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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-02-03
CAPT. SIGSBEE.
Career of the Naval Officer in Com
mand of the Il1-Fatcd Battleship.

mand OF the ll1-Fated battteshIp.
Captain Charles ID. Sigsbee. who COM
manded the Maine, is one of the most pop
ular and efficient officers in the American
navy. He was graduated from the naval
academy at Annapolis in 1865. He was
appointed from New York, his native
State, in 1859, and in October of the year
of his graduation he was made an ensign
and assigned to the steam sloop Monon-
gahela. He was serving on the Brooklyn
in 1864 and was i'll the battle of Mobile
Bay He took part in both attacks on
Fort Fisher and the final assault on the
same fort. From 1865 to 1867 he was
with the Asiatic squadron, being i'll the
meanwhile promoted to master. In 1861
he was commissioned a lieutenant, and he
has been steadily advanced through all
the grades in the navy to his present posi-
ton. He has served at the naval acad-
envy, on the flag ships Severn and Wor-
cester at the North Atlantic station, on
the Canandaigua, in the photographic Of
fee and the coast survey. on the Dale and
the old Kearsarge at the European sta
ton and in other places pertaining 10 the
Navy Deps srtment. and in all he served
we'll and faithfully.
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ManDIed bY Cara.

George Neff and George Bard, cousins,
each about 80 years of age, from Green
vile, Ohio, while attempting to board
freight train at Holiday, Kan, we're
thrown under the wheels. Neff had both
legs crushed below the knees and Bard
had his right foot run over. Both of the
men were taken to Olanthe and Neff had
both legs amputated, but as he is very
weak his recovery is thought to be inn
possible. He has wife and child in
Ohio. Bard will have to have his foot
amputated. His injury is not dangerous.
He also is married man.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-02-03
SUSPECT THE SPANIARDS
Belief That the Terrible Affair
Was Not Accidental.
WILD TALK OF WAR.
Many Americans Would Wipe Span.
ish Of the Earth.

Powerful United States Naval Vessel
Waters Lies at the Bottom of the
Bay n Charred and Torn Hulk-Ca-
tastrophe Took Place at 10 O'clock
at Night, When All the Sailors Ex-
cept Those Detailed for Duty We're
Slceping-Exp planation Which Seems
to Best Fit Circumstances Is That a
Torpedo Was Exploded Under the
Ship.
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To Replace the Maine.

bili appropriating S4,0OO,0OO TO pro-
vide battleship to replace the Maine,
was in troduced in the House by Mr..
EoOte of New Xork.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-02-03
A.uuiriuy New Arms.

Both the German aud French armies
are busily replacing all field guns with
new quick firers at an enormous expense.
Both governments have guarded the
secret wonderfully we'll. The German
rearming will be completed by the mid
die of this year, and the French before
the end OF 1899.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-02-03
Tramps in Svengali Role.

Levi Rodgers, centenarian, at Ellejoy,
Tenn. They hypnotized him and stole
$1,000. The money taken was the result
of fifty years economy and was in gold.
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Maine and the appalling loss of more than
$50 lives and the wounding of many 9th
ers of the gallant defenders of our flag,
and that the House expresses its sympa-
thy for the injured and its sincere condo
lences with the families of those who have
lost their lives in the service of the ma
tion,"
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Two Hundred Men Lost.
T.-,x. II

A dispatch from Holsingfors, Denmark,
says that tract of ice on the coast Of
the Gulf of Finland broke adrift in a
snowstorm and was carried to sea. with
200 fishermen and several horses.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-02-03
Killed a Baby.

At Spring Valley, ILL.,, the child of
Mike Bogaiis, miner, was killed while
asleep in its cradle by Stanislas Pereok,
whe hurled stone at Alex Frabiska. 1t
missed him and the stone struck the in
fant on the head
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-02-03
Explosion DESTROYS the Maine

At quarter of 10 o'clock the other
evening a terrible explosion took place on
board the United States cruiser Maine in
Havana harbor. Many wNlRkilled or
wounded AS yet the cause OF The explo-
sion is not apparent.
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Indignant Kentuckiaus, },

There was meeting held at Somerset,
KY, at which speech was made bitterly
denouncing Spain and declaring for war.
The effigy of De LONE and the Spanish
flag were burnei in the public square.
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Russian Bark Bravo DESTROYED.

TIE Russian bark Bravo was completely
destroyed by fire at Southampton. The
crew was rescued with difficulty, most Of
them being unconscious when taken off
the burning vessel.
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Robbers Hold Up omcials.

Two masked robbers forced their way
into the postotiice at Longwood, No., and
with drawn pistols held up George Hier-
onymous, the assistant postmaster, reliev-
ing him of $50 in cash and a silver watch.
An attempt to burn the postofiice had been
made few nights before.
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NORRO CASTLE.
FrowninG Guardian of Havana's Gate
way and some of Its Uses.


way and some of Its Uses.
MORO Castle the guardian of Havana S
gateway. stands upon an imposing height
at the east entrance of the harbor. Ha-
vana was founded eighteen years after
Columbus visited the island, and the site
of FL Moro was the earliest location
among fortitications. The castle. of solid
masonry and stone parapets, looks secure
against all oncOmers. Less fortress
than prison, however. is the Morro Cas-
tie of to-day. 1t has ramihcations under
the sea and chambers that have not been
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explored for hundred years-at least by
others than Spaniards. The castle has
come to he used principally as a prison
for political offenders, and its moldy,
drainless cells are a horror to Cubans,
who, of course. are the political offenders.
1t is the place of execution when political
prisoners are not to be shot publicly.
Flags Half Masted.
President Mckinley has ordered the
flags at all navy yards and on naval ves-
sells. at posts, army headquarters, and on
all public buildings, at half-mast.
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HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTIONS.
sympathy Expressed for the Families
nf the dead.

of the Dead.
In the National House of Representa-
tiyes Wednesday Mr.. Boutelle. chairman
of the Committee OF Naval Affairs. offer
ed the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the House of Repre-
sentatives has learned with great sorrow
of the calamity which has caused the de-
struction of the United States battle ship
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-02-03
Bears Badly Scared.

Bears became frightened the other day
when within thirty seconds Of opening
Mey wheat jumped to $1.O6 on the Chi
eago Board of Trade.
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1893. FEBRUARY. 1893.
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" 9th. u 18th. ~ Goth. " 9th.
FEELING Is UNEASY.
VAGUE SUSPICION THAT WILL
NOT DOWN.

DisquietiuG Conjecturee as to the
Cause of the Maine Disaster-Rus-
siau Bark Bravo Destroyed by Fire
-MieceIlaneous News.
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inches Mt Il point below the water line.
The engines and boilers We're protected by
Il curved deck of hardened steel The
barhette armor was Il foot in thickness,
and the armor plates about the turrets
were eight inches thick In armament the
Maine was one of the most destructive
vessels in any navy of the world.
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NOTABLE NAVAL DISASTERS.

History of American Navy Records
None So Destructive to Life.
In the history of the American navy
no disaster is recorded in which the loss
of life was so great as that attending the
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-03
COL. CORBIN
Appointed Adjutant General of the Army
to Succeed Gen. Breck, Retired.

Appointed Adjutant General of the Army
to Succeed Gen. Breck, Retired.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The president
-Eri1ay appointed Col. Henry c. Corbin
adjutant general of the army to sue
coed Gen. Samuel Brock, retired on ac-
count of age. Gen. Brecl had held
the Office only since September IL last
when he succeeded Adjt. Gen. Rug
giles.
Gen. Brock was born in Massachu-
sets in 1884 and graduated from the
Military Academy in 1855. lie was an
instructor in the academy ut the out
break of the civil war, but promptly
relinquished that post to undertake
active service in the field, where he
served with great gallantry through
out the war, earning several brevets.
Col. Henry G. Corbin is native of
Ohio and entered the army as an en-
listed man at the beginning of the late
war. lie had a most brilliant career
and earned brevets for gallant and
meritorious services at Decatur and
Nashville. In 1860 he was trans
ferred to the regular service as Sec
ord lieutenant of the Seventeenth
United States infantry. President
Hayes appointed him to the staff in
1850, making him n major and assist
ant adjutant general. Gen. Corbin
has seen service in the Indian cam
paigns at Pine Ridge, in Arizona and
elsewhere. Before promotion he was
assistant to the adjutant general, and
before coming to Washington he was
adjutant general of the department of
the east at New York
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the Americans to restrain themselves
until there is some proof of an outside
agency of explosion. We can afford to
wait little longer, seeing that we
have waited so long. We could not
wait after it had once been proven
that the Maine disaster was the result
of n dastardly plot. Spanish officers
from the old country hold to the unac-
countable belief that their arms would
overcome us in few weeks, but the
Cuban merchants have no such delu-
sion, and they would control the situ-
alton. Hence | believe that no shot
from a big American gun would be
necessary"
HAVANA, Feb. "a. The wrecking
vessel Right Arm arrived here We'd
nesday morning, with Capt. Magee in
command The board of inquiry
boarded her. and the work of raising
the Maine's big guns began at noon.
Thus far the work of the divers has
been inside the sunkcn ship. An eN-
animation of the outside of the hull
will be made at once if the permit of
the Spanish shall be obtained. Consul
General Lee is here, and says that he
never once thought of leaving Havana.
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Cuba is n waste of ashes and dcsola-
ton. Even the hotels and cafes here
in Havana live from hand % mouth ON
supplies brought from the United
States.
''lf Adm. Sicard demanded the sur
render of Havana, giving - hours for
the removal of the women aud chill
dren, surrender would follow. The
forts are old structures and could b,'
demolished 10y a six FOUNDER. Such
new guns a. have been mount ii are
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HAVANA, Feb. 25.-The court OF IN
quiry held its usual sessions Thurs
day. Capt. Sampson reports that
Chaplain Chadwick was examined as
TO his personal experiences at the time
of the disaster to the Maine, and that
the testimony was taken of the captain
of a Spanish bark in the harbor and
the superintendent of the West Indian
oil works, across the bay at Regla,
both of whom witnessed the explosion.
Mr.. Rolf, the British engineer OF the
floating dock in the harbor, wrote a
letter to the court, but did not add
anything material to what was known.
At the afternoon session the divers
were examined more fully than before.
Their testimony is taken from day TO
day. The court expects now TO hnish
here Thursday and TO sail on the Man
grove for Key West, where the other
officers and men Will be examined;
The wrecking tug Right Arm ana not
go north, as was eNPecVeu' "eo-
nesday. she is now moored beside tne
poop OF the wreck ana WIN save 'ae
smaller portions Us Iar as possioie III
aovanee "a 'ne :,;, ara u o III uS'
WIN 1,,
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SINKING IN MUD.
The Wreck OF the Maine
is Slowly Settling.
The Court Of Inquiry COntin-
u6S Its Investigation.
TIE TUG Right Arm VII SalvG Small
Portions OF The Wrecked Maine.
Americans in Havana Treated With
Kindness by the Citiz rs.
Neither the Officers of the Court Of Inquiry
Nor the Witnesses VIII Give the slight
est Indication Of the Testimony or
the Conclusions Formed From IL.

HAVANA, Feb. 22.-Consul General
Lee says the Spanish officials are not
interfering with the investigation into
the causes of the disaster. lie has mo-
titled the captain of the port that the
wrecking tug Right Arm will hc here
Tuesday from the Merritt 4 Chapman
Derrick and Wrecling Go. No ohjcc-
ton will bc made To the presence Of
the tug or her prospective work. She
probably will make an early attempt
Ia save the big guns and il possible the
more valuable parts of the Mainc's ma
chincry.
Monday afternoon the court of in
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1t is believed the divers from the fleet
and the Right Arm will remain at
work when the Mangrove leaves. The
Fern will be the only United States
vessel in the harbor after the Man
grove goes. The public generally will
be excluded from official vessels, espe-
cially the Mangrove, and n card will
have to be presented by the corre-
spondents before admission is given
them.
HAVANA, Feb %. Twenty unknown
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WASHINGTON, Feb -. Rumurs of
startling discoveries in the wreck of
the Maine were less frequent hut there
were enough of them still ailnat Thurs
day to warrant Secretary Long i'll max
ing this statement to the newspaper
men a. he left his Ollie:
Summing up the situation, | should
say that the navy department knows
Thursday nothing more about the
cause of the disaster than il did five
minutes after the receipt nf the first
! dispatch from Capt Sigsbcc."
capt. SigShcc's statement that the
| divers have been down aft seven days
and forward four days, gave the navy
! department the first information of
| the time that the divers had been in
| the vicinity of the zone of explosion,
as he has termed it, This zone is con
fined Ia the forward part of the ship,
and while the divers have been down
| aft for the last week, their work for
ward in the vicinity of the large ma
| gazinc has been in progress only four
days, which presumably began on Mon
day and included Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Feb 25.-Thc Evening
Star has received the following cable
| gram from Mr.. Charles VI. Pepper, ITS
! staff correspondent in Cuba:
At this writing divers are developing
| important results. From examination
of the interior wrcckagc they have Sc
| cured evidence which seems conclusive
that the explosion came from under
meath the ship.
Some of the smaller magazines may
have exploded. The main trn-inch
magazine did not explode. The condi'
! tion of the interior of the ship shows
further probability Of the wreck hav'
! ing been due to outside force.
The further the investigation pro
| Crcsscs the more untcnablc becomes
the theory which the Spanish govern
mcnt adduccd To- show accidental
| cause IL is evident the Spanish cause
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the circumstances attending the cx-
plosion, of the causes of which these
witnesses could know nothing. as they
were quite distance away at the time
of the occurrence.
The wounded were reported to he
| doing well Friday.
The Merritt & Chapman Derrick and
Wrccking company's tug, Right Arm,
! is again at work removing such parts
of the wreck as it is possible To handle
| in advance of the arrival of the Strong-
or tugs and dcrricl<s from the north.
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short If ammunition and have never
been tried If Gen. Blanco should de-
cline - surrender, the Spanish mcr-
chants here who represent 50 per
cent. of the property and pay - per
cent Of the taxes of the island. would
compel him L. acccdr Ia Adm. Sicard'S
terms As for volunteers, the men are,
for the most part, the employees of
these merchants. and the volunteer of
iiccrs are largely their sons or their
Junior partners.
lit il we'll Ia look these things in the
face. At the same time il is well for
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-03

ANOTHER Roman villa has been dug
rPat Boseoreale, on the slopes of We
suvius, near Pompeii, where the great
find of silver ornaments was made two
years ago. The walls are covered with
beautiful frescoes. chiefly landscapcs
and marines One represents bridge
over river, with an angler fishing
with line. Four wine jars were in
the cellar and seven skeletons have
been found in the excavation.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-03

As a result of a special trip to Flori.
da and investigation of its agricultural
resources secretary of agriculture viii
son is reported as expressing the opin-
ion that straight farming will be of
more value to the people than the rails
ing of tobacco, sugar cane, vegetables,
etc, and that the staple industries of
the state would be dairying. cattle rails
ing, sheep raising, bacon hog raising.
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A Hero.

Boston, Mass, Feb. 26.-First Mate
Cook, of the wrecked ship Asia. which
went to pieces in the storm of Nam
tuckct and of whose company of 20
persons only three sailors were saved,
was a hero. Had he not stood by the
captains little daughter, Lena, he
might have saved his life. The saved
sailors tried to get him to JOIN them
on the extempor!zed raft, which saved
them. But, rather than leave the
helpless little girl to perish, he refused
and remained with her to the end.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-03

THE ministry of finance in France
recently instituted an inquiry to learn
the amount of gold in circulation 1t
has ascertained that there is 5000 o. =
900 worth bearing the French stamp in
circulation. Ii is claimed that this is a
record amount Ii is stated that the
United States has s12O. 000. 900. Ger
many $3.50. OOo. 600. and Great Britain
and Russia 5000. OoO. 900 each.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-03

To show the manner in which silk is
adulterated. an English chemist re-
Gently analysed piece Of silk with the
following results: Real 81 k. ss; water,
IL; ash mostly tin oxide and silical.
I4S0; organic matter, not silk. al.
Such silk becomes shabby in few
weeks. but SO rapid are the changes of
fashion that il is said to b. preferred
by many purchasers.
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Eight Men Frozen to Death.

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 26.-The steam
err Noyo, which arrived here from
Alaska Friday, brings a report that the
British flag has been planted at sum-
init lake, II miles inside of the Amer
lean boundary line and IL miles from
Skaguay. 1t is also reported that eight
men have been frozen to death on the
trail since February Is.
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DOUBLE LAUNCHING.
The Kentucky and kearsarge Will he
Tod

The Kentucky and kearsarge VIII he
Floated March "a Next.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 26.-Thc officers
of the Newport News shipyard an
nounccs that the double launching of
the battleships kentucky and Kear'
sarge will take place March "a, and
will be the first double launching of
first-class battleshIps in the world.
Gov. Bradley and staff will come
from Kentucky and Miss Christine
Bradley, his daughter, will christcn
the Kentucky with a bottle of water
taken from the spring from which
Abraham Lincoln drank when boy,
while Mrs. Winslow, wife of Lieut..
Winslow, U. S. N, will stand sponsor
for the kcarSage.
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bodies of the crew were recovered
from the wreck by the divers ut noon
Friday. The bodies were frightfully
burned and mangled. and it may be
impossible to ever identify some of
them. IIolzer, who made such brave
fight, died in the hospital Friday. All
the wounded will leave here Sunday on
the Bache for Key West. The physi-
clans consider it safe to move them
NOW
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-03
Boys Start for Klondike.

Triton, Ind, Feb 24-Charles Tim.
mons, Fred elderly. Oby Sparkin and
Walter Wright, none over Is, from
New Castle, Ind, were arrested by
Officer Miller Wednesday morning a,
the Lake Erie & Western yards Each
youngster had revolver and said he
was bound for Seattle, Wash, and the
Klondike. They will be held until
their parents can be notified.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-03

An odd case is reported from Lille.
in France. A chemist who weighs $40
pounds bought a third-class ticket for
. railway journey, but found the doors
both of the third and second-class car
too small to admit him. So he squeezed
into a first, and. refused to ray the ex-
cess The company therefore sued
him for the balance of the fare, their
contention being that a first-class COM
partment alone would receive him, he
ought to have taken first-class ticket
The court supported the company and
gave Judgment against the chemist
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-03

The annual report of the state labor
commissioners will, for the first time,
give statistics as to the fishing indus
try of North Carolina IL will say:
There were caught in eastern waters
during 1897 la, 500. 900 fish, valued at
81 SIS 600: $4,000 bushels of CLANS,
worth $4,000; $1,000 terrapins and
turtles, valued at $4,000; shrimp and
crabs, 5000; oysters, sl6o. 900; caviare,
5000" There were employed 1860
Persons cnd $500 vessels and boats.
OF gill nets r<4. 900 were used.
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Has No I,,sis. i'm Fact.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-At the Brit
ish embassy it was stated Friday that
the reports published in London
paper and cabled to this country rela-
tive to an effort being made to secure
alleged letters purporting to have
been written by the British ambassa-
dor, Sir Julian Paunccfote, on the re-
lection of the arbitration treaty, had
no basis of fact whatever.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-03

II is said by people in position to
know that John ID Rockefeller some
time ago owned ssaooe,ooo par value
Standard oil stock, and in the la It
year or so he has increased his hold
ings to about $50. 00o,o With the
present value of Standard stock, about
SIS. ooo. 600, Mr.. Rockefeller, with
these holdings, is probably the richest
man in the United States, and one of
the richest men in the world. This OF
course, is exclusive OF other proper
ties, and he is known to have large in.
terests elsewhere.
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Furnishing Zola's Friends.

PARIS, Feb. 26.-It is semi-officially
announced that Col. Picquart, the
chief military witness for lola during
the latter's trial, will be placed on the
half-pay of lieutenant. A chaplain
who wrote a letter eongratulating
lola has been placed upon the unat-
tached list, and Prof. Grimaux, of the
polytechnic school, who signed the en-
dorsement of Zola's action, has been
retired.
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To DeyeIop the spani,h Navv.

MADRID. Feb. 2S.-The cabinet has
considered the situation and no incl
dent was reported as altering the
cordially of the relations between
Spain and the United States" though
the ministers expressed regret at the
passion which has crept into public
opinion during the present incident. u
A million pesetas was voted to develop
the navy.