Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

education board by John d. Rookie
feller.
R. G. Dun G Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says: Failures this week
numbered 249 in the United States,
against 249 last year, and in Canada
16, compared with II a year ago.
A serious strike of farm laborers
has broken out in Hungary. There
have been riots in many places and
number of strikers have been killed
by gendarmes.
Five persons were severely injured
when an automobile struck coupe in
Michigan avenue, Chicago. Four of
the injured persons are women, two
of whom are in critical condition.
Statistics of the port of Boston at
the close of the federal fiscal year
show that the immigration record has
been broken. During the year there
were admitted 66,G46 immigrants.
The steamer City of Traverse,
Americas first wireless floating pool
room, made it's initial trip recently on
Lake Michigan and by the admission
of the police opened a reign of bliss
for Chicago race horse gamblers.
Nine men were killed and from 12
to Is others were injured by an ex-
plosion of dynamite at the plant of the
Emporium Powder Co., three miles
west of Emporium, Pa. The dead men
were all employed at the works
James Lee Furman and John o.
Brien were hanged at Lancaster, Pa,
the execution being within two days
of the anniversary of their crime, the
murder of Samuel Ressler, a tollgate
keeper.
United States Marshal Henry has
arrested four soldiers belonging to the
Twenty fourth regiment of coast ar
tillery, stationed at Camp Mckinley,
Honolulu, on the charges of counter
feiting.
The California limited on the Santa
Fe railway collided head-on with
Kansas City Southern stock train at
street crossing in Kansas City, Mo-,
two miles from the center of the city.
Two persons were killed.
A mob entered the jail at Watkins
vile, Ga, recently and took there
from nine prisoners, eight of whom
were shot to death and the ninth es-
capped only by being thought dead by
the mob.
The statement of the operations of
tbs treasury for the fiscal year end
ing June 80 shows the treasury deficit
for the year will be approximately
$24,5OO,OOO This amount is subject
to a slight but not material change.
Chairman Shonts announced that
the isthmian canal commission had
concluded the purchase from the
Ward line, with view to their lease
by the commission to the Panama
railroad, of the American steamers
Mexico and Havana. at S650,O00 each.
George F. Little, member of the
state legislature from the Third ward
of Philadelphia, was placed under 5000
bail for trial by Magistrate Eisen-
brown, charged with completely in
election frauds.
A five-ton boiler mounted on
truck ran away down Amsterdam hill
Olive, watchman, who lost his life
while averting a collision between the
runaway and a crowded street car.
William H. Taft. secretary of war,
accompanied by distinguished party
including members of both houses of
congress, army officers, Miss Alice
Roosevelt and others, started for the
Philippine Islands recently.
President Roosevelt made the an
nouncement that he had appointed
Charles E. Magoon as United States
minister at Panama. Judge Magoon
is at present governor of the canal
zone in Panama and member of the
isthmian canal commission.
At East st. Louis severe wind
storm, accompanied by hail and heavy
rain, demolished four smoke stacks
of the Missouri Malleable Iron Co. IS
plant, blowing down 325-foot tower
used for wireless telegraph purposes.
Four employees at the iron plant We're
caught beneath the wreckage and
seriously injured.
An official statement issued from
the office of the secretary of war says
that Chief Engineer Wallace, of the
Panama canal, was requested to re
sign. Secretary Taft accused him of
changing his position over night "for
mere lucre" and with being influenced
"solely by personal advantage"
NHdIIeS "A. ollS, ST., GA-HldyOT Ol
Cleveland and former head of the Otis
Steel Co, died at the home of his son,
C, A. Otis, jr., in Cleveland. The
shock following an operation for ap-
pendicitis performed recently was
responsible for his death. He was rs
years old
The grand jury of Milwaukee coun-
ty, Wis, has handed down between 25
and 30 indictments in the municipal
court. The jury has been hearing
evidence as to alleged deals" in
which some of the present and former
supervisors are supposed to be con
cerned.
John f. Stevens, former vice presi.
dent of the Rock Island railroad and
the man who built the Rocky Noun
tain section of the Great Northern
railroad, has been appointed chief en-,
gineer of the Panama canal to sue
ceed John F. Wallace. The home o.
the new chief engineer is in Chicago