Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-07-12


total fire waste for the first half OF
1907 up TO s117,477500.
Mark Twain, in London, denied the
report that he was to marry Miss
Lyon his secretary.
While crazed with drink Maurice
Hills of Chicopee, Mass, attacked his
divorced wife with revolver and
killed James Delehanty, a farmland,
who interfered to protect the woman.
J. Hamilton Lewis of Chicago, in a
| Fourth of July address at Whitewater,
Wis, predicted Chicago would be the
largest city in the worlds history and
that the United States would whip
China and Japan in war.
With his skull fractured and face
terribly beaten, George Mcclure, a
reporter for Bradstreets, was found
in a dying condition in the streets of
San Francisco. He died at the receiv-
| ing hospital
The tug San Bernito, built in Ham
burg for the Hamburg South Ameri-
can Steamship company's Amazon
service, foundered in the Bay of Bis
cay while in tow for Brazil. The cap
tain and six men were drowned.
| Judge Charles Swayne, of the
United States court for the northern
district of Florida, died at the Uniyer-
sity of Pennsylvania hospital.
The Fort Dallas National bank, of
Miami, Fla, was closed by direction
of the comptroller of the currency.
May Sutton of California regained
the title of British tennis champion
by defeating Mrs. Chambers.
Four pounds of giant powder eX-
| ploded in q boat at Cedar Rapids, Ia,
killing two persons and wounding five
others.
Fourth of July celebrations in the
United States resulted in the deaths
of 81 persons. The injured numbered
2,153 and the fire loss was s340,555.
Bill Squires, the Australian cham
pion, was knocked out in the first
round by Tommy Burns at Colma, Cal.
| Edward S. Blackall, % years old,
committed suicide ON a Chicago &
Alton Prairie State express 20 miles
north of Bloomington, H., by cutting
his throat with a razur. Ill health was
| given ms the cause.
One man was killed, one fatally in
jured and score of persons seriously
hurt i'm a collision of three electric
cars at East Providence, r. 1.
A1ighting from n street car, Miss
Carrie Willlenson, 55 years old, was
almost instantly killed by being
/ struck by an automobile at Indian
apoIfs.
Herman Bartels, the millionaire
brewer of Syracuse, who has been
fighting extradition proceedings to the
United States, escaped from custody
at Osgoode Hall, Ont.
Meyer Goldberg, 40 years old, said
to be weIl-to-do horse dealer of
Chicago, was locked UP IN New York
art the request of the Chicago police
on a charge of larceny of $4,000
Martin j. Sheridan, of the Irish
| American Athletic club of New York,
won the all around championship of
the Amateur Athletic union at Celtic
Park, l.. I.
Seventeen persons were killed and
many injured by storms in western
wisconsin.
1T has been learned that $4,000 dis
appeared i'm some mysterious manner
from the United States subtreasury at
| Boston early i'm June.
The customs authorities of Venice
searched J.. Pierpont Morgan's yacht
Corsair, having been informed that a
number of pictures from the StroZzi
collection wepe concealed on board.
The search, however, was without re-
suit. The protests of Mr. Morgan, who
was on board at the time, were dis
regarded
DR. Albert z. Carrier, prominent
physician of Detroit, widely known as
a specialist m skin diseases, dropped
dead of heart disease.
Maj. Charles R. Knowles, of Albany,
N. ", dropped dead at the Pittsfield
County club while playing golf.
The Hotel Gordon, Kingwood. Va,
WAS totally destroyed by fire. The
guests had narrow escapes.
Francis B. ThuTber, one of the or
ganizers of the New York board of
trade and transportation, died, aged Sc
years. He was widely known as a
grocer, publicist and lawyer.
The 100-kilometer bicycle race for
the championship of the world was
run at the Pare des Princes, Paris,
and won by the Englishman Meredith.
Marquis Ito questioned the emperor
of Korea about the complaint made
to The Hague conference by Koreans
and gave him to understand that his
intriguing against Japan must stop.
Rexford Dew, of Wilson, n. c., shot
and Instantly killed his young wife
and his brother. He made no denial
Of the tragedy.
President Roosevelt appointed Orms-
by McHarg, clerk of the senate COM
mittee on pensions, to investigate
alleged frauds in New Mexico.
Frank Schneider, of Silyerton, Col,
who was elected a member of the
executive hoard of the Western Fed