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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02

The recent publication of the work
now being done by the United States
Forest Service in the way of killing
VI the prairie dogs which are so
numerous not only upon the National
Forest areas, but upon practically
all the western lands used for gen.
eral grazing purposes has kcenly in
terestod the stockmen Cf the states
west of the Mississippi in the regions
where the little animals ars so trou-
Dlesome.
The statement in the bulletin that
the method OF preparing the poisoned
wheat and its distribution upon the
ranges would be freely furnished to
all who cared to have it in order that
they might make use OF II on their
cwn lands, has resulted in a regular
avalanche OF letters of inquiry in re-
gard to the matter.
These letters have come from ey-
cry part of the United States. OF
course, the greatest number OF them
are from the far Western part Of the
country where the prairie dog is most
nlmeous. but from Ohio, Illinois. In.
diana. New York, the Southern
States, and along the Atlantic Coast
came requests for the information
The Eastern inquirers desired tc
use II for killing off ground squir'
rels. gophers, and field mice; while
Others asked II II was possible tC
kin out badgers, chipmunks ant
rats with the poison.
To every request the Washington
office OF the Forest Service has for
warded a copy or the circular eX
planning the preparation and use o
the poison, together with such othe
Information relative to the particula
use for which It was desired, as tn
results so far would Indicate its val
ue.
There Is little doubt but that tn
poisoned wheat win promptly kill an.
of the animals named which will ca
IT,. Dead skunks and badgers hay
been found in the praire dog village
where the poisoned wheat has beei
scattered, while dead squirrels, chip
munks and field mice have also beel
noticed close 10 the villages, whicI
undoubtedly were killed by the poison
The amount of damage done by tn
prairie dogs is well inicatc by th
letters received from the westcrl
stockmen.
Que man writes from Colorado;
''As you wished to know the re
suits had from the dog. poison
would say the results are very sati,
factory. II comes nearer 10 doin
the work than anything ] have eve
tried. | hope you will be able {
continue this good work for you coul
hardly take up anything OF more in
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02

hol1ing the fire hose when the eS-
plosion occurred and we're buried
under the debris. With great difficult
ty their bodies were pulled out of
the burning ruins. The. fire consum-
ed twenty on more cHrs and other
material. It is said that the maga
zine contained o. half carload OF
powder, dynamite and other explo-
sives.
Every building In Spencer and for
many miles around was badly shak'
en- up and damaged. OF the South
ern's buildings the blacksmith shop
is the most seriously damaged. The
largo new machine ship wcs also
badly demolished all windows being
torn out and a numper of columns
torn down,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02
LARGEST MOUND
in The WORLD
Serpent Mound Near Nor
row Found to be Work of
Mound Builders.

Lebanon, Oct 2--The big serpent
mound near Morrow, southeast OF Le-
banon, which he's been puzzlins
archaeologists and scientists for
years, Is now declared to be tho
Largest serpent earthwork in the
world. It was long thought to be
Of natural build, but experts hays
found that 1t is the work Of man
and doubtlesas that OF the Mound
Builders, who earlp constructed Fort
Ancient, also in Warren county.
Prof. c.. Frederick Wright and f..
o. Randall, officers of the Ohio state.
Historical and Archaeological society
visited the mound and as result
of their examinations they say that
the earthwcrk has been constructed
by man. They say that the earth is
different from that of the surrounds
irg country and that the task must
have been an herculean one.
The serpent is somewhat over 1900
feet long from end to end and with
it's convolutions measuses 1880 feet.
This exceeds the length Of the cele.
brated serpent mounds in Adams.
county by so feet end is believed
TO be the greatest relic of its kind
In the world. I
The society will make further
investigation and promises a detail
ed report SOON
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02
KILLED HIMSELF TO
RELIEVE FAMILY'S WANT

Hamilton, Oct. 2-Made desperate
by his inability To secure work ana
by the demands of his SIX children
for food, Max Clock, aged So, O lab
orer, hanged himself with a strap
in wash house at his home yes
terday morning. His vile tound his
body. The feet We're touching ne
ground and Clock han slowly strang
led himself, The merl nau an insur.
ance of $1,000 and It Is believed re
killed himself so that his family
could get the money. yesterday Clock
appealed TO the police to aid him
in getting employment.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02
Did the Chinese Discover the Com
pase?

pass?
Some Asian people, perhaps the
Chinese, discovered, many centuries
ago, that kind OF iron ore possessed
very peculiar quality, says a writer
in Iarper's Magazine. We call this
ore magnetic or. in more common
language, lodestone, and It is very
widely distributed, especially In the
older crystalline rocks. II was found
that If bit of lodestone were placed
In water upon a piece Of cork or straw
braid IT, would turn till the axis OF
the stone assumed a north and south
position. A phenomenon of magne'
tism had been discovered by means
of an ore that is peculiarly susceptible
10 magnetic influence.
II is an open question whether the
Chinese utilized the directive power
of the lodestone, but It is certain that
tho first rude compass was not used
on European vessels before the
twelfth century OF our era. BY that
time the true magnetic compass had
been evolved through the discovery
that 10 an iron or steel needle were
stToked on a lodestone, 1t would re
ceive the attractive and directive
power Of this ore. With this wonder
ful appliance placed at the service o.
navigation, the vessels that hat
hugged the coasts soon dared to ven
ture even ont Of sight of land. A new
! impetus was gradually given 10 ear
! Biography, for now the true direcllon'
of the coast lines might be oharie'
with some approach to accuracy, l
was the happy fortune Of italian sail
ors TO make the surprisingly excellen
I surveys Of the directipns and length
Of the Black Sea and Mediterraneal
coasts and along the Atlantic Z
British waters that have come dow
10 US Ia the so-called Portulan maps
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02
SCALE OF
PRICES
Agreed upon by immigration
Officers for Struggled
Chinese

san Francisco CAL, Oct. 1.-The
Illegal entrance of hundreds of
Chinese into the United States as the
result OF wide spread corruption, was
the cause of the recent shake up in
the United States immigration de
paNment here, according to state
ment printed here today.
Conspiracy to carry on his work
has extended to many government of
ficials on the Pacific coast, 1t is
stated, and a regular scale of prices
for smuggling Chinese into this coun-
try from Mexico, is said to have ex-
listed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02
POWDER
LETS GO
Two Workmen are Killed
and a Score and More are
Injured.

Spencer, n. G., Oct. 1.-TWO liyes
were lost aud twenty or moro per
IONS were injured in Spencer last
night By the explosion of a pow
der storage house in the yards of
the Southern railway, and most OF
the buildings near by were dam
aged by the shock aud the fire which
followed, It Is feared that other
bodies are in the ruins.
I Fire was discovered in the pow
der house and the Spencer fire der
.parlmsnt rushed 10 the scene C.I
II1. Layton and W. +. STAFFORD were
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02
MAY AGAIN
VISIT OHIO
Bryan is now Figuring on
where Best to 90 to Make
His Fight.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 2.-W. j. Bry-
an has definitely decided that he will
not have time to make an intended
trip TO the Pacific coast. Bryan to-
day took up the reports of the cam
vases of so called doubtful states,
and within day will decide where
TO speak during the remainder of
the campaign. He will go where he
thinks he is most needed and will
endeavor to 50 arrange that he will
be able to spend the last three weeks
of the campaign in Ohio, New Jersey
and New York.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02

TRIALS
VIII be Granted to Captain
Peter c. Haines and His
Brother T. Jenkins
Haines

New York, Oct. z-Captain Peter
G. lIaines end his brother. II. Jen-
kins IIaines, will be tried separately
for the killing OF William Il. Annis.
District Attorney Darrin OF Queens
county, is today preparing to ash
the grand jury for an Indictment
against Il. jenkins ilAines on the
charge of being an accessory and be-
fore the act. 1t is planned to place
the trial for the first for Novem
ber 3.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02

The sixteenth international con-
gress OF Americanists will be held
under the presidency or Baron Weckc-
becker at the University Of Vienna
on September 9-14. The object OF
the congress, says Mature, is TO pro
mote scientific inquiries into the MS
tory of both Americas and their peo-
pie. Azxorsi
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02
TWO BURNED;
IL INJURED
Disastrous Blaze Occurs in
a Youngstown Ten Cent
Store

Youngstown, Oct. 2,--In a fire
which started in s. II. Knox u Cos
five and ten cent store late yesterday
afternoon, two men were burned to
death and a dozen seriously injured.
The dead: Assistant Chief Thomas
Reilly, Captain Charles Vaughn.
Fatally injurc; Chief OF Police Will
liam Lawler.
Seriously injufe5. John Vaughn,
Joseph Cooper, Charles Young, Harry
Callahan, David McGraw
Others hurt were: Harry Dyer,
Walter IIitesue, fireman, Patrolman
James Dunn, Joseph Tooney Joseph
Benyons, a citizen.
Charles Young, a fireman was in
the building four hours, almost sub.
merged in water but was finally res
cued.
The bodies OF Reilly and Vaughn
were recovered after several hours
work.
The Gremen with half dozen 9TH
ers, including citisens and policemen,
went down whom the roof of the three
story building gave way. Policeman
James Dunn was saved from falling
into the flames by but d few feet.
He was anchored to the roof by a
rope and tried to save the men, who
went down when the roof eaved In.
The other men who were injured
were taken from the flames as soon as
possible. John Vaughn, a lawyer
and son of one of the men who was
burned to death, fell, Into the flames
but was able to get out before any
one helped him.
The fire started in the basement OF
the store, aud before 1t could be
headed off, burned down n double
three-story building and threatened
the store Of the Stambaugh- -Thomp-
son company, which has been twice
destroyed. The loss will reach 5000,
coo.
The fire threatened TO wipe out the
business part Of the city. 1t was more
than five hours before the Ire was
under control.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02
BUBoNlc PLAGUE .@
IN KHEDlvE'S PALACE

Alexandrla Egypt, Oct. 1.-Two
cases Of bubonic plague were discov-
cred in the khediye's palace today.
The Enropean coachman and groom
arc stricken with the disease Alarm
is felt for the safety OF the khediye,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02
MEN Are
ARMED
Bandits Hold-up an Ohio
Interurban Car This
Morning.

East Liverpool, Oct. 2-Masked
men held up the Steubenvllle Eas.
Liverpool interurban err early to.
day as it was nearing Wellsville
and at the point Of reyolyers re
lieved Conductor Brooks of $21. Ev
cry conductor and motorman on the
interurban division now carries a
revolver. ~ VIZ
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02

Youngstown, o., Oct. 2--l'he bod
les OF Assistant Fire Chief Thomas
c. Reilly anda Fire Captain Charles
Waugh. who lost their lives. in the
100000 fire that gutted the store
of s. IT, Knox, last night, were re-
covered today.
Eleven persons we're injured In
Guiding Chief Lolter and Captain
Stambaugh, hut alal will recover.
The fire made such heavy dam
ages ON the scanty water supply that
the city is seriously menaced, by an
immediate water famine, which may
close the big industrial plants.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02
AmEEIclE LEAGUE.

Following arc ThursdSV's scores.
At New York---Wa shipStpP I, &ey
York 2. johnson, Street: C'i2abrc
Kleinow.
At Philadelphia Boston q. PHILADELPHIA
g. Morgan, Dopohqo; Rianb l1pp
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02
c. a. C NATURES s,s
-. sssS. -. PERFECT TONIC

scarcely vigorous and healthy who
notn
system appetite poor the body feels tired and
dor
dered and assistance ward of perhaps serious sickness
all
medicine made entirely healing cleansing ngorang roots and he
reabshe healthy
the
a
depleted aud
will thoroughly purify the blood aud
system admirably suited for remedy
because free from minerals be used without harmful results by
effects follow
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-02
8AStsalL

Giants and Phillies G,eks Cvor cn
DOusla. Header.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

arrested last week with two men said to
be accomplices In the scheme OF fleeing
Louden. Infatuation is the only thing that
explains the remarkable manner in which,
Louden's money slipped out OF his hands
tito those Of the woman, He bought n
fiat at IA North Seventeenth street and
furnished II lavishly. One day the neigh
hors saw the woman, who Is vigorous and
strong, beating up Louden. who is small
and sickly. The following day he bought
her a fine horse and buggy in which she
went driving with another man.
A guardian was appointed for c, c.
Louder soon after the arrest OF the parties
in order to conserve his rapidly dwindling
fortune, He himself is now in the hospi-
tai.
When r. II. Loude came to the city
Saturday after a short absence on business
he found the Mitchell woman in possession
OF the flat on North Seventeenth street.
, When he asserted hts authority and showed
his papers she laughed at them. Then he
sought the police. The warrant issued
charges prostitution.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
-oLp-TIME WAYS ARE GONE
No Longer to Become Famous By
Sleeping in Fox Cars N
m start.

Jim Cotton declared in police court that
old fashioned methods Of getting a start
in the world have gone out of style. Illus
trative Of this he called attention 10 hiG
own case. He was arrested for sleeping
In a box car. When searched at the police
station he had Sl4.& in cash. The fact that
he had this money, the officers said, was
suspicious when coupled with the further
fact that he was sleeping in a box car.
That's what q man gets for living
cheap and savin' his money said Coulton
bitterly in police court. "Youse can read II
In the books that lots Of the big guys got
their start that way. Look at Jay Gould.
Russell Sage. Abraham Lincoln and lots OF
others. Wen, I folders in their footprints
seem me star OF fame risin' high upon
the horizon Of me ambish. h do I get?
get It in the neck. That's what l set.
Just because l has s14% these guys
| thinks ] ought 20 go to the SWEETEST hotel
and get a suite of rooms and have q few
porters to wait on me. That's all they
knows about It, ! was savin' me lodging
money by sleeping in the box car and
wasn't harming no one WHOM the cops
has TO butt in. Amt no use trying to get
up in the world no more. A Teller ant
do It,"
Mr.. Cotton was fined 81, He promised
to return TO the station and blister some
OF the cops with the b%rilliancy OF HIS
diamonds when he has become q bloated
bondholder.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

! This apparently ended the discussion.
The little prepayment meter was voted
down as not being joby enough for a gas
man. The convention assembled preferred
a collector at $50 per month II necessary
or an extra clerk at SIS per month, Just
to get people into our offices and show
them that we are not bad fellows"
When the employee was put under the
latest gas burner and looked over care
fully, some human characteristics were re-
vealed.
Il put in bath rooms at my plant for
the use of the employees said one low
generator Of the a~eriform fluid. Il noticed
that the tubs were not used. so / put In
shower baths One man in ten used the
showers once every ten weeks and they
fell to pieces. / asked why they were not
used and was informed that if the men had
bath tubs they wanted them in their
homes, not around a gas plant or engine
room.
That ended me in the gas-house bath
| room business. l took out the bath fix
lures. and since l have not mentioned a
club room for my men, an annual picnic,
banquet, reunion of Thanksgiving turkey.
What American workingmen want is to
have good wages, paid promptly and no
employer debating how they shall spend
! NAE edadlltS VI 4ANlE AAhCs elAaAA y
Homer Honeywell Of Lincoln 10 a dis
tiller OF coal. oil and resin with an idea.
He offers prizes for the filters doing the
most satisfactory repair work. When a
complaint comes IN he sends the filter and
a helper out to fix up the trouble. The
filter leaves a postal card with the con-
sumner and requests that II the work is
satisfactory the card be mailed 10 the
office. The filter and helper who have
the most cards returned 10 the managers
office get 81 extra each every Saturday
night. Mr.. Honeywell told the gas men
that the plan worked admirably.
L. l. Kellogg Of Sioux City has been
carbureting air for a number Of years and
incidentally mixing a little politics with
his business. But recently Mr.. Kellogs
has confined himself 10 making the per-
manently elastic fluid known as coal gas
and has gone out Of politics.
I thought IL was necessary for a gas
maker to enter politics when l interested
myself in city, county, district and state
affairs said Mr.. Kellogg. But / have
found 1t both unnecessary and undesirable
for gas manufacturer to mix In politics
/ am out permanently
BY electing James Haines Of Des Moines
as a director Of the American Gas insu.
tute, and subscribing literally 10 the
finances Of the national society. the gai
manufacturers showed their interest II
work Of developing ana improving Ameri'
can gas plants. The institute, conducted
by the great gas interests Of the United
, States, Is a correspondence school, which
the oldest as well as the youngest IN thu
service use freely. II publishes a journa
and sends 10 its members and subscriber
the lessons and Instructions in new
I methods Of handling the product as wei
E as bookkeeping. discusses new machiner!
fuels and appliances. II Is one Of the bes
organized and conducted business institu
lions In the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

company has been giving rebates In the
shape Of fountain pens. Every customer
has been presented with one Of these valu-
able fountain pens, on the side Of each OF
which is engraved. Cook With Gas" Some
times this company gives stove mats, and
now and then when a woman comes into
the office whose hair is not perfectly
dressed she is given a neat little souvenir
made Of brass on which is stamped in in
dellible letters, "Curl Your Hair with Gas. 10
Another peculiar thing about the public
was disclosed by Thomas Crawford OF Clln-
ton, Ia, who advocated the prepay ment me-
tiers as a means of keeping bad bills col
lected and saving trouble in making collec-
tions. The suggestion OF Mr.. Crawford
drew forth q storm Of objection because
the prepayment meters make il unneces-
sary for customers TO come 10 the office.
I'VE want them to come TO the office be-
cause II they don't they will form a wrong
impression Of US. said one gas maker. Il
want all Of my customers TO come 10 the
office Of the company and pay their bills.
That's what l keep courteous clerks for,
and because the people come there and
meet our employees is the reason why /
fire every gronehy person around the Office
The preIayment meter keeps me from CIV
Ing a fellow a cigar now and then and from
showing the women how glad we are 70
have them drop in for a friendly cal-with
their check book"
Hardly had this confession been made
until another nluminatOr Of homes, by-ways
and highways. arose and. gently laying his
cigar on the table, thus addressed the meet-
tng:
IF they don't come TO the office 20 pay
the bills, how will the women see the new
fixtures and how win we cell new shades,
lamps and Jets II the women don't see them
81 our Offioet'
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

and public enterprises, yet rated by the
banks as extremely conservative.
Such in short is the analysis OF the gas
man. who during the meeting in Omaha
put first the public, then his employees and
finally himself on the operating table and
fearlessly began the dissection.
1t was during the dissection OF The
Public" that The gas man revealed himself
as quite human. G. w. Clabaugh. manager
OF the Omaha Gas company, was discus
sing the subject OF donations which the
corporations are asked 10 give TO public
enterprises and charity.
'sometmes we find it hard TO draw the
line" said the Omahan When We give
to one denomination, We are expected tc
give TO all the others. and. as a rule, CIV
them liberal treatment. but we are fire.
quently slipped up on by all classes and all
denominations.
MY experience with q certain colored
man reveals a great deal on the question
OF donations. My negro friend first cams
20 my office 70 secure a donation for soms
very worthy enterprise which he said ths
oolored people of Omaha were organizing
''of course he got Ehat he wanted. q
small amount and went away. Sometime
afterwards l learned that this colored mar
CAV a champagne party. and at the ex'
pense OF those who had contributed.
I did not reprimand him for the actor
when he appeared in my office for an
other donation, but gave him another q
In less than six weeks he was back an.
I gave him another g. for a very worthy
enterprise. But this time I attached I
string 70 my donation. I told him that
ala not want to zee him again for q pear
sixty days went by. Ny eoiored f1ent
appeared on the scene one bright morning
| and ! Was aStonlshed
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

Consider the gas man.
Some idea of the character and motives
Of the men who sell gas TO something like
$1,000 consumers In Nebraska, Iowa and
South Dakota. was gained from the meet
ing OF the Iowa District Gas association
IN Omaha during the week.
Much abused, but pushing ahead; threat
ensd with adverse legislation. but expend-
ing more money; compelled TO hear con-
slant complaints. yet never complaining.
paying from ? to 4 per cent Of gross earn
ings into city treasures, but stl payinl
stockholders dividends; accused Of having
tricky meters. yet always conscious tina
the machines which reach sometimes 10 th'
bottom Of consumers ~pocketbOoks, are al
true as the milkman's quart measure; tbs
easy mark for al charitable institutions