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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
JEFFRiEs WINS THE FIGHT.
Wins Over Sharkey in the Twenty.
fifth Round on Poiutu.

fifth Round on Poiuts.
James J. Jeffries retained his title of
heavyweight champion of the world Fri
day night at Coney Island, after one of
the hardest battles ever fought by big
men in this country. Had the fight end
ed with the twentytirst round Sharkey
would have been given the decision. With
the ending of the twentythird round Siler
would have called it Il draw. The last
two rounds. however. We're so far in
favor of the champion that the result of
the battle was apparent before the ref
cree, Siler. declared Jeffries victor.
Sharkey's tactics We're very, very
rough, and he cinched and brought his
mans head into chancery dozen times
during the progress of the fight. He used
the heel of the glove after every clinch,
and in other ways transgressed the rules
repeatedly. Jeffries did not fight in the
form he displayed against F'itzsimmons.
He was wild in the earlier stages of the
contest. His defense, too, was weak.
Sharkey landed left and right swings re-
peatedly where Fitzsimmons had failed
utterly. He bore in, under, over and
through Jeffries' guard at times as though
the latter had none.
1t was an even match as to strength.
The forcing was done by Sharkey, but
effective countering stood this off to no
incOnsiderable extent. The matter of vi
tality did not figure as much under the
heat as was anticipated. Siler and the
seconds of the men suffered greatly from
this, but the equatorial voyages Of the
sailor and the blasting furnaces expert
ence of the bOilermaker made both men
practically immunes. 1t was an earnest
fight all the way through.
Siler's decision, while in accord with
the opinions of the winners. and opposed
in some quarters by the Lsers. is apprOv-
ed by the non-betting and neutral critics
who saw the fight.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Travelling Companions.

Travellers often prove by their experi'
ences that under certain conditions all
men are equal. A German banker,
travelling by rail in first-class car
riage toward Vienna, had as q fellow
traveller at one Of the intermediate sta
tions an old gentleman, who entered
into conversation and proved very
pleasant.
The banker got out before his COM
panion, and as he did so asked the gen.
tleman how far he was going. The
gentleman replied, 'To Vienna"
Il have daughter very well married
there" said the banker. Il should like
to give you note of Introduction to
her."
Il have also a daughter very well
married there" said the other.
would it be too great a liberty to
ask the nameT' inquired the banker.
'My daughter" the gentleman an'
swered, sis married to the Emperor OF
Austria" 1t was the old king Of Be-
varia, -
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Municipal Matters.

Jersey City is to have a new 100000
high school building.
Philadelphia will spend $4,000 In i'm
proving its small parks.
San Francisco's Dewey monument fund
has reached $4,000.
Galveston expects to export 10000, ,00C
bushels of corn this year.
A splendid military parade was a fea.
ture Of the Georgia State fair at At,
lanta.
Pittsburg is threatened with a police.
mans strike for shorter hours and more
pay.
Lincoln, Neb., will have training
school for public school teachers.
Springfield, Mass, is building its frs,
seven-story apartment house, to cos,
$125,OO0.
In Albany, Troy, Syracuse and Ieoch.
ester Republicans and independents are
combining to nominate municipal tickets
On n purely good government basis.
Rival cities on the Pacific coast assert
that San Francisco is losing ground as
the chief city through not taking advan.
tage Of trade opportunities in the Orient
Wyoming papers predict that Hartville
will become second Pittsburg, owing to
the rapid development of its hematite ore
beds, which are the largest in the world,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
His Body Eaten by Dogs.

Las: June the only son of John Ross, a
wealthy farmer near GAINESVILLE, was re-
leased from the Ohio Penitentiary, where
he had served three years sentence for
horse stealing. He committed petty thefts,
and, August 10, officers made a descent
upon the premises but young Ross eluded
them. He had not been seen since. While
hunting the other day Ross found the
clothing and bleached bones of his son.
In the clothes was letter to his parents
and sister bidding them goodbye. The
gun with which he had killed himself was
near.
The scene of the tragedy was in sight of
the Ross homestead and parts of the skele-
ton and clothing had been scattered by the
dogs
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Weir City, Kan, the Scene of Double
Murder.

Weir City, Kan, was the scene the
other night of a double tragedy. Gus Nc
Ardle, a bartender, was shot and killed
and in less than two hours his supposed
murderer, George Wells, a negro miner
from Scammon, was swinging to tele-
phone pole, the victim Of mob which
had forcibly taken him from Jail. Nc
Ardle and Wells had some words in the
saloon, after which the negro left. Short
ly afterward a shot was fired from across
the street, the bullet striking McArdle
squarely in the forehead. He died in half
an hour. Wells was arrested on suspi-
cion and lodged in Jail. A mob formed
quickly and marched to the Jail. Secur-
ing Wells without much trouble, they
dragged the frightened negro from the
building and strung him up to the nearest
telephone pole. Before the rope was
placed about his neck Wells admitted he
was with the man who shot McArdle,
but denied that he had done the shoot
ing
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
GETS AN INFERNAL MACHINE.
Mrs. J. w. Hoot Barely Escapes Death
from q Present Sent from Chicago.

Mrs. J. w. Hoot Barely Escapes Death
from a Present Sent from Chicago.
An internal machine, received by ex-
press from Chicago by Mrs. ]. w. HoOt
of Waterloo, Iowa, was tested there.
The machine was in the form of we'll
finished cabinet about foot long. When
she pulled knob to open a drawer a
percussion cap exploded, but failed to do
any damage. She dropped the package
in alarm and later turned it over to the
police. The officers took the machine
to the river, and, fastening rope to
another knob, they retreated. When they
pulled the rope a terrific explosion re-
suited, throwing stones over block and
leaving not a particle Of the machine.
Mrs. HoOt received letter at the same
time as she did the machine, calling at
tention to the present that would be sent.
j. w. Hoot, the woman's husband, who,
it is said, deserted her because she re-
fused to transfer deeds to extensive prop
erty, has written her some strangely
wOrded letters from Chicago.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
What the Fiiipiaos Want Us to Do.

London special: A Scripps- McRea cor
respondent has received the written state
ment from the highest Filipino authority
in Europe, addressed to the United States,
in which he says to what the FilipinOs are
prepared to agree. First, to fully meet
and assist the United States to fulfill the
promises made to Spain for stable gov
ernment in the Philippines. Second, the
Filipinos will accept an American protec-
torate, with government similar to Can
ada, until greater measure of self-go
eminent is permissible. Third, the United
States to have every political and CONNER
cial facility. Fourth, the Americans to
have all. the privileges of the FilipinOs.
Fifth, mixed commission to decide
whether the indemnity paid to Spain
should be charged to the FilipinOs.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

ChicageCattle, common to prime
$500 to 500; hogs, shipping grades
$500 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $3.O(
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 7Oc
corn, No. 2, Bic to 32c; oats, No. 2. 22c
to 24c; rye, No. ., 54c to SEC: butter
choice creamery, 22c to 24c; eggs, fresh
lie to 1Sc; potatoes, choice, 25c to 35c
per bushel.
1ndianapolis-Cat shipping, $500 tt
$3.50; hogs, choice light, $275 to $3.50
sheep, common to prime, 1926 to $4.25
wheat, No. red, &c to 69c; corn, No. .
white, S3c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 25,
to &c.
st. Louis-Cattle, S3.25 to S625; hogs
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $3.50
wheat, No. 2, zoe to 72c; corn, No. 9
yellow, Sic to 33c; oats. No. 2. 23c to
25c: rye, No. 2. 54c to 56c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $4.OO
wheat, No. 2, 7Oc to 72c; corn, No.
mixed, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c
to 26c; rye, No. 2, Gle to 63c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to S425;
wheat, No. 2, Tic to 72c; corn. No.
yellow, 36c to SIC; oats, No. 2 white, 27c
to 2Sc; rye, &c to 63c.
TOledo-Wheat, No. mixed, Zoe to
tic; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats,
No. mixed, 22c to 24c; rye, No. 9, 57c
to SOC; clover seed, $5.35 to S5.45.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 Northern,
66c to &c; corn, No. 3, 32c to 34c; oats,
No. white, 25c to &c; rye. No. 1, SEC
to 57c; barley, No. 2, Acc to 4Sc; pork,
mess, $500 to $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, good shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, common to choice,
$3.25 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice weth-
ers, $500 to $3.50: lambs, common to
extra, $3.50 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle, 1925 to $6.25; hogs,
$500 to $4.75; sheep, $500 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2 red, Toe to 76c; corn, No. 2,
4Oc to 41c; oats, No. white, 31c to 32c;
butter, creamery, tic to 25c: eggs, west
ern, 14c to 19c. t..
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Drowned in Nicaraxua.

Washington special: At the headquar-
tiers of the Isthmian Canal committee has
been heard the reported drowning of En-
gineer White and other members of an en-
cheering party at Maohuca Falls, Mica
ragua, and Admiral Walker has requested
the State Department to cable the United
States Consul at Managua for information.
Thecommission has been besieged for in
formation by relatives and friends of men,
bers OF the several engineering parties
sent to the Isthmus by the commission.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Four Men Killed.

Four men were killed, two seriously in
jured, and one had narrow escape from
death by rush of cirt in the mine Oper-
ated by Lawrence 6 Brown, near Maha-
noy Plane, Pa.
The men had been sent into gangway
to remove large quantity of mine slust
which had worked into the place through a
breach which the company was filling
with dirt from the colliery. A half-hour
later there was a sudden rush of dirt from
above and before the men could escape
tons of dirt filled the gangway.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
M'KINLEYS CHICKEN S

With SNUG mOraliZing President Nc
kinley asserts that twas Providence
which deposited in the lap of this coun-
try the archipelago of the Philippines.
In smooth phrases and with an JUNCTION
worthy of the great and good Pecksniff.
the Republican President in his speech
at Youngstown, Ohio, said:
Our boys are there because in the
providence of God, who moves mysteri-
Ously, that great archipelago has been
placed in the hands of the American
people. When Dewey sunk the ships in
Manila bay, as he was ordered to do, it
was not to capture the Philippines 1t
was to destroy the Spanish fleet, the
fleet of the nation against which we
were waging war, and we thought that
the quickest way to end that was to de-
strOy the power of Spain to make any
trouble, so we sent Dewey, and the isl
ands came to us. 1t was no responsible
ity we sought, but it was responsible
ity put upon us"
This is an easy way in which to throw
oh icSpOuSiDiiits, Dul uulOt tuudlcly inc
facts in the case do not appear to sus-
tain the President in his claims.
William ]. Bryan seems to have about
the right idea as to what Providence
had to do in the case. Referring to Nc
kinleys statement as to the divine gift
Of the Philippines to the United States,
Mr.. Bryan said that the Republican
Philippine policy reminded him of a
cOlOred gentleman about whom he had
heard. The negro said he had found
that if he prayed 10 God to send him q
chicken He rarely ever responded, but
If he prayed God to send him to a chick
en- he most always got them"
That illustrates the situation very
neatly, and President Mckinley may
find out in the course of time that his
Philippine chickens will come home to
rOCst.-Chicago Democrat.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
MURDER AND SUICIDE AT HOTEL.
Railroad Detective Kills His Wife and
Blows His Own Head Of,

Andrew II. Patterson, railroad detec-
tive, shot and instantly killed his wife
and then blew the top of his head off at
Bartfs hotel, State and Harrison streets,
Chicago. In a letter written to Night
Clerk Elliott. Patterson explained that
he was tired of living such a life and
added that jealousy had caused him to
commit murder and suicide. Three shots
We're fired by the desperate man, two into
the body of his wife and the third into
his own head. When the sharp reports
Of the revolver rang out from Patterson
apartments nearly every guest rushed
from their rooms to learn the trouble.
Clerk Elliott battered down the door
leading to Patterson's room and found
husband and wife dead. 1t is thought
that he put the barrel of the weapon in
his mouth and fired, as the head was
nearly blown from the shoulders.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Germany Backs Out.

The Berlin correspondent of the London
Standard says:
s'The Samoan negotiations have reached
adeadlock. Germany does not consider
that the Gilbert and Solomon Islands
would adequately compensate her fOr
waving the German claims. An agree
ment, however, would easily be arranged
If Great Britain would cede in addition to
her portions of New Guinea"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
fCH0ozS
&tL1aEs

Harvard mas brass Dand ana flne
club.
Plumbing is taught in the Boston
Trades School.
Pennsylvania has a new banking and
business course.
The class of 1903 at Harvard contain,
over 500 students.
Goods at the University of Wiscon
sin wear short skirts.
The proportion of female to male teach
ers is increasing in England.
Glass crews and basket ball teams are
being organized at Wellesley.
The proportion Of Latin students in e!e
mentary schools has increased.
An astronomical observatory is to be
built for the University of Maine.
Eight thousand children in Philadelphia
cannot find room in the public schools.
Bowdoin's entering class of seventy is
the largest in the history of the college
Work has been commenced ON Robinson
Hall, the new scientific school of Tufts
College.
Yale's divinity school has decreased
attendance, due to the raising of the
standard.
Edward Tuck of the class of go has
given $500, 700 to Dartmouth in memory
of his father.
Yale shows increases in the entering
classes Of scientific, academic and law
departments.
The National Association of Collegiate
Alumnae will make an exhibit at the
Paris exposition.
Graduates Of fifty years gathered re-
Gently Mt an alumni reunion Of the
Springfield (Mass.) High School.
An attempt is being made to remove
the rule providing that London Univer-
sity shall hold not more than 0,OO0
worth of property.
Harvard University receives a beQuest
of about $4,000 by the will of DIR. Cal
vim Ellis, '46, which has been held in
allegiance since his death in 1888, and has
only recently been probated.
The Rev. DIR. James Campbell of Hart
ford, Conn, provides in his will for a
gold medal to be given each year to the
student who stands highest in the med.
ical department at Yale.
Prof. w. L. Clark holds the record for
a short-time professOrship. having accept
ell and resigned the chair of common and
statute law in Washington and Lee Uni
yersity within six weeks.
Among the smaller institutions Carrie
ton College reports an increased attend
ance compared with last year of 10 per
cent; Colorado College, II per cent Ohio
Wesleyan. 3 per cent; Pacific University,
10 per cent, and the Western Woman's $
College of Oxford. Ohio, s per cen:.
a Persian, six Porto Ricans, and full
blooded native Of the Sandwich Islands
are among the students that attract espe-
cial attention at the University of Micbi.
gan.
Yale has blind law student. He is
Robert G, Dayton of Bridgeport, who lost
his sight in an accident three years ago
while he was a student In the Bridge
port High School. His lessons are read
TO him.
There is not only to be no hazing at
Radcliffe this year, but every new stu
dent will be particularly looked out for by
a "senior adviser" who is expected to
do much in friendly way TO smooth the
path Of new girls. !
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
INFLUX OF SPANISH.
Six ThOusand Have Arrived In Cuba In
Six Moufha.

On the Spanish steamer Alfonso MIL,
which arrived at Havana Thursday,
there We're 1,115 Spanish immigrants.
During the last three months 6,00O Span
iards have arrived there. 1t is said that
the Madrid Government is assisting the
people who wish to take up their resi-
dence in Cuba. Very few women are
coming.
Two problems are presented by this in
flow. All the immigrants are poor, and
they come seeking work. They are
dumped into the city, which is not vet
on its feet industrially, and many Of them
are having hard times. They herd to-
gether in such fashion that they increase
the danger Of the spread of fever. The
Spanish merchants and societies are do
ing everything possible to assist them.
The main object is to get them into the
country districts.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Holds Gp a Gam bling House.

A gambling house was held up at Min
neapOlis, Minn., the other evening at the
point of gun by young man giving the
name Of George Stark, Of Wahpeton, n. ID.
He had lost few dollars, when he sud
denly drew a revolver and covering the
employees of the house, tore open the cash
drawer in the faro layout and took $295.
Keeping the persons in the place covered
with his revolver, he backed out and
dashed down the street. A passing pO-
liceman captured the robber after run of
two blocks, but only two $40 bills were
found in his possession.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Aruaa of the Boera.

The forces of the South African Re
public are armed with the sporting model
of the Mannlicher rifle. probably the most
deadly weapon Of its weight and caliber
in the world. The Mannlicher rifle weighs
about eight pounds and its barrel is 30
inches in length. Its caliber is 80. 1t
has a killing range of 1000 yards. At
that distance bullet will go through
two inches of solid ash. The bullets used
by the Beers are fnll-mantled, that is,
entirely covered with thin coating Of
copper or nickel. If this bullet strikes
at a range Of 1000 yards or under it will
pierce bone without splintering. At
longer ranges, however, it is apt ia
spread, making a terrible wound.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
TWO ROBBERS GET $4,000.

Package OF Money Stolen from St.
Louis Street Railway Official.
Robert r. Jennings, secretary Of the
Broadway Gable Car Company. was rob-
bed Of q package containing nearly $5O,-
600 shortly after noon the other day
while boarding car at Washington ave-
nue. and Broadway, st. Louis. He had
just drawn the money from the Boat
mans Bank and was on his way to the
office Of the company. Two well-dressed
men boarded the car just before he did,
blocking the way. They jumped off while
in front OF the Union market. Mr.. Jen-
nings instantly discovered his loss, made
an effort to follow the strangers. but they
had disappeared.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Gored byaJersey Bull,

IPSSSctisS Drummond, aged 25 years, was
i,o56red by an infuriated bull on the
I'll. ..Sped by his father, the Hon. David
DougisS z0hd, prominent Democratic poll
sta5f of La Crosse, Wis. The young man
a24tered the stall, in which the bull had
broken his fastenings, and was crushed
against the walls, the animal trampling
the body almost beyond recognition.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09

be friendly with the Americans and he
believes they mean to treat him and
his people fairly. The religion Of the
natives Is Mohammedan and they are
both ignorant and fanatical. Polygamy
is part of their religion and slavery in
the shape Of sort Of feudal bondage
exists. The men on the islands are pow
erful and strong and they are desperate
fighters. They consider death, in the
cause Of religion, the easiest and surest
way to heaven. Prof. Schurman says il
the United States tries to interfere with
rights and customs in the Sulu islands it
will provoke long and bloody war.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
spriupf,e,d. ILL.,, Man Murdered.

John Gait, proprietor Of a dairy, was
murdered in the rear of his home in West
Capitol avenue at Springfield, ILL.,, by an
unknown man, who made his escape i'm
mediately after the murder. Gait was
shot twice with revolver. After receiv-
ing the wounds he staggered into the
house and fell dead. The murdered man
had no known enemies and no cause for
the murder can be found by the police.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Business and Providence.

When it comes to business methods"
we are bound to refer to Marcus AlOn-
20. The formation Of combines" he
tells us, ''is simply an evolution in busi-
ness methods" AS he attributed the
election Of the Honorable William Me-
Kinley TO the same cause-and with OBJ
vious truth-we may concede that he is
likely to be right about the trusts.-Chi.
cago Chronicle.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Excess Not Chargeable.

The Postmaster General has issued an
order fcrbidding pOstmasters in the United
States to collect postage due in excess Of
the domestic rate on any letters sent by
soldiers, sailors, marines, or other persons
in the United States service in Guam and
the PHILIPPINES.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Prefers Death to Marriage.

At GreencastIe, Ind, Warren Kahlev
made an unsuccessful attempt at sui
eide. Kahley wrote note to his
mother, bidding her and his friends good
by, saying that he preferred death to
matrimony. Kahley fired two shots, one
going wild, the other making a wound
near his heart. After the shooting the
fact developed that Kahley was to have
been married that evening to Miss Laura
Watson Of North Greencastle.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
DEATHS DUE TO GUNPOwDER.

Two Employees of a Factory Fatally
Purned Through Dust ON Clothing.
While FIVE workmen in the Fontanet
powder mill near Terre Haute, Ind. were
sitting in the electric power house a
burned-out fuse threw a spark on the hat
of Sam King, one Of the men. The hat
was impregnated with powder dust, rs
was also his clothing. In an instant he
was ablaze. As he ran for the door he
brushed against Alsa Mcbride and Burt
OVERLY, both of whom blazed up from
the contact and ran after him. Other
men pulled off the blazing clothing and
hurried the men to the wash-house,
where they were drenched. King and
Mcbride died from their injuries.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09
Bryan Meet. with Mishap.

In order to meet an engagement to
speak at Ravenna, Neb., w. ]. Bryan
was driven across country from LOup
City, twenty-five miles, three relays Of
horses being employed. When about five
miles from the start the carriage was
upset over an embankment and Mr.. Bry.
an and the other occupants were thrown
out. All were more or less bruised.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-11-09

building is occupied by the Empire steam
carpet cleaning works and NJ. McGregor
L. Co.. manufacturers of machinery. The
second floor was occupied by Frank
SWEET & Co., saw manufacturers. and
the third by the Becker Brothers, cleo
trical engine manufacturers. The prop
erty Of these companies is almost total
loss