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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
THINK HE SUlCIDED.
Police Believe Fern, the Chics go VI,
chant, Took His Own Life,

Police Believe Fern, the Chics go Mer-
chant, Took His own Life.
Suicide, beyond a doubt, has been estab-
lished in the Fern mystery at Chicago.
and the police investigation is now closed.
The police have discovered the store
where Fern purchased the revolver with
which he executed the fatal deed The
hair found near his body. which has been
the subject of much comment. is known to
have been obtained at a wig store.
When Fem was found dead in his store,
q mask in one hand, bunch of hair in
the other, his pockets turned inside out,
the empty money drawer, pistol, cane and
Ferns battered hat lying on the floor, the
police saw nothing in the case br: muir
der and robbery. Fern carried heavy life
insurance. which the police believe he
was afraid would be vitiated in the event
of suicide, therefore his efforts to sur
round his taking off with the evidences of
murder
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Rank Robbed of SI.2S5.

The private bank of Ball X Son of Co
Iona, Mich. was robbed the other night
sf Sl.2S5. When Mr.. Ball came down TO
the bank in the morning he found the door
standing open and the bank vault wreck
ed by dynamite. Valuable papers We're
scattered ali over the main floor. The
clock had stopped at midnight. which was
probably the time the explosion occurred,
as the entire face of the clock was brok-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
APPOMATTOx BANQUET.
Gov. Roosevelt and Others Make Stir
ring Speeches

ring Speeches.
Three thousand persons greeted aud
cheered the speakers at the Hamilton
Clubs Appomattox day banquet in Chi
.ago, but Gov. Roosevelt WAS the star.
He, Postmaster General Smith, Congress
man Settle of Kentucky and Gen. John
C. Black of Illinois were the speakers.
Gov. Roosevelt's practical patriotism
brought applause again and again. His
olea was for active Americanism and not
the doctrine of the love of ignojle
peace" He aroused enthusiasm by de-
,larins that "a great nation can no more
ead a clustered life than can a great
man." and then. i'll stirring sentences, he
proceeded to an advocacy of wide-awake
nationalism. The audience was keyed up
20 q high pitch by the speeches of Gov.
Roosevelt and Postmaster General Smith.
who spoke on The Union" and by Gen
John Black, who began the oratory with
4 tribute to Grant. This was followed by
q eulogy of Robert z. Lee by Congress
man Satt1e
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
BANDITS SECURE $4,000.


ber Company in New Mexico.
One of the boldest hold-ups ever com
mitted in that section occurred at the
office of the Alamo Gordo Lumber Com
pasy at Alamo Gordo. N NJ. The door
was thrown open by two cowboys armed
with rifles. They walked up TO Cashier
Davidson's desk. demanded all the money
n his possession. and, at the point of
Winchesters. he was compelled to open
the safe. 1t contained bundle of scrip
amounting TO $4,000. which was stacked
n packages and resemblcd greenbacks.
ne robbers took this and departed. Their
horses were awaiting them at the door,
where they were held by a third cowboy.
Mounting all three rode away.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20

IS Cora Tanner. through the medium

Miss Cora Tanner, through the medium
of box of bonbons and q bouquet sent
her by an unknown person, was poisoned
at Omaha, Neb. The police are unable to
throw any light on the mystery, though
they have found the place where the
candy was purchased. Hydrocyanic acid
was used, both the candy and roses bein.
sprinkled with the poison.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Three Men Shot.

Tuscaleechee Cove, remote mountain
settlement thirty miles east of Knoxville,
Tenn, was the scene of a shooting affray
which may result fatally for three parties.
Andrew and William Dunn, with James
Webb, were target shooting near the
home of Thomas Frey. Frey objected TO
their practicing, and ordered them away.
The trio refused, whereupon quarrel
followed. In the difficulty Frey shot the
three men. William Dunn will die, and
Andrew is believed to be fatally shot.
Webb is dangerously and perhaps fatally
shot. Frey escaped arrest.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Hard Fight with Robbers

Alexander Ogg, a wealthy farmer living
near Barnesville, Ohio, and his household
had desperate battle with four masked
robbers the other night. All were sleep
ing but a nephew, Robert, when robbers
battered down the door. The old man,
his nephew, the nephew's wife and the
robbers were all badly hurt before the in
truders were driven off.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Fatal Shooting at Corbin. Ky.

James Shotwell and his son John We're
intoxicated and disorderly at COrhin. Ky.
When Marshal Bingham undertook their
arrest the men resisted. and Police
Judge Moffitt was instantly killed in the
shooting that followed. William Holland.
at whose house the shooting occurred.
was mortally wounded. The Shotwells
were arrested
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Twelve Men Die in a Mine

A mining disaster in which twelve men
lost their lives is reported from the Sierra
Mejada mining camp, located in the State
of Coahuila, Mexico. An explosion of
foul gas occurred in the Veda Rica silver
mine and before all the miners could get
to the surface the dry timbers We're on
fire, the fierce flames barring exit
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
BIG FIRE OSHKOSH.

Flames Destroy Property Worth
SI6O,0OO-Losses in Detail.
AT Oshkosh. two large factories and sew
eral minor plants and buildings went up
in smoke in about two hours. The loss
aggregates Sl60.000. and several acres
were swept clean. The fire started in the
dry kiln of the Choate-Holister Furniture
Company, four-story frame structure,
which was destroyed in half an hour. The
flames then spread to surrounding plants.
The Choate-Holister Furniture Company
lost on factory and stock S12o.000. J. \.
Barnes, owning the Star foundry machine
works. lost $4,000 on buildings aud ma
chinery.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Notes of Current Eventa.

The President may visit Yellowstone.
Park during his summer vacation.
kid Mccoy, the prize fighter. is said
to be threatened with heart failure.
The Chinese cooks with the American
army in the Philippines have been lighting
in the trenches when not cooking.
The revenue cutter Thetis will go to ST.
IBERIA to secure suitable breed of rsin-
deer for carrying mails in Alaska.
A conviction in pension fraud case at
Washington revealed the fact that during
thirty years three women had drawn q
pension as the widows of man who had
never been married
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
reach of further punishment from arm.

reach of further punishment from army
sources, but he can be made to feel the
hot indignation of the American people,
So far as the administration is con-
cerned, its rebuke will come from the
people at the polls, and the result of the
presidential campaign of 1900 should
be the overthrow of the corrupt Repub-
lican party.-Chicago Democrat.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Postmaster Slain by Robber.

At Enid, Ok. Postmaster L. NJ. Day
was cut with hatchet and killed and the
office robbed. There is no clew to the
m,irderers
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Linseed Oil Mills Absorbed

The American Linseed Oil Company of
Chicago has absorbed the four oil mills of
the Twin Cities. Douglas 4 CO.. the Min
nesota Linseed Oil works of Minneapolis.
Archer X Co. and the st. Paul Linseed
Oil Company of st. Paul. Minn. These
four mills have a capacity of 3,0000OO
bushels year. The price paid was 3d.
100000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Da mage by Prairie Fires.

Omaha special: Prairie fires continue
to rage in Keith County, spreading into
Mcpherson on the north and Lincoln on
the east. Twelve townships in this coun-
ty north of North Platte River were swept
clean of everything. Every ranch build
ing was destroyed and many cattle
burned to death. The loss will run up
into thousands of dollars.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20

Iowa is out Of debt because the tax
levy was raised. OF the two ways of
paying debts, increasing income or de-
creasing expenses. the State adopted
the first.-Sioux City Tribune
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Shooting ARRAY in Arkansas.

In shooting affray that followed a
lawsuit at Deyicw, Ark. b. G. Ashburn
was instantly killed, \. ]. Black and his
son Lee were fatally wounded. Alex Mil
Ter had his arm broken, and Henry Miller
was badly shot in the arm. Il. Al. Ash
burn and several others were shot and
more or less seriously wounded
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Gathering of Ex-COnfederates

The great reunion Of eX-Confederates
will be celebrated at Charleston, $. c..
May 10 to 13. Among the speakers who
have promised to be present are Gen
John b. Gordon and Gen. Joseph
Wheeler.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
GREAT SUFFERING IN ALASKA.
war Department Agents Say Many
Miners i'm Snre Straits

war Department Agents Say Many
Miners Are in Sore Straits.
The War Department has received re-
ports showing great suffering among the
miners in the Copper river districts of
Alaska. They come from the quartermas-
ters agent. Charles Brown. a: Nesdes.
and DIR. Leroy S. Townsend of Copper
Center. They report many cases of scu'-
w and say scores of men have been frol-
en TO death or have lost their limbs by
freezing. The Government is distribut-
ing rations through Mr.. Brown. but there
is formidable glacier between Nesdes
and the location of many of the prospect
ors, making the work of relief and rescue
extremely difficult.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
H,ston Museum Searched.

The Boston Museum, the oldest play.
house in Boston, was badly damaged by
fire. The blaze started on the fremont
street side and is thought to have been
caused by Il careless smoker The loss &c
the museum is estimated at about $50 900.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Tramp Murders a Woman.

A tramp entered the home Of Mrs.
James Hutseler. On farm three miles
west of South Charleston. Ohio. and shot
her four times in the presence of her chill.
dren. His purpose was robbery. The
man was captured at Jeffersonvlle and
hurried to the London Jail to escape lynch.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Old Santa Fe Trailer Dies.

Captain John L. Blake, aged 63 years,
n capitalist, died at his home in Kansas
City, of consumption. He was freight
er on the old Santa Fe trail later was
appointed postofiice inspector by Presi-
dent Lincoln, raised 4 company in 1861
and fought in thirty battles in Kansas,
Missouri and Arkansas:
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Seventeen Persons Drowned.

The ice broke on the Yellowstone river
and caused the loss of seventeen lives near
Glendve. Mont. and the destruction Of
$4,000 wagon bridge.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Lawton Captures Santa Cruz.

Gen. Lawton has captured Santa Cruz
Luzon. He drove the rebels, who were
commanded by a Chinaman named Pao
Wah. into the mountains.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Cash for ObcrIin College,

President Barrows announced to the
students and faculty of Oberlin, Ohio.
college that a donation of S5O.OOO has been
received for new chemical laboratory
building and $4,000 for its endowment
The name of the donor was not given.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
One Survivor of Wreck.

George r. Schneider is the sole survivor
of wreck between Malcolm and Van
couver Island. The sloop on which he and
Tom Hackett of Seattle had been selling
liquor to the northern Indians was lost in
a storm while all on board were drunk
The drowned included Hackett. an Irish
logger known only by his first name.
Charlie, and two half-breed women.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Captaiu Nathaniel w. Parlser

Captain Nathaniel ". Parker, the old
est rivcrman and pilot in the West, is
dead at the residence of his daughter in
st. Louis, aged 81 years
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Flames Destroy n Church,

The Eighth Presbyterian. one of the
oldest churches in Chicago, caught fire
from an overheated furnace and burned
TO the ground. No lives were lost. There
was $12, 900 insurance on the building.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Chosen for Missionary Work.

Rev. DIR. Reese +. Alsop of Brooklyn,
n. Y, has been elected General Secretary
Of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary
Society of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the United States.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20

New York City has been placed in the
field for the meeting place of the national
conventions of both parties in 1900 by the
organization of the recently appointed
committee of the Board of Trade and
Transportation, Gen. McAlpin, chairman.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Violent with the Rabies.

Claude Root, aged 25 years, we'll
known young man about Bedford, Ind,
has the hydrophobia, having had several
eonvulsions. He was bitten by dog
nearly two years ago.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Youupers to STAY in Prison.

The Wilson parole bill. better known as
the Younger brothers bill. was killed be-
yond resurrection in the Minnesota House.
The bill received but 81 votes, while 6S
voted against it.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Ad mira1 Schley Assigned.

Read Admiral w. S. Schley, who has
been on waiting orders since relieved of
the command of the Flying Squadron,
has been assigned to duty as member
of the Naval Examining Board in Wash
ington, ID. c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20

Lisbon has population today Of
about $4,000. 1t has few historic
buildings, most of them having been
destroyed by the great earthquake ef
1855.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Prof Jobn r. Sweeney Is Dead

Prof. John Il. Sweeney, the composer.
died at his home in Chester, Pa, aged G2
years. Prof. Sweeney was one of the most
widely known religious song writers in the
Tinted States
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Forty-fiye Persons Drovued

The British steamer Kingswell reports
being in collision with the Greek coaster
Maria in the Mediterranean, off the coast
of Tripoli. The Maria was sunk, forty
five persons going down with her.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Drifting Further Into Debt

For the past few years Uncle Sam has
been plunging deeper into debt instead
OF getting out of it, Six years ago the
interest-bearing national debt was
So.O0O.OOO; now it is 81 .036, 200, 900.
Instead of these vastly augmented and
yet augmenting burdens upon the
backs of our people sound statesman
ship would have practically Oblterated
the national debt before this date And
with the multiplied revenues. including
Il high protective tariff and the expand
Ell stamp system, Secretary Gage fore
sees shortage of $110. 100000 the com.
ing year.-TrOy Press
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Fire in PROCTOR kunff.

A disastrous fire ragged in the village of
Proctor Knott. seven miles from Duluth,
Minn. Several buildings, including the
Hotel Proctor Knott. were DESTROYED.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20

Mai. Julian Ransome, one of the most
noted duelist planters and financiers in
the Southern States. committed suicide at
Nincville. a suburb of Macon, Ga, by tax
ing morphine.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
RenubIican Defeat the Cure

At the present time the Republican
party is effectively Hannaized. The
Ohio boss is backed by the power of
the patronage of the Federal admins
tration and the immense wealth of the
combined trusts, and. though n most
respectable opposition may be aroused,
it is difficult to see how he can be dis
lodged, except by a defeat of the Re
publicans.-Louisyille Dispatch.
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At Peace with Spain.

The condition of war which has existed
since April p, 1898. terminated the other
day when the last formalities i'm the res
toration of peace were performed by the
exchange of ratitications of the peace
treaty.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Bryan's Best Act.

Bryan made a tenStrike in declining
to attend 4 dinner of Perry Belmont
and others Not one of those fellows
would have voted for him next year.
They are his enemies, and he did right
iii giving them blow they will not for
get. He followed the example of An
drew Jackson. The same interests in
Jacksons day tried to influence the
President by banquets and all kinds of
allurementS. He told them to get out.
Bryan will be nominated next year
with the silver issue to the front. 1t is
the only issue on which he can win, and
l believe he will be victorious in the
next campaign.
Fatuity III the War Department.
The statement emanating from the
War Department relating TO the ade-
quacy for all purposes of the forces
with Gen. Otis betrays the faulty
which prevails in the bureaus. AS Il
matter of fact, everything has been
Staked upon the success of a coup de
main in the Philippines. Although the
outlook for an early and decisive defeat
of Aguinaldo is promising. no prepara-
tion has been made for the possibility
of Il check or for the prolongatiOn of
the campaign in consequence of the
escape of the enemy.-Philadelph
Record.
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Fatal Fire in Colorado

At Victor, Colo, the Truax block was
destroyed by fire A miner. whose name
10 not known. was sleeping on the top
foor and perished in the flames. The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Roosevelt in Chicago

Gov. Theodore Roosevelt of New York
addressed the Hamilton Club of Chicago
upon the anniversary of the battle of Ap-
pomattoX.
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Spain to Have a New Navy.

Madrid special: 1t is announced that
the Minister of Marine will submit to the
Chamber a bill for the construction of
ten iron clads.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Death on the GaIIows.

Will Tut, colored, was hanged at May
field, Ky. TUFTS crime was the murder
of his wife because she went TO baseball
game with another man.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Wheel lCompany,s plant Bur,.a

The Geneva Wheel Company's works at
Geneva, Ohio, caught fire and were totally
destroyed. The concern manufactured
wagon wheels. The loss will probably
roach 600 600
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Ex-Seuator Tabor Ia Dead.

II. A. w. Tabor. postmaster of Denver
and ex-United States Senator, died of ap-
pendicitis, after three days illness.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-04-20
Poisoned by Wild Parsnip.

Five children of Ole Peterson of Viborg
S. D., We're poisoned by eating wild par
snips Two of them are dead.
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Pierces Even Hanna's Hide.

Senator Hanna's denial that he was
ever present at any conference con-
cerning army beef contracts and his
vehement reputation of 1.-The con-
temptible insinuations of that man
Lee" may create the impression in the
public mind that this Falstaff doth
protest too much" Major Lees casual
questioning of Eagan appears to have
pierced the Ohio Senator's ordinarily
thick armor and brought forth Il con-
spicuous howl of distress.-Pittsbur
Dispatch
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Our Samoan Com missioner,

The President has selected Bartlett
Trip of South Dakota, formerly minister
to Austria, as the United States repre-
sentative on the Samoan joint commis-
sion
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q. A. X. MEN IN DEADLOCK.

Executive Com Fails to Select
Com nder in Chief:
After a persistent deadlock on tie ex-
ecutive committee Of national council of
administration of the Grand Army of the
Republic, the committee abandoned its
effort to elect commander-in-chi to
succeed the late James A Sexton until
the meeting of the thirty-third annual en-
campment in Philadelphia next Septem
bcr. The duties of The position will con
tnue to be performed by Senior Vice
Commander-in-C Chief w. c. Johnson of
Cincinnati
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New Political A1iSnments Possible.
Taken altogether. the factors that
make for uncertainty in the future of
the Republican party and in the for
tunes of Mr. Mckinley are not only
numerous but formidable. The demOc-
racy is having its internal troubles. but
Democrats can console themselves with
the thought that the slumbers of the
enemy are disturbed by frightful
dreams. The campaign of 1900 is not
far away and still there is time for IL
political realignment that may be start
ng-NIinneapOliS Times.
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CIRCLING THE GLOBE
CONCISE HISTORY OF SEVEN
DAYS DOINGS.

Intelligence by Electric Wire from
Every Quarter of the Civilized
World, Embracing Foreign Affairs
aud Home Happenings.
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MckiuIey,s Related Discovery.

Mr.. Mckinley is discovering that lie
now feels that it is best for Cuba and
best for the United States that the
island should become Il part of this
nation. 4 great many of us discovered
that the President felt that way Il long
time ago. but as he appears to be hav-
Ing Il good time in the thought that the
little game being worked by the Hanna
Gratis was not plain to the people very
little was said about it. The only ones
deceived are the Cubans. who accepted
the professions of the schemers st
WashingtOn.-Oma World-Herald.
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the conclusion that his intentions were

tne NDlCIUSIUH tIdt MS IIIttHtiOlS Wcfc
sham then. or have since been
changed by corrupt infiuences.-Colum-
bus PreSS-Post
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Opportunity for Home-seekers.

The Ute Indian reservation, containing
zoo, 900 acres of arabic land, will be
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Trying to Curb Monopoly.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has
passed a resolution providing for the