Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13


Ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 5th aggregated
So, ,162, ,91s,s01, against $1,s15,652, 500 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
was S3.5.
The president has appointed Albert
S. Kenny paymaster general of the
navy, to succeed Edwin Stuart, retired.
William NJ. Strother and Charles Win
ston, both colored, were hanged at the
district Jail in Washington. The former
killed his wife.
Gen. Henry at San Juan will enlist 400
Porto Ricans in the United States army
for service in their native country.
TIE Whitney yElkins-Widener syndi-
cate of New York and Philadelphia has
bought the Yerkes street railways in
Chicago for about $20,000,000.
Nearly all the men in Wallace, Idaho,
have been arrested for participating in
the riot of miners at Wardner.
Joseph A. Hackman, well-known
contractor in Cleveland, o., died as the
result of cat bite.
John Moore, the Kansas man who
killed his five children and then burned
the houes over them, was found guilty
in Hutchinson of murder in the first
degree.
A jury in Louisville, Ky, composed
exclusively of white men, returned a
verdict awarding George Dining (col-
ored) $50,00O damages against six mem
bers of mob that burned his home in
Simpson county.
Secretary of War Alger h rs given per-
mission TO the drainage canal corh,nis-
sion in Chicago to turn the waters of
Lake Michigan through the canal when
ever it is ready for operation.
Official assurances have been given
that the United States is not affected
by recent events in China.
The report of the court of inquiry
into beef as an arms ration has been
made public. The charges of chemical
treatment of refrigerated beef are not
established, Gen. Miles is censured for
delay in calling attention to the matter,
Gen. Eagan is rebuked for excessive
purchase of an untried ration, and the
packers are eXonerated from blame.
Hugh Cavanagh, 81 years old, was
killed by pitched ball during game
of baseball in Montclair, n. j.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Morrison was
shot dead by Ike Bird at Mount We
tory, o., while trying to arrest him.
After the murder Bird killed himself.
William Trasco, of Pittsburgh, Pa,
killed his sweetheart, Annie Bestall, be-
cause she would not marry him, and
then fatally wounded himself.
A tornado in Oklahoma did great
damage in several towns and at Canton
j. H. Ware and his wife and child were
killed.
The average weekly revenue collec-
tions in Cuba for the past five weeks
have been S2S4,692.
Fifty houses We're unroofed and other
damage done by a tornado in st. Louis
and several persons were injured.
At two largely attended meetings in
Chicago President McKinley's policy in
the Philippines was heartily approved.
The appropriations made by the third
session of the Fifty-tifth congress
nmount to $674,0s1, ,C22, according to an
official report just made.
The United States transport Thomas
arrived at New York from Guantanamo
and Baracoa, Cuba, with $50 men CT the
Fifth United States volunteers.
The funeral of Sergt. Charles Hanp-
ton Smith, of company d, United States
marines, who was the first American
killed on Cuban soil in the war with
Spain, took place at Westminster, Md.
Joseph Bowman died near Wilmore
KY, aged 81. He was the most noted
duelist ever known in Kentucky, hav.
ing had four affairs of honor and killed
his man each time.
The Louisiana industrial exposition
opened in New Orleans with peace jul
bilee.
The United States cruiser Buffalo ar,
rived in New York from Manila, bring
ing nearly GOO of Admiral Dewey's of
fcers and men whose time has expired