Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-05-19

Hiram Cronk, the only survivor OF
the war of 1912, died at Ova, N. Y, at
the age of 105 years.
Italy and Portugal have signed
treaty of arbitration similar to that ex-
listing between France and Great
Britain.
A complete strike has been inaugu-
rated in the factories at Libau, Rus
sia. The strikers forced all the stores
to close.
That the state of Pennsylvania can
not collect tax upon Pennsylvania
coal after it is shipped, was decided
by the supreme court of the United
States.
William P. Robinson, houseclean-
er, ran amuck at San Diego, Cal, kill
ing four persons, wounding two 9TH
ers and then killing himself.
Chicago postoffice inspectors have
arrested M. Loschitz, proprietor of a
small cigar store, on charge Of sending
lottery tickets from one state to an
other by express.
Ivor Davidson, who became promi-
nent as a circus giant years ago, his
height being seven feet two inches, is
dead at his home in Roscoe, MINI.
The naval prize court at Sasebo has
confiscated the British steamer Syl-
viana. The Sylviana was captured on
February 20, bound for Vladivostok
with Cardiff coal on board.
Practically all the brass molders in
Detroit, Mich. went on strike because
the employers refused demand for
an increase in wages from $$2.60 and
$2.75 to SO per day.
The Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey has declared dividend for the
quarter of SO share, payable June Is.
The previous dividend declared by the
company in March was SIS a share.
A Big Four passenger train that left
Indianapolis for Chicago ran into an
open switch at Otterbein, Ind. The
engineer and fireman were killed.
None of the passengers was hurt.
The national liberal convention
opened at Havana recently amid
cheers for the reorganized party and
for Gen. Maxine Gomez, who is re-
garded now as one of the most radi-
cal of the partys leaders.
The executive committee Of the
lsthmian canal commission has de-
cided to purchase in the markets of
the world the material and ships
necessary for the building of the Pan
ANA canal.
The situation at the Whitaker-Gles-
sner Co.'s steel mills at Wheeling, w.
Va, is complicated. The strikers were
about to declare the strike reopened
recently, but the company forestalled
them by declaring a lockout.
More than 100 delegates were in at
tendance when the convention of the
Structural Building Trades Alliance
of America was called to order recent
ly, representing 100000 wage earners
engaged in the building industry.
Responding to riot call from po-
licemen who were unable to cope with
mob of strike sympathizers at Chi
cago, a patrol wagon hurrying to the
scene collided with a street car, seri-
ously injuring nine persons.
Walter F. Matthews, of Portland,
United States marshal for the district
of Oregon, has been removed by order
of the president. Charles ]. Reed has
been appointed to succeed Mr.. Mat
thews
An appeal to organized labor of the
country for financial aid to the team
sters' strike has been sent out by the
American Federation of Labor. The
appeal is signed by President Com
pers.
At Mankato, Mimi, the jury before
whom DR.. G. R. Koch, dentist, was
tried on the charge of numbering Dr.
l.. A. Gebhardt, reported to Judge
Cray that it was unable to agree and
Judge Cray discharged the jury.
Nearly a score of persons were in
jured in the wreck of race train on
the Long Island road bound from
Brooklyn, N. Y, to the Belmont park
lace track. At Woodhaven Junction
the locomotive ran into a half open
switch.
A jury at Washington, D. c., brought
in verdict of guilty against Thomas
M. Fields, an attorney of that city,
charged with the embezzlement of
nearly $4,000 of the funds of the de-
funct Washington Beneficial Endow-
ment association.
A settlement of the troubles of the
rival window glass workers organi-
cations was effected at Pittsburg,
which will result in a solid body of
skilled workmen. All litigation has
been dropped. An agreement was
entered into to stop all productic<l
June 30.
Fire broke out in the heart of Vien-
ma and a force of firemen and police
assembled on the spot. The firemen
were just entering the burning build
ing when a heavy explosion of cellu-
loid occurred and between 35 and 40
persons were injured, some of them
seriously.
The corner stone of the library at
Leland Stanford, Jr., university was
laid with impressive ceremonies re-
Gently. Mrs. Stanford made an unex-
pected endowment to be raised by the
sale of her jewels, which are estimated
to be worth $1,000,000.
The managers of the National Fra
ternal Sanitarium have decided upon
Las Vegas, N. M, as the place for To-
eating a national sanitarium for the
nura Of ntipn Tho ~,