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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
THE PLOT EXPOSED.

A Republican Scheme to Injure His De-
partment Thwarted by Postmsster-Gen-
eral Villas.
The conspiracy in the railway postal
service, which has just been exposed
aud punished, was about what might
have been expected. For quarter of
a century it was taught, and by many
people believed in this country, that
only one party had the requisite intelli-
gence to administer the Government
and fill the offices. Propositions to
take by the heels some of the men who
had held place for generation and
throw them out have been looked upon
as verging on treason, and it is not sur
prising, all things considered, that
among the office-holding class an i'm
pudent contempt of authority should
have manifested itself. More especial
~ was this to be expected when, new
party coming into power, it proceeded
to return good for evil by continuing
the great majority of the subordinate
office holders in their places. Had it
turned them out by the hundred
and thousand, as probably some
of them should have been
CuIu0Q ..OuGs SUCH OI tu6m dS
were left would have been more inter-
ested in attending to the public busi-
ness in such way as to meet approval
than they would have been in any
scheme to embarrass their superiors.
Since the Inauguration of Mr.. Cleve-
land there have been frequent rumors
of insubordinatlon on the part of the
railway mail clerks. At one time they
have been threatening to strike in a
body, and at another they have been
"organizing'' to resist any changes
which the Postmaster-General, in his
discretion, might make. These con-
spiracies recently eliminated in we'll
defined movement in the West to bring
about complete paralysis of the pos
tai service at any moment when the
.'union," taking exception to orders
from the Government, should proclaim
a strike. In this performance the rail
way clerks manifested that spirit OF
political intolerance which under Re-
publican rule made the civil-service OF
the country a great party machine and
denied to one-haf of the people repre-
sentation therein, as completely as il
they had been aliens. Chicago Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
BUSINESS FAILURES.

The Pennsylvania Tack Works, at Norrfs-
town. Pa, Seized by tho sheri6-Whole-
sale Grocers- As<ign.
NoRRIsTowN, July THE heaviest fail
ure that has occurred here for many years
was reported yesterday and involves the
Pennsylvania Tack works and Captain c.
p. Weaver, its treasurer. Yesterday morn
ing ten writs were placed In the sherifFs
hands, and few hours later the tack works
property and the personality Of Captain
Weaver were seized and taken into execution
at the direction of Aaron Swartz and +. NJ.
Childs, attorneys for. the defendants TIE
executions aggregate about $50. 600.
The seizure includes all the property Of
the tack works, all the personality Of Capt-
ain Weaver and the skating rink which has
Just been transformed into most beautiful
theater at great cost The tack works are
owned by company with John Ralston
president, C. P. Weaver treasurer and H. P.
Weaver secretary. There are other claims
amounting to about $4O,000 against the
works which are liable to be pushed at any
time. The failure of the works is attrib-
uted to an unsuccessful attempt at corr
bination. Notes had been given for $40. 600
worth of material belonging to the Central
Manufacturing Co., which was formed In
1882 to control prices and production and
which failed in April last. The first Of
these notes fell due last Saturday and the
tack works was unable to pay it-without in
justice to other creditors.
NEW YORK, July 7.-Stephen Moorhousa
and James Harrison, composing the firm of
s. Moorhouse & Co., wholesale grocers, cor
ner of Hudson and Reade streets, made an
assignment yesterday to james F. White,
giving preferences for $57, ,455. The list of
preferred creditors is composed mostly of
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The Brussels Medical University was
nearly destroyed by fire on the 7th. The
large collection of minerals and the library
were consumed, but the surgical instru-
ments were saved. There was no insurance.
Nearly one hundred and fifty delegates,
representing every State in the American
Union and Province of the Dominion of
Canada, were present at the opening of the
convention of the International Molders'
Union at London, Ont, on the Sth. Presi-
dent Fitzpatrick, of Cincinnati, occupied
the chair.
ial Chambers of Commerce in London on
the Sth, there was an animated discussion
of the silver question and its bearings upon
the commerce of India, Australia and
Great Britain. A resolution was finally
passed, by a vote of % to Is, declaring that
the remonetization of silver would relieve
the depression under which trade is now
staggering.
The London Times Of the Sth, in an arti-
Gle summing up the result of the elections,
says: "Mr. Gladstone's appeals to the
country at this time have been fruitless.
The Irish-American conspiracy has failed"
An Ottawa, Ont, dispatch of the Sth
says all the ndlI-DreeQS now In tne stony
Mountain penitentiary for participating
in the recent rebellion are to be granted
full amnesty by the Government and are
likely to be released before the end of July.
As security for the monopoly of the trade
in petroleum and salt four banks SHAVE ad-
vanced the Grecian Government the aggre-
gate Of So. 100000.
A remarkable raft of logs will soon leave
St. Johns, N. B., for New York. tits cigar
shaped cylinder 400 feet long, with the beam
and draught of a sea-going vessel, contains
100000 feet of logs, and is valued at
$35, 900. twill be hauled by regular ocean
steamer, keeping as close to the coast as
possible. A storm would doubtless cause a
total loss. The object is to save ss, 900 duty,
sawed lumber being taxed, while logs enter
free.
The Mitchellstown Board of Guardians
have petitioned the Earl Of Aberdeen, Lord
Lieutenant, to stay all evictions in Ireland
until November. They say that there are
prospects of a splendid harvest, which will
enable farmers to pay the landlords. and
| that eiectments now would ruin thousands
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
ERUPTION OF A VOLCANO.
One of tho Awfulest Scenes in the World'i
History-2,4O Square Miles Mass
of Flame and Hot Soil.

SAN Francisco, July 1.-THE steamer
Alameda, which arrived to-day from Aus
tralia, brings particulars of the fearful
volcanic eruption in New Zealand last
month, and which is among the most de-
structive in the worlds history. The first
reports of the volcanic disturbances came
from Taurauga, in Auckland Lake District.
The natives of that village were sharply
awakened from sleep at2 in the morning by
repeated vivid flashes of lightning, which
continued at rapid intervals up to "a. m.
when tremendous earthquake occurred,
followed quickly by others. The shocks
were SO violent that people jumped from
their beds and fed for their lives in their
night Clothes making no effort to save or
take anything with them except their chill
dren. The earthquakes continued to fol-
low one another in quick succession up to
a. m, when q leaden-colored cloud was
observed advancing from the south, spread
ing out until it covered the sky. While
still moving it burst with a sound of
thunder, and shortly afterward showers
OF o fine dust began falling accounts from
was the first volcano to break forth, and
hardly were the flames seen issuing from
its crater than the entire Paeroa range of
mountains belched forth in sympathy,
hurling flame, burning lava and stones
over the surrounding country. For the
first time in tradition the extinct vol
cano of Ruapeha was awakened into
activity. The entire country, an extent
of one hundred and twenty miles long
by twenty in breadth, was nothing
but mass of flame and hot crumbling
soil, which in places rose to height Of
four thousand feet, capped at the highest
point by the Tekopha Geyser, said to have
been the grandest in the world. During
all this time showers of dust continued to
fall until it became SO dense as to make
the day as dark as night and not until the
second day did the dust cease falling. 1t
was noticed that the dust emitted strong
sulphurous smell. Numerous small ma
tive villages were totally destroyed. Wal
roa was covered to a depth Of ten feet
with dust and ashes. Rahtomahaha was
completely engulfed, as were also some
other small villages One hundred and
twenty persons are known to have lost
their lives, among whom were several
English residents. the loss of cattle
starved to death from destruction of
pastures by dust is very great, and
great distress exists throughout all
the Auckland Lake district. One old
man, chief at Ratorua, was dug out alive
after having been buried in ashes for 1O4
hours. Every effort was made to save the
lives of the others, but in most cases where
bodies were found they were dead. At the
date of the departure Of the steamer Ala
media from Auckland the volcanoes were
still very active and the temperature Of
the hot lakes were increasing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
An Old Sayina Verified.

EAToNToN, GA, July 11.-Ramoth Church,
ten miles from this place, was celebrating
its semi-centennial to-day. But one of the
original members of fifty years ago was
present-Uncle Ben Clarke. During all
that time his devotion to the church was so
strong that it passed into common saying
among them that ben Clarke would die in
Ramoth Church yet" While services were
in progress to-day Clarke stepped out to
see about his horse, which was hitched to
AS he reached the animal he fell dead at
its feet, and the old saying was verified.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
WEST AND SOUTH.

In the Criminal Court at st. Louis on
the 7th the motion for a new trial in the
case of Maxwell, the Preller murderer, was
overruled. As soon as the prisoner shall
have been sentenced an appeal will be
taken to the Supreme Court. If this shall
prove unsuccessful the case will be taken
to the United States Court on the ground
that the State law, which allows the prose-
cution more challenges of jurors than the
defense, is unconstitutional
Colonel George B. Corkhill, formerly
United States District Attorney at Wash
ington, died at Mt. Pleasant, Ia, on the
9th. He was about fifty years Of age and
gained a wide reputation as prosecuting
attorney for the Government in the Guiteau
case.
James Williams, farmer near Garfield,
O., his wife and six farm hands, were
poisoned on the 9th by some bread which
they ate. There is no clue as to the man
ner in which the poison got into the bread.
ALI suffered violent pains, and four were
in a serious condition.
The eight-hour strike of the furniture
workers at Louisville, KY, which began
May 10, ended on the 7th in an acknowl-
edged failure. The places of nearly all
the strikers have been filed and they will
find it difficult to get work on any terms
at present.
Dispatches from Western Texas report
suffering from the long drought as unpre-
cedented. Rain has not fallen in some To-
calities for fourteen months. The cattle
are starving. In many localities settlers
are selling their farms for mere trifles and
leaving for the East in abject poverty.
Paul Hamilton Hayne, the well known
Southern poet, died at his home near Ma
con, Ga, on the 7th. He was a son Of Lieu
tenant Hayne, of the United States Navy,
and nephew of Robert Y. Hayne, Gov
ernor of South Carolina and United States
Senator from that State.
The Minnesota State Prohibition con-
vention met at St. Paul on the 7th and
placed full State ticket in the field. j. E.
| Childs, of Waseca, was nominated fol-
Governor, and l. Pinkham, of Hennepin,
for Lieutenant Governor, by reclamation.
An ovarian tumor weighing twelve
pounds was successfully removed from the
two-year-old daughter of K. II. Hurst, of
Delta County, Tex, on the 7th. 1t is con
sidered the most remarkable case or
| record.
Two seamen, who arrived at Key West
Fla, on the 7th from Havana, report the
loss of the schooner Sea Gull, of Key West
and all hands, off the north side of Cubs
on June %.
A desperate named King, while drunk
boarded a Cincinnati Southern freigh
train near Pine Knot, KY, on the 7th
murdered Edward Pelton, the conductor
and made his escape.
At Rockville, Ind, on the 7th the Demo
cratic Congressional Convention of tn
Eighth district nominated John F, Lamb
| Mr., Lambs nomination to ba United State
District Astnt nay Ter Indiana Is no~ pend
| inH In hhs Aspsts
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
LESSONS FROM ENGLAND.

whitney Avoiding tho Blunders
OF Great Britain and His Republican
Predecessors In Administering His De-
partment Affairs.
The Roach, Robson and Chandler
system, which succeeded so admirably
in making our navy the scoff of the
world and in squandering millions of
the peoples money, without giving
any equivalent, seems to have been
adopted in England. A storm is brew
ing over the heads Of the admiralty on
account of recent disclosures that the
boasted British navy is not all it is
represented to be and has an undue
proportion of leaking ships and burst
ing guns. Some of the fast cruisers,
says the Saturday Revieso, have proved
to be craft which will go very fast over
the measured mile and then, when
they have been kept at work for a
voyage or two, become strained, lose
their shape, more or less, and become
proverbially leaky and certainly COM
paratively slow. Perhaps such vessels
must needs have some weakness which
renders them little fit for prolonged
hard work. The description seems to
fit the Dolphin, or some of the other
notorious craft turned out under the
auspices of Mr.. Whitney's predeces-
sors. The present hard working,
painstaking and conscientious head of
the Navy Department is sparing no
pains to rehabilitate the navy and is
making the best use of the means
placed at his disposal
1t will be well to profit by the dis
closures which are being made in refer
ence to the British navy, the leaky Ca
lypso, the bursting gun on the Colling-
wood and the serious defects of the
PhRton. Those vessels were of the
most improved and modern types, and
the guns were pronounced by the Ord
nance Department the best of their
class. A searching inquiry is called
for, and it is feared that the ''invinci-
ble' British navy will be found to be
in the same unprepared state as was
the French army at the outbreak of the
war of 1870. It is decidedly scientific
work to make vessel which will be
both swift and strong, or gun which
will fire very heavy shot by a very
powerful charge of powder without
bursting. Mr.. Whitney is determined
" oCCulO buOoC AOOCcodhy OACLAOuoo IL
the building up of the navy. He
is hampered by the cumbersome
system which governs the de.
partment, and needs thor
ough reorganization. 1t should be
the first step taken by Congress to
bring around the reconstruction of the
navy. The department can take ad
vantage of the experience of England
in avoiding the blunders which have
wrought such mischief in her navy and
robbed some of her most vaunted shipl
of their prestige. The Secretary of the
Navy has made the initiatory move tt
adopt scheme which has proved O
inestimable value to the British admir-
atty, to have list and description oi
merchant steamers prepared for the
department, to be regarded as avail.
able in case of emergency, to serve a.
auxiliary cruisers or transports. 1t il
q plan that is in operation with th,
great Powers of Europe, and mus
work to advantage in case of war.
Congress will only do its duty TOWARD
the Navy Department, there will be n,
delay in repairing the blunders ant
rascalities of former years.-AI6an!
Arqus.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
MEXICAN MATTERS.

Tho American Colony Celebrates the
Fourth-MexicauN National Railroad Sub
sidy.
CITY OF MEXICO, July 6.--The Ameri-
can colony here celebrated the Fourth of
July by ball on Saturday night which
was largely attended by resident and visit
ing Americans. Many distinguished Mexi-
cans were in attendance. The National
standard Of Mexico was displayed on the
Mexican Government buildings in honor Of
the day.
The subsidy to the Mexican National
Railroad Company began July 1 with q
trfle over One-half per cent on the customs
revenue. The percentage will be increased
on January to three-fourths of one pcr
cent and on July next year to one an
one half per cent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
Mutinous Convicts Killed.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, July 11.-Particu-
lars of the killing of three convicts by
their guards, near Pine Bluff, yesterday
aft ternoon, have reached this city. A gang
of about eighty convicts were working in
brickyard a few miles from town, and
the entire number made a sudden break
for liberty. The guards Immediately lev
eled their rifles and fired, killing three of
the ringleaders and oitally wounding a
fourth None escaped.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
ALaundry Girls Fearful Experience.

CHICAGO, July 11.-Mary Maloney, a
young woman employed in the West End
Laundry, in some unaccountable manner
got her hair caught by a revolving shaft
which was wound around it until she was
lifted from the floor. She would undoubt-
edly have been killed had not the strain
been SO great as to break hoz scalp, which
was torn from her head. The unfortunate
girl suffered greatly, and became crazy.
The scalp was sewed in place again, and
may grow fast, but physicians fear the
girl may not recover her reason.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
Insulting the Flag.

CHICAGO, July IA company of Nor
wegians from the North Side were march
ing up Milwaukee avenue Monday, on their
way to picnic. The men carried a large
American flag, and were passing the cor
ner of Erie street when several per-
sons in the crowd drew revolvers
and fired upon them. The flag
seemed to be their target as six bullets were
put through it. A. Milneson, turner, was
struck in the back of the neck by spent
ball. inflictng slight flesh wound. The
shots were evidently fired by socialists, but
there were no policemen in sight and the
thoroughly frightened turner's marched on
at a double quick, still holding aloft tS
stars and stripes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
THE EAST.

Suit was begun at Pittsburgh on the 7th
by John Gordon, president of the Pitts
burgh, Oakland & East Liberty street rail
way, against d. W. c. Bidwell, late treas
urer Of the road, to recover $22, 500, alleged
to have been embezzled by Bidwell Ac-
companying the papers is lengthy sched-
ule of errors and footings of the cash book,
by which the balances are wrongfully re-
auced. These peculations were committed
siuce January, 1875.
From over four thousand crop reports
fre,n all parts Of ,she. country the h.raI
e,ioo. ~, .icludes that ehs ~inter wheat
Hhsis, geeai hp.iae wheat
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
The President gives the Senai

The President gives the Senate
and House a reminder nearly every
day that they are losing sight of the
laws. This lesson which occasional
vetoes give must have beneficial eff
feet upon legislation after awhile.
For the first time in years there is
judicial mind in the White House
which calls a halt to even Senators
who have prided themselves. on their
legal knowledge while voting for un-
constitutional bills.-Bufalo Times
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
-Tha ACCOMPLISHMENTS th,

The announcement that the
Committee on Commerce of the Re-
publican Senate is making large addi-
tions to the River and Harbor bill
passed by the Democratic House, and
that it is likely to call for two or three
millions more when the upper branch
gets through with it, is an unfortunate
response to the Republican platforms
recently adopted in Maine and Yer
mont condemning the Democrats for
their extravagant appropriation IN
y Post
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15

FINDLAY, June THE greatest enthu-
siasm was caused among oil men in this city
Monday night by the announcement that
the Whistleman well, belonging to Parker &
Duke, had proven a ''gusher." and was
flowing at the rate of 800 barrels per day.
Trenton rock was struck at depth of 1858
feet and the second screw developed fine
showing of oil. At the third screw oil wat
thrown over the derrick rope and work had
to he suspended while the drill was only
sixteen fest iii tile Said. The we'll has beef
fn~;ns e1sf e!hce, s.iti Il ID believed that II
viii nikke 800 Barrels bss day whsu dtiIiss
daspes
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
WASHINGTON.

It was reported in Washington on the
9TH that charges had been filed with the
President by members of the Grand Army
agninst the Civil Service Commission and
Generals Black and Rosecrans, the latter
for making and the former for aiding in
appointments contrary to the civil service
laws.
The total emigration to the United States
from Germany from January to May in
elusive was 33, ,977, which shows a large de-
crease from the figures-for the correspond
ing period of 1885.
The House Ways and Means Committee
on the 9th ordered an ad verse report on the
Randall Tariff bill whe n the measure was
taken up. Mr.. Morrison will therefore sub
init an adverse report and it will go to the
calendar, where it will rest permanently.
John P. Apfeld, lunatic, who went to
the Presidents house few days ago and
created a sensation by his violence, and
praying to God to give him strength to kill
the President, has been taken to the insane
asylum.
The President on the 9th sent to the Sem
ate the nomination of Fitz-John Porter to
be "Colonel in the Army of the United
States, to rank as such from May IA, 1861,
that being the grade in rank held by him at
the time of his dismissal from the army"
The President on the 7th sent to the SEN
ate without his approval the bill granting
to railroads right of way through the
Indian reservation in Northern Montana.
He has now vetoed an even hundred bills,
and has but nine more to make to
reach the aggregate of all vetoes since the
Government began.
Representative W. d. Cole, of the Third
Maryland district, died at his home in
Washington on the Sth, aged forty-nine
He leaves a wife but no children.
W. d. Davidge, one of the counsel for the
Government in the Guiteau case, in an in
terview with a Washington Star reporter,
pronounces the recently published Corkhill
interview all 'sbosh." Nothing, he says
was found in the case, either in prepara
ton or trial, to lead to the supposition thai
there were any others than Guiteau who
had the least knowledge of his murderou
intentions toward Garfield.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15

ocrass. Adding all the other employees
of the Pension Office to those and the
total number of persons borne upon
its salsry-roll was 1,665. And out OF
that there were just seventeen Demo-
Gratis. Seventeen in nearly LOO!
That is just one per cent. And this
was the genuine Civil-Service reform
which as administered by General Dud-
ley, YVES sanctioned by every Republic
an Administration Boston GLOBE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
Children Dying in New York.

NEW YoRK, July 1l.-There were 221
deaths in this city during the twenty-four
hours ending at noon Friday. Seventy-fve
per cent. were of children under five years
of age. This fearful mortality among chill
dren is attributed to the tenement house
system and the hot weather.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15
TRAGEDY at a Camp Me citing.

LOUISVILLE, July ia Courier Journal
special gives meager details of a tragedy
at Flatwood's camp-meeting grounds, But
ler County, KY. Will Hazelip asked to be
Miss Mary Lacefield's escort. He was re-
fused, and, seeking her to-day during the
progress of the meeting, fatally stabbed
her, and then cut his own throat, and will
die
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15

eft did not pay me to advertise"
said merchant. might as we'll say
4 talked to many persons. but none OF
them would listen to me- :" A we'll
constructed advertisement will always
be read, and will return handsome
profits, and good conversationalist
will always find persons who are glad
to listen to Chicago Inter Ocean.