Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-18
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts,
DOMESTIC.

hEeu on, dlCI Nltllll ii lew nun VI SdSu
other near Pittsburgh, Pa, and were
buried in the same grave. They had
been married so years.
Passenger trains collided on the
Santa Fc road three miles east of EN-
pcria, Kan, and 12 persons were killed
and ten or twelve others badly wounded.
Lutte A. Lyttle, a, 23-year-old negress,
was admitted Ito the bar at Memphis,
Tenn. She is the only colored.woman in
the United States that is n member of
the bar.
from Sandy Hook to Southampton in
6 days 10 hours and IA minutes, break
ing all previous ocean records.
II. S. Perry was hanged at Atlanta,
Ca, for the murder of Belly Lanier at
Decatur.
The wheat crop of Michigan this year
is placed at 24,s21 ,9s7 bushels, the larg-
est yield since, 1892.
Nine of the eleven men who will form
the monetary commission for the prep
aration of n bill to be submitted to con-
.gress have been named, George T.
Edmunds, of Vermont, heading the list.
The American Eagle Tobacco COM
pany failed in Detroit with liabilities of
$4,000.
The sixteenth national encampment
of the Sons of Veterans opened at In
dianapolis with an informal reception
at the Denison house.
Ballington Booths Volunteers, op-
position to the Salvation Army, dis
banded in st. Louis.
A yacht capsized in Lake st. Clair
and Thomas Newsome, Herman Ger
ters, Jay Tansey, Thomas Fritz, Charles
Rice and Grant Murray, all of Detroit,
were drowned.
Gen. Frank Reeder, secretary of state,
sent his resignation to Gov. Hastings,
of Pennsylvania.
The frigate Constellation, lying at the
naval station at Newport, L. l., cele-
brated the one hundredth anniversary
of her launching.
The twenty-frst anual reunion of the
Army of West Virginia began at Column
bus, o.
James Quinn, well-known citizen of
Park City, Utah, killed his wife and
then shot himself. Strong drink is said
to have been the cause of the tragedy.
James Robinson, who on August
murdered his wife at their home in
Fieldsboro, n. j., died in the Jail at
Mount Holly of tuberculosis.
Ninety-six families at Carlinville, ILL.,,
the heads of which are striking miners,
are in dire distress, wholly without food
and in danger of starvation.
Later advices say that 12 known dead,
one missing (probably incinerated) and
fourteen injured, two of whom will like
ly die, is-the record of the terrible head
end collision on the Santa Fe road near
Emporia. Kan.
1t was reported that in collision
mile west of Newcastle, Col, be-
tween Denver & Rio Grande pas
senger train and freight 25 persons
were killed.
1t was said that the drought in Ne
braska would reduce the corn crop at
least 75.oOO,oOO bushels.
Millions of feet of timber have been
destroyed by forest fire in the Big
Horn country in Wyoming.
The annual report of the auditor for
the interior department shows that the
amount paid for pensions during the
last year was $140.477,637.
A claim is made that the city of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, is on Georgia soil, and
resurvey ofaAe boundary will proba-
bly, be made. Y"
The will of the late Charles T. Wilder,
of Wellesley, Mass, leaves over $780,
600 to charitable and educational in
stitutions.
The Tulane Athletic club of New Or
leans has offered $4,000 for fight be-
tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended ON the 10th aggregated
$1,104, ,6SC,650, against $1,129,2 ,s46 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 456.
There were 215 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 191 the week
previous and 315 in the corresponding
period of 1896.
The strike situation reached terri
bic crisis on the outskirts of Latimer,
Ia, when band of deputy sheriffs
fred into an infuriated mob of miners,
killing IS or 20 and injuring many
others. Gov. Hastings called out the
Third brigade of the state militia to
prevent any further bloodshed.
The steamship Cleveland reached
Seattle, Wash, from st. Michaels
bringing 65 passengers, many of whom
arc from the gold fields. They have
with them 100000 in gold dust. The
Cleveland also brings news of the prob
able loss of the steamer Eliza Ander'
son, with 1875 gold seekers on board.
Later advices from the railway COLI
sion near New Castle, COL, say that 30
persons were killed and 1856 Others were
injured, some fatally.
Customs inspectors at Laredo, Tex.
found an unclaimed valise on train
containing 100000 worth of diamonds
jewelry and other yaluables-