Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-02-10

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ing factory of Pauber &c Co, in
Wilkesbarre, Pa, spread rapidly and
destroyed four dwellings and Au-
cher's large planning mill. The loss
aggregates about 100000.
At Indianapolis the senate passed
an anti-cigarette bill. The measure
makes it unlawful to own, sell or
give away cigarettes, cigarette wrap
pers or cigarette tobacco.
A presentment made by the grand
jury to Judge Audenried, in the
criminal court, contains statement
that organized vice exists in Phila-
delphia and that the responsibility
for 1t rests upon David j. Smyth, di-
rector of public safety, and other
high police officials.
Andrew Kurrowski, for whose ar
rest a reward of $500 was offered
some time ago in Chicago, is in GUS
tody in st. Louis and has made
confession that he was companion
in crime of Marks and Van Dine, the
Chicago "car barn bandits" who
were hanged last year.
The republicans of the house OF
representatives at Washington in
conference adopted as a party meas
ure the bill extending making
powers to the interstate commerce
commission, as agreed upon by the
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce and known as the Esch-
Townsend bill.
Declaring that he wanted to sur
render himself because he had heard
that he was wanted by the police of
Plainfield for the murder of George
Williams, a grocer of Watching, N.
j., George H. Wood, an iron worker,
surrendered himself to the police in
New York City.
Pursued by wolves and freed for
eight hours with the temperature 20
degrees below zero, has been the ex-
perience of a farmer of Corn Valley,
Wis. He was found by rescuers
wedged in the trees branches.
John B. Scully, secretary of the
Scully steel and iron works, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the heart in Chicago.
James Sebery, one of four men
caught in the act Of robbing the
Brooklyn navy yard, was shot and
instantly killed by Private Laurence
7. Milton, a sentry.
Following a cold snap in New York
City an ice embargo was laid on
New York harbor and Long Island
Sound that rendered navigation i'm
possible except by powerful steam
craft.
R. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
of Trade says: Trade progresses
steadily, all speculative excess hav-
ing been avoided thus far. CONNER
cial failures this week in the United
States are 259, against 246 the cor
responding week last year. Failures
in Canada number 80, against 29 last
year.
Train No 80 on the New York
Central railroad, known as the Buf-
falo special, met with an accident at
| Whitesboro, N. Y. The engine is
said to have exploded and the engi-
neer and fireman are reported killed.
Fire entirely destroyed Cedar
Court, the country house of Otto H.
Kuhn, senior member of the banking
firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., situated
near Morristown, N. j., entailing a
loss of about 100000.
The Texas legislature has passed a
bill forcing persons giving ground for
action in divorce cases to remain
single for three years, the other par
ties to the divorce to remain single
one year.
Self-imprisoned in her home of
former wealth and luxury in Flushing,
l.. l., Mrs. John Roland Enos, former
ly Of San Francisco the young widow
of wealthy man, has been found de-
liIious and starving.
The supreme court of Missouri
has affirmed the judgment of the low
er court which convicted William Ru-
dolph of the murder of Detective
Schumacher and sentenced him to be
hanged March II. Schumacher was
killed while trying to arrest Rudolph
and Collins for the robbery of the
Union (Mo.) bank. Collins was
hanged some time ago.
Rev. Reuben A. Torrey and Charles
M. Alexander, the American revival
lists, recently had one of the most sue
cessful public openings of any re-
vival work in the experience Of Lon
don. At the close of the meeting 800
persons made public confession.
Brig. Gen. Clarence l.. Smith, COM
mander of the West Virginia national
guard, is dead at Fairmont, w. Va.
He never recovered from a disease
he contracted in the Spanish -Ameri-
can war.
Dr. James A. Freer, a we'll known
physician and surgeon of Washington,
aged 4G years, was found dead at a
country inn near Washir ~ton.
Christopher Smyth, wi " is in jail
in New York City, charged with rob
bing many private residences, has
made confession, in which he de-
clared that he had not worked for
plunder he obtained, but enjoyed the
excitement.
A young woman was shot and in
stantly killed in New York City by
Emil Bollinger, janitor, who was
arrested after being seriously injured
in an attempt to escape.
Three children were drowned at