The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-13


dead body of Charles Polscher was
found in the ruins. Polscher was a
merchandise broker.
Electricians of the Canadian Pacific
railway refused to work with non
union men, and in consequence all the
shops of the system were dark.
Mylius Erichsen, the Danish ex-
plorer, and two companions were
caught in a storm on an ice foe of
northeastern Greenland and perished.
The First National bank of Belle
Plaine, Mimi, was closed by order of
the comptroller of the currency upon
advice received from National Bank
Examiner Frank o. Hicks that the
bank was insolvent, followed by the
suicide of the president of the bank,
J. G. Lund.
Paris was plunged in darkness for
two hours because of an attempt of
electricians to carry out a general
strike similar to that of March, 1907.
John Tribbey, a farmer near Rush
vile, Ind, vas beaten, tortured and
ttrred and feathered by white caps.
While placing moose about his
neck for the purpose of committing
suicide, James Loreymer, a farmer
near GAINESVILLE, o., dropped dead Of
apoplexy.
Fifteen people were slightly injured
and windows in all houses and fac
tories within the immediate neighbor-
hood were destroyed and the Harrison
avenue viaduct in Cincinnati suffered
a $4,000 damage as a result of an
attempt to destroy the viaduct with
nitroglycerine.
Mrs. Eva Jones fell 900 feet from a
balloon at Abbottsford, Wis, when her
parachute rope snapped but lit in a
tree and was not killed.
Mylius Erichsen, Danish explorer,
and two companions perished in a
storm on an ice foe on the northeast
ern coast of Greenland.
Robert Turnbull, well-known real
estate man of New York, killed him
self while deranged by the heat.
Mrs. Elizabeth Barnett, charged
with forgery, who escaped from the
sheriff in the swamps near Bay City,
Mich, was recaptured.
"Ty' Cobb, noted ballplayer of the
Detroit American league team, was
married to Miss Charlotte Lombard,
daughter of a wealthy citizen of Au-
gusta, Ga.
The battleship Virginia took on
board 1867 tons of coal in four hours,
at an average of 416.75 tons an hour,
at Puget Sound, Wash, setting a new
coaling record.
Three German military balloonists
who landed near Warsaw were arrest
ed by the Russian authorities.
Count Zeppelin's monster dirigible
balloon blew up and was ruined at
Echterdingen, where it was being re-
paired after nearly completing won
derful fight from Friedrichshafen to
Mayence and return.
About 10000 mechanics Of the Cana
dian Pacific railway went on strike,
every shop in the system being closed.
The hacked legs and mutilated tor
SO of a boy were found in Chicago
and the police believe the case one of
atrocious murder.
William F. Downing, a member of
the old Stiles-Alvord band of outlaws
who operated in southern Arizona, was
killed in his saloon at Wilcox, by Ari-
zona Ranger William Speed.
A farmer of North Mianus, Conn.,,
tried to fly with paper wings and was
nearly drowned.
Said Pasha, the grand vizier, and
the newly-formed Turkish ministry re-
signed and the sultan invited Jemalle-
din Effendi, the Sheik-ul-Islam, and
Kiamil Pasha to form new cabinet.
1t was reported that the sultan was
stabbed in the breast by minor pal
ace official, but that his vest of mail
turned the point of the weapon.
Charles w. Westerfeld, an assistant
bookkeeper of the Produce Exchange
bank of New York, committed suicide
by shooting in the book room of the
bank just as two worthless checks,
bearing his signature, were presented
at the paying teller's window
Representative of most of the lead
ing Italian societies of New York,
many of them Italian bankers and i'm
porters, met to organize a society for
the suppression of violence, particu-
larly by members of the Black Hand.
Ten thousand members of the uni
form rank, knights of Pythias, parad-
ed in Boston.
United States District Attorney
Baker of Washington, his bride and
several friends plunged over 300.
foot precipice in an automobile near
Liberty, N. Y, but escaped with their
lives.
Later advices from the fire-swept
region around Fernie, B. c., placed the
probable number Of deaths at 200 or
more and the property losses at over
$10,000,000. The refugees were re-
ported in great need of food and relief
trains started from many cities.
The Bank of Austin, New, one Of the
Oldest in that city, has closed its
doors.
The plant of the National Render.
ing company near Hammond, Ind.
was burned, the loss being $250,O00
One man was burned to death.
The 24-hour general strike in Paris
was fiat failure.
Archie and Bert McMaster and their
wives, of Chicago, we're drowned al
Galena, ILL.,, while bathing.
The steel fireboat Illinois was
crushed and sunk by the falling wall
of burned elevator in Chicago.
Lightning during severe storm al
Grand Rapids, Mich, caused score
of destructive fires
James Ryan, one Of the most noted