The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-02
FACTS IN FEW LINES


a hurricane movement.
win Adams, said to be the first Eng
lishman to land In Japan, is buried |
near KokosGke.
Police Justice Kyle at Kansas City |
in one day tried 1876 cases, the fines
amounting to 81 ,092.
There is a daily average of forty-one
immigrants who are refused admission
at the port of New York.
In Coffeeville, Kan, when the court
restrained Il man from selling liquor In
his cellar he dug new cellar under the
sidewalk and continued business.
The Baptist state commission has
chosen Lawton. Okla, as the site for
the new Baptist university, the city
Offering to furnish forty acres OF land
and $4,000 In cash.
A lighted lantern in falling from a
seven story building in Philadelphia
struck hat OH the head OF Thomas
Adams, wedging 1t tightly over his
ears the air inside acting as cushion
and saving his skull.
Three valuable miniatures Of the
Duchess of Fife, queen of Norway and
Princess Victoria, belonging to Queen
Alexandra, have been stolen by bur
glars from the studio OF an engraver
in London to which they had been sent
for reproduction.
Lemucl Andrews of Morocco, Ind,
has flock of prairie chickens on his
! farm that has become practically do
| mestcated. some of the older birds
| have been on the farm for five years,
| during which time they have Increased
! IN numbers from dozen to more than
| 100 birds.
J l.. A. Lcavitt of Oldtown. Me-. cut
down n big elm tree recently from
which he realized s525O. The tree was
four feet and four inches at the butt,
and 121 bateau knees We're cut from
its branches and were sold for S2T50.
Five more cords from the tree sold for
S. cord
For the first time in IFS history the
British mint last year used aluminium
for coinage purposes. In all 81 ST. l3l
ooins ,vara stgurE from this metal.
these comprising half cent pieces for
use In Uganda and one-tenth of pen
ny pieces for circulation In the Nlge-
rian protectorate.
Slgnor Enrico Toselll, the music
teacher who married the Countess
Montignoso, the divorced wife of the
king of Saxony, is writing a comic
opera and says he Intends later to pub
lish some curious and Important news
which would astonsh those who are
interested In public life.
The third great athletic stadium to
be built by American universities has
lust been completed at Syracuse. 1t Is
$40 feet long, covers six and one-thlrd
} acres and Will seat 10000 spectators
comfortably. 1t Is constructed of con
crete and Is modelled after the old Ro
man and Greek arenas.
: 1t Is said that OF the Americans me-
In South Africa more than 60 per cen
are westerners, mostly from the Pa
cilc coast. There are some twenty
graduates of the University of Callfor
mia employed in the Rand mines, ant
Caifornians have penetrated into thu
little known lands north of the Trans
vaal.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma told ,
New York writer that he had been {
candidate for United States senato
ever since he was eleven years old
| and, speaking of Oklahoma, he added
1--WE have there every requisite 70
human happiness, think, and w
don't get anything from the east ex
cept the SUNRISE
William Kent OF Chicago now n
Kentheld Cal. has decided to the Unit
ed states government a tract of liant
OF 900 acres of natural redwood fores
In the southern slope of Mount Tamal
pals. about six miles from San Fran
cisco. 1t is the intention to name tn
national monument Muir woods" afte
John Muir, the noted naturalist.
King Menelik Of Abyssinia will sool
be added to the list of monarchs VIII
are automobiIsts. and there are nov
only a few that are not. The Britis