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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
FIFTEEN KILLED,
Train P1unges Into Washout and
Rolls Down a Fifteen Foot EN-

Train P1unges Into a Washout and
Rolls Down a Fifteen Foot Em-
bankment.
Evansville special: The most disas'
trous wreck that has ever occurred on the
Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad oc-
cures recently as the train known as the
Midnight Cannon Ball' from Chicago
was coming south over the road. The
recent rairs; have had terrible effect on
the road bed. All trains had orders
to proceed cautiously on slow time for
safety, and the train which was wrecked
was coming on under these orders. At a
point three quarters of mile north of
HaZelton, Ind, where the road led is
built on an embankment, it suddenly gave
way, and the engine, baggage car, and a
part OF the smoker went down.
The engine turned over, but the bag
gage car remained upright. The smoker
hung over the sbyss. Engineer VIII
MaCutcheon escaped death, but his fire.
man, Joe Boleman, was killed. Con-
duc;or George Sears of Terre Haute, who
was in the smoker, was also killed. 1t
was reported that there were fifteen pas
sengerS in the smoker. All OF these were
killed. 1t is impossible to give their
names, as they are still in the wreck.
Shortly after the train went down the
crevasse spread and it is now 100 feet
wide. The baggage car and smoker,
which contains the ill-fated passengers,
has floated off into the field.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
MARKET QUOTATIONS

Chicago-Cattle. common Ia prime,
$3.50 to $3.50: hogs. shipping grades.
$500 10 $500: sheep. fair TO choice. S2.oO
to $4.50: wheat. No. . red. 73c to I4c;
corn. No. .. DE TO 24c; oats. No. >. 1oc
choice creamery. lie to 19c: eggs. fresh.
Zoe TO lie: potatoes. per bushel, 2oc 10
SOC: broom corn, common growth TO choice
green hurl. &c per &c per 10.
indianapolis shipping $500 to
$o.25; hogs, choice light, $500 TO Si.O0;
wheat. No. >. S2c to Sic: corn, No =
white, pc TO 23c; oats, No. = white, zoe
to 22c.
st. Louis-Cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $500: sheep. $500 TO S4.23;
wheat. No. =, 93c to 95c: corn. No. vel
low, 2Oc TO 2oc; oats, No. white, lie to
1Sc: rye, No. ,. 32c 10 34c.
Cincinnati-Cattlc. 500 to $500: hogs,
$500 10 S4.O0: sheep. $3.50 TO S4.I5;
wheat, No. >. Soc to Ole: corn, No.
mixed, DE TO Doc; oats. No. mixed, lSc
to 20c: rye. No. ., 35c to 3Ic.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to SJ.25; hogs.
$500 TO $500: sheep. $500 10 s4.G;
wheat. No. = red. Sic 10 SIC: corn. No. :
yellow, 2;c 10 24c: oats. No. white, lie
to pic: rye. S5c TO 36c.
Toledo-Wheat. No. , red. SSc TO 9oc;
corn. NJ. mixed. pc to 2Ic: oats, No.
= white. lie to 1?c; rye. No. >, 36c TO 33Sc;
clover seed. S4.9i to $500.
Milwaukee-Wheat No. > spring. IiC
to 7oc; corn. No. 3. Zoe to Die: oats. No.
. white. 1Sc to 20c: barley. No. >. 2Sc TO
33c: rye. No. l, 34c to SOC; pork. mess,
$500 to $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle. common TO prime ship
ping. $3.50 TO S5.25: hogs. medium 10 best.
$500 TO S4.25; sheep. common to prime
natives. $500 TO S4.50; lambs, fair to
extra. $3.50 TO $3.50.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs.
$3.50 to $3.50: sheep, $500 TO S4.75;
wheat. No. > red. Sac to Soc; corn. No. ,,
2Sc to 29c: oats. No. 2 white. 21c TO DE;
butter. creamery. 15c to Zoe; eggs. West
ern l lie to 13c
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
The Fifty.Fifth Congress-,

The present United States Senate
consists of 30 members, and of these
4S are classed as Republicans on all
questions but that of the free and un-
limited coinage of silver, 81 as Demo-
Gratis and as Populists. There is con-
sequently clear majority of Republi-
cans on all ordinary political issues
and that party cannot shirk any re-
spOnsibility for the management of the
country's affairs for the next two years
at least. as they have clear ma jority
in the House Of Representatives of at
least fifty over the combined opposi-
tion of Democrats, Populists and Fu-
siOnists.
In the Senate the straight ont I.e-
publicans number AZ. while there are
six classed as Silver Republicans. The
Democrats who stand squarely on the
national platform of the party at' pied
at Chicago last year muster % in the
same body, the other being classed
as In favor of gold and against the free
coinage of silver at the declared ratio
of 16 to I. The Populist Senators are,
of course, silverites, so that on the sill
YER issue the Senate stands: For free
cOinage-DemOcrats. %: Populists. Z:
Republicans, 6-total. ~ Against free
coinage-Republican ~; Gold Demo-
Gratis, G-total, 4S.
The Silver Republicans and Gold
len ccrats in the Senate just balance c
each other. and the dominant party
can, therefore. always muster major
ity whether the question to be voted ON
is purely party one or financial one.
The House of Representatives. which
is classified as consisting of 204 Re-
publicans, 122 Democrats and 30 Pop
ulists, Fusionists and Silver party
men, with vacancy from one of the
Missouri districts Even il all the
Populists. Fusionists and Silverites
We're to combine with the Democrats
and vote against the Republicans. the
latter would still be in large ma jor-
ity.
The Republicans must. while the Fif-
ty-fifth Congress lasts. be held respOn-
sible for all the legislation enacted.
They have no excuse for shirking any
of it,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
OVER A BILLION.
Expenditures of Congress Jnet Ended
Reported TO Be ST ,O43, ,437,Ol8.


Representative Cannon of Illinois,
chairman of the Appropriations Commit
tee of the House, and Mr.. Sayers of Tex
as, who Is at the head of the minority of
that committee, have prepared their re-
views of the appropriations of the Con-
gress just ended. Mr.. Cannon makes the
total appropriation submitted TO the Pres
ident for his approval at the last sesse n,
including the general deficiency, which
failed in conference, $51S, 1O3, ,45S, or $685.
3S3, 2I6 less than the estimates submitted
to Congress by the executive. The apprO-
priations for the first session were $51o,-
$40, 194. making total for the Congress
of 81. .043, ,431 ,01S, which, he says, is $49,-
1871 more than the appropriate for
the preceding Congress. The increase, he
points out, includes for fortifcations. S12,-
563. .461; for river and harbor works, in
Guiding contracts therefor, S2.416, sos; for
public buildings, none of which were au-
thorized by the Fifty-fourth Congress,
S2,343, ,394; for the postal service, S11,-
454, ,305; for the naval establishment, $S.-
941 ,523. and on account of permanent ap-
preparations. mainly TO meet interest and
sinking fund charges for the bonds issued
by the Cleveland administration. S24,-
9S3. IN.
'The appropriations are" says Mr.. Can
non. 'in my judgment in excess of the
legitimate demands of the public service.
But this fact. while greatly TO be deplored
is not, in my opinion, properly chargeable
to the action of either of the great politi-
cal parties of the country. 1t is the re-
suit of conditions accruing ont of the rules
of the House and out of the rules, prac-
tees and so-called courtesies of the SEN
ate. together with the irresponsible man.
ner whereby the executive submits to Con
gress estimates to meet expenditures for
the conduct of the Government If the
appropriations made by Congress have
been extravagant and beyond the reye,
nues of the Government, how much more
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18

so have been the estimates of the execu-
tive. The record shows that in no in
stance during the many years past have
the appropriations made by Congress
measured up TO the full amounts recon-
mended and asked for by the administra-
ton. 1t is said that ours is the only Gov
ernment in the civilized world wherein
the administrative branch apparently
shows no degree of responsibility to the
taxpayers for its demands for the expen-
diture of public money, and that ours is
the only Government wherein the legisla-
tive branch alone exercises the function
of duty or check upon public expenditures.
without any considerable degree of CO.
operation on the part of the executive"
Mr.. Savers, in his statement, makes the
total appropriations of this Congress SOL
1882 in excess of the Fifty-third Con-
gress, S16332.4T0 over the Fifty-second
Congress and S7,757, ,906 in excess of the
Fifty-frst Congress
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18

the powers so much Diplomatic compro-
mise that her position has been materially
strengthened. She has adhered TO the
only two points she has claimed-the right
to have troops in Crete for the purpose OF
holding the fanatical Mussulmans III
check and the right of the Cretans to
choose what form of government they will
have. The former position she adheres to
rigidly, for, since the business OF her
troops in Crete is only to preserve order, 1t
is naturally immaterial to Greece whether
they are under the control of the powers
or not. so long as order is preserved. New
ertheless. there is an apparent concession
made in the offer to submit to such CON
troll, which gives the powers favora bic
opening to recede from the letter of Their
demand.
Regarding the proposition that the Gre
fans be given the privilege TO choose their
own form of government, Greese of course
can 20 no further than urge the sugges-
tion. 1t seems to be an adroit answer.
however. to the statement of the pow
ers that Crete really prefers autonomy,
for if the powers are sincere in that pc
lief they can have no objection to submit
ting the proposition to vote.
The general tone of the reply of Greece
shows that the nation has no intention OF
irritating the powers to the extent OF de-
claring war ON Turkey, and that the prep
arations for conflict have been made
doubtless for purposes of defense in case
an attempt should be made to humiliate
her beyond endurance.
Monday the foreign admlrals nouned
must leave Crete. They also wired to
their respective Governments for the dis
match of 600 men to maintain order in
the large towns. 1t is reported that the
siege of Candamo has been raised and
that the Mussulmans have gons to Pali'
kosa. where they are safe.
Although the danger is not entirely past.
II seems fair to assume that this latest
European war scare will now gradually
fade away into harmless diplomacy.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
ORDERED TO GET.
All Greek Subjects at Retimo Told to
Leave at Once for Greece.

All Ireek SUD- ectS at RettmO 1OI0 TO
Leave at Once for Greece.
Canea, special: All Greek subjects al
Retimo have been ordered to leave for
Greece and man. Of war has been placed
at their disposal. These measures are in
comprehensive here, the general impress
sion being that war has been declared.
At meeting of the captains of foreign
warships on board her Majesty's ship,
Barfleur, to discuss the question of she'll
ing the position of the insurgents at
Akrotiri, the Russian commander firmly
declined to fire without first giving notice.
Akrotiri is surrounded by rich monster
les, and it is believed the Bashi BaZouks
began firing with a view to pillage.
Each side accused the other of Begin
ming the combat at Akrotiri, but the
truth seems to be that as soon as the in
surgents began to advance the Turks be-
gan to fire. The Captain of her Majesty's S
ship Barfieur, had an insurgent leader
brought on board by Greek officers from
the gunboat Alpheus and warned him
that unless the insurgents retired TO their
former positions, the necessary action
would be taken to compel them.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
Told in a Few Lines.

The making of paper flowers is one of
the Duchess of Albany's chief pleasures
The Arkansas Senate passed bill ap-
propriating S65.O0O for the relief of the
drouth sufferers in Arkansas.
Gov. Black of New York has declined to
interfere in the sentence of death of Ar
thur Mayhew. who was convicted of mur-
dering Stephen Powell at Hampstead
March 1. 1896.
BENJAMIN X. Bacon. an insurance agent
who. Il few years ago, was one of the
wealthest and most prominent business
men in Kansas City. Mo-, committed sui
eide. Dependency following business re-
verses is supposed to be the cause of sui
eide.
The liner Spree reached her pier in Ho-
boken after a rough voyage. Before reach
ing the Needles she ran into dense fog
and had TO anchor. The seas pounded her
decks, staving a lifeboat to pieces, tear
ing out section of rail and infictng 9TH
er damage.
Charles Burkman. Keokuk Ga) bar
ber. had just finished shaving customer,
when he went violently insane. He still
had the razor in his hands, and attempted
to assault several persons, but was at last
overpowered and locked up. He has a
wife and four children.
Gen. Obregon, while accommodating near
Merceda, between Candelaria and Losoa,
province of Piuar del Rio, captured an i'm
portaut insurgent depot containing all the
dynamite shells and explosive material
belonging to the forces formerly COM
manded by Gen. Antonio Maceo.
A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro says
that band of fanatics led by Conselheiro
have killed Col. Moreira Caesar, three
officers and 200 soldiers in Bahia. There
is much excitement in Rio Janeiro, where
the populace has pillaged and burned the
offices of the monarchist papers, Libertade
and Gazette Detarde.
James Blair is dying ut his home in
Scranton. Pa. He is so years of age and
one of the wcalthiest men in that region.
He is heavy stakeholder in the Lacka-
wanna Railroad and the Lnckawanna
Iron and Steel Company, president of the
Scranton Savings Bank and vice-presi-
dent of the Dickson Manufacturing Com
pany.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
RrYau'S Xicw.

His (thc Presidents promise to ell
deavor constantly to secure interna.
tional bimetallism is rebuke to those
who think that the gold standard
should be maintained because of its
merits The system which is so bad
as to justify an early and earnest at
tempt TO get rid of it cannot be defend
cd But his declara ton that. bad as
It is. it must be endured until help
comes from abroad. will be discourag-
ing to those who have ceased to OK
pect that international cooperation
can be secured through persuasion
William J. Bryan III New York Jour.
nal
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
Jenny Electric Works Burned.

The Jenny Electric Motor Works, at the
Panhandle crossing of the Belt Railroad,
on the eastern edge of Indianapolis, were
entirely destroyed by fire. The company
manufactured electric motors. The loss
is from $4,000 10 $1,000, and includes
buildings, machinery and patterns. The
total insurance amounts 10 about $50, 900.
1t is thought that the fire was started by
charged electric light wir es.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
McKin1ey's Financial Utterances.

McKin1ey's Financial Utterauces.
McKinley's inaugural utterances on
pretty much everything excepting the
need of re-enacting his tariff for mon-
opolists only" are oracularly indef-
mite, and in many cases even confusing
and contradictory, thereby confirming
the opinion of those who regard him as
a man lacking that breadth of mind
and wide information which should
characterize the occupant of the Pres
idential chair.
1t is impossible. for instance. to get
any clear idea of his meaning when he
says in regard to the money of the
country that it is all good now. but
that it should be put on an enduring
stability to doubt or dispute" How
can it be "all good" as he says it is.
if it is not on an enduring basis, and Is
subject to easy attack? Does lie know
what he means?
Then he says that the several forms
Of our paper money offer Il constant
embarcasS sSment to the Government.
.and Il safe balance in the treasury"
In this last part of the sentence he
probably means that it is "a danger to
a safe balance in the treasury" but
why should it be so if it is 'all good:"
He talks of getting rid of the gold re-
serve in the treasury, and yet he de-
clares that until the advent of internal
tional bimetalliSm ''the value of the
silver coined and of that which may
herafter be coined, must be constantly
at par with gold by every resource at
our command" and that ''the credit of
the Government, the integrity of it's
currency, and the inyiola bility of its
obliga tiops must be preserved
Here is declara ton that he is in
obligations of all sorts in gold, of keep
ing on par with gold. and at the same
time in favor of doing away with the
gold reserve! Even the former spook
advisers of Lyman ]. Gage, the M ton
al banker whom Mckinley has put in
charge of the Treasury Department.
could not put forth worse hodge
pOdge than this.
Whether Mckinley is for the bank
ers plan of converting the non-interest-
bearing greenbackS into intcrest-bear-
ing Government bonds and turning the
entire business of issuing paper money
over To the national banks. does not ap-
pear and Ii IS extremely doubtful
whether he has any opinion Oh the sub
ject. He seems indeed to be Il tariff
mOnomaniac.-New York News.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18

the inevitable revolution came along. and
Captain Montt was given provisional COM
mand of the naval and land forces. Bal
maceda killed himself, and Montt Vas
proclaimed provisional president. and in
November of 1851 he was regularly elect
ed president. His term of office only re-
Gently expired. and he returned to she
navy as an admiral He will make n thor
ough inspection of Uncle Sans fighting
boats and learn something of the army,
after which he will go abroad and pick up
all the information on these subjects the
foreign powers will let him have.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
Fearful Plunge.

A frighttul passenger train wreck oc-
Cured at Rome, Ga, on the approach to
the high bridge of the Southern Railway
over the EtOwah River. The engine
plunged down bluff sixty feet high into
the river, with the engineer sticking to his
post. The wreck caught fire and seven
cars were burned. Many were injured.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
Crushed to Death,

While Taylor Slivers and John Bailey
were working in ore of the mines at Alta
mont, Clair County, Ky., huge block of
slate fifteen feet long, ten feet wide and
three feet thick, fell upon them, MASKING
them fiat against the floor of the room.
The bodies are still beneath the slate.
Both of the men leave wives to whom
they had been married but few months.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
END THE WAR.
Such Are Spain's Orders to Gen. Wey
Ter in Cuba,

Ter in Cuba.
Crittenden Marriott, the cores yOndent
in Havana, declares that Gen. Weyler has
received positive orders from Madrid to
end the Cuban war at once, even by going
TO the extent of selling the island to the
insurgents if need be, to accomplish that
object.
Gen. Weyler, therefore, set out for Villa
Clara to find Gen. Gomez and to under
take negotiations. Weyler himself said
that the war would end within three
weeks.
General Weyler's orders are, it is
claimed, to secure peace at any terms, and
he is Instructed to offer Gomez bribes,
autonomy or the island itself.
Fear as 10 President McKinley's posi-
tion is given as leading cause for the
Spanish change Of policy.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
Leprosy in Samoa.

San Francisco special: The steamer
Zealania brings the following from Apia,
Samoa, dated February "a: Several Ha-
waiian lepers managed to reach Samoa
and have spread the disease among native
Samoans. The natives are now trying to
check the disease. One leper died recent
ly, and United States Consul Churchill
ordered the house in which the leper had
lived and all surroundings to be burned.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
Fire I'm Chicago,

Fire destroyed the building occupied by
John A. Talman & Co., wholesale grocers,
at the corner of Michigan avenue and
Lake street, Chicago, and damaged the
upper stories of the building at 10, II and
IA Lake street occupied by Chase G. San
borne's coffee and spice house. Loss of
Talman &c Co., S40O,O Chase d San
borne's loss is not heavy
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
The New Congress.

The following officers were elected by
the Fifiy-ffi Congress:
Speaker-Thomas e. Reed.
Chaplain-Rev. Henry NJ. Couien.
Clerk-Alexan;ie Mcdowell
Sergeant at Al ms-Ben jamin F. Russell.
Doorkeeper-W. j. Glenn.
Postmasier-Joseph c. McElroy.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
Too Mich Like a Coronation,

TO sensible Americans the gorgeous
military and civic pageant attending
the Inauguration of President McKin-
ley arouses feelings of regret and de-
preciation rather than admiration and
enthusiasm. 1t indicates an unhealthy
drift from the democratic simplicity
which was the characteristic feature of
our republican institutions and the out
ward expression of a funda mental prin-
ciple of free government.-St. Louis
RenUhlic
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
Mckinley and the civil Service.

The great questions agitating the
mind of the average Republican politi-
clan at the present time is whether
Mckinley will enforce the civil service
law or not. If he does the ''pickinSs"
will be uppleasantly restricted. An
apprecia ton of This fact was recently
manifested in Congress when general
assault on the civil service policy was
made. Mr. Mckinley is on record as
an adherent of the civil service theory.
-IndianapoliS Sentinel
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
Don't Forget This.

In the midst of all this triumph Of
one party. and this elevation of It's
chosen leader. it is curious to remem-
Der how narrow was McKinley's ma
iority over Bryan. A change in the
votes of twenty thousand citizens
would have put the Democratic candi-
date where the Republican is to-day
and changed the whole course of the
history of this continent No man
should forget that.-New York News.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
A Double Tragedy,

Stephan Horton, wealthy farmer who
resided in the little village of Rutland,
six miles from Mansfield, Pa, is lying
dead in his home, while in another part
of the house lies the body of his wife.
The death of both has been attributed to
noison. and the coroner's Jury has found
that Mrs. Horton administered it to her
husband and then ended her own exist
ence with the remainder of the powder.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
In Close Quarters.

The commanders Of the Greek cruisers,
Alphios and Pinios, still in Cretan wa
ters. are in most difficult position.
Their orders are only 10 retire from Canea
bay under protest, and on no account TO
leave Cretan waters. Their orders are to
resist TO death any attack upon them. The
cruisers are daily expected to be fired
uDOn