The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-09-08
WESTERN.

William Chouna-d, who murdered his
wife at Cass Lake Jan. 26. was hanged
at Walker, Minn.
Edward Hines of the Edward Hines
Lumber Company Of Chicago purchased
$4,000 acres of yellow pine land in Mis-
sissippi.
The Ohio rural mail carriers conven-
ton at Newark adjourned to meet next
year at Columbus. Fifty delegates were
present.
The Pullman shops closed down Sept.
1 and remain idle until after the election
because of lack of new orders to keep
the men employed.
A fall of snow, the first of the season.
occurred at Virginia, Minn.. Monday.
Heavy frosts are reported from other
western Mesaba range points.
Mrs. James II. McVicker, widow of
the late manager of McVicker's theater
In Chicago, and for many years after her
husbands death in charge of the play
house, died in Pasadena. Cal.
Gov. La Toilette has declared vacant
the office of the Wisconsin State Treas
urer and ousted John j. Kempf. The
latter threatens litigation that may tie
up the State funds for months.
The National Association of Retail
Druggists, composed Of 25,O0O dealers,
was held in contempt and fined $1,000
by Judge Dunno in Chicago because sup
plies were cut off from cut-rate dealer.
Miss Alice Pulsipher, daughter of n
well-known New Yorker, undertook in
response to dare to hold up the Monida-
Yellowstone stage for a lark and came
near losing her life when the driver shot
at her.
Lawrence Lentsch shot and probably
fatally wounded his stepdaughter, seri-
ously wounded her 6ance and then COM
mitted suicide in Chicago. The girl was
shot while playing the piano at Lentsch's
request.
The school census shows a falling off
of child population in the so-called de-
sirable residence wards in Chicago, while
in the poorer districts and foreign colo
MES child population is largely on the
increase.
The United Mine Workers of America
have withdrawn all the papers filed by
them in the proceeding to enjoin Letter
from importing miners to work in the
Zeigler, ILL.,, mines. No reason is given
for this action.
An oil well shooter named Wolfe and
his horses and wagon were blown to
atoms by the explosion of load of nitro
glycerin. The accident occurred near
Forest, Ohio. and the shock was felt for
a distance of twenty miles.
Rudolf Spreckels of San Francisco de-
clined to be mulcted at Carlsbad by a
local physician, and is seeking hearing
In the courts, offering to give the differ
ence between the amount Of the Judgment
and the original bill to charity.
Harold Kinkaid of Oshkosh, Wis, and
Guy Cotton Of the State of Washington
were struck by an east-bound Great
Northern passenger train near Cedar
lake, Minn. Cotton was instantly killed
and Kinkaid fatally wounded. They We're
walking on the track.
Edwin Hager of Xenia, Ohio, was
killed in an automobile accident. He had
been covering the eight miles between
| twenty minutes. The other day in try
Ing to avoid ditch the automobile jump
ed bridge and overturned
A salOOnkeeper named Rivord was in,
jured, probably fatally, two other men
were hurt badly and four others are
| missing as the result of a gas explosion
and fire in the Rivord & Void building
In Cass Lake, Minn. The property dam
age is estimated at $71.OOO.
A special train carrying General Man
ager G. W. Holdrege of the Burlington
railroad collided head-on with q regular
passenger train on the Spearfish, S. d.,
branch of that road, smashing both en-
gines. Nobody was seriously injured
The cause of the collision is not known.
A special from Kemmerer, Wyo.,
says that three masked men held up the
express agent and armed guard just as
train No. 6 on the Oregon Short Line
was entering the station at 1:30 We'd
nesday morning and took from them $500
which had been shipped there to pay of
the miners.
James b. Hawley, prominent poll
i tician of the river district in Detroit
committed suicide by taking strychnine
The deed is attributed to remorse foi
having shot and killed his brother. Apri
Is, 1902. At that time he was exoner
ated by the coroner's jury on the ground
Of self-defense.
Detective Sergeant of the Chicago po
lice department shot three times at Ed
Lambert while arresting him ut Homer
Neb., on a charge OF assault in Chicago
Jan. 10, 1902. The victim was Alice
Collins, years of age. One shot tore
off heel of Lambert's shoe and another
struck him in the shoulder
The body Of Conrad Ringle was found
n the Finley Methodist church In Gin