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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
TtlfGRAPHIC BRfvITifS.

]. G. Price, his FIVE children, his
stepdaughter and his niece were
burned 10 death in their home neai
Gunter, Tex
James Glllett, at one time Mark
Twain's mining partner and original
of that authors Truthful James," is
dead at Sonora, Cal.
The police of France and Switzer.
land have succeeded in taking into
custody a band OF bank note forgers
who, apparently, had just commenced
operations.
One wing Of the city Jail at Pedro,
Mexico. collapsed, entombing 20 pris.
oners, two OF whom were killed.
Every one confined in the wing was
hurt and five may die.
John w. Yerkes, commissioners OF
internal revenue, has resigned and
his resignation has been accepted by
the president. He leaves the service
OF the government to practice law.
The Kansas supreme court has
granted the order requested by Attor.
ney General Jackson to restrain II
foreign brewerles and whisky con.
Germs, who have warehouses and
maintain agencies in Kansas City,
from removing their property from
the state.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
4 PROMOTER IN TOWN--ffe' a

A PROMOTER IN TOwN--ffe' il
selling stock In the greatest enter
prise in the world. Many Marion
stockholders who were so fortunate
MS to obtain shares several years
ago, say that they are receiving divi-
dends amounting TO from 100 per cent
TO 300 per cent annually, and are ad-
vising their friends to buy quickly.
Like all other enterprises the sue
cess in obtaining big dividends de-
pends upon those who handle the
business. The stockholders Of this
concern do not depend upon others
for the hest results, but have the
entire control of their own share,
and can make success in proper
ton to the personal interest they
take. The shares may vary some in
price, the average being about $75
and can be paid for in cash or In
easy monthly payments. There is no
person In any walk Of life that cam
not make the best Investment of
his life in buying one of these
shares, as he will always receive
big dividends as long rs he lives, II
nc has the ambition to take advantage
OF this opportunity and get busy.
For further information call ON w.
H.. Prentice, local representative
room No. 3, Huber Bldg. Phones:
City 1861. Bell 333Y.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
THE sUNFLowER AND oUlNINE
Discovery Made That Plant Yields a
Splendid Febrlfuga.

An eminent Spanish professor has
made the discovery that the sunflow.
er yields splendid febrifuge that can
be used as substitute for qulnine
More than ten years ago Moncorvo
reported to the Therapeutical society
OF Paris with reference to the same
subject. Accordingly the sunfower
should not only by its growing exert
great fever-dispelling effect, but also
Yield a product which Is used advan.
tageously In all fevers
The common sunfower Is an Amer
ican plant. Its original home is
stated by eminent botanists to be
Peru and Mexico.
The Russian peasantry seem to be
convinced that the plant possesses
properties against fever, and fever pa
tients sleep upon a bed made of sun.
flower leaves and also cover them
selves with them. This use has re-
Gently induced Russian physician to
experiment with coloring matter
prepared from sunflower leaves. and IL
is stated that he has had good results
with the coloring matter and with al
coholic extracts from the flower and
leaves. With 100 children from one
month to 12 years old he has, in the
majority of cases. effected as speedy
a cure as otherwise with quinine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
lis OLDEST NEWSBOY
ERASMUS, PAGE, OF JOLIET, ILL.,,
SO YEARS OF AGE.
Still Active Despite His Handicap Of
Deafness and Loss Of One Leg--A
Familiar Figure of Rail
road Depot.

Joliet, Ill.--Ninety-nlne years old,
handicapped by deafness and the loss
of one leg. erasmus Page of this city
has the distinction of being the Oldest
newsboy in the world. For IA years,
summer and winter, the patriarch has
been at his place at the Chicago and
Alton depot from early morning until
the middle of the forenoon supplying
his patrons with The morning papers.
Grandfather Page, as he is popularity
known, has no sympathy with tho
Osler theory, and although he celc-
bratcd his ninety-nlnth birthday last
month, has no idea Of retiring in favor
of any member of the Younger genera
tion
Two blocks from the station in a
modest but comfortable little cottage
lives this centenarian newsboy with
bis wife Mary, who is 22 years young.
or than her husband and rheumatic,
hut continues In spite of her a years
TO do the housework for the family,
which includes grandson who Is liv-
ing with the old couple. They have
been married sixty years and have
five grown children, Ia grandchildren
and eight grandchildren.
erasmus Page comes from a family
noted for longevity. His mother died
at 7S and his fathers death resulted
from am accident when he was Sc. His
grandfather lived to be 1O2 years and
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
President Roosevelt Ad-
dresses a Message.
AS TO ARBOR DAY.
The President Says They Should Gel
ebrate the Day ThoughtfulIy and
Appreciate Its Significance.

Washington, April 15.-President
Roosevelt has addressed ito the
school children of the United States"
a message on the significance of Ar
Dor day, which during the month OF
April Is celebrated in many of the
states. He says to them it is we'll
that they should celebrate the day
,houghtfr,lly and that when they help
to preserve our forests or to plant
new ones hey are acting the part of
good citizens. The message is as fol-
lows:
ITO the school children of the Uni
ted States:
"Arbor day. which means simply
Tree day Is now observed in every
state in the Uni2n--and mainly in the
sChoos. At various times from Janu-
airy to December, but chiefly in this
month of April you give a day or part
If a day to special exercises and per-
haps to actual tree planting, in recog-
nition of the Importance OF trees to
rs as nation and of what they yield
in adornment comfort and useful
products to the communities in which
you live.
1T is we'll that you should celebrate
YOUR Arbor day thoughtfully, for with
in your lifetime the nations need of
trees will become serious. We of an
2lder generation can get along with
hat we have, though with growing
hardship; but in your full manhood
and womanhood you will want what
nature once so bountifully supplied
and man so thoughtlessly destroyed;
and because of that want you will re-
proach us, not for what we have used,
but for what we have wasted,
For the nation as for the man or
woman and the boy or girl, the road
to success Is the right use of what we
have and the improvement of present
opportunity. If you neglect to pre-
pare yourselves for the duties which
will fall upon you later, II you do not
learn the things which you will need
to know when your school days are
over, you will suffer the conse.
quences. So any nation which in its
youth lives only for the day, reaps
without sowing and consumes with.
out outstanding. must expect the pen
atty OF the prodigal, whose labor
could with difficulty find him the bare
means of life.
"A people without children would
face a hopeless future; country
without trees is almost as hopeless;
forests which are so used that they
cannot renew themselves will soon
vanish and with them all their bese.
fits. A true forest Is not merely a
storehouse full of wood, but, as it
were. a factory of wood and at the
same time a reservoir of water When
you help to preserve our forests or to
plant new ones you are acting the
part of good citizens. The value of
forestry deserves, therefore. to be
taught in the schools which aim to
make good citizens of you II your
Arbor day exercises help you to re.
alize what benefits each one of you
receives from the forests and how by
your assistance these benefits may
continue, they will serve good end.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
TAFT Visits Porto Rico.

San Juan, Porto Rico, April 15.--
Secretary of War Taft and his party
arrived here Sunday on the govern
ment yacht Mayfower Gov. Beck.
man Winthrop and the secretary Of
Porto Rico, Regis Post, went aboard
to greet Taft. The yacht was taken
to the naval station landing, where it
was met by the naval officers here.
Secretary Taft was escorted by bat
talon of marines to the city entrance,
where Lieut.. Col. Bailey, of the Porto
Rican regiment and staff, awaited
him. Under escort of the regiment
The secretary who was in a carriage
with Gov. Winthrop, was driven to
the palace. where from the balcony
he reviewed the troops. After the re-
view an informal reception was held
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
A BURGLARS BULLET.
Il Is Believed to Have Caused the
Death of a Wealthy New Yorker.

OCatV VI VcditUy wow s~tNS's
New York, April 15.-George Sham
bacher, a wealthy real estate dealer,
Sc years of age, was shot and NOR
tally wounded while In the dining
room of his home in East Forty-fourth
street early Sunday. His family be-
lieve that a burglar surprised by
Shambacher shot him.
Mrs. Shambacher told the police
that she and son, Herman, were
awakened by a pistol shot and they
hurried to the dining room in time to
see Shambacher stagger across the
floor and fall. The wounded man
cried out i've been shot," and point
ed to an open window. He then lapsed
into Inconsistencies and within q
few hours died
The family think that Shambacher
who returned home late after having
collected rents from several tenants,
was unable 10 sleep because of
asthma and that he left his bedroom
with the intention OF walking in the
dining room. He had done this be-
fore when restless. They think that
he interrupted the work of house.
breaker. He was shot in the abdo-
men and the wound did not suggest
suicide to the surgeons.
The widow was Shambacher's sec
ond wife, TO whom he was married
five years ago. She formerly. was q
maid In the family. The children, of
whom there are nine. two sons and
seven daughters, were by the earlier
marriage.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
A Cruel Religion.

ut Is all very we'll" said the lec-
turer. ito say that other religions arc
as good as ours. Take Mohammedan.
ism. for instance, that cruel creed
Take the Lords prayer of Moham.
mechanism. the prayer that is repeated
daily In every Mohammedan house
hold and mosque. This is 1t:
"I seek refuge with Allah from
Satan. the accursed. In the name of
Allah. the Compassionate the Merci.
ful. oh. Lord Of all Creatures, Oh,
Allah. destroy the infidels and polythe.
lists. thine enemies. the enemies of
the religion! Oh, Allah, make their
children orphans and defle their
ahodes, households, and their women,
and their children, and their posses
sions, and their race, and their wealth,
and their lands. as booty to the Mos
lens. Oh. Lord Of all Creaturesl
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
CONVICTED or RtBATING.
Standard Oil Company Of Indiana Is
Found Guilty on 1.4e3 Counts.

Chicago, April 15.--The Standard
Oil Company of Indiana, which had
been on trial for six weeks before
Judge Lands, OF the United States
district court, on Saturday night was
found guilty on 1,463 counts of receiv-
ing rebates from the Chicago Il Alton
railroad on shipments Of oil from
Whiting, Ind, to East St. Louis, ILL.,
There were originally 1908 counts in
the indictment, 440 counts failing on
errors.
If the verdict is sustained, as the
Elkins law, which the indictment
charged the company violated, pro.
vides fine OF $1,000 to $4,000 for
each offense. Pending a new trial.
which John s. Miller, chief counsel
for the defense. announced would be
made Immediately. no penalty will be
fixed by the court. Each count re-
lated to a carload shipment The jury
was out less than three hours.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
WHY MARK DIDN'T TALK.
August Parsonage at the Table Had
Monopoly Of 1t.

A couple of days ago gentleman
called upon me with a message from
the German emperor). :. The word
ing of the message was: 'ft
Convey TO Mr.. Clemens my kind
est regards. Ask him If he remem-
bers that dinner, and ask him why he
didn't do any talking" n.f
Why, how could | talk when he
was talking? He held the age" as
the roker-clergy say, and two cant
talk at the same time with good eff
feet. 1t reminds me of the man who
vas reproaching friend, who said:
u think It shame that you have
not spoken to your wife for 15syears.
How do you justify it?"
II didn't want to interrupt her,
II the emperor had been at my table
he would not have suffered from my
silence. he would only have suffered
from the SORROWS OF his own solitude.
II | We're not too old to travel would
10 TO Berlin and introduce the ETH
quette OF my own table, which tallies
with the etiquette observable at other
royal tables. | would say: Invite me
again, your majesty, and give me n
chance" then | would courteously
waive rank and do all the talking my.
self. ] thank his majesty for his kind
message, and am proud to have 1t and
glad TO express my sincere reciproca-
ton of its sentiments, s,-From Mark
Twains Autobiography in the North
American Review.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
A Case of Mistaken Identity.

New York, April 15.-Donald r.
Heath. the actor who was arrested
Saturday night because he resembled
another actor, Charles A. Jardensen,
who is wanted in Chicago on a charge
of grand larceny was on Sunday pa.
rolled on his own recognizance until
next Sunday. The magistrate before
whom Heath was arraigned said that
the actor did not resemble the man
wanted except that he had the mis-.
fortune to be about the same height.
Heath, who is playing here with the
"In New York Town" company, told
the magistrate that he had been ar.
rested three times on suspicion that
he was Jardensen.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
A Cathedral Is conseerated.

Charleston s. c.. April 15.--The
new cathedral of st John the Baptist,
orecled on the site of the former
cathedralsof st, John and st. Finbar
IN this city, was consecrated Sunday
with elaborate ceremonies. Cardinal
Gibbons, Monsignor Falconi, the apos.
tolic delegate, and 100 archbishops,
bishops, mon signori and clergy, repre-.
sentlng the Catholic church In Amer.
lea participated The occasion was
also the twenty.6fth anniversary, Jr
silver jubilee of Bishop North,up,
under whose episcopate the cathedral
has been built. The building cost
$500, 900
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
EXPLOSION Killed TWO Men.

Key West, Fla, April 15.--An ex.
plosion which occurred on the dredg-
er George w. Allen, engaged in work
on the Florida East Coast railway at
Key West early Sunday, caused the
death of two Spaniards and injured
eight others. Four of the injured
we're badly scalded. A tube In the
boiler burst, the escaping steam blow.
Ing open the furnace doors and throw.
ing live Goals and steam on the two
men who were killed. Those injured
we're asleep at the time.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
The Women Triumphed.

New York, April 15.-The seventh
annual convention of. the United
States grand lodge of the Independ.
ent Order of the Sons of Benjamin
opened Sunday. There was vigor-
ous fight against the seating of wo-
men delegates, but the women tri-
umphed. The report OF Grand Master
Abraham Rosenberg stated that since
the birth of the organization $4.2i5,.
2sa had been paid in death benefits.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
Arre.ted for Alleged sIeamy.

Columbus, o.. April ia man Civ.
ing his name as Edwin Gotr, IT,, and
claiming to be the son of Edwin Gott,
banker of Scranton. Pa, was ar.
rested here Saturday night at the
request OF Toledo authorities on a
charge OF bigamy. Gott came here Il
week ago from Toledo with bride OF
four months, formerly Mabel Fair, OF
Detroit Gott denies that he has an.
other wife and declares that Miss
Susie Sutlif, of Detroit, with whose
mother he boarded for year. Is re.
eponsible for his arrest He, denies
~ be married the Sutlifr woman.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
An Asltator Is Arrested.

Nantes, France, April 15.-H.
Yvette, delegate to the general CON
federation of labor, was arrested
Sunday on charge of melting law
breaking by violence of language
when addressing strikers. He is al.
legged to have invited the dock work.
ers to ecu. bnttonholes in the
stomachs" of those opposed to them.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
ments in a Lottery Case.

Mobile. Ala, April ia federal
grand jury on Saturday issued "a in
dctments for alleged conspiracy in
violating the lottery law. Several
men have been arrested and have
given bond, among them being mum.
ber OF millionaires of New Orleans,
Los Angeles, Boston and other places.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
viii Protest Against Frances Action

Rome. April 15.-In his allocution
at to-day's consistory Pope Plus will
devote an important passage to the
conflict between France and the Vati.
can. 1t Will be In protest against the
conditions the new law has made for
the church and the methods the
French government has adopted al
through the controversy. especially
with regard to the seizure of the
documents in the papel nunciature
and their publication.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
HoIdup Men cot Sea, ,ooo.

Malta, Mont. April 15.--Word has
Just been received of holdup OF q
stage. presumably by the Kid Curry
gang. Twenty-eight thousand dollars
IL reported stolen.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
viii Go Out of Business.

Cincinnati, April 1.-THE Ohio de-
partment of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen is to be abandoned,
according to statement made by the
Ohio grand recorder, A. Il. Roever. A
suit has been filed to appoint a re-
ceiver for the business and wind up
its affairs.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
Train Wreokers Caused Three Death.

Alexandria, La. April 15.--Three
men killed and one probably fatally
injured is the result of what Is be-
lleved to be the work of train wreck
ers at Cheneyyille, 30 miles south of
here on the Texas & Pacific railroad,
when passenger train plunged into
an open switch
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15

Both Chicago Teams Won and Both
st. Louis Clubs Lost, on Sunday.
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Following are Saturdays scores:
Detroit 3, Cleveland 3.
Philadelphia 4, Boston 2.
Washington 4, New York 4--Callcd
darkness.
St Louis 4. Chicago G.
SUNDAYS GAME.
At st. Louis--Chicago 6, ST. Louis
2. White, McFarland Petty, Stevens.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clnbs.

No games played Saturday.
SUNDAYS GAME.
At Chicago-St. LOUIS 0, Chicago 2
Beebe, Marshall; Lundgren, Moran.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-15
Would es somsthIna New.

Four men, ,ged respectively 81, 81,
30 and sc, recently have died In Bat.
tie, Sussex. AT this rate died in Bat
tie" soon will be synonym for
longevity.--Blrmingham (Eng) Post.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-04-24
Real Estate and Property Trans
fers Recorded


The following deeds OF bargain and
sale were entered Of record in the
clerks Office of Rockbridge county fol
two weeks enking April %.
Ellabell b. Moore to l.. W. Whit
more, lot OF 57a poles at Raphine, adj.
Susan w. Patton, $500.
A. s. Brown to G. L. Blackwell. two
tracts of land, II acres and IA poles; 81
acres and 1875 poles, $500.
r. w. Brown to G. l.. Blackwell, l4s
acres and 60 poles on Walkers creek.
adj. ], Ii. Reed, 81, 800.
V. w. Davis to Mrs. Theresa G Neil,
house and lot near Timber Ridge, $500.
j. A Gibson to Miss Lillian Mcbride,
81 acres near Timber Ridge church,
adj. J. A. Thon pscn, 81, 800.
Mrs. Theresa G.. Neill to Mrs. Lii.
liam Mcbride, so acres at Timber Ridge,
part of the cid John Gibson land,
1900
Miss Lillian Mcbride to B. F. and F..
W. McClung, 1854 acres adj. D. b., Nc
Chung, Walkers creek district, $l1, us.
C. l. Lofts to G. r. Deayer, 1888 acres
one and one.half miles from Lexington,
s25.
J.F. Cline to O. W. Fitzgerald, 3
acres and 40 poles in South River dis
trict, adj. s. G. Donald, $500.
J. P. Moore to Charles r. Deaver. the
Boude residence on Main street, Lex
ington, adj. S. o. Campbell, $500.
H. r. Swisher to Sallie Williams, five
lots ia Goshen, $400.
G. d. Letcher, spec'l com. to H. b.
Abrahams, house and lot on Freed
mans Hill, Lexington, 1915.
Andrew Robt. Draine to Charles
Draine, one. seventh undivided interest
in 100 aeress on Golfers creek, adj.
WIN. Ford, $40,
Margaret l.. B. Taylor to Al. Miller,
3 acres, 1 rood and II poles in South
River district, adj. Irene BrannaIna,$ 1915.
Mrs. Sallie E. White to Mrs. Ida s.
Austin, etc. house and lot on east side
of Main street, Lexington, adj. J. W.
Barclays heirs, etc., $4,000.
Mrs. Mary w. Myers TO Thomas L.
Chaplin, the Cedar Grove Mill"prop-
erty, about $4,000 acres, $1,000.
Mrs. Margaret Virginia Paxton TO
jamie E. Stephens, Q acres adj. grantee
in South River district, $50.
H. K. Short to Charles short, 278
acres on Plank road adj. Jno. NJ. Peery,
$4,000.
u. I. Lofts to Il. M. Smith. 1.l9 acres
on Buena Vista road near Lexington,
adj. G. R. Deaver, $50.
A. w. Hartman, Jr., to James NJ,
Withrow, house and lot fronting on
Smith street, Lexington, adj. grantee,
500.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-04-24
TEMPERANCE SENTIMENT

After an exciting contest, in
which both sides took most active
intel est, Bristol yesterday voted
to abolish the sale Of liquor, the re-
cult of the battle of the ballots
teing $40 to 332. Good order pre-
Vsiled. The local option ccnteft
ended in a most spectacular nan
ner. The campaign was full Of
excitement from the start. Early
yesterday morning at least four
thousand men, women and chill
dren paraded the streets preceded,
by military band. After en-
gaging in a prayer and song ser
vice the throng paraded the prin-
eipal streets. In the line of
msrch were all the Sunday scht OILS,
church organizations, temperance
societies, college girls, school chill
dren and other organizations,
carrying banners and unique in
scriptiOns against the saloons.
Local option will become effective
May lst.
The Ministerial Union of Staun
ton is sounoi$g public sentiment
as to the advisability OF holding a
local option election in that city.
Temperance workers feel that
under ghe restrictions of the new
constjCuti ton they have an excellent
opportunity of winning at this
time.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-04-24
Examination of Teachers

The first regular examination oil
white and eolored teachers in the public
schools OF Rockbridge for the 1907, will
be held on May 2nd. Bird and 4th in the
public school buildings at Lexington.
The second regular examination will
be held on July 29th, SQth and Slst.
Teachers may take either OF these ex.
auinations, but all who do not expect
70 attend a summer institute should
take the examination In May, as the re-
suit of the July examination may be
made known too ,ate for teachers to
contract for schools and msy thus canse
them Inconvenience.
Teachers who take the examination
In May and fail will not be permitted
TO take the July examination unless
thew In the meantime attend some sum-
mer institute.
All second and third grade teachers
whose certificates expire In 1907 Will DO
required to take this examination.
Circulars have been sent to every
teacher In the country and they must be
governed thereby.
First grade certificates will either be
extended for one yenr or o new one is
sued. according TO the regulations OF
State hoard explained In circular.
Teachers should supply themselves
with pen, ink and paper;paper should be
OF uniform size, which can be obtained
at Mr.. Stuart's bookstore.
Examination begins promptly at 8
o'clock each day.
G. W. EFFINiER, Div. Supt.
ofSchools Of Rockbridge County.
Apr. 17-3t