The Worthington advance., 1882-03-09

Louisiana. As small "a the yield was in III,
majority of tho southern States it was but little
less than the average in some Of the western
States. as in Iowa the average was only G. {
bushels, in Missouri g. 6, and in Nebraska z.
The high yield in the New England States of al
grains is doubtless due to more thorough cul
tivation than is given to cereals in other parts
of the country r. II. E.
SHOT Al viCTOnIA.
A British Lunatic Fires u Shot at tue Queen
The Would b. Ass .ssln Nearly Rent bv
the Crowd at Windsor Castle, and Is
Locked Up.
LONDON, March 2-Tho queen arrived at
Windsor about 5:25. She had been ia London
since Tuesday, where sLe gave drawing
room "Wednesday in honor Of Princcss Helen OF
Waldeck, who is to marry Prince Leopold. A
crowd assembled 1t Buckingham palace this
forenoon, hoping to sea the queen drive out.
Ihe dcmeauor OF tho people WAS as cordial as
usual: Inere was q large crowd OF spectators
awaiting the queens arrival at Windsor. The
queen walked across he platform of the rail-
way station to her ca!Si. &c, which was in wait
'ng to take her t. the castle. John Brown had
already ascended to q seat EeEml the carnage.
when man giving tic rams Of Rolacic. Mac
Lean, miserable 10 king o'ject,
standing at tho entrance OF the station
yard among the spect ttors pointed a pistol
at the carriage and fired. To Judge
from the report The pis til was not avily load
60. Tho queen, who WAS no: aware OF what
haa happened, was Immediately driven by the
drlver to the castle, but before 81 paesod by
the man had leen eeiz d by the s,pcr;ntonaent
or the borough! police, who Was Standing near
oy. nc was also violently seized by the crowd
and only rescued when thee or four policemen
came TO the superintendents assistance. The
pistol was captured by oDe o. the crowd Mao
Lean, who was miserahly clad, was taken into
High street and thence conveyed to tue police
station in q cab. AS soon as the queen arrived
ut the castle, she ordered al. eqnerry to the de-
pot to inquire il any ore was hurt Tie report
OF the p'sso! was sharp, not loud. Macl4aan
apparently intended fii1g again, when his re-
volver, which seemed 70 'c Low cns was
knocked from his hand iy bystanGer and
handed to tho police. E:on schol-
ars were prominen: in the attempt 10
lynch MacLean. pons ,nby, the Green's secre-
tary, proceeded to the police station, aud aftor
obtai1iog all the Information possible telo.
graphed to Gladstone tho facts Of the :sseuit
tanned any stuck. MScin:in is said to he an in
habltant of Southsea. The &c, e:al opIn oa is
that the act wss the r-el.t ot u1acy
NO bullet marks were found on the queen s
carnage Kesolutl'n, expressing horror ut the
attempt to assassinase tie Queen were raised at
Va'lous meetings TO- hight, 10th in LoIu pen and
provinces, Including & meeting Of hishmen.
The car, the empress of Austria and Emperor
William OF Germany telegrsph.d messages Of
sympathy. Th9 qucah had her Ginuer party
last night as usual. No political eignificance i,
attached IN any quarter TO the outrage
Maclean il twenty seven years old. Els
states that he is groct1s assla.snt The doc
tors pronounce him sane. Tho revolver IL a
'S-cLamhcred Colts American make Two
chambers wero found lca:ed. and two recently
discharged.
Fourteen ball cartridges were found on the
prisoner MacLean says hunger acsuated tie
crime. The cabinet sent dispatch to Windsor
expressing qualification at TIC failure Of the at
tompt
In the house of commons, Harcourt. reply
ing to the inquiry from Northcote, stating that
the man MacLeau, who shot u the queen this
afternoon, was clerk and native OF London
he added that the queen was not alarmed at
the event
MacLesn's attempt is the fourth that has in
pe1led the life Of Victoria during the forty-ive
eventful years Of her reign.
IN Mclean i, . wcs charged at the po1co station
with shooting at the qutoa with !ncent to 90
grevious bodily arm. He asked whether any
one was hurt, bu: the police refused to give
him any information. After searching the
yard at the railway station for an hour this
morning the police found small bullet imbed-
ded in tile ground. It bore thc3 marks of
having first struck some other objec. Twas
qneen,s carrisge was passing having probably
The queen and priucess' Beatrice
walked On. the castle terrace.es usual this morn
ing. An eye witness Of tho shooting states
that Mclean WAS fumbl;ng in his pocket whle
the queen was being helped into the carriage
but The presence OF the crowd prevented him
from raising his arm Until the carrisgs was ;r
motion. The same Cause made him very wide
OF his mark. 4 special Thanksgiving service
was held 1T Windsor to day for The escape of
the queen from the attempt upo: her life
Mclean ls now under examination before q
Windsor magistrate. He was hooted at by the
crowd while on his way to the town hall.
AT tho examination of :icLean, two letters
we're read. In the first, which was written be-
fore the shooting, he said he was compelled to
commit tho crime against the bioa.ed sristoc-
racy because Of tho insuf1ic!ency of the roiief
offered him. In the second letter, wrtton af-
ta1 his arrest he said his only object was 10
cause pubic, alarm and get his pecuniary
hurt the queen, but only fired st tho wheels Of
her carriage. The police evidence at the ex-
animation, which the prisoner tried to shake by
cross examination, went to prove that he fired
straight at tho carriage, and not at the wheel,
as he alleged.
ITO pONCo uhVo asCeflallGC tsIat Hc Lean
was formerly in the Wells lunatic asylum. and
was only discharged in September LAST A
solicior has written a letter to the mayor CT
Windsor Stating that he dcfendo q man
nsmod Rode1ick McLe,n at Meads!one in
1874, charged with attempting TO upset a
train. Since bis discharge from the Wells
asylum he has been confined in the Weston
SuPmore asylum, London The police have
information taat he was lncarcorated in an
other asylum many months. The archbishop
OF Canterbury has requested tle clergy to Of
fer thanks for the dcliversrce Of the queen
in their churches on Sunday. The queen
drove through Windsor to-day, and wps vel
coined with indeseribable enthusiasm. When
tho prisoner left the town hall s'tcc bis cx-
animation twenty men endeevored to overtnrn
tho carriage containing him.