Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-01-31

news from her nome In New BrunS-
wick that she is entitled to a fortune
of 100000 by virtue of being a great
great-grandaughter of Maria Fitzher-
bert, celebrated in history as having
been married to King George ". of
England.
Hooking, Ia, a small mining town,
was partly burned The powder house
of the mines exploded and started the
| fire.
DR.. Farmano Lopez, who was con-
nected with the recent conspiracy to
blow up Premier Franco of Portugal
with bomb, made a daring escape
from the San Julia prison, a strong
fortress at the mouth of the Tagus
river.
James H. Smith and his daughter,
Mrs. Matte Halpin, were burned to
death at Irvington, Ind.
The Haytian revolutionists captured
the town of Port-de-Paix.
1t was announced at an alumni ban
quet in New York that $4,000 needed
to obtain the gift of $4,000 by Andrew
Carnegie for the Illinois college at
Jacksonville, ILL.,, had been raised.
All the missing passengers and crew
of the steamer Amsterdam were taken
into port at Hook of Holland by the
Norwegian steamer Songa.
District Judge George M. Bourquin
at Butte, Mont, approved a loan of
100000 by Edward Creighton Largey
to the State Savings bank, a suspend
ed Heinze institution, to resume busi-
ness.
The will of Mrs. Lydia Bradley, who
died at Peoria, Ill.,, leaves $4,O00,000
to the Bradley Polytechnic institute,
affiliated with the University of Chi
cago, and only $4,000 to heirs and
others.
Three valuable miniatures of the
duchess of Fife, the queen of Norway
and Princess Victoria, all belonging
to Queen Alexandra, were stolen by
burglars from the studio of an en-
graver in London.
Turie Nordstrom, wanted in Chica-
go for passing forged check amount
ing to $4,000, was arrested at May
port, Fla, on board a yacht which he
had purchased at Brunswick, Ga.
Several hundred men were dubbed
by the Chicago police and q number
were more or less seriously hurt in
the loop district when 200 uniformed
patrolmen and detectives charged an
army of the unemployed" in efforts
to dispense them. The army was
marching toward the city hall to de-
mand work. 1t was finally disrupted.
Frank j. Constantine, who killed
Mrs. Louise Gentry in Chicago and
who attempted suicide in the Joliet
gallery, died.
Several severe earthquake shocks
terrified the inhabitants of towns in
Calabria, Italy, and did great damage
to buildings.
An attempt to overthrow the mon
archy and proclaim Portugal a repub-
lie was nipped in the bud by the
prompt action of the government. The
plot was organized by a small group of
advanced republicans, the leaders of
whom were arrested. The plan was to
assassinate Premier Franco and then
depend for success upon street risings,
supported by secret, republican and
labor organizations, armed with bombs
and revolvers.
Believing that his illness would re-
suit fatally, John Fetter, aged rs years,
of South Bethlehem, Pa, confessed
that he murdered his daughter, Ella
Fetter, aged SO years, in November,
1894.
Fire at Deer River, Mimi, destroyed
block and half of the business
portion of the town, causing loss es.
timated at 100000.
Mrs. Henry A. Alexander, daughter
Of the late Gen. Joseph T. Terrence
of Chicago eloped from Hyeres, |
France, with William Graham Blakes-
ton, an Englishman.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad cut |
all salaries of officers and employees |
receiving $3.50 month and over.
Three firemen were killed and Is |
injured in the worst fire Baltimore
has had since the big confiagration
of 1904. The loss is estimated at |
100000.
Charles Mitchell. aged 70 years, a
retired wholesale dealer, died at st. |
Joseph, Mo. He was wounded on the |
Merrimac in its first days fight with
the Monitor during the civil war.
Rev. ]. w. O'Bryant, who has been
pastor of the Hyde Park Methodist |
church of st. Joseph, Mo-, has re-
signed to become a street car con-
ductor on suburban line.
King Alfonso of Spain while hunt
ing had narrow escape from being
killed by wild boar.
The supreme court of the United
States denied the petition for an ap-
peal in the Chicago Street Railroad re-
organization case.
In order to prevent the spread of
scarlet fever, the board of education
of Minneapolis decided to burn large
number of text hooks