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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31

In fConstaptinopie tlln shoania koss are
all poets Whue 4 ~ 1tomey U hayipg
q heel repaired d q shoo relaced the
attendant irecltes extemporizsd .ov
ineinorlzed verses to- him. A. Tho Ian.
guage IL Arabic or Turkish. the listener
rarely knows whether be is hearing q
good or bad verse. On the Musk. the
Broadway Of old CARO-. one can buy
TIE red leather, sharp t0ed slippers,
universally worn In land where there
is rarely any rain. Tor about - cents.
They are not worth more, being very
dimsy articles In construction. I 1hey
ays not representative Of the expert
English or American bandmads sboe,
which y q thing of beenty, Of comfort
sna Of enduring utllity.--Areopaut.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
500 Starving Men eee for Food.

Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. Sl.-The Office
of the superintendent of poor at West
Seneca was besieged Thursday by 500
men begging for food. The partial
suspension of the steel and iron indus
try there has caused much SUFFERING
among the foreign laborers. -Four
men were taken to the county hospital
suffering from starvation. The situa
ton is likely to grow worse, as many
others among the colony of 5000 for
eigners are rapidly nearing the end
OF their resources.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
The Defence Outlines Its Policy.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 3l.-That John
II. Sanderson did not charge as much
for furniture supplied for the new
capitol as he was entitled to under
his contract will be the chief defense
in the conspiracy suit against Sander
son, Snyder, Mathues and Shumaker,
now on trial here. This was devel'
oped by the cross-examination Thurs
day of Stanford b. Lewis, who was
Architect Huston's assistant during
the construction and equipment of the
capitol.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
Prefers Death to . Llfe sentence.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Jan. 31.-Carminc
Delpiro was on Thursday found guilty
Of murder In the second degree fol
killing Scafrio Doprim at Pittston
When the verdict was announced the
defendant asked the Jury to 60 oul
again and return with verdict ol
murder In the first degree. as he pre-
ferred death to incarceration, Later
he stated that be would take his owl
ltfe. s3sF10f e5llH Hienliit nl'p
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
BUCKEYE news BULLETINS.
Referendum Bill to Be Amended.

Columbus, o., Jan. 31.-The judici
ary-committee of the senate at meet
ing last night decided to recomment
amendments to the Atwell initiative
and referendum resolution to make 4
applicable to county. municipal ant
township affairs, as well as state. A
serious error in the resolution which
made provision only for votes to bj
cast in favor of measure was cor
rected so as to provide that an electol
may vote either for or against 1t. The
number of signers to a referendum pc
tition was changed from 10 to s pei
cent of the voters.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
sailors Suffered Terrible Hardships

Honolulu, Jan. 31.-The survivors
OF the American ship Eclipse, which
foundered on January IL while bound
from New Castle, Australia, to Sar
Francisco. arrived here Thursday and
were sent to hospital All are In s
fearful condition from exposure, ex
haustion and thirst. One boat cap
sized crawdhg 16 men into the only
othe& b9&tl iipy Which they were II
days t sea bef''re reaching land. Dur
Ing us time three men died. :, lyty
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
A Bill to Tax powrIes.

Albany, n. Y. Jan. 31.--A bill the
effect of which would be to tax dow
ries given New York state women
upon their marriage to foreigners was
introduced In the assembly Thursday
by Mr. Keller of New York 1t pro-
vides for tax of 20 per cent on such
property above the value Of 100000.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
Rescued Three Men in a Boat.

Queenstown, Jan. 31.-The Cunard
liner Mauretapia arrived here last
evening. The Mauretania had on
board Taylor, Nankin and Coffin, re-
spectively the captain. engineer and
deckhand of the New York coal barge
Fall River, which broke away from a
tug during a storm on the night of
January "a The men took to n small
boat just in time to see the barge
founder. The boat was driven sea
ward and the occupants were much
exhausted when the Mauretania
picked them up the following day.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
Fugitive from Justice surrenders.

Cleveland. Jan. 3l.--Tired of being
hunted around the world by. United
States officers and dying with con-
sumption, Alfred S. Burroughs, so, OF
Cincinnati, fugitive from justice, gave
himself up to federal officer Thurs
day Burroughs was arrested In Gin
cinnati for violating the postal laws
In 1905. He jumped his bond. He
had been living in Europe the past
two years, In Canada and Bermuda.
He came here from Montreal Wednes-
day hoping to find work. He failed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
Death Of Herman Holme..

Medina, Jan. 3l.-Herman Holmes,
one of the best known men in north
ern Ohio, died Thursday at his home
here after an illness of three weeks.
Holmes, who was Ga, had for many
years been the travelling passenger
agent of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Co. Years ago Holmes drove
a stage between Cleveland and Me-
dina. il
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
Express Office Robbers Bound Owe,

Mansfield. o.. Jan. 31-John McCue
and Joe Stevens, charged with rob-
bing the Adams express messenger
here Tuesday night. were held to com.
mon pleas court by Mayor Brown in
bond of $4,000 each. Frank McGin.
nifty, assistant to the express messen.
ger, who is charged with being an
accomplice. was hound over In the
sum of $4,000 Rodney Parker, who
drove the robbers to Gallon, was ar
rested but was released. as 1t was
found he did not know OF the robbery.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
Schooner Sank After : Collision.

New York, Jan. 3l.-The schooner
Helen u. Taft, of Thomaston, Me-
was run down and sunk by an un-
known steamer 16 miles southwest of
Cape Lookout lightship. of the coast
OF North Carolina, Wednesday night.
Capt. Wales and the crew of nine men
of the schooner We're picked up by
the Comanche and are now being
brought to New York.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31

Coiumtls, 8. q, Jan. Si.--Ti}6 pro.
hibition blll w6s killed In the house
of representatives Thursday by the
vote Of "a to 81. The senate also d
opposed to prohibition. County local
option Is now provided for throughout
the state. The dispensary investigat:
ing commission on Thursday declared
J. 8. Farnum a fugitive from justice.
He is accused Of having misappropri'
ated $55O,0OO while acting as an agent
of brewery.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
Congressional.

Washington, Jan. 3l.-The urgent
deficiency appropriation bill wal
passed by the house Thursday. The
total amount carried by 1t is $23,664,
$50. The senate held short session
during which Senator Aldrich report
cd his banking bill from the commit
to- on finance. He announced hs
would call up the bill for considera
ton on February TO-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
A seoret Conference Of Steel Men.

New. York. Jan. 31.-About 70 stee
men representing the United States
Steel corporation, the Republic Stee
Co., the Bethlehem Steel Co., tbs
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. and thu
Pennsylvania Steel Co. were In con
ference here Thursday. The creates
secrecy WIS maintained. Newspaper
reporters were barred from the con
terence.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
A Comedian Goes Under the Knife.

: Columbus. o., Jan. 31.--Denis O'Sul.
Ivan. Irish, comedian and singer, who
has been playing, at the Southern the
aier In Peggy Machree." was oper.
ated upon at Grant hospital Thursday
for appendicitis. His condition Is
critical. He has an engagement To
appear In New York next Monday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31

!, HoplIhsviIle. KY, Jan. 3l.--"Night
riders" surrounded be grocery store
ofeJohp. Collins at Golden Pond Wed
nesdny' night covered the proprietor
with pistols and held him q prisoner
while they smashed = barrel Of whis
KY, nine cases OF beer and a quantity
Of vine and liquors in bottless Twen
ty masked men were IN the band
They charged Collins with running 9
blind tiger"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31

Lorain. o., Jan. 3l.--The body Of
a week-old child was found Thursday
In pWtly-built house on the out.
skirts of the city. Coroner Miller de-
clares the child WINS murdered by q
blow over the head, fracturing the
skull. W
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
cr1x of Stranded shIp We're saved

Nantucket, Mass, Jan. 3i.--Aftev,ia
strnggle Of five hours duration agaipsi
intense cold and a turbulent sea the
life savers Of the Coskata station res.
cued the crew Of the Newport brigan'
tine Fredericka Schepp, which was
wrecked Thursday on Coteau Beach
Mrs. Charles Oversen, wife OF the car,
tain, and her 1-year-old baby. who
were on board. were also taken ID
the stranded vessel.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
Betrayed Military secrets.

Essen, JAN 3l.-An ofIlcial OF the
krupp gun works. whose name 10 not
given, was arrested here Thursday
on the charge OF betfay(ul military
secrets y is declared thai; he sold
the plsnsso certain gunss which tho
kruppe are building for Italy.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
NavIoa,jon Of Ohio River Stops.

Gallipolis, O., Jan. 31.--For the first
ime in three years, navigation with
Jacket boats on the upper Ohio river
is suspended on account of heavy ice
foes. The Pittsburg coal fleet con.
tanning 100000 bushels is drifting
down with the ice Unless the wealth,
er moderatcs, it is believed the river
will close here.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
Democratic Registrars Must Serve.

Columbus, o., Jan. 31.--Secretary of
State Thompson, acting as state su.
pervisor of elections. has issued or.
ders to county boards OF election in
which registration cities are located
that at the registration for the coming
republican state primary elections, the
democratic registrars must be as
signed to duty with the republican
registrars.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31

Pittsburg, Jan. Sl.--At q meeting
THURSDAY OF the executive committee
OF the Carnegie hero fund commission
$25.OOo was donated to lhe widows
and children OF the ESQ miners killed
last month In the Darr nline, disaster
ct Jacobs Greek, Pa. E
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31

New York. Jan. 3l.--The WARNS
Hat Manufacturing Co.. bf Yonkers,
one OF the largest makers OF hats IN
the United States. closed ~ four fac.
tories Thursday. throwing nearly 5000
men out OF employment.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31

Albert Lea. Minn.. Jan. 81.-Tvir
Lakes, = village nine miles Southwest
Of here, burned Thursday. Not
Ptructrre was left standing aud th1
entire population. nunberlps mDt1
than 200. u homeless. T ,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
noy Drowned.

GAINESVILLE, o.. Jan. 3l.--Elsa Ham.
iIton, aged i3. was drowned Thursday
when he broke through the ice OF the
Licking river. I
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-31
csld Weathsr Il. IshpemIna.

4. Iahpeming, Mich. Jan. 31.---A tenn
(,erAture pf S3 degrees below zero wa
13eordcd here Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
Perch FishInu.
From the Contributors Club of the May
 Atlantic.

From the Contributors Club of the May
 Atlantic.
 And the other fishing days when you got up before dawn and stole downstairs to the dim kitchen. A drink of milk, dough- nut, and a triangle of pie then you stole out quietly to the barn and got the spad- ing fork. Then the search, armed with fork and tomato can. under the broad leaves of the rhubarb bed back of the hen house and down by the COW barn. un- til you had enough worms for the days sport. Then. of course. you left the fork sticking in the ground-you never would learn to put things away-and started off Through the garden and orchard, stopping long enough for handful of entrants and a poclSetful of, sopsyvines-over the pas ture bars, eating handful of huckleber- ries or low-bush biackberries here and there Into the wood road-very dark and still in the dawn-where you stepped along very quietly so as not to disturb the bears You knew perfectly well there were no bears but you rather enjoyed the creepy sensation. Then out through the deep wet meadow grass to the river, where the sun was now beginning to burn away the wisps of mist. and the red winged blaclhirds were making a tremen- dous fuss oyer their housekeeping. You reached the riyerbank at the bout hole, or the big rocf or the old willow of course, you know the exact place), and then you started fishing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
A Tariff Commission Necessary.

H. E. Miles in Success Magazine.
 The machinery for making tariffs is en- tirely inadequate and wrong. There must be constituted a tariff commission such as obtains in all other advanced civilized countries This commission must de- vote it's entire time, in the most high minded, impartial, non-poltical way, to the disclosure of all facts and evidence bearing upon every industry that seeks protection Not alone talk, but books of cost, and the minutiae of evidence, internal and external, must be produced. The relation of each industry to every other industry and to like industries abroad must be considered. Power to compel the submission of testimony must be given the commission. The interests not only of those who wish protection, but also of the countless millions who go about their daily affairs, not immediately and personally concerned in individual schedules, must be safeguarded and fully protected So there will be developed series of schedules that correctly meas ure all differences and all requirements. All interests will be helped, none wronged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
THE DUST AND
 ASHES OF DEFEAT

and the rascal cried, as he went down the steps: T thought you Rebs were all sub jugated now, and I could go where I pleased" Another taunted fher by say ing: You have got plenty of slaves to wait on you now, but you won't have them long" They tried to buy provi sions of her. but she told them that ev- erything she had to spare was for our own soldiers, and would not let them have a mouthful. MT. Hull had to ask for guard from the commanding of- ficer to protect the family. They have their patrols all over the town, and I can hear their insolent songs and laugh ter whenever I stop talking long enough to listen. Our house is so for back from the street that we suffer comparatively little. Two men in blue came up and asked for supper while we were sitting on the piazza after tea, but nobody took any notice of them. Mother had been so busy all day getting up extra meals for our own men and was so utterly Jagged out that she did not even look up to see who they were. We didn't tell her for fear father might hear and want us to give them something. and they went away, There are so many Confederates in the house that they didn't dare to be insolent. General York is with us now, and a body of his men are camped in the grove. He is a rough old fellow, but has a brave record, and wears an empty sleeve. They say he was the rich est man in Louisiana "before the deluge" owned thirty thousands acres of land and nine hundred negroes, besides plan tations in Texas-and now, he hasn't money enough to pay his way home. He is very fond of cigarettes, and l keep both him and Captain Hudson supplied with them. The. captain taught me how to roll them, and I have become so skill ful that I can make them, as we used to knit socks, without looking at what am doing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02

An extract from the "War-Time Jour
 nal of Georgia Girl'' in the May Ap-
 pleton's.
 Washington, Ga, May 6, 1865, Satur- day.-The mournful silence of yesterday has been succeeded by noise and confu- sion passing anything we have yet ex- perienced. Re-enforcements have joined Wilcox, and large numbers of Stonemans and Wilson's cavalry are passing through on their way to Augusta. Con- feoerate soldiers, too,' are beginning 70 come by this route again, so Washington is now a thoroughfare for both armies. Our troops do not come in such numbers as formerly, still there have been great many of them on the streets today. About room, two brigades of our cav airy passed the gate going west and at the same time a body of Yankees went by going east. There were several com panies of negroes among them, and their hateful old striped rag was floating in triumph over their heads. I was so en- ragged when saw it that I said I wished the wind would tear it to flinders. Fa- ther gave me scolding for speaking so disrespectfully of the flag and said if didn't stop he would send me to my room Then Cousin Liza turned her back on 1t, Cora shook her fist, on the sly, and we had a family row. It is dread- full for a household to be so divided in politics as we arel Father sticks to the Union through thick and thin, and mother sticks to him. Mary Day, I think. sympathizes with him, too; Fred and Garnett are good Confederates, but too considerate of father to say much, while all the rest of us are red-hot Rebels. To do father justice, our house is so far from the street that he couldn't see the plunder with which the wretches. both black and white, were loaded, but Cousin Mary Cooper who lives right on the street, opposite our gate, told us that she saw one white man with silver cake basket tied to the pummel of his saddle, and nearly all of them had stolen articles dangling from the front of their saddles or slung in bags behind. And yet they blame us for not respecting their flag when we see it again for the first time in four years floating over scenes like this. A large body of them are camped back of Aunt Cornelia's meadow, and have actually thrown the dear old lady, who was never known to speak a cross word to anybody, into rage, by their insolence. Captain Hudson had almost to kick one of them out of the house before he could get him to move,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Kind Words For Watts.
he Editor of The Age-Herald.

lO tiie Ol Iile ABe-I1eIdlu-
 As you published an account of the suicide of John A Watts will you please publish little in regard to his life as 1t was such a surprise to all relatives and friends
 He was born in Clay county in 1883, lost his good pious mother when only five years old, joined the Methodist Episcopal church when only IA years old and took deep interest in prayer meetings and Sabbath school. Was superintendent of Sabbath school when committing that rash surprising act of taking his own life. He was under the best of character and had many friends wherever he was known. There have been five sad deaths in our family during the last ten months. His aunt died the 30th of August. In october he lost his first baby boy at g months old. His mind has not seemed right at intervals since that. He had an invalid stepmother whom he thought a heap of, who had not walked in five years from rheumatism She was with them when the baby died and she died December [ That went very hard with him and being out of employment so long last fall and breeding over so many said bereavements he lost his reason and committed an act that no sane person could do, surrounded as he was with so many affectionate brothers and an old father and a good, affectionate wife and darling little baby, all of whom he loved dearly and knew that they loved him. He had lost his mind or he could not have done it. If you will publish the above it will be consolation to his many friends who were so surprised, and an act of justice to the unfortunate young man and his sadly bereaVed father. A. L. WATTS.
 Birmingham May i 1908
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02

posed of the First, Seventh, Eleventh and Seventeenth Virginia infantry. The brigade was commanded in order named by Generals Longstreet, A. P. Hill, Pick ett and Kemper. So you see in reality he did belong to a stone wall brigade, though not referred to in history as such. Never were their superiors mar shalled in any field beneath the vaulted heavens.
 This short sketch is for the purpose of correcting an error and no attempt will be made to give a history of Sem ator Daniel, or the gallant brigade in which he served with such conspicuous galantry. w. H. STANLEY.
 Graymont May l. 190S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
Methodist Churches.

First church. Sixth avenue and Nine- teenth street, services at the usual hours. with preaching at Il a. m. and 7;@ p m. by the pastor. tke Rev. James A. Duncan. The sermon at the evening service will be of especial interest to the young men of the congregation.
 Highlands Eleventh avenue ana Twentykhrst street. preaching by the pastor, the Rev. Hoyt M. Dobbs. at Il a. In. and p. m.. as usual.
 Eleventh Avenue. Eleventh avenue anu Twelfth street. south. preaching at Il a. m and ! ;3O o'clock. P. m., by the pastor, the Rev. F. P. Culver.
 St. Johns Twentieth street and Ave nue H. preaching at both il a. m. and 7:50 p. m., by the pastor, the Rev. R. T. Tyler
 ountaln Heights. Twelfth avenue and Thirteenth street, north, preaching by the pastor, the Rev. J. w. Dixon, at Il a. m and 7:39 p. m.
 Wesley chapel, Jasper avenue ana Seventeenth street. north, usual serY- ices at Il d. m and I:3o o'clock, D. m There will be preac ching at both morning and evening services by the pastor. the Rev. K. M. Matthews.
 North Avondale Fifth avenue and Fortieth street. preaching by the pastor x both morning service at Il a. m. and eVes ming service at 7:3O p. m.
 Avondale, 420s Fifth avenue, services at Il a. m.. and 7:S0 p. m., with preaching by the paster. the Rev. J. C. Ferslnses' at both services.
 West End, preaching by the pastor the Rev. J. l.. Britain, at the usual services at II a. m. and 7:3O p. m.
 Simpson-Corner of Seventh avenue and Twenty fifth street. north, services to- morrow at Il a. m., and 7:3o p. m., wiIh preaching by the pastor. the Rev H. h' Osborne.
 Twenty-first Avenue-TWenty-nrst ave rue, North Birmingham, services at Il t, m. and 7:3O D. m with preaching by the pastor, as usuGl.
 Trinity-Corner Avenue F and twenty seventh street; services at Il a. m. and 7:3O p. m.. with preaching by the pastor the Rev. Foster K. Gamble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
The Child Father to the Man.

From Success Magazine.
 Those persons who think they see in MT. Roosevelt an alarming disposition to reg ulate other peoples affairs will be inter- ested to learn how early this tendency was manifested
 When Theodore was quite little boy his father told him that he was going on long journey and admonished young Ted to be a good boy and take good care of his mother. That night, in his prayers the lad asked the Almighty to watch over his father, who was travelling far from home and to help him be good boy; then he added:
 ..'As for mother, I will look after her myself"