Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-12-08

Practically the entire business por-
tion of the town of Arcadia, Fla, was
destroyed by fire. Loss S250,000.
A. r. Meyer, one of Kansas City's
most prominent business men and
founder of Leadville, Col, died at
Kansas City. Mo-, aged 20 years.
Charles F. Douglass, wife and two
children were burned to death near
stroyed the Douglass home was caused
by an explosion Of natural gas.
Failures for the week ended Decem-
ber l in the United States are 203,
against 245 the corresponding week
last year, and in Canada 80, against
20 last year.
Nine persons whose names are not
yet known, occupying pull boat on
Middle river, which runs between the
Tensas and Alabama rivers, burned
to death at Mobile, Ala, in fire
which destroyed the boat.
Thomas Dancry and wife were
found dead and their 15-year- old
daughter unconscious at Buffalo, n. Y.
The latter was revived and will re-
cover. Death was due to tarbonic
acid gas poisoning.
George w. Vanderbilt has sold to w.
S. and w. L. Alexander, of Charlotte,
N. c., and others, the standing timber
on his Pisgah forest reserve. The re-
serve contains 81, 900 acres of virgin
forest with 300,OO0,000 feet of mar
ketable timber.
Shipping and dock property at Wall
kegan, ILL.,, were seriously damaged by
a tidal wave seven feet in height
which swept in front of Lake Michi-
gan. The steamer Tioga was driven
against the pier and a small hole
knocked in it's side.
The warehouse of the Standard Oil
Co. at Armourlale, Kan, was de-
stroyed by fire, causing loss of $175,-
600. Ten thousand gallons of kero-
sene and gasoline oil, and large guam
titles of oil products stored in the
building were consumed.
Capt Alga P. Berry committed sui
eide at Vancouver, Wash, by shoot
ing himself through the heart. He
was recently tried by general court
martial at Vancouver Barracks and
found guilty of conduct unbecoming
an officer and a gentleman.
Eva Warner, Of Chicago, was
brought to New York recently from
Chicago, charged with stealing 27S
diamonds valued at $4,000. The po-
lice say that the woman confessed
that she stole the diamonds in New
York from a diamond dealer.
A strike of wharf laborers which is
in progress at Georgetown, Demerara,
assumed a very serious aspect recent
ly when the police were compelled to
fire on a riotous mob. Five of the
rioters were killed. Later in the day
the rioters attacked the governors
house.
The Jersey Central flyer" was
wrecked about three miles above Penn
Haven Junction, 65 miles south Of
cars went down a steep embankment
into the Lehigh river and the combi-
nation car was on fire. Eight are
known to be dead.
United States Senator Thomas NJ.
Patterson has been held by thhe Col
orado supreme court to be in contempt
of court for printing certain cartoons
and editorials in his two newspapers
and was fined $1,000, the senator to
be committed to Jail until the fine
should be paid.
julius Sternfeld, special assistant
United States attorney for the middle
district of Alabama, has been re-
moved on the charge of appropriatine
to his own use salaries as regular as
sistant and as special assistant United
States attorney which had been sent
him through Misrepresentation.
Col. Clarence R. Edwards, chief Of
the bureau of insular affairs, in his
annual report to the secretary of wal
states that the three most important
needs of the Philippine Islands today
are market, the opportunity fol
| farmers to borrow money at reason
able rates of interest, and adequate
transportation facilities.
A dispatch to the Berlin Lokal An
zeiger from Eydtkuhnen, on the east.
ern frontier of East Prussia, says thai
the Eighth regiment of Russian dra.
goons in the adjacent town Of Welko
weszk, Russian Poland, is in a state
of mutiny. threatening death to the
officers unless the pay of the men i:
| raised.
Right Rev. Bishop Scannell, of the
Nebraska diocese of the Catholic
church, has declared excommunicatet
all members of the Catholic church
who participated in the wedding o
Congressman Kennedy and Miss Prit
ehett. Congressman Kennedy has /;
divorced wife living. and for that rea
son the bishop had issued a pastora
forbidding all Catholics to participat,
in the ceremony.
| The Russian newspaper accounts o
the fighting at Sebastpool are con
nicting but all say that the battl,
ended when the ships of the mutineer
surrendered. The Novosti says tina
5000 men perished on both sides. Tht
leaders of the mutlneers, it is added
have already been executed, two bat
tleships have been blown up an,
mines have been laid at the entranc
of the roadstead.
The delicate task of dismissini
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