Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
DOMESTIC.

odSC, VI llllllOlSs SCNlCluAy VI Wal iNeiSo-
sell A. Alger, of Michigan; attorney
general, Joseph McKenna, of Califor-
mia; postmaster-general, James A.
Gary, of Maryland; secretary of the
navy, John d. Long, of Massachusetts;
secretary of the interior, Cornelius N.
Bliss, of New York; secretary of agri-
culture, James Wilson, of Iowa.
A. Streicht & Bros wagon factory
was burned at Oshkosh, Wis, the loss be-
ing 100000.
Benjamin Richards, Richard Luke
and Thomas Jewett were blown to
atoms by an explosion of dynamite at
the Cundy mine at Quinnesec, Mich.
The big power house of the Union
Traction company in Philadelphia was
burned at loss of $3.50, 900 and two men
were killed.
Mrs. Mary Farrell's clearinghouse
was burned at Wheeling, w. Va, and
John Henderson and his boy perished
in the flames.
John II. Doreman and his siX-months'-
old baby were drowned in the Arkansas
river near Perry, o. T., while crossing
the water in buggy.
Richard j. Condor, of New Orleans,
son of prominent citizen, shot wom-
an named Mace Mason, who had desert
ed him, wounded Mrs. d. Carmichael
and then killed himself.
There is on hand at the several United
States mints 1882 ,991 fine ounces of
silver bullion, which cost $1OS, POS, ,996,
and the coinage value of which is 1884,
929,120.
Escaping gas caused an explosion in
fremont street, Boston, and five men
and one woman were killed and 40 other
persons were injured, two fatally.
Martin Brickley, of Jefferson county,
was expelled from the house in the
Office.
In the presence of $4,000 people Will
liam Mckinley, of Ohio, was on the 4th
inaugurated the twenty-fourth presi-
dent of the United States. Chief Justice
Fuller administered the oath and the
new president kissed the Bible pre-
sented by the bishops of the African
Methodist church to seal his oath.
Garret A. Hobert, of New Jersey, also
took the oath as vice president A grand
military and civic parade took place
during the day, and the great inaugural
ball in the evening closed the exercises
of q memorable day.
Flames among factories at Rome, n.
Y, caused a loss of $150,OOO.
Three railroad men, all of Newark,
O., were killed near there by the wreck
ing of work train.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Mckee, who
lived four miles west of Marcellus,
Mich, were killed By train on the
Grand Trunk railroad at crossing.
A terrible explosion involving large
loss of life occurred in mine No. Al at
Huntington, Ark. The number of men
killed and injured is not known.
Union elevator No. 2, with capacity
of 100000 bushels of grain, was burned
az Peoria, ILL.,, causing a loss of 100000.
United States Senator Wolcott, of
Colorado, who for two months has been
comforting with the leading flnanciers
of Europe for the purpose of bring
ing about an international movement
in favor of bimetallism, arrived in New
York much encouraged by his trip.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 5th aggregated
$1,o1o,426,627, against $7s3, ,42o,O55 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 81.
The Duhme Jewelry company, the
largest establishment of the kind in
Cincinnati, failed for over 100000.
There were 246 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 5th, against 296 the week
previous and 2s5 in the corresponding
period of 1896.
AtColumbus, o., BARLEY Kinselman, a
laborer, aged 40, shot his wife probably
fatally and then shot himself through
the heart.
President McKinley's first official act
was to sign the commission of John
Sherman as secretary of state.
In Deals mill at Bordens Point, Va,
lumber valued at 100000 was destroyed
by fire.
Tee visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 1st was: Wheat,
43,7o7,000 bushels; corn, %, 900 BUSH
els; sats, 13,s97,o0o bushels; rye, 3,5s2,-
900 bushels; barley, 3,315,o0O bushels.
The Chicago city council has passed
law that dealers in cigarettes must
pay an annual license of $100 to the city
treasury, and that no cigarettes can be
sold within 200 feet of schoolhouse.
At Hamilton, ILL.,, Mrs. Sarah Ann
Gray held reception in celebration of
her one hundredth birthday anniver-
sary at the home of her only daugh-
ter.
Gold and silver in paying quantities
have been discovered in the Wichita
mountains in Indian territory.