Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-08-06
DOMESTIC.

tanned at dinner Admiral Cervera and
his staff, who are prisoners at the
academy in Annapolis, Nd.
An explosion in the nitroglycerin
house of The Hercules Powder COM
pany in Pinole, Cal, killed five men.
The Denver (Col.) Paper company
failed with assets of 81, 100000 and liza
bilities of $5sO,OoO.
The house of r. T. Cradle was burned
ut Tonkawa, o. T., and with it four
children-two girls, aged II and 8, and
two boys, aged and 12.
Mrs. Donald Billinghurst, young
wife, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Perry
Dearth, took arsenic and died in
Toledo, o.
Herman Boch, of High Bridge, Wis,
shot his wife and then killed himself.
Domestic trouble was the cause.
George Morris and his daughter, Mrs.
William N. Quackenbush, and her baby
were killed by the cars near Saratoga,
NY.
Thousands of window panes were
broken, many buildings unroofed and
trees uprooted by wind and hail
storm in Chicago and several persons
were injured and number of horses
| killed.
Frank Mccormick one of the most
noted counterfeiters in the country,
was arrested in Anderson, Ind.
John Palmerton dropped dead in his
hotel office at Shelbyville, Ind, of
paralysis of the heart.
The powder mill of E. I. Johnson at
Troy, Pa, was blown up and the owner
was killed.
James L. Hempton shot and killed his
wits at Manitowoc, Wis, and then
| fatally shot himself. Domestic trouble
was the cause.
William Selden and Miss Minnie De
Witt, of Anna, H., were drowned at
Harris ford, near Golden.
DR.. C. II. Strickland, d. D., aged SO,
pastor of the First Baptist church in
jackson, Tenn, died in bathtub.
Howard Fish and Miss Ada Glenn
mons, young society people of Monroe,
| ILL.,, were drowned in the lake at San
dusky, o., by the capsizing of a row.
boat.
Jacques Brown and his wife commit
ted suicide by placing themselves in
front of passenger train on the Ohio
River railroad at Parkersburg. w. Va.
BY the collapse of building being
erected Ill Boston Norris Brena and
James Sullivan were killed and two
other men were fatally injured.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the goth aggre-
gated S1,O39, ,315, ,6O2, against. 81 152 $780,
653 the previous week. The decrease
compared with the corresponding
week In 1897 was 0.3.
There were 1s9 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the goth, against 207 the week
previous and 259 in the corresponding
period of 1897.
The business situation throughout
the country shows unusual indications
of a season of general prosperity.
A dozen farmhouses near Cover,
Mo-. were demolished by a cyclone and
many persons were injured.
Peter Knass and Herman Elbek were
suffocated by foul air in well near
La Sale, III.
On the race track in Cleveland the
worlds mile record to wagon was
broken by Grace Hastings, the time be-
ing 2:00H.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 31st ult. were: Gin
cinnati, .6s1 Boston, 651; Cleveland
GIG; Baltimore, .505; Chicago, $50;
New York, $40; Pittsburgh, .511; Phil.
adelphia, .476; Brooklyn, 1884; Wash
ington, .3G5; Louisville, .356; st. Louis
.261.
Five persons were drowned by the
capsizing of boats at the cloakmakers
picnic at Columbia park, near Chicago
The town of Beckwith, Cal, having G
population of about 500, was almost
wiped out by fire.
The farmhouse of Mrs. j. hartman
near Waterloo, N. Y, was destroyed by
fire and Mrs. hartman, her married
daughter and hired man were burned
to death.
A balance has been struck of the
conscience fund" in the treasury oi
the United States, showing that the to-
tai amc INT received since it was opened
in 1911 was $297,452
KateConnolly, William White, Franl
Kelly, George Hansen and C. A. Holme,
were burned to death in fire in SaI
Francisco.
Five young women and one young
man were drowned near HumansviIle
Mo-, while attempting to ford rivel
in wagon.
All the Chicago morning papers hav'
raised the price from one to two cent
per copy.
Three hundred head Of fine cattl
were attacked by bees near Bancroft
Neb., and jumped over a high blut
r into the Missouri river and wer
drowned.
Fire wiped out two business block
in Escanaba, Mich, the loss beini
100000.
Jesse Johnson. Fred johnson, Jane
| Stewart and Luther Stewart, ranging
/ in age from 10 to 10, were drowned a
Several persons lost their lives an