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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-07
Cause of His demise.

SMITH hear your friend Green
was buried yesterday. What did he
die of?
Brown-Natural consequences.
Smith-Why, what do you mean ?
Brownie tried to bore hole in
a dynamite cartridge with gimlet.
Chicago Daily News.
1t used to be bread and cheese and
kisses. Now it is champagne, duck
and divorces.-Life.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-07

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Today' s
statement of the treasury balances in
the general fund, exclusive of the
100000 gold reserve shows:
Available cash balance, $241,741,.
S96.
Gold coin and bullion. $62,479,-
Ill.
Gold certificates, $7O,773,O73.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-07
THREE SALES MADE At
THE STOCK EXCHANGE

Four hundred shares of stock were
sold last night at the Stock Exchange
for $51S. One hundred Boston Ely
went at $2.32 IL; 100 Mcdonald Ely
at SEC, and 200 Ely Witch at 81.
The quotations were as follows:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-07
Good in All rhinas.

The farmers of Somersetshire, Eng.
land. say that thanks to the dust
raised by motor cars there is a re-
markable freedom from blight in
their orchards this year.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-07
Exports From New York.

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Exports of
general merchandise from the port of
New York for the week ending Au-
gust were valued at $S,503,579.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-07

FOR SALE-3 YEARS LEASE ON
one of the best business locations
on Aultman street. Address p. o.
Box 25. If
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-07

FOR SALE-A SADDLE HORSE,
which lady or gentleman can ride.
A bargain. Inquire at News Of
fee.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-07
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-NEARLY NEW TENT,
12x15; boarded up feet, with
floor and window At a bargain.
Enquire at News office, afternoons.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-07
Copper Lower.

Ely Witch =. ........2 0O@$1.O 90
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08

company was not stranded in Peoria. but
in Huntington. Saturday morning five
men and one lone woman found their way
to this city tired, dusty and hungry. The
lady, whose stage name is Miss Belle St
l.amant applied to OverSeer Of the Poor
KHAN and ne referred her to the pau
per commission. Later Geographic COM
munication was made with the woman s
relatives in Boston and in the evening
she received sufficient money from them
to pay her fare home.
Mr. Fitzgerald, one of comedy juggling
, team, asked to stay in the iail on Friday
evening and was accommodated. Satur-
/ day he secured a job in the lumber yards
The remainder of the company left towr
during the day in ones and twos. sevora
saying that they were going to Canada.
The company has been playing small
, towns in the State to small crowds an(
the ghost appeared but seldom The com
pany was booked for Northfcd on Satur
: day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
POLICEMEN IN TROUBLE.
One Removed from the Force and An
other Suspended for IntOxication.

A meeting OF the board OF police COM
missioners was held Saturday evening In
the police Office to hear charges OF intoxi-
cation against Officer J. F. I-aviene. The
mayors charges were sustained and Mr..
Lavtgne will he permanently removed
from the force. Mr.. Lavigne admitted the
charges and stated that it was the only
time he had touched liquor in several
years. This statement was not questioned
but it being an open violation Of the rules
It was decided the onense could not he
overlooked
Just before the hearing in the Lavigne
case word came that OfNcer W. w, Gar
row who has a beat in the north end,
was under the influence Of liquor At the
close OF the hearing Chief Russell and
Mayor Bigelow visited Garrow's beat and
found him In such condition that he was
not allowed 10 finish hts nights work and
Mayor Biselow has suspended him for a
period OF ID days During that time ne
Will have hearing before the police
commissioners to show cause why ne
should not be permanently removed from
the force
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
CHANGED THEIR PLEAS.
Domintck Panetta and Nelson Trou-
bley Admitted Their Guilt

Domnick Panctta and Nelson from
bley, who pleaded not guilty to charges
of breaches of the peace on Monday.
appeared again in city court Tues
day morning and pleaded guilty. from
bley was flncd 81 and costs Of s10.74,
and Panetta $40 and costs of $40. Both
men Will pay.
The case grew out Of fight on Sun
day afternoon on lower Cherry street
when both men found themselves In a
heated argument over a woman. \
nstic encounter followed and Panetta
who was getting the worst of it, drew
out a jack knife and tried to carve his
opponents face. When Omcer Mar
lowe appeared Dominick hurled the
knife at him, cutting one of his lit
tie fingers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
DEATH OF W. Il. DUNCAN.

The death OF Mr., Duncan occurred ir
Oakland, cal, AUG. :, 1907, the result OF
a shock received four years since by
the bursting of locomotive boiler. He
was the son OF the late George NJ, and
A. NJ. Duncan of Winooski where his
earlier years were spent He was for
some years In the employ OF the late
Socrates Beach, and later entered the
service of the Central Vermont railroad,
being successfully fireman and engineer.
For the last thirty years he has been
an engineer for the Southern Pacific
railroad, respected and honored by all
who knew him lie leaves beside his
widow, brother, G. w. II. Duncan. a
sister, Mrs f. A. smaley and children
and the children OF his sister, the late
Mrs, George f. Styles,
Interment will be In Oakland, Cal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
DEATH OF MRS. SPAULDING
Wns Prominently Identified with he.
nevolcnt Work during II Long Life.

The death Of Mrs. G, NJ, Spaulding. wife
OF the late Hon. G. NJ. Spauldng. oc-
Cured Sunday morning al her home. 50
College street Mrs. Spaulding was in her
18th year and is survived by a son, Err
nest j. Spaulding, and daughter, Mrs
II. l.. Percival, both Of this city. She
was a member of the College Street
Church, and during her residence in this
city was prominently Identified with ben
cvolent work having been at one time
president of the Home for Destitute Chill
dren, and at the time of her death was
an honorary member OF the hoard of that
institution. She was also connected with
the Adams Mission for many years. The
funeral was held from her late home
Tuesday at 80 p m, and the remains
We're taken to Jericho for !ntcrment
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
Panama Cannl-Erie Canal.

Machinery Is d!gElng the Pana ma
Canal a thousand times quicker than
the shovel dug the Erie.
Machinery produce the l.. e. NJ
Paint at 50 times less cost for labor
than If made by hand.
The l.. & NJ. gives the best job in
the world, because J.. & NJ, Zinc hard
ems l.. & NJ. White Lead and makes L.
& NJ. Paint wear like iron for 10 to 10
years.
1t only requires 4 gallons of this
celebrated paint and 3 gallons Of Lin
seed OIL at so cts per gallon, to paint
a moderate sized house
II any defect exists In l.. NJ. Paint
will repaint house for nothing
Sold by
II. NJ, HUI, Hineshurgh.
s. Bigwood Winooski
+. H. Flagg & Son. Richmond
w. s. Nay & Co, l'nderhill.
c. l. Hatch & Co. Waterbury.
8. f. Wilson. FairfaX.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
500 Reward 800.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased 10
learn that there is at least one dreaded diseasc
that science has been able to cure in ali its
Cure is the only positive cure known to the me
zeal fraternity. Catsrrh being . constitutional
disease, requires Q constitutional treatment
Hall Catarrh Cure Ii taken internally, acting
directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying tho foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patient strength
nature In doing its work. Tho proprietors have
much faith In its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that Il
fails to cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY d CO., Tolees, o.
~ Gold bv DrugRists. 76e.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
Ashley GUILTY.
Sent to House Of Correction for Viola.
ton of Liquor Law.

Comber Tuesday afternoon. charley with
keeping liquor on hand with intent to
sell, and pleaded guilty. Ashley received
q straight sentence OF not more than sin
or less than FIVE months In the House OF
Correction at Rutland.
Ashey's premises near Fort Ethan Aller
were searched about two weeks ago by
the sherin's department and several bot
ties containing liquor were found. Fol-
several years past complaints have beer
made against Ashley for the same offen~e
selling liquor, and he has also been con-
vtctcd for another offenss.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
THESPIANS STRANDED.
Nc,mbcrS Of vaudeville Company play
ed In Hard Luck.

The ways Of some actors are hard. SO
think the members of the defunct Conrad
Vaudeville company, who are now scat
tered to the four points of the earth The
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08

Most dishEurinG skin eruptions.
sCrofula, pimples. rashes, etc. are due
to impure blood Burdock Blood Bit
tors Is a cleansing blood tonic. Makes
YOU clear-eyed. clear Drained. clear
skinned.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
OFFSETS EXCEED PERSONAL
ESTATE

In three counties the amount Of the
offsets Is greater than the amount of
personal property taxed In Essex coun-
~ the personal property taxed amounts
10 S374s and the offsets Ssl1 $40; for
Lamoile the figures are S943, 537 against
81 2s2, $50. and for Orleans, ST. 500, 4ss against
s2.092A9S, The amount of personal prop
erty exempted in the whole State is II
ll-1oo per cent. of the total amount re-
turned. and ~ s4-10o of the whole amount
of personal property returned.
The simple way out of this difficulty
would seem TO be either to allow no of
sets on personal property or to allow
such offsets against real estate, To the
first proposal the objections are that it
would tend to drive personal property
out Of the State. or al least to drive Il
the great difficulty in the way Of trying
into hiding. so that there would be no
valuable increase Of the tax list; hut
this Is what the farmer members of the
Legislature. who como from the elias:
that complains most loudly about tax
alton, are unwilling TO give up the ex-
emptions they enjoy in the case of the
personal property they own.
REM EDlES PROPOSED.
The second proposal involves such pos
sibilites of modifying the entire tax
list of the State. with results that NJ
one can now fortel. and also has such
a tendency to open mp the entire sub
iect OF mortgage indebt edncss that
legislators have fought shy of IT,
The present commission has until
August 1905, to make It's report to the
governor Had it been able to report
this year the governor was authorized
to call an extra session of the Legisla-
ture to deal with the question, but as
the commission has already Just begun
its work no results were possible at
this time The whole matter. therefore,
goes over another year. into another
campaign, and whatever good results
may come from the work of the com
mission, the campaign charge will he
fairly made that the Legislature OF 1900
confessed its incapacity to deal with this
important subject.
For many years the great aim of tn
people of Vermont has been 10 bring
personal property into the tax list and
| the history Of the various enactments
| with this In view Is interesting.
FIRST TAXATION ACT.
| The first act aimed at securing ar
appraisal of property for purposes OF
taxation. after the independence of Yer
mont was declared. was passed in liz
and was modelled after the Connecticut
law, as was much of the early legisla-
ton. Specific rates were provided fol-
the various elements OF the list, With
some exceptions all male persons be-
tween 16 and On we're rated at s6: a regu.
lar scale of valuation for stock of diff
ferent kinds and different ages was
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08

Daily News, 1888; Burlington Light q
Power Co, 1892: r. B. Robinson. sl2.67;
W. II. Buckley & Co. $780, NJ. ID. L.
Thompson, SIS; NJ. C. Grandy. 5000; Shell
don Press. $50; l.. p. sprague. $500 n.
G. Florence. $500.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08

II you haven't the time to exercise 81
regularly. Doan's Regulets will pre-
vent constipation. They induce y mild
easy. healthful action of the bowels
without gripping. Ask your druggist forI
them, Csc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
CITY FATHERS BUSY
Meetings of City Council, Board
of Abatement and Aldermen.
Outline Plnn for Procedure for Public
Whnrf--AIdcrmcn vote to Issue
Notes to Pny for Ethan Allen
Particularly Taxes Abated.

a meeting of the city council n ses-
sion OF the board for abatement of
taxes and the regular monthly meet
Ing Of the board Of aldermen Mond-y eve
ming kept eleven of the city fathers
and divers other city officials at the
city hall until eleven o'clock and fur
nishcd the occasion for much heated
debate and bitter controversy 1t was
the warmcst legislative session since
the present administration has been
In power and many OF the live issues
of the day came up for consideration,
including the city dock and Ethan
Allen Park.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
SECRECY GUARANTEED

This is done TO afford the taxpayers
the protection of secrecy. since the re-
turns he is required to make 20 the listers
contain inqulsitorial questions regarding
Lis business. his property and his debts
This protection - maintained under the
new statute. and those who arc allowed
to inspect such inventories are forbidden
to give any informa ton learned from
them that would reveal the affairs OF
any individual.
The examination. which will begin at
once will furnish the commission with
complete information as TO the amount
Of different kinds of taxable property.
the amount that escapes taxation. the
rate of taxes. the amount OF offsets and
any injustice that may be worked to
debtors by tho present law.
Inequality OF taxation was one of the
strong arguments used by the indepen-
ent candidates in the last campaign,
and al the conditions were such to
make their arguments appeal to the
people, they were not without effect
The Legislature made several efforts &c
deal with the question and finally real
izine its inability to cope with It, au-
thorized the governor to appoint com
mission.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
MAKEUP OF COMMISSION

The chairman is the Hon. O. NJ. Bar
Der of Remington, a leading lawyer
and for two terms state auditor. The
other members are: Ernest Hitchcock
of Pittsford state forestry commits
sioner: George W. Pierce of Brattle-
bro. master of the state Grange L. P.
Slack of st. Johnshury, Allyn Ohm
sted Of Newbury and John II. Senter OF
Montpelier There are three democrats
and three republicans on the commits
sion. so it has nothing of a partisan ma
ture
The great inequality OF Vermont tax
alton is that real estate must pay its
full share. must pay dOubly when mort
gagged. and that personal property TO a
large extent escapes taxation. Persons
making a return of personal property
are allowed to Offset against the value
Of their property the amount Of debts
they are owing No offset is allowed in
! the case Of real estate.
TIL latest compilation Of returns
available shows that the value Of the
| real estate taxed in Vermont is S17579, %;
and of personal property $40. 49l ,o3l. while
the amount of personal property exempt
| ed on account of debts owing is $50, 35l,
| o2o
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
TAX LAWS OF VERMONT
The Special Commission Will
Gather Statistics at Once.
Many Equnlities In Present system
Property Escapes Listing by Means
OF Mnny OfYscts--Pcdsonnei
of Commission.

boN. PROCTOR special ldN COMMISSION
at its meeting took steps to secure
accurate and complete information Of
the workings of the present tax law
Throughout the state as a preliminary to
further work, says n Montpelier despatch
to the Boston Herald, which continues
In substance as follows:
Before any comprehensive scheme of
tax reform can be planned the defects.
as we'll as the good features, of the
present law must he known. To ac-
complish this an abstract will he made
of the inventories of taxable property
In every town in the state. A large
corps of men will he appointed i'm
mediately for this purpose and their
work will be finished up as carly a
possible, SO that tho commission may
tahulatc tho results OF their exam
ination and get the figures in shape for
careful study.
The general assembly last fall passed
an act authorizing appontees Of this
commission to examine such inventories.
Until the passage of that act no one was
allowed to examine an inventory after
1t had been filed in the town clerks office
except n few officials who were careful
~ specified. A tax payer was not allow
ed to inspect his own list after I had
been thus filed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-19
WESTERN MEN IN NEW YORK.
Brains Of Mountain and Prairie in De,
mand in the Financial Center.

Ever since the early days, when D.
o. Mills, J. B. Haggin and James r.
keene "~emigrated' from California to
New York, the metropolis has been
drawing largely on the west and south
for its supply Of men who do things"
theodore P. Shonts, both a southerner
and westerner, who has undertaken to
solve New York's great transit prob.
lem, is the latest importation in re-
Spouse to the call of the east.
The promptness with which Thos. F.
Ryan, Of Virginia, turned the Equit.
able Life Assurance Society over to
its policyholders, who now elect a ma.
jority Of its Board Of Directors, and
Invested himself of the control of the
stock which he bought from Jas. H.
Hyde, and the Gee of the new
management of the Society under the
direction of President Paul Morton,
have created a demand for the strong
men Of the south and west that is
greater than over before. Under the
Morton management the Equitable has
made a better showing than any other
insurance company in the way of i'm.
proved methods, economies and in.
creased returns to policyholders.
f. H. Gary, head Of the greatest cor.
poration in the world-the Z. S. Steel
Co.-John W. Gates, Henry c. Prick,
Norman B. Ream, VIM. H. Moore and
Daniel G. Reid are other ~westerners
who are among the biggest men in
New York.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-19
GETS FELLOWS OuSTEp,
New Member Of Mining Company
Starts Vigorous Reform,

Gen. Mark w. Sheafe of WATERFOWL
IS being widely advertised for his hon
esty by the decision of Judge Whiting
at Huron in the CASE of the American.
Mexican Mining and Development
company. The litigation before Judge
Whiting was instituted about two
years ago by one A. T. Benson, who
brought suit to enjOin the company
from paying dividends and to make its
directors restore alleged illegal profits
they made out Of the business. All
the directors except Mark w. Sheafe
have been held to be liable to the com.
pany for mismanagement, and the
cOmpany's present officers are direct.
ed to bring action against the direct.
ors for sums said to exceed $500, 900.
Besides this 5000, 900 shares of pro-
moter's stock has been Cancelled, thus
reducing the outstanding capital from
$1,000. 900 to $500, 900. This action has
already been commenced in the Chi.
cago courts, most of the directors liv.
ing there. ,
Gen. Sheafe was elected to the board
- ~ q SoA- oSo,
and he at once proceeded to investi-
gate the holdings Of the company in
Mexico. His examination revealed
gross mismanagement and Irregular.
ties on the part of the directors and
resulted in a demand for their resigna-
ton by the stockholders, the general
alone being excepted. Upon the Or
ganization of the new board he was
elected president, and the offices were
removed to this city. Under his man
agement the mines have been operated
at a profit.
Gen. Sheafe is one Of the old wal
horses Of the Democratic party in
South Dakota, and counts his friends
by the thousand. He has the distinc.
ton of holding the only brigadier gen.
erals commission ever issued by Presi.
dent Mckinley, he having served in
that capacity during the Spanish.
American war.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-19
CREATES A NEW FRUIT.
Hybrid Cherry and Apricot Adapted
to Middle West.

Prof. N. Z. Hansen of the South Da.
kota agricultural college at Bookings
who has been spending a few days in
Sioux Falls. is one of the experts OF
the country who stand high with the
department of agriculture at Washing
ton. He has twice made distant trips
In the interest of the department, once
making a trip of 1000 miles by sleigh
and wagon, seeking for forage plants
which were adapted to the United
States.
This trip encircled a great part OF
the world. Last January Prof. Han
sen returned from a six-months' trip
through Europe, looking for grades OF
alfalfa which were adapted to the
northern climate, and success was
shown by his report to the depart.
ment. He has discovered an alfalfa
which will not only do well in the
extreme northern portions Of this coun'
try, but also in Canada, and the Cana.
dian Northwest will also come in for
a part of the benefits of Prof. Hen.
sens Investigation.
Prof, Hansen puts In much Of his
time in experiments, and he has re.
Gently developed a new fruit. which
as yet has no name, but is called
South Dakota No. T." 1t is a hybrid
between the wild cherry n the april.
cot, and is said to be a delicious fruit
The professor is continuing his x
periments along these lines, and only
gives out results when he is quite sure
of them.
: There is some talk that the new al.
falfa being developed at Brookings
shall be known as the Hansen Alfal.
IA" The professor is modest, and
does not encourage this, but it is like.
ly that the name will be adopted in
spite of his modest protest.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-19
SETTLERS SHOOT CATTLE.
Stockmen and Homesteaders Quarrel
Over Range.

The range stock question is reach
ing an acute stage in western Stanley
county, where the homesteaders are
being accused of shooting stock which
ranges upon the lands in which they
have put their crops. The stockmen,
in compliance with custom and the
law as it shows on its face, are allow
ing their stock to run at will and the
gardens and crops of the homestead
ers are the sufferers from such tres
pass. The ranchers say their stock is
found suffering from shotgun wounds
and in many cases killed from rifle
shots. They are offering rewards for
evidence regarding the perpetrators,
but that will be hard to secure as the
homesteaders believe they are right
in keeping live stock off their crops
by any mea in their power. The
cattlemen claim to be in the right
and there does not appear to be any
middle ground for compromise.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-19
TELL PROSPERITY STORY.
Increase in Bank Stock Shares for Tax
Lists Are Enormous.

Some remarkable changes were
made in the equalization Of taxes by
the county commissioners of Brown
county, and the increases, particular.
ly in the item classified as shares OF
bank stock, give a startling demon
stration of the growth and prosperity
of this section of the county, Among
the increases made were the follow
ing: First State Bank of Ferney,
100 per cent; First State Bank OF
Hecla, 1913 per cent; First State Bank
of Stratford. 100 per cent; Farmers
State Bank Of Frederick, so per cent;
First National Bank of Groton, Sc per
cent. Stock Of several banks are
boosted from 20 to 35 per cent In
equalized value.