The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-03
GENERAL NEWS.

United States and Japan have made
an agreement which not only contains
q mutual guaranty to respect each
others territorial possessions in the
Pacific, but defines the attitude of the
two countries towards China, binding
means China's independence and in
tegrity, and to give equal commercial
opportunity in the Chinese empire to
all nations. The agreement, in the
event of complications threatening the
status quo, binds the United States
and Japan to consult each other with
a view to acting together.
The Philippines coasting steamer
Pointing, carrying large number of
laborers from Narvacan to the rice
fields in Pangasinan province, struck
a rock and sank during a storm off
the town of San Fernando and about
100 persons were drowned
William Kallebrun of Jersey City
shot and killed his brother Leo and
then his aged mother, Mrs. Victoria
hdllGDTun, Ill NEW 1OIh
Nellie Morton of Belleville, ILL.,, con-
fessed that she watched her sweet
heart, Sydney Baker, chloroform aged
Peter Waeltz, who was found with his
skull crushed.
Sixteen thousand miners attended
the funeral of Rev. H. F. O'Reilly, rec,
tor of a Catholic church at Shenan,
doah, Pa, for 40 years. All the col
lieries and schools closed and business
was suspended.
Martin H. Halloran, Pittsburg
Pa, mining engineer, was robbed OF
300 in Kansas City.
DR.. D. X. Pearsons, the Chicago
rhilarthropist denying story that
his fortune was gone, said he still had
100000 to give to colleges.
The Chinese government decided
on Tuesday, December l, as the date
for the crowning of Pu vi, the infant
emperor.
A hotel exclusively for Jews was
opened at Seventy-seeond street ant
Lexington avenue, New York, where
all the old Mosaic rules of diet will bt
observed.
The Panama line steamer Finance
outward bound, was run into off Sandy
Hook in the fog by the White Stal
freighter Georgia, and sank within ter
minutes. The Panama carried SO pas
sengers and of these three wer'
drowned, together with one member o
her crew.
The Grand Prize automobile race a
Savannah, Ca, 402 miles, was wol
by Louis Wagner with Fiat car. Th'
contest was most exciting and tn
mace was the fastest ever set in al
international automobile race in Amer
ica.
A. B. Cummins was elected Unitet
States senator to fill out the uneXpire'
term caused by the death of w. B. A
lison by the unanimous vote of the Re
nublicans in the Iowa Legislature. Wal
rem Garst, lieutenant governor, wa
sworn in as governor in succession t
CumminS.
President Castro sailed from L
Guaira on the steamer Guadeloupe fo
Bordeaux, for the purpose of under
going an operation at the hands Of d.
Israel of Berlin.
The revolt in Hayti is spreading
The rebels captured Minister of the II
terror Leconte and put him to death.
Edward ]. Stillwagen of Washinsto
was appointed chairman of the con
mittee to manage the Taft inaugur;
ton.
An unconditional gift of $5O,00O
the endowment fund of the Unive
sity of Virginia has been made by CO
oliver R. Payne of New York.
The hospital ship Relief is sewers
davs overdue at Manila and some CO.
Germ is felt for her safety.
Following a neighborhood quarrel I
Carona. Kan, Hezekiah Stradler,
carpenter aged 20 years, slashed Mr.
Butts, his next-door neighbor, with
razor, cutting her head entirely off.
DIR. o. S. Mills, house physician
the Columbus CO.. insane asylur
committed suicide at Gallipolis, O.,
shooting. ~ -
TWO tcrnadoes worked havoc
wastorn arkansas. About thirty liv,
were lost and a vast amount of pro
erty in many towns destroyed