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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
The Nation Yet Lives.

The Republican orators in the last
campaign, from Mr.. Blaine down, pre-
dicted that all sorts of financial disaster
would result from placing the Admin
istration in the hands of the Democrats.
They pointed with pride" to the re-
duction of the public debt, the large
treasury balance, and a reasonable store
of gold, as the results of Republican
rule, and depicted in dark colors the
probable effect of a change. The voters,
believing government of the people to
be safe in the hands of any majority of
the people, decreed change. A COM
parison of the receipts and expenditure
for the nine months from July L,
1884. with the corresponding period
from July 1, 1885, shows that there
has been an increase during the latter
time of S1O.OOO,OOO in the revenues,
and decrease in the expenditures of
S23, 100000, net gain under DEM
ocratic rule of $4,000, 900 for three
fourths of a year. The public debt was
reduced ever sI4,Qoo. .9ee in MsrGhi ths
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
A Strange Anomaly.

The report that considerable num-
ber of Senators on both sides OF the
Chamber are in favor of doing away
with secret executive sessions will lead
to the hope that Mr.. Pratt's resolution
looking in that direction will pass.
This resolution.is so moderate that it is
difficult to see why it should encounter
any opposition whatever. 1t leaves
the whole matter in effect to the dis
cretion of the Senate. Indeed, herein
consists the danger that. it may prove
ineffective. Secret sessions may be
-esumed whenever the Senate thinks
it advisable. But it is valuable in that
it breaks up the superstition which
hedges the antiquated absurdity now in
vogue, and once departure is effected
It will not be long before the practice
shall have entirely disappeared. The
general good sense of the body may be
trusted so far.
1t is even said that Mr.. Edmunds is
in favor of some modification of the
present system. His difficulty. or
rather his defeat, in bringing his party
into thorough submission to his COM
mittee will not prove an unmixed evil if
it leads him to support this movement.
The general sentiment of the people
of both parties is altogether in favor of
progress in this respect. Open sessions
would certainly help Senators to arrive
at true realization of their response
bility to the people. And they would
increase the dignity of the body by
doing away with the strange anomaly
of calling certain of its meetings secret
sessions. while they are invariably re-
ported with especial fullness in the
newspapers of the following day. By
all means let the people know openly
and honestly how their business is
transacted in the Washington
pnsf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
THE STAR CHAMBER.
The Old Nlusty Republican Idea Of eecre'
Sessions Giving Place to More Ealighe
enod Views.


The Old Musty Kepublican loea o. ls.cr Sso.es
Sessions ., o.v'nE fAA'e 70 "
enou sie"S'
1t really begins to look as II We
should soon see the last OF the Sena-
tonal star chamber humbuggery.
Ever Mr.. Edmunds is thought to be-
.lor+ ra.a,, obact down The futil-
- -, So M - 80 haan ;,nnortart
Ivy u an onol1 " A ..l.,..d
proceedings secret mas oiscoutaee"
him; and rather than continue the
farcical performances of closing the
doors only to have Senators them
selves carry reports to the press, ne
may join those who advocate tne
abolition of executive sessions That
would be a creditable step. But, aP,
parently, the movement can succeed
without his aid or favor. Mr. fiattA
resolution has been gaining support
ers. Old, musty ideas about the
necessity OF shutting out the pup.
JIG when certain matters are pong
considered, have gradually disaP-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
MEAN PARTY SPIRIT.

Mr.. Ingalls, Speech Unworthy Of Rep
resentative of fLiberty-Loving Kansas.
1t must be source of poignant griei
to American citizens who decline to
support unfit candidates for Office, al
though nominated by the party to
which they belong, that Mr.. ingalls,,
Republican Senator from Kansas.
thinks that they are politically neither
men nor women, and announces his
opinion in such vivid terms, according
to the reports, that ladies fly from the
galleries and Republican Senators roar
with laughter. On the other hand, Il
can not be altogether pleasant for Re-
pubIicans who remember that Repub-
lica1ism in Kansas once meant great
and earnest conflict for freedom and
the rescue of the Union from the slave
power to perceive that Republic
anism in Kansas, as illustrated
by Mr.. Ingalls,, has dwindled
into vulgar sneer at political
independence and manliness and
honesty, and ridicule of r.form in the
civil service. The TRADE Of Mr.. In
gals against political Independence
was but feeble echo of Mr.. Conk-
lines picturesque gibes at '.Jayhawk.
ers and skirmishers between the lines. !,
But some Republicans perhaps ask
| themselves whether even Mr.. Conk-
lins;'s gibes in the height of his polit-
ical power and of the upquestioned SUI
prcmacy of the Republican party,
although loudly cheered as the blows
of a. great practical st tesman pulver-
izing the Miss Nancys and and the
Sunday-school prigs of politics. were
really serviceable to the party, OF
whether the Republican jeers OF 1881
at purists and Pharisees and super
celestial essences for whom no earthly
party is good enough were really o1
use to it.-Harper's Weekly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
CAPITAL ORGANIZING,
Not To Resist the Knights O.
Labor, But to Protect it's
Members.
A Huge Organization OF the Several Tex
tile Industries of New England, With
Millions of Capital.

BosToN, April 23.-The Commercial Bull
tctin tomorrow will say: 1.-THE sudden
and unexpected collapse of what threat
sned to be a serious strike at the Whitten-
ton Mills, Taunton, was caused by the dis
covery that that mill belonged to a huge
organization of textile industries of New
England, which has been formed SO quietly
that it has escaped all notice. This organ
ization extends over Rhode Island and
Connections and already includes forty
nine large woolen mills. This society was
organized for mutual protection. 1t does
of Labor in any way, but is prepared
to use arbitration in the settlements
of strikes The organization is growing in
numbers, and it proposes to give each
only those manufacturers who are un-
fairly treated by their help. A second
society, embracing all cotton mills Of
any Importance in Maine, New Hamp-
oompleted, and ' elected its Officers in BBs Bos-
ton on Wednesday. The Massachusetts,
League is the league of cotton mills to which
woolen mills are to be admitted, while the
wooen miI1s % and Ssu sGBseSuentV rmsa admitted
cotton manufacturers. During the last
month the cotton mills of this State have
been quietly preparing for organizations
for mutual insurance against labor disturb
ances. The cotton manufacturing indus
try is better adapted for the formation Of
such an Organization than many others, be-
cause it is composed of a number of large
mills rather than large number of small
ones. The quiet Organization which
has taken place, therefore, has been
conducted with much expedition, and its
result will probably be witnessed at the
next attempt of the mill hands to secure
the discharge of workmen who are not
members of the union. The society is not
q corporation, and has no stock. The
yearly pay rolls of the Massachusetts, mills
that have already Joined amount to $15,-
100000. The aims Of the society are not
in any sense aggressive, and its purpose is
not to attack the Knights of Labor, but
simply to protect its members against un-
just persecution. The methods of self-de-
Tense which the society will employ have
not yet been made public"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
skirmish Between Greeks and Turks,

LONDON, April 22.-The first gun of the
Turco-Grecian war has been fred, and the
Turks are the aggressors. Last Tuesday
night body of troops, drawn from the
Turkish outposts, attempted to surprise a
force of Greeks who had been engaged dur
ing the previous day in erecting earth
works upon territory alleged to be within
the neutral belt, which neither side has a
right to occupy. The attack was smartly re-
pulsed, and the Turks fed, closely pursued
by the Greeks. In their retreat the Turks
abandoned two field pieces, which fell into
the hands of the pursuers. The Greeks at
the end of the pursuit. occupied and in-
trenched themselves in the positions which
were clearly upon Turkish territory. The
Greek Government has ordered them to
Immediately evacuate these positions and
to return to Greek territory. The DISPOSE
tion at Athens is to minimize the occur
renee and treat it as an unauthorized af-
fair of outposts, for which no reprisal is to
be attempted,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
DEMOCRATIC BRIEFS.

The assault upon Postmaster
General Villas for refusing to subsidize
mail steamship lines comes from the
steamship companies themselves.
troH Free Press.
The only really good effect which
the indefinite expansion of the pension
policy will have upon the growing
generation, will be to add such an eff
fective additional horror to war that
they will not resort to it under any
consideration.-NeU York World.
The Republican Senators are
still foundering about in their effort to
make little party capital out of their
controversy with the President over
nominations, but it becomes daily more
evident that Mr. Edmunds can not hold
them to the rule of rejecting men SIM
ply because they can not get tbs sspae
pslrs. "-.-Nsw Herk Feet
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
Seeing the Good.

1t is good to be well rounded out, so
good that such life should be the ideal
towards which every Christian should
work. But it is hard. in this unequal
world to make such an attainment, and
even to keep the mark properly and al
ways in mind. Nearly all men grow
in certain directions; if opposite parts
and qualities do not dwarf, III " at least
do not increase, and hence the charac-
ter fails of symmetry. But we mistake
when we judge men wholly by their de-
fects, or their rless-developed parts, fail
ing to give them credit for the good
points that, jutting out here and there,
constitute their better peculiarities. The
right way is to see the good, rejoice in
it, encourage it if possible, and then
hope that this good will some time, as
the predominating trait and growth,
subordinate to itself all the others, and
thus become the real man and Chris
tian. If, for instance, man have large
benevolence and small reverence, we
should not think wholly of the latter,
but try to see the former, believing
that it VII in the end become control
ling and determining.-Unitea Pres6y.
toftass
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
R1oTINe AT NEW YORK.
The Sugar Refners Attack the Police ant
Beat Several Men Severely.

4Ac sugar ueuueES ACCack GH0 fOnce anu
Beat Several Men Severely.
NEW YORK, April 22.-About 80 O'Clock
this afternoon the strikers at the Have
meyer Sugar Refining Works at Green
Point began rioting The police were call
ed out in full force and attacked the
strikers, using their clubs freely, but the
strikers outnumbered and overpowered
the officers, attacking them with
slaves and brickbats. Three policemen
were seriously injured and removed to
the hospital. One striker was
seriously injured about. the head by
the clubs of the police and was also re-
moved to the hospital Several pistol
shots were fired, but no one was injured
by the bullets. After drawing the police
from the works the strikers captured sew
eral wagons loaded with sugar and dumped
the contents into the streets. The fighting,
which began about 80 p m.,. was quelled
about $40 p. M, when reinforcements,
from the Sixth, Fourteenth, Eighteenth
and Sixteeth Precincts arrived, and the
Seventh Precinct men, having been sup
piled with their night clubs, we're better
able to cone with the mob,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
Goes Mad by Proxy.

NEW YORK, April 25.-A curious case has
been developed at Matteawan, N. J. About
six weeks ago Nellie Smith, of that village,
was bitten by a dog. DR.. A. j. Jackson
treated her with apparent success. The girl
has sixteen-year-old brother Thomas, who
took her case very much at heart. The
stories about hydrophobia which had been
circulated gave him great deal of anxiety.
On last Thursday night he was taken sud-
denly i'll. He became extremely violent, re-
quiring two and often three men to hold
knew whether he was bitten by dog or
not. DR.. Jackson says that he hardly
knows what to think about the case If he
knew that the boy had been bitten by a
dog he should certainly consider it a case
hysteria brought on by worry about his
sister Nellie. The little girl is doing well
under her treatment.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
QUEER SLEEPING PLACE.
An Old Man Dozes Peacefully All Night In
q Brook.


WALTHAM, MASS, April 22-An old man
of sixty named Murphy was brought to the
police station and put to bed in an ex.
hausted condition this morning. He
was found at m. asleep in Beaver
Brook, immersed to the neck in water
and mud three feet deep. He bore every
appearance of having been in the brook all
night, as his clothes, outside and in, were
drenched with water and black with mud,
only one shoulder being dry. When his
boots were drawn off about two quarts of
muddy water flowed out of them, while
his sto ckings and hannels, once white,
were inky as Hamlet's cloak. Apparently
his mind was confused, and he could give
no explanation of mis- conduct, or state
where he belonged. He was breathing
family at noon under the stimulating ef-
feet of big horns of whisky, but his appear
ance indicated that death would shortly
ensue as result of his long bath.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
Justice in Indian Ierritafx

VNITA, INDIAN TERRITORY, April o.
William Wilworth, a resident: of Coal
Hill, Ark, was robbed of 81, 800 by highway
men Monday night. He had sold lot of
cattle, and was on his way home. when an
order to halt greeted his ears, and two VIM
chesters were presented. Wil@orth was
taken into a creek bottom near by, robbed,
and kept about two hours. One IF the rob
bers was Jim Proctor, disreputable char.
acter; the other was mulatto. Yesterday
posse of citizens struck the trail, and the
robbers were overhauled. The command
to surrender was not obeyed, and was fol.
lowed by volley from the posse. The rob.
bers were killed, and the bodies left un.
bnr
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
FILLED A LIGHTED LAMP.
Three Women Undertake 1t and Have Died
from Their Iniurie6.

Throe Women Undertake 1t and Have Died
from Their Injuries.
CHICAGO, April 25.-Yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Sterling, who is landlady of the Ster-
ling House, on Adams street, was in the
kitchen with her daughter Emma and Miss
Whalen, a servant. One of them took a
lighted lamp, and holding ali oil can
in one hand commenced to fill it. Sudden
ly the oil was ignited, and the can ex-
Ploded with a loud report The burning
fluid was scattered over Mrs. Sterling and
her daughter, and their clothes were soon
a mass Of flames. Miss Whalen, the domes-
tic; was not burned, but inhaled the gas and
smoke. The fire department was summon
ed, and fireman aide" in the efforts to
extinguish the flames and save the lives Of
Mrs. Sterling and her daughter, but their
aid came too late. After several hours in
tense suffering, all three of the women
died.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
The conyicts at the Greenwood Mines.

FRANKFORT, KY, April 25.-TheE Econvicts
employed at the Greenwood Mines were
examined yesterday by Governor Knott
and Cabinet Sensational stories of the
inhiction of barbarous punishments were
disproved. The State troops will remain,
as the free striking miners and others open
ly assert their intention to destroy the
camp the moment it is free from military
protection.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
Can Never Be Recovered.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, April 0.-All hope Of
recovering the bodies of the twenty-six
miners entombed in No. 1 slope at Nanti-
coke has now been given up. A second
bore hole has been driven from the tunnel
to the main gangway, and it was discov-
cred to-day that the latter was filed with
quicksand and water. 1t is now regarded
as certainty that the men perished on
the first day of their imprisonment by be-
ing caught in the mass of falling sand and
rocks, and that their bodies can not be re-
covered
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29

net cash balance in the treasury Is
$76, COO, 600; the surplus gold reserve
over $51, 200, 600. If the Republicans
were entitled to credit for the good
showing sometimes made under their
Administration. the Democrats are de-
serving of just as much now. As .
matter of fact, the people paid the
taxes that produced these results In
both cases; BUT it is the universal testi-
mony of business men that the man
agenlent of the treasury under Secre-
tary Manning has been as honest, wise
and firm as it was under any OF his
predecessors. The fiction Of Repub-
iican indispensahleness is thoroughly
exploded Boston Sunday Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
Peculiar Accidental Hanuinu.

BALTIMORE, April 25.-Henry Fryer, aged
sixty-eight years, who for many years has
been one Of the gate-keepers of Druid Hill
Park, was found dead last night hanging
head down from a tree not more than ten
feet from the gate. He had been training
a wild rose vine to run up the tree, and had
no doubt lost his balance, and in falling
caught his foot in O. crotch of the limb on
which he was standing. The body was ac-
cidentally discovered while it was yet
warm.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
SETTLED TT AMIoABLY.
A Philadelphia Brewer Deeds His Wife
One She Loved Better.


READING, Pa, April 22.-Max Rebstock,
u Philadelphia brewer, Frieda Rebstock,
his wife, prepossessing young woman,
and Albert Wolf, of this city, called at Al
derman Scheetz's office here yesterday and
had that official settle novel suit between
them. Mr.. and Mrs. Rebstock were mar
ried three years ago. She is twenty-four
years of age and moved in excellent so-
ciety among the Germans of Philadelphia
Wolf and Rebstock were very close
friends for years. Last year Rebstock sent
his wife on European trip. Several years
ago she first met Wolf, a handsome young
German. A strong attachment sprang up
between the two which was quickly no.
ticed by Rebstock: Alderman ScheetE was
called upon to amicably adjust their. mar.
ital difficulties. Mr.. and Mrs. Rebstock
signed a paper by which they agreed to
separate, provided she gave him certain
articles which he bought for her when they
were married. Rebstock renouneed all
claim to the woman as his wife. He then
left for Philadelphia. Mrs. Rebstock and
Wolf were married yesterday afternoon,
and will make their residence in this
city.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
Poisoned bv Pussy.

NEW YORK, April 22.-Owing to the scratch
of a pet cat, Mrs. Thomas Monsby, of
Brooklyn, has spent a week in untold
agony, and is now suffering from blood
poisoning. The cat became frightened by a
dog entering the room suddenly, and in an
endeavor to get away dug one of its paws
in Mrs. Monsby's under lip, on whose lap
oozed from the scratch, which caused
hardly any pain, and the lady forgot all
about the occurrence in few minutes
Towards evening, however her lip began
to swell, and before night it was as large as
an egg. The swelling extended to the
cheeks and parotid glands
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
hydr0phobia.

RED BANK, N. j., April 25.-Five weeks
ago little boy named Smith was bitten
by dog at Matawah. He said nothing
about the matter until to-day. He was
taken ill on Thursday and symptoms of hy-
drophobia rapidly developed. He has suf-
fered terribly from paroxysms, and to-day
the doctors administered cocaine to quiet
him. 1t is believed that he will die before
morning.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
Chinese Ind dpmnity Bill,

WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator Morgan,
from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
reported to the Senate a bill to indemnify
the Chinese for the losses and damages in
ficted on them by the rioters at Rock
Springs, W. T., in September last. 1t au-
thorizes the President to designate not to
exceed three officers of the United States
to investigate and take the testimony of
witnesses as to the nature and extent of
the damage done to the persons and prop
erty of the Chinese
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
Killed By lIuhtninu.

CREsTLINE, O., April 25.-Frederick
Blazer, ofthis place, was instantly killed by
lightning this afternoon. He was working
on the track of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
and Chicago railroad, two and a half miles
east of this place. About three O'Clock a
storm came up, when Blazer took shelter
under tree near by, which was struck by
lightning. He leaves a wife. The storm
lasted about thirty minutes, and was ac-
companied by heavy thunder and lightning
and large bailstoneS
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
A BROKEN LEvEB.
Million Acres of Cotton Land Flooded i

A Million Acres of Cotton Land Flooded in
Arkansas.
HELENA, ARK, April -23.-The levee on
the Mississippi river broke last evening
fifteen miles south of Helena on the Arkan-
sas side. The crevasse is forty yards wide,
and it will be impossible to close it. AS in
1889, one million acres of the most fertile
cotton land in the Mississippi Valley will
be covered by water from one to six feet
deep. Planting operations were suspended
three weeks ago, and cattle and farm stock
were moved to the high lands. Unless the
water recedes very fast the entire cotton
spoiled.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29

HORRIBLE DEATH.
Fatal Mistake of . Boy in Tying a Rope
Around His Waist.

AROUND his WafSte
NoKoMIs, ILL.,, April 25-On his return
from town last evening Mr.. Jacob Swarey,
living three miles east of here, missed some
colts which he had left in the stable, and
upon searching for them found them in
pasture, and attached to one of them by
halter was the dead body Of August Middle
camp, boy about thirteen years old, who
had been left at home. 1t is supposed the
lad had attempted to lead the colt to water
and carelessly tied the rope around his
waist in slip-noose, when the animal. UNI
accustomed to being handled, pulled him
down and dragged him until exhaustedi
as, although it appeared frightened, it did
not run when approached. The boys body
was badly mang1ed and NEARLY cut in two
by the rope, the knot of which was drawn
to only about q four-inch moose.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
TORNADO IN TEXAS.

Buildings Destroyed and People Injured,
. Baby Fatally.
KrLLEEN, TEX. April 25.-A tornado swept
past Killeen this evening, about one mile
from town. It struck the house
of Jacob Uselton, demolishing the build
ing and injurihg the entire family, the baby
fatally. The Norman brothers residence
was also destroyed The family were saved,
having just taken refuge in a storm house.
The STORM came from the northwest, and
did considerable damage in the town of
fell, destroying vegetation and fruit trees
and breaking many window panes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
A Mothers Woe.

WEST NEWTON, Pa, April2 22-While Mrs.
Albert Neff was planting vegetables in the
garden this morning the house caught fire,
and before she could rescue her four chill.
dren, who were sleeping up stairs, they were
terribly burned. Two of the little ones are
reported sinking rapidly, and are expected
to die at any moment.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-29
Internal Revenue Collections Increasing.

WASHINGTON, April 23.-The collections
OF internal revenue for the first nine
months of the fiscal year ending June 30,
1856, were as follows: From spirits, S5O,-
Sol, ,7a6; from tobacco, $40, 136,91S; from
cellaneous items, S179, ,7SS, making a total
OF $S4, 81 ,252, OF an increase of 81, ,974 O46
over the collections for the corresponding
period of the last fiscal year.