The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-06-06
ACTION AGAINST WILLIS III
LAW WILL BE UNAVAILING
General Sheets Declares That SUI
preme Court Will Decide Against Stark
County Manufacturers=-GOssip From
the Capital City.
BY Der e. WILLIAMSON. s,an Correspondent,

is son of DR.. r. G.. Williams, OF ALI
ance, lately chairman of the Democrat
ic county committee. Judge Williams
is serving his first term and was nom
mated last Saturday. by the Democrats
for a second term; with practically no
opposition. He is a popular citizen as
we'll as just and upright judge, a
good mixer and a clever fellow gen.
orally. That he will get another term
there seems little doubt.
ss
Touching upon the primaries here 1t
might be mentioned that another Stark
county man was somewhat engaged In
politics about that time. Fred Lied,
formerly a member of the council In
Canton, but who came here some years
ago and is in the lighting business
branch connected with the Sun Vapor
business-was a candidate for clerk
OF the courts. He ran third in field
of three, but the vote for all was close.
Lied made good canvass and his pic.
ture was on every telegraph pole in
town. He drew some acquaintance out
of the inuss anyhow, and they will
know him next time he wants anything
Lied is one of the prominent figures
in the business world and will be heard
from again in the field of politics. His
wife is q sister of City Engineer Weber,
of Canton.
The Ohio Steam Pump company, in
corporated under the laws of West
Virginia, has been admitted to Ohio
Its principal place of business will be
at Canton. The capital stock, s100 900,
is divided into 800 shares, $4,000 Of
the capital being subscribed, $500 Of
which has been paid The value of the
property at Canton is placed at $4,000
The incorporators e>Harvey W. Vine,
Emil e. Chevraux, Henry J. Wernet
and Jacob w. Steiner, of Canton, and
E. S. Barnes, of Youngstown. Each
of the incorporators has subscribed for
ten shares of stock except Steiner who
has subscribed for five shares. Wernet
is the president, Barnes the vice pres
ident and Vine the secretary aud legal
agent.
The hearing of the case of w. NJ.
Hahn, ex-state insurance commissioner
of Ohio, who is under indictment IN
New York for alleged appropriation OF
$4,000 from the Manhattan Fire In
surance company, has been postponed
until June II on account of the illness
of Congressman Skiles, his chief coun-
sci. The New York city authorities
are fighting to secure Hahn's return
to that city. Governor Nash took up
the matter Tuesday afternoon.
Governor Nash will attend the en-
campments of the national guard this
year. He will remain in camp as long
as the soldiers are there. One of the
features of the encampment of the
Second brigade wal be grand review
There will be rifle practice by compan-
les and maneuvers in regimental and
brigade formation. =
Governor Nash has received a tele-
gram fI0m State Claim Agent Tolford,
who is at Washington, stating that the
national government has allowed the
state of Ohio S458, 900 as interest on the
money used by the state in equipping
her troops for service in the civil war
The taxes received thus far under
the Willis law amount to $30S, 600.
There are a number Of corporations
which have not yet sent in their
checks. the receipt of which 1t is es-
timated will swell the receipts to about
100000. The taxes imposed under the
Cole excise law are not due until Sep
tembsr.
Two murders were committed in Col
umbus Tuesday. Late in the afternoon
Richard j. Sands, an old soldier,
slashed Mrs. Victoria Richardson's
throat from ear to ear with razor.
A. W. Hartness and Xavier Nieder-
neler quarreled in saloon and the
latter stabbed the former to death with
a large pocket knife. He claims he
acted in self defense.
The monthly report OF State Rail-
road Commissioner J. c. Morris shows
that SO persons met death on the rails
during May.