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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
WRETCH, BEATEN BY THE MOB,
PUT ON SPECIAL TRAIN AND
LYNcHERs FoILED.
Former Chief Of Police Locked In a
ceIl-He Had MortaIly Shot His
Successor and Fled.

Bellevernon, Pa, May IA desper.
ate battle was fought here between
Chief of Police Thomas L. Guess and
former Chief of Police w. L. Cate, in
which Guess was mortally wounded.
After shooting his victim Cate forced
his way out of the Jail and began to
'shoot UP" the town. After more than
100 shots were fired he was placed un-
der arrest and hurried 10 Uniontown
on a special train to prevent him be-
ing lynched. Cate had been chief Of
police of Bellevernon until last Octo-
ber, when he was supplanted by Guess.
Cate went to his home and obtained
his 3S-caliber automatic revolver. AS
he was leaving the house he told his
wife he was going to kill Guess.
When Cate appeared on the street
Guess placed him under Arrest and
took him to the town lookup. Taking
his prisoner into a cell, Guess began
to search him for a knife, when Cate
slipped the revolver out of his coat
sleeve and shot Guess through the
head. Guess pulled his gun and fired
twice as he dropped to the floor un-
conscious.
Burgess Leonard Thompson heard
the shooting and quickly organized
posse. Armed with a nondescript of
weapons the posse started after Cate.
He ran to the dollhouse of a bridge
and there barricaded the place. A ver-
table rain of bullets was poured into
the little dollhouse, and Cate returned
the fire, but none of the bullets struck
any of the posse. Finally Gates am
munition was exhausted, and Burgess
Thompson and Mackey rushed into the
dollhouse. Cate fought desperately,
but was dubbed into insensibiiity. By
this time the mob had taken posses
sion of the unconscious Cate, and,
kicking and dragging him through the
streets, was preparing to lynch him in
spite of the efforts of Burgess Thomp-
SON.. In the meantime word had been
sent to Sheriff M. A. Keefer and Cour-
ty Detective Alex McBeth, at Union
town. Securing an engine and one
car they started at record-breaking
speed for BellevernOn, arriving here in
time to prevent the lynching. Cate,
still unconscious, was hustled aboard
the special train. On the way to
Uniontown Cate recovered conscious
ness. well, l got the. was after
him long time," he said.
AS quickly as possible Guess was
hurried to Mercy hospital at Pittsburg
There it was found that the bullet had
penetrated the skull and that he has
no chance of recovery.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
SOME REMARKABLE HORSES.
Wonderful Stories About the Steedc
of Famous Men.

In his letters to Lord Granville, pub
lished by the Royal Philosophical So
ciety, who was also greatly interested
in natural history, Smithson, the
founder of the Smithsonian institution
in America, relates how the horse of
Alexander the Great, Bucephalus,
would at night, on hearing a blast of
the trumpet from the soldiers on guard
showing the approach of the enemy,
run at great speed to his masters tent
and with his teeth grab the sleeping
monarch and shake him until he sprang
into the saddle and galloped toward
the enemy.
Also that the great Caliph Haroun-el-
Raschid in the eight century in march.
ing toward the forces of Queen Irene
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
RUFF PLEADED GUILTY
TO CHARGE OF ExToRTIoN, AND
ASKS FOR CHANCE TO ATONE.
PATHETIC SCENE IN COURTROOM.
Asked That Jury Be Dismissed and
Trial MISUNDERSTANDING Will
Be Pronounced In Two Weeks.

San Francisco, May 16.-Abraham
Ruef better known as Abe Ruef,
the acknowledged adviser of Mayor
Schmitz and once the recognized die.
tator of municipal affairs in San Fran,
cisco, pleaded guilty to the charge Of
eXtoItion in Judge Dunne's depart
ment of the superior court. Sentence
will be pronounced upon him two
weeks hence.
After a private conference with his
four attorneys in Judge Dunne's priv
ate chambers, and after they had with"
drawn from his case, because of the
resolution he had taken to change his
plea and avoid trial, Ruef, to the utter
establishment of the prosecution, arose
in court and announced in a dramatic
address that after long and earnest
consideration he had determined to
withdraw his plea of not guilty and
enter plea Of guilty. He asked that
the jury be dismissed and the trial
a. ndOned.
Ruef read his statement from a man
moments before Judge Dunne's cham
bers opened. He showed in his voice,
in the expression on his face, in his
quiet and gestureless attitude and by
the tears that again and again over
flowed his eyes, the great emotion and
utter humiliation that he had suffered.
The pathos of the scene was COM
municated to the crowd that thronged
the courtroom.
Tears sprang to the eyes of veteran
newspaper men, who have been life
long acquaintances and whose papers
have conducted against him and his
political associates a long and bitter
campaign for the publication of mu-
nicipal affairs. The accused man was
several times all but overcome by emo
tion. When he reached the final words
Of his address-"I desire to withdraw
my plea of not guilty and enter the
contrary plea"-his voice vas sunk to
q whisper. But so intense was the 81.
ience that it reached to the far cor
uers of the room.
Though Abraham Ruef has formally
declared himself to he guilty of the
charge on which he was about to be
tried, he nevertheless proclaims his in
uocence. He confesses that he is guilty
of having connived at the corruption
in municiual affairs, but he denies,
with all the emphasis a man in his
unhappy condition can command, that
he is guilty of the crime of extortion
charged against him.
He declares that his sole motive in
accusing himself in open court was to
save the lives of those who are near
and dearest to him, his aged father
and mother, his maiden sister and
niece.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 17,-Three
men killed outright, three others so
seriously injured that they will Gle,
and two others badly injured, in addi-
ton to the crashing Of Southern rail.
way freight engine and II cars
through a bridge into Chattanooga
creek, the destruction of three resi-.
dences and pile driver near by, was
the result of a premature explosion
of blast at the foot of Lookout noun.
tain on the Stevenson extension.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
willing to send post-haste to the city

willing to send post-haste to the city
for any article they may not have in
stock that is wanted by a customer;
their stocks are up-tO-date and free
from shelf-worn goods. These men
make the humblest customers feel well
come in their stores, and particular at
tention is paid to waiting on chilSren,
giving them even better measure and
quality than their elders would re-
Ceive. And these men are advertisers.
Their ads in the local papers are
changed regularly and show time and
study. They meet the mail order man
more than half way in special sales
and clearing of odds and ends. Here
innate excuse for a person sending
away after goods. And the people do
not. Very few articles of general mer-
Chandise are shipped into that city.
The buyer and seller are working in
harmony to their own betterment and
advantage.
But look at the other side. The city
which we have in mind has one hard
ware and one furniture store. Both
have fairly good stocks for the size of
their circle of trade, but just step into
either one of these stores. The pro-
Drietor may be in the back room or the
back yard for all you know, but by and
by some stir is heard and leisurely he
makes his Experimentation store
las need of clerk-and probably with
some grumbles about being disturbed,
asks what is wanted. There might as
we'll be placards in the store announc-
ng Buy what I've got and keep still'
and 1--WE are busy, don't disturb us"
No effort is made to show you an arti-
:le; nothing is ever taken down from
The shelves unless directly asked for.
Neither hardware nor furniture man
scts willing to get what you want If he
ioes not have it in stock. And again
neither one of these stores believe in
Advertising. They use no space in
heir home papers: newcomer would
aever know the city possessed such
places of business enterprise. Who
aver heard of country hardware or
'urniture store having special sale,
or harvest sale or the like? But why
lot? These two storekeepers are bit
:er against the mail order houses. l
wonder why? ! talked with the rail-
road agents in that little city and he
said lots of hardware and furniture
vas shipped in. He said, "One day
made out an express order for $34 to
pay for a bill of hardware. l told the
nan to go up and see If the merchant
.ouldn't fill the order. He went but
,oon came back, saying that he didn't
rave half of the stuff on hand and that
le wouldn't cut bit on what he did
lave.'
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Lived a Double Life,

Guthrie, Okla, May 16.-L. G. Nc.
Conley, who came to Oklahoma recent
ly from Ripley, Tenn, committed sui
eide at Crescent City by shooting him.
self with a 38-caliber revolver. He was
80 years old and single. He left the
following note: MAY the Lord have
mercy on me. have lived a double
life. Therefore l have the contempt of
the good and the scorn of Others" Nc
Conley had invested in considerable
property at Crescent.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
DEAD MERCHANT
dE SOMETIMES DRIVES TRADE
AWAY FROM THE TOWN.
HINDRANCE TOLIVE MERCHANT
Are as Much to Be Feared as the
Composition Of the Catalogue
Houses-ShouId Be Awak-
ened or Buried.

Why should the home merchant be
patronized instead of the mail order
house? The subject has been ex-
hausted almost and from all points of
view and all sides there is no valid
reason why the merchant at home
should not-excepting two, price and
articles wanted.
1t is not the intention of the writer
to jot down a pleasant flow OF Ian
guage or to produce an interesting Lit
of reading matter, but merely to state
in few simple sentences what have
seen and learned of the competition be-
tween the catalogue houses and the
home merchants. In the first place no
one community suffers greatly in this
competition. That makes the problem
all the more difficult in solution. l
mean by this that the majority of buy
ers in no one community purchase by
mail. The business of the mail order
house is scattered over a large terri
tory, the number of orders coming
from any one community compared
WIN the Wnole is comparatively small
to the number of orders in the town.
There is an exception to this in a COM
munity where the home merchants are
dead ones and ask exhorbitant prices.
To illustrate. There is little city in
the central part of Wisconsin, beau
tiful little place, with it's shady streets
and pleasant homes. 1t has several
general stores owned by live, wide
awake merchants, who are hustling for
business, yet are always pleasant and
ready to visit with a customer. They
are not put out at any time to show
goods, taking down bolt after bolt of
cloth and maybe then not making even
a five-cent sale. They take that as
part of their business; they are always
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Sued For 5000.

Dayton, O.-Claiming to have rem
dered professional services to the late
Dr. Joseph E. Loves, former republic
an political leader to the amount of
5000, which William R. Craven, the
administrator, refused to allow, r. NJ.
Nevin, eX-congressman, brought suit
through his attorney, John A. McMa-
hon, against Mr.. Craven, the admins
traitor. for This amOunt
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
DAYTON Gets Next Council.

Marietta, O-The Great Council Of
the Independent Order of Red Men of
Ohio, in annual session here. selected
Dayton as the meeting place for next
year. Other towns seeking the Goun-
Gil were Van Vert, Columbus and Del
aware. A committee was appointed
to formulate plans for the erection OF
a home for aged Red Men.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Auto Racer instantly Killed.

Dieppe, France, May 1S.-Albert
Clement was killed instantly during a
run in preparation for the Auto clubs
grand prize, which is to be competed
for July 2. Clement was thrown out
of his automobile at sharp turn, and
sustained a fractured skull.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

Hamilton, O.-Robert Vanness, a
dealer in agricultural implements, was
fined 5000 and costs by Mayor King,
of Oxford, on a charge Of selling liquor
in a dry town. Two barrels. presum.
ably Of -four, were found to be filled
with bottled whisky.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Died in DAYTON HOSPITAL.

Dayton, O.-Mrs Anna Roose, wife
of W. w. Roose, of Cincinnati who
came here several days ago to visit
her sister. Mrs. Catherine Zimmerman,
died at the St. Elizabeth hospital,
where she had been confined with ty-
phoid fever. She is survived by her
husband and six children.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Strikers, Demands Granted.

San Francisco, May 16.-'The Geary
Street road has granted the demand Of
the striking car men, and will resume
operations on a basis of SO for an
eight-hcur day. The board of super
visors notified the officials of this line
that unless the company started its
cars the city would take over the road
and Onaratn H.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
L.icuor DESTROYED.

Independence, Kan, May 16.-Ths
sheriff Of this county here destroyed
$4,000 worth Of liquor in the street
The liquor was seized some time ago
"A from saloons in the county. The de
struction was witnessed by eA 3ns
-mense crowd Of people.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
$4,000 Burned In Stage Coach.

Los Angeles, Cal, May ia story
mas reached here Of the accidental
burning of a stage coach in Death
Valley, near Ash Meadows. Sunday. in
which SIS, 900 in bank bills and $4,000
dn registered mail were consumed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Mote halaersa sentence.

Baltimore, Nd. May 1I,-Irving Tai
ley, colored. an expert bank-note
raiser, was sentenced In the United
States court here 10 20 years in the
federal prison at Atlanta, Ca n addi.
tion $4,000 fine was imposed. TnlIey
uleaded guilty.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

London, May 18.-With one excep-
tion all members Of Westham board
of guardians and the workhouse and
infirmary officers were sentenced to
hard labor in prison for from SIX
months to two years on conviction
of hriharr
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Girl Held For chokino Bow.

Hamilton, O.-The youngest person
ever held to the Butler county grand
jury was little Rosa Rinkley, IA. who
was bound over by Magistrate MUIR
phy in $100 bail on a charge OF at
tempting to kill Raymond Davidson. 8.
1t is charged that she choked the boy
during a quarrel.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Cashier Acquitted, /,

Lisbon, O-After having deliberated
an hour and a quarter the jury rem
dered a verdict acquitting Cashier
Bachlct, of the Canton State bank, OF
the assignment, abstraction, embeZzle-
ment and willful misapplication of S.
600 worth of the banks collateral se-
curity bonds.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
The Actors Complaint.

The physician looked grave.
II give you" he said, but ten more
years of work."
Grinding his teeth, the actor Kissed
malevolently:
Curse you, why didn't you tell me
this before? Are you aware that you
have robbed me of at least seven fare.
well seasons?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Sunk In the Lake.

Duluth. MINI, May 17.-zt is report
ed here that the United States steel
corporation freighter Saxon struck a
rock near Caribou Island. Lake Su-
perior, and went to the bottom. The
crew was saved,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
seven Yeara For Lulse.

Z New York, May 17.-Antsia Luise de
Massey, known as the Baroness de
Messy" recently convicted Of having
shot and killed Gustav Simon, a shirt
waist manufacturer. was sentenced to
serve seven years and five months.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Receints For One Quarter.

Columbus, O.-Secretary of State
Thompson completed his first full quar-
terly report, which shows that the
Willis fees yielded $127,9S3,35. Other
receipts of the Office netted $1O6,350.31,
OF which $1O2, ,256.75 was received from
domestic corporations.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
All AInne Came kIa-

Marion, o.-Wearing tag bearing
his name and address, Philip Risch.
aged years, arrived here from Ger
many to visit his uncle. Frederick
Bechtle. The little fellow made the
long trip alone.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

Dayton, O.-Robert Helms shot and
killed George Williams at the colored
clubhouse on West Fifth street. The
shooting was the result of a grudga
that had existed between the two men
for some time. Both are cOlOred and
Sinulp
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

Bellefontaine, O.-Geo. NJ. Reed was
in Columbus, a guest at the Star hotel.
Mr.. Reed learned that the name of the
girl who was serving him at table was
also Reed. He made some inquiry as
to her antecedents and was amazed to
discover in her his half-sister, Miss
Nora Reed, whom he had not seen for
IS wears
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
An AnnaIIIno Record.

Sfmta, British India, May 18.-The
governmental return issued shows that
deaths from the plague throughout
India for the six weeks ending May
IL, reached the appalling total OF 461,'
S92. In the Punjab alone 2S6,777 deaths
occurred.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
zanesvilIe Firm Wins.

Columbus, O.-The state tuberculo-
sis sanitarium commission awarded
the contract for the construction Of
the administration block" on the site
near Mt. Vernon to R. N. Evans & Co.,
GAINESVILLE. Their bid was $156,S61 .95.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
In Continual Fear.

Chilpancingo, Mexico, May 16-The
worst earthquake of the Sierras that
has visited this section since the dis.
astrous disturbances of April IA was
felt here The people camp in the
open and are in continual fear, all
kinds Of business being neglected.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Winter still Linaers.

Chicago, May 16.-Dispatches 10
.ceived here report two feet Of snow IN
South Dakota, killing frosts ever Cen
tral and Western Nebraska. astemDera.
ture of SO degrees in Kansas. and .
light fall Of snow ct Paducah. Ky.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Arrested For RIackmailinu.

Mansfield, O.-Charles o. SINNERS,
clothing dealer, was arrested here by
Chief of Police We'll on a charge of
blackmailing. 1t is alleged that he at
tempted to extort $4,000 from Luther
NJ SWigart. a wealthy citizen.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Bio Fire In Pittsburq.

Pittsburg, May 1.-Two alarms
were sounded for fire at Penn ave-
nue. and Second street, in the down.
town district. The fire destroyed four
dwellings and several manufacturing
establishments. A number of fremen
were injured.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
charoed With First Deqrse Murden

Ironton, O.-The special grand jury
called to Investigate the killing of DIR.
Wayne Mccoy by Capt. Davis has re-
turned an indictment against Davis for
murder in the first degree. The sheriff
has gone to Fullerton, KY, to arrest
Davis, who is out on $4,000 bond.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

Wapakoneta, O.-Catholic women in
this section are preparing TO inaugu-
rate a decided dress reform. A ban
has been placed on "peekaboo" waists.
Father Heidelang has issued an i'm
perative order against women of his
parish appearing in such costumes.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
"shortv" McPeake Dead.

st. Louis, Mo-, May 18.-Peter A.
McPeake, known in nearly every print.
ing office in this country as Shorty"
who fell dead beneath the wheels Of a
moving train, died with call for his
mother in st. Louis on his lips.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Mvterious KiIlino.

Albany, n. Y, May 17.-Alonzo Hew.
lit, chief electrician for the Albany &
Hudson Railroad Co.. was shot and
killed by ali unknown man at his home
in Rensselaer, street Death was in.
stantaneous. The police suspect a
relative
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Piers DESTROYED.

New York, May 1S.-Fire destroyed
the piers of the Morgan line, owned
by the Southern Pacific railway, at
the foot of Canal street. A large guam
tity of freight was destroyed. The
loss will reach $5OO.OOO.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
MoIderS Strike

Dayton, O.-Local molders, acting
under authority Of their national or
ganization, went on a strike in several
foundries, and it is stated that 800 or
more will be affected. The men de-
mand pine-hour day and $500 per
haY
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Bio Meeting of Women.

New York, May 1S.-The ninth bi-
ennial convention of the General Fed
GRAFTON of Women's clubs will be held
in Boston during the week of June. %,
1908.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Boiler Explosion Wrecks Mill.

Upper Sandusky, O.-The boiler in
]. A. Petty's planning mill at Sycamore
blew up and was hurled distance of
400 feet, demolishing several buildings
and wrecking the planning mill. Chas.
Ludwig, the engineer, was perhaps IA
tally injured.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
A S75 ooo Robbery.

City of Mexico, May 17.-Robbers
broke into the jewelry establishment
known as La Acacia here and carried
away goods valued at $4,000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Bargains Unbalanced Her.

Urbana, O.-Mrs. Lydia Pullins was
taken to the insane hospital by Sheriff
ireland. Mrs. Pullins was shopping in
this city, and after returning To her
home at Cable she went violently in
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Twenty PASSENGERS Injured.

Hamilton, O.-Two cars on the Gin
cinnati Northern traction ling were in
head-end collision two miles north OF
Hamilton Twenty passengers were
slightly injured
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Vote Not 10 Strike.

Canton, O.-The members Of the
Canton Local Street Railway Employees
voted not to strike, but to accept the
wage scale offered by the n o. T.
Railway Go.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Where the Difference Lies.

'What is grand opera as distinct
from light opera?"
"Oh, you pretend to appreciate one.
but you can appreciate the other"