The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-31

above the chute in the main channel, the
boy slipped, fell into the water, and was in
stantly carried through the chute. Strause
jumped in to rescue him and was also car
ried over. The boy was recovered by the
mill hands, bat the father, before assistance
could be rendered, was carried into the eddy
below and drowned. The body has not been
recovered. The deceased was thirty-fve
years old, and leaves a wife and four chill
dren, entirely destitute.
The Hon. Joseph R. Underwood. ex-Sena.
tor of the United States from Kentucky,
died at his residence at Bowling Green, KY,
on the 23d of August, in his eighty-sixth
year.
The Pacific Mail steamship Colon, leaving
New York City on the 10th August, was in
iured after being three days out, and COM
PEELED to return to port. Two boilers had
burst. The explosion occurred at IL a. m,
Sunday, during the religious service. The
force of the conclusion threw many persons
off their feet, and, for a time, a scene of the
widest confusion prevailed. John Bunt-
ing, the engineer, and James Farrell, the
fireman, were killed. The bodies were
buried at sea. The vessel was badly dam
aged by the explosion.
George Adams, who successfully played
the role of a hero in the late averted
railroad disaster at Fairport, N. Y, has been
arrested, and confesses that he misplaced
the switch which threw the train from the
track of the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad on the 18th of August,
whereby the engineer and fireman were
badly scalded, and the engine wrecked. On
the 10th inst. he had drawn the spikes
from the ties and the bolts from the
fsh-joints, throwing the train down
an embankment, wrecking the en-
CINE, three passenger coaches, and the bag
gage and postal cars, killing W. E. Clemens,
a conductor on the Great Western Railway.
Adams pleads in ~extenuation his intention
to notify the train in time to avert the acct
dent, hoping thereby to place the company
under obligation to furnish him with a
situation.
The family of the jeweler, Millar, who re.
Gently absconded from Montreal, was ar
rested Saturday, the Goth of August, at
Preston, Ont, on their way to the United
States, and $4,000 worth of jewelry, and
other valuable stones, were found secreted
in their luggage.
Foreign items.
A special from Alexinatz, dated the 18th,
states that General T~chernayef has re-
moved his headquarters to Belgrade, where
he has massed thirty thousand men for a
final stand. The abandonment of Alexinatz
is contemplated. A special from Berlin says
it is stated that General T~chernayefPs re-
ports of victory have changed the peaceful
disposition of the Russian Government
Even the Gar is confidently expecting
favorable change in the position of the
efforts. It is asserted that the Porte pos
sesses undeniable proofs that Russian Con,
sular agents have been melting the insur
rection in Bulgaria.
A dispatch from Semlin says: 1t is stated
that the Servian Prime Minister has inter
viewed the Russian Representative at Bel
grade, and appealed to the generosity of tn,
Russian Government to permit Russian
officers and soldiers to enter the Seryiar
army. He also asked for pecuniary assist
ance, as Servia had determined to ~continu,
the war. The Russian Government ha,
replied, granting the requests under certain
conditions. In consequence of this ar
raugement the Sclavonie committees il
Russia have begun sending funds in larg
amounts. Russian officers and sub-oficers il
parties of ten reach Belgrade almost daily
passing through Roumania u~nhindered
The officers give their services gratuitously
A number of other officers are expectel
shortly.
Accounts of the fighting near Alexinat
are still conflicting. The Porte has sent
telegram to the representatives abroad ar
nouncing that the Servians, who eoncer
trated all their forces at one and one-hal
hours march from Alexinatz, have bee
completely defeated. General Tchernaye
sends frequent dispatches urging Prime
Milan to continue the war. The Prince al
pears still undecided. 1t is understood tbs
only three of the Servian Ministers fave
the continuance of the war.
A dispatch to the London Times frel
Vienna says: Crete is beginning to caus
uneasiness In Constantinople. The Porte
refusal to grant the concessions demande
by the Cretans has revived the animositit
between the Christians and the NOLAN
medans. This state of things has alread
led to bloodshed at Retimo. In
} quarrel between a Turk and a Greel
The latter was shot, and this was a signi
for a gathering, and before the authoriti,
could interfere eight Turks were killed an
! several Greeks wounded. The riot W,
followed by a panic. All the shops WEI
closed, the Christians barricaded the
: houses, and the Turks encamped
the streets. A portion of the Turk!
, troops have been asked for from Constan'
!. nople.
A special to the London Standard fro
: Alexinatz says that General Tchernaye
attacked Ali Ssib at noon on the 23d
August. Twenty Servisn battalions, wi
two batteries Of artillery, passt
through the valley leading northea
5 of Alexinatz to the Turkish hea
quarters. This movement was discover
by the Turks, who went to meet the colum
T The Turks held their ground, although O.
servians were superior in numbers. tt
losses OF the Turks are heavy, nearly all the
7 officers were killed or wounded. The Sc
s vians fought under shelter of forest, b
at six in the evening retreated to Alex1nat
Their total loss is one thousand killed an
J wounded.
The five days fighting at and aroul
e Alexinatz resulted, on the Oath August, in
final victory for the Servians. Genel
L Tchernayef claims a decided victory. I
I Turks were routed, with a loss of fife
Thousand killed, wounded and prisoners.
The London &dnddrd's correspondent
7 Rome telegraphs that a dispatch has be
received there from Athens, dated Augl
16, announcing that a revolt had broken G
le in A~rgyropolis, and that armed bands G
'e pouring into ALEXANDRIA, Thessaly, a
Epirus. The Courier de France has a d
patch from Vienna to the same effect.
q adds that the Mussulmans and Albania
s. having piI1auad the suhurhs of Jomno =