Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

President Roosevelt transmitted to
congress what is considered the
'warmest' and best message he has
written since he entered the White
House. 1t urged re-enactment of an
employers liability law, dealt with
the abuse of the injunction in labor
cases, asked for laws to secure better
federal control of corporations en-
gagged in interstate commerce., scored
the high officials of the Santa Fe and
the Standard Oil company in connec-
tion with rebating, fiayed the great
law-breaking corporations that have
been attacking the administration and
vigorously repelled the charges that
the policies of the president have been
the cause of business depression.
Fire wiped out the village of Twin
Lakes, Mimi, over 200 persons being
made homeless.
After struggle of five hours against
cold and turbulent sea, the life
savers of the Coslata station, near
Nantucket, rescued the crew of the
Newport brigantine Fredericka Schepp,
which was wrecked on the north side
of Coatue beach.
The flag of the American man-of-
war Chesapeake and the "Balaclava
bugle," two of the most valuable war
relics of a collection of antiquities
that belonged to the late 7. G. Middle
brook, were secured at the auction
sale of the collection in London for
American buyers.
A proposal for statewide liquor
prohibition was rejected in the Mich
igan constitutional convention by a
vote of 55 to SO.
In dispute over horse, Philip
Kastner, aged 62, shot and fatally
wounded his son George, aged 80, at
Jasper, Ind.
The Office of the superintendent of
poor at West Seneca, N. Y, was be-
sieged by 500 men begging for food.
Four men were taken to the county
hospital suffering from starvation.
The lower house of the Oklahoma
legislature passed measure prohibit
ing the smoking of cigarettes in the
state.
William S. Wood of the firm of
Lloyd & Wood, one of the best-known
lawyers on the Pacific coast, died at
his home in San Francisco.
Nine miners were killed by an ex-
plosion in the New Rivery colliery
near Hawks Nest, w. Va.
Because he was angry with his wife,
William Meutsch of Chicago killed one
of his children and fatally shot the
two others.
Col. Burr Robbins, the old-time cir
Gus man, died in Chicago.
Kings court, one of the show places
of Lakewood, N. j., residence built
some years ago by George Gould for
his son, KingdOE, was destroyed by
fire. The building was valued at
$500,000.
Liquidation of the State National
bank of New Orleans was decided
upon by a vote of the stockholders.
This bank is nearly 100 years old.
The superior court at Paris refused
to grant an absolute divorce to Maud
Come from her husband, Maj. Nc
Bride.
A currency bill was introduced in
the senate by Senator Hopkins and in
the house by James Mckinney of Hi.
nois which bears the Endorsement of
the currency commission appointed by
the American Bankers association
and of the executive council of the
Illinois Bankers association.
James L. Burkhaller, president of
the Farmers and Merchants bank of
Galesburg, ILL.,, was stricken with
apoplexy in his bank and died.
A. g. Frost's Chicago & Milwaukee
Electric railroad, involving 10000, 900
In corporations, was again thrown
anto the hands OF receivers.