The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-10-26
EASTERN.

property OF the iate Jonn my, oec-
rotary of State. in New York State has
keen estimated at S263.312.
Four business blocks In Concord, N.
H.. were badly damaged by FIRE, the loss
being S35.00O. the Pickering Furniture
Company being the heaviest sufferer
The Manufacturers Association OF
Fail River, Mass, announced a per
cent Increase in the wages OF cotton
mill operatives and proht-sharlng plan
TO take effect on Oct. rs.
A body believed to be that Of DR.. g.
IL. Grant of Buffalo was found cut TO
pieces in the New York Central railroad
tunnel in New York. He had evidently
fallen from train. No money was
found In his clothing.
John Smith, proprietor Of poolroom
at Mckeesport. Pa. shot his wife at
their home, and then, followed by Il
crowd, fed to his poolroom and shot
himself. The woman will live, but the
man will probably die.
Edward George Cunliffe, wanted In
Pittsburg, Pa, for the robbery of $101,-
200 IN cash from the Adams Express
Company, was arrested In Bridgeport.
Conn. He is said to have made a clean
breast of the matter to detectives.
Cashier Il. Lee Clarke of the Enter
prise National Bank of Allegheny, Pa.
committed suicide just before his bank,
said to have been wrecked by making
poorly secured loans to Pennsylvania
politicians, was forced to close Its doors.
Abbot ii. Woods and his wife, who
defrauded street railway companies
throughout the country by means of pre-
teuded injuries in accidents, were SEN
tenced respectively in New York to three
and two years Imprisonment. The
woman confessed
Stanley Francis, who has been on
trial in the United States District Court
in Philadelphia since Oct. 0, charged
with using the mails to defraud in con-
nection with the defunct Storey Cotton
Company. was found guilty on every
count in the indictment.
Bonds of the Peoples Gas Light and
Coke Company of Buffalo, N. Y, repre-
senting n face value of 100000, were
stolen from a safe in the law offices of
Baldwin Il Ward, Sc Lexington street,
Brooklyn. Other bonds valued at $685.
100 were left untouched.
Philadelphia homes are guarded by
policemen who have served time in the
penitentiary and whose pictures were
; taken from the rogues' gallery when
they were put on the force, says Super
lntendent Taylor before the investigat-
ing committee of the Philadelphia coun-
ell.
Judge Gnynor, in the Supreme Court
ipIr tn
Brooklyn school teachers in suit
against the board of education and New
York City to recover back salaries due
under what is known as the Pettingill
schedule A sum approximating $1,000
900 is involved
That butter supplied to the League
Island navy yard at Philadelphia was
colored with coal tar dye is the SUBJ
stance of n report which Chief Chemist
Wiley of the Department of Agriculture
has submitted to Secretary Wilson. The
dyes, though unwholesome, are not par
ticularly harmful.
Peter Hodgens, n physical culture ex-
pert and Instructor of Newark, N. j.,
has forv arded to Ostend, Belgium, where
the head of the fraternity Is established,
an application for membership of the
Order of the Sacred Heart. Hodgens
wishes to be sent to the leper colony in
the Hawaiian Islands.
In n fierce storm on Lake Erie the
steamer Sarah Il. Sheldon went ashore
four miles east Of Loran, Ohio. Sho
carried a crew Of thirteen men, num-
Der of whom jumped overheard when the
vessel began to 80 to pieces. 1t is be-
lieved that at least two of the crew
were drowned. The Sheldon will be a
total wreck.
Herr Ballin, who arrived in New
York on the steamship Amerika, denies
the report that Emperor William Of Ger
many will contest for the Americas
cup. He adds, however. that the Kaiser
Is very anxious for another ocean yacht
race and will give a cup similar to the
one last year rs an incentive to yachts
men to compete.
Mrs. Hannah S. Nugent, of Peabody,
Mass, was informed she is one of FIVE
heirs of an immense fortune that has
been lying in the vaults of the Bank of
England for many years and that the
chancery court has decided belongs to
her and her brothers aud sisters The
money, with accrued interest, now
amounts TO about S20,000.000.
The strike of driver boys at the Jeddo,
Pa. colleries of G. B. Markle & Co.,
which began few days ago, has result
ed in strike of 5000 employees Of the
Markle Company. The boys quit work
because they said the wages they were
receiving were below the standard. A
committee waited OH the officials of the
company and asked to have the matter
adjusted. The superintendent declined
TO consider the grievances of the drivers
on the ground that they had left their
work before properly lodging their com
plant. thereby violating one of the rules
made by the strike commission.
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