The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-29
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Collated and Compiled from all
Quarters.

MMPORTANT EVENTS
Collated and Compiled from all
Quarters.
WASHINGTON BRIEFS.
The State Department is daily receiving
great numbers of inquiries from firms en-
engaged in the expectation of meats, as to
the prospects of any modification of the
edict of the German Government against
hogs The department at the game time is
receiving trade papers and editorials from
daily papers throughout the country, urg-
ing retaliatory measures in the next.Con-
gress. A department official expresses the
opinion that the exclusion of pork from
Germany is but an incident and that it is
part Of what might be called a. conspiracy
on the part of the agriculturists of Europe
to endeavor to prevent the competition OF
American pork.
In the Star-route trial the Government
has closed the cross-examination of Brady.
There is difference of opinion as to.
whether the examination was made to
yield all it should have yielded. 's"
A QUESTION was submitted to the Direc-
tor of the Mint, at Washington, as 10
whether an officer of the Mint could legally
accept the Office of Mayor of the city. The,
Director replied under an executive order
issued in 1873 acceptance Of such office
would vacate the Federal Office. tS f
'IssrRucTIoSs have been forwarded to the
commander of the Department of Dakota
for the removal of Sitting Bull and his inn
mediate followers, now under military
surveillance at Fort Randall, to the Stand
ing Rock Agency, where others of the Sioux
reservation Indians are stationed. The
savages will leave Randall under guard
April Is. Provisions will be issued to the
Indians until they have an opportunity to
provide for themselves. This is in accord
ance with the request of Sitting Bull to be-
come reservation Indian, which this
chieftain has hitherto declared he never
would be. He was taken to Fort Randall
early last fall, together with number of
warlike young bucks, and thus separated
from others of his band, the Uncapapas,
owing to the ugly demeanor of himself and
followers. 1t is expected that he will be
given an opportunity to raise stock to rro-
vide for himself and people.
G. w. WILLIAMS & Co., of Springfield,
Ill, have been declared by the Post-office
Department to be engaged in conducting a
scheme for obtaining money through the
mails by fraudulent representations and
promises. The Postmaster at Springfield
has been directed to discontinue delivery
to the firm of registered letters or money
orders.
The reports of the Department OF Agri-
culture show Indiana to be the first wheat
growing State. The yield is 1916 bushels
to the square mile, and 1906 bushels to
the acre. Ohio ranks next and Illinois
third. -
The State Department is daily receiving
great numbers of inquiries from firms en-
gagged in the expectation of meats, as to
the prospects of any modification of the
edict of the German Government against
hogs. The department. at the same time
is receiving trade papers and editorials
from daily papers throughout the country,
urging retaliatory measures in the next
Congress. A department official expresses
the opinion that the exclusion of pork
from Germany is but an incident. and
that it is part of what might be called a
conspiracy on the part of the agricultu.
ralists of Europe to endeavor to prevent
the competition of Am erican pork.
A DISPATCH from Muskogee, Indian Ter
ritory, on the ed, says company of sol
diers from Fort Gibson has gone out to ar
rsst the belligerent Creeks. Troops from
Fort Reno will cooperate, and the hostile
force will be compelled to disband. 1t is
stated if this action is followed by prosecu-
ton of the hostile leaders and impartial in
vestigation of the cause of the outbreak,
peace will be restored; otherwise there will
be continuous trouble among the Creeks.
SECRETARY FoLeER's physicians advise
that he either resign or leave the work OF
the Treasury Department to subordinates
for a considerable period. His health is
thought to be permanently injured from
over-work. .
An effort is being made to secure an In
dictment against General Brady in connec.
tion with former o. s. Senator for con,
spring to defraud the Government.
The Governor of Montana has notified
the Postofice Department at Washington
that the Postmaster at Green Horn ha:
been hung for barn-burning.
FoR the past fiscal year the total
number of manufacturers and dealers
in smoking and manufactured tobacco
and snuff, cigars, cheroots and cigarettes
as estimated at the Internal Revenue
Bureau, is s435, 800; of these 24o, 600 are deal
ers, Il, 900 manufacturers of cigars, and 9o'
manufacturers of tobacco and snuff.
THE British Minister at Washington say
he does not apprehend that the friendly
relations of England and America will b
affected by the violent utterances of som'
so-called Americans regarding the dynam
lite outrages in London.
MADDux. HOBART & Co.. of Cincinnati
and others, have asked whether the Gov
erment would throw any obstacle in th'
way of exporting bonded whisky to Can
ada, for the purpose of deferring the pay
ment of the tax. General Raum say
that personally he would not re
gard such expectation as wrong, and h,
would be glad to see it done. Acting Sec
retary of the Treasury French, however
says it would not be agreeable to the De
partment, and no effort will be made by
tho Department to influence the Canadian
authorities to modify their regulations SC
as to admit forty gallon packages.
ORDERS have been sent from the Treas
ury Department to Superintendents of tn
lake districts of the life-saving service di
recting them to instruct keepers of station
TO enlist crews for the ensuing active sea
son, which will extend from the epenin
to the close of navigation.
AT HOLE
ABRAHAM KARREL and Jacob Cohn lei
Cincinnati some days ago to buy produc
through Central Kentucky, and have nc
been heard from. They had good deal c
money in their possession, and there al
fears that they have suffered violence.
THos. c. VANNEss, Commissioner of In
migration under Governor Irwin, of Cal
fornia, has been arrested for embezzlir
s10, 900.
The house owned by Mrs. Hannah RAJ
dolph, in Newport, R. l., burned on tt
21st, and Mary Barry perished in Il