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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-10-12

To run the city of Boston during the
past fiscal year cost $40, ,203,6T of which
S34,011,14S was for regular department
expenses. The public library cost 1924 !.
36S. the parks SOL SIS, the schools S3,.
3O2,4S7 and the water $3.302 ,4S1. The
total expenditure for parks since the
present system was adopted is Sl5, 5,196,-
800, of which $6,540, ,13S was for land
and $S,656,1S2 for construction. Some
idea can be gained of what Boston spent
in order to obtain its present improve.
ments from the fact that among its bonds
Still outstanding is S5.010.j00 expended
| for Il sewerage system. 50, A.. .025 for
school houses and sites. S6,120, 100 fol
| public buildings. 1861 800 for sewers,
and over S16.000.000 for widening. 'ex.
| tending and grading streets and laying
| out and constructing highways and ave.
| nues. Boston has population of 500,-
| 900 and its tax rate is $13.60 on the
! $1,000.
At the recent New York primaries only
| $4,000 Democrats and $4,000 Republi-
cans, 4 total of 10000, participated out of
| an electorate of over 100000. Eighty
per cent of the voters took no part in the
primaries. Earnest and indefatigable
work will be required, apparently. to pre-
vent 4 considerable decrease in this years
vote as compared with 1896, 1897 and
1895
The Socialist Labor party of Pennsyl-
vania is not large, but it is large enough
to split into two factions and to nominate
two tickets for the general Offices TO be
flied by the election this fall. For the
judges one faction has nominated an up
holsterer and cigarmaker, and the other
faction a machinist and Il glass worker
The next Virginia Legislature is to vote
on bill to be offered for the calling of a
constitutional convention to amend the
suffrage law of Virginia. 1t is proposed
to adopt an amendment which will prac-
tically restrict the suffrage to white citi-
Zens Of the State or to such colored citi-
zens as are the owners of real estate.
But languid interest is being taken in
the New York Worlds attempt to have
Admiral Dewey nominated for the presi-
dency. Nearly every newspaper thinks
lie would not accept nomination.
The Democratic candidates for Gov
ernOr and Lieutenant Governor in Mas
sachusetts are still III their thirtes.
Anybody who didn't know better
would suppose, to glance over the news
papers nowadays, that it was really a
crucial question who should be the next
vice-presidential candidate says the St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
Chicago's Indifference as TO whether
she secures the Democratic national con-
vention excites great surprise in every
other city.
West Virginia elects a Governor next
year. The present Republican Governor
is not a candidate for reelection.
w. E. Chandlers election as Senator
from New Hampshire is opposed, but the
opposition is badly split.
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THE MARKETS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
$500 to $1.25; hogs, shipping grades
! $500 10 S4.T5; sheep, fair to choice, $500
| 10 S4.J0; wheat, No. = red, 13c to 74c;
corn, No. =, 30c to 31c; oats, No. -. pc
to 24c; rye, No. =, SIC to SOC; butter,
choice creamery, 22c to 24c; eggs, fresh,
| l6c TO lie; potatoes, choice, 25c to 3JC
| per bushel.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500 TO
$3.50; hogs, choice light, ST. to $500,
sheep, common to prime, S3.25 to $3.50;
wheat, No. . red, G9c to Tie; corn. No.
white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. = white, 24c
20 26c.
St. Louis-Cattle, S325 to SG.75; hogs,
$500 to $40; sheep, $500 TO S4.25;
wheat, No. 2, re to 14c; corn, No. .
yellow, Bic to 33c; oats, No. =, DE to
2Jc: rye, No. =. 59c to G0c.
Cncinnati-Cattle, $50 to S6.25; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to S4.2j;
wheat, No. >. 72c TO 13c; corn. No. ,
mixed, 33c to Soc: oats. No. mixed, 2lc
to 26c; rye, No. =, 62c to Gle.
Detroit-Cattle. $50 to S6.25; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to S4O0;
wheat No. >, 13c to 75c; corn, No. 2
Fellow, 3lc 10 3Gc; oats, No. 2 white, 26c
TO 2Sc; rye. GOc to G2c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed. tic to
12c; corn, No. , mixed, 33c to 34c: oats,
No. mixed, 25c to dc; rye, No ., 5Sc
to G0c; clover seed, $3.50 to $500.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. > Northern.
SOC to lie; corn, No. 3, 32c to ;i3c; oats,
No. white, 24c to 21c; rye. No. |. 5Sc
20 Coz; barley, No. =, 45c to 4Tc; pork,
mess, $500 to $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle. good shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, common TO choice,
1926 to $500; sheep. fair to choice weth-
ers, $500 TO S1.J0: lambs, common TO
extra, S4.50 TO 1913
New York-Cattle. $3.25 to S6.75; hogs,
$500 to $5.25; sheep. $500 to $3.50:
wheat, No. red, tic to 1Sc; corn, No. p
40c to 41c; oats, No. white. 30c to 32c;
butter, creamery, lie to 25c; eggs, west
ern, 14c to 19c.
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SLAIN AT WEDDING SUPPER.
Groom and Bride Assassinated by the
Woman's Rejected Suitor.

Woman's Rejected Suitor.
Charles Rankin, farmer 81 years of
age, murdered Frank Walker and his
wife, whom he had married but a few
hours before, and then committed suicide,
at the home of James Cook, nine miles
east of Montgomery, Mo-, on Tuesday
evening. Rankin was a jealous lover of
the bride, formerly Miss Goshorne.
The bride and groom sat side by side
at the head Of the wedding supper table.
There was an uncurtained window be
hind them. Suddenly there was a min
gled din of screams, gunshot reports and
crashing glass. The bride and groom sat
dead in their chairs. The onlookers, held
by horror of the sight, saw flash out.
side the window and heard another re-
port. Terror stricken, the guests ut the
feast summoned the sheriff and posse
was formed to search for the murderer
In the yard of the house lay the mur
derer, dead. He had barred his foot that
he might get better hold of the trigger
with his toe and had then blown his head
off. He left a note explaining that he
could not live without the girl, and as tc
kill her husband would be to make her
miserable, he had decided to end the lives
of both and then kill himself
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II Told You L Gould Do IT,

The commander of Williston's bat
terry observing that when the rebels
fired there was one particular piece
that was very annoying, on account
of its shelling the headquarters, turned
to General Devens, and said, For
Gods sake, General, let us knock that
gun over for L can do it." The Gen
eral replied that he was afraid that he
might hit some of Clusters men, who
were but recently ordered out on the
left. 'They are not there replied VII
liston. Il should see them if they were.
l know where l am going to shoot.
will not hit any one. l only want to
knock that gun over" General Devens
still hesitating. Williston said. Let me
fire on my own responsibility, for
Gods sake. VIII you do it?' At last
the General constented, when-bang!
went one of the pieces and over went
the doomed gun, the carriage shat
tered and dispersed instantly. There"
said the keen-eyed Williston, with
smile of triumph, Il told you 1 could
do itr'
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A Re7utifuI Incident.

Cant. Z. f. Woodman, for many years
a prominent official in the Chicago, ST
Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha, and who
before that was State Senator ano
an editer, nephew of the late Sena-
tor and Postmaster General Timothy y.
Howe, was captain in the Thlrteentn.
At one reunion of the regiment ten OF
Woodman's company were present
The captain had been dangerously sick
and was in hospital. One of the ten
wrote touchingly beautiful letter and
each man signed it. When WOodman
was we'll enough to look over his mai
the letter from his old boys was the
first one he opened. 1t was read sew
eral times while the invalid's eyes were
in swimming, and then he laid it by his
side. When the nurse came in Wood
mans hands were holding his face and
his weak form was trembling from
emotion.
why, Mr. Woodman, what has hap
pened?' The captain pointed to the
innocent letter The nurse thought
that member of his family had died.
I'm glad none of your family are
dead, as l feared, but / don't blame you
for crying. I'm full of tears myself at
this loving letter of the soldiers to their
invalid captain"
About the first work Capt. Woodman
did after returning to his office was to
write ten loving letters to ten dear old
fellows who had filed him so full of
gladness while in hospital that he ran
over. One of the ten told me last week
what his letter contained, and his blue
eyes swan with tears as he spoke of ii
and told of the captains good conduct
and warm heart when they were boys,
doing their duty for flag and country.
This Thirteenth man had met five of
the other men who had got a letter
from the captain All had had a crying
spell over it, and two of them, the
stoutest- hearted ard bravest Of the
company, had several such spells. To
tap their eyes it was only necessary 10
call up Capt. Woodman's letter.
l guess some one laughs at this re-
counting-this telling of soft hearts and
damp eyes. 1t is natural. But IL you
could know how dear the old boys are
to each other, and how closely they are
crowding together on the downhill
march; how tenderly their hearts beat
for each other; how strong and log
chaiuy the fastenings that hold them to
each other, l am sure you would not
laugh. l think some of you would join
them in choking up at times. They have
passed through fire together; they have
passed years of great danger shoulder
to shoulder, keeping step to the music
of the Union; gone hungry together;
slept together in rain ald snow, with
out covering save God great blanket
full of stars or lined with clouds. They
have bled together on battlefields, suf-
fered together in hospitals, mourned
together over dear dead comrades. The
chains that bind them together were
welded in the most trying period Of the
republic. Only the happy home circle
has ties that can compare with them.
God bless the dear old fellows, 1 wish
1 could make boys of them again
young boys, such as they were in 1861
j. A. WatroiIs, in Chicago Times
Herald
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A Romantic Enlistment.

The recent death of Rev. George ".
story of his devotion to tine Union
cause, which has in it all the elements
of romance.
Famine year in Ireland, an Irish lady
stod with her young son, watching the
American man-of-war, Macedonia,
come TO anchor at Belfast. freighted
with Indian meal for the sufferers, says
the Western Christian Advocate This
lady was the mother of G.. W. Pepper.
The generous act of this Government
SO thrilled her that. taking her sons
hand and raising it to heaven, she made
him VOW to God that should any calam-
ity ever overtake the American people
he would never forget the Stars and
Stripes. Years after, when that lad
had grown to mans estate and had be-
come minister of the gospel, a mem
Der of the North Ohio conference. In
1861, when the country was lurid with
the smoke and flames of civil war, he
preached from his pulpit in Keene a
sermon of imprisoned patriotic elo-
quence from the words. "Out of the
South cometh the whirlwind." in which
he described the scene and oath in Bel
fast. The effect upon his congregation
was wonderful. The hour had come
for the preacher to fulfill his vow, and
no paper being ut hand, the young pas
tor wrote out and signed an enlistment
on the fly-leaf of Il hymn-book, and ap-
pealed for volunteers to join him. Six
ty at once enrolled, and the next day
the list grew to 100, and, with the pas
tor for captain, became III Company, in
Col. Ephrain r. Eckley's Eightieth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry. doing gallant
service in the Vicksburg and Atlanta
campaigns, proving himself a cour-
ageous. wise and successful officer.
Then he was sent as consul to Milan.
and afterward made an extensive tour
through Europe and the Holy Land.
Returning. he spent the closing years of
his life in and about Cleveland, where,
in great peace and honor, he died
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-10-12
SWORD GIvEtI TO pEwEY.
rrem endous Crowds Cneer the Evsnt at
tn, Nations Capital

The presentation to Admiral Dewey of
The magnificent sword voted to him by
Congress took place nj noon Tuesday on
he steps of the capitol at Washington.
Tremendous crowds attended the event
md the widest enthusiasm was mani
tested. Accompanied by an escort of po-
lice and committeeman and headed by the
Marine band, the admiral was driven 10
the White House through cheering
crowds. His progress was slow ami he
repeatedly bowed and smiled his acknow!'
cdgment of the greetings given him. Dur
ns the parade the avenue rang with
dcafening cheers. and the banks Of I'm
manity took on life and motion as flags
and handkerchiefs were waved madly. Al
the capitol the ceremonies were singu-
larly impressive. The presentation
speech was made by Secretary Long,
who paid a glowing tribute to the man
who to-day fills the hearts and minds OF
his pouufrympn
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-10-12
FIX. SENATOR HARLAN DEAD.
Last Survivor of Lincoln's Cabinet
Passes Away in Iowa.

Elk United States Senator James Har-
Ian, :he last survivor of President Lin
coin, cabinet, passed away in Mount
Pleasant. Iowa. Thursday. He had been
rapidly failing for the last three months.
The immediate cause of his death was
congestion of the lungs. At the time of
his death there were with him his daugh-
ter. Mrs. Lincoln; his nephew, James
Nhtford; the nurse and two or three
friends.
James Harlan was elected four times
to the United States Senate and served
in that body sixteen years. His seat in
the Senate WAS declared vacant in 1851,
while he was serving a term ending in
1851, but he was reelected Immediately
He resigned in 1860 TO accept from Pres
ident Lincoln the place of Secretary of
the Interior, but was again elected 10 the
Senate in 1866 and served until 1873.
He was delegate to the peace cOnven-
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Grent Fissure in the Earth

Knoxville (Tenn.) special: An earth
quake was reported along the Tennessee
and North Carolina State line Friday af-
ternoon, beginning at 5:15 O'Clock in the
Smoky Mountains. An opening several
-4nndred feet in length was made along
Abrams Creek in The valley at the foot of a
mountain. No loss of life resulted as the
place of disturbance is isolated.
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A Chair on PnIitics.

Princeton On. j. special: President
Patton, in a lecture to the junior class of
ethics, incidentally referred to the gift of
100000 to the university for the founding
Of a chair in politics. and he made it plain
that ex-President Cleveland is not the
donor. Referring to it, he said: 1.-The
giver of the 100000 is not the gentleman
tmeaning Mr.. Cleyeland) you think it is.
The donor requested that his name be
withheld from publication, and that is why
1t has not been announced"
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Il n
to win it back. Sir Thomas Upton, a
man of millions. whose boast has been
that he never failed in anything he under
took. is the latest Britisher to try and
win back the cup and re-establish English
supremacy on the seas.
Ever since the year 1851 there has been
a silver cup twenty-four inches tall and
weighing 100 ounces in possession of
Americas yachtsmen, which Englishmen
have eagerly coveted. This aged bit of
metal represents the yachting champion
ship of the world and was first wen 10y
the schooner America and subsequently
defended with success by nine craft rep
resenting the flower of American yachts.
In 1871 the schooners Columbia and Sap
pho jointly represented this country. On
all other occasions but one boat carried
American colors to victory. Ten contests
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showing / would be worth hundred
thousand dollars Il year to the to"E-
But the fools have pushed me aside TO
make room for little men of no expert
ence and no capacity.
I left him grumbling on the corner
and felt that it was our last meeting
Two days later the ex-confederate
millionaire was found dead in Il hall
way. where lie had slept the night be-
fore. and his body WAS buried In the
potter's field.-WaIIace Putnam Reed,
i'm Chicago Times Herald.
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Total. 81 ,436, ,GO1 ,392
This amount, however, does not include
SCAT ,965, 1903 in treasury notes outstand-
ing, which are offset by an equal amount
Of cash on hand. The cash in the treas
ury is classified as follows:
Gold Observation-Disclosures. $343, ,002,3
Silver NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 499,62S. .449
Paper Observation-Disclosures. 1868, 145
Bonds, deposits in national
bank repositories, dis
bursting officers bal
ances, etc. ............ S3,932, ,112
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have been sailed ranging over period
of forty-four years. The last series of
races was sailed in 1890, when the sloop
Defender beat Lord Dunraven's cutter
Valkyrie Ill
The wind alone was to blame for the
failure of Tuesdays yacht race. neither
the Columbia nor Shamrock being able
to reach the line within the five and one
half hours allotted by the rules as limit
! time. Everything that British or Ameri-
can skill could devise in the way of pre-
paratory work was done long before the
yachts were given the word to cut loose
from their moorings and make sail for
the Sandy Hook lightship, the starting
point of the race. The course selected
for Tuesdays race was a sail of fifteen
miles to windward or leeward and return
After starting almost a minute behind
her rival. Columbia had oyertaken pass
ed her, and had rounded the stakeboat
two minutes ahead. On the run home,
Shamrock. by fine handling and good
luck. had oyertaken Columbia had gained
the lead. lost it again. and gained and
lost it again. When the five and half
hours, within which the rules said the
boats must cover the course. had elapsed,
the two We're so near together that an
apple could have been tossed from one to
the other \ moment before this Colum-
bia had poked her nose ahead of Sham
rock. They We're on almost even terms
when the whistles We're blown that an
nounced the end of the time Shamrock
was perhaps a few feet. maybe third of
4 length, in the lead.
Except for the failure to cover the
course in the prescribed time, it was what
the experts called a satisfactory race in
every way. On the whole. it may be said
that Columbia showed to better advan-
tage. for on the run out over the fifteen
mile course she gained steadily. and on
the beat back Shamrock had all the ,ucll
with the tickle breezes. and yet at the end
was only on even terms with Columbia
In spite of the fact that the wind made
a iluke of it, the race made as fine o.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-10-12
VESSEL ASHORE AND CREW AoRIFT.
Steamer Fay State Is Wrecked and VIII
Prove a Total Loss.

The Warren line steamer Bay State.
from Liverpool for Boston, went ashore
Gear Cape Race, and is Il total wreck.
Four boats, with sixty of the crew. We're
rescued while adrift in the fog by the
barkentinc Flora, bound for st. Johns,
which put into Cape Broyle TO land them
Another boat. with fifteen men, was still
missing. The ship struck while going
full speed. her captain believing he was
well south of Cape Race. and her seventy
seamen and twenty-nine cattlemen had
perilous hour with the seas breaking over
;hem until there was light enough &c
,aunch the boats ami get away through
he surges. They lay by her after two
boats swamped until the weather aba,ed
when they tried to reach Fermeuse. tie
nearest settlement. They had been adrlft
nine hours when rescued.
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Many Government Horses and Mules
Killed.

Gen. Otis cables as follows: 1.-THE
steamer Siam which left San Francisco on
August is, with 49 horses and S2S mules,
encountered a typhoon in northern LuzOn.
All but l6 of the mules were killed by the
pitching of the vessel and the lack of air
from the necessary closing of matches.
There was no casualties among the pas
sengers."
1t is stated at the Quartermaster' De-
partment that the mules which were lost
on the Siam were the trained pack mules,
which were considered the most valuable
sent to the Philippines.
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Food Aau.teration In Missouri

Anyone in Missouri found guilty O.
placing arsenic, calomel, bismuth, ammo,
MIA or alum in any kind of food may be
fined not less than 500.
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Columbia and the
Shamrock, and il
left them three
miles from home
when the time that
they had under the
rules to finish the
course had elapsed.
For the tenth time
in the history of
the Americas cup
the British Tues
day tried to win Il
battered piece of
silverware. Its in
trinsic value is only
a few hundred SOW
ereigns, yet hun
dreds of thousands
of dollars have
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Type-Settiur Record.

William H. Stubbs, a compositor on the
Baltimore Sun, broke the worlds record
for machine typesetting in q contest for a
wager of $3.50 side with William Duffy
of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The contest took place in the Philadel-
phia Times Office. Stubs set ,617 ems in
five hours and thirty-five minutes, an av-
-erage of 1l,gi0 ems an hour. Duffy set
55,026 ems in five hours and twenty three
minutes. The previous record was 10.SOO
ems an hour. made in st. Louis four years
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Great Man Is Gone

James Harlan, former United States
Senator. former Secretary of the Interior
and father-in-law of Robert T. Lincoln.
died at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Thursday
morning He was conscious 10 the last,
but unable to speak.
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Mckinley Advised by Dewey.

President Mckinley, upon the advice
of Admiral Dewey. has ordered the ar
mored cruiser Brooklyn and the gun5oats
Machias and Marietta to proceed to The
Philippines. Admiral Watson's feet will
be further strengthened in order to effec-
tuaGy blockade Luzon and prevent the
Filipinos from receiving arms and ammu-
pition
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FiliDiuos Roufed.

A dispatch from Noyeleta, Luzon, says:
Gen. Schwan's column, consisting of the
-rhirteenth Infantry, battalion of the
nth, two troops of cavalry, Capt.
Seiiy's Battery of the Fifth Artillery, and
loves scouts, advanced from Bacoor Mon
day morning and occupied Cavite, Viejo
and Noveleta. The American loss was
three officers and nine priyates wounded,
one of the officers being mortally hurt. The
loss of the enemy is unknown, but the
bodies of three Filipinos were seen.
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su.s Mrs. Mary Baker Eidy.

Mrs. Josephine Curtis Woodbury. has
begun seven libel suits in the Superior
Court in Boston to recover damages from
the leaders of the Christian Science cult,
to establish her innocence of certain
charges which, she AYERS, Mrs. Mary
Baker G.. Eddy made against her public
", and TO expose what she alleges are the
nefarious practices of the Christian Sci
nntiStS
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can,ii,n Trooas to Be S MT.

The British Government has accepted
Canada's offer of volunteers, and Ca
aadian regiment is to be sent to the
rransvaal at once. Canadian ships have
already been chartered by the British
Government TO transport troops.
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Parachute Jumper Is Killed.

Maria Townsend, an aeronaut, was in
stantly killed during a parachute jump at
Des Moines. The balloon began to de
scend when 200 feet from the ground
Townsend's assistant fired pistol, the
signal for him to cut loose. He did so,
and the distance to the ground was mol
sufficient to initiate the parachute.