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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
JOHN DIXON GETS A RATHER
STIFF WORKHOUSE SENTENCE
He'll be Kept Busy For the
Next Four Years.
His Only Reply To Questions Pro-
pounded TO Him Was That the Had
No knowledge of the Facts.

John Dixon the colored man, taken
into custody by Patrolman Shrock,
who filed a serious charge against him
in the probate court, was given his
hearing at nine o'clock this morning
The charge was one OF extreme in
decency and a number of little boys
appeared against him and testified.
Dixon refused to make any definite
answers TO the questions propounded
to him by the court. When asked di-
rectly whether or not he had done
the things of which he was accused,
he stated that ifshe- did them, ne had
no knowledge of IT, No more definite
statement than this could be forced
from him and he made the same ans
wcr To all queries. Even when asked
whether he had ever been arrested
before he made the same reply that
II he had been, he did not remember
il.
Judge Spencer determined that he
was very serious menace to the city
and imposed a sentence of one year
in the worlhouse and fixed fine Of
5000. This will keep Dixon in the work
house for about four years.
Dixon came to Marion about two
years ago from Chillicothe and has
been employed as n janitor in some
of the Offices and banks. lie has been
making his home in a back room on
south Main street.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
Alice Ruth Clark the Vic
tim of an Accident.
BLIND HORSE LEAVES TRACK
Mrs. John Risk Faints And
Falls Under the Horse.
First Reports Said the Little Girl
Had Been KiIicd But She soon
Recovered Consciousness--Nios
Serious Accident of Fair Week.

Alice Ruth Clark, the three-ycars-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
O. Clark. of North State street was
quitely painfully injured during he
bird heat of the 2:l3 pace at the fair
grounds. Friday afternoon The re-
port was circulated over the grounds
that the little girl had been killed.
but 1t was found upon examination
that she had not been seriously in
jured.
just as the horses were turning
into the stretch for the finish of the
final heat of the race, Duke Arundel,
"A blind horse got beyond the control
of Mr.. Darst, the driver, and crashed
into the outside fence of the track,
knocking 1t down and going into the
crowd. The little girl was playing
with companion just outside of the
fence and when the fence was knock,
ed down it fell upon her one piece
struck her on the left shoulder and
another struck her on the right side
of the head. The blow on the head
rendered her unconscious and she was
gathered up tenderly and carried to
the judges stand and a doctor was
calle from the grand stand. DIR. j.
B. Taylor responded and carried the
still uncon scious child to the home
of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Shuster, who reside on Fair
ground street Here an examination
was made and ii was disclosed that
she was not so seriously injured as
had been reported.
The report was circulated through
the grandstand that the horse had
stepped upon the child's breast, but
this was later learned to be II false
rumor.
When the horse was stopped, II was
discovered that Mrs. John Rish, who
was standing near the child who was
injured, had tainted. 1t is thought the
shock of seeing the child injured un-
nerved her and caused her to faint.
She had fallen and the horse was
standing over her with her body be-
tween its front feet. Mrs. Rish sus-
tanned "a quite severe bruise of each
arm, but was otherwise uninjured.
She recovered promptly and was
taken to her home.
The little Clark girl is recovering
very nicely and IL is thought no SER
ious results will follow.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
ROBERT SWEENEY
PERFECTS DEVICE
Invention VIII DO Away With Many
Rail Collisions.

A device to reduce the danger of
collisions on railroads, interurbans
and city lines has been patented by
Robert Sweeney. of Richland township
and railroad men who have exam
fned 1t say that 1t is very practical
When equipped with the new inven-
tion train automatically displays
such colors either in front or the
rear or both us the company may
adopt, A train approaching a given
point may be determined by the col
ors 1t displays and when taking n
siding the train automatically signals
when 1t is in the clear. When a train
is following another one the signals
on the first train show the pilot Of
the second the speed at which the
first train Is running. The device Is
particularly effective in congested
yards where there is danger of one
engineer misjudging the speed at
which a train ahead is travelling.
Mr.. Sweeney has spent much time
perfectng this automatic signal de-
vice and he and his friends are con-
fident that a practical trial will re-
suit in its general adoption.
BE sure to buy yosr work shoes OF
Beatty & Long and save money. IL
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01

A marriage license has been issued
10 John S. Donahue and Miss Mayme
Clark.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01

today to jury in Justice c. II. Con-
ley's court
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
A NOTRE DANE LADY'S
APPEAL

To all knowing sufferers OF rheuma
tism, whether muscular or OF the
joints, sclatica, lumbagos, backache.
pains in the kidneys or neuralgia
pains, write to her for home treal.
ment which has repeatedly cured all
of these tortures. She feels II her
duty TO send 1t to all sufferers FREE.
You cure yourself at home as thou
sands will testify-no change OF ell
mate being necessary. This simple
discovery 6anishes uric acid from the
blood, ioosens Que (stiffened joints,
purlfies the bloodAan brightens the
eyes, giving elasticity and tone to
the whole system. IL the above in
terests you, for proof address
Mrs. NJ. Summers. Box X. Notre
Dame Ind
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01

Dancing lessons for beginners every
Tuesday night M Schwinger's hall.
Private lesson at Apyt time. 1t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
DEATH COMES
TO MRS. MINNIE GIBBS
Succumbs After a Weeks Illness at
Her Home.

Gibbs, who resides on Senate street,
died yesterday morning at seven
o'clock. The deceased had been i'll
for about a week with pneumonia.
She was forty-seven years of age.
She Is survived by two children Mrs.
James Everly and Ernest Gibbs of
this city, her mother, Mrs. CARRIER and
two brothers at Cellna. Sunday morn.
ing the body will be shipped to Mem
don, Ohio, where funeral services will
be hold and interment made.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
PRICE rs CENTS A BoTTLE.
THREE VERY FINE
HORSES ARE SOLD
Jacob Lichtcnbcrgcr Sells Three AMI
mails Weighing ESQ Pounds.

Jacob Lichtenberger the Pleasant
township horseman, Friday sold three
fine draft horses to ]. Crouch and Son
of Lafayette, Indiana The horses
will be used for show purposes by the
purchasers. The horses were Of unus-
ual size and build each was a per-
feet animal and their combined
weights were $50 pounds. The indi-
vidual weights We're 2,230 2,lSO and
2,l6O pounds. The horses were sold for
80 900
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01

Addie may Cole was granted n di-
vorce today from Harry f. Cole on
the grounds of gross neglect of duty.
extreme cruelty and desertion. Mrs.
the minor child. but the keep of the
child was taxed against the father,
The Coles were married, March 13,
1909.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01

The case of Drury Brothers e. Com
pany against Benjamin Mosier and
Mr.. Foos. in which the ownership of
some hay is in dispute is being tried
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
Candy Maker Dcnd.

iBJLl8E1lN)
Rye, n. Y, oct. 1--John $. Huyler
the wealthy candy manufactures died
at his home in this city today. His
candies had made him famous through
out the United States and Europe
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01

A demurrer to the petition has been
filed in the case of Fred Morris6,,
against G.. 7 Harding, by Attorney
Fred Carhart
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-01
COURT NEWS

The second amended answer of Will
son O. Rish in the case Of The Hass
Remedy company against w. O.
Rish has been filed by attorneys De
Golley and DE Golley.
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Newark Adyocatel

When James Walter Steepleton
stepped from the door of the Ohio
penitentiary at Columbus at $3.50
o'clock Friday morning after having
served two-year term for criminal
assault, he was met by Sheriff George
G. Smiley and re-arrested and taken
back to GAINESVILLE to face indictments
for bigamy and perjury, growing out
OF his marriage here on June 10th,
1908, to Miss Nina Elben of Utica,
Ohio.
Steepleton was indicted by the Mus.
hngum county and grand jury in April,
1909. He was at that time serving the
sentence for criminal assault from
Licking county which terminated Fri
day morning. The Elben girls father
from Utica lodged the information
against Steepleton for the local grand
jury. The penitentiary authorities
were notified that he was wanted at
the expiration of his sentence.
According to information in the
hands of the prosecuting attorney
Steepleton secured marriage license
in the Muskingum probate court to
marry Miss Elben who was then but
10 years old. He made oath on that
occasion that the girl was a resident
OF Muskingum county and that the
girl was eighteen years of age. For
this reason he was indicted for per-
jury.
The record of the marriage license
office at Sistersville, w. Va, shows
that he was married on August 81,
1901, to Bertha May Lightner by Rev.
Fl. B. Bowden. At the time of the
grand jury investigation here this wo-
man was living at Empire, o., and was
brought here and testified against
her husband and Miss Elben, or Mrs.
Steepleton No. 2, was also a witness
on the occasion.
1t seems tnat Steepleton was living
in Newark at the time of the second
marriage and that he attempted to
secure the marriage license here but
was refused. He then went to Zanes-
vile, and secured the necessary paper.
Steepleton pleaded guilty to the
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ELECTRIC
Battery Used At BuCyfuS To
Start A Horse

Bucyrus, Ohio, Oct 31-Samuel
Crills has balky horse which the av-
erage man would call a misfortune.
No so with Sam. Mr.. Crills says he
feels quite like an automobilist when
he starts for drive oin that all that
he has to do is to pour a little gaso-
line on the cushions of his buggy to
furnish the smell, and like the auto
list he can usually figure on walking
back.
The balky horse is so bad that it
isn't used except on extraordinary oc-
casions. Sam Jr., doesn't share his
fathers contented spirit, while sitting
in the buggy for hours waiting for the
horse to get busy again, and he isn't
like his mother, who always takes her
knitting along when she starts to
drive behind "Old Balky."
So he has secured storage bat
terry and connected it up under the
buggy seat. When the old horse balks
now it's easy to complete the circuit
and touch the nag with the wire. The
horse starts on the spark" every
time and starts on "high speed" at
that.
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POSTOFfICE
Department Urging Auto.
mobiles For Mails

Washington, Oct. 91-Expedition of
the mails by the extension of the use
of automobiles in the postal service is
being advocated by the postofIlce de-
partment. Heavy automobile express
wagons are being substituted for the
old type horse-drawn wagons used in
transporting the mails between rail.
way stations and postofIlces and their
branches. The postmaster general to-
day signed contracts for four addition
al automobiles to be used in the mail
collection service at Cleveland and for
three additional automobiles to be
similarly used at Indianapolis.
The motorcycle is being extensively
used in the transportation of mails in
suburban towns where residences are
widely scattered and long distances
have to be traversed rapidly in order
to insure prompt service.
One of the plans for the re-organiza-
tion of the rural delivery service, is
the substitution of light automobiles
for horse carts, permitting delivery
and collection on several routes in the
same time it now takes to traverse
one and resulting In more effective
and less costly service.
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SMITH
Locked Up In County Jail On
Old Charge
And Is Sent To The COIum.
bus WOrkhOuSe
For Bootlegging In This City
Last Summer

John Smith, who was arrested in
this city two months ago on the
charge Of bootlegging and who enter
ed plea of guilty to the charge when
arraigned for hearing before Mayor
Mitchell, was again arrested on Sun
day morning by the local officers and
lodged in the county jail.
When Smith pleaded guilty to the
charge of unlawful selling of intoxi-
eating liquors some time ago, he was
given fine of $500 and costs, but the
fine was suspended by the mayor pro-
viding that Smith leave the city and
not return at any time during the
present administration Of the mayor.
The conditions were accepted and
Smith left the city. On Sunday, he
was discovered to be in the city and
was arrested and locked up. He was
taken to Columbus Monday noon and
was placed in the Columbus work
house where he will stay long enough
to work out the fine and costs which
he is unable to pay.
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Consumed A Pigeon House
Saturday Evening
And Hundreds Of Pigeons
Burned To Death
The Structure Was Probably
Set On Fire

A very unfortunate fire occurred
just north of the city on Saturday ev-
ening, when the pigeon house, belong
ing to Mr.. Frank Mccormick of thia
city, was burned with all of its con-
tents. The house was situated near
the deep cut just east of the B. & o.
tracks and it is supposed that some
hobo" sought lodging in the build
ing and accidentally set fire to the
structure in some manner. The most
unfortunate part of the fire was the
fact that several hundred pairs of pi-
geons were burned to death as the
flames obstructed the openings
through which they could escape. The
person, or persons, who set the build
ing on fire, are not known.
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MOTHER
faintS With Babe In Arm And
Both Are Burned

Spencer, N. c., Oct. 31-When Mrs.
Henry Morris, wife Of a prominent
farmer near Salisbury, N. c., suffered
fainting spell, she fell forward into
the open fireplace, and the husband
returning home after several hours
absence found her burned to crisp
and nearly dead, while their one-year-
old child was found lying in the CRATE
with head and one arm burned off.
The woman was found on the bed
with all the clothing burned from her
body and her flesh badly scared. She
never regained consciousness, but as
she was subject to the fainting spells,
this was presumed to be the cause.
The rest of the family were away
from the house at the time and there
were no neighboring houses near
enough to have heard any screams
made by the child. The husband is
prostrated by the shock.
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KENYON I
Overwhelmingly Defeated By
Wooster
In That City On Saturday
Afternoon
Football Scores All Over Toe
Country

Wooster, o., Oct. 31-Wooster won
her first game of the season Saturday
by defeating Kenyon 21 to 0. The
Wooster boys went into the game like
fiepds, and the touted Kenyon ginger
and aggressiveness was not very much
In evidence. Both teams were very
light and about equal in weight. Ed
er kicked perfect field goal from the
30-yard line after FIVE minutes of play
Wooster opened up and, by a series of
forward passes from X. Johnson to
Cameron and recovered onside kick
got her first touchdown, making the
score at the end of the first half 8 to 0.
In the second half McSweeney inter-
cepted forward pass and got away
for a 75-yard run and touchdown,
making the score Is to 0. After the
next kickoff Macintosh recovered a
punt and ran As years for touch
down, making the final count 81 to O..
Wooster used variety of tricks and
passes that had Kenyon guessing all
the time. The tackling of Mackin-
tosh was feature Of the game. While
McSweeney was the particular star,
Hackett, Johnson, Elder and White
and the entire line were right there
every minute. Reinheimer was the
star for Kenyon.
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STRICKEN
Household And Sadness Pre-.
walls In This Home

Washington c. H., Oct. 31-At At
lanta, Pickaway County, near here,
there is stricken household and the
sadness of that home cannot be fully
appreciated except by persons who
have passed through similar exper
fences.
Several weeks ago the three daugh-
ters of c. C. Morris, who runs gen.
eral store in the village, were stricken
with typhoid fever. They were Ber-
tina, Gertrude and Margaret. and they
thought much of one another. They
were in different rooms, and each took
the greatest interest in the welfare of
the others, asking the nurses frequent
ly how the others were getting along.
About two weeks ago Bertha, the old
est girl, died. and fearing that it might
kill the others to hear of the death of
their sister, the fact of the death was
kept from the sick ones, and the body
was taken to a neighbor's house and
tne IuneTdl nelu dL lHe CuuICu' WhSh
asked by the other sister how Bertha
was they were told that she had been
taken to their grandma's to be taken
care of, and they never knew that
she was dead.
Now another chapter is added to
the story. Night before last Gertrude
died and was buried yesterday by the
side of her sister. The news Is kept a
secret from Margaret, the youngest
one, who lies in critical condition
as it is feared the shock would be too
great for her to bear. The task that
the family and nurses have had to
endure in keeping the secret since the
death of Bertha has been almost un'
endurable, as the sick ones have ask
ed frequently how the others were and
they have urged the nurses not to for
get to give them their medicine. Ger
trude was laid away never knowing
that Bertha was dead.
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MADE GOOD
Has A Former Knox Co. Man
In New York
Now At The Head Of A Large
Concern
Was Born And Raised At
Ddnville, 0.

The New York letter in the Cincin.
natl Enquirer on Sunday contained
the following article concerning a
Knox county, Ohio, man who has
made, good" in New York City:
Colonel Wilson w. Butler. high
UP official of the Canadian Car and
Foundry Company of Montreal, has
been in New York this week confer
ring with railroad magnates of every
section. This statement does not
mean so much to Ohio readers of the
Enquirer untila little story of young
mans rise in the world is told. Col
onel Butler was a country boy in Dan
vile, Knox county, Ohio, near Mt. Ver-
non, when less than 80 years ago he
yearned to know more of the world
away from the banks of the Kokosing.
He had a short service as clerk in a
country store and then went with the
y. L. White store, in Delaware. There
he met young Sam Glover, nephew of
over, as twenty-year-old lads will, and
decided to make their way in Cincin-
natl. They had no capital and never
had been in so large a city, where
they arrived in 1882 and put up at the
old Indiana House. Both secured en-
ployment quickly at $50 month. But
Ter was in Shillito's, while Glover
yearned for electrical circles. Both
kept going up steadily and today,
while Glover has made a place for
himself in Ohio, his chum, Butler, has
done remarkably well in railroad and
manufacturing circles, putting him
self in the millionaire circles with a
rapidity that has startled his old-time
Delaware comrades. Even so, Colonel
Buffers success has not spoiled him
and he remains as calm and consider
ate as when he was behind the coun-
ter in Olive Green or at Shillito's.
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OBITUARY :
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Miss Rachael Phillips

Miss Rachael Phillips dice at the
state hospital in Columbus on Satur-
day night at ten o'clock after an ex-
tended illness caused by a stroke of
paralysis. She was about fifty years
of age at the time of her death and
is survived by one sister, Mrs. Laura
Miller of Centerburg. The remains
were taken to the home of Mrs. Mil
Ter in Centerburg, where the funeral
occurred at IL o'clock Monday, Rev.
Mott of Centerburg officiating. Inter.
ment in the Centerburg cemetery.
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"ROUNDERS'
Seize Plttsburg Preachers
Auto For "Joy Ride

Pittsburg, Penn, Oct. 31--Rev. DIR.
Maitland Alexander, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, the most
fashionable of the denomination in
the city, was instructing his Bible
class in the big stone edifice last night
while band of young "tenderloin"
FOUNDERS were speeding through the
under world of the city in the big
touring car Of the minister.
Dr.. Alexander left his car in the
street between the Duquesne Club and
the church, anad 1t was stolen, as
over a dozen of other costly machines
have been stolen in the last few
weeks. The machine was seen passing
through the lower part Of the city, but
1t has not been recovered.
The stolen cars are invariably found
deserted in some secluded side street,
and In very few instances are any
parts of value missing,
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7AMPERED
With Grave And Both Die
Suddenly

Bristol, Tenn. Oct. 31-Curious as
to what had become of the body Of
Dr.! Teed, who announced before his
death a year ago that he would rise
from his tomb and become the Mes
siah of the Koreshans. two members
of the cult. according to Henry d. Sill
VERIFIED, attempted to unseal the tomb,
but before this was accomplished both
were deprived of their reason, and
died before they could be removed to
an asylum.
Silverfield is prominent In the Kor-
eshan colony in Estero, Fla. He said
today that DIR. Teed had not yet ris-
en-, but that members of the cult were
confident he would come forth as
their Messiah in due time.
The Bristol Koreshan colony was
abandoned shortly after DR.. Teed's
death.
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SATURDAYS FOOTBALL RESULTS

'N OhDHi y TSO ofNEL nEOOE ,
Ohio State, 5; Denison, 5.
Oberlin, 6; Case, 0.
Ohio Wesleyan, 81; Muskingum, O.
North, 10; Newark, 6.
Otterbein, Al; Antioch, 0.
Wittenberg, 5; Earlham, 8.
Marietta, 10; West Virginia, 6.
Pittsburg, II; Ohio, O.
Cincinnati, 3; Miami, 0.
Wooster, 81; Kenyon, 0.
Buchtel, 6; Mt. Union, 6.
Heidelberg, Al; Ashland, O..
Princeton, 6; Dartmouth, 0.
Yale, 10; Colgate, O.
Michigan, IL; Syracuse, O..
Harvard, 6; West Point, 0.
Navy, II; Western Reserve, 0.
Swarthmore, Is; Lehigh, s.
Penn, II; Carlisle, 5.
Lafayette, IL; Bucknell, 0.
Yale Fresh, 5; Andover, 0.
Georgetown, IL; North Carolina, O.
Brown, %; Tufts, 8.
Amherst, 25; Worcester Tech, 0.
Bowdoin, 6; Colby, 5.
Trinity, s; Wesleyan, 0.
Bates, 10; Maine, 0.
Holy Cross, "a; Boston, 8.
w. and j., 8; Carnegie, 0.
Minnesota, "a; Chicago, 0.
Marquette, So; st. Johns M. A., 0.
Illinois, Il; Perdue, O.
Michigan Ags, IT; Notre Dame, 0.
Indiana, 33; Butler, 0.
Wisconsin, o.; Northwestern, O.
Washington, 80; Drury, 6.
Harvard Freshmen, -; Princeton
0.
Morningside, 5; Ames, O.
Harvard Seconds, 20; Brown Fresh
men, 0.
William Jewell, o. Tarkio, 0.
st. Louis, 16; Haskell, O.
Kansas, 21; Washburn, 6.
Beloit, g.; Lawrence, 0.
Depauw, 1; Barnes, 0 (forfeiD.
Drake, 3; Simpson, 0.
Vanderbilt, 9; Mississippi, 2.
Kentucky, 10; Tulane, 3.
Suwanee, 81; Louisiana, S.