The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-13

qualified to do business in this state
Monday. The company will have an Of
fee at Akron, its agent there being s.
s. Miller.
Last week Attorney General Sheets
gave State Auditor Guilbert an opinion
on the matter of taxing telephones,
which would increase the valuation of
taxation for each phone belonging to
the Bell Telephone company from $3.50
to $40. AS there are about $4,000 phones
in Ohio belonging to the Bell Telephone
company, the increase of revenue to
the state resulting from the increased
valuation, IL the company abides by the
attorney generals ruling, will amount
to from $4,000 to $25,000 per year and
above the amount of taxes the COM
pany has heretofore paid. This, too,
applies for five years last past.
The ruling of Attorney General Sheets
was so garbled by some newspapers
that upon his return from Tennessee
the attorney general gave out the fol-
lowing statement, Monday, regarding
his ruling:
lowing to the apparent disposition of
some newspapers to criticise my con-
duct with reference to placing the
American Bell Telephone company up
on the tax duplicate for omitted taxes,
Fdeem 1t but Just to myself to acquaint
the public with the facts. I find that
1t Is popularity understood that the
whole telephone box belongs to the
American Bell Telephone company.
This Is wholly wrong; the only part
owned by the Bell company is the hand
telephone and the transmitter-a
couple Of little instruments one can
almost hold in the hollow of his hand
The testimony in the case showed that
instead of the Central Union company
paying $14 year rental for the year
1897, 1t paid in Franklin county, $2.19. 1t
also appeared in evidence (and there
was not a syllable of testimony to con-
| tradict it) that the life of the instru-
ment is only four years. But the ave-
| rage yearly rental for the years 1S94-5-
81, was $3.50, and the life of the in
strument, according to the evidence,
| was only four years. The total sum
| received by the American Bell Tele-
phone company for one instrument un-
til it becomes worthless would be
81. .90x4-$11.60. This, though would be
payable in installments and would not
| be the present worth of the instrument; I;
the present worth being $10.35, the sum
| for which, according to the testimony,
the instrument ought to be returned for
| taxation. The auditor of state and
had to take the case as 1t was made in
the evidence, not as the public thought
| 1t was. Had the affidavits offered by
the Bell company been taken as the
guide, there would have been no ad-
ditional sum placed upon the duplicate
against this company. / shall try to dc
my duty, and hope the newspapers will
investigate and learn the facts about
my official conduct in all instances"
Columbus, July 11.-Julius Whiting
of Canton, failed to secure place or
the executive committee selected Tues
day by the Republican state central
committee. Senator Archer, of Bellaire
who was also slated for selection, like.
wise failed to make the proper connec.
ton.
Charles NJ. Hogg, of Cadiz, who was
made one of the members is an ex'
senator, having represented Archer:
district several years ago.
Pat Moran, one of Stark county.
guests at the state bastile, may develoI
into a prison demon" Several week:
ago Pat wanted to kill the foreman o
the shop where he was employed, ant
later he took French leave of mi
quarters and caused quite commotiol
until he was found. The officials de
cided that Pats think tank was out o
gear and they had him placed in tn
insane asylum, where he is still con
fined. For some time another inmat
named William Jones, better known a
"Scotty," has been applying all kind
of fancy epithets to Moran, chiefly oil
account of an antipathy he has 70
anything celtic. Jones is a Scotchmal
and yesterday as usual he was veEtini
his spleen on Moran, when the latte
concluded he had had enough of tha
: sort of thing and he struck at his tor
menter with a chair The ceiling was il
the way; otherwise Jones's skull nigh
have been crushed, but as 1t is he ha
a very sore head. Moran has been plac
ed in solitary confinement.
The state convention of the People
party will be held in Columbus, Jul
27 and 2S.
! The state inspector of workshops an
factories is sending out copies of Tn
( law passed last winter compelling own
Y ers of steam boilers to attach auto
e matte water shut-offs to boilers afte
y November Is, this year.
A special from Bellaire says. Fran
= and Alice Salter, of Stark county, OhiC
= have brought suit in common plea
$ court here for over LOO against Levi
= N. Jordan and his mother Mrs. Jenni
/ Jordan. Lewis Jordan is proprietor G
e the Flying Jordans," an acrobat
family that has toured the world. Fl
, was raised in this city where his mothe
e still lives and has made success of tn
, show business, accommodating quite
/ large amount Of property.
t The plaintiffs recite that the wer
= employed as speciality artists by Jord
$ an in London, England, october, 1872
a and reported for duty at Colombo, Cey
s lon, and began on their twelve month
contract in November Of the same yea
t They say they were discharged with
Al wifi a,.t nf hai