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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
DAvENPoRT's LOSS IS $500, 600.
Relief Movement to Care for Victims of
Thursday Nights Fl e.

The estimated damage in Davenport,
Iowa, by Thursday nights fire is $500
000 \ district third of mile square
was ravaged by the flames. Not stick
is standing in the whole district. \ re-
lief movement was started at mass
meeting of citizens and measures taken
to care for the homeless and destitute
Between two and three hundred per-
sons are without a roof or any household
goods. Ten fremen We're prostrated and
one, Emil Lucht. fell into the fire. but
was rescued and probably will recover
from the burns received. The loss of the
Weyerhauser and Denkmann Company is
S.00,G00. insurance S300.000 Only the
dying out of the wind saved the city
from several times much loss.
The fire was the most disastrous in the
history of the city. Ii is supposed to
have been started by lighted cigarette.
and it burned with great avidity. Start
ing in the lumber yard. strong wind
blew it into the residence district, and
within few minutes the flames became
so threatening that the local fire depart
ment sent urgent appeals for assistance
to Rock Island and Moline After fight
ing the bre for seven hours the firemen.
with the assistance of the townSpeoDle
succeeded in settin. it under control.
At Sioux City. Iowa. the fierce rays
of the sun, beating through the plate
glass show windows ON the south side
of John +. Phelan's dry goods store.
caused an $4,000 fire Thursday after
noon. The light and highly inflammabc
contents of the show window burst into
flames. The glass broke and in few
moments the three-story building was IL
roaring furnace.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
IN GEN ERAL

Admiral Schley announces that he will
ask Secretary Long for a court of in
quiry to investigate his conduct in the
Santiago campaign.
After eighteen months of continuous
work it is announced that work on the
telegraph line to Dawson will be entirely
completed very soon.
Secretary Gage will refund all duties
collected on Porto Rican imports be-
tween the end of military rule and the
passage of the Foraker act.
Secretary Long has named Admiral
Dewey and Rear Admirals Kimberley
and Benham, retired, as the members Of
the Schley court of inquiry.
The grain States had their prayer for
rain answered the other night and the
threatened destruction Of corn, wheat,
and other cereals has been partly stop
ped.
Charles X. Flint is organizing chair
trust, the capital of which is said to be
S10.O0O,OO0. The combination will in
c!ude about forty chair companies, or
practically all the big concerns in the
United States.
He IeSiueut iSSueu
ton establishing free trade between POr-
to Rico and the United States and de-
claring the organization of a civil gov
ernment for the island. The prOclama-
ton is purely formal.
1t is reported that negotiations are on
foot looking to a consolidation Of large
mixed paint concerns, One report has it
that the company will engage in all
branches of the paint business, including
pigments, oils. turpentine. varnishes.
chemicals, brushes and glass. and that a
S1OO.OO0OOO company will be organized
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
FOREIGN.

1t is reported that Gen. Delarey has in
formed the Klerksdorp commando thai
there is no longer any chance of Euro
pean intervention, and that they must
fight the war out to the bitter end entire
ly on their own account.
An explosion of petroleum on board the
American schooner Louise Adelaide, in
the harbor at Stockholm, Sweden, result
ed in the death Of Capt. Orr, ten men,
bers of the schooner's crew and four
Swedish customs officials.
\ hail storm in the district of Schlatzk,
government of Tamboff. Russia, destroy
ed the crops over wide area. Three
men and many cattle were. killed, while
an entire flock of sheep ana two shep-
herds were carried off by the flood. Some
of the hail stones weighed three pounds.
= The floods in the Yangtse Valley of
China are causing great distress. Two
of the main em6ankments have broken
above Wuhn and flooded thickly pOpu-
lated district for. forty or fifty miles.
Tens of thousands of people have been
made homeless aud the crops destroyed.
The wheel of a sleeping car on the
MOscow-St. Petersburg expsess broke
when the train was near Okoulowka. The
car fell over on its side and thirteen per
sons were injured, among them Mrs.
Beard of Boston, Mrs. Harmin of San
Francisco and Mr.. Calendar of New
York.
On his return to England in November
next the Duke Of Cornwall will be made
Prince of Wales Az soon aS nrpnara-
tions are finished at Buckingham Pal
ace. King Edward and Queen Alexandra
will remove there from Marlborough
house. which will be handed over to the
new Prince.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
UNION OF FARM HANDS.
Indiana Tiliers of the Soil Are Suc-
ccssful in Their Organization


EARN Laborers' Union. No. 9241.
Labor" the only organization of its kin
in Indiana. although only month old
is already returning benefits and becom-
Ing so popular among farm labOrers that
the officers say it will soon spread over
Knox and adjoining counties Originally
formed among the farm hands of W. III.
Brevoort, Knox County, the union is be-
ing run ON a basis to secure to member
ship labOrers from any farm, and twenty
seven farms are already represented
among the list of members.
Their wives and daughters especially
are appreciating and encouraging the
union. and take pride in announcing that
they now have shorter hours of work and
more time for recreation. rest and study.
a desideratum not obtainable heretofore
with 10 and IL o'clock suppers and 8 and
4 o'clock breakfasts The leader and
perhaps the most enthusiastic woman
among them is Mrs. Thomas Murray,
wife of one of Brevoort's tenants.
The union holds enthusiastic meetings
twice 4 week in the open. in the district
school house or the church on the Bre-
WORT farm. or in their hall in Nincennes
just as suits their convenience. Better
wages AMI shorter hours. fair and uni
form treatment and improved modes of
living, secured through the arbitration
method. usually receive thorough discus
sion at these meetings. followed by Il
short hour of social enjoyment.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
PROCLAIMS FREE TRADE.
Order of the I resident Affecting Porto
Rico Has Been Issued.


Rico Has Been Issued.
The President Thursday issued his
proclamation establishing free trade be-
tween Porto Rico and the United States
and declaring the organization of civil
government for the island. The procla-
nation is purely formal and only in the
body of the resolutions adopted by the
Porto Rican Legislature heretofore pub
lished) does it appear that the island is
set free commercially in commemoration
of the anniversary of the planting of the
American flag on the island. The proc
lamation is headed:
Cessation of Tariff-Porto Rico
1t recites that the act of April 12,i
1900 otherwise known as the Foraker,
act), provided that whenever the Porto
Rican Legislature has enacted and put
into operation a system of local taxation
to meet the needs of the government and
by resolution so notified the President.
the latter shall issue a proclamation and
all duties on goods passing between the
United States and Porto Rico shall cease
As the Legislature has complied with
that requirement of the act in terms set
out in the resolutions which are quoted
in full in the body of the proclamation,
that document says:
Therefore. l. William Mckinley, Pres
ident of the United States, in pursuance
of the provisions of the law above quoted
and upon the foregoing due notification.
do hereby issue this. my proclamation,
and do declare and make known that a
civil government for Porto Rico has been
organized in accordance with the provis-
ions of the said act of Congress;
And l do further declare and make
known that the legislative assembly of
Porto Rico has enacted and put into op-
Grafton system of local taxation to meet
the necessities of the government of
Porto Rico.
In witness whereof l have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
twentyfifth day of July. in the year of
Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
one. and of the independence of the Unit
ed States the one hundred and twenty
sixth. WILLIAM M'KINLEY."
By the President: DAVID ]. HILL,
Acting Secretary of State
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
DEWEY TO HEAD COURT.
Secretary Long Announces Members
of Schiey Inquiry.


The board of inquiry. which is 10 in
vestigate the controversiOnal points in
connection with Admiral Schley's con-
duet during the Spanish war, will be
composed of Admiral Dewey, president
of the court, and Rear Admirals Lewis
A Kimberly and Andrew Z. Is. Benham.
The court will meet ut the navy depart
ment in Washington Sept. H.
Secretary Long says that the proceed.
ings of the court will be open and that
the widest latitude will be permitted in
the matter of witnesses. and that Rear
Admiral Schley will be allowed to be rep
resented by counsel. The secretary had
nothing to say about the composition OF
the court except that he thought-it spoke
for itself.
The members of the court are distinct
lively fighting men. Each has been con-
nected with celebrated event in naval
annals. OF Admiral Dewey. the hero of
the battle of Manila Bay, it is unneces-
sary to speak. His record is familiar 10
ALL His associates, Rear Admiral Kim
berly, and Rear Admiral Benham, are
both retired officers.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
MARKET REPORTS.

ChicagO-Cattle, common to prime.
$500 to S5.S5; hogs, shipping grades.
So 90 to $500; sheep, fair to choice. $500
to $500; wheat, No. red, Tie to 12c;
corn. No. =, 54c to Doe: oats. No. ., Bic
to 37e; rye, No. .. 55c to sic; butter.
choice creamery, 19c to 2Oc; eggs. fresh.
lie to 12c; potatoes, new. 9Oc TO Soc per
bushei.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping, $500 to
S5I5; hogs, choice light. S4.0O to 5000;
sheep, common to prime, $500 to S3.25;
wheat, No. ., 66c to 61c: corn, No. =
white, soc to SIC; oats. No. = white, BE
to 39c.
st. Louis-Cattle, S3.225 to $5.S5; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 10 $3.50;
wheat, No. =, Csc to 69c; corn, No. =,
56c TO 57c; oats, No. ., 39c 10 4Oc; rye,
No .. 63c to 6ic.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $5.25; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. ., &c to Csc; corn. No. =
mixed, SIC to 5Sc; oats. No. = mixed, Ale
to i2c; rye. No. 2. soc to sic.
Detroit-Cattle, $50 to $50; hogs
$500 to $5.S5: sheep. $3.50 to S3.75;
wheat. No. .. zoe to 1lc; corn. No.
yellow, 53c to 54c; oats, No. 2 white.
i1c to 42c; <ye. 54c to SOC.
ToledO-Wheat, No. = mixed. lie to
72c: corn, No. mixed. 54c to soc; oats.
No mixed, 36c to 37c; rye. No. .. 53c
to 54c: clover seed. prime, $3.50.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. northern,
zoe TO tie; corn, No. 3, 55c to 56c; oats,
No white. Ace to Ale; rye, No. l, 5ic
to 56c; barley, No. .. 55c to Sic; pork,
mess. S1427.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
s.. 90 to S5.G5; hogs. fair to prime. $500
to $500: sheep. fair to choice, $500 TO
81 -; lambs, common to choice, $4.50 10
$3.50.
New York-Cattle. S3.75 to $40: hogs.
$500 to $6.25; sheep, $500 to SI.25;
wheat, No. red, &c to 7Sc; corn, No. =,
5Sc to SOC; oats, No. white, 43c to 44c;
butter. creamery, 1Sc to 20c; eggs, west
ern, 14c to 15c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
EASTERN.

Fifty thousand garment workers In
New York and Newark went on strike
Rev. j. c. Merrill. d. D., has been
elected president of Fisk University to
fill the vacancy caused by the death OIL
DIR. Z. NJ. Cravath.
Seven persons were hurt-one man Sc
riously-in a collision between trolley
ears late the other night on the trestle
crossing Coney Island Greek.
Elmer F. Barner was hanged in the
Jail yard at Harrisburg, Pa. for the
murder of his brother-in-law. Isaac Mil
Term. last August, near Halifax, Pa
Anna Kowalchik, arrested by Cleve-
land police for the murder of her l-day-
old infant. confessed 10 the crime. She
was taken to Johnstown, Pa. her for
mer home.
George Young, a barber of 1lion, \. u
was shot dead by Henry Brown, as re-
suit of quarrel over debt of SIG which
Young alleged was owed him by brown
Both men bore excellent regulations.
DIR. NJ. A Arnholt, former member OF
the Legislature and one of the most
prominent physicians in Pittsburg. shot
himself through the heart. The suicide
was the result, it is supposed, OF Ill
health.
Several suspension rods of the north
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
SOUTHERN.

Mob at Elkins. W. Va, hanged Negro
in the city park who had shot the chiei
of police while resisting arrest.
Despondent because of i'll health. Mrs
A. o. Bourbon of Biloxi. Miss. placed 4
revolver barrel in her mouth and pulled
the trigger. killing her instantly.
Dan Branch aged 4. and Stella Jack.
son. aged II. were killed AMI William
jackson. u years old. fatally injured at
Memphis by being struck by a train.
George Brown, aged A. and his
nephew, Jim Brown, aged %, fought with
knives at Winchester. Ky, the latter
being killed. George Brown may die.
William Hobson, a negro. was accident
ally shot and killed while passing Il gun
shof, in Louisville by G w. Steen, who
was testing Il rifle. Steen was arrested.
Frank Erie, negro desperado, who
held up and robbed Il commissary clerk.
was taken from the Nidalia, Ga, Jail by
a crowd of unknown men and shot to
death.
The bodies of Wheeler and Mynatt
Hatmaker, aged IL and ii years. were
found in a mill pond near Jacksboro
Tenn. They had been stabbed and beaten
to death.
Democratic State executive committee
of South Carolina, by decree of Senator
Tillman, passed resolution demanding
the resignation of Senator McLaurin on
charge of treachery to the party.
c. ]. Dillon and William Morgan of
Three Mile, W. Va, fought duel over
a girl with whom both were in love. They
used shotguns. Morgan was shot in the
breast. and his adversary in the abdomen.
The people of Alabama propose to put
stop to dueling. For many years SEN
timent against the appeal to the code has
been growing until now it has become
so strong that the constitutional cOnven-
tion adopted a resolution providing that
1.-The legislature shall pass such penal
laws as they may deem expedient to sup
press the evil practice of dueling."
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
Cc@s in a Few Lines.

At WarrentOn, Mo-. Smiths hotel. one
of the oldest houses in the city, was to-
tally destroyed by fire.
Judge Frank +. Longley, 33. Atlanta.
Ga. resigned. and Gov. Chandler imme-
diately appointed Longley's father. Co.
Maj. T. ]. Mackamy. formerly not
ed politician of Virginia who went 10
Mexico thirty years ago and lived the
life of Il hermit, is dead.
An old copy of the New York Specta-
tor shows that the population of New
York City just hundred years ago this
May was 60.4S3. Philadelphia then con
tained 5S.152 people.
Next 10 New York. Chicago and San
Francisco. the port of Boston stands in
the list of leading tea ports. The amount
of tea passed mt Boston during the six
months ending June so, 1901, was 800
524 pounds.
McLain Taylor. a cousin of the former
Governor of Kentucky, with a large par
ty of Morgantown, Ind, people. is en-
route to Oklahoma. They expect to To-
cate in the territory and name their col
ony "Tayiorville.'
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01

cable Of the Brooklyn bridge were Dis.
covered to he broken. Car service and
team traffic Were suspended as pre-
cautionary measure until it was ascer-
tanned the damage was slight.
Latest directory of Manhattan and the
Bronx, just issued. indicates a popula-
tion in the two boroughs of 2.015.45 or
an increase in one year of 1850 inhabit-
ants. The estimate is based upon the
government standard of , l-10 persons
tc each family
Thomas Lloyls' fireworks establish
ment at Garrettson. Staten Island. WAS
partially destroyed by an explosion. a
building containing chemicals was wreck
ed. The explosion was caused by sponta-
neous combustion. An lS-year-old girl
named Finot was slightly injured.
The Pittsburg Wire and Steel Com
pany. new concern, will make applica-
tion TO Gov. William \. Stone of Penn
sylvania. Aug. II, for a charter or in-
corporation. The proposed corporation
is to have a capital stock of S2.0o0oO0.
and will, il is said. build one of the larG-
est and most complete independent plants
in the world.
Mrs. Sophia RATA, aged 80, and her
three children, were burned TO death IN
a tenement house at Pittsburg. The hus-
band and father. Francis RATA, was Sc
verely burned. but will recover. Twenty
other Polish tenants escaped. The fire
was caused by an oil can explosion, fol-
lowing Mrs. Ratza's efforts 10 start a fire
in the cook stove.
An ambitious feat of larceny is credited
to an enterprising negro of Southwest
Washington by the proprietors of a small
circus. Desiring TO open a show of his
own. he is said to have purloined two of
the largest snakes of the circus. They
are of the Mexican bull variety, and
eight and ten feet long, respectively,
harmless, but heavy.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01

there was Il year ago tending to show
that the accused young man had held the
revolver with which his sister was killed.
Not only had that not been shown, but it
had not been shown that any other MEN,
Der of the family could have held TIE
weapon. and. moreover. several FOSburgS
had gone on the stand and sworn stoutly
that there were intruders-white caps.
burglars. or what you will-in the house
the night in question that the eldest
daughter came TO her death at the hands
of one of them.
There was nothing for the court TO do
under the law but withdraw the case
from the jury consideration. The fact
that he did so was tremendous slap in
the face of the prosecution. which was L
circumstan not regretted by the towns
people. The jurymen did not leave their
seats. The verdict was received with
shouts of applause, which the court i'm
mediately suppressed. The demonstra-
ton, however, was one of the most re-
markable that has ever occurred in Il
court of Justice.
May Fosburg was shot and killed the
night of Aug. 19 1900. 1t was warm
summer evening, and the members of the
Fosburg family. including the girl. her
father and mother. her sister Beatrice
and her brothers Robert and James.
spent the evening singing sacred songs.
In the house at the time was an intimate
friend of the murdered girl-Bertha Shell
don. daughter of an old friend of the fam
fly who lived in Providence. II. l. There
was only one member of the family miss
ing-another daughter. Esther. who was
visiting friends out of the city. Neigh
bors listened to the music, which was led
by May Fosburg. and in which Robert
took Il prominent part.
lust before midnight the house dark
ened and the family went to bed. About
an hour later the neighborhood was arous-
ed by screams Robert Fosburg appear
ed at a window on the second floor and
called frantically for help, crying out that
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
FoSBURG NOT GUILTY.
Sensational Ending of Pittsfie eld Nam
slaughter Case,

After all the turmoil in the Berkshires
this year-long mystery of a provincial po-
lice chief more silent than a sphinx" and
the 'protracted torture of a family that
has at last proven itself brave. the Eos
burg ease at PittSiie.d. Mass, was
thrown out of court Friday. Judge Ste
vens. before whom Robert ). FOsbu!s
was placed on trial On an indictment
charging him with manslaughter in cauS-
ing the death of his sister May. Aug. -
last, granted the motions of the defense
and directed the jury to acquit the te-
fendant and the sold-looSin- Berkshire
farmers, carpenters and merchants VINO
had heard the evidence went checrfuily
through the formIlity of obeying the
courts instructions.
All the grinding of the legal mill for
a week produced no more proof than
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01

peka, Kan. for disturbing the peace and
dignity of the city by Sunday joint raid
last March. There is no appeal and Mrs
Nation must serve her time in prison.
The Traders Grain Company of Kan
sas City stopped payment. and il is said
company operated on capital of $50
900. The failure was caused 10y the adj
vance in beth corn and wheat, aided by
the heavy luying orders of country Gus
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
This and That

Texas cattlemen are alarmed over the
scarcity of water.
Prices for oil lands in Duval County,
Texas. are sky high.
Eddie Dickson. Is. killed Arthur Tuck
er. II, with Il knife, Atlanta, Ga.
Five-year-old daughter of Mrs. John
Clarkson and S-year-old daughter Of
Mayor Peck. Louisville. Colo. are dead.
Tried to kindle fire with coal oil
As n result of the drouth at Dallas.
Texas, the street commissioners ordered
the sprinkling of streets with water 10
be discontinued. Oil will be used in sub
DUNG the dust.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
Blinded and Maddened by the Act of
Fiend.

Blinded and Maddened by the Act of
Fiend.
Blinded by carbolic acid, thrown in her
face by rejected suitor, Mrs. May TORY
OF Muncie. Ind, aged 40 years, was rem
dered maniac. Before being crazed from
the awful pain, the woman stated that
Peter Tillbury, aged AZ. committed the
crime because she refused to marry him.
The woman's face, arms and breast were
frightfully burned, and besides being
.Vade blind. the terrible agony the woman
suffered has driven her insane. Tillbury
has been paying attention to Mrs. Tory
for some time, but his suit for her hand in
marriage was unsuccessful. He called the
other night but she would not see him. He
returned later and found the woman
sitting in the yard in evening dress.
Without warning, it is said, he drew
forth bottle and threw part of the con-
tents into hai face, and then poured the
remaining contents onto her arms and
chest. Mrs. TOrry's condition is critical.
Tillbury, who is employed by the United
States Iron company. fled Immediately
after committing the crime, and has not
been captured. Feeling against him is in
tense and violence is threatened
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
TeIeSraphic Brevities.

Ex-G0v. stephens, Missouri, viii be a
candidate for Congress, it is said.
Consul General Stowe, Cape Town. has
quit because living expenses devour his
salary too fast.
Rockefeller and Morgan are about to
start a bank in Paris with SJ0000.00O
capital. it is said.
Miss Gilman. 63. sister of the late mill
ionaire tea merchant. New York, has
been declared Insane.
Reports from Alaska say that many
persons on the islands of ST. Paul and
St. George died from measles the past
winter.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
sCHLeY TAKES ACTION.
Admiral Asks Secretary Long fer
Cou-t of luUuiry,


After nearly three years Of silence under
the lash of official and unofficial charges
against his character as a man and his
reputation as a naval officer. Rear Ad-
miral Winfield Scott Schley has ut last
demanded naval court of inquiry to i'll
vestigate the charges AMI insults which
are heaped on him by Historian Maclay
in the third volume of his History OF
the United States Navy" in which the
Sampson-Schley Santiago harbOr cOntro-
versy is dealt with ut length. When Il
decision has been reached by this body
the matter will not end there. y civil
action will he brought by the admiral
asking that the historian pay his dam
ages Cor libel.
The controversy. which had smoldered
after the first blaze following the close
of the war. began TO flicker again when
Secretary Long of the navy ruled out
Maclay's book at the naval academy Mt
Annapolis. Rear Admiral Sampson has
been quoted several times as saying that