The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-07-06
WESTERN.

Col. Thomas Cornelius of Portland,
Ore, a pioneer of 1915, is dead.
w. II. Sullivan of Chicago was drown
ed in the Yellowstone river at Anaconda,
Mont.
Capt. Coghlan, U. S. n, lectured before
the Winfield, Kan, ChautauQua on 1.-The
Battle of Manila"
Colorado is to be represented at the
Paris exposition by gold statue of girl
to cost S1,OO0.00O.
A Mecca lubricating oil we'll worth 500
a day was struck on Richard Kings
farm, near Warren, Ohio.
BY the capsizing Of their boat in the
Yellowstone river at Greycliff, Mont,
three men lost their lives.
Rev. Paul Wetzel of Kansas City, Mo-,
one of the first German Dunkers clergy
men to preach In the country, is dead, in
his seventy-sixth year.
l.. A. Church, claiming to represent the
American Investors Company Of New
York. has been convicted at Fort Smith,
Ark, of using the mails fraudulently.
A strike of 5000 men in the large pack
ing houses at the Chicago stock yards
caused the suspension Of hog killing op-
erations, and but little canning is being
done.
Frank Neal, the ST. Louis boxer, known
as Dutch" Neal, who succumbed during
bout with Harry Peppers Of San Fran
cisco at the Adelphi Theater in Chicago,
is dead Of blood clot.
Gov. Stephens Of Missouri announces
that he will call special election in the
Eighth congressional district Of Missouri
about the first of September to fill the
vacancy caused by the death Of Richard
p. Bland.
At Harper, Kan, John Kornstadt, a
16-year-old boy, has confessed to having
murdered his cousin Nora, the 10-year-oid
daughter OF Tony Kornstadt. farmer.
He first assaulted her and then threw her
into an abandoned well, where she was
found.
Mrs. Alice Petit wife of Dr. Petit, liv-
ing one mile from Greenvillc. Mo. was
burned to death. Starting fire in the
cook stove, she poured oil on the fuel. The
blaze ignited her clothing. She died in a
short time.
At Leayenworth, Kan, twenty-five
| S212, 900, were filed in the District Court
against the Leavenworth and Home XIV
erside coal companies. TO compel payment
| Of royalties.
Harry Douglass of Nevada CITY, with
twenty-five other picked miners from va
| rious counties of California, who left
| June 9 last year for Siberia under the
leadership of John I. Mccall, have per
ished from privation and cold
James Nunley of Coal Bluff, Ind, re
turned from the Soldiers Home at La
| fayette q few weeks ago. He begar
drinking, and at night set fire to tn,
house and then cut his throat and died
| He attempted suicide once before after /
quarrel with his wife.
| Five men were drowned in the Missis
sippi river mile above Clarksville, Mo.
by the overturning of skiff. They wer'
laborers engaged in river improvement
work now going forward in that distric
| under the direction of the United Stale
assistant engineer, Capt. S. Edwards.
Another Of the Macomb train robber
was convicted ut Hartville, Mo-, when tn
Jury brought in verdict finding youn
Joe Shepard guilty and fixing his punish
ment at ten years in the State peniten
tiary. He is son Of Jake Shepard,
member Of the old James gang.
John and David Howard of Beave
County, Oklahoma, have invented
horseless carriage which is propelled b
wind By means of sails like ship. Thes
men have ridden from their home in Flu
ton to Beaver City in this strange veh
Gle. and at times travelled fifteen mile
, an hour.
At Osgood, Ind, while Albert SHAY
was absent two men entered his hons,
|, struck Mrs. Shaw a blow that rendere
her unconscious and dragged her dowI
stairs. They then tied her hands fast
her knees and put her on the floor Will
they searched the house. Failing to fin
anything Of value, they departed. Effort
10 capture them have failed.
Fire broke out in some unexplaine
manner in the freight house of the Mich
gan Central at Toledo. In few minute
the whole structure, including the freigt
offices. was a solid mass of flame. Or
freight house of the Cincinnati, Hamllto
and Dayton fell a prey. One hundrt
freight cars, nearly all loaded. were d
stroyed. The loss is estimated at $ot
, 600.