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

The track laid during the first six
months of 1908 amounted TO 2,221 miles.
while for the entire year it aggregated
0,1S6 miles. If the same ratio is main
tanned during the present year, the new
mileage for 1904 will approximate 5000
miles. However, present conditions do
not warrant the definite prediction that
this ratio will be maintained.
Such systems as the Santa Fe. the
Rock Island. the Chicago and Northwest
ern, the Chicago. Milwaukee and St.
Paul, and the Illinois Central. which
were generous contributors to the new
mileage of the past few years, are doing
practically nothing this year except to
complete extensions which were unfin-
ished on Dec. 81 last.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
DROP IN RAILWAY BUILDING.
During First Half of 1904 There Has
Been n Decrease of 2S4 Miles,

Railway building in the United States
during the first six months of this year
shows a falling off III comparison with
the corresponding periods of 1902 and
1908.
Increased operating expenses and de-
creased traffic, resulting in smaller net
earnings, together with the continued
stringency in the money market, furnish
the explanation.
Considering these conditions, it is sur
prising to find, from official reports re-
ceived by the Railway Age, that no less
than 1887 miles of track were completed
during the first six months of the year
on 134 lines in thirty three States and
territories, as indicated in the following
table:
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

The American Peony Society, organ
lied to increase interest in the cultiva-
ton and use of the peony. has been in
corporated in New York State. The di-
rectors include John II. Humphreys Of
Philadelphia, Edwin A. Reeves of Cleve-
land, Ohio; Charles s. Harrison of York,
Neb.; William A. Patterson of Chicago,
and Guy A. Bryant of Princeton, Ill.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
One Hundred Years Aqo.

Aaron Burr challenged Alexander
Hamilton to fight a duel.
Alexander Hamilton died as result
of injuries received in the duel with
Aaron Burr.
The Protestant Episcopal diocese of
Kentucky was organized.
Seventy gunbOats which had been
built on the Seine formed the French
fleet at Havre.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
Fifty Years Ago.

The Turks defeated the Russians at
GiurgevO.
Napoleon Ill. reviewed the French
Baltic army at Bologne.
The London Missionary Society
opened its first mission at Vezaga-
patam.
The Piedmontese railroad from AL
exandria to Novara was opened.
The British troops in Russia were
reinforced by 10000 French troops.
a new planet was discovered by the
astronomer Hind from the observatory
at Regents Park, London.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
Had 10 Coax the Baby.

Young Mother-Doctor, that bottle
of medicine you left for baby is all
gone.
Doctor-Im I told you to
give him a teaspoonful once an hour.
Y. M-Yes, but John and l ana
mother and the nurse have each to
take a teaspoonful. too, in order to in
duce the baby to take it.-Modern So
ciety.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

The cash statement of the United
States Treasurer shows: Reserve fund
(eold coin, $50, 100000; trust fund, held
against notes and certificates issued
1891, 1921 ,769; general fund, S126, ,O63, Go l;
in national banks, S121, 1,372, 124; awaiting
reimbursement. S124,011; total, S247,.
59.7S6; liabilities. SS4, 101 ,212; cash bal.
ance, S162, 2,S5S.574.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
VIII Fight Hawaiian Pest,

Because of his success in discovering
parasites which prey upon destructive in
sects Otto Swezey, State bacteriologist
Of Ohio, has been engaged by the Ha-
waiian Sugar Company TO so to Homo
lulu and wage war with newly dis
covered parasite upon a pest which is
threatening the sugar crop of the islands.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

mining fields and the many times mill
ionaire United States Senator are the
leading characters. Senator Clark made
the girl his ward and provided her with
opportunities for such tuition as he con-
sidered she should have. 1t began in
seminaries in this country and finished
In schools abroad and in extensive travel.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

The great stock yards strike, expect
ed to paralyze the meat industry FOL
time at least, began Tuesday. Ow
Ing to the refusal of the packers tc
grant a demand for increased wages
what promises to be one Of the most
extensive strikes In the history of the
packing Industry of the United States
was begun in Chicago, Kansas City
Omaha, st. Joseph, Mo-, and other
cities where large packing plants are
located. If prolonged, this strike is
expected TO cause such widespread in
convenience as was never before
equaled, except by the anthracite coal
famine of two years ago.
No one can foretell how long the
strike will last. Meat in Chicago took
n big jump in price at once. With
In short time it will be impossible
for the city householder to secure meat
at all, unless the packers succeed in
running their establishments with non
union labor. More than $4,000 men and
their families are involved In the move
ment which has enforced this great
idleness. In Chicago alone $1,000 men
are on strike, and 10000 more work
ers, whose services as electricians,
steamfitters, firemen, engineers, car
workers, painters, clerks. bookkeepers
and teamsters will not be needed, will
be thrown out Of employment.
What Men Demand.
A uniform rate of wages, the mini
mum to equal the maximum now paid,
stationary date for the expiration of
all agreements, fixed Giving" wage
for unskilled workers, non-restriction
of union influence and no more than
ten hours days work, are some of
the essential requests Of the union
which have been Incorporated into a
platform upon which the general Off
cials have accepted the strike power.
Ansi-union, antiincrease and opposi-
ton to all demands is the platform
upon which packers representing an
aggregate wealth of S107 100000 have
decided to fight. The packers, it IS
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
rwo-Headed Baby Girl Born.

A two-headed girl has been born in
Csiro, ILL.,, to negro family Of the name
of Shane. 1t died shortly after birth. The
heads were well formed and rested on the
shoulders at about the same angle. The
features were perfect. The body of the
infant was fully matured. The child hsd
only one set of lungs but it possessed two
Independent necks, each wind-pipe fur
nishing air for one lung.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
TraIn wrecked in Texas.
100000 Fire at Duluth.

Duluth fMinn.) special: Property
valued at $400, coo was destroyed by fire
at the Omaha docks and warehouses,
ewned by the Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apolis & Omaha Railroad Company.
George Smith, cook on the tug boat Abb
bott, was drowned while attempting to
escape from the craft as the flames swept
ovsr it from the docks. 1t was the most
disastrous fire witnessed in Duluth in
pears and the most spectacular.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
SENATOR CLARK Is MARRIED.
Wealthy Westcrner Weds His Ward
in France Three Years Ago.

III FRANCO Ihrce ears AGO.
Senator W. A. Clark of Montana has
caused the announcement to be made
that on May %, 1901. in Marseilles,
France, he was united to his ward, Miss
Anna La Chapelle. Following the for
NAL announcement by the Senator him
self came the fact that there is a little
daughter in France, who is now about
2 years old. Mrs. Clark and her child
are at present in Paris.
The-announcement adds another chap
ter to romance that began about nine
years ago in the city of Butte and in
which the handsome child of the western
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
soad,sr Get. Two Year,.

Edmund Bersch, who pleaded euilty
b st. Louis to accepting bribe in con.
section with the passage of the city
lighting bill, receiving share Of the
800 distributed among nineteen MEM
bers Of the house Of delegates, was SEN
fenced to two years Imprisonment in the
benitentiary, the minimum sentence.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
sIay. vito; Shoots H,mself

Michael Kane, Northwestern Trac-
tisn Company conductor, because of
jealousy fatally shot his wife, Mary
Kane, in Indianapolis, and attempted
suicide, inficting a probably mortal
wound in his breast.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
DERBY WINNER is SHOT.

Highba1i, at Brighton Beach, Frac-
lures Leg in Two Places.
Highball, champion 2-year-old last sea-
son and winner of the 1904 American
Derby, was shot at Brighton Beach Tues
day afternoon. The colt fractured his
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
OHIO'S WEEKLY OLIO.
BRIEF COMPILATION OF LATE
STATE NEWS.

An Interesting Sum mary OF the More
Important DoinEs Of Our Neigh.
bors-weddinxs and Deaths-Crimes,
Casualties and General Buckeye
News Notes.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

The number of persons in the employ
ment of the railways of the United
States. according to the latest report of
the Interstate Commerce Commission. is
1,1S9S13, or an average df a94 employees
per 100 miles of line.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
Mureere.s ooesI,.,ne,

Jane Toppan, the nurse who two year,
ago was sentenced TO the insane asylum
esr poisoning thirty-one persons, has
ons mad, and now is a hopeless imbe
ts ip tho Massachusetts, asylum.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

John Taylor, a negro laborer on the
Seaboard Air Line. was taken from
work train by u mob and shot to pieces
while trying TO escape. The cause of the
mob violence was an attack on a 10
year-old girl at Middepdorf. S. c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
A Monarch Assassinated.

st. Petersburg special: The Vice Gov
amor of Elizabethpol has been assassin
ated. The assassination occurred at
Adgshakent, a small place in the south
east corner of the government of Eliza
tethpol, close to the Persian frontier.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
Sentenced to Prison for Forty-Nin
Yeara.

Mount Holly IN. j. special: Aaron
rimbers, Jonas Smith and William Aus
I'm, the three negroes who confessed to
assaulting Mrs. Elsie Biddle of Burling-
ton, N. j., have been sentenced to forty
aine years each in the state prison after a
record d-breaking trial. The three men ar
gjved In Mount Holly at LIS p. m. Less
than half an hour later they had pleaded
guilty, been given extreme penalty of the
law and were on their way to Trenton to
begin their long sentences.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
threatened with meat famine be.
cause Of the determination of union
workers to prevetn the packers de-
nvering any supplies.

The right Of the Citizens Alliance to
use label similar to one adopted by the
Typographical Union for use on all print
ed matter turned out of union shops is
to be tested in the San Francisco, Cal,
courts.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

Twelve mules and three horses were
burned to death in fire which destroy
ed the barn of the Boyd Construction
Company, Fifth and Orchard streets,
Kansas City, Kan. 1t is believed the fire
was caused by lightning striking an cleo
tric light wire running into the building.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

President Roosevelt has delivered $40
speeches within two and half years,
1t is said he has broken the record.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

A general defense fund of S150,O0O Is
being raised by the Amalgamated Asso-
citation Of Street and Electric Railway
Employees Of America.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
| BIG STRIKE BEGUN.
FIFTY THOUSAND STOCK YARDS
EMPLOYEES QUIT WORK.

Labor Tie-Up Affects Nine Great Gem
ters-Demand Is for More Pay No
tices Sent Out to Stop Shipments of
Live Stock,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
chin..e Emneror serinnsIxuu

The Shanghi Correspondent of the
London Morning Post says the Chinese
Emperor is reported seriously i'll.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

Chicago Stereotypers' Union, No. 4,
has succeeded in unionizing all Offices in
Chicago, with a scale Of $3.50 per day
and an increase next April Of 25 cents
q day.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21
PANORAMA OF THE WORLD
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND u TO Be.
An side. ana Conditions Of Thing.
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make IL Complsts.
Grand Stand CrumbIes With Spec
tators.

Grand Stand Crumbles With Spec
tators.
Two hundred people were hurled to the
ground by the collapse Of stand at
Brighton Park, q suburb Of Cleveland,
Chic. A ball game between amateur
clubs was in progress and the stand was
crowded, when, without warning. the en-
tire crowd was thrown to the ground in a
heap. Other spectators and the ball
players Immediately set to work extri-
eating the people from the wreckage
while calls were sent out for ambulances.
When all were finally removed it was
found that ten persons had sustained
broken arms or legs, while a number of
others were otherwise bruised and cut. 1t
ls claimed that the collapse was caused
By the removal of some underpinning,
which had been carried off by people for
0rewood.
Buffalo Man Kills Wife, Child and
Self.
One of the most shocking tragedies that
Dver occurred, at Buffalo. n. Y, came to
light recently when the dead bodies Of
Edgar T. Washburne, member of the
grain firm of Healthfeld & Washburne,
On the board of trade, Washburne's wife,
and his daughter Gladys, IL years old,
were fonnd in bed room of their home.
Mr.. Washburne had shot and killed his
wife and daughter and turned his weapon
On himself. 1t is believed the deed was
committed while Washburne was suffer-
Ing from temporary fit of insanity. He
had written letter to a relative recently
saying he was having troubles in busi-
ness.
Women Burned In an Explosion.
A can Of gasoline exploded in shed in
the rear of No. IA Hawley Plac,, Buffalo,
NY. Mrs. George W. Carbine, who
used a shed as a clothes cleaning estab-
lishment, was killed instantly. There
was not bit of her body that was not
burned. Her face was disfgured beyond
recognition. Mrs. Alice Buckley, who
worked sor Mrs. Carbine, was blown
efom the building. She was badly burned
and was Immediately taken to the Sis
ters' Hospital, where she died. Thomas
Ryan, IL years old, who also worked for
Mrs. Carbine, was outside of the shed
when the explosion occurred. He was
slightly burned and was sent to his home. |
Train Wrecked in Texas.
Nearly dozen were injured, one dan
gerousiy, in the derailment OF north
bound passenger train No. 81 on the
Paris -Cleborne line of the gulf, Colorado |
d Santa Fe Railroad, nine miles south Of
Dallas, Texas. Thomas Gray, baggage |
han Of Cleborne, was pinned under the
heavy safe and q trunk in the baggage
car and suffered serious injuries. Just as
the train was making sharp curve at
high rste of speed, the baggage car left |
The track,th remainder Of the train fol- |
towing, with the exception of the last |
sleeper. The engine and tender ran along |
On the ties for quarter Of mile.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-21

;, Advices indicate little
4. change during the week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-22
MEETING BEGINS
 IN DECATUR TODAY
ACTIVE STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO PROCURE FURTHER IMPROVE MENT OF TENNESSEE RIVER BY THE GOVERNMENT.

Decatur, November 21.-(Special) 1.-The eighth annual meeting of the Tennessee River Iprovement association meets in New Decatur tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock and will be in session for two days
 It Is expected that this will be one of the most interesting meetings in the his tory of the association. Some fifteen hundred invitations were sent out to the governors, congressnen, senators, mayors of towns and other prominent business men in the states of Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and Mississippi. Thus far about 400 have responded saying they would be present. All the commercial bodies in the states named will send del egates. Also the governors of the various states have appointed delegates as have also many of the mayors of various towns and cities in these states.
 It was the intention of the citizens of the Decaturs to give the delegates a trip on the Tennessee river, but on account of the low stage of the water this will be impossible. A banquet will be given dur ing the meeting
 In past years the general government has expended over $5000000 on the im- provement of the Tennessee and 1t is said that it will take at least $6000O0 more to complete the work on the Colbert shoals and other Instructions. The convention will ask congress to contribute this amount, it is said.
 The delegates appointed by the Deca- turs are as follows:-The city of Decatur and the Business Mems league, Hon. H. A Skeggs, c. B. Poschmann, W. J. Nes- bitt, J. T. Jones, c. Ed Albes, John Eng fish, J. H. Edwards.
 The New Decatur delegates are: From the Commercial club. w. A. Bibb, D II. Allison, B. l.. Malone, c. H. Bird, c. H. Graves, II. B. Scott, E. c. Payne, W. R. Hall, W. T. Mulligan. M. c. Burch, w. M. Murray, R. H. Adams.
 The city of New Decatur: Thomas Kearns, G. A. Hoff, c. J. Hildreth, H. B. Beard, A. F. Fite, Herbert Hughes, w. B. McCullah, J. J. Sullivan, John liar tung, James E. Morrow, L. W. Borton, J. D. Jervis Judge William H. Simp- son.
 An entertainment committee has also been appointed to meet the delegates and escort them to their hotels.
 Tomorrow will be spent in the regular business of the club and speech making and the reading of papers. Mayor Sam uel Blackwell of New Decatur will de- liver the address of welcome and will turn the keys of the city over to the delegates. Wednesday will be social gath erings.
 This is expected to be one of the great est gatherings of influential and intellect ual men the Decaturs has ever seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-22
CONNECTS ESCAPE
 FROM THE MINES
ONE. WHITE MAN AND THREE NE GRoES LEAVE PRATT MINES PRISON AND HAVE NOT BEEN REcAPTuRED.

Four prisoners. one white man and three negroes, escaped from Pratt Mines last night about clock and at the last reports they had not been recaptured. A fifth prisoner made a break for liberty Fbut was reeaptured.
 The prisoners were being transferred from mine No. 8, to mine No when they made the break for liberty and succeeded in getting away. Following is d dist of the prisoners who escaped:
 Frank Walden. white, sent up from Montgomery for assault and battery. His home is at Hartselle, Ala, and he has a mother, two brothers and a sis ter living at East Lake
 Walter Munkfield a negro, sent up from Montgomery, on a charge of grand larceny. He has a number of relatives living in Bessemer Clarence Johnson alias Stewart, sent up from Greene coun- ty on charge of grand larceny. Claude Hearst, negro sent from Montgomery.
 reward of $25 has been offered for the capture of any of the four who escap- ed by P J. Rogers superintendent of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany at Pratt City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-22
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Groceryman Takes Ten Grains of Nor
 phine, But Recovers.

w. R. Oates white man who runs a grocery store at Avenue F and Nineteenth street, attempted to commit suicide last night about o'clock by taking ten grains of morphine. He was found lying on the steps of the Southside Baptist church in a serni-conscious condition, and had only presence of mind enough left to ask for physician. Soon after that he be- came unconscious and was carried to the Hillman hospital, where he was finally revived after several hours work.
 Oates lives at s22 South Twenty-second street. At the hospital. after he had been revived, Oates said he took the morphine because he was tired of liv- ing. When his wife was notified of his condition he said she did not want him brought home. She had not called at the hospital to see how he was at a late hour last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-22

1GoHLinuSd tFpHn ThSt E0Aob --~-~~-~-------------- ----~1----------------~'- election carried in this ward by vote of about two to one.
 Ninth Ward. For Mayor-Crittenden 10, Forney, 24, o'NeiIl, 64. Simmons, S6, Ward. 1s9
 For Judge of Probate Court-Feagin, 250.
 For Chief of Po1ice-wier, 274.
 For Police Conamissioners-Allison 52, Brown, 145 Copeland, 152. Dedman, 96, Jones, ITO. Loy, 121. Warren, 16S.
 For Alderman-5tockmar, 2l6; Unrath, 109
 For Beat Committeemen--Hawh 192, Metcalf, 1s7 O'Hear, 125.
 Canvass of Votes.
 The polls in all of the nine voting places closed promptly at o'clock as is pre- scribed by the law, and the canvass or the returns began immediately.
 On account of the necessary incon- veniences by reason of the locations of the boxes in different portions of the city, number of the managers of cleo ton decided to bring the votes to the city hall to count them. Several boxes were counted at the court house and oth- CT officials found office space in the city hall
 The first ward being the smallest in the city, the returns of the primary were counted first. A report was immed- lately made to the headquarters of the city democratic executive committee at the city hall, and shortly afterwards the fourth, which Is the eighth in point Of qualified voters. reported. The other box es reported slowly and the fifth which is the largest box in the city and the f3,a 1avf fo fyaich fhA WQFlx of counting the votes.
 Committee Called to Meet.
 Judge H. B. Abernathy chairman of the city democratic executive committee has called a meeting of that body for to- night at o'clock in the council chamber at the city hall The object of this meet ing is to canvass the returns of the pri- mary held yesterday and to make ar rangements for the second or run-off primary which will take place next Mon day. The same voting places and cleo tion officials that served yesterday will probably be selected for the second prf- mary.
 New City Committee.
 The indications and reports of boxes so far heard from tend to show that the following new city democratic executive committee has been elected:
 First Ward-H. B. Abernathy and C. A. Collins.
 Second ward-Max Karples and Abe Rich.
 Third ward-John D. Elliott and R. w.. Walker.
 Fourth Ward-w S. Moughon and John T. Evans.
 Firth ward-John T. Yeatman and P. P. Daughette.
 Sixth ward-Milton Greenwood and E.. l.. Martin.
 Seventh Ward-R. B. Smyer and W. H. Tomppertf.
 Eighth Ward-Hinds Peevey and A. W. Nelson.
 Ninth ward-James F. Hawkins and Walter Metca1f.
 The new committee will hold a meet ing shortly after the second primary for the purpose of organizing and elect ing officers. The meeting of the new committee will probably be held next Tuesday night at the city hall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-22
KILLED BY cAvE-IN.
Negro Meets His Death In Ore Mine
 at Feeders.

Bessemer, November H.-(Special.)-A cavein at No. ore mine at Reeders on Red mountain in South Bessemer this afternoon killed George Buchanan. a regro miner, and seriously wounded John Hollis, another negro miner.
 The rescue party experienced some trouble in getting to the place where the unfortunate men were penned in. Buch- anan had been dead for sorhe time. Hol- lis was in an unconscious condition when the party reached him, and it was only after considerable effort that he was re- vived.
 No. mine is operated by the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railway company.