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LE BARON k NISSLY, Proprietors.
NEWS SUMMARY.
Important Intelligence from All Parts.
Domestic.
A cyclone swept over the vicinity of
Fairfield, Minn., after dark on the evening
of the 13th, killing four persons and wrecking all the houses and bridges in its path.
TIndeb the auspices of the Presbyterian
Board of Missions an industrial school for
Indian lads has been established at Sitka,
with twenty pupils as a nucleus.
Ralph E. Richards and Edward "F.
Gross, the one fourteen years of age, the
other eleven, recently drowned Willie Carr,
a boy of ten years, near Portland, Me.., because he refused to give them twenty-five
cents which he had.
At Pittsburgh, Pa., on the. 13th Maud S.
trotted a mile in 2:103^, heing the best time
ever made on any track in any country hy
one-quarter of a second.
The damage done by the floods in Iowa is
even greater than at first reported. East
and west of Marshalltown the Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad is reported to be a
total wreck, and will not be in operation for
along time.
Schw^vrner&Aiviend, lager beer brewers of New York, have failed for $150,000.
Attoknt.y-CtE2*ekal*' MacVeagh holds
that the Commissioners of Soldiers' Homes
are not entitled to the bounty laud-warrants
turned over to them as the effects of deceased soldiers.
Up to the 14th several deaths had taken
place in New York from lock-jaw occasion-^
ed hy explosions of toy pistols on thf^faU. jL
■of July.   Thirteen deaths fs ~      u Fourth
cause had occurred at B'-^lftm the same
other persons wgy*'Tj^t-itimore, and three
err.   9^j§   J   J^A "beyond hope of recov-
JsYeral deaths from the same cause
are also reported from various other cities
and towns throughout the country.
A Rochester CN. Y.) telegram of the
14th says Prof. Swift had reported that it
was the opinion of astronomers generally
that the comet is identical with the one discovered in Brazil, May 29, called in Europe
by the name of Dom Pedro. There is no
division of the comet, and itis probably new
to the astronomers.
At the instance of the State's Attorney at
Hot Springs, Ark., a constable recently
stripped the gambling-houses of their apparatus and burned it in the street.
By the explosion of kerosene which was
heing used to hasten the lighting of a fire,
Mrs. Mary Kray and her daughters, Sirs.
Hattie Monahan and Hattie Kray, were fatally burned at Brooklyn, N. Y., on the night
of the Mth.
The wheat crop of Kansas is estimated at
fully 20,000,000 bushels. That of Michigan
at 17.600,000.
The National Bureau of Agriculture reports that the returns up to July 1 from all
parts of the country Indicated the average
condition of the cotten crop to be about 95,
as against 100 for last, year; wheat, 83,
against 100: corn, 90, against 100.
The Chicago Tribune of the 16th says reports from all parts of Illinois indicated that
the corn crop will be a fair average, while
the fall wheat crop will hardly yield one-
third of an average. Meadows were in good
condition, and the hay crop promised well.
CI over was heavy, but timothy was rather
light. The oat crop will be fully up to the
average. Pastures were in excellent condition. Another report says it was estimated
that the wheat yield in Illinois will be 37,-
000,000 bushels less than the yield of 1S80,
Michigan's-yield will be 14,500,000 bushels
less, Ohio 12,000,000 bushels, and Iowa 17,-
000,000 bushels. The total shortage for the
four States, therefore, will be 80,500,000.
A darixg robbery was committed in New
York on the 15th. A vendor's wagon in
which were three men, supposed to be peddlers, ran into a light wagon driven by
CharlesNes3ersmith, a clerk inthe employ
of Jacob Rupert's brewery. As soon as the
collision tookplace two of the supposed peddlers sprang from their wagon, attacked the
clerk, and took from him a package of currency containing £9,300, and a bag of silver
coins. The latter was subxecuiantly dropped,
but the robbers got away with the currency.
OX the 15th Birds' Island, Minn., was
visited by a severe tornado—one of the worst
ever known in that section. It swept away
farm buildings and railroad tracks, causing
immense destruction.
Ox the 15th 600 journeymen brewers of
Cincinnati made a demand for a reduction
of their hours of labor from 15 to 13%, to
which three employers consented.
The people of Arkansas and Kentucky
quite generally observed the 14th as a day
of prayer for the recovery of the President.
Tickets from Chicago to Newr York wex«
sold in the former city on the 15th by the
trunk lines for $11.00, and by scalpers for $ 0.
Notwithstanding Charles P. Kri'ng,
the St. Louis murderer, had secured from
Judge Sherwood a stay of execution, the
Circuit Attorney on the 15th ordered the
Sheriff to proceed with the hanging. But
that official consulted his counsel and decided not to take the risk. The Coroner refused
to move in the matter without anurderfrom
the Court of Appeals.
There was considerable excitement Inthe
cotton markets at New York and New Orleans on the 15th, and an advance of one and
one-fourth cents per pound tookplace.
It is said Oregon promises a wheat yield
of nearly one hundred thousand tons from
the territory east of the Cascade Mountains,
againov* last year of at least thirty per
cent.
At the conclusion of the second heat in
the 2:19 race at Pittsburgh on the 15th the
well-known  trotting stallion   Bonesetter,
owned by Mr. H. "V*   Bemis, of Chicago,
'•pped dead.
»• number of immigrants arrivintr f,t
"rk during the week ended oil the
'3,i^7,623.   Total so far during the
"just i>0, against 12,016 during the first
-%...   "jastyear.    The total number
PW&noj-t since the first of last
lawn. tenij£43, against 187,418 for the
Locli, last&d last year.
County cleHct> having a wry
,, , . .,. ^described tail, hits
Sunday m thus ^steIlation Awiga
Mrs. A* M. "LeBai-ui.tteur astrono-
One   hundred,   th\
*8tablisned a
in Phila
this season.
wires went down in the common ruin, and
only meager details could be given. It
seems that two' currents of air swept the
valley simultaneously, coming from different directions. The scene was appalling.
Stone and brick buildings were razed to
their foundations and the air was full of
debris. The town and its suburbs were a
mass of ruins. West Newton, in the neighboring county of Nicollet, was also visited
by the storm. Many lives were lost in both
places.
Ox the night of the 15th a gang of several
armed men boarded the eastward bound express train on the Kansas City extension of
the Chicago B. I. &P. Eailroad, near Winston Station, Mo., shot and almost instantly
killed the conductor, William Westfall, and
a stone-cutter named McMillan, and took
possession of the engine. One set of the
gang seized Charles Miller, the express
messenger, beat him on the head, took his
keys, and secured about §1,800 from the
safe. The passengers were paralyzed
by the discharge of pistols in each
car, but before they could be forced- to
deliver up their valuables the train was
halted by the air-brake, and the robbers
fled. The railway management have offered a reward of $5,000 for the capture of
the robbers. The Sheriff of Gallatin, with
one hundred men, was in pursuit of the
villains. It was the opinion of many that
Jesse and Prank James were the leaders of
the robber gang.
Fkom July 10 to July 16, bofH *„t^V.
there were 261 deaths *  "* --a included,
Cincinnati, and »■"*-*'*'" -^ xrom sun-stroke in
-ueS!Jl- T T" .riteKrK """"SO deaths from excessive
"' day—the 14th—there were 86
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, JULY 21, 1881.
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VOL. I.-NO. 36.
that Guiteau be tried for high treason, as
na court would overrule his conviction therefor, and a healthy precedent would be established.
Foreign.
The customs officers at Havana recently
imposed upon the steamer Hadji a fine of
$6,000 for leaving behind at New York thirty
barrels of tallow which appeared on the
manifest.
The Mexican Central Eailroad has been
opened from the Capital to Tula, a distance
of about fifty miles.
The insurgents at Sfax were reported on
the 15th as being willing to surrender, a
Pench iron-clad fleet having arrived off the
city.
At the volunteer camp at Wimbledon,
England, on the 15th the excessive heat
prostrated several of the riflemen. The
thermometer recorded 137 degrees in the
sun.
At Pontive, Eussia, a few days ago nine- j'
teen men and girls Avere shut in a barn fo**/
refusing to work, all of whom were burnejj
to death by a mob setting fire to the bivir:a
ing. f*..'*■'"•-
A pew days ago Apache Indians r *
force ..-^«***ed
fSt
THE
'STOBM-KING.
The Town, of ]£      _, -™.      .    .«.
a. Cyclone—T-""ew Ulm, Ml nn., Wrecked by
Also Devar"7,1"1 "Vewton unrt Wellington
laves I*ost./tnte<*'   Dy    *,ie    Storm—Many
St. Paul, Minn., July 16.
'of New Ulm was wrecked by a
yesterday afternoon.   It seems
of air swept the valley
The Town,
cyclone late
that two cur     .      .    . ,
simultaneou.<ents of. •» »™-pt
rections     T/y'  commS *"*om different di-
and  brick l     scene was appalling.   Stone
foundations'il,ildingS we razed to tbelr
tu,« +„,..., 3 and tbe air was full of debris.
Ihe town ar . ..      ,     ,  •
,„ Aid its suburbs are now a mass of
Jest Newton, in the neighborly
rums.
County
storm.
Nicollet, Avas also visited by the
Till" RAILROAD ROBBERS
SOURI.
IN MI3-
the railroad construction
hua, Mexico, killing six of t,' „
American, related the corpses
Chihua
eluding a young American, f#'ne Part-V">  m'
lftterl tlio nnrnaoc      Th™ ^Old   then   M
They r.y«
A* ■.«-
muti-
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Fr'*--1 jux- one
deaths from both causes.
een   pur*.
So says tin."
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Mammoth   loads   of
daily pass through this
way to the Ypsilanti paper milts.
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place a
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Personal and Political.
The National Greenback State Convention of Wisconsin was held at Watertown
on the 12th. About 100 delegates were pres -
ent, representing each of the eight Congressional .Districts. Aplatform was adopted, reaffirming the Chicago Greenback platform ; recognizing in the attempted assassination a result of the spoils system, and favoring the election of all public officers, as
far as possible, by the people; favoring woman-suffrage, and that the $360,000,000
of National Bank loan be called
in and applied to the payment of the National debt. The following State ticket was
nominated by acclamation: Por Governol-,
E. P. Allis, of Milwaukee; Lieutenant-Governor, David Giddings, of Pond du Lac;
Secretary of State, Wilson Hopkins, of Chippewa; Treasurer, Gerhart Lammers, of
Sheboygan; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. A. Gaynor, of Wood; Attorney-
General, Joel Poster, of Pierce; Eailway
Commissioner, T. G. Branson, of Crawford;
Insurance Commissioner, L. Merrill, of
Dodge.
The  Ohio Democratic Convention was
held at Columbus on the 13th.   Theplatform
adopted  contains resolutions declaring  in
favor ' 'of a Civil-Service Eeform, whereby
offices shall be held to be a public trust, to
be administered for the public good,   not
spoils to be enjoyed as the reward of partisan zeal   or   service;-"   against   merely
sumptuary legislation; that the power delegated to the General Government "to regulate   commerce   among   the    States,"   as
well   as    the   power   reserved   to   States
to regulate commerce   within   their   own
borders, shouldbe both exercised to prevent unjust discrimination and unreasonable charges by our railroads; in favor of a
tariff for revenue, levied and adjusted in its
details with a view to equity in the public
burdens and the encouragement of productive industries, without creating monopolies.
A resolution was  also adopted  "that we
deeply deplore the recent attempt upon the
life of the President of the United States by
an assassin, and denounce assassination in a
Republic as the highest and most revolting of
crimes, and we extend to the President and
his  family  our   deepest   sympathies   and
our earnest hopes that a speedy recovery be
vouchsafed to him.'' John W. Bookwalter,
of Springfield, was nominated for Governor;
Edgar M. Johnson, of Cincinnati, for Lieutenant-Governor;     E.    P.    Bingham,  of
Franklin, for Supreme Judge; A. P. Wins-
low,   of  Cleveland,  for   State Treasurer;
Prank C. Doughty, of Highland County, for
Attorney-General, and John Crowe, of Defiance, for Superintendent of Public Works.
Ex-Senator  Coxklixg   called at the
White House on the 14th and handed the
usher his card for Mrs. Garneld.   He said
he did not wish to disturb her, but desired
that his sympathy might be made known to
her,   as well as his  gratification  that the
President was recovering from his* wounds.
John A. Appleton, a  member of the
publishing firm of D. Appleton & Co., died
in New York on the 13th.
Vice-Pjresident Arthur arriTsil at
New York from Washington on the 13th.
Before leaving the latter city he called upon
each member of the Cabinet and informed
them that he had pressing matters of»business requiring his attention in New York,
but he did not care to leave unless the President's condition warranted, ne afterwards
called at the White House and had a short
and pleasantinterview with Mrs. Garfield.
The surgeons informed him that they
thought he could go away without any apprehension of any unfavorable turn in the
President's case.
Judge Cltfeord, of the United States
Supreme Court, on the!3th underwent amputation of a foot for gangrene.
Mr. Moody, the evangelist, denies that
Guiteau, the assassin, was in any way associated with him in the ministry*. He says
he always saw through the man, and believed him to be dishonest and a little crazy.
In the New Hampshire Legislature on the
14th a bill providing for the punishment of
persons giving or receiving free passes on
railroads was indefinitely postponed, by a
vote of 176 to 35.
In joint convention on the 16th the Nsw
York Legislature elected, on the forty-
eighth ballot, Warren Miller, the Republican caucus nominee, United States Senator
to succeed Mi*. Platt. The vote stood:
Miller, 76; Kernan (Dem.), 47; Pish, 9;
scattering, 13. Total vote, 145; necessary to
a choice, 73. The vote for a .successor to
Mr. Conkling resulted as follows: Lapham,
68; Potter (Dem.), 47; Conkling, 20; Evarts,
1.    Total, 145; necessary to a choice, 73.
The Secretary of the United States Treasury has appointed a Cattle Commission to
investigate all cases of pleuro-pneumonia
along the Canadian border and on the chief
lines of transportation.   Its member are
James Law, of Ithaca, N.   V.; James H.
Sanders, of Chicago, and E. P. Thayer, of
"~«t Newton, Mass.
.    ,„ .   r*T,D   life-saving    medal    has  been
The sand used for the new stores it* j £frb Mrs, Wa LewiS Nelson by Sec-
being haufcd from the pit recently open-1 him sj?, jn recognition of her heroic
ed in the rw of F. .Spciaw* Jiou*su. : from fxpttnumber of persons -from
er DUplbY urges
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construction train o?n
7K*ior,:*7~* "     A "carts, killing two per
sons.      '
The Mexican Cable Company has signed
a contract for an extension to Yucatan and
Cuba.
Don Carxos, the Spanish Pretender, has
received official notice to quit Prance, for
having been engaged in proceedings hostile
to the Republic.
Generae Ignatiepp has secured from
the Czar a commutation of the sentence of
death passed upon Hessy Helf niann, one of
the assassins of the Czar Alexander, II.
Several deaths from sun-stroke were reported at London on the 16th. At Greenwich Observatory the mercury reached 97
degrees in the shade, which is the highest
figure on record at that point.
Por disturbing the recent funeral procession of Pope Pio Nono at Rome six men
have been fined and imprisoned. There
was great disorder at the trial, and a storm
of hisses followed the sentences. A large
crowd cheered the prisoners, and the soldiers dispersed the mob.
Great numbers of farm laborers in County Cork, Ireland, struck for higher wages
on the 16th ttod inarched through the county, forcing others to join in the strike.
Governor Tarrasas, of one of the Mexican States, while recently en route to El
Paso with a force of troops, was attacked by
Indians and thirty of his men were killed.
The Canada Pacific Railway has laid its
rails to a point thirteen miles west of Winnipeg, and is laying track at the rate of two
miles per day.
The Preneh squadron has bombarded
and occupied Sfax, with a loss of eight
killed and forty wounded.
"LATER   "NEWS.
The physicians in attendance upon the
President issued the following bulletin at
seven o'clock on the evening of the 18th:
" The President has had a little more fever
this afternoon, which is regarded as merely
a temporary fluctuation. At one p. m. his
pulse was 89; temperature, 9S.5; respiration,
18. At present his pulse is 102; temperature, 100.7; respiration, 21.-" A special
dispatch dated at 1:30 on the morning of the
19th says the President was resting quietly.
His pulse had quickened several beats since
the early evening and the fever was iriore
marked, but the physicians apprehended
nothing serious.
It was stated on the 18th that the assassin
Guiteau would be obliged to lie in jail, at all
events, until after the middle of September,
for there was no probability that any Judge
in the District would release him on bail to
await indictment. This action bad been
determined on in the Criminal Court when
Colonel Corkhill presented to the Court a
letter, signed by the President's physicians,
to the effect that ' 'while the President has,
up to the present time, done exceedingly
well, and we anticipate His recovery, we
cannot assert with confidence that his injuries may not result fatally." The Court,
then ordered the discharge of the Grand
Jury until the 12th of September.
Two baixots were taken in the New
York Legislature on the 18th for United
States Senator to succeed Mr. Conkling, each
of which resulted as follows: Lapham, 54;
Potter (Dem.), 34; Conkling, 27; Evarts, 1;
Total vote, 116; necessary to a choice, 59.
The Stalwart members of the Legislature
held a conference in the morning and resolved to stand firm for Mr. Conkling.
It seems that Mrs. Samuels, the mother of
the James boys, who was reported, hi the
account of the recent train robbery in Missouri, to be dead, is still living. A Kansas
City special of the ISth says she asserted that
both her boys suspected of being concerned
in the recent robbery were dead, but her
statement was not believed.
On the 18th scalpers in New York were
selling tickets to Chicago at from $7.75 to $9.
Tins Mark Lane Express of the 18th speaks
despondently of the prospects of the British
grain crop, which was suffering from the
continued heat, drought and insects. The
crops in Russia, Prance and parts of Germany were reported excellent. Roumanian
crops were much damaged by the spring
rains and storms, and a small yield was anticipated.
At Boston on the 18th the bay gelding
John H. was driven with Basil Duke, a
running mate, a quarter mile in thirty-two
seconds. This is at the rate of a mile in
2:08—the fastest time on record.
Dean Stanley died in London on the
18th, of erysipelas. The sacrament was administered in the morning by Canon Parrar.
A committee has been formed at Rome,
Italy, to confer gold medals on the six men
convicted of rioting during the late removal
of Pio Nono's body. A journal of that city
expresses regret that the corpse was not
thrown into the Tiber.
Justice Barry, in opening the Cork
County Assizes on the 18th, said that the
condition of Ireland, as shown by the crimes
committed, must be regarded by honest
men with alarm.
Governor Poster, of Ohio, has received
favorable responses to his suggestion for a day
of thanksgiving and praise for the recovery
of the President from the Governors of nil
the States and Territories except Texas.
The Governor of Texas responded as follows: ."My failure to answer you favorably
is not on account of any want of sympathy
for the President, but because I do not deem
it consistent with my position as Governor
to is.-ue a proclamation directing religious
services where Church and State are and
ought to be kept separate in their functions.
I doubt not the people of Texas have as
strongly wished and will as devoutly pray
for the recovery of the President as any people in the United States,"
JULY 17.
itnesses give manjr strange and
accounts,
child of Pritz Dickmyer was carried
half a mile and is still alive. Martin
'rank, of West Newton, was. found dead a
mile from his house, but not a piece of his
house or its contents has been found since
the storm. Of the family of seven of Matthew Pinley, of West Newton, but one remains alive, an infant, which was badly
injured.
A family of five was buried in the ruins of
a house near Port Ridgley. Miss Anna
Leach was carried out of the house. Her
mother ran out after her, and she said,
" Oh, mother, I must die," and immediately expired. Mrs. Leach was badly injured.
One horse had a scantling driven clear
through him. One man was standing talking to his wife, and the first thing he knew
his wife was gone and he was in the air himself. His house was carried away. He
found his wife several blocks distant when
the^storm was over.
A gentleman who was in New Ulm gives
the following graphic description of the terrible scene: "About 4:45 yesterday afternoon a black cloud was seen approaching
this city from the north—a cloud of such intense blackness as to shut out the light of
day, and create the impression that the pall
of night was falling upon the town before
its due time.   Men, women and children
were affrighted, and, apprehending a severe
storm, all set about securing their portable
property out  of doors.   Shortly after five
o'clock the storm-cloud burst, and, with
the noise of a raging torrent, it burst upon
the town in the form of a terrible hurricaue
from the west.   Darkness enveloped everything in its sable mantle, and itwas impossible for one to distinguish his most intimate
friends at a distance of ten feet,  while the
large brick buildings on the opposite side
of the street upon whichyour correspondent
was   located   could   scarcely be  outlined
against the inky sky.   The first effects of the
tornado were felt in the  northern part of
the town, among the modest residences of
the laboring portion  of the  community.
These were somewhat scattered, but in loss
than two minutes were all carried off bodily
or leveled to the ground.   Over a hundred
dwellings were absolutely swept away on
the wings of the wind, and several hundred
persons rendered homeless in the twinkling
of an eye.   But the work of destruction was
not    to    be   confined    to   the    outskirts
of    the     town.      On    the     ridge     to
the    westward   were   situated  the  German Methodist and the German Lutheran
Churches, both of which were hurled to the
ground in an instant of time.   Scarcely a
vestige of the first mentioned building remained to mark its site.   The latter was so
badly wrecked as to be absolutely worthless.
After  demolishing the  structures on the
ridge, the tornado struck the business center of the town, and in a few moments the
air was full of flying timbers and debris of
every description. Pence-boards, fragments
of roofing, wagons, window-sash, doors, and
all conceivable articles were flying through
the air, while above the roar of the tempest   could be heard the frantic shouts
of men,   the piercing shrieks of women,
and the agonizing wail of children.   The
darkness was  intense, and, though  some
rushed hither and thither in blind frenzy,
the more collected awaited their fate with
calmness or sought refuge in the cellars of
their buildings.   The noise was deafening.
Roof after roof was torn from its fastenings
and was carried away by the wind with a
deafening crash against the wall of some
building on the opposite side of the street.
The crash of falling walls was heard on
every   side,   while    ever" and   anon   the
scene,   one "of   terrible   picturesqueness,
was lit up by lurid flashes of lightning for
several minutes—it seemed almost„an age.
The play of the lightning was almost incessant, and nearly a score of buildings were
struck and  more  or less injured by the
electric fluid. The terror of the scene could
not be heightened by any appliances conceived by the most vivid imagination.   It
was a hades of darkness and lurid lightning
flashes—a babel of confusion of sounds. The
tornado roared with terrible fury for the
space of fifteen minutes, when a lull came,
and the people of the doomed city drew a
sigh of relief.   The cessation was of very
brief duration, however, for almost instantly
a counter storm broke out, coming from the
east, and raged with unabated fury for ten
or fifteen minutes,  nearly completing tbe
work of ruin that had already progressed so
far.   Walls that had withstood the first onslaught ofthe wind succumbed to the latter
blast.   Huge timbers  were iarried hither
and thither, now   crushing   through   the
fronts    of    stores,   and    anon    breaking
the  roofs   of  houses   or   barns.    Cattle,
released    from    their    corrals    by    the
action of the wind, ran bellowing through
the streets, and horses, tearing themselves
from their fastenings, rushed wildly hither
and thither.   Men seemed to have lost their
reason, and madly stampeded for places of
refuge.   Women with their children clinging to them vainly appealed for aid, while
above all was the crash of falling timbers
and the howling of the hurricane.   It was
an occasion never to be forgotten by any
that were present.   Some of the more superstitious   believed that the end of the
world had come of a surety, and. their wail*
ings were pitiful in the extreme.   Others
had concern onlyfor the material losses they
had sustained, and bemoaned their sad fate.
When at last the storm passed away and the
light of the waning day fell upon the doomed
city there was a feeling of relief, and men
and women calmed themselves sufficiently
to take a view of the situation.    A sorry
spectacle presented itself.   Where but an
hour before there had been long rows of
elegant business buildings, ample private
residences for the wealthy, neat abodes for
the poor, or manufactories teeming with industry, there was now but a mass ot shapeless ruins.
•• There was a perfect bedlam of confusion.
Husbands were looking for their wives and
children, mothers for those whom they had
borne, children for their parents. It was
almost impossible to ascertain results with
»ny degree of denniteness," *
A. Rock laland Paiienger Train Boarded- la
Missouri "toy JlnndiU-Cold-lIloode* Murder of Conductor Weatfnll and a, Man
Named McMillan—The Robbers Secure
Only About SS.OOO—The "Notorious James
Brothers Believed to HaTe Been Concerned In the Outrode.
It was at nine o'clock "Friday night,
at a lonely switch station, west of Winston,
that twelve or fifteen men boarded the train.
They were taken to be ordinary passengers,
laborers or stockmen, and attracted no special attention. Just east of Winston Station
the train cairie to a sudden stop. Conductor
Westfall stepped off to see what was the
matter, when the train moved on again.
He jumped aboard again* and as he was
about to enter the front door of the smoking-car two men confronted him, and'one
immediately leveled a revolver at him and
fired. The hall struck Westfall in the ami,
and, surprised and terror-stricken, he ran
through the smoking-coach, the men closely
pursuing and firing upon him. Two more
shots took effect upon the conductor, and
Upon reaching the rear platform of the car
he fell dead. A passenger named McMillan,
a stone-mason employed on the railroad,
tried to escape from the coach by the same
door which the murdered conductor went
out of when he fell dead upon theplatform,
and he was also shot and killed, whether by
a stray shot or purposely is not known.
While this tragedy was being enacted, a
gang of eight or ten men went through the
coaches, firing their revolvers at random
through the roofs and sides of the cars,
and threatening to kill any passenger
that da^ed to move. A part of this
gang went Into the baggage-car and
attacked C. H. Murray, the express messenger, and his assistant, Prank Stampes. The
assistant was dragged from the car, and
Murray ensconced himself on the floor behind some trunks to escape being hit by the
flying bullets. The train ran about half a
mile before he was discovered, and the robbers then dragged him from his place of concealment, and, placing their revolvers at his
head, demanded of him, upon pain of instant death, to open the express safe. The
leader of the gang produced a bag from his
pocket, and the contents of the safe, about
$2,000 in currency, were deposited in it.
They then demanded Murray to show them
where they could find other money, and he
informed them that they had all of value in
the car except fifteen bricks of silver bullion
that lay on the floor of the car. The robbers
did not encumber themselves with the bullion.
After the bandits had completed their
Work of robbery and murder, they deserted
the train and dispersed in all directions, and
it was then found that the engineer and fireman had been overpowered and kept in
subjection by two men with pistols, who,
when they wanted the train slowed Up,
would place their weapons to the engineer's
head and commanded him to use the lever
as they directed.
The passengers in the coaches were panic-
stricken, overpowered by the large gang of
well-armed and desperate men, and perfect*
ly helpless to help the conductor or present
the robberv.
As soon as news of the miirderous outrage reached the oftlcers of the Rock Island Road, they offered a reward of $5,000
for the apprehension of the highwaymen.
On the afternoon of the 16th a Chie.igo reporter called upon Mr. Frederick Henckle,
a gentleman very well known in Chicago,
who was in the baggage car when the assault of the robbers occurred.
"Iwas pretty well excited," said Mr.
Henckle, "and may not remember all the
details. I think that it was twenty minutes
past nine o'clock. Ihad just had my supper, and was enjoying a cigar in the smoking car. I think that the station is Princeton, Mo., where we had our supper, somewhere between Cameron and Winston Station. About the time we arrived there we
noticed a crowd of rather hard-looking
characters about the station. They
were together in groups of twos and
threes. When we were through supper they yelled 'All aboard.' The first we
knew, the train was flying along at a rapid
rate, and a man, very large, thick, heavy
set, with a black beard, short, but thick,
came in, followed by a couple of others. He
was dressed, as far as I could notice, in a
linen coat and a straw hat, and the other
parts of his clothing I don't recollect. The
trio came in by way of the front platform of
the smoking-car, and one of them, the man
with the black beard, had a revolver, cocked,
in his hand. He muttered something, and
commenced to fire at the conductor. He
ran out, and the others crowded up to
liim."
"Which way did the conductor run?"
asked the reporter.
"He ran toward the rear platform out of
the door, where I heard more shooting. We
all ran back to the sleeping cars Avhere we
belonged and threw ourselves on the floor.
I only saw the gang at the station while they
were in knots, and I should suppose that
there were at least a dozen of them. I should
think that there were four of them who
came into the smoking car. After the
trouble was over we found the conductor's
lantern and his brains on the rear platform.
"As soon as the train was in possession of
the robbers the passengers jumped down on
the floor. Some of them hid under the
seats. You see, it was unhealthy to be upon your feet at that time. It rained lead,
and lead diet is unhealthy. There were six
ladies in the sleeper, and as soon as they
heard the shooting they just dropped on the
floor like the other passengers. They were
frightened, but t hey showed as much grit
as the men. We couldn't show much, for
not one of us had.a revolver. John McMillan was killed with the conductor. I think
that the thieves recognized them and they
were put out of the way on that  account.
"I think that the express messenger,
William Murray, deserves a deal of credit
for his pluck. ThQ robbers shouted to him
to open the door of his car, but he persistently refused. They fired thirteen shots at
him, but none of them took effect. When
they did break in they found him hidden
between the coal-box and a sample trunk.
They struck him twice over the head
with a revolver, but said that they
would not kill him because of his grit.
The robbers* only got $900 in money
and a $1,000 bond. There was a large
amount of bullion in the safe, but it was too
heavy for the robbers to carry away. The
passengers all endeavored to hide away their
watches and money. One of them, a Ch'fa-
go drummer, pnt his valuables in the water-
cooler. I wrapped mine in a pocket handkerchief, lifted the cover cf a spittoon, laid
it in, and put the lid on again. But the
passengers were not molested. We found
five bullets in the smoker and thirteen in the
baggage-car."
GUITEAU.
Statement or District Attorney Corknlll-
How the Assassin Premeditated and Deliberately Planned for the Murder or th«
President—The Question of Insanity.
Washington, July 14.
United States District Attorney Corkhill
furnishes the following for publication:
" The interest felt by the public in the details of the attempted assassination, and many
stories published, justify me in stating* that
the following: is a correct statement concerning* the points to which reference is made:
"The assassin, Charles J. Guiteau, came to
Washington Sunday evening, March 6, 1881,
and stopped at the Ebbitt House, remaining*
only one day. He then secured a room In another part of the city, and has boarded and
roamed in various places, full details of which
I have. On Wednesday, May 18,1881. the assassin determined to murder the President.
He had neither money nor pistol at the time.
About the last day of May he went into
O'Meara's store, corner of JFifteenth and "t?
Streets, in this city, and examined some pistols, asking for tne largest caliber. He was
shown two similar in caliber and only different
in price. On "Wednesday, June 8, he purchased
the pistol which he used* for which he paid ten
dollars, he havingin thft meantime borrowed
fifteen dollars of a gentleman in this city* an
the plea That he wanted to pay his board bill.
On the same evening, about seven o'clock, he
took the pistol and went to the foot of Seventeenth street and practiced firing at a board,
firing ten shots. He' then returned to his
boarding place and wiped the pistcd dry and
wrapped it in his coat and waited his opportunity.
"Sunday morning, June 12, he was sitting in
Lafayette Park and saw the President leave
for the Christian Caurch, on Vermont avenue",
and he at once returned to his room, obtained
his pistol, put it in his hip pocket, and followed the President to the church. He entered
the church, but found he ould not kill him
there without danger of killing some one else.
He noticed the President sat near a window.
After church he made an examination of the
window, and- found that he could reach it without any trouble, and that from this point he
could shoot the President through the head
without killing any one else.
"The folio wing Wednesday he went to the
church, examined the location and window,
and became satisfied that he could accomplish his purpose, and determined, therefore,
to ma'ie the attempt at the chnreh the following Sunday. He learned from the papers that
the President would leave the city Saturday,
the 18th of June, with Mrs. Garfield, for Long
Branch. He therefore determined to meet
him at the depot.
"He left his boarding place about five o'clock
Saturday morning, June 18, and went down
to the river at the foot of Seventeenth
street, and fired five shots, to practice his
aim and be certain his pistol was in good order. He then went to the depot, and was in
the lad'es* waiting-room of the depot., with his
pistol ready, when the President and his party entered. He saw that Mrs. Garfield loo'-ced
bo weak and frail that he had not the heart to
shoot the President in her presence, and, as
he knew he would have another opportunity,
ha left the depot. He hadj>reviously engaged
a carriage to take him to the jail.
"Wednesday evening the President and his
son, and, 1 think, United States Marshal
Henry, went out for a ride. The assassin took
his pistol and followed them and watched
them for some time, in hopes that the carriage
would stop, but no opportunity was given.
Friday evening, Julyl, he was sitting on a
seat in the park opposite the White House,
when he saw the President come out alone.
He followed him down the avenue to Fifteenth
Street, and then kept on the opposite side of
the street up Fifteenth street, until the
President entered the residence of
Sfeeretary Blaine. He waited at the corner
of Mr. Morton's late residence, corner
of Fifteenth and H streets, for some time, aud
then, as he was afra'd he would attract attention, he went into the alley in the rear of Mr.
Morton's residence, examined his pistol and
waitei. The President and Secretary Blaine
cam * out together, and he followed them over
to the gate ot the White House, but could get
no opportunity to use his weapon.
"On the morning of Saturday, July 2, he
breakfasted at the Biggs House about seven.
He then walked up to "the park, and sat there
for an hour. He then took a one-horse avenue
car and rode to Sixth street, got out, ancf went
into the depot and loitered around there. He
had his shoes blacked, engaged a hackman for
two dollars to take bimto the jail, went into
the water-closet and took his pistol out of his
hip-pocket and unwrapped the paper from
around it, which he had put there for the purpose of* preventing the perspiration from his
body dampening the powder, examine! his
pistol carefully, trie-] the trigger, and then
returned and took a seat inf he ladies' waiting-
room, and as soon as the President entered,
advanced behind him ana fired two shots.
"These facts, I think, can be relied upon as
accurate, and I give them tothe pub'.ic to contradict certain false rumors in connection with
this most atrocious of atrocious crimes."
A Washington special of the 14th says:
'*Colonel CorkhuTs succinct statement of
Guiteau's movements, as developed by personal examination of the prisoner and his pa^
pers, settles beyond all Question Guiteau's
sanity. A man who could plan the assassination as he did, as long ago as May IS, and
steadily adhere to his bloody resolve, through
all the intervening time, acting with the deliberation he did, is no insane man. It is possible that Guiteau's imprisonment may be
lengthenei one year beyond what he would
receive as a sentence for his crim'nal assault,
Under the law Guiteau can be hold for a year
and a day after the attempt to kill l.erore
prosecution. If the victim sbould die before
that time, according to a local legal authority,
Guiteau could be prosecuted for murder. The
District Attorney is inclined to keep him secluded to the fullest limit of the time allowed
under the law."
SCHOOL  AM)   CHUBCH.
—The Eoman Catholics have a church-
on the site of old Carthage.
—Gen. Hawthorne has organized 27^
mission stations in Texas since August £=
of last year.
—The Japanese people are reported
as expending annually $5,364,870 for
public schools.
—So little is said of the Chinese children that one can hardly realize that
there are 585 booked in the San Francisco public schools.
-v-A recommendation, of President
Steel of the Philadelphia Board of Education, thatadepartmentbe established
in the Normal School to teach girls
dressmaking, is about to be adopted.
—The popularity of the Presbyterian
school for" girls at Tripoli is so great
that the Moslems have opened an institution copying its .methods, and the
Greeks have devoted a convent to a
similar purpose.
—The Old Swede's Church, at Wilmington, Del., recently celebrated its
one hundred and eighty-third anniversary. The chalice and paten used in the
service are one hundred and eighty-
three years old.
—The number of Bishops to be elected by the next General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
is being canvassed. The Holston Methodist thinks two more will be sufficient.
There would be then four really effective men, who ought to be able to hold
the thirty-nine conferences with such
assistance as the older Bishops could
afford.
—The General Conference of the
United Brethern in Christ finally voted
to be represented in the Ecumenical
Methodist Conference, and President
Thomson and the Rev. 3. W. Hott were
appointed as delegates. It was claimed
that the church was not historically or
organically Methodist, but it resembles
the Methodists more closely than it does
any other church.
—The action of the Presbyterian General Assembly in regard to "4memployed
ministers and vacant churches will, if
carried into practical effect, revolutionize the relation which has long existed
between these two important elements
of religious existence. The present
fashion is for vacant churches to supply
themselves with preachers in any way
that happens to suit them. As for the
ministers who have no churches, they
preach as they have a chance, either in
the churches of the Presbytery to whieh
they belong or elsewhere, without regard to denominations. The rule now
decided on is that the vacant churches
of a Presbytery shall procure their sup-,
plies as far as possible from the unemployed ministers of that Presbytery.
They are not to ask these brethern to
pi*each without compensation, but are
to pay them a stipulated price. The
price is to be fixed by the Presbytery,
according to the ability of the cnurch.
The. Effect of the Sews at Hiram.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
A recent Washington dispatch to the "New
York Tribune says: President Hinsdale, of
Hiram College, who remains in Washington
to be near his wounded friend, has received
a letter from his wife, who gives a graphic
description of the effect produced in a ijuiet
Ohio village by the attempt to assassinate
the President. A Tribune correspondent
has been permitted to make some extracts
from this letter, which is dated Hiram,
Ohio, July 4 and 5.   Mrs. Hinsdale writes:
''Hiram has passed through some eventful
scenes since you left. The reports that came
duniigthe afternoon were full of despair.
Mrs. Comstock, of Warren, sent a dispatch
dated half-past one, which said: 'Internal
hemorrhage has set in, andthe worst results
areleared.' 'Ihe hack brought the papers, but
there were no dispatches later than half-past
eleven. Those were favorable. In the evening Allie Turner drove down again. He came
at nine o'clock with this message: 'The President passed away at ten minutes past seven."
I asked whether'it was official. He could not
tell, but said men were crying and tearing
their hair, women were wailing in the
streets, and the church bells were "tolling in
Garrettsville. No such dark cloud ever hung
over Hiram Hill sinGe it was inhabited by
white men. Some of the neighbors came here.
They got the flag, draped it with bunting, aiid
hoisted it half-mast over the taberaacle; others tolled the college bell. They festooned the
church with mourning. For myself I, could
not shed a tear or hardly say a word. 1 told
them 1 could take no part or interest it. the
draping, but I told the children to get the Has:.
It seemed to me the sun had been blown out.
Mrs. Patterson said to me: ' Will Mrs. Garfield
preserve her wonderful presence of mind
now?' Ireplied: 'SheAvill in the presence of
others, but the shock will probably kill her.'
" L passed the night with my mind filled
with the eventful things of the Bible and history that reveal the Creator's dealings with
the hunym race. I thought: *' Is this Nation
so corrupt thatit deserves this?* and then it
came tome that for ten righteous persons He
was willing to save SOdom: 1 coutd think of no
comparison unless it was the Disc'ples at tho
crucifixion. In the morumg Allie drove down
again and wh en we saw him coining at a rap-,
id pace we thought: 'He's going to tell us "Mrs.
Garfield is dead.' We heard his voice betorc
he got inside the gate; 'Garfield is cil'wc and
lictier.' i cried for the first time. Allie ran
with the janitor to the college building and
rang-the bell. AH the neighbors, near and
far*, came on the run; some had palls, because
they supposed there was a fire."
 — « »■	
—A Scotch preacher, who found his
congregation going to sleep one Sunday before he had fairly begun, suddenly stopped and exclaimed, " Brethren, its nae fail" gie a mon half a
chance. Walt till I get alang, and then,
if I'm nae worth listening to, gang to
sleep, but dinna gang before I get commenced.   Gie a mon a ch:ince."
—A man is known by the company he
keeps out of.—Lowell Citizen.
—Bees think there is no place like
comb—honey comb.—Oil City Derrick.
—No man is ever out of debt entirely. We are all owing to circumstanc es.
—Detroit Free Press. .-.
—The New Tork barbers have organs
ized an early closing movement. Don't
shout; it refers only to their shops, .not
their mouths.—Burlington HawJc-Eye.
—A Western desperado recently shot
dead a man because he wouldn't pray.
How very dangerous Western life would
be for many of us.—New Haven Begister.
—One of the Galveston clergyman recently preached a thrilling sermon on
the wickedness of Sodom. A stranger
from Chicago went out during the middle of the sermon and shed bitter tears.
The sermon made him homesick. He
left on the next train for Chicago.—
Texas Si flings.
—The graduating class at West Point
this year numbered fifty-three, and
steps will at once be taken to enlist an
equal number of soldiers. This country
is having a hard time keeping the army
on a level with the officers in point of
numbers, but it is bound to succeed.—
Chicago Tribune.
—People of "culchaw" must be
careful not to overdo the English language. We must admit we do not like
5) hear the word "piller" used for "pillow," and "biller" for "billow;" -but
when one of our coming women read&a
harrowing tale, in the course of which
,the heroine " looks with borrow in the
"mirrow at her haggard features,'1 then*,
oh, then, forbearance ceases to be a virtue.—Cambridge Tribune.
—"Sullnmal is a mighty liberal fellow," said Smith.    "I bought a pair>^f.
boots of  him  to-day.    He sold. them
way down, so he told me, and then in**-'
vited me out to dinner.     You don't
often find a man who will give you =.i
good trade and pay for your dinner besides."     "No," replied Fogg, "that's
so; but didn't it occur to you, Smith,
that possibly you paid for his dinner?",.
Evidently Eogg has  but little faith iu*
human nature.—Boston Transcript. ■ ,4JP
—A news agent out West deservef*^-
testimonial.   Eor hundreds of year&ajpjt
a single account of a destructivefn|!j$'
storm has appeared in the newspa^^"  j
that didn't, say the "hailstones Aftrpe*i'"'ss   ■■
large as hen's eggs."     Many-ip^ju'iis
had come to believe that e.ggs^i|e^n.-
vented for the sole purpose of ^ompjajlr
ing with the size of hailstoneslWIJM
there has been a new departure. *^P^)r
egraphic account of a recent st^ni^in  f
the West says "the hailstones ^gjiie
large as door knobs," and the autKoi-
the new comparison will doubtless** n
ceive the thanks of all newspaper i^j
ers.^—Norristown Herald.
—The committee having charge of
the proposed statue to Victor Hugo ap-
pt'alto the cit zens o." all countries for
fuudi on beualf of tlie statue.
Au Unpronlietic Soul,
Dr.  Franklin's  mother-in-law  igSBt?
tated about permitting her daughter j©
marry a printer, as there were alr|!||jj
two printing offices in the United Stlf^,
and she   was   uncertain   whether**
country could support a third, gj.1
only knew the present address of'
prudent but unprophetic soul itsgyjQ"
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