Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-03-17

ment issued by the federal grand jury
charging him with using the mails
with intent to defraud.
w. II. Perry, who tried to vote IL
legally at the recent charter election
at Kansas City, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to two years In the
penitentiary.
George G. Cochran, assistant to the
president of the Erie Railroad Co.,
died in New York City after an oper-
alton for appendicitis. Mr. Cochran
was a native of Sandusky, o., and 62
years old.
For the first time in so years the
democratic party has elected mayor
at the municipal elections in Maine,
The republicans were successful in
the other municipal elections held in
the state.
The Seventh street bridge over Los
Angeles river at Los Angeles, Cal,
fell carrying with it into the flood
swelled river IL to 10 persons, two of
whom are believed to have been
drowned.
Thrown into violent hysteria by an
encounter on the street in East St.
Louis, ILL.,, with footpad who robbed
her of $10 Mamie Powers, aged IS
years, lies at her home unable to
recognize those about her and is
quieted only while songs are sung to
her.
Enraged with jealousy, Joe Massuc..
ci, well known to the police of Erie,
Pa, tried to kill the woman who had
spurned him and the man she favored
as well. The woman, Annie Richi,
and Antonio Talarico now lie close
to death at hospital.
War to the knife between the big
Five" of the beef combine and &c
firms classed as Independent packers
will, it is asserted, begin in Chicago,
March 90 when the special federal
grand jury begins it's investigation of
the affairs of the alleged beef com
bination.
The recent prairie fire at Ellen
dale, N. D., burned over a tract 80
miles in extent by ten miles wide,
burning buildings, hay stacks and
stock. Some farmers lost everything
they owned.
In the peonage case of Samuel M.
Clyatt VS.. the United States, the su-
preme court Cf the United States re-
versed the decision of the circuit
court of appeals for the Fifth circuit
in favor of Clyatt, who was charged
with returning" to involuntary SER
vitude two negroes named Gordon and
Ridley.
An address by President Roosevelt
was the feature of a recent evening
Of hn oil nf
mothers now holding its triennial con-
vention at the Metropolitan NJ. E.
church in Washington. Preceding the
presidents speech Mrs. Schoff deliy-
cred an address in which she spoke of
"the children of the nation.
An official proclamation has been is
sued by Gen. Stephen D. Lee, com
mander- in chief of the United
Confederate Veterans, paying unstint-
ed praise and tribute to congress for
passing the battlefag return measure
and to President Roosevelt for his
prompt singature.
Passenger train No. 6, eastbound,
on the Philadelphia & Erie railroad,
crashed into light engine near Pitts
field, Pa, wrecking both engines and
jamming the cars together with ter
rife force. A number of persons
were injured.
United States Senator William B.
Bate, of Tennessee, twice governor
of his state, veteran of both the
Mexican and civil wars, rising from
private to major general in the Con-
federate army and for IS years a con-
spicuous member of the upper house
of congress, died in Washington, d.
c., aged rs years.
The coroner's jury at Honolulu has
returned a verdict that Mrs. Jane l..
Stanford died an unnatural death.
The verdict says that death was due
to strychnine poisoning, the poison
having been introduced into bottle
of bicarbonate of soda with felonious
intent by some person or persons to
the jury unknown.
The most destructive prairie fire in
years swept past Elle endale, n. D..
Starting Is miles from there, it trav-
eled with tremendous speed straight
for the town, but before it reached
there the wind veared to the north and
carried the fire south. Many farm
were destroyed and hundreds of head
of stock were burned 20 death.
Mad with rage because of his de-
feat in lawsuit in which K Fill the
man whom he pronounced his bitter
est enemy had been victorious, and
swearing vengeance against him and
his family, George Schistler, team
ster, armed himself with rifle and
started out to do murder at Denver,
Col. AS a result of the affray three
persons are dead, one is missing and
three others are wounded, two
dangerously.
A suit for $97,OOO,OOO has been
brought by the Johnstown Mining
Co. against the Boston and Montana
Mining Co. in the courts of New York
state to recover the value of copper
ores alleged to have been taken by
the latter company from lands on
which the other claims to have had
prior location and patent.