Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-30
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.

age to buildings in Colorado cities.
Republican members of the ways
and means committee have decided
to reduce the war revenue taxes $780,
100000 year.
Five people were killed near Santa
Barbara, Cal, by the upsetting of
stage.
The national good roads convention
in Chicago resulted in a permanent or
ganization. with w. II. Moore, of Mis-
souri, as president, and headquarters in
Chicago.
A storm caused numerous disasters
on the great lakes, many vessels being
sunk, driven ashore or badly crippled
and several persons were drowned.
The Methodist state conference at
Norfolk, Va, decided that preachers
and presiding elders must not ride to
their places of worship on Sunday on
street cars or railroad trains.
Later adviccs say that the cyclone
in Tennessee and Mississippi killed at
least so persons, injured over 100 and
demolished over $50 buildings.
A severe windstorm swept over
western and northern Ohio. doing
much damage to property, but no lives
were lost.
The census gives New York state n
population of 7,26s,o12, an increase of
1,270,159 in ten years.
Capt. w. NJ. Meredith, of Chicago,
has been appointed chief of the bu-
reau of engraving and printing in
Washington.
The receipts from the war revenue
act for the first four months of the
present fiscal year were $3s,39s,956.
Secretary Long has entered into
contracts involving sl6.376,7 700 for ar
NOR plate for war craft.
The census gives Missouri popu-
lation of 3,1O6,665; gain, 427.4s1;
Mississippi, 1,551,27O; gain. 261,67O.
West Virginia, 95s,sOo; gain, l96,OO6.
Robbers blew open the safe of the
Farmers bank at Orlando, o. T., and
secured over $1,000.
Trinity college, a Catholic school
for women, was dedicated at WASH
ington.
Charlemagne Tower, American am
bassador to Russia, denies n report
that he will resign.
At the irrigation congress in Chi
cago letters were received from Gen.
Miles and Gov. Roosevelt favoring
governmental work in redeeming arid
lands.
William Simms (colored) who killed
his wife at Dunbar, Pa, on August 16,
1899, was hanged.
The torpedo boat Blakely was
launched at Boston.
Lake builders are making arrange
ments to construct ocean-going ves-
sells of any length in detachab BILE Sec
tions.
Frank b. Noyes. of the Washington
Star, has been elected president of the
Associated Press.
Secretary Hay sent a note to the
powers proposing joint commission
to meet in Europe or Washington to
arrange an agreement on the Chi
nese situation.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the 23d aggre.
gated $2,246, 1874, against $2,319, 751,.
APO the previous week. The increase
compared with the corresponding
week of 1899 was 1913.
There were 23s business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 23d, against PIT the weel
previous and 191 the corresponding
period of 1899.
Henry w. Phillips, the first minister
to the United States from the new
South American republic of Acre, reg
istered at Denver, Col, from Arieopo
lis.
For the fourth consecutive time Mrs
Henry wager gave birth to twins il
Syracuse, y. Y.
The Union Pacific fast mail ran from
Grand Island to Omaha, distance o.
154 miles, in $50 minutes.
The annual report of Gov. Brady. ot
Alaska, urges congressional legis,a
tion on the extension of the genera
land laws to Alaska, giving the natives
the same legal status as the whites, ant
the representation of Alaska by dele
gate in congress.
The secretary of the interior will
aSh eOHBitso p~SO,uOO lOT
tion surveys.
The Union Pacific railroad will put
armed guards on trains that carry
lafge sums of money.
The census gives South Caroline
a population of 1,a4o,316. gain O
1S9,167.
The Pere Marquette (Mich.) rail
road will put carrier pigeons on 1T
lake vessels to carry news of della,
ashore during winter navigation.
The irrigation congress sent n mes
sage TO the president urging thu
preservation of the forests.
Capt. Edward II. Strong has beer
placed on the retired list OF the navy
with the rank of rear admiral.