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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
RESORT HOTEL BURNED.
Mineral Springs House at West Baden
IL Dest royed.

IL Destroyed.
The Mineral Springs Hotel at Wes
Baden, Ind. one of the most famous
health resorts in the West. was destroy
ed by fire nj an early hour Friday morn
ing, entailing , 'pss estimated from
SiOO.OOO 10 SoOO.030 There We're 2,b
guests in the hotel ut the time and all
los, nearly all their effects. But there
was no loss of life and none We're fatally
injured.
The lire, which was caused, IL Is De
lieyed. by an overheated range, was dis
covered early and the guests Were quick
ly aroused The flames. however, spread
like n flash and almost in Il moment the
wooden structure was mass of flames.
The guests and employees We're driven in
a panic from the place. some in their
night gowns and others N such pieces Of
apparel us they could grab i'll their -hasty
flight \ number jumped from windows
and suffered painful injuries and a few
were severely burned In the mad rush
TO escape many were trampled under
foot and badly bruised.
There We're many narrow escapes and
thrilling rescues. Numbers of the guests
We're lowered from windows Oh ropes i'm
provised from sheets. The halls were
filed with dense black smoke. making
escape by the stairways difficult, and in
the crush here many women were bruis-
ed and trampled Several guests jump
ed from the veranda To the ground, but
fortunately escaped serious hurt. So
quickly did the flames spread to all parts
OF the building that few Of the guests
made any attempt to save clothing or
yaluables.
The hotel contained many invalids. pa
fients who We're suffering from rheuma-
tism and unable.to move with any speed.
The care OF this class Of guests was Civ
en- the attention Of employees. Willing
hands were found. under the direction of
the manager. and the crippled and suf-
fering patients were assisted-carried
when this was necessary-from their
Rooms 10 the lawn.
Gathered about the burning hotel. the
flames OF which illumined rhe scene. were
the white-robed people, the guests and
employees of the big health resort. The
guests were taken to the French Lick.
neighbOring hotel, where they were
cared for.
The loss of the guests cannot he even
roughly estimated. but it is safe to say
that it will be large. Showing the char
acter of the patrons Mr.. Sinclair, the pro-
prietor, at one time in an idle moment
cast up the aggregate wealth of the
guests he was housing and found that
they We're worth something like $5O.-
100000.
The Mineral Springs Hotel at West
Baden was erected twelve years ago. The
owners recently refused $l,OOO.OOO for
the hotel. springs and grounds. The ho-
tel was open throughout the year ani
had accommodations for some 800 guests.
Connected with the hotel were an opera
house. swimming pool, gymnasium and
large bowling alley and an inclOsed bi-
cycle track. besides Conservatives and
bath house buildings.
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EASTERN.

Four Baltimore men who were maroon
ed on Navassa Isla.j have arrived at
New York.
Anna Schultz Of Jersey City says Jo-
seph II. Corfder, whom she married last
month. is a woman and has run away.
The spindle mill owned and operated
by A. A. Westcott & Son at Spindleville,
Mass. was totally destroyed by fire. in
volving loss Of fully $4,000.
At Plymouth. Pa, the plant of the
American Magnesia Company was en-
tireIy destroyed by fire. The loss is $45,-
ono and the insurance $4,000.
Only twenty-five Of the fifty-nine can
didRtes who reported for examination for
entrance to the West Point Military
Academy recently were successful.
Seventeen miners were entombed and
perished In shaft No. 2 of the Pittsburg
Coal and Coke Comoany's mine, at Port
Royal. Pa, as a result Of series of ex-
plosions.
John Wanamaker offered Philadelphia
$780, 600 for street railroad franchise
voted by councils practically as free grant
to company in which prominent politi-
clans are said to be interested.
Regulations absolutely prohibiting all
forms Of hazing and providing dismissal
- punishmsat for their violation have
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20

| The stamp tax. to which business has
been subjected for more than two years
will be greatly modified by the new reve
nue. law. After July l no stamps will
be required on telegraph or telephone
messages. bank checks. bonds. certificates
| OF deposit, drafts, express receipts. lif,
| Insurance policies, leases. mortgages
power Of attorney, promissory notes
| money orders, protests, warehouse re-
| ceipts. These are the articles the tax
upon which has been directly borne by
the public.
Many notifications have been made in
the revenue bill which affect the manu-
factu,ers. The tax on beer. cigars. to-
bacco and cigarettes has been reduced.
The tax on theaters. billiard tables. pub
lie exhibitions, has been retained, but re-
duced
1t Is estimated that the government re-
ceipts will be reduced from S4O.OOO.OOO
to $50. .OO0. 900 annually by the revision OF
the revenue act.
Bank checks with 2-cent stamps Inn
printed thereon are being received in
large numbers for redemption at the in
ternal revenue bureau. On and after
July ! no stamps will be necessary and
the banks, which are loaded with stamp
ed checks, are endeavoring to get rid Of
the surplus stock. 1t looks as il there
would be a deluge OF stamped checks
pouring in upon the revenue bureau. just
as there was in 1883. when rooms and
corridors were filed with the accumula-
tions. which came every day by express
and mail.
1t is yet undecided whether the owner
Of stamped checks will receive them
again after he has turned them in for
redemption. In 1888 the stamped checks
were punched for cancellation and then
given back to their original owners, 50
that they could be used.
At the present time there seems to be
misunderstanding between the auditor
OF the treasury and the commissioner Of
the internal revenue as to the course to
be pursued. the latter believing that the
auditor has decided that when a stamped
check has been submitted as a voucher
for claim IL cannot be returned. This
does not coincide with the informal state
ment made by the auditor. and it will
probably require an official order from
the Secretary Of the Treasury to finally
settle the matter.
The demand for the return Of the
stamped checks is very emphatic. many
business associations having taken the
matter up in earnest. and insisting that
IL the stamped checks are completely
destroyed commercial houses will suffer
great loss.
The internal revenue bureau Is already
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20

pREAIuER

The Rev. Josiah McClain was installed
as pastor of Third Presbyterian Church,
Salt Lake City. Utah.
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. Min
| neapolis. will soon begin the construction
OF new $4,000 church.
Broadway Baptist Church. Bay City,
Mich, has secured Us its pastor the Rev.
| b. II. Thomas of Cleveland.
The Rev. W. X. Lloyd of Paris. Texas,
has received call to the rectorate Of ST.
Johns Episcopal parish. St. Louis.
Members of the First Baptist Church,
Janesyille. Wis. have extended a call to
the Rev. Arthur c. Kempton of Detroit.
The Methodist Preachers Association
of Buffalo has established pan-Ameri-
can headquarters at the Epworth Hotel.
The Rev. Mary C. Billings. after six
teen years as a missionary for the Uni
versalists in Texas. has felt obliged to
take a rest.
Because of failing health DIR. Thomas
A. Hoyt has decided to resign as pastor
of Chambers-Wylie Memorial Presbyte-
rian Church. Philadelphia.
DIR. W. NJ. Anderson. pastor of First
Presbyterian Church. Dallas. Texas. has
accepted call TO the pastorate of First
Presbyterian Church, Nashville. Tenn.
he Rev. James NJ. Gray. d. D.. of Bos-
ton. teacher OF the synthetic method of
Bible study. has been invited TO be the
temporary supply of two pulpits in Great
Britain.
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church. Cleve-
land. has secured rs its pastor the Rev.
Charles \. Eaton. who has been pastor
OF Bloor Street Baptist Church. Toronto,
Canada.
Oakland. suburb of Pittsburg. is to
be represented by another denomination
the Evangelical English Lutheran. which
has prepared plans for the erection this
summer of Il new church 10 cost S4O.OGO.
\ correspondent says that choir sing
ers with ia.ge salaries are rare crea-
lures in New York jaSt now. The high
est salary now paid TO anybody Is Sl.3O0
year Chorus choiFs are taking the
place of quartetS. Gai IN the transition
perioi not much of the ambitious is at
tempted
For more than forty years the Cove
nanter Presbyterian Church in the lit
tle village of Scotland. Pa, has been
without Il pastor. The first pastor of the
church was the Rev. Samuel Wylie
Crawford, who was succeeded by ths
Rev. Joshua Kennedy. Mr.. Kennedy re-
signed in 1860. since which time tia
church has had no pastor.
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In order to present the changes in tn
law In brief form. the internal revenue
bureau has prepared the following state
ment. which will be found to convey al
necessary information:
Repealed:
Bank checks, 2 cents.
Bills of lading for export. 10 cents.
Bond or obligation by guarantee company
one-haif Of / cent on each dcllar-
Certificates OF damage. 2 cents.
Certificate Of deposit, cents.
Certificates not otherwise specified. II
cents
Charter party. IS to $40.
Chewing gum. cents each 81.
Commercial brokers. SO.
Drafts. Myht, 2 cents.
Express receipts. 1 cent.
Insurance-I.ife, 8 cents on each 500: ma
rine. inland. fire. u cent on each 81; casual
ty, fidelity and guaranty, " cent on each 81.
Lease, 25 cents to 81.
Manifest for custom house entry. 81 to IS.
Mortgage or conveyance In trust, Is cents
for each $1.5OO.
Perfumery and cosmetics. u cent for each
8 cents.
Power Of attorney. to vote. 10 cents.
Power Of attorney. to sell, . cents.
PrOmissOry notes. 2 cents for each 800.
Proprietary medicines. u cent for each 8
cents.
Protest. . cents.
Telegraph messages, cent.
Telephone messages. I cent.
United States money orders, 2 cents for
each 500
Warehouse receipts, % cents
Notifications have been made as follows:
Cigarettes. weighing not more than three
pounds per 1000. 81. so per 1000: changed to.
valued at not more than 81 per 1000. Is
cents per pound: valued at more than 81 per
l.OO0. SO cents per pound.
Bills of exchange. foreign. cents for
each 500: changed to 2 cents for each $780,
Beer, 81 per barrel and "a per cent Dis
count changed to $l.eO per barrel, and IA
per cent discount repealed.
Cigars. weighing more than three pounds
per 1000. SEQ per 1000: changed to $8 per
l.OOO.
Cigars. weighing not mo:e than three
pounds per 1.cOO. 81 per LOCO; changed 10 10
cents per pound.
Conveyance. so cents for each $500: now
>Jempted below $500: above $500. 25
seuts for each $500.
s.egacies. law modified so as to exclude
feam taxation legacies Of charities. religious.
literary or educational characters after
March 1. 1901.
Orders for payment Ct money by telegraph.
ETC.. issued by express companies. etc.
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MARKET REPORTS,

Chicago-Cattle. common to prime
$500 to $500: hogs, shipping grades
$500 to $6.25; sheep. fair to choice, $50
10 800; wheat, No = red. 1Oc to Tic;
corn. No. 2. 4Oc to Ale; oats. No. =, 2Gt
10 BE; rye, No. 2. ISc to 49c; butter
choice creamery, 11c TO lSc: eggs. fresh
Sc to lOc: potatoes, zoe to lie per
bushel.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping. $500 to
$500; hogs. choice light, $4.OO to $5.S5;
sheep. common to prime. $500 to 1915;
wheat, No. ., Zoe to Toe; corn. No.
white, 42c to 43c; oats. No. 2 white,
29c to 30c.
ST. Louis-Cattle. 1925 to S6.10: hogs.
$500 to $6O5: sheep. $500 to $4.25:
wheat. No. =, 67c to 6Sc; corn, No. =,
39c to 4Oc; oats. No. ., 2Ic TO 2Sc; rye.
No. >. 52c TO 53c.
$500 to $6O5: sheep. $500 10 S3.65;
wheat. No. 2, 12c TO 73c; corn. No. :
mixed. 4:sc to 44c; oats. No. mixed. :.9c
TO SOC: rye, No. =. 5Sc to 59c.
Dctroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $5.13; hogs,
$500 to $3.50: sheep, $3.50 TO $500;
wheat. No. ., lie to 72c; corn. No. =
yellow. I2c TO 43c: oats, No. = white.
3Oc to 3lc: rye. 55c to SIC.
ToledO-Wheat. No. 2 mixed. zoe 10
T1c: corn. No. mixed. 4oc TO ABE: oats.
No. mixed, 27c to 2Sc: rye, No- >. 52c
TO ;,:}c; clover seed. prime. $3.50
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. > northern
10c TO Tie: corn. No. 3. 40c to 41c; oats
No. white, :Sc TO 29c; rye. No. l. 5le
to 52c; barley. No. ,. soc TO 5Gc; pork,
mess, $1465.
Buffalo-Catt!e. choice shipping steers,
$500 to So.45: hogs. fair to prime. $500
to $500; sheep. fair to choice. $3.50 t.
81 %; lambs. common to extra, S4.oO &c
$515.
New York-Cattle. S3.7 to $500: hogs
$500 to $635; sheep, $500 to $500
wheat. No 2 red, TIC to Tic; corn, No. ..
46c to 47c;. oatG, No. 2 white, sc to 33c;
butter. creamery, 1Sc to l9c; eggs, west
ern. lac to 15c.
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Captain ssyo 100 Perished.

New York special: The wooden side
wheeler Northfield, which has been in the
service Of the Staten Island Ferry COM
pany for the past thirty eight years. was
rammed by the steel-hulled propeller
Naueh Chunk, used as ferry boat by the
Central Railroad OF New Jersey. The
collision occurred just off the Staten Island
ferry clip at the foot of Whitehall street
and in less than twenty minutes after
wards the Northfield, which was crowded
with passengers. sank at the outer end of
the Spanish line pier in the East river.
capt. Daniel Gully Of the tugboat
Mutual, who saw the ferries crash to-
gether. says that Immediately after the
collision between twenty-five and thirty
OF the passengers leaped into the water
and that many Of these perished. Captain
Gully also says he is sure over 100 Of the
Norfhfield's passengers were drowned.
Thus far no dead bodies have been re.
covered.
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lage OF Woodham,
Perth County, Ont,
and who has recent
Is celebrated her
18th brit b d a y.
Mrs. Mills was
born in Ireland and
Is the mother of
nine children. the
youngest Of whom.
a sprightly youth of
-k -anr has ,ne
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
Struck by q Train.

Flint (Mich.l special: The Pere Mar
quette passenger train struck q double
carriage at the Hamilton avenue crossing
in the suburb Of Oak Park and instantly
killed four well known people. They are:
Major George W. Buckingham, Flint.
Miss Abbie Buckingham, Flint.
Nn. Thomas Applegate, Adrian.
Mrs. VIM. Humphrey, Adrian.
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Another Boer Victory.

London special: Lord Kitchener has
cabled from Pretoria as follows:
Near Weimansrust, twenty miles south
OF Aiddieburg, $50 Victorian mounted
rides from General Beast0n's column Mers
surprised In camp at Steenk0olsspruit by
. superior force Of beers. The enemy
crept mp to within short range and poured
Q deadly fire into the camp, killing two
ofacers and sixteen men, and wounding
four officers and thirty-eight men. of whom
twenty=eight were slightly wounded. The
remainder were taken prisoners and re-
leased. Two pompoms were captured by
the enemy. Full details have not yet been
received"
The serious reverse which Lord Kitch-
ener reports is the first accident of the kind
that has happened to the Australian con-
tingent and 1t is supposed to be due to
neglect OF proper picketing.
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,endants were pres
ent. Until within
the last year Mrs.
Peavey has enjoyed
excellent h cal I Ii.
Her long life and
continued gOOd d
health she ascribes
to fresh air. plenty
of exercise, plain
food and sufficient
sleep. In her early
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
Nncleus Of Huge Coal Trus,

Chicago owners Of Indiana coal mines
are In a mood to consolidate. When the
combination is effected, the financiers who
are behind the deal will organize the mines
OF Illinois. Pennsylvania, Ohio and Ken
tucky owners have already consolidated.
Out Of the state consultations will be
formed national trust with a capital Of
$500. 600, 600. At least that is the talk
among coal men.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
Five Negroes Hanged.

Arnold Augustus, Andrew Davis, Rich
ard Sanders, VIM. Hudson and Samuel
Baldwin, all negroes, were executed in the
yard Of the county Jail at Sylvania, Ga.
The necks Of four were broken by the fall.
The fifth died from strangulatiOn. The
negroes bore up well. They sang at the
Jail and then marched between q squad Of
soldiers to the scaffold. Here they made
. short talk and received spiritual con-
ISOLATION. They then drank lemonade fur
nished by the sheriff and thanked that
ofRcial for his kindness. None Of the
negroes denied being guilty.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
PLAN FOR coALlNG STATIONS.
Uncle Sam to Establish Naval Depots
Around the World.

Uncle Sam to Establish Naval Depots
Around the World.
The State Department and the Navy
Department have been engaged for some
time in preparing to carry out policy
which has been under consideration for
number Of years. but which was not
actively entered on until after the Span
lsh American war. OF establishing
chain Of United States coaling stations
around the world. 1t is understood that
negotiations are in progress for the ac-
quirement of station in the Azores from
Portugal. and Of one Oh the island Of
Curacao, just off the coast of Venezuela.
from Holland.
How far these negotiations have pro-
ceeded it Is impossible to learn. as the
officials decline to give any details.
There Is reason to believe. also. that
communications have been exchanged
with other governments to secure avail
able places strategicaliy distributed,
which are to be used by the American
navy for coal deposits. The negotiations
with Ecuador looking to the transfer OF
the Galapagos islands to the United
States have not been dropped, but ap-
parentiy there have been ne active ex-
changes on the subject between the two
governments recently. In all these in
dividuai cases the State Department Is
endsavoring to acquire sovereignty
over the areas desired aud not the mere
right to occupy them.
knowledge has come to the govern
ment that Germany is also after sta
tion In the Azores, and it is probable
that the efforts Of the United States TO
induce Portugal to part with small por-
lion OF the islands have been rcdoubled
on that account. Meanwhile the two de-
partments have been successful in Sc
curing undisputed title to two coal depots
in foreign countries. but without the
right Of sovereignty. These are at iO-
kohama, Japan. and Pitcher Lake. near
La Paz. Mexico.
The government would also like to Sc
cure a site for coal depot on the north
coast Of China. but is restrained from
taking any active steps in that direction
on account Of the suspicion with which
the powers view attempts by any nation
to acquire privileges in that country.
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Fifteen Persous Killed.

An explosion in a cartridge factor,
situated in the suburb of Les Moulineuax,
France, has resulted in the loss of fifteen
lives and injuring OF about twenty persons.
The victims were horribly mutilated. A
majority OF those injured we're women
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20

1U vCUIS, HIS just
settled down permanently near his moth
er after half century spent in sailing
over almost all known waters. Mrs
Mills was born in the reign Of King
George Ill. and has been u subject of
five British sovereigns. George Ill.
George w., William w., Victoria. and
Edward VII. She has also lived in three
centuries.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20
Sixteen Giris are Poisoned.

Sixteen young girls, who were poisoned
by ice cream at social dinner at St.
Patrick's Church, Clinton, Iowa, are lying
dangerously i'll, and it is thought some
will die. Nearly all are unconscious.
Several physicians have been summoned
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To Succeed Com missioner Evaus.

10 Succeed CommtsefOner Evana.
A dispatch to the Chicago Record Herald
from Topeka. Kansas, says:
sEx-Congressman S. r. Peters of Kan
sas, has received dispatch calling him to
Washington, where he will be rendered
the Office Of pension commissioner, sue
ceeding H. Clay Evans. President Nc
Kfnley has had under consideration the
names Of ex-Congressmen Blue and Peters
for this position and Mr.. Peters summons
to the White House settles the appoint
nent In bis favor"
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Murdered at His Own Door.

John Moore, farmer, who lived four
miles east OF Oregon, ten miles south Of
Madison, Wis, was killed by a stranger
who called him out Of his house. Moore
was 80 years old and was not known to
have any enemies.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20

The Oldest bachelor in the world, Noah
Raby, has reached the remarkable age OF
129 years. He is an inmate of the aims
house at New Brunswick, y. j.. where
he has lived for thirty years Raby
says he was born in Gates Court House.
y. c., April 1. 1772. Possibly his lon
gevity is accounted for by The Indian
blood which he inherited from his full
blooded redskin father. Andrew Bass.
Noah bore the name OF his mother, Morn
ing Raby.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20

The repulsive bat they have in the
Philippines grows to the size of the
American chicken hawk. They are eaten
by the natives, though not by those Of the
better class. The cities. towns and bar
rios are overrun with the creatures,
which are very stupid and easily killed
with pole. Only small part of the
carcass is eaten. all but portion Of each
side being thrown. away.
-
Here is an illustration Of the average
Filipino notion OF the Americans. When
the Grant sailed from Manila she took
back to the States a lot Of military pris-
oners who have terms to serve there.
They were lined up on the wharf in front
Of the Quartermaster's depot preparatory
to going out to the transport The Fill
pinos looked on with considerable inter
est. 1t seemed to the casual American
to be good object lesson, showing that
the Americans did not hesitate to punish
their own men for effenses. But one Of
the Filipinos privately told an American
that the real reason the men were being
sent back was that they had refused TO
fight the Filipinos
-
or the 053. .2i3 population Of Porto Rico
only $1,000 live in cities On the islanl
but 100 miles long and SO wide are IL. 900
district farms and one-ifth Of the island
under cultivation. The average size OF
farm in Porto Rico is forty-tiv acres.
Of which twelve are cultivated. Seventy
one per cent Of these Porto Rican farms
are owned by whites. Ninety-three per
cent Of al the farms are cultivated by
their owners. higher rate Of owner-cul-
tiyation than the United States can show.
where the proportion is but Y per cent
Thirty eight per cent Of the Porto Ricans
are colored. In Porto Rico SO per cent
of the cOlored people are of mixed blosi.
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years she was fond
Of horseback riding. and at the age OF
80 years she could handle spirited team
Of horses skillfully. Mrs. Peavey was
married at the age Of 10. and became the
mother OF nine daughters and two sons.
She was born ut Hollis. Me-. on May ~,
l705.
-
Without doubt the oldest visitor TO the
Buffalo Exposition will be Mrs. james
Mills who lives on farm near the viii
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-06-20

Eighty-seven carriage horses were sold
in New York the other day for an aver
age Of over $1,000 each.
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James +. Craig. an Illinois inventor,
says he has perfected AMI patented Il
rotary engine which, it is claimed. VIII
revolutionize the world of steam machin
ery