Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-11-02
SUMMARY OF A
WEEKS EVENTS
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
AT EoME TOLD IN CON-
DENSED FORM.
LATE FOREIGN DISPATCHES
Interesting Items of News Gathered
from All Parts of the Globe and
Outlined in the Briefest Manner
Possible.

A railroad accident that was even
worse than the Meadow wreck of
July 50, 1896, sent about so people to a
sudden death, catching them like rats
in a trap. The cars of the 1: 80 cleo
trio train of the West Jersey & Sea
shore railway line, due at Atlantic
City, N. j., at $3.50, jumped the track
on the trestle bridge over the Thor
oughfare, Atlantic City, and before
anyone could get out they were hurled
to watery grave.
The New Foundland legislature will
meet early in January for tho purpose
of considering the American fisheries
difficulty. Thie is nearly two months
prior to tho usual time Of assemblage.
The people OF Alaska are more inter
ested In securing territorial form of
government than in anything else that
is before them at present.
The finding of the embalmed body
of six-months baby in a dress
suit case at the Adams Express COM
pany Office in Philadelphia has fur
nished a mystery which the authori-
ties are trying to solve.
The annual report of the commits
sioner of the general land Office shows
the total receipts for the year ended
June 30 were $7,5S5.524, an increase
of $567,713. The total area of the land
disposed of was 19,431,1S7 acres, an
increase of 3,374,565.
Without receding from it's position,
the San Francisco board claims that
the fault-if any eXists-is with the
legislative body of the state. In plain
and unmistakable language that par
ticular section of the statute under
which the board acted stated that all
children of oriental parentage shall be
placed in separate school.
The Roosevelt" prize for the three
mile run was won by Keyser, French
athlete, at the Racing club of France.
The signal corps has completed
wireless telegraph station at Camp Co.
lumbia, Havana, and is exchanging
messages with Key West promptly.
The Merchants and Planters bank
of Indianola, Miss, has been placed in
the hands of a receiver on the appllca-
tion of Memphis and New Orleans
banking institutions, who present
claims aggregating $4,000.
Word has been received of the muir
der of Mrs. Holder, at Double Sink,
Levy county, Fla, 20 miles from Bron-
son.
During services at Spencer Metho-
dist church at Rock Island, H., Mrs.
E. w. Thompson. wife of retired
Methodist preacher, collapsed in pew
and died few minutes afterwards.
The choir had just sung the hymn,
when the Roll Is Called Up Yonder."
After an investigation lasting six
months, Post Office Inspector Fulton
caused the arrest at ST. Louis of Dan
iel Woodward, 81 years old, railway
clerk, on the charge of stealing pack
ages from mail pouches addressed to
southwestern points.
Charged with attacking Miss Mary
Qualls, of Norton. KY, John Depsey,
aged 32. of Appalachie. was arrested
thereby escaping an infurlated mob
that had been organized at Blackwood
TO lynch him.
A simultaneous revival is now in
progress in all the West Virginia
churches of the Christian denomina-
ton, and very unusual increase in
accessions to the church membership
are being scored.
Sir George Henry Lewis, acting as
solicitor for the duke and duchess of
Marlborough, says he Is authorized to
state that no deed of separation be-
tween the duke and duchess has been
signed and that the children of the
duchess are not in the custody of the
duchess. but are with their father at
Blenheim castle.
Three persons were killed, three
were seriously injured and 20 more
were more or less injured in a terrific
explosion of natural gas, which COM
pletely demolished five two-story
brick business houses at Coffeyville,
Kan.
Andrew Carnegie. accompanied by
his wife and daughter, returned from
Europe on the steamer Celtic.
Miss Nettie Brown. aged % years.
said to be the daughter of D. C. Brown,
in the Catholic cathedral at Kansas
City, Mo-, by taking carbollc acid.
The Trans-Alaskan-Slberian Rail. |
way company, with an authorized
capital of $6OO000O was Incorporated
at Trenton, N. j.
In joint convention the Kentucky |
State Grange and Farmers institute |
passed resolutions condemning the |
government free seed distribution.
Moro than dozen persons were In
5ured and babe was killed in a fire
which destroyed the chamber of COM
merce building. four-story brick and
stone structure. used as a store and
tenement building. at Park and Cen
tral streets in the Riverylew district
OF Kansas City. Kan.