Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-12-19
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London dock charge bill. Ine senate
adopted n number of amendments to
she immigration bill.
The feature of the proceedings in
the house on the 10th was speech
by Hon. Galusha A. Grow, of Penn
sylvania, on the relations between
labor and capital. The senate spent
the day in consideration of the ON
nibus statehood bill.
The senate on the 18th passed the
bill fixing the compensation of mem
bers of the coal strike commission.
The house devoted the day to the
Wagoner-Butler contested election
case.
The house on the 12th passed 173
private pension bills. The senate was
not in session.
The house on the 18th began con-
sideration of the Legislative, eXecu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill.
The senate was not in session.
In order to remedy growing curv-
ature of the spine, Seth Williams, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, recently submitted
to rare and dangerous operation at
the Polytechnic hospital, in Manhat-
tan. The vertebrae were fractured
and forced together by a system of
weights.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob the First national bank of Ir-
win, Pa. The burglars first overpow-
cred and bound the watchman and
telephone operator, and cut the wires
to prevent all possibility of detec-
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but the noise awakened the citizens
and the robbers becoming fright
ened, fled without securing the
money.
Perry Trumbull, we'll known
throughout the United States as a
chess player, and son of Lyman
Trumbull, one of Chicago's pioneers,
as dead at Chicago, aged 81 years.
At Clarksburg, w. Va, United
States Circuit Judge Goff has appoint
ed receiver for the Otter Creek Coal
and Lumber Co., of Tucker county,
w. Va, upon the application of the
Meyer Rubber Co., of New York.
Over $500,0o0 is involved.
The boiler in Smith G. Steinbrak-
er's sawmill, in Ontonagon county,
Michigan, blew up recently, killing
three men, Mr.. Steinbraker and two
Others, one of whom was Mr..
Hughes. Low water in the boilers is
said to have been the cause of the
explosion.
Indiana oil men are jubilant over
the increase in the price of Indiana
oil to the unprecedented figure of
S1.05 per barrel. The operators are
confident that the top has not yet
been reached. The November demand
exceeded the production over 100000
barrels and the total shipments from
Indiana and Ohio for that month
reached 2,443,046 barrels. The runs
from the wells in the two states
were but 2,112, 122 barrels.
Charles b. Peet, founder of Rogers,
Peet q Co., was found dead in bed at
his home at Plainfield, n. j., recently.
He was vice president of the United
States Casualty Co., of New York.
Mrs. Jane Stanford has decided to
erect a magnificent new library build
ing at the Leland Stanford Jr., Uni
versity. 1t is to be the handsomest
and most costly structure of it's kind
on this continent.
James c. Clark, eX-president of the
Mobile e. Ohio railroad and one of
the most widely known railroad men
an nihe United States, is dead at Chi
cago, aged 70 years.
The town of Florence, Mo-, is to be
erased from the map and large in
dustry involving millions of dollars
and employing hundreds of men
planted there. Options on every lot
have been secured. Florence, which
is suburb of st. Joseph, consists of
about 500 lots and has 400 houses.
Furious snow storms continue to
sweep the Newfoundland coast. Four
more schooners have been lost, one
with her entire crew of ten persons
Anchor ice cloggea the intake pipes
of the Detroit waterworks system in
Lake st. Clair the other day and the
city suffered from Il water shortage
1t was so serious that number of
factories were compelled to suspend
for the day because of lack of water
1t is estimated that 5000 or 1000 men
were compelled to be idle and lose one
days pay on account of the water
famine.
DIR. A. II. Glennon, the representa-
tive of the United States government
is preparing report to Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman, of the marine hospita
service at Washington, to the effect
that there has never been buboniC
plague in California. DR.. Glennon'.
report declares that after a thorough
investigation the bacillus supposed tC
DE of the plague is that of CHECKER
cholera.
One hundred Oklahoma families ar,
arranging to form Il colony in Mex
leo, 125 miles west of Tampico. The,
have bought 100000 acres of land ant
will engage in raising hogs, cattle
oranges, bananas and other tropica
fruits. The colony will have its OWL
schools, churches and stores. Tn,
party will move to Mexico in n bod.
early in the new year.
The large tive-story structure occu
pied by j. l.. Connell & Co., whole
sale grocers, at Scranton, Pa, wa
destroyed by fire, together with tn,