The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-14

10 1nvoetighte the management L
If affairs in the District Of Columbis, Mr..
stewart Of Nevada, to be chairman Of the
committee in place of Boutwell,, excused
IN account of III health. The senate then,
On motion Of MIR. Buckingham, adjourn 4,
'd till Tuesday next. AS soon as the SEN |
atc adjourned rush was made by some |
men and large number of women to the
vacant seat Of Senator Sumner, to gain
possession of flowers which had been
placed upon his desk and similar at
tempt, were made to carry oil aoroi
that had boon removed from
the catafalque and CONN. The crowd
managed to seize many flowers before the
o fncers of tho senate could interfere.
The coffin having been carried out to
the entrance of tho senate wing of the
capitol, 1t was deposited in q hearse drawn
by four white horses, and attended by
mounted policemen, WAS followed 10 the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad by
a procession of the mcmbers of tho Civil
Rights League, a colored: Organization OF
this city, numbering about $50 mon, head
ed by Fred Douglas and Ex.Lisutenant
Governor Pinchback. Next to this organ.
izstion followed carriages in charge OF
Sergoant.at-Arm French, containing the
committees Of the Senate and House, APP.
pointed 10 accompany tho remains 10 Bcs-
ton on special train which loft Washing
ton at 8 o'clock this afternoon.
Boston.
SUMMERS FUNERAL.
Bosroa. March i3.--At the request of
Summers friends. the funeral will DO held
At $50 pm, on Monday, in the Doric hall
nC TIM State hpuaa M. la.,,ataViua nj
city committees will 70 to the state limo TO
meet the romans, and will return Sstur-
day afternoon, taking them directly to
the Sta.e.house, where they will be- guard
ed until the funeral. Tho
SERVICES
will be short and simple. There Is Ahead
an active discussion of the claims of prom.
inent men to succeed
SENATOR SUMNER,
and an election must take place on the
second Tuesday after notice of the yaesn.
cy has been received. II is probable ths,
ths choice will be made on the 24lh.
The Governor has ordered the state DO
lice TO receive the body of Senator Sum.
ner tomorrow afternoon and escort IL to
the state house, where Major Lewis Greel,
with detachment Of Shaw's guards, will
act as body guard until the hour Of the
funeral. The immediate friends of the
deceased at lrst objected TO any
MILITARY DISPLAY,
as In opposition to the senator's we'll.
known peace views, but M . guard was
necesfs AIRY IN the hall, 1t was deemed prop
or that coli red troops who first offered
SIntr ahantI Ia aala
topsy of the body ia to be made Monday
Little Rock.
LITTLE Rock, March l3.-Parties who
left Clarksyille at 10 O'Clock this mornip 9
state that Sid Wallace, the Johnson eoun.
ty dsspsrsdo, was
TO BIZ HUNG
at Il o'clock to-day. Every preparation
was msde. A Gazette reporter was with
the condemned man up 10 IL o'clock last
night, and throughout the conversation he
wore the same confident air which he.
characterized him throughout bis lorg ira.
prisonment. He wrote . letter to the
Gazette, last night which will
be published in Tomorrow issue
in which he states that IL 10 his last letter
that he 10 murdered by his enemiel
through the forms Of law without givin,
him the least show.
THE scArFoLD
was erected in the courthouse yard, JUS,
in front Of the Jail where Wallace Wa,
confined. Looking at it he asked tn,
reporter If he didn't think that was q
"mighty shabby Affair upor
which to hang him. He expressed no feal
OF death whatever, and stated his conf
dence of being berns away to heaven
BY ANGELS.
II turned loose now, he said, with q coupl,
Of good six-shooters, he thought he could
get away with good many
Of his enemies; but he stated
that they we're afraid to NEE,
him and that they were
APACK OF EDWARDS,
who had sworn away his life because the
were afraid Of him. The crowd In attend d.
ancs Ut tho execution is described BY the
parties down from there tonight, as the
largest ever assembled In johnson county.
Wallace was related to one OF the Oldest
ana best families in the county. His fa-
Their, prior to the war, was a member Of
the legislature and prominent Metho.
dist divine. He was killed by jay-hswk-
era about the close of the war. Sid had
the reputation Of killing several men be-
sides the one for which he was hung. He
had also sentence Of four years in the
penitentiary hanging over him for an at
tempt at tho assassination of another
man.
London.
LONDON, March 13.-Advices from
A IN ha icS IA.
received. The presidential election was
attended with much turbulence and dis.
order. There were
RIOTS
in the capitol in which four persons were
killed and wounded. Disturbances in the
provinces were still worse. The result of
the election is not known.
TIE CHOLERA
and yellow fever had disappeared
REELECTED
Viscount London was to-day reelected
to parliament from Liverpool.
EULoGIsTIc.
The liberal journals publish highly Gu.
logistic notices of the late Charles sum
ner.
GLADSTONE.
The Times this morning in a leading
article says $50 long ss Gladstone re-
mains in the house Of commons, he 10 the
only possible leader Of the liberals. Evsry
true liberal will accept his leadership on
his own terms"
The Daily News says that Gladstons's
name Is q tower Of strength, aud tho whole
body OF iibersls regard him as their natu-
raj head, and that any other person would
only be the leader of section.