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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
FIRE SWEEPS TURKISH CITY.
conhagration at Stanboul Destroys
1900 Houses and Shops.

Constantinople, Aug. 24.-Fire broke
out Sunday afternoon in the Stamboul
quarter and within a very brief period
terrible con1agration was raging.
strong wind carried the flames at great
speed, and for six hours they swept
over the section, destroying 1.50O
houses and shops. The fire was still
burning last night, but the wind had
decreased considerable.
Stamboul Is the Mohammedan part
of the city. Within its walls are the
seraglio, the principal mosques, the
mausoleums of the sultans, the baths,
the ba2aars, the public offices of the
government and the existing remains
OF ancient Constantinople. II is di.
vided for administrative purposes into
three municipal circles and into a
large number of quarters. Separate
quarters are allotted to the Armeni.
ans, the Greeks and the Jews
In 1865 the quarters were destroyed
by fire and these have now been laid
out in good streets. The general ap.
pearance of the older streets is that
of city built of wood. Many of the
buildings, however, are OF much more
Solid construction. some of brick and
some OF brick and stone.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
DECIDES ON PLAN or DEFENSE
Counsel for Capt. Peter c. Hains
Makes an Announcement.

New York, Aug. PA number Of
conferences were held Sunday by the
lawyers engaged to defend Capt. Peter
C. Hams. jr., and his brother. Thorn
ton, to decide on a plan of defense.
After interviewing a number of pros.
pective witnesses John f. Mcintyre
announced that he was prepared to
prove that the visit Of the two
brothers to the Bayside Yacht club
had not had the murder of William
h. Annis as its object. He had sew
eral Witnesses, he declared, who could
testify that Thornton Hains had en-.
tered into negotiations to purchase
land at Bayside several weeks before
the tragedy, and he would establish
the fact that the Hains brothers had
gone to Bayside to examine the real
estate offered them and not to shoot
Annis.
Mr. Mcintyre announced that the
line OF defense to be adopted in be-
half of Thornton Hams had not been
definitely determined. As far as the
captain was concerned, insanity would
be invoked as an extenuating circum-
| stance.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
summer Hotel Was burned.

New York, Aug 24.-Fire which
broke out in the Holmes cottage, a
summer hotel at Edgemere, l.. l., Sun
day night forced the 100 or more
guests TO make a hurried departure.
Many OF them had retired and when
awakened by the alarm had to leave
in scant attire. some without their
valuables and most of them without
any OF their effects whatever The
Edgemere hotel adjoining the Holmes
cottage caught fire several times from
the burning building and the danger
from the flames drove the guests OF
the larger building panic-stricken in
to the grounds.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
COLORADO womAn's CHARITY.

Renounclng all earthly pleasures,
Investing $4,000 of her fortune, Mrs.
Anna IIecht- -Ralston, widow and
trained nurse, has established al
Fern Hill, Denver, santarium for
the treatment of tuberculosis in the
advanced stage, and proposes to give
up the remainder of her life to the
care of those victims OF the white
plague who arc without funds and
who arc so advanced in the disease
that they are refused treatment in
other sanitariums.
From her father, Charles n. IIccht,
Mrs. Ralston, who is a well known
in Denver society and who is sis
ter of Mrs. Otto Keppler, wife of the
owner of the Metropole hotel, inher-
tied a fortune of little leTs than
S2,000000 All of this, IL necessary,
Mrs. Ralston proposes to expend in
the maintenance of her eleemosy-
nary sanitarium, which is situated
at Edgewatep Colo, and which,
when finished, will cost upwards of
5000 0O0 .
Mrs. Ralston is a graduate OF Well
lesley college, of the Baptist hospi-
tai training school for nurses in
Chicago, and has herself taught in
various training schools for nurses
throughout the United States. Her
father was a pioneer cattleman of
Wyoming, and Mrs. Ralston at the
time of his death inherited all OF
his fortune.
She was left a widow a short time
after her marriage and then she
entered upon the career of a nurse
She has made tuberculosis an es-
pecial study, and knowing that vic
Tins of this disease whose cases
were regarded as hopeless were not
taken in the various sanitariums
uhe determined to spend her fortune
and exert her life in caring for them
After taking postgraduate
course in nursing at the Bellevue
training school in New York Mrs
Ralston, who for years has been o
resident of Colorado and Wyoming
returned to Denver and bought
eighty acres adjoining Manhattan
beach. On this ground she has al
ready erected five buildings, which
she has furnished magnifcently, and
in which she is already accommodate
ing eighteen patients, who have
been regarded as hopeless by physi'
clans and by other charitable insti'
tutions.
So quietly did Mrs Ralston &c
about the work of establishing hel
sanitarium that the ground was
purchased and $4,000 had been in
vested in the buildings before tho
public was aware of the establish
ment Of the hospital.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
A Chapter Of the stein.Porter Case.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug 24--Maurice
Stein, a young Des Mones man who
was mysteriously killed at Loudon.
vile, o., week ago last Friday, could
have fred the shot which ended his
life. in the opinion of the three Des
Moines physicians who on Sunday
made a post-mortem examination Of
Stems body. II was also established
that the weapon used In the killing
OF Stein was a 80 caliber. An autopsy
is yet to be held over the body of Miss
Porter at Loudonyille. She was killed
at the same time as Stein. She had
two bullet wounds in the back OF the
head and Stein had one.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
Glass in Manners.

The father OF Alexander H. Ste
phens, the vice-president of the Con-
federate states, was an "old field"
teacher and one of his schoolroom
exercises, which the pupils called
learning manners" evidently made
deep impression on little Alexan-
der, writes Louis Pcndleton in his
biography of the statesman. The
plan was no less admirable than
quaint.
II is related that about once a
month on Friday afternoon, after
their tasks, the boys and girls were
directed to take seats in rows fac
ing each other. Then the boy at
the head OF his row would rise and
walk toward the centre Of the room
and the girl at the head of her row
would do likewise.
AS they approached the boy would
bow and the girl drop a courtesy, the
established feminine salutation OF
those days, and they would pass on.
At other times they were taught
to stop and exchange verbal saluta-
tions and the usual formulas of po-
lite inquiry.
These exercises were varied by
meetings in an imaginary parlor, the
entrance, introduction and reception
OF visitors, with practice in com
monplace chat"
Then came the ceremony of intro
duct,ons. The parties in this case
would walk from opposite sides OF
the room in pairs, and upon meet
ing, after salutatlons of the two
agreed upon, would begin making
known TO each other the friends ac-
companying them, the hoy saying;
ALLOW me, Miss Mary, to present ia
you my friend, Mr.. Smith. Mr.
Smith, Miss Jones'" After Miss
Mary had spoken to Mr.. Smith she
would in turn introduce her friend
These exercises, trivial as the de-
scIiptlon may seem, the vice-presi-
dent of the Confederacy says, were
of great use to raw country boys and
girls, removing their awlSwardnesH
and consequent shyness and the
painful sense of being at a diiad'
vantage or the dread Of appear ing
ridiculous. youths Companion.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
POINTS OUT DANGER IN USE
OF "STERlLlZED" COTTON.
Investigator Finds Microbes In Ma
terial Used For Surgical Purposes.

Investigator Finds Microbes In Ma
terial Used For Surgical Purposes.
Startling results are announced of an
examination made by the distinguished
French savant, M. Nonnotte, of large
number OF commercial brands Of
"aseptic" and "sterllized" cotton. Cul-
lures were made from thirty packages
of cotton purchased at random, and in
every instance fourishlng colonies Of
microbes were obtained. Two of the
packages yielded typhoid bacilll.
In the preparation of cotton for sur
glcal purposes the raw product Is card
ed, washed in soda, bleached with
hypochlolites and finally washed in d.
luted sulphuric acid. After each OF
these operations the cotton Is washed
IN plain water, and during these baths
are introduced the microbes discovered
by NJ. Nonnette.
Partly as a result of this inyestiQa-
tion physicians are turning to the use
OF the. absorbent linen surgical dressing
known as "oxolint." This is not only free
from the microblc dangers OF cotton,
but Is also more cooling and more alb
sorbent. Physicians and hospitals are
now ordering "oxollnt" by the ton
from the North Brookfield (Iass.)
mills where It Is manufactured.
The Scientific American in comment
Ing on NJ. Nouuotte's investigation
says. "fhese results prove that 1t Is
unsafe 10 apply commercial absorbent
cotton to wounds or In oedema, cry
fhema and other inGaned conditions
Of the skin"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
SOME SNAKE INFORMATION.
Where the Rather Obtains His Rat.
ties and How He Uses Them.

Astounding snake stories are COM
ing from Lake George just now,
enough TO fill page day in the
Press. But nobody seems to get
bitten or die. We have a population
Of about S0,O00,O00 in the United
States, and the deaths from snake
bites do not average more than four
year. DR.. Hornaday says the num-
Der of timid people who are fright
ened by harmless snakes each year
must be about 100000"
The eminent director Of the Zoo
logical Park tells US: Fortunately,
we have not In America any house
haunting serpents of great cunning
and unfailing deadliness. like the
hooded cobra, or the cobra de capel-
Is very deadly, and whether wholly
guilty or not 1t is debited in India
annually with the deaths of between
$4,000 and $4,000 persons. 1t is said,
however, that many persons are muir
dered on the sly and their deaths are
charged up to the account of the CO.
bra de capello. All save one Of Am
ericas species of poisonous serpents
are so peculiarly marked that Il Is
possible for any intelligent person to
know them all and recognize their
dangerous character In moment
Why should any one remain in ig-
nOrance? In reality there are only
| five types to learn, all the rattlel
snakes and massasaugas being refer
rable to one group by reason of the
rattles and button on their tails"
On railroad survey in the South
many years ago rodman was .
/ grandson of General Sam Houston
We knew him as Little Dick" Ont
hot day in the heart Of the Blu'
| Ridge Mountains IL was necessary
for him to place his rod in the mids
of a hawbush. Happening TO be look
/ ing through the transit ! saw th'
| in fear. An aX-man, sent to his aid
reported that something was singinl
| IN the bush. We all went forwar,
and routed out rattler more thai
five feet long in the act OF springint
at Little Dick" We Stayed him al
ter a hard battle with poles and axes
You could smell him mile. III
rattler, when aroused to the highe3
pitch OF excitement, cmits pecu la
odor, something between cxnlode'
gasoline and sulphuric acid. Man.
women emit the same odor when Il
a fury. Perhaps they got the seen
from Eve. The song Of Inc rnttler 1
different from the song OF Miriam
The slow vibration Of large set @
rattles gives a sort OF clicking sound
but when the snaNo Is thorouehi.
aroused the spiteful whirr sound
like meat frying-according to Horn
aday.-New York Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
Government Will intervene.

Winnipeg, Man, Aug l5.-t was
said last night that the Dominion gov
ernmont, through the railway com
mission, win intervene In the strike
now on in all the mechanical trades
on the Canadian Pacific railway The
prospects are fair for an amicable set
tlement OF all differences between the
company and the men within the next
as hours, It is said.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
Wants . cIub in Every Precinct.

Chicago. Aug 24.-Acting on the ad.
vice of Mr.. Bryan, the Democratic
national committee is using every Of.
fort to enlist the aid of the people to
effect Democratic success at the polls
and to do this most effectively Chair.
man Mack is seeking to have Demo.
cratic clubs organized in every voting
precinct in the United States. Upon
these Democratic clubs both Mr.
Bryan and the national committee are
depending for their greatest aid and
strength
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
Colonial Country Club Hotel
West Baden Springs, Indiana.

Rates 50 80 TO $3.50 per day Arneri-
can Plan, Private Baths. Special
Weekly Rates open the year around
COME and drink the water and
take the baths, 1t will cure Kidney,
Liver and all Stomach ailments.
coLstipation, nervousness and all
kindred complaints.
The expense Is a mere trifle com-
pared with the benefits derived.
FOR these VINO cannot spare the
tiiae or money to come to the Springs
wi.te us, stating symr'ors ard all
ment ifrnr'''''" onclUs..., "a ALc
we " IA. sA.r . s...D.s Mineral Water
fresh from the Springs with Phys
oians advice for home Treatment.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
Doctor Drowned whIIs rlshlno.

Tupper Lake, N. ", Aug. 19.--Dr
Joseph Elchberg of Cincinnati. wai
drowned Tuesday in Big Taper Lake
A party, including Dr Eichberg, his
brother.inlaw dr, Kuhn, end Johi
Champney, a guide was flshing. II
trying to land large pickerel th'
boat was capslzed Or. Eichberg coult
not swim and sank Immediately
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
Trolley Car Struck an AutomobiIe.

Los Angeles, Aug. 24.-six persons
were injured ono probably fatally,
Sunday when an inbound Los An
geles Pacific trolley car struck an an
toinobi.e, destroying the machine AMI
hurting its SIX passengers Ia every dl
rsetlon.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
eyoke All Records.

Queenstown, Aug. 15-John Flana
gan, Irlsh-American A. c., while Civ
ing an exhibition on the promenade
quay here threw the l6.pound hammer
from ninesfoot circle distance o
181 feet, 5 inches. This breaks al
nreyious records.
Try an ad Ia The Mirror Want
Column.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24

Try an ad in The Mirur Wan,
nnlump
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
Thres Women Aeeused Of Murder.

Buffalo, n, Y, Aug. 13.--Wednesday
for the first time in the history OF
Buffalo three women were arraigned
in police court on charges OF taking
human lives. The women are Mrs
Annie Sutherland, who is accused OF
having shot her husband; Mrs. lisa.
belle Sahlen, accused of having
strangled her three children at her
home, and Martha Brownaska. girl
who was arrested on charge oi
throwing a newborn babe from the
secons'story window OF hospital All
three pleaded not guilty, waived ex.
animation and were held forfthe grand
Jury.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-24
Says the government win interfere

Washington, Aug, 24.-That the fed.
eral government has the right and
will interfere in the interest of {
fair deal" in the matter of the ap
preparation of the waters of interstate,
streams for irrigation purposes is tho
position taken by Secretary Garfield
In connection with a number of irri
cation projects on the Rio Grande
liver which stream rises in Colorado
arl fGws tbrourh New MeXieo.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
ExportatIon Statistics sought.

The secretary Of the interior and
the secretary Of agriculture have ap-
proved the organization of what is
to be known as the water resources
service, in which the forestry serv-
ice, the reclamation service, the bu-
reau of plant industry and the water
resources branch of the United States
geological survey are to cooperate
with the weather bureau in gathering
snowfall data from mountain regions,
as well as other valuable information
having to do with the forests, irriga-
ton, evaporation and the introduc-
ton of new and valuable plants. It
Is hoped by this means to obtain
measurements of rainfall and snowfall
in the mountains throughout the state
for the benefit of irrigation inter-
ests, both public and private. Prof.
F. H. Bigelow, who as chief of the
climatological division Of the weather
bureau will have supervision of the
weather bureau and of the work, has
spent considerable time in the west
during the last year, paying particu-
lar attention to evaporation problems,
and is undertaking the work with
determination to obtain this informa-
ton relative to the drainage area OF
every stream of importance in the
west.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
WRoNGED GIRL DIES.
Fails to Recover From Criminal Oper.
atiOn-Arrests Will Be Made.

Blackfoot, Idaho, July 24.-In the
preliminary examination continued
here yesterday to determine who per-
formed a criminal operation on Mary
Robb OF Rigby, on or about June g.,
1908, the testimony shows that B. J..
Humphrey of Rigby made arrange
ments by telephone with DR.. Mitchell
OF Blackfoot to have Mary Robb come
to him to be operated upon. In max
ing the engagement, Humphrey said:
This girl is something Of a good
fellow. She knows enough to keep
her mouth shut; do the right thing by
her."
Nellie Sayer, John Sayer and Geo.
Kite went with her to Blackfoot and
left her there on June 9 in good
health. During the forenoon she was
out somewhere. but retrned to the
hotel at noon looking sick and feeling
weak. She went to private hospital
that afternoon and died June 13.
1t was reported that she was oper-
ated on for appendicitis, but an autop-
sy was held, which showed the appen-
dix intact and proved that criminal
operation had been performed. The
star witness for the prosecution Will
take the stand tomorrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
Mr. CIeveiand's "Ifist."
New York Times.)


Grover Cleveland was all his life a
preacher Of OPTIMISM said a Prince
ton man the other day. "All his lee
lures breathed the spirit of hoping
for the best, of looking on the bright
side of things. was fortunate
enough to have the entree to his
home in Princeton, and on one oc-
casion 1 made so bold as to compll-
ment him on this pronounced trait Of
his character.
"'Yes, 1 suppose l am what you
might call an optimist,' he said, with
twinkle in his eye, but / hope 1
-am not an ifist.
"'An fist I repeated. What is
an iflst?'
IAN fist said Mr.. Cleveland, is
person who is a slave to the little
word If, whereas an optimlst hopes
for the best in sane manner. The
iflst is never quite sane. l once
knaw an iflst who was lost in the
Maine woods with companion on a
hunting expedition. AS night came on
they made camp, but, although they
were hungry, they had shot no game,
and had nothing to eat. With a per-
fectly serious face this fellow looked
at his companion and said:
"'Tf we only had some ham, we'd
have ham and eggs, If we only had
the eyes,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
City BreUities
Ice cream at Hohbach's.

Ice cream at Hohbach's.
All kinds of good dry wood. See
Minnis.
More new rugs Just received at
Pendleton Furniture Co.
See MINIS for good. dry wood that
burns. Lots Of It on hand.
Dressed chickens every day. Stark
Poultry House. Phone black s7s1.
Unfurnished housekeeping rooms
for rent. Enquire at East oregonian
office.
All kinds OF transfer work done
promptly. Stansberry & Milne. phone
Main s.
The Pendleton Furniture company
has Just received another shipment Of
swell rugs.
For Rent-Store room on Main
street in the East Oregonian building.
Apply at this office.
For Rent-Furnished house at 223
Perkins avenue. on north side. In
quire of ]. NJ. Bentley.
Hotel Bowman Cafe Is now open,
a. m. to 10 p. m, a la carte. Straw
berries and ice cream also served.
For Rent-Seven-room house four
blocks from Main street. All modern
conveniences. Inquire at F. B. Clop-
ton Co.'S office.
See our line OF hammocks, gasoline
oil stoves. freezers. before purchasing
elsewhere. We are making special
prices. Goodman Hardware Co.
Annual reduction sale on all seas
enable lines at Goodman Hardware
Co.'s. Refrlgerators, freezers, ham
mocks, churns and many other arti-
cles to be closed out at cost.
For Sale-Eighty pairs Of pigeons
producing "a pairs OF squads per week
for sale at reasonable price. Excel
lent business for the right kind Of a
boy. Inquire at this office.
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for
young and old is prompt relief for
coughs, Group, hoarseness, whooplng
cough. Gently laxative. Guaranteed.
Sold by A. c. Koeppen & Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
DISCRIMINATING LADIES.
Enjoy Using Herpicide on Account of
Its Distinctiveness,

The ladies who have used Newbro's
Ierpicide speak OF II in the highest
.erms, for its quick effect in cleansing
he scalp OF dandruff and also for IT'S ex-
,ellence as a general hair-dressing It
makes the scalp feel fresh and It allsys
that itching which dandruff will cause.
Newbro's Herplcide effectively cures
dandruff, as It destroys the germ that
causes It. The same rcr,-l c9rses hair to
fall out and later badness; IN killing Il,
Herplcide stops falling hair and prevents
badness. 1t is also an ideal hair dress
.ng, for it lends an aristocratic charm to
the hair that is quite distinctive. Sold
by leading druggists. Send 1Oc. in stamps
;or sample to The Herplclde Co., De
:rolt. Mich.
Two sizeS-50 cents and S100.
A. G. Koeppen q Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
"The Summer Girl"

Tomorrow there will be another
first-class change of motion pictures
at the Show Shop, all entirely new.
The pictures the past few days have
been especially interesting, including
Native Life in Egyptian Soudan"
and the illustrated song, "The Sum-
mer Girl" Tomorruw's change will
be equally as good.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
Hand Crushed and Burned.

Nineteen-year-old Make Newman's
hand and wrist were badly crushed
and burned in a mangle at the steam
laundry at Castle Rock, Wash. while
preparing the mangle for the days
work, The girl was sent to st. Vim
cents hospital, Portland, for an op-
Grafton on the hand.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
picturesque Wales"

The Pastime has been showing an
excellent lot Of pictures the past few
days, picturesque Wales" being
among the most attractive yet seen
in the city The entire program is
good, including the illustrated song,
Love Me and the World Is Mine"
There will be a change tomorrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
EZRA MEEKER TO KILL
HIS OXEN AND DOG.

Seattle, Wash, July 25.-Despite
the storm of protest aroused by the
announcement Of Ezra Meeker that
he would kill Dave" one of the oxen
which pulled him 1900 miles across
the continent and back, the old pio-
neer has not changed his intention.
He still states that he will kill Dave"
and Dandy" the oxen and "Jim,"
the handsome shepherd dog which
accompanied him on his trip, and
have their bodies stuffed and placed
in Pioneer park at Puyallup.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
Riot Claims to Be Paid.

Checks aggregating $4,000 are be-
ing sent from Vancouver from Ottawa
in payment Of the Chinese claims an
settled by Mackenzie King, the COM
missioner who inquired into the dam
age done by rioters in the anti-O Orient
al demonstration of last September.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
ADJUSTMENTS
beautiful Indian Pictures.

The two Dimes will be opened to-
day and tomorrow with a fine set
Of motion pictures. The change at
new Dime includes a very beautiful
Indian scene, telling an interesting
story, "An Indians Gratitude" and
the illustrated song. Keep on Smil-
ing" is one of the best yet shown.
The pictures at both Dimes are ex-
ceptionally good, and another change
is announced for tomorrow.