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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
| NeI York. |

| NgH i0Tk merchandise are reported,
e -e out there is much conf
plant regarding the slow movement Of
freight. The situation as to general lines
| is aggravated by the precedence given
| fuel over all other freight except live
stock and perishable goods. Notwith-
standing the extensive increase in trans
porting facilities during the last year.
some roads have been compelled to de-
cline consignments, and in many cases
where large number of cars were de-
| sired only one was provided. Earnings
| thus far available for January surpasS
last years by 5 per cent. 1t is conspicu-
GUS in practically every section Of the
country that, despite high prices, buying
Is liberal and of the better qualities OF
goods, while dealings as a rule are on
more of cash basis" The foregoing IS
from the Weekly Trade Review Of L. u.
Dun L. Co. 1t continues:
Demand for building materials Is m
usually brisk for the season, and prices
OF lumber at the South have advanced.
Although fortunate sections are receiving
a better supply of fuel, the situation is
still serious, and many pig iron furnaces
have been added to the idle list. As pro-
ducers have sold their capacity for some
time there is little new business and no
effort on the part of sellers to secure con-
tracts. Hence prices of pig iron are
steady and new transactions light.
New England producers of boots and
shoes are actively engaged on seasonable
lines, and there is enough business on
hand to keep most plants in operation for
two months at least. New business
comes forward rather slowly, and there
are few supplementary orders for spring
lines.
As to cotton goods, the situation grows
steadily stronger, demands for immediate
needs preventing accumulation of sup
plies and leaving an increasing number of
orders untitled. A few open advances in
quotations are recorded, while a quiet
curtailment of discounts is reported in
progress.
Firmness has characterized the course
OF the leading staples, an abundant de-
mand being in evidence, while available
supplies are restricted by traffic condi-
tions.
the United States, against 3O1 last year.
and q in Canada, compared with 70
year ago.
DraustreetS says: WI neat, iuciuoinS
-four, exports for the week aggregate
3,53S, ,757 bushels, against 4,S78,624 last
week, S,639,679 in this week year ago
and 4,S3S,6TS in 1901. Wheat exports
since July aggregate IA, 119,551 bush
els, against 161, ,643,S1S last season and
112. .049, ,646 in 1900.
Corn exports aggregate 2,376,6 ,663 bush
els, against 2,394, ,612 last week. 170,52O
a year ago and 1912, 152 in 1901. For
the fiscal year exports are 1S,354, ,IO1
bushels, against g, 1,434, ,967 last season,
and 112, ,907 ,647 in 1901.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
HoNoRs TO M'kINLEY.
President Roosevelt and Other Distin
guished Guests Attend BANQUET.

GECSIucut hOOSCVC1t uHu OtHCT Ok9tIu.
Guished Guests Attend Banquet.
William McKinley's birthday was Gel
ebrated at Canton, Ohio, Tuesday, by
the most distinguished gathering of visit
ors that the city has ever seen. Presi-
dent Roosevelt was the chief speaker
at the banquet held in the evening, and
Judge William r. Day, who was Presi-
dent McKinley's Secretary of State, and
whose selection for the United States
Supreme Court has just been announced
by President Roosevelt, acted as toast
master.
President Roosevelt arrived from
and was driven to the Mckinley home.
in North Market street, where he paid
his respects to Mrs. Mckinley. Then
his party proceeded to Westlawn Gene
terry, where they paid a silent tribute
Of respect to the ihustrious dead. Pre-
ceding the banquet the President held
reception at the Hotel Mckinley.
The guests at the banquet, which was
held in the Grand Opera House. num-
bered $50. Among those at the speak
ers' table were: Secretary Root, Private
Secretary Cortelyou, General s. B. NJ.
Young, General Leonard Wood, General
Luke E. Wright, Vice Governor of the
Philippines; Surgeon General Rixey,
Captain W. S. Cowles, the Presidents
naval aid; Colonel Theodore A. Bing-
ham, his military aid; Assistant Secre-
tary of Agriculture Brigham, Represent
ative w. B. Tayler. James W. Grant,
Colonel Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland,
]. G. Schmidlapp, II. II. Kohlsaat of
Chicago, Charles Emory Smith, Judge
Harter, Judge Smyser and Alfred C.
Eynon.
President Roosevelt's speech opened
with an analysis of the circumstances in
which the great men of American pOliti-
cal history had been developed. Contin-
uing he said:
1T was given to President Mckinley to
take the foremost place in our political
life at a time when our country was
brought face to face with problems more
momentous than any whose solution We
have ever attempted, save only in the
Revolution and in the Civil War; and it
was under his leadership that the nation
solved these mighty problems Alright.
Therefore he shall stand in the eyes of
history not merely as the first man of
his generation, but as among the great
est figures in our national life, coming
second only to the men of the two great
crises In which the Union was founded
and preserved"
The long steady rise to fame and pow
er of Mr.. Mckinley was sketched by
President Roosevelt and the formers
remarkable popularity was declared to
be due to the confidence of the plain
people in him.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
ez;l9lgtSa egla;z!;a'lli9lgtSa

Gov. Mickey, in a message to both
branches of the Legislature, took decid-
ed stand against the Dietrich land leas.
ing bill, introduced by the senior Ne.
braska Senator in Congress, giving to
each person the privilege of leasing
twenty sections of land for grazing pur.
poses. He said he was opposed to the
bill as it is. 1T gives too much land to
each person." he said, ''and it does not
fix any definite price to be paid for the
use of the land. l am in favor of cut
ting down the amount to be allowed each
individual in the interest Of the home.
steader. / know that many objections
are made to the measure by western
ranchmen on the ground that twenty sec.
tions are not enough, but think that the
small grower ought to have a chance"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Battle with Ladrones.

Manila special: Eight ladrones and one
constable were killed in an encounter at
Ormoc, West Leyte province. The fight
was hard one, but the constabulary
ultimately won by a daring charge. One
hundred and fifty ladrones surrendered at
Ormoc the following day. The district
had been disordefly and it is believed that
the surrender of these men will lead to
its pacificati0n.
The bodies of the three American VOL
unteers, including Mr.. Osborne, a teacher,
who were killed at Bolinao, province of
Zambales, recently in fight with la
drones, have been recovered. Malanang,
q noted bandit, who was among the enc
my's dead, directed the fight. The Amer
leans charged and killed him before they
were surrounded and killed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
In the National Capital.

William E. Curtis says New York
Democrats are united on Alton B. Par.
ker as presidential candidate and are
actively booming him.
Agricultural Department experiments
with adulterated foods may be abandon
ed by DR.. Wiley because people hail him
on streets as "borax" and regard his
tests as joke.
Commander Thomas B. Howard, now
at the naval academy, has been selected
as the first commanding officer of the
monitor Nevada, which will be placed
in commission during February.
The Senate committee on foreign rela-
tions has agreed to recommend an in
crease in the diplomatic representation
of the United States in Siam. At pres
ent there is minister resident at Bang
kok, who is also consul general The
committee recommends two officers in
stead Of one.
The Senate committee on military af-
fuirs has ordered favorable report ON
the bill introduced by Senator Foraker
appropriating money from the national
treasury for the erection of headstones to
mark the graves of Confederate soldiers
buried in the North. The amount to be
used for this purpose was placed at $780,
600 at the suggestion of Secretary Root.
Treaty submitting Alaskan boundary
dispute to arbitration is criticised by
Representatives, who declare United
States title is clear; Senators favor rat
ifcation; British commissioner expected
to vote with Americans.
The diplomatic and consular approp:i-
alton bill, as reported to the Senate, car
ries $4,000 more than the amount ap-
propriated by the House. 1t authorizes
the payment to the widow of the late
minister to Japan, Mr.. Buck, of $4,000
and the heirs of Thomas E. Prentis, late
consul at Martinique, who lost his life
In the Mount Pelee disaster, of 5000.
The other increases are mainly in the
rank and pay Of consuls. -.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05

Terrible Explosion at Fort Wayne.
An explosion of natural gas in the base
ment Of the Fred Eckart Packing House,
at Fort Wayne, Ind, resulted in the death
Of five employees and tie injury Of dozen
more, some of whom will die. 1t was
hours before the firemen succeeded in
getting the mangled bodies Of the dead
and dying from the debris. The scene at
the wreck was heartrending as the rela-
tives would recognize some loved ones
remains.
The dead are:
HENRY PIEPENBRINK,
JAMES II. FoLTz,
OLIVER MATTHEWS,
CONRAD MILLER,
JOHN YoBsT.
The property loss will amount to $50. 600.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
DIE IN A WRECK.
Twenty four Persons Are Killed by a
Train Collision.


Train Collision.
In an appalling train crash at Grace
land. \. j., twenty-four persons were
killed and over thirty seriously injured.
Death came to most of the victims in
horrible form, those who were not killed
outright being cooked in scalding steam
or roasted alive in the blazing wreckage.
The Royal Blue Line express, the most
elegantly equipped train in America,
crashed into the rear of local passen-
ger train, crowded almost to suffocation
with commuters returning TO their homes
from New York City. Owing to the
hour, G:i5 y. IN, there was not a vacant
seat, and when the last three cars were
telescoped and the two remaining cars
seriously wrecked the carnage was ex-
treme. The express was runr:ny at u
speed of over siXty-five miles an hour
when the accident occurred.
Men, women and children were killed
and MANNED, even before they realized
the fate that had overtaken them. Sit
ting in their seats unconscious of harm.
they did not know that the huge iron
engine crashing through the train men-
aced their lives before death, in ma
instances, had come. The last three
of the iccal train were smashed into kin.
ling wood. and to add to the horror of
the accident the wreckage took fire.
Pinned under the debris, many who had
been only slightly injured by the crash
were roasted to death before the eyes of
the survivors. The cries of the wounded
were intermingled with the roar of IS
Gaping steam from the engine of the
flyer.
The crash of the two collitling trains
was heard for miles around and the
townspeOple rushed to the assistance Of
the stricken passengers, while the sur
rivors from the Inflated local and the
passengers on the Royal Blue Line train
rendered aid in every way possible.
Before the wreckage had cooled the
work of getting out the charred bodies
began. Men attacked the heap with poles
and rods of iron taken from the pile of
debris and raked out several arms, legs
and heads. Many of those who died will
never be. recognized, the bodies being
burned to crisp.
The local had left New York fifteen
minutes before the express, but had to
stop at several more stations. When the
local came to the switch where it had
been ordered to change onto the other
track to allow the express to pass it was
found that freight train blocked the
track and new orders were given to pro-
coed to Dunellen before crossing On the
other track. Shortly after receiving the
orders the local was forced to stop be-
cause of hot box and this delayed her
for some moments. A fagman was sent
back to flag the express and also given
to place torpedOes on the
line. Whether he did so or not can never
be known. as he was among those who
We're killed by the collision.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Chicago.

U0le000 being shown in the matter
of the probable course of
the money market during the spring and
summer. 1t is thought that land specu-
latiOn in the West will be an important
factor. Much western money has been
tied up in lands. Heavy investments
have been made and many payments on
contracts will be due March l. Renew
ais of loans and financing of new western
land deals may keep some money in the
West that would otherwise drift into
eastern financial centers for employment.
1t is long look ahead to next fall, and
opinions at this time are not worth much,
yet it is interesting to note that there
are many who look for a repetition then
in an aggravated form, of the money
stringency of last fall, unless Congress
gives us a new currency law. With this
there is the possibility of an extra ses-
sion of Congress as a disturbing facter.
The business world having taken pass-
i've interest in the workings of Congress
for several years, finds it advisable to
watch proceedings closer now that anti
trust legislation is up. and tariff revision
sentiment is gaining.
The demand for merchandise in gen.
eral is reported heavy and fully up to
expectations. The securities markets
have been without special new feature.
The Northwest had a good week.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05

Chicago-Cattle, common to prirue,
$500 to $5.25; hogs, shipping grades
$4.25 to 81. 10; sheep, fair to choice, $2.CO
to $4.10; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 74ci
corn, No. 2. 44c to 45c; oats, No. ., 32e
to 33c; rye, No. 2, 49c to Soc; hay, tim
othy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie, 5000 to
$12.5O; butter, choice creamery, 24c to
25c; eggs, fresh, 20c to 21c; potatoes,
4Oc to 4Tc per bushel.
; Indianapolis-Cattle shipping, $500 to
S5.25; hogs, choice light, $4.OO to $6.55:
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, TIC to 7Sc; corn, No.
white, 44c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 34c
TO 38c.
St. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $4.75;
wheat, 10. 9, Zoe to Tic; corn, No. 2,
sOc to Ale; oats. No. 2, 34c to 35c; rye,
No. 2, 4Sc to 49c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to s475;
hogs, $4.00 to $6.S5; sheep, $3.50 to
S42O; wheat, No. 2, 79c to SOC; corn,
No. 2 mixed. Ale to 4Sc; oats, No. 2
mixed, 3Sc to SOC; rye, No. 2, 56c to SIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to S5.75; nogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $3.75;
wheat. No. 2, 79c to SOC; corn, Nc. 3
yellow, 47c to 4Sc; oats, No. 3 white,
i:6c to 3Sc; rye, No. 2, Sic to 53c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
I6c to TIC; corn, No. 3, 43c to 44c; oats,
No. 2 white, 35c to 36c; rye, No. /, soc
to 52c; barley, No. 2, 64c to CSC; pork,
mess, S19.35.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 76c to
77c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 45c TO 46c; oats,
No. 2 mixed, 35c to Bic; rye, No. ., sc
to 54c; clover seed, prime, $7.15.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$3.50 to $40; hogs, fair to prime, $500
to $500; sheep, fair to choice, $3.25 to
$3.50; lambs, common to choice, $4.OO to
S6.25.
New York-Cattle, $4OO to $40:
hogs, $500 to $6.35; sheep, $500 to
S4OO; wheat, No. 2 red, soc to Sic; corn,
No. 2, SIC to 5sc; oats, No. 2 white,
42c to fac; butter, creamery, 24c to 26c;
eggs, western, 21c to 23c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Half a Town Guaranteed.

The town of Sodus, Berrien County.
Mich, is greatly alarmed, an officer Of the
State Board OF Health having pronounced
numerous cases of sickness there to be
smallpox. The entire west portion of the
town is now guaranteed. One Of the
patients visited a crowded court room at
st. Joseph the other day and there are
now several cases there and the schools
are closed
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05

Of ground about the house, and mar
keted its produce with a mule and
cart in the city; the theater Of war In
this State was now far removed from
this vicinity; there was nothing but
conscience and memory, and the fire
quent Nashville papers that he read
to remind him of the war and of the
part that he ought to be playing in it
In silence he suffered. ever maintain
ing to Mabel and her mother a cheer.
full, satisfied demeanor They never
knew, never suspected the stings OF
disregarded duty born in silence by
the ardent Northern volunteer; and
when Mabel gave him an infant son
she and her mother deemed that his
allegiance to his humble home was
fixed beyond change.
And SO 1t might have been, but for
one of those incidents, suddenly occur.
ring. with which the war was filed.
One Of General Morgan's Confeder
ate cavalry raids was threatening the
railroads in this part of the State; an
infantry brigade from the Union front
was hurried back to the exposed point.
1t so happened that it embraced the
regiment Of the fugitive soldier. Dis
embarking from the cars at a point
several miles down the road on which
Mrs. Gorton's house was situated. the
brigade marched past it on Its way in
the threatened point.
In the back yard, so close to the
house that he had seen nothing Of this
our fugitive heard the crash Of brass
music. His wife, pale and agitated
beckOned him in.
They are Federal soldiers" she
said. Don't let them see YOU"
He went into the front room and
peered through the blinds. With
wildly throbbing heart he recognized
his lost comrades. He saw the dusty
ranks marching by with company
front. each stalwart soldier whom he
had known and loved with n musket
on his shoulder. His face was white.
Mabel. it's my brigade. my regi-
mentw he cried. LET me go. 1 must
join them"
For answer. she placed his baby in
his arms. The chubby hands patted
his cheeks and played with his hair.
The soldiers head drooped on the win
dow sill.
Fetch some water, Mabel" said
Mrs. Gorton. He Is faint"
He was deadLAmerican Tribune.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
A Close Shave.

A physician tells the following:
remember one day in making my hos
pital rounds a patient, just arrived,
presented me an amputated forearm,
and in doing 80, could scarcely refrain
from broad laugh; the litter was con-
stantly on his face.
What is the matter? This does not
strike me as subject Of laughter?'
1T Is not, Doctor; but excuse me-
1 lost my arm in so funny way that
1 still laugh when 1 look at it. Our
First Sergeant wanted shaving badly,
and got me to attend to 1t, as am
'orporal We went together In front
( his tent. had lathered him, took
him by the nose, and was applying the
razor, when a cannon-ball came, and
that was the last saw Of either his
head or my arm. Excuse me, Doctor,
for laughing as do. but I'll be espe-
cially blasted II ever 1 saw such
bully thing"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
G1D1Apa

At joint session of the House and
Senate held in the hall of Representa-
tives at noon Tuesday Senator Fair.
banks accepted reelection. He said he
accepted the duties with full appre.
citation of the responsibility which their
acceptance imposes. They devolve upon
me a duty to the people to mere party
affiliatiOn, and it is my purpose to serve
them all to the utmost of my humble
IL hilifr ~
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Archbishop is Killed.

Rome special: Monsignor Necker, arch
bishop of Melitine and secretary to st.
Peters, was instantly killed by falling
down stairs in his home. He was aged "a
years. The pope was greatly shocked
when he heard of the untimely end of
Necker, who was a close friend Of his
holiness.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Germany Want. war.hips.

A dispatch from Santiago, Chile, says:
Private agents Of Germany have proposed
to the government the immediate pur-
chase Of the Chilian battleship, Captain
Prat, and the armored cruiser, Esmeralda,
and have offered to take over the warships
now being built in Europe for Chile.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
cantain Cushinr Guilty.

The Secretary of the Treasury has made
public the result of the court-martial that
tried William A. Cushing of the revenue
cutter service, for ungentlemanly and un-
officer-like conduct at San Francisco. The
board found Captain Cushing guilty Of
the charges in part and recommended that
he be placed on leave of absence at half
oay for six months.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Volcano in Eruptiou.

San Francisco special: An eruption Of
the volcano Isalco in Salvador is feared,
according to advices brought here by pass
engers on the steamer Panama. 1t is
belching fire and smoke and rumbling
heavily
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Accented a Judreship.

Albany IN. " special: Hon. John T.
McDonough, ex-secretary of state has
announced his acceptance of the offer by
President Roosevelt of associate judge Of
the supreme court in the Philippines. The
salary is 81 500.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Nehraska Bank Raided.

-Four men robbed the Citizens Bank
of Waterloo, Neb., and escaped with S3,-
500 in cash, after exchanging shots with
a squad of citizens attracted to the scene
by the explosion of the safe, which was
wrecked. While two of the robbers
worked inside the bank the other two
stood guard
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Faculty Forbids Sweaters.

Sweaters as an article of apparel have
been forbidden by the faculty of the Bel
oft College, at Beloit, Wis.,, so far as the
custom refers to the co-eds. The dean has
pronounced the sweater immodest.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Italians Wont Come.

Rome special; Italy will not particle
pate in the st. Louis exposition. In the
chamber recently the government declared
that it would not take part, as the neces-
sary expense would have no return in
country where, on account of excessive
protection, it had been impossible for
years to conclude q commercial treaty.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
A Terrible Threat.

Customer-That tea service costs 81
maras. That is more than I can pay.
His Wife (whispering)-If l should
have fainting spell among all this
china, it would cost You far more.-Flie.
gende Blaetter.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Find wreckaee of Schooner Celtic

Wreckage from the schooner Celtic,
which was lost during fierce gale en-
Lake Huron Nov. 20, has been found ON
Boom Point, the extreme southeast end
of Cockburn Island. The Celtic broke
away from the steamer Runnelis during
the storm and nothing has ever been
heard from the crew.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Denver Saloons Held Up,

Three saloons were held up just before
midnight, all within three or four blocks
Of the statehouse in Denver, Colo Near.
ly $1,000 was secured from the proprie-
tors and their customers. The robbers
were young men, but there Is no clew to
their identity.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Smallpox Hospital Burns,

By the burning of the smallpox hos
pital at Biddeford, Me-, thirty-six men,
women and children patients were forced
to escape in their night clothes. The
mercury was several degrees below zero,
and all suffered terribly from exposure.
One man is expected to die
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05

Men going down in the new sub
marines for the first two or three times
become almost stupefied by the strong
fumes of the gasoline used in propell-
ing the vessels.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
Four Fatally Burned.

Four men were probably fatally burned
as the result of an explosion at the Stand
ard Oil works, Cleveland, Ohio. A safety
valve exploded with terrific force and two
oil stills caught fire Immediately after
wards
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-02-05
NEWS OF OUR OHIO.
OCCURRENCES DURING the
PAST WEEK.

Important Doings OF Our Neigh
bcrs-Weddings and Deaths-Crimes,
Casualties and General Buckeye
News Notes.