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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04

figure in the trial as against the accused
The political preference was taken into
consideration. Juror William Blank was
removed from the Canal Fulton postoffice
before his time expired. He was accept
ed. Juror Sibila of Massillon is an uncle
of Sam Nett, boy who was hanged in
the sos and would naturally be opposed
to capital punishment except under direct
proof He was accepted. And so it went
1t is said that anonymous letters were
his assistant, in the course of the trial, in
which threats of bodily harm We're made
History of the Case.
George ID. SaXton was shot and killed
shortly after 6 o'clock on the evening of
Oct. Z, 1898, in Canton. At 7:30 o'clock
the same night Mrs. George was arrested
Mt her home, charged With the murder. A
woman, cloaked and yelled, had been seen
walking from the scene of the tragedy,
but no one had followed or sought to de-
tain her. nor aad her face been seen. The
arrest of Mrs. George by the Canton au-
thorities was due to the fact that she had
made threats against SaXtOn
Mrs. George la dbeen a resident of Can
ton several years. Her husband, Sample
G. George, was a carpenter, and she was
country bred girl. She had married
young and was the mother of two boys
when she came to Canton. Still young
woman, she at once attracted the notice
of George ID. Saxton. Up to this time
Mrs. Georges life lad been sne Of recti-
tude.
Saxton was one of the wealthiest men
in Canton. 1t was not long before his
persistent attentions TO Mrs. George pro-
voked scandal. Sample g. George left
his wife, took his children from her, and
sued Saxton for alternating her affections.
Mrs. George went to South Dakota and
obtained n divorce. Saxtou, she says had
promised to marry her. On her return to
Canton quarrel followed quarrel, until at
last SaXton had the woman elected from
her apartments in building owned by
him. An order Of court was also obtained
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Conclusive Comnarison.


The American revOlutiOnists had not
a tenth part the moral justification for
waging war on their king that the Fill
pinO people would have in drawing the
sword against foreign government
which had proclaimed sovereignty over
them. King George, whatever his sins,
did not attempt to sell our ancestors
and their country to some foreign pow
er. Samuel Adams, James Otis and
Patrick Henry were not suddenly con-
France, Russia or Spain. The state of
civilization among the FilipinOs does
not affect their moral right to contest
sudden claim Of sovereignty over
them by the United States, any more
than the lack of Partisan manners
among the American cOlOnists would
have affected their right to rebel
against the king Of France had he
claimed their allegiance after nine
months acquaintance. But the re-
spOnsibility of the present attitude of
the Filipinos cannot be shaken from
the shoulders of William Mckinley.
Not only has he negotiated a treaty
which transfers their country for $40,
100000 to the United States, in spite
of their most emphatic and long-con
tinued protest, but he has publicly pro-
claimed to them his purpose of ''assimi-
latiOn." If he now persists in imitat-
ing the laundering old British king in
refusing to adopt a more moderate pol
ley. and thus drive the Filipinos to a
struggle against foreign cOnquerors. his
administration will have earned ter
rible retribution at the hands of the
American people.-Springfield Repub-
lican.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Told in q Few LInes.
paker Reed is an expert chatting dish

Speaker Reed is an expert chafng-disb
cook.
The number Of battles fought during the
civil war was 3,125. The figures are TAX
Ell from official records.
Our postage stamps will be used in the
Philippines, with the word philippines"
printed across their face.
1t is estimated that 163, 600, 900 acres Of
land throughout the world are devoted to
the cultivation of wheat.
The Ohio Republican State Central
Committee has fixed June 1 as the date
and Columbus as the place for the Re
publican State convention.
The Agricultural Departments year
book, which now takes the place of the
annual report, will soon be ready for dis
tribution by Congressman.
\ janitor cleaning out a lodge hall i'm
Coalberg, Ala, threw an empty beer keg
out of window. which struck man on
the sidewalk, killing him instantly.
The cost of maintaining convicts at the
Michigan penitentiary is 3S1a cents each
a day, and the daily earnings of the pris-
oners average 351a cents each per day.
Beer Tabloids are about to be put on the
market in Germany. \ small tablet drop
ped into Il glass of water will turn il into
beer as fresh us if just drawn from keg.
Father Gum" of Dickinson County is
believed to be the oldest person in Kan
sas. He has passed his 114th birthday
and is still able to walk two miles to the
polls to vote.
Rear Admiral Schley, who has been ON
waiting orders since relieved of the COM
mand of the flying squadron, has been as
signed to duty as n member OF the naval
examining board in Washington.
Michael Shea, who recently died at In
dianapolis, Ind, was 119 years of age.
He was born in Ireland. and was a friend
of Daniel O'Connell. Shea married when
he was % years old, and has one child.
10 years of age, and others more than 30.
An enterprisng thief visited bean
cry" in Boston the other day at an hour
when business was slack, and finding the
cashier nodding at his post, walked off
with the cash register. The drawer COLI
tained bu 81, but ihe outfit was worth
800.
1t is stated in Washington that the OBJ
ject Of the visit of Secretary of War AL
ger to Jamaica was to see for himself the
defenses of the island and also to form
an opinion of how far British rule in the
tropics can be adopted by the United
States for their tropical possessions.
Near Salisbury, \. c., vein of gold
and copper bearing ore half mile long
and from 30 to 100 feet below the surface
has been discovered at the Union gold
mines. Engineer j. j. Newman thinks
the copper supply will equal the famous
Calumet and Hecla and Anaconda mines.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
WHAT DEMOCRACY MAY DO.

BY its bold defiance Of public opinion
the Republican party is rapidly paving
the way for Democratic success in the
next Presidential election. 1t is gener-
ally conceded by the shrewdest observ-
ers of political events that If success
or to Mckinley had to be chosen now
the Democratic candidate, no matter
what financial plank he stood on, would
win.
There may be change of opinion IN
favor of the Republicans within the
next fifteen months, of course, but II
there is not, the man who Will get the
nomination of the next regular Demo
cratic national convention will be elect
ed to the Presidency. The drift OF pop
ular feelings is all that way. The peo-
pie are alarmed at the rapid growth of
the trusts, they are disgusted with Al
gerism, with Imperialism and with the
various other isms that Republicanism
has fOstered.
With this advantage, however, on
their side, Democrats ought to be care
full about both their candidates and
their platform, and it is not too early
to call attention to the necessity of har-
moniOus action. fractional differences
certainly should disappear, and Will
lam ]. Bryan's remarks at Buffalo
ought to be seriously studied all over
the country. He struck the right note
when he said that he regarded it as
urgent that every Democrat of New
York should rally to the party and give
assurance of his support to the next ma
tional platform, whether 1t will be that
of 1896, pure and simple, or whether it
will be that Of 1896, modified or added
to-
The Republican party to-day stands,
as Mr.. Bryan further explained in this
same speech, for all the monOpolistic
tendencies of the times, concentrated
wealth and un-American expansion, to
all of which Democracy is opposed.
There should, consequently, be no diff
Guilty whatever for the party which be
lieves in government by the masses and
not by the selfish classes to present a
united, unbrOken front at the next
Presidential election and achieve de-
cided victory.
AS matters are to-day, only petty
rivalries and squabbles can prevent the
election of Democratic President in
1900. Let the disturbers Of party har
mOny be notified now that they are not
wanted and let them be east out. We
shall be stronger without them than
with them.-New York News.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
TWENTY DEAD AT NEWTOWN.
Entire Eastern Half of the Town Com
pleteIy Demolished

Entire Eastern Half of the Town Com.
pIetely Demolished.
Reports Friday morning from Newtown,
Mo-, which was visited by the terrible
cyclone, were that twenty persons had
been killed and between thirty and forty
Injured.
The entire eastern half Of the town was
destroyed. The path of the storm was
about 500 or 600 feet wide, and hardly u
dwelling in its course escaped. Frame
houses were lifted from their foundations
and crushed like eggshells The more sub
stantial buildings were partly wrecked,
and half hundred people at least are
homeless. The storm blew down the tele-
graph wires in and about the city and
washed away the bridge over Medicine
creek, small stream just south of the
town.
A terrific electrical storm followed the
tornado, and the excitement was intense.
Women and children ran about the streets
shrieking for their parents and loved ones,
and men searched the ruins in the drench
ing rain, hoping TO locate the bodies Of vic
tins. Houses of survivors were thrown
open to those who were rendered home
less, and everything possible was done to
care for the injured. Fully one-third Of
the business portion Of the city was de-
stroyed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Ideal Kind of Trust.

If the trusts and combines could be
organized with a normal capltaliza-
ton, If honest and capable manage
ment Of them could be assured, and if
their shares could be scattered among
the thousands Of labOring men and
others Interested In their business, so
that their profits could De diffused, the
country would have better Industrial
system, even from the idealist's point
Of view, than could ever exist under
direct government control of indus
tries, or by any socialist scheme that
could be devised, for then the incentive
to thrift and industry would not be
lost. while all men would have equal
chances in the struggle for life in pro-
portion to their abilities. But the OBJ
stacles to this cOnsummation seem in
superable.-Kansas City Star.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
LYNcHeO BY HIS OWN RACE.

Negro Prisoner In Kansas Shot to
Death In His Cell.
At Galena, Kan, Charles Williams,
alias Jones (cOlored), was shot to death in
the city Jail by mob of negroes. Will
liams was charged with killing Laura
Canafax, a negress. The mob, composed
Of about twenty-five masked negroes,
went to the Jail, and four gained entrance
by breaking In the door. The first man
had an AK, the second a rope and the third
carried pistol. Williams was locked in
his cell, but they lost no time in breaking
the lock and ordered him to come out.
This he refused to do, claiming that he
was innocent Of the charge, and, seizing
two bricks, asked them to give him fair
show. At this the. man who carried the
revolver began shooting through the bars
at Williams. Four shots took effect, kill
ing him instantly
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Case of the Minnesotans.

The point has now been reached
when appeal must be made, not to any
disposition on the part of the admins
tratiOn at Washington to avoid the con-
sequences of it's violation of the terms
of the Thirteenth MinnesOta's enlist
ment nor to any disposition on its part
to do voluntarily what it has so long
delayed and avoided doing, but to the
absolute constitutional principle that
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Fire aud Storm.

Coleridge tNeb.) special: A prairie
fire burning in the hay flats along the
northern tier of the county, ten miles
from this place, passed into the track of
tornado and was swept with the speed of
the wind diagonally across this county
for twenty five miles, destroying every
thing in its path. The only lives lost so
far as known were those of Mrs. Rolla
Livingston, and her 5-year- old boy.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
McKinley's Trying Position.

If influence" overshadowed .Alger
and Eagan when giving out army con-
tracts, the influence found it's energiz-
ing force not far from the White House,
and back of it all was McKinley's am
bition for another term. No one sup
poses that the President even so much
self. but whatever it was that made
him stick to Alger and Eagan is known
to them and they are not likely to sub
nit to having themselves showed under
cloud of disgrace and keep silent. 1t
finds himself in a very awkward and
very trying pOsition.-Kansas City
Times.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Beef Inquiry Board Report.

The Wade Court of Inquiry has COM
pleted its report and adjourned. The re-
port was delivered TO Acting Secretary
Melklejohn 1t will not be made public
until it has been transmitted to the Pres
ident. The Acting Secretary Immediate
ly sealed and addressed the report and
findings to the President and sent them
to the White House.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
CIRCLING THE GLOBE
CONCISE HISTORY OF SEVEN
DAYS DOINGS.
Intelligence by Electric Wire from
Evcry Quarter of the Civilized
World, Embracing Foreign Affairs
and Home happenings.
Hits Enxiish and Americans.

Berlin special: The Cologne Gazette,
referring TO the continued unrest in Sa-
moa, says that German kilograms con firm
the reports that sanguinary encounters
are continually taking place between the
natives, and declare that it is the British
and American officers who organize and
lead The party of MalietOa Tanu.
1t adds that it is regrettable that in
spite of the order OF their respective gov
eruments the British and American Off
GERS are found 10 be thus conducting
themselves. The paper recalls the accu-
sations that arms and ammunition were
supplied to the Mataafans by The Ger
mans, which it says are untrue.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
MANY NEGROES IN HIDING.
White Men of Georgia Purchase Pis-
tolls for Their Wiyes.

White Men of Georgia Purchase Pts.
tolls for Their Wives.
The race situation about Palmetto, Ca,
the scene Of the lynchings Sunday and
Sunday night, has Quieted down consid-
erably. though many negroes are still in
hiding. fearing the wrath Of their white
neighbors. No attempt has been made to
bring the lynchers before the bar of JUS
tice. and none will be. the local officers
taking their cue from Gov. Gambler, who
says the punishment of Sam Hose fits the
crime which the mob avenged. The aues-
tion of arming every white woman in the
South has been revived by the crime of
Hose, and already many men have pur-
chased pistols for their wives and daugh-
ters and are teaching them their use.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Excursion Train Wrecked.

Three we're killed, more than a dozen
seriously injured, and fifty less seriously
hurt, as a result of wreck on the Roch-
estester and Lake Ontario Railroad,
better known as the Bay Railroad, at
Rosenbaurs Corners. about half a mile
north of Rochester, N. Y, when two cars
on an excursion train, filled with passen-
gers, left the track while rounding a
curve at full speed and were completely
Wrec ed
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Some Tariff Queries.

If We can compete with "pauper-
made" goods in the countries having
the ''pauper labor" why should We be
afraid of the competition of "pauper:
made" goods right here at home? II
We can pay the freight for 5000 miles
and undersell the ''pauper-made' goods
how can 'pauper- made" goods travel
5000 miles and undersell us? Can two
bodies of equal size Occupy the same
spaceAOmaha World Herald.
Poor Work for American Soldiers.
Pursuing almost helpless sayages
through the jungle, burning their vii
lagos and killing every man, woman
and child to be relieved Of the burden
Of caring for prisoners, Is very much
different from charging up San Juan
hill against trained foe. That's the
reason that there are no crowds around
the bulletin boards now, eager for the
latest news from Manila, as there were
last summer when we were fighting the
SpaniSh.-Utica Observer.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Storm in Kansas.

A special from Kansas City, No., says:
One OF the worst sand storms in Central
and Western Kansas was experienced
Sunday. At Abilene newly planted
fields were injured. At Newton, the ve-
locity of the wind reached 60 miles an
hour, and the sun was obseured by clouds
OF dust, trees were broken and small
buildings were overturned.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04

our citizens shall not be wrongfully re-
strained of their liberties by any power,
State or national We are not as yet
living under an autocracy, and there is
no power, civil or military, which can
be allowed with impunity to infringe on
these mems dearest civil rights.-St.
Paul Globe.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Pianinx Mills In Combine.

Eight of the planning mills of Toledo
have formed a combine TO control prices.
This includes all the leading mills except
one, MacClaren & Sprague, which concern
has held out, desiring to be paid in cash
for the plant. The combine represents
nearly 81 600, 600.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
SLAIN BY CYCLONE
Scores of People Left Dead in
the Wake of the Wind.
HUNDREDS HOMELESS
Awful Extent OF the Storms Havoc in
Missouri and Iowa.

Clean Path Swept Through kirks-
vile, Mo.-Nearly 100 Dead and List
dred Houses Laid In Ruius do
Leaves Trail of Destruction for
Over Twenty Miles-Several Towns
Struck.
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Rock Ahead of MCKINLEY.

Sooner or later the attempt to hold
and rule the Philippines as a subju-
gated colony must and will be given up,
for time and events are sure to demon
strate TO the American people its utter
folly and enormous cost both in blood
and treasure. The sooner President
Mckinley begins to study the problem
of how to unload his Philippine policy
the better it will be for him. For un-
less he shall get rid of it betimes it is
sure to break his political neck.-Grand
Rapids Democrat.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
New Jer.ye,s Shame.

New Jersey does not send forth able
bodied men authorized to harass and
despOil the people of other States in the
Union, but she does what is quite as
offensive and much more effective. She
authorizes Incorporated bodies to do an
Illegal business beyond her own borders
and makes such authorization source
of large profit to her treasury. New
Jersey is thus making a name for her.
self which must bring the blush of
shame to every high-minded citizen of
that State.-Philadelphia Record.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04

As an illustration of the almost brutal
robbery of Americans travelling in Eu-
rope, a newspaper correspondent writing
to his paper from Paris instances the fact
that young American lady at hotel
ordered glass Of water to be sent to her
room. The hot water came, and 50 did an
extra charge of 81 ia her bill.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Wholesale Ivnchj,s Eeara,

At Marion, Ala, in an alteration be-
tween w. A. Mullen, a plantation over
seer, and a gang of negroes Mullen and
one of the negroes were killed. A series
of lynchings are imminent.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Killed Her Husband.

John p. Ross, OF Sharon, Mass. was shot
and killed by his wife, Mary Z. Ross, in
the course of a quarrel, at their home.
She says she acted in self-deferse. The
pair has been married about a year,
and were middle aged.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Smallpox at kausa. City, Kan.

A negro broken out with smallpox sores
and delirious from the disease ran through
the streets Of Kansas City, Kan, the
other evening. His capture by the police
revealed the fact that the disease is epi-
demic among the negroes Of that city.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Truth About the Philippines.


The American people do not gener-
ally realize the extent of the operations
in which the United States is engaged
in the Philippines. 1t has been COM
pared to one of our Indian wars in our
Western territories, but there Is no
comparison except what may be found
in the fact that the Filipinos are not
highly civilized and that their tactics
of warfare are elusive like those of the
American Indians. 1t is really tire
mendOus war into which President Nc
Kinley has plunged the country, and
the people are just beginning to see
what they will be obliged to expend in
men and money in order to satisfy the
notions of destiny" which the ad-
ministratiOn hOlds.-BostOn Post.
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EiIipinos Are Routed.

The American army under Gen. Mac
Arthur crossed the Rio Grande river, l..
l., and drove the Fiipinos from their
stronghold on its bank The enemy re-
treated rapidly, burning many villages in
their fiight
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Unknown Man Killed by Cara.

The mangled remains Of an unknown
man were found scattered a distance Of
two miles along the tracks Of the West
Shore Railroad just east of FairpOrt, N.
Y. The remains were those of man Of
medium size and of sandy complexion.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
GUN PLANT AT ROCK ISLAND.
Lieutenant Dickson Transferred to
Illinois Town.

An order has been received at the Unit
ed States armory in Springfield, Mass.
transferring to Rock Island, ILL.,, Lieut.. 7.
C. Dickson, who has had general over
sight of the details of the manufacture of
the Krag Jorgensen rifle. An appropria-
ton Of $3.50, 900 becomes available for the
beginning of the work at Rock Island on
July l. 1t is thought that the equipping
of a small arms plant at Rock Island
means the sidetracking of Springfield as
the leading rifle plant of the country.
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Four United States Treasury warrants
for Sc. 600, 900 each have been drawn and
transmitted to the Secretary of State TO
be used in settlement of the $40, 900, 100
due Spain under the Paris treaty.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Stabbed a Minister.

James Neal, while drunk, went to a
church fourteen miles north OF Albany,
KY, and became worry offensive. w. H.
Woodson, the preacher, tried TO put him
out and was seriously stabbed by Neal
Neal escaped.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Bringing Courts Into conteup,

The Quay jury returned a verdict Of
not guilty, and yet there was probably
not man on the jury who was not
convinced in his own mind that Quay
was guilty. This is another Of those
cases which tend to weaken respect for
our judicial system. The people see
the defendant go free, believing him
guilty beyond question. They know he
can command money and influence to
an almost unlimited extent. They put
this and that together. And who can
blame them indianapolis Sentinel.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
Attempts Suicide After Double Murder.

Attempts Suicide After Double Murder.
Edward Waldo, an instrument maker
living at Camden, n. j., stabbed to death
his wife and S-year- daughter He then
attempted TO commit suicide by cutting
his throat. A 6-year-old daughter escap.
ed the fate of her sister by running into
the street
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-04
ca,ve Buvs Her Tombstone

Nine. Emma Calye has ordered a tomb
stone from NJ. Denys Ruech of Paris. 1t
represents Nine. Calve as Ophelia drawn
toward the void by phantom's voice. 1t
will be exhibited in 1900.