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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
MRS. HARTMAN is RICH
ALL OF LATE FINANclER's PROP
ERTY LEFT TO WIDOW.
Wall Street Estimates that She VIII
Inherit Between SIS, 100000 and
$1ooooo,ooo.

New York City.-A hundred brief
words, weighted each with approxi-
mately $1,O0O,OO0 and containing
in their entirety the last testament
of e. II. Hartman, make his widow,
Mary Averell Hartman, one of the
wealthiest women in the world. 1t is
perhaps the briefest will on record for
the disposal of an estate of such mag
nitude. All his property is left to
Mrs. Hartman.
Wall street estimates that Mrs. Har-
riman will inherit in realty and per-
sonal property between $4,000, 900
and $100,000,000. Mr.. Harriman's pri-
vate fortune is supposed to have been
greater than this by many millions,
but there is reason to believe that his
unmarried daughters, Mary and Carol,
his married daughter, Mrs. Robert
Livingstone Gerry, and his two sons,
William Averell and Roland, boy of
IA, together. with his surviving sister,
Mrs. Simons, and other relatives, have
all been substantially provided for in
gifts out of hand and trust funds set
aside by Mr.. Hartman during his
life time.
The will is dated June 8, 1908, and
is witnessed by Charles A. Peabody,
president of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co., who drew it, and c. c.
Tegethoff Mr.. Peabody was Mr. Har-
riman's close personal friend and was
frequently caller at Arden house
during his last illness. He relin-
quished a law practice commonly esti.
mated as worth 100000 year to
assume at smaller salary the execu-
tive direction of company in which
Mr.. Hartman was heavily interested.
Mr.. Tegethoff was Mr.. Harriman's
personal secretary.
Mrs. Hartman was Miss Mary Av-
erell, daughter of w. j. Averell,
wealthy banker of Rochester, N. Y,
who made his money lin the Rome,
Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad
Co. She brought her husband finan-
cial aid in his early struggles in the
market, when aid was most valuable
to him. He never needed it again,
for his administrative ability soon
won him the support of Kuhn, Loeb
d. Co., the National City bank and
the powerful Standard Oil clique.
Their SO years of married life-Mr.
Hartman was married in 1S73-it has
always been said were ideally happy
The will was filed September 16 with
the Surrogate of Orange county, New
York, at Goshen. The estate will not
be appraised until Mrs. Hartman, in
due course of law as sole executrix,
petitions for an appraiser. Not until
his appointment by the court will
there be an official valuation of estate.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
TRIED TOKILL LSTEELMAN
DYNAMITE BOMB is SET OFF uN.
DER HIS HOME.
From Foundation Up the Building Was
Damaged-Fortunately No One
Was Injured.

Youngstown, O.--Charles ]. Glib
son, general manager of the Struth-
ers plant of the American Sheet
been in progress for weeks, and his
whole family had narrow escapes from
death when his home was dynamited.
No one was injured and that is
counted an unusual piece of good for
tune, for the house was rocked. From
foundation up the building was dam
aged, the cellar walls were shaken,
the framework was twisted, all the
windows broken and the pictures
thrown from the walls. So great was
the shock that everyone in the house
was thrown from bed. 1t was about
3 o'clock in the morning that the ex-
plosion came, and such was its force
that the village was at once awake
and running into the streets to see
what had happened. In the hurry of
their alarm many ran out in their
night clothes.
Those first on the ground reported
that shell filled with dynamite evil
IDENTIFY had been set off by long
fuse. The charge had been placed di-
rectly under Gibson's bedroom. Later
investigation by the county authori-
ties bore out these statements. The
sheriff has the case in hand. Mr..
Gibson declines to discuss the affair
in any way, and when asked whether
he believed the setting of the mine
was in any way connected with the
strike he refused to answer. His
friends, however, say they do not be-
lieve any acts of his in connection
with the strike led to the attempt on
his life. Others say openly that strike
sympathizers did the work.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
TRY TO REACH SOUTH POLE
EngIishman, Organizing an Expedi-
ton, Receives Money to Help
Pay Expenses of Trip.

London, England.-Robert F. Scott,
who is organizing an expedition to the
South Pole. speaking on the report
that Commander Peary had decided to
lead a similar expedition, said: II
very much doubt that the report is
authentic, but am confident that un-
less our expedition starts next year
there is strong probability that other
countries will take up the enterprise
along the line of advance developed
by our pioneer work" Capt. Scott
announced that Lieut.. E. R. Evans,
r. N, would command the "Discov-
cry" the expeditions ship.
The extraordinary stimulation of
public interest in polar exploration is
shown in the receipt by Capt. Scott
since the announcement of his expedi-
tion of $4,000 and offers to join the
expedition in various capacities, in
addition to large number of letters
enclosing subscriptions towards the
expense. Although the full amount
required has not yet been received,
sufficient support has been forthcom-
ing to justify Capt. Scott in complet-
ing his arrangements.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS
We Are Taking from Them Every Year
Great Deal More Wood Than Is
Added by New Growth.

Washington. d. CA startling situ-
alton has developed as the result
of taking of stock of the forestry
resources of this country, according
to Treadwell Cleveland, jr., expert in
the bureau of forestry, in bulletin
made public, entitled The Status of
Forestry in the United States"
1t is shown, Mr.. Cleveland declares,
that we are still destroying the forest
as we use it; that we are taking from
it every year three and half times
as much wood as is added by the new
growth. 1t has shown that less than
one-third of the growing tree felled
by the lumberman is ever used at all,
so that two-thirds of all the timber
cut is simply destroyed. 1t has shown
that one-eleventh of all the forests is
swept by fires every year, and that
on the average since 1870 forest fires
have yearly cost S5O.0OO.OOO in timber
and 80 lives. 1t has shown, Mr.. Cleve-
land continues. that over SO per cent
of the forests in this country are in
private hands.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
MR.. TAFT DEFENDS
PAYNE TARIFF BILL
SAYS 1T is BEST TARIFF MEAS
uRE THE PEOPLE HAVE
EVER KNOWN.
PRESIDENT EXPLAINS BILL
Duty Increased on Luxuries and De-
creased on Necessities, Accord
ing to Statement Made
by Chief Executive.

Winona, Minn.-In the most import
ant utterance he has made since
his occupancy of the White House.
President w. H. Taft here, in a state
which is the hot bed of the "insur-
gent" movement within the Republi-
can party, defended the Payne tariff
bill as the best tariff measure ever
passed by a Republican congress and
hence the best tariff bill the people
have ever known. The president boldly
asserted that the insurgents who voted
against the bill had abandoned the Re-
publican party.
Was it the duty of the member of
congress who believed that the bill
did not accomplish everything that it
ought to accomplish, to vote against
it?" asked the president. Il am here
to justify those who answer this ques-
ton in the negative. | am not here
to defend those who voted for the
Payne bill, but to support them
Mr.. Taft waited until September
II when, with a mass of facts and
figures before him, with new state
ment just prepared by Chairman
Payne of the house committee on ways
and means and with Isis own personal
knowledge of all the intimate little de-
tails of the tariff fight in Washington
still fresh in his mind, he sat down
in a stateroom in his private car, the
Mayflower and dictated to two ste
nographers the speech he delivered at
night and which represents state
hn tgl, a., a
merits of the Payne bill, from an ad.
ministration point of view, more thor
ough in its simple appeal for an un-
derstanding by the people, than any
document which has heretofore been
issued from any source.
The statement contained only
enough figures to make clear point
which the president has dwelt upon
for some time in his confidential talks,
that the measure of the new bill
should be taken by the amount of re-
ductions made on articles of general
consumption compared to the in
creases on articles little used. The
president, by means of a table pre-
pared at his request by Mr.. Payne,
showed that the tariff had been in
creased on articles whose consumption
in this country amounts yearly to
$651, 100000, and that of this amount
$379,000,O00 is represented by such
luxuries as silks, wines, liquors, per-
fumes and pomades, leaving a balance
of 1912, 100000 representing increases
on articles not luxuries. Against this,
the president set, with great emphasis
in his delivery, the fact that the tariff
has been reduced on articles, mostly
necessities, whose consumption in this
country amounts annually to $5,000,-
900 900.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
SUICIDES BY TAKING POISON
Descendant of Robert Fulton Leaves
Cheerful Letter to Hudson-Ful-
ton Commission.

New York City.-Almost on the
eve of the Hudson-Fulton celebration,
Charles X. Moore, a descendant of
Robert Fulton, committed suicide at
his home here by taking poison.
Moore, who was graduate of Colum-
bia university and civil engineer, had
been in i'll health for some time, fol-
lowing an attack of the bends" a pc
culiar disease which affects those
working in an atmosphere of com
pressed air, and which had resulted
in his case from his work in the Penn
sylvania tunnels under the Hudson.
The only writing which the suicide
left behind was cheerful letter to
the Hudson-Fulton celebration commits.
sion, suggesting that suitable provision
ought to be made for the entertain
ment of the descendants of Fulton dur
ing the festival.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
DIED TO. SAVE BETTER HALF
Man Took Poison, Hoping Lodge
Money Would Keep Roof Over
Sick Woman.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Letters just made
public by the local coroners Office
show that William A. Jefferson, who
died in the Presbyterian hospital,
drank poison to secure lodge death
benefits of 500, to prevent his wife.
who was i'll in bed from being thrown
into the street by their landlord.
Jefferson drank poison just as help
was coming, for Constable John j.
Murray, secured by the landlord to
evict the Jefferson family, refused to
carry out his mission when he saw the
condition of Mrs. Jefferson and quietly
went out and raised $30-enough to
pay the arrears of rent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
STEAMERS BOILERS EXPLODE
Boat Which Foundered off the Coast
of the Isle of Pines Cost the
Lives of 20 Persons.

Mobile, Ala.-A graphic story of
marine disaster which cost the lives
of 20 persons when the steamer Nico-
las Castania, en- route from Havana to
Cienfuegos foundered off the coast of
the Isle of Pines on the night of Au-
gust % last, has just reached Mobile.
The crew numbered 81 officers and
sailors, and there were two passen-
gers. Eighteen human bodies have
been recovered. The missing IL are
believed to have become the victims
of sharks. All the bodies recovered
were in a terribly decomposed state,
and identification was impossible. A
government commission, after an ex-
animation reported that the immedi-
ate cause of the wreck was the sim
ultaneous explosion of the steamers
battery of boilers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
GOV. ]. A. JOHNSON
SUFFERS NO MORE
MINNEsoTA's CHIEF EXECUTIVE
PASSES AWAY IN A HoPlTAL
AT ROCHESTER.
FOUGHT HIS WAY UP LADDER
The Son of a Poor Washerwoman,
Mr.. johnson Rises from Poverty
to High Place and Makes
Hihsef a Power.

Rochester Minn.-After suffering
several days from the effects of an
operation Gov. John A. Johnson of
Minnesota died in the hospital here
September 81.
The son of a Swedish washer
woman, Gov. John A. Johnsons start
in life was harder won than that of
any other American man of affairs,
with the possible exception of Abra-
ham Lincoln. His career from cradle
to deathbed has been, in brief, con-
sistent routing of difficulties.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

Gov. Johnson was born July 2S
1861, in st. Peters, a little town then
in the midst of a rough Minnesota
wilderness. The house in which he
made his entrance into the world was
not even log cabin. 1t was shack.
The elder Johnson had come to
America from Sweden to escape boon
companions and alcohol. The little
Minnesota village recognized him as
a good neighbor and capable black
smith. Caroline Hadden, an orphan
girl recognized him as an acceptable
suitor. The two were married. Then
the curse of drink following the i'm
migrant over sea caught up with the
elder Johnson. The good neighbor be-
came an indolent loafer.
John A. Johnson, future governor of
Minnesota, was Is years old. His
father had drunk up the blacksmith
shop, his reputation, his self-respect.
Finally, the last stage-the elder
Johnson was committed to the county
infirmary, alcoholic dementia." Young
John left school. His mother needed
him at home. She took in washings.
John delivered them.
John Johnson, ragged himself, son
of a county infirmary drunkard and
a washerwoman, who would respect
John Johnson? He would be ridi-
culed, he would be prosecuted in the
village where everybody knew every
body else. But no. One thing saved
John Johnson. He could play base
ball.
After delivering washings for two
groceries. Fortune had smiled at last.
John celebrated his good luck by or
dering his mother to quit washing and
she obeyed.
Then the young fellow stopped de-
livering groceries and commenced de-
livering packages for drug store. 1t
seemed that he had been born for
the sole purpose of delivering pack
ages to back doors. But he was bet
tering himself at every turn. And
soon he was offered $40 a month to
clerk in a general store. But best of
all he found fellow clerk upon whom
in the evenings he could practice ora
tory. And customer, hearing his
speech making by chance, presented
him with a membership card in the
meager local library.
And so the boy worked and read,
supporting his mother, learning the
ins and outs of his town and county,
knowing this man and that, and being
| liked by all and respected.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT LARGER
Improvement In Wholesale and Job
bins Demand-Perceptible Gains
in coIIections-crop Movements

New York City.-Bradsteets says:
A distinctly stronger under-tone
is displayed in this weeks tele-
graphed trade reports. Improvement
in wholesale and jobbing demand. en-
largement of industrial output and per-
ceptible gains in collections are the
central facts this week. Satisfactory
progress, too, appears to be making
in agricultural matters, with the excep-
tion of cotton.
The movement of crops and general
merchandise is enlarging, and this
week finds widely noted the reports
that manufacturers of many lines are
behind on deliveries, and that the idle
car list is still decreasing largely.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
Fooled rhem Thirteen Years.

Frank Nelson, former state superin-
tendent of public instruction of Kan
sas. and Cap" Gibson, the veteran
record clerk in Auditor Nations Office,
are great friends. Nelson is now
president of a Minnesota callege.
When Nelson was still in the state
house he and Gibson had talk one
day about teaching school, 81 was
once a school teacher" volunteered
Gibson.
rs that so?" asked Nelson. How
long?"
Yes, I fooled 'em 13 years." re-
piled Cap"
How is that?" asked Nelson.
"Oh," said Cap" 81 quit when
teachers had to qualify."-Kansas City
Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
A curious case is that of the Wis.

A curious case is that of the Wis
consin Judge who has abandoned the
practice of law and taken up work
in factory. From time to time this
jurist has felt the impulse to manual
labor, and has wandered off and
gratified his incilinations. He
seemed to have dual person.
ality. one of which leads him
to learning in the law and active
participation in legal pursuits, the
other finding pleasure only in toiling
with his hands. And yet there are
persons not inclined to work with
either hand or brain.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

1t has been decided in Washington
that boys who play marbles for
keeps" are gamblers in the meaning
of the law and liable to arrest and
punishment for so heinous an offense
1t is cheering to the law-abiding of the
nation to know that in its capital the
gambling laws are so strictly en-
forced, though as the particular boys
in question were released with a lee.
ture, there is grave doubt about the
propriety of letting loose such dan
gerous criminals on the community.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

The story from Washington that
British royal commission has reversed
DR.. Wiley in arriving at decision
as to what constitutes genuine whis-
ky is worthy of note because of the
fact that there are expert testers not
only in England but also in Scotland
and in Ireland. There is no denying
the fact that many residents of these
countries know whereof they speak
when they express their opinion on
the subject of whisky
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
Gulf Hurricane Costs Four Lives.

New Orleans, La.-After attain
ing n velocity of so miles an hour
at New Orleans the West Indian hur-
ricane which struck the Louisiana and
Mississippi gulf coast has been re-
duced in it's intensity. 1t left in its
wake four dead in New Orleans and
perhaps along the gulf coast, though
no definite advice of mortality in
other sections has been thus far re-
ceived here. The property loss in
New Orleans will exceed 100000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

A sharp summer gale caught the
fleet of the New York Yacht club dur
ing it's run of 152 mica from Vineyard
Haven to Portland, and as a result
only about six stanch yachts out of
more than a score reached the port OF
destination. The others were driven
to shelter with the loss of spars and
canvas; but the fact that no serious
casualties have been reported is evil
dence that the New York yachtsmen
are something more than carpet sail.
ors."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
railroad Has eosd RECORD.

Chicago. Ill.-The Chicago & North
western railroad carried 27,0O0,000
passengers during the year ending
June 80, 1909, without single life be-
ing lost. according to report issued
by the road.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
Breaks High Flight Record.

Berlin, Germany.-Orville Wright,
flying in his aeroplane here in the
presence of the empress, Princess
Louise, Prince Adelbert and Prince
August and large party from the
court, broke the record for high fight.
He attained height of 765 feet.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
Mrs. Nelson Morris Dead.

Fontainbleau, France Mrs. Morris,
widow of the late Nelson Nor
ris of Chicago. died here from in
juries received in an automobile acci-
dent which occurred near here Sep
tSmber 10.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

The news is borne out to the entire
civilized world that King Alfonso of
Spain is growing side whiskers. The
Interior motive may be to disguise
himself so the anarchists will not rec
ognize him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

The amateur aeronaut continues to
come back to earth sometimes with
only dull thud, sometimes with only
a few bones broken, but generally the
other way.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

Isn't it about time for a new term
inologs - power? Measurement by
horse power has existed from time i'm
memorial, and still serves its purpose.
But for power upon the wafer a query
of fitness arises, and as 10 airships in
an element where no horse could pos
sibly draw anything the use of the
term horse power makes for humor
when you come to think of it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
Volcano Active.

Honolulu, S. I.--Reports just re-
ceiyed by wireless telegraph state
that the volcano Kialueau is ex-
traordinarily active. Lava is rising
fast and is now only 100 feet from the
rim of the crater.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

The comptroller of the currency re-
ports another batch of new national
banks, with capital ranging from s25,
600 to $4,000. These comparatively
small institutions are started in To-
calities where they meet real busi-
ness needs, and hence illustrate the
successful working of a policy adopt
ed by congress with that end in view.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

A medical journal in London de-
clares that school children under
eight in that city are habitual drink
ers. If this is true, and the nation
drinks in proportion to the infant tip
piers, it is no wonder that the coun-
try is on the verge of panic from see-
ing phantom invasions.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
Father and Son AsphyxIated.

Chicago, ll.-Despondent because
of his wife's illness, John F. Reich.
35. wrenched gas fixture from
the wall of bis home and ended his
life and that of his six-year-old son by
asphyxiation here.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

In England what we name q
Crouch" is known as hump" To
"get hump on yourself" in the Unit
ed States is quite different from get
ting hump" in England
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
Claws Is pismlssed.

Washington, ID. C,-L. II. CLAWS,
chief of the field division OF the gen
eral land Office, with headquarters at
Seattle. Wash. has been dismissed
from the service by Secretary of the
lnteriVf 5allinger.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

A New York boy was locked up for
two weeks in Jail awaiting trial for
the larceny of two cents. 1t must be
impressed on the rising generation
that stealing on so small scale must
be discouraged by all the drastic
means possible. Then they will grow
up free and untrammeled to become
frenzied financiers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

OF course, more women attend
church than men. Men haven't any
peachbasket hats to exhibit, and are
not even allowed to wear in church
such hats as they have.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24
Fire DESTROYS Lumber.

Ash.and visa fierce fire de-
stroyed $225,O00 worth of lumber be-
longing to the j. Stearns Lumber Co.
The loss is covered by insurance The
yards of the Lake Superior Box &
Lumber Co. we're also destroyed
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

The mayor of Tokyo will send 10000
cherry trees to President Taft at
Washington. This is a sort of mani
fold repetition of history, since it was
one cherry tree which originally made
Washington famous.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

In the city of Washington it is the
custom of society women to ring for
a messenger boy and have him button
their waists up the back. And this,
too, at the very center of agitation
against cruel and unusual labor for
children
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-09-24

We are informed that all is quiet
in Honduras. Subject to change with
out notice if the army can find his
musket before we go to'press.