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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
Coffins Moved I'm Sealed Vault.
The UnsOhed Mystery Of Haunted Tomb the Parish of
ChrSChurCh, Barbados.

A tale of the mysterious movement
of collins In II sealed vault in the par
ish of Christchurch, Barbados, has
long been told in that island. Fresh
authentic evidence just brought To
light and published In the West India
committee circular confirms the story
and renders it mysterious in the eX-
treme.
On successive occasions when the
Chase family vault in the churchyard
near Distin's Town was opened the
collins were found to be disarrangcd
A manuscript account by the Hon.
Nathan Lucas, who Witnessed the
opening of the vault in 1920, has been
unearthed,
The document states that the vault
was opened several times for the in
terment Of bodies in the first decade
of the nineteenth century. Each time
the collins were found in eXtraordl-
nary positions, and after a burial in
1919 the matter became a much talked
of mystery, Mr.. Lucas was discussing
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
Real Jean Vatican Freed.
Bank Robbe Who Had Escaped Married and Led Upright
Life Was Rearesed.

face every moment. Near them sat
Mrs. Allison, the happlest woman in
Michigan.
Haven't got the grandest little
wife in the world?" he said. "If it
had not been for her John Allison
would still be doing time. l owe her
more than | can ever repay"
He declared he intended to go to
work at once and show himself the
man he has been represented to be- He
said that before his release his fellow
prisoners made up purse of $50 for
him from money they had earned, a
few cents days, working in prison.
Allison was arrested seven years ago
for bank robbery and sent to jackson
prison. He escaped three years ago.
When he was rearrested eight month
ago in Moline, ILL.,, he was married. hao
baby and was living an upright, hon.
orable life. He was put back in prison.
His wife moved to Jackson that she
might be near her husband and worl;
for his release.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

khoturye burned down the hermitage
that night, but none dared raise hand
against the murderer, who threatened
to curse any who approached him.
His trial was brought about with the
greatest difficulty for the terroraed
judges Of the province had not the
courage to brave his threat that heav-
en- would strike down with lightning
any who dared find him guilty.
Finally one jurist was found who
would try the Buebeard upon the
charge Of stealing vessels from
churches. The murders We're passed
over in fear, but n conviction Of the
petty accusation was obtained and
sentence Of fifteen years was imposed.
Feodotolf was taken at once to 81
berian prison just across the noun
tains. The village has gone into a
years observance of mourning for his
murdered victims.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

it no longer, and, crawling from under
the desk, he sat on the floor and faced
the women. They were so astonished
at seeing him that they forgot to
scream. The intruder looked almost
sorrowfully into their faces and said:
81 came here to lift what | could.
I'm burglar. I've heard lots of
things said TO me; but, say, couldn't
stand this talk of yours no longer"
The women didn't reply, and the bur-
glar went on:
go on; call the cops. Have me
pinched Me for the cooler, but no
more breaking into pink teas"
Did you hear what we were talking
aboutY asked Mrs. Deming in alarm.
did hear?' the man replied. You
bet heard every word of it. I was
on the point couple of times of get
ting up and telling you there was a
man present. I've got wife and four
small children, and was afraid they'd
suffer If | got locked up, so ! tried to
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
BabY,s CErrlaae Robe.

Save all the pieces OF cashmere
wool, serge, and any other soft wooden
goods and cut them into strips three
quarters of an inch wide, Join them
together and wind into balls. With an
ivory crochet hook about the size of
slate pencil crochet in plain stitch six
strips about six inches wide and
yard long. With strong silk floss join
the strips together by sewing lightly
through the edges of each first stitch
Line with silk, any color desired
bringing the edges of the lining oveI
On the right side, about an inch al,
the way around, Bind down With feath-
or stitching. A sluG5tE roOe made
in this way would be warm and
comfy" looking If made of dark
warm Colors.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

John II. Allison, Michigan's Jean
Vatican. walked out of Jackson prison.
in Michigan. the other day free man.
At the prison gate his wife and baby
met him. and he gathered them both
into his arms. murmuring tenderest
words of endearment and gratitude
gratitude for the fathfulness Of the
little woman who has stood 10y him so
pluckily and whose constant appeals in
his behalf at last brought him his con-
dltlonal pardon
The first ecstatlc moments passed, AL
llson's wife led him to the home, just a
block away from the prison walls,
where she established herself soon
after he was returned TO prison and
where she has remained all these
weary months of his incarceration.
When an interviewer came in shortly
after Allison was sitting in the cozy
little room. his face radiatng lfappi
ness. On his lap sat his daughter Lau'
ia, two years old, her chubby arms
around his neck, pressing kisses on his
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
In FASHIONS REALM
GOSSIP AB BOUT PREVAILING
MODES AND coLoRs.
Winter Tints Of Striking Hues Are
Being Worn - Tailor Modes
Absolutely Plain.-Large Hoods
fer Travelling Dresses.


The black tailor mados, unless of p
the best materials, never are so salts
factory as cciDrs. Brown always is a
laNoilte, as 1t suits 50 many women. &
Gray and blue may be considered suit
able Tor wear at any season of the
year ana are popular with the eco
nomical, while grerl, purple, and red
are essentially winter tints, and al
ways blend well with the fur acces-
sories that are SO necessary in the
wardrobe at this season. Goats may
be short or threo.guaricr length, some
even are longer; but the coat should
not be too long If the skirt Is short.
This. Of course, should only just clear
the ground, unless tie woman has
quite shapcly feet and Is well shod.
Good shoes are more important to
well dressed woman, or one that de-
sircs to be thought so, even than
gloves.
Many of tie mosp' fashionable tai
llor madts are absolutely plain; espe.
cially is this true Of the striped and
check materials, but on smooth faced
cloths bias bands piped or heavily
stitched frequently are used. Buttons
Iare extensively used as trimmings,
aud braid can be used without limit.
Some costumes recently on display
had the coats heavily braided, while
jthe skirts were quite plain. For the
girl whose dress allowance Is small it
would be advisable to make sets of
| hOunces in dark colored silks, which
may be buttuned on to black sateen
'petticuats and removed and renovated
| when necessary. Much Of the good ap-
I t0earance Of the taller made skirt in
'own depends upon the fluffy petticoat
| beneath H. and only silk gives the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

it with friends in 1920, and they de-
cided then and there to open the vault
and see If the cofins had moved again.
They found the heavy slabs over the
entrance untouched, and no marks OF
violence were anywhere visible. But
in the vault itself the six coflins were
once again disarranged, lying on top
of each other and at curious angles.
The vault was in such position that
water-of which there We're no signs
could not have flooded it. There has
been no earthquake to account for the
mystery ana no attempt to rob the
cOrpscs.
Negroes fear of the dead rendered
1t certain that they had no hand in 1t,
and the theory Of practical joke was
never entertained, "All | know" runs
the document, "is that it happened
and that | was an eyewitness of the
fact"
Subsequently relatives removed all
the collins from the haunted vault and
buried them in ordinary graves.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
lie Murdered Twenty Women.
Russian Buebeard Whose Crimes Excel the Awful Deeds Of
Grmms Monster, Gets Off With a Sem
tence of Fifteen Years.

after outrage was perpetrated by the
monk upon his numerous victims.
Woman after woman disappeared from
Verkhoturye and was never seen
again.
These frightful crimes and orgies
might have gone on years longer but
that young Cossack lieutenant, dis
trusting his bride, followed her to the
lonely' hermitage one night, broke into
the chapel ard there cane upon Eco
dotoff gloating over her dead body.
Examination Of the hermitage grounds
showed the graves Of eighteen other
women buried there and thousands of
dollars in jewels and money which the
monk had induced them to bring him
in pcnance for their confessed-sins.
The maddened Inhabitants of YER
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
Girdling Globe In Iron Mask.
Novel Stunt Of London Pedestrian, Who Hopes to Win Wager
Of 100000 Offered by an American
MuItmilionaire."

less. There is, moreover, good cvi-
dcncc that a man has been found who
would take such wager, for such an
individual with his bead incesed in an
iron mask OF the fashion of the middle
ages, pushing n peramhulator looking
very much like the one ordered for the
Spanish heir, certainly has started from
Trafalgar square. London, ior saw
him with my own eyes. But it is one
thing to start and another thing TO ac-
compllsh such Journey.
"'Goodby for ten years. called the
masked individual as he started in the
direction Of the north pole. And !
could not help wondering as ] heard
him what security he had that the
American millionaire would still be
about when he got back to England in
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

"When the average English news
paper is looking hard for genuine un-
mitigated ass. it's Il plugged Canadian
dime to double eagle that it will set
tie on an American millionaire" says
London correspondent of the Atlanta
Constitution. "The English reading
public will believe anything that can
be invented by the most prolific and
imaginative of minds and expressed in
the. confines of a newspaper column
about that mysterious individual, and,
despite their boasted strict regard for
the truth. the English daiies print n
whole lot Of stories that would be
laughed out of an American newspaper
Office.
"The latest instance in support of
these observations goes all that have
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

Russia's Bluebcard, Feodotoff, who
murdered twenty women in Nerkhotu-
rye within the past five years and
buried their bodies in his forest her
mtage, was recently convicted and
sentenced to penal servitude for fifteen
years.
The sentence, admittedly n travesty
upon justice, is said to have been made
so light because Feodotof had terror
lied the Judge with threatened curse
IN case the latter condemned him to
life Imprisonment or TO death.
Not since the fabled times of Grmm's
Bmebeard has such a monster been
known in Russia or any other land.
Under cover of a monks gown Fcodo-
toff lurcd TO his fake shrine In the for
est the fairest women in half of Perm
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
FOR TEN YEARS" CALLED THE MASKED INDIVIDUAL

the year 1913. or, being about. that he
would still be a millionaire and able
TO meet demand for 100000. One
never can tell with these newspaper
fortunes.
1T appears that the iron mask as
he prefers TO he called, must also End
himself a wife on the way. 1t Is II
long leap in the dark to marry a man
without look at his face, but he will
probably have no difficulty In finding
many who will do so. especially II
there Is good chance Of his pockets
being lined with hundred thousand
American dollars. Then there is o pos
siblllty that he will find more takers
with the mask on than with It off"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
Three Rats Save Woman's Life
They Were In Her Hair When Hotel Elevator Fell and Broke the
Force of the Shock.

Three hair rats laid across her head
under luxuriant growth of golden
brown hair saved the life of Miss
Laura Wind, seventeen years old, Of
Dixon, Mo-. in the Planters hotel at st.
Louis. The rats served as buffer
against heavy wire cable which came
down in the wreck of an elevator. The
cable crashed through the top of the
car and struck the girl on the head.
She was knocked insensible, and at
first 1t was believed she was dead.
The physicians in the City hospital
said that undoubtedly Miss Wind owed
her life to the rats. She sustained a
scalp wound and was taken. still un-
conscious, to the operating room in the
hospital. The doctors thought her skull
was fractured. but examination re-
vealed that little injury had been done.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

gone before good lot better. The
London papers contain a story OF Il
man in an iron mask who has started
to push perambulator around the
world to win a wager of 100000 made
by certain American multlmilionnlre.
Furthermore, the man starts with n
capital of less than So, must earn
enough to keep him alive on the way,
is forbidden to remove the mask dur
Ing the journey and must obtain the
signature. of the mayor of every town
which he visits on the way.
at cannot be said that such feat is
not worth 100000 There are prob
ably many more people in the world
who would ask more than would take
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
Found Gravedigqer Asleep In Coffin.

While digging grave at st. Jerome
cemetery in Freeland, Pa. Mike Bo-
sack who had too strongly fortified
himself against the cold, fell asleep,
and, to save themselves from worry
about his safety. his companions put
him In the rough box in the grave and
then placed the lid on without fasten'
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

ings. When the funeral arrived Under
taller Kiernan directed an assistant TO
remove the rough box lid. When he
did so Bosack sat upright and wanted
to know what was doing. The mourn
ers We're panic stricken until the real
situation was explained. and interment
of the corpse was then made.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
Traded Girl For q Job.
California Railroad Mans Novel Solution Of the Problem of the
Man Out OF Work

Judge Bordwel to explain the letters
which We're introduced by Mrs. Theo-
dora Coe in her suit for divorce. She
was granted an lnterlocutory decree,
Coe had previously been divorced from
three wives, and n fourth Is dead
When he owned the letters Judge Bord-
well said: 81 don't want to listen to an
other word from you. You. are a
stencil in the nostrils Of the people"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
They Tried to ChIorofOrm a Cat.

In an endeavor to dispose of cat
IN humane fashion Miss Grace Carr,
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Carr and her
cousin, Miss Herbert, all Of Lexington,
Ky, came nearer to death than the
cat. 1t was thlevng cat, and the
family imposed the death penalty. The
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

On the witness stand at Los Angeles.
Cal. Judson ii. Coe, fifty years old.
admitted writing letters in which he
agreed to exchange his slyteen-year-
old daughter Ethel for a position with
railroad. According to the letters,
the agreement was made I'm 1902 with
q. w. Smith, who was employed by
the Illinois Central at Waterloo, Ia
Coe had been summoned into court by
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
Short GirdIes.

Short girdes are more in evidence
as Gn accessory of separate waists
Of all kinds than are those employed
az a finish to elaborate two-piece or
princess gowns, but all of them are
carefully fitted and match the color
scheme, If not the prevailing material
nf the garment
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
Fell Into BaptismaI Font.

II. d. Brandreth of Liverpool Eng
land, who was asked to address the
congregation OF the Baptist church in
Kirkwood, Mo, fell into the baptlsmal
font while walking through the church
to the pulpit. Mr., Brandreth is the
father of Mrs. q. Hart McLea of Kirk
wood. He went to the church Sunday
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
Black Goods DRESSING.

Boil ten cents worth of logwood
bark in two quarts OF water When
cool a,1l two quarts of stale beer.
i.&a rlar sufficient to cover gooda;
TIT AID stir gp.@6 occasionally until
of n evsa bhza. faen rinse. partly
dry. ana dress.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

evening prepared to speak. In passing
the baptismal pool, which is sunk in
the floor, he failed to notice that 1t
was open, He fell with splash into
tue water ana was drenched from head
to foot The congregation helped him
out, and a carriage was called to take
him to his daughters home.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

cat was caught and chloroform admin
istered, but the animal struggled to get
free. The chloroform was spilled and
Miss Carr, Mrs. Carr and Miss Her
bert were overcome, A physician aft
er several hours work managed TO re-
suscitate all three. The cat escaped.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
Girls Lose Jobs For Saying Damn"

Mary Rowland, Anna Gowdy, The
resa Patterson ana Florence Gllchrist
oil are copylsts in the county clerks
office at Denver. Chief Clerk William
Lail, a hardworking member of the Y.
Nj. @. A., declares that he has found
many mistakes in the work Of the
girls, which resulted in tangle in the
office Lail demonstrated rather sharp
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
-rc-lz

A square such as this will look well
has 4 border of drawn threads; the
lesign should be traced upon the
linen, then the lines should be run out
and afterwards worked over in button,
hoIe.gttch. Tack on Il stout piece of
paper cut the supcrnuous material
away with a pair of sharp scissors,
being careful not to cut the stitches,
,hen work the twisted bars with
thread rs in point lace.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

ly with one of them, and the only an
swer he received was that she did not
give damn" whether the work was
right or not, More grleved than anger
ed Lall went to the others and says
he received the same answer. He dis
missed them all. The girls vehement
ly deny using anything stronger than
darn"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-08-24
CAME IN USEFUL
Stranded Engishman Raised Money
on Famous Names.

" is sometimes mighty useful to
nave distinguished relatives. Here L,
an instance in point. A young New
Yorker, a brother-in-law Of Sir Philip
Burne-Jones, the artist, found himself
stranded while in Albany a few days
ago. Being unacquainted in the state
capital, the problem of how to raise
enough money to get back to Broad,
way was a serious one. Suddenly it
dawne1 upon him shat Il couple of let
ters which he had in his pcs :esjicn.
and which he only recently had TO.
ceiVed from Bu"ne-Jones and RUdya:d
hipling, the author, might be lHade to
realize, II not train fare, ut Last the
price OF ham sandwich. Acting on
the inspiration, he took the letters to
a nearby bookstore, which made a
specially Of the buying and selling Of
original autograph letters of famous
persons.
Fortunately there happened to be
1othinS of particularly private or
confidential nature in the missives in
question. and after examining them
carefully and asking some questions
relating thereto the proprietor Of the
store finally offered their owner $4.75
for both lettors-$4 for the Kipling
epistle and rs cents for the Bnrne.
Jones one. Needless to ST. /, the offer
was promptly. accepted
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-08-24
Bids For School Buildings

Sealed proposals endorsed, Proposals
for School Buildings" for the four new
one-room public school buildings, for
Elko, Nevada, will be received by H. S.
Taber, Clerk of the Board of Trustees
of Elko School District, Ell1o, E3Nada.
up to o'clock p. m. ON the 31stRrafsGf
August, 1908, when they will be opened,
and read publicly.
Proposals shall be accompanied by
certified check of the sum of SO of the
amount bid, and the contractor to whom
the award is made will he required to
furnish surety company's bond of the
sum of one-half the amount of his bid.
The right is reserved to reject any and
all bids. -, -
. Drawings and specifications may be
consulted at Tabers law office. Elko,
Nevada. Complete sets of plans and
specifications will be furnished to pros
pective bidders, upon reasonable notice
to and in the discretion of H. S. Taber
BY order of the 2
Board of the School Trustees, {.
j. A. MCBRIDE, President. =
&. II. S. TABER, Secretary !:
Date Aug. 3, 1908. :;
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-08-24
Business Locals.


An the late up-to-date bakery goods
at Cochrane's. I'll II
Proofs of Labor on mining claims for
sale at this Office
Bread tickets good for scent loaves
at Cochrane's Bakery. -,
Blank Options to Purchase Mining
Claims for sale at this Office
Sweet Orr Corduroy: best in the world;
for sale at Engler Co.'S.
New spring stock, John B. Stetson
hats, just received at Engler Co.'S.
The Florsheim shoe for the man who
cares. Spring styles just received ut
Engler Co.'S. Il
Save those natural teeth, thereby re-
tain your facial expression. DR.. Gill
land 1.-The dentist" Office over the Drug
Store, Elko
Mining Locations and Location Ger
tihcates for sale at thIs Office These
blanks are in strict conformity with the
mining law passed by the last legislature.
Orders by mail will receive prompt at
tention. Il
Ramsdell has moved his photograph
gallery to his new building on Railroad
street, west of the lumber yard. He has
the best equipped gallery in the State
and is now prepared to take better pict-
ures than ever. Secure the shadow be-
fore the substance fades. =
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-08-24
BUILT THE FIRST skYscRAPER
New York Architect Gave the New De.
sign to the World.

1t is little more than Is years since
Bradford lie Gilbert erected the first
skyscraper at SO Broadway, New York
says the Broadway Magazine. 1t was
an History building. One day, when
1t was still in the skeleton stage, he
decided to climb up through the net.
work Of steel pillars and Orders while
gale of wind was blowing. He
wished to make some tests of the eff
feet of the storm on the skeleton. The
people watching him from the side
They expected to see the structure top.
pie and fall, bnrying the hapless in.
ventor in the ruins.
lie Gilbert returned to earth unhurt
"a victor who had given the world a
new idea that was to revolutionize
the American city.
Since then skyscrapers have become
almost commonplace. Higher and
higher they have soared-11, ii, IS,
20, rs, Al or more stories-pillng won.
der on wonder, transforming Wall,
Nassau and Pine streets into narrow
canyons between cliffs of steel and
stone, and making Trinity church. the
finest building in the city half a
century ago, mere foothill of the
great skyscraper range.
Then came the new idea, just car
ried to success, which made men
doubt If there were any limits to the
height of the skyscraper The tower
OF the Singer building at 147 Broad
way began to soar into the air, piling
story upon story. until there were AZ
in all, and the lantern that crowned
the steel skeleton was fastened ia
place 612 feet above the sidewalk.