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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-05-06
lin GENERAL

1t is feared that the French steamer
seilles, has been lost with thirty of her
crew. The Henri was a steamer of LOB
tons.
w. c. Mcdonald, the largest manufac-
turer of plug tobacco in Canada, employ
ing 700 hands, has closed his factory in
Montreal because of the uncertainty of
the clause in the new Canadian taric
bill relating to the increase of the duty on
tobacco. The Dominion Wire Company
at Lachine closed its barbed wire works
Saturday in consequence of the palcing
of barbed wire ON the free list.
While running at full speed the steamer
Bannockburn went on the rocks at Snake
Island Light, off Kingston, Ont, Tues
day morning. A large hole was stove in
her bottom plates, through which water
is pouring into her cargo of 60,0OO bush
els of corn from Toledo. Much Of her
cargo will be ruined. The corn is con-
signed to the Montreal Transportation
Company, and both vessels and cargo are
insured. The company at once sent tugs,
lighters and barges to the stranded steam
er, and they succeeded in unloading 25,OO0
bushels of her grain. The Bannockburn
is an English-built boat, and is command
ed by Captain Irvine. The tugs Walker
and Bronson left Kingston towing
barges laden with wheat for Montreal.
They encountered a snowstorm and dur
ing the gale four of the barges ran ashore
at the Johnstone lighthouse. These
barges have on board about 100000 bush
els of wheat The barge Kinghorn is sunk
in 100 feet of water, another is half full
and the others are leaking badly.
Ottawa, Ont, dispatch: Inspector Con-
stantine of the Northwest mounted police
at Fort Cudahy, in the Yukon district,
reports that the territory about the mouth
of Mackenzie river and the Herschell
Islands demand the attention of the Gov
ernment. Twelve steamers stayed there
last winter. The crews numbered from
600 to 1,200. These vessels do not leave
winter quarters until about the middle of
July. Each year vessel is loaded and
sent from San Francisco with a cargo of
supplies for this feet Liquor forms a
large share of the cargo. The liquor is
sold or traded to the natives for furs, wal
rus, ivory and young girls. The natives
have also learned to make liquor from
dried fruit, sugar and molasses. They are
violent and dangerous when they have
liquor. Last winter it is reported that
one tied up his daughter by the heels and
whipped her to death. Mr.. Whitaker,
a missionary, and the captain of the ship, |
tied up the man and whipped him. The
result was that the natives threatened to |
make the missionary leave the island.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-05-06
THE GRANT MONUMENT.
Il Memorial, in It's Design and Setting

4 Memorial, in It's Design and Setting,
One of the Greatest in the World.
In the interval between the death of
Grant and his interment Grant MOnu-
ment Committee was formed to raise
funds for the erection of suitable mon
ument to the memory of the great gen.
eral In February 1886 the Grant Mon
ulnent Association was organized under
an act of the New York Legislature At
first money came in generously but grad
ually the interest in the project lessened
and in 1892 the fund with accumulated
interest amounted to only S15O,O00.
Meantime the design of the monument
had been determined on and the plans
called for a structure to cost between
100000 and S60O.00O. Ground was
broken for the preliminary work April
81, 1891. In March. 1892. Gen. Horace
Porter undertook the raising of further
funds and 50 we'll did he succeed that
April ~ the corner stone of the monu
ment was laid by President Harrison. Fly
the following Memorial Day the total
amount needed had been subscribed.
The monument as it stands to-day rep
resents an expenditure of nearly $500, 900.
This came from $4,000 American citi-
zens. and it includes the widow mite and
the poor mans modest offering as well as
the large subscriptions of the rich 1t is
Il genuine tribute of the people. unlike the
great monuments of Europe. The Albert
Memorial in London. the tomb of Kaiser
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-05-06
SOUTHERN.

A disastrous fire ragged Tuesday in New.
port News, Va. Two piers and four ships
were burned and the elevators damaged.
w. J. Deboe was on Wednesday elected
United States Senator from Kentucky.
the vote stood:
Oeboe ........ Il Stone ......... ]
Martin ........ l. Blackburn ...... 81
After the official declaration of the elec-
ton Of Deboe there were such loud dem
onstrations that even the telegraph Offices
in the lobby h2d to suspend business and
only tie bare ballot could be sent out
The excitement was intense, as it ended
contest that has been waged since last
year. Senator Blackburn and his friends,
after fighting hard for over year in the
regular and the extra sessions, went down
with their colors flying. The silver Demo-
Gratis conceded their disappointment and
the gold Democrats Joined in the jolli6ca-
ton. There never was such scene in
the Kentucky State House. Senator De-
Doe proceeded to Washington at once with
his credentials, TO assist in reorganizing
the United States Senate, and in the pas
sage of the tariff and other measures on
which the lines are closely drawn.
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EASTERN.

Rev. DR.. Royal Fl. Pullman, brother of
George NJ. Pullman of palace car fame,
one of the leading Uniyersalist preachers
of the country, retired Sunday from the
Second Universalist Church of Baltimore,
Nd, where he had served as pastor for
twenty years.
-Four persons lost their lives in fire at
112S Third avenue, Brooklyn, early We'd
nesday. The dead are: Mrs. Celia Bar.
nett and her two children, aged and 5
years; Mrs. John Newall, aged 3S years.
Before she was suffocated MYs. Barnett
threw her two children out of the window
into the street. The injuries they receiv-
ed resulted in their death soon afterward.
Theodore A. Havemeyer, vice-president
of the American Sugar Refinery Com
pany, died at an early hour Monday morn
ing at his home in New York. Apart from
the fact that he was worth something be-
tween S40,000.00 and S50,000,000, Mr..
Havemeyer was very interesting indi-
vidual for one reason, because he was the
grandson of the Havemeyer who founded
the great sugar industry which he and
his brother inherited. He had lived most
Of his life across the water, and it was
there that he obtained his education.
When Mr.. Havemeyer was travelling
through Europe in 1871 he visited Vienna,
and during his stay in that country the
Austrian Government made tender to,
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GREATNESS OF GRANT
STORY OF THE CAREER OF A
R-STATESMAN.
Hero of Appomattox the Idol of Mill
ions of Mankind-His Humble Birth
and Subseducnt Rise to Fame-Mag:
nificeut Mausoleum to His Memory.
Where His Ashes Rest.

The Memorial services which attended
the removal of the remains of Gen. tlys-
ses S. Grant to their final resting pace
have revived grateful interest III that
great military leader of the nation. AS
the President of free people, the savior
Of country, the idol of millions of man.
kind, the story of his career cannot be
told too often to those who knew him as
the most commanding figure of his time;
or the new generation, which, in the light
of fuller appreciation of his true great
ness, venerate him as one of the most
commanding figures in all history.
Gen. Grant was born April u, 1872, in
a one-story building Of two rooms in Point
Pleasant, Ohio, twenty-five miles from
the city of Cincinnati. His father, Jesse
Grant, man of revolutionary stock and
New England ancestry, was the foreman
of tannery, laborng hard to acquire
competence sufficient to enable him to en-
bark in business for himself. This he
did in Georgetown, O., whittier he re-
moved IN 1898. Here young Ulysses grew
up, sturdy young lad, quiet, reserved,
self-reliant. AT the early age of we
find him breaking bark into the hopper of
the bark mill in his fathers iannery-a
task he did not relish. Less than year
later he regularly drove team on his
fathers farm and at the age of 10 he used
to drive to Cincinnati, forty milas distant.
In winter he attended school in George
town, and then in his 14th year he was
sent to the Academy at Maysvile.
In 1889 came the turning point in his
fife. He entered West Point as a cadet.
His name up to this time was Hiram
Ulysses Grant, but in the making out of
his official appointment to the military
school the name was written b. mistake
Ulysses s.. ard so it has ever since re-
mained. Grant made Communicable pro-
gress Mt West Point and had tie distinc-
ton of being the best horseman in his
class. In 1913 he graduated, and was as
signed TO the Fourth Infantry. stationed
at Jefferson barracks. near st. ouis.
During the Mexican war he rendered
valuable service, being engaged in every
battle except one, and was promoted to
a first iieutenancy. After the war he was
stationed at various military posts and in
1853 was promoted to tae captaiDcy of a
at Humboldt bay. California.
The following year he resigned his COM
mission and engaged in farming and real
estate near st. Louis. This did not prove
profitable and he secuted a clerkship in
The hardware and leather store of his faith
er at Galena, III.
Here Gen. Grant WAS living when the
civil war broke odt. -Four days after
President Lincoln's cnll for troops Grant
was drilling a company of volunteers and
ater was made musta aring officer. With |
in five weeks he was appointed colonel of
the Twenty-first Illirois Infantry and re-
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Loda township, and that trust estates
involving between 100000 and S250,0O
went down in the general crash.
In the papers which he left Sheldon
assigned all his property to Ada c. Willie,
his cashier. The assignment was made
for the benefit of creditors, and with i.
were directions to the cashier to give the.
family what was left, if any. OF the bank
er's estate after the creditors were salts
fed.
As soon as the assignment became
known there was panic among the bust
ness men Of both Watseka and Loda..
Sheldon was rated in the Chicago banks
at S150.0o0 He had been in business in
Ioda as a real estate dealer and banker
for twenty years. and this business. ex-
tended through several counties. was
closely connected with other Institutions.
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Confederate veterans turned out to honor
the man who, great in war, was even
greater in the hour of victory and the day
of peace. And to show that North and
South were united in their sorrow over the
grave of hero two of the great Confed-
crate generals of the war were pall-bear-
ers at his funeral
As the funeral cortege passed through
New 1Ork's streets amid the mournful
tolling of bells and the muffled sounds of
drums, another procession-the naval
moved up the beautiful Hudson until the
vessels anchored opposite the tomb pre-
pared for the remains. And there with
simple religious services and amid the
booming of cannon on the Hudson the
body of Gen. Grant was laid in the tomb.
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tONEIGW,

A dispatch from Havana says the num-
| Der of insurgents in Cuba who are sub
| mitting to the Spanish authorities in
| creases daily. The military authorities
are preparing to send 5000 additional
troops to the Philippine Islands.
The Greek Cabinet has been reorgan-
lied, with Ralli, leader of the former
opposition and ex-Premier at its head.
Excitement at Athens subsided on news
of the changes. On Thursday the Turks
began their attack upon the Greeks posi-
ton at Pharsalos.
The Rio Verde valley, in San Luis Po-
tosi, Mexico, has been visited by terrific
hailstorm, which not only ruined the grow
ing crops, but caused great loss of life
Reports have beer received of the killing
of forty-one persons by hailstones. On
the hacienda alone twelve farm hands
were killed. Some of the haiistoGes weigh
ed over three pounds.
With all the pomp and ceremony of the
craft, and in the presence of the highest
Masons from every part of the country,
the Prince of Wales was Wednesday, for
the twenty-third successive year, INSTALL
ed at London as grand master of English
Free Masons. The event took place at
Free Masons' Hall, and the ceremonies
occupied several hours. An immense
crowd gathered outside the building, and
the prince on arriving and departing was
heartily cheered. In the evening a fes-
tival and banquet in celebration of the
event was given at Free Masons' Tavern,
the Prince of Wales himself passing the
loving cup.
The department of communications and
public works of Mexico has called for de-
signs for the new congressional building.
The building is TO be thoroughly up to
date. Architects desiring to enter the
competition must present drawings and es-
Inmates and descriptions in Spanish.
French or English. The total estimated
cost must not exceed 100000, exclusive
of the cost of foundation up to the level
of the ground. Designs must be sent 10
the minister of communications and pub
lie works before November, 1897. The
author of the designs selected will be en-
titled TO n premium of $4,000. Six thou
sand dollars will be divided between the
second and third contestants.
Seventy lives were lost by the founder
ing of the French brigantine Valiant,
which collided with an iceberg 150 miles
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afterward put into operation op such q
gigantic scale. and in this connection an
interesting story is told
1t is said that while Gen. Grant and
Mrs. Grant were in Europe rh2y paid 4
visit 10 the tomb of Ferdinand ami tsa-
bella. The thought of the ashes of the
royal couple sleeping side 10y side through
the centuries appealed 10 the devoted nus
band. and. turning to his wife. he said:
Julia. that is the way we shou.d lie in
DEATH Upon his return to the United
States Gen. Grant investigated this sub
ject. He found that there was n regula-
tiop governing the United States Military
Academy which would prevent the re-
mains of his wife being placed beside him.
Otherwise there is hardly a doubt TINT the
Grant tomb. instead of being in New
York City to-day. would be in the grounds
of the great military school on the Hud-
son.
Shortly before his death and while un-
able TO articulate, Gen. Grant wrote the
following memoranda on the subject of
the selection of il grave:
West Point-.1 prefer this above 9th
ers. but for the fact that my wife could
not be placed beside me there.
"Galena or some place in Illinoi5-Be-
cause from that State | received nv first
generals commission.
New YOrk-Because the people Of that
city befriended ME i'll my need.
Here Grant was prevented from writ
ing more owing to an acute renewal of
his sufferings and he never referred TO the
matter again.
Riverside Park, in New York. was Sc
lected. the preference of the Grant fam
lily being for it. and Immediately the con
struction of a temporary tomb for the
reception of his remains was begun.
The remains of the great general
lay at Mount McGregor, where he died,
until Tuesday. Aug. 4, when they were
moved to Albany. Here they lay is state
until the following day, when they We're
taken on draped train to New York, be-
ing accompanied by numerous officials and
sorrowing companions-in-arms of the dead
general. When they reached New York
they were borne in funeral procession to
the city hall and there they lay in state
until Saturday, Aug. s. Crowds. gathered
from almost all parts of the country, view
ed the body President Cleveland and
his cabinet: the Governors of numerous
States, with their staffs: generals who
fought under Grant and generals who
fought against him; battle-scarred yeter-
ans of the Union cause and men who
wore the gray; judges of the Supreme
Court of the nation, Senators. negroes,
Chinese, high and low. the rich and the
poor, the obscure and the prominent-all
swelled the crowds that in almost unend-
ing procession passed through the city
ball to gaze on the pale features of the
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-05-06
MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
| $3.50 to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to S4.25; sheep, f ir to choice. $2.0U
to $3.50: wheat, No. 2 red, Toe to 12c;
cern. No. =, 24c TO 25c; oats, No. 2. lie
TO 1Sc; rye, No. 2, 33c to 35c; butter,
choice creamery, 15c to 17c; eggs, fresh,
&c to &c; potatoes, per bushel, zoe to
3Oc; broom corn, common growth to choice
green hurl, &c to DC per 10.
1ndianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 TO
1923; hogs, choice light, $500 to $4.25
sheep. common to choice, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, SSc to 9Oc; corn, No. .
! white, 24c to &c; oats, No. 2 white, PIC
to 22c.
St. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $5.25;
wheat, No. 2, 96c to Csc; corn, No 2
yellow, 21c to 23c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c
to 21c; rye, No. 2, 34c to 35c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $5.25;
wheat, No. 2. Ole to 93c; corn, No.
mixed, 26c to 2Sc; oats, No. . mixed, 2Oc
to pc; rye, No. 2, 3Sc to 4Oc
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $5.25; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to S5.25;
wheat, No. 2 red, 9Oc to Ole; corn, No.
yellow, 23c to 24c; oats, No. 3 white, 2Oc
to DC; rye, 35c to BIC.
Toledo-Wheat, No. red. 92c to 93c;
corn. No. mixed, 24c to 26c; oats, No.
white, lie to 19c; rye, No. 2, 34c to 36c;
clover seed, S4.3O to S4.3J
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. 2 spring, re
to 73c; corn, No. 3, 24c to 22c; oats, No.
white, 21c to 23c: barley, No. 9. 2Sc to
34c; rye, No. 2, Soc to &c; pork, mess,
$S.25 TO $S.75.
Buffalo-Cattle. $3.50 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $500:
wheat, No. 2 red, 90c to Ole; corn, No. .
yellow, 2Sc to 30c; oats, No. . white, 24c
% 25c.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs
$3.50 20 $3.50; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. red, 7Sc to Soc: corn. No. =,
29c TO Soc; oats, No. . white, 22c to PIC:
butter, creamery, 13c to 1Sc; eggs, West
ern. Sc to lie.
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him of the post Of consul general at New
York, which he accepted and held for
twenty years. He was decorated with the
Order of Leopold. In agreeing to take the
title conferred upon him with his decora-
ton, Mr.. Havemeyer gave up whatever
political ambitions he may have enter
tanned so far as this country was con-
cerned. He was vice-president of the
sugar trust and recently caused quite a
sensation by his conduct when before the
LeXow investigation committee. At the
time of his death Mr.. Havemeyer was So
years old. His birthplace was in New
York City. Mr.. Havemeyer added to his
millions money made in the banking bust
ness and by wise dealings in real estate.
He was married in 1863 TO Miss Emily de
Loosely, daughter of Sir Charles +. de
Loosely, and had nine children. Henry o.
Havemeyer, the president of the company,
is brother of the deceased.
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CRISIS AT ATHENS.
Public Feeling Bitter Toward the
King and His Family.

King and His Family.
Popular feeling in Greece points to
revolution in favor of a republic. The
citizens are greatly excited at the revela-
tions made by former Minister Rail- as to
the conduct of the campaign. Large meet
inys have been held and fiery harangues
have been delivered by well-known ora
tors in denunciation of ''those who would
betray Greece Tlae fall of the ministry
is regarded as certain.
A dispatch received at one of the en-
bassies in London from Athens says that
King George of Greece may at any mo-
ment be deposed or asSassinated. and that
the mob is likely to take possession of
the city. Discomfort is growing and the
king will be the scapegoat. The news
and truth about the LarisSa campaign are
lust becoming known. and cause in all
classes a deep feeling of Indignation and
sorrow. People go to extremes and de-
clare all the business of the war was 4
comedy got up by the Government and
king. THE word treason is freely used.
This IS rot the opinion of the irrcspons
BILE. but of the better classes-at one. in
this instance. with the mass of the peo-
pie.
All the facts about the defeat prove that
the fault lies with the staff lacking know
edge of the business of war and pluck i'll
danger The chief of staff. Sapountzakis.
wired Friday asking leave to withdraw
his troops from the first line. which he
thought it was impossible to defend. The
king answered that it was impossible to
allow or forbid. as events could not be
judged from Athens. Sapountzakis wired
that he would take all the responsibility.
and thus ordered the disastrous and uu-
necessary retreat. King George emphat-
ically repudiates all responsibility for the
pTecipitate retreat of the army. The
kings explanation avails nothing, because
the politicians say that Col. Sapountzakis
was the kings favorite, had never distin-
guisbed himself in the army and had not
the shadow of claim To be intrusted with
the conduct of the war.
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SHELDON CAUSES A CRASH.
Loda Bankers "suicide" Letter Leads

Loda Bankers "Suicide" Letter Leads
to Many Failures.
at is disgrace and the penitentiary. or
the lake. and 1 have chosen toe latter.
wrote John S. Sheldon, the leading banker
of Loda, ILL.,. to his confidential friend and
attorney. John H. Moffett.
The receipt of the letter in Paxton
where Moffett lives, was followed by the
closing of the leading bank of I.oda, the
assignment of four of the leading busi-
ness firms. and individual assignments
by as many of the leading citizens of the
town. In addition, it is said. Banker
Sheldon's financial troubles involve the
funds belonging to the school trustees of
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Awful Story of Devastation.

| story OF DevaStatIOns
A terrible flood in the Cottonwood river
suddenly ingulfed West Guthrie. q. T..
| shortly after sunrise "Wednesday morning
| A deafening roar went up rs the water
| crushed houses and drove the people from
| their homes. At the first rush every boat
and bridge We're swept away. All West
Guthrie was submerged. and twenty &c
the business houses had ten feet of water
! in them. The river rose thirty feet above
| ordinary level. Hundreds of people sought
| safety in trees. Several men who were
| trying to swim the current TO reach four
women and a baby in n tree were carried
away. A woman wading from her home
| with baby on her head was swept away
and lost.
1t is believed that more than score of
| negroes were drowned in the negro settle
ment and persons who escaped from the
food estimate that fully fifty persons have
been drowned. Nine people were seen
to drown ut Guthrie; two women and u
child were carried away on a bridge; one
man and two women were on house roof
when it went to pieces and they perished-
A girl clinging in a peach tree for hours
gave up and fell into the water. 1t is
believed that many were caught in bed IN
small houses and drowned.
Immense damage has been done in the
country Skelton creek has washed away
scores of farm houses and several farm
people are drowned.
Dozen Inches of Rainfall.
The heaviest rain in years fell through
out the territory Tuesday, and continu-
Gus downpour kept up for seven hours,
everything being flooded. Southwest
of Waterloo a waterspout occurred, and
half dozen farms were inundated. Near
Clifton, Lincoln County. scores of farms
have been swept of everything and many
cattle and horses drowned. Near Cush-
ing, Payne County, dozens of people have
been driven from their homes by high
water. In the western part of Logan
County several large bridges on the Cim-
arron and Cottonwod rivers have been
abandoned. and trains in every direction
are delayed by washouts.
The Rock Island bridge over the North
Canadian has been moved several inches
out of line, the water being up to the rails
At Ell Reno lightning struck the Presby-'
terian Church spire and the negro school
house, knocking children right and left,
but killing none. The total rainfalls since
Saturday noon to Wednesday morning
amounted to 11.0S inches.