Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-02-01

nounced that Admiral Davis was fully
| justified in the course he pursued at
Kingston and that there was nothing
in the whole affair to warrant the let
ter addressed to him by Gov. Swetten-
ham.
The president has assured Esme
Howard, British charge, that the gov
ernment has no intention Of paying
any attention to the Swettenham-
Davis incident at Kingston. Two
more very severe shocks terrified ia
maicans Tuesday. Food and other
supplies were sent from Boston and
Panama. Vice Consul Orrett says the
dead probably will number over 1000.
Citizens of Kingston, Jamaica, Sc
verely condemned Gov. Swettenham
for his failure to properly direct and
cooperate in the relief work, which
was greatly hampered thereby. 1t is
believed in London that the govern
or has resigned.
There was a fierce collision at Van
mes, France, between the populace and
500 troops over seminary eviction.
The Marquise de Cuverville knocked
out the eyes of police commissary
with her umbrella.
Fred Marriott was badly injured
when his racing automobile was
wrecked at Ormond-Daytona Beach,
Fla, while going at tremendous speed.
John P. Quirk was found guilty of
manslaughter for killing w. A. Dowell,
newspaper man, at Minneapolis.
John l.. Hart, aged 13 years, hanged
himself in Stowe. Pa, because girl
said she didn't like him.
Andrew G. Blair, one of tho best
known public men in Canada, died at
Fredericton, N. B.
United States Senator Russell A.
Alger died suddenly in Washington of
oedema of the lungs. Though he had
been in poor health for a long time,
his death was quite unexpected.
The Wabash river levee near Mer-
ON, Ind, protecting an entire town
ship, broke and the flood drove 800
people from their homes. Thousands
of acres of fine farming land in Mis-
rouri was under water. Grand Rapids,
Mich, was imperiled by an ice gorge
40 miles long in the Grand river.
William Whiteley, founder of the
first big department store in London,
was shot and killed by a young man
who afterwards attempted to commit
suicide
The Franklin Cattle company, the
largest range cattle company in the
west, has sold its entire herds of So
600 head of cattle and will go out of
| business.
The lower house of the Missouri
legislature passed an anti-cigarette
bill, and an anti-iobby BILL
Federal Judge Lochren granted a
temporary restraining order on be-
half of the ten railroads doing busi-
ness in the state of Minnesota, re-
straining the state railroad and ware
house commission from putting into
effect the reduction in freight rates
ordered by the commission Decem-
| ber "a.
DR.. w. w. Davis, one of the Oldest
physicians in Bloomfield, Ia commit
ted suicide by swallowing carbolic
acid.
A bill was introduced in the Indiana
legislature taxing bachelors S. annu-
ally, between the ages of 25 and so
years; $3.50 between 80 and 40 years,
and $40 over $40 years of age. Bach
elors supporting their mothers are ex-
enpted.
Three distinct earthquake shocks
were felt in the village of Prospect,
N. Y.
Maj. Robert Strong, prominent rail-
road man. Mason, confederate veteran
and former theatrical manager, died
at New Orleans after short illness.
Four indictments were returned
against employees of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad by the grand jury at
Valparaiso. Ind, on account of the
wreck at Woodville, Ind, on Novem-
ber IL, in which over 60 persons lost
their lives.
The worst storm of the winter, ac-
compaaied by intense cold, aggravated
the fuel and supplies shortag. in the
northwest.
Col John F. Y. Blake, who recruited
the Irish-American brigade tina. fought
against England in the Boer war, was
found dead in his room in New York,
victim of gas poisoning.
Executors of Marshall Fields es-
tate estimate the holdings of bonds
and stocks at about $40,0O0,OOO par
value. the real worth being much
more.
Uriah Culbert. former Michigan
state senator and prominent lumber
man and marine contractor, died at
Michigan City, Ind.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, the
last of the children of Rev. Lyman
Beecher, sister of Henry Ward Beech
er and Harriet Beecher Stowe, died at
Hartford. Conn.
1t was announced at the war de-
partment that the offices of chairman
and chief engineer of the isthmian
canal commission would be combined