Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-01-14
DOME STIC.


State legislatures convened in Illi-
nois, Michigan, Missouri, Colorado
New York, Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Robert Porter, special commissioner
of the treasury department, pictures a
bright future for Cuba.
A. X. Willis, a farmer living near
Brighton, Col, was robbed of $1,000
which he had in bureau drawer.
The amount of gold and silver coins
and certificates, United States notes
and national bank notes in circulation
January 1 was $1,s97, ,3O1, ,412, an in
crease of $17G,2OO,772 for the year.
The indeterminate sentence act has
been declared to be unconstitutional by
the supreme court of Massachusetts.
Grace Fuller, aged 10 years; John
Wesley, Jr., years old, and Eugene j.
Wesley, an infant, were suffocated at
the home of John Wesley near Cations
vile, Md.
writing paper combine has been
launched at Holyoke, Mass, with cap
ital of $4O,0OO,OOO.
The president and Mrs. Mckinley
gave the first state dinner of the sea-
son in honor of the members of the cab
met and their ladies.
A Missouri Pacific passenger train
was derailed near Jefferson City, Mo-,
and Engineer Charles Clawsen and
Fireman Zoll were killed.
Two men and one woman were killed
and seven children fatally wounded by
an explosion of Mauser ammunition at
MatanZas, Cuba.
At the convocation of the University
of Chicago President Harper announced
that two gifts of real estate, amounting
to nearly 100000 in value, had been re-
ceived.
The official text of the Paris treaty
of peace was made public. 1t consists
of II articles.
The Thirty-first Michigan volunteer
infantry, now at Knoxville, Tenn, has
been ordered to Santa Clara, Cuba, for
garrison duty.
The Indiana general assembly con-
vened at indianapolis. The features in
Gov. Mounts message were condemna-
tion of lynchings and denunciation o.
trusts and lobbyists.
President Mckinley decided to force
the issue with the Filipinos and ordered
Gen. Miller to land his troops at Iloilo.
Roger Wolcott took The oath of office
at Boston for his second term as gov
ernor of Massachusetts.
Upon being inaugurated at Augusta
as governor of Maine for a second term
Lleyellyn T. Powers declared for ter
ritorial expansion.
Silas Anderson (coored), who shot
and killed his wife on the 18th of March,
was hanged at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Frank Collins was inaugurated al
Concord as governor of New Hamp'
shire, TO succeed G, A. Ramsdell.
Homer Welcker was shot and instant,
ly killed at Ada, O.. by his brother Bird
in a quarrel over the settlement of theiI
fathers estate.
The losses by fire during 1895 in the
United States and Canada aggregated
$119, ,65O.0O0, which is $4,000, 900 greater
tLan the losses in 1897.
Marshall McGregor (colored). charged
with barn burning was lynched by {
mob near Banks, Ala.
Pickpocliets robbed Joseph Duncan
of $11,0s7 in the Exchange building at
the stock yards in Chicago.
The A. d. Ellis Coal company's barns
were burned at Akron, o., and IS horses
were cremated.
The total number of coins made al
the Philadelphia mint in 1898 was 100,
25S.433, valued at $27654452. the out
put being the largest since 1890.
James Clarke. &C years of age, who
will soon complete four years term
in the prison in Baltimore, Md, is sait
10 have 55 wives in various portions o.
the country.
The one hundredth anniversary o.
Transylyania university was celebrated
! at Lexington, Ky.