Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-05-22


alleged by the bank authorities that
Sherwoods accounts are short be.
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The members of the Patternmak.
ers' Association of North America
in Pittsburg went on strike for ap
advance of from $3.7s to $500 per day
and nine-hour day. Sixteen firms
have signed the scale.
Maj. Gen. Davis, commanding the
Philippines, has issued an order direct
ing commanding officers to carry out
an act of the Philippine commission
prohibiting the sale or traffic in in
toXicating liquors, beer or wine at
any place or on any premises sit
uated within Il distance of two milees
of land now used or hereafter to be
used by the United States for mill.
tary purposes.
\ hurricane devastated Santa
Maria, Luzon. Earthquake shocks
were felt and during the storm the
great stone barracks collapsed, kill,
ing one and injuring seven native
scouts.
The directors of the Calumet and
lIecla Mining Co. have declared a
dividend of $40 per share. This divi.
dend is the fourth of the fiscal year
and makes an aggregate of $25.
The striking butchers clerks at
Chicago have returned to work,
their demand for early closing of
markets having been granted by all
but few of the shops.
At Rochester, n. V, Leland Dorr
Kent, who was found guilty of man.
slaughter in the first degree, was
sentenced to 90 years Imprisonment
in Auburn prison. Kent was con.
victed of having assisted Ethel
Blanche Dingle to commit suicide.
All public assemblages in the prov
ince of Saratoff, Russia, have been
prohibited under pain of heavy penal.
ties. A proclamation of the COVER
nor has been posted in all the towns
and villages and has been published
in all the newspapers, forbidding all
public gatherings.
BY their action in voting to strike
in sympathy with the colored walters
of the same firm, the bakers working
in the wholesale plant of II. H. Kohl.
saat & Co., of Chicago, precipitated
lockout. The big bakery and the
one remaining restaurant have closed
for an indefinite period. More than
700 employees are thrown out of
work.
Bishop Thomas Starley, of the
Episcopal diocese of Newark, n. J.,
died at his home in East Orange, n.
j., from old age. Though he was
81 years old, Bishop Starkey's facul-
ties seemed to be as clear as when he
first became an Episcopal minister,
May 81, 1S4s.
At Bairdstown, Pa, Albert Palmer,
recently discharged convict from
the penitentiary, shot and killed Mol
lie Beck, with whom he has been
keeping company. He then tried to
kill the girls mother, but the bullet
missed its mark, after which he shot
himself through the heart. The
cause of the tragedy was jealousy
and the refusal of the young woman
to marry him while she had a hus,
band still living.
The forest fires that have caused
great damage in New England have
been checked. Not in years has the
northern part of New Hampshire
and Vermont been so thoroughly
fire-swept. Thousands of acres
have been burned over and the loss
will aggregate several hundred thou
sand dollars.
At Dresden, SaXony, fortune tel
ler named Minna Pauder has been
sentenced to eight years imprison-
ment and to pay fine of 1915 for IL
legal practices. Her customers were
for the most part women who came
to her for advice with regard to
| their love affairs
Police Sergeant Philip Miller was
shot down and probably fatally
wounded on the street in Chicago by
three men who had held up Alder
man Peter \. Vending half an hour
before.
a tornado at Horton, Kan, dcmol-
ished several buildings and unroofed
the Union hotel. Two people were
slightly hurt.
Every union iron molder in ST.
Paul, Minn., is on strike. The trouble
was caused by the refusal of the
foundrymen to concede a moditica-
| ton of the time schedule and wage
rate now in force. Nearly 800 men
are involved in the strike.
The report that Lieut.. Gen. Raaben,
|
| where the massacre of Jews occurred
month ago, had been dismissed by
the czar is confirmed. The imperial
ultase dismissing the general is dated
| May II.
News comes from Campus, w. Va.
| that "A log house in which lumbermen
were quartered was burned, two men
being cremated and five badly injur-
| ed, some probably fatally. The fire
imprisoned the men, who could be
seen vainly trying - make their es-
cape.
A tornado accompanied by heavy
hail storm did considerable damage
at Merrill, Ia. A grain elevator was
twisted from it's foundation, while
the hail demolished windows, beat
down vegetable crops and did $4,000
damage to greenhouse.
| Great Britain has decided to accord
China the same terms in the settle.
ment of the Boxer indemnity as those
accepted by the United States. The