The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-08-28
EASTERN,

Gen. Franz Sisel. who saved MissoLr
20 the Union during the Civil War. i
| dead in New York.
| John Wanamaker has borrowed 81,
100000 toward the erection of new
store building in Philadelphia.
Patrick Botkin. Michael Dunning an,
William ID. Ray were rescued at Buffalo
\. y. after clinging TO an upset boat IL
Lake Erie all night.
At PittsburS, Pa. Very Rev. Father
Stephen kealy. c. T., was unanimousl,
reelected provincial of the Passionis
Order by the tricnniaf chapter.
Edward and Richard Sutton. aged {
and years. respectively, were drownef
together in Coles creek. near Merchant
vile. \. j.. while wading in the stream
DIR. Glenn $. Mcdowell of Franklin
Pa, and his 12-year-old daughter Laura
were drowned in Conneaut lake, the re-
suit of their skiff being run down by a
steamer.
Information has been received in Wash
ington of the engagement of Senator VIII
liam L. Frye OF Maine, president pro tenn
of the Senate, TO Miss Ellen May OF
Portland. Me.
Autopsy on the body of Robert Remins-
ton, who WAS supposed 10 have commit
ted suicide nj Newport. X. l., showed
that the bullet in his head does not it the
pistol found beside him
Joseph Shirk. inventor of the Colt re-
volver and of the grain cradle. died at
his home in East Earl township. near
Lancaster. Pa. He was So years old. and
besides being a noted inventor was sur
veyor.
The Mutual Building and Loan Asso-
ciation of Passaic. \. j., of which VIII
liam Malcolm WAS secretary for twenty
years and whose accounts were recently
found TO be 100000 short, has suspend
ed business.
Mrs Eleanor Wallack. wife Of Lester
Wallack. an actor. grandson Of the fam-
ous Lester Wallack. committed suicide in
New York by inhaling illuminating gas.
Mr.. Wallack said he knew of no reason
why his wife should have desired 10 kill
herself.
In 4 tenement house fire at So Essex
street, New York, three women and two
children were burned TO death. another
woman IVES burned severely about the
body and face and a mans ribs were
broken by jumping from window to the
pavement.
1t is estimated that the coal and iron
policemen guarding the idle collieries in
four counties of the Pennsylvania anthra-
cite region number 5000. The employ
ment of SO many special guards has ne
cessitated an expenditure by the COM
panies to date of 81 100000
Eight workmen are known to have been
killed, six are missing and supposed to
be in the ruins and three others were
badly injured by the explosion Of two
steel digesters in the Delaware pulp
mills of the Jcssup & Moore Paper Com
pany on the Christina river, near Will
Mington, Del.
A daring robbery took place in the jew
elry establishment of A. A. Webster &
Co.. Brooklyn, during the busy hours OF
the day. 4 tray containing forty-twO
solitaire diamond rings. valued at $1,000,
was removed from one of the show cases
and the thief made his escape undetected
by any one in the place.
Lives were lost, several persons were
injured and two trains and the train shed
of the station at Belmar, y. j., were
wrecked as the result of a collision. n
special passenger train on the Central of
New Jersey Railroad ran into the rear
end of regular Pennsylvania passenger
train on the New York and Long Branch
road.