Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-14
LATE EASTERN NEWS,
Guiteau's Last Hours.

Na>hlnS'ou SptCihl saNs. LIZ. NC.
Williams, assistant physician at the
district Jail does bot thing Guiteau
showed all the fi,mness IN his last
hours with which lie has been ere.
dited. He said: Il had been at
Jail every night for the whole week
watching him pretty closely. On
the nigh! Of Thursday l visited his
cell about midnight and found him
sitting on bed looking straight be-
fore him into vacancy. The most
perfect pict ure of dependency I
ever beheld. He asked me then to
inspect the ga!lows for him. He
lid not want any bnngling. will
insly promised 10 do it. You will
he down at this murder Tomorrow"
he said. To this 1 made no reply.
When | saw him next morning, the
guari said that he had slept none
during the night. He would occa-
sionaily so into doze and start out
of it with some inarticulate sound.
Officers bear witness that he ate
nothing for his breakfast. He may
have put something in his mouth
amounting to nothing. 1t was the
way at dinner when he was said to
have eaten hearty meal. FROM
what was learned from the guard he
broke down in perfect despair in the
morning and wept freely. 1t was
necessary to make every effort to
keep MIN up, TO talk to him, fan him,
and urge him to be firm, to be
man. When General Checker came
into the cell to read the death war;
rant Guiteau was greatly agitated,
but he was able to stand. When it
had been read he sat down. When.
he reached the top of the scaffold
be faltered mot stumbled) and read.
ing his prayer he wsvered so excess
sively that Croker was at one time
anxious to stop it. 1 was just back
of the scaffold and / could see him
catching his breath and struggling
TO control it. 1t was dreadful"
Somred on His Pro,oge.
CHICAGO, July S.-A Washington
special says Conkhns doesn't appear
at all satisfied with Arthur. and some
of the remarks he made in private
conversation do not indicate by any
means, intimacy and confidence in
each other, the public has for some
time supposed to exist. Conkling
has been very sarcastic when talk.
ing with his associates, and always
delights them thereby. He is an ex-
cellent mimic and apparently has
very keen eye for the weakness Of
prominent men. He is epigram-
matte and given to inventine ex-
pressions descriptive of his likes
and dislikes. 1t was he who inven-
ted Featherheads to denominate
Half-breeds. He invented an entire
vocabulary of expressions, to des-
cribe Hayes. Conkling, since in.
venting an expression describing
the present President, and one that
will probably be heard of again,
said, " Arthur is the prize OK Of
politics. All he wants is blue rib
bon around his ear to complete his
character. Look at his fat, red,
smooth face; his figure, his fancy
combed hair and perfect growing"
A Chinese Question.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The Sunday
Gazette prints the following: Tue
Cabinet. has secretly considered the
propriety of the request made by the
Chinese minister to allow of passage
through this country en- route to
China of 10000 coolies ON Cuba.
1t was affirmed that great hardship
and expense would accrue to them if
they were not allowed to take this
route. The executive very properly
denied the request. The pro-Chi-
nese press everywhere, with its usual
ignorance of facts, has taken up the
diplomatic falsehood of astute Celes-
tials here, and descants Justify on the
wrong done coolie men and broth
els. What wrong pray? 1t was
said that Chinese Cuban lahorers
would have to return home by way
of England. That is fslsehood.
Every on of them went to Cuba by
ship from Hongkong to Panama,
crossed the Isthmus and thence by
vessel across the Caribbean sea to
Cuba. Probably not one of the co.
600 referred to ever came to or landed
in the United States. Why then
should they return this way and by
the most expensive methods for such
persons. We allude to this matter,
first to deny Chinese pretension.
and second, to show in what manner
and how shrewdly Chinese dealers
in labor are endeavoring to circum-
vent the law. If Cuban coolies
should be allowed to pass through
the United States by far the larger
proportion OF them would remain.
! War Begun In Egypt.
LONDON, July lin the House of
Lords at 6 o'clock this evening Lord
Northbrook read a telegram which
he had just received stating that. all
the forts had been silenced except
one or two outside the harbor.
1t is confirmed that 40 British
were wounded. The Egyptian loss
at present is unknown but is likely to
be severe. Part of Raseltin palace
is in ruins and the lighthouse slight
ly damaged. Lord Nor.hbrook al
SO read an official telegram that un-
armed ships had silenced the Mara
bout works ut IL 40 A. NJ.
LONDON, July ia Standards
correspondent on the Lrincible tele.
graphs the following:
ALEXANDRIA, July 11.-9:10 AN.
Attack on forts has now been kept
up two hurs. Smoke hangs over
the town along the line of shore bat
tsries and among the ships aud it is
difficult to see what damage has been
done. 1t is certain, however, the
oprpav hoe s.nffa, "a I,oru h,or.1y