Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-05-19

The S0th anniversary OF the Amerl-
can Tract society was observed at the
Broadway tabernacle in New York
City.
Mrs. Henrietta Robinson, SO years
old, who was known as the yelled
murderess, died at the Matteawn state
hospital in Newburg, N. Y.
Jessie Bartlett Davis, well known
actress, died suddenly at her home in
Chicago. The cause of her death was
heart disease produced by nephritis.
She was 46 years old.
Employment will be given to be-
tween 6,000 and 5000 additional coal
miners in the Pittsburg coal district
by the resumption of operations at
many idle mines.
julius Rosenthal, retired lawyer
and capitalist, Chicago, died recently
at the Union League club of injuries
suffered by being run over by a cab.
Howard Malcolm Tichnor, author,
lecturer and critic, is dead at San
Francisco, after a brief illness. He
was native of Boston, whence he
came a few months ago.
Destructive windstorms visited
number of towns in Texas. In some
places deaths and injuries are report
ed. Farm houses were blown away
and other damage was done.
Police Sergeant James Higgins, who
has been in service % years, was muir
dered while arresting a burglar who
was coming out of the central school
building at Erie, Pa.
An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
passenger train was ditched by train
wreckers just east of Emporia, Kan.
Six passengers were injured and two
will probably die.
Two fast freights on the Chautauqua
division of. the Pennsylvania railroad
collided head-on this side of Hyde
town, Pa. The locomotives and
dozen loaded cars were demolished.
Two people were killed and several
injured.
Accused by his 7-year-old step
daughter of having killed his wife and
infant child by pouring kerosene over
their beds as they lay asleep and then
setting fire to the bed clothing, Joseph
Leidling was arrested in Chicago.
The oath general conference of the
United Brethren church was opened
in Topeka, Kan, by the senior bishop,
Nicholas Castle, of Portland, Ore.
Two hundred and fifty eight dele
gates were present.
A tornado struck Hampton, Mo-, and
several persons were injured, though
none were killed. Three stores we're
demolished and half dozen houses
were damaged. Montevallo, Mo-, sus-
tanned much damage.
Fifty Brazilians who were refused
admission to this country by immigra-
tion inspectors were deported to Can
ada. They have been held at Ogdens a
burg, N. Y, for five weeks pending an
appeal they took to Washington.
Trueman Mason, aged S5, shot and
mortally wounded DIR. V. Davis and
then shot himself in the heart, death
ensuing almost instantly, at Wapella,
Ill. The shooting grew out of an as
sault on Davis by Mason six months
ago.
In the circuit court at Detroit,
Mich, Judge Hosmer decided in the
case of Martin Manphey against the
state prison board that the state con-
stitution prohibits the teaching of the
trade of broom making to the con-
victs in the prison at Jackson.
In crash between three locomo-
tives on the Philadelphia & Erie di-
vision of the Pennsylvania about one
mile east of Warren, Pa, Charles
Souers, fireman on one of the engines,
was killed and David Sautelle, engi-
neer of the same engine, fatally in
jured.
A woman who claimed to be Car
lotta, brother of Francis Joseph, pres
ent emperor of Austria, has, accord
ing to the Herald, left Boston after
securing some $4,000 from members
of the Italian colony on the pretense
that she was rightful claimant of the
Austrian throne.
The auto boat race from Algiers to
Toulon has ended unfortunately, all
Of the boats participating in the run
from Port Mahon to Toulon being
either sunk or disabled by a heavy
storm when still many miles from the
finish. So far as known there has been
no loss of life.
Fierce fighting has been going on
the last two weeks on the island of
Jolo, P. L., between the outlaw Moro
chief, Bala, with 600 well armed fol
lowers and troops under the personal
command of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood.
Pala's losses thus far are 800 killed,
while those of Gen. Wood are seven
killed and 19 wounded
Nan Patterson, the one time Floro-
dora show girl, was released on her
own recognizance from the Tombs
prison in New York City after almost
year within its walls awaiting a
determination of the charge that she
had murdered her protector, Caesar
Young.
Ex- Lieut.. Iwasakia, formerly con-
nected with the Japanese navy, has
been arrested at Toxic in connection
with the charges which resulted in the
arrest of A. E. Bougouin and his step
son, F. Strange, as spies of the Rus
sian government. Iwasakia was dis
missed from the navy in 1894 for al
legged misconduct.
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