Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-04-27
DOMESTIC.

Lie preslueIt nus appointed FRANK
w. Hackett, of New Hampshire, to be
assistant secretary of the navy.
Mrs. Eliza Chrisman left by will
S250,000 for the founding of univer-
sity at Topeka, Kan.
DR.. L. Benjamin Andrews, superin-
tendent of Chicago schools, has ac-
cepted the chancellorship of the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
a company of the Seventh United
States infantry, stationed at Colum-
bus, o., has been ordered to Alaska to
protect miners.
George r. Angel, president of the
City savings bank and of the Michigan
Bankers association, died suddenly at
his breakfast table in Detroit.
The first boat of the season, the
Jesse Spalding, passed through the
Straits of Maclinaw.
During the fiscal year just ended 96,-
600 Italians have landed in this coun-
try.
Rain and snowstorms in the grazing
regions in Colorado caused the loss of
10000 sheep.
Rev. Faye Walker, D. d., for II years
president of Oxford CO., college, has
resigned.
The Illinois Central and the Yazoo
and Misss"' i valley railway systems
south urg are completely tied
~
'. N, of Princeton uni
Vr ii the Presbyterian creed
sd or revised it will be the
l. III of the church
The late Philetus Sawyer, of Osh-
kosh, Wis, leaves an estate of $4,000
600. Relatives get it all, except $40, 900
for charity.
The United States has completed ar
rangements to substitute American cur
rency for Porto Rican money.
The National league and American
baseball season opened throughout
the country.
The flood situation in Wisconsin
threatens vast damage to bridges and
vessel interests.
A mob lynched Henry McAfee (col-
,red) near Brownsville, Miss, for an
ttf npted assault on white woman.
Cuban census shows popula tion
Of 572,797, of whom 443, ,42G can read
r"t WIltc, 20 per celt. are ndtlVe
whites and 32 per cent. negroes. Ha
vana's population is 235,0s1.
Engineer George Crane and Fireman
Frank Reynolds were killed in a rail
way wreck near Aurora, Ind.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur.
ing the week ended on the Goth aggre,
gated $1,725,S67, ,536, against $1,s75,
425,605 the previous week. The de
crease compared with the correspond
ing week of 1899 was 1875.
There were 1874 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Goth, against 1913 the
week previous and 1874 in the CORE
spending period of 1899.
Riley Powell (coloreD was hanged
at Cairo, ILL.,, for the murder of Elmo
Erie in October, 1899.
Fire destroyed ten buildings in the
business portion of Lewiston, Me.
Elmer Harris, II years old. fell
dead in Hamilton, o., at the end of G
boxing bout.
Homer Crawford, negro, wa.
hanged in Hawkjnsville, Ga, for the
murder of johnson Pate (colorcd).
Three men were blown to atoms by
the explosion Of dynamite plant a
Kawkawlin, Mirh.
j. II. Raymond resigned as presi
dent of University of West Virgins
because of politics.
The big cement plant near La Sale
ILL.,. was burned; loss. $250,O00.
The agricultural department is to es
tablish an experiment station in Porte
Rico, with the view of improving farm
ing methods.
The Ohio supreme court says th,
law permitting collection of damage
by heirs of lynched persons is conItitu
,tional.