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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-22

M. WattcrsOn ON the Gsuifeau Trial
From his Wash. Letter to Louisville Courier Journal
Accident rather than curiosity drew me to-
ward Judge Cox's court-rooms. where spent
this forenoon. The effect upon my mind
ammounted to complete reversion of opinion
and feeling. / had imagined the trial farce; it
is tragedy. I had dismissed Guiteau from
consideration as muddy-mettled 'knaye and
TOOL. He impressed ME to-day as a man of
acute understanding, and. though laundering
a truculent wit. l sat close to him: could see
every glance of his eye, every phase of his ex-
preston, the slightest detail of pose and ges-
ture. The man is an excellent actor. He has a
capital stage grimace and laughter. / declare
there were times when he actually captiyated
me by his well-timed interpretations and effec-
1--WE Dy-piay. L came away precisely as one
who has witnessed stirring act in an eccen-
trio drama, wherein all the parts were well
| played
Guiteau, to begin with. could not have PLAYED
| his part better OF course he overtid it. be-
cause the mimic world and the real world can
not be made to harmOniZe, but, as a mimic ac-
tor on real stage. he certainly cuts no mean
inquire. and will go down to history as abso-
| luteiy sm ge',r'ts-a sort of weird and wiZened
apotheosis of dead-beatism. All descriptions of
MS personal appearance are at fault. He is
simply brazeny and shabbily and scantily gem
| teei. His voice, instead of being harsh and uu-
| natural. is both trained and taking; not reson-
ant like the voice of Voorhees,; not cultivated
to the pitch OF Wendell Phillips, but a honely
vulgar cross between the two, with touch of
Mulberry Sellers and "reminiscences of Rip Fan
Hanke. He is no more crazy than | am. He
shot Garfield as the last desperate venture i'm
life OF moral obquity and personal discomfi-
ture.
All the OTHER parts in this startling extrava-
CANA are well impersonated. Judge Cox GER
talnly presides with dignity. and, considering
pros and cons, | can not see how he could have
avoided this droll pageant On the whole |
think Corkhillleads theprosecution exceedingly
well, and has the case thoroughly i'm hand. He
thinks he is sure of a verdict, and agree with
nlm. 1t is impossible for anybody to see this
exhibition and come away without being salts
fed that. morally. legally, intellectually and
sentimentaily Guteau deserves to be hanged
andWill meet no other fate
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LOCOMOTIVE AT LARGE In THE STREETS OF
RiCHaoND.-A singular accident occurred in
Richmond Tuesday morning on the connecting
track between the Richmond and Danyille and
the Richmond and York river railroads.
train OF freight cars was being transferred from
one depot to another, when by some defect In q
switch, nearly the whole train was turned or on
siding, leaving the engine and several cars on
the main track. The conclusion caused the
throttle valve OF the engine to be thrown open.
and. 1t being out of the power Of the engineer
TO remedy the evil. the engine started off at q
terrific speed down the track along the street
crashing into two wagon teams and killing four
mules. 1t continued It's frightful course through
the lower part Of the city, and for nearly three
miles outside the corporate limits, when the
bursting Of a fiue gave escape to the steam and
stopped the engine. The engineer had jumped
on when he found he had lost control of his en-
CINE, but the fireman and little boy remained
on the engine and escaped injury.
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1901 THE GREAT

1901 PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 1901
TO The h, MokTH, NEST AND ,s0uTHMEsT.
srnrspp DS serstny TRACK; si $4,000 RAILS t
IN EFFECT pEc EMsLn Is, is s9iuifAESr'
TRAINS LEAn WASHINGTON. from Station. corner
~ 49,, oi sixth and Is streets, follows:
For Pittsbnrg AID the West Chicago Lnlied Express
OF Pullman Hotei and Sleeping Cars at 1000 :. m.
Sars from Harrisburg to Cincinnati aud Chicago.
western Exiress z: 80 pm. daily. with Palace
BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Canandagua Rochester. Buffalo, Niagara az 100
% s Sa, sses sst n 70 % aas
For Wiliamspor, Lock Haven and Elmira at 1000 ..
For New G naEf s snie ihe f Eas Zoo 1000
SS limited express q Pa.D .1 SSS Ss ana
sew CITY with boats Of Brookiyn Amer. snordins
serrsase .eross New YORK city, see' av0'0'ns double
For Philsdephia, 500 M. m 2s0o SEQ 1000
nn;sa EEs a"ss 80 SO ss d sSe: IN.
For | sss i 100 ': .ss :1s a
Sunday; 500. 1880 an. 400. 5:AO. DO 1000
For POpss Creet Lima SEQ Am ana 40 pm. da,y,
For SaSspo S s.sS an and 4.4o pm. a.y .ues,s
ALExxNDkiA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAILWAY.
A AsR ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON
1:sO 500 Sa0, t:so and i 50 pm ' o. ssadaS;
For sisi%ced md The -s oasl - SO :n sf1 lilo a.
sDs si ico a1e..nd i ss s s S
Pin. ana IL 90 midnight. On Sunday At 80. SIS
ci saa i 10 insd9;ss 90 :: spS sos m
yhsss ORDER can Is ls for sss cSseEias q SssssS
y. r. WOOD. General Rssssug9 AGA
FRANK THOMSON. GenaEsl MsnaR1r. nosd5
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SIX CENTS DAMAGES. trial of the action
0rOught by Michael McDermott against the
fenhsylvania railroad company to recover dam
ages for the death of his soI, was Terminal oil =,
New York Tuesday, in the United States cir
cult court by the jury rendering verdict ofsx
cents damages. McDermotts boy while gather
ing scrap iron underneath the company's docks
IN Jersey City fell through Q hole and Was
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Ga BROADWAY. NEW YORK.
TURKISH BATHS.

NEW TURKISH BATH, 14I7 G STREET (OPPo-
~ site kisgs Housed, large pool; good ventilation;
LADIES' Monday and Friday; not open Sunday; open
from 70 10. Saturdays I2 baths 81 tickets 81 so
DIR. H. l.. BOVEE. Electrician 90
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LADIES' GOODS.

NINE. Won BRANDS,
~ MODESTO.
yi5 Fennsylvania ave, Dempseys Stationery Sors
Formerly with Lord & Taylor, New York, and Vim.
Barr Co., st. Louis.
Evening Dresses; Bridal Trousseaus a specialty.
Cloaks, Donans and Suits; all made at the shortesf
notice; perfect work, superior fitting; satisfaction
guaranteed. no6-;m
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nUNCANsoN BROS. Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE RFAI. ESTATE
On FIFTH STREET NORTHMEST BETNFFN
AND $3.50 '''-.@-'

ON fIfTH STREET NORTHWEsr, BETNEEN
y AND STREETS.
BY virtue Of deed Of trust dated the eleventh "a
day of june, II: 1881. and recorded in libert 81
No 5a', Ioho 80, ct seq, Of the land-A
records for the District Of Columbia. the nm
dersigned viii sell at public auction, in front
81 the premises, on WEDNESDAY,, the TWENTY
Plight III DAY OF DECEMBER. A. 10. 1881, at FOUR
M the following described real estate situate i'm the
City OF Washington, and District of Columbia and de-
sehed az the south five feet front 10y depth of lot
eleven and the north forty feet front by depth 81
lot Twelve IN square four hundred ~. en-
the same being improved by onestory Frame House,
Terms of sale as follows: The amount the indel, a
nes with the expenses of sale, in cash and the re-
iialnder IN three months from day of sale for which
trust ON the property, viii be taken. deposit
OF SlO0 viii be required of the purchaser at time Of
sale. Conyeyanclng and recording at purchaeers COST
IT terms are nct complied with i'm days trustee
reserves the right 10 resell at the risk and Of de-
faul1ng purchaser, upon giving five days public notice
OF such resale in newspaper puhlisbed i'm Wasb-
ine,ton DC FRANK T. BROWNING, Trustee.
Ql0-d&dDs Columbia Law Building,
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AUCTION SALES.


ISA"NbhohEks SALE OF UNREDEEMED
Il PLEDGES.
TT1p'emmen nsS, shIJRpAy, DECEMBER SEVEN.
lfN. 49,. az SfNtN L. NJ. q iarse xaltxla.
lection OF Forfeited Pledges Consisting 81 Gold ana ST.
yer Watches, Diamonds lare assortlnnt 81 "a birs
Lsdes 5eweiry Guns Pistols. and ether articles no
numerous q mention. y SEs i>t.f.p ~
FOLEY. Aucfloncer. ' " -. sefos' NJ"
NBaSaid sale viii be continued on MONDAY. DE.
CENBER NINETEEN Sale in the ,o,e~,,i,s, -. \ =.
I'll AL the lots are sold. ~ a,s a. en-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14
One View of Carlyle.
(Athen@um.1


The Carlyle "reminiscences" indeed, are
another illustration of very unpleasant fea-
ture of contemporary society. At every din
ner party we may be certain that "a chiefs
amang US takin' notes, and faith" his editor
will "prent it," Society, in short, is under
system of espionage. If the man opposite to
you at dinner gives you anything more than
a passing glance, you may feel sure that you
are becoming material for satirical sentence.
If you are person of any name and fame, he
is observing what are your favorite dishes,
specializing as to whether your style of masti-
cation denotes false teeth or real, and, if false,
the probable name of your dentist. If, as in
Wordsworth's case, instanced in these remi-
niscences, you have liking for almonds and
raisins, that fact is to be taken as exemplifying
your moral character and also the ultimate
value of your verse. If, on the other hand,
you are q nobody, that is to say, one who has
never published, painted or preached, you fig
ure in the autobiography as "footlicker" Ito
use Carlyle's word) whose presence at the din
ner can only be explained by your own 'funk-
eyism" and your hosts love of "fawning
funkeyism." Such books as these have been
very numerous of late. They are eagerly read,
as is, alas, but natural. They add not one,
but thousand new terrors to death. What
ever there is of malignant in a man displays
itself in his "reminiscences. But besides
men of power like Carlyle, there are men
whose sole occupation in life is keeping posted
up in these idle chronicles, wherein the men
of genius and mark of our time will all figure,
as figure here Wordsworth, Lamb and others,
as pretentious quacks and vulgar imposters
Nor will obscurity and entire modesty Of aim
be the protection they once we're. The un-
known man, that is to say the 'footlicker," is
useful to give local color to the diarist's pic
tuIe, and will be handed down to his grand
children as a toady and an ignoramus.
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Capture of Russakoff, the Regicide.
[London News.l


A very interesting account is given by an ar
my surgeon-assistant, who states that he was
one of the first to seize Russakoff, and accom-
panied him to the prefecture. The writer,
Wassil Gorokhoff, narrates that he was pro-
ceeding along the Kateniroisky Canal toward
the Nevsky Prospect, when he overlook man
of medium height and long brown hair, dressed
in a thin overcoat and tall fur cap The man
was carrying small white parcel. The En-
peror's carriage appeared on the canal road,
and, having salutod the Emperor, who, Gorok-
hoff says, returned his salutation, he heard
violent explosion, which impelled him for
ward and looking round he saw Cossack fall
from his horse and another staggering. The
man whom he had previously observed then
ran toward the Nevsky Prospect without any
parcel in his hand and he seized him, po-
liceman and two soldiers Immediately laying
hold of the man. The Emperor approached
them, asked If he was the criminal, ordered
him to be searched, and turned, proceeding to-
ward the carriage. Gorokhoff appears to have
dim recollection of having seen man Of
short stature go quickly toward the Emperor,
and then something was thrown either by this
man or from between the railings of the ca
nal, which fell at the Emperor's feet with
deafening explosion. The Emperor, and all
standing around, including the man he had no
ticed, fell to the ground as il moved down.
Gorokhoff saw the Emperor lying on his right
side. and an officer with white epaulets-this
was the Police Colonel Dvorjisky-drag him.
self toward his Majesty, who slightly raised his
head, which then sank again on the snow.
Whilst the young man who had been seized
running away was being held after this second
explosion, a soldier came up and struck him on
the head, saying: "You miscreant, what have
you done?" Russakoff replied, "For Gods
sake don't strike me. You will know after
ward. You are ignorant people" He was
then placed in sledge and taken to the Pre-
lecture, where he was undressed and examined
He was respectfully clad, and had purse con-
tanning three rouble notes, q passport and 9TH
or papers. When interrogated in another room
Russakoff first gave fictitious name, but soon
acknowledged his real name. Amongst other
things, he stated that he had met his friends
the week previously, who had explained to
him that on the Sunday following he would
have to shoot at the Emperor. Russakoff also
affirmed that he knew others would be ap-
know who they were. About p. m. he had
proceeded to the Canal Road, but. being too
early, walked across the bridge to the small
market place adjacent There, Russakoff says,
he met young woman, II years of age, good
looking, well dressed, who knew him, and
whom he knew by sight, not by name. She
handed him parcel. telling him he was to
throw it and it would explode violently. After
remaining a short time in the market place he
returned to the canal road. What followed is
only too well known.
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Secretary WINDOWS Expedient.

Secretary WINDOWS Expedient.
The doctors disagree concerning Secretary
Windom's expedient in regard to the matu-
ing bonds. The policy of his course is not
questioned, but many doubt if he has lawful
right to pursue it. 1t is to be presumed
however, that Mr.. Window consulted the
law officers of the government before deter
mining upon the step he has taken, and has
ample legal warrant for it.
The proposition made to the bond-hold-
ers aims at securing two things, the saving
Of 23 per cent. interest on the loan and the
reserval of the right to pay the debt at the
convenience of the Treasury. About $780,
1000 of six per cent. bonds become due in
July. The loan must be paid or renewed.
If its payment is demanded it must be
discharged. 1t is, however, believed
that great majority if not all
of the creditors will gladly renew on the
terms offered by the Secretary. Should
they refuse, the Treasury has recourse to
the unissued four per cents, in amount
104, 100000, can with confidence depend
upon a surplus revenue Of 500, ,0O0, 900 for
the year, and has Treasury reserve upon
which it can draw for very considerable
sum.
The expedient is but temporary of course.
When Congress meets in regular session a
just and unobjectionable funding bill can
be passed and perhaps further reduction
of interest be made. Meanwhile the action
taken by the Secretary seems to be the
wisest under the circumstances.
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An English Editor on American
O6l6OrdUlOuS.
TLOndOn Telaoranh I

During the last five years. almost as much
pride and exultation has been experienced by
inhabitants of Great Britain in contemplating
the magnificent onward march of the United
States, since their Declaration of Indepen-
dence" in 1776, as by the existing population
of the model Republic 1t was in no grudging
spirit that Lord Derby. then Foreign Secreta-
ry, sent a competent British official to Phila-
delphia to look after the interests of his COM
patriots, who in far higher degree and with
far heartier zeal than the denizens Of any 9TH
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

Col. Hamilton Milton is celebrated at Gal
weston as being able to eat more without a
rest than any other two men in the city. OF
late his eyesight has become affected. Gilhoo-
ly asked him the other day if he experienced
any serious Inconvenience. 81 should say
did. can't read the bill of fare like used
to. Yesterday 1 overlooked two kinds of soup
and slipped up on the custard pie. can never
tell now when l am through dinner. "-Galves-
ton News.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

REPRESENTATIVE 81. C. SLOAN of the
Legislature of Wisconsin, who was elected
as Democrat, arose in his seat in that body
a few days ago and announced that he sol
emnly and forever renounced the Democrat
principles, and its early record of fidelity to
the constitution,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

ACCORDING to Southern newspaper the
negroes are again smitten with the western
fever and many of them have already start
ed for their new homes. A Memphis jour-
nal says that five hundred left Memphis for
Huntington, in Tennessee, few days ago
with the intention of settling in Kansas, and
smaller parties are reported to be on the
march in other sections.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

A MISSISSIPPI planter wanted to turn his
land into stock farm. His neighbors, who
stick to cotton, applied to court for an in
junction to restrain him from sowing grass
seed, on the ground that the grass would
spread over adjoining plantations and unfit
the ground for cotton. The injunction was
granted.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

ONE Kentuckian has 2O3 children, grand
children and great-grandchildren, all Demo-
Gratis. The Louisville Journal is moved to
remark: eff the Republicans can kill off
such fecund Democracy as that, let them
frv
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

1T is expected that the new, revised and
enlarged Poole's Index of periodical litera-
ture will be ready for the printer by the be-
ginning of next year. 1t will be published
by James R. Osgood 6 Co. 1t has been pre-
pared by the cooperation of about fifty Ii
brarians of the country, who have indexed
in all 1888 periodicals,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

!CARELEssNEss, says James Harris on
secretary of the New York underwriters
bureau of survey, is the great cause of fires.
In seven years, 1874 to 1880 inclusive, New
York city had 6,1sS fires. Two out of five,
2,579, were due to hot ashes, pipes, cigars,
matches and candles, nearly another fifth,
93s, sprang from foul chimneys, AT from
defective fues, and 57S from kerosene
lamps. Extra hazardous, infammable ma
terials, lead to comparatively few fires.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

THE Quakers, who maintain eight mis-
sionaries and 10 teachers among the Indians,
say that the Modocs are making great ad-
vances in civilization, and that most of the
tribe have become Quakers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

OF what is becoming known as the Scrib-
ner school of artists, that is, those painters
whose works are best known through the
medium of that magazine, the Studio has
the most sensible criticism, and properly
notes the causes which have given the school
its vogue. 1t says: 'Tt is curious to note
the influences out of which has grown the
body of clever young artists who form the
nerve and talent of the Society of American
Artists. They first gathered about them
the press, and there is scarcely an art writ
er that does not praise their plucky assaults,
their factious independence and eccentrici-
ties in painting-and that, too, at the ex-
pense of the artists quite as serious, quite as
accomplished, and in many cases men who
are the brightest ornaments of American
art
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

THE New York Herald's Washington cor
respondent says of the Senate contest:
''The most prominent men of both sides
agree, when interrogated, that Riddleberger's
election or defeat is matter on which
hangs the political future of Virginia. If
this seems preposterous to you, it is never
theless the belief of both parties, nor is it
even the whole truth. Southern Senators
say in private conversation that if Malone
should succeed in Virginia there would be a
break in the Democratic line in every South
ern State, and that they regard the defeat of
Riddleberger for that reason as matter of
absolute necessity, and, as they add, of pat
riotic Duty
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publica
tion but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
municatiOns that are not used
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL IA.

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS Is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our Journal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14
ST A T e OF M AINE.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
"A ProClanQation,

In accordance with pious and time-honored Gus
tom, come down to us from the Pilgrim Fathers,
and found so suitable to our love and veneration,
1, Harris NJ. Plaisted, Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Council, do hereby ap-
point and set apart
Thursday, the Twenty first Day of April,
next,
as day of humiliation, fasting and prayer. And
do recommend to the Christian people of our
State to keep this their annual FAST refrain from
labor, business, amusements, and, in their homes
and houses of public worship, humble themselves
before Him whose mercy endureth forever;-sup-
plicating His favor upon themselves the State and
Nation; confessing their sins and seeking for
giteness OF the same, in humility of spirit. eff we
say that we have no sin, deceive ourselves, and
the truth is not in us; but if confess our SIMS
He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Given at the Council Chamber at Augusta, this
tbirty-frst day of March, in tho year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty
one, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and fifth,
HARRIS M. PLAISTED.
By the Governor.
JOSEPH o. SMITH, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

THE wealth and debt department of the
census bureau will shortly issue an interest
ing statement showing by whom and where
the registered bonded Indebtedness of the
government is held. The largest amount in
value is held in New York, while Pennsyl-
vania has the greatest number of individual
holders. VIM. Fl, Vanderbilt has the larg-
est amount of bonds of any single person,
and he holds more than is held in ten of the
Western States, including Ohio. An esti-
mate of the coupon Indebtedness shows New
York to lead, with Pennsylvania second.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

The Chicago Times having said that a
duel between Voorhees, and Malone would
be very unfair, the former being so large
that bullet could hardly miss him, if at all
well aimed, while the latter is so small that
it would take an expert marksman to hit
him, the Indianapolis Journal suggests that
the difficulty could be easily obviated by
adopting the expedient suggested in an
affair of honor many years ago. Let the
outline Of Mahone's small body be marked
out on Vosrhees's large frame, with the un-
derstanding that if the bullet struck outside
of the line it shouldn't count.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-14

We claim to sell a line of COrsets
which for Style and real worth are not
surpassed in the United States.