The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-04
WEST AND SOUTH.

A strange suicide occurred on the farm
of William Kidney, near Burlington, Mich,
on the Mth. E. J. Wilcox, aged sixty,
waited until the other members of the fam
lily had retired, and then stepped outside
the door and exploded a dynamite bomb
under his arm. The report was terrific,
and the fragments of Wilcox's body were
scattered in all directions.
The coroner's jury in the Chicago Stock
Yards tragedy has rendered a verdict that
Terrence Begley came to his death by
shot from gun in the hands of a Pinker-
ton special officer unknown to the jury,
aided and encouraged by Guy Stevens.
Richard E. Labes, George ]. Bortram, Mer-
ritt E. Shaw and others unknown, and it
recommends that said persons be held to
the grand jury without bail.
The Case School of Applied Scieuce. on
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, O., was totally
destroyed by fire on the night of the 26th.
The total loss on building and contents
will reach about 5000, 900. 1t is not known
how the fire originated. The building was
completed only a year ago, when it was
dedicated to its use with imposing cere-
monies. There were from fifty to sixty
students in the school. Insurance un-
known.
The municipal election in Baltimore on
the 9th resulted in the election of the en-
tire Democratic ticket by 1900 majority.
George E. Atwood, purchasing agent for
the Ohio & Mississippi railroad committed
suicide by shooting himself at his home on
Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati, on the 9th. He
was a good business man and had the con-
fidence of all who knew him. No cause is
assigned for the deed.
Black diphtheria made its appearance at
Sparta, a small village in Morrow County.
Ohio, few days ago, and the public schools
were dismissed to prevent the further
spread of the disease. There were several
cases and one death last week.
Two Cinnamon imprisoned in the Joliet
penitentiary, Illinois, have become insane.
The warden says that he thinks it was be-
cause their queues were cut off. A third,
recently sent there from Wyoming, will be
permitted to wear his pigtail.
Council for the seven condemned An
| archists in Chicago, submitted to Judge
Gary on the 2sth ult. voluminous docu-
ment upon which another motion for new
| trial will be based. Its contents were not
| made public.
| The greatest failure in the history OF
Logan County, ILL.,, occurred ut Lincoln,
on the 2Sth ult The banking house OF
William Dustin closed with liabilities OF
$4,000
Three young men, named John Schneider,
Jacob Bennett and Rudolph Lostetter. left
! Madison, Wis, in a small boat several
days ago. seeking work south. The same
night cries as of drowning men were heard,
and the next day Schneider dead body was
| int fho ,.ir ita tha md nj
Madison. Bonnett and Lostetter have not
since been heard from, and foul play is sus.
pected.
The boiler in the gin house at Fletcher's
plantation near Little Rock, Ark, exploded
on the 29th, blowing the engine house to
atoms and instantly killing Frank Waters
and fatally wounding his wife. George
Chandler, his wife and four others were
seriously burned.
An incendiary fire at Pochahontas, Va
on the 2Sth ult destroyed sixteen houses
including two hotels and several business
houses. George Baber, of Lynchburg, per
ished in the flames. Heavy rains saved the
town. Loss $4,000; insurance unknown.
The American Woman's Suffrage Asso
citation closed at Topeka, Kan, on the 29tt
ult. Hon. William Dudley Foulke was re
| elecUeu pTcSiueuGs Lucy oCouSs 1idu
Julia Ward Howe, corresponding secre
tary; vice presidents and executive COM
mittee from every State and Territory.
Mrs. Mary Wood, wife of the late ex
Governor Wood, of Ohio, died at Alameda
Cal, on the 2Sth ult., in tae eighty-nintl
year of her age. Her remains were in
tered in Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland
The faculty of Earlham College, Indian
apolis, has expelled five students ant
placed seventeen others on good behavio
for breaking the rules by attending rep
resentation of Orchard ILL.,
White frost was reported on the Goth ult
at all points along Mississippi sound an
within ten miles of New Orleans. At Batol
Rouge the mercury fell to forty degree
above zero. There was killing frost a
Jackson, Miss.
William and Jacob Birdsall, brothers, VIII
were convicted at Monmouth, ILL.,, of tn
murder of Samuel Claybaugh year age
, were sentenced on the 29th ult., the forme
to fifteen and the latter to one year in tn
, penitentiary.
At East st. Louis, ILL.,, on the 29th ult
| Edward Blake, a saloon keeper, shot an
instantly killed William G. Vanderougt
an engineer on the Indianapolis & s.
3 Louis railroad. Marlborough was drum
and attacked Blake, who drew his revolve
> | and fired at the engineer, killing him il
stantly.
: At meeting of the Chicago Coal e.