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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28

brothers and Alfred Taylor and lodged
them in jail. The shooting was done at
such short range that every shot went
through the bodies of each of the wound
ed. In the body of Theodore Pratt over
100 shot were counted.
Gov. Mount. in speaking of the shoot
ing, said: Il do not like the idea of peo-
pie holding large body of land in our
State purely for sporting purposes. 1t
| smacks too much of a landed aristocracy
for our democratic principles, and is op-
posed to public policy. If the trespassers
were fired upon without any more serious
! offense than entering upon the lands Of
the Tolleston Club the guards are mur-
derers."
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
The Graud Old Humbux.


The degeneracy of the Republican
party is nowhere more strikingly seen
than in the State of Illinois The party
was once eager for power not for the
mere sake of spoils, but for the enforce
ment Of an idea. Originally designed
to prevent, if possible, the extension of
slavery in the Territories, it became
under the leadership of Mr.. Lincoln the
emancipator of the slave wherever
found under the American flag, and,
with the cordial support Of war Demo
Gratis, who constituted large part of
the armies Of the Union, suppressed
the shareholders rebellion. No sooner
was 1t intrenched in authority than It's
decay began. 1t saw and profited the
advantages to favored class of a ire
mendous war tariff, and In prOfund
peace it refused to repeal the tariff tax
alton that it stated upon it's enactment
was to continue only during the ext
gency that demanded it. In the period
of reconstruction it became the apollo
gist of military despotism and the
champion of bare-faced scoundrelism
operating through carpet-baggers in the
South. 1t tasted spoils and its appetite
was Unsuitable. The warning voice of
good men within the party demanding
ed, and it was not until Democratic
leader in a Democratic house perfected
the law and a Democratic executive
succeeding Arthur gave it effect that a
rational, honest system of public en-
ployment was introduced, maintained
and enlarged.
Lincoln was intensely q partisan, and
though it was necessary upon the part
of the administration to lean upon war
Democrats for support, he had not been
in Office six months until he had dis
charged every Democrat in the civil
service. The party took possession of
every place of employment within
sight But If, like the politicians of
his time, Lincoln had not risen to a
just conception of public employment
or lacked the courage and support to
give effect to n rational program, he
was man of strong intellectual force,
of high aims and of entire respectable
ity. In the Senate of the United States.
before Lincoln was President, Illinois
was represented by an able man, mighty
in debate. patriotic in impulse, capable
of intellectual leadership, and not de-
pendent upon petty machine. To dis
pute the Senatorship with Douglas the
Republican party thought 1T necessary
to unite upon Lincoln.
Years elapse, during which the Re.
publican party that assisted In destroy
ing chattel slavery has become cham
pion of commercial slavery, and in the
processes of the party's degeneracy we
find that it's most prominent candidate
for Senator. where Lincoln once was
honOred, was one boedler, who. when
turned down, was superseded by an
other: and 1t was by the rarest chance
"a fight between the spoilsmen them
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
THE MARKETS.

hicago-Cattle, common to prime
$3.50 to S5.75: hogs, shipping grades
$500 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $40
to $4.OO; wheat, No. 2 red, tic to 79c
corn, No. 2, 22c to 23c; oats, No. ., 15e
to 16c; rye, No. 2, 36c to 3Sc; butter
choice creamery, 10c to 20c; eggs, fresh
13c to 14c; potatoes, per bushel, 2Oc tc
30c; broom corn. common green to fine
brush, 2ll4c to SIC.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping, $500 tC
S5.25; hogs, choice light, $500 to S3.75
sheep, good to choice, $500 to S3.T5
wheat, No. 9, SIC to SOC; corn, No.
white, zoe to 22c; oats, No. 2 white, 2Oc
to 22c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $5.25; hogs
$500 to $3.75: wheat, No. 2, SOC to Ole
corn, No. yellow, 2Oc to 21c; oats, No
white, 16c to 1Sc; rye, No. 2, 33c TO 35c
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs
$500 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to S4.O0
wheat, No. 3, 92c to 93c; corn, No.
mixed, 23c to 24c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 1St
to 2Oc; rye, No. 2, 35c to BIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to S5.25; hogs
$500 to $3.75: sheep, $500 to S3.75
wheat, No. 2 red, 90c to 92c; corn, No. Z
yellow, 22c to 23c; oats, No. 2 white, 19C
to 21c; rye. Csc to 40c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 red. 92c to 93c
corn, No. mixed, 21c to 23c; oats, No
white, tic to 19c; rye, No. ., SIC to Csc
clover seed, $5.25 to $3.50.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring, 76t
to 7Sc; corn, No. 3, 19c to PIC; oats, No
2 white, 1Sc to 20c; barley, No. 2, 25c tc
34c; rye, No. l, 3Sc to 39c; pork, mess
$3.50 to $500.
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs
$500 to $4.OO; sheep, $500 to $4.25
wheat, No. 2 red, 93c to 94c; corn, No
2 yellow, 25c to &c; oats, No. 2 white
21c to 23c.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $5.25; hogs
$500 to S4.25: sheep. $500 to $3.50
wheat, No. 2 red, Soc to soc; corn, No. 3
CSC to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c
butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, West.
ern, 12c to 16c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
AN IMPORTANT POINT.


Until Recognition Of Cuban insurgents,
Neutrality Laws Are Not Violated.
At Jacksonville, Fla, in the Three
Friends iilibustering case, the point was
raised by counsel for the defense that in
asmuch as the Cuban insurgents had not
been recognized by the United States
government they were neither a people
nor body polite as defined by section
5.2S3, under which the libel was drawn.
This was sustained by Judge Locke. The
officials of the Department of Justice at
Washington state that if the Judge at
the final hearing sustains the decision an
appeal will likely be taken to the United
State Supreme Court. Should Judge
Locke's decision be sustained by the
court of last resort it would appear that
every inhibition in the act against fitting
out hostile expeditions of every character
against foreign state with which the
United States are at peace becomes of no
effect.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
MURDERED BY MExlcANS.
MutiIated eody of American Mining Exper
Found In a Canvon.

Mutilated eody of American Mining Expert
Found In Canyon.
Henry Gray, who recently went to Ma
zatlan, Mexico, to visit his brother, Jo-
seph Gray, well-known gold miner of
Arizona and graduate of the State Uni
versity of California, writes that the lat
ter has been murdered in the mountains
forty-seven miles from Mazatlan. His
mutilated body was found in canyon in
the San Lorenzo Mountains. He had
evidently been shot with Winchester
rifle. His head had been severed from
his body and hidden in the bushes two
miles further up the canyon. His clothes
We're cut away SO as to prevent identifica-
ton. He was n first cousin of United
States Senator Wolcott of Colorado, and
was heir to $4,000 from an aunt in Ore
gon. At the University of California he
ranked high as mineralogist. He leaves
a wife and infant son in Oakland. He
was one of the most successful young
gold miners in central Oregon five years
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
BAD ACCIDENT.
Three Men Killed in a Railr DAD
Mishap in Pennsylvania,

An accident on the Pittsburgh & West
ern road near Clarion, Pa, resulted in
the death of three railroaders and the in
jury of several others and about fifteen
passengers. The dead are: Engineer Mo-
rarity, Fireman Beatty, Mail Clerk Cope
ly. Conductor Fonks was badly bruised
and Brakeman Wise so badly hurt it was
thought he cannot recover. Clark, super
intendent of bridges and trestles, had both
arms broken. Twelve passengers on
the train were badly hurt and a
number were bruised and cut. As
the passenger train south from Kane ap-
preached Paint Creek trestle bridge, the
airbrakes refused to work, and the whole
train, consisting of engine, baggage and
postal cars and two coaches, landed over
the treStle.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
THREE BANKS CO UNDER.
Concerns at Louisville and Newport, KY, an
Minneapolis Iosed.

Concerns at Louisville and Newport, KY, and
Minneapolis Closed.
National Bank Examiner Escott Mon
day morning closed the doors of the Ger
man National Bank at Louisville, KY,
]. NJ. Mcknight, president. The capital
stock of the institution is S251, 800, with
a surplus of $31, 900. The bank is an old
one, but for some time past it has been
regarded as unsafe. The First National
Bank of Newport. Ky, closed its doors
Monday morning. Heavy investments in
real estate in that city are said to be the
cause. The failure was a great surprise
to the business men of the city. The
bank had a capital of 100000, and Dec.
II, the date of its last report, it had sur
plus and undivided profits amounting to
$79,453, owed depositors s419,SOo and
owed other banks about $4,000. The
Minnesota State Savings Bank at st.
Paul, Mimi. closed its doors Monday
morning and fled a deed of assignment
naming William Bickel as assignee. An
affidavit was filed stating that the assets
would amount to about $3.50. 200, while
the liabilities are in the neighborhood Of
$230,000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Indiana Ed;tOrs.

The Indiana Republican State Elitoria
Association held its annual m .eting at
Indianapolis and the following officers
were elected: President, James A. Kemp,
Salem Leader; Vice Presidents, j. H. Re :
rick, Lagrange Standard, and Fred II.
Eauer, North Vernon Banner; Secretary,
Julian II. Hogate, Danville Republican,;
Treasut .r, II. b. Mccain, Charlottesville
Iorrnal
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Political Points,

They have an elephant in the New
York Central Park zoo which blows ?
trumpet. He is supposed to be hall
brother to the Republican elephant.
Members of the Indiana Legislature
have concluded that it would be best
all things considered, for Gen. Lew
Wallace to continue to write books.
"If Congress were to make tariti
such as the wOOl-grOwers want-'anG
that has been the kind that the repre-
sentatives of our other industries which
have appeared before the committee
except the woolen manufacturers. have
virtually asked for-the millions of con
sumers would demand its modification
long before 1900" the Philadelphia
Ledger Qnd. Rep9 says
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28

At the close of Wednesdays cabinet
meeting in Madrid, the premier, Senior
Canovas del Castillo, declared that, al
though they had full confidence in the
success of the military operations in Cuba,
the Government was prepared to grant
reforms to that island and to submit a
decree with that object in view to the
council of state.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
A 100000 Fire at sandusky, Ohio

visited the business portion of Sandusky,
Ohio, recently destroyed about $100,000
worth of pr operty. The section devas-
tated by the flames is on the north side OF
Water street and covers nearly one ulOck
west of Columbus avenue. The fire orig
mated in the grocery store of Theodore
o. 1au5ert and in two hours six business
houses were entirely Quilted. The fire is
su pposed to have been incendiary.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Bubonic Plague.

st Petersburg special: Two cases Of
the bubonic plague, which is raging in
Bombay, are reported from Kamaran.
Kamaran is an island off the west coast of
Aralsia, in the Red Sea. 1t is British
possession and one of the landing stations
near the city Of Mecca. A severe Quaran-
tine has been established by the Russian
authorities. Committees in aid of the In
dian famine have been instituted by the
Governors of st. Petersburg, Moscow and
Odessa.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Burned to Death.

Mr.. Alfred Coin, living in the cOun Try
near Noblesville, Ind, went out about his
daily business, leaving his wife alone
with an infant child.O When he returned
some hours later, he found Mrs. Coin ly-
ing on the floor, horribly burned from
head to waist and in convulslons. She is
dead.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Killed by q Thief.

About 8 o'clock Saturday evening
Frank Redman, a fireman, was killed by
thief Mt Indianapolis. A few minutes
before two unknown thieves entered the
store of Joseph Eidridge, across the street,
hit the old man over the head with butt
end of h revolver, and endeavored to rob
the store. Redman had heard the cries
from the engine house and started in pur-
suit of the thief, who ran north, and was
about to head him off at the entrance of
an alley, when the rObber turned and shot
him in the head and fled. Redman lived
but short time. His assassin made good
his escape.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Shoe Nan in Trouble.

The failure of Charles r. Rumsey, boot
and shoe manufacturer Of Lynn, Mass,
Is announced The failure is due, it is
stated, to poor business and the failure
Of Burpee Rumsey, brother of Charles,
several months ago. The assets and La
bilities are not known. The capital in
eested in the business is from $4,000 to
N75 O00
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Blew Ont the Gas.

W, II. Misner of Lanark, ILL.,, was
found dead in his room at the Snug,Ilutel,
New York City, asrhyXiated. lie had
blown out the gas. There was no indica-
tion of suicide. NIisner had a wooden leg,
and it is thought he was a veteran of the
war.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Say He Stole Bibles.

B. T. Bona, an ordained preacher, has
been sent to Jail at Liberty, No., in de-
fault of $3.50 bonds, which was placed
over him on charge of stealing Bibles
and other religious books belonging to the
William Jewell College. He claims to
have bought tie books from another stu
dent.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Mason to Succeed Palmer

William Ernest Mason, of Chicago, won
the Illinois Senatorial battle at Spring
field Tuesday night, after a sternly con
tested effort in which fourteen candidates
participated. He was finally nominated
by acclamation, Martin b. Madden hav-
ing withdrawn several days before, and
William Lorimer Withdrawing when he
saw his case was hopeless.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Relief for the Starving.

kilograms have been sent by the San
Francisco citizens committee to the Gov
ernors of Oregon, Washington, Kansas
Nebraska and Iowa, asking the people ol
those States to unite with California in
sending shipload of grain to Tie starving
oeonle of India
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28

The slippery pavements in Chicago
caused by the combination of sleet and
rain were responsible for two deaths and
several persons seriously injured.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Guilty of Counterfeitine,

Ralph Crees and DR.. Adella Walters
have been found guilty of counterfeiting
at st. Louis. Walter Crees was acquit-
ted. The jury disagreed in the case of w.
H. Jennett, who was also indicted. DR..
Walters tainted when the verdict was re-
turned.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28

Charles Warren Fairbanks was elected
United States Senator to succeed Daniel
W. Voorhees, by the Indiana Legislature
Tuesday
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
w. a. Harris for Senator.

w. A. Harris was nominated hy IL,
Populist caucus in Topeka for tnii"'
States Senator, to succeed w. n. Peter
The nomination is equivalent TO an c!t'
tion. Mr. Harris was a Confederate sol
der. serving on the staff of ''Stonew III
Jackson
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
70 To Strikers Work.

One hundred miners have arrived j,
Denver from Joplin. Mo, to take Il
places in the Virginius mine and rcv;nl
tunnel of a portion Of the men who >trl;r
several weeks ago, and are now rirtG'i.''.
locked out.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28

The great epidemic of the bubonic
plague in Bombay has impeled the au-
thorities of the Marine Hospital service
to take steps to secure the utmost pos
sible vigilance by all officials of the
United States to prevent its Introduction
into this country.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Countess S a Mothsr.

At Paris the Countess Castellane, for
merly Miss Anna Gould. gave birth to a
son at noon Monday. Mother and child
ate doing we'll Miss Gould was married
to Count Castelane on March 4, 1896.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
The PoDe's Will.

The Rome dispatch TO the London
Standard says that in order to avoid post
mortem disputes the Pope is ready to put
bis three nephews in possession OF their
respective portions.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Trusts Due to Public Laxity,


The popular feeling against cormor
ant trusts is not Il mere prejudice found
ed ON nothing. 1t is a righteous protest
against an organized greed which
threatens serious consequences to the
people at large. Combinations of this
sort are un- n-American, for it is un-Amer
lean to place the people at the mercy OF
such controlling influences. Men Ell
gagged in small enterprises have as good
a right to life. liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness as have men who are worth
their millions. And under govern
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people it is the peoples fault il
they permit themselves to be trust rid
den.-Detroit Journal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Masonic Temple, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Feb. s and 9.-Ihe Moss Jolities.
Feb. 10.-Clay Clement in sThe New
Dominion"
Feb. 12.-Tim Murphey.
Entire week beginning Feb. 18th, "The
White Mahatma.'
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Say They Are Bewitched.

Richfield Center, little village seven-
teen miles South of Toledo, is in the
midst of genuine wifchcraft scare.
Seventeen families are afflicted with Pc
culiar malady. Thirty persons are on the
verge of death. The victims of the mala-
dy cannot sleep or rest at night, and keep
pining away until they become mere
skeletons. Several of those afflicted claim
that they are being constantly pursued by
black cats, which make faces and snarl
at them.
A. M. Miller went to Toledo and re-
ported the matter. He is a victim Of the
strange disease, and had to be carried to
and from the carriage which conveyed
him. His wife and four sons are down
with the disease and are likely to die.
Some of the horses, cattle, sheep and
swine are victims of the strange disease.
Physicians can not diagnose the malady,
but assure the patients that it il due to
natural causes, possibly resulting from an
unsanitary condition of the village.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
AROUND A BIG STATE.
INTERESTING ITEMS OF LATH
OHIO NEWS.

What Our Noighbors Arc Doing-Mnttsrs
of General aud Local Intcrest-Mar-
riages and Deaths-Accidents and Crimes
personal Pointers About Ohio People.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
Train Wrecser Consesses.

Sam Palatka has confessed at Atlanta,
Ga, that he caused the great Cahaba
(Ala) bridge disaster, which sent thirty
five persons 10 death and wounded and
MANNED n score more. Il did it." said
Palatka. Il wanted money. IFS no.
body's business what 1 wanted it for.
There were plenty of dead folks with
money-one man had $500-but before
could get at it the live ones got up and
the crowds came. l skipped out then"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
tIine rave lar; Per sh.

The schooner Nahum Chaplin, of Rock
land, Me-, was wrecked near Quogue, L..
l.. and the crew of r:Ie men perished
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
GOrged, but Want More.

Among the most vicious and prepOs.
ferrous pleas made before the Ways and
Means Committee recently were those
Of some proprietOrs Of patent medicines
and monopolists Of certain drugs and
chemicals. For instance. we were
treated to the sight Of the sole maker OF
chlorate of potash In the United States
a man who employs but half hundred
men, asking for a duty of ) cents 4
pound, a demand which if acceded to
would raise the cost Of the product
nearly IS per cent. There are abOu,
100000 pounds Of this material i'm.
ported and the tariff beggar admitted
with refreshing frankness that the duty
he asked for would be twice the entire
cost of production in this country.
Another candid mendicant who is en-
gagged in making what is known as ul
from to ~ cents pound. Only two
men in the United States make this
article and the reduction of the duty
nearly three years ago was due to j
trust which these men maintained con.
trary to law.
The makers of linseed oil mOdestly
suggested that the duty be raised to q
cents gallon, an increase Of cents
AS the protective tariff used to be 3:
cents it is hard to explain the modera,
ton of their demands unless they
wished to hide from a committee not
too anxious to investigate the methods
of the late trust in that lubricant.
There must be something serious the
matter with the quality. of American
linseed oil when, in addition to an ad
vantage Of II cents in price over the
foreign oil, this extra duty is deemed
necessary.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-28
rodies EllIed with Shot.

John Johnson and Arch Joiner, who
| murdered the Cotton family, were taken
| from Jail and lynched by mob at Amite
City. La. The crowd at first decided to
burn johnson at the stake, but finally con-
cluded to hang him. Both negroes were
| therefore hanged and shots fired into their
bodies. The same mob also lynched Gus
Williams, who was accused of murder
ing his wife. All three of the men execut-
ed by the mob were colored. Johnson and
Joiner, according to the confession of the
former, were guilty of the murder of
five members of the Cotton family some
time ago. The trio of murderers were
taken from the Jail at Amite City togeth-
er by the mob. Shortly afterward 4 re-
port was received that Williams had been
hanged to a big oak tree in front of Little
Zion Church, not far from Amite City, and
that the mob was on its way to Tickfaw
with johnson and Joiner, who would no
doubt meet horrible fate. johnson made
confession during the day. His story
of the slaughter of the family was pecu-
liarly brutal. He said that he had always
liked the Cotton family, and would not
have harmed them had it not been for the
fact that he was bullied into what he had
done. He armed himself with an ak, not
with the intention of hurting any of the
people in the house, but TO prevent their
escaping. as he had been told to watch
door. The murder, johnson said, was
planned by Bud Mcknight, who was
suitor of the girl, Maude Miller, whose
mother, Mrs. Cotton, whipped her for
allowing Meningitis attentions. This was
the only motive he knew for the crime.
He said Arch Joiner shot Cotton. the head
of the household, with gun and then
struck Merven Stevens, the son of Mrs.
Agnes Stevens, with an ak on the fore
head, knocking him back on the bed and
killing him. Joiner finished the men and
then went into the room which was occu-
pied by Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Cotton and
Lizzie Miller, with Maude and several
children, and killed the three women.