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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
co-operstiye Life Insurance 4 Failure

Co-Operatiye Life Insurance q Failure.
The last Ohio State Legislature APP
pointed a committee to Investigate the
system and the frauds committed and
to recommend such additional legisla-
ton as may besBecsssary to protect the
people from loss and fraud. 1t also
adopted=the following resolution almost
unanimously:
Whereas, A large number Of Mutual Aid As
sociations have been organized for the purpose
of mutual protection and relief ofthefr members,
and for the payment ofzstipulntedr sums OF
money to the families or heirs of the deceased
members of contemporaries or associations, and
furnish no security to their patrons for the faith
full performances of their obligation to the in
sured, and
Whereas, There are co~mplaintsupon the part
of the friends of those insured that sucn asso.
g, ations fail to provide for the payment Of
claims, as agreed with the insured, andSED9Ei
WheIeas, Charges have been madesthat1 IN
many instances such companies or ASSOCIATIONS
have continued to collect assessments on he
policies Of persons long afterthe death OF isuch
persons (; and 1852 .E@gGc<A TC~E (,
Whereas, tits claimed that assessment have
been made and collected upon the poi1c1es OF
persons who, died prior to the parsons in whose
interest such assessments and cofiectiens "efe
claimed to be made and ~
Whereas, The manner of conductingb business
of such companies and ASSOCIATIONS has created
distress and alarm in the minds Of many of the
insured in such companies or associations, a:
well as a belief generally that such companies
or associations should be soregulated by law
as to furnish greater security and protection te
its members and to the public; therefore
Resolred, That a select committee of I'VE be
appointed, which committee may sit during va
cation, and shall have power to send for persons
and papers, and whose duty it shall be to make
a thorough examination into the responsibility
and manner of doing business practiced by suct
companies or associations, which are response
BILE and safe organizations with which to dc
business, and what legislation, if any, is nee
essary, to protect the citizens of the State
against loss or fraud by such companies or as
sociations organized within this State, or by
similar companies or associations organised un'
der the laws of other States doing business il
this State.
The following named gentlemen were ap'
pointed as the select committee: Hon. L G
SAWYER, st. Marys, o.; Hon. GEO. 7. CHAP
MAN, Cleveland, o.; DIR. j. NJ. GREENE, Fair
field, o.; Hon CHARLES @ DAVIS, Cincinnati
o., and Hons WM Il. REED, Chillicothe, Ohio
Any one who has complaint to make agains
any Mutual Aid Association may address an,
one of the above named gentlemen and hav
their claims and rights thoroughly investigates
| free of charge.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
Isummari.sd from the proceedings of the pas. week.

SENATE.-Mr Cole, from the Committee on In
dian Affairs, reported f~avo-ably en- tue Hou,e bill
to amend the act for the removal of certain Apacha
Indians from the Cameron o MescaIer's agency New
Mexico, so as to allow the Secretary Of the Interior
to continue to issue rations ar d ~annuities TO the In
dams, although the thirty days limit in that act
has expired, and the Indians have not yet been re-
moved, owing partly TO their refusal, and partly to
other C uses, and it was passed The Geneva
Award Bill vas taken up and Mr.. Call SPOKE in OF
position tot e Goa Ii Il; e bill. At the conclusion of
his remarks the ED ng bill was informally laid
sside. and the Consular and Diplomatic Appropria-
ton Bill taken up. The amount appropriated is Sc
1is. l85 an increase of 81, 900 over the bill as passed
by the House.
HoUsK.-On motion of Mr.. RYAN, of Kansas, the
bill passed, authorizing the Secretary of the Interi-
or to dispose of a part of the Fort Dodge military
reservation to actual settlers, under the provisions
Of the homestead laws...... The Indian Appropriation
Bill was taken up. Mr.. Baker said that to many
people 1t was a matter o. surprise that the United
States Government failed to manage the Indians as
well as the Canadian Government. Year after year
had drifted away without the establishment of any
system which Looked to anything but robbiug the
Indians and plunging the country into war. Mr..
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
The Markets

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES family, IS 0o95 50;
fancy, S565@6 so; patent Sc 5og7 80; spring 50 80
four, 81 59a4 60. GRGis.-WheatIChoice red sold
at 81 1881 16 and No. 2 at 81 1sgt Is; Corn-Mixed
shelled 4o9401zc. Rye.-No. 2 is held in elevator at
Barley No. 8 is quoted i al s3@s7c. extra Nos at So
@s7c. No. 8 spring sold at 6e@65c. Hay-good to
sa.S3@i6 Lard prime kettle, 72s@7ssc. Cotton
ni sew gYod.E69ES..-Flour-superhne State and weas:
ern, So 65@45 90; common to good extra Western and
State, 81 50@4 rs; good to choice Western and State,
81 sc@7 90; common to good white wheat Western
family, IS coos rs. GRIIN-W heat- Ungraded spring,
81 15@I1 II; No. 3 spring, 81 IL ;ungraded winter red
81 26Iz; No. 2 winter red 81 2sA@I 29A: Rye
Western, soc. Corn-Ungraded, 5O@534c.; No.
white, Western, 52@32ss4c. oats-4tAg46e Lard,
prime steam, 7.l71z@725c. Cotton.The market 10
easy; middling uplands, l2c; mfddling Orleans,
BAIITMoRE.=Fi our-western superane, s. Is
III II IS 25ss O.. Wheat~NO. : Western wiater red,
81 24A. Corn-Western mixed 47H9475sc. bats
W hite Western, 4og42c. mixed " esiern, 4o@4O%c.;
Pennsylvania, 41@42c. Rye Good to prime SIG
Observation-Disclosures extra FAM
s "a 1872 sSed' R, 81 a sSi :. an IS. e snsise t. fs Nc. 1
Western red, 81 81; Ohio amber, 81 80. Corn
, mixed w y5s os on lTSss' 'ahs ahi neseet sse. yei So. on 7
white. 4s3ze. Lard. Western fierce: -7sS@7Nc..
LOUISVILLE. ,Flour-Extra, s4@4 50; extra fam
Il lily, 81 1905 %: A NO. j, % zo@o 10; fancy, 80 i0Y
6 Is. Grain-Wheat, red and amber. 81 20. Corn
No. 2 white a2H949s;; mixed; 4Se. 0ats-Thite'
common TO choice, sl5@17 per ton. Pork, is firm
at sl1.0O. Lard-choice prime steam &C.; choice in
kegs, SA@SMc. Cotton, 11Ac.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is weak; No.
2 red 81 10@1 IL. Corn-Is quiet at 36e. Oats
Are firm at 34@35c.
STOCK MARKETS.
CINCINNATI.-Beef Cattle-Common, 2.oo@2. Soc
tair to medium, 2. 75@3.5Oc. good to choice butcher
grades, 3.25@4.7 Toe. fair to good shippers, 4.00@4.65c.
fair to good cows, 3.75@4.15c.; common to good
stockers, 2.5a@3.4oc. Hogs-Common, 3@3. s5c.
fair to good light, 4.10@4. SOc., fair to good packing
grades, 4.10@4.35c. and selected butchers qualities
z.4o@4.50c; ~Sheep-Common to fair, 3.5o94.75c., and
good to choice, 5@6c.
NEW YoRK.-Beet Cattle-Dressed beef "a
Sc. Texas sides, 7A@sc. sheepand Lambs-Mar
ket fair at 6.20@7.62c. per lb. for sheep, and 1900
s.5fc. for lambs; Hogs-dressed, 81 s5@5.
EAST LIBERTY. PA.-Beef C~attle-E1tra cattl!
at S565 20 per 100 lbs. Sales made of fair to good
ats4@4 IS; common. 50 25@365 per 100 lbs. Hogs
Sales made Of Workers at 81 25@4 IS per 100 lbs.
Philadelphia hogs, s4.6O04.75. ~sheep-ssllng at SIS
@s so per 100 lbs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
New York Marine "Reminiscences.

New York Correspondence Rochester Democrat !
The wonderful change which has taken
place in navigation is shown by refer
enee to the condition of our commerce
thirty years ago. In 1S45 there were
3l8 ships (all sailing v~essels) registered
at the Custom House as belonging to
this port. The largest was the Henry
Clay, 1907 tons, while the smallest was
the st. Thomas, 227 tons. The average
was about 500 tons, and to these were
added86 barks, which are three-masted
vessels of smaller size. The largest of
these was 464 tons and the smallest
160 tons. This, entire feet has given
place, to steam navigation, and, con-
siderihg the immense increase in our
commerce, it would SEE m hardly possible
that it could be performed by sailing
vessels. In 1910 the steamer British
Queen visited this city, and one of its
passengers, by way IF bravado, told his
friends that he would be home by
a specified time. The period designated
for the entire trip was 80 days, three of
which were spent in this port. He
astonished his friends by accomplishing
this purpose, but at present the same
thing could be done in one-.hird less
time. The best liners then took hardly
more than a dozen of first-class passen'
gers, and 1t may be added that one Of
the last men of distinction TO cross The
Atlantic in this manner was Washington
Irving. When appointed to the mission
at Madrid he was iayited by Grinnell
EMinturn & Co., to accept a state-ro1n
lin one of their best vessels. He re
turned, however, in a steamer. Among
the most popular of the above mentioned
packets was the Dramatic Line" con
trolled by Edward K. Collins. He hat
great histrionic taste, and hence named
his ships the Garrick, the S.ddons, TIT
Shakespeare, and the Roscius. Collin
foresaw the supremacy of steam, ant
this led him to create the "Collin
Line" whose ill-fate has long BEEF
familiar to the public. Looking bacl
upon the aboye-mentioned feet of bark
and ships, numbering more than 400, j
is sad to think that all are out of exist
ence, having been either-wrecked at Sc
or broken up for their material. Es1
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
An AppaIIinr DIsaster.

Christian, Green and Webster counties
Missouri, have been visited by one Of the
most destructive cyclones on record. Marsh
6eld, the county seat of Webster, num-
bering about 800 inhabitants, has been al
most entirely swept away from the face
of the earth. Only two business houses
remain standing, and the people are
left in a frightful condition. The number of
killed, SO far as is now known, is seventy
eight, and the wounded will perhaps reach
nearer ore hundred and fifty than anything
under 1t. The storm, which occurred on.
the evening of the 18th, began its
work of destruction in Christian County,
aud following the James River in a
northeasterly direction, and cutting a swathes
a half mile in width, passed over the the three
counties enumerated above, leaving death in
its track. Trees, telegraph poles, and build
ings in its path were lain fat to the ground.
1t is said stock could be seen flying through
the air with other debris. How much
damage there has been done to life in its
course of a hundred and twenty-five miles is
nUtnow known, but the number beyond those
reported killed alone in the town of Marshfeld
must be considerable. No sooner had the wind
swept the town of Marshdeld to the ground in
its terrific fury amid the cries of a terri
fed populace, crashing everything be-
fore it, than q conaagration set in, and
many of those who had not been killed
outright by the violence of the storm were
consumed in their helplessness by the ensuing
flames. The night that followed is described
as appalling in its blackness, and the terrified
people did not succeed in dispatching a mes
senger, for aid until after the hour of midnight.
At three o'clock on the following morn
ing about three hundred persons left
Springfield fer the scene of disaster, among
them all the doctors of the town. Of the
buildings in Marshfeld, only two business
houses remain standing, and but twelve houses
altogether that escaped the element. It is
thought that many farmers families in the
line of the storm have been killed. No reports
have been received as yet. beyond at the
points mentioned, although it is known that
the storm has spread its destruction for a dis
lance over the country of fully a hundred and
twenty-five miles.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
A Town In Asl,es-

Hull, 10 ontario, opposite Ottawa, has been al
most entirely destroyed by FIRE. "a dispatch,
dated the 21st, says - Fully one half the
City of Hull is in rui2s. The whole area of
ground composed of Church, Duck Lake,
Kent, Albion, Wellington, Charles, Centrab
Wright, Hannah and several other streets is
burned. The heat is intense and the smoke so
dense that the city is almost shrouded in dark
ness. The fire ragged from half-past three
o'clock until seven, when the wind fortunately
changed, and il was got under control. 1t is
estimated that between 700 and 500 houses
were destroyed, and over four thousand people
are homeless. Seven people are known to be
lost, while reports are current that a least a
dozen have persisted. It is known positively
that a woman named Tatromorell was burned
also a man named Quillette. The woman was
confined yesterday, and unable to leave the
house. Quillette was seen to rush from his
blazing dwelling into the street, where he fell
dead. He was terribly burned. Numerous
accidents occurred. The area of ground over
which the FIRE Travelled is a mile Ion :, by 400
yards wide. In numerous cases the occupants
saved their furniture, which is piled in the
streets. Horses, cows and pigs, as we'll as
other domestic animals, persisted. The prop
erty destroyed was mainly occupied by Ia
bonsrs. The loss is estimated between $500, OOO
and $500, 000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29

sown in whea. last fall 10 Sc thirteen per cent.
more than in the fall Previous. In the area
sown in rye there is a decline of six per cent.
as compared with the year previous. There
was a large increase in fall sown wheat in those
States that hitherto hive exclusively sown in
the spring. The experiment was unfortunate,
and all, particularly Iowa and Nebraska, re-
ports great disaster from the winter. On the
whole, the wheat crop thus far looks as faTof-
able as in the spring IF 1879. The condition
of live esSsk, as represented, is very favorable
better than for several years: No disease is
reported other than cholera among swine, and
that is no worse, if as bad, as last Eeaf.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
70 GLORY a. one hound.

Delegate Downey, Of Wyoming, who recently
introduced in the House a bill asking for the
appropriation of $500, 900 for concentrating
the life of Christ in paintings to adorn the
walls of the Capitol, has suddenly thrown
around himself a halo of glory. He caused to
be printed in the Congressional Record a poem
of 5000 lines in length, covering fifteen pages
double column, and entitled The I'm
mortals," in support of the bin, and has had it
copyrighted. 5
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
An Old Man.

Lafayette, Indiana, comes to the front
with a yarn that it has a.resident named
Matthew Robinson who is one hundred
and thirty years of age. The story goes
that he went to sea at thirty years of
age and followed that ~avocation for fifty
years, and for forty-three years he ran
the Erie Canal. He is six feet and over in
height. and for eighty years his average
weight was two hundred and thirty
pounds, though at present it is lie s
than halfthat. He never wore spectacles,
never carried a cane o. csutch and was
never sick.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29

Rev. DR.. fchainsy, pastor of the Unitarian
Church, at Evansville, Ind, has renowned his
faith in Christianity and resigned his pastor
ate. The most intense excitement prevails
over this turn of things in that denomination,
and the conservative members are saidto be
very Indignant They blsmesthe whole thing
to the influence of Fngersoll. gH
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
Ou~c.t,ou of sb.l, n.

1t is stated from Troy, N. Y, that a dele
CATION from the striking operatives informed
the management of the Harmony Mill at
oohoes that the operatives we're, ready to re-
sumo work upon a guarantee that the rights of
the Union be respected. The management re-
piled that a union would DO aided if formed
for the benefit Of sick members, but If it's pur-
pose was to dictate to the Harmony Mills
Company, then the question must be settled
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
Inaiann Moon.htnrrn.

From the hills Of. Crawford County, Ind,
comes the report of the existencs of a gang of
moonshiners, who operate in what is known as
Dry Run. A few nights ago, suspecting that
q man living in the vicinity named VIM. Saltz-
gaver had betrayed them, they dragged him
from his bed, and taking him to the woods,
tied him to . tree and beat him up SO badly
that he was unable to stand or proceed home.
1t is stated that this same mob have been
guilty Of similar outrages during the past six
years, one of their victims, named Golden,
q man Of character and position, having died
from injuries received at their hands.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
Crime.

Advices from Kinds County, Miss, reports
the cold blooded murder of a little white or
phan boy only fifteen years old, near Utica, by
Ben Richey, a white farmer. The boy worked
for Richey, but left and went to work for a
neighbor. Richey, very much enraged, fol-
lowed him to the house, went in, punched him
in the face and mouth with a gun, cutting his
face severely, and knocking out several teeth.
He then struck him with a stick, breaking an
arm, after which he dragged him by the hair
to the front gate, where he procured another
stick, and continued the beating, breaking
three or fsur ribs, and literally beating him to
death. The murderer is still at large.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
Desperate Character.

Considerable excitement prevails at Gale
donia, Elk County, Pa, over the murder of
two copstables, Wrenth and Volmer, by a
notorious outlaw and forger, named Harry
English. They were endeayoring ito arrest
English at his house, when he poked a gun
through the door and shot Wrenth dead. While
Voliner Was carrying Wrenth away,IEnglish
shot him, and then made good bis escape
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
Mrs Cusier uhiects

Mrs. General Custer has written a protest
to Mr.. Daggett, of Nevada, against the bill
pending in Congress for the erection of a
statue to her husband at Washington. Of
Mcdonald, the artist who executed the Custer
Statue at West Point, she speaks in the most
uncomplimentary terms. She is thoroughly
impressed with the strong individuality of her
husband, which, she says Mcdonald has to-
tally failed to depict in his work She says
he has dressed her husband armed as a des-
perado, whereas, the General made some of
his finest charges without any arms whatever.
Her letter will undoubtedly have the effect to
kill the bill,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
q
To he ExtradIeteA.

L. Cook Hoyey, the qdeiaulting City Clerk,
of Urbana, Ohio, who took refuge in the Domin-
ion of Ganada,Ji rs to be handed over to the
United States e Judge osler, Of the Queens,
Bench, gave Judgment sustaining the decision
ofJudge Hughes that Hovey be e1tradicted.
The necessary documents have been forwarded
to Ottawa, and upon the arrival of the extra
ditiOn papers from the Office of Marquis of
Lorne, Goyernor-General of Canada, Hovey will
be taken to Urbana for tiial. Both the pris-
oner and his wife are greatly surprised and de-
pressed by the result. -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
The Mo Graude FrontIer.

The President has approved the bill making
appropriations for acquiring sites and the GREGG
ton of suitable posts for the protection of the
Rie Grande frontier, and the bill donating
condemned bronze cannon to the Blair Monu-
ment Association Of st. Louis.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
what Queer Thipss Happen

The Secretary of the Treasury has received
ar envelope pOstmarked New York, in which
was inclosed the sumpof 81 900 with astagatr
ached, on which was written the worlds In
CONT Tax The money has been placed to the
credit of the conscience fund.-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
We Eel srnu.

A cable dispatch informs us that Lord
Mayor Gray, of Dublin, visited the United
States war ship Constellation, and expressed
the thanks of the Mansion House Relief Com
mittee to the American people of TIE United
States Government for aiding in the reliet of
the distressed in Ireland. +
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
On TheIr a1u.ele. a. Usual.

The sIndians near Ehrenburg, ON the
Colorado River, Arizona, have murdered Mr..
Galloway, sent their women and children north,
and defy the small forces sent from Ehren-
burg t~oarrest the murderers. The Agent at
the Colorado Indian reservation has withdrawn
to Ehrenburg for safety, and called for a mill
tary guard.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
Church OF Rome.

A Rome cable says a grand pathological
tee or polyglot academy was held at the
Vatican in honor of the exsltation of Pope Leo
XIII. The diplomatic body, nobility, arch
bishops, etc., were present. Scholars of the
Propaganda recited poems in forty-nlns differ
emit languages, extolHias the Pope.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29

The Russian Government has projected a bill
which is producing considerable excitement
among the thrifty Germans. It is proposed to
add 3 per cent. to the income tax upon persons
exempt from the army by reasonlof inability or
disinclinstion to serve. IL.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
Adyourned to- Eterutty.

EdwardN ugent and Henry ]. Redemeiser
were hanged at St. Louis ON the 23d.3Nugent
shot his wife on the goth of August, 1876,
while they were both under. the influence of
liquor. Redemeier killed Franz vosse, a re-
spectacle old builder, the 10th of August, 1878.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
Another Town DESTROYED.

! The report has finally reached us that the
town of Licking, Texas County, Mo-, consist
ing of sixty-seven houses, was entirely de-
stroyed by the recent terrible cyclone, only
two houses remaining standing. Only one
person was killed outright, but many were
seriously or fatally injured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
char,e. be- Yonnr K,nea.

A dispatch states that 1. M. Kalloch, son Of
I. S. Kaiioch, Mayor of San Francisco, entered
the Chronicle Office at 1880 on the evening Of
the 2Sd, and shot Charles De Young, killing
lin instantly. This is the fatal sequel to the
shooting of Mayor Kalloch some months since
by De Young.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29

An explosion Of q, oO6pouads Of powder OCCUR
red in a powder mill near San Francisco which
resulted in the loss of twenty five lives. Ten Of
the men we're whites, and fifteen were China.
me,, nssrly+atl of whose bodies were blown.
into an i~ndistinguishable mass. f. tta.,fs :
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29

The Gdurtof Inquiry at West Point, inves-
tigating the alleged assault on the colored
cadet, Whitaker, at the end of two weeks,
has accomplished nothing of a satisfactory ma
ture. The Court of Inquiry continues its
labors.4 : .rs+Sess 80 Rr IEaI
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29

A walla Walla, CAL, dispatch says:
" William Listau aud his wife Marie, new
settlers four miles from tAe tmatilla Agency,
were found murdered in bed, their heads
chopped to pieces with an az. Robbery was
not the object, all property remaining undis-
turbed. No cline.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29
We.rcrn 1riie worh. Rur,.a.

The Western File Works at Beaver Falls,
PENN, with all the contents, have been de-
stroyed by fire. These works are eaid to have
been the most extensive Of the kind in the
world. The ere originated in the roof, and
caughtff from a spark from a smoke-stack. The
loss is estimated at s4oO 900, upon which there
was IN insurance of $125, 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-29

AT Moberly, No., between 1band IL o'clock
at night aboat forty men-visited the Jail, and
with drawn revOlvers, forced the officers on
duty TO admit them. They then seized Harry
Mitchell, Dickey Yancy and Alfred Ca.eon,
three negroes charged with, numbering another
negro named George Matthews, near there, a
short time Ego, took them to the railroad
trestie about three miles from towns and
hanged the first two named.i Cateon was not
4 party to tho murder, but was strung up re-
peatedly until he told all he knew about the
affair, andthen-wa released.