Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-09-15

Ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the sth aggregated
S1,370, roc, sci, against 81 ,4i3, SGD, ,SS7 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1898
was 800.
There were 132 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Sth, against 131 the week
previous and 164 in IT, correspond :
period of 1898.
st. Navier's academy and the Sisters
of Mercy convent was destroyed by fire
at Ottawa, ILL.,, the inmates, 60 sisters
and pupils, escaping in their night
clothes.
Because he was refused n peddler's
license Henry Fry killed in st. Louis
William C. Pape, general superintend-
ent of parks, and then killed himself.
The attorney general of Illinois says
that the treatment of disease without
medicine by Christian scientists is not
an offense under the state criminal
code.
NJ. II. Roberts, machinist, while in
sane killed his son in Hannibal, Mo-,
A storm swept over Wayne county, o.,
causing great loss to farmers.
One man killed and number wound
ed is the result of a fresh outbreak of
the French-Eversole feud at Hazard, Ky.
The number of yellow fever cases at
Key West, Fla, is above the 100 mark.
At the cabinet meeting in Washing
ton Secretary Root reported plans for
sending n large force to the Philippines,
as soon as the rainy season should end.
Fire destroyed the stove foundry of
Bridgeford d Co. and the Phoenix Can
ming company's works in Louisville,
KY, causing n loss of $250,000.
A boat was overturned in the bay at
Quincy, ILL.,, and two women and one
man were drowned.
The schooner Gen. Hardcastle, of Bal
timore, was wrecked in Pamlico sound
and Capt. Todd, his son and the crew of
six men were lost.
Six persons were seriously hurt by
the collision of two electric street cars
in Cleveland.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week end
ed on the 10th were: Brooklyn, .694;
Philadelphia, .624; Boston, .6O7; Balti-
more, .592; ST. Louis, .563; Cincinnati,
.563; Chicago, SIG; Pittsburgh, 800;
Louisville, .455; New York, AS; Wash
ington, .347; Cleveland, Jas.
At the national encampment in De-
troit of the Sons of Veterans Lieut..
Gov. Asa w. Jones, of Ohio, was elected
commander in chief and Syracuse, n.
Y, was selected as the meeting place
next year.
Four masked men held up southern
Pacific train ut Cachise, A. T., blew open
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s through-money
safe and secured probably $4,000.
At Pittsburgh, Pa, Mrs. Mary Gal
lagher, aged 35, poisoned herself and
her three children with laudanum. Mrs.
Gallagher and her four-months-old baby
are dead.
The war department reports won
derful increase in commerce between
the United States and its new posses
sions in the last seven months.
Rev. o. H. sproul, presiding elder of
the Methodist church for the Aberdeen
district, died at Worthwhile, S. D., while
preaching.
II. Y. Hawes, of Johnstown, Pa, sold
the famous PAGER, Joe Patchen, to Sen
ator Mccarthy, of Goshen, n. Y, for
over $4,000.
The annual reunion of the Society of
the Army of the Cumberland will be
held in Detroit September 2627.
Instructions have been sent to Ma j.
Gen. Otis by the war department to pro-
vide for the full cooperation of the navy
in the coming campaign in the Philip
pines.
A freight train went through tres
tie near Columbia, S. c., killing En-
gineer Weatherly, Fireman Rennick
and two other men.
The war department issued an order
for the enlistment of two additional
regiments of volunteer infantry to be
composed of negroes. This will pro-
vide for military force of nearly 10000
men for service in the Philippines.
Adit. Gen. Corbin in statement
showing the contributions of the va
rious states and territories to the vol.
unteer army says Georgia has fur
nished more volunteers than any Other
state in the country.