The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-05-08
Buckeye News In Brief.

Miss Sallie Huffman, aged IS, living q
the Ohio Valley House, Steubenville, wa!
fatally burned her dress catching FIR,
from a stove.
Charles o. McCammon, brother in Law
of Sheriff Bolin of GAINESVILLE, was killed
at Mt. Sterling, while attempting to stoI
a runaway team.
/. N. Beatty, aged 81, wealthy farmer
is lying at the point OF death, at Washing.
ton c. H., as the result Of injuries sus.
tanned in a runaway.
Allen Finnicum, a section hand, wa.
instantly killed by Pan Handle train
while trying to stone COW from before a
w. and l.. E. train near Jewett.
August Biniger, well known farmer
residing near Dunbridge, was killed by a
premature explosion of dynamite while
blowing stumps. He leaves a widow and
two children.
Mrs. John Klag of 1919 Vermont avenue,
Toledo, was fatally injured by being struck
in the temple with a baseball. She was
standing near a window when a batted
ball struck her.
Harry Foote, the only support Of a
widowed mother, was found dead on the
railroad track at Akron. His foot caught
in frog and he was unable to escape from
an approaching train.
Ernest VanscOy, section hand in the
employ Of the b. &. o. Railroad at Wilm-
ington, was shot, probably fatally, by
Lester Kelley, fellow laborer. Tn
| shooting was accidental
At Dayton. Joseph Parker, colored,
killed his wife with razor, and attempted
to end his own existence with the same
instrument, inflcting terrible wound.
but he may recover. Jealousy.
Gazing out the window from her sick
bed, Mrs. Harvey Stiles Of Bellefonfaine,
beheld her S-year-old daughter mas of
flames. The mother was badly burned in
her unsuccessful efforts to save the little
one.
Findlay has been chosen as the national
headquarters for the Window Snappers'
Union Of America. President AdelphoS
Battles and Secretary f. c. Greer, Of tn,
national organization, are both residents
of Findlay.
John Schwartz attempted suicide at
Elyria. He first took dose Of rat poison,
then tried to hang himself. Both methods
failing he was about to shoot himself when
the revolver was taken away from him by
his father. Then he drew a knife, cut
open his abdomen and slashed both wrists.
He is still alive, but probably will not
recover.
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Northwestern Chic Natural Gas Company,
which supplies Toledo with fuel gas, says
that the company will also build line
into Cleveland from the West Virginia
fields. The line will cost over 5000, 900.
The new project will be called the Eastern
Ohio Northwestern Natural Gas Company,
and is Standard Oil affair.
The body of an unknown man was found
laying alongside the b. and o. Railroad
en-. He had evidently fallen from train.
He is smooth faced, five feet eight inches
tall and weighs about $50 pounds; is about
35 years of age. His hat bore the imprint
of Stubenville firm, and on his under
clothing the name of Lowe" was stamped.
Over 800 employees of the Dsngler Stove
Company, Cleveland, have forswOrn the
use Of meat for two weeks as rebuke to
the Beef Trust. The company for which
they work was absorbed by the Stove
Trust recently, hut the men didn't let that
interfere with their plans. They signed
an agreement to 1--we on vegetables for two
weeks. Other laboring men are expected
to follow suit.
The steamer Louise has arrived in port
at Sandusky, from Pelee Island, bringing
three survivors of :he wreck Of the schooner
Grace Gribble of Cleveland, which went
down in the storm last weak. Three men
were drowned, viz: Levi Fuller, Port
Hope, Mich; G. Bendizon, Portage, Wis.,, j..
and William Roach, Cleveland. Those
who were saved are: Captain Thomas
Wilson, Cleveland; Frsd Campbell and
William Barber. The little schooner was
loaded with coal, aud wien the gale struck
her all the canvas was carried away.
Then the anchor chains were lost, and the
vessel helplessly drifted into Point Pelee
and went to pieces. The men tried to get
to shore on pieces cf wreckage, the first
one being successful and every alternate
one being drowned. People on the point
formed human life rope, standing hand
in hand and wadinI ont in the surf until
the futhermost man could reach the
sailors and haul them in. This
makes six deaths on tie lakes as a result |
Of the first storm of the navigation season.
The Builders Exchange of Y Youngstown,
has notified the Building Trades Union
that their demand for an eight-hour day
will not be granted, aad general strike,
affecting 1000 men, seems inevitable.
A deal was closed at Toledo, for the
location of two big manufacturing plants
along tho Terminal Railway. The s. W.
Booth Company Of Detroit, manufactures
Of wood columns, is one of the concerns,
and the other is a fa,tOry for the manu-
Facture of safes, with r. Schwab of Fcs- |
tOria, and several Cincinnati parties inter- |
ested. Both concerns got free sites, and |
guarantee to employ about 200 men.
Shortly before the funeral exercises were |
10 be held over the remains Of Helen, |
of Thomas Tanner of Wooster,
the house was discovered in flames and |
was badly damaged before the fire was
got under control. The body was re- /
moved from the house with considerable /
iifficulty. Funeral services were held |
rom the home of a neighbor.
William A. Johns 0f Youngstown, the
paroled prisoner from the Ohio Peniten-
iary, who broke his arole to fight in the
Navy and was with Schley at Santiago,
will probably be pardoned. 1t was nec-
.ssary to take him back to Columbus to
lwait the action of the Pardon Board,
which will meet soon.
The Springfield Health Officer is in
eceipt of a letter from Mrs Agnes F.
'agan Of Sis Slate Street, Schenectady, n.
T., asking him to searsh the birth records
II 1874 and ascertain If a daughter was
,Orn to William +. Harris and Mary
'arnell Harris, and if she is of Jewish
'ersuasion. Mrs. FagSn is very anxious
o secure the above information, as fort
Inc awaits the child, who is now a ycnng