Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-29


THE election of Window for u. S.
Senator from Minnesota Is assured.
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IT is said that the Emperor of Ger
many and Bismarck have offered the Pope
an asylum at Cologne.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to Mrs. Garfeld's
fund received and paid to the United States
Trust Company amount to $36O,3i5.
The closing scene in the Yorktown
Centennial was an act of courtesy to Eng
land, the British flag being saluted by Army
and Navy, French vessels included.
The Grand Jury of the District of
Columbia returned an Indictment against
Capt. Howgate, charging him with embez-
cling 100000 from the Government.
THE Supreme Tribunal, in session at
Leipzig, has sentenced ten Socialists to va
rious terms OF Imprisonment, the longest
being three years and the shortest three
months. Kayser, the Socialist, has been
arrested.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR and the Secreta-
ry Of the Interior have given their consent
that the Chicago, Texas e Mexican Central
and st. Louis & San Francisco Railroads
may apply to the Council Of the. Choctaw
Nation, Indian Territory, for the right Of
way through the Nation. The Council is
now in session, and, it is understood, will
grant the right Of way to both roads, having
waited only for permission Of the Govern
.ment.
is now announced by Mr.. Scoville,
counsel for Guiteau, that all questions Of
Jurisdiction and malpractice will be waived,
and the defense take their stand on the plea
otinsanity alone. This determination has
been arrived at because OF the short time in
which they have to prepare for trial, and
because OF the discovery Of Guiteau's appll-
cation some time ago for pension. Gui-
teau had never been in the army, and the
medical examiner Endorsed upon the paper
"insane."
1T was stated on the 18th, apparently
by authority, that the President had de-
manded the resignation Of First Assistant
Postmaster General Tyner. 1t Is known
that Postmaster General James has all along
desired to displace Tyner with some one
more in sympathy with the Star-route pros
j. ecuions, and that Attorney General Mac
Veagh added his influence in the same di-
rection; but adverse counses prevailed in
the Garfield Cabinet and prevented the
change being made. Frank Hatton, of the
burlington. HdlrkepR, is named Ms thn- faEah--
able successor OF Tyner.
GEORGE SCOYILLE, the counsel for
Gui,eau, fears that the advocacy of mob vio-
lence by certain newspapers may result in
the assassination OF the prisoner at the trial.
Mr.. Scoyille appeals to the public, in the in
terest OF patriotism, justice and mercy, to
furnish evidence Of Guiteau's insanity. r.
= Il. Merrick, the well known Washington
lawyer, holds that Guiteau can not be le-
gally tried for murder in the District, and
will probably undertake the defense of the
culprit so far as the question Of Jurisdiction
is concerned. The Court has granted the
petition Of the prisoners counsel for an al
lowance to defray the expenses of witnesses.
JUICE JAMESON, of the Chicago
Criminal Court, in recent charge to the
Grand Jury called their attention to the H.
linois statutes against buying and selling
options in grain or other commodities;
spreading false rumors to influence the price
OF commodities, or "cornering" the mar
ket or attempting to do so, the pen.
atty for each OF which Offense is fixed
at from $40 to 500, or Imprisonment in the
County Jail not exceeding one year, or both.
The duty of the Grand Jury, said the Court,
Is not to seek inquisitorially for evidence
that such crimes have been committed, but
SHOULD evidence lie brought, through the
proper channels, before them, TO act fearless
ly and promptly to vindicltc the law.
The Associated Press dispatches from
Washington on the 18th noted the fact that
Hon. John b. Clark, Representa- i've in Con-
gross from the Eleventh Missouri District,
had separated from his wife on account OF
the imprudent, not to say scandalous, man
ner in which she had conducted herself foI
Mrs. G. Jacoby We'll, u dashing widow with
three children, who kept fashionable
board ny house on Fourteenth Street, and
also occupied position in one OF the De.
partmcnts. The parties were married less
than year ago. Mr.. Clark announces his
intention to apply for divorce. Mrs. CLARK
has made statement, denying all the allega-
lions charged and asserting her ability Il
prove her innocence.
AN attempt was made the other nigh
to burn the Cunard steamer Bothnia at hel
dock in New York City. Two men gained
access to the steamer on the plea Of wishing
to see n friend, an officer OF the vessel. Al
ter some time they departed, and few
minutes later fire was discovered in an Oh
scure passage, where the carpet had beef
saturated with a very inflammable liquit
composed principally OF kerosene and phos
phorus. Traces of their work were subse
quently found in other parts Of the vessel
the carpets upon which the mixture hal
been placed bursting into flame as soon q
tread upon. Fragments Of the bottles con
attaining some OF the fluid were also found
and turned over to the police. Experiment
showed it to be one OF the most dangerou
innammatory agents ever concocted.
A RECENT dispatch from Rome says
The Pope, in his address to the Italian pill
grims ut st. Peters, stated the deplorabl
state Of affairs placed before him the alter
native OF enduring continual captivity, mad
harder daily, or going into exile. He there
fore asked the Catholics TO watch and pra
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