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

Nauceu tne pr1ce VI Soit COAL ~ ueaieis o'
cents per ton. Dealers expect it TO 90
still higher.
c. G. Swain of Richmond, Ind, ha.
been made superintendent of the rura
mail delivery service of Ohio, Indiana
Kentucky and Michigan.
At Upper Sandusky. Ohio, Willis Mil
Ter and Marsh Lindsay, convicted of tn,
murder of William C. johnson. were sent
TO the penitentiary for life.
J. II. Dow, for more than thirty years
one of the leading merchants of western
Kansas. drowned himself in the Memphis
Railroad lake, near Olathe.
In fight with boot-leggers at Wath
ena, Kan, Constable Livermore shot and
instantly killed Lou Henderson and cap.
tured John Williams, an accomplice.
Trouble among the stockholders of the
West Lebanon Coal Company of Ohio
has led to the appointment of Charles
A. Mcdonald of Wooster as receiver.
Earl Jenkins. of Seattle. Florence New
ins and Miss Anolia Cole. of Puyallup.
were drowned by the capsizing of row
boat on Spanaway Lake. Tacoma. Wash.
A threshing machine boiler exploded
at Anderson Valley, Cal, killing William
Rose and ID. L. Leir. Much grain was
destroyed by the fire following the explo-
sion.
County Commissioner George Il.
Whitehorn of st. Paul is charged with
forgery, cheating and fraud in a war
rant sworn out for his arrest by County
Auditor johnson.
Youthful counterfei:ers, who had been
coming lead cent pieces and using them
In slot machines in Minneapolis, We're
arrested by the police almost as soon as
the spurious coins appeared.
Isaac Lane and wife were shot to death
ON Island Sixty-siX in the Mississippi
river, near Helena. Ark. Will Kelly and
Frank Cannon. charged with the crime,
we're captured after a desperate fight
Wakefield Durbin of Pioneer, Ohio, was
instantly killed by falling 100 feet from
naval tower in the government yards
at Kittery. Ne. He was in the employ
OF the Ames Bridge Company of CHI
caEo.
More than half the horses in Chicago
are said to be afflicted with grip. Ami
malk in the stables of both rich and poor
have n high fever and violent fits Of
coughing. The epidemic started in New
York.
Three men. said to be gamblers, engag-
ed in a pistol fight at one of the busiest
corners in Denver, with the result that
three bystanders were wounded. The
principals escaped unhurt and all We're
arrested.
FL Verde Rio Oil Company of Ogden.
Utah, filed articles of Incorporation. The
paid-up capital is S1500,O00. the conf
pany owning nearly 1900 acres of petro-
leum land in the heart of the Green river
oil fields.
When Miss Ruth Hanna christens the
new cruiser Cleveland at the Bath iron
works in September she will use water
instead of wine. Christening of vessgs
with champagne is growing less and less
frequent.
The George II. Phillips Company os
Chicago suspended temporarily. owing TO
great confusion IN accounts of the firm.
Rush OF work On untried clerks is said
to have caused overpayments to custom
ers of S35O.O00.
DR.. Milo Il. Ward, aged 80 years. died
in Kansas City. During the Spanish
war he was appointed to the volunteer
army by President Mckinley, being COM
missioned Major Surgeon and assigned
to duty at Chickamagua.
E. Kirby, proprietor of the Park Hotel.
Dodge City, Kan, shot and killel his
wife and then shot himself, both dying
instantly. The cause assigned is a dis
agreement over property. Kirby was ~
and his wife 81 years old.
Lulu Prince Kennedy, under sentence
at Kansas City. Mo-, of ten years for
killing her husband. Philip III. Kennedy.
on Jan. 10 last. has been released III
bond OF $4,000. pending an appeal Of
her case 20 the State Supreme Court.
Prof T. H. Frey, a musician OF Lima.
Ohio, went home drunk and assaulted his
wife with a razor, cutting her in hor-
rible manner. She escaped, but he fol-
lowed and wanted to renew the attack,
when the police appeared and arrested
him
A north-bound Chicago. Rock Island
and Pacific passenger train, crowded with
departing home seekers. was wrec cked TWO
miles south of Kremlin, Ok c. l.. Me-
Lain of Enid, Ok, was killed and twenty
four other passengers received cuts ami
bruises.
Fire destroyed property in the busi-
ness portion of Richmond. Ind. valued
at $4,000. The chief loss fell on I. &.
Taylor. w. B. Hadley. Fry Brothers,
William Cain and William Grottendick.
The insurance was not sufficient 10 cover
the loss.
Eight-year-old Esther Bishop, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. Bishop. was al
lowed 10 die in agony at Hamilton. o..
of burns from a gasoline explosion while
her parents sang and prayed at her bed
side, according to the rites of Christian
Science .
William Austin, of Hill City. $. d.,
sent orders to Chicago commission houses
TO sell corn for him. bat his letter
aroused suspicion, and discovery was
made that his bank account is short.
Had the sales been made Austin would
have cleared $4,000.
Gasoline oil wrecked Vernon &. Sea-
ver's yacht Kid at Chicago by an explo-
sion that injured four men aboard an |
set fire to the boat. The club house Of
the Columbia Yacht Club WAS also dam
aged by fire. The men aboard narrowly
escaped with their lives.
The Hawkeye Coal Company of Kan
sas City has filed suit in the federal court
against the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railway Company for damages
amounting to S1S.000. whi,h the coal
company claims have been caused by un-
Just discrimination in freight rates.
Turing free-for.all fight in the PO-