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The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-12
CALIFORNIA RACING
GETS FATAL BLOW
Walker Otis Anti Race Track
Gambling Bill.
VIOLATION OF ACT is A FELONY
Governor Gillett Will Sign Measure,
But Present Season of Racing in
State Will Not Be Affected by
Law.

Sacramento, Cal.-Racing in Cali
fornia received a fatal blow when the
Senate. by a vote of 33 to Z, passed
the Walker-Otis Anti-Race Track
Gambling bill, which prohibits pool
selling, bookmaking, or gambling on
horse races.
The bill had already passed the AS
sembly, and it will now go to the
Governor for his signature, after
after which it will become a law.
Governor Gillett his signified his in
tention to sign the measure, but he
will not take this action until thirty
days shall have elapsed. AS the bill
sixty days time in which to close
up their affairs. the present season
of racing at the Emeryville and Santa
Anita courses will not be disturbed.
The Walker-Otis Anti-Gambling
bill follows closely the text of the
bill which was passed by the Legisla-
ture of New York in extra session
last year. Violation of the measure
Is made a felony, the punishment for
which Is Imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary and a heavy fine.
The Senate galleries were packed
when Senator Walker, sponsor for the
bill, presented the measure for con-
s%ideration. He explained that it
would not prevent horse racing, and
would not injure the business of the
State iota. 1t was agreed by the
supporters of the bill that there
should be no doubt on the part of
those favorable to its passage.
Senator Wolfe, in a speech oppos-
ing the bill, said:
81 am against this bill because it
is unfair. You don't stop the hand
books by this measure, and if you
pass 1t and it becomes a law you will
stop racing in California. But they
will continue to race in Canada, Mex
leo, and every other State where
gambling on speed contests is per-
mitted. At the running of the Burns
Handicap at Emeryville over 5000
persons witnessed the contest. They
did not all bet. They loved to be
there-it made their blood run freer
to see that noble contest"
Wolfe closed with an eloquent plea
to his fellow-Senators to vote against
the bill on the ground that it would
kill the breeding industry of the State
and result in a loss of millions of dol
lars annually.
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Mrs. Eversz Leaves Husband.
Chicago. - Mrs. Ruth May Swift
Eversz, daughter of Gustavus F,
Swift, deceased millionaire packer,
has separated from her husband,
Ernest Hammond-Eversz, taking her
four-year-old daughter Barbara.
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BY CABLE.
Roosevelt Declines Invitation.

Roosevelt Declines Invitation.
Geneva, Switzerland. - President
Roosevelt has declined an invitation
to attend the 400th anniversary of the
birth of John Calvin, to be observed
July 10, when a monument to the re-
former is to be unveiled.
U. S. Relief Ship at Naples.
Naples, Italy.-The American re-
lief steamer Celtic arrived here from
Catania. She had been aiding the
earthquake sufferers. The Mayor en-
tertained the officers with a reception.
q. S. Officers Banqueted.
Lima, Peru.-The officers of the
American Pacific squadron, anchored
in Callao harbor, were entertained at
a banquet in the palace by President
Leguia.
To Investigate Radium.
Heidelberg, Germany. - The Uni.
versity of Heidelberg has received a
donation of $32, 500 for the establish
ment of a branch to Investigate ra-
dunn.
Mrs. Nation Fined $3.50.
London.-Carrie Nation was fined
$3.50 for thrusting her umbrella
through a window of a car on the I'M
foreground railway upon which a Gig
arctic advertisement was pasted.
Castro Declared Cured.
Berlin.-Cipriano Castro, former
President of Venezuela, who went
under an operation a month ago, has
left the private sanitarium here, hav.
ing been declared cured.
A Liberal Crisis.
NEWCASTLE on Tyne. - Winston
Spencer Churchill, president OF the
Board of Trade, in a speech here said
that a general election already is on
the horizon and will not be improp-
erly retarded"
Fleet Leaves Gibraltar.
Gibraltar, Spain.-Admiral Sperry
presented the battle efficiency flag to
the battleship Vermont as the feet
left Gibraltar on it's voyage to Hamp-
ton Roads.
Tetradichm Brings $3.50.
London.-At the sale of coins col
lected by the late f. S. Benson. OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, a rare tetradichm. a
silver coin of ancient Greece, sold for
$2150. The competition was keen,
and a number of other coins brought
from 500 to $1,000.
American Ministers Transferred.
Bucharest. - Horace G.. Knowles,
the American Minister to Roumania,
took his departure. He a beer
transferred to Nicaragua. and will be
succeeded here by Spencer Eddy.
Louise Seeks Leopold's Love.
Berlin.-The Tageblatt say that
Princess Louise of Belgium, the cid
est daughter of King Leopold and
the divorced wife of Prince Philip OF
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, arrived in
Berlin incognita to seek the good
Offices of Emperor William in effect
ing a reconciliation with her father.
Historical Pictures For Maryland.
Paris. Jean Paul Laurens, tho
French artist, is painting four large
panels destined for the Court House
at Baltimore. Nd, portraying the
surrender OF Yorktown. They WILL
b exhibited It the next salon.
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Time Enough For Every Dutv

No man has any more duties to do
than he has time to do well. God as.
signs all duties, and all time, and ali
strength for the doing of duties; God
expects good work from all His chill
dren; and God expects more
than is reasonable. Therefore when
we think that we have not time
enough to do all our duties as well
as we ought, we are either wastfus
our time, or borrowing trouble. OF
trying to do what we ought to lei
alone. The ~honey-5ee has a heavy
burden of work to do, and only lin.
tied time to do it in: but ne gets II
done, and well done; and he gives No
evidence of worrying owe il. we
ought to do at least as welI.-Sun-
day-School Times.
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Smallpox Pens Ten in House.

Alarmed at the appearance OF
smallpox in the family of John
Brown, which consists of Brown, his
wife and three children, the health
authorities of Newton have placed a
guard in front of his house, and in4
sist that no members of the afflicted
family or of two other families living
in the same building shall leave the
premises. The guards have been prol
yided with a shanty and are keeping
watch day and night. Besides the
Brown family, the prisoners are Mr..
and Mrs. George Crawn and Mr.. and
Mrs. Uzal Lemin and their one child.
Brown was the only sufferer from the
disease.
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Chicago viii Stay "Wet."

Chicago.lChicago will be a "wet''
town for another veal at least. The
movement by "drys" to have a vote
in April on the exclusion Of saloons
has failed.
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NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
steal Meter. Kill Sleeper.

Murder will be the charge against
thieves who entered Robert Weir's
bakery at Asbury Park and caused
his death. Weir was sixty years old.
He slept in a off his bakery
with a big st. Bernard dog. Some
time after Weir went to sleep the
place was entered and the slot gas
meter was ripped out and carried
away for the sake Of the coins in it.
The thieves left the open end of the
pipe uncovered and the gas poured
out into the building under full head.
The police found Weir and the dog
dead when they entered the place.
The fact that the dog did not give an
alarm is taken to mean that he knew
the persons who entered the place.
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William Cloke Dead.

William Cloke, sixty-eight years
old, proprietor of the Trenton State
Gazette, and editor of the State Re-
ports, a position to which he was ap-
pointed by Governor Fort last fall,
died at his home in Trenton. Mr..
CIoke was stricken by apoplexy. He
was one of the best known newspaper
editors in New Jersey. He was born
in England and came to America
when eight years old.
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A Iiberal Crisis.
Tetradicbm Brings $3.50.

London.-At the sale of coins col
lected by the late F. S. Benson, OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, a rare tetradichm. a
silver coin of ancient Greece, sold for
$3.50. The competition was keen,
and a number of other coins brought
from 500 to $1,000.
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AGENTS to Furnish Supplies.

All station agents of the West Jer-
sey and Seashore Railroad we're noti-
fed that hereafter they must buy
their own supplies and must pay a
nominal rem of 81 a year for the
houses in which they live. 1t is said
that this order was given to conform
to the interstate law. Heretofore
station agents on this line have re-
ceived house rent free, also coal,
soap, oil and many other necessities.
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Death Takes Fourth Child.

The fourth child of John Reed died
of diphtheria after heroic efforts to
subdue the malady. The death made
the third of the children to be carried
off inside of thirty-six hours. The
baby was taken from it's home and
isolated, but Mrs. Reed, the mother,
who passed through a terrible exper-
fence, displayed symptoms of the dis
ease.
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G H INDIANS.
A Mexican Soldier and Three Indians
Are Killed.

Merida, Yucatan.-A force of
Mexican soldiers from the 10th bat
talon reported that they met a force
of Indians between Santa Cruz Brave
and San Isidro and a battle ensued,
One soldier was killed and several
slightly wounded. The Indians took
to the hills. Three of them are be.
lieved to have been killed.
Insurance Companies Lose I'm Suits,
The long litigation between the in.
surance companies and the policy.
holders who suffered in the San Fran.
cisco, CAL, fires has come to an end.
Judge Van Fleet, of the United States
Circuit Court, has assessed against
the companies judgments aggregat.
ing over half a million dollars.
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STRICKEN Clergyman Dies.

Rev. John w. Smith, who was
stricken in the First M. E. Church
with acute Indigestion, died after a
weeks illness. His death was a great
surprise to his attendants, as he had
almost recovered from the attack,
but heart failure developed. Mr..
Smith was sixty-five years old, and
was an earnest temperance advocate.
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Drops Dead at Railroad Station.

William A. Lord, of Belvidere ave-
nue., Plainfield, for many years prom
inent in the silk trade, dropped dead
at the Netherwood station of the New
Jersey Central Railroad while pur-
chasing a ticket. Dr. F. W. West
colt, County Physician, and DR.. c. B..
Lufburrow, Coroner, who were sum-
moned, said death was due to heart
disease. Mr.. Lord was born in New
York City, and was sixty-three years
of age
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The Ayesta.

In its present form the Avesta is
only a fragment of the original Zorro
astrian Scriptures. 1t is generally un-
@derstood that those ancient Scrip
lures consisted of twenty odd books
of a million verses. The destruction
of the two original copies. the one
at Persepolis, the other at Samar-
hand, is attributed to Alexander the
Great. The Avesta, being only i'm
perfect remnants of these originals,
is in compass equal to about one
tenth Of our Bible.
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Find Crooks Guilty.

Charles Rohrer and John Shevlin
were convicted in Mercer Court, at
Trenton, of attempted pocket pick
ing. The trial attracted a great deal
of attention because the men are we'll
known throughout the country and
have served sentences in the past for
the same offense.
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Marches and Marches.

A school teacher in a Jersey town
saw some of George Eliot's works
displayed in the window of the gen
sral store" and went in to inquire if
they had Middle March"
No, we haven't that" said the
.ed-cheeked girl who served as clerk.
but we have some of the new ones.
Will one of Sousa's do?"-New York
Press.
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Cow Breaks Woman's Leg.

When Charles Gabel, a farmer liv-
ing about a mile from Woodstown,
returned from his work he found his
little children crying for their moth
er. A search was made and Mrs. Ga
bel was found in a stable near by,
where she had laid for several hours
with her leg broken. The fracture
was sustained through a kick from a
cow.
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Two Suicides Fonnd.

Two men were found dead in Pat.
erson, both self-slain. Max Sturr,
sixty-nine years old, of No. Is Mont.
gomery street, ended his life by at
taching one end of a gas tube to a jet
in his bedroom and putting the other
end in his mouth. He had been i'll
for some time and unable to work,
and this, his brothers say, caused him
to become Respondent. Some boys
playing on Carrot Mountain came
across the body of a foreigner about
~thirty-fve years old. Clasped in his
right hand was a revolver. In the
mans pockets was a pay envelope
marked tfBaSSo."
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SHOOTING IN TEXAS COURT.
Two MORALLY Wounded, and Another
Seriously,

Dallas, Tex.-Six shots were fired
in the County Court house at Gates
vile, Coryell County.
The trial Of John Haines, charged
with the seduction of Verna Ware,
was in progress before District Judge
Robertson. An attorney for the de-
fence was speaking at the time and
the bullets were fred from the
crowded corridor.
David Ross was shot in the back
and arm, James Smith in the head,
John Haines in the back three times
and in his right arm and A. P. Wiley
in the right leg.
Verna Ware and her brother
Charles were arrested charged with
the shooting. Haines and Smith are
MORALLY wounded and doubts are en-
tertained for the recovery of Ross.
Wiley will recover.
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WAY of the World.

II understand that the Neweds are
having trouble" remarked the spin
;ter boarder. Some people take her
part, and some others side with him."
And / suppose" growled the
icanty-haired bachelor at the pedal
extremity of the mahogany, there
ire a few eccentric people who mind
their own business."-Chicago Daily
News.
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Bank Wrecker Asks Pardon.

At Trenton David Cornell, of AS
bury Park, convicted of completely
in wrecking the Monmouth Trust and
Safe Deposit Company, Of that city,
and who was taken to State Prison
to serve a three-year term, filed a pc
tition with the Court of Pardons ask
ing for a full pardon.
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British t. Accept Our Meat.

The committee of the British Gov
eminent, at London. which was ap-
pointed last summer to inquire into
the alleged control of the British
meat supply, has concluded its inves-
tigation and reports against i~nterfer-
ence with American imports, for the
simple reason that Great Britain
needs the American supply.
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A Consultation.

Doctor Ito patient)-"Your case
is a very serious one, sir, and 1 think
a consultation had better be held"
Patient (too sick to care for any,
.hing)-"Very well, doctor, have as
many accomplices as you like
spare Moments.
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UnalterabIe Doom,

King Arthur had just invented the
Round Table.
THE shape makes no difference"
they cried, "the landlady will give
the chickens neck to the man behind
In his board"
Herewith he perceived the scheme
vas ineffective.-New York Sun,
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Soldier is Killed by Train.

John Haddon, who served in the
army of Porto Rico, was struck by a
Susquehanna and Western train at
Bogota, and died two hours later. He
said that his sister is a teacher in a
New York City school and that his
mother lives in cambridge, N. Y.
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A Good Guess.

Teachar-"What is the meaning OF
'elocution,' Harold?"
Pupil-"It's the way people are put
to death in some States. Puck.
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Better Judgment.

"a case of love at first sight, en-"
"No, second sight. The first time
he saw her he didn't know she was
an heiress."-Boston Transcript.
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Removing a Blot.

Mister" inquired the tramp,
would youse contribute a dollar to
help beautify your town."
whats the idea?"
Fer a dollar I'll move on to de
next own."-Washington Herald.
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The Main Point.

"What do you think of this plan
for dating eggs?"
81 think it is a good one, if the
dates are kept fresh" = Louisville
Courier-Journal.
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As the TMig is Bent.

when We were little boys didn't
we gaze a long time at a peach tree!"
"Yes, and, now that we are men,
don't we gaze a whole lot longer at a
peachi"-Houston Post.
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The New Version.

"She rambles in her talk"
"Quite so. Now why can't she say
what she has to say without going all
around Robin Hoods garage?"-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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GIoucester Citv Awards Bonds.

City Councils of Gloucester award
ed $780, 900 street Improvement
bonds to Stein Brothers, of Balti-
more, at par, with accrued interest.
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AGED PAIR DEAD BY GAS.
Uncertain Whether It Was Suicide
Agreement or Ignorance,

Agreement OF IgHUfance.
Philadelphia.-An aged couple
who had registered early in the even.
ing as Mr.. and Mrs. Lomax, of Lewis.
town, Pa, were found dead In their
room at the Imperial Hotel, here, at
an early hour next day. A gas Jet in
the room was found turned ON full.
1t Is not known whether their deaths
were due to a suicide pact or ignor-
ance as to the workings of the gas
dttings.
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Penitent Thlef Returns Jewels.

Mrs. John b. Folsom. cousin OF
Mrs. Grover Cleveland. received jew
lels stolen two years ago. returned by
Ia penitent thief at Los Angeles, Cal.
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Our Idiomatic Language.

81 hear you contemplate going into
our proposition"
"No; / can't see it."-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
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Bear and Forbear.

"That fellow swipes my jokes
complained the press humorist.
why don't you call him to &C
count?"
Il may want to work over one oil
his to-morrow."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-12
The Last Resort.

@Why have we stopped, captain?"
ION account of the fog, madam"
"Oh, but, my dear captain, surely
not! Look! 1t is perfectly clear up
above"
AYE, ma'am-but we're not goin'
that way, unless the boiler busts!"-
Bystander.
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LATEST News.
BY WIRE.
Mrs. Eversz Leaves Husband.

Mrs. Eversz Leaves Husband.
Chicago. Mrs. Ruth May Swift
Eversz, daughter of Gustavus F..
Swift, deceased millionaire packer,
has separated from her husband,
Ernest Hammond-Eversz, taking her
~four-year-old daughter Barbara.
Threatened by BIackmailers.
Millville, N. Thurman Campbell,
postmaster at Port Elizabeth, has ap-
pealed to Governor Fort for protec-
ton against blackmailers who threat.
en- to kill him and his family If he
fails to leave $500 at a certain place.
Chicago Will Stay "Wet."
Chicago.-Chicago will be a "wet"
town for another year at least. The
movement by "drys" to have a vote
in April on the exclusion Of saloons
has failed.
Orphans Perish in Fire.
Battle Creek, Mich.-The Haskell
Memorial Home, an orphanage, was
destroyed by fire. Three of the thirty.
seven little inmates were missing.
There is a widespread belief that the
fire was caused by an inceadiary.
Following a recent schism In the
Seventh Day Adventist Church, a
number of the buildings of the de-
nomination here have been damaged
by fires, which have been generally
charged to incendiaries.
February IL a Holiday.
Washington, D.. c. The Senate
has passed a joint resolution making
February IL, the Tooth anniversary
of Lincoln's birthday, a legal holi-
day.
Spark Causes $685. 900 Fire.
Worcester, Mass.-Starting, it is
thought, from a spark from a loco
motive, fire destroyed the plants OF
the George D. Webb Granite Con-
struction Company and the E. A. Co.
wee Elevator Company. The loss to
the Webb Company is about $780,
600 and to the Cowee concern about
8 5000. Three hundred men are
thrown out of employment.
Nine-Foot Sheets in Hotels.
Lincoln, Neb.-The lower house of
the Assembly passed the bill compel
ling hotel proprietors to furnish
sheets nine feet in length.
Wills Business to Employe.
Boston, Mass.-Twenty-fve years
of service given by Miss Mary E.
Holmes, of Medford, to Amos B. Hall,
a Boston real estate broker, have
been rewarded with the gift by will
of Mr.. Halls business to his employee.
John d. to Give $25O,OOO.
Philadelphia.-The General Edu.
cation Board, having in charge the
John D. Rockefeller foundation for
higher education, will contribute
$250,000 toward an endowment fund,
provided $380,000 is contributed
from other sources before June 2.
1910.
Census Bill Vetoed.
Washington, D. C.-Because it ire
wolves the SpoilS system in apDoinh
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Win the Fanny
Faint Heart.

Faint Heart.
When for a kiss l pleaded,
In dear days long ago,
Encouragement | needed;
When for a kis / pleaded
Your mo" / weakly needed
You did not mean it SO,
When for a kiss l pleaded
In dear days long ago.
Simon Pure, in Judge.
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Do the Hard Things.
DO not try to do the easiest things.
but de the hard things
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Threatened by Blackmailers.

Millville, N. Thurman Campbell,
postmaster at Port Elizabeth, has APP
pealed to Governor Fort for protec-
ton against blackmailers who threat
en- to kill him and his family If he
fails to leave $500 at a certain place.
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Census Bill Vetoed.

Washington, D. C.-Because it ir
wolves the spoils system in appoint
ments, President Roosevelt vetoed
the bill for taking the census.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-22
THRILLING ESCAPES
FROM DEATH IN OHIO

Cincinnati, Nov. 22.-M Daley
captain, and Floyd Lee, engineer OF
the towboat William w. Daley, had
thrilling escapes from death when
the boat sank i'm the middle of the
Ohio river during a high wind this
morning. Lee was caught in the en-
gine room.
The water rushed in with such
'force that he could not gain the
hatch-way until the rising water al
lowed him to swim to the first deck
After gaining foouhold there, hC
again found himself waist deep In
the water, due to the rapid sinking
of the boat. Daley had taken ref
uge on the roof of the pilot house
Lee fught his way in that direction
until Daley finally caught hold OF
him and pulled him to comparative
safety.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-22

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kramer,
OF North Prospect street, Sunday
evening, son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nor
gan. of Blaine Avenue, Sunday a
daughter.
Fred Kestern, Dayton tailor, was
in the city today. looking for loca-
ton.
John Hemminger, who has been
very i'll with appendicitis at his home
on Park street for some time is re-
ported by his attending physicians
to be much improved
Funeral services over the remains
of Royal Fish, who died at his home
on West Center street Friday were
conducted from the residence Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev c. NJ
Rourke, of the First Presbyterian
church officiated. lnterment took
place in Marion cemetery.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-22
RECOGNIZES MEN
WHO ATTACKED HER
BY United Press Wire,

Patterson, N. j. Nov. 22-ln a criti-
cal condition as a result of her dive
from the second story window of a
fre-rulned building where she had
been dragged by four men, fifteen
year-old Mamie Sullivan today gave
the police the names of her assailants
and the entire police force turned
out to search for them. The girl is
terribly injured and for a time her life
was despaired Of,
Miss Sullivan claims she recognized
the men who attacked her, one OF
them being a man who lives near her
home.