The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15
NEWS EPITOME
OF in, important Events of the Week
AT HOME.

AT HOME.
The defense in the star-route trial opened
on. the 7th by placing Congressman Belford
of Colorado, on the stand. The Court de.
cided that he could not reply, as witness,
to the charges made against him by .Rer.
dell. Belford protested against this ruling
and was fined 500 for contempt, for which
amount Colonel Ingersoll drew his check.
LATkadvices from the Indian. Territory
are that General Porter, chief military ofh
Ger of the Creek'Nation, recently captured
Sleeping Rabbit second in command and
influence Of the rebel faction, headed by
SPEECHES, ard some half dozen other lead.
ers Of the same party, and now has them in
confinement This will probably break the
backbone of the rebellion.
WHEN United States Treasurer Gilfillan
leaves the Office, at the end of this month,
1t will be necessary, to count all the funds
in the Treasury -about SIS, 600 600 in cash
and $S75 600. 0o0in bonds. 1t viii require
q month time to do it. - - =
Ar Texarkana, Ark, on the 7th, while
Judge Mitchell was holding court Sheriff
C<Es Dixon killed ASS JohnsoA, late OF
Grenada Miss, The tragedy resulted from
misunderstanding dating back several
weeks. .f-ss
Ar half.past s. o'clock ON the night Of the
7th, the east bound passenger train on the
Little Rock and Fort Smith, RailroadHwas
boarded by forty men, two<miles westoi
Mulberry Station, Crawford County, one
hundred and forty miles from Little Rock.
They orderedF the passengers to throw up
their hands, and began firing pistols. Con.
ductor John Cain was in the rear car. and
was fatally shot. The robbers rushed for
the engine, but before reaching II, Engineer
Rogers pulled outand prevented robbery.
Brakeman Lester was also shot during the
firing The robbers jumped off after the
train was in motion. Superintendent
Hartman offers S.. 900 reward for the cap.
ture Of the robbers.
LfrrTKS1sr sHARBER, Of the Jeanette
searching party, has furnished the Seere-
tary of the Navy with detailed report oi
operations. He says, 81 regret to state no
trace of Chipp or his party or his boat has
been seen by US or any of the natives.}'
Two mail-bags, destined for New York
and Philadelphia, were stolen at the depot
at Towanda, Pa 5tt&
REGULATIONS for the government of the
claims for rebate on tobacco taxes, are
being prepared at the Internal Revenue
Bureau. They will be substantially as
follows: On the 1stof May each owrsr viii
be required to make an inventory of the
stock upon which he claims a rebate. He
will make an affidavit to the effect that
such stock was on hand on that date; that
the Q, s. tar. was fully paid, and that the
inventory Is true one. The claim must
be supported by the afidavit of two disin.
terested persons, to the effect that they
examined the stock personally, and com.
pared it with the inventory; that they
know the stock to have all been in the
possession Of claimant on said 1st Of
May, and that the inventory is cor.
rect. These claims are to be forwarded
to the Deputy Collectors, who will be re.
quired to make inquiries in regard to the
Integrity and credulity of the claim
ant and his-witnesses. The Deputy will
certify the result of his inquiries to the Col
lector, who will schedule the claims after
they have been received, and certify to
their correctness. Fir ally they will be
for~arde d to the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. All claims must be presented
Within sixty days after the 1st of May 10
Collectors or deputies, or they will not be
recognized, the law barring them out. 1t is
expected that it win take the Revenue
Bureau until next. winter to pass upon all
the claims to be filed for rebate. They
will reach-in the neighborhood of $1,000, J.
600. The fact that no appropriation ha.
beeumade by Congress to pay three or four
million. dollars OF rebate will not affect
the payment of claims to any extent, as
Congress will be in session again before all
the accounts can be finally decided.
A CLsvELAHp man, VIM. Lyon by name,
on the 7th dangerously wounded his di.
voroed wife, and then fatally shot himself
AT fire in the building known as Cam.
bridge Flats, in New York, on the 7th,
Mrs. Wakeman, aged fifty-six. and hel
daughter Rose, were suffocated and burned
to death before assistance could reach
them.
NorwIrHsrANDINe urgent appeals from
different quarters, the Illinois Legislature
has as yet made no appropriations for the
relief of sufferers by the late food, or fol
the victims of the mine disaster at Braid
wood.
THE packing houses of Armour & Co., in
Chicago, have stopped slaughtering hogs
the first cessation in the manufacture oi
pork since the firm began the business
The reason for stopping is that hogs are toe
high, are poor in quality, and cannot be
had in sufficient numbers even at the cur
rent prices.
THE funeral of Governor A. H. Stephen.
took place at Atlanta on the sth, and was
attended by fully 40, 600 people.
SECRETARY FoLGER has directed N W
Bingham and s. E. Chamberlin, Special
Agents of the Treasury Department, tc
proceed to San Francisco and Portland
Oregon, for the purpose of making g
thorough investigation of the whole sub,
iect Of the importation at those ports yoi
sugars free of duty under the Hawaiian
treaty. 1t will be remembered that Rep.
resentative Perry Belmont made minority
report to Congress on this subject, in which
he referred to the extensive frauds alleged
to have been perpetrated on the revenue
at the ports in question, under the treaty
with Hawaii.
Losses by fire on the sth were: Hasson 4
Doty's hardware store and adjoining build
ings, Canterbury, O.. s14, 1000; the Towr
Hall in Hyde Park, Mass, sS5,O 900; tn,
German Lutheran Church, Logansport
Ind, go, 900; Hoffman & Meyers clothing
establishment, Akron, o., $25, 900; residenc,
Of James Watson, Sanfordtown, KY.
$1,000.
A REroRr is current that short tim,
before the adjournment of Congress an at
tempt was made by some person unknown
TO assasinate ex-Secretary Blaine by shoot
ing into his carriage in which he was seate'
while returning from one of the nigh
sessions at the Capitol. Mr.. Blaine treat
the matter lightly, and says the hol
through the windows of the landau il
which he rode was probably made by
pebble thrown by some boy with devil
sling" His family, however, are said +
take more serious view of the occurrence
The jury case of Colonel Theodore Hyatt
President of the Pennsylvania Militar