The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
Columbus Gossip
GEO. T. BLAKE.
(Stan Correspondent.)

~ OLUMBUS, Oct. 29.-J. A. Man.
ming, of Ashtabula, who has
been appointed successor to FL
mer E. Miller, of Canton, resigned, by
Chief M. Collier, of the stationary en-
gineers' department will enter upon
his new duties on Nov 8. Mr.. Man
ming is SO years old, is veteran of the
civil war and most of his life from
boyhood up has been spent in an en-
gine and boiler room. He is said to
be a practical engineer. He was en-
ployed as stationary engineer by the
Lake Shore railroad for rs years and
has served In similar capacity at the
Asbtabula light plant. He will make
Ashtabula headquarters temporarily.
Chief Collier said today that the dis
trict headquarters would probably be
changed from Canton to Warren to
suit the convenience of the new depu-
ty. The district deputies will meet
at Chief Golfers Office on Nov. 8
when Deputy Manning will be in
structed in his new work. Retiring
Deputy Miller has been presented with
a fine gold headed cane by Trumbull
association of stationary. engineers Of
Warren. The East Liverpool engi-
neers have surprise in store for Mr..
Miller which they will perpetrate on
him at that place this evening. There
were few applications Tor Deputy Mil
ler's place and Chief Collier assigned
as the reason for this that most engi-
.neers were earning more than the po-
sitiOn paid.
The judgment of custer given by the
supreme court Tuesday In the case in
volving the Spellmire board of edu-
cation and the special school district
located on the Hamilton and Butler
county line wipes out all the special
school laws. The decision Gusts the
board and restores the special school
district to its former position. At
torney General Sheets gives 1t as his
opinion that the purpose of the deci-
sion is to prevent the creation of such
districts In the future. but he said
further that the court would probably
not destroy all such acts until consti-
tutional ones could be provided. In
the closing hours of the special ses-
sion an act was passed by the legisla-
ture creating a special school district
at New Baltimore, Stark county.
There Is not the slightest doubt but
that 1t is invalid.
Wade Ellis, assistant corporation
counsel of Cincinnati. who was one
of the trainers Of the Nash code. In
an interview says that all special
school district acts. city boards Of
elections, city boards of equalization,
offices of county solicitor and county
engineer. boards OF control. acts
specially fixing salaries Of judges, and
payment of salaries instead Of fees to
certain county officials are all Illegal,
but states that they win be permitted
to stand until the enactment Of reme-
dial legislation. II his contention is
well taken, then the act authorizing
Stark county to increase the salaries
of It's resident common pleas judges
Is invalid. 1t was. passed last spring.
Secretary Savage OF the Ohio Mine
Workers organization, is preparing a
schedule which will show the wages
and conditions prevalent in Ohio min
ing districts which he will turn over
to President Mitchell for submission
to the anthracite strike arbitration
commission as criterion of what is
an equitable compensation for miners.
Suit has been filed here to test the
right Of the Mansfield reformatory
managers to transfer q former peni-
tentiary inmate from the reformatory
to that institution. The law prohibits
the sending of any one to the reform
atory who has been at the peniten-
tiary. and the managers discovered
that Charles G. Clayton, who had been
sentenced to the ref0rmatory from
Marietta for burglary had done time
In tho penitsntiary. therefore they or
dered him transferred to that institu-
tion. Habeas corpus proceedings have
|bssn begun TO secure his slsass. Tks
|ontceno o11Fthe case vii determlpo
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