Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
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
DOMESTIC.

Baron Curt Il. on Bleuen1elu, the
first foreign nobleman ever brought TO
trial in a Chicago criminal court, was
declared not guilty of the murder of
Consta BILE Charles A. Mcdonald.
The committee appointed by the Gu
ban military assembly at Havana to
so to Washington to secure recogni-
tion will not be recognized in any off,
cial capacity.
At Lot, w. Va, Elisha Morgan, aged
40 and his two sons, aged is and 20,
were burned to death in their home.
In an interview in New York Secre-
tary of War Alger said the constant
reports that he was TO retire from the
cabinet were false.
The drought which was threatening
the loss of millions of dollars in Cali
fornia has been broken by rainstorm.
About 60 senator's and, representa-
tives have accepted invitations from
the Panama Canal company for a trip
TO inspect the routes of the proposed
Nicaragua and Panama canals.
AT Bleton, Tex, Ed Bean drove his
wife from their home through the prin-
cipal street of the town, shot her down
end then killed himself.
By the vote of IA to AZ the Missouri
house killed a bill reducing passenger
rates on railroads from three to two
cents q mile.
Nine negroes charged with arson
were shot by mob at Palmetto, Ga.
Makers of bicycles, headed by A. G.
Spaulding, of Chicago, are said to have
fpr1,,al h; ;pn bo+
involve capital to the amount of $780,
600, 600.
The fire losses in the United States
and Canada in February aggregated
S1s,oO0,OOo, against $12,OOO,OOO during
that month last year.
Six Cuban generals in command Of
troops held meeting in Havana and
adopted resolutions against the as
sembly and in favor of Gomez.
A tornado at Avondale, Ala, de-
stroyed % houses, three churches, three
machine shops and thousands of yards
of fencing and many persons were in
jured.
An electric car jumped off bridge
over a river at Millbury, Mass, and
Conductor White and Motormen Shea
and Walsh were drowned.
A resolution was adopted in the
Pennsylvania Legislature requesting
Gov. Stone to name Monday, May /,
1899, as Dewey day" and designate the
same as legal holiday.
Ex-Secretary John Sherman, who is
suffering with pneumonia al ST. Pierre,
Martinique, will be brought to the
United States on the cruiser Chicago.
Burglars entered Charles ii. May &
| Co.'s bunk at Clio, Mich, blew the bank
vault and safe open and stole $1;5OO.
Andrew Hapeny, angered because
his wife had secured divorce, shot her
fatally in Peoria, ILL.,, and then killed
himself.
In a political fight at Hot Springs,
Ark, Thomas Toler, chief of police;
j. E. Hart, city detective; Thomas F.
Goslee, police sergeant, and John Will
liams and Louis Hinkle were shot dead.
The board of inquiry appointed to
look into the charges that the beef is
sued during the late war was of an in
ferior quality spent day in Omaha
and then went to Kansas City, Mo.
In fight over political candidates in
ST. Louis bud" Price, a negro, and Ed
ward Osterhide were shot and killed by
ex-Detective Jack Williams.
John Ferriter, serving a life sem
tence in the Michigan City penitentiary
for the murder of Policeman Charles
Ware, of Indianapolis, Ind, made his
escape.
The steamer Meade, with the S3,000,-
600 in cash on board which is to be paid
to the Cuban soldiers, arrived in Ha-
vana.
Before adjourning the North Caro-
lima Legislature took every appoint
ment away from the governor except
that of the directors of the insane
asylum.
Six men, representing 90 per cent
of the stove founders of the United
States, ataconference in Chicago raised
the wages of $4,000 stove molders.
There were 1S9 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the nth, against 1S2 the week
previous and POS in the corresponding
period of 1898.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
$1,S45, 172 $50, against 1910 ,A73, ,027 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1898
was 42.9.
1t is reported that Whitelaw Reid,
of New York, is to be offered the post
of minister to Spain.
The state of Iowa is out of debt.
1t is announced at the war depart
ment that the remains of all the SOL
der dead brought. back from Cuba will
be sent for interment to any place
which the relatives of the victims may
designate.
Officers in Boston broke up the big
gest gang of counterfeiters at present
operating in this country and arrested
eight men, woman and a girl.
The circuit court in Cleveland has dis