Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24

In a wreck on the Rio Grande rail-
road near Saparino, Goa, Conductor
D.. NJ. Riley, Engineer John Pittinger
and Fireman Fred Proctor were killed.
Nellie McGufIin killed JOSEPH Il. vii
lier ard his little child in Louisville,
KY, and then ended her own life. The
cause for the deed was unknown.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended ON the 10th aggregated
81, 800, ,603,29s, against 81, LOG, ,s74 ,363 the
previous week. The decrease com
pared with the corresponding week in
1897 was 40.
There were ia business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 164 the week
previous and 204 in the corresponding
period of 1897.
The volume of business throughout
the country is reported TO be larger
than for years past.
Severe earthquake shocks were felt
at Sioux City, Ia, Bloomfield, Neb, and
at Elk Point and Hurley, S. d.
Vice President Dodd, of the miners
union, and Al strikers have been ar
rested in Monongahela C:ty, Pa, on a
charge of melting the miners to riot.
Philip d. Armour, Marshall Field and
Norman B. Ream, of Chicago, are said
to have obtained control of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad
A boiler burst at sawmill near Ever
green, Ala, and Bud Archer, the en-
gineer, his wife and child and his wife's
sister were instantly killed.
Secretary Day rendered to the presi-7
dent his resignation as secretary of
state and Assistant Secretary Moore
also resigned.
A special train on the Chicago g.
Northwestern railway established
new record between Chicago and
Omaha, making the run of 493 miles in
nine hours and 90 minutes.
During the month of July the total
internal revenue receipts amounted to
$27, 7,s04,673, net increase of $s,331,7 ,71O
over July, 1897.
a steamer collided with the schooner
Alice Jordan off Martha's Vineyard,
Mass, and nine of the Jordan's crew
were drowned.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 18th were: Boston,
$50; Baltimore, .635; Cincinnati, eli;
Cleveland, $40; Chicago, $50; New
York, .535; Philadelphia. .5O4; Pitts
burgh, .5oO Louisville, .434; Brooklyn,
.3o2; Washington, 1923; St. Louis, .26s.
Chevalier MaXimilian de Proskowetz,
consul-general of Austria-Hungary in
Chicago, fell from train in Fort
Wayne, Ind, while en- route to New
York. and was killed.
Patrick Kelly, aged &c; William Eel-
ley, "a, and William German, IS, were
drowned at Middletown, Conn, by the
upsetting of boat.
Ernest Branford and John Marsh,
confined in the lookup at Stafford
Springs. Conn, were suffocated by
fire that destroyed the building.
Findlay Douglas, of Greenwich,
Conn, won the amateur golf cham
pionship of America at Morristown,
n. j.
Revenge for fancied wrongs prompt
ed Fred Benfeld, in a fit of drunken
rage, to fatally shoot Mrs. Emma
Jungenberg and her baby son, Emil, in
Chicago, and then commit suicide.
Two earthquake shocks occurred at
Deering, Me.
William H. Madden, barber at Jop-
lin, Mo-, was arrested on a charge Of
having four wives.
The season of the Interstate Base
ball league closed with the Dayton (O.)
club as winner of the championship.