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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-30
Particulars of Barrios' Death.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.-The Bulletin
will publish this afternoon the following
particulars of the death of the late Presi-
dent Barrios, of Guatemala, obtained from
L. B. Pamett, the Guatemalan Consul, of
this city, who returned here this morning
on the steamer Granada, from Guatemala.
"The engagement in which Barrios was
killed was between one battalion of the
Guatemalan troops and much larger
body of San Salvadorians. At a. M,
Barrios gave the order to attack, but at 10
O'Clock no advance movement had been
made, as the troops were under the COM
mand of an unpopular Colonel, and re-
fused to obey, him. Barrios was in his tent
with two of his officers when the informa-
tion was brought to him. On the refusal
of both these officers to assume command,
he left the tent, and it was while he was
proceeding to the front of the column
that he was shot by a sharp-shooter from
tree. The bullet entered his right
shoulder, passed through his heart and out
through the left side. Meanwhile the bat
tie had commenced, and in a short time
both sides withdrew from the battlefield,
but not until determined and successful
effort had been made to recover the body of
Barrios." Mrs. Barrios, wife of the late
President of Guatemala, and seven children
were among the passengers on the steamer
Granada, which has just arrived from
Panama. Her son, Antonio Barrios, ar
rived yesterday from the East.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-30
A Battle In Northwest.

CLARK's CROSSING, n. w. T.. April "a
A messenger just arrived from the North
brings the following particulars of an en-
gagement with the rebels, which occurred
at 9:15 A. NJ. to-day, fifteen miles south of
Vatoche: The insurgents had taken
ground in the edge of deep ravine, from
which they poured deadly fire into
the advancing columns. When the
messenger left the fight was still raging.
Three houses belonging to the insurgents
aad been shelled, and many of the occu-
pants driven from them took refuge in the
ravine. Tho Indian allies of the rebels
fought vigorously in Indian fashion. The
whole number in the ravine is estimated
ut 800. General Middleton's hat was
shot thI ough. He, however, escaped
uninjured. Captain Wise's horse was shot
from under him. The Ravine is entirely
surrounded, and there seems no possibility
of escape for the insurgents. The Tenth
Royals, from the west bank, had just ar
rived as the messenger was leaving. A
number of causalities are reported. The
artillery are still shelling the rebels out of
the rayine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-30
THE CRISIS AT HAND,
And Peaceful Adjustment Of the
Troubles improbable.
Tho Russian and British Armies Rapidly
hIobilizing.-EDgland Insists That
Further Indignities VIII be
Resented.

LONDON, April a. Military preparations
continue unabated, and the reserves are
rapidly mobilizing. Barracks throughout
the Kingdom are preparing quarters for q
possible call on the militia. The ammunition
factories belonging to the Government up to
the present have been unable to supply all
demands, but numerous offers have been re-
ceived from private firms capable of efficient
work. The STANDARD says: "The extreme ten
sion in the relations between England and
Russia continues, but as yet there has
been no absolute diplomatic rupture. That
is the least disquieting form in which the
truth can be told. The deadlock is not a
whit less serious because the day passed
without bringing the crisis. It is no longer
q question of disputed frontier. We be-
lieve negotiations on that subject are for
the moment set aside. Satisfaction for
the Panjdeh incident monopolizes the whole
The more it is discussed the more hopeless
~ remote appears the prospect of an agree
ment. In demanding satisfaction England
Is simply telling the mischievous irebrands
who shelter themselves under the authori-
ty OF the Gar that If they persist
play it with impunity. The Times says
there is no reason why. the crisis should
not suddenly become acute If Russia is de-
termined not to avail herself of English
doNoACeS, anu Ouo lud1ubcuauC6 VI QlplO-
matte relations .win lead to no useful
end. The withdrawal of Sir Ed
ward Thornton and Baron de Staal
will not of necessity lead to final
rupture, but will, however, ac-
centuate the position and warn other
Powers of the necessity of bringing imme-
diate pressure to bear on Russia if they
wish to avert war. The opinion is gaining
ground at Berlin that war will be declared
before the end Of the month. 1t is rumored
that Eobanoff, the Russian Ambassador at
Vienna, will succeed M. De Giers in the
event of his resignation, which appears to
be likely.
VIENNA, April Authorization is re-
ceiyed from st; Petersburg that the Council
of the Empire has been asked to authorize
an extraordinary credit of q, 900 900 roubles
tabout 1000 ,000) for. strengthening the
navy. Naval circles are at fever heat over
the reported presence of British Ironclads
In the immediate vicinity of Viadivostock.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-30
a REPusLIci.N KICKER.
The Chicago Pension Agent-A Grcedy
and Selfish Female.

The Chicago Pension Agent-A Greedy
and Selfish Female.
Miss Ada Sweet, the Pension Agent at
Chicago, has q. temper which bellies her
name. Having received message
from General Black. in which she was
politely requested to send in her resig-
nation at the close of the fiscal year,
this 'pert, clipper aad sassy damsel
proceeds to insult the Commissioner
and to send whining letter to the
President, eulogizing her services, and
in effect begging that she NAV hold on
longer. General Blacks request was q
reasonable and proper one, and it was
not necessary that he should state his
reasons for asking for Miss Sweets res.
ignation. While it ii conceded that her
management of the Office itself, so far
as its routine business is concerned, is
good, the office has been used by tho
leading Republican politicians Of nli-
nois as political machine. 1t i
said that Miss Sweet, in return for
the powerful INFLUENCES which have
kept her in the place, has yielded to them
the control of the patronage of her
place. Whether this is, or. is not, true,
there is good reason for making .
change in the Office. Miss Sweet has
held It for mora than eleven years, dur
ing which time she has drawn in salary
and perquisites over S100.O00 II now,
it is settled custom to give this Office
to the widow Or daughter of Union
veteran, it is high time that Miss Sweet
should step down and give another a
chance. General Black desires that the
widow of the gallant Colonel Mulligan
shall be appointed, and we hope his
wishes will prevail 1t was this woman's 9
husband whose famous reply to a Con-
federate demand that he surrender the
post of Lexington, Mo-, is still well re-
membered. The country has long
known how hard it is for Republican
of the male sex to give up an Office, but
it had not expected that the females Of
the organization would be even moro
greedy and selfish. Boston Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-30
Wall OF THE REMOVED.

For twenty years and more I've been post
master in Maine;
Tveled free and easy life and got both
large and stout,
I've lived on pie aud cake and beans-and
now, in language plain,
sayI think its mighty mean that Glove
lands put me out.
Indeed had sinecure; the office ne'er oped
Until little distance of heard the coming
And from the ONCE to my home always
When the mail had been delivered to the
maideus sweet and plain.
never did a bit of work; used to lie around
And listen to the gossip of the matrons at
tho door;
Ny offspring took the mailbag to the station
And another. Isabella, read the ..postals"
DER and Ger.
And now think III have to go a living for to
I'll have to work from sunrise till the .twi-
light softly falls,
And my dinner shall carry in o little polished
And ri labor in check shirt and pair of
overalls.
shall soon be fair and slender. for my fat
And look like no great statesman with a
rosy tinted nose;
In fact, ], Il grow so slender that soon shall
When I'll be small enough to wear my little
Andy's cl )thes.
No more I'll grab the mailbag as it comes
No more III have to stand around and lick
the postage stamps;
In my old armchair, a doing like a tom-cat
ahortlyI
Shall see one of those underhanded Demo
cratic tramps. Puck. !.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-30
A SNOW SLIDE.
An Unreasonable Accident in Col
orado.
Eleven Miners Buried and Doubtless Have
All Perished-Great Difficulty in the
Way of Recovery Of the Bodies.

.LEADvILLE, COL, April 26.-At 2 O'Clock
this afternoon news reached this city that
eleven men working in Homestake Mine-on
Homestake Mountain, on Eagle River were
buried in a snowslide. A special train
from here carrying la rescuing party left
within an hour for the scene of the disas-
ter. Arriving at the point nearest the
mine, the party was met by a crowd of e1-
city miners, who informed them that it was
useless to attempt to reach the mine
with snow shoes, at that time of day.
The party returned to Leadville, and will
repeat the trip early in the morning, when
it is hoped the snow will bear
the weight of men. The miss
ing men are: Martin Borden, and
brother Sylvester, of Nova Scotia; Hor.
ace W. Matthews, and brother Joses, OF
land; Charles Richards, of Nova Scotia; !;
Chris Harvey, of Leadville; Robert Camp
bell, of Red Cliff; John Burns,
San Francisco, and one man unknown.
DENVER, COL, April 26.--A large rescu-
ing party left Leadville early this (Sun-
day. morning for the scene of the snow
slide at Homestake Mountain, and is now
working with desperate earnestness to
reach the victims. Up to dark this evening
two bodies were reported recovered. The
fate of the other buried miners will prob
ably not be known before some time
Monday, as a great mountain of snow
must first be removed. 1t is feared that
all have perished. .Homestake Mountain
is one of the highest in that part of the
State. The side of the mountain on which
the mine is located is very precipitous.
The great avalanche must have literally
fallen upon the cabin of the unsuspecting
miners crushing it to atoms.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-30
COMMERCIAL CONVENTION.
An Important National Gathering to be
Held at Atlanta, Ga, May 10, 90 and
21-Circular Issued by the
Executive Committee
Programme.

ATLANTA, GA, April 22.-The citizens of
Atlanta having determined to invite dele
gates to a National Commercial Conven-
'tion, to assemble in this city on the 10Th of
May next, II. L. Kimball, Chairman of the
Executive Committee having.the matter in
charge, has issued a circular explaining the
objects of the convention and giving the
following programme:
l: The convention will be composed of dele,
gates to be selected, as follows: Every local
body organized for general commercial, and
not for special private purposes, shall be en-
titled in this convention to the following rep
resentatiOn: Each association having fifty
members or less, shall be entitled to one dele
members soo sbal have aT ONE other deIeeate @ for
each additional fifty members; to be appoint
ed by the association. Any city or town of
two thousand inhabitants not having an or
ganized body as above, shall be entitled to ono
aelegate, and towns of over two thousand in
habitants shall haye one other delegate for
Delegates to be appointed by the Mayor or
Chief Magistrate. The Governors of each
State shall shall be be emitted to two additional dele
gates-atrlarge, to be appointed by the Gov
ernor.
2. There are to be eight National delegates,
to be selected by the Executive Committee.
8. All delegates shall present credentials
under seal from their respective constituent
cieS; said credentials shall certify the number
of delegates to which the constituencies en-
titled.
4. The subjects to be considered shall be:
~ Commercial and Reciprocity treaties be-
tween the United States and foreign coun-
tries. C2) A National Bankrupt law. ~ The
compulsory coinage of silver. ~ Railway
transportation. o. Such other questions
touching National, financial and commercial
interests, asthe convention may deem proper
for discussion and action.
Very favorable rates of passenger trans
portation to this convention are given by
the different railroads, and it is the pur-
pose of the committee to arrange as far as
possible to give the delegates on the two
days of the week after the adjournm mt of
the convention excursions to places of in
terest and Importance.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-30
Russian Movements.

LONDON, April 26.-The Daily Neacs' st.
Petersburg letter confirms the report that
six thousand Russian troops from Baku
have been landed at Chikaislar and four
thousand at Krasnovadsk. Two Thousand
men have also been sent to reinforce the
Russian army at Merv.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 26. Reports are
in circulation here that M. De Giers, For
eign Minister, advised that, in the event of
England's refusal to yield to Russia's
claims in Afghanistan, Baron DeStaal,
Russian Embassador to England, be recall
ed and all further parleyings cease. The
Russian Government has consented to
the formation of mixed commission to in
quire into the reports of General Komarof
and Sir Peter Lumsden. 1t is not stated,
however, whether the decision of the COM
mission will be regarded as final. In the
event of war with England the Russian
Imperial Guard will proceed at once to the
Baltic Provinces. Its strength is $1,000
men and LA field guus. Thousands of inn
migrants are focking daily from the field
and coast of Sweden and embarking for
America and elsewhere to avoid being
drafted into the army in the event of war.
Agriculture in GothIand is at a stands
the farmer expecting to be compelled to
perform military service to preserve the
neutrality of Sweden.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-30
sTuLTIFYlNo THEMSELVES.
The Charge OF Unequal Representation
Had Better Not BE Pressed.

The Charge of Unequal Representation
Had Better Not BE Pressed.
In their frantic endeavors to convince
the country of the necessity Of depriving
the South of her rights of representa-
tion IN Congress, Mr.. Blaine's friends
are constantly stultiIying themselves.
The Philadelphia Press, for instance.
calls the electoral land representa-
tive inequalities between the North and
the South "monstrous injustice" be-
cause the North, with more than
double the vote of the South, has only
one-third more representatives.. It says
that in the North the average vote for q
representative is 34,567, while in the
South it is only 24,747. The table
which the Blaine organ publishes to
prove its statements contain certain
statistics which are not commented
upon by it. For instance, in the Re-
publican States of F.hode Island and
Nevada, the average vote for repre-
sentative is 16, 375 for the former State
and 1869 for the latter. According
to its logic the State of New York, with
its 1,167, 153 voters, should have double
its present representation in Congress
LII 40 OiiAu LCdi W Oub
Mr.. Blaine's leveling views, his
organ would obhterate State lines
and place all the power of the
Government in the hands of the more
densely populated States and deprive
others of the right Of representation.
In such case great many Republican
districts would suffer, and a great many
of Mr.. Blaine's friends would be left out
in the cold. This crusade against the
South is indefensible from any point OF
view. That section can never forget
the misery and suffering it endured
from the carpet-bag Governments
foisted upon it by the Republican party,
and it knows that its only hope in being
allowed to pursue its present course OF
industry and development is through
wise, patriotic. Democratic influences
Tits solidly Democratic because it has
experienced only spoliation, bankruptcy
and degradation under the reconstruo-
ton methods of Republican admins
tration. The charge of Unequal repre-
sentation is two-eds,ed sword, which
Mr.. Blaine's friends had better not
handle, lest they hurt themselves more
than the South. WASHINGTON Post
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-30
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.
Commissioner Coleman Beginning vigor-
ously to Eradicate it.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-The FirstComp-
sioner of Agriculture can legally use the
pleuro-pneumonia appropriation, to pay
for such animals as it may be found neces-
sary to kill in order to stamp out an infec-
tion, Commissioner Colman has prepared
a set of rules to govern the action of the
department in this regard, and has tele-
graphed copy of them to Governor Mar.
maduke, of Missouri, asking him to advise
by telegraph of his acceptance of the plans
and methods prescribed therein. The rules
will be submitted to the Executives of
other States for acceptance. They are as
follows:
whenever the Chief of the Bureau of Ami
port to the Commissioner of Agriculture that
contagious pleuro-pneumonia or other dan
exist in any State or Territory, and is liable
to spread from such State or Territory into
other State or T the
more officers or employees Of said bureau,
whose, duty it shall be to proceed
suoh to or 6s 0sa sesse Messe
is reported to exist, and to there establish
quarantine regulations to prevent the spread
animal or animals which it may be found
necessary to destroy in order to extirpate
said disease and to employ both measures,
if necessary, for the extinction of the same.
1t shall be the duty of such officers or en-
ployes detailed for the purposes aforesaid,
to report to the Commissioner of Agriculture
the number of cattle they have found it
necessary to destroy, with names of their
owners and the assessed value of said cattle;
and said officers employees shall de-
liver to said owner or owners certif1-
Gates of the number of cattle SO killed and
the assessed value thereof. Upon receiving
said report the Commissioner of Agriculture
shall examine the same, and if he approves
the proceedings of said officers or employees
and the assessments made by them, he may
order the payment of the amount so assessed
to the respective owners of the cattle de-
strOyed, and If he shall disapprove the
amount SO assessed he may order payment
to such owners of such cattle as he may
deem just and reasonable compensation for
said cattle.
sit shall also be the duty of the said officers
or employees to cause the carcasses of ami
mails found necessary to be destroyed TO be
burned, buried or otherwise disposed of and
the cost of such disposition of said carcasses
shall also be reported by them to the Com
missioner Of Agriculture, and the amount,
If approved, will be paid out of the fund ap-
propriated for such purposes. If, in
the opinion of said officer or employees
so detailed the spread of such infec-
tions or communicable disease can be pre-
vented by the quarantine of the animals in
the locality where such disease is reported
10 exist, then q quarantine shall be effected,
the cost of the same also to be reported to
the Commissioner of Agriculture, and, If ap-
proved by him. the same to be paid out Of
tie fund hereinbefore named. Rules govern
ing the details of slaughter and quarantine
will be prepared Immediately"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-30
NoN-FoRFEiTABLE BONDS.
A Bit of Advice to q Defeated Presidential
Candidate.

A Bit of Advice to q Defeated Presidential
Candidate.
'.Mr. Cleveland's administration is
under bonds, like his party" says Mr..
Blaine, in the New York Tribune. Yes,
bonds of union with the peoples in
terests, which it has cheerfully assumed
and which it has not the slightest in
tention of breaking; bonds of friend
ship with every measure that tends to
promote the public veal, and bonds of
confidence with the Nation which gives
it such unstinted support and encour-
agement The American people knew
too well the flimsy nature of the bonds
Mr.. Blaine was willing to furnish in
order to get into the White House, and
they preferred the more substantial
guarantees offered by Mr.. Cleveland.
The correctness of their judgment has
been proved already, although the ad
ministration they chose is scarcely more
than week old. Economy has taken
the place of wilful waste of the peoples
money. and although Mr.. Blaine
affects to sneer at the good work
in this direction which has been
inaugurated at the White House, it
has received general commendation
and hearty Endorsement. Economy,
in Mr.. Blaine's eyes, is nothing but '.po-
litical clap-trap. or device to escape
the provisions of the Civil Service act"
While he may be excused for his ig-
norance of something so foreign to his
notions of the administration of public
affairs as economy, he should not insult
the intelligence Of the people by sneering
at it and giving it false Interpretation.
One would conclude from his ill-natured
filings in the Tribune of every appoint
ment made by the President or his Cab
met that Mr.. Blaine has made up his
mind not 10 be pleased with the new
Administration. This is to be regretted
solely on his own account, as he must
be prepared to be unhappy for a very
long time, in fact, for the period of his
natural life. The people viii not be
inclined to change from a Democratic
Administration, having found it so adj
mirably suited to them. He can get
along without crowd of hang
| ers-on in sinecure positions, and
how every one in the pubic service
should be expected to earn his salary by
honest work. His way would have been
50 different had he the handling of the
| peoples money. No reduction of cleri-
cal force for him; no regard for the
| National treasury as sacred trust.
| Hence his incessant fire of objections in
the columns of the Tribune. AS his
friend Burchard has Just been retired
with the soothing title of pastor eme-
rsmain In the ehscurity assigned hiqa
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-30
UNPRECEDENTED RAINS.
A Number of Lives Lost, and Great Damage
Done to Railway and Other Property.

ST. LOUIS, April 23.-Dispatches from
Southeastern Kansas report the heaviest
rainfall since Tuesday that has ever been
known in that part of the State. Over
twelve inches of water is said to have
fallen. All level country is submerged,
and is vast sheet Of water. Traffic on
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad,
for many miles each way from Parsons,
Is suspended, and a passenger train, which
left Parsons yesterday on the Fort Scott
and Gulf Road, was wrecked not far from
town. A large number of hogs and cattle
in the stock-yard on the Sabette River,
one mile from Parsons, were drowned, and
1t is said hundreds, perhaps thousands, of
animals have been drowned in the sur
rounding country. The stream rose SO
rapidly, and the water poured down in
such torrents, that little if anything could
be done in the way of rescuing live stock
or securing other kinds of property. Fields
are devastated in all directions, and
great destruction of crops and movable
property has occurred. A negro settle
ment near Parsons was inundated, and
many of the people were rescued only after
great difficulty and hard labor with i'm
provised boats and other means. The Mar
maton River, which runs near Fort Scott,
overfowed its banks with rush, and sub
merged settlement Of from six to eight
PoP41eAoAoht
Fort Scott, the water standing in
many of the houses from three to
five feet deep. ALI the people were rescued,
however. The Missouri Pacific Railroad
track is badly washed out both ways from
Fort Scott, and no trains have moved since
Tuesday. The Wichita road is badly
washed. Advices from Kingman confirm
previous reports of the flood there. Great
damage was done to business property in
the town, and ten lives are
reported lost. Traffic on the Wichita
and Western Railroad, between Wichita
and Kingman, is suspended, and the
bridges on this road and the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe at Chene, Belle Plain apd !
Clearwater are washed away. Advic' 8
also come from Northern Texas noting u
very heavy rainfall, extending over large
section of country, embracing Dennison,
Gainesville, Abilene, Fort Worth, Dallas and
other places. At Gainesville, Pecan and
Elm Greeks overfowed their banks, and
besides washing aw.y much property sew
eral lives are reported lost. Women and
children clung to branches of trees for
hours before they were rescued, and in
some instances whole families were swept
away in their houses, but in most instances
they were rescued.