Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-05-21
DOMESTIC.

Carl Schurz has retired from the ed
itorial page of Harper's Weekly in New
York.
Spanish spies attempted to poison the
drinking water in the military camp a;
Mobile, Ala.
The cruiser Charleston has been or
dered to sail Immediately with ammuni-
tion and relief supplies for Admiral
Dewey.
William Perrine, living near Plain
view, ILL.,, fatally shot his 17-year-old
daughter and then fatally shot himself
while temporarily insane.
Three persons were burned to death
and property amounting to $255,o00 de-
stroyed by fire in the building occupied
by McCadden Bros, wholesale dealers
in toys and fireworks in Philadelphia.
The woolhouse of Jamison Lovejoy
was burned at Ballardville, Mass, the
loss being 100000.
Rube Phillips and Jerry West killed
each other in pistol duel over a girl
at Almy, Tenn, and the girl was IA
tally shot.
Gen. Woodford will retain his dip
lomatic capacity and return to Madrid
at the close of the war.
The government is making haste to
carry out its plan for sending troops to
Cuba and plans have been prepared for
the bombardment of Havana in connec-
tion with the land invasion.
Nine men were injured, two fatally.
by an explosion of gas in the new water
works tunnel under the lake at Cleve-
land, o.
A heavy snowstorm prevailed on Iron
mountains, near Knoxville, Tenn.
George Downing, alias Henry Raw
lings, who was imprisoned in the ma
rine barracks in Washington as Span
ish spy, hanged himself in his cell.
Fire swept over. six acres in. the ele-
vator and lumber district in Chicago,
causing a loss of $1,200,000.
The big livery stables of Frank G..
Dahlgren were burned in Chicago and
IS horses were cremated.
In an incendiary fire near Minersville,
Pa, Michael Tott and his wife and six
year-old daughter of John Polish were
burned to death.
The Louisiana constitutional conven-
tion closed its session in New Orleans
after changing the constitution so as to
shut out the negro vote.
Fire destroyed II houses in the vii
lage of Grayling, Mich.
There were $50 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 24O the week
previous and 265 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
37s,016,74S, against $1,l7G, ,72s, 100 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1897
was 37G.
Philip Hill (colored) was hanged at
Pittsburgh, Pa, for the murder OF
| George Lawrence, u labor boss, on
April 10, 1897.
The invasion o; Cuba by the United
States army has been postponed pend.
ing the expected battle between tic
American and Spanish fleets in the West
| Indies.
Frank Early tcolored), the Cincinnati
| wife murderer, was electrocuted in the
| penitentiary annex.
Five lives were crushed ont and sev,
eral men were terribly injured by the
collapse of two fiat buildings in course
Ge erection in New York.
admiral Sampson reported 10 the
navy department that he had lombard
ed the forts al San Juan without injury
TO his ships. He lost one man killed ant
seven wounded. Having reduced thu
Notifications he was ordered to captur,
or destroy the Spanish armada now of
Martinique, West Indies.