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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-01-08

sSt COURTS Oh rduce.
From time to time the parties to whom
the chief conspiratOr applied for loans
would ask to see her securities. Then
with great flourish she would bring out
big envelopes marked with seals and
display packages of French three per
cents-a gilt edge security Then she
would exclaim: What more do you
want?" with the result that the skeptical
went away satisfied. At the beginning
of the past year some of those who had
loaned large sums began an investiya-
ton and pursued it relentlessly. They
secured an order from the court remOv-
ing the seals, and the police, in COM
pany with some of her victims, were
dismayed upon opening the safe. to find
nothing but venerable jewel box and
some old papers-not trace of the $2O,-
100000 fortune. In the meantime the
swindlers had decamped This was on
May 8. They succeeded in eluding the
law for nine months, though all Europe
was rahsacked in hopes of getting them,
willie search was made in the United
States
With the proceeds of their ill-gOtten
gains the party had a jolly time. Nine.
Humbert entertained OH a lavish scale
persons of the greatest prominence. She
established hospitals, charities. gave lib
orally to other deserving objects. and
was the greatest benefactor Paris had
known in many a day. She had a mag
nifcent home in the Avenue de la Grande
Armee.
The prisoners deny that they are gull
ty, and say they are anxious to rindi-
cate themselves before the French courts.
The trial will be moved promptly, and
will be followed with surprising interest.
It is expected long terms of miprisOn-
ment will be meted out to these auda-
cious offenders.
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cHICAGO.s COAL. SHORTAGE.
State Attorney General Investigates
Charges Against Dealers.

State Attorney General Investigates
Charges Against Dealers.
The coal shortage in Chicago is being
Investigated by Attorney General Ham
lin in person, TO find basis for legal
proceedings. Representations were made
To the Attorney General that til. coal
dealers of Chicago and not the railroads
| ale responsible for the tie-up of coal on
the side tracks and in the railroad yards.
Ii was charged that the coal dealers
IN order - make the famine effective and
s"nd prices upwards. We're paying denur-
lasc charges Of 81 Il day on eacl, ear.
If this can be s;lbstantiated Attorney
General Hrmlin thinks the persons who
are responsible, for the coal famine .:n
Ia, reached for forming illegal cplnu;i.:.
iiUIs.
1t was Represented to Attorney Cen
eral Hamlin that while thousands of ears
of soft coal remain in the railroad yards
close TO Chicago. consumers are COM
PEELED to pay from $4.25 to SG Il ton for
so # coal. One Chicago newspaper stat
ell that on Saturday there Were 1886
carloads of coal, or about 6OO.0OO tons,
in the railroad yards in and around Chi
caSo.
1t appears that the soft coal operators
have made good their threat of the early
summer to RISE the price of soft coal.
The anthracite strike was the opening
wedge for the soft coal dealers to reap
rich harvest. Many dealers and opera
tors declared the people would use soft
coal this winter and many would con
time next winter. owing To the plentiful
supply and the cheapness in price. The
orders came and the result is shown in
the general advance of soft coal.
Following are the prices of both hard
and soft coal and the condition of the
supply in many cities:
Boston-Hard coal $12 Soft coal SO.
Limited supply.
New York-Hard coal $3.50. Soft coal
$50. Limited supply.
Washington-Hard coal S12. Soft coal
50. Limited supply.
Detroit-Hard coal $12 Soft coal So.
Supply short.
Nashyille-Hard coal beyond reach of
all but very rich. Soft coal sells for
$500 to "a.
Omaha-Hard coal SIS. Soft coal
$3.50 to $50. Plentiful.
Kansas City-Hard coal S12 Plenty
of soft coal at moderate prices.
st. Paul-Hard coal $40. Soft coal So.
Limited supply.
Cleveland-Hard coal $7II5. Soft coal
$5.25. Plentiful supply.
Buffalo-Hard coal S6.25. Soft coal
ST. Plentiful supply.
Springfield. Ill.-NO hard coal. Soft
coal $3.50. Plentiful supply.
st. LOuis-NO hard coal. Soft coal
$3.50. Plentiful supply.
Milwaukee-Hard coal $50. Soft
coal S625. Short supply.
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rates and unfair competition, intended to
cripple or ruin business rivals or deal
ngs in restraint of trade. are punished
by fine or Imprisonment or both. Per-
sistent violatOrs of the law are-prOliibit-
ed from engaging iii interstate or foreign
commerce.
The bill makes every corporation offi-
cial violating the law personally liable
for all debts and obligations contracted
during his term of office. The Attorney
General is to have $jOO.OOO to use in
enforcing the law.
THE bill which have prepared said
Senator Hoar. lis, believe, conservative
and moderate. 1t will work no serious
injury to any lawful and honorable busi-
ness. Indeed, have taken pains to put
into the law a provision that the Attor-
ney General may in his discretion refrain
from proceeding to obtain Il decree which
will absolutely prevent the continuance
of business by an association against
which any civil proceeding may be in
stituted if in his judgment the Interrupt
ton of business will cause serious public
loss or Inconvenience. i have tried to
avoid any provision which might work
harm to legitimate enterprise"
In Senator HOar's opinion there il
nothing in the bill which is not in strict
accordance with the constitution. The
one thing in the bin which is of vital con-
sequence is the provision contained in
section II.
THAT every president, treasurer. gen.
eral manager. agent or other person usu-
ally exercising the powers Of such Off
GERS of any corporation, joint stock COM
pany. or other association who has him
self in its behalf violated. united TO viO-
late, or voted for or consented TO the
violation of any of the provisions of this
act. shall thereafter be personally liable
for all the debts and obligations of any
such corporation"
1T is doubtful" says Senator Hoar.
whether any one man will care to ac-
cept such responsibility. and even if
such n thing should happen in case of
single corporation the instances must be
very few. 1t may be objected by some
that the United States government has
no constitutional power to make an Off
Ger of a corporation personally liable for
all its debts. But the bill haObeen care
fully drawn so as to cover that point.
The officers of corporation enter into
an agreement that they will be liable
for the debts of the corporation, other
wise they will not be permitted to engage
in interstate commerce or in commerce
with foreign nations. A violation of
that agreement subjects them to punish
ment. There is nothing unconstitutional
in this"
An important provision of the bill is in
section ). which is intended to meet the
case of concern like the American Su-
gar Refining Company. which by the de
cision of the Supreme Court has been
held not to be subject to the existing
anti trust law. The sugar trust escaped
on the plea that it was engaged in man
ufacturing and not in Interstate com
merce: that the product was made in
the State of New York by one associa-
ton and that its sale was carried on
by others.
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BIG INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION.
Report to Date Shows $4,000 More
Arrivals than in 1901.


Arrivals than in 1901.
While the immigration at the port of
New York for the last half of the cur
rent wear. says the Journal of Commerce.
has not been us large as that Of the first
six months. there was a very heavy in
crease in the total immigration as COM
pared with the previous calendar year.
The total number of immigrants that ar
rived at New York and We're admitted in
1902. UP to and including Dec. %. was
b45.I51, as compared with 417,713 in
1901. a gain this year of more than 1885,
OOO The month of May showed the larg-
est immigration the number of arrivals
IN that month being 81, 2,154.
Italy and Austria Hungary contribute
ed the largest proportion of the years
immigration, the number of arrivals from
Italy being larger than from any other
country: the influx from Russia. Ger
MANY. Norway -and Sweden, Greece and
the United Kingdom was also very
heavy.
As. to destination, the Italian immi-
grants stay for the most part in and
about New York. although there has con-
tinued to be an increase in the number
who go West, to Ohio, Illinois and even
to California. The Hebrews also stay
for the most part in New York and vi
cinity. The Germans settle largely in
the East, but also go in large numbers
to other parts of the country.
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Lord Tennyson has been appointed
Governor General of Australia for cne
gear.
United States Ambassador to England
Choate is going to Egypt for the opening
Of the Nile dam.
Emperor William has invited Coquclin,
the French actor, to be a member of his
next hunting party.
Social lonizing since his return from
South Africa seems to have brought oH'
the latent geniality of Lord Kitchenei-
He is now described as not half the bear
he used to be.
Crown Prince Frederick of Saxony the
other day broke his leg below the knee
while hunting near Salzberg.
Sir Richard j. Cartwright, minister OF
trade and commerce of the Dominion OF
Canada, has been made a British privy
councillor.
Prince Henry XIV. of Pless, who re-
Gently visited the United States, said lie
thought President Roosevelt was full OF
electric sparks.
Sir Wilfred Laurier, premier of Can
ada, will, it is said, shortly retire from
public life, the step being urged by his
physicians. who say that he can continue
his public activities only at physical
peril
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MONS. QC1GLEf. lauS, with oO,OOO
parishioners; the Holy Family, with 90
900, and ST. Michael's, $1,000. The pre-
dominating nationalities of these is, re-
spectively, Polish, English speaking and
German.
In the parochial schools of the diocese
there are 81 ,321 children; in orphan asy-
luns and similar institutions 1928, and
colleges. 7,O9S. This gives fetal of 92,-
657 OF the 1888 churches in the city
limits Il are English speaking. 81 Ger
man, is Polish, 10 Bohemian, 4 French,
) Italian. Slavonian, 6 Croatian, l
Greek. / Syrian and 1 Dutch.
Rt. Rev. James E. Quigley is cOnsid-
cred one of the most popular MEN in
Buffalo, and is noted as one of the ablest
aud most learned of the Roman Catholic
prelates on the American continent. He
will be the youngest archbishop in Amer
lea, and at the same time will preside
over what is conceded to be the second
most important of the four leading met
ropolitan sees in the world. The new
archbishop is now in his 4Sth year. He
was. born in Canada, but while still an
infant his parents moved TO Lima, \. Y.
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erlck. where the command was
changed, General Hooker succeeding
General Meade at the head Of the di-
vision. and General Stahl was made
commandant Of cavalry. in place Of
General Pleasanton.
"On Sunday. July 2, the first brigade
was engaged in a small fight at Littles-
town, and following that we had an
other little furry at Red Mills. Then
came the battle Of Gettysburg. was
detailed to take charge of the hospital
at Hanover. which was q few miles
away from the field. and two or three
days after the fight poor fellow was
brought in who had been found in
wheat field, shot all to pieces. He had
been in the broiling sun for three days
without food or shelter Of any kind.
and he was In a horrible condition.
His case seemed a hopeless one from
the moment We laid eyes upon him.
but everything was done to ease his
dying hours, and to make him COM
Portable as he passed out of this world.
Under the direction Of the supervising
surgeon. large dose Of morphine was
administered in order that he might
pass away with as little consciousness
Of pain as possible. But forty-eight
hours afterward he still lived. and did
not seem at all inclined to quit.
'Just then young lady from Han
over, who had been helping around the
hospital. asked If there were any spe-
cial case Of which she might take
charge. She was told that there were.
and was assigned to look after this
poor fellow. She did her work so well
that shortly after he was able to be
removed from the field hospital to
better one. where he continued to I'M
prove. and. shortly after, entirely re-
covered. This mans name was Nc
Even, and he had been a private in a
Missouri regiment. When discharged
as convalescent he at once married the
young lady who had done so much to-
ward saving his life. and soon after
ward returned to his company. where
he rapidly rose in rank. and was final
ly mustered out as a captain"
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
800 to $5.25; hogs. shipping grades,
si.25 to S6.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.OC
ID S4.4O; wheat, No. 2 red, tie to 12c:
.arn, No. ., 43c to 44c; oats, No. =, soc
to 32c: rye. No. 9. 4Sc to 49c; hay, tim
tthy. $3.50 to $3.50; prairie, $500 tc
2Tc: eggs. fresh, 22c to 25c; potatoes,
zoe to Ace per bushel.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to S5.IO; hogs,
1850 to S6.25: sheep. $3.50 to $4.OO;
wheat. No. =. tic to re: corn, No. .,
5)c to 4Oc; oats, No. ., 32c to 33c; rye,
20. 2. 39c to 49c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50;
hogs. S4.OO to $3.50: sheep. $3.50 TO
1885: wheat, No, 3, TIC to 7Sc; corn, No
mixed, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2 mixed
B5c to 36c; rye, No. 9, soc to SIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $G.25; hogs,
$500 to $6.1O; sheep, $3.50 to S3.70;
wheat. No. =. 7Sc to Tac; corn. No. 3
yellow. 4Sc to 49c; oats, No. 3 white,
Bic to 35c; rye, No. 9, SOC to 51c.
Observation-Disclosures. No. 2 northern,
7ac to T5c; corn. No. 5, 43c to 44c: oats.
No white. 32c to 33c; rye. No. 1. soc
t., sic: barley, No. =. 64c to 65c; pork.
n,ass. S16.40.
Toledo-Wheat, No. . mixed. 75c to
76c; corn, No. mixed. 43c to 45c; oats,
No. . mixed, Sic to 33c; clover seed,
prime. $6.42.
Indianapolis shipping, $500 10
S.s75; hogs, choice light, $4.0O to SGD
sleep, common to prime, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 9
white, 43c to 44c; oats, No. = white, 34c
to Soc.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$3.50 to 5000; hogs, fair to prime. SLOO
to S6.7O; sheep, fair to choice, S3.25 to
SS.S5; lambs, common TO choice. S4.OO to
$500
New York-Cattle, S4OO to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $6.1O; sheep, $500 to
S3.75; wheat, No. red, 7Sc to 79c; corn,
No. 2, Sic to 5Sc; oats, No. 2 white,
BIC to 3Sc: butter. creamery, &c to 2Sc;
eggs. western, 24e to 26c.
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HISTORY OF A WEEK.
PEOPLE. PLACES AND THINGS
Or THE WORLD.
News, of Crimes and Criminals, Ac-
cidents, Fires, Etc, from North.
South, East and West. Sanwiched
with Minor Affairs.
counterfeiters captured.

Secret Service Agent George F.. Foster
of Washington. after long in vestigation
succeeded in locating a counterfeiters' den
at 52S West Second street. Wilmington,
DEL, and it was raided by the police.
Biagni Malearosa, better known as mike
Ross" Santhia Malearosa, his wife, and
Nicola Di Paco, his brother -in-law, were
arrested and the plant captured. 1t was
an unusually large one. comprising ten
moulds, number of mixing pots, dies,
presses and0ther counterfeiting parapher-
MALTA. The parties will have hearing
before Acting United States Commissioner
Hollis. Among the materials captured
were about 100 counterfeit dollars and
some partly formed nickels.
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Freight tariff on grain from Chicago
has been advanced 21a cents per 1O(
pounds.
ern Railroad has decided to increase the
wages of practically all its employees.
Circulars announce proposed increase
of $2O,OOO,O0O stock by the Chicago
Great Western system to extend and i'm
prove its lines.
The Illinois Central ard Southern Pa.
cific railroads have formed traffic alli-
ance on business from Chicago via New
Orleans and the Pacific coast.
Santa Claus paid a welcome visit to
the 400 engineers and firemen on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul sys-
lem, increasing their pay about 10 per
cent.
The Cuba company opened its railroad
from Santiago to Hay ana recently. 1t is
believed that the opening of the road will
lead to the rapid development CT the in
.erior of the island.
The Chicago and Northwestern has
inaugurated through sleeping car ser
vice from Chicago to Spokane, Wash. by
a special arrangement with one of their
western connections.
The New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad has purchased twenty
acres of ground on the Common wealth
Fats. Boston, on which it will erect the
worlds greatest freight terminal
James J. Hills proposal to the govern
ment to transport soldiers from Chicago
., ,l,r Db;lnD;naS for cox apd fra;yl,t ,f
- ton is expected to cause the govern.
uent to abandon the transport service.
'rhe syndicate which recently gained
c5Itrol of the Pere Marquette Railroad
sFstem has acquired the Lake Erie and
Dasroit River road, and will make it a
trunk line between Lake Michigan points
including Chicago and Buffalo.
The Chicago Great Western is prepar-
ing to place heavy order for equip
ments. including 500 box cars. 100 furni
yure cars, 100 stock cars and twenty six
cabooses. Growth of business is the re;l-
son for increasing the equipment.
Rock Island engineers have complet.
ed the survey from Waurika, Ok, to
Ardmore. distance of fifty-two miles
rhe company will soon commence con.
struction of this branch. 1t is reported
that the company will build from Little
Rock to st. Louis.
The government has been "negatived';
i.y the Transcontinental Passenger As.
sociation 1t recently asked for rate
of 10 cents mile for CATS of the United
States fish commission, including trans
portation of five persons. but as most of
the railroads were receiving 20 cents a
mile for this service the request was de,
clined.
The authorities of Washington, d. c.,
are investigating charges that the coal
carrying roads are diverting coal from
the national capital to other cities.
Washington has a veritable coal famine.
1t is announced by Vice-President and
General Manager Hays of the Grand
Trunk that he will make application to
the dominion parliament for authority
To extend the lines of that company te
rhe Pacific coast from Worth Bay.
Passengers on the Northwestern lin.
tied of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway to Minneapolis and st. Paul the
other night enjoyed the first Strawberries
Of the season, which were served by
the dining car department of that line.
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to have been as follows:
ei,ee3 PORTO RIcAN PUPILS.
Commissioners Report Shows Gain in
School Enrolment.

Corn IN issioner's Report Shows Gain in
School Enrolment.
According to the annual report of the
Porto Rican commissioner of education,
Samuel NJ. Lindsay. there are 6l.S63
pupils enrolled in the S74 public schools
of the island. He says that while the
best schools there do not compare with
the best schools in the United States,
the poorer ones are better than the same
grade here.
Free schools now exist in every muni-
cipality of Porto Rico and 923 teachers
are regularly employed. During the past
year the attendanceshas increased q per
cent: number of schools, ID per cent; the
teachers. 20 per cent. The report says
that these figures show that under Amer
lean civil government the educational :id-
vantages offered free to the masses of
the people, as compared with the maxi
mum facilities provided by the Spanisl,
government, have nearly doubled.
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IIlinois Rank Robbed.

Five men entered the First National
tank of Abingdon, ILL.,, bound and gagged
the night watchman and leisurely blew
v>en the vanlt, securing $i.S00. Thirteen
charges of dynamite were exploded before
the cash was reached. The robbers are
believed to have entered the city in two
bnggies and to have driven north and west
off I'd
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managed to extract $12.Wn.0OO from
their dupes before they were found out
one of them, a banker of high stand
ing. NJ. Girard. who lost S2,000.O0O. COM
n,itted suicide when he found he was
ruined. The victims chiefly were banks
and trust companies.
Under pretext that an American mill
ionaire. Robert Crawford, had died be-
tween 1878 and 1888, in an unknown
place. and left Mme Humbert his for
tune of $20,OOO.OOO, by will dated at
Nice, Sept. 6, 1877, she began borrow
ing on the strength of this, and kept IT
up twenty years. There was no such
man as Crawford. In order to add plaus-
ibility to her story, she said Mr.. Craw-
ford left two nephews, who commenced
an action to set aside the will in the
French courts. Pending this, Nine.
Humbert had the courts seal the safe
wherein the packages were kept contain
ing the $2O,OOO,O 600 in securities in order
TO prevent their being purloined by the
hn.r tC The nnnhawS
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Father,s Inhuman Act.

Dietrich Tiedemann. a rich farmer OF St.
Clair County, Illinois, has been fined and
put under bonds to keep the peace for
year for brutal assault ON mis- l4-year-Old
son. Tiedemann took the lad to tool
shop to whip him. The boy tried so hard
to ward off the blows that the man is said
10 have fastened his hands in a wise and
beat him until he tainted, then left him
hanging by his hands.
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THE REVOLT IN MOROCCO.

Kabyle Tribcsmen of the Sultan Raise
the Banner of Insurrectiou.
The young Sultan of Morocco, Abdul
Aziz. is having trouble with an unruly
element among his subjects. Several
months ago the Kabyle tribesmen revolt
ed against his rule and practically ever
since have been plying the rather con-
genial task of raiding caravans and pill
laying. Recently the leader of the rebels
was defeated by the Sultan's troops and
all of his followers who were captured
were put to death and their heads nailed
up as warning to the city gate of Fez.
But another leader promptly arose and
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TeeT III dTlS tcduo
like a romance and
who fled to avoid
punishment for her
nlisdeeds. was ap-
pretended IN Mad
rid recently, togcth-
er with her accom-
pliceS-her husband.
Frederic Humbert.
Eva Humbert and
Romain, Emil and
Marie 'd'iurignac.
They were taken
back to France for
trial.
.-. =
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HOAR CURBs TRUSTS.
MAKES PUBLIC TERMS OF ANTI
COMBINE BILL.
Seeks Control Through Interstate Com
merce-PubIicity a Requisite for Con-
tinuing to DO Rusiness-CompetitiO
to Ruin Trade Made Unlawful.

the antitrust bill which he asked leave
before the Senate adjourned for the holi-
days to introduce. The bill gees to the
committee on judiciary, of which Sena.
tor HOar is chairman.
The measure provides for publicity of
n sweeping character as to the affairs of
specified corporations and joint stock
companies, requiring elaborate state
ments annually from their officers as the
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necessary to protect Europeans and aid
the Sultan in subduing the turbulent
Kabyle tribes.
The Sultan of Morocco is 23 years
old and has been on the throne only Il
few years. He is fond of European III
struments of diversion and rides IL BIZ
cycle. His latest hobby is photography
and he is said to have developed quite
an ability as an artist. The people over
whom he rules are among the most fanat-
ical on the face of the earth
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A Story of the War.

IF the medical corps Of the army
should give their "reminiscences they
could add a great many incidents Of
the war which make such popular
reading to-day" said an ex-army sur
geon.
I'm 1868 l was the acting assistant
surgeon Of the Eighteenth Pennsylva-
mia Cavalry. We crossed the Potomac
at Raccoon Fork and marched to Fred