Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-04-14
MISCELLAN EoUS.

Paul Kaleeva, hotel cook, died at
a hospital in st. Louis from the effects
of being struck on the head with a
Ioast of meat during quarrel with
Nicholas Papenjick, another cook.
The Massachusetts state senate has
killed the so-called overtime bill
which forbids the employment of
women and children at night in fac
tories.
By collision of military trains west
of Hardin eight soldiers were killed
and &c men wounded. The accident
was due to the engine crew, who were
worn out with excessive work.
federal court jury at Charleston,
s. c., has reported inability to reach
q verdict in the pecnage case involv-
ing Italian labor contractors who were
charged with holding employees in vol
untary servitude.
While tamping powder in blast at
the Ardway limestone quarry, about
four miles west of Allisonia, Va, the
blast was accidentally discharged.
Eight men were instantly killed and
two others were fatally injured.
Miss Mary E. Munce, aged "a years,
threw herself in front of a freight
train near Swarthmore, Pa, and was
ground to death. Five other persons
sought death by suicide in Philadel-
phia and four of them were successful.
David K. Phillips, president of the
National Grand bank, of Marblehead,
and senior member of the real estate
firm of d. K. & l.. II. Phillips, of Bos-
ton, threw himself into the surf at
Phi1lipc paaph nnnncifa hic homo of
Swampscott. Mass. and was drowned.
In speech made by Mayor Elect
Dunno, of Chicago, in New York City,
he says that if the street railway COM
panies of Chicago will not sell for
fair price, the next step will be re-
sort to the courts for condemnation
proceedings.
The coroner's jury at Birmingham,
Ala, which has been investigating the
Virginia mine disaster on February
20, in which Ill persons lost their
lives, has returned a verdict which
charges four mine operators with
criminal negligence.
Representatives of 80 independent
oil companies which control three
fourths of the oil production of Kan
sas, met at Chanute, Kan, and decided
to form company representing ST.
100000 of invested capital to build a
fuel oil pipe line from the Kansas oil
field to Kansas City.
Joseph F. Smith has been sustained
as prophet and seer of the Mormon
church by unanimous vote of the
members at the opening session of the
annual conference In Salt Lake City,
Utah.
Alexander Gordon, charged with
sending threatening letter to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, was sentenced to one
year in saltwater prison by Judge
Morris, of the United States circuit
court at Minneapolis. Mimi
new high record for United States
Steel preferred was reached on the
stock exchange in New York recently
when that stock sold for time at
1925, a half a point higher than ever
before. 1t closed at 102.
The Tennessee senate has passed
bill defining and prohibiting trusts,
combines and conspiracies for the re-
Btriction of trade and fixing penalties
for violations.
The monthly crop report of the de-
partment of agriculture shows the
average condition of winter wheat on
April to have been 91.G, against 7G.5
On April /. 1904.
Fire at Knightstown, Ind, destroyed
the George Williams & Co. dry goods
store and the wholesale grocery estab-
lishment of o. A. Morris. Loss $685.
600. The police believe the fire was
started by thieves who plundered the
dry goods store.