Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-25
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of the World.
Information of Recent Date Collected
In various Ways aud Condensed
for the Convenience of
Our Busy Readers.
CONGRESSIONAL.

house devoted the day to cOnSluera-
ton of the postoflice appropriation
bill.
On the 10th the senate devoted the
day to consideration, in executive ses-
sion. of the nomination of Brig. Gen.
Wood to be major general The
house continued the debate on the
postotfice appropriation bill.
The senate on the 18th spent most
of the day in executive session. The
house continued debate on the post
Office appropriation bill.
In the executive session of the SEN
ate on the 18th the nomination of
Brig. Gen. Leonard Wood to be a
major general was confirmed. The
house spent the day in debate on the
postoffice appropriation bill.
The Russian minister of finance has
offered prize of 10000 rubles $685.
800 to the person or persons who
will invent some way of making alco-
hol undrinkable.
Favorable action has been taken by
the New York board of aldermen to
purchase two automobiles for the
fire department. They are to cost
not more than $4,000 each, one for the
use of Fire Chief Croker in Manhat-
tan, the other for the deputy chief,
in charge of Brooklyn and Queens.
Fire at San Angelo, Tex, destroyed
business property valued at 100000.
The buildings consumed included the
San Angelo Hotel and the First ma
tional bank.
Willard A. Smith, chief of transpor-
tation exhibits, has announced the
following changes in the rules Tor
the airship competition at the worlds
fair: Average speed required to be
shown, reduced from 20 to 1874 miles
an hour. Length of course fixed at
ten miles. Flights will be made each
alternate week from June = to Sep
tember 80.
Henry T. Thurber, we'll known at
torney of Detroit, Mich, who was
secretary to President Cleveland dur
ing his second term, is dead.
Bishop Louis Fink, of the Leaven-
worth diocese of the Catholic church,
is dead at his home at Kansas City,
Kan, of pneumonia.
At Princeton, Ind, nine persons
were injured, Mrs. Francis Rogers
fatally, in II fire caused by the eX-
plosion of a lamp in the Morley nov
city store, which destroyed the build
ing.
II. II. Thomas, who was recently
ousted as federal appraiser at the
port of Chicago, dropped dead the
other day. Heart disease is supposed
to be the cause.
The MiddleseN d Somerset Traction
CO., of New Jersey, which has so
miles of track in MiddleseX and Som
erset counties, is reported to have
been sold to the Public Service Cor
poration of New Jersey for $3.50, 900.
The latter already controls all the
trolley lines in northern New Jer-
sey.
Six firemen were severely injured
i'll "A fire of supposed incendiary
origin, which burned the old Holden
school building at Chicago. One man
may not recover. All the injured fire.
men were on the third floor of the
burning structure when the roof fell
in upon them.
Drafts and checks representing
many thousands of dollars, sent in
two mail pouches from Memphis to
st. Louis, have mysteriously disap-
pearcd
Leading eastern manufacturers of
bar iron have fallen into line with
the recent rise in soft steel bars at
the west and decided unanimously to
advance prices 81 per ton.
The Iowa state senate has voted an
appropriation of $l25,00 for the loca
tion at Knoxville, Ia, of hospital
for habitual drunkards. This is the
first open approval of Iowa's so-called
1'dipsomaniac law
Fire destroyed several buildings in
the business section of Geneva, \. Y.
Miss lnez j. Bonnell music teacher
who occupied a room in one of the
burned buildings, was sutfocated.
The money loss is $4,000.
A conditional gift of $4,000 to
Mount Holyoke college at Northamp-
ton, Mass, from Andrew Carnegie is
announced, the understanding being
that the friends of the institution
raise like amount before June l..
No stipulation is made regarding the
use of the money.
The postotiice at Mount Washing
ton, Md, was blown open by dyna-
mite recently. The robbers took all
the money and stamps in the safe,
about $500. The crime was evidently
committed by professional safe
blowers.
Gov. Warfeld has approved the two
so-called "Jim Grow" bills relating to
railroad and steamboat travel in
Maryland. The bills require COM
panies to provide separate coaches
for colored passengers except on eX-
press trains and trains with Pullman
coaches attached.
The San Francisco Examiner says
that the San Francisco mint is maxi
ing United States coin for the Jap
anese government, gold being sent to
Frisco for coinage into money which
will be used in the purchase of food
and other supplies for the army and
navy. The last two steamers from
the Orient each brought $1,000, 600
worth OF gold bullion from Japan.
Charging that the American rihe
team won the Palma trophy last
year with special weapon, instead of
the United States army service gun,