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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-16
UNIFORMED RANK
WILL MEET HERE
officers of Ninth Regiment
to Attend Session.
A Successor to the Late Colonel W.
C. Rapp Will be Elected on
January 8.

Lieutenant Colonel Wentz of Shell
by, was in the city Monday, confer
ring with other officers of the ninth
regiment, Ohio Brigade, Uniformed
Rank. Knights cf Pythias, in regard
to the election VI a successor to the
late Colonel .tapp.
As the annual inspections COM
mence Immediately after the first
|of the year, 1t Is necessary TO hold
the election In the near future and
for that reason 1t will be held here
January 3. All of the officers of
the regiment will be present and will
be entertained by the local company
1t Is said to be probable that Mr..
Wentz will be chosen to succeed
Colonel Rapp and that one of the
prominent members OF the order,
In this city, will be chosen to sue
ceed the lieutenant colonel.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-16
WILLING TO
]. TACKLE JOB
Would Clear Building of
Mice.
STORY SENT FROM HERE
KS SsA-3aho ~ 2
Att acts Attention Of a Cleve
Attracts Attention Of a Cleve
land Business Firm.
Supt. II. L. Frank Has Plain Dealer
Correspondent to Thank for the
Unusual Letter.

Superintendent of schools receive
some very peculiar communications,
but seldom do they have sent them o.
letter of such ludicrous nature as was
one which Mt. d. l.. Frank received
from Cleveland firm few days
ago.
"A few weeks ago, p. S. Wilson,
superintendent of janitors and build
ings of the local schools, complained
to the school board that mice were
annoying the teachers at the Silver
street building by gnawing through
the floors.
The local correspondent for the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, who evidently
has most vivid imagination, sent
special to that reputable sheet, stat
ing that the mice and rats were
practically eating up one of the local
school buildings. His immense ima;5-
ination did not end here, but the
writer Of the special went on TO say
that so numerous were the mice and
rats that they simply kept the teach
ers in a panic stricken state all the
time. "The teachers sent word to
the school board last night that un-
less some means to exterminate the
hairy tribe was exercised. they would
resign their positions" concluded the
article.
"A Cleveland firm that manufactures
rat poison, traps, and other mice and
rat exterminating devices read the
article and at once sent in a bid
for some business. The bid was for
warded to Superintendent Frank. The
firm had clipped the article from
the Plain Dealer and tacking It to
the correspondence The letter read
something like this.
TO the Honorable Superintendent and
School Board at Marion, Ohio:
Dear Sirs:--Judging from the above
article. you are undoubtedly up
against stiff proposition In your
Icity. There is nothing more hor-
,rifying to the lady school teach er
than the apparently harmless mouse
or rat. Having made the matter of
DISCRIMINATING rats and mice our busi-
ness for many years We are confident
that we can relieve you of the pest
and are willing to guarantee our
lplan. We will guarantee TO exter-
inmate or drive away the pest from
YOUR school building for the sum of
i$5.
Mr.. Frank retains the correspond
ence and will probably have 1t framed
and hung in his study. He declares
1t good example of the highest form
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-16
Gallon Takes Another Slap
at Marion.
sAUcY LITTLE VILLAGE
Local Police Going After the
Railroaders.
Freight Trains Must not be Sen
Down Through YardsI While Pass.
enee' COACHES are Unlosding.

The local policemen are surely
going after the railroaders. The
next who will probably follow
closely in the wake OF superin-
tendent Allen will be G.. A. Rob-
bins, superintendent of the local
interlocking plant.
The officers claim that Robbins
persists in throwing the levers
altiwing freight trains to pass
through the yards while a passen-
ger train is unloading. 1t is in
violation Of the state law and de-
spite the fact that the interlocking
foreman has been repeatedly warn
ed, he still persists in the prac.
tice.
Monday morning as Erie train
No. s was unloading its passeng-
ers, Big Four freight came
laundering, down through the
yards at speed of thirty miles
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-16
CITY COUNCILMEN
TO MEET TONIGHT
local Telephone Situation
Will be Discussed.
1t Is Stated That Some of the City
Solons are Opposed to
Granting the franchise.

According to reliable informa-
ton, there is decisive division
Of opinion in, regard to, allowing
a new telephopeIl tpe, epterrb the
field here in competition with the
Marion County company This dis
snslon, 1t is said, will make it.
self manifest at a meeting of the
city solons to be held tonight,
when the telephone question Is
likely to come up.
Some of the councilmen want
to grant the franchise and the
rest are opposed to 1t. They think
that tho Marion County company
is treating the people fairly and
that there is no necessity of
competition.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-16
BUSINESS MEETING
Will be Held Wednesday by the
W.C.T.U. Workers.

The Florence Richards w. G.. Y.
Union will hold short business
meeting Wednesday night at the Wes
ley NJ. T.. church, after which Mrs.
Chas. Fletcher will give report of
the National W. G. T.. U. convention
held at Nashville, Tenn, and =
number of temperance songs will be
sung. Men, women and children are
invited to attepd.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-16
Look up Your Tickets.
Shooting Match.

There will be shooting match
at Fred Leffler's farm, one mile
east of Owen Station, December "a.
1t will be big day of sport.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-16

Fresh bulk oysters, 30c quart.
Good pork steak. 10c pound
Get them of JEFF OSBORNE,
12-16-2t West Center st.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-16

The Big Four's new time table
went into effect yesterday evening
at 6 O'Clock. The time Of running
trains over this division was not
effected.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-16

an hour. officer Jack McDonough
happened to be standing near the
tracks where the Erie train was
unloading. An aged lady with two
small children alighted from the
train and we're about to cross the
tracks to reach the depot. They
had taken but one step on the
rail when the officer quickly push
ed them back, barely succeeding
in getting them clear of the
fast approaching freight train.
The officers hold that Robbins is
irresponsible for allowing ,freishts to
block when a passenger, Is unload
ripg.. It has been practice at the
'local depot ever since there has
been a union depot and the.
mayor and his assistants. have de-
termined that the lives of pas
sengers shall not be endangered
, any longer.
The Gallon Leader apparently
enjoys taking a slap at Marion
occasionally. Judging from many
of its articles, Gallon is proof from
all financial strife. An item in its
valuable columns Saturday says:
"Six failies from Marion. the
heads OF which are employed in the
Erie shops here, will move here
next week.
If true it will not hurt Marion.
Gallon could take several hundred
families from our busy city and
still be nothing but village. Our
sympathy goes out to the people
who are compelled to live there.
after having spent even few
weeks in this city. :.
Within the past few days the
Erie has dispensed with the SER
vices of several hundred section
men. It is said that before the
company gets through with the
cutting down. of expenses, there
will be little more than one-half
the regular force employed.
SrJ,a nig EourIe paw tima fah1p
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18

able to "deliver' the votes
when it comes to primary
nominations. 1t can't be
done by either an old ma
chine or a new one. Cod
ington county has expert
mented with the primary.
for fifteen years and no one
set of men has yet been
able to "deliver' a nomina-
ton. No set of men will
be able to deliver a state
nomination under a pri-
mary system. This is a
case wherin. the. rank and
file go'it alone, and wherein
one mans vote is just as
big as another's.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
Editorial Notes.

The Argus Leader takes
the position that Land Com
missioner Ballinger's state
ment that Gov. Crawford s
land filings were never an
offense in the land Office
is not an exhonoration. Of
course the neighbors and
friends of the governor who
have known him and watch
ed his careerin the state for
twenty-five years do not
need a statement from Mr..
Ballinger for their faith in
him has never been shaken
by these land fraud stories
although the Ballinger opin-
ion ought to be enough to
set the matter right with
those not so we'll acquitted
with Crawford. The clerks,
land inspectors and Con-
gresham Mann's inspira-
ton to blacken Crawford's
character no doubt came
from politicians who with
ears to the ground heard in
the not distant future the
voice Of Ex-Governor Craw-
ford in the United States
senate and sounding bad to
them they imagined it came
from a bad man.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
Notice for Tax Deed.

To Katie Dawson and Eu6ell j. Miller. part
owners. and Ida A. Preston, part owner,
and the person in whose name said
lots are assessed:
Take Notice
That at regular sale of the land and lots
for taxes held within and for the county OF
Hand and state OF South Dakota, November
4. 1895. the following lots or parcel of land
were duly and regularly sold by the treas
urer of said Hand county for the taxes due
and delinquent thereon for the year 1884, to-
wit: East 100 feet OF lots one. two and three.
i'm block seven. William H. Millers addition
to the town OF Miller. Hand county. South
Dakota: that at said tax sale said lots were
bid in by the treasurer of Hand county
South Dakota. in the name OF Hand county
and that the certificate OF said tax sale was
duly assigned by the treasurer of said III and
county to G.. III. Preston. and by him duly
assigned to Ida A. Preston who is the pres
ent owner and holder OF said certificate:
that the amount OF said taxes then due and de-
linquent was So. with interest and penalty
accrued S263. making the amount ne
cessary to redeem 1892 and in addition
thereto the cost of service OF this notice:
that more than two years having expired
since the said sale and no redemption of
said lots having been made, you are further
notified that the time for redemption will
expire, and that deed for said lots or parcel
OF land will be made within sixty days from
the completed service OF this notice.
Dated May 9. 1907.
Ida A. PRESTON.
Owner of the Certificate.
By w. E. Burke
her agent.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
For Sale

For Sale. The south ]
of 9-111-68, about 6 miles
south of Miller, S. d., with
some improvements- house,
stable and fences-a fine
half section of land at $22.50
per acre, terms to suit pur-
chaser; SOC per acre will be
given to the party who sells
it before June 1st If not sold
before. John Roster,
Kanawha,
Wright Co. Iowa.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18

Wanted Cattle to pas
ture. Good fence and ar
tesian water. The old
Fischer pasture; inquire OF
Ostrander Land Co. Miller,
S. ID.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
Geo. Jeffrey has good
seed corn for sale.
Strayed

From my place, sec. %
1867, 1 black mare coming
2 yrs old, some white on
hind feet; 1 blackish gray
mare, small star in face.
Will pay for recovery.
Chas. Saenger,
Rock ham, S. D.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
Summer School

Summer School
Six weeks summer school
at Aberdeen begins June 10.
Teachers Review Courses,
Normal Credit Courses.
Write for Bulletin.
Northern Normal and In
dustrial School, Aberdeen,
S. ID.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-05-18
Go or come to
6HUR6HILL'S!
We will welcome you!
We will be glad to see you! We have been looking for
you and now that our line of

is complete you will surely in and get fitted out
with Spring Suit, Hat, Cap and Shoes at prices to
satisfy the most eXacting persons in the land.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

stockman John Forester of Miles
Clty' Montana, who wa arrested for
Illegally fencing $3.50 acres of govern
ment land, was ar1aigned before Fed
eral Judge Hunt last Wednesday at
helena and pleaded guilty. He was
sentenced TO pay al fine of $3.50 and be
imprisoned for "a hours in the county
Jal. de promptly paid the fine and
was escorted t. jail bly, the marshal.
indications are that the te~legraphers'
strike will spread from San Francisco
and that tie Dext walkout of operators
Will occur in some large eastern city.
ok young men Oh a party of seven
were drowned in Prescott bay near
Bangor, Maine, last Thursday by the
capslzing of the sloop Ruth Cummerick
of Brooksville.
Charles p. Neill, United States com.
missioner of labor, and three members
OF the executive board of the TELEGRAPH
hers union a g in San Francisco
Two deaths and eight prosptrations
were reported from st. Louis last Tues.
day.
Senator and Mrs. Hepburn of Idaho
are at home in Wallace to remain the
summer until his health is restored
fully.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12
TWO CHILDREN KILLED.
Took Refuge in Cellar During Storm
and We're Struck bv a Horse,

Took Refuge in Cellar During Storm
and Were Struck by a Horse.
The two children Of Joseph Buck
ner, a Jackson county, Wisconsin.
farmer, whose deaths are reported,
were killed in a peculiar name in
the storm that swept through central
Wisconsin counties. Buckner saw the
storm coming and with his children
took refuge in the cellar. The house
was carried away and a horse which
had been blown out of the barn and
carried into the air fell upon the fam
lily c%rouching in the cellar. Edna and
viii Buckner were killed and Mr.. and
Mrs. Buckner were badly injured. One
boy of the Buckner family was blown
away before he could reach the cellar,
and was badly injured. More than %
farm-hOuses were demolished IN Jack
son county.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12
STEAMER BROKE UP
SIX PEOPLE WERE DROWNED
In SKEENA RIVER in &c.
Steamer Strikes a Rock-Went to
Pieces in Five Minutes-only EN-
ployes on the Boat Were Drowned
Financial Loss Will Amount to
$4,000.

Victoria, B. c., July S.-A special
from Ketehass canyon on the Skeena
river says that the river stern-wheeler
Mount Royal struck a rock and went
to pieces within five minutes. The
small island in the canyon is covered
with survivors. The drowned in the
Mount Royal disaster were:
William Lewis, first officer.
B. Frayne, fireman.
j. O'Keefe.
Archie Wills, steward.
Two Japanese.
All passengers were saved.
Captain Johnson of the Mount Royal
is among the Survivors on Kingbolt
island, where many escaped. The
chief and second engineer floated
through the canyon on debris and
were picked up by Indians. A num-
Der of Indians with canoes are en-
%deavoring to pick up the survivors
and recover bodies.
j. A. Thompson, manager of the
Hudson Bay Company, says that the
wrecked Mount Royal was valued at
100000, and was insured in England.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12

oyster Bay, N. Y, Jyly THE sig
nifcance of Rear Admiral Brownson's
addition to the somewhat meager in.
formation which has come from Presi
dent Roosevelt regarding the contem.
plated two ocean maneuyers of the
Atlantic battleships, is regarded here
as having been overlooked in the com.
ment, expert and otherwise. which has
since been INDUCED in on both con
unents. Admiral Brownson came to
Oyster Bay Friday to take lunch with
the president, protesting entire ignor.
ance OF the maneuver plans. When he
lett Sycamore Hill to take the train
for Washington, the admiral had one
thought which he wished emphasized
that it was desirable and important
to demonstrate to the world how
quickly the American navy could
transfer its fighting strength from one
ocean to the other.
This was distinctly an addition to
the presidents previous statement is.
sued through Secretary Loeb, wherein
the object of the maneuver was said
to be an exercise movement for the
benefit of the navy, to perfect it's
training in fleet exercise on an ex-
tended scale, the purpose and effect
of the plan being for the benefit of
the navy alone.
What came from President Roose-
welt through Admiral Brownson is de-
cidedly a different and much broader
design. President Roosevelt has been
consistent in advocating a larger navy
as the guarantee of peace between the
United States and all foreign powers.
Heretofore, a large navy has been
reckoned solely from the point of view
OF the number of ships, their tonnage,
armOr, guns and fighting capacity.
With this idea the American navy has
grown steadily, ship by ship.
A Peaceful Demonstration.
To the somewhat embarrassing ar
ray of ships and tonnage, President
Roosevelt now proposes to give the
world a somewhat startling demon
stration of what the American navy is
capable o fdoing to protect either or
both of the extended shores of the
United States. AS Admiral Brownson
said: There is no time like the pres
ent for such a demonstrations time
when the United States is at peace
with all nations"
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A new joint rate to the Coast be-
tween the Great Northern railroad and
the Spokane & Inland electric line has
been admitted by Harry Adams of the
Great Northern before the Washington
state railroad commission.
The board of supervisors of San
Francisco have elected Charles A. Box
ton, one of their number, acting mayor
to succeed James L. Gallagher, who,
since the conviction of Mayor Schmitz,
on the charge of extortion, has been
acting mayor.
The four children of Nh. and Mrs.
Charles l.. Campbell Of Suisun valley,
Cal. lost their lives Wednesday in the
burning of their home and the parents
barely escaped. When MIR. and Mrs.
Campbell awoke the house was a mass
of flames. They made frantic efforts
to save then children, but could not
do so. The parents are badly burned
but will cover. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
The control of the great Crows Nest
Pass Coal company property in British
olumbia, worth $50, 600, 900, has been
secured by James j. Hill, according to
a reliable report, and Jay P. Graves,
president of the Inland Empire system
around Spokane, has become n of the
heaviest stockholders in the copmany.
Following a heated debate, the city
council of Spokane has passed the or
dinance prohibiting pool selling on
horse races in that city.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12
Whitman and Stevens.

Marcus A. Whitman and General
Isaac Stevens are, in my opinion, the
two most distinguished citizens of the
state of Washington who have passed
to the great beyond, and we anticipate
no difficulty in getting the legislature
to decide that their statues shall be
placed in the memorial hall at Wash
ington, d. c., as the representatives
of Washington" says c. r. Conner,
who is chairman of the committee ap-
pointed by the commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic, depart
ent of Washington and Alaska. to
take the preliminary steps in this di-
rectiOn,
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12

Steps are being taken to strengthen
safeguard against possible sudden at
tack by a hostile power. The war de-
partment fitting out n special expedi-
ton which will sail from San Francis
co on July 20 with a large supply of
mines and submarine t%opedoes, which
will be ready for immediate planting
at Manila and Subig bay.
A Japansenaval expert was interview
Tu .sday said: at would be iup pr
to infer a demonstration in the transfer
of the American fleet to the Pacific.
This movement is part of a prearrang-
ed plan, and is a result of the constant
growth of the American navy and the
increasing importance OF Pacific inter-
ests from the strategical point Of view.
No significance need be attahced until
at least 30 ships have been transferred
10 the Pacific" A Japanese paper al
so publishes an editorial article setting
forth the same views. 1t regrets the
American fleet can not visit japanese
waters in order 10 enable Japan to re-
assert her sincerity and reciprocate the
naval hospitality extended the visiting
japanese warships at jamestown.
BY the revocation of the passenger
certificate of the steamboat City of
Traverse. the government dealt a
heavy blow to the alleged gambling
syndicate of the city of Chicago.
The City of Traverse leaves Chicago
each day and anchors in Lake Michi-
gan near the lines of intersection of
the states of Illinois, Indiana and
Michigan, it is said. and conducts
there gambling operations. Informa-
ton concerning the results al the var
ious race tracks of the country are ie-
cieved By wireless telegraphy and the
steamboat, it is further alleged, is Op-
Grated as a floating pool loom.
The action Of the government is TAX
en- under the authority Of the revised
statutes of the United States, which
specifically provide that a license
granted to any vessel shall not be con
sidered in force any longer than the
vessel is engaged in the employment
for which she was specifically licensed.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12
sNEERs AT THE u. S. NAVY
Says officers Are Deficient and Men
Lack Patriotism.

Toxic, July 10.-The Hochi prints
an interview with Admiral Sakamoto,
in which the admiral is quoted as
follows:
SHOULD hostilities break out be
tween Japan and America the result
would be indecisive, owing to a want
of proper bases of operation. Such
bases as exist are too distant for
practical purposes. Even the near
est bases, namely, the Pescadores,
Cavite and Manila, are at a distance
of coo miles from one another. Even
If the Washington government should
decide on war, it is doubtful if the
Americans serving in the navy are
sufficiently patriotic to fight.
American naval officers are bril-
liant figures at balls and social ga
therings, but they are deficient in
professional training and practice. 1t
is too much to expect a burning
patriotism in the American naval
service in case of a war with Japan
1t is likely that most of the crews
would desert and leave the ships"
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12
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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12
New COMPANY at columbia.

Comedy, drama and melodraa at 10
20 and 80 cents will be furnished tc
the patrons of the Columbia theateT
at Spokane during the summer
months by the Curtis Comedy com.
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