Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-05-04
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
THE NEWS OF SEVEN DAYS UP
TO DATE.
Political, Religious, Social and Criminal
Doings of the Whole World Carefully
Condensed For Our Readers.-Tho Ac
cident Record.

Seven of the sixteen molders in Cleve-
land agree to pay 1898 wages hereafter
and others are expected to follow.
The Minnesota Iron company of
Tower, Mimi, has announced 10 per
cent raise in wages for its 1000 em-
ployes.
The annual convention of the Anal
gamated Iron and Steel Workers will
be held in two weeks to consider wages.
An attempt will be made to restore them
to the point where they were before the
repeated cuts of 1894.
Major Weissman, the well-known Ger
man explorer, has been appointed gov
ernor of German East Africa.
The Paris Figaro says j. B. Eustis,
American ambassador to France, will
possibly be candidate for the Presi-
dency of the United States at the next
national election.
The Missouri senate passed the st.
Louis safety committee election bill as
a substitute for the Filley bill.
The New York assembly has con-
Cured in the senate amendment to the
bill removing the New York police
magistrates-ayes. Sc; nays, II.
The Saline county (Mo) Democratic
central committee passed a resolution
in favor of free coinage. A convention
has been called of the party to meet in
Marshall to express sentiment on the
matter.
Thirty-fve of the fifty-eight Demo-
Gratis in the Missouri house at a caucus
adopted a resolution favoring the free
coinage of silver at ratio of 16 to 1.
The whole trend of the caucus was to
precpitate discussion which will prob
ably result in state convention.
The Missouri supreme court rendered
an important decision affecting the Aus
tralian ballot law. The Kansas City
grand jury asked for the ballot boxes to
investigate alleged ballot frauds. The
request was refused. Giving the grand
jury the right to inspect the ballot
boxes, the court holds, would violate
the secrecy of the ballot as well as be-
ing an infringement of the constitu-
ton.
In a raid on "moonshiners' near
Huntington. w. Va, Lee Ward was
killed and 100, including twenty women,
We're arrested.
The Louisville board of steamboat in
spectors lay the blame for the sinking
of the State of Missouri last January
to Pilot James Pelle, Jr.
Postmaster Gooding shot and killed
IL
taw had tried to kill a negro and then
Gooding when the latter interfered.e
The new steamers Strathnevis, Even
dale and the Hankow will be placed in
service, leaving Hongkong June A, June
25, and August 27 respectively.
Medical Inspector Edward Kerenner
of the navy is to be tried by court-mar-
tial Monday at New York for perjury.
&c 10 time in the memory oil
the department when a naval officer
has been charged with false swearing.
Archibald Dixon Brown, son of the
governor of Kentucky, and Mrs. Nellie
Bush Gordon, were shot and killed at
Louisville, KY, by Fulton Gordon, hus-
band of the woman. He found them
together at disreputable resort.
James Young shot and killed his wife
in the presence of her parents, at
Hoosierville, Ind, and then committed
suicide.
The Duchess of Marlborough was
married in England Tuesday to Lord
William Beresford.
The civil service and drainage bills
have been passed by the Illinois senate.
Crops of the entire country are re-
ported to be in good condition.
Coal miners throughout the country
are in an excited state over the settle
ment of their wage scale for the ensuing
year.
Efforts are being made to have the
Florida legislature stop the proposed
Corbett-F -Fitzsimmons fight in Jackson
vile.
William Neumann, a railroad brake
man, was arrested in a Fort Wayne
church while attending the funeral of
Mrs. Dugan, whom he is charged with
numbering.
Nine Vermilyea was arrested at To-
ledo. Ohio. charged with smuggling
5000 corsets into the country.
An unknown man was found hanging
from tree at Farmersburg. Ind. He
had evidently committed suicide.
Sloan Hurst, colored. who killed
Lemly Rapley, was hanged at Abbe-
vile, S. C.
George Ray, n disreputable negro.
was hanged near Jensonton, KY, by
white caps.
1t now appears that It. Carlin, agent
for the Denver & Rio Grande express
at Victor, Col, gave out the story of
being robbed of 81 200 in order to con-
ceal misappropriation of that amount.
j. I. Hughes of Palouse City. Wash.
was shot fatally by Raymond Pieffer
as the result of family quarrel
Thomas King. of Chicago, was kicked
off Northern Pacific train near Spo-
kane, Wash, and both legs were cut
off. His injuries are fatal.
A negro brute was hunted down by
posse near Parsons. Tenn. and riddled
with bullets.
A strong movement exists in London
financial circles to buy up United States
bonds.
Hailstorms in Arkansas and Missis-
sippi damaged growing crops and de-
stroyed considerable farm property. A
negro woman named Kaufman was
frightened to death.
f, G. Anderson. 4S, was struck by
lightning and killed instantly at Valley
Springs. s. D., and Jacob Howard met a
like fate at Luverne. MINI.
Sam Nolan, aged 8, of Fort Worth,
Tex, committed suicide because his
mother teased him.