Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-01-22
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Two men were drowned and IA Goa
barges sunk near Leavenworth, Ind
during storm.
A hurricane leveled hundreds of der.
ricks in the old field at Lima, o., and
blew down telegraph and telephone
poles in many localities.
Sixteen miles of the Hennepin canal
in Illinois have been completed and are
ready for the water to be turned in.
Senor Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish
minister in Washington, fears the de-
bate in the house of representatives
may cause a crisis in Spain.
The japanese cruiser Kasagi was sue.
cessfully launched in Philadelphia and
christened by the release of two young
doves.
A large portion of the business dis
trict of East Grand Forks, Mimi. was
wiped out by fire, entailing aloss of over
$600,000.
Hartsville university, an old and at
one time leading educational institu-
ton of Indiana, made an assignment.
The unusual phenomenon of bright
meteor in broad daylight was observed
at the observatory in San Jose, Cal.
New York labor unions have declared
war on Chinese laundries and asked the
public to boycott them.
z. w. Hocl;, editor of the Marion
| (Kan) Record, has refused the post
mastership because he would have to
W work on Sunday.
A disastrous windstorm visited Gall
latin county, ILL.,, unroofing houses,
blowing down fences and drowning
stock.
Remarkable activity is reported in all
commercial lines throughout the coun-
try.
Jefferson Knight, of Pensacola. Fla.
was hanged at Mobile, Ala, for the MUIR
der of Frank Dantzler.
One hundred fishermen's huts on the
ice in Lake Erie, off Putin bay, were
swept away in gale.
| There were 3T4 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 2lst, against $40 the week
| previous and 400 III the corresponding
| period of 1897.
The exchanges p, the leading clearing
houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 21st aggregated
S1,416, ,7s1 ,123, against ST 443,0O2, ,120 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1897
was 36.5.
The Masonic Mutual Benefit Society
of Indiana, with headquarters in In
dianapolis, made an assignment with
liabilities of $150,O00.
John MCGOWAN, Il young school teach
er at Alexandria, Ill.,, was killed by two
of his pupils that he had punished.
August Niclserson, sailor, died at
Port Townsend, Wash, after living IL
days with a broken neck.
Erck Nopson. aged "a, and Mrs. Fin
gerson, his mother-in-law, aged "A.
were killed in runaway near ST. Paul,
Minn.
Charles Tuckner, a waiter 81 years of
age, shot his wife fatally in Chicago
and then killed himself. Jealousy was
the cause.
Willis G. Neff, aged 10, postmaster at
Greencastle, Ind, was found dead In a
cistern in the rear of his office.
Richard j. Halloran, a police officer in
ST. Louis, was fatally shot by Miss Nell
lie Mangan, who then put a bullet
in her brain. The murder and suicide
was the result of disappointed love.
A heavy fall of snow with high winds
swept over northern and central Illi-
nois, Indiana, Iowa, lower Michigan,
southern Wisconsin and much of Kan
sas and Nebraska.
A houseboat occupied by George At
llins and his two young daughters just
above Evansville, Ind, was swamped
during storm and all three were
drowned,
A hundred thousand bushels of coal
were sunk in the Ohio in the western
part of Cincinnati by waves rolled up
by the wind.
]. NJ. Willtinson's private bank at
Marquette, Mich, closed its doors.
At the joint convention in Chicago of
coal miners and mine owners 1t was de-
cided that eight hours should constitute
n days work in all the bituminous coal
fields of Illinois. Indiana, Ohio, Penn
sylvania and West Virginia on and
after June next.
The building in Milwaukee occupied
by the T. A. Walsh company, manufac-
turers of tiuuers' machinery, was
burned, the loss being 100000.
Mrs. Seth Coffman, living near New
Albany, Ind. poisoned her baby and
then killed herself. No cause was
known for the deed.
Rev. 7. w. b. Dawson, an aged Bap-
tist minister, was burned to death in his
cottage near Troy, Ill.
The steamer Oregon sailed from Port
land, Ore. for Alaska with 450 passen-
gers and 1850 tons of merchandise and
baggage.
In the trial in Chicago of Adolph Luet-
CERT for the murder of his wife the de-
fendant took the stand and denied the
charge.
President and Mrs. Sanford B. Dole,
of Hawaii. arrived in Chicago and were
received By the mayor and government
officials.
The celebration of the fiftieth ami
versary of the discovery of gold in Cali
fornia began in San Francisco and will