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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
NitrogIycerinc Explosion.

\ terrible nitroglycerine explosion oc-
eurred at Cygnet, o., i'll which two per-
sons were instantly killed and two others
injured. The dead are:
w. j. Morrison, Lima, o., field super
lntendent for the Ohio and Indiana Tor
pedo Company.
Edward Dennison, Rising Sun, O., an
oil shooter.
A man named 1Ienning, who was 400
ieet away from the explosion, was badly
cut on the heal by flying debris.
LII IS supposed the two men now dead
were transferring the deadly glycerine
from the magazine when it exploded.
Both We're blown 10 atoms. The shock
was SO severe ;hat every pane of glass in
the Town was broken, and doors were
blown of their hinges. The explosion
was heard several miles away.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
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I hr cases of cholera on board the Nu-
i,i;'. 1T Plymouth. have been confined to
the troops.
Queen Victoria las donated $500 10 the
india faminc relief fund. which has been
opened by the Lord Mayor of London.
Serious foods have occurred in the Isl
aud Of Montse-ra;, resulting in the loss of
seventy five lives and tha destruction of
roads; and bridges.
Tire reyca1c o. Newfoundland for the
iir.,t six months of tlc fiscal year exceeds
that for the same period Of the previous
yea. ,y 100000
Hungary has given formal rOticc TO
Austria of its intention TO terminate the
customs and commercial convention be-
tween Austria and Hungary.
Tic lighting OF certain of the London
prisons by electricity is under considera-
ton. and il Is proposed to erect Il special
,iescrirtioE of tread wheel to supply the
motive power.
The Italian general medical council has
just presented & request 10 the Govern
ment TIE effect of which is that all for
eigr doctors small he prohibited from prac
ticing in Italy.
\ great bush l,re has: been raging in the
county of Montagu, in Tasmania and the
township of pcngana has been nearly dc.
stroyed. Hundreds of people have beef
rendered homeless and the damage dorI
IS estimated ut G15.000
A :ew weeks ago the Gern.in firm o,
Friedrich krupp presented 10000 tn the
~orkmen's pension fund of their woris
anu now q further donation of f2o.00l
has been made 10 the fund for the widows
and orphans OF their officials.
1t is reported that Count Muravieif.
the newly appointed Russian minister oi
foreign affairs. has been charged to for
malIy invite President Faure to st. Pet
crsburg.
Gustalf Wolff, acting German consul at
Tacoma. Wash. was married To Miss
Christiana Smith of Chicago. who arriv-
&C! from the East few hours before the
Intimate friends of the iatc Alexander
Dumas. fills. have resolved to keep the re-
of the dramatist alive in their
minds by a special dinner every three
months in Paris.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
THE NEWS RECORD.
SUMMARY OF A WEEKS HAP
PENINGS.
The Latest News rs Flashed Over the Wires
from All Parts of the Notwithstanding
Politics, Religion, Casualties, Commerce,
Rnu Industry.
Mine Accident.

Edward Balson was instantly killed
and ten men were injured, probably fa-
tally, at The Gobisa mime, near Flemming-
ton, w. Va. The mines mouth is 800 feet
above the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
tracks, and the coal is sent down on an
incline railway, the gravity of the loaded
cars hauling up the empty ones Oh an
other track. Thirteen miners were going
up in two cars when a loaded caf broke
loose, jumped the track and crashed inio
ibe up p-bound train. Balson was in the
front car and was crushed to death.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
A MispInced Switch.

As a result of misplaced swift ch, a
switch engine, drawing train of empty
ears, collided with loaded passenger
train on The Brooklyn elevated railway
and six persons We're injured, two per-
haps fatally. The engine and forward
ear of The loaded train topped over into
he street, twenty feet Le.ow. There
we're III four passengers in the derailed
ear, thee of uhom weIc injured.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Stole Gold LeaE.

Burglars entered the shop of the A. II.
Reeves Gold Leaf Manufacturing COM
pany, 30 Fifth street, Chicago, and blew
open the safe, securing $1,000 in gold in
various stages of manufacture. The burg
lars entered the gold-leaf shop by prying
open the door of the trunk factory next
door and then saving hole through a
pai titlon separating the two shops. The
plunder was carried off in two teiescopic
grips stolen from the trunk store.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
The Ouebec FLYER Wrechei-

Chatham (Que.) special: West bound
Canadian Pacific Express No. 5, known as
1.-The Flyer" jumped the track at the
switch, while coming into the city. The
baggage and express car was thrown on
Its side and The first coach was derailed.
Express Messenger Waddell was furied
in the wreck and severely injured, but
the passengers escaped with severe
shaking uD,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
CHICAGO CARES FOR HER OWN.
Mayor Swift's Appeal for Aid to the
Poor Meets with Hearty Rcspors.

] Mayor Swift's Appeal for Aid to the
| Poor Meets with Hearty Rcspors-.
| Mayor Swift. of Chicago. issued an ap-
peal for aid, calling upon The big packers,
| coal dealers and merchants for contribu-
| tions and supplies to relieve the suffering
| In many instances the proclamation was
| forestalled. On the floor of the Board
| of Trade Il subscription paper was start
| cd and $1,000 dollars subscribed in few
minutes. The big department stores and
dry goods merchants sent i'll checks for
$500 and $1,000. Besides over $4,000
in cash. hundreds of tons of coal. and al
| most unlimited supplies of provisions have
been sent in and promptly distributed
The police department has been turned
into Il vast relief corps. Chief of Police
Badenoch has issued orders 10 every off
Ger i'll the city 10 make personal invcsti-
CATION Of all cases of destitution on his
beat and rel.Jrt the same At once Help
is sent Immediately and every patrol wag-
on aud inspectors carriage is being used
for this purpose. The various police sta
tons were crowded To their utmost ca
pacity. the Harrison street station alone
sheltering over 300 unfortunates. The
Salvation Army barracks on West liadi-
SUI Stltcl WIZ 'l'tl fli night ana
mans were taken care of there. Fully
2,0Oc people were given shelter at the diff
fereEt police stations and Salvation Army
barracks. The Kew isolation hospital was
thrown open. the Council having apprc-
priated $4,000 for that purpose, and il
will he used for cases of contagious dis
case smong the poor. Eight hundred
new cases of families requiring immcli-
ate all We're reported TO the police, and
supplies We're furnished as fast as posi-, |
bic
The cold snap which is causing so much |
suffering and Inconvenience to many. has |
given employment to over 12.OOO men. The |
cold lseather has brought TO the ice deal |
ers just what they wanted. for last week |
they We're wondering if they would be able |
10 cut the ice needed for next summer. |
Before the week is over there will be |
about 1000 men employed at ice gather
ing within sixty miles south from Chi
cagO.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Horrible Tragedy,

Joseph Boyell, a merchant of Dundee,
seven miles north of Hartford City, Ind,
shot Ora BrothertOn, daughter of the old :
esI merchant i'll the village, in the tenn
pie, the bullet passing out of the back of
her head. BOxell then shot himself in the
head, dying instantly. Boxell was 25
years old and his victim 16. The two had
been lovers, but Miss Broiherton had dis
carded Boxell by request Of her parents.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
BURNED TO DEATH,
a Terrible Holocaust at BeIIcvilIc,
Michigan.

The house of \. L. Nandawater. three
miles from Belleville, Mich, caught fire
from defective chimney at 3 a. m.
Thursday, and Mrs. Eandawater. two
children, a hoy of and girl of II, and
Miss Anna Nandawater. sister OF the
father and husband, perished in the
flames. Their bodies were burned be-
yond recognition. The other inmates of
the house escaped by jumping from a
second-s'ory window. They walked in
their night robes and barefootci through
the snow, len inches deep, to the, house of
aneighbor, mile away. Their feet and
hands were frozen and they are in very
critical condition. The father, it is
feared, will lose his mind.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Stabbed to the Heart.

John Wlngo gave dance near Green
up, KY, the other night. While the ball
was in progress he and Thomas Bradley
quarreled over who should dance the next
set with Sally Ann Pennington, one of
fhe prettest girls present. Bradley
whipped out big knife and stabbed
Wingo to the heart, killing him almost
instantly. He escaped.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Burglar Surreuders.

John Stewart, poorly clad, and nearly
dead from cold and hunger entered the
Central District Police Station at st.
Louis, Mo. He wanted to be locked up.
He said he was wanted in MurphysbOro,
H., for bur-Ty. Stewart was so weak
he could hardly talk. Ho said he had had
nothing TO eat for several days, and had
no place to sleep. He preferred going
20 the penitentiary 10 dOdging the
officers and dying from starvation and
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Fatal Dynamite Explosion,

Two thousand pounds Of dynamite ex-
plOded at the Crystal Ridge Colliery, near
Hazellon, Pa. Three supply houses Were
demolished, the side of the breaker torn
out and The engine house destroyed.
Watchman Richert and Engineer Yeager
were buried in the debris, the former be.
ing fatally IN iured.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
GLOVE CONTESTS.
The Law Per itting Them in Nevada
Signed by the Governor.


Signed by the Governor.
Carson New special: Gov. Sadler has
signed the bill recently passed by the Ne
vada State Legislature licensing glove
contests.
In an interview the Governor said:
"While the bill was in the hands of the
Senate and Assembly | refrained from
making any comment on the matter.
Now that it has passed both houses
by handsome majority / con-
slider it my duty 10 sign it. 1t is evil
dent that the citizens of Nevada desire
that the measure shall become law, and
there is no valid reason why it should net
receive my sanction"
WIll you protect persons who promote
hSllc encounters in Nevada, should they
comply with the law?'
es, they will receive whatever official
protection it is in my power TO grant,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Wars Youngest Soldier

DIR. Abner c. Jones, one Of the best
known physicians of Muncie, Ind, died
OF acute Bright's disease Friday. DIR.
Jones laid claim TO being the Youngest
man who served through the late Civil
War and was an eX- Commander of Will
liams Post, g. A. Il. AT the last G.. A. r.
State ncampmcnt he was prominent
candidate for Commander. He leaves d
wife and one daughter, Miss Josie, yio-
iinist
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
CITY Officials.

The grand jury at Louisville. KY, las
returned indictments against fourteen peo-
pie connected with the city government,
including several AldSrmen and po-
lice officers. Other indictments may also
be expected. These indictments are: r.
o. King, President of the Board of Alder
men: Aldermen L. .. Breur and j. Z.
Ieatherman.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Firemeu Iuiurad.

Seven firemen and two spectators were
badly hurt at fire which destroyed the
Williams Block at 1876, 1S9, 200, POP Mon
zoe street, Chicago. The fire originated in
The basement of the building and spread
with great rapidity. After a hard fight
ihe firemen managed TO confne the fire 10
The walls of the Williams Block, but they
we're unable to save anything in it. The
iotal damage to the building and contents
estimated at 1886, ,OO0.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
STEAMER SUNK.
The Engineer Is Drowned and the
Rest Of the Crew Have Narrow Es.

The Engineer Is Drowned and the
Rest of the Crew Have Narrow Es-
cnpes.
The little steamer Pcankishaw, while
endeavoring 10 reach Alice Harbor, in
Green River, was sunk by the heavy ice,
about six miles above Evansville, Ind.
The boat had a barge in tow and the
twelve men escaped to it and floated by
that city, their cries for help attracting
quite crowd TO The levee. The barge
was finally landed in The bend of the river
below the city and the men escaped to
land, half frozen by their terrible experi-
ence. William Orr, the engineer of the
boat, was drowned. The Peankishaw
was owned by Sever Bros, and was ruiz
in The Evansville and Hartford trade.
The loss will be about s., 900.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
CalamitOus COuditOns.
NaiamitouS NOndit Ons.
y Chicago Republican papers Lon.
dom correspondent writes:

y Chicago Republican papers Lon.
dom correspondent writes:
The only real opportunity for reopeninc
the silver question is offered hy the dis.
ordered finances and calamitous con,i.
tions of India. where the economic sit,a-
ton is growing worse every week The
reopening of the India mints would ease
the stringency of the money markets in
Bombay. Calcutta aud other centers. and
by lowering the rates of exchange would
tend to reduce the risks of large export
of gold from England. This is Il conces-
sion which leading tinancicrs of the citv
may be inclined to recommend in conncc-
ton with the coinage of 3.OOO.O 900 pounds
of silver outright in England, and con
siderable increase in silver deposits in
the Bank of England. Concessions of
this nature will not disturb the monetary
system of England and will naturally be
favored in preference 10 any engagements
for entering new monetary conference
for the resumption of the discussion brok-
cn off at Brussels.
There has never been Hument since
1893 when England and the civilized
~ U hOt lC'o-HiZCu so lslt
as India itself is concerned tile closing
of the mints to silver was bad thing.
1t will be noticed that this correspond
cnt assumes that the stringancy of the
money market in Calcutta. Bombay
and other Indian cities would he re.
lievcd by a return TO the old system.
1t is not expected that any human be-
ing of intelligence will deny the fact.
Then why not return to it? England
consults her own interests, and is not
sure that Threadneedle street would be
pleased. But even England may he
forced to act-not on the broad ground
of humanity, but for the sake of say.
ing the Indian goose which las been
laying golden eggs for her during two
Ieuerat ions
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Blown TO Atnuus.

A gas explosion occurred in mine
owned by the Shields, Laird & Hurs: Coal
company, at Smock Staten, Pa, Oh the
Redstone branch Of the Pittsburgh, Vir-
!nia and Charleston Railroad. Two men
were blown 10 atoms, and seven perhaps
f'tally injured, and two less seriously.
The dead are: Charles McQuister and
Peter IauSer
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Secret Societies shorn of Power.

The Surremc Court of Indiana has re-
yersed the Judgment obtained by the
irand Lodge of Knights of Pythias
against kUcrner Lodge No. 6of Indanap-
DIS, deriving il of its property, because
il adopted resolution 10 secede from the
Knights of Pythias and form lodge, the
Indiana Zeitunghund.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
1.-THE FIRST BATTLE"
Bryan's EoOk Ready - dedicated 10
Bland, Weaver and Teller

The last pages IF The First Battle"
the Hon. w. J. Bryans book, have gone
to press, and the publishers expect to
have the first copy bound in about week.
The book cmbodies Il summary of the cam
paign of 1886. its important events and is.
sues. and includes the most noteworthy
incidents of Mr.. Bryans famous tour,
1t also contains the principal addresses
and documents relating to the silver move.
ment and some of Mr.. Bryan's speeches.
Considerable space is given to his connec.
ton with the silver agitation while in
Congress and prior TO the Chicago con.
vention and TO Il discussion of the elec.
ton returns and analysis of the present
situation. One of the interesting fea.
lures of the book is the biographica
sketch written by Mrs. Bryan. "The
First Battle" is dedicated 10 the Hon
Richard L. Bland Of Missouri. Gen. James
B. Weaver of Iowa and the Hon. Henry
VI. Teller Of Colorado, whom the author
considers 1.-The foremost champions of bi.
metallism in their respective parties"
Felix De Fontaine, one of the civil wal
correspondents. has died at his home il
Columbia, $. c., being about Ga year,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Rid path 20 Edit Arena,

Dr. John Clark Ridpath, the eminent
candidate for Congress OH the Democratic
md PopuliSt ticket, has accepted the po-
Niion Of cditor-in- chief of the Arena
Mag zine OF Boston. Hc will assume his
position III that city in few days.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Outer Skin Peeled OF.

A case of dermicitis has developed at
Green Spring, Ohio. \ woman's outer
skin has peeled off until not place as
large as a cent ronlainS. The body Is
badly nfamed, and presents fiery red
appearance. The case is as rare as Iep.
rosy, and is the first case known in that
part of the State for number of years.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

DR.. Dewitt Talmagc. in his sermon nj
Washington. referred to the arbitration
treaty in the following language: ..The
mightiest. grandest movement for driv.
ing brutal war out of the earth dates
from Jan. II. 1897. The men who on
either side of the sea did most To effect
that plan of arbitration have ,lade them
selves immortal"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Thinks She's in Bades.

Mrs. Cline, young married woman of
Caseyville, north of Brazil, Ind, has been
adjudged insane. She was married a
short time ago. and since Then she has
been crazy. Her peculiar hallucination
is that she is now in hades, describing
that place vivldly.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

\ dispatch 10 the London Times from
Teheran. Persia. reports that 1.400 bodies
have been recovered from the ruins which
resulted from the recent earthquake on
the island of Kishm in the Persian gulf.
the inhabitants of which Were estimated
to lumber 5000 mostly Arabs.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
To Succeed Weyler.

\ dispatch from Madrid says that Lient.
Gen. Azcarraga, the Spanish Minister OF
War, will, according 10 report, soon be
appointed Governor General Of Cuba 10
succeed Gen. WeyIer. who, however, will
retain command Of ihe mlltlry forces.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Surg con General Deal.

Surgeon General McPhatlin, uaiied
States army, retired, is dead at nmlpols,
Md, at all advanced age. During the
late war he was Surgeon General of the
Army OF the Potomac. lie leaves four
daughters, one of whom resides ia Peru.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Nevada Scnutorship,

John +. Jones was reelected as United
5;a'cS Senator hs The Nevada Legislature,
Doth ilCnscs voting separately. In The
senate The vote wa Jones, u; Mcmillan.
lR D., =; Fitzgerald, /. The vote in the
q Assembly stool: Jones, IS: Mcmillan, 2.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Girls Killed by "A Train.

Katie and Dottie Miller, daughters of
Samuel Miller, returning home from
school at Eincennes, Ind, in buggy,
were killed at Eastwood by a Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern Railway passen-
ger tram. Their ages were Is and IL, re-
spectively.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Two Children Burned,

Fire destroyed one of the Island Coal
company's houses at Linton, Ind, to-
sether with everything belonging to the
family. Two children, aged respectively
and 3years, who had been left alone in
he house by the mother, were burned to
leath.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

If there are patterns on tlOOf wall
ceiling curtains and upholstery there
is no chance for what might be called
decoration. as 1t would not be appropri
ate on account of the confusion of lines
and colors, which would be its back
ground.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

DIR. Doux, who is connected with the
department of hygiene at Paris, denies
+, report that he has made experiments
with au anti-plague lymph. He would
know how to prepare the lymph. he said.
if it were needed, but he felt confident
that the bubonic plague woEld never -et
a hold in EurOpe
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
PHILADELPHIA,s BAprIsI

Two Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars Go Up in Smoke.
The most disastrous conHagratiOn that
has visited Philadelphia in recent years
broke out shortly before O'Clock Tues
day morning ia the rear Of the basement
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Senator WaIcott iu Paris.

Senator Walcu,t of Colorado, who is
visiting Europe IN tie interest of bimetal-
ism, has left London for Paris.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

An image impressed upon the retin;
of the eye rema ins there an appreciablt
time. This is the reason why torch
swung rapidly seems to be a circulat
flame.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

The iii icls of the japanese Legation
it ST. Petersburg con firm the report that
lie plague has broken out Oh the Island
uf Furmosa.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04
Spree Killed Both.

Elmer Brents, son Of Hon. john A.
BrentS of Albany, KY, and Charles
Seers of Monticello, had been OH pro-
tracted spree, and wound mp by drinking
"hot drops" They both died in few
hours,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

A Rome dispatch to the LONDON Daily
Mail reports the bctrothal of the Count
of Turin. the brother of the Duke of
Aosta, and the Infanta Maria of Spain.
sister of King Alfonso. The Count of
Turin was born in 1870 and the Infanta
Maria de las Mercedes, the princess of
the Asturias. was born in 1850.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-04

Mason ic Temple, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Entire week beginning Feb. 18th, 1.-The
White Mahatma.n