Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-24
SHORT NEWS NOTES
They Come From Many Parts
of the World.
Information OF Recent Dato Collected
I'm Various Ways and Condensed
for the Convenience of
Our Busy RendOrs.

Wilson Morgan, of New York City,
to be superintendent of the state bu-
ueau of elections for the metropoli-
tan district, to succeed John McCul-
lagh, has been unanimously con-
frmed by the New York state senate.
The house committee on municipal
corporations of the Illinois house of
representatives has agreed upon
bill authorizing every city in the
state to own, construct, purchase,
mortgage and lease street railways.
1t provides for leasing not longer
than 90 years, but no city can do any
thing towards the construction of
railway without the sanction of a
three-fifths vote of the electors.
Following the attempts of the
Housesmiths and Bridge Workers
union to tie up work on he crane for
the battleship Connecticut at the
Brooklyn navy yard, Is union machin-
lists in the main power house at the
yard, employees of the Quincy Engine
Co, of Quincy, ILL.,, have gone on
strike. The strike is purely in sym
pathy with a strike now in progress
against the engine company in
Quincy.
Officials of the national bank at
Woodbury., y. j., are authority for
the statement that man has
brought for deposit In the bank $1s,-
500 which had lain buried in his yard
for years. They say the money was
nearly all in $50 gold pieces. The
same bank received also a box full of
gold. silver and n;ckels from another
man, who had to take it to the bank
on a wheelbarrow, because it was too
much of load for two men to carry.
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Philip Sheridan, in Washington,
which was presented to him by ad-
mirers throughout the country, has
been sold by Mrs. Sheridan, the price
received being $4,000.
Lieut.. Thomas +. Howard, of the
United States army, a graduate of
West Point, drew a razor across his
throat at the Missouri Baptist sani-
tarium in st. Louis. When found by
an attendant he was dead.
All the holdings of the Economics
in the Sewickley valley are said to
have passed into the hands of syn
dicate of PittsblTgers by deal just
consummated, the cOrsiderat .on be-
ing $2.5OO,OOO. The senior trustee,
John S. Duss, of the Harmony soci-
ETY., as the organization is called, is
said to have been the moving spirit
in the sale, which carries with it the
title of 1900 acres of land, including
the town of Economy. Pa.
Burglars, using dynamite, secured
$2,700 from the Allen, Kansas, state
bank. At Admire, few miles east,
they robbed the postoffice of small
amount of money.
The department. of agriculture has
issued comparative statement of
the wheat crop of the world, show
ing that the total of 3.124, ,422 900
bushels in 1902 was distributed as
follows: North America ISL, 100000,
South America 1884 900, Europe
1,79S, ,963, 900, Asia 376,42S, 1000, Africa
4s,0OO,0OO and Australasia 1927, 600
The crop in the United States was
67O,Oe3, ,00e.
The fishing schooner independence
arrived at Gloucester, Mass, recent,
ly, and reported the loss of four OF
her crew, who were knocked over.
board by the main boom during a
gale and drowned.
DR.. Charles Howard, of st. Paul
Ind, was killed and Richard Rice, OF
indianapolis, was seriously injured al
indianapolis by the collision of their
automobile with a street car. They
failed to see the street car in time
to stop.
The postoffice department has is
sued general order calling atten
tion to the prevalence OF smallpox il
certain sections of the country ant
directing all postmasters to strictly
enforce the postal regulations gov
erning the trea atment of mail matt
and supplies infected by diseas,
germs.
The United States armored cruiser
West Virginia was successful,
launched at the Newport News ship
building yard in the presence of 25,
600 people. A street pageant il
which military companies from sev
eral Virginia cities, an artillery de
fachment from Fort Monroe and thu
officers, marines and ailors of th'
German cruiser Gazelle participated
preceded the launching.
The strike of the iron workers
against the American Bridge Co. ha
been settled. 1t is understood tina
the agreement provides that th
men shah return to work upon tn
conditions that prevailed before th
strike was declared, and continue t,
work under those conditions unit
May /.
The United States supreme cour
has refused to reverse the decision o
the United States circuit court of ap
peals in the case of the Texas Pa
cific Railway Co. VS., Abe BehmeI
Behmer was brakeman and, beinI
Knocked off the top of freight ca
by bump in coupling, caught hi
trousers on nail and was prett
badly hurt. He was awarded dam
ages amounting to 100000
A terrible explosion occurred a
Vivian, w. Va, at the mines of tn
Peerless Coal and Coke Co. A smal
shanty containing a large amount q
powder near the mine caught fire i
some unexplained manner and an eX
ploson followed. Six men are re
ported killed and several others SCI
iously injured.
1t is announced that 500 men in tn
Michigan Central shops at Jackson
Mich, are to have their pay raise
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