Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-28
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Three tramps were killed in the
wreck of Big Four freight train near
Muncie. Ind.
Attorney General Griggs concluded
his argument before the supreme court
against the contention that the consti-
tuition already applies to the colonies
F. C. Burns, a wealthy ranchman.
and Staunch Burns and Woody Litch-
field were killed by landslide near
Chadron. Neb.
w. II. Durr, former theatrical man.
ager, shot and killed himself in an un-
dertakers' rooms in Chicago.
Secretary of the Navy John d. Long
has purchased a site for a residence
at Colorado Springs, Col.
Two negroes who robbed and burned
trading boat at Arcadia Miss, after
killing Thomas Thompson, the owner,
and his wife and baby, were lynched by
a mob.
After a separation of two years John
Snyder, butcher in La Sale, ILL.,. went
to Chicago and fatally shot his wife
and killed himself.
A report of engineers submitted to
congress favors 14-foot channel from
Lake Michigan to St. Louis.
Physicians say grip is epidemic in
Chicago.
II. X. Wieser. bank teller at York,
Pa, is said TO be $4,000 short.
The residence of Mrs. David Hewitt
at Bradford, Pa. was destroyed by
fire and she and her mother, Mrs. Mar
garet O'Keefe, aged Sc years, were
burned to death.
Edward \. Cudahy, the Omaha pack
er, who paid $4,000 for ransom of his
15-year-old son, has offered $4,000 re-
ward for the apprehension of the ab-
ductors.
C. II. Aldrich made the closing argu-
ment in the Porto Rico case before the
supreme court. contending if the new
colonies are not American they are
Spanish.
President Dolphin, of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers, says the strike
will continue on the Santa Fe.
Railroads will make n strong effort
to have congress pass law permitting
pooling of contracts.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
10 rob the state treasury at Lincoln,
Neb.
A mirage resulting from unusual
atmospheric conditions caused the
Michigan shore to be seen in Chicago.
Secretary of War Root has approved
the selection of two farm near Des
Moines, Ia, as the site for a new army
post.
Positive evidence has been secured
that Joe Rolla, one of the colored men
lynched at Bonneville, Ind, was inno-
cent of the crime charged.
A medical board in Cuba has dis
covered that yellow fever is spread by
MOSQUITOES.
A negro named Lewis was hanged
by mob at Gullport, Miss, for the
murder of W. Z. Richardson.
The schooner Jennie Hall sank in a
gale south of Cape Henry, the captain
and two seamen being drowned.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the 21st aggre-
gated $2,276, ,197,373, against 50 2,O13,3O9,-
O07 the previous week. The increase
compared with the corresponding
week of 1899 was OIL.
There were 293 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 2lst against 240 the
week previous and 22O the correspond
ing period of 1885,
Mrs. Jessie l.. Beckwith, daughter
of Robert 7. Lincoln, of Chicago, and
granddaughter of President Lincoln,
who in 1897 married Warren Beck
with, of Mount Pleasant, Ia., has been
divorced.
A boiler explosion at Sneedville
Tenn, killed William Edwards Pleas.
ant Trent, Jesse Mahan and Lee Cor,
don.
In n shooting affray near Tallahas
see, Fla, State Senator w. c. Rouse
and Edgar Minis were killed.
The American national bank of Bal
timore, Nd, has been placed in tn,
hands of a receiver.
Omaha police found the house il
which Edward Cudahy was held by kid
napers and obtained descriptions o
three suspects.
"John Owens" the murderer o
James f. Hogue. was hanged at Paris
Ill. He said he was son of L. ii. Vol
sam, living in Tennessee, near Middle
boro, Ky.