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

The business portion Of the village of
Fredericka, Ia, was destroyed by fire.
The 100000 fund for the widow and
daughter of the late Col. @. L. Waring
has been completed in New York
While drunk in his tepee on the river
front in Sioux City, Ia, George Hum
phreys, a Winnebago Indian chief, fell
into his fire and burned TO death.
The trans-continental mail train ar
rived in San Francisco from New York
making the run of 3,347 miles in 9s
hours and 80 minutes, the fastest time
on record from ocean to ocean.
Negotiations were completed Ia Mil
waukee for the consolidation of the
enamel and tinware plants of the coun-
try, with a capital of $20,0oo,OO0.
There were 243 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the eth, against 25s the week
previous and 322 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9th aggregated
ST, 100, ,s39, ,o75, against 81, ,109, 500, $50 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1898
was 22.7.
The secretary of war has directed
that the army camp at Knoxville, Tenn,
be broken up, and the troops there will
go to Cuba.
A severe windstorm swept over Mo-
bile, Ala, and jackson, Miss, blowing
down telegraph lines, wrecking houses
and uprooting trees.
The cabinet at its regular meeting
gave special consideration to the ad-
ministration of affairs in Cuba.
The Lima CO., paper mills were al
most totally destroyed by fire, the loss
being $125,0OO.
Albert b. Hilton, real estate broker,
filed a petition in bankruptcy in New
York with liabilities of $2,539,00 and
no assets.
Mrs. f. A. Collins, an actress, known
to the public as Miss Florence Richie,
tainted while in the bathtub in hotel
in Denver and was drowned.
The Hotel Main and the Levins build
ing adjoining at Washington, Pa, were
destroyed by fire, the loss being 100000.
The Fifth Avenue hotel, famous as
one of the first great hotels of New
York. NAV soon be converted into big
department store.
During a storm schoolhouse was
blown down at Boles, Ark, and three
pupils were killed, another was fatally
| wounded and a dozen more or less in
| jured.
In a railway wreck near Elk Valley,
Tenn, four persons were killed and
others were injured, some fatally.
Benjamin F. Fi6eld, of Montpelier.
has been appointed by Gov. Smith, of
| Vermont, to serve the uneXpired term
of the late United States Senator JUS
tin S. Morrill,.
The tenth annual national conven-
ton of the United Mine Workers Of
America met in Pittsburgh, Pa.
! Through careless handling of gaso-
line stove in Detroit Mich, Mrs Charles
Lucius was fatally burned and her two
| year-old son was suffocated.
John Blevins, city treasurer of Bir-
gen, Pa. was murdered and robbed of
$500.
Oliver Acher established a worlds
record at Dayton, o., in the running
double high kick with score of seven
feet three inches.
At Munfordville, KY, Prof. j. W. Nc
Clure, a well-known educator, was SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life for the
murder of Miss Lydia Bracher.
Three guests lost their lives in fire
in the Hotel Richlieu at Pittsburgh,
Pa, and five others were badly burned.
Burglars took $500 in money and
stamps from the post office at Glencoe,
| MINI.
Four schooners were reported lost
on the New England coast with their
| creyS Of aiUht men each