Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15

that almost every officer who served in
the volunteer army during the war with
Spain and who had been honorably
mustered out has again offered his SER
vices TO meet the needs of the Philip
pine campaign,
George Coppell, chairman of the re-
organization committee Of the Wisoon-
sin Central railway lines, bid in the
system in entirety for $7,3O0,OOO.
The Savings bank of st. Paul, the old
est savings institution in Minnesota,
closed its doors with deposits of nearly
$1,O00,0O0.
Burglars tried to rob the county treas
ury at Medina, o., but were frightened
away after they had blown off the
outer door of the safe.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 7th aggregated
81, ,652 ,204,237, against $1,636,3 1924 ,137 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1895
was 34.1.
There were 1856 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 7th, against ISL the week
previous and PAL in the corresponding
period of 1895.
In trying to stop runaway team
and prevent it from trampling num-
ber of children Theodore Weber, pro-
prietor of a restaurant in Madison, Wis,
was killed.
The National Editorial association
in session in Portland, Ore, elected r.
II. Henry, of Jackson, Miss, president.
Atornado near Union, Wis, destroyed
many farmhouses, barns and outbuild-
ings and miles of fencing.
The convention in San Francisco of
the Association of American Agricul-
tural Colleges and Experiment stations
elected Joseph L. Stubbs, of Nevada,
president.
Fire and explosion in the residence
at Washington of Capt. Dicliins, of the
United States navy, resulted in the
death of Mrs. Dickins.
The volume of business throughout
the country for the first week of July
was &c per cent. greater than at the
same time last year.
A warrant was issued in Salt Lake
City for the arrest of President Angus
NJ. Cannon, of the Mormon church,
charging him with polygamy.
A freight train carrying six cars of
horses was wrecked at Moors, New, and
nearly all the animals were killed.
Charles Knauss, aged is years, shot
and seriously wounded Mrs. Edwin
Deitfenderfer, aged 26 years, at Allen
town. Pa. because she would not elepe
with him, and then killed himself.
George and Louis Grim, brothers,
aged respectively ten and twelve years,
were drowned at Beloit, Wis, while
swimming.
Dick Williams, a negro, charged with
the murder of two white men, was
lynched at Almo, Kan, by mob of
white men.
Isaac Thomas, aged 13, killed his
mother and sister at Athens, w. Va,
and was also charged with numbering
his father, who was killed while hunt
ing few months ago.
William Reinhard and his wife and
four boys were killed by the cars at a
railway crossing in Columbus, o.
Herbert NJ. Hartman, of New York,
won in Chicago the amateur golf cham
pionship of America.
As a result of a strike the 90 largest
cigar factories in Tampa, Fla, insti'
tuted general lockout and 5000 cigar
makers were idle.
The Citizens national bank at Niles
Mich, was obliged to close its doors
owing to run on the bank by depos
itors.
Heavy rain, together with cloud
burst, completely flooded Lower Ger
mantown, Conn, and 400 residents were
driven from their homes.
Thirty-eight known dead, $4,000 des
titute refugees herded into the towns
10000 TO $4,000 square miles of fertile
farming country under water and prop
erty losses exceeding $4,000, ,000-this il
in brief the story of the flood that ha
swept down the thousand-mile valley o
the Brazos river in Texas during th
last ten days.
A carriage containing William M
Diem and Miss Lizzie Prequesel wa
struck by train in Buffalo, n. Y, AM
both of the occupants were killed.
Gov. Roosevelt, of New York, went t
Washington for conference with tn
president at the latter's solicitation con
cerning the Philippine war.
The war department officials are busi
ly engaged in preparing the list of az
pointments of officers not already an
nounced for the ten new regiments O
infantry to be organized for service i
the Philippines.
Personal AND POLITICAL.
Bishop John p. Newman, of the Metf
odist Episcopal church, died at Saratog
Springs, n. Y, aged 20 years.
Gov. Stephens has called specif