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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-05
PRICES ARE SOARING.
COST OF LIVING HAS HAD A BIG
INCREASE.
All Commodities Higher Statistics
Prepared by Carroll ID. Wright Show
ing the Range from 1890 to 1901
Consumer Is the Sufferer.

10 what extent has the cost of living
increased in the United States Of late
years! That it has increased there seems
no doubt. Throughout the length and
breadth Of the land the people are talk
ing about it. The housewives have taken
up the subject, and il is entering the 2o-
ilticai held. When housewives go to
market to buy food for the family table,
or to the stores for dress goods and house
furnishings. or the head of the house to
the shops for tools, implements, cutlery,
supplies. etc, they gain the general idea
that dollar does not go as far now as it
did a few years ago. They appear to be
right about 1t. They are not deludins
themselves. Their claims are supported
by statistics, by the most elaborate and
accurate compilation of figures ever made
bearing on this subject.
Fortunately We have at hand in the
latest report Of the department of labor,
compiled under the direction of Col. Car.
roll ID. Wright, a clear presentation ol
the facts. Just now, when the cost o:
living, the value Of wages, what you ear
buy with dollar" are under such seri
Gus discussion throughout the country
eAeSe AdCtS aNc DOtu interesting duu Iin
portant.
In working out his figures Col. Wright
has used what he calls a base price, Thia
price Is the average wholesale price os
an article throughout a certain period
he has taken the ten years from 1S&
to 1899, both inclusive, and called tn,
average price for that period 100. Al
his comparisons are made through tn,
well recognized method Of index number
compared with this base. Thus the rangs
Of prices is brought out in way whicl
enables everyone to see it at a glance
The reader should bear in mind tha
these are all wholesale prices, and tina
they are relative on this percentage ga
sis, not absolute.
The following table shows a summary
of the relative prices Of 261 commodi
ties. by groups, 100 representing the av-
erage price for 1S9O-1S99:
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FOREIGN,

Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant, the
painter. is dead in Paris. He was born
in Paris in 1915.
The village OF Ramon. adjacent to the
Oldenburg estate, in the government Of
Poltava. Russia. has been partially dc
stroyed by fire.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says:
Secret service officers arrested young
woman at Tsarskoe-Selo, the summer
residence of the Car, carrying an infer
nal machine concealed in a handkerchief.
The terrible drouth from which, as
climax to seven dry years, Australia is
now suffering, has cost, by an official
estimate. in stock since 1899 f15.OO0.O00
1873 100000. Unemployed men are drift
ing into the cities by the thousands and
there the State governments are provid-
ing them with relief
The following provisional government
has been constituted in Hayti: President,
Boisrond Canal; Minister of Foreign AT
fairs. NJ. Jeremie; Minister of the Into
rior. NJ. Colin; Minister of Justice, NJ.
Lalane: Minister of War. Gen. Nord:
Minister of Public Works. NJ. Cesarion;
Minister of Finance. NJ. Dennery. The
government will now take steps to assure
the election of President according to
constitutional methods.
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DEAF TO WARNING.
Prediction of Disaster IR-
uored l,x Gnr NIouAA~A

Scientist's Prediction of Disaster Ix-
nored by Gov. Mouttet.
1t is now claimed that the lives Of all
in st. Pierre might have been saved had
II not been for the action of Gov. Mout-
tet. He had been given official warning
Of the coming cataclysm. That warning
reached him several days before the dis
aster of May 8. He chose to disregard
II. and even went so far as TO order that
the warning should be kept from the pub
lie.
Prof. Landes Of the University cf St.
Pierre had been instructed by Gov. MOut-
tet to make an investigation of Mount
Pelee. At the imminent risk of life Prof.
Landes went to the crater Of the vol
cano. He found that the forces at work
were such Us to make an explosion GER
tain. Hurrying back to st. Pierre he
sent cipher dispatch to the Governor,
in which he gave the warning that the
volcano would not hold itself in check
much longer. He even went SO far as
to predict the total destruction Of the
city of st. Pierre not later than May =.
Instead Of acting on the advice Of Prof.
Landes Gov. Mouttet went to ST. Pierre
and tried to allay the fears of its inhaD-
itants. He ordered Prof. Landes to say
nothing about the conclusions he had
reached.
Gov. Mouttet said that il st. Pierre
was destroyed he would remain to share
the fate Of the inhabitants. Prof. Lam
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IN GENERAL.

Immigration is now AT highest point in
history of United States, and is said 10
be due TO country's great commercili
prosperity.
The British steamer Askehell sailed
from Coronel for Portland. Ore. under
charter to load 100000 bushels of oats
for the British government in South AZ
rica.
The remains of Lord Pauncefote, Brit
ish ambassador at Washington. were ac-
corded n national funeral in token of the
high esteem of the American people for
the decedent and as an Acknowledgements
of the friendly feeling cherished toward
Great Britain.
Mount Redoubt in the Cook Inlet coun-
try. Alaska. has been pouring ont dense
volumes of smoke for over week and a
few nights ago spouted out flames. The
natives are greatly terrified and many
have sought safety in flight to the farther
end Of Kensi peninsula.
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one mile southwest Of st. Pierre, the ex-
plorers met the clear line Of demarcatiOn
IF the zone of flame and destruction. al
though not of annihilation. One night
was spent in a deserted house at FOnds
ST. Denis. from which Prof. Hill witness
ed and studied the volcanic eruption of
that night. Early the next morning
Prof Hill pushed on to Mount Parnasse
where several people were killed in the
eruption of May y. He encountered no
human beings. From Mount Parnasse
the explorer proceeded to Morne Rouge,
where he succeeded In getting a number
If important photographs. He found that
a close approach to Mount Pelee was im-
possible, and as his actual position was
dangerous he started back in q southerly
direction.
Speaking personally Of his expedition to
Mount Pelee. Prof. Hill said: MY at
tempt to examine the crater Of Mount
Pelee has been futile. / succeeded, how
ever. in getting very close to Morne
Rouge. Monday night l witnessed, from
a point near the ruins Of st. Pierre, a
frightful explosion from Mount Pelee and
noted the accompanying phenomena.
while these eruptions continue no
sane man should attempt to ascend to
the crater of the volcano. Following the
salvos OF detonations from the mountain
gigantic mushrooms shaped columns Of
smoke and cinders ascended into the
clear. starlit sky and then spread in
vast. black sheet to tine south and di-
rectly over my head.
Through this sheet, which extended a
distance of ten miles from the crater.
vivid and awful lightning-like bolts fash
ed with alarming frequency. They fol
lowed distinct paths of ignition, but
were different from lightning in that the
bolts were horizontal and not perpendic
ular.
This is indisputable evidence Of the
explosive oxidation of the gases after
they left the crater. This Is most i'm
portant observation and explains in part
the awful catastrophe. This phenomenon
is entirely new in volcanic history
Il took many photographs, but do not
hesitate to acknowledge that l was terri
fed. But l was not the only person so
frightened. Two newspaper correspon-
dents who were close to Morne Rouge
some hours before me became scared.
hastened into Fort de France.
"The people on the north end of the
island are terrified and are fleeing with
their cattle and effects. l spent Tuesday
night in house at Deux Choux with
crowd of 200 frightened refugees.
NEARLY all the phenomena Of these
volcanic outbreaks are new to science.
and many of them have not yet been ex-
planned. The volcano is still intensely
active and l cannot make any predic-
tions as to what it will do"
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thought as to the cost Of it. When it is
known that cable messages from Fort de
France cost 81. Is word and urgent mes
sages $6.45 for every word, some concep-
tion can be had of the cost Of covering
this calamity. But that Is not all. There
were the tugs, the special men and the
photographers. All this mounts into the
thousands. but all the big papers feel
that 1t was worth it, and no expense was
spared to get this immense story.
Caole news from Martinique has had
to travel over 10000 miles before reach
ing New York. The cable lines between
st. Croix and Martinique. Dominica and
Martinique, St. Lucia and Martinique.
Guadeloupe and Martinique have been
interrupted. The only route open from
Martinique to the world was from Mar
Unique to Paramaribo, from Paramaribo
to Cayenne, from Cayenne to Para, from
Para to PernambucO. from Pernambuco
to Cape Verde Islands, from Cape Verde
Islands to Madeira. from Madeira to
Lisbon, then from Lisbon TO Azores Isl
ands, connecting with the Commercial
Company's system to New York and the
United States Of America, the route trav-
eled being about 10000 miles.
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SOUTHERN.

Oliver Lamar, sentenced to life i'm
prisonment for murder, was released
from Jail by mob of his friends at Men
denhall. Miss.
Perry Beckwith, a negro. was hanged
Malinda Williams. His relatives refus-
ed to accept his body.
Miss Della Wilcox, daughter OF Capt.
I. II. Wilcox. prominent citizen Of
Murray. Ky, shot and killed herself
while respondent over love affair.
At Louisville, Ky. Jennie Ashcraft,
charged with the murder Of Edward
Lambert, a former soldier, was found
guilty of involuntary manslaughter and
sentenced to two years in prison.
One dead and five seriously if not IA
tally injured is the result of locomotive
explosion in Manchester, Va. The acci-
dent occurred on the tracks of the At
lantic Coast Line.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt
in Chattanooga, Tenn. 1t was accom-
panied by low rumbling sound. Houses
were shaken. The shock lasted for sew
eral seconds. Many persons were awak-
ened and greatly frightened.
Millard Lee, who shot and killed Miss
Lila Suttles in a church at Ben Hill,
Ga, was captured near Austell. Ca, and
placed in the Atlanta Jail. He says he
killed Miss Suttles because his love was
unrequited and he wished to end the sus-
pense.
Travelling Auditor H. W. Oliver Of the
Atlanta. Knoxville and Northern Rail
way arrived in Knoxville, Tenn. the
other day and distributed the promised
gift of one months salary to all employees
of lie road from former President II. X.
McHarg. The entire amount given em-
ployes was $6SOO0 and gifts to officials
bring the total up to $4,000. Mr.. Nc
Harg sold his road recently to the Louis
vile and Nashville.
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FAKE ACCIDENTS.
BY Means of Which Insurance Com
panies Are Swindled.

panies Are Swindled.
A .ystem of gigantic fraud is under
going process of exposure in New York
City. After having been swindled out
of thousands of dollars in the last few
years by means OF fake casualties, the
accident insurance companies have unit
ed in a thorough investigation Of the
cOnspirators' schemes. 1t Is believed
that upwards of thirty men. including
at least five supposedly reputable physi-
clans. are engaged in the fraud, and II
is thought that the swindle has been car
ried on in all sections of the country
with approximate loss OF $4,OOO,OO0 to
the companies.
As preliminary action George J.
Poll, sometimes known as Jacob Poll.
who is said to be at the head of the
plotters, has been placed behind prison
bars. An official of one Of the insur-
ance companies said that this man re-
Gently received 800 a week for seven
weeks from two companies. alleging that
he was suffering from injuries received In
u street ear accident.
The system OF operation employed by
these men is a complete and effectual
one. The man in whose name the policy
is made out boards a car in company with
two or more confederates. He succeeds
in tripping or falling from the car. is
picked up by his comrades and in IN ap-
parently injured condition is brought to
one of the physicians in the plot. His
leg, arm or body is treated and bandag-
ed SO skillfully that the injury appears
genuine. The physician sends in a GER
tifcate to the insurance company. tell
ing OF the mans injury, the confeder-
ates lend their names as witnesses and
the weekly remittance is usually forth
coming at once. 1t Is now thought that
these fraudulent operations have been
carried on since 1900.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-05
MAINE AND IOWA.

Each Has Had Great Luck at the P0-
Iitical Grab Bag.
1t has frequently been said of late that
Iowa has attained the position in Wash
ington politically that was formerly oc-
cupied by Maine. To-day the Speaker Of
the House. the Secretary Of the Treas
ury and the Secretary Of Agriculture all
hail from Iowa. while Maine only has the
President pro tenn. of the Senate. Names
average is still, however, greater than
that of Iowa, for while older she is small
er. Maine was admitted in 1920 and
Iowa in 1916. Neither State has had a
President, but Maine has had Vice
President In Hannibal Hamlin. James
G. Blaine and Thomas B. Reed were
Speakers of the House. each for three
terms. David b. Henderson. the pres
ent Speaker, now serving his second
term, is from Iowa. William p. Frye of
Maine has been President pro TEN. of the
Senate since 1895. In the Supreme Court
neither State is to-day represented. but
each in the past has had an associate
justice. Matthew Clifford of Maine serv-
ed from 1858 to 1881. and Samuel f.
Miller of Iowa, from 1862 to 1890. In
present cabinet officers Iowa has Leslie
NJ. Shaw, Secretary Of the Treasury. and
James Wilson. Secretary Of Agriculture.
In the past, however, Maine holds the
palm in cabinet portfolios. James g.
Blaine was Secretary OF State under Gar
field and headed the cabinet OF Harrison
eight years later. Maine has had two
Secretaries Of the Treasury. William Z.
Fessenden and Lot NJ. Morrill,. Iowa
might have had one had not William B.
Allison been unwilling. Iowa has had
two Secretaries of War. William w. Bel
KNAPP and George W. McCrary.
James Harlan of Iowa was Secretary
of the Interior under Johnson. Horatio
King Of Maine was Postmaster General
Of Buchanan's reconstructed cabinet.
and Frank HattOn Of Iowa occupied the
same portfolio underd President Arthur.
Nathan Clifford OF Maine was Attorney
General in the cabinet of James IL. Polk
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EASTERN,

"Pat" Sheedy announces that he has
given up gambling and will become 4
merchant at Buenos Ayres.
Miss Alice Hay. daughter of John Hay,
Secretary of State, was thrown from her
carriage in Washington and painfully
bruised.
Edward G. Pritchett, Baltimore real
estate dealer, has filed a petition in bank
ruptcy, scheduling liabilities at S3Ol, ,13i
and assets of S9S6.
Lightning struck the icehouses of the
Boston Ice Company at Milton. \. H.,
burning twelve OF them. The loss is $780,
900. fully insured
Walter Bolger, the 1S-year-old son of
Paul S. Boiger of New York, who mad
been missing since Nov. Is, has been
found on the naval training ship Frank
lin.
The new Anchor line steamer Columbia
arrived at New York, after good maid
en- voyage from Glasgow and Moville. 1t
IS the largest vessel yet built for the
Anchor line.
At La Salle near Niagara Falls, a tab
let was dedicated to Cavelier de la Sale
In commemoration of the building of the
first vessel ever nayigated by white men
on the great lakes.
A temporary sidewalk in New York
gave way during the Rochambeau parade
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roof. The columns are fiuted, with finely
cut Corinthian capitals and are thirty
FIVE feet high, At the base of the mOnu-
mhent on the southern side a bronze door,
surmounted by a large eagle in marble,
gives access to the interior chamber OF
the temple with its lofty. domed ceiling.
The chamber is surrounded by inches
suitable for stands of colors or trophies
or other mementoes OF war. 1t is lighted
by an aperture in the dome. the light
entering through a window with bronze
grills in the upper part OF the cellar wall.
The interior is entirely of marble with
mosaic pavement. The cost of the mon
ument. including the approaches. as about
S26o,OOO.
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Stimulating in America.

Shipbuildins in the latter half of 1901
was active, according to the United
States b'Seau of navigation. the product
being III vessels OF 154, ,073 tons, against
5GS vessels OF 1929 tons in the latter
half Of 1900. These include I5 $50 tons
Of wooden vessels and 7S.213 tons of
steam vessels. The building on the At
lantic and gulf seaboard was S4,3i7 tons,
while the great lakes built 1885 tons
and the Pacific coast built. JS,211 tons.
The total includes thirty-eislt vessels of
over 1000 tons each. Four peg cent Of
sailing vessels and 31a per cent ss steam
ahins are lost in year.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-05
VOLCANO A MYSTERY.
SCIENTISTS AMAZED BY UNIQUE
PHENOMENA.
Mount Pelee EruptiOus Lead to Unex.
pected Terrors Extreme Danger
Hovers Over Island of Martinique
New Horrors May Break Out.

The eruptions of Mount Pelee are
unique in the worlds history. Prof. Hill
United States government geolosist, who
has returned 10 Fort de France from an
extended and dangerous trip to the vol
cano. stated that in several instances the
activity of Mount Pelee was proceeding
along lines unprecedented in the annals
of science He averred that extreme dan
ger still hovered over Martinique and
that in view of the extraordinary condi-
tions prevailing it was impossible to
prophesy what the volcano might do next
or when the subterranean forces might
take new and devastating forms.
Prof Hill gives a detailed story Of his
examination of the district through which
he passed. Between the hamlets of Deux
Choux and Fonds st. Denis the party
entered upon the outer edge Of the zone
OF ashes. Except for occasional patches
all the country to this point was green.
Upon reaching the Raizaud plantation.
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TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
New York City's Monument Dedicated
ON Memorial DaY.

New York City's Monument Dedicated
ON Memorial Day.
New York City's memorial to the Union
soldiers and sailors who lost their lives
in the Civil War occupies a commanding
site on the Riverside drive at Eighty
ninth street, and nothing could be more
superb than the view from its base The
formal dedication was on Decoration day.
The corner stone was laid on Dec. Is,
1900, by Gov. Roosevelt.
The monument is in the form Of Gre
clan temple and faces the south. 1t is Of
Corinthian architecture treated In mod
ern style and Is 100 feet high. The tem-
pie proper is built Of white Dorset mar
BILE, and it rests upon base of pink
granite. The peristyle of twelve Corin-
THAN columns stands on a high circular
base and supports an entablature with
rich cresting. surmounted by 4 conica!
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Peace Terms SIGNED.

Peace has been declared after nearly two
years aud eight months Of a war which
tried the British empire to its uttermost
and wiped the Beers from the list of ma
tions. The war has come to an end with
Lord Kitchener's announcement from
Pretoria that he, Lord Miller and the Boer
delegates had signed "terms of surrender" I"
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Thus, to sum up to date. Maine has
had one term as Vice-President. six terms
of the speakership. President pro TEN.
of the Senate. an associate justice of
the Supreme Court and six cabinet Off
GERS. Iowa has had two terms Of the
speakership. one associate justice OF the
Supreme Court and six cabinet officers.
counting those at present sitting.
Great Northern Flyer Ditched.
The Great Northern flyer was wrecked
just east of Ojata, n. D., while running
at full speed. The only person hurt is
Frank Heffron, mail clerk, whose back
Was wrenched.
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TeAas il Flooded.

Severe floods prevail in the Texas Pan
handle along the Denver road. There
have been no through trains from Colorado
to Texas for some time. Bridges over the
Pease and Red rivers are partially gone
and over two hundred feet of track has
been washed away. The crops are badly
damaged and the telegraph and telephone
wires destroyed. No lives are reported as
having been lost.
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Clyde Blair. Of the Chicago University.
who eIualed the worlds sprinting record
the other day. is Fort Scott, Kan. boy
and was noted in that city for his sprint
ing qualities. Blair graduated from The
high school in Fort Scott last year and
went to Chicago TO complete his studies.
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Furniture Trust Hit Hard.

A dispatch from Grand Rapids (Mich.)
says: At a meeting of the Grand Rapids
Furniture Manufacturers association,
held recently, the matter of entering the
proposed furniture pool was discussed and
it was practically decided not to join it.
This will be a severe blow to the combine
and may prevent its materializing this
sea- son
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des acquiesced. saying he. too, would re-
main. Both lost their lives on May s,
though Gov. Mouttet was trying to es-
cape when it was too late.
The cipher message of warning sent
by Prof. Landes Is still in existence, but
it is held a secret by the government.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-05

Former State Senator Francis NJ. VIII
son OF Platte City, Mo-, has already an
nounced that he will be candidate in
1904 for the Democrat, nomination for
Congress in the Fourth Missouri Dis
trict.
Archbishop Corrigan's will leaves all
his property to Bishops Mcdonnell Of
Brooklyn, Wigger of Newark, n. j.. and
Gabriels Of Ogdensburf, N. Y. to hold
as joint tenants, the final survivor to get
the entire estate. Bishop Wigger is
dead. The estate is valued at $25O,OOO.
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Harry Hicks. an aeronaut, fell from a
balloon which had ascended about 1000
feet, at Kingston Point, New York, a
summer resort, and was instantly killed.
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Barnard Exonerated.

The Indiana State Board of Charities
has filed with the Governor their decision
in the Michigan City prison investigation,
practically exhonerating Deputy Warden
Barnard of charges Of cruelty to prisoners.
In substance it said Barnard was severe,
hnf mr. arnal
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Collision on a Trolley Road.

By rear-end collision on the new Paltz
trolley road, about three miles northwest
of Poughkeepsie, n. Y, seven persons
were injured, none, it is believed, very
seriously.
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GREAT COST OF NEWS.

Martinique Catastrophe Caused Enor-
nous Expense to Newspapers.
The general public has no conception
of what the Martinique disaster cost the
newspapers. The average man pays lit
tie attention to the special cable" line
and reads the stirring news without a
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immigration is now at the highest point
in the history of the United States, and is
said to be due TO the country's great COM
mercial prosperity.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-05

Col. A. S. johnson, the first white
child born in Kansas, has been elected
president Of the Native Sons Of Kansas,
a new organization just established.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-06-05

Farmers think the cherry crop has been
ruined in eastern New York and western
Massachusetts