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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
KILLS TWO CONSTABlES.
Bloody Work Done by Young Man to OBJ
tain Property

tain Property.
At Garrett, Pa, Il. p. Myers took pos
session of a house left to him by his moth
err who died five months ago. The deed
was not signed by his fathes, Christley
Myers, who had life tenure fn the prop
erty. When Christley Myers arrived he
found the house barricaded, his son re-
fusing him entrance. He at once went to
Somerset. swore out warrant for forci-
Bile entry and detainer and on his return
secured service for the writ. Young My
ers fired at the approaching constable,
killing Michael Kearney. Then he fled to
his boarding house Immediately adjoining,
where Constable Nelson Lenhart and his
brother, John Lenhart, followed him. lie
fired again. killing John Lenhart instant
ly. Sheriff Martin Hartzell of Somerset
in short time arrived with posse. A
crowd of infuriated citizens was guarding
the boarding house, in the cellar of which
young Myers was hiding. After an hours
waiting a raid was made. A dozen shots
were exchanged. Myers was finally over
powered and while being taken down the
steps of the house was struck by gun IN
the hands of somebody in the crowd. lie
was krocked unconscious, but later recov-
cred and was removed to Somerset.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Tobacco DenI Is Com pIctc.

Practically all details of the negotia.
tions for the purchase of DrummOnd's
big tobacco plant in ST. Louis, Mo-, by
the American Tobacco Company have
been closed, and all that remains to be
done to consummate the deaf is the pay
ment of the cash to President DrummOnd.
This, it is said, will! be done within the
next few days.
The price to be paid for the Drummond
plant is said to be on basis of SIC, ,0OO,-
900. All this money will not be paid in
cash, a certain number OF the sharehold-
ers of the Drummond Company having
consented to take stock in the new COM
pany. This will cut down the amount of
cash that has to be raised. The sale will
include the four factories OF the Drum
mond Company, and the business proba-
bly, will remain under practically the
same management as at present.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Maria Teresa Saved.

The wrecking company engaged under
Lieut.. Hobson in the work of saving the
wrecked Spanish warships, has succeed
ed in floating the cruiser Infanta Maria
Teresa. The cruiser after being floated
was taken in tow by the Potomac and
conveyed by the cruisers Newark, Scor-
pion and Alvarado, proceeded for Guam
tanamo Bay, where she arrived Sunday
night The successful issue of the at
tempt to float her was greeted with the
blowing of whistles, the firing of national
salutes and by cheers, in which the Gu
bans joined, disturbing the noon siesta.
The Newark, under Capt. Goodrich, rem
dered value BILE assistance In the work OF
saving the Maria Teresa. The cruiser is
being put in condition for her trip north
by the repair ship!Vulcan.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Skull Painting.

A strange custom. dating back TO the
dark ages, has survived in some of the
mountain districts in Austria-the
painting of skulls. The small size Of
most cemeteries in those regions maSes
1t necessary to regularly remove the
skeletons of the buried who have lain
there eight or ten years, to make room
for newcomers. The relatives of the
dead thus cxhumed are generally noti-
fed before the removal, so that they
can attend to the cleaning Of the skele-
ton and be present at its deposit In the
so-cailed "bOnehouse" or "charnel-
house. On such occasions the skull
is often ornamented with paintings. or
it is marked with the name of the dead
pprSDn
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
MURDER OVER A LINE FENCE.
Iowa Farmers Near Yale Quarre'-Isaac
Kills .Iames kcCIcllao.

iowa Farmers Near Yale Quarre'-isaac r Il
Kills james RcCieiia1.
A murder which nearly ended in n
iynching occurred near Yale, Iowa. Isaac
Fitz and James Mcclellan, prosperous
farmers, Quarreled over a partition fence.
Finally Mcclellan mounted his horse and
started home, when Fitz went into the
house, got his shotgun and, returning,
fred both barrels point blans at McClel-
Ian, riddling him with shot and killing him
instantly. Fitz then took load Of hogs
to town, drew his pay and leisurely re-
turned home The body of Mcclellan was
still lying where it had fallen and Fitz
loaded it into the wagon and took it to the
Mcclellan home. He dumped the body
in the yard and returned TO his home.
where he was arrested few hours later.
The officers quietly spirited the prisoner
away to escape iynching, as the farmers
were aroused to high pitch by the news
Of Fits brutality. The men were broth
ers-in-law, McClellan's wife being Fitz's
sister.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
HOW IT ALL HAPPENED.
Willing Girl Helped Him Through Q
Roundabout PROPOSAL.
III t.,

willing Girl Helped Him Through .
Roundabout Proposal.
He was III doubt.
There was no particular reason why
be should be in doubt, but, of course,
that has nothing to do with the case.
Up to certain point in the courtship
It is the privilege of every lover TO be
n doubt, and if he were not we would
oe tempted to believe that something
was wrong.
On this particular evening he made
up his mind that he would reach the
point where doubt ends or know the
reasOn why.
Thus it happened that he got little
closer to her than usual when he found
that they were sitting side by side on
the sofa
do you ever think about marriage?"
he asked
NO" she replied.
OF course that was lie. OF course
ae knew that it was lie and she knew
that he knew it. Consequently she
wished that she hadn't answered so
hastily; but that is so customary in
woman that it should attract no atten-
ton
"If I were woman like you" he
said. reproachfully, II would think OF
it."
Would youT" she inquired care
lessly.
"Yes, I would" he asserted. aggres-
sively.
Perhaps" she suggested. tantaliz-
ingly. you wouldn't mind telling me
just what course your thoughts would
iake--if you were woman like me-"
II don't know that can give the ex-
act course of reasoning" he answered.
fearful that he might be getting beyond
his depth. "but If were woman like
you feel pretty reasonably sure that
would marry a man like-er-like
me-"
.y3u do?' she said, coloring little,
but still speaking in the same tantaliz-
ing tone.
Yes. / do" he returned. doggedly.
well. IL were e man like you." she
asserted. II wouldn't expect n woman
like me to do anything Of the sort until
q man like you had asked her to-"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
ITALY THREATENS COLOMBIA
Com mp1ains to the United States of
COlOmbia's Bad Faith,

The Italian Government has called the
attention of the Government of the Unit
ed States to the incorrect attitude of the
Government of Colombia and demanded
that the latter respect its treaties; other
wise Italy reserves to herself the right to
adopt the energetic measures toward Co
lombia which were recently abandoned in
Difference to the United States. Advices
received at Colon from Bogota. the capt.
tai of Colombia, say that all relations be-
tween Colombia and Italy have been sew
cred owing to the action of the italian
Government in the Cerruti affair, which
the Colombian officials considered arbi-
trary and in violation of the treaty of
1892, which was thereby annulled.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
1.coma Suffer. from E,,m,,.

The Exposition building at Tacoma,
Wash, the largest structure of its kind in
the Northwest, was completely destroyed
by fire. Fifteen minutes after the flames
were discovered breaking out in the build
ing the vast structure was a mass of fire.
The building was owned by the Tacoma
Land Company. There was no insurance.
The total loss will aggregate 100000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
PRISONER ESCAPES IN A COX.

Convict Gets Away from tho Ohio Peniten-
tIary. but Is Recaptured.
Francis Emerson escaped from IL, PEN
itentiary at Columbus, Ohio, by getting
in a box and being shipped out. As soon
as the wagon carrying the box was well
away from the gates Emerson emerged
and fed down back street. He then Sc
cured suit of clothes and went to the
residence of a former employe of the pen
itentiary for assistance. The man's Sis
ter-in-law telephoned the officers and he
was recaptured. Emerson's right name is
Thomas McKeon and his father lives IN
New York
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
AGRICULTURAL NEWS.

The hay crop of the United States is
larger than last year by several million
tons.
Orange production of the Pacific coast
this season has been the greatest in Cali
fornia's history.
The reports indicate that the acreage of
winter wheat sown in Nebraska this fall
will be larger than ever.
The cotton crop in Texas alone will be
equal TO pound of cotton for every man,
woman and child on earth.
The hills and rolling prairies of Iowa.
Nebraska and Kansas are said TO be well
adapted to apple orchards.
In southern Iowa the recent rains were
so heavy as to inundate many corn fields.
The hail also did some damage.
Much new wheat and oats from north
ern Iowa is being rushed to market before
the roads get bad in the interior of the
State.
Throughout Iowa corn is bringing %
cents per bushel. This is for the Old crop,
but the new crop is expected to be few
cents less.
Minneapolis commission men are ship
ping car loads of eggs TO the Pacific coast
States. farmers out there having devoted
so much time to grain that there is a
shortage of produce.
The apple crop of Missouri this year
will not be over 10 per cent of the nor
| nal crop. Experts place the value this
year at 81, 100000. Last year it was S12,-
600. 900 and still not Il full crop.
The United States Department of Ag-
riculture has received notice of an Inter
national Horticultural exposition to take
place in St Petersburg, Russia, in May,
| 1899. The United States is invited to
| take part.
A few years ago the Southern fever
seized quite number of good Iowa citi-
zens. \ number of them settled in the
parish of Calcasieu, in southwestern Lou
isiana. and took up the growing of rice
and sugar Most of the members of the
colony have prospered, and vast tracts of
| land that were uncultivated q few years
ago are now producing valuable crops.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
G. A. r. MEMORIAL ARCH.

j
ing the Recent Soldiers Reunion.
A feature of the Fifth district g. 4. X.
reunion at Junction City, Kan. was the
unveiling and dedication of the fine me-
mortal arch that has just been completed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Yellow Fever in Havana.

The annual harvest of victims of yellow
fever, which has begun in Havana, should
warn the American Government against
sending troops there before Nov. 1. The
increase in the number of cases of fever
since Captain Brown, master of the
American ship Maryland, died of it and
four other sailors were stricken, has been
enough to alarm the foreign and timid
residents, and number tried to leave for
Tnmpa
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
IN LOVE WITH A CONVICT.
Newspaper Woman Commits Suicide q
Not.,br. nbta

Newspaper Woman Commits Suicide at
Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. Effie Rankin Bowers, a newspaper
writer, died at ST. Francis hospital, Co
lumbus, Ohio, as the result of an overdose
Of morphine taken with suicidal intent.
She took the drug at night and was found
by her husband in the morning. note
left by her discloses the fact that she was
in love with Francis Emerson, the convict
who hid in a box few days ago and was
conveyed out of the prison on dray, but
was afterward captured. Mrs. Bowers
said that Emerson was her former hus-
band. Her first newspaper work was in
Chicago under Storey. She had recently
purchased the Democratic Call and had
lost money,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29

J. w. Jago, formerly chief officer of the
White Star line steamer Britannia, and
John Kynaston, third officer of the same
steamer, both of whom have been con-
victed of robbing the mails on board the
Britannia, were sentenced in London, the
former to eight and the latter to one
years Imprisonment at hard labor.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Sells Land to Eng ishme1.

A deal was closed at Irvine, KY, by
which 25,000 acres of valua bic timber
land, large part of which is virgin forest
in Knott and Perry counties, were trans,
ferred to an English syndicate. Includ.
Irvine, one of the largest along the Ken,
lucky river. which will be utilized in turn
ing timber into lumber to supply the NAM
moth furniture factories which the syndi-
cate will erect in Cincinnati.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
His Life iri Danger.

According to special dispatches from
Pekin, members of the European COM
munity there believe the life of the En-
peror of China is in danger. 1t is added
that the DOwager Empress desires to
place Prince KuDg's grandson on the
throne. The Emperor, it is added, real
izes the strength of the conspiracy against
him and has ordered the guards at the
paiace to be strengthened
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
ADMIRAL CERvERA AT MADRID.
No Excitement Attends His Arrival
ut the Spanish Capital

No Excitement Attends His Arrival
at the Spanish Capital
Admiral Cervera has arrived at Madrid.
The news of his expected arrival had
spread, and police and people, in about
equal numbers, were present at the sta
ton. The populace displayed no excite
ment at the sight of Admiral Cervera,
though the presence of the police in such
large numbers was evidence that the
Government anticipated demonstration.
Admiral Cervera was accompanied by
Captains Eulate, Moreau and other Off
GERS.
In an interview the admiral said he had
a clear conscience regarding Santiago.
Nations, he said, grew great by their vic
tories and not by their defeats, however
glorious they might be. Spain had lived
in dream and she now had TO face a
reality. The admiral added that his war
ships We're not destroyed in battle. but by
fire. Gen. ToraI, the Spanish commander
who surrendered his forces at Santiago de
Cuba. has also arrived. He did so with
out attracting any attention.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Eivc Men Lost.

A special from Sault Ste Marie says:
Five men were drowned in the st. Mary's
River, by the laundering of the lighter
Monitor. They are Joseph Prior, William
Corbier, John Robare, Emanuel Robare,
all of this city, and johu Foley, of West
Bay City, Mich. Their bodies were re-
covered by diver and brought here.
The wreck of the lighter obstructs the
channel, and will be removed by dyna-
mite
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Gov. Lcedy May Lose am Eve.

The friends of Gov. Leedy Of Kansas,
are greatly exercised over his serious
condition. For four weeks he has teen
under the care Of physicians, suffering
with rheumatism. 1t is feared that he
will lose an eye. The disease seems to
have settled in his face. He Is at Geuda
Springs, and it is not probable he will be
able to leave that place to participate in
the cam naipp
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
AN OBJECT LESSON.

Merchant Opposed waterworks and His
Warehouse Was Burned.
A terrible fire broke out in the business
part of McConnellsville, Ohio, in ware
rooms owned by C. L. Barker. The ware
house was destroyed and much property
damaged in adjoining buildings, but by
great efforts the court house and adjoin-
ing buildings were saved. As McCon-
nellsville voted on water works that day
and Barker was leader Of the opposition,
the fire caused quite sensation and some
claimed that incendiaries were to blame.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
StranRled bv Thieves.

Andrew Cassagne was strangled to
death by three men in the tenement
house in Williamsburg. Brooklyn. which
he occupied with his wife. Two of the
burglars choked Mrs. Cassagne nearly to
insensibility. while the third man search
ed the room, finding $500 under the mat
tress of the bed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Cubans Grow Insolent.

Disturbances in public places between
Cubans and Spaniards are becoming fire.
ouent in Havana. The Cubans are as
suming an insolent and abusive manner
in their treatment of the Spaniards, whom
they lose no opportunity of openly refer
ring TO as vanIushed. Many of them
wear miniature Cuban flags. the lone star
of which acts upon the Spanish officers as
does a red rag upon a bull.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
THE TEMPLE DOESN'T PAY.
Mrs. Stevens of the w. c. T. U. Speaks
of the Chicago Enterprise.

Mrs. l.. NJ n. Stevens, acting national
president of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union of America, and State
president of the Maine organization, de-
liyered an address at the State conven-
ton in Bangor, Me. The important por-
ton Of her remarks related to the situa-
tion Of the union relative to the Woman's
Temple in Chicago. She said: The build
ing has never brought revenue to the so
ciety; on the contrary, more than 500
900. mostly from white-ribbcners, has
been spent in floating the enterprise,
while the National w. C. 7. q. has paid
and is paying to-day regular rent for its
offices in the Temple. Hence, in giving
UP the Temple the W. c. T. Z. has moth
ing to lose, but much to gain"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Icnacco Company Is A5sorh. 4,

A deal was consummated in St. Louis.
Mo-, whereby the Brown tobacco plant
becomes the property of the American
Tobacco Company. The price paid was
81. 100000. Paul Brown, president of the
Brown Tobacco Company, will become
manager of the business there for the
American Tobacco Company.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Three Fishermen Drowned.

Capt. A. p. Johnson, his eldest son,
Albert, and ErIck Bergman, fishermen on
Lake Michigan, north of Millers, Ind,
were drowned. The three men were re-
turning from their fish ponds, and when
near shore a: tho breakwater line large
wave oapsized their boat and they were
thrown underneath.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
1t Will Rival Krunn.

McKeesport (Pa.) special: The Carne-
gle Steel Company is preparing plans for
q gun factory to rival Krupp's Company.
1t will also build ships. 1t is now con-
structing railroad which will give them
adeep water outlet al Norfork or New
port News. Tie plant will he located at
Homestead, and will employ 1000 men.
The company is said 10 have a secret in
gun construction that will revolut:onize
naval and coast armament.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29

English and American Sailors March
TOyether in Canada

Wednesday was a memorable day in
Quebec's history. Representatives Of
three great nations-the United States,
Great Britain and France-united to hon
or the memory of Samuel Champlain, the
intrepid explorer who founded that city
in 1908 and died there twenty-seven years
later. The United States protected cruis-
er Marblehead, Capt. McCalla. was sent
there specially by the American Govern
ment. The spectacle was witnessed of
American and British bluejackets march
ing in procession through the streets of
Canada's ancient capital and standing
shoulder TO shoulder in the square round
Champlain's monument. All the Ameri-
can commissioners were present.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Neil Donn.i,on'. Fatal sh ..

Neil Donnellon, only son of Cornelius
Donnellon, a vice-presidcnt of the d. Il
NJ. Chauncey Real Estate Company OF
Brooklyn. and wealthy man, killed him
self by shooting himself in the left breast
with a revolver at his home in New York.
There is an absolute lack of reason. so
far as his family knows, for the young
mans act
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Reward for Their Bravery.

General order No. 491, issued from the
Navy Department at Washington. tells
the story of the terrible fight of the little
torpedo boat Winslow with the forts at
Cardenas last May, in the shape of an
official recommendation from Lieut.. John
Bernardou. the commander of the craft,
looking to the advancement of Brady,
Cooney and Johnson of his crew to war
rant officers, which Secretary Long did.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
SHIPS MEET DISASTER.
List of Losses Received in Chicago
from Lake Points


from Lake Points.
The following lake disasters were re-
ported in Chicago in one day recently:
Schooner Senator, coal laden for Harbor
Springs, stranded in the thick smoke on
Skillagalee reef, Lake Michigan; schoon-
ers ]. II. Mead and Mediator. Duluth to
Chicago with lumber, went ashore on Ke
weenaw point, Lake Superior, near Port
age Lake canal, total losses; steamer Colo
RADIO, Duluth to Port Huron. 1,500 tons
flour, stranded on reef at Eagle harbor.
keweenaw peninsula. total loss; steamer
Keystone went ashore on Big Summer
Island, Lake Michigan, and later caught
fire and was destroyed. with 1000 tons
Of coal; schooner Keepsake, with a cargo
of coal for Marine City, foundered in
Lake Erie: schooner Southwest. without
cargo, sunk on Huron Island, Lake Su-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29

A few nights ago paper was tackled to
the door of house at Tuckahoeming min
ing camp, two miles north of Joplin, Mo-,
notifying Reed Hoagland to leave the
country at once. 1t was signed "A
Friend" The next night Reed and Will
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29

Joseph Hickey of western Nebraska,
who was accompanying a married daugh-
ter Mrs Maggie Brown, and sick child
to Medford, o. T., mysteriously disap-
peared from the union station at st. Jo-
seph, Mo. Hickey had S4O0 in money
and railway tickets in his possession, and
fears are expressed that he has been rob
bed and thrown into the river.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Miners Strike Ended.

The coal miners strike in the third pool
at Monongahela City, Pa, is over and
work has been resumed in all the pits
pending a settlement Of the differences
by arbitration. About 1000 miners were
affected by the strike, which threatened
to spread to al points in the Pittsburg
district.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
Mine EXPLOSION.

A terrible explosion occurred in the
Snowden Mine, near Brownsville, Pa.
Fifty-e;ght men were at work at the
mine when the explosion occurred A
great wave of fire-damp immediately fol-
lowed, filling the mile and entries. This
also exploded spreading death and havoc
on every hand. AT this writing eight
bodies have been taken cut. A man who
was working near the entrance and es-
capped, doesn't think it possible that any
of the fifty-eight imprisoned miners
could escape alive. Rescuing parties are
endeavoring to enter the mine at different
points,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-09-29
CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT.
Clara Barton Outlines Course Pursued
by the Red Cross Society.

by the Red Cross Society.
Miss Clara Barton the other afternoon
presented to President Mckinley a verbal
report of the work done by the Red Cross
Society at Santiago since the surrender
of the city, and an account of her treat
mcnt by the Spanish officials at Havana.
Miss Barton described the condition of
the poor at Santiago, and said that not
only the poor but people in ordinary cir
cumstances had been badly in need of
help and she had relieved the necessities
as best she could. Miss Barton then took
up the subject of Havana. She told Of
the enormous duties which the Spanish
officials there sought to levy on the sup
plies she was bringing the suffering Gu
bans, and of Withdrawing her vessel to
await Il more favorable opportunity to en-
ter Havana. President Mckinley assur-
ed her that her action in the matter met
with his heartiest approval.