Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-10-23

per man. committed suicide at the
West Chicago sanitarium by cutting
his throat with a razor, while tenn
porarily insane.
The city hall of Cheybogan, Mich,
was destroyed by fire the other day.
Loss $4,000, insurance $4,000. 1t
was one of the finest municipal build
ings in upper Michigan.
At Harrisburg, Pa, the Middletown
iron and tube works has laid off $50
men on account of the lack of orders.
The works employ about 500 men.
By dressing a 1,20O-pound steer in
three minutes and IS seconds, Jacob
Baer has reduced the worlds record
by 20 seconds, and incidentally won
the western championship. The feat
was accomplished at Denver, Col.
The William Penn colliery at Ma
hanoy City, Pa, owned and operated
by the Susquehanna Coal Co., n sub
sidiary company of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Co., has resumed operations
after suspension of ten days. EN-
ployment is given to 1000 hands.
The second special session of the
New Jersey legislature for the year
1903 has adjourned sine die. The net
result of the special session was the
passage of three school bills and two
concurrent resolutions.
George K. Sheldon, of New York
City, has received notice from Senator
Hanna, chairman of the republican
national committee. of his appoint
ment as u member of the committee
to succeed the late Frederick s.
Gibbs. 1t is understood that Mr..
sheldon will also succeed to Mr..
tee.
The British battleship Prince
George, which was towed to Ferrol,
Spain, after having been in collision
with the British battleship Hannibal
during the naval mnneuvers off Cape
Finisterre. was found to be so extern
sively damaged by the Hannibals ram
that she has been beached for tenn
porary repairs, preparing to being
towed back to England, where she
will be placed in drydeck.
Eight convicts who were in the in
sane ward of the prison at Halle,
Prussia, overpowered two guards,
smothered one of them to death and
badly wounded the other, took their
keys and weapons and escaped to a
neighboring forest. The fugitives
were eventually overtaken by their
pursuers and after they had shot one
guard they were captured.
George Duncan, a lawyer of New
York City, was accidentally shot and
killed near Russellville, Ky, while out
hunting.
The action of Commissioner of I'm
migration Watchorn, stationed at
Montreal, in denying admission to
the United States of IL glass blowers
held there and recommending that
they be taken to New York and de-
ported to England has the endorse
ment of the commissioner general of
immigration and the necessary or
ders for their deportation will be is
sued. The men. who came from En-
gland, were on their way to Corning,
n. Y, where they were to be employ
ed in a glass works.
The Bank of Viborg, S. e., was
robbed the other night of $1,000. The
robbers were seen by citizens who
did not dare to venture out, the main
street being patrolled by armed rob-
bers. Half of the money stolen was
in gold: The robbers escaped on a
hand car. - '~~
At Providence, R. l., Peter Ouloos-
sian, an Armenian, treasurer of a So
ciety which aimed to establish an
Armenian school in that city, was
found dead in barn and $500 belong
ing to the society which he was
known to have had was missing. His
body bore marks which indicate foul
play. .5.- .-,....s
Patrick Mahaney, of Derby, Conn.,,
hoc fn &c <,1l IN, n
with 5000, representing the savings
of 80 years as a farm hand. His
wages generally was $l2 month and
board. In the 80 years he had but
three employers and took only six
days off. His expenditures amounted
| to $44.90. an average of less than 12
! cents month.
An appropriation of $1,000 has been
voted by the city council of Chicago
to pay the expense of uncovering ras-
cality around the city hall. This ac-
tion was taken when Alderman Herr
man told the council that his commit
tee investigating graft" would be
able to accomplish great things if ii
only had some money to work with,
| He said the committee wanted to
look into great abuses in administra.
| IINt IIltlIlClS as "tI dS SpCClllN
charges of misconduct.
! Official figures of the board ot
health, covering a period of three
years, show that the number of per
sons killed annually III the streets ot
New York City is increasing in ar
alarming degree. These fatalities are
growing on more than an even ratio
with the growth of population and
business.
As result of special meeting
of the Structural Iron Workers
union, held at Pittsburg, damage
suits aggregating 100000 may be
brought against the American Bridge
Co., charging negligence in the con
struction of the Wabash railroad
bridge. where the disastrous accident
happened.
An alleged theft of $4,000 from the
Boston National Union bank last
November was revealed recently
when Elmer L, Leavett, Of Boston