, 1881-11-01
Chicago Rouualy Leotured for Con-
testing MIR, Tibbatts' Dearborn
Street Claim,
Fhe Reduction Of tho Debt for The Month
Of October Amounted to About
$l5,QQo,00Q.
stratllam Was Last Saturday
Appointed Postmaster at
Lynohburg.
mn, JOHN NOETI1NG,
purs,,ESr OF rIEE rStTE1l sTATEs, LIKE
; ''''' KAMpEt. i. TIf.nESt

DIR. JOHN NOETL1NG,
purs,,.ESr OF rIIE 1'SITEn STATES, LIKE
HAMUE1. i. TifnES.
rc<-ist Dtypa1th 10 7he Chicago TFthunf.
wAst1lSoroS, u. e., Oct. 3l.-A sa'E-facetl,
,,m,v.tyar,leu man cai,le tip 10 the door Of
t,,, Whlts House this morning alM satd lie
,ya,tpd to sec l)r. Join NoutlinE, ule 1'resl-
,'ant nf tho limited Stutes. lie had note III
lila nociet wl,icI, lie took out In explanation
~ liz request, which rcnsl rs follows:
,w,s Wottx0; yo,, nre hereby Informed that
~ lain Noet,inx 10 lawfully elected President
- nm limited StHtes, aud occupies the White
House every tlhy. ALMIGHTY uoh.
c,mmunlcatau by tho Holy Spirit. ....
Seeing TINT the mali WIS plninly Insane,
Tho ,,oorkecpgrs, who often have individuals
n tls description to deal with, tried to
divert Ills mind from its ian,uc}nntiol1. ai,d
send him away without trouble. 1iu per-
sisted Il, remaining, however, and grew lnt-
natteut Mt tho snbterfnge practiced upon his
cre1u!ty. At Inst 1t seemed desirable
TO ATHEIST 1I1M
an] turn him over to tie police. TO accom-
nlisl, thls ubicct, one at the household force,
wlo Is n lnu,, Of giant fra,nc and nulek Ill
movement, suggested t1iAt thoy, 70 to tho
cnrnrr Of Four.ausl-athalf street and pelln-
syyanIa avenue, whrre President Arthur
was, md call upon him III person. The
iunat,c, who is somewhat familiar will. the
cjIy. understood that the police headquarters
wera 1t tl!ts location, and refused to 20. 1iu
WIS disturbed by tho proposal, how
eyer. and began 10 tnke himself off.
III thls purpose lie was tfwartcd
by the doorkeepers, who lad orders
fto,u pttyate Secretary Brown to arrest him.
whervupon desperatc struggle eilsued, II,
which. for u time, the maniac with mad
mans strength resisted tho eifarts Of four
muscular attelidutts. At otlB ,stngc of tho
strargu lie mutlo motion as II to draw u
pistol front Ilis lip pocket. This was lutlced,
howcyer and frustrated. One Of tie door
keepers subsequently, fult In tho pocket aud
hloH from 1t
L LAlluE-slzED saIITlt 4 wEssoN BIN
SHOOTER,
I'LL the barrels OF which wore loaded. When
Ills leally weapon had BEEN thus captured,
the maniac ylel.led nnd was taken To police
headquarters without further trouble. On
bis arrival there tho police recognized n,t old
acquaintance. lie first cnmo to the city
III May lust, wl,an he acted 80 strange
" nnd gave. such plain signs Of
iNnacy TINT lie WIS taken Into custody and
IL
sent to their home. in the western part OF
PENNSYLVANIA, The police say that these rcI-
ativts failed In thetv duty 10 society, for they
took 10 steps to have HIN suitably confined
but permitted llI,n to roam at large, md to
drift back to Washington, to appear agfln
IS dangerous political lui,atIc. lie eot
here about tfle lust of Suptombcr, and llas
boarded ut one Of tile small hotels under tic
assumed name Of JOHN }YolinE. 1lo !lus
Kept himself out OF ubscryatlot's way. 80
that tho police did not know uf Ills return
III!
TuE DRAMATIC ADVENTURE TODAY,
l" Ills folks certainly ought to have shut ],tnl
up,H said tho officer in special churgo of slc(,
and Insane prisoners, at Is bad enough to
hays these crnnks como around once, lot
alone twice. THIS city Is tho natural resort
for these people, md we have constant
trouble with them" uo then took M u
sheet Of PAPER on which was wrIttel Il llst Of
adozen ua.nes and residences, "Soe heru!''
the officer satd-" "here aru q dozen crazy
people wc llavo recently sent home to t},eit
friends. They aro arrested here and dc.
talned. till VI; can llunt nm their frIen1s
md arrange to send them ,yhcro tlley bo|o,.r,
Ho'netmes this Ia work of yonlo ,lltlIcutty,
md takes considerable tine. 11erc, for In
ttalsce, Is letter have lust received from
lbs Sheriff of a Mlch,uau county. CONCERNING
A WOMAN
WHO threatened Acknowledgement sroc Venu}
shortly after Gurjiclti WA nssastnntc1l sIe
had claim of aome art nrn,nst I'M raw,
ernlnent, and tle,nantlct1 tint tho Attornov
General asstat liar tn rollcct II Ivhon he
tried to put her off s1e wor,,rd him thni
Gatfeld lad faflcd tn IN hin ,lutv nuI, i'm,