The daily gazette., 1881-05-21
THE EN- D OF TIaE WORLD.

wrath The Story OF the True
Condition OF the Capital That was
Suppressed.
The following graphic account OF
startling events at Washington on Mon
day, sent 10 the Cincinnati Gazette,
seems to baye been suppressed in this
'e'tionsprobahlyby Mr. Blaine. General
Boynton says :- f
The csy, ~ Conkling has resigned" !"
spread through the buildings, and from
the committee-rooms, restaurants, ,rotun-
da, Supreme Courtroom, library, and
House wing, attendants, Judges, Sena-
ators, tfiee-seekers, lobbyists, visitors
aud wo,kmen, great crowd poured out
into the parks, each, fleeing from the
conviction III every mind that such q
dire event must be followed by an earth
quake. With the flight rose cries, "The
dome is falling " "The Senate columns
are swaying y "The House wing is
settling p'"Out for your lives ~ --IR
hall an hour the extras were spreading
the news throughout the town. As the
cry "Conkling has resigned" went up
and down the streets the same impulse
which cleared the Capitol caused men,
women and children TO swarm into the
streets and parks. The sick, tooewere
brought out, and In the short space Of
two hours the public grounds of Wash
| ington were like those of Chicago on the
night of the great fire. Families were
crowded N groaps sheltering themsel-
yes as best they might, guarding the
effects they were able TO snatch in their
hight, and many Of them caring for. and
comforting the sick who had been res
cued from the impending earthqnake.
But even dread of the earthquake
gave way to an added anticipation Of The
hour. The cry spread that aConkling
would surely stop the earth's turning (;
that he was the axle, and he knew it,and
his anger was such that he would never
be satisfied with paltry earthquake.
MOI ne And SO iHen, especially the
New Yorkers, began TO lesh themselves
TO trees, and ironsposts, and iron fences,
50 that If the earth should stop turning
east, they at least, would not spin OF
eastward into the Atlantic. Those who
know CoIkllng best, In addition to lash.
ing themselves fast, put on life preserv-
ers, for as they explained, Conkling
might stop the earth with such sudden
jerk that no lashings would hold, and
they might be hurled into the ocean In
spite OF ropes or cables.
President Garfield hiss left the White
House and is camped ID the yard of his
private residencei on the corner of Thir-
teenth and l streets. He will not enter
II until after the and until
the earth has stoppad tufning and settled
down to work again, according 10 Mr..
Conkling's directions. General Garfield
recognizes the fact that the Republic is
toppllng TO its downfall. Everybody
seemed instinctlvely TO know that there
would be nothing less than an earth
quake. The President only stopped to
gather up his family and little bedding
and cold meat, and having secured these,
he drove hastily TO bis private residence,
and camped in the yard as before.
The late Government has taken the
following steps, feeling authorized to do
Whatever tends to ameliorate the nation
oil sufierings which must follow in the
train OF the great disaster which has og-
ertaken the nation -
A PROCLAMATION BY THE PHEsIDRNr /,
Whereas, In time OF great and gen.
eral public prosperity never before ex
ceeded in the history Of he Republic
Roscoe Conkhng, a-powerful citizen. of
the sovereign State oi New Y FORK has let
60 the hold upon the wheel was steering
the ship of Stale through these pleasant
seas, and declares that he will let ber
drive to destruction;
Therefore, 1t is meet that all good cit
izens, abandoning their usual pleasures
and labors; should assemble without de-
lay in the camps, and all other public
places where They have taken refuge
from the impending catastrophe of ma
lure, and supplicate this mighty Conk-
ling that he will allay his anger, and
spare his children, and alloy the land to
resume Its prosperity.
BY the President, JAS. A. GARFIELD
JAS. G. BLAINE, Secretary of State.
The Signal Service Bureau sent out
the follswing:-
Ordered-That danger signals be dls..
played at all coast stations OF the United
States, and that masters OF vessels In
every port be warned that this Office ex-
poets tidal waves and tornadoes for al
least a month to come. Observers
should carefully watch and correct their
Instruments. Those In this office are
badly paralyzed, and the explanation
must be found In the expected earth
quake which must follow the Conkling
resignation.
The Secretary CT the Treasury has re-
seinded his circular for refundin9 the o..
He says:
The unexpected blow which has been
inflicted upon the U nited States by the
resignation of the mighty Mr.. ConklinR
must, OF necessity, sink Its credit TO q
low ebb, If IL does not destroy 1t Alto
gether. The 6ecretary lis, therefore.
unwilling to urge his fellow oitizens TO
ask that their bonds be extended at the
rate named in his last circular, and 1t is,
therefore, suspended until the full
measure Of the spunishment which
Conkllng intends to infiict upon this
country and the world shalt become
known.
The Secretary OF State has telegraphed
TO all Ministers OF the late Government
rs follows:
You will at onoe inform the nations TO
which you are accredited that Roscoe
Conkling, OF New York, has blotted ont
the American Republic, and that he
will in due time announce the kind of
monarchial government which, 1t may
lit his Lordshlp 10 establish To Won,
privately j may say, with due shame
faecedness, that the "turkey Robbler
strut" has won; that mud shas become
diamond; tho satyr is now Hyperion.
the New York singed cat Is now q royal
Bengal tiger.
Yours respectfully,
.IAMRa "a RIAYNu