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fathers or other kinfolKs. And this we
have seen practically demonstrated by
more than ten thousand females dur
ing the long period Of our observation
viii Professor Lombroso make a note
Of this phase of criminal life?
We had scarcely concluded writing
the foregoing when one of the most
striking acts of devotion by a Grim
inals wife was flashed over the wires
and printed in the daily press, and In
substance as follows;
Mrs. Edwin Ruthven, wife of the
Cleveland murderer who was put to
death in the electric chair, made last
effort early in the evening to save the
life of her husband.
"In the presence of Rev. W. M. Lang
ford and others she made an alleged
confession that she and not her nus
ban killed Policeman Shipp. Mrs.
Ruthven declared that on the night of
the murder she and Ruthven quarrel
ed that she left the house, met Charles
Jacobs, a mysterious individual OF
whom Ruthven frequently spoke, and
that he asked for Edwin, saying he had
a lob on hand. She told him her hus-
band was not at home, but that she
would help She donned her husbands
clothing and assisted Jacobs in the
burglary. Policeman Shipp appeared
and Jacobs fed. She used her revolver
and Shipp was killed.
"Ruthhyen, when told Of the COMES
sion, declared it was not true Mrs
Ruthven is serving a sentence for re-
ceiving stolen property"
Here is confirmatory evidence, il
anv were needed, TO demonstrate the
superior devotion of at least the pro
fessional criminals wife over that Of
the wife of the accidental" criminal
What bankers wife, or lawyers, or ed
itors would come forward and, to save
her guilty husbands life, take the
crime upon herself and even 90 smll-
ing to the electric chair as we believe
Mrs. Ruthven would do for her burglar
and murderous husband?
Ruthven himself was not without
species of chivalry, or at least man
hood Notwithstanding his deprayed
criminal nature and the life he fol
lowed Imagine a man within rev
hours of the dreaded ordeal, sitting In
the death cell awaiting the summons
10 the electric chair. All hope is gone,
and the grave is open to receive him,
vet. as Death is the hing Of Terrors,'
he would live IL he could and take any
desperate chance to save his life. In
the female department of the prison
he knows that his faithful wife is
counting the minutes, and that she,
too. has abandoned all hope. They will
never meet again on earth, and she is
now to him nothing more than any
one of the millions of women inhabit-
ing the earth. She will serve her SEN
tence. be discharged, and, no doubt, get
another man" or husband and forget
that such a man as himself ever lived,
In the Ohio penitenuary where
Ruthven was thus spending the last
moments Of his life, condemned men
are executed a few minutes after II
o'clock midnight The Annex as 1t
is called. where the murderers are con
fined pending their execution, is an ad-
Joining apartment to the death cham
Der. In this death chamber is the fatal
chair, and the prisoner, when the mo-
ment arrives has but to walk few
PAGES from his cell in the Annex to
reach the door Of this dreaded cham
ber.
Ruthven's door opens and in steps
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A great many people VINO nave Oeen
in attendance at the trial are greatly
surprised at the verdict. The testi-
mony of the defense was so convincing
that Reynolds companions had rocked
the house and that they had thrown
at Harmon that a great many expected
him to be acquitted. 1t was the gen.
eral talk Saturday that at most Har'
mon would get but an indeterminate
sentence for manslaughter.
Attorney A. w. Knight, for the de-
fense. declares that the verdict is the
result of the jury allowing public sen
timent to unduly influence them. 1t
is we'll remembered that Immediately
af,er the killing Of Reynolds, a mob
was organized to lynch him and that
he was hurriedly taken to Terre Haute
for safety. Since there LAS been some
talk around the courtroom that there
was a probability OF Harmon being ac'
quilted, Attorney knight says that
these same people made threats that
they would lynch Harmon If he was
acquitted.
He says that they had all arrange
ments made for a mob Saturday night,
and that if the jury had turned Har,
mon loose they would have attacked
him with the intention Of taking his
life.
These threats, with the vengeance
the mob would also take on the jury,
Mr.. Knight says, made the jury afraid
to bring in any other verdict than that
of life sentence.
While the indictment was for muir.
der in the first degree, the jury found
that the defendant was guilty OF muir
der in the second degree and gave him
the extreme penalty-imprisonm
for life.
Five of the jurors for several ballots
voted to hang Harmon. The ballots
stood five for hanging, six for impris-
onment and one for manslaughter. The
FIVE jurors for hanging gradually came
over to life Imprisonment, but the one
voting for manslaughter hung out un-
til the last ballot.
At the convening Of court Monday
morning Attorney Knight gave notice
that they would apply for a new trial
for Harmon. Judge Colliver allowed
the attorneys for the defense six days
in which to prepare their exceptions
and the application for a new trial
Following the usual procedure in
such cases, the new trial win be denied
by the trial Judge. Then, II the con-
victed man can raise any more money
to fee his lawyer and pay the costs OF
an appeal it is taken to higher
court. and ninety to one the decision
Is affirmed and the convicted man i'm
INJURED in a penitentiary. And that Is
generally the end of him.
In concluding this paper, as a prob.
lem for the Lombrossos and Others Of
his ilk" to solve, the writer, in addt'
ton. saddles the problem with this
criminal nut, which he hopes the pro
fessor will also crack to the satisfac-
ton of a public interested in these
criminal matters.
From Reynolds London, England,
newspaper issue to hand:
"a novel defense to charge of fell
ony was offered by Frank Henry SUIT
ton, thirty-eight, Of the London Hotel
Long-acre, who appeared before Mr.
Fenwick at Marylebone on Wednesday.
lac was accused OF stealing from the
grand hall at Euston Station an UNI
brella belonging to Matilda Sayer, "
Wigan Cottage, Watford. In defense
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MANIFEST DESTINY.
A Very Able Article by Mr.. j. A.
Gilkey.
TOLD IN ALLEGORY WITH EFFECT
The Ship Of State Flies Tho Pirate Flag Adore
The Stars and Stripes, and Men are Shot 10
Death by Americans Who, as They Expire,
Cry Liberty OF ih'-Ratls Of Muskstry
and the Sabre Stroke Drown Their Cries.

Mr.. ]. A. Gilkey, Montesaur, Wash.
ington, thus addresses the public on
our Manifest Destiny"
Less than fourteen decades ago the
parliament of England passed law
to tax the American colonies explain.
ing in justification of the act, that the
proceeds Of the taxation would be used
in and for the benefit Of the colonies.
THE world knows the result. The
colonies repudiated the act as an un.
warranted usurpation Of power, de-
clared that taxation without repre-.
sentation is tyranny and fought one
OF the fiercest wars Of history in de-
fense of the principle that all men are
entitled to self.goYernment.
BY a series of acts, eliminating in
the recent decision of the supreme
court, the present Administration and
the court have approved the action Of
a tyrannical parliament; cast aside the
declaration Of independence; assert
ed that one race may govern another
without that others consent; denied
the right Of all men to self-goyern-
ment; declared that they may be sub
jects Of America, yet not be entitled to
the protection guaranteed by the Con.
stitutiOn.
by these acts they have drawn the
black bar sinister of tyranny across
the national escutcheon. Vandal hands
have desecrated the graves Of the ma.
tion's nOblest dead.
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Humanity with all its fears,
With all its hopes Of future years,
Is hanging breathless in thy fate!

THE fatal word has been spoken;
the order has been given; the ship of
state has been turned adrift upon an
unknown sea. The anchor has been
thrown .rcrl H7r' '. 5--+ l1~ 2s~~-'
IL - ------- ~ II ----------
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(The writer OF the following was sentenced
to life imprisonment in the Ohio Penetentiary
for fighting street duel in which the defamer
years imprisonment, he proposes In the
columns OF the Globe to tell "a plain, unvar
nished tale" OF life in modern penitentiary
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PRISON REFORM.
Continuation Of the Problem Of
Criminal FaithfulneSS
BY THE WIVES AND WOMEN
OF Professional Criminals and a Ladys SOlu-
tIOn Of Why the Accidental Criminals Wives
Divorce Them--Murder Trials and How They
are COnduOtsd-A Novel WOuId-be CrmnOO-
gIst-TraIts OF Criminals.
Tenth Paper,

Crhe writer OF the following was sentenced
to life Imprisonment in the Ohio Penetentiary
for fighting a street duel in which the defamer
OF his family was killed Pardoned after eight
years imprisonment, he proposes in the
columns OF the Globe to tell "a plain, unvar
nished tale" Of life in modern penitentiary
-EDITORJ
Now, the question we intended to
raise, that some one might find the
solution which baffied us in prison, and
which we are yet unable to satisfac-
torily solve ourself, is, why are the
women of criminals more loyal, faith
full and devoted to their male protect
ors in prison than their more sensitive,
refined, educated and emotional sisters
of the better and the nOn-criminal
clasp
A lady once attempted for our ben
eft to solve this problem. Here is what
she said
THE reputable wife of an honest
merchant or professional man does not
look for nor expect the development Of
any criminal trait in her husband.
She may have lived with him for years
and not having discovered nor expect
ed any weakness in his character
which would lead him to the commits
sion of any kind or character of crime,
she is so shocked when he does do so
tnat she rarely recovers from the ct
feet. and the consequence may and usu-
ally is that her ideal being destroyed
she separates herself by divorce or
coldness from her erstwhile honored
and respected husband.
On the other hand, the women of the
criminal class, or those women who
themselves free from crime ally them
selves with criminals, naturally expect
or look forward to periods when their
husbands must become involved with
tA- authorities They are prepared at
all times for the arrest and imprison-
ment of their husbands, and are not
shocked, though they may be grieyed,
at his arrest, which was expected soon
er or later, and consequently they con
tinue regarding him with the same
feelings they were accustomed to feel
and manifest during the periods of his
liberty. If a decent woman of the bet
ter class detected in her husband a
weakness or a trait which her instinct
or intuition admOnished her might
lead to his downfall, the chances are
she would pity and stick to him in mis-
fortune
But we are sull unsatistied, and feel
that the full solution Of this devotion
and loyalty of the burglars or thief's
wife for her husband, and the selfish
ana cruel abandonment by the wife of
the farmer lawyer, editor and honor
aula 1uI accidentally tlI'al sit y
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bed. The nan won't stay more than
. minute longer"
mo. you bet he won't. I'm going to
begin right here and now to find u
whether we live In a Christian com.
munity or are camped out among a
tribe OF savages. G'way, wonlan-
g'way!w
Mr.. Bowser clapped on his hat and
passed out. The popcorn ma caught
sight Of him and yelled the lonlest yell
Of all, and his roar was still echolng
when a hand fell upon his shoulder
and a voice said In his ear:
"By the jumping Jupiter. If you yell
again I'll make dogs meat OF your
"Eh. old man. what's the matterg"
asked the peddler as he whlrled around.
1.-THE matter is that you've got to
shut up and move on or there'll be
murder done. The idea of your com
ing out at 10 o'clock Mt night and yell
ing like this. Move on with your
Don't get hot. old man. The people
demand popcorn. and | am here TO
supply the demand-only 5 cents a
quart and fresh every hour"
That peddler will never clearly re-
member what followed. owing to its
suddenness. He had a basket on bis
arm, and that basket went flying as he
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to AIR. Rowser's hlecl. They fouud
hin looking around on the sidewalk
for vest buttons and necstles and shoe
strings. and they swept forward with
cheers and yells. He might have
climbed the weeping willow OF bound
ed over the fence. but he did neither
On the contrary, be calmly waited foi
the onslaught and went dowa rs 4
brave man should. 1t teol. the mol,
ten minutes to satisfy It's vengeance.
and when it had left him behind Mr..
Bowser was a human wreck. Thee
had pulled his hair. hanged his head.
BACKED his eyes and reduced his
clothes to rags. and almost every tooth
In his head needed To be tlehtened IN.
Mrs. Bowser anne oGt and helped him
up and led him slowly IN. and as be
dragged his painful way to the lounge
and felt upon it with Il groan she
smoothed down the few remaining
hairs OF his head and gently said:
You won't be ont Of the house for
a month, and you'll probably be n
cripple for life. but never mind. dear
You have found out what are you live
In and reformed the town. aud you
ought to he real happy over #. Just
cuddle down, and III telephone Cor the
Doctor" ". QUAD.
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lence, IL ut all, when a popcorn man
came along. 1t was perhaps by ac-
cident that he stopped in front of the
Bowser residence, but stop he did, and
his first yell would have lifted a baby
out of its crib. lie seemed mbued
with the idea that every family on the
block was stone deaf and that it
needed a voice Of thunder to let them
know that popcorn awaited them be-
fore retiring for the night. At his
second yell Mr.. Bowsei sat up with a
look of wonder on his face, and at the
third he rose from the lounge and ex-
claimed:
by the great horn spoon, are we
living in the harbaric age or the TWEEN
tieth century,
Hell go in a minute" soothingly re-
piled Mrs. Bowser, land think III
heat the salt again and We'll 60 to
bed"
But the man didn't go on. he bad
come to stay. as it were. With Il voice
which would have done credit to a bull
he roared again and again. and as Mrs.
Bowser's heart grew heavy aud the
cat felt her pulses tingle Mr.. Bowser
tore the bandage from his face and
said:
III you think I'm n man to stand any
such outrage as this. I'll loon show ycu
to the contrary. Where's my hatY"
but don't be FOOLISH" she pleaded.
'If you go ont Iato the night air. your
ear will be worse. and it won't do any
good to raise a row with a peddler.
He's got a license"
as q mar licensed to whoop and yell
and roar like that demanded Mr..
Bowser. "If he is. then I'll move out
OF this town tomorrow"
"Please be quiet and come along to
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Shabby Treatment.

"So your country relatives didn't
treat you well when you went there
this summer
NO. indeed. 1t was shabby per-
fectly shabby. Why. we had to come
home in two weeks instead of staying
six or eight weeks. rs we intended"
you don't say"
Yes. Why. they had their farm
house so full of summer boarders that
frankie and Oracle and Mamie and
Willie and ! had to 90 to another place
and pay bcardi"-Philadelphia Bulle-
tin.
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mend. und won't you please shpeak
some poetry to me? You look like a
good natured man, und | pellet you
vhas willing to oblige me-
Und so | sits down und says:
"a widow whose husband vhas dead
Climbs oop after cherries so red.
But she loses her grip
Und makes a bad Sip
Und comes down %kerplunk on her head"
"How did you hear aboudt ne?" says
dot womans, nit danger IN her eye.
~ don't hear nottings. 1t vhas just
poetry" | says.
"Cobbler, you vhas a bold, badt
man." she yells, .'und II | Wasn't some
helpless womans | should horsewhip
you, Neffer in all my life shall you
fix some shoes for me, und If you look
oudt at me ash | pass py it yhill be six
months nit der workhouse.'
Size goes oudt, und dot fat ~pollcemans
comes In, ind pefore | can say any
poetry to him he grabs me und yells:
80 you yhas some poets. ell. und like
to raise a row among der peoples?
Maybe you hat made oop some verses
on me like
"A copper whose name 1t vhas Jack,
Nit stomach ASH big as a hack.
Der asthma came on
To dat son Of a gun
Und laid him oudt Eat on hs back"
Und dot policemans rush at me nit
bis club, ind. by goIly, When | awoke
some more | vhas a dead mans on der
floor of my shop. Und When dot coal
he says:
"A cobbler who eubbled sYhay
Und patched oop a shoe e-tery day.
He turned ouot a poet.
und der yhay he did go IL
hafn't got words for to say"
M. QUAD.
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Negative ElectrIcIty.

You know. there are two kinds OF
electricity. positive aud negative" said
the man who Is always trying 10 tell
people things.
Yes" answered Willie Washington.
Il have lad experience with the latter
kind"
Got a shock?"
woman II she would marry me. and she
sent another saying NO "-Washing-
ten star.
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"Curses on the day that | neglected
to study geometry cried the honest
rustic as he tried to put the new stra W
hal upon his donkey. for had | mas
tered that science / should have found
the problem of the ass ears more sim
pie"
Truly IL was but a moment until he
discovered that the heels were ever a
harder problem than the ears.-Balti-
more American.
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HANS TRIES POETRY.
HE GETS UP A FEW JlNGLES TO
INCREASE BUSINESS.

His Rhymes. However. Failed to
Please a Single and Once
More the Little German CobbIer
Came 10 Grief.
tcopyrieht. 1901, by c. B.. Lewis.1
One day when | don't haf some work
to do und vhas singing Il Like to Be
Some Angels" dot coal man in
una says.
Hans. you vhas n good feller, but
you don't know some peesness in Amer
lea. | shall put you oop to a good thing,
und if you don't make feefty dollars a
week yoa vhas no good. Can you make
oop some poetryt"
Il can" | says.
. Well, dot vhas bully. | shall put
You oop some sings Of Der Cobbler
Poet. Poetry made While you get some
repairs, ind no extra charge. Why,
Hans, customers Will fall oafer each
other to get into your shop, und der
money Will come rolling in SO fast you
can't count IT,"
/ don't know aboudt some poetry In
4 eobbler shop. but dot coal man vhas
q ffendt Of mine und a good peesness
maa. uud I pellet he yhas X. o. He
paints me some signs. und | put 'em
oop by der window, ind in two min
utes a MAJ comes in nit a shoe und
says:
"Nhell. ghell. but | like a poet. You
may put a patch on dot shoe und make
ne COP some poetry While | wait"
Ind took dot shoe und says:
"Dere ghas an old nan nit a nose,
Uad il vhas so red ASH a rose,
Ind one day When he cough
Dot nose II falls OF
Und broke SAINT Ge Of his toes"
I pellet dot man Will hit me on der
back und laugh vhen he hears dot
poetry, but he don't do SO. He grabs
dot shoe AWAY una says:
"Cobbler. | vhas in dis town dwendy-
sefen years. und dis Was der first time
anybody insults me. You vhas no
shentlemans, sir. You yhas q big loafer
instead. ind | take my work to a
dago. | Ike to kick you ten times. ind
/ tell you to lock oudt for me-"
lie goes oudt. und | don't know how
she vhas, und pooty queek a womans
nit red hair ONE In und says:
"Cobbler. | read your sign und come
in to say dot | shall prlng you in more
ash two dollars' worth of work tomor-
row. So you yhas some poets, eh?
Well, dot vhas shplendid. | wrote
SOME poetry myself. und SO we vhas
like twins. Let me hear you make
some poetry"
Ind SO | says:
"a womans whose hair It vhas red,
She says she wish She vhas dead.
IND she goes oudt by a tree.
IND from lie she gets free
Dy standing too long on her head"
"cobbler," says dot womans ash she
shumps cop. "vhas dot me you make
some poetry aboudtf"
oh. mol 1t yhas a womans in Gin
eiunatl." | says.
Il pellet you yhas some liars. sir. Ny
hair vhas red. ind you like to make
fun Of ne. | Will now shpeak some
poetry to your
Ind size grabs both hands In my hair
uad pulls TIE arounat Gnd makes me
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Gratifying Her Taste,

"You told George you wanted an $50
coat" said the astonished mother to
her married daughter. why. IN for
$40 would have been all right"
perhaps, but ! knew he wouldn't
give the money for either. SO | thought
I'd demand a good one while about It."
philadelphia Times.
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Miss Maldupp-l saw you In bathing
this morning. Mr.. Sharpe. It's funny
you didn't see me.
81 didn't expect to-"
Il was sure you saw ME at one time.
] was standing close by you on the
beach,"
Mr.. Sharpe-Oh. yes! | saw you In
your bathing suit.-Philadelphia Press.