Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-01-01
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persons examined for the classified
service of the government and 40,423
appointments to all branches of the
service. OF all those examined nearly
so per cent. passed, and 90 per cent.
of all examined were successful IN
securing appointments.
Mrs. Caroline Collins, of New Lath-
rop, Mich, has been bound over to
the circuit court for trial on the
charge of poisoning her hired man,
George Leachman. Leachman died
under somewhat suspicious circum-
stances, and an investigation was
started The body was eNhumed and
1he vital organs sent to the Univer-
sity of Michigan for analysis. Poison
was found, and Mrs. Collins was
charged with the crime.
Three military prisoners on Gov
ernor's Island, New York harbor
made their escape the other night
from Castle William by saving the
bars. One of the men was immedi-
ntely recaptured, but the other two,
who are known as desperate prison
ers, made good their escape.
Rear Admiral Edwin White, retired,
was stricken with apopleXy at the
Brooklyn navy yard and died before
medical aid could be summoned. He
had come from his home in Prince
ton to visit Rear Admiral Rodgers,
commandant of the navy yard. Rear
admiral White was a native of Ohio
and entered the naval service in 1861.
lie was made rear admiral in 1899.
The Devices Wood sheet mills of
the American Sheet Steel Co., at Nc
Eeesport, Pa, have resumed work in
all departments. For several weeks
but three of the II sheet mills had
been working. A part of the Boston
iron and steel mill department of the
National Tube Co. also resumed work
after shutdown of six weeks.
Phillip T. Burroughe, a grain COM
mission merchant and formerly Brit
ish vice consul at Kansas City, died
there recently from blood poisoning,
the result of spider bite. He was
prominent in business affairs. Mrs.
Burroughe was killed year ago in
runaway accident.
At Birmingham, Ala, fire destroyed
the building occupied by the Birming-
ham Grain Co. Charles Carper and
Lawrence Stamp, clerks, were res
cued from the roof by the tiremen.
Hanson Turner, a negro laborer, was
burned to death. The loss is $4,000.
Three Italians, Joe and lloria
Cinafta, brothers, and b. Mascitta
were burned to death in b. & O..
railroad camp at Mountain Lake
Park, Md. The men We're sleeping in
car on siding and how the car
caught fire is unknown.
4
ed the contract for leather straps
for letter carriers bundles to Head
ley & Farmer, of Newark, n. j., the
prices for the three sizes used being
four, five and six cents each, or about
one-third, it is stated at the postotfice
department, the amount paid for the
straps by A. w. Machen, former SUI
perintendent of the free delivery sys-
TEN.
Typhoid fever is rapidly increasing
in Pittsburg and threatens to take on
the character of an epidemic. For
the first % days of December there
were 459 cases. This breaks all pre-
yious records. The disease is virulent
and large proportion of those taken
sick are dying.
Savings banks in New York City
which intimated possibility of re
duction in interest rates to deposit
ors from 4 to 3h per cent. have de
termined to maintain the existing in
terest rate and several savings banks
in Brooklyn have advanced their in
terest rate from 3h to per cent.
In n proclamation by Gov. Taft, o
the Philippines, made public by th
war department, announcement i
made that Mexican silver dollar
shall be receivable for public due
until January l, 1904, at the rate o
$3.50 of Mexican currency for on
dollar of money of the United States
unless this rate shall be subsequent
changed by proclamation.
a Wabash railroad passenger trail
rollided with cattle train near Mex
leo. Mo. One engineer was killed am
several persons injured, but no
fatally. Many cattle perished.
At New York City Frederick N
Gushing, naval veteran and said I
have been at the battle of Manila Bay
has been sentenced to life imprisor
ment for shooting his wife during
quarrel on July 81 last.
Burglars blew open a safe in tn
Tower Hill, ILL.,, bank and escape
with S., 1000 in cash. The thieves stol
a horse and buggy in which to ge
away and members of the Anti-Hors
Thief association are in pursuit.
The torpedo boat Winslow was
collision with the ferryboat Americ
in the East river at New York Cit
recently. The hull of the ferryboa
was stove in and the torpedo bot
was also damaged.
The secretary of the treasury or
thorizes the statement that the Phi
ippine land purchase bonds may i
substituted for government BOND
now held as security for public al
posts on condition that the govern
ment bonds thus released be used i
security for additional circulation
whenever in the judgment of the SCI
retary of the treasury it is desirabl
to stimulate an increase in nation;
bank circulation.