Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-02-07


ing houses in the United States dur
ing the seven days ended on the 3lst
ult aggregated $2,157, 122 ,o42, against
$2,225, ,594, ,076 the previous week. The
increase compared with the corre-
spending week of last year was SO.
There were 303 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 31st ult., against 301 the
week previous, and 292 the correspond
ing week of last year.
Lum You, n Chinaman who murdered
Oscar Bloom at Bay Center August 6
last, was hanged at South Bend, Wash.
An Alton limited train was derailed
by an open switch near Pontiac, ILL.,,
the coaches overturned and five per-
sons injured.
The amount of gold in the treasury
on the 31st ult. was 5,s76,305, the
highest point ever reached in the his
tory of the government.
Admiral Schley arrived at Nashville,
Tenn, where there was a repetition of
the enthusias SIN showa by other cities
he has visited.
President Roosevelt has issued an or
der forbidding federal employees from
asking congress to increase their pay,
dismissal being the penalty.
A structure to cost 100000 Us
planned for the state department and
department. of justice at Washington.
Joseph Wade and b. II. Dalton were
hanged in Portland, Ore. for the
murder of James b. Morrow November
II last
Dun e. Co.'S review of trade says
spring orders are unusually early and
heavy and the snow insures good wheat t
crops.
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st shows that the debt decreased
S5,71O.3sS during the month of Janu-
ary. The cash balance in the treasury
was 1924. .796.646. The total debt, less
the cash in the treasury, amounts to
$1.OO5. ,s9s.
The submarine torpedo boat Plunger
has been launched at. E,izabethport,
\. J.
John and Ed Biddle, the murderers
who escaped from the Pitsburg Jail,
died at Butler, Pa, and their compan-
ion, Mrs. Soffel, was in a critical condi-
tion. 1t transpires that the wounds of
the three were self-inflicted.
Leslie NJ. Shaw has taken the bath of
office as secretary of the treasury.
AT Frankfort, KY, Judge Cantrill
overruled the motion for a new trial in
the Jim Howard case and sentenced
him to Imprisonment for life.
Gov. Taft, continuing his testimony
before the senate committee, said the
salvation of the Filipinos depended
upon their education.
Caesar o. Hartz. wealthy Chicago
livery man. was shot and killed by Ed
ward Cough,in, an employe, in a dis
pute over seven dollars.
Government receipts during January
were S46,5S2.1i3 and expenditures S3s.-
54S.277. leaving surplus for the month
of Ss,O33,s66. against S7,4O0,0OO in jan
uary. 1901.
John d. Rockefeller has pledged n
$1,000,000 gift to Harvard.
Fire at Waterbury, Conn, destroyed
property in the business part of the
city worth 81, 100000.
Six thousand operatives are out ow-
ing to n strike at the American wooden
mills at O,neyville, r. /.
John Alexander Dowie compares
Judge Tuley to Pontius PLATE in dis
cussing the courts opinions in the
Stevenson case in Chicago.
The railroad town of Clancy, Mont,
has been nearly wiped out by fire.
At the close of business January 81,
1902, the total circulation of national
bank notes was 5o,444,615, an in
crease for the year of S12, ,622,744.
Atlantic coast cities have been swept
by storm that did great damage.