Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 14, 1882, Page 1

ELEVENTH YEAR. A DIREFUL DISASTER. when the collision took place like a flash, 1 was fortunate in being at one end of the forward ca. and 1 managed FINAL ARGUMENT. Davidge OCloses His Opening some more air. It is close and plo are fainting away.” Mr. Davidge went on to read copi ous extracts from the prisoner's toati peo. port favorably bills for the reliof of the First National bank, of Boston, and to establish two district courts in Georgia, and also decided to hear per- [l BRIDCE ACAIN. 0. 176 I will not jeopardize my life until T have shown up in their true colors the men whose disregard for all rules of sivilized warfaro render thom fit sub- On the Hudson River Railroad :'(l:m‘};ll':::‘rnm:,a“n dn'x‘pclzu';zxo":‘_ mony, commottitg ;.nr“zpr;:n;‘rl.}:;.g sone on the Uonevs ...r.: sl"?"""!‘.l',: [n a Letter to the Public Gen jecta for tho hangman, { ning around frantieally. No one could passages, Guiteau interrupting all the | Tuoaday, Wedneaday and hursd igned RIDG, Last Night. tell whowero killed, butsoon the bodies Speech to the Jury. time, Onoe hl-rvrmlmim;"*‘»“l_ dvamonestweck, erally. T e ot mon otk from e — B e e i : i i An Unusually Lengthy Tramn :f‘tc“'l I'““'e]if' }.":‘."J‘““h‘.’" thelAnd Picking Up Thread bY | That's more than Corkhill does” |committecs: Homesteads and pre | Replying to Blackburn's Latest| Lisnox, Spain, January 13.~The ertte TRl BALB st Thread the Line of Ds- |Some of his remarks wore unusually [ emptions, Mysars. Rico, Dwight and pudace ball last night was & great suc Containing Eenators protty badly scalded. George William Epistle Intimating He ! - bithe was i Blasphomous and sorved to shock tho | Mutehler. Swamp and _overflowed ¢ own. and Assemblymen it s i i by Wi e Wndicn. Iands, Mossra, Boliord, Watson and is & Coward. Fow Portugess boliove in the prox: = ' —_— With rogard to tho prisoner and hia | Phister. Land grants and forteitures, : ity of the realization of any royal Alderman Levi, anothor passenger To the Great Wrath of the Ae- Messre. Hopbuen, Straight and Mutch | martiage between the sister of Alfonso o h itting i conception of the foul deed, counsel Detained on the Track by the fon tho train, suid he R RLEALE o aD A i that any christian who found | lee, School lands, timber lands and | He Refers to Confederato Au. |nd tho non of King Louis, who are i sl e sasein an iscomflture ch a thought in his mind would | troo culture, Mossrs Dwight, Rice 16t . ¢ | about the same age \oidea of such et adil) Lekeasz s ward part of it, talking to a friond have rushed to the sanctuary, rushed | and Cobb. Roservation and mineral Uit L & marriage, they sy, would tives to Pull It, Is Run Into by an Express and a Number Killed and “When the collision occured, I found myself all of a heap not many ~yards away with glass and timber flying all around. Picking myself up as quickly as possibly, T saw T had cs- caped much better than many others. of His Counsel. Reed Expeots to Finish His Specoh | This Afternoon. | awa; toa friend, and asked aid to drive the wicked thought. lat's not the way Paul did,” shouted the prisoner. “*He eonforrod vetther with flosh or blood. Neither 1 made sure of tho Deity and landa, Mesars. Watson, Belford and Crave s, Land offices and surveys, Messr, Steaight, Hopburnand Phistor. Claims of states to net proceods of the salo of public lands, Mossrs, Cobb, Bolford, Straight, Cravens and Rice Btatements. And Again Sends theo Congressman to Grass. ot be popular here. © Foreignors and Portugese believe that the royal visit I the singular regaed shown for Sonor Sugasta by Don Luis are likely to load to closer rolations and perhaps to the carly advent to oflice of the j vas badly shaken up, but not other. ) o jdid 1 P ; y *ortugese liberals to combine with the el Li‘l‘u:“illjun{l \\"u gu}: out of the car, Lisoikiehmsatnilliin ’1 put my lifo on it. You don't kiow l1 l(w ‘lli‘lr‘n!'ru\ll}‘nur‘ny|||u\|(|l‘l‘d;'i|‘|“ National Amociatad Prosa :“‘.(:“,'\( ’:l.i:.::.‘h‘:.\l.,,‘,..:““,I::‘,,:f, ; ‘,',~ - 1 4 V AS 0 v &:aooh | aiethitie o ity. Sneled to postpone for the present the S yresent § A policy « after elping out soveral who wero| Wasiarox, danuary 13, -A» soon [auythinig about the {’l'\"“-“;m":r’ff]j\:;;:j conmtdemation b the peneion approprt. | WASIINGTON, dunuary 1. General | imutual concossionn puraly in eominer State Senator Wagner, the Pal- crushed in between timbers, and by that time the cars were on fire. Sena- a8 court was oy the audience that ho miataken in the troubly with you. know you somo day, down bolow. ation bill, and probably at the mecting tako up the consular and next | Burbridge to-day furnished the f lowing letter for publication in v s Al call allusions ot mereial'and interior a attontion to the marked ace Car Inventor, Burn- tor Wagnor had passed through the Obivion ho yestorday exprosscd of| When his repeatod violations of law | B e And fortification nppropri- | o Me. Blackburn's of yesterday [Doth Kings in their spoechos, towsts e tQPERTh: AL ? v d oy ll‘l‘n”;”m “I! “1(“. ‘1”“‘]"\(1‘ bl :m_ v ”\““- ation bills o the Public and privato conversation to Portugese : o bofore the asRide! 5 0 upon a letter about * | abot ose Morimo! ut in Utah? \ O ! ppire to i -l-:u‘:u‘::l}';‘f;\!m:‘ll:l:‘o:u.l:‘:‘l;{«{:h‘l‘-(‘:fm R T i‘,'.:,‘f,,:l".,"} bt ! "o committoo on wae claims held | <Mz, hekburn having asailod Diliglunind Bl b | Probability that the Tammany |some scenes which I wouldn't care h\h'm\; ‘hxlul‘n-\l‘.l)h} Davidge ”\\ns a ,\rm]:; |..n‘g roview |(‘thogfiu.v‘x;.| s :\"“n.‘f r\“:c:‘ |u>‘.‘p;\::-‘|‘ l‘::}ul;h\ll :l‘:.‘;‘.‘.\.; :':»\.r‘nnd ||:\'“- r:‘m‘imu h‘\.HNM M belect Al e T 3 i € . high-toned iristian rentloman. | eareer, Davidge sai “In heso k L WAL L _ bl AL Gttt S Crowd is Materially Less- |lock on ag s “But 1 atill have a very I‘.}:nrnl‘nninll ‘n‘n:fn you h‘.x’;lu the outeome of the |udited by and reported from a do- [ me, dated January !'..l roturned it 10 [ from Romo says soveral eminent phy- In the excitement of the city is re-| = (4 1 am told | same boundless ogotism and thagame | PRrtment of the government or a - tri- | him with a fitting endorsoment, whieh | wioians su ldenly loft Naples in a gov ened by the Accident. ported Senator Grady and ex-Senator Wagstaff were terribly injured, but [Laughter. ] ht on Corkhill but wrong on 1 am rig Davidge indescribable love of notoriety. order to gratify his egetism, in - order unal authorized to adjudicato tho same will bo reported favorably from | ho had not the manliness to publish. | He professos to teel no 1ntereat inmy | ernment despateh boat for the island of Cay on roports having been 3 i o rumor is o firmed. The (osed the committeo where an error ¢ | sommunications, notwithstanding my | received of the serious illnoss of Gen- As the Oar They Occupied was |the rumor is not oconfin Davidge, resuming his _argument, | to sccuron bad audionce in thogyorld | the committoe where an error s - pat-jzgmmmien \ 4 g ¢ b Grand Central depot affords little recapitulated tho points of yestorday |now and hercafter —for & b ent on the faco of the paper or apocial | etlorts to ||'|:.\kl‘ them as interesting us f oral (nu'lhlllll‘l. ¥ . i Telescoped by the One news, as it is closed to reporters. [ n Hinposed of Mrs. Scoville's. testi. |mudienco was ~ better to, lim|cwuse i shown agwinst the | posible The detiance to formulatoa | Hon. W. E. Gladstone, in speaking Behind It. , Chauncey M. Depew, counsul for the mony by remarking itcould bo easi-|than nono-I say, a8 I sid[same on behalf of the [charge (presumably against himaself, |at Hadarden inreferenco to English Central railroad, was seen, but de- ly accounted for by any one who re-|at the beginning, that this man con government. Argumont will not [as being engaged in the damnablo | land reforms, said that to bring about riigeron o 3 3 i acco! ) u v Hdh L AL wa SASD o roducmyy elo r cto ‘quired o i v ?llnul!‘ to 7 give auy & ml alized how blood was thicker than | coived this infernal idea, the under be allowed in My onae (rllim.nlfxIl\llrlxlrl:m!_ ;l?t:\l"‘l’.‘:‘:(;\l.'\l :‘ lln‘» nl|'u|u‘ i _r: !ur;;u: llt" ;\null; Full Particnlars of the Dreadfal |formation. s ascertained | Gror © The fact that John |lying element of which was simply with yellow fover into the northernfnot only require the legal that two wrecking trains have |\ : . New York Railrond News: cition during the war was as silly as it | found necossary in Treland, but that Ocourrenoce. b O T sors | V- Guiteau, brother of the prisouer, | that other men were as wioked 18 | Natiounl Amociated teos 1d have been to implicate him a8 | security t be given for the S Lo con sont up, and that tho passengors | Jivoq'he was convinced by auintor. | himself, and that the men whoshould | | Nyw Youx. Janaary 15,—Tt was | 7001 have boou to implicate security must be given for tho unex- woro brought to this city in & special | 1o wit e saaenits i the Jail (hat |1 bt b {6 would B somme | i Yous, January 18— 1t was |y accomplice of Quiteau i the | hausted improvements made by the National As-ociated Press on the Hudson river. Many people B0 DR ERLIBE Y ¢ |stated on the anthority of Commis- | yrdor of President Garfield. | tenant and also provisions mady for New Yok, January 13.—A fright- ful collision ocourred this evening on the New York Jentral and Hudson River railroad at Spuyten Duyvil, a visited Senator Wagner's residence, but nothing was to be learned there. The loss of life is variously estimated at from six to sixteen. The passengers the latter had become insane, ulthough before that the witness had always considered him as sane, should be remembered in counection with the fact that the witness w way to relieve him from the frigltiiul situation in which he would be placed by i(s perpetration.” “The money you get for this, bawled Guitean, *‘will burn in your sioner Fink yestorday aftornoon that the announcement will bo made with in twonty-four hours that the trunk line trouble has been sottied and rates | oqually true. That the correapondence was com menced by me is trae, but that the present insult was bogum by him s In tho light of that the cheap, tree and rapid transfer of | the land there by enabling tonants in | short timo to becomo land ownors, | A Madrid dispateh says that Hery Il village at the head of this : BHC e ons SATi0R ! 1 i will bo restored in forty-cight hours | corrospondenco, w 1 R | N R R R RO AR B T bk I ; perhaps | horrible ever witnessed while the two | 0700 Fa BT T nd of shiold- | oo, | prised to find that he rogrets, can [ soveral Spanish bishops are organizing more, were killed, among them being | cars were burning. | ! y v at the Windsor last night that an |l afford to dispense with his good |a pilgrimago to Reme, and will under- State Senator Wagner, the inventor o 19 The first | M the fazuly nawe. While all the|” Mr. Davidge then discussed tho | informul meoting of W. H. " Van-| gpinion. Thesop which Mr. Black- | take to abstain from all political mani- and owner!of the Waghor palace car. | ieadyy, JONMARY To e ,"",:‘l‘“-‘"""{”-"““y“ ro willing to shield | evidence of Goneral Reynolds, stating | dorbilt, W. K. Vandorbilt, Cas- |y hus thrown to the soldiors of the | festaion g * | rumors of the accident on the dsol VAt Gt Ehe Faini iV disgrace by 5 g il o 0 « oldiers ¥ d / B A number of senators and assembly- | R s U e e e g | i and ward off the fawily disgraco by | that it was damaging proof ‘of th fwtt, Deexel and 1iliss had beon | yyion army comes with a_poor_ geace | Panrs, January 15 —The French men were returning from Albany to ‘clock, when Mr. Leland, of the Del- claiming he was men| ally irresponsible overy one of them when pressed re- prisoner’s sanity at the time of the shooting of President Garfield, and | held in the afternoon and anothercon from a man who on every oceasion government has intimated to the rail- New York, the logislaturo having ad- : ‘ ; ference took place at which time it | iiifios the holy cause which they rop- | way companies that tho stato will fore- 5 X ey n received a telephone “ta P ¢ p s life bad | rove: A AR . vilitios tho holy cause which they rep- | way compan et the state re et T DT e S i il sl B Gl R RO LD (L B s expocted punca would bo declared | rgonted on the battle fiokds and now | tho dutios levied on condition that g ok o pe: 8 any. R Rt P e 2 ¥ 2 - | pected trom the ne. and it might he announced n slai inte rot . o reductio ado i 880N~ express took on fliteen cars at Albany, | )y ) of the legislators have left the | Rather than cut off from the family | *The mills of the Gods grind slow- K ot ) [ diseluims his intention not to rest un- |a largo reduction is mado in- passen and at least 500 passeugers were on the train. The horrors of the acci- dent were increased by the two rear city, and therefore no messages have been received. The only senators in | 4 ! | tree this rotten limb and cast it into | the fire, they naturaliy preferred to ly,” said the prisoner, when referenco was mado to his communication this mornine’s papers. extraor- stocks yesterday by the pricipal brok- dinary large buying of Trunk line til he had wiped overy vostige of re- publican war lepislation from the atatuto books. To his complaint that gor fares and freight rates. St Perexssura, January 13, - The 250 persons that ware lately arrested in cars of the Albany train taking fire "l\‘xl'::;:\)-r““'I"‘l‘!‘-:.s:‘;culbrl);fi?x[sul ;:i:}\-(:.‘r‘:|“!"-‘.r],'-l,!"5"' 1 said to the American peoplo which | ury way regarded us sufliciently signif- | T proforred to vindicato my good | Waranw have beon brought to this immodiately after the aceident. Some | proT O e and somme | ool said for money,” inter- | Reynolds suvpressod, 'bnt thes jicunt —of tho end of the War. | o whon aspersed by men liko him- | city for trial. Tt is bolioved that if of the occupants were roasted | o™ i Tl U Tounes, | Proceeding o ot on the tog | &5 sure, and will KU Corkhill | The — yeneral sentimont — was | yeif only by refurring pooplo to the es- | tho trials were hold in Poland it would were unable to rescue them, The Ll voo - ¢ , Davidge n closing, Davidg : Ttold | Windsor and at tho clubs, |py tho | only ocitizons . of | liats, peaple of Spuyten Duyvil went to the ':,f,;‘:",:f'eh'"‘:h,‘,..;i{",'.'.'fi..bh.f:.fiu,i‘,’.'.‘;,'l: ?“,“.“"fl‘."’“"‘]' ) L ‘“'J‘l_ you in the boginuing that Tdidwot|and o further greater advance |,y ativo S e BiwiEes opin- | M. Burge has been appointod min- wrock and tried to quench the flames | Lt LIy oy i dapot to moot the | was " comsiderelly ahove " the|coimo here to mako est spoech. | was expooted to-day, Hiram Sibley | g valuo—thote * who woro |ister of financs in place of M. Vanor- pir ¢ vere \ 2 0 t 1 ca help as far as i V orbi N but their oforts were usoless. Two | JEOUPHL M [ R0 L™ Sesad | meerago e e alloctmalabilins | 1 Tou Leams to help snid st night that Vandorbilt hadin- [ {00 g or best intoreats | sky, rosuemed, women were seen clasped in each other’s arms between the framework of a car and the colliding engines, the flames wrapped around them, and amidst the groans of the spectators they died. The Western express from Chicago to New York reached Albany 23 min- Spuyten Duyvil before the accident occurred. Central railroad employes and telegraph operators refused to an- swer any questions. The first news of the accident re- ceived here was in the shapd of a di patch fron John F. Smith to his wife he was capablo of writing lectures; o was & lawyer; ho practiced law, tried cases; he went lecturing to make money. “‘That's false,” cried the prisoner. “I went inte it to serve the Lord.” When it was intimated that he could and help honestly a jury of my important and solemn duty. olose them without peroration, except (and here tho counsel raised his vgice and spoke earnestly) to say tc.Jun that your countrymen and christen- formod him that tho Reading election countrymen in the discharge of an|would go to the courts for decision, ! I began | The largest foreign bankers forwarded my remarks without an exordium and | cables to London last night to buy the Vauderbilt stocks this morning. Vanderbilt, in conversation with a rtor last night, declared he had made up his mind to do as much Press re| 1| T have this to say: If the silly twad- -— Davlltry in tho Nation. dle about formulating charges to im- plicate him in the yellow fever plot could bo suppressed, it is enough in the mock heroics, in which he affocts to regret that I had not at once called him to account for the insulting way in which he referred to_me in the National Associated Pross Sr. Louws, Mo., January 13.—A special from Parsons, Kansas, eays considerable apprehension is felt among railroad men on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas line who run through stating that Senator Wagner was badly burned, a later dispatch an- nouncing his death. Great conster- nation eusued, which was intensitied by the rumor of Senator Kernau's dom_are waiting for your verdict. T thank you gentlemen, for your atten- tion. “And T thank you, Mr. Davidge,” said the prisoner. “That is a very wished to work in thejsame field with Moody, Guiteau cried: **I was duffer- ent from Moody. Hoe was an evan- gelist. T wae a theologian.” Davidee said: “Tt was not until Indian territory, becavse of many ob- structions placed on the track of late of such nature to wreck any train coming in contact with them, ~Hard- ly a night passes that some train is utes late. Owing to the crowd of legisiators and others, fifteen cars {eight of them palace coaches) were added to the tram and two extra en- gines were attached. In the cars were to restore harmony as any other; that he would meet other roads half way, and finally suid the New York Central manngers would not stand in the way of an honorable compromiso on auy presonce of Dr. Onsly. If his per- sisting in the opinion as there ex- prossod is shared by Union men in the stato of Kentucky, after the recoption of the letters, written by the most o all the notables of the republican and democratic parties interested at Al- bany. Tammany men were in the rear car. At East Albany another car was attached in which were about ten passengers. The train ran rapidly to make up lost time, but owing to its length some difliculty was experienced and there seemed to be something wrong with the air brake. Just after turning the curve at Spuyten Duyvil the train stopped, as the engines could not pull her ahead. The trainmen examined the air brukes. Senator Wagner started for the rear car to see a friend. As he stepped on the platform a whistle startled everybody and instantly the Tarrytown train crashed into the rear car of the Albany train. The rear car telescoped the car in front of it and men were sent tumbling over each other. Several men were enclosed in tho telescoped portion, The roof fell and flames broke out. The engine of the Tarrytown train had forced its way into the center of the rear car. ‘The men in the telescope were cut out with axes, but the party had to be dragged out through the windows. Two ladies were res- cued in this way. The cries that fol- lowed were appalling. Men and women rushed n{;mt, many shrieking with the pamn of mjuries, others look- iug for frionds. Tho cars burned rapidly, and at first it was not known who was safe The most intense excitement pre- vailed when the news reached this city. It was known many legislators Ounly nie of the delegation remained at were on the train York New gth of the train caused a block on the New York Central. The Tarrytown train crashing into the rear cars, wrecked three of thew, leaving.the others free to some into the Grand Central depet at New York The Hudson River road remain- ed open and the westori express came in onthat road'at 10:30,thirty minutes Iate. Superintendent Bissel, of the New Haven road, left for the scene with a wreeking train as soon a8 the news reached the depot. The accident was between 7 and 7:30 p. m., and oceurred between Spuyten Duyviland King's Bridg The occupants of the forward cars wereall more or less in- jured by the force of the collision. The *Idlewild,” the last car, con- tained Senator Wagner, who was crushed and then burned; in this car were also Mr. and Mrs. P: Valen- tine, who were marricd in )y on Thursday night, and who were en route to Florida, They were in- siantly killed. The father of the bride had gone forwardand was saved. Two unknown women were also lost in this ¢ Ambulances were sent from Bellevue and other New York hospitals, Alderman Haws, who was among the passengers in the forward car and who was only slightly hurt, said: *Tt % was an awful moment, I can tell you % We were all happy and consersing fflenanfly, not dreaming of danger, 3 death. The source from which the information was cxpected was closed to all inquiries, out the conductor of the 2:40 train, who came up on the 10:25 train, was heard to say he had seen four bodies in the ruius. According to the report of the po- lice captain in charge of the wreck, nine bodies have been recovered. Twelve are supposed to have been killed. Mr. George Williams was on the train, and is reported killed. On the train were Police Commissioner Nichols, Edward Kearney, Senator Browning, Assemblymen Cullen, Sheohy, Robb, Costelloand McManrs, and ex-Assemblyman F. M. Haloran. Assemblyman Levy, Commissioner Ulrich, Assemblyman Chapin, of Brooklyn, H. F. Pinney, A. Abel (a reporter), Joseph Doyle and two ladies of Albany, names unknown, Commissioner Herbert O. Thompson, ex-Assemblyman Keenan, Senator Fitzgerald, Senatois Daly, Kernan, Jacobs, Kovert, Assemblymen Mur- phy, Meagher, Mcluatyre, Abern, Pat- ten, Robb, Gideon, Cooper, Morrison, Cullen, Costello, Shechy of New York, and Assemblymen Shanley, Nichols and Kearney, were badly, though not dangerously bruised. Sen- ator Wagner and son were killed; also Mary Daniels, a ted 38, of Troy; Park Valentine, aged 21, of Bennington, Vt., and Mary Valentine, his wife, age 1: A Kelloge, azed 31, of Spring Valiey, One or two othors are supp to have v kalled. Two mote were fatwly injured. A second repors suys Mary Diniels was not killed, but serionsly anjur Kour bodies were burned to o cri It was a special tram and ot the western express that suffoecd the ac- eident. There are an usual conflicting stories a8 to the canne of ard 1esponsibility for the accident, Geory conductor ot the Alhbany train, suys that when the train rounded the curve and came to u stand still hetold & brakeman to go back on the track with danger signals to warn any com- ing train not to advance. Some say he did not leave the train at all, while others claim he went back only on this side of the curve so that the incoming train could not see his sig nal until it was too late to avert a col lision, Marixe Tntelligence. | Natlonal Associated Pres New Yorxs, Jannary 13.—Arrived — | The Elysia from Marseilles, the Jason | from Amsterdam. | BaLTiMORE, January 13- The Hohenzollern for Brem b January > Giriser tor New York, oW, January 13, Arrived — The Furnessia from New York. SOUTHAMFTON, January 13, —Ar. rived—The Leipzig from Baltimore for Bremen, Liverroos, January 12, - Arrived —The ¢ Nepigon from New York. QUEENSTOWN, January 12, —Sailed The City of Boston for New York, 0. | citedly, saying the law claimed him as a sacrifice on the altar ot justice that we heard . of his insanity. There is no doubt that Guiteau is sufticiently responsible to be hanged.” Davidge here referred to the pris- oner’s declared intention to emulate Wilkes Booth to gain notoriety, and said he had the ambition of the wretch who fired the Ephesian dome and outlived in fact the pious fool who built it. The assassin was after immortality, and he has socured to himselt an ovil eminenco and an ovil immortality. In regard to the Inter-Ocean project one of the witnessos said that there was nothing wild about 1t, and that certain portions thereof had been subsequert- ly adopted.” “Y.s,’ said Guiteau, ‘‘they are running that paper on my brain now.” The tondness of the assassin for church services was next described, counsel remarking Guiteau knew the value ot stealing the livery of heaven to serve the devil 1. ‘‘That's very pretty,” was the pris- oner's sneering comment. The evidence of Mrs. Dunmire was commented on as that of a witness who ought, from her intimate associa- tion with Guiteau, know of what sho was speaking when she positively declared him sane. Mrs. Scoville, who had been rest- less during the entire mormmng and whispered remurks uncomplimentary | to Davidge when he made a particular puint against the prisouer, but laughed at every remark of her brother, at his point spoke ont loudly and ex-| f she said that she in a liar " [Sensation, | Davidge then called attention to the evidence of Spitzka, who pronounced Guiteau & moral monstrosity but admitted that he Handford, | knew the difference between right and wrong. It had been stated by this witness that the prisoner had a one- sided head, The one-sidednese was in his soul, ‘I have a square soul,” exclaimed il ULE pava A0 one Davidge you are all right.” Davidge pronounced Spitka’s testi- a short distance, and that he remained | mony a miserably monstrous effort to |strain and Williams cited the law go build up a wretchedly rotten case, tecess, After recess Davidge, resuming, ! said had this crime happened in con- tinental Europe the authorities would have crushed the prisoner like an in- sect, Tn this land of law and liberty the assassin was allowed to summon witnesses at $h expense of 2 the Zgov- ernment. The prisoner claims he Sajled— | commtted the crime under divine | afterncon, with one exception - the pressure. Whero Guiteau used the 13. —Sailed | word *God” if the word “‘devil” was | r | subgtituted his laim could be allow- ed. The New Testament says: “God tempts no man to do evil; that wick edness springs from his own heart and that sin bringeth forth death,” Guiteau busied himself writing when this passage was quoted. Some commotion was caused by the fainting of a mwan in the audience. Guiteau cried: ““We had better have light spocch. T hope Porter will go slow, too, He better see Prosident Arthur before he talks. Twrote him a note on this the other day.” Mr. Reed announced he expected to finish his argument by 1 p. m. to- morrow and court adjourned Mrs. Blaine and Gail Hamilton were in the court room during the afternoon session. & - = The Star Route Trial. National Associated © ross. WasHINGTON, January 13— The trial of the star route cases was re- sumed before Judge Snell this after- noon and counsel for the defense made all argument against the adnis- subility of thy contracts presented by Col. Bliss Col. W. A. Cook replied on behalf of the government, claiming that a conspiracy did exist and citing author. ity to support the opinion held by the prosscution. Judge Snell, in an elaborate opinion in 80 far as good intent was concerned, decided that the bids in question, No. 16,173 to 13,190 were admissable as evidence. Col. Bliss put the bids in as evi- dence and tried to make an arrange- ment with the defendant’s connsel as to details, but Mr. Wil-on stated that the defonse intended to have all the cases (3,300) produced in court and proven, A discussion sprang up betwoen the counscl an to taking the case 10 the grand ju d Col Bliss expressed s desire to have it go there, J. F. Geaham, s notary public, identitied cortuin papers as having been swaorn 10 beforo him by Cabell, Minnix and Dickson, Wilson said the testimony offured was not competent, Heo was interrupted by Col. Bliss, who stated the casos um{ur considura tion wero but a few of the 3,200 cases against Cabell, with Minnix and Dick- BOD 48 Buraties Col, Totten addressed himself to the quetiou of conspiracy, holding that there was no proven meeting and hence could be 1o conspiracy. L. G. Hines continued in the me erning the cuse under consideration. i Capital Notes. National Associsted Press, WasHINGTON, January 13, The ju- diciary committes did” not meet he- e of the illneas of Senator £d- monds, Ounly routine matters were dis- oussed in the cabinet meeting this 8¢ ry of war presented certain ommendations regarding hisannual report, The house judiciary committec held a meeting to-day and appointed sub- committ That on the Mormon question is composed of Messrs. Wil- letts, Ribeson, Taylor, Knott ahd fuir terms. The Illinois Rujlroad Association National Awsocia‘ed Press Protective Rateo association concluded its labors for the time being to-day, purposes for which 1t was called. Al the roads represented are agroed tq the commissioners' tanff, but the ab sence of wany thus negatives its on forcement, wade to bring all Illmos roads to gothor and when this is accomplishec unauimity of action will tollow, H C. Diohl, of the Indiana, Bloomingtor necrotury, with headquarters ut Peoria, Lake Ere & Western. wag instructed to invite the other 1 | Loy rai andan adjour call of the chair: A i Failures This Week: NAtional Associted v, New York, Januar an, 13. re failures wore reported in the United States during the past woeek, the largest iunber for any one week for more than u year. The merea List ek in fifty-one, and over the corresponding week last year twenty five Tl largo 1icroase was ontirely i the western and southern states Ihe unddle and New England st hoth show a decreassof failures. The va s attributed for most of them « the fuilure of crops in the south, purchases, an open wintor and irade in other sections, he iddle srates had threo failures, New Eagland seven, sonthern eixty five, westorn sixty-six, California and the territorien lifty-cight, Canada four, s The Pituney luvestigation. 1 Awsocintod 1ro WasHiNGToN. January 13,-The treasury investigating committee vx amined somo looal tradespeople who had dealings with Pituey while he was custodian. Nothing was brought out The testimony, whou published, will show grave ir aritiesand mis use of public money upon the part of Pitney and subordidates, and collu sion with him on the part of several persons who have furnished articles on his order. There will be nothing to show that knowledge of the tran wactions reached Sherman while he was socrctary of the treasury. Nat - The Reading Election. Correspondunce of Tik LKk Putiankrenia, January 13- The Reading vailroad election terminated to-day by the suceess o1 Gowen, who is electod president by a triflo over 50,000 shares majority. The decid ing voto was cast by Augustus Sck Culberson. Ou bills relating to Dear- born park, Chicago, Messrs, Robinson, Briges, Taylor, Knott and Ham mond. The committes decided to re. who produced a proxy in the nam Alley and Dorrett for 0,300 shares, and other proxies, one from Vander bilt, tor 40,000 shares, all of which wero cast for Gowen, Ciicaco, Janunry 13, —Tho Tllinois but failed to accomplish any of the Another effort will be & Western, was electod president for one year; J. M. Osborn, of the Wa- bash, vice president; H. O. Canficld, The association was joined by the The secrotary ads to join the association nent was taken to the Repors cvived at Bradstrect’s state that 203 s over eminent Union men in the state, in whica his opinion is emphatically con- | tradicted, is mutisfactory to himself or to his frionds,” it. certainly eannot bo to all honorable mer disminsed U{ him from any further controversy by [ roturning hin lottors with - my ondorsomeut thoreon. A regard for the opinion of which 1 suppose, in his_o means ‘the usages by which the gent man has been governed,’ eould have | mankind t a method less mild than an open let ter to salve a wounded here, 1 'l gond a challenge to Mr. Blackburn, insuo by a resort to arms.’ I am en- gaged in collocting evidenco from robel sources of the atrocious charac- ter of the men with whom Blackburn claims tha I dealt inhumanely—men who, in thoguise of confederate sol- diers, not only dotted his district, but the entire state with the gravos ot Union men. No threats ot violence or challenges to test my courage on the ‘field of honor’ shall ~interrupt this most im- portant work. We will there- fore continue the exercise in i fow duys by reading from Duke's - | nistory of Morgan - how, after I foatod Morgan’s forees, July 18, 1864 some of his men scattered over the wate and became thioves and guer villag, whose conduct was alike obnox- ious to zn8. Tho rebel avchives will be called up to testify to the charges made avininst theso guerrilias by confederate oflicers in command to the provos mrshal general of the confederate wtates, who, acting on them, ordered the arrest of John Morgan and his re- turn to Richmond for trial. This por- tion of confederate history —new to most people- s from the original doc- unionts, and will afford smple proof of tho prime necossity of exterminating u cluss of men who, having deserted from the confoderate sory, becamo organized bands of robbers and murders, If inthe coure of their ex- termination & rebel soldier occasion- ally met his death, it might bo perti- nent to the oceasion to ask how the said soldier came to be outside t my's line and within the dis trict which T had the honor tocom mand, T used all legitimate means to discriminate between soldiers and guer- rillas, but in many cascs it was a dis- tinction without a difference. To those who can see in Mr, Blackburn's assault on me no reflection in my character which could not be settled by & resort to arms, 1 have nothing to say. If this reply to his letter to the public should pro- duce the improsmon in the minds of wmy friends that 1 aro deterred from atfording Mr, Black. burn this personal satisfaction which he affocts to desire through fear of the consequence, I shall deeply regrot it It cortainly cannot be evotistical in me to say that it ie hardly at this late day necossary for me to offer proof that I am uot a coward, In any case decent prompted some gentlemen to resort to 1 have @ higher duty imposed on me than to and sottle the ‘personal phase of the wfederate soldiers and citi- | not stopped. Patrol men have been put on duty, and two of them mysteriously shot. A brakeman named Maynard Coates recently felk through a freight train and was cut to piecos. It is now believed he was shot while on top of his train. Engi- neer Russel came in from Muskogee yostorday and reports thav at 8 . m. ho saw tho flash of a gun on the prairie and an mstant_later a bullet struck the cab near his window. In- dian territory now swarms with cut throats and thieves, Hanged. Nationa) Associated Prem. 8r. Lovis, January 13.—Thaddeus Baber and William ~ Ward (colored) wero hanged at 8:30 o’clock this morn- ing in the juil yard. Both men were buoyed upby religious fervor. Noither had any remarks to make from the scaffold. Orrawa, Ont., January 13.—The Fre wan Moresu was hanged in tho jnil yard at Rimonski at 8:30 this morning for the murder of his wife lost full. Tho full was nine feet and death was instantaneous, his neck being broken and the head nearly severed from the trunk. - Found With Hoer Throat Cut. Natlonal Awsociatod Prow Avron, TIL., Junuary 13, —Firemen who ontered the buraing building for the purpose of extinguishing the fire found Mrs, Annio Garrett, a white woman, on a bed with her throat cut. Sho was house keeper for Geo, White (eolored). It is not known whether she was murdered or committed sui- cide, - Another Counstruction Fraud Ar- rosted. Nautional Assoclated Pross Kansas Ciry, January 13.—An other important arrest has been made in the caso of the Atchison, Topoka & Sunta Fo Ruilway building, the party arrested being Edward Doherty, a storekeeper in West Kansas City. Tt is claimed he has swindled the road out of $20,000 on forved time checks. Maurderer Respited. National Associated Provs ArLANTA, Ga., January 13.--Juesse Barber (colored), sentenced to be hanged at Winnsboro, 8. C., to-day, was respited by Gov. Haycood for thirty days, Ho was convicted of the murder of McPerry, also colored. i Olio Logislature. National A4-ociated Pross Corumnus, January 135, The logis- lature adjourncd till Tucsday. In the house, Mr, Meteall intro luced a bill increasing the wies of supreme court juc ,000 and common pleas to ! — -, Afraid of Botug Lynched- National Associated Press Guenspuia, Ind., January 18— Garrett, the alleged instigator of the Walton assassination at St. Paul, was hurriedly brought hero on the express last evening for fear of lynching.