Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-09-23

CdbO, is DtlGNtu ny DOHllnGu 10 lnul-
cate that the crew has been drowned.
The fact that the sails were set is held
as additional proof,
II is reported that the steamer San
Gottardo, flying the American flag,
recently arrived at Singapore loaded
with cannon and dynamite concealed
under coal, destined for the Japanese.
The lndo- China press asserts that this
use of the American flag is unwaa-
ranted, as the steamer is owned in
Japan.
Edward Johnson, n member of the
Oak Park baseball club, was killed by
batted ball during a game at Chi
cago. The ball struck him just below
the heart and he died in three min
utes.
Through a communication received
/ by the superintendent of Rock Creek
cemetery at Washington from tho SUI
perintendent of cemetery in the
middle west, the information was con-
| veyed of a plot to steal the body of
the late Levi u. Letter and hold it for
a large ransom.
AT Greenville, S. c., Henry Davis
and Arthur Morgan, white men en-
ployed in local mills, while standing
on the track of the Carolina, Knox
vile & Western railroad looking at a
train crossing the Southern trestle
overhead, were run into by shifting
engine and killed.
B. F. Cassell, cashier of the Great
! Western Distillery Co., was held up on
one of the principal streets of Peoria,
ILL.,, by three union men, who struck
him over the head with club and
made away with a satchel containing
$2,700, which was to have been used
to pay off the employees of the COM
pany
Oscar B. Weber, musician, inventor
of gas and furnace appliances and
widely known for his connection with
the German societies and charities of
New York, is dead at New York City.
An unusual influx of Irish immi-
grants in the last two months is re-
ported by the immigration authorities
at New York City. The records show
that in the last seven days nearly
1,500 Irish immigrants have arrived at
Ellis Island.
Showered with blazing paint, a
man, woman and baby in tene-
ment house in New Yory City received
burns that will likely prove fatal.
Because it refused to pay an inspec-
tion fee of nearly 500 the Canadian
steamer Arabian has been forbidden
to carry passengers from Chicago.
At Louisville, KY, the Central Ger
man conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church decided to hold the
next convention at Cleveland. o.
Mayor w. F. Burnett was shot and
killed by thief whom the mayor was
trying to arrest at Thomson, Ill. The
murderer was caught by citizens after
he had been shot twice.
Col. John R. McGinness, the ranking
officer of his grade in the ordnance
department, has been placed on the
retired list. Because of his service in
the war of the rebellion he will be ad-
vanced to the grade of brigadier gen.
eral, retired.
A lockout of building trades work
ers has been ordered at Wilkesbarre,
Pa, by contractors who are members
of the Builders Exchange. The en-
ployers declare they will fight for the
open shop throughout the Wyoming
valley. About 5000 men are affected.
All the carpenters will be locked out
and the contractors will attempt to re-
sumo on the open shop plan.
Clad in his mothers bonnet and
dress, Wiley Gibson escaped from the
Jail in Jonesville, Va. The man had
been sentenced to serve five years for
robbery Mrs. Gibson had called at
the Jail to say goodby. She was found
in the cell dressed in her sons clothes.
At Hollidaysburg, Pa, Mrs. Ann Do
Ian, of Newry, was instantly killed
and four persons were seriously in
jured on a runaway trolley car.
Word has been received of the
death of Prof Willard Fiske, formerly
of Ithaca, N. Y, which occurred at
Frankfort on Main, Germany.
The steamer Bentland, bound from
Petoskey to Grand Haven, Mich, un-
der Capt. Thomas McCambridge,
saved IS lives in heavy gale.
The Cedar Rapids (Ia) Supply Co.,
western distributors of an Ohio agri-
cultural implement concern, has as
signed because of the alleged failure
} of Ohio concerns to honor drafts of
the local company.
Emil Thomas, formerly one of the
man stage, is dead at Berlin. He was
: G5 years of age. Herr Thomas Made
tour of the United States in 1928.
All the powers have instructed their
ministers at Belgrade to attend the
coronation of King Peter, except Rus
sia, whose action has caused sensa-
tion.
The flag at Rosemount will be half
masted as a tribute to George Bedford,
who had been tlagman for the West
Shore road at Esopus. N. Y, for eight
years. Bedford died suddenly.
Wearing rich robe and miter mod
eled after those of an ancient Jewish
high priest, John Alexander Dowie
, proclaimed himself John Alexander, F."
first apostle of the Christian Catholic
church in the tabernacle at Zion City.
Richard A, Johnson, a stock broker
of Washington and son-in-law of Uni