Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-06-17


Dawson City reports to the secretary
of state that the gold output in Alaska
this year will probably be $4o,000,o0o.
James ]. JefTries, of California,
whipped Robert Fitzsimmons in the
eleventh round in prize fight in New
York for the worlds championship.
Thirty-six buildings, comprising al
most the entire plant of the Nordlinger-
Charlton Fireworks company at Gran
iteville, n. " were blown up.
President Mckinley has named the
commissioners who are to determine
the most feasible and practical route
for a canal across the Isthmus of Pana-
ma, Admiral Walker being at the head.
Antonio Garcia, bandit chief, was
taken from the gendarmerie at Hol-
guin, Cuba, by indignant citizens and
hanged.
1t is announced that Gen. Miles has
asked the president to be sent to the
Philippines. No decision has been
reached in the matter. Gen. Miles does
not expect to supersede Gen. Otis.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9th aggregated
$1,S16, zoe, ,426. against 81 ,377, ,633,9s the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1898
was 500.
There We're 159 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 9th, against 145 the week
previous and 203 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
Joseph Povelick fatally shot his
boarding mistress, Mrs. Mary Smoslli,
at Leechburg, Pa, because she de-
manded money for his board, and then
killed himself.
Peter Miller shot his wife in Warsaw,
Ind, and then cut his own throat
Jealousy was the cause.
Tom Baker, leader of his faction in
the Baker-Howard feud, which has cost
six lives and thousands of dollars, was
shot dead at Manchester, KY, by an of
ficer.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the the week
ended on the 11th were: Brooklyn,
.766; Boston, $50; Chicago, .5s3; Bal
timore, .57S; Philadelphia, .57S; st.
Louis, .574; Cincinnati, 500; New York,
.457;, Pittsburgh, .422; Washington,
.SG2; Louisville, .202; Cleveland, .1S6.
Gen. Leonard Wood, military govern
or of Santiago province, has been grant
ed leave of absence in order that he
may bring his family back to the Unit
ed States.
Simon Brooks (colored) was lynched
by mob of negroes near Sardis, Miss,
for the murder of a negro woman
named Armistead.
John L. Mount, well-to-do farmer
near Scottsburg, Ind, fatally shot his
wife while insane and then killed him
self.
The Dane County state bank at
Houghton, Wis, closed it's doors with
liabilities of $173,OOO and assets of
S223,OOO
John Moore, a member of the Saliva
tion Army at Fort Smith, Ark, killed
his wife in a fit of jealousy and then
killed himself.
A tornado did great damage to prop
erty near Salix, Ia, and killed John
Malloy and his wife and son and badly
injured five other children.
S. Clark fatally shot his wife and 15-
year-old daughter near belmont, S. D.,
and then disappeared.
The wages of $4,000 men employed in
the iron and steel manufacturing indus
tries throughout the country have been
advanced 25 per cent.
At Canon City, Col, Samuel Roberts
shot and killed his wife and her mother,
Mrs. George Lewis, and then blew out
his own brains. Domestic trouble was
the cause.
The II street railway lines in Cleve-
land, o., operated by the Big Consoli-
dated company, were tied up by strike
of the employees for an increase in
wages.
George and Ida Truitt, stepchildren of
John S. Rogers and aged respectively
is and 20 years, were killed by light
ming at Frankfort, Del.
A freight train was wrecked near
Suffolk, Va, and Engineer w. A. Clay
ton, Firemen William Pool and Thomas
Wells were killed.