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Miffionaire Defeated of one ambition lies dying; of disappointment The strangest story in political history. Sec the next 1 SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH. SWORN AVERAGE SUNDAY CIRCULATION FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 1899, 109,809. TEN PAGES VOL. 50.

NO. 262. FRIDAY EVENING ST. LOUIS MAY 5, 1899 PDirBI Ctat. inld St.

Lontm Tra Cent. POST-DISPATCH SI LO PLAN OF RECEPTION. MUCH OOKS A LOIIG JOURNEY FOR VENGEANCE. SENATOR MOn SOUGHT ADVICE, THE FASHIONS OF SUMMER. 1 a.ked the people who be wa-s.

When on the street he rhaneed to be. And they replied: "What, him? He It The Lanreate of I.lna-erte'" Vhe heart of womankind is a peculiar thing. It is set on matters a man never FRANCHISE TAX BILL MAY STILL BE PASSED. It Is on the Senate Calendar and Does Not Como Within the Limitations of the Morton Resolution. HOUSE DEMANDS OF THE SENATE THAT IT REPORT THE MEASURE.

Senate Committee on Judiciary Requested to Take Im mediate Action People of the State Prepared to Fix the Responsibility for the Defeat of the Bill Senate Spurned the House Resolution. The State Senate of Missouri still has opportunity to take action upon th bill taxing franchises. Its responsibility to the people must be confronted squarely. The House of Representatives, by a practically unanimous vote, passed th franchise bill and sent it to the Senate in time for action thereon by that body. The Senate on Thursday adopted the following resolution, introduced by Senator Morton: "Resolved, That after Monday, May the 8th.

18W, no bills not on the calendar shall be considered by the Senate, except appropriation, revised and local bills and bills carrying special appropriations." When a bill passes the House and is reported to the Senate it should go on the Senate calendar at once and remain there until disposed of. This was not done in the case of the franchise bill a fact which must be considered as part of the trickery in connection with the fight against the measure. Senator Major says he has had all House bills before the Senate placed on the calendar, in correction of the record, and that the franchise bill is among them. In the meantime the Committee on Judiciary has all of Saturday and all of Sunday, if a Sunday session should be held in which to report the bill to the Senate and meet its own responsibility. That committee consists of the following named Senators: Senators BUR HEAD, LYONS, FIELDS, DRABELLE, WALKER, MATTHEWS.

Senators YOUNG, HAYNES, MAJOR. MORTON, FARRIS, WILSON, rollins; Tlitf House of Representatives, which was practically unanimous in pass, both Mr. Fitzgerald's and Mr. Hall's similar bills, taxing franchises, official demands the Senate that it take some action upon the question. The pe pie of the State, irrespective of party, demand it.

The responsibility for the feat of the measure if it is to be defeated will be placed where it belongs. The allied interests of trusts and great corporations have marshaled their forces at Jefferson City. The fight is against the people. Each individual Senator is entitled to the privilege of voting openly and directly on the proposition. The' pending "Act to Tax Franchises" reads as follows: LIKE Joseph Kief er Has Been Traced to St.

Louis. THERE WAS A MAN WITH HIM. DISAPPEARED AFTER. LEAVING THE VENICE FERRY. Chief Desmond Has Two Men on the Case' and the Theory Is That th? Madison Saloonkeeper Was Murdered for Mt Everything now indicates that Joseph Kiefer.

the Madison. 111., saloonkeeper. Ktthose disappearance was told in the Post- Thursday, was murdered for his The chain of evidence establishing his by link, and every ttep taken toward a solution of the mystery shows plainer than before that the story of his accidental drowning, while crossing the river in a skiff Wednesday evening, was 'a sijbterfuge to account for his non-appearance at home. Chief Desmond Is of opinion, and Detectives Smith and Caudle were assigned Friday morning to work on the case. They are co-operating with J.

R. Boyer, police judge of Madieon. The Post-Dispatch received a. mysterious letter Thursday morning, the signature to which was almost Illegible. It said that Kiefer missed the ferry, Wednesday, night, hired a boatman to take him across, roee in mid-stream to pay the boatman, fell in and was drowned.

i The tetter bears the earmarks of a "fake." The writing is a poor attempt at a disguised spelled correctly in one place and misspelled in another, and the signature means The nature of the communication aroused suspicions which developments have Justified. Joseph Kiefer left Madison, last Wednesday about 2 o'clock in the afternoon to come to St. Louis. He had a roll of money w.th him. as he expected to pay some bills he owed here.

He went to Venice and crossed on the ferry to the foot of North Market street. His movements to that point are traced clearly. Kiefer had three places to visit. erat a. pC jtCC xiroadway, ntJ: V- 6UrCL, LItU ULllHS WdtS drug store near Fourth and Cedar, and the home of his brother-in-law, William Schlue-ter.

2219 Arsenal He left the ferryboat and started up North Aiarnei street and there every clew to hjm is lost. Not one of the three Dlaces did he visit nor has tie ever been there since. He did not recross on the and he has not been eeen in Madison since Wednesday 'night. Tne letter, telling of Kiefer's "drowning," says that he was too late tor the Terry, 't he boat runs until datk, and with oniy tmee piace8 to go. Kiefer had hours to (pare oerore the last boat went.

But he uiun't get to any one of the three places Not a trace of nim has been founu since he left the boat and started up North Market street. K.efer came from Ste. Genevieve Mo oniy recently. Kieler went to Madison in March. 'First he tended bar for Tom White; recently he opened a saloon for himself opposite the Missouri Car Foundry Works.

He had money and he paid cash for everything-everybody liked him and knew of way of doing business. His wife and two srnail ch.idren lived back of the saloon and Kiefer served luncheons to the foundry-men and did well from the start. He had only Just finished fixing his place up. A mysterious matt was first noticed about Madison last Sunday. This man left Madison Wednesday evening.

He wrote letters to Justice Boyer, the writing of which rather resembles that of the mysterious communication to the Post-Dispatch. Presumably he stayed in Venice, for when Kiefer crossed on the ferry Wednesday afternoon it is asserted, this man. Was with him' This. Mr. Sehlueter declares to be the last clew to Kiefer's whereabouts.

Justice Boyer of Madison read the account of Kiefer's disappearance in the Post-Dispatch Thursday, and Fridav morning he came to St. Louis to investigate. A letter he had was compared w.th the one the Post-Dispatch received and Boyer took both to Chief Desmond. The Chief heard Boy-er's story and km much impressed. He figured it out a clear case for investigation, as to his mind.

Kiefer was murdered for his money in St. Louis. Detectives Caudle and Smith were at once ordered, to work on the case with Justice Boyer. William Sehlueter, Kiefer's brother-in-law, believes fully that Kiefer was murdered for his money. He says Kiefer had $1300 cash before he bought the saloon, also $1000 or $3u.

he is not sure which In a bank, which Kiefer told him he was' going to draw out. Sehlueter went to Madison Friday, but could find out nothing. The saloon Is closed for lack of some one to attend it. and Mrs. Kiefer and her children await in helpless misery the solution of tne mystery.

Kiefer was popular in Madison and the whole town is interested in the case. Sehlueter scouts the idea that Kiefer would have drowned even If he had fallen out of a boat, as he says Kiefer cotild swim like a duck. No body that could be Kiefer's has been taken frbm the river here, nor have reports of any been received from below. No one injured or killed about town answers his description. If he waa murdered and thrown in the river the waters have not given up their dead.

A it stands mmf. when Kiefer left the ferryboat and West on North Market street, he walkd out of existence, ao far as the w-orldyfan ascertain, and what happened him no one knows SEEMS EVIDENCE OF MURDER. Pcition of Woman's Scalp and Clothing of a Child Found Tied In a Sack Near Kirksville. KIUKSVJLLB. May 6.

Tied In a coffee sack, a strip of human scalp 3 inches wide and 6 inches long, attached to a portion of a right ear. was yesterday found by campers under a bridge on Bear Creek. The Indications were that the scalp had heen cut away at least two weeks. With the scalp were found several articles of woman apparel, cut up the back with scisnura, some baby clothing and a horse blanket and quIIU No persons of the neighborhood are reported missing, but Sheriff Hi no led thinks kaa evidences of a murder of soma aroma and probably MURDER HOW ST. LOUIS WILL TREAT HER NAVAL VISITORS.

EATING, DRINKING, MARCHING. The General Committee of Arrangements Has Decided on a Few-Features of Entertainment CRUISER'S RECEPTION. Jr Tuesday afternoon Mayor, city offl-er anl party to go diwn the river and meet the i Tuesday nljtht Rereptloa to officers at Mercantile CluH. Wednesday morn inj: Short trtrcet parade, ft officers' receptiou. MsrclmDls" Kxchange.

Wednesday evening Vsndevi lie smoker 2 for crew. Thursday evening Banquet to officer. Time not apeeHIed Tennessee Society iTk han.m.t trt at- wiiitlicrn Hotel. The cruiser Nashville weighed anchor at Memphis early Thursday morning and started up the river for St. Louis.

She will stop two days at Cairo, arriving there Friday evening, and leaving Monday morning. She. is due to arrive at St. Louis Tuesday evening. The St.

Louis General Committee of Arrangements met Thursday afternoon to hear reports and decide on features for the entertainment of the Nashville's officers and men. Mayor Ziegenhein presided at the meeting and said he was ready for any duty he might be called upon to perform. The committee suggested that the Governor and other State officers, together with members of the Kxecutive Committee charter a steamer to go down the river 20 or 30 miles to meet the Nashville, and Mr. Kennett of the Merchants' Exchange was given the duty of preparing for this and of sending out the invitations. On the evening of the! ship's arrival the Mercantile Club will receive the officers in its club rooms.

Thd: second day there will be a short downtojwn parade with a I'nited States cavalry escort. That evening the men will be entertained at a smoker, the place- not yet decided upon. On the evening of the third day the officers will be banqueted. The Tennessee Society will also give a banquet to the officers at the Southern, but the time for this has not 'been fixed. This is oniy a general outline of the festivities to take place during the Nashville's visit.

Subcommittees are still at work on the various details and several things not mentioned tre held in abeyance for the present. Among them is the idea of presenting a suitable remembrance to the boat. This mipr take the form of a loving, cuo, -or from Cairn at nnnn message received by Mayor N. B. about 11 o'clock stated that ih Nashville passed New Madrid on her way up the river at 10:15.

This will put her in cairo aoout 0:30 tnis afternoon. IS SOING FOR HER BABY. "Mrs. Lottie Madssn Claims That Her Husband and Kis Mother Are Illegally Keeping Her Infant Son. Mrs.

Lottie Madsen has appealed to the courts for the enforcement of her right to the, possession of her child. She claims that her 4-months-old son, Jacob, is illegally withheld from her custody by her husband, Clemens Madsen, and her mother-in-law, Augusta Madsen of 4217 Lexington avenue. She went before Judge Withrow Fridav and made application for a writ of habeas corpas. commanding Madsen and his mother to produce the child in court and deliver it to the mother. Judge Withrow ealsed an alternative writ to be issued, commanding the defendants to be in court hatualay morning and show why the child is kept from its mother Mrs.

Madsen says her husband deserted her recently and tock their little baby w'th him. He went to mother's home to live and requested ier to keep the chMd Mrs. Madsen claim she has requested her husband to return ti her but he has refused to do so. She saysthat, after these refusals, she demanded lie custody of the child from both the def-ndants, but was told she would never bellowed to take it in her arms again. TO REDUCE fife COMPENSATION Major Bills Affecting Higgins and Speed Favorably Reported.

Special to the l'oat-flspatcn. JEFFERSON ClfY. May Drabelle. ehairmai of the Committee on Municipal vorpor-iions. tnis morning reported favorably fie bills reducing the compensation the Excise Commissioner and Coal Oillnspector of St.

Louis. THE WEATO INDICATIONS. GENERALLY FAIR. For St. Loula tSertrally fair Friday nipht; unsettled and probahlykihowera Saturday.

For Missouri l'rollily showers Friday night nd Saturday. For Illinois I'artj cloudy, with showers extreme south portloaFriday night, and probably south and central prtions Saturday. For Eastern TexaK'loudv Fridar day. fair, fresh soilieast winds. For Kentucky anrtfTennessee Partly cloudy Fri-day night; probablj showers Saturday; northeast winds.

For Mississippi Prtly cloudy Friday night and Saturday; fresh to southeast winds. For lows-rartly oudy Friday night; probablj followed by sboweit Saturday variable winds. For Kansas-rart) cloudy, with showers Friday night and In east pdlon Saturday; easterly winds. Sunand Moon. Sua risa at 4J at 2:20 a.

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SHE CLAIMS THAT HE HAS DESERTED HER. A Texas Girl's Summer Romance Ends in an Adventure of Uncommon Interest, With Pathetic Features. A little woman dressed in a bicycle suit of army blue broadcloath, with brass buttons bearing the Lone Star of the State of Texas, called at police headquarters Friday morning and searched the rogue's gallery in Chief Desmond's office for the picture of the man who married her and then deserted her. She has followed him all the way from Odessa. on her bicycle and she says that when she finds him there will be trouble.

The woman says her name is Ernie Bloss. She reached St. Louis a week ago, after traveling the length of the Lone Star State EifNIE BLOSS OF TEXAS. her wheeei, nasslng through the Indian ater which she drfank QI1U VI 4 1 sj aisuJi a in "the North brought btlfT. if laria and she was forcecTt Jij Hospital.

She is well again and. pursue her Journey of vengeance, a. She is a flight little woman with llg Diue eyes ana Drown nair. Her muscles are like iron and her clear blue eiyea strengthen the statement she makes when she says she does not know what fear) Is. Much of her life was passed on a ranch in Western Texas, and she can lassi a wild horse or shoot as straight with a rifle as most of the cowboys who travel the Texan plains.

She was born In Ohio, but when 5 years old she accompanied her parents to Texas and lived there until Mayne crossed her path. i "We were living on a big ranch near Odessa, she said, "and I was I as happy as a girl could be. I had my own horse and the free life on the ranch was what I. loved. A stranger came along.

He was wealthy, he said, and was traveling for pleasure. He was only about 25 years old and dressed exquisitely. He had curling brown hair and dark eyes. His hands were as soft as a woman's. I cared nothing for him at first and his attentions Annoyed me.

He was only going to remiiin at Odessa a few days, but he tarried He did no work and remittances came regularly to him. "He was so persistent in his attentldns to me that I learned to await his comings He stayed at Odessa six months and Anally I consented to marry him. He left and went to Fort Worth. I went to Weath-erford and visited my sister. Then he wrote for me to come to F'ort Worth.

I weint there and on May 18 we were married In the Memorial Church by the Rev. Dr Morris. We boarded at the Tremont Hotel the best the city afforded. i "His remittances ceased comlne- U. employed Andrew H.

Jackson, the lawyer. ii nrir iu into me cailaway case, to write for him to New Ynrlr discover what was amiss. Jackson did coh- sKieraiue writing ano got a lot of namts and addresses but my husband told me fie waiiieii iu go 10 iew himself, but he would have to eo in disa-uloo it. said friend of his had killed a'l man there and they wanted him for a He had the initials, W. taltl tooed on his arm.

There was a big scir on the left side of his neck, seven buckshot were In his right side and a rifle ball wound was on his right thigh. He left and asked me to keep quiet about it. i "When he left the hotel people said the hoard was unpa-ld. Thev attached my trunks and Attorney Jackson beat the case and I got my property. I tried to get track of my husband, but could not.

I got ona letter from That was from Rood-house. III. In looking through his clothes once I found a letter from a woman, who stgned herself Minnie Robinson, at Qulnc. This letter showed that she was alan his wife, and that they had a little boy. When I could not get track of him I decided to go In search of him.

I hafl no niuiiry vn wmi'ii uj unurriftXS SO ol a journey, so i oressea this rig. an In order to deceive him. I had to deceh the public. I gave it out that I was goin to Washington. D.

C. to meet my lovel auu was iu sv ew lor maxing me trl on my wheel. This ws printed in th newspapers. I figured that he would sei tnis ana in tne nop or. getting the J2 ne womii nuni me up.

"I will go from here to Qulncy. I wISi nam up nonmsnn woman, and If sii nas been wronged by mm and will assist me we win worn togetner HIS WIFE Jill PROSECUTE Warrant Issued Against George Sost man for Shooting His Spouse. A warrant charring George Iostman with assault to kill was issued Friday morning. Is at Us City Hospital in a precarious condition. Tuesday he and his wife.

Ljisie. were, shot at their home, sue AilmJ ni wne claims tnai ne aio tne hooting: She will get well and will if he recover. Ha sal's bm is Innocen Consulted the Head of a Street Railway Syndicate. OM THE CONSOLIDATION BILL. CAPT.

M'CULLOCH IS IN FAVOR OF THE MEASURE. Senators "Studying Up a Bill" Which Omits to A3k What the People Think About It. The street railway consolidation bill was called up in the Senate at Jefferson City Thursday. The St; Lou's Republican nvm-bers wanted "time to study the bill." The method of study pursued by one of them, Senator Mott, was to telegraph to Capt. Robert McCulloch, manager of the Citizens' and allied lines.

Capt. McCulloch acknowledged receiving the telegram. He says Senator Mott asked him what he thought of the bill. "I received a telegram from Senator Mott yesterday afternoon," said' Capt. McCulloch at the Southern Hotel Friday.

"I do not remember the exact wordins, but he wanted to know what I thougtit of the bill. I telegraphed back that I saw no objection to the measure "It was natural for Senator Mott to telegraph me. He is an old street railway man. He was formerly connected with the Southern line here. He and I have been friends for years.

The supposition is that the consolidation bill was introduced at the instance of Brown Bros. I am connected with another system of roads. He had no reason to suppose I was interested in the passage of the bill. "I had no other communication or correspondence with him about the bill. This fact is sufficient to dispose of any suspicion of impropriety in his wiring me.

"1 do not see any objection to the bill. Consolld-uiijn has been a good thing for the people, a well as the companies concerned in the practical consolidation with which I am connected. There a.re now eight lines this consolidation. Formerly one had to 5 cent.si'to ride rver any line. Nowrjransfers are issued from and to all if -The Citizens' RaiW Wily CO.

camet WIW.IW jpafuei on transfers. That represented a'Jpss of Hot the loss was only The cmipany does not' pive transfers in a spirit of philanthropy. It pays in the long run by the increased inducements held out to to ride on street cars. "I am opposed to trusts which control the prices of commodities. A street combination cannot raise prices.

These are fixed by the franchises under which the separate roads operate. The roads can practically combine without the passage of the bill. A combine of all the roads in St. Louis can be effected without the passage of the bill. The advantage to the street car people is io.

the fact that they have only one set of securities to look after and the business is greatly simplified. "The advantage to the. public is in the extension of the transfer system, which is sure to continue because it is good business to extend it." When the bill was called up in the Senate Thursday, its opponents attacked it so fiercely that its promoters found it advisable to take a recess. During this recess they consulted and agreed tha it would be impossible to pass the bill at that time. They decided upon a postponement.

When the enemies of the bill learned of their plan, ttiey were at first, inclined to oppose it and force a vote at once, but after a consultation, decided to allow the postponement. Neither iside was absolutely sure of ita strength, several Senators declining to state their position. SL Louis Republican Senators asked for time "to study the bill." This plea is an old game, followed from time immemorial by legislators. This particular measure was introduced two weeks ago. It has been in the poserewsion of Senators in printed form for ten days.

It was engrossed nearly a week ago, and every Senator knew it would come up for passage within a very few days. Yet when it did come uo for passage. Senators suddenly discover they do not understand it and must study its provisions in order to vote intelligently. The bill haa determined enemiei In the Senate. The men who oppose It are men of solid standing.

They are tlie men whose votes have as a general proposition been on the right side of question. These men who 'do not hesitate to announce their opposition to the bill, and who consider it iniquitous trust enabling measure, are Chllders. Clay. Cooper, Doweli, Drabelle, Fields, Hohenschild. McClintic, Major.

Tandy, Vandiver. Waiker and Whaley. These men (1M not ask frr time to study the bill. They recognized its vicious purpose at a glance. The doubtful fellows, and those who have not expressed opinions, and who want time to acquire on the subject are Anderson.

Husche, Davisson, Farris. Lyons. Martin Matthews. Miller, Mott', Rollins. Sch weickardt.

Young. Burkhead, Orchard, Wilson. Ramp, Marshall, Drum, and Thomas. Senator Martin has said repeatedly that he was for the bill. There were unmistakable signs yesterday that the organized railroad lobby was deeply interested In the success of the bill.

Col. Carroll and Col. Phelps were In the Senate chamber constantly while it was being considered. They buttonholed Senators and conferred with them in ail i sorts of unexpected places. They hung over tne railing or tne loony and skurried about through the hall and committee-rooms with the energy of a pair of beavers.

Senators Major, Fields and Tatidy made telling speeches against the bill. Senator Drabelle contented hfmself with announr ing his opposition to It. All the enemies, of the bill. If it should ras the Senate, will follow It to the House, and use all their Influence to kill It there. ATKINSON TO BE IGNORES.

He Asks Permission to Send Anti-Imperialist Documents to Soldiers in Philippines. WASHINGTON, May 5 Postmaster-General Smith read at the Cabinet meeting to-day a letter from Kdward Atkin'in. president of the Anti-imperialistic League, asking permission to send to the officers and soldiers serving in the Philippines copies of the Interdicted literature of the league. Tne letter was aaiea several nays ami. and li was the receipt of this letter which Induced- the Postofflce Department to take action.

No reply was or la to be to it. thinks about. It is wrapped up in the contemplation of beauty. But, oh, what that Ijeauty costs! For it is the beauty of artificiality, the beauty which skillful designers and for which doting husbands must pay at so much It Is the beauty of dress, the beauty of the milliner's art. For this reason lovely woman will be interested in the coming Sunday Post-Dispatch.

By that Fame 'token fond husbands will be Interested, for it will be fuller of Rood things than any paper ever published in St. Louis. It will be a Fashion Number. It will be complete encyclopedia of Jnformatipn concerning styles. Not one detail of current fashion will 'be omitted.

It will tell all about the season's gowns and hats and collars and ties. It will tell all about the latest notions in lingerie and frills and flounces. It will tell all about the latest designs lH waists and skirts and petticoats. it -'ill how to make a hat that wouM ell for for J3.u0. Vet It will not "fHean" hat.

It will not look cheap. It will be a hat any woman tnight be proud to wear. No woman wants to look "cheap." No man wantsliis wife to look "Tl, very tuan interested. In-. -traducing' expenses and every woman is anxious to help her husband save For this reason the next Sunday Post-Dispatch will be invaluable.

It will how to get the best bargains for the least money. It will be the very tiling for a man on a salary. Most men at the idea that theyare the slaves of fashion, but they are the veriest vassals, whatever they may say. A man in a haberdasher's store who doesn't Know what he wants, or who Is trying to make $4 do the work of is one of the most pitiable objects on earth." What he needs Is a "guide, philosopher and friend." He ought to have a woman -with him, far a woman always knows what to buy, whether she has money or not. If he la ot married the very best thing a man like this can Co Is to buy a-copy of the next Sunday Post-Dispatch price 5 cents for it will give him a greater amount of Information concerning summer fashions than any ot, er wiuthorlty on earth.

No man can afford to be without this and no woman. If will help many puzzled buyer out of his difficulty, for it will contain all that anybody will want to know about the summer fashions Of '99. blockings this year will )e worn with longintudlnaJ stripes, they tell me. This is ail hearsay on my part, but the coming Sunday Post-Dispatch will have some valuable Information to Impart on this subject. OH of the greatest men of the time Is passing away.

He is dying of a broken heart. He Vs disappointed. Just as Henry Oay and Daniel Webster and James G. Blaine were disappointed. He might live, for he Is not yet old, as the work! goee.

If he only had and If his hopes and ambition had not been destroyed. He 'ha one of the finest brains in the worki, vet his personal appearance is not striking. In fact, it la very unprepossessing. You are familiar w-ith newspaper picture of him. but you will never know the rel man till you see the picture of him which will be printed next Sunday and read the personal description.

him by one who knows. More than 43S.OOU men onre made iim Governor of a great State. Many of them would give their Htit leg for a chance to vote for him again. But this they will never have. He fought for his country when he 16 year old.

Missouri 1h Interested la him Wue his worst struggle with poverty i In thU-fUaS-. Now he 1 a mlllonsJre. but money cannot comfort Mm In the hour of his greatest affliction. See this story' In the next Sunday PoBt-Dlnpatoh. But these are only an Inkling of the score of good things which will be found in the siext Sunday Poat-JJlpatoh.

It wl I be literally running over with readable stuff. When you get through wlsti the other Sun- 'Amv Moeri j4 wwnt wmrthtn that will re entertain you. turn to Buaow (Be I THE MATTER. franchise values In this Stat, as quired by th Constitution, so xhat tti burden of taxation may equally 6Ms-tnbuied. and Kvme law enacted that will rectum the cigarette evil, therefor, bet It ReolveI.

That nhe snat Is respect fully requested to ta lp for consideration and passsgs Housti bills providing for the taxation House bill No. SS. of franchises and known as ths aJiti- cigarette bill. The resolution was ottered by Mr. Fits-grrald, author of the franchise Nil, which the Knat Committee on Judiciary has mFthered.

Mr. Dalsell immediate? asked an a mend. mit Including tils sntl-slot marnln Mil In the resolution. It was adopted. Tw other bills.

reruJa(lng exprees ao4 ffMfat Charges, star added. LEGISLATION IN Rpeeist to ths Post-THsaatf JEFFETtSON CITY. May Incensed at the action of the Senate at killing the franchise bill and other Important House measures, the House this morning, by a vote jt 75 to 30, adopted a re-olutkm caiii.ig upon he Senate to act upon thee tills rhe resolution follows: "hrea. The Senate upon yeslery adopted a resolution trt will preclude the consideration of Hiajm bills not on the Senate calendar by May and. WTver a number of Houiu bills have been pending in the 8-mate committees for periods of lime extending from three weeks to nearly Mtt nd.

Whereas, It is the awn of this House that the Forttoth v-l Assembly should not adjourn equate is have been passed 'jfur th tax ation or too I uaiiiuqa) of a oay. Tna enemies oX Oi reaoitstloa tit. mar i- i.