Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-05-28


Kermit succeeded in bringing down
their third animal of this kind.
AS result of cave-in in a gravel
pit at Olive Branch, Miss, five negroes
were killed Tons of gravel fell on
them and the bodies were crushed.
James Montague of Belmond and an
insurance man named Peckham of
Des Moines were drowned while fish
ing in Twin lakes, la.
FREDERICK Mariani, whose marriage
with Tom Johnson's daughter proved
failure, has written play in which
he shows how the game of love is
played in America and European coun-
lies.
The appellate court of New York
decided that a negro cannot be so
much humiliated by false arrest as a
white man.
Two male buffaloes were killed by
Col. Roosevelt and his son Kermit.
Final funeral services for Henry H.
Rogers, vice-president of the Standard
Oil Company, were held in his native
town, Fairhaven, Mass.
Abdul Hamid, the deposed sultan
of Turkey, has turned $5,000,000 over
to the government.
A general strike of river drivers
and saw mill workers has been called
by the Industrial Workers of the
World of Kalispell, Mont. 1t is stated
800 men employed at the saw mills
and factories at Somers, Mont, went
out.
Mrs. Louise Carston of East Hamp
ton Conn, cut the throats of two of
her children and then ended her Own
life.
The Western Pacific railroad placed
an order for 40 engines of the consoli-
dated type with the Brooks plant of
the American Locomotive Company.
Guam, the United States tiny island
possession in the Pacific ocean, like
its parent country, is in the throes of
tariff revision. The natives believe
they were burdened with unnecessar-
ilp high duties.
The travelling public won victory
in the Portland Gateway case" by
decision rendered by the interstate
commerce commission requiring rail-
roads to sell through passenger tick
cts between Seattle and other points
in the Pacific northwest and eastern
| points via Portland, Ore.
The Presbyterian general assembly
at Denver went on record as opposed
to divorces and Sunday amusements.
The senate adopted a rate of 35
and Go cents on electric light carbons
and a so per cent. duty on automo-
biles.
King Edward compelled the earl Of
Ronaldshay to apologize to the count
ess of Granard for calling her "a
dumped American heiress who was
fortunate enough to secure a title
The dean of Westminster abbey has
refused a request of British authors
that the ashes of George Meredith be
deposited in the abbey.
Former Warden Armstrong of the
Michigan penitentiary in an affidavit
said he had received $1,000 bribe
from Milton DAILY, who was arrested
in Chicago.
A statue of John Witherspoon,
signer of the Declaration of Independ-
ence and former president of Prince
ton college, was unveiled in Washing
ton.
The general assembly of the Pres
byterian church convened in Denver,
Col.
Capt. Polak of the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, which arrived at New
York, reports passing an iceberg 125
feet high. He suggested that the Uni,
ted States send out specially
equipped warship to blow up such OBJ
structions in the path of steamers.
Anna Held, before sailing for Eu
rope, said she probably would retire
from the stage after the present sea
son. She is said to be worth $1,000,
OOO
: Stephen Barno, whose back was
broken by falling from scaffold in
New York, will leave the White Plains
hospital completely cured. 1t is one
l of the few cases where a patient with
shattered vertebrae has completely
5 recovered.
In the presence of Gov. Deneen ant
; large gathering of citizens, heroic
statue of Gen. George Rogers Clark
the revolutionary soldier and explorer
of the northwest, was unveiled a
Quincy, Ill. The statue is the worl
3 of Charles j. Mulligan of Chicago.
The program for the opening exer
3 cises at the Seattle worlds fair June
!. 1 includes addresses by James j. Hill
., and Congressman William A. Roden
berg of East st. Louis, Ill. Ambassa
t dor Bryce also is expected to speak OF
+ the opening day.
Mrs. Catherine Cain, who, after be
ing arrested in Chicago for begging
= for Elmer e. Cain, former Wiscon
sin assemblyman, married him, ha
sued for a divorce.
Women of Augusta, Ga, wen
o throughout the city and distribute,
: cards bearing an appeal that ever,
family discuss means of fighting tu
5 berculosis.
! Funeral services of Henry II. Rol