The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-09-17
GENERAL NEWS.

The towns of Grand Marais and
Beaver Bay were reported to be burn
ing and many other places were en-
dangered by the forest fires of Michi-
gan and Minnesota.
A hurricane Of great fury swept
over Turks Islands, B. w. l., and the
town of Grand Turk was devastated.
A number of lives have been lost, but
just how many cannot yet be said.
Emperor William disappointed the
general expectation that he would set
foot on French territory in the course
of sightseeing voyage along the
VOsges range.
In flight lasting one hour, ten min
utes and 26 seconds, Orville Wright
surpassed all his exploits for a time
and distance flight for heavier-than-
air machine.
The number of unemployed in Lon
don, England, was strikingly illus
trated when 5000 men surrounded and
attempted to make their way into a
hospital which had advertised for a
porter at a wage of $3.50 a week and
meals.
Warm praise was given President
Roosevelt by Judge E. II. Gary, chair
man of the board of directors of the
United States Steel corporation, at a
banquet given for him by Sir Hugh
Bell, president of the Iron and Steel
institute, and others.
The plant of the Cosmosdale Cement
Company, located at Cosmosdale II
miles southwest of Louisville, burned
with a loss estimated at $2,000,000
American workingmen and working
women, represented by the American
Federation of Labor, will cooperate
with the coming worlds congress on
tuberculosis to prevent the spread of
consumption in workshops, homes and
public buildings.
The formal notification of John Tenn
pie Graves of his nomination as vice
presidential candidate of the Independ-
ence party took place at the Ponce de
Leon Casino in Atlanta, Ga.
The board of directors of the Nation
al Federation of Women's Clubs Sc.
lected Cincinnati as the place of the
1910 biennial convention.
Descendants of Mai Gen. Alexander
| Macomb, first commanderinc chief of
the United States army, gathered in
Detroit from many parts of the United
States for the unveiling of a statue
of Gen. Macomb, erected at the site
Of his birthplace under the auspices of
the Michigan Society of the Daughters
of 1912.
Paris Fletcher, member of a we'll.
known real estate firm of St. Paul,
Mimi, and prominent socially, was in.
stantly killed and Mrs. Fletcher was
severely injured by the overturning of
their automobile at Minnesota, near
| Wabasha. MINI.
The steamer Rutledge, the largest
| excursion craft in local waters, was
badly damaged while attempting to
pass through the Northwestern draw,
bridge at Wnona. MINI.
Forest fires broke out anew in north
ern Minnesota, destroying the village
of Snowfall and threatening several
large towns.
Gold-bearing sand was found In
Kansas City by a man digging a els
tern.
Heavy rain fell in northern Mime
sofa, saving Hibbing from the fores.
fires.
Robbers dynamited the post office
safe at Breckenridge, Mo-, and got
away with $1,100 worth of stamps and
a small amount of cash.
The McAlpin trophy in the national
shooting tournament at Seagirt, N. j.
was won by the Ohio team.
The Union passenger station al
Memphis, Tenn. was destroyed by
fire.
The Belgian senate adopted the
Congo annexation treaty and the colo
nial charter
Capt, Walter Auble of the San Fran
cisco police was probably fatally sho
by burglars.
Fire nearly wiped out the village o
! 'Ehickasaw, seven miles south o. Ce
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