Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19


Bad meat served at banquet to
celebrate the one hundredth anniver.
sary of Masonic lodge, poisoned 100
persons at Vincennes, Ind, and four
may die.
Following big parade in Boston
union mon met and adopted resolu-
tions scoring Judge Wright of Wash
ington for sentencing John Mitchell,
Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison
TO prison.
The American Railway Engineering
& Maintenance of Way association
convened in Chicago and heard a re-
port, urging railroads to cooperate
with the government in the preserva-
tion of the country's forests.
AS result of the assassination in
Palermo, Sicily, of Lieut. Petrosino of
the New York police department,
war on black hand" societies has be-
gun.
A graduate school will be established
at Cornell at the beginning of the aca-
demic year next fall The Cornell uni
versity faculty decided upon this step,
the most radical advanced in some
time. 1t is expected the trustees will
ratify the action.
The police of Krasnoyarsk, capital
of the government of Yeniseisk, ST.
IBERIA, have practically eXterminated
band of robbers that has long been
harassing the people of the Tlruk-
hansk region. The police rounded up
the bandits and killed ten of them.
Urry Jones, who was on trial for
murder in Muscatine, Ia, committed
suicide in Jail few hours before the
time set for him to take the witness
stand in his own behalf.
Col. Davidson, equerry to King Ed
ward, denied the report that the Brit
ish ruler is seriously ill.
Great Britain has welcomed the de-
cision reached in Washington to send
special commission to Liberia to in
vestigate and report on conditions in
that republic and instructions have
been sent out to British officials in
West Africa to give the commission
ers every assistance.
War between Salvador and Mica
ragua has begun, gunboats of the two
countries meeting in battle early
in the week. 1t is reported that Sec
ond engagement followed.
William F. Names, president of the
Rhode Island Retail Liquor Dealers
association says John d. Rockefeller
is putting up the money for the fight
being waged against saloons.
Prof. G. A. Culver of Beloit college
expects to have wireless telephone
in operation on the college campus
soon.
The United States has severed dip
lomatic relations with Nicaragua be-
cause of President Zelaya's failure to
bring about a settlement of the Emery
claim.
| James christensen, former state
treasurer of Utah was arrested on
charge of being $4,000 short in his
accounts.
Veterans in gray and veterans in
blue marched side by side in parade
at the fourth national encampment of
veterans of the opposing side in Fitz-
gerald, Ga.
Maj. John B. Porter, for many years
/
eral of the army, has been ~alieved
from duty in Washington and ordered
to the Philippines as judge advocate
of the Philippine division. Lieut.. Col.
George M. Dunn, now judge advocate
of the Philippines, has been ordered to
Washington.
Announcement has been made that
December 6 to 18 has been definitely
decided upon as the time for this
years national corn exposition, which
is to be held in Omaha.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has ordered all railway carriers
to report to the commission by May
1 the number of freight cars owned,
number equipped with, ,air-brakes, and
average percentage of air-braked
cars used in trains during the six
months before March l.
In the conference between miners
officials and anthracite operators at
Philadelphia, the operators refused to
grant the demands of the men.
The court of appeals of the District
of Columbia modified and affirmed the
decision of Justice Gould against Sam,
uel Gompers and others in the Buck
Stove & Range Company case.
The body of an unidentified woman
was found in the river at Dayton, o.
and 1t is believed she was another vic
tim of the slayer who has killed foul
girls in that city recently.
Railroad men will meet in Chicago
next week and it is believed will raise
the passenger rate to three cents q
mile.
Clifford Pinchot, chief of the United
States forest service says the remova
of the tariff from lumber will neither
make the price cheaper, nor tend tc
preserve the nations forests.
Feeling is bitter between counsel fol
the state and defense in the Cooper
murder trial at Nashville, Tenn, ant
1t is feared physical encounter may
result.
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