Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-09-29
NEWS NOTES
OF INTEREST
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-
tents In a Few
Minutes.
MISCELLANEOUS.

mIoSELLNNGooS
The sovereign grand lodge of Odd
Fellows has selected Toronto, Canada,
as the next place of meeting.
Congressman and Ex-Governor
of Virginia Charles T. O'Ferrall, died
at Richmond.
Detectives raided the brokerage Of
fees of Thomas Davies G. Co. at Chi
cago. Eleven men and two women
were arrested.
Failures for the week ended Sept.
% numbered 206 in the United States,
against 225 last year, and in Canada
81, compared with 30 year ago.
A loss of 100000 and serious in
juries to number of firemen resulted
from fire near the business center
of Charleston, w. Va.
With seven new cases and two
deaths, in Vicksburg, Miss, the recent
yellow fever report was the worst
since the disease made it's appearance.
One man was killed, policeman
seriously injured and two other per
sons shot in an East Side riot at New
York City.
Among the bequests of the late
Herman Siebeling, wealthy printer
of Philadelphia, is one of $4,000 to
Philadelphia Lodge No. 2, B. p. O..
Elks.
Two men, beth past 10 years of age,
inmates of the Bridgewater IN. J)
poorhouse, fought duel with sharp
kitchen knives and both are likely to
die.
AT Wilkesbarre, Pa, Judge Ferris
sentenced the Wyoming Valley trades
council to pay fine of $500 and John
j. Casey, business agent for the coun-
Gil, $3.50 for violating an injunction.
The Standard Oil Co, has advanced
the price of Pennsylvania oil ten cents
and Tiona oil five cents. Within two
weeks Pennsylvania oil has advanced
10 cents and Tiona IA cents.
The work of civilian physicians in
examining recruits for the army has
proven so unsatisfactory that their
services will be entirely dispensed
with in that capacity after September
30 next.
Dispatches from the famine districts
of Andalusia, Spain, say that entire
trains of emigrants are leaving to en-
bark for South America. Many fami-
lies are abandoning their homes and
farms.
John Reid, II years old, fatally shot
one man after holding at bay crowd
of about 1000 persons in New York
City, and when captured by a police
man narrowly escaped being killed by
a mob.
More than 5000 enthusiastic follow
ers of harness racing saw Audubon
Boy pace one of the most wonderful
miles ever made under adverse con-
ditions at the Readville, Mass, track.
His time was 1:59H.
The last session of the encampment
of the Sons of Veterans has been held
at Gettysburg, Pa. Col. H. V. Speel-
man, of Cincinnati, was chosen COM
mander-in-chief and Peoria, ILL.,, was
selected as the next place of meeting
Leon Crambeau, years old,
charged with numbering his G-months-
old sister, has been placed in Jail at
Marinette, Wis. The boy set fire to
the bed clothes in the baby's cradle
and burned the baby to DEATH
On Beaty's Ridge, in Switzerland
county, Ind, George Ford, who is be-
heVed to be insane, cremated his wife
and three children by setting fire to
the house in which they were asleep.
All four perished in the flames.
Local passenger train No. 35 on the
Chesapeake & Ohio jumped the track
on curve near Carllin, w. Va. Ex-
press Messenger o. A. Hopkins, of
Charleston, was instantly killed
Three passengers were badly injured
Director of Public Safety Potter, of
Philadelphia, has issued an order to
all policemen and firemen prohibiting
them from paying any assessment or
contribution for political purposes.
Disobedience of the order will be
cause for dismissal.
Information has been received at
London of the death of Col. Francis
Rhodes, (retired), brother of the late
Cecil Rhodes. He died at Cape Town,
after having been i'll for some time.
He was born in 1851. Col. Rhodes
was prominent in the Jameson raid
-Four officials of the Schwarzschlld
d Sulzberger Packing Co., of Chicago,
were fined an aggregate of $4,000 by
Judge Humphrey in the United States
district court at Chicago. The fines
followed plea of guilty to indict-
ments charging conspiracy to accept
railroad rebates.
In quarrel between two white men
over the affections of negro woman a
murder was committed in Oyster Bay,
N. Y. The victim was John Murray, a
labo;er He was shot by an Italian.
Fire ct New Orleans gutted the four
story printing house of Wallee G Co.
The fire started in the fourth story,
where about 30 girls we're employed.
They escaped. Loss 10000, insurance
$4,000.
With September practically gone.
yellow fever is under control In New
Orleans. AS the days grow cooler
there viii be steady disappearance
of mosquitoes. 1t is hoped, even before
frost comes.