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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Notes Of Current Events.

Mrs. J. o. Rust, widow of the late
John o. Rust, has been elected president
of Boscobel Female College in Nashville,
Tenn.
The report of the Wisconsin Central
Railroad Company for the year which
ended June 80. shows a decrease in gross
earnings of $1S5.
Rollin II. Cook. a noted genealogist
and pedestrian, died at Pittsteld. Mass,
as a result of burns received by the ex-
plosion of kerosene lamp. He was
81 years old.
Martin L. Devenney and Thomas Culp,
Democratic election judges, We're sen
fenced in Denver to one year in jail
and fine of 1000 each. for permitting
fraud at the November election.
Premier Ross of Ontario, Canada, an
nounced a reorganization of his cabinet,
The new ministers being: \. G. MacKay,
commissioner of crown lands; George p.
Graham. provincial secretary, and F. E.
\. Eventurel, without portfolio.
A company has been formed in
Georgia to build n railroad from Waynes-
boro, via Sylvia and Clyo, to a point on
the Savannah river connecting with the
Augusta and Savannah steamers.
The Old Colony Trust Company, the
largest concern of its kind in Boston,
purchase sed the business and assets of the
Copley Trust Company, a rival, with re-
sources Of $I54,5 ,594 and deposits of $124,.
942.
4 naval court of inquiry composed Of
Rear Admiral Henry Glass, Commanders
r. S. Phelps and b. +. Tilly has been
appointed to investigate the recent
grounding Of the monitor Wyoming, Com.
nander v. L. Cottman commanG'n 'ng.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Growth of Secret Societies.

Every fifth man with whom you shake
hands in the United States and in Brit
ish Columbia is a member of secret
organization, counting out his possible
college fraternity.
Ten years ago liberal estimate was
one man to every eight in secret orders.
At the present rate of growth in the
United States and in British possessions
to the north the present ratio of one to
FIVE may be three to FIVE in 1914. For
in the United States, where the pOpula-
ton increases one-tenth in decade, the
figures of the secret societies in ten years
have been almost doubled.
In the year 1904 the figures of the
secret orders, reported by the central Or
CARNATIONS, show a membership of
7,414,173.
In 1894 these figures, reported in the
same manner, showed a membership of
only 4,126,S75.
Thus while the population Of the Unit
ed States and Canada was increasing a
possible 20,O00,0OO the memberships in
the secret societies We're increasing near
ly $500, ,O00-a virtual doubling of these
memberships.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Short News Notes,

Fire destroyed the Children's Home of
the Sisters of Mercy i'm LOretto, Pa.
Sixty orphans in the building escaped
unhurt.
The steamer Henry d. James of the
Rutland Transit Company, plying be-
tween Ogdensburg, N. Y, and Chicago,
burned at the former place. Loss $780,
OOO.
John Allen, who in July, 1908, shot
and killed his wife near Luther, Ok,
was found guilty and sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
Frank l.. Gibbs shot and fatally
wounded his wife in Barnsville, Mimi,
and then killed himself. The couple, it
is said, had been quarreling.
Robert Hinchman, who shot and killed
his wife at her mothers home in Sever
ance, Kan, two months ago, was con-
victed of murder in the second degree.
The Independent Pickle Company was
incorporated in Missouri. The concern
is capitalized at $5OO,OOO and aims to
control the pickle business of the coun-
try.
Superintendent Frank Leach of the
San Francisco mint made good the de-
falcation of former Cashier Walter NJ.
Dimmick by turning over his Oakland
home to the surety company which was
on Dimmick's bond for $4,000.
The New York State railroad commits
sion denied the application of the New
York Canadian Pacific Kairoad Com
papy for permission to issue first mort
gage of S25.0o0.O0O for the purpose of
utilizing an old franchise to build auoth-
er steam railroad from New York to AL
bany and west and north to the Cana
dian line.
Mrs. katherine Clcmmons Gouh and
her husband, Howard Gould. are defend
ants in a suit in the Supreme Court Of
New York brought by two dressmakers
for $5.1GO for gowns for Mrs. Gould.
Fire at Columbia, Tenn, DESTROYED the
feed mill and elevator of the City Grain
and Feed Company. with thirty ears of
ear corn and about 50.OOD bushels of
shelled corn. Loss, $1,000. insurance
$4,000.
The naval golfers Ajax and Brutus.
now on the Asiatic station, have been
ordered to the United States by way of
the Mediterranean for the purpose of
obtaining Z fresh supply Of coal for the
vessels OF the Asiatie deet.
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The servian Cabinet has resigned.

The Servian Cabinet has resigned.
The Spanish cabinet has resigned
All classes of Parisiars are suffering
from wild mania for gambling i'll sugar.
King Edward and a number of others
are raising a big fund for the London
poor.
Paris milliners are to reap harvest
with a new theater hat. which is to be
built so as to leave the view unob-
structed.
\ wonderful cave that may rival that
in kentucky has been discovered at Van
cOuver Island.
The recent victory for the Government
insures the separation of church and
state in France.
The Cuban House of Representatives
passed bill prohibiting religious process
sions in the streets.
The French Cabinet escaped defeat in
the Chamber of Deputies by the narrow
margin of two votes.
Two policemen and several revolu-
ticnary conspirators were killed in
riot at Odessa. Russia.
Western Ireland is face to face with
one OF the WORST IiliilleS Ill history.
Many people are starving.
Tho Cuban House of Representatives
passed. bill appropriatins S19O.OOO for
the sanitation of the island.
The Interpariamentary Union has re-
auested the United States to intervene
in the Russo-Japanese War.
The opinion prevails in Russia that the
Gar will grant many of the reforms
demanded by the Zemstvoists.
Norway is arranging for loan, and
astonishment was created when it was
learned that some of it was for war
fund.
The reduced postal rates between Mex
leo and Canada agreed on by both Gov
ernments will probably go into effect
soon.
Riots and bloodshed are reported from
al sections of Russia. Not for ;cars
has the Cars empire been in such Il
turmoil.
European newspapers are criticising
President Roo>evclt's lecture to the
world on learning how to behave with
deccncy.
Captain Mills of the steamship Phila-
delphia has filed complaint mt London
against reckless target practice off Ply
mouth eplangering 1850 people on the
ship.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
BUSINESS BUILDINGS BURN.
Fire Goes $I5o,CoO Damage In
Trade Center of Columbus, Ohio.


Fire in the business center of Colum
bus, Ohio. destroyed property valued at
$1o0.000 to S166,000 Flames startel in
the MithoG Building on High street and
spread to adjoining property. Five fire.
men were hurt by an explosion while
fighting the fire. Losses ON buildings
M!thoff block. $4,000; Wheeler block,
$1,000; Deshler block, $1,000. Losses on
stock-krauss. Butler & Benham Co.,
100000; Osterman 4 David, $4,000;
Wheeler Grocery Company. S13.OOO:
Gr~H Brothers. florists. $1,000: New
First National Bank, $500; Charles Dick
ipson, oyster dealer, 500: Annelle La
ken, wonian's exchange. 500: Partisan
Cloak Company, $500: Amos Millinery
Company, 500; Hartpence Dental Sup
ply Company, $1,000; Joseph Hirsch,
saloon. $500; tenants of Mithcf block.
$1,000. All are fully insured. The course
of fire was defective electric wiring or
natural gas explosion.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Mormon Divorce After Death.

The investigation into the case of Unit
ed States Senator Reed Smoot of Utah.
being conducted at Washington before
the Senate committee on privileges and
elections, brought out tue singular fact
that President Smith, head of the Nor
mon church, exercises the power of di.
vorcing dead men from their widows.
The power of the church over its mem-
bers both in this life and after death is
absolute. This point was emphasized to
show that the primary allegiance of Reed
smoot was to bis church and not to the
laws Of the State or nation.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
JURY FAILS TO AGREE.
Nan Patterson Murder Case Results In
MistriaI.


After delberatiug for twenty hours the
jury in the Nan Patterson murder case
i'll New York reported that it could not
agree and was discharged. The woman
had confidently expected an acquittal
The crime with which Nan Patterson,
the former show girl. was charged. was
one of the most sensational in New York
criminal annals. Its peculiar circum-
stances. the prominence of Caesar Young
in sporting circles, and the glamor
thrown around the central figure in the
case because of her membership in one
of the numerous ''Florodora" scxtets. all
tended to lend it an interest hardly riv-
aled in recent years. Interest in ''the
murder i'll the hanson cab" spread
through all circles and the proceedings
of the trial have been read from coast
to coast and have held a place ON the
first page of the metropolitan press.
With Miss Patterson sitting beside
him in 1 cab June 4. Young was on his
Way to a steamship pier. where his wife
awaited him. to sail with her for Eu-
cope. The trip avowedly was planned
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
LONG TERM TO wHIrEcAPPERs.
Ten Slayers of Negroes Sentenced

Ten Slayers of Negroes Sentenced
by Mississippi Judge.
Ten men who We're proved guilty of
outrages against negroes were sentenced
IN Brookhaven, Miss. to long terms i'll
prison by Judge Wilkinson. who recently
declared that the full penalty of the law
would be imposed against whitecappers,
even if it made every woman in Missis-
sippi a widow. Oscar Franklin was
sentenced to life Imprisonment for the
murder of Eli Hilson, a negro: Will
Franklin, ID. w. Smith, Elias Smith, Il.
L. Smith and Ebert Gill were given
fifty years each in the penitentiary for
manslaughter in the killing of Henry
List, negro, and Sam Possey, another
whitecapper, must serve twenty years.
John Smith and John McNulty, negroes.
who were convicted of murder, received
life sentences.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
CIVIL WAR BELIEVED NEAR.

Breach Between Hayti and Domin-
go Causes Uneasiness.
The Haytian government, it is assert
ed has demanded of the government of
Santo Domingo the expulsion of the Hay
tian revolutionists who have sought ref
uge at Monte Cristi, Santo Domingo. 1t
is added that President Morales of SantO
Domingo gave orders for the expulsion
of the revolutionists to the authorities of
Monte Cristi, and that the latter refused
to carry them out. Hayti then closed
her frontier against Santo Domingo, re-
fusing to have any further relations with
the sister republic. A civil war in the
latter country is also imminent.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
MESSAGES Flashed ago Miles

Regular communication has been es-
tablished between Kansas City and Chi
rago by the DeForest Wireless Telegraph
Company. Fifteen aerograms were re-
ceived in Chicago Thursday direct from
the western city. The Instance is 46O
miles and the successful operation of
wireless telegraphy FOR his distance on
land breaks all records.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
WEDDING ENDS OLD ROMANCE.

Sweethearts, Who Drifted Apart
During the Civil War. Are Married.
The romance of Mrs. Salome Bertels
of Wilkesbarre. Pa. and Charles w.
Walbert of South Dakota, which started
before the Civil War, has just ended in
their being happily married. They were
sweethearts before the war, but their
love-making did not end in marriage
then. Instead, Miss Louder welded
Henry Bertels, and Walbert went west
and married. Bertels was killed at Get
tysburg. Some time ago Walbert, whose
wife is dead, opened correspondence
with Mrs. Bertels, and a few days ago
went east They were quietly married ut
Carbondale,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Ugly Rebels Ambush Scouts.

A dispatch from Manila, says: Natives
ambushed and killed at Dolores, Island of
Eamar, lieutenant and thirty-eight en-
listed men Of the SSth company of native
scouts. Two thousand rebels threaten the
town Of Dolores, and the situation is criti-
cal. Lieutenant Abbott, in command of
the scouts, has requested re-enforcements.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Escape from Port Arthur.

Eight Russian torpedo boats have es-
capped from Port Arthur during a severe
storm, according to London report
from Chefoo. st. Petersburg hears
through Gen. Kuropatkin report that
the Russians have retaken 2O3- Meter
Hill. Toxic says the japanese have cap
tured two more important positions near
Port Arthur.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Unusual Land Deal.

The regents of Kansas University have
purchased fifty-one acres adjoining the
campus on the west. The terms are a
little peculiar in that no fixed price was
established. The seller, an elderly per-
SOIL. is to receive an annuity of 5000 dur
ing her life. The first payment was made
by popular subscription contributed by
the citizens of Lawrence. The Legisla-
ture will be asked to make provision for
future payments.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Mr nor..v,. Drur, st,ct.

Howard Brown Of Camden, N. j., had a
musket so trained on his chicken coop door
that when the door was opened the musket
went OF. As result Robert Dorsey, col
ored, who was entering the coop to steal
Browns chickens, went to Cooper Hospi-
tal minus leg. When Dorsey RECEIVERS
from the shock the police will arrange
place of rest for the good leg.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
BUILD go. $50 CARS IN 1904
Work of the Several American Plants
for the Year Just Closing.

Returns received from the car-build-
ing plants of America show that in the
past year approximately 62,950 ears have
been built. including cars for use on
elevated railroads, but exclusive of street
and other electric cars. These figures do
not include cars built by the railroads
at their own shops. During the year
3.I41 locomotives were built at the vari-
ous plants. against ). 5.152 last year. The
number for the current year includes
ninety-fve electric locomotives, but does
not include locomotives built by railroads
Mt their own shops.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Powers clash over china,

China having consented to pay the in
demnity growing ont of the Boxer trou-
bles in gold. the ministers of Russia,
Germany and France are now disputing
among themselves as TO what fresh terms
they can extort from the Chinese and
are seeking TO force an arrangement
whereby certain banks will make further
profit out of the indemnity.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Two Ohio Banks Close

The First National Bank of Conneaut,
Ohio, and the Marine Bank of Conneaut
Harbor did not open their doors for busi-
ness Tuesday. The suspension resulted
from runs on both concerns during the
last few days. Officials say the concerns
are entirely solvent and declare that
business will be resumed again in a short
time
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Deluge Of Grain In Chicago.

: Chicago is experiencing deluge Of grain
and grain dealers are anxiously urging the
railroads to come to their relief. Between
b,000, 600 and 1000, 600 bushels Of grain from
the west is awaiting transportation to
points east of Chicago. The railroads are
doing all in their power, but were COM
PEELED to refuse 5000 cars Of grain that was
offered for transportation. The inability
Of the roads to handle the stuff is laid to
the lack of equipment.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Grain Congestion In Chicago.

An unusually early movement of grain
has caught railroads unawares, and Chi
cago is deluged with between 6OOO,OOO
and 100000 bushels of cereals, vainly
awaiting transportation to the seabOard
and intermediate distributing points.
More is on the way and the urgency is
great
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Wars Great Cost

According to Count Okuma, the ex-
Prime Minister of Japan, the war with
Russia is costing his country $5,OOO.OOO
a week. and the Cars Finance Minister
puts Russia's expenditure at $6,25O. 900
week. At this rate Japan has spent
S19O.OOO,OO0 and Russia $225, 900, 900 on
the war since it began.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29

the new battleship Connecticut, broke
adrift in the navy yard basin in Walla-
bout bay, New York. and crashed into
the stern of the battleship Texas, smash
ing several plates and so damaging the
war vessel that it will have to so into
the dry dock
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Czar Dashes Hopes,

Emperor Nicholas has formally notified
the country that agitation for constitu-
ton and the convOcation of a national
assembly is useless. Such is the con-
struction placed upon the Endorsement
written in his own hand on the resolu-
tions telegraphed by the Chernigov
ZcmStvO.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
REPORTED CRUELTY TO CHILD.
overseer Of South Dakota Poor

Overseer Of South Dakota Poor
House Under Charge.
Alleged cruelties inflicted On the chill
dren at the poor farm in Brule county,
South Dakota, have caused a sensation.
One little boy was reported to the over
seer as having stolen an orange at school
and when accused of it refused to con
fess. 1t is charged that the overseer
broke a whip on the child and, still fail
ing to get a confession, proceeded to tie
him up by the thumbs. An investigation
is on foot and the matter will be brought
to the notice of the grand jury.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Suicide Leaps from Bridge.

John Parkers of Martins Ferry, Ohio.
5ade a couple of friends good-by. climbed
on the railing of the terminal bridge in
Wheeling. w. Va, and dropped TO the
ice. sixty feet below. His body broke
through the ice anF probably will never
be recovered.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
GETS $500 FOR BEING WHIPPED.
Missouri Woman Awarded Damages.
Iafox,daxafS

Missouri Woman Awarded Damages.
Women Eeing Defendants.
Miss Priscilla Odell has been given
verdict of 500 by jury in the Circuit
Court at Independence. Mo-. against
Mrs. Julia Beets, ii. X. Beets. q. w.
Beets. Mrs. Euphemia Raley, Charles \.
Raley and Mrs. Maggie j. Cooper, all
residents of Atherton, Mo-, whom she
charged with whipping her publicly. Miss
Odell, who was clerk in the store Of
]. G. b. Hiffner, was, according to the
evidence, taken from the store one night
last February, stripped of her clothing
and whipped with rope.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Plehye,s Murderer.

London special: 1t is reported that Sas-
mof, the murderer of NJ Plehve, who IS
said to have escaped from the st. Peters
burg prison, is in London. He is keeping
quiet, fearing extradition proceedings if he
Is located.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Chokes Fellow Patient

W. S. Mccartney, 4 patient at the Ne
braska hospital for the insane, member
of leading family, was strangled to
death by fellow patient, Dr. Olaf An
cora. Both men were confined in the yio-
lpnt ward
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
BLOW UP KANSAS PIPE LINE.

Violence the Outcome of Opposition
to Piping Gas to Missouri.
Between Liberty and the Verdigris
river more than a mile of the partly
completed pipe line of the Kansas Nat
ural Gas Company WAS blown up with
dynamite by masked and disguised men
the other night. The pipe was broken
and great holes torn in the right of way.
The act is openly approved by many Of
the residents. The explosions are the
result of fight that has been waged
for some time against the pipe line COM
pany, which is foreign corporation, by
the farmers. who resent the piping of the
gas to Missouri,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29

In fire which originated in shanty at
the pit mouth of the coal mine of the Rees-
Hammond Brick Company at Garfield, just
across the river from Bolivar, Pa seven
foreigners were smothered to death and two
Americans were SO badly overcome that
their recovery is not yet assured. When
the shanty caught fire the fans drove the
smoke into the mine, smOthering the for
eigners. Their bodies have been recov-
cred. The Americans who were rescued
were Samuel c. Henderson and Henry Glib
son. 1t is not known how the fire started.
There were number Of men in the mine,
but all got out safely except those named.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
italian AGENT RuveI,nd

Agents of the Italian government, who
have been for some time on a coloniza-
ton scheme, are said to have purchased
5000 acres of land in Newton county,
Missouri. and 5000 Italians, through
government aid. will be sent to establish
4 colony.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
FLAMES IMPERIL THE SICK.

One Helpless Patient Dies, but 81
Are Saved In Hospital Fire.
The Inge-Bondurant intirmary at Mo-
bile. Ala, was destroyed by fire. Thirty
seven patients, the majority of whom
were unable to assist themselves, were
removed before the fire drove the doc
tors and nurses from the building. One
patient who had undergone an operation
for appendicitis. died during the. removal.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Missipo President Ia Short

The Dedham Savings Bank of Ded-
ham, Iowa. has been closed and the pres
ident, ]. c. Cation, who left ostensibly
for funds, cannot be found. He is said
to be short about $4,000 and the bank
has commenced suit against him for the
amount. The bank had 100000 in depos-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Supreme Court Decisions.

The United States Supreme Court de-
cides that all railroad cars, including
locomotives, must be equipped with uni
uniform automatic couplers. The old
Nebra ska Missouri boundary dispute is
decided in favor of Nebraska
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
Cerna0e Was Awful.

Commander Siizzeneoff, who escaped
from Port Arthur to Chefoo, declares
Mat the attack which resulted In the
capture Of 203-Meter Hill was the most
desperate of the siege and was marked
b. such deeds that heroism became COM
monplace.