The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-22

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EVENTS OF INTERES'
THAT OCCURRED DURING TIL
PAST WEEK.
Terseiy Told Telegraph Tales i
Brief Paragraphs-Many Casun
ties-A Few Crimes-Some Fires
Political and Religious News.
Four Score Lives Lost.
The steamer Islander, the crack steam,
Of the Alaskan route, operated by Il
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company ,
Victoria, b. C., struck an iceberg o
Douglas Island and went 10 the bottom
carrying down from sixty-five to eight
souls, including passengers and member
of the crew. Some of the survivors haS
arrived at Victoria by the steamer Queel
They report that as the vessel went dow
her boilers exploded, causing the death ,
many who might have escaped. Captai
FOote was on the bridge when the vess,
struck and stayed there and went dow
with his steamer.
Hundreds Exiled by Sultan.
C0nstantinople special: Seven hundre
officials and servants in connection Wit
the imperial palace, accused of cOmplicit
In the fire which recently broke out in tn
sacred precincts of the Yaldiz Kiosk, hav
been exiled by the Sultan. Abdul Hami
is growing more irritable and suspicion
every day. His hatred of Christians an
foreigners seems to have been intensifie
by the present dispute with the French
His restrictions with regard to the inter
course of Turkish women with fOreig
women have caused much dissatisfaction
Fire Destroys Indiana Village.
Fire destroyed the village of Landess, q
small place between Marion and Va
Buren,, Ind. The fire started in the Cd,
Fellows block. and famed by a brisl
wind, quickly spread over the. town, ;
cluster of frame buildings dry as tinder
The village was absolutely without fir
protection and cisterns were dry from tn
long drought. No estimate of the lOsse
can be made, but the total will be heavy
Landess is a village of about 400 inhab
ii ants.
Bucket of Dynamite.
Evansville (Ind. special: General Ack
man, sheriff Of White County, illinois. re
ceived large candy bucket at his home a
Carmi. 1t was sent from this city. Upol
close investigation the bucket was fOun,
to contain dynamite. Wires led from tn
fuse in the bottom of the bucket to the tOI
and had the top been suddenly jerked OF
and explosion would have followed. Tn
police and detective forces of this city ar
working on the case.
Explosion of Metal.
An explosion of ten tons of molten metal
in the blast furnace department at the
Ohio plant O the National Steel company
ut Youngstown, Ohio, resulted in the dealt
of three working men and in the injury o.
eleven others. The accident was the re-
suit Of machinery which controlled IN,
ladle containing the molten mass. break
ing and letting the metal drop into va
water.
Beers Capture a British Force.
The-British war office has received the
dispatch from Lord Kitchener
dated at Pretoria:
'.While a party of fifty of French.
scouts were proceeding to join column
near Bethesda they were surrounded in
the hills by superior force, under The
ron and surrendered. One was killed ant
three were wounded, Captain Bethlehem
Visit from Danish Royalty.
The Danish Government having deter
mined to return the visit of the United
States training ship Hartford. the cruiser
Valkyrien, in command OF Prince Valde
mar. the kings youngest son. will sail fO
New York in January, and afterward visi
other American ports.
Pugilist is Killed.
John Dixon, apugilist, who was knocked
put in the sixth round in go with Charli,
at Lowell, Mass, never re-
gained consciousness and died in the hos
pital. Armstrong will be arrested on q
charge of manslaughter.
Wind Wrecks Circus Tents.
Winnipeg special: The tents of the Pan.
American circus, which was exhibiting a
Port Arthur, were blown down by a higi
wind. The tent poles fell upon the audi
ence and a number of people were injured
Killed While Visiting.
C.E. Holzapfel of Greenville, Ohio, weni
70 Richmond, Ind. on visit and met his
ieath. In gettin: off street car he fel
IN such way as to fracture his skull ant
The injury soon proved fatal.
South American Difficulty.
Berlin special: The South American
iificulty is attracting considerable atten-
ton here The German cruiser Vinet;
left Bahia, Brazil, August II for Trinidad
where she will await orders.
To Protect American Citizens.
The Navy Department at the request of
the State Department mas sent orders Il
the gunbeat Ranger at San Diego TO pro-
ceed as soon as possible to Panama for thu
purpose of protecting American interest.
at that point during the revolution now il
progress in Colombia.
Population of Canada.
Ottawa tOnt.) special: The first Ofiicia
bulletin of the census was issued the Othe
day. The population of the Dominion i:
given at 5, 33S, SS3, an increase of sos ,6f
over the census of 1891.
EASTERN.
Helen Gould is involved in line fence
war at Tarrytown with wealthy New
York broker.
The tobacco trust filed a mortgage fol
$50, ,O00.0 at New York, paying 4 wal
tax OF $4,000.
A boiler in the basement of hotel a