The Marion Daily Mirror, 1907-08-09

sition on your llbt -get on tho Hon Honor - or Honor roll, and stay there. You will be surprised how much It will help your candidacy. Look at Ihoso who aro at present on the honor roll, note tho number of votes to their credit. Go thou and do likewise. The third special credit contest for the 1000 extra votes to tho winners of the largest number of honor cer tificates in each district closed this afternoon at 4 p. m. and tho an nouncement ot tho winners will bo made In tomorrow's issue of the Mirror. The Mirror office will re- nfil. nn.itt i.ilt in C7n....1M. i"" i--ii mini iv j, in. omuiUfiy Tin order that all candidates who havo subscriptions to turn In In order to get tho ono hundred per cent, may work up to tho last moment. Out of town candidates may mall their sub scriptions and money to tlio Contest Department In time Saturday so as to get Saturday's postmark on tho envel ope ami tho subscriptions will be counted on the 100 pel1 cent, offer. 30,000 votes wero cast yesterday. which goes to swell tho total ot ovor one-half a million already cast. The Honor ccrtlflcnto winners wcro; Mrs. Kerstetter. district 1: Miss Krmol Blow district 2; Mrs. RcldenbiuiRh. district 3; Mrs. J. Rowo, district 4; Miss Lucy" Wassorbeck, district C: Mrs. j Walter nibler. district G and Mrs. (Mao Mitchell, district 7. M which wero brought hero from Lon London, - don, London, Paris and elsewhoro by dealers expecting to sell most of the wares ami who wero rewarded for their en enterprise, - terprise, enterprise, as tho king took about halt of all that was offererd to him. PRESIDENT PARDONS A FEDERAL PRISONER Columbus, O., Aug. !). In order that she may return to her six or eight children who noqanler help, President Roosevelt .WjfXeday par pardoned - doned pardoned Nanpi Miller, serving a 10-year sentence in tlidpenlWHtlary for man manslaughter. - slaughter. manslaughter. She killed AHco Drake In a dispute over a gosling, Tho erlino was committed In In dian Territory. Sho was tried In tho Northern States court for the northern district ot the territory and received at the Ohio penitentiary SoptombeV 24, 1904. With good time Bho would havo been released May 23, 1011. Acoi'dlng to a dispatch from Washington, President Itoosovolt be hoved Bho had sorved Biifflclont time for her crlmo. In addition to tho sentence of 10 years, she was fined $500.

This is the Slate Cannon Boomers Would Like to See Adopted. Washington, Au. 0. Cannon for president and Hughes for vice presi president. - dent. president. This Is tho slato that Cannon boomers want adopted at tho Repub lican national convention. "Undo Joo" Is agreeable so far as first placo Is 'concerned. Ho alno likes tho Idea ot I having Now York's governor as his running mate. Governor nugiica is said to think kindly of tho arrange ment. Hughes is Ki Id to have given a favorablo answer to Representative Sherman ot tho Republican congres congressional - sional congressional committee. Sherman put. stress on tho fact that Cannon only wanted ono term and then Hughes would be in Hue In 1912. NEGRO ASSAILANT STRANGLED TO DEATH Greenville, Ky., Aug. 0. Hard Hard-sou - sou Hard-sou Alexander, colored, was duinged hero this morning surrounded bV I Kentucky troops sent hero do pre vent trouble. The drop was six feet nnd his feet touched tho ground. Ho had to bo drawn up and slowly strangled to doath. life being pronounced extinct at tho end of :t(i minutes. Alexander was convicted of crim criminally - inally criminally u.Miulting Mrs. Clarence Whitdioiite, white, GOVERNMENT Will be Taken to the United Writ of Error is Granted Circuit Judge Grosscup . ont. Government attorneys demand demanded - ed demanded that bond bo given by tho Standard Oil company, to cover tho lino im imposed - posed imposed upon It, nnd to this tho truBt at attorneys - torneys attorneys strenuously objected on tho grounds that such proceeding would lio unreasonable They claimed tho capital stock of tho company Is only $1,000,000 ad that Its assets amount to a few million dallars. Attorneys for tho government told Judgo Gross Grosscup - cup Grosscup that tho assets aro worth $10,000, $10,000,-000. - 000. $10,000,-000. over to a sane ce lebratlon.

ROLL. OK IIONOIt. District 3 Mrs. J. Hcldcnbaugli District 1 Mrs. M. Kerstettcr . Dlstrlce 7 Mrs. Mao Mitchell . District (J Mrs. Walter Hlblcr District 2 Mrs. H. A. lllgford . District 5 Miss Louise Kyle . District 4 Miss Rosette Knapp .. 82,715 .. 82.C3C .. 32,012 .. 20,982 .. 22,528 .. 20,939 . .15,104 "How doth tho busy bee Improvo each shining hour?" AVcll, as to that wo aio not well enough Informed concerning the habits and energetic qualifications of the aforcHald men mentioned - tioned mentioned "Uco" to give enllghtmcnt on tho subject, but, If It belo) a moment of tho shining hours aro Improved by getting subscriptions this week that they may bo ono ot the fourteen for fortunate - tunate fortunate cnmlidntcs, who on August 24th proudly como to tho front with Commodore Perry's quotation, "We havo met tho enemy and the are ours." Ono would think that subscriptions to tho Marlon Mirror wcro enemies of tho candidates from tho way they aro being sought. Kvcry day largo num numbers - bers numbers of candidates movo on tho Mir ror offlco and by tho voting wo know "they aro ours." Only ono more day remains after this evening of tho special offer ot 100 per cent, lucreaso In votes and all of tho wlso candidates aro utilizing every moment In geting subscription and subscriptions next week to ae ae-vantago - vantago ae-vantago ot tho double vote offer. It will Uko doublo tho amount of work and subscriptions netx week to ac complish tho same results that can

Columbus, O. Aug. 0. A deci deci-oiou - oiou deci-oiou as to' whether an insuranri company la liable for the amount of a policy talon out By a man le legally - gally legally executed will bo undo in the Franklin comity courts, Mrs. Auna M. Huugh ihuving filed suit in com common - mon common plena court yesterday to re recover - cover recover from the Union Central Life Insurance oo'mpuny $3,000 with in interest - terest interest frord July 20. Tho monoy askod for is tho amount of, tho pol policy - icy policy on the lifo of hor husband, Dr. Oliver C. Haugh, tho Dayton murderer, vho was olectroci" J in tho penitentiary annex April x 19, 1007. Tho casti will bo watched wivv interest 'by iusurance companies, as the petition sets n precedent. Thoro liuve been two similar cases, one in Texas aiul ono in Pennsylvania, but in each of these tho policy was 'made payable 'to tho eslnto instead of to tho widow, as in tho Haugh

policy. . Tho policy held by Dr. Haugh in tho Union Central company of which tho late Govornor Pattisou was president is claimed to have been incontestable and no exception was nwido lor death by legal pro process. - cess. process. Mm. Haugh, in her petition says the policy wlas issued May 27, 1897. Eleven premiums of $08.82 were paid nnd October 23, 1900, Haugh borrowed on it $270. but this monoy was subsequently repaid Mrs. Haugh churns Mat she person personally - ally personally paid $845.2-1 on tho policy. Tho last premium was paid In May, 1000, while Htiugh was in an 'annex awaiting tho death pon pon-alty - alty pon-alty and it that timo Mrs. Haugh says in her petition she was assur assured - ed assured by tho company that tho jwlioy wa.? incontestable, although tho company well know ho was under sentence of doath.