Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-18

! ' ne I1OlCc OF SIHnlIOTO, 1OnIls, nHNC
raided so-called Italian Young
Mems Christian association which
has been making n display of zeal,
| They found in the back room full
fledged saloon. The place was being
conducted by an Italian preacher.
Four ItGiians have been held in
| bends of $4,000 each, charged with
! blackmailing Nicola Cappiello, a
wealthy Brooklyn, N. Y, contractor,
out of $1,000. For weeks Cappiello's
family have been in dread of sudden
| death because of letters received by
the contractor, signed "Black Hand"
| threatening the destruction of their
residence by dynamite. Large sums
were demanded for immunity and,
finally, Cappiello paid over $1,000.
More threats soon followed.
At Auburn, y. V, Clarence Egnor,
of Buffalo, was put to death in the
electric chair for the murder of
Archibald Benedict, a keeper in Au--
burn prison.
Grieving over the death of his
wife, the news of which reached him
in kilograms three days after her de-
mise, Robert Hatcher, aged 40 years.
of Lafayette, Ind, shot and killed
hotel in ST. Louis.
Upon request of the war depart
rect the United States district at
rest the United States district at
torney to defend the sentry of the
| Ninth infantry who shot and killed
| William II. Crowley, near the Alle-
| gheny arsenal grounds. AS the shoot
ing took place outside the military
reservation, it is conceded by war
department officials that the case is
one for the civil courts.
Samuel l.. Stevenson, aged 65 years,
recorder of deeds of Greensburg, Pa,
lost his life in the surf at Atlantic
City, n. j. Physicians who endeav.
ored to resuscitate him express the
opinion that he died of apopleNy, as
he was bathing in shallow water.
Four persons were injured, one
probably fatally, and many passen-
gers badly shaken up in a rear-end
collision on the Chicago e North
western railroad at Desplaines, Ill.
An open switch caused the accident,
the passenger train crashing into the
rear of a freight on a siding.
Uncle A. Finney, an eX-slave,
over 90 years old, who lived in n
mountain cabin in Franklin county,
Virginia, was regarded by igorant
people living in the vicinity as being
n soEcerer. \ few nights ago the old
man was called to his door by three
unknown men and shot to death.
The navy department has issued an
order declaring The Star Spangled
Banner" the national anthem, and
directing whenever that composition
is played that all officers and men
shall stand attention unless they are
engaged in duty that will not permit
them to do so.
Roger Conuor, who holds the rec
ord for the longest hit ever made on
the Polo grounds, made when he was
first baseman of the old New York
"Giants," has announced his retire
ment from the game and the sale of
the Springfield Connecticut league)
ball team, of which he has been own
er and manager. He has played ball
% consecutive seasons.
At Clay Center, Kan, n bold hold
up was perpetrated by two unknown
highwaymen. They attempted to Sc
cure money from several persons. 4
party of four resisted and Dad
Stevens, j. w. Houserman, Night
Watchman Bush and Louis Behrinds
were shot by the bandits and severe
ly wounded. Behrinds was hit in the
head and is not expected to live. The
bandits got no money.
Grasshoppers have destroyed the
crops of the Picuris Indians in Taos
county, New Mexico, and the govern
ment will have to help them over the
winter and supply them with seed
grain next spring.
Despite the liberal expenditures ot
money by the board of estimate ano
the determination on the part of the
board of education that place
should be found for every child who
applied for admission to the public
schools, the first day of the term ha:
developed lack of facilities for a
least 5000 children in New Yorl
City. In addition about $4,000 schol
ars were placed on half time.
Blight and rot in potatoes in tn,
northern districts eastward of tn,
Mississippi valley are widespread
, causing marked decline in the con
dition of this crop.
The firm of Norton, Fessenden {
Co., of Boston, commission dealers
in British and American woolens, ha'
: made an assignment for the benef
of creditors. The liabilities ar,
placed at about $125,OOO.
, The annual report of the commits
sioners of patents shows total o
29rS92 patents and 9,194 trademark
issued during the year. The applica
/, tions for mechanical patents number
ed 49,190.
+, Complaints of premature droppinf
of apples are extensive, and the gen
eral outlook for this fruit is not i'm
proved, although in some districts
; good yield is promised, the most fla
vorable reports being from southern
Kansas, Iowa and portions of th'
Middle Atlantic states.
! a man named Kerkey was foun'