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DR: |. Me CHKIS. ny atecdianebe Chiiten a Aueually and Inatsn Terrivory and Oklahome HRCI Big Reduction a Investigators Unearth Evidence that Policies Were Issued To Per- | ; sons About To Die. | ray |LARGE SUMS OF MONEY INVOLVED In Price-- 5} of all our wallwaper. Webavealurge a surplus stock which we must closeout j , ss Physicians Have Volunteered Testimony to in the next 60 days to make room for Armstrong Committee that Practice Has Beea in Vogue For Years—Prowl | ance policies for large amounts On per- sons about to aie is the new lead which the Armstrong committee intends to | follow in its investigation. The com-| mittee has in its possession evidence | that exiensive fraud was worked in} these “graveyard insurance” policies— | that the writing of policies for a New York, Sept. 4—Writing insur- carry a full Kne of mixed paint, white lead, oils, glass, putty, ete., cheaper than any one in Bates County. new fa!l stock. Don’t buy till yousee nent Men Sabpoenaed by the New York | Legisin tors, : our papers and get our prices, We — {w a DR. H. M. CANNON, Dentist, BUTLER, - .MISSOURI. BENN ETT & H U PP. amounts on persons about to die hes a form of insurance bribery. GEG EVEVTAMAM FA FSsgsaesg= Physicians have volunteered testi- mony which will go to prove that this alrendy struck upon a plan which it be- - é rove’s lieves will bring the frauds to light. old policies and the company’s medical e e records, The medical records of policy-holders as 2 ess ] OnIC insured as in good health will also be to see if they died soon after the policy was taken out of any slow or chronic HH Despite the return of the loan ad- Magnificent Set of vanced by the Equitable Life As: ance society to the Depew Improv Depew wil be required to testifygin The most attractive premium offer the hearing before the Armstrong Jh- Will bein Adrian every Tues- $| °fTecent years 1 contained in the vestlgating committer and to reveal St. Louis, M OLD AND NEW to the advance to the company which all kinds of dental work. » Louis, Mo., to a bears his name of $250,000 upon an } subscribers of the TWICE-A-WEEK | amount of security that has since been REPUBLIC, the oldest established ; re | weekly newspaper in the west, 80d] joy ome of the matters that wll OSTEOPATHY. FARM PROGRESS, thegreat month: | prought up is the report that the been in many companies & common H | fraudulent practice has been In vogue as wood The Test 25 Years for many years and the committee has This plan will involve a comparison of ‘ compared with their history, No-Cure-No-Pay. 50 cents. disease, New Wall Charts. ment company, Senator Chauncey M. ry under oath the transactions leading up day and Friday prepared to do proposition made by The Republic, admitted to have been insnfficient. ly farm and home journal, also pub- i Farmers Bank Building, Equitable and other insurance com- j Butler, Missouri, lished by The Kepublic. panies have been called on frequently ‘ To every pérson who sends $1 to Hy Sonrebute largely to the campaign ) DR. JOHN A. BELL, pay for one year’s subscription (new vannuaeiin satvara havewibosodet th 1 SUCCESSOR TO ur # renewal) to the TWICE-A-] serving the principal olficers of the ‘ WEEK REPUBLIC (104 issues | Kauitable, Mutual, New York Lite 1 DR. HARRIET FREDERICK. | year) and FARM, PROGRESS (the bathed big monthly) The Republic wil — mail postage prepaid and securely T. C, BOULWARE, packed, & new, accurate and com lete set of wall charts, taint Physician and Surgeon. Office ie Oe ee North Side Square, Butler, Mo. vhree great sheets, each 28x36 inches. Diseases of women and children | With uine maps, as follows: ‘® specialty. Map of the world; your chotce o1 : any uf thefullowing states: Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Kansas, ‘exer Metropolitan and Mutual Reserve com- panies, The committee believes these comeanies will give counsel for the committee encugh to work on for sev- eral weels. Other companies will be Investigated later. It has heen decided to tate up a sin- gle subject and carry the investigation of that subjeet through each company before taking up another, It is believed that this method will prove the most orderly and will show results quicker than if all the subjects were gon through with each company in turn, One of the most important of these is the matter of loans. It is desired to clear uy the reports of bad financierins in this respect, reports whick appear to have considernble foundation in the light of former investigations. Paul Morton. president of the Fqni table. has sent to Mrs Henry B. Hyd and Mrs. James W. Alexander fornal notification that they would receive ne pensions from the company, Both let ters contained the form of resolution adopted by the board of directors at its last meeting confirming the order is sned bv Mr. Morton the day he wa elected chairman of the board, which was that the cashier, Michael Murray shonld withhold from Mrs, Hyde the 425,009 annuity which she kas enjoyec for six years. oe ‘The Uver Hatler Vash Depari- | (the two last-named on one sheet); a ment Store, Butler, Mo, new map of the United States ano Viloe Telephone 20. House Telephonel0, | up-to-date map of Alaska, the ’hilip- — " em pines, Porto Rico, Hawaii, Paname b, F. JETER, and the canal and a topographic torney at Law and Justice, map of the Russo-Japanese war dis Office over H. H. Nichols, trict. aide squure, Butler, Mo.| Portraits of all the Presidents, from Washington to Kousevelt, are DR, J.T. HULL |“ te hos DENTISY. ‘the HOME library wall chart con tains a wealvo of inuispensabie infor- mation, among the statistics beng & complete muex of the counties ana towns of the stave represented, money postottices, rural free delivery a en SPECIAL CLUBBING OFFER, | Tous, railroad and express ottices, eiectric lines, termiual or belt lines, The Twice-a-Week Republic of St. | banking towns, population of towns Louis, the best semi-weekly ews- of 8,000 aud over in the Unitea per in the country, and Farm Pro- | Staves, a history and description of ‘America’s leadiug agricultural | Pavania; tacts and figures of otticials and home monthly, will be sent to and legisiatures of the various states, any audress—or to sepurate address. | DUMber of killed and wounded, bat Intrance, vame thatiead to Hagedorn’s Sadio, north side square. sutier, av NEW ORLEANS SITUATION. New Yellow Fever Cases Gradually Diminishing x the Death Rate DIFFERENCES STILL TO BE $ TTLED Tk Russo-Japanese Treaty Consisting Of Preambie and 17 Arti- cles Is Completed. Wording of Protocol of Last Sitting was Still in Dispute Monday—All Cone raet are Anxious to F part for theic lt Wilt Not View the Portsmouth, N. H., § an oificial souree the As is informed that the tr pleted. It consis wa pream vic and 17 articles, the substance of all of which have been given in the Associ riches, But there were Still differences about the the protocol of the must be sign self can be s Work aod De- Correspondents ing. ans —= eS In Actual Use Keen Kutter Quality tells in the actual use of the tool. Keen Kutter Tools are not retired by an occasional knot or tough piece of material. They are miade to stand hard work and lots of it. They are as good as new after poor tools have gone tothe scrap heap. The KEEN KUTTER brand covers a complete line of tools, In buying any kind of tool just see that the name Keen Kutter ison it and you have assurance of full satisfaction, Keen Kutter Tools have been Standard ot America for 36 years and are the best that brains, mouey and skill can produce. Some of thekindsof Keen Kutter Tools are : Axes, Hammers, Hatchets, Chisels, Screw Drivers, Auger Bits, Files, Planes, Draw Knives, Saws, Scythes, Tinners’ Saint, Scissors, Shears, Razors, etc., and Knives of all kinds, If your dealer does not keep Keen Kutter Tools, write us and learn where to get them, Tool Booklet sent free. Every Keen Kutter Tool is sold under this Mark and Motto; “The Recollection of Quality Remains Lon, After the Price is Forgotten."’ ’ ‘Trade Mark Registered. SIMMONS HARDWARE Co., St. Louls, U. S.A, 298 Broadway, N. Y. is com 2 ol . Waich uy it » darpancse pre & pre ‘ » Which the Rus sians took xeeption Mr. De. Martens, who is ext 7 get back to R i \ pass: age on La Lorraine, sailing from New York Thursday, and leaves lieve on Wednesday. anxions to The plenipoetentiaries and the at taches of the two ssions sem. te be fully as anxions for the errta! ring down on the final act of ¢ drama as the little colony of ne per = correspondents and summer guests who are waiting to be “in at the death.” The Japanese are provine creat sticklers for words, They cling tena-] ~~ ik 7 7 clonsly to their ideas, Caretut prep: | Apportionment State, County and REN BOWS TOU ASHI, aration and methods have been the Dist. No 1 ew Bl secret of their snecesses on land and Township Schoo! Monies aad. S535 14 TH sea, and in their diplomatic struggles i ‘ : we ay at Portsmouth the same qualities have yrs _ been displayed ; For the year 1905. me ite Me meee 10 Wea ’ R MINGO TOWNSHIP, CHARLOTTE TOWNSIILP, In the sittings of the conference Ba No.1 $908 ron Komura always stated the Japa State, County, Tw “3 Iss nese position upon a given poini | Dist. No.1 gu SIL ss “3 ss oat briefly, but with great care, and when a ‘4 , aah n ‘ wn Mr. Witte, whose method was entirvel “ 4 : . 5S 7 . “ . Hh 4 " Le different, would try to draw out ex- % ics ni Oe nlanations, he would stick doggedly SPRUCE TOWNSHIP, + Gy _ 2 7 rf to the statement he had made. Mr. ]| bist. No 1 $74 5 S19 80° B10 45 ELKHART TOV cr Witte, a man of aff . resourcefnl “4 og ta 90 Ww | No.1 S10 08 BIS O8 and talented as he is admitted to be} ‘* ‘38 Os 8h my 2521) Bs had his ¢ s head. He never} “ ‘4 wi to ooh os Ne brought any papers with him. He} “ ‘4 iesed oe wi ih Te met everything which came up inan] “ " & as i om We 08 “ 6 Ee ea C3 off-hand way, weiching it instantly in DEEPWATER TOWNSHIP. his mind, analyzing it, arguing th logic pro and cou, and stating his view quite bluntly, never asking for time to consider, . EAST BOONE TOWNSHIP, $7.15 | Dist, No.1 87 p12 60 $15 73 st iso Dist, Baron Komura, on the other hand could with the greatest diffientty be Induced to enter into the region oj argument. He stuck to the brief be- fore him. Speaking always quilt slowly, he would repeat over and “ CIs ee eg WEsT POINT TOWNSHIP, over again what he had stated, as if} ‘S ‘' 4 Wet 178) Dist. No.l ee he had learned his lesson by rote. Sev} ‘* ‘* 4 In ee eral times Mr, Witte would say: oe 310 ‘ eee * : rrr ‘ “Yes, T understand perfectly what 8 ‘ pda 14:40 : ‘ * 4 . ” + * F 4590 Int « 8 y BL OS you say, but what ¢ ou mean, what “06 108 5 roy is your rea} object?” ROCK VILLE TOWNSIITP. HOMER TOW Nsiuw, Then Baron Komura would go back No.l Sax te Dist. No.1 #2N4 NS and restate his proposition almost ex a | 49 “yg actly as he had done originally. By PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP. “8 insisting, insisting, insisting, Baron canes: Komura would sometimes catch Mr. pint ee Lest i ie a ' st om Witte off his guard and provoke him] 4. ow 5 S es Di N el FONAEEIE, : : into statements which were always} «oo 4 wee itt a rie : bo Hale ° eagerly seized upon. As a final resort @, whes so requesteu—for One Dol- gut and other data of the lar a year. Russo-Japanese war. The ‘Lwicea-Week Republic for| Tnechart is approved by school nore than half a century has earned | teachers, principals and superin- and maintained the contidence of half tendents everywhere. The regular t million readers. 1t covers the news Selling price is $2.50, but you get the qf the world thoroughly and ac- chart FREE with » year’s subscrip-| For the first time in over a month eurately, and issues special State tion to ‘Lhe Twice-a-Week Republic] the number of new cases of yellow ditions, each containing the latest |and FARM PROGRESS, both of] foyer were in the twenties, With only snd most reliabie reports of the | Which will be sent to any address or] three deaths compared to §2 deaths articular locality in which it circu-| to separate addresses fur $1 @ year. | on September 3, 1878, the feeling of Fees. Ite speciai departments are| The Twice-u-Week -Republic was} confidence that the fever Is being qdited by experts, and ite arttts.and | established in 1808, and is therefore | wiped out ix growing. Among the contributors are among the best in| one of the oldest newspapers in the| new cases are those of Capt. B. F. the country. Is is published every country. More than halt a million} Clayton, United States army, quarter- Tuesday and Thoreday—eight pages readers attest its merits asa great| master in charge of this department auch iseue—sixteen pages & week. semi-weekly journal. . and City Councilman E. T, Dunn. Farm Progress, issued onthe first| FARM P. OGRESS contains 16] The country situation while not Thursday im every month, con- standard size newspaper pages each | what it should be, is improving some- tains sixteen or more full, stan- | 168ue, filled with the best farm infor-| what though the discovery of new dard-sise newspaper pages, filled with mation, live stock, poultry, garden: | foci causes some anxiety. Dexpite the up-to-date farm literature, and ing, horses and mules, cattle, dairy | rigid regulations, providing for the use special departmente for the home, | 82d other agricultural departmente; | of health certificates for people com- fashions, boys and girls, fiction, etc., pictures, puzzles, poems, stories,| ing here from infected places, it 1s ac. It is published by The Republic choice fiction, fashions, domestic} pelieved that many persons have suc- =e guarantee of ite excellence and — _— of other valuable] ceeded in getting in from some of nares information. a ao to take advantage This offer is limited to 60 days. In ae hi offer now. Use this. — specify which state map is esired. ada a Audress Map Department, The Re- public, 8+. Louis, Mo. New - La., Sept. 5.—Official report to 6 p. m. Sunday: New cases 29; total to date2,024. Deaths 3; total to date 287. New foci 11, Under treat- ment 305. Cases discharged 1,432. 4 the country places. The situation at Patterson, where it was feared the ignorent Italians con- templated trouble, has developed noth- ing new. No overt act has been com- mitted and it is believed that danger is over. eosgnvsseossonsesscgoossssnes sevenssnsonsenees The Republic, St. Louis, Mo. Carried 27 Miles on Engine Pilot. Inclosed find $1, for which send Bt, Louis, Sept. 5.—A special to the The Twive «Week *; lic and Republic from Scualia, Mo., says Farm Progress one year to Warren Prine was found Sunday, un- conscious and badly injured, beside the Missouri Pacific tracks near Tip- ton, having been carried 27 miles in unconscious condition on an en- When revived he said struck by an eastbound outskirts of Sedalia Qvesseersssssssssecersseesselbe F, Desseee rt fF weverroceccapeseccoecssssecseceesessecases © P. N . 4 | 4 He 7 Zz Fa é F present likened Baron Komura to a SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP. horse in “blinders as long as he was on the beaten road with his work cut out ahead of him, he got along swira- 1, Jno. F. Herrell, clerk of the county court o: sald county, hereby certify the above tobe a correst copy of ths apportionment of the state, rounty aud towneh!p sccool monies or the year Dist. $4050 $10 50 2 HO 7B mingly, but ihe instant he was off the} ‘ 112 05 10 road into the we with the “blind-] ‘‘ 4600} Witness my hand and the seal of ers” removed, he appeared to be con- GRAND RIVER TOWNSHIP. (set) said court this 15th day of August, fused and lost and hastened back as} pist. No.1 #14 of 1905, JNO, F, HERRELL, speedily as possible to the road he} « « 2 26 28 | a eS Clerk, had mentally traversed so often and] ‘* {3 | vaiiaes > vis with every foot of which he was fa-| “ “4 i Order of Publication, miliar. While a full synonsis of the treaty STATE OF MISSUURL, 2}, ‘ounty of Bates. ag reuit Court Ovtuber Term, 15. In DEER CREEK TOWNSILIP. } ce at et LHe oie acation August 2sth, 105 will be cabled to the governments Of} «6 a 19 > 516 | eRe ue ee the two countries, the actual text} « «4 will not be known at Tokio or St. Pe-[ 4 08 dere peutaawn Campbell, and tersburg until the plenipotentiaries] ‘* ‘5 3°S] Now at tuie day comes the plaintif herein, by arrive. Mr. Witte will personally} “* ‘‘ & 1 ot 546 ea rdiarie silsabe ti and flea ile petl- “uae 300 15 3 | thor anit, mong ot i convey the text to St. Petersburg and ‘ BW T5 T0h ok 046 | that defenuants, Louisa Jane Nostell ante Baron Komura to Toktfo. This is the MOUND TOWNSHIP, ict ee residents of real reason why both are anxious to} Dist. No.1 4 : ene aa 7 thereupon, Ite ordered fig thin clash tn anne ae *: 3 a i i 93 | tion, that said defendants be notine get home as soon as possible, as the] ,, ‘ c h “og lication thet plaintiff has comme: treaty does not go into force until the] 4. a 4 agalist them in ‘his cours, the object and gen— two emperors have signed it. og eral nature of which is to eufore+ the s,ecifie " ‘ performance of & certain contract between A. The signing of the treaty is to be] « © 6 Morrell and Albert N Morrell, tozive and con- a very exclusive affair. The Japanese] ‘ “oT vey to the said Albert N. Morrell, ths follow- ing deser!bed land, in Bates county, Missouri te ‘The north half of the southwest quar~ t: the south half uf she northwest quarter vf gection three (3), township forty-one (41), range thirty-three (33). and the «# utheas! objected to the presence of any news- paper correspondents or photogra- phers, and it. has therefore been de- — 36 45 9 elded that beside the plenipotentia- rf s 68 of the southeast quarter of section fom ries and secretaries there shall be} |, ,, : aed 7 ie ta (3), all in Hates aban Missour andl arther a ol to decree the title to t fo! present only Assistant Secretary a 06 67 50 18 00- 1180 | im the 14 Alert N. Morrell, and unped Peirce, representing the president;} «ou 7 3780 10083 64 oer Sad pevpar relies, aA that unless the Gov. McLane, of New Hampshire; the} « + 5180 1568-8 74| bell and Alla Herrin be aud one .mayor of Portsmouth, Admiral Mead, LONE OAK TOWNSHIP. conrt,,at the next term thereof, to be begun commander of the navy yard, and the vl #95 85 925.50- gru 39 | find Poldee at the court honee in the city of But~ commanders of any cuited States ; ne oh ols yt M8, and on'sr ore the dat ay of sald ships in the harbor. oe 368) 8 Tt , answer or plead to the petition in said “ow 7 2: cause, the same will be tak The 17th and concluding article of| {; {, § Hea id < Solguees wit be renteecd seceraanen” ome the treaty provides that the exchange} ., « ; 28 80k bop | Mepabltameds pustehing te favre meetloenreee ! of ratifications shall occur within 50 OSAGE TOWNSHIP, Uiseany Thame, & newspaper Published in sald ' days after ite algnature by the plentpo- | pist, No.1 $1,545 75 9412 20. 487 25 | published at losat once a. week, te een eee? jtentairies. The Russian ratification] «© «3 6615 = 17 Gt 45 | Hon to Deas least thirty days before the fret | wil] be communicated to the Japanese| ‘* ‘* 4 9915 10 441.45 | AY OF eald next Ostober term of this court. i government by the French minister OSAGE AND HOWARD TOWNSHIP, i Aras copy from ike rocord ‘Wit * at Tokio and Mr. Meyer, the American $688 91836 817 8 _— with the seal of sold esurthereenss ambassador at St. Petersburg will 915 = 10441015 “= » Done at office in rey 2060 9975 972 945 Baron Komura was always ready with PLEASANT GAP TOWNSHIP. i a written solution of a question and] Dist. No.2 $5805 BAN B4R0] 450 would produce it suddenly, saying: | ‘f ‘3 Gxt 190] + 64s “This is what we propose. What have + a 4 30 - 450 you got to offer?” Then the value off ‘ {' & uh a a ai eke ais preparation and foresightedness was] ., a ¢ ew | aes tale a . a ae ois apparent. Mr. Witte seldom had al wy aa tm 30 Ean AO ee a erystalized counter proposition to y make. But on the other hand, when- SUMMIT TOWNSHIP. ye ever Mr. Witte sneceeded in leading} Dist. No 1 S60 75 $16 20 - his adversary into the realm of argu-} ‘f ‘2 “0 \ ment, where previous preparation} ‘* ‘* 3 210 : availed nothing, he had Baron Komu-| { . * i i A RiLaKailacbis = at _a_disadvanings One—c 4 : : County of Bates, = 5 >>" F