Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-24

, the United States there. Their names
are signed to the petition, which sets
forth the tortures to which Zelaya's
prisoners have been subjected, and
pitifully requests the intervention of
the American government.
A negro highwayman shot and
killed the motorman and fatally
wounded the conductor of an Alta
Sita street car near Fireworks station
in the southeastern section of East
| st. Louis, Ill. The car bearing the
bodies of the dead motorman and the
unconscious conductor ran wild at
high speed for more than four miles
| into the heart of the business district
after the highwayman escaped from it.
Engineer Tom Walker and Fireman
| P. w. Bauer, both of Tucson, were
! killed, ten persons were seriously in
! jured and 13 others cut and bruised
when the east-bound Golden State
Limited, Rock Island train running
over the Southern Pacific tracks west
of Ell Paso, was wrecked three miles
west of Benson.
The general belief is held at Copen-
| hagen that the commission having
charge of the investigation of DR..
Frederick A Cooks polar records
will report that DR.. Cooks papers do
not provide basis for any we'll
founded scientific judgment.
Emulating his brilliant brother,
Lamar Harris, whose suicide in High
land Park, ILL.,, after robbing bank
| several months ago, caused a ma
tional sensation, Leslie Harris, at
torney and mining man, was caught
in the act of robbing the safe of the
MacFarland Shirt Company, at Los
Angeles, Cal, in broad daylight.
Nelson county, Kentucky, went
"wet" in local option election by
653 majority.
j. w. Bridge, superintendent of the
Pittsburg, Monongahela G Washing
ton Railway Company, fired bullet
into his left side just below the heart
at Monongahela, and is dying at a hos
pital.
A telegram was received at the
Anchor Line Office in Buffalo stating
that the crew of the propeller Wis
sahicken had been rescued from the
outer Duck Island, Lake Huron, and
are en- route to Sault Ste. Marie.
After deliberating for nearly twen-
ty-four hours the jury in the case of
| Garrett Johnson and Arthur Clear,
the alleged leaders of the night riders,
charged with the murder of Capt.
Quentin Rankin at Union City, Tenn,
is apparently hopelessly disagreed.
The end of Cleveland's eight-year
traction fight is in sight, through Fed
eral Judge Tayler's determination of
the Cleveland railways property and
franchise values, rate of fare and
liability for the redemption of guar.
anteed stock. The city council pledged
itself to abide by his decision, and
unanimously passed a 25-year fran
chise based on the judges decision.
Before beginning his nine-year sen
tence in the penitentiary for the kill.
ing of Joseph E. Richeson, a farm
hand, Ernest S. Stout of Grand Is
land, Neb, voluntarily settled $1,000
on the children of the man he killed
Stout was convicted Of manslaughter
Head hunters of the Solomon islands
are on the warpath because of mar
riages between their women and
white men, according to news from
the antipodes, brought by the Royal
Mail steamer Aorangi.
The bonded debt of New York city
has reached $1,000,OO0,OOO, according
to report issued by the comptroller.
This amount, however, includes more
than $200,0O0,0OO held by the city
sinking fund.
After sending his resignation to the
Nicaraguan congress. President Zelaya
sent conciliatory cablegram to Presi.
dent Taft, saying that he had shown
his good faith by resigning in order
that Nicaragua might resume friendly
relations with the United States. He
added that he proposed to leave the
country, but stood ready to account
for his acts as president.
The white slavery" issue was
brought before the house at Washing
ton in tangible form when drastic
compromise bill was reported from the
immigration committee. The bill i'm,
poses imprisonment and heavy fine
for any person importing women into
this country for immoral purposes OF
harboring them after their arrival
here.
A feat in engineering is the con
struction of siphon IA feet in diam,
eter under the Colorado river to carry
water for IA miles and irrigate $4,000
acres In the Yuma valley.
Joseph Bergin, business man Of
Burlington, Ia, was brought to Joliet
ILL.,, on extradition papers issued by
Gov Deneen and honored by Gov. Car
roll of Iowa to answer to the charge oi
bigamy. Bergin was married recently
to Miss Olive Lord, prominent young
woman of Plainfield. ILL.,, and is alleged
to have another wife living at Bur
lington.
1t is learned at Copenhagen that
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