Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-10-21
EASTERN NEWS.
Gov. Cleveland Assaulted
by a Crank.
THE BLAINE LIBEL SUIT SET
FOR TRIAL DEC. %.
A Party of Lynohers Attempt to Take
Two Negroes from Jail.
THE VILLAGE OF CARTHAGE REPORTED
70 BE ABLAzE.
Large Numbers Of Operatives Thrown
Out Of Employment.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Gov. Cleveland Assaulted ON the

Streets.
ALBANY, Oct. 20.-Albany City was
thrown into great excitement this morn
ing by the report that Gov. Cleveland
had been assaulted while on his way from
the Executive Mansion to the capitlo.
Some reports had it that he had been
assassinated aud others that he had been
fatally wounded. The reports spread with
marvellous rapidity, and soon hundreds
thronged the Capitol and sought out the
Governors room to inquire as to the
rumors and the condition of the Cover
nor. As is usually the case, there was
slight foundation for the m upon
which the slight structure of fiction has
been built in passing from mouth to
mouth. Stripped of all embellishments
the facts are substantially as follows: Last
Monday Boone reappeared with his wife.
Mrs. Boone went into the Executive
Chamber while her husband remained
in the ante-room. She became excited and
violent in her language, and the Cover
nor's attendants, say suddenly struck
at Cleveland, who sliced her arm
before the blow came and requested
the woman to be seated and be calm.
He arose and, she sat down and then
screaming fell to the floor in violent by
| ~sterics. Two orderlies then removed her
across the street to q house where she was
treated. She has been hysterical most of
the time since. Boone states that when
| he heard his wife scream he rushed into
the Executive Chamber and found the
Governor just letting go of her. He was
| put aside by the orderlies, who removed
| the woman. He claims that the treat
ment of his wife was SO severe that she is
in a dying condition, and overcome by his
feelings he attacked the Governor. The
reporter Of the Albany Journal, who
called at the house where Mrs. Boone is,
saw her and the bruises on her, where it is
alleged the Governor seized her, were
shown him. He said she was in a coma
tose condition and apparently dying.
As Gov. Cleveland was going from the
Executive Mansion to the capitol about 8
o'clock this morning, he was assaulted in
front OF the Medical College by Samuel
Boone OF Elmira, who struck at the Gov
ernor with his right hand. The blow was
wsrded off, and the man repeated
the blows several times without hitting the
Governors face. He then darted towards
a pile of cobble stones, but was intercepted
by DR.. Houghton before he obtained mis-
siles. Boone returned to the attack on the
| Governor, when Houghton seized and held
him and the Governor deliberately re-
| sumed his walk. Boone was released and
went quickly to his clearinghouse, Ian
caster street, where lie was arrested.
Shortly afterwards DR.. Houghton overlook
the Governor and conversed briefly with
| him about the assault. The Governor pro-
ceeded to the capital and went to work, al
luding only casually to the matter to the
| attaches Of the Office. In the Police
Court, Boone pleaded not guilty and asked
two days to prepare his case as he wanted
to telegraph Judge Boardman Smith of the
| Supreme Court to defend him. The case
was put down for Wednesday afternoon.
Boone has been seeking a pardon for his
| brother-in-law, Byron B. Fairbanks, SEN
| fenced to two years at Auburn for shooting
into q crowd near his house On Halloween
and seriously wounding a boy. Boone
and wife called on the Governor at Elmira
during his recent visit to the State Fair,
and asked for the pardon of Fairbanks.
The Governor said be would look it over.
When he returned to Albany he men
toned the matter to District Attorney
Stanchfeld, who expressed himself as
strongly opposed to granting a pardon, as
he didn't think there were any grounds for
clemency. About a week or 10 days after
Cleveland's return he (Boone) turned up.
The Governor said be had not reached the
case yet. Boone made some threatening
remarks and retired. Boone followed the
Governor back and forth to the Executive
Mansion that day, and declared he would
not leave until he got a pardon. Finally
he disappeared.
Saved from Judge Lynch.
MyNrEIs, Tenn, Oct. 20.-A mob Of
mas.3d men yesterday, at Senate bia'
Miss, attempted to take Samuel Franklin
and Shakespeare Franklin, W negroes,
from Jail to lynch them, but were pre-
vented by the Sheriff, jeff Williams, aided
by his Deputy, Self Vesey. The negroes
recently ave been sentenced for a long
term to the penitentiary for poisoning five
members Of the family Of @. Smith, living
near Senatobia. The mob broke down the
outer Jail door, but were fired upon by the
Sheriff and finally retreated. While John
Fitzgerald, 6 horse thief, was attempting
to escape from the Jail by letting himself
out of the window with a rope, the rope
broke and Fitzgerald fell to the ground,
40 feet below, receiving fatal injuries.
The Blaine Libel Suit.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 20.-ln the United
States Court this morning the case OF
Blaine vs.. the Indianapolis Sentinel, for
libel, was set for trial Dec. 23. The dc,
PENDANTS attorney had subpenas issued
for Blaine to serve on him tomorrow. The
argument between the attorneys was ina
all writs Of subpenas should be served Oh
Blaine's attorneys.
Paying on.
New YORK, Oct. 20.-The Receiver Oh
the Wall Street Bank to-day began the
payment of a dividend OF 20 per cent to
depositors. Ex-President Evans says they
will be paid in full. 1t is doubtful, how,
ever. whether the stockholders will receive
anything.
UTICA, Oct. 20.-The village OF Carthage
IA reported to be ablaze. Several mili'
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