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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
HILTON, HUGHES g. co. ASSIGN.
Great House Founded by A. 7. StewaI
Closes its Doors.

Great House Founded by A. 7. Stewart
Closes Its Doors.
The New York dry goods firm of Hilton,
Hughes & Co. (once A. L. Stewart &
Coz have made an assignment to G. NJ.
Wright The assignment is without pref
erences. Elihu Root is attorney for the
assignee. Among the banks in Wall
street the failure of Hilton, Hughes &
Co. is regarded as due to a gradual de-
cline in business. The firms credit for
the last five years has been badly i'm
paired, and it is understood that very
little if any of the firms single-name paper
is out. The firm has been taking stock
for several weeks past and recently was
understood to have received about SI50,-
600, which has been used in reducing the
liabilities of the firm. The assignment
was made by Albert G. Hilton, who com
prises the firm. No statement has as yet
been made as to the amount Of liabilities
and assets.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
HARBoR AT oNToNAGoN,

paratus and flee for their lives. Blazing
shingles and firebrands We're carried hun
dreds of feet high by the irresistible cur
rent of hot air, to fall quarter and half
mile farther on and fire the buildings that
they alighted upon. The people fled in all
directions. and families were divided. By
5 o'clock the destruction of the village
was complete, and not n soul remained in
the town proper. Prior to abandoning his
post at the railway depot the operator had
sent out an appeal for aid. The relief
Train managed to get within about mile
of the doomed village. The train picked
up all the people found beside the track
and took them to Rockland, where they
were made as comfortable for the night
rs the limited accommodations Of the ham,
let would permit.
AS soon as daylight came the train
crew of the st. Paul Railway. aided by
citizens, loaded into a box car all the
clothing and provisions that could be col
ected and set out for Ontonagon.
The work of relief was begun imme-
diately. Word was received by the rail-
way officials Mt Houghton that cars of
supplies including tents and lumber for
temporary sheds were already on the way
from Marinette, Green Bay, Iron Noun
tain and places farther south.
There is little hope that the town will
ever recover from the blow. The timber
In that vicinity has been gone for years
and the Diamond Match Companycan save
thousands of dollars by building its mills
closer to its untouched forests. The cop
per mines having been worked out or
abandoned years ago, the match COM
pany's plant was the mainstay.
The village will. of course, be rebuilt,
but there is little likelihood of its being
SO large or so prosperous. 1t is well
known that many families who had ac-
cumulated wealth in former years re-
mained only because of old associations.
and now that these are removed they will
doubtless move away.
The total loss will reach $2,5OO,OOO, of
which the Diamond Match Company sus-
tains $1,00O,000, with insurance of about
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
To Lock Out Nineteen Thousand.

At Glasgow owing to the strike of
Dunsmuir & Jackson's engineers, the
master shipbuilders threaten the men with
a general lockout unless they return with
in a week and declare they will shut their
shops before they will allow freedom of
labor to be interfered with. The Belfast
master shipbuilders indorse the proposed
lockout, which affects all the engineers
employed on the Clyde at Belfast and on
the northeast coast, including $4,000 of
the Armstrong company's men.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
SPRING WHEAT CROP REPORT.
Yield in Three States Is 9O,OOO,OOO
Bushels LIE IS than That of 1895.

Yield in Three States Is 9O,OOO,OOO
Bushels Less than That of 1895.
The annual spring wheat crop report,
prepared by the Minneapolis Journal, coy-
ers the States of Minnesota, North Da-
kota and South Dakota, and these three
States are estimated to have raised this
year 10S, 100000 bushels, against 195.OOO,-
600 bushels last year and 120,0O0,0O0 in
1894. The acreage used is 9,0OO,OOO,
about ], 100000 more than is allowed by
the Agricultural Bureau in Washington.
The crop is not of the best quality, and
1t is yet a question whether q considera
BILE acreage in North Dakota and Northern
Minnesota natures because of possible
frost injury. No allowance has been made
for frost, however, in this computation.
The late wheat is filling nicely, and prom
ises good yield if it is not injured. The
State yields are as follows: Minnesota,
A, ,5OO,00O; North Dakota, 36,0O0,0CO;
South Dakota, q, 100000 The estimated
averages are: Minnesota, 1913; North Da-
kota, los; South Dakota, "a. The crop
is very spotted, ranging in yield from two
to thirty bushels. Corn, oats, barley and
fax are generally favorably reported
upOn
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
CIRCLING THE GLOBE.
CONCISE HISTORY OF SEVEN
DAYS DOINGS.
Intelligence by Electric Wire from Every
Quarter OF tho Civilized World, Embracing
Foreign Affairs and Home Happenings Of
IN Important Nature.
The Situation in Constantinople.


London special: The Foreign Office has
received dispatches from Mr.. Michael
Herbert, the British Charge d'Affaires at
Constantinople. The officials there have
declined to communicate their text to the
newspapers, but it was declared that they
confirmed dispatches describing the situa-
tion, which is said to be about as bad as it
can be. British sailors and marines have
been landed 10 protect the Embassy of
Great Britain, the British Consulate and
the British postoffice. The Mussulmans
attacked the Armenians and committed
all kinds of eXcesSes.
Great uneasiness prevails among the
British residents of the villages on the
shores of Bosp0rus, where a number of
hunted Armenians have sought refuge.
1t is feared that their houses will be at
tackled.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
GOLD TICKET NAMED.
ILLINOIS ANTl-SILVER DEMO-
Gratis CHOOSE BLACK.
Named for Governor by Acclamation
Platform Declares for Gold and
Praises C1eve1and's Administration
-Babcock. Brink, Wiley, Forman
and Others Complete the Ticket.
The Ticket,

r. OF GOVernOF. .JOnn u. BLACK
For Lieutenant Governor. ..........
........ ............. Chester A. Babcock
For Secretary Of State. Charles s. Wiley
tor AUDITOR. Henry w. Brink
FOR treasurer. EDWARD Ridgely
For Attorney General. ..... VIM. s. Forman
For University Trustees-Albert Eisner,
G. E. Babcock, August B. House
The above ticket was nominated in Chi
cago Tuesday by the gold Democratic
State convention of Illinois. The con-
rentioD adopted a platform which in eff
feet declares against everything enun-
ciated in the platform of the silver wing
of the Democracy. 1t declares for an
"honest" money standard, and lauds the
administration of President Cleveland.
1t was a remarkable convention-in its
makeup, in it's almost solemn earnest
Eess. More than 1000 delegates were in
attendance, and the galleries and spaces
outside the delegates inclosure were
thronged. The presence of no fewer than
800 richly dressed women gave the occa-
sion a social tinge. 1t was particularly
noticeable that the convention was in
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS.
Relief for Stricken Ontonagon eeing
Hurried Forward.

Relief for Stricken Ontonagon Being
Hurried Forward.
Telegraphic communication had not
been established with Ontonagon, Mich,
Tuesday, and details of the fire which
wiped that village out of existence were
still lacking. Advices received by rail-
way officials from stations within n few
miles of Ontonagon were to the effect
that only fifteen houses were left stand
ing, but that no lives were lost. Fifteen
hundred people are homeless at Rockland
and other places in the vicinity of On
tonagon to which the inhabitants fled.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway had a car loaded with provisions
at Milwaukee Wednesday morning and
succeeded In running it over the warped
rails to within a quarter of a mile of On
tonagon. The people are without shelter
and would be in pitiful plight in case
of storm. Other cars of provisions were
sent from Marinette, Green Bay and Mil
Yankee
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Big Increase in Formulation,

A house to house census of Anderson,
Elwood and Alexandria, Ind, has just
been completed, to ascertain the popula-
ton. Anderson has q, ,O42. In 1887 it had
<,l26 population, in 1890, lO,79O, making "a
gain of 10000 in five years and IS 200 in
eight years. Elwood has II, 1872, against
7l5 in 1883 and $3.50 in 1890. Alexandra
shows the most marvellous gain. In 1855
1t had 491, in 1890 ISL, and now has 6, ,1Sl.
The population of Madison County in
1886 was $1,000, and is now in excess of
1000, with 1900 voters. This is the
story of natural gas.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Whips, Tar and Fire.

Bloomington (Ind.) special: Word re-
ceived from Washington Township gives
particulars of terrible White Gaping
case. Will Ray, respectable married
citizen, was taken from his house, tied to
q tree and whipped by masked men. Az
ter his back had been cut and bruised Ray
was coated with tar and feathers, and is
now in serious condition. The reason
alleged is that he was too intimate with
certain woman, who was taken from her
house two weeks ago and her home burned.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03

The palace of the Sultan of Zanzibar
was bombarded by the British Thursday
morning and at noon was a mass of blaz-
ing ruins. The usurping chieftain, Said
kahlid, and the commander of his forces,
Said Sales, succeeded in escaping to the
German consulate, where they have
sought refuge and remain under the pro-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
DUEL WITH TRACTION ENGINES.
Two Kansas Farmers Fight Over Job oi


Two Kansas Farmers Fight Over Job of
Thrashing.
Six miles west of Tonganoxie, KAN,
two farmers engaged in q battle Satur-
day afternoon mounted on traction en-
gines. AS a result one man was mortally
injured and both engines were wrecked.
The thrashers, one named Peat and the
other Stevens, aspired to do a job of
thrashing for John Earhart, who through
misunderstanding had engaged both
men to do the work. Arriving at the farm
simultaneously, a quarrel ensued. A rush
for the gate followed with throttles wide
open. The result was a terrific collision.
One engine was thrown into the air and
fell back upon the other. Stevens was so
badly crushed that he cannot live. The
other engineer escaped,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
FATAL FIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS.

Three Men Are Suffocated While in Their
Beds.
Three persons lost their lives in a fire
that broke out at an early hour Thursday
morning in John Lundins saloon at Min
neapolis. They were sleeping on the third
floor of the Lundin Building, which was a
brick veneered structure. They had NO
opportunity to escape, as the flames had
gained too great a headway when the
alarm was given, and it is probable they
were suffocated in bed. The occupants
of the second floor escaped with great
difficulty. The saloon and the clothing
establishment of A. G. Peterson were
completely destroyed, entailing loss of
amounting to $1,000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03

half. Besides the Diamond Match Com
pany other large losers are:
Sargent, Gennings & Gilkey, of
Oconto, lumber ........ 100000
Louis Reidinger, Of Marquette,
lumber on dock ............ $4,000
James Norton, of Ewing, lumber
on dock ......... ......... 10000
d. j. Norton, of Ewing, lumber
on dock ........ ...... .... 10000
William McFarlan, of Bruce's
Crossing, lumber on dock ..... 10000
Lowe House, four-stOry hotel -. 10000
Centennial Hotel ...... ....... 5000
Paul House -. ....... ...... 5000
John Hawley's big store, total
loss ..... 49,. ...... 10000
Bank of Ontonagon ..... ....., 5000
PostOiiice, court house, Jail and
school house ........ $4,000
James Mercer's large warehouse,
dock and coal sheds ...... -. $4,000
Chicaro Milwaukee and ST Paul denot
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Petroleum Found in Alaska.

A. h. Eddy OF Hartford, WASH, an ex-
member of the State Legislature, has re-
turned from Alaska, where he reports
having discovered two great petroleum
wells in the mountains not far back from
the coast and within 1G0 miles from Ju-
neau. He brought samples of crude oil,
which he proposes to have tested. There is
q flow of 200 or 300 barrels daily, Eddy al
Ieges, from each well, and he thinks it not
improbable that this section may rival the
great oil fields of Pennsylvania.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Squaw Men Cause Trouble.

Guthrie 20. T.) special: There is trou-
BILE on the Seminole Indians reservation
and portion of the First Cavalry has left
for the scene. The Seminoles are anxious
10 get rid of the white men who have mar
ried Indian wives. 1t is an effort to drive
these off that has caused the, trouble.
There are about 800 squaw men on the
reservation. When the Indian police
tried to dislodge them three Indians were
killed and more blood is liable to be shed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
vencedor Turns Wrong Boat.

At Toledo, Ohio, the Canadian yacht
the Canada defeated the challenger the
Vencedor Wednesday and won the inter-
national race The defender won by
twenty-six seconds, time allowance, after
as pretty yacht race as was ever sailed
on Lake Erie. 1t was a hard race for the
Yankee yacht to lose, for the Vencedor
had the race well won had she not lost
three minutes in a vain effort to select the
RIGHT stake boat
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Troops Die of Fever.

The official report of the Spanish army
sanitary corps for the second ten days of
July shows that there were S,S3S cases in
the military hospitals in Cuba, of which
3,53S were new. There were 346 deaths,
256 being due to yellow fever. The Uni
ted States Consul at Matanzas reports IS
deaths from yellow fever, confined to
Spanish troops, during the week, and 81
deaths from the same cause in Havana
during the same period.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Oregon Forest Fires.

Astoria (Ore.) special: One of the
largest and most destructive forest fires
that has ever visited this section of the
State is now raging near Oak Point, forty
miles up the Columbia River from Asto-
ria. A stretch of fame three miles wide
Is sweeping through the most valu-
able lands in Oregon. Several lumber
camps have been destroyed and hundreds
Of cattle perished, but no loss of life is re-
ported. Large parties of lumbermen and
ranchers have been fighting the flames
for two days without rest, but the fire is
gaining rapid headway. Millions of logs
and vast quantity of standing timber,
together with few ranch buildings have
been burned.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Old Cntonagon in Ashes.

Fire destroyed the entire village of On
tonagon, Mich, Tuesday afternoon, with
loss of $1,500,000, including the i'm
mense manufacturing plant maintained
there by the Diamond Match Company.
There is also ample reason to fear that
there was terrible loss of life, as the mea
ger reports received indicated such
swiftness of the destruction that little
time for escape was afforded and none
for saving property.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Murdered BY Savages,

The State Department has received
word of q sanguinary conflict between Il
party of explorers in Peru and band of
Peruvian Indians. The report is made
by Consul Leon Jastrunski at Callao.
Peru, who received the details from the
United States consular agent at an inte-
rior point. The exploring party was led
by an American named Cooper. There
were ten in the party, including two Ger
mans, who are the only ones who have
thus far reported. The men lost their
way in the dense forests, and after great
suffering from hunger were attacked by
a band from the Campa tribe of Indians.
The Consul adds: "They had barely time
TO prepare for defense when the savages
attacked them. The party fought with
their rifles as best they could, till four
of their number having fallen, the two
Germans sought safety in flight. For
some time after they made their way off
in the darkness they heard the repeated
cracks of Mr.. Cooper's rifle, and it was
their belief that he must finally have been
captured by the savages."
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03

The London Westminster Gazette pub
fishes letter appealing to the English
money lenders to treat the American
farmers in the same spirit as the English
landlords treat their tenants in times of
agricultural depression and declare a sub
stantial reduction of the present rates of
interest, both in their own intereste and
in the interests of international harmony
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Golden Tide from Europe,

Heavy engagements of gold for import
to this country were announced by various
New York banking houses Thursday. In
Guiding the amounts previously reported,
the gold on shipboard and engaged for the
United States aggregates $9,45O,G00. In
addition l.. Won Hoffman has consign-
ment the amount of which is not definite
ly known.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03

The California State Ban. Commits
sioners have declared the Bank of Ma
tional City insolvent and placed G. B.
Whittlesey, cashier, in charge. The di-
rectors have been ordered to make an as
sessment of 10 per cent. on the authorized
capital of 100000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Zanzibar's Sultan Dead.

The Sultan of Zanzibar, Hamed Bin
Thwain Bin Said, is dead. He was about
40 years of age, was nephew of the lato
Sultans Ali, Khalifa and Burghash, and
succeeded to the Sultanato on the death
of Sultan Ali, March 5, 1898.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03

A crank visited the residence of Corne-
iius Vanderbilt at Newport, r. l., and in
sisted on seeing Miss Vanderbilt, but was
prevented by the butler. He said he had a
plan for elevating the masses and all Miss
Vanderbilt had to do was to give 81, ,000,-
600
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Explosion in Powder Works.

The dry house at the Miami powder
works, five miles north of Nenia, Ohio,
blew up, shaking the country for miles
around and killing Frank Eich, powder
boss, and Silas Higgins, engineer of the
works. Several thousand pounds of pow
der exploded and the loss to the company
will be large.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Fata1Iy Shot His Dauphter.

Near Tolcott, eight miles from Hinton,
W. Va, William Robins shot and fatally
wounded his 19-year-old daughter. She
had been intimate with man in that
neighborhood, and Robins, when he dis
covered it, shot her.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
BRYAN FILES DENIAL.
Declares He Was Never in the EN-
ploy of Mine Owners,

Declares He Was Never in the EN-
p1oy of Mine Owners.
William j. Bryan, for the first time
since Senator John NJ. Thurston, as al
legged, declared that he (Bryan) was in the
employ of mine owners, has made an Off
cial denial, coupled with a challenge to
the National Republican Committee to
come out in the open and accuse him or
forever be silent Mr.. Bryan's attention
Lad been called to the controversy between
Senators Thurston and Stewart, and he
determined to settle the matter If possible.
He therefore demands an open charge,
which he says he will refute with details
of his private life and his financial affairs
or silence.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Argentine Is Ambitious,

The Argentine Government proposes to
annex the South Shetland Islands, in the
South Atlantic, about 600 miles south of
Cape Horn, and will dispatch an expedi-
ton there for this purpose in December.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Swept by Forest Fires.

The village of Moquah, Wis.,, was de-
etroyed by forest fires, which are raging
iiercely, any many other towns are threat
opod
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Crisis in srazii.

Serious trouble is reported between the
Brazilians and the Italians in San Pultc.
The Brazilian Government may withdraw
the exequator from the Italian consul,
whom the newspapers accuse of support
ing the Italians in their agitation
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Hermit Commits Suicide.

James E. Shaw, living ten miles west of
Marion, Ind, an eccentric hermit 81 years
old, committed suicide by jumping into
cistern and drowning himself. He for
merly lived in COnnersville.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03

The Appel Clothing Company, one of
the oldest and heaviest concerns in Den
yer, made an assignment. The assets arc
S4OO, 900 and the liabilities S2OO,OOO.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
SILVER LEADERS CONFER.

Washington VIII Look After the East and
South and Chicago the West
In Washington there was meeting
Tuesday night of the Executive Commit
tee of the National Silver party at its
headquarters, Vice Chairman Stevens, of
Colorado, presiding. The committee de-
cided that headquarters should be estab-
lished in Washington and Chicago, both
to be of equal Importance. The Washing
ton branch is to look after the East and
South and the Chicago headquarters the
inter-WeSt.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03

SIXTEEN tramps in Iowa were held
up by four banuits and made to yield
S400. The circumstances would seem
to indicate that one difference between
an Iowa tramp and the average citizen
who supports him is that the tramp has
more money.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Many Unhappy Couples in Ohio.

Statistics furnished by Secretary of
State Taylor of Ohio, show that there
were 4, ,O69 divorce suits in that State. in the
last year.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Aimed at the Rebels.

Capt. Gen. Weyler will soon issue de-
cree ordering the suspension Of the gath
ering of the coffee crop. This is because
several Cuban planters have arranged to
pay taxes to the insurgents in return for
permission to gather the crop.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
A State of Anarchy.

Travellers who have arrived at Phil
lipolis from Constantinople, say that the
state of anarchy continues at the Turkish
capital, and that the number of persons
massacred in the streets reached into the
thousands.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Burglars Shot the Mayor.

S. A. Rowley, Mayor of San Mateo,
Fla, was badly wounded in fight with
three burglars. He shot and fatally
wounded two Of them, but the third one
escaped.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Roller Exnlnsion.

The boiler of Level & Smiths mill at
English, Ind, exploded, instantly killing
Tolbert Doodey, engineer, and Samuel
Doods, sawyer. VIM. Cummings, fireman,
was badly scalded about the body and
face,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03

'THE outcome of some matrimonial
ventures" says the Harlem Philoso-
pher, depends largely upon the in,
cOme.o
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
Massacre of russulmans.

The riots which caused so much ex-
citement throughout Constantinople are
apparently at an end. The leaders of the
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03

A GIRL is willing for her mother to
wash her other articles of clothing,
but her shirt waists must go to the
laundry.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-09-03
NEWS OF OUR OHIO.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.

An Interesting Summary of the More I'm
portant Doings of Our Neighbors-Wed-
dings and Deaths-C Grimes, Casualties and
General Buckeye News Notes.