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QN MESSAGES AND CHECKS REPEALED. | ence Committee Finally Makes pert 00 the War Revenue Re- ‘gaction Bill Which Will Now Be Passed. ington, Feb. . of the senate aud house upon ion bill to-day 28.—The con- revenue redu ed the result of their deliber- gsupon that measure. The re- the committee shows a com- sage all along the lines of the the changes in the present law as follows! Tweity percent discount original tax of 12 cents per ‘a8 agains per cent reduc- sega fixed by the senate and none } the bill passed the house. The upon will muke the tax per hundred pounds, as stated these dispatches yesterday. On those weighing three pounds per 1,000, the rate of $3 per thousand was das against 30 as fixed the senate, and $3.60 as in the tlaw. On those weighing less three pounds per 1,000, the; rate of INcents per pound} allowed to stand, as against the of $1 per thousand as tixed by j waxisting law, which was not dis- dby the house fwarettes—On those weighing not than three pounds per thou- the senate action fixing the at 18 cents per pound prevailed. house did not change the exist- more ! (igs raw. ‘her—The house rate of $1.66 per and repealing the 7's per cent it was retained. ers’ capital—Present law re- dthesenate receding from its wodment. mercial brokers’ tax—Repealed anve with original action of houses. ates of stock trausfers—The of2cents for each $100 is re- id,and the senate amendment ting the law include the transac- ofbucket shops was accepted f the house conierees. of producte at exchanges— wnate amendment exempting of merchandise in actual course Wahsportation was accepted, but tate of one cent for each $100, as ‘ by the present law, was retain- the senate amendment making tate $2 being disagreed to. Bank ehecks—Repealed in accord- with the house action. ifcates of deposit—Tax re- notes — Tax re- Promissory ey orders—Tax repealed. ills of exchange, foreign—The rate at two cents for each $100, in dance with the senate amend- lls of lading for export—Re- sreceipts—Repealed. egraph messages—Repealed. : neous bonds—Tax repealed Pbupon bonds of indemnity. Mitificates of damage and certifi- Rot otherwise specified—Re- eter party—Repealed. muveyances—Exempted below $2,- bove $2,500 25 cents for each accordance with senate ac- hone messages—Tax repealed. % Tax repealed on all oinsurance in accordance with OMof the house, the senate feeding on all senate nte Tax repealed. Tax repealed. mmship passage tickets—Ex- below $50 in value and the dat 50 cents for each $50 in Hor that price and over. RPof attoruey—Tax repealed. Tax repealed. phage medicines—Tax _ re- Ginaccordance with house ac- Senate amendment being d to. and cosmetics—Tax re- gum—Tax repealed. Law modified so as to Me from taxation legacies of mable, relicious, literary or edu- mal characte: tal reduction of the revenues by the bill as agreed upon unt to about $41,000,000 eaitsta reduction ef $40,000,- Sit passed the house and $45,- ev aS Amended in the senate. OVisions of the bill as agreed take effect on the Ist of ANOTHER MORTGAGE TAX VOTE. THE The House Adopts the Senate Resolu- A Bates County Boy Who Was Ordered tion for Resubmission. subject of much discussion yesterday. BUTLER. MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1 FIRST AMERICAN TO FALL. to China With the the Fourteenth ‘pe parents of Kemper, 7 z - ore eae Washing machines here brought the body home. The The senate passed the resolution 1 ( t tified th that . . a war depar Pi r s en é : a without making much fuss about it, hid lia oe me paras aioe Churns, t E : he was the first American soldier to but it took the orators in the]... |... = . | Roaster 3 fallin China The people of this} foasters, house three hours to express them- P Orel li pis - own t f » surrounding coun-| oy; selves, and after it grew dark outside ee pb aeccontass-peiceah | © hickens, es i try are taking up a subscription and members were thinking of sup-j > pers growing cold the old remedy of kicking cuspidors was resorted to as a means of reminding orators that their efforts fell on unappreciative ears. Even that did not an early roll call, but when the roll was finally called it stood 78 to 50 in favor of resubmission. It is doubt- fulif such a thing ever happened before in this or any other state. An amendment to the constitution was adopted at the same election and on thesame day that the people elected a legistature which sent the amend- ment back to the people for reconsid- eration. force Night Was ‘Her Terror. “I would cough nearly all night long,”’ writes Mrs. Charles Applegate of Alexandria, Ind., ‘‘and could hardly get any sleep. [had eonsump- tion so bad that if | walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but, when all other medicines failed, three $1 bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery wholly eured me and I gained 58 pounds. It’s absolutely guaranteed to cure coughs, colds, ka grippe, bronchitis and all throat) and lung trouble. 50c and $1. Trial bottles free at H. L. Tucker’s drug store. Insane Woman Assaulted. Nevada, Mo., Feb. —Judge Tim- monds ordered Harry Jones and Met Ashbrook sent to the Vernon county jail on a charge ofcriminally assault- ing Miss Bertha Libbicke, anescaped patient from the state insane asy- lum. Their trial will be at this term of the circuit court. Miss Libbicke escaped yesterday. A Widow's Love Affair Receives a setback, if she has offen- sive breath through constipation, billiousness, or stomach trouble: but Dr. King’s New Life Pills always cure those troubles: clean the 5 tem, sweeten the breath, banish} headache; best in the world for liver, | kidney and bowels. Only L. Tucker's drug store. A Cattleman Taken to Texas. Ardmor, I. T., Feb. —Wade Hampton, a prominent cattleman, was arrested at his home near Foster I. T., yesterday by the sheriff of Coleman county, Texas en thecharge 1 ¢. . 2 : xc at H.| surface dirt and trash. that it shall] . 4, OF O's Eggs, Butter, Dried Fruits, “IT was troubled with chronic indi- s a gestion aud nervous debility.” writes Heinz’ fine bulk J. Green, of Lancaster, N. H_, “No A remedy helped me untill began using Jams, Fruits, Electric Bitters, which did me more geod than all the medicines 1 ever Preserves and used. They have also kept my wife in excellent health for years. She says Electric Bitters are just splendid for female troubles; that they are a grand tonic and invigorator for weak, run-down women. No other medicine can take its place in our family.” Try them. Only 50c. Sat- isfaction Guaranteed. For sale by H. L. Tucker. BIG FIRE AT RICH HILL. with which they will erect a monu- ment to his memory Strike a Rich Find. Sauer Kraut, Dishes, Lamps, ial Glassware, and glassware stock. A Livery Barn and Four Residences Rollins’ Bill Amended. Jefferson City, Feb. Rollins called up his bill requiring Burned to the Ground. Monday afternoon-fire broke out 27.—Senator in the Wear livery barn, corner sixth and Olive streets, and within mauiacturers of patent medicine to hour the big barn with a portion Of] place the formula on bottle its contents and four dwellings in land it was reconsidered in the senate. The measure was amended so that only the quantity of poisonoust hings will be required to be placed on bot- an each close proximity were in ashes. The | Review office just south of the barn had a close call. Theloss is estimat-}tjos and the bill, if enacted. will not ed at about $6,000. The property | take effect for one ve was owned by B. H. Smalley, Wm. } —— : Wear, W. H. Merchant and W. W. Cate. At the time of the fire the wind was blowing very hard and it is exceed- ingly fortunate for the town that | greater damage was not done. Waste Oil to be Burned. Austin, Tex., Feb. 27.—J. M. Gut fey and B. H. Galey, the owners of the great Lucas gas gusher near Beaumont, have decided that the} 300,000 barrels of oil which now fill | an earth reservoir covering about} 75 acres is of such little commercial | value, owing to its being mixed with | Bad Blood Breeds Humors Boils, Pimples, Eruptions, Sores, Debility, Languor, Kidney Troubles, Indigestion and That Tired Feeling, All of which Hood’s rsaparilla Cures, by purifying, enriching and vitalizing the blood. Blood troubles, left unchecked, in- crease and maltiply just as naturally as the weeds and this infesting the soil. They need the same radical treat- ment, too. They should be rooted out in Spri be destroyed This oil} represented a value of not less than ° O OD ‘S snc agli Sarsaparilla diverted into! small ditches and set on fire. It will} be the biggest fire ever witnessed in| Stops the breeding of disease germs this country, and every precaution | and impurities in the blood. isto be taken to prevent it doing| It also imparts vitality and richness, damage to property in that section. and that means a strong, V by burning. be of murder committed 31 years ago. Mr. Hampton willingly accompanied the sheriff as he regards the matter asa joke. He has been a resident of northern Texas and Indian Territory many years. A Horrible Outbreak “Of large sores on my little daugh- ter’s head developed into a case of scald head’ writes C. D. Isbill of Mor- gantown, Tenn., but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve completely cured her. It’sa guaranteed cure for eczema, tetter. salt rheum, pimples, sores, ulcers and piles. Only 25 cents at H.L. Tuck- er’s drugstore. It is expected that it will take sev-| body as well as a clear healthy skin. eral days to completely destroy the| | You will look better and feel bet- oil, as the ground is theroughly sat-| ter if you begin taking Hood’s Sarsa- urated with it 3 | parilla TODAY. It atari Purifies The Blood Called an American disease, is cured by an American medicine, originated and prepared in the most catarrhal of American countries. That medicine is Hood’s Sarsapa- As nothing else can. parilia. It cures radically and permanently in that it removes the cause, cleans- ing the blood of serofulous and all! and soon the sores were getting better. other impurities. It overcomes all} “They finally healed without leaving a the effects of catarrh, too, and builds! scar.” Mes. L. Taxmst, 7 Willow Avenue, up the whole system. i | Hoboken, N. J. after a while became a mass of sores. Riding and walking. The best line of cultivators on earth. “My son had pimples on his face, which | t! “TI began giving him Hood's Sarsaparilla | 901. Tongue OHIO CULTIVATORS and Tongueless. MOLINE THEY ARE THE TEXAS OIL Flames 500 Feet High PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, HARROWS, and DISKS. ALL GOOD, Have just received a full car of Moline goods and have in transit a carload each of Ohio cultivators from factory, Kentucky wagons from factory, a car of mixed implements from Kansas City, & car of wire and nails, a car of Deering Binder: : and Mowers, a car of Deering Twine and a spec- ear of LAKE AFIRE. Lighted Country For Fifty Miles. Beaumont, 1 in a large pond geyser yesterday, andin a short time the whole lake of petroleum was on the track fury. live ei fire. It to along the flames boarding workmen was destroyed The lake was still morning. The oil spread railroad increased in house of probably 75 acres and the quan tity amounted to about barrels. Last night the flames times leaped toa height of 600 feet, and illuminate miles around. The exc for fif ple of ple of t | consu } ly saturated with it. \ where ‘ex., March 4.—Spa from a locomotive set fire to the ar the great Lucas oil tanked and the A burning 'sand. and it will pass throug i e terrific t covered an surre million 500 to > country CS NO. 1%. Deacon Bros. & Co. GROCERIES, HARDWARE, STOVES. Jefferson Ci March 1.—Th , i : A : je ques- Regiment. z Q ; a a a es Ge 3 Harness, Queensware, Buggies, Wagons, and voted by the people: at the next |. se fo., March 1.—The | —— nip = election. The house passed tle sen- first American soldier shot upon Groceries, |Hardware. ate resoluion to submit the quest ; e war in China | yy | juestion é : Vegetables utlery, ¢ 8 back to the people at ase n which:). : Ni ees ote ee body | ip i ba | eet lasted ‘till nearly 7 o'clock yesterday | Temenees » cvarchyard of this) Cigars, {Amunition, afternoon The constitution does or ; ee mee ebes Tobace - Be Bak Criben tO ahaa Get ip ie Satsand nearly every Tobaceo, Harness, though the custom has been that he : ren: 0p: ? thet) Cagaem Saddles. does. Still, the senate havin ed ¥ op in and put} = = the measure insures its beine sub-,° A wers upon the} Fruit, |W hips . rmou | } mitted. ip; ae % | : enrso He was | + ickless ij Ae House Paint, Along with the other vi H : ? uy FA i | sures that crept through the fortiet! Us aber When the] Canned Goods, IBugey Paint assembly and threw its shadow ath weet DEDEe ete ee All steel and maleable iron, not a pi vast it | frig a Re IR ‘zona. Much against his| Flour, All steel and maleaole iron, a} cast iron Axle Grease Ce he joined t rst | about it. The Blackhawk is the only planter mace been a source of trouble. Me aa ish Neal j ar die ; IMachine Oil BO eee a une aa » volunteers He was sta-|-"o™? that plants the last two rows and takes up the wire. ac reir friends ¢ home are : ss é 3 jj i] i ] | plaining because rates of inte ee 1at Chickamauga for seven} Salt, Plants 1, 2 Oe Oe ee fails, ho other KGlass, Putty, Rage Pech ga nel ales iths. At the end of that time he planter will do it. See the B ickhawk, we'llshow | Bee tener eee ee mustered out and joined the| Shorts, you that it plants just the number y want; alr Po *>? hoped to have in their taxes. rmy as a musician in the Ben day. It's wonderful. lTinware Saga an Dusinews amd actual fourteenth infantry with which he s sine and actual loss x . of taxable property have heon come” is ordered to China Kemper was| Baled Hay, GOOD ENOUGH Gramteware, = : fe See oi shot by a Russian bullet at Yang] a oe & maa page hsun, when the Russians fired upon Stock Food, Sulky plow, simple, light, strong, ble. well ‘Copperware »adoption of the so-called thire ¢ . 1 amendment: “Whether it would ever |. Americans by tmiatake. He was! Poultry Food, & ude — pertect Tarro LOW iT Ice, 88K your |‘(irass Seed. tes c cts pacal ened! 46k Hae \t 1toa hospital, but died soon : neighbor, they all know it, defies competition. e ef Ol ning for the : ae: ht % Pr 2 1@. ie ee : j afterward Salt Meat, Don’t fail to see the new third lever the Good (arden Seed, debtor isa question that was the | x oe who live Enough Sulky Plow. Pumps, Windmills, IRON, STEE Wagon Woodwork, Plow ‘hares, “Ghicken Netting, arb Wire. Hlog Fence, Sereen Wire, Rak Screen Doors, FILES, BUGGIES and HARNESS. See our new spring line of harness and the new and beautiful addition to our queensware Bring us your Butter, Eggs and Chickens in exchange for goods. DEACON BROS. & CO. 4 Novel Anti-Saloon Move Mexico, Mo., March 1.—Informa tion is given ont at the state prohi- bition headgarters osu plan which bas t conee by which it is cla ~] temperance peo- ple may fight the licensed saloous in ‘Tue plan is Missouri wit! to ors ( on visiting clubs,” com rnized christians. embers are simply to visit che places bere liquor is sold and by their presence | ehurch members and minors from imbibing. It ix ed that this will injure the saloon man’s business without —<«re “x «a disturbance. Word comes 1H. P. Faris of Clin- ton, who ran for governor on the prohibition n 1896, that suct a club has been organized there witt 60 m = TABLETS=~ Promote Digestion and Cure Dyspepsia. 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