Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-02-09
DOMESTIC.

Gov. Taylor declared state of insur-
rection in Kentucky and adjourned the
legislature to meet at London on Feb
ruary 6. Troops prevented the legisla-
ture from meeting at the capitol in de-
fiance of the governors proclamation.
The democratic members met at n ho-
tel and declared Goebel and Beckham
elected; the chief justice of the court
of appeals swore them in and Goebel or
dered the troops to disperse. Two rival
state governments are likely. Goebers
doctors think he will recover.
The new census gives Cuba's popula-
tion as 1,57a,s4O, whfch is $4,000 less
than in 1897. Porto Rica has 957,679, n
gain of 100000 since 1897.
When Mrs. Lawton arrived in San
Francisco she received the first news
that friends of her husband had raised
subscription of $4,000 for her and
she was overcome with gratitude.
To wipe out the plague in Honolulu
13 acres of buildings were burned in
the section known as Chinatown.
Maj. Davis reports that yellow fever
has been completely stamped out of
Havana.
A new antitrust law has gone into
effect in Texas which releases debtors
from payment for goods bought of
trusts.
The body of man about 65 years old
was found in the express Office in Sioux
City, Ia, in box marked Books" sup
posed to have been shipped from Balti-
more.
The South Carolina legislature killed
bill to repeal the law requiring coun-
ties in which lynchings take place to
pay the heirs of the deceased $4,000.
Admiral Dewey asked the house pen
sion committee to grant pensions to
his officers widows.
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st shows that the debt decreased
$8,663,7S0 during the month of January.
The cash balance in the treasury was
$292, ,490,973. The total debt less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to 81, ,125, ,636.227.
Mrs. Samuel Thurman, aged 60, and
daughter, aged II, were asphyxiated by
natural gas at Sheridan, Ind.
At Muncie, Ind, the livery barn of
Boor & Munshower was burned and
Cecil Weekly, cab driver, was killed,
and Al horses perished.
The coinage executed at the mints OF
the United States during January
amounted to $14y053,431, as follows:
Gold, $11,515,OOO; silver, $2.364, ,161 /;
minor coins, $174,270.
Mrs. III. L. Wills sight was restored
in Chicago by an operation after II
years of blindness.
The governments of the United States
and Italy have entered into an arrange.
ment for reciprocity.
During January the government re-
ceipts amounted to $4s, ,012,164, against
$41 ,774,o30 for January, 1899. The ex.
penditures aggregated $50, ,lS0,096
against $51, ,122,770 for January, 1899
leaving a surplus last month of So,
s23,06s.
Three persons were killed in rail
road wreck near Tampa, Fla, and 9
number of others were injured.
Mrs. Ellinor C. Baker, "a years of age
and Mrs. William Devine, aged G2, were
burned to death in Charleston, S. C.
Fire among business houses IT. Day
ton, o., caused loss of $75O,0OO.
Mrs. Kate p. Pier and her daughter
Miss II. II. Pier, of Milwaukee, were
admitted to the bar in the Unitea
States supreme court in Washington.
Sister Stanislaus, teacher. and Mary
Foley, pupil, lost their lives in IL lire
which destroyed parochial school in
st. Louis.
Smallpox is killing Indians in dozens
An the Colyille (Wash.) reservation.