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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
N4TIGNlL BANK TAX INVALID.
Present Law as Administered In California
Turned Down by supreme Court.

WtsrrNGroN Feb Ely a bench di-
y;ded 10 4 the Supreme Court to-day held
that tho law Of California levying tax on
national banks was invalid, being contrary
to the discrimination forbidden by the
National Banking act. The case was an
appcal from the decision Of the Circuit Court
of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in favor Of
Washington Dodge assessor Of the city Of
san Francisco, affirming the validity Of the
state law and against tho san Francisco
National Bank,
The principal ground Of appeal was that
the law worked discrimination in favor Of
State banks in that IT assessed their actual
property, while. as the national banks were
increased on tho lnsi- OF, the market value
of their capital stocks the latter included
good will and other intangible values not
Included in the tax on State hanks.
The majority 81 the court upheld this
view. and decided that thus was such DIS
elimination 10, inSalidated the law. But
Justice White Ia delivering the opinion Of
the majority added our conclusion does
not deny tho power 81 the State Of Cali
fornia 10 assese shares II stock in national
banks, provided only the method adopted
does not produce the discrimination pro-
hibted hy the act Of Congress
Justice Brewer, speaking for himself
the Chief Justice and Justices Brown and
peckhgn vigorously Gssented. IL was
hard. he said to strike dcwn the right Of
the state to tax ou the mere proposition
that m assessor Rad MT done his duty
which wus the main point IN The decision
of the mo joIity
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
NEGRO ClN,r OUT OFFICE.
Mississippi Postmaster NaSs She Government
WON'T Let INN ResIsn.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. IA, L. Horton,
a negro postmaster at Way station, Madi-
son county. Mis- on the line of the Illinois
Central road. makes the charge that he is
being held in peonago b. the Post Office
Department.
Horton has been postmaster at the place
for several years and has frequently at
tempted to resign The last effort of this
sort had Naf only a few days ago,
but the Post O1icc Department refuses
TO accept the resignation as no otherperson
can be found in the community who IL
willing to take the Office.
Horton has written 70 tne Federal au-
thorit.os asking if there Il not some hook
or crook Of the law by which he can quit
the job without rendering his bondsmen
liable lie Indignantly asserts that tho
Postnaster-Genera is holding him in in
voluntary sorvitude and that ne is losing
money by serving as postmaster
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
MIDvALE STEEL MEETING.
Proceedings Kept Secret No Hint or Any
Action on Armor Plate.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 27.-Secrecy was
observed by the stockholders and directors
of the Midvale steel Company regarding
the proceedings of their annual meeting,
held to-day. At the conclusion of the
meeting the only statement made WINS
concerning the routine matter of election
Of officers no hint being given of the qucs-
ton Of securing armor plate contracts,
the value Of the secret process used re-
Gently by the company and the question
of an enlargement of the plant
The Midvale is practically private
enterprise, there being few stockholders,
and secrecy has been observed about It's
affairs for years The meeting of stock
holders was advertised to take place in
Nicetown but was really held at the Market
Street National Bank. Charles b. Dunn
was elected director in place of the lnte
William Sellers. Mr. Dunn i an executor
Of the Sellers estate. The officers were re-
elected
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
M'GTIRE AND HELEN GATES.
butcher Admits That lie Knows Her and
Had Given Her Cheeks.

Helen Gates, who flooded the wood alco
hol belt of the West Side with bogus checks
about Il month ago. was examined in the
Wet Side court yesterday. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Corrigan appeared as the
prosecutor
Peter A. Roos, carriage maker. Of i22
West Twenty-ninth street, testified that he
cashed check for $40 for Helen Gates,
drawn on the West Side Bank and signed
j. Mcclure He said he was introduced
to the girl by her alleged mother-ln-law.
Mrs. G.. Haun.
Mcclure. who used to live at the Ross
more, said he was q butcher and lived at
Bis West 134th street He denied that he
had sent the check to Helen Gates. lie
admitted though that he knew her and
had sent her checks at various times, drawn
on the West Side Bank. He said that he
had not seen her since June and had sent
her no checks for six months. Re repud-
ated the checks passed by her last January.
Late in the fall, he said, he went to the
thousand Islands, and returned to find
hjs bank account overdrawn. nc informed
tue bank that some OF the cheeks We're
forgeries. paid s25 TO settle and closed his
account Then. he said, he told tho bank
to have Helen Gates arrested II she forged
any more checks
The Assistant District Attorney pre-
scnted a l'ttcr from David n Caryalho.
the handwriting expert 10 whom the DOUBT
ful checks were submitted, saying that tine
signature, j. Mcclure, was an undoubted
forgery and was probably written by the
sarne person who indorsed them.
Helen Gates refused 20 make any state
ment but showed the Judge letter, which
she said she had received while in prison
from Mcclure, in which he threatened her
If She showed his letters. The mntron
who handed it TO her WAC not in court, and
the Eenuineness of the letter could not be
determined
Ct OCD for trial,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
Army and Navy Orders.

WASHINGTON, Feb p rnc following anny
orders were issued io-day;
Major WILDER Z. Wilder Assistant Adl0thni
Gtnrrai. relieved from Military Secretarys Depart
ncnt and TO continue Acting Assistant Adju.
tant, General a, Headquarters. Department of
Dakota. 49,. o.,
Major Hunter LlgEet,. Assis,an, Adlutent Gen
eral, from, treatment at Army and Navy Hospital
Hot Springs. ATk.. 10 proper station
First Llcuis. Patrick ". Quincy, sixth cavalry:
John = r. Young Fifth CayAlry, and William l..
Luhn. Eleventh Cavalry Second lAcuts Eugene
Ely. Fifteenth Cavalry, ald Nelson \. Go9uspeed.
Third Cavalry. 10 recruiting duty al Jefferson
Barracks. Mo. ,
FIRST Liciis. Kurl Fppley. Tenth Infantry.
william T. pcrsons. Eleventh infantry. Ia Ntighc
L. Gregg. Twenty seventh Infantry and william
T. Gilmore twenty eighth Infantry, TO recruiting
duty al Columbus barracks, Ohio
First LlcutS Frank Is. Davis, Tenth lnihntrT'
Clyde n Parker. Twenty sixth Infantry; FRANCIS
~ Hchly. Twenty ninth infantry, md Charles ".
Weeks, thirticth Infantry to recruiting outs 81
Fou Slocum " J.
THESE Naval orders were issued
capt A. s. snow, from duty as Captain. navy
yard. Boston. Mass. and assume duties oisCom-
Capt j &. Eaton. to navy gard. Boston as Cap
tain ot yard % -
ioomis. nom the Bancroft To the Galveston
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
GREAT RUPEE CASE DECIDED.
SUPREME COUNT HOLDS THE
COIN WORTH Sc CENTS.
Gov eminent WIN Keep $1,000, 600 Extra
Duties II Collected Under a Treasury
Ruiing-India Going on the Gold
Basis Caused Lot or Trouble.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.--The Supreme
Court to-day reversed the judgment Of the
Circuit Court Of Appeals in what is known
as the Great Rupee Case and held that
the value OF the rupee in computing the
duties on merchandise imported from
India is 30 cents. as fractional parts of the
pound sterling, and not 20 cents, rs the
value Of the silver contsined therein.
Nearly 100000 alleged excess of duties
already paid by the importers was coz
cerned in the case decided to-day and
others dependent upon it.
The customs laws provide that the value
Of imported merchandise must be expressed
in the unit of value of the country from
which it is brought and the value of that
unit is governed by the table of foreign
coin values proclaimed quarterly by the
Director OF the Mint The mercha pdise
concerned in this Gaze was burlaps, i'm
ported from India, and the value vas given
in silver rupees.
On this basis the collector at Baltimore
according to the directors table. liquidated
the importation at the rate Of 20 cents for
the rupee. 1t 80 happened that the i'm
portauon was made just inter the Indian
mints were closed TO the free coinage OF
silver and that country went on gold
basis. the value of the rupee being fixed at
Is TO the pound sterling. or about 80 cents.
his change, however Sns not shown in
the table OF values,
The Secretary Of the Treasury under the
law permitting him to reiquidate invoices
in cases in which the difference in value
exceeded 10 per cent, ordened duty paid at
the rate of 81 cents The duties were paid
under protest and suit brought for the
difference. although there was no ques-
ton that the burlaps really coat the equiv
alent of the higher rate.
Taking up the intention OF Congress In
enacting the law Justice Holmes said
there was no doubt il had attempted to
provide against fluctuations In the value
OF silver bullion But the real intent of
the statute was to ascertain the true value
OF the thing taxed ut the time 1t waA taxed,
and the invoice price was referred to only
to that end.
The law plainly provided that the value
Of the coins should be that Of the pure
metal contained therein. but IL also au-
thorized the Secretary Of the Treasury to
reliquidate at q higher rate when he was
satisfied that the difference was more than
10 per cent In the present case the court
was Of opinion that the value Of the rupee
was to be taken on the basis of a fractional
part of the pound sterling. that being the
corresponding actual value Of the goods
and in conformity with the truth, and the
Secretary Of the Treasury was justified in
reiquidating the entry at the rate OF 50
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
TEXAS ANTI-TRu ST LAW UPHELD.
supreme Court Aiilrns It's Nalldlty-Pack-
Ing House Tay stands

WASHINOToN Feb 27-The validity of
the Antitrust laws Of Texas and the judg-
ment Of the Texas courts declaring for
feted the licenses of the National Cotton
Oil Company and the Southern Cotton Oil
Company were to-day affirmed by the ST.
preme Court Both are New Jersey corpo-
rations which have been operating in Texas
under licenses authorizing them to do BUSH
ness in that State
The Attorney General Of the State brought
suit against them and also against the
TAYLOR Cotton Oil Works, alleging that they
had entered into combination fixing the
price of cotton Sod throughout the State
at SlI ton in violation of the Antitrust
Inv OF the State and asked that their permits
10 do business threein he cancelled
The lower court found against the com
panies and declared The permits cancelled,
which judgment wns affirmed by the Texas
Superior Court The companies then APP
petled To the Supreme Court of the | nited
States on the ground that the Antitrust
law in effect deprived them OF property
without due process OF law. In affirming
the judgment of the Texas courts Justice
Mckenna said the Antitrust act Of that
ST. t. did not offend The Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution, the contention
that il deprived the appellants OF their
property without due process OF law being
unteaable
$500 on agents OF packing houses IN each
county of the State in which they do busl-
ness was to-day declared constitutional and
not an Interference with interstate COM
merce The test case was brought in the
Georgia courts by + II. Kehrer. agent
at Atlanta OF the Nelson Morris Company,
md the Supreme Court oil that state upheld
the legality of the law
rho Cafif5rnia law providing for the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28

IWV 1T7'7E F7'-'''
w,spIroroN FORECAST ron TO DAY ASD 10 MORROW
FOR Eastern vts YORK and Ntr England. fatr
10 dun and 10 HtorrOr' sight temperature ehanges'
Iresh urs utnfa
For New Jersey. fair to day, preceded by snow
IN extreme south portion. fair TO morrow. fresh
west winds
For Virginia. Delaware. Maryland and tho Dis
inc. OF Columbia. clearing Ia ear'y morning TO day
fair To morrow sllgti temperature changes irrsh
west winds,
Tor eastern Pennsylvania fair TO day preceded
hy nFat snow Ia southeast portion. fair to nofrow
tre-r vest winds
Tor western Pennsy lyAuia and western New
YORK fair and somewhat warmer to-day and to-
morrow; fresh southwest TO west winds,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
MIDDLE VINO QUIT GOING HACK.
Arrow God on the Maine on Eis Return 10
the Kearsarge for Trial.

WASHINGTON. Feb. -Midshipman
Milton W Arrowood, who left the battle
ship kearsarge without leave and who
later was apprehended in Now York and
placed under arrest. i on the bnttleship
Maino which has started southw ard to Join
the North Atlantic feet at Guantanamo.
Arrowood will he returned To the kear
sarge and will be tried there, probably
on a charge of desertion. Whether any
further charge will be made against him
hah not vet been decided
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28

Tic pressure remained low yesterday over All
the c,stern hal. or the country and high wesi o;
,hc N,tssIssipni except IN the extreme Southwest.
C,lder weather was icli al most points from the
Middle Atlhntc States westward 10 the Roci} Noun
tain slope.
4 low pressure area moring 81, NJ N" 81 Law
renee Valley cnuscd nigh o'Ishote Winds Oh inc
Nov England coast.
In mis- city tho day was fair and colder wind.
br,sg westerly: svrracr humidity, 20 ter cent.
Barometer. corrected TO read to sea level Al .
A. NJ. SOL. . p ", ce00
The temperature YESTERDAY, A. recorded by Tie
o,,,f thermometer is shown IN the annexed table.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
Movements Of Naval Vessels.

wAsnINGroy. Feb. % The cruiser Bos-
ton has arrvrd AT Mare Isiand, tho supply
ship Culroa at TompknsyIlle, the cruiser
Newark at. Saato Domingo City and the
destroyer Whjppe ~ Key West
The hattleship Maine has sailed from
Tompkinsvile for Guantanamo the collier
sterling from Guantanamo for Newport
Ncws the tunbOat Potomac from Monte
Christi for Guantanamo and the collier
Hlnnihal from Guantanamo for Lambert :
Point,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
Apparcnt shortage in pay mnster's Account.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-An investigation
is being made of the accounts of Passed
Assistant Paymaster Gustaylis 4. Madden
L. s. ", whose resignation was accepted
on Feb II by the Navy Department. There
is said 10 be a shortage of $4,000 shown
in his accounts, but It il thou ght that much
of this, and possibly all. may be found
due 10 mistakes in bookkeeping. Pay
master Madden is still under tho bonds
furnished when he fret entered the service.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
LARGE DEFICIENCY NH.
More Than sal 900. MONO Extra Com.
pcnsatiDn for House Employees

WASHiSGToN, Feb. 1.-THE General De-
fciency Appropriation bill for the current
year was presented to the House Of Repre-
sentatives day by Mr.. Hemenway tRep,
Ind1. chairman OF the committee. 1t
carried the unusually large sum Of $751;
0a2,57g.
Several important legislative features
are contained in the bill. One forbids any
payment from the oontingen fund to any
employee Of the House for extra COM
Dengation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
>ew committeeman TO Panama.

WASHINGTON Feb, 27.-The President
sent to the Senate the nomination Of Jo-
seph ". j, Lee II Maryland to be Consul
General TO Panama.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
To Educate Two Chinese at IVES, Polpt.

WASHINGTON Feb. 81. Under suspension
Of the rules the House to-day passed a
Joint resolution authorizing the education
ut the West Point Military Academy Of
Ting Haug and Ting CHING Chtng Of China
at the expense Of the Chinese Minister
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-28
River and Harbor mn Increased 50. : 90. 900

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2I.-The River and
Harbor bill was reported TO the Senate to-
night by Mr.. Galinger from the Committee
on Commerce. with committee amend
rnents. The committee adds amendments
aggregating So 657 ,307.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-14
Greenwood,

The wood haulers may not get their
proverbial six weeks shedding in March
this year, but they are already sure of
the first nine days of it, and they have
utilized the time to good advantage.
us that it is the birthday of two young
men in this neighborhood, Henry and
Ernest Brooks. They are brothers, and
their ages are p and 25 years respective
". Both are still enjoying single bless
cdness and seem to be in no hurry to
change their condition.
Town meeting passed off quietly, there
being no excitement, but any quantity
of smoking.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Durham of
West Bethel, who were married on the
2lst of December, had their reception on
the 18th of March at the Albany town
house. An invitation was extended
through the neighborhood, but the
weather and distance were such that no
one attended. And now this pretty and
interesting couple are supposed to be
settled down to real life and enjoying
all it's double blessedness. Our con-
CALCULATIONS, Mr.. Charles A. Durham
and Mrs. Viola Cummings Durham.
The other day Herbert Ring was at
work in the woods with his horses when
one of them stepped on stub which
penetrated the foot so as to disable him
for several weeks. Pearle Whitman is
there now with his team to help him
out.
Hay is now moving from one part of
the town to the other, from which it is
natural to infer that while one man is 80
fortunate as to have it to sell, the other
has it to buy.
There begin to be signs of spring;
just now crow flew over the field cav
ing away for all he was worth; and now
fly has thawed out and is crawling on
the window.
Sylvester Coles buildings came very
near getting burned the other day; a
kerosene lamp fell on to hot stove
when there was no one in the room, and
the fire had made such Roadway when
discovered that it was extinguished with
much difficulty. Mr.. Cole is to be con-
graduated on his good fortune in not
losing his home.
Mistakes will sometimes creep in. 1t
was Will Cole whose remains were buried
at the Pond recently instead of his
brother, James, who is still alive and
we'll, and it is Dea. r. l.. Cole who is so
feeble instead of one of his sons.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-14
HaffAl.

Rev. r. C. Potter has recovered suffi-
ciently to occupy his pulpit last Sunday.
Town meeting passed Of very quietly,
many Of the officers being reelected.
The trustees of the Bethel Library
served their annual dinner and added
twenty dollars to the library fund.
Wednesday evening, Rev. Ammi Laid,
presiding elder, gave a lecture in the
Epworth League course. Subject, A
Plea for Charity. The lecturer gave
seven good reasons why our judgments
of others should be charitable.
Robert Bisbee has accepted . position
as chemist with firm in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Stanley have re-
turned from their wedding trip and oc-
cupy their new home.
Mrs. j. U. Purington is in Andover,
Mass, visiting her daughter, Mrs. Holt.
Men are coming out of the woods,
having finished their winters work.
Saturday evening, March IL, Prof. w.
R. Chapman, with Miss Louise Truax
and Miss Drinkwater of Bangor, gave q
concert in Odeon Hall in connection with
the Bethel Music Festival Chorus, which
has been organized under the leadership
of DR.. G.. L. Sturdivant.
The next entertainment in the Epworth
League course will be concert in Odeon
Hall next Wednesday evening. Local
talent, assisted by Miss Summerfield OF
Vermont, who comes with very fiatter.
ing recommendations. Mr.. Alfred
Morse, reader, of South Paris, is always
welcomed by Bethel audience.
Mrs. Eben Richardson and her grand
daughter, Miss Ethel Richardson, are
spending a few weeks in Arlington,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-14
The town report shows the following
Southeast Buckfield.

1t seems that the Turner and Auburn
Electric r. r. Co. consider that Buck
field is of sufficient Importance to call
for another outlet, and of course the
citizens universally entertain that
opinion. We hear that a former citizen
of the town, when he appeared before
the committee, sought TO belittle the
town in his little speech in opposition to
the giving of the charter. Some poet or
philosopher, or at least some truthable
person, has said that it is foul bird
that dirties it's own nest. If the town
is of but little account why make
strenuous efforts to defeat the projectP
The charter was granted and the plan is
to begin grading as soon as the road is
graded to Turner Center. In the mean
time we patiently and expectantly wait,
but keep right on with our usual occu-
pations, eating and sleeping, buying and
selling, marrying and giving in marriage,
and getting bills of enforcement, and
other namable and unnamable things.
Mr.. Gray and family have returned to
town. He has difficulty in getting rent.
There are none in the village.
Adelbert Dunn has also returned.
Mr.. Durgin, the Turner stage driver,
is slowly gaining. Mr.. Sawyer takes his
place on the stage.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-14
Bryant's Pond.

Mrs. Ada Swan was appointed superin-
tendent of schools for this year. Two
hundred dollars was appropriated for
high school, and Chester futile, the
former teacher, is to teach the spring
term.
Nina Kimball was called home to
PasSadumkeag, on account Of her mother
being seriously i'll. Dot Bryant is work
ing for Mrs. Ansel Dudley during Miss
KimbalfS absence.
Mrs. Clara Hathaway still remains in
poor health, convalescing very slowly.
The V. |. S. have another whist party
Thursday night.
The Christian Endeavor Society met
with Mrs Mark Allen this week.
Rev. Mr.. Davis, state missionary,
preached at the Baptist church Sunday,
and has remained in town through the
week, making calls among his many
friends.
Mr.. Royal of Bates College will preach
the next two Sundays at the Baptist
church.
State Missionary Barton of Bethel
preached at the Universalist church
Sunday.
Franklin Grange will observe its
thirtieth anniversary Saturday. An
oyster dinner will be served at noon.
Capt. Charles Adams has gone to take
command of his vessel.
Orene Cole has been quite sick for a
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Stanley returned
from Boston Tuesday and stopped at her
fathers over night, then left for Bethel
Wednesday.
Mrs. Martha Davis is visiting her Sis
ter. Sylvania Perham, this week.
Miss Florence Day is stopping at
home at present.
A large delegation from Franklin
Grange went to West Paris Tuesday to
Pomona Grange.
Miss Nell Preble is visiting friends in
town
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-03-14
East Hebron.

Many of our citizens are sick. Mr.. r.
G.. Beals, Mr.. l.. A. Bailey, and Mr.. E.
Bradbury have the grippe, and nearly
all are quite sick. Many have colds and
coughs; so far no deaths have occurred.
Born, to the wife of Henry Whitman,
March I'd, a daughter.
G. b. Perkins from Waterville, passed a
few days with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. r. Hodsdon, last week.
Miss Leila Davis from Turner is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. E. Allen. She
visited in Canton last week, and return
ed with a little goat she feeds on warm
milk. The curls on the goats head
when Strengthened are said to be about
one foot long. He is pure white, and
beautiful to those who have seen him.
Miss Belle DeCosta has gone to the
city of Auburn to work in restaurant.
Miss Hazel DeCosta is working in
West Minot for Mrs. Howe.
Everett Pierce has resigned his work
in West Minot station and has fine
paying job in Massachusetts,. He has
the best wishes of all.
Charles DeCosta came out of his eel
lar last week with lighted lamp in his
hand, and his other hand we'll filled, and
thought his little granddaughter could
not get to the door before he had closed
it, but he heard noise and his daughter
found the babe of less than one and one
half years prone on the bottom of the
cellar. In very few places on her
head the skin was broken, but there were
no other bruises or broken bones.
Everett Conant is now cutting all the
small wood and brush from the land he
bought of Albert Merrill.
Clara Washburn is at home from Ok
ford, and reports having fine visit with
her cousins.