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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26
cubans Entertain American Sailors

Havana, Dec. 23.-The officers and
sailors of the visiting American feet,
now in the harbor, are being royalty
entertained by the Cubans. Last night
the Americans attended Spanish
opera at the Payret Theatre. Cen
eral Wood rendered them a reception
at the palace today. Senor Gener, the
mayor of Havana, has presented each
ship with 1000 cigars.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26
TWO Bodies Petrified.

Pleasantville, N. j., Dec. 16.-While
grave digger was disinterring the
remains of George and Charles, young
children OF Joseph Stevens, of Elwood,
he was surprised to find them in a
perfectly natural condition, petrifica-
ton having taken place. The bodies
were inferred five years ago, and since
that time have turned to stone.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26
Roosevelt Father Of Civil Service.

New York, Dec. 21.-The secretary
Of the National Civil Service Reform
League, George McAneny, in address
ing meeting of the Madison Square
Republican Club last night, referred
to President Roosevelt as the real
father OF civil service reform.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26
Christmas Gifts For soer Children.

Utrecht, Dec. 23.-The Rev Mr..
Schaeffer. Protestant clergyman of
Remscheid, Rhenish Prussia, present
ed to Mr.. Kruger a purse of 10000
marks subscribed as a Christmas gift
to the Boer children by the children
of the Rhine provinces and West.
phaliA
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26
Crane Offered Treasury Portfolio.

Boston, Dec. ga close friend of
Governor Crane confirmed the report
from Washington that the governor
had been offered the treasury port
folio by President Roosevelt, and said
that the governor had asked for time
before deciding whether or not he
would accept. 1t Is learned at Dalton
that he has dispatched his decision to
the president by a special messenger.
What the governor has said to the
president is left wholly to inference
and no information can be obtained
here
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26

The advertisements are
generally of about the same
degree of badness.
Probably in every town
there are two or three adverti-
sers who secure distinct prom
inence for their announce
ments by giving them a little
attention and infusing into
them a little life and interest
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26
Admiral sampson,. condItIor.

Washington. Dec. 23.-The condi-
tion of Admiral Sampson Is better than
1t has been for several days past, and
II the cold weather moderates he
hopes to be able to resume outdoor
exercises.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26
Two Killed In Maryland Wreck.

Cumberland, Md, Dec. 16.-J. p.
Maxwell engineer of Grafton, w. Va.
and c. T. Sharp, brakeman, of New
burg, w. Va, were killed in a rear
end collision on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at Keyser last night.
Three C; rs werr wrecked.
Miss Stor S release impending.
London. Lee. "A dispatch to The
Daily Te ngr oh from Sofia says that
the surrender at oalonika Of Miss Ellen
M. Stone, the American missionary,
and her companion. Nine. Tsilka, is
impending.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26
Senator sewell,s Condition.

Camden, ~ j.. Dec. 16.-The cond-
ton of United States Senator Sewell
according to his physicians was more
encoura "irg last night. The senator
during yel 1Yl7y rallied from his sink
ing sp"l Il .aturday night and is
now SD to be in no immediate
danger
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26
For Sale by

no ooryh uo fAs most
o o all rrp.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26
Eczema for
Forty Years.

The Unqualified Statement of Well
Known Attorney. ST. Ignace, Mich.
Some of the cures made by DIR. A. w.
Chase's Ointment of stubborn and long con,
tinusd eczema and skin diseases are causing
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26
[Shol4 Talks On Advertising
ByCharlesA sAusfin Bates.
No. ~

there dead level of advertising excellence
0rrather ckofex excelle
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-26

them a little life and interest.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
PolificaI Potnouri.

AS a sop to the outraged feelings OF
the civil-service reformers for past de-
lipquencies. President Mckinley is said
to have promised to extend the service
by including laborers.
The boasted splendid diplomacy OF
the administration on the Chinese
question has so far, instead of opening
the door to China, closed Manchuria,
which has been one of our main mar
kets.
The success Of the Democrats at the
spring elections in the larger cities was
mainly brought about by their cham
pionship of municipal ownership, thus
espousing the cause of the people.
while the Republicans We're favoring
the corporations.
The bulls and bears of Wall street
are having one of the toughest strug-
giles of their lives; millions are at stake
every hour. 1t is well to remember
that money is not manufactured in
Wall street: every dollar won there
must be lost by some one.
1t now appears that Editor Rice was
deported from Manila for telling the
truth about the scandalous doings of
the Collector of the Port of Manila, sor
since his newspaper was suppressed
and himself sent home the Collector
has been transferred TO Japan,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
TeIeyraphic Rrcyitics.

President appointed s. \. Stapleton.
West Virginia, consul ut Nueyo Laredo.
Mexico.
Mrs. Fannie Miller. New York. AMI
two daughters have asked for divorces
from their husbands.
Chicago will try to oust the Illinois
Steel Company from part Of the land it
holds along the lake front. claiming it
belongs TO the city.
The Great Eastern has faded into the
era of small things. Her tonnage was
10000 below that of the Celtic, just
launched at Belfast.
Alfred Yngve, Castle Valley. Pa.
wheelwright, has tame chicken that
follows him about like dog. ana recent
ly took a Sunday walk of twelve miles
with him.
The earliest specimens of Indian corn
grew, it is believed by botanists. on the
plateau of Peru. where this plant has
been found growing in n condition which
indicates that il is indigenous TO the
soil.
Lapponi. the Pope's physician. has de
clared sandals and low shoes the best
for feminine wear. This is contrary To
prevalent opinion that low-cut footbear
leads to enlarged or weakened ankles
During the past few days Rock creek
and It's tributaries in British Columbia
have attracted mere placer gold hunters
than can stake claims. In the early six
ties the Rock creek placer diggings yield
ed large returns.
At the communion service in one of the
Presbyterian churches in Washington one
Sunday recently the bread and wine were
passed by two admirals, a general. two
Supreme Court justices and former
Secretary of State.
The republic of Mexico signed the con
vention of the peace conference at The
Hague. China. Luxembourg and Turkey
are now the only countries which have
not signed.
According to an apparently authentic
article in a French periodical not less
than 10000 aristocrats are al present
confined in the prisons of Europe. Rus
sia stands first, with 1900 blue-b -blooded
lawbreakers.
The recent census of India shows that
Bengal, which has an area of 203, Alb
square miles-one-quarter less than the
area of Texas-has a population OF "a.
713.O0O. which IS equal 10 that Of the
United States.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
NEWS In BRIEF GUSTS
BLOWN IN FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE EARTH.
An Important Record OF the Week
A Told by 1.-THE Teiegraph-Latest
from Foreign Shores-Crimes, Cas-.
ualtics, Fires, Etc.
rrainmeu Impede the Way.

Seven persons were burned TO death,
three fatally injured and several others
slightly burned and otherwise injured in
a fire that destroyed three-story apart
ment building at 9,Sl6 Marquette Avenue,
South Chicago.
While the occupants of the burning
building were struggling with the smoke
and flames in hope of forcing their way to
safety, the firemen, who were responding
to the alarm, were yainly waiting for a
freight train, which blocked the way of the
fire engines, to move from the cSossing
and give an open road TO the fire.
The train crew, who live at Elkhart,
Ind, are being held without bail awaiting
the verdict of the corOner's inquest.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
ROBBER CAUSE OF A SEPARATION
Couple, Startled by Thief. Engage in
Quarrel Which Myst,f}-s All

Mrs. Addie Clark, bride of four
weeks, is the victim OF very mysterious
robbery. which incidentally caused her
10 also lose her husband during their
honeymoon. Mrs. Clark, whose home Is
in Evansville, Ind, answered the matri-
monial ad of Asa u. Clark of st. Louis.
He went 10 Evansville and married her,
afterward telling her that she was only
ais fifth wife. The couple went TO st.
Louis, the bride taking over $1,000 in
money and jewelry with her. They
stopped at the residence of Mrs. Martha
Gill, who claims TO be Clark Q sister.
While at supper Mr.. and Mrs. Clark were
startled by n scream. and rushing up
stairs found Mrs. Gill on the iloor. she
said n masked burglar had ransacked
Ciark's room and had knocked her down.
During the police investigation which
followed Clark had n violent quarrel with
his bride and for protection she ran TO
the police station, where she slept over
night. Mrs. Clark now says she will re-
turn to her former home in Evansville
The police are greatly mystiiied over the
robbery
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
7HGElAE}E762S

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades.
$500 to S5.S7; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat, No. 2 red, 13c to I4c;
corn. No. ., 4Sc to 49c; oats, No. ., 26c
to 2Sc; rye, No. 2, SOC to 51c; butter.
choice creamery, lie to 1Sc; eggs. fresh,
lie to 12c; potatoes, 34c to 42c pe-
bushel.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping, $500 to
500; hogs. choice light, $500 to $3.50;
sheep, common to prime, $500 TO 81.
wheat, No. ., re to 73c; corn, No.
white, ij,. TO 4Gc; oats, No. 2 white,
2Sc to 29c.
St Louis-Cattle, $3.25 to S5.S5; hogs,
$500 TO 500: sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. ., 19c to 73c: corn, No. =,
I3c to 44c; oats, No. 2, pc TO 2Sc; rye,
No. ., 54c to 55c.
Cincinnati-Cattle,S $500 to S5.25: hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to S4.i5;
wheat, No. ., zoe to 7tc; corn, No. =
mixed, 46c to 41c; oats, No. mixed, 2Sc
to 29c; rye, No. ., 56c to 57c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500:
wheat, No. 2, 75c to 76c; corn, No. =
yellow. Ale to 45c; oats, No. . white,
30 to Sic; rye, 54c to soc.
TOledo-Wheat, No. . mixed, 73c TO
zoe; corn. No. mixed, 44c to 45c; oats
No. mixed, DC TO &c; rye. No. 2, sic
TO 52c; clover seed, prime. $500.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. . northern,
Re to 133c; corn. No. 3, Abe to Ale; oats.
No. White. 2Sc to 29c; rye, No. /, 52c
TO sic: barley, No. ., 55c to 56c; pork,
mess. Sl4.I0.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers
$500 to S5.25; hogs, fair 10 prime, $500
to S5.95; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 TO
S4.30; lambs, common Ito extra, $4.oO to
$3.50.
New York-Cattle, S3.15 to $3.50: hogs,
$500 to S6.15; sheep, $500 10 $3.50;
wheat, No. . red. soc to Sic; corn, No. 2.
52c TO 53c: oats. No. 2 white. 32e TO 33c:
butter. ereamery, lSc to l3c; eggs. vest
ern, l3c 10 ljc,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09

Jacksonville. Fla, was on Friday swept
by the most disastrous fire of its exist
ence. Millions in property was destroyed
and 10000 are homeless. One hundred
and thirty blocks Of business and resi-
dence property are in ashes, LOO houses
have been entirely wiped out and the
total loss will not he less than Sl9,oUo,-
900. Six lives are reported lost.
This devastation was wrought in eight
hours. No earthly power could have
checked the flames that swept from one
end TO the other of the city. famed by
one of the highest winds of the year and
fed at every yard of their progress by
dry wood aTl shingles. The little hre de-
partnent worked till its members crop
ped from sheer exhaustion.
A defective electric wire touching some
loose material in a palmetto fiber factory
at Il few minutes after noon ignited 1t
like a frebrand, and in a moment the
building was in a blaze The breeze,
freshening every moment, caught the bun
dies Of fiber and tossed them straight
ahead in its path toward the east, where
hundreds of homes stood. The burning
stuff ie'l on roof tops and vcrandas, ana
catching everywhere it dropped soon
started a dozen confagrations where
moment before there was only one. Over
a radius of half dozen blocks four times
that number of fires were started before
the people had any warning that the dan
ger was anywhere near them.
Dynamite was used in vain. Buildings
were blown up right in the path of the
fire, but before the echoes of the expio-
sion had died away the burning brands
were fastening on to new prey many
yards ahead There was no time TO save
anything. very little time indeed for thou
sands of people to save themselves.
All the city and county records. the
proceedings Of the criminal courts and
archives that have been accumulated
since 1880 are lost. gone into oblivion with
the buildings that housed them.
The large State armory. the city hall
with its tall tower and clock. the county
court house, the criminal court building.
the city Jail, and the public market are
all wiped out. All the graded schools of
the city, the Roman Catholic Church and
orphanage. st. Johns Episcopal Church
and the Roman Catholic convent are
gone. and every hotel of prominence in
the city, some of them among the most
famous tourist resorts of the South. have
disappeared. Among these are the st.
James. the United States, the Placide,
the Windsor and the Duval.
According to the city map. 13O blocks
were burned, many of them in the heart
of the business and residence section. The
estimate of houses to the block is ten,
hence 1900 of them went up in smoke.
Many of the finest private buildings in
the city We're destroyed. including thea
tiers, churches and residences.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
MANILA is SELF-GovERNINe.
Civil Form of Administration Estab
lished in Philippine Capital.

Civil government in Manila was estab-
lished Friday as preliminary to ,he in
auguration Nf a general civil government.
The Philippine commission is unwilling
at present to permit the experiment of
elections in Manila, although they have
been authorized in all other municipal
ties. Judge Taft says a municipal gov
ernment for Manila will shortly bc Great
ed. The officers will probably be ap-
pointive I.Gpanto and possibly all the
other uncivilized provinces will be or
gauized specially on plan similar Ia
that adopted in the case of Benguet. The
board of health has completed the census
of Manila. The population numbers 2ii,-
co1
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
The Manila Scandal

Gen. Macarthur, in 4 cable to the War
Department about the commissary
scandal in the Philippines, says: The
press report was grossly exaggerated
and misleading" but in the same mes
sage he admits that three officers and
number Of enlisted men are being
tried by court-martial and number
of citizens by military commission. ~
Three officers and number of men
and citizens arrested and being tried
for stealing from the government with
much larger number, possibly not yet
discovered, is quite as large scandal
as the press reports have given.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
Subsidy Unnecessary.

The announcement that the English
company, Vickers' Sons & Maxim, will
establishat Philadelphia ship-building
yard, to compete with the Cramps and
other large ship-building firms of this
country. is the most conclusive evil
dence that the subsidy for ships as
proposed in the Hanna bill is unneces-
sary. The position taken by the Demo
cratic members Of the United States
Senate, when the bill was under dis
cussion, that this country could more
than compete with England in the
building of ships, both in quality and
price and that the payment of the vast
subsidy proposed would be looting the
treasury to enrich the ship owners, is
thus early being verified.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
FLORIDA CITY A RUIN
LARGE PART OF JACKSONVILLE
is PREY TO FLAMES.

Business District Is Wipel Out and
Homes Arc Left in Ashes-Finc Hotels
and Theaters Among the Costly Struc-
turcs that Are Destroyed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
Trickery Due to Tariffs.

The Canadian woolen manufacturers
have their troubles. They are protect
ed. as are the manufacturers in this
country. by stiff tariff rate. but they
have discovered that German manu-
facturers have been getting the advan-
tage Of the preferential rate given to
goods imported from Great Britain by
having their goods shipped from Brit
ish ports. The imposition of tariff du-
ties is at the bottom of great deal of
trading wickedness = differentiation,
smuggling. deception in trademarks,
etc.-Philadelphia Record.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
MYsrERYL1KE JESTER CASE.
Disappearance of Young kansa:
Farmer Puzzle. Aufhnrifics.

Disappearance of YOUNG Kansas
Farmer Puzzles Authorities.
All the efforts of the authorities TO
clear up the mystery of the disappear
ance of Frederick Kinney, a young farm
er of Jewell County, Kan, who has been
missing since last August, have failed
Henry Freeman, aged % years, is in
Jail at Wichita, suspected of having MUIR
dered his friend to obtain his money and
team. Kinney was last seen alive near
Beloit, Kan, travelling with Freeman,
and later is known to have sold kinney's S
outfit. The case in a way parallels that
Of Gilbert Gates, who suddenly disap-
peared while travelling in Kansas more
than twenty years ago, and for whose
murder Alexander Jester. an octoSena-
rian, was tried and acquitted last year.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
Bic Fire i'm a Packing House,

Fire which threatened to destroy prop
erty valued at several millions of dollars,
started in the ''Killing Beds" of Armour
& Co.'s big packing houses at the stock
yards at Chicago, and ragged for two hours
before the firemen succeeded in getting it
under control. The burned building was
SOC by 100 feet and five stories high. The
total loss is $4,000. A three-story brick
fire wall prevented the flames from reach
ing the cooling and ice rooms, where 5000
cars of dressed beef, valued at S5O0, 900,
were stored
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09

students ana inc
curious, including
American tourists
are leaving that city
by every train for
Naples. The first
signs of disturb
ance were observed
n week ago, when,
for three days, col
umns OF smoke, is
suing rapidly from
the crater in great
volume, lowered
high above the vol
cano. Then came
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
OLD MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER.
Dr.. J. l.. Gartrcli, 70 Years of Age, in
Custody at Kansas City.


DIR. J. l.. Gartrell, 40 years old, and
his son, w. L. Gartrell. were arrested at
Kansas City, and are held at police head
quarters pending investigation of the
murder of II. l.. Donegan, a Colorado
mining man whose body has been found
in Mulberry creek, between Amorett and
Nihart, Mo. Donegan left Victor, Cole.
for Kansas City on March L., having
$500. In Kansas City he bought team
of horses and a wagon and started 10
drive tn Oklahoma. With Donegan when
he bought the team and when he drove
out of town We're the two Gartrells, the
police say. The body of Donegan, wrap
ped in oilcloth. was found in the deep
waters of Mulberry creek, between Nj
hart and Amorett. The body had been in
the water two or three weeks, but was
fully identified. The Gartrells were ar
tod at once
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
In a Hurry to Squeeze.

The ink was hardly dry on the issue
of the tin-can trusts stock certificates
before it got down to business by an
nOuncing an increase in the price of its
wares. 1t is estimated that the cost
of living for each person who consumes
canned goods will be increased to the
extent of 80 cents year by the in
creased price of cans. This will moi
be heavy tax to the individual, but
will run into millions Of dollars in the
aggregate. and every cent Of it will be
plunder.-Philadelph Record.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
Where Relief viii Come From.

The public need expect no relief
through the Republican party from the
exactions of the trusts. Even the Re
publican leaders themselves pronounce
such thing outside the range of rea-
son. If there is to be any change in
conditions it will have to come through
the Democratic pa.ty.-Butte, Mont,
Miner
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-05-09
President Mckinley Congratulated.

President Mckinley Congratulated.
The administration, finding it impos-
sihle any longer to ignore the repeated
reports of the awful conditions existing
in the Philippines, is at last taking no.
tice of the matter.
President Mckinley. we congratulate
YOU. says the Chicago New Voice, up
on the evidence that our efforts to
arouse you to an appreciation of the
enormities that are perpetrated in your
name in the Philippine Islands are
bearing fruit. According to cable dis
patches from Manila, General MacAr-
thur sent to you on Saturday last, pre-
sumably at your request. report upon
the saloons and the social evil' in the
Philippine Islands. 1t requires no very
considerable conjecture 10 understand
why such a report was requested at
this time.
Concerning the character of the re-
port which your General has rendered,
there is no public information at the
time that we write. We presume it to
be not at all improbable that, following
the example of the Taft commission,
he will begin his report with denial
of the charges which we have made,
and conclude it with an admission that
the charges are correct. Still it Is pos
sible that the report may contain moth
ing but the denial Its character will,
perhaps. be largely Influenced by the
character of the request for informa-
ton which you have made.
We will frankly admit, Mr.. Presi-
dent. that we have very little conf
dence that you will obtain or can OBJ
tain. accurate reports of the conditions
in Manila, although, as compared with
us. you have great advantages for get
ting information. Every cablegram
which we have received from Manila
or sent 10 that city has cost us $2.41 per
word. Yours cost You nothing, and we
help pay for them. But your repre-
sentatives ut Manila have not dealt
fairly with You in the past, and there
is reason TO believe will not deal fairly
with you in the future. until they be-
come convinced that you really desire
the facts.
Still, Mr. President, we encourage
you 10 keep on asking for reports from
Manila. If your generals and commits
sioners there do not tell you the truth,
we will correct their statements. and,
rs in the past, give you the real facts,
a little tardily, perhaps, but correct
when you get them. If. upon the 9th
er hand, your representatives should
conclude TO give you the truth, their re-
port will drive you TO action; so that
in any event. sooner or later You must
and will change the conditions that
now exist under your government in
the Philippine Islands, and abolish and
forever forbid the open disregard of
civilized Christian standards of moral
ity now practiced by your representa-
tlves.
Yes. Mr.. Mckinley. we congratulate
yeu. The indications are hopeful Tor