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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
CONGRESSIONAL BUSINESS
Senate and Houee Both Have Busy
Time--More Progress Made than
on Any Previous Day.

Washington, April 2--Senate.-The
civic federation bill to amend the anti
trust law, which was introduced in the
house last week by Representative
Hepburn Of Iowa, was introduced IN
the senate. The passage of bill au.
thori2lng the construction OF a dam
ACROSS the Snake river In the state of
Washington and the consideration of
a measure for adjudicatlng the claims
OF states against the government on
account of the disposition of the pro-
ceeds OF public lands occupied nearly
the entire session Of the senate. The
gub-cimmittee report submitted some
days ago found that there was not
clfiicient ground in the charges
against Judge Whitley on which to base
Impeachment, but that he was justly
Censurable for acts of harshness and
mistakes on the bench.
House. Debate On the agricultural
appropriation bin in the house was de.
void of the charges and imputations
which marked its consideration Mon.
day and Tuesday. More progress was
made with the measure than on any
reyloua day aud the Indications are
-it ~ VIII ihdiiy bSt thiOubh W
morrow. The discussion dwelt on a
proposition for an increased appropria
ton for the farmers bulletins, which,
however. was refused, and the subject
Of Inquiries into road building. etc. by
tie department, the trend of opinion
being that such work should be encour
aged. A limited free trade bill intro
duced provides for the placing on the
free list OF all gods which are sold In
foreign countries cheaper than in the
United States The judiciary commit
tee cleared the way for speedy re.
port of the employers liability bill,
discussion Of which has engaged much
of It's attention for weeks past Final
amendments were agreed to and Mr..
Sterling OF Illinois, the author Of the
measure, was given authority to re.
draft the bill accordingly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
-FOUR WEALTHY
MEN INDICTED
ALLEGED LAND THIEVES PUT ON
TRIAL FOR CONSPIRACY TO
DEFRAUO UNCLE SAM.
I'm COURT FOR FOUR YEARS
Operating Through the Names Of Fic-
titious Persons, Acquired Thou.
sands Of Acres OF School
Lands on the Coast.

Washington. April 2.-The trial of
the land fraud case against Frederick
a. Hyde, John A Benson, Henry p.
Dimond aud Ioost II. Schneider. in
diving an alleged conspiracy TO de-
raud the United States out of val
lablc lands in several western states,
gas begun here Tuesday before jus
ice Stafford. Upwards of zoo wit
lesses from IA states are here, This
case has been In the courts here and
IN California for four years. An APP
of 100000 was made by
congress to cover the cost of the trial.
tt ia believed the trial will continue
IT least three months.
The indictments charge that these
men, operating through the names of
fictitious persons, acquired thousands
Of acres Of school lands in Oregon
and California by false entries and
forged signatures. the entries later
being transferred with the help of in
formation from subsidized clerks I'm
the general land office.
Benson, San francisco millionaire,
resisted oXtradiction but the United
States supreme court decided against
him.
BiuEcr Hermann, commissioner OF
he general land once at that time
and later representative from Oregon
sent special agents, IIolsinger and
WaCae, cut west to Investigate. The
report was submitted to Hermann
who. 4 IS alleged held II up. Final.
ly It was brought TO the attention OF
former Secretary of the Interior Hitch
cock by Magee.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
DECLARE POISON
CAUSE OF DEATH
SUSPICION DIRECTED TO YOUNG
WlDoW--ANoTHER CASE LIKE
THE BiLLlk AFFAIR.
REMAINS TO BE EXHUMED
Body to Be Removed From Cemetery
and Analysis Made Of Contents Of
Stomach to Ascertain Nature
Of "Whte Liquid"

Chicago, April 2-Suspicion similar
to that which preceded the arrest of
Herman Billik for poisoning several
members Of the Vrzal family caused
Coroner Hoffman Tuesday to procure
an order from Judge Kersten for ex-
animation of the body of Charles Stro-
ner, So who died March g.
Questions raised by relations OF thu
dead man were directed at Mrs. MarlS
Kara Stroner, whom he married lS
months ago and who is said 70 be a
fortune teller and seller of loke po-
tons
The body will be removed from the
Bohemian National cemetery and an
analysis will be made of the contents
of the stomachc to ascertain the ma.
ture of a white liuqid' administered
to Stroner for several weeks preced'
ing his death.
4 motive for the suspected crime
which was intimated by persons who
requested the investigation was a for
tune of $4,000 which became the
property of Mrs. Maria Kara Stroner
and son, John Kara, before Stro
ner's death, although a stepson by d
former marriage contested the con
veyance In the courts.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
FIRST ACT OF NEW OFFICER
President T. L. Lewis of the United
Mine Workers OF America Sends
Invitations TO Operators.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 2.-The first
official act of President Il. l.. Lewis
OF the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea on assuming office Tuesday was to
send telegraphic invitations to the
principal operators of the same com
petitive fields, consisting of Western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Hi
nois to attend meeting In Indianapo
lis on April 6 with Representatives of
the miners to make an effort to agree
upon call for an interstate wage con
yention, and II necessary to decide ON
a general resumption Of mining opera
tions In the field.
The kilograms were In the form of O
question, asking the operators wheth
er they would be willing to attend
such a meeting. President Lewis said
that he had received number of re
plies, the most OF which were favora
BILE to the move, hut he had not yet
received enough to determirA the re.
suits. He is confident, however, that
the move will result in q resumption
of work, the rehabilitation OF the in.
terstate movement in this field, and
In consequence the rehabilitation OF
the interstate movement in the south.
west field and the outlying districts.
Ohio operators have wired their ac
ceptance of the invitation.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
ROBBED THEM OF
ALL EXPORT TRADE
ASSERTS COMBINE OF STANDARD
THREATENED TO PUT IN
DEPENDENTS OUT.
WAS DIFFICULT TO SELL OIL
Where Would Standard Be II inde
pendents Were Allowed to Do
Business? - Must Turn over
Export Business or Quit.

Cleveland. April 2.--"Our first move
is to make It as difficult and eXpen
siye for Independent companies to sell
oil as possible. Tint Is our policy
II we allowed tbD Independent con.
cerns TO thrive, where would the stan
dard be IN few yearsY
That ls what was told W. d. Todd
of the Cornplanters OH Co. OF Warren
Pa, when he was called ~ the Stan.
dard Offices some years Hgu he sli'
Todd, Ia testifyiug "Wednesday in fry
governments action against the Stan.
dard. threw light On the business
methods Of the Standard
For 20 years he has been at the
head Of the Cornplanters' company,
which is a formidable competitor of
the Standard. His firm for years had
an export trade Of about 5000 barrels
OF Illuminating oil a month and the
company also operates a pipe line
from Titusville TO Warren, Pa.
Some years ago Messrs. Payne, Seep
and Tilford of the Standard called Mr..
Todd and four other independent re-
finers to Buffalo, where they were
Informed that the National Transit Co.
would not supply the ind dependent re-
finers with crude oil unless they
turned over their export business to
the Standard
The next day Todd ai' his associ-
ates and the trio NJ Standard repre-.
sentatives went t. New York where
a contract was drawn uu 200 the SIAN.
dard offices at 26 Broadway. One OF
the singular thiues about the iron.
clad contract was thai not a sigma.
ture was attached to il. BGt the doc
ument nevertheless was binding
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02

A smuggling case which is proba-
bly, unique, even In the strange an
nails OF contraband, has just been be-
fore the Customs Court of Mar
seilles. Besides Its novelty, tho case
has deeper interest as indicating a
new danger with which the West is
threatened by the insidious East. On
board the French steamer Touraine
there was found large quantity OF
opium smuggled, not by any indi-
yidual in particular, but by the
whole ships company, and the
strange spectacle was witnessed OF
the heavy fine of $4,000 being levied
ON all, every man In the vessel be-
ing mulcted In his proportion, as-
sessed according to the wages scale.
The incident of an entire crew
turned opium smokers Is the more
startling. as among French ships
trading regularly 70 the East Il is
not by any means SO rare as might
be supposed. London Globe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
ARE TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Gladstone Dowle, the "unklssed,
pursued horse thief and shot him on
Tuesday at Muskegon, Mich.
William 7. Carr, charged with kill.
ing express messenger, arrested at
Newton, Kan.
Flora Whiston who accused Actor
Raymond Hitchcock, indicted for per.
jury at New York Tuesday.
The entire Red river valley is in the
grip of the worst blizzard of the win.
ter A foot OF snow has fallen at
Crookston, MINI.
Prince Nicholas of Montenegro is
expected to arrive at St Petersburg
Wednesday and quarters have been
prepared for him in the winter palace
Or. Norwood K Vance formerly a
surgeon in the United States marine
corps, was found dead in his room at a
hotel at Atlanta, Ga. Death was due
TO a pistol wound
The battleship Connecticut arrived
of Coronado at 6 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Admiral Evans was expect.
ed ~ come ashore soon. The COnneC-
fyu w'll return to Magdalena bay.
JGo s,rike voted by the milk wagon
drivers Chicago, was approved by the
'nawstar joint council Nothing now
remains to make the strike legal but
the sanction of the executive board of
tho International Brotherhood OF
Tcamsters at Indianapolis.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail
road shops at Sedalia, Mo-, which
closed recently reopened Tuesday
with force of 500 men. The local
Missouri Pacific shops, which closed
February 20, throwing about 400 men
out OF employment, are still closed.
Rev. Father McGeary, professor of
astronomy at Marquette university
Milwaukee, reported having recently
observed three new sun spots through
new telescope nt the university
Two OF the spots are estimated to be
5000 miles across, or large enough
to drop the earth into.
James L. Cowen, who has spent
nine years at Toxic as manager of the
| Methodist publishing house in Japan
arrived home Tuesday on the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. He was
accompanied by his family MIR. Cow
en- spoke in warm terms of courteou.
and sympathetic treatment by the Jap
| anese government
Following the sending of letters de
! manding money, a bomb was thrown
at the home of Joseph Cullltto In Bea
yer street, Brooklyn, Tuesday. Tn,
explosion broke all the windows in tn,
, house, blew down the front door ant
wrecked the Wstibule, but the occu
pants escaped uninjured The Ccullit
TO home is within a block of that o.
| Selig Silyerstein, the man who threw
the bomb in Union square Saturday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
Land of Twins and Triplets.

Scotland Is the land OF twins and
triplets, holding long lead over
her sister countries in this matter.
In twelve months no fewer than
1895 mothers gave birth to twins
and twenty-five presented triplets.
Scotland Is among the few countries
OF Europe where the proportion OF
male babies is greater than of fe-
males. Striking an average. 1t Is
found that there are about 104
males to every 100 females. but the
surplus OF grown-up girls is never
theless large, as so many men travel
south and apparently neglect to
take the precaution to obtain return
tickets to the land of cakes.
There is yet another interesting
fact about Scotland. 1t Is the land
of hale old age. Recent returns
show that during one year 673 peo-
pie died between the ages of ninety
and one hundred-Chicago Journal
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
OFF FOR
EUROPE
Evelyn Decides to go Abroad
Until After Her Divorce
Suit Is Tried

New York, April Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw is preparing to sail tomor-
row for Europe. according to the an
nouncement made today at hotel
Prince George, where she has been
living since she gave up her home in
Park Avenue. Her arrangements for
the voyage wer emade suddenly, 1t IL
stated, after the publication of the
report that she and e. r. Thomas
were asked to leave the hotel Knick-
erbocker dining room Monday night
by Manager James b. Regan.
II Is Evelyn's purpose, It Is stated,
TO remain in Europe until after her
suit for annullment of her marriage
to Stanford Whites slayer has been
disposed of. 1t comes up prelim-
lnarily next week.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
WIN eulld Cars In cleveland.

Cleveland April a. AS soon as
shops and working force can be
provided. after a settlement of the
street "ar question. the street cars
of Cleveland are hereafter to be man.
ufactured In this city. The deter.
nination Of the Municipal Traction
Co to install prepay" cars in Cleve.
land meana that large part of the
present equipment Of the Concon
must be supplanted by new rolling
stock.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
locomotives as roe.,rakers.

An engineer asserts that the Lon
don fogs are caused largely by the
discharge of steam into the air from
the 800 or more locomotives operat-
ing In London area. One steam
plant of 1000 horse-power,the engi-
neer figures, will discharge into the
air twenty tons of steam per hour.
or sufficient to produce fog twenty
feet thick and one mile square; and
what plants with capacity OF 86,-
600 horsepower can do In the way
OF fog production may, therefore, be
easily estimated. The proposed
remedy is to convert this waste
steam into electric power.-Raifway
Age.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
CESSATION OF WORK WILL
NOT LAST OVER TEN DAYS

Columbus, o., April 2.-"Contrary
to reports that some of the United
Mine Workers In eastern Ohio has
refused to obey ordeds to cease work
on April /, every man, with the ex-
ception of engineers and others act
ually required to remain at the mine
according to our laws, is out and VIII
remain out until such a time as we
order them to return" said President
Green, of the Ohio organization,
Thursday. ~ predict that the cessa-
ton of work will not last over ten
days"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02

Paris, April "A special dispatch
received here Tuesday from Port au
Prince, Haiti, says that the situation
there is extremely grave and that com
plete anarchy prevails A dispute Is
said to have arisen between Gen, Jules
CCicou, chief Of the military district
Of Port an Prince, and Camille Gabriel,
nephew of President Nord, as to their
respective powers in coping with the
situation, The dispatch further de-
clares that American warships are pre-.
pairing to land troops.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
pied With Lauah on Lips.

New York, April 2.-Overcome by
laughter at joke told by II member
of the company at q party she was
attending, Mrs Anna Forrer, widow
AZ years old, was unable to stop the
laughing paroXysm. She fell to the
floor, was lifted back into her chair
gasping for breath, and before the hor
rifled guests realized that anything
serious was the matter she was dying
Before physician who was summoned
could reach the house she was dead
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
Earmer shot FOR nuralar.

Lancaster o., April 2.--George wy
gum, who lives on farm just north
OF this city, was shot and probably IA
tally injured by Louis Marks at the
latter's home, just north of this city
Wygum was going home intoxicated
and attempted TO break into the Marks
home. Marks fired shots to frighten
the man, but Wygum tried 10 break In
the door Marks then shot him, the
bullet passing entirely through him.
Wygum was operated upon and Is in
a critical condition. Marks was not
arrested.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
FIVE
ENTRIES
s--- II -.
Show Commissions Paid to
State Fire Marshal by
Printers.

Columbus, o., April 2.-"Commls-
sion to state fire marshall This en-
try appeared FIVE times on the books
of Ruggles Gale Company, Columbus
printer. il the sworn testimony OF
State Fire Marshal Creamer Is true.
The senate investigating committee
found that It will be very difficult
to get the books Of firms which did
business with the fire marshals Of
flee in 1904, 1905, and 1906. The Rug
giles Gale Company Is unable to find
Its books and ID. II. Sells testified
that his itemized account with the
department had been destroyed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
MEXICO Entering Broader Field.

Mexico City, April 2. - President
Diaz today delivered his annual mes
sage to congress-. He declared that
The republic was at peace with all the
world and on the eve Of prosperous
period Of material development He
spoke Of the financial crisis which EN-
barressed the markets OF the world in
general and which affected Mexico
during the last few months, as having
passed Mexico was entering on a
broader field OF activity in all lines
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
convIots to Be Put TO Work.

Washington, April Through the
operation OF an order recently issued
by Commissioner Blackburn. the head
Of the civil administration OF the 18TH
milan canal commission, conyicts serv'
ing sentences at hard labor in the pen
itentiary at Culebra are to be set to
work on highway construction be
tween Gatun and Mt. Hope. Because
of the increasing number Of such con
victs II has been found impossible 10
utilize their services near the peni
tentiary.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
Made Defendant in Suit After Sailing

New York, April 2.--Withih an hour
after he had sailed for Europe Tuesday
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Was maae
the defendant in srit FLED With the
supreme coat by his wife, Ellen
French Vanderbilt The nature of
the action WAS not Immediately dis
closed and counsel for the plaintiff re-
fused TO say whether Mrs. Vanderbilt
seeks a divorce or legal separation
from her husband.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
pefrauded LARGE business Houses.

San Francisco, April Ain the ar
rest of Earl Accola Tuesday by United
States Postoiiice Inspector O'Connen
here, the federal authorities believe
that they have captured one of the
two men who Iefrauded several large
business houses in different sections
OF the United States last year. Accola
together with Fred II. Wolff was In
dicted by the Chicago grand Jury on
March on several counts. charging
him with having used the malls to car
rY on frauds.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
nRuffaIo eIIIn Sc -ousln m.

Chicago, April 2.--Cal Wi'liaw f..
at the Stratford hotel Coli Cod" -H
rived Tuesday on his Nay rom Now
York to his hoIue IN Cody. Wyo., o
at once sought EHa services of a pGyr
sician. Or. Is b yter Miller found
that Col Cod suffering Of d gen
eral nervous breakdown caused large
lyl by recent attack of the grip
II pneumonia does not develop he may
be able to resume mis- journey in
about a week
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
wIthdraws from National Organization

Fall River, Mass, April 2.--rhe wea,
vers' union OF this city. the largest
textile union in the country voted on
Tuesday to withdraw from the United
Textile Workers of America, the ma.
tional organization, which Is composed
OF 1853 unions. The weavers object Ia
a per capita tax OF cents after May
/, which was recently decided upon by
a convention OF textile workers at
Providence.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
Scheme to Rob SAFE spoiled.

Chicago, April IA scheme TO rob
the safe In the office OF the Chicago
railways barns was spoiled by detec
tiyes Tuesday just as II was nearing
cc@pletion. Michael b. Craft, H.
year-old extra conductor employed by
the company was arrested as he was
about to finish passageway from a
deserted storeroom into the ONCE
where stood the safe containing near
ly $4,000.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
Refused to Renort for Work.

Quincy Mass, April 2.-The los en-
gineers employed az the granite quar-.
ries in this city refused TO report for
the strike that was decided upon.
Every quarry IN the city is affected,
The quarrymen have been on strike
since March l., and with the strike Of
the engineers today operations at the
various quarries throughout the city
were practically at a standstill
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
LARGE Contract Awarded.

Pittsburg, April 2.--Contracts aggre-
eating $50O,0O0 were awarded 20 the
Drave Construction Co OF this city
Tuesday by the Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Railroad Co., in Connection with the
construction Of a bridge across the
Ohio river at Beaver, Pa, which when
completed will cost about $4,000, 900
Work Is TO be started Immediately on
the structure.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
Accidentally Shoots Girl.

Bucyrus, o., April Bertha Ander-
son. member of the graduating class
of the Crestline high school, went to
the Hilfinger home near by to use a
telephone. Jack Hllfinger, g, pointed
n Flobert rife at her and accidentally
pulled the trigger The bullet lodged
in her neck near the wind pipe, and
her condition is critical.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
Sails on Her Maiden VOYAGE.

New York, April 2--The Ancont, a
new 9,5O0-ton steamer for the SoCiata
Dl NayigaZione Vapor, sailed from Ma
pies Tuesday on her maiden voyage
TO this port. She will come direct
to open up new service to Naples
and Genoa. She Is fitted with ac-
commodations for 60 first class pas
sengers and $500 emigrants, and has
all the latest improvements.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
Fire Breaks Heart Of Woman.

Youngstown. o., April 2.-Broken-
hearted over the loss of her two
grandchildren. Mrs. Fannie Ritzi OF
HUBBARD was found dead In bed this
morning. She had not ceased to
grieve since the news Of the death
of the children of her son Albert, who
were burned to death at Collinwood.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
Railway Official Arrested.

Cherbourg, April 2.-Detectiyes on
Tuesday arrested Alexandra Giometto,
an Italian railway official, while he
was in The act of boarding the White
Star line steamer Teutonic, which
sailed today for New York. Giometto
is charged with the robbery of S93, 200
by breaking in a glass window in the
railroad station az Chiasso, a town OF
Switzerland on the Italian frontier.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
Buy From peserter.

Wooster, O., April 2--Deputy Unit.
ed States Marshal Tanning of Cleve-
land arrested William Kerr and Henry
Droz, well known young men, on a
charge OF purchasing government
property from Clifford Beyington of
Canton, who deserted from the army.
The young men were taken to Can
ton at noon.