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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-11-21
FOREIGN,

Admiral Caillard's squadron has left
the Island of Alitylene.
More than 100 lives were lost in the
disastrous gale which has swept the coast
of Britain.
Great Britain hereafter will send its
Australian mails by way of New York
and San Francisco, as it saves three days
by this route.
King Edward of England has deciIed
to have the celebrated Kohi-Noor dia-
mond mounted in the crown of Queen
Alexandra for the coronation.
Diaz. the presidente of Tacleban. island
of Leytc. who has been proved TO be an
agent of the Filipino junta al Hongkong.
has been arrested. Many discriminating
papers duplicating numerous officials
were seized ut the time of his arrest.
While the British first-class battleship
Royal Sovereign was practicing with its
guns near Astakos, Greece, one Of the
big weapons burst, killing an officer and
SIX men belonging TO the marine artillery
and seriously injuring the captain and
thirteen sailors.
The numerous grievances of Austria
tied by the agreement of the Porte 10
adjust, financially and otherwise, the
wrongs arisin: from nine matters of dis
pute. These include the claims of the
Oriental Railway Company.
An American syndicate has purchased
10000 shares of the stock of the Ham
burg steamship line through a Vienna
bank. says the Berlin correspondent. The
purchaser is thus enabled to demand at
the next meeting revision of the arti-
cles of association in its own favor.
Mai. William l.. Pitcher of the Eighth
regiment of infantry, commanding the
Mindoro expedition. reports that the gar
rison of Abra de Hog was attacked by
force of insurgents commanded by Leno-
cos. The Filipinos apparently attempted
10 repeat the Samar tactics, but the
Americans, who were breakfasting. fully
armed. completely routed the insurgents.
who left five men dead on the field, each
having rifle and ammunition. One
american was seriously wounded.
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WAR ENDED
NORTHERN PACIFIC DEAL NOW
FINALLY SETTLED.
New Corporation, with Capital Stock
of S4Oo,OOO,OOO, to Control Systems
Beyond the Mississippi-wili Work

With the incorporation in Trenton, y.
j.. Of a S4OO,OOO,0OO security holding
company, the famous Northern Pacific
fight has 1T last come To an end. The
effect of this arrangement will be felt
in London. Paris and Berlin scarcely less
than in this country. The interests in
volved are of most unparalleled magni-
tude. The settlement means that here
after one harmonious power will admin
lister the wealth of three formerly indie
pendent companies, whose combined cap
ital stock is over S500,000,0OO, whose
bonded debt exceeds 100000. and
whose trains run over 2O,000 miles of
track
At present the combination of railroads
which are to be acquired by the new COM
pany is confined to the Northern Pacific,
the Great Northern, and the Burlington
systems. But if further plans mature.
according TO u New York dispatch. other
rsilroad systems may be taken over by
the same company,
In the meantime, however, there is an
other large railroad system which Is
closely interested in the arrangements
concluded. That is the Union Pacific
Company, now dominated by L. II. Har-
riman. 1t was the effort on the part of
this man and his associates to protect the
interests OF this road that resulted in
the disaster of last spring, and which in
turn led to the present combination.
The corporation just organized. and
which is given practically supreme power
over the various systems involved, is call
ed the Northern Securities Company. The
deal is the most important in the history
of the railway world, for never have in
terests SO enormous been brought under
one management. The formation of the
new company is the formal ending of the
rivalry which developed into the most bit
ter railroad war in the history OF the
Interests representing hundreds
Of millions of dollars clashed in finan-
cial duel which for time threatened
grave disaster not only in this country,
but to the entire world.
The struggle was for the control of the
system, the Hill-Morgan or
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-11-21
IRON RECORD BROKEN.
The Total Output of Pig In October
Reached 400 900 Tona.

~.$A%o t1OStOOO AOA1.
Reports from pig iron manufacturers,
covering production in October show
that the month was q record-breaker.
The output reached the great total of
l. l,4OO.OOO tons, or at the rate OF 16-SOO,-
200 tons year. The furnaces in blast
Nov. had a weekly capacity of 32O.S24
tons, based on their actual yield in OctO-
Der. This is in excess of any previous
record.
In its weekly review Of the trade the
Iron Age calls attention to the facts Civ
en- above. and also shows that SO great
is the still-grow;ng demand for steel that
railways which have not already ordered
will not be able to get supplies for de-
livery next summer. The entire output
Of the rail mills of the United States
Steel Corporation for next year is under
contract at this date.
The pig iron situation is strengthened
by the great difficulty still experienced in
securing coke by reason of the shortage
Of cars More furnaces have been bank
I'd in the central West during the week
and the production this month will be
curtailed to a considerable extent. This
will affect particularly the output of
steel. the supply OF which was not equal
10 the demand when everything was run
ming smoothly in October.
Coke and anthracite furnaces reporting
stocks. including practically all the fur
naces making foundry and forge iron.
had only 223,OS9 tons on hand Nov. l,
against .299S2i tons Oct. l., which is a
reduction of I6. i35 tons. The charcoal
furnaces reported reduction of 11.G01
tons in the same time. This is the heayi-
est reduction in stocks in single month
in long period, and it was made con-
currently with great increase in pro
duction. Ii would he difficult TO finl
stronger evidence of the activity prevail
ing in the iron trade. Prices are not like
ly soon to recede.
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A number Of fine new dining cars have
been put in service on the Louisville and
Nashville road.
Notwithstanding the Kansas corn crop
failure. Santa Fe officers expect a heavier
business than last year.
The new limited passenger train ser
vice between Chicago and San Francisco
via the Northwestern is now in effect.
Nearly all of the roads west of Chicago
are short OF cars TO care for traffic. The
big business is general and only a small
percentage Of it is grain. ~
\ new station ON the Alton has been
named Kruger in hosor Of the Transvaal
leader. Recently Klondike. the name of
another station on this road, was chang
ed
T. F.. Thomas. formerly soliciting
freight agent for the Norfolk and West
crn road. has been appointed commercial
agent of the Seaboard Air Line. with
headquarters in Chicago.
The fact that Stephen Little, the ex-
pert New York accountant, was with the
Vanderbilt party that recently inspected
the Great Western road. lends color to
the report that that system would soon
change ownership.
The Santa Fe company has placed
contract for the equipment of 100 refriy.
orator ears with Il new system of refri.- 1
Grafton. The ears will be used in the
fruit service between California. and Chi.
cago and New York
The new fast mail train on the North.
western between Omaha and Chicago is
proving of assistance to the mail service,
making possible a reduction in the time
III transmission of mail between the West
and points in Indiana, Ohio and Ken
tucky.
\ decision Of the Iowa Supreme Court
is to the effect that where one railroad is
built across another the company build
ing the last road must defray all the ex
penses of the crossing and if the older
company insists must erect an interlock-
ing plant. In the ease decided the COM
pany that desired To cross attempted to
force the older line To share in the cross
Ing expenses.
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Com nlercial Notes.

Argentine wheat shipments for the
week are $4,000 bushels, compared with
112. 900 the week previous and 264.OOO
last year.
The Orange Judd Farmer estimates the
area Of winter wheat sown this year Is
fully per cent larger than in the fall
of 19OO this surprising all previous rec.
ords.
The Agricultural Statistician of Iowa
estimates that the stalks. leaves and
husks OF the corn plant. now allowed TO
waste in the field. constitute about 10
per cent of nutritive value OF the plant.
The Liverpool Corn Trade News OF
Oct 20, about the time the drouth cry
was at its height. estimates the Argen-
tine wheat crop this year at 64.OoO,u30
bushels, with an exportable surplus of
S6,OOO.0OO, being fully as much as on the
last crop. =
The aggregate exports of -four and
wheat from the United States during
October We're equal TO 23.031. .405 bushels
compared with 1883 bushels during
October, 1900. and 17.054,99I bushels
during October, 1899. Corn exports FOX
October were 3. 763. 900 bushels. oats $780,
OOO In October, 1900. they were 49,
100000 and 3,0o0,OOO bushels respective
ly
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Notes of Current Evcnts.

Britain will ask for more money to be
used in fighting Beers.
Duke Abruzzi. Rome. will make anoth-
er attempt TO find the north pole.
II. L. Reed. 80, son of a prominent
Cleveland. Ohio, man, killed himself, Los
Angeles, Cal. &.
Thieves planned to blow safe. Bas-
com. Ohio. but We're frightened away be-
fore touching off the charge.
James Z. Kennedy, one of the organ
izers and a director in the American
Bridge Co. is dead, aged 30 years.
Thirty-tive prisoners in the Nenia. Ohio.
Jail struck because the jailer wouldn't
give them pie for dinner and supper.
Gen. Fred Funston will be given n
leave of absence from the Philippines
and return on visit TO the United
States.
The United States Philippine Commits
sion has passed the treason laws, with
slight alterations. Several Filipinos spoke
AGAINST them.
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| Cincinnati reversed the decision in the
case against Banker j. NJ. Mcknight of
| Louisville. who was twice convicted of
cmbezzlement and given a sentence of
five and three years respectively. Nc
Knight was ordered given n new trial. !
r. L. Allen, a merchant of Inkster.
y. D., committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head with revolver He
, was in restaurant and borrowed the re
volycr. Then he cried out, Good by.
boys" and. placing the muZzle of the
weap~a To his temple. pulled the trigger.
Safe blowers got 500 in money. about
81 $40 worth of bonds and $500 in stamps
nj the Rock Creek, Ohio. postoflice the
other night. The safe was blown 10
atoms. The robbers also entered the
Pennsylvania station and took sum of
money. They then fled south on hand
car.
The police of Evansville, Ind. are mys-
titled by the murder of Mrs. Georgia
Railey, widow, and Miss Lena Renner,
both Of whom had been strangled by I'M
known persons. Each accepted an offer
to so buggy riding with friend and
the bodies were found by the roadside in
different localities.
There was small-sized mutiny the
other day among members of the .Univer-
sity of Nebraska cadet battalion when
five lieutenants and fifteen sergeants quit
the service in a body. Their action fol-
lowed the recent appointment by the
regents of Frank ID. Eager OF Lincoln as
commandant of the battalion.
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EVENTS OF INTEREST
THAT OCCURRED DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
Terssiy Told Telegraph Tales in
Brief Paragraphs-Many Casual.
.ties-A Few Crimes-Some Fires
Political and Religious News.
Independent Republic.

Northwest Independent Republic.
The San Francisco Call prints an un-
confirmed story from Skagway, Alaska.
under date of November 6. telling OF the
discovery Of what is alleged TO be huge
conspiracy existing ia Dawson. and eX-
tending to Skagway, Victoria, Vancouver,
and Seattle for the overthrow Of the local
gevernnA mt Of the northwest territory and
the establishment Of a republic with Daw-
son IS its capital. According to the details
Of the story, arms, ammunition and pro-
visions have-been taken in over the rail-
road and placed at strategic points.
Prominent American residents of Skag
way are said to be rng-lezders in
the conspiracy. Miners to the num-
her Of Eve thousand are said to await the
Summons TO arms, ready to fight for the
Independence from dominion rule of the
gold camps and towns. The plan is to
overp0wer the mounted police, arrest the
civil authorities and take the government
into their own hands. The rigOrs Of the
arctic winter would give the insurgents six
months immunity from attack by Canadian
or British troops and the adventurous arch
conspirators hope for Intervention or out
side assistance by the time of melting Of ice
and snow will permit the invasion of their
isplated republic.
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EASTERN.

Elizabeth Griffin, 13 years old. died at
!. Atlantic City, n. j., of lockjaw as the
result Of vaccination.
Paul Revere. great-grandson of Col.
: Paul Revere of Revolutionary fame. is
dead at Morristown, \. J.
Edwin c. Crane. a musician Of Detroit.
: Mich, committed suicide at the Gilsey
, House. New York, by taking carbolic
acid.
Beck with's iron works burned at Pater-
son, \. ]. 1t was the largest iron plant
In the city and had been partly Idle Tor
years. Loss $4,000.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has in contemplation new yards for
freight handling at Pittsburg, which Will
be the largest in the country.
Richard Mayo-Smith, a professor at
Columbia University and weii-known
writer on political economy, was Killed
by fall from an upper window OF MS
New York house.
At Newcastle, Pa, the plant OF me
Lawrence Ice and Storage Company was
completely Quilted. by fire. The damage
amounts to fully $l5O.OO0. The plant
was only completed and operations begun
this fall.
William Van Dexter, farmer living
near Camden, n. j., had quarrel with
his 18-year-old son. Cleveland. The lat
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ter had been drinking. and he shot his
father in the groin. The doctors say he
will recover.
Fire in a group of buildings in the
wholesale district of Boston did fully
Sloo.ooO damage 10 one building. chiefly
occupied by the Murphy Varnish Com
pany. Numerous mercantile firms in al-
joining buildings have losses.
Burglars opened the vault Of the Smith
ton, Pa, National Bank with dynamite,
but were unable to get into the safe.
where $1,000 in cash was deposited.
They obtained only 81. The conclusion
partly wrecked the building
The Erie, Pa, Yacht Club house. one
OF the finest structures of its kind on the
chain OF lakes, was burned the other
morning. The sleeping inmates had TO
make their escape clad in night gowns
over a piazza roof. The loss is about
$4,000.
Rutgers College is the latest recipient
of Miss Helen Gould's bounty. She has
given $3.50 to the New Brunswick, \.
j., college and the money has been made
available for use this season. Miss Gould
has recently made similar gifts 10 Nassar
and other colleges.
Miss Agnes w. Washington, who
claims 10 be 4 descendant OF the family
of George Washington. was committed 10
the almshouse IN New York. For twenty
years this woman, who was born 10
wealth and high social position. has been
dependent on charity.
The FIRE at the works of the Mononga-
hela River Consolidated Coal and Coke
Company at Six Mile Ferry, just below
Homestead, Pa, was less disastrous than
at first reported. The loss is 5000.
Five hundred men will temporarily be
thrown out of employment.
Fire in the carpet making plant of the
Planet mills in Brooklyn, y. ", endan-
gered the lives of 500 women at work ON
the upper floors of the building. William
Stewart. an elevator man, Kept his cage
going until the last woman had left the
building and then fell unconscious from
the smoke and fire fumes he had inhaled.
Light from decayed meat is the latest
discovery which may startle the scientific
world. Prof. Gorham of the bacteriolog-
ical department of Brown University.
Providence, X. l., claims he has succeed
ed in extracting from an overripe porter
house steak sufficient illumination to en-
able him TO take photographs of labora-
tory apparatus.
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@lsclAGE7GIS

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime.
$500 to $500; hogs, shipping grades.
S4.2o TO $5.So: sheep. fair to choice, $500
to S4.OO; wheat, No. 2 red. lie TO I3c;
corn. No. 2, GOc to Gle: oats, No. =, 3Sc
to 4Oc; rye, No. 2. 59c to GOc: hay. tim
othy. 5000 to $14-5O; prairie, $3.50 TO
$3.50: butter, choice creamery, 22c to
24c; eggs, fresh, 22c to 2ic; potatoes,
I2c to 77c per bushel
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
S6.1o; hogs. choice light. $500 to $5.4J;
sheep, common to prime, $500 to S3.25;
wheat. No. 2. lie to 72c; corn. No. 2
white, 59c to 6Oc; oats, No. . white,
f2c to 43c.
st. Louis-Cattle. 1925 to $3.50: hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep. $500, to. $3.50;
wheat. No. 2, 12c to 73c; corn. No. =.
62c TO 6Sc; oats. No. 2, Ale TO 42e; rye.
No. 2, 59c to Coo.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $5.75; sheep. S225 to 800;
wheat, No. 2. Toe to 76c; corn. No. =
mixed, 64c TO Csc; oats, No. mixed,
i2c TO ABE; rye. No. 2, 59c to 6Oc.s
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs.
$500 to -S5-35; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat. No. 2, 75c to 76c; corn. No. =
yellow, &c to 63c; oats. No. 2 white.
45c to 46c; rye, SIC to SIC.
ToledO-Wheat, No. mixed, 74c to
I6c; corn, No. = mixed. Coo to Gle; oats,
No. 2 mixed. 4Oc to Ale: rye, No. 2. 56e
TO SIC; clover seed. prime. sS5.62
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. q northern,
zoe to tic; corn, No. 5, SOC to 6Oc; oats,
No. 2 white. 42c to 43c; rye, No. 1. 59c
to 6Oc: barley No. 2, 5Sc- to 59c; pork,
ness, $500.
BuffalO-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
$500 to $3.50; hogs. fair to prime, $500
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to
$3.50; lambs, common to choice, 1915 to
$3.50. ----------.--
New York-Cattle, 1915 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep. $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2 red, 79c to SOC; corn, No. 2.
SIC to Csc; oats, No. white, 48c to 49c;
butter, creamery, PIC to 24c; eggs, westz
ern, 25c to 27c.
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IN GEN ERAA

Fire d,irin. Il gale of wind was follow
ed 10y the complete destruction OF every
store and several of the best houses in
Pugwash. " $. Twenty structures We're
burned. with a loss of $4,000.
\ sentinel at TeIuendama Falls, Co
lombia. declined TO honor the passport Of
United States Minister Charles Hart and
fired enc shot a; the minister. The ,liplo-
mat was not hit by the bullet The gov
ernment has severely punished the soldier
and is seeing that the minister is fully
protected.
Col. William \. Oliphant, representing
an Indiana syndicate, has made one of
the largest mining deals in the history of
the Kion,iike. purchasing 2l4 Gold Hill
claims for Il consideration of $3.50. 600
The sam includes Il cash payment of
500. 600. the remainder in stock of the
company.
4 terrible ocean disaster occurred in
the eastward track of transatlantic steam
craft recently. about loo miles off the
coast of the United States. y large un.
known steamship caught fire and was
blown to pieces by an explosion soon af-
terwar,l. The flames We're seen to shoot
hundreds of feet above the blazing craft.
which sank. however, before assistance
could lie rendered.
Mason and Dixon's line, the famous old
historic boundary of the South. is bein.
resurveyed and will not he permitted 10
Jrop out of existence The old ston.
markers. or posts. which marked the line
gre hcine reset IL solid cement bases and
iron posts are being substituted in places
where the old posts have disappeared.
h.. old line is too closely associated with
the country's history To be allowed tc
vanish from the earth ans. the States are
having it resuryeycd.
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stantial gains. however.

stantial gains. however. The acres de-
voted TO the cultivation of barley this
year yielded 5S.925.S33 bushels. an in
crease of 11.I16.161 ever 1900; buck
wheat also is better, 12,5T0.OOO bushels
being grown this year and but 9,056,966
in 1900: wheat growers find great salts
faction in the fact that GA. 4.S35,OcO bush
els Were harvested in the season just clos
ed. while in 1900 I'D 229. .JO5 was the best
that could be done.
While all the principal crops do not
compare favorably with yields of the past
few years, the western farmer has no
great cause to complain. as his barns are
well stocked and good prices for his mar
ketable product will obtain. The pros
pect OF famine in some of the countries
of Europe finds no counterpart here. the
supply on hand, to the contrary. being
sufficient 10 fill large foreign demand.
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EWELI
JIM arrested Louisville charge attempting
W. L. Ecke nd
that itwasno I the emano the man..
his
of lin
bun the Chicago
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ed the threatened disaster by safeguard
ing the houses in peril, and this country
escaped serious panic. When the next
settlement day came in London many
spectators there We're found short on
Northern Pacific. but an agreement 10
grant more time saved the situation
there, too. ,.'
The specific object of this S4O0.0O0.000
company is TO acquire all of the capital
stock of the Northern Pacific and the
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Northern Pacific interests seeking to keep
the important line out Of the hands of the
Hartman or Union Pacific party. The
Hill men quietly bought up a great por-
tion Of the Burlington stock. and the
Hartman crowd struck back by making
q raid on Northern Pacific securities. The
raid was panic on Wall street. in which
Northern Pacific in one day jumped from
par to $1,000, while all other securities
declined at an alarming rate.
Prompt work by financial houses avert
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CHINESE EXCLUSION LAW.
Western Congre.smen Will Work Hard
for its Re.Euactmeu.,

for its Re. Enactment.
Western members of Congress are pre-
pairing TO make hard fight for the re-en-
actment of the Chinese exclusion law
The law expires by limitation in March
and those in favor OF its re-enactmen.
expect to encounter Il great deal OF oppo-
sition The head and front of those in
opposition comes from Minister WI. the
Chinese representative in Washington.
lie has urged that Congress give the Chi
nese Il chance by allowing the law TO die
and remain dead for Il time, then if the
immigration from China proved 10 be Il
menace. to re-enact il. The labor forces
o: the country demand the continuance
of the exclusion law.
Many large employers of labor in the
far West are said TO bc in favor of letting
the Chinese in unreStrictedly and behind
them is the influence of the great Pacific
Mail Steamship Co, that would like to
see the bars down on account of the tre-
mendous increase in its business that
would result
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dends on its common and preferred
stocks
The earnings for the steel corporations
first fiscal year have been estimated as at
least S125.OOO.OOO. so that Mr.. Schwab's
one-fourth OF l per cent on the S5O,OOO,-
600 earned above the fixed charges and
dividends will give him S125, 900 as con-
tinsent fee, or S225.OOO for the corpora
tons first year. Mr.. Schwab, when he
was president of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany. in which he was stockholder, re-
ceived a yearly income of about $780,
600.