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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
BRITISH SURPRISED,
And Narrowly Escape Disaster in
q Bloody Engagement Near
SuaAm.
The Formidable Hollow Square Broken by
the Native Troops, and Heavy Loss
Sustained

SUAKIM, March 22.-While detachment
a zereba, seven miles southwest of Suakim
to-day, they were suddenly surprised
by a rush of Arabs who were massed
and concealed in defiles, west of Hasheen.
The English formed into a square as
mules and horses were driven back
in confusion on the troops, causing .
stampede, and amid clouds of dust tho
Arabs penetrated tho south and north
sides Of the square. Meanwhile the ma
rines and the Berkshire Regiment, who
were on the east and west sides OF tho
square, maintained O continuous fire, hold.
ing the enemy ut bay, while a charge Of
cavalry and fire from the gums at Hasheen
zereba checked the onslaught of the Arabs,
which at the outset threatened serious dis
reports the English losses SO far as
known as two officers and twenty-five men
killed and thirty three men wounded.
Losses of the engineers, transport corps
and Indian troops are not yet reported.
An unofficial estimate places the British
killed at fifty-two and the wounded at
eig ghty-five. Nearly all the casualties
are due to spear thrusts received in
hand d-to-hand engagements. The Arabs
got between the transport train and the
LSi Cpd, huu SpctuSu tuc ucu VI uu0 W oAlo.
port corps and killed the animals. They
fought savaeely, refusing to give or take
quarter. General Mcneil, who commanded
the zereba, reports vaguely that there were
several thousand rebels in the fight, and
over thousand killed or wounded. Mcneil
is blamed for not taking precautions
against surprise. The enemy
began the attack at 8 this morn
ing. They were repulsed, and the ground
cleared by 4. The damage done to trans
port material yesterday is immense. Tho
Guards and artillery sent to reinforce the
troops were attacked. The whole of the
British force remained in the field during
the night. Camels and mules were ham
strung by the Arabs, and scores of camp
followers cut up. The Arabs scattered
about in the whole vicinity, intercepting
native fugitives. The appearance and yells
of the Arabs were SO sudden. that the whole
assemblage OF transport animals, mixed
with the natives, became panic-stricken
and surged on the zereba, making resist
ance hopeless. The scene was indescrible.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
49, EATON OHIO. THURSDAY. MARCH 26, 1885,
FOREIGN LANDS.
Nearly Two Hundred Labcrers Believed to
have been Killed.

FBrR1fN,- March 1S.-Two hundred and
seventeen miners were imprisoned by
an explosion of fre-damp in colliery
at Camphausen, near Saarbruck, in
Rheinish Prussia, this morning, and at
a late hour this afternoon, but seventeen
have been rescued. 1t is feared most OF
the two hundred others are suffocated. The
last reports from the colliery disaster at
Camphausen, state that ninety-elgh
bodies are recovered, and 102 men and hoys
are unaccounted for. 1t is almost certain
that all now in the mine must be dead, as
the main shaft and apparatus were de-.
stroyed by the explosion. Thirty persons
in the mine at Camphausen are saved.
SUAKIM, March 1S.-A general advance
toward Tomas will be made Friday. Spies
continue to report that the Amarai tribe OF
Arabs will desert El Mahdi and join the
British at the first favorable opportunity.
remains on guard at Suakim. General
Graham will send a reply to Osman Dig
mas letter tomorrow, advising him to
surrender to prevent bloodshed. A slave
girl in Khartoum when the city fell, states
that severe battle took place between
General Gordon's troops and the Arabs
fortnight before the city fell.
LONDON, March 1S.-The British Repre-
sentative and the Russian Minister at Pc
kin are trying to arrange peace between
France and China. 1t is stated that the
taels.
LONDON, March 18.-A general forward
movement of Russian troops is reported be-
hind the line of Outposts. General koma-
rolf is said to be encamped opposite Afghan
outposts at Aktepek.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
IunneIinn for Freedom.

PITTsBURG, PENN, March 19.-This af-
ternoon while one of the guards of the
Riverside Penitentiary was making his
rounds he noticed pile of clay deposited
in what is known as the dust-room: His
suspicious being aroused, he proceeded to
investigate and discovered a tunnel fifty
feet long, reaching within few feet of the
outer walls. The alarm was given
and a guard placed over the tunnel,
and an attempt made to discover the
guilty one, but all efforts in that direction
failed. The work, which must have occu-
pied weeks, was conducted so skillfully
and quietly that the officials had not the
slightest suspicion that any such scheme
was on foot, and if it had not been for the
discovery of the clay it would undoubtedly
have been successful. 1t is not known
how many were implicated in the plot, but
it is the impression of the Warden that at
least fifty of the prisoners were in the
secret.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Skirmish Near Hasheen.

SUAKM, March 19.-The mounted in
fantry and scouts, supported by the main
body of troops, marching 600 yards behind,
advanced to the base of the hills, near
Hasheen. Scouts reaching the summit of
the hills discovered the Arabs massed in
the valley. The Arabs at once
retired to shelter, but fifty
remaining in sight. When the Brit
ish advance reached the ridge of hills, the
Haderdowah tribe rushed from ambush and
made an attack. During this Captain
Birch was speared through the shoulder.
The Arabs got within ten yards of the Brit
which the enemy promptly re-
piled to. Four fnfantrymen were
killed and three wounded. Sew
eral Hadendowahs were wounded.
Among the killed is Lieutenant O'Connor,
whose horse was shot from under him.
The British retired, the Arabs showing no
disposition to follow. During the engage
ment on the ridge, the Bengal cavalry took
many prisoners. 1t was ascertained by the
reconnaissance that there are Arabs in
large bodies along the entire range of hills.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Funeral Instead of a Wedding.

NEW YORK, March 1s.-Gordon W. Burn
ham, the Connecticut millionaire who gave
the statute of Daniel Webster to New
York, died tonight at fifteen minutes of s
O'Clock. He had been lingering between
life and death for two days, and was en-:
tirely unconscious during the last thirty
six hours of his life. When
the end came he was attended
only by his immediate family and Miss
Kate Sanborn, his affianced bride, none of
whom he had recognized for two days.
Miss Sanborn is deeply affected by the
death of Mr.. Burnham, and has
alluded with much distress to the
fact that his illness was brought or
while waiting in the chill of the
evening for her. It is understood by the
codicl made to his will on Friday night.
with the approval of his sons, a provision
of $150,000 was made for Miss Sanborn
Mr.. Burnham had known her scarcely
year, but his devotion to her was great.
They were to be married to-day.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
VOL. XNIH--NO. 10.
BUNGLING LYNCHERS.
A Mob of Mississippi Negroes Succeed In
Breaking a Wife-Murderer's Neck AZ
ter Several Attempts.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 19.-Jake Doss,
colored, killed his wife near Atlanta, Miss,
some days ago. Within forty EIGHT hours
after, Doss married another woman and
went to Starkville. Suspicion was aroused
by the sudden marriage, coupled with the
disappearance of the former wife. A
search was instituted, and her body found
in the creek, with her skull crushed.
The chain of circumstantial evil
dence was completed bys the testimony
of several persons who saw Doss and
the woman just before they reached
the bridge on the afternoon of the muir
der. A warrant was sworn out charg-
ing Doss with the murder, and
he was arrested in Starkville and brought
back to Artesia for preliminary examina-
tion prior to incarceration in the Jail at
Columbus. The same night body of 200
or 300 colored men assembled in Artesia
and proceeded Quietly to a store, in an up
per room of which Doss was confined
% dozen charge Of the of maP sfeesed oesf About TO he
room, surprised and bound the officer and
led Doss down. They then placed Doss
in the center of the crowd and started with
him for a trestle-work on the railroad,
few hundred yards distant. On the way
Doss was asked what had become of his
wife. He did not know her body had been
found, and answered: 81 done give man
SIS to take her away. l dunno whar she is"
"Too thin, jake" chorused the crowd,
Twelve done found her, "and the procession
went on. The prisoner then knew that the
game was up. He showed no sign of fear,
and never once begged for his life. Arriv-
ing at the appointed spot an old
negro in the crowd knelt down and
offered up a prayer for the "Po mis-
fornat brudder about ter vacuate dis
yearth." He was eloquent, but too long
winded, and was only stopped at the expir-
alton of half an hour by the injunction
from unregenerate members of the mob to
"cut dat prar short" One end of the rope
was tied to the trestle, and one of the exc
cutioners attempted to adjust it around the
prisoners neck. Either from nervousness
or lack of practice he bung!ed.
Finally Doss lost all patience, and exclaim-
ed: "What yer doin', Niger? Want to
be all nj ght hangin' er man? Gimme dat
rope" The rope was handed him, and he
resting under the left ear. "Al ready?"
demanded the leader. "Go on, responded
the victim. At this he was pushed off the
trestle and fell fourteen feet to the soft
earth below. The rope. was, too
long, however, he landed unhurt.
The crowd was too much in earnest to
mind such a small mishap. Doss was
quickly brought back and the rope shor-
tened two feet. This time the drop proved
effective, and the prisoners neck popped
like dry stick. The crowd then quickly
dispersed. The body of Doss was cut down
next morning, and Coroner's inquest re-
suited in verdict of "death by hanging
at the hands of parties unknown"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
REPUBLICAN GLOOM.
The Appointment of the Kew Secretary of
the Treasury Not Hailed With Satisfac-
tton by the Clerks in His Departments.

The Appointment of the New Secretary of
the Treasury Not Hailed With Satisfac-
tion by the Clerks In His Departments.
There is reason to believe that the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Daniel Manning a.
Secretary of the Treasury is not hailed
with satisfaction by those who enter
tain sublimated views on CivilService
reform. He is represented to be man
of extremely practical ideas, from whom
any nonsense in the management of
department, such as would suit the no.
tioas of tho civil-service extremists, is
not to be expected.
The employees in the Treasury Depart
ment were beginning to feel easy about
retaining their positions when the rumor
of the appointment of Mr.. Manning
cast gloom over their prospects.
Those who but recently were quite
hopeful of being retained are despond-
ent since it has become certain that the
department is headed by man who
will not allow new theories to deluds
him in regard to the kind of reform
needed in the Treasury.
Being thorough business man who
understands that the Treasury Depart
ment Is one that above all others is re
quired to be conducted on business
principles and with honest methods, he
will stand no foolishness in the selection
OF his assistants. Those will be selected,
regardless of new civil service theories
as in his opinion will be in respect to
honesty and efficiency the most suitable
for the departmental business. He will
make short work of the incompetency,
favoritism, dishonesty and sineeurism
which have been accumulating in the
department for years.
The civil-service reform that would
stand in the way of the removal Of such
rubbish will get no recognition from q
practical and earnest man like Mr..
Manning, who can see no other way OF
managing public affairs than on busi-
ness principles and, who, as a business
man, having regard for the success OF
his administration can ind no use foI
such employees as have been favored
with places in the department. This is
pretty well known in Washington. and
has occasioned dismay in the Treasury
Building. g.-Harris6urg (Pa.) Patriot.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
wonderful, as it is one of the moss
beneficent, acts of people which hsvs
shown themselves to be entirely great
and capable of remaining entirely free.
-Brodstyn Eagle.
1T OUGHT TO BE SATISFIED.

An Expressive Legend that Might he
Inscribed on the Tombstone of the Re-
publican Party.
The Tribune is entirely truthful in its
solemn and no doubt satisfactory
declaration that ''the Republican party
goes out of power with consciousness
that it has not neglected its oppor-
tunities." No, indeed. When the we'll
known Cal Thomas, of Cincinnati,
was in supposed eztrensis. recalling the
good things he had long enjoyed as a
gastronomist and expert in other
pleasures pertaining to the qualification
of his appetites generally, he desired
that his tombstone should bear but this
simple yet most expressive legend: ''He
Had His Share"
There is scarcely prominent politi-
clan in the Going-Out Party who can
not triumphantly paste this exultant
motto in the front of his hat to-day,
leaving the same mortuary memoran-
dunn for his enriched heirs to inscribe
on his tombstone. From the begin
ming the Republican party has been
party of plunder. Its record is written
in the bank-books of the Cresus con-
tractors who were benefited by the
war, and for whose enrichment the war
was purposely and needlessly pro-
longed, when, as the late Henry Wilson
said in the Senate, it became the ''busi-
ness of the Nation. It is further in
scribed in the ledgers of the millionaire
monopolists enriched by special legisla-
tion. 1t is seen in the accumulations OF
such statesmen as Sherman, who went
to Washington comparatively poor, and
out Of small salaries, which scarcely
would cover their liv ng expenses, have
| managed to save millions. 1t is princi-
pal part of the record of Butler, who,
alter eleven months residence in New
Orleans, came back from the Crescent
] City millionaire. He, too, with the
rest, had his share.
1t is scarcely necessary to enumerate
the army Of Freedman's Bureau.
Whiskey Ring. Robson, Sanborn,
Indian Bureau, Belknap, Star-Route,
Howgate, Burnside and Swain swind-
lers, since these were all professed
thieves and plunderers, deliberately and
designedly robbing the Treasury and
the people to whom the Treasury be-
longs. Each one of these rascals '.has
had his SHARE" and with his pluuder q
share of the infamy thereto attaching.
The Tribune is quite right in assert
ing that the Republican party '.has not
neglected its opportunities" But the
most comforting part of the Tribune's
statement is the simple but equal truth
full remark which begins its sentence
and which recorded on its tombstone:
1.-The Republican party goes out OF
power" 1t does. And it will be some
time, we trust, before the power and
the never-neglected :.'opportunities"
retrrn.-M. Y. World.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Two Hunters Drowned.

KEoKUK, IA, March 22.-George Wilson
and George Dickinson, of Hamilton, Ill,
were duck-hunting in canoe near this city
to-day, when they were struck by a cake of
ice and upset. Dickinson sank at once, but
Wilson fioated upon cake of ice to bridge
a short distance below, where he grasped
rope let down to him, but not being able to
retain his hold, fell into the water and was
also drowned. Had he remained on the ice
ne would have been rescued, as some men
in a canoe were waiting for him some dis
tauce below.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Explosive Mail Matter.

VIENNA, March 22.--Three persons were
injured by an explosion in the post-office at
Temesoar The furniture and windows of
the building were greatly damaged. There
were six bags, labelled "Clover seed )" in q
sack, which exploded, and they had been
sent from Mannheim, a notorious resort of
Anarchists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Victims of a Snow Slide.

BOHEMIAN, Mon, March 1s.-James
Pouceford and party, which went up
Bridger Canon to rescue the Schlassman
party. buried in a snow avalanche. re-
turned to-day with the bodies of Schlass-
man, one of the Hazard brothers
and P. J Smith. The other Haz-
zard could not be found. The
slide had crushed in the cabin,
and all were badly crushed, and were dug
out of eight feet of snow, with timbers
across the bodies. The corpses were hauled
by hand through a deep snow five miles, to
where horses could be used. The parties
must have been dead three weeks. All
were buried this Afternoon.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
African Pigmy Prince.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 1s.-Queen NAT
becy, the wife of N. Conque, Chief of the
South African pigmies, has been absent
since Monday night from the South Side
Museum. She has been ill. Early this
morning she gave birth to son.
The baby is about nine inches in length.
1t takes only bit of leopard skin to cover
him. He was Immediately named Grover
Cleveland Albert Victoria N. Conque,
Royal Prince of the N. Chuhba tribe of the
Kalihari Desert. South Africa. The earth
men were greatly elated. At an early hour
to-day they begun performing their cere-
monies over the birth of Royal
Prince, much to the discontinue of
other guests at the hotel, many
of whom were thankful that
such an event did not occur every dav.
The little six vear-old chap, who still
nurses, was, mot behind the. others in express
ing his delight with his baby brother. The
Queen mother showed herself the superior
of her civilized sisters. She sat up ten
minu es after the young Grover saw the
light of day and quietly smoked pipe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Death by Fire.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, March 20.-Mrs.
John Mallen's boarding. house at East
Bridgeport burned this morning. Mrs.
Mallen, who slept on the second floor, was
burned to death. Jerome Bowen, boarder,
is missing, and is supposed to rave met a
similar fate. George Rutherford, ..an old
fireman, while endeavoring to save Mrs.
Mallen, was horrible burned Mrs. Mallen's
four children and several boarders barely
escaped with their lives. Nothing
was saved but the night clothes they wore.
The origin of the fire is mystery.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Suit of Interest to Railway Companies

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 20.-The HUI
name Society entered suit to-day in the
U. S. Court against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, alleging that the re-
cent act of Congress, which provides
heavy penalties on all public carriers of
live stock for failure to properly care
for animals during transportation, has
been shamelessly disregarded, the de-
fendant company having allowed live stock
shipped from Chicago to be on the road
sixty two hours without food water or rest.
The suit is test one. and brought at the
suggestion of the agent of the National
Humane Society. Should the plaintiffs
win the case an attempt will be made to
enforce the act in all parts of the United
States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Death Sentences COMMITTED.

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, March 90. - Thomas
Brownfield and Frank Hopkirk, who were
to have been hanged at Clinton, Mo-, to-
day for the murder of John E. Wells, a
farmer, of Henry County, February 90,
1884, have had their sentences commuted
to imprisonment for life by Governor Mar
maduke.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
More Amendments,

WASHINGTON, March ia. number o
nominations were sent to the Capitol o-day
but arrived after adjournment of the Senat'.
1t is understood they consisted of appoint
ments under the State Department, but
are not disclosed. Prominent Tennessee
Democrats assert, however. that ex-Con-
gressman Atkins was named in the list as
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and it is
rumored that John B. Stoll, of Indiana,
was named for the position of Public
Printer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
French Reyerses In China.

LONDON, March pa dispatch from
Hong Kong says the French are unable to
make forward movement from Langsara.
The country is aroused and devastated,
tanning supplies. The Che Chinese con-
stantly harass the French troops. 1t is
reported the French lost 900 men at Thu
yenquen, the Chinese having sent 5000 re.
Inducements there.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Flood from an Ice Gorqe.

MARSHALL, Mo-, March 1s.-Immense
damage was done by an ice-gorge overflow
at Waverly, Mo. A party lefth in skiffs
with provisions to relieve distress, and
found Mrs. Judge Thompson on a hill,
where she had been two days and nights
without shelter, and also rescued the Van
Meter family in the second story of their
house, where they had been two days with.
out food. A dozen persons and cattle per-
ished and have been drowned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Mystery of a Locomotive Fire-Box.

PORT JERvIs, N. Y, March 1S.-Consid-
cradle excitement was caused on the Sus-
quehanna Division of the Erie over the
finding of human hand and part of an
arm in the fire-box of a locomotive. When
the fireman of way freight went to
the engine yesterday morning at Hornells-
vile, he discovered in the fire-box the up
per part of an arm burned to a crisp. There
are many theories, one that it is all re-
manning of an entire body, another thatthe
arm is all there was of it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Joke on an Office-Seeker,

WASHINGTON, March ia Missouri ap-
plicant for an appointment under the pres
ent Administration was very much an
noyed here by joking friends getting up a
formal recommendation in his behalf for
"Pork Examiner at jerusalem" The joke
was carried so far that the office-seeker
went to the wags who got it up, and i'm
keep this thing up you'll ruin me. Why,
you'll make the President think Pm a
Foo1
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
TASTED Seventy-Five Days and Died.

AKRON, O., March 1s-Jessie Hall, very
bright colared girl of sixteen, died here
after having abstained from food for seven
ty-five days-positively taking no suste-
and these very seldom. Part of the time
the girl was in comatose state. Physi-
clans were completely baffled by the case,
and claim it to be one of the most peculiar
ON record.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
The Labor Question,

WASHINGTON, March 19.-Carroll D.
Wright, Commissioner of Labor, recon-
mends that three special agents he sent to
Europe for three to five months, and eight
or ten OF such agents be appointed for the
United States to invesrig, te the labor
question in all it's various ramifcation.
The suggestion meets the approval of Sec
retary Lamar.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Theatrical COMPANY Arrested.

PHILADELPHIA, March 19.-At the Wal
nut Street Theater tonight the manager
and treasurer, actors and ushers, and other
employees were arrested, and the perform
ance stopped, the manager having failed
to get State license, the cost of which is
$500. Manager Nixon, of the Chestnut
Street Theater, was recently convicted for
not obeying the law.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Abrogation of PoIygamy.

SALT LAKE CITY, March 19.-The official
organ of the Mormon Church here
admits hat portion of the church
favors the abrogation of polygamy, and
does not deny an attempt will be made to
force abrogation upon the spring confer
ence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Senator GarIand's Successor.

balloting a letter was read from Poindexter
Dunn, withdrawing. The fifth joint ballot
was then taken, electing James II. Berry
to succeed Garland in the U. S. Senate, as
follows: Berry y, Newton II. Fishback 13,
House 5, Horner =, Crittenden 8. Necessary
to a choice, 81.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-03-26
Off With a Bar of Gold.

TOMBSTONE, ARIz. March 1S.-Z. W.
Smith, confidential clerk of the st. Helena
mine. Las Delcas, Sonora, absconded with
a gold bar, valued at $4,000, which he was
conveying to Hermosillo. The company
offer $1,000 for the capture of the thief and
recovery of the bullion.