Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-12-24

over the same period in 1897 OF $780,
026,115.
Pleas Coin, n desperado who killed
Hunt Kesterson and fatally wounded
Fred Burk, was lynched by a mob in
Lee county, Va.
An avalanche on the line of the White
Pass railway in Alaska killed 20 men.
During November last the imports OF
gold amounted to $5,s25,2O and the ex-
po. $913,467. The silver imports
amounted to $2,26s,635 and the exports
$4,o23,O7o.
The American Tin Plate company
was incorporated in New Jersey with
capital stock Of $50,000,OO0. II will
control 95 per cent. of the tin plate
mills in the United States.
Witten Mcdonald, manager of the Old
Fruit Farm in Howell county, Mo-, and
failed for $16s,00O.
A train struck sleighing party near
INLAY City, Mich, and Mrs. Thomas
Robb and her son and Mrs. John
Yerkes' baby were killed.
A passenger train was wrecked by
n collision with cattle near Madison,
Fla, and six persons were killed.
Two fremen were killed and eight
others injured, four of them probably
fatally, by the collapse of wall of n
burning livery stable in Chicago.
The Georgia Legislature adopted res
olutions commencing the presidents
speech in Atlanta referring to federal
care of confederate dead and approving
his course in the Spanish war.
The peace jubilee closed at Atlanta,
Ga, with banquet at which President
Mckinley was the guest of honor and
the principal speaker.
James Christensen and his wife were
killed at a railway crossing in Neenah,
Wis. They leave eight children.
| The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 10th aggregated
| 81, ,6o1, ,765, ,20s, against 81, ,631 ,6S2, ,131 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1897
was 23.4.
There were 261 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 24s the week
period of 1897.
Referee Webster at Dubuque, Ia, has
decided that the life insurance of Otto
Lange, a bankrupt, is not part of his
assets.
The National Civil Service Reform
association in session in Baltimore re-
| elected Carl Schurz president.
President Mckinley visited the col
ored normal school at Tuskegee, Ala.
and addressed the students, and from
there went to Montgomery and spoke
in the state capitol building to an i'm
mense audience.
| Dick Collier was hanged at Urbana,
| H., for the murder of Charles Free
bryant at Sydney in September last.
Minneapolis mills refuse to enter the
proposed -four combine, which prac-
tically kills the scheme.
While returning from a Christmas
shopping trip to Asbury Park, N. J,
Mrs. Ellen Allen and her daughter and
Mrs. Allie Alger and Jennie Cremer
were killed by the cars at crossing.
Carter Eugene Martin was hanged at
Charleston, H., for the murder of Al
bert Buser on October 3 last.
The Northwestern Life Assurance
company of Chicago has passed into the
control of the Iowa Life Insurance
company.
Inspector Stuart arrested at Chicago
four men charged with robbing small
post offices in Illinois.
Nearly the whole of the business part
- Al a. L,r
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Churchill were
killed by a Michigan Central train near
Athens, Mich. They were but recently
married.
mob of farmers lyuched Newton
Gaines (colored) at Dekalb, Ark, for
assaulting white woman.
T. NJ. Wells, of Arcola. H., superin-
tendent of the schools of Douglas coun-
ty, was killed in a railway wreck near
Guion, Ind, and eight other persons
were injured.
Hundreds of people in the lower part
of Monterey county, CAL, were on the
verge of starvation because of the long
drought.
Ninety-four victims were claimed by
the great lakes during the season OF
navigation just closed.
Unknown men entered the store OF
Mrs. Ida Meyers in Josie, Ala, killed
her and her married daughter and stole
So. 900 and then burned the store.
New York city is suffering from an
epidemic of the grip as pronounced as
the great epidemic of 1890.
Albert Carrier, commercial trav-
eler while insane killed his wife and
baby in New York.
AT their home near Jasper, Mo-, Will
liam Lowenstein, a wealthy farmer,
killed his wife and himself.
President Mckinley spoke at ban
quet In Savannah, Ca, and received a
cordial welcome. Secretary of the
Navy Long also made an address, IN
which he referred tenderly to the
queen Of Spain, and said she deserved
the tenderest sympathy of every moth