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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
ANEW Incand emit lamp.

Mr.. Max Muthel has patented in Ger
many an incandescent lamp which pos
sesses the advantage of requiring no vacu-
um in the globe. He has, it is reported,
very ingeniously overcome one danger
that experiments of this kind have hereto
fore presented, and that is the fusion of
the incandescent wire. The wire used by
him consists ir a mixture of bodies that
are conductors and non-conductors of cleo
tricity. He takes magnesia, silicate of
magnesia, ETC., and porcelain clay, and
forms thread of them, which he heats to
incandescence and saturates with a solu-
tion of platino-iridium salts, and after
ward raises several times to incande-
scence, in order to reduce the absorbed
salts to a metallic state. Instead of the
foregoing mixture, filaments of clay may
be taken and saturated with a solution OF
metallic salt, which is then reduced to
metallic state through incandescence and
the use of oil of lavender or some other
organic substance, or through an electric
current. With wires thus prepared,
fusion is absolutely overcome, the presence
of the non-conducting substances prevent
ing the metallic parts from melting. Mr..
Muthel supposes that the electric spark
Jumps, so to speak, from one particle to
another, and in this way causes heating
of the other substances, which, brought to
incandescence, emit more intense light
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
A Rumpus in the Ohio Senate.

COLUMBUS, O., January 22.-In the Senate
to-day President Kennedy held point re-
garding a resolution to take up the Ham,
ilton County contest cases and consider
them in open session. An appeal was
taken frNr~ the decision and sustained.
The Chairman then rose to a question Of
privilege, and pointedly defined his au-
thority and duties as presiding officer,
which, he said, would be observed accord
ing to law and precedent, regardless of
rules adopted by the majority to abridge
his constitutional rights. On the question
of the adoption of minority report
by the Committee on Privileges
and Elections on the Hamll-
ton County contests, the Chair held that
the four Hamilton County members could
not vote, they being interested parties.
Then there was row. The Democrats re-
fused to vote on any question, and the
Chair declared the report adopted by the
seventeen Republican votes as that would
be majority.under the ruling. In the
midst of great excitement, a recess until
tomorrow morning was declared. Presi-
dent pro tenn O'Neill took the chair, and
the Democrats, organizing another Senate,
reversed part of the proceedings. The
Democrats adjourned to p. m. Monday.
The conflict of authority may possibly
lead to serious trouble.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
FIRE IN A SHIPS HOLD.
The Dangerous Element Smolders
Through Nine Days at Sea.
Nearly Fatal Experience of Four Firemen,
Who We're Overcome by Smoke In the
Hold, and Fell InsensibIe, but
Were Reached In Time
to Save Life.

NEW YORK, January 20.-At $50 O'Clock
last evening the Arrow Line Steamer Crys-
tai, which left Leith on December "a,
deeply laden with cargo of spiegel iron,
bale rags, jute and hemp, moved into quar-
antine. This morning her Captain came
ashore and reported that the cargo underNo.
8 hatch Of the hold had been burning nine
days. The police boat, patrol and the fire.
boat w. r. Havemeyer reached the side of
the vessel shortly after 5 O'Clock, and when
of smoke and flame shot up,
and soo.. eight streams of water were
pouring into the vessels hold. For half
an hour the pumping was kept up without
material effect, when four men were sent
down to investigates. The smoke was pour
ing out in black clouds, almost sitting
those on deck, and the stencil was horri-
6ls, The men disappeared from from view, and
sent down to find them. On going down
they found all, four lying on the floor, in
sensible. More rescuers went down, and,
,sai. Nth great gtrcoa difficulty brought 0ugh up
they sheye recovered ec; consciousness M 0 the men
said the fire, which was located on the
starboard side of the hatch, had smoldered
SO long that it had good hold of the cargo,
and 1t would be necessary to fill the
u8Ic0 Wltn WdCef. lQlS was DeSuu, anu
with the assistance of the fireboat Zophar
Mills, which was sent for, the work was ac-
complshed and the fire extinguished about
O'Clock this afternoon. The loss to the
cargo is about $4,000 The damage to the
vessel is slight. Captain Stannard, the
commander OF the Crystal, said the vesssl
was about seven hundred miles from Sandy
Hook when the fire was discovered. Its ORR
gin was due to some combustible material.
The ships crew had closed all the air pas
sages leading to the hold, and endeavored
to smother the flames. They thought they
had subdued it, and he did not think It
necessary to report the fact that there had
been lire on board. John Mccarthy,
one of the rescued firemen, said: "When
we began to descend the gangway, the
smoke was 30 thick we could see moth
ing. The stencil was fearful, and
on reaching the bottom we were nearly
suffocated We landed on some bales Of
rags, an, 81 oped around to find the fire.
The heat was intense and the smoke thick,
and I felt that was getting dizzy. We
tried to reach the gangway, but couldn't
find it, and then fell. rolled over, and
tried to crawl on my hands and knees to
the gangway. remember no more until
found myself on deck" The Crystal halls
from Newcastle, England.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
DEMOCRATIC ITEMS.

The Republican journals which
are so indignant at the refusal of the
Supreme Court of Ohio to go behind
the returns should moderate their rage.
The wear 1876 furnished an eminent
precedent for such action.-M T.
World.
Civil Service Examiner-n
profit of two millions of dollars can be
realized from thirty years in Congress
at a salary of 5000, how much can be
made as acting Vice-President in three
years at salary of 5000? Applicant
Il arm sorry, sir, but have never
studied political economy.-M T. Sun.
We read in the papers that in some
localities where Democratic postmas-
tiers have been appointed Republicans
refus,, to patronize the Office, mailing
their letters on the cars and at other
places in order to cut down the rev.
enue of the office and thus reduce the
salary of the Democratic official. Peo-
pie who will do that are not entitled
to postal facilities, and, if it could be
done, the Postmaster-Gen would be
justified in depriving them of any
Chicago Mail.
--Governor Hills view Of Civil
Service reform is that of practical
man, not of the closet theorist. He
declares the selection of public servants
on the grouud of merit to be the safe
guard of popular rights; but he also
points out that this does not conflict
with the principal, indispensable in a
popular Government that heads of de-
partments and others charged with the
execution of administrative policies
should be men in accord " ith the Chief
Executive or administrative officer in
trusted for the time being with the ex-
ecution OF the popular will expressed
through the ballot box. The Civil
Service statute, as he views it, applies
solely to official places calling mainly
for clerical ability" or other expert
qualifications which competitive exam
inations may dstermine,--M r. Ssns
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
THE QUEENS SPEECH.
Victoria Opens the British Parliamsn In
PersOn

LONDON, January 21.-The Queen alighted
at the Peers entrance to the House Of
Lords at 80, where she was met by Lord
Halsbury, the Lord High Chancellor, and
escorted within the Chamber Her Majesty
was at once escorted to the Throne, and
when she was seated Lord Halsbury, the
Lord High Chancellor, Immediately began
the reading of the address. The Queens
speech opens with a reference to her rela-
ton with the other great powers, which
she said was friendly. She was pleased to
state that the Afghan boundary question
was settled.
.'The Roumelian rising shows that the peo-
pie of that country desire q political change.
been carried on in this connection was to
bring them under Prince Alexander of Bull
garia, without impairing the Sultan's rights.
King Theebaw necessitated war against Bur.
mah The gallantry of the forces under
General Rhe3Sdetgast rapidly reduced the
Incorporated into the empire.
''Ihe agreement made with Spain secures
to Germany in the Carolines
~ have seen with deep sorrow q renewal
of the attempt to excite the Irish against the
turbance thereof, and am convinced that
have the support of my parliament and peo.
pie: The social and material conditions of
there has been no marked increase in crime,
legal processes in many places have been re-
sisted, and organized intimidation continues.
My Irish subjects must be protected in their
legal rights and individual liberty by every
effort. II the existing law be inadequate to
cope with growing evils, I look with conf
dence to your willingness to invest the Gov
ernment with all necessary powers.
"Bills will be Introduced to create councils
in the counties of Great Britain. who will
undertake the local business now transacts d
by the Courts of Quarter Sessions.
"a measure for reform in the county gov
ernment of Ireland will also be presented.
You will also be presented with bills facili-
tating the sale of glebe lands, removing the
difficulties h ndering the cheap transfer of
land: mitigating the distress of the poor in
the Western highlands OF Scotland, and ex-
tending the powers of the Railway Commits
sion.
~ trust that beneficial results will flow from
the Royal Commission on Education"
The address closes with an expression of
hope for the prompt and acknowledgement
of the important business before Parlia-
ment, and commends the Parliament to the
keeping and guidance of Almighty God.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
A pooR-HousH BURNED.
And Five of the Unfortunate Inmates
Perish In thei iF1ames.


Perish In thei iF1ames.
JACKSON, MICH, January 24.-The County
Poor-house was almost entirely destroyed
by fire at o'clock this morning. There
were forty inmates, and all escaped but
five, who perished in the flames. The re-
mains of the victims were brought to the
city to-day The dead are as follows:
Dolly Martin, aged 60, insane, an inmate
for twelve years; Kate Avery, aged 20,
insane, an inmate for ten years;
Jane Atkins, aged 20 insane,
Boynton, aged s2, deaf; Charles Elliot aged
77s, blind The building. is situated in a
lonely spot about four miles from the city.
It was recently built at a cost of $4,000.
The fire, the origin Of which is unknown,
whole interior was destroyed. The ther-
mometer at the time registered 10 degrees
below zero. All the inmates lost their
clothing, rushing out into the snow in a
naked condition. Thirty of the paupers
were brought to the city and housed. Some
of these will die from the effects of the
exposure they were subjected to.
John Doherty, the hired man, brought three
of the lunatics down the fire-escape in his
arms, thus saving their lives. An nnbecile
boy, nineteen years of age, was found in
bed and was rescued by means of the fire
escape. There were only two men, besides
the inmates, about the place when the fire
broke out and they rescued the inmates be-
fore other help arrived. VIM. Mills, one Of
the inmates, was the man who first issued
Sanders Spelling Book. At one time he
was worth a quarter of million dollars.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
Big Beef Strengthening Schemes.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, January 21.-Thc
Times tomorrow will say that the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Conn
pany, in connection with it's projected
lines into the Indian Territory and Texas,
will establish stock-yards at Argentine,
thirty or thirty-six thousand head Of cat
tie, and also erect large packing houses.
Work will be commenced as soon as the
season permits. The paper also states
that s,s an .t Eastern firm owning & eighteen
and Baltimore have purchased ground for
a large packing house. from which to sup
ply their Eastern markets with dressed
beef
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
Indian Affairs.

WAsnINeToN, January 22.-The. annual
conference of the Board of Indian Com
missioners and the representative of the
various missionary societies, Indian Asso-
Citations, ETC., was held here yesterday. A
resolution was adopted declaring in favor
of standing by the treaty rights of the In
ing their tribal relations and dividing their
lands in severalty. A resolution against
the bill of Congressman Townshend, of Illi-
nois, to organize the Indian Territory into
Territory of the United States was unan-
imnuSly adonted.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
A Mendacious Merchant.

OTTAWA, ONT, January ga merchant
Of Calgary, named Ferland, who has
ira ded among the Indians of the North
vest, but who has grievance against the
Dominion Government, is said to have set
afloat all the sensational stories about the
threatened uprising. Sir John Macdonald
who arrived here yesterday, says that there
is not the slightest Indication of trouble,
and that all the agents of his department
report the Indians on all reserves quiet and
perfectly satisfied.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
Miners Crushed to Death.

MAHoNy CITY, Pa, January 2l.-Jacob
Branshire, Nicholas Cannute, miners, and
two laborers were working in the gangway
of Ellangowan Colliery yesterday when a
terrible crash was heard in all parts of the
mine. The miners, about 200 or more,
thought an explosion had occurred, and all
hurried to the gangway, from whence the
noise came, when it was discovered that
about ten tons of rock and coal had fallen.
garay the
two laborers, who had extricated them
selves when assistance arrived. They were
not fatally injured, but were terribly cut
and bruised. The work of rescuing the
other two was then begun, and an hour sub
seQuently the bodies were found. Death
must have been instantaneous, as almost
every bone was broken.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
None Escaned Injury.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, January 21.-A disas-
trous wreck occurred last night on the Des
Moines & st. Joseph branch of the Chica-
go, Burlington & Quincy system. about
four miles west Of Albany. The passenger
train bound for st. Joseph encountered a
broken rail, when the whole train, except
the engine, was thrown from the track and
down an embankment fifteen feet, demol-
ishipg the cars. There were fifteen passen-
gers on the train and none escaped injury.
Iowa, was instantly killed, his neck being
broken and skull crushed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
EMPTY GRAVES.
Decatur, Georgia, in Furious
Fever Of Excitement.
Body-Snatchers' work-Several CofYins Ex-
humed, but the Silent Occupants
Were Gone.

DECATUR, Ga, January 22.-This COM
munity is greatly excited over the repeat
ed desecration of its graveyard by body
snatchers and the discovery of the COM
plicity of the sexton in the crime. Deca-
tur has a handsome cemetery, located in
the edge Of the town. The inclosure is
large, and many of the lots are we'll cared
for. There the bodies of the dead have
been laid to rest for three or fourscore
years. A part of the cemetery is set aside
as Goods acre." and there the poor are
eemetery % had % been @ disturbed, but
last week Joe Smith, the sexton
of the cemetery, directed suspicion on him
George Vaughn, the negro janitor, of the
Atlanta Medical College, he was detected
in the act of robbing the grave of Israel
Sanford. Vaughn gave bond, while Smith
was lodged in jail. The body was never
two weeks ago Simon Read, a colored man
& buried in Gods Acre. When it was
found that the body of Sanford was missing
great many people began to wonderif old
Public opinion ran high, and pressure
was brought on the Mayor and Council for
an investigation. Yesterday Mayor Kirk-
patrick Councilman Austin, Marshal Chi
VefS anu ScNerdi otneI SonpieMoh "SnV w
the graves, accompanied by force of ne
gro men to open them and see if there was
anything missing. The first grave exam
ined was that Of Simon Read. The ne
groes with shovels set upon the grave and
were soon at the coffin. 1t was empty,
save a pair of breeches and one OF two
minor pieces of wearing apparel. The
body OF the old man had been taken
away, and was then, no doubt being
well cured in some deans watts. The ne
groes who were shoveling dirt grew very
much excited and did not need to be urged
to greater exertion. As soon as it was
clearly seen that Reads body was gone, they
were put to work on two other graves that
were very near together. Both graves of
colored people and when the cottins that were ere
then then put to work on the grave
of a white lady whose death occurred some
weeks ago. When the planks over the
coffin were reached Mayor Kirkpatrick
said: sit is no use to go further in this
grave l saw this lady buried and know
those planks have not been disturbed" The
coffin was therefore not disturbed. There
were no other suspected graves that
the Mayor felt authorized to open,
that point. There are other graves in
the cemetery that are thought to be
empty, but so far there have been no other
Investigations, as the relatives of the dead
people object to the graves being opened.
1t is not improbable however, that there
will be still more graves opened The gen.
eral impression is that there has been a
good deal of grave-robbing in the vicinity
of Atlanta. OF late several robberies have
these parts many mound rises above an
| emnty coffin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
DEMOCRATIC MINORITY.

The Duty of vigorously UNFOLDING Presi-
dent Clevelaiid's Nomlnations-Devotion
to Party Principle with the Popular En-
couragement
Next in Importance to the approach
ing discussion, of the silver question
will be the debates which we are told
the Republican Senators will direct
against President Cleveland's nomina-
tions.
The fact that the White House isnow
inhabited by Democrat has made no
change in the, feelings of those gentle
men as to their responsibilities under
the Constitution. They must still adj
wise the President upon certain ques-
tions Just as, though he were pure
blooded Republican. and give their con-
sent to his proceedings as they think f1t.
But what is expected to make pecu-
liar stir among the Republicans while
debating the new candidates for Office,
and to produce an energetic and sol
emn exhibition of eloquence, will be
their conclusion that they are the
special keepers of the Civil-Service law
and the appointed promoters Of its
spirit and extension. IL was invented
and sustained by their party, and they
must look after its interests; and the
way to do this will be to keep the Re-
| publicans in and prevent the represen-
| tatives of the Democrats from taking
their places.
1t will devolve upon the Democratic
Senators, in the event of such an at
tempt, to resist it with the greateet
vigor. and indignation. Besides sus-
tafning the action of the President by
following this course, they viii be bat
tling for one of the most fundamental
principles cf Democracy. This is that
the people nave the right, through their
proper representatives, to choose their
own agents of Government, and that
the expressed wishes of popular ma
jority must be fully and faithfully OBJ
served. 1t was the intention OF the
Democratic majority in 1884 to take tho
control of the Government from the
Republicans into their own hands; aud
this desire must be respected now and
furthered by every justifable exertion
possible on the part of the Democratic
Representatives. The fact that Mr..
Cleveland regards himself as in some
way the chosen Magistrate of the whole
people. and in consequence as not hold
ing precisely the same relations to the
Democracy as Democrats elected by
narrower constituencies, should not
lessen whit the intensity of that
party's Senators in their devotion to its
principles, or weaken their determina-
ton to stand immovably for their
party's rights against the assaults Of
its enemies. They must fight for the
Democracy and against the humbug
pretensions of the Republicans at every
opportunity that is afforded.
In such contest they will have the
people at their back.-M =. Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
CONGRESSMAN BELMONT.

Why the Friends of the "Plumed Knight"
Are Fiery Mad at the "Young Polo
Player" from New York.
With signal fatuity the followers of
James G. Blaine expose their sores by
making an outcry against Perry Bel
mont's receiving the craftsmanship of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
They will never forgive him for having
made spectacle of Mr.. Blaine when
he appeared as a witness before the
Committee on Foreign Affairs in 1882.
1t is easy for Mr.. Reed, of Maine, to
say that Belmont achieved prominence
only "when great man like Blaine
condescended TO wipe his boots upon
him, but the fact remains that Bel
mont came out of the encounter with
honor, while Blaine's reputation re-
ceived no tarnish only because 1t was
already so darkly spotted. Through
out his examination in that investiga-
ton Mr.. Blaine played the part of a
bully and braggart, and continually
ght to evadc incriminating himself
by insulting his examiners. Instead of
answering pertinent questions he de-
livered TRADES against the impertin-
ence and boyhood of Mr.. Belmont.
But the young member of Congress
stuck to his points with dog
ged persistence that provoked Mr..
Blaine to a pitiable rage. One thing
Mr.. Belmont could not ascertain, and
that was what became of some of the
records of the State Department relat-
ing to the Chili-Peru affair, which had
disappeared. They have never turned
up, and until they do Mr.. Blaine must
rest under the suspicion of having spir-
tied them away with the same purpose
as induced him to appropriate the Null
igan letters. That investigation, in
which Mr.. Blaine was held upon the
| gridiron of cross-examination by the
"young polo player" disclosed the
fact that as Secretary of State he had
sought to take advantage of the wal
between Chill and Peru to further the
settlement of baseless private claim.
To this end he dismissed faithful min
lister and appointed one after his own
heart who took with him two sets o1
instructions. For more than six months
'sthe most pressing service" of Amer.
lean diplomacy in South America was
prostituted to the benefit of pri
vate claim; and the ultimatum Of
the United States represented to be
that by no treaty of peace should there
be cession of territory to Chill by
Peru, in Disregard of the rights of Mr.
Landreau, an alleged American citizen
Throughout the investigation Mr.
Belmont showed familiarity with the
subject and grasp Of the principles In
foreign relations remarkable IN ss
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
A MOST BRUTAL MURDER.
An Old Lady Wantonly Killed by q Negro
Near Henderson, Ky.-The Murderer
Lynched.


Near Henderson, Ky.-The Murderer
Lynched.
HENDERSON, January IA cruel muir
der was committed before daylight this
morning three miles below this place. Calvin
Simpson, Union County negro, broke
into the house of an old white lady named
Mrs. Graves. She and two daughters
fled from the house, followed by Simp-
son. The old lady was overtaken and
killed with club. The girls es-
capped unhurt to a neighbor's house Simp-,
son then went to Males uBrowns's house, q
near neighbor, drove him out, and took
possession. Simpson fortified himself in
the house, which was guarded until officers
arrived and battered down the door and
arrested Simpson, who was brought here
and put in Jail. He feigns insanity,
and is quite violent. There is talk of lynch
ing, but all is quiet tonight
EVANSVILLE, IND, January Pa special
to the Journal from Henderson at this
morning states that mob took Calvin
Simpson, the mulatto murderer of Mrs
Graves, from the Jail at half past O'Clock,
and hung him to a tree half mile from
town, after which they riddled the body
with bullets The mob told him to say
his prayers, which he did. They then
asked him what he killed Mrs. Graves for.
He replied that the Lord asked him to do
SO. They then said: ''Up you go to the
Lord" and strung him up. They then re-
tired and left him hanging. There have
been so many murders in that section of
country that the people are resolved to
stop the business.