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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

The rumor that the discharg
ed colored troops will form a
Democra tic Club, can never be
accepted, for the reason that
the colored man, a slave 10 the
southerners before the war, has
been a slave TO the Republican
party ever since the war.-Co-
lumbuS FRESHEST
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27
Moral Training For Children

The absolute essentials IN
moral training may be summed
up il two Observation-Disclosures and
truth. Yet mothers are some
times oveTzaaious in the meth.
cd, they pursue when they Gull
tivale these qualities, says
Margaret e. Sangster in the
Womau's Home Companion for
January. The first is taught
lenderly and lovingly, when
tiny hands are held away from
a forbidden object, and when
little child by frequent itera-
ton learns the II Gaming of the
word, No" The second, which
is the keystone in the arch Of
character, depends almost en-
tirely ON the men al habit ard
daily practice Ut the parent. If
you are invariably sincere
yourself, if you expect truth
from d chiid and never deceive
it in any way, your child will
be true Some of US are so lit
eral that we never make allow.
ances as we ought Tor the vivid
imagination OF children IN IA
world where everything 10 them
is new Both obedience and
truth may be taught with the
minimum of punishment. Dis
clpline is needtul, but barsh-
uess is no part of discipline.
Alas, parental vanity often
keeps pace with parental anxi-
ETY. and the first child comes in
tor an amount OF discipline far
too deeply Colored by severity.
Never punish a child in anger
or by depriving it of food or by
thrusting it into the dark. Ter.
ror of darkness is a specter that
shadows too many an lnfantile
ute The dark is dear and
friendly and sweet if a child has
been taught Alright. The only
portion that a child's will must
be broken Is worthy of savagery
but not of civilization. Tue
will is not to be broken, but to
be trained and guided.
If 1 could persuade every
mother who reads this that the
object of punishment is to EN-,
phasize attention amt rot to in
flict pain, I would rejoice.
More and Nor. IT has come to
me that meny children suffer
keenly from misunderstanding
and injustice, and from the mis-
taken desire of .parents to have
them appear models of good
behavior, and the whole sum Of
the matter is an infringement oil
the rights and privileges OF
childhood. At best, childhood
soon passes. Let us make the
child happy while we can.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27
River Freeze.

Now that the cold weather is
coming on people are beginning
to wonder when the real winter,
marked by the freezing of the
Mississippi, will set in.
Since 1870 there have been
but six seasons when the Miss
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

W. G. VanGlahn, formerly of
Monroe, now of Portland, Ore. e,
came in Friday TO spend week
with friends He said: That
is u great country, big wages
and. out say, 1 want it distinct
~ understood that I'm not going
TO say anything about Monroe
except what is good" Vans
many friends were glad 10 vel.
come him once again.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

One thousand inches of home
display advertising matter is
what the business men gave the
DEMOCRAT and in return they
will reap the benefit in increas-
ed sales.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

All knowing themselves in
debted to W. B. Hays will
please call and settle at once
If
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

E. E. Yates and children,
Misses Mary and Margaret
went to Hannibal Saturday to
visit friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

Mrs. W. M. Bricker and Mas
ter Leo, left Sunday for Bush
nell, ILL.,, to spend Xmas with
their kinspeople.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

Mrs. H. M. Mccain and chill
dren. of Osborne, arrived Sun.
day to spend several days with
the homefolks.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

Miss Madeline Crosslan nj. of
st. Louis returned home Friday
after pleasant visit with her
grandfather, Michael Sullivan.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

Charlie Brown, telegraph OPP.
orator of Oldsburg. ILL.,, was
with Monroe relatives Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

issippi did not freeze over. these
being the years 1873, 1875, 1882,
1891, 1902 and 1906 The thirty
times that it Did close the ice
stopped running thirty times in
Dece mber. showing that this is
the month when the heavy cold
usually SETS in, The earliest
date recorded is December. 4th.
1871, and 1872, and the latest
February "a, 1883 One season.
1886 the ice froze up tight
and then moved six times, show
ing the variation of the temper
ature for the winter Quincy
Herald.
This from the Louisville
Courier journal is good
Officer, it is claimed that
this gentleman was so drunk
when you picked him up that
he could not tell his own name.
Is that so?
1t is not, sir He told me
that his name was Norval, Sir,
aud he also informed me that
his father is in the sheep bust
ness in the Grampian hills -
But not as good as hat old
Kansas story about IT.. fticer
at FIT. Riley on trial Tor sOorlety
His oroerly insisted on the
stand that be came home as
Der as usual What did he
say to you when he came imp
the witness twas finally asked,
well, sab, he lowed he was
goin' TO be Queen Of May
Topeka Capital.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

Mrs. r. o. Cranston and Mas
ter Bob, went to Canton Friday
to spend Xmas. with the home
folks.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

Charles Chadwick and hand.
some wife, of Quincy. were
with Monroe friends Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or lady with
good reference, to travel by rail or
with a rig, for a firm of $3.50, 900 capt.
tai. Salary S1,O72 per year and ex-
penses; salary paid weekly and ex-
penses advanced. Address with
stamp, Jos. A. Alexander, Monroe
City, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

The Monroe City DEMOCRAT
Bryan's Commoner. 1.65 a
year.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

For a first class hair cut g
to Stream S.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

Jno Campbell went to st.
Louis, Saturday to look after
his business arrangements,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

Mrs. Cora Turner went to La.
Belle Saturday to spend several
days with friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

Take a Bath az Streams.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-12-27

You get an easy shave a
Streams.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-23
TAFT MAKES THREE
SPEECHES AT CHICAGO
TALKS ABOUT PANAMA AND THE
PHILIPPINES
Secretary Of War Has Busy Day-Bis
Man Says He Knows How to Or
ganize Matrimonial Excur-
sion
Sy Associated Press.

S'y Associated PreS5.
CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-Secretary of
War Taft today, before an audience
which filled the Auditorium to the
doors, delivered an Grafton on "The
Army and the Republic" He spoke
under the auspices of the Union League
club Of this city, which for years has
made a feature of the celebration of
the birthday of Washington.
In the morning the secretary ad-
dressed 5000 school children who were
gathered in the same hall in which
he delivered his afternoon address. He
chose THE Philippines as the subject
of his first address. At night he spoke
for the third time at the banquet held
in the Union league club house and
this time he discussed the Panama
canal.
In opening his address in the after
noon, which was the most important
speech of the three, Secretary Taft
declared that his work for so long had
been Of an exclusive character that he
did not know about anything except
the Philippines, Panama canal, the
army and the best methods of organ
iZing a matrimonial excursion.
The Philippines. he said, had been
already discussed, the Panama canal
lie had reserved for his speech at the
banquet and the only subject left for
the afternoon was the army. He spoke
at some length, discussing the organ
iZation, needs and requirements of the
army, urging strongly upon his hear
ers that the people support both the
army and the navy in such manner
that both could be maintained at a
state of the highest possible efficiency.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-23
BELIEVE MILLER
WAS MURDERED
Two Money Orders Are Missing, Says
Writer of Anonymous Letter,
and Sheriff Acts on
CleW

Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. 22-An
anonymous letter directed to Sheriff
Raldsch, and mailed at Uplands, may
prove a clew in unraveling the mys-
terious death of Louis Miller, who was
found dead in a box car at Cotton
Tuesday.
The letter advises the sheriff to in
stitute a search for two money orders
which Miller was supposed to have had,
amounting to SIS.
The writer of the unsigned letter evil
IDENTIFY wants to convey the idea that
Miller was murdered for his money
and that he did not commit suicide as
at first supposed.
The orders have not so far come to
light, although Miller's clothing has
been carefully examined.
The prevailing opinion, previous to the
receipt of the letter. was that Miller
committed suicide by taking poison
(as a bottle was found in the carr, but
many now think the man was mur-
dered. Just how the drug was given
to him, in case he was poisoned, can
not be explained, and the officers do
not seem inclined to place very much
credepce in the letters contents.
An effort will be made. however, to
locate the writer, and in case this is
done he will be given a chance to
throw further light on the affair.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-23
MURPHY, ALSO,
LOSES HIS STAR
POLICEMAN FOLLOWS RILEY
TO BACK SEAT
Third Patrolnan lie Understood to Be
Marked for Discipline on
the Charges Of Ex-
tortlon

Patrolman j. ]. Murphy was sus-
pended yesterday from duty in the po-
lice department
Murphy's suspension comes as re-
suit of developments In the case Of
suspended Patrolman M. r. Riley, say
members of the department..
According to high police officials, the
reason for Murphy's suspension is that
he has been attempting to induce wit
nesses who have facts against Riley
to release their charges against the
man. What information the police
have on this case cannot be learned.
These officials fear Murphy is i'm
plicated in the Riley case, they say.
While the department has been ap-
parently sleeping regarding the Riley
case, complications arose yesterday that
lead to the belief that evidence will be
secured today proving Riley guilty or
innocent of the charges of extortion
brought against him. The case is near
ing crisis.
The alleged implication In the case
comes as a bolt of lightning out of
clear sky. Murphy has been considered
one of the most efficient on the force.
appears now, but so far as can be
learned the man has a clean record. :"
Patrol Capt. Broadhead confirmed
the information that a second9 man
would be suspended from the depart
ment. All questions regarding the sus-
pension the official declined to answer,
saying that, these matters were for the
higher officials to discuss and not him.
Riley Is Missing
Queer complications have arisen in
the Riley case. That Riley may have
to face far more grave charges than
the ones already brought against him
in the Dewitt case is rumored.
All attempts to locate Riley have
failed. There are friends of the man
who are working hard to secure his
reinstatement and are positive that he
is not guilty. They ask him to come
forward and explain. One is L. Sauter.
Wednesday night 1t was rumored
that Riley would be rearrested. This
proved false, as 1t is understood upon
good authority that no such action will
be taken Immediately in the case.
Action will be taken today in the
case of one patrolman, as stated, but
who he is the officials refuse to dis
close, but it was rumored he is already
suspended
Police officials working on the case
say they are being threatened. They
also add that witnesses in the case
have been approached and concessions
0ffarad
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-23
PUTS INSURANCE
ON NEW BASIS
ARMSTRONG COMMITTEE HAS
MADE FINAL REPORT
New York's Inspection Department
Gets a Few Upper cuts-Reme.
dial Legislation Promptly In
troduced at Albany
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.--The commit
tee appointed at the last session of the
New York legislature to investigate
life insurance made its report today.
The report is extremely voluminous,
extending to $40 printed pages.
1t embraces a long review of the tes-
timony taken by the committee and
its recommendation and conclusion as
to remedial legislation.
In addition there is chapter devoted
to the state insurance department, in
which the committee declares it would
seem that the superintendent of the de-
partment has had ample time to ascer-
tain the transactions of the insurance
companies, but the supervision by the
department has not improved a suffi-
cient protection again extravaganza
and maladministration
Instances are given of reports made
on the affairs of the Mutual Life in
surance company, the New York and
in which nothing was brought out to
show the conditions developed in the
testimony given before the committee.
No substantial application of the
powers of the department seems ne
cessary, according to the committee,
which holds that most of the evils
which have been disclosed would have
been impossible had there been a Wig
orous performance Of the duties already
laid upon the insurance department
Suggest Legislation
The remedial legislation recommends
ed by the committee provides for the
safeguarding of the rights of policy
holders in mutual companies in the
election of directors; recommends that
stock companies be given authority to
retire their stock and become mutual
companies; that such mutual shall not
be compulsory.
A recommendation is made limiting
new business to $150000,0 900 a year.
Lobbying is condemned. The commit
tee favors the prohibition of contribu-
tions by the insurance companies for
political purposes.
The wisdom of economical manage
ment is urged, but the committee does
not deem it advisable that the legisla-
ture should attempt to prescribe the
expenditures of insurance companies.
Further recommendations are made
on the valuation of policies, surrender
values, surplus, forms of policies and
publicity of all facts pertaining to
company's business. An amendment to
the penal code is recommended to pro-
vide that the person receiving a rebate
should be equally guilty with the one
who gives it.
The Big Three
In it's detailed report of the investi-
CATION the committee says that acts
Of the Mutual Life Insurance company
should be thoroughly examined in or
der that the extent to which moneys
have been misapplied and the RESPONSE
bility for such may be shown and de-
termined.
Concerning the New York Life COM
pany, the committee foun1 that its
transactions with Andrew Hamilton
showed extraordinary abuses and that
the statement sent from Paris by
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-23
WEDS DOCTOR,
GOES ABROAD
LOS ANGELES WOMAN BECOMES
BRIDE IN KENTUCKY
Hand Of Mrs. Edna Tinker GruWeIl
Is Claimed by DR.. MarxmilIer
In Indiana, ~Near Her
Old Home
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEWPORT, KY, Feb. 22.-Medical
and social circles in Newport today
were agreeably surprised when the
marriage of DR.. II. c. Marxmiller to
Mrs. Edna Tinker Gruwell Of Los An
geles was announced.
The marriage took place at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George McFarran,
Burlington, Indiana. and the newly
married couple Will be at home in
Newport Sunday.
They will leave on March Is for
New York and on March 81 will sail
OH the Campania for Europe. visiting
Ireland, Scotland, England, France,
Switzerland, Italy and Austria.
DR.. Marxmiller, during his stay
abroad, will take a course in surgery
in Paris. He is prominent in medical
circles in Ohio and northern Ken
lucky.
His bride is a daughter of the late
Rev. w. W. Tinker, formerly pastor
of the First Baptist church of Newport
and was graduated from the Newport
high school.
The Los Angeles directory gives Mrs.
Edna Gruwell's address as 500 West
Third street.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-23
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY %, 1906.
BUELoW LIKES UNCLE SAM
Good Political Relations Are a Bless
Ing to Both Countries, the
Chancellor Declares
BY Associated Press.

by ASSOCIATED Press.
BERLIN, Feb. 22.--Chan ce1lor Won
Buelow opened the debate In the reich
stag today upon the government pro-
posal to extend reciprocal tariff rates
to the United States until June 30,
1907.
The chancellor said he placed high
value on good political relations be-
tween Germany and the United States,
which were a blessing to both lands;
but It would be deceptive to believe
that he would buy political friendship
by the sacrifice Of Germany's economic
interests.
The grounds Of the governments
proposal were that tariff war, which
might only be resorted to in case of ne
cessity, would damage not only Ger
many's shipping interests but other i'm
portant departments Of Germany.
He explained to the reichstag that
Germany's negotiations of treaties with
other states had not always progressed
smoothly and had extended over long
periods.
I'VE are therefore forced" said the
chancellor, "to ask parliament to con-
sent to this proposal so that we may
continue in peace with the United
States"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-23
SMALL COLLEGES PROTEST
Legislatures That Debsr Certain Medl-
cal Students From state Privi-
leqes Are Denounced

BY Associated Press.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Feb. 22.-The
action of the legislatures of Mime
sofa, Iowa, South Dakota and New
York In passing laws which discrinl-
mate against small colleges OF the
country. wherein all students are de-
barred from taking state medical ex-
amlnations and from the practice Of
medicine who have taken any part of
their medical course outside of n medi-
cal school, was unanimously denounced
today at the conference Of the college
presidents now In session at Colorado
college.
A committee composed Of President
slocum of Colorado college and Presl-
dent Maine of Iowa college was APP
pointed to draft resolutions condemn
ing the action of the legislatures.
A remedy suggested by President
Maine, which met with favor, is that
all colleges send their graduates only
to such institutions as refrained from
influencing legislation.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-23
ASKS L|BERALITY
FOR THE NAVY
SECRETARY BONAPARTE TELLS
NAVAL NEEDS
Repeats WashIngton's Advice That We
Must Be at All Times Ready for
War and Prepared for
Its Work
sy Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 22.-Secretary Of
the navy recalled the policy of George
"Our Navy" at the celebration of the
thirtieth anniversary Of Johns Hopkins
university. Secretary Bonaparte said
in part:
"on the 22d of February one can
hardly doubt that however forgetful
1t may be- or seem to be, of his words
iii moments of distraction the Ameri-
can people would order its national
life, would mold its traditional policy
with the councils of Washington. I
say therefore that we need our navy
to make and keep ourselves such a
nation as Washington hoped and be-
lieved we would become to assure
what he called the rank due to these
United States among nations not as
matter of vanity, but as needful to
our safety and our credit, as at once
the measure and the sanction of our
national duty to mankind.
ITO understand it's true utility and
full mission, however, we must con-
stantly bear i'm mind that the navy is
essentially branch of the country's s
military strength.
Exists to Fight
"It exists that 1t may fight il need
be, and to be really useful it must be
sufficiently strong and sufficiently pre-
pared for. its work, to meet at any
moment any enemy it might be, ac-
cording to any reasonable probability,
called upon to encounter. We need
such a navy because. again in the
words of Washington to secure peace
it must be known that we are at all
times ready for war;
"The navy needs great deal of
money for modern warfare is already
very expensive.
"Our present smokeless powder re-
uuires some six months after 1t is made
to be really fit for use. A war must be
well nigh fought out now therefore
with the stock of powder on hand
when 1t Is declared. The tremendous
energy of this same powder so affects
the guns in which 1t is used that, after
a certain number of discharges. these
cease to be trustworthy and must go
into sort of gun hospital for treat
merlt. This fact is the more serious
because in the navy target practice
has been developed on a scale until
lately unfe1rd Of so that we use up
our guns While teaching our men to
use them.
An Immense Repository
Moreover a modern ship of war, and
especially a battleship has become an
immense repository of the varied, the
most powerful, the most complicated,
and the most delicate machinery.
I'VE must have also workmen of
tried skill and experience to deal with
st,c oh I1n
at our navy yards, it is by no means
certain that we can get them back at
short notice. This fact renders a re-
duction of force at these yards a public
calamity as well as a private hard
ship.
"For all these reasons and many
more besides. an enlightened and pa
triotic public opinion will, I feel con-
fident sustain the legislative branch of
our national government in a policy
of discriminating and judicious liber-
o1i toy o,.dc r1a
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-23
HAS BORNE MANY CHILDREN
Mrs. Elizabeth Conway, Mother of
Nineteen Sons and Six Daush-
ters, Passes Away
pecial to The Herald.

bpeCIdI 10 TIC IitIdIu.
DENVER, Colo, Feb. 12.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Conway died yesterday at the age
of So. She was a great grandmother
and the mother of twenty-five chill
dren. Married at the age of IA, she
was the youngest of twenty-seven
ehildren, and her father the youngest
~ thirty. Her mother died at the age
of SO.
Mr. Conway lived to be 100 years old
and his father 102. Married at IA, a
mother at Is. in the years that fol-
lows the mother of six pairs of twins,
Conway passed away of heart disease,
after an illness extending over nine
months.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-23
TO TEST LIFE PREsERvERS
Revenue Service Officers Are inspect
Ing Puget Sound Vessels
as Precaution
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 22.--Acting
under directions from Federal Com
missioners Smith, Murray and Bur-
we'll, officers In the United States reve-
nue. service have been engaged during
the past week in collecting life pre-
servers from Puget sound vessels,
which are to be forwarded to WASH
ington for general test in regard to
their buoyancy.
Commissioner Murray said that the
majority of the preservers secured
probably would be tule, as the buoy
ancy of the block cork life preserver
had been, demonstrated.
On leaving Seattle at the close Of
the Valencia investigation. Commits
sioners Murray and Smith will return
to their homes in Washington, by way
Of San Francisco.
The commissioners wish to examine
several witnesses in the California
metropolis, including the marine in
spectors there who passed the Valen-
cia.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-23
DIVORCE DELEGATES AGREE
ON THEIR SUGGESTIONS
COMMITTEE WILL TRY TO CRYS.
TALLIZE SENTIMENT
CALIFORNIA; One.Year Rule Finds APP
provaI From the Congress In
Washington-BiII Will Be Framed
In Near Future
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The Ma
tional Divorce congress today adopted
the following additional paragraph re-
ported by the committee on resolu-
tions:
"a decree should not be granted I'M
less the cause is shown by after proof
aside from any measure upon the part
Of the respondent.
"A final decree dissolving the mar
riage tie so completely as to permit the
marriage of either party should not
become. operative until the lapse of a
reasonable time after hearing or trial
upon the merits of the cause.
THE Wisconsin, Illinois and Cali
fornia rule Of one year is recon-
mended."
The committee on resolutions was
directed to make bill embodying the
principles laid down in the resolutions
with a view to securing action by the
state legislatures which will crystalline
the law.