Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-13

| Inc eNcHdHSeS at the leaulng Gear
ing houses in the United States during
the seven days ended on the 9th ng
gregated $2,47s, ,161 COG against 81 o52
S25,s13 the previous week. The in.
crease compared with the correspond.
ing week of last year was 90.
There were 237 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 9th, against 1s2 the week
previous and 1s0 the corresponding pc
riod of last year.
Severe cold prevails throughout the
entire Catskiil mountains, in some
places the thermometer marking 33
degrees below zero.
Thomas j. Hampton (colored), who
committed a double murder al Fort
White nine years ago, was hanged in
Lake City, Fla.
The Federation of Labor convention
at Scranton, Pa, denounced Minister
wa for his recent remarks on Chinese
exclusion.
Leaders in congress insist that rad.
ical law must be passed at the present
session to squelch anarchists. Abra
ham lsaak'sutterances in Chicago COM
mending McKinley's assassination
have aroused anger.
The special board appointed to test
the Gathmann gun reports against its
adoption or further experiments by
the government.
lhe war department has received
copy of letter Agunaldo sent to his
Manila attorney, in which he declined
to seek release from imprisonment.
Bud Wilson, the convict who killed
X. II. Naylor, guard, was hanged at
Danville, Ark.
The Douglassville (Ga.) bank was
robbed of $1,000. The robbers es-
capped.
a cotton figure of Santa Claus in
store at Wilkesbarre, Pa, was the
cause of a $26O,OO0 fire.
James G. Green was hanged at Raw
son, Wash, for the murder of Z. V.
Ben iamin.
Miss Jane Toppan has been indicted
at Barnstable. Mass, for the murder
of Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. Gibbs and 4. p.
Davis.
Town Marshal ]. B. Smith. of Chel-
sea, Ia, was killed in n fight with
three men caught in the act of rob-
bing a bank.
At pro-Boer meeting in Chicago |
Bourke Cochran declared Great Brit |
ain would abandon the struggle if the |
Beers can prolong their resistance a |
few months.
According to the annual report of |
Director of the Mint Roberts the |
coinage for 1901 amounted to $780,
,4O,7S1.
The loss of life in the navigation of
The great lakes this season was 1872,
which exceeds all previous records.
Willis L. Moore, head of the wealth
n department, in his annual report
predicted increased use of wireless
Biography.
Serious defects have been discov-
'red in the machinery of the battle
ship Illinois and board of naval en-
gineers may investigate.
Rev. j. w. Bradford, of Brookside,
sla., was killed by former member
If his congregation.
The business section of Hopes
own, Ill.,, has been destroyed by fire.
Platinum and copper in paying
Quantities has been found near En-
Wyo.
The battleship Kearsarge sailed
rom New York to join the North At
antic squadron at Havana.
Corbett and McGovern have agreed
o fight again some time In July.
The annual international six-day BIZ
ycle team race began in Madison
quarc garden in New York
Thomas W. Lawson, the Boston
opper king, admits losing millions
n the recent slump, but says he will I
ot capitulate.
Cecil Bates, aged four years. acci- {
entally killed his mother at Pana,
H., by knocking gun from table.
The death of Mrs. Anne Wentworth
t Lowell, Mass, makes available
nnd of $500,000 willsd to Dartmouth
ollege by her husband.
The Archibald Banking company at =,
rchbald, o., was robbed by three bur- .
lars, who secured 1000 in gold and ,
The international live stock show 7
anne to a close in Chicago after having 6
lade an Unprecedented record for at I
.ndance and quality of exhibits. S
Twenty persons were injured in n
reck on the Central of Georgia rail- I
Dad near Macon. ?
Andrew Carnegie will give 100000 /
r more to the cause of university ex- l
'nsion in America. d
Plans are being made to revive legis- I
tion to reimburse states for money
'ent in equlpping soldiers in the civil l
ar. c
Robert Roberts, aged 76 years. and n
IS wife Sarah, aged 20, were asphyXi- =
ed by gas at Wilmington, Del. =
Personal AND POLITICAL.
Capt. Richard II. Turner, aged 63, n
eeper of Libby prison at the evacua- b
on of Richmond died in Isle of
'inbt conntv Un