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

E he Ohio penitentiary at Columbus
1dicted to the use of cigarettes.
"A Omaha woman has brought suit
.,ainst several prominent men. She
says they forced her to give up let
ters written by Senator Platt.
Two men were killed by the explo-
sion OF tank in the electric light
plant at the Broad street station of
the Pennsylvania railroad in Phila-
delphia
Mrs. Dora Fruchs and Rosie Schef-
fer, years old, both of Pittsburg,
were severely injured in collision
between an automobile and omnibus
at Chicago
John S. Bays, acting for New York
syndicate, has purchased seven of the
best mines in Sullivan county, Ind.
The consideration is said to have
been $2,500,000.
An imperial edict issued in st.
Petersburg establishes the principle of
absolute freedom of worship and the
right of every Russian who becomes
of age to change his confession of
faith in which the assurance or re-
ligious freedom lies.
Secretary Taft has received in
structions from the president to call
Minister Bowen, now at Caracas, to
Washington; also to send Mr.. Russell,
now minister to Columbia, to Caracas,
and Mr.. Barrett, now minister at
Panama, to Columbia.
Capt. w. A. Raibourn, Twenty
ninth infantry, U. S. A., committed
suicide at Fort Douglas, Salt Lake
City, after making a murderous as
sault on Lieut.. William H. Point, of
the same regiment Point was shot
twice by his superior officer.
Unique in the history of Colorado
was the church service held at the
Old Blue school house on West Divide
creek, near Glenwood Springs, at
tended by President Roosevelt and his
hunting party and all the ranchmen
and their families for miles around.
After a life of nearly 80 years, the
st. Paul, Mimi, Globe suspended pub
iication. After the announcement of
suspension was made, ten days ago,
several offers of purchase were sub
mitted, but it was announced that no
sale could be considered.
A heavy auto car driven by Emer-
son Cochran, of Lexington, while run
ming at high speed crashed into tele-
phone pole on the Frankfort and Lex
ington turnpike at Frankfort, KY, and
three occupants of the car were
severely injured.
Sparks from a pile of burning
boards on the bank of Penobscot river
carried by the wind into the lumber
yard of Barker & Sons, at Milford,
Me-, started a fire that destroyed 81
buildings and 100000 feet of lumber,
entailing a total loss of $4,000.
The mine disaster that occurred at
Eleanora shaft, near Big Run, Pa,
was the worst that has taken place
in this region since 1896, when 13
men were killed in the Berwind- White
shaft. Twelve were killed and one
had both legs and both arms broken.
Mrs. Henry Boge was murdered at
Manterville, Mimi, and the body of
her husband was found in the river.
Boge had been drinking before he
came home. After quarreling with
his wife he beat her on the head with
q stick, inflicting injuries from which
she died soon afterwards.
The east wing of the new Clarinda
Qa) hospital for the insane collapsed,
carrying seven workmen down with
the debris. None of the men were
seriously injured. Two steel trusses
collapsed from the weight of concrete
on the roof and both stories fell. The
loss exceeds 100000.
r. l.. Leatherwood and w. A. Den
son, prominent young lawyers, en-
gagged IN pistol duel on the street in
Birmingham, Ala. Ten shots were
fred, negro drayman being wounded.
He will probably recover. Leather
wood is in Jail. The shooting grew
out of a feud.
The proposition made by Thomas
Dolan, president of the United Gas
Improvement Co., concerning a re-
newal of the lease of the Philadelphia
gas works is that if the city will exc
cute new lease until 1880 the United
Gas Improvement Co. will pay over to
the city $25,000,000.
A gift of $100O0,0O0 by Andrew Car
negie, to provide annuities for col
lege professors who are not able to
continue in active service, has been
announced by Frank A. Vanderlip,
vice president of the National City
| bank, OF New York. Professors in the
United States, Canada and Newfound-
land will share in the distribution of
the fund.
Physicians at the city hospital in St.
Louis are interested in the case of
Charles Martinek, who shot a bullet
into his brain March IA, but is %ppar-
entity none the worse for the wound,
even though part of the brain which
protruded through the opening was
removed. Martinek has full possession
of all of his faculties and walks about
the hospital apparently well, except
the unhealed wound. He suffers no
pain.
With 3,100 teamsters on strike, with
constant accessions to their number
and with the express determination of
the Employers association to take a
firm stand for the open shop" and
to fight the Transfers union to the
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