Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-06

adjourned sine die, without reaching
an agreement upon the wage scale.
Because he would not take drink
"Blacky" Collins. said to be member
of prominent family, was shot and
killed at Erie, Pa.
Resolutions favoring the candidacy
of William II. Taft for president were
adopted by the Missouri Republican
state convention at, st. Louis.
Telegraph operators on the North
ern Pacific rejected the proposition
made by the road in regard to the
new schedule of hours and wages.
Senator Robert l.. Owen of Okla
homa engaged in a tilt with Senator
Charles Curtis, declaring the Chero-
kee Indians are not under the control
of the secretary Of the interior.
Lord Kitchener's frontier war in the
Bazaar Valley against the Zakkakhels
tribesmen is making rapid and sue
cessful progress in India.
The ormsby (Nev) county grand
jury returned an indictment against
4. B. Hickey, president of the State
bank on six counts for embezzlement.
Edward r. Thomas and Orlando r.
Thomas, financiers of extensive inter-
ests, were indicted in New York on
charges growing out of management
of funds of the Provident Savings Life
Assurance society.
Twenty-Five specific charges are
made in petition praying for the re-
moval of William T. Jerome as dis
trict attorney Of the county of New
York, which was sent to Gov. Hughes
at Albany, N. Y.
Seven Russian torrorists, including
two women, were sentenced to death
for plot to kill Grand Duke Nicholas
and the minister of Justice in st. Pc.
tersburg.
The American Trust and Savings
bank and the Hibernian Banking asso-
citation may be consolidated in Chi
cago.
The Wisconsin Republican state
central committee indorsed Senator
La Toilette for the presidency.
Lima, Peru, shopkeepers, fruit
venders and curio dealers reaped a
rich harvest from American sailors.
The body of John Jones, famous as
the Jim Bludso" of the upper Missis
sippi river, was buried at Dakota,
MINI.
An opinion handed down by the
supreme court of Missouri held that
the law creating the court of general
sessions in St. Louis is unconstitu
tional and the court is invalid.
Owing to the refusal of the gov
ernor of Mazagan to deliver the gar
rison into the hands of Mulai Hafid
the sultan of the south, Hafid says he
intends to attack the garrison.
George Dawkinj, policeman
charged with being a confederate of
thieves, has been found guilty of bur
glary and grand larceny, in the su
preme court of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Paul d. Elliser, an aged white
woman, who resides at Cayce, S. c.,
was killed by an unknown negro.
Operating officials of railways were
in attendance upon the hearing given
by the interstate commerce commits.
sion at Washington and 81 applica.
tions for an extension of the time of
the going into effect of the nine.hour
law were made.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw moved out OF
her New York apartments and it is
said she will go to Europe soon.
DR.. George Frederick Kunz has re,
ceived from Norway the cross of the
first class of the Royal Order of st.
Olav in recognition of his distin,
guished services in the department
of mineralogy.
The Missouri supreme court decided
the law passed by the last Legislature
prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
liquors within five miles of any state
educational institution having 1,50O
students enrolled is unconstitutional
Night riders set fire to the house OF
Broussais Gregory, one mile west oil
Hopkinsville, KY, and fired shots into
the bedroom in which Mr.. Gregory
his wife and his daughter were sleep.
ing.
The German car in the New York-to.
Paris automobile race broke the uni
versal joint seven miles west of Elk
hart, Ind, and was towed back by
horses.
After making gifts of nearly $1,000,
900 to relatives and for educational
Mrs. Anna M. Walker
Weightman was married ia New York
to F. c. Pepfeld
The supreme court of Texas rem
dered judgment for $1,6O0,0O0 dam.
ages and custer from the state against
the Waters-Pierce Oil company for
the Texas antitrust laws.
Fire in Sioux City, Ia, wrecked the
building and the stock of the Sioux
City Iron Company, a wholesale con,
Germ The loss was $140,000.
In New York plans have been drawn
for what will be the largest restau
rant in the world and on which WORK
VIII begin in the spring.
Emperor Nicholas received 800 dele
gates in st. Petersburg from duma
and addressed them on the agrariar