Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-25

men. An appeal to the supreme court
of the United States has been taken,
the purpose being TO test the con-
stitutionality of the fourteenth
amendment TO the constitution.
a sl,OOOoOO plant is to be equipped
at Elwood City, Pa, by the Cloves
Brass and Copper Manufacturing Co.,
to make brass and copper tubing.
The new plant will employ 500 men.
Russia will be asked by the United
States to treat kindly the Japanese
non-combantants who have been left
in Siberia and to enable them to
make their way back to Japan.
Albert Ferguson, u non-union hack
driver, was shot and mortally wound-
ed by one of four men believed to be
strikers, who had decoyed him into
the outskirts of Kansas City, Mo.
The assailants escaped.
At Cleveland Miss, a mob of mask
ed men took from the Jail Fayette
Sawyer and Burke Harris, negroes
charged with the murder of another
negro, and hanged them from rail-
road bridge.
! Democratic county conventions
held in Orleans. Chemung and Cort-
delegates to the state convention in
structed their delegates to favor Al
ton B. Parker, of that state, for the
presidential nomination.
Charged with embezzlement Fran
els b. Wright, cashier of the First
national bank of Dundee, H., has
been indicted by the federal grand
jury. He is alleged to have cmbez-
lied $4,000.
The Bates Machine Co., of Joliet,
H., which secured writ of iniunc-
ton against the Machinists' union
and its members, has brought suit
! for 100000 damages against the
| same defendants. The writ granted
by Judge Hilscher is sweeping one,
prohibiting interference of any kind
on, the part of the defendants.
Miss Annette NJ. Dye, n linguist in
the bureau of animal industry, agri-
cultural department and daughter
| of the late Gen. William McE. DYE,
at one time military instructor to the
emperor of Korea, and the emperor's
adviser, and also commander of the
army of the khedive of Egypt, COM
mitted suicide at Washington by
! shooting. Grief over the death of
her mother is supposed to have
caused the act.
| Andrew Carnegie has given another
$5,000,000 for educational purposes.
| The formal announcefent of the gift
and its purposes will be made in
few days. In the meantime nothing
can be learned beyond the fact that
the gift is for educational purposes.
Although success is in sight accord
ing to his statement to the fortitica-
tions board, Prof. Langley has de-
clined to make any request for fur
ther allotment of money to carry on
| his experiments with his aerodrome.
| The board also has decided that it Is
not advisable at this time to make
| further expenditures in that direc-
| ton.
The losses in the Baltimore fire,
amounting to about it's surplus of
100000, together with a depreciation
in market value of investments, have
caused the directors of the Lafayette
Fire Insurance Co., of New York, to
decide that the company shall retire
from business. All the outstanding
risks have been reinsured.
| The opening sale of seats for the
worlds conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Hazards Pavil-
ion, Los Angeles, Cal, in May has just
been held. SiNty-nine boxes were
sold for $7,O92. As much as $1T5 was
paid for n box and the lowest that
any sold for was $40, or $40 chair.
The British steamers Merton and
Clan Grant put into the harbor at
| Holyhead, Wales, after having been
| in collision off that place, during a
dense fog. Both ships were injured.
French residents of Canada who
are subject to military duty in France
have received orders to return to
France at once for garrison duty.
The call has caused great surprise
and excitement among them.
Seven people crossing a small rail
road bridge near Wilsonburg, w. Va,
were run down by Baltimore q Ohio
| passenger train. Anthony Manardi,
wife and child were killed outright.
Frank Jametti was fatally hurt anl
three others were seriously injured
At East st. Louis, H.. the warehouse
of the Deering Harvesting Machine
Co., stored with farm MACHINERY and
twine, was destroyed by fire. Loss
$150,000.
During a riot in an italian settle
ment at New York City one man was
killed, several wounded and the police
were drawn into n battle which last
ed half an hour. They succeeded IN
arresting three men suspected of
completely in the murder.
| John MAYNARD, n negro. was re-
Gently found hanging to a telegraph
pole at Montgomery station on the
Santa Fe railroad, about 100 miles
from Houston, Tex. Maynard had
confessed that he was one of party
of negroes who had beaten aud rob
bed number of railroad laborers,
one of the victims afterward dying.
News has been received from Port
Arthur that several officers of the
garrison under the strain caused by
the bombardment committed suicide
The total number of casualties in the
town up to March 2l was 265.