Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-03-24

out of q balloon while giving an as
cension at Wallace, Idaho.
The peasant disorders are grow
ing rapidly in southern Russia. Pro
vincial journals bring alarming re-
| ports showing that an actual reign
of terror exists in some districts.
Four buildings of FIVE and six
| stories, in course of construction in
New York City, collapsed and al
though many lives were placed in
danger, no fatalities were reported.
The charred body of 1G-year-old
! Blanche Dinger daughter of AleXand-
er Dinger, was found among the ashes
of her fathers barn which was burn
ed down in Ringgold township, IL
miles west of Punxsutawney, Pa.
Gen. Arthur c. Cummings con-
spicuous in Virginia's military history,
died at Abingdon, Va, aged SO. In
the civil war he commanded a regi-
ment in the famous Stonewall bri-
gade.
BY order of President Castro, Vene-
zuelan troops have taken possession
of the coal mines near Barcelona,
which had been leased by the Vene-
2uelan government to an Italian COM
pany.
| Erie passenger train No. Z, known
as the Pacific express while running
at the rate of GO miles an hour, near
Winfield Station, Ind, plunged down
20-foot embankment, injuring II
| people, two of whom may die.
Hiram Soules, aged Sc, farmer
living five miles north of Owosso,
Mich, was burned to death in his
home, while his wife, son and daugh-
! ter stood outside hearing the mans
screams of agony, but powerless to
aid him.
While a half dozen boys were
playing Indian" in the woods at Mt.
Airy, a suburb of Philadelphia, War
dead with a rifle in the hands of Jas.
Hawthorne, aged II years.
An accident which occurred in the
Lyric theatre in Santiago De Chile
was caused by the collapse of the gal
lery. An anti Catholic meeting was
being held at the time. Four persons
were killed and a great number in
jured.
In scenes of the widest disorder,
Maj. William Warner, republican, of
Kansas City, was elected United
States senator from Missouri to sue
ceed Francis NJ. Cockrell, the demo-
cratic senator whose term expired
March 4.
Miss Rebecca Jones, the woman
who attained wide celebrity 25 years
ago in New York by refusing to an
swer questions in the surrogate's
court, in the Gordon Hamersley will
contest, and suffered imprisonment
over one year for contempt without
yielding, died at Ballston, N. Y.
AS the result of the horrible eX-
plosion in, the Rush Run and Red
Ash mines near Thurmond, w. Va,
"a men now lie stark in death in the
two mines. Ten of these were killed
in the first explosion and the other IA
were a rescuing party who entered
the mine and met their death in the
second explosion.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Storey Cotton Co., which claims
to conduct a discretionary business in
cotton futures in Philadelphia and
whose operations reach nearly every
state in the Union.
Elbert Wright, a wealthy farmer of
Horace, ILL.,, whose wife was assault
ed, shot and seriously wounded Peter
Bassett, whom he tied in buggy and
delivered to the officers at Paris. Ill.
The New York and Washington lin
tied express, No. 46, northbound on
the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Wash
ington railroad, was wrecked at North
East Nd, while running at a high
rate of speed. Fortunately no one
was seriously injured.
President Corey, of the United
States Steel Corporation has publish
ed the annual report for the II
months ended December 81 last, show
ing decrease of $92, 900 in gross
earnings, compared with the cores
ponding period of 1903.
At Scranton, Pa, Mrs Charles
Welden was wheeling carriage con-
tanning her 3-months baby, when
drawing a revolver, sent two bullets
into Mrs. Weldon's chest. Mrs. We.
don died in half an hour.
John f. Johannishon, aged "a, post
} master at Mutzig, Pa, poured oil over
the floor of his store and then rolling
barrel of oil into the middle of the
room set hre to 1t. Much OF the store
stock was destroyed and it is thought
mail and government property were
burned.
The report that Apostol the no
: torious Bulgarian leader, has beer
killed is confirmed. A sharp engage
ment took place between 500 Turk
/, sh infantry and cavalry and a strong
band of Bulgarians at the village o.
Smol. The Bulgarians were defeated
with the loss of AZ killed, including
=, Apostol The Turks lost three meI
= killed and had eight wounded.
l According to trustworthy advice!
2 the situation in Venezuela is unchang
ed, except that the relations between
= President Castro and the various lie
f cations at Caracas are little more
strained. Castro's attitude is reflected