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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
ROBSON REFUSES $4,000.
MErrimac Hero Declines an Offer to
Lecture.

An offer OF $4,000 for a number of lee
lures has been refused by Naval Construc-
tor Richmond 2. Hobson. This offer was
made by a New York lecture bureau. and
the reason for his refusal was stated by
Hobson to a friend
Before the sinking Of the Merrimac."
he said. my lectures would probably have
not been worth 30 cents The sinking of
the Merrimac seems to have made them
worth $4,000. The work that so sud
denly raised my stock in literary trade
was done in simple execution of my duty
as an American naval officer. i did not
feel that | had right to Use the perform
ance of that duty for my financial better
ment i therefore declined the offer of
so 900"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
News of Minor Note.

II is said that 10000 soldiers will be
needed to put down thc rebellion in the
Philippines.
An official dispatch received in Madrid
from Manila stated that the Americans
had landed 1000 rc-cnforcemcnts in the
Philippines.
At gum chewing contest in New York
Miss Martha Monroe chcwed IA sticks
of gum in thirty minutes and won the
championship.
Complete returns of the casualties OF
the Santiago campaign show: Killed. -
officers and 23i men; wounded, 102 Off
GERS and ,33333 men
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
Convict Labor on Rnnds

Martin Dodge. chief of the division of
road inquiry of the Agricultural Depart
ment is making an investigation to learn
whether convict labor can be made avail
able for the Improvement of roads l. is
thought the conyicts might proiitably
make brick or prepare other material that
could be used by free laborcrs in the con
Struct;On of model roads
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
Tremendous Explosion

An explosion occurred at the Dupont
Powder Works near Wilmington, Del.
The city was shaken as if by an earth
quake The explosion involved five pow
der mills in the lower yard. Tesert Me-
Hilinery, John Moore, John Wright and
a man named Stewart are known to have
been killed. Several were badly injured.
1t was caused 10y team hauling powder
runn inc aWaV
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
More Ohio Gold.

Toledo (0hio) special: A company
headed by Thomas Kelly has been organ
lied to develop a vein of gold discovered
in AIDorndale by workman who was
digging a sewer. The discovery caused
some excitement here and Kelly's assay
of the find shows the vein yields $500 per
ton.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
Gold from Maria Teresa

The safe of the Spanish cruiser Maria
Teresa. which has lain for some time in
the Norfolk navy yard, has been opened,
and found 10 contain bags of Spanish and
American gold and silver coin. 1t is esti-
mated that the value of the treasure will
reach $4,000. The money will be turned
over TO the proper officials. and the safe
will he sent to the National Museum at
Washington.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15

Maj. Gen. Merritt OF the United States
Army, and Mrs. Merritt. have left Lon
don for Liverpool on board the Cunard
special express for the purpose of sailing
for A merica
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
UNCLE CALEB'S WILL.

GU MEAN that you
can't put yourself out
to give your mothers
brother Il nights lodg-
ing:' said Caleb Chev-
erel, bitterly.
The March wind,
bearing dust and grit
and bits of flying paper
on its restless wings.
came whistling around
the corner, lifting the
old mans faded COM
forter's ends and
turning his blue nose a
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15

Hereward Hoyte, the actor, whose
same off the stage was Mcdonald, is
pad. He expired of pulmonary conges-
;,on at his home in San Francisco. He
.zas a native of Australia, aged 30 years.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
AGAINST American Insurance. Mem.

English fire insurance companies witA
slices in Canada are at work on scheme
70 shut out American mutual concerns,
Fhich by cutting rates are getting large
share of the business. 1t is proposed to
sarrn a DoOl
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
Hayauese IMPRESSED.

Havana special: The Twenty second
New York Regiment, under Gen. Davies,
numbering ], 800 men, has arrived. The
troops boarded the train for Pinar Del
Rio Province. All are in good condition,
and have impressed the Havanese by
their military appearance.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
Messenger Bows Luck,

Joseph Turner, until recently a mes
senger boy on the Merchants Exchange,
St Louis, Mo-, is the inventor of ship
roller adopted by the navy and if wi II
make him fortune, it is said.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
Fails to Convict Mrs. Cody.

Three iurymen, who favored acQuittal.
--eyeuted the conviction of 12-year-old
Yrs. Margaret Cody. at Albany, \. Y. on
se charge of Matchmaking the Gould
,eirs. The case will be tried again in
tabrunrv
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15

nual session. Ex-
Gov. William u.
Hoard OF Wisconsin
presided. and among
the delegates were
representatives of all
the States and terri
tories of the Union
and of several of the
Canadian provinces.
After prayer by Rev.
Alexander c. Garrett
Of Dallas. the visitors
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
While Playing Soldier.

Orville Willis, aged years, accident
ally killed his 3-year-old sister with a
shotgun at their home IN Kelleyville, Ill.
The top of the chIld's head was blown
entirely off. The children were alone in
the house. The boy stated they were
playin soldier.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15

At Wadena. MINI, the Central House
i,,rned and two men lost their lives,
yhile all the guests in one wing were
obliged TO escape through the windows.
The property loss was small.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
Fish and Fisheries.

A report submitted to Congress by the
commissioner of fish and fisheries shows
IN expenditure of S1S7, 500 for the propa-
CATION of food fishes during the hscai year
ssSed June 80 last.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
Tripie Murder.

Freesoh (Mich.) special: William
Hitchings, a brother-In-law of John
Hunt, farmer, killed Hunt, Mrs. Hunt,
the hired man, Thomas Hayward, and then
cut his own throat. 1t is supposed he was
insane.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
A Subterranean Lake.

c. A. COckroft of the Chenango Engi.
neering Company, has discovered a sub
terranean lake forty feet deep, which he
believes extends under the entire village
of Iestershire, a suburb of Binghamton,
NJ v
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
Met Her Waterloo.

Jack-Rctribution has finally over
taken that talkative Miss Chatterton
Tom-lndeed; how, pray?
Jack-She was married TO pugilist
last week.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
NEWS OF OUR OHIO.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.

An Interesting Summary of the More I'm
por.ant Doings of Our Neighbors-wod-
dings and Deaths-Crimes, Casualties and
General Hnckeye News Notes.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
FARMERS IN SESSION.

National Congress Begins De1ibera-
tions at Fort Wayne.
The farmers national congress of the
United States of America assembled at
Fort Worth, Texas, in its eighteenth an
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
The w. {. I. L.. Temple.

The hard times and not the women are
20 blame. however. and the chances are
that any organization of men would have
been forced to throw up its hands long
ago.-Peoria Transcript.
1t is hardly surprising that women un-
accustomed to handling large business
enterprises should have become dismayed
at the magnitude of the Temple scheme.
but they might have drawn inspiration
from the courage of Mrs. Carse instead of
listening to the timid counsels of Lady
Henry Somerset Tribune.
The action of the W. C. L. U. conven-
ion in dropping the Chicago Temple ere.
ates no great surprise. 1t was too big g
scheme for that organization to under
take. and even if it had been successful.
it has never yet been made clear how the
cause of temperance for which the W. c.
L. Z. is working would have been bene-
Pantagraph.
That most women are confirmed hero
worslipers is shown in the strife of the
W. c. T. L. over the proposition to make
the Women's Temple monument to Miss
Frances Z. Willard. The sentiment
which inspired the Temple contemplated
the erection of noble memorial to the
cause for which many labored with equal
head of the movement led a considerable
portion of the workers to idolize the leader
above the cause.-Springheld Journal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-12-15
p1L5kzn e nSfhs
>PREss

| Chicago is still worried about what TO do
With its water. Why not wash it?-Mem-
| ihis ComnercialAppeal.
BY means of his oscillatGr, Tesla can
| ,hange Chicago girls kiss into clap of
| hunder.-Mempais CommerciaEAppeaL
| II looks as if Picquart's enemies are
about ready to select an island for his
'uture residence.-CieveIand Plain Dealer.
The Spanish bishop of Porto Rico, who
.esigned when his salary stopped. went
in the principle OF no pay no cure.-St.
Paul Dispatch.
Oh, what glorious opportunity for
Prof. Norton. Let him go down and see
| what happened to the Maria Teresa.-St,
Paul Dispatch.
Mr.. Corbett can give Spain pointers on
he art of fighting. Mr.. Corbett can get
licked and make big profit on the job
Washington Post.
According to Dr. Sternberg's diagnosis,
he trouble in the army can be best cured
y congressional appropriation i'll allopath
doses.-Philadelph Ledger.
Nikola Tesla should either rein in his
imagination or spur up his inventive ge-
1ius. The distance between the two is
becoming rather magnifcent.-Kansas
City Journal
News reports say the Maria Teresa is
stuck on Cat island in bed of sand, and
ruth requires the statement that it was
ack of sand that permitted her to drift
.hern-Philadelphi Times
1t wouil be easier to believe that Lord
Beresford has agreed TO pay Jockey SloaE
f2o.OOO for his services next season II
Sloan wasn't so anxious to have the fig
Tres published.-Boston Herald.
Seer or Crank?
The keely motor must now be packed
iway with other monstrous conceptions OF
The human mind. like Symmes' Hole
Those who examine Mr.. Keely's work
shop. if such examination be permitted by
his will, are likely to find nothing but in
Tolved mechanisms that lack the essen.
;ial clement of ticability.-RochesteI
Democrat and Chronicle.
Many great inventions have resulted
rom trifles or accidents by patient stu.
dents, who had seemingly exhausted ey-
cry resource. Keely is therefore not to
De ridiculed. His idea may seem chimer-
cal now, but his purpose was beneicent
ind the time may come when posterity
vii! call not him but his critics the foolish
,nes.-Galesburg Republican Register.
The difficulty with Keely was just this
that he made wrong distribution cf
ais abilities. If he had put as much en-
ergy and sheer power into perfecting his
motor as he put into organizing his fnan-
,ial support. he might have thrown Tesla
nto the shade, and made Edison hunt
cover. As it was. he only lacked one thing
1f being great discoverer-the making
IF great discovery.-Kansas City Jour.
nal.
But he worked on and died leaving his
INVENTION uncompleted. His partners in
he enterprise hope that the Keeiy motor
mas been pushed to point of development
where it can be taken up By other hands
md brains and advanced to practical
working. Let it be hoped so: for science
has done so much for the race that Amer
cans look upon things once regarded as
wild with imaginings as plausible and
oracticable.-St. Louis Republic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-09
TERRIFIC HURRICANE
PLAYS HAVOC At OGDEN
Houses Blown Down and Electric Wires Frustrated
By the HOWling Gale.
Especial to The Herald.)

Ogden Utah Dec Sat o'clock this being
collapsed All
IN
their erucven The gathered velocity all day and by
P
midnight but illness children
had moved their beds This
probably saved their brick filled
generally
into
a neighbours
o
writhed
flashed
still
section the city
fell
carried
the which will be revealed by
remaining to be
il practically useless
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-09
THE LOGAN CHOIR MAY QUIT
THAT MUSICAL ORGANIZATION
rs MUCH WROUGHT UP.
Leader Lewis Having Trouble With
Stake Authorities-Choir Said to
:. Be With Him.
Especial to The Herald.)

Logan, Dec. S.-There is a strong
prospect of the Logan tabernacle choir
being disbanded.
Professor Alexander Lewis, the lead
er Of the organization, is having trou-
BILE with the stake authorities over the
payment of his salary, and according
ly has abandoned the regular practices
AS MIR. Lewis devoteS the greater part
of his time to training the choir, it was
agreed that he should receive a Ger
tain sum monthly for his services. He
has not drawn this salary for the past
six months, and when he applied for
it a few days ago, he was told to OBJ
tain an order from one of the stake
presidents Instead of giving the or
der, however, this official treated Mr..
Lewis cavalierly, according to the re-
port current here.
The chorister has made up his mind
to not ask for his dues again, but will
simply let the choir alone, and as the
members of that body are back Of their
leader it looks as though the prominent
ecclesiast will either have to change his
mind or else get some others than the
choir to do the singing.
Mr. Lewis has conducted the choir
for the past twenty-five years, and is
not only much liked by his singers but
is exceedingly popular among the peo-
pie 1t is whispered about that the
action taken by those in authority here
was with a view Of superseding Mr..
Lewis with some other musician. but
the members of the choir will not, it
is understood, submit to this, but will
all quit if their leader is ousted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-09

noteworthy passage. and without be-
ing a prophet, 1 think 1 shall not be
too sanguine if I say that in the flu
ture we shall not stand alone as guard
ians of the open door,
In the case of Germany, we have
ascertained by a friendly and frank
interchange of opinion that there are
many interests regarding which We can
assist one another. / think l may hope
that in the future the two nations
the greatest naval and the greatest
military power-will come more fire.
quently together, and that our joint
influence viii be used in behalf of peace
and Of unrestricted trade.
But, if 1 congratulate you upon the
development Of good feeling between
US and q great continental state, still
more DO 1 rejoice at the growth OF
friendly relations between ourselves
and our colonies, between ourselves and
the United States. Already the United
States, If regarded from the standpoint
of potential resources. is the greatest
Of civilized stGtes-with it's immense
population of intelligent citizens, chief
~ Anglo-Saxons, and if we are assured
of the Angio-SaXOn race, whether it
abides under the stars and stripes or
the union jack, there is no other COM
bination that can make us afraid
Referring to a personal allusion to
his setting good example in forward
ing the hoped-for alliance with the
United States by marrying an Ameri-
can, he said: $50 many Englishmen
are following the example that [ think
it quite possible that the alliance may
be accomplished without the interfer-
ence of governments" (Laughter.)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-09
Ogden Hunters Kill Thousands of
Rabbits at SecO.
KEPT COUNT BY THE WAGON
GREATEST KILLING IN HISTORY
OF STATE.
I
Browning Party Defeated the Hunt
ers Headed by Brewer--Slaughter
Limited Only by the Ammunition
Prepared-Thousand Dead Rabbits
Left On the Ground.
Gy Telephone to The Herald)

Icy Telephone TO 1H6 E16TdIu.J
Ogden, Dec S.-One of the greatest
rabbit hunts in the history of the west
took place yesterday, the Weber coun-
ty marksmen going out to Seco, on
the Southern Pacific, and slaughtering
the Dummies by thousands. There were
sixty eight in the party, including a
few Salt Lakers The train left ogden
at 2:40 am. and arrived at the hunt
ing grounds an hour before daylight.
During the hour, the party organized
into two squads, one headed by A. L.
Brewer and the other by George
Browning.
The Browning party went along the
west side of the long VshaDed ridge
extending north and south.
The Brewer crowd went along the
east side of the ridge, and all the hunt
ers declare that never in their exDeri-
ence, did they see anything to equal
the number of rabbits. They could be
seen by hundreds at a time, and sew
eral gentlemen of veracity declare that
as high as fifty We're killed by one
man without his moving out of his
tracks. They were as thick as flies in
summer, the hunters declare.
Three wagons followed each squad,
and they were wholly inadequate to
bring in the game. A great many of
the hunters had only taken 100 shells
each, and they We're soon out of am
munition. The heavy part of the shoot
ing was over by noon, and the count
of rabbits killed was entirely lost. Es
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-09
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Yesterdays statement of the condition
of the treasury shows: Available cash
balance, 1922, SS6 2S9; gold reserve, $244, OSS,
us.
Chairman Danforth of the house imni-
grafton committee, says he will not urge
the immigration bill until more members
arrive.
The president sent to the senate the
appointment of Assistant Naval Con-
structor Richmond 2. Hobson, to be ma
val constructor.
The senate confirmed the following
nominations: Powell Clayton of Arkan-
sas, to be ambassador to Mexico: briga-
der generals to be major generals, Guy
V. Henry, U. s. A, and Leonard Wood,
L. S. V.
The senate committee on foreign rela-
tons held a meeting to consider the bill
reported by the Hawaiian commission for
the government Of the Hawaiian islands.
The bill was only considered in a very
general way.
Senator Mitchell introduced a bin to
amend the existing law in regard TO vol
unteer soldiers homes so as to admit
volunteers who were disabled by the war
with Spain. About 1000 men are affected
by the proposed amendment.
General Garcia of the Cuban army. who
has been confined to his hotel at Wash
ington for several days. is announced to
be quite seriously sick. General Garcia s
illness has developed into pneumonia,
and two physicians are in attendance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-09

New York, Dec. S-The Herald to-
morrow viii say: Efforts t. prevent
Brigham II. Roberts, representative
eject from Utah, from taking his seat
7 in the Fifty-sixth congress, because he
IS a polygamist and advocates that
doctrine of the Mormon church. is to
have the organized support of hun
dreds OF thousands OF women in the
United States The initial woman
movement is to take organized form in
this city. at a meeting Of the Presby-
terrain Woman'S board of home mis-
SiOnS Dec. 20.
There are 100000 members of the
Presbyterian Home Missions society
alone in the United States.
The Home Missions societies of the
Congregational and Baptist churches
are preparing TO make similar cam
paign against Roberts, and the women S
societies Of other denominations are
becoming interested in the fight. 1t is
intended that ali shall cooperate. The
Congregational Home Missionary So
ciety viii take the matter up at a
meeting to be held at the Saint Denis
hotel in January.
This movement is not to be confined
to missionary societies, but is to be
started through them as a convenient
Way o. dTQuSlI1S interest over the
country. The women are to give in
formation regarding the Roberts case
apd the supposed danger OF the revival
Of polygamy, and to unite in obtaining
personal letters to representatives in all
districts throughout the country, pro-
testing against the seating of an
ayoWed polygamist.
Rev. William 5. Campbell, who has
spent twelve years in Utah among the
Mormons, is in New York, taking an
active part in the fight against polyg-
amy He, with another speaker who
has lived among the Mormons, will
probably address the coming meetings.
Mr.. Campbell will dwell especially on
the revival Of polygamy in Utah. He
says that the presbytery of Utah is in
touch with only 20 OF the 80 postoffices
- Utah. Reports received from these
show 1900 cases Of polygany, and that
1000 polygamist children have been
born since Utah was admitted to state
hood in 1895.
In the WOmen's fight against Roberts
il is urged that if he is seated, the
Mormon church win grant dispensa-
tons to many men to take more wives.
Missionaries who have been studying
the Utah situation say that many
polSgamists are now making arrange
ments to that end.
Mrs. Darwin r. James, president of
the Woman's board Of home missions
viii preside at the meeting on Dec 20
in the Presbyterian building.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-09
EDUCATION OF INDIANS.
Catholics Want the Contract School
Question Reopened.

Washington Dec. S.-Cardinal Gibbons,
in behalf of himself and the archbishops
of the Catholic church in America. has
submitted a petition to congress. asking
that the question of the contract school
system to De re-opened and that congress
again go over the whole subject of IN
dian education. The petition sets forth
al length the history of the Indian school
question and the legislation applying to
it, up to the recent provisions in appro-
priation bills looking to the gradual dis
continuance of government aid Sp sec
tartan schools
The petition asks that a congressional
inquiry be made in place of the depart
mental inquiries, in order that the merits
and defects Of contract schools and gov
ernment schools may be shown. and not
kept as a secret of state, concealed in
the files of any department or bureau"
Representative Sherman, chairman of
the house committee on Indian affairs, is
in favor of granting the prayer that an
investigation be made He is of the opin-
ion that as the Catholic church has made
large expenditures for Indian education
in the erection of buildings, etc, it is fair
that congress should know the exact con-
dition of things. Mr.. Sherman said today
that he would probably take some action
to bring about such an investigation, but
not for some time yet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-09
Pottery Combine Defeated.

Monmouth, Dec. S.-The Monmouth
Pottery company has apparently pre-
vented the formation of another great
trust. AT meeting just closed in Chi
cago, representatives of forty stone
ware manufactures were present, and
an effort was made to form combina-
ton to regulate prices now and ulti-
mately to organize a stoneware trust.
refusal Of the Monmouth company to
go in prevented the deal being consum-
mated, as the company has one ninth
of the capacity of the country and one
fourth the capacity of the western fac
tories.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-09
OTTAWA MERCHANT KILLED.
Cashier of a Bank Charged With His
Murder.

Ottawa, Ont, Dee. S.-Solomon Wise,
a prominent merchant, has been found
dead in his clothing store, with bullet
hole through his breast. The indica-
tons point to murder.
A. w. Weller, cashier of the A. Bruon
& Co. bank, was arrested on suspicion.
He said that he had his revolver in
his overcoat pocket and was showing
Wise how he could shoot a man with
out taking the weapon from his
pocket, when the weapon was dis
charged, the bullet passing through
Wises heart. Weller purchased the re-
VolVer yesterday.