The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-21
? WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Corrcspondcnt.l
WAsHINcroN. u. c., July Ia, 1882.


part of it which will receive any fur
Their attention this session is being
slowly whitfield down to fine
point. A very few days will suffice
to bring legislation to an end for the
present. Several measures which
have passed the House will lnger in
the Senate and go over to next winter.
The bankruptcy bill is already post
poned. The new two percent bond
bill is very likely to be. and even the
Kelly revenue bill is not sure of pas
sage. The Naval appropriation bill
which some of the Democrats fought
SO bitterly in the house is very likely
to go through the Senate in about the
shape that Mr.. Robson desires.
1t transpires beyond doubt that the
burial of Guiteau's BODY in the cellar
of the jail was only temporary, and |
learn from sources which appear cred
table that the SHELTON is finally to 60
to amuseum in New York, while some
body is to get the benefit of the large
sum to be paid for it. Whether John
Guiteau has any hand in it ! am un.
able to state but it looks good deal
that way. By the assassin's will par
son Hicks is made the custodian of the
body, " to be used for no mercenary
purpose whatever" but in some mys-
FERROUS way his scruples have been
overcome if my information, is correct.
1t is positively asserted that the body
has already been removed from the
grave and taken to the Medical Mu-
scum here where the flesh is to be
disposed of and the SHELTON then sent
away. One Of our city papers says
that if anybody is willing to give sIo,-
900 for the body, it should be sold
and the money paid to Mr.. Scoville,
who has been the greatest sufferer
created by the tragedy. But if there
is to be sale there is no chance of
the money going for any such just pur-
pose. Mr.. Scoville's lot in the Gui-
teau affair certainly does seem to be a
hard one. When nobody else would
either speak or appear for the wretch
he for his wife's sake came forward at
great sacrifices to himself, and his only
reward is ingratitude and abuse by the
whole Guiteau crowd. John Guteau
whom Scoville kept out of the peni-
tertiary some years ago--he was a
defaulter and Scoville paid the def
) ciency-now turns upon him and even
endeavors to estrangc his wife. Such
! man might be expected to walk
about his brothers gallows talking and
laughing with bystanders. There is
no sympathy here with any of the lot.
The old controversy over Garfeld's
doctors has had an airing in the Senate
this week. In the debate on ar
amendment to the deficiency bill, re-
ducing the sum to be paid these ply
sicians, Senator Vest said that the doc.
tors had treated their patient for a
pus cavity, while the wound which
hurried him to his death had entirely
escaped their notice. Surgeons who
could make such a mistake as this
were quacks. He strongly intimated
that the President has been killed by
malpractice. He further said that DIR.
Bliss entered the case as volunteer
crowded others out, and took contro
against the wishes of the dying Presi
dent and his family. Mr.. Garland
said that. in his judgement, the chill
: dren of the late President could pursue
these surgeons and bring an action
: for damages against them on account
of the bungling manner in which they
: had treated the case. Mr.. Sherman
< thought the amount allowed for ply
4 sicians' fees in the bill was entirely too
n large and he was willing to vote for al
i amendment reducing it. The amend
a ment was adopted, fixing the total al
6 S35,soo, which is about half of tn,
I amount originally voted by the House
r Before this DR.. Bliss alone expected
a to get Sa5, 700, and had made his ar
e rangements for an extensive European
r tour. This difficulty about the docto
II appears to be only equaled by the dis
# agreement over the Guiteau autopsy