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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
STATE TO ASK GOVERNMENT
FOR MANUFACTURERS DRAW
BACK ON TRAIFF.
Governor Mead Instructs State Board
of Audit and Control to Take
Up Question.

The state board of control, at the
take steps to secure from the United
States rebate of the duty paid on the
jute imported for manufacture into
grain bags, etc, at the state peniten-
tiary. The governor has addressed
the following letter to the board:
Il am advised that the state is en-
titled to and may obtain from the
United States government a rebate
on the customs duties collected by that
government on imports of jute subse-
quent1y manufactured at the peniten-
tiary. These imports and the customs
duties exacted in consequence are in
the aggregate a considerable sum.
while the state does not pay these
duties directly since it buys from the
importers it does indirectly, as the
duty, of course, is added to the price
Being the manufacturer, the state, I
am informed, is entitled to the rebate
mentioned in the following paragraph
of the federal statutes annotated when
our manufactured product is shipped
foreign.
CThen is quoted sections 3O15 and
301S of the statutes which permit a
drawback of 80 per cent of duties)
Il am informed that the fact that
the product passes through several
hands after leaving possession of the
state does not interfere with the claim
of the state for the drawback, but that
if grain sacks, for instance, manufac-
tured by the state from imported jute
can be identified by a certain colored
thread woven in the cloth such iden-
LITIGATION is accepted by the federal
authorities as the base for the draw
back in case these sacks are shipped
to foreign lands and the drawback is
cOllectible by the manufacturer, in
this instance the state, at the point of
export.
please take this matter up with
the proper authorities to the end that
the state may be able to claim and
collect the drawback
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
STATE TAX COMMISSION DOUBTS
WHETHER DEBTS MAY BE
TAKEN OFF.
Will Render a Complete Opinion of the
Much Discussed Question in
the Near Future.

The state tax commission has ISSUED
an opinion on the assessment of banl
stock in the form of a letter to NJ. G
| True, county assessor, at Colfax. II
substance the opinion says:
Replying to your inquiry of the
! 14th inst, addressed to the attorney
general, i. e.: is a nonresident of the
county, or of the state, entitled to de-
duct his indebtedness from the value
of his bank stock as an offset against
the assessment of the stock for taxa
tion?'
ITO the question raised for consid-
Grafton by your query, we would an
swer that a nonresident has a right to
deduct from credits assessed to him
With nthis state the amount of debts
in good faith owing by him to persons
collectible herein; that he would not
be entitled to deduct any Indebtedness
owing and collectible outside the
state.
The rule above mentioned would
apply with equal force to a resident
of this state also. 1t would seem to us
that the intent of our revenue law was
to deal with property the situs of
which is within the confines of the
state, and over which the state, it's
machinery of government and laws has
jurisdiction. An attempt to exercise
jurisdiction over or to regulate any
species of property outside OF the state
would be absolutely without avail
1T is clearly the intent Of the franz
erS of our constitution that all prop
erty within the state, of every kind
and nature, should be subject to as
sessment and taxation. 1t is our opin-
ion that this provision permitting the
deduction of debts from credits was
inserted for the sole purpose of saw
ing that species Of property from
double taxation.
''All credits being defined as prop
erty for the purpose of taxation (see
laws of 1901, extra session, Sec. l,
page 81 the only debt that should be
deducted from credits is a debt that
is in good faith, owing and enforcible,
and Which constitutes a taxable credit
and is accessible to the creditor with
in the state.
whether or not bank stock is a
credit from which debts may be de-
Quoted is, in our minds, very doubt
full question. but one upon which we
do not at this time feel called upon to
express an opinion. You will, how
ever, in the near future, receive an
intimation Of our views on this ques-
tion.''
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
DEEP MYSTERY IN DEATH.
Young Man Dies From Shot on tn,
Street.

DES MONIES, Ia, July 21.-Fritz
Westbrook. a salesman in the Harris
Emery department store died yester-
day as the result of a pistol wound
and the police are mystified over the
case. Westbrook was returning from
visit with a girl friend when he was
shot down in the street. His woun i
was similar to that inflicted upon the
late President Mckinley at Buffalo
and exactly the same operation was
performed in an effort to save the
mans life. Westbrook lived approx
mately the same length of time after
the shooting that the president did.
Westbrook was formerly a football
on the Iowa college team. He was an
all-round athlete. When the detec-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
OLD MANS RICHES.
Septuargenaris.n Bridegroom DYING
Wife Was Telephone Girl.


NEW YORK, July 21.-Lying al
deaths door in the White Mountains
stricken with Bright's disease, E. r
Whitney. the Canadian millionaire
cannot survive longer than a few days
at least, and it may devolve on his
pretty 22-year- old bride, who was Miss
Anna Bennett of Brooklyn, to take
charge of his estate. The septuarge-
marian husband, after a brief court
ship married Miss Bennett in Brook
lyn last May. The union was purely
a love match and was countenanced
by both families.
After the honeymoon trip, the aged
husband developed symptoms of acute
Bright's disease, and now the shadow
Of a fatal illness was cast over the
romance of May and December.
The girl, who may the heir to to
Whitney's immense wealth if ne fails
to survive, was, a few months ago, the
telephone operator in the Grand Union
hotel. Her beautiful voice captivated
the millionaire Canadian, who. after
meeting her parents, proposed mar
riage. The wedding was delayed only
long enough for Miss Bennett to OBJ
tain a dispensation from Rome.
Before the wedding Mr.. Whitney
settled 100000 on his fiancee and
showered on her costly presents,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21

tive tried to interview him after the
shooting he said:
There is no use looking for clues.
The murderer will never be found"
From this strange statement the
police have taken the stand that the
murder was the result of jealousy and
that Westbrook met a rival for his
sweethearts affection and fought the
man. The police say that Westbrook,
feeling that he mad fair fight ana
lost, regarded it as dishonorable to
tell on the man who killed him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
LOST ON PIXIES PEAK.
Iowa Girls Lost Trail in Descending
the Mountain.

MAQUOKETA, Iowa, July Oh
the Misses Edna and Josephine Filter
Of Maquoketa, Iowa, who are visiting
at Colorado Springs, are lost Don
Pixies Peak. They left Manitou Tues
day morning as members of a burro
party Of thirty, and stopped at the
Half Way house to stay over night
Next morning they decided to return
alone and lost the trail. The sheriff
of the county has large parties of anx-
ious searchers looking for the young
women.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
JUDGE HANFORD SUSTAINS OF
FICERS IN ENFORCING
ACT OF LAST WINTER.
diction to Adjudicate Matter
May Be Unconstitutional.

Upon the ground that he had nc
jurisdiction, Judge Hanford of the
federal court refused to issue tie in
junction prayed for by Sperry &
Hutchinson, trading stamp company
forbidding the attorney general, the
prosecuting attorney and the sheriff
from proceeding against them under
the law passed by the last Legislature
The enforcement of the law would
stamp company to do business in this
state. The decision of the court Tues
day sustained the demurrer made
by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Prig-
more.
In no way did the court pass upon
the constitutionality of the law. The
demurrer raised simply the question
of the courts lack of jurisdiction, and
Judge Hanford confined mis- findings
to this phase of the case.
The court also declared that the
United States courts have no juris
diction of an action the purpose OF
which was to prevent state from en-
forcing criminal laws within the state
For both of these causes the demurrer
interposed by the deputy prosecuting
attorney was sustained.
The suit that Judge Hanford decided
this morning was commenced on June
8, one day after the law went into eff
feet The court was asked to enjoin
the public officials from interfering
with the company in the conduct Of its
business until such time at the law
could be tested.
Despite the opinion of Judge Han
ford, it is not likely that the prose
cutting attorney or the other officials
will make an active effort to enforce
the law. They are satisfied them
selves that it is plainly in violation OF
the constitution, and that it is impos-
sible to punish any one for violating
! it. The law was passed at the request
of merchants who object to competing
with storekeepers who give premiums
as an inducement for patronage.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
Mine Mules to Go,

WILKESBARRE, Pa, July 21.-The
has completed a mammoth electric
power plant and next week will begin
collieries in the northern part of tine
city by electricity. The small locomo-
and the mine mules will be a thing OF
the past The company has given the
electrical devices a systematic tria
and the result was entirely successful
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21
Vermont Editors in Session,

BRATTLEBORO, VT, July I'll
Membes of the Vermont Press associ-
alton are gathered here for their an
nual midsummer meeting. This even
ing Clifton L. Sherman, of the Hart
ford Courant, will address the associ-
alton on the subject of newspapers
and Newspaper Men, The editors
will devote tomorrow to entertain
ment
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-21

Bowen's next letter to Secretary Taft
may not begin with a Dear Bill =
Tacoma Ledger.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
RURAL ROUTES
In Jefferson County Will Affect sa.
lineville Postoffice.

Salineville, Aug. 23.-Information
comes to this village that the rural
routes as planned to start from Berg.
holz, Jefferson county, will take away
a number of patrons from the Saline.
vile Office. as we'll as discontinue the
star mail route from Salineville to
Somerset which serves six small Of
fees along the route. The one route
from Bergholz will come within a few
miles of the corporation limits of the
village south of town. The news that
everything looked favorable for the
routes has aroused indignation in
some quarters where the r. f. ID.
routes are not wanted as the people
are served daily as it is, when If the
mail starts from Bergholz it will be
just one day late according to pres
ent arrangements. Whit Myler of
Somerset has the contract for carry
ing the mail over the star route from
Salineville to Somerset will lose his
job for the government under the
new change. The parties along the
star route are served with daily mail
at present.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25

go out to her fathers shop and call
him, but Mr.. Freymark followed and
saw his brother sitting reading news
paper. Mrs. Udick said, "Mr. Frey
mark, here's your brother" The story
of what followed is best told in Mr..
Freymark's own words:
1--WE clasped hands. / simply said
Ernest, and he replied, August and
We stood silent and happy, choking
with emotion. Tears welled in our
eyes and we cried, just like two lost
children.
When l left Ernest his hair was
black as jet; now 1t is white as snow.
He is married and has a daughter and
two sons. His wife died last March
After coming to America he located in
Cleveland, where he met, courted and
wed Miss Amelia Eckert. They re-
moved to Canton, and Mr.. Freymark
opened shoe shop, which business he
has actively followed with success ever
since"
when you called" he said to the
Tribune reporter, 81 had just finished
writing long letter to Ernest. / am
planning to hold reunion here at my
home early next monJn, and my broth
er and his children have promised to
attend. After that my son, George,
leaves for college to study pharmacy.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
Assigned 10 crestline.

]. e. Lind, of Canton, who was
formerly mail clerk on the G. and
M. division of the Pennsylvania lines,
was in Dover yesterday. Mr.. Lind had
the misfortune to lose three of his
fingers off one Of his hands some time
ago.
He has resigned the position of mail
clerk and been assigned to Crestline
as transfer clerk.-Canal Dover Re.
porter
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
LONG LOST BROTHER
FOUND IN CANTON
HAPPY EXPERIENCE OF EAST
LIVERPOOL MAN.
After Forty-two Years Separation the
Brothers August and Ernest
Freymark are United.

Wednesdays East Liverpool Tribune:
Clasping hands with brother he bade
goodbye AZ years ago in Germany
and had since mourned as dead, August
Freymark Of West Eourth street last
Friday in Canton spent several of the
happiest hours of his life.
The two brothers, August and Ern-
est, were born in Colmar, Germany
Ernest was the eldest, being born in
1887, August first seeing the light of
day four years later Both learned the
trade of shoemaker. Turbulent times
broke out in Germany in 1868, and
August said farewell to all and re-
moved to Russia, where he resided sew
eral years. Ernest enlisted in the Ger
man army and fought through the
war. In 1872 August received a letter
from his father, stating that Ernest
had set sail for America, where he
hoped to improve his fortune.
A few years later August Freymark
came to this country, and, finding
many shoemakers, learned the potters'
trade. But he heard nothing of the
whereabouts of his brother. August
came to East Liverpool, married and
raised family of three sons and a
daughter.
Mr.. Freymark had often heard that
there was a man in Canton of the
same name, but did not know nor did
not suspect that 1t could be his long
lost brother Ernest. He visited Can
ton last Friday, going to the picnic
given by the Protected Home Circle
and while in Canton called for dinner
at the home of Charles Udick, an old
friend, who formerly conducted a gro
Gerry store Is years ago in Second
! street.
Mr.. Udick knew of a man named
| Freymark, whose wife had been a mem.
ber of the ladies' society of the Ger.
man church, and it was decided to call
and ascertain whether there was any
relationship between the two families
They called at the Freymark home
and the daughter answered their ring
Mr.. Freymark asked as to the name OF
the family, and then told the girl he
was her fathers brother. She asked II
that were so, and stood for a moment
looking at him, not satisfied that such
could be the truth. Then she said she
had often heard her father speak of Q
sbrother named August, and she would
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
Father Arnouid Attended Reception,

A reception in which eight candi-
dates professed and eleven entered
their novitiate, was celebrated at
Notre Dame convent, Cleveland, Tues
day. Rev. Msgr. G. f. Houck, of the
Cleveland diocese. conducted the cere-
monies. Among those who assisted III
the ceremonies was Rev. Father Vic
tor Arnould, of st. Peters church of
Canton. Miss Edna Boesche, of this
city, was among the candidates.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
Low Rates to portland, Ore, via
CHICAGO Great Western Railway.

Tickets on sale frequently begin.
ming May 23rd till Sept 29th. Also
very low rates to Seattle, Tacoma,
Bellingham, and Everett, Wash, Vic.
toria and Vancouver, b. c.. and San
Francisco, Los Angeles and San Di.
ego, Cal. For low rates. dates of
sale and other information apply to
w. D. Jones, T. p. A., 91S Park Bldg.
Pittsburg. Pa.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
Cars Ordered Out of CITY.

Alliance, o.. Aug. 23.-The city
board of health elected Allen Flrestone
inspector of plumbing and electric
wiring and ordered the Cleveland &
Pittsburg Railroad Co to remove from
the city cars in which foreign laborers
are living in an unsanitary condition.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
KEYSTONE GOVERNOR
Refuses to Sign ths Shea RequIsition
PAPERS.

Governor Pennypacker, Of Pennsyl.
vania, has refused to sign requisition
papers, that Harry Shea Holidays
burg Slim" may be brought to Canton
to answer to three old indictments for
vagrancy. County Prosecutor r. H.
Day has given up all hope of bringing
him back
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
The Superintendent.

Mr.. w. w. Helwig, superintendent
]. H. Eller C Co.. and gentleman of
rare musical culture has just pur-
chased an elegant $4O0 McPhail piano
from |. ID. Lovett. wholesale agent.
The Auditorium, 404 North Cleveland
avenue.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
Llauor Mems outlnn.

AT s o'clock, Wednesday morning.
between 15 and 20 members of the
Canton Liquor league. left for Crystal
Springs. near Massillon, where they
were entertained by tho members OF
the Massillon Liquor league.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
Eckroste Reunion.

The seventh annual reunion of the
Eckroate family will be held at Mey-
ers lake today. This family is largely
represented In Stark county and the
reunion is one Of the largest held in
this section.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
Case Against Barberton Man Dis
missed.

The case against George Silley, of
Barberton, charged with selling liquor
without a license. was dismissed by
United States Commissioner julius
Whiting, because of lack of ev:-
dence. The prosecution was conduct
ed by Assistant United States District
Attorney Carey, of Cleveland.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
$500 to st. Paui and Minneapo lie
and Return from Chicago via
Chicago Great Western
Railway.

Tickets on sale daily to September
10th. Final return limit October 31st.
Also equally low rates to points in
Minnesota, North Dakota, Colorado,
Utah and Wyoming. For further In.
formation apply to w. ID. jones, T.
p. A., 91S Park building. Pittsburg,
Pa.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25
Music Teacher For Canton College.

Music Teacher For Canton College.
The Canton College and Bible Insti.
tute has secured Miss Elsie Gather
inc Wise to take charge of the musical
department of that young and growing
institution. Miss Wise is a graduate
of the Sternherg School of Music, Phil
adelphia, Pa. She has had eight years
of practical work in teaching. Miss
Wise will begin her work on Septem-
Der 18th, at which time the Canton
College opens for its second years
work. Miss Wise comes very highly
recommended by Mrs. w. G. Moulton,
of the Sternberg School of Music.
Miss Wise is a native of Stark county,
and has the reputation OF being dill
gent and painstaking, as well rs a
competent teacher.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-25

The Duke OF Sutherland has express
ed his intention, owing to the pollu.
tion of the Trent, which runs through
his grounds. to close Trentham Hall
to the public.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26
The Limit.

A Scotch minister instructed his
clerk, who sat among the congrega-
ton during the service, to give low
whistle if anything in his sermon ap-
reared to be exaggerated. On hearing
the minister say, "In those days there
were snakes fifty feet long," the clerk
gave a subdued whistle.
81 should have said thirty feet" add
ed the minister.
Another whistle from the clerk.
con consulting Thompson's Con-
cordance," said the minister, in con-
fusion, 81 see the length is twenty
feet"
Still another whistle; whereon the
preacher leaned over and said in a
stage whisper; Eye can whistle as
much as We like, Macpherson, but I'll
no take anither foot off for anybody"
--Harper's Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26
Graduated Costs.

The chauffeur had been hauled up
in the rural court for violating the
speed limit
How much, your honor?" asked
the prisoner.
"Ten dollars" drawled the long
whiskered judge, with look of i'm.
portance.
But the bailiff needs a new pair
of gum boots for this winter"
Twenty dollars fine"
"And the constable needs an over
coat and fur cap"
Thirty dollars fine"
"And the old horse that draws the
lookup wagon needs a blanket"
Forty dollars fine. And, young
man, you better run while you have
the chance, for if the court finds it
is in need of anything else we are
liable to attach your machine"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26
FLESH-EATERS AMONG PLANTS.
Scientists Know of Many Murderous
Species.


Species.
THE leaves of this plant were curl.
Gus" the botanist said. Each had a
lot of long, coarse hairs on it, and
knob in the center covered with green
mucilage.
"A bee lighted on one of the hairs
Then strange thing happened. The
neighboring hairs seemed to come &c
life. They reared up and bounced upon
the bee, they carried it over to the
knob and they pressed it firmly into
the mucilage. Life then left them
They were simple hairs again.
THE bee struggled heiplessly, like
fly stuck on fy-paper. The leaf gradu'
last, as in an apple dumpling the pas
try envelopes the fruit And few
hours later the leaf opened again, but
no sign of the bee remained. 1t had
been devoured
This plant was the sundew, the
flesh-eating sundew, about which Ros-
setti wrote his best poem.
There are many fiesh-eaters among
plants. The bladderwort, the tooth
wort and the butterwort attract in
sects and animalculae, and, imprison-
ing them by means of hairs and mu'
cilage, devour them at leisure.
in Borneo and South America 1t is
said that there are large fiesh-eating
trees, powerful enough to capture and
digest foxes, gulls, children, even men.
But we have no scientific truth that
such trees exist. They could exist of
course, but, till we actually see them,
it is best to regard the stories about
them as native twaddle"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26
The Farmers Life.

The farmers HES the life fer me
Without no patches on my knee,
But like the millionaire from town
That comes down here an strolls aroun
The "model farm O. his an shows
His hands the way to hoe the rows
The farmers life's the life fer me.
With blooded stock ap' two er three
Big horseless carriages to whirl
Me into town to see my girl,
An stop along the route to squint
Up through a glass with hints O mint.
The farmers life's the life fer me-
To go to bed at two or three
sG'clecl,s the way some farmers do,
An git up when l wanted to,
I reckon could kind o. smile
An stand the farmers life a while.
Detroit Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26
Not Quite SO Bad.

When he came up the hallway she
plucked something from his manly
shoulder.
"See,' she cried, ga strange hair!
You are a base deceiver."
He shuddered and turned pale.
Eyes" she continued in a cold
voice, you have allowed some boot.
black to brush you down instead Of
waiting for my loving hands to ma
nipulate the brush. Oh, George. you
do not love me any more! | can tell
it is strange bristle."
With a great feeling Of relief he
told her that she might brush off his
coat forever.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26
Worse.

81 just heard you mention Dabley,'
said the returned traveller. When !
knew him some years ago he used tc
go on tear once in a while"
WELL" replied the stay-at-home.
he goes on a tear twice in while
now