Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-05-29

washed away. AS freight train of
20 cars was passing over the weaken
ed track 10 cars went down and most.
of these were totally wrecked. The
engine passed safely over.
About $50 Macedonian insurgents
were killed at the village of Smer-
desh May 81, according TO n dispatch
from Salonica. The insurgents, who
had possession of quantities of dy-
Mantle, sought refuge in the vii
lagc and were attacked by Turkish
troops. The fighting lasted for
thirty hours and ultimately all the
houses were burned or blown up by
dynamite by the Turks.
Servant girls so hire by the hour is
the latest IDEA of Boston society
women, with view of solving the
servant girl problem. The expert
ment will be tried by the Women's
Educational association. a hous, n
the Back Bay will be opened August
I, where girls will be trained for
month or six weeks i'm various house
hold duties, after which they will be
hired out by the hour to household
ers.
John r. Moran, n Boston lawyer,
announces that he has in his posses
sion written confession of whole
sale bribery scheme mapped out by
Massachusetts men, which involves
seven prominent Legislators who are
in the combine. The confession was
made by Boston merchant, a mem
ber of the legislature in 1901, who
disappeared from Boston after
placing the confession in Moran's
hands.
Concord, Mass, recently celebrated
the Tooth anniversary of the birth of
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
A tornado struck the town of
Rolfe, Ia, killing Fong Loo. laun-
dryman; fatally iniuring child and
wrecking the State bank building,
Crayon's general store, the Hotel De
Main and one other building. Sew
eral residences were damaged.
The ice manufacturing plant of the
American Ice Co., at Philadelphia,
was destroyed by fire. The building
is valued at $4,000 and the machin-
cry is said to be worth $15O,OOO. Dur
ing the progress of the fire there
were numerous explosions of am
monia tanks, but no one was in
jured.
~ L FEtttOHl. L tt', III i SHOOblllS al
fray on the street three men were
shot. one fatally. They were: Leo
OranZo ~Not above the heart,
through the right shoulder and
through the left arm: cannot recov-
er; Tony Oranzo, shot in the right
shoulder: Angelo Tureinzo, shot in
the back. The men. all Italians, were
intoxicated and quarreled over some
trivial matter.
During a severe. electrical storm at
Muncie, Ind. Union Traction inter
urban car event dead" while cross
ing the Lake Erie & Western tracks
and the rear end was struck by an
excursion train. The 80 passengers
in the interurban car were shaken up
and number We're injured, but
none seriously.
Inspectors Doran and Smithers. of
the postoffice department. are at
Pueblo, Col, investigating alleged
violations of the postal laws. Several
persons have received circulars ad-
vertising a lottery at Hamburg, Ger
many. The report of the inspectors
will be sent to Washington and the
matter will be taken up with the
German government.
The boiler plate mills of the Cen
trail Iron and Steel Co. at Harrisburg,
Pa, were destroyed by fire, entailing
loss of 100000 and throwing a
large number of men out of work.
The loss is fully covered by insur-
ance.
Twelve buildings, including three
stores, a hotel and several dwellings,
were destroyed by fire at Weeks
Mills, Me.
\ heavy rain and wind storm cauS-
ed some damage in Omaha, Neb.
Three tracks at the Union station
were rendered useless and an engine
pulling the fast mail east was derail-
ed by the soft tracks. Several houses
were unroofed.
1t is officially announced at Lowell,
Mass, that an attempt will be made
to resume operations at the cotton
mills there on June /. The mills were
shut down on March 90.
The son of Henry C. Cutler, of Mas
sachusetts, has given $4,000 to Cut
| Ter academy, at Colorado Springs,
Col, as the nucleus for an endow-
ment fund, which President Slocum,
of Colorado college, expects will
shortly be increased to $250,OOO.
The Peruvian gunboat Loreto
sprung n leak 40 miles northeast of
the Scilly Islands and sank in an
hour. The crew were picked up by
French trawler and were landed at
| Plymouth England.
Consul General McWade at Canton
has cabled the state department that
famine is increasing in Kwangsi
province and that relief is urgently
needed. He also informs the depart
ment that sporadic Asiatic cholera
exists in Canton.
At New Baltimore, Mich, May %
ten people were injured in n collision
between n Rapid railway electric pas
senger car and n steam freight train
that runs on the company's tracks
hauling freight during the night and
early morning. The tender of the
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