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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

Two great addresses at Y. M. G..
A. by Dr. Jas. Hodley, Sunday Free
to men, Monday admission 10 and
20 cents.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28
The Window Sale

OF fine planes will soon be a thing
of the past. Don't put off buying a
piano and pay twice as much later.
We have sold many instruments, but
our stock was large and we still
have some fine selections. Don't
fail to see them, II
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

Albert Ferguson, q West Center
street drunk was pulled In last
evening by officer Avery Crabb. In
court this morning he paid
a fine of S. and was dismissed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28
Railroab l1otes

A new device has been invented
and ds being used on the engine
of the various roads, by which the
ashes of the engines is automati-
cally cleaned out. thus abolishing
the necessity OF firemen getting
under the engine, endangering
their lives OFTEN the engineer is
iorgetful of the fireman being there
and starts up his engine crushing
out the life of the fireman.
Erie train westbound No. 10 ar
rived in this city today ten hours
and forty five minutes late, being
due here near two o'clock yester-
day afternoon. The train met with
a br1 wreck near Oswego, New
York, in which two engineers and
a fireman were killed and a brake
man mortally wounded.
The Order OF Railway Telegraph
ers held a meeting Friday evening
and entered a protest against the
ten per cent cut in wages which
the Erie officials have declared. a
number of railway organizations
held meetings also. The railway
officials have sent out a report that
the idea has been abandoned ow-
ing TO the threatened strike.
Big discounts at Clean Sweep Sale.
.1t PETTY & STARR.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

HILDEGARDE:
Coli, Medal Flour plcascsi ihe cook,
E'pEpEuICA
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

Big discounts at Clean Sweep Sale.
{ PETTY & STARR.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28

325-4t
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-16
Speech OF senator v. ]. STONE.
Delivered at Marshall, Mo-, July
16, 1908.
Fellow-citizens:

Fellow-citizens:
It has been said by some who oppose
my reelection to the Senate that am
strong in the cities, but not strong in
the country have read and heard
statements of that kind. These state
nents have not alarmed me nor excited
very deep concern. Hitherto, as all Mis-
sourians know, in my various political
struggles, whether for personal advance
ment or for the promotion of public pur-
poses I believed to be for the general
good, 1 have relied with greatest con-
hdence and security upon that part OF
the electorate known as. the country
people. And why should not that have
been so? / was born and reared to
more than half-manhood on q farm, do
ing the things that farm-boys ordinarily
do, and practically all my life has been
spent among the country people. My
wife, a native Missouri girl, was born
on farm, and we were married at the
old homestead under whose roof she was
reared. My kith and kin, and her kith
and kin, were of the country, and nearly
all the associations of my life have been
identified with the country and with
country-foIk 1 feel justified, therefore,
in saying that if there is any particular
class of people I ought to understand and
think 1 do understand, and with whom
I ought to be in sympathy and am in
sympathy, it is the country people. If
that were not so I would be. false to
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-16
TAFT.

At the outset it is well to take a meas
desperate, almost savage factional con-
test, such as we have rarely witnessed,
President Roosevelt succeeded in nomi-
mating Secretary Taft as his successor.
1t was a memorable victory for the
President, won not only over many of
the most conspicuous leaders of his
party, but won also over the vehement
protest of organized labor throughout the
country. Taft is the product of political
patronage. He is a creation of Roose-
welt. Personally he is an amiable and
gifted man, but withal, puffy, flatulent
and wofully deficient in those rugged
qualities that make for masterful leader
ship. He is fat, good natured, easy-go-
ing, and liked by everyone he meets-a
man who would rather eat a canvasback
than flash a sword-who would rather
temporize than resist, compromise than
fight. As a presidential quantity he is,
1 say, the product Of Roosevelt and
patronage. Who does not know that ex-
cept for Roosevelt and that vast retinue
of officials who do his bidding, the Taft
candidacy was impossible? The Presi-
dent likes Taft, although the two are
wholly unlike. But that a man of
RoOsevelt's imperious nature should be-
come enamOred of a man weaker than
himself and plant to his will, is no
cause for wonderment.. That is an oc-
currence with many parallels. No man
is more companionabIe than the Secre-
tary, and it is no marvel that Roosevelt.
arrogant, assertive, dominating as he is.
CHI toll fI1fc urania1
tleman for an intimate and confidant
The President who does strange things
in strange ways, and whose spectacular
performances adroitIy staged have at
tracted popular applause and given him
undoubted power, determined to make
President of his chum. Here we have
presented an interesting anomaly in
American politics. A president, overfed
with obsequious adulation and puffed
with the pride of power until he feels
that HE doth bestride the narrow world
like colossus" makes up his mind to
name his own successor, and picks his
man because, forsooth, he personally
likes him. Since the illustrious example
of Washington the American people have
resolutely opposed a third term for any
President. Even a Republican conven-
ton, which ordinarily gives little heed to
presidents, refused to violate this tradi-
tional rule, which has become almost a
part Of our unwritten law, when its alb
rogation was attempted on behalf of the
most popular military hero the country
has known for half a century-the illus
trious captain who led the Union armies
to victory in the most stupendous con-
fiict of modern times The President
knew enough to know that a third term
for himself was impossible, and, al
though he sometimes wavered, in the end
ne was wise enough to put aside the
needless fatterers who urged him on.
But here we have a new situation almost
as bad as the suggestion of a third term.
Seeing the end Of his official tenure, the
President openly and publicly nominated
his successor. Exercising a royal pre-
rogative, he proclaimed his heir apparent
He summoned his minions about him and
delivered his edict. commanding them to
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-16
A CORRUPT BARGAIN.

Before Diminishing this subject I cannot
forbear expressing curiosity as to what
return the Republican party managers
expect from national bankers for the
new favoTs conferred upon them by the
Aldrich-Ereeiand law. What cOmpensa-
zion will bc made in the way OF cam
paign contributions In 1896 the national
banks contributed several million dollars
to the Republican campaign fund. They
were caught red-handed in the very act
of contributing indeed made but little
effort to conceal it Leading bankers IN
great centerS wrote urgent letters TO
banks all over the country, both state
and national. for contributions, ana
many of these letters were given to the
press. 1 have now in my possession
letter written by a committee OF ma
tionaI bankers, stating that their own
banks had contributed on the basis OF
One-Quarter of one per cent OF tnelr
combined capital and surplus, and urging
that the banks addressed should do ike
wise. 1t is well-known that many banks,
particularly national banks, generously
contributed upon that basis. 1t Is known
that many banks contributed more than
once, but single contribution on the
basis stated would raise an enormous
sum. At this time there are 6,69S ma
tiOnal banks, with paid-up capital OF
over $780, zoo, 900 and with an aggregate
surplus and undivided prof1tS or 500, wv
0OO If the experience of 1896 should be
this year, and a contribution
equal to one-fourth of one per cent upon
the combined capital and surplus Of ma
tional banks alone, to say nothing of
state institutions, should be made, it
would produce a political corruption
fund exceeding 81, 600, coo. No wonder Re
publican Congressional bosses did not
want Federal publicity statute enacted.
Democratic senators and representatives
were anxious and urgent to have such
a law passed, but the Republicans Of
the House tackled on to the publicity
bill an amendment to set on foot an
of elections in the South
with the undisguised purpose Of reduc-
ing representation in the southern states.
They knew that the Democratic members
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-07-16

President Roosevelt gave expression to
similar sentiments at Harrisburg, when
he declared, in substance, that such
power as the government of the United
States might need to promote its policies
it would have by amending the cOnstitu-
ton if possible, and if not possible, then
through executive action and judicial
construction. And so, under the leader
ship of Roosevelt, Root and Taft we are
up to the proposition of extinguishing
state authority and obliterating state
lines as rapidly as possible, and if need
be, by revolutionary means. This is no
idle statement 1t is the purpose, pub
licly declared, of the great leaders of a
great party to bring this about
I yield to no man in my unstinted
admiration and devoted love for our
great Republic. 1t is as much mine and
yours as the State of Missouri is ours.
1t is no vain boast TO say that the
American nation is the most command
ing sovereignty on the globe. 1t is no
vain boast to say that our national
emblem is symbolic of greater power
and progress, and Of a higher develop
ment in civilization, than any other
flag afioat. 1t is my country and yours,
as it was the country Of our fathers and
shall be of our children There are no
sacrifices the American people would
not make, and should not be willing to
make, to maintain unimpaired the honor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10
NATHAN sTRAus TYPICAL MILK DEpoTs

had been over ninety in a hundred, he
reduced it TO twenty. In New York
the year before he began his work
the infant mortality during the five
hot weeks of July and early August
had been 1861 per 1000. The next
year, after he began distributing pas
teurized milk, it fell to 117.9.
During ten years he kept up the dis
tribution, and the death rate among
children was still further decreased to
T2.1. He began by giving the milk
free to physicians of the board of
health and those engaged in charita-
BILE work. Then he started erecting
booths in the parks. In this he was
opposed by many officials and at first
had little encouragement from any
source. He persevered, however, eX-
tending the work to Philadelphia, Chi
cago and other cities, and the press
began to comment favorably on his
efforts. 1t was the writer's fortune to
be an editorial writer on one of the
New York dailies during Mr.. Straus'
crusade and to assist in a small way
by writing many editorials in his be-
half. / remember that at the begin
ming of one summer Mr.. Straus had
five pasteurized milk depots ready to
open in various parks u the city, He
offered to supply any number of addi-
tional booths that the city would erect
with pasteuriZed milk free of cost ex-
cept the nominal charges to patrons.
The appropriation required was only
the trifiing sum of $4,000, and yet
the officials were so slow that even this
niggardly amount was not forthcoming
Mr.. NStraus then erected twelve more
booths himself, making seventeen in
ALL
He had q similar experience in some
European cities. OF one of these he
said in an interview:
81 had desire to establish my milk
system in the town of Lille, France
where the. infant mortality was-oh,
I've forgotten the figures, but it was
something frightful! l made the offer
and endeavored to arrange for the
acceptance of the gift. but it seemed
there were too many difficulties in the
way : official difficulties, precedents,
red tape and all the rest of it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10
By JAMES A. EDGERToN.
<HERE is a soul satisfying sound

ID a SUN s'sitioi = ih5 SOuho
about the word philanthropist-
lover of man. 1t is the term
universally applied to Nathan
Straus, the New York merchant who
has crowned a life of charity by es-
tablishing pasteurized milk depots
throughout America and Europe. Ii
there were word that meant lover
of children, it would be still more APP
propriate to Mr.. Straus, as he has
saved the lives of thousands of little
ones by his pure milk crusade. This
should entitle him to a fame as much
above that of the conquerors us it is
greater to give life or preserve it than
it is to take it away.
Mr. Straus is the head of one Of
New York city's immense department
stores. His brother, Oscar S. Straus,
is a member of President Roosevelts
cabinet and was formerly minister to
Turkey under President Cleveland.
Nathan Straus. however, is a Demo
crat and was Recently appointed chair
man of the committee to organize the
business men Of the country in behalf
of the Bryan ticket. Despite his work
rs a business man and philanthropist
Mr.. Straus has always found time to
ueNole 10 / ne nas peen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10
Only Nominal Prices Charged.

In his philanthropic work Mr.. Straus
has always avoided the appearance of
giving charity, believing that this de-
grades and pauperizes the recipient.
He has insisted on those he helps pay
ing something if possible. This amount
has always been less than the cost OF
the article to Mr.. Straus and has been
insisted on simply to preserve the self
respect of the recipient. Thus during
the panic of 1893, when so many men
were out of work in New York city ana
so much suffering prevailed among the
poor, Nathan Straus established coal
supply stations, grocery stores and
sleeping houses throughout the city. He
saw that the people were being robbed
by the small coal dealers who sold in
twenty-five or fifty pound lots. By es-
tablishing several coal offices and buy
ing i'm immense quantities he was en-
abIed to sell the coal to the poor at
about half what they had been paying.
This represented loss to Mr. Straus,
but relieved the suffering. The same
was true of his groceries, in which
work he was helped by j. Pierpont
Morgan and others. The prices charged
were little more than nominal, but the
people still felt that they were paying
for what they got. In the sleeping
houses the men only gave cents q
night, or prices as ridiculously small,
but they did not have the sense of re-
ceiving without giving an equivalent,
and so the great psychological law of
recompense, which is so necessary to
feeling of independence, was not vio-
lated. Later on, when Mr.. Stratus es-
tablished the pasteurized milk depots
in the parks and on the public piers, he
worked on the same principle. The
milk was sold at a small amount per
bottle or per glass, not nearly enough
10 repay the cost. but still enough to re-
move the sting of patronizing chart
ty from those helped. Even then the
price was not insisted on in all cases.
IL mother applied for milk for her
infant and said she was not able to
nay, the milk was given gladly. Not
only was pasteurized milk furnished at
these booths. but physician was In
attendance to advise mothers as to
their little ones. This service was
free Of charge. Through such. means
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10
Honored by Royalty.

Nevertheless he did succeed in Eu-
rope, and now his milk depots are to
be found in many cities. Not only SO.
but at a recent international pure milk
congress Mr.. Stratus was given an ova-
ton. He has been received and hon.
ored by royalty for his work abroad,
and through his efforts France. Ger
many, England and other foreign ma
tfons have been awakened to the i'm
pure milk peril almost as much as has
his own land. Recently Mr.. Straus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10

park commissioner and president Of
the health board in New York city and
has served on the forestry commission
in the state. In 1894 Tammany nOmi-
mated him for mayor, and the nominal
ton was equivalent to an election.
After considering the matter for two
days Mr.. Straus declined. He has pre-
served his personal independence in
politics and has refused to submit to
marty dictation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10
Authors and Speakers of Ability.


OF these brothers there are two
Hon. Oscar S. Straus, already men,
toned, and Isidor Straus, almost as
we'll known, since he has been a men,
Der of congress and prominent in his
opposition TO a protective tariff and
free silver. There is no family in
New York more thoroughly respected
than the three Straus brothers. They
belong to that high type of philan-
thropic Jews of which the world con-
tains many noble examples. They are
transformations, cultured, public spir-
tied, intellectual and given to good
works. All are authors and speakers
of ability, all have held high public
place, all are capable business men,
and all are objects of public esteem.
Of the three, Nathan Straus excels
in works of philanthropy. He is rath-
er slight in build, of nervous, intellec-
tual face, which is covered by full
beard running to two points. Mr..
Straus has a home of quiet elegance,
loves q fast horse and tells good
story on occasion. One tale of his re-
lates to a stableman. One morning
Mr.. Straus found this man rubbing
the leg of one of his trotters with a
spike nail dipped in liniment. When
asked what he was doing the man
replied that the directions said to APP
ply the medicine with nail or tooth
brush" and as he had no toothSrush
he thought if he had to use nail he
had better take spike. The stable
man was evidently not acquainted
with nailbrushes.
/ Mr.. Straus has a sad face, seeming
to feel the suffering of all the unfortu-
nate. Yet if the saving of many lives
can give joy, he should be the happi-
est man in the world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10
gidor island at the mouth of the bay,
and headed north into the China sea.
riley Make You reel Good.

Tie pleasant purgative effect ex-
perienced by all who use Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. and
the healthy condition of the body and
mind which they create makes one
feel joyful Price 25 cents. Samples
free at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10
FLEET ENR0yTE ITO JAPAN
Connecticut Gets Under Way Early in
MORNING, Others Following.

Manila. Oct. 10.-The Atlantic fleet
is now enroute to Japan. Early this
morning the flagship Connecticut got
under way, and half an hour later all
the ships were in motion and followed
the Connecticut down the bay
At S;45 the line had cleared Core
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10

spent fourteen months abroad Tor the
purpose of preaching his crusade for
the preservation of life and in that
time made great progress In Sand
hausen, a small village near Heidel-
berg, the establishment of a pasteuriza-
ton plant caused an immediate fall in
the death rate of children. In karls-
ruhe the dowager Grand Duchess
Luise of Bavaria gave her cordial sup
port to Mr.. Straus in the establishment
of pasteurization plant, as did the
Countess of aberdeen. vice refine OF
Ireland, in Dublin: the Princess Ar.
nulf of Bavaria, in Munich, and DR..
Z. w Hope, officer of health, in Liv-
erpool. Baron Won Beinerth, minister
of the interior of Austria. promised
Mr. Straus to introduce the pasteuriza-
ton of milk throughout that country,
and the demonstrations given by Mr..
were attended by physicians, men of
science, philanthropists and govern
ment and health officials.
Mr.. StrauS' platform in this work
may be judged by this vigorous sum-
ming up: Neither war nor pestilence
nor famine claims as many victims as
impure milk. 1t is the most terrible
foe of humanity, all the more because
it gives no outward sign of the dan
ger. Let us pasteuriZe our milk sup
ply. Let us have for our motto. 'Medi.
cines and hospitals are possible cures,
while pasteuriZation is positive pre-
ventiOn.'"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10

of Postmasters of the Fourth Class
yesterday.
The officers elected were:
President F. R. Hoag, Orchard
Park. n. Y.
Vice President-w O. Boeck, New
Allan, Iowa.
secretary-C- c. Young, lakewood.
Ill.
Treasurer w. s. Bartholomew,
Avon, Mimi.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10
POSTMAsTERSss WANT MORE
Fourth Class Association Adopts Reso-
Iutions at Des Moines.

Des Moines, Oct. 1o.-Civil service
for third and fourth class postmasters.
postal savings banks. local parcels
post and increased compensation for
postmasters of the sourth class were
all endorsed by tie National League
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10
Milk Booths Erected In Parks.

The pasteurized milk crusade is a
story iRitself that some day will be
read by the world with thrilling inter-
est. The pathetic and inspiring tale
can only be touched here. 1t has been
over a dozen years since Mr.. Straus
became alive to the fact that impure
milk causes more deaths than almost
any other one cause; that it spreads
typhoid, diphtheria and other like dis
eases; that it sweeps off thousands of
children through summer complaint
and that it is great avenue for the
carrying of consumption. Scarcely
any raw milk is free from disease
germs of some Sort though in much
of it they are not in sufficient guam
titles to affect adults or children of
vigorous constitutions. Many diph
liberia. scarlet fever and other similar
Scour9es have been traced to this
source. In one experiment made by
Mr.. Straus, where the infant mortality