Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23

"Billy" Florence, the noted comedian,
died at her home in New York. Mrs.
Florence was in her 10th year.
Conductor Hough and Brakeman
Simpson we're killed and Engineers
Keever and Reuche and two firemen
seriously injured as the result of
collision on the Southern railway at
Ashville, N. G.
Six large brick blocks in the bust
ness section of Rutland, VT, occupied
by nearly score of firms and many
smaller tenants, were destroyed by
fire. The loss on the entire property
is estimated at S750.000.
Clement Armand Fallieres assumed
the duties of president of France,
while ex-President Loubet passed into
private life recently. The ceremony
of the transmission of office took place
in the Elysee palace.
Judge Stuart in the superior court
at Grand Rapids, Mich, has entered an
order which practically puts an end to
the prosecutions of the men implicat-
ed in the Lake Michigan water deal
bribery scandal.
Judge Graves in the circuit court at
Aledo, ILL.,, has granted new trial in
the celebrated case of Mrs. Archibald
Mckinney, prominent church worker,
convicted of extreme cruelty to an
adopted orphan. Stella Gray.
The basket ball team of Company
E, New York national guard, of Schen-
ectady, won the basket bail champion
ship of the world by defeating the
Kansas City Athletic club 81 to IL at
Kansas City.
Thomas B. Scandrett, director of
the Allegheny department of safety,
who was charged with eXtortion in
connection with the recent reform
crusade in that city has been acquit-
ted.
Pat Grove charged with the rob-
berry of Edward A. Cudahy, the Oma-
ha packer, of $4,000 in connection
with the kidnapping of Mr.. Cudahy's
son five years ago, has been acquitted
at Omaha, Neb.
Secretary of Internal Affairs Brown
Of Pennsylvania, instructed the attor-
ney general to begin suit against the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. to stop the
collection of the refund on mileage
books.
w. A. Tewes, of Jersey City, N. j.,
broke the worlds record for indoor
shooting with 20 calibre rifle at 25
yards at the turney of the National
Indoor Rifle league in Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Rev. Charles Palducek, pastor of st.
Johns Slav Catholic church at Free
land, Pa, was attacked by an un-
known assailant who cut the priests
throat and struck him in the head.
Palducek is still alive.
At Chicago the Bank of America, in
corporated last December with capi-
tai stock of $250,000 was placed in the
hands of a receiver by Judge Char
tres of the superior court, on COM
plant of John e. Kavanaugh, stock
holder
Burton FARRELL, convicted of the
murder of w. C.. King, escaped from
the Wake county, N. c., Jail where
he had been placed for safe-keeping,
while Garfield Hicks, who was SEN
fenced to death for being implicated
in the same crime, refused to flee.
Two men were slightly burned and
40 others had narrow escapes from
death by fire which completely de-
stroyed the plant of Nell, Seiburg &
Co., manufacturers of Office fixtures, at
Allegheny, Pa. Three adjacent houses
were partially burned.
A terrific explosion occurred in the
Buttonwood mine, operated by the
Parrish Coal Co., about two miles
from Wilkesbarre, Pa, which caused
the death of four men. The explosion
occurred in timberman's shanty To-
Gated along the gangway.
In the ruins of a fire which the
authorities believe was set deliber-
ately to conceal the work of a muir
derer, the charred bodies of Antoine
Steetka, his wife and two children
were found near Dominion coal mine,
ten miles from Sydney, C. B.
Sensational charges are made in a
suit filed in the United States circuit
court at Cincinnati by attorneys for
Rudolph Kleybolte, Cincinnati
banker seeking an investigation of the
Miami and Erie Transportation Co.,
known as the electric mule"
In default of $4,000 bail each man
and woman are held by the Baltimore
police under the names of Erwin G.
Casper and wife on the charge of
having in their possession goods esti-
mated to be worth $4,000 to $1,000
alleged to have been tolen. Both
confessed.
Pacific express on the Boston &s AL
bany road which left Boston for Chi
cago recently, was wrecked in the
Huntington avenue yard, Boston.
Melke Johassen, IA years of age, of
Stockholm, Sweden, was killed, five
people were seriously hurt and sew
eral others sustained minor injuries.
Accused of having murdered his
brother Carl for the purpose of OBJ
tanning life insurance money amount
ing to $4,000, Alexander Legler was
arraigned in court at Jersey City.
Chief Murphy said the prisoner was
suspected of having poured benzine
over his brother Carl and of setting
him afire while he slept.
Chapel Fowler, a car repairer, was