Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-15
DOM MESTIC.

Richard Klaetka killed his wife, IA
ther, mother, three daughters and him
self with pistol in Chicago. The cause
was said to be anarchistic tendencies
and domestic trouble.
Allen Sharpless, aged At, and his 15-
ycar-old daughter were burned to
death at their home in Montpelier, O.
The agricultural lands of the Red
Lake Indians in Minnesota, which en-
brace about 100000 acres, will be
opened for settlement May 1 and will
be sold at $1.25 per acre.
DIR. Hurst, of Pennington, Va, while
drunk, injected morphine into himself
and his companions, causing his own
death and that of two others.
james ii. Rice, president of one of
the largest manufacturing and export
ing concerns in the plate glass industry
in America, died in Chicago, aged &C
years. His wife died two days before.
krout, the express agent who
pleaded guilty to robbing the express
company of $4,000, was sentenced at
Colorado Springs, Col, to five years
Imprisonment.
The Recaimer Manufacturing COM
pany of New York, makers of face
cream balm. failed for $125.0o0.
John Field, receiver of the Fifth
avenue bank at Columbus, o., which
failed about month ago, reported
shortage of nearly $4,000.
The Maurice Qa.) state bank closed
its doors.
The first cyclone in the history of
Mobile, Ala, did considerable damage
in that city and vicinity.
Hans Peterson, aged 5s years, wan
dered about the streets of Omaha, Neb.,
until he starved to death.
A bridge on the New England rail-
road over the Pequebuck river, near
Bristol, Conn, collapsed, carrying with
it 20 workmen, Il cf whom perished.
The supreme council of the National
Farmers Alliance in session in Wash
fngton elected as president Mann Page,
u Virginia.
John Terrence, the oldest railway
mail clerk in the country, died at his
home in Indianapolis from injuries re,
celved in railway wreck. aged G7
years.
The Columbia Spring company, do
ing business in several states and with
headquarters at Newport, Ky, failed for
STE, 900.
r. d ii. Adams, manufacturers OF
cotton goods in New York, failed for
100000.
The entire coast from Florida to
Maine was swept by violent gales, the
wind reaching velocities from so to 10
miles, and nll the Atlantic coast dis.
tricts were deluged with heavy rains.
The village of Bound Brook, N. j.,
was flooded by heavy rain and during
the storm fire destroyed 20 houses.
The Excelsior Manufacturing COM
pany, large stove-maling concern iii
St. Louis, failed for $15O,O0O.
The dam at Pocahontas lake broke
and all the lower part of Mofristown,
n. j., was Inundated and 25 persons
were missing.
Scott jackson, n dental student in
Cincinnati, accused of the murder OF
Pearl Bryan, of Greepcastle, Ind, con-
fessed his guilt and implicated Alonzo
N, Walling.
IN II saloon fight at Whiting, Ind.
Stephen Malji and Emile Szanyo were
killed and several others were badly
injured.
The plant of the w. S. Reed Toy COM
pany was destroyed by fire at Leo
minister, Mass, entailing loss of
100000.
The treasury at Washington com
pleted it's tabulation of the bids for
bonds above the Morgan syndicate hid.
The result is 7Sl bids for total of $66.-
7S8,65O. This leaves the amount which
will be awarded to the Morgan syndi-
cate $34.2l1 $50.
There were ie3 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 7th, against 40i the
week previous and 2s1 in the corre-
spending period of 1895.
The Il. NJ. Connable company, manu-
facturers ut Dayton, o., of overalls
aAd heavy clothing. failed for 100000.