The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-30

fell several times and, being helped
across the line, was disqualified.
Carpenter an American, was dis
qualified after winning the 40O-meter
run at the Olympic games in London
and the event was called mo race be-
cause of alleged foul.
R. z. Walker of South Africa won
the 1O0-meter dash at the Olympic
games, defeating ]. A. Rector of the
University of Virginia. A worlds rec
ord, by c. ]. Bacon of the lrish-Ameri-
can A. c., in the 400-meter hurdling,
which he won in 55 seconds; an
Olympic record of "a feet 61a inches
by F. C. Irons of the Chicago A. A., in
the running broad jump; and the vic
tory of G. S. Dole of Yale, in the
featherweight wrestling, were the win
nings of the Americans.
American athletes won two more
gold medals in the Olympic games at
London. NJ. W. Sheppard won the
S00-meter run and Harry F. Porter
the high jump, beth setting new
Olympic records.
American athletes captured three
more gold medals in the Olympia
games at London, winning the 100
meter swim, the broad jump and the
bantam wrestling finals.
Three troopers were killed and
many injured in terrific electrical
storm that wrecked the camp of the
Pennsylvania National Guard at
Gettysburg.
Quebec began the celebration of its
tercentenary with fine historical pa
geants. The prince Of Wales presided
and he and Vice President Fairbanks
exchanged addresses.
At Port Edwards, Wis, Daniel L.
Lynch shot and killed Richard Nom
menson, shot and seriously wounded
Miss Anna Sorenson and then tried to
kill himself
One man was killed and another fa-
tally injured in a terrific explosion
which demolished one of the powder
mills at Kings Mills, o.
Lying in bed, q helpless cripple,
locked in a plaster cast, William T.
Branitzky, an architectural engineer
of Chicago, shot and killed Lucas Slet-
ten, who he declared had wrecked his
home.
Joseph ]. Henry, an ordinary sea-
man on board the new hattleship Mis-
sissippi, was killed by being caught
in the machinery of oEe of the guns.
Indictments charging violations of
the federal laws against the issuance
of passes were returned against the
Illinois Central and the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railway companies by
the federal grand jury at Chicago.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Stetson, widow
of the late millionaire hat manufac-
turer, John B. Stetson, was married to
Count Santa Eulalia of Portugal sc her
home near Philadelphia.
Fire gutted the Abingdon store and
office building in Portland, Ore, the
loss being 100000.
Safe-blowers robbed the post Office
at Bardolph, ILL.,, of $500.
August Eberhard, arrested at Pater-
son, N. j., confessed that he lured his
aunt from Vienna, murdered her and
robbed her body of $2,400 which he
needed to marry New York girl.
Two children were burned to death
in Ere that destroyed the dwelling
of James Jarasky near Cleveland. o.
In an opinion bristling with caustic
comment and criticism the United
States court of appeals in Chicago
unanimously reversed the decision Of
Judge Lands imposing fine of $29,-
100000 upon the Standard Oil C3m-
pany of Indiana for accepting cOnces-
sions from the Chicago & Alton rail
road, and remanded the case for re-
hearing.
President Roosevelt delivered a
spirited and characteristic address at
conference CT American naval officers.
The purpose Of the meeting was to dis
cuss the battleships which the United
States is to build in the future, and
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke warmly in favor
OF hard-hitting navy. as good as any
in the world, and capable of finding
the enemy and "hammering him into
quits"
Santo Purquo of Chicago killed his
wife and wounded man whom he
found in her company.
President Castro has expelled ]. H.
lie Reus, the minister resident of the
Netherlands, from Venezuela.
A pretty young woman was found
SHOT and killed in tool shed in Will
liamsburg, N. Y.
Typhoid fever is epidemic in Man.
kato, Mimi, about 1,500 cases being
reported.
In view of more than hundred per-
sons in the ballroom of the Fort
Lowrey hotel at Bath Beach, L. l.,
John Hanna shot 16-year-old Augusta
Walz, with whom he was in love, and
Ralph Manz with whom she was dane
ing, and killed himself.
Honduras officials denied that war
was imminent between their country
and Nicaragua.
Leslie Carter, formerly prominent in
business and cociety circles Of Chi
cago was adjudged mentally incapable
of managing his own affairs by jury
in the probate court.
Two masked men held up a stage
coach near Likely, New, and robbed it
of a large sum of money.
The Minneapolis, Red Lake & Mani
toba Railroad company served notice
on the Minnesota railroad and ware
house commission that beginning Au-
gust it would charge passenger
fare Of three cents mile, thus ig-
noring the two-cent fare law.
William Winter, the veteran dra-
matte critic, was taken to a Los An
nnlnc hncnital In a nritinnl condition