Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-05-26
DOMESTIC.

to nave been repealed was carried.
DOMESTIC.
TENNESSEE bankers in convention at
Memphis passed resolutions opposing
the repeal of the state bank tax law.
A STORM of wind and rain swept over
portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin
and several million dollars worth of
property was destroyed, all the rail-
roads running through that section
were blocked and four persons lost
their lives.
CHARLES SAMsMULLER, aged so. killed
his mother, aged 30, in New York and
then took his own life. Poverty was
| the cause.
Iowa prohibitionists have organized
for three years fight for temper,
ance amendment to the state constitu-
| ton.
GAUDAUR broke his own Smile
worlds fair record of 1906 at the pro-
fessional regatta at Austin, Tex, beat
| ing Peterson in 19:0214.
In Chicago Election Commissioners
Keenan,, Hutchings and Schooner were
fined 81, 900 each for contempt by Judge
Chetlain for refusing to turn over bal
| loIS W Ihe RTduu jury.
DR.. SAMUEL A. MUTCHMoRE, of Phila-
delphia, was chosen moderator of the
Presbyterian general assembly in ses-
sion at Saratoga, n. Y.
| II. II. MCDOWELL, of Pontiac was
elected department commander of the
| Illinois G. A. R., and Mrs NJ. R. NJ.
Wallace, of Chicago, was elected presi-
dent of the Woman's Relief Corps.
BANKERS, brokers and investors re-
port no Improvement in the general
business situation and are correspond
lngly depressed
WHEAT touched 5314 cents, the lowest
price ever known in Chicago.
FIRE which started in the United
States appraisers Office in Boston caused
loss to the government of $3.50, 900
and other losses amounted to $50, 900.
The conference of coal miners and
operators came to an end at Cleveland,
nothing having been accomplished
toward settling the strike.
OWING to the coal famine the Grand
Trunk railroad refuses to accept lake
and rail shipments of grain from Chi
cago.
NoRwEGIANs in Chicago celebrated
the eightieth anniversary of Norway's
independence.
HAMsToNEs inches in diameter
fell at Decatur, ILL.,, and much damage
was done to windows and vegetation.
A CYCLONE passed one-fourth of a
mile west of Kunkle, o., doing great
damage to property and killing Daniel
Barrett and his wife and their two
grand-daughters, Myrta and Martha
Case, and George oxinger. Charles
Cole and his wife were fatally injured
OVER $1,000 sheep perlshed in 9
snow and windstorm on the Sierra
Nevada ranges.
DURING terrific gale on Lake Mich
igan the beach from Glencoe to South
Chicago was strewn with wreckage
Eight vessels came to grief and at leas
ten lives were sacrificed. The financia
loss was estimated at 100000. The
scene off the lake front was unpar
allied in Chicago's history. During the
storm the old cottonwood tree in Chi
cago, marking the Fort Dearborn mas
sacre of 1912 was blown down.
THERE were 22O business failures il
the United States in the seven days
ended OH the 18th, against 906 the weel
previous and PAT in the corresponding
time in 1898.
PLANS have been formulated where
by the Pacific railroads may liquidatt
their debt to the government in fifty
years
JOHN APPLIN, farmer in Wood coun
ty, o., was swindled out of 81, 900 by
two confidence men who engaged hin
in cards
FIVE men and woman were drowned
by the wrecking of the schooner M.
Cummings at Milwaukee.
The anniversary OF the establishment
of the first post Office in America wa
celebrated at Breeze cottage, Gardel
. City, l.. l.
Mrs MATILDA A. PETERSON, of Chi
cago has petitioned congress to ap
propriate 50, 900, 900 to purchase land
! on which to settle unemployed thou
sands.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States durinl
, the week ended on the 18th aggregate
$751;, ,677. .573, against S003,225,545 tn
, previous week. The decrease, com
, pared with the corresponding week Il
, | 1898 was 27.6.
, AN agent for the Missouri Pacif
, bought the Kansas City & Beatric
1 railroad at auction for 100000.
| CINCINNATI authorities forced foo
> down the throat of Father O'Grady
the murderer of Mollie Gilmartin, VIII
t was starving himself.
. ONE man was killed, one fatally in
jured and four seriously hurt by tn
r explosion of a boiler at West Bay City
Mich.