Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-03-02

j., speaker of the national house of rep
resentatives, died at Mercy hospital,
Dubuque, Ia, Of paresis, which at
tackled him nine months ago.
The Dominion government will ap-
point a committee to investigate life
insurance business in Canada with a
view to enacting proper legislation
at the next session of parliament.
| A three-story brick block at Port
land, Me-, occupied exclusively by ].
Il. Gould & Co., one of the largest
wholesale drug firms in the state, was
wrecked by fire. The loss is $120, 900.
| The consecration by Pope Plus of
the 19 French bishops took place at
the Vatican in Rome with solemn
ceremonial. Several thousand per-
sons were present.
Mr.. Waddington, son of the Chilean
charge d'affaires at Brussels, shot
Secretary of the Consulate Balmaceda,
killing him. Waddington took refuge
in the legation, where the law pre-
vents the police arresting him.
Advices from Venezuela are to the
effect that President Castro says he
will humble France, break up the
Monroe doctrine, clear out the French
from Venezuela and then start on
Americans, Englishmen and Germans.
The new Illinois primary law by
which candidates for office are voted
for by the people, instead Of being
nominated in party caucus, was tried
in Chicago recently for the first time
and proved decided success.
Ex-Mayor Robert j. Black, of Nc
Keesport, Pa, has received a letter
from members of the "Black Hand"
society, demanding $4,000 in gold and
silver coin before March or his life
will pay the forfeit, his home blown up
and his family ruined.
The Johnson and Motley feud in
Cannon county, Tenn, has broken
out afresh, and the following were
fatally wounded: Sam Blair shot four
times in stomach, Bob Motley, shot
twice in groin. Richard Johnson,
throat cut.
Two street car accidents in which
40 people were severly injured three
of whom may die, occurred a few
miles above Pittsburg on the Millvale
and Etna division of the Pittsburg
Railways Co. The accidents were
only 20 minutes apart.
ted 9-year-old Harry Haas of the
death of his brother, Howard, 13 years
old, whom he stabbed with a poker a
wee, ago, holding that the boy was
too lung to realize the enormity of
his crime.
The most extensive eviction of ten
ants in New York Citys history, by
which over 1000 persons must move
from their homes within the next few
weeks, was ordered by the real estate
department of the Long Island rail
road.
The Paris authorities assisted by
police took the inventories of &c
churches amid manifestations. Many
barricaded doors were broken down
and firemen drove out the manifest
ants by playing water upon them
Four arrests were made.
The Texas supreme court sustained
the constitutionality of the antitrust
laws of Texas wherein they prohibit
the making of exclusive contracts be.
tween railroad companies and express
companies to the exclusion of other
express companies.
Johann Hoch, convicted uxorcide
confessed bigamist and who, if but g
fraction of the stories of crime that
are told of him are true, was one OF
the greatest criminals this country
has ever known, was hanged in the
county Jail at Chicago for poisoning
his wife, Marie Welcker Hoch.
Maj. Gen. Thomas j. Wood died al
his residence in Dayton, o., aged 81
years. He had been feeble for many
years. He was bedridden since
Christmas day and died from the eff.
fects of complication of Affections
with which he had suffered since the
war.
In a statement issued from Indian
apolis Vice President T. l.. Lewis, oi
the United Mine Workers of America
declares that there will be no strike
of the miners on April 1. saying the
operators will restore the reduction
accepted by the miners two years agc
and perhaps more.
Ten thousand pounds of oleomarga
rine were seized and five men alleged
to be concerned in the revenue fraud!
growing out of the manufacture in De
troit of thousands of pounds of ficti
| tious creamery butter out of oleo
margarine were arrested in that city
by government officers.
James Mulligan, of Ioga, Wis, mar
rowly escaped being buried alive. The
y funeral procession was on its way tt
the church when the driver of the
hearse heard groans from within, fol
lowed by smashing of glass. The cas-
ket was opened and Mulligan sat VI
and inquired where he was.
The French chamber of deputies al
most unanimously passed the bill pro
viding for workingmen's pensions
The law provides that the employer
employe and government each con
tribute to a fund from which tn,
worlingmen may be pensioned afte
he is Go years of age.
A strike of the 100000 farmers com
posing the American Society o.
Equity, an organization with head
quarters at Indianapolis, has beei
called for March l. Every one VIII,
racnonde IN this call will agree n