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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
AWFUL DISASTER VISITS PARIS.

Many Passengers Of Underground
Railway Lose Their Lives.
An awful catastrophe occurred in
Paris the other evening on the Metropoli-
tan electric railway, which runs mostly
under ground. Three trains were con-
sumed by fire and passengers were burn
ed or suffocated. The total number of
victims Is estimated at nearly one hun
dred.
One Of the trains broke down at Menil-
montant station, which is in a poor and
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
Imperial Army Defeated.

Hongkong special: The Chinese i'm
perial troops have been defeated by rebels
at Hwei-Chou-Fu, in the southern
province Of Kwang Tung. Imperial re-
inforcements consisting Of 5000 German
drilled troops have arrived at Canton.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
w. q. Stone Grand Chief.

w. S. Stone of Eden, Iowa, division,
No. ISL, has been elected to fill the un-
expired term as grand chief engineer of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers. made vacant by the deaths of p.
NJ. Arthur and A B. Youngson.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
Woman Steals Her Own Child.

Mrs. Arville Turner, armed with a re-
volver, entered the home of Mrs. John
Taylor at Newport, Ky, and carried of
her own 6-year-old child. Mrs. Taylor
fed at sight of the revolver, and Mrs
Turner broke open the screen door, secur-
ed the child, and running to the street,
escaped in a wagon.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20

4 Siadill, l. T., dispatch says William
Cameron. a merchant, drank sulphuric
acid. used in making soda water, and
lied in about twenty minutes. 1t is not
tnown whether he drank it with suicidal
ntept or not. He was 3S years old and
caves q wife and three children
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
Gha.tIy River NIysterv.

The dismembered and headless trunk
of human body has been found floating
in the Mississippi river near the dam of
the st. Paul Boom Company. 1t has
been in the water so long that it was i'm
possible to identify it.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
Powder Mill Is Blown Tn.

The packing house of the Dupont pow
der mills at Carney's Point, Del. blew
up. No one was injured, as there were
no employees there at the time. The loss
is trifing. The cause of the explosion is
unknown
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
A Pennsylvania Wreck.

The Pennsylvania ''Seashore Limited"
ran into an open switch at Van Vert, O.,
with fatal results. The engineer was
killed and score Of passengers injured,
some fatally.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
sixteen Hurt Near Cincinnati.

BY the collision of electric cars on the
Cincinnati and Eastern Interurban linz
between Mount Washington and Bethel
Ohio, two crowded cars were badly dam
aged and sixteen persons hurt, four very
lerfnuSiY
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
Won't Meas with Negro

A deadlock on the cruiser Columbie
has been in existence at Brooklyn navy
yard for several days, because Chief Car.
peuter's Mate Isaac Miller, negro, insist
On dining with petty officers: Washington
N1ciaJa may interfere.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
Ate Toadstools and Died,

Miss Maude Espy is dead at the summer
home of her father, Major John Espy of
st. Paul, Minn., having eaten toad stools
which she had mistaken for mushrooms.
Mrs. Kspy was poisoned also but will
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
Salt Fork, o. T., DemoI;.h.,

A tornado struck the town of Salt
Fork, thirty miles southwest of Black
well, Okla, and completely demolished
the town, though no one was killed and
but one person, a section boss on the
Frisco Road. seriously injured.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
Mining Town Destroyed.

San Bernardino tCal) special: Marvel,
. mining town on the desert, has been al
most destroyed by a cloudburst. Houses
were washed away and one burned when
struck by lightning. A miner named
Smith perished.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
Miner Killed in Eeud.

At the O'Neifl coal mines at WILSON,
burg. w. Va, Italian miners attacked
American mine employees and one Italian
was killed. Pistols, shotguns and bowie
knives were used.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
Twent, Killed in ExpIosiou.

Twenty men were Killed BY the explo-
sion of an English boiler in the Santa
Rita cotton factory in Canete, Peru. The
factory was insured in native companies.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20

The American fishing tug Silver Spray.
of Erie, was fired OH and damaged in
Lake Erie by the Canadian revenue cut
ter Petrol while in debatable water near
the boundary line. Complications may en-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20

Edward E. Clements, the conductor on
the freight train which collided with a
passenger train at Vlasaty, Minn., result
ing in four deaths, is missing and his
wife believes his mind has becsme af-
fected
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20

Clifford Bonneville at New Rochelle, n.
Y, were destroyed by fire. The fire is
supposed to have started from an explo-
siop of gasoline
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20

In an explosion in a canning factory at
Rutland. Ohio, John Mutchler. Said Mar
and Dele Rawlins were killed and
dozen others injured.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20

Anarchist Attempts Assassination,
a man supposed to be an anarchist at.
tempted to assassinate Premier Combs
Of France at Marseillas.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-08-20
Turkish Troop. in Real Battle

An engagement near SorOvitch between
Turkish troops and Macedonian insur-
gents closely resembled a battle. -Four
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Twenty third and c Streets northwest
Mary e. Scott to Harry NJ Conger,
original lots and 9. Square 81, SO
Thirty-fourth Street northwest. be-
tween and T Streets-Isaac E. Shoe
maker ct ux. TO Florence E. Gaddis. lot
227, square 1890, $40. Florence E. Cad
dis ct vir, Eugene E., TO Thomas r.
Riley. same property, SO.
Sixteenth Street northwest. between S
and Streets-Louis F. Gardner to
AlOnzO o. Bliss, lot 4, square 1T. $40.
lI2O Street northwest-Richard B.
L. Fleming ct al. to oliver Wendell
Holmes, part original lot %. square 127
$40
Fourteenth and V Streets northwest
Ben B. Bradford ct ux. to Henry NJ.
Baker lots 166 to 1863. square 235, $40.
Nineteenth Street northwest. between
L and NJ Streets-James E. Hutchinson
ct al, trustees. to Alfred H. T. Walker
part lot 10. square 140 $40.
Fourth Street northwest, between G.
and Streets-Michael J. Madigan ct al
10 Mary f. Madigan and Bridget L. Hud-
son, part original lot s, square 52g, SO.
Ninth Street extended-WiIliam T. Da-
wilson ct ux. TO Lucy J. Bassford. south
west quarter lot so, Pleasant Plains, $40.
Lucy J. Bassford ct vir Beverly E. TO
Henry ID. Gordon. same property. $40.
tween y ahd o Streets-Victor Ander-
son to Margaret Hayes. lot 76, square
546. $40.
l. Street northeast between First and
Second Streets-Maggie J. Trager ct al.
TO Union Trust and Storage Company,
lot ~, square 712, $3.50
Canal STREET southwest, near Second
Street-Helen z. Thurn to Frank b.
Devereux. lot 81, square 57S. SO.
University Heights-Arthur G.. Mich
block II. $2,3
Moore Barbour's addltion-Thomas
NJ. Haisllp ct ux to Samuel F. Compton,
lot z. block 2. $40.
ingdale-Watson J. Newton ct
al to Martin T. Dryden. lots 76 to 81.
block 7, $40. Martin T. Dryden to
George p. Newton, same property. so.
Barry Farm-Harrlet z. Reading Ell
vir William NJ TO Nancy GarveY. part
lot s. section 9. SO.
Mount Pleasant-George NJ. Emmerich
ct ux. to Charles Schneider. lot $40. S3.-
OO0
Columbia Heights-Olivia r. Fernow
ct vir Bernhard E. TO Sara A. Brown
part lot y. block SO, $361.99.
Whitehaven-Charles A, Barker ct ux
$40.
Girls Portion-Abselah c. Best tC
George A. Fraser. part. $40.
Ivy Ctty-ThOmas Gaffney ct al, trus-
tees, TO Mutual Guarantee Building and
Loan Association, lot II, block 3
$1,000 Thomas Gaffney ct al, trustees
TO Mutual Guarantee. Building and Loar
Association lot O. hlnnb & StoR-
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Minor City Officers Electedg

The two boards then went into joint
session for the election Of minor city
officers:
For police commissioner from the
Fourth ward, E. c. Graham. unani-
mously reelected.
Weigher of hay, Dew. Aitcheson,
unanimously reelected.
For physicians to the poor there were
three candidates, Drs. Purvis, German.
and Rittenour Drs. Purvis and German
were elected-Purvis, IS; German, 13;
Rittenour, II.
Health officer. DR.. E. A. German, unan-
imously reelected.
Chief engineer of the fire department,
George w. Petty. unanimously re-elect-
ed
For fire warden from the First ward
there we're two candidates-W. H Mel
choir, the present incumbent. and Walter
Cline Mr. Melchoir was reelected by
vote of Is to 3.
For fire warden, Second ward, there
were two candidates-John Harlow, the
present incumbent. and X. L. Myers
Four ballots were taken without an elCc
ton, when Mr.. Snowden arose and stat ed
that he understood Mr.. Harlow was out
of the city and did not care for the office,
hU6Itupoh ndS
elected.
Fire warden, Third ward, NJ. L. Rel
shell, unanimously reelected.
Fire warden. Fourth ward. c. J. W.
Summers, unanimously reelected
The election Of an overseer foE the OUT
door poor was laid over on account oi
the resolution previously introduced in re-
gard to the changing OF the mode of dis
pensing charity by the city
Keeper OF the almshouse. W. H. Smith
unanimously reelected.
The following were elected members
Of the board of health:
J. F. Peyton. L. c. Smith, NJ. T. Dwyer
f. NJ. Birrell, John Entwisle, p NJ Brad
shaw, John T. Harrison, S. A Mankin
and R. L. Carne, jr. All the previous
board was reelected with the exception
of Richard H. Cox, who is now city ser
geant, and therefore not eligible. He wa:
succeeded by Mr.. Carne.
For dispensers OF medicines West
ern district, there were two candidates
John A. Dienelt. the present dispenser
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Sewer and Street Improvements.

The committee on streets recon-
mended that s4O0 be appropriated to
build a sewer from the tan yard sewer
In st. Asaph Street 10 100 feet west of
Wolfe Street. This also provoked some
discussion and the matter was finally
recommitted to the committee on
streets
Six hundred dollars was appropriated
to put down a twenty-foot gravel read
way on Franklin Street, from Washing
ton 20 Alfred Streets.
A resolution appropriating $500 to gut
ter, grade, and gravel st. Asaph Street
from Duke TO Wolfe Streets was passed.
Two hundred dollars was appropriated
TO extend the Duke Street sewer from
Pitt to st. Asaph Streets.
A resolution appropriating 800 to put
sewer traps at the corner of Wolfe and
Patrick Streets was passed by the city
council, but non-concurred in by the
aldermen. Council then reconsidered its
action and the matter was referred.
The aldermen sustained the veto OF
the mayor in regard to the appropria-
tion of $500 to gravel Alfred Street
from Queen Street to Princess Street.
which was passed at the last meeting,
and the matter was referred.
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. July 15.-At the opening
OF the cotton market today much of the
demand for near months was based on
higher cables and reports Of a fair IN
quiry for the spot article in Liverpool.
For time considerable strength was
shown but local bear pressure brought
about moderate reaction. Late months
made little response to the early
strength in the near options. largely be-
cause OF fine weather all through the
South Port receipts were light.
The close Of the first hour saw the
local bears beating a rather hasty re-
treat. and Southern bulls once more buy
ing cotton. The near months. as usual
led the rally, September working up IS
points. while August did even better
than this. The winter options advanced
about 10 points from the bottom, with
evidences Of quiet buying for the ac-
count OF spinners. Bullish late Liver
pool cables and a pronounced rise in the
New Orleans market did much 10
frighten the shorts in the pit here.
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Mrs. william H. Bacon Dead.

Mrs Alice Bacon. wife OF the late
William II. Bacon. died suddenly of
heart disease at the home OF Dr. Ish.
at Nagley's Station, in Prince William
county. yesterday evening. Mrs. Bacon
was about fifty years OF age, and has a
large circle of friends in this city. where
she Tor long time kept a boarding
house on King STREET, near Columbus
Street. She was the sister of Capt. r.
H Atkinson, OF this city. and leaves no
children.
The funeral will take place from the
Washington-Souther Railway station
tomorrow at II m. The services will be
conducted by the Rev. J. P. Stump. pas
tor of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. who Will be assisted by the Rev
c. E. Ball, rector of Grace P. E. Church.
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The Mayors Recommendations.

Two communications from the mayor
were received and referred to the proper
committees. The first related to the
sending OF the fire department outside
the city limits to put out fires and also
In regard TO the franchise granted the
Home Telephone Company eight years
ago, which franchise requires the COM
pany 10 replace its wooden poles with
iron ones within eight years. The mayor
suggested that a plan be formulated by
which all the poles in the city be re-
placed with iron ones. The matter was
referred TO the committee on general
laws.
The second communication from the
mayor concerned the distribution of
charity by the city. His honor favored
the plan used by the Cooperative Chari-
ties. This communication was referred
TO the committees on finance and poor.
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
Meeting of City Council.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. July I5.-The reg
uiar July meeting Of the city council was
held In the city hall here last night
The session adjourned at about II
O'Clock. There were present: Common
council-F. J. Paff. president. presiding
and Councilmen snowden, Burke, Rel
she'll, Fisher, Normoyle. Baader. Bryan
johnson. Uhler. Leadbeater, and spinks
Aldermen-John T. Sweeney. president
presiding. and Messrs. Hill, Burke. Bal.
lenger. Marbury. Clark. Curtin. and w
H. Sweeney
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
NEGRO MEETS DEATH
BY DROWNING IN RIVER

Hurled into the water by a, swinging
bucket, James Lewis, a negro Iaborer.
was drowned IN the Potomac River this
morning at Littlefeld, Alvord & Co. s
wharf, at the foot Of Street northwest.
IN plunging into the stream his head
struck a corner of the wharf. and the
blow knocked him unconscious. Lewis
was unloading asphalt at the time OF the
accident
The body was recovered by the po-
lice and turned over TO Morguemaster
Schoneberger 1t will later be taken to
his late home, al 2532 z Street north
west. Lewis was twenty-five years old.
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
DAILY STOCK MARKET REVIEW
Bears Find Market Just as They Like It-Semi-Panicky
Feeling Sends Stocks Tumbling,

NEW YORK, July 15.-The feeling Of
semi i-demorali zation in the stock ex-
change during the closing hour yester-
day continued this morning, when the
market opened. Blocks of standard
stocks were placed in the hands of
various brokers to be sold at the open
ing, and when 10 O'Clock came they
were thrown on the market Under the
onslaught of stock, prices opened under
last nights close. ard many new low
records were established. Many OF the
bears took advantage Of the weakness.
and extensive lines of shorts" were
covered. thereby weakening the tech
nical position OF the market. General
liquidation Of long stock. held for in
vestment purposes. was reported. and
this was construed as a bad sign.
In this connection there vas much "a TX
on the floor Of the 5000 900 loan 10 the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy at 5ls
per cent. plus 4 per cent commission.
and many traders sold On the belief that
stocks would necessarily have TO decline
10 yield G Per cent 81 big railroad cor
porations could only secure accommoda-
tion on payment OF 6 per cent.
Pennsy's Bad Break.
Pennsylvania was badly hammered this
morning and 10o-sha-e block was dis
posed CT at a new low record price II
11S5k Union Pacific broke its low record
OF June II. When il sold for u. and was
beaten down this morning 10 761z. while
Southern Pacific touched 44% on big
sales
st. Paul. a Rockefeller stock. and con-
sidered the pivotal stock on the floor,
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broke TO 40, a price that Il sold for
when on 6 per cent basis. Rock Island
was thrown overheard and touched 80. a
new low price. but showed strong sup
port at that figure, from which it raj
lied. Atchison was attacked by the
bear clique with a view to forcing liaui-
dation. The price tooched 627s, but raj
lied well on support, believed TO have
come from the Berwind pool.
st. Paul, Too, Crumbles.
shortly after II O'Clock St Paul was
made the storm center of another at
tack and the price crumbled 10 1895
This break caused great excitement on
the floor. and a tone OF weakpess was
again impaired 10 the list. New York
Central suffered badly. and one lot was
disposed Of at 1924. the lowest price in
five years Many wild rumOrs were cur
rent on the floor to account for the semi
pauiCky condition. but round Of the
banking Offices failed TO disclose any
trouble OF serious nature.
a later attack on Pennsylvania car
ried that stock TO 11SiR. and Rock Island
broke through 80 to 299s.
London houses bought 10000 shares
The buying increasing as the market fell
away. The only stock which Londor
sold on balance was St Paul on the ad
vance which followed the opening. The
feature OF the first hour was the great
amount Of short covering. AS soon as
the market looked weak the traders who
covered near the opening sold theiI
stocks again and hammered the list
Recently the covering has become i'm
portant.
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Sales-Capital Traction. 5.OOO61O67s.
American Security and Trust Co. 1OG
1G0.
American National Bank. 1Od11O. 5g
10
Mergenthaler, 1O@I79. 1OG179. 1O9
17s1z. iG179
After call-Potomac Insurance Com
pany. ga 81.
Arlington. l5G 81.
Washington Gas. 106621z
Capital Traction. 4G122, 1d121, 1000
121% 1Od121A. 1C0d121A 1O0G121-
Mergenthaler, 10@17S%.
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
Four Story Brick and Stone.

Clifford Pinchot. United States Bureau
OF Forestry, has begun the work on ex-
tensive alterations to be made TO the
premises at 1915 Rhode Island Avenue
northwest. The present building will be
enlarged by the addition of four story
and cellar brick and stone structure to
the west side. The addition will be
1876 by 379. and will cost about s1s,-
900. Charles II. Langley. builder, Of
Twelfth Street northwest, has the con
tract
The Washington times., 1903-07-15

In the mayors court this morning the
following cases were disposed of:
William Craig, negro, charged with
assaulting John Lindsay, was fined S..
Herbert Fitzhugh and Lee Levill. both
negroes, charged with fighting. Fitzhugh
was dismissed and Levill was fined So
Ollie Sykes and Ella Coleman were ar
rested for disordeTly conduct The Cole
man woman was fined IS and Ollie Sykes
was dismissed.
William Landum was fined SO on a
charge of stealing a silver pitcher and
call bell from Richard Windor's resi-
dence.
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
Cutters for Gibbon Street.

The committee on streets and general
laws recommended an ordinance making
the charge for tapping a public sewer 81
per front foot. This provoked a dis
cussion between Messrs Snowden, Lead
beater, Burke, and Johnson. The mat
ter was finally passed over.
A resolution was adopted appropriat-
ing $500 to build gutter in Gibbon
Street, from Lee to Royal Streets, and
to build a gutter in Fairfax Street,
from Wilkes to Franklin Streets, was
adopted
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
Work Progressing.

Work is rapidly progressing on the re-
modelling Of the old Jay Cooke Mansion
at the southeast corner Of Tbirtieth and
Q Streets northwest. Contractor John
Hantz is doing the work. which will in
volve an expenditure of about $50, 900. On
the completion Of the improvements, the
building will he rented as an apartmnt
house. The property is owned by Carl b.
Keferstein, the architect.
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Building Permits.

The Building Inspector issued the fol-
lowing permits yesterday: Salvatore
Desio to make an addition to rear of
house, 300 E Street northwest; Mary E.
Batser 70 make repairs to rear Of 1911
Ihirty-third Street northwest; livery
Brown, TO erect shed on rear of premises
% Stanton Avenue. Hillsdale: Alice L.
Douglass, to erect a shed in rear OF 1872
NJ Street southeast: ID. Mullany, TO make
repairs at 500 Fourteenth Street north
west; Charles II. Brown. TO erect shed
In rear OF premises Rock Creek Road
and Piney Branch Road
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
o4LEXANDRLA 5[EWS NOTES

and Richard Gibson. Mr.. Gibson was
chosen by vote OF 13 to s.
Dispenser for the Eastern district
Edgar Warfeld. jr.. unanimously re-
elected.
Stewards OF Offices. William Craven
unanimously re-elected.
The vote upon all the officers was bv
viva vOce. for the first time in the his
tory OF the town. Under the new con-
stitution OF Virginia all elections bv
representatives have TO be viva yoce
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
Negro Dies on the Street.

George Lewis. a middle aged negro
man, dropped dead at Sims store on
north Columbus Street, yesterday after
noon. He was a native OF Washington.
having removed to this city only a short
time ago. His remains were taken to
911 North Alfred Street
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
Additions to House.

c. NJ Bridge, 1901 Fourteenth Street
northwest. has begun work on the al
teTations and addition to be made to
the house at that number. The plan for
the enlargement were drawn by Harding
& Upman. The cost will be $4,000.
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
New Front to Store.

Daniel Loughran, 493 Pennsylvania
Avenue northwest, has begun the work
of putting in new front. The present
front is TO be changed by the addition
Of another window. The cost will be
$780,
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
TypOgraphers to Visit Alexandria.

In the course of the session of the
International Typographical Union, in
Washington, on the 10th of August. the
members will pay Alexandria a visit.
While here they will visit the points OF
interest and will partake of a spread
at the Armory Hall
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
Erecting Fine Home.

Frederick w. McReynolds. is having a
handsome home erected on the north
side of u Street. between Thirty first
and ThiTty-second Streets northwest. to
cost about Sc. 600 Work was commenced
on the building this morning.
The Washington times., 1903-07-15
Permit for Alterations.

d. Mccarthy, 11O9 V Street north
west. has been given a permit for ex-
tensive alterations to the front Of prem
ises at the above number. window
will be added, and the front taken out
for the purpose Of inserting iron beams
The work will cost $3.50