The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-14

shock.
New York-The power of the Eng
lish press is on the decline, Sir Frank
Newnes. of an English publishing
house. told the New York Press
club.
Stratford, COMMISSIONING an utter
contempt for Stratford's brand new
$500 lookup. fifty tramps escaped
from II while the judge was wait
ing for them to appear in court.
New York-Anthony Comstock sup
pressed the display in a sporting
goods house OF four pictures of
athletes clad in track attire
Washington-Baby Vinson Walsh
Mclean has given $3.50 of his in
heritance of millions TO provide pure
milk for $50 Washington babies for
one month.
New York-The Standard Oil Com
pany has written to the First
Methodist church of E,gin Illinois
denying subscribing to a fund to keep
Senator Lorimer in mis- seat.
Utica, ~ Y.-John Van Patten.
truckman, fell heir in one day to
100000 from one brother and $4,000
from another
New York-Gabriel Rosenthal cele
brated his twenty-first birthday by
getting married and coming into i'm
inheritance of $50 900
Cleveland, Ohio-NIichael Donnelly
twenty-five. Irish immigrant, quar-
rantlned for smallpox when told that
all of his personal effects must be
burned, succeeded in inducing the
health officials to exempt sham
rock he had brought with him from
''the ould sod"
Dayton. Ohio-An unknown, man
jumped into the Miami river and
drowned himself In order to escape
posse of high school boys. He had
made improper advances toward some
school girls.
Washington-Private equippages
have no place at military funeral
declared the comptroller of the
treasury today In turning down a
bin for six carriages recently hired
for Colonel James f. Bells funeral.
Washington-Answering his wlfe's
petition for divorce, Charles Vermuelo'
a government clerk, today promised
If the suit were withdrawn, to give
her every pay check, drink nothing
but beer, and to stop cursing
Washbash Ind.-The three-ye
daughter of Ben Williams is believed
to be dying as a result of an attack
made by rat While the child slept
the rat crawled into her bed and
bit her three times on the arm.
Chicago-Ella Flagg Young offered
500 for an invention to silence IL"
trains passing schoo-houses A let
ter today advised the building of a
and the tracks.
Chlcago-The boy classics Oliver
Optic and Horatio Alger Jr,, were
today barred from. the Chicago
schools libraries as behind the times
and mo better than dine novels"
Chicago--A local paper today car
ries this adj Man. aged twenty
FIVE, references, industrious, unable
TO find work will sell himself into
slavery for his keep. Make an offer.
Tucson, Ariz.-Bunalo Bill Cody
loomed up today as candidate az the
first United States senator from
Arizona. Cody says he always had
"hankerlng to go to congress"
Nicola, Iowa-Not at all put out by
the refusal of Mrs. Mary Rodecker to
marry him, w. H. Butler. seventy
seven years old. Immediately proposed
to her daughter Elsie twenty-five
years old, and was accepted.
Springfield Ills.-The old roomng
house here which was occupied for
many years by w. II. Herndon,
Abraham .Lincoln's law partner. des-
troyed by fire.
/, Elgin, Ills.-With Elgin's first cam
paign under commission government
near a close the smokers of the town
have not received a single cigar from
the six mayoralty and fifty COM
mission candidates
Fremont. Ohlo-Flames, starting
from burning rubbish. destroyed a
number OF trees In Spiegel Grove
the Hayes home. Volunteers saved
the Hayes mansion.
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