The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-08-17
Minor State News.

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John Mills, an extra conductor on the
Pennsylvania Lines, while testing air on
his train at Columbus, was crushed by
following train before he could be warned
Of his danger.
Clarence Swenger, I5-year-Old SOM
nambulist, jumped from second-story
window at Belefontaine, carrying sash,
glass, screen and shutter with him. lie es-
capped with few scratches.
United States Immigrant Inspector
Vance has discovered evidence of evasion
of the Chinese immigration law and has
| left Columbus for Lancaster, jackson,
WellstOn, Athens and Galiipolis to deport
| Cinnamon there.
Ray Gale, an S-year-oM cclored boy,
| poured coal oil on the fire in the Kitchen
stove at the home of his grandmother, Mrs
| Allen Baker, near Eaton. The mouse took
fire and was totally destroyed, and the
| child was fatally burned.
| In a fit of jealous rage, Andy Kis,a Hum
garian, formerly employed in the steel
plant at Lorain, fired four bullets into ~
body of Julia Bemis and then fired INN
one into his abdomen. Both were taken 20
a hospital and are in a serious condition
Mrs. Leslie Creamer and daughter, aged
months, living near Edenton, were burned
to DEATH Mrs. Creamer used gasoline in
stead of coal oil in starting fire in the
cookstOve. An explosion followed and
both, with the house, were burned before
help reached the scene.
A freight train on the Detroit, Toledo Il
Ironton road, known as First "a, went
through bridge at Uniopolis. The acci-
dent was due to the derailment of freight
car loaded with oats, which tore the bridge
down. Several cars went into the chasm
The loss of property is heavy. No one
was hurt.
Fire totally destroyed the large livery
barn of Provost & McClintock at Lima,
together with all grain and many vehicles.
Loss 5000. A spread to residences nearly
resulted, the home of A. Francis, who
owned the livery building, being damaged
to the extent of $1,000 and other nearby
property scorched.
Harry Parker and Harry johnson, on
information supplied by a Tilted sweet
heart of one of them, were arrested in
Cleveland. charged with the murder of Jo-
| Stpu meyer, oil dSCu cCWio
at Detroit on July aS. Most of the jewelry,
still bearing Meyers private mark, was
found on the men.
StefO Traicof, % years old, Turk,
walked into the city hospital at Marion,
, with his head bundled up and asked for
, surgical treatment Traicof works at the
stone quarries north of that city. During
a lull in the work he decided to take nap
and used a railroad rail for pillow. A
train came along and knocked him off the
track. Save few cuts and bruises he is
E uninjured.
!, 1t has been announced that the laying of
the corner stone of the new federal build
ing which is being erected in Findlay, will
5 occur Saturday, August 10. 1t will be laid
t by Stoker Post, G. A. R., and number of
$ distinguished guests and speakers will be
I present. The soldiers and sailors of Han
, cock county will hold their picnic that day
] and in the afternoon will attend the Ger
!, emonies.
Suffering from terrible cuts inflicted with
a hatchet, Maud Shaffer was found in her
home al New Philadelphia, in what at first
!, was thought to be dying condition. Later
9 Harvey Colvin, whom Miss Shaffer accuses
of having inflicted the wounds, was found
in the same house under the influence OF
acid which he had swallowed. Colvin died
shortly afterward but Miss Shaffer will re-
!. cover Jealousy is said to have prompted
the deed.
# Charles Resser was shot and instantly
J. killed at Cincinnati by Policeman w. ii.
l. Dixon. Reisser, it is said, attempted to
l. kill his wife and baby when the policeman
o appeared. In the fight that followed, Refs
J. ser was shot through the breast and died
" instantly and Policeman Dixon was slightly
s wounded. During the encounter, Frank
Reisser, a brother, also attacked Dixon
} with knife and the latter knocked hin
n down with his pistol, fracturing his jaw.
" The detinate announcement is made by
;. C. J. Grammer, vice president of the Lake
g Shore railroad, that Cleveland Is to hare ,
n 5000 600 union depot, sS,OO0,0O0 of whici
:, will be the share of the New York Contra
le lines as part of the appropriation o
S6O.OOO,O 900 for Improvements to be mad
n within the next three or four years. Othe
N New York Central improvements, work ol
b. which has already been started, 1neiud
D. the opening of the Clearfield coal distrie
IS by building new railway into it and th
$. double tracking of the Big Four railroad.
III Carmen Steinman, aged 6, of Mansfield
r. was suffOcated by playmates, none olde
s. than himself, by being buried in san'
v pit, in sight of the home of his parents
80 The Steinman child descended into the pi
ut when his companions playfully bega
IS piling sand upon him. After coyerin
Is him they jumped on the sand to pack
;. down. \ workman passing by inquire
IL what they were doing, and was informe
Is that Carmen Steinway was under there.
ie The child was quickly dug out and physi
~ clans called, but he died within fe'
:. minutes.
no Just as he was packing his tools to qu
n work, John Benedict, a reamer at the Am
is erican Shipbuilding Company's yards,
nj Lorain, fell thirty-four feet from tn
staging to the ground, fracturing his sku
and dying instantly.
Rev. Harvey johnson, pastor of the col
Al, ored Baptist church at Oxford, was arreste
u on a charge of murder in the first degree
~ The warrant was secured by Jacob Fox,
= neipnbor. johnson is charged with KILN
40 his son. 1t is charged that during quar-
no rel johnson struck his son with chair, III
oh fiicting injuries which later caused h
in death.
tn 1t is announced that Morris Sharp, th
in deceased banker of Washington L. H., le
IT $4,000 for public memorial drinkin
y. fountain TO be located at the southwe:
e. corner of the courthouse lawn. 1t vii! I
ill surmounted by bronze statue OF Nj
ne Sharp.
x The new fifty million dollar fuel con
ge pany at Columbus, known as the Sunda
ng Creek Coal Co., was admitted to Ohio as
on foreign corporation from New Jersey, vii
a nominal capital stock of s4.OO0,ooO onl
be 1t is supposed that the nominal capt
his | stock is established for the purpose
ey, making the taxation light, as the new con
tn pany has property easily worth fifty mil