Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1881 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The people of Arizona have got mad, and determined to take the Indian bull squarely by the horns and settle, once and for all, the question as to whether they have any rights which the “noble red man” is bound to respect They axe organizing companies *nd officering them with experienced Indian fighters. Word has been sent to Agent Tiffany, of San Carlos Agency, to keep his Indians on ihe reservation ; that all found off will be treated as hostiles and shot down without ceremony. Snow fell in Western lowa, Southern Minnesota, portions of Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota on Sept. 16. The five nations of Indian Territory have just held a fair at Muscogee. Fine needle work by native women was shown and the Spencer Military Indian Band furnished music. Jane Campbell, a colored woman, living near Dyke Mills, La., killed two children, aged respectively 10 and 12. Tire woman beat out their brains with a pine knot for some trivial act of disobedience. After the inquest, and when the cause of death became known, a mob of whites and blacks dragged Mrs. Campbell from her cabin, tied her to a stake, and, despite her screams, literally roasted her alive. A wooden box about ten inches square was received at the Washington jail, by express from Baltimore, and on opening it a paper was found on which waß written: C. Guiteau: Dear Sib- This duck died for want of breath, after several weeks’ illness, and we think it good duck for you, our dear friehd. Hope you will deliver promptly. Yours truly, The Sworn Fifty. Hope you’ll see that he eats every bit of it. M. B. W. Beneath this was sawdust, and, after it had been removed with some care, another paper was disclosed, beneath which there was a dead duck. Of course, the assassin was not informed of it, and, perhaps, never will know. The “ irregularities ” of Capt. Howgate, late of the Signal Service, continue to agitate both social and official circles in Washington. It has been charged that there were others implicated in Capt. Howgate’s wrongdoings, but no evidence has been found to indicate a conspiracy between him and other persons to defraud the Government. His best friends, it is claimed, are among those greatly deceived by him. Since ex-Minister Christiancv returned from Peru he has, in several interviews, reflected upon his wife, and pronounced all her testimony in the divorce case perjury. This aroused the indignation of Dr. F. Lugenbeel, brother of Mrs. Christiancy, and he called upon Mi - . Christiancy, but the latter refused to see him. Subsequently Dr. Lugenbeel sent Mr. Christiancy by mail the following note: To the Hon. I. P. Christiancy: Sir: Unless you prefer to confine yourself to assaults upon women, to warfare in print, and to similar methods involving no physical danger, you will please meet me at auy spot in Virginia which you may designate within twenty miles of Washington. Any communication addressed to me in care of J. Eichoiz, 316 D street, northwest, will reach me. It will be wise to accept my proposition. Respectfully, F. Lugenbeel. Christiancy wrote a reply, saying : I have no special ambition to acquire notoriety by assassination, in which it seems I have the misfortune to differ from you, and, uot believing that the mode you propose is the best for ascertaining the truth, though perhaps as satisfactory as some methods of procedure adopted in ’his country, it occurs to me that the best manner of answering your letter is by an emphatic silence, so far as it relates to the special matters therein set forth. But, without admitting the truth of your charges, an d leaving you to carry out, in your own time and iu your own way, the implied threat contained in the last sentence of that note, the wisdom of which I cannot accept, eveD on your assurances, seeking on my part only such protection as the of the country afford, I am yours truly, I. P. Christiancy. Lugenbeel’s lette - was a plain challenge, and Christiancy swore out a warrant against Dr. Lugenbeel, whe lives in V rginia. Reports to the Department of Agriculture show - that the general average condition cf the potato crop Sept. 1 w.o 70, a decline or 22 Der cent, since Aug. 1. Tiro condition in September, 1880, itas^OO. Thieves broke into tlie room of Senator Christiancy, iu the Nations Hotel at Washington, and stole therefrom $6,000 worth of jewelry and diamonds which had been placed with him for safe keeping win United States Minister to Tim. Tlie Prohibitionists of New York State held a convention at Utica and nominated candidatei- for State offices. Wilkes’ theory of the existence of a Japanese curient fin’s strong support from the finding of an iron buoy from the Amoor river off the of British Columbia. There have been fresh expulsions of Socialists from Beilin, and all meebngs in which they are likely to participate are prohibited by the police. Tlie Jews in Russia are about to hold a general meeting, ts be attended by deputie* representing all the principal Jewish communities, to consider their apparent 1 hopeleM condition.