Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-09-01

John Gamble, an aged recluse, and
Adam Seneca, an Indian, were muir
dered at Stratford Ont. Two men
were placed under arrest.
A compilation of the business done
by the general land Office during the
fiscal year ending June 80 last shows
that 91,0S4 patents were issued.
President Roosevelt has accepted
the office of honorary vice president
of the Public Schools Athletic league,
the headquarters of which is in New
York City.
The schooner North, of Seattle, has
been confiscated by the Canadian ad-
miralty court. 1t is alleged the North
poached on the Vancouver Island
coast.
The steamer Ketch Albatros, loaded
with petroleum, caught fire in the
English channel and burned furiously.
The crew was safely landed, but the
vessel is a total loss.
Huddled together in an open and
dry spot but few feet square in the
immense blueberry swamps north of
Escanaba, Mich, three women and
three children, all half starved, were
found by a searching party.
The opening session of the military
rifle tournament at Seagirt, N. j., be-
gan recently. The attendance broke
all records. AS regards the business
of the day, the range was absolutely
overwhelmed with competitors.
Carl Bailey Hurst, United States
consul at La Guayra, Venezuela, has
been appointed United States consul
at Plauen, Germany. Mr. Hurst is a
son of Bishop Hurst, Of Washington,
d. G.
The cruiser Rainbow, the flagship
of the Philippine squadron, with Rear
Admiral Reiter on board, went ashore
at the mouth of the Agusan river, Bu-
tan Bay, in northern Mindanao. She
is not damaged.
A. Jackson, q fireman, and AleXan-
der Smith, engineer, were killed on
the steamer Lakona, of the Donaldson
line, by an explosion in the engine
room just as the boat was leaving
Montreal for Glasgow
United States Assayer Fred Wing,
in charge of the local assay office, esti-
mates the gold output of Nome for the
season of 1905 at S10000,000. This
amount will be the record for Nome
and will exceed the output of last
year by S3,000,O00.
About a score of miners were
drowned, or are missing, 25 or so
houses and shanties were washed
away and much damage was done to
mines and railroads near Tobasco,
Col. by cloudburst.
The Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety has joined with the state of New
York in asking for full investigation
in court of it's directors and officers
and their alleged wrong doings in
managing the moneys of the society,
Charged with forgery of checks
amounting to $4,000 against the es-
tate of the late Millionaire D. P. Nor
gan, James p. Hennessey. the cashier
of that estate, was arrested in New
York City after being indicted by
the grand jury.
! Alexander Steiner, millwright,
/ shot his wife through the head at
! Pittsburg, Pa, and then, placing the
1 revolver to his right temple, sent a
bullet into his own brain. Steiner
! died instantly, but his wife will prob
ably recover.
The Prince of Wales cup, which has
been in the possession of the Royal
Halifax yacht squadron, Halifax, n. S..
since it's presentation to that club in
1860 By the present king of England
was recently won by the schooner
Elmina H., of the New York Yacht
club.
The court martial of 1871 mutineers
of the battleship Kniaz Potemkin has
just been completed. Eight of the
principals were sentenced to be shot
but it was recommended that this sen.
tence be committed to life imprison.
ment. Nineteen others were sentenced
to terms of imprisonment at hard la.
Dor.
Upon application of Silas NJ. Kunkle
of Pittsburg, Pa, Judges Frazier anG
Evans of the county courts have ap.
pointed Harry e. Holman receiver ol
the Duquesne Mutual Fire Insurance
Co., the Lafayette Mutual Fire insur.
ance Co. and the North American
Mutual Fire Insurance Co., all of Pitts
burg.
Edwin S. Holmes, jr., of Washing
ton, d. c., until recently associate
| SlallSllclan Oh lne department OF aSTl
culture, but who was dismissed as al
outcome of the investigation into the
leakage in the cotton crop reports, ha:
been indicted by the grand jury on {
charge of conspiracy to defraud the
government.
On the first days grand circui
meeting at Narransett park, R. l., il
the 2:0S pace the black gedling Dol
Carr won the money after droprln!
the second heat to Maud Keswick
Doris B. won the 2:IS pace, after los
ing the first heat to Bolivar. In tn,
219 trot Morone won.
Judge Shumway, In the superio
court at Bridgeport, Conn, has hand
ed down a decision in the suit of tn
United Hatters of North Americ
against C. H. Merritt &c Son. of Dan
bury, in favor of the plaintiffs. TIL
hatters sued, alleging that the firn
was getting business by counterfeitin
the union label on goods made b.
] lit,