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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18
Mlr.and Mrs. Lingerfeld,
EXPERT OPTICIANS, OF
NEW YORK,
Will be in Logan. at the Rempel
Hotel, Monday, June %, and
Will Remain Until Sat-
urday, June 9th.
GIVING FREE EXAMINATION
OF THE EYES.
No One Urged to Buy-Prices Reas-
onable-Headaches Knocked Sky
High in One Hour by Use
Of Celebrated Crysto
Vitrine Lens.
ObtAalmie Retenoseopie Tests
C;,,., "a, Hx:S;-oI Cos,c
ObtAaAmie -Retenoseopie Test
Given in Critical Gases.

During the past three years these
Opticians correctly fitted the
number Of Glasses mentioned in
towns 6elow: Fitted 27I Peo-
Pile in Springfield; 7oS people
IN Urbana; aver 500 people in
Xenia; Ovey 900 people IN VII
m'mgton;; 0ver 1000 people tn
Lancaster; 500 people in Cir
clevil1e; z5o people is Washtne-
ton, C.H; 900 People IN chilli
cotAe; zoo people IN Greenfield;
600 Pee9le IN Lebanon; 52S
people in Mew Lexington and
66S people tn Hilks6oy0, O.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18
4 Per cent on Savings Deposits

and 2 per cent on checking accounts
paid by PIttsburg Trust Company,
323 Fourth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
Capital, surplus and profits, Sc, ,o00,-
10000. enk by mail.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Lingerfeid nave the most
perfectly equipped and handsomely urn-
ished optical parlOrs in the State of Ohio,
which are located in the Pruden Building,
at the corner of Main and Fifth streets. Day
fon, o. During the past fourteen years, be-
have fitted successfully forty three thousand
people in the State of Ohio. MIR. and Mrs.
Lingerfeld are manufacturing opticians
grind their lenses which are pround from
the very finest material obta inable Each
lense is guaranteed to be of the most perfect
and accurate curvatures, highly polished
gerfeld have Il towns they visit twice a year
and they intend TO include Logan in their
circuit. All lenses are warranted for two
time. Prices for glasses So 10 to $500.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18
LOGAN SCHOOL EXAMINERS MEETINGS

The Board OF School Examiners of Loyal
Village will hold regular meetings for the
examination of applicants for Teachers cer-
tifcates onthe secondSaturday of May June
and Septemberin the High School room. In
the school building OF said village. Exam
inntiOns begin at 9. 80 A. NJ. (standard) of
each day. By Order of Board OF Examiners.
O.W. H WRIGHT. President
F. e. PIERPONT, Secretary.
LEWIS GREEN.
July l. l9Ol-tf
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18
Notice of Appointment.

Estate of F. s. Kessler, Deceased.
The undersigned has been appointed and
qualified as Administrators with the Will
annexed of the Estate of F. S. Kessler. late
OF Hooking County. o.. deceased.
Dated this 18th day of June A. d. 1908.
MARY KESSLER.
Adm'x with the Will Annexed.
June l8, 1g03-3w
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18
June 27, 1908, at 3 o'clock p.m.,

for the purchase of the Bonds OF Hooking
County, Ohio, to the amount of Seveventy
Five Thousand ls75. 100000 Dollars, being One
Hundred and Fifty Q50l Bonds. each of tho
denomination of Five handred (S500.00) Dol
lars, dated July ], 1908, payable in annual
tnStallments AS hereinafter stated and bear
ing interest at the rate of four (i) per cent.
per annum, payable semi-annually at the
office of the County Treasurer.
Said bonds will be payable at the the office
OF the County Treasurer, as Follows
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18
Proposals for Bonds.

Office Of County. Commissioners, !
Hooking County, Ohio.
JUNE 1st, 1908.
Sealed proposals will be received at the
ofdce OF the County Auditor, Logan, Hook
ing County, Ohio, until
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18
Notice of Appointment

Estate of John C. Wolfe, deceased.
The undersigned has been appointed and
qualified as ADMINISTRATIVE of the Estate of
John C. Wolfe, late of Hooking County, de-
ceased.
Dated this 9Th day of June. A. D. 1903.
RACHEL L. WOLFE.
June 11-3w Administrative.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18
wuNIcIPai CLASSIFICATION.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON-
STITUTION OF OHIO.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15
ABOUT COMPLEXIONS.
Food Make. Them Good or Bad.

Saturate the human body with strong cof-
fee and it will in time show in the COM
plexion of the coffee drinker
This 10 caused by the action of coffee on
the liver. thus throwing part of the bile into
the blood. Coffee compilations are sallow
and muddy and will stay that way until
coffee is given up entirely.
The sure way to recover rosy checks and
red lips Is to quit coffee and drink Postum
been for more than twenty years an tnvet-
crate coffee drinker and it is absolutely
true that I had SO completely saturated
myself with this drug that my complexion
toward the last became perfectly yellow
and every nerve and fiber in me was af-
fected by the drugs in coffee.
Tor days at a time / had been COM
vous headache and stomach trouble and
medicines did not give me any relief.
had never consulted q physician in regard
to my headaches and terrible complexion
and / only found out the cause of them
after commenced the use of Postum. which
became known to ME through Grape Nuts.
We all liked the food Grape-Nuts and it
helped US so We thought Postum must
certainly have merit and we concluded to
tr;- it. We found it so delicious that we
continued the use altogether. although
never expected 1t to help my health.
after a few months my headaches were
all gone and my complexion had cleared
wonderfully, then ] knew that my troubles
had been caused by coffee and had been
cured when l left off coffee and drank Pos
tum N its place" Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek. Mich.
Postum will change the blood Of any
conse-dr.uker and rosy cheeks and health
take the place OF yellow skin and dis
ease.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15
EOIITORF.

Posing for The Republic in the attitude he
assumed when attempting to hold up
| Noelker in his saloon, when several shots
were exchanged.
| Waterman by Constable McGillicudy. told
| the Fourth District police yesterday that
such a revolver had been stolen from his
| room at No $50 North broadway.
| When Holltorf was arrested by Sergeant
| Trojanowski and Patrolman Ferie of the
! Fourth District. he gave the name of Gus
| Hcissel. Chief Desmond. after an hours
questioning yesterday afternoon. obtained
| the confession from the prisoner that his
| name is Holltorf and not Heissel
GIVES COMPANIONS NAME.
Holltorf told Chief Desmond that his COM
ranion in the Noeiker and private watch
man robberies was Henry Marbles. He says
Marbles lives in the vicinity of Fourteenth
street and Cass avenue. Detectives have
been unable 10 find Marbles Holltorf says
it was Marhes who was with him when he
Thursday night
Samuel Yosiss, who keeps saloon at No.
al Colinsville avenue, in East st. Louis,
identified Holltorf at the Fourth District
Station yesterday morning as one of the
men who robbed him on July 10 of SO.
Thomas Fitzgerald, bartender in John NJ.
Griftin's saloon at No. POI Missouri avenue.
also Identified him. Fitzgerald was robbed
of so on July 81.
Chief Desmond compelled Holltorf to put
on one of the masks found in his possession
and gave him the reviewers taken from him
TO hold while Bradshaw and Perrano We're
identifying him.
PHOTOGRAPHED IN MASK.
The Chief also had photographs taken of
the robber while holding his pistols and
wearing his mask
Asked how he came to be a highway
man, Holltorf, who is only 10 years old. and
does not have the appearance of a des-
perate man, said:
l an paperhanger by trade. I got out
or work and met these other men They
induced me TO join them in holding up peo-
PIE L went out with them and tried 1t. 1t
was easy and l kept at it. That's the whole
reason Tor my being here
Holltorf admitted to Chief Desmond that
he had sold cheap jewelry. but would not
admit that he had taken part in the rob-
berry of Bradshaw.
Holltorf. when questioned closely about
the robbery of the private Waterman. de-
clared that he and his companion met him
on Carr street between Sixteenth and Sew
enteenth streets and held him up He said
the Waterman attempted to draw his re-
Voiver, but they took 1t away from him.
Waterman Kane declares that the re-
Folver was stolen from his room together
with several shirts and other property The
description of the revolver given by Kane
Is identical with that of one of the weapons
taken from Holltorf. 1t is a British bull
dog pattern. 44-caliber. has a chased barrel
to the Four Courts when Kane called at
the Fourth District Station. and he did not
90 to the Four Courts to see the Weapon
He Will do SO.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15

Washington, Aug. 14-Secretary Root to-
morrow will promulgate an order defining
the duties of the general staff of the army,
which under the law. goes into effect on
August 10. On the selection and duty of the
Chief of Staff, the Secretary says:
Under the act of February a. 1908, the
Commander of the Army of the United
States rests with the constitutional Com
mander in Chief the President The Presi-
dent will place parts of the army and separ-
ate armies whenever constituted. under
commanders subordinate to his general COM
mand; and in case of exigency seeming to
him TO require it. he may place the whole
army under u single commander subordinate
to him; but in time of peace and under or
binary conditions the administration and
control of the army are effected without
any second i'll command.
THE President command is exercised
through the Secretary of War and tho
Chief of Staff. The Secretary of War is
charged with carrying out the policies of
the President in military affairs. He di-
rectly represents the President and is bound
always TO act in conformity to the Presi-
dents instructions. Under the law and the
decisions Of the Supreme Court his acts are
Aiit AUS, anu MS directions and
orders are the Presidents directions and
orders.
The Chief OF Staff reports to the Sec
rotary OF War. acts as his military adj
wiser, receives from him the direction and
orders given in behalf of the President and
gives effect thereto in the manner herein
after provided.
Exceptions to, this ordinary course of
administration may. however. be made bv
any special direction of the President If he
sees fit to call upon the Chief of Staff to
give information or advice or receive in
structions directly
The Chief OF Staff is detailed by the
President from officers of the army at
large not below the grade of Brigadier Gem
eral- The successful performance of the
duties of the position requires what the title
denotes-a relation of absolute confidence
and personal accord and sympathy between
the Chief of Staff and the President. and
necessarily. also. between the CHIEF of STAFF
and the Secretary of War For this reason,
without any reflection whatever upon the
officer detailed. the detail will in every case
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15

cease. unless sooner terminated. on the dav
following the expiration of the term of office
OF the President by whom the detail is
made and if at any time the Chief of Staff
considers that he can no longer sustain to-
ward the President and the Secretary of
war the relations above described, It will
De ms DUTY to apply to be relieved.
ne chief of Staff is charged with the
duty OF supervising under the direction of
the Secretary of War. all troops of the line
the adJutant Generals. Inspector Generals.
Judge Advocate Generals, Quartermasters.
Subsistence, Medical, Pay and Ordnance
departments the Corps Of Engineers and
the Signal Corps. He performs such other
military duties not otherwise assigned by
law as may be assigned to him by the Pres
ident."
This paragraph and subsequent para
graphs confer all authority in the War De-
partHent on the Chief of Staff under the
direction of the Secretary of War.
The remainder of the order relates to the
duties of other members of the {, eneral
Staff and gives the provisions of the law re-
lat!ng to the General staff The General
Staff will become an advisory and investi-
eating bcdy, and will prepare plans for the
organization and mobilization of the army.
collect information and make preparation
for plans of campaigns and other actions
The officers of the General Staff assigned to
duty in Washington will be divided into d.
visions such as may be directed by the
Chief of Staff. Officers of the General Staff
assigned to divisions. departments and sep
arate brigades will serve under the imme-
diate orders of the commander of such sep
arate divisions and deoortneptc
Another general order has been issued
amending the regulations of the army to
meet the changed conditions which the Gen.
eral Staff law makes necessary
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15

TaFfeta Pettieoais.
Worth up to So: GE CO
Nonbrcakable silks. ...... UTa . V
These are the best Nonbrcakablc Taf-
fcta silk PettcoatS in The Meyer store.
and they were selling for $50 to $50:
each n different style. and in black and
colorS.
Mems Extra Size Underwear.
Sizes Al To IS: worth eQG N
81 garment NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. a S0
Mems ST Underwear.
Lisle Thread and Mercerized Silk;
Way" and Otis" EHa
brands (cach) ................S wv
Ladies' Knit Vests.
Worth 12iac each; about 100 dozens to
s sSl'; :a they 60 & for Csc
Ladies' i5e Knit Vests.
Richclieu ribbed; tape and lace at neck
s soa arm ................ 8 for 25c
Ladies' 35c Knit Vests.
Sea Island Cotton Vests. trimmed with
o oinny iaees. and: and 3 for Soc
Boys Mercerized ljndarWe ar
Worth soc q garment; shirts and
drawers TEn
each. ..................E GG
ChiIdren's Csc Underwear.
Sizes IS to &c: shirts and feAa
drawers-each. ...............tVV
$3.50 Wash Kid Gloves.
Sizes 5la to 6; so if you have g small
hand you can Wear S1.50 Chamois
Wash Kid sSAn
Gloves for. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. n W.
Y Price Sale Of Fans.
Those worth 10c- e.
Fans worth Zoe IN
choice for.
Fans worth 5oc- 0E.
choice for. .EGG
Soc Lace curtainings.
Irish Point real Madras. Brussels
Nottingham, Swiss, (Ma
yard. .......... ..uVO
2sc Drapsry Cloths,
Art Denims and INA
Hungarian Cloths. sUU
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT NAMED.
w. j. Atkinson Succeeds General
Farrar in Trust Companv.

temporary president OF the United States
Trust Company yesterday to succeed Cen
eral B. G. Farrar, whose resignation on ac-
count OF his duties as the United States
Subtreasurer in st. Louis was announced
several DAYS ago.
The Board of Directors of the trust COM
pany passed resolutions thanking General
Farrar for his valuable services.
Mr.. Atkinson. who has been in charge Of
the St Louis Exposition and Music Hall
Company's affairs, has held the Office of
vice president of the trust company. 1t Is
understood that IN few weeks he will
resume the title of vice president and give
place to some fnancer who Is TO be Sc
lected for the presidency
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15
Knight. of Columbu. Excur.ion.

A committee from st. Louis Council. No.
1853, knights of Columbus, met last night in
the parlors of the Planters Hotel to make
arrangements for an excursion to ST.
Charles, Mo-. August 20. The Knights will
charter special train on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas. and attend a picnic to
be given b. Catholic parish in that place.
About 400 members of the different councils
in the city will attend,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15
Victim Identifies Prisoner as
Charles Holltorf, Cheap Jew
elry Peddler Acknowl-
edges Shooting at
Henry Voelker.

Charles Holltorf alias Gcs Teissal. i'd
rnl;ted to Chief OF Detectives Desmond yes
eriay afternoon that h" has taken part il
three holi-uTs, and five men have Identified
him as one of the men WHO robbed thcm.
Philip Bradshaw, raI1ter, of No. III
North Fourteenth street, is positive in his
Identification. Bradshaw says he has known
Hoiltorf for several years.
Bradshaw was held up by three men on
Twentieth street between Washington and
Lucas avenues. on the night Of July 4. The
robbers took Go cents from hiir..
~ told this fellow when ne and the ether
two men were robbng me-" said Bradshaw.
that l KEW him. and he cersainly would
get into trouble He cursed ME and COM
manded me to keep my hands u or, he
said. he would blow my head of.
Il had known him several years. He used
to peddle cheap jeweiry, and had seen him
with thieves often. 1 did not know his
name.
ROBBERS SCARED AWAY.
THE robbers believed / ''ad moro money
than IS cents and kept ne backed up
against fence for fifteen minutes, two of
them covering me all the time Sitt. revo.v-
ers. while this fellow searched nv pockets.
zone of them gave the alarm while Holl-
tori was searching me- and they ran. l
looked up and saw a Sergeant OF Police,
with several patromen. coming down the
street. told them that I'D bccn he'd
w. and they searched the vicinity, but
found no one
Frank Perrano, saloonkeeper at Lucas
avenue and Beaumont street was sure that
Hontorf was one of the men who robbed
his place. Perrano fought the three rob-
bers. and dozen shots were exchanged in
the barroom. Mirrors were broken. and the
walls were penetrated by bullets. One of
Holltorfs companions is believed to have
been wounoed by Perrano. as a trail of
blood was found on the sidewalk by the
poiic..
ADMITS ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
p Henry Noelker.7 saloonkeeper at High
and OFallon streets. who drove the high
wayman from his saloon with a chair
Wednesday night. also positively identified
Holtorf. He swore out warrants charging
the prisoner with assault to kill and rob-
berry in the first degree.
Holltorf. after considerable questioning.
admitted that 1t was he who attempted to
rob Voelker. He also admitted shooting at
the sa!oonkeeper. He says his companion
remained on the outside Of the saloon while
he was trying TO rob Voelkei.
Hoiltorf has told the police of robbery
Of which they knew nothing until yester-
day. He declares that one OF the pistols
found in his possession was stolen from a
private Waterman, whom he Snd his COM
panions held up ut Sixteenth and Carr
streets several nights ago. The police have
no report OF any such robbery
Thomas Kane, who is employed as a
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15
Body Found in Straw stnck.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Otterville. No., Aug. fi-The body of an
unidentified man, about 60, was found in n
strawstack near here this morning. Death
IS supposed TO have resulted from natural
causes.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15
Boring for OIL at Muscosee.

REPUBLIC SPEtJAJl-
Muscogee. /. T. Aug. 1.-THE first oil well
was started in this city this afternoon A
company has taken leases and will prospect
for oil on all the available lots within the
INCORPORATION.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15
DIRECTION OF THE ARMY
NOW CENTERED IN PRESIDENT,

secretary oot To-Day Will Prom ulgae the the New
Law Which Places the Military Practically Under the Direct
control OF the Chief ExecuveDuties of Staff Will
Consist Mainly OF Executing ers President Directly
or Indirectly Through the Sec Rotary OF War
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-15

This total of sl2S, 49,. 1854 does not cover
the property owned by those corporations
and assessed by the local Assessors of the
various counties and cities where situated.
as the State Board of Equalization only
assesses such property is located on
the right Of way of these companies.
The total assessed value of all property
subject to taxation for the year 1903 eX-
cert merchants and manufacturers, Is as
follows
Real estate, ssss. Gas 49,.
Personal property, $685. pa
Fridge railroad. telegraph and telephone prop
erty. SIPS, 4s4. s95.I7
Grand total OF assessment for 1905 8. e22, u.s.
6ln AZ.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-13
by WILLIAM w. COLLINS.

She and her husband have been In italy
all the winter and afterward IN the ~
rol. They come back, accompanied ny
Count Fosco and his wife, who propose
10 settle somewhere In the neighborhood
of London. and who have engaged 20
stay at Blackwater Park for the summer
months. before deciding on place OF res
idence SO long as Laura returns, no
matter who returns with her Sir Per-
cival may fill the house from moor 10
ceiling. II he likes. on condition that MS
wife and inhabit II together.
Meanwhile here | am. established at
Blackwater Park. "the ancient and IN
teresting seat tas the country history
oblinglngly informs mel "of Sir Percival
CLYDE. Bart"-and the future abinding
place (as | may now venture 10 add. on
nv accounn OF plain Marian Halcombe
spinster. now settled I'm snug little sit
ting-room with cup OF tea by her side
and all her earthly possessions ranged
round her I'm three boxes and a bag.
left Lmmeridge yesterday. having
received Laura's delightful letter from
Paris the day before had been pre-
viously uncertain whether ! was 10 meet
then I'm London or In Hampshire; but
this last letter informed me that Sir Per-
cival proposed 90 land at Southampton.
and To travel straight on 10 his country
house lie has spent so much money
abroad that he has none left 10 deiray
the expenses OF living In London for the
remainder OF the season: and he Is eco
/ nomically resolved 10 pass the summer
/ and autumn quietly at Blackwater. Laura
/ has had more than enough of excitement
| and change of scene. and IL pleased NJ
l the prospect OF country tranquility and
retirement which her husbands prudence
provides FOR her As for me. | am ready
to be happy anywhere In her society.
/ We are all. therefore. well contentcd I'm
our various ways. 10 begin with.
Last night I slept IN London. and was
delayed there 30 long today. by various
calls and commissions that ! did not
reach Blackwater. this evening. TIN after
! dusk
Judging hy my vague impressions Of
the place thus far n IL the exact opposite
Of ilmmeridge.
The house H. situated on a dead fat
and seems 10 be shut in--almost suffocs
ted. 90 my north-country notions-bS
trees. have seen nobody but the man
servant who opened the door 20 me, and