Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-02-26

Christopher Columbus Luby was
hanged at Blakely, Gu, for numbering
his wife.
Three important business houses
were burned in Pittsburgh, Pa, involv-
ing loss of $26O,OoO.
Iconium, small town in Missouri,
was destroyed by fire.
Nothing new has developed in regard
to the cause of the war ship Maine en-
plosion. The divers have not MS vet
begun their work at Havana. Tie navy
department places the loss of life at
246 ana 1875 bodies have been recovered.
North and South Dakota, Minnesota
and northern Wisconsin are being
swept by blizzard.
The Spanish war ship Vizcaya arrived
in New York.
Chris Merry, wife murderer, who was
10 have been hanged in Chicago, has
been granted respite of GO days by
the governor.
There were POS business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 295 the week
previous and 303 in the corresponding
period of 1897.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
81, 1856, ,7o3,203, against $1,434, ,975,9s4 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1897
was 52.3.
Grant Carter (colored) was hanged at
Decatur, Tex, for the murder of Floyd
Colbey.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. n. Stevens, of Maine,
will succeed the late Miss Frances Will
lard as president of the National Wom-
ans Christian Temperance union.
At meeting in New York of the Ma
tional Publishers association Charles
w. Knapp, of the St. Louis Republic,
was elected president.
Engineer Hollander, Fireman Osborn
and Brakeman Cross were killed in
railway wreck at Hubbard, Ia.
The Cincinnati chamber of commerce
passed a resolution calling upon the
president and congress to end the Gu
ban war.
The barge Excelsior foundcred on
Handkerchief shoal, off Cape Cod, and
four of the crew were drowned.
BY direction of President Mckinley
Consul General Lee was notified that the
United States would not accede to the
request of Spain that n joint investiga-
ton be made into the Maine disaster.
The first inquiry, it was decided must
be made by official representatives of
this country.
Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and
Iowa were swept by the worst blizzard
of the season.
Rev. Sam Jones, the evangelist, has
announced his candidacy for the gov
ernorship of Georgia.
The Spanish cruiser Vizcaya an
chored in New York harbor and her en-
sign was placed at half-mast in regret
for the Maine disaster.
William j. Scanlan, the famous Irish
comedian and song writer. died in the
Bloomingdale asylum in White Plains,
n. Y, aged 40 years.
The National Baseball league season
will open on April Is.
John kellogg (colored), who assault
ed 14-year-old white girl named Rob-
erts near Blanch, Ala, was lynched
by mob.
Bank Commissioner Josiah E. Just,
aged 81, dropped dead from heart dis
ease at his home in Ionia, Mich.
A special train on the Erie railroad
ran from Salamanca, n. Y. to New
burg, o., distance of 22O miles, in EOS
minutes, making new record.
The post Office and store at Runsberg.
Mimi, was burned and Postmaster Olaf
Kartunen, who slept in the building,
was crematcd.
Adolph L. Luetgert's motion for
new trial was denied by Judge Gary
in Chicago and sentence of imprison-
ment for life for the murder OF, his wife
was pronounced.