Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-29

irving to make Guiteau Crazy.

eau. the ASSASSIN brotner, Gau an iiSci-
view with President Arthur this after
noon. He was accompanied By the Rev.
DR.. Hicks. By special invitation Of the
President, Guiteau submitted synop-
sis of the pamphlet he mas prepared as
tending TO prove the insanity OF hls
brother and;also copy of the pamphlet
itself. he made an earnest appeal on
behalf Of his brother, and urged tho
President to give him CT opportunity to
fully establish hts brothers real rasntal
condition in the manner proposed by DR..
Beard. of New York, before it WAS toe
late. He was confident the proper med
ical estimation would show his brother
was utterly irresponsible for bis actions.
He dep!ored his brothers crime, and
could only account for it on his theory
of inspiration. Rev. DR.. Hicks stated
today that he has not asked the Presi-
dent to reprieve Guitsau on the ground
Of insanity, as he docs not claim to be
an expert on that question. He has
been cent TO the President merely in or.
der thai he might give any information
concerning Guitsau's conduct while I'M
der his observation that may be desired.
He says Guiteau is sseadfast in his the
DRY of inspiration, and does not want to
see his brother or anybody else who says
inf f,f the
efforts being made to obtain him re-
spite, Guiteau said be hoped the Pres'-
den. would find il his duty to God to
grant him pardon, as that might mean
educating the people mp to his theory OF
inspiration, but if it could not be done
he would rather hang. and the sooner
the better. His last adm onition to DR..
Hicks in regard to seeing the President
was in fthe following words: go no
more. The matter ID now between him
(the President and God. Let him act
a. he must give an account. he Is
responsible to God" The President re-
Piled to j. w. Guiteau, and said he sym
pathized with him in his present atfiic-
ton, and that he would give to the pa
pers submitted his careful attention.
He did not. however, hold out to Guiteau
any encouragement to hope for execu-
tive interference in his brothers behalf.
Contradictory Reports.
The commission of experts to whom
Secretary Folger submitted for exami-
nation tho bond plate surrendered by
Doyle, convicted in Chicago, have fin
ished their work. II is understood the
commission makes two reports, one at
firming, tho other denying the genuine
ness of the plate.
CHICAGO, June 2s.-Amos T.. Hall, a
prominent citizen and Secretary Of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad,
died last night.
The Agttator.
Michael Davitt will arrive in Chicago
tomorrow, speaking in Music Hall in
tho evening. He will leave for Buffalo
at night. He win have warm recep-
ton at the hands of the Irish. The
Committee have arranged that his lee.
ture shall be a financial success.
Illinois Corn. Weather, &c.
S.W. Allerton, who has 1900 acres
of corn land in the best part of the
State, says of the prospect in Pitt and
adjoining counties, that heavy rains
have damaged and delayed corn plant
ing! and blowing, and until the last
week farmers were discouraged. Now
the corn is fairly coming out of the
ground, and farmers are full of hope,
and all concede their years crop in CEN
trail Illinois will exceed by many thou
sand bushels the crop Of 1881. Other
grain looks better than ever before, and
ten days more of good weather will
almost insure good crop. At the worst
this years yield will be much above the
average, and railroad earnings will in
crease 70 per cent. in consequence. A
more comprehensive view of the pros
poets, taking in the northwestern States,
will give less roseate hue. The pa
pers are burdened with reports of
storms, cyclones, floods and winds, so
general in character and so similar, hav-
ing wrought damage to crops that the
conclusion 10 irresistible that great in
jury has been inflicted by these storms.
There has also boen, in addition to in
jury to crops, great loss in cattle, fences
and outhouses, and not o little loss of
life. Butler county, Nebraska, was de-
vastated by tornado on Sunday night,
people killed, much stock lost and
crops destroyed. The path of the storm
was ten miles wide. Damages are esti
mated at $4,000. In the vicinity of
Verona, Iowa, streams were raised to
great nights. Fields were completely
inundated, and bridges and sluices car
ried away. Many farmers abandoned
the idea Of raising enough corn to feed.
Oats was materially injured, many
fields being red with rust, aud tho oot.
look for the crop 10 80 per cent. worse
than 10 days ago. Disastrous storms in
Missouri, along the line Of the Hanni-
bal h st. Joe railway, blew down 50
miles Of telegraph wire about Brook
field. There are washouts on the Mis-
souri, Pacific and Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy. Trains were delayed by
washouts, and unsafe bridges are almost
gone. The cyclone visited Galesburg
on Sunday, and although the damage
was not great, the ueiRhboring country
was severely visited. The Illinois river
ID out of its banks, and bottom farming
for this year il impossible. The rail-
roads generally have suffered much loss.
No serious mishaps have occurred to
tracks. on account Of watchfulness Of
the management. The telegraph wires
are twisted, torn and grounded in every
direction in Nebraska. The storm trav-