Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-08
INTERESTING NEWS NOTES.
Short Items Gathered
From Many Parts
of the Globe.
CONGRESSIONAL.

decisive action. The house spent the
day in debate of the sundry civil APP
preparation bill.
The senate on the 3Oth began con-
sideration of the postoflice appro-
priation bill. The house spent an
other day in debate of the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
On the 3lSt the senate divided its
time between the bill for the repeal
of the desert land law and the post
Office appropriation bill. The house
devoted the day to the sundry civil
bill.
On the 1st the senate devoted some
time to Il political debate and the re-
mainder of the session was spent in
discussion of the postotlice appropria
tion bill. The house passed the sun
dry civil appropriation bill
Mr.. Warren occupied the greater
part of the senate'S time on the 2d
with speech attacking the bill to
repeal most of the existing land laws.
Three hundred and nineteen pension
bills were passed by the house in two
hours. Another hour was devoted to
rapid fire legislation in which a large
number of bridge bills and other
matters of minor Importance were
disposed of.
Employees in factory No. 1 of the
American Machine Glass Co. at Ar
mold, Pa, struck and every man en-
ployed on the blowing machines
which were recently installed went
out, closing down the factory, which
as the largest in the world. The
strikers are unorganiZed and no for
NAL demands had been made to the
company, although the men contem-
plated asking for an advance of so
cents a day.
arrested on the charge of having
burglars tools in his possession, Ed
ward Alexander, of Taylorville, ILL.,,
assumed the name of John c. Shum-
way, "a member of the Illinois worIu's
fair commission, former state Scna-
tor and a leading citizen of Taylor
vile. Alexander, under the name of
''John c. Shumway," was sentenced
to serve two years in the peniten-
tiary.
After announcing an intention to
bolt the national democratic conven-
tion if Grover Cleveland or any DEM
ocrat like him is nominated, ex-
United States Senator II. f. Petit
grew was elected chairman of the
state delegates from South Dakota.
Two hundred iron bed makers are
on strike at the plant of the Iron
Bedstead Co. at Chicago because the
firm charged several employees with
being incompetent and refused to
pay them the union scale.
The coinage of gold that has been
taking place at the mint in San Fran
cisco since last February has been
concluded superintendent Leach
said regarding the coinage: The
mint has undoubtedly broken all rec
ords for gold coinage since the use
of money. The amount coined in
March reached the enormous sum of
$33, 800, an average of more than
$1.000,000 day"
Woodsmen who have returned to
Caribou, Me-, brings news that Bald
Mountain, small, steep hill in the
Tiboque valley, only few miles from
the New Brunswick line, has disap-
pea"ed. In its place small lake
nc ~ exists. 1t is believed the noun
tain dropped out of sight during the
earthquake of March 21.
The coinage executed at the mints
of the United States during March
aggregated l5,30S, ,503 pieces and $685.
262, ,16S in value.
Patrick Farrell, an old man en-.
ployed as night watchman on n
Brooklyn dock, has been found dead
in the little shanty where he lived
alone. Nearly $1,000 was found Sc
creted about the hut, together with
a memorandum showing that Farrell
had lived for two years on exactly
$1.31 n week.
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seeking readjustment of wages.
last year increases averaging 6 per
cent. were made in all departments.
The agreement was to last one year.
The employees now wish another adj
cance.
Probably fatal affrays between
union and non-union men and vicious
encounters between rival organiza-
tions have marked a sudden revival
of strike violence in Chicago.
The Ashland mine at Ironwood,
Mich, operated by the Cleveland
Cliffs Iron Co., has suspended opera
tions. Three hundred men are made
idle. There are several hundred thou
and tons of ore in stock pits at the
mine.
Iowa is confronted with a coal
which closed every mine in the state
and section of Missouri. Not a
pound of coal is for sale in Des
Moines, and other cities of the state
are similarly affected.
Returns from the democratic prim-
aries held in the most important
counties of New York for the selec-
tion of delegates to the state conven-
ton, show that the Empire State del
egation to the national convention
will be instructed to vote for Judge
Alton j. Parker as nominee for presi-
dent.
One of the mines in Possiet Bay
has been exploded by whale. The
,nutilated carcass subsequently was
washed ashore. 1t bore evidence of
the destructive qualities of the mines
laid by the Russians in expectation