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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
THESE TAXES TO GO.
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
OFFERS AN EXPLANATION.
OF WHAT 1T WANTS DONE
Bank Checks, kilograms, Express Re-
CENTS, Proprietary Medicines,
Notes, Mortgages and Deeds Among
Things to be Relieved of Stamps
Beer and Cigars Also Favored.

Washington, Dec. S.-Chairman
Payne of the ways and means commit
tee has submitted the report OF that
committee, signed by all the repub-
lican members in favor of the bill re-
ducing the war revenue taxes about
$40 100000. The report says in part;
I'm making the reductions in the bill
reported, the committee have sought
to remove the more annoying taxes
in the war revenue act by the entire
abolition of those which were the most
vexatious and by the reduction of
those which seemed to have proved a
great burden upon the several
branches of trade to which they ap-
piled. The committee recognize that
manufacturers of beer have some
claim in the general reduction of war
revenues and they believe the amend
ment proposed in section / of the bill
making a net reduction of 25 cents
per barrel, gives them all the relief to
which they are entitled in view of the
reduction carried by the bill
I'm the war revenue act the tax up
on cigars averaging more than three
pounds in weight to a thousand was
made $3.50. This 60 cents per thous-
and was very onerous to the manu-
facturers, especially those engaged in
a small way in making the cheaper
grade of cigars. The committee have
therefore reported an amendment re-
ducing this tax at the rate of 60 cents
a thousand.
THE two cent stamps on bank
checks, certificates of deposit, drafts,
postal money orders, ETC., were very
annoying to large class of people
and much complaint has been
made to the committee, es-
pecially from the smaller towns
and from farmers. Another source of
| annoyance has been the tax of one
cent on express receipts and telegraph
messages. There is no doubt that this
taxation caused more widespread an
noyance and trouble than anything
else in the act. The committee there
fore have stricken these taxes from
the law. The tax upon deeds and
| conveyances has been quite burden
some in numerous instances. as we'll
as the tax upon insurance leases. The
tax upon promissory notes and mort
cages has been very onerous upon the
debtor class. These are the principal
items that are stricken from the
schedule. The committee have re-
pealed all of schedule B. excepting
the tax upon wines. This includes
the tax upon proprietary medicines
| and articles of a similar nature"
After giving the reductions in detail
aggregating s40.O00.346, the report
says: After this reduction shall
take effect. leaving revenue s65OOo.-
900 under the war revenue act. that
sum will be barely sufficient to meet
the train of extraordinary expendi-
lures which follow the close of actual
hostilities. We are certainly justified
in maintaining the war revenues up to
point equal to the extraordinary ex.
penses entailed by the war"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
snsnish-American Islands.

Governor Allen, in message to the
Porto Rican legislature, intimates
that bond issue for the island may
be necessary.
Eight Manila convicts were being
brought to San Francisco jumped from
a transport into the sea at Hongkong.
Three were recaptured.
Survivors of the cruiser Yosemite's
wreck at Guam say all that was pos
sible was done to save the ship.
Several plans for constitution
were presented to the Cuban conven-
ton. 1t was decided that the repub-
lie shall be unitarian instead of fed
eral
The Porto Rican house of delegates
met in Joint session with the executive
council, the two bodies adopting res
olution to cable greetings to President
Mckinley.
Thirty native scouts under Lieuten-
ant Jern:gan defeated 300 rebels near
Santo Domingo, Luzon. The rebel
leader Aguilar and fifteen insurgents
were killed.
of lumber, nails, etc, to Guam on the
brig Spreckles, which left San Fran
cisco with naval stores for Manila
The building material is for the pur.
pose of repairing the extensive dam
age done to that island by the typ
hoon.
BY direction of Major General Wood
the cavalry troops in Cuba are en-
gagged in a series Of practice marches
of not less than two weeks duration
Commanding officers have been in
structed to give special attention tc
the needs of actual service in cam
paigns.
The division of customs and insulal
affairs of the war department has
prepared for PUBLICATION a statement
showing that the total receipts from
customs sources in Cuba for the II
months ending October 81. 1900, were
$13,215, 499, while for the same 1C
months OF 1899 they were $12,120,991
an Increase in 1900 of 81 ,094.5 07.
Major Gorgas, chief sanitary officer
of Havana, in his report for November
shows that 444 deaths occurred in the
city from all causes, this being the
lowest number for the same month
during the last ten years. The deaths
due to yellow fever were fifty-four
twenty below the figures for October
One hundred and ten thousand dollars
has been appropriated for the pur
chase of 1900 cattle and 500 brood
mares, to be distributed among the
Cuban farmers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
Foreign.

The Fifteenth parliament of Queen
Victoria opened
1t is now expected that the car
will recover from his attack of typhoid
fever.
A. II. VANDERBILT, the we'll known
actor, died at London from Bright's
disease.
Mrs. Abbey Sage Richardson.
American author and literary critic,
died in Rome, aged &c.
The deaths in and around Manches-
ter, Eng, resulting from poison in
beer thus far number 60.
The report of surgical operation
! on the pope is denied and the asser-
tion is made that he is well.
Gen. Auguste MERCER created a SEN
sation in the French senate by de-
claring that England could be invaded
with ease.
Miss Lillian May Langham, Ameri-
can heiress. was married in London
to Baron Speck Won Stenburg, a Ger
man diplomat.
The duke of Manchester was ex-
cluded from the English house of lords
until his debts have been paid. He
spent the day in buying a dog and in
entertaining his friends.
The quarantine Office at Bremen has
ordered that. on account of the out
break of the plague in south Africa.
ships from Cape Colony and Natal
are to be subjected to special ex-
animation.
The elections at Lima. Peru. passed
on with Insurance. The result is
favorable TO the electoral coalition
in the district of whose candidates
appear the names of some of the most
respected citizens of Lima.
A dispatch from Manaos. announces
that a volunteer corps is being organ
lied there to support the so-called re-
public of Acre against the Bolivian
troops. 1t is reported that the Bo-
Eyian ministers IA Washington and
London are negotiating for the sale
or Bolivian's rights in Acre to an
American syndicate
w. S. Cherry. who left his home in
Chicago in the summer of 1896. is now
on his way to HIS home in America.
having experienced in the heart of
Africa adventures more thrilling in
many respects than those of Living
stone or Stanley. For four years. Mr..
Cherry has been living among the
Congo natives. He tells terrible
stories Of cannibalism.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
NATURE STUDY.
Why do You Think Rabbit WabbIes
Its Nose?

'''-S - - ''''N q ndbbtt fsdQQtSS
Its Nose?
Have you ever noticed a rabbit wab-
bling its nose? Why do you think he
does it?
Do you think big pigs grunt as an
expression of pain or pleasure? Do
the little pigs show any sign of affec-
ton for each other?
Do robins and chickens walk alikeq
When sheep get up from lying down.
do they rise with their fore or their
hind legs first?
These are some of the questions
which have been submitted to the
school children of Maryland by the
lecture committee of the Children's
Playground association. Prizes will
be awarded for the best answers.
The object of the questions is hest
stated by President Sylvester of the
Maryland Agricultural college. who
wrote the committee as follows:
THE questions are very pertinent
and should develop the observing oual-
tits of the child's mind to a remark.
able extent, which is equal to the best
form of education"
In addition to those given above
some of the nature questions prepared
by the committee are:
What is your favorite tree-an oak
or an elm, beach or a birth, a syca.
more or a poplar, maple or a chest.
nut, cedar or pine? Say why Won
Ike best the one you choose. win Won
Try to draw a leaf of your fayorite
tree? Does the tree change color in
the autumn and what color does il be.
come?
What is your favorite flower? De-
scribe it as fully as possible. win Won
draw it. if you can.
In what month does wheat harvest
come? When is corn harvested? What
do you think is the prettiest cron
growing? Which crops give the best
food for men? Which give the hest
food for cattle?
Give the names by which we call
the following animals when they are
babies. Horse, goat, COW, fox. dog
cat. sheep, rabbit, frog, deer.
Have you ever seen any rabbits9 M
they run? II not, will you describe
their movements?
What is the prettiest bird You know {,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
China.

The German flag has been raised
over the tombs of the Ming dynasty
near Pekin.
European governments are slowly
but surely coming around to Americas
policy as to China.
Baron Won Richthofen stated in the
reichstag at Berlin that the German
course In China was not war. but
armed Intervention.
The ENJOYS at Pekin signed new
protocol along the lines laid down by
President Mckinley, Ii Hung Chang
reports the execution of so boxer lead
ers.
An imperial edict was issued de-
priving General Tung Flu Hsiang of
rank, but leaving him in command of
troops. The court is to remain at
Singan Flu.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
HER HEART WAS TOUCHED.
A South Dakota Mother and Her Little
Girl Expresses Their Gratitude in
Omen I a<far

an open Letter.
Folsom, Custer Co., South Dakota,
Dec. l.)-Mrs. HI. d. Hyde
has given for publication letter ex-
pressing her unbounded gratitude to
Dodd's Kidney Pills for the double
cure of herself and little daughter.
Mrs. Hyde has been troubled with
pains in her heart for over three years,
and for long time her little girl suf-
fered from weak kidneys. The CRATE
ful lady does not seem able to find
words strong enough to express her
gratitude. She has written the follow
ing:
L cannot say too much in praise Of
Dodd's Kidney Pills. They are the
greatest kidney and heart medicine 1
ever used. had been troubled for over
three years with severe pain in my
heart, which entirely disappeared after
l mad taken few doses of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. | also gave them to my lit
tie girl, whose kidneys had been weak,
ana she commenced to improve from
the very first dose. Dodd's Kidney
Pills are certainly wonderful medi-
cine. would be pleased to have this,
my statement, published, as / feel it
my duty to let others know Just what
the Pills will do for them.
MRS. H. ID. HYDE.
Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure. soc
box. All dealers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
Domestic.

Chicago December wheat. 7ola and
70%c.
Chicago packers corner the egg
market.
Brewers expect to get reduction
in the tax on beer.
The duke and duchess of Manchee.
ter have arrived in New York.
Andrew Carnegie will give $4,000
toward public library for Pekin. III.
Thirty-two miners, caught by cave
in at Dunmore, Pa, dug their way out.
A railroad from the great lakes to
Hudson bay is in course of eonstruc-
ton.
George S. House. attorney OF Joliet.
Ill, died from effects of a scratch on
his toe.
The w. G. T. U. convention at
Washington adopted protest against
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13
She Surprised the Heather.

A young woman at watering place
this summer made reputation as
profound linguist in a rather odd man
ner. She called one day at Chinese
laundry, where she had left a shirt
waist, but it could not be found, as
there was no entry in the book of
hieroglyphs corresponding to her
pink slip. After half hours search
the Chinaman found the entry A
mistake had been made, the entry
crossed out and a new set of hero
glyphs in tiny characters placed be-
low. She was told that the waist
would be laundered and she could get
it the next day.
The next day the young woman
called for it, accompanied by three
other young women At the seashore
the excitement of a visit to the
Chinese laundry is not to be de-
spfsed. The Chinaman to whom the
pink slip was presented was not the
laundryman of the day before, and he
experienced the same difficulty in
finding the identifying character,
finally saying, mot in book" The girl
answered calmly, Il can find it, and
the Chinaman allowed her to take the
book Turning the leaves until she
came to one that had an entry crossed
out with another in tiny characters
under it, she handed it to the China
man. There it is" and to his sur
prise he found it.
you only lady l know spike
Chinese" he said. And the other girls
looked upon her with admiration.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-13

The development of the photo
graphic plates used in the obserya-
lions for the Leonids at the Yale OBJ
servatory shows that six photographs
of meteor trails have been secured.
Among them is an exceptionally fine
one of large and long meteor path.
The jury in the suit of Emmett L.
Holmes, colored. VS.. the Washington
Water Power company, Spokane.
Wash, returned a verdict in favor of
the defendant Holmes was refused
food at the restaurant owned by the
company. He demanded $500 dam
ages.
1t has been decided by Assistant
Secretary Taylor to abolish the immi-
grafton inspectorship at Winnipeg to
prevent immigrants from getting
across the Minnesota border illegally.
Inspector Ladwegs service will ex-
pire this month. He is st. Paul
man.
Professor Horatio w. Parker Bat
tell, professor of music in Yale uni
versity, and author of Hora Novissima
/
suit against New Haven newspaper
for 100000 damages for failure to re-
turn a manuscript of his lecture on
Church Music
At Platte Center, Neb., w. j. Gentle
man, wealthy stockman, held the en-
tire town at bay and shot four men.
The injured: Henry Tanger, may die;
Pat Hayes, city marshal, shot in the
back Robert Wilson, seriously
wounded in side; S. Olson, right arm
shattered and thumb shot off.
The annual report of Secretary of
War Root treats of military and re-
construction operations in the Philip
pines, Cuba and Porto Rico and makes
some interesting statements. The
war department asks for an appro-
priation of 1,773,SS5 for 1902, as
against $1S5, ISL for 1901.
The goth annual convention of the
Iowa State Travelling Mems Associa-
ton, held at Des Moines, elected Of
ficers. Secretary Haleys report
shows 1929 members in good stand
ing, an increase for the year of ], 025.
The receipts for the year were $780,
| 872 and the disbursements 500, LAT.
The committee of clergymen and
laymen appointed by the last general
assembly to the Presbyterian church
to make a recommendation to the next
general assembly, which meets in
May, on the question as to whether
there shall be revision of the con-
] fession of faith, assembled at Wash
| ington.
| The report of Gen. J. c. Brecken-
ridge, inspector general of the army,
earnestly recommends that the bene-
fits of the law of March 3, 1899. pro-
viding for the retirement of officers of
the navy, under certain conditions,
with the rank and pay OF the next
higher grade, be extended to include
officers of the army.
I Walter D. Glenn, wanted for en-
bezzlement for nearly $4,000, has
been arrested at Rawlins, Wyo., and
an officer armed with requisition pa
pers is on his way to bring the
prisoner back to Chicago for trial.
Glenn was bookkeeper for the Me-
chanics Building and Loan associa-
ton of the latter city.
| Robert Patrick was shot dead by
Samuel Keel near Tishomingo, /. T.
Patrick attempted to act as peace
maker between Keel and quarreling
neighbors. Keel was shot through
the shoulder and seriously wounded
by Sim Tyson. who escaped Pat
rick's father. who was so years old,
upon hearing of his sons death drop
ped dead
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-10
SOUTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

~ regard to South American affairs the
message says:
In the Interest 81 expanding trade be
tween this country and South America
efforts have been made during the past
year TO conclude conventions with tho
southern republics for the enlargement %
postal facilities. Two such agreements
We're signed with Bolivia on April eth. Of
which the money order system is under
going certain changes suggested by the
pnstoiilce department. treaty of extra
ditlOn with that country. signed on the
same day. is before the senate. 4 boun-
Diary dispute between Brazil and Bolivia
over the territory OF Acres is in fair
way 90 friendly adjustment. "A protocol
signed in December, lNa. having agreed
on a definite frontier and provided for its
ccmarcallon by joint commission.
Conditions in Brazil have weighed
heavily On our export trade 20 that
country Ia marked contrast 10 the ia
vorahic conditions upon which Brazilian
products are admitted into our markets
Urgent representations have been made
To- that government an that subject and
some amcliOration has been effected. We
rely upon the reciprocal Justice ana good
viii of that government To assure us a
further Improvement IN our commercial
relations.
The convention signed May q 1887. for
the final settlement OF claims icft in abry-
auce upon the dissolution of the conven-
tion of lS9a. was at length ratified by the
Chilean congress and the supplemental
convention has been organized.
1t remains for congress to appropriate
for the expenses OF the commission.
The inSurreCtionary movement which
disturbed Colombia in the latter part Of
1850 has been practically suppressed. al
though guorri.las stlll operate IN some
deDartmemts. The executive power OF
that republic changed hands i'm August
last by the act of Vice President Mario
uuin in assuming the reigns Of govern
rneut during the absence of President
Sanctment from the capital. The change
met with no serious opposition and fol-
lowing the precedents in such cases. the
United States minister entered into rela-
tions with the new de facto government
on September 18th.
ut is gratifying TO announce that the
residual questions between Costa Rica
and Nicaragua growing out of the award
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-10
Test for Yourself the Wonderful
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How to Find Out if You
Need SWamp.ROOt.

L used 10 be considered that only URN
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-10
REGARDING THE ARMY.

HIIJE have in cuba between 5000 and
w COCO troops. For the present our
troops in that island cannot be withdrawn
or materially diminished, ana certainly
not until the conclusion OF the labors or
the constitution al convention now in ses-
sion and "A new government provided by
the new constitution shall have been es-
tablished and its stability assured.
I'm Porto Rico We have reduced the gar
risons To $50 which include $50 native
troops. There is no room for further re-
duction here. We will be required to keep
a considerable force in the Philippine is
lands for some time TO come. From the
best informatio obtaiuabie We shall need
there for the immediate future from $1,000
To 10000 men. am sure the number
may be reduced as the insurgents shall
come TO acknowledge the authority OF the
United States. of which there are assur-
ing Indications.
"Itmust be apparent that We Will require
an army of about 60OOJ, and that during
present conditions in Cuba and the Phil
ippines the president should nave author
itv to increase the force To the present
number OF 100000. Included in this num-
Der authority should he given to raise
native troops i'm the Philippines up tn l5.-
Ooo which the Taft commission believe Will
be more effective In detecting and sup
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-10
THE SIEGE OF PEKIN.


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