Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-01-12


wife and two children were burned to
death.
John M. Pattison, of Clermont
county, the forty-first governor of
Ohio, was inducted into office at Co
lumbus with elaborate ceremonies.
Isaac Saylor, his daughter, Mrs.
Peter Martin, and her five children
were burned to death at their home
in Pleasant View, Juniata county, Pa.
A. T. Kelliher, of Chicago, convict
ed of forgery in connection with the
land frauds in Oregon, has been SEN
fenced to imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary for five years.
According to report from Haver-
straw, N. Y, a cave-in there carried
away IL houses and 15 persons are
missing. 1t is reported that they were
killed.
United Presbyterian congregations
throughout the United States next
week will take the preliminary steps
looking toward the semi centennial
celebration of that church.
Suicide by means of both bullet and
poison is the explanation given by
Coroner Eli Mix of the death Of
Charles A. Edwards, of Now York
City, at the Abigail Hitler homestead
in New Haven, Conn.,, recently.
George Pollasky, a director of. the
Central bank and of several manu-
featuring industries at Kalamazoo,
Mich, has been arrested, charged
with fraudulently getting $4,000 of
bank funds.
Judge Hazel, of the United States
circuit court at New York has de-
cided against Wilcox Brown, of Mary
land, complainant against the Equit-
able Life Assurance Society in suit
for the appointment for receiver
for the Equitable.
Mrs. Stephen Leonard, a bride of
two weeks, is dying from a bullet
wound inflicted by her husband at
Bridgeport, Conn. The husband is
under arrest. He declares that the
revolver was accidentally discharged
while he was cleaning it. He has not
worked since his marriage.
King Edward recently held a meet
ing of the privy council at which the
proclamation dissolving parliament
was signed. Immediately afterwards
writs were sent to the returning Off
GERS for the election of the members
of the new parliament, which by law
will assemble within 35 days.
Mrs. Thomas Gorton and Mrs. Bert
Allen were killed in a grade crossing
accident two miles south of Flint,
Mich, by Pere Marquette passenger
train. The two women, who are sis
ters, were drivig in adouble rig with
their husbands when the train struck
them.
The largest donation to the con
science fund" ever received at Phila-
delphia was handed to City Treasurer
Schoch recently by messenger boy.
The package contained $1,295.50 and
the unknown sender in a note stated
that it was an over-charge for city
work.
Herbert d. Ashdowne, collector for
Troy, N. Y, clothing house, is dy-
ing in the Samaritan hospital, having
been shot in a restaurant by Mrs.
Jennie Purkett. Ashdowne was short
| ly to have been married to another
woman, and jealousy on the part of
Mrs. Purkett is supposed to have pro-
NOTED the shooting.
Celebration of the Russian Christ
mas by miners of that nationality In
the Meadowlands coal works, four
miles from Washington, Pa, caused
race riot between Russians and Ital-
ians in which one mans skull was
fractured, q woman with a baby in
her arms knocked down with a brick
and others received serious injuries.
The first advance for the new year
in prices of steel sheets and tin plates
has been authorized. The advance is
ten cents per 100 pounds on all black
and galvanized sheets and five cents
on blue annealed sheets. In the tin
plate list the advance is ten cents on
black and coated.
Recognition of the extraordinary
heroism displayed by the officers and
crew of the Bennington, when her
boilers exploded on July 81 last is
contained in general order issued at
the navy department by Secretary
Bonaparte. Each of IL members OF
the crew has been awarded a medal
Of honor and 500.
The tremendous increase of $780,
100000 in the value of New York real
estate during the past year was
shown by the assessments of the tax
commissioners issued recently. An
drew Carnegie was assessed on the
largest amount of personal property,
the valuation being s5,000,000. John
d. Rockefeller's name stood before
the second largest assessment, which
was on S2,500,O00.
About 5000 armed workmen before
daylight invaded the Provodnil1 rub
Der factory at Riga. Russia. The revo-
lutionists killed the policemen who
were guarding the building and de-
tachment then crept into an adjoining
structure where a patrol of dragons
was asleep and murdered eight dra-
goons and six stablemen and wounded
IL others. After the workmen who
seized the factory had been routed the
troops captured 1,G00 prisoners.
President Roosevelt has trans
mitted to congress the annual reports