Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-05-28
DOMESTIC.

While navy department officials re-
| fuse to give information, it is believed
q battle is expected at any hour be-
| tween the Spanish fleet under Admira;
| Cervera and the American ships under
| Sampson and Schley.
The new battleship Alabama was
launched from the Cramp company's
yard in Philadelphia.
Gen. Miles says there will be no fur
ther call for volunteers at this time.
Thus far $4,000 have been mustered into
the service of the United States.
Secretary Long announces the safe
arrival Of the Oregon from her long
trip around Cape Horn. 1t is believed
she has joined Admiral SIMPSONS
squadron.
Many lives and a vast amount of prop
erty were destroyed by a cyclone that
swept through Cedar, Clinton and Jack
son counties in Iowa, and passed over
portions of Illinois and Wisconsin. In
Iowa the number of persons known to
have been killed is IA, in Illinois s, and
| in Wisconsin IA. Men and women were
| INJURED and thousands of head of horses
and cattle destroyed on farms.
Violent tornadoes in south central Ne
braska did much damage and injured
a number of persons.
| Cunningham, a Kansas town of 400
inhabitants, was destroyed by tornado
and three persons were killed.
The cruiser Charleston, with aid for
Admiral Dewey, sailed from San Fran
cisco for Manila.
The remains of Francis Scott Key,
author of The Star Spangled Banner"
and his wife, Mary Taylor Key, were ex-
humed in Mount Olivet cemetery in
Frederick, Md, and reinterred in a
crypt in the foundation of the monu-
| ment being erected to the poets mem
ory.
NJ. W. Megargee, paying teller of the
First national bank, was arrested in
Philadelphia on the charge of misap-
propriating $4,000 belonging to an
estate.
Six men were drowned near Spring.
dale, Pa, while crossing the Allegheny
river on raft.
Later news concerning the cyclones
which whirled over vast tracts of Iowa
Illinois and Wisconsin says that 70 per
sons were killed and ass injured. The
property loss is enormous.
emi-official statements are made il
Washington that there are no differ.
ences between France and the United
States.
In snowslide on the Valdes glacier
in Alaska, Joseph Turner, of Chicago
B. Antwerp, of Minneapolis, and A
| I'll Df Cn1 1,i1 1aI
The cruiser Charleston, that sailed
from Vallejo, Cal, for Manila with am
munition and supplies for Dewey, is
back at her berth at Mare Island navy
yard with her machinery disabled.
The one hundred and tenth session
of the general assembly of the Presby
terian church met at Winona Lake, Ind
: The best part of the business portion
of Kewaunee, Wis, was destroyed by
fire, the loss being 100000.
Increased activity in most lines o.
business throughout the country is re
ported.
An engine drawing a freight traiI
blew up at Grey Court, n. Y, killing
Engineer William Cronk and Fireman
, Benrank.
There were $50 business failures il
the United States in the seven day
ended on the Goth, against $50 the weel
previous and 24S in the corresponding
period of 1897.
. The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Goth aggregated
/ $1,325, ,691 ,s71, against 81, 7s,016,74s th
D previous week. The increase compared
t with the corresponding week in 1S9
r was 36.1
The visible supply of grain in tn
United States on the 10th was: Wheat
5 21,994,O00 bushels; corn, 20 ACC, 900 bush
! els; oats, s,704,O0O bushels; rye, ,427
r 900 bushels; barley, 5s2, 900 bushels.
Capt sias Casey, commandant of tn
: League island navy yard, who has jus
been promoted to be n commodore, is
strict disciplinarian and has been in tn
naval service nearly 40 years.
The Amalgamated Association o
Iron and Steel Workers began thei
q twenty-third annual convention in Gin
; ] cinnati.
Fire that started in Dow & Smell
/ wholesale grocery in Toledo, o.. cause
loss of $350,000. The Blade newspape
! Office was badly damaged.