Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-10-13
Happenings Of the Last Five Days
Narrated in Few Words
as Possible.
AT HOME AND IN FOREIGN LANDS
Stems Arranged for the Readers In
This Busy World So that They
Can Digest the Con-
tents In Few
Minutes.
MISCELLANEOUS.


William Cunning, of Natchez, Miss,
who came to Chicago recently, died of
yellow fever.
Winter has commenced unusually
early in Austria. Heavy snow falls
are reported in the Syrian and Tyro-
lean Alps.
A new star, reaching almost the
sixth magnitude, has been discovered
by the Harvard observatory at Cam
bridge, Masa
The society of the Army of the Ten
nessee are in annual session in Gin
cinnati, the president, Gen. Grenville
NJ. Dodge. of New York. presiding.
Non-union men to be used in break
ing the strike of switchmen in Chica-
go yards of the Grand Trunk line have
been sent to ElSdon and Blue Island.
DIR. Albert E. Warren, 36 years old,
of Youngstown, o., committed suicide
by shooting himself through the head
with 80 calibre revolver at Buffalo,
N. Y.
Failures for the week ended October
z in the United States were 1876
against 222 the corresponding week
last year and in Canada % against
81 last year.
The little village Of Matteer, Pa,
was the scene of a tragedy recently in
which two persons were shot, one fa-
tally, while hunting burglars around
house.
The steamer st. Paul, bound from
San Francisco to Portland, Ore, went
ashore recently at Punta Gorda,
short distance south of Eureka, Cal,
during a dense fog.
Gambling on Lake Michigan has
been stopped temporarily by the for
feiture of the sailing license of Capt.
Stephen Jones, of the Floating Pool
Room" City of Traverse.
The bankruptcy proceedings begun
some time ago against the firm of
Knight, Donnelly & Co., of Chicago,
have been dismissed before Judge
Bethea, in the federal court.
Union printers employed in II shops
in Duluth, Mimi, have struck for an
eieht-hour day and a closed shop.
Three small shops signed a contract
with their employees and are not af-
fected.
1t has been announced in Boston
that the Daughters of 1872 and the
Daughters of the Revolution propose
TO raise funds to restore the frigate
Constitution, now moored at the
Charleston navy yard.
The management of the Isthmian
canal affairs will remain under Secre-
tary Taft, who will go to Panama in
November to investigate the situation
there and thoroughly inform himself
OF the conditions in the canal zone.
with only once voice raised in op-
position, the republicans of Massa-
chusetts in state convention at Bos-
ton declared for revision of the tar
III. Curtis Guild, jr. was nominated
for governor.
The structural iron workers en-
gagged on the new Canadian Pacific
hotel, the postoffice and many other
large structures at Winnipeg, Man,
have gone on strike to secure 40 cents
an hour with nine-hour day.
Rufus B. Merchant, disbursing Of
hcer of the postoffice department and
superintendent of the postofflce build
Ing for the past IL years, died in
Washington from asthma and heart
complications.
The great southeasterly gale which
swept the Vancouver, B. c., coast is
believed to have resulted in the
drowning of at least 80 Japanese fish
ermen, who We're out on the Gulf of
Georgia fishing for salmon.
DIR. Oliver B. Hart, young physi-
clan residing in the suburb of Rogers
Park, Chicago, is in the custody of the
police pending further investigation
OF the death of Irene Klokow, 10 years
OF age, which occurred in the resi-
dence of the physician.
Melville e. ingalls,, of Cincinnati,
president of the board of directors of
the Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago e.
st. Louis railroad, has been chosen to
head the commission of the National
Civic Federation which has under
taken study of the municipal owner
ship problem as II appears both in this
country and abroad.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Charles w. Russell, formerly special
assistant attorney general in charge
OF the insular bureau of the depart
ment of justice, to the Office of as
sistant attorney general, vice William
ID. Purdy, recently promoted to the DO
sition of assistant to the attorney gen
eral.
sympathetic strikes in Chicago
probably will be more prevalent in the
future through an alliance between
the teamsters and the railway freight
handlers.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
potteries at Wheeling, w. Va, has
been called, to ratify the sale of their
plants to proposed pottery combina
tion with capital of S40,00O,O00.
Delegates from IL South American
republics. from the army and navy and
from the American public health and
marine hospital service. attended the
opening session Of the second general
international sanitary convention at
Washington.