Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-02-28
OHIO NEWS NOTES
Gathered From Various Parts es the
Buckeye State.

Baltimore & Ohio engine at Chicago June
tion, o.
-Four hundred men are temporarily thrown
out Of employment by the fire at the "Big
Four shops, in Cincinnati
Colorado woman named Tanner is
charged, at Oxford, O., with cruelty beating
and i'll treating seven-year-old child whom
she took to raise.
John Bingham, aged fourteen, was crushed
to death by horse near Canton, o.
Henry Schneider was instantly killed by
falling rock in a coal mine near COshocton,
Ohio.
Hattie B. Steven son, charged with taking
money from letters while clerk in the
postoffice at Wellsville, o., confessed, and
said that she had secured between four and
five thousand dollars in that way
Jack Brophy, of Mt. Vernon, o., was IA
tally burned by naphtha.
Adam BerkeS, the Sardinia victim of the
White Caps, was drank at the home of his
sister in Cincinnati, Saturday night, and
failed to meet his museum engagement at
Chicago.
Buried treasures, amounting to 81, ,2SS, was
discovered in Adams county, Ohio
The body of William NJ. Batterton was
found in the canal at Cincinnati His skull
was crushed, and there is suspicion that
he was murdered.
John Quirk, of Chardon, D., was arrested
for sending threatening letters.
Tiffin Grooms was arrested in Adams
county, Ohio, for selling whisky without
| license.
Henry H. Bell, ex-treasurer of Monroe
| township, Holmes county, Ohio, has been in.
dicted for embezzlement
A number of boys, ranging from ten to
fourteen years of age, have been arrested on
the charge of burglarizing Cincinnati busi-
ness houses.
Careless Mr. Irons, of Lebanon, O., wrote
a check in payment for one hog to the
amount of $400. SO, when it should have been
$145O. Dishonest Mr.. Richardson hogged
| it all, and the fleet footed sheriff pursues
him.
Lulu Belle Dolbee, OF Norwalk, O., be-
came stage-struck and deserted her husband
and child
The shortage of James M. Lane the treas
urer of Pickaway county, O., will amount,
according to the report of the indemnifying
committee, to S44, ,277.9S. His whereabouts
is still mystery. Edward Lane, his son,
has been arrested as an accessory.
While John Ostien, Seneca county, Ohio,
farmer, was hauling hay, his team tried to
run away and upset the load on him, killing
him.
Finishing Two Years Job.
WASHINGTON, Feb. aS.-The select COM
mittee of the senate, which for several years
has been investigating the appointment In
dian traders has almost finished its report.
oh tod llxr
of Senators Platt, Cullom, Jones, of Nevada,
Coke and Wilson, of Maryland, was ap-
pointed June g. 1886 In December, 1887, Mr..
Chandler was made chairman of the CON-
mittee, which was charged so as to include
Senators Platt, Cullom, Blackburn and
Coke Later Mr.. Faulkner took the place
of Mr.. Coke on the committee. The duties
of the committee were enlarged at various
times by resolutions of the senate but their
investigation has been confined recently to
the cutting of timber on Indian reservations
under contract, and particularly to the Oon-
duct of Indian Agent Gregory. Since his
appointment to succeed Mr.. Atkins, as In
dian commissioner, Mr.. Oberly has made
every effort to have Gregory removed but
without success.
The report of the committee, it is under
stood will dwell particularly on the conduct
of Gregory and the Underwriting on the
La Pointe and Fon du Lac reservations.
The committee will report that $50, 600, 600
feet Of timber has been cut ON these reserva-
tions within three years, where only 0,00O, :
600 feet was cut in the three years previous.
Most Of this, the committee finds, was done
under illegal contracts and under condi-
tions Of the worst character and all Of this,
the committee claims, was not only counte-
nanced by Gregory but ordered by him.
Secretary Villas, it is understood, is censured
for not accepting the resignation of Gregory
as well as for his original appointment
Commissioner Atkins, Mr.. Oberlys prede-
cessor, is also censured for ignorance of the
affairs of his office, while Commissioner
Oberly is held blameless because all that be
did was under the orders Of Secretary Villas.
The minority Of the committee will dissent
from these views.