The day book. [volume], July 09, 1914, NOON EDITION, Image 4

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heretofore totally escaped taxation is
described as follows:.
Real Property.
1 Streets and alleys vacated by
city of Chicago.
2 Present slips, or submerged
lands along the Chicago and Calumet
rivers.
3 Past slips or submerged lands
along cmcago ana calumet rivers
which have since been filled in.
4 Railroad property other than
right-of-way.
5 Past exempted lands now pri
vate. Personal Property.
1 Residents of country towns.
Personal property of individuals
whose names are not on books for
assessment.
2 Corporations. M e r c h andise,
fixtures, credits, not on assessors'
books for assessment.
3 Individuals. Mortgages, stock
in foreign corporations, notes and
securities, bonds and other personal
property, not on books for assess
ment.
4 Firms. Merchandise, fixtures,
credits, etc., not on books for assess
ment. 5 Leasehold interests on lands
exempted from taxation. School
lands and Illinois Central Railroad
lands.
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS
Edwardsville, III. Because juror
was offered glass of beer by railroad
attorney pubhc administrator moved
for new trial in $10,000 damage suit
against railroad won by Big Four.
New York. After making big haul
at public playground opening, pick
pockets threw empty pocketbooks
mto Mayor Mitchell's auto.
Dallas, Tex. M. Cavi, Creek, rob
bed and murdered in hotel room.
Indianapolis. Mrs. Arabella St.
John, 64, poisoned pet canary, then
suicided.
Paris. Chamber of deputies adopt
ed committee report favoring appro
priation for official representation at
Panama. Exposition.
Fond du Lac, Wis. Louis, Sontag,
Sheboygan, sec'y Wisconsin Master
Plumbers' Ass'n, arrested in connec
tion with anti-trust prosecutions
brought against alleged plumbers'
trust.
Fort Smith, Ark. Nearly 1,000
firemen and engineers in employ of
Iron Mountain system, voted to join
55,000 other engineers employed on
98 roads west of Mississippi in pro
posed strike.
St. Joseph, Mo. Mrs. E. M. Piatt
urged before Missouri code commis
sion that couples be required to have
at least $200 before marrying.
Dayton, O. Int'l Motion . Picture
Ass'n expected to consolidate with
Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of
America.
Dalmuir, Scotland. Suffragets
roughly treated by hoodlums when
women heckled their majesties who
were inspecting the shipyards.
Bay Springs, Miss. Mob storming
jail to lynch Mose Johnson, negro
who confessed to killing 1 man and
injuring 2 others in attempt to rob
pay car.
Washington. Senate repealed li
cense tax of $100 a mde per year on
railroads of Alaska.
Washington. Senate passed
amendment to sundry civil bill appro
priating $50,000 for Alaskan exhibit
at Panama-Pacific exposition.
Cleveland. Insane, Theresa Cook,
27, threw kettle of boiling water over
Mrs. C. Kilbea, who will die.
Kansas City. Joseph Siegel, Chi
cago, sentenced to 2 years In pen for
"reDeating" in special election.
Salt Lake City, Utah. Jos. Hill
strom, better known as Joe Hill, poet
and I. W. W., sentenced to be electro
cuted Sept. 4 for murder of John G.
Morrison and his son, J. Arling Mor
rison.
Macon, Ga. W. J. Mosely, elected
member of county Democratic execu
tive committee in primary, has been,
dead ten years.