Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-04-07

Long Island railroad, dleu III New
York City of cerebro-spinal menin-
gifts. Mr.. Potter was born in Utica,
N. V, in 1916.
BY the action of the soft coal oper-
ators of central Pennsylvania who
held a meeting recently the threat
ened strike of the bituminous miners
has been averted.
The Simplon tunnel, the longest in
the world, was inaugurated recently,
when from the Swiss and Italian sides
the first trains passed through, meet
ing at the center.
AS result of wreck on the South
ern railway near Badham, s. c., four
persons are dead. A freight train and
a passenger train collided at Badham
during a dense fog.
Rev. James Cochrane, a student OF
the Bible college of Kentucky uni
versity, Lexington, Ky, dropped dead
in the pulpit of the Stamping Ground
Christian church, ten miles from Lex
ington.
A Slavish christening ended in a
tragedy at Jamison mine No. 2, four
miles from Latrobe, Pa. Mike Mali
foski is dead and several other men
are reported to be seriously injured.
A series of forest fires in the su-
burbs of Baltimore almost encircled
Baltimore with flames, the territory
to the north only being exempt. In
several cases there was considerable
damage done to handsome estates,
but no lives were lost.
Charles L. Gist, superintendent of
transportation for the Pittsburg &
Lake Erie railroad, while walking
with his wife on Ellsworth avenue rail
road bridge in Pittsburg, complained
of severe pain and fell to the pave
ment dead.
The monthly statement of the pub
lie debt shows that at the close of
business March 81, 1905, the debt, less
cash in the treasury, amounted to
$9SS,624 $50 which is a decrease of
$929G01 as compared with last month.
Miss Agnes Watson, daughter of
Thomas Watson, is in a critical con-
dition as the result of an accidental
overdose of morphine taken at the
home of a friend in Athens, Ga, where
she was visiting.
Accused of conspiracy to commit
murder, j. Morgan Smith and wife,
who is sister of Nan Patterson, were
arrested in Cincinnati on telegraphic
request from District Attorney Je-
rome. of New York City.
Unset diamonds valued at $4,000
were taken from the jewelry store of
John S. Allen in Minneapolis, Mimi,
by two men, one of whom engaged a
clerk in conversation while the other
reached across a counter and secured
the gems.
1t has been decided to flood the
Enterprise colliery at Shamollin, Pa.
The mine has been on fire since last
November. The flames were thought
to have been extinguished several
times. but broke out in new places.
A bill prohibiting the shooting of
live pigeons or other birds in marks
manship matches was passed by the
Illinois house of representatives The
bill had already passed the senate and
now goes to the governor.
In a shooting affair at Collinsville,
ILL.,, Mrs. John Berta and Barney Vos-
sallo were killed and John Berta, hus-
band of the woman, was slightly
wounded. Berta was released from
custody on coroners jury verdict of
justifiable homicide.
On the testimony of two former
employees of the defunct Storey Cot
ton Co., Stanley Francis, accused of
being one of the promoters and di-
rectors of the concern, was remanded
for trial by United States Commits
sioner Craig with bail fixed at
$4,000 at Philadelphia.
NJ. j. Hornsby, a negro who twice
passed a civil service examination and
twice has been appointed to clerk
ships in the postofice at Yazoo, Miss,
has complained at the White House
in Washington that he is prevented
from holding his position by reason
of the brutality of white citizens of
YaZoo.
A serious conflict occurred in Dzika
street at Warsaw, where a Jewish
socialist society," known as the Bund,
had organized a demonstration. The
troops which came to disperse the
gathering fired into the crowd killing
four persons and wounding 40 others.
| At Pittsburg John c. Walton, after
five minutes conversation with his
wife, killed her by cutting her throat
with razor, and then, after cutting
his own throat, walked to the Office
of physician 300 yards distant and
expired, just as policemen were about
to arrest him.
President Roosevelt has left Wash
ington on long trip to the west and
southwest. One of the chief objects
of the trip which the president has
had in mind is the reunion of his
Rough Rider regiment of the Spanish
American war, which is to take place
at San Antonio, Tex.
George C. Holden, the inspector in
the United States postal service at,
tached to the Philadelphia inspection
division who admitted that the Storey
Cotton Co. advanced S1,10O to him as
a loan for few days, has sent his
resignation to Washington.
Charged with the larceny of $S, 500
from the estate Of which he has beer
trustee for over ten years, Charlie!
M. Reed, lawyer, GO years old, was
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