The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-21
Over the State

serving his fourth term. The new |
mayor, John Ankele, will retain the |
present heads of departments. When |
Mayor Atherton signed his resignation
he broke down and cried like baby
Adjutant General Weybrecht's re-
port of the Newark lynching, turned
over to Attorney General Denman,
severely arraigns Sheriff William
Linke, who quit his office. General
Weybrecht said the sheriff not only
absolutely eVaded executive duty, but
in a measure encouraged the mob in
it's work. He said the mob had been
variously estimated at from 5000 to
IL, 900 people, and in his opinion the
actual work was done by not to ex-
ceed 30 or 40 men, and he thinks the
leaders should be easily identified.
He said sufficient troops to preclude
the possibility of the crime would
have been furnished if word had been
sent to his department in the after
noon or early in the evening. His
evidence is regarded as of consider
able importance.
Geneva.-I loved her. She left
me and l killed her." Under the
trees that shade a farm house
lawn, one mile south Of here, man
attired in a conductors uniform ad-
dressed two startled boys, before
whose eyes a moment previously he
had slain his fleeing wife. Then he
slowly raised a revolver until it's
barrel was level with his chin. He
| fired and fell, but the shot had failed
to kill my last bullet" he gasped
as he pulled the pistols trigger Sec
ond time. The ball penetrated his
brain. The man died in Emergency
hospital Shelby Young of Chicago
came to Geneva. His wife, hand
some girl of little more than %, had
deserted him that day.
Youngstown.-During the year just
ended Ill divorces were granted in
Mahoning county, 81 to the husband
and IA to the wife. Alimony alone
was allowed to % wives. 1t is the
record divorce year.
Lorain.-The body of a man, be-
lieved to be Michael O'Toole Of
Detroit, Mich, was found among the
weeds near the Nickel Plate track.
The discovery was made by 12-year-
old Thomas Keplo.
East Palestine.-The Manhattan
limited, No. AZ, on the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne G Chicago railroad,
was derailed here. Edward DAVIS,
| boooo0o 1ooctor oP Auo1nn Do bod
his back injured. All the passengers
escaped injury. The train was COM
posed of an engine, mail car, parlor
combination car, three sleepers,
coaches and an observation car. The
trailer carrying the tank and the mail
car remained on the track, all the
other cars and the engine sliding
along for several hundred feet.
Sandusky.-In order to close. the
estate of L. L. Stoddard, former
owner, the Milan Banking Co. at
Milan, near here, has closed its doors
to business and is paying off depos-
itors after an existence Of % years.
Bridgeport.-Jesse Moore was in.
stantly killed and Louis Goshe fatally
injured when they fell from a Gu.
pola at the Bellaire steel plant.
Toledo.-At the state convention
of the Catholic Total Abstinence
union, Akron was unanimously
chosen for the convention next year.
when the organization will celebrate
its fortieth anniversary.
MassilIon.-Following the compile.
tion of an inspection of the rec
ords of the Massillon State hospital
by Secretary H. H. Shirer of the board
Of state charities, and H. Holmes, an
assistant, it was announced that 250
patients in the institution had such
financial standing as to enable the
state to collect from them the cost
of their maintenance, as provided by
a law passed by the last legislature
Basing computation on the per capita
cost, the patients of this institution
alone will pay into the Golfers of the
state 100000.
Massillon.-Alleging that the Oak
Park school building, erected a
few years ago at a cost OF
$35 1000, is in danger of collapsing, the
building committee of the board of ed
ucation has asked the state bureau to
send building inspector here at
once in an effort to stimulate the
board to action in having repairs
made before school opens in Septem.
ber. The committee contends that
the roof, which is of slate, is too
heavy for the walls, which it is said
are bulged out of plumb.
Lorain.-Coroner Miller has been
called to Wellington to investi
gate the death of Peto Dominac
an Italian laborer The coroner is in
formed that Sunday Dominac was
drinking a glass of whisky when a
practical joker, standing near, held q
lighted match to the liquid. In the
expl1si which followed, Dominac
was so seriously burned that he died
in hospital at Elyria.
Warren.-The State Normal school
commission will visit the city OF
: Warren, about September 1, for the
purT ose of looking over the territory
and the advantages Of the city as a
site, as we'll as it's offer for the school
: to locate here.
Ashtabula.-The Ashtabula Tele
phone Co. independently increased
its rates on July l by 25 pei
cent and much opposition has result
ed. Mayor Cook says the increase is
in violation of the company's fran
chise, and the council, urged by the
J mayor, has instructed Solicitor H. r
Hill to ask for an Injunction to re
strain the company from collecting
the higher rates. At a meeting of bust
ness men it was decided to circulate
petition to be signed BY merchants