Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-12-04

was devoted to debate on the SuDan
reciprocity bill. The house was not
In session.
The senate was in session 25 min
utcs on the 27th and then adjourned
until December 1. The house trans
acted no business of Importance and
also adjourned until December i.
Harriet Hubbard Aver, the well
known writer for the New York
World, died at New York City re-
Gently, of pneumonia, after four
days illness.
According to plans now under con-
sideration the New York Central rail
road is to be equipped with an cleo
trio system which will definitely es-
tablish the theory that steam as a
motive power for railroads has been
superseded.
The officials of the Inland Steel Co.
at Indiana Harbor, Ind, have decided
to close down the entire mills until
next May because no settlement can
he reached with the steel workers,
they refusing to submit to a reduc-
ton in wages. Aside from the $50
skilled workers about 1,l60 others
will be thrown out of employment.
Physicians of Suffern, n. Y, and
Ramsey, n. j., have made discovery
as to the cause OF diphtheria. The
disease has been epidemic for some
time. After investigation the doc
tors have concluded that the cause
is the burning of leaves in the Ram
apo mountains, which leaves Il pc
culiarly poisonous irritant in smoke
that d~cended upon the villages.
Capt. Rooney, a pioneer of Butte,
Mont, is dead after two months suf-
4 !,
beating at the hands of holdup men
who tried to steal from him the pro-
ceeds of mine sale. He had par
ticipated in the battle of the Merri-
mac and Monitor, being on the Con-
federate ironclad.
The greater portion of the south
side of Hill City, Kan. was destroyed
by fire recently. The loss will exceed
$100,000; insurance one-third.
A severe earthquake was felt at
Cairo, Ill. 1t continued for several
minutes and was more pronounced
than either of the shocks that were
felt on November 1.
Now that the will of the late mil
lionaire Stephen Rice, of New York,
has been proved a forgery c. b. and
James Rice, of Lafarge, Wis, broth
ers of the decedent, will be made
wealthy. They are poor farmers.
At Bridgeton, \. j., one man was
KILLED and two others We're so injured
that there is very slight chance of
their recovery by the blowing up of
Inc separator bowl of an ice and milk
plant. The dead man was Nelson
Woodruff, who expired after the am
putation of a leg
William X. Vanderbilt, ir., made
new record with his 30-horse power
gasoline automobile over the Eagle
Rock Hill climbing course at Orange,
y. j., and f. A. Laroche, in 40-horse
power machine going mile minute,
crashed over precipice on the noun
tain side. He escaped serious injury.
The battleship Maine has suffered
another injury. The inability of The
ship to make more than II knots On
her recent cruise to Colon was due to
an accident to her boilers which oc-
CURED before her departure. Tour
of the large engine "Ys' or supports
are broken and it will be necessary
to repair them before it will be safe
for the Maine to increase her speed
beyond IL knots.
The North London authorities have
adopted novel method for sup
pressing the overcrowding on street
ears. Finding that the arrest and
finding of conductors was insutti-
cient. they are now resorting to the
arrest of passengers, including wom-
en-, whom the magistrates fine for
aiding and abetting" conductors in
contravening the anti-crowding law.
Since the 18th of September Butler,
Pa, has had over 1900 cases of
typhoid fever and Is deaths. The
state board of health investigated
the case and says the cause is the
pollution of the water used in the
greater part of the borough.
The police officials of Philadelphia
were notified recently by William
Welsh Harrison that his country
home at Glenside, Pa, was robbed OF
iewelry valued at $4,000. The thief
is believed to be man servant who
had been employed by Mr.. Harrison
The man disappeared and the loss OF
the iewclry was discovered short
time later.
John i. Sullivan's famous $4,000
diamond belt has been sold at auc
ton for S2gOO The belt was given
Sullivan by the citizens of Boston
July 4. 1887, and has now been pur'
chased by n Bowery dealer. The
belt was pawned about a year age
ard was sold as an unredeemec
pledge. The purchaser intends tC
use it for display purposes i'll
curiosity shop.
At Indianapolis Warren Hart, ar
alleged safe-craclier, was shot while
trying to escape from Detectives
Asch and Manning, and died at a hos
pital. Both detectives fired at the
man and it is not clear as to whose
bullet hit Hart
The American Flint Glass Manufac
turers' association has announced {
reduction in prices to the trade from
IS to IA cents per dozen on one-thirc
pint bottles and from 81 to 1G cent.
ON half pints. AS the employees are
working on a sliding scale, the reduc
ton in prices will mean a cut ol
about 81 day in the wages. About
1,0D0 men are affected.
The tower of the German building
at ST. Louis will be equipped Will
cast steel bell chimes, consisting oi