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7VT t i , v.. ivf'- - ""VSJE r ! Marion "Daily Mirror. ! .'-.I rvj S YOLUME XV. NO. 126. MARIOtf, OHIO; TUESDAY EVENING, .JANUARY 1 1007: PRICE TWO CENTS ft?75' r .ja's ,v T V i . J4 r 4 - "" '.: a s fcJbWfJ'- (. Uw- 1 f 't rw ', L ,. rv r3 KM& i 5 . LI; mv .j N: li; k si KP . 1 3. imr ;6,a ivF? ' t . - , v.. (. New pure food law s BECAME EFFECTIVE TODAY Secretary Wilson Predicts Commerce as a Result of the Operation of the New Measure. Hereafter all Food Stuffs and ing the Exact Contents of Package Whiskey Blend ers are Putting up Hard Fight Against the Law Severe Penalty fbr Violation of the Law. "Washington, Jan. J.-Conmicul-iig on the pure fncl law, which goes into orfi'ct today, Keciotary Wilson taitl : "Alter a dl niggle M l." yeai imro food is nt lnsn reality. It will do more (linn jrtiylhing else to lirjng this uountiy (into the foi-o-mrst place in the wot Id's commer cial nice. American gopds will command and even dominate the maikcls of the woild. "Thousands of .'industries in this poultry will Jmvp to comply witli the provisions of Inw or fro out iC business. The lnw will pi event fnke nnd Hpnrious food stuffs and dnips hciiiff put on the niaikel without liealins: the proper labels. The wide inline nnd latitude which is kuoii (l)p HPorclnry in laying down speci iie rcffiilalions and enforeiim; theni, will did in keopinjr the mnikat tf the C'nited States free from all de !o(ericns '-articles. SAD NEW YEAR'S DAY :; 1 IN WASHINGTON HOMES .f-I- Hearses were Kepi Busy all Day Carrying Remains of the Dead to the Cemeteries -Mrs. Daily and Her Daughter of Newark, Ohio, Were Also Among Victims. Washington, .Mn. 1. It was a sad New Year's Day in ninny Washing ton -homes. Till morning the fun erals of the forty-five known vic tims of, Sunday night's horror nt Terra Cottn wore being held. Hear ses will be busy all day today and tomorrow carrying their burden- to tlQ various cemeteries. Many liod icM A't'le so liitilly mangled that the relatives will bury without taking q Inrtf look nt theJr faces. fSeuvices for pl'notically -all of the dead will he held in Washington, although in many eases interment takes place in oilioi' cities. -Helatives of the Dailey famUy aic oxpected lo arih'o today from NTew- nrk, Ohiit, ti make positive ideutifi- cntinn of Irs. Dnilev nnd her young ANNUAL RECEPTION AT THE WHITE HOUSE President Roosevelt was "at Home" to the World and During Day at Least Ten Thousand Persons Called to Exchange Greetings with the Nation's Chief. Washington, Jan. 1. Much to the icliof of tho residents of tho capi tal, ntid many visitois, 'Now Year's day dawned, bright and al most Hpijng like j in temporal inc. Tho Mcntlur propnets ipiedictcd, if U'i" yostVrfliiy'fl doluprtnr, Ibat tho prosidei)! would slnllu; hands with n very wot nnd bedraggled procession .but llP pnivcrbial "Hoosovelt hick' came enllllngly to tho front in' tm i .', , - fUSTICES DRIVE CUPID FROM TOWN Jan, l.t-Qiunty Ivyheeler Of CraW II H led his deputy, Miss Hammond, that hoio- go Jlconscs wpuld ho id, Uq gles as his tho rivalry bo on 0 great "Kiii lin. Ivw bn. .1. ' Jr'n m Great Good to American Drugs Must be Labeled, Giv "It is with tJio Jiiauufadiuers that we shall deal piiiu'ip.illy in eu foie'lijr (he law and the result will he Pint when one makes a piucliasc of ford .stuffs or drujr he can lOst jsuied that -iu is frettin-r jiust wiiat he is payiiijr for. The proper label must he pasted on every pack age, seltintr forth its contents and where alcohol, opium or ether nar cotic is a u ingredient, the amount must be set forth. The whiskey interests will prob ably he effected more than 'any other in tli'l country. A Rieat I'ijrht is beinjr put up liy the "blenders" airainst .their bcin-r compelled to label their iptodtict, "iniitalioli whiskey". This, they say, will simply drive tihent out of business." Wi will insist that the pio,isions of law .will be carried out to the letter. Violations of the pure food lnw nie punishable by heavy fines or itnpriioiiment or both. dnughfer, Thelnian, who with tlie father, Dr. Oliver L. Dailey, wore numbered among the wieck's vic tims. The bodies of .Mrs. Dailey and her little g'nl weio so teiribly man gled that they weio almont uu-rcc-ogniable. They ueie iir.ict.Vally identified by Dr. Waters, of Ilrigltt wood. J). (A, with whom the family had been visiting. District cf Co'iumhin officials w'lll make '.a seuiehing invest igatioji into the. cause of t)ie w'teck, in ad dition to that which is" being con ducted by the railroad authoiities at Haltiinoie. Coioner Xevilt today took a jury to the .scone of the disaster, iu o,r iler to familuiize them with the suiroundiugs. Tho foriinl inquiiy begins tOnionow. and gnvo all possible onoouragojiicnt (o the function. Neailv ten thousand American citizens, upre.seutatives of foreign potontintoi and officcis of tho nrmy cud nayy, stnle.sineii, judge? ard officeholders, shook hands with tho l'lesidenl. It was the an nual New Year's ioreptin.ii, luid the pie.s'klenl was "Al Homo" to wo i Id. come a nul-aiao, iWhoelor claims that ho has only permitted Uconscs to be Is3iied hore ni a matter of convoiUenco to the people of Hammond, who will now havo to go to Citiwn Point to secure tho poi'mlt boeauso (hoy havo per mitted this privilege to bo abutcd. J'ho rivalry between .the JustIc9Sj wai so groat that couples vvoro toppod on Iho, atreot and requested v I flavo uioir murryniK uono nt'-tn h; lhnt Justice's office J n TURNS HIS A1TEBTI0N TO PLUMBERS '.TRUST .Terrerl.on, 0., .Tnn. 1 .-ProseeuttiiK Attorney d 1. Taylor, who Biieceas fully abolished so-called Insurancn and tec trusts In this county, tins turned his attention to (tie Master Plumber' association which, It Is said, has branches nt Asiitntuiln nnd Conneaiit nnd Is a trust In violation of the Vnlentlne law. Thirty witnesses were subpoenaed today for the srand jury next week. PLAYED A SMOOTH GAME Represented He was to te Married and had a Check Cashed. Akiou, O, .Inn. 1. An unknown iiinu winked the livery men of this city to perfection. Ho visited all of the utahles yesterday and an nounced th'.it he wns to bo -tnnriioil this morning nt ,'112 15owery-sf. " am to be 'married at S o'clock and I M like n couple of cabs at my home at that time" he told the liv ery men.- ' At the appointed hour .in tho morning eight or ten cabs drove to the "appointed house. The cab men pa'iently .utMipou dheir boxes robujnj'lijudiour iefpro'jfmVvOt t i 1 1 Impiiites. "Whole's the 'u asked. "What bride? There's no wed ding heio," the woman at the door tcplit'd. Then the cortege lelieated. Afterward it was discovered that the would-be biidegiooiii had pre sented a check fo'- $'M) nt the livery h.iins and offend to jiay for tho cab0', for which he was charged $S whoie two cab, were ordered. At Hiram .Iackou'.s bam the check was accepted and W iu change was i in leturn given 4,000,000 CHINESE SAID TO BE STARVING Peking, Jan. I.- Owing to the ex cessive rains and consequent failure of tho crops the fanilno in tlio north K' " - - lt A v h 1 1 hV , . "mn'SyW': wESBrJv : m'SV. $ ho fiV M''m in,. . .t.. iBQWfflB TBaJimUXtfh tm n ir m mmr a t mmw m " ai-ai 1 m w m m u r-i m ' wrm nuriMn vci . . ,kMnv. .mw . L f- ' ' s Alto: gM&9 1 ;. : r-vxizj 1 mp- r i rm-Rwu-.f '. - '-' ttt.t ; 7-y m Ij1' v . v-" -1"r ' v .. ', ( " Icar In Now York Qlobo. of Annul province In the east of Hon an nnd In lliov whole north of Klan Su is worse t$Jan at any time during tho last forty years. It Is estimated that 4,000,000 per sons are stArvIng TenR of thousands aro utterly destitute nnd are wander. Inj; over the grinntry. The darner Is Increased , by jthc activity of seen t societies' as thp wanderers are gladly Joining thorn in order to obtain ilet Abojtt CO,000refiificos have rcirhed the vli'lnlty of Nanking In a plt lablo condition. The authorities aro unable to cope with the situation. M'CRIA FOR PRESIDENT Indications now are That He will Succeed Cassatt of the Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, .Ian, 1. A mecthiK of the "board pf directors of the Pennsylvania railroad was held last evening, nt wfilblt tho elect Ion of a Micec'hor to ihulate President Caf- satl was considered.. The membeis of the board would make no state ment as to whijt action If any wa taken. All of- ibo directors but one wore prcbcnt ht tho meetliiK. which lasted from 1 until 7 o'clock. It was slated by a poison who Is In a position io know that James MoCrea. f Plituburg, will probably be elected to 1111 the vacancy and that tho matte,' will likely be settleil at a mooting o(f .'o luvird to bo held on WdnuAilay. y i.i. . s -" author-ok,'(Jde to the ' OHIO i-SKS TOR DIVORCE Toledo, O , .Tu.i. 1. Domestic In felicity In njliirary home was evi denced .late McLday afternoon when Ida EokcrtJI'iwreme, who wtoIo the ode. (Q,:U5l.W;?l;shipOhIo, , filed , a iult for divorce from Frederick 'A. Lawrence, alleging extreme cruelty. Mrs. Lawience alleges that her bus. band abused her so that she had chills and reer. Hie states that she 1h a literary woman and had suffered keenly because of her husband's no. ions. ANOTHER'DEADLOCK IN DELAWARE LEGISLATURE Dover, Del.. Jan. 1. With the m "oiun deletion ever elected and with John IMward Ad. tilths uunuiiL mi mi' in ni iiinu iu ii yearn, tho Dolnwaro asbenibly iiRaln deadlocked over oiganizatiou. 'i ae contest Is between tho forces of United Stntos Senator Alee and former United States Senator An. thony lllgglns, Allea showed surpils Imk stieneth. R. I. P. TEXAS MAKES DIRE THREATS Railroads will be Thrown In to Hands of Receiver Un less Car Shortage is Relieved. Austin, Tpx., Jan. l.-Tlio Texas iiillion.il commission has made the op en threat to tlnow a number of rall- loads of this state into the hands of lecelverH unless they relieved the ex isting car shortage) sttuntlon Imniodl. ately. Iu a letter today, to V. C. Preston. Kcno-al freight iigent of the Texas linos of tho.Kilsco railroad, Com. mlS3loner C. 11. Colonltt stated that? uio coniiiiision is overwhelmed with complaint- of shippers of the refusal of railroads to auiept and forward freight. Ho gives thls warning: Tilde Is pending in this office a number of motions by Commissioner Mayfleld to put several railroads In tho hands of receivers and If tho managers of these properties cannot peifoim their duties to the public without such unreasonable delay and the situation I- not relieved wllh- In a leasounble tlmo I (shall vote for his motions as a lollef to the public nnd let the rouits mil the rnllioads foi a while " FLATFOOTED FOR TAFT Leading Paper in Dick's Home Town Favors Nom ination of Secretary. Akron, 0., Jan. 1. The Ilcacon. Journal, official Republican organ of ihlscUynnd; county, camo out uuc (piivoCT II yaffils cvcnlifg-for 'i'rift for president, dcpltc Senator Dick's res idence heio nnd t o filendllness thnt hns nlways existed between htm and Tlie Ileacon-Jouriial. The n.ir.er leealla its niinouiiceinent mndo for Taft for president tho day after his fniuous speech here In the campaign of 1!)0."). which attracted attention at Washington. W. It, Uadvsln is editor of tho paper. RHODE ISLAND'S WEW OFFICERS TAKE THE OATH !' Monro, It. I.. .Ian. 1. Gover nor .luinos. 11. Iliggins nnd the new state officcis wore induced into of t'Vo this moruiiKr. Hoth branches' of the legislature wore called to or der at 1(1 o'clock and at noon both men net iu grand committee and the of fit cis weio .worn in. STANDARD WILL CONTROL PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM Hall Street Believes That the Death of President Cassatt Practically Throws Rockefeller Interests in Control of the Great System Cassatt Blocked Rockefeller's Every Move. Now Yoik, .Inn. l.With the dentil of I'lesident Tasntt, it is con f'ldcntialiy believed iu "Wall .street that the great Pennsylvania system will now pins under the control of The Standard. For .veais Cns-nft balked every el foi I of the Hookefeliers to seie tne'kTcnnslvaiiia. It was the Vefusal nf the I'eiins.vlvaniii to give the oil tiiwl rebates, (,nt caused the TWO OFFICERS WOUNDED IN PREMATURE EXPLOSION Signal Bomb Being Fired in New Year's Celebrationat Havana Lets go Unexpectedly and the Three Hundred Guests Assembled at Reception Have Close Call. Havana, .Inn. 1. Thicp hundred pel Miiis-, olO'ois and iiienibeis of their iamilic, had narrow escapes in a pi ('mature explosion of u .sig nal bomb which was being. fired last uicht lo welcome iu the New Year. Captain l'urloiig of the general slafi and (Icddings of the medical coip-, weio scitously iujuied. SHORT NEWS ITEMS. Judge ICvhiis In the fodoial court at Louisville, lty., declared, the employ er t(' liability act uncoiutltutlonal. The decision Is tho first banded' down In connection with this net. (Jen. John Hat rigor died suddenly at Asbury Park, N. J. He was 75 years of ago. lie bctved In tho war of tho lebelllou and In 18G3 was piomoted to tho inuk of bilgadler geneial. Tho pope has Issued an encyclical pronouncing u solemn ban on the new Catholic sect known as tho Mai lav its. who lately havo spiead widely lu Uuw slau Poland, and lias excommunicated the founder of the new lellglou. Upwaids of J4S.000.0U0 was paid for diamonds and other precious stones impoited at Now Yoik In the jeur 1'tOfi iu shown bv flguiou compiled by iho dot ,ni) (..ithoiltlcs. Tills exceeds that of the piecedlug jenr by $i;,0U0,. 000. Acting on Itiformatlon furnished by a traitor, thu police hau captuicd ovei 100 leadois and meinbers of the St. Peteisbuig mllltaiy oiganUatlou of the boclal democtats, who weio conducting a pinpagnuda lu the uimy mid navy. Bank Teller Is a Defaulter. Paltlnioie, Jan. 1. Chaiged with de faulting to the amount of $,S00, Will iam II. White, puIiig teller of the Canton national bank, wns given 11 hoaiiug bcfoio United States Commis sioner lingers 011 Monday and was held 111 $10,000 ball to answer the chin go befoio tho fedeial gtand jury. Uauk Kxamlner Ilahn, who examined Wlilte's books, says' White admitted a shoitago and told the examiner that ho had spent the money lu beautifying his home. White Is about .'!0 yea is old. Ho had been with the bank since his boyhood. A New"HapeFMHTSyn"dlcate, Appleton, Wis., Jan. 1. A pi hit pa per mill syndicate, capitalized at bev el al million dollais nnd Including every newspaper mill lu Wisconsin, Michigan and MiimeMitu, Is lu piocess of foiiiiutlon. The syndicate will take Iho place of the Geneial Paper Co., which was oideied out of existence several mouths ago by tho fedoiul couits, Its opoiutlous having boon con tiary to tho Shorninn anti-trust law. Stewart Threw Bricks, l.oaveuwoith, Kuu., Jan, 1. OIIlclul Investigation of thu dlstui banco be tween a street car conductor and no gio soldlois on Decoinber 4 wns com pleted -Moudny, showing that Pilvato Slewait, Troop V, Ninth cavuliy, thiew btlcks Into the ulectilc car. Murderer Stole $10,000. Kaiibaa City, Jan. 1. Tho police piofess to bollovo that the murderer of Thoiuab W. Funning, tho aged io cluse who wus found dead in lilt, homo heio Sunday, took $10,000 supposed to liavo boon kept In an old 'chest. No clue to the muduicr has been found. Gov, Warner Is Sick. Dotwdt, Mich., Jan. J. Advices f 1 0111 Fuiuilugtou, Mich., tlio home ot fioy. Fied M, Waiuer, say that ha h sick with bionchlal tumble and will be unable to go to Lansing for his In migmutlon today for a second tuna. ' Rockefeller inleiesls to build pipo line to iidewater. The Standard al ix'iidy viitiially controls the New York Central and Kiie, together w'lth the Atchison, St. Paul and Hairinian railroads. Henry C: Frlck is to be the doininatinf foipe in the affairs of the Pennsylvania road in the luliire and through hinl. the. Ito'kelVller nileiests will at lenst pievuil in the svstcni. -1 The accnlent occurred nt tho recep tion being tendered to Gcnornl Hell at the officcis club, and owing to the number pie.-ent it is regarded ns most misaculoiw that but two were hurt. Hoth will lecovcr. General Hell today assumed the rank of mnjor general and sails at noon 1'oj- Washington. Geneial Wint becomes commander at Havana. VERY NOVEL RECEPTION Mark Twain Gives a Very Pleasant New Year's En tertainment at His New York Home. New Yoik, .Tnn. 1. Maik Twain, the youthful throe .score year 'and ten ami then sonic humorist, gave one of the most successful Now Year's parties last night and this morniiur that hns marked the cele bration ot the holiday in New Yoik. Clemens entertained his guests by appealing accompanied by a youth gaibcd as his Satanic iMajos t, to wlirm ho was tied with baby tihboii. The humorist explained that his other self was a ' lit t lo black man" who was responsible for all. of his misdeeds in life. After do r daring he had fin'ally conquered his "other .self" and -announcing t'iat his will was now dominant, "the other felf" proceeded io accuiuulate a ".state" to the appar ent chagiin of the humoi'nt. 'Phis' bit nf by-play gave Clemens oppor tunity to make much merriment. Al the conclusion ho declined: "Next to the dnj 1 put on loiur trousers, this ir the happiest occasion of mv life.' '; ENLISTS AS YEOMAN Connelly the Author of Sea Stories will be Drafted for Duty on Alabama. A Wnshington, Jan. 1. James Ccymelly, thu well known iiuthor of sea htories Jins asked tho pjusid ent.'.s permission to enlUt for"1 lvv years as n yeoman, 'and tomorrow 'ho will bo drafted for dutv on tho battleship Alabama. Tho idea originated sonio'' tim ago ii tlio cMu.so of a conversation between the president nnd, Connelly and it is cupectPd tho auihor -will become the Kipjipg of t,lidXniipd States iiivfy. IIu is' lo bo-nccoided iiiiusunltmivilegeH. . ' I 14 7 f t u iA' J s sl1 i 'M "r-iw X. fv i i f tmk ym iflfc-w' ifrj .' t iMMSiM i ""?. tu.va ,.u. In w-V r . i u y; w" s( ' . " MU 1" (Mlj . a. "''" .;i .. UPpSkJ 1 3 ,, M f s,:m 4'Jtl Vfv .Jit - v v; ' ( " M J ni Af l' . aui.. j.'.!gMaMtg