The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-05-07
WESTERN.

All union mcE employed py the -oS
Angeles Railway system are on s'rike.
Gov. Deforest Richards died at his
home in Cheyenne. Wyo., of acute kidney
disease.
The Superior Court at Cincinnati has
decided that newspaper guessing contests
are legal.
Deering harvester works in Chicago
closed down ~ result of big strike of
employees.
Mena. Ark, sustained 8 6re loss of
over $4,000. The tc:sl insurance
amounts to $4,000.
Bessie Knecht, the Salt Lake City
girl who had been asleep fcr fifty-one
days, has awakened.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles and William ].
Bryan delivered addresses before the
good roads convention IN ST. Louis.
Irving NJ. Scott, ''the man who built
the Oregon leading figure in business
ard political life of Pacific coast, is dead.
Sheet tin, shelf and plate and tank
mill scales we're adopted by the Amalra-
mated lroa. Steel mud Tin Workers at
Columbus. No radical changes are made.
Practically al. Of the town Of Mel
bourne. Iowa. was burned Tuesday morn
ing. The burned area covers about three
blocks. leaving only three buildings
standing in the main street.
Tho Thomas orchestra trustees have
decided OH another years concert season
in the Chicago Auditorium; effort to Sc
cure $780, 900 building fund will be con-
tin1ed; $4,000 already raised.
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for $4,000 TO the Cleveland officers of
the Salvation Army to aid in the erec-
ton of new $4,000 citadel which the
army is putting up in that city.
The plant of the International Salt
Company at South Chicago was destroy
ed by fire, three grain vessels. hoisting
machinery and acres of docks also being
consumed. The loss is placed at ST.
250,OO
The business portion of Canora, S. D.,
was destroyed by fire. The postoffice,
Herald Office and many small business
houses were burned. Fred Trippler, an
old man, dropped dead from excitement.
The loss is $4,000.
The $500" Railway has notified the
legislators of North Dakota to return all
passes, as under the Elkins law railroad
passes to State officials are illegal State
ofacials and legislators will pay their
own railroad fare hereafter.
A Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
train. consisting of an engine. baggage
car and two coaches, was derailed at
Bates siding. four miles south of To-
ledo. Thirteen people were injured,
seven seriously, but none fatally.
Samuel v. Gilbert. cashier of the Red
Cliff Lumber Company, dropped dead at
mis- home in Duluth. Minn., as a result
Of an. electric shock sustained while
turning on the light in one of the upper
rooms while seeking a glass of water.
The strike of 800 Omaha linemea was
settled, an advance of wages being grant,
cal, but shorter hours and recognition
were refused. The threatened general
strike May 7 of $500 men in al branches
of labor will be fought by the Dlsiness
Mems Association.
The body of Gus Kruger, wealthy
farmer, nged 20 years, who had been
missing for several days from Granger,
Minn., was found weighted down with
stones on the river bottom. His wife,
b years his junior. has been arrested
charged with murder.
The Indianapolis Journal Republican)
has been sold to former Congressman
Charles l.. Henry of Anderson, Ind.
who will remove to Indianapolis. The
Journal Company. composed of John c.
New, Harry L. New and George {. Hit.
transferred the property.
St. Louis held most elaborate dedica-
tim IF he I
tion Thursday. President Roosevelt and
ex-President Cleveland being the most
notabl.. guests. The city was full of
troops and visitors. Business all over
town gave way to the celebration.
Laborers grading in the vicinity of the
new gun sheds at Fort Riley. Kan, have
unearthed over a dozen skeletons, pre-
sumably those of Indians. and many flint
hatchets and spear heads and odd-shap-
ed pieces of pottery. The relics are
thought to be at least 200 years old.
In Helena. Mont, fire almost destroy
ed the Montana Club building. causing
loss of 100000. with insurance of
$4,000. The fire started in the seventh
story and is supposed to have been Of
incendiary origin. Two attempts were
A coroner's inquest at Mabel. Minn.,
returned verdict that Emile Krueger,
the aged man found murdered and
thrown into the Root river near Mabel,
came to his death by the hand of an as
sassin. The jury did not fix the crime
on Mrs. Kruger, but she is held on sus-
picion.
Fire in the Jewish quarter in the vicn-
ity of Pittsburg street, Cleveland, de-
stroyed twenty dwelling houses. render
ing 200 persons homeless. The fire
started in a nearby cooperage shop and
spread to the dwellings before it could
be checked. The money loss is placed at
$4,000.
The Denver Times gays: Twenty five
million dollars has been subscribed for
stock to cooperative company by mem
bers of the National Live Stock Asso-
<Aatioo fo fchf tho hoof truxt in $ba ex-ar+