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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-05

THEIR SCHEME OF VILLAISY.
and which made them all the more criminal and
all the more dangerous. They did not explain the
grounds upon which they made the plea that they
were not spies under the peculiar circumstances
which surrounded them. This is TO be regretted
as it might have thrown some light upon certain
features of their conduct which have never been
fully eOmprehended. That two officers of their
rank and character should have undertaken so
serious and dangerous an enterprise, knowing as
they did the inevitable consequences of detection.
is remarkable and full explanation of their OBJ
jects and purposes has ever yet, to my knowledge
been given. Finding that they were about to be
executed, they made the following request which
was transmitted by telegraph to Murfreesboro':
FRANKLIN, June 9. 1865.
VIII you have any clemency for the son of Cap.
tain Williams who fell at Monterey, Mexico? 1
protest our innocence as spies" "a portion of the
dispatch is iIlegible 1t appears to be Signed bv
Lawrence w Auton, formerly l. Auton Wiliiams1
Williams then adds: Il send this as dying re.
Baird, who says: The men are condemned. and
we are preparing for their execution. They prefer
to be shot. If you can answer before get ready,
do. J. P BAIRD,
Colonel Commanding Post"
General Garfield, remembering the course pur-
sued by General Washington in the case of Major
Andre, refused their request to be shot, and de-
termined that the sentence should be carried into
execution as originally ordered. He knew moth
ing whatever at the time of their personal con-
nection with or relation to the Washington
family. Probably it would have made no diff
ference in the decision or in the final result but
ii would have lent a new and romantic
coloring to their deliberations had they known
that the young men upon whom they were
sitting in judgment were so nearly connected with
that distinguished family. Colonel Williams made
a most touching and earnest appeal first for his
cousin, Lieutenant Peter, who was his companion
and associate in the execution of the plot though
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-05

Extract Specitn 0Fiers 40 10
". Colonel Lawrence W Auton. Cavalry. United
states Army, and acting special inspector general.
Is hereby relieved from duty along the line of the
West and minutely inspect the Department of .
the Ohio" and the Department of the Cumber-
land, in accordance with special inspectors In
strucdons, Nos. 20, g. and 49, furnished him from
this Office and that ofthe paynssster- general.
V. Major George Dunlop. assistant quartermas-
ter, is hereby relieved from duty in this city. He
viii report Immediately to Colonel Auton for duty
By order the Secretary Of War. 49,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-11
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich.

Jan. 81, 1919.
GENTLElIEN-Having been af-
ficted for number OF years with
indigestion and general debility. by
the advice of my doctor [ used Hop
Bitters, and must say they afforded
me almost instant relief. am glad
to be able to testify in their behalf.
THOs. G. KNOX.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-11
PRODUCE MARKET.

Following are the ruling whole
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KELLTNGER'S

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Scrofulous Swellings, Sprains, Bruises, Cramps,
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-11
DURN0'S CATARRH SNUFF

Cures all forms Of Catarrh, Cold In the Head
Headaches, prevents Bronchitis, Guinsy. and
Sore Throat, strengthening the glands and re.
moving all distractions.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14
Our Wounded President.

On the 9th inst. the President was removed
from Washington to Long Branch. The trip
was made without accident, and the patient
stood the journey well. He expressed much
satisfaction at the change, and it is thought
will experience marked benefit as soon as the
results OF fatigue pass away. During the ride.
his pulse dropped IL beats, but later on reac-
ton set in and at midnight it ranged between
1913 and 100. The President now occupies
Elberon cottage.
President Garfield having requested reduc-
ton of the number of his attendants. Drs
Reyburn, Barnes and Woodward signed their
last bulletin on the 9th inst AMI retired. Mrs.
Edison also ceased her duties on that day, and
the patient expressed great relief at the in
creased quietude. The 9Th inst. was very
favorable day, the patients pulse dropping to
"a, and the fever entirely disappeared. The
doctors express great satisfaction with the
Presidents condition.
The Presidents bed has been SO placed that
he can kill time by watching the surf The
surgeons believe that the bullet is encysted.
and can ultimately be removed without dan
ger. On the 10th inst. Secretary Window was
summoned for brief interview, and Postmas-
ter General James and Secretary Hunt went
into the sick chamber, The Presidents stom-
ach retains healthy tone. On the 18th inst.
however, the Presidents condition was reported
as not SO hopeful. It is now admitted that one
of his lungs is affected, and the doctors do not
seem to be able to foreten what the result will
be. In some quarters the situation is again
considered hopeless.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14
Michael Faraday's Lucky Tide.

When Sir Humphrey Davy was at the
zenith of his popularity he received a
letter from an unknown correspondent,
who represented that he was poor, and
engaged in trade which he disliked, but
that he earnestly desired an opportunity
to study science, which he loved. Sir
Humphrey, struck with the earnest tone
Of the letter, took it to one of the found
ers of the London Institution for Science,
Mr.. Pepys, and asked him what could
be done for the young man. "Can we
find employment for him at the royal
institution asked Sir Humphrey
Davy. "What could we give him to do?'
dol" replied Pepys, "put him to
wash bottles; if he is good for anything
he will do it directly, if he refuses he is
good for nothing" "No, no, objected
Sir Humphrey: I'VE must do better for
him than that" Accordingly he sent to
his unknown correspondent, and en-
gagged him as assistant in his laboratory
at twenty-five shillings week. The
young man was Michael Faraday and
no doubt if the offer of sc bottle wash
ing" had been made, he would have ac-
cepted it as gratefully as he did the
more pleasant employment his letter had
procured for him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14
Railway Wrecks.

freight train of thirteen cars was wrecked
at the bridge near Brattleboro, VT. on the 10Th
inst. One brakeman was killed and another
fatally injured. The loss to the Valley road
will be vely heavy.
Near Cincinnati, O., or the 10th inst. two
freight trains colided, killing James Simon. a
fireman, and wrecking locomotive.
train consisting of two coaches, baggage
car and engine, ran into cow near Anchorage.
KY, on the 9th inst, when about fifty feet from
bridge, and was thrown to the bed of the
creek causing fearful wreck. Seven persons
were killed and a large number injured.
Near Glendale, on the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad, train was thrown from the track
on the 9th inst. The engineer and fireman
were killed and number of passengers ser
iously hurt. III qt
One man was killed and fifteen wounded nv
the wreck of construction train near Castro
vile, Texas, on the 9th inst.
BY the burning of a bridge at Silver Greek.
three miles from st. Mary's, Penn, on the 8tR
inst, train was precipitated into the creek.
killing Engineer William Kepperly and Fireman
Charles Pasks.
collision on the Baltimore and Ohio road at
Thornton Station, between the Chicago express
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14

SEVERAL improvements have recently been
made in the Russian army. New regulations
have been made to perfect foot soldiers in Skin
mishing drill and sharp-shooting. Squares are
no longer to be formed for resisting cavalry
attacks. The differences between the branches
of cavalry have been abolished, and horse sol
diers are also to be drilled in sharp-shooting.
New regulations have also been adopted for the
artillery, by which it is hoped to avoid the mis-
takes made in the Turko-Russian war, and the
term of service has been fixed at five instead of
four years. It is not the least noticeable feat
ure of Russian military affairs, however, that
the budget has risen from 181 million rubles in
1879 to 189 millions in 1880, and to 2O6 million
in 1891
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14

An Italian newspaper, in some comments ON
emigration to America, does not admit that
surplus population exists at present in Italy.
On the contrary, more hands than the land
possesses would be needed to cultivate the i'm
nense tracts of country that has been aban-
doned, such as Sardinia, the Agro Romano and
the Tuscan Maremma. 1t appears from statis-
tics that during the past ten years 1900. 900
Italians have left their native land to find homes
elsewhere. and that the average per year has
assumed fixed quantity, which is about $780,
GOO. For the nine years, 1910, the statistics
were propertionately about the same as for the
decade which followed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14
Daring RObberies.

1t is reported that two heavily-armed masked
robbers entered the little town of Bates City.
on the Chicago and Alton road, near The point
where the train robbers committed their depre-
dations several days ago. They overawed the
citizens by display of their weapons and car
ried off large amount of property.
The Chicago and Alton west-bound mail and
express train was stopped by masked men two
miles west of Glendale, Mo-, on the night of
the 9TH inst. The express messenger was
roughly handled and his safe robbed of large
amount of money. Five men entered the ears
and relieved the passengers of their money and
watches. The robbers then skedaddled A
posse started in pursuit Immediately and sue
ceeded in arresting six Of the miscreants.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14

WESLEY REDDrNG, colored man, has sued
the city of Atlanta for damages of 500, 900, for
being turned out of the public parks by city
park superintendent, who excludes colored peo-
pie from public pleasure grounds. It is credit
able to the people of the southern states that
prejudice to color is fading away not very
fast perhaps, but it is less than it was few
years ago, and the citizens of Atlanta will be
doing quite right to condemn the arbitrary act
of their servant, the park superintendent, for
IN this particular instance the white man doesn't
seem to be as good as the negro, for he has not
behaved himself
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14
Tragical Tales

serious disturbance on the levee at New
Orleans, ON the 10th inst, originated in cpl
thets bestowed upon the drivers of cotton-foats.
A police-sergeant was beaten with clubs, and
fired on the crowd, killing negro named Haw-
klns. Bullets flew thick around the officers,
and the entire force was called to the scene by
the fre-alarm Women shot at policemen from
the windows, and the newly-engaged labOrerS
were forced to quit work. The militia were
ordered out just as the rioting ceased. Sew
eral of the cotton bales we're set on fire.
number Of masked white men went to the
jail at Hot Springs on the 10th inst, with the
intention of lynching q negro charged with
rape. A party of colOred men learning of the
plan, gathered in cemetery and opened fire on
the lynchers. About two hundred shots were
fired, but nobody was killed.
In an atfray in a wheat-feld at Good1ee. ILL.,,
on the 10th inst, Marshall Roberts killed John
Adams, Jr., with shotgun. and made his
escape.
Theodore Wilcox, night Waterman, was
mortally wounded by a burglar at Monmouth,
H., on tbs night of the 9Th inst.
Near Whittm1ll, Va, Robert Williams quar-
relied with his wife and she went to the authori-
ties for o warrant, In her absence, the two
daughters murdered their father and fled.
Williams head was nearly severed from his body
with an axe.
Pink Flagg, a gambler, shot his wife dead
upon discovering her in brOthel at st. Louis.
Mo-, on the 9th inst.
In Bradford County, Fla, Dan. Watson raw
ished his wife's niece and cut the girls mothers
breast open. He was pursued by crowd and
shot dead by his brother-in-law.
st Henryviile, Ind, on the 9th inst, Marshal
Davis killed man named Scholl. Davis claims
the act was committed in self defense.
Charles T. Milliman quarrelled with Marcellus
Walker in stable at New York on the 9Th inst.
Inthe fight Walker was fatally stabbed Mill
man is a member of the firm of J. T. Milliman
& Co., provision dealers.
While engaged in an alteration at Red Cliff,
COL, on the 9th inst, Chief Laws kicked
George Butterworth in the neck, breaking it.
Anthony Fisher and Henry Saler, workmen
in ST. Louis brick yard, had an alteration on
the 7th inst, when Saler struck Fisher on the
breast with brick inflicting fatal injuries.
Advices from New Caledonia say the British
schooner Bengle, from New Britain and New
ireland, reports the murder of Mr.. Kamsrnith,
naturalist, and two assistants. w. Littleton
was also killed. The murderers were captured.
John KENNEL, proprietor of the Farmers
House, Jamaica. l.. l., killed his wife with
Ratchet on the 18th inst, set fire to the house,
and hung himself in the barn. The flames
were extineuished before the body of the wife
was burned.
The bodies of four men were found twenty
three miles from Ell Paso, Texas, ON the 5th
inst. They were supposed to be cattle thieves
killed by ranchmen. eeeM .asVo.
Mrs. Louis Beckman was assassnated by
some unknown person while seated at the win
dow of her residence at Louisville, KY, on the
9Th inst
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14

The German government has been conduct
ing a vigorous crusade against the manufac-
tuners of spurious wines on the Rhine. No
fewer than $50 casks. each containing more
than thousand quarts of fabricated stuff.
were lately seized at Rudesheim. In conse-
quence of these praiseworthy measures of the
government, panic has arisen among the
knayes who follow this dishonest business. 1t
is supposed that large supply of adulterated
mixture has found its way to England and
America. The Rudesheimer is one of the best
Rhine wines-probably the best to be obtained
fcr moderate price-an no one whc had the
luck to taste the famous vintage of 1868 in its
prime will fail to rejoice that the spurious arti-
Gle has been detected, and that the gutter has
received its own.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14
Whole Wheat Bread.

Physical degeneracy is an interesting
question to scientists, and theory to
account for the great diminution OF stat
ure and want of bone and sinew observed
in the agricultural as well as the manu-
featuring districts of England is formu-
lated by the secretary of the Bread Re
form League in letter to the London
Times. He ascribes it to the general
use of fine bread instead of the coarse
or whole wheat bread formerly eaten.
He makes q hopeful statement for the
future, however, in noting the encour-
aging progress of the society which he
represents. He says: ''As proof that
the class we especially wish to benefit
would be glad to adopt this bread when
they understand its advantages and can
obtain it well made at moderate price,
I may mention that in the beginning of
the year I gave two lectures too two
large cooperative associations, entirely
composed of workingmen. In one of
them, before the lecture, they had an
average weekly sale of forty-four- pound
loaves. Now they have an average
weekly sale of 285. In the other soci-
ETY. they had a weekly sale of about 100
four-pound loaves, Now they have an
average weekly sale of 400 or $780,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14
MYSTERIOUS Cases.
lFrom the New York Evening Mail.

From the New York Evening Mall
The history of caverns is of deep in
terest. Modern science has thrown so
much light upon the causes relative to
their formation, that the enticing
mystery of the past is largely over
come; but there always has been, and
doubtless for a time will be, something
fascinating to the ordinary mind in the
dark, g deep, uncertain depths % of caves.
II we could go back far enough into the
past we Nigh trace the interest in cav
ems to the belief held by the ancients
that everything was haunted, and that
spirits abode within the mysterious
precincts. In Persia, the god of the
sun was worshipped in q cavern. while
in India such places were favorite re-
sorts for worship; the far-famed caves
nifcent temples and presenting even to-
day features of great architectural
beauty bearing abiding testimony to
this. For doubtless, in the first instance,
they were mere crevices in the rocks.
No doubt much of the feeling of awe and
superstition associated with caverns
arose in the first instance from the pres
ence within them of foul gases, little
understood, and frequently proving
fatal to animal life. The Grotto del
Caves at Naples is an example of this;
SO called because dog OF any other ami
NAL if held within it near the ground
dies speedily, owing no doubt to the
carbonieE acid gas evolved from the
ground. Lives have often been lost in
the exploration of caves. In Derby
shire England, there is one called FL
don's hole, which is supposed to be
bottomless. Cattle stumbling into it
were never more seen or heard, and
man, induced by heavy brides TO de-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14

scend In search of them, was let down
some 200 feet, and after it was thought
that he had remained long enough for
his purpose, was hauled up senseless
with fright, and within 81 few DAYS ex-
PRED. No doubt the mysteries of
caves, like other obscure things, will
vanish before the increasing facilities
for exploration afforded by modern en-
terprise and invention. Before we are
much older, we shall be begging for
something mysterious, something to
surprise, brighten or mistifv us, for the
strong light of our day is terrible enc
my to the imaginative or romantic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14
Terrific Explosions.

A nitro glycerine explosion at the Schoonever
well, Sawyer City, Pa, on the 7th inst, resulted
in the death of VIM. Brinton, of Bradford
Chas. Grouse, of Butler. Pa, james Thrasher
of Sawyer City, and Chas. Rust, of Bradford.
All the parties except Rust were merely specta-
tors. boy named Nevin Hasling had his leg
and arm broken.
A nitro-glycerine explosion at Sawyer City,
Pa. on the 7th inst, caused the death of VIM.
Brinton Chas. Grouse, Jas. Thrasher and Chas
Rusk. All of the parties except Rusk were
spectators.
While eleven men were at work in the pack
ing house of the Lake Superior Powder Com
pany at Marquette, Mich, on the 9th inst, an
explosion occurred demolishing the house and
blowing the men to atoms. No one escaped to
tell the cause of the fatality.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14
A Frontier incident.

Calamity is the name of man who
lives at the old camp of Cummins CITY.
He has another name, bus nobody seems
to know what it is. 1t has been torn off
the wrapper some way, and so the boys
call him Calamity.
Last spring he had little domestic
trouble, and his wife made complaints
that Calamity had worn out an old tong
handled shovel on her, trying to convince
her about some abstruse theory of his.
The testimony seemed rather against
Calamity, and the miners told him that
as soon as they got over the rush little
and bad the leisure they would have to
hang him.
One evening after the work of the day
was done and the boys had eaten their
supper, one of them suggested that it
would be good time to hang Calamity.
So they got things in shape and went
down to the big Laramie bridge.
Calamity Yves with them. They got
things ready for the exercises to begin.
and then asked the victim if he had any
thing to say. He loosened the rope
around his neck little with one hand.
so that he could speak with more free
dom, and holding his pantaloons on with
the other, he said:
"Gentlemen of the convention, call
you to witness that this public demon
strat1on toward me is entirely unsought
on my part. have never courted no.
toriety.
"Plugging along in comparative OBJ
security is good enough for me. This is
the first time ever addressed an audi
pr1R 10 NH / he,. a
and i'll at ease.
You have brought me here to hang
me because [ seemed harsh and severe
with my wife. You have entered the
hallow presence Of my home life and as
sumed the prerogative Of subverting my
household discipline.
cit is well. [ do not care to live 80
long as my authority is questioned.
You have already changed my submis-
sive wife to an arrogant and self-reliant
woman.
81 have always been kind and thought
full to her. When she had to go up into
the gulch in the winter after firewood,
my coat shielded her from the storm
while / sat alone in the cabin through
the long hou1s. I could name other in
stances of unselfshness on my part, but
[ will not take up your time.
"Death with its wide waste of eternal
calm and its shoreless sea of rest is
glad relief to me. [ go but I leave in
your midst skittish and able bodied
woman who will make Rome howl. I
bequeath her to this camp. She is
yours, gentleman. She is oil I have to
give. but in giving her to you l feel that
my untimely death will always be looked
upon in this gulch as dire calamity.
"The day will come when you will
look back upon this awful night and
wish that 1 was alive again, but it will be
too late. [ will be far away. My soul
will be in land where domestic infeli-
city and cold feet can never enter
"Bury me at the footof Vinegar Hill,
where the sage hen and fuzzy humble
bee may gambol DER my lowly grave"
When Calamity had finished an i'm
promptu caucus was called, and when
it was adjourned Calamity went home
to his cabin to susprise his wife. She
hasn't fully recovered from the sur
prise as we go to press. -Bin Nye.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-14
Butchered by the Indians.

In a fight between 5000 Indians and $50 citi-
zens at Matagala Isthmus of Panama, the
savages lost 500 killed and wounded, and the
citizens suffered loss of 70 killed and a num-
Der wounded. Previous to the battle an indis-
criminate slaughter of whites was conducted by
the Indians, and many horrible outrages were
committed.
A Tucson, Arizona, dispatch of the 9Th inst,
says: George Turner and Harry Moody were
killed by Indians at Middleton's rancho. Middle
toms family were driven from home and were
found coming this way on foot in half
famished condition. Henry Middleton was
shot through the body but will probably re
cover"