Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-07-31

ment by the federal grand jury in
Hartford.
Thirteen persons were injured, one
probably fatally in a collision be-
tween trolley cars on the Compton
Heights and Fourth street lines at st.
Louis.
Maj. Gen. Wade has assumed COM
mand of the division of the Philip
pines, Gen. Davis, who has been in
command, retiring.
Automobile races and exhibitions
that are expected to excel anything
of the kind ever seen in the United
States are being planned to take
place during Chicago's centennial ju-
bilee, September 26 to October 1.
After denouncing organized capital
and the courts and police for the aid
they have given the Kellogg Switch
board and Supply Co., the Chicago
Federation of Labor has assumed con-
troll of the strike against the Kellogg
company and voted to assess its mem
bers $4,000 n month to maintain the
struggle. Each of the 100000 union
men affiliated with the federation is
expected to contribute five cents
month. There are 600 men on strike
ut the plant.
A few days ago Mrs. Bridget Hur-
ley, of Bayonne, n. j., who was Ill
and demcnted, was leaning out of a
window on the third floor of her
home. She lost her balance and fell
to the stone pavement. No doubt
was felt by the hospital physicians
that the shock would prove fatal.
Now they have discovered that it has
restored her lost mental powers and
it is believed she will recover from her
physical injuries.
In a shooting affray at Arlington,
Mo-, four persons were wounded and
two of them probably will die. The
fight WAS the result of an old grudge.
The Nag's Head hotel, on the coast
of North Carolina, was burned re-
Gently. Mrs. John u. Lowe, wife of
the proprietor, perished in the flames.
1t is reported that Mr.. Lowe subse-
quently died of shock.
Mrs. Prince Odom shot and killed
her brother John Rich, at Richton,
Miss. T;,o shots were fired, four
taking effect The tragedy grew out
of an old family feud.
The superior court of Washington
state has upheld Secretary Moody,
together with the mayor and council
of Bremerton, in their fight to close
every saloon at Bremerton, adjacent
to the Puget Sound navy yard. A de-
cision to this effect has just been
handed down in case brought by
saloonkeepers to nullify an ordi-
nance passed closing all saloons.
F. j. Kimball, president of the Nor
| folk &, Western Railroad Co., is dead
at his home at Radnor, Pa, aged 50
wears. Mr.. Kimbail entered railway
service in 1862 as a rodman in the en-
| gineering department of n branch
| line of the Pennsylvania railroad.
| After occupying various railroad posi-
tions he was in 1888 elected president
of the Norfolk & Western Co.
Mrs. Ella Smith, of Homahoma,
Wash, her two little daughters and
Mrs. Rena Bradford, of Seattle, were
drowned in the Hood canal at the
foot of the Olympic mountains. The
children got out of their depth, their
mother went to the rescue, followed
by Mrs. Bradford, who plunged into
| the water and made heroic etfor. TO
save the woman and children.
AT Laurel, Del, William Martin.
foreman of the Bulbeggar barrel fac
tory. was instantly killed by the eS-
plosion of the factory boiler. His
son William, aged % years, was so
badly injured that he died an hour
later.
A Seaboard Air line freight crashed
into street car at grade crossing
in Savannah, Ga, killing two passen-
gers, fatally injuring another and Sc
verely injuring six, all of whom were
negroes. There were 20 passengers
in the car.
While stricken with infammatory
rheumatism six months ago Pasquale
Nicolello, wealthy saloonkeerer, of
New York City, vowed that if he re-
covered he would give to his church
n candle as heavy as himself. He
weighs 175 pounds. He recovered and
has kept the promise. 1t was impos-
sible to get one candle weighing 17j
pounds, so he had two made. The
candles are ten feet high and one
foot in diameter. They cost $4,000,
are elaborately carved and will burn
two years.
At San Francisco United States Dis
TWO
decisions in labor suits and in both
instances his rulings were against
boycotting.
The board of classification of the
United States general appraisers have
announced n decision in which it is
held that artificial rubies are dutiable
the same as real rubies.
An attempt to hold prize fight in
n stove foundry in the Williamsburg
district of Brooklyn, N. Y, was pre-
vented by the police. Fifty-seven ar
rests were made. William Cantlin,
the aged Waterman at the foundry,
alleges that he was overpowered and
compelled to permit the crowd to use
the place.
John G. Long, United States con-
sui general at Cairo, Egypt, died at
Dunbar, Scotland, where he had been
visiting friends. His death was the
result of an accidental fall Mr.