Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1882 — Page 1

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

AMERICAN ITEMS. P Sant. Two Chinamen were naturalized at Philadelphia last week. Pepper has been cornered in the New York and Boston markets, driving the price to 17 cents per pound. The syndicate holds in its grasp ali the cargoes to arrive up to October. Miss Annie Lionise Cary, the famous opera singer, was married at Portland, Me., to G. M Raymond. Several persons were killed or fatally injured, and twenty others hurt, by an accident on the Long Branch division of the New Jersey Central road, at the bridge at Parker’s creek. Gen. Grant was in the smoking-car, but escaped uninjured. William R. Garrison, a son of Commodore Garrison, was fatally injured. James L. Bradley, a wealthy New Yorker, was killed outright G. W. Demorest and James G. Mallory, of New York, and Charles M. Woodruff, of Newark, all prominent business men, ha vo since died. About 100 persons were wounded more or less seriously. The accident seems to have been due to the criminal carelessness of tho railroad company. The track had been altered to provide for the running of excursion trains, and a frog had been left unsettled by one of the laborers. Proper supervision and inspection would of course have resulted in the discovery of the defect and its cure ; but a parsimonious, shiftless management had not provided for such h chance. West. A frightful accident occurred on the Manitoba railroad, ninety miles from St. Paul. A construction train was thrown down an embankment in water eight feet deep, and the engineer and ten laborers wero killed and many others wounded. The locomotive and twentytwo oars were wrecked. Shying horses sent a coach over the bank of a turnpike near Fenton, Cal., killing three ladies and a gentleman from San Francisco and winding three boys. The accident on the Manitoba road, in Minnesota, proves to have been a more serious afTair than first accounts represented. The total death-roll mounts up to seventeen, with a prospect of a still-further increase. Some of the killed were literally broken to pieces. One poor fellow had an eye literally forced from its socket, a jawbone fractured in six places, three limbs broken and other wounds in different parts of the body. At Rising, Minn., during a storm a mass of ice or ponderous hailstone, weighing twenty-seven pounds, plowed its way through the roof and floor of a dwelling. A gambler named Bradley died at Raton, New Mexico, with a rope around his neck, placed there by his unappreciative neighbors. Owen’s embezzlement of the funds of the Third National Bank of St. Louis, according to the figuring of the Government Bank Examiner, will foot up §200,000; but the solidity of the bank will not be impaired. Crop reports from all over Minnesota agree that oorn is making up lost time. In Kansas and Dakota the wheat and corn prospect is gloriously encouraging, and Nebraska is figuring on tho biggest grain yield in her history. A horrible tragedy was enactedat Cincinnati. Henry C. Colo, a lawyer of some prominence, his wife, and their only child, a girl about 20 years of age, were discovered dead in their beds. Each one of them had been shot through the head, and the pillows and bodclothing were stiff with blood. The evidence went to show that Colo had first shot his wife through the temple with a 48-caliber revolver, when she was sleeping at his sido. Then he went into the adjoinmg room and shot his daughter, who had wakened and partly risen at the sound of the discharge that killed her mother. Seeing (hat both shots wero effectual, Cole then returned to his wife’s room and took his place in the bed at her side. Placing one of the dead woman’s arms about his neck, as though she wero sleeping with his ljoad on her shoulder, the man finished the terrible tragedy by placing the muzzle of the revolver at his own forehead and pulling the trigger. Cole was of a wealthy family who formerly lived in New York. A negro attempted to enter the house of Mrs. Howe, of Elizabethtown, 111., who was alone at tho timo, but sho screamed for assistance and the fellow slunk away. A posse started in pursuit, found a negro in the vicinity, and brutally beat and then hung him, though Mrs. Howe failed to identify him as her assailant The new town of Larrimore, Dakota, was swept by a conflagration that destroyed property of the estimated value of $50,000. One man lost his life, and another was badly burned. Half a dozen laboring men were drowned at Mandan, Dakota, while crossing the Missouri river in a small boat John McAulifF, once a noted labor agitator of Chioago, killed himself in his room at Denver, and the oorpse was not found for several days, South. The boiler at the St. Catherine gold mine, near Charlotte, N. C., exploded, killing three men. New Orleans has had a genuine case of yellow fever, accompanied by black vomit Extraordinary precautions are being t?g£en to prevent the spread of the terrible pestilence. At Frenchburg, Menifee county, Ky., a cloud burst and flooded the streets in some places to tne depth of eight to ten feet Three dwellings were swept away and six inmates drowned—Mrs. John Fox, Mrs. Byrne, and two grown daughters and two Misses Watkins. The postoffice and contents were washed away. Hail fell with such violence as to crush meu to the earth. POLITICAL POINTS. Gen. Rosecrans has been renominated for Congress by the Democrats in California. Gov. Plaisted was renominated by the Maine Democratic Convention. The following nominations for Congressional candidates were made: Samuel J. Anderson, First distrusts Daniel H. Thing, Second district; George W. Ladd, Third district; T. H. Murch, Fourth district The platform denounces the Tariff Commission, on the ground that it was organized in the interest of the protectionists. The Pennsylvania Democratic Convention indulged in a number of ballots before selecting a candidate for Governor. Robert E. Pattison, of Philadelphia, was finally chosen. The resolutions protest against the so-called “boss system,” denounce the spoils system, set down as odious State or Federal repudiation, say the Republican party is based on fraud, force and corruption and demand an equitable apportionment The Illinois Republican State Convention met at Springfield and nominated Gen. John O. Smith for Treasurer by 644 to 128. Charles T. Strattan, of Mount Vernon, was placed in the field for Superintendent of Public Instruction, The platform, among other things.

The Democratic Sentinel.

JAS. W. McEWEN Editor

VOLUME VI.

demands fair elections and honest counts, the protection of American industries, and a reduction of taxation, and deplores the death of Garfield. The Prohibitionists of Michigan met at Jackson and nominated a full ticket, Daniel P. Sugendorph being selected for Governor, William G. Brown for lieutenant Governor, A EL Lowry for Secretary of State, E. L. Brewer for Treasurer, J. H. Tatem for Attorney General, A H. Osborne for Auditor General, W. H. Walbridge for Superintendent of Public Instruction, T. W. McKeenan for member of the State Board of Education, and E. C. Newell for State. Land Commissioner. The election in lowa on the prohibition amendment passed off quietly. ' The amendment has been carried by a majority estimated at 40,000 to 50,000. The Des Moines Register prints complete returns of the election on the prohibition amendment from all the counties in lowa except Allamakee, Dickinson, Hancock, Linn, Osceola, Plymouth and Sioux. In ninety-two counties reported tho aggregate mijority for the amendment is 47,451 and the aggregate of majorities against is 20,566. The net majority for the amendment is 26,888. The seven counties to bear from will increase the majority probably 1,000. A Washington dispatch says “the Old Guard medals, commemorative of the thirty-six ballots for Ulysses 8. Grant at Chicago, are ready for delivery. The first installment for any State to bo delivered was that for New York. President Arthur has received his. Each of the medals is about three inches in diameter, of bronze, weighs about six ounces, has a head of Grant encircled with the record of the thirty-six ballots on one side, and the commemorative inscription and name of the person to whom it is issued On the reverse.” WASHINGTON NOTES. The Cabinet at Washington made the case of the assassin Guiteau the occasion of a special meeting on Saturday, June 24, and it was unanimously voted that no reprieve should bo granted. The result was communicated to Guiteau by his spiritual advisor, Rev. Dr. Hicks. The announcement did not have a depressing effect upon him. The assassin afterward sent to Mr. Hicks the following s “Go and see Arthur and shake your fist in his face. Toll him 1 made him President by my inspiration, and ho must give me an unconditional pardon, and if ho does not God Almighty will blast him forever. I tell you, Brother •Hicks, I am God’s man, and God takes care of His own.” The House Committee on Ways and Means has directed Mr. Kolley, its Chairman, to prepare a joint resolution to bo submitted to the House providing for the issuance of §200,000,000 in United States bonds to bear interest at 2 per centum, exchangeable for bonds bearing a higher rate of interest than 2 per Cent. Robert M. A. Hawk, representing the Fifth Illiuois district in Congress, died of apoplexy in Washington. He Lad recently been homo to arrange for a renomination, leaving his family at Mount CarrolL

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. Vennor predicts a rainy July, a stormy August and a fair but frosty September. The town of St. Marys, opposite Fredericton, N. 8., was partially consumed by fire. The loss is estimated at $50,000.

FOREIGN NEWS. At Armagh, Ireland, several hundred men marched through the streets in military order, singing disloyal songs and cursing the Queen. A constabulary pensioner, while sitting in the kitchen of a farmer’s lodge in County Meath, was fatally shot by disguised assassins. The land corporation organized by Irish noblemen has a subscribed capital of £750,000 and a guarantee fund of £125,000. In some cases the company intends to manage farms on short lease at low rent, giving the j owner a share of the profits. Three Greek “money-lenders were murdered in Cairo. The Captain of the United States steamer Galena has notified all American residents in* Egypt that he is ready to take them away. Ejectment decrees to the number of 250 have been obtained against small tenants in the Connemara district, Ireland. If enforced, 2,000 persons will be rendered homeless. Tbe Irish members violently attacked the new land corporation, instituted for working evicted farms, in the House of Commons. An appeal being made to the Government to bring about a truce in Ireland, Trevelyan replied no association of landlords or tenants would be interfered with so long as it acted within the bounds of the law. A dispatch from Alexandria, Egypt, says: A Consular official has advised Englishmen who desire to remain here to take up their quarters in the Eastern telegraph office, as news might arrive at any moment from Constantinople which might cause a popular outbreak. Arabi Pasha declares that the natives implicated in the massacre in Alexandria the 11th inst. shall not be punished unless tho Europeans who fired upon the rioters are also punished. Cahill, a caretaker, wffs shot dead near Tralee, Ireland, evidently by several persons. Ireland has been mapped out into six military districts, under the provisions of the Repression tjjll, which will be controlled by magistrates with unusual authority. An interesting letter from one of the correspondents of the Paris Temps throws rather a new light on the events of June 11 at Alexandria. The Europeans, according to this letter, made a most desperate resistance, and succeeded in inflicting infinitely heavier losses on their Arab assailants thau, they themselves suffered. Acconfing to tfie official Egyptian figures the number of persons admitted to the hospitals reached 1,350, of which 1,146 were natives. But many more killed and wounded Arabs certainly disappeared. One Italian is said to have alone killed sixteen, and two Maltese, armed with carbines, and defended by a barricade, together shot fifty. The carnage in the Palace de Paible, where 200 armed. Italians and Greeks were assembled, was terrible. Preparations have been made at Woolwich, England, by which 40,000 British troops could be almost instantly embarked. A Constantinople dispatch says the conference regards speedy armed intervention as necessary, and that it is improbable any offer of Turkey to send troops will be accepted.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The celebrated Malley trial, which has been the sensation of New Haven for a long time, resulted in the acquittal of Walter and James Malley and Blanche Douglass of the charge of having murdered poor Jennie Cramer,

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1882.

HANGED.

Garfield’s Murderer Dies an IpcmiDioDs Death. How the Wretch Met His FateScenes and Incidents. Before the Fatal Day. Although the behavior of the assassin the last three or four days of his life was generally quiet and composed, it was marked by occasional outbursts of the same fierce spirit which possessed him, during his trial, to denounce by turns everybody who took any part therein. Three days before his execution he seemed for a short time to be moved by a feeling of un-usually-violent hatred for all who had boon concerned in his trial or were to be instrumental in carrying the sentence into effect “Arthur will go to hell,” he exclaimed, “ the Cabinet will go to holl; Judge Bradley will go to hell; tho Supreme Court of this District will go to hell; Gen. Crocker will go to hell, and” (turning to the death-watcher) “you, too, will go to helL” With each repetition of the word “hell ” he brought his fist violently down upon the table to give to it additional emphasis. As Deputy Warden Ross passed the door of his cell, Guiteau said to him, in a snarling tone : “If you have anything to do with my hanging, you will be damned. You will have to take the responsibility.” During tho greater part of the tho time, however, tne prisoner seemed tranquil. When Rev. Dr. Hicks visited him in the evening, Guiteau was in an undemonstrative mood, and, in reply to the minister’s inquiries, said : “My mind is free from all worldly affairs, and lam ready to go. I have no enmity now against any one. The matter is now between the President’s conscience and his God. I hope that Friday there will be no bungling, and that Gen. Crocker will do his work welL Prolongation of my life now will not contribute to my happiness, although it would be for the good of tho American people.” After some conversation upon religious topics, the minister and the condemned knelt together and prayed, tho latter being apparently more siucero and devout than at any previous time. As Dr. Hicks was loaviug the cell Guiteau said : “lam counting the hours till I shall bo released. I have no fear of punishment hereafter, for I feel the act of which I have been convicted was God’s act, that I was God’s man, and that I shall bo welcomed to paradise.” On Wednesday preceding the fatal day Dr. Hicits handed President Arthur a long letter from Mrs. Scoville, in which she said : “ Because a crazy man makes a crazy claim that tho President is his friend, thereby throwing possible suspicion in the minds of the ignorant few upon the President’s motives, shall the honored President of those United States, the chief magistrate of a great, free people, even though raised to that place as a result of a terrible calamity brought about in the inscrutable wisdom of God by the hand of an irros ponsible lunatic, refuse to stand boldly up for justioe and mercy V It is not so much my brother’s life for which I plead as for justice. Ali men know he was and is a lunatic. All men know, and none better than those who tried him, that he did not have a fair, unprejudiced trial. How could he, with alrthe pressure that was brought to bear from every source upon everybody? Even Judge Porter said immediately after his wonderful cross-examination of this most wonderful witness : ‘The man is as crazy as a loon. I never examined such a witness. I could not mix' him up a particle, his delusion is so strong.’ He said this to H. E. Stone, editor and publisher of Chicago, who will give hi* deposition or make affidavit to the fact. May the Lord of hosts strengthen the President of the United States to do right and extend mercy when mercy is justice.” The President declined to enter into correspondence with Mrs. Scoville. John W. Guiteau was admitted to the presence of tho President, on Wednesday, and produced a letter written by his father, March 30, 1873, in which the writer declares that he has been ready to believe the assassin “capable of almost any folly, stupidity, or rascality,” and that the ouly possible excuse I cau render for him is that ho is insane.” f The President listened patiently to the man’s in behalf of his brother, but remained firm in his determination not to interfere with the execution. On Thursday morning he told his friends that he had no idea that ho would be hanged. A colored woman called at tho jail to collect CO cents which she said Guiteau owed her for washing. One of tho jail attendants passed into the corridor, and communicated tho message to Guiteau, who handed out 50 cents, with the remark : “All right. Please give her that, and tell her I will pay her the balance Monday.” Thursday afternoon Rev. Dr. Hicks and Charles EL Reed were admitted to the condemned man’s cell. John W. Guiteau, Mrs. Scoville aud her little daughter called about the same time. When told by the Warden that his sister wished to see him, Guiteau remarked that he did not want any “crazy talk,” but if she could restrain herself he would be Elea sed to see her and would bid er an affectionate, brotherly farewell. An attendant came in and presented Guitoau with a large aud beautiful bouquet. “Where did that come from?” asked the prisoner. “From your sister,” the guard replied. Guiteau pressed it to his lips and wept bitterly for a few minutes. Then he suddenly exclaimed : “ This does not become a man who is about to meet his God for doing God’s will.” This was the only exhibition of tenderness he had given. At his request and dictation, Reed then drew up his will as follows Washington, June 29, 1882. 'Jo Rev. Wm. W. Hicks—l, Charles Guiteau, of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, now under sentence of death, which is to bo carried into effect between the hours of 12 and 2 o’clock on tho 30th day of June, A. D. 1882, in the United States jail, in said District, do hereby give and grant you my body after such execution ; provided, however, it shall not bo used for any mercenary purpose. Aud I hereby, for good and sufficient consideration, give, deliver and transfer to said Hicks my book entitled, “ The Truth and Removal,” and Ihe copyright thereof, to be UEed by him in writing a truthful history of my life and execution, and I direct that such history be entitled “ Tho Life and Work of Charles J. Guiteau.” And I hereby solemnly proclaim and announce to all the world that no person or persons shall ever in any manner use my body for any mercenary purpose whatsoever. And if at any time hereafter any person or persons shall desire to honor my remains, they can do it by erecting a monument whereon shall be inscribed these words: “ Here lies the body of Charles J. Guiteau, patriot and Christian. His boul is in glory.” Charles J. Guiteau. Witnesses: Charles H. Reed, James Woodwakd. Reed also drew up the following paper at Guiteau’s request, which was presented to Gen. Crocker: Washington, June 29? Gen. John 8. Crocker, Warden United States Jail: We, Frances M. Scoville and John W. Guiteau, sister and brother and tho only heirs of Charles J. Guiteau, to be executed on the 30th day of June, 1882, in the United States Jail, in the District of Columbia, hereby request you to deliver the body of said Charles J. Guiteau to Rev. William W. Hicks, after such execution. Franc fs M. Scoville, John W. Guiteau. Witness: Charles H. Reed, Alseire A. Chevalliere, W. W. Goddino. Guiteau thanked Reed for his efforts in his behalf, aud theu, becoming greatly excited, he exclaimed : “As for President Arthur, he is a coward and ingrate, and ho will be punished hereafter.” Reed started to go, when Guiteau said: “ Wait one moment; I wish to say somothmg more.” He then sat "flown at the table, and, in a firm, bold hand, wrote thp following and handed it to Reed, who came from the cell deeply affected: To My Dear Friend Charles H. Reed: I am only too glad to express to you my unbounded appreciation of your services in my behalf. Yo. did splendidly. May God reward you for it. Meet me in heaven. Charles J. Guiteau. United States Jail, Washington, June 29, 1882. After Reed retired, Dr. Hicks remained some time with the culprit, but was unable to turn his thoughts away from consideration of his immediate surroundings. When he retired from the cell, Mrs. Scoville and her little daughter and John W. Guiteau were admitted. Their interview with the prisoner lasted fifteen minutes, the Warden and a deputy being presoot. Guiteau wm at first much exoited, am}

“A Firm Adherence to Correct Principles.”

roundly abused the President and “ thos9 wretches,” as he termed those who had hounded him to the scaffold. “And yon, too,” he cried out, pointing bis finger at Gen. Crocker and the deputy, “you will be both sent to bell.” In a few minutes he calmed down, and said he was ready to die, and wanted to be hanged at 12 o'clock sharp. At parting he said: “Let me kiss my sister through the grated bars, and let it so go on record.” After kissing liis sister and little niece, he turned to his brother, and, handing him a dime, said: “ Here is the 10 cents due the washerwoman. I guess you had better settle that balance to-day. ' There were a number of “queer people” at the White House on Thursday, to see the President in Guiteau’s behalf. None were accorded an interview. They were all referred to W. H. Crook, one of the Executive clerks, who received them in an ante-room and heard their requests. Three women and one Qian wanted to have him persuade the President to see them, but to no purpose. They came separately*- but were all on the same errand, to ask that Guiteau be respited because of his insanity. The man was a Frenchman, and wanted Guiteau -pardoned outright. When Crook told one woman of the visitors that it was useless tor her to trouble herself further about the cose, as the President had decided not to interfere with the execution of the sentence, she was-very much overcome with grief, and burst into tears and had to be led out of the building. She sadly bemoaned her unhappy lot, and said it was a shame for the conntry to allow “poor Brother Guiteau” to be hanged. The culprit’s appetite was good, and he ate three hearty meals a day up to the last day. Thursday evening he partook of a supper of broiled steak, toast, potatoes and raspberries, after which he had his face shaved. Laying down, he slept about fifteen minutes, when he awoke and requested Dr. McWilliams to see that the “machine” was in working order, so that that he might* “go off” promptly. Rev. Dr. Hicks and John W. Guiteau called. He refused to see the brother. When Dr. Hicks announced his failure to see the President Guiteau replied: “ That is all right; that settles it. I want yon to examine the scaffold and see that it is all right, so that there may be no bungling. I want to be hung at 12 o’clock sharp.” Last Niglit on Earth. The last night of the prisoner’s life Wa3 not marked by many features of special interest. During the first half of the ’ night, or until 1 o’clock Friday morning, Guiteau was greatly disturbed by the insane cries of a colored crank who had been convioted of larceny, aud by mistake had been sentenced to the jail instead of the .asylum. Her demoniacal yells rang through the jail, serving to keep Guiteau awake nearly the entire night. He was very restless hud slept hut little. Rev. Dr. Hicks, his spiritual adviser, was with him from 11 o’clock to midnight. At that time ho reported that the prisoner had had no sleep, and that he was peevish and fretful. At about 4 o’clock in the morning the crazy, woman subsided through sheer exhaustion. Guiteau was then able to sleep a little. Dr. Hicks paid a visit to tho cell, but found that tho prisoner had fallen asleep, and he was not disturbed. Guiteau kept the cell darkened so as to keep the flics from bothering him. Shortly alter he awoke and was visited by Deputy -Warden Ross and Dr. McWilliams. They found that his short nap had made hint better-natured and more tractable. He bade Dr. McWilliams good-by, aud thanked him for all his kindness, aud after thoy left he again dropped asleep, and did not awßko until about 6 o’clock’, when he began to get hungry and called for his breakfast. He ordered the various dishes of which he -is so fond —an omelette, slices of toast, beefsteak, fried potatoes and coffee. He also gave directions that his dinner should be ready for him promptly at 11 o’clock, evidently determined not to be started oq his long journey an an empty stomach. Tlic Fateful morning. At precisely half-past 7 o’clock Friday morning, the guard brought in the felon’s breakfast, which he devoured with a keen relish. Dr. Hicks, who remained at the jail all night was called into the prisoner’s cell an d held a conversation on religious subjects with him. At 8 o’clock Dr. Hicks saw the prisoner agaiu, when he made a request to have a bath, and asked Hicks to go out and examine the scaffold. Guiteau desired him to arrange with the Warden to have the trap sprung as soon after 12 o'clock as possible. He also expressed considerable anxiety lest some accident should occur, and insisted that Hicks should seo that the scaffold and its appurtenances were all in proper condition. After Guiteau had disposed of these matters he read a poem, composed by himself, which he calls “Simplicity; or Religious Baby Talk.” After reading it he attempted to sing it; but broke down in the effort. Guiteau then talked for some time about the future. ' He remarked that his heart was tender. “ I don’t think,” he said, “ that I can go through this ordeal without weeping—not because of any great weakness, for principle in me is strong, but because lam nearer the other world. I hold to the idea that God inspired me.” Guiteau subsequently asked that in his books all complimentary remarks about President Arthur and his administration be eliminated. Then he presented Hicks the books that have been tho companions of his lonely hours. Ho told Hicks that he wanted him to offer the first prayer on the scaffold, saying he (Guitoau) would then road his favorite'scnpturai passage, the tenth chapter of John, and offer prayer on his own account. Then he intended, he said, to read his poem, “Simplicity.” He desired to have the execution so arranged that just as he uttered the last word the drop should be sprung. * John W. Guiteau arrived at the jail at 9 o’clock, and was followed in a few minutes by Warden Crocker. These two gentlemen, with Hicks, had a consultation as to the disposal of the body. At 9:15 the prisoner camo out in the corridor j and exercised for fifteen minutes. Ho walked 1 very briskly, making it rather difficult for the i guards to keep up with him. ; At 9 o’clock thero was a constant stream of persons coming into the jail. The scene outside was like that of some great gala occasion. Some enterprising colored men had erected booths from which they dispensed lemonade, cakes and other refreshments to the weary and thirsty people, who began before 9 o’clock to assemble in the roid in front of the jail. At 10 o’clock Guiteau expressed a desire to take a bath, and a large tub'was taken into his cell. At this hour no one but the death watch j was with him. Guiteau nervously disrobed and bathed. It was quite apparent to i who was cloeoly watching his every j movement, that his object in asking , for " a bath was simply to obtain . some employment which might distract his ! thoughts from the dread contemplation of his approaching death. He evidenced increased i nervousness, and his uncertain movements, dis- | trait manner, and the marked tremor in his | tones, when he attempted to speak, impressed ! tho guard with tlitT belief that he is rapidly j weakening. i At a few minutes after 10 o’clock Dr. Hicks j and John W. Guiteau went with Gen. Crocker 1 to the scaffold, together with a number of j guards. John W. Guitd&u ascended the steps ' and carefully examined the structure, handling j the lopo and carefully inspecting all the fixtures | both above aud below tho platform. Shortly before 11 o’clock Guiteau called for ! paper, and for twenty minutes busied himself j in making a copy of what he termed “his j prayer on scaffold.” After he had finished his j Prayer Upon the Scaffold,” he began to ar- j range’ his dress, putting on a pair of navy-blue j trousers. At 11 o’clook, contrary to general expecta- j tion and the purpose as expressed on the pre- i vious day, Mrs. Scoville arrived at the* ail and | besought admission. She appeared to bo labor- j iug under great excitement. Gen. Crocker declined to admit her, unless the prisoner specially requested it. After a short conference with Warden Crocker, John W. Guiteau went outside tho jail to see his sisier. He found her in great excitement, bordering upon hysteria, but after a short time he succeeded in calming her, and dissuading her from any attempt to gain admission. She acknowledged the propriety of such a course, but said she could not possibly remain in the city during all the wretched hours of the morning. She brought with her the flowers which Guiteau asked for, and they were taken to the prisoner. Mrs. Scoville also brought two handsome flower pieces, a cross and anchor, which she will place upon her brother’s coffin with her own hands. Dr. Hicks, when he caihe out of the cell, shortly after 11 o’clock, said the prisoner had not the slightest “ We have had a pleasant religious talk. He feels now that he is ready for the last formality. He-oommits himself to God with the utmost confidence. I think he will show some emotion, because the nervous Btrain is so great. Nobody.” Dr. Hicks said, “had seen the prisoner at that time except himself and the jail offioers.” 1

Shortly before 12 o’clock Guiteau seemed to break down completely, and burst into tears and sobbed hysterically. Dr. Hicks sat by his side, fanning him, and vainly trying to calm him. About half-past 11 preparations began to be made for the execution. At 11-A0 a detachment of artillery was formed on the east side of the rotunda—and brought their muskets to parade rest At that tune about 250 people were on the rotunda. Dr. Hicks was with the prisoner engaged in prayer. Guiteau showed great nervousness, and appeared greatly startled when be heard the rattle of muskets on tßfe stone floor of the rotunda. From that moment, Gnitean appeared to be thoroughly overcome with emotion. He wept freely, and seemed to be in great anguish. The scene in the rotund*, while waiting for the prisoner, was one long to be remembered. The soldiers’ were drawn up on one side, a long line of Spectators facing them on the other. It was understood that Guiteau was very much depressed, and it was expected his passage to the gallows would present a very distressing sight The movement of the officers around the jail door was watched with eager attention. After the death warrant was read by the Warden, the prisoner became more composed, and, turning away, began to brush his hair. The fflarch to the Scaffold. At 12:25 a loud steam whistle was blown at tho work-house, near the jaiL This whistle usually blows at 12 o’clock, and by it Guiteau was in the habit of gauging his time. Tbe delay to-day was by special arrangement, so that its startling summons might not come before the officers were ready. Two minutes later the iron gates at the end of the corridor clicked; then Warden Crocker made his appearance, and a moment later the familiar figure of Guitoau was seen. His face was pallid and the muscles about his mouth moved nervously; other than this there were no signs of faltering. The procession moved quickly to the scaffold, and Guiteau ascended the somewhat steep steps with as much steadiness as could be expected from a man whose arms were tightly pinioned. At the last step he faltered for a moment, but was assisted by the officers who walked upon cither side. Upon reaching the platform, Guiteau was placed immediately behind the drop facing to tho front of the scaffold. Capt. Coleman stood upon his right, Robert Strong upon his left, and Woodward directly behind him. Jones took a position on the north side, near the upright of the beam. Tfarden Crocker took, his position at- the southeast comer of the structure. There was a slight delay, while the spectators were pushing and jostling through the door leading from the rotunda to the corridor, at the lower end of which tho gallows was placed. Guiteau meanwhile gazed upon the crowd, looked up at the beam over his head, and quickly made a survey of all the dread paraphernalia. As soon as the crowd had gained access, Gen. Crocker waved to them to uncover, and all heads were bared. Dr. Hicks theu prayed in these words : Father, out of the depths, we cry to Thee. Hear Thou our supplication for the sake of Jesus Christ, the Savior, Who has made fuil propitiation for us. Behold this, Thy servant. We humbly pray Thou wilt deliver him at this supreme moment of his life. Let Thy light descend upon him; liberate his soul from prison; may he appear before You absolved, by Thy great mercy, from blood guiltiness ; deliver him and us. God have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us. Lamb of God, that taketh away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Amen, an 1 amen. During the prayer Guiteau stood with bowed near). At rs conclusion Dr. Hicks opened tbe Bible, and Guiteau, in firm tones, said : “I will read a selection from the tenth chapter of M t.hew, from twenty-eighth to forty-first ve se, inelusivo.” He then read in a clear, strong voice, and with good intonation, showing little if any nervousness. Dr. Hicks then produced the manuscript which was prepared by tie piiiontr in the morning, and hold it before him while Guitoau read. While Dr. Hicks was arranging tho manuscript, Guiteau exhitited a right nervousness, and moved several times from one foot to the other. He sooff recovered his composure, looked over the Bea of upturned faces, aud said : “lam now going to read to you my last dying prayer.” v He then read, in a loud tone and with distinct and deliberative emphasis, the following : MY DYING PRAYER ON THE GALLOWS. “Father, now I go to Thee aud the Savior. I have finished the work Thou gavest me to do, aud I am ouly 100 happy to go to Thee. The world does not yet appreciate my mission, but Thou knowest it. Thou knowest Tiiou didst inspire Garfield’s removal, and only good has come from it. This is the best evidence that the inspiration came from Thee, and I have set it forth in my book that all men may read and may know that Thou, Father, didst inspire the act for which I am murdered. This Government and nation, I know, will incur Thy eternal enmily, as did the Jews by killing Thy man, my Savior. The retribution in that case came quick and sharp, and I know Thy divine law of retribution will strike this nation aud my murderers in the same way. The diabolical spirit of this nation, its Government and its newspapers, toward me will justify Thee in cursing them, and I know that the divine law of retribution is inexorable. I therefore predict that this nation will go down in blood, and my murderers, from the Executive to the hangman, will go to helL Thy laws are inexorable, oh ! Thou Supreme Judge 1 Woe unto men that violate Thy laws! Only weepmg and gnashing of teeth await them. The American press has a large bill to settle with Thee, Righteous Father, lor their vindictiveness in this matter. Nothit g but blood ni 1 satisfy them, a id now my biood be u ion them sn 1 this nation aud its officials. Attuur, the President, is a coward and an ingrate. His ingratitude to the man that made him and saved his party from overthrow has no parallel in history, but Thou, Righteous Father, wilt judge him. Father,Thou knowest me,but the world hath not known me, and now I go to Theo and the Savior without the slightest ill will toward a human being. Farewell, ye men of earth.” At several points he paused and endeavored to impart increased emphasis to his words by the peculiar facial expression so often observed during the trial, when he was angered at something wh'ch was said or done. This was peculiarly noticeable when he alluded to President Arthur, and when he declared that this option would “go down in blood.” When he had finished reading his prayer, he again surveyed the crowd, and said, still with a firm voice: “I am now going to read some verses which are intended to indicate my feelings at the moment of leaving this world. If set to music they may be rendered effective. The idea is that the child is babbling to bis mamma and his papa. 1 wrote it thiff morning about 10 o’clock.” He then commenced to chant these verses in a sad, doleful style : I am going to the Lordy, I am so glad. lam going to the Lordy. lam so glad. lam going to the Lordy. Glory hallelujah. Glory* hallelujah. lam going to the Lordy. X love the Lordy with ali my soul. Glory hallelujah; and that is the reason I am going to the Lordy. Glory hallelujah. Glory hallelujah. lam going to the lord. Here Guiteau’s voice failed, and ho bowed his head and broke into sobs, but he rallied a little, and went on with his chant: I saved my party and my land; Glory hallelujah. But they have murdered me, for that’s the reason I am'gomg to the lordy. Glory hallelujah I Glory hallelujah! lam going to the Lordy. Here again his feelings overcame him, and he leaned his head on the shoulder of Dr. Hicks, and sobbed pitifully. Still he went on: I woDder what I will do when I get to the Lordy. X guess that I will weep no more when I get to the lordy. Glory hallelujah. Here there was another interruption, cansed by sobs and emotions which.he was unable to repress. He wept bitterly, and then, with quivering lips and mournful tones, he went op to fiuish his ditty: I wonder wliat I wiil see when I get to the Lordy 7 I expect to see most splendid things, Beyond all earthly conception, When I am with the Lordy. Glory hallelujah. (raising his voice to the highest pitch that he could command), __ Glory hallelujah I I am with the Lord I The Fatal Drop. There were strong ■ indications before he got through that he would break himself all up. but he rallied at tbe close of his sing-3ong recital, and bowed his head in silence. The Rev. Dr. Hicks placed his hands gently, very gently, on the man’s brow and gave him the final benediction: “ God the Father be with thee and give thee peace for evermore.” The side attendants then stepped nimbly forward and pinioned his legs and the black cap was placed over his head by Mr. Strong. The condemned never flinched, merely tossing his head a bit to drive a fly from his nose. His eyes closed as the cap went over them. He uttered the words, “ Glory, Glory, Glory,” and his tongue was stilled forever. The Warden had raised big handkerchief, the drop fell with §

sharp, quick thud, and the body of Charles J. Gnitean was dangling beneath the platform, while his soul had passed into the great beyond. There was scarcely a distinct movement of the limbs, only a slight shiver. The neck was broken, and the man died in. stantaneoUsly as the drop fell. The prisoners in the other part of the jail heard tne sound, of which they knew the import so well, and sent np a shout of joy. This was taken-np outside, and the multitude on the hill*, and down the road, and under the maples and elms, re-echoed back the shouts of gladness that at lalt the assassin of James A. Garfield was dead, dead, dead. After the body had hong motionless for two or three minutes it was lowered until the man’s toes came within two feet of tbe floor, and the physician felt of the poise and heart-beat. The heart beat violently for a few moments. At the end of two minutes the poise had become quite weak. After fifteen minutes the heart-beat was scarcely perceptible, and after seventeen minntee Dr. Lamb pronounoed the " man doad. * Twenty-eight minutes after the man dropped the body was lowered into a neat, silver-mounted coffin, and Warden Crocker gave all a chance to view it. John W. Gnitean, who had witnessed the execution, fanned the face to keep away the flies, and was apparently the coolest man in the crowd. He declared it a fitting end to a worthless career. Mrs. Scoville, the sister, remained outside the jail during the execution, and went away without viewing the remains. Tlte Autopsy—No Evidences of lusanIty. * When the remains of Guiteau had been taken up-stairs into tho room which is over the kitchen of the jail, the coffin-lid was taken off and the body lifted out and stretched upon a table. The clothing was removed after a consultation as to how the operation should be performed and what examination should be made. Dr. Lamb held the knife and took the initiative all through the autopsy. Tne first thing that was done was to make an ncision from the chest down the median lino, and uother at right-angle to it, and the outer inegument of the body was thrown back, exposing the viscera. The heart and lungs were especially examined, as well, indeed, as the other parts, with a view to detecting the presence of any evidence of disease. The heart was or normal size, and perfectly healthy in every particular. The lungs were of normal proportions also, and healthy, with tbo exception of a few small tubercles upon one of them. Nothing of a serious character, however, was found. The brain was then taken out *and carefully weighed. It weighed exactly forty-nine and a half ounces, which Ip normal weight. There was not the slightest indication of physical disease in the brain, but it was entirely regular and normal in all its parts and proportions, except that there was a slight thickening in one place of the dura mata. This, however, the physicians agree did not indicate any disease such as would affect the mind of the individual, because it is a thing that is frequently found in cases where perfect health has been enjoyed up to the very time of the last illness of tho person, and where the mental status of the individual in question has never been doubted. Indeed,, it is said that tho head of Daniel Webster showed a quite remarkable thickening of the dura mata, much more so than in the caso of Guiteau, which it was known resulted from a fall he suffered in youth. At least, this passed by way of comment among the doctors when making the examination. The brain, after being removed, was closely observed and examined, as far as could be done with the naked eye, and, having been weighed, was. placed in a square tin box upon a bed of soft curled hair. Dr. Godding and Dr. Lamb were chosen by the physicians present to tako the brain to the Medical Museum and have it photographed. The doctors remarked that tho skull was rather more than usually thick. Otherwise there was nothing unusual in any part of the head. The autopsy revealed the fact that the stories to the effect that the culprit had eaten heartilv the last few hours preceding the execution were pure inventions. The stomach and intestines were almost empty, showing that he had partaken of no food for at least twentyfour hours. Addenda. It will be remembered that it was stated that the assassin, on the day before his execution, wept over a bouquet of roses bronght by his sister, and on Friday he sent a guard to the door for flowers. It is now charged that the white roses in the center had been saturated with poison to a degree that would have given Guiteau immunity from the gallows had he known it, or dared to eat them. The assassin was hanged in effigy at hundreds of places throughout the couniry at about the same time tho real strangling was going on in Washington. John W. Guiteau is more firmly convinced than tvor of his brother’s insanity. The hangman did & most artistio job, and the execution, so far as the mechanical part of it was concerned, was faultless. Death was almost instantaneous, there being no struggle. Two hundred people witnessed the affair. The jail officers secreted the gallows rope as soon as the noose was removed from the assassin’s neck. Twenty-two physicians, including -the Surgeon General of the army, were present at the autopsy. Yery soon after the hanging Dr. Hicks and John W. Guitoau made & thorough examination of the cells occupied by Guiteau. Dr. Hicks took possession of tho books and other effects of the deceased. A great many of those at the jail visited the cells to see the place where Guiteau passed his last hours. There was a disposition on the part of some present to get mementoes of the occasion at any cost. The news of the execution-was received with expressions of satisfaction throughout the country, and there was almost a universal feeling of relief that the curtain had gone down upon the last act and scene in this great national tragedy.

Dickinson and Jefferson.

John Dickinson, Mr. Moore said, was unquestionably the author of that great document, the “Declaration of Taking Up Arms in 1775.” The claim that Thomas Jefferson was the author of the most important part of it was made public only after both Jefferson and Dickinson were in their graves. It had been generally accepted, and he had gone into the histories even of men like Bancroft, “who,” the speaker said, “seemed to have suffered syncope in the presence of the chief of American Democracy. I propose,” Mr. Moore continued, “to settle the question, now and here, of the absolute, sole and undivided right of John Dickinson to that imperishable product of his pen, the original of which I hold in my hand. I am indebted to- the late Dr, John D. Logan, of Baltimore, a descendant of Mr. Dickinson, for this document, which I contribute to this society. It must forever settle this question. This document, every line of it, with its erasures, interlineations, corrections and additions, is in the handwriting of. John Dickinson, and proves him to have been the author of that document.”—Address to the New York Historical Society,

Seth Green on Fish.

To a gentleman who remarked upon the bad luck he had in trolling in the St. Lawrence for pickerel. Seth Green said: “The pickerel in that river around Alexandria bay see so many of those spoons that they know the names of all the spoon makers. People shonld get off tho beaten track. When I am fishing for pickerel my daily take runs from sixty to 125. ” “Do fish sleep?” Green—“No, sir. I have had an aquannm in a dim light by my bed for years. Always when I opened my eyes the fish were in motioiL Another point about fish is that they cannot shut their eyes.” “What is the average of a trout?” Green—“ About fifteen years,” “Do all fish float after they itjg?” Greein~“Not one in ten.”’ JL',

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NUMBER 23.

LEVYING BLACKMAIL.

Hore About “Ms Dear” Hubbell’* Recent Circular—The Infamous Procramue of the Republican* Brought to the Attention of Congrwu. [From the Jackson (Mich.) Patriot) The Republican National Committee is making it lively about these dayß with officeholders and Government employes throughout the country, the work of assessing their salaries for the purpose of obtaining money to use in Congressional elections being prosecuted with great vigor. Says the New York Herald, of operations at Washington: “ The Republicans are making a general levy, and the mechanics and laborers here, even down to the men and boys, have received their summons, with the amount required of each neatly written into the oircular. Boys are called on for $6, laborers are required to pay from $9 upward. Mechanics still more. The oircular of which a copy is sent you called for sl4 from a servant of the House of Representatives. They all get receipts when they pay up, and when one of them is threatened with a loss of his place nowadays he brings this receipt to headquarters as a proof that he is “a good Republican” and entitled to Government employment.” And yet there is a law on the statute book which reads as follows: “That all executive officers or omEloyes of the United States not appointed y the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, are prohibited from requesting, giving to, or receiving from, any other officer or employe of the Government any money or property, or other thing of value, for political purposes; and any such officer or employe who shall offend against the provisions of this section shall l>e at once discharged from the service of the United States; and he shall also be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $500.” Yet a committee of fifteen Republican Senators and Representatives, including Hubbell, Robeson, Hale, McKinley and Allison, flood the country with circulars demanding assessments from all Federal employes under the well-understood threats of dismissal. The law-makers set an example of overthrowing the law and blackmailing money to promote their own election. This is about up to the level of Republican morality, and they have Arthur to carry out their threats of dismissal. The Democrats in the House, pending the consideration of the General Legislative and Executive Appropriation bill, made several attempts to add amendments prohibiting under heavy penalties those blackmailing levies, but the Speaker strained a point and uniformly ruled them out of order, and this was sustained by the Republican majority. Strong speeches were made by Gox, of New York, and Townshend, of Illinois, but the Republicans sat dumb as driven cattle and would make no replies, contenting themselves with summarily votring down the reform propositions. Mr. Cox said that while he was in New York recently a calker in the Brooklyn navyyard showed him one of the Republican circulars, signed by Jay A. Hubbell, calling upon him to pay s2l toward the Republican campaign fund. The poor calker asked his advice about paying the ' assessment or declining to pay, and running the risk of losing his situation. Mr. Cox could not advise him to run the risk of seeing his family suffer by refusing to pay. He then read to the House one of the Hubbell assessment circulars, and declared : “It is meaner than blackmailism, this taking advantage of men who are practicing their-trade, and who have l>een properly chosen as skilled laborers and artisans. Under this law it is worse than blood money; it is trying to take the very bread from the mouths of the families of those who earn this money.” Then Mr. Cox read from the laws a section positively forbidding assessments for political purposes on the employes in navy yards, and declaring no workman should be discharged for political opinion, etc., and following it up with this statement: “ The idea of the law was, if possible, to give the skilled laborer, irrespective of his political affiliations, a fair chance in our navy yards. You cannot turn your navy yards into a mere political machine. Your navy yard is kept up for the purpose of building ships for the Government, and not to run any particular party into power. “Why, sir, in Boston, judging by what I read in the Boston Herald , an Independent Republican paper,or quasiindependent paper, it appears that 700 of these missives from the Chairman of the Republican Committee, Mr. Hubbell, have been sent to the employes of the Charlestown navy-yard—7oo of them, intended to raise $15,000. What for ? As the circular states, to elect you men to Congress. I will not speak here about levying this assessment on the little pages in the House. I should be ashamed to come to Congress in ‘virtue ol a subsidy made up by little euvuP of • money exacted from the pages. We pay our assessments that aro levied by our party. It is proper we should pay our assessments in coming to Congress. But the difference between paying assessments in that way and this insidious business is the difference between a perfume and a smell. Why seek to take this money from the very mouths of the poor people who are earning but $2 and $3 a day, in order to help you to your places here to pass statutes which you defy and violate ?” Mr. Townsend, of Illinois, followed - Mr. Cox and said: “It should bring the blush of shame and‘remorse to the face of any honest man to accept a sear in Congress bought with the bread money of the families of half-starved clerks and laborers. Sir, it was only last night that a negro man made a complaint that he had heen assessed $6 for campaign purposes by the Republican Campaign Committee ; and he is drawing a salary of only ssff por month. The ‘ spoils ’ system is the foulest blot upon our boasted free institutions. “It is a festering sore, which, if not arrested, will taint the whole body politic and eventually destroy the republic and render the freedom of elections a farce. I believe it essential to the perpetuity of free institutions in this country that we should strike down the dangerous corrupting influence of Fodoral patronage and political assessments which was used so extensively in the last Presidential campaign, 19 it hot well known, sir, that if it had pot been for the bread money extorted from the clerks, laborers and other, employes * of the Government, and the m<>n^y-fur-nished on the begging Appeals of Republican candidates by the stawoutu men

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who are now on trail for stealing that and other funds from the national treasury, Indiana would’have i gone Democratic in 1880; and the oountry would not be disgraced on the 30th of this month by tho horrible spectaole of hanging a detestable wretch (a maniac, perhaps) for making a stalwart President of the United States? I say again, that if the last election had been free, had been unbought by this bread orblood-money, if there had been no " spraft ’ system in this country, there would have been a different political party in control of the Government to-day.' * * * “It is tyrannioal to demand the assessment' and slavish kroomply if against the will. Is it more honorable than bulldozing ? “Ib there h member on the floorwho,is not Aware qf families pinched for the neoessaries of life by these poEtioaf . assessments, hnd who would spurn l 'the demand upon Their savings with indignant refusal if they dared to defy the power pf this political machine ? It destroys the freedom, the independence, the manhood of the citizen.” , The Republican leaders looked very uncomfortable as these revolting facts and vigorous arguments were hurled at them, but not even Beoor -Robeson hod the cheek - to- make response. They were dumb; but aided by tpe Speaker’s ruling and their own votes they summarily rejected the' DemoWatic propositions prohibiting the bl&ckmailing under severe' penalties. -.' The Question JUctore the Sennle-Itlr. Pendleton’* ReuiafK*. ~ ‘ [ A.b»ocU te<V Preasfttpor t. ] On the resolution instructing the Committee on Civil Service and'Retrenchment to inquire‘whether any attempt is being made to lekytflr collect an assessment for political {hi imposes by parties from Government employes m Washington, whether the same bo Under tho guise of ask hi g contributions or otherwise, etc., Mr. Pendleton addressed the Senate. He called attention to the Republican Congressional Committee’s ciroular, signed “Jay A. Hubbell, Acting Treasurer,” a copy of which he exhibited. He then read and commented in detail upon each of its statements, to show that its undeniable purpose was to .levy contributions upon Government employes under t)m guise of a demand for voluntary , contributions. This circular had been sent to Government employes all over the country. Seven hundred had gone tq the Bostop Custom House, and the demand had, been made there for the aggregate pf $15,000. It had been to the armory at Springfield, aud an assessment of $lB bad been made up'on'each armorer in that institution. It had been Sent to the postotfloo, Custom House, 'Collector’s office and other Government institutions at New .York, and the branch of the public service there located, which had earned exceptional oredit by reason of its freedom from the debasing arts of political assessors, was again; to be plunged into the mire from which it had so laboriouslyemerged. It had been sent to the employes at Chicago, to every postoffioe in the country {at least he had returns from almost every State east of Nevada), and to men engaged on tho Government works on tbe Ohio rivet at Marietta. Tho demand had been made for part of the daily wages of the men there in outting atone for the dam. Deputy clerks had been assessed in various Amounts of Jtom $lB to S3O. The circular had been sent tb men'engaged in day labor on The Capitol and through thp Capitol grounds, mid $5 aud $6 had been assessed updn them. The Government Printing Offioe had noF escaped! The circular had been sent to every name upon • every Government pay-roll, whether tho amount paid was great or small. Ladies in the department earning mere pittances, and little pages of the House, and perhaps those of the Senate, had been directed to stand and deliver the amounts dopaanded of them. He could imagine he saw this brave committee going to ouo of the little pages and oonjuring him by his appreciation of the agencies of the oountry and the excellence of the Republican principles, and by his dread of the restoration of the Democratic party to power, to make a contribution of $9 in order to avert such terrible calamity. If this was not a sad pidture of partisan tyranny and degeneracy, it would be in many of its aspects a broad faroe. Jt would even t>e better for the oountry if the Republican party would thrust its hands into the treasury, boldly abstract public money, and charge it up to “soap.” The Assistant Attorney General, with a great deal of gasconade, had said he defied and’ spat on the existing law because it was Ho laV, as he could find no authority for prohibiting voluntary contributions for lawful objects. The men in the face of the Republican Committee’s* circular, could talk about voluntary- contributions were either entirely ignorant of the force, of language, or of the substanco of things, and in either case discussion with him would be useless. The treasurer of 'the committee, Representative, Hubbell, whose natqc was appended to the circular, had denied having violated the law prohibiting assessments, because he was not an executive officer or employe of the Government, but a member of Congress. In tliip position he was relying upon a decision made in the last century, that a Senator is not liable to impeachment. If the case was taken into court, that gentleman would probably And if . he had not lapde3 somebody in the penitentiary he had at least brought them perilously near the Verge of conviction. Possibly he may escape upon a technicality, but his culpability in inviting and inducing violations of law by others will remain. Mr. Conger, replying to an allusion to himself by My. Pendleton, denied that his objection to -the resolution t when it was originally infjjpduced, was that Republican political assessments were justified by Elje practices heretofore on the part of the Democrats. He explained that wliat ho. had said was that he hod documents before him to show that the practice luwl been in existence when the Senator was iii, Congress, and the Democratic party had power to make assessments. He* added* that in . the period here ’referred tp. « number of leadiug Democrats met on the Sabbath day to declare who should be turned out of office for not'paying* assessments. Mr. Pendleton replied that Mr. Conger could not find in all past Democratio history anything so small and petty, and so widespread in all its ramifications, as the present oonsfArifcy agfciiwt the purity of the ballot-box sad the freedom of elections, f r. / I A jpjsop/UAB apparatpfi cSfled a “chemical lung.” has-been* and successfully tested for the purification of air. Tt is designed cbieflyfor use ill the boring of tunnels, f.