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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06

The contract for the construction Of
the first twenty-five miles Of the Alaska
Central Railroad has been let.
The L. E. & W. will lay seventy-five
miles of heavy steel on the main line
and the Indianapolis division.
Half of the line which the Louisville
and Nashville is building from Jellico to
Knoxville has been completed.
About Oct. the headquarters of the
western district of the Southern are to
be removed from Chattanooga to Bir-
mingham.
Niagara Falls excursion trains. on
which passengers are carried at a reduc-
ed rate, will this season have a dining
probation.
1t is officially stated that the Union
Pacific Railroad Company for the pur-
pose of financing requirements of afil-
lated companies has sold $4,000, 900 one
and onehalf year per cent notes.
President Yoakum of the St. Louis
and San Francisco has announced that
hereafter the Ozark and Cherokee Gen.
trail Railroad will be operated by the
Frisco and will be known as the Musko-
gee district of the Frisco system.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company
has issued a preliminary report for the
fiscal year ended June 80: Gross earn
ings, $45, 145, 400; increase, $4,324,370;
operating expenses and taxes, $31, 49,
900; increase, S3,716,860: net earnings,
$13, Ala 400: increase. SCOT .61O; surplus,
after payment of dividends and fixed
charges. S4.5S7. 800; decrease, $45O, ,562.
Poor's Manual for the fiscal year end
ing June 80. 1902, presents a statement
of the growth of railroads in this coun-
try which Is almost incredible. The mile
age Of roads increased by 4.453 miles, the
total now being $4,000, of which about
195. GOO miles are in operation. The
gross earnings were S1,612, 1885 and
operating expenses $1,092, 154, 900. The
net earnings, including miscellaneous re-
ceipts, were over S5SS, ,OOO, 900. The roads
have 80, ,729 engines, 81, ,144 passenger
cars, S,67I mail and express cars and
1.4O9,472 freight cars, az compared with
21.SS9 engines. 14.934 passenger cars and
730. .435 freight cars in 1892, and yet the
locomotive works are behind OH orders
and car works cannot turn out freight
cars fast enough to take care of bust
ness. The total amount of stocks. bonds
and unfunded debt is 2,326, ,491 ,526.
The average interest for the year was
4.21 and the average dividend go.
The State corporation commission of
Virginia, the recently established body
which supervises railroads in that State.
has issued an order requiring the rail-
roads to report accidents to the commits
sion; - and the reports are TO be sent with
In twenty-four hours after the occur
renee of the accident.
One Of the interesting exhibits at the
st. Louis exposition will be locomotive
Of the old red-wheel type. which used
to run between Hannibal and ST. Joseph,
No., before the war, connecting at the
latter town with Buffslo Bills famous
pony express. Side By side with this
will be one of the great Burlington To-
comotives.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06

NH lUIk patches from nearly every
- section of the country indi
Gates that there is less than the custom
airy midsummer dullness In business, and
collections are more promptly met than
usual A large proportion of the unions
have signed a working agreement with
the employers In the building trades OF
this city. and fully one-half the men have
returned to work. Earnings Of railways
reported for July exceed last years by
l2.9 per cent, and those Of 1901 by 24.2
per cent. Farm work still retards retail
distribution Of merch andise in western
sections. Foreign trade at this port for
the past week shows gain Of 81, 2,569. 900
in value Of imports as compared with
the same week last year, while exports
decreased $500, ,O22," according to R. G.
Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade.
Continuing. the report says:
Good news as to the progress being
made toward settlement of labor disputes
was neutralized by the decline in securi-
ties In 30 far as the iron and steel in
dustry Is concerned. There were many
indications that the interruptions from
strikes would be less frequent in the i'm
mediate future, and there was a general
disposition to fully sustain prices. But
the heavy liquidation and new low rec
ord prices for steel issues had much in
fuence on conditions in the actual busi-
ness
Nearly half million tons Of steel rails
nav Deen oroereo Tor next years dehv-
eI.' an" otnef neavy steei Shapes arc
a.,,ASuns ,, close attention. Inc trade
WI" oeuene oy tne greater staoihty o.
pIie1s secured tnfousn tne reviNai VI
.ne Innee pooi. bessemer mas steaoieo'
u o,"sne OUT new ORDERS Dut tnere are
',in e'iuences OF WEAKNESS IN o..eI
classes ol pig IRON. 1enerai resuinpu
y. s.'uc.urai WORK IN Ne" iorK tne
nos. Important element IN tne steei IN
IN. a. present,
nc aneApecteo happened IN tne mar
~. "oo'es' ~ was connueney VIC
nr,s 'us. ne" haes oi staple p.eys
.,a: 49, sools Wou,c oe openeu a. tuny
acu Wnn,. quotatio1s. o9t tne A"et'can
~ " ooe- S1mpany leeucee plces " aovu'
sn;.. s"e .ne .e.si as e.ls.eu year sso, ue
cpe PA ne. .ue mate,ial e :ncEease M raw W.. s
n.u n.oas.;e ossetai 0.her nems 10 ,ne cos' =.
!" po.n .o"n"a Inc Gu. was e.,oen'is @ maui
~ ~ I, Iususs rather INN "au's
Eayu.' e' ~ ~ ,ue ma,A ~, =,
..a Hrn;.ss = IN. meek numoeleo nno 10. IN
'ne ~ ,eu states against <oo year ago,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
Womea to hate Office.

Secretary Cortelyou has decided to select
. limited number Of women from eligible
lists furnished by the civil service COM
mission for appointment as matrons in the
immigration service to board incoming
vessels and assist in the examination OF
women passengers. They will assist the
men inspectors. A three months trial of
this plan in the spring Of the present year
led to its abandonment.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06

greatest, %0f our
American artists
passed away. In
England, where the
greater portion Of
his life was spent,
he was known for
b Is eccentricities
and these, together
with his self-assert-
iveness and resent
ment of criticisms,
kept him continual
ly in a turmoil.
WI sxNe
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
PANORAMA OF THE WORLD
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND IS TO BE.
An eides and conditions Of Thinss
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make IL Complets.
Shot at Old Glory.

Belleville (Ont.) special: The Canadian
steamer Varuna went into Trenton harbor
flying two flags, the union jack at the
stern and the Stars and Stripes on her
main Flagstaff, which reaches high above
ing higher position than the union jack.
Their protests not being needed, one Of
at the flagstaff on which the United States
nag few and then the offending emblem
was hauled down. Tho Varuna had Just
comefrom the Thousand Islands, in which
location both flags are dowE on vessels.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
Diea Of Hia Wounda.

Robert Lee, the negro who shot Police
man Louis Massey at Evansville, Ind,
July 5, and started the riot that resulted
in the death and injury OF many citizens,
died in the Jacksonville penitentiary
from the effects OF wound in the lungs
caused by q bullet fired by Massey. Lees
wife was killed by a train few days after
the riot
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
Russia Knters China.

The Cologne Gazette reports further ag-
gression by Russians in the East. The
paper says: "The Russians hare sent
several hundred Cossacks to Thibet, as
serting that China has given them per-
mission to march through Thibet. China
denies this. saying the government had
instructed its agents to closely watch Co.'S
sack movements"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
Death in Odd Accident.

William Sullivan Of West Springfield,
Mass, was killed in peculiar manner.
While bicycling with companion.
Charles Downey, their wheels slipped
and the men were thrown. Downey is
supposed to have fallen on Sullivan's
neck in such a way as to have fractured
the base of the skull
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06

The c'ops of the fifteen leading States,
In order of productivity, for the last three
years have been tabulated from the re-
ports submitted to the United States
Department of Agriculture on Aug. 1 of
each year, as follows:
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06

1t will be noticed from the above ta-
bles that there is a great difference IN
the bearing capacity of the apple trees of
the country. Missouri has nearly twice
as many trees as Michigan, and yet
Michigan raises nearly so per cent more
apples than Missouri. This is explained,
like many other things, by the charac-
ter Of the trees and the amount of culti-
vation given them. New York undoubt
edly has the best apple trees in the
country, and the returns of her apple
harvest show it.-William E. Curtis in
Chicago Record Herald
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
Three Killed by sardiues,

The entire family of d. W. Ward, a
merchant Of Ballagh, Neb., were poisoned
by eating sardines. Mr.. Ward and two
children are dead, and third child is dy-
ing. Mrs. Ward will recover.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
VIII Advauce Price of Coal.

Because of an increase Of about Z
cents a ton in the wages paid coal miners
of the Southwest, the operators have, it
is stated, decided to increase the cost Of
fuel to consumers from so cents to 81 a
ton,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
Barn and Horses Burned.

The large stock barn of Lon Young,
near Charlottesville, Ind, was destroyed
by fire, together with eight head of val
liable horses, three buggies. farming i'm
plements and hay, entailing loss of
$4,000. The fire was caused by spon-
raneouS combustion
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
NEWS OF OUR OHIO.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.

An Interesting Summary Of shs Mere
Important DoinRs Of Our Neigh
bors-Weddings and d.Deaths-Crimes,
Casualties and General Buckeye
News Notes.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06

An attempt on the part Of half dozen
colored persons opposed to Booker T.
Washington, president of the Tuskogee
institution, to ask questions, ut a meeting
which he was addressing at the Zion
church, Boston, Mass, almost resulted in
. riot, and twenty-five policemen were
called to quell the disturbance.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
Another Chance.

He-After 1 left you last night ] was
sorry l didn't take just one more kiss.
She-WeIl. you can stay all hour later
to-night.-Detroit Free Press.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
Coa.t Record i. Broken.

The steamer Denver has broken the
record between Galveston and New
York. Her- actual running time between
the Texas port and Sandy Hook was
four days and twenty-five hours. The
former record was FIVE days and two
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
Armefl Mob HoIds mn Train

Passengers on the Chesapeake and Ohio
train from New York to Cincinnati. told
of an exciting experience at Clifton Forge,
Va. The train was held mp by mob Of
200 angry citizens, who attempted to get
aboard for the purpose of taking two
negroes OF, the object being to lynch the
thenegroes. The engineer, after probably
fifty shots were fired, opened the throttles
and pulled rapidly away. No one was
hurf
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06

The greatest waterfall is Niagara.
which sends over 100000 tons af wat
er an hour.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
1900.

Apple trees are peculiar and require
certain kind Of soil and climate to -four
ish, hence there is great irregularity In
localities Of production and enormous
yields in spots. Thirty-fve counties in
the United States have more than 4OO.
600 each. Illinois has three of those
counties. The most productive counties
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
Two Die in Hotel Fire,

The Seaview house on the camp grounds
ut Old Orchard, Me-, was burned to the
ground and two women guests, Mrs.
Helen Martin and Mrs. K. A. Stevens,
both OF East Grafton, N. H., are missing.
Il is feared that they did not escape from
the hotel. The value Of the property con-
sumed was about 81, 900. The body Of one
Of the missing women was since found in
the ruins. 1t was SO badly burned as to
make recognition impossible. Search is
being continued with renewed energy, as
the finding Of one body is taken to show
that both women perished.
Sixteen Charged with Blcsdy Crime.
LIE Roy r. Masterson, foreman at the
steel works, Pueblo, Colo, was murdered
shortly after midnight Friday night while
asleep. Suspicion rests on members Of q
gang of laborers OF which the dead man
had charge and sixteen Of them have been
arrested, charged with the crime. Master
son had trouble with some of the employees
the previous night and discharged three
men. 1t is thought in revenge for this the
deed was committed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06
DEATH OF A GREAT ARTIST.
James A. McNeill Whistler, an Ameri.
can, Who Died In London.

In the death OF James Abbott McNeill
Whistler, which occurred in London re-
Gently, one of the greatest, II not the
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06

lightning Kills People In q Church.
Three persons were killed and more than
Q score injured by lightning at New Hope
church, Appomatox county, Virginia.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-06

~ :, THE tenor of the dis
h6I l0lk. patches from nearly every
socfion of rho country indi.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
Norfolk Il western Railway Co.

Commencing May 25th additional pas.
sen ger-train service will be operated over
the Norfolk Sc Western Railway, as fol.
lows:
Leave Roanoke z a. M, Lynchburg S:45
a. m; arrive Petersburg 1 p. m, arrive
Richmond 1:50 p. m. Leave Richmond
1:15 p. M, Petersburg 3 p. m, Lynchburg
6:a5 p. m; arrive Roanoke s p. M.
Leave Lynchburg 7:20 a. m, arrive
Roanoke 9:05 a. m. arrive East Radford
l0:45 a. M. arrive Bristol ESQ p. m.
Leave Bristol 300 p. m; arrive East
hadford 6:O5 p. m, arrive Roanoke 7:55
p. m arrive Lynchburg 900 p. m. Close
connection at East Radford TO and from
Btuefeld, Norton, Welch and inIerme-
date points.
Leave Roanoke p. M, arrive Hagers-
town 4.16 u. m. Returning leave Hagers.
town leo a. m, arrive Roanoke 9:05 a.
m, connecting to and from Harrisburg.
Philadelphia, New York and interior
Pennsylvania points. Pullman sleepino
cars Philadelphia and WEIGH, w. Va.
Leave Roanoke 9:15 8. M, arrive Win
ston-Salem Up. m, arrive Charlotte, N. C..
up. "a. Returning leave Charlotte 11:1O
a. m, leave Winston Salem 2:55 d. M,
arrive Roanoke 7:40 p. M. Train runs
solid between Roanoke and Charlotte.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
Latest In BlacIs,na,I.

Paris has been the home Of black
guard arts and Industries" ever since
the days OF Villon. and now, according
TO the Figaro, the subtle art of black
mail has been carried to a higher stage
or refinement by the use OF the carrier
pigeon. Thus the inventor; ut is very
simple. When you have got hold OF
some one by the threat OF Sensational
revelations. OF awkward documents. or
more simply, when you have stolen
some deeds which you ara ready to re-
store for q fair consideration you are
always pretty sure to get caught In go
Ing to the poste restante to get the re-
ply with the cash. With my plan there
are simply no risks. You send the bird
In a basket to your client with a little
note to this effect, If within twenty
-FOUR hours you do not set the pigeon at
liberty after having fastened under its
wing ten 1000 franc notes. you win
catch it," This is pleasantly called lie
vol au vol. "Oh, that had wings of a
dove| VIII no longer be regarded %
the Sigh OF innocence.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16

Ihere Is no noon hour In the lower
part of Manhattan" said an old res
taurant man. who has supplied lunch
con FOR business Inen and clerks for
over score OF years. 1--WE used to do
seVen-eiShths OF our business between
noon and / O'Clock, but now the lunch
con hour extends from IL to after B.
10 after In the Wall street section. I
can remember well when in all offices
and business houses work ceased Mt
the stroke OF ~ and was resumed at /
O'CLOCK sharp. Now the noon hour IA
observed only in shops and factories.
In offices and commercial houses work
goes on continuously under the pres.
emf DAY pressure OF business. ana the
clerks and other employees go out for
iuhcheon In relays, beginning as early
us IL O'Clock. and with this change has
come shortening of the luncheon hour
In most cases to three-quarters of an
hour-sometimes to half an hour. The
chiefs and employers as a rule eat late.
most OF them about 2 o'clock, and down
IN Wali street the brokers seldom get
luncheon until after the exchanges
ciose."-New York Times.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
QUEER TONES ON ANGLING.
"A Unique Collection OF Books on
F1sh, EtshtnK nnd Ei.herm.-

There is one corner OF the Harvard
college library that Is sure to attract
oil lovers of angling. for II contains one
or the most interesting collections of
books on fish. fishing and fishermen TO
be found IN the country. There are
books In Latin, in German and I'm
French; books that date back to the
early days OF the printing press and
books that were brought out couple
or months ago ia London or New York.
The greater part of the collection is the
gift or John Bartlett. an enthusiastic
fisherman who Is known to a multitude
OF readers as the compiler of Bart
let's Familiar Quotations" but vain.
ohle additions are being made to Il
constantly from other sources.
outside OF better known books like
izaak Walton's "Compleat Angler" of
which there are nearly sixty separate
editions, the collection abounds I'm
quaint treatises of fishing lore that bear
witness to our forefathers' devotion TO
the gentle art" and often contain sug-
gestions and hints that would not come
amiss in the handbooks Of the more up
to date angler. John Dennys, who
wrote the Secrets of Angling" put his
advice into verse. The first edition of
his poem, which is divided into three
books, appeared I'm 1913 and is one of
the rarest volumes In English Htera.
ture. Then there is old Gervase Mark
ham, who commended that "a skillful an.
gier ought to be general scholar" so
that he might know how to write or
discourse on his art in true and fitting
terms. either without afrectation or
rudeness." Another versifier exhibited
his knowledge in lines like the follow
ing:
My strung line was rs yardes long
4 gave him q turn though
1 found him strong
wound up my line to guide him from
shoar
The handbook helps much but the cook
cry more
Perhaps next after Walton's Angler
In general interest comes the famous
Book of st. Albaus." the earliest print.
ed volume on sports published in Eng,
iish or any other language. Only one
copy of the original edition OF the chan
ter on fishing. which was printed I'm
l496, Is in existence, but there are sew
eral excellent reprints, of the best Of
which, published I'm 1910 and now very
rare. the Harvard collection has a well
preserved specimen. The book was
written by Juliana Barnes, or Berners.
prioress OF Sopwell, and so true q lover
OF fishing, hunting and hawking that
she was called the "Diana Of the Eng.
lish-" She preferred angling above ell
other sports, however, and some Of the
advice she gives is sufficiently plain
and canny to be useful even now.
Success with the line" she says in
one place, as spoiled by twelve manere
OF ympedyments whyche cause a man
to take moo fyshe," and these "impedi-
ments" she declares to be: 81, badly
made harness; 2, bad baits; 3, angling
at the wrong time; 4, fish strayed away;
D, water thick; @, water too cold: 7.
wether too hot; 8, II It rain; o, IL hail or
snow fall; 10, II there be a tempest; IL.
IL there be great wynd; IL, IL the wynd
be east"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
Potomac River Route.

Beginning Tuesday, December 23d,
steamer Potomac will leave Pier o. Light
street, Baltimore, Tuesday and Saturday.
at p. m. for the Potomac river, calling
at Miiler's, Brome's, Bacon's, Grason's.
Lewisetta, Bundick's. Cowart's, Walnut
Point, Coan, Kinssle. Mundy's Point,
Lodge, Adams, Piney Point, Abelrs,
LeonardtowD, Cobrum's, Howard's and
Stones. On Tuesday only for Lancaster.
Bushwood, Riverside, Liverpool Point.
Glymont, Alexandria and Washington.
Returning, will leave 18th street wharf.
Washington, at 4 p. m. Thursday, calling
at all the above mentioned wharyes.
leaving Leopardtown at a m. Monday
and Friday, Kinsale at 10 m, Miller's at
p. m, Grason's at p. IN. and Bacon's
at p. m, arriving in Baltimore early
Tuesday and Saturday mornings.
HENRY WILLIAMS, Agent,
Baltimore, Md.
STEPHENSON & BRO, Agents,
Washington, d. @.
VIM. NJ. REARDON, Agent,
Alexandria. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
Mans Inhumnnity 70 Ma,

First Detectiye-How did you man.
age TO get confession from that des.
perado?
Second Detective-Weli. you see. we
travelled together by rail for 200 miles.
First Detective what had that
to do with his confession?
Second Detective-I bought cigar of
the train boy and gave It to him. After
smoking II he thought he was going to
Ole. so he told me Chicago
News.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-16
A story of Andrexv c,r.r,.

A new and interesting story is being
told OF Mr.. Andrew Carnegie. He was
walking along country road not FAR
from Skibo castle when he came across
an old cottager busily engaged I'm put.
ing thatch roof on his cottage. He
asked the man why he did not put on
tiled roof and was told that 1t was too
expensive.
how muchr' ne CURLY asked.
Fifty pounds" the man replied. and
10 his Intense amazement and 10y Mr..
carnegie there and then wrote him out
check for that amount. Going In.
doors. he told his wife the news.
Mon." she said scornfully. "wby
dinna ye say f75? Go an tell him va
made mistake"
The eottager journeyed up to the cas-
Tie and was shown into Mr.. Carnegic's
study. He explained that he had been
wrong about the cost. saying It would
De 10 more. The millionaire philan-
thropist asked for the check back.
oooiiy tors 1t In pieces. and the dis.
mayed and disconsolate cottager was
shown the door.