Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1900 — SHIPPER MUST PAY THE TAX. [ARTICLE]

SHIPPER MUST PAY THE TAX.

Court Decide* Stamp Cane in Favor of Eiprcw Compuni**. The United States Supreme Court de elded the cases involving the stamp tax aa it applies to express i*ackages, the question involved being whether the shipper or the carrier shall pay the express charges on packages. The opinion was handed down by Justice White, and was favorable to the express companies. The case came to the Supreme Court from the decision of the State Supreme Court of Michigan, which decision was adverse to the claims of the express companies. William F. Horner of Seattle, who has been serving aa a private in the Fourteenth infantry in the Philippine* tor th<‘ past five months, ia the proud possessor of a gold ring given him by Maj. Gen. Lawton for his brave defense of the Fint Reserve hospital at Bacoor on the evening of Nov. 27, 1899. The Advent' conference at Westbrook. Me., decided that women may preach, but cannot be ordained. The famine in India extends over a territory 500,000 square miles.