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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-24
EAGER BUYERS
At PROPERTY SALE
FOR UNPAID TAXES
Number of Pieces Offered in
COmptroIIer's Office Smaller
Than Usual.

At the sale of property on account
of x unpaid for two years or more
In the office of Comptroller Tyler
Parmly today there was sharper bid
ding than usual, and the quarters Of
the comptroller were crowded with
those who were anxious to acquire
property. Between 600 and ZOO pieces
were on the sale list when William
F. Meehan, of the comptroller's depart
ment, who has acted as auctioneer for
several years. began business. This
number is smaller than usual. The tax
charge on many properties had been
settled within the last few days, the
revenues thus received making a
record.
There vas keen competition, The
most frequent and hea.'e9l bidders
were Charles herman, pr. August J.
Mitchell, Hyman Harris INC John +.
Cahill.
Up to > O'Clock this afternoon all the
property where the amount of the
city's claim exceeded LOCO was bid
in by Mr.. Bierman. These are some
of the properties, with the prices, upoa
which he was The successful bidder:
54a-546 Broad street, $4969; 791 Broad
street, $2.262.15; l52 Market street,
$2,S42.95; 1913 Springfield avenue,
S1,02S.25; 1895 Mechanic street, $l,210.
The city lieu on the latter property is
$1,155.30. The property at 152 Market
street is the Hill building.
The comptroller today requires all
bidders to put up % per cent. deposit
before their names will be allowed to
stand opposite their bids. In case of
failure to comply the property viii be
resold. The deposit is eXacted to pre-
vent bidders from throwing back on
the city any property whirh they de-
cid they do not wan for any reason
or other.
The sale began at 10 O'Clock, and be-
cause of the rapid bidding the list had
been nearly half disposed of when an
adjournment was taken at moor till1:3
O'Clock this afternoon. Mr.. Meehan
did not have to lose any time to wait
for bids in expectation of drawing out
the competitors. They cam fast and
furious, as the baseball writer's say.
Property against which the city's
claim was very small, five dollars or
SO, sometimes brought out bids exceed
ing 500. Buyers are allowed under the
law no interest IN anything except the
amount of the city's lien. They can't
take title within a year and not until
they have given the recorded holders
months notice. The interest on the
lien is 10 per cent. On every property
bought, however, the buyers are en-
titled to make a search. for which they
be recompensed, and they must
also be r-ecompensed by those who de-
sire to redeem their property for all
served on them or their repre-
sentatives.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-24
INVITED TO COMMISSION
PLAN TALK IN ELIZABETH.

An invitation was received today by
the local Board of Trade to attend a
meeting tomorrow evening in Proctor's
Theatre, Broad street. Elizabeth, where
John MacNicar, of Des Moines, will
talk ON Commission Government" Mr..
MacVicar has long made a study Of
this subject inc his reputation prom
ises to fill the theatre The Elizabeth
Board of Trade extended the invitation
to the local business men who for
months have been bordering over the
merits and demerits of commission
government for Newark.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-24

sion is that she committed suicide by
wading into the river, which is a short
distance from the hall The body was
taken to Burlington by Undertaken
Stack.
Miss sutterly, who was formerly of
Trenton. where her two brothers reside,
had been a teacher at the fashionable
Episcopal College for Ladies for ten
years.
She went West a year ago for her
health and underwent a surgical opera
ton, from which she never fully recov-
cred. Her suffering is believed to have
driven her to suicide.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-24
L|NEMAN TELLS
Of SHOCK He COT
ON TOP OF POLE
Leg Seemed Glued to Wire Till
Chum Carried Him to
Safety.

James Maekey, % years old. OF {
of the Public Service Electric Com
pany, told an Evening STAR reporter
today the story of his remarkable es-
cape from death when he was shocked
by a current Of 1900 volts at the top
of a pole, and Of the thrilling feat of
his %coworker, Edward Jones. in drag
ging him from the live wire and carry
ing him down to the ground.
Il was working with Edward Jones,
of Jersey City-Parson, we call him.
he said. I'VE were repairing a circuit
breaker on the top of a pole at the
corner of Union place and Bergenline
avenue, Union Hill.
Current Bit Right In.
II think it must have been the per-
SEPARATION soaking through my clothes.
Perhaps the wire, which was newly in
sulated, wasn't quite right. Any way,
L got my leg against it somehow, and
the current bit right in.
Il guess 1 was kind of stunned, Any
way, | couldn't seem to get away from
the contact. Then the fuse blew out
and I dropped a little.
when the fuse blows out they wait
three minutes at the power-house be-
fore putting on the current again
just for such cases, to give a man a
chance to get away. But | couldn't
seem to get away, although l knew it
knew it as well as l do now | guess
l was stunned pretty bad.
IF / hadn't got away in those three
minutes they would have taken me
home in a basket.
Then Parson crept over. We were
out on the hve-foot arm. He braced
and pulled me away-just in
time. He must have got my belt free
first. Then we managed 70 get Town
together don't know how l guess
that's about all there is to it,"
The accident occurred about 3 o'clock
yesterday. Mackey was badly burned
his right leg. He was taken to a
nearby drug store and attended by a
physician.
'fThis is the third accident that's
to M abers of Local No. 81,
l.. B. E, W.. IA few days" lie
"Wf hoffman was killed
in Elizabeth last week by Il I've wire
and ANOTHER one of our men in SYRIA
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-24
sTRANGLED BABE; SENTENCED.

PASsAIC, May 24.-For strangling
her one-day-old child to conceal it's
birth Mary Sastak, of this city, was
sent to State prison for one year lby
Judge Francis Scott in Quarter SEES
sions Court at Paterson yesterday
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-24
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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12
TAX LEv|ES HAVE
ALL BEEN MADE

The 1911 tax levies have been
fixed by the state board of equ:,li-
cation and there are some changes
in levies for the various funds, the
changes being in the levy for the
state school fund and in the mill
tary fund. The levy for state school
fund is charged from 21S mill to
200 mills and the levy for the mill
tary fund is changed from Is mills
to 20 mills; the general fund levy
is 2.10 mills and the total levy for
state purposes is $50 mills as again
ST SAB mills in 1910. The levy for
1911 however raised 5000, 1877
while the levy of 1910 raised but
$4,92O,926. The highway levy is
fixed by law at one mill and the at
tCrney general mas ruled that this
must be made, even if the last leg
islature did fell to provide for the
spending of this money. In Chehalis.
Grant. Kits2p, Okanogan. and Ska
git counties the ratio is changed for
this year, which means that these
counties will pay less state taxes
than 1910 as the percentage was in
creased and the higher the percent
age the less the taxes. In Kitti'as
county the 1911 ratio is 1881 per
cent on the actual value of SEC
OPS, 100, which has been cqualized
by the state board of equalization
at 6,440. The v?lue of the
steam roads in Kittitas county is
fixed at $736,111 and of the tele-
graph lines at $24,S96 and the
grand total fer Kittitas county is
7.791.447.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12
MUNICIPAL FILINGS
WERE VERY FEW

The filing for municipal Offices are
as follows: Treasurer. A. NJ. Hall;
Attorney, c. r. Hadley; Jay Whit
field; Howard Harrison; Clerk, j.
A. Crimp; Councilmcn, b. A. Maxey
and Lou Armocost, Third ward.
There is talk of two or three
other tickets being nominated on
primary day, but whether this is
true or not, we are not prepared to
say. So far no one has announced
for mayor, though number have
been mentioned as likely candidates,
among whom we mention: c. H.
Flummerfelt, c. II. Stewart, J. A.
Mahan. f. S. Chaplin and f. f.
Craig.
The contest is likely to warm up
to quite degree, a regular old
fashioned hummer, as the local OPP
ton issue will of course be injected
into the campaign in spite of all that
can be said and done, and the vets
and drys win spat from start to fin
ish. ana in the end the very element
not wanted arc likely 10 win. It is
funny that the people will allow
selfshness and bigorty to enter into
purely business proposition, but
they will and there seems to be no
remedy for such acts. Fight it out
at the polls and take the cOnse-
quences, good, bad or indifferent.
The wise man votes judiciOusly.
How will you vote?
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12
100000 BOND ISSUE
Wins BY MAJORITY

The 100000 bond issue put up to
the voters of district 3, for the pur-
chase of two block site and the
construction of $4,000 high school
building, carried in the election
Saturday afternoon, there being
cast total vote of 1918; S2l votes
for and 497 votes against.
or course, it is presumed that very
little can be done for the present or
even this year, further than some
little preliminary work.
The board of directors will meet
in few days and lay out the work
tC be done and provide for doing it
in due season.
There was rather a bitter contest
GU between the two factions, and
some have gone so far as to make
some assertions that are unwarrant-
ed. while some of the statements are
very credible to the ears of some
but so far as The Dawn is concerned,
it did not advise either way. 1t pub
lished articles pro and con and let
the voters draw heir own c0nclu-
sions and vote accordingly. We had
and still have our personal opinion
OF the matter as everybody else. and
we exercised our right of franchise
and expressed the same.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12
HIGH LINE ENGINEER
IS DOWN At WORK

The directors of the high line
reclamation district have employed
Frank c. Kelsey, of Portland, Ore
gon, engineer to check up the gov
eminent surveys and estimate the
cost of the work. Mr.. Kelsey started
on his work Monday and promises to
finish it up in sixty days.
Mr.. Kelsey has had a good many
years experience in railroad and
irrigation engineering and has been
connected with prominent projects
in Utah and Idaho, and more re-
Gently with the Nisqually power pro-
ject, now under construction.
Recommendation favorable to his
selection weresent from many north
northwestern points.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12
FLOOD DISASTERS
IN UNITED STATES

1S49-New Orleans inundated
1900 persons swept to death.
1S47-Mill River Valley, neal
Northampton, Mass; 144 lives lost
1S74-Pittsburg and Allegheny
rivers overflow; 200 persons drown
ed.
1S89-Johnstown destroyed by
breaking of dam in Conemaugh riv
err; 2142 persons drowned.
1S92-Mississippi river flood
May 25; $50 persons persisted.
1S97-Mississipp valley floods
heavy loss of life.
1900-Galveston inundated by
tidal wave: over 5000 lives lost ant
$12, 100000 property destroyed b,
West Indian hurricane.
1905-Mississippi flooded; dam
age 100000.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12
NELLIE G. THOMAS
DIED SATURDAY

Mrs Nellie G. Thomas, wife of NJ.
G.. Thomas of west Ellensburg, died
Saturday, Oct. Z, 1911, of leakage
of the heart, being i'll only few
hours. The funeral took place from
Rose G. Inmans chapel Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted
by Rev. Allen X. Smith.
Mrs Thomas was well and favor
ably known in this city. She leaves
to mourn her death husband and
five small children. sister ami a
father, Mr. English. She was a
good ncighbor, a loving wife and
mother and faithful daughter. The
sympathy of a host of friends go out
to Mr.. Thomas and his bcreaved
children in this their hour of sorrow
and trouble.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12

legislation to be enacted by demo-
Gratis is, as has been said met by
the fact that this panic began two
years prior to the presidential cleo
ton day of 1892. The following
will serve as reminders on this
point:
November II, 1890, the reports
showed financial distress in New
York. The New York Clearing
House association voted it's certifi-
Gates to banks in need of assistance.
The Boston Clearing House as
ISOLATION did the same thing Novem-
Der II. Barker Bros. & Co.. big
bankers in Philadelphia, suspended
at that time, with liabilities placed
at 100000.
November 10, 1890. there was a
run on the Citizens Saving bank of
New York, and a receiver was APP
pointed for the North River bank.
November %. 1890, the United
Rolling Stock company of Chicago
assigned, with liabilities at $6.S51, =
900.
November 2S, 1890, B. x. jamie
son & Co., the Philadelphi bankers,
failed, with liabilities at $2.0OO,0OO.
December 6. 1890, the Oliver Iron
and Steel mills of Pittsburg shut
down, discharging 1000 employees
On the same date the cotton firm
of Myer & Co., of New Orlean. failed
with liabilities at 100000.
January 3, 1891. the Scottda1e
Rolling mills and Pike works in
Pennsylvania closed, throwing 49,
900 employees out Of work.
January IS, 1891, the American
National bank at Kansas City sus-
pended, with liabilities at $780,
| 900.
May IS, 1891, the Spring Garden
National bank at Philadelphia clos
ed it's doors. and the Pennsylvania
Safe Deposit and Trust company
made an assignment.
The Homestead strike and Other
strikes during 1892, and prior tt
election day, are well remembered
by the people.
The record discloses the first in
dications of the so-called panic OF
1898 were given November l l. 1890
little more than thirty days after
the Mckinley tariff bill became
law. From that date the pani'
ragged and while it's effects were felt
for several years, it reached its worst
Stage in 1893. and during the early
DAYS of 1894, during all of which
time the republican tariff law was
| in effect.
The late Thomas B. Reed. after
his retirement from the speaker
ship. delivered a speech in New York
in which he said: Another thing
which led this whole country into
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12

the error of 1892 was the history
of the last thirty years. During all
that time we have been prosperous.
The New York World called this
cold. colossal and impudent falsi-
fication of history" and said that
it must have astonished those
among his hearers whose memories
were more than one year long. Then
this New York paper gave Mr.. Reed
these interesting reminders:
THE panic of 1878. under
republican rule and twelve
years of high tariff taxation.
was the most disastrous and
the period of business depres-
sion for five years there after
was the most severe of any in
history. 1t was officially esti-
mated that 100000 working
men were out of employment
Bankruptcy was Widespread. A
swept over the country.
From 1881 to 1886, under
two republican tariffs, there
were labor strikes involving
22.3O4 establishments and L.
323,2O3 workmen. OF these
strikes 9,439 were for an in
DAWN-THREE
crease of wages and 4,344
against reduction of wages.
Mr.. Reeds party tinkered
the tariff in 1883. In that year
there were 9,1S4 business fail
ures. involving $172,S74,0OO.
In 1884 there were 10.96S fail
ures. involving $226,343,000.
In the next year, still under
the republican tariff and cur
rency laws. there was a general
business depression. More than
100000 men were o.. CT e..
ploymeai
"In 1890 the Mckinney hIit
was passed. aAI t.~17 ~sce
1868 failures IL that yea..
and 1884 the next, with liza
biities in each year amounting
to nearly 5000, 100000. The
tariff was raised to nearly fifty
per cent, but wages either stood
still CT declined while the
prices of ncceGsarics advanced.
The projected manufacturers
kept all their bonus as usual.
"Tramps and trusts, the twin
products of a monopolists'
tariff. were practically un-
known in this country until we
had endured uninterrupted re-
publican rule for dozen
years.
1.-The worst labor troubles
the bloodiest riots, the most de-
Continued on inside page
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12

A minister noticed a crowd OF
urchins clustered around dog OF
doubtful pedigree.
What are you doing, my little
menu" he asked with fatherly inter
est.
"Swappin' lies volunteered one
the boys. 1.-The Teller that tells the
biggest one gets the purp."
Shocking" exclaimed the minis.
ter. why. when | was your age
never even thought of telling an
Lntruth."
"Youse win," chorused the ur.
chins. THE dogs yours. mister"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12
How to Can Greens.

Cook just as you would for the
table, sailing them and not cooking
too tender. Put into glass jars
pouring the juice off. When can is
full have some good vinegar boiling
fills every crevice, putting a knife in
around the can. Onc-half teacupful
is enough for one-gallon, if vine
gar is good. viii keep for two years
Is good cold or warmed over. This
is a good winter relish when every.
thing is dry. Try it. Autumn greens
are good to can.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12

You are not experimenting on
yourself when you take Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for cold as
that preparation has won it's great
reputation and extensive sale by its
remarkable cures of colds and can
always be depended upon. 1t is
equally valuable for adults and chill
dren and may be given to young
children with implicit confidence as
it contains no harmful drug. Sold
by Owl Drug store.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12

Don't trife with cold is good ad-
vice for prudent men and women. 1t
may be vital in case of child.
There is nothing better than Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for coughs
and colds in children. 1t is safe
and sure. For sale by Owl Drug
Store.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12

In their references to the panic
of 1898 republican orators and
organs habitually overlook the date
when the Mckinley law ceased and
the Wilson law went into effect But
when in their tariff discussions they
are required to face the fact that
that panic played it's greatest havoc
during the life of the republican
tariff law they answer that it was
the anticipation of tariff legislation
growing out of democratic victory
in 1892 which brought on these
business disasters. For this reason
in their list of business disasters,
they place July IS, 1893, as mark
ing the beginning of that great
panic.
Let it be remembered that the
Mckinley tariff bill became a law
October 6, 1890, and that the first
indications Of the so-called panic
of. 1894 were given November IL,
1890. A LITTLE MORE THAN
DAWN-TWO
THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE Nc
KINLEY TARIFF BILL BECAME
LAW. From that date the panic
tagged.
The Harrison administration was
inaugurated March 4. 1889, and
when the first indications of this
ranic were given, President Harrl-
son had not exhausted the half OF
the term for which he was elected
II is admitted by everyone famiilaf
with the facts that President Harri-
CONS administration had plates pre-
nared for the bonds and Mr.. Harrl-
sons secretary of the treasury maze
visit TO New York for the purpose
of negotiating the bond deal. lie
was wired by Mr.. Harrison to re-
turn to Washington. Mr.. Harrison
said that he had concluded not 70
have any bonds issued under MS
administration and in order to AVOID
the stigma the Harrison adminstra'
t,on warded off the bond issue and
unloaded it on the incoming Cleve'
land administration.
It may not be out of place to POM
o,+ that when the democratic adj
minstration surrendered the relnS
of government, March a. 1889, tnert
was in the federal treasury the lar
gest surplus in history. Wheh 'h'
republican party went out OF power
March a. 1898, there was a large
deficit and the incoming admihS'r"
tion was finally persuaded TO MAKE
the bond issues which its repupllcai
,,oaocaesor had at one time though
to be necessary, but had skllilui'1
avoided -.
The claim that the business dis
asters of the period referred 10 Wei
dino TO the popular fear OF tarii
piliousness is due to a dlsoroere'
condition of the stomach. Nhah'
herlain's Tablets are essentialiy
s+omach medicine, intended especlai
l.. IN act on that organ; to cleanse
# strengthen it, tone and invigor
ate it. to regulate the liver ana u
hanish biliousness positively ana eli
e.,.I1v For sale by Owl Drut
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12

Lame back is one of the most
common forms of muscular rheuma-
tism. A few applications of Cham
berlains Liniment will give relief.
For sale by Owl Drug Store.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12

Don't trihe with cold is good adj
vice for prudent men and women.
1t may be vital in case of a child.
There is nothing better than Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for coughs
and colds in children. 1t is safe and
sure. For sale by Owl Drug store
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-10-12

The best plaster A piece of
flannel dampened with Chamber
lain's Liniment and bound on over
the affected parts is superior to
plaster and costs only one-tenth as
much. For sale by Owl Drug store.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-06-15
Blind Tariff Rippers.

| Tariff changes, impending or under
active consideration, are always dis
turbing element in business. A Dem
ocratic House has jumped into making
new tariff by caucus, with what seems
to be the utmost confidence in itself to
do something now in which it has dis
asterously failed heretofore. A caucus
is held, differences seemingly compro-
missed, a report made and rushed
through on the floor by party authority
the whole operation showing a purpose
to go it blind with tariff changes whose
intent is to catch thoughtless voters
next year. Since the extra session be-
gan in April the Democrats in the
House have passed Canadian reciproc-
ity, free list bill, and slashed at the
wool schedule until little remains of
the protection of wool long maintained.
This is but little prelude. The
ripping stops little short of free trade
because the Democratic leaders are too
cowardly to make square fight for it
and are also interested in protecting
some articles produced in their own
districts.
One Democratic charge against the
Republican party is that the present
tariff law passed by the last congress
failed to reduce the duties as much as
had been promised. But this cannot
be the main controverted point be-
tween the two parties If the Repub-
licans had made the present duties
only half as large as they are they would
still be adjusted to a fundamentally
protective policy. But the Democrat
ic party has always denounced any
prot ective duty. The party judged by
all its platforms, is for free trade. Why
then does it dodge free wool now7
Because, as in 1894, it is playing the
sneak on protection, sparing it a little
for the benefit of local interests with
which it has political relations, and
thinking to leave enough to confuse
the judgment of protectionist voters.
It is craven programme, but not new
with Democratic leaders when given
congressional power.-Globe Demo
crat.