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? --. r aJmm-ia 'w&l f jw7g5,.r: ctt fs1is . 5 ! Rfe. fc" z K if iti W 1 Lli Tlie Hocking Sentinel. LOGAN, OHIO, LEWIS GREEN, - Publlshsn 1905 JUNE. 1905 Su Mo Tu We Tli Fr Sa 1 2 3 k 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 e e a CIQ, 24th. N. M. 3rd. J? 10th. ) 11th. PAST AM) PRESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the Enlightenment of the Many. Desperate Battle with Maniac Confined in an iron-barred room with a raring maniac and no help near enough at the time to assist him, John Roach, an at tendant at the county infirmary, Muncic, Ind., fought for his life, and was rescued barely in time to prevent him being killed bythemadinan.Frihk Cothreil, but not before every shred of clothing had been torn from Roach's body and he had been ticked, chewed And beaten. Roach was no match for Cothreil and he realized that he conld not hold out long. After several minutes of the unequal fight, other attend ants heard Roach's cries for help and went to his aid. They had been prevented from hearing before, owing to the cell in which the contest occurred being heavily padded. "Woman Brutally Slain by Bnrglar. Mrs. Francis Wertz was brutally mur dered by an unknown burglar, who es caped. Mrs. Wertz lived with her hus band and 15-year-old grand-child, Era, seven miles from Newark, Ohio. Mr. "Wertz had gone to the home of a neighbor and about midnight she heard a noise on the lower floor. Picking up a pitchfork, Mrs. Wertz went down stairs, accom panied by her grandchild. As she opened the stair door leading into the sitting room a tan man struct her with a heavy club and then hit her repeatedly after she had fallen. The grandchild rushed screaming from the house to a neighbor and when help reached the house the woman was -dead and the murderer had fled. Thousand Dollar Billiard Cue. The Rajah of India, renowned as the world's most extravagant ruler, has just bought a $1,000 billiard cue from a Chicago manufacturer. The cue was shipped from the company's factory, and is the most ex pensive stick ever made for private use. It Is of maple, inlaid with rare woods from a dozen tropical countries, and contains 100,000 pieces of mother-of-pearl, the set ting of which required six months' labor of one workman. The rajah became infat uated with the game and sent for .Frank Ives, the American Napoleon of billiards, to teach him the intricacies of the game. He became a proficient pupil, and then cx - pressed a desire to possess the most artistic cue that conld be made. Aged Woman Jumps Into An Old Well. Huntington, (Ind.) special: While temporarily deranged, Mrs. Isaac Bare, aged 75, jumped into an abandoned well in an effort to end her life. Tor several years she has had the care of an invalid son and this and other troubles are supposed to have unbalanced her mind. The well was across the road from her home and was covered -with boards. With an axe she re " moved the boards and jumped in. Fass ersby were attracted by moans coming from the well and, investigating, found the old woman lying at the bottom badly wounded. She cannot recover. Two Men Killed at Barn Raising:. Wm. Rousebrook and John Beldt were Instantly killed and Wm. Cool fataliy in jured at a torn raising on the farm of Mrs. Jacob Heister, north of Albion, Mich. A large number of men from neighboring farms were at work when one of the tim bers gave way and heavy beams, joists and rafters fell upon the workmen. Besides 'the three men named a score of others were Injured. Enginemen Die in Peculiar Accident. Pennsylvania passenger train No 28, from St. Louis, struck an oil wagon at Stillwater Junction, near Dayton, Ohio. As the oil tank hurst the engine fires ignited the oil and Engineer Gimbey and Charles """vPjyor, fireman, of Columbus, were burned to death, the driver of the wagon escaping 'uninjured. The train was not damaged. Old Soldier Kills Two. "David Truax, an inmate of the soldiers' home, Kansas City, Kas., returned to the Institution in a very angry mood and pro cured a revolver. A. Lutzand John Lee tried to disarm him and were shot. One died instantly and the other in a few hours. Truax was arrested. Ohio Merchant Commits Suicide. Henry Stahler, a leading merchant of Waverly, Ohio, committed suicide by jumping into the Scioto river from abridge. Stahler has been a dry goods merchant forty jrears in Waverly. Ill health is said to be the cause. Socialist Candidate for Governor. The socialist labor party has nominated John E. Sleiger of Hamilton, for governor of Ohio. A full ticket was selected. The platform adopted re-affirms the platform of the nationalist labor party. Two Miners Crushed to Death. Two miners were killed at the Walpoole mine at Iron Mountain, Mich., by the fall r.f overhanging ore. Both arc buried P00 feet below the surface and crews are at work digging for them. Will Boycott America. A dispatch from Manila says: The Chinese chamber of commerce by a unani mous vote has decided to stand in lino with the treaty ports of China in boycott ing American merchandise in retaliation for the new exclusion treaty. "W. L. Davis a Bankrupt. A petition in bankruptcy against W. L. Davis, president of the closed Canton State bank, has been filed in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States District Court. It is al leged that he owes $100,000 or more which be is unable to pay. Btage Held Up and Bobbed. The stage running between Ensenada and Sail Quentin, OaL, has been held up and $700 of government funds stolen. It Is alleged that Estrada, the messenger guarding the funds, shot the driver, Pan cho Arans, and then decamped with the money. Shot in Running: Fight. William Saddle, one of a trio of men cnargea wun a muraerous assault on John Conley, a bartender, was shot and probably fatally wounded by Chief of Police Weingates after an exciting chase in the outskirts of Sandusky, Ohio. Con ley's condition is critical. Plot to Kidnap Czar's Son. The latest of the ever-recurring stories about the Czarevitch is that the leaders of the "Kieinin conspiracy planned to kid nap the infant and hold him as a pledge for the complete fulfillment of the revo lutionary program. The story goes on to say that the plot was frustrated through the treachery of some of the conspirators. Beported Separation in Scandinavia. Private cablegram to member of Nor way students' chorus in Minneapolis says Norway already has separated from Swe den and that the ministry headed by Mlehelsen hti become the provisional CROPS SUFFER FROM FROST. Oats and Corn Growth Slow, bnt Wheat Still Appears Promising. The following is the general summary of the weekly crop report of the weather bureau: During the week ending May 29 most of the country experienced unfavorable temperature, frosts occurring during the early part of the week In the plateau re gions, in most of the northern tier of States, east of the Rocky mountains, and ns far south ns the interior portions of the middle Atlantic States. Rains in terfered with farm work in portions of the south Atlantic States and east gulf States, Tennessee, and over an area ex tending from central Texas northward to South Dakota and in portions of the lake region. At the close of the week rain was much needed in New England and the middle Atlantic States, and sunshine and warmth in the south Atlantic and east gulf States and the Missouri val ley. On the Pacific coast the weather was cool and cloudy, with showers in northern California, Oregon and Wash ington. Corn planting is largely finished, except In the lake region, Ohio valley and north ern portion of the middle Atlantic States. Throughout the principal corn States germination and growth of corn have been Tery slow, owing to cool weather, and more than the usual amount of re planting will he necessary. In the cen tral gulf States part of the crop has been laid by. In this region corn has suffered considerably from overflows. In northern Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas nnd Tennessee corn is much in need ot cultivation. Winter wheat has suffered slight de terioration in portions of the central and western districts of the winter wheat belt, but it continues promising in the eastern districts, an improvement being reported from Ohio. Reports of injury from rust continue from Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, and rust nnd black heads aro appearing in Illinois. Gen erally the reports indicate that wheat is heading low. In California the crop is maturing rapidly and an average yield is reported. In Oregon and Washington growth has been rapid, too rank growth being reported from Oregon, where it is in danger of lodging. In the Dakotas, Minnesota and Ne braska oats have made slow growth and the crop has suffered deterioration in Texas and portions of the middle Atlan tic States, but elsewhere and in princi pal producing States the outlook con tinues very promising. Throughout nearly the whole of the cotton belt cotton is much in need o cultivation, nnd reports of abandoned fields are received from the Carolina?, Georgia, Alabama nnd Louisiana. Good stands are generally reported, but much planting remains to lie done in northern Texas and planting is unfinished in Ar kansas. In southern Texas nnd in por tions of the central and eastern dis tricts the situation is improved and the crop is doing well in localities. Squares are now forming in the southern portions of the central and eastern districts. Boll weevils are increasing in Texas. The general outlook for a good crop of hay continues promising. Although freezing temperature occur red in the northern portion of the spring wheat region, spring wheat is reported as in good condition in Minnesota, and while frost in North Dakota proved in jurious, the crop in that State" has not been seriously damaged. Over the south em portion of the spring wheat region the crop has made more favorable pro gress, although growth has been slow. On the north Pacific coast spring wheat Is much improved in Washington, but in Oregon it has advanced slowly. BOMB FOR THE KING. Life of Alfonso Is Aimed at by Anar chists in Paris. An attempt to assassinate King Al fonso of Spain, while in Paris for a week's visit, and President Loubet of France was mado the other night by an anarchist, who hurled a bomb beneath the carriage containing the two rulers as they were leaving the opera. A? if by a miracle, both the King and President escaped uninjured, but frag ments of the missile seriously injured KINO ALFONSO. five persons, killed or maimed a number of cavalry horses forming the escort, and knocked out a child's eye. The King and President retained their presence of mind, his majesty sending back a member of his suite to make in quiries as to the condition of the wound ed. The person who is believed to have thrown the bomb has been arrested, with two others who are thought to have been implicated in the plot. Great excitement followed the explo sion, rumors spreading immediately that the threats made by the anarchists to assassinate King Alfonso when he came to Paris had been successfully carried out. It has been known very generally in Paris that King Alfonso was added to the anarchists' list of victims marked for slaughter recently, and when the an nouncement was made that the young King would visit Paris the anarchists declared tht they would make use of the visit to carry out their plot. Possibilities of Irritation. The United States government now owns about 000,000,000 acres of vacant land. Of this land the greater part is arid. About 0,500,000 acres are irri gated. There is water nvaillable for GO.000,000 more. Most of this land al ready irrigated is in Colorado and Cali fornia. The cost to the government thu-i far has been about $8 per acre for irri gated land. A considerable area can be reclaimed at a cost no greater, but much of the land will cost $25 or $30 when provided with water. It is estimated that if ?300,000,000 were expended during the nest forty years in a large and con sistent scheme of irrigation, the lands improved would be worth by the end of that period, not less than $2,000,000,000. These are the estimates of Director Charles D. Walcott of the United States geological survey. It is reported that the police of Cara cas raided the office of EI Pregonero, the oldest newspaper of Venezuela, three' editorial writers being arrested because an editorial was displeasing to President Castro. -The Clinchfield corporation of Bristol, Va., has purchased the coal properties of the Interstate Coal and Iron Company, aggregating 5,000 acres, for over SI -500,000. ? Prof. C. O. Lampland, formerly of Indiana university, has photographed the canals on the planet Mars from the ob servatory of LoweU university at Flag staff, Arizona. RUSSIAN Baltic Squadron Practically Annihilated by the Japanese. Fleets Clash in Korean Straits and Czar's Hopes of Victory Are Dashed. Rojestvensky's Ships Go Down Be fore the Victorious Gunners of Admiral Togo. Muscovite Admiral's Effort to Deceive the Japanese Fails Completely. Dream of Russia for Success in War Seems Ended by This Disaster. In the great naval battle fought Saturday and Sunday in the Straits of Korea the Japanese obtained a com plete and overwhelming victory. Ad vices show that Rojestvensky's fleet, composed of all his most effective and powerful ships, was completely shat tered. According to late Information, two Russian battleships, one coast de fense armore-clad, five cruisers, two special-service ships and three destroy ers were sunk and there were captured two battleships, two coast defense armorciads and one special-service ship. Rojestvensky's flagship escaped badly damaged and with other vessels of his broken fleet was pursued by the victorious Japanese. Read-Admiral RUSSIAN BALTIC Nebogatoff, however, was captured with 3,000 other prisoners. While London rumors reported that several Japanese vessels were lost, Admiral Togo officially reports that his squad ron was not damaged. One report which is given much credence is that Admiral Kamlmura, working practically Independently of Togo, but under the comninnder's gen eral orders, has taken an Important share in the combat The story Is that after the first battle many of the good Russian ships broke past Togo's line nnd made for the North. Here, when the Slavs thought they saw escape in sight, it is said, Kamlmura was In waiting, and a sec ond battle was fought. This proved the doom of the Russians. The Japanese sunk the Russian bat tleships Borodino and SIssol Vellky, and perhaps the battleship Orel, and badly damaged the battleship Kniaz Souvaroff, flagship of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky. In addition to these ships the Jap fleet has sunk, the Rus sian armored cruisers Dmitri Donskol, Admiral Naklmhoff nnd Vladimir Mo nomakh, nnd n number of torpedo boat destroyers. The damage Togo has sustained Is not known. The Japanese have not permitted any Information concerning their losses to leak out, nor have they communicated it to any of the diplo matic representatives of foreign powers in Tokio. All they admit Is that they have suf- AJUIIKAI, TOGO. fered heavily, but they still have a suf ficiently formidable force In shape to continue the pounding of the flying Russian forces. FriBhtful Loss of Life. What the losses sustained by the per sonnel total canuot be ascertained. It is believed, however, that the Rus sians have lost at least 2,000 killed, wounded and drowned. One of their cruisers, the Admiral Naklmhoff, it is believed, was blown up and the GOO 60uls aboard were either killed or drowned. The daring of the Japanese Is shown by the fact that one of the Russian thins, the Sissol Vellky. It Is believed. BlnKimMlSKHHnAiHKI UftttLtiQKuflOMuKcUiSHlHHlMufiHMU FLEET SMASHED 'ysi 1 . . rJ. -. -. . -1 ...JT! - 1 LINE OF BATTLE OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET IN KOREX STRAITS. was boarded and captured, though it afterwards sunk. Altogether, the bn'ttle must have been one of the most thrilling of any age. There does not appear to have been any hesitancy on the part of the Jap anese. They rushed at their foe with the same fanatical bravery their troops have shown in Manchuria, and the Russians, while they fought bravely, from all accounts do not appear to hare been able to get home In the same effective manner as Ihelr enemy. Such terrific losses as Rojestvensky has suffered are not calculated to put heart into his men. If he has lost the greatest part of that without inflicting a corresponding loss upon his enemy, then it is admit ctd that the command of the sen is lost to Russia, and Japan can continue to transport men and supplies to Man- SQUADRON SHOWING THE BATTLESHIP BORODINO. churia without fear of interference by Russian men-of-war. Story of the Battle. When Vice Admiral Rojestvensky was at Saddle Islands, where ho went through h& last coaling operation, he directed the final maneuvers in the plan of campaign which he had adopt ed bofore'ho left St. Petersburg. He sent five of his colliers and sup ply ships to Shanghai, there to await the result of the battle which he had determined to precipitate, and then or dered the remainder of Ills colliers and supply ships to pass out between the Lluchui Islands and Formosa, well to the eastward of Japan, and to make Vladivostok through La Perouse or Tsugaru Straits. With the remainder of his fleet well filled with coal, his guns loaded, and his men on duty beside their weapons, he began the dangerous task of forc ing the straits of Korea, which he had been Informed Admiral Togo was hold ing. Admiral Togo appears to have been quietly spinning his web for the Rus sian fleet. With a foresight that can not be too highly praised ho gnthered his fleet at the one point which was the destination of ills enemy. He did net waste any of his armored strength In scouting or in attempting to cut off auxiliaries ot the Russian force when these auxiliaries had no fighting value. He had under hl3 command at the scene of action the entire navy of Ja pan. He distributed his ships across that portion of the straits of Korea lying between Japan nnd the Tsushi ma Islands, nnd there he waited. Lands Knockout Blow. When the opportune moment came Togo struck, struck hard and success fully. The exact force which Togo had and the disposition he made of it are not yet definitely known. It Is believed he had four battleships, eight armored cruisers, thirty torpedo boat destroyers, and about 100 torpedo boats, submarines, besides some pro tected cruisers. About noon Saturday, far eastern time, which Is twelve hours ahead of American time, Togo gave the order to attack. The maneuver he observed was described as that of a melee. His torpedo craft are thought to have dash ed like a cloud of hornets at the Rus sian battle line. It was here that Ro jestvensky is believed to have suffer ed the loss of his battleships and cruisers. The Borodino, one of the finest of his first-class battleships, and the Sissol Vellky, a second class battleship of 9,000 tons, were the first victims. The Borodino was under the command of Captain Serebrynlkoff, nn officer who commanded the armored cruiser Rurik, which was sunk by the squadron of Admiral Knmimura last August in the sea of Japan. Tho Vellky Is supposed to have had aboard either Rear Admiral Foelker sham or Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, so that this must havo been a serious blow to the second Russian division and probably disorganized It. AH of Rojestvensky's plans for de ceiving the Japanese admiral seem to havo failed most signally. It now seems certain that on Thursday pre ceding tho conflict tho Russian admiral divided his fleet iuto three parts. It turned out that when each division of the divided fleet reached Its appointed rendezvous it found a Japanese fleet Id waiting to give battle. Rojcstvcnsky sfcn't his converted cruisers to Wcosung, near Shanghai, hoping to draw Togo's fleet awny from the Korean strait. As a matter of fact, the Russian division that went to Woosung found thirty-three Japanese warships near by. Rojestvensky seems to have stationed a few cruisers and transports nt Sad dle island for a similar deceptive pui" pose. That fleet sailed from Saddle island northward Friday night, far in the wake of Rojestvensky's-main fleet. Apparently It attempted to go to the east of Japan, but advices from Tsing tau indicate that it was intercepted at Oshlma island, south of Japan. Having sent away these two squad rons on their missions of deception Rojestvensky, with at least six of his battleships, all of his armored cruisers and a number of protected cruisers, steamed straight for the Korean straits, hoping that he would find his way clear. He was doomed to disap pointment, for, as the world knows, Togo was lying in wait at the Tsush ima Islands and Rojestvensky's seven months of preparation came to naught. An official telegram from Tokio to Washington states that Admiral Togo A? VICE ADUIKAX, KOJESVESSKT. reports to his government that the total losses sustained by the Russian fleet Saturday and Sunday were: Two bat tleships, one coast defense armor-clad, five cruisers, two special service ships and three destroyers all sunk. In addition, there were captured two bat tleships, two coast defense armor-clads, one special service ship, one destroyei nnd over 2,000 prisoners. Admiral Togo adds that tlie Japanese squadron was undamaged. SKETCIIKS OK TUB ADMIRALS. Toro, the Victor, Is 53 and Rojest vensky Is 57 Years Old. Tdmiral Togo, victor in the great nava: battle in the Straits of Korea, is 55 years old. Like many others of the naval offi cers of Japan, he is a samurai of the Satsuma clan. He received much of his education ii the British naval college at Greenwict and served In various capacities at home until the war with China broke out in 1804. He was then in command of the cruiser Naniwa, belonging to the firsl Hying squadron of tho Japanese navy It was this cruiser that fired the lirsl shot in the war. It took part in several battles and bombardments and Togo saw a great deal of service. He was distin guished for his coolness and courage anc for his resourcefulness In time of dan ger. Togo's deeds in the present war will Russia are too recent to require capitu lation. They place him among the great est naval commanders in history. Vice Admiral Rojestvensky is 57 yean old. Ha was born near Moscow ' ant ,was educated for the navy. Ho served jn the Black and Baltic sea fleets and gained a high reputation as a seaman. In the Russian-Turkish war he it sail! to have put an ironclad belonging to tin enemy to flight by attacking it with t small unprotected steamer, called tin Vesta. Though the story was denied bj tho Turks and disproved from othei sources, Rojeitveasky was thereafter known ns tho "hero of the Vesta." In 1003 ho became chief of &taff in the ministry of marine and continued as Mich until last fall, when to was ordered tc orgauUo tho fleet which has just met with overwhelming disaster. I .'.ISkkdS. wml- 4 &3 ma I AMY NOW JN REVOLT SzAr'3 Manchuria;! Tnosps IN OPEN MUTINY. General Linevitch Tclcsrapns Ilia Km beror Hint for Tills Reason a Contiuti atiou of the War la ImilossibTc I?e: tlortccl thatXichol.is Will Abdicate. General Linevitch wired the Czar Wednesday that the news of Rojest vensky's defeat has spread throughout the army in Man churia and that the troops are in open revolt. He points out that under such conditions the con 1 1 n uatlon of the war Is Impos sible. This Is the crowning disaster In the series of ca lamities that have1 pEir. LiKvncir. 6v'erlaken Russia since' the opening of the war, Feb. S, ibol. hussla is left senseless. Crowds of illiterate muzhiks surround those who are able t6 read the news bulletins in the streets.and weep while they listen id the pitiful details of tiie Tsushima catastrophe. The worst prediction of the enemies ot the czardom are now found to be exqeeded. All the ship3 riot sunk havq been captured. None has been saved except the Almaz. Demand Knd of Regime. , On all sides the cry Is heard that the present regime Is responsible and that It must be cleared out. The Czar Is no longer considered. Even M. Sou vorlne, editor of the St. Petersburg Novoe Vremyn, demands that the peo ple take the helm of state Into their own hands. Grand Duke AlexIefTs or gan, the SIovo, exclaims that Russia has had calamities enough and de mands a change of regime that will give peace. Rumors are spreading that the Czar intends to resign. The convo cation of a national assembly is confi dently expected. Ministers, generals and admirals In terviewed by the correspondents were unanimously of opinion that Russia had lost Its sea power for half a cen tury to come. They also thought that peace would come immediately; that England and America would help to modify Japan's demands and that in ternal reforms would bring about the regeneration of Russia. Japan's decisive victory over Rus sia In the Strait of Korea is hailed by all Europe as the beginning of the end of the conflict. Berlin looks upon the sea battle as tho greatest history-making naval engagement since Trafalgar. French naval experts declare Russia must bring the uneven contest- to a close. London looks upon the result as averting a general European war. Japan believes Russia must accept whatever terms are offered. Oyalna in Action. Dispatches from Manchuria say that Field Marshal Oyania is already In motion nnd that a general battle Is at hand. General Linevitch has near ly 400,000 men, Including the Fourth and Tenth nrhiy corps, Which have ar rived at the front since the battle of Mukden. He has received hundreds of field guns to replace those abandon ed In the retreat from Tie pass. Oyama has fully 420,000 men. He is known to have received bO.OOO re- ejiforcements since the battie of Mtii den. It Is believed Oyama will send Nogl In n swinging march around the Hus slnn left in ah effort to get astride the railroad as far west as Tsltslhar, thus Isolating the whole Russian army. TOURIST CROP PAYS. California Bad Fifty Thousand Vis itors Burins Past Season. The greatest tourist season in the his tory of California is just closing. It yielded $18,000,000 to California and millions more to the railroads, and the seed has been sown for a bigger crop next year. Forty thousand tourists vis ited California this season. They stayed on an average of fifty days each and spent an average of more than ?( a day. Within a decade the "tourist business" of California has grown to an industry of considerable proportions and it in jumping ahead each year at a remarka ble rate. Last season 35,000 tourists vis ited the State and It is estimated that last season's tourists spent at least $10, 500,000. Over three-fourths of the tourists to California travel a distance of over 2,000 miles to reach the Golden State. They probably spend for railroad fares alone $120 apiece, so that from those who come from Chicago 'or farther cast the railroads receive in the neighborhood of $4,500,000, and tlie fares of those from west of Chicago total more than an ad ditional $1,000,000. Thpn there is sleeping car fare, $14 each way from Chicago, or a total of $28 each for 37.500 persons, or over $1,000, 000 for berths. Meals at a conservative estimate will probably amount- to $500, 000 more. Altogether the 50,000 tourists spend in excess of $10,000,000 in travel ing, and this is an exceedingly conserva tive estimate, as the average tourist to California probably spends more than $200 on the Item of travel. Of the $18,000,000 expended by tour ists during the season just passed $14, 000,000 was left in southern California, and but $4,000,000 arouud San Fran cisco. Neirs of Minor Not. II. Clay Grnbb, on trial at Salisbury, N. C, charged with the killing of his brother-in-law, O. B. Davis, Oct. 10, 11KVJ, was acquitted. James Tirney, who the police say es caped from the government prison at AI catraz island, California, has been ar rested in St. Louis. In fixing Aug. 8 as the date for the execution of Edward Gottschalk. self confessed murderer of Joseph Hartmann, his accomplice in the murder of Christian Schindeldecker at St. Paul, Gov. John son declares that he is opposed to capital punishment. Growing prosperity in the Dominion of Canada is reflected in the earnings of the Canadian Pacific railroad. For the month of February gross receipts showed a gain, as compared with the same period a year ago, of $514,232 and net earnings an increase of $210,030. Judge Holt has named A. R. Conk ling of New York as receiver for the pri vato banking firm of A. C Wilcox & Co.. which assigned a few days ago. The receiver will take possesion of the four teen branch hanks located in the farming villages in New York State. Robbers stole $1.-100 worth of stamps from the San Francisco poNtolMce, but failed to get $12,000 more in stamps and $500,000 in gold which they are believed to have beoa after. Three thousand incandescent globes will soon be placed in the dome of the capitol at Washington, which will then outshiuo the dome of the congressional library, far famed for its great brilliancy. Tho joint committee of the Miunesota Legislature, which has beeu investigating Minnesota railroad rates, has recom mended a joint memorial to Congress naklnt? th.it the Interstate Commerce . . . -- yfs? zr?, "iiii !": cn :z: , r raie W UUUUMl U1U J44tfcV MttMfe The worsl feature ot the business situation is Chicago. J entirely due to further Spreading of labor troubles. With tlie Struggle now carried Into productive branches and enforced idleness proba ble among large bodies of workmen; obstruction becomes Intensified and re hiiires prompt relief. Except for the local uisturbance trade generally ex hibits .strong tone throughout the Chi cago 'district; nnd. the indications are good for continued Industrial prosperi ty with tlie present difficulty removed. In actual results the week's prog; ress affirms tie Inherent strength of commerce. Money remained' in fair demand nnd bank exchanges mad the largest gains during this month; as compared with a year ago. Finan cial conditions here made a healthy showing, investment in Improvements gained, and the security market almost trebled In dealings, without any dis quieting change 1U valu'es. . Production in the leading branches Is without diminution, and new com mitments were made to a satisfactory extent,. Wholesale transactions reach ed a Jalr volume In staple merchan dise, deliveries were larger nnd State street activity was stimulated by bet ter demand for seasonable wares. Country advices have been very en- cauraging, rarm work showing rapid recovery from the effect of recent heavy rains, crop prospects remaining good and merchandising expanding. Western railroad traffic sustains ex ceptional magnitude, earnings steadi ly exceeding those of a year ago. Heavy movement of manufactured materials, raw product and general merchandise provided most of the ton nage. Marketing of grain has declined 22 per cent, but this is due to tempor ary causes. Crop reports played a strong part in the markets for the two leading cere als, and these being mainly unfavor able and the May options much over sold, it was not found difficult to ma nipulate sharp advances in quotations. These operations were not helpful in the general demand, for grain and flour values were easier. Receipts of grain aggregated 2,074,420 bushels, against 2,120,130 bushels for the cor responding week of 1904, and the ship ments were 2,G20,a48 bushels, against 2,S38,S83 bushels. The production oi" flour has increased, but there is no corresponding gain In the forwarding and the foreign demand has remained remarkably dull. Live stock receipts tvere 201,001 head, compared with 2CC,5SC head a year ftgo. Shipping demand weaken ed in heavy beeves and hogs and sheep found ready nbsorptloil. Fnllures reported In the Chicago dis trict number twenty-six, against thlr-ty-tiirea last week and eighteen a year ago. M v . I Wholesale trade Is sea- liBl I Of A. sonably quiet pending a Clearer view of cron out turn which, owing to irregular or un settled weather In wide areas, tlll lacks definite form. Cool weather Is still a bur to fullest activity at retail. Manufacturing activity is still in large volulne on orders previously booked. Speculative markets for wheat reflect technical conditions and short supplies in primary markets more clearly than they do the siight deterioration in quantity and quality Indicated as re sulting from recent backward weather which has also been used as a lever to affect corn and cotton. Collections rd fleet little more than seasonable slow ness, and money is easy and in abun dant supply. Rather more friction in labor matters is noted In Chicago. De spite efforts to accentuate less favor able happenings for stock speculatlvo purposes there is still abundant evi dence that the country's consumptive requirements arc on a largo scale, heavily exceeding a year ago at this time. Railway earnings for the first half of May exceed a year ago by G.3 per cent. Business failures In the United States for tlie week ending May 25 number 170, against 191 last week, 184 In the like week In 1004, 181 in 1003, 1C3 in 1902 and 144 In 1001. In Canada failures for the week number 15. as against 17 last week and 14 In this week n year ago. Bradstreets Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle, common to primes $4.00 to $0.00: hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $5.30; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.85; wheat, No. 2, $1.03 to $1.00; corn, No. 2, 57c to oSc; oats, standard. SOc to 32c; rye. No. 2, 78c to SOc; hay, timothy, $S.50 to $13.50; prairie, $0.00 to $11.00; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes, ISc to 23c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $0.23; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $5.40; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $5.00: wheat. No. 2. $1.04 to $1.00; corn. No. 2 white, SOc to 51c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32e. St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $0.10; hogs, $4.00 to $3.40; sheep. $4.00 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2, -90c to OSc; corn. No. 2, 49c to 50c: oats, No. 2, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 2, 70c to 72c Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.03; hogs, $4.00 to $5.50; sheep. $2.00 to $4.10; wheat. No. 2, $1.05 to $1.07; corn. No. 2 mixed, 52c to 54c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; rye, No. 2, SOc to S3c. Detroit Cattle, $3.50 to $3.S3; hogs, $4.00 to $3.50; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2, $1.02 to $1.04: corn, No. 3 yellow, 53c to 54c; oats. No. 3 white, Up to S3c; rye. No. 2, 7Sc to SOc. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.02 to $1.07; corn. No. 3, 50c to 51c; oats, No. 2 white, 32e to 34c; rye, No. 1, 81c to S2c; barley, No. 2, 50c to 52c; pork, mess, $12.25. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 99c to $1.01: corn. No. 2 mixed, 4Sc to 50c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; rye. No. 2, Sic to S2c; clover seed, prime, $7.00. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $0.25;. hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to "choice, $4.50 to $5.00; lambs, fair to choice, $o.00 to $0.35. New York Cattle. $3.00 to $8.50; hogs, $4.00 to $5.75; sheep. $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.07 to $1.09; corn, No. 2, 53c to 57c; oats, natural, white, 85c to 37c; butter, creamery, 20c to 21c; eggs, western, 15c to ISc. Officers Weigand and Maughmer at tempted to arrest a colored burglar at Chillfeothe, Ohio. The burglar fatally shot Weigand in the breast and escaped. s captured. OHIO'S WEEKLY 0II0; Brief eoMPikATiON 6f feTAT E NEWS: late Ail intcrestlhc Summary 6f itie Mors Important Doings t)f Onr Neigh bors Weddinc and Deaths-Crimes; Casualties and beneral Bnckcye .News NoteS: Buckeye News In Brieft Clarence Carr or Belle Center, is thought to be fatally hurt as a result ot a runaway accident. . Mrs. j. W. Kautzman of Walnut Grove; W;ls dttapketi by a ferocious horse at her hbme and is badly hurt. , Grdver Brinkepnan. aged 21; was killed by a fall of five tons, or slate in the Van Kirk mine; at Mineral City: Frank Brown, aged 21, was fatally in: jured by a Ptaii Handle passenger train at Glasgow. lie died at hi3 home at New eomerstowri. - Mrs;. Mary ,JoIce of Clyde, mother o Mrs. FredA.JIoytof Norwalk.tookadose pf carbolic acid by mistake dud died short ly after Ih.great agony. II. S Latham; one of the wealthiest farniers of (Josheri township, JIardin coiinty; died at, the (Irani hospital, Coluraf b'uij w herp he iinderu ent an operation. IH was 75 years old; t New clover is killing stock in 3Iarion county in large numbers. Near Agostaj AJbert ,Bobien,z found three cows and a line hull dead and many other cattls sickl The ead animals were swollen twice nor mal size. Burglars entered the Wickliff post office by breaking down the front door and drilled the combination of the safe. They took ?375 in stamps and money, stole a ria and drove away. The office was also robbed a year ago. Philip Baum, bookkeeper for Sncath A Cunningham. Tiffin, lost his voice about a year ago and since that time had leen un able to speak above a whisper until a few days ago, when his voice returned ai sud denly as it had left him. Fishermen at Wrights vi lie, belowForts mouth, found the badly decomposed body of a floater who is supposed to be last vic tim of the tow boat Defender, which-was blown up last December. The body was interred near the water's edge. Mrs. Chris Burgmann of Sandusky, en route to Europe with a party of- tourists, was taken seriously ill on board ship and forced to submit to a critical operation. She is now in a hospital at Antwerp. Belgium, and is slowly Improving. D. Jones, familiarly known as "Steeple Jack," a painter of flag-poles, was perhaps fatally injured at Cleveland, as a result ol a fall of seventy-five feet from a chimney. Both legs and arms were fractured and in ternal injuries may result in his death. Henry Wright, an ex-slave, and Tor manj iears the oldest resident in Cleveland, died of old age nt his home oh Mars avenns In Lake wood. Wright was supposed to bi 108 years old on March 1 last. He often boasted that he lived in three centuries; Fred Stephens, Jib shot and killed his wifC( five Children and himself at Rossi Valley, California, was formerly it resU dent of Clinton county, lie married the daughter of Thomas J. Porter of Wilming: ton; one bf the most substantial farmers iii thd county. Stephens bad been educated for the miitlstfy at the Ohio Wesleyart universilyi A inasketi robber smashed In the door oi the East Liverpool street railway office at the WsJIsville terminus and ordered Night Superintendent Patrick Sullivan to fork over the cash oil band, about 1109. Sulli van declined and the robber began shooU ing. Moiorman J. C. Connelly and Sulli van then smashed the bandit with chairs and stools until lit retreated. A pot of gold, containing $500,a diamond ring and a gold watch, was buried twenty years ago by Christopher Bosse of Belle fontaine, who was going to Kansas to "rough it,'' and did not desire to take all his valuables with him. Recently he came back and found that tlie marker of the hid den treasure had been disturbed. lie can Hot now find the gold, ting and w atch: Captain W. .1. Worth or Cleveland, was found guilty of conducting the bucket shop at Lorain, in which Kaneen and the Walk' ers lost the money which led to the recent Citizens' bank failure. The testimony of E. F. Kaneen and D. S. Walker was a v eighty part of the state's case. The jury was out but ten minutes, taking three bat lots. Notice was given of a motion for a new trial. At the performance of "Comet" at .the carnival grounds in Findlay, the spectators were horrified to sec him fall thirty-fiva feet ftora the ladder. "Comet" rides on a bicycle down a ladder from the top or tho tent pole, 100 feet high. He lost control of the front wheel and it slipped, throwing him to the ground. His head was cut open in a couple of places and he was seriously injured, but will live. By the explosion of a boiler in Adams Brothers' foundry at Findlay. Fremont Yerger had a narrow escape from being killed. He was doing some work near the boiler when the piston head exploded, tearing things up about the engine and knocking Yerger over, burning ids head and cutting him about the face and body In a serious manner. The explosion was caused by too great a pressure of steam. By the will or W. C. Conner of Burling ton, low.-., who died at Gibraltar, Spain, April li, where he was seeking health, Mrs. Elizabeth Graunan, a sister living in Zanesville, and four chitdren are be qtieathcd the greater part of his estate com prising Kansas farm lands, Los Angeles, Cal., fruit farms, Vancomer island and Burlington real estate, together with a jewelry store at Burlington, valued at $200,000. Ed 31. Young, mayor of Cuj ahoga Falls,j; was indicted by the grand jury on Tour counts for assault and battery. The story is that several weeks ago 3Iajor Young stopped citizens on the street, charged them with being intoxicated and locked them up in the village jail. When the jail was Tull he went home to sleep and by next morn ing had rorgotten about them. Deacons in the churches of the village, some of them men who had never been known to drink a drop, were among those prevented from attending church services by being in jail. As soon as they were released they started on Young's trail. 31iss Virginia Wi Hainan, a pretty Salem girl, who has been teacher in history in the city schools for several years, reeeh ed notice of her appointment as teacher of the schools of Ponce, Porto Kieo, beginning next autumn. Of the fifty American teach ers in the schools of Porto Rico, more than twenty are from Ohio. James 3IcLaughlin. a coal miner, was instantly killed by a fall ot slate while at work in 3Iidway mine, south or Cambridge. He was about fifty years or age and is survived by a wife and several children. James Warne, who was working with McLaughlin was so badly injured about the breast and hips that it is feared he can not recover. A monster snake of the blue racer species was killed by boys on the farm of William Cody, in Dover township, near New Dover. It measured about twelve feet in length and eight inehes around. It was the largest snake eer killed in that vicinity. William C. 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