Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-05-29
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rated June 10, 1902, has been settled,
the men being granted a substantial
increase in wages and other ques-
tions arra aged satisfactorily to both
parties. All the men now out are to
return to work.
Israel p. Black, widely known for
his work in the junior Sunday school
department of the Presbyterian
church, is dead at his home in Phila-
delphia of typhoid fever. He was 65
years of age. Mr.. Black wrote the
weekly Westminster international
Sunday school lesson.
The Watrous engine works at st.
Paul was destroyed by fire, causing
n loss estimated at $4,000, partially
covered by insurance. The cause of
the fire is not known. 1t is claimed
that there were two explosions in
the front end of the buildings.
Announcement is made by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. that the
company will not permit the Postal
Telegraph Co. or any other corpora
ton to own the poles for telegraph
service which are to be erected along
the lines of the railroad. 1t is the
intention to replace the poles of the
Western Union Telegraph Co. by
others which will be owned by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
Ten persons were badly hurt and
score or more bruised in n runaway
trolley car accident at Braddock,
Pa, on the East Pittsburg branch of
the Pittsburg railroad.
A tornado passed over Marshall,
Mich, doing at least $4,000 worth of
damage. The Dulcina home for aged
and INDECENT women, valued at $780,
600, was unroofed and 30 other
houses and barns in the city and
Marengo township are roofless.
The defalcation of Oliver Sher-
wood, the former cashier of the
Southport (Conn.) national bank, will
reach close to $200O00 In addition
to the money taken from the bank.
Sherwood it is believed, disposed of
notes issued by the town of Fair
field. These notes already had 0een
redeemed by the town, so that the
present holders of the notes will be
the losers. There is $4,000 involved
in this deal.
Before a crowd of $4,000 persons,
August Belmont's Magistrate won
the sixth national stallion race at
Morris Park, n. Y. Right on the
heels of the Magistrate came the sec
ond choice, FoXhall P. Keene's Palm
Bearer, with the favorite, Leonidas,
neck away. The national stallion
stallion stakes is worth $13,9S5, of
which S10,247 went to the winner
Mrs. Sophia Kruger has been held
to await the action of the grand jury
at Cresco. Ia, after preliminary
trial for the murder of her husband,
whose body was found in the river
April 10 with n stone about its neck.
The state charges her with having
Drained him with a pick as he lay
asleep and having hauled the body to
the river.
In wind that ranged from mere
zephyr to an eight-knot breeze the
Reliance clearly proved her superior
ity over the Columbia and the Consti-
tuition in recent race on Long ISL
and Sound
A tornado struck Carmen, Okla, and
destroyed about one-third of the
town, including the principal houses
and postoffice. p. F. Brown, of
Wichita, was killed. Mrs. Wismiller
was fatally injured. Twenty people
we"e more or less injured.
During an electrical storm at Clar-
linda. Ia, John Coons was struck hv
lightning and instantly killed. He
went to n window to put down the
shade and the bolt passed through
his right shoulder and through his
body. His 7-year-old son was Sc
vercly shocked.
Free silver has lost an advocate in
the person of DIR. Benjamin Andrews.
The chancellor of the University of
Nebraska in a recent address before
the class in ethics announced that he
no longer entertained the views he
had once held concerning silver coin
age.
The settlement of the strike of
,porters. hackers and freight band
lers of the wholesale grocery firms
Mt St. Louis carries with it the as
'surance of the winding up of the
strike Of the railroad freight hand
lers and the prevention of a general
strike of the teamsters, who were on
the noint of going out.
Antonio Trola was nut to death in
th" electric chair in Sing Sing On. W
prison the other day. Five shocks
were necessary to cause death. State
Electrician Davis said it was harder
TO kill a thin. wiry man like Triola
ny the electric current than n stout
man, MS in the case of the thin man
there are not enough tissues to con-
Hcv the fatal current quickly to a
vital part
A tornado struck the town of
Elmo. Mo-, unroofing stores and lit
tering the town with the debris of
outhouses, barns and trees. No lives
were lost.
After terrific struggle. in which
he was probably fatally wounded
Edward II. Lucas. who has national
notoriety as professional burglar
was captured at Chicago. With his
right arm shattered by a bullet and
his abdomen perforated by another
bullet, he escaped from three officers
and was captured only when he fell
exhausted from loss of blood.
Three men were injured, two OF
whom may die, two engines and a
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