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fllii WEEKLY 1ELEGRAPII AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MAY 30,1834. FROM WASHINGTON. ..Labor Bureau BIN Passed b» the seaate-lt. Provlelon.-KellOBB Qemanda an Investigation, Mr. Weller Explains. [rtUKRAPHED TO THE ASSOCIATED TEESSl Washisgtox, May »-Tbe chair laid k.(nre the Senate a communication from A. Secretary of the Navy, transmitting lamest from Captain Erickson, for an Appropriation for Ills torpedo. Mr Sabin, at] his own request, was ex- wued from further service as a member the committee on pensions, and Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, was appointed to the T ThTsenato resumed consideration of the bill to provide for protecting the inter- of the United States in respect of any ncumbrance Jon property wherein they h,»e an interest. The bill provides that whenever in the opinion of the President it shall be deemed expedient and neccs- ssry for the government to pay off prior mortgages or encumbrances on property which it is compelled to buy in self pro tection the Secretary of the Treasury shall have authority.under direction of the Presl- J.nt to nay off such prior liens or encum- hr»nce. anti the United States shall in all ^Scares become subrogated to all rights ind securities theretofore pertaining to K" lien mortgage or encumbrance and the attorney-general is authorised to take oroMr stepi in the courts to protect the {merest of the United States in connection wi lir > Beck'repeated his objection, made I,v that under the letter of the act the President could pay off the Union Pa cific railroad mortgage. He was not pre pared to vest so vast a power in an execu- " Mr Gartend said the first mortgage bonds referred to would become due in 1895, and meanwhile the company could default in the r,ivment of its interest, suit could be brought and tho mortgage foreclosed and the government could do nothing to pro- tect its rights. The power had to be lodged somewhere, and It waa here lodged in three oi the highest executive officers in the gov- B^jlTliorgan moved an amendment re quiring that if the lien In any case be upon a railroad, it should not be paid till after the judgment of a court of competent juris diction, declaring its validity. Mr. Mor gan supported his amendment in some re marks on the legal aspects of the question. Ur. Sister said that in 1SJJ, when the Union and Central Pacific railroad mort gages matured the amount of all obliga tions and interest would be $183,000,000 tnd the roads would not be worth that much money, as they could be built for {fH Two o'clock arriving, the question went ° r fhe Utah bill was placed formally be- again willing to yield as before to Mr. Blair, in order to permit the consideration of the labor bureau bill, Mr. Williams urged the Senate to take up the Mexican soldiers pension bllL Agreement was finally reached by which the Mexican pensioners' bill may be taken up Monday next, immedi ately after the morning business. Mr. Biatr yielded to Mr. Logan, who asked and obtained unanimous consent to take np tnd dispose of the annual pension bill, which was then taken up and in a few minutes passed as reported by the Senate committee. The labor bureau bill was then taken up. The question pending was on a motion of Mr. Biair to change the word bureau Into the word dsnartment. After some discussion, Mr. Blair with drew bis several amendments, leaving the bill as it ctme from the House. Mr. Oar- land's substitute, consmlttlng the proposed work to the statistical bureau of the Treas ury Department, was tabled—yeas 30, nays Mr. Aldrich moved hit substitute, sub mitted yesterday, which was agreed to without debate—yeas S3, nays IS. The bill as amended won then passed—yeas 09, nays 2, the nays being Colquitt and Baula- The bill was passed without a division. Mr. Robinson being unable to muster n sufficient following to call the yeas and navs. The following bills were passed: To equalise the rank of graduates of the Naval Academy. It provides that all graduates of tliu academy who are assigned to the line of the nary shall he commissioned ensigns, and abolishes this grads of jun ior ensign. A bill for the appointment of Julius A. Kaiser to the retired list of the nsvy with the rank of fussed assistant engineer; also for the retirement of Samuel Kramer with the rank of chaplain. A bill granting to passed assistant engi neers an Increase of pay-of $390 after ten S ears' service and a similar Increase after fteen years. The next bill, restoring Alfred Hopkins to the rauk of captain in ihe navy, was con sidered in committee of the whole. This is the officer who was in charge of the Pensacola navy yard in 1332 and was dis missed tho service after trial by a court martial on the 'charge of leaving his post of duty b. fore being relieved, during the prevalence of yellow fever at that place. The committee on naval affairs bases its report on the ground that as commandant of the yard Captain Hopkins had a limited discretion conferred upon li.m to leave the limits of his command not longer than cnc week in any success ive two menths. Captain Hopkins was absent about five days, when he was put on waiting orders, and therefore had violated no law or regulation. The report criticises the action of the court-martial in excluding certain testimony, and the com mittee comes to the conclusion that the finding of the court is wholly without evi dence to support it Mr. Bnchanan, of Georgia, gave a his tory of the cue and mode an argument in •upport of the bill, denying that there was a particle of justification for the finding of the conrt. Mr. Lyman, of Massachusetts, in oppos ing the bill, quoted from the record to show that in ls«7 Hopkins had been con victed of drunkenness while on dnty. There wu no excuse for the interference of Congress in this cue. It wu true Capt. Hopkins had only been absent for five days, bat it wu well known that in mo menta of peril the common rules of the army and navy u to leaves of absence were suspended. Mr. Buchanan inquired under what law that wu done. Mr. Lyman replied that there wu no law, but that it the custom of the service, it was not desirable to have Capt. Hopkins in the service when that service was over charged with good officers! E.B. Taylor of Ohio, protested against the action of Mr. Lyman in bringing of the charge of drunkenneu against Hopkins In 1307, in order to Influence the decision on the pending bill. He bad been punished, but no man would dare argue that be had been tried properly at that time. Mr. Taylor then went on to speak on the pending bill, and asserted that at the time Capt. Hopkins was charged with dereliction he wu actually within the limits of the law. After further debate by Mr. Goff, of West Virginia, and Mr. Foran, of Ohio, in favor of and Mr. Bramra, of Pennsyl vania, in opposition to the bill, Mr. Lyman moved to strike out the enacting clause. Lost The bill wu then laid uide with a favorable recommendation, and when the committee rote it was passed. The House then adjourned. HANGMAN’S DAY, The Story of His Horrible Career of Crime ••A Young Negro Murderer Expi ate® His Crimes at ftaycross •-In Other States. T&it The Utah bill wu then taken up and r»ad. after which the Senate went into ex ecutive usslon, and when the doors were t*"l*ned, adjourned to Monday. ■n Uie executive session of the 8enate to- tlis nomination of Major O. K. Bab- cock to be lieutenant-colonel wu dlscuss- eator an hour without reaching notion, v •*» understood that other charges of “mpdclty in the whisky ring frauds eecretsry Bristow’s time bar. been ,c flrmaUotL pur * 1050 of dote* 11 "* hit con- Wasiiootoe, May 21.—In the House, Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, presented a con “cenca report on the bill to establish l tareauot animal indn-trics. Tha Honac conference recommend concurrence In all the Senate amendments. The amount of •he appropriation Is reduced from $29,000 •o $19.1*10, and the jurisdiction of the cc mlssloner of agriculture limited to such In vestigation and to inch diainfective and quarantine measure, u may be necessary to prevent the spread of 'contagious and infectious diseases from one Stata or Ter- {•'“T Into annttar, and he is prohibited <54“ to Prevent th. spread of dte- **}&.Th* reportwasagreed to. tsH t J* r **• •i'cctal order of the House, wu assigned to tho meuures up, hy the committee on naval af- JWEv.Tb.lta* bill called up wu th. Ben- Jta Intention wu to prostrate the Amtri- 2?. E® 0 ? 1 * <“ dirt and degradation. It nohimJ *i nnIn * ot * 01 ord *!* 01 I'j-'.iuj There were twenty applications before Congm,, today mad. by "dudes" 2L “e.havy. uking to ! - allowed t,, . ** decorations. Ha hd not time _ gnroutth.abhorren hand l.atr. i *El$ jJJpkJjtojjjnb thto monarchical anti aria- nJHut® 0 *’ York, denied that ihe *_ W1 ? a decoration oi nobility. Itwas FROM ATLANTA. Newton County Crime—A Memoria Tablet for A. H. Stephen.—Leonl- das Johnson—A Peddler and His Pack. [SPECIAL COBEESrOKDEXCE.] Atlaeia, May 22.—The good county of Newton hu recently contributed . very ugly poison case to the crimes of the day. All the parties in the case are negroes. It seems that Steve Morris and his wife Nancy did not dwell altogether harmoniously in the bonds of matrimony. So mnch so, indeed, that Nancy's affections be came alienated and futened upon one Dan Lyons. A week ago Dan and Nancy, after deliberating upon the situation, the embarrassments to which they were subjected, concluded that SteTe Morris, the husband, wu an encum brance of which they had better rid them selves. Accordingly a deadly poison was iroenred at a drug store, which Nancy, in ter province u cook, mixed skilfully with the food which 8teve wu to eat. Steve, Innocent of this little game, partook hurt ily of the dangerous bill of tare, and soon after laid him down and died. Nancy looked on without concern u . be straggled in the throes ot death, summoned neither doctor nor neighbor. When death came to Stave's relief, she went out to get clothes in which to bury the body, proposing to assume the rather mixed duties of mourner and undertaker. The condition of affairs wu very soon dis covered, and Nancy and Dan lodged in Jail. Yesterday a preliminary trial wu had on Nancy’s case, and she wu committed on tha charge of murder. Dan still languishes in jail, but will be subjected to the same legal process. A TAULXT IX THE XEW CAPITOL POE A. H. STEPS XXI. Miss Bunnie Love, principal of one of the Atlanta public schools, hu addressed a communication to Governor McDaniel, and through him to the Capitol Commis sioners, ]*iitioning that a place be set apart in the new capltol of the Stata for k tablet in memory of the late A. H. Ste phens. The Governor will submit the com- | SPECIAL TELEOBAM. | Atlaxta, Ga.. May 23.—A tremendous crowd, estimated at several thousand, wit nessed the execution ot Leonidas Johnson at McDonough. At 11:23 he was brought in a hack from the jail and wu escorted by a strong guard to the gallows. Johnson wu in good spirits. Ho confessed the rape of Mrs. Cook and most of the crimes of which he was suspected. He warned everybody to guard against Ida fate, for gave the court, jury and witnessea, and God blessed everybody. While speaking he drank a glus of lemonade with relish, A negro preacher named Davis then gave out the hymn, "Am I a Soldier of the Cross,' 1 in which the crowd joined, the prisoner singing fervently. Afterwards a prayer was offered and another hynra •ung. At 12-.10 tha drop fell. At first the feet of the criminal dragged the ground, but soon drew up. He died from strangu lation In fourteen minutes. The body was given to Dr. Auten, of Atlanta, who had bought it of Johnson for fifteen dollars. It was placed in a trunk and brought here to-night. A large number ef representa tives of the press were present, and Sher iffs Archer of Clayton, Beauchamp of Butts, and Mitchell of Rockdale,were seat- ed on the platform. Johnion declared that he was ready to die and had made his peace with God. PARTICULARS OP THE CRIME. The circumstances of the crime for which Leonidas Johnson suffered death, are about as follows: In Henry county, about four miles west of the town of McDonough, lives Mrs. Cook, a most worthy and respectable lady. She is about 29 years old, and the mother of two or three children. On the morning of the 2d of February, 1333, she wu sitting in the door ot her coti tage tossing her babe, all unconscious of any Impending danger. Her husband wu working in the field bard by, likewise un conscious of the imminent peril anrronnd- ing his home. While thns engaged, Mrs. Cook was attracted by some noise, and turning, wu horror-stricken to see a burly black ruffian enter the doorway. Before time was given her to sound the alarm, or to call her husband to the rescue, the fiend duhed the babeulde and choked the mother insensible. Returning to consciousness after several minutes, it wu with the horrible and loath some realisation that her person had been despoiled. Her cries soon brought her husband to her side, who, on learning the horrible story of his wife's outrage, pro cured the assistance of willing neighbors and scoured the country in au directions. The villain, however, could not be found. One or twe negroes were arrested on ana- picion.but when confronted by Mrs. Cook, she failed to Identify them and they were released. nouncement of the verdict was the source of liveliest satisfaction and public ap proval. It was during this trial that it was also ucertained that Leonidu John son was the same brute who had raped a Mrs. Smith in Clayton county the day be fore the rape of Mrs. Cook. The death sentence wu passed fixing the 7th day of December, 1333, as the day of his execution. The counsel for the ac- cuied carried the case to the Supreme Court on a writ of error, which wu dis missed, and the judgmentof the court be low affirmed. At the April term of our Superior Court, 1331, Leonidu Johnson wu resentenced and the 23d day of May fixed for his execution. When about thirteen years old lie took tlie making of his fortune in his om hands, and ran away from his parents. Soon after leaving home, he crept into the nfiartment of the daughters of a prominent s bill aa passed is ns follows, being Mr. Aldrich’s substitute for the house bill • "lie it enacted, etc., that there shell ho es tablished In the Department of tho In terior a bureau of labor, which shall be under the charge of a commissioner of la bor, who shall he appointed by the l’resi- dent, by and with the adricc and consent of the tenate. The commissioner of labor ahall hold bis office for four years and un til ids successor .hall he appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed, and shall receive a salary of threo thousand dollars p. year. The commissioner shall collect in formation iq*>n the aubject of laiior, its relations to capital, hours of labor and earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual and moral pruqierity. The Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a chief clerk, who shall receive a salary of $2,000 per annum, aud inch other employee u anv be necessary for said bureau, pro vided that the totalexpenses shall not ex. coed $2AUOO per annum. During the neces sary absence of tho commissioner, or when the office shall become vacant, the Chief clerk shall perform the duties of commissioner. Toe commissioner shall annually make a rejiort in writing to the Secretary ot the Interior of the informa- Lon collected and collated by him, and con taining inch recommendations ns lie may . - _ . ... H deem calculated to add to the efficiency of mnnication to the commissioners at the tbs bureau " iuhswu./ ui , meeting. It will scarcely be within the GENERAL NEWS. Could's Views on the Situation—The At lantic Bank Fallure — A Sensation at Savannah—A Kentucky Desperado Killed,Eto. (TKLEQKAPUED TO THE ASSOCIATED PRES8.J Richmond, Va.. May 22.—Ellett Dreurry & Co., in the wholesale dry goods trade,to day filed an assignment to John C. Free man, as trustee. Their liabilities are stated , 4 | at $900,000. Their assets not known, but him 5 ."Sa U t n e“^ tom^cralShing Dreurry think, they will be able to pay ids designs. Fleeing from Fayette county I dollar for dollar. Preferred creditors are for his life, he is next heard of burglarizing named in the deed to the amount of $104,- the residence of Mr. Kerboof thUcounty ; I 000. Accommodation indorsements are as signed os one principal cause of Ihe fail ure. NiwYork, May 22.—E. H. Shaw has announced his suspension at the Stock Exchange. Three affidavits against Fred Ward have for which he was arrested, convicted and sentenced to the chain-gang a year or so. Serving out that sentence, Leonidas John son next figures in the criminal calender ot Jefferson county,where lie was convicted of burglary and sentenced to the chain- gang forte x years. He had served out six years of this sentence when he mad&hts been made by J. Nelson Tappan, Mr. Taj escape from the chain-gang lost February, I pan's son and a broker named W. I near Atlanta. The day after his escape he I Bingham. Rumors are floating around raped the person of Mrs. Smith in Clayton Wall Street this evening, which could be county. On the following day he accom- | traced to no authentic source, thatU. S. Grant, Jr. had suddenly left for Canada. Upon the application of the State Attor ney General, this morning, Judge Pratt, of the Supreme Court, appointed Freling II. Smith temporary receiver of the Atlantic Bank of Brooklyn. The bank is ordered to show canse before Judge Pratt on Mon- plislied the rape of Mrs. Cook in this conn- , and five or six weeks later burglarised e residence of Mr. Hal Barham, and at tempted to outrage the person of Mr. Harkness's daughter. The Execution at Wnycross. HcKlt-1 day. hern a voting neero man of some 21 veara I New YoBK, May 22.—The affidavit of W. nern, a young negro manor some ji years H Binghtm Bg ^ n8t Ferdinand Ward of age, tried, convicted and sentenced at gt y 8 that tiro months before the failure he the last April term of our Superior Court, met Ward in the Marine Bank, and told for Ihe murder of his cousin, Tom Me- him he would like to get some estimate of nT «a n ,.i ,i a „ in it., the risk of the business, and that if he Crimmon, was executed to-day in the l)e more fully informe( , o( the nsture presence of a crowd variously est.mated at an d risks of Grant & Ward's business he from one thousand to fifteen hundred per-1 could secure a large amount of money, sons. After sentence was pronounced by Ward said that Hire was:willingtoffivul^ the court, he was taken to the Chatham I could command millions to liingham's county jail, for safe keeping. Sheriff Mil-1 thousands. Their relations with the gov- ler brought him back hereon Thursday, ernment were so delicate thatit was not . . ” e.. . / expedient to give further details. After and placed him in the jail of this county, thefailure of Grant & Ward, Bingham saw It was thought from his conduct while Ward and asked to see one of the govern- in Chatham jail that he would I ment contracts or claim of contractors break down when the time of bis .‘ h ® , , . . , ,# a i to accede to this demand or give execution approached, but he manifested any explanation. Since that time he a very commendable amonnt of fortitude (Bingham) bad, with the aid of a govern- without any of the so often assumed hrfo-1 claims ism. He mounted the scaffold about 12 " o'clock with his spiritual advisers, and I statement was faise. On the day he made ihD. Fish, The Danville Election. Richmoxd, May 22.—Governor Cameron went to Danville this morning on the 1:30 train. He wns accompanied hy his private secretary, Col. James Browning. No out break aceastoned the visit, hut the Gover nor thought it best to be on the ground and tee tlie condition of affairs. Petersburg, Va., May 22.—^The munici pal election to-day is passing off quietly. A heavy vote it being polled and a deter mined fight being made by both parties for the control of the city council, which appoints all officers except those elected by the people. The RepnbUeaat Aim that they will carey five out of the six wards. There are no special local issues this election, and with the exception of personal prefer ences for some of the candidates the con test is carried on entirely on party lines. The straight out Republicans are voting .he Democratic ticket, while a large num ber of Democrats are voting for the Repub lican candidates for collector of the city- taxes and commonwealth's attorney, on account of their personal popularity, in tegrity and the satisfaction they have given in these offices heretofore. A Me deal of scratching is being done on tides. Daxville, Va.. May 22.—The election passed off without disturbance. The Democratic or white party nominees were elected. Capt. W. H. Graves beats J. H. Johnson, tne present incumbent, for mayor by -tot votes, nearly every white vote being polled, about aeventy negroes voting the Democratic ticket and one hun dred not voting. The existence of two parties, Democratic and Republican, one composed mostly of white men and the other mostly of colored was ignored in this canvass. One party was for a white man's government, while tlie other, led by J. H, Johnson, was in opposition. Governor Cameron came up this morning and remained until the after noon. Much courtesv was shown him by the citizens. He said pleasantly that he had received a carpct-bag fall of letters .boat affairs ben, and had mm* torn* to himself. GREAT OIL FIRE. THE ATLANTIC OIL WORKS. AT PHILA DELPHI*, DESTROYED. An All Day Struggle With the Flames— Many Tanka Explode, Endangering Other Property-—Cannon Trained on the Tanks. province of the Capitol Commissioners to take any motion in tach a matter, as this powers and duties are strictly defined in the set, tnd there Is no provision therein looking to the erection of memorial tab lets. It can only be dons by direction of the Legislature. The Governor has commissioned Matt R. Freeman justice of the peace for the 776th district U. M. of Bibb county. LIOXtoAS JOHXSOX. This brute, who Is to be bung st McDon ough to-morrow for one of the gravest crimes, it still in his cell in the Fulton county jail, but will be carried under guard to McDonough this evening. This morn ing the prisoner seemed perfectly indifier- ent and unconcerned, as though he had no personal interest In to-morrow's exe cution. When asked how he felt, be said be was willing to die and didn’t care whether he was hung nr not. He has been in this frame of mind—if he has a mind—since his conviction, and will prob ably go to the gallows tomorrow srithout any 'risible change. A passenger train on the Western and Atlantic railroad brushed apeddler and his pack off the track near the freight depot of the road yesterday evening, but without inflicting serious damage on either. Soldiers' Home. Balumorb. May 21.-A meeting In be half ot the eltorts to establish a home in Richmond. Va.. for disabled and destitute Confederate soldiers waa held in Ford’s Opera House tonight Governor McLane aDl | , IW «be» were made by Carlisle, of the House of Repre- sentstives, Senator Colquitt of Georgia, ~ tatives Calkins of Inntana, Goff. Representatives Calkins orInnlaua. oon, ol West Virginia, Heibwt of Atabama. Curtin of Pennsylvania. Skinner of New York. McGinnis of Montana, and General FitxhugbLee. A letter oOregrrt received from General Roaecrana. that circumstan ces-beyond his control prevented him from being present Senator Gorman and Hon. J. LTFindley, of Maryland were also present. During next wesk pertprmauces will be given at Ford a Opera House for ihe benefit of the home. Preparing for the Convention. Cbicaoo. May 21.—When the Demo- A few days later a colored moke, giving Ids name as Bill Jones, hired himself to Mr. Hal Barham, who livea eight or ten mUea south of McDonough. 1 or the next few weeks Bill Jones was the paragon of good and faithful bands. Near the middle of April the residence of Mr. B. F. Barham wu burglarized while himself and family were absent. Mr. B. F. Barham is a brother of Hal Barham, and their resi dences are but a short distance apart. A quantity of clothing and some Jewelry were the frails of the burglar's enterprise. Among the jewelry stolen wu a ring of peculiar make, which was an heirloom in the Barham family. A colored girl, the cook, living with Mr. C. W. Dupree, a neighbor of Mr. B. F. Barham’s, wu no ticed wearing an unusually fine ring, and when asked where she got It, sold BUI Jones had made her g present of it. Mr. B. F. Barham hearing this, immediately went to Mr. Dnpree'a to tee the ring, which he recognised on tlghTasblsown. Suspicion of Bill Jones being the burglar and with proof anflkient to convict, g war rant wu taken out by Mr. Hal Barham for his apprehension. Armed with this warrant and g double-barreled shot gun. Mr. Hal Barham went into the field where Bill Jones was at work, to arrest him. Affecting tbs arrest of Jones without trouble, Mr. Barham had him marching before him to the house before the muzzle of a cocked double-barrelled gun, when Bill Jones, quick u lightning, whirled and rushed u;>on his captor, who snapped both barrels of the gun at him u he advanced, bat the gun failed to fire; selling the burel of the gun BUI Jones wrested ht from Mr. Barham, and snap ped it twice at him. Having liberated himself, he fled to a woods clese by. Mr. Barham relates u a matter of personal experienc e, that he felt exceedingly amaU when be exchanged position with bis pris oner and he coolly walked oft with bis gun. The alarm wu given and gpoase wu or. ganized that followed in.clote pursuit of Jonu. In the afternoon ot the tame day, a icgro answering to the description of Bill Jones, entered the boose o(.Mr. Harknesi. living near Locust Grove, and attempted to violate the person of a fourteen year- old daughter of that gentleman, who, with a little sister, wu alone in the bouse at that time. Before accom plishing hit purpose he was dis covered and made good hit escape, A party of indignant citizens punned the rascal, determined to capture Aim. After diUrent search bis tracka were discovered loading to a branch swamp near Mr. B. F. Barham's residence. It wu here that the pursuers ot BUI Jonu first canght eight of him. Being closely followed, be deter mined to lure the swamp and make a duh for a larger one nearby. In leaving bit fastness be ran directly into the arms of Mr. Cliocb Warren, who levelled bis gun on him and told bim (Jonu) to throw down his gur, (Mr. Barham's) and throw up his bands, which he wu not sldw to do. His captors took him to McDonough and lodged bim in the county jail. The grand Jury assembling in s few days, found a true bill against Jouu for assault with intent to rape the daughter of Mr. Hark- neu. on which bill he wu found gnilty. at the same term of court, a d sentenced to the chain-gang for twenty year*. It wu during tills trial that it wu dia- corered that be wu the same burglar who had rifled Mr. Barbam'a residence, and bad, also, several years before, been sen fenced to the chain-gang for i number of years for burglarising Mr. Kerbo's residence In this county. Un cle Mathew Johnson, who lived near where Mrs. Cook wu outraged, recognized BUI Jouu u the darky who bad passed his house going in the direction of Mrt.Cook'e, the morning the wu raped. In order to set at rut the suspicion which bad arisen that Johnson bad raped Mrs. Cook, the grand Jury, then In sueion, snbpamacd Mrs. Cook, to see whether the could iden tify bim st the person who had outraged her. On being confronted with BUI Jonu, Mrs. Cook identified the black brute in stantly. A tide of indignation fired the hurt of the people, and it wu with diffi culty that the entire community could be kept from lynching him. Wiser and more pacific counsel prevailed, however, and the double-dyed wretch wu quickly hurried after the customary servlcu by the minis- these discoveries he met Josep ter of bis people, called up his late cm-1 ** conversation with bitn 1 U4 ’ \ , * , , “ “ . 1 had never seen any snch contracts or as- pl°jer, who brought him from North Car- eimments from infractors to Grant & olina two years ago, and with whom he ward, and he believed Ward to be a had a very affecting conversation. He scoundrel, and these aUrad government 1,1. i.imr.T. contracts a mere myth. Since the failure then called np thru of his feUow laborers he (Bing ham) had been at the office of the who were present, and after some feeling firm of Grant & Ward daily, and bad made talk with them bade them aU an affec- Inquiries of members of the firm and tinnste f.rlterell He e,l,ire.,^i clerks, but could get no information In ra tionale farewell. He addressed a few ap- latlon to the business, except that it wu propriate remarks to the large assemblage, I fictitious and fraudulent, confessing hit guilt and warning aU New Y oee, Mar 22,-Ferdlnand Ward, against yielding to the temptations after unsuccessfully spending the day in of evil. The drop fell at 12:31 and In eight mlnutu the physicians pronounced thel.njlow street jail at 0 o'clock to-night him dead. HU neck wu broken. The by Deputy Sheriff McConnell, and lodged large crowd wu Tery orderly, and 8berlfi in a ceil there. He refuted to su any per- Storms In Texas, Galveston, May 22.—Newi specials from Tyler. Martin, Navasota, Crockett, Waver- ly and other points in Northeastern Texas report another very heavy rainfall. This makes the fourth unusually heavy fall in that section since the 1st of May. Im mense tracts of country arc flooded. Such tremendous rains have not been known in Texu for many years. Great damage to crops hu already resulted. In some sec- tlons the crops had bun planted twice and mnst now be planted again. At Weatherford the rainfall daring tho past twenty-four hoars wu over eight inches; at Corsicana five Inches; at Dallu, Pales tine, Tyler and other polnta four inch es. At- Mcxia. added to tlie tor- rente of rain, a tornado of considerable force pused over the north- eut portion of the city lut nignt. A pe- and in conversation with him' he said he cnliar glare of light followed the track, at times being quite brilliant. It is not be- otHcre KuTUSuttttV — a resolution wu adopted authorizing Chairman Baranm to appoint a sub-corn- mitten of fire to take zbargn of the prepa- and successful manner in which the exe- that the rumor that U. 8. Grant, Jr. had cation wu conducted. | Ucd to Canada to escape arrest wu wholly without fonndation. H.s ton had gone Death by Hit Own Hand. I this evening to Morristown, N. J.. where Columbus, Oa., May 22.—Thomu | be and would be found in bis office Hines, formerly of this’place, bat more re- to-morrow, cently of Atlanta, committed suicide here _ 1,111 ,rT Y^ T, °i AT f Irr * ,cl0 ' to-day by cutting hi. throat Th. unfor- „ n dmtand^Rh^Tsu?°^„S?^ le ^ tunate man waa a gentleman of mean*, and of high standing among his fellow, thatitwifftoahfetni?a*r of iffiuF men. For some time his health has been I T*W. tU ,t# his death revealed the fact that he was un usually depressed. Th® Merhodlst Conference. ■ nut a visit to the alleged 11mtote I mo^ig M ^. 1 MTthod5t r EidJS; thataUweresereneJidT.mon^Lwont imlttee, recommending the pub- hu been restored. It wu leered that there would bo runs on aereral banks, as they were reported on the streets lut night u in a weak condition, but a visit to tbs alleged bllngth paIConl_ SHSSSSSmS «A n, .*n hata^It 1 V* ®orrow. Clearances were made good to- ^d I Ute W Sc^wiSSS t . U tt doora*with < $iSl?,U0CUln h *ash on°the Man- The; committee onlro^m.frgld agd RMCkln the .fo money to remain in the bank. The Ma- SXSSlnn h n! • onlc B “ k - on wbleh ,hCT * « amaU 0 ^n D ) run yesterday, received deposits this ottered an amendment to one reports morning of $30,000 more than it paid oat. I*)K.U. V ^L. !,'. w „ 0rk AtMcKeltnort a ran was Inaugurated rim * Thiiln'i^niWnVwi m 00 Deoptas Bank, but by noon confl- u ! .1, dtnr * wu restored. Tha deposits exceed- 1?® ed the cuh drawn ont by $21,000. ral conference yesterday, and Is u fol- The iltnatlon improves here with every Tfcrelred. ■HtetwefaUv Indore, the ad- h~rm|d to.^neral imprusloo 8od * Pennsylvania Bank stock is quoted at Vffi&tff ‘S&ff&oct, which ^, r e e re Plr ih. ,n Penai ydraffia™ ’ften'k* °wu W StwWC ° pm ® d afternoon to receive depoelta. F^mwvKltty'TiSd p£££dto THE methodistconference. authorize the Freedman's Aid Society to __ . make simitar efforts in the South to in- Con " cra '"> n of th » Four Ntw Bishops [TELEORAraXO TO THE ASSOCIATES rEXSS.j Philadelphia, May 22.—'To-day’a sea- crease its funds. Report number five declared that it wu meet unwise to change the name of the , , ... .... „ , , , Freedman's Aid Boclety. This wu also ••on of the Methodist Eplacopal conferenca- adopted. I wu attended by a Urge number of apecta- c hangei tors, anxious to witness the consecration In discipline which were adopted nnatim, of the new bUbops. When the body wu sad the report wu then, adopted as a railed to order lhi K«,w! i *•- Taylor u editor of the Sotlkmiitm Another report concerning the growth o! Clrulmn A<f roente and Rer. Wm.Nutas the ahurch in the South wu presented and editor of the Ckriilum Apoloaiil wu an- a strong appeal for lu adwtU wu made . The commltteTo? Jr^maS?. by Rev. Ur. UartxeU. The conference £d ind work in the South lnb- however, voted in favor of the report be* milted a report embodying a res- ing printed and laid over until to-morrow. | olution stating that tbs question _ ■ of separate or mixed schools wu one of Failures. expediency, which wu to be left to the . ***•„' o'*- May* 3 .—A special dispatch judgment of these more ImmedUtely con- from Richmond, \ a, state that It. A O. cxrned, and that the entire work should be Blanchard, coffee merchants, bare failed, under the control of ont society, and that PxTEUtcin.VA., Msy 23.—T. V. Collins, the Freedman's Aid Society •tumid have grocer and liquor dealer here, hu failed, control of the work in this section. A Hit liabilities and assets not known. few amendments changing the text and Richmond, 1 a.. Mar 23.—8. Blanchard. I meaning of some passages, bat not ma- wholesale grocer and Importer, filed a deed terieily altering iu effect!, were adopted, to-day assigning all bis real and personal The ceremony of consecrating the hish- property to John Pickett and Geo. Roan- ope-elect wu then proceeded with. Bish- tree, for the benefit of his creditors, with-1 op Simpson presided, sad assisted by the liered that much damage resulted. Infor mation hu also been received of a tornado 200 yards wide which pused between Fair- field and Stewartsville yesterday. Forests were uprooted in its pathway. Farmers are now out ascertaining the extent of the damage by foUosving its track. A tornado lasted through Hempstead county yester- dSv, aweeping everything before 1L A child tlx weeks old wu blown sixty yards and unhurt. A boose containing negroes wu blown down, hot all escaped except one child, which wu killed. A Shut Down Contemplated. Fall River. May 23.—The manufactu rers here are discussing tbs advisability ot a general shutdown on Saturday for one week. The proposition items to meet with general favor. Philadelphia, May 22.—Although no official notice hu been given of a stop page for two weeks at tbs anthracite coal mines in Jane, an official of the Phila delphia and Beading Railroad Company states that inch a dsciaion has practically been reached by the several companies. A formal notice to this effect will be issued next week. . Pmsscao, Msy 22.—A confetfW vt- tween the iron manufacturers and a com mittee of [the Amalgamated Association is in progress here. Although no offi cial information can be obtained, there is good reuon to believe that lut year’s scale will be signed without further difficulty. An h.OCW horse power natural gas well wu struck this morning on the Westing- house property. Ooutd'e Views. New Yoex, May 22.—Gould says: “I have absolute proof that outside investors have been heavy buyers of Western Union within tho put two weeks. The stock hu been taken from the street and transferred. re very little with capital ihese figures, and there is every reason to tnppose that we have pused through our troubles. I wu talking with g prominent bank officer this morning and he declares that we have nothing to fear for our usociated banks and tbit each day brings a better outlook." The Cuban Filibusters. Ket West, Fla., Msy 22.—Late reports indicate that Castro hu left Nuun, osten sibly for Jamaica, and the Cabans claim be hu landed and joined Aguero. The pkx at Nauau wu probably a Fenian one. The present gcverior of the Bah emu is reported to have been formerly a magis trate In Ireland and to haTt made himself obooxious to Irishmen. Documents have been discovered oo the body of a person found drowned, disclosing g plot to de stroy the government palace, and an In- ferral machine, probably intended for the work ot dee traction, hu also been discov ered. ■ [TELEGRAPHCD TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] Philadelphia, May 21.—A fire at tha Atlantic Oil Works, which broke out about 10:30 last night, spread during the night, and at 9:30 o'clock this morning two ad ditional alarms were sent to the fire de partment. The flames are still aweeping over the works. About a dozen vain able tanka have burst and considerable burning oil hu escaped. Kfforts are being made to ran off the remainder in tanks. The parafine works, consisting of several brick buildings, have been' destroyed. These were located to the north of tlie refinery. Although the wharf property and refinery which is in eiose proximity to the stills are in danger. It Is thought that with the force ot men at work they can be saved. It is impossible to estimate the exac ex tent of the loss but it isover $d00,O». The lut great lire at tho Atlantic gjciinery Company's works occurred live year-, ago. All of the oil property at Point Breve is considered in peril. Application Ii.-aa 1,,-,-n made by Wm. L..Elkins, proprietor of tlie Belmont Oil Works, which are located be- tivi-ell tlie Atliinti- - - nil| in\ - |iro|.erlv and the Point Breeze Gu Works, to tlie chief of police to put tho tug Stokley in service, so as to aid tho fire department from the river front. This was done. M r. Elkina bualso made application to (del. lfartranft, commander of this division of lie- Slate militia. Id -end a detail of tlie Key-tune buttery In blow up tlie tanks of the Belmont works, and thus save property and prevent the tiro from spreading to the gu works. By noon fourteen tanksof oil were ablate in-! era! more in great danger. Tlie ti.iini-s now -jiread over an area of live ncrca, and will very Hkelycontinue to 1mm ior -nine days. At the-ame lime the lire wu considered under control, that is tlie hri-men felt confident Ihev could keep it confined to the oil now burning. This wu, ln.ivevi-r.-ai. 1 at I o'clock this morning, and since then several explosions have taken place and a change in the wind may spread tho llames to some anexpeotcil quarter. It ia now said that the loss will reach $000,000. Several cannon have been placed in rendineu to use in tapping tlie tanks and drawing off their contents into the district already burned over, in case other tanks are endangered. A change of the wind will greatly lncrcue the loss and difficulty of kasping the fire within bounds. Thcro is no insurance in regular insurance companies, but the companies carry a large fund for self-iusurance. Concerning the market, I have very tony. I believe that parties with ca are anxious to get securities at these flgi off to the Atlanta Jail tor safe keepieg, to await the action ot the grand jury at the October term of the Superior Court The following October a bill for rape wu found against Leonidas Johnson, alia) Bill Jones for the rape of Mrs. Cook. At the trial it wu conclusively proven that he wu guilty •f the offense with which be stood charged, the evidence being so coaclayive as to leave noroumfordoabt .... The esse was ably aimed oo both sides, out preference. Liabilities $223,000; assets estimated at $129,000. Among the credi tors are Baring Brothers & Co., of Boston. {M7J)00; Massachusetts National Bank, ot ceremonies. .pa, performed the consecration Beecher's Disgraceful Speech. Springfield Republican. Boston, fco.000; State Bank, of Richmond, TheYaitere is’asJd'In lie dns ro’heanllMt' I E**** 1 ’* Speech for President Ar- “‘•‘“"Jdeal. thur wu in manypotou a discreditable in*s in qpffte futures. I utterance. HU pralaeof Arthur's running NEW \ oax, Msy 23,—The business fail-4 the custom-house machine and of his ares of last week throughout tlie country, 1 work u "ardent and enthoaiulic politl- u reported to R. Cr Don A Co,, number I clan, loyal to his party sru loyal to his for the United 8tatea 212 and for Canada friendship,” wu marked by tramoai.it 30. a total of 232, against200 last week, an sophistry, and hi. alliuton to theDorare increase of 23. The failures increase is banquet, when he Uked Dorsey and did S retty eveoly distributed among the Mid- I not like Arthur, wu an unfortunate ge ls, Western and Pacific States, but there | ceptanee of Mr. MacVeagh'e challenge to is a considerable decrease to note in Cana- I recall that occasion. This whole speech dAjrod New York city. draws the great decay of Mr. Beecher*! New Yoee, May 23.—Jones. Willis A I oratory in late years from fluency to fluid Co., hardware, Pensacola, Fla, hare [ ty; at no time hu he deterred the coin- failed. The business was established in I mendation the latetArtemns Ward beatow- tbe fall of 19«. and they did a luge trade ed upon George 1 Wuhlngtonbec.au on a capital of $29,000. he never alopt over, bat he seldom (lope I worse than when he said in record to set* A Confidential Clerk Disappears. ting Arthur aside for an untried candi- New Yoee, May 23.—John Cummins, 41 date, "Greater toUv than that wu never years old, confidential clerk in the employ I sent upon men by envious gods.'' If he of the Standard Oil Company, te missing wanted to judge an act of really contain- from his residence in this city. He left mate atinlnity what woald hope for ten- home Tuesday, May 13, for bte office, and (uagaT afterwards went to the company's bank in New York to draw money with which to | Russia. pay off the employe* at the Fade refinery. Bayonne, N. J. He got ebont$J>.000 and A Brutal Outran*. Lawsesce, Mass., May 24.—Timothy Lowe, aged thirty, residing here, went this morning to the boose of Timothy Sullivan, in North Andover, where he found Sulli van's two daughters, aged thirteen and •rren. He attempted to commit an out rage on the elder girl, who resisted, when he strangled her to death. The other child screamed tor help, whereupon Lowe chuked her till the became insensible, and furs are entertained that film will not recover. Low* wu arrested and Is now confined in the Lawrence police station. He te un married. ______ An Old Virginia Welcome* Btauetox, Va., May 22.—The reception of the Twenty-eighth New York Regiment by the Filth Virginia and dliiens here to day wu truly an old Virginia welcome. After the parade the veterans repaired to the opera boose, where speeches were made and congratulations exchanged. The New Ocean Cable. Oioucura, If AM., Mir22.—The steam er Faraday hu arrived off Thatcher's Is land and came to anchor at 9 o'clock this morning. Openttena ai« now in pro- gnu tor measuring the distance from the store to the Faraday, and the work ol con necting the cables will be prosecuted with ill possible dispatch. The Alabama Marshalship, Moxtgomesv, May 24.—Judge Ooteon, appointed by Jostles Woods, of the United Slates Supreme Conrt, u marshal for this and the Mobile districts, hu entered upon the dalles of bte office, bte bond hiving been approved. The deadlock te now ended, and business te progressing. Suicide at Columbus. Columbus May 2A—T. J. Hines, of At lanta, cut hte throat with, pen-knife in the telegraph office here this morning. Mental aberration te assigned u the cause of the deed. - He formerly Used here and wu visiting relatives LUTHER IN BRONZE. Heroio Statue of the Oreat Reformer Un veiled in Washington. Philadelphia Press. Washington, May 21.—At the base of one of the triangular reservations which suxTonnd the Thomas circle, an o)»en square of several acres, stands the Luther an Memorial Charch, in front of which ia the aite of the colossal bronze statue of Martin Luther, unveiled to-day. The ceremonies began at 2 o’clock. Jus tice Miller, of tho Supreme Court, presid ing. Tho Marine Band played Haydn's The Heavens arc Telling.” after which came a prayer and the reading of the his tory of the statue. SKNATOB CONGEE'S ORATION. Senator O. D. Conger, of Michigan, then delivered the unveiling address. He s;iid: ' Four centuries from the date of his birth, three thousand miles from the scenes of his labor, on the border* ? f •».. continent then undiscovered, in the capital of a wonderful nation then unborn, we anther from far nn-1 iu-nr around the monument of Martin Luther, wrought In in enduring bronze from the mines of < o rinany, modrllrd l>v the skilful artisans of hi* -own fatherland, and tran*q>orte4l over intervening land and sea to stand amongst tho other memorials of patriot ism and veneration that adorn our beauti ful ' Ity and xti.'ii'ilatf tlie f.iitli and virtue "f umiuiiihrri'tl uitis'-uns of this common- wealth.” EXT. DB. MQRnis'C ADDRESS. The second and closing oration was de- liv.T.'d by Uev. l»r. Morris, IU)., LL.Iof Baltimore, who greeted and < on. gratulated hit fellow-believers, as well aa the whole Protestant community of the land, upon the atuplcious event which had brought eo many of them together. He said the Protestant church could not ex cite each universal enthusiasm about ar.y any other eccleeUetlcal character since the daysef Paul, and described the depth! of error and tin Into which the world waa sunk at the time of Luther’s birth. Lu ther** humanity made Protestantism the religion of the household, as Romaninn had been the religion of the state and the [cathedral. The speaker then paid a glowing tribute to Marlin Lather, "the sweet singer o! Eisenach, the secluded pioneer of Wartburg, the apostle ol Christendom," and described eloquently the n-soclatioiiH of the Thnringian forest In whiclt mnch of Luther's early life was spent. Th.- raxi!.; ol Wartbnrg. lie- Bald,became an * , ii;-i»tri- ons school of the prophets." The -i-n-n-l dl hcatheni-h doctrines over the falre-it portions of the globe, and their banish ment, which began with Luther, were for cibly portrayed, with the probable ( i!.-ct on hte nature o( the stirring events which at that time aroused the whole world. THE ArrZABASCI or THE STATUE. The statue reaches an elevation of more than twenty feet, the pedestal Iwing eleven feet In beight,'and consisting of fear blocks of dressed granite, the undermost covering an area ot 120 square feet. .The onlv in scription, “Martin Lather,” te In ni-«t lettenupon the principal block nt tho pedestal. The entire body and limbs of the i:.mre are enveloped In tin-folds o(a priestly robe. The left hand ho'-dsa closed liook, the clenched finger of the right re-t ing upon it The raised lace, deeply knotted brow End firmly closed lips, to gether with the sturdily placed limb-, por tray determination and defiance. Ills a duplicate at the principal figure of the T lit),MW <yy.xnn ot UVreoa Lather group at Worms. IRELAND. AM IHrOlMEH'a ETIDESCE. Hugo, May 2L—At the magisterial in quiry to-day in the Tubbcrcarry con spiracy to runnier, PatrickDeteny. the In vincible informer, coo tinned hte evidence. He deposed that Tyman, alleged to lie "Number One," was present at the Pb , nix Park murder, and that Brennan, ex.-c re- tary of the Land Leagoe, was a member of the Fenian directory. Delaney also said he waPoneof the party who went to shoot Detective Sheridan nnder orders of the leaders. In hte opinion the members of the Fenian organisathMQrareencouraged to commit crimes. CANADA. Toronto, May 24.—The Mail building one af the handsomest tn the city, was partly destroyed by fire this morning. The sonthera whig i- almost a ruin. The northern wing will probably be saved. The fire te said to nave originated in the pres CREAT BRITAIN, a ex soars oxdxkxd to sz beadt. Loxdox, May 2t—The admiralty has ordered the flotilla of torpedo boot* at Chatham and Portsmouth to be prepared forthwith (or active seraics. a raoroemox to the roarx, Loxdox. May 2L—ThoihU Hell QauU* EMdonncee. under reserve, that England has eufgMted to the I'ortc to send UJM) troopetoland atSoakim. march to Khar toum, attack the Mabdi and n-Mtebliib then withdraw , leaving the i'a- tqbject to The Striking Spinners. Fall River, May 24.—'The striking spin ■era at the Border City mill have voted t£ goinMonday. The strikers at sometin other mills will also resume. Other -luk ing spinners bad g meeting this morning to consider the situation and i- - lio whether to end the strike.