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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-02-03

quested that he should take his place with
his counsel, and the prisoner complied.
He was looking pale and anxious, and
showed the effects of the severe strain
under which he has labored.
Juror Snow was the first to appear,
few minutes later. The solemn express
sion on the faces of the twelve men SEEM
ed to show that they had decided on a
verdict Of guilty. Juror Bachelor carried
a bundle of papers, the instructions and
verdict. Another wait Of five minutes,
more silent than the first. occurred, while
Luetgeit was being brought over from the
Jail. Juror Bolek bowed his head rs if
suffering from the long strain. Juror
Loe5's face was swollen and red as if he
had been weeping.
Judge Gary addressed the jurors: "Gen-
tlemen, have you agreed upon a verdict!'
Juror Bachelor rose and replied, I'VE
have, Jour honor" The momentous piece
of payer was handed to the clerk, who
read
1--WE, the jury, find Adolph L. Luetgert
guilty of murder in the form and manner
charged in the indictment, and fix the
punishment at imprisonment in the peni-
tentia:y for the rest of his natural life''
A look of intense relief this announce
ment passed over the face of the prisoner,
who seemed glad that he had escaped the
death penalty. Mr.. Harmon promptly
rose and requested that the jury be polled.
This was done by the clerk, and each
juror announced that he concurred in the
verdict Mr.. Harmon then gave notice
that in due time he wonlG file notice for
a new trial. The jury were then discharg-
ed by Judge Gary.
THAT is only half victory and half a
defeat" said Mr.. Harmon. "It was un-
justifiable from either standpoint, and
compromise. We asked for an acquittal
or conviction, and there could be only
ene conclusion if he was really guilty."
Luetgert's lawyers regard the verdict as
n compromise on the part of the jury and
look upon it as victory for their client.
LuerGert was Immediately surrounded by
his friends as he stood up in court, and
they shook him heartily by the hand and
congratulated him that he had escaped
the death penalty. They plainly showed
their satisfaction with the outcome Of the
trial.
The big prisoner all this time was close
ly guarded by bailiffs, who when the short
scene Tas over led him back to his cell in
thc ioil
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-02-03
viii Prevent Flow of BIona.

The arrest of bleeding in surgical
operations is now said TO be assured by
means of an instrument due TO the in
genuity of Lawson TAFT. A platinum
wire, so arranged as to carry II current
Of electricity. is inclosed in the blades
Of pair of steel forceps or any other
required instrument, the wire for this
purpose being insulated by bed of
Durnt pipe clay. This arrangement be-
ing perfected. current Of suitable
voltage is turned on. the artery seized
and compressed, and in few seconds
the tissues and arterial walls are so ag-
CULTIVATED that the passage of blood is
rendered impossible. The temperature
employed is about $50 degrees Fahren-
heit, the fact being thus apparent that
the principle involved in this device is
different frog that of electrical cauter-
izing instrunlents.-New York Tribune.
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RianetaIlic Cluhs.

William J. Bryan brought a message
OF good cheer to the people of this coun
try in his address at the Jackson day
banquet.
With clear recital of the victories
Wen by Democracy in the year just
past. the great champion of the rights
of the masses coupled n prophecy of
success in the future. Giving the rea-
sons for the faith that is in him, ne
preSages that the twentieth century
will open with the money of the consti-
tuition restored, and that the people will
be able to sing a new song of a nation
restored
But the eloquent advocate of bimet-
allism does not neglect to indicate
some of the practical means through
which success is to be achieved. Among
them he points out the necessity of en-
larging and perfecting the scope of the
clubs of nature similar to those whose
members he addressed as an adjunct
to the work of the party organization.
This suggestion should fall upon
willing ears, and should be carried OUT
by Industrious hands. The work of
forming clubs should be pushed with
the greatest activity, and the remain
ing days of winter should be filled with
labor in this direction. The campaigns
of 1898 will soon be in progress, and
much depends on their results.
There should be Democratic club in
every precinct. By such organizations
the individual can be reached, funds
can be secured and the integrity of the
ballot box protected. BY all means let
the matter be taken in hand and the
formation of Democratic clubs inaugu-
rated at once.-Chicago Dispatch.
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Christendom is shocked by its barbara
ties 1t sets forth the refusal by the
insurgents of the pretended autonomy; {;
asserts that daughters of insurgent SOL
diers are sold into houses of infamy and
women and children debauched and
threatened beyond the power of language
to describe 1t tells of the sufferings of
the concentrates, declaring that the flag
of truce has been abandoned and the
struggle narrowed to determination or in
dependence; pointing out the necessary
expenditure of large sums by ;he United
States to succor its citizens in the island,
and quoting the Cuban paragraph from
the last Republican national platform.
Continuing, the preamble disclaims any
desire on the part of the United States to
secure possession of Cuba; says the peol le
do not complain of the loss of trade with
Cuba; seek no redress for this and other
losses, and have waited till ''the barbar-
Gus situation in Cuba has become stain
on our continent and blot on our Chris
tan civilization. The people of the Unit
ed States, demanding no personal profit,
having no fear, asking no favor, with a
clear and conscious justice of our position.
do, in the presence of the civilized nations
of the world, in the name of justice and
liberty, CAmand that the so-called war in
Cuba must cease
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NJ KINLEY'S BLUNDERS.

That President Mckinley was ill ad-
vised enough to take up the gauntlet
thrown down by Senator Teller, and to
commit himself unreservedly to advo-
cate the policy and plead the cause of
the goldbug Shylocks, was deplored By
the wiser and more moderate element
of his own party. He cut himself loose
thereby from the entire Republican
party of the Southern and transmits
sissippi Western States. He made his
denomination for the Presidency de-
pend upon the adoption by the Republi-
can National convention of 1900 of n
purely gold standard platform-a plat
form demanding Il continued and in
creasing reduction of the total amount
of the currency, and recall of every
dollar of the paper money issued by the
government directly. He had had the
choice between Wolcott and Gage, and
their conflicting policies, and had
chosen Cages.
Already he is threatened with retri-
button. Already Speaker Reed has
warned him back. The Gage plan
and the Indianapolis Mugwump plan
have frightened certain Republican
party leaders; they have called on Nc
Kinley to pause. 1t is announced in the
Republican daily having the largest cir
culation in this city that there will be
no further attempt to carry out the
goldbug program in the present Con-
gress. This is great victory for the
Teller reSolution-a surrender of
Speaker Reed to Teller.
And this is not ALL The silver Repub-
lican Senators from the Pacific States,
whose attitude On the currency ques-
ton is identical with that of the Demo-
Gratis in Congress, are for taking their
revenge on Mckinley. They have re-
volted at the Hawaiian annexation
project. They look uron it as mere
New England missionaI.' work, and
resent the coming to Washington of
President Dole, and the unanimous
support which the Republican goldbug
Senators from the six Eastern States
are giving to the proposed treaty now
iHC uoN III uhhSNi
of defeat by the men whom Mckinley
by his speech at the New
York dinner.
Thus, while the Democratic party
closes up its ranks and speaks with a
voice practically unanimous, the Re
publican ascendency, won in 1896. by
fraud and double dealing. is threatened
with division and defeat IN the Con-
gressional elections of the present year.
The situation has a parallel to that of
1913. when the Democracy of the ''Old
Thirteen" States reused itself under the
leadership of Jefferson and Burr, to
overthrow the Eederalist administra-
tion of President John Adams.-New
York News.
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TO PRISON FOR LIFE.
The JURY DECLARES uUETGERT
GUILTY OF MURDER.
Verdict Makes the Penalty a Pen ten
tiary Term-Prisoner Appears to Be
Satisfied to Have Escaped the Gal
lows-Guatemala's President Slain.
Takes II Calmly.

Adoiph l.. Luetgert, the Chicago saus.
age maker. is guilty of wife murder AZ
ter FIVE hours of deiibcration the jury
agreed upon this verdict. Half an hour
before midnight Wednesday each of the
twelve men rose in his seat in the jury
box i'll Judge Gary's court and declared
that beyond the question of a reasonable
doubt he believed the prisoner had taken
the life of his wife, Louise I.uetgert, on
the night of May l. The prisoner sat
without a sign of emotion and met the
gaze of each juror without tremor. If
anything, look of gratitude and relief
was noticeable on his face He bad ex-
pected the death penalty if convicted.
The first intimation that a verdict had
been arrived at, says a Chicago dispatch,
was brought by one of the bailffs from
the jury room on the sixth floor The jury
wanted to see Judge Gary. This was
shortly before IL o'clock. The scene in
the court room and States attorneys
Office was instantly changed from roll
licking gathering of those connected with
the case to an anxious, eXpectant crowd.
States Attorney Deneen and Mr.. Nc
Even came into the court room promptly
and took their places at the west end of
the counsels table. which they occupied
during the trial. Mr. Harmon, Mr.. Ke-
hoe and Mr.. Reise gathered at the oppo-
site side. William Charles was nearby
with an anxious look on his haggard face.
Behind him sat Arnold Luetgert, the de-
fendant's son, equally agitated. DIR.
Reise and others interested in the defense
were grouped about them. In the midst
of them a chair was left for Luetgert.
Inspector Setback. Captain Schuettler
and many of the officers who have work
ed on the case were on hand.
Judge Gary arrived at 11:20 o'clock,
and he promptly ordered every one to sit
down and maintain silence The last
strain of the trial had come, and the ST
lence became oppressive, while the wait
for Luetgert and thu jury continued. No
one ventured to break this, except Mr..
Harmon, who objected to the draft from
one Of the open windows, and asked the
bailiff to close it. Luetgert came into
court closely guarded by five bailiffs, and
took his position near the private entrance
to the court room. Attorney Harmon re-
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Ohio'5 Centennial.

The Ohio Centennial Comm lssion he'd
meeting recently in Columbus. The
commission will meet ag lin soon. and at
that time the claims OF all the cities in the
race VIII e formally presented along
WIN definite offers of what they will do
to secure The prize.
Mayor MckiSsOn was the first speaker
WHO addressed the commission. lie sa d
mat the people of Cleveland ara very
much Interested in the Centennial pro.
Jeet, and that whether they get it or not
they Will do everything posSib.e to make
it success.
Mr.. Henry Chittendep of Columbus,
spoke in behalf of the Capital CITY, urg-
ing that 1t would be proper to establish
the centennial in the city where is To-
Gated the seat of government. There is a
uFcid-d and growing sentiment among a
great many of the people Interested in the
Centennial, not excepting the members
Oh the commission, that the Exposition
scheme OF celebrating is about played out,
ana that Ohio ought to distinguish herself
by lnven ing something new. 1t has
been suggested that an appropriation be
IN d. 10 build an immense and elaborate
DIlldIng Oi the most modern archltectu e,
niVing rooms in it for cxhiOit OF the
c'unti"s, -and that in this tuilding Re
pifc' various relics, t biets, ere. which
VIII mark the progress of the Buckrve
St4te. 1t is estimated that for about ST..
)O) 0OO such building could be erected,
and that it would always st md monu-
ment to the greatness Of the Stale.
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Forgotten Wealth.

In one of the old London banks a box
was recently found, containing money
and valuables, which had not been
opened or called for in 160 years, and
which now remains without a claim
ant. Incidents of like sort are not in
frequent in banking history, though
there is no other recorded instance of
q package held in trust remaining so
long unexamned. Some years ago the
Merchants National Bank of Balti
more discovered a box containing $10,
coo in bonds of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, the ownership of which could not
be at first traced. The coupons for the
preceding fifteen years We're still at
tached. 1t was finally discovered that
the bonds belonged to the HagerstOwn
MarylanO Bank. and had been de-
posted as collateral.
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GeleIranhiC Rrayifies.

Fire damaged the paper factory of S.
Frcre & Son in the Williamsburg district,
New York, to the extent of $4,000.
Boissan Freres, fancy and staple dry
goods, in Montreal, have suspended pay
ment and a meeting of creditors has been
called. The liabilities are said to amount
to $4,000.
Seven members of the Covington, Ky,
Council have been held in contempt of
court and committed to the custody of
the Sheriff for refusing to furnish the
courtroom in that city.
Second Officer Tobias rorresen of the
steamer Vigilancia was missing when that
vessel reached quarantine at New York
from Tampico and Havana. 1t is be-
lieyed he was carried overheard from the
bridge in the storm, that prevailed.
A four-story rear tenement in New
York City was destroyed by fire. Seven
families lost everything they owned and
two children were burned 10 death They
were ''ony, 3 years old, and Michael, a
year younger, the children of Fill!ppo
Spoinelle, bootblack living with his wife
and three children on the top floor
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MARKET QUOTATIONS

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, fair TO choice, 500
to $500; wheat. No. red, 95c to 91c;
corn, No. 2, 21c to 2Sc; oats, No. 2, 23c
to 25c; rye, No. 2, 4Ic to Ace; butter,
choice creamery, 1Sc to 20c; eggs, fresh,
12c to 14c; potatoes, common TO choice,
52c to G5c per bushel.
dianapolis-Cattlc, shipping, $500 to
$5.25; hogs, choice light, $500 to S4.25;
sheep, common 10 choice, $500 to S4.o0;
wheat, No. 2, 94c to 95c; corn, No. 2
white, &c to pc; oats, No. white, 25c
to 27c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to S4.15;
wheat, No. ., 9Gc to Csc; corn, No. 2
yellow, 26c to 27c; oats, No. . white, 23c
to pc; rye, No. =, 47c to 4Sc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to S5.25; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $4.I5;
wheat, No. red, 95c to 9Gc; corn, No. .
mixed. 2Sc to 30c: oats, No. = mixed, 2oc
to 27c: rye, No. =, 4Sc to soc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to S5.25; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $50;
wheat, No. 2, 93c to 9jc; corn, No. 2
yellow, 29c to 31c; oats, No. ? white, 26c
to 2Sc; rye, Acc to soc.
Toledo-Wheat, No. red, 93c to 95c;
corn, No. mixed, 2Sc to 29c; oats, No.
2 white, 24e TO 25c; rye, No. 2, 4Sc to 49c;
clover seed, S3.05 to $3.15.
Milwaukee-Wheat.N No. . spring, Ole
to 93c; corn, No. 3, 2Sc TO 29c; oats, No.
2 white, 25c to 26c; rye, No. ., 4Sc to soc:
barley, No. 3. 3Sc to 42c; pork, mess,
S9.75s to S10.25.
Buffalo-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2 red, SIC to Csc; corn, No.
2 yellow, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white.
2Sc TO zoe.
New York-Cattlc, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 TO $50; sheep, $500 to $500:
wheat, No. > red, Sl.U;i to Sl.U4: corn, No.
z, 3Gc to SIC; oats, No. white, 29c TO
Bic; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs,
Western. l5c TO 1Gc.
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the minister of foreign affairs of Guate-
mala announcing the assassination of
President Barrios and the succession to
the presidency of First Vice-President
Manuel Estrada Cabrera. No details
whatever were given. The dispatch came
from Guatemala City, the capital. where
President Barrios has lived and the Gov
ernment departments are carried on. 1t
added that entire calm prevails.
President Barrios was Il man of wide
attainmeDts and marked executive abil-
ity. He was comparatively young, being
only AZ years old The six years term
of service for which he was elected termi-
mated March 10 next, but the national
congressional assembly already had eX-
tended this term for further four years.
The new president. Mr.. Cabrera, is a
man Of prominence in Guatemala, and is
one of two chosen by the congress to fill
the presidency in case of a vacancy. The
system of the country is different from
that in the United States, there being no
vice-president elected with the president.
The duty of filling the executive chair de-
wolves on the congressional branch, and
accordingly two vice-presidents, first and
second, were designated some time ago.
They are eligible in the order of their
choice. When the excitement of the ira
gedy has passed presidential election
may be held.
The assassination of President Rarrios
probably is due to the revolutionary feel
ing which has been growing in Guatemala
ever since he declared himself dictator
last June. One of the first acts of the
rebels was the assassination of the pres
ident's brother in San Jose, and the mur-
der Of the wife of the jefe politico of
Quezaltenango. Following closely on
these two crimes came the capture of
Plaza San Marcos by the revolutionists.
To the dissatisfaction since President
Barrios proclaimed himself dictator the
bad financial condition of the country un-
der his rule has added fuel to the flames
of discomfort. The dead dictator had
been straining every effort to restore
peace and harmony, but had been thwart-
ed by an assassin.
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Penn avenue houses, $4,000, making a
toisI of $i,7II5,0 600. all of which was well
insured, mostly through the agency of
W. G.. McCandless & Co. Some of the
heaviest Individual losers who had con-
signments in the warehouses are: The
Economy Distilling Company, 5000 bar
reis of whisky, worth 81, 900; Mononga-
hela Textile Company. wool dealers, 49,
600 pounds of wool; Collins Cigar Com
pany, % ear loads of tobacco; w. ii.
Williams, commission merchant, twenty
cars loads Of sugar
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FALL VICTIMS TO FLAMES.
Explosion of Whisky Wrecks a Pitts
burg Warehouse.

EXPLOSION OF u1Shy wrecks a flttS.
burg Warehouse.
BY an explosion of 1900 barrels of
whiskr in Pittsburg ut II 80 o'clock We'd
uesday night over score of persons were
buried under tons of brick and mortar
and il IN estimated that twenty-five lives
were lost The property loss is nearly 50,
OOn,000. The Government bonded ware
house was burned, 1000 barrels of wills
Ky exploded, and the falling walls crush
ed The edjoining tenements, all the occu-
pants Of which were either killed or in
jured.
After the warehouse wall fell in large
ammonia tank shot out of the burning
building and fell on small house in an
alley, crushing in the foof and two stories.
and leaving the four walls standing. The
house was occupied by the Sipe family
Rescuers dug into the cellar and found
the body of Sidney Sipe, 10 years old.
The father was stanaing upright jammed
in ley timbers. He was cut out with axes
and found to be alivs. n. {. Scott. son
of W. S. Scott, president of Chautauqua
Lake Ice Company, was looking at the
fire with his brother He was killed by
the falling wall. His body was recovered,
but his brother is still missing. William
Rubenstein's body Tas recovered and
identified. The body of one fireman I'M
identified is at the morgue. Thomas
Lynch's scalp was torn off by flying de-
bris. He is still alive. Lieut.. Roseland
of the fire company was giving orders to
his men when the ammonia tank blew
ont of the warehouse building and took
off both his legs at the knees. Police
Lieutenant Berry's body was the first
recovered. All tle dead were crushed.
The ammonia tanks exploded at intervals
of a few minutes with reports that were
heard miles away.
The following is the list of losses
obtnh d BILE tonight: HoveI.. Storage Com
pany, bulldog and contents, s6U,OOO;
Chautauqua Ice Company, $150,OOG; Un-
ion Storage Company, $1,0O0,OOO; small!
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Spain Hard Up.

1t is understood that Spain recently ap-
piled TO Great Britain for assistance in re-
gard 10 loan, to which the Marquis of
Salisbury referred at the opening Of the
House of Lords, when he said that China
was not the only government which might
want money. According 10 CLUB gossip
the SPANISH Legations in London and
elsewhere were suffering from long delay
OF their remittances, and that the diplo-
mats have been forced 20 defray the ex.
penses of their establishments.
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DUEL IMMINENT. I.
Two Fire-EatiuG kentuckiaus Will
Probably Fight.

lexingtca (KY.) special: A political
sensation is caused by the publication OF
a letter from Cal. Thomas f. Moore OF
Bourbon County, leading silver Demo-
crat, denouncing DeSha Breckenridge,
son of Col. W. c. L. Brecllinridge, and
suggesting a duel to settle their differ
.nces. Colonel Moore is an ex- Con-
federate and is paralyzsd in his right arm.
He suggests that both use LEI; arms. The
feeling between the men was engendered
in the Breckenridge Owens congressional
contest four years ago. Colonel Moore
was recently suggested as Penitentiary
Commissioner, aud the Herald ridiculed
him. This led to the challenge. Colonel
Breckenridge declined to discuss the chal-
lenCe.
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DOINGS OF THE DAY.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF THE
WEEK.
Eventfu, Happenings In Every Known HEM
isphere - Fires, Accidents, Crimes, Poll
tics, Religion, Commerce and Crops, Sand
wicbed with Minor Affairs.
Gold Going to Waste.

Under date of Circle City, Oct. z,
Cap. Ray reports to the authorities in
Washington: "From what l learned
from NINE owners and prOspectOrs / aEi
fully satisfied that the greater part OF the
gold belt lies in our territory along the
range known as Upper Ramparts, and
that along the Tanannah, Manok Creek,
Birch Creek and the head of Forty Mile
there are diggings that pay from $40 TO
so per day per man, now lying idle, but
they will not pay expenses at the present
price of food. l am satisfied that with
adequate means of transportation and
cheaper food this will develop into one of
the greatest gold producing regions in
the world ~
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The Bear Surly.

st. Petersburg special: Much impor-
tances is attached TO communication
appearing in the official Messenger, in
which Russia, abandoning the candida
turc OF Prince George of Greece, for the
Governorsliip of the Island of Crete,
threatens all concerned, declines all re-
sponsibility for the consequences of fur
ther dragging the question, and says Rus
sia will not allow any increase in the
number of Turkish troops in Crete, or be
party to any coercion of the Cretans.