Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-01
A WEEKS RECORD
ALL 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.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD



Maj Thomas E. Fitzpatrick, superin-
tendent of the national cemetery in
Mound City, ILL.,, was shot and killed
by Michael Tobin, one of the en-
ployes.
The United States cruiser Philadel-
phia, Admiral Kautz in command. ar
rived in San Francisco from Apia,
Samoa.
At the annual commencement in
Providence, II. l., of Brown university
Rev. w. II. p. Faunce, of New York, was
installed as president.
AS n result of the settlement of the
coal miners strike $4,000 of the 10000
strikers in Missouri Kansas, Indian ter.
ritory and Arkansas will return to work
Mt once.
Charles NJ. Murphy rode mile on
bicycle near Babylon, L. l., in 65 sec.
onds, breaking all mile records. He was
paced by railroad locomotive.
Fred Gruelin, an aged man in Milwau.
kee, Wis.,. quarreled with his young
wife and shot her twice and then killed
himself. The woman may recover.
An incendiary fire destroyed the bust.
ness portion of Livermore Falls, Me.
Loss, 100000. Thirty families lost ev.
crything.
Floods have caused great damage to
the mining towns of Murray City and
Coal Gate, in Ohio, the latter town be-
ing almost entirely destroyed.
Further rioting occurred in Cleve.
land, o., engineered by sympathizers OF
the street railway strike, and $4,000
worth of damage was done to the com.
pany's property.
The monthly statement of the col
lcctions of internal revenue shows that
the total receipts during May last were
$23, 3,500,734 an increase over MAY, 1898.
of SO, ,402, SIG.
Negroes imported to take the place
ofstriking miners near Evansville, Ind,
were fired upon by the strikers and sev.
eral were badly wounded.
DIR. Charles a. McQuesten. who was
on the staff of Gen. Z. S. Otis, and who
was health officer at Manila, arrived in
San Francisco, and in an interview said
he thought it would take from lOO,O 900
to 100000 soldiers to properly subdue
and hold the islands.
George Wray, aged 1O3 years, was
granted a divorce in Columbus, Ind,
from his wife, Susan E. Wray, aged 80.
1t is reported that President McKin.
ley has decided to call for Il, 900 volun.
teers for service in the Philippines.
The North Atlantic squadron, under
command of Admiral Sampson, arrived
at Newport from Boston.
The secretary of state has received
word that peace has been restored in
Samoa; that the kingship was to be
abolished and a provisional government
established
Fourcompanies of the Twenty-fourth
United States infantry sailed from San
Francisco for Manila on the transport
Zealandia.
All the possessions of more than 300
who existed on less than one
dollar a day, were swept away by a
flood at Murray City, o.
During the first six months of the
present year 1,1S1 miles of new railway |
have been built in the United States.
An unknown man and woman while |
crossing the Michigan Central tracks
at Toledo, O., were struck by a flyer and |
both were killed.
George Weber and Fred Riemaur
broke the half-mile tandem record in
Toledo, o., going in one minute.
A receiver has been appointed for the
Art company in Boston,
the liabilities being $4,000.
The total number of deaths from the
tornado in New Richmond, Wis, is 112.
The honorary degree of LII. ID. was
conferred by the Georgetown univer,
sity on Rear Admirals Winfield Scott /
Schley and George w. Melville and Maj
Gen. Joseph Wheeler.
The board of regents of Heidelberg
at Tiffin, o., conferred the
degree of doctor of laws upon Andrew
Carnegie, the iron and steel magnate OF
A sneak thief who entered the Met.
ropolitan national bank in Boston and
stole $4,000, while the paying teller's
attention was drawn away for mo.
ment, was captured with the money in
New York.
a drought has destroyed all the large
Colorado ranges.
The old town of Carrizo, Tex, was
washed away by flood, not a vestige
Of the settlement, which had popula,
tion of about 1000 McXieans, remaining,
Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn
announces that the receipts from all
sources at Philippine ports for the
month of April were $533.276.
The great street railway strike in
Cleveland, o., is ended.
The four daughters of Mrs, T. j.
Lloyd and Miss Childers were drowned
Ehiie bathing near Lampasas, Tex.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ng houses in the United States during
he week ended on the 23d aggregated
'l,O1s,215,055, against $1.606, .473 the
previous week. The increase compared
With the corresponding week in 1898
vas 40.2.
Cain Stephens, one of the murderers
Il Marshal Osborne at Chancey, Ga,
lst January, was executed at East