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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
Another Use for Them.

The fight between the city and tho
gas companies is likely to result in a
very interesting experiment at Cleve.
land, O., by the electric street railroad
companies. The current required to
run the cars is sufficient for the opera
tion of incandescent electric lights, and
the expense of lighting all the streets
upon which there are electric car
lines would be very small. The railroad
companies look upon the project favor
ably, and the city authorities regard it
as both practicable and economical If
possible, each electric road line will be
used to light three streets the one on
which it runs and one on each side par
allel to it. If it is effected, it will re-
result in great saving to the city.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
DEADLY navica


A Chicago paper says: The officers
and soldiers at the Fort Sheridan range
witnessed the testing of an automatic
repeating rifle that bids fair to revolu.
tionize both naval and land warfare.
The gun is the invention of Dr. H. A.
Pitcher, of Neillsville, Wis. 1t becomes
automatic by the utilization of the gas
produced by the combustion of the first
cartridge fired. The gas escapes into a
chamber and acts on a piston that is
set against spiral spring the recoil of
which propels the piston back against
rod that sets the mechanism of the
gun in motion by which the empty
cartridge is removed and replaced by a
loaded one, also cooking the gun. This
is done with so much rapidity that
by pressing against the trigger the gun
will discharge the nine cartridges that
are required to fill the magazine, in
two seconds. The best record was
eight shots in five seconds. Lieut.. In
gersoll is, however, enthusiastic in his
commendation of the mechanism of the
gun and is satisfied that it will do all it
is claimed to. 1t is intended to apply
the principle to heavy guns for use in
naval warfare in propelling torpedoes
and as machine gun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
Bavaria Warned to Be Ready.

The kaiser has conveyed very clearly
Gin high Bavarian quarters his impress
sion that war is to be expected, and
that all Germany should be prepared.
AT the same time the kaiser appeared
to have no apprehension as to the re.
suit. In addition to notifying the re-
serves, the German government has
ordered a careful inspection of horses
subject to call for use in the army, and
this order is being carried out every
where. In fact, the whole empire
seems on the watch, waiting for the
word to be given.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
THE nARrHouAKn.
Az Least Forty People Killed in San SAWS
dor, While Many Deaths Arc Reported

At Least Forty People Killed in san Saliva
dor, While Many Deaths Arc Reported
Throughout the Country.
The effects of the terrible earthquake
shock in San Salvador prove TO have
been more disastrous than at first sup
posed. In the city of San Salvador
about forty people were killed and six
ty were more or less seriously injured,
but it is impossible to give the names
of the dead. There is no telling to
what extent the mortality list will
reach. but judging from the fearful re-
suits in San Salvador the number of
killed throughout the country will be
somewhere in the hundreds While the
alarming reverberations were going on
it was an utter impossibility for any one
to keep their footing. From all the
houses the unfortunate dwellers issued
on all fours amid clouds of dust, while
showers of tiles and plaster kept falling
all about them. The air was filled with
agonizing shrieks. Everywhere could
be heard the cries of parents calling
for their children and children scream
ing for their parents. Merchants,
druggists and liquor dealers lost heavi-
ly through the fall of glass.
Chinaware in all the houses was
smashed into bits. Telegraph
and telephone wires were broken
or entangled. The bells of all the
church towers were rung, sounding
most dismally. Everybody expects
the climax to come on September 81,
on account of the equinox, as expert
ence shows that the phenomenon eX-
erts great influence on local earth
quakes. 1t is not unlikely that the
capital will be made q total wreck. The
government has sent 800 men to deepen
the outlet to Lake Hopongo in order to
diminish the amount of water in it and
to reduce the violent shocks Lake Ho-
pongo is eight miles east of San Saliva
dor, and is niuety-six miles square. 1t
occupies the area of the old sunken vol
cano. 1t is now filed with rainwater,
and is very heavily charged with sui
phuretted hydrogen and other gases.
The workmen engaged in digging the
outlet were carried away by wild
torrent of ill-smelling water and were
drowned The details of the ruin of
towns in the axis of the earthquake
are very meager. OF 800 houses at CO.
masgua only eight remains standing.
The loss of life there is great
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
CONVICTS REVOLT.


Two Hundred Throw Down Their Tools
Food and Tobacco and Less Favoritism.
The convicts in the jute mills at San
Quenton, Cal, struck Saturday.
Nearly two hundred prisoners threw
down their tools and defed the officers
to make them work. The convicts de-
manded that they be given more and
better food, more tobacco and they
wanted less favoritism shown. They
also demanded to be taken before the
directors of the prison, where they
might state their case. The convicts
made "a good stand, but the guards
were quickly summoned and every
avenue of escape was covered while
armed men filled the doors of the jute
mill, where the insurrection started.
The convicts resumed work after OBJ
tanning permission to appoint COM
mittee of five to appear before the
prison directors. After listening to the
complaints from the committee, the
prison directors informed the men that
the food was good enough, and the next
time there was an outbreak it would be
punished by solitary confinement. This
is the second strike at the prison during
a week, the convicts having stopped
work last Wednesday to enforce their
demand for better food.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
Sam salvador Wanta Reciurooitv.

Manuel |. Morales, minister from San
Salvador to the United States, arrived
in San Francisco Saturday night on the
steamer San Juan. He is on the way
to Washington as special envoy to
negotiate reciprocity treaty between
the United States and San Salvador.
He stated San Salvador was the first
Central American republic to take this
step, but he believed others would soon
follow. The trade of those countries
with the United States had become very
large. Morales thinks there is not the
slightest chance of war between Gaute-
mala and San Salvador at the present
time
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
Comes Every Nineteen Years.

The report of the earthquake recalls
the fact that this is the third time with
in less than forty years that San Saliva
dor has been destroyed by earthquake
shocks. In April, 1854, not single
house was left in the city fit for habita-
ton and over 300 lives were lost. The
dust and debris from the falling build
ings filled up all of the wells and drink
ing places. Again in March, 1878, the
city was shaken to the ground. Over
S5,OOO,OOO worth of property was de-
stroyed then and upward of fifty lives
were lost. So it seems that destructive
seismic disturbances visit the country
at intervals of about nineteen years.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
RISE o. It4- F.Trt3T.



Tho struggle for supremnry Going on
Amont. Meii,
Ever since the time Of Noah some
men have been superior tp their neigh
bors lt is u law of tho human race
that there should be variety in the race,
and there Is another law that proper
energy should be rewarded, though the
rule be sometime proved by the excep-
ton. Back in the earlicst days of his
tory the most active man becaine the
leader of the little handful OF people
among whom he livcd and of these
leaders the one most active and most
able became the chief of the tribe.
This law may be otherwise stated as
the rise of the fttcst
In the course of titnc it was observed
that the most active and most able of
the new chiefs were sons or grandsons
of preceding chiefs, and in many tribes
u hereditary line became established.
In this process of social evolution it
was discovered that, after three or four
generations. hereditary good qualities
were liable to weaken, and hereditary
poor qualities to become more vicious.
Soon after this discovery was made,
the practice of ousting chiefs or kings
became more common, and the fittest
again rose.
There has always oeen a conflict be-
tween the law of the rise of the tittest
and the law that those unworthily pos
sessing material things wish to retain
those things with as little trouble as
possible. A terrible illustration of the
conflict is found in the French revolu-
ton In 1889, the French commoners
were ground to the dust by an eXtraya-
gant court, q licentious and cruel nobil-
ity and an enriched landed clergy.
Peasants could be hanged for snaring a
partridge in their lords preserves or for
emitting to take off their hats on a
rainy day to a procession of monks
passing at distance of fifty yards. In
the revolution that broke out in that
wear the law of the rise of the fittest
was demonstrated by the destruction of
the rottenest parts of the French polit-
ical structure, by the rise of an incom-
parably brighter and iuster social or
der, and by the promotion of the ablest
men to the highest positions in the army
and in politics.
The same old conflict between the fit
| IeSJd anu UHe unworthy pOsStSSOTSt 1llpush
under widely varying conditions, is in
existence everywhere. In the countries
where the aristocracy is hereditary, the
injustice of unworthy possessors ranges
from the dangerous situation in Russia
to the social suobbery in the United
Kingdom. In the nature of things,
there must exist society or associated
class made up of people superior to
others in at least two of the following
qualities: brains, education, wealth
and family The justest conditions
are those which allow the fittest to rise
least violently to this associated class.
In this country u skilled and diligent
mechanic or laborer can not only rise
far above unambitious workmates, but,
if he is a noney-malser, with brains
suited for use in more matters than
money-mal1iug, can place his children in
society,"" and if they are worthy of the
position, they can retain tn. Y.
| Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
sweden viii Side with Germany.

Communications have passed between
the German and Swedish cabinets rela-
tive to the attitude of Sweden in the
event of European war. The bait
held out to attract the Swedes to the
Triple alliance is the prospect of re-
covering Finland. King Oscar is said
to have declared that he would not en-
ter into any formal arrangement, but
that, as between Russia and Germany,
his sympathies would be with the latter
power. France has done everything
possible to win Sweden over to the
Franco-Russian side, but although
King Oscar is personally attached to
France as the land of his ancestors the
feeling of the Swedish people against
Russia is very bitter, and they are anx-
ious to see its power crippled.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
BARON FAVA
Indicted in Italy For Holding Out
Funds.
Five Thousand u Year Allowed Him For
Palace, which lie Appropri-
ates to Himself.

Private advices received st Washing
ton from Rome make it appear that
Baron Fava, the Italian eX-minister at
Washington, who got his government
into an awkward controversy with the
United States over the New Orleans
riots, and was recalled, breaking off
diplomatic relations between The
two governments, has been placed
under accusation" for appropriating
to his own use money allowed Tor the
rent of the legation mansion in Wash
ington. The Italians say that being
placed 'under accusation" is equivalent
to being indicted. 1t is explained that
the minister was allowed by his coun-
try S., 900 a year for the rent of u pal
ace" While in Washington, however,
he occupied rooms in very mod
est house, which, it is said,
cost him a very small sum each
month. Persons who entertained no
very friendly feelings for him called
the attention of the Italian government
to the matter, and pictures of the house
in which he had his rooms have been
taken and sent to Italy. 1t is said also
that the prime minister had an investi-
cation made to determine how much
style his minister kept up while here.
His being put under accusation" was
the result.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
TRAIN WRECKED.
A Narrow Gauge Train, in Round
ing a Curve, Topples Over.
Twenty-One Passengers More or Less
Seriously Hurt, Many of Them
knights of Pythias.

Passenger train No ID, bound toward
Denver, on the Graymont division of
the Union Pacific railway, was wrecked
Sunday morning about o'clock at
Beaver Brook station, and twenty-six
passengers were injured, FIVE of whom
will probably die. The train was late,
and running very rapidly when, round
ing sharp curve, the express car left
the track and rolled down fifteen
foot embankment. 1t was followed
by the mail and two passenger coaches,
one of which turned over twice before
reaching the bottom. The train was
loaded with passengers, many of whom
were Knights of Pythas, who were
returning from the Knights of Pythias
state convention, which was held at
Aspen last week. When the news
reached Golden, Col, a wrecBing train
was ordered out, and was starting,
when Robert Pruin, an employe of the
road attempted to board the
engine. In doing so his revolver
fell from his hip pocket, the
hammer striking a stone and the weap-
on was discharged, the ball taking eff
feet in the mans neck making O. wound
which will result fatally. Those seri-
ously wound in the wreck were left at
Golden in the hands of physicians, while
those not badly hurt were taken to
Denver. 1t is not known exactly what
caused the wreck, but as the train was
a narrow gauge, and the coaches were
top-heavy, it is thought that the train
was running too rapidly for safety.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
GERMAN ECONOMY.
How Fritz Became Possessed of a Farm
and Family.

How Fritz Became Possessed of "A Farm
and Family.
The old saying that the German far
mer piles up greenbaclls where the
American sets out for the poor house is
strikingly illustrated in Kankakee
county. Fritz Loeb an awkward youth,
trudged into the county asking the
price of twenty acres of land. Young Ed
Bunch, having inherited a one-hunded-
acre farm, laughed at the little German:
"Twenty-acre farm! That wouldn't
support a hen and her chickens"
''So?"
From Mr. Bunch he bought twenty
acres and small dwelling. Then he
rolled up his sleeves. Driving daily to
town behind span of bays Mr.. Bunch
saw Fritz wedding the garden, cutting
thistles, hoeing corn. Which the better
farmer? The Germ ans land yielded
more an acre, his cows gave more milk,
his hens laid more eggs. More money
was made from the twenty acres than
from the eighty Pretty Mrs. Bunch,
glancing at the Germans wcll-flled
pocketbook said to him:
You should marry"
mo one not have me-"
"Some little Dutch girl might"
"So?"
Years rolled on. Fritz worked so
late in the field that he millled the cows
after dark. He wore his old blue coat
until Bill Todd offered to give dollar
toward buying him a new one, just for
the appearance of the neighborhood.
Mr.. Bunch rode to town behind the span
of bays. He now borrowed money from
Fritz, mortgaging the farm and stock.
Mr.. Bunch died, the debts unpaid. The
property, having for years decreased in
value, must be sold, leaving little for
the widow and her two boys, aged 10
and 10. Fritz said to her.
Der leetle boys could drive oop der
cows und dig 'taters. Let dem live NIT
me-"
She consented, and the boys. fond of
Fritz threw up their hats and turned
somersaults on the grass, A thunder
storm in July drove Fritz from haying
to the Bunch farm house. The widow,
fearing the lightning, was glad to see
him, giving him the best plush chair in
the parlor. filling and lighting his pipe.
AS the smoke curled up over his head
he said:
Der farm vhas mine?"
"Yes, Fritz"
der span of bays vhas mine?'
"Yes, Fritz
'Der leetle boys vhas mine?"
"Yes, Fritz
II no likes to leave holdings. Vhas
der vedder mine?n
She looked through the window at
the rainbow arching the retreating
storm cloud, and she answered in low
| voice:
"Yes, Fritz"
| At o'clock in the afternoon they
drove to parsonage behind the span
of bays.-Chicago Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
THE RESULTS

OF Tennessee's Special Legislature Have
Been Good, Although There Were a
Few Sensational Scenes.
The present extra session of the
Tennessee legislature will expire by
limitation next Saturday. While the
sessions of the two houses have been
at times bordering on the sensational,
much important business has been
transacted. The most important bill
passed so far has been one appropriat-
ing S25 900 per year for the main
tenance of an efficient military force
for the purpose of aiding the civil
authorities in upholding the law and
revision OF the election laws A bill
reapportioning the state into senatorial
and representative districts has been
perfected and passed in democratic eau
Gus, and bill creating penitentiary
commission and providing for the build
ing of new penitentiary, and providing
the funds, has been adopted by the
joint committee of the two houses
and recommended for passage. The
latter bill will be brought up in both
houses Tuesday, but it is the general
impression that the whole matter will
be left in statu quo until a new general
assembly is elected The governor
will be empowered to return the con-
victs to Briceville, but nothing will be
done toward the proposed investigation
of the conduct of Labor Commissioners
Ford and Assistant Labor Commission
er Alleman during the late Bricevillc
troubles.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
A Beer-Brewing Academy.

Permission was received at Chicago
Wednesday from Washington for the
esta blishment of the American Brewing
academy. 1t is proposed in this acad-
emy to teach the process of beer-mak-
ing The permit from the internal
revenue department establishes rules
under which the academy is to be per-
mitted to make beer without paying
the tax on it. They provide that it's
product shall be emptied into a sewer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
The Maid Was True.

VIM. Seitz, of Huntsville, Pa, and
Miss Mary DeLong, of Plymouth, were
united in marriage by Rev. Thomas Nc
Kay. The contracting parties were
lovers nearly half century ago and
were engaged to be married, but they
became estranged, and about forty five
years ago Mr.. Seitz married another
woman. About year ago his wife
died, and in due course of time he re-
turned to his old love, who, during all
the weary years, had remained true to
her girlhood's fancy.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
How to Mako a Cup of ooree.

1t is asserted by men of high profess
s;onal ability that when the system
needs stimulant nothing equals cup
of fresh coffee. Those who desire to
rescue the drunkard from his cups will
find no better substitute for spirits than
strong new-made coffee, without milk
or sugar. Two ounces of coffee to one
pint of boiling water makes first-class
beverage, but the water must be boil
ing not merely hot Bitterness comes
from boiling too long. If the coffee re-
quired for breakfast be put in a grant,
lied iron kettle over night. and n pint
of cold water be poured over IT, II can
be heated to just the boiling point, and
then set back to prevent further ebuli-
tion; it will be found that while the
strength is extracted the delicate aroma
is preserved. AS our country consumes
ten pounds Of coffee per capita. il is u
pity not to have it made in tne best
manner. 1t is asserted by those who
have tried it. that malaria and epidem-
les are avoided by those who drink
cup of hot coffee before venturing into
the morning air Burned on hot Goals,
1t is disinfectant for a sicl. room. ~
some physicians it is considered spa.
citic in typhoid fsyer.-rbe Epicure.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19

From Kieff comes the account of
horrible tragedy. A Jew named Kap-
lin, driven to desperation by an order
to leave Russia, he having been de-
prived of comfortable business by
former DEGREES, first shot his wife and
then one by one his five children. He
afterward killed himself. Kaplin
left note stating the motive for the
crimes, which was his desire to save
his family from otherwise inevitable
misery.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19

The King of Italy has signed the de-
cree of amnesty of all those who, being
abroad have fail to perfom their mill
tary service from the class of 1S4s to
that of 1872. Those belonging to these
classes who have been liable to penal
ties for avoiding their duties can now
visit their native land without fear of
molestation from that cause. Italy
congratulates itself on it's splendid
crODS.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
REFLECTED.
The Proposition of the Lessees of Ten
nessee's COnvicts.

The Proposition of the Lessees of Ten
nessee's COnvicts.
In the Tennessee senate Wednesday,
Mr.. Early offered a bill to prevent
whipping as mode of punishment in
any of the prisons of Tennessee. Mr..
Polk's bill to empower the governor
to call out the militia was ta-
bled upon recommendation of the
committee having it in charge.
The house joint resolution, directing
the state board of prison inspectors to
order the subleased convicts to be re-
turned to the main or branch prisons,
owned by the original lessees, was re-
jected, Curtis military bill passed
third reading In the house the chair
man of the penitentiary committee pre-
sented the memoranda of the PROPOSE
tion made by the lessees. The paper
was unanimously rejected
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
Hirsch,s Colossal Scheme.

In commenting on the details of Bar
on Hirsch's Jewish colonization scheme,
the London Times says: This colossal
scheme is the most remarkable of the
kind ever launched by practical men.
1t is impossible, however, not to enter
tain misgivings as to it's future. The
fitness of the Jews for the proposed ca
reer may be doubted and if it were
worked on large scale the czar might
refuse to let his people 60 Finally, the
very magnitude of the scheme exposes
it to innumerable risks"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19

Thursday afternoon an unknown
woman, well dressed and about %
years of age, threw herself into The rap
ids a short distance above Prospect
park, Niagara. A man named Caheim,
of Philadelphia, sprang into the water
and made a brave attempt to save the
woman, but she resisted his efforts and
the struggle only ceased when they
were near the brink of the falls, and
Caheim was only able to save himself
by grasping some hanging branches.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
Trouh,e IN sna,n probah,e

1t is considered probable that sen.
sational dispatch published in the Lon
don Times in regard to republican agi-
tation in Spain is founded on fact.
There is a rumor that the army reserves
have been called out, and that new
army corps is to be formed forthwith
and modified. 1t is also said that re-
publican agitation in Corunna is in
creasing in gravity, and that the mob
openly defies the civil guards
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-19
Rloodhounda Aftsr Tham.

At Georgiano, Butler county, Ala.
Wednesday morning Joseph Tonart a
prominent merchant, was found in his
store with his throat cut and his skull
crushed. 1t is supposed to be the work
of two Negro tramps, whose object
was robbery. Tonart slept in room
adjoining the store. The murderers
broke in the window. Officers are in
pursuit with hloodhounds.