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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

Mr.. Seaver was In the cab. gazing far
out along the track, one dark night.
wondering how fmany more trips he
would make before his good spirit de-
serted him. In the u~.l "C.1 Il thou
sand old soldiers going to a reunion ut
Champaign, Ill. The throttle was out
to the last notch and the speed more
than sixty miles an hour Suddenly
the engineer heard soft voice whis-
perlng in his ear: "The bridge Is burn
ed! The bridge Is burned"
AS quickly as possible Mr.. Seaver set
the air brakes and stopped the train. In
the coaches the thousand old soldiers
were sleeping. The conductor hurried
forward to the engine.
"What do you mean by stopping this
train out heref" he demanded angrily.
"You would better go along the track
and find out" said the engineer quietly.
Only few feet ahead OF the engine
was the river. and over the river hung
the charred remnants Of the big bridge.
which had burned only q short time be-
fore. The veterans were saved.
This happened In $780, and Mr. Sea-
yer was hailed as hero all over the
country.
Something unseen did 1t. not ]" said
the engineer modestly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
~YoU ARE UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER"

the skirts and the shirt waist. which
gave no sign of having been stained by
blood. She also showed the slippers
The detectives looked at them, and
there, near the lower part of the inside
of the right foot, in just that part OF
the upper which bulged out over the
sole through wear. was hole, roughly
cartridge shaped with tiny square OF
felt projecting into 1t. The slippers
were clean. however but their owner
had had plenty of time TO clean them
since the murder.
you are under arrest for the mur-
der of the widow Coudray," the police
told her.
Defantly. energetically, the girl pro-
tested her innocence. In the course Of
time she was placed on trial at Tours.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

witness stronger than any human
being. n witness that no cross examina-
tion could shake, eloquent in its mute
ness. ineXorable as fate. In an Amer
lean court it would have been marked
Exhibit A." 1t was slipper of felt
worn into noles
On Sept. 20 Of last year Widow
Coudray was found dead in her apart
ments at st. Symphorien, near Tours.
almost In the center of France. The
womans throat had been cut. and she
had bled TO death. Her blood had
flowed out upon the wooden floor of
her room. There was one large splotch
where the first gush had squirted from
the severed artery and several little
streams made by the ever weakening
flow. There were also footmarks
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

head and shut out even the faint light
of the stars.
Suddenly heavy form struck her
on the back, clinglng there, while she,
reaching over her shoulder. was horrl-
fed to touch the fur of an animal.
Acting quickly, however, Mrs. Altwa-
ter grasped the wildcat, tore Its claws
from her dress and dashed It TO the
ground with all the strength she pos
sessed.
Slightly dazed, the big cat was up
again In twinkllng, and then began
hand to claw encounter backward
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Convicted by Her Slippers.
How Beautiful Young Woman Was Proved Guilty Of Brutal
Murder by Hole In Her Felt Shoe and Sentenced to Ten
Years at Hard Labor In French Prison.

where the murderer had walked after
committing the crime, treading In the
blood and tracking about the foor.
The only person known to have been
with the widow on the day of the mur-
der was Mile. Girault. whose home
was less than thirty-five feet distant.
she had called In the afternoon and re-
mained alone with the widow for an
uncertain length of time.
Upon cross examination she had con-
vinced the police of her innocence. Her
answers were frank and seemingly
those of an innocent woman. She was
asked what costume she had worn
upon the day of the murder. She de-
scribed 1t unhesitatlngly and showed
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
WEAK WOMEN
NEED A TONIC AS THEY APPROACH
THE AGE OF FORTY.


prepared to Meet the Extra strain to
he Borne at That Time.
As woman approaches the age Of
forty or thereabouts, she should pay par
ticular attention to her health. The
hard work, which she may have been
accustomed to do and the worry and
excitement of her daily life should be
lessened or avoided as much as possible.
As her health after she passes this time
will depend In large measure upon 1t,
every woman owes 1t to herself to build
up her health during these years. II is
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the organs of the body to perform their
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ognized as the standard medicine, be-
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tonic properties. M .6t
Mrs. Minnie A. Kehling, a professional
nurse of 1905 Ia North Illinois street,
Indianapolis, Ind, says:
IAN operation for appendicitis left me
in weakened condition and approach
ed the age OF forty in poor state Of
health. was sick for two years, being
very restless and had sick headaches all
the time. Ibid not have much of an
appetite and lived mostly on fruits and
| light foods, but even these caused 90
much gas ON my stomach that was
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there seemed to be a weight on my
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II was doctoring with local physi-
clans but did not get better 30 decided
to give them up and try DR.. Williams
! Pink Pills which had read about in
the paper noticed after taking few
boxes of the pills that was beginning
| to get little color took several boxes
more and was cured. / have been in
good health ever since and able to do
my work"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are adapted
for diseases due to impure blood and
shattered nerves. They are invaluable
in an8mia, rheumatism, after-effects Of
the grip and fevers and sick headaches.
dizziness, nervousness, neuralgia, and
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ataxia.
A valuable booklet entitled "Plain
Talks to Women will be sent free, in
sealed envelope, upon request, to any
woman interested.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or will be sent, postpaid
on receipt of price, so cents per box
six boxes $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. X.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

On the unsupported testimony of one
inanimate witness young and beau
tiful woman has just been convicted
of terrible murder and sentenced TO
ten years at hard labor in French
prison.
When aud how she committed the
crime none but she can tell, and she
will not Her weapon Is unknown.
Her motive is only surmise She pro-
tests her innocence calmly, impudently.
No person saw her slay the old woman
who was the victim. No person could
testify anything against her, and yet
of her guilt there was no doubt in the
minds Of the judges and her Jurors,
for there was one witness against her,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
THEY WE'RE ABLY REPRESENTED LEARNED COUNSEL.

dog, his legal status and his intimate
relation to the affairs of men. Dogs
are among the most intelligent of ami
mails. They know the difference be-
tween right and wrong. They compre-
bend the meaning and purpose of most
OF the daily affairs of their masters.
They are held accountable before the
law in some localities, full recognition
being given judicially to the ''moral
sense" they possess.
The Franklin county canine Grim
inals were no ordinary mongrels. They,
as was brought out at the trial, were
high bred, educated bird dogs, who by
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

the dogs were unable to give testimony
In their own behalf, but they were
ably represented by learned counsel,
familiar with the law, the facts and
the institutions of dogdom.
In sections where sheep raising is ex-
tensiye and where dogs are trained to
guard and drive the sheep no crime in
the dog code is regarded as more
heinous than that of "sheep murder"
The crime Of sheep murder by dog
is looked upon in Tennessee with no
less intensity of bitterness than was
horse stealing in the early days Of the
American west.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Dogs Executed For Murder.
Solemn Arragnmen of Two High Bred Beasts In Tennessee
charged With Most Serious 0fense Known to Canine
Law-Bai Refused and Prisoners Ably Defended

Two Franklin county (Tenn) dogs
have been tried ON charge of sheep
murder, convicted, sentenced and exc
cuted. The animals were tried just as
hunan beings would have been.
The corpus deficit. which also was
called Exhibit A, was the hide of a
murdered sheep, showing at the throat
marks of dogs teeth. The crime, after
bail was refused, was fastened on the
two defendants beyond reasonble
doubt and the presiding Judge i'm
posed the death sentence with great
solemnity.
This curious proceeding has revived
interest in the peculiar nature Of the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Spend Honeymoon on Raft.
Young Woodsman Takes Newly Welded Wife Voyage Down
RNer-"Had Lovely Tme" Says the Bride

bridal pair occupied It as far as Bor-
dentown, N. ]. From there they went
TO Philadelphia, where the bridegroom
has accepted position with a well
known firm.
During the trip down river Mrs. Bur-
rows took many snapshots Of the
scenery, and the bridegroom added va
riety to the table In the floating house
with fish caught from the river.
The bride did the cooking, and 1t is
said by the other men aboard that the
dinner was worth sitting down to. At
tie-ups overnight the men slept ashore,
but the bride and bridegroom remained
aboard, Burrows says he is entirely
cured Of asthma, and his wife, who
was nineteen years old the day Of her
marriage. says she has had a most
delightful wedding trip. The couple
left the raft with the hearty good
wishes of the crew and from each man
a 1--WE dollar gold piece.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

OF the thirty-six RATS which passed
Port Jeryis, n. Y, on their way down
the Delaware river to tidewater the
past week there was one which had a
rough shanty built on It, Cupid rode
on this raft.
Suffering from asthma, John Bur,
rows, dowp east Yankee. had
worked all winter in, the upper Della
ware logging country and had been an
assistant helmsman ON RATS which
were fioated to tidewater this spring
He had his last trip few days ago
He took with him his bside, Miss Flor
enee MatthIson. She il a native Of the
upper Delaware valley and during the
getting out OF timber on her uncie's
estate had frequently taken the meu
their meals to the logging camp.
IL was case OF love at first sight A
license WAS procured. and the couple
were marrios b, local preacher The
heass was Eullt on the raft, and the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

heredity and training, were supposed
to have been fitted for respectable and
honorable careers. But, like many
men of good family, there was talnt
of atayism in their blood, and they
sank deeper and deeper into iniqulty
until they finally paid for their mis-
deeds by death at the hands of the
law. ~
Ordinarily In dog litigation the mas
ter is the one named as defendant, the
law presumlng his responsibility for
the torts of the dog. But the FRANKLIN
county court forged ahead of that an
cient idea Of the law and proceeded
directly against the canine offenders.
The only discrepancy was the fact that
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Encounter With Wildcat.
After Bloody Struggle Dark and Lonely Road Danve (Pa)
Woman Killed Animal by Beating 1t to Death
With Bare Hands Against Tree.

and forward across the dark road, last
ing fully five minutes. From the claw
ing of the cat Mrs. Altwaters hands
and face were badly lacerated and her
clothing was torn into ribbons. Sew
eral times she succeeded in throwing
the cat away from her, only TO have it
return quickly, clawRg and biting
more flercely than ever. Almost ex-
hausted and nearly falntlng from
fright, she was able to secure a firm
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Girl Plunges For Fortune.
She Wins Six Thousand Dollars In Faro Game at Rawhde
and Breaks the Bank.

Miss Lillian Bennetts, Los Angeles
girl twenty-seven years Of age. hand
some despite the fact that she spent
much time on the frontier of civiliza-
tlon. won $4,000 at one sitting in faro
game at Rawhide recently.
She kept the "cases." played her own
Systems" with the skill of veteran
and the daring OF plunger and aston
ished the old gamblers. She forced the
limit. and had the dealer so willed she
would have risked the entire amount
on one turn OF the cards. AS 1t was,
the play was by far the heaviest yet
witnessed In the new gold camp on the
Nevada desert. More than once AZ
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

much as $1,000 passed between the
players and the banker on one turn
from the box.
The exciting race for a small fortune
took place In Carl Young's gambling
place one Of the largest resorts Of
Rawhide. Young, who had pioneered
1t from Dawson to Death valley, dealt
the game. For eight hours the play
continued and was brought to an end
only because the banks were closed
and Young could not reach his funds.
The bank roll had been taken In COM
pletely by the daring young woman
gambler, who might have won much
more had Young the money.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

In a desperate encounter in Pine
Swamp hollow, three miles south of
Danville, Pa, Mrs. jeremiah Altwater
slew single handed the large wildcat
that has been terrifying that nelghbor-
hood.
Mrs. Altwater had been at the bed
side of sick friend and was return
Ing home. She had arrived at a place
in the road opposite the Pine Swamp
schoolhouse, where the trees arch over
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
peeply Inaralned.

"What kind of man is old whee-
zicks?" asked the newcomer.
"Wheezicks?" said the other. "He's
the contrariest, most selRsh old
wretch that ever lived. When one OF
his teeth aches there's not another
tooth in his mouth that sympathizes
with it."--Chicago Tribune. sta4
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
PRESERVING co.
I NpAl,
What She Desires.

ut may not be your inte xtion." re-
marked Miss Gaddie, "but doesn't IL
occur TO you that your treatment of
me is rather calculated TO make US
bad friends?"
NO. replied Miss Kandor. coolly.
Il had an idea it would make us
good enemies "--Philadelphia Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06
Poor Fellow.

"Blusher is the most bashful man
I ever knew"
How on earth. then, did he come
to get married?"
HE was too bashful to rs.asa. p
AnsweIs.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-06

II you like apple butter, you viii
like our old fashioned kind, the
'Marion Brand" II your grocer
tasn't 1t, drop US card, or phone
1867, and we will see that you get
It.
MARION PRESERVING co.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
Coal Famine Far Distant
Rich Fields Undeveloped

rushed in the Potts creek valley of
Virginia, just ove the West Virginia
line, involving an outlay of 5 1000, 900
in railroad construction, all of which
was financed before the present finan-
cial stress, and of more than $500, 900
in mining iron ore, shipments Of
which to Virginia furnaces have al
ready begun. The Chesapeake & Ohio
railroad has built into the field a line
25 miles long, the Norfolk & West
ern railway expects to finish an extern
sion into the field by July, and $500, 900
had been spent in the installation of
mammoth ore washers, steam shovels
and other machinery. The ore varies
in thickness from ten TO twelve to
sixty feet and runs from As to 60
per cent. metallic iron. Near to
the ore are the rich coking Goals
Of the Norfolk & Western and New
River fields, while in close proximity
are heavy eam of limestone.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
Panics Bring Good Fortune
By John D.. White

many others have turned to profit
those times considered calamitous to
natures of less stern stuff.
Then, too, the new alignment of en-
ployes in Office, store or shop, follow
ing the business stagnation, will give
the man who was able to retain his
place a good chance for an advance
ment. The man who lost his position
during the temporary retrenchment
may be bettered in the long run by
being shaken loose from a job in
which he was liable to become fossil
lied. Necessity will give him cour.
age, and incentive to look for some
thing else, both of which he probably
had lacked before.
During these days opportunity win
tarry at many doors that never have
known that magic presence before.
Many a man for the first time will see
success with it's Midas touch turn all
his efforts into gold
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01

ment to q young lawyer, Gerald
Hughes, on the very W. of her mar
rage, to wed her first husband. To-
day these two, man and woman of
many moods and uncontrolled whims,
are ready to part n more, and So
ciety, struggling its shoulders, in
quires, ~callously: "Will he go back
to the first Mrs. Mckee or to Mrs.
Phipps?" For even the %calloused, So
called society circles of this money
mad age seem to have faith that the
man will go back to the love that he
believes is most tolerant to his faults,
most loyal to himself.
George Gordon Massey of Dover,
| Del, petted son and man of luxurious
tastes and goodly p%aternal allowance,
married a girl of slightly less social
| standing. She bore with his short
comings and made him welcome when
ever he wandered home from his life
of artificial gayety.
Left Home for Woman
He Fancied He Loved
Then suddenly there came into his
life, a beautiful, dashing young wom-
an, Evelyn Raue, wife of DR.. G. S.
Raue, of Philadelphia. The two de-
cided that they could not live apart
and they proceeded to elope, settling
in Cody, Wyo. There they faced the
stern realities of life. The paternal
allowance ceased. The young man
knew nothing of the gentle art of
earning a livelihood. The woman in
the case was game. She tried to find
a solution of their problem-a bare
living-but the man recalled the pa
tent wife, the well-kept home, the
welcome that failed, the placid
corner to which he could always turn
wnen he wearied of his gayer compan-
ions. In the wilds of Wyoming he left
the object of his sudden and inexplic-
able grand passion and returned to his
first love.
Is it hard to picture the hopeless
mes of the second woman deserted?
Then there was the famous Acer do
nestle reunion. Frank Adams Acer
married beautiful Miss Addie Estelle
Tilt in April, 1897. Two children were
born to them and all was apparently
happy until the green-eyed monster
invaded their perfectly appointed
home. Mrs. Acer proved her right to
a divorce on statutory grounds, but
the name of the correspondent was
kept secret. Two years passed, stormy
years, during which the husband-fa-
Their longed for wife, home and babies.
And finally he won them all back. Mr..
and Mrs. Acer were remarked on
November 9, 1904, and are happy.
But what of the third party, "the
woman in the case?" After all, is she
not the greater sufferer-for she has
not public nor private sympathy?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
Success Made Actor Turn
from His Life Partner

The scandal was hushed up, thu
comedian went on his triumphant
way; beautiful women of the stage
angled for him, and n of them won
him. He was successful and gossip
dared not rear its head too high. Then
suddenly it was discovered that he
could not remember his lines. He for.
got his cues. His dancing was u n.
certain, his antics were unfunny. Fl
nally his engagements were Cancelled.
"Paresis," said the doctors.
But there are men and women OF
the old days who know him best who
say that it is not any real physical all.
ment, but a reckoning figure, the fig,
ure of the deserted, heart-broken wife,
whose spirit cannot rest In a sui
cide's grave.
And who car describe the misery OF
the second wife watching his living
death?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
eABY'S II HUMoR.
Nothing Would Help Him-Mother A.
most In Despair-owes Quick
Cure to Cuticura.

Several months ago, my little boy
began to break out with itching sores.
I doctored him, but as soon as I got
them healed up in n place they
would break out in another. I was
almost in despair. I could not get
anything that would help him. Then
I began to use Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment, and after using them
three times, the sores commenced to
heal. He is now well, and not a scar
Is left on his body. They have never
returned nor left him with bad blood,
as one would think. Cuticura RENE
dies are the best I have ever tried,
and I shall highly recommend them to
any one who is suffering likewise.
Mrs. William Geeding, 102 Washing.
ton ST., Attica, Ind, July %, 1907"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01
Hart Mckee Divorce
Like PAGE from Novel.

The Hart Mckee divorce involves
more persons and recalls a romance of
coquetry and jilting unequaled outside
the pages of novels.
Hart Mckee belongs to the circle of
New York-Pittsburg millionaires who
have kept the world at large guessing
during the past decade. He divorced
his first wife,. according to society's
vigorous rumors, in order to marry the
wife of Lawrence c. Phipps, another
member of the Pittsburg millionaire
coterie. But, even while Mrs. Phipps
was securing her divorce, he met beau.
tiful Cornelia Baxter Tevis, widow of
Hugh Tevis, one of California's rich.
est young men. And, meeting her, he
forgot his fealty to the woman who,
it "a said, was securing a divorce for
his sake. He and Mrs. Tevis were
married and the Phipps family was
suddenly and inexplicably reconciled
and reunited in marriage.
On her side, Mrs. Tevis-McKee
brought another tale of jilting and CO.
quetry, having broken her engage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-05-01

ments, but lacking in what makes
woman truly beautiful soul. For a
time she queened it over her hus-
bands newly acquired social life. The
first wife was forgotten. Then sud
denly the latter appeared upon the
scene, but a different woman She
had spent the intervening years
abroad, where she had studied under
able masters and had been gowned by
the subtlest of modistes and millin'
ers. She had become an accomplished
charming, perfectly poised woman.
And before her lovely personality the
mere physical charms of the second
wife faded. The first wife became
a social queen in her disloyal hus-
bands own set. The second wife be-
came a social outcast. But this time
the woman held out no reckoning
hand of welcome. The man held his
head high, but he had to make way
for the woman he had deserted. Who
shall not say that her regal figure was
more than a Nemesis-an avenger-
that separated him from his second
WIG Inv al ouSS1 dl"So A -
sword?
And who can truly picture the mis-
cry of the second wife, the woman who
had come between?
To-day the gossips Of Broadway
whisper of even a sadder case. DC
c~asionally in n of the cafes near
Forty-second street, or standing in
the doorway of a theatrical agents
office, you will see the trembling, pal
sled figure of a man who once sent
Broadway into gales of merriment. To-
day the laughter has faded from his
eyes, and in its place there is a haunt
ed look.
Ten years ago this comedian, with
his wife, was playing on the Bowery.
Then vaudeville came into vogue, and
they moved from the Bowery into the
continuous houses. Here the little
wife's dancing went very well. She
"a a good foil for her comedian hus-
bands merry antics and quips. But
by and by he stepped from the continu.
Gus to the smart Broadway reviews
and he was ashamed of the little
woman who had helped to carve this
new niche for him. He did not feed
her ground glass nor poisoned candy,
as they do in plays, but he stabbed her
loyal heart with words more deadly
than the keenest-pointed stiletto. And
the little woman did the rest-with
poison.