Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-20

O0dllB MOn WO, pTeSluenU Oh Ine C0l-
nese Six companies, was found dead
in Chinatown, San Francisco. Death
was due to plague.
Joe Bates was shot and killed near
Cokeville, Wyo., by j. s. Bronson, a
rancher, after Bates and his brother
Sam had held up and shot a 17-year-
old boy and terrorized the entire neigh
borhood for several hours.
Martha and Catherine, two small
children of Mrs. Catherine Thomas, an
inmate of the Cambria county aims
house, were found dead in their beds,
having been strangled Mrs. Thom-
as admitted killing them, saying that
she was afraid her husband, who Is
serving term in the workhouse for al
legged nonsupport, would take them
from her.
Charles G. Burton, of Nevada, No.
a former member of congress, was
elected commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic at the
Saratoga encampment. Two veterans
died as a result of exposure during the
parade.
A crisis in the copper situation, due
to a deadlock between the producer
and the consumer, has resulted in
| tremendous over-production of the
metal, and the Amalgamated Copper
company, the largest producer of cop
per in this country, will shut down its
mines in and about Butte, Mont.
Emperor Nicholas and his family
were forced to abandon the imperial
yacht STANDARD, which went on the
reef off Hango, Finland. The boat
was badly damaged but will be saved.
On the arrival at Vancouver of the
steamship Monteagle with large
number of Japanese, Chinese, and
Hindoos on board, the captain was
warned by the mayor that the authori-
ties would not guarantee the safety
of the immigrants. In the face of this
warning the Monteagle steamed away
for Victoria.
Charles E. Letten, chief clerk in the
office of the first district tax collector
at New Orleans, who disappeared
leaving a shortage of over 100000,
was discovered standing on the bank
of the Mississippi trying to summon
up courage enough to jump in the
water and commit suicide. He said
he had given most of the money to a
negress, who had bought real estate
with it,
President John Runnett, of the Met
ropolitan National bank of Pittsburg,
is dead and DR.. NJ. c. Cameron, a
prominent physician of that city, is
seriously injured as a result of the
latter's automobile coming into col
lision with a telegraph pole.
Il am not a presidential candidate,
and l do not intend to become one"
was the emphatic declaration made by
Gov. John A. Johnson, of Minnesota,
to party of prominent Nebraskans.
Matajiro Tsukuno, president of the
Oriental-American bank and of the
Oriental Trading company, and one of
the wealthiest and most influential
Japanese residents of Seattle, was in
stantly killed by being hit by Great
Northern switch engine.
The Leyland line announced cut in
its cabin prices between Boston and
Liverpool. The rate is reduced from
$40 to $50.
The Oriental limited on the Great |
Northern was held up by two masked |
men at Rexford, Mont, and quantity |
of registered mail stolen.
Secretary of War Taft and party |
sailed for the orient on the steam
ship Minnesota.
Mrs. August Pumpke and her two |
infant sons were burned to death at |
Dubuque, Ia.
Louis A. Gourdain, the eccentric |
millionaire who attracted much no.
toriety by declaring that unless the |
court sent him to Jail he would build |
a prison and be his own warden, be-
came insane at the federal prison at |
Atlanta, Ga, and was taken to Wash
ington to the government insane
asylum.
An insane man named Lolsky, who
is supposed 10 be the ripper" who
murdered several children recently,
broke Jail in Berlin and fresh crimes
are now feared.
Crown Princess Cecilia of Germany
holds American cooking IN such es.
TEEN that she has sent Albert Neu-
mann, her chef, to this country to
study culinary methods.
Crown Prince Christian of Denmark
narrowly escaped death at Copen-
hagen when his horse was caught be-
tween closed railway gates just as an
express train dashed through.
The state railway commission at
Neb ordered comnilation
of all of the delinquencies of the vari-
Gus railway systems. Penalties may
be exacted from all the roads whose
officials have made mistakes in fling
statements and reports.
Tom Hardesty, young millionaire
capitalist and owner OF the big Hard.
esty flour mill; Amor Sharp lawyer
and musician of note, and John Aumil-
Ter, promoter, were injured in an
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