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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Gen. Lees Last Charge.

Charging is the last resort of brave
but bSffied commanders" said a critic
of military affairs, "and it almost Al
ways results disastrously." Thirty-two
years ago, March "a, 1865, the affairs
of the Confederate army of Northern
Virginia We're desperate enough to war
rant it's brave commander, General
Robert Z. Lee, to resort to charging. So
1t came on the morning of March -,
1865, he made break through the Tn
ION lines and opened the way to City
Point, which If he could have reached
and held would have prolonged the civ
il war for ct least another year. The
preliminaries We're well-arranged. First
of all hundred men appeared in .rollt
Of our picket line, and announced them
selves as North Carolina deserters.
They were all armed, but the officer in
charge of our pickets welcomed them.
and told them to bring in their guns, as
General Grant had recently issued an
order commanding Quartermasters- to
pay for all guns brought in from The
rebel ranks. So ttis hundred of ar.ned
men were graciousiy invited to march
in behind our pi,kets. When once
there they turned suddenly upon the
astonished Union troops and requested
them to surrender in words too im-
polite to print. And the picket had no
choice but to obey. In the rear of the
picket line stood Forts Haskell and
Stedman, garrisoned by the Fourteenth
New York Artillery. In the early
dawn of that mild March morning the
sleeping members of the Fourteenth
were awakened by the sharp "Yi! yi!'
Of the rebel troops who pounced In up
on them 10000 strong, or more. They
lam Malone, of Virginia. After cap
turing the Fourteenth they were ex-
pected to move forward to City Point
But here an obstacle arose that neither
Malone nor General Lee had foreseen.
That obstacle was our supplies of food.
1t was utterly impossible to get the
Confederates, who were actually starv-
ing, beyond our soft bread and coffee,
our fresh beef and salt pork. The
whole body paused and went to eating,
drinking and making merry, without
regard to the conclusion of that we'll
known saying: For tomorrow we
die" 1t was all in vain that General
Malone threatened and swore and
coaXed his men. They simply would
not stir till they had satisfied their ap-
petites. This pause was the salvation
of the Uniou army. 1t enabled not
only the majority of the Fourteenth to
escape from their captors, but the other
divisions of the Ninth corps to come to
their relief; so that when the rebels
were ready to advance they found their
way blocked, and they We're compelled
to retire from the scene Of their vic
tory and their breakfast table, back to
Petersburg, badly beaten, and carry
ing with them nothing but full stOm-
achs. The foregoing is brief but
truthful account of General Lees last
charge. In little more than week
from that day lie evacuated Richmond
and Petersburg, and in less than anoth-
er week he surrendered his entire army
to General Ulysses S. Grant.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Indian Girls Resort to Arson.

Fannie Eagle Horn and Eliza Flander,
Indian girls, have bren arrested on COM
plant of Superintendent Pratt OF the
Indian School at Carlisle, Pa, and lodged
i'm Jail on the charge OF arson. A mys-
FERROUS fire broke out in the girls quarters
of the school recently, but was extin-
guished tefore much damage had been
done. 1t was afterward Learned that the
two girls, who were pupils, had started
the fire with the intention of burning
down the school because they had been
refused permission to 20 home.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
The Situation in a Nutshell.

New York, New Jersey and Kentucky
cast fifty-eight electoral votes for Nc
Kinley, one of Kentucky's votes going
to Bryan. New York, New Jersey and
Kentucky all went Democratic last
week. Had Mckinley been candidate
last week instead of last year the pop
ular vote in these three Democratic
States would certainly have been cast
against him. Now. deduct these fifty
eight electoral votes from the 2T1
which Mr.. Mckinley received, and
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04

there are left 213. Add these fifty eight
votes to the 176 Of Mr.. Bryan and he
would have 234. That is a majority of
twenty-one in the Electoral College. In
other words, the Democrats do not
need to gain another State. They need
only retain these three-New York,
New Jersey and Kentucky-and they
will elect the next President.-New
York World.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Railway Wreck.

Cleveland special: A passenger train
on the Cleveland, Canton and Southern
Railway was wrecked recently. The
train was derailed at The approach to q
bridge over the Pettibone brook. Two of
the passenger coaches rolled over the em-
bankment into the ditch. Sixty persons
were aboard, but only three were injured.
Miss Grace Chapman, b. S. Baxter and
John Roe, all Of Chasrin Falls, sustained
severe injuries,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
American Work Barred.

Glasgow special: The Joiners' Union
has withdrawn all the members who were
employed at work on buildings where
contractors were using American joiDery.
THIS is in conformance with the notices
posed by the Joiners' Union recently in
all the stores of Glasgow, forbidding the
members of the Union to hang doors
which had been made in the United
States, or to use manufactured joinery
imported from America.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
"John McFaII,s Best"

Gen. Logan, to whom an equestrian
statue was unveiled in Chicago during
the week, had Il queer experience with
suffers, says Grand Army man. While
he was in command of q division he
was very strict as to the conduct of
suffers and others catering to the wants
of soldiers. Among the suffers was
John McFall, one of the best men in the
business, but who had weakness for
boys. Logan discovered this and Nc
Fall retired from the regiment in dis
grace. He returned some months later
with the announcement that he was
reformed man. He had been at home
among the good mothers and wives of
the men who were doing the fighting,
and he had adopted their views as to
the use of -intOXicants. He believed
that whisky was the very worst thing
possible for a man.
AS John McFall was one of the jolli-
est, most Companionable, and most gen.
erous men in the sutler business, the
officers received this statement as to his
change of views with great satisfac-
ton, and Gen. Logan expressed the
hope that he would stay reformed
McFall brought with him to camp
great stock of canned peaches. Now,
during the war there was nothing that
was more grateful to the soldiers than
the luscious peach. Many man pre-
tended to be sick that he might be sent
to the hospital with the chance Of Sc
curing the half of a peach. McFall said
he knew all about this craving for good
fruit, and he had gone through the lake
shore region of Ohio and put up some
of the very best fruit that grew and
labeled 1t John McFalrs Best
Peaches"
The cans looked very attractive with
the snowy labels, but they did not go
off like hot cakes. The sutler showed
no disappointment, saying that he could
afford to be patient. In few days
there was a run on the establishment.
In some way it had been discovered
that the cans labeled "JOhn McFalrs
Best Peaches" contained whisky. The
trade extended to other regiments and
brigades, and Gen. Logan declared to
his staff officers that some one was
smuggling whisky into the command.
But no one could find the offender. At
last, however, Logan spotted McFall
and ordered raid on his establish
ment. McF'all got word of the contem-
plated raid in some way and threw
himself on the mercy of the regiment.
All the cans containing whisky were
removed from the suffers tent and hid
den in the camp-some of them, l am
sorry to say, under the cot in the chap
lain's tent. Here they were found on
the second raid, much to the discom-
future of the grave old chaplain, who
c)uld not believe that the men would
play such a trick on him. Logan BAN
ished McFall. but the phrase, John
McFalrs Best" became byword with
special significance in that division Of
the army.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Americans Released.

Havana special: 1t is reported that
Marshal Blanco having received cable in
structions from Madrid to release the
prisoners captured on board the Ameri-
can schooner, Competitor, in April, 1895,
by The Spanish gum oat Mesagefa, that
he has done so, and they have s,iled for
the United States. 1t is reported also
that instructions TO the Governor General
direct the return of the captured arms
and of the vessel TO its owners.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04

A terrible snowslide has occurred on the
Noble Five mountain range, near Saznon.
British Columbia. Joseph McGibbons,
whose parents reside in Oakland, CAL,
and his partner, whose name is unknown,
were working ON the night crew Of the
Red Fox mine, and were caught by the
slide while going to work. McGibbon
was carried down the mountain side and
buried under a mass of snow and ice. His
partner was rescued in an exhausted con-
dition,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
MISTAKE OF TRAIN ROBBERS.

Hold Up the Missouri Pacific Mail and Are
Disappointed.
The st. Louis mail, on the Missouri
Pacific Railway, was held up at point
about four miles east Of Independence,
No., by five masked men. The engine
and express car were cut loose and run
up the track about mile, where an at
tempt to open the express car was made.
1t is claimed the robbers got nothing.
After the bandits had gone the train was
united again and proceeded on its way,
two hours late. 1t is believed the robbers
intended to hold up the st. Louis limited
night express train, but by mistake got
the St. Louis mail.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
self.confes.ed Murderer .. Hanged.

Henry Phillips, alias DOC" Jones, a.
negro, a self-confessed murderer and
moonshiner, was lynched in the courtyard
Osceola, Ark, by mob composed of
prominent citizens of the town and sur
rounding country. The direct cause Of
the lynching was the murder of rner-
chant near there by Phillips few days
AGO
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
HEAVY BANK CLEARlNGS.
favorable ami unfavorabIs Influences Work
ing in the Business World.

ipg in the Business World.
Bradstreet's weekly report says: 'One
IF the most significant features of the
business situation is found in the contin-
aed heavy weekly totals of bank clear
ngs. Other favorable features are the
continued frmness of a..d activity In
wool, iron and steel. The unfavorable
Influences in price movements this week
are declines in cottons and print cloths,
the latter touching the lowest price on
;ecord. Wheat, lard and lead are also
over and wire nails have been shaded.
Colder weather in the central west and
northwest has stimulated demand for
winter goods. Exports of wheat (hour
included as wheat from both coasts OF
the United States and from Montreal this
week amount to 5,445, ,542 bushels, COM
pared with 5,590.000 bushels last week.
Exports of Indian corn this week amount
to 2,G51, ,546 bushels, against 2,199,OOo
bushels last week"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
In thu Coils of a Sernent.

An anaconda, on exhibition in Phila-
delphia museum, severely injured Samuel
Masher, the museum watchman, and
crushed to death a valuable trick pony.
Masher saw that the reptile had worked
loose one of the boards of its cage and
tried to mend matters. The anaconda
wriggled out and wrapped itself several
times about Masher. The pony, fright
ened by the reptile, began jumping about.
This probably saved Washers life, for the
reptile unwound itself from him and COM
nletely encircled the pony.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
WANT MAKES HER CRAZY.

Boston Wife Shoots Her Husband and Herself
to Escape Starvation.
Frank Mclaughlin and his wife Mary
were found in an unconscious condition in
their home in South Boston. Both had
been shot. The man was revived by the
physicians who were summoned, and in
a short time was able to talk. He inform
ed the police that his wife had shot him
while he was asleep, and that she after
ward attempted to kill herself. They had
lived in abject destitution and there was
only single piece of bread in their
rooms.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Trusts Outwitting the Law.

The failure Of practically all the le-
gal proceedings against trusts does not
prove the justice or legality of these
cOnspiracies of greed. 1t simply
shows the astutenesS of the trusts in
dealing with the bosses who control
York World.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Kills Himself on Day Of Trial.

]. T. Herman, for years a prominent
attorney of Olathe, Kan, who was te
have been tried in Lawrence on the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses, killed himself by taking car
bolic acid on the day set for the trial
Hermann came from Carlisle, Pa.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Every Politician for Himself.

The argument that Governor Bush
nell is too much of a Republican to op-
pose Mark Hanna for United States
Senator might possess considerable
force in any State outside of Ohio. But
there a mans first choice is usually
himself.-Kansas City Star.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Verdict of $50, 900.

The heaviest verdict ever rendered for
a death claim in New York State was re-
turned in favor of Emily H. Maxwell,
who sued the New York, New Haven ard
Hartford Railroad, train on that road
having killed her husband, Aaron II. Max
well, physician Of Westchester County.
The am )unt of the verdict is $4,000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.

The first regular session Of the Fifty
fifth Congress will soon begin, and, as
the House Of Representatives is al
ready organized, a message from the
President is due the first day. While
that high executive has been jaunting
about the country to escape the pes
tileDtial breaths Of those Office seekers
who beset the doors Of the White
House, his Secretary of the Treasury,
National Banker Gage, has been busy
In preparing the financial propositions
by which he is reform our currency"
The word of Mckinley has been given
that he will approve the Gage plan,
should it pass Congress, and it is there
fore to be expected that there will be
an emphatic recommendation cf it in
the annual message. From the mo-
ment when that document, SO con-
structed, shall be delivered to the
clerks Of the two houses may be dated
The revival of the currency question,
and the renewal of debate upon what
shall constitute the money of the
American people. That the lines of
party will be drawn definitely and dis
tinctly is inevitable, and that the con-
test thus commenced will outlast the
present Congress and enter into and
decide the Presidential election of
1900. would appear to be altogether
probable.
1t Is twenty years ago that the with
drawal Of greenbacks was inserted in
the Democratic platform by the agen-
cy of Mr.. Manton Marble, then the edi-
tor of the New York World. 1t was
not then in the Republican platform.
And third party, known as the Green
back party, sustained the government
paper currency. But for this, Samuel
]. Tilden would have been President
If the United States.
The issue upon which Mckinley is
now proposing to risk the success of his
the ascendency of his
party and his own political future, is
the funding into interest-bearing bonds
Of these greenbacks now serving as
and their withdrawal and re-
placement by national bank notes, on
conditions which would make the lat
ter more profitable to the banks. 1t is
an attempt, on the part of $50 national
banks. 10 control the currency of the
an attempt as the old !
United States Bank made. and almost |
succeeded in, between the years 1880
and 1874. President Jackson defeated |
It when but that one bank made the at
tempt. But now there will be $50 |
banks, with the President on their side.
New York News.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Quarantine OecIare1 Off.

After a protracted meeting, the State
Board of Health decided to declare off all
quarantine at New Orleans. This has the
effect of opening the doors Of the city to
all hitherto infected ports and will do
away with the system of isolation Of the
fever cases, which has existed since
Sept 6.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
War on Prohib ton Law.

A number of representative men OF
Fort Scott, Kan, have perfected an or
ganization of league for the purpose O,
making an aggressive campaign Of bust
ness men for resubmission and the repeal
of the Kansas prohibitory law. 1t i
known as the Resubmission League.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Claim to Minne.ot. Cities.

An immense claim embracing 7,O0O,00
acres of land in the Northwest, and in
cluding the cities of Minneapolis and st.
Paul, has been brought before Commits
sioner Hermann Of the general land office
at Washington. The claimants are @. B.
Holloway of Holland. Ohio, and A. U.
Gum of Maumee, Ohio.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Too Narrow Minded.

Republican statesmen should broad
en- generally. While they take such a
comprehensive view of the Hawaiian
question, they should widen out on the
tariff. 1t doesn't consist to argue that
we need a mid-Pacific station in the in
terest of extended commerce and then
regulate our tariff laws so as to de-
stroy that cOmmerce.-Nashvflle Amer
iean
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Plot of Great Magnitude.

The police of Rio De JaneirO, through
a confession made to them, have learned
that The PLOT 10 kill Presiden Moraes is OF
far greater magnitude than was at first
hou,ht. AS result of this confession
many al rests have cen made.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
eloodhound, Miss the Trail

Henry Turner, with his wife and sister,
while crossing a small potato field less
than half a mile from their home in Fair
burn, Ga, were shot down. At what hour
the murder was committed no one knows.
Captain Yarborough's bloodhounds were
placed upon the trail, but all pursuit has
heen futile
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Iapan's Demand.

The steamer, Express of China, brings
word that the japanese Government has
demanded the sum of S2j0,0J0 as indemni-
ty from Hawaii in connection with the
emigration affair. The japanese papers
consider the demand moderate.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Folly of PaternaI Legislation.

We regret to observe growing ten
dency on the part of many worthy peo-
pie to demand paternal legislation.
Such legislation is not only unwise, I'M
necessary and undemOcratic, but it
causes great many people to lose re-
spect for legislation that is not open to
such Objections.-AtlantaC Constitution.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Soxareien Yielda Office.

At the meeting Of the general assem-
bly, knights of Labor at Louisville Grand
Master Sovereign declined reelection,
and Henry A. Hicks of New York was
unanimously chosen to succeed him. Mr..
Sovereign gave as a reason for his action
that he had to devote SO much time to
political and editorial work that he could
no longer attend to the master workman
duties. He delivered long farewell ad-
dress. After reviewing the labor troubles
of the year. he closed with the announce
ment Of his determination to retire from
active work as head of the order. The
other officers elected were: Grand worthy
foreman, 1. d. Chamberlain, Colorado;
general executive board, Harry Bostock.
Indiana; Sarsfield Fitzpatrick, Colorado.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Grand Trunk Oea'.

From present indications the Grand
Trunk Railway Company has laid its
plans very we'll and with little noise for
xetting into Toledo and tapping the great
roal fields of Ohio. A combination be-
tween that road and the Columbus and
Lima Northern is thought to be probable.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Helped Her Lover Win.

Miss Alice Thomson, late candidate
for superintendent of public instruction in
Bush County, Neb., is married to @. s,
Laughlin, her opponent. Miss Thomason
contributed very materially to his cleo,
ton by withdrawing at the eleventh hour
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Underconsunption, Not Ovcrproduc-
tiOn.

The strawboafd trust finds that in
one day, with modern machinery and
thorough organization it can produce
twice as much as the country can con-
sumo in the same period. Hence. an
apparent OverprOduction is brought
about. The OverproductiOn is, of
course, only apparent because it is
caused by the inability of the masses
of the people who constitute the home
market to purchase and consume more
than their income permits. Their in
come, in turn, so far as they are wage
earners, is limited by the extent and
power of consumption of the mar
ket," of which they are large part.
Thus we have vicious circle.-St.
Louis POst-DiSpatch.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04


EVERAL men of
Southern birth who
are now residents
of this city recently
met at the house of
one of their num-
Der for a social
evening, says the
New York Times.
IL II O conversation
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04

Rev. W. A. McWright, one Of the
ablest and most popular preachers in the
State, has mysteriously disappeared from
Downs, Kan. Mr.. McWright's friend.
assert he is a victim Of the morphine
habit
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04

Mayor Warwick has signed the death
warrant of municipal ownership of the
Philadelphia gas plant. The great enter
prise in which the people have been stock
holders for forty-three years is leased to
the big American gas trust.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
It Wa-t. Fec procity.

Newfoundland is anxious to claim rep
resentation at the reciprocity conference
between the United States and Canada.
The new premier, Sir James Winter, Will
at once insist OF this representation.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
South American Crons.

A dispatch to the London Times from
Buenos Ayres says that frost has damag-
ed the harvest in the Argentine Republic
at least 10 per cent. The correspondent
of the Times at Valparaiso, Chilli, says
that the harvest of cereals will be one
third greater than it was last year, while
crops of all kinds promise above the av-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Town Destroyed by a Hurricane.

Panama special: Telegraphic advices
from Guayaquill state that the town Of
Lore,o has been destroyed by hurricane.
Only few scattered dwellings were left
standing and it is reported that the loss Of
life was very heavy.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
Envoy Insu'te1 President.

The threatened rupture between Ger
many and Hayti has been amicably set
tied, thanks to the mediation of United
States Minister w. +. Powell, though it
Is still understood that Germany intends
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04
A Vault Collansea.

The vault OF the Maximillan cellar, at
Munich, collapsed, burying seventeen
persons. Eleven of them have been ex-
tricated, Tut the others are probably