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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-07
DIE IN A MINE SHAFT
AWFUL PRINCETON,
INDIANA.
Six Miners Killed Outright and Eight
Injured, of Whom Some Will Die
Superintendent of the Mine One of
the Victims.
Death in the Blast.

AS result of Il gas explosion in thr
nine of the Maule Coal Company al
Princeton, Ind. Saturday six men werc
killed and eight badly injured. one OF
whom will doubtless die. The dead are!
John Ernest, married; Theodore Fabre
blacksmith, married; John Holmes. mar
ried; Robert Maule, married, treasurer
and general superintendent of the Maule
Coal Company: Carl Poneylight, single
Of Belleville, III; James Ryan, married
The injured are: gill Booker, will die;
James Davis; William ID. Grills. will re-
tower; Tom Price, will recover; Frank
Turbie, will die.
David Nolan and James Turner, sup
posed to have been killed with the others,
were rescued alive, as were Arthur Col
gate and james Kruse.
About twenty men were all at work in
the mine, clearing up the debris result
Ing from Il recent explosion, when no one
was injured. Suddenly there was flash.
followed by binding explosion. The
smoke and gas came rushing from the
mouth of the mine, and the alarm was at
once given. The scene around the shaft
was n pitiful one, the wives, children and
relatives of the men below shrieking and
wringing their hands in anguish.
The escape of four of the men from in
slant death seems almost n miracle when
1t is considered tha. the heavy mine cages
were blown from the shaft bottom to the
top of the minehouse, over 800 feet above,
by the force of the explosion. These
cages were wrecked, so an iron bucket
was improvised for rescuing party as
soon as possible after the accident.
The first persons brought up We're Tur-
bic, Grill and two colored men, Davis and
Booker. The first was badly burned and
was carried to an ambulance. Grill and
Davis were apparently uninjured, and
walked off, saying they were all right
Brooker was cut and burned and had to
be supported. Afterward it was found
his jaw was broken and one eye was torn
from its socket. All were given medical
attention by corps of physicians. Then
the rescuing party began to bring up the
dead.
State Mine Inspector Fisher will in
vestigate the matter. None of the res
cued men can explain the circumstances
that led up to the explosion.
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has no alternative but their delivery.
Col. NuneZ admitted that the story of the
engagement was true, and appeared par
ticularly proud. He has been the Gus
todian of all the recent expeditions.
The Three Friends has been steadily
engaged in the filibusterng service. The
last "trip shows she is not 10 be caught
even when she is led into a trap. Her
successes are almost incredible and are
explained only when it is remembered
that she is handled by men whose hearts
are in the cause they work for. Her two
masters have been men who positively
delight in worrying the Spanish; her
crew are ready to die for Cuba: her
pilots are sworn to liberty or death. They
are Cuban patriots that know every spot
of shore line at which successful land
ing can be made. Only twice has the
stanch little ship seen danger within
arms reach besides the late action, out of
which she came victor. Well equipped
is the Three Friends for the daring and
dangerous work in which she is engaged.
Fleet of foot as Il hare, she cannot only
distance the man of war, but she can
easily outsteam the smaller craft that in
fest the Floridan waters. She iras al
ways eluded the United States boats and
laughs at other vessels. Her gray color
conceals her lines except when ut close
range, and the hard coal she burns makes
her presence invisible i'll the open day,
while she herself can see an enemy by
his smoke long before lie comes in range
of the glass. Her men. from master TO
cabin boy, are eXiled patriots or Ameri-
cans, who will dare DO more, if any
thing, than the Cubans. Her expedi-
tions have been Il source of JOY to all
that have been engaged in them. and ev-
erybody on the American coast except
the representatives, of the Spanish Gov
ernment is her wild admirer.
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MISS EDITH COI.LINS.

Count Czaykowski, councilor of state Of
the Turkish embassy at Rome Miss
Collins is descended fram Il long line OF
distinguished American ancestors, among
whom, on her fathers side, We're two
colonial governors William
Bradford of Massachusetts and Governor
William Leete of Connecticut On her
mothers side Miss Collins is Il great
granddaughter of Commodore Wander
bilt.
Count Czaykowski, who is looked upon
as one of the most brilliant diplomats in
Europe. is highly esteemed hy the Sultan
and is one of his advisers. He was, un-
til quite recently. first secretary of the
Turkish embassy at st. Petersburg,
where a year ago he met Miss Collins
who was there on Il visit q. the special
invitation of the dowager empress of
Russia, to take charge of booth at a
great bazaar for charity. Her fiance is
only 90 years of age ana haa a handsome
fortune. In all probability the wedding
will he celebrated in Paris during the
latter part of January. Miss Collins is
now there with her stepmother.
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telegraph to birmingham for relief.
Three relief trains with doctors were
sent from Birmingham city and fourth
from Blocton. Meanwhile the country
people had gathered to render what as
sistance they could. Il was soon found
that almost every person on the train had
been killed, and the BODIES i'll most cases
burned. The rescucrs arrived too late to
be of much service, except in caring for
the nine wounded persons who msp-
aged TO get out of the wreck alive.
The fact that the bridge was only four
years old and was regarded as one Of
the strongest and best in the State. makes
the theory that the bridge gave way I'M
der the weight of the train absurd. Sur
viving passengers say they felt the wheels
humping on the cross ties before the
crash came. The fact that a bold at
tempt was made only five days before 10
wreck Il Southern Hallway passenger
train at McComb's trestle by the re-
moval of a rail on a trestle ninety feet
high adds TO the belief that this horror
was the result of the work of train
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TeleSranIiiC RHcYitieS.

1t isn't unusual for the Duke of West
minister's charity bill to amount to $780,
600 year.
The Empress of Russia was very pop
ular with the Parisians during her visit
to the French capital.
Verdi is IL work on an oratorio to keep
himself busy. He denies that he has any
!rtention of writing an opera.
Mr.. Gladstone is disappointed at the
small sale of his edition of Bishop But
ier, only 1000 copies having been sold.
Lady Jane Harriet Swinburne mother
pi Algernon Charles Swinburne, the pote,
las just died in England at the age of ST.
Junius s. Morgan. of New York. has
presented to Princeton University Il col
faction of early editions of Virgil. The
hooks are said to he worth S50,0G0.
A Wurtemburg parish priest. having
collected 9.000 pounds of postage stamps
IN eighteen years. has sold the lot for
s. 600 and given the money to charity.
Che Behring Sea Commissioners who
are now in session at Victoria will come
to San Francisco at the conclusion of
their labors, there to continue their in
qu'ry.
The schedules in the assignments of
Clapp & Co.. bankers and brokers at
New York, show liabilities of $2045O0:
nominal assets, SSH, ,5O2; actual assets,
$1C.0G0.
Queen Victoria is said to have been
greatly pleased with a present OF fruit,
thirty boxes in ALL sent her from Canada.
T.. Nd
ounces.
Abraham /. Leverich, ex-president Of
the Pickwick Club and a member of one
of Louisiana's most prominent families,
committed suicide at New Orleans by
shooting himself in the temple with a re-
vosver.
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Woes of the President Elect.

Major Mckinley, so report has it, has
been compelled to flee from Canton, in
order to get rid of the demands of the
LOCO or more office seekers who have
come to the front with the claim that
each is the original Mckinley man.
Just now the President-elect is free to
crush OF office seekers. But enSconced
in the White House, he cannot dodge
the hordes of the hungry, who are seek
ing places under the new administra.
tion. Compared with the preparation
of speeches to visiting delegations, Nc.
Kinley will find the dodging of them
much more difficult ttask.-Philadelphi
Item
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Sparks fror, the Wires.

DIR. Pitzer. of Orlando. Fla. set frs
to his house when his wife died. and
shooting himself, was cremafed with her,
In speech at Omaha. Neb.. Senator
Thurston said he would welcome a war
with Spain. ''It would clear up the at.
mosphere, he added.
The car hnrns and repair shop of the
Cleveland. gainesville and Eastern Elec-
tric Railway ut N'illou.hby. Ohio.
burned. Loss. SJ0.0eG: insured
+. NJ Johnson. a merchant was tiuad
and Alonzo Johnson. colored serionslv
injured by the explosion of soda foun.
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G} EpyXeEqRko g
S5ss.aszNoThgLES IL

4 wol-known London horse dealer not
long ago died from worry caused by bad
debts.
A German banker. named Haessner,
was murdered close to thu towngate of
Tangier, Morocco.
New Zealand is about 10 prevent the
importation of consumptive or vitally
diseased persons.
Only seven peers have hfen chosen as
mayors in England this year. while eleven
were elected last year.
Some letters by George Washington 10
Arthur Young. the economist, on the sub.
ject of agriculture are about to be sold
in London.
Greece has Il population cf 2.41S,O00
according to the census just taken, an
increase of 100000 since 1859. Athens
has now 12S,00O inhabitants.
Signor Chajardia, a member of the
Italian chamber of deputies, has been
chosen 4 delegate to the international
postal congress in Washington next
year.
Baroness Hirsch has given Si00, 900 to
establish Il pension fund for the employees
of the Oriental railways who were in the
service up to 1890. when her late husband
gave up his connection with the .Oads
Queen Victoria has heen substituted
for Sardanapalus in the new ballet that
Sir Arthur Sullivan is composing for the
London Alhambra. The ballet will he
descriptive of the longelt reign on rec
ord.
Paris is the paradise of the dressmaker.
Thpre are in the city I0,ii00 persoas who
make articles of woman's dress and TO-
OOu dressmakers. 1t has been estima ted
that the yearly amount earned in this
business there is over $3.50, 0,916,0G0.
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Immiprauts and Education,

The immigration bill now pending in
Congress provides that all immigrants
10 this country who are over 16 years
| old must be able to read and write the
| language of the country from which
| they come. the only exception being in
favor of parents and grandparents of
persons already here.
The object is. of course, to keep out
| the illiterates from Italy and Russia,
! which are becoming Il matter of serious
concern in most of the large cities of
| the country, and particularly in New
York. The proportion of Immigrants
over 16 unable to read and write is be
coming larger every year under the
present laws. This year they number
90 out of every 100, while last year they
were only 20-an increase in one year of
nearly 30 per cent.
The worst class of new arrivals in
this respect are the Italians. us Presi-
dent Cleveland pointed out in his last
message Last year % out of every 100
of that nationality who came here over
10 years Icdi iOt
write, Russian Jews being considerably
ahead of them, the percentage of alb
solute llitcrates among those above the
school age being fOrty-one.
Very few persons over 1G from the
countries that have furnished the bone
and sinew of this nation would be eX-
cluded under the proposed law. The
Irish, the Germans and the Swedes and
Norwegians above that age who came
here can nearly all read and write. 1t
is only the Russian and Polish He
brews. the Slavs and Magyars from the
Austrian polyglot empire, and the Ital-
ians. who show any great amount Of
illiteracy.
The bill may possibly work an Occa-
sional hardship. but it certainly Will
prove conducive to the greatest good Of
the greatest number. which is. or
should he, the aim and object of all
lawS.-New York News.
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This and That.

If Spain were to bump up against the
American banner it would see forty-hve
stars.-Philadelph; Times.
The six-day bicycle race in New York
City was productive of one good result.
1t was victory for the men who sat Up
the traightest.-Chicago Tribune.
1t would be embarrassing. indeed, if the
dusky Mrs. Domnis should institute
breach of promise suit against the Cleve-
land administration.-New York Evening
Journal.
If litigation becomes regular feature
of pugilistic engagements. there may yet
be enough ill-feeling engendered to pro-
woke some really serious personal enc1un-
ashington. Star.
The naval court of inquiry has decided
that the Texas is all right. Hereafter
one test of vessels seaworthinesa
should he her ability to sink when tied
up to dock-Chicago Record.
This is euphemistic age. a thief now
adays is called ''kleptomaniac," mur-
derer is called Il psychic epileptic' and
an alderman is called 'one of our best citi'
zens' Chicago Times Herald.
A fashion Journal says: In millinery
there are sharp contrasts. but the color
ing is in general brilliant WITHOUT being
cr,.de or glaring." Bills are generally
plain. and in black and white. following
last years fashion.-i}ost Ii Globe.
A good deal of pubic time coald be
saved and good deal of important busi-
ness could be facilitated if, Congressman
would learn little sualcthin. of the
IL. T.
making speeches.-Baltimore American.
An Eastern manufacturer is said to
have discovered way to make corn-
stalks worth 81 an acre. Ii he will now
discove- q way to make the corn worth
another s. many unhappy farmers may
see a chance of getting through a hard
winter.--Chicago News.
The convention of Judges which is to
meet in Philadelphia might discuss nj
least two subjects with profit to The peo-
pie of Pennsylvania: How Can Bullies
at the Bar Be Best Suppressed?" and
''How to Protect Decent Persons in the
Witness Box.'-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Lillian Russell is highly indignant at
the reports that she had married again.
'Why," she exclaims, Il haven't been
divorced from Mr.-SIr.-you know whom
l mcan-my present husband" Which
shows delicate appreciation of the law,
becoming rare upon the stage.-Chicago
Chronicle.
1t appears that the Alien Land law of
Kansas is not altogether satisfactory to
everybody in that State. One ''Gene"
Ware is quoted as believing that Kan
sas man ought TO have the right to sell
his farm to anybody who will buy it
"even Pole from Poland or Il Hole from
Holland Genes notions of equality
are all right, even if he IS slightly erratic
in his deriyative adjectives.-New York
Advertiser
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FIEND5 WRECK A TRAIN.
Twenty-Eight Lives Sacrificed OF an
Alabama Road,

The worst railroad wreck in the his
tory of Alabama occurred Sunday morn
ing at the Cahaba River bridge, twenty
seven miles out from Birmingham, on the
Brierfield, Blocton and Birmingham
branch of the Southern Railway. Twen-
ty-eight persons are known to have per-
iEhed, that number of bodies having been
recovered from the wreck. Eleven cs-
capped alive, but of these several will die.
All of the train crew were killed except
the fireman, whose escape seems almost
miraculous.
Six miles south OF Gurnee the railroad
crosses the Cahaba River on Il tresrie 800
feat long. The river span was of iron,
20J feet long and 10 feet high. The
river is mountain stream. The span
over it gave way as the train was cross
ing it, and the engine and all of the cars
went to the bottom of the river below.
The first news of the wreck was
brought to Hargrove by farmer who
happened to be passing. He noticed that
the middle span of the bridge was miss
ing. Approaching closer. he observed the
train burning in the river below, and
could hear the cries of the wounded and
dying mingled with the Kissing of the
steam coming up from the wreck. He
gave out the word to farme's residing
near by. and FASTENED to HsrgroVe to
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-07
Fifty-One Drowned.

A special dispatch from Havana says
that fifty-one men, comp rising the fill
clustering expedition recently landed
upon desert key by the steamer Three
Friends have been drowned. The men
were hastily put ashore on the barren is
land after the Three Friends had been
pursued by Spanish gun boats, with
which the filibustering steamer had an
exchange of shots, and the cargo of arms
and ammunition, provisions, etc, on
board the steamer were also landed with
the men. The Three Friends being close
ly pursued by the Spanish war vessels,
was compelled to put the men ashore
on the barren island or take them back to
the United States, and it was in making
an attempt to leave the island, the dis
patch says, that they were drowned.
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WARFARE ON TOLL ROADS.
Destruction of teutucky's Gates Goes
Merrily On.

Destruction of Keutucky's Gates Goes
MIerrily On.
A queer warfare is beiNg waged in Ken
lucky. Toll gates on tIrnpikes are be-
ing torn down or blown up at Light by
masked men, and the tol:takers threaten
ed and intimidated. IL one instane Il
man was shot. and several have been fired
upon. 1t is the argument of the farming
class for free turnpikes. While they can
not be defended for their actions, it il
encouraged by the tariiness of the county
magistrate.
AS in all Sta:es newly settled, when
farmhouses were few and towns fewer
the turnpike was great convenience
Men who built them were entitled to and
did receive without mnrmur a toll from
those who used the pixies in preference to
the hilly and winding ard pccrly kept
dirt roads. The pixies were constructed
rs early as fifty and even seveaty-fve
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-01-07
The Union of Democrats.

The Buffalo Evening Times, which
did good service in the late campaign
| for the Democratic cause, copies 4
recent Daily News article upon the ne
cessity for united action among Demo-
Gratis, and editorially remarks as fol-
lows:
at behOoveS the Democratic party 10
prepare for conflict which will be
marked, as was the battle of 1896, by
the use of unlimited sums of money dis
tribIted by trusts, corporations and
syndicateS on one side and the eXertiOnS
of selfsacrificing men appealing to rea-
son and patriotism ON the other. Agi-
tation and education must work in har-
mony with the party organization. We
will need all our strength. Let it not
be wasted"
The campaign for 1900 cannot be COM
ter which way we voted, that the re-
suit of the presidential election of last
November was unsatisfactory and in
definite. The popular ma jOrity of Nc
Kinley and Bryan was but trifie of
the aggregate vote; while of the forty
five States only the electoral votes of
twenty-five We're given in their entire
ty for the successful candidate.
The election, in fact. determined
nothing. except that the wholesale out
put of money and influence by the COM
bined banks. trusts and Syndicates tenn
porarily deluded and induced enough
voters to give Mckinley Il sufficient
majority. The issues of the Chicago
platform of 1896 are yet on trial and
uncondpmned before the American peO-
pie. When, with Il fair contest and 4
full hearing and mature deliberatiOn,
they shall be rejected, we may despair
of the republic.
There are abundant evidences on ey-
cry side that Democrats are uniting
for IL final effort. With the Mckinley
administration we can wage perpetual
warfare, with every hope of our grow
ing in strength and pr0fiting by its ab
surd errors The extra session. now
resolved on, ought to unite Democrats
as much as it is sure to divide and dis
tract orr opponents. We echo the en-
couraging advice of the Times. Let us
summon and unite all our party
strength.-New York News.
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a DO-NOTHING CONGRESS.

The Republicans in the present Con
gress evidently would like to tinker
the tariff, but have not the courage.
They are disposed to take Il more mod
crate view as to the needs of the coun-
try in the high protection line than Is
entertained by both Hanna and Nc
Kinley, and they would like to put
their opinions on record, but they fear
the punishment that the next Presi-
dent and his chief adviser will mete
out to them if they do so.
The closing session of this Congress
will, therefore, be practically do
nothing one. The money question the
Republicans dare not discuss ut all
just now, for the reason that they are
appalled, at the size of the Democratic
vote in November, and they do not
want to take any steps that will keep
the people engaged in thinking over
the financial situation. With the tariff
and silver both barred there is moth
ing TO discuss in broad way outside
Of the Cuban situation just now.
Even on the Cuban question, how
ever, the Republicans lack conference
of opinion and courage of conviction.
Those who are not Oyer-much in love
with McKinley's extreme high tariff
views, and who think that political
capital can be made for their side by
a bullying policy toward Spain, are
in favor of a course that may lead us
into war, while those who want the
decks kept clear for more protective
legislation are taking Il conservative
stand, which is somewhat surprising.
and is only to be explained through
the supposition that they fear a reac-
ton from any belligerent legislation.
Th> Republicans in this Congress
also feel Il certain sympathy for Presi-
dent Cleveland, who wishes to get out
of office now without having to bother
with any legislatio concerning which
public opinion is divided. If the Ordi-
nary appropriation bills only are pass
ed he will be well pleased, and the
majority, in the House certainly, and
in the Senate probably, are disposed
to enable him to make his exit from
public life peacefully and quietly.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$3.50 TO $3.50: AoSs, shipping grades,
$500 to S315; sleep, fair to choice, $500
to $40; wheat, 40. . red, SIC to Sic;
corr, No. ., pc TO 23c; oats. No. >, 15c
to lie; rye, No. .. 3T1c to 3Sc; butter,
choice creamery, 19c to pic; eggs, fresh.
l6c 10 iSc: potatoes, per bushe. poe TO
ooc; broom corn, common green to fine
brush, PC 10 5Ac per pound.
lndianapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500 to
500; hogs, choice light, $500 10 S3.15;
sheep, good to choice, $500 10 $3.50;
wheat. No. >, S9c TO Ole; corn. No.
white, 20c TO DC; OATS, No. y white, 21c
TO pc.
st. Louis-Cattle. $500 to S5.25; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; wheat. No. >, 81 to Ole:
corn, No. = yellow. 20c 10 pic; oats,
No. , white, 16c to lSc: rye, No. 2, 35c
to Soc
Cincinnati-Cattlc. $3.50 TO $500; hogs,
$500 to $50; sheep, 500 to S40O;
wheat, No. >. 94c to 93c; corn, No. =
mixed, 21c to 23c; oats, No mixed, 1Sc
to 2Gc; rye, No. >, Doe TO 37c.
+ Detroit-Cattle. $50 to 500; hogs.
$500 TO $500: sheep. $500 TO S3.75:
wheat, No. red. 93c TO 94c: corn, No.
yellow, 21c to pc: oats, No. > white, 19c
to dc; rye. 31c 10 3Sc.
Toledo-Wheat. No. , red, SOC TO 96c;
corn, No. > mixed. 22c TO &c; oats, No.
2 white, lie 10 i9c; rye. No. >, 3Ic TO 39c;
clover seed, S!1.35 to Sob.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. > spring. 7Sc
to 19c; corn, No. 3. 19c 10 pic; oats. No.
white, 1Sc TO 20c; barley. No. = ;}Oc to
85c; rye, No. 1, 39c to doc; pork, mess,
$3.50 to 500.
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 TO $500; hogs,
$500 to S4.00; sheep. 500 to S3.75;
wheat, No. > red. 93c 10 9Jc; corn, No.
yellow, dc to 26c; oats, No. white,
pc to 24c.
New York-Cattle. $500 to SJ.25; hogs
$500 to S4.2o: sheep. $500 to $LO0;
wheat, No. red, Ole to 92c; corn. No. .
29c TO 30c; oats. No. white. 22c to 23c;
butter, creamery, 1Jc 10 23c; eggs, West.