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ourTEAu's DOMESTIC LIFE.
III. o;vore.a Wi. SPEAKS Out.

His Divorced vile speaks 0ut.
DENVER, July S.-The Leadville Chroni-
Gle Of this afternoon contains al interview
with Mrs. Theodore Dnnsmire, the divorced
wifi. Of Chas. j. Guieau. She was married
10 Dunsmire, at Boulder, Colo, IN 1878. and
IL now residing here. She showed decree
Of divorce granted In 1874 on the ground OF
adultery. allowing her allmony aud prohblt-
ing Guiteau from marrying until her death.
She says he was very cruel to her from the
time of the maj rage; that when he was
member If Henry Ward Beecher's church he
would lead I'm prayer and As soon as the
meeting was dismissed would tell her Ut
given note to collect for client he would
turn over only half the collection and report
that 1t was impossible 10 collect the rest.
His father Is cashier Of the First National
Bank of Freeport, Illinois. While In New
York Guiteau got to spending all his money
and time At fast houses, and finally told her
she would have to support herself. She
went To Saratoga. remained two months, and
on her return found Guitteau had l"ath-
some disease Her friends discovered the
fact and urged her to get = divorce, which
she did. She was afterwards clerk III The
Treasury Department at Washington. lie
never paid any alimony. Last February she
received note from Guitteau requesting
permission to I+marry. She answered say
ing the permission would be- granted ON pay
ment Of 500. He, wrote again saying he
had no money, but was about to marry a
wealthy lady and would pay the money as
soon as married. 70 this she paid no atter-
lion. She thinks the attempt To assassiuaie
the President was simply prompted by his
morbid desire for notoriety, for which he
would, she thinks. give his life.
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THE GREAT CRIME.

Senator Conkling In his letter to Attorney
General Macveagh voices sentiment that
will find warm response In the breasts Of the
American people and should develop into
statutory enactment, VIE: That an attempt
upon the life Of the President or high Gov
eminent officer Is a crime distinct from, and
greater than, the mere attempt to take life
and should be 80 regarded legally. As a
matter Of fact, there Is q very large element
Of treason In such crime. II aims blow
not only 1t the life Of the person, but at the
government, and might destroy both. There
have been well remembered crises In the
history of the Nation where the assas-
sination Of President would have at least
seriously threatened revolution, and the kill
Ing Of Prime Minister have imperilled our
foreign relations. The abstract question OF
human life Is, therefore, not the only thing
to be considered; for, while the machinery
cf Government contemplates natural deaths
It 10 not adjusted to the shock of assassina-
ton and might be imperilled, II not destroy
cd, thereby.
In oil monarchial governments attempts
upon the life Of the King Is accounted trea-
son, and In England, with ours the freest
and best government In the world, II is &C.
counted high treason 70 compass or imagine
the death Of the King or Queen or heir appa-
rent to the crown. For the time during
which he Is elected to serve and IL under
oath, the life Of the President OF the United
States Is as precious to the Government Is
that Of England's Queen or Princes, and, for
aught we can see to the contrary, Is relative
~ - essential to its peace and perpetnity.
We believe constitutional amendment ma
king m attempt upon the life Of the Presi-
dent, ce-Presidcnt or Cabinet officer, while
In Office, reasonable ofFense would be RI
tional and right and that II should be done.
As II stands now there Il no law In the land
that even forfeits the life NJ tho miserable
cur who shot the President unless Garfield
shall die-a result the world Is praying may
not b., although his living spares the life 81
ono Who attempted the assassination Of the
Individual and State.
The iailies Of the great cities are teeming
now with details Of the attempts Of score
or more. VI rattle-heads and maniacs who
In times past threatened the life Of the
Executiveo or Cabinet officers and sought &C
cess TO their persons. From I'll accounts It
least half OF them should b In the In
sane asylum and the other half under sur
vcillance Or the police. The several It
tempts, successful and unsnccessfnl, within
twenty years should awaken the country 70
the danger there d In these things, and i'm
press Conkling's suggestion thst Il l. dis
tinctively heinous crime and should Be %
treated. We must come % this In time, and
It Il best Ii should b. now.
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The Passenger War.

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE Tribune says
Tie abroad freight and passenger war CON
Times and IL is hardest on east-.Duhd
graio, which IS being taken at merely nom
iual rates. E.stern passenger rates TO the
West have been reduced from Is to 30 pei
cent. No apparent effort is being made to
arrest the rapid decentralization and conflict
and the end is believed to be long way oil
The pool commissioner is unable or unwill
ing to exercise his powers TO stop the ssrue
gle. Tickets TO Chicago are SIS; Ia Cincin-
natl. $3.50. The schedule fares were S23 and
SIS respectively. The scalpers sell even
lower; in fact, the people may pay their owl
price.
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A daughter Of Morgan in Oregon.

SAN Francisco, July "a Portland dis
patch says that IL has just been ascertainet
that the youngest daughter of William Nor
gan. who, il is claimed, was put out Of III.
way by reason Of having divulged Masonic
secrets many years ago, is living IN this State
She is quite all elderly lady, and Is the wifi,
of Capt. VIM. Smith. They both reside II
Monor county Mrs. Smith says her father
was drowned by five men, who took him out
one night into the lake. She says that on,
Of the five men who assisted in the drowning
for many years resided in Portland, Oregon
but Is now dead.
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II Coz. WnEELrR,s sucgestion . adopted

IF Col. WHEELER's suggestion Is adopted
Monteith's Geography will retire to the
realms Of obsoletism The designation of the
stream that runs from Silver Bow to the
Lakes - Deer Lodge, He'll Gate, Missoula,
etc. II will all be generalixed and classified
from the source to confluence "Clarkes
Fork of the Columbia" It will, however,
take IN oct Of the Legislature to give the
name legal Significance, and there may be
some objection 70 sponging out historic
names. Il must Be confessed the present
system Of designation Is awkward, and Il
would be best TO have common name apply
to the entire stream.
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CHICAGO, July S.-A noon Glist"me be-
gan tl,- i"ry-tifsl day If his fast. lie slepf
well most of the time. At 2:30 he drank
eight ounces If water. AT 7 a. III. his pulse.
was 81, respiration IA, Temperature %. A
moot. he weighed l53 poutds-a loss IF halt
pound. Total loss, Az pounds. ii. |,
cheerful and confident.
Griscom weighs 15i pounds on entrrin.
the forty-second day, loss Of two pound,
since yesterday. and 46a pounds since ih'
30. The venture has been financial Fail
the fact.
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EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON.
ILL., IA rlAf

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON.
July IL, 1881.
To Lotcefl, Minister. London.
AT the beginning Of the tenth day since he
was wounded, the symptoms ef the Prrsi
dent are all hopeful aud favorable. Snpr,,-
ration goes on with no higher pulse or tenn
peratme than should be- expected. His
milk diet u pini and half per day Il
relished and digested Ills physical strength
keeps up wonderfully and his mind Is en-
tireIy clear and active, without showing ex-
citemrnt. His physicians do not count him
beyond danger, but general confidence In his
recovery ID strengthened .velY hour.
kSignedl BLAINE, Secretary.
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SuRoEoN-G GENERAL WALES, OF the Navy,
said last Saturday be did not consider the
President had even chance. He said there
were well authenticated cases Of wound of
abdomen from buckshot when the patient ex-
hibiied favorable symptoms and when the
temperature and pulse became perfectly
normal, and yet death ensued on the eIgh-
teenth day. This 10 the most discouraging
medical opinion given TO the public In many
days. A like expression was on the Fourth
attributed to Surgeon-General Barnes, but
was not confirmed. Against the opinion OF
this one, or these two, who should, unfortu-
nateiy In this case, be the most reliable as
we'll - the most eminent authority on gnn-
shot wounds, We have the expressed and I'm
piled opinion OF host OF eminent profess
sional men that the President has 4 fair show
for recovery. We trust the hope born opin-
lon Of the many ID wiser than that Of the
few.
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The Money Conference Adjourned.

PARIS, Jaly 9.-The International None
tary Conference to-day unanimously adomea
resolution, proposed by the French ana
American Delegates, expressing desire tina
negotiations shall be opened between the
States which participated in the Conference.
and that the Conference is summoned l..
meet April l2lh, 1882, to settle tile details OF
the Monetary Conference, which II as hoped
would be concluded by that time. The Com
ference then adjourned.
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MAKE PRESIDENT KILLING TRASON
Suggestion from Senator conkling.

A Suggestion from Senator conkling.
WASHINGTON, July THE following
correspondence passed between Ex-senator
Conkling aud Attorney Genera McVeaeh:
FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL. NEW YORK.
July 5tl,, 1881.
To Mr. H'agns AeTeagh Washington. ID. C.
SIR:-The adherence with which all de-
cent inen alike slluddered at the attempt Ia
murder the President, have given thought
to the matter To which ysur attention may or
may not turn. Our criminal code treats pre-
medil ated homicide In all eases alike, ire
spectiye If the character of the victim, the
murderer being visited by the greatest penal
ty known TO the law. No distinction be-
tween one ease and another. could be found
ell on the public relations held by the person
slain, but in case of the attempt to murder,
broad distinction can be male between as
sailing the life of an individual aid an at
tempt to AXE life Of special value 10 the
whole people. The shocking occurrence on
Saturday, think demands that the definition
and punishment of assaults aimed at high
GStGutist bAutstsf WuNtHci sAs1t5siht VI its's
should he male thoroughly rigorous. The
man who attempts the lif. Of a President
fs nrrrrrsr t.-ss-r'rru
to guard against and punish bv the assertion
Of all the pos-r which civilized nations may
employ. l suggest this as deserving consi,i.
eration. Ny profound sympa HES are with
the President and all of yoW every hour.
The conflict of reports keeps hope and fear
striving with ca n other. with nothing stable
except the facts, and the trust that the worst
Il past. wish that you would express to
the President my deepest sympathy In this
hour, which should hush all discorls and en-
list prayers for his saf,. deliverance. Please,
also, give Mrs. Garfield my most respectful
coincidence. Trusting all will be we'll, cor
daily yours,
lSigned) RoscoE CoyKLIyG.
WASHINGTON. July I. 1881.
H,n Roscoe conkiing, FIN Aneaue Hltet, Neo
York.
Thanks for your letter If the 9Th, which
just reached me. Its suggestions will be
carefully considered, and lis kind message Of
sympathy be conveyed TO the President and
Mrs. Garfield al the earliest opportunity.
(Siened) WAYNE McvEAGH.
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Star Route Suits.

PHILADALrHIA,J July SIN the Unite,
States District Court Judge Butler refuse,
the motion Of the Government for judgment
against Black and others. charged with fail
ure 10 fulfil their contracts Oh the Star mai
routes. The Judge held that the Unite.
States was only entitled To Judgment whert
the defendant was All accounting officer, an.
thar under the State law Judgment coul,
only be entered where contract for the pa,
ment Of money was involved.
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Naval Officer In Trouble.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 12.--The couil
martial 10 try Master Halsey convened at the
Mare Island Navy Yard to-day. The charges
We're drunkenness and scandalous conduct.
involving the necessity Of replacing him as
master ef the Arctic relief steamer Rodgers
on the evening Of her departure for the
North. The finding will not be made known
until subm tilted to the Secretary of War.
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The New York conflict still drags It's
weary length along, but seems nearing the
end. Plat was weak and wicked enough TO
have an intrigue with woman At the Della
van House, and lot OF half.breed Senators
were contemplate enough to play the spy
OH him and divulge II. He withdrew from
he contest. Depew was forced out by pub
ic opinion growing out Of developments In
the bribery case, and the lines have been re-
formed. It seems more than ever probable
that the Legislature win adjourn without an
election.
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R,vailing tn. lanes Bro,hers,

CHICAGO, July l2.-Four men rode quiet.
ly into Rivriton, Iowa, and made their way
to the hank Of Davis & Sons. While one Of
the parties engaged the attention Of tile
cashier the others lcspeI over the counter,
to"k $4,000 and invited the crowd to folIoa
as they rude away. A large party Is In pur-
suit.
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GMscoM has discounted Tanner as q
faster, going forty-fye days without food.
But few people went TO see him. and be Is
disappointed In the receipts, which will
scarcely be sufficient to buy him new set Of
teeth when the present ones fall out. These
men have demonstrated one thing, however :
there's no necessity for anybody starving to
death IN less thfhefft6 earn money enough
% buy meal.
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GuITEAU wanted a Consulate. On the
first instant Garfield made q large number OF
Consular and Diplomatic appointments, and
Guteau was omitted. On the second, Gui-
teau tried to kill Garfield. The man had a
motive, aud The deed was an act Of premedi-
tated revenge.
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Ohio Democra,ic convention.

COLUMBUS, july I3.-The Democrat,
Convention nominated j. w. Eoukwaller fol
Governor on the second ballot; Edgar Nj
johnson, Of Cincinnati, for Lieutenant
Governor; E. +. Brigham, Supreme Judge
A. F. Winslow, Of Cleveland, State Treas.
urer; +. Z. Doughery, Attorney General.
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SOME one gave the definition Of Glory As
"dying for ones country and having your
name spelled wrong In the Gazette" Guiteau
shot Garfield for glory, and three-fourths Of
the newspapers put two"t's" In his name;
but he does not know IL. He ID not permit
ted to see any papers or have any news con-
veyed to him, and he frets about that. This
one Of the cases where Ignorance Is bliss"
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Ir Is boldly charged In the kilograms that
Prince Alexander terrorized the recent
elections In Bulgaria, even going TO the ex-
tent of suppressing American missionary
papers. A despotism that would suppress .
missionary paper 10 capable Of robbing an
empty birds nest.
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THE Indiana State Journal puts 1t pretty
strong as follows: "Since the cruclfixion on
Calvary there has been no crime or combi.
"nation Of crimes equal In atrocity to the at
atempted assassination of President Gar
afield.r What about the assassination Of
Lincoln. for instance?
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Extra Session Oar.

NEW YORK. july THE Posts WASH
ington special sass: II Is said on good an
tliority that = proclamation converting Con-
yress III special SESSION was prepared yester-
day or earlier and sigled BY the President
nth the approval of the President and
the Cabinet. 10 be issued Iii the event DC his
illuess taking IN nnfavafable and neeessari-
~ fatal turn, the object being TO provide
against any possible contingency. Tile ses-
st0n would IL called 10 elect Speaker "
The HOUSE, pro tenn and Speaker VI The
Ho,,se u Representatives, and that would
likely - ~ ohay business considered.
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IN0ERsoLL continues TO rescue his fellow
men from Christianity, at fifty cents head,
and sues publishers who sell his lectures be-
low the monopoly price. He takes away .
faith without offering anything In Its stead /,
and charges for his services. II Is pity so
much talent ID devoted to so bad purpose.
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Raccoon Z liver Roaring

DIES MONIES, Iowa, July i2.-Raccooi
river continues to rise. South Des Moines
Is under water; six families are ont IL their
houses. The track Of the G., b. s. @. has
succnmbed, and Des Moines Is now OUT Of
connection with the East. II Is the heaviest
rain storm In the history Of this country.
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WHAT splendid husband Griscom would
make, II his wife didn't feel like getting up
and cooking breakfast for couple Of months.
A keg Of water and an occasional change OF
clothes are all the victuals he needs.
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BRApLAUGH Is formally excluded from
the House of Commons. The Speaker gave
notice few days ago that he would not be
further allowed to disturb the proceedings.
His suppression Is not creditable 10 the
British Parliament.
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1 The gentleman who hes INV mapped out
: new course FOR tho Democracy proposes n
abandonment BY the old party 81 III beg and
baggage. But ths new party would not
and could not - distinctIveIy Democratic.
One might = veil propose ! platform on the
binomial tlieorem and Tie iInperishabillty u
matter.
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THE Presidents physicians had big row
the Sunday after the shooting. Young DIR.
Bliss took DIR. Baxter by the collar and
boosted him out Of the consulting room !.
The President Is getting better.
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EVEN Guiteau's mother-in-law Ii mad at
him and Is giving him fits. When man
loses the respect, confidence and gushing
affections Of his mother-in-law, . prison Is .
paradise too good for him.
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THE press speaks OF Guiteau as . "dead'
beat" He Ia q beat; but, unfortunately, be
Is not dead.
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oriseam Fasts Fort ave DAYS.

CHICAGO. July l2.-Griscom's long fas,
concluded at noon. In forty-five days he
lost Just fifty pounds. his weight to-day be-
Ing i47a, temperature gs. pulse 55.
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A NEW York special OF the 18th says
al am able TO say, on the best authority,
that Conkling stated last night he would not
Withdraw from the Senatorial contest"
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PHTNEAs w. HrTcHc0ck. Ex-senator OF
the United States, died In 0paha, Neb., last
Sunday.
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TIE LAST oFFIcIAL ACT

WASHINGTON. July 4.-The Evening Star
says the last official act If The President be-
fore he was shot down was the signing 81!
an order 10 the Depart nient of the Interior
10 issue commission TO Henry J. RainsdrlI,
Of this city. 10 be Register of Deeds for The
District, vice Col. Amos Webster resigned.
Owing 10 the confusion at the Executive
Mansion this statement eannut he verified.
Ramsdell II tie Washington correspondent
Of the ST. Louis Globe Democrat
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ROSCOE CoNKLING,
THE SUPPOSE D LAST ACTS
Included an omsial Courtesy to Haneoe

WASHINGTON, July 4.-By singular co.
Incidence. the last letter written ny Presi-
dent Garfield before lie was shot was adj.
dressed to his opponent In the late Prrsideli-
tiaI campaign, Maior.General Winfield Scott
Hancock. IL was dated Friday. and rt.laie,
to the appointment recently conferred upon
Col. Mitchell. one uf Gen. Hzncork's aides.
de camp. II was friendly and pleasant hi
cipent.
The letter informed Gen. Hancock that
Col. Mitchell had b@en appointed Assist ant
A.ljui ant General of the Army. and alter
apologizing for derriving the Generals staff
Of an excellent officer, concluded by say
ing:
.While your staff, General, Loses an oraa-
meni, the army gains All Assistant Adult ant.
General Of xhnm Il may feel IrnlII y
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GufrEAu married Anna Bum In 1870.
He took the cake that time.
The National tribune., 1881-10-22
HORSE WITH A HISTORY,

A war horse which died on farm near Keokuk
the other day had history which will be of in
terest in these days of soldiers reunions The
horse referred to was owned by the late General
Hugh 7. Reid, of Keokuk. 1t was rode by him
at Shiloh At that battle General Reid fell
wounded from the back of his steed. In fact,
horse and rider went down together, the horse
being struck in the chest the ball lodging in the
posterior of the right shoulder joint from which
place it was extracted by Surgeon Gibbon. He
was also wounded in several other places in the
same battle, twice in the upper portions of the
neck and many times slightly about the fetlocks
and ears In this battle every mounted officer
of the regiment which the general-then colonel
commanded, was dismounted. Horse and rider
both recovered and participated in many other
engagements. When the war was ended General
Reid brought home with him the steed that had
so CALAMITY carried him, and after age had un-
fitted him for further service had him taken to
his brothers farm. General Reid died few years
ago from the result of his wounds.-Dubuque
(Iowa) Times.