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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26
DOWN TO BUSINESS

The Republican general assembly
refused to give Governor Harmon
the money with which to prosecute
an inquiry into the manner of doing
business in the various rapital depart
ments and the state Institutions.
Now the governor proposes to have
a look anyway and he Is the man
who is going to conduct an inyesti-
cation all on his own heck. He is
planning a trip by auto. along the
canals OF the state, he is going TO
make a visit to all Of the state in
stitutions and pry into the way
things are being run and then he
proposes to drop into the various
state offices and see what is going
en- there. 1t is probable that some
of the state officials will endeaNor
to bar their doors to him, claiming
that the governor has no right to
know what is going on. The heads
Of the state institutions may have
MIN thrown from the grounds for
trespassing upon lands which be-
long TO them personally, but just
the same the governor is going to
have look, whether the officials,
head OF institutions and members oi
tine legislature like it or not.
Governor Harmon has some ideas
CT his own as TO what constitute
the duties OF a governor. He be-
lieves that the governor should know
what is going on in all of the de-
partments of the government and he
does not propose to be held respon.
sible for conditions about which he
knows nothing. This is the kind oI
an administration the people want
They have been given a silk hat
and Prince Albert coat administra.
ton long enough Ohio needs a
goveror who is ready 10 roll up hii
sleeves and go to work, sort oi
rough and ready governor II yor
please, aud she now has one OF thai
sort, a man who is not afraid to
work and let the people know wha
he Is doing.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26
Receivers Notice

The Marion Daily Mirror has passed
into the hands Of a receiver. Under
the receivership, which is only TEN
porary, the management and office
force Will continue the same as In
the past.
Any one wishing tu transact busi-
ness with the Publishing company
will do SO, as usual, with its manager
OF editor.
Bills against the company should
be proven and handed to the receiver.
Those indebted to the company will
please pay at the Mirror office.
]. w. JACOBY, Receiver.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

about a year ago, attempted suicide
by cutting an artery in her wrist.
This rumor seems TO come from an
authentic source.
What is puazlinIg the police .mosS
is why Mrs. Culbertson should at
tempt suicide IL she did such
thing. SO far as can be learned
she was happy with her husband.
The couple seems to have been de-
voted and Mr.. Culbertson Is almost
overcome with grief at his wife's
death The family can advance no
reason why she should have killed
herself and say that she was noe
despondemt at any time.
The husband OF the dead woman
and the members of his family In
sist that Mrs. Culbertson was muir
dered They point out that a deep
bruise ON her hip and bruises on
her arm exposing fingerprints,' are
lconclusicve proof that she has a
desperate struggle with her assail-
ants. They say they have carefully
and minutely followed the actios
of Mrs. Culbertson from the time
/ she left the house Of Joseph Brat
zleton, her fatlfer-in-law, with
whom she lived, until she was found
Unconscious in a shed in the rear
of the house.
| She had been pressing clothing I'm
the kitchen. Mr. Brazleton and his
wife were In a front living room.
They did not hear her go out the
hack kitchen door into the yard.
Ne1ghbors living on either side OF
the Brazeltons we're attracted to the
shed by hearing groans. They found
her lying in the shed almost un-
conscious Whisky was administered
Ito her and she revived long enough
to exclaim "a man and a woman
Idragged ME out of the closet and
forced me to swallow something.
Her husband, Russell Culbertson,
arriving last evening from Law
irenceville, H.. where he was en-
lployed, sat by his dying wlfe's
bedside all night entreating her to
speak, but she did not regain con-
scousness again.
The Culbertsons were married last
January. Mrs. Culbertson formerly
was Jessie oveuton and came here
from Texas seven years ago as n
trained nurse Last Monday when
Mrs. Culbertson went to the nail-'
road station TO buy a. ticket for
Lawrenceville, H., where she vislted
her husband, she discovered she
was being watched by heavy set
man OF middle aIge who hurried TO a
telephone as soon as he learned
her destination. Members OF the
Brazleton family say they knew the
house was being watched and that
they notified the police and took
every care not TO leave Mrs. Gull
lbertson alone.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

streets. These two thoroughfares
are in most deplogable condition.
One thing is certain, the condition
is mot going to improve unless
som ething is done and the sooner
the repairs are made, the less will
sbe the expense. II was pointed out
to the city officials by the Mirror,
sor De moths ago that these streets,
par uculal1y Church street, were in
p oor dcnditiowaand that unless re-
pains we're madeN promptly tbe e&-
pen Sc would be greatly increased
This condition has come about The
holes in the Asnhalt have @idened
and deepened during the winter
motvths ? and where Nne yard Of
pate hin4 was necessary last fall, it
will now require the nine.
ID is true that the finaces of the
city are in no condition to warrant
street Improvements hut If some
thtnlg is not done promptly, Church
and Prospect streets will soon need
resurfacing the whole length of the
asphait paving and It would seem the
part of good business for the
council to make the expenditure, in
order TO save ten times the cost in
only very few years.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

Californians are hooting at an
American girl who has announced
her approaching marriage TO a Jap.
The twp have left California for
Oregon, where it Is said they will
marry. but from Oregon comes the
announcement that the laws of that
state will not permit license being
issued TO an American aud an ORR
entail This tangle should cause
some international complications
and revive the talk OF war with
Japan.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26
NINETY AND NINE
STITCHES NEEDED

There Is an old saw, "a stitch in
time saves nine II might in most
instances be dpntinued with propri-
ETY. 10 say that nine stitches when
they are needed will save ninety and
nine and so on, ad inhnitum The
point OF the ninety and nine has
been reached with two of the asphalt
streets 6 the city.
The city officials are Just now en-
gagged in discussion of how to
repair Church and South Prospect
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26
NOW BELIEVED
unntinned from Paee one.

should be thrown upon another
woman who, she knew, had been
her husbands sweetheart before her
own marriage with MIN.
This woman the police have tried
to find. They were informed that
she was in Paris, Ky, but a tele-
phone message FROM there said she
gave up her position about three
months ago and left. The trail was
lost here and until a new one can
he found. the authorities are at a
loss as to how to proceed She
left here more than year ago
after threatening TO kill herself, un.'
less Culbertson married her and
since then has not been heard from
so far as can be learned.
Mrs. Edna Culbertson, sister
in-law to the dead girl, informed
the police that she believed she
saw the woman on the street Sun
day night but II was at some dis
tance and she MAS not positive.
While the relatives of Culbertsoii
as well as himself express them
selves strongly Of believing this
woman is connected with his wife's
death II Is scarcely possible that
she coold have come into the city
and remained a week without being
recognized. She resided here for
more than a year, was a regular at
teudant at the ball games and
other places of amusement and be-
cause of her beauty was known
to hundreds of people
There are two ciews which the
police are working on, which, II
they can be carried out, will throw
some light on the mystery. One OF
these is the little plaster paris skull
and crossbones which was found
near the body OF the woman when
she was discovered lying in the
shed 1t is believed they will he
able to locate the palce where this
was secured, and It is hinted that
it will be shown that this had been
IN the possession OF Mrs. CulbeIt-
son for some t'me. Should this be
true, Il will almost establish the
suicide theory to be the read one
The. other clew Is the carboliC
acid bottle which was found last
evening. This bottle contained 2
label different from that used by
local druvgists ami the bottle wa;
taken to Lawrenceville. ILL.,, to ascer'
tain whether 1t was purchased there
Mrs. Culbertson visited Lawrence
viie last Monday and 1t ds said Q
lsbel such as was on the bottle u
used by a druggist in that city. The
police are also endeavoring to trac,
down report that Mrs. Culbertsor
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26
Scissors and Paste

Much has been said in Republican
circles about the sending of a mes
sage to the legislature by Governor
Harmon shortly before adjournment
the governor again calling the at
ltention OF the lawmakers to the fact
that no taxation legislation had So
far resulted from the session ana
the necessity of such should be ap-
parent One statesman was much
aroused over the message declaring
| that the governor was playing poll
tics and that assertion has found its
way into print in Republican pa
pens which have taken 1t up. There
might have been some excuse for
such remark had the governor not
repeatedly called the attention of
the legislators to conditions thas
needed attention. If there were pol,
itics about the case the Republicans
were the fellows engaged in the
game and caught at 1t. They made
appropriations beyond the revenues
Of the state and Hailed TO make
m)vision, indeed they refused to do
anything. They could see the Har-
mon administration struggling along
70 meet obligations imposed by q
IRepublican legislature but without
the means to meet them. The action
oT the Legislature was in accord
with the purpose evident early iIi
the session to stop at nothing that
might embaTass the Harmon admin
istraticn. The responsibility fen
failure to perform duty was plac-
81 -''e~e 1t rightsullv belonged
YOUNGSTOWN Vim. E ter.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26
March 26 In History.

1s13-AGeneral Thomas West Sherman,
noted Federal soldier, born; died
1879.
1872 Earthquake in California; shocks
continued several days.
Commander Veruey Lovett Cam
eron. the noted African traveller,
died; born 1874.
1S9S-James Payn, the English novel
list, died; born 1890,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

Down in kentucky, they now pro-
pose to use the militia fw the col
lection OF taxes. With the night
riders resuming activities and the
time for paying taxes near at hand,
belonging to the Kentucky guards
will not be like reposing on flowery
beds of ease.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

1t is said that steerage passengers
aboard the Hamburg are unable to
tell whether that humping noise is
the pounding OF the engines or Ted
dy punching the bag in the gymna-
sium.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

Champ Clark declares that the
Payne bill will inrease the tarih
rates instead OF reducing them. Well,
it is a Republican measure and the
Republicans have already increased
rather than lowered the rates
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

although Kermit qualified for the
presidency when he equaled the rifle
score of his father, he has since dis
qualified himself by getting sea sick
during his trip across the pond.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

"a plan is on foot TO change All
Flools Day TO optimists Day and
instead OF each man trying TO play
practical jokes on that day. devote
his time TO doing something good.
Well, the change would certainly
be acceptable to all save the per.
petual jokers.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

There is no longer any doubt
about Oklahoma being qualified for
statehood. Already she has had a
brace of race wars and dozen or
so lynchngs.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26
GIVEN A
HEAVY FINE
John Fosnaught Must Pay
$3.50 Fine or Serve Time.
8 BOTTLES OF WHISKEY
Sold by Defendant Proves
Very Costly to Him.
Authorities Determined to Break up
Bootlegging by Assessing Heavy
Fines Police News.

1t cost John Fosnaught exactly
$3.50 to sell three bottles OF whiskey
In this city last Monday. In case
that he fails to puy the fine, 1t
will cost even more severely, as he
will be compelled to work IL out
In the Columbus work house at the
rate of sixty cents per day
Fcrnaught was arrested Wednes
day on an affldavit filed by John
Stone. He was charged with SELL
ing liquor to three different person..
M. H. Brown was the principal wit
ness for the prosecution.
Fosnarght was given trial In may
or's court Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock. The evidence was strong
against him and the case was pure
ly one sided. The state produced
three witnesses who swore that
Fosnaught had sold liquor to them
The defense attempted to prove an
alibi by producing three witnesses
who swore that FosinauIght was al
iancther place at the time the
| liquor was sold.
A short time after the trial
FIosnauqht admitted 90 the. chief oi
police that he had been bootleg
ging. 81 sold on a commission
| for a Gallon house." he declared
''There was good money In 1t and
had to support my family in some
manner" he concluded. He would
mot give up the name Of the Gallon
firm He declared that the Calico
house makes a business Of selling
in dry counties and has commission
agents in nearly all the surroundinl
dry towns. Mayor Scherff reserved
his decision Thursday afternoon un.
ill O'Clock Friday morning,
"A lecture preceded the mayors
sentence. "We intend to put 2
stop to this bootlegging: you were
old enough to know better; yo.
had no right to take such a rlsE
when you are married and have {
family OF children dependent upor
you, emphatically remarked Mayor
Scherff TO the prisoner .Fosnaugh
never flinched until Mayor Scherf
hurled the $3.50 fine at him and
he found the work house starins
him in the face
| = hS pOllcc are BIohl9y encouraged
over the arrest and conviction o
! Fosnaught. Already the Officers
have disclosed other cases OF boot
Logging and it will only require
watehirY and little time to lgair
the necessary evidence. T'If thes
fellows persist in booHegglng, the,
will have 10 pay the price. Thl
city needs the money and the Unit
cd States revenue collectors are n
the same circumstances" said tn,
Mayor Friday. The police believl
that It Is possible for a baOtlegge
to coDeeaa his lawlessness TO Il Ger
tain extent. but not to the exten
that he will not in time be fount
out Other arrests win follow
soon, et14
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

"a Kansas city expert is 10 visit
Hamilton to plan very extensive
improvements for the parks of that
city. Here is tip for the Marion
city council il 1t proposes adding
to the beauty Of Marions parks
this summer, while the treasury is
yet depleted.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

Former President Castro is said
To be en- his way back 20 Venezuela.
And Just to think, peace was re-
stored in that neck of the woods only
last week
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

1T develops now that the oil
trust has been taken care of in
the Payne bill Let us wait
few days and see If the other big
combines which were backing the
Republican campaign Last fall have
not been iust as faithfully cared
for
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

Cincinnati's new prosecutor has
started his crusade against alleged
srafters and 1t is made very appar-
ent why the machine leaders we're
so anxious 10 cause his defeat last
lall.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26
AsrRoNoMlcAL EvEMrs.

Sun sets 6:14, rises b:4S; moon sets
1915 a. M; p. m, planets Mars and
Uranus in conjunction passing each
other; sis a. m, moon a. greatest IL
bration west.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription

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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

iBlake's sweet peas and nasturtim
seed Is the best ever. Plant them
now. 3-26-4t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26
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No DR.
unqualified each of its ged
soil Of
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

sAwbony Kelly, one OF the most
familiar characters OF the old f'wetr
days, in police court was arrested
Thursday evening atv,7 o'clock on
north Main street Officers Thomp-
son and Wilhelm led the old man
10 the city prison Twenty
dollars was found on the prisoner
aud he was able to gain ms release
Friday morning by paying $5 the
usual fine for intoxication.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

The Republican legislature did
everything possible to embarrass
Governor Harmon The state funds
will be exhausted and then the Re
publicans will blame an empty
treasury upon the Democratic gov
.ernor Governor Harmon called the
attention OF the Legislature to this
fact several times, but that body
ignored him. In the closing days
of the session the governor sent a
message 10 the Legislature urging
that something must be done to
relieve the situation. The legisla-
tuue made' big appropriations, ate
up the state funds, and made no
provisions to replenish the treas
ury When the next state election
comes around the Republicans will
claim a Democratic administration
Is responsible The tax payers are
not so apt to be fooled as they were
years ago and they will give Har-
mon a larger vote than he received
last fall.-Champaign Democrat.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

Millions use Gold Medal Flour.
LUcRETIA.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

In attempting to criticize Cover
nor Harmon, Senator Clevenger ac-
cused him of playing politics in his
special message ON taxation, and he
Furthermore charged that the in
sistence of Democrats on taxation
and other pressing reforms was ami
mated more by an itch for Office
than by zeal for the public welfare.
This assertion OF our senator Is
highly amusing to the people OF
Clinton county, who will recall that
It is only about four years since
Senator Clevenger himself was a
Democrat with an itching palm that
led him first in the Republican
party and then TO the Ohio senate.
The senator made his entry to the
Republican party from the Democ-
ratio clerkship of the election board
at a time when 1t was the last
office in sight Of the Democratic
party Of clinton county ty-Wilming-
ton Democrat
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-26

The welcome news comes that
Governor Harmon is probing the
canal MANAGEMENT OF the state
Ohio's canal system has been one OF
graft and aObbery for the past thir-
ty years Governor Harmon will
have performed a lasting service to
the state when me exposes the sys-
tenn. Mansfield Shield.
The Ohio legislature has blocked
all reform legislation, stopped hon
est probes and goes into history as
the most partisan legislature on
record. .-Ashtabula Standard.
While the people OF Ohio are
clamoring for n reduction in taxa
tion, the legislature concluded that
there were no pressing demands for
changing existing methods. The peo-
pie will have something TO say
about this matter IN year from
now C0shoctOn Times
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02

We are told that there was a
meeting of treasury officials at
Washington few days ago called
to consider the matter of placing
deposits in national banks of the
west to aid in moving the crop,
and it was decided that the condi-
tion of the U. s. treasury would
not permit the government to give
this assistance. About the same
time there was a meeting of thirty
members of the South Dakota
State Bankers association held at
Aberdeen, called for the same pur-
pose. At this meeting it was de-
cided that it would not be necessa-
ry to draw on eastern repositories
for money to move the crops. In
fact the bankers went farther and
resolved that it would be necessary
for the bankers to reduce the rate
of interest paid on time deposits
as the deposits are so large that
the bankers can not invest it to
advantage.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-02

| Mark Sullivan in Golfers, gives
q tabulated list of the votes cast
by each senator on the tariff sched-
ules. The list is scheduled under
three heads 'svoted against Aid
rich;" voted with Aldrich;" .snot
voting" Sen. LaFollette leads in
the opposition, voting against LOG
times, with Is times and not vot-
ing 5. Crawford voted against 50,
with 70, not voting Z. Gamble
against 80, with 80, not voting Is.
Cummins Of Iowa against 80, with
| 81, not voting 8. Sen. Smoot of
Utah cast 129 straight votes with
Aldrich and his colleague III with
not voting IL. Golfers asks "How
can two senators who represent the
state of Utah justify their voting
with the senator from Rhode Is
land 2" Editor Bowen of the HUI
ronlte, answers this question thus:
The Mormon hierarchy made q
trade with the Aldrich forces thru
which Smoot was permitted 10 re-
tain his seat in the senate, though
the senate committee on privileges
and elections reported in favor of
his expulsion. In return, the Nor
mon church is pledged to cause it's
senators to do whatever the senate
machine wants them to do and to
influence the senators from the
other Mormon states to the extent
of It's power
We are not disposed to question
Editor Bowen's explanation, as we
know nothing OF the matter, but it
is significant that Sen, Kittredge
opposed the seating of Smoot while
Sen. Gamble favored it and con-
graduated him on his victory. If
Mr.. Bowen is right then Sen. Kitt-
redge was not a party to this SEN
ate machine, while Sen. Gamble,
the "reformer," was identified with
it. Another thought is suggested
by this tabulated list. If to vote
with Aldrich is an offense how is
Sen. LaFollette to explain his Is
Y -, - . /
sins, or Sen. Cummins his 81 sins ?