Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-14

prominent physicians throughout the
country Mrs. Palmer had lain notion
less upon her back, totallv blind and
with every muscle rigid, for q years.
Her sister, Miss Stella Ewing, who
died two years ago, was afflicted in
the same way.
At Manila the mass meeting of
Filipinos called to consider Philippine
| independence has been postponed.
Teodoro Sandico, a former member of
! Aguinaldo's cabinet, who in 1899 sign
ed the order for the massacre of all
foreigners and Americans in Manila,
and former Gov. Reyes, of Arba prov
ince and about 1,500 Filipinos, most of
them clerks, gathered at the appointed
time, but did not organize.
! Fire has destroyed the theatre at
Basel. 1t was the finest play house in
Switzerland, but only four blackened
walls remain.
| Believing he had been deceived by
his wife, Alfred Fryer, manager of
hay and produce company, shot her
fatally in their home at Newark, N. j.
Fryer then turned the revolver ON
himself and blew out his brains.
While riding home from school on
ms piSJS ~ N>biNdS0OJ -Oiu
Frederick Woodrich was run down by
an automobile and fatally injured.
Robbers dynamited the bank at
Freeland, Ind, and it is reported Sc
cured 100000 The safe was blown
open and looted and the entire side of
the bank building was blown out.
j. Isaac Bickel and his son were
struck by a train on the Pennsylvania
railroad at Muhlenberg station, near
Reading, Pa. The son was killed and
the father sustained injuries from
which he died.
The Monongahela works of the
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co. at
Pittsburg will resume operations. Five
hundred men will be given employ
ment The plant has been closed down
since July 26.
Gen. Matt w. Ransom, former Uni
ted States senator and minister to
Mexico under Clevelands last admin
istration, is dead. The end came at
his home, Garysburg, Northampton
county, North Carolina.
Catherine, 2 years old daughter of
Mayor Schuyler ColfaX, is dead at
South Bend, Ind, the result of being
fed impure milk. Another daughter
died from the same cause.
Fresh trouble has broken out in
German Southwest Africa. The With
ois tribesmen, who had hitherto been
faithful to the Germans, are in revolt.
Gen. Crozier, chief of ordnance of
the army, has received reports of tests
of bullet proof cloth, the conclusion
of all of which is, that the weight, dis
comfort and expense, together with
the only partial protection afforded by
| this armor, render its use for the indi-
vidual soldier prohibitive.
Explosions occurred in an ammuni-
tion factory at Siegburg, Prussia, in
which three persons were killed and
| eight others injured. 1t is supposed
the explosions were due to short cir
cult in wire in an electric loader.
1t is stated that the Japanese gov
ernment has determined to place con-
tracts at once for some 20 warships to
be completed at as early date as pos
sible. 1t is further stated that the
greater number of these ships are to
be constructed in this country and
that several will be built in San Fran
cisco.
Notice of a per cent. advance in
| DIlCGS dDIOdu UGGIl IGCSlNGu ny
diamond importers and cutters in New
York City. This makes the eighth
similar advance in two years. The
present advance applies to all rough
goods, and the cut stones are expected
to follow promptly.
Miss Bessie Wilson, who was
drowned at Virginia Beach recently,
was the youngest daughter of the late
William l.. Wilson, former postmaster
general, instead of his niece, as at first
reported.
The annual report Of Gen. George B.
Davis, judge advocate general, to the
secretary of war shows the total num-
Der of trials by general court-martial
during the year to have been 4,249, be-
ing 1,026 less than in the preceding
year.
Henry B. Metcalf, prohibitionist
candidate for governor of Massachu-
setts and the candidate of the party
for vice president in 1900, is dead. He
was rs years old
Since January l of this year so au-
tomobile accidents have occurred in
Chicago. Nearly every one is attrib-
uted to reckless scorching. In some
cases the machines that MANNED or in
jured persons in their course were
speeding at the rate of 80 or 40 miles
an hour. Three fatalities are included
In the list.
Secretary Hay and Sir Chentune
Liang Cheng have begun to lay the
foundation for new Chinese exclu-
sion treaty and it is expected that the
convention will be ready for submits
sion to the senate at the approaching
session. The treaty will, it is under
stood, replace all existing law on the
subject.
A dead body supposed to be that OF
Martin Norther, of Benton Harbor
Mich, was found near Hobart, Mich,
with bullet hole through the head
Norther left Benton Harbor few days
ago to sell a horse. He since wrote
his wife he had sold the horse and was