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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08
STEALS FOR
] CUP|D'S SAKE
Shoplifter Says Husbands
Love was Waning Be-
cause She Had no
Fine Clothes.

New York, June S.-Charged with
vagrancy, handsomely dressed wom-
an about twenty-six years old, was
taken to the Adams street police
court, Brooklyn, yesterday, for ar
raignment, following her arrest in a
Fulton street department store by
Miss Grace Berg, a store detertive,
who alleged that the woman was
caught while taking articles and con-
cealing them in her shopping bag.
Strikingly pretty, with stylish
picture hat, and wearing fashion
ably cut tailor made suit Uf dark ma
terial, the woman, who took her ar
rest calmly, was something of a
puzzle to the police. She said her
name was Mary Overton and that she
came to Brooklyn from Madison, N.
j., but would not say whether her
home was there.
Miss Berg, the store detective, told
the police that the woman had told
her she was to nave been married
today and that she had intimated
that she was taking the articles found
in her possession din order to be
better prepared for her new condi-
ton in life. ~ 5nN
Later 1t developed that the woman
was Mary ID. Gill, or Brooklyn.
Mrs. Gill told the detectives that
her husband, to whom she had been
married about a year, had Ill success
in business and could not afford 20
buy her good clothes. She said he
had not paid much attention 10 her
lately and to regain his affections
she determined to get stylish clothes.
Magistrate Dooley in the Adams
street court, held Mrs. Gill in $500
bail for examination tomorrow.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08
BUSINESS AND LEGISLATION

James j. Hill, head of the Great
Northern railway and one of the
leaders of opinion in the business
world, says that II congress would
only adjourn for four or five years
and not only leave the tariff but 9TH
er matters alone, the rountry would
make splendid progress IN the nat
ural lines resultant from prosperity.
Still, II is true, that much OF the
remedial legislation of congress and
state legislatures seems to hurt more
people than It helps. Some political
economists maintain that business
would regulate itself through the op-
GRAFTON of natural causes, II legisla.
tive bodies were far less numerous
and active than they are at present.
In fact, reliance upon natural laws
instead of upon legislation is one
of the distinctiFe tenets of quite a
large class OF political theorists.
In practice, all law-maldng bodies
are always passing new ats and re-
pealing old ones. 1t Is discovered
by experience that law is obsolete
or harmful and there is demand
for its repeal. But 1t is seldom that
simple repeal satisfies Legislators. To
legislate is their trade, and they are
impelled by an inward .ecessity to
make some new laws 70 take the
place Of the ones they have abrogated.
There must always be plenty Of law,
they think, or else the world would
go to the dogs. II would seem that
the dogs nave always been on the
every point of getting the world, but
fortunately 1t has been saved from
their muzzles and paws IN the crit
zeal nick OF time by the wisdom ana
foresight of our lawmakers. Our
own beloved country is always on the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08
III, TEDDY
HERE QUICK
Clark County Hears Cries
Which May Come From
a White Rhinoceros

Springfield, o., June S--A strange
animal that has a cry like human
in distress is terrifying the jnhabI.
tants of THE Knobs" the widest
district in Clark county, lying a rew
miles southwest Of Catawba.
SO far no one has been able to
catch sight of it, though reliable So
ber farmers declare that there is
some animal living in the brush and
woods of the hills that never made
that vicinity its home before last
month.
One night this week while return
ing to their home through The
Knobs" Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Loveless
heard the plaintive cries of what they
thought a human being, apparently
the voice of woman. Mr. Loveless
investigated, after going to his home
near by and getting his gun. He
could plainly hear the wierd cries OF
the creature until within a few rods
Of 1t, closer than which 1t woud not
allow him to approach.
He pursued it until 1t broke and
ran through the brush. breaking II
down so its progress could be plainly
traced by the noise. Mr.. Loveless
wife became frightened and called to
him from the house, 90 he ceased
his pursuit.
+ Several times since Mr.. Loveless
and other farmers have heard the
cries OF the animal in the night but
so far 1t has not veptured near
enough for them to get an idea OF
its form.
Some think 1t must be panther
that has escaped from some circus
while others think 1t may be largs
dog, grown wild IN the hills which
has learned to howl like a human
but most of the people think 1t must
be human who has lost his reason
and is now wandering in the wild
country, becoming startled at the
sound OF other human voices.
Mr.. Loveless owns farm neal
THE Knobs" and has lived there
for years, and never before has he
heard any strange sounds coming
from the thicket.
The place known as THE Knobs
is the widest in the country. It IL
too hilly and the ground is of toc
poor a quality to farm, so acres and
acres of 1t have lain for years un.
cared for. 1t is one of the best
places In the country to hunt gam,
and sportsmen are well acquainted
with the locality.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08
SON TELLS OF
MOTHERS WORK
Rev. c E. Stowe Tells How
His Mother Came 10
Write Her Famous
Book.

New York, June S.-The Rov. DR..
Charles Edward Stowe related to q
large number of wealthy members OF
the Chup h of the Ascension last
night, how his mother came to write
Uncle Toms Cabin and when he
concluded by saying that Mrs. Stoves
principal object in writing the book
was to obtain sufficient money to
found Negro educational institu.
ton, in which she mad failed, the
members of this Fifth avenue church
agreed to start fund to carry out
her project.
My mother had always been Deep
ly Affected by the stories OF Negro
women slaves being separated from
their babies by auction sales and 9TH
erwise, and one day in church, the
story of Uncle Toms Cabin came
to her as vis,on," said DR.. Stowe.
',After church she came home and
wrote feverlshly for several hours
until she had finished tnat best
known chapter, the death of Uncle
Tom.
Then she called her six children
around her until they cried as mW
as she did. Others read 1t and cried
and then her friends insisted that she
should finish the story.
My mother made little money out
of Uncle Toms Cabin She received
nothing for the foreign rights or foi
the decentralization. She mad hoped
to make enough to start school for
Negroes, but the income was not suf-
ficient."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08
DISGUISED
AS A MAN
Negro Woman is Suspected
of Aiding in Torturing /,
Aged Lady.

Somerset, Pa, June S-Two ar
rests were made in connection with
the torture and robbery of Mrs. Min.
ME Ashe, aged 80; her daughter, Mrs
Mary Ober, and the latter's daughter
Miss Annie Ober, at their home In
Jenner township. Informations were
made before Justice Rufus Rauch OF
Jennertown against Isaac Ellis, ne.
gro miner In Jeaner township, his
wife and three Italians. Mrs. Ellis
and one Italian are in the lookup al
Boswell and posse is searching fol
Ellis and the two other foreigners
When Constable John Judy went tc
Ellis home he found the negro in
front OF the house. A crowd OF min
ers gathered and when Judy ordered
several OF the bystanders to help him
arrest Ellis they refused, and believ-
ing sympathy was with the negro
Judy decideu not to attempt force
Ellis quickly disappeared.
Mrs. Ellis was arrested on the
strength of Miss Ober's assertion
that one OF the five who tortured
the three women by holding burning
candles to their bare feet was a
woman disguised as man. Miss
ober says that this person wore a
derby hat, which fell off once, dis
closing hair dressed as woman's.
"A hat and clothing found in the Ellis
house were identified by Miss Ober as
similar to those worn by this per-
son. 49,
In the Ellis home a group photo
graph was found of the negro, his
wife and three Italians. Suspicion
at once fell upon these foreigners as
the ones who completed the quintet
Constable Edward Arisman and Coal
and Iron Policeman John C. Bent
ley arrested one OF the Italians. He
was taken to the Ober home, and
Miss Annie Ober said sne recognized
him. Bentley and Arisman headed !,
posse OF Jenner Township citizens,
who started out last evening to scour
the countryside for Ellis and the two
Italians. All the robbers wore masks
when they entered the Ober home
Aged Mrs Ashe is suffering severe.
" from shock but she is expected to
recover.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08

Wellington, o., June ~s--rast week
the seniors painted their colora, green
and white, on an iron railing and the
pump at the schoolhouse. Last night
some of the junior boys tarred the
same place and covered them with
feathers. Back Hand legends. be
ware, seniors" adorned the sidewalks
s At meeting of the board OF edu-
cation last night two of the young
men who were in the tar and feath-
er episode were Internationally ex-
PEELED, and the evidence in the pos-
session of the board. win be placed at
the disposal OF thescity solicitor. who
will probably take action. Others
will be expelled as fast as conclusive
evidence can be secured. (
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08
BROTHER WILL FIGHT FOR
FREEDOM OF MRS. BOYLE

Pittsburg. Pa, June SIT Is said
that William r. McDermott Of Chi.
caso- brother Of Mrs. Helen Boyle,
now serving twenty-five years In the
penitentiary for compIrcity in the alb
duction OF BiflyTwhitla OF Sharon,
Pa, arrived here today to dettde on
what course is the best to adopt in
the effort to secure freedom for his
sister.
A transcript OF the court proceed
ings at Mercer, Pa. IS being obtain
ed, but whether an appeal to the SUI
perior court or haibeas corpus proceed
ings In the United States court, will
be the better plan has not yet been
decided.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08

may be man who was seduced by
a pass to the grand stand.
The condemnation of rum and Sun
day amusements has now been follow
ed by that Of tobacco, but the smok-
ers are SO numerous and so infiuen-
tial in both church and state that
they are sure to make a great fight
for the retention of their habit. A
reasonable opinion about tobacco can
not be formed, they say, without bear
ing in mind that II produces, accord
ing to circumstances, one of two en-
tirely distinct and even opposite class
es of effects. In certain states of the
body 1t acts as stimulant, in other
states as a narcotic. People who have
moderate smoking acts as a pleasant
stimulus upon the brain, whilst It
produces a temporary lassitude OF
the muscular system, not per-
ceptible in the times OF
rest, but an Appreciable hlndrance ir
times OF muscular exertion. 1t is
better, therefore for men who feel
these effects from tobacco to avoid
1t when they are in exercise, and to
use 1t only when the body rests and
the mind labors. Pray remember,
however, that this is the experience
Of an exceedingly moderate smoker
who has not yet got himself into the
general condition Of body brought
on by larger indulgence in tobacco.
On the other hand, it is evident that
men engaged in physical labor need
a muscular stimulus in occasional
smoking and not a temporary lassi-
tune. 1t Is probable that the effect
varies with Individual cases, and is
never precisely what our own experi-
ence would lead us to imagine. For
excessive smokers, 1t appears to be
a dislike to smoking affirm that it
stupefes, but this assertion, at least
so far as temporary consequences are
concerned, is not supported by ex-
perience. my own experience"
says Philip Gilbert Hamerton in
The Intellectual Life" is that very
little more than the tranquilizing
of continual craving. have never
been able to ascertain that moderate
smoking diminished intellectual force
but / have observed in excessive
smokers a decided weakening OF the
will, and preference for talking
about work to the effort of actual
labor. The opinions of medical men
on this subject are so much at var
lance that their science only adds to
our uncertainty. One doctor tells
me that the most moderate smoking
is unquestionably injurious, whilst
others affirm that it is innocent.
Speaking simply from self-observation
find that in my own case tea and
coffee are far more perilous than
tobacco"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08
TWO KILLED AND HERRR
INJURED By AUTOMOBILES

Detroit, Mich, June 8--Two men
dead and two women and one child
injured, is the heavy ton that auto
mobiles took in Detroit between Sat
urday noon and Monday morning.
An unidentified man was killed late
last night by a taxicab on Jefferson
avenue. John Noonan, a warehouse
foreman, died in a hospital from in-
jurics received when he stepped In
front OF an automobile truck Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs Sarah Osborn, Mrs. Francis
Janisse and Florence Mari, sfx-year
old girl from london, Ont, we're all
seriously injured by the machine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08

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The great dl1ficuity that legislators
nave 10 encounter IN deaiing WIN
business is tneir own inaoilty 70 iore-
cast the deveiopments OF trade ana
commerce. Ihe future cannot DC
ioreseen ana what is wise ana pruoeh'
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a year or two' BUSINESS makes It's
own laws ana tney seiuom ooiio"
'he lines iaiu uowh py iesisiators'
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imposslple 10 make one on tne pro
tectfVe kind' that does not reaily
heed re'lsion IN couple ioi years :
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wnich would follow such frequent re-
VISIONS "ouiu DC "vrse tnan tne e'i's
"h'cn might De removed OF lesseneu :
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crate amount Oh roooery rather than
nave their ahairs thrown INTO con-
iusion ior SIX months OF year
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revision OF aoing the Joo ana there
Is never any certainty ina conuitiohs
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WEST was gwen 10 unuers'anu tna'
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08
A NEW MORAL ISSUE

Declaring that the general assembly
OF the Presbyterian church was vast
ing time in its anti-smoking resolu-
ton, the Rev. DIR. A. b. Meldrum, OF
the Old stone church, Cleveland,
Ohio, said couple OF days ago: I'll
smoke and Ill not give it up. Such
actions do more harm than good.
The use OF tobacco is a matter or
lndiyidua cor science. More importan.
Questions before the Presbyterlans
have been delayed because time
was taken in discussing this resolu.
ton. The action taken by the as
sembly does not necessarily affect the
different churches, and | will not
bring the matter before my congre-
cation. The members are entitled to
their own opinion in matters OF this
Kind. 1t is no sin to smoke. use
tobacco and will continue to do So"
We can sympathize with DR.. Mel
drum who is placed in the difficult
position OF having to choose between
his pipe and his piety, but we can
not accept his dictum that it is not
a sin to smoke. He might as we'll say
that 1t is not sin to drink beer or
rum. There was a time when min
listers Of the gospel drank much New
England rum and didn't know it was
a sin. They took 1t as safeguard
against the severe climate OF the
states on the North Atlantic sea-
board and believed it was hygienic,
prophylactic and consolatory in sea-
sons OF affliction when other temporal
and spiritual blessings had been
withheld. And yet we know now
that they were morally wrong
Many Of the churches did not dis
cover until quite recently that 1t is a
sin to smoke, and some OF them, as
a matter Of fact, have not found it
out to this day. But DR.. Meldrum,
should not defy the general assembly
of his church, which has only been
obeying a deep-seated American
characteristic in increasing the num-
ber Of sins. The number OF things
rohibited by statutory and ecclesias-
tical laws in this country I'LL the
people Of other nations with sur
prise and administration. Every year
We stretch the realms OF wrong
doing over a new area OF human life
and we have the longest list OF for
hidden things that can be found in
any civilized country. Our ethically
gifted legislators seldom get away
from a state capitol without material
ly increasing the number OF prohi-
billions that make American law the
envy of the world. 1t is true that
we do not obey more than about
half OF our laws. but we like to have
them on the books. They come handy
when one wants to go before the
grand jury and indict an enemy.
Why are the American people SO
GOOD? 1t is hard to tell, but prob
ably we owe II to the number OF our
leagues and societies that have
picked out particular vices for cor
rection. From 'rBwana Tumbo" in
far on Africa. who is accused OF hav +.
ing fled TO the dark continent to-
smoke cigarettes, down, or up, to the
Rev G. +. Cunningham of Little Rock
Arkansas, who publicly advocated
Sunday baseball, everybody that
breaks loose gets his deserts. Four OF
the most aggressive pulpits in Little
hock assailed Mr.. Cunningham last
Sunday. and although we may have
not had the pleasure OF reading the
sermons delivered against him wei
have no doubt that he was shown
" bs . wolf in sleeps clothing He|
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08
VEHICLE TAX APPLIRs d
ONLY 10 CITY RESIDENTS

Columbus, o., June S.-The SUI
preme court today held in the case
OF the Columbus vehicle tax ordi-
nance that the city cannot compel
farmers and others living outside the
municipality, but who use the streets
for pleasure or business. 10 pay the
Wehi,le tar. n I
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1909.
June 5 In American History.

1soe-George wythe, "signer' and for
20 years chancellor of Virginia,
died at Richmond; born 1726.
1S45-Andrew Jackson. president In
1s29-37. died at The Hermitage,
near Nashville; born 1767.
1900 - Missionaries In China cabled
President Mckinley to send pro-
81 lection against the Chinese anti
foreign element.
1907-AJulia Magruder, American novel;
list, died In Richmond, Va; born
1854.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Sun sets 7:25, rises t:24; moon rises
II :43 p. m.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08

DR.. Shannon of Edinburgh recently
stated that out of the 1000 city child
rem under three years OF age examin-
ed by him, 647 bad tuberculosis IN
some form.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08

New York has 10000 stenograph-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
PARTY HUNTS WILD CATTLE.
Sportsmen Go in Quest of Herd Ranging
Free Over Wide Territory

For the last several days a hunt for
wild cattle has been in progress within
ten miles of Fayetteville, says the Fay
etteville On. e. Observer. \ number of
years ago Maj. j. Il. Bradford turned
several cows loose on a stretch of land
he owns between Carver's creek and
Cross creek.
There they have been ever since, mul-
tiplying and growing wilder with each
generation, until now the herd numbers
fully a hundred, as wild as zebras. These
animals ranged for distance of seven
miles between two creeks and along
their banks ten or twelve miles
Finding ii almost impossible to catch
any of them and hearing that several
parties were hunting them with rifles,
Maj. Broadfoot decided to take a hand
in the matter himself and enlisted the
services of J. a. Radcliffe. crack rifle
shot. SO for the last several days, ac-
companied by a pilot, man in the
neighbOrhO0d who knows the wild cattle
and their range, Mr.. Radcliffe has been
having real sport.
So far he has been able to get within
rifle shot of six of the animals and he
has brought them all TO the ground
One of them, great bull. after being
shot twice, made a dash for Mr. Rat
ciffe. nd it took several more bullets in
the head before the animal dropped at
the hunters feet. The pilot, Sam FL
lott, estimates the number of these wild
animals at 100, having himself seen as
many as seventy-ive different ones.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-08-20
OLD LANDMARK GONE.
Famous Tower on Blackstrap Gave Its
Name to Style of Molasses-

The blowing down of the famous old
tower on Biackstrap, an eminence near
Portland. 800 feet above sea level. re-
moves a landmark from that section.
says the kennebeck journal. For many
years now the structure had not been of
use except as a landmark. Time was
when it contained a good flight of stairs
and visitors could ascend to its wind
swept summit, but the stairways de-
cayed and became unsafe. Then the
shell Of the tower began dropping away.
and big sections of it fell. but some of
the stout timbers held together and part
of the building remained until the storm
of this week. 1t has gone now.
Blackstrap has long been noted spot
in the vicinity of Portland, and, more
than that, it has its place i'll the early
history of the country, for it was men
toned by Capt John Smith, the same
doughty warrior who figures in the story
of Pocahontas. He called it Schooter's
hill. Long years after. when the country
had been settled and the United States
had became great nation, Blackstrap
was known far and wide among the men
who drove over the old Gray road to and
from Portland, for somewhere on or
near its summit was a public house. the
keeper thereof being possessed of the
knowledge of the proportions in which
TO mix with great success good old New
England rum with rich and black mo-
laSses. a decociion which. tradition has
it. went by the name Of Blackstrap.
1t is said that so famous was the mix
ture that il gave its name to the region
round about. OF course, there are other
traditions as 20 the origin of the name