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an end In his state.
He will not strike
ut the lyncliers. nut
at the officers with
in whose jurisdic-
ton lynchings occur.
The Legislature is
to be urged to pass
a law holding ac-
cOuntable any judge.
or district attorney
who. through neg
lect. incompetence
or sympathy with
the mob. allows Il
nriSnnar 4. Ia t,i-an
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
wnitiuu on colombia.

The President has given no conSidera- :
tion as yet to ths personnel of the 18TH
mian canal commission. He told Senator
Culiom, OF Illinois, that until the pending
negotiations with Colombia were finished
and the government ascertained exactly
s'where it was at" he would not consider
the matter OF appointments on the COM
mixsian
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
Ru.iue.s Houses Burned. .

Fire which started in the general store
OF Loos & Co., at Weyanwega, Wis.,.
caused a losso of about $40, 900. 1t destroyed
the Loos store. the hardware store of Ut
termark Brothers and the bank of Weed,
Bumar 4 Co., the only bank in the city.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04

the most widely
known ministers in
the world, died Fri
day afternoon. DIR.
Parker had beer
seriously ill foi
some time, bur re-
covered sufficiently
u few weeks ago tc
resume his work III
the pulpit. He suf-
fered q relapse re-
Gently, from which
he failed to rally.
DIR. Parker waa
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
Die in the FIanles.

Grace Davis. aged IA years. the daughter
Of Nell Davis, residing at Linden, Ind,
was burned to death. She was starting
the fire with coal oil when her clothing
ought fire. She was alone at the time
and was burned to crisp when found by
b, father.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
He Wan II.

Cholly-I wish you'd go driving with
me. It's perfectly safe. don't you
know. Stableman said this horse was
afraid Of nothing.
Miss Peppery-Well. il he is he'll be
likely to run away if he sees you,
won't he?ePhiladelphia Press.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04

world fame us the
author of Cavalleria
Rusticana. At that
time, even with the
strains of the beau
tiful Intermezzo still
in their ears. carp
ing critics had the
hardihOOd to predict
an empty future for
Mascagni. He has
already done it ALL"
they cried; "he has
written his master
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
Stores and Residences eurned

A block and half of property was
almost entirely destroyed, several persons
had narrow escapes from cremation. and
S125, 900 worth of damage was done by
Ere which started on Main street, in the
business section Of Monongahela, Pa,
shortly before midnight, and burned un-
III { o'clock Thursday morning.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
A Horrible Crime.

Mrs. Cora Dressner, a young woman.
was found dead in her bed near POnca,
o. T., with a bullet hole in her breast.
Her l5-months-Old baby was nursing at
the time the shot was fired and the bullet
grazed its cheek, covering its face with its
mothers blood. There is no clue to the
xnurdor
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
somevhat Anticipatory.

"A man is going to try to cross the
Niagara River gorge on bicycle with
grooved wheels
lis he? Wonder il he'd like grooved
wheels ON his hearse:'-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
BIC RoilerLeta Go.

By the explosion of boiler used with a
stationary engine at Lizella, ton miles
from Macon, Ga, Paul Rogers an. Walton
Taylor were instantly killed and two 9TH
ers injured, one of whom will die.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04

A damsel from far-off Bulgaria
Sang all night on LOhengrin aria,
And the third-flOor front said:
IF you were only dead.
I'd contribute ten dollars TO baria"
Baltimore News.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04

A Jury at Prattville, Ala, has found
Dove Lee, Andrew Howard and Burden
Bates guilty of arson in the first degree
and has fixed the punishment at hanging.
It is believed that this is the first verdict
of the kind rendered in the South.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
Good Combination.

Rodrick-Yes. the minister lives on
one side and the great divorce lawyer
on the other.
Van Albert-H'm. they should get
out combination sign: Knots Tied
and United Here
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
ADueI 20 tbe Death.

g. III. easier. who served in the Army
of the Potomac as Il member of COM
pany III. One Hundred and Twenty-sec-
ond New York Volunteers. told the fol-
lowing story to a Chicago Record re-
porter: Il shall never forget the scene
the longest day l live. Ii was May d.
1854 Just before General Gordon be-
gan his attack on us | said 10 my cap
tain: It's mighty quiet over there; bet
those rebs are up to some deviltry- But
the captain thought not. Then. as some
of us were pretty tired and hungry, he
gave us permission TO go out and cook
our coffee and bacon. We crept down
among some bushes just outside Of our
lines ard began to make preparations
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04

Smoking cigarettes is not disorlerly
conduct in n young woman, according to
tn. decision of New York police magis-
trate. who holds that girls have the same
right to smoke as men.
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J TO STAMP OUT LYNCHING.

That Is the Aim of Gov. Joseph u.
Sayers, of Texas.
Law-abiding people will commend the
course of GOV. Savers of Texas. who
proposes that lynch law shall co,ue to
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
The Re.ourceful Americas.

Rely upon the American people to
cross any bridge they come to. Coal
might have SCARED to the altitude Of the
COW that jumped over the moon, but
they would have found some way to
keep warm.
1t was SO in the civil war.
'You didn't feel it in the north: you
the south and the west" said man
who has been through several wars and
not few strikes. There came a time
when gentlemen who had lived bounti-
fully had no coffee. Somebody tried
parched corn. 1t made fairly good
breakfast liquid. Oats had a bitter
flavor. The man who first used chic
ory was pretty well on. Some people
never went back to coffee after using
chicory The darkies parched aeerns
and then pounded them into powder
and boiled it. and the pickaninnies cried
for II.
Then we fell upon the evil days
when we had no sugar. 1t required al
thiOSt dS HuSh hAoAACy " Ooy q POuAsA VI
sugar as 1t has of late to buy a ton
of coal But somebody discovered sor-
ghum. 1t required season to produce
it. but it was a splendid substitute. The
man who had sorghum mOlasses on his
table belonged to the old ante-bellum
quality. Sorghum was too high for the
darkies. But they had to have sweet
ening. so they made some sort of sugar
out of watermelon rind and reveled in
that.
We reached that point when -four
was a luxury. ! remember dinner
given to a prominent man who had
come to our town. There were no
olives. no blue points, nor relishes, nor
soups. But the meat was baked pea
cock and the dessert consisted Of hOur
biscuit and sorghum mOlasses.
1T was the talk of the community
that enough flour had been found to
make biscuit. Every day bread was
made out of pumpkin. Ever eat any
pumpkin bread?'
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
watchman's Historic Chair.


James Etter, a dOOrkeeper in the War
Department, frequently occupied a
chair from which he could not be in
iuced to part. because it was once used
,y President Lincoln, and at the same
lime he wore badge of watchman
pinned ON the lapel of his coat Mr..
Etter explains the incident in this way:
"One day during the civil war was
sitting here, when a tall, angular gem
tleman entered the main door and
asked If the Secretary was in. told
aim that it was too early for the Sec
.etary to be in his office.
.'At what hour can depend on find
ing him here?' he asked.
Il told him. and with pleasant
Thank you." he departed
Promptly on the hour the tall gen
tleman ascended the steps. walked in
the door. and | was almost knocked
speechless when he asked me if would
not go in the Secretary's office and ask
him to step out into the hall. l re-
covered myself and told the stranger
ttIut L SOuiu hOt iCaNC my pOct VI
and even II could did not think the
Secretary would come out to see him.
"'Oh. yes, he will was the answer
and as for leaving your post. will be
personally responsible for that. l am
Mr. Lincoln, and I will simply take
your badge and keep door for you while
you deliver my message.
well. 1 couldn't doubt him. and he
stepped up to me and unpinned my
badge. stuck it on his coat, took my
chair just like an old-time watchman
and remarked, Think l can fill the
bill?
II said l thought he could. and with
a smile playing over his face as
walked away he said he'd keep things
straight l delivered his message TO the
Secretary. and it was only few min
utes before he and the President Were
talking together here in the corridor.
When the President gave me back
my badge he pinned it on, and thanked
me for what had done, and you must
remainder that watchmen are not
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
PIeTRO MAscAGNl.

The Author of cavalleria Rusticana
Now In This Country.
The musical world is now interested
in the visit to America of Pietro Mas
mi. the maestro, who bounded into
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
DR.. JOSEPH PARKER DEAD.

Famous English Preacher Expires
After n Long Illness.
DIR. Joseph Parker. for more thar
thirty years the preacher in charge oi
;be CITY tenplc in London and one oi
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
Masked Men Lynch Negro

Lige Wells, a negro, charged with stab.
bing Max Campbell, an Iron Mountain
passenger conductor, was taken from the
officers at Wynne. Ark, by a mob Of
armed men. 1t is reported that he has
been lynched.
Separate Car Law Considered Void.
President II. II. Pearson of the New
Orleans Railways Company and his
officials, charged with violating the sep
arate car law, have been discharged.
Counsel for the company had demurred
to the affidavits on the ground that the
law Is unconstitutional. The judge sus-
tanned the demurrers.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04

usually thanked by those III
would rot take any amount o
for this old chair. and l don't
all the time. because ! am afraid II .-zz
wear out 1t il my Abe Lincoln chair.
=NeW York Tribune.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04

John II. Prescott Of Newton has been
appointed receiver for the Damon safe
and iron works of Cambridge. Mass.
which is embarrassed. Liabilities are
said TO be S3OO,OOO.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
Two steamer. in Collision.

Two large steamers collided on the Bel
gian coast recently. 1t is reported their
names are the Gotha and the Hans. De.
tails are lacking.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
A Shocking Story.

Vienna special: A shocking story is
published by the Neues Wiener Journal
Of the smallpox scourge in the Furni
island near Samos Greek Archipelago.
According to the report more than thou
sand persons are dead at the Furni islands,
When smallpox broke out the Turkish
authorities Quarantined the islands and the
people being without doctors res0rted to
the expedient OF vaccinating the healthy
people with lymph from the sufferers and
the disease spread rapidly in all directions.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
VENEZUELA SUBMITS.
PEOPLE HAVE AT LAST ENOUGH
OF eLOODSHED.
War Has Been Very Costly-Every-
body Has Fonght-Armies Have cen
Unframed Mobs-Womeu Have Also
Fought in the Ranks.

President Castro is to-day the dictator
of Venezuela. How long he will remain
in undisputed power remains TO be seen,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04

for meal. when a bullet came whiz-
zing along beside our heads. making
me drop coffee pot and fan Tat on
my stomach. As the shot began to
come thicker We looked up and saw the
rebel skirmish line closing in on u.s.
Then we dashed back into camp and in
less than ten minutes we were en-
gagged in the hottest fight we had dur
ing the war. The rebs seemed to come
from all directions at once, and we
found ourselves penned in like rats In
a trap. On our right We had very
formidable breastwOrk- Here l was
with Loomis few minutes before he
was killed. He was standing upon the
inner edge of the breastworks and load
ing and firing with cool and deliberate
aim Suddenly tall Georgian leaped
upon the opposite side of the breast
WORK and started toward him. Twice
WA LOomis wounded, yet he held his
ground Then the rebel soldier and he
began a hand-to-band battle. / tried
to snoOt the rebel. but as Loomis got In
the way l did not dare Suddenly the
big fellow raised his gun, and the next
instant plunged the bayonet through
the body of poor LoOmis. Then with
the rebels bayonet still sticking in his
body he managed to plunge his bayonet
into the Georgian's body, and the two
men fell side by side, dead"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04

A railroad has been completed between
Havana and Santa Clara, Cuba.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04

David Mitchell, Negro. was hanged
Mt Mayersville, Miss, for wife mnrder.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04
Ap,d Couple Asphyxiated.

William and Martha Hogeboom. aged
about 60 years, were found dead in q
hotel at Albany, N. Y, having been
esphyxiated by gas. They were residents
Of East Cobieskill and went to Albany to
meet two sons and their daughter-in-law,
who were to be discharged from the
Albany County penitentiary after having
served term of six months Imprisonment
for petty larceny and burglary. 1t is be-
heyed the deaths were accidental.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04

The money lender paddles his own
canoe and lets the other fellow float
q loan ,u4
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HISTORY OF A WEEK.
PEOPLE. PLACES AND THINGS
OF THE WORLD

News OF Crimes and Crinlusls. Ac.
eidentss Fires, Etc, from North,
South, East and West. sanwiched
vish Minor Affairs.
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into public favor through his work in the
army. He WAS n young man and there
fore aroused spirit of jealousy among
the older men. The government of Ven
szuela is made up of two parties. Lib
erals and Conservatives. For several
years the Conservatives had taken little
Or no active part in the government af-
fairs. After Castro was made ruler, a
feeling of dissatisfaction sprans up
among the Liberals. There was a divis-
ion among the party. The opposing fac
tion was headed by NJ. A. Matos. The
| Conservatives remained neutral. but
gave the opposing party monetary aid
The struggle went on until finally Matos
mortgaged his own property TO obtain
money to carry on the revolution against
Castro and the government party, which
he had instigated. Castro nothing ioath
to fight. at the head of the government
party. met the revolutionist forces under
Matos. Since then with only slight iuils
or breathing spaces the merry struggle
has gone on for many months.
4 regular Venezuelan army looks like
badly organized band af robbers. \
terrible mix-up. .lre dressed soldier
side by side with farmer, whose ruana
in its better day long ago was coffee
sacs. The next man in the badly formed
line has no ruana. but is proud of n
shirt whose color was once white. A
child Of II stands in the same line with
ar old gray-haired man, whose once stall
wart form is now bent downward and
who is signing under the weight Of his
rifle. \ good part of the poor fellows
have no idea why and for whom they
are going 20 fight: many of them never
touched a rifle before and consider the
Mauser or ''er maus" as very nice.
wonderful thing to play with. unfortu-
Iiatc!y Il trifie heavy.
No preparation is needed in organiz-
ing the fighting force of an army in
Venezuela. because there Is nc commis-
sary department. no hospital arrange
ments. no provisions for paying the men
and no bother about arms. for if GUNS
are lacking. clubs, canecutters or any
thing used as a weapon will pass mus
ter. When a revolution starts the poems
nrc promptly drafted into one army or
the other. Armed with bludgeons or
canccuttcrs. similar to the Cuban ma
chete. they are fierce fighters, being ut
tcrly reckless of their lives.
Perhaps the most interesting members
OF Sastros army are the women soldiers
who follow the army either through duty
or love oi the vocation
Brief News Item.,
Miss Florence Hayward will go from
St. Louis TO Europe to boom" the
worlds fair.
State Fish Commissioner Hauyhey will
ask the Kansas Legislature to establish
m. -. -. S 60
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His Fate.

First Actor-Did you have a long
run i'm New York:
Second Actor-No: but had long
walk coming home.
The U. S. Geological Survey has for
some years past been investigating
the water supplies of the country in
their economic bearings. and at the
beginning of the present season it has
taken up their consideration in a n.y.
gienic point of view. The investiga-
ton aims to discover the changing con-
ditions as affected by pollution Of va
riOus kinds drainage and sewage, man
ufacturing. etc.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-12-04

Voluntary Increases -
wages by some Of TIL i1I--
est railway systems - ;L'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-09
Program for Organ Recital, Thursday
Eveninu.

The program of the inaugural recital Of
the new organ at the Free Baptist church
Thursday evening of this week, by Fred
eric a. Dunster, assisted by Miss Sara
Miller soprano and Mrs. c. S. York, con-
tralto, is as follows:
PART l.
Overture, Tampa" Harold
Romance, Wheeldon
Rakoczy March, Berlioz
Song, THE Lost Chord Sullivan
Mrs. York.
Intermezzo &c avalleria Rusticana),
Mascagni
Andante (Violin Sonata, Mendelssohn
Song Without Thee D'Hardelot
Miss Miller
Grand Offertoire, Batiste
PART 2.
March of Marionette, Gounod
Cavatina Raft
Song, For all Eternity" Mascheroni
Mrs. York.
Serenade, Mozkowski
Minuetto. Sterndale-B Bennett
Song, 1.-The Ould Plaid Shawl" Haynes
Miss Miller.
Finale (FausD Gounod
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-09

A prominent Boston wholesale liquor
firm has taken an original course in at
tempting to dispose of a certain brand
of whiskey in Portland without coming
in direct contact with the prohibtory
law. Thousands of persons have re-
ceived circular letters setting forth the
merits of well-known brand of whis-
key and stating that the liquor in ques-
ton is on sale at the Portland liquor
agency. when the matter was brought
to the attention of County Attorney
Whitehouse by Sheriff Pearson, he said
there is no law covering the point so
long as the letters had been sent
through the mails.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-09
Ba SebaII Games.

Billy Nash will not be on the National
League staff of umpires, this season.
Dave Pickett, formerly of Brookline.
Mass, VIII try his fortunes with Utica
of the New York State League
Lippert. who was such a corking base
runner and run getter and weak outfield-
er when with Lewiston. Me-, will be with
Rockford, ILL.,, this year
Fred Parent never denied that he had
received contract from J. T. Brush. He
admitted that he had received several.
but Atty. Killilea. who knows a point
or two about law matters, says the
agreement that Winters signed was full
OF more holes than porous plaster
President Frank De Hass Robson of
the st. Louis National League club. said.
Tuesday. that he would use legal means
to prevent Wallace. Harper, Heidrick,
Burkett and Padden, who have jumped
from his team to the st. Louis America n
League team, from playing with that
team claiming that he has an option OH
their services from last years agree
ment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-09

it especially because the events nave
so shaped themselves that it is our du-
ty as great and mighty nation 10 help
Cuba, and l hope to see us do our du-
ty" Cheers and applause).
The President was followed by Gov.
McSweeny, who prefaced his prepared
speech by few words in which he as
sured the President that he was as safe
from bodily harm in South Carolina as
he was in Washington. Capt. Wagner,
Governor Aycock of North Carolina,
and several others made short address
eS.
1t was midnight when the party
broke up. Upon arriving at his hotel
the President Immediately retired.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-09
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

In the Massachusetts Senate, Tues
day, the bill permitting license inn
holders to keep open for sale of liquors
until II =. NJ, was killed by a vote OF
20 TO IS.
special from Monterey. Mexico
says: 1T is stated here on high gov
eminent authority that President Pro-
firio Diaz will probably resign the
Presidency about the end of the vaca-
ton period
While delivering load of lumber on
the first trip he made under. his new
employer, Charles Cole Of North Law
renee, N. Y, was thrown from his
wagon at Beverly, Mass, Tuesday, and
instantly killed.
A six-story cement building, at
Bayonne, N. j., supposed to be fire.
proof, was Quilted by fire, Monday
night. 1t was owned by the Pacific
Coast BoraX Co and was located near
the Standard Oil Cos plant. The loss
is estimated at $15O,OOO.
A new phase in the strike of the
longshoremen at Portsmouth, N. H.,
developed, Tuesday night, when a car
load of 40 Frenchmen arrived to take
the places of the strikers on the North
End wharves. There is no probability
that any trouble will occur, Wednes-
day, when the new men are put to
work.
Some of the Munster Fusiliers at the
military station on Rocky Island, in
Cork harbOr, took possession of and
sacked canteen. A patrol from Spike
Island proceeded to arrest them and a
serious affray ensued during which
four of the Fusiliers were wounded by
bayonet thrusts. An inquiry has been
ordered.
A new chapel to be made one of the
finest buildings of it's kind in the coun-
try, is to be presented to Williams Col
lege by Mrs. F. F. Thopmson as a me-
mortal to her husband. who was a
trustee of the institution and whose
gifts in money and buildings during
his life time aggregated more than
$500, 900.
The second battalion of the 18th In
fantry, which has been stationed in
Porto Rico for four years, arrived at
Newport News, Va, Tuesday, on the
Red D Line steamer Marciarbo. Near
ly 300 of the men We're discharged.
About 12O left for San Francisco, where
they will sail for Manila for perma-
nent duty.
1t is officially ANNOUNCED at St.
Petersburg that the Persian govern
nlent with the consent of Russia is
about to issue a new gold loan of TO-
Go0,00O rOubles with interest at per
cent. guaranteed by all the Persian
customs with the exception of the Gus
toms of the Persian ports and the ports
of Farsistan.
Three thousand Chinese troops and
number of Krupp guns have been
dispatched to Southern Mongolia, where
the people are in revolt against the
severe indemnity taxation. Several
villages have been strongly fortified
and their inhabitants are determined to
fight. They say they are assured of
the assistance of 10000 disaffected per
sons.
The situation on the strike of mill
operatives at Augusta, Ga. was I'M
changed, Tuesday, but at $50 p. M. the
lockout in the Augusta district went
into effect. The Manufacturers Asso-
citation met, Monday night, and de-
cided to fight to the end. This means