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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28
THIRTY CONVERSIONS
AT EPWORTh CH0RCH
Much Good Accomplished by;
the Workers.
Special Services for Men will be
Held Sunday Afternoon
at Three O'clock

Rev. j. w. Hahood preached an
especially forceful sermon at The
Epworth Methodist church. Wednes-
day evening. to perhaps the largest
audience that has yet attended any.
one OF the series of, revival meetings
now being conducted here. The not
Ell evangelist chose, The Wages Of
Sin Is Death as his subject and
handled II most admirably. The
strength and force of the sermon
may be judged from the announce
ment that 30 conversions were re-
corded and 35 responded to n call
to the inquiry room.
Rev. Mahood will deliver special
lecture TO men, under the auspices
of the Y VI. G.. A. at the Epwprth
church, Sunday afternoon at 3
O'Clock. He will speak on this occa-
sion on the subject, Drifting" The
meetings are proving eMtraordin-
arily interesting and great good has
been accomplished during the past
week.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28
Only a Few Others Yet to be
Heard From.
KNOCKERS ARE ABSENT
Marior's Players will Live
in Harmony.
The Only Weak Places IN the
Team Now are the Two Sides
of Sack No. q.

Secretary L. X. Allen of the
local Ohio and Pennsylvania league
team, today received the signed
contract of Jimmy Lucas, the crack
pitcher of last years staff. The
secretary has set to hear from
Lindcman first ,baseman outficlder
Miller and Farrell and catcher
Doyle. As was stated in ycslcr-
Jays Mirror the. secretary mas re-
ccivcd the signed contracts Of
sixteen players, the contract of
Lucas making the. number seven
tecn. Llndeman : contract will be
along in few days as will those
Of the other men.
Manager rillmm has his eyes on
several other good men who, he
believes. can make good in faster
company, and they VII probably
oe given Marion contracts TO Syn.
Several very good trades are in
sight fol. some OF the surplus play
eys under contract with the locals.
The locals should show M well
this year. II is believed in many
p.ares, particularly IN batting
strength. The place of lngerton at
short. will be u hard one to fln
% the satisfaction of the fans.
'Scotty" was the pride of the
rooters and there are many who
irc sorry that he will not play
with the team this season. The
SECOND base proposition il also n
lard one for the local management
70 solve. Frcn the present outlook,
1t seems as the two places on eth
N side of the middle sack, will be
the only weak place in the team
unless some Of the mficldcrs under
contract prove to be stars.
One feature OF the team this year
that Il likely to work much 10 its
advantage. is that the knocking cle.
ncnt has been wccdcd ont.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28
BOLD ROBBERY
IN FOREST CITY

Cleveland, o.. Feb. 2S.- One Of
the boldest and best planrci jewelry
robbories the city has seen in years
was pulled off "Wednesday noon, in
the store Of Samuel Leichtman, a
|pawnbroker. Jewelry valued at
1880 was taken.
After hours of work at odd times a
wall was sawed through but the
pieces left in place. attached by
slight connections. This gave open
ling 10 locked door, Of which n
panel was sawed but also left in
place.
Lclchtman went to lunch, locking
tho front and rear doors of his
place. but left the safe doors OPP
On. lie was gone 8 minutes, and
in this short time. The thieves did
their work.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28

Told in the language of the po-
nee conrt reporter, "XAXA' is
merely the history of vulgar
who starts, off by making bet
that she can lure a certain Partisan
man-about-town Bernard Dufrcnc,
into taking her homo TO supper, aud
who before long finds entertaining
.nio her heart for him that illumin-
ates her soul and plants an ideal
wnerc hitherto only discomfort rest.
ed.
This love for Bernard is Illus
tratcd most infinitely in l:ttlc
h0use in the woods at 81. Etiennc,
where the pair are living n billing.
md ccoing existancc, it Is bruised
through Zara's discovery that DUFF
rene has wife in Paris. il is lac
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28
Has Heart Like Human Beinu.

To discover the heart OF an oyster
the fold Of flesh which oystermen call
the mantle" must be removed. This
Is fatal to the oyster. Of course, but
ia the interest of science and for the
benefit OF the curious" it is occasion
ally done. When the mantle has been
removed the heart, shaped like a cres
cent or horned moon, 10 laid to the
view. The oysters heart is made up
OF two parts, just like that OF hu
man being, one OF which receives the
blood from the gills and the other
drives 1t out through the arteries.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28
TO CORRECT ABUSES
and FALSEHOODS

that Mr.. f. j. Van Horn, supt.
OF Marion cemetery is practising
against nc. delamlng any intcg-
rity as to honest dealing, also be-
lifting my workmanship 10 every
one that is in need of work IN my
line. il is not to the interest of
the plllalic that he is so much con-
cerned about. but simply spite work
because refuse TO pay him
commission on monuments | set I'm
this cemetery, also because /
proved 10 his s,ipcriors where he
kept eroncy paid him, instead of
turning same over 10 association
! guarantee each and every job TO
be the very best Of material ana
worknansh and IL ] have any
dissatisfied customers ! will tliani,
iilcln to lcts ME know, and | will
prove an honest guarantee. IL is
not pleasant that am compelled
to resort 10 this motive OF protect,
ing myself. All | as': is an i'm,
partdl ;hvcsaigation. am viii.
ing 10 prove to any ono concerned,
That this statement is irre, and viii
Further say TO those needing
monumental work that / can save
them the commission Mr.. n. i.
gets dor representing other dead
erS.
W. C. HOUPT,
o., Monumental dealer,
2-2l-th-tf Marion Oh;o
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28
PIKE REPAIR FUND
IS GIVEN A BOOST
State Contributes $1,7o4. 50
to the County.
During the Coming Summer Many
Repairs will be Made On
the County's Pixies

County Auditor Allen this morn.
ing received Marion county's share
Of the Pike repair money, which
tue sta'c appointed some time ago
A snc Of Sl5O.O0O was appropriated
by the last Legislature co be divided
among the SS ccuntics and to be
used fcr pike repair work. Marion
connty's share is $l,7Ol.54. The
anli;or Is sending the warrants to
tpc various township treas1rels to-
day. The county iisolf will spend
a sum of $l3O,OOO was appropriated
state appropriation.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28
b NEW DYE HOUSE
Will be Opened on South State
Street, Saturday,

l., Bossing and Il. Palm have
leaseI the rooms at the first door
sonth or the Opera House meat
market, and Saturday morning Will
open up strictly up-to.date dye
house. 1t will be called THE Star
Dye House. and will he made a
modern hospital for sick clothes
Ali kinds of cleaning, repairing. dye
ing and pressing will be done with
all work guaranteed. II Is the in
tentions of these two hustling young
business men to give Marion a
clothes hospital that can not he ex-
|colled in the cities.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28
CONSCIENCE FUND
Il Boosted One Dollar BY Some
smitten Person

J. W Thew has posted in the
window of his grocery on south
Main street u letter received from
SOME conscience. stricken mortal
whose sleep has evidently been
disturbed by thoughts Of what he
Has done. The letter. contains n
one dc.lar bill and states that the
sctblcr years ago took small ar
sfialts Mt different times. fm'
wkeih he, Aid not pay. and wishes
in this manner 10 reimburse the
xrcetfyman. The money was cred
l:ted 10 tho conscience fund.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28

~ thousands ~of cases OF rhcnmai ism
~ bad as yours have been cured by
Eleotropodes. Ask your druggist.
1ya-th
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28

Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in l TO 3
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the
disease immediately disappears.
The first dose greatly benefits rs
cents and 81. Sold by The Dumble
Pharmacy, Opp. Pilgrim Inn
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-28
wOMAN'S MURDERER
LEFT TRAIL OF BLOOD

Pawlucket, n. L., February 2S.--
Mrs. Alexander Henderson was
murdered in her little candy store
here yesterday by a robbcr. who, af-
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
FOUR BILLS HIT LIQUOR INTER
ESTS.

Jefferson City, Mo, May 16.-The
extra session of the Missouri legisla-
ture, which adjourned Tuesday. passed
eleven general bills. Four restrict the
liquor traffic, one regulates public
utilities, on destroys the last hope of
The race track and men and two are
or the protection of labor. The more
important bills are:
To give cities the right to regulate
charges by public utility corporations.
To forbid breweries to own saloons.
To forbid saloons in Columbia, the
eat of the state university.
To forbid shipping of liquor into 10
cal option counties.
To forbid telephoning OF bets from a
race track into another state.
To forbid giving away liquor on
election day.
For the removal OF derelict officials
A fellow servant law for miners.
A new factory child labor law.
Governor Folk will sign all the bills
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
FOLK ON
GRAFT
Stirs Up the Police of
Kansas City on the
Question

Kansas City, May 17.-Gov Joseph
w. Folk arrived here this morning
from jefferson City TO confer with tho
local police commissioners regarding
the contemplated investigation CT
charges of police corruption. Gov.
Folk was beset by number Of poll
tlcians who took up his time until
noon. He will meet the full boaId
during the afternoon.
Governor Folk before going into the
meeting of the board outlined the
plan of action in no uncertain Ian
guage.
The police department" said GOV.
Folk in an interview, must be cleaned
of every element of graft. Any officer
upon the force who owes allegiance
to the Metropolitan Street railway or
any other corporation or person before
his duty to the public. should be dis
charged The Metropolitan Street rail-
way and all other interests should
be treated fairly, their property should
be protected Just as the property of
any one else, no more, and no less,
but the idea of any police officer paid
10 serve the public being really in the
service of private corporation IL
abhorrent to every sense of right All
forms of gambling must be stamped
out"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
DURANGO
H0N0RED
W. P. Vale Elected a
Delegate to Nation=
al Encampment

Colorado Springs. May 16.-Fort
Collins was selected as the conven-
tion place for 1908. the date to be
selected by counsel of the admins
tration at a business meeting of the
department of Colorado and Wyoming,
G. A. R, in convention in this city.
Durango was in the field for the 1908
convention, but withdrew until next
year, leaving Fort Collins uncontested.
w. p. Vale of Durango was chosen
as one of the delegates to the Nation
al Encampment at Saratoga, N. Y.
next September. Greetings to Gen.
William ]. Palmer, in the form of a
resolution were adopted by the en-
campment. Regret was expressed
1hat an accident had left the general
in crippled condition, but the reso-
luton says: I'VE rejoice in the fact
that your heart is calling back TO your
fellowship and comradeship those
with whom you served and whom you
so valiantly directed during the days
of the war
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
SCHOOL CLOSED WITH
A BASKET PICNIC

On Friday. May Il. Miss Grace Bish.
op closed the Porter school with a
basket picnic at the glove west Of the
big Rio Grnnde Southern trestle across
Llghtner creek. which was attended BY
most of the people of Porter.
There were games and a tug-of.
var, swings and at 1890 the tables
we're spread. When the little fellows
we're called first, and the way they
went TO work on all the good things
10 eat was a pleasure to see. Then
Ice cream was served and everybody
enjoyed themselves to their hearts
content.
There were present the following:
VIM. Malone and family. Bruce VIII
son and family, Mrs. Darral and two
boys, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Harris.
Mrs. Rogers and Miss Esther Rogers,
Mrs. Thos Harper and children. Mrs.
Frank Hodgins and family. Mr.. and
Mrs. David Salazor and family. Frank
Petty, Katie Petty and two little
brothers and sisters, Matilde Martinez.
Cecelia Martinez and little brother
md sister. James Dati's children, the
Dennis children, Mr.. Nick Deujio and
children, the Bartlett children. and MIR.
Joseph Hernandez. aud last but not
least, Roadmaster Grady of the Rio
Grando Southern. and Miss Grace
bishop. the teacher. who did every
thing possible for the entertainment
II all her pupils.
The people of Porter extend to her
their grateful thanks and wish her
many more terms of school.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
REST In
VIRGINIA
President to Conduct
Nation from Wilds
Of Mountains

Washington, May s.-Dispatches
rom Pine Knot. Va, received at the
White house today say that the presI.
tent ana family arrived there shortly
utter noon and will stay at that re-
treat until next Thursday. For nearly
u week then the executive mansion
WIN be at Mr.. Roosevelt's beautiful
summer home at Pine Knot. There
VIII he a branch office at Charlotts.
vile, where Mr. Latta. assistant sec.
relary, viii have charge and make
Tally trips TO Pine Knot to let the
president know what is going on in
The world and to let the president com.
municate with the world. Mrs. Roose-
relt Is wearied with the recent hard
work of entertaining and for that
matter, the president himself needed
rest although there is no Intlmation
hat he is other than merely tired.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
AuMMeL GOES OVER MONDAY.

New York, May 1S.-As result of
agreement arranged with District At
iorney Jerome, Lawyer Abraham Hum.
mel will not go TO prison today. Hum
mel VIII be sent to Blackwell's island
Monday. The date OF sending the
little lawer to the penitentiary was
changed partly because today Is the
Hebrew Sabbath and partly to allow
Hummel to attend to some personal
business affairs Monday morning.
The real story of the Morse-Dodge
case" Hummel said to his friends,
has never been told. II 1t were |
would not be humiliated by being COM
PEELED to serve a term In prison"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
MAN GIVES SIX REASONS
WHY HE ENDS HIS LIFE,

Chicago. May 17.-Six reasons why
he killed himself were given by Beau
ford l.. Leeds, a guest of the Warner
hotel. who was found dead in his room
last evening, having committed suicide
by taking strychnine. The reasons
We're as follows:
/. | have been dissatisfied since |
was child.
2. have been handicapped
throughout life with deformed feet
3. One side of my body has been
partly paralyzed for the past ten years.
A. My right hand has been ruined
by an accident.
5. | have been sufferer from neu-
ralgia.
6. | have been up against a score
OF financial misfortunes.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20

Chicago, May 1s.-Social, church,
sporting and manufacturing circles OF
Aurora were all stirred up when 1t
was announced yesterday by pretty
Katherine Hillman, l5-year r-old pupil
n the West Aurora high school, that
she IL in truth nobody but the daugh-
ter OF Mrs. Mabelle Gilman Corey.
ride Of the multimillionaire steel
King. William Ellis Corey. There was
Wild rush of local newspaper men to
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hill
man, grandparents OF the young aspir-
ant TO social honors, and Mr.. Hillman
was called upon to answer many ques-
ton relative to the parentage OF his
youthful ward.
Mr.. Hillman refused to answer any
questions upon the subject, although
overwhelmed with ehrger reporters
this morning.
st. Petersburg. May ls-1he report
Of the medical inspector In the famine
district was made public today and
records the steady spread OF the
scuryy In the famine province OF Sa-
maria. Asiatic Russia. large proper
tion among those afflicted being chill
dren. Since January 10. when the
scurvy first became menacing In Ufa
province. the cases officially register
ed have averaged l07 daily. The ay-
| erage is now several times greater.
Denver May is.-Preparations for
| rade excursions to the Black Hills
have been completed by the Colorado
Manufacturers association and spe-
clal train will leave here at 4 o'clock
| tomorrow afternoon. returning to Den
yer next Saturday afternoon at the
| same hour.
| Madrid. May lS.--With as much
pomp and ceremony as required by
Spanish etiquette the baptism OF the
heir to the throne born May 10, oc.
CURED at high noon today. The event
took place In the private chapel Of
the palace. The babe was named
Prince Alfonso OF the Asturias.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
cHAS. w. scHWAB's
NEW YORK PALACE.

New York.-Charles w. Schwab's
mansion, now said to be 'in the mar
ket." occupies whole block of ground
on Riverside drive. overlooking the
Hudson river. Locally IL Is known
as Chateau Schwab." and though the
report is that its cost has been 49,
800 ,O000. nearer estimate would
make 1t 81 900 900 more. The man
sion looks out upon the finest pros
pect visible from the shores of Man
haitian, with the single exception of
the view from the battery. and while
not exactly eligible as a summer resi-
dence, the outlook upon and across
the river is inspiring at all seasons.
The architect of the structure was
Maurice Ebert and the style selected
was from the first period of the
French renaissance. The two wings
which are copied from the Chateau de
Blois. are partly granite and partly
brick, and for the composition of the
main building the architect selected
the Chateau de Chenonceaux, which
has been admired for generations.
The composition of the rear building
was taken from the Chateau Azyle-
Rideau. For the decorative styles of
the interior the architect went to the
masters of past generations. The
building covers an area of rs by $50
feet, and the building is surrounded
by stately terraces, lawn and gardens.
The building contains four stories, an
attic and a great roof terrace. On
the first floor are the drawing and
reception rooms, the art gallery, din
ing, banquet and breakfast rooms. On
the second floor are the private suites
If Mr.. and Mrs. Schwab. The third
.loor is given over to guest rooms. and
the servants rooms monopolize the
ourth floor. The main hall is two
md one-half stories high, and is sur
rounded by a gallery and arcade lead
lng to all the principal rooms on the
iecond floor. This glarry also gives
access to the chapel, which contains
arge organ, and is decorated with a
,entral glass window by Il. Vein
5rand, representing Dramatic Music,
Sacred Music" and Poetry" The
lrawing room is copied almost entire
y from the Little Trianon, and is ar
-istically decorated with tapestries
and panels. The smoking-room, the
breakfast room and the billiard room
IRE ornate In every detail, and the
rt gallery. which occupies the entire
northeast wing, is one of the main
2eatures of the grand mansion. 1t
eontains plastic decorations. the center
the floor space being occupied by
iwo splendid bronzes, specially exc
;uted by Gerome, representing Amer
can Metallurgy." the last work of the
enowned sculptor. The conservatory
IS continuation of the dining room,
divided by Louis XIV bronze screen
leading to the south porch and gal
laries. The owner of this grand cha
eau was educated in village school
md as boy drove a stage from Lor
reto to Cresson, Pa. Later he was
stake driver for an engineering force
IT the Carnegie company; subsequent
y was employed in the Edgar Thorn
deavor became superintendent of the
Homestead works. From that posi-
lion his rise was rapid, becoming
president OF the Carnegie Steel com
,any, and afterward president of the
United States steel corporation. Mr.
Schwab was 45 years old on the 18th
of April last.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

Denver, May 16.-Having taken an
overdose OF chloral hydrate while In
despondent mood. Miss Josephine
Valentine Hill, a wealthy Ohio girl,
who formerly made her home at the
Shirley hotel, was found dead in her
room at the home of +. S. Canda.
a well to do ranchman of Westcliffe.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict
OF accidental death due to chloral
hydrate.
Testimony of members of the Can
da family was to the effect that Miss
Hill was troubled with nervousness
and insomnia and had used some drug
to produce sleep. The Canda family
is of the opinion that he young WON.
an took too large a quantity of the
drug by mistake On the other hand
SINE OF Miss Hills acquaintances
think the case one of suicide. The
fact is pointed out that ever since the
death Of her mother year ago Miss
Hill has been despondent and subject
to fits of melancholia, when she de
clared she was tired of life.
Washington, May 16.-The inter
state commission officially announces
today that the report sent out last
night as being from the commission
and denouncing Hartman and his
roads is not theirs. 1t is merely a
report of the lawyers employed
against Hartman to the commission
and was secured by a leak in the
government printing Office and used
Tor stock jobbing purposes. The COM
mission here is investigating to fix
the responsibility for the leak The
commission is not bound to accept
the recommendations made by the re
port, but in all likelihood II will. 1t
liz possible that Commissioner Prouty
has never seen the report, though II
is believed copies were mailed or
given to all the members.
London, May 1G.-Seldom has such
| an ovation been given an artist as
was last night extended to Caruso,
| the Italian tenor at Covent garden.
when he sang in La Boheme." He
| dozen times before the curtain. Patti q
| once phenomenal success was not
greater than Caruso's triumph last
night
Rome. May 17-Both the Vatican
and the government have been formal
ly notified OF the christening OF the
son and heir to King Alfonso which
viii take place tomorrow at Madrid
The pope will be the child's godfather
| San Francisco, May 1.-THE Cal
today announces that beginning tomor
row. Schmitz Is mayor only in name
He has turned the government over
| tn a committee of seven prominent
and unsullied citizens.
Warsaw, May ia band OF terror
lists held up railroad office here
today and got away with $1,000, after
killing four men and wounding severa
others.
Detroit, Mich, May 17.-Ten thou
sand gallons OF mash In which Wa
lam Kenney drowned In a distlller!
Tuesday night, will be made int
whiskey and served in approximately
10000 drinks TO patrons of barrooms
kenney was not In the mash mor'
than ten minutes. but was dead wbci
found. "Of course this mash will b.
dent OF the company. today. The fer
mentation and distlllation dispose o
any impurity that might get into tn
mash"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
JUROR SICK IN GRANGE CASE.

Silyerton. May 1s.-After the Jury
lad been secured and the taking OF
testimony started in the trial OF John
Grange for killing his stepfather one
nf the jurors was taken III from pto-
maine poisoning and the trial cont.n-
ned until today and the man still
icing sick court adjourned until Mon
day. Should the Juror be able to serve
It Will probably mean securing OF an
entirely new jury.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
FAMINE In CHINA

Shanghai. May 17.-Famine and few.
er are spreading through China
Thousands of women and children and
aged persons are dying in the streets
Of Sing kiampu. The funds sent are
on hand. saving many from dread
ful death and will prevent the cutting
f the unripe grain.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
APRIL FIRE LOSSES.

New York. May l7.-The Journal of
Commerce today says the fire losses
ior April In this county were twenty
'wo millions, ten millions more than
Tor April, 1905. April, 1906, is not
considered, for then the San Francis
&c fire occurred.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20
MRS. FROHMAN ILL.

New York, May 16.-Mrs. Margaret
Ellington Frohman wife Of the theatri-
cal manager is in Roosevelt hospital
in n serious condition as a result OF
being thrown from her horse In Gen.
trail park.