Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-11
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CONGRESSIONAL.

on the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill.
The senate on the I'd passed a large
number of private pension bills. The
house spent the day in consideration
OF the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill.
On the Sd the senate began consid-
GRAFTON of the naval appropriation
bill. The house passed the District
of Columbia appropriation bill.
The senate on the 4th debated the
clause in the naval appropriation bill
providing for site for a naval train
ing station on the Great Lakes, but
nothing definite was decided. The
house had the Indian appropriation
bill under discussion.
On the 5th the house passed the
Indian appropriation bill. The senate
debated the naval appropriation bill.
The entire crew, numbering 16 men,
of the lighthouse tender Nina, have
been placed in Jail at San Juan, Porto
Rico, on the charge of mutiny in re-
fusing to take the vessel to Pensacola
for repairs. The prisoners claim
they were shanghaied at New York
in December.
Hawaii will not be officially repre-
scented at the worlds fair. The Ha-
waiian legislature appropriated $780,
600 for the exhibition, but the terri
torial treasury is depleted and it has
been practically decided at Honolulu
TO abandon the plans for representa-
ton at the fair
The coke trade is badly hampered
by car shortage, the production for
the past week being over 10000 tons
in excess of the shipping facilities.
The rapid increase or the surplus
stock in the coke yards is proving 4
serious handicap to operations and as
a result number of siN-day plants
have been reduced to n five-day run
and one or two plants were cut down
to half time.
AT n recent convocation of the Wis
consin University President Van Hise
announced that three New York men
and one Chicago man had subscribed
$4,000 and had placed the money at
the disposal of Dr. Ely, director of
the school of economies and political
science of Wisconsin University, the
purpose being to investigate the his
tory of the labor movement and al
lied social movements in the United
States.
The middle of the channel of the
Missouri river is The boundary be-
tween South Dakota and Nebraska
south of Union county, South Dakota.
So declared the Interstate boundary
commission at a meeting in Lincoln,
Ncb. BY the decision Nebraska gets
about 5000 acres from South Dakota,
and the latter state gains Is acres
from Nebraska.
A tremendous earthquake, which
did much damage, occurred recently
at Lima, Peru. Nothing comparable
with it had been experienced during
the last 80 years.
The Standard Oil Co. is, it is said
TO build the largest oil refinery in the
world near Kansas City and pipe oil
from Kansas. The refinery is to be
erected in what is known as the
Sugar Creek valley on the Missouri
river, ten miles south of the business
center of Kansas City.
Capt. Ira Cory, whose company. on
the extreme left of the First brigade
checked the advance or Gen. Barks.
dale at Gettysburg and held the Con
federate brigade back until Union ar
at his home in Morristown. n. j.
The court of appeals at Frankfort
Ky, has overruled petitions for re
hearing in the cases of the Louisville
pool rooms and the Western Union
Telegraph Co. This decision drives
all pool rooms out of Louisville an(
for the first time in many years nj
bets on horse races can be placed
within the city limits.
Dominick Antello, 20 years of age
shot Miss Nellie FlanSagan, aged II
years, in Brooklyn, n. Y, and TIL,
girl died almost instantly. He ther
put bullet into his own head, bu
may recover. The girl had rejected
Antello's proposal of marriage ant
it is believed that this led to tn,
crime.
At Butte, Mont, Michael Mulch, /;
witness on the trial of Martin Blat
nick for the murder of Joseph Stukal
gave an unusual turn to the proceed
ings by confessing, in court, that he
and not Blatnicll had killed Stukal
His plea was sclf-defense.
The establishment of college O.
domestic science is announced at Tho
University of Chicago. The courses
will include cooking and the study ot
the science of foodstuffs. 1t is in
tended That the work shall not only
train a girl to cook, but teach he
domestic engineering, including
house sanitation, public hygiene, thu
chemistry of foods and other phases
of sanitary science.
Edmund f. Dixey, once famous
minstrel, is dead at hs; home in Phil
adelphia. Mr.. DiXey was formerly
associated with John l.. Carncross il
the ownership of Carncross
Dixey's Minstrels and for years til,
combination gave performances al
over the country. Mr.. Dixey retired
from the stage nearly 20 years ago.
The New York department d
health recorded 1877 deaths during
the week ending February 27, which
Is more than have occurred in tina,
city during a similar period in the
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