Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-12-30


dismissed proceedings begun by At
| torney General Donovan against the
International Harvester Co. and four
Chicago packing houses to restrain
them from carrying on business in the
state on the ground that they were
violating the antitrust laws of Mon
| tana.
Reports from Adrianapole indicate
recrudescence of persecution eXcesses
by the Turks against the Bulgarians.
Rev. John Mackenzie Bacon, lee
turer, scientist and aeronaut, is dead
at Coldash, England. He was born in
1916.
A fatal duel with revolvers was
fought in West Farms square, borough
of the Bronx, New York, between two
Italians.
Joseph w. Wallace, a lifelong friend
of Admiral Dewey and his shipmate in
the civil war, is dead at his home in
Worcester, Mass. He was "a years
old.
Three carloads of toys and clothing
were purchased at Boston by popular
subscription and sent to the families
of striking employees in Fall River,
Mass.
Mr.. Russell, the American minister
at Bogota, Colombia, has advised the
state department of the arrest in Bo-
gotta of three opposition members of
the last congress for circulating pub
lications against the government.
| While resenting an insult to
young woman with whom he was
walking in Glendale, suburb of
! oil
was stabbed and probably fatally
wounded by an unknown man who es-
capped.
Thomas O'Brien, the notorious con-
fidence man and alleged inventor of
the gold brick" swindle, is dead in
the French penal settleneent at Cay
enne, where he had been serving life
sentence for the murder of his part
ner, kid" Waddell, in Paris in 1895.
Arrest, instead of a comfortable cot,
will be the lot after January l of the
several thousand habitual or occa-
sional drunkards who in the course Of
the year seek Bellevue hospital, New
York City, for treatment and use the
institution as handy place to sleep
off their sprees.
Nose bleed caused the death of Ed
ward Murray, II years old, a clerk liv-
ing in Brooklyn, n. Y. He returned
from work Christmas eve in his usual
health, but awoke in the morning with
a severe headache. A few hours later
blood began running from his nose.
Doctors could not stop the flow and
Murray soon died.
Tilted by widow in whose house he
had roomed for several months.
Charles Witt, of Chicago, is alleged to
have attempted to burn her dwelling.
Failing to gain entrance to the resi-
dence he is said to have broken open
the door of a vacant house adjoining
and to have set fire to it with the idea
that the flames would spread.
The steamer Robert E. Lee struck a
snag near Memphis, Tenn, and sank
in shallow water. All of the passen-
gers and crew were taken off in safety.
In a head-on collision between a
freight train and work train on the
Atlantic Coast line which occurred so
miles from Montgomery, Ala, one
man was killed and four persons in
jured.
1t is unofficially reported that the
attorney general, who is examining
the Dreyfus case, has decided to rec
ommend retrial before court-mar-
tial. This is subject to the approval
of the court of cessation, which meets
in February.
Congressman William F. Mahoney
Of the Eighth Illinois district. is dead
at his home in Chicago.
Rain and sleet, following a heavy
snow storm, played havoc with trans
portation facilities and the telegraph
service in and around New York City
The newly built Majestic theatre a
Fort Wayne, Ind, was gutted by fire
recently. Loss $4,000, three -fourths
! insured. The fire started through ar
, explosion in the engine room.
In an opinion rendered by Franz
L. Campbell, assistant attorney gen
eral for the interior department, it is
held that the laws of the United State!
, are not applicable to the Panama
canal zone.
, A gas machine used for lighting the
, Columbia hotel at Grand Forks, N. d.
exploded and wrecked the building.
, porter who was in the room with the
, machine was picked up so feet away
> probably fatally hurt.
Russian officials have demanded o
the Chinese foreign Office the restitu
y tion of the 100000 rounds of ammu
milton apparently destined for Por
, Arthur seized by the Chinese authori
ties at Fengtai few days ago.
{ Louis Simon, a 6-year-old Chicago
D boy whose Joy over receiving his lonl
A expected Christmas presents was S,
$ great that he was seized with an at
tack of heart failure is dead at hos
r pital, of paralysis of the heart.
e Hugh A. Jameson, one of the mos
l prominent business men of Pennsyl
vania, is dead at his home in Warren
e Pa. He was one of the prominent fig
e ures among the Independent oil rein
ers of the United States and wa
j largely interested in lumber.
l. Buying coffin ostensibly for
s friend. Leroy X. Nesbit, a Chicag
d banker, committed suicide in an un
n dertaking establishment. Scrubbed ol
d card in the bankers pocket was