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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
BREAK In THE LEVEE.
WATER BUSHES THROUGH HUGE
CREvASSE IN ARKANSAS.
Mississippi Mows Down Its Barriers
Thousands OF Acres Inundated and
More Breaks Looked For-OutIook at

The test of the great levees along the
Mississippi is ut hand. The river now
at Memphis is the highest ever known.
At North Memphis the situation is as
suming Il serious phase. Hundreds of
people are abandoning their homes and
every industry along Wolf river has been
suspended. Street car service i'll that
part of the city has been abandoned and
skiffs are used. Several railroads have
been seriously hampered by the encroach-
ing waters and the Yazoo and Mississip-
pi valley has annulled many of its trains
because of washouts.
The st. Francis leyee- gave way Mon
day afternoon ut Trice's Landing, Ark.
twenty miles north of Memphis, and the
waters of the Mississippi river rushed
through a three-Quarter mile crevasse
with roar that could be heard for miles.
The levee at Trice's had been threatened
since Sunday afternoon. \ force of sew
eral hundred men had been doing nll in
its power to save the embankments and
1t was hoped that the break could be
prevented. These efforts would have been
sufficient but for the unprecedented stage
Of the river and the fact that the rise
has been at rate more rapid than ever
before heard of with the river in its pres
ent condition.
Temporary Barriers Swept Away.
Gradually the waters crept up the side
of the levee until only the crown was
above the food and sacks of dirt and
sand were piled along its top and tempo
rary embankments of earth were thrown
up, the crest being robbed for earth, so
pressing was the need for barrier
against the rising water.
Sunday night the water was on q level
with the crest of the levee at ,HollybuSh,
mile away, and the rise Monday carried
it over foot higher. sweeping away the
temporary embankments at Trice's and
tearing the levee itself from its founda-
ton, giving new channel for the flood.
The situation has become critical ut
three other points, and it is considered
doubtful if these places can be held in
the face of the rising food. At Pecan
Point, FOgleman's Landing and St
Thomas the flood is abreast of the crown
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
PEOPi q, PLACES AND THINGS
OF THE WORLD.
News of Crimes and Crimina1s, Ac-
cidents, Fires, Etc, from Norths
Bouth, East and West. Sanwiched
with Minor Affairo.
A Horrible Scene.

Through a bungle in adjusting the
moose, the hanging at Aitkin., Mimi, OF
Ole Oleson, Swedish farmer, resulted in
. most gruesome affair. When the trap
was sprung the knot slid from beneath
the ear and tore great hole in the dying
mans neck. The wound bled so profusely
that the body was completely drenched
and blood ran over the feet OF the nearest
spectators. Oleson committed one of the
most inhuman murders in the annals OF
Minnesota crime. He killed his own
daughter, Josephine. on the eve of her
wedding, because she insisted on getting
married, and not remaining on his farm
to keep him company and care for his
home. A few hours before the time set
for The wedding, Oleson, without word
Of warning plunged hngh butter knife
into the girls breast. Death was almost
instantaneous
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26

IN IT'S ADVANCED and chronic
form a cold in the head In known ~
Nasal Catarrh end is the recognized
source of other diseases. Having stood
the test of continued successful use,
Ely's Cream Balm is recognized as Il
specific for membranal diseases in the
nasal passages. 1t ia not drying. does
not produce sneezing. Price so cents at
druggists or by mail. Ely Brothers, So
Warren street, New York.
Give up prejudice and try it.
Messrs. ELY BROS.-I have been
afflicted with catarrh for twenty years.
1t made me so weak thought had con-
sumption. 1 got one bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm and in three days the discharge
stopped. 1t is the best medicine i have
used for catarrh.
FRANK E. KINDLESPIRE.
Proberta, Cal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
In the National Capital.

Gen. Wood will take command of the
department of MindanaO.
People of Hawaii want President
Roosevelt to visit that country.
E. c. Root of Indiana has been ap.
pointed a rural free delivery inspector,
Melville w. Miller of Lafayette, Ind,
has been sworn in as assistant Secretary
of the Interior.
Treasury Department will soon adver-
tise for sites for public buildings in Bed
ford and Marion, Ind.
The Senate confirmed Ernest Lyon to
be minister resident and consul general
at MOnrovia, Liberia.
The Navy Department has granted the
application of Surgeon Will F.. Arnold
OH duty ON the Asiatic station, for the re-
call of his letter of resignation.
William Plimley's nomination as as.
sistant United States treasurer at New
York withdrawn by President Roosevelt
after his confirmation because Of alleged
incompetence; Senator Platt, Plimley's
sponsor, opposed to withdrawal.
Presidential candidates for 1904 al
ready being discussed; President ROose
velt's reelection conceded; Gov. Yates
Qll.) and La Toilette (Wis.) mentioned
for Vice-President, but disapproved by
politicians; friends of Beveridge declare
he would not accept.
Patents have been granted to the fol
lowing Indianans: Leopold f. Burger
Anderson, gas engine-also valve for gas
engine; Charles l.. Buschmann Indian
apolis. auspenders; Louis +. Deffaulx
Indianapolis, wood scraper; Henry S
Dills. Auburn, decoy; Frank W. Ed
wards, LoganspOrt, auxiliary hand oil
ing cup for lubricatOrs; John j. GaynOr
indianapolis. soap cutter and spreader;
James Z. Jones. Richmond. mechanism
for automatically operating exhaust
valves on explosive engines; Charles n
Leonard. Indianapolis, pneumatic stack.
er; Henry Il. Morris. Michigan City
chair; Charles d. Osborn. Oakland City
station Indicator; Noble A. Stephens
Marion, vault trap; Lewis H. Stoner,
Albany. mold for cement posts; Fabian
A. Summers, Washington, airship.
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana deniel
that he has bought string of Republi-
can papers in the South for the purpose
of booming him for the presidency.
The geological survey has under con.
sideration the establishment of forest
reserves of nearly 100000 acres in the
mountainous regions in the State OF
Utah
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Miles Lost Dollar Is Found.

Gen. Miles dollar, the whereabouts of
which was unknown for forty three
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
|PUlPHCA1p.
YREACuTR

Pope Leo might live for many years
yet and still be Junior to some famous
men.
1t is stated that Pope Leo NH. is
preparing two Iew encyclicals, one on
divorce and one on dueling.
S. NJ. Inman of Atlanta, Ca, has Civ
en- $25,OOO toward the proposed Presby-
te ran university to be erected in that
city.
minister of st. Louis, has been preach
ing continuously for the last fifty-seven
ys ars.
A movement is on foot for the erection
OF a memorial to the late archbishop of
Canterbury, DIR. Temple, to be placed i'll
IL e cathedral.
The Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd of New
York has been elected bishop of Missis-
81 opi, to succeed the late Rev. Hugh
Miller Thompson.
The Very Rev. Dean Joseph Costa. of
G.lesburg, ILL.,, celebrated the iiftieth
year of his ordination to the priesthood
of the Roman Catholic Church.
Students of Seton Hall College, South
Orange, n. j., have presented to Bishop
]. ]. O'Connor of Newark, n. j.. stat
ueJ of the Blessed Virgin and st. JO-
| seph.
Sfrs. Elkins, wife of Senator Stephen
B. Elkins, will erect three-story stone
building at Elkins, w. Va, for TIE
use of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
ciation.
(oncordia College of Fort Wayne,
Ind, has chosen for its president The
Res. Martin Luecke, Lutheran minis
ter of Springfield. ILL.,. and an aldnnus of
the institution.
4. life size portrait of Archbishop Far
lev has been received at the archiepisco
pal residence, New York, from Rome. 1t
! is , gift to the archbishop and is the
wo;s of Gigliardi.
Southern Methodists, at their late cen
| fere,ce in Nashville, Tenn, chose among
their new hymns for their hymnal. Kip
| lins:s "RecessionaI' and Tennys0n' :
Crossing the Bar"
TIE Rev. John Hewitt, pastor of St
Pau;'s Episcopal Church of Columbus
Ohio, has been selected as president of
| for deformed children.
When the Rev. DIR. Edward Everett
Hale heard of the bitter attack Oh him
| for Eartaking of communion at the Phil
| lips Brooks memorial service in Trinity
| Church, Boston, he made but this com
| ment: Il received my invitation ninetcc:
| hundred years ago"
A shrine will be erected in the Roman
Catholic Cathedral at Philadelphia us i
| memorial TO the late Bishop Newman. Ii
was paid for by the women of the con,
gregation. 1t will be constructed OF
| white and Pavannazo marble.
The Council of Seventy, body oi
| Bible teachers In educational institutions
of this country, has issued n call for Il
| convention in Chicago next spring 10
effect a national organization for the i'm,
| proyement of religious and moral educa-
tion through Sunday schools and other
agencies. The Council of Seventy is the
| outgrowth of a movement started in 1875
by President Harper of the University
| Of Chicago.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
TRAIN RACES WITH FLAMES.
Fast Express Engine Takes Fire and
Runs Wild at Might.

ast Ia 4pTcsS EuSiue lahcS ElEt uuu
Runs Wild at Might.
With cab and tender ablaze and the
engineer and fireman huddled on the plat
form of the car behind. with the flame.
sweeping toward them. the Washington
express. due at Jersey City over the
Pennsylvania at 9:l1 Thursday night
raced for thirty miles through the night
the throttle wide open. The express left
Washington at 3:1J p. H.. arriving nj
New Brunswick ten minutes late. AT S::SS
p. m. Conductor j. NJ. Mooney of Phil
adelphia ordered the engineer TO make M
the time. Fireman Searles' side of the
cab caught fire from the back draft OF
the fire box after leaving Metuchen. IL
response to his shouts Engineer Lyon.
Went TO his aid but before the engineer
could regain hold of the lever to shut of
the power the cab was Il roaring furnace
The shricking of the whistle alarmed the
passengers. One of them, Shearmar
Lewis Of New Brunswick. grabbed the
emergency brakcrope and stopped the
train.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Big Steamer Run Down.

New London (Conn.) speaial. In =
fog which descended upon the wat
ers of Long Island Sound, the big
Fall River passenger steamer, Ply
mouth, from New York for Fall
River, with 500 passengers and a crew
of two hundred men, was run down
while passing through the Race, by the
freight steamer, City of Taunton, o. d .
same line, bound from New York. 4 full
hundred feet of the starboard side o. the
vessel was smashed as if it had been paper,
the state rooms of the second cabin wer.
entirely cut away, while down in the hold
members of tLe crew who were asleep IN
the steerage, were drowned by the torrent
of water that poured in through the great
gap made by the bows of the freighter. A
dozen persons are known to have been
drnWned
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
SIX BOYS ROB YOUNG WOMAN.
Held Her Up in Chicago Street sud
Are Now in Cells.


Six boys, ranging. in age from o to IL
years. are locked up at the Larrabee
street police station in Chicago on
charges of robbery. Miss Mae Speck. q
years old. was robbed of her pocketbook
containing $40. in North Clark street
She was suddenly confronted by sis
youths~ Give me that pocketbook and
hurry up" said one of the boys. Il
will not" replied the young woman. and
drawing a hatpin. she attempted to de-
,fend herself. The odds were too great.
however. for the boys soon OverpOwered
her. When Miss Speck had recovered
the pocketboOk and the boys had disap-
peared. The police found them Soon
afterward. Justice Kersten, after ques,
tiOning the boys and their parents. de
cided the only place he could send the
youths was to the Juvenile court, and this
he did
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26

James II. Tyner, assistant attorney
General of the POstOifice Department,
says he will not resign, rs was his INTEL
tion, in view of the complaint against as
sistants in his Office. Investigation ef
the 'get-rich-quick" scandal will be cob
tinued by Fourth Assistant Postmaste:
General BriStow.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26

of the levees, and hundr eds of men at
each place are working 20 save the
levees.
Appeals are pouring in from all dircc-
tiOns for aid by those who have taken
refuge on high points along the river,
and who are now surrounded by the wat
er. All local packets have gone strictly
into the rescue business, but their capac-
ity is completely overtaxed, end they are
unable to respond to all demands that
are received.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
A SPECTACULAR EVENT.
The Dedication of the Buildings for
the st. Louis Worlds Fair.

The magnificent character of the cere-
monies contemplated for April 30 at St
Louis has scarcely been touched upon
The occasion is the celebration of the
Tooth anniversary of the Louisiana Pur-
chase and the dedication of the buildings
for the Worlds Fair of 1904. President
Roosevelt, accompanied by his cabinet
and the diplomatic corps, will attend
Former President Cleveland will deliver
the principal address. Cardinal Gibbons
Bishop Potter and Bishop Hendricks will
represent three of the great church or.
ganizations at the ceremonies. The
Governors of many other States will also
he present. The National Commission
and Board of Eady Managers of the e$,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
HASTEN A PACKING PLANT.

Nelson Morris & Co. Start Work at
Kansas City Immediately.
Nelson Morris & Co., the packers, will
soon begin the construction of $1,000
600 plant near the Kansas City stock
yards. 1t will have capacity of 1,OOl
cattle daily. with other live stock in pro.
portion. will employ 1000 persons and
Col. {. +. Morse of Chicago says il
probably will be ready for occupancy by
autumn. The plant will be built ut Riv-
erside. a suburb of Kansas City, on tie
west bank of the Kaw river, in close
proximity to the stock yards. 1t will he
erected on tract of land fOrty-ive acres
in extent which was purchased severa.
months ago.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Indians who Live on Glover.

There are some Indians in MendO-
cinO that may not live lin clover" as
We understand the phrase, but it Is
certain that they live ON it. Strange
to say. they make it regular article
Of food, going out into the fields and
pulling up the plant and eating it by
handfuls leaves, stems, flower
heads and all. These same Indians
use many plants that white men find
no value in, among them seaweeds.
fungi, liehens. ferns and conifers.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Train Kills Three Girls.

Three young women We're killed and a
fourth was probably fatally injured while
walking from Pawtucket TO Philip.dale.
II. L.. on the tracks of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Lake Navigation Is Opened.

The steamer 500 City opened the nav
igation season between Chicago and St.
Joseph. and the Alice Stafford made its
first trip from Chicago to Muskason ard
Grand Haven. The Atlanta of tae Goos-
rich Line crossed the lake a week before.
All the steamship lines are making prep
arations for a summer of big business.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Walks HOME DESPITE WOUND


Man with Scantling Piercing His Side
Makes Way Half Mile.
John Whitaker, owner of small
sawmill west of Sandstone. Minn.. walk
ed half mile from his mill to his home
with piece of scantling three feet long
sticking through his side. At the Time
of the accident he was operating his
mill and the scantling was thrown
against the circular saw and hurled
back against him. the end striking him
above the third rib and piercing his side
without fatal results. The scantling was
extracted and the man probably will re-
cover.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Nouuuiou Man Is Assaulted

Sixty non-union machinists, black
smiths and boilermakers left Kansas
City for Shreveport. La, to take the
places of the striking union men in the
KANSAS City-Southern shops. William
Kurt. a non-uniOn man from Chicago.
was knocked down and severely bruised
by union man at the depot.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Invitation is on Gold.

President Roosevelt has received an
other golden invitation from the West.
The Union League club of San Francisco,
sent the yellow plate by its president.
Colonel George H. Pippy. Upon one siue
Of the plate is the Presidents monogram,
beautifully engraved: and on the other
the following inscription: "The Union
League club, of San Francisco, CAL, pre-
sents its compliments to the President
and requests that he be the guest of the
club on such date as he may select on
the occasion of his visit to San Francisco,
1903" The invitation is S1zx6 inches in
size and was mined in Amado county.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Engine XIII. Two Men.

A Fort Wayne freight train crashed
into furniture van of the North Side
Transfer Company at the Sandusky
street crossing. Allegheny, Pa. wreckins
the van and killing two men. Two others
were seriously injured. The accident
was caused by the fog and a misunder-
standing of signals.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Car Falls Over a Tre.tle.

A passenger train jumped the tack on
the Wellington, Grey and Bruce branch
of the Grand Trunk seven miles north
Of Guelph, Ont The last car weut over
trestle above a creek, taking drop
of ten feet into the water. which was
swollen by the spring thaw. A child
was killed and forty other passengers in
jured
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Price of Lumber to Rise.

Purchases made by the Edward Hines
Lumber Company of Marinette and Chi
cagO place the concern in control of the
lumber market of the West. The conf
pany closed contracts for stocks on the
Menomonie river which involve $1,000,
600. The manager says the price OF
lumber will be advanced or all grades OF
pine from SO cents to $5 thousand feet
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Finds Peg Leg Mine.

A dispatch from San Bernardino, Cal,
says: Chas. Bashaw, desert miner, has
found the lost peg leg mine, search for
which has cost many lives. The mine IS
narvelously rich in quartz.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26

yeaes, has been located. The Five Cent,
Savings Bank in Boston has it. He de
posted it there in 1860. lost the book
and forgot where he had left the money
and gave up trying TO remember. The
! bank would be pleased to pay the dollar
back. 1t has drawn no interest, how
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
New Director of the Census,

President Roosevelt has rendered the
position of director of the census TO S.
" ID. North. formerly chief statisticiaI
Of manufactures of the census bureau. to
.ucceed Director Merriam. resigned. Mr.
North has accepted and will enter upon
his duties in May
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Want the American Flag.

Minister Squiers has returned TO Ha-
vana from four days visit to the Isle
of Pines, during which he made note Of
the reasons the American residents have
for urging the United States sovereignty
over the island. He found the Ameri-
cans to be extremely anxious for Ameri-
can sovereignty.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Beyond q Doubt.

"Riches will not buy happiness" re-
marked the man with the quotation
habit.
Perhaps not" rejoined the chronic
doubter, but 1 know lots of guys who
would be happy if they had money
enough to make the experiment"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26

Ice dealers of Toledo and Oth..' lake
cities have agreed that OH April / they
will advance ice 30 per cent. 1t.e ad-
vance. they say is due to the great de-
mand for lake ice in the South.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Vetoes EauaI Suffrage Bill.

Gov. Brodie of Arizona vetoed the
equal suffrage bill. thereby overturning
all expectations. The Governor states in
explanation of his veto that a law of this
kind would be in violation of the terri
torial organic act. and that otherwise he
makes 10 objection TO the measure.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Latest Boxer Atrocity.

w. b. Bentley, missionary Uho has
been in Shanghai number et years.
speaking of the situation in China. said:
The latest atrocity committed by the
Boxers was the murder of three mission
aries in the province of Chi Ii. The mis-
sionaries are fiocking into the cities. as
the country is no longer safe for foreign
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
T. Whitaker Wright Arrested.

J. Whitaker Wright, fugitive promoter
of bankrupt London and Globe corpora
ton in which British investors lost $40,
100000, was arrested at New York CT
landing from French steamer La Tou
raine: supposed niece accompanied him
eytradition will follow.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Senate Ratifies Cuban Treaty.

Cuban reciprocity treaty. with an amend
ment requiring action by the House be-
fore it can become effective, and aJ-
iourned sine die.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
school House Blown Up

An attempt was made to dynamite the
public school al laktown, Ind. A stick
of the explosive was touched off by un-
known persons and one corner of the
building was torn away. Several arrestr
ara exnected
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
King ia Not Well.

The Liverpool Post says: liking Ed
wards's health is not by any means as
good as could be desired" Court officials,
according to the Post, are commenting on
the worn and tired look which is coll
stantly on his majesty's face.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
National Bank Closed.

The First National Bank of Florida
closed its doors at Jacksonville by order
of the Comptroller of the Currency. \
national bank examiner has been placed
in charge of the bank. No statement has
been given out.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26

BY vote of pa to 1O7 r:he New
Hampshire House of Repre-. ..ntatives
put itself OH record as in favof of IL
cense law in preference to the existing
prohibitOry system. which has been in
force since 1913.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Weight VS.. Wait.

"Our grocer" remarked Mrs. Sioboy,
Seems to be giving us short weight in
everything lately"
''Oh, that's all right" replied Sloboy,
II suppose he's trying to get even on ac-
eount of the long wait I give him for
bis money"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Morran's Art Pos.essiu4ls.

Seven million dollars worth si art OBJ
jects, bought by ]. T. Morgan =. Eufope.
must pay $3.OOO.OOO duty if LeougLt to
the United States; affidavit wal recently
made by him to only 100000 personal
nronerty
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
Railroad is Exonerated.

The coroner has completed the inquest
into the death of the victims Of the Pc
troleum explosion on the Erie railroad at
Olean, N. Y, short time ago and as 4
result has found that the railroad company
was in no way to blame for the loss of life;
that the people knew of the existing
danger and were warned to move back,
and that they were on the comrany's
propertY.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-03-26
President Insists on His Appoint

The President has reappointed DR.. W.
d. Crum, colored, collector OF customs at
Charleston, S. c., and William IL. Byrnes,
United States district attorney for Della
ware. Both of these nominations failed
of confirmation at the recent session of the
Senate.