Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-21

and Mrs. Charles Beegle, OF DctrOlt,
was killed near Buffalo, n. Y, in
collision between trolley car and a
baggage wagon.
Charles NJ. Schwab fatty contra
diets the statement that he is organ
izing n combination of tailors in the
United States.
A passenger train was deraled be-
tween Rothenkirchen and Ober-Kri-
nitz, SaNony. Three persons were
killed and 40 were injured.
AS the result of quarrel William
Brinltley, negro, shot and killed
james Coyle, white--man, at Ger
mantown, Pa. II " murderer is un-
der arrest.
w. l.. Petit, for many years as
sistant cashier of the First National
bank, of Fort Wayne, Ind, shot him
self in the head, dying instantly.
Continued i'll health is believed to
have been the cause. He was 63
years old.
\ strike of stone cutters of Alle-
gheny county, Pa, has been inaugur-
ated for an increase in wages of ten
cents an hour. The men have been
receiving so cents an hour and de-
mand GO cents. Over 500 men are
idle. Much work is tied up and about
$1,000 members of other occupations
will be affected.
Many shots were fired in battle
on the roof of a residence in West
| Forty-seventh street, New York City,
between six detectives and man
who is declared by the police to be
desperate western crook who is be-
lieved to have committed several
burglaries in the vicinity. The al
legged burglar was wounded in the leg
and surrendered after throwing away
| two revolvers.
BY order of Acting Secretary of the
Navy Darling, the contracts with the
| Crescent Shipbuilding Co., of Eliza
beth, n. j., for the construction of
the cruiser Chattanooga and the tor
| pedo boats Nicholson and O'Brien
have been cancelled. Navy depart
ment agents have been instructed to
take charge of these vessels, which
have been launched, and they will be
completed at government yard.
Postmaster General Payne recent
ly received cablegram from
Charles j. Gliddon, who is making an
automobile tour of Europe, saying
that he covered $3.50 miles and that
he had crossed the arctic circle in his
machine. He also stated that he had
deposited with the Swedish govern
ment an American flag which he had
carried across the arctic circle.
The Standard Oil Co. has declared
a dividend of s. per share. payable
September Is. This is So less than
was paid in June last, but the same
as was declared for the same period
last year.
James Howden, aged 33 years, who
was injured in the recent accident
at the baseball park in Philadelphia,
is dead, making the eleventh victim.
Henry Lehr, president of the de-
funct national bank of Doylestown,
Pa, which failed recently, has with
drawn as candidate for Judge on the
republican ticket.
The first of series of expeditions
organized by the California Academy
of Sciences which left San Francisco
in April to explore the islands off the
Pacific coast, has just returned after
a voyage extending over 1000 miles.
About 1000 specimens of birds were
secured, together with many valuable
botanical specimens.
George r. Creighton, 90 years old,
has been arrested at New York City,
charged with forgeries reaching $12,-
900. Creighton has been employed
by Townsend & Wandell as law
clerk, having been with that firm
since he was IA years old, and has
always been thoroughly trusted
Crazed by reason of inability to
sleep Alexander Spiro, 26 years old,
one of the best known Hebrew attor-
neys practicing at the Pittsburg bar,
committed suicide at the home of his
parents by hanging himself to the
bedpost with neclitie.
Wilson Lippincott, known as the
heaviest man in the state, is dead at
Bristol, Pa, of heart disease. He
was 5S years old, was extremely
proud of the fact that he gained 100
pounds in weight during the last
year, and few days before his death
tipped the scales at 544 pounds. He
was in good health up to the minute
of his death.
Tie latest trust proposition is to
consolidate all the Chinese interests
in this country. 1t is called the Chi
nee Empire Reform society and the
plan is to have stores in every city
of Importance in the United States.
Restaurants will also be managed by
the trust and it is proposed that it
shall also conduct laundries. 1t is
likely that an American manager will
be employed to get the thing started
properly
Each day working ten hours in a
Chicago department store at Sc a
week and each night personatlng II
uniformed policeman Peter Hadtlcr
sought by highway robbery to secure
enough money to support his family.
Such was the confession made by him
after he had been arrested on a
charge of holding up Richard
ctZkorn.
Fourteen strikers were killed and
100 wounded in military onslaught
which occurred in the vicinity of
kietf. Russia.