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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
OFFICE SEEKING.
The Predicted Eouthern Cyclone Failinl
to Materialize.

The Predicted i,outlern Cyclone Failing
to Materialize.
In the days when the bloody shirt was
q banner and the South a terror to all
Republican meetings, orators and jour
mails dilated on the awful consequences
to the country should the ex-Confeder-
ates get on their feet again; describing
the advent of the Democratic party to
power as q sort of dies ira. They
warned the faithful agaln:t un.
locking the doors of the Government
offices for the admission of those terri
BILE fellows from the South, who would
seek to drive out all loyal men and
trample over the war veterans OF the
Union army. A Democratic Admins
trat:on would be like Pandora's box.
exhaling every element of evil to the
Nation. and countless host of ex-reb-
els would bes;ege the capital, clamoring
for the places SO long flied py pure,
patriotic Republicans. Well, the awful
change has taken place; Demo
cratic Administration is in power and
the deluded hearers of the Republic
an orators have been waiting patient
ly and tremlolingly for the dread
denossenaent. But the predicted cyclone
from the South has proved as mythical
! as one of Virgins storms. 1t has
failed to mater alize. The Southern
/ people have shown provoking lndifer-
ence to the charms of Office, and have
been unaccou1tably lacking in that
eagerness for spoil and revenge with
which they have been so long credited
by the outrage shriekers. Applications
for Office from that section have been
remarkably few, a1d might be con-
veniently put in one of the igeon holes
of a department. The Southern people
have shown want of appre reciation OF
the fat places which were opened to
them for the first time, preferrng to
stay home and attend to their business
to hanging around the Government
offices. but there is one Office they are
prepared to apply for, in case there
should unhaprily be war between the
United States and any foreign Govern
ment- 1t is that of soldier, and they
are ready and eager in such an even
to show that they can fight as val antiy
for the Union as they ever did agalns'
it. AS ..boys in blue" the ''boys II
, gray' are prepared to seal their devo
t ton to tie Government with thel
8 blood. TheCharleston Neus and Courte
: remarks, '.in the event of war ther
would be such rush of southern otfics
4 seekers and sabers beinI
l the emblems OF Office sought-whic
t would task the War Department, an
e all the other departments to boot T
: accommodate them This is the righ
: kind of office-seeking. But what
: comment on the outrage shriekers an
. the Republican Mabdis-hlsany Args
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Suicides.

NEW YORK, April 1O.-Prof. Jules E.
Loiseau, Instructor of French in the Colum-
bia College School of Mines, committed
suicide at his home in the village of Wood
side, L. l., at noon to day. Cause not known.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, April 10.-Colonel s..
C. Mower, one of the proprietors of the
Sunday Telegraph, committed suicide late
this afternoon by shooting. Mr.. Mower was
favorably known in the military circles of
Wisconsin. No cause can be assigned for
his act.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 10.-This morn
ing about O'Clock A. V. Arnold, wealthy
lumber. merchant, of Wilkinsburgh, Pa,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart. His health and busi-
ness depression was the cause.
ROCKFORD, ILL, April 10.-Miss Carrie
Brown, daughter of Mr.. Horace Brown, Of
this city, left note pinned to her chamber
door and threw herself into the river last
night. The note is addressed to the "Dear
ones at home," and states that in conse-
quence of fall she had in Philadelphia
her mind has become affected and she be-
lieves she will go mad. She thinks that il
| is Gods will that she should put an end to
herself. Another letter was left for her
affianced husband, Fred W. Lee, OF Des
Moines, Iowa. The body has not been re-
covered, but her shawl was found on the
river bank.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
FIGHTING REPORTED.
Feeling In German Oficial Circles That Was
Between Russia and England Is Certain.

LONDON, April s.-The Standard has re-
ceived telegram in cipher from corres-
pondent in Russia, stating that battle has
been fought on the Murghab River, and that
it is reported that five hundred men were
killed. The dispatch was sent in cipher in
order to escape the vigilance of the Rus
sian censors, and the Standard therefore
refrains from mentioning its source, but
says it is entitled to the highest credit.
The Standard assumes from the origin of
the telegram that the Russians were defeat
ed, but is not certain.
BERLIN, April s.-The belief hitherto en-
tertained in official circles that peace
would be maintained between England and
Russia, has undergone a distinct change.
Dispatches from st. Petersburg say that
the Russian war party is getting the upper
hand, and that the Gar has agreed to
appoint General Gourko and General
Kouropotkine to the leading commands in
the Afghan campaign in the event of war.
Each will lead an army corp of fifty thou
sand men. General Prince Dondoukoff
Korsakoff, the Governor of the Caucasus,
takes staff of military surveyors to Merv
to report upon the progress of the massing
of the troops and the condition of the COM
missariat. He will command a third army
corps.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Wheat Crop in Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, April 10.-The late
reports to the Illinois Department OF Agri-
culture leave no room for doubling that
the growing crop has been seriously dam
aged by the protracted cold dry weather
in March, In some localities the reporters
assert that the wheat was damaged in jan
nary, when the ground was bare of snow,
and the plant was exposed to the extreme
low temperature that prevailed during
that period. The tables published o.day
show that the April condition of winter
wheat in Illinois has not been more unfa-
vorable for years than this season. The
tables have been compiled from the reports
of nearly six hundred experienced CORE.
spondents of the Illinois Department OF
Agriculture, who are SO distributed
throughout the State as to enable them to
examine the condition of the growing crop
in each locality. The average condition OF
the growing crop April is estimated to be
about fifty-two per cent. of an average
crop.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Situation in Central America.

PANAMA, April 9. VIA GALvEsToN.-Af-
fairs in Panama are improving. The pro-
visional Government is organizing rapidly,
and order is being maintained. The She
nandoah landed one hundred men to-day.
Although many rumors of possible tu-.
multi when they landed had circulated,
there was no disorder. The men guard the
wharves, offices and rolling stock of the
Panama Railroad Company. A meet
ing was held yesterday, attended by for
tion. A memorial was adopted declaring
that the danger of attack from Buena Ven
tura and Carthagena made it necessary to
declare the State neutral, and calling upon
the President to send commissioners to
notify the leaders at those points. The
opinion is expressed that if further attacks
are made from abroad, it will be necessary
peal to the great Powers for protection.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

business community that oil tho Esa-
teriel. conservative, progressive inter.
esta Of the country win be advanced by
Democratic economy, simplicity and
honesty.
The country is stronger for the change
because It has 6lispelled the fear that
the party which had been so long In
power and had l,esorted to fraud to re-
tain power could not be driven out by
the will Of the people; because 1t has
proved that We can still elect and inau-
eurats the President Of our choice
despite the almost exhaustless money
of monopolies and the strength OF an
army of office-holders.
The country is stronger for the
change because the closeness OF the
election has been a test of the people
devotion to true, self government; be-
cause 1t has proved that to large num-
Der of persons the welfare of the Re-
public is dearer than the ties OF party;
because it has given to the word
splendid example of the intelligence.
the self-control and tho patriotism OF
mighty Nation almost equally divided
in political sentiment.-N Y World.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Another Illinois Legislator Dead.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, April 12.-Death has
claimed another member of the Illinois
Legislature, this time the victim being j.
Henry Shaw, of Beardstown, Cass County.
About 12:45 O'Clock the clerk of the Hotel
Palace, missing Representative Shaw at
dinner and not having seen him during the
morning, went to his room to call him.
Receiving no answer, he looked over
the transom, and saw him lying as
though dead. The door was broken
open, and, upon examation, DR.. Kerr, who
had been called, gave it as his opinion that
the Representative had been dead several
hours. The deceased has been ailing dur
ing the whole session, but not so that he
could not attend to his duties most of the
time. Mr.. Shaw was over sixty years OF
age, and served in the Thirty second Cen
eral Assembly, this being his second term
An election will be ordered al. once.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
A Remarkable Fast

Fort PLAIN, N. Y, April 10.-Kate
Smusley died yesterday. She had been
lying in q comatose condition for several
days, otherwise there was no change from
her general condition. Death had been ex-
pected at any time, but she gave no indi-
cations of it until the last moment She
had kept up her courage from mere will
power in the hope of recovery. There is no
doubt that from the 11th day of March,
1884, till the day before Thanksgiving last,
she did not eat anything. Upon that day
she experienced a peculiar sensation like
the breaking away of something in her
stomach, and since then she has been able
to take little nourishment in the shape OF
wine of whey. She was very much ema-
ciated and weighed scarcely twenty five
pounds
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Determined Work of Strikers.

CHICAGO, April 9.-Information is re-
ceived from Lemont tonight to the effect
that two hundred of the striking quarry
men from Joliet went there to-day, and,
from work and putting a stop to all
work at that point. About nine hundred
men altogether were driven out. Details
are meager, but do not indicate that any
one was killed or seriously hurt. 1t is un-
derstood proprietors of the quarries will
ask the Governor to call out the militia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
BE SURE YOU ARE RIGHT. ETo

A Principle Which Works as Well In Gov.
ernmental as in Practical Affairs.
..Be sure you are right and then go
ahead" It works like charm when
applied to government. President
Cleveland finds IL talisman that dis
pels all threatening storms and smooths
the waves around the ship of State
By Its potent agency he escapes all the
troubles and peiplcxities of his prede-
cessors. 1t is /, reliable compass to
steer. by, enabling the Nations pilot to
avoid the rocks of unfit nominations,
the shoals of unwise partisanship. The
tempest of spo:l,nen's wrath may howl
around the Administration bark and the
thunder of demagogic oratory mutter
threateningly, but obeying ouly this
silent monitor, this faithful needle that
ever points to tte pole of duty and In
tegrity. the head Of the Government IL
sure to follow the right course and to
reach in safety the haven OF popularity
and National prosperity It is better
than experience, which sometimes be-
gets pernicious orejndices and favorit-
ism and leads a public man into certain
associations and. views of public. ques-
tions calcu' ated to impair his judgment
and integrity. The President has shown
by his appointments during The
| first fortnight of his Admins
| tration q far mere intelligent and cor
rect estimate of the qualities necessary
for Office than he was credited with
and a mental acuteness in distinguish
| ing between substance and shadow In
! the abilities of public me1. Having, as
has been aptly remarked by WASH
ington correspondent. a distinct pur-
pose in view, a clear idea OF what he
means to achieve and steady eye on
the ends he intends to reach, President
Cleveland is constantly treating the
critics of his Administration to series
of surprises, and disarming the most
rabid opposition that ever confronted q
Chief Magistrate. He sticks to the
purpose he outlined IN his inaugural
address with courageous fidelity, win.
ming respect from all and bearing him
self in his exalted position as sincere.
open-handed, ulambit GUS man, swayed
) only by pure, conscientious motives.
The seeds of reform and good govern
ment which he is planting must produce
an abundant harvest Of popular coAtl.
dence and make the strongest President
with the country at large that ever sal
in the White House. He has had the
rare fortune Of securing Cabinet that
is not only in p,-fect harmony with biz
wise, patriotic policy, but is enthusiastic
: over it His absolute freedom from
pledges and the tyranny OF claim
agents gives him a power such as pre-
,, decessors sighed for in vain. enabling
him to carry out his pans of govern
: ment Systematically and thoroughly
: It is remarkable example Of the sue
cess of the Davy C,'ockes principle II
the White Hous', and will have stu
more remarkable effect uDon the poll
tics of the future. The spoils system
once banished from the Government
the people will begin to look for some
thing more than partisan influence an
), corrupt experience as q recommends
ton for candidate at the polls -
change.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
THE COUNTRY STRONGER.

Mr.. Cleveland's Deliberation . Guarantee
Against Mistakes.
President ClevelanPs Administration
moves slowly, in accordance with the
wise rule laid down by its chief.
1--WE can not hope to avoid mistakes"
said the President before his inaugura-
ton, ''but if we move slowly we shall
make fewer mistakes than we should be
apt to make if we moved with less de-
liberation"
Yet, although the Administration has
been in existence only month, and has
made scarcely a score of changes in the
vast army of Federal office-holders over
one hundred thousand strong. it has al
ready accomplished great public good.
The country is to day stronger for the
change.
For years it had been charged and
believed by many that the Democratic
| party was a party of unpatr.otic prin-
ciples and evil intentions; that it was
unfit to be intrusted with the Govern
ment, and that if restored to power it
| would seek to disturb the provisions Of
the Constitution growing ont OF the re-
bellion, to strip the negro popu. alton OF
the South of Their civil rights and, II
| possible, of their liberty; would seek to
pay rebel debts, to pension Confederate
| soldiers, to cut off the pensions of
Union sold ers, to disturb business, to
violate chartered rights and to reduce
the wages of labor.
These charges were not made by un-
scrupulous partisans alone They were
sanctioned and repeated by the better
class of Republicans.
An appeal to the passions of the war;
an appeal to the most vicious sectional
fanaticlsm; an arraignment of sixteen
States of the Union out of thlrty-eight
and of more than nehaf the people
of all the States as deoased, unscrupu.
lous, ignorant and disloyal; a resort tc
all tbs resources Of fraud. corruption
and the vilest demagogism, had reduced
Presidential elections in 1876 and 1885,
to a serious national evil.
The change in the National Admins
tration through the triumph of Grover
!; Cleveland has swept away this impres
sion of the Democracy's character for
ever.
Does not this make our institution
stronger than they we e before Mr.
/ Cleveland's inauguration Must no
the honor of the Nation stand highe
when it is found that a majority OF ou
people are not disloyal, dishonest an
destructive, as they were falsely repre-
t sented to be?
3 The country is stronger for tn
!, change because it has been proved tha
g he Sout, ern people are as patriotic, a
S loyal to the Constitution. as tit to cor
duct the Government of the Union {
: which they are part as the Norther
), people: because it has disarmed an
fesscned sect onal preiudire; because
has taught the negro that his rights al
: as safe under Democratic as under h
:, publican rule, and that his indepen'
= ence, self-respeet and elevation are be
: ter assured: because il has satisfied u
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Buried Alive,

JOPLIN, Mo-, April 12.-Yesterday morn
ing, about eleven O'Clock, Harry Pierce, a
wealthy young man Of this community, met
with a most horrible death. Pierce, to-
gether with several other miners, was en-
gagged in timbering a drift about forty feet
from the surface at Hinton e. Co.'s mine.
and before the ground could be safely Sc
cured it commenced to cave, catching
young Pierce and burying him alive. The
other workmen succeeded in escaping. Men
are now trying to rescue the body. Pierce
leaves q young wife.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
FriuhtfuI Accident.

EAsToN, Pa, April 12.-One Of set OF
eighteen boilers at the breaker, near York
town, Carbon County, exploded last night.
Edward Geatins, fireman, was killed, and
James Boyle, his assistant. received iniur-
les from which he died this morning.
Boyle was found in a reservoir about forty
feet from the boiler house. The lifeless
BODY of Geatins was found twenty feet
from the boiler house. Every particle of
clothing was torn from his person, and his
face was burned to a crisp.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Miss Packers Marriage and Income.

BETHLEHEM, PA, April 9.-Miss Mary
Packer, the only surviving child of the
late Judge Asa Packer, proprietor of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad, was
married very privately this after
noon to Charles II. Cummings, of New
York The ceremony was performed at the
brides residence in Mauch Chunk. Mrs.
Cummings has perhaps the largest annual
income Of any lady in the United States
about 81 900 day. Mr.. Cummings, start
ing as a conductor, has worked his way up
until he has become the head Of the New
York end of the enormous business of the
road,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
GeutraI Barrios' Death Confirmed.

LA L1BERTAD, VIA GALVESTON, April
10.-News conirmatory Of the reported
death of President Barrios continues to
reach this point. The latest received
brings intelligence of the installation of a
successor to Barrios, and gives the names
of some of the Cabinet officers. The new
President is General Manuel Lizandro
BarilIos, one OF the two Vice Presidents OF
Designados. DR.. A. NJ. Arroyo, who has
been the President of the Legislature, be-
comes Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. s
Dardon, who has been the President OF
the Supreme Court. becomes Minister Of
War. and Martinez Sobralios is made Min.
later of the Interior.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
FouIly Murdered.

INDEPENDENCE, KAN, April 12.-Hiram
Foulks, an elderly and Eccentric bachelor,
of some property, who lived alone on q
farm near this place, was murdered, Fri
day night, by some unknown per-
son, who then stole horse and escaped.
The crime was not discovered until
to-day, when Foulks' body was found in
a well, and the premises untenanted, ex-
cept by an old watchdog which had been
shot in the leg. Foulks' assailant had shot
him in the head, thrown his body into the
well, and then ransacked the house. A bag
was found concealed on Foulks' person.
containing 81 700.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Ex-Governor FIetcher's Return.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April s. s.-Ex-Governor
Fletcher arrived home this morning, and
received the congratulations of This trends.
He confirms the telegraphed explanation
of his sudden departure and his failure to
notify his family, and swears he will never
again trust to third party in a matter SO
greatly affecting the peace of his house,
hold
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Fewer Failures Occurring.

NEW YORK, April 10.-The business fail
ures occurring throughout the country dur
ing the past seven days, as reported by r.
G. Dun & Co., number, for the United
States, 1s9, and for Canada 90, or total Of
212, with a total of 236 last week and 277
the week previous to the last, showing a
steady decrease. Failures are lessening in
all sections of the country except the
South. In New York City the assignments
are few and unimportant.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Hail to the Prince |!

DUBLIN, April s.-The Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales and their eldest son, Victor.
arrived last night. This morning Earl
Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, re-
ceived the Prince and his party, and the
Town Commission presented an address of
welcome: The crowd, which numbered
during the reception, and cheered loud and
long as the royal guests proceeded to Dub
lin. They arrived iSt Dublin at O'Clock,
and were accorded a splendid reception.
The houses on both sides of the avenue
were handsomely decorated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Russia will Not Yield.

LONDON, April 13.-The Daily Iele-
graphs Berlin dispatch says that General
KomaroT has been appointed Commander
in Chief of the Russian army in Turkestan.
and asserts that Russia T. IS to yield
an inch.
LONDON, April 13.--The Daily Telegraph
publishes dispatch from Berlin which
states that Russia refuses to yield an inch
of the territory she has occupied on the
Afghan frontier, and that the Car intends
to express his approval of General Ko.
maroff's action by appointing him Cora-
mander in Chief in Turkestan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
A Nail In Her Heart.

MOUNT VERNON, O. April 9.-Mr. John r.
Wilson, Presidento of the Knox County Ag-
ricultural Society, lost valuable cow q
few DAYS ago, which died after a three
weeks illness from an unknown cause. A
post mortem examination revealed the fact
that a good sized nail had become imbed-
ded in the animals heart, but how it got
there is a mystery that remains unex-
Dlained
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
A Murderous Editor.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April s-Thomas
Edwards, proprietor of The Life, small
sheet published in Kansas City, Kas., she
James Costello, a workingman, this even
ing in political quarrel. Edwards had
published a cartoon rejecting upon a
friend of Costello. The wounded man is
in q diving condition.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Fish Found Guilty.

NEW YoRK, April 12.-The jury in the case
of the United States against James D.Fish,
President of the Marine National Bank, re-
turned verdict at 1922 O'Clock this morn
ing. 1t was that Fish was guilty of misap-
plication of the funds of the bank of which
he was President and Ferdinand Ward was
Cashier. There were fourteen counts in
the Indictment, and on eleven counts he
was found guilty. The defendant was
present with his attorney, and seemed
greatly surprised at the result. He was
Immediately taken to Ludlow Street jail,
where he occupies the cell recentlv vacated
by "Becky" Jones.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Ben. Butler Sued for SIS, 900.

BOSTON, MASS, April ga suit has
been brought in the Supreme Judicial Court
for Suffolk County by the National Sol
diers' Home for disabled volunteer soldiers
against BENJAMIN F. Butler to recover $15,-
600 alleged to be due for failure to account
While acting Treasurer of the Home. The
ad damnum of the writ is $4,000. 1t was
entered at the present April term of the
cOurt.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

-Nottoway County, Va, the region
inhabited by the fast settlers, and made
interesting by "reminiscences of Captain
John Smith and Pocahontas, is fast re-
turning to its primeval condition. In
twenty years it will be wilderness, !"
prophesies visitor. The residents are
old and sad. The young have gone to
more promising regions. Deer browse
where cattle fed, and the oak and pine
cover great plantations where the negro
once cultivated corn and tobacco
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