Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-08-02
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.

Detroit, Mich, celebrated the ami
years ago.
William Shirley, of Edwardsville,
Ind, stabbed his sweetheart, Miss
Florence McCulloch, and then inflicted
fatal cut in his throat.
Secretary Long has granted Admiral
Schley's request for a court of inquiry
and appointed Admiral Dewey presid-
ing officer.
Excessive heat continued through
out Kansas, Missouri and Iowa on
the oath. In st. Louis there were 40
deaths and so prostrations, and fa-
talities in many other cities. Rain
fell in most of the western states.
Michael Kelly, recently released
from an asylum, killed one man, ia
tally wounded two and shot three
others in Leavenworth, Kan, before
he was slain by policeman.
Government health officers found a
case of bubonic plague reported at
New York to be the genuine disease.
The secretary of agriculture says
the excessive heat in tie west is due
The United States revenue cutter
McCulloch has sailed for the Channel
islands to break up gang of smug-
glers.
ID. c. Simonton shot and killed Mrs.
Grantham, n widow, and then COM
mitted suicide at Connor, Tex.
Citizens of West Chicago, H., treat
ed Valentine Miller, a wife beater, to
a coat of tar and feathers, and only
his piteous appeals saved him from
being lynched.
The striking steel workers have
been warned not to commit any vio-
;ence which could De used as ground
for an injunction by steel magnates.
Fire in Davenport, Ia, destroyed
business and residence property worth
100000 and rendered homeless hun
dreds of persons.
Secretary Long has named Admiral
Dewey and Rear Aim.rals Kimberley
and Benham, retired. as the members
of the Schley court of irquiry.
Frank Erie, negro desperate who
held mp and robbed clerk, was hanged
by a mob a Nidalia, Ga.
In Salt Lake City W. Z. Samuelsop,
of Provo, Utah, broke the worlds un-
paced mile bicycle record, riding the
distance in /: SO 2-5.
Rain in many parts of the west
lowered the temperature, but it will
take much more to save what remains
of the crops.
S. S. Cramer, member of the New
r., L. E.
of self, mother and sisters in wheat
speculation.
Rev. James d. Merrill has been elect
ed president of Fisk university at
Nashville, Tenn.
The president issued his procla-
nation establishing free trade be-
tween Porto Rico and the United
States and declaring the organizat tion
of civil government for the island.
Striking steel workers appealed to
Senator Hanna to act as their medi-
ator in efforts to obtain peace.
Prof. Thorndilte, of Columbia uni
versity, says monkeys have earned
the right to be placed in the same
mental class with men.
Fire started by the suns rays de-
stroyed j. F. Phelan e. Co.'s big dry
goods store in Sioux City, Ia.
Colored laborers brought from Ala
bama to take the place of strikers at
the steel works in Melrose Park, ILL.,,
will be sent back because protection
by authorities was refused,
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the seven days ended on the 26th
aggregated $2,o95, ,76s,53O, against s2,-
445,220,s20 the previous week. The in
crease compared with the corresponds
Ing week of last year was $3.50.
There were 1913 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 26th against 1913 the
week previous and 231 the CORE
spending period of 1900.
John II. Chapman was reelected
president of the Baptist Young Peo-
ple's union at the convention in Chi
cago. a ~
A section rs miles wide through the
Nevada desert from Death as far
west as Carlin experienced series
of heavy earthquake shocks.