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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20

At New York 100 horses sold at one
sale for $3.50. $50. average of about 500
a horse.
Gov. Brady. Alaska. wants the gov
ernmcnt to build an insane asylum at
Sitka.
Crazed by inventinc puzzles. Harry
Mahood. Philadelphia, committed suicide
by shooting.
4 wideawake American has erected
steam pumps on the Jordan. and is sup
plying churches all over Europe with
genuine Jordan water.
There were GOO converts at the relig
ious revival held by Revs. Williams and
Alexander at Tarko, Mo.
Power house of the electric railroad,
Los Angeles. Cal, was wrecked by q
boiler explosion. Robert Walsh was kill
ed
The most novel provisions made in 4
will is that of st. Louis woman that
her remains be incinerated and the ashes
mingled with those of her husband in the
urn where his already reposc.
Prairie chickens are said to be more
abundant in western Kansas than for
years. and the farmers are disposed to
give the birds chance TO multiply by
keeping check on the hunters.
No $50 gold pieces were ever coined by
the government of the United States, al
though during the gold excitement of
1919 in California good many were
coined by private parties.
Those who wish to send magazines and
other reading matter to the soldiers in
the Philippines can avoid transportation
charged by forwarding the books TO any
commissary department of the army.
These books must he in good condition
and the literature of wholesome chGrac-
ter. The books and magazines must he
packed in substantial boxes, but nd; cd
dressed to any individual. They should
be addressed to hospitals, commands ae
libraries,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Odds and End0.

Boston saloonists are kicking because
they're forced to close their places at IL
p. III.
The yacht Turtle, of the New York
Yacht Club. started from st. Louis for
New York via the Mississippi river and
the gulf.
Rear Admiral Rogers has been ordered
to the Asiatic station. This assignment
will give three flag officers to this sta
ton, Admirals Remey and Kempff being
now there.
At Pensacola. Fla, the motormen on
street cars struck for stools on which to
sit while the cars are in motion. They
had the sympathy Of the people with
them and won out.
Efforts of various patriotic societies to
raise funds with which to purchase and
preserve the old home place in Nashville
of President Polk have failed, and the
mansion is being demolished. 1t is TO be
replaced by an apartment house.
r. F. Gibbin. vice-president Of the Los
Angeles and Salt Like road. is authority
for the statement that the Burlington
road is headed for Salt Lake City, where
the burlington mas purchdseu se'eiai
tracts of land for terminal structures.
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew personal
ly presented his portrait to New York
State at gathering Of officials at Al
bany.
a Missouri weather prophet who reads
the future in the leaves of trees says
this will be one OF the mildcst winters
ever known on the continent.
The potato. hitherto grown as tuber
underground, is now being produced like
fruit from the stem of the plant. The
favor of these potatoes is excellent.
Some of the trunk lines operating be-
tween New York and Chicago will abol-
isn after Jan. l the cid custom of issu-
Ing hslf-fare tickets to clersymen and
religious workers,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
BOERS WIN A BATTLE.
British Have Four officers Killed ir
Fight with DcIarcy.

British Have Four Officers Killed in n
Fight with Dclarey.
Lord Kitchener reports that after Sc
we're fighting at Nooitgedacht Gen. Glenn
ents' forces were compelled to retire by
Commandant Delarey, with force of
2.5OO men. Four British officers were
killed. The other casualties were not re-
ported. Lord Kitchener also reports that
the Beers made an attack and were re-
pulsed at Lichtenburg, and that Gen.
Letmer was killed. Attacks upon Beth
iehem and Vrede were also repulsed, the
Beers losing ten killed and fourteen
wounded.
The scenes at the war Office in London
recalled Friday those witnessed in the
early stages of the war. \ constant
stream of excited people filled the lob
bies, all seeking details of the disaster.
Orders were issued at Aldershot, Malta
and other military centers to dispatch all
the available mounted infantry to South
Africa.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Brief News Itcms.

Oae steer at Chicago stock exposition
sold at $1.5O pound.
President Mckinley has warned the
party leaders that he will call no extra
session after March 4.
The British government is about to try
submarine boat, designed to destroy
hostile submarine craft.
Under an intelligent system of irriga.
ton, it is estimated that 1900, 900 acres
of land in New Mexico can be reclaimed
and made into farming land. which would
have no superior in the whole world.
The Thuringian States of the German
Empire have forbidden the holding Of re-
ligious services in the Polish and Bohe-
mian languages.
The Legislature of the State Of Aguas
Calientes. in Mexico, has passed a law
prohibiting bull fighting. A movement is
on foot to secure the passage of a similar
law by other States of Mexico.
Many epidemics of plague are believed
to have been traced to rats, yet in other
localities, and markedly in Glasgow. the
rats have not been found infected by
plague, either before or after the out
break. 1t is by the vermin in the rats
coat that infection is probably conveyed
to man.
A woman has been found at Malone,
y. ". who is remarkably hale and ac
tive at the age of 1Oo.
Burglars stole $1,000 worth of jewtlry
from the residence of Washington Porter,
whose wife is 4 cousin of President Nc
kinley, at Chicago.
There are 244.527 school houses. dormi-
tories and other buildings in the United
States devoted TO education. and they
are valued at $524.6S9. .255. There are
$500 teachers-131. 1913 men and 2Sl,-
S67 women. In 1899 the people Of the
United States spent $197.2Sl .tO3 to edu-
cate their children. which is $2.67 per
capita of population and $500 per capita
If children Of the school ase.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
THE MARKETS

Chicago-Cattle. common to prime.
$500 to $500; hogs, shipping grades.
$500 to S4.95; sheep. fair to choice, $500
to $4.6O; wheat, No. red, &c to 14c;
corn, No. 2, 3tic to SIC; oats. No. >, 2lc
to 22c; rye, No. 9. 45c to 46c; butter.
choice creamery, 23c TO Die; eggs. fresh.
24c to &c; potatoes, 43c to 49c per
bushel.
Indianapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500 to
$500; hogs, choice light. $500 TO $3.50;
sheep. common to prime, $500 to $50;
wheat, No. 2, 73c to 74c; corn. No .
white, 36c to SIC; oats, No. . white.
24c to 25c.
ST. Louis-Cattle, 1925 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $4.S5; sheep. $500 to S4lU;
wheat. No. 2. 7Oc to tic; corn, No. >
yellow, 35c to 36c; osts. No. =, pc to
23c; rye, No. .. 49c to SOC.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to SI.95; hogs,
$500 to $4.9o; sheep, $500 to S3.15;
wheat, No. 2. 76c to nc; corn, No :.
mixed, 3Sc to SOC; oats, No. , mixed, 2ic
to CSC, rye, No. 2, 54c to 55c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 TO $3.50: hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $40;
wheat, No. 2, 7Gc to TIC; corn. No. 2
yellow. Soc to 4Oc; oats. No. 2 white, 27c
to 2Sc; rye, sic TO SIC.
ToledO-Wheat. No. . mixed, 15c to
1f;c; corn. No. mixed, 36c to SIC; oats.
No. mixed, pc to BE; rye. No. =. Sic
to SIC: clover seed. prime, $500 to $685..
Milwaukee-Whcat. No. = northern.
tic to TIC; corn, No. 3. 34c to 35c: oats.
No. 2 white, Die to 25c; rye. No. /, 50c
to sic; barley, No. 2. SIC to 5Sc; pork.
mess, $1O.O to S11.25.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
$500 to $50: hogs. fair to prime. $500
to $5.15; sheep, fair to choice, $500 TO
$500; lambs. common to extra, $i.O0 TO
$5.S5.
New York-Cattle. S3.25 to $500; hogs.
$500 to $5.3j; sheep. $500 TO S4.:iT,
wheat. No. 2 red. tic to 11c; corn. No =.
4ic to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c 10 Bic;
butter, creamery, 2oc to 2Gc; eggs. west
ern, ass t. 2Qe,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
MORRISON JURY DISCHARGED.
Fails to Reach Verdict in the Eldora.
ID Kaa Hla-A~-

Fails to Reach q Verdict in the Eldora-
do, Kan, Murder Case.
After celebrating nearly four days,
the jury in the famous Jessie Morrison
case at Eldorado, Kan, was discharged
without giving verdict. The woman
who fatally cut Mrs. DIN G. Castle will
have to be tried again.
Jealousy and unrequited love have been
the elements which the prosecution has
brought prominently before the court
since the trial began. Miss Clara Wiley
was the belle Of Eldorado. She was pop
ular with all classes and was courted
by many Of the young men. but her af-
fections centered in Olin G. Castle, who
was Il stylish young clerk in the leading
store of the town. Miss Jessie Morrison,
the daughter of retired judge, was en-
ployed in the same store with Castle. The
young man of many accomplishments
won the heart of his fellow clerk. Miss
Morrison was thrown constantly in his
company, and loved the young man with
fervency that was soon to pass beyond
all restraint. Castle did not respond to
the love of Miss Morrison, and shortly
before his marriage with Miss Wiley Cas-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
NEWS IN BRIEF GUSTS
BLOWN IN FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE EARTH.
An Important Record of the Week
A. Told by 1.-The Teiegraph-Latest
from ForeiKn Shores-Crimes, Cas-
ualtiee, Fires, Etc.
Studenfa crem ated.

The State Normal School at Fredonia,
N. Y, was destroyed by hre. The loss is
$250. 900. President Palmer of the FredO-
mia Normal School, states that he believes
that seven bodies are in the ruins of the
school. A house to house canvass
was made to get trace of the miss
ing ones. An attempt is now be-
ing made to search the ruins, but with lit
tie success, owing TO the heat. One body
has been taken from the ruins, believed TO
be that of Miss Storms of Ellington, n. Y.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
France Indifferent.

Paris special: The French Government
will not offer objection TO any action of the
United States Congress regarding the
Clayton -Bulwer treaty. They prefer that
the Nicaragua Canal should be neutral,
but they appreciate the United States stra-
getic reasons for fortifying the canal and
Frances interests are too small to induce
the government TO interfere in any way in
the NATTER
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
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GROWTH OF oLro BUSINESS.

on its own merits and without any at
tempt to deceive people iuto thinking
they are buying butter. With this idea
in view the present tax Of two cents q
pound which is collected on all oleomar.
garine is to be reduced to one-quarter OF
cent n pound on oleomargarine which
is put on the market in its uncolored and
natursl condition. On oleomargarine
which is artifcially colored yellow to inn
itate butter the tax is to be raised, on
the other hand. to ten cents pound. Thi.
provision will make it improbable foi
manufacturers and dealers to sell colored
oleomargarine as butter, which is fraud
on the consumer and on the farmer and
dairyman as we'll.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Iury DisaSrees.

The Jessie Morrison jury was called into
the court room at Eldorado, Kan., and each
member said he had no hopes of an agree
ment Judge Shinn then discharged the
Jury. The first ballot stood for acquitial. 2;
for conviction, 2 one blank. The third and
subsequent ballots were for acQuittal. 2;
for manslaughter in fourth degree, 8. Miss
Morrison was deeply affected and broke
down and wept.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
GIVES UP WIFE TO ANOTHER.
Notable Michigan Marrias, the CulmIna-
tiOn of a Strdnde Romance.

Notable Michigan Marriage the Culmina-
tion OF Strange Romance.
The marriage of Roger Morgan and
Mrs. Sadie Pipps is the elimination Of
peculiar romance. Morgan is president
of the Hopper-Morgan Paper Company
of Benton Harbor and son Of President
Morgan Of the paper trust. He is very
wealthy. The bride was the wife of
weii-known travelling salesman. She met
her present husband year ago and
straightway fell in love with him. Her
affection was reciprocatcd. When Pipps
learned of this, and was assured that
Morgan would wed her if she were free,
he agreed TO divorce proceedings, making
no contest. His friends say he loved
his wife so that he gave her up that she
might enjoy life of ease as the wife OF
a millionaire. Others say. however. that
the former husband is engaged to be mar
ricd TO the daughter Of a Chicago mill
ioraire. whose name is kept secret at
present.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Bryan a Journalist.

William J. Bryan, late democratic can
didste for the presidency. will become a
Journalist. He says: "For several years
j have contemplated the establishment OF
q newspaper. This seems an opportune
time. intend to devote my life to the
study and discussion Of public questions
and have chosen this method" The paper
will be called 1.-The COmmOner." The
first issue will be in January and its place
of publication Lincoln, Neb.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Fatal Kansas Collision.

A north-bound passenger train on the
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
crashed into the rear end of a north
bound freight train at Clare, Kan. Noble
Thomas, aged 16 years, Of Emporia.
Kan. was burned to death in the ca
boose; Thomas father was badly man
gled, the engineer and fireman Of the
passenger train were seriously injured
and half a dozen passengers in the ca
boosc were slightly hurt
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
LOOTED BY MASKED MEN,
Four STRANGERS Hold Town at Bay and Es-
can. with $4,000.

Four Strangers Hold Town at Bay and Es-
Cap. with $4,000.
-Four masked men. believed to be men,
bers of the gang that committed the rob
berry at Seville few days ago, terrified
the town of Shanesville. Ohio, while they
looted the private bank Of John Doors
chuck. They blew open the safe with
heavy charge of nitroglyccrin and OBJ
tained between $1,000 and 81 900, which
they succeeded in carrying away with
them. The shock of the explosion awak-
cned the citizens. and the robbers were
compelled to fight their way through the
streets until they reached the Wheeling
and Lake Erie Railroad, where they pro-
cured handcar and made their escape.
A fusillade of bullets followed them, and
they are being traced by a trail of blood
one Of the men, it is thought, being seri-
OlSly wounded
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
g3&$3!5Ii|IIgSa}RE9''
G}gSS0DEaa#';;|;5';;'=!;!@';l

The President has suggested to Con-
gress the establishment of an agricul-
tural experiment station in Porto Rico.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Bank Robber. captured.

The gang Of desperadoes that robbed
Doerschuck's bank at Shanesville, Ohio,
arrived at Bridgeport, W. Va, just before
night on the Massillon accommodation of
the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Road.
Two Of the gang were captured after
desperate encounter with officers and
trainmen. -Four others escaped and
posse is pursuing them.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20

FIRE. The fire originated in the boiler
room from a pile Of kindling and only
portion Of the four-story structure re-
mains. About $50 students roomed in
the main building and were glad to es-
cape with their lives and many with nu-
merous burns. The structure was erect
ed over forty years ago and the loss will
be over 100000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Ghetto Children In a Panic.

Fifteen hundred school children Of the
Chicago ghetto, thirty Of whom were in
jurcd, were thrown into a wild panic the
other afternoon in the West Twelfth
Street Turner Hall. The fright was
caused by the falling of a portion Of a
big chandelier during Punch and Judy
pantonlinc.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Bandits Rob a Train.

The Chicago limited on the Illinois Cen
trail road was held up inside the city
limits of New Orleans, within sight of
the electric lights. The passengers were
not molested, but Conductor G. A. Kinne-
brew was shot and badly injured because
he failed to uncouple the mail car from
the coaches. The registered mail was all
stolen and the baggage car was wrecked
with DYNAMITE
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Standard OH Wins In Court.

The Supreme Court of Ohio by an
equally divided vote refused TO hear the
charges of contempt of court preferred
by Frank s. Monnett, late Attorney
General of Ohio, against the Standard
Oil Company and its officers, including
John ID. Rockefeller The information
in contempt is by this decision dismissed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
ohio Murderer Applies for LenIency.

Gov. Nash of Ohio has called a special
meeting of the board Of pardons to con-
slider the application on behalf Of Rosslyn
II. Ferrell for communication Of sentence.
Ferrell is under sentence TO be electrocut-
ed on March for the murder Of Express
Messenger Lane. The date of the meet
ing was fixed by the Governor for Jan.
10 19o1
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Hcrnit's Dead Body Found.

\ body found in Black swamp. four
miles from Morristown. n. j., has been
identified as that Of Herman Bins, who
was known as the hermit Of Wenong
mountain ard had been a brigadier gem
eral in the Confederate army. For thir-
ty-iiye years Bins had lived a solitary
life on the side Of Succasunna mountain
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Express Robber Arrested.

Rosso c. Hoffman, % years old, mes
senger for the Adams Express Company,
was arrested at Cleveland, Ohio, charged
with stealing fourteen diamonds valued
at 81 800. The gems were found on hif
person. Thsy had been consigned to
New York house.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Txo Traina Collide.

The day express No. from Chicago, on
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railway, collided with the Leetsdale ac-
commodation, east-bound, near Edge
worth. Penn. Both trains were wrecked,
and ten passengers and trainmen were
injured.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
ALGER TRIPPED BY A BURGLAR.
General Is Badly Shaken Up and Robbed
Much SllverxUarc

General Is Badly Shaken Up and Robbed OF
Much Silverware.
Gen. Russell A. Alger, ex-Secretary of
War. was quite badly shaken up by
burglar in his home in Detroit. The gen.
eral was awakened by some one prowling
about on the first floor Of his residence.
and started downstairs to investigate.
Just as he reached the foot of the stairs
he ran into a burglar. who tripped him
up, the general falling heavily. When
Gen. Alger recovered himself after the
fall he began an investigation, which
showed $500 worth Of silverware had
been taken by the thief. who escaped
through a window Immediately after dis
covery.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
FAST MAIL TRAIN WRECKED.
Burlington Flyer Ditchei and Cars Burned
Ono Man ki led.

Ono Man XII led.
Train No. Is, the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy fast mail, was wrecked at 1
o'clock the other morning two miles west
Of Kirkwood. Iowa. Fireman Shannan
was killed and Engineer Samuel Dove
and Brakeman Thompson were injured.
Great damage was done to the train.
Two of the storage mail cars and their
contents were burned, two of the working
cars were derailed and smashed aId the
engine was damaged. A flaw in one OF
the wheels under the engine tank is be-
lieved to ve caused the accident. One
of the wheels was cracked, it is thought,
and under the strain gave way. Strange
ly the engine was not thrown of the
track.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Held a Mob at Day.

Chicago special: The Santa Fe officials
report that mobs have assaulted the opera
tors who have taken the strikers places at
Willow Springs. Ill. They also cut the
wires at Lamont, ILL.,, where the operator
kept the mob at bay with a shot gun. The
railroad has appealed to the auth critics
for protection.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20

Two Negroes Lynched at Rockport.
Two negroes. Jim Henderson and Bud
Rowlands, who waylaid. brutally muir
dered and robbed Hollie Simons, a white
barber at Rockport. Ind, were lynched in
the Jail yard by mob Of one thousand
frenzied citizens. They were hung up to
Q tree and their bodies riddled with bullets.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
kuhns Kun. More Men.

Marvin Kuhns, the murderer who es-
capped from the Ohio penitentiary and
shot a policeman in Logansport. Ind.
shot and killed two officers who were
trying to arrest him at Avilla, which is
near his home.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
CooLzi to Death in SCUM,

The 2-year daughter of Peter Eder.
. saloon keeper of Elwood, Ind. fell into
a ten-gallon can of soup made for lunch at
his place and was literally cooked before
her screams brought assistance. Death
resulted soon afterward.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
s.-v.a Fortv.tbree Year. In Prison,

George knight. who held the long-dis
tance penitentiary record, died at the
Naine State prison. He was convicted
Of wife murder forty three years ago and
sentenced tor life. His death resulted
from recent attempt TO commit suicide
With his last breath he asserted his in
noceuOe
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Cotton Palace Corner Stone.

With impressive ceremony the corner
stone Of the textile building, or cotton
palace, the main building of the South
Carolina Interstate and West Indian Ex-
position was laid in Charleston. Just
year hence the exposition will open its
rafeS
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
German warship Lost.

Madrid special: The German training
frigate Gneisenau has foundered off Mala
ga, sixty five miles northeast of Gibralter.
Private dispatches say that over one
hundred persons were drowned. At the
present time only masts of the vessel are
visible.
A large number Of the cadets can be
seen from the shore clinging to the rigging.
They are shouting and signalling for help.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
OFFICER SHOT BY DESPERATE.

Losansport. Ind Police Have Fierc. Eat
tie with Marvin kuhns.
Marvin Kuhns, an escaped convict with
Il record as murderer, gave the police
Of Logansport, Ind, an exciting fight
the other day. In the battle with pistols
one officer was wounded. The desperado
escaped. 1t is believed he has reached
Chicago. Kuhns escaped from the Ohio
penitentiary at Columbus, where he was
serving life sentence. He has had
many bloody encounters with the officers
OF the law.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20

While Mrs. House, who lives six miles
south of Greenfield, Ind, went to a neigh
bors to ge: bucket Of water, her 2-year-
old child in some manner got its clothing
on fire and when she returned the babe
was burned to cris
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Nearly Five Hundred VESSEL, Bulls.

The vessels built in the United States
and officially numbered from June 80.
1900. to Nov. 30. 1900. were 495. of 49,
963 gross tons. The principal items Of
the total are seven steel steamships on
the great lakes (34 1888 gross tons) and
four smaller steel steamships S.45G gross
tons. which could pass through the new
Welland canal, and one steel schooner
barge l2,I9O tons).
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20

A bold robbery on the Cotton Belt
Railway occurred at Bassett's. Texas, in
which Postal Clerk John n. Dennis was
almost killed and the mail pouches of his
car rified Of their contents. The amount
stolen IN not known.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-20
Eourht hx Standard Oil.

4 deal has been consummated in Cali
fornia whereby the Standard Oil Com
pany acquires all Of the interests Of the
Pacific Coast Oil Company. The pur-
chase price is said to be in the neighbor-
hood OF 81 100000.