Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-12-01

grammar school at Salem, Mass, died
from internal injuries sustained in a
football game recently. Foote was 13
years old.
The annual report of Director Rob
erts. of the United States mint bureau,
shows that the domestic coinage for
the year amounted to $91, ,172,729 and
to 1852 1922, ,302 pieces.
The Cuban government has seized a
small factory at Guanabacoa, suburb
of Havana, in which revolver and rifle
cartridges were being secretly manu-
factured. Several thousand cartridges
were seized.
Cephas Poindexter the murderer of
Deputy Marshal C. B. Wade, was
hanged at Rocky Mount, Va. When
taken to the scaffold he was asked If
he had anything to say and he replied:
"They are hanging an innocent man.
Maurice Gluck, of Chicago, for
whom the Detroit police are searching,
has been arrested at New York City,
charged with passing several forged
checks on New York leather merch-
ants. He is 20 years of age.
Japanese newspapers criticize w. ].
Bryan, now visiting Japan, because of
his attempt to purchase the war stool
upon which Admiral Togo sat when
he attended the Shinto ceremonial at
Toxic to celebrate the naval triumph.
Silks in the value of $4,000 were
stolen from the William Skinner
Manufacturing Co. in New York City
and later four persons, three men and
a woman, were arrested, charged with
receiving stolen property.
What appears to be a murder COM
mitted some time ago, and peculiarly
ghastly in its details, was discovered
at Albany, N. Y, when the badly de-
composed body of Mrs. John Ham
mond was found wedged in a trunk
in a second-story room of her home.
The battleship Virginia completed
her official speed tests recently in
four hour endurance run down the
coast of Boston, during which she
slightly exceeded her contract speed
of 19 knots an hour. Her speed was
1901 knots an hour.
Eight hours are to constitute
days work in the diamond cutting and
polishing industry hereafter, under an
agreement reached by committees rep
tective Union of America and the Dia-
mond Manufacturers association.
Gov La Folette has issued a call for
special session of the Wisconsin
Legislature to convene December 4, TO
consider among other things a com
munication from the governor relative
to the United States senatorship and
the governorship.
In a collision between a freight and
passenger train on the Boston G.
Maine railroad near Wayland station,
Mass, a child was killed, the engineer
of the passenger train received fatal
injuries and several persons were
seriously hurt.
Mrs. William McWilliams and her
five children, ranging from to IS
years in age, were slain with ham
mer at their farm home and the hus-
band and father was arrested at In
dependence, Ia, charged with killing
the family. He says he is innocent.
DR.. Heber Jones, president of the
Memphis, Tenn, board of health, was
recently presented with a purse of
$4,000 subscribed by large number
of citizens, in appreciation of his sue
cessful efforts in maintaining a pro-
hibitive quarantine during the recent
epidemic.
Bituminous coal operators from IL
| linois, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri,
| Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan and In
| dian Territory met in Chicago and
| formed national organization which
will combat labor unions in the effort
| to put an end to the Sympathetic"
strike.
| Midshipman Minor Meriwether, jr.,
! of Lafayette, La, a member of the
| third class of the naval academy, was
| put on trial at Annapolis, Md, before
naval court-martial on charges that
! include that of manslaughter in hav-
ing caused the death of Midshipman
James r. Branch, jr., of New York.
| Patrick Raymond, aged IS, was ar
rested at Lincoln, Neb., while lighting
cigarette which he had just rolled
for his own use in the presence of a
city detective. He was fined $50 and
costs. This is the lightest penalty
prescribed by the law for "manufac-
turing" cigarettes.
The erection by the Society of Jesus
of Jesuit university in Chicago which
will be perhaps the largest Roman
Catholic institution of learning in the
United States, is expected to follow
action taken by Archbishop Quigley in
authorizing a third Jesuit parish in
Chicago.
The number of inmates in benevo
lent institutions on December 81, 1904
was 2S4,3G2, and the number admitted
during the year 1904 was 2040372
This is the statement contained in {
special census bureau report on be
nevolent institutions of the United
States.
Chief Wilkie, of the treasury secre
service, has been advised Of the arres
of George Adams, cashier of the assa!
office at Seattle. Wilkie says Adam
confessed to having stolen $35, 900 il
gold since last March. Twelve thous
and dollars in currency was found ol
him.
Election frauds are believed by th