The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-24

pounded Into pulp with barrel save
The body had been robbed of everything
of value.
Rev. Leroy Hooker of Chicago, who
has been living in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
for several months past, left his hotel the
other morning and nothing has been seen
or heard of him since. Hooker was tax
ing an interest in the local real estat'
movement.
Nj. II. Gerry. Jr., general manager Of
company property In Helena. Mont, has
the Missouri River Power Company, has
announced that the light and traction
engineers and contractors of New York.
for 100000.
The Peoples Gas Company of Coffey-
vile. Kan. sold to the Kansas Natural
Gas Company, for S1.OOO,OOO, its gas
territory of 60000 acres in Montgomery
county. containing 12S wells with a daily
capacity of 6O0.00v cubic feet OF natural
flow pressure gas.
The population of Iowa, according to
the State census, will show loss Of
15.7S5 from the federal census of 1900
The total reports give the State a popu
iation of 2.216,O6S. Only twenty-three
of the ninety-nine counties show a gain
by the State census.
Herbert Mills, formerly treasurer of
the Jarvis Conklin Mortgage Trust Com
pany of Kansas City, was found lying on
the sidewalk in front of Bethany hos
pital. Kansas City, Kan. where he was
an inmate. and died two hours later. His
skull had been crushed.
Following the decision of United States
Circuit Judge Van Deventer, denying an
injunction TO prohibit the enforcement Of
fraud order by the postal authorities.
the directors of the Peoples United
States Bank in st. Louis have voted to
go into voluntary liquidation.
The scarcity of labor has retarded rail.
road building in the West. In some cases
construction has almost stopped. Farm
ers are paying high wages and the con.
struction companies cannot keep men af.
ter they get them. Farmers pay from
50 to S3 per day and board.
Lightning struck cable at the Chaplin
mine at Stephenson. Mich, and ran down
1.00S feet. r.ematurely setting off two of
six dynamite charges intended for sink
ing the shat, deeper. Anton Erickson
was blown - atoms. The Anderson
brothers were perhaps fatally injured
A volcano throwing off molten lava
has been discovered in Nevada by
Messrs. Mcclure, Wheeler and Sommers,
cattle men of Lovelock. The volcano is
at Rye Patch, Humboldt county. Al
4, hot h..
for years the crater has just been found.
Two cars We're damaged and one man
injured in rear-end collision between
two south-bound trains on the South
Side elevated railroad at Sixty-third
street and Kimbark avenue. Chicago.
One car left the tracks and hung over
the structure. The wreck blocked traffic.
Twelve persons were killed. eight prob
ably fatally injured and n score of others
less seriously hurt in collision between
the fast east-bound Nickel Plate passen-
ger train and freight at Kishmans,
Ohio. The disaster is alleged to have
been caused by a misunderstanding of
orders.
Forest fires are burning in several
places between Slate creek and st. Joe,
the smoke rolling in huge volumes over
Wallace and in eastern Idaho and west
ern Montana. Forest fires are also
sweeping along the south bank of Koo-
tenay river, in British Columbia. The
whole of Jubilee Mountain is on fire.
Columbus Bowen, in Jail in Urbana.
Ohio, for the last six months on the
charge of subordination of perjury in the
fan,s us Larrimore murder case at Wood
stoci. Two years ago. was found dead in
his .;:ll by the Jail officials. He had kill
ed h;snself during the night by means OF
his b,sielothes. which he had twisted into
rope,
Reports indicate that the storm Mon
day night caused damage estimated at
several hundred thousand dollars in
southwestern Ohio and less serious loss
in other parts of the State and in Ken
tucky and Indiana At Hamilton, Ohio,
the rainfall reached two and half
inchee. causing a food in the Miami
river. which washed away SEVERAL small
bridges. Lightning struck a traction car
near Middletown. Ohio. during the storm
and Mrs. William Kroeger Of Louisville
suheieu cIohcu IiD anu Otuei iuJuiits.
Near Mansfield. Ohio. Joseph Finney, 3
years old, died from the effects of
stroke of lightning. Misses Nellie Smith
and Lulu Wilson We're seriously injured
by lightning which struck a farm house
near Marysvilie, Ohio. Seven persons
We're stunned by lightning near Circle
vile, but all will recover.