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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
STOESSEL ASKS CZAR
FOR A FULL PARDON

ST. Petersburg, Feb. &c. -I.ieuten-
ant General Stoesse, who on Feb. 20
was condemned to death, for The
surrender OF Porth Arthur fortress to
the Japanese, has petitloned Emperor
Nicholas for full pardon.
The court recommended that the
death sentence be commuted to 10
years imprisonment in a fortress and
mat the general be excluded from
the service.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
Weather or Not.

A Germantown woman discovered one
morning recently that her maid Nora
had broken the thermometer that hung
in the reception hall.
'Wcll, Nora" sighed the mistress Of
the house In a resigned way, 'you've
managed TO break the thermometer.
haven't you"
"Yis, num-" replied the maid in n
mum, We'll jist have to take the wealth.
er as 1t comes."-Harper's Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
MORGAN WILL SAIL
SOON FOR LONDON

New York, Feb, 2G. II. p. Nor
gan viii sail for Europe on the Ad-
riatic. He will go directly to Lon
don.
1he fact that Mr.. Morgln regards
the financial situation as sufficiently
cleared to permit him to go abroad
was INTERPRETED as favorable lndlca-
ton In Wall street and In banking
circles generally,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
Rather Bio Nut to craek.

He was at his club and had talked
politics FOR an hour and Il half THAT'S
the situation IN anulshcll,' he declared
ut the close "lieayens," exclaimed a
memIcr TO his nearest nelghbor, what
a nut!-L London Globe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
Figure II Out.

"Why is it," remarked the observer
of events and things, that a man will
make an awful face over an egg which
scents the room and yet smile expect
antly over piece of cheese which does
the same thing Yonkers Statesman.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26

kindly and lovely spirit she pos
sessed
She leaves to mourn husband, two
step-son and many rcla-
tives and friends.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
BRiTAINs ARE CRUSHING
REBELLION IN INDAf

Calcutta, Indian. Feb. 26 The
british troops In northern Indie,
are rapidly crushing zakka Khels
uprising and dispatches from the
frontier say the rebellious natives
are likely to yield. soon,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
lIappy Go Lucky.

Though money and brains make an ex-
cellent team,
II is very consoing TO see there
Are thousands and thousands of people
who seem
10 get on with but little OF either.
-l'ittsburg Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
Money In That.

The lawyer likes 10 take a rest
Like most of us, and still ~
The average lawyers happiest
When working with u will.
Smart Set.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
ARMADA IS READY
TO PUT TO SEA

CalIao, PERU Feb. 26 L. Through
Admiral Evans armada viii not
steam from Gallao harbor until
Saturday morning preparations for
its departure have been completed
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
unuttered Thouehts.

Wlndig-Say understand you told
Knox that was a liar Biffkins--
You have been mlslnformed. old man.
That is one of my thoughts | have new
er pn into words.-Chicago News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
0HiosAND INDIANA
OIL TAKES BIG Jump

Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 26 Ohio and
Indiana oil advanced five cents to-
day, making the quotations; north
Lima StOi; south Lima 80; Indiana
80.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
Explanatory.

Patlence--Were you asleep?
Patrlce-Partly so; my foot was
asleep.-Y -YOnkers Statesman.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26

A mans folly ought to be his great
est secret.--Chinese Proverb.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26

Dance tonight in schwlnger's hall.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-26
Woman's Speciality.

No woman can expect to be
A lawyer of renown.
She can't take up the law, for she
Likes most to lay II down.
Brooklyn Life.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-12-24
F Fitzgerald News Pub
fishing Company Organize

At meeting of the stockholders the Fitzgerald Daily News,
held in the office the company the Davis building Tuesday after
the was organized bylaws adopted
and the following directors elected H. G. McFadden, john W.
Greer JE Turner, N Davis d. B. JAY j. e. Mercer W. r. Bow
en-, E. X. Farmer and J. g. Knapp.
The stockholders ordered that entirely charter should be
secured the tho Fitzgerald News Publishing
In the directors meeting which followed III. O. McFadden
elected President of the company, w r. Bowen Vice PRESIDENT O.
Fred Redding Secretary
elected Managing Editor the paper the election Mr. Red
ding Secretary with it the business Manager of the paper
1t directed that the the in the be
prepared and stockholders be sign at that the
their purchases expen
duIes
1t thought that paper ready operation sometime
between Jan. 15, and Feb l.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-12-24
Happy Greeting.

The Enterprise wishes its every reader a Happy
Christmas and Merry New Year. It is better to be
happy Christmas and merry the first day Of the year
than to be merry Christmas and take the chances Of
being happy New Year The tendency to too much
merrment for the proper celebration of the coming of
the Saviour Of the world. Merriment does not always
mean happiness-Merry people frequently unhappy
Keep in mind this thought that no man can be
happy except he makes some one else happy.
This is peculiarly season of love and should be
sacredly observed such It is very proper time to
remember the poor and forget your enemies
Anyhow, here is best Wishes, dear reader
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-12-24
Blind Tiger Whisky
And The Pistol Toter

Cheap liquor getting it's deadly work in the good county
of Irwin.
Last week young shot himself in the presence of
and children No other explanation except
Tuesday night horrible tragedy enacted
DELLA in which four lost their lives 1t they
drunk.
Cheap blind tiger quor there absolutely
reason for the trouble and no other explanation
The victims who lost their lives G. " Chas Moore
brothers, Leonard Smith and deputy policeman
One jostA they passed sidewalk and the
cheap liquor and the pistols tie hip pockets every
did the They perhaps better off certainly immunity
although they might have been useful
pistol habit
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Raek In the Game Agaln.

The three were tied as securely as
possible with baling- wire. and the sher-
im started his prisoners to Del Norte.
They Camped that night at Wagon
Wheel Gap, and the sheriff and Good
ven were so tired that they fell asleep
about II o'clock.
They were awakened two hours later
by the shouts Of the teamster Spring
ing up, they heard the loud. sharp
crack Of a pistol The shot broke
GoOdVen's right arm At once they
were IN the midst Of a desperate fight.
The second shot broke the sherifrs
arm at the shoulder, and the next two
shattered GOOdven's other arm. Miner
and Jones escaped. but East was not
50 fortunate, ana spent 1--WE years in
Iriscn for horse stealing.
The next exploit OF Miner was the
famous hoid-up Of a stage between
Sonora and Milton, Tuolome county,
Cal, in November, 1881. The stage
had reached a long uphill pull 10
COpperOpolis. when four men suddenly
rose ur like ghosts in front OF il. IN
like ghosts, they took every ounce Of
dust" and nuggets they could ind
and they found all there was.
One passenger had hastily secreted a
observation-disclosures bag OF dust under a
seat, hut even this they did not over
look. Altogether there were between
three and four thousand dollars in this
little haul. The four operators were
Miner, Jones, jim Crcna, and Bill Nil
Ter
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cies OF personal adjournment. including
a watch that he purchased from
pawnbroker. and of which he was IN
.ssdinately proud
al might have gone well II CrunI
han not been seized with a desire "a
send TIE music 10 the girl That was
the cline, and soon the arm Of the law
swooped down on al four. Crum con
feSsed- Jones was never caught. but
Miner and Miller got twenty-five years
each. and Crlm twelve.
BY dint or good behavior. old BIZ
came cut OF san Quentin for the sec
ond time on June Il. 1901. Times had
changed. and so had Bill He had
sra dua ed from stage coaches 70 rail-
way tr ms.
How ften Miner tried The new game
Of train robbery no one knows. hut he
soon became as noted IN this branch
Of the profession as he had been IN
his apprenticeship with stage coaches
The first exploit TO gain him nctor1e-
". however. was performed on sep
TENDER ., 1893. This consisted I'm hold
ing up the oregon Railroad and Navl-
cation passenger train No G. at Mile
Post 20. near Corbett, Ore
Miner heS laid his plans very care
fully. as he always did. and had enlist
ed two other men in the scheme. One
Of them was badly wounded in pulling
the AFFAIR Of The other was later
arrested. and bo;h Of them were sen
fenced TO long terms
But Miner, whose luck seemed 10
have changed. succeeded I'm escaping
a price Of Sl.S0o was set upon him. but
without discouraRing him in his ChoS-
en- business
he laid low for year. spending his
money freely and in the manne- that
Jne might expect from an unrerTntant
criminal who has twenty years Of en-
forced abstinence to make up for. OF
&C urse. when the mOrey was gone
there was nothing for old Bill TO
do but to go back to business.
September 10. 1904 he tagged the
transCOntinentsl express OF the Cana
dian Pacific railroad at Mission juno
ton, British Columbia The United
States ha' become too small for him.
and he had crossed the border into
new world TO conquer. unmindfu; OF
the Canadian Northwest mounted Do
lice.
This daring exploit netted him $1,000
in gold dust and currency Moreover.
il also netted a $500 reward for him,
dead or alive. offered by the Canadian
government Then the Canadian Pa
cihc Company offered $3.50. part Of
which was guaranteed by the Denim
ion Express Company. which I'D been
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valuable time. and o. course 70 did not
make them feel particularly gracious
toward me.
There Is a wonderful fascination about
a telephone TO a woman. The instant
she sees one she Is seized with an ir-
resistible desire TO cali somebody up
You can see this demonstrated any week
day IN a department. store bv the ir-
resOIUte looks on the faces Of the wo-
men passing the public telephone booth
There IS a moment or hesitation then.
be she old or young. she has dived into
the booth. overcome by the impulse TO
talk. in an probability. 20 some poor,
defenseIess man who is either too polite
TO hang up or 10 tel her he is busy.
I've known men to be driven 10 the
point of evaporation by the eirls who
made practice OF getting on the phone
at the busiest time. A girl should have
q little consideration for the man al
the other end Of the line. lie may be
talking before a whole roomruI Of clerks
who are just waiting uU ne hangs up
TO jeer al him. That. OF course. makes
him feel foolish and resentfuI toward
the girl Perchance he is keeping his
employer whiting. and thar gets him in
disfavcr. ard he likes that even less
than the roasting OF the men.
II his time is his own ne isn't any
more pleased at the interruption, and
besides. for every ten minutes he IS
kept at the phone J e has 20 work ten
minutes when everyone else is vending
their way hOmeward. Yours may nos
be the only telephone call Of this kind
that lie, has throughout the day, YOU
know. ny dear. A friend OF mine was
called ID at least nine times In half
a day by some th0ughtiess creatures
who merely wanted 20 pass the time OF
day" and chat a bit OF course. he
was busy-men usually are-and tie
things he thought were not the kind or
things YOU would prefer that the men
you know would think Of you.
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ment 0f mis- career Again he tackled
the Canadian Pacific II was just as
daring an exploit as ever appeared iE
the Annals Of the frontier even in the
wilI DAYS or generation ago
The west bound transconuueutal eN-
press was running Coe night through
ml,y bIackness. f"W miles west OF
Ducks. lonely station On the Rockies
not far from FurreI. British Column
hia. This was in the unrouantic TWEEN
tieth century. May g. 1895. a little more
than two years ago
Imagine the surprise OF the engineer.
reering out from his cab az the road
aSead. 10 feel "a IiEht tap Oh ni- Shout
der Re turned as II spirit had sud-
denly materfaIized beLiu6 hHn- There
stood a masked man. who had clam
bered quietly over the tender and was
now pointing a revolver Unniuchinsiy
az his head
There was no use shouting 10 the
fireman for aid. for two other mask
ed figures had that individual cover
ed. The whole affair was executed 50
suddenly that Il could NOT very well
help but prove successful
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II / were man and engaged to a girl
no matter how sweet and sllurinC she
was, no matter how much I idoIized her.
I would break my engagement to her II
she persisted I'm calling me on the phone
during rush hours.
7 have been a business woman long
enough 70 know how dI eadfuI il IS to
be phoned 10 just Chen yuur woIH is
stacked up to your eyebrows and when
the pressure for time is so great that
YOU are getting wUzzy minded with the
strain. And the worst Of sucn callers Is
that they never want 20 do anything our
chatter.
They never have anything Of in
po-tance 70 say and all they wish 20 do
is kin time for a little While. and all
that while the busy worker N he other
end OF the line Is gnashing his teeth a7d
wishing instead OF killing time he could
bdl the speaker.
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IN Colorado. of $500. His partner.
Leroy. was captured, and hanged by
a vigilance committee. but Miner es-
capped with the booty to Chicago.
Probably he had more than $500. for
the firm OF Miner & Leroy had COW
cred all Of Colorado in their brief CO.
partnership. At any rate, in Chicago
he fitted himself cut with several ex-
pensive and fashionable suite. clothes
being one of his ruling passions. Then
he transferred his stamping ground TO
the quiet. unsuspecting little town Of
Onondaga, Mich.
In his rusticatiOu he was famous for
his easy. graceful manners. w. A.
Morgan" as he chose 10 call himself,
made quite a hit with his city clothes
and was soon conspicuous figure in
the town When people asked cues
lions. ne replied convincingly that he
was a wealthy Californian who had
made his strike In the later years Of
the gold craze.
Then he had come back East 10
wind up the estate of a distant rela-
tive who had left him small fortune.
Naturally such a financial priza as
Mr. Morgan was literally dragged
into the best society of the town.
He was a free spender. a gallant es-
cort, and within a fortnight he had
all the ladies agog. And the rustic
SWANS were as green with envy as
is the color Of the cheese which, &C
cording to proyerb, composes the
moon. Onondaga lionlzed Mr.. Nor
gan. and all doors swung wide to
him.
But the peaceful life OF a leader OF
Onondaga society soon Iosttts charm for
Bill Chance brought him in contact with
Stanton T. Jones. Chiihcothe, Ohio.
and at once he recognized suitable ma
terial for a new partnership. Back
again IN Colorado. he entered the
stage-cosCh hold-up business. this
time stealing the horses and speeding
away with Jones. Lew Armstrong, the
sheriff or Rio Grande county. being in
not pursuit.
The robbers abandoned their horses
near the Sabuache Range and escaped
on foot over the trail through Marshal
Pass. a week later they were at work
as honest citizens on the Denver and
Rio Grande railroad.
But this excursion into honesty did
not last long. The following first of
May was moving day back TO the life
Of pIllage A green. gawky tenderfoot.
known as James East, was added TO
the party. and the trio started back
over Marshall Pass first robbing a
store. Just to get their hands in En-
route they stole altogether four horses.
Also. they aroused the ire Of Sheriff
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Hopes That Faded Soon.

such rewards brought many posses
IN pursuit Of him Scouts and indians
took UP the trai. as well as the Cana
dian consta bulary and detectives With
such a small army working on The
case. IL was not long before the
camps Of The outlaws were discovered
one after another, and the trau well
established
A week later the Canadian mounted
police reused the game 4 bot chase
followed. IN which the robbers aban-
doned their horses and opened a des-
perate fire II was returned IN kind,
and one OF the robbers was wounded
After a sharp battle they were all
captured-lI Miner, Louis Colquhoun,
and Thomas Dunn. That was May u,
1896.
Miner save the name Of 'Georgs
Eduarfs.'' but that did not prevent
the poUce from recognizing him as
the master hand FOR whom they had
been searching for over two years. he
was Sentenced for life. and so VAS
Dunn. who had an UnsavOry record
also. CoIc-Jhoun received twenty-five
years.
The local paper reporting the trials
remarked. Suffice II 10 say that
Miner IS now safe under locks. bolts,
and bars IN the jail al New Vest
minister The express messenger and
locomotive engineer can ply their cali
ings now without the slightest fear o.
Miner one DAY holding a pistol at their
heads and requesting that they turn
their employers property over 20 him
A year after this was written. "Old
BIZ was at large agaln-by an act
that dttinEly tops of his long and
adventurous career At the Westmin-
ste. penitentiary he was employed in
the brick yard Instead Of making
bricks. DE worked. whenever ne had
a chance. on a tunnel under the wall
around the prison yard. the opening
10 which he cleverIy concealed On
August s. Of last summer, he wormed
his way back 70 freedom
The $1,000 paid for his capture
would seem % have been a bad in
vestmeuJ. Tne only dividend realized
was the wear and quarter that old
BIZ spent in prison
So ends Miners record down 70 date.
Thirty-nine years OF adult life. and
only eight o. thew Snent I'm freedom!
Daring a considerable part n bis
years OF liberty a fugitive from JUS
rf-e fleeing th~rrJeN r'se US Fsr-'ss
with a price on his head. Crime does
not payT'
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GIRLS TELEPHONE CALLS IRRITATE BUSINESS MEN

To man eucrossed in business such
Interruptions are A shock They upset
his ideas on the subject that is taking
his time. They jar him. uusettle his
mind and end in provoking rather than
pleasing him So don't do IL. girls. II
You want him" 20 think you are the
dearest thing fin the whole wide world,
instead Of some FOOL girl with more time
than brains Rest assured that when
he has the time 20 talk over that phone
at his elbow. he VIII call You
=
Must Not Butt In"
Until then he does not want YOU but
ting in" on his working hours inter
lunting him +ust as he gets three-quar-
tiers through mile long column OF
figures. disturbing his trend Of thought
and taxing his mind of the things that
loom I'D big and important In his world.
and are far more worth while 10 him
and in The long run 10 YOU than whether
he VIII bee up at or Sis that evening;
whether he loves YOU as much as ne did
night before last. or whether ne thinks
he would rather have a gray necltie
striped with red or a blue one hecked
with white. both Of which you saw
yesterday at a great bargain while
shopping. and both of which could Just
as readily he discussed after Office hours
as in the middle OF the afternoon
And, Just as I said before. II were
a man and my dancee persisted in cali
ing me on that phone she would have
20 choose between il and me- because I
don't think that any man Is big enough
70 make a big success of a business that
ne runs with one hand while he uses
he other IN taking down and hanging
up the receiver Of telephone.
BETSY LOGAN
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When aOId Rm. Vas Younr.

Miner. then Young instead OF
"uld Bill, first appears in the annals
q the hold-up men when scarcely
twcrty-one years old, IN 1863. How
lens he had been serving the appren-
ticeship at his trade" no one but
himself knows.
But in than year he was first caught
al iJ having progressed as far as
stage robbery at that early age He
began his historical career by serving
term o. ten ears tor stage robbery
in tie prison CT San CIs-2' = Cal
Rotating daur ted. ne resumed the
pr1rticc NJ lis profession I'm 1873. His
free lom was scant six months Did
whom De robbed the Del NOrts stage.
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Sympathy for Men.

I tell you I can sympathize with
the men who are called repeatedly by
thoughtless girls. because / have had
the same trouble myself only the
other day a girl friend Of mine called
me TO arrange for me to 90 see her
and while on the phone she thought
she might just as wen have a little
visit" so she started 10 tell me every
thing that had happened.
] was in terrific rush. and it was
absolutely necessary that go to work
and yet when I explained that to the
girl she did not like It at all. and 1
have not heard from her since.
Another rush time youth I know
called me to ask when he could come
up to spend the evening. tt just hap
pened that two of the powers that be-
were waiting TO tell me some things 1
ought 20 know All the time that ire
sp0nSible man stayed on the phone
I those men had 10 wait and waste their
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A Man Worth Having.

II seemed as II every one who had
anything TO lose in the transportation
business was ready 90 pay some hing
10 catch "Old Bin" He was now
worth total Of Sl2.S09 TO his captors-
no small prize 20 offer for a worthless
alien But current quotations on tram
robbers seem 20 have had no terors
Tor him and he went ahead spending
IN his own quiet way the proceeds of
las latest exploit until they were ex-
hausted
Then came the crcwnlng achieve
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AND" OLD BILTr1INER SAID IT.

cut or the mail-cari'' ordered thu
man behind the gun which yawned at
the engineer.
II was "Oid Bill" Miner, but the en-
gfneer didn't know q. and IT would
have made little dimerence II he had.
for he couldn't have worked much
harder or faster II II had been the
arch-dend himself For two miles the
engineer ran the engine and the mall
car, grasping the throttle under COW
er OF Miners revolver
Then the other two robbers rihed
the registered mail, and started 70
look for the express packages which
they believed were IN the maiI-csr- Il
was Miners last and boldest ATTEMPT
and he slipped up. The express pack
ages We're not in the maiIcar al all.
and By running the engine so Tar
aTay they had actually separated
themselves from the booty they had
planned 20 capture. Miner lost MS
nerve
See here. You run this engine at
least seven miles farther ahead. do
you understand" ne yelled as he
leaped from the engine and made Of
into the woods on the heels Of his
two companions, who had already
made good their escape
The engineer dIsregarded the order,
however. went back. picked up his
train, ara by running up 20 the linn
II, managed 90 pun into the next sta
ton only hale an hour late- At once
the Law was sent in motion. this time
with a vengeance.
10 less than SII.5o0 was added 20 the
price offered for "Old Bill" making
in all nearly $500 FOR this one man
a record any train robber might well
be proud Of
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The Woman i'm the Case.

They would have got away clear II
there hadn't been a woman in the case.
The week before they had all been at
a BAH, and Crum had promised z. girl
some music The neXp time he was in
the city. In San Francisco Miner graf
fled his taste for city clothes again
by acquiring an SO suit and a $50
overcoat, to say nothing Of othel arti-