Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-10-12
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.

igan will try to stop ST. Joseph's mar
riage industry by having the law
changed.
Gen. Wood in his annual report COM
mends the conduct of American troops
in Cuba.
Henry Leftridge, who killed John
Crowder and William johnson in the
Choctaw nation, I, T., was sentenced to
the penitentiary in Columbus, o., for
19S years.
The census bureau gives the popula-
tion of Arkansas as 1871 ,564, against
1,12s, 179 in 1890.
The first telegram from Skaguay to
Seattle. marking an epoch in the his
tory of business between Alaska and
the outside world, was received in Sc
attic.
Because her husband intended be-
coming farmer Mrs. Valentine Roul-
1ier drowned her daughter and herself
at Two Rivers, Wis.
Express Messenger Baxter shot and
killed n train robber and prevented the
footing of the express car on the Bur-
lington road near Council Bluffs.
The latest report of the damage to
cotton in Texas by the recent floods
places the loss at 100000 bales, valued
at S20,000000.
Rev. S. B. Dexter, of Humboldt Park
(Chicago) Baptist church, advertised
for 100 young men and women for evan
gelical work.
The offer of the Philadelphia & Read
ing Coal g. Iron company to arbitrate
has led strikers in Shamokin. Pa, to
feel that they have won the fight. but
will not attempt to negotiate with the
company until they ask instructions of
President Mitchell
C.. E. Galloway. aged SO years, died
at Denver. COL. from injuries received
by being struck by a tramway car. He
is believed to have been the oldest
newspaper editor in the state.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad de-
cided tospend Sc, 100000 for new equip
rment.
Maxwell w. Long, of New York
broke the worlds 440-yard running rec
ord, going the distance in AZ seconds.
The Vermont legislature assembled
an joint session and W. W. Stickney was
inaugurated governor.
While President Mitchell positively
refused to have anything to say in ref
erence toa settlement of the coal strike.
1t is fact that negotiations to bring
about peace are now pending.
The general land Office disposed of 49,,
<53,ss3 acres the last year, and the cash
receipts amounted to $4,379, 75s, an in
crease over the previous year of ST.
3o9,621.
Red Wing, MinE.. was cut off from
communication with the outside world
by storm that did great damage.
A flood in the Wisconsin river swept
away lumber and logs at Wausau and
other points, causing heavy loss.
The receipts of Klondike gold at
the San Francisco mint and Seattle
assay Office from July 1 TO Septem-
ber 80 aggregated S16,047,555 and of
Cape Nome gold S2,3l1,sO1.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 5th aggre-
gated $1,633,073,417, against $l,452,-
549,465 the previous week. The de-
crease compared with the correspond
ing week of 1899 was 10.
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 5th, against 2O4 the week
previous and 134 the corresponding pc
riod of 1899.
AT Brocton, Mass, Harry Elkes
broke every tricycle. record from two
miles to the hour. The hour record
IS 30 miles, 1,O45 yards.
Fire destroyed large portion of the
town of Byesville, o.
boiler explosion near Waelder,
Tex, killed three children of Steve
Wilson.
At Minerva, o., Sid Scott and Nicol.
owned by C.. A. Mcmahon, broke the
worlds record for n pacing team on a
half-mile track, doing ii in 2:13.
Snow to the depth of eight inches
fell at Leadville, Col.
At Gold Beach, Ore, Coleman Giles
pie was hanged for the murder of Mrs.
Edison in September, 1899.
Warrants were issued at Pittsburgh
for the arrest of 419 dealers in oleo-
margarine.
The New, York Central railway sys-
tenn decided to award prizes for good
work.
Mrs. w. w. Smith, wife of whole
sale grocer in New FORK, shot her
three children and killed herself.
A decision of the individual coal OPP
orators to offer ten per cent. in
crease in wages to the striking mine
workers is regarded throughout the
anthracite region as the beginning of
the end of the strike.
Fire destroyed the large shoe fac
tory of j. e. Dayton & Co. at Will
Transport, Pa, the loss being $780,
D00.