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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.
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About 25.OGO tons of British coal are
now being loaded or japanese steamers
at London for Japan.
Japanese mobilization is unaccom-
panied by the Haunting Of banners, mu-
sic or demonstrations.
japanese officers and sailors who man
ned the fated transports at Port Arthur
expected to meet death.
Toxic banks report the national loan
of 1OO0O0,O00 yen (49,S0O,O0O). has been
covered nearly four times.
All the Americans formerly at Sun
Chun, with the exception of one family,
have arrived at Phg-Yang.
The first complete train traversed Lake
Baikal OH the ice railroad Tuesday. 1t
consisted of twenty-five cars.
A further consignment of guns and
ammunition has been dispatched from
ST. Petersburg TO the far East.
Japan, finding that she has no use for
so many auxiliary cruisers. will return
many of them TO the merchant marine.
Russia will consider the proposed cable
from Japan to Guam contraband of war
if the United States gives consent for
its construction.
Russians are advancing on Korea and
troops already have penetrated south of
Anzu. while laniing has been effected
on the east coast.
Orders to Consul Edwin V. Morgan to
proceed to Dalny were recalled by the
government, the right of Russia to OBJ
ject being recognized.
An exhibition is being arranged at st.
Petersburg of all the Russian art OBJ
jects which it was intended to exhibit
at st. Louis. The proceeds will be de-
voted to the Red Cross Society.
Novoe Vrenlya, an Important Russian
newspaper, castigates Secretary of State
Hay for his recent diplomatic work and
charges that the Washington officials are
showing hostility to the Russians.
Seven wounded engineers arrived at
Sasebo from the stone-laden merchant
steamers sunk off Port Arthur Feb. "a.
THY report that the sinking of the YES
sells was managed by wires connecting
them wit. the japanese torpedo-boat de-
stroyers.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Told In q Few Lines

Fearing violence, the Car has issued
decree forbidding patriotic celebrations
in the streets.
y cable 10 a Paris paper states that
Chinese generals, Ma and Thians. desire
permission to aid japanese.
George Poole. British merchant. has
reached London from Dalny after three
weeks journey, and describes the panic
there when fighting began.
4 tumble of conflicting war news
keeps London puzzled as to the real de
velopments in the far East. The seizure
OF British Golfers gives the English press
food for discussion as to the articles
properly contraband of war.
The Russian government earnestly de-
sires the conservation of the old friend
ship with the United States, and the
report on the Vicksburg matter causes
reaction from the general bad feeling.
Viceroy Alexieff reports to the Car
that the japanese attempted to send a
feet of four ships laden with inflamma-
bles into the harbor at Port Arthur. They
were destroyed by the Russian guns and
the convoy was driven back.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
DISASTROUS FLOODS.
Great Damage Has Been Wrought
and Several Drowned

and Several Drowned.
| From all parts of the country come
| reports that the annual spring floods
| are raging. In some sections-princi
pally in the East, where the snowfall
| has been the greatest In yenrs-many
have been drowned, vast amount Of
damage has been done. the danger from
| rising water and Ice gorges is increasing
and hundreds of lives are imperiled.
In Pennsylvania a 30-foot flood swept
down the north branch Of the SusQue-
hanna. Thousands Of people fed from
their homes to the mountains. while
many others were caught before they
could escape. The railroads and the
mines are submerged and every town
along the river between Wilkesbarre and
Sunbury is inundated. 1t is expected that
there may have been a heavy loss Of life
in the farming districts, where the foods
came without the least warning. The
Susquehanna river between Wilkesbarre
and Sunbury, distance of sixty-four
miles, is now one solid mass Of Ice. An
ice gorge three miles north of Wilkes
barre is threatening serious damage.
At Burwood and Westmoor the resi-
dents were compelled to leave their
homes in boats. The railroad track at
Catawissa has been washed away. At
Middleton the suffering is greater than
in any other portion of the flooded re-
gion. The Borough Council has sub
scribed $500 for the relief Of the food
sufferers and the Y. NJ G. A. building
has been transformed into a temporary
hospital.
At Harrisburg the situation In the
flooded region is critical and the people
are preparing for the worst. In the
Delaware valley rain fell in torrents and
unless the weather should get suddenly
colder one Of the most destructive floods
In the history Of the valley Is predicted.
Half million dollars will not cover the
damage done by the food in the vicinity
of Allentown. 1t was the worst expert
enced in fifty years, though it ragged for
only twelve hours.
From all over the eastern section OF
Pennsylvania come reports Of danger
from the floods. Already the damage is
enormous York, Reading, Allentown,
Bloomsbury, Pottsville, Rupert. Lehigh-
that have suffered worst. Loss Of life is
reported at many points.
Floods menace cities and towns in
every section of the East swept by the
recent storm. Trenton has food that
is twenty-five feet above the normal
height of the water. At Rochester the
Genesee river has risen at an alarming
rate. At Schenectady the city authori-
ties have been dynamiting the ice i'll the
hope Of breaking the gorge.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
An Ingenious Plan.

"Yes, my husband has almost given
up smoking"
Indeed! 1t must have been a hard
struggle
1T was. But every time the craving
grew too strong for him let him have
on of those bargain cigars bought fol
him Christmas and be promptly swore
off again. n."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
His Point of View.

Mes. Peckem-I just received letter
from an old schoolmate Of mine, in which
she tells me that she had been married
only three days when her husband was
arrested for bigamy and sent to prison
for ten years. Wasn't that awful?
Peckem-Oh, don't know! Some men
seem to have more luck than sense.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

pleted. 1t includes
the first reserves.
The second reserves
are now being mo-
biliZed at Toxic.
The Sendai and Ku-
mamoto divisions Of
the army, the best
fighting men in the
S service, already
have been teams
ported to Chemulpo,
which will continue
to be the principal
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

all correspondents have been ordered to
proceed from Nagasaki to Toxic on pain
Of instant dismissal. The officials have
made use of every device to mystify the
public. They even go so far as to place
wrong numbers on troop trains in order
to mislead everyone as to the strength Of
the forces sent to the front.
The plan Of campaign is not known
outside se'ect circle, consisting of the
Emperor. minister of war and some half
a dozen heass of the army staff. Even
cabinet mini-ters are kept in the dark
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
woman Beat, Tbree Burc1ar.

Physical culture, a muscular woman
and big hickory club was the combina-
tion that brought three burglars to grief
when they were arrested after having
been beaten into submission by Mrs.
Fannie Blackburn, widow, who had
caught the men in her home at 80 Howe
street, Cleveland.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
WIN March LOO Miles.

A dispatch from Denver, Col, says:
Two troops of the Fifth cavalry, u. S. A..
now at Fort Logan, have been ordered
to leave the Fort not later than March 10
and to proceed overland by way of VIM
gate to Forts Huachuca and Apache.
This order prescribes a march of more
than LOO miles and over some rough,
mountainous country. The trip will re-
uuire fifty days.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Stands the Test.

Friend-The critic of the Review says
that your book shows not the faintest
ray Of genius, and contains not single
sentence that belongs to literature.
Successful Author-Huhi I've made
10000 on that book, and III bet he
didn't get over S15 for his criticism.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

Books amt ft'n' for nothing but to
give TO little children goin' to school. for
to keep 'em out'n mischief. If mans
got mother wit he don't need 'em; eff he
amt got it they'll do him no good, no.
how.-Simon Suggs' philosophy, quoted
in Henry Watterson's "The Compromises
nf iifen
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
No Danger.

"Look here, old man." said the tonso-
rial artist to the restless man in the
chair, ''if you don't keep still I'm liable
to cut you.'
.Oh, I'm not afraid of that" rejoined
the helpless victim, "as long rs you con
time using that razor"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Fire DESTROYS Mine.

Scranton (Pa.) special: The Price Pam
coast company's coal breaker at Throops
was destroyed by fire of unknown origin.
Fifty mules in the lowest level of the
mine are supposed to be suffocated by the
smoke. The mine employed 920 men and
boys and was the only industry of the
village. The fire loss is s1S5, 900, insur-
ance SI00 O0n
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

DaSe IN h0rea.
Fusan will be made the secondary base
for the dispatch of troops along the east
coast and for Vladivostok The railways
have been wholly monopolizcd by the
transportation of these troops. The men
are not permitted to leave the trains.
even dining and sleeping on board. The
civilian traffic between Toxic and Kobe
has been reduced to a minimum.
Immense activity prevails at all points
of embarkation. At Kobe and other
ports tons of food of all kinds and other
supplies have been collected. The censor
ship has become increasingly strict and
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

LADIES: will mail you sample of
my positive cure for female weakness
on receipt Of your address and stamp.
This sample is worth more than five
dollars to any afflicted lady. H. II.
HAINES, Fort Wayne, Ind.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
FEATURES OF INTEREST
CONCERNING PEOPLE, PLACES
AND OoINGs OF THE WORLD.
Courts and Crimes, Accidents and
tirss, Labor and Capital, Grain.
Stock and Money Markets.
Hone to Find kidn,n.d cbi,d

Chicago special: The arrest of "Kid
Ely" ut Buffalo, N. r, it is believed may
reveal the hiding place of Miss Florence
Eiy and the child, Frank Ely Rogers,
who disappeared in 1901 from the home of
James Rogers, a wealthy resident of
Evanston. Ely, who is a brother of Miss
Ely and is an uncle of the child, is
charged with picking pockets. The
prisoner is thought to have been provid-
Ing his sister and nephew with funds and
70 have directed them to a refuge in Can
ada. where they are now alleged to be,
close to Niagara falls.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
High Treason Charge.

Berlin special: The Lokal Anzieger
voports that Pole named Kaczora, an
Inspector of buildings at Warsaw, has
been arrested for high treason and will
be shot. Kaczora, who was a member of
the Polish revolutionary association,
sought to injure Russia by supplying
Germany with sketches OF the plans of
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Not the Female Kind.

Dinglebatz-It's awfully inconvenient
living Oh the fifth floor and have to carry
up everything we use.
Snicklefritz-Why don't you try q
dumb waiter?
Dinglebatz-We did, but it wouldn',
answer.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Miners Elect ORcers.

At the Indiana convention of the United
Mine Workers, district No. 2, held at
Terre Haute, Ind, John Boyle was elect
ed president and George W. Purcell a
member OF the national board by ACCLAIM
alton. The report of Secretary Kennedy
shows q balance in the treasury of
S7I,680.2l.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

During the siege of Sebastopol the bat
teries of the allied army threw into the
besieged city over 10000 tons of shot and
shell. The cost of the artillery firing and
the value of the guns ruined and CON-
demued is estimated at Sl2O00.O0O
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Chinese Are Suffering.

Yin Kow special: The concentration Of
troops at the Russian strategic base has
resulted in much suffering among the
Chinese Inhabitants, especially at Lilo
Ying, where even private buildings have
been appropriated to accommodate the
soldiers, and thousands of Chinese are
consequently without homes. Russian
troops are encamped at all the essential
points along the railroad.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
An Illinois Mob After a Negro,

A mob from Carbondale, ILL.,. made an
attack upon the county jail at Murphys-
boro in an effort to secure negro who
had attempted to criminally assault
scheol teacher. The would be lynchers
met with determined resistance and
failed in their purpose, twelve of them
being placed under arrest.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Civil War Zero 1. Dead.

Capt. Ira W. Cory, whose company
on the left of the First brigade checked
the advance OF Gen. Barksdale at Get
tysburg and held the Confederate brigade
back until Union artillery came up after
an hour, is dead at his home in Morris
town, N. ].
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
WIN su.tain sawyer,s Act.

The cabinet discussed the press reports
that Captain Sawyer, of the United States
gunboat Helena, now in the mud dock
at New Chwang, had protested against
the sinking BY the Russians of junks at
the entrance Of New Chwang harbor.
This government has received no official
advices on the subject but it is said that
the discussion by members of the cabinet
indicated that such an attitude, if taken
by Captain Sawyer, would be sustained.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
WIN See The War.

Russia having formally granted per-
mission for four United States army Of
ficers to accompany her land forces in the
war with Japan, Lieutenant General
Cha1fee has assigned to this duty the fol-
lowing officers, who are now in the Phil
ippines: Major W. w. Gibson. ordnance
corps; Captain w. V. Jackson, engineer
corps; Captain George G. Galley, artillery
corpse: Captain Carl Reichman, Seven
fiefh infanfrY
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Cable Shin Lost,

The cableship Scotia is ashore on Span.
lsh rocks, Island Of Guam, and probably
will be lost. The Scotia was built at
Glasgow in 1862 and is owned by the Tele-
graph Construction and Maintenance
company (limited) of London.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

ana docks in con-
nection with the
transportation of
provisions and mu-
nitions of war. The
soldiers of the forts
have worked like
horses, harnessins
themselves to carts
and drawing them.
The ] apane e Sc
have shown consid-
cradle respect for
Dalny on account of
the important SUBJ
~ N ~,r
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

Pilgrims from various parts of Russia
are arriving at Saroff TO solicit the in
tervention Of st. Seraphim in behalf of
their relatives. ST. Seraphim was canon
lied by the Gar last summer on account
Of his fame as miracle worker.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Bridge Fall. aad six Die.

SIX men were drowned and four in
jured as result Of the collapse of
bridge spanning Yellow creek, near Iron
dale, Ohio. on the Cleveland and Pitts
burg Railroad. Ten men were on two
locomotives that attempted to cross the
bridge close together.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
SAY. Packers CONTROL Price.

Representative Martin declared in the
House that the packers control the price
of cattle by having only one bid made
and then dividing the lot. He holds that
conditions are worse than they were be-
fore the Injunction was granted.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

The price of horses is rising rapidly
at Irkutsk in Siberia. Over $40 is now
offered, while q week ago $40 to S25 was
the price This is explained by the de-
mand for horses at Lake Baikal and the
probable requisition for the army.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
And He Got Damages.

And He Got Damages.
81 understand you had horse killed
by an automobile"
"Yes."
''Beastly things, aren't they?
"Oh, don't know. That horse had
just gone iame."-Chicago Post.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
His Own Coin.

Ice Man-How much for this ham?
Shrewd Groceryman--Don't know ex-
actly. Just bring in your ice scales and
Wen weigh it.-New York Weekly.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Posto&ce Robbed.

The postofiee at Howell, near Evans
vile, Ind, was robbed recently of sew
eral hundred dollars in money and stamps.
The safe was blown open.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Strike at Terre Haute.

Tho one hundred and fifty men en-
ployed in the erecting department of the
Terre Haute, Ind, branch OF the Ameri-
can Car Foundry struck for the recog-
milton of the union.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

there and which extend far out TO Sea
The floating mines in the neighborbood
of Dalny are also calculated to keen the
japanese Mt n respectful distance
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

That action is best which procures the
greater happiness for the greatest num-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Large steamer Burna.

The largest car ferry steamer Shenango
No. ], owned by the Pere Marquette and
Bessemer Dock and Navigation company,
WAS destroyed by fire off Conneaut, Ohio,
causing the death of Fireman Charles
AcCarter, of Cheboygan, Mich, and the
probably fatal injury of Engineer John
Aorrell. The boat was one of the largest
Of her kind on the great lakes, was valued
ct $3.50, 900 and had a carrying capacity of
twenty-six cars. The fire is supposed to
have resulted from an explosion of oil in
the an zine rnom
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
JAPANESE DREAD DALNy

Mines Extending Far Into the Harbor
Keep Warships Distant.
In Port Arthur, officers, marines
coolies and everybody else have been
working day and night at the raiIwav
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Two Dangerous Proceedines.

Winks-My gracious, old boy. you
are all banged up?
Binks-I should say 1 vas.
Wings-What did you do-dispute
the right Of way with a trolley car or
talk like a free-born American to Q
policeman?-NewY York Weekly.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
KEEP PLANS SECRET.

Big Movement of Troops In Prepara.
tiou for Decisive Fight.
A Nagasalli cablegram, via Shanghai;
says that an extraordinary movement Of
Japanese troops to the coast is now com
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17
Had n Thinking Part.

Magistrate-Were you present dur
ing the quarrel between this man and
his wife?
Witness-Yes, your honor.
Magistrate-What did the man say?
Witness-Nothing. She didn't give
him a chance to get a word in edge
WayS
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-17

nifcant to learn from more than one
source tha: an entire goods train re-
Gently sank. owing to the impossibility
of suddenly bringing the locomotive to
a halt. The engines have now been re-
placed by horses. fhis precaution is
necessitated ey the riffs in the ice.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-06
New York Episode.

NEW YORK, May ga bicycle po-
Iiceman with no regard for the majesty
of the mayors chauffeur has arrested
that individual for exceeding the speed
limit. The policeman was given pretty
chase before he overhauled the auto
mobile. The chauffeur was on his way
to meet the mayor at Fifth Avenue and
Stauraat. He was late and dashed at
high speed past the guardian OF the
law, who gave chase for several blocks
with the dust flying in his face. When
the chauffeur attempted to explain that
the chief executive of Greater New
York was to be seriously inconvenience
ed by his misadventure the policeman
scented a plot to escape. and, refusing
to be drawn into it, hauled his prisoner
off to the station house. When the al
legged Iaw-breaker had about come to
the conclusion that he was locked up
for the night friend of the mayor ap-
peared and bailed him out,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-06
MAY USE AERIAL
MACHINES in WAR

WASHINGTON, May 27.-The atten-
ton of the military and naval experts
here, who have been closely following
developments in the war, has been at
tracted to the fact that on July 18th
the prohibition imposed by The Hague
Conference upon the discharge of aeri-
al torpedoes from balloons or flying
machines will expire by limitation. It
was with the greatest difficulty that
the powers represented at The Hague
Conference, through their military del
egates. managed to reach an agree
ment upon rules governing war, and
this particular section was bitterly
fought over, although it is one of the
few which the United States Govern
ment accepted without reservation So,
to make easier the reaching of an
agreement as to the use of aerial war
ships, 1t was determined that the rule
should be tried for a period of five
years, and that period OF time expires
in July. Consequently a new field is
now open to the inventor of flying
and dirigible balloons, which
may now enter the field of warfare
without violation of the rules of war
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-06
METHODIST BODY
SHORT OF MONEY

ASSOCIATED Press Mail Dispatches.)
LOS ANGELES, May 2s.-Chairman
Miller of the Conference Commission,
which looks after the finances of the
General Conference, made a report to-
day showing d deficiency Of about $12,-
600. His report showed collections. in
Guiding the $4,000 raised in the city of
Los Angeles, of s116,0OO and bills paid
and outstanding to the amount of $780,
O0e. In addition, he said there were
unaudited bills amounting to $1,000.
which would bring the deficiency up to
$4,000.
There was a motion by a delegate to
the effect that the amount of the de-
ficiency be borrowed from the Book
Concern. To this proposition there
were strong protests from Drs. Eaton
and Mains, New York Publishing
Agents, who said that if this money
We're loaned there is little chance of
ever getting it back, as has been the
case before. After considera BILE talk the
motion was adopted and the Book
Concern must loan the Conference Com
mission enough to make up the dehcien-
cy in it's funds.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-06
CONsCR!PTION FOR
The BRITISH ARMY

LONDON, May 27.-The report of
the Royal Commission on the volunteer
and militia forces practically recon-
mends CONSUMPTION as the only means
of providing a home defense army
adequate for the protection of the
country in the absence or partial alb
sence of the regular troops.
The commissioners are of the opin-
ion that the principles adopted by all
the other great European States must
be largely adopted by Great Britain,
and that it is the duty of every able
bodied citizen to be trained for ma
tional defense. They point out that
the necessary training would involve
a period of continuous service with the
colors, under an instruction body of
especially educated and highly train
ed officers, and they consider that one
year of such continuous training would
suffice with a few weeks attendance
at the maneuvers for year or two
afterward.
The commissioners estimate that
such scheme would provide about
$4,000 trained men annually at a cost
probably less than that of the present
military system.