Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-05-27
SHORT NEWS NOTES
Happenings in the Busy
World Chronicled.
items Gathered From the Different
Sections of the United
States and For
elgn Lands.


terrible death in hole $50 feet deep,
caused by cavein near Stock
ton, Pa. While returning from fish
ing trip he fell into the hole and
rolled nearly to the bottom, where an
old prop, saved him from drowning.
The sides of the cavein were at an
angle of so degrees, and Sabolick was
only able to get out after eight hours
struggle, during which he cut steps
up the side with sharp stone.
All the boards of trade in the prov
ince have united to send a strong
delegation to Ottawa to urge the Do
minion government to place duty on
rough American lumber coming into
Manitoba from the United States.
On the face of the returns the en-
tire democratic ticket has been elect
ed in Denver, Col. Robert w. Speer's
majority over John w. Springer, re-
publican, for mayor probably will be
over 5000. The democrats will have
nine or ten of the 16 aldermen. Re
publican leaders intend to contest the
result. 1t is asserted that over 1000
registered voters were disfranchised
through having had their names pur-
posely omitted from the lists and that
thousands of votes were cast by re-
peaters.
Alfred G. Clark, in charge of the
foreign business department of the
Bedford Qnd) national bank, has
been arrested and taken to Indian
apolis. He is charged with being short
$3,034 in his accounts.
The sum of 100000 is to be raised
by the African Methodist Episcopal
churches throughout the country to
assist aged preachers and religious
institutions, build churches, establish
and strengthen home and foreign mis-
sions and to pay better salaries to
bishops and general officers of the
church.
The New York and Chicago limited
on the Pennsylvania railroad, com
posed of Pullman coaches, bound from
New York, met with peculiar acci-
dent in West Philadelphia. The last
coach was derailed while crossing a
switch and overturned. The coupling
broke and the car caught fire and
was almost entirely destroyed.
An official dispatch from Seoul
says: Feeling against the Japanese is
assuming serious proportions. Lack
of organization prevents the Koreans
from adopting effective measures, but
they are secretly embarrassing the
Japanese by lending assistance to the
Cossack detachmentS operating in
northeast Korea. These bands, with
the cooperation of Koreans, have cut
the telegraph line from Chemulpo to
Ping Yang.
Mayor McClellan's office in New
York City is being haunted by men
with automatic devices TO aid him in
signing $4,000 bonds of the city re-
Gently sold. Every bond requires the
mayors signature, and that official
had no sooner begun the task of sign
ing his name $4,000 times than scores
of inventors appeared with devices to
help things along. The mayor tried a
few, but found them of little assist
ance.
John w. Lounsbury, vice president
of the First National Bank of Port
Chester, N. Y, and a director in half
dozen other financial institutions in
WestcheSter county, is dead He
started on his business career as a
grocery boy, and, although rated as a
millionaire, continued to own a gro
Gerry store in Port Chester up to the
time of his death.
Echoes of the famous Cincinnati
wheat" deal of nearly 20 years ago
have been awakened by a judgment
for $1OS,745 entered at New York
City against Edward l.. Harper, head
of that disastrous speculation and at
that time bank president.
Seven hundred men were recently
thrown out of employment at the
works of the Illinois Steel Co., South
Chicago, by the closing down of three
furnaces. Officials of the company
refuse to say for how long a time the
men will be idle.
Hugh Matthews, colored, was exc
cuted at Ellicott City, Md, for the
murder of Hugh McAvoy, also col
ored. Strong efforts had been made
to secure his pardon, but Gov. War
field refused to interfere. The culprit
made gallows speech denying his
guilt.
Albert Giller, Peter Keyser and a
man named Jackson have been
drowned in Owens Lake, near Boul-
der, Col. They were fishing from a
boat and during a high wind the boat
was overturned, precipitating the men
into the water. All three were rail
road men.
The Stonybrook plant of the United
Box Board and Paper Co. at Whip,
pany, N. j., was practically destroyed
by fire recently. The building and
machinery are said to have cost $780,.
900.
At sale of Princess Mathilde's
art collection in Paris the extraordi.
tApiaA nf
Comte De Camondo for the portrait
of an unknown nobleman by an un,
known painter of the French school
OF the eighteenth century. The paint,
ing is masterpiece and is said to
have been bought years ago by the
princess for only $25.
Attorneys for the heirs of Mrs
Amelia NoqueZ, an eccentric old wo-
man who died recently at New Or
leans, broke open an old safe in her
home on an order of court finding