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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-07-18
STUDY OF THE STARS
MAY BE CARRIED ON MOST EN-,
JOYABLT NOW.
VENUS JUST VISIBLE

Peeps up shyIy Above Western Hor.
lion for a Short Time-Jupiter
Near the Earth and in Fine Posi-
ton to be observed-The Various
Consultations.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
SANDwICHED BETWEEN

jury cases or considered while the jury
is in the room celebrating.
The general reading public not being
cosnizant of this, jumps to the conclu-
sion that IL divorces are, to be grant
ed three or four a day all through
the term, that the county will soon be
full of Divorces and the marriage in
sitution will become less binding even
than it now is.
There is little cause for alarm IN
Stark county, comparatively. The ra-
ito of divorces to the marriages ac-
ccrding to the statistics Is as
LOW IN STARK
as in almost any county in the state,
and much lower than in other counties
that are so populous. The proportion
is about four divorces to 100 mar
riages, while in Cleveland and some
other counties the per centage is near
ly twice as large.
Every legislature that has met for
years has made attempts to modify the
marriage and divorce laws. There
have been some changes, all of which
have been to degree beneficial. The
old saying that Love laughs at lock.
smiths" is still true. The restrictions
thrown around the granting of license;
do not stop one wedding in thousand
Such sweeping statement could mo-
be made, truthfully, however, about tn,
divorce laws. There are large number.
o.
DIVORCES REFUSED
in the Stark county courts every year
where both parties are willing ant
where there is no contest in the case
And yet the probate judge and the
common pleas courts are so often i'm
posed upon that there seems at times
to be little use in making any attemp
to keep within the law.
1t is a notorious fact that there !!
more perjury committed in the courts
10 secure marriage licenses and di
vcrces than to escape the dungeons o
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
Attached Streets Of Cairo.

Cincinnati, Sept. 27.-Thomas Pax
ton, Jr., one of the religious young
men of the bar, had an attachment
issued Thursday against all the effects
of the Streets of the Orient, including
the garb Of the giddy girls who do the
wiggle on the festival midway. Mr..
Paxton said he hoped to work out his
claim on the wild animal show and the
Turkish theatre before reaching the
meandering maidens with the multi.
farious moves. Mr.. PaXton's client
is John F. Flaherty, Of North Balti-
more, whose $1,000 claim is against a
Turkish gentleman with the eJpho-
nious name of Habee Katool. for al.
legged breach Of contract to show in
Baltimore.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
BABY BY EXPRESS.
A Woman Left II at the Office
and Failed to Return
For It.

Toledo, O., Sept. 27.-Bert Rowan,
clerk in the Baltimore & Ohio Office at
Sherwood, is the unwilling guardian Of
o young baby and the victim Of mis-
placed confidence. Some days ago a
woman giving her name as Mrs. Mar.
tha Connors and Paulding as her place
Of residence, entered the Office and an.
nounced her desire to send by express
her baby to Cambridge, o. She could
not prevail on the corporation to allow
her to do this and then asked Mr.
Rowan to look after the child for a
few minutes while she tried to make
some other arrangements. The ohlig
ing youth assented to her request and
has not since seen the mother.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
All Property Goes to Mrs.
Mckinley.
TENDER SOL|C|TUDE
Shown for His Wife and Mother
--Seeretary cortelyou and
= Judge Day Named as
-.tsf Adm ministrators.

The will Of the late President Nc
Kinley was flied for probate Friday af-
tcrnoon shortly after 2-o'clock. 1t was
taken to the Office of the probate Judge
Ly William r. Day and George B. Cor
tclyou, late private secretary to the
deceased president.
With 1t was filed the following waiver
Of administration by Mrs. Mckinley:
II, Ida s. Mckinley, widow Of VIII
liam Mckinley, hereby decline the ad-
ministration of his estate and recon-
mend the appointment Of William r.
pay and George B. Cortelyou as ad-
ministrators with the will annexed.
IDA s. MCKINLEY"
The will of the late president is
characteristic of the man and If such
thing is possible, its provisions will
make him still dearer to the American
people.
HIS FIRST CARE
ia for his wife, and then he makes a
charge upon all his property that there
Is to be an annuity of $1,000 a year
paid to his mother during her life
time. The will was made in 1897, the
fall after he entered upon his first term.
At that time his mother was living.
She has since died and cannot share
IL the benefits of the will. but that does
not destroy the solicitude that was
manifested for the mother by her IL
lustrious son.
Whether or not there were other
wills is not known to the public, and
this provision may have been made
when the president felt that his finan.
c!al condition warranted it. Helen NJ.
Kinley lives and will be paid the an.
nuity that was to be hers at the death
Of the mother. had she
SURVIVED THE SON.
Tho chief concern of the president
as he states in his will, was for hi.
wife and mother, that they should bt
amply provided for. The document
was written by the presidents owr
hand upon plain piece Of letter paper
bearing the printed heading "Execu
tive Mansion, Washington. 1t con
tains none of the useless verbiage o.
the ordinary forms Of wills, and wa!
witnessed by Secretary Cortelyou ant
Charles Loeffler, the latter the door
keeper at the white house.
Miss Helen Mckinley and Mrs. Saraf
Duncan, the only heirs within the state
of Ohio outside of the wife, will waiv'
notice of the filing of the will. Secre
tary Cortelyou has already testified al
to the document being the will that HI
signed and of it's proper execution
and Mr.. Leoffier arrived from Wash
iIton Saturday and verified his sigma
ture and identified the will, as is re
quired by the laws of Ohio.
In the event of the death Of Mrs
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
HUNTING His Wife.

Delaware, O., Sept. 27.-Harry Bar
rick, prominent business man of Mar
ion, was in Delaware, Thursday, look
ing for his wife. She drew 5000 of
his money from a Marion bank last
Saturday and took French leave, desert
ing three children, the youngest being
seriously i'll. Marshal Matthews dis
covered that she had deposited 5000 IN
the Deposit bank of this city Tuesday
afternoon,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
Thirteen True Bills.

Wapakoneta, Sept. 27.-The grand
jury reported Thursday and thirteen
true bills were found, seven Of which
were made public, as follows: John
II. Wilson, Walter Moss and Harry
Splan, keeping and exhibiting a gamb-
ling device; John Doe, larceny; Ben,
jamin Schroerbruck, forgery; John
Roberts. larceny; Orrville Gardner
shooting with intent to kill. The first
three are indicted for working n Him
fam card game on William Jordon. OF
st. Marys.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01

the penitentiary. Applicants for IL
censes swear to lies about ages, they
give false statements about the place
of residence of the bride, some who
have been divorced deny 1t under the
oath that they take, they misrepresent
relationship, and resort to all sorts OF
lodges and ruses to secure what they
are not
LEGALLY ENTITLED TO.
In the divorce courts perjury is
equally as common. Very few cases
are contested. The plaintiffs have al
ways been good. II is like case be-
fore the grand jury-but one side is
heard. A judge on the bench cannot
go out and make this investigation. He
Is ruled usually by the testimony that
comes into the courts. Yet occasion
ally the bench becomes supicious and
calls in some contrary evidence and up
sets the scheme to deceive him.
One Judge in Ohio has advocated and
practiced the plan of appointing an at
torney to look up the case even where
the defendant does not appear. 1t has
proved effective in number Of cases.
1t is not warranted by law, but has led
statute being enacted. In some states
commissioners are appointed to look
into the merits of uncontested cases
and this method proves often
TO BE A SAFEGUARD.
Yet in spite of all the abuses that
exist in these two privileges that are ac-
corded under the laws of Ohio, in the
main the marriages consummated arc
in good faith, and the greater part of
the divorces secured are meritorious
ones and no one would care to deprive
Innocent victims of unhappy marriages
Of the only possible escape from the
bonds that gall.
There are no common pleas judges
in the state who are more careful thar
Judges Amber and McCarty, and those
who watch the trial of the cases before
them cannot but realize that they &c
a; far as they can under the law r.
learn the exact facts in every hearing
that comes before them.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
SUES THE CITY
3. lowenstein Claims
to Be Damaged.
A CLAIM FOR $4,000
Set Up For Injury Resulting
From Change Of tho
Grade on SchwaIm
Street.

The city of Canton is again mado
defendant in an action for damages
alleged to have resulted from change
of grade on Schwalm street. Suit was
brought by Benjamin Lowenstein. He
asserts that he owns three lots which
were formerly a part Of the Scwalm
farm. On the west of these lots runs
a road that has been in existence since
1S47. He claims that the road was
legally laid out and its grade eS.ab-
lished. Buildings were erected 2pon
the property with reference to tits
road and it's grade, trees were plauted
and fences built. The ground was
plated and laid out as lots and the
city of Canton last June changed the
grade of said street or road, and made
an excavation over twelve feet deep
in front of the premises of the plain.
tiff. This was done without consult
ing him, and no damages were given
for the injury that resulted TO his
property.
The top of the bank comes within
few feet of the steps and foundation
of his house and renders them liable
to fall down, making the building prac.
tically valucless and dangerous. Ac.
cess to his property and lands has been
destroyed, fences are endangered and
other serious damage has resulted.
Lowenstein fixes the amount at
which he has been damaged at $4,000,
and asks the court to give him judg-
ment for that sum. Webber and Tur-
ner are counsel for the plaintiff.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
Mckinley, his property goes to the
HEIRS OF THE PRESIDENT.


HEIRS OF THE PRESIDENT.
These heirs are Abner Mckinley, a
brother, Miss Helen Mckinley, a sister,
and Mrs. Sarah Duncan. sister.
James and Grace Mckinley, children
of the late James Mckinley, another
brother who is deceased.
II is said that the life insurance
goes to Mrs. Mckinley and will become
part of her personal estate, and will
revert to her heirs. She has a large
amount of property in her own right,
also. No inventory or estimate of the
estate has been made. but it will be
filed with the probate judge in few
days to determine the amount of the
bond that must be given by the ad-
ministrators.
The hearing in the case will be held
Monday. II will be a mere formality
and the document will then be for
mally admitted to probate and the ad-
n,inistrators will be appointed as re-
quested by Mrs. Mckinley.
The signature of the president 20
his will is in the style that is so
we'll known the country over, almost
everybody being familiar with his
autograph. That of Mrs. Mckinley is
written in a neat and firm hand.
THE WILL.
Executive Mansion,
Washington.
publish the following as my latest
will and testament, hereby revoking all
former wills.
To my beloved wife, Ida S. Mckinley,
I bequeath all of my real estate where
ever situate, and the income of any
personal property Of which / may be
possessed at death, during her natural
life. l make the following charge upon
all of my property both real and per-
sonal. To pay my mother during her
life one thousand dollars a year, and
at her death said sum to be paid to my
sister Helen Mckinley.
If the income from property be insult
fcient to keep my wife in great COM
fort and pay the annuity above provid,
ed, then / direct that such of my
property be sold so as to make a sum
adequate
FOR BOTH PURPOSES.
Whatever property remains at the
death of my wife give to my brothers
and sisters share and share alike.
| My chief concern is, that my wife
from my estate shall have all she re-
quires for her comfort and pleasure
and that my mother shall be provided
with whatever money she requires to
make her old age comfortable and
happy.
Witness my hand and seal, this 22nd
day of October, 1897, to my last will
and testament made at the city OF
Washington. District of Columbia.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY, (Seal.)
The foregoing will was witnessed by
rs this 22nd day OF October, 1897, OF
the request of the testator, and his
name signed thereto in our presence
and our signature hereto in his pres.
eIce.
G. B. CORTELYOU,
| CHARLES LOEFFLER
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
A COLUMBUS BUREAU
For the News-pemocrat to Be Opened

For the News-Democrat to Be Opened,
The News-Democrat has decided 10
open a bureau at Columbus and Mr..
Ber. E. Williamson, who has held the
position Of editor Of the News-Demo-
crat for years, has been placed in
charge, Mr.. F. A. Douglass succeed
ing Mr.. Williamson. It is the intention
to cover the Columbus field for the
News Democrat as never before.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
BURGLAR WOUNDED.
Safe In Armada Postoffice
Blown Open--Citizens Arous.
ed and Gave Battle.

News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.
Detroit, Mich, Sept. 28.--Three bur-
glars blew the safe at the Armada
postofIice this morning, arousing citi.
zens who gave battle. Druggist Phil.
lips mortally wounded Burglar John
Graham, who says he is from Cleve.
land. The other two escaped without
booty.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
NET EARNINGS OF
U. S. STEEL
Statemc ut Will Show Them to
Be sac, ,ooo,o 900 For Six
Months.

Special to News-Democrat.
New York, Sept. 2S.-Information
from a quarter that is usually well in
formed is that the statement of the
U. S. Steel corporation to be published
next Tuesday will show for six months
net earnings of s4S,000,000. This
would give $7,5O0,0O0 dividend for
company's bonds, $21, ,000, 900 on prefer
red and $12,000,000 on common, and
leave a surplus over all Of s7,500,000.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
Oil Found In Logan County.

Bellefontaine, o., Sept. 2S.-Oil has
been found on the Peters farm at
Zanesfeld, Logan county, and it is said
that the well shows indications Of
pumping from twenty-five to thirty
barrels day. The well was shot We'll
nesday. This is the only oil well in
Logan county and the excitement has
become great.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
New MANAGER at Lisbon.

Lisbon, Sept 2S.-FTank Baldwin,
of Cleveland, has been appointed by the
American Tin Plate company, as man
ager of the Lisbon tin mill, to succeed
George d. Evans, resigned, who goes
to Canton to become manager of the
new Carnahan tin mill. Mr.. Baldwin
has arrived here and will assume
charge Of the plant October 1.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01

Chas. r. Wessmar, Evanston, ILL.,,
whites: My boy 2 1-2 years old had
a severe cold which refused to yield to
any treatment until we tried Foley's
Honey and Tar. He was completely
cured before using one bottle" Take
hone but Folcys. Roth G Hug.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
The Recent Activity Of
the Courts.
PERJURY COMMITTED
To Secure Marriage Licenses
and Legal Separation
Most Cases are Mer-
itorius.

The granting Of divorces is being
agitated to some extent and there is
considerable discussion as to the laws
and proposed amendments. This same
question is brought forcibly to public
attention during the first week or two
Of each term of court. Before the
petit jury is called the judges make
an effort to get rid Of as many cases
as possible that are to be tried direct
ly to the court, and divorce cases
come under this class. AS result
there are usually more divorces grant
ell during the first two weeks of the
term than during the entire term that
follows. After the jury is called they
are
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-07
An ADMIRABLE AMERICAN.

Time was when it appeared easy TO
caricature Theodore Roosevelt. In the
days when the present president of the
United States was police commissioner
Of the city Of New York the sense of
American humor was tckled by the
artists who pictured Roosevelt as at
tempting to. break the obstreperous
broncho of Gotham's municipality. Be
1t related to the credit of the former
police commissioner, however. that no
truthful pen ever depicted him as I'M
seated by the FESTIVE forces he was at
tempting to overcome. He bestrode the
municipal mustang and guided it as he
desired, curbing vicious tendencies in his
mount. and left the task easy to those
who succeeded to the cares Of the posi-
ton he left when called to higher re-
sponsibilities. He disappointed the car
toonists Who We're waiting for a false
step or unlucky accident to give them an
opportunity to launch ridicule after their
shafts of wit.
Roosevelt'S experience in the city of
New 1orA has been repeated more than
once. lie has left his critics in the lurch
time after time, and now stands upon
heights too elevated to be sketchea in
any but the most heroic proportions. He
has attained an eminence toward which
hundreds of clever. brilliant and amb-
tious men have struggled ana failed. He
has shouldered responsibilities as thew
came upon him and pushed his way to
the front. His life, he tells us, has not
been sailed by chart of his own
making. He grasped opportunities as he
met them, and eSemplifies the highest
type of the man of action, who does
things While other men are lost in
maze Of doubt and cogitation.
Roosevelt is an admirable type of
American. He meets the requirements
that are set up by the citizens of a
country whose leaders are chosen by an
expression OF popular will. His career
has been cumulative. He has moved
from success to success, not once failing
in what he has undertaken not once
making a mistake toward which critics
might point as evidence of weakness or
proof Of wrong judgment. While other
men have talked Roosevelt has worked,
and his vigorous, thorough energy has
enabled him to leave men of contem-
plative minds far in the rear. He has
never asked praise of the American peo-
pie for what he did not do, but rather
preferred to be judged by what he did,
and if he has faults he has never re-
manned inactive long enough to permit
searching and critical review of his
career to discover and point them out.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-07
MORE COPPER TALK.

The Boston News Bureau publishes
the following interesting copper gossip:
One of the best informed copper men
in Boston, and one who is associated
very closely with the Calumet & Hecla
property says: THE whole trouble with
the copper situation at the present time
Is simply a disparity between consump
ton and production. Business condi-
lions abroad are largely responsible for
the reduction in the foreign demand.
The mere fact that the Amalgamated
company holds, as has been reported,
$4,000 tons of unsold copper. does not, in
itself, count for much. This amount is
relatively small surplus for concern
Of that size, and seems to be of little &C
count when put in comparison with the
167, 900 tons which the French syndicate
had on hand just before it's collapse.
II do not look to see the price Of cop
per drop. At present the Amalgamated
people can hold the market, if they see
fit, year at least. and perhaps much
longer. and it is their evident intention
to do so. The whole situation is now
hanging upon the course of general
business. If BUSINESS shall continue to
improve in all directions. have no doubt
hand will soon be readily absorbed; but
if on the other hand, there shall develop
any weakness in the business situation,
I can not fortell what will come to the
copper situation. If business holds WELL
the consumption will increase. Indeed
the domestic consumption is even now
showing satisfactory gain. and many
companies, including Calumet & Hecla,
are sold ahead.
80 far as Calumet & Hecla is con-
cerned, it may be said that it will do
nothing whatever to injure any legiti-
mate attempt to MAINTAIN the price. It
will take this position purely as a mat
ter of honor and self-protection, and not
because any agreement has been entered
into with the Amalgamated or any other
company, and 1T should be said right
here In the most emphatic manner pos
Slble, that no agreement whatever, direct
OF indirect, has been made with the
Amalgamated company for the support
OF the market price of copper.
The Calumet & Hecla company has.
| it is true, sold large lot Of copper quite
recently at price under II cents, but it
is offering nothing at present for i'm
mediate delivery. 1t is sold for several
weeks ahead-possibly we'll into Novem-
oer-and large lots for delivery at that
time might perhaps be obtained at a
trifie under II cents, although this is
by no means certain. In this connection
1t might be added that the Calumet 4.
Hecla dividend now due at any time.
Will undoubtedly be the same as the
previous payment. There is no reason
to believe there will be any change in
the disbursement.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-07
A MOTHERS LOVE
EAR MADAM:

l. circumstances
mutual in
sure ' e a n u 'rvSy o 1 mo-, unreasonable Tor
loss
impulse an I'M
desire their children
say to
Of deep conjusal which has
lasted
Very frequently the erna and instincts of such couples alb
sorbed into and strengthen the conjusal affection.
Maternity great experience and which every woman should be
the children
longer husbands affection
ed from that OF the alns devoted father who calls his wife
nunoeo "es "ee nave seen one husband remain the V ns' the Ia
Their people
love eaon o' even they are conn lent they VIII never become parents
Here accomplishment
lures eo ao nave you even seen them rpe UP IN the carriages
with white full blaze
world
of by remarkable number children who
chMds life
light
little
o
maae Poor babe little face shade
for TO the cruelig
and have mothers and stupid trund
ling infants along blaze monday while they
fully ow a
$
familiar little
along
child while
the cruel selhshness OF her conduct toward her little
What excellent would national institution Of
a Hense
of
rarely
less little beings
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-07
STATE PRESS OPINIONS.
A Second Paradise.

The glorious coloring Of the autumn
tints in Helena yards is just now in
the zenith of its beauty. A walk through
the resident districts on the east side is
a revelation to those accustomed to the
barren appearances of many Rocky
mountain towHs. The brilliant yellows
and the bright shades of red on the
vines against the dark background of
the houses and the bright green of the
lawns Is in very truth a beautiful pic
ture. The view from the court house
lawn down Ewing street is superb. The
same might be said of Rodney and sew
eral other streets on the east side. On
the west side a striking picture is found,
with the glorious colors of the Virginia
creeper and the vines of brilliant scarlet,
orange and yellows being especially no.
ticeable.
We of the city Of course grow accus-
toned to these beauties, and the fail to
impress US as they do outsiders. The
view Of the valley farther out on the
west side with it's brilliant colors against
the dark background Of the mountains
and the bright green of the nearby
fields under the brilliant sunshine of
these autumn days and the bright blue
of the sky is picture which the artists
brush would fail to do Justice to. Mount
Helena. with the bright green of the
pines and the dashes Of brilliant yellow
of the aspens, bright reds OF maple and
rose bushes is indeed worthy Of the at
tention OF the lovers Of the beautiful.