Three- commissioners and a sheriff's jury, composed of ,sixteen business men, .began on .August 28' to innuiro into tho sanity' of Mr. Edward; Vandei;biit, -lumber merchant who recently married 'Mrs.'vMayi Popper, a notorious 'spiritualist,^medium!'''Tho 1 inquiry wis asked for by tho millionaire's daughter on tho ground that he was completely controlled bj;,"ijt)Jo Bright ."Byes;"..a..spirit with which ' Pepper'claimed to bo in communication. , A tax ■on "bachelors ais being energetically' 'imposed in " tho t'own of'Ab^ecou, 1 New Jerfioy; 1 A wealthy bachelor, Frank Ilamill, appeared bofore tho board of assessors protesting that his taxes hail boon raised by ,£2O, and demanding an . explanation. The assessor informed him that the amount was added, becanso ho is not married. "1 am going to'enforce tho :anti-bach«lor' hue ;liiw," he ;oxclaiiniSd.'v"iT<i'ii rich single men escape' the ca.ro and ospeneo' of raising a family, and yot you kick at tho .paltry tax of .£20." Other rich bachelors havo discovered that'ithoy, : too, are ordered to pay extra taxes this year, and they aro talking of engaging a lawyer to contost the law's validity in tho courts and bol'aro the State Tax Board:
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 19, 17 October 1907, Page 10
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184Untitled Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 19, 17 October 1907, Page 10
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