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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
IN AN ICY GRASP.
Great Damage Wrought by Snow,
Fr.st and Wind in Ch cago.

Great Damage Wrought by Snow,
Fr.st and Wind in Ch cago.
Chicago was on Sunday a wrecked but
beautiful city. From underneath tan
gle of telephone, telegraph and trolley
wires its streets and rooftops sparkled
white. while every tree stood out against
the blue of the sky like diamond cluster
aglow in a turquoise setting. Ruin itself
was not hideous. for the sun gilded the icy
coating of the fallen wires, as we'll as the
interlacing snow and frost fringes of twigs
and branches. Dawn looked upon a city
as isolated from the world as if 1t lay lock
ed in the heart of the arctic zone. 1t was
walled at its outskirts by banks of snow
which blockaded every suburban street
car line and furnished picturesque resting
places for broken telegraph poles and
miles Of twisted, useless wire.
Chicago suffered more than any other
city included in a territorial storm area
extending from Wyoming, Dakota, Min
nesota, Wisconsin and Iowa on the west
and north to PENNSYLVANIA and New York
Oh the east. Railroad and Western Union
telegraph authorities agreed in the state
ment that the destruction of their lines
was confined practically to the edge of
the city circle. No lines were affected
beyond a radius of 100 miles from Chi
cago, few beyond one of twenty-five
Generalization of telegraph service
caused the principal trouble for railroads
centering in Chicago and seriously inter
fered with the movement of trains. On
many of the lines the wires were COM
pletely disabled and train dispatching
came to a standstill until dispatchers could
be sent from the main offices to outlying
stations, where the communication was
not so badly hampered. But the havoc
wrought among the wires was not the only
trouble that was met by the railroads.
The heavy snowfall and consequent
wretched condition of the tracks delayed
trains and added al element of danger
to their operation.
Chicago was for hours cut off telegraph
icaliy from nearly all the principal cities
Of the country, and the storms havoc af-
fected tho city telephone and fire alarm
service to the point of temporary disable
ment
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10

ed IN the Centerville cotton mill have re-
fused to go to work. having been cut an
average Of 16 per cent. At Fall River
the refusal of the Weavers' Union to
grant the weavers of the King Pniilp
mills permission TO strike has increased
the chances of resumption OF work
there. and il is likely that an attempt will
he made TO start all departments save
those in which there is strike at an
early date. At the iron works office the
management reported that the majority
of the striking frame spinners have re-
turned to work, and the trouble Is prac-
tically ended.
Sudden activity and a heavy advance
on the New York stock exchange IN the
stocks of the New York Central and llud-
son River Railroad and the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Railroad were ac-
companicd by n report that there was TO
be practically union of the two lines.
The gist of the report was that the stock
of the Lake Shore, which sold at lS6,
was to be taken over by the New York
Central, which will pay 200 for it in some
new security TO he issued. William *.
Vanderbilt is said to be the head and
front of the movement TO consolidate the
two roads and operate them as one. He
is chairman of the board of directors of
the Lake Shore and the largest stockhold-
er in the road, and knowing minutely the
workings of the New York Central, he
thinks that consolidation of the two
lines might be advantageous.
A sarcophagus for the widow of Gen.
,,, t1A tom,
is like the one in which the body of the
former President rests. Both were cut
from the quarries at Montello, Wis. Each
sarcophagus weighs about eight tons. All
of the exposed places are highly polished.
The color is dark red, variegated in
spots. On the sarcophagus intended for
Mrs. Grant there is the name in bronze.
Julia ID. Grant" The sarcophagus of
the great Union general merely has his
name, Ulysses S. Grant" So far rs the
labors of the Grant Monument Associa-.
tion are concerned they were finished
when the sarcophagus for Mrs. Grant
was placed in position. There will be ad
ditional features in the .omb. such as stat
uary, but the contracts for this work will
he awarded by the park commissioners.
1t is announced that the new heating APP
paratus in the tomb is a decided success.
1t has been found that the sweating" OF
the walls has been stopped with the heat
ing. and the beauty of the tomb will not
suffer. The interior can be heated up to
80 degrees.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10

way Immediately and the bow of the boat
dropped two or three feet. 4 large hole
was stove in the port side of the boat as
she swung around and she went to the
bottom in an hour, leaving only her cab
in and part of her bulwarks above water.
The life-saving crew was summoned
and reached the scene of the disaster i'll
quick time. At midnight the crew shot
a mortar line to the boat and the rescue
began. The passengers aud crew were
taken ashore in the breeches buoy one at
time. Most of the passengers and all
the crew recovered quickly from the ex-
posure.
Capt. Stevens of the life-saving station
considers the rescue the most remarkable
one on record. 1T was the finest piece of
work ever saw" he said. The narrow
space under the lighthouse where all our
apparatus was and where we had to work
was one mass of ice. The space was only
twelve feet wide, where we should have
had 4 125-foot space to keep the ropes
from tangling. The floating ice also IL
terfered greatly with the hawsers and
lines Great credit is due my crew, the
crew of the City of Traverse and the citi-
zens who assisted us. 1t was a great
rescue" There was no loss of life and
no accident in the life-saving. Such a
feat has probably never been equaled in
a winter gale ON the coast of the whole
United States. 1t was most remarka-
BILE rescue.
AS the steamer struck the bar her bow
went deep into the sand. Another sea
turned her stern to mort and she re-
mained in this position until the constant
pounding of the hull on the bar broke
her in two amidships. The City of Du-
luth cost $4,000 twentyfour years ago
and was considered by marine men to be
irst-class boat. The cargo consisted
of $4,000 bushels of corn. the deckload
being merchandise and $50 tons of -four.
The loss will be S65,000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
FOREIGN.

Herr Trojan, editor of the kladdcr-
datsch. has been sentenced at Berlin to
two months Imprisonment in fortress
for leze majestic in cartooning Emperor
William.
Captain General Blanco took $3.50, 600
with him on his trip to eastern Cuba, and
it is said that should he fail to succeed in
an attempt to bribe the insurgent leaders
he will return to Spain.
Minister Woodford has cabled to the
Department of State that the Government
Of Spain has consented to negotiate a
commercial treaty with the United States
on the basis of reciprocity, with sched-
ules for Cuba and the peninsula.
Lieut.. Col. Benedicto. with the Spanish
Reina battalion, surprised near Tapaste,
Cuba, the camp of the insurgent brigadier
Nestor Aranguren, killing Aranguren and
four privates, capturing five of the in
surSents and woun1ing several others.
Russia is about to present note to Tur-
key demanding payment of the whole bal
ance of the indemnity Of the RussoTur
ish war, amounting to S140,OOO,OOO, with
a view of making the sultan more docile
in the settlement of the Cretan question.
Russia greatly desires to find means of
communication between her north coast
and Siberia by crossing the Arctic sea.
According to advices received Admiral
Mackaroff of the Russian navy has an
nounced his belief that it is possible to
travel to Siberia by water across the Arc
tic sea. He believes that regular cem-
munication with the north flowing Sibe-
rivnrS ho m hliS Shpd through
July and August by providing vessels
bound for those ports with an escort Of
boats furnished with ice plows. The
Government is planning to test this pro-
ject, being greatly encouraged by the sue
cess of the Danish ice breakers in keeping
Nladivostok harbor open this winter.
A London special cable to New York
paper says: 1.-The London Government
has long suspected that Russian intrigues
were back of the rebellious outbreaks OF
the semi-savage tribesmen of Baluchistan.
along the borders of India. The suspi-
cion has been proved to be correct. Word
came from Muscat, Gulf Of Oman, that
the British gunboat Lapwing has seized
the steamer Baluchistan, off there, and
her cargo of arms and ammunition has
been confscated. Her cargo is held by
the British consul The presumption here
was that the cargo of arms and ammuni-
zion seized by the Lapwing was intended
for the use of the insurgents of Baluchis-
tan. who have recently been giving con-
siderable trouble to the British, and this
belief was heightened when the cargo,
which was consigned to a dozen different
Russian firms, was found to consist large
ly of the latest style British rifles. The
presence of these rifles in the hands of the
insurgent tribesmen during the recent en-
gagement between British troops and AT
ridis mystified the former. Now the mys-
terry IS cleared away and the plain, black
fact stands out that the cars govern
ment has aided and abetted the foes of
Great Britain
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
EASTERN.

Actor Edward Radcliffe, recently con-
victed at New York of wife beating, has
been held for perjury Tor declaring at
the recent trial that he had never been
married before. His first wife produced
in court her marriage certificate, which
is alleged to show that Ratcliffe is guilty
of perjury and bigamy.
An old scandal within the Roman Cath
olic church was revived in The Supreme
Court in Brooklyn, when Father Francis
Dent of the Friars Minor of the Order of
St Francis brought suit for 100000
damages against Archbishop Michael A.
Corrigan, Bishop Joseph L. keane, Viii
liam T. Schley, lawyer, and Annacie-
tus de Angelus, the head of the order.
Congressman Butler of Pennsylvania
has introduced a bill TO incorporate the
International American Bank, with the
object of improving means for financial
dealings between the United States and
LATIN American countries. Among the
organizers named are Cornelius n. Bliss.
Jefferson T. Coolidge, Andrew Carnegie.
T.. d. Armour and Charles II. Flint.
The New England cotton mill strik,
spreads daily, and now has occurred the
first break in the Pawtuxet valley in
Rhode Island, where as many operatives
nre employed as in New Bedford. One
hundred and twenty-five weavers employ.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
MIN ERS WIN.
Long Conference in Chicago Results in
Advancing Wage sca1e.

w axe
The interstate joint convention in Chi
cago of the bituminOus coal operators and
miners came to an end. The miners are
jubilant over the results of their ten days
session, for it means to nearly 100000
soft coal miners an advance of ten cents
per ton and uniform day of eight hours
at uniform day wage, and the operators
congratulated one another with the vic
tory over themselves. The following res
olutions were adopted with bat two dis
senting votes:
Resolved. That an advance of 10 cents per
ton Tor mining screened coal is 10 take effect
in Western PENNSYLVANIA. Hooking Valley
tOhio) and the Indiana bituminous district
on the first day of April. 1898: that the rel
ative run-mne price will be determined In
all districts named by the uniform nat or
apron-shaped bar screen, seventy-two feet
superficial area, and one and one-fourth inch
space between the bars: that the price of
run-mine coal in Grape Creek district AMI in
the Indiana bituminOus district be 40 cents
per ton for the same district, based upon Sc
cents in the Pittsburg thin-vein district. and
that In the Hooking Valley and Indiana: and
that and after April l, 1898. an eight
hour day shall be In effect in all districts
here represented; that Uniform wages for
day labor shall be paid to the different class
es of labor in the field named: that internal
differences In any States, both as to pric..
and condltous shall be referred to the States
affected; that we further agree to use the
diamond bar screen. present pattern. in the
block district of Indiana with the privilege
of run mine as may be desired by market
conditions"
The convention completed its work by
naming scale committee TO consist of the
national executive board of mine workers.
district presidents and secretaries. and
two operators from each State to tabulate
the scale and perfect all arrangements
for putting it into effect on the date set.
1t was determined that hereafter the
miners and operators will meet in Janu-
airy each year to fix the scale for twelve
months, beginning April 1. Pittsburg,
Pa. was selected for the next annual
joint convention, which will meet on the
third Tuesday in January, 1899.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
Culture of Vines.

An all-important matter in growing
vines is to see that they are constantly
supplied with sufficient water. Planted
as they usually are, in situation
where they are exposed to the sun
major portion of the day, tn esoil dries
out very rapidly, and plenty of water
should be given when necessary. In
the event of red spiders attacking the
foliage of the tender sorts of ANIMALS,
n daily Swinging will quickly eradicate
the pests. To induce low, bushy
growth in ANIMALS, cut the tips of the
runners. Hardy vines, such as vista
rias, honeysuckles. etc, when not
growing too rapidly, can he trimmed
with little or no injury 5
Howe Companion,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
MARKET REPORTS,

Chicago-Cattlc, common to prime,
$500 to S5.15; hogs. shipping grades,
$500 to S4.25: sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat, No. red, 99c to S1.O1;
corn, No. ., pc to 2Sc; oats, No. ., pc
choice creamery, 1Sc to 19c; eggs. fresh,
1Gc to lie; potatoes, common To choice,
52c 10 65c per bushel.
indianapolis shipping, $500 TO
S5.25; hogs, choice light, $500 TO $4.00;
sheep, common to choice, $500 TO S4.50;
wheat, No. 2, 92c to 94c; corn. No. =
white, 2Sc to 30c: oats, No. white, pc
to &c
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $4.00; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 97c to 99c; corn, No. ,
yellow, 25c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, pc
to 24c; rye, No. 2, 45c to Acc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $5.25; hogs,
$500 to $4.O0; sheep, $3.50 to S4.75;
wheat, No. 2, 94c to Sic; corn. No. =
mixed. 29c to Soc; oa;s, 10. mixed, 24c
to PC; rye, No. 2, 4Sc to 49c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to S5.25; hogs,
$500 to S4.O0; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 95c to 96c; corn, No. ,
yellow, 2Sc to 29c; oats, No. z white, 26c
TO 2Sc: rye. 4Sc to 49c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. red. 95c to a6c;
corr. No. mixed, 2Sc to 29c; oats, No.
= white, 22c to 24c; rye, No. 2, 4Sc to 49c;
clover seed, SO. 10 to $500.
Milwaukee-Wheat,N No. 2 spring, SSc
to Ole; corn, No. 3, 2Sc to 29c; oats, No.
white, 24c to 26c; rye, No. 2, Acc to 4Sc;
harley, No. 2, 40c to 43c; pork, mess,
$3.50 to $1,000.
Buffalo-Catt,e $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 TO $4.25; sheep, $500 to $780,
wheat, No. 2 red, 9Ic to 99c; corn, No.
yellow, Bic to 33c; oats, No. 2 white
2Sc to 29c.
New York-Cattlc, $500 TO $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. red, S1.05 to S1.0G; corn, No.
2, 36c to SIC; oats, No. . white, 2Sc to
30c; butter, creamery. 15c to 21c; eggs,
Western. 19c TO 2lc.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10

Old Hurricane Springs distilIery, near
Tullahoma, Tenn, was burned. Nearly
1000 barrels OF whisky was lost.
At Sherman, Tex, the jury in the sec
ond trial of w. r. Gaines for the murder
of his brother-in-law, Charles H. Koch,
brought in verdict sentencing him to
ninety-one years in the penitentiary.
Helena, Ark, was startled by a severe
earthquake shock. Houses were shaken
to their foundations and a succession Of
noises was heard that sounded like i'm
mense explosions. There were three dis
finct shocks. Telephone messages from
country points indicate that the shock
was felt at many places.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
LUETGERT IN TEARS.
Sobs Convulsiveiy as He Tells the Jury
His Story.

Sobs Convulsiveiy as He Tells the Jury
His Story.
With smile on his face and the utmost
confidence in his manner Adolph l.. Luet-
CERT took the witness stand in Chicago
The court room was packed and the stern
eyes Of Judge Gary roved constantly over
the breathlessly eSpectant throng. COM
manding silence as they fixed face after
face. small army was denied entrance
70 the building.
Slowly. impassively, Luetgert weighed
.ae questions and gave back his answers
y9t;l he was asked of his first wife-the
S.st love of his strange career, Then TO
the astonishment, the utter amazement,
of the great audience, the iron-hearted
prisoner burst into tears. Covering his
face with his broad palms he sobbed con-
vulsively; his shoulders shook with emo
ton, End his tones choked in his deep
chest as he tried to go forward with his
story
At the afternoon session the examina-
ton of the witness by Attorney Harmon
was so slow that when court adjourned
nothing pertaining to the alleged murder
of Mrs Luetgert had been brought out.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
SOUTHERN.

An assay of ore from a Gillespie CoGn-
ty, Texas, mine gave SO, ,loO gold TO the
ton.
A new whisky trust is reported TO have
been organized by nineteen Kentucky dis
tilleries.
There are ten cases of smallpox at Mid
dlesboro, Ky. and nearly twenty at
Mingo, a suburb.
One Of the largest warehouses of ths
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
Sparks from the Wires.

At San Francisco. Cal, Mrs. James l.
Flood, wife of the millionaire mine owner,
is dead.
A track association in opposition to the
National Cycle Track Association is be-
ing formed throughout the country.
A petition protesting against the annex
alton of Hawaii signed by 100 sugar beet
rasers of Ventura County. California,
has been forwarded TO Washington.
Consignments OF 800 silver certificates
are being received daily at the Treasury
Department at Washington, but so far
the number of new counterfeits is surpris-
ingly small. Up to this time only eighteen
have been reported from all sources.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10

fashion. After landing he is assured he
can reach the pole in about 100 days. or
four months. He expects to abandon the
Windward after landing, and to make the
journey home by way of Spitzbergen.
Bcrnier is going north with provisions to
last him for two years. Reindeer will be
taken along to enable the party to use
them for meat in case of necessity.
Bernier has carefully studied the expe-
riencc of former explorers. and he believes
that with the proper establishment of
food stations on the route he will be able
to reach the pole without danger.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
WRECK OF THE DULUTH.
Passengers and Crew Saved After a
Terrible Experience.


The steamer City of Duluth, owned by
the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
Transportation Company and chartered
by the Graham & Morton Transporta-
ton Company to run on the winter route
between st. Joseph. Mich, and Chicago,
is total wreck. The City of Duluth ar
rived off st. Joseph from South Chicago
Wednesday night at $50 o'clock, and at
tempted to enter the harbor. There was
n tremendous wind from the northwest
and heavy sea was rolling. The Duluth
kept on her course into the harbor, and at
the mouth of the river struck bar and
was thrown heavily against the north
pier.
The engineer says that when the boat
struck the engine nped foot and was
Immediately torn to pieces. The water
rushed in, put out the fires, and the hre-
men barely escaped up the ladders IN
time to save themselves. The floor of the
cabin deck gave a mighty heave upward,
ard the passengers were thrown into the
widest confusion. The mammoth steel
arches on either side of the boat gave
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
Wreck In Maine.

The st. John train, from Bangor. known
rs the Provincial Express, was wrecked
in cut at Orono Basin Mills, Maine, and
six cars, including the smoker, were
turned topsy-lurvy into the ditch. One
of the passenger cars, in which large
number OF persons were riding, was al-
most entirely destroyed. Two persons
were killed and more than score in
jured, several probably fatally. The
wreck was caused by the spreading of the
rails
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
CORRUPT POLICE FORCE.
Opium Joints of Chicago Systematical-
ly Blackmailed.

The State Senate committee investigat-
ing the Chicago police force heard testi-
mony tending to show that there was an
irregular police system of blackmail on
the opium joints. Several Chinese were
examined, most Of them saying they were
afraid to testify. Sing Tim. proprietor of
an opium joint. said if Gov. Tanner or
Mayor Harrison would guarantee him
protection he would tell all he knew. The
police recently visited all the opium joints
and wnrned the keepers against testify
ing. he declared, and Sam Moy, promi-
ncnt Chinamap, has been locked up for
fifteen days for talking too much,' and
Nam Soy was compelled TO leave the city.
Moy Tni said most of the opium joint pro-
prietors paid ten dollars week for po-
lice protection. The man who collected
the tribute told him Alderman CoughliD
WAS the beneficiary
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
Released attic.

Edward Barrett was sent fro:. Shelby
vile, Ind, to the insane hospital for
treatment six weeks ago, and few days
ago arrived home on parole. He was
soon under the influence of whisky. Con-
stable John Wilson undertook tG arrest
him when Barrett plunged knife into
the officers right arm and would have cut
him into shoe strings had not Barrett
been dsarmed. lie is now in Jail and
Will be returned to the asylum.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
ARANGUREN SLAIN.
Leader of the Rebels Is Killed and
Several Soldiers Are Taken.

Havana advices say that Lieut.. Col.
Benedicto. with the Spanish Reina bat
talon. surprised the camp of the insur-
gent brigadiar Nestor Aranguren, killing
Aranguren and four privates, capturing
FIVE of the insurgents and wounding 9TH
ers. who made their escape. The body of
Brig. Gen. Aranguren was brought by
train to Havana and delivered to the mill
tary authorities. After identification it
was sent to the morgue.
According to the Spanish authorities
Brigadier Aranguren was surprised while
on a visit to n young woman on the Pita
farm, between Campo Florida and Ia
piste. He was wounded. and on trying to
escape was shot dead. Among the pris-
oners is the father of the young woman.
He was the dynamiter of Aranguren's
hopl
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-10
Ru.sia's Offer to China.

The report that Russia has offered
China loan on the same terms as Great
Britain is COL frmed. 1t is announced in
a special dispatch from Pekin that after
Russia had offered China a loan on the
same terms as Great Britain, China in
vited Russia to guarantee to defend her
against the possible displeasure of Great
Britain. Russia, it appears, was evasIve
in her reply, but similar guarantee
asked of Great Britain against Russia was
promptly agreed to.