Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-09-25
SHORT NEWS NOTES
They Come From Many Parts
of the World.
Informn Uon OF Recent Date Collected
In Various Ways and Condensed
for tho Convenience OF
our Busy Renders.

main switchboard so tnaJ LOT at
least 30 days and probably for two
or three months there will be no
telephone service in the business dis
trict and no long distance service be-
tween Kansas City and any outside
point Loss S1jO,OO0.
The sentry at the Allegheny, Pa,
arsenal who shot and killed William
II. Cromley will be first tried by
court-martial, then turned over to
whatever branch of the civil author
ity may be determined upon later.
This conclusion was reached after
consultation between Capt. Crote
Hutcheson. United States Attorney
Young and District Attorney Hay
maker.
The probating of Lord Salisbury's
will showed that he left an estate
valued at S1,551 $50.
At Springfield, ILL.,. Alderman James
Shaw was found dead in bed at his
home. This is the second case of
asphyNiation by illuminating gas i'll
tnat city in II week, the first oeing
that of Mrs. Elizabeth Parker In
Mrs. Parker's case the coroner's jury
blamed the gns company for not fur
nishing a regular flow of gas, repairs
Officials of Bayonne (N. j. oil
company are chagrined over the dis
covery that they sold for $500 n ves
sci full of oil and naphtha worth $40,-
900. The steamer Maria took fire at
the Bayonne plant two months ago
and was towed out in the bay to
burn. 1t was thought that it's cargo
had been consumed in the blaze, in
Il. 4. l..
The Bayonne concern offered the
ship for sale and when the buyers
had docked the supposed wreck it
was found the cargo had escaped de-
Struction.
The women of Wallington, y. j.,
have detied the Painters and Decora-
tors union and have formed a league
to paint their own houses. They had
dinculty with the unionists over the
matter of wages and as n result have
begun cooperation scheme where
by the town is rapidly acquiring n
new coat of colors without the aid of
the men.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is said to have
won Sl0,000,000 in the recent bear
campaign on Wall street. ne carried
on his operations while abroad and
everything he touched seemed to
turn to gold. In his operations, Cor
nelius Vanderbilt was aided by his
uncle, William X. Vanderbilt, who
brought him in close contact with the
John ID. Rockefeller interests. 1t is
said that Rockefeller gave advice in
all the stocks the young man touch
ed. His fortune is now estimated at
S20,000,000.
At Elizabeth City, y. c.. fire COM
pletely destroyed the steamer Alma
and the freight depot of the Norfolk
d Southern railroad. Loss 100000.
An immense quantity of freight was
destroyed and several people were
hurt through the explosion of some
OH and two kegs of powder.
The monthly statement OF the col
lections of internal revenue shows
that for the month of August the
total receipts were $1S,7S4, ,5l4, an in
crease as compared with August, 1902
of 1,064,S
Harold c. Mills, of Chicago, has been
convicted of bigamy and sentenced to
besides paying a fine of $1,000. Three
women, who had been married to
women, who has been married to
Mills, were present in the court room
from Detroit, one from st. Louis and
the third resident of Chicago
A large labor union whose funda
mental principles are opposition tc
all strikes and in favor of settling
disputes with employers by arbitra'
ton has been organized at st. Louis
The organization is to be known a.
the Independent Brass Workers.
The Second national bank of Con
nellsville, Pa, one of the stronges
institutions of the coke regions, ha!
decided to hereafter pay per cent
interest on savings accounts. The
purpose of the officials is to induce
those who have been boarding wealth
at home to place the money in banks
1t is claimed that the action of th'
Connellsville bank in paying pc
cent. is the first taken since the re
hellion by any banking institution il
the United States.
At San Francisco Deputy Unite
States Marshal w. p. Gamble, VIII,
was arrested for completely in plo
to substitute old Chinese for youni
Chinese who had been ordered de
ported, committed suicide. Severa
days ago Gamble confessed his par
in the scheme to defraud the gov
ernment
Thomas Eldrdge, aged %, a son o
Postmaster Eldridge. of Mort
Springfield, Pa, and Miss Minnie Ru
land, aged 20, were instantly kille
by the Lake Shore limited about tw
miles west of North Springfield. The
were returning home from party i
a carriage when nIlled.
AunuGt Trontpnn shot and lsi11a
his wife at Aladdin, Pa, minin
town. Mrs. Troutman left her hu
bands home and went to where tw
Italian brothers were living and wa
on the porch of their home when he
husband went after her. She refuse
to return with him and he shot he
through the heart. The couple WEI
marred three months ago. Trou
man is under arrest.
John Hazeltine, known throughol