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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04

darmes hurried up from every direc-
ton and vast crowds gathered about
the spot where the mangled body of
the Minister lay in his blood. For 100
yards the roadway was strewn with
the wreckage of the carriage and
pieces of the red lining of the Minis
ter's official Ovefcoat. :, \ few yards
from NJ. Won Plehve's body lay the
body Of the coachman
Guarded by police the body remained
in the street until the arrival of the
official corresponding 10 an American
coroner. even in the case OF the most
powerful Minister of the empire the
law requiring that this formality had
to be observed before the body could
be removed. After this official had
viewed the body it was placed in II
carriage. covered by a robe and was
driven slowly 10 little chapel adjOin-
ing the railroad station and then to
adjoining the Ministry of the Interior.
The prefect of police notified the En-
peror of the tragedy Immediately upon
its occurrence. The Emperor, who was
ut the villa Alexandria. ut Peterhof
was greatly affected by the news, COM
ing. as it did. after the bad tidings
from the seat of war. with fears of in
ternatiOnal complications and the
strain incident upon the hourly expec-
tation of an event SO close TO the faith
er's heart.
Recent assasSinations and attempts
ut assassination of officials in Russia
include the following:
NJ Bogoiepoff. Minister of Educa-
ton. Feb. 81. 1901.
NJ Sipiaguine. Minister of the Inte-
rior. April II. 1902
Prince Obolenski, Governor of
Kharkoff (woundedn. Aug. II. 1902
General Bobrikoff, Governor of Fin
land. June II. 1904.
Viatsheshaff Constantinovitch Won
Plehve, Minister of the Interior. July
2S. 1904.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
HIGH PRICES FOR MEAT.
In Chicago Porterhouse Steaks Are
Now Only for the Rich.

In Chicago Porterhouse Steaks Are
Now Only for the Rich.
Retail prices for meats are at high
water mark in Chicago. The supply is
yet diminishing. but the stability Of the
prices is not dependent upon that, but
upon the fact that the meat dealers have
a better idea of what they can get-or
cannot get. The independent plants ap-
pear to be meeting the situation well and
are succeeding in supplying their own
customers literally and the trusts Gus
toners to some extent. Stocks are rum
ming short in many retail shops and es-
pecially those who have depended upon
depots inside the yards, which they can
not how reach.
The ones who secure supplies from the
outlying stations get their meat with less
trouble. The worst of the famine in
lamb and mutton appears TO be over and
increases in the shipments OF small
STUFF encourage meat dealers TO believe
that pork and mutton will be more plen-
tiful On the other hand experts declare
the worst of the beef famine is vet to
come. There were larger stores Of beef
on hand when the strike started, but the
amount shipped in has been extremely
small.
Live stock receipts at the Chicago
wards Tuesday were: Cattle, 1000; hogs,
1900: sheep, 5000. Compared with the
corresponding day year ago there was
a decrease of 5000 cattle, 10000 hogs
and 10000 sheep.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
BROUGHT TO BY RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER CRUISER

probable Count BenckendOrff. the
Russian ambassador to Great Britain.
Informed Lord Iansdowne that if Rus
sia had committed wrong she was
ready and willing 10 make full repara-
ton. but before any action could be
taken in the Knight Commander case
the Russian government must have the
opportunity of receiving the report of
the commander of the Nladivostok
squadron. Lord Lansdowne was not
disposed to press the matter unduly
and promised to wait reasonable
time.
In the House of Commons Premier
Balfour said that the acute stage of
the Red Sea incidents had passed. and
that the Russian volunteer fleet vessels
would be withdrawn. He laid down
the British view that no belligerent
war ships could issue from the Black
Sea and that the volunteer fleet YES
sells in issuing therefrom, il they took
bclligerent action. either had no right
to issue or no right to take such action.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
% MAa6lERS
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Chicago-Cattie. common to prime
So-U 10 so."' noss. sh'pp,ne sraues,
S4.W 10 500; sheep. fair 10 choice. S2.'o
to Sf.oo; wheat NO. red. Joe 10 'oe'
corn. No. = +'c 10 DOC: oats standard
zoe TO 4lc: rye No. "e 10 'ic' nay
timothy. SS.oo TO Slf-Vo' prairie, So.oo 10
S11.5O; butter. choice creamery. Toe 10
lie: eggs. fresh, lie 10 16c; potatoes,
,''e TO Doc
st. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to 5000: hogs,
Si.O0 to $500; sheep. $500 to S4-l5;
wheat, No. >. 9lc TO 93c; corn. No. :.
sic TO 59c: oats. No. =, 3Ic TO 39c; rye.
No y tic to 6Sc.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
TOLD HE is NOMINATED.
Notification Committee Breaks ths
NsMH to Roosevelt.


News to Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt was notified for
malIy Wednesday of his nomination
for the presidency by the Republican
national convention. The ceremony
took place at his country home at Sag
amore Hill, three miles from Oyster
Bay, l.. L.. and in accordance with the
wish of the President it was as simple
as possible.
On behalf of committee represent
ing every State and Territory of the
United States. the formal notification
of the action of the convention was
made by Joseph &. Cannon, Speaker Of
the House of Representatives. On their
arrival at Sycamore Hill the commit
teemen We're received by President
Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt and National
Chairman George B. CortelyOu.
At the conclusion of the informal re-
ception the ceremony, of notification be-
gan. While the members of the fam
lily. the house guests and some of the
distinguished visitors were assembled
ON the veranda, majority Of those
in attendance gathered on the lawn
facing the veranda.
When Speaker Cannon rose to deiiv-
er his speech of notification he was
greeted with applause. At the close OF
Mr.. Cannon's address the President ad
vanced to the veranda railing, and.
standing under great festoon OF
American flags, delivered his address
in response to the notification.
Following are sentences from 'Presi-
dent Roosevelt's speech of acceptance:
When l became President because Of
the death of my lamented predecessor,
l stated that it was my purpose to carry
out his principles and policies. To the
best Of my ability have kept that prom
Use.
We are more fortunate than our oppo-
nents, who now appeal for confidence on
the ground that. if triumphant, they may
be trusted to prove false to every prin-
ciple which in the last eight years they
have laid down as vital.
There is nothing experimental about
the government we ask the people to
continue in power.
In dealing with the trusts, we do not
have to explain why the laws were not
enforced, but to point out that they ac-
tually have been enforced.
Assuredly it is unwise to change pol
icies which have worked so well and
which are now working so well.
We have placed the finances of the
nation on a sound gold basis. So long
as the Republican party is in power the
gold standard is settled.
That whenever the need arises there
should be readjustment of the tariff
schedules is undoubted, but such changes
can be made with safety only by those
whose devotion to the principle Of the
protective tariff is beyond question.
We believe in reciprocity with foreign
nations on the terms outlined in Presi-
dent McKinley's last speech, which urged
the extension of our foreign markets by
reciprocal agreements whenever they
could be made without injury to Ameri-
can industry and labor.
We have already shown that our pol
icy is to do fair and equal justice to all
men.
The construction of the isthmian canal
is now an assured fact, but most certain
ly it is unwise to entrust the carrying
out of so momentous a policy to those
who have endeavOred to defeat the whole
undertaking.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04

nj hrst used was crude. and from that
time 10 this improvement after improve
ment has been adopted. until now it is
practically impossible for confusion TO
arise in interpreting the signals sent in
from the alarm boxes i'll any part of the
town. and until even the most excited
and inexperienced person can give the
alarm successfully. All he has to do is
to pull Lever and an automatic machine
does the rest Although one might not
think it. the Census Bureau bulletins
make interesting reading for summer af-
ternoons.
Domestic woes of various sorts have
a great deal to do with woman's invasion
of the business world. for the census man
states that 10 per cent of the divorced
women are working and 80 per cent of
the widowed. American married women
are a class of housewives. for the records
demonstrate that only & per cent can he
classed us bread winners. This is shown
still more conclusiveIy when il is stated
that 81 per cent of the single women are
pursuing gainful occupations, which
would indicate that few remain at work
after marrying. The figures in the report
do rot bear ont the general complaint
that household servants are scarce. About
40 per cent of the women employed are
i'll domestic or personal service. against
% per cent in manufacturing and me-
chanics and only per cent in trade and
commerce. The professional women COM
prise only per cent of the workers.
In spite of the constantly increasing
immigration. the proportion of foreign
horn in the working population has not
Increased. The extent 10 which the
world of business is drawing people from
the country is given emphasis. Manu-
featuring. trade and transportation and
the professions show constantly iucreas-
ing numbers of workers of both sexes.
while the agricultural class represents n
diminishing proportion, although 40 per
cent Of the workingmen is TO be found on
the farms.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
STATUS OF STRIKE.
PACKERS TAKE AGGRESSIVE At
THE CHICAGO YARDS.
Plan to Speedily Man Plants - Eight
Hundred Live Stock Handlers Throw
Aside Their Allegiance to Allied
Trades and Return to Work.

The Chicago packers at noon Thurs
day seemed TO have won an important
victory in the big stock yards strike,
the first emphatic gain that has been
made by either side since the general
walkout was declared in effect. Eight
hundred live stock handlers threw
aside their allegiance TO allied trades
and at the noon hour began TO handle
cattle indiscriminately, both for the
packers in the combine and for the in
dependent companies. Most of these
500 men went TO work yesterday mOrn-
ing to handle the goods of the ''inde-
pendents.'' and they had worked on
this basis until II O'Clock Thursday.
This action on the part of the han
dlerS is regarded as most serious loss
To the cause of the strikers, and In
some quarters 1t is believed to be
fOrerunner of stampede and deser-
tion of the unions.
Following close on an announcement
that the packers did not care to make
further agreements with the union men
who quit work, operation of the plants
was continued with larger forces than
before, the employers formally an
nounced system Of delivery which
would do away with the drivers who
haul meat from the yards. Hereafter
the packers will do no teaming. but
will force the butchers to come with
their own wagons to take away their
purchases.
Though the Dlg stock yards strike Is
now well under way and the time is
about at hand when the police expect
serious rioting 10 develop. turbulent
scenes failed to develop up to Thurs
day night, and the outbreaks Of strik-
ers and sympathizers were chiefly con-
fined to hanging effigies in front of the
homes Of persons in disfavor.
The packers kept their plants run
ming persistently. and Thursday after
noon reported that satisfactory days
work had been accomplished. The re-
ceipts of stock were large enough to
keep the nonunion butchers and han
dlers busy, 1900 cattle, 1900 hogs and
1900 sheep being received.
While the union-leaders proceeded to
perfect what they regard as adequate
arrangements to keep the strikers in
line. rumors were continuous through
out the day that the ranks of the NAL
contents were breaking. Emphatic de-
mails were made by President Donnelly
and his cOnfreres, but close observers
of the situation declared that the men
seemed to be losing heart. as was evil
denced, they said, by the fact that
picketing was less pronounced.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
r. G. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review of Chicago
trade. saws: The usual
| New York.


midsummer quiet pervaded the promi-
nent branches of business and was in
tensified to some extent by labor con-
troyersies, the latter being mainly hurt
full to the packing and live stock indus
tries and forcing onerOus prices upon
the public. Relief from the burden af-
fecting consumers unfortunately has
been postponed, and the ranks of the
unemployed swelled rather than dimin-
iShed. In other respects business ap-
pears to b. sound. with the tendencies
toward Improvement. Iron and steel
developments indicate a return TO in
creased production and larger forces OF
workers. while better demand Is seen
in the markets for general merchandise
and breadstuffs Notwithstanding ad-
verse local conditions, distribution in
the staple lines was of fair volume in
both wholesale and retail branches.
Country buying for fall delivery ex-
hibits healthy advance. the south
western sections contributing good or
ders in dry goods. clothing and foot
wear. Western railroad returns reflect
sustained gains in the traffic move
ment. and the season is close at hand
for larger tonnage in the marketing
of farm products. Winter wheat har-
vesting being over. more attention Is
directed to other maturing crops. i'll
which the outlook is excellent for
splendid returns to agriculturists. Mer-
camille collections generally were sat
isfactory and fewer defaults occurred.
Grain shipments. 2.49O.oOO bushels,
are 3S2 per cent under those year
ago. Demand was stronger in flour
and grain. Compared with the clos
ings week ago. advances were made
in wheat of five-eighths of cent Il
bushel. In oats half cent and in corn
one-eighth of Il cent. Live stock re-
ceipts were largely curtailed owing to
the strike of butchers. and prices were
irregular, closing % cents higher for
choice beeves. ) cents lower for heavy
hogs and 30 cents lower for sheep.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
triet number 2S. against A last week
and 22 year ago.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
Reports received this
week from special agents
CHICAGO.

- Of the International Mer-
camille Agency at the leading centers
Of accumulation and distribution il the
country show very little change in con-
ditions from those previously stated.
Actual trade is dull. a normal situation
for this season of the year.
The outlook for fall and winter bust
ness is better in some sections. notably
the South and Southwest. than it has
been for u long while. Calmer judg-
ment than obtained in the beginning
has reduced the estimates of loss by
food TO 30,000.OOO bushels of winter
wheat for the four States most affect
ed One reliable trade journal has
issued ii bulletin which points to to-
tai yield of this cereal of 6l0.OO0,OOO
bushels. and an exportable surplus Of
nearly 145, 100000 bushels. These are
facts that have helped to dislodge some
of the discouraging sentiments of the
recent past.
Probably a more important matter
is the threatening attitude of the Fall
River operatives toward the reduction
of 121a per cent In wages. which be-
comes effective next Monday. This
may spread throughout New England
and unsettle business in that section
The best commercial reports come
from the West and Southwest. or from
the very regions where the greatest
disturbance to business poise might be
expected to exist. For instance. Kan
sas City takes very hopeful view of
the crop situation.
The strike of the packing house en-
ployes assumed larger proportions than
were first believed possible. However,
there has been no suffering from the
advance in the price of meats. 1t has
always been believed that eventually
there would be peaceful adjustment
by arbitration, and that the disturb
ance would pass away as quickly as it
developed.
\ week of ideal harvesting weather
has changed the whole aspect of
things, and merchants are refilling or
ders that had been cancelled on account
of the floods. In spite of the packers
strike, Chicago has had a week Of
marked trade improvement, especially
in clothing. shoes, dry goods and mems
and women's furnishings. ISterior
merchants have shown more willing
ness to order than for some time.
With the prospect of average cereal
crops and an carly and large cotton
crop the Southwest is beginning to dis
count some of the expected enrichment
Of that part of the country. Statesmen
from st. Louis have had better trade
than a year ago. Jobbers are salts
fed with returns. which they find ex-
ceed those of recent similar seasons.
One significant fact is the demand for
better quality Of goods. This is no.
ticeable in clothing and shoes.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
Venezuela Treatement.

A dispatch from Willemstead, Island Of
Curacao says: 1t Is reported that Herr
Pelldram, the German Minister at Cara
cas-, has delivered an ultimatum demand
ing the immediate payment by the Vene-
suelan Government of the interest on the
amount of the award to be paid Germany
as stipulated in the protocols signed by
Herbert w. Bowen, representing Vene-
Euela in FEBRUARY, 1903. If this demand is
not complied with, the report says, the
minister will leave Caracus August 4.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
LIGHTNING Speed.

Mammal on hearing that her sister
had received new little girl. said te
Lillian. her little daughter:
Lillian. Auntie has new baby
and now mamma is the baby's aunt
Papa is the baby's uncle, and you are
her little cousin"
Well" said Lillian wonderingly
"was that not arranged quick Lii
tie Chronicle.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
SLAIN BY AN ASSASSIN.
Bomb Ends Life of Russian Minister of
the Interior.

the Interior.
NJ. Won Plehve Russian Minister of
the Interior, was assassinated at 10
o'clock Thursday morning willie driv
ing to the Warsaw station TO visit the
Emperor at the PeterhOf palace. y
bomb was thrown under the Minister'S $
carriage, completely shattering ii. NJ.
Won Plehve was terribly mangied. The
assassin was arrested
The coachman was killed and the
wounded and maddened horses dashed
wildly away, only the front wheels of
the carriage remaining intact. Imme
diately there ensued scene of the
widest confusion. Police and gen.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
Wreck ON the Peuu.y,xani..

Running forty miles an hour. passen-
ger train on the Pennsylvania Railroad
crashed into an engine in head-on col
lision at Sharpsville, Pa, causing the
death OF two men and the serious injury
of four others. The dead: James Rob-
inson of Mohoningtown. engineer on the
passenger train, killed instantly; Charles
McWilliams of Mahoningtown, fireman
on the train. Several were injured. The
wreck was caused, it is alleged, by lapse
OF memory on the part Of the crew In
charge Of the engine.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04

William Hughes. longtime ranchmap
on Turkey creek. not far from Manpum
o. T.. was instantly killed by James
Yeates. neighbor. as the result of an
old feud over public roads. The Quarrel
extended back ten years. when Hughes
shot and killed another neighbor. vii
liam Walker
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
Bad Fire at Rrownstown.

In q destructive fire at BrowDstown,
Ind, four stock barns belonging to Frank
Falk and barn and blacksmith shop be-
longing to Peter Strikers, were destroyed.
The contents Of the buildings were con-
sumed. In an attempt to move a guam
tity Of dynamite from one of the Falk
barns John Book, 81 years old, was per-
haps fatally injured by an explosion. An
iron slug was blown through his should r
near the base of the neck.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
Thugs Reign in Bonesteel.

After an hours fight Wednesday in
the main street of Bonesteei, the center
Of the Rosebud land rush, all the police
were disarmed and put to fight by thugs,
gamblers, crooks and other criminals.
The Governor was asked for troops to
avert a reign Of terror
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
swalIow Is Notified.

Rev. Silas c. Swallow and George w.
Carroll were formally notified in Indian
apolis Of their nomination as Prohibition
national candidates and they accept. The
former in an an address declares war ON
"Bunko. Doodle and Booze" and outlines
the ISSUES for which his party stands.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
Fatal Antomoblle Collision In ohio.

Fatal Automobile Collision In Ohio.
Arthur Mutt and Amelia Davis were
killed at Swanders, four miles north of
Sidney, Ohio, by their automobile being
struck by work car on the electric fine.
Mutt was instantly killed but Miss Davis
died soon after reaching Sidney. Mutt
was an Ann Arbor student, home for
vacation, and Miss Davis was a former
student at Oxford, Ohio.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
Murder at a Wedding Party,

Crazed by jealousy at the sight of his
sweetheart dancing with Mike Maddox,
a married man, Steve Popovich, boy of
II, Is alleged to have murdered the latter
at wedding celebration in the Hun
garian quarter of Greensburg, Pa Popo-
vich was arrested.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04

The Texas Railroad Commission is in
receipt of an application from the Gal
weston commercial bodies requesting that
the commission call a hearing to consider
the matter of canceling the present rates
on cotton and adopting tariff ON a
strictly mileage basis.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
Indicted for Shin Horror.

Captain Van Schaick and Federal
Steamboat Inspector Fleming and former
Inspector Lundberg were indicted by the
Federal Grand Jury in New York, in
connection with the disaster to the Gen.
erai Slocum on June l5 last, when nearly
1000 lives " ere lost. Van Schaick was
the commander of the Slocum.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
rurnkey Dead, Pr,.oner, Ere,

Jere Condo. the prison turnkey who
was so brutally beaten by the five prison.
ers who escaped from the Center County,
Ohio jail, is dead. Notwithstanding the
fact that hundreds of men have been
searching day and night since the prison.
ers escaped, no clew to the whereabouts
has been obtained.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
storage Plant Burned.

The big coal handling and storage plant
n the navy yards in Portsmouth, n. H.,
was destroyed by fire, entailing loss of
$4,000. The fire started from spontan-
eous combustion. There we're about
5000 tons of coal in the building, 1000 of
which was removed by gang Of men.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
Whip. wife Over Flies.

Because he found his house full CT
1ies when he returned from work Tofei
NJ. Marchak of Derby, Conn, Hoggea his
wife with three-stranded whip. Judge
Clark gave Marchak the maximum SEN
tence Of six months in Jail and fine of
500.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-04
-etim Alive with a Broken Neck.

With his neck broken, Omer Stott, a
young farmer living north Of ElwoOd,
Ind, Is alive and there is hope of recoy-
cry, although death may come any min
nte. Stott was injured by falling hay
fork few days ago and his spinal column
was broken at the fifth vertabrae. 1t was
thought then that he would live but few
hours as his entire body below the neck
fs paralyzed. His physicians had leath-
Or head harness made by which they
hope to raise his head and thus relieve
the pressure on the spinal cord which is
causing paralysis