Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-06-21
A WEEKS RECORD
All 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.


ton defies the striking machinists
and has taken steps for an aggress-
i've fight.
By the annual readjustment of post
masters salaries throughout the coun-
try 1,770 postmasters will receive in
creased pay and 229 will receive re-
duced compensation.
DIR. Runge, in an address at the Mil
waukee Medico-Psychologic conven-
fion, declared state insane asylums
slaughter houses.
Julius c. Benton, well-to-do stock
man, shot and killed his wife and him
self at Denver, Col.
The battleship Illinois on her trial
trip over the Cape Ann course made
the record-breaking speed of 1891
knots an hour.
The headless body of woman found
near Lowell, Mass, has been identified
as that of Mrs. Margaret Blondin.
NJ. Kreely and son, prominent farm
ers residing near Arcadia, Wis, were
killed by lightning.
Princeton college held its one hun
dred and fifty-fourth commencement.
Columbia university its one hundred
and forty-seventh and the University
of Pennsylvania its one hundred and
forty-ninth commencement.
Out of 62 applications for pardon
Gov. Yates, of Illinois, granted only
one.
Wholesale frauds have been discov-
cred in the quartermaster and commits
sary departments at San Francisco.
In runaway at Anderson, Ind,
Miss Bertha Stewart jumped from the
buggy and was instantly killed.
The three young sons of Lawrence
o. Mellott were drowned at Bel
laire, o.
Engineer Fulmer, Fireman Jenkins
and Brakeman Fleming were killed by
the explosion of an engine boiler near
Clarks, Neb.
The institute of medical research,
founded by John d. Rockefeller with a
gift of 100000, was incorporated in
New York.
c. a. Pearson, owner of the London
Daily Express and 10 other English pub
lications, arrived in New York.
The annual report of the chamber of
commerce of New York shows Amer
ica's trade balance is well over $780,
100000.
Secretary Root ordered a large num-
ber of officers TO relinquish easy posts
and join their regiments in the Phil
ippines.
The jubilee of the Y. NJ. C. A. was cell
ebrated at Boston and delegates from
all parts of the world gave greeting.
A farmer at Hastings, Neb., was
swindled out of $500 by confidence
men.
A negro appeared at an open air
concert in New York with fiery red
shirt waist and mob chased him
several blocks, tearing off the gar
ment.
Explorer Baldwin sailed from New
York for England, beginning the first
stage of his trip to the north pole.
Thirteen negroes We're imprisoned
in a building near Shreveport, La, in
imminent danger of being lynched for
completely in the murder of John Gray
Foster.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 14th aggre-
gated $2,419, ,191 ,040, against 81. .666.O0 :
1s2 the previous week. The increase
compared with the CORE spending week
OF last year was 66.3.
There were 1SS business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 1863 the week
previous and $50 the corresponding
period of 1900.
Chicago owners of Indiana coal mines
are said to be planning a combina-
fion that will result in a $500, 600 900
coal trust.
Maj. G. w. Buckingham and his
daughter and Mrs. Thomas Applegate
and Mrs. William Humphrey were
killed by the cars near Flint, Mich
Tricey Griffin (colored) was hanged
at Brunswick, Ga, for the murder of
Il. Marion Latimer.
indictments were returned against
Liant Salisbury, city attorney of Grand
Rapids, Mich, and four others accused
of bribery in connection with the wa
ter works deal.
The Mineral Springs hotel at West
Baden, Ind, was burned, but all the
PCS guests escaped, many losing jewel
ry and clothing.
Fire destroyed 20 business houses at
Conroe, Tex.
Five negroes convicted of murder
and other crimes were hanged from
one scatfold at Sylvania, Ga.
DIR. w. S. Hall, of Chicago, startled
the Y M. c. A. delegates at Boston by
supporting the Darwinian theory of
man's origin.
! 1t is reported that the Erie road will
absorb the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton and that the Big Four will ac-
auire the Cincinnati Northern.