Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-06-19

houses and barns and poisoned al
most every dog in two townships
since the first of the year
The comptroller of the currency at
Washington has declared dividends
in favor of the creditors of insolv"nt
national banks as follows: Twenty
per cent. the First National bank, of
A.ubury Park; 10 per cent. the First
National bank, of Belmont, o.
The Belgian steamer Rubens,
bound from Sunderland, England, for
Pillau, East Prussia, capsized and
sank. The captain, mate and six men
were drowned. Seven other members
of the crew drifted in small boat
for twenty-five hours, during which
time three of them died from expos
ure. The others were picked up.
Two hundred longshoremen at
Philadelphia have struck for 90 per
cent. increase in wages. The strike
is confined to the lumber handlers.
Forest fires have been raging near
Ecllerman, Mich, and other points
in the east end of the upper penin-
sula. Much standing timber as well
as logs and cordwood and tanbark
has been burned and several lumber
camps have been saved only after
hard fight. Unless rain falls soon
the losses will reach high figure.
Charles F. Mcfarland, of the Anti
Policy society, was shot and killed
on the general sessions floor of the
criminal court building at New York
by William Spencer, negro, who was
to have been placed on trial on the
charge of violating the anti-policy
law. A detective who witnessed the
shooting knocked tho revolver from
Spencer's hand and placed him under
arrest.
The f. Reboulin, Fills & Co., capital
S1,2GO,OOO, has been incorporated at
Trenton, n. j. The company is to
manufacture and deal in candies,
confections and confectioners' sup
plies. Incorporators, Louis L. Re-
boulin, Maurice E. Vallon and L.
| Klein, all of Elizabeth.
Sir Chentung Liang-Chen, the new
| Chinese minister, has been received
formally by the president at the
| White House. The presentation was
made by Secretary Hcy.
The Elgin Loan & Savings Co. at
| st. Thomas, Ont, has closed its doors
for few days pending an investiga-
|
ent capital stock according to the
last statement was $625,OOO. The La
bilities to the shareholders on De-
cember 81, 1902, were S469,6S6.
\ dispatch to the Lokal AnZeiger
| from Warsaw, Germany, announced
that a large apartment house there
collapsed suddenly and that the bod
les of nineteen persons were taken
| out of the ruins.
Capt. Dunlap, commandant of the
naval station at San Juan, has re-
ported to the navy department
that the Potomac had gone aground
at the south end of Laja shoals in
Faiardo harbor. Her commander,
Ensign Abele, reports her uniniured
The Panther is at Fajardo to give as
sistance.
The United States circuit court of
appeals at New York City has handed
down an opinion reversing the finding
of the United States district court,
which declared forfeited the $4,000
pearl necklace imported by Mrs. Har-
rison Dulles, of Philadelphia, who
arrived here from Europe on July %,
1902. The court holds that the court
below erred and orders the case re-
tried.
Machinists employed on the entire
system of the Illinois Central railroad
will participate in an increase in
wages of three cents an hour under
the terms of an agreement reached
recently.
The steamer Saratoga, which ar
rived recently in New York from
Colon, brought the body of j. C. In,
gersoll, late United States consul al
Carthagena, Colombia, who died OF
malaria and dysentery while on his
way home.
Prince Urosoff, hitherto lieutenant
governor of the government of Tam.
bof, Russia, has been appointed pro-
visional governor of Bessarabia, in
succession to Gov. Van Raabelt, whG
was dismissed as result of the Kish.
inetf massacre.
Col. Turner, United States consul
general at Ottawa, Ont, has tele,
graphed his resignation to Washing.
ton. 1t is said that he and Mrs. Tur,
ner may take up their abode here
permanently.
Two hundred cloth examiners and
spongers employed by the Manhattan
cloth sponging works and Swarzwael-
der & Co, at Philadelphia, have
.struck for 25 per cent. increase in
wages and 55-hour week. The two
plants are idle and it is believed the
strike will extend to three other sim
liar establishments.
Papers are being prepared at Den
YER, Col, to be filed in Wyoming, for
the Incorporation of the Sonora, Chi
huahua & Monterey railroad, capital
100000. The promoters are mostly
residents of Denver.
The Standard Oil Co. has raised the
price of oil in South Dakota ono cent
a gallon in order to counteract the
effect of the law passed by the
South Dakota legislature securing a
test for kerosene.
Gov. Hunt, of Porto Rico, has been