Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-10
TELEGRAPHIC.
PASSAGE OF THE CHINESE BILL N
THE SENATE
BY A VOTE OF TwENTY-NINE
TO FIFTEEN.
Garfeld's Letter Rejecting on Gen.
Rosecrans.
scovIIIE CLAIMS THAT GUITEAU'S TRIAL
WAS UNFAIR.
Jesse James Reported shot and
Killed.
Jesse James Reported shot and
Killed.
ESPECIAL TO THE sRSTISEL.l

ESPECIAL TO THE sRSTrSEL.l
new YORK. March 9.-Yesterday morn
ing the Journal published q letter written
Garfield in 1853, which reflected some
what on General Rosecrans. The latter
was seen yesterday by a Washington cor
respondent and said: 81 had no idea at
the time that l was harboring q person
Of such falseness and double deal
ing, or there would have been q court
at once. l did not look for such
exhibition Of Garield's character as
and l am sorry that the letter ever
saw light. 1t should never have been
written, for it is composed of untruths and
exaggerations."
Wants to Know If the Letter is
Genuine.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-General Rose
Grams declines to say anything in reply to
a letter published yesterday, purporting to
be written by General Garfield in 1868.
He says he is taking steps to ascertain
whether or not the letter is genuine, and
will await the result Of these inquiries be-
fore saying anything upon the subject.
General Rosecrans adds: Gas the letter
gravely affects the character Of General
Garfield. for truth and veracity, / deem it
due to him to first ascertain if it is gen.
uine."
Jesse James and Ed. Miller Re
ported Killed.
KANSAS CRY, March 9.-A passenger
who arrived on the Wabash train this
morning said that while he was waiting
for a train at Msberly, a Sheriff's officer
entered the depot there, having just arrived
from the West, and told q story which, il
true, will cause much rejoicing among
| railroad officials. He said that Jesse James
was captured last evening at some place in
Kansas-the passenger did not remember
the exact location-after q determined and
bloody fight, in which he killed seven Of
the pursuing officers and wounded three
others. Jesse himself is said to have been
| shot full of holes, and it is impossible for
him to live. The outlaw was surrounded
at q log cabin, in the midst of heavy tim
Der, where he and his companion, sup.
posed to be Ed. Miller, were hiding. They
were asleep when the officers arrived, but
the door OF the hut was securely barri-
caded, and they made q desperate resist
ance, killing seven officers while an
attempt was being made to batter the door
from the outside. Jesse's companion was
shot dead. The officer who told the story
claimed to have been with the party, and
had just reached Maberly by train. The
story Is generally ~discredited.
Military Aid Asked Fora
HELENA IN. IT,, March 9.-The United
States Marshal here has received o dispatch
dated March 8. from his Deputy. John
Healey, stating that he lisa prisoner among
the half-breeds and Indians in their camp
on Milk River. The country is full Of
s~mugglers and Illicit traders, and he had
arrested six Of the leading men and cap.
tured So, 900 worth OF robes, when the In
dams captured him and his outfit. He
asks aid from Fort Assimboine, as there
are not troops enough at Poplar River. and
the Sansisc Indians are ready for war.
Marshal Botkin has directed aid to be sent.
Later information Ia that General Rucker,
commandant ct Fort Assimboine, has sent
seven companies Of infantry and two OF
cavalry, numbering 400 men, under Cap
tain Norwood, to the scene Of the trouble.
with instructions to rescue Healy and
drive the half breeds and Greeks back into
British territory, whence they came. 1t ID
feared that Healey and his companions may
be butchered before the troops arrive.
scovilIe Will Write q Book.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-Scoville ia here
with Guiteau's manuscript for q book, de-
scribing the trial. Scoville will also write
q book. He claims that the trial was un-
fair, and says that shortly after the assas-
sination Q secret session Of the Cabinet
was held, at which District Attorney Cork
hill and o detective officer were present,
and at which the conclusion was unani-
mously expressed that Guiteau was crazy.
Notwithstanding this, and Attorney Gen
eral Macveagh's frequent statement of his
belief that Guiteau was insane, Mr.. Cork
hill persisted in the prosecution. Upon
this point Corkhill. In conversation with o
reporter, said that the only persons with
whom he conferred as to the advisability
of prosecuting the prisoner were physi-
| clans.
John W. Guiteau has discovered that the
gushing Jersey girl. who wrote letters to
| Guiteau during the trial, describing her
wealth, etc., lived in q tumbled-down
house. OF which . w~asherwoman was the
chief tenant.
Three Men Hanged by . Mob.
ALBUQUERQUE IN. M, March 9.-At
Lastania yesterday Charles Shelton. John
Redmond and Harry French were taken
from the Jail and hanged to the nearest
tree by masked men. Shelton murdered
Foreman Woodruff last Fall, Redmond
killed JosephM cDermott last January at
Gallup, on the Atlantic 4 Pacific Railroad,
and French. alias symptom. was one OF the
band Of desperadoes who killed Sheriff
Jones at Cranes. The mob also took two
negroes from the Jail. beat them unmsrci.
fully and turned them loose.
A Veteran of Three Wars.
OTTAWA tIowa), March s.-Nicholas
Remy, . native Of France, and q veteran
Of three wars, died yesterday at Kirkville.
at the age of 90 years. Remy was . Lieu.
tenant in the Grand Army under Napolean.
He was captured ct Salamanca. Spain.
while being transferred in British vessel
bound for London, assisted in . mutiny,
which was successful, and made his escape
to America. He became q soldier of the
4tCPabAA0 IA AN Wal Va 4O48s - Sci NSut
also, during the rebellion. as the principal
musician Of the Thirty-seventh Iowa Gray
beard Regiment.
Consideration OF b Chinese Bill.
WAsHrSeroS. March 9.-The Senate ct
o'clock resumed the consideration OF the
Chinese bill. and Hawley tRep.) OF Con-
necticut took the floor In opposition. He
finished at 2: rs. and was followed by Jones
OF Nevada. who, speaking extemporaneously,
proceeded to review and o~riticise the argu.
ments advanced BY the opponents Of the
bill. especially the two Senators from Mas
sachusetts.
Death OF am Old Soldier.
MINERAL PorSr wis., March Chris
tian Schafer died here yesterday, aged 90.
He was a soldier under Napoleon Bona