The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-07-10
Buckeye Notes

and delivery of ice pending arbltra-
tion.
Lima.-That q two hundred-pound
meteor that whirled to the ground
on a farm half way between this
city and Wapakoneta contains a
metallic substance closely akin to cop
per is the report brought to this city
by Auglaize county farmers. With a
whirling noise the meteor whisked to
the earth lighting the sky for miles.
The falling body bored into the earth
on the farm of Christopher Jackson
Cleveland. - BY q vote of prac-
tically two to one, the people of
Cleveland Tuesday adopted Cleve-
lands new charter. There was to-
tai of 1924 votes cast.
| Dayton. - Three men we're injured
and several score narrowly escaped
when the c., H. & d. roundhouse col
lapsed. None of the men we're seri-
ously injured.
| Fort Recovery. - A crowd esti-
mated at 5000 assembled here Tues
day for the unveilirg of the monu-
ment erected by congress in honor of
the heroes Of the battles at the open
ing of the northwest territory.
Alliance, o. - Lightning instantly
killed Forrest Yoder, 45, farmer at
Maxine, near here. He and his two
sons were in the hay field when the
storm came up The bolt also killed
the horses.
Marion. - w. B. Custard was in
stantly killed and George Bowers IA
tally injured when they sat on the
railroad tracks waiting for a passen-
ger train and fell asleep at Hepburn.
Toledo. - William Hartman of AL
lentown, Pa, was drowned and Thom-
as Quinn and two young women were
seriously burned when an explosion
occurred aboard the powerboat Idler
in Lake Erie near Toledo.
! Hamilton. A. Rothwell, fifty
three. who was mayor of Hamilton in
1901, died at his home here. Mr..
Rothwell was prominent in Repub-
lican politics and the only Republican
mayor elected in Hamilton for more
than 20 years.
Hamilton. Joseph Bowers,
detective of the Hamilton police
department, died of injuries re-
ceived when he was struck by an
electric car two miles north of Ham
ilton.
Washington. The ambition Of
Henry Kampf, former secretary of
the Ohio Democratic state committee
and chief lieutenant of Harvey c. Gar
ber, to show his power in national
politics perished when President Will
son sent to the senate the nomination
of DR.. Will j. Price to be postmaster
at Piqua. n
Delaware. - Heavy damage from
storms are reported from over
Delaware county. At Radnor, eight
miles north, trees were blown
down and the Congregational church
was damaged by wind. A barn was
burned together with three horses
and much machinery.
Napoleon. Rev. Lewis Rehl,
thirty-four, Methodist Episcopal minis
ter at Osian, Ind, fell to death while
picking cherries. He motored here
with wife and child to spend the
Fourth with his aged parents.
Cincinnati. - The garment work
ers' strike, on since June 81, was
officially declared off Wednesday and
union employees will return to work
on basis of 50-hour week, with
pay for 81 hours, offered by the en-
ployers and once rejected
Cincinnati. - A warrant for the ar
rest of John C. Griffith, conf
Dental man in Cincinnati of the West
lake Construction Co. of st. Louis
was sworn out here. 1t charges Grif-
fifth with being short $4,000 of the
company's funds. G. r. Reed, audi
tor of the construction company, who
swore to the warrant, declared the
amount may be greater than that
stated. Griffith is said to have left
the city.
Circleville.-Vinton Gilmore, twen-
ty four, Williamsport, died here from
the effect of rat poison taken
when officers arrested him after it is
alleged he tried to kill his wife with
a shotgun. Gilmore was sent to
Mansfield reformatory year ago on
a charge of shooting with intent to
kill.
Two engineers and one fireman on
the passenger train were the most Sc
riously injured.
Sandusky. - The Sandusky Busi-
ness Mems association, which was Or
ganiZed three years ago to develop a
greater Sandusky" project, was
dealt blow when Common Pleas
Judge Stahl held that contracts en-
tered into with lot buyers whose sub
scriptions constituted s250000 fac
tory fund, are illegal and cannot be
enforced.
Toledo. - One man was killed and
15 were injured seriously when
Pennsylvania passenger train
crashed head-on into work train at
Woodville, 1S miles east Of this city.
Marion. - Sitting Upright between
the forks of tree along the Big Sci
OTTO river. the decomposed body of an
unidentified middle aged man was
found west of here by William Dale.
Coroner w. H. Hinklin suspects foul
play.
Akron. Twenty were injured
more or. less seriously when a
B. & o. passenger train crashed into
yard engine and a cut of freigh,
cars at Kenmore, about two miles
south Of Akron, The engine and bag
gage car of the passenger train were
wrecked. and several rear cars of the
yard freight train were Eelescoped.