Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-10-06
Happenings Of the Last Five Days
Narrated in Few Words
as Possible.
AT HOME AND IN FOREIGN LANDS
stems Arranged for the Readers In
This Busy World So that They
Can Digest the Con-
fonts In a Few
Mlnuteo.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Gated on the summit OF NeVerSlnK
mountain, on the outskirts of Reading,
Pa. was destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Phoebe j. Adams, a missionary,
dropped dead in Bethany Baptist
church in Sellwood, g suburb of Port
land, Ore.
Capt. John F. bravo, prominent
and wealthy riverman, died at Beaver,
Pa, after q long illness of cancer of
the stomach, aged sc years.
Bessie Perkins, white woman, was
sentenced at Magnolia, Miss, to ten
years in the penitentiary for marrying
and living with a negro.
At Pittsburg the Standard Oil Co.
again advanced the price of all grades
of crude oil, except Raglan. The high
er grades of oil were raised five cents
and the lower grades two cents.
Premier Rouvier and Prince Won
Radolin, the German ambassador, at
Paris, recently signed the Franco
German accord concerning the Moroc-
can conference, thus terminating the
difficult negotiations.
Union compositors to the number
of about 200 employed in job printing
offices at Buffalo, n. Y, which have
not agreed to the eight-hour day de-
manded by the Typographical union,
went on strike recently.
During the celebration of a Mexican
holiday in Parral, state of Chihuahua,
some Mexicans grossly insulted the
Americans and other foreigners on the
streets and even stoned the houses of
the foreign residents.
Edward f. Hale, secretary treas
urer of the Andrews & Forbes Co.,
dealers in licorice roots and powders,
and Harry Smock, an auditor of the
same concern, have been arrested in
the offices Of the company in New
York City on charges of grand larceny.
Mrs. A. ]. Condit and four children,
a daughter aged 13 and three boys
from G to 10 years old, were murdered
in cold blood at their home near Ed
ma, Tex. The mother and daughter
were assaulted and their bodies bru-
tally distigured.
Three hundred and twelve structur-
al iron workers employed on four
large buildings in Baltimore have
been ordered out by the local Struc-
tural Iron Workers union. The men
have been receiving $4 day for eight
hours work, but demand an increase
to $3.50.
Emperor Francis Joseph recently
received in audience Baron Fejervary
the former Hungarian premier, and
Count Gulochowski, the Austro- Hun
garian foreign minister. Baron Fejer.
vary insisted upon a plan to defeat
hn orin Nv, hN frt
duction of universal suffrage, but his
majesty was not willing to accept such
radical measure.
The wreck of the British steamer
Chatham with her cargo of 80 tons OF
dynamite in the Suez canal was
blown up by mines distributed around
and inside her hull. A huge column
of water, sand and the ships wreck.
age was thrown 1000 feet in the all
and in falling destroyed COO feet ot
the east bank of the canal.
The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co
has brought suit in the superior court
of Chicago against the publishers o
the Ladies Home Journal for $250,O0(
damages. The suit grew out of {
statement of the Ladies Home Journa
George H. White, of South Carolina
used by the Peruna Co. was fraudu
lent. The Peruna Co. claim to have
the original letter of Congressman
White, and will offer it as evidence.
At Portland, Ore, the third jur,
which heard the testimony agains
Congressman Williamson, Dr. Van
Gessner and Marion R. Biggs founC
all three of the defendants guilty o
having entered into a conspiracy t
suborn perjury by inducing locator
to fraudulently file on government
land, providing them with money t.
30 do, under agreement that thest
persons would convey title to viii
Hanson and Van Gessner when paten
was secured from the government.
William r. Travers, millionaire
man of leisure, son of the celebrates
wit and Wall street operator, William
r. Travers committed suicide b.
shooting himself through the head IL
his apartments in Madison avenue
New York City. The suicide is mex
plicable, Mr.. Travers being in tn
prime of life, in fair health and tn
possessor OF large fortune.
Passenger fares in Upper Michigan
have been voluntarily reduced by tn
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul roaC
The reduction is from four cents
mile to three cents.
The $1O,OOO,0OO gift of John I
Rockefeller to the general educationa
board which was announced las
June, was paid to the board in Ne,
York City by Mr.. Rockefeller in cas-
recently,
With prospects for record break
ing number of students, the Univers
fly of Chicago began its fourteent
year recently. A 10 per cent. increas
over the registration year ago c
.R.232 is expected.
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