Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-01-26

man, was hanged at Louisville, Ky,
/ for the murder last fall of his sweet
heart. Miss Fannie Porter.
The H. r, Bishop art sale in New
York recently reached total of
$117295, more money than was ever
before taken at similar single day
sale.
Murray Heider and Mary Cromwell
were instantly killed by a freight
train while crossing the Pennsyl-
vania railroad bridge over the Sus-
quehanna at Selins Grove, Pa.
Six Jews, members of the Warsaw,
Russian Poland, anarchists commit
| tee, who were tried by court-martial
and condemned to death, were exc
cuted in the Warsaw citadel.
A wild panic following a loud
Shrek of fire" brought death to IS
colored persons and injuries to nearly
two score others in ST. Paul's Baptist
church, ON the west side of Eighth
street, Philadelphia.
Sir James Percy Miller, who was
well known in racing and military
circles, died in London. He won the
Derby twice-in 1890, with Sainfoin,
and in 1908, with Rock Sand. He was
Al years old.
August Kneiff, 16 years of age, was
shot and killed at Ashland, Pa, while
watching several youthful gunners
shoot at clay pigeons. Kneiff ran and
got in the way just as the trap was
/ sprung.
! Felix Betelli, 25 years old, of Brook
| lyn, N. Y, was stabbed to death in
| the home of Lena Campano, in that
/ borough, after he had tried to kill both
| the young woman and her 17-year-old
| brother Nicholas.
| Fire occurred in the plant of the
Baltimore chrome works. Probably
| half of. the extensive plant, covering
about a city block, has been destroyed.
| 1t is impossible to estimate the money
| loss.
The mild winter and the absence of
frost thus far experienced is respon-
sible largely for the great increase in
the number of cases of contagious
diseases in Chicago, according to
Health Commissioner Whalen.
Luke E. Wright, of Tennessee, gov
ernor general of the Philippines, is
to be the first American ambassador
to Japan, if the senate approves the
nomination which President Roose-
velt will submit to it.
A prairie fire which began in the
northern part of Duell county, Neb.,
swept south over 40 miles of prairie
before being extinguished. Two
ranches and 20 head of stock were de-
| stroyed and IL other ranches damaged.
News has been received by Admiral
McCalla from the secretary of the
navy that Ensign Wade had been ac-
quilted on all the charges in connec-
tion with the Bennington disaster and
has been restored to duty.
Three men entered the fiat of Mrs.
Francesca Famallare, on the top floor
of a building on Thompson street, New
York City, beat and stabbed her and
tore from her body belt containing
$3.50.
A decision was rendered in common
pleas court at Philadelphia that hold
ers of preferred stock of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Co. are entitled to 100
per cent. in back dividends, or $50 a
share.
To do away with unnecessary print
ing originating in the departments and
to improve the form of the annual re-
ports and other department docu-
ments, the president has issued in
structions, applicable to all the ex-
ecutive departments.
Two men were killed, another is
missing, believed to be under the
wreck, and fourth fatally scalded as
the result of a collision between a
northbound through freight and a
switch engine on the Seaboard Air
Line railroad near Nina. Ga.
Fire at Quincy, ILL.,, destroyed the
huge plant of the ]. B. Schoo Saddlery
Co., consisting of five brick buildings
ranging from three to five stories in
height. Flames spread across the
street and almost completely destroy
ed the city hall.
Trial of the special pleas in abate-
ment of j. Ogden Armour and other
meat packers and the attorneys under
indictment for conspiring to restrain
inter state commerce began recently
before Judge Humphrey in the United
States district court at Chicago.
English Walling, of Chicago, went
to st. Petersburg to study the social
situation and was arrested because of
his alleged sympathy for and partici-
patton with the revolutionary party.
He is a grandson of w. H. English,
who ran on the democratic ticket for
vice president in 1880.
Hazing of a brutal nature was re-
vealed recently during the trial of
Midshipman Chester Bloebaum at An
napolis, Md, more plainly than in any
of the previous proceedings. Three
fourth classmen testified that they had
been hazed by Bloebaum until they
were utterly exhausted.
That there were hundreds of cases
of carelessness which deprived citi-
zens of their votes at the last election
in New York, but which were not
necessarily criminal was the report
made by the special grand jury which
was drawn to investigate election
frauds.
Testifying before jury in the Uni
of, nj