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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
THE MIKADo IN PRISON.
Prisoners In the Michigan Penitentiary En-
Joy Rich Operatic Treat.

JACKSON, MICH, March 1.-THE chapel Of
the Michigan State prison was transformed
into theater this afternoon. Five hum
dred convicts marched into the seats.
Warden F. II. Hatch said: Manager Geo.
o. Starr, whose company is here, invites
you to see the 'Mikado.' It is proper to go to
opera in carriages. Knowing you would
not like the expense, Mr.. Starr brought his
company here, scenery, costumes, etc. 1t
is against rules, but on this occasion you
cap talk and applaud. This is a temper
ance town, therefore you will be saved the
man, Signor Carlo Tarriani, the
director, took his position, the curtain
rose, and the "Mikado" was given with
a vim. The cast was: Ko-ko, Frank Des-
lion; Mikado, Charles Osborne; Nanki Poo,
Eugene Harvey; Pooh Bah. j. McSweeney !;
Pish Tush. Win Nichols; Yum Yum, May
Duryea; Pitt Sing, May Douglass; Peep
Boo, Madame Zazel Katisha, Grace Ather-
ton. When Frank Deslion appeared, sing.
surprise was followed by applause. As
Gilbert's satire upon justice developed, the
convicts grasped each point, applauding
vigorously. A programme was furnished
all. Starts Opera Company are the first
known to give an entire opera complete in
scenic effects inside prison wall This in
novation upon prison discipline, while up
held by advocates of reform management,
will create opposition for those in charge.
One convict, when asked if he enjoyed the
performance, replied: 81 more than enjoy
ed it, for it's the first sunshine of the kind
have seen in seventeen years"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
WARS ALARMS.
Lively Night for the Militia at Greenwood
Mines.


GREENWOOD, KY, March 14.-Last night,
at IL O'Clock, a rumble and roar, and then q
loud explosion and violent concussion,
shook the earth around and about the tents
Of the watchful soldiers. The drum beat to
arms, and as soon as possible the company
were in line and on the alert Every
eye was turned toward the spot
from which the deafening sound
came. A brilliant blaze lighted up the
hill behind the tents. No word was spoken
save the whispered commands of Captain
Veach, to be on the lookout and fire low.
After standing at the barricade for few
minutes no further demonstrations werd
made, and the company again returned to
the camp. This morning after breakfast d
squad Of men were detailed to search the
surrounding hills and find the cause of the
explosion. On the top of the second hill, in
the rear of the camp, they found quart
bottle filed with giant or blasting powder,
primed and fused with miners fuse.
On the ground near was found another
fuse, which exploded similar bottle, and
pieces of glass were found scattered over a
space of twenty or more feet. Captain
Veach has the bomb now in his posses 'ion,
and it will now remain with the company
as trophy. The purpose of the attack on
Mckeever is now thought to be plain. 1t
was the purpose of those who attacked him
to stun and then throw these bombs into
the stockade, and thus do all the damage
necessary for the convicts to escape and
at the same time destroy the building.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
How Ev.rts !. Drunk.

What's this we hear about Hon. W.
Maxwell Evarts? Chairman Hackett,
of the Republican State Executive Com
mittee, according to correspondent
of the Cincinnati Enquirer, speaks in
the following disrespectful terms;
The help gave to the election of Evarts 10
one of the things / shall never forgive myself,
for doing. He is eaten up with his own COM
ceir- He has an idea that he can be President.
When we wanted to get him 10 make speeches
last fall we had to send delegations Of fifteen
or twenty men to wait on him with hattery
got him TO go to Syracuse by sending gang Of
twenty Syracuse people to wait on him. He
Is no use to the party.
And Senator Vedder, the gaudy
cockatoo of Chautauqua, who never
loved the lean and slippery William
any too well, thus faunts his scorn:
The fellows who voted for Evarts are the
sickest lot of men you ever saw. They say
that he has play ed the party for sucker: and
with Evarts is what Beaconef1eld said Of Glad.
stone: "He 10 drunk with the exuberanco OF
his own verbosity."
of what use is it for Presidential
voltigeur to perform for the editication
of Michigan Republicans, when his own
party in the great Empire State rises
up behind him and accuses him Of
"playing it for q suckerp'-Brooklyn
Eagle
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
OIeomarqarine in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator Miller
introduced in the Senate to-day bill re-
quiring all manufacturers of and dealers
in oleomargarine, butterine, lardine and
suine, to display signs in conspicuous
place at their places Of business, indicating
that they manufacture or sell such articles,
imposing a special tax of $500 on manufac-
turers, $3.50 on Wholesale dealers and 500
quiring them to take out annual licenses to
carry on such business under penalty of
fine and imprisonment, and requiring all
persons engaged in such business to keep
books and enter therein accurate and de-
tailed accounts Of all imitation butter man.
ufactured or sold by them, such books to be
subject At all times TO the inspection Of the
treasury efcaalh
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
SERIOUS AFFAIR IN OREGON.

A Chinese Laundry Blown Up and Colo
mel of Militia Knock Down and Shot.
PORTLAND, OREGON, March 12.-Early this
morning an attempt was made to blow up
the Chinese wash-house at the corner of
Third and F streets with giant powder
cartridges. The perpetrators evil
IDENTIFY knew little of the use of
dynamite, as they placed it on the
front porch, which was demolished, but the
main part of the house was uninjured.
About midnight Colonel j. K. Phillips,
Commander First Regiment State Militia,
was assaulted near his residence in East
Portland by two men, knocked down and
robbed. As he lay on the ground he was
shot, the bullet passing through his lung;
probably fatal. Colonel Phillips has been
outspoken of late on the outrages against
Chinese, and the leaders of the mob have
threatened his life
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
Burned to a Crisp.

HIGHLAND, ILL.,, March 14.-Yesterday
morning about eight o'clock Albert T. Mil
ler's little boy met with an accident which
proved fatal this afternoon at four. The
parents had left the little fellow in bed, and
in some way, while they were in another
matches which were lying on the wash
stand near the bed. The matches became
ignited and the bed caught fire. When the
distracted parents discovered what had oc-
Cured the little boys limbs were burned to
a crisp. The upper part of his body was
also very badly burned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
The Value of School Drill.

BRADFORD, Pa, March 1.-THE value OF
school drill was demonstrated to-day when
a fire broke out in big wooden building
used as public school and crowded on two
floors with over three hundred children.
The teacher ordered the little ones to form
in line for march and quietly moved the
columns through the fatal doors while
smoke was pouring from the roof. No
sooner were all safely out than the fire
burst forth in many places, and in a short
time the building was in ruins, involving
loss of $11 900, covered by insurance.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
Conscience Mouey.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 13.-Last De-
cember Postmaster-General Villas received
a letter postmarked Cheyenne City, Neb.,
and signed ''From Christian" in which
the writer confessed that in 1854, while in
the post-office at Peru, Neb., ''the
devil tempted' him to steal
letter containing $40. He also con-
fessed that he had about the same
year distracted 500 from letter sent by a
soldier in Nebraska to his wife, He in
closed $145 by way of reparation for the
crime. Since the receipt Of the letter the
postal authorities have succeeded in find
ing Enoch Riggles, of Plum Hollow, Iowa,
the rightful owner of the $40, stolen more
than twenty years ago and the money has
been sent to him. The authorities have as
yet found no clew to the soldier whose 800
was stolen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
TIE ASHLAND HORROR.
Evidence Accumulating That VIII Prove
the Innocence of Neal, Craft
and Ellis.

Evidence Accommodating That VIII Prove
the Innocence of Neal, Craft
and Ellis.
ASHLAND, KY, March 10lThe horrible
murder on Christmas eve, 1881, when three
children were murdered here, which re.
suited in lynching and the killing OF
nearly forty people afterward, is recalled
again by developments about to be made
which will demonstrate that Neal, Craft
and Ellis were innocent of the crime
Tor which they were hanged. For
some time several philanthropic gentle
men, some of whom never saw this town
have been employing detectives to sift
every theory and investigate every clew.
Their work has been crowned with the
greatest success, and the arrest of the real
criminals will soon follow. The evidence
against them is conclusive, and will show
that the triple murder was committed early
IN the evening; that the perpetrators
went to the house by appointment
with one of the girls, who had pre-
vIously been on intimate terms with one of
them, and that the triple murder followed
an unintentional killing of the boy for re-
sisting assaults on the girls. The arrests
viii soon be made, and would have been
made before but for the excited state of
public feeling here on the subject The
parties, as has been limited many times be-
lore. hold very respectable places
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
New York Scenes DUPLICATED.

TORONTO, ONT, March 12.-This morning
an attempt was made by the street car
company to run car. An immense crowd
gathered about the stables and obstructed
its passage. Coal carts, express wagons,
ETC., were turned upon the track, COM
pletely blocking the car. The police were
powerless. The crowd made rush at the
car, broke all the windows, and
knocked down both horses and
driver A call for more po-
lice was made, and strong force of both
mounted and foot officers arrived soon
after. The mob was beaten back and sew
eral arrests were made. About two o'clock
this afternoon second car started with
better success, the police using their clubs
effectively. One man had his head split
open. At 3:10 p. m. there wers several
ca cars running with three policemen on each;
of loafers and roughs. and that the strikers
had no hand in the affair."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
A NEW TELEPHONE
That Transmits Speech from New York
Washington.

That Transmits Speech from New York to
Washington.
WASHINGTON, March IA very success
full experimental test of new telephone,
the invention of g. G. Turnbull, of Balti-
more, was made here to-day over a wire
extending from Washington to New York,
a distance of 240 miles. Conversation
was carried on throughout the
day without difficulty, and with re-
suits showing that the human voice could
be transmitted over this long distance
louder and more distinctly thanit ordinar-
lily is over the short city circuits of other
telephones. Mr.. Turnbull claims for his
invention, which was only patented last
month, an improved method of making the
carbon contact in the telephone transmit
ter, as well as an improvement in the ap-
paratus for collecting the sound waves at
the receiving end of the line.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
A sruPeNoous sRIHE.
Tho Blair Educational Bill . Venal O6er
for the Democratic Birthright.


for the Democratic Birthright.
OF the political questions before the
present Congress there is none worthy
to compare in importance-none 80 far
reaching in its possible political conse-
qnences as what is known as the Blair
Educational bill.'' It does not require
many words to state the purpose of the
measure. 1t is an act to split the solid
South. What the Republican party
failed to do with the bayonet under
Grant, it hopes to do with bribes under
Cleveland. To the Democrats of the
South it offers the lion s share in seven
ty millions of the peoples money to be
taken with their aid from the public
treasury, while it seemingly imposes no
conditions upon its acceptance other
than that of their cooperation in re-
moving the constitutional barriers
which protect the treasury.
But the involved conditions in this
most insiduous proposition are inexor-
able. If Southern Democrats accept
the bribe, it can only be at the sacrifice
of every principle on which Democracy
rests. They must deny their capacity
for individual self-government; reject
the doctrine of strict constitutional con-
struction and the Democratic axiom
that the general Government has no
powers except such as are expressly
granted to it; it must repudiate the
constitutional amendment declaratory
of reserved rights in the States and the
people and make an unqualified sub
mission to the Republican proposition
that while the general-welfare clause
remains in the constitution, no act
which a majority of Congress judges to
be for the general welfare can be un-
constitutional. 1t must put the control
| of its schools and the education of its
| children in the hands of the general
Government, and join with the Repub-
lican party in hurrying forward to the
time when a centralized, paternal Gov
! ernment will look after the welfare of
| a people too weak and unmanly either
to care for or govern themselves. 1t
must change the Democracy of Thomas
| Jefferson for the Federalism of Alex
ander Hamilton and the Republicanism
| of the Grants, Blaines and John Sher-
mans.
The bribe can not be taken without
complete reputation of Democratic
principles. The initial effects of the
measure may be seen already. In Mis-
sissippi, Texas, Tennessee and other
states, factions which have since the
war adhered to the Democratic party
are finding in this bill an issue upon
which to divide. The South is poor,
1t needs money. 1t was drained by 9
long war, from which it has never re
covered: The Federal Government
made citizens of its slaves and should
educate them for citizens. These are
their arguments, but the real argument
is the seventy million shining dollars
the mess of pottage the Republican
party offers them for their Democratic
birthright- Louis Republican.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
A Biz DsfaIcation.

VINoENNEs, md, March 10.-An exami-
nation of the books, concluded this fore
noon, shows an approximate shortage
against County Treasurer Hollinsworth of
$7S,27S.33. Everybody is sdumbfounded and
mortified at this gigantic expose. Hol-
llnsworth was a prosperous and wealthy
treasurer's office. What he has done with
this immense sum of money puzzles every
body. The conjecture is that it has been
squandered in margin gambling and in
woman affair, over which Hollinsworth
has had one suit in court. Ex-Countv
Treasurer w. w. Berry has been installed
in charge of the treasurer's Office
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
Threatened Strike.

CINCINNATI, March ia meeting Of
Cincinnati street car drivers and 4conduc-
tors was held last night, at which it was
resolved that the demand be made for two
dollars a day of twelve hours, paid by the
day, extra work to be paid for by the hour
at the same rate, and that employers be
given until 10 O'Clock Saturday morning to
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
Uniformity Of LANGUAGE Necessary.

VIENNA, March 11.-Count Bylandt-
Rheydt, Imperial Minister of War, has
issued instructions to all the commanders
of corps in the Austro-H Hungarian army to
order the, enforcement Of the study of Ger
man among all the troops. The Count
complains. that the use of local dialects
among the soldiers has greatly increased OF
late. The Czechs meanwhile are steadfast
in adhering to their own language. They
deme nd that the words of command in the
Landsturm shall be given to the Czech
troops in their own tongue.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
OIL EXCITEMENT
A Gusher struck in Washington County, Pa.

Gusher struck in Washington County, Pa.
PITTSBURGH, March 11.-Intelligence from
Washington County, Pa, tonight indicates
that the Pew & Emerson well, struck to-
day, is gusher and good for one thousand
to fifteen hundred barrels of oil per day.
Heretofore the wells in that district
have been small. 1t is stated that the oil
strata was found at depth of fifteen hun
dred feet. This shows a new oil horizon
never before thought of by experts or sci
entists who explored in that section, and
should it prove prolific, as it promises to
do, will lessen materially the expense OF
drilling. There is great excitement through
out Washington County.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
Heavy Train Robbery,

CHICAGO, March 14.-Masked robbers on a
Rock Island and Pacific west-bound ex-
press, while the train was between Joliet
and Morris, ILL.,, secured admission to the
express car, where, after frightful strug-
gle with the messenger, the latter was
overpowered and murdered, and the car
robbed of about $25, 900. This work is sup
posed to have been done by some convicts
lately released from the Joliet peniten-
tiary, who boarded the train at that point.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
Burial Of a Giant.

Mt. CARMEL, Pa, March 1o-Jacob
Birty, known as the "Giant of Eastern
Pennsylvania was buried here yesterday
He weighed 40 pounds, and. as it-was i'm
possible to get the coffin into a hearse
twelve men carried it. During the services
Mrs. Kate Hodge, of Helfenstein, a rela-
tive of the deceased, was overcome by
heart disease and fell dead on the coffin
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
The Report Denied.

ASHLAND, KY, March 1.-THE report
concerning the arrest of the true murderer
of the Gibbons children is entirely new to
us; and just as utterly false as it is new.
There is not the shadow of truth in the
report. All, or at least the majority of our
citizens, are resting perfectly easy that the
true perpetrators of the Ashland horror
have had the life strangled out of them.
The report is as unstable as chaf before
mighty gale.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
Powder Explosion with Two FataIIes.

: PORTLAND, Me-, March 1.-THE two great
powder mills of the Gambo Powder Com
pany, eleven miles from here, blew up
this afternoon. There was large stock of
material on hand, and the explosion was
terrific. Clarence Clary, of Gorham, was
killed, and Henry Hooper was terribly
will be heavy. Two years ago the mills
which stood on the same place blew up,
killing three men.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
EVERY ONE KILLED.
A Tugboat Blown Up With Terrible Re-
suits.

A Tugboat Blown Up With Terrible Re-
suits.
BOSTON, MASS, March 10.-The tug John
Markee left her berth at the wharf at 80
O'Clock this morning and started down the
harbor in search of vessels desiring her
service. There was large number of per-
sons on the wharf at the time who watched
the boat steam away. Just as the boat
arrived of Long Island an explosion oc-
Cured on board, of which the noise was
plainly audible in the city. The boat was
blown completely to atoms and her crew
OF i've men were instantly killed. The
crew consisted of Captain Cyrus A. Nicker-
SON, who resides at 81 London street, East
Boston; Engineer, George A Crooker;
Frank Crooker, fireman; Albert D. Smith,
cook, and James Hodgkins, deck-hand.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18

WHEELING, W. VA, March A.-An incen-
diary fire in Henry Blumenberg's saloon
and residence, tonight, caused damage to
the extent of So, ZOO. Insurance in German
Fire and Marine and Etna Fire and Ma
rine, all of Wheeling Some costly oil
paintings were destroyed. The place has
been fired five times, and has been robbed
regularly for year. Valuable goods were
stolen tonight before the fire.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
A Sad Occurrence.

ST. PAUL, MINI, March 14.-Mrs. Nellie
Hickox, of Niles, Mich, came here two
days ago in search of her husband, who
had deserted her. Yesterday she saw him
on the street and beckoned to him. He
started to run from her, and she dropped
dead. She was married to Hickox one
year ago, and was worth $4,000. He gam
bled it all away, and then deserted her..
The woman was highly connected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
a Woman BURNS Herself to Death.

GALENA, ILL, March 11.-Mrs. Gummway,
the wife of William Gummway, a farmer
of Scales Mound in this county yesterday
set fire to the bed clothes in her sleeping
apartment and deliberately stepped into
the flames. Her husband entered the house
to save the building from destruction, but
found his wife dead
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
DOWN AT SEA.

Steamship Oregon Struck by q Schooner,
Sinking In Eight Hours After
the Collision.
New YORK, March 14.-The Cunard steam
ship Oregon, nearing New York, was run
into by schooner, this morning, and her
side crushed She sank eight hours after
wards. Her passengers and crew, number
ing s46 people, were safely landed. The
passengers lost their baggage and only q
portion of the mail was rescued. The
Oregon was the finest vessel ever put afloat
in the history of the world, and the fastest.
She is the third Cunarder lost, but the
company still holds its noble record of
never losing passenger, and that of never
losing mailbag is only now broken.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18

No bill before Congress moro
deeply affects the people Of this State
than an Interstate commerce bill; and
it matters very little whether begin
ming is made under the Cullom bill or
under the bill that Mr.. Reagan has
long advocated in the House. Each
would inaugurate National system Of
control as to interstate traffic. Neith-
er is perfect, but either would furnish
a basis for such amendments as expert
enoe would suggest.-Atlosta CU,sstitss-
tipa.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
Edison Beaten in His Latest Patent.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-The Post says
Mr.. Thomas A. Edison has filed an applica-
tion for patent for his invention of tele-
graphing from moving train. Last Oc-
tober Lucius ]. Phelps, of New York, OBJ
tanned quietly from the Patent office,
and without any newspaper notoriety,
patent for teIegraphing from a train BY
Induction. His method is not quite the
same as Mr.. Edison's, for the latter tele-
graphs from the roof of the car to wires
lay wire along the track between two
rails, and telegraph from the bottom of
the car. The principle, however, is the
same, and is broadly covered by Mr..
PHELPS
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
Bull in a School-Yard.

CINCINNATI, March 11.-An excited bull,
escaping from Drove rushed in the yard
were two hundred children, let out for .he
noon recess. A number of children were
knocked about, but none seriously hurt, 81.
oept little boy whose wounds will nsh
proys fatal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
General Crook and Geronimo.

Ell PAso, TEXAS, March 12.-Reliable re-
ports received here from Southern Arizona
deny the statements widely published and
telegraphed North to the effect that Gen
eral Crook and Geronimo had a pow WOW
near the Mexican line There is every
reason for believing Crook has not met
Geronimo, as the local papers from that
part of Arizona state very positively that
Crook and Geronimo have not come to-
gether,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
A Hiobly Important Invention.

PITTSBURGH, March ia patent for the
safe distribution of natural gas through
out the various mains has just been grant
ed. 1t covers the process of mixing air
with gas in such proportions that while the
danger of explosion is taken away all the
heating qualities still remain, the heat
units being consumed in perfect combustion
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-03-18
Business Failures.

New YORK, March 12.-The business fail
ures during the last seven days, number for
the United States PA and for Canada 25. a
total of 239, against 246 last week and 24S
the week previous. Failures are on the de-
cline in every section of the country, espe-
cially in the Eastern and Middle States.