Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-12-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Two trainmen were killed in q
wreck on the Philadelphia e Reading
railroad at Perkiomen Junction, Pa.
The furniture factory of the Warren
Woodworking Co. at Belvidere, N. j.,
was destroyed by fire. Loss $50, 900.
The safe in the Corinth Deposit
bank at Corinth, KY, was robbed of
$500.
Col. Charles w. Johnson, for several
year clerk of the United States SEN
ate, died at Minneapolis of paralysis.
Mrs. Sarah Whitmore, a widow, aged
53 years, was murdered in her home
near the village of Muncy Valley, Sui
Ivan county, Pa.
Peter Brady and a negro woman
whose life he was attempting to save,
were both killed by an express train
at Crawford, N. j..
One passenger was killed and six
were injured in a wreck on the Illinois
Central railroad near Holly Springs,
Miss.
Herbert H. D. Peirce, third assistant
secretary of state, has been selected
by the president as the first American
minister to Norway.
Failures for the week ended Decem-
Der % numbered 226 in the United
States, against PSI last year, and 80 in
Canada. compared with so a year ago.
AT a session of the cabinet, presided
over by Emperor Nicholas at st.
Petersburg, it was decided that uni
yersal suffrage should not be granted.
The death is announced at Brisbane,
Queensland, of B.. B.. Kieran, the Aus
tralian champion swimmer who made
notable records during his recent visit
to Europe.
Frank Curry, who has gained con-
siderable. fame as q strike breaker,
reported to the police that he had been
robbed n severely beaten in a base
ment saloon at st. Louis.
An eye witness of the extent of the
anime in the northeast provinces of
Japan, who has just returned, reports
the condition of the people to be really
de%plorable.
Consideration is being given to a
plan by which each cadet at the Uni
ted States military academy at West
Point may be given practical instruc-
lions in cooking and baking.
John N. Erwin, former minister to
Portugal, ex-governor of Arizona and
of Idaho, mayor of Keokuk and head
of a wholesale mercantile company at
Keokuk, Ia. died in Hot Springs, Ark.
Thomas p. Wickes, the lawyer who
was convicted of attempted blackmail
by means of the Lewis Jarvis" let
tiers, was sentenced at New York City
to one year in the penitentiary.
Tho ha,p DaIr@r lN,.-l u@-. N.Y.,
York for Philadelphia, in tow, was
burned to the waters edge off Allan
tic City, N. J.. 1t is presumed the
crew was taken off by the tug Sea
King, which was towing the Baker.
The Kitty D., an American fishing
boat seized by a Canadian revenue
cutter on Lake Erie this year for al
legged fish poaching, has been released
by a decision Of the privy council of
Great Britain.
David and Thomas Fuller, brothers,
aged about 70 years, died in Thomas
home at Bronson, Mich, from poison
ing, he result of eating meat which
had become tainted by standing on q
tin plate.
A heavy rain and wind storm which
practically reached the dimensions OF
a hurricane, swept the Wyoming val.
ley, Pa, recently. One man a killed
and property worth thousands of dol
lars was destroyed in that city.
Sudden high gas pressure in Swiss.
vale, Pa, was the cause of several ex.
plosions in the home of David Laing
resulting in a fire in which three vol.
nnteer firemen were burned, two seIj.
Ously.
At Paducah, KY, William Pryor
aged 81, a prominent farmer, was shot
through the heart and killed by Mrs
Ella Gholson, a young widow. Pryor
and Mrs. Gholson were in a dispute
over a tree which the woman wanted
cut down. Pryor refused to allow the
tree to be cut, claiming that it was OF
his land.
Frank L. Scott, vice president of the
Davie Real Estate Co., died at Colo
RADIO Springs, Col, from wounds In
ificted by holdup men.
Plus X. has declared his intention Il
send a wedding present to Miss Alic'
Roosevelt on tho occasion of her wed
ding in February. The gift probably
will be u beautiful piece of mosaic
work from the Vatican factory.
Secretary Taft has granted the ap
ip~lication Of Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A
Miles. u. s.. A., retired, for relief from
further duty with the militia of Massa
chusetts. Since January 10 Gen. Mile
hos served as military adviser on thu
staff OF Coy. Douglas.