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

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river at Maysville, KY, was dis
lodged by rise from the Kanawha
river. Considerable damage was done
by the ice. The steamer Big Kanaw-
ha sank.
The boiler In the planning mill of the
Wunderleigh Lumber Co. at Antigo,
Wis, exploded wrecking the mill and
killing the engineer. A part of the
boiler, passing over the high school,
in which there were 600 children,
wrecked two dwellings, half mile
away.
An assault on a white girl by
negro caused intense excitement at
Jackson, Miss. Gov. Vardaman hasti-
ly organized a regiment of militia and
prevented a lynching.
Piercing of the Simplon tunnel
through the Alps has been completed.
The work was commenced in 1898.
The piercing of the Simplon is re-
garded as being one of the greatest
engineering achievements Of the age.
A rare disease believed to be caus-
ed by a virulent germ found in the
soil, has been discovered during an
autopsy in the Lincoln hospital at
New York City. 1t involves gener-
alton of sulphuretted hydrogen gas in
the body. The skin in this case was
punctured In a number of places at
the autopsy and when a match was
applied the gas that escaped burned.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has rendered it's decision in the
California orange cases, brought by
the Southern California Fruit Ex-
change and the Consolidated Forward
ing Co. against the Southern Pacific
and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railway systems, in which 1t holds
that the defendant carriers are un-
lawfully engaged in pooling the traf-
fc in citrus fruits originating in
southern California and carried by
them and their connections to east
ern markets.
The petition for the pardon Of
Jesse Pomeroy, now serving a life
sentence in the Massachusetts state
prison for the murder of two child
ren, has been placed on file by Gov.
Douglass. This means that the par
don will not be granted.
Representative Van Diver (Mo.) in
troduced the following resolution in
the house: Resolved, that the attor-
ney general inform the house at his
earliest convenience whether any
proceedings have been instituted,
either civil or criminal, against the
armor plate trust, and if not, why
not"
The Washington Post says: at was
reliably reported that Andrew Car
negie has offered to give $50O,000 to
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dition that the authorities of the in
stitution would raise a similar amount
from other sources. Mr.. Carnegie's
offer was made several days ago and
will be accepted"
A metal casket which is believed
to contain the remains of John Paul
Jones has been found 16 feet below a
grain shed at No. IA Rue Grange Aux
Bellies, France A Protestant ceme-
terry formerly was in that section.
United States Minister Dawson, at
San Domingo City, cabled the state
department that an attempt was made
there to assassinate President Nor
ales; that the attempt failed that
five of his assailants were captured
and that the remainder escaped.
A strange double tragedy occurred
at Macon, Ill. 1. H. Hull, farmer,
killed himself by taking poison. His
body was found in barn and was
taken into his house. His son. Clin-
ton, 21 years old. affected by the oc-
currence, went to the barn and hanged
himself.
Louis NJ. Hardy and wife, aged
about 40 years, were found dead in
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shot once in the head and once under
the heart. The police are working on
theory of murder
At an auction in London, England,
an Elizabethan ever of rock crystal,
mounted on silver, only G1a inches
high, belonging to the Marquis of
Anglesey, was sold for the sensation
al price of $4,000.
Jonathan Ross, ex-chief justice of
the Vermont supreme court and ex-
United States senator, is dead at St.
Johnsbury, VT, of injuries received
when his sleigh was struck by train
and Mrs. Ross was killed.
Fire involving millions of dollars loss
in property and that strikes a serious
blow at the immense export trade of
New Orleans, swept the river front
of that city and wiped out the
vast freight terminals of the Illinois
Central, known as the Stuyvesant
docks.
At Hot Springs, Ark, more than 40
blocks were eaten away by the flames
and the most conservative estimate
places the loss at $1,500000 and sew
eral insurance men say the figures
will reach 81 600 600 The three I'm
known bodies recovered are the only
known fatalities.
The ice gorge which has filled the
Ohio river for nearly rs miles above
Louisville has begun to move. AL
though the ice was in some places
piled up 20 feet high 1t did little
damage.
Maj Robert Clark and Hon. George
A. Allen are dead at Erie, Pa.
John Jarrett. colored. was shot and
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