Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-31

pleaded guilty to robbinR the mails szc
vas sentenced to ten years in the peui-
teutiary. He had read the life Of
Jesse James He ran away from home
and robbed two stages When captured
ne told the officers that be intended or
ganizing band that would s1rpass the
James gang and would give him q
celebrity equal TO that Of Gland Davsl.
Gems sseee..sr.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-Hen. wu. Z.
Saith Of New York has been appointed
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury in
place Of Charles Z Corn, resigned, to
take eject Nov. l0sh. smith is lawyer,
aged sbou. 20. and resides az Platts-
burg, With sn Office in New York City.
vhsre he IL one Of the attorneys for the
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company.
he has been leader Of what is kno1n
as tbs Young Democr icy. and has been
Identified With the Tilden element Of The
party. In lisa be was ihe leader of his
party in the Sev York Assembly. and
Vas one of the most Influential cham
pions of Governor CIevsiand's reform
measures He was a prominent figure
In ths delegation Of Young Democrats
sent to the Chicago Conveatlon to urge
tie nomination of Cleveland, spd on
his RET urn vas selected 10 manage sbe
canvass IN Nss York.
Fewer De.ertisns.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-The annual
repsrt Of General Drum. Adjutant Gen
eral Of the Army, furnished today for
public ition. SAYS that the AdiGt ant
General has much pleasure in stating
thai the numb.r of assertions from the
army during the past year has sensibly
decreased. being 745 less than the mum
Der stated 10 bis last report.
They want 10 Vote.
ALBANY. Ost. 3c.-Mrs. Mary Sey-
mour Howell, Mrs. Experience =. Mil
Ter, aud Harriet V. Chaplin applied at
registered as voters today. The last
named was registered, bot the others
were refused. Mrs. Howell then sp-
Piled to Judge ingalls, for a msndamus
to compel the Bo I'd to register her
name, bu: the Judge refused.
The End Of Downward Journey.
Bosros, O5t 30 j. n. Talbot, alias
Otto Fauk, aged q years, was found
dead In his cell this morning in the Do
lioe station at Cambridge. where be
had been arrested for stealing books.
he had committed suicide by taking poi.
son. Talbot's career has been a down
ward oEe. While d student at the Uni
versity of Chicago, he endeavored by
laying a train of dynamite to blow up
the buildings aad destroy the College
generally. At the same time be had been
stealing books from the Chicago pablie
library, and for both of these crimes be
was brought into a court of Justice.
On the ground of insanity be was
sent to the asylum from which be 90
capped soon after. This vas a year or
SO ago. At the opening of the Divinity
School at Harvard. Talbot presented
himself for admission, having with him
several letters signed by many infiuen-
tial men OF Chic igo. The letters all
bore date of 1876, but a closer exami-
nation reveals the fact that the "5" was
forged, the original date being 1883.
this being the time of his admission
into the University of Chicago. For
sometime books have been missing from
the Harvard library, but not until now
could the culprit be definitely placed.
Sergeant Hartman, yesterday, found
In Norton's woods, at the rear of
Agassiz's Museum, sacks containing $50
volumes all bearing the stamp of the
library. At Sawin's express office in
Harvard Square vas found % more
volumes tied sp and ready for shipment.
Other stolen property was found, which
be had taken from physician. Wnen
discovered this morning Funk's body
was still warm, lying crosswise upon
the bunk. On the floor of the cell
was pieoe of yellow paper, upon
which was written: Mr.. Peabody,
will you please forward my trunk to my
sister. Bertha Talbot, As West Black
hawk street, Chicago" There was no