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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-29

The Wood County Rural Carriers
A ssociation will meet in Marsht9d
on Monday September 2-labor day.
All carriers in the county are urged
to attend this meeting as the session
will be Of great interest and benefit
to each carrier. In unity there is
strength.
There are now in the entire United
States ,053 full blooded buffaloes. All
are in reservations, parks and private
estates but twenty which are running
wild In the Yellowstone park. Canada
has 351 and Of these.
1t seems Theodore Roosevelt is not
the first TO give Oyster Bay presi-
Dental distinction. George Washing
ton once spent two days there. The
house where he was entertained iSStill
in good condition and the furniture in
the room he occupied has never been
changed.
AS we go TO press we are informed
that A. Moore, who recently purchased
half interest in the Owen Love
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-29

The old brick walk in front of the
Library has been taken up, and the
city teams are at work filling up along
the south line of the Library park
preparatory to the laying of cement
walks.
The SiJterIey restaurant on the
west side is constantly growing in
popularity, The proprietor believes
in giving his customers all the variety
Of good food that he can for the
money he charges.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-29

John Rasmussen and his assistants
are doing nice job of cement side
walk laying for the city of Grand
Rapids round about the public library
building, This improvement will add
greatly to the appearance of this part
Of our city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-08-29

The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Goggins was very i'll last week, but is
reported better at this writing.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

Ford, is q scientific travesty for the
enlightenment Of mere man.
Joseph Weber of Weber's Theater,
New York, contributes a readable
article entitled "The Business Side
'of Being Funny"
The number overflows with de-
|lightful parodies and enjoyable verse.
Harvey Peake writes humorous
!monologue supposed to be carried on
|by a talkative dame at the symph-
ony concert. The lconoclast is writ
ten by e. J. Appleton, who wants
.sAa, ,Eruptions s@&f /. Individual Lib
efty.hS The slyV digs at the siren
uous and simtse nivers are as timely
as they are amusing "Here and
There" is alive with crisp anecdotes.
The new plays and the new books
are briefly aud adequately character
iezd as usual. @
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

hi1self ~ ~ no flattering unc-
tion ITO my 4ygl. y he sdid in his
great speech III the education bill
when he apologixed for being an
absurd person. ~ know full well
what you have all come here ex-
pccting for to- zee, reed shaken
by the wind, qdivefing and tremb-
ling in these Icy. blasts Of Sec
tartan differences which more than
anything else nip the buds Of
appearance is conceded to be
picty and reference. ," And lit
in its delightful anithesis to his
gloomy too soon i" Mr.. Birrell IS
gloomy. altho never too gloomy,
language. Grave An all his exterior,
in look. gesture, tone and walk
he dies drollery of language that
Springs from the workings of his
mind upon the circumstances in
which he. finds himself politically.
lie was Enthusiastically lugubri-
OTIS. for instance. when comparing
the House OF Commons during one
of its great debates to week 's
wash Glutlering in the wind:
"On such cccasions the House
of Commons has reminded me Of
a great drying ground where all
the clothes of the neighborhood
may be seen fluttering in a gale
of wind. There are nightgowns and
shirts and petticoats so distended
and distorted by the breeze as to
seem the garments of race of
giants rather than of poor mortal
men. Even the stockings of some
slim maiden, when puffed out by
the lawless wind, assume drppsical
proportions. But the wind sinks,
having done its task, and then the
mstter-of-fact washerwoman ,n-
pegs the garments, sprinkles them
with water and ruthlessly passes
over them her flat irons when 10
and behold! these giants robes
are reduced To- their familiar, do
nestle and insignificant proper.
tions. - f3
To this ought to be added Mr..
Bi,1ell $ public acknowledgement
that there was a time when I
really desired to be WITTY That
aspiration long since died within
him. Current Literature April.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
1T ISSETTLED.
Western RailrOaders' Dis
pute Is Adjusted.
new WAGE SCALE
Gives Iraiamea. q 10 Per Cent. Ad-
vanoe-Demand for a Nine
Hour pay Is Not Granted.

Chicago, April 5.--The differences
between western railroads and tie
members of the Order of Conductors
and Of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen were finally adjusted Thurs
day. The men abandoned their de.
mand for nine.hour work day, and
the railroads made an advance over
their previous proposition In the pay
Of baggagemen, firemen and brake.
men Of $3.50 per month.
The original demands Of the men
we're for an increase of IL per cent.
and for working day OF nine hours.
The managers offered an increase In
pay of 10 per cent. and declined to
grant the nine-hour day. The agree
ment was reached mainly through the
efforts OF Chairman Knapp, of the In.
ter-state commerce commission, and
Commissioner Neill, OF the United
States bureau OF labor. They formu.
lated the final proposition and the ad.
justment was chiefly due to their la
bOrs. ~
The new agreement, which goes
into effect on April 1, and is retroac.
tive for the first three days OF the
month, Is In part as follows:
The pay of conductors In the pas.
senger service to be increased $40 per
month; that of baggagemen $3.50. and
that Of fagmen and brakemen $3.50
per month. The railroads are not to
make any reduction In crews or . In.
creases In mileage to Offset the in
creased wages.
Overtime in the passenger service
to be allowed, on the basis OF Is miles
per hour. to be computed for each part
of the run separately. The overtime
rate to be 30 cents per hour for con.
ductors. % cents for baggagemen.
lagmen and brakemen.
The pay of the conductors and
brakomen In through and irregular
freight. local freight and mixed train
service to be 10 per cent over tho
rates in effect November 1, 1906. and
100 miles or less, ten hours or less, to
constitute day In such service.
One hundred miles or less. ten
hours or less, are to constitute days
work In helper (pusher) and construc-
tion train service; overtime Is to be
paid pro rata.
Roads on a ten-hour basis. or less
than ten hours, for day In helper or
construction train service on Novem-
ber 1, 1906, are to increase by 10 per
cent. the rates paid for such service.
The locomotive fremen were also
granted an increase OF 10 per cent.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
" hat Others Saw.
THE BOHEMIAN FOR APRIL

Il
One Of the most genuinely enter
tanning FISH" stories of magazine
literature appears in the April Bo.
hemian and Is entitled "The Whale. u
This is one OF the Unnatural History
series by Edward Marshall, which
has been an ever-growing delight
from the first installment.
The life Of this whale, whose name
was Levi A. Than. spanned a mere
bit OF three or four thousand years.
iE the course Of his rambles through
the seas from the Antarctic Ocean to
the depths Of the Arctic Seas. the
big fellow met many adventures
and none of them more amusing
than his mistake In swallowing jon
ah, which ever thereafter gave him
incurable DYSPEPSIA. This stomach
trouble was aggravated somewhat by
the carpentry skill of Jonah, who
fitted up the stomach OF Levi A..
Than into bachelor apartments,
which were discovered when the big
fellow passed in his checks to a
modern whaler's crew.
Reinforcing this splendid humor-
ous leader in the April Bohemian.
Henry Miller tells one OF the best
stories yet in my Yesterdays" Mr..
Charles +. Peters writes entertain
ingly OF some women artists. Miles
Bradford's cooking article entitled.
THE Apotheosis OF the Pie" will
make Americas mouth water and
make the women hunger for the en-
,ticlng recipes printed therein.
The eight stories chain the, reau-
srh interest, every one of them
Some, Of them are: "A Talk with
Tabitha," by Nellie Cravey Gill
more: 'eThe Granted Wish Of Tom
KEENAN," by w. A. Frost, a vivid
and dramatic story of a giants last
fght; "The Revolt OF Hannah," by
Leigh Gordon Giltner, the story of
the successful revolt Of a timid lit
tie woman against brutal husband.
Edwin l.. Sabin is indispensable in
AN Experiment by Posner." Posner
tries TO win q charming girl by his
science Of psychological advertising.
Mr.. Sabin has never written any
thing better than this.
"A Guide to Girlology" by Cecil
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
Were crImInaIIy Negligent.

Detroit. April 5.-Gateman Leonard
Zapf, at the Fourteenth avenue rail.
road crossing. and Conductor John
Kissane. Of the street car which was
struck by a Michigan Central train at
the crossing ten days ago. were on
Thursday found criminally negligent
by the coroner's jury. Zapf for not
closing his gates upon the approach.
ing train and Kissane in not taking
proper precautions before signalling
his motorman to cross the tracks. One
man was killed and dozen women In.
jured In the collision.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

The city council at its caucu,
last evening determined not tc
grant the Water company new
franchise. The decision was decis'
i've, not q man voting in favor OF
making the grant. This decision
came after the announcement from
the city solicitor that the company
under its present franchise, could
be forced to make the extension
which have been authorized by
council and which have been de-
layed by the company. For some
time council has been ordering ex.
tensions made in various parts OF
the city and these have not beer
made, the company represents, be-
cause the short life Of the present
franchise does not make it possible
for the company to secure the mon.
ey with which TO make tho exten.
-sions. However true this may be
the impression is general that the
company has been using this as
club to try to force council to
make the grant of a franchise.
Credence was given to this the
ory by the developments of last
fall when an engineer was secured,
at no small cost, to make an esti-
mate OF the actual worth of The
plant and system. 1t was previous
ly agreed that the company would
be willing to sell its property at
the price fixed by the engineer,
provided the citizens at the polls
determined to instruct council to
make the purchase. After the esti-
mate was made by the engineer the
water company refused to make
the sale at the price named. Since
THAT time affairs have been at a
standstill. Extensions have been
ordered and none made.
This move upon the part of coun-
ell, refusing to grant a franchise,
leaves practically only three cours-
es open to the city. ALLOW the
present franchise, which runs for
eight more years, TO expire and
then grant new franchise or pur-
chase the plant; purchase the plant
outright now or build its own plant
and system. There is no question
in the minds of many Of the citi-
zens who have the best interests
of the city at heart, but that the
purchase OF the plant, if it can b,
made at a reasonable figure, would
be the best course to pursue and
II this cannot be accomplished, to
build a plant which shall belong
to the city.
Council is to be congratulated
upon its stand as indicated by the
straw vote in last nights caucus.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
A Burglar 10 Sen. Up for 80 Year.

A Burglar 10 Sent Up for 80 Years.
New York, April 5.-Thirty years in
prison was the sentence imposed
Thursday upon Folke Engel Brandt
who had pleaded guilty to burglary
in the first degree In entering the
home OF his former employer, Morti'
mer l.. Schiff. the banker. On March
s Brandt, who had been discharged by
Mr.. Schiff, crept into coal hole at
the Schiff home and made his way to
the apartments Of Mr.. Schiff, taking
with him a heavy tenpin. While there
he stole some jewelry and assaulted
Mr.. Schiff. The assault charge was
not pressed at the trial.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
An Exciting ,ses sne IN court.

Chicago. April 5.-Howard Nichols,
one of the defendants in the trial for
the murder of the actress, Margaret
Leslie, caused excitement In the court
room Thursday when he seized a
large knife from 'valise which had
been brought into court and tried to
conceal 1t beneath his coat. The steel
blade was noticed by many Of the
spectators and several women who
were seated near Nicholas started for
the door. Deputy Sheriff Bagley seized
Nicholas and after a slight struggle
wrested the knife away.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

Piles are dangerous. but do not
submit to an operation until you
have first tried Man Ian theS0 Great
Pile Remedy. 1t is put up In col-
lapsible tubes with a nozzle that
allows 1t to be applied exactly where
!. Is needed. II you have itching.
bleeiing or protruding piles and Man
Zan does not relieve, money re-
funded. Soothes and cools. Re-
lieves at once. Naa ys
Sold by Flocken Drug Store
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
Phonograph Records Ex-
changed.

We exchange broken or worn out
Cylinder Recesds at their full value.
We carry In stock the complete
Columbia list of Cylinder Records.
Special concert Saturday afternoon
and evening. McCLAIN'S.
fklfIT ~il 4-5-1t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
Nationals Won Aualn.

Philadelphia. April 5.-The Phila.
delphia Nationals again defeated the
local Americans Thursday In the sec.
ond game OF the annual spring series.
Corridor pitched fine ball. holding
the Americans down to two hits.
Score: Nationals 4, Americans 1.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
Two Failures.

Worcester, Mass, April 5.-Akers q
Taylor. wo0len manufacturers in
Charlton City, one Of the D -ihcipal
manufacturing concerns In Worcester
county, have failed. The failure car.
rted with 1t the Taylor Manufacturing
Co. at Hope Valley. r. L.. whose prin.
cipal owner 10 Fred 8. Taylor. OF the
hrm OF kkers Z Taylor. The joint
failures have liabilities estimated al
5000.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
Wanted to BE In style.

Little frankie, aged three years,
was admlrlng new waist with lace
yoke worn by his young auntie, when
suddenly he exclaimed: 20, Lucy. l
wish you would make me a dress with
a window in IT, too!"-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
Inquiry 10 Postponed. |.

! Washington, April BIT Is announc
ed that there will be an indefinite
postponement OF the governments
proposed investigation OF the Hill
Morgan railway system on account OF
the illness OF Attorney John A. Love
ly. who was chosen to conduct the in
Quiry.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
Found. q $4,000 Shortage,

Z New Orleans. April 5.-As a resul,
Of the examination Of the accounts oI
Ferdinand H.. snudenhefer. state Ia,
collector. by State Auditor Capde
a.,ttia Hunouacsd tlat thas'is Z
shortage n RRe9FS ifsah $4,000. u.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

If Marion county is to have no
Taft club, what has become of all
Of those republicans who were yell
ing themselves hoarse last fall
about standing by Roosevelt.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
ROOSEVELT CLUB COMES
OUT FOR TAFT, AND HARRIS

Cincinnati, o., April 5.-The
Roosevelt club last night came out
for Taft for president. The club
also favored Harris reelection.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

cratic view point and which is 50
worrying those on the other side of
the political fence, while the man
who is astride, not knowing on
which side to alight is between the
fellow whose name is not often
mentioned in polite society and the
deep blue sea.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

Marion s baseball players are to
report on the same day that For
aker has selected for opening his
fight in Ohio. 1t will be a ques-
tion with some to determine to
which TO give the most attention.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

The safe, certain, reliable little
pills that do not grippe or sicken are
Dade's Little Liver Pills. Best for
sick headaches. biliousness and lazy
ivers.
Sold by Flocken Drug Store.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

"A member of the Thaw family
has just made donation of $780,
600 to the Western University of
Pennsylvania. The triands Of that
institution will raise 10 question
about streak of insanity in the
Thaw family.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

Jerome acts very much like a
man who knows he is beaten and
rather than lose lik, a man he is
hunting for some hole through
which to make his escape.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

Columbus is all in a muddle over
street paving contracts and sew
age disposal plant. Well! Well
Well!!!
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
OLD PILOT FALLS
DEAD AT whkEL

East Liverpool, o., April g.
Captain Conant of Sistorsvillc, a
veteran river pilot Of the Lorena,
fell dead at the wheel, Of heart
disease.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

If the local republican paper il
not a little more careful it viii
commit itself for Foraker.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

It should be quite q comfort to
Harry Thaw to know tha. he is
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
WANTED

25 sales people. Apply at
once. l. M. Hayfer Co. 2l2 West
Center Street, next to McClain's.
4-3-tf
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
Busy Hotel eIevs+or...

At the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in
New York 1t Is estimated that the
trips of tho elevators cover about 100
miles daily. ~ -,.o,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

was grandson Of Alexander
present mental condition excused while the
me appointment OF commission
Aan McAne Hamilton who by the defense aud
whose replies upset the calculations
IMP nsml who was the Youngest Of
man doctor
expert for the ueau assassin 81 rresIdsn
Garfield. 'Y' ""',"--" - '''"'uons
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
THE APRIL BURR MCINTOSH
MONTHLY.

The cover cf this delightful mag
azine of art is a reproduction OF
the famous painting ",rhe Mirror
by. George X. Barse, Jr. of the
National Acadecy of Art. 1t is
one of the moet exquisite reproduc-
tions that has appeared in any
magazine for a long time. The
color work of the inside pages is
also unusually attractive in this
number, while all lovers Of very
fine photographs will be especial
ly pleased with the series of pho
tographs from the Photo-Secession.
These embrace some of dhe finest
photographs ever taken i'll tins
country, ca in Europe, and they are
printed on cenreo plate tint paper
The portrait form contains many
very prominent stage people. among
them being Ellen Terry, Madam
Pauline DOnalda, Madam Giannina
Russ, Antoinctte Perry, Mile. Lima
Cavalier and Miss Grace Ellison.
This issue contains an article by
Mr.. Burr McIntish on the present
cordition of the Philippines, illus
trated with photographs made by
Mr.. Mcintosh, as official photo
grapher to the Taft Expedition in
1905. This article will not fail to
attract attention of all who arc
interested in our Eastern posses
sions and, particularly. as it was
written by a man on the ground
who is in position to learn the
actual state Of affairs. Altogether
this issue of the Burr Mcintosh
Monthly is superior to any previ-
ous issues, attractive as all of them
have been. Burr Publishing Com
pany, New York.
" ;vuH "d' --.---.+-. ,,,,
THE WITTIEST ENGLISH POL
ITIC1AN.
1t is to the fact that he is of
all humoi lists the most persuasive
that the new chief secretary for
Ireland owes his compelling posi-
ton in the House of Commons.
The mes. metaphysical of .humor-
lists, Arthur Balfour, is scornfully
facetious. Should private mem
ber entreat Mr.. BalfOur to ex-
PLAN himself, the Conservative
lesder will ironically apologize for
his own lack of perspicacity, the
deficiency Of his own intelligence
which neutralizes all further ef-
fort ia be lucid. The private mem
ber collarses amidst the general
hilarity. The Prime Minister, Sir
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, is
savagely sacetious, never hesitating
to compare some honorable friend
to gas meter or to ferocious
animal. 1t is only Augustine Bir-
rell who can be lovaby facetious.
The point Of his finest shaft, while
always of a FURNISHED quality, -
without the elongated barb that
makes the thrust of Joseph Cham
berlain so stabbing. Mr.. Birrell
always turns the laugh against
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

Hartman must have given tho
@. D. P. elephant a piece Of to-
bacco. ...a.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

1t is interesting to democrats
just now to see the repub-
licans in general and in Ohio in
particular, scrambling to get
onto the Taft band wagon, without
letting other members of the party
know it. In conversation, re-
publican will now say that he is
a Taft man, that he Believes Taft
will win in the fight and that he
has no use whatever for Foraker,
but when he talks to another re-
publican who is an out and out
Foraker man he will "hedge'' a
little and give the impression that
he is not very particular how the
fight goes and that he intends to
keep out of it entirely.
Wednesday, a number of the
members OF the local republican
central committee were interviewed
by Mirror representative and
were lia3glm4d that they were out
and out Taft men. Thursday they
are reibpted 10 have gotten "cold
feet" and gone back ON the state
nient. There is possibility that
other members than those inter-
viewed by sshtsthArlor Swere seen
and if this be true it indioatsss;a a
split in ths ss~mittee. THIS is the
condition which ~ s.akisa the ai..
uAtion so interesting fg@a 1sSo,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

The bes line of suits ever
shown at 81 .5N at
4-5-1t 1. NARY e. SONS.
1l3 South Main street.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

We do not advertise a $40. 90
suit for 81 so. But we do adver-
t;se a suit at $3.50, that is the
best value in MAion for the price.
4-5-lt |. M&X & SONS.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05
Two profe slons barred.

Rapineau (ais careful man)-No. l
should never allow my daughter to
marry Journalist; he always wastes
one side OF the. paper, And still less
should she we'd poet; he doesn't
even go to the end Of the line. Mos
Loisirs. 7tN
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

PAzo OINTMENT is guaranteed
to cure any case Of itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles IN 6 to
|ll days or money rrsfundeds s5oe.lyv
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

Industrial peace is to reign in
the West, in SO far as the rail-
roads are concerned. The great
strike OF trainmen has been avoid
ed. Each side has conceded few
points here and there and another
great stride toward the arbitration
Of all differences between employ
eri and employe has been taken.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-05

Professional Handicap. - w
Goethe: ALI professional men are
handicapped by not being allowed to
ignore things which are useless.