Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-14

responsible for the preparation OF
bombs and attacks on the police.
Two persons were shot, one prob
ably fatally, in a fight between mobs
of whites and negroes in New York
City.
Two blocks of Goldfelds (Nev)
business and residence section have
been totally destroyed by fire, entail
ing a loss of 5000 600.
Orville Glassford, aged 81 years,
and his brother, Iced Glassford, aged
16, we're drowned in the Belle river
at Memphis. Mich. while swimming,
Frank Hail, aged 70 years, and
Charles Rice, aged II, sons of farmers
living six miles from Dover, Del, were
drowned while bathing in a creek.
In pistol duel between Green
Murrell and Harvey Rice on Indian
creek in Owsley county, KY. Murrell
was killed and Rice seriously
wounded.
The tunnel under the Harlem river
at New York City was formally
opened for public traffic by a train
which left One Hundred and Eightieth
street and the Boston road recently.
Charged with Juggling" the cotton
report Secretary Wilson has dismissed
Edwin S. Holmes, assistant statisti-
clan in the department of agriculture
from office.
PickpOckets took possession of a
street car in New York City and by
locking the rear door, robbed the pas
sengers on the back platform at their
leisure.
Roll Cardwell, 50 years of age, was
called to the door of his home in
Coalmont, Ind. and shot to death.
There is no clue to his assassin.
Cardwell as far as is known had no
enemies.
Eight men were blown to pieces and
two others were injured by the pre-
mature explosion of a big blast of
rock powder on the Pennsylvania
railroads improvements near New
Cumberland, Pa.
John Lee, of Wilkesbarre, Pa. who
was recently discharged from an in
sane asylum as cured, cut his cousin,
James Farrell's throat with razor.
He then cut his own throat. Both
died instantly.
Nine people were injured, one of
them fatally, at the corner of Fort
and Hastings streets, Detroit, when a
Trumbull avenue car crashed into a
wagon load of people returning from
drive about Belle Isle park.
In a battle between five negroes,
believed to be highwaymen, and four
police officers at East st. Louis, ILL.,,
one negro was killed, another prob
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shot through the left arm.
Sweden is taking precautionary
measures on the frontier to offset the
reported threatening attitude of Nor
way. The Swedish treasury has bor-
rowed $6,500,O0O to pay extraordinary
expenditures.
Eleven log drivers were drowned
in Chippewa river at Little Falls dam.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, when they lost
control Of the batteau in which 16
other men had safely crossed the
river. The batteau swamped.
Maddened by the refusal of Anna
Jenilek, his 15-year-old sweetheart, TO
marry him, John Irarnock, a Slavish
miner, murdered the girl at her home
near Creekside, Pa, and then tried
to end his own life.
The Westminster Volunteers won
the Sir Howard Vincent shield, defeat
ing the Seventh Regiment of New
York team by the narrow margin of
ten points after the closest competi-
tion ever seen at Bisley. England.
Returns for the first month during
which the new stock transfer tax has
been in operation in New York state
indicate that the revenue derived will
be greater than even the most san
guine advocates of the law expected.
A storm swept over Georges Creek
mining region extending from Pied
mont to Clarysville, Md. 1t was the
most violent in 20 years. Hundreds
of gardens are ruined. Several mines
at Barton were flooded.
The Standard Oil Co. has filed an
answer in the supreme court to the
custer suit brought against the com
pany by the state of Kansas. The
answer denies everything alleged by
the state and attacks the validity OF
the Kansas antitrust law.
One member of a self-styled "Black
Hand Society" of three men who had
attempted to collect $100 from Pietro
Caputon, saloonkeeper of Mamaro-
neck, N. Y, was shot and instantly
killed by Caputon and the two others
were wounded but escaped.
Life on the isthmus of Panama is
to be made healthful, comfortable and
enjoyable before the real work of
digging the canal is begun, according
to an announcement of policy made
by Chairman Shonts, of the Panama
canal commission.
The flag of st, Andrew again floats
over the battleship Knia2 Potemkin.
The formal surrender of the mutinous
crew occurred after a series OF nego-
tiations between the Roumanian an
thorities and the leaders of the mutt
neers.
A. Ironton, Mo-, a gang of 20 mask
ed men overpowered and bound Sher-
iff Marshall, forced their way into the
county Jail and fired several shots al
William and Arthur Spaugh, prisoners
held on the charge of having muir
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