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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
President Kruger Appeals to Victoria
to Prevent Bloodshed.

TO freVcut bIOOuSncus
London advices say that President
Krugers cablegram to the Queen, asking
,or peace will likely prolong the delay and
possibly result in conference. The pres
ldent of the Transvaal assumes high NOR
Al grounds and argues with great earnest
hess. 1t is difficult to see how the Queen
ran ignore the appeal. There are con-
,iderations that will modify the effect Of
the pettion-its tardiness and the fact
that the Transvaal Government had ap-
pealed to the continental powers previ-
pusly.
Meanwhile the preparations for war
continue with every evidence of bellicose
industry on both sides. Double forces are
working at the royal arsenal and dock
yards to equip and transport troops to
the cape All factories making the par
Rphernalia of war are working overtime
On large orders.
The reply of President Steyn of the
Orange Free State to the note of Sir AL
fred Miner is far more diplomatic than
pacific. 1t is thought that the Free
State raad will plunge into war at its
first opportunity. The Boer activity in
preparing for hostilities is not less than
the British. The distribution of rifles
goes on with increased rapidity and the
massing on the frontier is nearing com
pletion.
The Uitlander council, as the result of
| meetings held at Pietermaritzburg and
johannesburg, decided to address Il com
munication to the British high commits
sioner, Sir Alfred Miner, urging the i'm
perial Government to break off negotia.
lions with the Transvaal. The reasons
for this action are that ''the severe dis
tress prevailing may compel the remain
| ing Uitlanders to accept any compromise
offered, that loyal British subjects ar,
| becoming discontented and that great un
rest exists among the natives"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
FIRE in STOCK YARDS
HORSE PAVILION AND TRANSIT
HOUSE RUINED.
Flames Attack buildings Over Area
of Many Acres es-AGgregate Loss to a
Score of Structures S204, ,OOO-Hun.
dreds of Horses Stampede.

For the second time in three years fire
has wiped out mammoth horse sale sta
bles at the Chicago stock yards. The
Dexter Park pavilion, two residences and
three detached horse barns We're destroy
cd. and the old stock yards hotel. the
Transit House, was badly damaged.
For awhile it was feared the hames
would spread to the stock yards proper,
but hard work on the part of the fire de-
partmcnt, aided by strong southwest
wind which carried the flying embers IN
the opposite direction, averted this dan
ger The property loss is estimated at
between 100000 and 100000.
About $500 horses were in the pavilion
when the fire broke out and these were
turned loose. In the stampede which FOL
lowed three persons were injured, none,
however, seriously. Two hundred guests
of the hotel were forced to rush from the
building, many of them leaving their ef-
fects behind in the scramble for places of
safety.
The fire was discovered at 4 80 o clock
in the afternoon in the southeast corner
of the huge pavilion. The first alarm
brought four engines and hook and lad
der truck, but by the time they arrived
the fire had gained such headway that
All alarm was sent i'll. This was quick
ly followed by two special calls, each for
ten more engines, and in short time
thirty-four engines were at work.
Within fifteen minutes after the dis
covery of the fire the huge building, with
its dome towering nearly 200 feet, was
enveloped in one seething, surging mass
of fame. The long speedway in the cen
ter caused a draft, which carried the
flames far out beyond the building, com
municating with the hotel $50 feet away
Seeing that the pavilion could not be
saved, the tremen turned their attention
to the hotel. The fire started in the hote
in the rear near the elvator shaft, ano
up this the flames shot high above the
roof, communicating the blaze to each OF
the four floors. After nearly three hours
work the flames were subdued, but moi
before the building was left almost
shell.
The total loss to the Union Stock Yard:
and Transit Company, according to th'
estimate of ]. A. Spoor, vice-presiden'
and general manager of the company
will reach the sum of S294,OO All OF
the property was insured, but with I'M
exception Of the hotel the insurance wa!
not equal to the value of the property.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28

,enditure of $4,000 by the members of
the Wilder brigade. and it is the most
Imposing and massive monument on the
national battlefield. At the Wilder shaft
Maj. James \. Connolly of Springfield.
H.; Gen. Smith d. Atkins of FreepOrt,
H., and others spoke. The speech of
Col. Tomlinson Fort of Chattanooga was
The first ever delivered by Confederate
veteran on Chickamauga battlefield at
The dedication of a monument to Union
soldiers of the civil war. \. b. Forrest
Camp, Confederate veterans, was pres
ent clad in uniforms of gray.
The monument is constructed of lime
,tone quarried from the hills in the vi
Unity of the park. 1t is seventy-fve feet
high and is an embattled circular tower
resting on a square base twenty-feet in
dimension. a spiral stairway on the in
tide leads to the top, from which view
If the entire park is obtained. The cost
If the monument completed was about
10000, the entire amount having been
contributed by the members of the brig
,de, Gen. Wilder himself being the most
liberal contributor.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
WILL. NOT PAY CUBAN BONDS.
Spanish Cabinets Decision Regarding In.
terest Looks Like Reputation.

The decision by the Spanish cabinet
that the interest on tie Cuban bonds
must be paid by the Cuban Government
is a virtual announcement that Spain
will not pay the interest and that the
bonds are valuelcss. The action of the
Spanish cabinet was referred to the
State Department. from which the fol-
lowing authoritative statement was OBJ
tanned: 'The United States commission
ers ut Paris never at any time or in any
derEee agreed that the United States
should become responsible for SPAN
Cuban debt. There never was any under
standing that any other party should be
responsible for that debt than Spain her
self. The reason the United States did
not assume the debt. or any part OF 1t,
was that the debt was incurred almost
wholly by Spain TO crush the several IN
surrections. The United States might
have assumed to guarantee this debt II
the funds named had been expended IN
internal improvements in Cuba. 1hls
Government, as is well known, consented
to pay to Spain S20.O0O,OOO in the case
of the Philippine Islands, solely on the
ground that approximately that amount
had been expended by Spain in improve
ments in the islands,"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
a SUICIDAL RACE.
Rohemians Organize Many Suicide
Clubs,

A plan by which it is sought to revolu-
tioniZe the social customs of BOhemians
in the United States has been undertaken
among the 100000 members of the race i'll
Chicago, by the Bohemian brotherhood of
America. The brotherhood, which IS
secret organization and represents va
riety Of religious beliefs, makes the bold
declaration that the prevalence of agnos-
ticism among Bohemians has resulted in
suicides in such numbers as almost to
threaten the determination of their race.
The brotherhood asserts that Bohe-
mians are accustomed to form bands Sc
cretly among themselves for the express
purpose of inducing suicides by the
wholesale and the plans of the crusade,
set forth with explicit frankness, con-
template a movement that will check this
alarming tendency.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
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Bourke Cochran was once a porter for
A. Il. Stewart.
According to the Jewish Chronicle
Paderewski is Jew. =.
Russell Sage's sister lives at Oneida,
N Y She is 93 years old.
Daniel Lamont's private fortune is
now said to reach S5,O00,000.
Mrs. Howard Gould owns fan for
which her husband paid 100000.
Governor Roosevelt has taken to the
Gladstonian exercise of telling trees.
II. p. O'Connor says Mrs. Langtry
looks quite as young as she did ten years
ago.
X. ID. BIackmore, author Of Lorna
Doone," is a prosperous market gardener.
Min Yong Whou, the new minister to
Washington from Corea, speaks English
fluently.
William l.. Elkins of the street rail-
way syndicate began life as an errand
boy in a grocery.
Leopold Carreras of Philadelphia does
not read jokes, as he dislocates his jaw
every time he laughs.
Manuel Garcia of Spain, the oldest liv-
ing professor of music in the world, was
born ninety-fOur years ago.
Sarah Bernhardt refuses to disclose her
age, further than to declare that she
never intends to get old.
Bliss Perry, the new editor of the At
lantic, has been Il professor of English
literature at Princeton.
Bella Nj. Hughes, of Atchison, Kan.
recently celebrated the fiftieth anniyer-
sary of his second marriage.
Colonel Rice of the Twenty-sixth In.
fantry was classmate of Admiral
Dewey at Norwich University.
Two divinity students are working
their way through Yale by doing jOt
printing The name of the firm is Clark
u Watkins.
Senator Quay is well versed in the his
tory of France, and has read many
French works on the subject.
Patrick Farrelly, President of the
American News Company, began his
business career rs newsboy.
Charles ]. Stille, who has bequcathet
S75. 900 TO Yale, was president of the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania until 1880.
Alexander Henderson, of Syracuse, hal
| acted as pallbearer at the funeral of IL
of his friends during the last fifty years
Wilbur +. and John +. Stiles are twin.
living in Wichita, Kan. They look Sc
much alike that only intimate friends cal
! tell them apart.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
RAISING MONEY FOR WAR.
Question of How Uncle Sam Will Raise
Funds for Philippine War.

Secretary Gage, of the Treasury, is en-
gagged in the task of ascertaining whence
the funds are to come with which TO pay
the largely-increased army recently deter
mined on by the President and Secretary
Root. The receipts of the government did
not meet the extraordinary expenditures
when the army was smaller, and the
problem of how to meet the cost of 3O,OOO
additional troops gives the treasury De-
partment some uneasiness.
The administration, it is said, is un-
willing to make another bond issue, but
il this cannot be avoided it will be done;
and it is asserted that Secretary Gage has
ample authority to issue more bonds for
the prosecution of the war i'll the Ihll-
ippines, which. is regarded as part OF
the war with Spain. 1t seems to be gen
orally conceded that custom duties should
not be further increased and thus the
means of raising necessary funds lie IN
war taxes, or bonds. or both.
The following are some of the sugges-
tions that find favor among the revenue
officials: Tie imposition of stamp tax
on all patent protected articles, the theory
being that the value Of the article IS
greatly py bhC PiotSNiioh "a sAA>
patent laws of the United States, and
that, as a war measure purely, the gov
ernment would be justified in demanding
fractional part of the profits secured
through the establishment of a monopoly
by virtue of the patent laws.
1t is also proposed to place stamp tax
on all slot machines in which there is any
element of chance. 1t has been found
that the manufacture OF these machines
has attained gigantic proportions. In
each of them the percentage of profit to
the proprietor is enormous, and the tax
would not be oppressive. OF course, this
would not strike those machines which
dispense chewing gum, for in them there
is no element of chance, and the gum
already pays government tax.
Another proposition that has met with
favor at the hands of the Treasury De-
partment is one to put stamp tax on al
firearms, except such as are used for ma
tional, State or municipal purposes.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
WHITE DOLLARS ARE SCARCE
Uncle Sam Will Not Now Take Gold in
I Exchange for silver.

Uncle Sam Will Not Now Take Gold in
I Exchange for silver.
1t may be all astonishing statement to
say that the United States Government
refuses to accept gold Of its own coinage
In exchange for silver dollars, but that
Is what at least one sub-treasurer is ac
tually doing. The complaint comes from
st. Louis, where the sub-treasurer de-
clines to exchange silver dollars except
for silver certificates. Neither gold nor
bank notes will tempt the white coins
from his vaults. 1t is quite possible for
the United States treasury to reach Il
point where a general order will be is
sued to all sub-treasurers forbidding them
to exchange silver dollars for gold, ma
tional bank notes or any other form of
currency except silver certificates.
Uncle Sam presents the remarkab.,
spectacle of trying to get rid of gold and
Of boarding silver. The treasury stock
Of fractional silver is down to s., 400, 500,
and there is no law for buying any more
bullion for this coinage. Government
officials fear the entire stock of small
silver will be called into circulation be-
fore Congress can take action to meet the
rreat demand
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
SAYS TAScOTT is IN ALASKA.

GoId-Seeker from Cape Ncme Tells
Story OF the Chicago Man.
William Tascott, who is charged with
the murder of A. ]. Smell, the Chicago
millionaire, in 1SSS, is now at Cape
Nome, Alaska, if the story brought from
the north by Samuel Rigler is correct.
Some weeks ago, Rigler says, half-dead
man, with a companion, claiming to han
from Dawson, staggered into hut occu-
pied by himself and half dozen miners,
begging to be allowed to die there. The
invalid remained in the camp whole
week and the first four days his death
was momentarily expected. The third
uight after his arrival the stranger, eN-
pecting to die before daylight, confessed
10 being the Chicago murderer. Tascott
lived, and two days after he made what
was considered his dying declaration he,
his partner and their outfit disappeared.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
THE MARKETS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 500; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat. No. red, Tic to I2ci
corn, No. ., 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2, pc
to 23c; rye, No. 2, 56c to 5Sc; butter,
choice creamery, 22c to 23c; eggs, fresh,
15c to lie; potatoes, choice, 3Oc to 4Oc
per bushel.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping, $500 tC
$6.25; hogs, choice light, S2.15 to S4.I5,
sheep, common to prime. S3.25 to S4.2o;
wheat, No. 2 red, &c to Csc; corn, No.
white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c
to 25c.
st. Louis Cattle, $325 to $6.15; hogs
$500 to $475; sheep, $500 to $3.50,
wheat, No. 2, 6Sc to 69c; corn, No. Z
yellow, 3Oc TO 32c; oats, No. =, 22c to
24c; rye, No. =. SIC to 51c.
Cincinnati-Ca $3.50 to $6.25; hogs
$500 to $40; sheep, $3.50 to $4.00,
wheat, No. ,, 69c to tie; corn, No. :
mixed, 33c to soc; oats, No. = mixed, 24c
to 25c; rye, No =, 62c to Csc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to S6.25; hogs
$500 to $4.15; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50
wheat, No. y, zoe to Tic; corn. No. =
yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. = white, 25C
to 26c; rye. soc to zoe.
Toledo-Wheat. No. mixed, G9c to
lie; corn, No. = mixed 34c to 35c; oats
No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rye, No. >, So
to 60c; clover seed, $500 to So. 10.
Wheat. No. . spring, Csc
to roc; corn, No. 3, 32c to 33c; oats, No
white, 23c to 25c; rye, No, ], SIC to SOC
barley, Nc ., 45c TO 41c; pork, mess
$7.75 to $S.25.
Buffalo-Cattle, good shipping steers
$500 to $3.50; hogs, common to choice
S3.25 to $500; sheep, fair to choice weth
ers, $3.50 10 SI.75; lambs, common tC
extra, $3.50 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle, S3.25 to $3.50; hogs
$500 TO $5.25; sheep, $500 to $500
wheat, No. 2 red, 13c to 14c; corn, No. 2
SOC to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 2Sc to 30c
butter. creamery, 1Sc to 21c; eggs, west
erl, 13c to 1Bc.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
He Wanted a Compromise.

Cen. Horace Porter tells the follow
ing story, which is both true and time
ly: 1t was about the middle of the civil
war when a freshly appointed colonel
with a newly enlisted regiment Joined
the Union forces in the far South. They
were beautifully new, both in expert
ence and in uniforms, and they were
very anxious to fight. The routine of
eomp life drove them almost to mutiny-
One bright October morning word was
received that small detachment or
Gen. Wheeler's cayalrymen were on
the other side of the hill, and force
started out in pursuit. The next day
the Confederates We're reported miles
distant in the opposite direction. The
third day the new colonel and veter-
an brigadier started out for pleasure
ride. A mile from camp they rode into
the fugitive Confederates, who had
been circling the camp for a week. 1t
was narrow escape, but they got
away unharmed. After it was oysSs
the general said to the colonel:
well. what do you think of war
now?'
rs Wheeler in this neighborhood
much of the time?" replied the colonel
eyasively.
"All the time. He is here; there and
everywhere. What do you think of the
prospeet?"
Well" answered the colonel refiec-
lively, Il wonder whether there isn't
same way this Internal thing can be
compromised. d."-Philadelphia Post.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28

President Hobart Fatally Ill.
e New York Press says: 1t is possi-
aat Vice President Hobart may be un-
to preside at the next session OF the
I'd States Senate. More than that, it
recognized as a serious probability
le will not be in physical condition to
/ denomination as the running
9f President Mckinley in the next
aign. The disease from which Mr..
Il suffers is kidney trouble, not
sn1pnt OF form requiring absolute rest
II q long time. The fact has been known
to his friends, but this Is the first an
nouncement that his illness is SO serious as
70 threaten an actual withdrawal from the
1uties of his public position. 1t Is now
nearly six months since the Vice Presi-
dent, despitelon periods of rest, has been
able TO devote time continuously to bus
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
Slavery Exists in Hawaii.

sorge d. Grear, an attorney of Homo
inIu, called at the State Department in
Washington 70 present statement rela-
tive tc the i'll treatment of coolie labor in
the Hawaiian Islands. He asserts that the
Supreme Court of Hawaii by its rulings is
sustaining system of slavery of the worst
kind in the islands, in violation of the con-
stitution of the United States, and he asks
that the Attorney General be requested to
declare whether or not the constitution
does not cover the islands.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
This and That.

Robert Caney and wife, Bluffton, y.
Y, turned on the gas. Both dead.
Of the Louisville, Ky, Times, is dead.
Henry Ross, Taunton, Mass, is dead
from a blow on the head, in a football
game.
Alexander Weiser, New York, in jeal
Gus rage, killed Mrs. Laura Aster and
himself.
Peter Stiens, Russian scientist says
he can give artificial sight to the blind
with new electrical appliance. He be-
ieyes he can make the deaf hear.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
WILDER MONUMENT DEDICATED
Great Shaft so Dead Soldiers Viewed
by thousands of Visitors.

The 113 Indiana monuments and mark
ers and the Wilder brigade monument at
Chickamauga Park were dedicated at
Chickamauga Park in the presence Of TO-
300 people. About 900 old soldiers from
Illinois and Indiana were present. The
ceremonies began with the dedication of
the Indiana monuments and markers.
These represent an expenditure of about
$4,000 by the State of Indiana. Gov.
Mount delivered the address, formally
turning the monuments over to the Gov
arnment. An address was also delivered
by Gen. James Il. Carnahan, a member
If the Indiana park commission. The
monuments were received with an appro-
pirate speech by Gen. ii. V. BOynton on
behalf of the Secretary of War.
Following the dedication of the Indiana
monuments the Wilder brigade tower was
dedicated. This tower represents an ex-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
r;l;n;uos Ditch a Train.

Manila special: A party of insurgents
ditched train mile and half south OF
Angeles and then opened fire upon the de-
rallied cars from bamboo thicket close to
the track, killing two Americans. and
wounding five others.
Lieut.. LONE and five Of his scouts, who
were on the train, made a vigorous defense
and caused the enemy to flee. Six dead
rebels were afterward found in the thicket
from which the rebel fire came.
Gen. Wheaton, with six companies, pro-
ceeded From Calumet TO the relief OF the
train, but his services were not needed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
WINDOW GLASS PLANTS UNITE.
Several Indiana Concerns Absorbed by the
American Company.


The American Window Glass Company
has come into control of the leading win
dow glass plants in the Indiana gas belt
Deeds of the Elwood Window Glass Com
pany, the Indiana Window Glass Com
pany of Pendleton, the Clyde Window
Glass Company of Frankton, the Victor
Window Glass Company, and the Ander'
son Window Glass Company of Anderson
and the Frankton Window Glass Com
pany's property have been recorded ID
favor of American Window Glass Com
pany. The amount paid for the Elwood
Window Glass Company was $lo,oOoi
the Indiana Window Glass Company
$50, 800; the Clyde Window Glass Com
pany, So, 800; the Victor Window Glass
Company, $4,000; the Anderson Win
dow Glass Company, $25,OOO, and the
Frankton Window Glass Company, 30,
$50. These values are but nominal, as
the assessed value Of the Victor plant II
$55, 900, and the Anderson Sl1o,Wo. The
other plants are worth more than the
prices named.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
CATCH MAKERS OF BAD COIN.
CHICAGO Police Arrest Two Counterfeit
ers AMI Obtain Confessions.

erS ami ODtdln SOnIcSSiOHS.
Two men, who gave their names as
Charles Opberman and Henry kisskalt,
were placed under arrest in Chicago,
charged with making and passing coun-
tertieit money. The men paid Charles
p. Hill. saloonkeeper at Irving Park,
a silver dollar for drinks and rode away
on bicycles after receiving their change.
Hill soon discovered the counterfeit and
notified the police. Sergeant Finnegan
and Detectives Specht and Hanreddy
jumped into milk wagon and after
long search found both men. The detec-
tives found sixteen counterfeit dollars on
one man and seven on the other. At the
station they confessed they had head
quarters at 152 Illinois street. The po-
lice found molds and metal in their
rooms, but. no counterfeit coins. Ihe
men operated in St. Louis and Pittsburg
until a month ago, when they went to
Chicago.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
W.chita Company Falls.

The Davidson Investment Company OF
Wichita, Kan, has failed, owing $ll6,'
600. The receiver has sued Arthur L
Sewall, candidate for Vice-President in
1896, on his liability as stockholder
Mr.. Sewall owned $4,000 worth Of
stock, and under the Kansas law is LA
BILE fof double that amount.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28
EntIrs Block DESTROYED.

Practically an entire block Of buildings
was destroyed by fire at Los Angeles.
Cal. The losers are the Los Angeles
Farming and Milling Company, the Fer
ry Mill and Lumber Company and ]. II.
Holbrook, dealer in iron pipe and well
castings. Three men were injured in the
fire, two of them probably fatally. The
property lofs will reach S25O,OOO.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-09-28

An engine attached to the New York
and ST. Louis day express on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad left the track
near Petroleum. w. Va, and plunged
over twentyfoot embankment. The
engine, postal car, two baggage cars and
two coaches were derailed and badly
damaged. Engineer William Meyers WAS
instantly killed.