Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-08-21

Prof. Frederick Ward Putnam, of
Harvard, was elected president of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science at Detroit. Boston wns
chosen as the place of meeting for 1898
Feter Monohan, "a years old, was
hnnged in Baltimore, Md, for the muir
der of his wife. The crime was com
lnitted on May 25, 1897.
Maxwell Vas Eaton Potter was killed
by the cars while riding his bicycle on
tht railroad track near Schenck's sta
ton, o.
Caleb Lane shot and killed his broth
cr-in-law, Robert Stanley, for dogging
hogs at Nasbie, Ky. Lane fled to Vir-
ginia, but was captured and lodged IN
Jail.
Mr.. Pom Kwang Sob, president of the
privy council of Corea. and eN-minister
TO this country, died nt his residence in
Washington of acute consumption, aG-
eravated by over exercise, aged 4S years.
There were 239 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18TH against 23T the week
previous and a9S in the corresponding
period of 1896
In an attempt by people of Rock
Island to secure possession of the books
and belongings ut the headquarters of
the Modern Wordmen uf America in Ful-
ton, H.. u general riot ensued. One
man was probably fatally injured and
several others received wounds of q
more or less serious nature.
The commissioners of the District of
Colombia have refused to allow horse
less carriages to be used on the streets
of Washington. on the ground that they
frighten horses and are likely to cause
runaways and accidents.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
81, ,153. .070, s35. against $1.141 ,S62, ,763 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 35.9.
One of the largest seizures that ever
took place in Hoboken was made when
officers seized $4,000 worth of diamonds
which II. II. Neubauer. a passenger on
a steamship from Hamburg, attempted
to smuggle through.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 18th were: Boston, .6s1;
Baltimore, .667: Cincinnati. Gas; New
York, 600; Cleveland, .532; Chicago,
.4s0: Pittsburgh. .452; Philadelphia,
.442; Louisville, .443: Brooklyn. .4Os;
Washington, .4O2; st. Louis. 265.
In race riot at Palaram, Ark, two
negroes and one white man were shot
dead.
Estimates of Wall street men in New
York bring the total amount to be
gained by western farmers this year
because of better prices for their crops
up to $TOO,Ooo.OOO.
1t is probable that the great silver
mines at Creede, Col, will be closed
down on account of the low price of
silver.
The tobacco crop in Wisconsin this
year shows an increase OF 25 per cent.
over that of last year.
The gunboat Bennington, with the
stars and stripes at her topmast, left
the harbor of San Diego. Cal, for Homo
lulu.
A sawmill boiler exploded near Mound
City, ILL.,, killing l. Hawkins and fatally
injuring four other men.
Eddie McDuffie established a new
worlds bicycle record in Boston for
paced mile, flying start, at 1:3S 1-5.
The saw and planning mills of the
Tunis Lumber company in Baltimore
were burned, the loss being S600,000
Star Pointer paced a mile at Buffalo,
N. Y, in 2:O1A, breaking his previous
record by nearly Il second.
George Wilson (colored), who had
bad reputation. was lynched by mob
nears Myers, Ky.
A terrific storm swept over Hicks
vile, o., doing great damage in unroof-
ing buildings, and the loss to crops in
the surrounding country was great.