The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-12-08
Ohio Happenings


helplessly looked on from behind
heavily roped door while three
burglars smashed in plate glass win.
| dow in a jewelry store here, scooping
up $500 worth of diamond rings, and
escaped in the darkness with their
loot.
Columbus.-There were 60,731 deaths
in the state of Ohio in 1909, of which
1896 were infants under the age OF
one year, or a little more than IA per
cent. of the total. This is high NOR
tality. There were 40 deaths from in.
fantile paralysis in Ohio from January
to October L this year.
Canton.-Katie Manz, aged 16, who
has been held in the county Jail
here since last March on charge of
having killed her sister, Elizabeth, at
their home in Massillon by administer.
ing poison, was found insane by com.
mission of five alienists. A report to
that effect was filed with Judge Har-
ter. The commission declares that
she was intellectually delinquent and
normally irresponsible" at the time of
the crime.
Kenton. - While temporarily men.
tally deranged Henry Elsasses, SO
years old, a farmer residing south of
Kenton, fired a shot from 22-caliber
rife into his head, dying instantly.
His 13-year-old son saw him emerge
steathily from the house, where he
had been watched by members of his
family, and surmising his intentions,
grappled with him in an effort to Sc
cure the rife. The father hurled the
lad from him, and just as the boys
screams brought the mother to the
scene Elsasser fired.
Kenton.-The will of John Y.
Thompson, clerk of the courts of Har-
din county, whose death occurred a
few weeks ago, shows that he gave
$4,000 to the Odd Fellows Home at
Springfield
Galion.-While eating her dinner
Mrs. Elizabeth Self, widow, n, sud
denly fell from her chair, as the re-
suit of stroke of apoplexy, dying two
hours later.
Youngstown.-Presi w. H. Taft
has sent three gold medals, one
each for Margaret, Mary and John
Boggins, children of John Boggins of
Pike street With the medals came
letter Of congratulation from the
president. The medals were long de.
layed, having been promised, it is
said, by Colonel Roosevelt while pres.
ident. The triplets were born in Sc.
wickley, Pa, four years ago. The
parent wrote to President Roosevelt
= at the time and received letter OF
congratulation together with a prom,
J ise that gold medals would be sent
J later. The medals failed to show up
| but correspondence with President
l Taft brought them.
: Bucyrus.-Fifty men sleeping in the
: dormitory of the Bucyrus Y. M. c. A
, building were driven out by a fire
: which did $4,000 damage to the build
&, ing.
; Mt. Gilead.-Cracksmen blew uI
: the safe in the general store oi
l A. L. Piles at Fulton, about seven
S miles south of Mt. Gilead, on the T
, & o. C. railroad, and looted it oi
$1,000.
Canal Dover.-Raging flames threat
ened to wipe out the entire vii
: lage of Wainwright, a mining settle
!, ment south of here, but were con
: trolled by a bucket brigade of 10C
miners after three houses had beer
= burned to the ground.
Lima-Coroner Pfeiffer, conducting
an autopsy over the body O
Leo Gerhardt, the Detroit light
weight boxer who died from injurie:
: received in ten-round bout witt
t. Jack McHenry of this city, finds tina
death was caused by blood clot OF
the brain, the result of a blow deliv
+ cred by McHenry, who, as soon as the
l. finding was announced, gave himsel
y up, was charged With manslaughtel
and held to bail fixed at $1,000.
Washington, D. Can appropri
q alton of 100000 for Cleveland harbol
!. by the coming session of congress il
!. recommended in an annual repor
O weighing 6A pounds, which was made
G public by Brig. Gen. BiXby, chief O
4 engineers in charge of river and har
= bar improvement The 100000 is fo
!. expenditure before June, 1912, and Il
II carry on improvements now unde
= way. Appropriations recommended TO-
= other Lake Erie ports II Ohio are
: Toledo $4,000. Fairport $150,000, Ash
i tabula $376,430, Conneaut S160,OOO
= Lorain $4,000.
= Cincinnati.-Six men, arrested Il
this city, were identified as tn
robbers of $4,000 from bank at Meta
mora, O., on September 7. The iden
tification was made by Sheriff Free
Grant and Deputy Sheriff F. A
Wheeler of Fulton county, the off
GERS having taken part in running
fight against the men when the eX
!. plosion by which the bank safe wa
a wrecked aroused the town. The pris
= oners were turned over to the off
a GERS and taken back to Fulton county
J. Upper Sandusky.-Lee Perrine' o
d near McCutchenville claims to be tn,
!, champion potato raiser of Wyando
= county. Sixteen tubers fill a hal
a bushel basket, and their averag
weight is two pounds.
ne.-Congressman Ralpl
D. Cole has signed a CONTRACT will
r lecture bureau and, after his tern
9 of Office expires with the next con
) gress, will devote the following tw,
years to delivering popular lecture
!, in all sections of the nited States an,