Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-08
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI 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.

Louis f. Menage, the fugitive presi-
dent of the Northwestern Guaranty
Loan company, which failed disastrous
ly May II, 1898, returned to Minneapo-
lis and gave himself up.
At the commencement exercises of
Harvard university at Cambridge,
Mass, honorary degrees were conferred
upon nearly 1000 persons, among them
being Rear Admiral Sampson and Gen.
Wood, military commander of Santiago.
Five laborers were drowned in the
Mississippi river mile above Clarlls-
vile, Mo-, by the overturning of skiff.
Vincent Ryan, a prominent newspa-
per man and editor of the Tacoma
(Wash.) News, dropped dead in res
taurant.
Fire totally destroyed machinery
hall on the industrial exhibition
grounds in Toronto and damaged the
agricultural implement hall.
A dispatch was sent to Gen. Shafter
by Adjt. Gen. Corbin directing him to
dispatch every available transport to
the Philippines at full speed with the
troops he has on hand, regardless of or
CARNATIONS.
All south, west and central Texas
were visited by terrific transforms and
many hundreds of acres of farming land
were under water, and much cotton
was badly damaged.
In heavy gale the steamer Margaret
0lwill foundered in Lake Erie off Lor-
ain, o., and nine persons were drowned.
During the last six months about
1900 miles of new railroad track have
been constructed in the United States.
Harvard won all of the boat races at
New London, Conn.-three victories
over Yale in three hours.
The national North American sanger
fest opened in Cincinnati with grand
concert.
The treasury officials are now conf
dent that the deficit for the present Gls-
cal year will not exceed $9O,Ooo,O 900.
Joseph S. Hollinger, aged so, was
hanged in the Dauphin county (Pa.)
Jail for the murder of his wife.
DR.. E. Y. Mullins, of the Newton Cen
ter (Mass.) Baptist church, has been
elected to the presidency of the South
ern Baptist Theological seminary at
Louisville, Ky.
Maj. Davis, chief sanitary officer, says
there is not single case of yellow fever
in Havana. u most remarkable condition
for the place.
Rev. Joseph S. Thompson, D. d. (col-
ored), pastor of the Macedonia A. NJ. E.
church at Camden, n. j., dropped dead
in his pulpit.
Dol OF A,,c1-n
gon, Mich, was assassinated by j. w.
Tayer, a disappointed office-seeker,
who committed suicide.
indianapolis grain dealers have COM
pleted their estimates of the Indiana
wheat crop and report. that the yield
will not exceed 100000 bushels.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 30th ult. aggre-
gated 81, ,63G, 1924, 1877, against $1,61s,215,-
955 the previous week. The increase
compared with the corresponding week
in 1893 was AL.
There were 1S1 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 30th ult., against 178 the
week previous and 254 in the CORE
spending period of 1898.
After being in the hands of receivers
for over three years the Baltimore d
Ohio railroad, by order of court, has
been restored to the stockholders.
AT cabinet meeting the secretary of
the treasury reported that the annual
deficit would be about $50 9,25O,00O in
tead of his estimate of $120,00O,0OC
made in the last fiscal report.
North Dakota as a divorce mecca is
thing of the past, the law requiring q
years residence having gone into eff
| feet.
On invitation of Evangelist Dwight l.
Moody, the fourteenth annual worlds
students conference opened at North
field, Mass.
Maj. Gen. Miles addressed two big
labor mass meetings in Pittsburgh
Pa.
Mrs. Edgarton, was hanged at BaXley
| Ga.
William p. Wilkes, farmer living
near Mount Vernon, Tenn, cut hi!
wife's throat and then his own.
John Lenherr, farmer, and his twt
little sons, aged seven and five years
were drowned in Rock creek, neal
Louisville, Kan.
Penn yam, N. Y. has more graves il
its cemetery than it has living inhabi
tants. The cemetery is 100 years ol'
and contains 5000 bodies.