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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
slayback is Named for Senator

Lebanon, o., Sept 11.-John c. Slay-
back of Hamilton was nominated at
the Fourth district convention here
Thursday for state senator on the
ninth ballot. Brown county withdrew
the name Of its candidate and made
possible the result. The temperance
plank which was to have been pre-.
scented 10 the convention was omitted
and this will eliminate the danger of
n fight between the liberal and anti
saloon factions.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Convicted Of surying a Live Cat.

Cleveland, Sept. 11.-Frank Loie.
wiz, a building contractor. charged
with burylng alive white cat owned
by j-year-old Marie Beutel, was found
guilty by jury in the court of JUS
tlco Murphy Thursday afternoon.
Counsel for Lojewiz gave notice of a
motion for a new trial. Justice
Murphy set Tuesday for hearing the
motion. Lojewiz is out on $500 bail.
The maximum penalty for the offense
charged is a fine of 5000 and sentence
to 30 days in the workhouse, or both.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Gas Wen Excites steubenvill..

Steubenville, o., Sept. 1l.--Great ex-
citement was caused Thursday when
a monster gas well was struck on the
Steubenville Female seminary grounds
near the heart OF town. The SEM
mary now is used as tenement and
many fled from the building, fearing
fire would break out at the well. A
column of salt water was thrown 200
feet high. A city lot boom has started
and buildings may be moved TO make
room for derTlcks.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Foraker Visits Taft.

Cincinnati, Sept. 11.-Senator For.
aker was among the visitors who
called on Judge Taft Thursday. He
held quite lengthy chat with the
presidential candidate. After For.
aker had loft. Taft said; Senator
Foraker said he wanted to do every
thing he could to bring about Repub-
lican success and that whenever
needed him ! could call on him, He
expects to take an active part in the
campaign"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Eltznerald Goes Free.

Chicago, Sept. 11.-George W. Fitz.
gerald, accused by the state authori-
ties of the theft of $4,000 from the
United States sub-treasury here, was
freed Thursday by Judge Chetlain.
Sub-Treasurer Boldenweck, acting on
instructions not to disclose evidence
gathered by the federal authorities,
refused to testify. Judge Chetlain
thereupon dismissed the case.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Mndo a New Record.

Sea Girt, n. j., Sept. 1l.-A new
worlds record was made in the re-
volver team match at the national
tournament here Thursday when the
Manhattan Rifle and Revolver asso.
citation won the match with score
Of 1,O52. The marine corps, team No.
/, won the Gould rapid fire team
match,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
LEGAL VIEW OF BROKEN HEARTS
Curious Breach Of Promise Laws in
Other Countries.

England is the best place-from the
of promise action. All other coun-
tries seem TO regard with grave sus-
plcion any attempt to recover none
tary compensation for the loss of
prospective husband. and unless the
plaintiff has very strong case indeed
1t is never worth her while to carry
her grief into the law courts.
In France breach of promise cases
are rare for the simple reason that
the law requires the plaintiff to prove
that she has suffered pecuniaiy loss.
Now this is not an easy thing to do on
the part of the lady, especially in a
country where a girl without q dot
that is marriage portion-has poor
chance of finding a husband. Holland
and Austria have adopted the French
system, and the result has been about
the same, Breach actions are rare, the
injured damsels or their relatives
usually taking the law into their own
hands.
Practical Germany, as might be ex-
pected, has perhaps the best method
of solving this problem. When a
young couple become engaged they
have to go through a public betrothal
ceremony that ought to knock all the
shyness out of them. In the local town
hall the pair declare their affection,
Willingness to marry, etc, ending by
signing a collection of documents that
apparently leave no loophole for
escape.
But If either party TO the contract
wishes to withdraw another journey
is undertaken to the town hall and an
other collection of documents signed,
witnessed and sealed. Then the au-
thorities determine the question OF
mpensation-should 1t he claimed.
In this connection it may be said that
the man can, and often does, claim a
solatium for his wounded feelings.
The usual award is one-fifth of the
marriage dowry. II Is easy to under
stand, when all this is remembered,
how loath the young people OF Ger
many are 70 break their betrothal
oaths
AS the law of Italy offers little or
no protection whatever to Tilted dam
sells and swains it is not surprising
that the stiletto should be the favorite
mode of deciding breach of promise
cases. The Italian law demands that
the person suing for breach shall
produce written !..o-..e "a :aarry
from the defendant; otherwise the
action cannot proceed This difficulty
is almost insurmountable. and the
Italian judges are seldom troubled TO
adjudicate between one time lovers.
To bring an action for breach of
promise of marriage against reign
ing monarch is an achievement, but
it has been done, and by an English
lady. 1t is now fifteen years since
Johore, and there was doubt
whether the dusky one was actually a
reigning monarch and the case was al
lower to come into court. But tho
judge quickly, disposed of the action
by ruling It inadmissible for the rea-
son referred to and Miss Mighell was
non-suited.
1t is remarkable that one of the
two actions which have brought ver-
diets of 10000 each to the plaintiffs
should have had for its defendant the
editor OF matrimonial newspaper
The second was between well known
actress and the second son Of an Earl.
--Tit-Bits.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Hartman Plans Free School for BOYS

Niddletown, y. Y, Sept 1l.-If a
project contemplated by f. II. Harri.
man is carried out, worthy young men
who are destitute of means to secure
education will be enabled TO equip
themselves for occupations in life
through the generosity of the railroad
man. 1t is stated by friends of Mr..
Hartman here that previous to his
departure for the west he signified
desire to build school for the free
education of boys
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
CHIPS FROM OHIO'S NEWS LOG
sHoRr STORIES or OCCUR.
/, RENcEs IN THIS STATE.
A Days Record Of Accidents, PelItl.
cal Events, Eto.
A Murderous Assault.

Cleveland, Sept. 11.--Minor Van Der
Lee, Cleveland patient at the New.
burg insane hospital, was found lying
in the hospital tool house, his skull
fractured, Thursday. Near him lay O
blood-stained adz. Thomas Cochran,
another Cleveland patient, last seen
with Van Der Lee, said the latter
had attempted suicide. Superinten.
dent Clark says the nature of Van
Der Lees wounds indicate this was
impossible. Van Der Lees recovery
is doubtful. It is believed that Coch.
ran assaulted Van Der Lee.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Dead Woman Covered with Gems.

Newark, n. j.. Sept. 1.-THE body
OF Mrs. Ashton Harvey. dressed in
white and covered with a fortune in
Jewels, was found Thursday In the
lake on the estate OF Stewart Harts.
horn, at Short Hills, N. j., by blood.
hounds which had been brought from
New York to seek her. Mrs. Harvey
was the wife of Ashton Harvey, a mil
Iienaire lawyer. and lived on Their
magnificent estate at Short Hills. Mrs
Harvey. who was wealthy in her own
right. had been acting peculiar fol
several weeks.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Bishop penounees Iona sermons.

Mt, Vernon, o., Sept. 1.-THE North
Ohio Methodist Episcopal conference
on Thursday defeated a resolution to
redistrict the conference into four
districts instead of five. Bishop
Moore said in his address: MANY
preachers make their sermons too
long. Bishops have hard work station.
ing ministers who have poor terminal
facilities"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Jury viii be Composed Of Farmers.

Fremont, o.. Sept. 11.--Selection of
Jurors from the special venire of "a
drawn to hear the trial of Congress
man Jay F. Laning, indicted for en-
bezzlement and larceny in connection
with the failure Of the Ohio Trust Co.
of Norwalk, will begin today. Judge
Richmond, who is 70 hear the case, re-
turned from Europe Tuesday. The
jury which will try baning will be
made up of farmers and retired busi
ness men. Attorneys are prepared to
push the case, and II Is believed that
the trial will be brief.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Irishman Captured Sea Serpent

Belfast, Sept. 1l.-A message re.
ceived here from the Copeland Islands,
a small group of County Down, says
that local fisherman ON Wednesday
shot a snake-like sea monster and sc.
cured the body. II is 80 feet long and
six feet in circumference and has a
fan.shaped tail and head like a seal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Cholera Spreads in St. Petersburg.

st. Petersburg, Sept 11.--Asiatic
cholera is spreading in St. Petersburg
and the sudden jump in the statistics
is taken TO mean that the authorities
failed to take proper precautions
against an epidemic, the first cases OF
which were discovered fortnight ago
The bulletin issued last night reports
SO cases and IS deaths. but II is be.
lieyed that treble that number exist
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
ToIstol is peIuaed Win Gifts.

Yasnaya Poliana, Russia, Sept. IL
Count Tolstoi passed Thursday, his
eightieth birthday, quietly amongst
his family and intimate friends. His
conyalescence is progressing favor.
ably but he is still weak. Letters,
addresses and kilograms are pouring
in from all parts OF the world and
innumerable gifts to the great author
have reached here.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11

Walking day and night, without a
single stop, a dummy soldier is talk
ing 100000 steps every "a hours in
an endurance test to determine the
life of several new cartridge belts.
THE mere fact that man is sent
by his doctor to some particular
baths or springs where he sees other
invallds confident of a cure makes
him think that he, too, can get well. ="
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
IIIeeaI Payments Total $4,000.

Columbus, o., Sept. lin a report
that covers nearly 500 pages, Il. p.
McCorkle, an examiner In the bureau
of accounting, makes his report of tho
condition of affairs in Guernsey coun-
ty to the state auditor. The period
covered in the report covers from
September ], 1908, until January /,
1908. The total Illegal payments
found In that time aggregate $1,000.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Wright Scores Another Triumph.

Washington, Sept If. Orville
Wright on Thursday broke the worlds
record for time and distance for a
heavier than air flying machine which
he established Wednesday In flight
requiring great skill on account of a
ten-mile wind he circled around the
drill grounds at Fort Myer 5S times
in Go minutes and So seconds. The
flight was witnessed by nearly 1000
people.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Sank viii LIquIdate.

Pittsburg, Sept 11.--E. A. Kltz
miller. vice president of the Cosmopol
itan, National bank, recently closed,
issued statement Thursday to the
effect, that the institution would llqul.
date.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Father and Sons Burned to Death.

Calumet, Mich, Sept. 11.--AfteI
sending his wife and two small chill
dren to safety at a neighbor's, half 8
mile away, Jacob Hernesiemi, with his
two older sons, aged IL and IA years
met death while trying to fight of
the forest fires that swept their home
stead near Otter River, this county
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Lewis Makes His First Appointment

Columbus, o., Sept. 11.--State Labor
Commissioner Lewis made his first ap.
.pointment Thursday when he named
Simeon p. Ewing as his chief clerk.
Ewing was formerly superintendent OF
the Columbus employment bureau. but
was removed during the adminlstra.
tion of Commissioner Ratchford.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
WorkIna TIme nd e N Inere ased.

Altoona, Pa, Sent. i1.-orders were
posted at the Pennsylvania railroad
shops Thursday increasing the work
Ing time to so hours a week. The
order takes effect today and affecti
10000 employees, most OF whom have
been working only s6 hours a week
since last November,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Davis is CHARGED With Murder.

Omaha, Neb.. Sept. 1l.-Ceunty At
torney English filed a complaint
Thursday against Charles e. Davis
charging him with murder In the FIRST
degree in connection with the shoot
ing OF DR. Frederick Rustin. The
time of the hearing was not set.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Jerome Refuses to Help parrIn.

New York, Sept 11.-District Attor
ney DaTin of Queens will not have
the assistance of District Attorney
Jerome in the prosecution of tht
Hams brothers. Darrln invited .Je
rome to act as senior counsel. In {
letter sent to Darrin Thursday Jerom,
declined the offer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Conductor and Brakeman Killed.

Adrian, Mich, Sept. 11.-Conductor
John Huddlcr of Toledo and Brake.
man Prince of Jackson, Mich, of the
crew of Il combination train on the
Lake Shore railroad were killed
Thursday night in rear end collision
near Chase's Siding when their train
was struck on a curve by work
train.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
WIN Abide by Primary's Verdict.

Des Moines. Ia, Se9t. 11.--"Stand
patters" and "progressives" have
agreed on a resolution to adjourn the
legislature until November "a, It be.
ing understood that whoever received
the primary nomination for the long
term as senator would be elected for
both the short and the long term.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11

Although the sea covers three
fourths Of the earth's surface, it
does not provide in the same pro-
portion for mans wants. Only about
3 per cent of the people in the world
gain their living directly from the
sea.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Bishop SpaIdina RESIGNS.

Peoria, ILL.,, Sept. 1.-THE resigna.
ton of Right Rev. John Spalding,
bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese
of Peoria, was officially announced
from his residence Thursday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Water sells for so Cents Barrel.

Cleveland, Sept 1f-PeopIe living
In the suburbs of the city are having
hard time getting water on account
OF the drouth. In Wlckliffe-on-the.
Lake all the wells have gone dry and
several men with teams are hauling
water from :he lake to houses and
selling II at so cents a barrel.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Receivership for a Fish Firm.

Chicago. Sept 1.-THE fish an0
oyster firm of A. Booth & Co. was
placed in the hands of a receiver by
Judge Bethea in the federal district
court Thursday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11
Judge Refuses to Pay Assessmen,.

Indianapolis. Sept. 1l.--Judge Frank
s. Roby of the appellate court has
refused to be assessed 5000 by the
Republican state committee for cam.
paign purposes.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-11

Try an ad in The Mirror Wan,
Column.
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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-01-18

remains however that for miles
around the smelters where the in.
fluence OF the smoke is most felt,
the land has become barren waste.
The owners of these lands have all
along had a bitter grievance, and
that their contentious were right the
courts of the country have maintain
ed.
The condition is one which is hop
ed will not be ruled by any cast-iron
rule by either party to the contro-
versy. 1t is devoutly to be wished
that the matter will be settled be-
tween the parties without having to
close down the plants upon whose
activity so much depends. 1t must
always be remembered however that
the farmers are not to blame for the
conditions which obtain, and so should
not be the only ones to make sacri-
flee for the general good.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-01-18

men. The editor expressly states in
a foot-note that the responsibility for
it rests entirely with The author. II
would appear, however, that if it S
impossible to consider motion under
any other than physical aspect, and
if the rotation of the earth is "physi.
cally" more probable than that of the
sky, orthodox astronomy may rest
secure. The subject, however, BE-
longs to metaphysics, and would ap-
pear to be largely one of definitions.
There is no dispute about observed
facts.-Translation made for The
Literary Digest.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-01-18
FARMERS VS. SHELTERS.

Former State Senator Rideout is
out with an open letter to the far
mers' committee, asking it to &C
cept the offer of the Highland Boy
snlelter of $I25,ooo bonus and the
assessed damage of board of arbi-
tration, appointed by the parties eff
fected by the agreement. He pleads
that if the smelters are given four
teen months in which to build other
plants, that the matter can be ser
tied without causing the wholesale
distress which will follow if the
plants are closed down.
There is no question that the sac
rifice upon the part of the farmers
would be deeply appreciated both by
the mining operator and by the min
err. 1t is also true that the closing
of these great plants with their humid
reds of employees will cause distress
at this time owing TO the financial
stringency through which the coun-
try is now passing and the consequent
curtailment of industry, The fact
remains, however, that the smelters
have been given ample time to re-
move their plants to such locations
as would not be injuriously effected
by their noxious fumes. The smelt-
ers upon their part seemed to think
it best to fight the farmers at every
point, and only made counciliatory
overtures to them when they had been
beaten in every court to which the
cases had been taken.
While Mr. Rideout asks the far
mers to forego their rights for the
sake of the general community, it is
little strange that he does not APP
ply to the other party to the contro-
versy and ask that the smelters, which
have all a Nr' been the aggressors,
make a corresponding sacrifice by
meeting the demands OF the farmers.
1t has been the cry of certain per
sons in the community that the clos
ing of these plants is in accordar
with a program outlined by the Nor
mon church to destroy enterprise in
this portion of the state. The fact
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-01-18
AND YET 1T MOVES"

These words, said to have been
muttered in a low voice by Calico
after his normal recantation of his
doctrine of the earth's rotation, are ap-
parently not accepted, at their face
value, by all scientific men. We have
occasionally heard the statement that
the geocentric theory explains the
facts quite as we'll as the heliocentric,
and that the acceptance of the latter
rests only on the grounds of its sim
plicity. An eminent French mathe-
matician, Poincare, goes further and
asserts that this simplicity exists only
when we consider the physical phe-
nomena of motion; so far as it is
regarded merely geometrically, as is
the case in the science of kinematics,
one explanation is as good as anoth-
err The question would seem to be
largely one of words and definitions.
1t is thus formulated by Mr.. Mont
cheuil in an article on THE Principle
of Inertia" in the Revue DIES Ques-
tons Scientifqucs Oouvain, Belg-
ium, October coy. Speaking of Poin-
cares opinion, this winter says:
"He admits that the earth rotates,
end he asserts that he places this
truth on the same ground as one of
Euclid's postulates, or the existence
of exterior objects. True, the mean
ing that he gives to these two affirm
ations is not perhaps that of other
people. They explain, he says, a
number of facts incomparably great
er than that explained by the contra
ny affirmations. 1t is thus more con-
venient to hold one opinion than the
other, The hypothesis of the earth's
rotation also explains numerous ply
steal phenomena that remain unac-
counted for on the contrary hypothe-
sis. The former is thus physically
truer than the latter. On the other
hand, says the eminent mathemati-
clan, there is no such thing as alb
solute space; of the two propositions
The earth rotates' and The earth
does not rotate one is thus no more
true automatically than the other.
To affirm either and deny the other
in kinematic sense would be to
assert the existence Of absolute space
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-01-18
A ROAD TO DEEP CREEK.

Several of the leading mine owners
of the Deep Creek country claim to
be in possession of inside informa.
ton which is to the effect that =,
branch line of the San Pedro, Los
Angeles and Salt Lake railroad will
be constructed to the little mining
town of Clifton, in the heart of the
district, during the present year. 1t
has all along been understood that
the Clark people had an eye on that
part of the country, and that it was
their intention 20 build the line after
having completed the Phoebe branch.
That road is now completed and it is
stated that were it not for the pres
ent financial furry work would have
already been under way on the Deep
Creek line. 1t is thought that all
difficulty in financing the road will
be overcome in the near future and
that by the late spring or early sum-
mer ground will be broken.
Those who are the best informed
state that the location of the new
branch will be from Tintic Junction
on through to Clifton. This route
is one which will be very easy to
grade and no engineering difficulties
will be met whatever. Already there
are in the neighborhood of thirty
miles of grading on the old line start
ed many years ago. This will re-
qure very little work to make ready
for the steel and will naturally aid
the construction of the road.
What lends color to the conten-
tons of the mine operators is the fact
that the main line of the road from
Salt Lake to Tintic is laid with sixty
pound rails while the remainder OF
the raod to the coast has eighty
pound steel The possibilities are
that it is the intention of the railroad
company to use this steel for the
Deep Creek branch, and for this rea-
son have retained it on the east end
Of the line until such lime as IL
could be put to that use.
The Western Pacific has its line
completed past the point where its
proposed branch will enter the dist
riot. This point is some forty miles
from Clifton. The Gould policy,
however, is to build the main line
through to the coast before attempt
ing the construction of any branch
line whatever. 1t therefore looks as
II it would be the Salt Lake Route
which will connect first the great
mining districts with the outside
world '.. .''