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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06
Y. N. G. A. ''''''
HAPPENINGS

Because Young Mems Chris
tan Association tent was placed In
Ia national guard encampinent courts
martial we're reduced from nineteen
last year to but one this yeas.
"The Enlisted Mems Building
erected by the government at the
jamestown Exposition for the sofdlers
and sailors and put IN charge OF the
Young Mems Christian Association
was not largely patronized by them
until the Y. VI. G.. A. sign went up
over II
A railroad company has made 1t
obligatory that its apprentices attend
educational classes Of the associa-
Ition.
The Nashville street railway com
pany is erecting and equpping
clubhouse for its men. which 1t Will
put in charge of the associHion.
Cyrus II X. Curtis, the proprietor
of the Ladies' Home Journal headed
the subscription paper to purchase the
opera h1nse at Rockport. Me-, and
transform Il into a building for the
Y. NJ G.. A.
Because young man in his employ
could find no decent place to spend
his evenings. w. W. GUNNER. OF
Jacksonville. Fla, gave 100000 for an
Iassocation building and took the lead
in raising a $120OO0 fund for It,
The Y. NJ G.. A. has $4,000 men
,and boys in it's Bible classes in the
city. railroad and college associa-
ltions, and expects 20 make the num-
be 100000 this year. Bible study rail-
ly day. 10 INCREASE this enrolment,
was observed September goth through
out the country.
Courses in industrial chemistry, in
cluding fuels. paper and leather maxi
ing. and courses in railway transpor-
tation are held in the 23d Street
Branch. New York City.
The government could not get ef-
ficient stenographers for Panama and
asked the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION 10 help them find men at
s125 a month. All the positions were
filled In n few weeks and more appli-
cants were put on the civil service
list
, The fathers of boys are meeting at
the Winnipeg, Man. association to
study the boy problem in their own
homes
The town Of Regina. Sask. by the
largest popular vote ever cast, appro-
priated 5000 towards 100000
association building fund.
The Bown- -Ketcham Iron Works. or
Indianapolis. compels all OF its ap-
prentices to attend the Y. NJ. c. A.
night school for the full time OF their
apprenticeship. Because OF this study
journeymen's wages are given Six
months sooner than those serving
tehir time in the old way. The Conn
pany advances the tuition fees. which
are paid back at so cents and 81 90
at a time. BY this arrangement each
apprentice gets s202 increase in wages
in three years and six months. MI.
lKetcham of the Company said In re-
ferring 70 the matter. I'm this way
the Company last year invested
5000 in brains and integrity" The
custom in vogue fifteen years ago
amng the workingmen was TO compel
Ievery boy who completed his APP
premiership. when he received the
800 bonus given by him hv the com
pany on completing his tade, to spend
$25 or $50 Of II in buying beer for
the men TO celebrate with him on.
This has been done away with. A
new and Chistian intelligence was
developing better class Of working
men from the foreman down.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06
Ohio Crop Repor, for November.

Columbus, O., Noy, 6.-Thc state
crop report for November |, issued by
the state board of agriculture Tues
day, indicates short wheat crop for
the harvest OF 1908 in Ohio. even
Though tho conditions Tor the growth
OF the crop should be unusually good
The acreage sown Is only SS per cent.
OF that sown for the harvest OF 1907.
This is the lowest wheat area in
years. Corn prospect SO per cont;
cloyerseed AZ per cent, rye condition
So per cent, buc wheat SO per cent,
potatoes, total yield 95S5,3si bushcls.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06

general session the Edison com-
pany. with working party of
experts showed the Judges how
an organized gang had operated
a device for stealing electric
light and power. which had set
back the companv's finance5 In
the sum named Th. device was no
bungling wire taEpng concern, but
a skillfuL and scientific arrange
ment whereby the electric meters
can he beaten In q way to puzzle
the company's trained detectives.
Little OLD New York suffers so
much by comparisons of her
statistics OF wickedness with those
of other cities it is a relief to
observe that i'm the matter OF
saloons she makes very good
comparison. In the whole greater
city there are but 1916 saloons
whereas had she as many as
Cleveland or San Francisco, com.
paratively we would be allowed
about 10000. High license here
keeps down the number of drink.
ing places and those which do ex.
list appear to do less business than
those OF other cities. Again making
the comparison with Cleveland
there were only 52,316 arrests
here in 1905 for intoxication where
as in Cleveland in the same time
the arrests for that cause mum
bered l5,351. New York, under ar
apportionment based upon Cleve
land IS figures. was entitled &c
about 100000 arrests for intoxica
tion. But perhaps the police OF
Cleveland and other cities Judge
intoXication differently than the no
lice here. A New York cop vii
not arrest drunken man If ther,
Is any other means of getting hin
!ont of harm s. way.
Many New Workers. as well n,
! washington people will be glad tt
near that ex-senator William Stew
art of Nevada. has made anothe,
fortune. For a man of 90 to leav,
the United States for the frankl,
avowed reason that he was "broke
,and had to go back to the frontie,
10 make fortune has sometbin,
IN the nature of pathetic about n
" was good fortune to have
chat with Stewart here after n
left Washington and was on hi
way out to Tonopah to begin lif
over again, as he said. He wa
/ always straight. altogether quite n
, bright as In the DAYS of n ouarte
or century ago, when he use,
TO stir up Senator Hoar ..becous
ne always talked so wenr as h,
! said' He was attending a littl
/ BUSINESS here he told me an,
: would get out TO the sage brrs,
, as soon as possible because 60
/ iot OF the boys here expect me Z
run about with them as use
10 DO years ago. 1t doesn't fir
me but It doesn't interest m.
That's ALL
some eminent New York finopc
ers now in position to really
'nat copper securities consisting G
hihety-seven per cent water an
an" three per cent are nc
even so good as standard silver
doiiars containing only fifty cent,
worth of silver bullion.
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3. Continued from Page One.
didate for governor, polled much
heavier vote than Charles w. Bart
lett. the anti-mergev Democrat.
Psnnsvivabis elects John o. Sheath
RsvublicSn hesd Of the ticket for state
treDs6fef, ~ a large majority.
New York state elects Howard n.
Bartlett and willard Bartlett, point
candidates on the Republican and
Democratic tickets for Justices OF the
SOWst 81 appeals over the candidates
bt the Independence ieagde (fIearst.) )
NV York City elects the Tam,nany
candidates ~ considerable hajorities
over the Independence learue- Repab-
1ican fusion candffatesr.
New Jersey mas given a safe plural
ity to Frank s. Katzeribach jr.,
Democratic candidate for governor
TIE Maryland contest for the gov
effiOrshfb Is In doubt. owing to the
iateness of returns Chsirman Vim
diver OF the Democratic state commit
Tee claims tfie state by 10000 and
conservative estimate based on meag-
er returns give Crothers. Democrat
fot governor, plurality of>G.OOO to
5000.
The Rhode Island returns indicate
the recollection OF Governor James
". Higsins, Democrat. over Frsd-
erick H. jackson. Republican. by a
plnrnlity estimated to be about 1900.
showing Democratic gain from the
i,iurality or last year.
The election Of the Democratic
ticket In Mississippi headed by r.
+ Noel, for governor. is foregonc
conclusicn, as there is no opposition
Ticket.
In Nebraska. NJ. B. Reese. kepub-
licaM candidate for tho suprcmc-court
the most important state office voted
on is undoubtedly elected.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06
BuLLErtlN.

Ohio results cleveland. Nov. G.
johnson is reelected mayor over
burton by 9.313. Johnson controls
the council. All republicans save
police clerk and board OF educa-
tion are elected.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06
ida TARBELL FOREMOST
LIVING AMERICAN WOMAN
So Says the Mirrors New York Correspondent-The
Writer Who Exposed Standard Oil Trust a Very
Husy Woman--The Servant Problem May
at Last be Solved. hsH

New York. Nov. 6.-To the many
thousands familiar with Miss lda
1arbell's exposure of Standard OIL
methods there must be daily won
der at the astonishment of the
many millions over the current
court exposures of those same
methods. have heard a lawyer
competent to Judge say that prac-
tica1y nothing has been disclosed
BY all the anti-Standard proceed
imgs which had not already been
exposed by Miss Tarbell. To my
mind she is the foremost living
American woman. she writes his
tory well because she passed three
years at the Sorbonne. Paris, learn
fing how TO write history; she is
n good magazine editor because
.she was with McClure's Magazine
from its first issue until her re-
cent separation from the McClures
Miss Tarbeil has a delightful
home a few blocks below Four.
teenth street. which she houses one
OF the best private libraries in
New York and does much of her
literary work. A gentleman called
on her there once at the reoues,
lof publisher who was eager to
get short historical work from
hef pen. IL was on subject
which would not have required
study by Miss Tarbell. and the
terms for the manuscript were tc
be fixed by her without copsuIta.
ton. But she turned down the Of
lfer 81 have no time now. car
see no time in the future. sh,
SAID to me. "to devote to any new
work. How many author.
in the world who can truthful,
say that their literary engagement,
extend through all the years O
their lives?"
| Mention was made a few dav,
ago of the arrival of 1000 Irisl
girls on one ship who came I,
enter domestic service Soturda,
pthe Cedric brought 600 more youn.
women with similar Intentions. I
is believed by some that the Ion,
wall OF anguish from America,
housekeepers has at least bee,
heard and understood in Britis,
nnd Scandinavian countries. an,
mat these LOCO would. he servan
|g'rIs are the promise OF sunni
winch may eventually relieve IN
dreadful conditions which is emn
Tying homes and filling hotels an,
boarding houses. In speaking VIII,
'he manager of a big hotel Of thi
matter ! remarked that after n,
as many servants are required n
serve given number of neonI
whether they live at home or I;
hotels. How did the hotels 90
'"e' sorVahtsf without the al
tempt at evasion he replied tba
Tthe hotels break the contract lobo
laws. They send agents to France
switzerland. and Germany VIII
employ servants under contrac,
"lt's against the law. yes >, h
SAID. 'but we can't do bushes
otherwise. so we break the law
EASY when YOU know how,
stealing hot stove would seer
10 be an ordinary yeggman's jo
rompared to stealing and carryin
OH 100000 worth of live wir
loioctrlclty. But in the court q
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06

Fancy Ohio sand grown Dotatoes.
75c per bushel in or 10 bushel lots.
II CIIAS. TURNER 4 co.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06
.AKRON DEMOcR ATIC.

Akron, o.. Nov. '6.-Early re-
turns indicate the election of w.
D. Sawyer (Dem.) for mayor by
over 1.50O plurality over City
Solicitor C.. II. Beery. the Republi-
cnn candidate. but later returns
showed falling or in the Demo-
cratic vote for the head of the
ticket.
1t IL expected that the complete
vote will show Sawyer's election by
500 to 1000 plurality. The rest
OF the ticket is in doubt because
OF the many scratched tickets.
: The last few days saw great
change In sentiment due, IT is be.
Iieved, to several moves by the
Republican campaign managers
one being the publication toda,
that Sawyer had drank beer at n
public hall with voters. I,eery ,s
failure to register and his use OF
the circular methods Of electioneer.
Ing We're used against him.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06
The MendeIlsoha
TO the Front

The great problem IN buying
a Piano, Is TO select an irstru.
ment. the beauty Of whirh we
may be justly proud. and also
TO combine with that beauty
all the elements Of a good dur.
able Piano, at a price that will
make a purchaser take notice.
In this connection, we want
to speak a word for ~
The mendellsohn Piano
This Is a Piano. not only OF
exceptional bsavty, hut one OF
high worth and sweet tene
qu Atty. at a moderate price.
It's a Piano, we anaSansss 20
give absolute satisfactiea, and
enc we want you TO see.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06

Some eminent New York 6noro;
erS now IN position to realize
,nat copper securities consisting Of
"'he'y-seven per cent water and
an" three per cent are no,
even so good as standard ei,vor
dollars containing only frty cents
worth of silver bullion.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06
pcNn TO APPLY LID

Columbus, o.. Nov. 6.-."The sa-
looms will observe the law under my
administration.
This is the keynote Of statement
written by c. A. Bond. mayor-elect
OF Columbus. at $3.50 last evening.
and made public at 10.20 when his
election was assured. There was no
>inore definite statement as to Sunday
closing.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06

Canton, o.. Nov. 6.-Incomplete
returns indicate the reelection OF
Mayor Arthur Turnbull. Democrat
ny an increased majority over that
OF two years ago. when he was
elected by 400. Returns are to the
effect that Turnbull will receive a
vote almost as large as Yost
Republican and Miller, Tndepend-
ent. combined.
The entire Republican city tick.
ct. with the exception OF mayor
md. nossibly. service board. Is
elected by reduced masorIties
&" THrnbuIl ran on liberal plat
form, while Miller advocated strict
enforcement OF law. Yost was also
for law enforcement.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06

Stealing n hot stove would seem
TO be an ordinary yeggman's lob
rompared to stealing and carrying
OF 100000 worth of live wire
electricity. But i'm the court ~
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06

Massachusetts,, Nov. 6.-Guild,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06

New York. Nov. 6. The Tam
many city ticket is elected by o.
600.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06

columbus. Nov. 6.-The com
plete republican ticket is elected.
bond for mayor, beat Duncan by
+135.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-06

Salt Lake City. Utah. Nov. g.
rho American or Anti-mormon city
ticket was elected by 5000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-27
NORTH TOPEKA.
Leave items for this column with
kimban Printing Co. a12 North
Kansas &venu6-

The Grant school baseball team de-
feated the Quincy team Tuesday, the
score being to 4.
The Mystic circle will meet at the
home of Mrs. Addie Hutchins, 1926
Madison street, Thursday afternoon at
o'clock Subject will Power
Mr. and Mrs. z. K. Heinzman of
1926 Kansas avenue announce the en-
gagement of their daughter Pearl to
w Worth Wray of Kansas City, Mo.
the wedding viii take place early next
month.
Charles. the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Suit of 1927 Jackson
street is suffering from a severe attack
of the measles. This disease is now
very prevalent in Topeka and Shaw
nee county.
Mrs. A. P. Howell of Kiro was in
town today shopping.
w A Luthye and William Owens
of Silver Lake have returned from
Texas. where they went TO look at
farming land.
Mrs. Frank Grear went to Kansas
City this morning for the day.
L. P. Presgrove of Silver Lake was a
North side visitor today.
For Sale-A nice improved so acre
farm about nine miles out from To-
peka. $4,000. c. d. Myers & Co., S27
North Kansas avenue.
About every business house on the
North side. including the banks and
QIuS SlpEeS. CLOSED at L o CLOCK To-Day
to allow the business men to properly
observe the day which was set aside
by the Civic club as Arbor day and
plant shade trees on Kansas avenue
from Gordon street north to Garfield
park
Thieves are again at work on the
North side Last night the hardware
store of Pratt Bros. at 901-903 Kansas
avenue was entered and a revolver,
some cartridges, razors and between
two and three dollars in money taken.
Entrance was effected from the rear of
the store and the robber seemed to
have experienced some difficulty in
getting into the yard at the back of
the building This yard is enclosed in
Il high wire fence and after breaking
down the staple at the rear gate the
man went to work at one of the cell
lar windows taking out the frame and
entering through the cellar and up to
the stOreroom by means of the eleva-
tor shaft Indications show that there
was only one man and that he was a
good sized one. Footprints found on
the soft earth in the rear yard fit
No. IL shoe. The Wentworth black
smith shop was visited before Pratt's
there were found by Mr.. Pratt this
morning. Topeka is said to be infest-
ed by a gang of colored toughs who
We're pardoned from the penitentiary
last winter and some of the officers are
inclined to think that they are the
guilty ones.
Don't forget the Pancake social to-
night at North Topeka Baptist church.
Grandma Miller, the venerable
mother of S. c. Miller and Mrs. Brad
ley Norris, is in very feeble health at
the home of her daughter, 923 Van
Buren, street. Mrs. Miller is over 80
years of age.
Mrs Mcconnell. an old resident of
Shawnee county. died this morning at
O'Clock at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Graham, 1901 West Sixth street.
The work of tearing down the old
Skinner ice house just north of the
bridge which was bought by w. J.
Mattern has almost been completed. |
Today about all that remains of the
building are the four large poles, one
at each end.
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SANTA FE NOTES.
Items Chiefly Personal Concern
ting Railroad Men.

Owen Galbreath has been appointed
to succeed Gill Updegraf as secretary
to J. M. Council, general passenger
agent. Galbreath has been stenog-
rapher for F. Haskell, transportation
clerk in General Superintendent Fox s
office.
Harry Little, former assistant secre-
tary to the r. R. Y. NJ. c. A, is to be
married today.
us 1t Right to Tell a Lie?" is the
subject of the lecture at the r. r. Y.
M. c. A. Friday night.
A. S. Rankin. train inspector, is in
town today.
der of Railway Conductors, is in To-
peka today.
o. E. Davis of the signal department
is in Emporia today. He will go to
Kansas City before returning to To-
peka.
Pat Walsh. general baggage agent,
is absent from Topeka on business
trip.
Conductor L. French of Argentine
is substituting for Conductor George
Ross on trains los and LOG between
Topeka and ST. Joe while the latter is
visiting a brother that is dangerously
i'll in southern Missouri.
Conductor Rain is again on his run
between Topeka and Newton, having
been absent a few days.
Engineer ]. c. Muir has returned to
work after a two weeks sickness.
Brakeman Joe Purvis, who has been
visiting in Topeka, has returned to his
home at Usage City.
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LEGAL.
rFirst published in The Topeka State
Journal March q, 1901

In the District Court of Shawnee County.
A MeKeever, Plaintiff. VS.. Archibald II.
Lewis, Chas- Budd. Mcclure G. Martin.
and the unknown heirs, and devisees,
and the unknown administrators exec
utors and trustees of said Archibald N.
Lewis, Chas. Budd and Mcclure G. MAJ
tin Defendants-Ro. 243A
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
State of Kansas, Shawnee County, IS
TO Archibald M. Lewis, Chas. Budd,
Mcclure C. Martin and the unknown heirs
and devisees. and the unknown admins
traitors executors and trustees of Archi-
bald NJ. Lewis, Chas- Budd and Mcclure
c. Martin
You, and each of you. are hereby mott
fed that you have been sued in the dis
trict court of Shawnee county, Kansas, in
an action wherein A McKeeyer is plain
TIFF and you are defendants, and unless
you answer the petition Of plaintiff. nled
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that will absolutely hold the rupture and
never slip and yet is light, cool, com
Portable, conforms to every movement of
the body without chatting or hurting and
costs less than many ordinary trusses.
There are no springs or hard, lumpy pads
and yet it holds the rupture safely and
firmly without pain or Inconvenience.
have put the price low that any person,
rich or poor, can buy, and I absolutely
guarantee it.
make 1t to your order-send Ii to
you-you wear it, and if it doesn't sat
isfy you send it back to me and will
refund your money.
This is the fairest proposition ever made
by a rupture specialist. The banks of any
responsible citizen in Marshall will tell
YOU that is the way do Observation-Disclosures
absolutely on the square.
If you have tried most everything else
come to me Where others fail is where
I have my greatest success. Write me to-
day and I will send you my book on Rup-
ture and its Cure. showing my appliance
and giving you prices and names of peo-
pie who have been tried and been cured
It is instant relief when all others fail
Remember I use no salve. no harness, no
lies. Just a straight business deal at a
reasonable price.
C. e. Brooks, 1864 Brooks Bldg,
Marshall, Mich.
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LEGAL.

in said action, on or before the 21st day
of May, 1907, said petition. will be taken
as true and judgment will be rendered
the plaintiff in and to the following de-
scribed real estate, lying and situate in
The west Is feet of the east so feet of
lots numbered 40 and 142 on Western
avenue, in the city of Topeka, Kansas;
and forever barring you and each of you
and all persons claiming under you from
having or claiming any interest In, title to
or lien upon said real estate or to any
part thereof, and for the costs of said dc-
ton. ah
: LSeaIl EDWIN d. MKEEVER,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Attest. r. L. THOMAS, Clerk of the
District Court
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NOTICE.
To whom It May concern:

AZ W. IL may (N1ASS1A.
I have filed a petition in the Office of
the county clerk of Shawnee county, Kan
sas, directed to the board of county COM
missiOnerS of said county, praying for the
vacation of that portion OF Finlieu addi-
tion "a subdivision of AZ acres on the
south side of the S. E. II of the n. E. "
of the s. W. "a of Sec. 2, TIP. IL, r. Is, be-
ing 297 TT. north and south and $50 feet
east and west,) lying north of 18th street,
as shown en- the plat of said subdivision,
east of Harris ave- and west of Oakley
ave, as shown on said plat, and OF the
streets and alleys therein contained, and
at the regular session OF said board held
on the 18th day of April, 1907, said petition
will be presented to said board at its
for a hearing thereon, at which time and
place all persons interested can appear
and be heard under seid petition.
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND.
First published in The Topeka State
Journal March 13. 1901
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
The State of Kansas Shawnee County, SIS.
In the Probate Court in and for said
County.
In the matter of the estate of Mrs. E.
D. Kelley Wilcox, creditors and all other
persons interested IN the aforesaid estate,
the probate court in and for said county,
sitting at the court house in the city OF
Topeka, Shawnee county. Kansas, on the
9Th day of May, A D. 1907, for a full and
final settlement of said estate.
Dated March lI n Il, A. p. 1897. 30
the estate of Mrs. E. D. Kelley wilcox,
deceased,
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FOR sAI.E-REAL ESTATE.
FoR sALE-REAL Estate.

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ANOTHER STORE BURGLARIzED
Pratt Brothers In North Topeka the
Latest Victims

The North Topeka burglars trust
opened another store last night. Pratt
Brothers hardware store, 901 North
Kansas avenue, received a call. The
burglars pried the strips from a rear
window with tools stolen from a