Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-17

The Memphis Grain, Elevator and
mills were totally destroyed by fire at
Memphis, Tenn, the total loss being
s242, 900.
American miners on the Yukon have
Joined in an urgent request for the
government to locate an assay office
and government bank depository at
Circle City, their object being to pro-
tect miners against the money brok-
ers.
Five hundred Illinois naval reserves
and the Seventh Illinois regiment ar
rived in Chicago and were given a most
enthusiastic welcome as they marched
through the streets to their quarters
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9th aggregated
81, log, 1874, 1863, against $1,269, ,3s1, ,o4s the
previous week. The increase com
pared with the corresponding week in
1897 was 11.2.
There were 164 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 9th, against 179 the week
previous and 215 in the corresponding
period of 1897.
After completing the election of Off
GERS and adopting resolutions in praise
of President Mckinley and Secretary of
War Alger the thirty-second encamp-
ment of the G. a. r. came to q close at
Cincinnati.
The Ocean house at Newport, r. l.,
one of the best-known hotels on the At
lantic coast, was destroyed by fire, the
loss being 100000.
Impressive funeral services were held
over the remains of Naval Cadet
Wheeler and Lieut.. kirkpatrick at
Camp Wikoff who were drowned while
bathing in the Potomac river.
The leading commercial agencies re-
port the volume of business to be unpre
cedentedly large and the outlook for
fall trade very encouraging.
Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay was granteda di-
vorce from his girl-wife, Dora Richard
son Clay, by Judge Scott, of the Mad
ison county (Ky.) circuit court.
W. H. Lawrence, of Cleveland, o., was
shot and mortally wounded in a room
ut the Oxford hotel in Denver by
woman named Florence Richardson.
The woman then shot herself in the
heart, dying almost instantly.
Adyices from Honolulu were to the
effect that the Hawaiian commission
ers had decided upon the name of Ter
ritory of Hawaii" as the name hereafter
to be used to designate the island.
While drunk Ezekiel Lazetti killed
his wife at Wyandotte, Mich, and then
killed himself.
Fire destroyed the entire business
portion of Livermore, Me.
Joseph Michaels, Jr., James McCrau,
James W. Watson and Ben Michaels,
Sr., killed each other at Dry Ridge, Ky,
in fight over fences.
The town of Jerome, A. T., was com.
pletely wiped out by fire, entailing a
loss of over S1,0O0,OO0 in property.
Eleven bodies had been recovered,
while score or more were in the
ruins.
Fire at Red Bluff, Cal, destroyed
block of fine buildings in the town, en-
failing a loss of more than 100000.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt has author
lied the announcement that he will ac-
cept the nomination for governor of
New York should it be rendered him by
the republican convention.
Mrs. Eli Potter, prominent woman
suffragist. was robbed of $4,000 by
highwaymen in the outskirts of Kansas
City, Kan.
Jesse Badgerow, n farmer living
near Grand Rapids, Mich, killed his
wife and fatally stabbed her sister, Miss
Aylesworth, after which he committed
suicide. Jealousy was the cause.
The Masonic temple at Washington
Court House, o., was destroyed by fire,
the loss being over 100000.
By the explosion of 40 gallons of gas
oline in the cellar of grocery store at
Philadelphia certaily four and possibly
dozen or more lives were lost.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 18th were: Boston,
.653; Cincinnati, .627; Baltimore, .619;
Cleveland, $40; Chicago, $50; New
York, .541; Philadelphia, .504; Pitts
burgh. 500; Louisville, .433; Brooklyn,
.397; Washington, 1928; ST. Louis, .26S.