The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-02-08
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ice at Leadville, Colo.
The Oregon Republican and Democratic
State conventions will be held at Port
land on April l. next.
William L. Sullivan Jr. has been ap-
pointed chief of police of San Francisco,
vice /. w. Lees, resigned.
The Arkansas Republican State conven-
ton to elect delegates TO the national
convention will be held March 20.
The Ohio Republican State convention
will be held at Columbus on April "A and
%. Delegates will be chosen by popular
vote.
Rev. Washington GLADDEN., the we'll
known preacher and lecturer on municipal
government, publicly announces his can
didacy for councilman in his ward at Co
lumbus, Ohio.
James Sweeney (white) was lynched at
Port Arthur, Texas. Sweeney was cot
ton screw foreman and had killed Charles
Crumbach, iaborer, by jamming bay
onet through his neck.
At ST. Paul, Mimi, the baled grass
storehouse of the Minnesota Grass Twine
Company burned. Insurance on build
ngs and machinery, SOL 800; stock, $50,
900; loss, 10 per cent.
One-third of the business portion of St.
Paul. Kan, was destroyed by fire, entail
ing a loss of $4,000; insurance two
thirds. Eight buildings, with their con-
tents, were consumed.
Despondcnt on account Of illness, q. +.
Bigclow of Chicago disrobed near the
Van Buren, street bridge in that city and
leaped into the river. He drowned before
assistance reached him.
George Dewey, Jr., son of the admiral,
has accepted il position in Chicago as
western representative of n New York
firm of dry goods commission merchants,
and has opened an Office.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church,
one of the most beautiful houses of di-
vine worship in Chicago, was destroyed
by fire Nothing is left but the black
ened walls. The loss is more than $780,
300.
At Lancaster, Ohio, George Endter, an
old soldier, who had gin poured on his
clothing in a saloon and then ignited,
while drunk, died the other day in great
agony, after several days of intense suf-
fering.
The Minnesota convention to elect del
agates to the Republican national conven-
ton will he held in Minneapolis May 10
and the State convention to nominate
State officers will meet in st. Paul on
June %.
When they opened refrigerator car at
Swift's packing house at Kansas City
workmen found John Weicr, q farm hand
Of Bloomington, ILL.,, nearly frozen to
death. He had been in the car four days
and four nights.
The largest blast furnace in the world
was lighted when stack No. 1 at the Ohio
plant of the National Steel Company
was put in operation at Youngstown. The
capacity of the furnace is GOO tons every
twenty -four hours.
Carroll Il. Sade, a student, was fatally
burned in a fire at 2021 Indiana avenue,
Chicago. -Four other persons were in
jured in the flames, which caused damage
Of about 81, 900 to the boarding house in
which they started.
A leak in a gaspipe in the basement of
the home of Martin Jordon in Chicago
caused the death of Jordon, his wife
Mary and their 5-months-old boy, Mar
tin, Jr. The escaping fumes came from
n rusted supply pipe.
At Kansas City, jury in the criminal
court gave Edward Simms, colored
footpad, forty-year sentence in the pen
itentiary for snatching white woman's S
poeketbook. Two jurors wanted to give
him life sentence.
The Omaha Packing Company, of
South Omaha. Neb., will shortly reopen
Its st. Joseph (Mo.) plant. New and
commodious buildings are expected to be
added TO the ST. Joe house for the slangh-
ter of cattle and sheep.
c. s. Culingham of Omaha, champion
tennis player of Nebraska, died from the
effects of chloroform. He was to submit
to an operation for the removal of an alb
scess, but death ensued in about minute
from the time he first inhaled the chloro-
form.
Arthur Wolford shot and killed Her
man Schultz at the home of Jacob Har-
ness, south of Kokomo, Ind. The shoot
ing occurred during dance at the Har-
ness home and was witnessed by many
persons. The cause of the shooting is
unknown.
At the inquest over the remains Of
Fireman Mebus, who lost his life in the
fire at Broadway and Franklin avenue,
ST. Louis, and by which a property loss
OF Sl,J00,000 was caused, the coroner's
jury returned verdict of arson and
homicide.
Edward Nelson, a colored preacher.
was killed at GOoseneck, /. T., and Unit
ed States Deputy Marshal Shipey
brought eight prisoners before United
States Commissioner Jennings, charged
with the crime. The trouble grew out Of
line fence dispute.
The steamer Henry NJ. Stanley struck
way bridge at Cincinnati and sank in
twenty-five feet of water, with its bow
Oh the Kentucky shore. So far as known
only the steward was drowned, though a
number sprang into the water.
At st. Paul the Supreme Court declar-
ed the Minnesota inheritance tax law to
be unconstitutional, being contrary TO the
constitutional provision requiring equal
taxation. The law was passed in 1897,
after the adoption of constitutional
amendment permitting such law.
The Kansas Supreme Court in the case
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway Company against |. L. Camp
bell has handed down decision holding
the act of the Legislature requiring rail-
roads to furnish free transportation to
shippers of live stock TO be unconstitu-
tional.
United States Circuit Court Judge w.
Ii. Taft at Cincinnati decided that the
Republican officials of Kentucky must
seek relief in the courts of that State.
He found that his court had no jurlsdic-
ton, and denied the motions for prelimi-
nary injunctiOns in both the cases from
Kentucky.
The combination of three large potteries
was perfected at Akron, Ohio. 1t in
cludes the WhitmoreRobnson Company,
Markle N Son and the +. III. Merrill
Company. Deeds transferring the plants
to the Robinson Merrill Company have
been filed. The company is capitalized
at 100000.
At Williamsburg, Kan, Frank D. AL