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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21
GRIM REAPER FIGURES
IN THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE
FAMOUS MoRsE-DoDeE Dl-
VoRcE CASE.
Lawyer stelnhardt, Who Was Indicted
with His Partner, Abe Hummel,
for Conspiracy, Dies.

New York.-Benjamin G. Stein
hardt, a member of the recently
dissolved law firm of Howe & Hum
mel who was under indictment in con-
nection with, the Morse-Dodge divorce
case, died at mis- home Monday of To-
comotor ataxia
The death of Steinhardt removes
another of the firm which, founded by
the late William f. Howe, attained in
its existence of nearly half century
conspicuous place in the legal world
Abraham H. Hummel Is serving q
years Imprisonment for conspiracy in
the Dodge-Morse case, while Abraham
Kaffenburgh, nephew of Hummel
and also one of the firm, has been dis
barred. Steinhardt 10 years ago be-
gan crusade against race track bet
ting, which continued while his health
lasted.
The criminal cases against Stein
hardt were on Judge Fosters calendar
for dismissal Monday. No action was
taken, however, because the affidavits
the district attorney had looked for
before recommending that the indict-
ments be dismissed had not been filed.
Mrs. sSteinhardt called upon Assistant
District Attorney Garvan last week
and said her husband was very low
and would like to have the indict-
ments charging conspiracy and sub
ornation of perjury found in connec-
tion with the Dodge Morse case dis
posed of before his death.
District Attorney jerome will ap-
pear to-day before Justice Gigerich in
the supreme court and ask that the
indictments against Steinhardt be dis
missed. He will also ask that the in
dictment against Hummel charging
subornation of perjury and the one
against eX-Judge Fursman, charging
conspiracy, be dismissed. This will
dispose of all the indictments pending
in the celebrated Dodge.Morse case,
with the exception of the one for con-
spiracy against Edward Bracken, the
private detective employed in getting
evidence by Hummel and his associ.
ates. Bracken has never been ar
rested.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21
WHAT II IS TO BE eALp.'
A Sign of intelligence and Badge Of
Distinction. &

DR.. d. L. Parker, writing in the
Medical Record, tells us that bald
headedness can be cured by deep
breathing. We hope, however, that.
this is not true, for we would hate to-
see an easy way of growing hair on
bald pates introduced. The human
race would lose much CT its venerable
dignity If bald heads are to be abol-.
ished.
We never fail to have a carefully
selected bald-headed editor on our
staff, says the Pathfinder; we keep
him in the sanctum sanctorum to,
show to visitors as "the" editor and
no one who sees his beautiful polish
ed poll could fail to be suitably i'm,
pressed with him, for he looks as If
he really knew everything an editor
is expected to know. When congress,
is in session we send him to the capi-.
tol with instructions to sit constantly
in the press gallery with his hat Off.
to look as wise as possible, and on noe
account to give himself away by eX-.
pressing any opinions. Visitors from,
afar by the thousands ask their sena--
tors and members who that distin-.
guished-looking gentleman" is, and
when they are told that he is 'the.
editor of the Pathfinder" they go,
home convinced that this is the paper
they have been looking for and they
subscribe without delay.
In the same way we see to Il that:
our bald-headed editor is always in,
evidence at White House receptions
and other important gatherings, and
we even send him to educational con.
ventions and the like where he never
fails to do good work just by exhibit.
ing himself and keeping silent Now.
what better advertising could YOU
think of? How inconsequential beside
our editor do the measley little whip
per-snapper college-bsed writer's with
football shocks employed by our rivals,
look!
We attribute large part of the sue
cess of the Pathfinder to this policy
of being represented by man so i'm
pressive. And what would our editor.
be If 1t were not for his baldhead? ?
From time to time, after reading the
seductive re-for-bald-heads" adver--
tisements that are so common, he gets,
a notion that he would like to grow a.
little hair. Once we even caught him
rubbing some sort of fertilizer on his
scalp, but we threw the bottle out Of
the window and gave him to under
stand that if he ever dared so much
as even cast a shy glance at a hair.
restorer ad. his job would be. gone.
He now realizes where his bread is
buttered and seems reconciled to his.
situation. He ought to be highly con-.
tented, for he has no work to do and
he draws the highest salary of the es-
tablishment. There is no doubt that.
he owes his good berth to his bald
head; he ought never to forget this.
but nevertheless we shall take good
care that no temptations in the way of
announcements of new cures for hair
lessness are placed in his way.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21
THE HAYWOOD TRIAL.

The prosecution in the Steunenberg
murder trial, entering In earnest upon
the substantiation and corroboration
of Harry Orchards testimony, showed
n continuous thread of evidence con-
Meeting George Pettibone's store in
Denver with Orchard at San Fran
cisco engaged on the Bradley murder
plot, partly another direct line by
which it is hoped to show that Hay
wood engaged and paid Steve Adams
for the same desperate work, and
added special touches of confirmation
20 Orchards general story.
The Haywood defense closed the
cross-examination of Harry Orchard
by fierce attack on his motives in
confessing. He was moved to tears,
but maintained that he was actuated
solely by desire to make reparation
for his crimes and save his soul.
The Haywood defense carried the
cross-examination of Orchard down to
the Steunenberg murder. The wit
ness told of plot to kidnap the chill
dren of rich miner for ransom and
said it was suggested by David Coates,
former lieutenant governor of Colo
RADIO.
Harry Orchard, on the stand for his
sixth day in the Haywood trial, firmly
withstood all the attempts of the de-
fense to discredit his story. He de-
MED that the Federation leaders left
him without money. He told of plot
to blow up $50 non-union men in Glob-
vile which was stopped by Haywood.
Into the further cross-examination
of Harry Orchard counsel for William
ID. Haywood repeatedly threw the sug-
gestion of great counter conspiracy,
formulated and carried out by the
enemies of the Western Federation
of Miners, and indicated a determina-
tion to construct their main line of
defense on that field. Orchard was
firm in his denial of this theory.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21
DISSOLVES DUMA.
Russia's Parliament Is Put Out of
Business by the Cars Edict.

st. Petersburg, Russia.-Emperor
Nicholas affixed his signature Sunday
morning to an imperial ukase abolish
ing the present duma and ordering
that the elections of members to its
successor, which is to meet November
2i, be held under the new election
law which provides against the sub.
mergence of the educated classes by
the uneducated masses.
This act constitutes virtual coup
d'etat and overrides the specific pro.
visions of the fundamental laws of the
realm, solemnly proclaimed by his
majesty on the eve of the convocation
of the first duma, which declared that
the electoral law could never be
changed without the consent of parlia.
ment itself.
The ukase is accompanied by a
manifesto setting forth the motives
which led the emperor to dissolve the
duma. He adverts to the dumas re.
lection of temporary laws, its refusal
to condemn terrorism, the delay in
ratlfying the budget, the open revolu.
tionary spirit of a large p-.tion of its
members, the abuse of the right of in.
terpellation and, finally, the failure of
the duma to comply Immediately with
the demand for the exclusion of the
90 social democratic members
charged with conspiring against the
present regime.
An imperial ukase was issued Sun
day proroguing the council of the en-
pire until November 13.
Saturday night nine of the 16 social
democratic leaders specifically named
in the government indictment, were
taken into custody. The other seven
succeeded in eluding the elaborate
provisions made for their arrest.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21
To Make a Razor strop.

Razor strops are prepared from.
strips of linoleum of the usual length
and width, left for 20 hours in one.
eighth to one fourth per cent Soul
ton of hartshorn salt, to which 11s.
per cent of alum has previously been.
added, at the ordinary temperature
The strips are then dried at the nor
NAL temperature, rubbed with soap
and polished with pumice stone.
They are finally fastened in the US
ual manner to wooden handles. Stropss
made in this way will give smooth.
sharp edge to the razor.-Scientifioe
American.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21
NiscELIANEOuS.

The missing launch of the battle
ship Minnesota was located in % feet
of water in Hampton Roads. Across
the little craft was tell-tale piece of
towing line, serving to convince the
naval officers that they are right in
their theory that the launch was run
down by a boat of some kind in tow
of q tug. The diver who went down
to examine the launch reported that
the heads and arms of three men were
protruding from beneath the canvas
covering.
Eddie" Guerin, who escaped to the
United States from Devils island,
then went to England where he was
arrested and ordered to be eXtradited
to France, was set free by the divis-
ional court, which decided that the
extradition act did not apply to the
case.
The agreement between the Harri-
man interests and the Rock Island
company, entered into in 1904 for their
alternative control of the Chicago &
Alton railroad, has been abrogated
by mutual consent.
Harry Posner, aged 10, waif
brought to Howard, Kan. from New
York in 1899, received a message from
New York city stating that he had
fallen heir to half million dollars left
by his father, who died in Cape Town,
Africa.
The Russian premier demanded that
the douma suspend number of its
members who are social democrats,
that they might be tried for revolu-
tionary crimes. The douma refused
and its dissolution seemed certain.
julius Lehman and Emil Hartman,
former st. Louis councilmen convicted
of boodling and sentenced to the peni.
tentiary over three years ago, were
pardoned by Gov. Folk and released.
Secretary Taft suffered a severe at
tack Of indigestion while at st. Paul,
MINI.
Judge Dunno refused to release on
bail Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco,
convicted of eXtortion.
Little Herbert Sinclair, the 11-year.
old son of music dealer in Tyrone.
Pa, has been captured at North Balti-
more, o., after years abduction. The
child said he was taken from his par
ents by tremp, who made him live
the life of vagabond.
The business portion of Wesley, Ia.
was destroyed by fire, the loss being
$4,000.
Thomas Baldwin, slayer Of four
persons and awaiting trial for murder
in Bloomington, H., was found dead
in his cell.
New Orleans business men and
wealthy Italians combined to put a
stop to BLACK Hand" outrages in that
city.
Jewels valued at $4,000 were re-
ported stolen from the yacht Adroit,
owned by Russell Hopkins, a banker
of Atlanta, Ga, in New York harbor.
Fire destroyed ten business houses,
two dwellings and an apartment house
at Glrard, o. The loss is estimated
y. 100000
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21
Poisoned wlth Diamonds.

The jeweler replaced tenderly in.
its case the unmounted pear-shape6,
diamond.
81 could kill you with that" he said.
81 could poison you with it. YOU
would die in few hours
But diamonds are not poisonous?"
Indeed they are, ground up. There
have been number of suicides by
diamond dust among gem cutters.
Swallow diamond dust, and death
will ensue very quickly. The symp-
toms will be the same as though
Btrychnine had been taken"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21
only one Of the MISSING vas FOUND

Norfolk, Va.-Ofhcers and men
OF the Atlantic fleet were greatly
launch was raised and only the body
of one man, Flrem n G. w. Westfall,
was found beneath the crushed can,
opy frame
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21

Schmitz Is Removed from Office.
San Francisco, Cal.-Mayor Schmit2
was formally removed by the
supervisors at their meeting Monday
Supervisor James Gallagher vae
namod as acting mayor in his place.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21
Kingsley Succeeds Orr as President

New York. Darwin p. Kings,
ley, first vice president of the
New York Life Insurance Co., was on
Monday elected president of the com.
pany to succeed Alexander e. Orr. Mr..
Or became the head of the New
York Life soon after the legislative
insurance investigation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21
Fire DESTROYED Car Barns.

New York.-Fire ON Sunday de-
stroyed the car barns of the New
York City Railway Co., situated in
Madison avenue. The loss will ex.
ceed 100000. Thirty electric automo-
bIles.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD

Complete Review of Happenings Of
Greatest Interest from All Parts OF
the olobe-Latest Home and For
eien Items.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21
THE MARKETS.
New York, June 1s, 1907.

New York, June 18, 1907.
Flour-Steady.
Wheat-No. 2 red 96%c.
Corn-No. 2 at 61Ac.
oats-Clipped white 49h @53hc.
Hay-Firm.
Cattle-steers $4.SO@645. veals,
$5.O0@725.
sheep-wethers s8.5O@J.5o, lambs.
$6.50@725.
Hogs-Yorkers ,$6.sO@6.7O.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21

Cleveland June 8.-Flour-Minne-.
sofa spring patent $5.25@5.50.
Wheat-No. 2 red 94c.
Corn-No. 8 yellow 5Sc.
Oats-No. 3 white 48c.
Butter-Best creamery 25c.
Eggs-Strictly fresh Ice.
Cheese-York state 14c
Potatoes-Choice white 75080c
Hay-Best grades S21.5O.
Cattle - Choice steers $5.50@5.75,.
calves $6.50@6.75,
Sheep - Best wethers $6.000625,.
spring lambs $75O0S,OO.
Hogs-Yorkers $6.40.
Toledo, June IS. = Wheat-Cash,
e29sc.
Corn-Cash soc.
Oats-Cash 45hc.
Cloverseed-Cash 1925.
East Buffalo, June -Cattle-Ex.
port steers $5.75@6.60. Veal calves.
$7O00725.
sheep-Wethers s55O@5,75, lambs
s5.O0@550.
Hogs-Yorkers $3.50.
Pittsburg, June .-Cattle-Cho!ces
steers s6.20Q6.4O, fair s5.1OO5.4O.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-06-21

Pittsburg, June Cho!cCs
steers s6.2OQ6.4O, fair s5.1OQ54O.
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LEARNING.

Judge Cleland, of Chicago, is not the onlyu western police judge who has
 learned something since he began to
 deal with those who are called crim- inals. Mayor Brennan of Xenia, Ohio, who is also police judge, was elected as radical temperance man, and 8 rather fiery anti-saloon orator. He regarded drunkenness as a crime, and
 of course he looked on the drunkard
 as criminal So it was assumed that he would deal out justice" to this class of offenders with relentless hand. But the mayor was misjudged. In- stead of punishing the "drunks" he
 showed that he was their friend, and
 as such was anxious for their reform ation. Instead of sending the offenders
 to jail, or imposing fines on them, he simply asked them to sign pledge to refrain from drinking for a certain Speclned tune, Here IS Wnat the Judge says of his changed point of view: q have changed my mind materially about purtishing the man who drinks, since I've been the mayor of Xenia, and think that the generally accepted idea of giving him fine, accompanied
 by a workhouse sentence, is wrong. The man who comes up before me, as a usual thing, for drunkenness has a
 good heart in him, and after I point
 out to him the error of his ways and
 show him what his failing is leading
 to, he wants chance to do better,
 and I give 1t to him, irrespective of
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plumber who has been working in the cellar has left his tools here. Judge.
 Some people not only give his satan le majesty hls due, but pay him in advance. News.
 IA dollar doesn't go far, but it sell dom comes back.-Nashville American.
 q have a fine sense of honor." Have, eh?" "Yes. I always hesitate quite a while before I do particular ly mean thing. ng."--Cleveland Leader.
 Mrs. McCall-"Have you still got that servant girl you had last week?" Mrs. Hiram Offen-"Which day last week? Philadelphia Press.
 Are your neighbors obliging?"
 T should say so. They always let me use our telephone whenever l want o."-Milwaukee Sentinel
 "Ethelbert Murphy, do you think it's quite right for your little brother to go In bathing on Sunday? Don't you think he might have waited till to- morrow?" "What'd "a bin de use? He'd "a needed it woise Judge.
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all New England. Finally he stands on the constitution and breaches pro- gress under the constitution and not in spite of it or according to personal Interpretations of it's meaning.
 These are all vital issues. Not one of them Is a small issue nor one that permits of oratorical flights of fancy They touch the well-being of the in vesting public and the wage -earner everywhere. For MT. Williams to counsel opposition on account of the man and in disregard of the issues he represents is to confess himself not only an opportunist but an obstruc- tionlst Nor is there but one way for a political party seeking seriously to serve the people to meet such a man and the friends he represents, that is to defy him now before the nominat- ing convention is called It is incon- ceivable that in great State like Massachusetts or in small State like Connecticut so reactionary a gentle man as MT. Williams can stampede a party for personal reasons. MT. Whit ney should call the bluff.
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ONE OF THE coSUNDRUM UMs.

Probably not all suicides are insane but many of them are queer. They show their queerness in the interest they take in what may happen after they are dead. Thus a Pittsburg tomb stone maker who shot himself left a letter to his relatives in which he said: If this shooting game is a suc- cess. then to the funeral. Flannery is good undertaken. Proceedings as or dinary. Crying out of place and not permitted"
 so thoroughly done with the affairs of earth that he has made up his mind to take himself suddenly and violently out of them care about regulating, or trying to regulate any of them after his departure? According to the theory on which he kills himself none of them is worth his further attention. And yet a suicide will often leave di- rections about this or that just as if he thought this or that was important enough for him to attend to even in his last moments. Verify man is a queer mixture, and never queerer than when he is doing what he can to dis connect himself from the life of man.
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MIR. GUNN'S VIEWS.

Of the many who contributed to The Journal and Courier legislative series the letter from Representative Gum of Milford deserves some atten- ton by itself for the reason that of all the members of the General As- sembiy this year he is the oldest in point of years of service and also va- riety of service. He has graced both halls of legislation and for a long time was directing power in the councils of the then well disciplined Democratic party. The knowledge such @ man necessarily accumulates can only be of service to his fellows when frankly imparted to them.
 There is force in his suggestion that a reduction in the number of representatives would be good thing. Where there are so many to consider matters of legislation there is sure to be scattering of the best interests of the State. He naturally looks to a system of representation based up- on population to gratify the need in the simplest manner but he gives out no hope that he has discovered among his colleagues from the small towns of the State an inclination to seek an escape from the common trouble in that way. Failing that, however, he would assign to each town in the State a single representa- tive, which he believes would lead to @ more careful selection of men, re- duce expenses and offer all the protec- ton the small towns may think they need. In offering this suggestion Mir. Gum recalls the prolonged sessions of the constitutional convention which dealt in detail with just that ERaea, but so lacking was it in perma-
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nent fascination that at the close of the convention 1t could not muster majority of the delegates in its be- half. Previously the convention had unfavorably considered the last com promise offered by the revisionists, which reduced the number of repre- sentatives to sit in the house but in such a manner that no town was de- prived of the representation it needed while the control of the house by them was not taken away. The only lively change consisted in increasing the members from the few large cen- ters In the State.
 We agree with MT. Gum that the traditional way of transacting the public business should be abandoned together with the special legislative habit, which he rightly says should be prohibited by a constitutional enact ment. We cannot, however, agree that the convenience of the members alone is concerned in the length of the sessions. It is of the utmost im- portance that popular confidence in the efficiency of any department of government should not be impaired
 That was done this year.
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oUR CONTEMPORARIES.
we strive to PIense.

(The Hartford Courant) Our esteemed contemporary. the New Haven Journal and Courier, :" continues to publish it's correspond ence with members of the General Assembly, as to how things can be improved on Capitol Hill. Several letters are reprinted this morning, so that our readers may know the opin- Ions of Speaker Tilson and Repre- sentatives Hooker of this city and Full Ter of suffield The "J. and e. quotes , ''The Courant's" allusion to this bit of work as indicating wit and en- terprise," and then offers objection to the terms used. We assume that our contemporary has no objection to be- ing charged with enterprise, and, therefore, the intimation that it shows wit must be what does not suit. The Century Dictionary gives as it's defi- nitions of Wit the following;
 Knowledge,
 Wisdom,
 Intelligence,
 Sagacity,
 Judgment, Sense.
 Until we ascertain directly from headquarters which of these terms is unsatisfactory to the present energetic o of TatTao ag the natnra ds dna position toward retracting to oblige a friend or repair an unintended in jury,
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LABOR DAT.

Perhaps many of those who most faithfully observe Labor Day work harder than they would if they work ed, but they are satisfied, and well they may be. Labor Day has become quite as conspicuous and important a holiday as it's originators hoped it would, and the indications are that it is going to increase in conspicuousness and importance. It certainly will if those who have made it conspicuous and important manage their affairs with wisdom and skill Organized labor is largely recognized" labor, and will be more so if it does not de- feat itself by injustice and the appli- cation of the wrong kind of force. Great progress has been made in get ting Labor recognized" and great progress has been made in getting it paid. Perhaps the time will come when the conflict between Labor and Capital will be less irrepressible and more animated by justice and forbear- ance Wise laborers and wise capital lsts should both work for such a time, Meanwhile Labor Day should be utilized as a day of sensible recrea- tion.