Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-07-03

Murdoch's dwelling, II. B. Guinette's
blacksmith shop and II, Swisshelm's
| stable. The loss was $4,000.
EN-Judge Cyrus l.. Pershing is dead
| AT his residence in Pottsville, Pa. He
was presiding Judge of the Schuylliill
county courts during the trial of the
members of the notorious Mollie Ma
guires, who were convicted and many
executed.
Thomas Thornby, n butcher, choked
to death in a Brooklyn On. W res
taurant. He ordered the best beef
steak in the place and ate heartily.
| When half through with his meal
| Thornby suddenly strnnglcd on
piece of the steak and fell from his
chair. The efforts of the walters TO
restore him were without avail. 1t
| is said the meat on which he cholicd
| to death was furnished from his
own shop.
The reports in circulation to the
effect that there is friction between
the administration and Count Cassini,
the Russian ambassador, are abso-
lutely without foundation. 1t is
stated that the relations or the presi-
dent and the state department with
Count Cassini are officially and per-
sonally cordial.
Resenting the iecrs of crowd OF
ncwsboys, which were directed at his
women companions, y. j. Webber,
aged %, was shot and Killed by one
of the boys. The shooting took place
in the presence of large crowd of
visitors at Lincoln park, Chicago. 1t
caused great excitement and during
the confusion the boys escaped.
Six persons were shot and severely
injured on trolley car between
Media and Chester, Pa. a negro, be-
lievcd to have been seeking revenge
because the conductor of the car
threw him off, discharged both bar
rels of shotgun at the car as it
passed a lonely spot in the country.
The car was crowded, and the shots
coming from the dark roadside caus-
ed a wild fright among the passen-
gers, most of whom were women
Four of the latter were among the
wounded.
One hundred and fifty thousand
dollars in public bequests are given
by the will of George f. Winch, of
Brookline, Mass, which was filed for
probate recently.
Official announcement is made by
one of the executive officers of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. that $751;
100000 of new stock has all been
taken by the shareholders and that
90 per cent. of it has been paid up in
full
At Kiel. Prussia, the United States
cruiser Chicago's sailing cutter won
Princess Henry's prize for warships'
cutters in a competition with the
cutters of the German ships Freya,
Hohenzollern, Frauenlob, Ariadne,
Blitz and Hagen.
The striking employees of the Inter
national Paper Co. have resumed
work at Fort Edward, South Glens
Falls and Sandy Hill, n. Y. The
troubles were ended by concessions
on both sides.
Commissioner of Pensions Ware has
granted a pension of $S a month to
Thomas B. Howard, of Houston, Tex,
for service in the Seminole Indian
war in 1885 and 1886. Howard is SO
years old and claims to be the only
survivor of Capt. Augustus Allstons
company, Second regiment, Florida
militia, in which he was a private 67
years ago.
The interior department at Wash
ington has withdrawn from all forms
of settlement except homestead entry
127 townships in the Walla Walla,
Waterville and Yakima land districts
in Washington state, under the re-
clamatiop act. .. ........ ....
A plague of lice has visited the ap-
Eple orchards in Orleans county, New
York. The growers have sprayed
the trees with whale oil, but thus
far without effect. If the lice are
not checked the apple crop of the
county, valued at over 100000 will
be ruined.
The carpets of the adjusting rooms
of the United States mint at San
Francisco have been taken up and
treated to a process for removing the
gold dust. A bar of gold valued at
$4,000 is the result. The carpets
were laid six years ago. In the ad-
justing rooms the coins are filed
down to proper weight and the finer
gold dust sinks into the carpets.
Dan Godfrey, the famous bandmas-
ter of the Grenader guards, died at
London recently of paralysis.
/,
his intention to witness the nterna-
tional yacht race between the Ameri-
can defender, Reliance, and the Sham
rock III, to be sailed on August 20.
lie will go to the course over which
the race is to be sailed on the May
flower.
Contracts have been given out at
the main office of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Co. for 10000 tons of
steel rails, aggregating in cost $l,l2O,-
600.
Accused of embe2zling funds of
the United brotherhood of Leather
Workers, of which he was treasurer,
; at Newark, n. j., Fred j. Steele, 35
, years old, alias Fred W. Wright,
was arrested at Rochester, n, Y.
The postmaster of New York has
been authorized to make SOC promo
: tions in his Office, involving $S5,60O,
A and to appoint 100 clerks at 5000 a