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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

Of sixty-fve miles an hour, driving its
hail missiles with the velocity of bullets.
1t ripped into the barnlike exposition
structures and shook them until the JEFF
ferson Guards were ordered to lock the
immense doors in order that the wind
might not raise the roofs.
The rain came down in torrents. turn
ing the cascades" into Niagara. bring
ing the lagoon almost to level with the
lawns and causing the electric launches
and gondolas to put hurriedly for port.
Strong gusts struck the canvas noun
tains on the Pike and blew over some of
the gigantic painted boulders that tower
over the restaurant in the Tyrolean Alps
known to visitors as the Petroleum
Alps" Jerusalem was shaken to its
foundations.
The storm had died to a velocity Of
forty-eight miles an hour when it struck
the center Of st. Louis. but It still re-
tained strength enough to blow twelve
barges across the river and to send sew
eral river packets crashing against the
stone leyees. Twenty-Five houses in
Twenty-second street were unroofed, and
the steeple Of the North Presbyterian
Church was blown into the front of
grocery store. Plate glass windows were
broken like egg shells. and telephone and
telegraph wires were carried away for
miles.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
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The st. Louis Railway Club has es-
tablished a cozy corner and headquar-
ters in the gallery Of the palace of trans.
portation. worlds fair grounds.
The Rock Island statement for March
shows loss as compared with March,
1903, of $4S, ,7S9, or 2 per cent in gross
earnings, and S432. .6i5. or SO per cent In
net.
Owing to the shrinkage of traffic that
has become so general, the Illinois Cen.
tral has decided to postpone important
improvements that had been planned at
New Orleans.
All the railroads entering st. Louis
have requested connecting lines not to
ask for free transportation to st. Louis
for employees after Az. Is, On account
OF the expected heavy attendance after
that time.
Mr.. w. r. Premier was chosen by ths
International brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers to succeed Mr.. Thomas S. In-
graham, first assistant grand chief, who
died suddenly during the Los Angeles
convention last month.
Mr.. Adolph Ottinger, ticket broke:
Ol Sau TaHclScO, mas Deen imprisoned
two days and fined $500 for violating an
injunction Of the United States Court
forbiddins him to deal in certain reduced
rate convention tickets.
An authentic and impartial railroad
map of the United States, prepared under
government auspices, has long been sore
ly needed. and such a map is now to be
prepared. Provision for its publication
was made by the Fifty-eishth Congress.
Canadian and American capitalists.
headed by Sir William C. Van Horne,
have deposited 100000 as a guarantees
that the railroad proposed from Guate-
malan City to Ell Rancho will be built,
pledging the Guatemalan republic an all
rail connection from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.
The American Railway Association
has adopted new standard cipher code
for use in the Transmission of all husi-
ness between the members of the organ
ization. An expenditure of $6,5OO has
been authorized for the purpose of issu-
ing a minimum edition of 1000 for dis.
tribution free Of cost to each member
Of the organization.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
% MAa7ERS
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $6.2o; hogs, shipping grades.
S4.O0 to $5.45; sheep. fair to choice, 81. 10
to $500; wheat, No. 2 red. $1.O5 to 81. .O8;
corn, No. 2, 41c to 49c; oats, standard,
SOC to 4Oc: rye. No. 3. Csc to zoe; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to S14.OO; prairie, $500 to
S11.50: butter. choice creamery, 18c to
lie; eggs. fresh. 13c to 15c; potatoes,
4Oc to SOC.
Indianapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500 to
S6.25; hogs. choice light, S4.OO to $3.50:
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to $3.50:
wheat, No. 2. S1.02 to s1O4; corn. No. z
white. 4Sc to 49c: oats, No. 2 white, 4Oc
to Ale.
st. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
s40O to $40: sheep. $500 to S4OO:
wheat, No. 2. 9Ic to S1.OO; corn. No. 2,
4Sc to 49c; oats. No. 2. 39c to 4Oc; rye.
No. 2, 66c to Csc.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixed, S1.O4 to
SLOT; corn, No. 2 mixed, 49c to sic;
oats. No. mixed. Ale to 42c; rye, No. 2,
Csc to &c; clover seed. prime, s6.25.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers,
S4.OO to $3.50; hogs. fair to choice, S4.OO
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice. $3.50 to
S4.I5: lambs. common to choice. 1915 to
$50.
New York-Cattle. $3.50 to S1.OO;
hogs. $500 to S5.55; sheep. $500 to
S4.OO; wheat. No. red, S1.O5 to SLOT:
corn, No. 2. 52c to 5Sc: oats, No. white.
46c to 4Sc; butter, creamery, Ice to 1Sc;
eggs. western, 15c to 1Sc.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $4OO to $3.50;
hogs. $4.OO to S5.65; sheep, $500 to
S4.1O; wheat, No. 2, $1.O7 to S1.O9;
corn. No. 2 mixed, sic to 52c; oats, No.
mixed. 39c to 4Oc; rye, No. 2, 74c to
16c
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $3.50: hogs,
S4.OO to $40; sheep. $3.50 to S3.75;
wheat, No. 2, $1.05 to SLOT; corn, No. 8
yellow, soc to 52c; oats, No. white, Ale
to 43c; rye, No. 9. re TO 13c
Observation-Disclosures. No. . northern,
99c to S1.00; corn. No. 3. SOC TO SIC;
oats, No. 2 white, Ale to 43c; rye, No. /.
oats, No. 2 white. 42c to 44c; rye, No. 1,
T3c to 75c; barley, No. 2, Csc to 64c;
pork, mess. S12.95.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
HIGHBALL AND HIS JOCKEY.

near fore leg in two places during the
running of the Seagate stakes, and al
though the veterinarians made an at
tempt to patch up the shattered limb and
save the valuable colt, they failed, and
the horse was shot.
The accident happened during the last
part of the struggle, just as the horses
were making the turn into the home
stretch. 1t was the opinion of horsemen
that Highbalrs accident was due to step
ping on hard portion of the track.
They said that the Brighton Beach man
agement in its endeavors to have fast
records had made the track too hard.
Highball, suffering from pain of the bad
right leg, was evidently favOring it and
throwing his weight on the firm left leg
when he met the hard spot. The strain
and weight proved too much for the brit
tie bone and it snapped.
The destroyed thoroughbred was val
ued ut $4,000. His owner refused an
offer OF $4,000 for him last fall. and
had him insured for $4,000, as he was
heavily engaged in rich stakes this year.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
COOL WEATHER RETARDs CROPS
Rain Also Causes Damage, but Corn
Has Made Good Progress.

| Rain Also Causes Damage, but Corn
Has Made Good Progress.
The weather bureau weekly summary
| Of crop conditions is as follows:
Unseasonably cool weather has con-
tinued in the Missouri valley and over
| the western part of the upper lake re-
gion, but elsewhere the temperature has
| been very favorable Heavy rains have
prevented cultivation and greatly inter
| fered with harvesting in the lower Mis-
souri,, central Mississippi and Ohio val
leys and in parts of the middle Atlantic
States and lake region. and much grain
in shock has been damaged in Oklahoma.
Kansas and Missouri. Drought prevails
in Texas.
Corn has made vigorous growth. but
continuous rains have prevented cultiva-
ton, and much of the crop is weedy. In
the more nOrtherly districts corn is gen.
orally backward, but has advanced de-
.idedly during the last week. In the mid
die Atlantic States the crop has made
excellent progress and is III very prom
ising condition.
Winter wheat has sustained great DAM
age from continuous heavy rains in Ne
braska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri,
where the unharvested grain was seri-
ously damaged by rust and lodging and
that in shock by melding and sprouting
Harvesting has continued under favora-
bic weather in the districts east of the
Mississippi. Harvesting has continued
under favorable conditions on the Pacific
coast.
While spring wheat has suffered slight
y from rust over the southern portions of
the spring wheat region and is thin and
weedy on lowlands in northern Mime
sofa, the crop as whole has advanced
satisfactorily.
Oats have suffered from excessive
moisture in the lower Missouri valley.
but elsewhere this crop has made salts
factory progress. Cotton has grown rap
idly.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
Twenty Years Ago.

James G.. Blaine. then Republican
candidate for the Presidency. delivered
an address at Bowdoin College COM
mencement exercises and received the
degree of LII. d.
Grover Cleveland and Thomas A.
Hendricks We're nominated for Prasi-
dency and Vice Presidency at the DEM
ocratic national convention held in Chi
cago.
Erroneous reports were sent out
from Paris that Gen. Gordon had been
murdered by his soldiers in Khartum
The Democratic national convention
which nominated Grover Cleveland
and Thomas A. Hendricks met in Chi
cago.
The Canadian government refused
the application from the United States
for the eNtraditiou of John C. Emo,
fugitive president of the defunct Sec
oDd National Bank of New York
Delegates to the Democratic national
convention began to arrive in Chicago
Declaration of Kings County On. "
delegates for Grover Cleveland prac-
tically assured his nomination for Pres
ident.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
Dun's Review of the
weeks trade. published
, Chicago.


says: Bank exchanges increased and
mercantile money was literally in
vested In high-grade securities. The
July disbursements reached a larger
aggregate than heretofore and the set
Elements proceeded smoothly among
the financial institutions. Commercial
loans remained in moderate request,
but indications developed suggesting
a freer use Of accommodation in the
near future.
Aside from an improved volume Of
retail trade. business in the producing
and distributing lines has undergone
no important change Country buyers
have shown less hesitancy in select
ing future requirements. Railroad
traffic reports disclose gains, although
slight, in the westbound movement Of
general merchandise.
Iron and steel products assumed
more firmness in prices. There has
been some curtailment in production,
and the general demand was without
especial feature. except in pig iron.
orders for which were numerous, indi-
eating that consumers stocks are very
low. Other manufacturing branches
have maintained fair activity and
there was less closing down of plants
for repairs than expected.
Grain shipments, 1,53s.O9S bushels.
are 13 per cent under those a year
ago. Current receipts run light, but
are ample for the demand. Reports
Of damage to wheat caused by excess
sive rainfall in the central valleys
forced a sharp rise.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

said, have advertised for thousands OF
countrymen to replace the strikers
The advertisements say the men are
to est and sleep in the plants.
The railroads notified their agents
throughout the country not to receive
any stock for Chicago. The packers
notified the Live Stock Exchange that
they would not receive any stock, and
the secretary of the Live Stock Ex-
change, In turn, notified the commits
sion men, who at once began send
ing kilograms to stop all shipments
from. their customers.
Other Stock Yards Strikes.
The last time the Chicago stock
yards plants were tied up was in 1894,
during the great railway strike For
six weeks all the industries were prac-
tically tied up, no cattle being received
and none slaughtered. A mob of from
5000 to 10000 men, women and chill
dren held possession of the streets in
the vicinity of the yards, and at last
President Cleveland interviewed and
sent regular troops to Chicago under
Gen. Nelson A Miles. This put a
quiefus on the rioters and prevented in
reference with the employment Of
Don.union men, allowing business to be
resumed. The stock yards employees
had no grievance of their own, but
those that struck went out in sympa-
thy with the railway strikers.
In 1856, the year of the Haymarket
riots, another attempt was made to tie
up the yards, but without success.
More recently was the attempt of
union teamsters to tie up the meat in
dustries not long ago, when rioting
became general in the streets of Chica-
go. This strike was only settled after
wholesale arrests, scores Of street
blockades, and when Chicago was
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
thirty Years AqO.

Ex-GOv. Alexander Shepherd, of the
District of Columbia. acting under the
press gag" law. demanded the indict-
ment of Charles A. Dana for libel be-
cause of editorials in the New York
Sun.
Cheyenne. Arapahoe and Comanche
Indians commenced hOstilities in In-
dian Territory.
Henry Ward Beecher made public
correspondence which had passed be-
tween him. Mr. Titon and Plymouth
Church in Brooklyn. in which the Rev.
Mr. Beecher demanded an investiga-
ton of the charges made against him.
Prince Bismarck was shot by Il
wOuld-be assassin at Kissingen, Ger
many. The ball struck Bismarck's
wrist, the wound being slight.
Over 700 Mormon converts arrived In
New York from Europe. most of them
from the Scandinavian peninsula.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
forty Years Ago.


Gov. A. w. Bradford, of Maryland,
issued an appeal to citizens to rise and
resist the Confederate invaders then
believed to be menacing Baltimore.
The Confederates evacuated Har-
per's Ferry and the retreat of the force
that had gone north along the Potomac
was on.
Telegraphic communication with
Washington, D. c., having been cut
off, rumOrs of its capture by the Con-
federates, and denials followed each
other over the country all day.
The constitutional convention of Ne
vada selected Nevada as the name of
the State and adopted a constitution.
Confederate forces took possession
Of telegraph lines at Magnolia, Md,
intercepted dispatches from Secretary
Stanton to Gen. Cadwallader and tenn
pOrarily shut off communication with
Washington, d. C.
President Lincoln issued proclama-
tior setting aside the first Thursday
in August as day of prayer for the
preservation of the Union.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
Told in a Few Lines,

Signora Duse now lives in coIhplete
retirement.
Mrs. Mcclellan. wife of the Mayor of
New York, is most unassuming and cares
nothing for society.
The cost of the various strikes in
Colorado in the past sixteen moLths is
estimated Mt S23,O36.0 600.
The dowager marchioness of Exeter
has been elected church warden at Mar
ket Deeping, Lincolnshire.
Fire destroyed Sinks opera house and
other property valued at 100000, il
Rome. n. Y. Two men were seriously
injured.
Street railway employees at leeds,
England, have objected to the Swing"
system, after having given it a trial for
almost four months.
Mime. Emma Mainte Babnigg, once
well known as an opera singer and
friend of Queen Victoria and Empress
Eugene, is dead at Vienna.
OF the SAT, 167.3IJ in aid extended to
the transct0tinental railroads by the
United States government by means OF
bonds and interest paid. there remains a
balance unsettled OF only SS.715506.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

New York at an average speed of 13.S2
knots. Moreover, it had previously made
the voyage of 12,916 knots from Hong
kong in thirty-nine steaming days, an
average of $50 knots a day, and during
its absence of three years and seven
months had covered a total distance of
more than 6S,OOO knots.
-
Progress is making toward the settle
ment of the rights Of Colorado and Kan
sas in the waters of the Arkansas river.
A commission has been appointed to take
testimony on the subject. Four years
have been consumed in reaching this
stage Of the proceedings. Kansas has
held that Colorado should be restrained
from further diverting the waters of the
river for irrigation purposes, as the Kan
sas farms in the valley of the river will
suffer if the flow of water be decreased.
The question involved affects many irri-
CATION projects in the West, which have
been begun on the assumption that the
waters OF stream might be diverted
for the use of the abutting property own
ers ON the principle of first come first
served.
Much confused thinking was clarified
by the Supreme Court decision excluding
from the country John Turner, an Eng
lish anarchist. Turner is the editor Of
a radical newspaper in London who sew
eral months ago came to the United
States to lecture. As it was known that
he preached hostility to organized gov
eminent, he was arrested soon after his
arrival, on the charge that he was an
anarchist within the meaning of the i'm
migration law. and must be deported. He
fought the case in the courts. His law
yers held that his arrest was in violation
OF the right of free speech guaranteed
by the constitution. The Supreme Court
has declared that as Congress has forbid
den the entrance of alien anarchists into
the country, Turner, as an alien an
archist, has no rights under the consti-
tuition to freedom of speech. He be-
longs to n class which Congress has said
may not enjoy the liberties of America.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
Seventy.five Years AGO.

The value of paper currency was
much diminished by the extensive cop
per coinage in Brazil.
The British and French ambassadors
were received with great distinction
by the Sultan at Constantinople.
Don Manuel's squadron sailed for
Lisbon from Terceira.
An epidemic of smallpox was preva-
lent in Edinburg.
President Jackson and party arrived
at Fortress Monroe on an inspection
tour.
England prepared a large naval force
in the Mediterranean. as there seemed
no hope of peace with Turkey.
There We're in Ireland $4,000 troops
on the verge of rebellion. owing TO tine
rigid restrictions. scarcity of provisions
ana their general desperate condition.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
CLOUDBURST KILLS 200.
San Juan del Monte, Suburb of Ma
Mia, Is Completely Destroyed.

Mia, Is Completely Destroyed.
Two hundred lives were lost and 50,
100000 worth of property destroyed by
a cloudburst at San Juan del Monte, q
suburb of Manila. The cloudburst fol
lowed an unprecedented rain which COZ
tiuued for twenty-four hours, during
which time seventeen inches of wafer
fell.
San Juan was almost entirely destroy
ed by the foods which swept down upon
it from the hills, coming so swiftly that
hundreds of the residents We're unable to
escape. The surrounding country is un
der wafer and the natives are fleeing to
the hills for safety.
San Juan del Monte is a small DOWN
west of Manila and lies between the
hills and the seashore The town is in
the path of the water that runs down
from the hills during the rainy season,
but this rainfall was unprecedented.
While the natives were preparing to
flee to the hills in safety. and carry as
much of their property as possibl,. the
cloudburst occurred in the hills. causing
a flood that swept down upon the little
town with such violence and swiftness
that two hundred persons were drowned.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
len Years Ago.

President Cleveland issued to Gen.
Miles, in command of the government
troops in Chicago. an order which
practically placed the city under mar
tial law.
The Knights of Labor throughout
the country failed TO obey Master
Workman Sovereign's order to strike in
sympathy with the Pullman workmen
and American Railway Union.
Four persons were killed and twen-
ty-five injured, seven fatally, in con-
fiicts between railway strikers and SOL
diers in Chicago.
A special federal grand jury in Chi
cago indicted Eugene V. Debs. of the
American Railway Union. and twelve
others for conspiracy 10 Obstruct the
United States mails.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
New York.

~ ". Advices indicate little
NGH IUlh. change during the week
in the general trade situ-
alton, jobbing centers reporting active
business, several lines showing good
gains over year ago. In many in
stances these gains are sufficient to
compensate for losses sustained early
In the season.
The outlook is generally encourag-
Ing, reports from all centers indicat-
Ing more hopeful feeling than pre-
vailed month ago. While there Is
the natural uncertainty Of the Presi-
dental year, there are few "blue
spots" in the country.
At the West business Is active. Fu-
ture deliveries In clothing. shoes,
mems furnishings, and some branches
Of dry goods compare favorably with
year ago. Sections where mills
have shut down reflect some depres-
sion, but this is not unusual for '.in-
ventory week" Owing to the rush
work Of year ago, and consequent
postponement Of repairs needed then.
the period Of inaction this year may
be somewhat prolonged. Except for
the hardship to employees this inter-
ference is not likely to prove of much
Inconvenience.
The labor situation at the West has
upquestionably improved. Employers
and employees are working In greater
harmony than at this date for years
past.
The more confident tone noted q
week ago In the iron industry con-
tinues, and the belief gains ground
that the improvement will gradually
extend to all branches of the trade.
Some improvement is noted in New
England, where general trade is pick
ing up slightly and merchants appear
somewhat more hopeful.
The Indianapolis district reports fair
trade in all lines excepting dry goods.
where sales average less than a year
ago. Collections in that territory are
still slow. In certain sections of the
South trade has fallen off slightly. al
though business In general is well up
to the last years total.
Crop conditions everywhere have
shown improvement. the government
report confirming the encouraging tone
of private advices to the effect that
the outlook was excellent for a record
cotton yield.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

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What is the use Of flying machines
when n man on a bicycle can ride thirty
miles in thirty-three minutes, fifty-two
and three-fifths seconds? This record
was made in Cambridge, Mass, last
month. The man who hopes to ride on
the wings of the wind could not often
beat this record, rs the wind seldom
blows more than thirty miles an hour.
\ year ago car load of hot ashes
emptied on the dump" of n Pennsylva-
mia coal mine set it on fire. The dump
fred the SLOPE" and the mine has been
burning ever since. The flames now
threaten to consume several million dol
lars worth of coal. The operators might
make the experiment of raising the price
of their coal-a practice that of recent
years has put out good many fires.
For Lightweight years the American
Bible Society has published only the
King James Version of the Scriptures,
but it is soon to publish the Revised
Version. A few weeks ago it amended
its constitution so that it might issue
the old version, or the English revision,
or that revision with the amendments Of
the American committee. 1t is nineteen
years since the complete revision first ap-
peared. and it seems to have vindicated
itself in the minds of those who desire to
get as nearly as possible to the words
of the original.
Since the famous voyage of the Oregon
to hos boS
been great interest in long-distance runs
by American battleships. A year or
two ago the Kearsarge made dash
from Southampton to Bar Harbor at an
average speed of thirteen and one-half
knots an hour, under natural draft. Be
fore making this excellent record the
Kearsarge had steamed five thousand
miles without cleaning or repairs. Now
comes a new champion in the Kentucky.
which made the run from Madeira to
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
STORM HAVOC AT THE FAIR.
Are Drenched and the Pike
Is Damaged.

Thousands Are Drenched and the Pike
Is Damaged.
Sweeping down from the north against
the heat and humidity that made st.
Louis dead center of atmospheric stag
nation last week, terrific storm Of cold
wind and hail wrought death and hayoc
in the worlds fair city Monday after
noon. The icy gale struck the expos.-
tion at time when the grounds were
thronged with sightseers and threw the
visitors into panic. Thousands who
were within a few steps of the buildings
or just ioutside the attractions on tie
Pike were drenched by the sudden down
pour.
The storm swooped down at the rate