Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-29
SHORT NEWS NOTES
Happenings in the Busy
World Chronicled.
Items Gathered From the Different
Sections Of the United
States and For
elgn Lands.
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
The senate on the 10th spent the
day in consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill. The house
passed the bill providing for joint
statehood for Oklahoma and Indian
Territory under the name of Okla
homa and of Arizona and New Mexico
under the name Of Arizona.
The feature of the senate proceed
ings on the goth was a speech by Mr..
Dolliver of Iowa, on the trust ques-
ton. The session of the house was
devoted to the consideration of con
ference reports on appropriation bills.
On the 21st the house passed the
pension appropriation bill and the
emergency river and harbor bill. The
house passed a large number OF bills
of minor Importance.
The session of the senate on the
22d was dull and uninteresting The
house passed 233 private pension
bills.
On the 23d the senate passed the
general deficiency appropriation bill
The session of the house was marked
by a partisan speech in which Mr..
Hepburn, of Iowa, aroused the repub-
licans to n high state of enthusiasm
and Bourke Cochran, of New York,
replied for the democrats in an elo-
quent speech
The strike of the truck drivers in
Kansas City, Mo-, which has been in
progress for several weeks, has been
declared off by the Truck Drivers
union, the strikers being advised to
make peace with the employers and
each striker instructed to secure en-
ployment on any terms that he may
choose. Much violence attended the
strike.
To raise 100000 in 100 days is the
task which DR.. w. r. Harper, of the
University of Chicago; DIR. T. W.
Goodspeed, and DR.. s. Matthews,
dean of the divinity school of the uni
versity, have undertaken. The funds
are to be raised for the erection of
the proposed divinity building at the
university, the total cost of which
will be S250,000.
The Standard Oil Co. has planned
to lay pipe line from Texas to New
York with branch lines radiating to
the various oil fields. In this way the
entire oil production of the United
States is to be handled. AS an ad-
junct to this enterprise refineries will
be erected at convenient intervals.
The cost of pumping the oil is said to
be about one-tenth of that of shipping
1t by rail.
Great bitterness has been aroused
throughout Manchuria against Amer
leans and British because it is be-
lieved American and British vessels
took part in the bombardment of Port
Arthur under the Japanese flag. This
belief is due to the fact that the
Japanese fleet was larger than the
Russians anticipated and included un
known types of vessels The feeling
is SO strong that Americans and Brit
ish are not safe anywhere in Man
churia.
The Farmers and Merchants ma.
tional bank, of Hobart, Okla, has
closed its doors.
Harold Stephenson, 81 years old
said to be son of Kate Claxton, the
actress, shot and killed himself al
New York City.
John E. Pound, United States com.
missioner and former chief regent OF
the Royal Arcanum of the United
States, is dead at Lockport, N. Y
Work probably will be started or
another rapid transit subway il
Manhattan before the end of thi.
year. The plan and scope committee
OF the rapid transit commission ha:
decided to report in favor of a new
subway and incorporate its views al
to the proper route.
According to a statement issued b.
the department of concessions of the
worlds fair, it will cost $40 for the
total admissions to all the attractions
on the pike. The total cost for tn,
Chicago midway was S35.
State Senator Michael j. Butler, o
Chicago, with his bartender and tw'
friends, fell a victim to lone hold
up man, who left the senator's salool
with 5000 in cash and jewelry valued
at $40.
The, National Union of Ship
wrights, Joiners and Caulkers has no
tilted the 300 shipwrights who hav
joined in the strike of 5000 employee
of the Fore River Ship and Engin,
Co. at Quincy, Mass, that 1t has sane
toned the strike and will give tn,
men financial support.
A steel foundries plant to cost be
tween 100000 and 100000 il
soon to be erected in Chicago by 10
seph E. Schwab, former president o
the American Steel Foundries Co
who resigned from that Office on Apri
1G. The plant will cover so acres.
President Roosevelt has selecte
Judge Bcakman Winthrop. of tn
court of first instance, Philippine isl
ands, to succeed VIM. ii. Hunt as gov
ernor of Porto Rico.
The schooner racing yacht lingo
mar, owned by Morton +. Plant, O
New York, has. started from Bristol
II. l., in an attempt to make a rec
ord breaking trip across the Atlantic
southampton, Eng, is the yachts des
tination. The Ingomar is in com
mand OF Captain Charles Barr. wh'
successfully defended the America
cup with the Reliance and Columbia
At Hagerstown. Nd. the coldes
weather in April for ten years. pre-