Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-06-12
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average of 1866 knots in six hours
run.
At least 1000 men are fighting for
est fires in Vermont, yet thousands
of acres of valuable timber land
have been burned over and there is
little prospect that the fires can be
checked until there is rain. At Hard
wick two residences were destroyed.
The most serious situation is on
Worcester mountain. near the towns
of Worcester and Elmore. The fire
there has burned over 1,400 acres of
heavy timber land valued at $50 an
acre and is rapidly spreading.
The machinists' strike on the Union
Pacific system which has continued
for more than II months was settled
ut a recent conference between Pres
ident Burt, of the railroad company,
and representatives, of the strikers.
The settlement is regarded as n con-
cession by both sides.
The forest fires in Aroostook coun-
ty, Maine, have destroyed IA miles of
the Bangor & Aroostook railroad and
reports from various sections indi-
cate that two small settlements have
been destroyed and at least "a sets of
farm buildings have been burned
The strike of carpenters, which
ni,;. Ia? .;e ue W. W. ~ - ~ a+tina it1 I,.
compromise. The original demand
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m ,ooa
Tba s+r;,,a of bo+o1 o,,n1o,,os hoe
.nra,d 40 +be Cbicorro Daarh ond +ba
- poo;fo Lo+ais i1 Cbiooo A.
Az S,ioa,n Rooob a,,or,, ,,,an ond
woman en,nIoyed in tbe hotel was Or
do,,ad o,,t ~ 80. ,,,, f,nr, nLo,,,
Iorn,oid 40 ha,1l,o,, obovod +I,o s,,,,,-
mons Creot indionation foIIo,ynd
on,onc, +ba o,,os+s I,,bo inoluda popv
wealthy Cbicopoons They voted +o
s+ond Nv tba hotel monouement and
richly dressed women chonpinp their
dresses for more common ones clear
ed tables and washed dishes.
Sano+or Jobp w Daniel bos l,aan
decIorad the nominee of the demo
cratic marty as his own successor for
+be limited states senate from Vir-
pinio He had NO onnosition under
fbe marty urinary law
Two men we're killed and two fatal
Iv injured on n bondcar that was run
down Inv ~ stool, train near Genoa.
Neb The stool, train was coming
down the Cedar RaDids-Spaldin9
branch of tbe Union Pacific.
The section of Long Island that has
suffered the most seriously from the
forest fires is that in the vicinity of
Medford and Farmingville, and the
individual losses will reach into the
thousands. MANY of the fire fight
ers have been injured or burned.
Unless rain falls soon to replenish
the reservoirs which supply New
York CITY with water. there will be
grave danger of n famine. Since the
beginning of Nav the storage reserve
has been drawn on Mt the rate of
2S0,oO0OOO gallons a day. and now
Col. r. q Monroe. commissioner of
water. gas and electricity. has issued
n warning in the form of n request
that citizens be as sparinp as possi-
BILE in the use of water until the
drought shall have been broken.
Hugh j. Cannon. superintendent of
the Mormon missions in Germany:
his wife, his secretary and his assist
ant secretary. have been ordered by
the police to leave Prussian TERRITORY
within three weeks. Similar orders
are about to be served by the local
authorities on Sc other missionaries
in Prussia, under the decision of the
government to eXpel them all.
The Marine Engineers Beneficial
association has notified the Tugboat
association. of Philadelphia, that un-
less their demands are granted by
June 10. 30 engineers would refuse to
work after that date. Should the
engineers carry this threat into exc
cution it will force 46 tugboats out
OF commission, as 16 boats are now
laid upon account of the strike.
The commissioner of the general
land office has ordered an inspector
to make Il rigid investigation into the