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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28

Got Them AIl.--"skorcher's . perfect
wreck"
"whstaii himf'
"The doctor says he has bicycle heart.
bicycle head, bicycle-fsce. bicycle eyes.
bicycle teeth and bicycle snees. Chi
cago Record.
"How old is your daughter, Mr. Lin
kelspisl?"
"Forty. Mr.. Harkins, but to You ,'l
quote her at 80, net. - Harper's Bazaar.
-.
"John," called hia wife, "sre yon put
ting the baby to sleepg'
The pugilist laughed bitterly in the
darkness.
"fve got MIN against tho ropes" ne
answered. for there was yet hope
Detroit Tribune.
Bjonks-I was mighty sorry / din't ind
you In when called TO see you yester-
day.
Bjohnson-Was 1t anything important9
Bjenks--I should say. II wasi l wanted
to borrow SIS Of you. .somorviile Jour
nal.
Behold the facile typewriter
At Der machine she sits,
And swiftly enc py one the keys
Most accurately hits.
Her hngers fairly fly, as IL
They thought her work was fun;
And yet her chief desire is
To get her letters done.
AT last there finished: heaven be praisedi
And now, with iexterous grace,
She folds them for their envelopes,
And puts each in its place.
hen, when the envelopes are licked,
T! she holds tnem IN bunch,
Ana sighs: "There goes my Appetite;
don't want any lunchp'
| -Someryille journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28
Would Reduce the Per Capita.

II must never be forgotten that the
free coinage of silver at the ratio Of 16
TO would not increase but would de-
crease our per capita circulation. 1t
would add nothing to it, but would rob
us of the good money we now have and
put us where the silver countries Of the
world are today, upon a silver basis
alone. William Mckinley.
Bryan is the walking delegate
urging the American people to
strike against good government
and establish anarchy. He new
er did an honest days labor, yet
he urges the workingmen of
America to give up the job Will
liam Mckinley is Offering them
and to go out on a strike for
their "rights."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28
WEAK, TIRED
PEOPLE

should take p. p. r., Lippmans Great
Remedy, witbou. delay. While not
actually sick. ycu feel weak and tired,
ready togst sick, aud what You need is
strength 20 drive ort OF your system
that which iEtSe cause Of Spring Fever.
y. p. i. Is neC.lcd st oi.ce..
Mrs. Bottis N!h,s, OF 70 East scth
street, New York. SAYS that size was in
poor health, and thai Eer case dcvci'
oped mao pcrYOas prcst-Gt.on. She
suffered frcn rurvsus headaches. and
at times was unable % cn ang work
a. all Shc could MT sleep. aui was
SO nervous thatshs would has % get
up az all houis .. the night and yak
the floor, and the opening OF n door
would startlc her Bns hef weakness
and nervousness Z. all gorc. T.. T. T..
was what saved her Hcr arrciite
improved, her nervousness Is q hing
Of the lns., and che thanks =. =. H.,
Lippfnan's Gfcat Remsdy. for :, co;n.
plcte Iestorst.os L. !,ea!lh.
Sctd >. at dfrgTis'e.
LirpMsN DRcs.. Apctss carries. Sol. Pro, ~
l'ygisss'f i.:ss., So, ssasa. ea
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15
Russia's Hand in 1t.

1t was semi-officially announced in Con-
stantinople Wednesday that the Turkish
Government, after weighing the matter
over and consulting with certain advisers,
has come to the decision not to admit the
United States cruiser Bancroft through
the Dardanelles, and, therefore, she will
not be able to act as the guardship of the
United States legation III these waters.
The Porte, it is added, has also decided
not to admit the guardships of Greece
and Holland, which countries also pro
posed to have ship stationed in the Bos-
porus as a guardship and to furnish men
to guard their legations in case of emer-
gencies. 1t should be added, however,
that the United States Government is not
known to have presented through its min
lister, Mr.. Terrell, formal demand for
the passage of the Bancroft or any other
United States warship through the Straits
of the Dardanelles, and it is recalled that
Greece in 1888 was allowed to have a
guardship in the Bospcrus. The exact
ground upon which the Turkish Govern
ment takes its stand in this case is not
stated, but it is known in official circles
that Russia has objected to the presence
in the Bosporus of United States, Gre
clan or Dutch guardships The objections
to the presence of the extra guardships
are said, according to general report, to
be based on the Berlin agreement, which
excludes from naval representation in the
Bosporus any powers that were not party
to that agreement, and that, therefore,
the United States cannot be allowed to
send warship to the Straits OF the Oar
danelles.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15
FIGHT WITH A MAD DOG.
An Old Man Slew the Cog and Chained Him.
self Down.

An Old Man Slew the Cog and Chained Him
self Down.
There was a grewsome death near
Hinckley, Ohio, Saturday. Nearly twen-
y years ago there appeared in Hinckley
n stranger of whom nothing was known
beyond the name which re gave, Bernard
Sherman, and with him came big St
Bernard dog, which was his inseparable
companion. The stranger took up his
abode iii an old hovel which ne rented in
the outskirts of the hamlet. The living
place of the old man gradually became
surrounded with an air of mystery, and
the place came TO be regarded with super
stition and fear. The mysterious dweller
rarely visited the village and then only
for the necessaries of life. which he SEEM
ed TO have plenty of money to pay for.
The old man had not been seen for some
time, and an investigation was begun.
When the door to the hut was broken in
the old man was found lying dead, chain
ed to Il post, the condition of the body tell
ing of a terrible struggle, which the doc
tors have ascribed to hydrophobia. Just
outside the hovel was found the dog. The
beasts death had been caused by an AK
wound in the head. The supposition is
that the brute went mad and bit his mas
ter. The old man, realizing that death
was inevitable, had locked himself in
when he felt the madness coming, chained
himself fast. locked his fetters with a
paddock, and threw the key away. Buried
under the floor of the hovel was found
S13,0 200 in gold. There was nothing that
could shed light on the mysteries of his
lifo
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15
Sparks from the Wires.

1
| n. A Craig, city marshal of Table Rock
Neb.. was shot dead by Il tramp.
Daniel Campbell and his wife, of Wal.
ton County, Florida. are said to be re-
spectively III and 112 years old.
Citizens of Matawan, n. j., report 4
| distinct earthquake there at $40 the
other afternoon. No damage reported.
The big Edgar Thomson steel works Mt
| Braddock. Pa, have resumed work after
short stoppage. They employ 5000
men.
Charles +. White, aged Al, proprietor
of the Kentucky Register, published at
Richmond, Ky, died suddenly of conges-
ton of the lungs.
The Great Northern's seventh annual
J repOrt, just issued, is the most complete
and one of the most gratifying the COM
pany has ever issued.
Col. Pattie Watkins, of Ballington
Booths American Volunteers, has been
married to Fred Lindsay, staff captain
of the same organization in New York.
The young man who committed suicide
in Toronto at the Queens Hotel has been
positively identified as Jacob Dehaan, a
Cornell student. He took cyanide of
potassium.
Judge Acheson, in the United States
Circuit Court at Philadelphia, denied the
motion asked by w. w. Kurtz to prevent
the foreclosure sale of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad, and the sale will
take place.
Thomas Cullen, trolley repairer of the
street railroad company at Cleveland, met
a horrible death. He was up on ladder
when he was caught by a live wire, drawn
up and instantly killed. A large crowd
witnessed his death as he was hanging
in the wires.
Miss Annie Carlisle, cousin of Secretary
Carlisle. was married at Lexington. Ky,
TO George Chnn, son of Col. Jock Chinn,
the racehorse starter and politician. They
left for Washington, where the bride is
well known having assisted Mrs. Carlisle
frequently in receiving.
John Daniels, the wealthiest man in
Guthrie. o. r., committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart in the
presence of his wife. He is supposed to
have lost his reason through worry over
the serious illness of members of his
family.
Mrs. William Harrington, of Columbia
City, Ind, made pumpkin pie. and i'll mis-
take used hellebore instead of the usual
spices Her daughter Ella and Misses
Mary Goodfellow and Mary Gallagher
ate of the pastry and were seriously pois-
oncd.
II. Rademaker & Sons. of Grand Rap
ids. Mich, have filed trust deeds to Arie
Van Bree to secure $50 600 bank credit
ors and $4,000 material and supply
agents The firm is the most extensive
manufacturers of baseball bats in the
world, and has been in business a quarter
of century.
A second explosion occurred at Bulu-
wayo. Matebeleland, large powder mag
azine being destroyed. Five white per-
sons were killed and many seriously in
jured. Scores of kaifirs camping in the
vicinity of the powder magazine were
crushed to death by the flying fragments
of the huge rocks.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15
He Walked Behind.

A Japanese diplomat once said TO an
American, when l marry | take y
head servant; when you marry you be-
come one" A man who recently yis-
tied Japan quotes remark in a some
what similar vein made by q Japanese
interpreter Il sat one day" he said,
'at the door of n dining-room in a ho-
tel in Toxic where all kinds of foreign
ers were staying, and l watched them
as they came in. The FrenChman
came in with madame ON his arm.
Then the Englishman came in so imi-
tating pompous, self-imDortant per-
sonage). And his wife? oh. she came
after him like this (dramatizing meek
and timid woman followinG). And the
American husband? The American
husband? Oh, he's not in it. Madam
sails in ahead of him, and he lust
walks behind wherever she goes"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15

the re-enforcements to lie sent to Cuba
in November need not be organized in bat
talions. He prefers the new recruits TO go
in sections made up of two companies of
10 men each, so as TO assign them to
strengthen the battalions already in the
island. AS every battalion has 1000 sol
diers. the inference from Weyler's sug-
gestion is that each battalion has lost 200
men. AT this rate, and adding to these
losses the 1000 recruits sent across the
ocean merely to fill gaps, the Spanish
army in Cuba must have lost 1900 men
since the beginning of the war. These
figures should not be considered eXag-
gerated. The Spanish army in Cuba in
1877 consisted of 90.24J soldiers, most of
whom were already acclimated, and yet
the deaths during the year were 1851.
There We're on one day 1a,1OS patients in
the hospitals. Gen. Weyler confirms the
report that active operations will soon be
carried on against Gen. Maceo. but he
does not say anything of his alleged in
tention of taking personal command of the
army in Pinar del Rio.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15
MURDER BY BANK ROBBERS.
Minnesota Bandits Kill Two Meu
and Make IEcir Escane

Minnesota Bandits Kill Two Mep
and Make Their Escape.
The deliberate murder of two men was
committed at Sherburne, Mimi, We'd
nesday by highwaymen who robbed the
Bank of Sherburne of $1,000. The af-
tar was 4 terrible reminder of the great
bank robbery ut Northfeld in 1876, in
which the James and Younger boys were
participants. About noon two strangers,
one of whom looked like :, mere boy. rode
along the main street o. bicycles. They
were both well dressed but were un-
shaven and travel-staincj. No particular
attention was paid to them. as Sherburne
is town of but 300 persons, most of them
workingmen and at that hour they were
hurrying home to dinner.
The strangers loitered around the out
skirts until nearly 1 O'Clock At that
time they sauntered lazlly down the street
and stopped Immediately in front of the
bank Of Sherburne. After Il moments
talk they went into the bank, and the
e!'ier of the men engaged Assistant Cash
Ter George Thorburn in conversation. One
of the desperadoes secured possession of a
roll If bills containing about $1,000.
Thorburn tried to prevent the men from
getting away with the money. when they
whipped out their revolvers and began
firing and at the same time retreating.
One of the bullets struck Thorburn, caus-
ing almost instant death The shooting
within the bank aroused the town, and
the citizens began running in that direc-
ton. The first man to reach the place
was Olaf Oestern, Il travelling salesman
for the Wood Harvester Company of ST.
Paul. The dosperadoes, fearing they
would be captured, quickly turned their
weapons upon Oestern. He made Il dash
TO grapple with them, but was not quick
enough. as he was struck in the head and
fell dead at their feet.
They ran down the street firing at ran
dom, while persons in the street hurried
to places of shelter. They ran about three
blocks TO some bushes where they had
left their wheels. These TREY mounted
and rode rapidly away toward the Iowa
line. six miles to the south. Mayor C. E.
Everett and the town marshal at once
did all in their power to capture the BAN
dts. Sheriff Hill. of Marion County.
organized Il large posse of determined
Sherburne men, which moved southwark
on horseback late in the afternoon. 1t is
declared that if the men are captured they
will be strung up to limb of the first
tree big enough to bear them. The men
got away with the roll of money, about
81 600, which they snatched from the
counter of the bank. Gov. Clough issued
a proclamation offering reward of $500
for the capture of the robers.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15
THIEF NAILED IN A BOX.
Shrewd Plan of Car Robbers Which Baffled
Detectives for a Year.

Shrewd Plan of Car Robbers Which BafTled
Detectives for Year.
By mailing a man in box and shipping
him in a car as ''household goods" gang
of thieves plundered the railroads center
ing in Chicago for year. Tuesday night
three members of the gang were arrested
and the story of the clever thieves made
public. The booty secured by the gang
amounts TO many thousands Of dollars.
Capt. Elliott's men are on the track of
three other members of the gang, whose
business it was to dispose of the stolen
goods. Two or three merchants vino
handled the stuff, knowing it TO be stolen
property, will be arrested. This gang of
car thieves did not break the seals of
freight cars and throw out boxes of mer-
chandise like the ordinary robber. The
boXed-up thief would liberate himself, fill
his late prison with goods stolen from the
car, cut a hole in the floor to make his
escape, and then telegraph for the return
of his plunder by express to Chicago. 1t
was by tracing the last box from Omaha
to Chicago that detectives were enabled
to recover $500 worth of boots and shoes,
and to arrest the three men engaged in
the robbery.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15
THE MARKETS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
$3.50 to 1925; hogs, shipping grades
$500 10 $3.T5; sheep, far to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to Csc;
corn, No. 2, 22c to 23c; oats, No. 2, 16c
to 1Sc; rye, No. 2, $40 to 36c; butter,
choice creamery, 15c to lie; eggs, fresh,
15c to 16c; potatoes, per bushel, 1Sc to
3Oc; broom corn, common short to choice
dwarf, $25 to $50 per ton.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500 to
$500; hogs. choice ligh., $500 to $3.75;
sheep common to prime, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, &c to Csc; corn, No. 2
white, 23c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c
to 21c
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.75; wheat, No. ., roc to re;
No. 2 white, 15c to lie; rye, No. 2, 34c
to Sec.
Cincinnati-Cattle $3.50 to 4.75; hogs,
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. =, 74c TO IGc; corn. No. 2
mixed, 26c to &c; oats, No. . mixed, 17c
to 19c; rye, No. =, SOC to Ale.
Detroit-Catt!e, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, tic to re; corn, No.
yellow, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c
to 21c; rye, 36c to 3Sc.
Toledo-Wheat, No. red. re to 73c;
corn, No. . yellow, DC to DC; oats, No.
9 white, lie to 19c; rye, No. ., 3Sc TO 39c;
clover seed, $3.50 to $5.35.
NIilwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring 65c
to &c; corn, No. 3, 22c to 24c; oats, No.
. white, 19c to 21c: barley, No. 2, 30c TO
36c; rye, No. 1, 36c to 3Sc; pork, mess,
S3.25 to S6.75.
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to $475; hogs,
$500 to $4.OO; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. red, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2
yellow, 2Sc to 29c; oats, No. 2 white,
23c to 25c.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $3.75;
wheat. No. red, Tic to 73c; corn, No. 2,
2Sc to 30c; oats, No. white, 21c to 22c;
butter, creamery, 12c to 1Sc; eggs, West
ern. 14c to 19c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15
GEORGE DU MAURlER DEsD.
English srtist-Noveist Expires at His Lon.
don Home

English srtist-NoveIist Expires at His Lon.
don Home.
TrilbyS author is no more. George
Du Maurier died at 2:30 Thursday morn
ing at his London home. His end was
painless, and he passed away surround
ed by friends The illness of Mr.. Du
Maurier was pathetic in the extreme. For
days he has been lowering between life
and death, at intervals conversing with
his friends regarding his work. Upon
one occasion friend at the dying mans
bedside referred to the success of 'Tril-
by as book and as play, whereupon
Du Maurier replied: Eyes. it has been
successful, but the popularity has killed
me at last" One of Du Maurier's friends,
who was present at his death. said: "He
died almost as tragically as Svengali At
the zenith of Trilby's fame, Svengali be-
came 4 victim of an affection of the heart,
and Du Maurier has gone the same way.
At the zenith of his popularity the author
has succumbed to the heart trouble from
which he always suffered, his suffering
being accentuated by the constant sue
cession of exciting incidents in which the
closing few months of his life were spent.
Checks rained in upon him as his old
heart trouble increased This, compli
Gated by an affection of the lungs, took
him off"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15
A Pneumatic Tired Farm.

Mrs. Mary Johnson has pneumatic
farm near Lennox, s. D., through the
surface of which gang of expert drill
ers have been trying for weeks to sink
n drive well. To depth of between
l2O and 13O feet the tubing enters the
soil without difficulty, but as soon as
the air cushion is reached the wind
rushes out with Il screech like loco
motive. Sixteen-pound sledges are
tossed into the air as lightly as feathers
and operations have to be suspended.
When-this occurrence took place the
first time the workmen figured that
they had merely struck Il wind pocket.
After waiting several days in the hope
il would exhaust itself they pulled out
the tubing and made a fresh start IN
n new location. At about the same
depth as before the old program was
repeated. A half dozen attempts have
now been made with no greater degree
of success. From the last hole the
wind smelled so strongly of gas that
the drillers were unable to work
ovar ft
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15
SILVER'S GREAT SHOWING.
Twenty Thousand Bryan Enthusiasts
Celebrate Chicago Day,

| Celebrate Chicago Day.
| The silver men owned Chicago Friday
night Twenty thousand of them tramp
| ed through the business center with
torches aflame, red fire burning and cheer
ing wildly for Bryan and Altgeld. They
filled Tattersalls' building to hear free
silver speeches and crowded around the
score of stands which were built at street
corners to take care of the overflow. They
| formed groups ranging from fifty to 200
persons i'll ali parts of the district, and
| discussed the financial issue until mid
night, and long after the cable cars had
stopped running shouts for Bryan and
Altgeld woke up sleepers in all parts OF
the city.
So far as numerical strength was con
cerned, the silver parade was outclassed
by the gold parade of the afternoon, but
i'll enthusiasm and noise the Bryan mer
led the Mckinley men by large majority,
From the moment Grand Marshal Toll
man gave the order to march until the
procession broke up south of Tattersalls
the cheering, yelling and hurrahing was
-Nntinuous, and every cheer for Bryan
Wa echoed by another from the throns
whi h bordered the line of march. The
sympathetic enthusiasm of the spectators
was one of the principal features of the
demonstration, and women joined with
the men in cheering for the free silver
champion.
BY actual count there were 21 ,J4S men
and women in the procession on foot.
horseback, on floats and in wagons and
carriages. Over 500 women and girls
took part in the parade, and there were
several hundred boys, who carried BAN
ners and were members of fife and drum
corps. 1t was an old-fashioned torch.
light procession, with some lime lights
and hundreds of transparences and ban
ners. The silver men were short of
bands, for almost all union bands in the
city had been engaged for the afternoon
procession. and they were compelled to
make up the deficiency with fife and drum
corps. but they were strong on horses,
and the men from the stock yards made
q good showing in their saddles.
The silver men were determined that
their opponents should know their senti
ments on the money question and theiI
opinions of their political antagonists.
They shouted their opinions with full
lungs, and displayed their financial creed
on transparencies A favorite cry was
1--WE are not paid to march. we march
because we want to-" Another was
"Bryan, Bryan, Billie Bryan. We'll take
him 20 the white house flying
A West Side silver club caught the
crowd by shouting, 1--WE love Mark Han
ma. nit" NO Yale dudes in these ranks"
was painted in bold black letters on a
transparency, and others were, Bryan,
Brain and Brawn, against Bonds, Doodle |
and Buster
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15
TWO SHOT DOWN.
San Francisco Chinese Are Slain by
Hatcret Men.

San Francisco Chinese Are Slain by
Hatcret Men.
The highbinder Tongs of Chinatown
are again in emeute at San Francisco,
and as q result Lee Ah Nee and All
Chung, two members of the Bo-On-Tong,
were assassinated Wednesday night, pre-
sumably by hatchet men of the Bo-Long-
Tong in revenge for the death of Lee III,
n member of the latter society, who was
mysteriously murdered on the night of
July IS last. All Nee was shot down in
the hallway of Chinese lodging house,
just before midnight. While the police
were looking for the murderer, All Chung
was killed on Pacific street, supposedly
by Lee Loui, who was captured in the
vicinity while in the act of concealing
freshly discharged revolver. How Fook
and How Tom, both members of the Bo-
Long-Tong, have been arrested. A prom
inent Chinaman who called at the Re
ceiving Hospital to see .Ah Chung re-
marked. when informed that his friend
was dead: Lots more be killed; big
fight now" 1t is believed that the efforts
now making TO reunite the Six Compa
nies will result in many fresh feuds be-
tween the various societies, who, having
once enjoyed commercial freedom, will
never return to their former state of
hondare
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-15
The Bicycle Endemic.

'Its bicycle, bicycle, no matter what
way you turn" he growled.
The girl in bloomers nodded.
81 chose a place for the summer" he
continued, where boating and fishing
were the only sports advertised, and
inside of twenty-four hours a ma1
showed up there with water bicycle
"Of course" she returned.
'sThere's to be bicycle sled on the
market next winter, too" he added.
"Ouite likely" she admitted.
Il suppose the cranks will be taking
the machines to bed with them before
long" he said, sarcastically.
"Only one thing prevents it now," she
answered.
"Whats that?" he asked.
"a pneumatic tire that's large enough
TO serve as pillow. When some genius
invents n tire that can be made into
an air pillow l believe bicycles will
even supplant poodles and pug dogs"
Chicago Post.