The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-04-03
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Two little children OF John Bergue of
Mound Lake. Mimi, fell through the ice
and were drowned.
Fire destroyed nearly q block Of the
business portion of Mesa City, Arizona,
causing S250,OO0 loss.
The business section of Bethel, Ohio.
was destroyed by fire, including the post
Office. The loss is $4,000.
Congressman NJ. Z. Benton was re-
nominated at st. Louis by the fifteenth
Missouri Democratic convention.
The ice has gone out of the Straits Of
Mackinac into Lake Michigan. Naviga-
ton is open through the straits.
Henry Jillson, once known the world
over as an aeronaut. killed himself at the
door of a friends office in Chicago.
Mrs Hattie Hand and her two small
and burned to death near Anadarko, Ok.
Nebraska anti-oleomargarine law was
declared valid in test case, q Lincoln
firm being fined for coloring its product
yellow.
The national irrigation congress. which
was to have been held at Colorado
Springs in August, has been officially
postponed until Oct. 6 to Q.
Professor Reggie Chauvenet has re-
signed the presidency Of the Colorado
State school of mines and will retire at
the end of the school year.
Five sections Of west-bound passen-
ger on the Great Northern Railroad pass
ed through Kalispell, Mont, with about
Il. h. h.v, .va
the West.
4 Rock Island passenger train struck
a buggy in East Pueblo, Colo, killing
Mrs. John Close and her infant son and
fatally injuring Miss Ella Hines, aged
81 years.
Miss Mary Hartman, daughter of f.
II. Hartman, president of the Southern
Pacific Railroad, was injured at Phoenix,
Ariz. by a vicious broncho on which she
was riding.
Congress of Disciples of Christ at
James Hall OF Butler College. Indianap-
oils. and decided to meet next year at
Des Moires.
Will of Mrs. Eliza C. Gallup Of Denver
has been admitted to probate, and leaves
the estate of S125, 600 to her sister. Sarah
A. Curtis. and nephew, Clarence c. Cur
tis of Lakewood, n. ].
George Kudera, a Bohemian farmer
living near Clatonia, Neb., was shot and
instantly killed by George Herzoc. son
of a neighbor.. There had been a quarrel
between the two families.
Magnus johnson, aged 62. a bachelor
living alone near Alexandria, Minn., was
murdered by persons unknown. Three
bullet holes were in the head. There is
no clew to the murderers.
Mrs. William Baldwin Of Atchison,
Kan, whose husband was convicted six
teen years ago of the murder Of his
sister there, killed herself in the room
where Baldwin's sister was murdered.
Emil A. Meysenburg was convicted of
bribery by special jury in Judge Doug
las court in st. Louis after a trial last
ing four days. His punishment was
fixed at three years in the penitentiary.
A helper engine on freight train blew
up while going up Lake hill, seventy
miles west of Ogden, Utah. William
Wilton, engineer, of Ogden, E. A. Uphoff,
brakeman, and an unknown tramp were
killed.
Frank Huntley, veteran of Santiago
and a member of the crew OF the battle
ship Oregon, was killed by falling down
ladder way while escorting couple Of
lady visitors through the ship at Seattle,
Wash.
Thomas Mahan, formerly a postal clerk
and a prominent Democratic politician,
was found on the road near Norwalk.
Ohio. dead, with broken neck. 1t is
supposed that he fell from an attack of
apoplexy.
The building of the Omaha Match
Company. in suburb of Omaha. was
destroyed by fire. The loss is $4,000.
The factory was established abott two
months ago Machinery costing SO, 200
was destroyed.
Gov. Cummins of Iowa has announced
his veto of the Molesberry bill, better
known as the merger measure" The
bill removes the limit of Indebtedness per
milesthat may be contracted by railways
running through Iowa.
Work on the Worlds Fair at St. .ouis
has progressed so far that it is possible
for casual visitor to make out rolghly
the main features of the picture which Is
to be painted on the site with buildings,
lagoOns. trees and avenues.
The Massillon Coal Mining Company,
the combine which recently obtained con-
troll of practically all the Masillon, Ohio, |
district mines, has announced tina five |
of the mines are to be shut down. bout |
700 men are employed in these mine.
The Frisco's handsome new car the |
Meteor. south bound, left the tracknear |
Francis. l. T., and four passengers were |
seriously injured. A special part II |
Frisco officials and newse per men from
ST. Louis and Kansas City was o the |
train.
George W. Carter, age so yeas,