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The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
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NECESSITY OF A TAX
AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION
BY M. n. Carver, Member Tax
Commission Of Louisiana.

The constitution of 1898 declares as
a principle that taxation shah
be equal and uniform"
It further provides, as a method OF
carrying out the principle, that all
property shall be taxed In proportion
to its value" This is what Is known
as the general property tax system
Provisions substantially the same
were contained in the constitutions
of 1864, 1868 and 1879.
II the system were a good one, that
would not justify embedding 1t In the
constitution.
But 1t is not a good one. 1t may
have worked fairly well when hrst
adopted. Conditions were primitive
and agricultural property was owned
chiefly by individuals, and consisted
mainly Of immovables and a few sim
pie forms Of personality, like animals
and merchandise, which were tangi-
BILE, visible and not easily removed or
concealed. But as civilization ad-
vanced, new and more complex In
dustries developed, producing impor-
tant changes in the forms Of wealth.
Property now belongs largely to cor
porations. 1t consists to a great ex-
tent Of things that can be concealed
or removed easily, like moneys,
stocks, bonds, mortgages and other
credits.
Under the changed conditions the
system has broken completely down
Its practical workings prove 1t sub
ject to the following fatal defects:
First. Instead of promoting equal
ity and uniformity according to isi
promise, It produces gross inequality
and utter lack of uniformity Of three
kinds
(a) AS between the different par
ishes.
(b) As between different kinds oi
property.
(cj AS between different owners
Of the same kind Of property.
Second. 1t places a premium OF
evasion Of the law by trickery, otter
accompanied with perjury, thus de
bauching the public morals and breed
ing contempt for all law.
Third. 1t drives away capital, In
creases interest and hinders indus
trial development.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
BRIEF REVIEW OF
A WEEKS EVENTS
RECORD OF THE MOST IMPoR.
TANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEM.
lied FORM.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS
Information Gathered from All Guar.
ters Of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal Of the
Busy Man.
POLITICAL.

President Roosevelt and William j.
Bryan engaged in a warm exchange
of statements as to the administra
tion's sincerity and success in prose
cutting law-breaking trusts and the
justice or injustice of the accusations
against Gov, Haskell of Oklahoma.
The Indiana legislature in special
session passed a county local option
bill.
Charles n. Haskell, governor OF
Oklahoma, has resigned the treasurer
ship of the Democratic national com
mittee. He announced his retirement
from active participation in the
Bryan campaign at Chicago and in his
message 10 Chairman Mack intimated
that he would prosecute President
Roosevelt and others who had ac'
cused him.
Chairman Hitchcock of the Repub-
lican national committee announced
that Cen. T. Coleman Dupont OF Della
ware, head of the bureau of campaign
speakers of the national committee
had resigned as head of that bureau
and also as a member of the executive
committee of the national committee
and that his resignation had been &C
cepted.
Mr.. Taft spoke in half dozen Wis
consin cities and was indorsed by
Senator La Toilette, Mr.. Bryan ad
dressed big crowds in Ohio.
The New York state convention oi
the Independence party put up tull
ticket headed by Clarence j. Shearn
of New York for governor.
Samuel Gompers, testifying in the
contempt case, repeated his story OF
an attempt by an alleged emissary
of ], w. Van Cleaye to bribe him tc
betray the cause of union labor.
Judge William H. Taft started from
Cincinnati on campaign tour OF the
middle west.
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OBITUARY..

DIR, ]. B, McGaudhey, sc years old,
one of the most prominent physicians
Of Winona, Mimi. was found dead in
the yard of his home.
George Evans Downer, the man who
July last revealed the terrible fate
that the Bender family of murderers
of Kansas met 80 years ago at the
hands of the Yigilantes. died at his
home in Downers Grove, near Chicago.
John Hanker of Des Moines, Ia,
for many years secretary and treas
urer of the United Commercial TraV-
elers of America, died in Kansas City.
John Murray Dowie, aged SO years,
father of John Alexander Dowie, the
founder of Zion City, died at the home
OF his sons widow, Mrs Jane Dowie
on White lake, Muskegon county,
Mich.
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BRYAN REPLIES
TO ROOSEVELT
SAYS HIS RECORD ANSWERS
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVES
INslNUATIoNs.
TRUSTS WILL NOT BOSS HIM.
Says the President Passed Judamen,
on Haskell Without Giving the
Latter a Chance to Vim
dieate Himself.

Rock Island, ILL.,, Sept. BOT have
lived in vain IL your accusations have
lost me single friend" said w. ].
Bryan in a letter addressed Tuesday
to President Roosevelt, replying to
that of the president written Sunday
last.
Mr.. Bryan points to his record and
declares that 1t Is sufficient answer to
the insinuations Of the chief executive
that he is in sympathy with or con.
trolled by trusts.
Reverting to the charges against
Gov Haskell, Mr.. Bryan says that the
president, in response to his request,
did not deign to suggest tribunal
which could determine those charges,
but instead proceeded to pass iudg.
ment upon him, and he informs the
president that the occupant of that
high office cannot deny to the
humblest citizen the right to protect
his reputation and vindicate his name
In the courts.
Taking up the presidents assertion
that certain trust magnates, fearing
| prosecution under Mr.. Taft, will sup.
| port the Democratic candidate Mr.
Bryan charges that the president
worded his statement in such way as
to demand the support of all the trust
magnates "and yet put 1t on the
ground that they are supporting your
party for patriotic reasons, rather
than for the promotion vi selfish in
terest" Such an argument, he con
tends, is ingenious but not sound.
In proof of the fact that he woult
not be controlled by the trusts, MIR
Bryan says that If elected he will en-
force the antitrust laws, mot spas
medically and intermittently, but per
sistently and consistently"
Mr.. Bryan, in dealing with the Dem
ocratic campaign fund of 1896 as com
pared with the Republican campaign
fund of 1904, charges that the presi
dent pays more attention to the mote
than to the beam" and asserts that IL
1904 the Republicans used in one stat,
alone a fund almost as large as tn,
entire sum the Democratic party haC
in its control.
Having travelled all day through
Iowa, w. j. Bryan arrived here Tues
day night and spoke to a large as
semblage at the baseball park. Al
though the route taken through low
was not generally known because o
an upset schedule, large crowd
gathered at several points and tn
Democratic candidate was called o.
for several speeches.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
GENERAL NEWS.

Forest fires in the Adirondacks got
beyond control and several settle
ments, including the little village of
Long Lake West, were destroyed.
The hamlet of Homestead, Mich, also
was burned.
The British ship Loeb Finlas was
wrecked off Foster island and 20 of
the crew of "a were drowned. The
other four men were picked up by a
passing steamer Foster island lies
a short distance off the northeast
coast of Tasmania.
Lieut.. +. J. Bloom of the Fourth in
fantry was killed at Camp .Jessman,
Philippines, by Private Suttles, who
then committed suicide.
Chairman Mack appointed Herman
Ridder, editor of the New York Stats
Zeitung, treasurer of the Democratic
national committee, which position
was resigned by Gov. Haskell of Okla
| homa.
Heavy rains checked the forest fires
in northern Michigan and Wisconsin.
The French police have arrested sew
| eral dangerous anarchists, who with
| others were engaged in celebrating a
plot to assassinate King Alfonso of
! Spain when he passed through Bar
ritz on his way to Paris.
Two persons were killed and four
others injured when a passenger train
on the Southern railway ran into an
| open switch near Duncan, S. c.
Two heavy earthquake shocks Were
felt off the Port of Acapulco, Mexico
and the steamer Radmes was so tossed
about that four persons were killed.
The Denver Coliseum, one of the
city's landmarks, was destroyed by
! fire.
The United States cruiser Yankee
struck on Spindle Rock, near the
western entrance to Buzzards bay, dur.
ing fog, breaking several holes in
her hull on the port side
! Twenty persons were killed and Is
seriously injured as the result of a
collision on the elevated railway in the
center of Berlin.
Nineteen persons were killed, II
seriously injured, and about 80 more
or less hurt in a collision between the
east bound Burlington flyer and a west
bound freight train at a point known
as Young's Point about 80 miles west
Of Billings, Mont, on the Northern
Pacific road.
Fire in Fond du Lac, Wis, destroyed
several churches, seven dwellings and
other buildings. the loss being $3.50,
600.
James w. Paul, banker and financieI
of the firm of Drexel & Co., Philadel
phia; J. p Morgan & Co, New York
and Morgan, Harjes Company OF
Paris, died at Hot Springs, Va.
A savings bank at Cotton. s. D., was
robbed of about 81 900 by thieves, who
escaped in an autoHobile
Count NJ. Thue Vin Bentzen, q Dan.
ish nobleman. was married TO Miss
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
TAXATION OF FARM PRODUCTS.

Since farm products are a species
Of personal property, it follows that
under the present methods of assess.
ing personal property, and the notori.
Gus evasions of the large owners of
Intangible personal property in the
cities, such farm products as are now
subject to taxation are made to bear
an excessive burden of taxation be
cause OF the increase in the tax rate
necessary to provide the required rev.
enue when such an enormous amount
OF other forms of personal property
evades taxation entirely.-N. ]. Bach.
elder, Master. National Grange, Before
First National Tax Conference.
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Personal.

DR.. j. A. S. Grassland, formerly
United States minister 10 Liberia and
a negro political leader of national
prominence, was placed under arrest
at st. Joseph, Mo, on a charge OF
grand larceny
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has began
work in the Hartford Carpet works at
Thompsonville, Conn.
Fay Hampstead of Arkansas will be
crowned poet laureate of masonry In
Medinah Temple, Chicago. October 5.
Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma, treasurer
OF the Democratic national committee,
was summoned TO meet Mr.. Bryan in
Chicago for a hearing as to the
charges against him of connection
with the Standard Oil Company.
Encouraged by the success that has
attended the establishment OF his
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
Alice NJ. Baer of st. Louis.

hlCe h. DdtT Vi ~.
The shah issued a manifesto order
ing new elections and calling for the
convening Of the assembly and senate
November IA. In a fierce battle at
Tabriz the Natlonalists were worsted.
Horace ]. Ray, aged 10 years, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself at
Philadelphia in the presence of 15-
year-old Florence Marshall, his school
girl sweetheart because he had been
forbidden to pay attention to her to
he neglect of his studies.
At West Union, Ia, Walter Whit
beck was convicted of murder in the
first degree for the killing of his fa-
ther, Arrow Whitbeck.
Jeremiah Lynch, SO years old, night
foremSn for the Wisconsin Bridge
& Iron Company, was mysteriously
murdered near new bridge which
the company is erecting in Chicago.
The police lay the crime to labor trou-
bles.
Five members of the failed broker
age firm of A. o. Brown & Co. were
arrested in New York on a larceny
charge.
The International Fishery congress
decided to meet in Rome, Italy, in
1911,
A large portion of the town of Pasig,
near Manila, was destroyed by fire,
Fire in Cairo, ILL.,, destroyed lum-
Der yard, several houses and other
property, the loss being $125,000.
An order of Judge r. w. Archibald
of Scranton, Pa, adjudging Harry X,
Thaw in contempt of court, was filed
in the United States district court at
Pittsburg,
The control of the Washington Life
Insurance Company passed from the
hands of Levi p, Morton, Thomas F.
Ryan and Harry Payne Whitney, to a
Pittsburg syndicate headed by Will
liam G. Baldwin, president of the
Pittsburg Life and Trust Company.
Raymond w. Pullman of the forest
service, who is in Minnesota investi-
eating forest fire conditions for the
government, estimates the loss in that
state at S5,0O0,O0 to $1O,O0O,0OO.
The supreme court of Washington
upheld the state law prohibiting the
sale of cigarettes and cigarette pa
pers.
Declaring her disgust with modern
! fashions, Mrs. Lulu Kreitzer, aged 40,
/ widow, returned to nature and ap-
/ peared in the street at Dayton, o.,
nude. When the police We're summoned
/ the woman entered her home and fa-
tally shot herself.
Forest fires were reported to have
destroyed some small settlements in
northern Wisconsin and Michigan and
to be spreading rapidly in the Adiron-
dacks.
Justice Gerard in the supreme court
of New York signed the final decree
of absolute divorce in favor Of Elsie
! French Vanderbilt from Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt.
A typhoon of terrific velocity swept
through the central portion of the Phil
ippine group, sweeping part of the
island of Samar, northern Leyte
southeastern Imzon, northern Panay,
Masbate and part of Romblem. Hun
dreds We're reported dead
A st. Louis & San Francisco pas
senger train was derailed near Car
thage. Mo, and rolled into the ditch,
the engineer and fireman being killed
and 40 passengers injured
The Asiatic cholera in st. Peters
burg is spreading among the upper
classes of society. Deaths are so
/ numerous the bodies lie unburied.
A big brick kiln at Kenmare. N. D..
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
LEGAL NOTICE.

The State OF Ohio, MahoninR Countv "a
In the Court OF Oommon Pleas w. ss-
Gus O. BeVan, plaintiff, VS.. GertIe IA Ra,,aD
defendant. i
Gertie u. Beyan, whose last known nlaca =,
residence was Carlisle, Cumberland nd Con untv VI
PeIlnsylVaniai Will take notice thai on tbss
filed his petition in the Court OF Commoonn on
Pleas, Mahoning County, Ohio being cansa
No x10d2 praying divorce from said CSsrtIe
E. BeYan, on the ground OF wlllfui ahssnae s.e
for more than thrNe years, and adnItaro,'e
and that said eGose win be for hearine ~ |,
and after October II, 1905 on
By Emery +, Lynn, His Atty. DAf sN; saNa
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
hero fund" In America, Anurew Car.

hero fund" In America, Anorew Car
negie has decided to found a similar
fund in Great Britain. To this end he
is about to hand over to trustees the
sum of $25O,000.
Allan Forbes, a well-known club
man, was found guilty at Salem,
Mass, of cruelty to his pony during
a game of Myopia. A fine of $50 was
imposed
Mrs. Jack Gardner, society leader
and art collector of Boston, Mass, ere.
ated sensation in the exclusive Cop
ley square section of that city
by walking down the street in sheath
gown open to the knee.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
Heroes are Rewarded.

New York, Sept. 3O.-Ninety-three
heroes who within the last year have
saved the lives of drowning persons in
the waters around New York were
on Tuesday presented with medals
or certificates of honor at the city hall
by the United States volunteer life
saving corps. Ten-year-old Minnie
Richard of Brooklyn, was the idol OF
the occasion.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
wouId.be Murderer sulcIded,

Philadelphia, Sept 3O.-After plung-
ing knife three times into the body
of his former landlady and hurting
her down a flight of stairs, George
List, of this city, believing that he had
committed murder, turned the weapon
upon himself and inflicted wounds
from which he died two hours later,
The woman is in critical condition.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
Preferred Death to Arrest.

New York, Sept SO.-George Won
Der Schulenburg, a drug clerk, who
jumped from window into a lOO-foot
air shaft, died Tuesday. His wife
had summoned an officer and was de.
manding her husbands arrest on the
ground of bigamy when the man
jumped to his death.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
A Battle with Bank BURGLARS.

Ladysmith, Wis, Sept. SO.-The
State bank was robbed of about $4,000
Tuesday by cracksmen who escaped
on a hand car. Citizens turned out to
ascertain the cause of the explosions
and were met with volley OF bullets
from the robbers. Night Officer Cor
don was shot In the arm.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing Of the CIttbq

FoIoWIng are Iuesday's SCORES:
At New Yorlt-Philadelphia q New
York G. McQuillin, Dooin Mathewson,
Bresnahan.
Second game-Philadelphia z, New
York o. Covaleslki, Doom; Crandall Tay-
lor, Bresnahan, Needham.
At Boston-Brooklyn 2, Boston s. Bell,
Farmer; Lindaman, Graham.
At Iittsburg-St Louis o, Pittsburg 7.
Higginbotham, Bliss; Camnitz, Gibson.
Second game-St Louis 8, Pittsburg 6.
Rhodes, Sallee, Bliss; Maddox, Willis,
Gibson.
At Cincinnatl-Chicago 6. Cincinnati 2.
Brown, King; Ewing, Savidge, Schlei.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
CUBS LEAD THE NATIONAL.
Every Western Club In the American
League Won Twice on Tuesday.

Following are Tuesdays scores:
At Cleveland-Phiadelphia 4, Cleveland
5. Flater, Egan; Berger, Bemis.
Second game--Phlladelphla 0, Cleveland
.. Kellogg, Egan; Rhoades Bemis.
At Observation-Disclosures 1, Detroit g.
Witherup, johnson, Street. Kahoe; VIII
lett, Schmidt.
Second game-washingto 9, Detroit Z.
johnson, Gates, Street; Summers,
Schmidt
Burchell, Wood, Donohue; Walsh
Schreck.
Secord game-Boston O. Chicago q
At st. Louis-New York 0. st. Louis g.
Lake, Sweeney; Howell, Spencer.
Second game-New York /, ST. Louis q
Manning, Blair; Dineen, Smith.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
Set Date for County Election

Piqua, O., Sept. SO.-J. A. Kerr,
chairman of the Miami county local
option committee, announced Tuesday
that an election will be called FOR No.
vember 20. A vigorous canvass is un,
der way and both sides claim victory
in advance.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
Commission claims JurIsdletIOn.

Washington, Sept. SO.-That the in.
terstate commerce commission has
ample Jurisdiction over the foreign
commerce of the United States while
mcy ing between seaboard and interior
points is set forth in letter written
by Commissioner Lane to the Tacoma
chamber of commerce.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
burst and two men were buried in the
red-hot bricks and roasted to death.

burst and two men were buried in the
red-hot bricks and roasted TO death.
Delegates to the International Fish
cry congress were given souvenir
paintings of the Roosevelt golden
trout, named after the president be-
cause he prevented its determination.
Publication was begun in the
Worlds Work" of series of reminis-
cences by John d. Rockefeller, in
which he defends the tactics and
trade methods of the Standard Oil
Company.
The government of Paraguay un-
earthed a plot against it organized by
members of the negro party. All the
conspirators were taken into custody
and state of siege was proclaimed.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
The Strike Failed.

Winnipeg, Man.. Sept. 3O.-Indica-
tions are that the Canadian Pacific
railway mechanics strike has col
lapsed. Bell Hardy, who has been con-
Quoting the strike from Montreal, ar
rived Tuesday to arrange for the men
to be taken back.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02
Auto was crushed BY Street car.

Pittsburg, Sept. S0.-Fiye ps}s
were injured, two of them seFic'a
Tuesday night when a "sigh,s
automobile was caught and r..
between two steret cars
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02

Cleveland, Sept. O.-Flour-Minnesota
spring patent at S5.5Od6.SO.
Wheat-No. red at Sl.0l.
Oats-No. at 52c
Butter-Best creamery 2Sc.
Cheese-York state 14c.
Eggs-strictlY fresh 24c.
Potatoes-Best grades S5c.
Hay--No. timothy sl2.00.
SIS. O0a as. %.
Sheep II Choice wethers ss.75a4 90,
lambs 25d5.50
Hogs-Yorkers $3.50.
Chicago, Sept. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Corn-September 7Sc.
Oats-September 49Ac.
Cattle-steers s4.4oq7-65. heifers $500
Hogs-choiee heavy shipping S.I5Q
f.2Q pigs SS75Q625.
sheep.5strong at $3.50 a45O. lambs
s. 90 $3.50.
Toledo Sept. 3O.-Wheat-Cash S1.oOH.
Corn-Cash S1lac
Oats Cash 5Oikc.
CloVerseed-Cash S5-57m.
East Buffalo, Sept. O.-Cattle-Export
steers S5.50Q6.25. fair to good $4,000 49,
shsep-Wethers @.7SqLo0 lambs $3.50
Hogs-Heavies n.as@ @a.4O. pigs s5l5.
Pittsburg. Sept cattie-choice
sheee. = Choice wetl,ers s4.Os04.lO.
HOss~ToTEsrs ss7s. piss ,4.OO@4.5O
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02

- Fine line Of Picture Moulding Al
carpenter's. Call and see them.
The Mahoning dispatch. [volume] (Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio) 1877-1968, 1908-10-02

The Fordyce-Osborne Co.'S Popular Suit Sale
NEW WORK CITY BJDS FOR THIS SPECIAL BUSINESS
!" Twenty-Five Dollar Tailored Suits"
Our Ready.to-Wear G

toWe Gam
ngs
n
tot ewanh
oprofs
forth dnoekt sell a
what
econdee and retail TOR $500
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THE MARKETS.


Financial.
New Yori-. Sept. SO.-Money-On call
ia per cent, Sterling exchange at
s4.S6,35 for demand.
Grain, Provisions and Live Stock.
Flour-Quiet, but steady
Wheat-No. red S1.O61s.
Corn-No ? at sec.
Oats-MiNed 53c.
Hay-Quiet.
Cattle-No trading. Veals $5.OO@s5O.
Sheepmoasteady at S2.2594OO. lambs
Hogs-No sales reported
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East Buffalo, Sept. 0-Cattle-Export
steers s5.50Q6.as. fair TO good s4.OOQ .75
.shsep-Wethers &.75qLo0, lambs $3.50