The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-28

woman who disappeared from the farm
at the same time as Jennie Olsen.
That Mrs. Guinness was dead was
made certain by the finding of her
false teeth in the ruins of her home
near Laporte Ind.
The Laporte county Qnd) grand
jury returned seven true bills against
Ray Lamphere. Mrs. Belle Guinness
also was indicted, in order that a
true bill might be found against
Lamphere as accessory in the murder
of Andrew Helgelein.
The Lusitania broke all trans-Atlan-
tic records for average speed and for
time over the long course.
Lightning struck the shaft of the
Superior Coal mine at Ogle Station,
near Belleville, ILL.,, and imprisoned
the night shift of 100 men for almost
an hour.
Mrs. Rosie Aronwall, an inmate of
the Home of the Daughters of Jacob
at New York, celebrated her one hun
dred and seventh birthday with a
party. One man present was 106
years old, and the oldest woman there
was 112.
Mayor Mcbride of Paterson, N. j.,
ordered suit for libel begun in behalf
of the city against New York maga-
zine which calls Paterson the home
of anarchists"
A bill in equity to restrain the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
company from exercising any control
over the Boston & Maine railroad, and
to separate the New Haven road from
the various trolley lines it has ac-
quired, was filed in the United States
circuit court at Boston.
Zenas Crane of Dalton, Mass, gave
$4,000 toward equipping Commander
Peary's arctic expedition.
A new moderator of the Presby-
terian church in the United States
was elected at Kansas City in the per-
son of Rev. DR.. Baxter P. Fullerton of
| st. Louis. He succeeds Rev. Dr. Will
liam H. Roberts of Philadelphia.
The Illinois supreme court issued a
writ of mandamus against the mayor
and members of the city council Of
Alton requiring the city officials to
permit Ambrose and Minnie Bibb,
negroes, to attend the same school in
which white pupils are taught.
Strikers in Cleveland again resorted
to violence, blowing up several cars
with dynamite. Two persons were
seriously injured and eight others
| hurt.
About 60 persons were killed and
100 injured at Contich, six miles
southeast of Antwerp, in one of the
most disastrous railway collisions
that has occurred in Europe for many
years.
One man was killed and much prop
erty damaged by a cyclone in the vi
cinity of Abba, Ia.
The jury in the trial of Abe Ruef,
eX-boss of San Francisco, for bribery
failed to agree.
A new bridge under construction on
the Harlem branch of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad at
| Baychester was wrecked by dyna-
miters.
Six residents of South Bend, Ind,
were badly injured when their auto
mobile rolled down an embankment.
| Marshal Hollowell shot his former
sweetheart, Miss Mary Ertel, near
Rushville, Ind, and then killed him
self.
The French police have recovered
practically all the securities stolen
from the liner Savoie in January,
1907.
Thugs robbed and murdered Robert
G. P. Holmes, well-known electric
light man, in the business district of
| Chicago.
Several persons were killed and
others injured in a fire that destroyed
J. C. Wintermeyer's box factory in
Chicago.
Democratic state conventions in
Michigan, Missouri and South Caro-
lima instructed for Bryan. That of
Pennsylvania refused to instruct it's
delegates.
Mrs. Carrie Shaw, wealthy widow
of Hortonville, Wis, was found muir
dered and her friend, Charles Abrams,
of New London was arrested.
The Atlantic battleship feet rounded
the extreme northwestern point of
the United States and entered the
Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Three persons perished in fire that
destroyed hotel at Tilsonburg, Ont.
Col. Evan T. Williams of Ironton,
o., prominent attorney, was killed
when street car hit his buggy.
The marriage of Miss Helen Ma
loney of Philadelphia to Arthur H. Os-
borne was annulled by order of Justice
Mccall of the supreme court of New
York. This leaves her the wife or
Samuel Clarkson.
The Carnegie hero fund commission
awarded Is bronze and Is silver med
ais, $13,95O in cash payments and
monthly payments to four persons.
The Arkansas legislature failed to
convene in pursuance to call issued
by Speaker Allen H. Hamiter, while
he was acting governor, and as the re-
suit there will be no extraordinary
session of that body.
The appellate court at Chicago de-
cided that Mayor Busse could not be
compelled to enforce the Sunday sa-
loon closing law.
Seven young society persons of Clar-
endon, Ark, were drowned when the
gasoline tank of their launch ex-
| ploded. it, +
Fire destroyed half the business
section of Russell, Man, the loss be-
ing $15O,000.