Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-11-19
NEWS OF THE DAY

for the murder of President Garfield,
began in the District Supreme Court at
Washington on Monday morning. The
court room was well filled with people,
who behaved with decorum. Guiteau
bore himself with something akin to
arrogance of manner. He made an
attempt to read to the Court an adj
dress which he had prepared, but
which he was not permitted to
deliver. This address has been made
public. Mr.. Robinson, of counsel for
Guiieau, made an application to Court
for further delay. District-Attorney
Corkhill resisted the application,
which was strongly resented by
Mr.. Scoville, of counsel for Guiteau,
and by Guiteau himself. The Court
ordered the case to be proceeded
with, and five persons were selected as
jurors. In selecting the jurors the
Court held that Gin these days of news
papers aud railroads man who knows
nothing about a case is not the best
juror. Guiteau objected strongly to
Attorney Robinson who was assigned to
assist in the defense.
Attorney General MacVeaghs res
ignation has been accepted by the Pres
ident and Solicitor General Phillips is
temporarily in charge.
Lieutenant Ray reports the sue
cessful landing of his party and materi-
els for Signal Service station at Point
Barrow, the northwestern extremity of
Alaska.
About five acres of land near Cleve
land, Ohio, slid into ravine, and the
movement continues.
Secretary Folger assumed charge
of the Treasury Department on Mon
day.
Col. J. Howard Welles, of No. 365
Fifth avenue, New York, was arrested
Sunday afternoon after posting black
mailing letter addressed to Jay Gould.
The prisoner is accused of having
sent a number of threatening let
tiers to Mr.. Gould with a view to extort-
ing information about stocks. Colonel
Welles admitted his guilt and threatened
to take his life if Mr.. Gould decided to
prosecute him.
Snow has fallen in large quantities
in western Kansas, Colorado and New
Mexico and trains are greatly delayed.
In other portions of the West very
heavy rains have fallen.
Near Albany, Ga, E. Faircloth, a
merchant, refused credit to Aleck Nc
Edwin end wife (colored), when they at
tackled and killed him, cutting him and
striking him with an axe handle on the
head.
In Washington an entire reorgani-
cation of the Cabinet is expected before
the close of the year.
Ten boilers In factory near East
Saginaw, Mich, exploded Sunday, kill
ing four workmen.
Mrs. Edwin Booth died Sunday at
the residence of her parents in n. Y. City.
Senator Beck will present at the
next session of the Senate resolution
offered twenty-five years ago touching
the insufficiency of statutory provision
for Presidential vacancy.
Mr.. Nelson, of the Signal Service
detachment, sent to Alaska, has re-
turned with valuable results from his
labors.
The Arctic steamer Rogers is to
winter at st. Lawrence Bay. A sledge
party remains on the Siberian coast to
communicate with natives in the spring.
The whaler Arctic made a wonderful
voyage among the islands to the west
of Baffin Bay.
j. A. Poorman and two children,
at Paw Paw, Mich, were poisoned Tues
day by eating cakes mixed with arsenic
by mistake foo baking powder. The
man has since 3died, and the children
cannot recover.
AT Troy. N. Y, ferryboat run
ming to Port Schuyler was capsized and
seven men, employees of the iron works
were drowned.
Mrs. Dinsmore, Guiteau's former
wife, will be witness against him.
Three men were hanged for murder
Friday Felix Munshaur, at Frederick
City, Nd; Joseph Harris, a negro, at
Greensboro, Ga, and Henry Jenkins,
at Fayetteville, w. Va.
Direct trade will shortly be estab-
hshed between Hull, the great port of
Eastern Yorkshire, and Baltimore.
-Twenty-three convicts are reported
to have been killed ON Texas railroad.
General Dumont reports that dur
ing the year ending June 30 there were
thirty-seven accidents to steam vessels
and 26S lives lost.
Five alleged Fenians are believed
to be making dynamite in a cave near
Brucetown, Pa.
Fire on Friday destroyed the larger
part of Woodstock, n. B.; the Bethany
Orphans Home, near Womelsdorf, Pa
the Metropolitan Iron Works in Rich
mond, Va, and a number of cottages at
Old Orchard Beach, Me.
Nine million feet of lumber, worth
$3.50, GOO, were burned at Spring Lake,
Mich, on Wednesday.
Judge Cox, of Washington, decided
in the Star-route cases that the proceed
ing by information was invaild. and dis
charged the defendants from their bail.
Mr.. Cook ascribes the course Of the
Government to the confusion following
the shooting of President Garfield.
Nearly 5000, 100000 of bonds have
been continued at 81 per cent, at the
cost to the Government of about S17.S1
per million.
Five Negroes were crushed to death
on Tuesday by a falling building at
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, and Theodore Morris
was killed Thursday by the fall of a
freight house Mt HousatOpic. Mass.