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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
IMPERIALISM A REALITY.

From the first weeks proceedings of
this Congress the inference is clear that
the session will be devoted almost en-
tirely to bringing about partisan legis-
latiOn under the White House lash.
The Republican Senators and Repre-
sentatives are to be kept in line by the
administration for the measures that 1t
wants passed, and nothing Is to be
brought up that is not wanted.
This means that the imperial idea
which has grown to enormous proper
tions in the Presidential mind is to over
shadow the entire Congress. McKin-
ley's wishes are to be regarded as or
ders by Senators and Representatives,
and but for the looks of the thing the
laws might as we'll be issued from the
executive mansion in the shape of
edlcts.
The first unmistakable sign Of the dis
position Of Congress to obey the White
House DEGREES was given when it was
decided on the part Of the House to al
low scarcely any debate worthy Of the
name on the currency bill. This gives
additional privileges worth hundreds
Of millionsof dollars to the money trust,
yet it is to be jammed through regard
less Of the protests of the minority
simply because the President wants it
so.
The same course will doubtless be
adopted toward the ship bounty bill,
which will take more hundreds Of mil
lions out Of the treasury, and toward
the Pacific cable subsidy measure, which
Is good also for very large part of the
peoples substance. In fact, every ex-
travagant scheme for the expenditure
Of money will have the right Of way in
this Congress because the President
wills it so.
There will be no chance, however, for
any measure curbing or setting limits to
the Presidential authority>in the new
island possessions. Mr.. Mckinley in
tends to retain free hand there. AS
commander-in-chief Of the army and
navy he can rule Cubans, Porto Ricans,
Filiplnos and the others in true imperial
fashion, and he wants no Congressional
interference with the dOings of either
himself or the military satraps whom
he has set over the natives.
Clearly, the United States is about
in the same position the Roman republic
was in just before the establishment of
the empire. The legislative body sitting
at that time in the ancient city, the Sen
ate, still retained the function Of pass
ing the laws, but the laws themselves
were dictated in the palace of Caesar,
just as the measures which Congress
is ordered to pass are drawn up at the
White House.-New York News.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
LOSSES ON THE LAKES.
Porty-two Vessels Pass Out OF Existence
During the Season of 1899.


During the Season of 1899.
During the season of navigation recent
ly closed fortytwo vessels passed out of
existence. Their total tonnage was
S,l95, representing a carrying capacity
OF about 10000 tons per trip. Their
value was S226.200. Only boats pcrma-
nently retired from service are counted
in this estimate. The total losses, paid
for by the underwriters. would add Il few
which have been repaired and returned to
service. Last year ffty-cight ships, with
an aggregate tonnage of 29,194 tons,
were lost. That seasons disasters were
so heavy as to affect freight rates, but
with this year the amount of tonnage
destroyed is SO small that no such result
will be experienced. With ships able TO
carry over 100000 tons in a single trip
under construction at q cost exceeding
SS,000,0O0, the records of total losses
for the last seasos seem of little conse-
Quence in the general freight situation.
In 1898 there were reported i'll the Ma
rine Insurance Bulletin 500 losses of all
kinds. In the season just closed there
were so reported $50 losses. These loss
es were divided as follows: Ashore, lGS;
foundered, 10; burned, 2S; watcrlogged,
IL; dismasted, 4; disabled, 81; ice, D;
collision, IS; capszed, !.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Reid Reviews Ohio Election.

Still RACES the resentment Of White.
law Reid against our noble executive,
and though his shafts are ostensibly
aimed at Mr.. Hanna 1t is perfectly plain
that they are really directed against the
anointed one in the White House. Mr..
Reid looks with dismal apprehension
upon the situation in Ohio. Unlike such
cheerful optimists as Messrs. Grosvenor
and Dick, he sees no triumphs In q
minority of $4,000 votes, and though he
speaks of "bossism" as the cause he
evidently entertains other views. He
predicts, at any rate, that unless there
shall be a marked change in sentiment
in the meantime Ohio will be lost to the
Republicans in 1900, and though we
may doubt Mr.. Reid's professed sorrow
at the prospect we cannot dispute his
facts. The vote two weeks ago indi.
Gates a Democratic majority in 1906
and Mr. Reid is justified in his prepare.
tions to wear full mourning when the
Ohio returns are in. 1t is not for us to
inquire whether his inky cloak will
cover an aching heart or a chastened
spirit quice reconciled to fate.-Cht
cago Chronicle.
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one great figure in THE REAL THING.
the whole scene in the eyes of his gal
lery visiting constituents.
IF he would only get up and say some
thing, like he used to at the barbecues
on Fourth of July" the representatives
gallery visiting constituents say to each
other impatiently, and they gaze at him
with deep sorrow and rcproach when, in
the whole course of an afternoons ses-
sion, the only manifestation that he
makes that he is alive is to apologetically
clap his hands in summoning page.
No matter how others of the great and
wise coossi of the Senate may tower over
the pair of gentlemen whose constitu-
ents are in force in the galleries, the con-
sttuents never see any other togas than
those that mantle their own two Sen
ators. 1t is quite within the range of
possibility that there may be more duh
places than the Senate chamber of the
United States as that chamber is under
ordinary circumstances, but this dullness
never seems TO pail on the gallery visit
Ors who take an interest in their Sena-
tors. They watch every movement OF
that great duo with rapt countcnances,
and if they can summon the nerve TO send
in their cards to the toga wcarers. and to
be shown points of interest around the
Capitol by one or other of the exalted
men, Il joy that is almost pathetic irradi-
ates them.
1t is popularity of the ladies in the
galleries that they are quite unable 10
give any gentleman on the floor credit for
greatness who does not look great'-for
distinction who does not look distinguish
ed. Now. il is Il singular fact. but one
none the less capable of proof and DEM
onstrntion, that a majority of the most
eminent men who have graced the two
floors of Congress during the past de-
cadc or SO have at the same time been
the most insignificant looking. The Ia
dies in the galleries do not appear to ap-
prchpnd that such thing can be.
The mems galleries are chiefly interest
ing for the number of men. black and
white they contain. who appear to have
nothing but time. The aforementioned
"regulars" iuhabit the mems galleries in
io:cc, particularly in the lower house.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Wars Many Burdens.

The fact that the cost OF war ID not
all borne by the belligerents and that
disturbances in the most remote parts
of the world have injurious effects In
unlOOked-for quarters has been strik-
ingly illustrated in the enormous in
crease in the price in cOrdage and CO.
caine. The insurrection In the Philip
pines and the consequent interference
with the expectation Of manila and
sisal has sent the price Of those fibers
up rapidly and a further increase Is
threatened. This has imposed heavy
burden on the shipping and farming
interests, the cost Of rope and binding
twine annually consumed in the Unit
ed States having been increased many
millions of dollars.
The internal disturbances of Peru
have so interfered with the industry
of gathering and preparing the leaves
Of the coca plant, from which cocaine
is prepared, that the cost of the drug
In the United States has more than
doubled. The American may poke fun
at the proclivity Of people in far-off
lands to enjoy themselves in insurrec-
tions and revolutions, but he has to-
pay for the fun.-Cleyeland Plain
Dealer.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
For "AssimiIating'' Cuba.

The United States has now been in
control of Cuba, under a military gov.
ernment, for nearly Il year since the
evacuation by the Spanish was finished
\ high military authority said some
months ago that the ''pacification" OF
the island-which was our sole alleged
purpose in going to war with Spain
was as complete as it could ever be.
Yet instead Of taking the first step te.
ward leaving the government and con.
troll of the island to its own people" as
Congress solemnly pledged the nation
to do when peace was restored, the
President is considering and it Is said
will recommend to Congress '.civil gov.
ernment under military control for an
indefinite period. General Ludlow pre-
pared the way for this policy of his
commander-in-chief by saying the other
day that the time for giving Cuba con.
troll of her own affairs is still '.far Off"
New York World.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
THE MARKETS,

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 TO SS.25; hogs. shipping grades,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to S4.15; wheat, No. = red, Coo to 61c;
corn, No. ., 30c to 31c; oats. No. =, 22c
to ,3c; rye, No. =, soc to 51c; butter,
choice creamery, 24c to 26c; eggs, fresh,
19c to 21c; potatoes, choice, 35c TO soc
per bushel.
dianapolis-Cattie, shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light, $500 to S4.25;
sheep, common to prime, $500 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2, 66c to Csc; corn, No. =
white, 30c to 31c; oats, No. white, &c
TO 2Sc.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.25 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $425: sheep, $500 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2, G9c to tic; corn, No. =
yellow, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2, 23c to
25c; rye, No. 2, sic to 53c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. =, 69c to tic; corn, No. 2
mixed, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed 2Gc
to PC; rye, No. ., zoe to G2c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $6.75; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to $425;
wheat, No. =, 69c to tic; corn, No. .
yellow, 33c to 34c: oats, No. 2 white, &c
to 2Sc; rye. 56c to 5Sc.
Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Csc to
G9c; corn, No. mixed, &c to 33c; oats.
No. mixed, 25c to &c; rye, No. >, 55c
to SIC; clover seed, $3.50 to $3.50.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. northern,
65c to &c; corn, No. 3, 30c TO 31c; oats,
No. white, 24c to &c; rye, No. /, Soc
to SIC; barley, No. 2, 42c to 44c; pork,
mess, $3.50 to 5000.
Buffalo-Cattle, good shipping steers.
$500 to $6.75; hogs, common to choice.
1925 to S4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $4.25; lambs, common to extra, $3.50
to $3.50.
New York-Cattle, $325 to $6.75; hogs,
$500 to $40; sheep, $500 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2 red, TIC to 75c; corn, No. 2,
4Oc to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, SOC to &c;
butter. creamery, 23c to 2Sc; eggs, west
ern. 16c to 22c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21

Debate began on the currency bill in
the House on Monday, opening speech
being delivered by Mr.. Overstreet Rep.,
Ind). Other speakers were Mr.. Dolli-
yer rep, Iowa., Mr.. Maddox Dem.,
Ga) and Mr. Mcclellan Dem., N. ".
In the Senate Mr.. Mason of Illinois de-
livered an address in support of his reso-
luton expressing sympathy for the Beers,
which was referred to foreign relations
committee. No business of Importance
transacted and early adjournment was
taken.
On Tuesday the Senate received from
Mr.. Pettigrew resolution asking the
Secrtary of the Navy whether Admiral
Dewey formally or informally ever rec
ognized the self-styled Philippine Repub-
lie. Sent to the committee on military
affairs Mr.. Pettigrew's resolution on the
use of government troops during the
Occur d'Alene strike. Authorized the
committee on elections to investigate the
Clark and Scott contests; sent Mr.. Cul-
loms Hawaiian government bill to the
committee on foreign relations. Con
firmed the nomination of Gen. Leonard
Wood to be Major General of Nolun-
teers. Received from Mr.. CullOm his
bill to give the Interstate Commerce
Commission more power. In the House
Congressman Prince Qllinois), briggs
New York;, Grcsvenor Ohio, Parker
(New Jersey, William Alden Smith
(Michigan), Lawrence e>!assachusetts)
and Powers (VermonD spoke in support
of the currency bill, while Messrs. New
lands Nevada, Cochran NIissouri),
Shafroth Colorado and Sims (Tennes-
sce) opposed it. The Spaker was author
lied to appoint committee of ten to
cooperate with the Presidential and Sem
ate committees in arranging for the CEN
tennial celebration of the first meeting of
Congress in Washington.
On Wednesday Mr.. Gallinger intrOduc-
ed bill in the Senate for the codifica-
ton of the pension laws by joint COM
mission of jurists and members of the
G.. A. II. A resolution by Mr.. Mcmillan
calling attention to the blOckading of
navigation in the st. Mary's canal during
the last season and asking the opinion of
the Secretary of War on the desirability
of constructing additional canals was
adopted. The House adopted resolu-
ton providing for holiday recess from
Wednesday, Dec. 20, to Wednesday, Jan.
3. and continued the debate on the cur
rency bill.
The Senate on Thursday by vote of
Al to 90 laid on the table Mr.. Pettigrew's
resolution asking the Secretary of the
Navy whether the Filipino flag had been
saluted at Manila. Agreed to the House
Christmas recess resolution and agreed to
meet Friday to receive reports on the
of its committees for this
Congress The House continued the de-
bate on the currency bill.
In the Senate on Friday Mr.. Aldrich
presented a special order fixing the stand
ing committees and their personnel for
the Fifty-sixth Congress. The order was
adopted without dissent. Adjourned until
Debate on financial bill con-
rluded in the House.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
March Ouits the Chase.

Manila special: Maj. March of the Thirty
third Infantry, has abandoned his pursuit
of Aguin aldo, and has reached Bagnen, in
the heart of the Grand Cordillera, where
the range is 10000 feet high, and where
sible.
Fromnative couriers and Spanish rrison-
ers it was learned that Aguinaldo left Bon
toe, in the province of the same name, with
three women and two soldiers, three days
ago, and headed southwark, evidently for
Bayombong, in the province of New Wis.,
caya, where it is thought he may enooun-
ter the Americans.
Major Marcn's command was depleted
70 per cent. by the two days march from
Cervantes to Bagnen, so he returned to
Cervantes Dec. 10.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
STRIKERS UPHELD BY THE LAW.
New Jersey Glass Blowers Defeat an Ir
junction Suit,

New Jersey Glass Blowers Defeat an In
junction Suit.
A decision was rendered by Vice Chan
cellor Reid at Trenton, n. j., in the case
of the Cumberland Glass Blowers Asso-
citation against the Glass Blowers Asso-
citation of the United States, Dennis A.
Hayes and others. The suit grew out OF
the glass blowers strike at Bridgeton
last March, which has since been AMIGA
bly, settled. The Cumberland Glass
Blowers Association, an organization of
employees, sought to enjoin the defend
ants from the part they were taking in
the strike. TIE vice-chancellor, in his
opinion, holds that n combination TO
strike or to induce others to strike is
made lawful under a New Jersey statute,
provided that the means used be those of
persuasion and not Of coercion.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
FORTUNE FOUND IN SOD CABIN.
Romnnce OF d Woman Who Made the Race
for a Home in Oklahoma.

Romnnce OF Woman Who Made the Race
for d Home in Oklahoma.
Eleven thousand dollars in currency
has been found in the sod cabin of Mrs.
Lucy Hunnicutt, who died on her claim
in the Cherokee strip, just south of Hun
newell, Kan. recently. Until the dis
covery of this money it was supposed
that Mrs. Hunnicutt was formerly Miss
Crow, daughter of w. ID. Crow, farm
or of Putnam County, Indiana. For
years she was teacher of instrumental
music in Greencastle, Ind. When she
was 20 years old she married against
her fathers wishes. When the Cherokee
strip was opened she barganed for a
fast horse and urged her husband, who
had followed her, TO make the run" for
claim. He reflsed an hour before the
signal for starting was fired and Mrs.
Hunnicutt made the race herself. She
secured q claim, got divorce from her
husband and had lived alone on her farm
for the last six years, often receiving
help from neighbors.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
QUAKER CITY WINS.
Philadelphia Chosen as Place of Hold
ing Republican Convention.

ing Republican Convention.
The Republican national convention
will meet in Philadelphia on June 10,
1900. This was decided in the national
committee meeting at Washington Fri
day afternoon. The final vote stood 25
for Philadelphia to "a for Chicago, with
Ohio and Colorado absent. Chicago had
the votes of the Western States and
four from New England. Philadelphia
had the votes of the Southern States,
the territories and two from New Eng
land.
The arguments in favor Of Philadel-
phia were sentiment, cold cash and South
ern delegates. The President allowed it
to be understood that he would not OBJ
ject to being renominated in the only city
where, since the civil war, a Republican
President was renominated and elected.
Grant was renOminated in Philadelphia
in 1872. There were also the sentiment
al argument that Philadelphia was the
cradle of liberty, the place where the
constitution was written, and the city
where the flag had its origin. More inn
portant than this sentimental argument
was the certified check for 100000 Of
fered to the committee by Philadelphia.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
STEALS BREAD AND GOES FREE.
Demand forWarrant Against Poor Widow
In ic L. Dl.El S1.d


in st. Louis Is Refused.
To save her children from starvation,
Mrs. Lucy Smith, a widow. stole four
loaves of bread from the hallway of the
residence of A. &. Marglous, a wholesale
merchant in st. Louis. Marglous had
the woman arrested and taken TO the po-
lice station. There she told the sergeant
in charge that she was without means
of support for herself and her three small
children. and it was question of steal
ing food or seeing her little ones starvc.
Marglous was unmoycd and insisted on
prosecuting her. He applied to Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney Johnson for war
rant. Here is the reply he got: "Proba-
bly, it is not the law, at least not the law
in our statute book, but l will not issue
warrant against Il poor starving wom-
an with three small children who steals
four loaves of bread from your doorstep.
When person is confronted with star
walton it is no wrong to commit such
petty offense. l don't care what the civil
law says on the subject" The woman
was release
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21

violent outbreak on the floor, and then
I've gone up to the Capitol and sat
through hours of roll-callins and monot-
onous droning by the reading clerk. New
er was able to catch 'em shooting off
their fireworks. Probably the very next
day, when l couldn't be on hand, there'd
be a terrific scene in which thirty or forty
of 'em 'ud be saving the atmosphere at
once-and I'd have to have my fun in
reading about it in the paper. There
ought to be some scheme whereby they
could give regular rough-house perform
ances at stated times, so that we could
all have a chance to see how they do
when they're right mad"
Probably nine-tenths of the folks who
visit the galleries, not counting the reg
ulars of whom more later on-go up to
the Capitol to see something lively, ex
citing, and out of the ordinary OF one or
the other of the floors of Congress, and
the great bulk of them are disappointed
when nothing out of the common happens
for their delectation.
Exciting scenes on the two floors of
Congress become more rare from year to
year. The routine is not often broken.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Christmas and the Jews.

In Sinai Temple, Chicago, the Rev. DR..
Emil q. Hirsch, the most prominent Jew
ish clergyman In Chicago, denounced the
celebration of Christmas by the Jews as .
day of rejoicing. He declared that every
true Jew, remembering history and know
ing that the day is one of persecution of his
people in Europe, should observe the day
not in gladness, but in sorrow.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Four Trainmen Killed.

Four men were killed in a wreck near
Kendrick, Idaho, on the Northern Pacific
branch. A special loaded with construc-
ton material broke from control On the
grade and jumped the track. The dead
are Engineers Arthur Balm and John Og-
den, Fireman Bradshaw and Brakeman
Bulge and Brakeman Peterson were prob
ably fatally injured.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Money in the Bed.

Rev. 1. T. Sans, living ON Hardwick
Creek, Estil County, Kentucky, had 1854
in cash stolen from his house a few days
ago by unknown parties. Rev. Sans did
not believe in placing his money in banks,
but kept it concealed in a feather bed at
home. The stolen money represented two
Years savings,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21

IDEAL sFAfEsMAN. from the Capitol
| with the grievance written on their faces
that they haven't got their moneys
worth. The day has passed when every
representative in Congress was his own
Patrick Henry.
When a gentleman on the floor who is
/ known to be an ornate phraseOlogist and
a man of ''uncertain'-thati is to say, GER
tainly 6ery-temper rises in his seat and
catches the Speakers eye, the folks in
the gallery lean forward, their cOunte-
nances take on interested expressions,
and they seem to be saying to themselves,
"Ah, now we're going to have something
worth while!' When the gentleman whit
the fiery reputation launches into mild,
expostulating, almost pleading statement
as 10 how his district has been overlook
ed in the formulation of the river and
harbor bill the people in the gallery settle
back in. their seats. with signs Of disap-
pOintment, that seem to say in so many
words, Are we forever 10 be buncoed
in this way?''
A pair OF gentlemen, who are known
to be personal as well as political antag-
onists, take the floor at the same instant,
both demanding recognition.
"Ha! here's clash, right nowr' the
gallery visitors whisper to each other,
with nudges; and when one Of the gen
tlemen, with a Chesterfeldian gesture,
yields to the other, the spectators in the
gallery look real hurt about it.
Mostly Visitors to Town.
A very small percentage of the visitors
in the galleries of Congress are Washing
tonians. Congress is an old story to the
people of the capital. 1t is tale often
repeated. There is nothing awe-inspiring
about days doings at the Capitol to a
man who has lived within sight of the
dome of the Capital all, or nearly all, of
his life. Men and women who come to
Washington to live pay one or two visits
to the galleries of Congress when first
they arrive here, and let it go at that
1t is the strangers, the casual visitors in
the city, who flock to the galleries of
Congress, and to many of these such yis-
its are very great events, indeed, to be
told about again and again when they
get back to their homes. Not u few of
the strangers in the galleries look as if
they feel themselves to be participating
in proceedings of very solemn and up
lifting character; and that they regard
the gentlemen below them on the floor
as the very cream of the land is perfect
ly evident from the awed manner with
which they study the great men.
1t is with an eye to seeing how their
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-12-21
Gen. Butler Dethroncd.

London special: The following notice is
posted at the War Office:
''As the campaign in Natal, in the opin-
ion of her Majesty's Government, is likely
to require the presence and undivided at
tention of Gen. Sir Redvers Butler, it has
been decided to send Baron Roberts Of
Kandahar and Waterford. as Commander
in-chief in South Africa, with Lord Kitch-
ener as Chief of Staff"