Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-07-11

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rector of st. Johns Episcopal church,
Decatur, ILL.,, blew his brains out at his
home. He recently resigned his
charge because of i'll health and is be-
lieved to have been mentally affected.
Maiden Pell Anderson, who has been
an extensive operator in real estate
in New York city, has filed petition
in bankruptcy in the United States dis
trict court The liabilities are given at
81, ,212; assets, 500.
An aeronaut named Hallbrook, from
st. Louis, was instantly killed at Mt.
Vernon, ILL., He made balloon ascen-
sion and the parachute failed to work.
He fell 100 feet and was dashed to
death.
Emil and Edgar Lindberg, 13 and IA
years old, were drowned at Rock Island,
ILL.,, Friday afternoon. The lads were on
q raft which capsized in a ravine which
had been filled by the recent rains.
President Roosevelt delivered an ad-
dress to a great crowd in the Inde-
pendence day celebration at Pittsburg,
announcing a policy of strict enforce
ment of law governing industrial COM
bines and warmly praising work of the
army in Cuba and the Philippines.
Fifteen person were killed and 90
injured near Gloversville, N. Y, by
collision between two trolley cars. The
motorman lost control on steep hill
and the rear car ran away.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended July we're: Pittsburg,
1903; Brooklyn, .567 Boston, $50; Chi
cago, 524; Philadelphia, .44o; st. Louis,
.43s; Cincinnati, 400; New York, .423.
Three young boys were drowned at
Detroit, Mich, by the capsizing of
sailboat.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the American league for the
week ended July were: Chicago,
.627; Boston, $50; st. Louis, .525;
Philadelphia, .517; Washington, AGO;
Detroit, .459; Baltimore, .451; Cleve-
land, AIS.
Robert Wilson, of Detroit, and
Ward Kiser, of South Bend, Ind,
were drowned at Benton Harbor,
Mich.
Thirteen persons were killed and
many hurt in wreck due to a run
away car on a mountain side near
Gloversville, n. Y.
Rudolph Steffeck and his wife and
sister were drowned near st. Joseph,
Mich, while bathing.
The third month of the great an
thracite coal strike began with no
change in the situation.
A snowfall ranging from an inch to
three inches is reported from various
points in Colorado.
The president has issued civil
service order prohibiting outside in
fiuence to gain promotions.
Five men lost their lives in Chicago
as a result of the excessive heat.
Fire at Clinton, n. c., destroyed AZ
stores and residences.
Heavy rains, amounting in many
places to cloudbursts, caused damage
to the extent of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars in western New
York.
Pigeons flew from Holly Springs,
Miss, to Mishawaka, Ind, a distance
of 500 miles, in IL hours, breaking all
| records.
Many college students have been
| given summer work by tAe United
States government as foresters.
In a drunken frenzy Theodore Oel-
feuer shot and killed his wife and IA
months-old baby and wounded Lizzie
Stramm, his stepdaughter, in Chicago.
Several persons are believed to have
been drowned at Pewaukee, Wis, by
a. storm which overlook small boats;
trees and houses were blown down.
Charles j. Mccormick and his wife
died in their bathtub in Grand Forks,
n. D., as result of taking poison.
The wife of Capt. Tiemann n. Horn,
his daughter Frances, aged seven, and
Miss Alice Mcmahon, of Nyaci, n. Y,
were drowned in Sandy Hook bay, off
New York.
Fire at the stock yards in Chicago
wiped out Swift & Co.'s wholesale
meat market and general Offices, en-
failing loss of 100000.