Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-09-15

A small tornado passed near Wal
ter, 20 miles south of Lawton, Okla,
killing two persons and severely in
iuring nine. Several houses were
blown down.
The Norwegian steamer Venezia
was wrecked near Skallingenen, on
the southwest coast of Jutland. The
captain and his wife and ten of the
crew were drowned.
Fifty printers, including the en-
ployes of all the newspaper and print
ing establishments in Watertown, n.
Y, have struck in an attempt to force
the signing of the eight hour agree
ment.
In fight that had many novel fea-
lures, Battling Nelson, of Chicago,
knocked out James Britt, of San Fran
CISCO at Colma. The end came in the
eighteenth round, and was a fairly
won victory.
President Roosevelt has taken sum
mary action in the case of Frank w.
Palmer, public printer and head of
the government printing office at
Washington, by removing him from
office.
Two out of three favorites won in
the grand circuit races recently at
Charter Oak park, Hartford, Conn,
Nathan Strauss taking the free for all
pace in two straight heats and Jim
Ferry capturing the 2:10 trot.
Mrs. Beatrice Young, who recently
shot Mrs. Catherine Morgan at the
Hotel Imperial, New York City, Sc
cured her freedom when the shooting
case camo up in court, by promising
to become a voluntary exile from New
York and to go west.
Two persons were killed, one of
them a girl 1G years of age, when
building at Grant and Mott streets,
New York City, collapsed. The build
ing is said to have been condemned
two years ago, but had been permitted
to be ocCIpied since.
At Niagara Falls, N. Y, the United
Typothetae of America unanimously
adopted a resolution by which its
members pledge themselves to resist
any movement on the part of the In
ternationsl Typographical union to
bring about an eight hour day.
A home for the members of the Let
ter Carriers association who may be-
come victims of tuberculosis will be
erected at Colorado Springs, Col. the
people of that city having donated 100
acres of land adjoining the home for
union printers.
The 39th annual national encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Re
public at Denver elected James Tan
ner, New York, Communicated chief.
Mrs Abbie A. Adams of Superior,
Neb., was elected president of the
Woman's Relief Corps.
Louis Rogers Browning, 45 years
of age, better known to the baseball
world as "Pete" Browning, died in a
hospital at Louisville, Ky, of an alb
scess in the head. For several years
Browning led all professional ball
| players as a batter.
Ohio carried off the principal hon
ors at Sea Girt, n. j., recently. Ser
geant C. F. Orr, of that state, with a
grand total of 292, won the presidents S
match, and until the competition next
year will hold the title of military
champion of America.
AT Havana the national convention
of the moderate party adopted its
| platform without discussion, renomi-
mated President Palma to serve an
other four years and chose MendeZ
Capote for vice president of the re
public.
According to officers of the Inter
national Typographical union, the
| fight between the United Typothetae
and the union over the latter's de
mand for an eight hour day, to go in
o effect on January /, is to become
general.
Five persons were killed and rs
| injured in a collision between a pas
senger and freight trolley car on the
York & Dallastown electric railway
about six miles from York, Pa. Two
of the victims were killed instantly
and three died later at a hospital here
Director of the Mint Roberts has
made public his estimate of the pro.
duction of gold and silver in the Uni.
ted States for the year 1904. These
figures show an increased production
| over the calendar year 1903 Of $7,131,
500 in gold and 3,4S6,000 fine ounces
Of silver
The trials by court martial begur
recently at Odessa of rs of the mutt
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donsetZ have been concluded. The
men were sentenced as follows: Three
to be knouted, 19 to terms of pena
servitude, 30 to the disciplinary
works. Twenty were acquitted.
Two dead and probably so injured
Is the record of wreck on the West
ern New York & Pennsylvania lines
seven miles above New Castle, Pa.
when an excursion train bound frou
that city to the Stoneboro fair crash
ed head-on into the regular south
bound passenger train.
On charges Of conspiracy, Charlie!
F. Pfister, millionaire banker anC
newspaper owner of Milwaukee, Wis.
has begun suit for 100000 damages
against District Attorney Francis e
McGovern, Assistant District Attor
ney Henry f. Cochems, Special Dis
trict Attorney Guy ID. Golf and others
The conference of the delegates o
Norway and Sweden appointed to dis
cuss the dissolution of the union o
| NOrWay and Sweden has ad diOurne(