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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16

is a step in the right direction and
one which will meet with hearty
response upon the part of the work
men.
The bulletin which was posted in
the shop Tuesday informing the
men that the sum of $4,000 had
been set aside for their benefit,
and announcing the conditions
upon which the award would be
made, demonstrates that the com
pany is not umm.ndful of faithful
services upon the part Of its men.
No company in Marion has had
less trouble with its employees and
it is doubtful whether q company
in the state, employing as many
men has escaped with so little la
Dor trouble. The reason for this is
the fair treatment which the COM
pany accorded to its workmen. In
dustrial peace has reigned over the
plant of the company and as q
result of that peace, the year has
been made prosperous one. The
men, who were in q large degree,
responsible for this prosperity are
now to be given some of the bene-
fits which have accrued from the
company's push and hustle.
The men will appreciate this lib
erality upon the part Of the com
pany and the fact that the sum of
money was set aside shows that the
company appreciates the work of
its employees.
More loyalty upon the part of
employees and more evidences of
appreciation upon the pa:S Of the
employer will solve the question of
induserial peace without the APP
pointment Of q commission by the
president and the donation Of the
Noble peace prize.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16
OFFERS WIFE AS SECURITY.
Applicant for Loan Presents Novel
Proposition to Omaha Concern.

James Bean, railroad man, start.
led officers of the Omaha Loan and
Mortgage company by Offering to
leave his wife with the company for
three days as security for loan he
was trying to negotiate, Mrs, Bean
accompanied her husband and ex..
pressed her willingness to be turned
over as security for the loan.
1--WE just come in off the road and
I'm dead broke" said Bean. II got to
have some money at once. ! could
give you a mortgage on my household
goods II I had any here, but | haven't.
/ have no property OF any kind as Sc
curity for the loan want you to make
me, but II you will accept my wife
here for few days she will be willing
to be turned over to the company and
held till the money is paid back"
The officers of the company de-
clined Beans unique proposition and
he went away much disappointed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16

preached by none of the financcrs
He should stand aloof from them
and refuse TO become entangled in
any Of their moncy-making schemes
President Roosevelt owes il to the
people of the country TO see to it
tina such man is placed in charge
and if he refuses TO do this, con-
grcss should stand back and refuse
to have a hand in the deal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16

Governor Stewart, the new man
at the. helm In Pennsylvania has n
few ideas Of reforms of his own. In
his message to the legislature he
points out many places where
much good can be accomplished by
legislation, but the source from
which the mcst sensations can be
secured IN the shortest time lies
in the recommended investigation
of the manner of doing business.
When the new capitol building was
erected. Ever since the building
was nearing completion the papers
of the state have been full of ac-
counts. of "graft" in connection
with almost every department of
the work. The state it is believed
has been gulled ont of thousands
npon thousands of dollars, and if,
all reports be true, almost any kind
of an investigating committee
should be able to resurrect evid-
ence which would convict enough
to keep the courts busy for some
time.
Governor Stuart s recommends
t;uns are somewhat different from
those made by Governor Hughes,
but they are along that same line
of reform which is sweeping the
country from boundary to bound
ary.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16
nalur nf pnlar
Explnratin1t
By j. w. SMITH.
or u. S. Weather Buresu.

discovery pole that led the first explorers that direction the
est voyages northwest passage the Indies This
matter of slight consideration having been
found useless to all inteDts and purposes
commercial advantages to be gained for number of
the that inspired expeditions which not without
value expeditions led to the establishment of large and profit
able whaling enterprises the fur trade of the Hudson bay regions the
catching the extensive fisheries the banks of Newfoundland
To-day however, the chief interest the polar regions commercial
The scientific Investigator deeply interested in the exploration of the
regions and the explorations OF recent have been largely
and some of them wholly, in the interest of science.
The gcogaphe interested to learn of the r surface and
phsa phenomena unusual and conditions
the character around the poc all of which
be valuable construction of maps Certain observations would
of great geodcsy many matters relating the terrestrial
The science botany, and that of zoology benefited
arctic exploration search for the pole The northern
with ie antropoog too is interested in the human inhabitants
o the frozen north
The meteoroogst polar exploration the promise of much
information which he lacks The state the of
coroogy requires thorough investigation and knowledge
cars surface particularly that of the arctic and regions
The climate the is to large extent especially
sn by the atmospheric conditions of the north
more the elements embraced recognized
very important
mHt cite why polar exploration has
and great value and Importance The
polar explorations valuable purely commercial point
no reason abandoning them. Milton the great poet
torian in alnding to the earlier attempts
TO reach the polar regions, said: "They a
mghr have seemed almost heroic if n O w. - -
higher end than excessive love for gain and n II
traffic had animated the design" -
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16
YOUNGSTOWN GRAND JURY
AFTLR THE LOCAL TRUSTS

Youngstown, Jan. 1G.-The
Grand jury which has been in ses,
son Since last week, today started
an investigation of the trusts of
the city, including the grocery and
lee tru-i and Others. An effort
was made AT the ,mccting of the
grand Jury TO bring some indicI-
mentS, but ii failed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16

The discovery of the
north pole" is, of course,
what everybody ordinar-
lily pictures as the goal OF
arctic exploration, and in
itself this feat would be
one that would fill the
world with the profound
est interest and admira-
ton. Yet it was not the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16

Prosecutor David must have been
looking after the interests of the
tax payer when he waited until
the salary law became effective be-
fore pushing the cases against the
oil trust. He certainly did give the
clerk of the courts a good oppor-
tunity TO earn his salary when he
unloaded that batch of 930 indict-
ments irto his office.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16
Mr.. CoRTELYoU AND THE
TREASURY PORTFOLIO.

j. Pierpont Morgan, John ID.
Rockefeller and the National City
bank at Washington are just now
engaged in fight over the ccnfir-
nation of the Presidents appoint
ment of George b. Cortelyou to
the secretaryship of the treasury,
to succeed Mr.. Shaw, the present
incumbent. The whole trouble seems
to be over who shall be nearest
to the nations treasury and be Civ
Ell the inside tip when any good
change is afforded to clean up a
few thousands or millions on some
good government deal. For some
years the National City bank has
enjoyed the inside tracks upon the
other banks in picking up these de-
sirable transactions and getting on
to the ground first, through the
courtesy of the secretary of the
treasury. The Rockefeller interests
appear to havo been enjoying some
of this inside information, for they
have lined up with the bank in the
fight to secure the defeat Of Mr..
Cortelyou. J. p. Morgan thinks he
sees an opportunity to overthrow
these influences and himself gets
upon the inside with Mr.. Cortelyou
in the saddle, and he has taken up
the fight in an effort to secure his
confirmation.
The fight is Interesting since it
educates the people m general to
what is going on at Washington
and shows them how the nations
trasury is being tampered with by
the leaders of wall street. Much
has been said and written about the
sanctity of the treasury at Washing
ton and politicians have elaborated
upon the safety Of the government
so long as the treasury is entrusted
into good hands. II now appears
that the secretary has been little
more than the agent of some Of the
financial interests of the country
and has been playing into the hands
of some of them to the detriment of
others. The office of secretary of
the treasury was not created for any
such purpose. The secretary sup
posed to be the servant of the peo-
pie Of the United States and not the
penny dog of any particular clique OF
f.nanciers. His duty is TO look after
the finances of the nation and to
keep his finger upon the financial
purse and diagnose the case, if any
difficulty arises and produce the
remedy which will cure the threat
ened money panic or relieve the
over congested condition.
The light which is being waged in
the senate against the confirmation
of the appointment of Mr.. Cortelyou
is however, not being waged along
these lines. The opposition there to
Cortelyou lies in the fact that he
has been identified for some years
with the collection OF funds for the
republican party, the rottenness of
which action was only recently dis
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16
Booker 7. Washington, the

Booker 7. Washington, the lead
er of the colored people, has coun-
seled the people of his race 10
stop their hostility to the president
because OF his order dismissing the
colored troops. There is only an
other way of telling them to cease
endeavoring to shield members of
the race, whom they know to be
guilty of some crime.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16

The recent decision of the Mar
Jon Steam Shovel company, the
largestl manufacturing concern in
MarioA to share its profits with
the employees who have been loyal
and who shall continue to be loyal
until the tenth day of next July,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16

The Hancock county grand jury
returned two and a half bushels of
indictments against the Standard
Oil company and never ruffled a
feather.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16

The mayor of Oxford, Ohio, has
been called upon to fine a man
for working on Sunday. This is
one thing which Mayor Scherff
has escaped. Every man in Marion
does so much work in the six
working days that he is glad
enough to rest when the Sabbath
comes.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16

Mrs. James G.. Blaine, Jr., who
was recently divorced from her for
mer husband, has married again. 1t
will soor be time to hear from the
Gnti-divorce congress again.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16
Thr Marrirh 11fnnatt
1aBhn 6hnltlh Nnt Urarlr
BY Mr.. ALBERT E. WlNSHIP.
Editor of journal OF Education.

ERE are theoretical reasons why married teacher
should be excluded from the profession and others why she
should he specifically retained There also practical
for exclusion and retention.
It enough to say that each case should be decided
its merits with guiding principles Practically
every city in the country vcxed this question: and there
is no need to study the principles involved
There are many reasons why an unmarried woman
shoud not teach pcrmanentv as there why married
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16

Weather for Ohio-Snow In north
ern, rain or snow In southern por-
tion tonight, warmer in northeast
portion. Thursday snow or rain.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16
UNCLE SANS HUMAN PYRAMID AT FORT MONROE.


warfare the scaling of the walls of ofcatons
between of
the
capable scaling
soldiers
practcing this difficult
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-16

republican party, the rottenness Of
which action was only recently dis
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-09
MUST CONTROL AND PROTECT.
Judge Farrar Says Nation Must Gov
ern Railroads to Save Them
From state Persecution.

Washington, May 6.-That the
United States has full power under
the constitution to govern and con-
troll railroad corporations Is declared
by Judge E. H. Farrar Of New Or
cans, in a letter addressed to Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The railroads, he
says, are creatures Of the nation. This
fact places them under rule of the ma
ton and has the dual result both Of
regulating the roads and protecting
them from an unjust e%xactions by the
states. The roads also can be pro-
tected, he says, against the prejudice
Of the local jury by giving them ~"
right to sue and be sued In the feder-
al courts. The nation also should
provide the manner and extent
through which the roads shall be
taxed by the states.
Judge Farrar discussed his letter
Saturday with the president who re-
quested that he give the letter to
the public for information and discus
sion. Judge Farrar consented.
"The transportation problem in this
country" says the letter, has as
such an acute phase that 1t
must have a satisfactory solution. So
long as there is divided control over
the great public highways and the
corporations that manage them no so
luton can be reached. Quasi public
corporations they are by their very
nature subject to public control and
regulation. Unity Of control and regu-
Iatlon is essential to the welfare Of
the public to whose service they are
dedicated.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-09
STEEL TRUST LOST MONEY
Schwab Says Three Battleshipi
Cost 1t So, SOC, 900.
Concern win Build No More Ships al
San FrancIsc While Labor condl-
tons Remain as They Are.

San Francisco, May 8.-Charles M
Schwab, former president Of the
United States steel Corporation and
president Of the Carnegie company
prior to the organization of the Steel
Corporation, heavily interested in
large shipbuilding works in the east,
chief owner of the Bethlehem Steel
Works and the principal holder OF
Harlan and Hollingsworth of VIII
mington, Del, made a flying trip to
San Francisco Monday.
Mr.. Schwab, in a personal inter
view stated:
"Our concern will never. take a
battleship or any other kind of a ship
to be built in San Francisco as long
as the labor conditions are maintain
ed as at present We lost $2,5O0,0OO
on the last three battleships contract
ed for and have lost more money in
our work In San Francisco than we
have made at our other works through
out the different parts Of the country.
We shall not take any work of any
magnitude under the labor conditions
existing in San Francisco. / have
never seen anything like It anywhere.
I'VE have Just completed three bat
tleships for the United States govern
ment and we have lost s2,500.000 In
the construction, and this was chief
ly caused by the condition Of labo&.
When we took control of the Union
Works, Henry T. Scott had already
contracted for these three ships and
then the men were working ten hours
day but this did not exist long be-
fore II was nine hours. 1t Is not so
much the time as It is greatly because
Of their inferior and inefficient work
manship that we object as the same
standard has not been maintained.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-09
BROS.
ABILENE, KANSAS.

ed the gloomy portals Of Dublin castle
without q sinking of the heart almost
equivalent to abandoning hope"
Parnell had said that n way to
govern ireland was to send a man
there to hold the balance Of all par
ties and administer the country in a
spirit of courage ana Independence,
but the government had no such man
In its eye. II would rather write the
biography of a deceased autocrat,"
Mr.. Girrell said, than live under his
rule. Such men do not make good
history" !.
s~wettenham Takes to the Hills.
Kingston, JAM, May 4.-Sir Alexan-
der Swettenham retired from the post
of governor of Jamaica Friday. He
has gone to his residence in the hills
where he will stay until he leaves the
island. Colonial Secretary Bourne has
been installed as acting governor
pending the arrival here Of Sydney
Oliver, the new governor who will
sail from England.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-09
RAILROAD CONFERENCE
The Nebraska Commission Has 9
Heart to Heart Talk.
Company Officials Enter Usual Pro.
tests but Announce Their In
tsntlon 70 Obey the Law.

Lincoln, May &--Railroad manag
ers and other officials of the lines
in Nebraska, together with transporta.
ton men from Chicago. St Louis and
Kansas city Tuesday conferred with
the members Of the state railway
commission on the question Of rates
and others matters affecting the roads
and shippers. Both sides were well
represented. II was more Of q heart
to heart talk than a formal discus
sion, but the form of monthly reports
to be made by the roads TO the com.
mission brought out an animated de-
bate. The railroad spokesman took
the position generally that they were
willing TO give the information want
ed by the commission, but preferred,
for their own convenience and that
of the railroad board as well. to have
the data supplied by officials rather
than employees Chairman Winnett
and Commissioner Williams of the
board on the other hand, appeared
to think that the reports would be
mor satisfactory If furnished direct.
Joint rates were also discussed, but
no decision was reached, Chairman
Winnett announcing that the commits
sion proposed to adopt the rate sched'
ules in effect April l as a temporary
expedient, except where complaints
might be offered.
There vas an interesting discussion
Of commodity and distance tariffs and
their effect In the states Of Kansas,
and Iowa. Traffic Manager Stith Of
the Missouri Pacific said there we're
more commodity tariffs than business
IN parts Of Kansas.
]. R. Monroe of the Union Pacific
said the mileage tariff was a detri.
ment to Iowa.
Although Iowa is mi of the most
fertile and prosperous states in the
union. 1t is without any large Cities"
he said. 1.-THE mileage tariff has re-
rather than expanded its |.
Industries and trade. The effect has
been that enough republicans have
gone from Iowa into Missouri to &C
count for that state going for the re-
publican ticket three years ago"
Commissioner Williams asked for
some specific reasons why the distance
tariff plan should not be adopted and
Mr.. Stith said the rates under 1t could
not be made elastic; they would not
affect one community as they would
There was . general expression
rom the railroad men Of a desire to
with the new Nebraska laws.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-09

Webb city. Mo, May s-Robert
Hulser, a miner here Tuesday made
q deposition IN the Moyer-Haywood
case swearing before Justice Cross
well, that while In the office Of Nine
Manager Cornish at Victor. Colo, In
September. 1908, he heard Cornish say
to the present adiutaut general Of
Colorado, we have Meyer where We
want him and wiz put him under the
ground" HIlser says Paymastsr TIA
veil said then we have the money
and must get Meyer out Of the way
and break up TIE Miners union HUI
Ger nays the military officer sid al
neht gentlemen. IN Do al I can for
yOu
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-09
TIED UP THE CAR SYSTEM
Mortormen and Conductors Struck
In San Francisco.
Men Demand Three Dollars Pay for
Eight Hours Work--company
VIII Try to Operate.

San Francisco, May 6-The street
car motormen and conductors strucl
Sunday, tying up the street q sys
tenn Of this city. In lieu Of the cars
all sorts Of vehicles from automobiles
to express wagons are used by the
public.
The motermen and conductors Of
the United Railroads early Sunday
morning voted to declare a strike af-
ter having failed to obtain an 8-hour
day and q flat wage Of three dollars.
The strikers have been reinforced
by the stationary firemen who de-
mand recognition Of their union and
an increase Of wages from $2.7G to
1925 per day. II is probable that 9th
or allied unions will come to the sup
port Of the platform men. There was
no disorder Sunday, as no attempts
were made by the railroad officials
to take cars from the barns but 1t is
expected that an effort to run cars
will be made Monday.
President Patrick Calhoun says that
the United Railroads will operate its
lines Independently Of the carmen's
union and II resisted will demand from
the city and state authorities the full
protection guaranteed by the law.
The decision Of the carmen to walk
out was reached at a meeting attend
ed by 1900 men.
The officials of the United Railroads
have been making elaborate prepare
tons to run cars in the event Of a
strike, and they claim to have sew
eral hundred experienced men ready
to take the PAGES Of the strikers.
In the event Of the city and state
being unable to provide protection in
case Of serious trouble, federal as
s~istance may be invoked on the
ground that the United Railroads In
vestment company Of New Jersey,
which is the holding corporation Of the
Railroads, Is a corporation for
eign to this state. 1t is reported that
Farley, the noted strike breaker, is in
the city and that he will have charge
Of the strike-break1ng operations.