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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
STARVATION IN SPAIN.
Thousands of Persons Living on Herbs,
Roots and Berries.


Roots and Berries.
In Andalusia, the most fertile part of
Spain. practically the whole working pop
ulation is face to face with starvation.
In the provinces of Cadiz. Seville, Ma
lasa and Granada the peasantry, who
comprise two-thirds of the total inhab-
itants. have been living for the past few
months almost exclusively on herbs, roots
and berries.
The bakers from the towns, who sup
ply the more prosperous inhabitants with
bread. have been obliged to make their
rounds secretly at night, for the appear
snce of bakers cart in the day time
inevitably means an attack by mob OF
starving peasantry. desperate with want
and destitute of work. who have nothing
TO do but lounge about and struggle
against the gnawing pangs of hunger.
Many cases have occurred of Isolated
country houses and villas being broken
into at night by imprOvised bands OF rob-
hers. who. nevertheless, despite the temp
tation to general plunder, have always
confined their depredatiOns to the larders,
and have taken nothing but food with
which TO keep body and soul together.
Many moor peasant mothers, rendered des-
rerate by the pitiful cries of their stary-
in- children. have been driven to take
from their little stores of medicine. put
aside in case of illness, powerful drugs
with which to send the suffering infants
to sleep, and thus still their cries.
The sole cause Of the present ccndi-
ton of the peasantry is the iniquitous
system under which practically the whole
of the land belongs to few wealthy
families. The condition of affairs is very
much the same in this respect as that
which prevailed in France prior to the
revolution. There are no small land own
ers. and the position of the peasantry is
almost as bad as that of the slaves and
serfs Of the middle ages.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
CURLING CORRUPTION.
Connecticut Has a New Political Re
form Law of Sweeping Power.


The Connecticut State Legislature
which has just adjourned has placed
upon the statute books one of the mosi
sweeping political reform bills in the
history of any American commonwealth.
The new corrupt practices act, as 1t IL
called. will have an immense influence
on future political conditions i'll Connec
ticut Hereafter any successful candt
date for office who is found guilty of cor.
rupt practices is la forfeit his seat to III:
defeated rival Any citizen who ha.
proof that an election has been secured
10y fraud can take his information 20 3
States Attorney. who Is then 10 ash
Superior Court judge for hearing.
IF" says the law. such judge shall Ire
of the opinion that the interest of public
justice requires such proceeding he Is
10 notify the chief justice of the Supreme
Court. who shall then name second
indye To preside with the first Oh the
case. the trial To be without jury. In
case the defendant candidate is found Ia
be guilty he shall then forfeit his Office
TO his defeated rival. and be ineligible for
any Office for four yeas afterward.
In case State officer. executive or
legislative, * found guilty the court can
only decide as To the facts of the trial,
and is then 10 put the case before The
Governor. who has power to declare the
place vacant In case a national officer
is found guilty. such as Il United States
Senator. the court is to send its finding
to the Governor. who is then to place il
before the Judiciary committee of Con
gress. In this way there can he no dis
pute rs to the method Of punishing of
Tenders who would otherwise be protect.
ed by the constitution. In case It Is
found by the court that trial has
been asked out of spite and without
sufficient evidence to convict. the court
is to have the power to quadruple the
costs of the trial. which will have tbs
effect of eliminating many possible unfair
attacks on successful candidates.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
JAPAN's PLACE TERMS.

Reimbursement for the expenses sus-
tanned in the prosecution of the war.
The cesSion of Sakhalin Island.
The cessiOn of Russian leases in the
Liaotung peninsula, comprising Port Ar
thur and Dainy.
The evacuation of Manchura, the
retrocesSion to China of any privilege
Russia may have in the province. and
the re-, ognipn by Russia of the princi-
pie of the open door
The cassinn to Japan Of the Chinese
Eastern railroad below lIIr5in.
The recognition Of Japanese protector
ate over Korea.
Fishing rights for Japan from Nlad-
ivostok to Behrin:.
REIMBURSEMENT by Russia of interned
warships.
Limitation of Russia's naval feet in
Pacific.
Japan's peace terms, presented
Thursday, represent Il maximum OF
the demands that have been ascribed
to her in the preliminary rumors, with
the sole exception of the indemnity
clause.
Correspondents assert that no fixed
amount of indemnity is demanded.
Japan has purpOsely left this question
open as a basis for negotiations and
therein rests the hope of the ultimate
agreement on Il permanent peace.
The Russian ENJOYS, it may be said,
are not surprised ut the Japanese de-
mands. They have been prepared for
them by reading the newspaper dis
patches, which have. accurately fore
casted the general tone of the peace
terms. and while the Cars represent
ativeS We're quiet and more reserved
than formerly, there was not notice
able any sign of depression that might
augur Il failure of the conference.
Speaking generally, Japan demands
an acknowledgment of her undisputed
suZerainty over Korea. Russias evacu-
alton of Manchuria and establishment
of the Hay policy of the open door, the
cession of Port Arthur. the cessiOn Of
Sakhalien Island. the transfer to ia
pan of the Manchurian railroads and
the commercialiZation of the port Of
VladiyostOck.
These terms have not been made
public by any member of either the
Russian or Japanese suites. but are
based solely on hints which have been
conveyed by them to close friends and
are believed accurately to reflect the
general nature of Japan's demands.
The more hopeful sign is the failure
of Japan to name any specific sum
| that she will require in the way of
indemnity. 1t is on the payment Vt
indemnity that Russia hesitates most.
With that left open for discussion,
there is left Il way by which counter
propositions may he presented and the
road made easy for final agreement.
Reimbursement for the expenses
| sustained in the war and the ceSSiOn
| of the island of Sakhalin constitute
the main features of the peace condi
| tiOns. The word Indemnity was
carefully avoided, the word employed
being reimbursement for the cost OF
| the war.
No sum is fixed. the naming OF the
amount being distinctly deferred fol
mutual adjustment between the two
| countries after the Japanese cXpendi
| ture has been ascertaincd. The japan
| ese say the cost of the war 10 date
| has been S660001,CCO.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
FALLING WALLS KILL.
Department Store in Albany Collapses
and Buries Scores.

ana BurieS scores.
Three hundred persons employed in
the large department store of the John
G. Myers estate in Albany, n. Y, had
just gone to work Tuesday morning
when the whole center of the building
collapsed from roof to cellar. Nearly a
hundred men, girls and children were
carried down in the wreck. The first eS-
innate placed the number of killed and
injured at forty.
The catastrophe is the worst of its
kind in the city's history. The Myers
estate had been making extensive repairs
on its building. Tuesday morning a gang
of Italian workmen started to remove an
iron pillar that supported the main floor.
Evidently they had failed to brace the
floor properly, for scarcely had they loos-
ened the post when down came all three
upper floors within radius of fifty feet
from the fatal pillar. The wreck crashed
through to the cellar, burying the work
men and carrying down those who hap
pened to be working in that portion Of
the building
The fire department was called out
and the work Of rescue began at once.
Considering the nature of the accident
the number of persons who escaped with
only slight injuries is remarkable. The
scene which followed the collapse is in
describable. Most of those injured were
young women. The walls and root OF
the center of the structure fell into the
building, forming !, mass of debris, under
which were the unfortunate victims. The
scenes about the building were as pitia-
bic as those within. Several hundred
relatives of employees were there and
their supplications as to the welfare of
their loved ones were heartrending.
Wednesday morning found 200 men
still toiling over the wreckage of the
department store, where twenty-four
hours before occurred the saddest catas-
trophe in the history of Albany. Fifty
women were still unaccounted for. Elev-
en- dead bodies, many of them mangled
/ almost beyond recognition, had been tax
en- from the ruins thus far
The building that collapsed was com
paratively new, having been erected less
than twenty years ago by the late John
! G. Myers. 1t We $ one of the city's tw,
| large department stores.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Wheat Grown Without Rain.

As n result of experimenting with
Durum or macaroni wheat, at Canyon
City, Colo, L. l.. Harding has produced
a fine crop grown without moisture. eth
er natural or artificial. Mr.. Harding
sowed fifty pounds of the wheat on one
and a half acres of arid ground, which
has never been irrigated. The grain
stands three feet high and is topped with
large. well developed heads. No rain
has fallen on the ground siace the plant
ing except one or two showers in May.
which simply dampened the surface.
From present Indications the yield will
be from thirty to forty bushels to the
acre. Owing to the success of this ex-
pertinent plans are being made for large
acreage next year on the arid lands lying
above the irrigating bitches in Canyon
CITY,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
@MAzAE7R:ClAL
Is!s,a.EEEti AND Sasa@1a
HM9-Ns>ssMSss5 S&sS!
GFNANCA
. Growing crops pro-
gres ssed satisfactorily
. with the past weeks fine
Chicago.

- with the past weeks fine
weather. and while rain is needed ut
few points, early sown corn prom
ises TO be unusually heavy. Harvest
ing thus far makes a good exhibit anl
marketing has increased. The excel
lent agricultural conditions impart a
wider tendency toward further COM
mercial activity. new demands being
more diversified and prices tirmer for
manufactured product.
Increasing earnings of Western
roads reflect an expanding movement
of commodities. Forwarding of mill
and factory output reaches exceptional
tonnage receipts, gain in ore, forest
products. hides and live stock. while
the aggregate quantity of grain han
died is fully one-half more than that of
corresponding week last year.
Receipts of lumber. 51,i56,OOO feet.
compared with 2S.653.00O feet year
ago. HardwOods are In better request.
Receipts of hides were larger than for
last week, and the total, 2,929,9S5
pounds, compares with 2,TU,S4l
pounds year ago. Full values We're
readily obtained. The tanneries run
under pressure, leather is freely
bought and the shoe factories secured
further contracts for heavy weight
lines.
Grain and provisions recorded large
transactions. the former being affected
by increasing offerings, and the latter
by sharply reduced available stocks.
Flour was in better demand. but vet
suffers from poor export conditions.
The total quantity of grain handled
at this port was 9,S03.1I6 bushels. of
which the receipts were 6,5O0,767 bush
els, and the shipments 3,302, 400 bush
els an increase in the former of y Fer
cent and in the latter of 3G per cent.
over those Of q year ago.
Receipts of live stock, 264, ,1SS head
| compares with 231 ,351 head last week
| and 219633 head year ago. Com
prices advanced. in pork GO cents a
barrel: lard. 31la cents; ribs. 30 cents
hogs, cents hundred weight. and
declined i'll oats 1I cents bushel
wheat Is cent, and corn Il cent.
| Bank clearings, Sl92. .724.075. exceed
those of corresponding week in 100
by 21.3 per cent.
Failures in the Chicago district mum
Der twenty-four. against eighteen las
week and thirty-one Il year ago.
Dun's Review of Trade.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Trade and industry I'M
. prove as crops mature.
. EnlI hnSineSS while no.
| New York.


yet in full swing. shows signs of ex-
pansion, and Western trade opens
week earlier than last year. Weather
conditions have favored crop growth
and harvesting fear of rust damage
to spring wheat has disappeared, AMI
corn promises Il record yield. and both
demand and collections have improved
rs the result of early wheat crop move
ment in the Southwest. Midsummer
quiet. so called, is less than ordinarily
manifest this year in trade, industry
aud financial operations. Bank clear
ings for July break all records for that
month. Best trade reports come from
the Southwestern sections, where tha
new winter wheat crop has been gooI.
and is moving freely. Mississippi Val
lev shotgun ouarartines affect demand
and shipment.
Wheat. including -four, exports for
the week ending Aug. are 1,Oi1 ,696
bushels, against 123,314 last week, and
1,379.19S this week last year. Corn
exports for the week are 1.013,ftj
bushels. against 1852 last week, an1
2T3, ,365 q year ago.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Aug. 8 number
IFS. against 197 last week. 1I9 in the
like week of 1901. 161 in 1903 and 16G
in 1902. and 1S5 in 1901. In Canada
failures for the week number twenty,
five. as against twenty-eight last weak
and twenty-five in this week Il yea.
ago.--Bradstreet's Commerc.ai Report
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
A Costly strike

That 81 .JOOOD has been spent 10y the
United Mine Workers Union oi America.
of which John Mitchell is president. to
keep alive the strike in the mines of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company was
asserted by a witness before License
Commissioner Heating at Wilkcsbarre,
Pa. This witness declared that the
union pays $365,000 ayear. or $1,000 a
day, to support the striking miners. and
that from the unions own books it is
shown that $4,000 was spent in buying
return tickets for the men who were sent
South by employment agencies to ill the
plsces of the strikers.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
DEtz lGZ|A'{R2csz{lERS
,..s.3s ssSs}{ { Esa6cA=.
ssas{A= g=

Chica agO--Cattle, common 10 prime,
S4.00 to 500: hogs. prime heavy
$4.G0 to $6.25; sheep. fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat. No. >. Sic to SEE;
corn, No. =, 53c TO 5Ic: oats. standard,
25c to &c; rye. No. =. 5Sc to SOC; hay,
timothy. $50 to Sl3.00: prairie, 5000 to
zoe; eggs. fresh. 15c to lie; potatoes,
new, per bushel, Hoe TO 49c.
Detroit--Cattle S3.JO to $500: hogs,
500 to S6.1o: sheep. $3.50 to $3.50,
wheat. No >. S3c to Sic; corn. No. 8
yellow. 5Ic to soc: oats. No. 8 white.
&c to &c; rye. No. ,. G0c 20 SIC.
Observation-Disclosures. No. northern.
81 o. TO S1.0s; corn. No. ). 53c TO sac;
oats. Eu. . white. 30c to Sic: rye. No. /.
59c to 6Oc; barley. No. ,. 59e to sic.
pork. mess. $500.
Toledo-Wheat, No. = mixed. S5c to
S6c; corn. No. > mixed. 5lc TO 5Sc;
oats. No. = mixed, SOC to :'2c; rye. No. .,
54c to 62c; clover seed. prime. $50.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice skipping steers,
SiO0 to 500; hogs, fair TO choice, Si.O0
to S6.40; sheep. common To good mixed,
S4.O0 to $5.25; lambs, fair TO choice,
$500 to $40.
New York-Cattle. s400 to $3.50;
hogs. $4OO to S6.3i5; sheep, $500 to
s4.6O: wheat. No. > red. Ste TO SIC;
corn. No. >. 6oc 10 Gle; oats. natural,
white. BE to :;Ic: butter. creamery, 19c
to 2Oc; eggs, western. 1sc To 20;.
Indiauapolis-Cat;le. shipping. $500 to
$3.50; hogs. choice heavy. Si.O0 to $6.OI;
sheen. common To prime. so 10 5000
wheat No. -. Sic 10 S1c: corn. No. :
white. 55c to .h;c; oats, No. white
| 26c to 2Ic.
St Ionis-Catile. $50 To S5.15; hogs
S4OO to $500; sheep. $i.O0 to S4.6O
wheat. No. ,. soc to Sic: corn. No. 2
soc to 52c: oats, No. >, DE TO 2Gc; rye
No. >. zoe to I2c
C:ncinnati-Cattle. S4.00 to $500
hogs. s4.O0 to S6.1T; sheep. $500 tc
| s425; wheat. No. ., S3c 10 Sic; corn
| No, , mixed. soc to SIC; oats, No.
mixed. 32c to 33c; rye, No. ,. 59c tc
/ N,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
France in FIGHTING Mood.

Paris special: The statement that Ger
man bankers have advanced Q personal
loan of s., SOC, 900 to the sultan of Morocco
although not confirmed officially, is arOus-
ing indignant comment, coming after as
surances that the status quo was TO remain
unaffected until the holding of the inter-
national conference. 1t is pointed out that
the legality of the loan is contestable. Ac-
cording to semi-Offfcial ads'ices, the sultan
is showing more and more marked OppO-
sition to the proposed conference and to
any consideration of Moroccan reforms.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17

lations are warned that they make them
selves liable to answer in the courts. 1t
is announced that no more illegal restric-
tons on travel or commerce will be toll
Grated. 1t is understood that the action
taken by the board of health has the
full sympathy of Gov. Blanchard and
that as result, at least in Louisiana,
there will be modification of the pres
emf oDerouS ullarantineS
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
,Phoue Causes Queer Accident

Miss Gussis Suatton of Findlny. Ohio,
probably will lose her hearing on account
of having filled her ear with ink. while
attempting to answer telephone call.
Miss Stratton, hearing the phone bell,
reached for the receiver without looking
at 1t. Instead she grasped an ink bottle,
which she placed to her ear.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
PAST AND PRESENT
As ir COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
TeleRraphio Information Gathered
by ths Few for the nlightenment
Of the Many.
Two Locomotives Sink.

A report from Middletown, n. V, says:
Efforts te rescue two locomotives which
sank in what is known as the bOttomless
pit, on the Pine Bush branch of the Erie
railroad, have thus far failed. The branch
is temporarily out of order and track is
being constructed around the mOrass. The
sinking of the roadbed at this time when
there has been practically no rain for six
months accentuates the mystery of the
spot which has been the talk of railroad
men for ;ears. When the road was built
thousands of carloads of trees, rocks and
dirt were dumped in to make roadbed,
but in few months tracks and all disap-
peared and rebuilding was necessary.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Texas Negro is Burned at Stake.

A negro, charged with assaulting the
daughter of awidow near Sulphur Springs,
Tex. was caught and burned at the stake
in the court house square at Sulphur
Springs When the town was alarmed, a
posse of armed hcrsemen went immedi-
ately in pursuit of the assailant. The
country was secured in all directions and
the negro was finally captured. He was
taken to the court house square, chained to
a stake, and burned before an immense
crowd of excited citizens. The name of
the negro was Tom Williams. He at
tempted to assault H-year-Old girl. Lit
tie resistance was made to the mob by the
offieprs
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Crazed Wnman,a Act

After drowning her s-year-old daughter
in tathtub, Mrs. Chester Winstandley of
New Albany, Ind, fired bullet into the
side of her husband, whowas lying ill with
typhoid fever, and then swallowed six
ounces of carboiic acid, dying an hour later
in terrible agony. Her husband may re-
cover. No cause is known for the tragedy
unless the woman was demented.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Nickel Plate Train Wrecked

The disobeying Of orders by the crew of
ar east bound freight train on the Nickel
Pate road was responsible for head-On
collision with west bound freight at Do
yer Center, two miles west of Rocky River
Ohio. Fireman George Warren of Con-
neaut, was killed. When the engines came
together Engineer H. r. King of the wesi
bound tram, was thrown from his engine
He escaped with scalp wound and some
bruises. The east bound train had an or
der 10 meet the west bound at Dover and
wait until the west bound train passed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Youngest Grandmother.

The youngest grandmother In the coun-
try was given divorce at Kansas City
She is Laura B. Millice, "a years old.
She has two daughters. one % years old
and one IL. She has two grandchildren,
one of them years old. She was di-
yorced from Frank NJ. Millice 1t wss
her second decree.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Bridge Worker. walked Ont.

Cleveland (Ohio) special: According to
figures given out by Secretary Mcnamara
of the International Structural Iron and
Bridge Workers Union 1000 men have
walked out in the strike called against the
American Bridge Company.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Telephone Fragment Fatal.

While Harold Fowler, 10 years old,
was talking over the telephone at Sc
warren, n. j., a small portion of the
transmitter, which was cracked, broke
off and fell into his mouth. The boy
swallowed it and died.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
KILLED by Live Wire.

Patrolman II. B. Wells of Vincennes.
Ind, was instantly killed by live wire.
Finding an arc street light out he tried to
Jerk it into service and caught hold of a
wire by mistake. He was dead when
found.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Meets Horrible Death.

Henry Watt, As years of age, superin-
tendent of paper mill at Mishawaka, Ind,
while directing the installation of new ma
chinery, was caught by a belt and his body
revolved around pulley running 500 revO-
lutions minute. Death was instantaneous
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Lake Erie Train Ditched.

SOuthbOund Lake Erie * Western pas
senger train was thrown into ditch south
of KokomO, Ind. The entire train left the
track but did not Oyerturn. No one was
injured Traffic was delayed several hours.
The accident was caused by spreading
rails
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Held for Murder of Sous,

Mrs. Monte Aldrich of Frederick, Nlich.,
was arrested and is in the county Jail at
Detroit, charged with the murder OF heI
two little boys, aged 10 aud 12 years. The
theory IS that the boys were murdered to
obtain $50 life insurance that was carried
on the lives of each.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Reward for SIuggers.

A price of $500 has been placed on
the head of each of the sluggers who in
terrupted the election of the Chicago
Federation of Labor, and murderopsly
assaulted MIahael Donnelly, president ot
lAs Amaigamated Butcherh
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17

Frederick l.. Cutting. commissioner of
insurance for Massachusetts,, in his an
nual report resorts to Il scathinG criti-
cism, pointed condemnation and fierce de-
nunciation of the methods and course
of the big insurance companies of the
United States.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Saginaw Strike Ends.

The street car strike in Saginaw, Mich,
which has been on since June 4, has been
officially declared off. The management of
the railway will take the striking employees
back on individual application.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Chicago Police Raid Bucket Shops

A number of alleged bucket shops were
raided by the police in Chicago. Both men
and women found in the places raided were
placed under arrest. The action followed
recent rulings OF the Illinois Supreme Court
and the reported denial of service by tine
telegraph companies to the alleged gam
hing concerns