Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-07-16
DOMESTIC.

| DoMESTIC.
While the Schlnid brothers were
watching show parade in Newcastle
Pa, thieves entered their store and
stole $4,000 worth of diamonds and
| jewelry.
| President Mckinley signed the reso.
luton for the annexation of Hawaii
and Admiral Miller will proceed to
Honolulu at once on the cruiser Phil
adelphia to hoist the American flag
and take possession of the islands.
Adrian c. Anson has retired from the
management of the New York base
ball club.
The Seventeenth annual convention
of the international Society of Chris
tian Endeavor began in Nashville,
| Tenn.
The dead bodies of Arthur Jones and
Mary Lcishman were found in grove
one mile south of Emporia, Kan. 1t
is believed to be case of murder and
suicide. Both were 16 years of age.
George Mclaughlin, Jack Carrigan
and Otto Brender, all of Peoria, Ill,
were killed at Marshalltown, Ia, by
the giving away of n scaffold.
An urn containing the ashes of Capt.
Gridley, formerly captain of the Olym-
pia, arrived in San Francisco on a
steamer from Hong-Kong.
There were 229 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the sth, against 254 the week
previous and 200 in the corresponding
period of 1897
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the sth aggregated
$1,229.s13,364, against s., ,15O, $50. .163 the
previous week. The increase compared
wit: the corresponding week in 1897
was 14.S.
President Mckinley has selected as
the five Hawaiian commissioners Sem
ators Shelby NJ. Cullom, of Illinois, and
John i. Morgan, of Alabama, Repre-
sentative Robert r. HIT. of Illinois.
and President Sanford r. Dole and
Chief Justice Judd. of Hawaii.
The town ot Steeleville, Mo-. was AL
most wiped out by waterspout and
13 persons lost their lives.
A flood at Stanberry, Mo-, wrecked
several houses and drowned four per-
sons and at Maryville two persons lost
their lives.
Fire in the Cooperative Brewing
company's plant in Buffalo, N. Y,
caused a loss of S125,OOO.
The steamer Halifax arrived in Bos-
ton with 162 survivors of the French
line steamer La Bourgogne, which was
sunk in collision with the ship Gro
martyshire off Sable island.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 10th were: Cincinnati,
.671; Boston. .614; Cleveland. GOO; Bal
timore, SOB; Chicago. .562; Pittsburgh,
.543; New York, 500; Philadelphia, .43e;
Washington. .42O; Brooklyn, .4o3; Louis
vile, .324; ST. Louis, .3O1.
BY the capsizing of boat in Port
land (Me.) harbor five young men lost
their lives.
Mrs. Paul Dengler aged SO, drowned
her two little children and herself at
Clinton, Ia. while temporarily insane.
The National Educational association
in session in Washington elected as
president E. o. Lyte, Of Millersville, Pa.
The Hotel st. Joseph was burned at
st. Joseph, Mich, the loss being $780,
900, and A. p. Baldwin, an employe, per-
ished in the flames.
The first party of gold seekers direct |
from the Klondike since last summer |
reached San Francisco with So ,OO0, 900 in |
gold.
The plant of the Western Starch Man
ufacturers' association at West Ham,
mond, Ind, was burned, the loss being |
$250,0O0.
Howard +. Brewer broke the worlds
swimming record for half a mile, maxi
ing the distance in San Francisco in 10
minutes AZ 2-5 seconds.
Miss Nevins, well-known aeronaut,
was fatally injured at East st. Louis,
Ill, by falling from balloon.
James j. Corbett and kid" Mccoy
will fight 25 rounds at Buffalo, N. T.,
August 27, for purse of $4,000.
The building occupied by the Brit
ton Printing company in Cleveland
was burned, the loss being 100000,
and three persons lost their lives.
Commissioner Scott. of the internal
revenue department, says that the
sender OF kilograms must affiX the war
revenue stamps.
A. II. Mendenhall, One of the proprie.
tors of the State Journal, was drowned
in cistern at his home in Lincoln,
Neb.
James Albright was hanged at
Mo-, for the murder of
Prosecuting Attorney Elliott.
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