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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
TERRIBLE FRIGHT.
A Christmas Celebration Comes
Near Being a Tragedy.
Three Hundred Panic-Stricleen People
Hemmed in Arounda Blazing
Christmas-Tree-1O0 Badly
Burned.

CHICAGO, December 25.-This afternoon
| about o'clock all the patients in the
County Hospital who were able to be
moved, all the nurses and doctors, and
number of visitors were assembled in the
clinical amphitheater of the hospital to
witness Christmas exercises for the chill
dren. The room is very small, about
| thirty feet high, with a circle of seats
| reaching almost to the ceiling In the
center was an immense Christmas tree,
laden with toys and gayly illuminat-
| ed by tapers. About fifty children
were grouped about the tree singing a
Christmas carol to open the exercises. AS
Santa Claus entered the room the upper
portion of the tree took fire, and in a mo-
ment the entire tree was ablaze. When
the fire was at its height most of the chill
dren were marched out of the room by the
lower door. The remaining people in the
room, nearly three hundred in number,
became panic stricken. The heat and flame
rush for the upper door, the only remain
ing exit, and few escaped through it,
but the passage was soon blocked Vol
umes OF dense black smoke soon collected
IN the upper part of the room, where the
mass Of humanity was crowding and
screaming, first from fright and then from
agony. for the heat was terrible. A scene
OF lndescrIbable terror ensued. The heat
DiietcIcu OHo IdCeS ana ndnQS OF the VIC
tins, and one mans beard took fire. Great
suffering was caused by inhaIinp the
heated atmosphere. The fire burned until
the Christmas tree was stripped Or
der was finally restored. No one in the
room escaped injury, about fifty persons
were badly burned, among them two re-
porters. By six O'Clock the doctors, them
selves badly singed, had cared for Che
wounded, aud the excitement has subsidized.
Cries OF fire had gone through ali the
wards of the hospital, and for a time there
was CONSERVATION among the helpless
patients A later survey of the situa-
tion shows that at least one hun
urea persons were injured, the
greater par receiving bruises by being
trampled by their panic stricken neighbors.
A number of children patients had been
brought into the chapel in their cots. Be-
fore they could be removed several suffered
from the smoke and fright. and one or two
were slightly burned. The excitement was
intense, and but for the coolness
of Warden McGarrigle and some at
taches of the hospiGaI lives wou.I GER
tainly have havn lost. The persons mos.
seriously injured were Miss Wilkinson.
nurse, who inhaled hot air and smoke; Mr.
a. c: Bartlett, of the firm of Hibbard, Bart.
lett q Spencer, together with Miss Bartlett
Mrs. A. A. Carpenter and other lady visi,
tors were slightly injured, SO also were e.
N. Msy and N. A. Macmillan, respectively.
reporters of the Tribune and Herald
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
An Improbable Honor.

Logan's determination not to ac-
cept the Presidency of the Senate has
less merit in it than at first appeared.
II seemed at first that Logan knew
more about his fitness for the place
than his friends, and had concluded
not to submit himself to the criti-
cism which would inevitably follow the
discovery of his untitness for the place
But later developments show that it
was the determination of the Senators
to pass law which would put it out
of the power of politicians of the Lo-
gan stripe to profit by such situation
as the present, which revealed to Lo-
gan the emptiness and unrrofitahle-
ness OF the honor for which he had
been grasping Detroit Free RssA
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
MONTANA JUSTICE.
The Inmates of Jail Taken Out, Whil
ped, and Warned Not to Return.

The Inmates of a Jail Taken Out, Whip
ped, and Warned Not to Return.
BUTTE, M. T., December 27.-For long
time Butte has been invested by gang OF
cutthroats, whose robberies and other depre-
dations have filled honest men with fear for
both life and property. Thepatience of the
people was exhausted this week by the arrest
of wretch named Nelson, who had been
insulting little girls, and kindled the long
smothered indignation into a flame. As a
consequence a vigilence committee of two
hundred masked men took matters in hand,
and last night overpowered the City Jailer,
took the prisoners confined there up Mis-
sonia Gu1ch, and there turned them loose,
with a stern warning that death awaited
their return. 1t is difficult to ascer-
tain just what punishment was awarded
the Jail birds on arriving at Missoula
Guch. 1t is, however, generally under
stood that the beast Nelson received forty
stripes OH the bare back, which were put on
with strong arm and a hearty good will.
Another report states that he was banged
in Horse Canyon. The Sheriff has left for
the scene. The affair has created great ex-
citement in the cty
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
a PRESIDENTIAL "eooM."
How It Will Be Met by Brotherly and
Helpful Republicans.

Helpful Republicans.
As we have before suggested, Gener-
al Logan's declination of the Presidency
pro tennpore of the Senate is an impor-
tant part of the shrewd little game
which he proposes to play "for all it is
worth" from now until the meeting of
the next National Republican Conven-
on. Logan has his eye upon the
residential nomination, and if he does
not get his grip upon it the fault will
not be his. Such being his purpose, it
is easy to understand why he prefers to
remain on the Senatorial floor rather
than be transferred to the chair. In the
latter place he would be virtually
shelved; in the former, he will at all
times be as able as he is willing to at
tend to Logan's business. There will,
of course, be many opportunities dur
ing the present session for him to
"boom" himself, and it is quite need
less to say that not one of these is like
ly to be neglected. Two things, how
ever, will receive his special attention:
the soldier vote and the bloody shirt.
He will be the self-appointed champion
of all those who have worn the blue,
providing they are not Democrats; and
as for the rights and wrongs of the op-
pressed colored Republicans of the
South, neither decency nor the diction-
ary will prevent him from doing full
justice to his favorite theme.
Logan's little game will not be inter-
fered with in the least by Democrats;
on the contrary, they may give him
valuable aid and comfort, for good and
sufficient reasons. The only real oppo-
sition to him will come from Republic
ans. There are several aspirants to
the Presidential prize in the Republic
an camp, who will be more than glad
to insert a spider in the Logan dump
ling. and outside of these is numer-
GUS class who are heartily tired of his
political tactics, and ready and anxious
to sit down upon him. If we may trust
the wrathful statements of leading Re-
publican organs, Logan and his bloody
shirt gave New York to the Democracy
at the recent election; while Lee un-
doubtedly rode into the Governorship
OF Virginia over the political corpse Of
Malone, on ''the treason-stained sad
dle'' of Logan's invention. With such
unfragrant feathers in his cap, Logan
is liable to have more brickbats than
bouquets flung at him by Republican
hands in his Presidential campaign,
and though this will be ..fun for the
boys, it may mean 'sdeath to the
frog. And, as if to make his political
perdition sure, Logan is about to pub
lish book. Blaine did the same thing
everybody knows what happened to
Blaine.-St. Louis Republican.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
eeorue Washinuton,s Fiddle.

POINT PLEASANT, W. VA, December 23.-
At a recent concert given at Charleston, in
Jefferson County, this State, a violin was
used which at one time belonged to Gen
,ral George Washington. This venerable
relic is now the property of Mr.
Thomas B. Washington, who received
1t from Judge Bushrod Washington
at Mt. Vernon. A card on the inside of
the instrument shows that it was manu-
factured by Jacob Steiner, a celebrated
German workman, in the year 1875. 1t is,
therefore. over two hundred years old
The violin, in its original case quaint old
box, was presented to the audience by Hon
W. L. Wilson, member of Congress from
the Second District
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
General Villas Rebuke.

Postmaster-General Villas admin
istered rebuke to a certain Indiana
Congressman the other day that he will
probably never forget. The honorable
gentleman had. it appears, candidate
whom he was pushing for two-thou-
sand dollar post-oflice in an adjoining
district represented by a Republican
There were several other candidates,
one of whom was indorsed by another
Democratic Congressman. The first
named Congressman called at the Post
office Department few days ago and
was informed by Genera Villas that he
had decided to appoint the o. her Con-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
THE DEAD MINERS.
A Shaft to be Sunk Over Their Suppose,
Whereabouts I'm the Blocked Slope.

A Shaft to be Sunk Over Their Supposed
Whereabouts in the Blocked Slope.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, December 25.-After
further discussion and consultation by the
engineers at Nanticoke to-day the company
finally decided to sink a new shaft from
the surface at point di-
rectly above where the bodies of
the buried miners are supposed to
be. This shaft will be about It's feet deep
and will take from four to six weeks to
sink. even with the most rapid work. The
excavating of the blockaded gangway from
ried on day and night, but it is very slow
process and months will elapse before the
mine is cleared. Prayers were offered this
morning in every church throughout the
Wyoming Valley for the unfortunate men.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
A MINE DISASTER.
Fifty or More Miners Killed and Scores
Wounded.

LONDON, December 23.-A dispatch from
Ponty Pridd, Wales, reports that a terri
BILE colliery explosion has occurred at the
Ferndale Pit, near there, and that four hun
dred miners are entombed. A later dis
patch says that twelve dead bodies have
been taken out, and thirty miners have
been rescued, more or less injured. The
remainder of those who were in the mine
at the time of the explosion are be-
lieved to be safe. The explosion
occurred in the upper of the two
seams There were $50 men in the mine at
the time of the explosion. The majority
were in the lower seam, otherwise the death
list would have been much larger. At
least fifty men were killed in the upper
seam, and scores were terribly burned. The
injured were carried to places of safety by
their more fortunate companions who had
not been hurt. The latest dispatches from
the Ferndale pit say that $50 men have
been rescued, seven of whom are so fear
fully burned that they may die.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
OphthaImia AMONG Children.

New YORK, December 23-The New York
Academy Of Medicine recently invited CO.
operation on the part of the health author
tiles in proposed investigation of the re-
port that ophthalmia and kindred contag-
ious eye diseases were alarmingly prevail
ent in public and private institutions
in the city where children
were gathered in large numbers. The
outgrowth of this was the appointment of
q committee of physicians, who have asso-
ciated with themselves representative
from the leading charitable institutions,
and with the aid of the Health Department,
have begun thorough investigation, 60
ing systematically through the schools
and other public institutions, In
vestigation shows that diseases of
this character are very prevalent "Of the
work of the committee, DR.. Agnew says:
..The investigation has not vet advanced
far enough to enable us to make any intel
lgent report. In one large institution
which am canvassing at present. I have
been able to examine only about half the
children, and can not give any Judgment
until the examination is complete"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
An Old Farmers CURIOUS suicide,

LAWRENCE, KAs., December 25.-Conrad
Hoyt, an old farmer who lived few miles
from here, committed suicide yesterday in
curious way. He took an ak and long
rope into the woods. Then he cut away the
underbTush around large tree and climb
ed nearly to the top Of the tree, cutting off
all limbs which might interfere with his
fall. He tied one end of the rope to a limb
and the other around his neck and jumped
off. He was found few hours afterward
by passing neighbor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
Made Insane by Reading the Bible.

DECATUR, ILL, December 23.-Mrs
stephen Maiden, of Long Creek Township,
aged thirty, the mother of two small child
rem, suddenly became dangerously insane,
displaying her violence by trying to kill
both her children. She took
them by the limbs and dashed them
across the room, injuring one seriously.
Her husband had desperate struggle with
the woman, not subduing her until she
had torn his clothing badly. Mrs. Maiden
was apparently well week ago, when
she began reading the Bible daily She
read Jeremiah principally, and imagined
that she and her family we're lost forever
She is now in the County Jail
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
gressman's. man, whereup0n the party
of the first part asked permission to

gressman's man, whereupon the party
Of the first part asked permission TO
withdraw the application he had made
for his own candidate and write an.
other letter, placing it on file, in favor
of the lucky man, his intention being.
by antedating the letter, to create the
idea that he had given the latter his
support before the appointment had
been made, and thus gain what credit
he could for bringing it about. Gem
eral Villas told the 1ndianian that he
regarded such conduct as infamous.
"Be man." said he, ''and stand or
fall by your colors. It is no reflection
upon you to be beaten in this contest.
but your proposition to make me
party to your duplicity is direct in
your promise not to repeat" The
Congressman gave the promise and
left the Postmaster-Gene presence
as speedily as possible. Chicago News.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
Terrible Lamp Explosion.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, December 21.-Mrs.
Barbara Meyers and her two-year-old child
died to-day from injuries received last
night by the explosion of lamp which the
little one, who was playing about the room,
accidentally upset Almost instantly there
was an explosion, which scattered the
burning fluid over the room, the flames
enveloping the mother and child. In her
fright Mrs Meyers jumped from second
story window, and, besides being terribly
burned, received injuries which resulted in
her death this morning The baby, who
the might and both were buried this after
noon.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
Baked on a Railway.

DETROIT, December GA Free Press
special from Lennox says: James Gregg,
a wel1todo farmer, and his son this morn
ing were driving to church and their horse
baked while on the railroad track. Be-
fore they could get away an approaching
passenger train struck the father, who was
trying to lift the buggy off the track, and
threw him over a culvert and through q
fence, breaking leg and otherwise injur-
ing him so that he died before help arrived.
His son was thrown from the buggy and
had his hip iislocated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
TRICHINOSIS.
A Cleveland Family Seriously Affected by
Eating Raw Ham.

A Cleveland Family Seriously Affected by
Eating Raw Ham.
CLEVELAND, O., December 23.-The fam
lily of George v. Korell, of the firm of
Woltman Korell, carriage manufactur-
ers, have for the past ten days been eating
considerable raw ham. Several days ago
the father and two children became ill with
peculiar sickness. On Sunday
last Mr.. Korell's condition became
serious, but the raw meat was in no way
associated by him with his Illness On
the same day Mrs. Korell partook of the
ham for lunch. This morning she, too, be-
came i'll. and physician was summoned.
He at once suspected what the disease
was. and inquired what the family had
been eating. They brought him some of
thc ham, which was submitted to a micro
scopical examination. The small piece
placed OF. the glass contained a score or
moro of trichina spiralis. The symptoms
attending these cases are those usual to
trichinosis; diarThea, headache, lassitude
and sharp pains in the muscles of the body.
The disease had made such progress before
the physician was summoned that a fatal
termination is gravely apprehended.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
international Exposition of 1872.

WAsHINGToN, December 27.-A bill will
he introduced in Congress this winter to
aid the International Exposition, which is
to he held in Chicago in 1892 to celebrate
covery of America. The exposition will
probably he planned after the Centennial
at Philadelphia, and legislation will likely
be asked of Congress similar to that in aid
of the Centennial
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
New Comet Discovered by Prof. Brooks.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, December 27.-Prof.
Swift, of the Warner Observatory in this
city, last evening received telegram from
Prof. Brooks, of Phelps, announcing the
constellation of Acquila, which in the
early evening is low in the southwest. The
new comet is situated about six degrees
south of Alpha, and is described as
"brightest' and having slow easterly
motion. Prof Swift last evening found a
star of the sixth magnitude.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
A Minister Insane Over the Faith Cure.

CoLuMRrs, o., December 27.-About
year ago Rev. John W. Waite, Methodist
minister of this city, was pronounced
insane and sent to the Central Asylum. He
WAS discharged as cured some six months
ago, since which time he has visited in and
about this city. \ few days ago he had a
second attack, and was arrested to-day,
and will be re-committed tomorrow. He
went insane on the faith cure. 1t is a very
sad case
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
CAME TO LIFE AGAIN.
Singular Case of Suspended Animation in .
Southern Village,

singular case OF Suspended AnlmAtlOn In Q
Southern Village.
CHATTANOOGA, December ga singular
case of suspended animation comes from
Overton. Miss May Mcdonald, aged
eighteen years, was taken ill about
the first of the present month.
On the 10th she appeared to have
breathed her last, and was shrouded for
burial. The coffin was procured the sec
the surprise of all she arose and asked for
an apple She ate with much relish and
afterwards drank some water. The follow
ing day Miss Mcdonald sunk into a stupor
and remained so until Monday, when she
died and was buried.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
Forestry in France.

PARIS, December Ex-senator j. Hamp-
den Robl, of New York City, member of
the Niagara Park Commission, has arrived
in Paris. The French Government has
granted him every facility for the study of
the practical operation OF the laws affect
ing forestry in France.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
oREGON's. MEMORIAL.
A Beautiful Gift From That State to tn
Washington Monument.

A Beautiful Gift From That State to the
Washington Monument.
WASHINGTON, December 22.-Senators
Mitchell and Dolph and ndRepresentativeH Her
man, of Oregon, visited the storehouse of
the Washington monument this afternoon
where the Oregon memorial stone now lies
and formally presented it to the Monument
Committee as the gift of the
State of Oregon. The stone is
a very elaborate piece of work. 1t is
four and half feet long, two feet wide
and six inches thick. 1t consists of three
different kinds of Oregon stone. The stone
itselfis of brown granite sandstone and bears
on its face landscape with Oregon's coat
of arms, surrounded by fruits and flowers,
set in the sandstone, and surrounding the
State seal are thirty-two stars of greenish
syneite; the snow-capped mountains are
represented by white marble from South
ern Oregon, also set in the brown sand
stone
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
The Knaeh Family Murder.

DETROIT, December 22-The mystery in
the murder of the Knoch family last We'd
nesday morning seems as far from solution
as ever. Horrible as were the first details
of the crime the latest investigation shows
still greater atrocity. Besides be-
one child had their heads cut
open with an ak or other sharp instrument
After being further mutilated the mangled
remains of the family were piled up on the
floor, the house rifled and then set on fire to
conceal the evidence of the crime. The
latest move in the investigation was the
sending of officers to Savnaoe, where a
man is held answering the description of
"Aleck" Rome, the hired man, who was one
of those suspected of the murder
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
A KENTUCKY EPISODE.
An Impromptu and Probably Fatal Dut
Between well.Known Stock-Breeders.

An Impromptu and Probably Fatal Duel
Between Well-Known Stock-Breeders.
CYNTHIANA, KY, December 22.-At II
O'Clock to-day II. L. Frisbie and ]. K.
Lake, the widely known cattle-breeders,
had an alteration which will probably re-
suit fatally to Frisbie. The latter was
coming to town when he was accosted
by Lake on some business mat
ter. Frisbie replied in a very ungen-
tlemanly manner, when Lake seized rock,
Frisbie at the same time pulling his pistol
from his overcoat pocket. As soon as Lake
saw the pistol he pulled his own, and they
sSets Frsbe ran beSnd tree and keDt
firing, Lake standing in the middle of the
pike vigorously answering. Frisbie was shot
once in the middle of the back near the
spinal column, and the wound is very SER
iOus.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
Another Colliery Cave.Jn.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, December 23.-This
evening cave-in occurred at Fairmount
Colliery, near Pittston. operated by A.
was affected, settling distance of several
feet. The track of the Lehigh and Susque-
hanna Division of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad, which passed over the
disturbed area, was rendered impossible,
and passengers on the evening train north
had to be transferred. The damage to the
colliery can not be ascertained at present
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
THEY ARE DEAD.
The Miners Entombed at Nanticoke Have
Undoubtedly Succumbed to the
Fatal Black Damp.

Fatal Black Damp.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, December 23.-It is
now considered a certainty that all the
imprisoned miners at Nanticoke are dead.
The most experienced miners in the valley
say that when black damp and gas made
their appearance, it was not long before
the men were choked to death. While
it is thought the bodies may be re.
covered in two weeks, it is quite probable
that even that gratifying circumstance
may never take place. The company, how
eyer, is doing all in its power to recover
will not be considered. Work has to be
stopped in the Ross vein, both at Nanticoke
and Morgantown, cutting off a payroll of
So, 600 a day, but all the other works of the
Coal Company were put in
operation to-day.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-31
Boiled to Death VIII lie KiIIina Hous.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, December 22.-In
Chattooga County, Northern Georgia, yes
terday, James Startling was killing hogs,
and used a half buried hogshead as sca1d-
water; Startling attempted to pitch hog
into the vat, but stumbled under the weight,
fell headlong into the seathing liquid, and,
although lifted out instantly, he was liter
ally boiled, the flesh dropping from the
body in huge flakes. The man vas dead
when he was taken out