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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Many Undertakings are Postponed un
iii After Elr .tlon.

New York, Oct 10.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Substantial progress toward indus
trial recovery was made during the
past week, q very large number OF
wage earners resuming work in millc
and factories that had been wholly or
partially idle for many months. Yet
resumption is by no means uniform,
many undertakings being deferred un
til after election, and low water is
still the cause of short time at numer.
Gus plants. Retail trade at many
points has decreased, although some
sections note a satisfactory distribu.
tion of fall and winter wearing ap.
parel, and payments are a little more
prompt.
Contracts for finished steel are re-
stricted to current needs, but large
tonnage is under negotiation. New
projects are deferred until election,
when much business will be placed
Confidence is shown by the steadiness
of prices and the gradual increase In
pig iron for production.
Stocks OF dry goods are low almost
beyond precedent and the urgency FOL
quick shipments tends to generate
confidence among buyers
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
coETHALs DENIES CHARGES.
Says Favorltism was Not Shown In
Awarding Contracts for Pan.
ANA Canal Work.

New York, Oct 10.--Col. Goethals,
general director OF the Panama canal
work, was placed on the witness stand
Friday in the inquiry that Is being
conducted before Inspector General
Darlington as the result of charges OF
favoritism in awarding cable way con.
tracts for the canal by government of.
ficials. t.r ts v
Col. Goethals took the stand toward
the end of the session, which had been
replete with sensational Incidents
William A. Brothers. who brought the
charges, had publicly accused Spencer
Miller, a representative, of the Lidger'
wood Manufacturing Co.. of perjury
and had followed this accusation by
the charge that the inquiry was not
conducted on fair lines, saying the
witnesses for the defense were the
only ones given hearing.
. In his endeavor to explain how con
tracts had been awarded in as fair @
manner as possible. Col. Goethal'
talked at great length and answered
questions put to him by Senator Sla
ter and others interested. The wit
ness repeatedly said that the inquiry
was so quickly called that he had mo-
been prepared to combat the charges
made.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
TAFT PLANSPTO
INVADE DIXIE
WILL SPEAK IN KENTUCKY, TEN
NEssEE, NORTH CAROLINA
AND VIRGINIA.
FOLLOWING HIS TOUR OF OHIO.
Closing Days Of the Campaign viii be
Spent in New York State
Final Speech to be Made
at Youngstown, o.

Cincinnati, Oct 10.--W. II. Taft and
President Roosevelt will have a con.
sultation in Washington, where the
candidate will spend Sunday, October
Is. In arranging his future work In
the campaign. which was the task the
candidate devoted himself TO Friday, 1t
was found convenient that the sunday
in question should be spent in the ma
tional capital and probably much of
that day will be spent at the White
House. ..
After the three days In Ohio, Mon.
day, Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week, Mr.. Taft will turn his attention
to the south for the remaining three
days of the week. The Ohioan let II
be known Friday that he was in no
sense chasing rainbows" in his In
tended tour of the south, but had here
tofore made promises that, should he
go on the stump, he would speak in
certain southern cities. He will keep
these promises. They include speeches
at Louisville, KY, October 10; Chatta
nooga, Knoxville and Bristol, Tenn,
October 16; Greensboro, n. c., Octo'
Der II, and Richmond, Va. The Rich
mond meeting will take place Satur'
day night and at it's conclusion the
Taft special will make for Washing
ton. u.
Newark, Trenton and Camden, n. j..
will have the candidate for meetings
on October 10. after which he will re-
turn for night meeting in Baltimore
and then turn westward again, speak
ing the next day in West Virginia and
then devote October 2t to Ohio and
the succeeding three days to Indiana.
lie may make one speech in Chi
cago at the conclusion of his canvass
OF the Hoosier state and then give the
remainder OF the campaign to New
York City and state closing his worf
on the night of November 2 at Youngs
town, o.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
1000 Acres of Marsh Land Ablaze.

Gallon, o., Oct. 10,-About 1000
acres of the Huron marsh, north of
this city, are on fire and for more
than a week the efforts of a large
force Of men have failed to check the
progress of the flames. The fire start.
ed in peculiar manner when a gang
of men who were working on the
marsh built fire to heat a portion OF
their MONDAY meal. They eX.
tlnguished the fire, as they supposed,
but it had eaten into the peat which
covers the marsh and spread under
meath the surface until It covered an
immense area.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
HERE AND THERE.

Fire originating In grain elevator
destroyed the entire business section
of Inkster, ~ d. The loss is $4,000.
Twenty business places were burned.
The typhoon which prevailed in the
Philippines recently inflicted consider
able damage. The new town of Taft
on the island of Samar, is said to have
been completely destroyed.
Mrs. Bridget Fairbanks of Chicago,
delegate to the convention of the
Women's Catholic Order of Foresters.
was killed by falling down an elevator
shaft in hotel at Detroit
Henry Baker, once a noted heavy
weight pugllist, was run over and
killed by train at Kansas City. Mo.
Baker fought Jim Jefiries to q stand
still for eight rounds May 10, 1897, in
San Francisco. In the ninth round,
however, Jeffrles knocked Baker out
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
ROOSEVELT
IS SPLIT
M e
eacy's- ASH; Going Ship
is Damaged Ia a Hur-
ricane.

New York, october 10-Henry
Johnson, able seaman OF Pearys yes
sci, the Roosevelt, arrived in New
York frcm Greenland yesterday.
bringing the first verbal news from
the North Pole seekers who left this
city in June. Johnson was forced
to leave the expedition at Etah. where
he was disabled by an affection of the
knee.
letter from Peary 10 the Peary
Arctic club, which Johnson brought
with him. is said to contain re-
port of the progress of the expedition
lp to August IS, with photos and
data. "e
A condensed diary kept by john
son states that hurricane encount-
cred July 30 off the oast OF Green
land opened the seams Of the Roose-
welt at the bow. While the vessel
was repaired at Etah before rs.le
steamed north Johnson says her bow
causes apprehensions among some
that she may not survive the peril
Gus trip among crushing icebergs u
On June 81 the first iceberg was
sighted near Turnvick, along the
south coast of Labrador. On August
6, near Etah, walruses were hunted
all day and 13 were shot
On August 2, at Cape York, three
Eskimo families ana seventy Eskimo
dogs were taken on board the Roosc-
welt. the men refusing to join the par
ty unless their wives and children
were taken along.
The Erik, which had accompanied
the Roosevelt as provision trans
port, started southward Angus 81,
three days after Mr., Peary steamed
north among the ice noes. Johnson
returned on the Erik
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Fedora! Grand Jury Gets Busy.

Cleveland, Oct. 10.-The federal
grand jury on Friday returned the fol,
lowing indictments: j. b. Emmons,
dry goods merchant of Alliance, on a
charge of using the mails TO defraud.
Joseph w. Mazach. letter carrier of
Woodland avenue substution, on u
charge of stealing letters. Harry G.
Barnard, postofIice employe at Woos.
ter, was charged with stealing mail
Mike Teacho, Youngstown, was
charged with unlawfully having a nail
box Kew In his nnseassinn
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Bakers Give Money TO socialists.

Washington, Oct. 1O.-Contrlbution
OF 500 10 the campaign fund of the
national Socialist party and $500 for
the striking bakers in st. Louis were
made Friday by the Bakery and Con.
feetionery Workers International
union IA annual convention here. Res
olutions We're adopted condemning the
so-called bread trust for locking out
union bakers and censuring Herman
Ridder, treasurer Of the Democratic
national committee, for what the reso
luton calls his "enmity TO labor, es
pecially the bakers"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Banks stoekhoIders are sued.

Cleveland, Oct. l0--Fourtoen suits
against stockholders CT the defunct
Farmers & Merchants Banking Co
have been filed by Assignee Thomas J..
Holmden, in an attempt to recover for
the creditors the amounts of the un-
paid calls for payment of stock sub
scriptions, made by the insolvency
court. Holmden contends that before
the call was made, only 80 per cent. Of
the par value Of the capital stock had
been paid,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
RIfIe Shots MeIeomed Huahes.

Webb City, Mo-, Oct, 1O.-Starting
through southeastern Kansas, along
the borders of Oklahoma, Gov Hughes
of New York on Friday urged the de
feat of Bryan among the employees OF
oil wells, smelling works, farmers and
zinc miners. Rife shots, fired by cit
izens, welcomed the speaker at Pitts
burg, Kan, and at another place the
booming OF cannon mingled with the
shrek of factory whistles.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Harris viii Not accompany Taft.

Columbus, o.. Oct. 10.-Gov. Harris
will not accompany Judge Taft on the
presidential candidates three days
tour of Ohio next week. Arthur |.
Vorys, who arranged the tour, planned
to have the governor speak with Tart
and so announced when the Taft
itinerary was given out Thursday
evening. Friday, however, the tele
phone at the governors office was
busy transmitting objections from
towns where Harris has been billed
for meetings Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. They would not listen tc
proffers OF substitute speakers,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Iona Litigation Is Ended.

Mineola, \. Y, Oct. 10.-A settle
ment with a clause binding both sides
to absolute secrecy as to its terms on
Friday. ended the famous S2,000,000
suit OF Daniel Leroy Dresser against
the Mercantile Trust Company of New
York and number OF bankers as CO
defendants for losses claimed to have
been sustained in purchasing through
their alleged instrumentality stock OF
the United States Shipbuilding Co.
The suit has been pending for FIVE
wears
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
A New Glass Combine Is planned.

Columbus, o., Oct, l0.-Myron l..
Case Of Toledo and John II. Johnston
of Hartford City, Ind, have sent out
10 all independent hand window glass
manufacturers OF the country the call
for, the meeting to complete the de
tails of the organization of the new
company which win take over and
control all OF these Independent fac
tories. The meeting wiz be held IN
Pittsburg, October lA.-,lo and IS, aud
II IL expected that every independent
window glass plant In the country
Will be represented.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Means Bic Loss in rak Recelp.n.

Ashtabula, o., Oct. 1O.-With her C;
saloons due to go out CT business
November 2, as the re8ult Of the Ros
law election last Saturday, Ashtabuls
Is facing an unusual condition. Th
63 saloon owners on Friday ordered
all their telephones taken out. The
Crystal ice plant which has furni, he;
them with ice, is feeling The new sit
uation keenly and may be disaontin
ued. The closing of the 81 saloons IL
Ashtabula county will mean loss t,
the state, county and municipalities:
in the county Of $4,000 year in
taxes.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Waterways Convention Adjourns.

Chicago. 0Jt. lO.-Adoption OF reso-
lutions declLrlng the opening of a
deep channel way connecting the
Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico
to be an imperative duty of the gen.
eral government and that this work
should be Immediately begun and COM
pleted as soon as possible, selection of
New Orleans for the next convention
and reelection OF old officers. were the
features OF the closing session Friday
of the Gulf Deep Waterways associa.
ton.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
churehmen War in Court.

Fostoria, o.. Oct. l0.-The members
of the Apostolic Holiness church here
are in a legal war because one-half the
membership refuses to permit the
other half to go 10 church. The fight
is now in the courts at Tiffin, where
an injunction has been issued restrain
ing one section, which now has pos
session of the church because It has
corralled all the keys, from interfer-
ing with the church-going practice OF
the other
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Famous Suit is Compromised.

Pueblo, Col, Oct. 10.-The famous
suit of the United States against the
Ute Coal and Coke Co., of Durango,
Col, in which the government sought
to recover s63O,OOO for coal alleged to
have been taken from government
lands Illegally, was compromised in
the federal court here Friday. The
coal company is to pay the govern
ment $4,000.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Mrs. Rice WIN stay in Jail.

Omaha. Neb., Oct. 10.-Mrs. Abble
Rice, the woman in the Rustin murder
mystery, will be compelled to remain
in the Omaha Jail until the trial OF
Charles Il. Davis, who is charged with
the murder. Her father. A. +. Clary
of Des Moines, was willing to give a
cash bond, but on refusal of Mrs. Rice
to accompany him to Des Moines and
remain with him until the trial, he re
fused 10 deposit the money.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
CUlLED m the OHIO FIELD
NEWS GATHERED IN CITIES OF
THE BUCKEYE STATE.
Stories Of a Days Dolngs as Recorded
by Telegraph for This Paper.
Candidates for ElectOr Resign.

Columbus, o., Oct. 10.-Charles p
Gableman, Democratic candidate fol-
presidential elector in the Tenth dis.
trict, has sent his resignation to the
secretary OF state, and VIM. A. Inman
will take his place. Frank Walkley
candidate for the same position in the
Nineteenth district, has also notified
the secretary that he will resign. Ger
titled copies of the official ticket had
already been mailed to the super.
visors of elections in the state, so II
will be necessary to write a letter to
each county in the state notifying the
election officers OF the change.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
p.hs rours conneotlcut.

Bridgeport, Conn, Oct. l0.-Eugene
v. Debs, the Socialist party.s candi-
date for president, arrived here late
Friday from New Haven after max
ing stops at Woodmonr, Milford and
Stratford, where short speeches were
made. Mr.. Debs was welcomed by a
large crowd, there being several So
cialist clubs here. At night he spoke
at a mass meeting, preceding which
the Socialist clubs marched through
the streets, each man carrying red
flag
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
A Collision at sea.

San Francisco, Oct. 1O--The
steamer Norwood was toMed into this
port Friday IN waterlogged condi
lion by the Asunoion, Capt. Martin
Of the Norwood reports that during O
dense fog the Norwood was struck
by the steamer Asuneion aud cut be-
low the water line. The Norwood be.
came waterlogged in 90 minutes. Her
boats were lowered and two women,
two children. 13 male passengers and
part Of the crew put aboard them.
The boats We're picked up by the
Asuncion.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
clney,s votere are WAKING up.

Cincinnati, Oct l0.-That interest in
the coming campaign Is becoming
more general in this city, was shown
in Thursdays registration of voters.
The total number of citizens who reg
istered was 27,42G, which was nearly
1900 less than the second day last
year, but 5000 more than in 1904. The
total registration for the two days of
this year is 63,329, against 81, ,9O0 in
1904.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
RrltIsh Fleet Lsaves Malta.

Valetta, Island of Malta, Oct. TO-
The battleship Prince Of Wales, flag
ship of Prince Louis OF Battenberg
the battleship Glory, the cruisers
Diana and Suffolk and two torpedo
boat destroyers sailed Friday for the
Aegean Sea. The squadron will be
followed later by the battleship Cano
pus and the cruiser Minerva
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
a Disastrous cavein.

New Orleans. Oct. 10.-Seventy.hve
thousand dollars worth OF railroad
property slid into the Mississippi river
Friday when a section OF earth 800
feet long and 200 feet wide caved in,
carrying along seven freight cars and
four lines of railroad tracks. Under
mining the bank by high water was
the cause,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Auto Wreek Caused oeath.

Auburn, Me-, oct. 1O.-Dr. Charles
e. Williams of this city and Mrs,
Williams were the victims of an auto
mobile accident at Leeds Friday night.
Their machine wes overturned. pin
ming them beneath II. Mrs. Williams
died a short time after she had been
removed from the wreck and the con
dition OF Or. Williams is serious.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
A RIn crowd is Assured.

Detroit, oct. 1O.-Within two hours
after the reserved seat sale was
opened Friday at Bennett park every
reserved seat for to.day's Detroit-Cht
dago game was sold and there were
still hundreds of men in line waiting
to secure tickets. Circus seats which
will accommodate 10000 spectators ar
rived from Chicago and large force
of carpenters put them in place.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
parker,r pates In OHIO.

Columbus, o., Oct. 1O-Democratic
state headquarters has announced
three engagements for Alton b.
Parker, Democratic candidate for pres.
ident four years ago. He will speak
at Cincinnati October l2, at Springfield
October 13, and then come back to
Ohio to speak at Canton October IL.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Maps and Giants MAY Clash.

Cleveland. Oct 1O.-A post-season
series of ball games between the
Maps, who finished second in the
league after the greatest
baseball struggle in history, and the
New York Giants, who finished second
In the National league, after an equal
ly exciting struggle, is almost GER
tainty.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
An Appeal for campaion Funds.

New York, Oct. 1O.-An appeal for
contributions TO the Republican ma.
tional campaign fund OF $50 each from
10000 business men was issued Fri.
day by George H. Sheldon, treasurer
OF the national committee.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
AuetrIa is Ready FOR War.

Vienna. Oct lO-Austria's military
preparations are so complete that
should It be found necessary, which is
not anticipated 10000 men could be
thrown across the serylan frontier ia
"a hOurp.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
is RECOMMENDED, :
FOR THE RETIRED LIST

Washington. Oct. 10-7Col. VIM. r.
Stewart of the coast artillery corps,
has been recommended TO the presi-
dent by the army retiring board for
retirement from active service be-
cause of physical disability incurred
in the course of his military duties
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Yankee Fishermen Fight canucks.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich, Oct. 1O.-A
fight with rifles between American
fishermen and Canadian officers is
said to have taken place Thursday on
Lake Superior opposite Whltelish
Point. Boats arriving at the Canadian
500 tell OF seeing the srouble.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
A .noublx Fatal Wreck.

Spokane, Wash. Oct. 10.--A passen-
gsr train was wrecked near Foiler,
Mont. on the Great Northern railroad
Fgday. The engine went into the
u ar aud fireman and u watchman
were killed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
az cars Entered in Auto Race.

Garden City, N. Y, Oct. 1O.-Thirty-
seven cars are entered in the five
sweepstake automobile races that will
be run today over the remodeled Van.
derbilt cup course, on Long Island, un-
der conditions that bid fair to mark
the beginning of a new era in automo-
bile road racing In this country.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
seryians Killed Austrlans.

Vienna, Oct. 10-A message re-
ceived here from Euda Pest says Ser
vians on Friday killed three Austrian
gendarms on the Bosnian frontier,
whereupon gunboats bombarded the
Serylans.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
TOWN OF WHARTON
DESTROYED BY FIRE

UPPER Sandusky, o., Oct. 10--Fire.
believed to have been of incendiary
origin nearly wiped out the town
of Wharton early today. The fire
was finally extingulshed by aid OF
the Carey fire department with
$4,000 loss.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Tax .Levl Must bel Incre ased.

Tifiin, o.. Oct l0.-An increase in
the tax levy of 4,3 mills will be neces-
aary here TO make up the deficiency
caused by closing saloons. This would
run the levy above the legal limit,
which IL nov 80 mills.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
c,rn.ole Gives 10 campaion Fund,

New York, Oct. 1O.-The fact that
Andrew Carnegie has contributed 20
the campaign fund of the Republican
national committee was announced
Friday by State Chairman Woodruff.
Mrs Russell Sage has contributed 81.
GOO 10 the fund.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10

Notwithstanding all the modern i'm
provements of husbandry. the matri-
monial harvest Is still gathered with
the cradle and thrashed by hand
Baltimore Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
Morphlne ueer suIcIded.

Ashland, o., Oct. 1O-Amos F..
Jameson. widower, aged JS, a ma.
chinist suicided IN the Hemingway
hotel Friday, shooting himself through
head with a revolver. lie was aG
dictcd TO morphine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10

Just think of II! A tea firm In Rus
sia has failed for $1S,5O0,O00. They
will now be Obliged TO take something
stronger for their nerves Boston
Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
s22o.ooo in Campaign Fund.

New York, Oct. 10.-The Demo
cratic national committee announces
that its campaign fund is little over
1920, 900. rut
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10
'prsM J rhree.Yesr sentclnee.

81. LOUIS. Oct, lO,-7A ifth conyic-
tiop foE lraaduIept election practices
were recorded here Friday when John
IL, Bpckner pleaded guilty and wa
sentenced 10 three years inlprlsonI
meht.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-04
f74 North Main St. Barre. VI.

increase the insurance on the city hall
building, as it was voted last night TO
do. The present structure is reasonably
safe, as public buildings Of this nature
go, and from the standpoint Of the insur
ance companies il good hazard that
Is, Of such construction that the rates
ought to be comparatively low It oecu-
pies rather isloated position az regards
nearby buildings, much in contrast to
the former city hall, which stood next
to a veritable fre-trap; and. moreover,
it's construction was done with care to
possibilities Of fire.
Nevertheless the volume Of insurance
has not been sufficient. The building
cost upwards Of $4,000, and it now
houses great deal Of valuable material
in city property, opera house furnish
ings to say nothing Of the post-oiIiee
property, for which the CITY, Of course,
is not responsible. The increase to $780,
600 Is none too large on building Of
this Importance.