Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-10-27
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mitted suicide.
Mrs Jane Lindsay finished an S00-mile
bicycle ride in New York in 81 hours
and 4S minutes, the best time for the
distance that a woman has ever made.
The business portion of the village
of Mason, ILL.,, was destroyed by fire.
A train struck a wagon at Seymour,
Ia, containing party of young men,
and j. w. Cupples was killed and nine
others were injured.
John Alexander Dowie, the divine"
healer, was mobbed by $500 medical
students in Chicago, who pelted him
with bottles of nitrate of ammonia dur
ing the opening of an abusive lecture on
doctors and Medicine"
Millions of feet of lumber have been
burned by forest fires in the mountains,
near Parsons, w. Va.
Truman Rhodes, Charles Scutter and
Fon Davey (firemen) lost their lives in
a fire that destroyed 100000 worth of
property at Knightstown, Ind.
The American bark wilma, loaded
with 100000 feet of lumber, was totally
destroyed by fire at Tacoma. Wash.
The northwestern tour of President
Mckinley ended on the 18th at Youngs-'
town, o., so far as speechmaking
was concerned. During the day he
spoke at Cleveland, Warren and Niles,
and at Youngstown he attended the
wedding of his nephew. AT ten p. m.
the presidential party left for Washing
ton.
During q blizzard in Teton county
Mont, IL men lost their lives.
Fire destroyed the Terrace Beach ho-
tel at Green Lake, Wis, and S. r. jerks
and wife perished in the flames.
George Wanko, pugilist, of Washing
ton, Pa, was found guilty of man
slaughter in causing the death of Felix
Carr, of ST. Albans, w. Va, in a glove
contest near Parkersburg, w. Va.
Arthur Twining Hadley was inaugu-
rated as president of Yale university at
New Haven, Conn.
At the anti-imperialist meeting in
Chicago Carl Schurz, of New York, was
elected chairman of the organization
committee, and the committee was
given power to create national league
of anti-imperialists and petition was
adopted calling on congress to end the
Philippine war.
The Columbia sailed better than the
Shamrock in the third race for the cup,
but failed to finish in time.
The lord mayor of Dublin has arrived
in America to collect funds for the Par
nell monument.
The national convention of the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance union began
at Seattle, Wash.
There is strong reason to believe the
Pullman and Wagner Sleeping Car com
panies will merge.
Wisconsin's tobacco crop is the larg-
est on record. More will be grown next
year.
The Illinois supreme court has rem
dered decision declaring the American
Glucose company of Peoria a trust and
its charter in violation of the antitrust
laws of Illinois of 1891 and 1892.
A general strike is threatened on the
Great Northern railway. The men as
sert many grievances that seem irrecon-
cilable.
Secretary of War Root will favor the
revival of the grade of general and the
creation of two posts of lieutenant gen.
eral.
After being idle five years fires have
been lighted in the furnace of the Du-
luth (Minn.) Furnace company.
William Grewer, formerly a we'll
known caterer, killed Mrs. Jennie LIE
Grow in Portland, Ore, and then killed
himself.
Burglars robbed the house of j. II.
Gambrill at st. AIMS, Miss, and then
fired the building and Mrs. Gambrill,
two grown daughters and two little
boys were burned.
The secretary of war has instructed
the quartermaster general to forward
from San Francisco any Christmas
boxes which may be delivered there
prior to November 20 for officers and
soldiers in the Philippines.
A portrait of Robert e. Lee is to be
placed in the Military academy at West
Point.
Duke d'Arcos, the new Spanish minis
ter, has reopened the legation in Wash
ington.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses In the United States during the
week ended on the Goth aggregated ST.
953,763,S77, against $1,s20, 1855 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1898
was $50.
There were 145 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Goth, against 164 the week
-ntft,N 4 i
period of 1898.
Joseph Haigh, farmer living near
Donnelly, Mimi, shot his 21-year-old
son to death and then shot himself.
The Pullman Palace Car company of
Chicago has absorbed the Wagner Pal
ace Car company of New York.
Maj. Gen. Guy V. Henry has been as
signed to the command of the depart
ment of the Missouri, with headquar-
ters at Omaha. Neb.