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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
sLossoN ls CHAMPION.
Defeats Ives by Two Points and Wins
the billiard Tournament.

Defeats Ives by Two Points and Wins
the billiard Tournament.
New York, Dec. 6.-The final game of
the Madison Square billiard tourna-
ment was the most exciting and brill
liant of the series. 1t was won by Slos-
son, which also makes him the winner
Of the tournament. Ives was defeated
by only two points, Slosson running the
game out from 440 in one of the finest ex-
hibitions of billiard playing and cool
ness ever seen in like contest. The
firal score was: Slosson, 500; Ives, 49S.
Ives had been ahead and was making
run when he reached his 49sth poiNt.
The 409th shot was easy, but, whether
the champion was nervous or too conf
dent matters not, he missed 1t. Slos-
son was in the 440th hole. He seemed
not the least bit disconnected. He
picked up his cue without the least sign
of excitement and began to click Off
She shots. Before he stopped he had
run out the game and won the battle
with Ives and the tournament. The
highest run made during the night was
%, also made by Blossom. Had Ives won
the game, he, Slosson and Schaefer
would have been in tie for first money.
AS it is, Slosson wins first place,
Schaefer second, Ives third and Daily
fourth.
Ives, smarting under his defeat, has
issued challenge to Slosson for a
match game of billiards, according to
championship rules, which are that
the game shall be played within 60
days of the issue of the challenge, for
stipulated amount and shall be of 600
points. In case Slosson should wish
n change in the rules, Ives agrees to
play him game of 5000 points. 500
points each night for six nights, and
will wager $1,000 to $4,000 that he can
defeat Slosson. Ives has placed a
check for $3.50 in the hands of bill
lard company as q forfeit.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Chief Justice L. G. Kinne will retire
from the Iowa supreme bench Jan
uary 1.
Mrs. Nancy a. Mckinley, aged SO, the
mother of President Mckinley, was
stricken with paralysis at her home in
Canton, o., and there was but little
,opes of her recovery. The president
left Washington for Canton immediate
ly upon receipt of the news.
Mrs. Matilda Delilah Shields, grand
daughter of Richard Henry Potomax,
an Indian chief, died in Washington,
aged ll3 years.
walking Cloud" or "Silent Hunter"
famous Indian, died at Black River
Falls, Wis, aged 1O1 years.
Louis Kossuth Church. ex-governor
of North Dakota, died at Juneau, Alas
ka, of pneumonia.
At Richmond, Va, the democratic
legislative caucus nominated Hon. j John
Daniels to succeed himself in the
United States senate.
Mahaley Embry Anderson, 10s years
of age. died at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mary Berkeley, in Jeffersonville, Ind.
Adolph Nemndorff, celebrated in Eu-
rope and America as a composer and
musical director, died suddenly in New
York, aged 81 years.
William Blake, the first white settler
in Pomona county, Cal, is dead.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
RAPID TRANSIT.
Remarkable Time Mnde by Union Pm
cihc Trains.

Omaha. Ncb.. Dec. 6.-Celebrating
it's new birth, the Union Pacific has
taken two more falls out of Father
Time, and has set pace for fast run
hing that will likely stand in the west
for some time. Three rccord-breaking
spurts in one week is its record Of the
first full particulars were furnished
last Tuesday. At that time 520-mile
run was made at the rate of G2R miles
an hour, with huudred-mile dash at
the rate of 6S.2 miles an hour. Satur-
day the fast mail was again late in
Wyoming, and was danced across the
the Tuesday run look slow. 1t covered
AZ miles from Sidney to Julesburg in
3s minutes; 81 miles from Julesburg
to North Platte in II minutes; 60
miles from North Platte to Lexington
in GO minutes; 35 miles from Lexington
TO Kearney in 80 minutes, and final
dash of ~ miles from Kearney to
Grand Island in &c minutes, or 20 miles
an hour, The pol miles from Sidney
to Grand Island was made in 23s min
utes, an average of CSC miles an hour.
From Grand Island to Omaha the run
was ordinary, the lost time having
been made up. Sunday the Union Pa
cific brought theatrical company on
special train from Julesburg to Coun-
ell Bluffs, 204 miles, in ESQ minutes.
From this must be deducted five min
utes for changing engines Mt Grand
Island, four minutes delay by Mis-
souri, Pacific freight train on the cross
Ing at Portal and the necessary slow
ing up through Omaha, distance of
Ave miles, and slow run over the Mis-
souri, river bridge. The actual running
time of the train was 275 minutes, an
average of 63.6 miles an hour.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
LAT Err.

COMMERCIAL silver is now quoted at
90 cents an our CO The advance is
ascribed to shil ments of silver from
London to Russia and a revival of the
demand for silver from China and
India. There is also an increased de-
mand for silver in the arts.
A GENERAL meeting of the Fall
River, Mass, cotton makers will be
held soon to consider the advisa bility
of reducing wages 10 per cent. Several
mill men favor reduction of 20 per
cent, but the cut, if made, will not be
too severe, as strike would result.
SEIGFREID GRUNER, senior member
of the cotton brok kerage firm of Gruner
& Co., of New York, and one of the
largest operators in the cotton market,
is dead. He made Sl,0O0,O00 in the re-
cent decline in cotton.
The $50 employees of the Crawford
Coal Co. IS No. mine in Center Point,
Ind, quit work on the 18th because
they discovered non-union man at
work and four union men who had not
paid their dues.
THE house com mittee on war claims
has made favorable report on the bill
to provide for the payment of all claims
for the use and occupation of church
and school buildings by the United
States military authorities during the
rebellion.
ALARMING news comes from Mace
donia. Albanians are committing great
excesses at Debra, Kitchevo and the
surrounding districts, killing men, out
raging women and stealing cattle.
Wholesale prosecutions and arrests of
Dulgarians by Turks are also reported
from the Bulgarian frontier
A STRIKE involving 800 coatmakers
occurred in shop in New York City
on the 18th. The strikers allege that
the employers demanded that each
operator should finish 80 coats a day
before payment for the day was made.
The 500 miners employed in the Not
tiugham and Germ ania coal mines OF
Henry Floersheim, on the Wheeling
division of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road, struck on the 7th because of the
refusal of Floersheim to weigh coal
before it is screened.
IN the senate on the 7th II. d. s. Money, OF
| Mississippi took the oath OF office as SEN
Rtor from that state. During the session l0e
bills many OF which were private pension
measures, were introduced, In addition 10 sew
eral Joint resolutions. 80. In the house there
was q lively skirmish over the question OF dis
trlbuting the presidents message TO the va
rous committees clothed with jurisdiction
over the subjects dealt with. The conflict was
between the ways and means committee and
the banking and currency committee. During
the debate Mr. Grosvenor fred the FIRST gun
against the civil service law.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

At Tangent, Ore, steam plow has
been devised which the inventor thinks
will plow Is acres day.
The golden jubilee of the discovery of
gold in California will be elaborately
celebrated at San Francisco.
Richard Reddick (colored), claimed
10 have been born in 1777, has applied
for charity to the Pittsburgh (Pa.) au-
thorties.
There are IA different parties in the
Austrian reichsrath, the largest of
which has 60 votes, while 213 constitute
a majority.
One of the entrances TO the state cap
itol at Albany, n. Y, which has been
"a years in course of erection, has just
been opened to the public.
Wilbur l.. Anderson, of Lynn. Mass,
leader of the Holiness band, has set
May 3, 1908, as the day for the resur-
rection of the dead and the translation
of the saints.
Prosperous times among the west
ern farmers are indicated by the fact
that this fall 300 farmers sons are en-
rolled among the students in the Kan
sas state university.
Rev. DR.. Russell T. Hall, of Green
wich, Conn, has resigned the pastorate
of the Second Congregational church
there because he couldn't stop golf
playing on Sunday.
A large hall, named after Paul Revere,
has been dedicated in Boston by the
Charitable Mechanics association. Re-
we're was the founder and first president
of the association.
Under a new rule of the post Office
department every letter carrier will
have to give bond for $1,000 after Janu-
ary l. secured by recognized surety
or indemnity company.
President Mckinley has accepted the
invitation extended by President Bash
ford, of Ohio Wesleyan university, at
Delaware, o.. and will be the orator of
Wesleyan's commencement exercises
next June.
A movement is on foot in ST. Louis
to secure a medal of honor from con-
gress for Mrs. Delina Roberts, who
saved % wounded soldiers during the
war by carrying them, one at a time,
to boat, through shower of bullets.
Miss Ray has given $4,000 toward
starting negro colony in Alabama. 1t
is located near Decatur and a pro-
visional government has been estab-
| lished over it. Her idea is to test the
ability of the negro for local self-gov-
ernment,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

AN old-time swindle seems to have
been revived in letter from pretend
ed officer in the Spanish army, now in
supposititious prison in Spain, who
claims to have buried large sum of
money near Brazil, Ind. He will give
one-third of the entire amount to any
person who will remit to him by mall
the trivial sum necessary to pay his
beloved daughters passage from Spain
to the United states and the necessary
expenses of unearthing the treasure.
Who speaks first.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Lake Steamer Burned.

Chicago, Dec. 6.-With deck, engine
room and mizzen mast in flames, her
screw revolving furiously and the crew
of ten huddled forward, the propeller
George w. Morley was run aground Off
Evanston at eight o'clock Sunday night.
The sailors were taken from the burn
ing vessel by the Evanston life-saving
crew, the city fire department was noti-
fed, and the battle begun to save the
craft from total destruction. Despite
Ill the firemen could do the Morley
ourned to the waters edge. Chief En-
gineer John Chapman was severely
burned about the arms, but no one else
was injured. The fire was caused by
the explosion of lamp in the engine
room when the steamer was about five
miles from shore.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

New YORK papers mention rare
case of personal integrity and business
honor which has come to light in that
city. In 1861 Mr.. Amos F. Emo was a
member of firm which failed shortly
after the war began. The stock was
sold, the debts paid pro rata and re-
leases were signed by the creditors.
Now, after 35 years, Mr.. Emo is paying
off the balance of all claims, with four
per cent. interest since 1861, amount
ing in the aggregate to about $500, 900.
Such cases as this tend to strengthen
commercial integrity everywhere.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

On the approach of thunder storm
French peasants often make up very
smoky fire in the belief that safety
from lightning is thus assured. BY
some this is deemed superstition, but
Schuster shows that the custom is
based on reason, i.asmuch as the smoke
acts as good conductor for carrying
away the electricity slowly and safely.
He points out that in 1000 cases of
damage by lightning 6,3 churches and
s.5 mills have been struck, whilst the
number of factory chimneys has only
cen OS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
FOREIGN.

A fire damp explosion in the Frank
erholz coal mine near Homburg, Ba-
varia, killed 80 men and injured AS other
miners.
1t is reported that China has ceded
to England strip of territory near
Hong Kong and all the surrounding
islands.
James b. Angel, minister to Turkey,
has renewed the demand of the United
States for an indemnity from the Turk
ish government for the pillage of Amer
lean missions.
The Salvador coffee crop for this sea-
on will be third larger than ever be-
fore.
The emperor of China has declared
that he would rather forfeit his crown
than agree to the conditions demanded
by Germany as redress for the murder
of two German missionaries.
A lifeboat capsized near Margate,
England, and ten of the crew were
drowned.
The report that Gen. Pando had been
killed in a fight with Cuban insurgents
IL said to be false.
The French bark Bonne Josephine,
from Bordeaux to Granville. was sunk
in collision and nine of her crew were
lost.
The German naval department sent
instructions to Kiel to dispatch 200
artillerymen with field guns and 1000
marines to China
Americans in Havana asked Gen. Lee
FIR warships TO protect their families.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

There were 306 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Sd, against 236 the week
previous and $40 in the corresponding
period of 1896.
A sharp earthquake shock occurred at
Galena, ILL.,, and houses shook violently.
Fire destroyed the old Brick" Pom
eroy block and the Mcmillan Opera
House block at La Crosse, Wis, the loss
being 100000.
The ninth annual convention of the
National Live Stock exchange began at
Sioux City, Ia,
The clerk of the house of representa-
tives has received notices of 20 contests
to be made in the next house.
A new counterfeit fve-dollar silver
certificate of the series of 1891 with
portrait of Grant is announced by the
treasury secret service.
The worst srowstorm in years ex-
tended over Nebraska, Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Iowa.
Martin Thorn, convicted in New
York of the murder of William Gulden-
suppc, has been sentenced 10 be electro
cuted in the week beginning January
10 next.
The Tennessee medical college was
destroyed by fire at Knoxville.
William Kern has confessed at Cedar
Falls, Ia, to the killing of his father,
and claiming as an accomplice his
sweetheart, Delilah Fales.
Cars on an electric railway in the
suburbs of Detroit. Mich. collded and
three men were killed and II other per-
sons were injured, some fatally.
Thirty-six men started in a six days
bicycle race at Madison Square garden
in New York.
The annual report of James II.
Eckels, comptroller of the currency,
says there are 3,617 national banks in
operation with capital of S63o,23O
295, and there was paid to creditors of
insolvent banks during the year S13,-
169,7s1 in dividends.
President Mckinley left Canton, O.,
for Washington. to be present at the
opening of congress. There was but
slight change in the condition of his
mother, and she was said to be slowly
sleeping her life away.
Fire originating in the merchandise
store of Price & Gillette at Tulsa, Ind.
T., destroyed over 100000 worth of
property.
II was officially announced that Gov.
Griggs, of New Jersey, had accepted the
office of attorney-general of the United
States.
At an election in the Chickasaw ma
tion in OklahomaIthe ratification of the
Dawes-Choctaw treaty was overwhelm-
ingly defeated.
The Kent & Stanley company, manu-
featuring jewelers. in Providence, Il. l.,
failed for $1,s00,O00.
AT the session in Austin. Tex, of the
National Prison association the COM
mittee on criminal law reported that
the increase of crime throughout the
country was frightful.
The Montgomery county IN. "
board of supervisors discovered a short
age of 100000 in the accounts of Will
liam Clark, the county treasurer.
In the six days billiard tournament
in New York Slosson was the winner,
defeating Ives in the last game by only
two points.
Frank Novak was sentenced at Vim
ton, Ia, to life imprisonment in the
penitentiary at Anamosa for the muir
der of Edward Murray.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

The French have decidedly prac-
teal way of looking at new methods
of locomotion. No sooner was the BIZ
cycle established than a large revenue
producing tax was imposed on it, and
now it has been decided by the French
authorities to impose tax on motor
cars, the tax apparently varying in
different parts, according to the density
of the population. In the large CEN
ters of population the tax will be a
somewhat serious item, and in Paris it
amounts to S12 on vehicles for two pas
sengers, and $50 on larger vehicles.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

JUST as naval topedoes will fight our
battles on the high seas, torpedoes
will now be weapons of defense on
land as well. Mr.. G. w. Glinby, of
Brooklyn, has produced an electric tor
pedo for use in battles on land. The
torpedoes are long, cigar-shaped pro-
jectiles, mounted on rolling trucks.
The machinery to propel them is
operated by electricity, furnished by
means of a wire connecting with the
central station.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

THE signal corps of the United States
army now operates about sO2 miles of
military telegraphs. The most notable
advance of the year in its system has
been the adoption of combination tel
egraph and telephone apparatus which
only weighs 16 pounds, and consequent.
ly can easily be carried by one soldier.
With this apparatus one soldier can
telegraph message to another, while
a telephone conversation with another
station can be simultaneously carried
on, the distant operators only receiv-
ing the messages intended for each.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
aERMANY's MENACE TO HAYTI.
Indemnity lie Not Paid lombard
ments May Follow.

Berlin, Dec. 6.-The semi-official Post
says: Should Hayti refuse the German
demands (for an indemnity on account
of the alleged illegal arrest and inn
prisonment of Herr Lueders, a German
subject, at Port au Prince) sharp meas
ures will follow. We shall first bonn
bard the coast forts, and if they are per-
sistent, we shall lombard the city and
the government buildings.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

OUR national post Office shows a de.
felt of between S15,OOO,OOO and $l6,-
100000 this year, while the English
government has surplus of about $2O,.
100000 annually. The cause of deficit
does not rest with letter postage. That
has always paid its way and substan.
tally supported the whole service. The
discrepancy between receipts and ex.
penditures arises from another source.
The loss to the government by second.
class mail matter is scarcely less than
$40, 600, O00 year, the established rate
for this class being only one-fifteenth
of the actual cost of transmission and
handling.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

Snow statues are the latest form of
artistic freak and their creator is NJ.
Pierre Roche, French sculptor of re-
pute. The statue is made of copper,
and in the base is reservoir of lique-
fed carbonic acid used to generate the
cold, and the moisture which is alb
stracted from the atmosphere forms on
the surface of the metal as a coating
of snow in the course of few mo-
ments, and is prevented from thawing
by the freezing mixture.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

WALTER DARLINGTON, mayor of Con-
cordia, Kan, is the largest cattle feed
er in north central Kansas this fall
and winter He has 1,7O0 head in the
vicinity of Big Bend, Phillips county,
500 head near Harlan, Smith county,
and 400 head in the vicinity of Concor-
dia, Cloudy county. He expects to
feed over 100000 bushels of corn this
winter
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
II M.l,e. cola Feet warm.

Shake into your under shoes Aliens Foot
and comfort, prevents that smarting SEN
sation and keeps your feet from perspiring.
Aliens Foot. Ease makes cold feet warm.
After your feet perspire they usually feel
cold at this season. Ask your druggist or
shoe dealer to-day for 25c box ofeAllen's
Free, Address Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy, NY.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

GREAT BRITAIN and Ireland have
turned out 81, ,622, 7O6 gallons of whisky
in 1897, over 100000 gallons more
than in the previous year. Of this S2,-
126,2Ss gallons were consumed in the
United Kingdom and 4,790,1 gallons
exported. There are 1913 distilleries at
work in Scotland, 80 in Ireland, nine
England and one in Wales.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
A Mnn of HIS word.

'fDo you take this woman for your law.
fully, welded wife?" asked the minister, or
words, to that effect. The young man, who
had eloped by tandem 20 miles over a dirt
road with the object of his hearts desire,
looked at the perspiring, dusty, red-faced,
object that stood alongside him,
set his teeth firmly, clenched his hands and
answered, in the voice of martyr: II do"
Indianapolis journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Lost in the Great Storm.

Cheyenne, Wyo.. Dec. G.-James Muir
ray, mail carrier on the route between
Cheyenne and Horse Creek, has been
missing since Thursday, when he start
ed on his trip in the heavy storm Of
that day. 1t is believed he has perished
in the storm. Searching parties have
been sent out, but no trace of the miss
ing man has been found.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
GODDARD FOUND GUILTY.
Murder Case Mt Kansas City, No.,
Comes TO an End.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. G.-Murder in
the second degree was the verdict re-
turned at late hour Saturday night in
the case Of DR.. Jefferson d. Goddard, the
druggist who shot and killed Fred j.
Jackson, laundryman, in the apart
ments of Jackson's wife at the Wood
land hotel. The case was given to the
jury at one o'clock in the morning. The
verdict of the jury fixes the penalty at
10 years in the state penitentlary.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
FINGER marks can be rem

FINGER marks can be removed
from paint with powdered chalk
sprinSled upon flannel cloth. Many
people think it inadvisable to use soap
on white or light paint. but use it on
hard wood, being careful to wipe off
the soap with flannel rinsed out in
the water and wiping dry with another
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

.us. FANNIE NJ. MCKooN owns and
manages one of the largest ranches in
California. 1t covers 10000 acres,
about Is miles from San Diego. Since
her husbands death three years ago,
Mrs. McKoon, although entirely with
out experience at that time, has operat-
ed it so well that it is now one of the
most successful ranches in the country.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Rond. ConsoIidnted.

Cleveland, o., Dec. 6.-The Cleveland,
Berea g. Eiyria and the Elyria & 0berlin
suburban railways were consolidated
Saturday, with joint capital stock Of
g, ,0O0, 900.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

Passenger ION southern train)-What do
you mean by calling "hot peanuts" These
are cold.
Train-boy---Well, they were hot when we
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11
Lnnc,s FnmiIy Mcdicinc.

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache.
Price % and Soc
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

Fits stopped free and permanently cured,
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle q
treatise. DR.. Kline. 933 Arch St. Phila., Pa.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-12-11

When popular society gives an amateur
entertainment there is one thing sure-you
must take part or buy ticket.-Atchisop
Globe.