Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-02-18

The exchanges at the leading clear.
irg houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 10th aggregated
S1,s26, ,052, $50, against $2,036,0 6,013, 1884 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1898
was 3s.4
The United States warship Nashville,
having on board the body of Gen.
Calixto Garcia, who died in Washing
ton, arrived in Havana.
A series of earthquake shocks oc-
Cured at Belen, N. NJ, and many peo-
pie have betaken themselves to prayer
and fasting.
An earthquake with pronounced
vibrations occurred at Maysville, Ky.
The president has appointed Brig.
Gen. Wade, Brig. Gen. Davis and Col.
Gillespie court of inquiry to examine
into charges made by Gen. Miles
against the administration of war af-
fairs.
All Boynton and wife (colored), liv-
ing near Fort Gaines, Ca, were assas-
sinated by unknown parties.
The governors mansion at Frank
fort, Ky, was totally destroyed by fire.
President Mckinley has signed the
peace treaty.
An explosion in the Baxter stove
works at Mansfield, o., caused a fire
loss of 100000.
The business portion of Herington,
Kan, was burned, the loss being $780,
OCO.
With the thermometer 90 below zero
one lady and two men were baptized by
Rev. Wharton, of the Christian church,
in the river at Coal Run, o., hole be-
ing cut in the ice for the baptism.
The Kelly block in Cleveland, o., was
burned, the loss being S150O00.
Arrangements for combining all the
leading woolen manufacturers in the
United States have been nearly cons
pleted.
Earthquake shocks were felt at Coral
and Greenville, Mich, houses being
rocked violently.
Chesterton, Ind, was visited by an
earthquake that shook every house in
the village.
One of the cottages at the insane
asylum near Yankton, S. D., was
burned, and II women lost their lives.
The home of Anton Bader, near Paris,
Mich, was burned and his wife and two
year-old son perished in the flames.
Gen. Maxine Gomez, commander in
chief of the Cuban army, arrived in
Havana and g grand reception and ban
quet was given in his honor.
Tho IN h1ic bpap+ of NToC1nror
& Co., booksellers, stationers and pub
fishers, was burned in Chicago, the loss
being $G50,OO0.
The total receipts derived from all
sources since the occupation of San
tiago by the military forces of the
United States, on July is, 1898, to De-
cember 81, 1898, amount to S33s, ,s16.32.
Fire destroyed the post Office and
other property at Van Vert, o., the
total loss being $4,000.
During the absence of his mother
James Hughes, aged three years, gave
his little twin brothers arsenic in
Reading, Pa, and both died.
Bill Holt, George Fort and George
Bivens (negroes) were lynched by
mob near Leesburg, Ga, for assaulting
a white woman.
In snowslide at Silver Plume, COL,
"a Italian miners lost their lives.
The fruit crop of the entire state of
Colorado is said to have been destroyed
by the cold weather.
Fire in the Aldrich lumber yards at
Gouverneur, n. Y, caused a loss of
nearly 100000.
President Mckinley has made public
the report of the commission appoint
ed to investigate the conduct of the war
1t finds no fault with the
war department; says the beef sup
piled to the army was all that could be
that Gen. Miles charges
were unfounded; that the commissary
was well managed, and
that the camps were generally good, al
though many of them had to be aban-
doned for specific causes.