Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-11-04

She started fire in the kitchen stove,
pouring coal oil from can upon the
blaze. An explosion occurred and
she was enveloped In flames. Her
husband ran to her assistance, but
she was SO badly burned that she died
in few hours.
The German government has pre-
scntcd to Russia request from the
owner of the German fishing vessel
Sonntag, recently fired on by ships be-
longing TO the Russian second Pacific
squadron, for indemnity as the result
of damage to his nets and loss of time.
A special train carrying Oscar G..
Murray, president of the b. & o. rail
road and his party, has made a record
run over the Chicago division, cover
ing 131 miles in 1876 minutes.
Gen. G.. c. Mason, distinguished
British officer, who served 80 years in
India with the Madras army, is dead
at his home near Greenfields, Cal,
aged 80 years.
Special services have been held in
the old John Street Methodist Epis-
copal church at New York City,
known as the mother of Methodism in
this country and the oldest Methodist
church in the United States, to COM
memorate It's 136th anniversary. The
sermon was preached by Bishop Foss,
of Philadelphia.
Two hundred miners of the Rex
Fuel Co., at Durfee, Ia, have struck
because the manager of the mines re-
fused to allow hucksters and peddlers
to work in the camp.
At Augusta, Me-, the Edwards
Manufacturing Co.'S cotton mills have
started after a shutdown of four
months, due largely to dullness in
trade. A 10 per cent reduction in
wages also went into effect, but about
rs per cent. of the 1900 operatives
went into the mills.
Dan" Leno, the principal attraction
at the Drury Lane pantomimes for
many years and the most noted music
hall comedian in England. died re-
Gently of heart failure. Leno broke
down mentally in 1903. but recovered
sufficiently to appear at Drury Lane
last Christmas. His malady recently
developed again.
Ed Winter & Co., of Burlington, Ia,
manufacturers of blinds, sashes and
doors, have made an assignment for
the benefit of creditors. Their liabili-
ties are estimated at 1000 and as
sets at $4,000. This was the oldest
established In 1850.
Automobilists who violate the speed
law have discovered a sure means for
escaping minions of the law who pur-
sue them. Ammonia, thrown by some
sort Of syringe, is the safeguard. At
least, it's use has been demonstrated
in thrilling chase by a New York po-
liceman mounted on bicycle.
j. Pierpont Morgan has sent to the
of Canterbury unique
souvenir OF his recent visit to Amer
ica. 1t consists of two elegantly bound
bound volumes of clippings from
newspapers recounting the move
ments of the archbishop from August
27, when he arrived in New York, to
October IA, the date of his arrival in
England upon his return journey.
The statement of the years loss of
life and property in connection with
the fisheries of Gloucester, Mass.
shows that 20 lives have been lost and
ten vessels wrecked since November
1, 1903. This is fewer men than have
been lost from Gloucester vessels in
any year since 1865. The financial
loss is $130,S00.
A westbound Wisconsin Central
passenger train jumped the track
near Downing, Wis, and six passep-
gers were seriously injured and
score of others were bruised. The
passenger train was going at high
rate of speed when all five coaches
left the rails. but no one was killed.
Mrs. Horace Spaulding, residing
north OF La Crosse, Wis, mounted a
pony and galloped three miles in the
darkness over country road at
O'Clock in the morning, aroused the
section hands at De Soto and saved a
Burlington train from going through
burning bridge.
An eastbound freight train on the
Rock Island railroad collided with a
work train at Laddsdale, Ia, killing
two bridge men. Seven others were
injured, one fatally and four seriously.
Shooting to frighten Halloween
merrymakers at Westfield, N. j., a
bullet fired by Harold M. Wilcox, a
we'll known citizen, struck John Bar
ling, aged IA, in the mouth. He stag
gered across the street and dropped
dead.
George Rookie, 62 years old, who at
one time claimed to be middleweight
champion pugilist of the world is
dead in Newark, N. j., hospital. All
his contests were fought with bare
knuckles. His last fight was when he
defeated Paddy" Ryan in Chicago 25
years ago.
Two highwaymen entered the Peer
less saloon at Mattoon, ILL.,, and COM
PEELED a dozen men to stand facing
the wall while they relieved the pro-
prietor, George Ki2er, of $4O5 in cash
and two diamonds worth $500. The
robbers escaped
During the Halloween celebration
at Vandersrift Heights, Pa, Roy Sails
giVer, prominent young man, was
shot and instantly killed by a man