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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
Just Taxation.
Ohio.-Who Has Thwarted
His Efforts?

Tho Cleveland Tax Board Appointed
BY johnson Assessed tho Public Mo.
nopolies at the Proper Rate, But II
Was Taken OF by Republican state
Officials at Columbus.
The campaign which Mayor John
son is now making In this state for
just taxation is no new idea nor fad
gotten up to catch voters. For three
years he has been making the same
night, and though opposed by vast
privileged interests Of all kinds, he has
never hesitated to demand and seek
to secure such an adjustment OF the
burdens OF taxation as would cure the
great wrongs perpetrated by our ex-
listing system.
The constitution of Ohio requires
that all real and personal property
shall be assessed for taxation at its
real value in money, yet as Mayor
johnson early pointed out, almost ne
attempt Is made in our laws as they
now are to obey this just and equitable
rule. Farm lands of the state, the
small homes Of the laboring people,
the little accumulations of personal
property and money which belongs to
men engaged in small trades or who
make their living as members of the
employe class. are valued haphazard
on basis ranging from 60 to 80 per
cent while the vast privileges owned
by steam railroad companies and other
monopolies altogether escape taxation,
and the property used by such COM
panies Is valued on a basis OF from 10
to 30 per cent. In other words, the cit
tzen who owns small farm or q small
home has not the means or the inter-
est to keep a lobby in Columbus, has
been legislated against by the repre-
sentatives of the people, while the
great monopolies have been able to
have the laws so framed that the bur
den which they ought to bear for the
support of the state and its institu-
tions has been shifted from their
shoulders onto the defenseless and
helpless farmers and small home
owners.
An illustration of this Is shown by
Mayor Johnson's first effort. He took
once as mayor OF Cleveland on the
4th day of April 1901. On the 18th day
Of May he appointed an annual city
board OF equalization for that city and
that board, after long hearing, In
which the various city monopolies
were represented by able counsel, added
over $17.oOO,O00 to the tax valuation
OF street railroad, gas and electric
light companies OF that city.
This was done by taking the value
OF the property OF those companies as
II stood In the market, Just as the
value OF a farmers cow is estimated.
or as the value OF house is estimated,
by what 1t will bring when offered for
sale. The contentious Of these com
panies was that their property should
Re assessed In pieces and not as q GO
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
Saturday 0ct0
Der 81, 19O3,
at | O'Clock, P. NJ, offer for sale
at public vendue, the following
described real estate, to-wit:

FIRST TRACT: Being Fractional Lot
number twelve u2), Section number twen-
ty-six (26), Township number thirteen (l3)
Range number fifteen tl5) containing 4C
acres, the same being a perpetual lease hold
interest. Appraised at $l373.20
SECOND TRACT: Being perpetual
lease interest, and being Fractional
Lot number ten (l0l, Section number twen-
ty-siX t26), Township number thirteen 13),
Range number fifteen (l5), containing SO
acres more or less. Appraised at $2O5B.33.
THIRD TRACT: Being Fractional Lot
number ten (l0), Section number twenty
five (25!, Township number thirteen O0,
Range number fifteen (l5l, containing 81
acres more or less Appraised at 2262 go
FOURTH TRACT: Being Fractional
Lot number three (3l, section number
thirteen li3,, Range number fitteen is :,
containing 352 acres more or less APP
praised mt $lS27 &c.
FIFTH TRACT: Being the coal and
mineral rights in Fractional Lot number
one (D, Section number twenty-five ,25),
Township number thirteen il3), Range
number fifteen tl5l, containing % acres.
Appraised at 100000.
Terms OF sale cash.
Given under my hand, at Logan, Ohio,
this 3Oth day OF September, 1903,
G. V. WRIGHT
Receiver OF the Columbus.
Hooking Valley Mining
OCTOBER | 4-w Company.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
POLLS CLOSED UNUSED
BALLOTS DESTROYED.

Section % The county executive com
voted for at an election may designate a
suitable person TO be present as Inspector
and witness and inspect the counting of
the votes Ia each precinct, and who shall be
admitted to said voting place, and who
shall be entitled TO copy OF the certificates
provided for in this act, hut no other person
mitted to said polling place before or after
the count begins. Immediately upon the
close OF the polls the number OF electors en-
tered and shown on the poil-books as having
voted, shall be first certified therein and
signed by the board OF Judges and clerks,
and before any other or further proceedings
the president or chairman OF the board
shall make proclamation In n loud voice
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
Hanna's Trust.
The Coal Trust of Hanna's- How it
Squeezes Both Miners and the
Consumers
Consumers.

versal cry: 4 don't know what I will
do for coal. can not get pound Of
1t at any price
"All this has come about in the last
year and half, or since the coal trust
was formed"
What has been the general effect
Upon the community" was asked.
Community Ruined.
1T is q blight upon education, In
dustry and religion. Since the coal
barons have bought up the lands farms
are being abandoned, churches and
schools forsaken and the country drift
ing back toward degeneracy and bar
barism. The mines of wealth with
which God stored the earth for mans
happiness are through human greed
perverted into curse.
These are q few of the blightlng,
awful effects of the coal trust. Where
1t will end no one knows. The people
are at the mercy Of a monopoly, as OK
acting in spirit and ultimate purpose
as that which compelled ancient Israel
to make bricks without straw.
1T 10 the consensus OF opinion here
that the coal trust Ia seeking to limit
production to raise prices. The rom
edy-legislation As last resort
public ownership.
"The sufferers are not the miners.
They were In former times, but mo-
nopoly has learned wisdom. The wise
slave owner saw to 1t that his slaves
were clothed and we'll fed. The Stand
ard Oil company looks after It's en-
ployes. But it 10 the consumer that
Is made to suffer. The heaviest bur-
den Is laid upon the widow, tho orphan
and the poor OF the great cities.
"As q result Of this monopoly q gen.
eral paralysis is seizing upon all the
industry and business life Of this en-
tire region. Its effects are deplorable
and constantly growing worse. The
demand for a remedy is imperative. A
crisis is impending which demands ac-
tion upon the part Of the only power
that can save this region from ruin.
This power lies with the governor, the
attorney general and the courts. We
hope that it will be exercised prompt
ly and effectively. Justice and the
highest interests Of the people of this
valley demand action"
1t goes without saying that an at
torney general elected by Hanna will
be as easy on the coal trust As Sheets
has been and a legislature which will
legislate Mark Hanna into the United
ctaf.e snpota will pof In0IsIatn MapL
Hanna's coal trust out Of Ohio.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15

And Rob the People Again This VIM
ter-A Timely Word Of Warning
From a Prominent Methodist Minis
ter Of the Gospel-Shall Hanna Con.
troll the Next Legislature and Attor'
ney GeneraI7
Glouster, O., Sept. 2S.-The hand
OF the soft coal trust lies heavy on the
people of the mining regions OF Ohio.
For the trust is preparing to squeeze
the consumers as soon as cold weather
sets in and in order to do SO the min
ers have been squeezed all summer. AS
is well known the soft coal mines Of
Ohio are practically all controlled by
q more or less secret combination, OF
which the firm of NJ. A. Hanna g. Co.
of Cleveland is the chief mem
Der. Hanna's soft coal trust,
working in connection with J. P. Nor
gan's hard coal trust, has a monopoly
on the coal supply Of the country.
Each winter, when prices are boost
ed and the people squeezed, Hanna and
tho other coal barons give as their
excuse that railroad cars are scarce.
A trip through this part Of Ohio shows
how false the claim is.
Even the ministers are up In arms
over the rule of the coal combine In
this region. Rev. F. R. Crooks, pastor
of the Glouster Methodist Episcopal
church, and one OF the most able and
progressive ministers in this part Of
ho ,to % hot nApt1
confronts the people. Unless relief was
speedily afforded, he said, either vol
UNFAIRLY by the trust or through court
proceedings instituted by the attorney
general, mass meeting would be call
ed to demand better conditions.
Conditions in both the Sunday
Creek and Hooking valleys" he said.
'are such that they should command
the attention of all students OF indus
trialism. They forebode evil to soci-
ETY. and the state. II Is the history Of
monopoly over again. We are In the
grip of the coal trust.
"The miners work only about one
third time. They are told that there
is q shortage of cars. On the other
hand, the consumer Is told that the de-
mand is greater than the supply, that
the miners will not mine the coal, and
that they are Incorporate or given to
holidays. Here, however, is fat con-
tradiction of these claims Of the trust
The sidings and yards are full Of load
ed cars, while the miners go in troops
to the mines day after day, only to
have repeated the dismal story--no
cars.
Right here in the coal fields there
Is great demand for coal for domestic
use, and it is found next to impossible
to secure a pound. Schools and
churches must burn the refuse Of the
mines, known as bone coal, and 1t is
becoming more and more difficult to
get that. 1t - --,iti.,l to hee--thn IL.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15

Acker's Blood Elixir positively
Cures Chronic Blood Poisoning and
all Scrofulons affections At all
times matchless system tonic and
pnrIfieT. Money refunded If you are
no. satisfied. soc and &l.00. BORT
d CO., Druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
Notice of AppOintmen ent.

Estate OF Rufus W. johnson, deceased.
The undersigned has been appointed and
qualified as Administrators OF the estate of
Rufus w. Johnson late of Hooking county,
d. ceased. Dated this 18th dav OF September
A. L.. 1908. MARP JANE X JOHNSON.
Oct. list. 3-w Administrators.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15

outside the polling room, stating the num-
ber of votes so shown and certified on the
poll-books. Thereupon the judges shall. in
the presence of the clerks and the inspectors
above provided for, destroy the ballots re-
naming unyoted.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15

Raise your voices for Hanna in No.
vember, and his coal trust will raise
your prices In December.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
Tuesday next after tn Q
First Monday in Novem-
ber, A. D. 1908, being
the 3rd day Of the
same month,

The qualified electors OF the said county OF
Hooking and state of Ohio, shall meet in
their respective election townships and pre-
cincts at such place in said election town
ships and precincts as the election Is duly
appointed to be holden between the hours Of
$3.50 O'Clock "A M, central standard time,
aud b:N) O'Clock m, central standard time
OF said day, and proceed to elect in accord
ance with the said statute laws the follow
ing state, district and county officers:
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15

To amend Article XIII, Section 0, OF the
Constitution, so as to give the General As
sembly power TO divide cities into three
classes.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
S1ERfFFS
PROCLAMATION
General Election
70 be held
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1903
For State, District
and County
Officers.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE,
HOOKING COUNTY, OHIO.
September 23 1908.

To the qualified Electors OF Hooking County
Ohio:
HEREAS, by the statute laws OF the
w state OF Ohio, providing for the hold
Ing md conducting Of elections. 1t is made
the duty OF the sheriff to give public notice
by Proclamation throughout his county OF
the place and time OF holding such election.
And whereas, by act of the Federal AS
sembly 81 the State of Ohio, passed March
oath. 1876. in pursuance to an amendment to
the Constitution OF the State OF Ohio, the
time OF holding state and county elections
has been changed from October to Novem-
Der OF en"h year iSee Amendment Sections
2y78 and 1919 Revised Statutesl; therefore
In pursuance of such law, /, JAMES
THOM AS, sheriff Of Hocllng County. Ohio,
do hereby proclaim and maze known that
on the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
Notice of appointment.

Estate OF Mary s.. Thompson deceased
The undersigned has been appointed and
qualified as Administrators OF the estnte OF
Mary 3. Thompson, late OF Hooking County
deceased. Dated this Goth day OF March A,
ID. 1905.
FANNIE Il. DAVEY,
Oct ], Sw. Administrators,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
Taxation.
Municip al cIassification,

To amend Section 2 OF Article XII, of the
so as to provide for the classi.
fication OF subjects OF taxation.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
Sto ckhoIders' Single
Liability.

To amend Section 8 OF Article XIII, OF tie
Constitution, SO rs to provide for the single
liability OF stockholders of private corpora
tions.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15

When poor father WAS a Republican
the party had a LiRcoln to lead It.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
County Legislative
niatyic<G

To amend Section 2 Article VI, Of the
so as to provide that each
county In the state shall have at least one
representative.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
covarnor,s Veto.

To amend Section IS of Article II, of the
constitution, so as to give the Governor
power 10 veto any bill passed by the General
Assembly and dlsapproved by him.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
Receivers Sale
Of V aluable Coal
L an d S.

In pursuance of an order of the
Court of Common Pleas of Hook.
ing County, Ohio, made in
Cause No. 3210, the undersigned
as receiver of the Columbus and
Hooking Valley Mining Com
pany, will, at the door of the
Court House in Logan, Hooking
County, Ohio, on
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-10-15
COUNTY OFFICERS.

For Sheriff.
One person for the office OF Sheriff for the
County OF Hooking.
For Commissioner
One person for the office Of Commissioner
for the County Of Hooking.
For Infirmary Director
One person for the Office OF Infirmary Di-
rector for the County OF Hooking.
Also to vote for or against
the following proposed
amendments to the
constitution
Of Ohio:
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-08-28

Joe Platt is unpacking some excell-
ent fall and winter clothing. He stat :
that it is the finest stock that he has
received in number of years. tu"-
chasers will do well to bear this in
mind
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-08-28

r. Savage.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-08-28

=, George Mills and Jim Raycraft, who
have been on camping trip, have re-
| turned to this city.
A few more frosty nights and the
hills will be cleared Of the campers,
they are coming in every day
Mrs. E. Dupuis and Miss Klein, who
have been camping at Bijou have re-
turned to their home in this city.
A sheep herder near Winnemucca
was accidentally shot in the shoulder
by the discharge of gun he was hand
ling
Mis- Charlotte Schultz was a depar-
ture for Arizona last evening, where
she is engaged in teaching at one of
the Indian schools
The Silver State says that two
thirds of the work of locating the sur
vey for the Western Pacific railroad
has been completed.
A Lovelock resident has a pet bad
ger that keeps the family supplied
with fish, which it catches by diving
into the Humboldt river
A Los Angeles company has pur-
chased the ore tailings at the Chain
man mill near Ely, White Pine coun-
ty, and will work them by the cyanide
process.
The thermometer dropped down &C
SO degrees Wednesday night, which
is getting pretty close to the freezing
point. Light frosts were reported il
several districts
Roberts, German, Sevner and vii
liams, suspected of the murder o
Jack Welsh at Lovelock August 19
have been held to answer for th,
, double charge OF murder and rob
berry
The Winnemucca Standard denie
the report that the Jail at that plac
is under guard to keep the gang tha
is confined there from being lynched
5 The paper states that the Jail is i
safe hands and the sheriff competen
=. to maintain order.
r The lecture given by Rev. Geo-s
D King at the Methodist church last c,
e ening was we'll attended and all VIII
l. were there had very enjoyable ever
: ing. Aside from the lecture there wer
number of very fine illustration
presented.
Two suspects were arrested in vi
s ginia City few days ago, and the al
= thorlJies believed that they had a r.
n ward in signt. When couple OF Fo
som guards arrived, it was found thu
the men were a couple of tramps wh
had square meal and nights lod
ing
5. Mason Valley aparists shipped If;
3 tons Of honey to eastern markets la
year from which an average of
cents per pound was realized.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-08-28
2sON NEVADA MORNING AUGUST % 1908
Local News Of Carson and Vicinity

Trib cures bruises and sprains.
c. w. Friend. Optician.
See the new samples at Joe Platt's.
Mrs Johnson and daughter of Ohio,
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs Wills
Brougher
Veal loaf, Chicken, veal and ham
pate. Spiced sardines and soused
tongue.-Kelly. Arlington Block,
Joe Plat has received an elegant
line of Fall and winter samples of
gents clothing. He guarantees a per-
feet ut.
Chat ROBBERS, one of the pioneers cf
the Long Valley country, was killed
in runaway accident between Pur1v
and Plumas last Tuesday.
Harry F. Sullivan, son of Judge Sui
livan, of San Francisco was admitted
to practice law before the Nevada
courts by the Supreme Court last Nor
day.
The V. & T. railroad company has
made rate of one fare for this meet
| ing of the A. o. U. w. Grand Lodge
in Reno, and also for the Sacramento
fair
| Mrs A. c. Cleveland, who has been
in San Francisco for her health since
January, passed through Reno Tues
day en- route to her home in White
Pine county
Calientes, Lincoln county, is comma
to the front A few weeks ago only
twenty people were in the town bu
that number has been increased t.
over one hundred
The pine nut crop this year is :
!. failure The nuts though plentiful have
been destroyed by some kind of insec
, that are very numerous in the hill!
at the present time
} 1t is estimated that no less than So
I 600 900 in gold dust will be taken Ou
of the Valdez district, Alaska. thi
season. This does not include Nome
Dawson or any of the Yukon country
} Owing to much better facilities fo
handling ice cream we are enabled t
make a substantial reduction In tn
price of same. Our cream Is guara,
teed strictly first class. J. e. RICE
I ARDSON.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-08-28
Wood For Sale.

Good dry split and limb pine
wood, sold in quantity to suit patrons.
Saving done on short notice. Ring
up phone 191.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-05
MONTANA
OFFICER CENsURED
Death Watch Slept While but Six
Feet Away Zidmair Was
Hanging Himself.
Gallows Cheated at Livingston Thru
the Carelessness of the Officers
Of the Law.

Special to The Journal.
Livingston, Mont, Sept. 5.-A coroner'A
jury last night returned verdict in the
inquest held over the remains Of Martin
Zidmair, the Trail creek murderer who
hanged himself on the morning Of the day
preceding his execution. The jury CEN
sured the night death watch, James Grow.
for failure to guard properly the doomed
prisoner.
It was brought out in the testimony Of
John Mcconnell, confined in the Jail for
burglary, that he saw the death watch
sleeping soundly in chair within six feet
of Zidmair when the latter attached q
strap to the top of his cell and hanged
himself. The swaying and death strug-
gle of the murderer, Mcconnell says, was
loud enough to awaken almost any one.
1t appears that Zidmair had contem-
plated suicide from the first day he en-
tered the jail, as it developed in the testi-
mony adduced at the inquest that the
strap had been taken from its place in the
Jail kitchen the second day after Zidmair
had been incarcerated before he had been
brought to trial or Jack Head had made a
confession charging Zidmair with George
Reider's murder.
Zidmair skifully concealed the strap by
slipping it lengthwise in a small hole In
the woodwork surrounding the cell bath
tub. Despite frequent search made by
the officers, the leather was not discov-
cred.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-05
MINNESOTA
ASKED TO BE TAKEN BACK
Indian Released From Jail Returns to 1t
VOLUNTARILY s-tfE 70

Indian Released From jail Returns to IL
Voluntarily. :r@E 70
DULUTH MINN.--Liberated from the
st. Louis county jail yesterday by the
grand jury, Wa -Sa-Ge-Shig, an Indian,
appeared at the Jail In the afternoon and
asked to be taken back, saying that he
preferred the confinement to wandering
about the city. ,z.1sGT
Is The sheriff was 10th to do so and con-
suited the county attorney, who could offer
no solution of the problem, so a conference
was held which resulted in the furnishing
of the Indian with transportation to Ely
from which place he can easily reach his
home in the woods. ..r.. ...o.-
He had been in Jail for seven months
on a charge Of horse stealing, but the
grand jury could not return a true bill
against him and he was accordingly re-
leased.
George J. Longstorf Of Milwaukee, one
OF the fee owners Of the celebrated section
30 iron property, near Ely, has obtained
an option from his associates to lease 1t,
and will develop it at once. The persons
who have had the option, and who have
spent $40, 900 in explorations, have been
the drills were pulled off six weeks ago.
Official notice was filed in the office Of
the clerk Of the United States court OF
the arrest in Milwaukee of George c..
Swallow, indicted by the last grand jury
here on the charge Of fraud In connec-
tion with a land entry. He gave bonds
for his appearance when the case comes
up in October.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-05
MAYRURY's CELEBRATE
Happy Golden Wedding Day Event at
, yWinona.

WINONA, MINN.-Mr. and Mrs. G. G.
Maybury are to-day celebrating their
golden wedding anniversary with a gath
ering of their six children and seven
grandchildren. Fifty years ago to-day
at Binghampton, N. Y, c. c.. Maybury
and Miss Rebecca A. Nichols Of Willett,
Cortland county, N. Y, were united in
marriage. OF the ten children born to
them, six are living. Mrs. D. E. Vance
of Winona, Jefferson N. Maybury Of St..
Louis, Mrs. A. A. Collins of Minneapolis,
Charles J. Maybury of Winona, Frank s.
Maybury of Indianola, Iowa, and Hattie G..
Maybury of Winona. Golden weddings
seem to run in the Maybury family as Mr..
Maybury has two sisters who recently
celebrated such events, Mrs. John D.
Lewis Of Arcadia and Mrs s. B. Pierce Of
Marathon, N. Y.
An examination for appointment as rural
delivery carrier Is to be held in this city
on Monday, conducted by Inspector Orms-
by, who was recently here and recon-
mended installation Of rural delivery
service on the route out to Gilmore VAL
ley and back by the cemetery hill, serv-
ing 120 houses. Two other proposed
routes were turned down because they fell
little short Of the required hundred
houses.
For Winona's street fair next week, the
Chicago Great Western road will run a
special train service, coming into Winona
in the morning and leaving in the even
ing. The train will run between Roches-
ter and Winona.