Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-31
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.


A mob of 1900 surrounded the Jail
at Akron, o., clamoring for a negro
accused of serious crime. The officers
fired and two persons were killed and
many wounded. The mob burned CO.
lumbia hall and blew up the city build
ing. Gov. Nash ordered regiment to
the scene of trouble.
The official census gives Philadelphia
population of ,203 ,697, gain of 24G,-
733 in ten years.
Frank Wallace, farmer near Poplar
Bluff, Mo-, killed his wife and himself
while insane.
The transport Strathgyle sailed from
San Francisco for China with 763
horses for the use of the army.
Post Office officials in Chicago passed
a rule barring employment to any boy
who is addicted to the use of cigarettes.
The production of iron ore in the
United States for the year 1899 amount
ed to 24,6s3,173 tons, breaking all rec
ords.
Mrs. Charles Gloeckner's baby died
of starvation in courtroom in Chi
cago while the mother was testifying
against her husband for aban6 onment.
Reports of the revival of agricultural
industries in southeastern Cuba are en-
couraging.
William VI. Johnson, the newly-ap-
pointed first assistant postmaster gen.
eral took the oath of office.
The steamer Tacoma arrived at Port
Townsend, Wash. with 100000 in dust
and $50 passengers from Nome.
Sam Fields, young negro, was shot
TO death by a mob of white men for
attempting TO assault Mrs. Peter Roche,
a white woman, near Whitehall, La.
Cashier Balch, of the OEas,ha national
bank, was assaulted in a sleeping car
on the Northwestern near Boone, Ia,
and robbed of $50.
Judge Cantrill overruled the motion
at Georgetown, KY, for a new trial in
the case of Caleb Powers, convicted as
an accomplice in the murder OF Will
liam Goebel.
Harry Davis, an aeronaut, was killed
by falling while making balloon as
cension at Delphos, o.
The census office gave Cleveland $751;
7Gs population, gain CO 120,415; Gin
cinnati, 325,902, gain of 2s,994; Oma-
ha, 102,555, decrease of 37,s97.
Drought and forest fires We're de.
Etroying the crops in North Carolina.
The national guard of Ohio was in
control at Akron. AS result of the
Tioting one is dead, two will die, Is
Others are more or less injured, ant
fully 100000 in property, including
the city hall and all records, is de
stroyed.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the gath aggre
gated $1,26s, $685. ,907, against $1.262 ,s02,
7s6 the previous week. The decreas,
compared with the corresponding
week of 1899 was 17.5.
There We're III business failures il
the United States in the seven day
ended on the cath, against 161 tn,
week previous and 1853 the correspond
ing period of 1899.
The Western Union college building
at Lemars, Ia, was destroyed by fire
Louis Peck, the negro whose assaul
on a five-year-old white girl cause
the riots at Akron, o., pleaded guilt,
and received life sentence.
New York city is flooded with phot
buttons of Bresci, the assassin O
King Humbert.
Coils p. Huntington's will leaves tn
great bulk of his fortune of $50 GOO, 90
or more to Mrs. Huntington, Princes
Hatzfeldt and Henry Edwards Hun
tington.
Many lives were lost and 100 vesseI
were wrecked by hurricane at Cap
Nome, Alaska.
Fitzsimmons knocked out Sharkey
The second round in a fight at Cone
Island, y. Y.
The census gives ST. Louis 575,2'
population, gain of 123,46s; and Il
dianapolis, .160,1 ,164, gain of cares.
A hailstorm damaged the tobac'
crop in Rock county, Wis, to the e
tent of $500,o00
In freight wreck at Coshocton, {
Engineer Doyle, of Cleveland, and Fir
man Digger, of Canton, were killed.
Gov. Wood at banquet at Santiai
de Cuba gave hope to Cubans of ind
pelidence.