The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-09-03
IN GENERAL

1t can be announced as definitely set
tied that former Judge William H. Taft,
Governor of the Philippines, will be Sec
retary of War to succeed Mr.. Root.
The crew of the schooner G. E. Bent
ley of Mobile is supposed to have been
lost with the vessel in the recent hurri-
cane which passed over the West Indies
1t is reported in railroad circles that
an agreement under which the Grand
Trunk acquires control of the Wisconsin
| Central has been signed. No particulars
of the deal are obtainable.
The packing house of the Ontario Pow
der Company at Tweed, Ont, was blown
up and three men were killed. The ex-
plosion broke many plate glass windows
in the town and injured buildings.
The crop report issued by the weather
bureau indicates a general improvement
in corn, Kansas and Nebraska leading in
this respect. Spring wheat harvest is
progressing. Apples show a decline.
The last link connecting Seattle with
| st. Michaers by telegraph is complete
| Messages are now forwarded to Nome by
mail This marks the completion of the
| American governments great Alaskan
land system.
The big consolidated cigarette factory
in Havana, belonging to the American
| Tobacco Company and the English COM
bine. was totally destroyed by fire with
| its valuable contents. The loss is esti-
mated at upward of $25O,0OO.
The State Department in Washington
| has received a cablegram from Minister
Leischman at Constantinople announcing
that William C. Magelssen, United
States vice consul at Beirut, Syria, was
assassinated while riding in a carriage.
President Roosevelt highly praised the
| public services of Secretary of War
Root in accepting his resignation to take
effect on Jan. !. Governor Taft will
take the cabinet place and be succeeded
in power in the Philippines by Luke E.
Wright.
Because of continued disasters result
ing in loss of life 100 men have quit
| work in the Treadwell mine, on Douglas
Island, Alaska. The men do not make
any charge of mismanagement or unsafe
condition of the mine. They rather init
mate that the property is "hOodoOed."
Charles Carroll Bonney, originator and
president of the Worlds Congresses of
the Columbian Exposition, is dead. A.
an educator he helped establish the ILL
nois educational system; as a lawyer he
was one of the originators and also the
president of the Law and Order League.
To prevent another Alaskan boundary
controversy and to make observations of
the climate geology and natural re-
sources of both land and sea of the north
ern regions of Canada an expedition fit
.ed out by the Dominion government
sailed from Halifax on the steamer Nep-
tune for Hudson bay.
Gov. Dole and other territorial officers
a. Honolulu have decided to try to float
III 81 OO0. 900 loan authorized by the last
Legislature. 1t is thought that the local
banks will take the entire issue. An ex-
haustive statement has been sent to
President Roosevelt in response to his re-
quest for information before approving
the loan.
The Pacific Mail Company's big liner
Corea has arrived in San Francisco from
the Orient, bringing less than 5000 tons
of freight. What her cargo lacked in di-
mensions. however, it made up in value.
1t included nearly 1900 bales of raw
silk, and the value of this shipment is
more than S1,0OO.OO0. She also carried
S,99S chests Of tea and in her treasure
room twenty-three boxes Of gold and si-
yer specie.