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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
MINERS MAY STRIKE,
Trouble Brewing in Kanawha and
New River Coal Districts

Trouble Brewing in Kanawha and
New River Coal Districts
From present indications there will be
a general strike of the 1000 coal miners
in the Wanawha and New River districts
Of West Virginia April l. The Chesa-
peake and Ohio Coal Association, COM
posed of the various operators along the
river, had meeting at Charleston and
considered a statement made to them
some time ago by Fred Dilcher of the ex.
ecutive board of the United Mine Work
ers. Mr.. Dilcher stated again to the oD-
orators that unless they signed the Chi
cago agreement and complied with the
agreement of the United Mine Workers
organization that he would order a gen.
eral strike April 1.
1t is generally understood that five Op-
orators will not accede to the demand of
the organization. Prominent State Off
cials conferred with the operators. but
failed to secure even a promise of arbitra-
ton. The miners ask for an advance of
10 cents n ton. At present the miners are
receiving so cents n ton for soft coal and
2A cents per bushel for hard coal, screen
ed.
NJ. D. Ratchford, the president of the
National Mine Workers, has been in con
sultaGon with Mr.. Dilcher. w. II. H..
Toler of the State Miners Association
alS looked over the field. 1t is under
stood five State organizations will not act
with the National Mine Workers in case
of strike.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
$500 to $4.25; sheep. fair to choice, 2.5O
TO $4.I5; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.s2 to 81 .O3
corn, No. 2, 2Sc to 3Oc; oats, No. 2, 26c
to &c: rye, No. 2, Acc to sic; butter
choice creamery, 19c to 2Oc; eggs, fresh
&c to lie; potatoes, common to choice
soc to 70c per bushel.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light, $500 to $4.25
sheep, common to choice, $500 to $4. 80
wheat, No. 2, 95c to 96c; corn, No. 9
white, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white. 29e
to SOC.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $575; hogs
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $4.75
wheat. No. 2, 99c to $1.O2; corn, No.
yellow, PC to 2Sc; oats, No. 2, PC to 2Sc
rye, No. 3, 49c to SOC
Cincinnati-Cattle. $3.50 to 1925; hogs
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $500
wheat, No. 2 red, 96c to Csc; corn, No z
mixed, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 2Sc
to 29c; rye, No. 2, 53c to soc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs
$500 TO $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $500
wheat, No. 2, 97c to 99c; corn, No. 2
yellow, Bic to 33c; oats. No. white, 3Oc
20 31c: rye. sic to 53c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. red. 99c tc
$1.00; corn, No. 2 mixed. 3Oc to 32c; oats
No. white, &c to 2Sc; rye, No. 2, sic to
52c: clover seed, $3.05 to $50.
Wheat, No. 2 spring, 96c
to 9Sc: corn. No. 3, 29c to SIC: oats, No
2 white, 2Sc to 3Oc; rye. No. l. 49c to sic;
barley, No. =. 3Sc to 42c; pork, mess
$1,000 to $10.50.
Buffalo--Catte. $500 to $3.50; hogs
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2 red. Csc to LOO; corn, No
yellow, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white,
32c to 33c.
New York-Cattle, $500 TO $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $4.5G; sheep. $500 to $500;
wheat, No. red, $10I to S1.09: corn, No.
2, BE to 3Sc; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to
34c; butter, creamery, lGc to 2lc; eggs,
Western, SC to lie.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
CLIrPERrON ISLAND DISPUTE.
Mexican Government Wants $780,
600 from PhOs phate Company.

Mexican Government Wants $1,oOo,'
600 from Phosphate Company.
The Mexican Government will attempt
to compel the Oceanic Phosphate Com
pany of San Francisco to pay an indem-
nifty Of 81, 100000 for unlawfully shipping
guano from Clipperton Island. in the s'a-
ciic ocean. Although the Mexican Gov
ernment claims the ownership Of ths
island and presumes to the right to de-
mand this indemnity for the foreign en-
croachment upon its territory, the phos-
phate company is equally convinced that
it has as much right to the island as the
Mexicans. The company took possession
Of Clipperton Island in 1885, and since
that time has been steadily shipping
guano to San Francisco and to Honolulu,
receiving from $40 to $50 ton for it. In
August of 1896 several shiploads were
sent from the island, the revenue from the
sale of which the Mexican Government
demands
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
WHEAT FARMERS HANDS.
Crop Returns Show that 121 100000
Bushela Are Being Held.

Crop Returns Show that 121 100000
Bushels Are Being Held.
The consolidated returns of the differ
ent crop reporting agencies of the Depart
ment of Agriculture made up to March l
show the wheat reserves in farmers
hands on that date to have been the equiv
alent of 22.9 per cent of last years crop.
or about 121,OOO,OOO bushels. This is
33,00O,0O0 bushels in excess OF the
farm reserve reported one year ago, but
the result Of the special wheat investiga-
tions made by the department last fan
would indicate that the crop of 1896 was
larger than the department had reason
to believe at the time. The corn in farm
ers' hands as estimated aggregates 1885,
100000 bushels, or ALL per cent of last
years crop, as against 1 ,1G4, 100000 bush
els, or 81 per cent. on hand on March 1,
1897, and 1912, 100000 bushels, or 49.S
per cent, on March l, 1896. The proper
ton of the total crop merchantable is es-
timated at S6S per cent. OF oats there
are reported to be about 2I2, ,OOO. 600 bush
els, or $50 per cent, still in farmers
hands, as compared with 313,OOO,OOO
bushels, or 44.2 per cent, on March 1,
1897
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
GEMS FROM NATIVE MINES.
Value of All Precious Stones Found in
This Country in 1897.

Value of All Precious Stones Found in
This Country in 1897.
The value of the precious stones pro-
duced in the United States during 1897,
as shown by preliminary report submit
ted to the division of mineral resources of
the United States geological survey at
Washington by Special Agent George f.
Kunz, was S130,615, as compared with
S9I $50 in 1896. The principal items of
this total are turquoise. $4,000; sapphire,
So. 900; quartz crystal, 1900; tourma-
line, S9,025, and gold quartz, $1,000. The
principal features of interest to the trade
during the year were the investments of
English capital in and the increased out
put of the Fergus County, Montana, sap
phire deposits; the further development
of the turquoise deposits in Santa Fe and
Grant counties, New Mexico; the devel-
opment of tourmalne deposits at Mount
Mica, Paris, Me-, and Haddam Neck,
Conn, and the finding and sale of pale
almandine garnets from Cowee Valley,
North Carolina. The finding of large
quantities of gigantic quartz crystals
trock crystal at Mokelumnc Hill, Gala
veras County, California, was also of con-
siderable Importance.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
SHERIFF MARTIN ACQUITTED.
Neither He Nor His Deputies Are
Found Guilty of Murder.

Found Guilty of Murder.
AT Wilkesbarre, Pa, the jury in the
case of Sheriff Martin and his deputies,
charged with shooting striking miners at
Lattimer Sept. 10, has returned YER
dict. Long before the time for court to
convene there was a big crowd waiting
to gain admittanee to the court room, and
when the doors were thrown open there
was wild rush, but only limited num-
Der were admitted. Judge Woodward did
not take his seat on the bench until five
minutes after 10 o'clock a. M, the jury
coming in few minutes later. When the
jury was polled each juror answered not
guilty as his name was called. There was
an attempt at applause, but it was quick
ly suppressed by the judge.
When the jurymen retired the previous
evening they took only one ballot and it
was unanimous for acquittal. 1t is said
the jury was prepared for a verdict be-
fore leaving the box. After the jury had
been thanked and discharged by Judge
Woodward District Attorney Martin ask
ed that the defendants be required to con-
tinue their bail bond, as there are still
seventeen indictments for murder hang
ing over them and thirty-eight for feloni-
ously wounding. The bond was continued
AS reOuested
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17

has the same destination in view and
which will subserve the same purpose.
The plan is to divide the herd of 537 rein
deer now at Seattle into two herds. The
greater number-337-will leave as soon
as transportation arrangements can be
perfected for Pyramid Harbor. Thence
they will proceed over the Dalton trail
TO the Yukon river. At some point in
American territory, not British territory,
a relief supply station will be established
under the immediate charge of William
Wjellman. The remaining reindeer VIII
he sent to Prince William Sound. together
with about fifty herders, under command
of Captain Abercrombie. The second ex-
pedition will leave for Prince William
Sound some time in May and will start
for the interior of Alaska in June.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
What to Try.
Try cranberries for Nalaria

Try CranberrleS IOr malaria,
Try sun bath for rheumatism.
Try clam broth for weak stomach.
Try. cranberry poultice for erysipe-
las.
Try a wet towel to the back of the
neck when sleepless.
Try swallowing saliva when troll
bled with sour stomach.
Try buttermilk for removal of free
kles. tan, and butternut stains.
Try breathing the fumes of turpen-
tine to relieve the whooping-cough.
Try taking your cod liver oil in to-
mato sauce if you want to make ii
palatable.
Try walking with your hands be-
hind you if you find yourself becoming
bent forward.
Try planting sunfiowers in your
garden if compelled to live in mala-
rial neighborhoOd.-Health Monthly.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
From Janftor to Earl.

By the death of the childless British
peer, the Earl of Egmont, the titles and
estates pass to his second cousin, Ar
thur Augustus Perceval. The latter
has had an adventurous career. he
was born in Australia. His parents
were poor and he ran away to become
a sailor. When his ship reached Liver
pool he left it and went to London.
There he had a struggle for existence.
For a long time he was janitor of the
Towr Hall at Chelsea. His wife. who
is South Carolina girl, was waitress
In a restaurant when he married her.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
CAN'T BUY IN BRITAIN.
United States and pain Must Seek
Warships Elsewhere.

United States and >pain Must Seek
Warships Elsewhere.
What appears to be an effectual check
to the efforts of the United States to OBJ
tain warships from English firms has been
given by the unexpected action of the
British Government in notifying the ship
builders that they must not give options
to the United States on vessels under con-
struction or make contracts with this
country for building new ones without OBJ
tanning permission from the admiralty
office in London.
This is not to be taken as an act of un-
friendiiness on the part of Great Britain,
as it applies equally to Spanish endeav-
ors to buy ships from the Armstrong;.
Thornycroft and other English concerns.
1t is regarded in Washington as an indica-
ton that Great Britain has already de-
cided to assert her neutrality between
Spain and the United States, and that she
does not intend to take any chances of
becoming involved in another expensive
international episode like that of the Ala
bama
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Train wreckers Thwarted.

1t is learned that an attempt was make
last week 10 wreck west-bound c., ID.
Il l. passenger train near Harrisburg,
Ohio. A railroad tie had been set for two
feet in the middle OF the track, and be-
tween two of the imbedded ties. The
upright obstruction was seen by the en-
gineer, who was unable to stop the train
in time, but ran into the tie at slackened
speed. The obstruction was unearthed
and hurled from the track. The pilot Of
the engine was wrecked, but no other
damage was done.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Concert for RereaYed Ones,

The audience which crowded the Ma
tional Theater in Washington, d. c.. at
the wOman's concert for the benefit of the
families of the men who lost their lives
in the Maine disaster, was in every way
the most notable body ever assembled in
Washington theater. The President
and Mrs. Mckinley occupied seats in the
box of Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Long, while in the immense audience were
Secretary of State and Mrs. Sherman, the
Postmaster General and Mrs. Gary, the
family of the Secretary of War. Mrs
Gage, the Attorney General and Mrs.
Griggs, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt. Senator Hale and Representa-
tive Boutele. chairman of the Naval At
fairs Committee of the House. with al
most the entire body of Washington So
ciety and thousands of sympathetic resi-
dents of the capital, including sixty sail
ors from the navy yard, who filled one
entire row of reserved seats in the gal
lery. The long program closed with The
Star-Spangled Banner" the audience ris-
ing and joining in the chorus. Twenty
officers of the army, navy and marine
corps, each in full uniform, acted as ush-
ers, while prominent young women of the
navy and army families sold programs
and small flags, which were waved vigor-
ously by the eager purchasers during the
singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner.
a large crowd collected in front of the
theater just before the close of the per
formance. The Presidents appearance
at the doorway with Mrs. Mckinley on
his arm was the signal for an outburst of
cheering, waving of flags and handicap
ping. Both the President and Mrs. Nc
Kinley seemed pleased at the demonstra-
ton and smiled as they acknowledged it
with q slight inclination of the head.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
CRUISER AT HAVANA.
Montgomery Anchors in the HarbOr
Near the Wreck

The Fern has sailed from Havana for
Key West, and will return with supplies
for the starving reconcentrados. She will
deliver these supplies at several ports
along the northern coast of Cuba. The
Montgomery entered port Mt Havana and
anchored in front of La Machina, near
the wreck of the Maine, and facing the
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya. Captain Con-
verse of the Montgomery, his officers and
crew spent several hours on deck looking
at the wrecked American battleship. They
all said that they had never before seen
such complete destruction. There is much
comment over the extraordinary precau-
tions taken by Captain Converse of the
Montgomery. The Spanish officials con-
slider them to be "unexplainable." The
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Kill Their Stepfather.

At Dubuque, Iowa, Jack Earle, disso-
lutte character, went home intoxicated and
pursued his stepsons, Fred and Will Reb-
man, % and 10 years old, into an alley,
where they turned upon him with clubs
and beat him to death. They. spent the
day in lumber yard and surrendered at
night.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Catalonia Towed Into Port.

The steamer Delaware picked up the
Cunard liner Catalonia on Friday, 500
miles from Halifax, bound from Liverpool
to Boston, and towed her into Halifax
harbor The Catalonia had sustained a
break in the crank shaft between the low
and intermediate shafts; her slide valve
gear was broken and her cylinder shifted.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Moving Over the Passes,

The steamship North Pacific, from
Skaguay, Juneau and Wrangel. called at
Departure Bay, her supply of coal hav
ing pun out. Her officers describe the sit
uation at Skaguay most favorably. They
say that deaths from spinal meningitis
were often the result of exposure on the
trails, the men being brought into Skag-
uay dying The number of deaths, Cap
tain Carter says, has been greatly exag-
gerated. Fine weather prevailed when
the North Pacific left Skaguay. White
and Chilkoot passes were tit for travel.
and many had already begun the journey
inland
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Union Defeated at Cleveland.

AItEr MOrt tHHH tWU IIUItIIS HdTU HErt-
ing the Globe shipyard strike at Cleve-
land, o., has been settled. The battle is
declared off and the men compelled to ac-
knowledge n defeat which may mean a
total disintegration of their local union.
The outcome gives complete victory to
the company, as the surrender was uncon-
ditional. Between four and five hundred
hands were originally involved in the
strike, but there have been numerous de-
serfiOnS
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
New Man to Study Stars.

Prof. James L. Keeler, now at ALE
gheny observatory, has been elected di-
rector of Lick observatory in California,
to succeed Prof. Edward S. Holden. who
recently resigned after twenty-five years
service. keeler was educated at Johns
Hopkins, and has made a speciality of
SpectrOScOpy.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
BRYAN GIVES APPROVAL.
Heartily Indorses the SOC, LOCO, 900 APP
DrODriation by Congress-

William J. Bryan, who passed through
Atlanta, Ga, en- route to Macon, where
he was to deliver an address, speaking of
the Cannon appropriation bill, said:
Il am very glad that the House unani-
mously passed the measure. 1t might
have been better to have made it $780,
100000, to show the world that Congress
and the American people, regardless of
political differences, are ready to support
the administration in the protection Of our
honor. The appropriation need not mean
war. In fact, such prompt liberality may
lessen the probability of war. in the fp,ee
of danger our people should stand as one
man for the nations defense"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Forts Are Isolated.

Secretary Alger has called the atten-
ton of Senator Allison, chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations, to the fact
that the harbor dcfenses of Boston, Phil
adelphia, New York and other places are
not connected by electric wire, and rec
commended an appropriation of $4,000 for
the purpose o: making provision for this
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Rumblings of War.

Advices from points in Central Ameri-
ca state that war clouds are still lowering
over those turbulent countries. The Situ-
alton between Costa Rica and Nicaragua
is very serious, and troops are in the field.
1t is the general belief that there will be
war, involving three or more Central
American countries.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
To Be Sold Under the Ham mer.

Fremont (Ohio) special: Spiegel Grove,
the home of the late ex-President Ruth
erford b. Hayes, has been advertised to
be sold at Sherif's sale April IL, to satis-
fly judgment of 5000. the judgment
was Tor damages secured by Mrs. Addie
w. Smith in a runaway caused by the
HAYES family dog.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
NEWS IN BRIEF GUSTS
BLOWN IN FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE EARTH.
An Important Record of the Week
As Told by 'the Teiegraph-Latest
from Foreign Shores-Crimes, Cas-
ualties, Fires, Etc.
FOUR WARSHIPS
Credited to Spain Have Been Secured
by Uncle Sam.

A dispatch from Washington says: 1t
is said positively at the Navy Department
that negotiations have been concluded for
the purchase of the Brazilian warships
Amazonas and Barboso, and that the
purchase of the O'Higgins from Chile is
also merely matter of time. These
vessels have been constructed by the
Armstrong; and are protected cruisers,
each of $500 tons displacement. They
are of the same class as the Charleston,
Cincinnati and Boston of U ncle Sans fleet.
No intimation of the price to be paid for
the Amazonas and the Barboso is made.
These are the two vessels that it was re-
ported week ago Spain had purchased,
but now it turns out they have become the
property of the United States.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Liquor License the Issue.

Village special elections occurred
throughout Minnesota, liquor license be-
ing the principal issue. License carried
the day at Kerkhoven, Dexter, Ashby,
Madison, Pipestone, Fairmont, Madelia,
Hector, Bellingham, Fairfax, Browns
dale, Henning, Sherburne and Spring
Valley. The following places went dry:
Austin, Montrose, Window, Eyota, Clark
field and Hayfield.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Foreign Spectators.

London special: Dealers in American
securities are disposed TO take gloomy
view of the situation. The mobilization
of the army forces on the Atlantic coast
is considered warlike, and will have
tendency to restrict operations in Ameri-
can stocks. The money market is Sc
yerely pressed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Terrible Fire Mt Manila.

A steamer from the East brings news
that terrible fire has occurred at Ma
nila, Philippine Islands. All the Chinese
warehouses in the city were destroyed.
with their contents. The loss was about
81 2.OOO, 900, but $3.50, 900 will be recovered
in insurance. The best part of the city is
destroyed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Shot Down at His Door

DIR. A. A. Matthews, the principal ply
sician of Gladstone, Ohio, was shot and
probably fatally wounded. He was call
ed from his bed by knocking at mis- door,
Supposing it was some professional call.
he opened the door to see what was want
ed. A shot was fired from the dark and
struck him in the right side of the abdo-
men
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Germany Will Not Aid Spain.

The Berlin Foreign Office has instructed
the inspired press to deny emphatically
that Germany will aid Spain in case OF
war with the United States and has in
structed these newspapers to point out
that the United States is an excellent Gus
toner of Germany and that Spain since
the Carolnas squabble has repeatedly
shown unfriendliness to Germany.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
The Walters Art.

He-l'ye often wondered how these
walters can remember SO many orders
at once I know now.
She (who had often wondered the
same thing)-Oh, do you? How can
they remember so much?
He (triumphantly)I don't.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17

Fame may be acquired easily in a
small town, but sometimes it takes n
long while. The most noted man in
Auburn. Me-, is man who is publicly
known to have worn the same straw
hat twenty-six summers and the same
cloth cap forty-two winters without a
Dreak for repairs or renovation.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Delay Was Unavoidable.

A New-Englander who has summer
residence on Lake Chargogamanchau-
gagogchaubunagungo has organ
lied and equipped n fire department on
the premises. Not long ago a whole
village was consumed there while a
man was pronouncing the name to tell
where the fire waS.-Judge.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
AN UPRISING is ANTICIPATED.
Revolt of X anak as in Tawaii If Annex.
alton Is Refused.

Those who keep close watch on the
white politicians in the royalist campaign
at Honolulu declare that these men are
especially active among the Kanakas now,
and are stirring up an i'll feeling that may
break out at any time in a revolt such
as was Intellectually planned i'll 1895. 1t
is said that the news that the United
States refuses the annexation will be the
signal for an uprising. The leading busi-
ness men there are very anxious, for they
know how near to success the last con-
spiracy came,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Ma Car DESTROYED by Fire,

When the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern special limited mail train, west
bountY arrived at La Porte, Ind, the
other night the Boston and Albany car
was discovered on fire. The car was
nearly consumed and the mail destroyed.
The origin of the fire is n mystery.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-03-17
Her FORTUNE Burned.

Mrs. Sarah Greer of English, Ind, re-
ceived 81, 500 from her father in Denver
last Christmas as present with which to
buy a home. Owing TO family sickness
she laid away her money carefully, but
lost the whole a few days ago by the de-
struction of her little home by fire.