Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-10-20
The News Condensed.
Important intelligence From All Parts
DOMESTIC.

SHOW u SllRnJ RHln III bHt ptTCcnJhBts
of all crops excepting cotton.
FIRE destroyed the establishments of
the Cleveland Foundry company and
the Enterprise Desk and Stamping
company in Cleveland, the loss being
$125.O 900
LEVI =. MORTON has written letter
formally accepting the republican
nomination for governor of New York.
THE annual meeting of the American
board of foreign missions commenced
in the congregational church at Madi-
son, Wis.
TROOP l., the last of the Indian COM
panies, has been disbanded, the gov
ernment considering them poor sol
diers.
THE twentieth annual convention of
the American Bankers association was
opened in Baltimore with 300 members
present.
MucH excitement prevailed at San
Pedro, Col, over the loss by drowning
of party of four citizens, including
the postmaster.
An explosion in mill at Dexter,
Mo-, killed three men and seriously
wounded another. The killed were
brothers named johnson.
THE twenty-tifth annual convention
of the North American Beekeepers'
association met at st. Joseph, Mo.
TWENTY-FIVE railroad men, includ
ing L. V. Debs, were indicted by the
federal grand jury in Milwaukee.
THE American Debenture company
of Chicago, one of the largest concerns
of its kind in the country, went into
the hands of receiver with liabilities
of 81, 500, 900.
GEORGE VAN TAYLOR, of Detroit,
Mich, committed suicide in jail leav-
ing letter in which he confessed to
having committed twelve murders.
AT the annual convention of repub-
lican league clubs of Illinois, held in
Springfield, C. w. Raymond, of lro-
quois county, was elected president.
THE eighteenth annual meeting of
the American Humane association con-
vened at Evansville, Ind.
AN unfinished building in New York
was blown down by the wind, killing
six persons and injuring thirteen
others.
MRS MILLER, wife of Lon Miller, a
wealthy farmer near Liberty, Ill and
her 10-year-old daughter were killed
by robbers.
AMEs MYsoN for the murder of Dud-
ley Carey and Jackson Hicks for the
murder of James Preel were hanged
at Union Springs, Ala.
AT an incendiary tenement house
fire in Boston two men leaped to
death and two others were fatally
hurt
The Lakeport stage was held up by
a lone bandit near Pietn Station, Cal,
and the Wells-Fargo express box stolen.
FIVE men were killed, two fatally
hurt and several more seriously burned
by boiler explosion at Shamol1in, Pa.
CoRBETT and Fitzsimmons signed ar
ticlee to fight after July 1, 1895, at
Jacksonville, Fla, for purse of S41,-
600 and $4,000 side.
THE steamer Hartford went upon
the rocks near Woodville, n. Y, and
Capt. O'Toole and his crew of six men
were lost.
MAJ. GEN. SCHoFIELD, in his annual
report to the secretary of war, asks
for an increase in the national forces,
says state troops are not enough and
that the government should be all
powerful against uprisings.
IN pacing race between Robert j.
and Joe Patchen at Sioux City, Ia,
the former won three straight heats,
making the last one in 2:0S14.
AT the annual session in Evansville,
Ind, of the American Humane So
ciety j. j. Shortall, of Chicago, was
reelected president.
julius LICHTENBERG, Detroit school
inspector indicted for receiving a
bribe, shot himself fatally.
j. j. p. ODELI., of Chicago, was elect
ed president of the American Bankers
association in session at Baltimore.
NATHAN GREEN, Ellsworth McAfee
and William Green perished in burn
ing hay NOW in Mercer county.
FURIOUS gales swept Lake Erie anG
lower Lake Huron. disabling severa
large boats and injuring number o
sailors.
CHARLES B. ALLEN, alias Harry Con
way, leader of a gang of bank swind
lers, was arrested in Chicago and con
fessed his crimes.
OFFICIAL estimates of the whea
crop in Ohio place it at so, s52, ,433 bush
els, the largest in the states history.
The First national bank of Kcarney
Neb, suspended because unable tt
make collections.
On account of the failure of the corr
crop all the hogs in Nebraska wer'
being shipped into states where feet
can be secured.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended ON the 18th aggre
gated 1927, 42s, ,s77, against 5000, 555, l2
the previous week. The increase, com
pared with the corresponding week il
1898, was 80.
NEGRO Catholics, in national conver
tion at Baltimore, petitioned the pres
ident to protect colored men.
The report of Commissioner of Per
sions Lochren for the fiscal year ende
June 30, 1894, shows that the numbe
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