Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-12-08
Happening of the Past
Five Bays Narrated.
HOME EANDABROAD
News of the Busy World Boiled
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President Roosevelt has declared
himself against "bossism" in New
York City politics.
Fire destroyed four business blocks
In the center of the town of Peters
burg. Ind. The total loss is $4,000.
Fire completely destroyed the plant
Df the Broadalbin Knitting Co. at
Broadalbin, N. Y. Loss $4,000.
Police and hospital records Of Balti-
more for one day show three men
dead and two more likely to die from
lnhaling Illuminating gas.
Robbers wrecked the safe of the
Citizens national bank at Owl, Indian
Territory, and escaped with over
$4,000.
Two persons were killed and two
others were injured by train on the
Philadelphia & Reading railway at
Langhorne, Pa
1t is estimated that almost 100000
workmen are locked out in St. Peters
burg. The cabinet has resolved to
raise the state of martial law in Po-
land.
A Santa Fe passenger train, west
bound, went into the ditch at Romero,
N. NJ. Engineer r. B. Bracket was
cooked alive by escaping steam and
died in great agony.
Under a new policy decided by the
war department, officers of the COM
missary department are to be taught
to bake bread and will be given prac-
tical instructions in cooking.
Fire in the heart of the manufactur-
Ing quarter of San Francisco caused
a loss of $250,000. The heaviest losers
are the Union iron works and the
Golden State Miners Foundry Co.
A tragedy in which two close friends
lost their lives occurred near Rally
Hill in Maury county, Tenn. Fred
Early killed his friend and then him
self.
Fire was used to battle the police in
one of the biggest race track pool
room raids made in New York during
recent months. Forty men were ar
rested in the raid
Edwin V. Morgan, at present Ameri-
can minister to Korea, has been ap-
pointed American minister to Cuba to
succeed Minister Squiers, whose resig-
nation has been received and accepted
fire which broke out in the five
story building of the Graf Stove and
Range Co.. Nos. 900 and oil Liberty
avenue, Pittsburg, totally destroyed
that structure and caused a loss OF
about s15O.O0O.
Drugs worth from $4,000 to $4,000
have been stolen from wholesale
chemists in-New York during the last
few months. according to detectives
who arrested two men on the confeS.
sion of third.
The four children OF Samuel McCue
ex-mayor of Charlottesville, Va, who
was hanged in February last for the
murder of his wife, will be forced un.
der the law to pay the cost of theil
fathers trial and execution.
While going at a high rate of speed
a Norfolk & Western freight traiI
struck split switch at Hallsville, w
Va, wrecking the entire train. Engi
neer G. G, Clendennen and Fireman T
]. Dye were instantly killed.
The situation in St Petersburg has
again grown exceedingly grave. The
capital is shut off from telegraphiC
communication with the interior. TIL,
Russian strike of the telegraph
operators has gone into operation.
The monthly statement of the pub
lie debt shows that at the close o
business November 80 the debt, les,
cash in the treasury, amounted t
1898, ,752,S31, which is a decrease O
$12,S93,294 for the month.
Coal operators in the Pittsburg dis
frict have decided to offer the 80 ,00l
members of the United Mine Worker
an advance of per cent. in wages t,
forestall the proposed demand of tn,
miners convention for an advance O
IL per cent.
Three laborers were killed and fou
others seriously hurt in the Erie rail
road tunnel in Jersey City. The,
were struck by train.
A coal famine Is threatened at Lod2
Russian Poland. and the factorie
there may be forced to suspend opera
tions owing to lack of fuel.
Letters from Korea confirm the re
cent reports from Peking that tn
Korean emperor was practically fore
cd at the point of bayonet into al
agreement with the Japanese. Th
emperor's seal was affixed to the docu
ments by others. resulting in a pani
In the palace and the suicide of som
Of the c'irlals