Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-08

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renewed their old agreement. Had
they not done so their places would
have been taken by other union men,
and they would have been forced out
of the trade.
Judge Nippert, of the probate
court at Cincinnati. has decided that
independent telephone companies
have the right to use the streets of
Cincinnati. Unavailing efforts to OBJ
tain franchise have been made for
months by the Independent com
panies. who applied to the city au-
thorities.
Although accused of numbering his
wife and though he is awaiting trial
with an array of evidence against him
that seems impregnable, Charles w.
Graves, refused to leave his cell at
Dcs Moines, Ia, and escape with two
of his fellows, l.. NJ. King and n man
named Andrews, who broke open the
doors of their cells and got away.
An air tank, six by ten feet, eX-
ploded in the machine shop of the
Erie railroad shops at Meadville,
Pa, partially wrecking the immense
building and killing one man Instant
ly and injuring several.
At Clarksburg, w. Va, two freight
engines crashed together in the Bal
timore & Ohio yards in rear-end
collision, killing three men who were
riding on the pilot.
In rear-end collision between an
express and freight train at Potts
town, Pa, two people were killed and
n number hurt.
Chief Garrison, of the state bureau
of statistics, has issued a bulletin
showing that New Jersey as wooden
manufacturing state now ranks first
in the Union. In 1850 it was the
sixth in the list.
An expansion of nearly $15,000.O0O
in loans and of more than S20,000.000
in deposits, accompanied by a gain
of over S5,000,000 in cash, were the
principal features of the New York
bank statement last week. Both
loans and deposits made new high
records, and the cash in bank vaults
also surpasses any total previously
recorded.
Seven conductors and motormen
working for the Public Service Cor
poration of New Jersey, have been
arrested in Hoboken. n. j.. on chages
of conspiracy and robbery. 1t is
claimed that the company has lost
$4,000 by Il system of transfer frauds
practiced by combination of en-
ployes.
People in the vicinity of DEVILS
Hole, near Dansville, n. y. have been
terrified over big landslide occa-
stoned by some subterranean
phenomena as yet unexplained. The
Sli1a h,- tba eD,pJ
of n muffied explosion which appear
ed to come from the earth.
Chief of Police Strayer, of Beaver,
Pa, with several officers rounded up
Robert Fay, alleged to be one of the
most dangerous men in the country,
in shanty near Monaco, Pa. Fay is
said to be the leader of n gang of safe
crackers who have been operating in
western Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and Ohio.
Edward Reglar, who on February
% created a sensation in Washing
ton by endeavoring to see President
Roosevelt on official matters, and
who is said to have carried loaded
revolver when searched by the secret
service officers, has been arrested in
Pittsburg and will be held pending an
investigation into his mental condl-
ton.
BY the breaking of the Fountain
creek levee near Merrimac, Ill. 20
miles south of st. Louis, $50 acres
of land, $50 of which were in wheat,
are under water and n loss esti-
mated at $4,000 has been suffered by
the farmers.
The hod carriers of Richmond, Va,
have struck for five cents per day in.
crease in wages. This ties up all
building operations in the city.
The nail department of the Ameri-
can Steel and Wire Co.'S plant at
Rankin, Pa, was burned down re-
Gently, causing a loss of from $175,-
600 to 100000. There were employed
in the mill $50 men, and they will be
given employment elsewhere. In the
building were 25O nail machines.
NJ. B. Guthrie, a stock raiser and
capitalist, of Mexico, Mo-, has made
an assignment. His assets are placed
at $l60,0OO and the liabilities are be.
lieved to he less than 100000. MI'.
Guthrie is one of the heaviest holders
OF farming land in the state.
The brokerage firm of w. B. Mack
d. Co.. New York City, has suspended.
The firm traded in cotton and had a
stock exchange membership. 1t had
a mercantile rating of from $125, 200
to 100000.
Announcement has been made by
the international committee of the
Young Mems Christian association
that James Stokes, of New York
City, has forwarded an offer of $50
600 to the society, for the moral inn
provement of young men in ST.
Petersburg. One of the conditions
named by Mr.. Stokes is that $4,000
more be raised in Russia.
The negotiations begun several
days ago between the Telluride (Col.)
Mine Owners association and the ex-
ecutive committee of the Miners
union, with Gen. Bell as third
party, are proceeding rapidly to n
satisfactory ending. according to the