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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
NO cnowDED cARs THERE.

Dritons VIII Not Tolerate the rns
convenaenccs 50 Unfvcrsa1 Here.
American laws have less regard for
private rights than the British enact
ments, or EnglIshmen are more dis
posed to assert their individual rights
when assniled than Americans are.
The overcrowding Of public convey
ances is practiced in this country to
an extent that is rarely tolerated
abroad. Our railroad and street rail-
way companies should be obliged to
provide accommodation for traffic ac-
cording to exigencies which may be
expected. The number of passengers
that steamboat may carry within
the limits of safety Is carefully regu-
lated by law, but in land Transports
ton the excessive crowding Of pas
sengers is a common grievance. i'i
On some Of the tramway lines rum
ming from London to popular suburt
ban resorts passengers are kept In line
by a strong police force, and when q
car is comfortably filled 1t moves OF
and others are drawn up to receive
the overflow. 1t Is mere matter Of q
sufficlency of cars to accommodate
the traffic which the company knows
will be heavy. In other cases pas
sengers are required to purchase
seat in the tram cars and in this way
all passengers secure Accommodations
These methods would probably be too
slow for the American, who desires to
"get there" quickly.
Recently the North London Railway
was fined for the false imprisonment
of a passenger who, having declined
to surrender his ticket as protest
against overcrowdlng, was arrested by
the company's officials. The company
appealed from the magistrates deci-
sion, but afterward abandoned the
appeal. London Truth remarks in no.
ticing the incident that cases In which
IN individual Is suing railway COM
pany "are usually fought out to the
bitter end-even to the house of lords
as encouragement to other poten.
tial plaintiffs" The presumption IL
that passenger who refuses to sur
render a railway ticket as protest
against overcrowding cannot be legal
ly detained in England.
1t would be going too far to say that
such is the law here. If it were, rail-
road and street railway companies
which pack humans more closely than
cattle are herded in stock cars would
be overwhelmed with damage suits, IL
passengers stood on their rights as the
Englishman did. The rush to secure
not seat, but precarious foothoh
on street car at certain hours ana
certain points in Americans cities II
an adventure, an astonishing spectacle,
to those who have been accustomed to
the more orderly procedure In coun-
tries where the comfort and convent
ence, possibly the life or limb, of the
passengers are not sacrificed to cor
porate mismanagement or greed
Philadelphia Ledger. fs..t 5Il-.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
I Springlile wea t h e r
stimulates jobbing distri-
! New York.

NpW IOlk. stimulates jobbing distri-
button, including larger
volume of house trade and also helping
retail business in spring and summer
fabrics. Shipments on orders are heav-
Ter than ever before, and no complaints
Of freight congestion are heard. At
practically all points an early and long
spring season is predicted. At the same
time there is an air of conservatism
rs to the more distant future, due
mainly to the larger stocks Of winter
goods carried over. and also because
Of the recent drop in raw cotton, max
ing buyers for next season cautious in
placing orders. Like conditions are
noted in the leading Industries. Busl-
ness failures in the United States for
the week ending Feb. 90 number 1856,
against 20S last week, 900 in the like
week Of 1905. 200 in 1901, 1S5 in 1903,
and 204 in 1902-Bradstreet' CONNER.
cial Report.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Powder Magazine Blown Up.

A powder magazine stored with 100 tons
of powder and dynamite, belonging to A.
5. Kasbaugh IL Co., railroad contractors,
located near Safe Hsrbor, Pa, blew up.
The explosion was terrific and the property
damage TO buildings in the vicinity is heavy.
In Lancaster, twelve miles distant, houses
shook as If by an earthquake. The cause
of the explosion is unknown. The dis
membered body of James Sweeney, watch
man, was found some distance from the
scene,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
o,,- The general course Of
ClllCdgO. trade maintains an en-

C0lCdQO. trade maintains an en-
- couraging tone, the lead
ing industries exhibiting well rounded
nctivlty and the distributlve branches
having increasing demands for the prln-
cipal seasonable staples. Special ef'
forts are made to rush new construc-
ton, the accumulation for this year
being unusually extensive and assuring
much continuous employment.
Factory production Is better distrlb-
utcd than year ago, this condition
causing heavier drawing upon raw
material and prices Of the latter main
tained firmness, although the average
of cost stands high, particularly In the
metals and wood.
Retail trade has made a satisfactory
aggregate and less apprehension Is felt
as to the extent Of heavy wearing ap-
parel to be carried over. The whole
sale markets are largely attended by
buyers, the number from the interior
being much ahead of last year. Deal
ings In staple goods have moved for
ward to large aggregate and all In
dications point to the heaviest trade
ever done in spring merchandise.
Personal buying Is strongly supple
mented by heavy mail orders In dry
goods, footwear, mems furnishings, and
headwear and there is also steady buy
ing of hardware, furniture and carpets.
Shipping departments are doing extra
work, many of the bookings being
marked for early forwarding. Advices
from the country create good impress
sion as to business conditions. Farm
reports show winter wheat and rye to
be well protected and there are prep
aratlons under way for the early re-
sumption of cultivation.
Failures reported in Chicago district
number twenty-nine, against twenty
two last week, and thirty year ago.
Dun's Review of Trade.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Notes of Carrent Events.

King Edward wrote cordial letter to
the Kaiser on his birthday. Berlin is
pleased at the resumption of friendly re-
lations with Britain.
Prof. Il. S. Williams, who has been
in the Philippines two years for the New
York Botanical garden, said that the Fill
pinos are too lazy to work.
Ex-Premier Balfour has declared for
a tariff on corn and other foreign pro-
ducts. This brings him into accord with
Chamberlaiu. but free trade unionists are
indignant.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Told IN a Few Lines.

Alexander Legler, 22 years old, was
arrested in Hoboken, n. j., charged with
burning his brother Carl to death to se-
cure $1,000 insurance.
Parts of the city of Campos, Brizil
are under twelve feet of water. The
Parahba DO Sui has broken its banks
and much damage has resulted.
The Bolivar County bank of Cleveland.
Miss, State institution, failed to open
its doors the other day. Its assets are
given at S130,000, with liabilities of
$4,000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08

Broker-What in the world is the
matter with old Roxman these days7
He looks wretched. gs
Banker-He's lovesick.
Broker-Get out! The idea Of man
his age being lovesick. Why, he has .
daughter old enough to be in love.
Banker-That's just the trouble. She
is SO much in love with some worthless
young clap it has made the old man
sick .... fL
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Marconi Wins Patent Case.

The United States Circuit Court at
New York has awarded to William Mar
conf priority as the originator of wire
less teiegraphy, as claimed in. his suit
against the De Forest company. The
judges say Marconi was the first to de-
scribe and the first to achieve the trans
mission of definite, intelligent signals by
means of the Hertzren waves.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Italian vilInre Falls Into Lake.

The village of Tavornola, built on the
perpendicular cliffs above Lake Iseo, in
the province of Brescia, Italy, was almost
entirely destroyed by rock suddenly Civ
ing way, apparently because the lake had
eaten into the base of the cliffs. The dis
aster was preceded by loud, roaring
sound, which alarmed the 900 inhabitants
II time to make their escape. One fisher
man was killed. /Abo 200 feet of rock
and the houses on it were swallowed up
by the lake
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Tramps Blow Up Hotel.

A number of tramps who had been cx-
PEELED from the four-story Salvation Army
hotel at Chattanooga, Tenn, secured en-
trance to the hotel, placed nitro -glycerine
in the stove and escaped just as the cX-
plosion almost wrecked the building.
Charles Kinney was arrested later.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Million Dollar Prairie Fire.

A special from Roswell, n. Mex, states
that more than 1,OOO.O00 acres of pasture
land in the western part of the Panhandle.
just east of PortaleS, n. Mex, have been
burned in prairie fire that has been
sweeping east and south for two days and
is still beyond control. j. p. White, of the
Yellow House ranch, and l.. +. Douthit.
one of the largest stock raiscrs in the south
west, state that the loss is already 81 900, 600
Probablya dozen ranches have been robbed
of their feed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Runaway Train Wrecked, One Dead

Two engines and thirty-two loaded coal
cars ran away for three miles on the Ches-
apeake u Ohio railroad, crashing into
twenty empty cars at Thurmond, W. Va,
wrecklng thirteen coal cars, demolishing
both engines and killing Engineer NJ. A.
Perkins.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Fire Panic in Chicago Hotel.

Fire of unknown origin starting in the
basement created panic among the guests
of the Park Gate hotel at Chicago. Escape
by means Of the stairways was shut OIL. and
fire escapes furnished the only means of
exit until the tiremen arrived and ladders
placed TO the windows. All the guests got
out safely and no one was injured.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Killed His Wife and Shot Himself.

Henry l.. Whitbeck. n physician and
dentist of Buffalo, n. V, killed his wife
with hammer and then blew his brains
out with rifle. She had been an invalid
many years, Whitbeck recently had been
patient in sanitarium. Both were about
40 years of age
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Woman Gored to Death.

Mrs. Rudolph Funk, wife of farmer
living eight miles north of Logansport,
Ind, was gored to death by an angry bull.
The animal was tied in the stall and at
tackled Mrs. Funk as she was doing the
chores about Tie barn.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
BOY Held ON Murder Charpe.

Joseph knight, aged IL, is in Jail at Hun
tington, Ind, charged with killing Ken
meth Willets, aged IA, at Andrews. A
quarrel arose between the two boys and
willets was killed with knife thrust into
the brain.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Philippine City Destroyed by Fire.

Tacloban, the capital of the island of
Leyte, p. l., has been destroyed by fire.
The financial loss is reported to be 100000.
Tacoban was the fifth city of the island
and was situated in an important hemp
district. A number Of warehouses were
DESTROYED
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08

The palatial country home of Thurston
Ballard. sr., at Glen View, suburb of
Louisville, KY, was destroyed by fire.
Loss sGO, 900, covered by insurance.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
safeblowers Rob Po,tomce.

Bandits used nitro-glycerin to blow open
the safe in the postoiiice at Grant Park, ILL.,,
securing nearly $500 II cash and stamps.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Hundreds of Fins Afioat on Ice in Sea.

A dispatch from Helsingfors, Finland.
says that so fishermen with their families,
who are afoat on the ice in the gulf of Fin
land. are doomed to perish. About fort
night ago about 1000 persons who had
with them their horses were fishing off the
east land when the ice parted and was
driven by the storm into the Baltic sea.
Later the ice split, the wind changed to
east and block on which there were 80
persons came ashore at Fredericksham
The fate of the others is unknown.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
Note. of the National capital.

An investigation of alleged railway
ownership of oil and coal companies has
been ordered by the interstate commerce
committee Of the House.
President Roosevelt has decided to veto
any rate bill which does not meet his
approval. This warning has been served
on the Senate committee.
A conference at the White House be-
tween the President and merchants, ap-
praisers and other officials resulted in a
refusal to have the right of open hearings
in cases of contested valuations.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08
FEATURES OF INTEREST
CONCERNING PEOPLE, PLACES
AND DOlNGS OF THE WORLD.
Courts and Crimes, Accidents and
Fires, Labor and Capital, Grain,
Stock and Money Markets.
Ten Thousand People Lost in Storm

The steamship Mariposa, which arrived
at San Francisco from Tahita, brings news
that on Feb. Z and "a destructive tornado
swept the Society islands, causing damage
to the amount of sl,OOO,OO0 at Tahiti and
similar amount in Tuamotu islands. Ten
thousand persons arc said to have perished
during the storm and several of the islands
have disappeared. The city Of Papeate
was inundated and seventy-five houses
were destroyed, including the American
consulate and French government building.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1906-03-08

The directors of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford are said to have
voted for reduction in passenger rates
from 2la cents to cents a mile on rec
ommendation of President Me!!en.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-15
"NIGGER" DID bright.
That's the Opinion of a Circuit
Judge.

Macon, Mo-, March 7.-Mrs
Tom Kelley, a negro woman, came
to town today with her little 10
year-old son, Albert johnson, who
was released without trial Satur
day for killing his stepfather.
Albert went into the front room
while a family quarrel was in
progress. His stepfather was
hammering his mother with a
chair. Albert climbed up and got
shot gun, with which he shot and
killed his stepfather.
After looking into the case,
the Prosecuting Attorney di-
rected the boys release without
preliminary examination.
In returning her son to custody,
Mrs. Kelley explained that the ne
grOes were very badly scared up at
the coal camp, fearing that Alber t
would go cunning again.
The Circuit Judge explained to
them that a trial of the boy
would have been a farce, as the
jury would have acquitted him.
He said that if the jury had not
turned the boy loose, he would
have set the verdict aside.
The negro preacher, who accom-
panied Mrs. Kelley, said it estab-
lished a bad precedent, and would
encourage the boy to think he had
done a meritorious act in killing
his stepfather.
If he killed him under the cir.
cumstances as sworn to at the in
quest" said the Circuit Judge, "he
dld exactly right. This boy shall
neither be sent to the Jail nor to
the reform school,"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-15
That "HOme Rulen Idea.


The following is from the Jour
nal of Agriculture of st. Louis. 1t
gives a peculiar situation, but we
believe the story is truthfully told:
AS an issue in Missouri politics,
the cry of home rule for st.
Louis" which means especially
the regulation of the police depart
ment by the city government, is
meeting with little popular re-
sponse. 1t is known that a former
mayor, whose administration
marked the disgraceful period in
St. Louis history, was especially
interested in home rule legislation
and was injudicious enough to say
that if he had the control of the
police system he could perpetrate
his mayOralty for life. He meant
what he said, aud knew what he
was talking about. He was famil-
lar with the conditions. 1t was in
his term of office that the climax
was reached. Knowing these facts
we undertake to say that not ten
per cent of the substantial business
and professional ell ement of St.
Louis who pay taxes, and who
have the interest of good govern"
ment at heart, are in favor of the
police control being transferred to
the city. Let not rural Missouri
be deluded by any suggestion that
there is any clamOr IN st. Louis
for what is called home rule, as
applied to the police system,
among the element in favor of
good gOvernment-amOng the peO'
pie who pay taxes, who have no
political or official ends to serve
except that of good, clean, praeti-
cal government. The State gov
meut is more responsive to pOpu-
lar sentiment than city manage
ment-the governor is nearer the
whole people and more responsive
to them. The police is state,
not a city, power. The governor
can best keep the force out of poll
tics. Let the law stand as it is,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-15
A Little Composition.

The other day a little school
girl stepped into the LaddOnia
Herald Office, to wait till her man
ma came by, she explained. To
while away a moment Editor Greer
asked her to write him a short let
ter for publication and this is what
she wrote:
I 90 TO school to Miss Snidow,
She is a fine teacher. She lives in
Mexico. She wears gray coat and
blue hst. She has black hair and
wears a comb in it. She teaches
No.2. She has pretty teeth. She
has about 46 pupils in her room.
like to 90 to her.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-15

One of the songs sung on the
stage bears the following title"
Don't Know Where I'm Going,
But I'm on my Way" Thousands
have listened to it and laughed at
it. It was intended to amuse and
it has served its purpose. Per
haps. says the Columbia Tribune,
of the many who have he ard the
song a few here and there have
been sufficiently philosophical to
recognize in its title the suggestion
of serious thought, Some weeks
since a rural visitor who had not
been in the city before for a good
many years was standing on the
corner in Kansas City, viewing
the passing crowds with deep in
terest. To "A citizen who had en-
gagged him in conversation he said
"Where are they goingf the peO-
pie mean" Where can all those
people who are rushing along so
fast be going1 We are on the
way unquestiOnably, but where are
we bonndi In the vast majority
of cases the question is unanswer-
able.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-15
THE CROPS.
It's Going to Depend on the Soil
and the CrOp-weather Next
Season.

A stray blizzard came in upon
this section of Missouri last Satur-
day night and the next day Moth,
err Earth was covered with 9
three-inch snow and the spring
weather that had been upon us van
ished away. But we wanted tC
speak here of Fosters Weather
Bulletin sent us from Washington
City.
Guess he knows what he is
guessing at and what he says may
interest you. He predicts a warm
wave about the Goth and then
adds:
This warm wave will cause 9
general thaw further north than il
usual and will promise an early
spring but the month will be closed
cold aud the alternating freezes
and thaws will not be good fol
winter wheat. We are approach
ing a season of unusually variable
crop weather, so radical that corn,
wheat, potatoes, flax, grass and
cotton will depend on the nature OF
the soil to a greater extent than
for years past. Some kinds of sol
will not pay for the seed and
again advise farmers not to sell
good corn for less than so cents.
The success of crops this year
will depend so largely on the the
lay of the land and the quality of
the soil that l cannot give gooG
advice in a general letter except tC
say that good crops will be pro
duced where the soil fits the crop,
weather; that the corn crop will bt
one-fourth short. of last year and
that wheat will not come up to the
average. Potatoes will not make
more than half a crop.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-15
Where're The Girls This Coz

Warrensburg. Mo-, March T.
Rube Oglesby, who is again can
didate for the Democratic nomina-
tiOn for Railroad and Warehouse
commissioner, for which office he
was beaten by Republican oppO-
nent at the last election, was warmly
congratulated on his return to this
city after the Democratic primary
in Oregon County, which he carried
by big majority.
Oglesby's friends here are loyal
to him and will support him in the
race for nomination. He will spned
most of his time between now
aud the jefferson City convention
travelling over the State,
Oglesby, it will be remembered
owed his nomination two years
ago largely to the efforts of War.
rensburg young ladies, led by Miss
Elizabeth Houts, who, calling
themselves the "Oglesby girls y
invaded jefferson City when the
nominating convention met anj
carried the convention for him. Il
has not developed whether Ogles
by is to have this same mighty
support of the fair ones of War.
rensburg in the canvass.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-15
D. A. MCMILLAN
Gentleman, Teacher, Friend-A
Tribute by the Columbia Herald.

Walter Williams attended in
Mexico last week the funeral Of
his friend and associate in office
as curator of the University. Prof.
d. A. Mcmillan, and delivered an
address. II was a magnificent rib
ute, but iu his Columbia Herald
he adds the following:
missouri is poorer than on yes
yesterday. D. A. Mcmillan, teach
er, scholar, helper Of human kind
is dead.
"PrOf. Mcmillan was of singu-
larly happy temperament. He be-
lieved in God and man. He ever
took the sunny side. He was
cheerful and made theirs so.
There was the contagiOn of joy in
his very laugh. Life to him was
a sad contest, sometimes, but new
err outwardly. He was the embodi-
ment Of courtesy. Born a gentle
man, he ever continued to be one.
It was ever a helpful pleasure to
meet him anywhere. In official
relations as in personal relations
he was guileless, kindly-a -affectiOned
true. He loved the blue sky and
a bit of verse and his old friends
and a book and little children.
He was gracious in speech and
manner. He won friends and dis
armed opposition by his modest
and the geniality of his conversa-
ton. The snowdrifts of years
which left their mark upon his
head could not check the spring
time bouancy of his heart. His
many former pupils will ever hold
him in loving, grateful memory.
missouri boasts of much mate
rial wealth. We take just pride
in that which the state has of ma
terial things, But far more vaIu-
able to Missouri are the men of
high character and noble lives. A
good man is worth more than any
bag of money or pile of stone.
Such a man was D. A. Mcmillan,
friend and gentleman. His com
ing was a benediction to Missouri,
his presence here a source of
strength and sunshine, his going
forth an enrichment of the Land
Beyond.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-03-15
To Meet in Vandalia.

The Symphony Club. Of Mexico,
is to meet with Mrs. W. NJ.
Weatherford. of Vandalia, March
81, The following program will
be rendered in the afternoon;
Opera Faust-by Gohnod.
Libretto, Faust; Fantasies by Sid
ney Smith, Miss @. Fouville
Selection from Faust Miss Guthrie
Flower Song Mrs. u. r. Locke
Faust Mrs. Clements
Romance Mrs. 3. r. Wilson
Potponrri Sur Fanst Miss
silverstein.
L'AraRonesa Mrs. ]. Jesse
Potpourri (Cramer Mrs Ethau
Howell
Duo(for twOspiaBosl from Faust
Miss Keunen and Mrs., Wealth.
ersoyd,