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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01
GUlTEAU'S EXPERIENCE AS A
LECTURER.
An Opinion Regarding the Mental Con-
dition of the Assassin by DR..
Beckwith of Cincinnati. -
Mrs. Christiancy Talks Out in Meeting
About the ConYiviaI Tendencies
Other Husband and
Mr.. lngersolI.
A Dispatch from Denison. Texas, Says
That Dave Payne With Large
Party Of Men is En- Route
to Oklahoma.
Gui.eau on the Stand Again.


WASHINGTON, NoY. 3O.-Guiteau's re
cital yesterday of his varied experience
as religious tramp and dead-beat seems
to have whetted the interest in the case
for, despite the rain, the crowd was as
great as yesterday. Upon the opening
of court Guiteau was called directly to
the witness box, and tie witness was
asked by Scoville to identify some pa.
pers. The first shown HIM was a hand.
bill, announcing lecture at Evanston,
Illinois.
"Yes," said Guiteau, turning it around
to the jury with an air of satisfaction,
"that was an announcement of one of
my lectures. Shall read it? ''
Scoville-"No, will put these pa
pers in evidence"
Guiteau then gave his idea concern
ing the religious tenor of the Oneida
community. The witness continued to
say 1868 instead of 1876, and his atten-
ton being called to it. explained; al
don't feel very well today. My brain
don't work just right, probably owing
to the rain"
Guiteau then resumed the narrative of
his experience in trying to lecture. On
one occasion he tried TO lecture against
Bob Ingersoll, who was to deliver a lee
ture against him, while he, the witness,
proposed TO lecture on the existance of q
hell. He found, however. people were
very ready TO pay fifty cents to hear that
there was no hell, but would not pay
cent TO hear that there was hell.
The witness being asked to identify
book handed him said: "Oh, yes; that
is my revised work called Truth 1t was
taken from me when l was arrested"
The witness then desired to read a
passage and read page or two
descriptive of the trials of the
Apostle Paul in endeavoring to
Christianity. THAT was
just my CASE" said Guiteau, striking his
fist upon the desk. 81 strove to en-
tighten the world just as Paul did. had
no money snd no friends and had just
about as rough a time as the apostle
had.
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Kansas City Journal: The opening
of the ST. Louis and San Francisco road
through the Choctaw nation has afford
ed an opportunity for test case as to
the disposition of the Indians toward
civilization. In the last canvass for Of
ficers of the nation, square issue was
made upon the subject of granting the
railroad right Of way. There was an
organization opposed to granting it, but
the movement in favor was very much
the stronger.
The candidates who favored the right
of way were elected without excep-
ton, and by majOrities which
proved that the masses of the peo-
pie were in favor Of improvement and
progress. The prominent members of the
nation say that they wish to relieve the
minds of the people in the surrounding
states Of the idea that the Choctaw In
dams are opposed to progress. The
granting of the right of way will be Of
material benefit to the nation, as the
companies will pay in royalties on ma
tsrial sum approximating $4,000,
which will go into the general fund of
the nation.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas is
paying loyalty to the nation Of about
$50, 900 year, and this sum is growing
annually. The San Francisco road will
pay an annual rental Of $4,000 to the
school fund, and royalties upon the use
of timber and coal taken from the
mines.
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a daughter, 12 and IS years old. She re-
quested the prisoner to cease visiting at
her house because he had proposed to
educate her daughter so as to marry her.
This was in 1876, soon after husband be-
came insane. The prisoner seemed to
have fallen very desperately in love with
my little daughter and wanted TO marry
herr
Every common form of insanity" Da-
vidge put in.
And she was a very handsome girl,
too" said the prisoner.
Her little daughter complained to the
witness that the prisoner used TO follow
her on the street, wanting to talk to her,
and she was afraid 10 go out on the street
alone. Her daughter thought him crazy
and told her so The witness thought
him crazy, and thought SO when she
first saw him ten or fifteen years ago.
She thought then his mind was cracked.
The prIsoner-"rhey were very poor,
and used 10 go down there and give
them money and they appreciated that
very much. Incidentally | became
pleased with the little girl. who was
very smart She was TOO young, how
ever"
Fernando Jones, of Chicago who in
1873 had boarded with Guitcau, and mo
had been one of the board of trustees of
the insane asylum Mt Jacksonville, con-
sidered Guiteau of unsnund mind, and
what some authtIs would call incipicni
insanity.
In cross examination the WITH, SIS
said in 1868 he had paid several visits to
Guitcau for the purpose OF helping him
out of a difficulty, something in regard
to collecting money and MT paying il
over.
The prisoner-"TEat part of The state
ment is incorrect. Il is erroneous |
boarded some years ago in the same
house with him. 1t was high toned
place on Michigan avenue. Chicago,
and paid my board. Probably he and
other people thought was very cranky
at that time" The examination com
pleted, buzz of expectancy ran
through The assemblage as Scoville
asked the prisoner 10 be sworn. The
prisoner nervously proceeded to the
stand in custody of two deputy mar
shals and the oath was administered to
him. He then whispered a few words
to policeman who stood near the wit
ness box and Immediately three depu-
ties ranged themselves shoulder 10
shoulder behind the prisoner, who, ap-
parently more at ease, said, inquiripglv,
to the court, AZ can sit downs"
"Yes," replied the court, and the pris-
oner seated himself accordingly. Sco-
vile then stated that he merely wished
the prisoner to identify some letters.
The prisoner-"I understand from SEQ
VILE that all am to do is to identify
some letters. do not appear as a wit
ness aside from that"
ScOville then presented number of
letters dating from 1857 to 1868, which
were identified by the prisoner, who
made running comments upon his pen
manship. This does not look like my
present handwriting;" There is decided
improvement shown here; "This is bet
ter than can do now;" This is fine as
steel plate"
There were about twenty letters which
had been written by the prisoner to his
father, his sister, Mrs. ScovilIe, and his
brother, j. w. Guiteau, and to Mr.. SEQ
vile.
Identification having been completed
the court adjourned.
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Colonel COrkhIll denies that he has
withheld any of the newspaper clippings
that were taken from Guiteau at the
time of the assassination, and says that
the counsel for the defense have con.
stantly had access TO them. 1t is as
serted that Scoville had a reason for not
reading these papers TO the jury. Some
of the items referred to showed when
the president expected to leave for
Long Branch and when he intended to
return. 1t seems that while Guitcau
was working up his "inspiration" with
newspaper editorials, he was also gath
ering information necessary to execute
1t. The most remarkable thing about
Guiteau's ''inspiration" was its deliber-
alton. Was there ever madness with
such method in it?
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The testimony Of Guitesu,s Sister.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 26.-Mrs
Scoville, who was on the stand to-day,
gave biographical sketch of Guiteau's
life, commencing with his early child.
hood. When Charles was twelve years
old he lived with the witness for year
in Chicago, where he went to school
She recOllected nothing peculiar about
him then except he was very affection.
ate and she was very much attached to
him. Five or six years later he went TO
Ann Arbor to attend school. She went
to see him as she had been informed he
was going on worse than her father had
ever done. She found he had abandon
ed his studies, and was giving his whole
time and attention 10 studying the
BereGn and publications of the Oneida
community. She argued with him for
a whole evening, appealing to him TO go
on quietly like other young men
and give up all that stuff Her APP
peals had no effect upon him, how
ever, and she made up her mind he was
crazy. She told her uncle, who lived at
Ann Arbor, to pay Lo more attention
TO him, but let him go his own way, as
he was ''clear gone daft" She after
ward visited him at the Oneida cOmmu
nifty, but could hardly have any CONVEX
satiOn with him, as they were not left
diOHC tHon1CHI tOScLDCT. ORC EOtlGeu
ne looked like a person who had been
bewildered, struck on the head, or had
partly lost his mind.
The prisoner-"I had been there three
years and was right in the heart of their
fanaticism."
The witness went on 10 relate the
prisoners history, including his adj
mission TO the bar, with which she was
very much surprised, has marriage and
from his wife down to the
time he visited her in Wisconsin in 1877
She noticed then a great change in his
personal appearance. He was also very
hard to get along with and used to get in
a hifalutin state. He seemed willing to
do anything ne was told, but got very
much befogged and could not do il. She
related an incident of his attacking her
with an axe. She had given him no
It was not the axe that
frightened her so much as il was the
look of his lace. He looked like wild
criminal
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The fact is that Guiteau has al
ready been tried at every fireside in the
land, and convicted in every intelligent
and honest mind of the murder of James
A. Garfield. A jury, muddled by cum
ming legal technicalities may acquit
him, but he has matched his absorbing
egotism against fate, and he is bound to
lose. Should the prison doors which
shut him in be thrown open to-day and
the assassin be hidden to go forth free
man, there is no hiding place in this
broad land where his hideous crime
would not find him out, and though he
had wings to fly he could not elude the
pursuit of Nemesis, whose sword, lifted
above the head OF the assassin, no
earthly power can stay.
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Mrs. cbristIancr on Deck.

WASHINGTON, Nov 2S.-In the Chris
tiancy divorces case this afternoon the
cross-examination of Mary F. LugenbeeI,
mother of Mrs. Christiancy, was resumed.
Being asked to relate in some detail
Christiancy's cruelty to his wife, the
witness testified that while visiting them
in Lansing, Michigan, Christiancy
knocked his wife down in their room.
Some two days later the witness spoke
about the circumstances to Christiancy
and he said he was drunk when he did il,
and ii should not occur again. Chris
tiancY and his SONS were drunk the en-
tire time she was at the house, and the
fighting between them was an every day
occurrence. During the giving of the
witness testimony she was repeatedly
prompted and corrected by her daughter
to which counsel for the plaintiff OBJ
jected. This brought on sharp colo
guy, in which Mrs. Christirncy asserted
that her husband was drunk all the
time as was one of his counsel. This
last greatly irritated the gentleman To
whom she referred QngersolD, who de-
manded that the charge be made part
of the record, and amid some excitement
the session closed
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

This from Gath's last letter: General
Horace Porter remarked to me yester-
day: Il think the railroad war, the short
crops, etc, have been of the greatest adj
vantage To the business interests. We
were rapidly forgetting the lessons of
1873. All sorts of bubbles were coming
forward for investment, and we might
have had, under changed conditions of
prosperity, financial panic during the
present year. The circumstances have
mentioned brought the people to their
senses, aud it now looks as if we might
have several years of Uninterrupted
yet reasonable activity, without any
chasms To Cross"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

The report goes that the Buckeye
Democracy thinks the east has had
enough candidates in Hancock, Tilden,
Greeley, Seymour and Mcclellan, and
that the west should have show the
Pendleton for the presidency in 1884.
Mr.. Pendleton travels very largely on
his shape, and as his party selected their
last candidate with q view to that quail.
if1cation, the prospects Of Mr.. Tilden
and other eastern aspirants to the chiel
magistracy look trifle dusky.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

A Cincinnati paper thinks that Edwin
NJ. Stanton would have been a good
man for attorney general about this
time. 1t says: Imagine Booth, after
the murder of Abraham Lincoln,
mounting and ranting the court rooml
He was shot like dog, as he deserved,
and his accomplices taken into court
chained by the legs and with padded
helmets on their heads, and after short
trial hanged in bunch. There was no
loud laughter and grinning judges and
jocular lawyers in that court. It is not
well that the people should have cause
TO lament the unavailability of the mill.
tary process Mt this time. With an at
torncy general of the calibre and metal
of Edwin NJ. Stanton the civil trial
would go of better"
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Daniord and His Troubles.

HUNNEwELI., Kas.. Nov. 29-The ex
element at Caldwell still continues a
fever heat, and threats are made tina
Danford must settle before noon to-mor
row or die. At Hunnewell, Mr.. Bower.
settled with the depositOrs with collat
erals, real estate, etc, up TO within 50,
900 OF the Indebtedness. His course has
given satisfaction To every one.
The deposits at Caldwell were about
$4,000. As ali the c0lIateraIs, books,
&c were removed To- Newton, il is i'm.
possible to tell how far they will go TO.
ward paying up. Danford has offered
to pay part, but the depositors refuse
to settle. A heavy guard watches Smith
and Danford day and night.
Sheriff Thrall left for Wellington to-
day. He says he can do nothing agaisnt
the mob, aud it is with DauforI To settle
or die.
The feeling is greatly aggravated by
the fact that Daniord assinened all of his
real estate 10 Col. Hood, OF Emporia, on
Saturday last. He offered his captors
$4,000 each, while being brought back,
To let him escape. Smith removed the
Caldwell property from the bank on
Saturday, although deposits were receiy-
ed up TO the last minute.
At a meeting OF the committee, de
termined man was sent after +. Il. Tan
ner, with instructions to bring him al
all hazards.
Tanner is thought to have bad some
thing TO do with the removal of the col
lateral. DanforG told the cashier here
that he had just disposed of the Carbon
dale bank. The bank building at LIN
don was finished, but not opened for
business.
It is believed that Danford had dis
posed of the Hunneweli city bonds for
$4,000 TO some parties in New York.
Mayor Hughes and L. NJ Ford have
gone east to look after this. The cashier
here thinks the trouble entirely uncalled
for and blames the Caldwell cashier for
not keeping his New York account up,
as a protested draft ON the Caldwell
bank caused the run. ALI the banks
were doing well and nothing but crooked
work could have caused the failure.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

The ST Louis Globe Democrat comes
to the rescue of Judge Cox as follows:
1t is very foolish t" criticlse Judge Cox
for allowing Guiieau tn have pretty
much his own way ia court. The Judge
is guarding against prctexls for u new
trial. IL he were to gag the prisoner or
remove him from the court room u new
trial would probably Ike granted. Judge
Cox is n careful and conscientious man,
and has conducted the case remarkably
well So far. Guiteau's time is short,
anyhow, and his pranks hurt nobody.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

The latest bit orpolitical gossip is that
Secretary Blaine contemplalcs taking
up his residence in New York, not with
view, rs has been iniimatcd, of bccom-
ing n railroad king, but for the purpose
o. carrying The war into Africa, as il
were, and contesting with II 'scoe Conk-
ling for the Republican leadership of
that stale. The fact that while Maine
has hut rouric, II delegates in the national
Republican convention at 1884, New
York goes in with seventy imparts a
semblancc of trdih To the rumOr.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

Detroit Free Press: Whenever you
have reason to mention the name of q
member of the next congress please in
serI somewhere the statement that he has
lately made 100000 bv successful min.
ing spcculatlons. This does no partic-
ular harm, while it will give him the
run of n Washington boarding house
without pay in advance.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

With keen eyes, aquiline nose and
firm mouth, Judge Cox, before whom
Guiicau is undergoing the Formally of
trial, Is described AS having face
which indicates great strength and de-
cision of character, II seems that the
interesting aud specious science of
physiosnomy is also doomed Ia so down
before the all-conquering march of the
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The Silver Question.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The attention
of the country is likely soon TO be at
tracted by the attitude Of the treasury
on the silver question. It is not clear
that the principal which has dictated
the coinage of the dollar to the extent of
500, 900 is liable 10 be thrOwn'over,
but it is understood that some leading
treasury officials have changed their
minds as 10 the best policy to pursue
While the government has been keeping
the price of silver steady through con
slant coinage, in their opinion European
countries have done nothing. These
gentlemen hold now that it would be
better for the United States 10 suspend
the coinage of the standard dollar, and
that foreign governments would be
brought to terms so as to work with this
government in maintaining the double
standard. These gentlemen maintain
that they are as strongly in favor of The
silver dollar as ever, but that, as a mat
ter of expediency, it would be better to
suspend its coinage for the present. 1t
is intimated that even SO strong O silver
man as the director of the mint is in
clined to consider the advisability of this
treatment of the case. The suggestions
of his report are awaited with some in
terest on this account.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

The Supreme Court Of Indiana has
decided that neither hotel keeper nor
any one else can lawfully sell cigars in
that state on the Sabbath day. If the
fellows who subjected Calico to the
fortunes of the inquisition for declaring
that the earth moved, were alive to-day
they would probably be hunting some
place To soak their heads.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01
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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

\ very attractive feature Of the Sun
day edition of the Topeka Capital is its
voluminous collection of notes of inter
est from its Kansas exchanges, making a
thorough summary of social, religious
and business happenings throughout the
state. Yesterday nearly eight columns
were devoted 10 this purpose. The Cap
ital shows u vast amount of work of an
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A Poor Analogy.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. 26.-It is
said IN behalf of Judge Cox, that the
license he allows Guitean is attributed
to two motives, one the belief that the
prisoner is insane, and the other a de-
termination that the trial sh al be in
every respect such that whatever the re-
suit, neither the prisoner nor his friends
shall ever have ground for complaint of
unfairness. Rather than leave loop
hole for such complaint, he chooses 10
allow the customs of the court to he
daily outraged, and to disregard his
duty both TO the prosecution and TO
himself Whatever the explanation
may be worth, it is put out by Cox's
friends as plausible reason for his toll
Grafton of Guiteau's outrageous cnn-
duct. It is feared that two and perhaps
three men of the jury have been cen
WINGED of Guiteau's insanity, and that
he will not get verdict which will
hang him; and he also feared that Judge
Cox Is SO impressed with the idea Of the
prisoners insanity that he will instruct
the jury strongly on this point.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

The most malignant case of "crank"
which has "eventuated" up to the time
ofgoing to press Is a Michigan man who
deserted his wife because she was deaf
and dumb Guitcau should forward
the Jack knile To his address without de-
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AN EXCEPTIONAL CONGRESS

AN EACERTlONAL CONGhEOO.
Chicago Tribune: No Congress in the
history of the government has witnessed
as many changes after election.day and
before the date of assembling as the
Forty seventh. which is to meet Decem-
Der 3. The senate, as il was constituted
on The 4th of March, contained five meme
bers who are now no longer with it.
KirkwoOd, of Iowa, has been succeeded
by McDill, who in turn is shortly 10 be
succeeded by J. F. Wilson. Blaine has
given way to Frye, COnkling 10 Lap
ham, Plat to Miller, Burnside to Aid
rich. Since March Window has been
out of the senate and Edgerton has been
keeping his seat warm for him,
which he is now elected to fill again !;
and Angus Cameron has been chosen TO
ill the vacancy created by the death of
Matt Carpenter. There have, therefore,
been eight changes in the senate alone
in the last nine months, no regular cleo
ton intervening The house has been
changed To even greater extent since
the election of Nov. 2, 1880, as may be
seen at glance from the following
summary:
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Georgia is one Of the most progressive
states ofihe new south. According to
the Atlanta Constitution it has gold in
ihirfy-ihrec counties. copper In thirteen,
iron in fortythree, diamonds In twenty
six, whisky in all of them and the last
COTS nwaY with all the rest.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

Carl Schurz compliments his success
sor in the interior department by saying
that "Mr. Kirkwood has evidently man
aged the administration Of his depart
ment with great care and judgment"
This will tend TO confirm the popular
suspicion that Mr.. Kirkwood is II little
s.ofI,' IN the Indian question