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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
DOINGS OF THE DAY.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF THE
WEEK.
Eventful Happenings in Every Known Hem
isphere-Flres, Accidents, Grimes, Poll
tics. Religion. Commerce and Crops, Eand-
wivhed with Minor Affairs.
WEYLER FALLS BACK
Before Maceo's Forces-Badly Beat
Near Puerto Principe,

Before Maceo's Forces-BadIy Beaten
Near Puerto Principe.
Advices from Havana per steamer Oil
vett, are to the effect that Captain General
Weyler has fallen back to the trocha after
an Intellectual attempt to dislodge Maceo.
Weyler has under him nearly $4,000
troops, and is said to be arranging new
plan of campaign.
Nothing has yet been heard direct from
Puerto Principe City, which was reported
taken by the insurgents. However, a
courier arrived in Havana from the inte-
riOr who brought rumor that Gen. Castel-
lanos and 1000 Spaniards have been de-
feated by Gen. Gomez near Puerto Prin-
cipe. 1t is said that the Spaniards lost
heavily and that Gen. Castellanos was
taken prisoner. If this report is true it is
believed that Gomez with strong force
will soon be in Havana Province.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
If is certain that the elephant. tn,

1t is certain that the elephant. the
rhinoceros. the bear, the hyena and
other wild animals We're at one time
common in England. Several bones of
these animals have been found in
Kent's cavern, about n mile from Tor
quay.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Sensations of the Ratt1e6eJd.

What was the first sensa ton of the
battlefield? Zola, Tolstoi and Stephen
Crane have imagined them and COM
batants have written them. Some
thing whizZed past me like a big blue
bottle on the wing says Lieutenant
Herbert of Plevna fame, land the
current of air caused by its rapid pass
age touched my ear. Another-anOth-
er. All at once | realized that these
were the enemy's bullets, and, mirabile
dictu, the discovery brought on a sud
den, violent attack of cholera-like dis
position" The passage may be COM
pared with Zola's description. "The
now constant kissing of the bullets,
with their sharp ping or buzz whisper
ing around and sometimes into us,
gave me Il sickening feeling and Il cold
perspiration. [ felt weak around my
knees, sort of faintness and lack of
strength in the joints of my legs, as if
they would sink from under me. These
symptoms did not decrease when sew
eral of my comrades were hit says
Lee Cess. former private in the army
of the Potomac. No one quite knows
how he will behave. NO mani am
quoting WilkeSon's stirring narrative
"renlly enjoys battle. One has to
string up his nerves and take n firm
grip ON himself morally and hold him
self in the battle flames for Il few mo-
ments until warmed to passion. The
impulse is to run out of danger"
If the raw soldier is there and then
led forward against the enemy the trial
to his nerves will be less severe than if
he has to wait under Il heavy shell and
shrapnel fire to which he can make no
reply. In the one case he will be mov-
ing and occupied; in the other case he
will have his danger to think about
This was, perhaps, the reason why, in
the war of 1S70'71 the German soldier
rushed impatiently against the French
positions The beat of the drum went
before the thunder of our guns and oul
power was shattered by the fire of the
foes unshaken infantry He was
anxious to end the period of tension
and to come to hand-grips with his enc.
my. But he paid. and paid very dear
ly, for his impatience.-Fortnightly Re
view.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19

West Monroe street, Chicago, and finan-
cial loss to the Board of Education of
more than $4,000. Forty thousand dol
lars of this amount represents the value
of the mechanical equipment destroyed
by the flames, $4,000 is the estimated
worth of the building that was changed
to a smoking heap and $4,000 more will
ne required to cover the loss inflicted by
water on the school supplies stored in an
adjacent building. The supplies are fully
insured, and the workshops and machin-
cry were protected by policies of $4,000
and $1,000 respectively. There was no
insurance on the building. An over
heated flue is believed to have been re-
sponsiblc for the conllagration, together
with an abundance of dry lumber used
in the carpenter shop, which was stacked
close by the chimney.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$3.50 to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat. No. 2 red, n to 19c;
corn, No. 3, 24c to 25c; oats, No. 2,s1Sc
to 19c; rye, No. 2, SIC to 39c; butter,
choice creamery, 1Sc to 19c; eggs, fresh,
1Sc to zoe; potatoes, per bushel, 2Oc to
3Oc; broom corn, common short to choice
dwarf, $50 to $50 per ton.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping, $500 to
$500; hogs, choice light, $500 to $3.75;
sneep, common to prime, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 7Sc to SOC; corn, No.
white, 25c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c
to 21c.
St Louis-Cattle, $500 to S5.25; hogs,
$500 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, SSc to 90c;
corn, No. 2 yellow, 23c to 24c; oats,
No. white, 10r to 1Sc; rye, No. ., 34c
to 36c.
Cincinnati-Cattle,$ $3.50 to $4.75; hogs,
$500 to $37O; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, SSc to SOC; corn, No.
mixed, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c
to pc; rye, No. 2, BIC to 3Sc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, 90c to 91c; corn, No.
yellow, 22c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, dc
IL 22c; rye. 3Sc to 39c.
IoIedo-Wheat, No. red. Ole to 92c;
corn, Nc. mixed, 24c TO 26c; oats, No.
white. 1Sc to 2Oc; rye. No. 2, 39c to 41c;
clover seed, $3.50 to $500.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring, 79c
to soc; corn, No. 3, 24c to 26c; oats. No.
2 white, dc to DC; barley, No. 2, 30c to
SIC; rye, No. 1. 39c to 41c; pork, mess,
$6.75 to $7.25.
Buffalo-Cattle. $3.50 to $5.25; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $3.75;
wheat, No. 2 red, Doc to 96c; corn, No.
yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. white,
23c to 25c.
New York--Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $4.O0;
wheat, No. red, Soc to Sic; corn, No 2,
Bic to 32c; oats, No. 9 white, 23c to 24c;
butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, West
ern, zoe to 24c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19

The postponement at Lima of the sale
of the Ohio Southern Railroad will re-
suit, it is said upon good authority, in the
buying in of the road by the Illinois Steel
and Standard Oil Companies. The Ohio
Southern is distinctively coal road, ex-
tending from Southern Ohio to Lima.
Since the increase in the price of crude
oil the Standard Oil Company has dis
continued using oil for fuel both at the
Whiting. Ind, works, and refinery at
Lima, and the steel company has long
been using coke, which is brought to
Lima from West Virginia over the Ohio
Southern and transferred to the Lake
Erie and Western. So much of the fuel
is used by both companies that solid
trains are run. A railroad connecting the
steel works in South Chicago and tho
refinery at Whiting has been completed.
A line built into Michigan would complete
the line via the Lima Northern.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Confederate Cavalry,

The infantry and artillery of an
army do the heavy fighting. Two regi
ments or even troops of cavalry car
bring on general engagement and
then get out of the way. But neverthe
less the hOrseman remains the romantic
and picturesque figure in all warfare
We are not yet far enough away from
mediaeyal times to have outlived the
delusiOn that the knight on horseback
typifes the glory of war, though we
know very well that, then as now, the
man on foot saw the hardest service
and the greatest danger.
The Confederate army was strong in
its cavalry, and such great cavalry
leaders as Stonewall Jackson, Fitzhugf
Lee, Jeb Stuart. Forrest and others
made that branch not only picturesque
but potent.
Outside of these, however, there were
other divisions which. while not Oper
ating in connection with any of the
army division, were hone the less rec.
ognized as parts of the service. Among
the commanders of such bodies were
Morgan and Quantrell operating in the
West and South, but more notable, per.
haps, as hanging along the fianks of the
Federal army in Virginia was the
Forty-third Battalion Virginia Cavalry,
commanded by John S. Mosby. Against
Jackson, Stuart or Ashby, the Federal
commanders were always able to cal
culate with some degree of accuracy
They moved somewhat in concert with
Lees army. But "Mosby's Rangers"
were a band of foray men, liable to be
in front to-day, on the flank tomorrow
and in the rear the day following.
The winter of 1868, about the time
Mosby was budding into notoriety, was
a season of remarkable activity for the
Confederate cavalry. Their bold and
successful raids and daring attacks and
surprises had filed the breasts of the
young cavaliers with most romantic
visions and adent desires to enter up
ON this life of wild adventure. Stuart's
brilliant achievements, Gen. Imbodens
forays in the Shenandoah Valley, Fitz-
hugh Lee on the Rappahannock, Gen.
William E. Jones' attack and rout of
Milroy's cavalry in the Valley, the dar.
ing raids of Maj. Z. V. White and his
Loudoun Rangers along the Potomac,
and the dashes of Capt, Randolph, with
his famous Black Horse cavalry, fur.
nished material for stories which read
like the deeds of heroes of romance. and
charmed the little groups around the
firesides of cabin and hall.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Salisbury on Venezuela,

Lord. Salisbury announced in his speech
at the Mansion House in London Mon
day night that the dispute between Great
Britain and the United States over the
Venezuelan boundary had virtually been
settled in terms which the United States,
through Secretary Olney, insisted upon.
the whole question TO be referred to un-
restricted arbitration. The only condi-
ton attached is the one proposed by Sec
retary Olney that the title of the bona
fide settlers to their present holdings, in
case the arbitrator's award places them
in the jurisdiction of Venezuela, shall be
decided by the laws governing private
titles. The British law provides among
other things that the title to land which
has been unassailed for twenty-one years
cannot be invalidated. Venezuela, in 9TH
er words, would be debarred from confis-
eating property in any territory she may
acquire under the arbitration. Lord Sal
isbury says England can accomplish moth
ing for the Armenians by isolated action,
but he holds out hope for European con-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
lust Like en- X Ray.

, The remarkable result of fashlighl
photograph taken of the office of AttOr-
ney W. b. Grice in Portsmouth, Ohio, is
attracting considerable attention among
photographers and the general public. In
the picture Mr.. Grice is sitting on a
chair, and through him is distinctly seen
the back and rounds of the chair, togeth
er with a newspaper that was on the
chair back. The clerk was sitting against
Il safe, the outline of which is shown
through his body. 1t is very similar to X
rays, and a number of proofs of the pho
tograph have been taken to be sent to
scientific nanerS
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
FIRE CAUSES HAVOC.
Town of Spencer, w. Va, Almost De
sfrOyed Inv n Couf1a aurafiOn

Town of Spencer, w. Va, Almost De-
stroyed by a ConfiaGration.
The town of Spencer, w. Va, was
almost destroyed by fire Sunday night.
Thirty-nine stores and houses We're burn
ed. The fire started in room over Sim
mon & Co.'S general store and swept
along the main business street, leaving
destruction in its path. The people were
terror stricken and thrown into panic
The fire started at II :04 o'clock Sunday
night and burned until late Monday
morning. The total loss is estimated at
100000. The asylum building, being
across the creek from Spencer, was out
of danger, but the fire could easily be
seen by the inmates, and the attendants
had their hands full in handling the pa
tients, who were greatly frightened and
terror stricken.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19

DR.. School, the German hydrograph-
er. SAYS that there are less than twen-
ty thousand tons of mineral matter per
day added to the store which the ocean
already holds in solution.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
INDIAN SERVICE ESTIMATES.
Department Calls for an Appropria-
tion of $7,29O,OOO.


The estimates for the entire Indian SER
vice for the fiscal year ending June SO,
1897, to be submitted to Congress at the
opening of the session, call for an appro-
priation of $7.29O,OOO in round numbers.
This is 100000 more than the appropria-
ton for the current fiscal year. The IN
crease is due to the policy of the govern
ment adopted at the last session of Con-
gress to gradually abolish contract 1u-
dian schools and place all Indian schools
absolutely under government control
One-half of the number of Indian pupils
are now attending contract schools, but
all are required to be in regular govern
ment schools within twelve months from
the end of the present fiscal year. The
additional expenditure is further necessi-
tated by the increase of 1000 pupils a
year, as estimated by the Indian bureau.
Of the total estimates the detailed items
of expenses for the support of schools
and for the fulfillment of treaty stipula-
tons with various tribes make up $5,
100000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
THE POPULAR VOTE.
How 1t Has Stood in Various Quad
rennial Contests.

While the electoral vote decides who
shall be President, it is always of in
terest to know the popular vote cast for
successful presidential candidates. Prior
to 1928 there was no popular vote"
which is worth recording. At the time
when the Federalists and Republicans
or Jeffersonians were fighting for power
the electors in most States were chosen
by the Legislature. After the breakup
of the Federalist party there was long
period during which each quadrennial
contest was n strife between men rather
than measures. There were not strong
and well-organized parties in the field as
there are now.
The following table gives the actual
votes and pluralities, excluding the mi
nority candidates, in years when the
pluralities have been over 100000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
OUR FOREIGN MAILS.
Over Six Million Pounds Sent Across
the Seas to Other Countries.


The annual report of Capt. n. NJ.
Brooks, superintendent of foreign mails,
shows that the aggregate weight of the
mail dispatched from this country by sea
to other countries during the past fiscal
year was 6,2S6914 pounds, of which over
100000 pounds were transatlantic
1t is pointed out that the postage col
lected by the Government on articles ex-
changed with foreign countries largely
exceeds the gross receipts incurred by
the department in connection with that
service. The sum of $5,294,156 was re-
ceived by this country for mail ex-
changed with other countries. Only
1.516 errors were reported in the distriI
button of 11,51S,3T3 letters and post!
cards.
The net excess of cost of the contract
ocean mail service was $453, 1856. Action
is recommended on the questions of the
extension OF the parcels post SYSTEM
the reduction of the registration fee to D
cents, and on that of limited responsii
bility for registered articles lost or de-
stroyed in the international mails in
transit through the United States.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Mrs, Castle Is Free,

At London. the Home Secretary signed
Monday night an order for the release
from Wormwood Scrubs prison of Mrs.
Castle, the wealthy American woman
convicted of shoplifting. Her husband
will 20 with her to America as soon as
she is able to travel. The pressure
brought to bear upon the Government to
secure Mrs. Castles release has been of
astonishing weight and influence. Both
home and foreign offices received scores
of messages daily from England and the
United States beseeching immediate ac-
ton. Popular sympathy in England is
entirely in her favor, and there were no
criticisms when her release was an
nounced
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
RUMORS ARE FALSE.
Relations Between Spain and This
Country Friendly.

country Friendly.
Washington dispatch: There is no rea-
son whatever for the Spanish war scare,
which a number of Eastern papers, and
no doubt some Western papers also,
have been trying to spread for day or
two. If the authors of these sensational
dispatches could be believed, there is i'm
minent danger of a war between the
United States and Spain growing out of
the Cuban complication. There is no such
danger. If there is. none of the high off
cials of the State Department are aware
of it. Nor is Senor de LONE, the Span
ish minister, any wiser. To the contrary,
those officials are thoroughly convinced it
is the Spanish policy, as well as the poll
cy of the United States, to keep the peace
between the two governments.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Lost a $4,000 Package.

Isaac Howland, cashier of the National
Exchange Bank of New York City, while
on his way 10 the Chemical National
Bank, lost two $4,000 package United
States currency certificates which he had
intended to deposit in the latter insti-
tuition. However, tie notes are not
negotiable excepting by a member or the
clearing house
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Silk Threads am Aid to Crime.

William p. HaZen, chief of the secret
service, treasury department. in his an
nual report expresses the opinion that
the distinctive paper in use for money Is
an aid to the criminal rather than a pro-
lection to the public, because of the fact
that note printed upon paper contain
ing silk threads (as Il number of the best
counterfeits and all of the raised notes
are) is accepted in Il majority of in
stances without hesitation, owing to the
erroneous impression that the paper used
by the government is manufactured by
secret process and cannot be counter
feited. He has also become convinced
that the introduction of silk into paper
tends to lessen its wearing quality and
is therefore responsible to degree for
its short life
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
West Union Badly Shaken,

The third dynamite explosion and the
most destructive of the three. within
three weeks. occurred Friday at West
Union. All three are mysterious.
That of Friday was in the court house
grounds. The concussion broke every
glass in the court house windows, shat
tered the window panes of the Palace
Hotel. besides breaking glass in the win
dows of dwellings all over the town. BY
sheer luck. no one was hurt. Officers are
searching for the authors of this criminal
mischief
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Half Dozen Killed aud Injured by
Dynamite.

By an explosion of about 80 pounds of
dynamite in the Office building of E. N.
Smith & Co., contractors in charge of the
extension of the wheel pit and tunnel of
the Niagara Falls Power Company, two
men were instantly killed, one was fatal
ly injured, three others were severely in
jured and several were cut and bruised by
flying rocks and timbers. The office
building, frame structure, 40 by Is feet,
was totally demolished, and windows
many yards distant were broken by the
shock,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Schooner Wrecked.

A special from Cleveland says: The
schooner Brenton was driven ashore just
east of the river in terrible storm of
wind and snow. The life-saving crew
succeeded, after much difficulty, in rescu-
ing the crew of five men. The schooner
is pounding hard and will soon be total
wreck. The schooner Marine City, coal
laden, was also blown ashore near the
river entrance, but was pulled off without
being seriously damaged. The wind is
blowing forty miles an hour from the
northwest and is accompanied by blind
ing snow storm. A very heavy sea is
running and but few vessels are venturing
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Is 1t Justice Carlisle?

The rumOr is going the rounds in WASH
ington that Associate Judge Field may
retire from the Supreme Bench, and allow
President Cleveland TO name Secretary
Carlisle as his successor. Justice Field
would have retired two or three years ago,
but he has had such hitred for Cleveland
that he wanted some other President 10
name his successor, though he admires
Carlisle.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
May Sail Through the Pole,

Lawrence (Kan.) special: l.. l.. Dyche,
the Arctic explorer, has returned home,
after five months absence in Alaska. lie
thinks north ole passage through The
Alaskan route perfectly feasible; that
some whalers were of the belief tnat in
certain seasons it would be possible to
sail clear through 10 the north pole, on
account of the shifting of the ice. Prof.
Dyche intimatcd that he might try it.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Big Sugar Crop.

Consul Muth, of Magdeburg, reports
to the State Department an abnormal
German sugar beet crop, almost equaling
the unprecedented yield of 1894. In
Austria and France, as well as other Eu-
ropean countries, the crop exceeds that of
last year, though in some districts the
quality is inferior.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Plans of Sol Smith Russell.

Sol Smith Russell, ROW playing an en-
gagement at Cincinnati, made the an
nouncement Wednesday of his intention
to put on the boards next season ''The
Rivals believing that the public is
ready to get away from the horse and
elephant phase of dramatic representa-
ton.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Snow Troubles the Farmers,

Farmers of Nebraska are complaining
that the heavy snow will seriously inter
fere with the husking of corn and much
wheat thrashing which has been delayed
in Nebraska. This also applies to South
Dakota, Northern Kansas and Eastern
Colorado, where the snow is quite heavy.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19

Five children, in poor circumstances,
of Binonia Luvisi, deceased, residing at
Agosta, near Marion, Ohio, have recently
fallen her TO one-ihird OF $4,000, an es-
tate in Italy, LETT by the death of Nalconia
and BalSini IuyiSi.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Cuba,s Constitution,

Anticipating the early evacuation of
Cuba by Spain, the Cuban leaders of New
York are taking steps TO form Consti-
tuition for the republic. A preliminary
organization with this work in hand has
already been formed, and in a few days
the organization will be made permanent
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Moonshine in Boston.

Another illicit still was raided in Bos-
ton, Mass. Miah MorgOlitz and Davis
Cohen were caugh' making moonshine
whisky and were arrested by United
States revenue officials. The still was in
the first floor of an old building in the
West End. The upl er rortion is used as
g Jewish synagogue. II is the third raid
ed in two mcnths in Boston.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Morris to Serve Ten Years.

George II. Morrison, recently treas
urer of Rensselaer, County, n. Y, plead
ed guilty to two indictments, one charS-
ing felony and the other for misappro-
priating county funds. Morrison was i'm
mediately sentenced to Dannemora for
ten wears and five months. /.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-19
Steamer Corsica Suffers.

The steamer Corsica arrived at Ash
tabula Friday after rough experience
on Lake Erie in the gale. When off Long
Point the wind was so strong that Capt.
Walsh found it necessary to lower the
large anchor and chain to steady the
boat. The srrging of the steamer caused
the chain to part and the anchor, and
forty-five fathoms of the cable were lost.