save en- rare occasions, when
1t Is always traced and found; neither are
the capacious modern baggage room quar-
ters ever so overtaxed that the forces en-
ployed are swamped and unable to do the
days work in a day.
All this, too, has had its great effect upon
the wonderful strides made in modern train
service. Ball-bearing coaches, drawn by
100-ton engines over eighty-pound steel rails
laid In curveless, gradeless lines. are not
the only factors that have been instru-
mental in bringing Chicago within three
days Of San Francisco. The prompt ma
nipulaticn Of the baggage that accompanies
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

of the time when everybody did anything
has disappeared.
AS a result baggage is now handled but
twice at the station. The expressman brings
1t to the doorway and dumps it on the floor.
II is weighed, checked and hoisted on a
truck to go out when the time comes. Later
it is transferred to the train. And all this
system means a saving Of time. All incom-
ing stuff is plainly dated at once, to facill-
tate probable storage calculations.
The second great feature OF the improve
ment is in the safety which baggage now
enjoys, both as regards identity and treat
ment. At Union station there has not been
a piece Of baggage lost since the place was
built. Ten years ago pieces of luggage were
constantly going wrong, and much Of the
time they were never found at all.
Change I'm Checking Method.
This immunity from loss results from the
adoption Of a new system of checking which
has been gradually introduced for some two
years past on western railroads. The old
brass checks are being abolished as rapidly
as possible for paper ones. This is being
done through the medium of the more i'm
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

portant stations, where the substitutions
are made.
The benefit is obvious. The brass checks
carried merely the name Of the railroad
and the check number. There was nothing
to show source, and the destination was
tagged on the trunk. The same style VI
check answered for all purposes, local, for
eign, transfer, exchange, excess and all. II
a trunk went wrong it was difficult to 10,
cate 1t, for there was no wa to tell its
course except by breaking It open and
sometimes that was not successful.
A complete record Of the property and a
subdivision of the different styles of bag
gage is the secret of the new scheme and
it's success. There are seven different kinds
of checks for use in different circumstances.
There is the local check, which is attached
TO a trunk that is to travel merely be-
tween points on one railroad. This bears
the name of starting point, name or desti-
nation, date and name of railway. The
owner Of the baggage gets an exact dupli-
cate of the piece which Coca on his trunk.
Then comes the special check, providing
for transmission over two or more different
systems. This bears in addition to the in
formation on the local check the names of
all stations where transfers are made and
the names OF the railroads over Wnlcn the
luggage is to pass.
The local excess and foreign excess checks
correspond to these first two, but they carry
the additional information of how much ex-
cess was paid and what is the name Of the
owner. Besides these there are local and
foreign c. o. D. checks and an exchange
check.
Done to Avoid Damage Suits.
The marked genlleness with which bag
gage is now handled is not due entirely to
the philanthropy Of the railroads. They
are In a measure compelled to handle
with care.' Numerous damage suits re-
sulting successfully for the plaintiffs have
brought them to 1t. Formerly people ex-
pected to have their property smashed
and battered and did not resent 1t. But
some one more indignant thar the rest
instituted court proceedings on day to re-
cover the value of a valuable trunk load,
and he recovered. That started the whirl-
wind, and now a truckman cannot break
open trunks and be a truckman long. OF
course some luggage is on the verge of col
lapse when it is shipped, and allowance
Is made for this, and the condition of the
piece is carefully noted as a safeguard.
To the capacity for handling baggage
there Is now practically no limit. Per-
Iect system makes possible the direction of
extensive forces of employees at this work,
ana the baggage rooms of modern depots
have extensive emergency room sufficient
for almost any crush. At the time OF the
Continued on Seventh Page.)
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

AOAA1af INV III ~ ~ -
N truck a pad must be used"
Mtf Ten years ago you would have
~ gone a long way to find such a
rule In a baggage room of a railroad sta
ton, but this legend in bold type now
stRres out from beneath the glass of a big
black frame at the truckmen employed at
Union station in Omaha. The rule means
a lot more than appears on the face Of it.
The pad" designated is a huge stuffed
ioormat, which the truckmen call a
feather bed" II is very long and very
wide and is stuffed solidly with hair and
covered with three thicknesses OF the heav-
lest canvas ducking known to man.
On these downy touches are received the
divers trunks and traps OF the present-day
traveller whose possessions chance through
Omaha. There Is absolutely no deviation
from the rule. Indeed, the sound Of a
trunk falling upon the floor is as good as
the gong that POUNDS the discharge Of the
man handling II. AS a result Of this strict
ness the pads are used so assiduously that
they are worn out In an incredibly short
space OF time. One descending bin from
the iron-bound corner OF a monster sample
case is often sufficient to split the cover
of the catch-bed, and then It Is but short
lived.
But the use OF pads Is not the only I'm
provement which modernlty has brought to
the methods Of handling baggage. The
clause which provides that baggage shall
be trucked, not rolled. is a big feature. The
difference in the wear and tear on a trunk
when Il is zig-zagged bumpety-bump thirty
or forty yards over wood and stone and
when II is hauled the same distance on n
wheeled truck can be readily understood.
Doctor Damaged Trunks.
Then there is another rule exhibiting fur
Their the large-heartedness Of the later bag
gage arrangements. This provides that
baggage In bad order should be repaired
promptly and held for that purpose when
necessary. II for outgoing trains" What a
boon the observance Of this regulation may
become can be best realized by those who
have in the years gone by had their bag
gage cRrted to the house %strewing the con-
tents abroad from many gaping wounds,
and held together but precariously by u
rope temporarily knotted about It.
THE vast increase in the care devoted to
the handling Of baggage Is probably the
most interesting feature to most people OF
the great strides which have been made
during the last decade or so In this import
ant feature of the railroad business. AS d
matter OF fact, In no other department
trackage, equipment, running service OF
personal attention aboard. has there been
a more marked improvement than In the
transportation of luggage. This has beer
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

these trains. without mistake and without
delay, has had a considerable voice in the
reduction Of the time schedules.
System the Order of this Day.
The attainment of rapidity in handling
luggage has resulted purely from the es-
t~ablishment of absolute system. II you
enter any baggage rooms in Omaha today
you will see on one side of the room a row
CT loaded trucks, opposite these a line Of
baggage stacks. At Union station there is
a truck and a pile for every road Of the
seven which run in there. The trucks con-
tain the luggage that is outward bound.
That which is brought in is put in its
proper pile. At the Burlington station
there is but one road to handle, but the
baggage for different trains is carefully
segregated. At Webster Street station three
roads enter and depart and their respective
baggage is separately handled.
Then, every man in the room now has
his specified duties. There are truckmen,
checkmen. mailmen and baggagemen, all so
designated above the visors of their official
caps. Each knows his work and does II.
All the confusion and excitement and tangle
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
STAFF Artist.

must be trucked and not
rolled, and in unloading 1t from a
truck a pad must be used"
Ten years ago you would have
Evening star., 1902-08-11
Takoma Park News.

The Christian Endeavor Society held a
meeting last evening at 6:30 o'clock in the
chapel of the Takorna Presbyterian Church,
led by Miss Madge Coon. Her subject was
"A Suggestion in Addition" The addition
of a primary class room to the main Sun
day school is well under way, and will
shortly be ready for use.
Miss c. l.. Skinner of Takoma Park has
been appointed principal of the Kensington
public schools, in the place of Miss Jennie
f. Doing, who resigned to accept position
In the public schools of Washington. Miss
Skinner is a graduate of the Maryland
Normal School, and has taught school in
Takoma and Claysvile, Md
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Woods of Takoma
Heights left last week on a two months
trip to the Pacific coast On their return
trip they will visit friends In Minneapolis
Mrs. s. S. Shedd Of Oak avenue has sail
ed for Europe and will join her daughters
in Switzerland.
Evening star., 1902-08-11
EXCURSIONS TOMORROW.

Steamer Macalester for Marshall Hall at
10 am, 2:30 and 6:30 pm
Steamer Pentz for River View at 10 a. m.,
2:15 and Gas pm.
Steamer Newport News for Fortress Mon
roe and Norfolk at $50 pm.
Steamer Arrowsmith for Colonial Beach
at S:45 an.
Steamer Macalest for Mount Vernon at
10 a m. and 2.}0 pm
Steamer Estelle Randall for GlymOnt and
intermediate landings at $50 am,
Trains leave Pennsylvania avenue and
1872 street for Alexandria and Arlington
every half hour Mount Vernon hourly, 10
a. 10 pm
Weems line from Ith street wharf for
Baltimore at pm.
Steamer Kent for Chapel Point at S:45
am.
Cars leave AGueduct bridge for Arlington,
Fort Myer and Falls Church.
Trains leave Baltimore and Ohio depot for
Bay Ridge at 9:10 am. and $50 pm.
Trains leave District line station for Ches-
apeake Beach-on-the-Bay at 1890 am, l,
2:30. j:1J and pm.
Steamer Wakefield for Colonial Beach.
Wirts wharf and intermediate landings at
am.
Evening star., 1902-08-11
MRS. ERNST INHALEs GAS
Previously Swallows Quantity Of Case
line-Is Out of Danger.

Tired of life, Mrs. Margaret Ernst. thirty
years old. swallowed quantity of gasoline
ana tnen inhaled Illuminating gas at her
nome, No. ~ Florida avenue northwest
about / o'clock yesterday afternoon. Her
husband, F. William Ernst, photographer,
found her in the bath room insensibie and
In critical condition. No time was lost in
settng the woman to the Emergency Hos
pltal. DR.. Stuart, the resident physician at
the institution, discovered, upon examina-
uon that the womans condition was ser-
ous and he administered restoratives to the
patient while the vehicle was on its way
over the streets to the hospital. Heroic
measures were adopted by the surgeon. and
Mrs. Ernst was restored to consciousness
Five hours after she reached the hospital
Or. Stuart permitted her to be returned to
her home.
Shortly after the woman reached the hes
pIlal her husband ana parents arrived and
remained until she was out of danger The
husband took her home. When Mrs Ernst
was found in the condition stated her hus-
pand managed to get her to the hallway
and DR.. H. B. Coblentz. who was sum
moned, rendered aid until the arrival of the
ambulance.
Mrs. Ernst offered no explanation. 1t is
stated that she had not enjoyed good health
recently.
Evening star., 1902-08-11
RAILROADS.
Baltimore & Ohio r. r

Leave Washington, New Jersey ave. aud ST
Chicago aud Northwest, 'I9:50 q m s6:20 % m
Cincinnati, st. Louis and Louisville slO:O5 a n,
- rs pm, '1:l0 night.
pittsburg and Cleveland, 'l0:50 am. ss:45 nm
Columbus and Wheeling. 'G:2o pm.
Winchester. 1885 am, t4:l5 and 1880 nm
Iuray RiyeIton Front Royal, Elktop - IL n N,
Arnapolis. 1880. $500 fll:50 a.m IA $50. IS ~
pm.
Sundays $40 An. and Las PM 'N'
Frederick 1885. $500. xlo:50 Q. m. fl:ls "a 80
Haserstown, tIo:o5 a M and 1880 nm
Boyd ard way points. fS:35. 5000 ain. t1.1,
"a 80, 1880. sl0:15, tll:30 pm. '''
1880. sl;l5 1890. t4:3o. $500 1850. :. .as a.
81 % sIO:I5 t1l:30 pm. '''o''
Washington Junction and way points. ts.y,
ss.oo am. si:,5. t4:3o, 1880 pm. ''''''
noon x1 :35. x3:0o x4:o0, x43O. 4:35 .5:,5. 80
II: 90 $50, xS:o0. x10o0. xIl:S0. II :35 D. "a Sun
days x3 3:00 1905. 1880, xS:S0 x9:O0 a NJ xl2.1n
lis, 1900, N3:30 x5:o5. 525. 6:3o xs:Oo. xio:OS
~ ROYAL BLCE LINE
All trains Illuminated with Pintsch Light.
Baltimcre, Philadelphia. New York, Boston an,
ednerJ tIo:oo tdiner, an 'i2:20 (dinerJ, s. 100
t':Royal Limited. dner): t4:0o Phna. cnlyJ.
sos (dinerl, $500 aud 'li:3O pm. tSleep,nc
car open at iO:00 o'clock.)
Atlintic City. t7:o5. tlosoo am. tl2:2O aooa,
.Daiiy. Except Sunday: ssunday only
xExpress truins
residences hy Union Transfer Co. orders left
at ticket Offices 6i3 Pennsylvania avenue north
west New York avenue and 18th street and ut sta
ton HyI9
Evening star., 1902-08-11
Gy7TlGyRA REMEDIES
Complete Treatment for
Every Humour
THE SET
THE SET

Consisting of Cuticura Soap to cleanse the skin,
Cuticura Ointment. to heal the skin, and Cuticura
Resolvent Pills, to cool the blood, Is often suf-
fcent to cure the most torturing disfgurins skin.
scalp and blood humors, rashes, itchings and trri-
tations with loss Of hair, when the best physi-
clans and all other remedies fail.
Millions use Cutcura Soap assisted by Cutfcura
Ointment, for preserving, purifying and beautify-
ing the skin, for cleansing the scalp of cr1,sts
scales and dandruf and the stopping of falling
hair, for softening, whitening and soothing red
rough and sore hands, for baby rashes, itcbincs
and chafngs. apd for all the purposes Of the
toilet. bath and nursery.
Millions Of women Cuticura Soap in the form
of baths for annoying irritations, inflammations
and chaings, too free offensive persptra tion
in the form OF washes for lucrative weaknesses
and for many sanative, antiseptic purposes which
readily suggest themselves to women, especially
mothers. Cuticura Soap combines delicate emoI
lient properties derived from Cuticura, the great
skin cure. with the purest of cleansing ingredients
and the most refreshing Of flower odors No
amount Of persuasion induce those who bave
used 1t to any other especially for nre.
serving and purifying the skin. scalp and hair of
infants and children.