Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-22
DOM ESTIC.


ering course of lectures on the Con-
federacy, was recently robbed of his
overcoat, in a pocket of which were
passes which entitle the former Con-
federate general to transportation
over all the principal railroads, and
checks and papers which he valued at
$4,000.
Twenty-nine persons were injured
in the derailment of trolley car en-
route from Dayton, Ky. to Cincin-
matt on the 18th. 1t is feared several
of the injured will die. Only one of
30 passengers aboard the car escaped
unhurt.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ended February
is numbered 257, as compared with
21S for the corresponding period of
last year, and 40 in Canada, as
against ~ for the same week in 1900.
Mrs. Stevens, president of the w.
c. Il. u, has sent the following mes
sage to Mrs. Caroline Crow and Mrs.
Chaplin, editors of the Union Signal.
the official organ: Print as many
good things as you can of Mrs. Car
rie Nation; she certainly has accom-
plished much.' 1t is the first in
crusader by the w. c. Il. us officers.
BY dynamite explosion near Cum
berland, Nd, on the 18th three men
were killed and several seriously in
jured.
In recent gale off Hogg island,
Va, the iron barge Alabama, with
five men on board, was sunk.
Many men have Just been dis
~, h.a N \
navy yard, about 400 in all having
been dismissed during the past week.
Most of them were painters and la
borers, and were employed on the
cruiser New York.
Seven miners, including the super
intendent, were blown to atoms at
the Commerce mine in Graham coun-
ty, Ariz., on the 10th, by the eXplo-
sion of the company's magazine.
Seventy men, led by the ministers
of Arkansas City, Kan, crossed the
Arkansas river on the 10th and de-
molished the Last Chance" saloon.
All the joints there had been closed
for several days, but the Last
Chance" being outside the city limits,
it's proprietor continued to do a
nourishing business.
The plant of the Maryland Biscuit
Co., at Baltimore, was burned on the
10th, the loss being about 100000,
which was fully covered by insur-
ance.
For the first time in their history
the clearing house banks of New
York City report deposits ia excess
of one thousand million dollars, the
exact total, according TO the bank
statement of the 10th, standing at
$1,011 $4,000. Since January deposits
have expanded more than $14O,000, 900.
At Emporia, Kan, Joint keepers
We're given scare by rumor that
Mrs. Nation had arrived in the CITY.
A wag had placed her name on the
register of a leading hotel. The
jointists hurriedly closed their places
and barred the doors.
Owing to several cases of smallpox,
the town of Redheld, S. D., has been
quarantined and no one is allowed to
enter or leave. Railway crews re-
main in their cars and no trains stop
except for orders.
Two meetings recently held by the
silk workers of Paterson, y. D., are
likely to change the entire silk situ-
alton, Every mill in the city was
represented and resolutions were
adopted intended to force the manu-
facturers to pay more wages. Wages
paid now are from 30 to 40 per cent.
lower than the scale agreed upon
after the great strike of 1894.
The southbound express train on
the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Bal
timore railway was wrecked n short
distance below North East, Nd, on
the 18th, by crashing into a derailed
freight ear. Engineer Edward Mead
was killed.
The bank at Omaha, Tex, was
robbed on the 18th of $4,000 in cash
and paper amounting to $4,000. The
robbers escaped upon a hand car.
The lone occupant of the bank was
decoyed from town by bogus tele-
grams and remained away from
Omaha the night of the robbery.