Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-07-26
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.

DOMESTIC,
Robert Cooke, Charles Swisher and
Charley Scott, were instantly killed
by lightning at Arthur, Ill.
Fred Feurheim, of Pacific Junction,
Ia, made insane by heat, killed his
wife, daughter and himself.
Prof. Triggs told his class in Eng
1ish literature at the Chicago uni
versity that the Protestant hymns
were doggerel and dime nov els bet
ter than Sunday school books.
The drought in Kansas and other
western states has been broken.
and with it has gone the excess We hot
spell.
Mrs. George W. Lane, wife of rich
farmer near Canton. H., was mysteri-
ously murdered by choking.
Postmaster General Smith issued an
order denying pound rate privileges to
novels premium publications and re-
turned papers.
Over $4,000 miners are idlc as re-
suit of the fremen's strike in the
Wyoming valley.
Engineer Henry F. Baker and Ex-
press Messenger W. A. Floyd were
hllltu anu II ONhSlS luJuItb III ihiA-
way collision near Gcwer, Mo.
The steel strike isldaily costing the
three companies ir golved 100000 and
the workmen S156,0oo.
The government is preparing for an
extensive raid upon sailors and lake
captains suspected of completely in
smuggling goods into this country and
Canadian ports.
Ten persons of picnic party were
injured ina runaway at Racine, Wis.
The census bureau says there are S9,-
500 Chinese in the United States,
against 1O7,475 in 1s9O The japanese
number 24,3O0, against 2,o30 ten years
age.
The Michigan barrel works at Grand
JHapids were burned, the loss being
.S250000.
Rains in Kansas, Missouri, Nebra ska
and Iowa have emporarily checked the
fearful ravages of drought and crops
are reviving.
The maple flooring factory of Thom-
as Foreman G. Co. was destroyed by
fire at Petoskey, Mich, the loss being
100000.
The trotting stallion Cresceus made
two heats in succession in 2:06A and
2:C5 in Detroit, breaking the worlds
record.
The new series of ten-dollar certifi-
Gates are to be known as Buffalo
BILL"
A prospector jumped a claim to the
Big Helen iron mine at Michipicoten,
Mich, and restaked it. The property
is worth $15,000,000
The German exchange bank of Chill
ton, Wis, failed, with liabilities of $780,
COO and 100000 assets.
The fifth international Epworth
league convention opened at Sar
Francisco with delegates present from
all parts of the world.
Flint glass bottle manufacturers ot
the United States have formed com
bination with a capitalization of $50,
100000.
Arnesti z. Gomez, a grandson of Gen
Gomez, committed suicide in the Mid
way of the Buffalo exposition.
Miss Mary Anderson, of Portland
Me-, has been selected to christen tn,
new battleship Maine.
Babe BATHS, Duser Thompson ant
ADe ItlWdI, negro UluTutTtTs, WtTS
hanged at Nashville, Tenn.
A four-story business building col
lapsed at Grand Rapids, Mich, causin.
a loss of $250,0O0.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the seyen days ended on the 19tl
aggregated $2,415,22Os $50, against So
136,321 ,047 the previous week. The in
crease compared with the correspond
ing week of last year was Gal.
There were 1913 business failures i
the United States in the seven day
ended on the 10Th, against 204 tn
week previous and 231 the CORE
spending period of 1900.
All hope of compromise in the stet
strike was ended by a declaration of ,
Pierpont Morgan upholding the con
bine's stand.
Crop Statistician Snow fears tn
damage to corn by drought and hea
is the worst on record.
Official figures on the value of e,
ports of manufactures show they al
holding their own.
j. II. Ferguson and William Fletche
young farmers. were killed by the cal
at Brunswick, Mo.
Indiana packed 24,OO0,OOO cans {
peas the past season.
Three boys, residents of Newpor
KY, were run down by train nei
Maysvile and killed.
Fire destroyed ten buildings
Tower, Minn.
An unknown negro who fred upo
mn officer at Crowley, La, was hangs
by mob.
Secretary Long has barred Maclay
history OF the navy as text boo
at Annapolis because OF its harl
criticisms of Schley.
Charles Nordthoff, well-knov
Journalist. died at San Francisco. Ct