Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-04-15
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
ONE AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.


insane.
A mail train on the Burlington road
ran from Creston, Ia, to Omaha, Neb,
distance of 104 miles, in 103 minutes.
Herbert Putnam, the new librarian of
congress, took the oath of office and en-
tered upon the duties.
| A decision was rendered by Judge
Peabody in the city police court in ST.
Louis that under certain conditions
husband has the right to beat his wife.
president has appointed Col. Adel-
bert L. Burlington to be brigadier gem
eral and chief of the bureau of ordnance,
to succeed the late Gen. Flagler.
Z. c. Lum and wife, old residents of
Camanche, Ia, were killed by the cars.
Admiral Van Reypen, surgeon gen
eral of the navy, said in Washington
| that all reports received from Manila
showed that Admiral Dewey was in eX-
cellent health.
Advices from Havana say that Go
mez will be reinstated commander in
| chief of the Cuban army until the Gu
ban forces are disbanded.
The American Colonial Banking COM
pany has been chartered at Charleston,
| w. Va, to establish bank at San Juan,
Porto Rico.
The livery barn of Ottie Snyder was
burned at Muscatine, Ia, and 25 horses
were cremated.
The cruiser Detroit, which is now ly-
ing off La Guayra, Venezuela, has been
ordered to Bluefelds, Nicaragua, for
the protection of American interests
in that quarter.
The Mechanics Bank of New York
has purchased the Fulton Bank Of
Brooklyn, n. Y, which will go out of
business.
The United States steamer Arizona
arrived at San Francisco from Manila
with 167 sicls.and convalescent soldiers
from the Philippines.
The home of Wallace C. Andrews, q
millionaire, was burned in New York
city and Mrs. st. John, the married
daughter of Mr.. Andrews, and her
young son and four servants were
killed.
All the official flags in Havana We're
half-masted at the hour of the inter-
ment in Arlington cemetery of the SOL
diers who gave up their lives during the
war with Spain.
With full military honors, in the pres
ence of President Mckinley and his cab
met and a multitude of people, the bod
les of the 1886 dead soldiers of the Span
ish war were buried in Arlington ma
tional cemetery.
Howard Lease, aged 10, and Anna
Wright, aged 12, eloped from Rawlings,
| Md. and were married
Two negroes, Forest Jamison and
Nose Anderson, were lynched by mob
for the murder of T. II. Cleland, farm
er who lived near Brooksville, Miss.
Gov. Thomas has signed the bill
passed by the general assembly legaliz-
ing prize fights ia Colorado conducted
by licensed clubs.
A $20,000,0o0 combine of lamp CHM
ney manufacturers of the United States
is in process of formation in Pittsburg.
The Cuban generals met in Havana
and decided that Gen. Maximo Gomez
represents the Cuban army.
The United States delegation to the
disarmament congress at The Hague
will be Andrew d. White, Stanford
Newell, Seth Low, Capt. Crozier and
Capt. A. T. Mahan.
The Farmers and Merchants bank of
Warrensburg, Mo-, has turned over it's
business to the Citizens bank.
The combine of the paper mills of the
country, with a capital stock of $42,-
100000, is nearing completion, and it is
expected the new corporation will be-
gin operations June L.
There were 141 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 7th, against 1914 the week
previous and 232 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 7th aggregated
$2,O51, 0,s11, against 81 1000, ,9S2, ,1S4 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
was 59.7.
About 5000 cotton mill operatives are
idle as the result of the many strikes
in Rhode Island.
Allen L. Dalrymple, assistant super
intendent in the railway mail service
was instantly killed by train in st
Louis.
The state department has received
the formal invitation to participate in
the disarmament conference to be held
at The Hague beginning May IS.
The president has named the IL new
warships provided by congress as fol
lows: neutrality-suspicious., New
Jersey, Georgia. Armored cruisers
West Virginia, Nebraska, California
Cruisers-Denver, Des Mones, :chatta
IN
While temporarily insane Weston B
Turner, wealthy man, aged 60 years
killed his wife and himself at Falls
Church, Va.
James Dristell, John Clark and John
McAllister were killed by the cars al
/. Greensburg, Pa.