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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
WAS IT A MURDER ?
Examination at the Inquest Of SaImi
Morse.
Certain suspicions That There May Have
Been Foul Play On the Part Of
hIeGivney.

NEW YORK, February 2S.-The inquest in
the case of Salmi Morse was continued to-
day. Mary Blackburn testified that Nc
Givney had asked her to be his wife, but
that she refused. Morse knew this. Nc
,Givney also knew that Morse was a suitor
OF hers. She had often heard Morse say
chat he wished he were dead. Thomas Nc
Givney testified that he had known Morse
and Mary Blackburn for three months, and
had been on friendly terms with them until
within week, when they had a difficulty
ABOUT theatrical matters. He acknowledged
going to Mary Blackburn's on the nj ght
SDefore the death of Morse. He found
Morse and Miss Blackburn there in a ques-
'tionable position. Morse Immediately left
the ROOM never struck him in my life.
I remained few minutes talking to Miss
blackburn, and then went to my lodging
Aouse. I stopped there until six O'Clock
friday morning, when returned to Miss
Piackpnrn.s; she admitted me.
fheatrical business. I did not mention
Morse's name. Later he corrected his tes-
t1mony by saying that the janitress had
light, and that the room was not dark, as
ne at first stated. He said that he called
the attention of the janitress to the posi-
tions of Miss Blackburn and Morse, saying
20 her: % Mary, want you as witness
TO this scene." The janitress heard him
call Morse an old rascal. After his sec
one call on Miss Blackburn he went to Har-
lem: 1t was after 6 O'Clock. He had no
unpleasantness with Miss Blackburn on
the evening of the 21st inst, beyond a few
words in reference to a mortgage his law
yer wanted TO get on the stage properties.
The lawyer said he could not get $40, 900 on
them. Miss Blackburn told him thathe had
no right to anything there, because every
tnlng had been purchased in her name, and
ne answered her to the effect that the ques--
tion would have to be tested before any
money could be raised on the property.
The counsel for Miss Blackburn desired to
cross examine McGivney, as the character
of his client had been attacked. but the
coroner decided that the only way in which
his testimony could be rebutted was to re-
call Miss Blackburn. This was done, and
she explained that their difficulty was over
money transaction. She denied in the
most emphatic manner the truth of the re-
mafnder of his testimony relating to her
relation with Morse.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
General Graham's Forward March.

TRINKITAT, February 2s.-General Gra-
ham marches from Fort Baker this after
noon. He bivouacs tonight, and resumes
the march on the Teb tomorrow, where
decisive battle is expected. One company
Is left on guard at Trinkitat.
CAIRO, February 2S.-Two armed steam
ers have proceeded up the White Nile from
Khartoum, under General Stewart, bearing
the white flag and distributing General
Gordon's proclamations. General Gordon
has explained that his theatrical actions
and announcements are necessary to Inn
press the people with sense of his power
Two Egyptian battalions have started for
Assouan. Fresh directions have been sent
General Graham, repeating the previous
orders to restrict his operations to the de-
tense of Suakim -,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Destructive Fire at Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, February 29.-A disas-
trous fire occurred last night at the chemi.
cal works of Powers & Wightman,
the largest of the kind in the country, which
were totally destroyed. The loss to this
place will be 81 100000. The fire was first
discovered about one O'Clock, but the alarm
was not responded to because the only en-
glnes in that fire district were already
engaged in combating similar fire in the
wool mills at Second and Lehigh avenue.
One of the two engines which answered the
first call came distance of nearly two
miles. The store of Coon Bros. & Co., pro-
duce commission merchants, No. % South
Water street, was damaged $4,000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Four Boys Blown TO Atoms.

OMAHA, NEB.. February 27.-Four boys,
ten to seventeen years old, while hunting
south of this city, this afternoon, exploded
q powder-house, containing over six tons
of powder. All four were blown to atoms
The victims of the explosion were Chris.
Madsen, aged seventeen; VIM. Abney, sev-
enteen; VIM. Mallus, twelve. and
John Stitt, ten. The magazine
was owned by Steele & johnson,
and located two and a half miles south of
the city. The shock was severely felt all
over town, and the Fire Department was
called out. Buildings half a mile from the
magazine had windows shattered and doors
split in two, trees were leveled and torn as
II raked with grape and canister, and the
branches left hung heavy with fruit of
human flesh, one head being taken from a
limb thirty feet high,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
An Ancient Masonic Record,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March "A most
important original Masonic record has
been discovered in the library of the His
toricai Society of Pennsylvania. The relic
consists of the original ledger account of
the first Masonic lodge organized in this
to June "a, 173S. Among the members of
the lodge was Benjamin Franklin, who be-
came member according to the records,
in February, 1871. The exact date of
Franklin's admission to the order was not
known until the discovery of this ledger.
1t is claimed it is the oldest Masonic lodge
book in America, and one of the oldest in
the world.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Serious Panic In a ST. Louis cburcb

ST. LOUIS, February 29.-There was
panic in st. Patrick's Church tonight,
caused by the bursting of pipe attached
to one of the steam coils. The church was
filled with steam and the congregation,
alarmed at this, attempted to leave the ed
lf1ce in body. As a result several persons
were trampled under foot, and an old lady
named Mary Mclaughlin sustained injuries
which will prove fatal. Father McCaffery,
who was preaching when the pipe burst,
besought the congregation to keep their
places, but his appeal proved unavailing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Ex-Treasurer Polk Dead.

NASHVILLE, TENN, February 29.-Mar.
shal T. Polk, ex-state treasurer of Tennes
see, died at East Nashville tonight. He
had been i'll for some days, but his death
was unexpected. He was lying on the bed,
talking as usual to his family, having been
up and down all day, and was apparently
in the same health as for several weeks.
Even his family hardly knew when he died.
his son, James Knox Polk, saw his arm
fall, and went to him and found that he
was dead. Several physicians were called.
and they pronounced it heart disease.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
A Blizzard in New York.

SARATOGA, N. Y, February pa heavy
gale all night, and all roads substantially
blocked. At East Line, south of here,
snow-bound freight train blocks communi-
cation on the Delaware and Hudson.
CHURcHvILLE, N. Y, February pa
terrific storm prevails. Five heavy trains
on the New York Central railroad which
were stopped in the snow here are frozen
to the track. All west-bound freight traffic
is stopped. The weather is extremely
cold
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
RepeaI of the Test Oath

WASHINGTON, February 27.-The bill re-
pealing the test oath, which recently passed
the House, has passed the Senate, after be-
ing modified by an amendment, proposed
by the Senate Judiciary Committee, pro-
viding that no person who held a commits
sion in the U. S. Army or Navy before the
war, and was afterward engaged in the
military, naval or civil service of the So
called Confederate States, shall be ap-
pointed to any position in the Army or
Navy of the United States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Frozen to Death.

READING, PENN, February 29.-Jeremiah
Van Rex, aged sixty-nine, and worth $780,.
600, left home in Amity Township, fifteen
miles below Reading, early this morning,
to drive to the city in a buggy. The long
drive against the cold wind chilled him.
The carriage arrived at the hotel, but he
failed to move. Van Rex was lifted from
the carriage, and was just able to walk into
the hotel, where he fell over with groan.
He was carried upstairs, where he fingered
in an unconscious condition until l 20 p.m.,
when he died. =
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
An Insurance Man Shoots Himself.

DETROIT, MICH, February 27.-George E.
Smith, corporation attorney of Union City,
Branch County, shot himself this morning,
and will probably die. He had had trouble
with the insurance companies for which he
was agent, they alleging crookedness in
his methods of doing business. A fresh
agent had just put in an appearance to ex-
anime into his affairs when the shooting
took place. Smith was married and moved
in the best circles of society.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
A Tenement Horror.

NEW YORK, February 2s.-A fire broke out
this morning on the third floor of frame
building occupied by Cornelius Van Ripper,
his wife and three children, and N. Connol-
ly, Van Ripper and his three children were
suffocated and burned to death. His wife
jumped from the third story window and
was instantly killed. The fire caused
loss of 500 before it was extinguished. The
bodies of Van Ripper and his wife and chill
dren were taken to the Eleventh Precinct
Station. The cause of the fire is unknown.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Seven Men Lost at Sea.

NEW LONDON, February 2s.-A dispatch
tonight notes the death by drowning OF
starvation of seven men of the crew of the
schooner Sarah W. Hunt while searching
for seals near Campbell Island, in the Pa
cif1c Ocean. The commander of the brigan-
tine, with the aid of boy, kept his vessel
on her course for a month. The captain
and steward of the schooner alone sailed
the vessel $50 miles to New Zealand, after
losing the crew
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

Had aproposal from any of the fair
sex since leap year began, Jones?'
Il have, brown. 1 had a proposal
from the daughter of my boarding
missus."
.'Gimini. you are in luck. How did
she muster courage to make it, and
what did you say?"
.'Well, you see, she keeps the
books for her mother, 50 she came TO
ma the other day and proposed"
Yes, yes, lucky dog; go on"
'She proposed that | pay up my ar
rears or git.
.'Whew
$50 | got. $ !SODierCile JOarRaL
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
A Conductors Fatal ForaetfuIness.

PARIS, Ill, February &-The local east
bound passenger train on the indianapolis
& st. Louis road, leaving here for Indian
apolis at u O'Clock to-day, collided with
westbound through freight when one mile
east of here. The engines of both trains
were demolished. Fireman Lindsey, of
the freight train, was instantly killed.
Many cars are splintered and piled in a
complete wreck, and many of the passen-
gers were hurt. 1t is rumored that twelve
were killed. The conductor of the freight
train forgot the passenger train was com.
ing until it was too late, and the two trains
met.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

Premier Gladstone was the subject
of an unpleasant experience in London
the other afternoon. He was walking
in Bond street unattended, on his way
to the House of Commons, when sud
denly a man seized him by the collar
and brought him to standstill. Glad
stone with some difficulty shook off his
assailant and continued on foot to his
destination. 1t is asserted the man
made the attack on Il wager.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
A Man Kick ed In Death

EFFINGHAM, ILL, March 2.-Saturday
evening Philip Pitsing, prominent Ger
man farmer living in the western part of
the county, was severely and probably IA
tally kicked by a horse. His skull was
fractured and he sustained other injuries.
He was leading horse with halter, hav-
ing tied the end of the strap to his wrist,
when the horse became frightened and ran
away with the ahove reSl1lt
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

A COMPETENT entomologist has been
engaged in exterminating the tree-de-
stroyers in Central Park. New York.
There have been found no less than 319
varieties of predatory insects. and over
three thousand trees affected Thirteen
bushels of cocoons and eggs were taken
from the trees at the first going over
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Effect of the Flood at MaysyjIIe.

! MAYsvILLE, KY, February %. = Last
night about forty feet of the western wall
of Robinson & Co.'s flour mill fell. Dur
ing the flood the water was all around the
foundation, which softened it and the sus-
tanning earth, causing it to give away. The
building was large two-story brick, and
it will cost about s., 900 to replace the wall,
not counting the suspension of business to
the mill
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

IT is denied in some quarters that
there is any genuine Mocha coffee in
the markets, but it is said that very
good imitation Mocha is supplied from
Rio coffee called pea berry. But there
are dealers who declare that they regu-
larly import true Mocha brands and
protest against assertions to the con-
trary
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

SoUDAN, the battle-ground of the
present Eastern war, is a vast territory
in Upper Egypt, stretching from Nubia
to the confines of Abyssinia and from
the Red Sea to the Lyban Desert. This
territory is peopled by hordes of Arabs
of various tribes, whose number is COM
puted to be between thirty and forty
millions
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Another Grew for the Artlc Reuions.

ERIE, PENN, February 29.-Seven able
seamen Of the United States steamer Mich.
igan volunteered to go out with the Gree
ley relief expedition, and reported to-day.
and by telegraphic orders from Washing
ton were examined by surgeon. All are
approved. The names of the men are c.
j. Keegan, J. Wachter, c. l.. Blanc, J.
Altman, A. L. Finn, P. Magins and Thos.
Wilsop ~
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
A Farmer ,Assassinated,

FULTON, Mo-, February q. - Robert
Craighead, well to do farmer, was called
out last night ostensibly for the purpose of
assisting a stranger out of mud hole with
d heavily loaded wagon. As soon as he
emerged from the house he was fired upon
and struck on the head by club, resulting
in immediate death. The Sheriff and posse
are -couring the country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

A BosToN man is authority for the
statement that during the last twenty
years 10000 divorces have been
granted in New England. In Massa-
chusetts and Vermont three out of every
fourteen marriages ends in divorce;
Rhode Island, one in twelve; in Con-
necticut, one in eight.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
A Desperate Assault,

JOLIET, ILL, March IA murderous as
sault was made upon Captain John Nc
Donald, Deputy Warden of the Penitentia-
ry, this afternoon at this place by the red
handed assassin and notorious desperado,
Frank Rande, with a poker, crushing the
being shot in the hip and head. In all
probability both will die.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

The electric light appears to be doing
better in England than in this country.
There are ninety English electric light
companies, with total caHtal of $26,i'
900, 900, which is almost as much as
hat of the gas companies.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

HUGH J. JEwIrr is director in
twenty railroad companies; Samuel
Sloan in twenty-three; Jay Gould in
twenty-four; George C. Roberts in
twenty-six; Augustus Schell in twenty
eight; Sidney Dillon in thirty-six, and
Frederick L. Ames in fifty-two.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Spencer Wants TO Sue,

WASHINGTON, February H.-Ex-Senator
Spencer proposes to bring damages against
Attorney General Brewster for defamation
of character and injury to his business
growing out of the Star Route cases and
the attempt to send him to prison for not
obeying bogus subpoena; that the arrest
was illegal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

NINE. ERNST quotes this mot that NJ.
Gautier once addressed to her: ttWhen
you wish to appear beautiful and at
tractive consult your best lady friend,
show her all your dresses and ask her
to select the one you should wear and
then choose another"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Sandy Hook If 10 said iS fact

Sandy Hook, it is said, is fast be-
ing washed away by the waves. With
each recurring winter the water makes
further inroads, and the last heavy surf
cut deep channel in toward the fort
wall, undermined the concrete jetties
built last summer and washed away the
fog signal station building. N Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Sfnrms at Sea

HALIFAX, N. s., March 2.-The steamer
Juliet, from Newcastle, England, reports
fearful storms and seas and revolving hur-
ricanes, heavy fields of ice, and immense
ice-bergs. She sighted a two-maste'
steamer, apparently hard and fast betwee
two bergs, but could not make out he
name. Later she passed an oil-cake or
petroleum ship afire. The crew are be-
lieved to have been rescued by passing
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

The patriotic citizen will see to it
that he does not eat, with his Cincinnati
sugar-cured ham, the lined eggs inn
ported from Germany. He will be sat
isfied with nothing but eggs that bear
the stamp of freshness and of home
production.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
loadinq With Gold.

NEW YORK, February 29.-There were
$500, 900 in double eagles withdrawn this
morning from the United States su b-treas-
ury, making total since February "a,
1884, of $4,000 900. Five hundred thousand
dollars in double eagles has been engaged
thus far for shipment to Europe by the
steamship Adriatic, sailing to Inorr ow.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

During a recent performance in a
Chiuese theater at San Francisco, Cal,
the two leading stars became engaged
in terrific fight, which lasted for near
ly half an hour. No one was seriously
hurt, and the audience enjoyed the per-
formance hugely.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

In New Orleans, where they have no
medical colleges, cremation society
has been formed which urges the City
Council to order the bodies of all dead
paupers and smallpox patients to be
burned,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
The person who figured in a Mime

sofa bigamy case as having two contem-
poraneous partners was not the man,
but the woman. 1t happened that her
time was divided between two counties
distant from each other, and that in
each she had suitor whom she loved.
Therefore, when they almost stimuli
taneously popped the question she said
yes in both instances. The weddings
were only two months apart. But her
double wedding was soon discovered,
and she is to be prosecuted Chicago
Tribune
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

In lecture delivered at Manchester
England, recently, Mr.. Leo Grindon esi
timated that out of 100000 known
species of flowerig plants, 10000 are Of
direct service to man, and 5000 are
more or less poisonous or hurtful.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Alcohol a Success as Fuel.

Boston, February 29.-While New York
parties were experimenting on the tug boat
Maggie Sargent with a combination of alco-
hol and water for use as fuel some four hun
dred gallons of alcohol poured into the
boiler took fire, and resulted in 5000 dam
age to the vessel, which falls upon the own
ers of the new system.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Counterfeiters Arrested.

CHICAGO, ILL, March 2.-The authorities
at Smithfield, ILL.,, telegraphed the United
States Marshal at Springfield informing
him of the arrest of gang of counter
feiters and the capture of their entire outfit
this morning. Their names are Mr.. and
Mrs. FiesterY and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

Miss JUSTINE LEVY, Hebrew girl Of
Scranton, Pa, married young man
named Farr, Gentle recently, and
her people have discarded her, pub
lished notice of her death and tied
Grape on the door-knob of the home she
left.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
A WAGON Company Burned Out.

SOUTH BEND, IND, February 29.-The
main building and all the machinery of
the South Bend Wagon Company, at Misha-
waka, burned at midnight, last night.
Loss, $25, 900; insurance, $4,000. Will re-
build immediately.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
They Want No Education.

CoNsrANT1NoPLE, March 2.-The porte
has refused the French ambassador per-
mission to establish at Beyront a French
college, on the ground that public instruc-
tion would interfere with the rights of tine
government. The minister sent an indig.
nant protest to the Sultan
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

Prank Aldrich, of Moscop, Conn.,,
owned an old mill which stood in the
center of the village, and which he re-
fused to move, although it was in de-
cay. The citizens finally blew it up
with dynamite. Hartford Post
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06

A wIDE-MoUTHED bottle, filed with
chloride of lime and water, and placed
on shelf or mantle, will purify the
air of room and it is said will prevent
contagious diseases, such as diphtheria.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Miscellaneous Items.

ELLA WHITTMoRE, aged thirty-two wears.
and eldest daughter of William Whittmore,
landlord of the Anchor Hotel, at Galena,
committed suicide few days ago by taking
rough on rats. No cause can be assigned
for. the rash deed. She was music teacher,
and very accomplished young lady.
AN Italian laborer, Francesca Sharanti
attempted to pass under a moving train in
the Lake Shore yard at Youngstown, re-
Gently, but was caught by the break-beam
and mangled in a terrible manner. He
was forty years old and has a family in
Italy.
A TOLEDO jury has fol. =. that colorea
man tried for bigamy, his first wife hav-
ing been married in slavery, can not be
punished. The result of the trial is re.
garded as significant on account of its bear.
|. ing on the validity of slave marriages.
ELI RoDENBAUGH, aged about sixty wears,
farmer residing in Norton Township.
Summit County, was instantly killed few
evenings ago, at New Portage, by train
on the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus
Railroad. Rodenbaugh was walking on
the track, and is said to have been under
the influence otliquor.
MISS ANNA STOMPS, of Dayton, was seized
the other day by an unknown man, who
held her firmly while he cut off her long
back hair, which he carried away with
him.
OHIO Senator's complain of sickness, and
attribute it to hot air furnaces.
The pastors association of Springfield
have shut down on games of chance in the
churches.
THE four-year-old child of Mr.. G.. Even,
living Il few miles south ef Kimbalton,
was standing before the CRATE recently,
when its clothes took fire, and before
assistance reached it it was so terribly
burned that it will probably die. Its
clothing was nearly all burned off, and
its body scorched and blackened to a crisp.
Mr.. AND Mas. GEORGE PLATT and little
daughter of Springfield, were seized with
violent convul> )nS after eating canned
tomatoes. Proper medical treatment saved
their lives.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
Bradlaugh Thinks 1t Mean.

LONDON, March -Bradlaugh has sent a
letter to Northcote charging him with hav-
ing violated the law in having had Brad
laugh excluded from the House of Com
mons. That act, Bradlaugh says, was mean
and spiteful, and unworthy an English gen.
tleInen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-06
A Second Suez Canal.

CAIRO. February 27-It is announced
that Charles De Lesseps will come here in
April for the purpose of obtaining conces-
sions which will permit The construct: on of
. second canal across the Isthmus of Suez.