Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-04-28

died at Brighton, Eng.
The price of bread has trebled in
Moscow as the result of the strike of
$4,000 bakers. Only municipal ovens
are working.
BY an explosion Of a keg of powder
in John Sturgill's store at Flat Gap,
Ky, four men were killed and two
houses were damaged.
Fire destroyed the grain elevator of
Sutley & Sons, at Camden. N. j., to-
gether with large quantity of grain
and several freight cars Loss $780,
600.
Northeastern Minnesota and the
western end of Lake Superior are en-
veloped in smoke from forest fires.
Scores of fires are burning in the
woods.
A new record for coal shipments
from Pittsburg was established re-
Gently when the combined shipment of
all the local coal companies reached
close to G,000,000 bushels.
One man was killed and two women
badly hurt when a big sightseeing
automobile, crowded with passengers,
crashed into high billboard fence at
Eighth avenue and Fifty-seventh
street, New York City.
Fourteen coaches filled with police
men swept into Chinatown New
York City, recently and when their
nights work was done IL places had
been raided and 800 Chinese gamb-
lers had been hurried away to station
houses.
Edward Hilton, aged 60 years, of
East Waterford, Me-, shot and killed
George Young, As years old; slashed
his wife terribly about the head and
neck with a knife and then shot and
killed himself.
The French steamer Racine ran
down an unknown schooner in Bristol
channel The schooner was cut in two
and sank Immediately without a trace
as to her identity. 1t is supposed the
crew were all drowned.
With fewer than half a dozen ex-
ceptions saloons in Kansas City, Mo-,
and Kansas City, Kan, and wine gar
dens in the suburbs were closed re-
Gently. There were a few arrests for
direct violations of the Sunday clos
ing law.
A tornado passed over Western
lives are lost so far as known. At
Snyder the Methodist church was
blown off it's foundation. Several resi-
dences were unroofed and windmills
badly damaged.
A clever scheme to outwit the au-
thorities of Albany and Schenectady
counties, N. Y, was revealed recently
when fire burned a building built di-
rectly on the dividing line between
these counties, on the Albany turn
pike. Farmers rushed into the burn
ing building and found 1t equipped as
a pool room.
Joseph jefferson, the eminent actor,
died at his home, "The Reefs" at
Palm Beach. The end came after a
day of Inconsistencies and after
heroic struggle of days which had ex-
hausted his vitality. Joseph Jeffer-
son was born in Philadelphia, Febru-
airy 20, 1929, and was looked upon as
the dean of the dramatic profession
in this country.
A wind storm of cyclonic velocity
swept over Philadelphia and vicinity,
Going considerable damage in many
parts of the city and suburbs. One
woman was fatally injured and prob
ably a score of other persons were
hurt.
A circular has been addressed to the
governors of the provinces in Russia
informing them that the congress Of
zemstvoists called for May has been
prohibited and instructing them to
prevent the departure of delegates to
that congress.
An investigation by the secretary
of state has disclosed about LOO
cases in which foreign corporations
and some corporations having plants
| in Ohio are evading the laws under
which they should make reports and
payments to him.
A mine explosion In the Cabin
| Creek Mining Co.'s mine near Kay
ford about 80 miles above Charleston,
| w. Va, may result in the death of
| five miners and the fatal injury of
three others.
Postoffice inspectors In New York
| City arrested Patrick ]. Kearns at
Coney Island on warrant issued by
| United States Commissioner Lincoln
Benedict on March 13, on an indict-
ment charging him and others with
using the United States mail to de-
| fraud.
Montgomery Ward & Co., whose
teamsters and garment makers are on
strike, were granted an injunction in
the superior court at Chicago against
four locals of the International Broth
erhood of Teamsters and the United
Garment Workers union.
disastrous accident resulted from
the explosion of bottle of gasoline
in the home of John e. Kunkle at
Greensburg, Pa, three children of the
family being burned to death and a
fourth so fearfully injured that her
recovery is matter of doubt.
Incident to the passing of the pool
room at Madison, ILL.,, which was
razed by indignant citizens last year
pleas of guilty were entered in the
circuit court by ten men charged with
having operated the pool room, and
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