Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-08-30

Severe frosts In North Dakota dam.
aged late grain and garden truck.
James M. Shurlaker, former super
intendent OF public buildings and
grounds at Harrisburg, Pa, and impli-
Gated by the report of the capitol in
vestigation commission, has declared
that he will make full confession of
all he knows In connection with the
capitol graft scandal. He says the
manipulation of funds was engineered
by high official of the state at Har-
risburg to cover up a shortage of the
state treasury.
For two hours a mob of patients at
the state hospital for the criminal in
sane in Dannemora, N. Y, stood off
their guards while others made a des-
perate attempt to force an exit from
the building Not until one of the mad
men had been shot and killed, and
the guards reinforced by less violent
inmates and villagers was the out
break suppressed.
A sharp earthquake was felt on the
islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica.
Several strong shocks have been re-
ported from the island of st. Lucia.
Drivers and stablemen employed at
the wholesale beef packing houses of
New York went on strike. They de-
mand uniform working week of 60
hours and an increase in wages.
A. d. Berg, of the Second Washing
ton regiment, won the presidents
match at Camp Perry, o., and thereby
also won the individual rifle shooting
championship of America.
Marion Story, the artist and broth
er of Julian P. Story, committed sui
eide at his home, Brook Farm, near
Port Chester, N. Y, by shooting.
Tho state of Texas began proceed
ings against the International Har-
vester company for violation of the
antitrust laws.
A sudden ending of the masters
hearing in connection with the suit in
equity brought by relatives for an
accounting of the property of Mrs.
Mary Baker G. Eddy, leader of the
Christian Science faith, came when
former Senator William E. Chand-
Ter, senior counsel for the relatives,
or next friends" announced to the
board of masters that they had filed
motion with the superior court to
dismiss their action.
After search that lasted five years
and covered $4,000 miles on two con-
tinents, julius Teich found the girl
he loved and persuaded her to marry
him, only to kill her in a fit of anger
after two months of welded life in
New York city, and then, repentant,
to take his own life.
Following a meeting of the eXecu-
tive council of the American Fedora.
ton of Labor President Gompers said
that most probably the federation
would bring a counter-suit against the
National Manufacturers association,
headed by j. w. Van Cleave, charging
that body with conspiracy.
The arrival of three columns of
warning tribesmen who Joined the
army of fanatics besieging Casablanca.
rendered more serious the problem
undertaken by France and Spain to
restore order" Gen. Drude asked
for reenforcements and troops were
sent from Oran, Algeria.
William H. Hicks, paymaster for the
Schaum & Uhlinger company, textile
machinists in the northeastern section
of Philadelphia, was held up and
robbed of $4,000 within short dis
tance of the machine shops by two
highwaymen, one of whom shot him
in the right arm. One of the robbers
was pursued and captured and the
money was recovered.
Mayor Taylor, of San Francisco, re-
moved three police commissioners and
appointed new ones, but the men
ousted said they would not submit.
Clarence Haines, formerly of Column
bus, o., went to his wife's sitting
room in Washington Courthouse, shot
her to death and then, turning the
weapon on himself inflicted a mortal
wound.
Two fires in Pittsburg, Pa, caused
by the explosion of gasoline in clothes
pressing establishments caused dam
age estimated at $250,000 and for a
time threatened the entire east end
section of the city.
Three men were killed in an eXplo-
sion at the Latin G. Rand Powder mill
at Pleasant Prairie. Wis.
The ministers of Coffeyville, Kan,
have formed union" and adopted a
uniform price of five dollars to be ex-
acted from persons not members of
their congregations for funeral SER
mon.
Gov. Hoke Smith, of Georgia, issued
an order suspending from Office Rail-
road Commissioner Joseph M. Brown
and appointing in his place S. G. Nc
Lendon.
Three Japanese, belonging to a
travelling acrobatic troupe, have been
arrested at Postoff-on-Don, Russia,
with plans of fortifications and other
secret military documents in their |