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Newspaper Page Text( THE MORNING NEWS. > J EsTAßUsasr. 1850. Imoorpohatkd 1888. > ( J. H. ESTILL. President, \ 10CIS BULLING HANGED. the doomed man shoots him 6BLF IN THE BREAST. A Vain Effort to Commit Suicide—A Commutation Sought, but in Vain. Bis Last Night in Prison—A Hideous Story-A Confirmed Opium Eater. Dragged to the Gallows. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 4.— The his tory of the gallows tells no more hideous story than that of the execution of Louis Bulling, the St. Joseph wife-murderer, at Savannah, Mo., this afternoon. Just be fore the time for the execution the doomed man Bhot himself in a vain effort to commit suioide and finally died on the gallows, shrieking for mercy and cursing bis executioners. Up to a few days ago Bulling seemed cheertul and hopeful in the face of his ap proaching death. Ue had twice before cheated the gallows by jail breaking. He reasoned that that chance still remained and to it might be addedjtwo others—commutation of sentence and sui cide. One of these chances failed. Earlj last week it was discovered that Bulling hßd planned to break jail a third time. Steel saws were found iu hit cell and they were taken away from him. A perpetual guard was kept over him and all visitors were searched before being permitted to enter. All means of escape were cut off. A COMMUTATION SOUGHT. Then the doomed man sent for his father and mother, and pleaded with them to ap peal to the governor for a commutation of the sentence. The faithful parents went to Jefferson City and had several personal in terviews with Gov. Francis, but the gov ernor was firm in his decision to not interfere. Still the parents did heart. Tney made another call on the governor yester day, and pleaded for their son’s life. The governor would not interpose. Then Mr. and Mrs. Bulling telegraphed their son the governor’s decision, and followed the mes sage to Savannah. They had an affecting parting from the doomed man last uight. When Bulling’s second obance for life disappeared he broke down com pletely. When he received from his parents a message that the governor was obdurate he fainted. He was a confirmed opium eater, and during the night he was given large doses if the drug. It failed to have its accustomed effect, and the condemned murderer slept less than two hours during the night. HIS LAST NIGHT ON EARTH. Rev. August Lavake, during Buffing's waking hours, spent the time in reading the Bible and praying, exhorting Bulling to confess his sins and receive baptism. Sheriff Barry had set the Hour for the execution at 10 o’clock this morning. When he went to the cell at fi o’clock to prepare Bulling for the scaffold the doomed man pleaded so piteously for an ex tension of a few hours that the sheriff yielded and gave him until 2 o'clock to live. Bulling ate a breakfast and spent the rest of the time in pleading with the sheriff for mercy and attending to the religious exorcise* conducted by t,,e Rev. Lavake. He still had a faint hope ot a commutation, but at noon he submitted to the baptism ceremony and received the sacrament. When 2 o’clock ar rived he renewed his supplications to the sheriff and pleaded for one hour more. The sheriff granted bis request. The sheriff then retired, leaving the mur derer with Rev. Lavake, at the same time removing the guard from the cell door, at Bulling’s re iuest to be left alone with his spiritual adviser. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN HIS CELL. The silence of the jail wag broken by the voice of the priest when suddenly two shots rang out. The sheriff ran to the call. The ljy ou the floor. At his side lay b illing, weltering In his own bbod, whieu fl med from wou ids in bis breast, lie had shot himself twice with a revolver. The priest had fainted. On an elimination of Bulling’s body it showed that cno f the bullets had entered Lis left breast and glancing tr >:n the rib had passed a'onnd his body and come out of his back. The o: her 1 uuet only made a sight flesh wound in his ieft side. dragged to the gallows. He swore at them in a horrible manner. I deputies dragged the struggling man to the courtyard and lifted him <>n the gallows. He refused to stand aud they placed him upo i a chair. As he sat there he presented a revolting sight. Ho was dressed only in a sniri, and trousers. Hi3 hands and face were covered with blood, which also stained his shirt, and blood was streaming through his Shoes. He cursed and swore at the depu es, cried and screamed for mercy and Shrieked in terror. Finally he was told to et ue and stand on the drop. He refused and four deputies held him up while the hung and adjusted, hi®, pack cup was placed over - head and screaming, cursing and blas- Sctlvat 11 3 ai S o°clock rOUgh th ° ° POtIiDS eX ‘ diedStm'stam'ly oll^1116 tM ° nd h 9 Pnifi™ I ' av . a J £e llafl DPen arrested for giving atierrmt a , the P stol with which be delS d . to coulmit suicide. Rov. Lavake “jf" b 9 interviewed. BulUng’a weapon n. searched aud no mitty a 7 a3 .. °nly persona ad newKPor.!° tbe ce '* since that time were I aniir P " rm 0 tilß dap 1 ties aud Rev. * e - Suspicion fell upon the latter. RUspited for two weeks. S ? pt ' 4 - —Tho governor He T>uncan for two weeks. Ea-de b ? Ve keen hanged to-dav at tj S th ( , ii J, 1 * SS Duncan who appealed States superior court, but w nose appeal was rejected. THS SPEAKER 3HIP. The Presence in Washington of Four Candidates Starts a Rumor. Washington. Sept. 4.-The fact that Kepresentatives Mills. McMillan, Bynum ®hd H atoh wera a „ , n tQwn day gtarted the mor tsl at they had a conference about ma’i? >ea , e ™kiPt and had reached an agroo loquirv aho- W ?e ld sim P ilf y th ccniest. it-'onlv t"w° l ,k at ‘bore was no truth in and tnrir n °° them even saw each other, •^Sce° nVerE&tion tad “ 0t a Purchases of Bilvor. silver c “*• —The amount of day w a f i yy/v'o* 3lo t 0 tLe government to purchased aud tha a , m ? unt .#835. waa 8 ‘3,000 ounces at .H3o@ Chicago V MU!a cloaln g Down. Superior \vi LL ’’ ® ep *- 4 —A dispatch from down of all th.’i 9 *i S: Tho earl . v closing the lake is nr!r U u t * r mllls at tho bead of 1 'gs in th“ A P rLi Qhly oaosed by the lack of Plenty of In-?^ n,aion ' lnd Middle rivers, out of tLe .it * c u‘. hut they did not get All the**KMqpimu °t *P rin * b “ vl °* south of prices of lumaL. Wl be affected, and the price, of lumber w, U advance materially. W§t Jfcfrattg ANOTHER EXPREBS HELD UP. Two Masked Men Attempt Robbery But Secure Nothing. San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 4.—The Los Angelos express was held up by two masked men a few miles south ot Modesto last night. The robbers boarded the train at Ceres, and compelled Engineer Neff and Fireman Wallace to ex tinguish the head light and fill the boiler with water. They then made them get down, go to the ex press ear aud order it opsn. Conductor Roche and Braketnan Fox were iu the front car and at once went out on the platform and locked the outside car. At the sight of the conductor's lantern one of the robbers called out for him to go back, firing a shot at him. The oouduotorset the lantern back and fired two shots at the robbers. FIGHT WITH A DETECTIVE. The conductor at once went back into the car, sought Detective Leu Harris of I.os Angeles and Detective Lawson, who chanced to be on the train. Harris got out of the car on the west side, walked toward where the robbers, who had gone over to that side of the express car, were. When about two osrlengths from the express car Harris opened fire with a revolver, sending two shots in their direction. The robbers returned the fire, firing three shots, all of which took effeo', hitting Harris on the neck and over the left eye. Meanwhile the robbers compelled En gineer Neff to hold a torch while Fireman Wallace worked at the door. They called several times to the express messenger aud his assistant, Charles, to opeu tho door and come out, claiming they would not hurt them, but they refused to open the door. SHATTERED BY A BOMB. A bomb was exploded against the door, shattering the beams and making an open ing large enough for them to enter, but the shooting by Harris, and also the shots fired during the affray by Brakenian Fox, evi dently soared them off, as they left without securing any treasure. Harris was taken to Merced, where he is dying. As soon as the news of tho attempted rob bery reached Merced, a special train started for the scene bearing officers and a posse of sixty men, who are cow in pursuit. Officers also started from Tulare, Modesto, Merced and Latbrop. A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER ARREBTED. Merced, Cal., Sept. 4.— Two men sus pected of being implicated in the attempted robbery of the south bound train last night were arrested at Ceres early this morning and taken to Modesto. One of the men was riding on the rear e.id of a bag gage car at the time, but claims to know nothing about the robbery. The Merced officials guarded the bridge over the Merced river during the night, but as the river is low it could be forded on horseback at any point. The general opinion is that the robbers have made for the mountains east of Merced, in which case their capture is doubtful. Tho physicians who attended Detective Harris here cay his wound is not serious. THE SAMUEL STATION ROBBERY. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 4.—A special from San Antonio, Tex., says that the bandits who robbed the Southern Pacific express train at Samuels Tuesday night secured more booty than the first reports of the robbery stated. Iu each Weiis-Fargo oar there are two safes, one for local business and the other for through business. The latter is locked at Houston and opened here, relooked here and not reopened until it reaches San Francisco. The mes senger does not know what the combination is, aud tha contents are generally very val uable. It was this safe which the robbers blew open. Tho loss is, therefore, much heavier than at first reported. Instead of £2,000, it will reach $1.0,000, and may go even higher. The manager of the Texas division admits that the amount secured is over SIO,OOO. A DYNAtvHT.iI EX-PLOSION. Sixteen Workmen in the Factory Completely Annihilated. Chicago, 111., Sept. 4. —A special from White Pigeon, Mich., says: “The dyna mite factory of F. A. Reynolds & Cos., near this place, exploded last evening. It is esti mated that about twenty tons of dynamite was in the factory. Of the three story brick building scarcely a vestige re mains. SIXTEEN* LIVES LOST. Sixteen workmen, mostly Swedes and Norwegians, were completely annihilated. Not an atom cf them is to be fouud. It is impossible to learn their name, as the com pany books, pay rolls, etc.. are lost. The loss is estimated nt $85,000. The concussiou In White Pigeon was aw ful, and the citizens were oadly frightened. Goods in the stores were thrown from tho shelves, and bouses rooked to and fro. A piece ot the, German Lutheran church fail with a loud crash, and the walls of several buildings were cracked and damaged. DENIED AT WHITE PIGEON. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 4.—Advices from White Pigeon, Alien., deny thata dynamite explosion took plaoe there last night, THS WA D - PORTFOLIO. No Probability of Elkins Succeed n; Secretary Proctor. Washington, Sept. 4.—There is reason to believo that Stephen B. Eikir.s will not succeed Secretary Proctor. Mr. Elkins, it is true, has a remarkable hold on President Harrison, just as he has on Secretary Blaine. The President appreciates the fact that Mr. Elkins, as Secretary Blaine’s representative, actually nominated him at Chicago. He finds that he is an agreeable companion and likes to have him with him, but Mr. Elkins’ name was considered when tne Presi dent was making up his cabinet, and after hearing from the men whom he trusted as to the probablo comments of the press upon the appointment of Mr. Elkins to u cabinet position, he dropped him. No doubt he would like to have Mr. Elkins in his cabinet, especially as he might thus secure (or think he had secured) the support of one of Secretary Blaine’s closest friends and the votes of the West Virginia delegation, but if he disregards his former fear of p ipular candemuatton, and appoints Mr. Elkins, it will simply show that his desire for renomination has blinded his judgment. H.s closest friend in the caDinet has no idea that ha will make such a blunder. Azainst Separate Coaches. S*. Louis, Mo., Sept. 4.—The interstate commerce commission has rendered an im portant decision regarding the separate coach laws of Texas. Tne decision is given in the case of a negro purchasing a chair car ticket from Louisiana to Texas, aud who was transferred to a separate coach when ho reached Texas. He claimed the federal law had been violated, and the com mission sustained him. earing that the Texas law affects the local and state trans portation only. A Tobacco Waroh.use Burned. Louisville, Ky., Sept 4.-7. J. Bethel's tobacco and rehandling house was burned las: night. The loss is S3d,OJO, but the in surance will cover it. SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,1891. RUSSIA AND THE rORTE. ENGLAND’S EFFORTS FOR CON CERTED ACTION OFTHE POWERS. To Demand Full Explanations From tho Forte Tho Turkish - Russian Agreement and Evasion of tho Treaty of Paris—lt Involves the Question of Egypt. (Cop]/riahted,K9\,by the X. Y. Associated Press.) London, Sept. 4 —The ee.ui-olticial state ment which the ports issued yesterday in regard to the agreement with Russia touching the passage of the Russian volun teer fleet through the Dardanelles is quickening the British foreign office in its efforts to obtain concerted action on the part of the treaty powe-s in demanding full explanations from the porte. Within two days Lord Salisbury’s atti tude appears to have changed from one of pretended indifference into one of keen diplomatic activity. From the Chateau Cecil, where he still abides, he has awakened the officials of the foreign dipnrtment here, through whom, night and day, cipher dis patches pass iu a stream to and from Euro pean capitals. ENGLAND MUST ACC. A high official of the department, who was recently of the opiulou that the Mos cowa incident would not affect the existing relations between Oreat Britain aud Tur key, now takes the view that the Russo- Turkish agreement will make necessary an early demonstration on the part of Great Britain, oven if she has to uot alone. Tim porte’s statement is evidently in tended to cover Turkey’s responsibility iu tho event of an expected combined represen tation of the powers. Lord .Salisbury’s position, as it is understood to have been commun cated to the powers,is that the Rus sia -TurkUh agreement is an EVASION OF THE TREATY OF PARIS. Turkey could not assent to an open and flagrant violation of the treaty by giv ing Russia the right to send war ships through the straits, but she makes con cessions tantamount to the same privilege in permitting the passage through the Dar danelles of n volunteer fleet equipped with guns and filled with soldiers. But the de velopments of diplomacy iu this case, swift or slow, British intervention ultimately appears to he inevitable. Asa result of the position which Lord Salisbury has now definitely taken, the Paris Temps to-night, after contending that the sultan has a right to grant Russia special privileges,compares the Russian vol unteer fleet with the British steamers built for armament in time of war. FRANCE’S RESPONSE TO ENGLAND. This argument indicates France’s line of response to British remonstrances. Tho feet is, when ihe treaty of Paris was concluded It was uot foreseen that vessels would be designed of a mixed merchant and war character. The artiole reserving to the suitau the right to grant to fire-arms the passage of Dardanelles is precisely defined as limited to batiments legers destined for the use of le gations or as guard ships for the mouth of the Daoube. The Temps distinctly indi cates that the French government intends to support the sJltan’s right to enter into special contract with Russia outside the ar ticles of the treaty. With the straits trouble is directly in volved THE QUESTION OP EGYPT. Muukhtar Pasha, tho Dorte’s commissioner in Cairo, has renewed bis demand through the khedive for the evacuation of Egypt bv the English. Cairo advices state that if this demutid is refused, Moukhtar will ask the sultan to recall him and leave the post vacant, os a protest against tho khedive’s contumacy toward the suzerain. The Briiish ambassador at Constants pie, Sir William White, is on the worst personal terras with the sultan, who has re peatedly made excuses to avoid seeing him, and it is reported to-night that Sir William is about to be replaced. The Austrian am bassador in Turkey, Baron von Calice, who has been on l ave at Vienna, had a long conference witli Count Kalnoky in regard to the Dardanelles question, and started to roturn to his post at Constantinople yester day evening charged to support England’s diplomatic policy. VIEWED WITH GRAVITY. London, Kept. 4. —The Post's Berlin cor resoondeut says; "It is reported that Count Kalnoky, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, views the Dardanelles incident with gravity, and has proposed the ssudiug of a joint European note to the porte. LONDON’S FAD. Theosophy Infecting Society Sines Spiritualism Has Died Out. ( Copyright , 1891, by the IV. F. Associated Press.) London, Sept. 4. —The theosophy fad is infecting sooioty through and through, and spiritualism, long dorment, is experiencing an energetic revival. The newspapers pub lish columns of letters from and interviews with theosophlsts intimate with Mahatmas. Claimants are daily arising who offer to dem. onstrato the possession of power transcend ing ordidary material coadions. The society for psychical research, which, after an inquiry into Mme. Blavatsky’s claims, pronounced her as an im poster and Col. Olcott’s dune, chal lenges Mrs. Besant to submit to an investigation. Mr. Foote, the president of the secular society, makes a similar challenge. Meanwhile Mrs. Besunt, Col. Olcott and other leaders of the thoosopbists tell a fashionable crowd nightly, filling Blavansky hall, that belief must precede miraculous visions, and that messages from Mahatmas are only to disciples trained iu occultism. Mrs. Besant addressed the United Demo cratic Club to-night, impressing the nn dieaoe with her earnestness and sin cerity. Her personal history renders hsr jSJcouvorsticn no surprise to her friends. . Her overs!rained nerveus sensitiveness and UDS’.nblo neurotic tempor ir.eat are likely to make her a victim of de lusions. Nevertheless the movements she leads have assumed, at least temporarily, considerable serial importance. The Theso phist Society 13 arranging for a mission in Amerioa. Probably Miss Besant, Herbert Burrows and Col. Olctot will go to Japan and India. WE3LEYAN CONFERENCE. The Delegate* to Sail for America Sspt. 16. [Cnvyrvjht. 1891, bv the .V. Y. Associated Press,) London, Sept. 4.—A number of delegates to the Wesleyan ocoumenical conference will sail for America on Sept, lfi, including Revs. Price Hughes, Peter Thompson, W. D. Walters aud Banford Sack. The same steamer will take Cos!. Ol cott. Dr. Dale has suffered a relajse. Hie ill ness retarded the publication of bis explana tion of his hostile criticisms ju reviewing into international congregation oouncil. He authorizes, howeve-, the statement that bis remarks were interpreted here aud in America in a seuse which bo never in tended them to bear. WALES AND THE WILSONS. The Prince to Again Visit Tranby t roft. (Copyright. 1891, by the X. Y. Associated Press.) London, Sept. 4. —Theannouacment that the Prince of Wales will visit Tranby Croft this autumn evokes loud cries from the re ligious press. Tho Methodist Times asks if the prinoe has not a single friend in touch with the British peopie, aud warns bitu that his con duct excites deep emotion among the middle aud working classes, on which the stability of the throne rests. The fact* are that the Wilsons, who were at Hamburg while tho Prince of Wales was there, induced the prince to accept an invitation. The Prince of V ales joins the family group in Copenhagen about the middle of this month. Tha Wilsons wilij entertain at '1 runny Croft, during Doneuster week, Gon. Owen Will iams Loventrv nnd others < f ths baccarat set, without the Prince of Wales. A YACHT FOR THE PRINCE. The Clyde firm lias sent to the Prince of Wale? a plan and estimates for a yacht to be built 03 tho most recent iires fur racing purposes. Prince George, has incited his lather to try yachting, uoti rs, aid there is a oourt report that the Prince of Wales is ambitious to race bis yacht in American waters. Capt. O’ohea Not to Marry. ( Copyright , 1891, bn the N. Y. .Is:.dated Press). London, Sept. 4. —Capt. O’Shea curtly denies the truth ot the report that he is about to marry agalu. It suffices to say that he is a Catholic. The report arose from Mgr. Steuer’s coming fr< .1 Rome to Brighton to solemnize the marriage of the Hon. Julia Stoner, who is staying at Capt. O’Shea’s residence. Gladstone on Christian Reunion. {Copyright, 1891, by the X. Y. Associated Press.) London, Sept. 4. —Mr. Gladstone, in a letter on Christian reunion, expressed his conviction that there will be an early union of Presbyterian churches of Great Britain. Woman Suffrage in New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand, Sept. 4. Tho House of Representative* hod passed a bill granting residential suffrog, to women, and qualifying women for election to par liament. “SENATORIAL AMENITIES." A Disrespectful Scene in the Tennessee state Senato. Nashville, Tknn., Sept. 4.—“ You are an infamous liar,” came the hot retort In the Senate chamber this tnorniii", and im mediately tho sergeant-at-arms was called upon to prevent a personal combat between the senators almost in front of the chair man’s stand. Then tho gavel smote upon the marble slab, order was restored und the two belligerent senators, Alexander nnd Riley, after reflectiag a little, said they were sorry that the scene bad been created. A RECONCILIATION EFFECTED. Both ma le ooneessiom, spo'egizod to tho Senate and to ono another, aud like brave men made friends. Tin trouble arcs© iu the debate over a resolution brought up by Senator Alexander providing that, a reward be offered for the apprehension and convic tion of M6ssrj. Irish, Ingraham, Merrill and Ilamakcr, the committee from tho striking miners of Brioovtlie, on the ground that they had incited lawlessness and rebellion against the authority of the state. RESULT OF THE EPISODE. This exoiting episode served to divert at tention from the othor proceedings of the session to some extent, and a II .use resolu tion, appointing a committee to investigate tho alleged incendiary oonduct of Commis sioner of Labor Ford and P.epresentativo Alleman.and a House resolution declaring the general assembly powerless to abrogate the lease, wore adopted, the latter with an amendment, without creating a ripple. Under other circumstances a fiery debate would no doubt have been called forth by both measures. Tho most important measure in the House this morning was the passage on third reading cf a bill that Will snvo the stato something like SIOO,OOO a year and do away with professional witnesses. It came from the committee i eeommended for rejection, and w beu they secured its passage Speaker Myers and Hen. W. L. Ledger Wood scored a signal victory. PROGRESS OF LEGISLATION. Only two bills that have passed third reading in both houses, atd now only await the signatures of the speaker and tho gov ernor to become law*, were turned out by the general as-embly yesterday. They were bills attaching Sequatchie county, which was not attached to any district in the last congressional appor tionment, to the Third congressional dis trict, aud that detaching Cumberland county from the Fifth and attaching it to the Third judicial district. The Senate adjourned after the morning session until to-morrow morning, hut the House held both morning and afternoon sessions. CAMPBELL IN GOTHAM. He Says the Insue In Ohio’s Campaign • Is the Tariff. New York, Sept. 4.—Gov. and Mrs. Campbell of Ohio arrived in this city last night and are now at the Fifth Avenue hotel, where the governor is resting from the fatigue of his journey, preparatory to bis trip to the seashore. Although ou the order of his physician lie was not allowed to leave his room, a steady stream of call ers poured in on him all tho morning, most of whom he received. THE GOVERNOR INTERVIEWED. In an interview this morning he said: “My sole object in coming oast was for the purpose of going to the seashore to rid my self of a severe attack of malarial fever, whioh has affected iny entire system. Un til I started on this trip 1 was confined to my room tor three weeks and have thus far been unable to take auy part in the cam paign. I will, however, open my campaign Sept. 17. The leading Ls jo of the campaign is the tariff." U RBCK OF A YAOBT. The Albatross Goes to Pieces on the Hocks at Gull Is and. Boston, Mass., Sept. 4. —The steam yacht Albatross, owned by J. Eggleston, and valued at SIOO,OOO, has been wrecked on the rocks at Gull Island, near the New foundland coast, and is ajtotai wreck and loss. There was a large party of guests on board, and all were landed safely except Dr. G. B. Eggleston, the only son of the owner, who is believed to have been drowned. After a boatload of guests had put off for laud, voung Eggleston, thinking the vessel was about to founder, jump and into tho sea to save himself by swimming. He lias not been seen since. The young man had just graduated from the medical college at Albany, N. Y., where his parents bad resided until re cently. when they removed to Boston. They are now at tit. Johns awaiting tidings of tueir sou. HARMON MURRtY SLAIN. THE TERROR OF A NEIGHBORHOOD BITES THE DUST. Ho Was Shot Near Aroberby a Nogro About 20 Years of Ago Hts Body Taken Into Gainesville Yeaterdar Morning—Statement of Hla Slayer. Excitement Intense. Gainesville. Fla., Sept. 4.—This morn ing early the rumor that Harmon Murry had been killed near Archer was circulated in a kind of half-hearted way, but as the morning went on it gathered more aud more crodenoa uutil it oulmiuated in the grand olimaoteric of his body arriving on the up traiu on the Florida Central and Peninsular railway at 10:15 o’olock, and with tho body the personage next in im portance, tho slayer of Harmon Murray, Alex Hardy, a negro about 30 years of ago, Just before train time you could see the people, black and white, by ones, twos and throes, by fives, tens and twenties, wending their way to t'uo Florida Central and Penin sular d-'pot When the train arrived and it was positively known that it was in truth the very mortal remains of the once famous aud much dreaded Harmon Murray, the of the multitude rent tho air as if in exultation over a victory won on a bloody field for freedom. The following is a stenographic report of an interview with Alexander Hardy, the man who killed Murray at S o'clock this morning: hardy’s account. “Murray came to my house at Long Pond, three miles east of Archer, at 9 o’clock Thursday night, and asked me how was everything. I said all right. He asked if any crackers had been hunting him siuce he left. I to'd him no; that no one had been looking for him since he left. He said: •Well, I have come to kill a nigger to night.’ I asked him what for. He said be had been hearing that Tucker Barnes hod been telling the white folks that he was passing through Long Pond. He asked me if I had a gun. He asked what it was loaded with, aud I told him No. 8 bird shot. Ho said that wasn’t worth a ; that be wanted something better, and asked did I know where I could get a guu loaded heavier than mine. I told him yes; that my brother had a gun he always kept loaded with buckshot. He said, ‘Well, lot’s go down and got it,’ and I went with him to get It. My brotbur didn’t want me to have it till I got a obance to whisper to him that l would try to steal a march on Murray aud kill him. Then he gave me the gun. Murray tried to make me go to Aroher with him. He uld there were some crack ers about Archer he wanted to kill .and if I did not go with him he would kill me. I said: ‘Well, I will have to go.’ He re plied: ’Well, you can do as you please, either go with mo or be killed.’ TVe loft and got out of the Big Archer road and took a little trail. When bo came in the little trail ho said to me: ’You go before.’ I told him no, you go before; you have the licet gun and you are the best shot. So you go before.’ When be paused before me I dropped behind, and before be could look back to see me 1 shot him, and that ended Harmon Murray,” THE BODY AT GAINESVILLE. The body of Murray was laid lu the court house plaza, and many hundreds of our citizens, both white and blaok, passed by In ilia to view his remains. He was shot with both barrels of a shot gun, loaded with No. 30 buckshot, each on the right side of the head, coming out above the left eye, tearing the brain to pieces. His body has been disembowled and em balmed so that persons interested at Fernandina and Starke may view the re mains. The little wir/ black negro who killed him was THE HERO OF TnE DAY, and is to-night the owner of the $2,000 re ward, which is a fortune to him. Murray left Gainesville yesterday and went to kill soma "crackers” near Archer, and then be was to take the engine on this morning’s up train, loose it from the train, and run up to Gainesville, possibly to Fer nandina. The body was identified by many, among them the News correspondent, for whom he worked on his farm. Therefore the publio can be assured that Harmon Murray is dead. Murray had defied the authorities for nearly a year, and terrorized a wide section of the country. The excitement here is in tense, as several lynchings of Murray’s con federates havo occurred in the vicinity. Murray had killed seven men within the past few months, and wa9 as fearless as he was bloodthirsty. SUFFOLK TRUST INJUNCTION, It Baa Made Things Unpleasant for Other Concerns. Boston, Mass., Sept. 4.— The injunction issued by the supreme judicial court against the Suffolk Trust Company has made things so uupleasaut for other concerns that an effort will be made to modify tha injunction in court to-morrow morning. The failure of the company pos sesses added interest to the public from the connection of the concern with the socalled Ueorgia-Alabiraa Investment Company and lottery bond companies. About four weeks ago the company held over its checks and the commissioners demanded that it increase its assets by #25,000 or its doors would be closed. The money v.as furnished by It. L. Spen cer of the Georgia-Alabama company, but it is now said the Georgia- Alabama com pany has only $4,500 on dep sit there. Spen cer claims to be creditor personally to the amount of IM.OOO, “well secured.” The commissioners express the belief that the depositors of the trust company will be paid in full. Charged With Swindling. Chicago, 111, Bept. 4.—President A. P. I). Elder and Vice President and Secretary H. L. iioiden of the Eider Publishing Com pany; of this city. are in jail, unable to secure bonds, on chargee of using the mails for fraudulent pur poses. Au additional charge of having imported an alien under oontract was lodged ugaiost Elder. It is claimed that the concern has swindled hundreds of per sons, the company extending its operations to Cauttda and Australia. THE E3PISOLB AFFAIR. The Silver Shipped on Orders From the British Minister. London, Sept. 4.— The Time* publishes a Valparaiso letter which say*: “The British warship Eipieglo ihlpped President Balma cada’s silver on orders from Mr. Kennedy, the British minister at Satiago, after lead ing banks and merchants had refused to purchase it on thecround that the transac tion would be illegal." In an editorial the Timas censures Minis ter Konnoiy for not preserving an attitude of neutrality. THE BULLION TO HE IMPOUNDED. (C< Pl/right, It'd, by tho N. I*. A .s C 1I ‘ *d Press > The agent of the Chilean junta sent to tho foreign offleo to-day a note in reference to the silver carried from Chile by the British warship K .piegie. The bullion wHI be im pounded on its ai rival in England and will be retained pending a legal decision ou the junta’s right to it. Tho diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Chile are in a chaotic state. President Baltnaoedn’s last envoy, Honor V icuna, never presented his credentials hero, and he is now in Paris awaiting de velopments. The junta’s agent, who has long been secretly holding friendly commu nications with tho government, will obtain every assistance in capturing the silver. FRENCH ARMY MANEUVERS Modified to Prevent Damage to the Growing Crops. Paris, Szpt 4.—The plans laid down for the army maneuvers in France have been *omewhat modified to avoid destruction of the crops. The evolutions of to-day showed the men and horses in splendid condition. Tho animation of the troops is more remarkable when the extreme heat which prevaiiod is considered. There wore many cases of sunstroke, two of which proved fulal. As tho telegraphic service it not yet organized, the bicyclists wore employed to-day as messenger, to supply tho deficiency, and many wore made pris oners. The battles to-day were between the Fifth and Ninth army corps oil the banks of the Aube, and between the Seventh and Eighth near Uhaumount. Chiefly infantry nnd artillery were engaged. The employment of a Bup tino balloon proved agreat success with the aid afforded by its use. The general staff was kept fully informed of tno evolution engagement. The u~e of smokeless powder made it possible for all the evolutions to be clearly observed. TURKISH BRIGANDAGE. Ita spread Caused the Dismissal of the Sultan’a Ministry. Constantinople, Bept. 4.—lt is stated upon good authority that the dismissal yes terday of the Turkish ministry was due to tho sultan’s discontent at ttie spread of brigandage in Turkey. The reoent outrages upon foreigners committed by Turkish brig ands, and the demand for indemnity fur such outrages brought by the Gorman and French ambassadors representing tho powers whose subjects have suflored by this lawlessness, have caused the sultau, it appears, to oomptain of tho inefTeoient measures tafcn by the ministry to suppress brigandage, and it is understood that an enorgetla cam paign will at once be opeuod against the brigands. Italics of Lundy's Lane. Druwmondville, Ont., Bspt. 4.—The skeletons of fifteen British soldiers belong ing to the Sixty-ninth and One Hundred and Third regiments, who fell In tho battle of Lundy’s Lano, wore discovered by an oxoa l ation to-day in a sand-pit outside the cemetery. Home of tho red coats found with the remains were in perfect condition. Among the relics recovered are buttons, tobacco pouches, jaokkuives, buckskin vosts nnd officers’ braid. Tho skeletons have been buried in a trench within tho cemetery. Pope Leo's Illness. Home, Sept. 4.—-The Cnpitan Fracassa to-day announces that Pope Loo Wednesday last was attacked by au acute visceral de rangement, and his condition causes some uneasiness to bis physicians. THE REPORT DENIED. The Capitan Froesta’a announcement of the pope’s sorious illness is vigorously de nied, and in addition it is given out that the popo walked to-day in the garden of the Vatican, and also gave an audienoo to Car dinal Kampolla and others. Mora Outrages in China. Shanghai. Sept. 4,-—Grave troubles are reported from lobang, on the Yaug-ty- Kang. Tho house of an European has boeu burned by the natives, likewise the churches ami orphanage of the Sisters have been destroyed. The French minister is expected in Paking now, and it is believed he will take severe and emphatic measures to secure a complete indemnity. Don’t Look Like War. London, Sept. 4.—A report is current here that the lianquo de Paris has offered Kussia a 1 an of £12,000,000 at 4 per cent. The Times says that, negotiations for a loan of such magnitude could hardly be entered upoa if the warlike rumors lately circulated were credited in the regions of French finance. Without Foundation. London, Sept. 4. —The report from Paris yesterday that a trainload of troops bound for the French army maneuvers hod been wrecked and over 200 persons killed was wholly without foundation. Cardinal's Want an Italian Pods. Rome, Sept. 4.— The Fanfulla states that a Catholic power—presumably Aus tria—has ascertained that a large majority of the cardinal’s are determined to elect an Italian pope. Spain to Discuss Reciprocity. Madrid, Sept. 4.—Premier Canovasdal- Costillo has called a ministerial council to discus the Catolouian agitation against the reciprocity t;eaty with America. Lieut. Peary's Expedition. Philadelphia, Sept. 4.—Members of the West Greenland expedition that traveled with Lieut. Peary part of the way into the frozen north returned to this city to-any and all with one nccord agreed that unless a relief expedition shall be sent out and prove successful, wbiob latter li by no means cer tain, Lieut. Peary and his party of Green land voyagers will find a nameless grave in the ice deserts that surround the north pole. Fred Douglass' Successor. Cape May, N. J., Sept. 4. —The Presi dent this afternoon appointed John S. Dur ham of Kentucky minister Resident and consul general to llayti. Mr. Durham la now consul at San Do mingo, and is a colored man of -ducmtion and ability. This transfer was made on account of the necessity for dispatch, ow ing to the presence of yellow fever and revolutionary troubles. I DAILY, 110 A YEAR, i J 5 CENTS A COPY. V ( WEEKLY, 1.25 A YEAR. DANFOKTH'S EXECUTION. HE PAYS THE PENALTY OP HIS BRUTAL MURDER Captured, Tried and Executed Within Ten Weeks After the Crime is Com mitted-Colored Militia Act as a Guard to Preserve Order—The Scene at the Scaffold—Tho Crime for Which Danforth Died. Augusta, Ga., Bept. 4.—At 12:28 o’clock to-day the trap fell and Frank Danforth expiated hi* crime oo the gallows. One of the features of the execution was a guard of fifty-one colored men selected from the (ire companies In the oity by Sheriff O'Connor to maintain order, no white sol diers being on duty. The hauglng took place in the jail yard and wax witnessed by about 200 persona. Danforth made a few remarks, but with out reference to his crime, and merely as serted that he was going straight to glory because his sins were all forgiven. During the time allowed him to sleep by the death watch, and the ministers and rcporsers who infested his last hours, be slept soundly and ate a hearty breakfast with relish. HIS HF.LIGHOUS FRENZY, lie was iu a sort of fanatioal religious tronxy, and went through the entire tragedy without sensibility or any evidence that he realized the terrors of his position. His days have been spent in reading the Bible, and he has professed throughout the great est assurance of his forgiveness and salva tion. Before he had been in Jail two weeks he was converted and immersed by a Baptist minister in a bath tub. HIS LAST NIGHT AND MORNING were spent iu company with several negro ministers, and hymns and prayers wore the order of tho hour. No reference has beon made by the prisoner to tbe crime for some time past, and he has been thinking and talking only of tbe forgiveness of the Lord and his going straight to glory. His lost words be fore the drop fell were: “Gentleman, friends and ladies, I have made my peace with God. lam going home to my maker. God nas forgiven my sins." While the black cap was being put on he continued to pray: * 'O, Ijoril, bear uie while I pray. I am going to rest in the arms of Jesus.” TUB EXECUTION WAS ORDERLY and without incident, and in eighteen mine uie life was extinct. If Danforth didn’t wake up in paradise it is safe to sav be was the worst disappointed negro in Georgia, be cause ho firmly believed he would. Possibly if he could come hno.t and relate his disap pointment it would be a wholesome lesson to a great many deluded people. Danforth’s victim was tho third colored woman that hod been murdered in tbis city in os many years by having bor throat cut, and (hero woe a ground swell of popular in dignation, particularly among trie colored people, over the affair, and it whs recog nized that something must be done to check this butchery of women by jealous men. In tbe former instances one man escaped the gallows on the plea of insanity and the other was sent to the penitentiary. At the time of his arrest he was described os being about 5 feet 7 inches, and of spare build. He was said to be a genuine black negro of ordinary Intelligence. His body was turned over to his parents after the execution. His father went among the white peopio and secured enough money to defray the expenses of burial. Tue medioal {acuity had requestor! the au thorities to give them tho body, and if the expenses had been borne by the county they would have gotten it. STORY OF DANFOKTH’S CRIME. Frank nd Lizzio Danforth (or Gray) lived together in No. 9 Diamond Row, Au gusta. They had never been married, for Frank bad a wife living ia Harrisburg, but for several years be bad abandoned bis lawful spouse for tbe more attractive Lizzie, who had taken his name, and was known Indif ferently as his wife or bis "woman.” On Monday morning, June 23, last, tho body of Lizzie was found in the Havauoah river at Augusta with her throat cut from ear to ear. The coroner was notified, bus during the hour or two of delay which en sued before his arrival, Frank Danforth, the murderer, who was at work iu McCoy’s mill, 200 yards away, heard of the disoovery of the boar and fl.’d. Tho sudden disappearance of Danforth from the mill aroused suspicion, and the of ficers suggested that his room in the Dia mond How house be examined. Lieut. Dee mood went to the place and broke open tho door. At onoe tbe evidence against Danforth was complete. The bed was drenched with blood, which had soaked completely through the top mattress and was In quite a pool between the two. Everything was covered with blood, and tbe trace was plain where the body had. been carried out tho back door. A razor lying on the mantelpiece was the instru ment of death. The proo" was now com plete. Danforth bad murdered his para mour in bed, at a late hour .Saturday night, aud some time before daylight Sunday morning had carried her body to the river and thrown it In. When the gory evidences of the crime were disjpveroJ several neighbors remem bered beikiug a scream about 2 o’clock Sun day morning. A woman who was sitting up with a s ck person next door to Dau forth’s room and several persons living across the alley opposite to his house wean to their doors They saw him coolly stand ing in his door, and in answer to their in quiries he said: “It was Lizzie hollood. She hss a habit of waking suddenly from her sleep aud screaming out that way. There’s nothing the matter.” After sitting up until all was quiet on Diamond How. and probably taking ad vantage of a time when tho moou was i.e bii.d some favoring cloud, he took the life less burden in bis arms and tossed it into the river. It wns a heavy load for him, for she was a well-made woman, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, and be was a small man, proba bly 5 inches shorter. He had to carry her nearly 200 yards to the river. He tumbled ber iu, with the hope that the stream would carry her away, but the low tide left her lying where she was thrown in. Returning to his room, he remained there the rest of the night, and tho next morning told his neighbors that L zzie bad gone to Savannah ou a visit and would not be back until July 4. He spent most of the day in and arout and his room Sunday, spent Suuday night there, sleeping on the blood-stained tied, and Monday morning went to work as usual in the Riverside mills. He has been employed there for several yairs. and Supt. Heffernau said he was one of bis best hands. Toe women, Lizzie Danforth, it is said, was also a worker in the mill; she oould easily lift one end of a bale of cotton and was a woman of splendid physique aud strength. Neighbors say they had frequent rows, and it was only a shore while 'before klint Danfojtb was fined by the recorder for beating her. She had a scar over one of her eyes, whsre ho struck her with a stick. He confessed that she was tho best man of