Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-05-09

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Bettendorf Steel Axle company, the
loss being $25o,Oo0.
William Henry Moody, the new sec
retary of the navy, has taken the
oath of Office.
Lewis Young (colored) was hanged
at Moundsville, w. Va, for the muir
der of Arthur Kell in a quarrel over
girl.
Thomas Mast, the famous carica-
turist, has been nominated by Presi-
dent Roosevelt as consul general ut
Guayaquil, Ecuador.
The Federation of Women's clubs
biennial convention began at Los
Angeles, Cal.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 2d aggregated
$2,57 ,Oa5, ,676, against $2,6s5, 159,526 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week of
last year, was 0.s.
There were 225 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the I'd, against 212 the week
previous and 226 the corresponding
week of last year.
j. j. Hill, the railway magnate, says
the injunction to control rates will be
futile, and that only roads that are
best equipped and best situated will
get traffic.
President Roosevelt in an address
to the graduating class at Annapolis
eulogized the navy as the prime factor
in securing victory should the United
States ever have to fight foreign foe.
BY an explosion of kerosene the wife
and child of Perle Hill were killed near
Spring Valley. Wis, and Hill had one
hand burned off.
The National Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution in session in
Washington elected as president Ed
win Warfield, of Maryland.
Four tornadoes in Iowa injured 16
persons and destroyed $4,000 worth
of property. The towns of Woodburn,
Bayard, Lohrville, Hiteman and Adaza
we're in the path of the storms.
President Roosevelt, in speech at
Washington banquet, said the army
and navy had placed the American flag
in the Philippines, and it would stay
| there.
Dun & Co.'s weekly trade review says
labor controversies are the only factor
in the industrial situation.
II. A. Barrows, disbursing clerk in
the census office in Washington. has
been found 81 500 short in his accounts.
In collision on the New York Cen
trail road at Clyde, n. Y, the engineer
and firemen were killed and 13 other
persons were seriously injured.
Arthur Donner, sugar trust treas
urer, told the senate committee the
trust was not interested in Cuba.
Commission men at the stock yards
in Chicago advise western shippers to
hold their cattle and not ship at pres
ent, as the market just now is slow.
Negotiations between anthracite
coal operators and miners at New York
have failed and a strike of 147,0 900 men
may be called at general convention of
workers to be held at Scranton We'd
nesday.
The bill in the beef suit, which will
be filed in the federal court in Chica-
go this week will charge that Chica-
go packers have received in a year
about $3,OOO,OOO in rebates from the
railroads.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the American league for the week
ended May were: Detroit, .75O: St.
Louis, 600; Philadelphia, $50; Wash
ington, 500; Boston, 800; Chica-
go, .444; Baltimore, .444; Cleveland,
.273.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended May 4 were: Pittsburg, $40;
New York, .643; Chicago, .636; Boston,
.53s; Philadelphia, .462; Brooklyn, 357;
Cincinnati, 1873; st. Louis, .167.
Secretary Shaw has decided to re-
lieve the treasury of some of the sur
plus by making deposits of public
funds in 30 banks not now designated
as government repositories.
Memorial services for Congressman
Amos J. Cummings held in hall OF
representatives.
A windstorm at st. Louis did $780,,
900 damage.
Two men were killed and 40 injured
in collision on the Baltimore &
Ohio road near Connellsville, Pa.