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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-01-23
IN GEN ERAL.

The transport Fitzpatrick has sailed
| from San Francisco for Manila with 700
recruits for the army and a marine corps
detachment of 100 men.
The Secretary of State announces the
appointment Of Whitelaw Reid as special
ambassador to attend the coronation Of
King Edward VII. of England.
Complete returns from Canadian CEN
sus show population of 5.369. .66ti an in
crease of 536.421 in ten years. the west
ern provinces making the best showing.
Fire in Montreal damaged the ROYAL
Electric Light Company's works and ad-
Joining buildings TO the extent of $50, 600
With the aid of temporary repairs it is
promised that the city lighting will not
be materially affected.
Col. Myron I. Herrick. treasurer OF
the Mckinley Memorial Association, saws
few contributions have been received
from wealthy men. and that the bulk of
the memorial fund has come from wage
earners and school children.
In the presence of the President and
his cabinet. the entire Wisconsin delepa-
lion in Congress. Gov. Durbin OF Indiana.
Senator Hanna AMI a number of otb.r
friends. Henry c. Payne of Wisconsin
was sworn in as Postmaster General in
the cabiret room ut the White House.
Fran. iiuii. the inI.ltary prisouer, who
escaped from Alcatraz Island by con-
ccanng himself in Il box which was
taken on the steamer Mcdowell, is in
custody again. He got out of the box
on the vessel. saluted the officer of the
deck. obtained 50 from stranger to
whom he tcld his story. rented Il I ,om
and was arrested the first time he ven
tured out.
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FOREIGN.

During an audience granted to a COM
pany of American pilgrims Pope Leo
tainted.
Hope for the safety of the British war
ship Condor is all but abandoned. Naval
men at Victoria. 3. c., are convinced
that she went to the bottom during the
recent typhoon while OH her way to Hon
olulu.
AT Pruex. Austria, the Jupiter mine
was suddenly flooded and forty-three
men. including the manager and two
superintendents. We're cut off from
escape. 1t is thought probable that they
We're all drowned.
Lord Kitchener reports to the London
war office that Gen. Louis Botha has cs-
capped Gen. Bruce Hamilton after a seven
miles chase. One Boer was killed and
thirty-three taken prisoners. Some rifles.
cattle. ETC.. were captured.
AT the opening of Parliament by King
Edward public interest was centered in
the two leading ISSUES of the nation-the
Bocr war and the Irish question. The
Kings speech from the throne defended
the conduct of the war, and despite re-
ports of crueities by the British soldiers
praised their treatment of the Beers.
William Fife of Fairlie on the Clyde
is to build Sir Thomas LiptOn's next
challenger for Americas cup. At con-
ference just held between Sir Thomas
and his advisers definite arrangements
were made for the construction of the
Shamrock Ill, and an order for the new
yacht was given to and accepted by Mr.
Fife.
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OPENED BY THE KING.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT RESUMES
ITS lABORS.
Regal Pomp Attends the Ceremonies
-POpulace Halls the king-Specch
from the Throne Greeted with Cheers
-Rulcr Defends His Soldiers.

| King Edward opened Parliament with
a ceremonial in all essential respects sim
| liar to that of February last. The pro-
I cession to the House of Lords was of
the same character as that witnessed on
| the occasion of the opening of the first
Parliament of King Edwards reign,
while within the upper house were seen
the same state pageantry, the same his
toric dresses and the same revival Of an
cient forms.
The route of the royal procession,
though less than a mile in length, was
lined with more than 1000 trained troops
| and LOCO policemen.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
occupied their thrones beneath a canopy,
with the Prince and Princess Of Wales
! on either side of them. The other men,
bers of the royal family were seated on
chairs at the foot OF the steps leading
to the throne.
The gentleman usher Of the Black Rod.
Gen. Sir Michael Biddulph. having sum-
moned the speaker and the members Of
the House of Commons. his majesty read
the speech from the throne. Their ma
jesties then retired amid a fanfare Of
trumpets and attended by the same regal
ceremony as accompanied their entry into
the house.
King Edwards speech from the throne
opened with reference to the tour of
the Prince and Princess of Wales. They
were everywhere" said the King, re
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SOUTHERN.

The body of Sturgis L. Jones. former
Mayor of Roanoke, Va, was found in the
Ohio river at Huntington, w. Va. lndi
cations point to suicide.
Nine. Nordica's shoulder was sprained
in railroad collision near Rome, Ga.
when her private ear was struck by q
freight engine. The engineer was killed
Gen. Palmer, who gave $1,O00.OOO to
the employees on retiring from the presi
dency of the Rio Grandc Western Rail
road, has announced his intention ro
found $25O.O0O sanitarium.
The fshermen's strike which has been
on at Pensacola. Fla, for several weeks
has been amicably adjusted. The smacks
are being iced and stores taken on board
preparatory to proceeding to sea.
w. II. Martin. an insurance solicitor.
committed suicide by shooting himself in
the head while in a saloon on jefferson
street. Louisville. He was to have been
married in three weeks. The cause Of
the suicide is not known.
Lieut. John w. Stark of the Virginia
State Guard, charged with sending OBJ
scene matter through the mails to the
President of the United States, has been
held to the grand jury. which meets at
Richmond. Va, in April.
Mrs. Cullen Calhoun Mitchell, former
Kentucky belle, wife Of an army lieuten-
ant. was found dead in her room at Louis
vile. There was evidence of suicide. but
fact that securities and jewelry worth
$4,000 are missing lends mystery to the
case.
Policeman Cruze shot and probably
fatally wounded Lon and Alex Nelson in
Knoxville. Tenn. Cruze was returning
home from the police station when. he
claims. he was fired upon, and on in
vestigation found the Nelson's. with other
men. on a nearby corner.
One of the most important develop
ments at Beaumont. Texas. is the dis
covery of glsher which is not on
Spindle Top Heights. 1t is hundred
feet from the hill. 1919 feet from the
nearest well. and in a territory where
two or three gassers have failed, SO far,
to develop into oil spouters.
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8. N, cut his throat with a razor. anC
died while delirious at his ward in tn,
naval hospital on Coastes Harbor Isl
and, Newport, II. l.
Arthur Pue German has been elected
by the Maryland Legislature United
States Senator to succeed George l.. Wei
lington. The total vote was: Gormar
Dem.l, 6S; Jackson (RepD, %.
Floyd C. Dillingham;. a member of the
Maine House of Representatives from
the town of St. Adams. committed sui
eide by hanging at Waterville. He had
been Respondent for some time. He was
30 years old.
The business portion of Edinboro. Pa.
was swept by fire the other night, several
important business buildings being de-
stroyed. The damage amounts to about
$4,000. The town was entirely without
fire protection.
The destruction Of the Kennard. a
granite structure. considered to be the
finest business office block in New Eng
land north of Boston, proved 10 be the
worst fire in Manchester. \. H., in many
years, the total loss being 100000.
Oscar s. Straus of New York. formerly
United States minister to Turkey. has
been appointed as a permanent member
of the committee of arbitration at The
Hague. The appointment is TO fill the
vacancy caused by the death of ex-Presi-
dent Harrison.
Thomas O'Brien, tuSboat captain.
and an unknown woman about 90 years
old were found dead in room in a small
waterfront hotel in New York. Death
was caused by the inhalation Of illuni-
mating gas which had escaped from two
open fixtures in a chandelier.
George Kline. accused of the murder
Of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Caroline
Klein, was acquitted in Baltimore, Md,
on the ground of insanity. Klein knock
ed the woman down and kicked her to
death because she threatened to have
him arrested for abusive language.
The surveyors employed Jointly by the
States Of Pennsylvania and Maryland
to correct the boundary line as first es-
tablished by Mason and Dixon, have
proceeded with their work as far as
Germany Township, Adams County, IA
They report that many of the stones are
displaced.
A span of horses attached to the sleigh
of B. p. Cheney. in which Mr. Cheney
and his wife, formerly Julia Arthur. were
riding, ran away in one of the most
crowded streets Of Boston and brought
up against store window. An electric
car struck the sleigh and Mr.. and Mrs.
Cheney were thrown out and somewhat
hurt.
Neighbors made the discovery of a ter
rible tragedy at 2O9 Spring alley, Pitts
burg. A family named Vensulick, Polish,
was found horribly beaten with a rail-
cutter. The wife was dead, the husband
dying, and the three small children badly
cut and bruised. 1t is supposed the hus-
band attacked the wife. who succeeded
in inficting fatal injuries on him.
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EASTERN.

The Harvard-Princeton debate will
take place at Cambridge. Mass. on the
evening of March %.
Russell Sage has been sued for $780,
600 for breach Of contract by Isabella
d'Ajuria. Details are not given.
Thirty-five new buildings will be erect
ed at West Point military academy. and
they will call for an appropriation Of So
100000
William s. Stockley. three times Mayor
Of Philadelphia. was stricken with pa
ralysis at his home. He is in a critical
condition.
The dissatisfied weavers of Sagamore
cotton mill No. l to the number of 1i0
struck at FAN River, Mass. The plant
was shut down.
Negro railroad laborers attempted TO
thaw out dynamite at a stove at Kar-
taus. Pa. Three were killed and seven
injured by the explosion.
Seven cadets have been dismissed from
the West Point Military Academy, hav-
ing been found deficient in their studies
at the quarterly examination just ended.
Citizens of Beaver Falls. Pa. have fled
information with justice against num-
Der of prominent women who are said
to have devoted themselves to gambling.
Assistant Surgeon J. J. Buchanan, q.
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WASHINGTON Notes.

House coinage committee has agreed
upon bill to maintain silver at a parity
with gold.
House committee on agriculture dccid
ed to grant public hearings on oleomar
garine tax bills.
Senate committee on military affair.
exonerated Gen. Corbin and Col. Heis
tand in the hemp inquiry.
There is a growing sentiment in Con.
gress to adopt Sole plan to relieve the
President from the opportunities of office
seekers.
Congressman Cooper explained that the
present civil government in the Philip.
pines is not affected by the new bill con.
cerning the islands.
Commercial Cable Company is facing a
lively contest in the Pacific cable matter
before Congress. Seven bills on Pacific
cables are pending.
Representative Lowering of Massachu.
setts has introduced bill providing a
salary Of $25.OOO year for ex-Presidents
Of the United States,
1t is said that President Roosevelt ha.
brought a majority of the Senators TO
support his plan of granting tariff con-
cessions to Cuban sugar and tobacco
Cuban merchants have appealed 10 Sec
retary Root to have Congress enact a
law giving the island tariff concessions.
1t is declared If this is not done the in.
dustries OF the island will be ruined.
House committee on rivers and harbors
heard delegations from the Chicago
drainage canal and other organizations
who explained the necessity OF deepening
and otherwise improving the Chicago
river.
Gov. W. NJ. Crane OF Massachusetts
is said to have been selected as the sue
cessor OF Secretary Long. According 20
the program. the change is not to be
made until after the adjournment Of the
Massachusetts, Legislature.
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Chicago business main
tains a good volume, as il
shnwu he Oain NJ 10 q
Chicago.

per cent in bank clearings. The advance
made by the Underwriters association
in insurance rates was not expected, but
the insurance men claim the heavy losses
in the classes Of property affected justify
the change.
This never is an active season Of the
year in real estate. but there is less ac-
rivity than there was twelve months
ago. There is less eagerness on the part
of owners to sell and more inquiry by
men who have money 10 invest and who
are coming to the conclusion that they
can do better in real estate than any
where else.
The government crop report indicated
total wheat yield in 1901 of 67S. .661 400
bushels, the greatest ever known in the
country, but this does not reach the
amount estimated by some Of the pri-
vate statisticians. May wheat closed at
S2h cents. a loss of three-fourths Of q
cent for the week. The crop prospects
will soon become a point OF vital con-
Germ to the New York stock market, as a
decreased yield this year will raise the
question Of reduction in the earnings of
the railroads. whose business will be
chiefly affected by short crops.
Prospects for the Brazil coffee crop are
not satisfactory. owing to continued
drought. Eggs are scarce and some Of
the large houses have been heavy buyers.
but the Eastern apprehensions Of a cor
ner are not entertained here. Sugar con-
tinues low. and authorities in the trade
think prices will rule low.
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ceived with demonstrations OF the liveli
| est affection. and I am convinced their
presence served to rivet more closely the
bonds of mutual regard and loyalty by
| which the vigor Of the empire is main
tanned"
Referring to Great Britain's relations
with foreign countries the King said:
"AIy relations with the other powers con-
tinue to be Of friendly character"
Contrary to expectations. the Kings
reference to the Boer war was just as
indefinite as the statements on the sub
ject made in the last half a dozen mes
sages from the throne.
Il regret" said his majesty, that the
war in South Africa is not yet concluded.
though the course Of the operations has
been favorable TO our arms, the area of
war largely reduced. and Industries are
being resumed in my new colonies.
THE necessity for relieving those Of my
troops who have most felt the strain of
war has afforded me the opportunity Of
again avaiing myself Of the loyal and
patriotic offers of my colonies. and fur
ther contingents will shortly reach South
Africa from the Dominion Of Canada. the
commonwealth Of Australia and New
Zealand"
In regard to the sugar conference the
speech said: II trust its decision may
lead to the abandonment of the system
by which the sugar producing colonies
and hoine manufacturers Of sugar have
been unfairly weighted in the prosecu-
tion of this important industry"
Then came the following clause: II
have concluded with the President Of the
United States treaty, the provisions of
which will facilitate the construction Of
an interoceanic canal under guarantees
that its neutrality will be maintained.
and that it will be open to the commerce
and shipping of all nations"
On the opening day Of Parliament the
aggressiveness Of the opposition rivaled
the speech from the throne in public in
terest. The attacks upon the govern
ment were Of such an unexpected nature
that they drew the hire Of Premier Sails
bury in the House Of Lords and that Of
Joseph Chamberlain in the Commons.
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find In the cartridge boxes Of the dead
about him, and at last tied his hand
kerchief to his ranrod and went over
to the hemp-bale breastworks, behind
which the Confederates were posted.
and was received by General Rains,
who asked if Colonel Muiligan surren-
dered- Jellison replied, 4 don't know.
l am out Of ammunition, and l do
General Rains wrote demand for
surrender. and sent il to Colonel Aulli-
gan by the hands of Jellison. who. hay
ing made no promises, delivered the
message, got himself another gun and
a supply of ammunition. and was In
line when the firing began again
Neither he nor any other man who
made that heroic defense had been in
the service more than 100 days-"-Chi-
cagO Inter Ocean.
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and many were placed In peril in a coils.
ion between a freight and work train at
/ O'Keene. .. T.
Fire started in the interior of the A. ].
Stillwell X Co.'S cold storage plant al
Hannibal. Mo. In the building were
stored 1900 barrels OF apples and other
perishable goods. The loss will not fall
short of $4,000
! Fire in the ticket office of the Union
station. Canal and West Adams streets.
Chicago, imperiled sixty railway em-
ployes. caused a panic among 200 patrons
of the roads in the big waiting room and
wrecked $4,000 worth of property.
The Michigan Buggy Company's fouSS
story brick factory burned in Kalama-
zoo. Loss 100000. about half covered
10y insurance. The company is now erect
ing a large new factory in Manufacture
ing Park in the south part of the city.
Captain w. J. ID. Horne of the Ninth
Cavalry. United States Army. made a
sensational attempt to commit suicide
in the street in San Francisco. by cutting
his throat with a butcher-knife. As the
knife was blunt, the wounds are not
dangerous.
Two men were killed and third seri-
ously injured by the breaking of scaf-
fold in the Rialto elevator at One Hun
dred and Fourth street and the Calumet
river, South Chicago. The men were iron
workers and fell seventy-five feet when
the scaffold broke.
Nellie Corneillson, the 11-year-old
daughter of George Corneilison, a labor
er. cut the throat of her 3-year-old sister
Laura in stable at Wichita. Kan. The
child died soon afterward. Her fathers
razor was the weapon used. No motive
for the crime is known.
Padre" big medicine man of the
Yuma Indians. who lived on reserva-
tion near Yuma. Arizona. has been Of
fered as sacrifice. in accordance with
Indian custom, and has expiated the sins
Of the tribe. which are held responsible
for an epidemic of smallpox.
Miss Katy Donaghue was fatally burn
ed by the explosion of a can of kerosene
oil which she dropped on a red hot stove
at the Blain Hotel in Chadron, Neb. Her
clothing caught fire and she ran into the
hotel office. where several travelling men
succeeded in putting out the flames.
The show window of William Fink's
jewelry store, on Main. near Fifteenth
street. Cincinnati, was broken while the
street was crowded and tray containing
sixty diamond rings valued at $500 was
stolen. The robbers escaped after firing
several shots at Mr.. Fink, who pursued
them.
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@sE1AEC7G62S

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime.
$3.50 to $3.50; hogs. shipping grades,
$4.25 to 655; sheep. fair to choice, $500
| to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, Sic to S5c:
corn, No. ., SOC to 6Oc; oats. No. 2. 43c
to 44c: rye. No. 9. Gle to &c; hay, tim
othy, 5000 to $13.5O: prairie, $3.50 to
$500; butter, choice creamery, 2Oc to
23c: eggs. fresh. 21c to 24c; potatoes,
tic to I6c per bushel.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping. $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light, $4.OO to $6.1O;
sheep. common to prime, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat. No. 2. SIC to SSc; corn. No. 2
white, new, Csc to 66c; oats, No. 2 white,
49c TO SOC.
st. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to S6.O0; hogs,
$500 to $6.25; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2. Sic to SIC; corn. No. 2.
62c to 63c; oats. No. ., 46c to 41c; rye,
No. 2, 63c to Gle.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $5.75: hogs.
$500 to $6.35; sheep. S2.25 to $3.15:
wheat, No. 2, SOC to Ole; corn. No. 2
mixed. 66c to &c; oats. No. . mixed.
ISc to 49c; rye, No. 2. 69c to Zoe.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep. $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. =, SIC to SSc; corn, No. 8
yellow. Gle to &c; oats. No. 2 white,
47c to 4Sc; rye, 63c to 64c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed. Sc to
SSc; corn. No. mixed. 62c to &c; oats.
No. . mixed, 46c to 47c; rye, No. 2, 52c
to 53c; clover seed, prime. $5.95.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern.
76c to nc: corn. No. 3. 5Sc to 59c; oats,
No. white, Acc TO 4Ic: rye, No. l. 63c
to Gle: barley, No. .. 64c to 65c; pork,
mess. S16.iI.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to S6.1o; hogs, fair to prime, $500
TO $3.50: sheep. fair to choice. $2-5O to
$3.50: lambs, common 10 choice. $3.15 to
5000.
New York-Cattle. So. .75 TO S6.25; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep. $3.50 to $40;
wheat, No. . red. SIC to Sac; corn, No. 2,
(;6c to &c: oats. No. white, 52c to 53c;
butter. creamery. DC to 23c; eggs. west
ern 25c to 2Sc.
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are. lie seems
much thinner and
more sickly, says a
New York dis
patch. His hair
has begun TO fall
out so fast that he
is almost entirely
bald. He seems to
be more easily fa-
tigued than hereto-
fore. On his es-
tate of 1000 acres
in the PocanticO
hills. Rockefeller
often works for
days at 4 time in
the fields. hoping
thus to regain his
strength. but thus
far his efforts have
been in vain. AZ
ter a few days of
exertion he sits
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States Compete for Trust Fees.

number of States. among them New
York. New Jersey. North Carolina. South
Dakota and Connecticut. have become
bidders in the market for granting char
ters TO trusts. New Jersey has made
SO much money out Of this business that
State taxation was abolished few years
ago and the State treasury is now over
flowing. The laws of this and some Of
the other States impose scarcely any re-
strictipps
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COAL Is SCARCE.
Railroads Unable to Meet the Demand
for This Com m, 0difx

HuIIrOuuS UnaDIe 10 Neet the Uemand
for This Commodity.
Shortage OF cars and motive power on
the railroads has resulted in scarcity
Of coal throughout a large part Of the
United States. and in New York and
other large cities where the consumption
is great a coal famine is threatened.
There actually is less coal ON hand here
now than there was ut the same tina
last year. when prolonged strike in the
anthracite region had para!yzed the in
dustry Prices both wholesale and retail
are higher than one year ago. but the
advance was made before the present
scarcity of coal
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A Filipino Joan of Arc.

A dispatch from Manila says: An inn
portant capture was made in Laguna prov
ince, Luzon, when eight men of the Eighth
infantry captured a woman insurgent
named Aqueda Kahabagan. She recently
commanded an insurgent force of 800 men.
300 Of whom carried rifles. while 500 were
armed with bolos. For six years past she
has been leading insurgent bands against
the Spaniards and the Americans.
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AG.mbIiur Joiut Held Uu

Two robbers held up dozen men in a
gambling room over the saloon of Cliff
Cole. at Omaha. Neb.. and secured the
cash box and $500 in money from the
customers Of the place. They were capt.
ured ten minutes later, however, by a
squad Of policemen and locked up. They
gave the names Of Frank Williams and
Frank Jones'
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Strategy.
Subbubs-We've changed the name Of
our town to BOgdale.
Citiman-Why, 1t was only six
mcSths ago that you changed 1t 10
Swamphurst.
Subbubs-I know, but We have to
change it frequently. so as to get ser
want girls to come out. thinking it's
new place Press.
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Third Time Fire swept.

Lake Linden. five miles south of Calu-
met, Mich. was visited by the third dis
astrous fire within year. The total dam
age is $60, 600, covered by insui ance.
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a United States mail hack was held
up by three masked men between Good
land and Fowlerville. I. T. The mail
pouch was rif1ed and contents secured.