Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-11

behalf. He never knew Giro, and was not
aware tha. Giro had testified in the case until
| p month after his deposition was taken. he
| was perfectIy familiar with the handwriting
/ of his wife, After examining carefully the
| letters submitted, Christiancy said he was
/. confident that all Of them had been written
| by Mrs. Christiancy.
The Late Presidents Mountaineering
! Interview with Dr. B0ynton.
Topeka (Ks), November 10th.-Dr. Boyn.
| ton. with his wife, arrived here a few days
| AGO To-day, in an interview, when asked
| when he lost hope in the Presidents case, he
| said ''On the 23d of July. when he had the
first rigor. l think that was the date. At
any rate, it was when he had the first rigor.
1 gave up then,oa
"Was the chill certain indication of the
approach Of DEATH"
"No; did not expect an immediate dis.
solution. The rigor was an evidence of
pyse mia" :,
Pyemia, you know, or blood-poisoning,
results from broken.down pus-dead pus."
Had pyamia set II then%
think so. You probably don't know
the public never did know-that the Presi-
dents wound was never cleaned thoroughly
| till three weeks after he was shot. That Is
more than have ever said about the matter
| before, but that is the fact OF the whole case,
and the ground for complaint OF the fresi-
| dents surgical treatment IN the early history
Of the case Subsequent developments fully
corroborated what I feared then; that Is,
that the pus had been allowed to lie IN the
wound till it rotted. and pyemia had done Its
perfect work"
"You think this could have been avoided?"
| stYes."
I
The doctor alleges the most startling In
competency and bad management OF case OF
surgery in which more people were interested
| than ever before in o single case. He in ef-
feet represents Bliss as having fastened him
self upon the President, end taking charge OF
! this most important trust without having
| been called to it either by the wounded Pres
ident or his wife, and having charge OF the
case he allowed every chance for saving this
great life TO slip by bad management of the
trust he had assumed.
Immense ReaI Estate Transaction.
| CHICAGO, November 10th-At Crown
Point, Lake county, to-day, one of the largest
| real estate transfers ever made in this section
of the country was recorded. Mira. Caroline
FOrsythe and her huaband, Jacob Forsythe,
signed a warrantee deed to an SO, 000acre
tract of land owned by them, located at
Sheffield. Lake county, and bordering on the
Illinois line at the foot of Lake Michigan,
and about fourteen miles from Chicago This
is where the new city of East Chicago is
to be located and is also the terminal point
of the Belt Line Railroad. Forsythe receives
81, GEO. COO for his property, and 1885,, 344 was
paid to day. The rest comes due in one, two,
three, fsur and five years. in equal annual in
stallmeats. He made his deed TO William
w. Green, Of New Jersey, who INN ediately
gave warraatee deed TO the East Chicago
Improvement Company. The consideration
is SO, 000, GOO, This company has recently
formed coalition with the Belt Line Com
pany. The capital stock of the combined
compsny Is S12 000, 900, and is already placed
mostly abroad. Alexander l. Green, of New
York, are the financial agents of the enter
prise. The intention is TO found great city
on this site, which is admirably adapted to
the purpose.
Challenge on Behalf Of Sweetheart,
Mnckay's Trotter.
New YoRK, November 10sh.-E. S. Stokes
authorizes the Turf Field and Farm to say
for him " 1 will match MIR. Mackay's Cali
fornia-bred Sweetheart against MIR. Ray
mond's Kentucky-bred Phil Thompson, mile
heats, three in FIVE, for 0,000 side, the
race to be trotted sometime in July at Chi
cago or New York that the track be chosen
which will offer the best terms as gate
money. The expenses of bringing Sweetheart
from San Francisco will be considerable, and
therefore l will put up forfeit of So, 700
against S., 600, and an additional S.. 600
against s., 900 FIVE days before the one fixed
upon fer the race or if Raymond will trot
in California I will put up forfeit of S. COO
against his So, 600. I will either give or take
$1,000 for expenses"
The Mississippi Shooting AHair-Furt.,er
Details.
MERIDIAN (Miss.) November 10th.-The
correct story of the shooting at the polls is
that while the State election was progressing |
at Marion, in this county, Joseph Barrett; an
aged white man having just voted, was in
suited by negro at the polls. Barrett raised |
his arm to resent it with blow. Some say
ne drew stick on the negro, but before he
could strike, another negro, Frank johnson,
shot him in the head, cutting the jugular
vein, killing him almost instantly. George
johnson, colored, formerly slave of Barrett,
ran up to defend his old master, and was
shot By negro, from which he died
| to-day. Generel shooting among the
negroes then commenced. The whites were
all unarTned. JEFF Segars, white, was killed
by negro named Sam Gillespie. Vance
Segars was wounded, and is expected to die.
Alex. Harvey, Democratic candidate for
County Assessor, fifty yards from the scene,
was rushed upon by the negroes and killed,
shot through the head. He was shot in the
face by Frank johnson after he was cead.
James Hodges, white, was wounded in the
hand The negroes doing the shooting were
Gillespie, Frank johnson, Allen Burwell,
Brown snd Bertia Malone. Marion was not
the voting place for these negroes. They
were from another precinct. VIII Vance,
white Republican, is said to have given the
order for the negroes to begin firing.
RlGOdthirsty Georgia M0oGshiners
WASHINGTON, November 10th-Internal
Revenue Agent Chapman, at Atlanta, Ga,
teleeraphs TO Commissioner Raum: s. On
Friday last seized packages of Illicit whisky
from w. T. Fuller in Habersham county. In
/ my presence he avowed his purpose to put
bullet through Teylor Love, whom he supposed
informed against him. have just learned that
| he he's norbally wounded Love, firing two
| loads of buck shot, one Of which passed
through his wife's bonnet On her head" Com
missioner Raum notified Chapman TO consult
with the District Attorney, and TO use every
| possible means 30 secure the arrest and pun
| ishment Of Fuller.
Eominaiioas FOR Congress.
PROVIDENCE Or. t., November 10sh.-The
! Democrats have nominated Henry l.. Sisson
! and tie Republicans HsEry B. Spooner, for
| Congress in the First District.
Fan OF q ElcyatOr-FIYe Persons Injured.
NEw York, November 10sh.-By the
breaking ef a steel twisted rope, the elevator
in the Belvidere Hotel to-day fell from the
| 6flh floor to the basement. John Mercer,
| the porter, was fatally injured. and Others in
| the car wero severely hurt. Their names are
| Joseph Alentids, Mercedes Alentido and
Robert Dickle.
\ Warning TO Railroad Conductors.