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WEEKLY EDITION.
THE CONSTITUTION.
VOL. X\
ATLANTA. GA.; TUESDAY AUGUST 5 1884, TWELVE PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WAR WITH CHINA.
THE OPENING OF HOST1L1TI 2
DEEMED MIN ENT.
The Eolation* Between Franco nod CMna M
Strained Than Ewer No:wCombatant* J>av-
Ibr Foochow Th?? Nevrj Tliroi-ehout
Ehrope- BTlior JSa'.trn, Eta.
London, Awgn>t \.???Tho Time* ha* ft tie
spateh from Foochow, doled July 3lst, whic
Bays: ??????China ho* r Tus. il to pay the indent-
*nitv demanded by F rane-. The time gr.m???.ed
to China by France tf< rh-etde upon the matter,
has been prolonged b< y- r W the first of August.
A secret edict has been issued order! t.
Chinese not to , ??? ??? r . -r*. French civ
ilians and mandarin*, t owev.r, assert that
the liv - . f. r. ??? ' uu* not safe. Tho En
ishii g-ship is Li . L???,.sailors to act in tiio
de&m-c of the forektur* iu Foochow.
Swnlm nml Morrow to be Tried Un-.Ior Very
Grave Charge*.
Washington, August 1.???Major Scott, judge
advocate of the court martial appointed to try
General Swnim on the 10th of September next,
has prepared tho charges upon whirii that
"???j officer will be culled to account. Tho charges
ore:
First. Conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman, in violation of the 61st article of
war.
Second. Neglect of duty, in violation of tho
(hi
!<! to
-0!;u,t Ui??bi .
. t;t t??u 5. ??50,000 taels, nearly :}7.
IV 0.001). War. to all appearance, is imminent,
A dispatch ??? from Foochow, this date, states
that a great j ante j remit* there. Foreigners
arc a rm rig.lor defense. Ladies are leaving
the c tv and Hie French consul is preparing to
gonl ard n gunboat.
Pr.n e Minister Ferry gave an audience to
day to Li Fong Pao, jChiursa minister. L
L fortt wiya France is re>t likely to break no-
get it--tin s >vilh China or to push matters t>:
extjffiiiHv.
A <???i ) i tcli of to-day from Foocliow to Uoi
tir'. tch-gram company asserts tho' the ge
<rn! inij-r- -ion in that city iu that war b*t??vo
ITr i t e i i d China is inevitable. Loth naiiv
a d :??? r :>;?? ers or<- leaving the city, Tho tn
i ts laidcd from the British Corvette
Ci anJ]ii<m. *;- .'iateei by the gunboat Merlin,
*rn guard ng the foreign settlement.
r i UK JlAi.fi:, August').???Both houses of par-
lir.ii.eut met in joint session to-day aud passed
1 y n vide . f 07 to 91 a bill naming Quo?n
i mn n ?????; icge.???.t during tho minority of the
IriiKCfs Wilbelma.
??? nctn /.xn kilykb.
Lo;.rox, AugtKt 1.???Bullion in tho bank of
England (increased during tho past week 191,-
ill pcui.ds.
Par-1:-. August 1.???The statement of tho
lank of Franco show a a decrease of 105,039
lanes in gold, an increase of 113,000 franc
i liver.
Cl efnatcivn, August'J-???The steamer Ain >r-
ha he: c.v fir New York this morning car, *
tpmoi mail nml 100,000 pounds in specie.
TUB CAKTAIX HI00T3 IllM.lKLK.
Madrid, August l.???Cajn * : n Newton
passengtr of the steamer La-xhum, which
eently sunk after being in a c-dlisiou with tho
steamer Gijon, escaped with fifteen 8jianiards,
ar-d lui'dui at Muroj. H; reports that 1
jn<d;&ti ly after the collirsion the captain
the C;Jon ;lmt himself. The Spaniards, ho
fr.id, 11 hnved Holly. No hows hat bet
etived from the captain of tho Laxham.
STK.UING DYNAMITE. *
Gl/SGow, August I.???At Airdrie,a few
fr i. ???his city, lost night, the magazine of tho
??? Dixons, colli'-rr, was forcibly broken into by
means of pick axes, and 65???pounds of dyna
mite carried oil. No clue is yet reported us t
who did the deed, ami no arrests have been
made.
Tim il AX CURS TEH CATV AI. SCHEME,
Los box, August l.???Tho committee of lhq_
house of commons to which the Manchester ship
canal bill was refun d, have unanimously re-
i ectcd it. The bill was also rejected in tho
ipuso of lord?.
a collision at sr.
London, August 1.- The strainer Brit-auia,
???which left New York July 16th for London,
was in collision on Wednesday night with the
steamer Bell Cairn,.from Liverpool for Cadiz,
and ??uuk. The crew were rescued by the Boll
???Cairn aud landed at Southampton. Tho Brit-
tonia???s cargo consisted of 88,000 bujhels of oats.
17,000 bushels of wheat, 070,000 pound? of oil
cake, aud a number of cattle. She was of
2/MO ton? hut then.
TRIAL OK Till: DYNAMITERS.
London, August 1 ???The trial of the dyna
miters at Warwick was concluded to-iky. Mc-
D.nncll, who pleaded guilty to the charge of
'treason felony, wiu rvlcnsod on bail, to
appear at any time, if called upon. .lame*
Jjfgun was sentenced to penal servitude for
twenty yea is and John Daly for life. Daly???s
defense of himself was very able. Ho argued
that nothing had been proved against him ex
cept that lie hod borne an assumed namo,
but thh queen moved about under an as
sumed name. Why had ho ??? not
ns good a right. Ifo asked for justice, not mer
cy. lie woe gratified that he was on trial be
fore Englishmen. There was uo claptrap as
in Ireland, Tho prosecution, ho said, had
failed toshow that he had mined in a plot to
ccxrcc the government. Daly denounces the
detectives and officials of Dublin castle. Tho
latter, he said, had reduced Dublin to the c??n-
???dition of Fodom and Gomorrah, IJe admitted
having buried nitroglycerine in a garden
end that he had explosives in his possession,
but b??? contended that this fact did not consti
tute l reason felony,
DIED OK YELLOW FEVER.
.Havana, August 1.???Tho marquis Vega
Yj eelnn, governor general of Porto llico, died
yet terday of yellow fever.
GONE TO MADAGASCAR.
London, August 1.???In the houso of com
mons to-dqy Lord Edward Fitzinauricc, under
necretary of stute* foi foreign aijairs, stated
that a British man-of-war had gone to Mada
gascar to protect British property.
A WilRKSnoP OF EXPLOSIVES,
r. nis, Au'i st l.???An establishment for the
mai.uiicture of explosive b unlja lias been dis-
eovmd in the hue 8f. Juques. A workman
nan'd R- *io vs, together with his mother and
brother, list been arrested,
THE iniSJ DAMAGE CASK.
BtPLix, August 1.???The trial of tho action
for libel brought by Mr. Boliou, crown solici
tor, in Ireland against Purnell and other pro
prietors of the united Ireland for j??30,0t)9
damages was begun to-day.
THE I'iiCKCII i???ll A MUR*.
Paris, August 1.???M. L-It *yer, president of
t' ??? French senate, will preside oveh tho na
tional assembly which opens Monday. The
first business to be done will bg the nomina
tion of ?? commission of fifteen mini ben to,
report 6 project for electoral reforms in
th ter.ite. The government will submit
a new scheme for the election
of Bcnatois, whereby life senators will bo
rtpho til-by *cDt>t<>r?? * let i-*<l tor nine years by
<6* h chamber. Tho present life senators are
to be rettined. The senatorial delegates are
to be inert Med i?? ratio with the municipal
AOULti.ors cmuiH-sing the municipal councils
I h? our brut France. The commitsion of the
chamler of deputies have adopted the princi-
p!o of rcrutin deliste for the eiectson .of
deputiift. ' * ???
c opgrer-sDian Converts Defeated.
Col lmserf, August 1.???Although the Hon.
George L. Converse, who has been six years in
hvQxlfM from the 13th district, could not get
{fcdfttoinatiou himself, he named the nomi-
i . . When Conversed name was withdrawn
j- 1 . lUnant of his saked that he (Con-
\ - < ???t) vote be thrown to Oath waite, which
???v.??- done, and the votes from this, Franklin
THE CROOKED ARMY OFFICERS.
6?nd article of war.
The specifications under tho first charge,
after reviewing the transactions between Gen
eral f wain aud Banker A. E. Bateman, allege:
* First. That the former accepted from Bati-
man & Co., an acknowledgement of deposit of
$5,610, which was a simple memorandum, and
that alter withdrawing nil but $33.89 ot that
sum, he assigned and transferred tho written
r ein owledgement to tho firm of Bright, Hum-
j hteys & Co., and did thereupon knowingly
and fraudulently seek, through said firm
named first, to compel "Bateman tfc
Co. to cash $3,000 acknowledgement,
thus attempting to commit fraud upon said
Baton an A Co.
Tlit second specification alleged that Swaiin
imj rotierly sought, in a personal interview
with A. E. Butcmau, to avoid and prevent an
investigation, and to obtain from him a letter
ret reeling Ihc charges preferred.
The third specification alleges that when tho
giavo and serious charges were ??? referred to
Gcturai Swnim, and had been publicly cireu-
nitd. he failed to demand or request an inves
tigation by a court of inquiry, but addressed a
letter of explanation and denial to. the secre-
toiy of war, which was evasive, uncandid aud
false, ami calculated and intended to deceive
ihc secre tary of war, and in several purliculars
rtending his transactions with Bateman.
The fouith specification alleges that Swains,
upon learning that certain bunkerj had cn-
tirul into a combination to secure tho rein-
Luri???t ment ol sundry sums of money advanced
l-y them to Lieutenant Colonel A. i\ Morrow,
of the Sixth cavalry, on fraudulent pay nc-
??ounts, and that the value of said combination
ih pended upon???Colonel Morrow's immunity
from trial for tho utterance of fraudulent pay
recounts, did threaten to uss his
official position and his knowl
edge so as to cause tho dismissal tf
Morrow from the army, or to other wise im-
| air the value of tho securities given by Mur-???
low to the bunkers, unless they provalc I for
the payment of the claim of $115 held by him
(Swaiin) agniutt Morrow.
The second charge, that of neglect of duty,
is lured upon JHvnim's failure to report tho
facts, or to procure the prosecution of Cofonol
Morrow, on the charge of duplicating p iy
counts, when the evidence of tho ofieneo caino
to-his knowhdge through tho information re
ceived from Bateman.
The witnesses named to support tho above
charges and specification are A. E. fialoman,
John E. Beall, J. Stanley Brown, Robert T.
Humphrey, David B. McKibben, A. I\ Mor
low, M. M. Parker and Jay Stone.
The charges against Colonel Morrow, which
will be investigated by the same court mar
tial, are:
First???Signing falsa certificates in violation
of tho 13th article of war.
Si cor.d??? Conduct unbecoming an officer and
a gentleman.
The first charge is based upon tho issuo of
the duplicate pqy vouchers for March, April,
May, June and -July, 1883, to Norton & Co., of
???\Vhciling, and Squier Jc Co., of Washington.
Under the charge of conduct unbecoming an
officer ami a gouth man, Morrow is accused of
disposing of the puy accounts to Bateman A
Cc., which wrro triplicates of those
niirrdy issued to Norton & Co., aud
Squier A Co., aud thereby imposing upon said
Bateman & Co. Tho witnesses named nro !
Qht-maslI. Norton, Wheeling;'-/. H. Squier,
??T. D. Wilson, A. E. Butcmun, A. K. Paris and
M. M. Parker, Woshlutou. It is undorstoo l
that further iuvestigutibn is being mndo with
a view to bringing additional chargoj against
Swaiin.
THE CIRCULATING MEDIUM.
A C'crtmctfon of ??3'4,000,000 Hlirvivn to
Have Token ITnee In Hovcn .Months.
Warbixoton, July 30.???Tho following Mate*
men in rcgoid to tho contraction of tho aggre
gate circulating medium during tho last session
of congress is based on information obtai >cd
at the treasury department. On Dcecmbor 1st,
D>3, silver dollars in circulation
sido of tho United .States treaiury
amounted to $41,301,983; silver certifioites
to $87,970,261; gold certificates to $58,897,620:
national bank notes to $343-,998,787, and legal
tender notes to$300,806,372. On July I, 1881,
the same items were, silver dollars $39,791,913;
silver certificates, $96,427.011; gold certificates,
$71,140,640; national bank notes, $325,337,800,
anil legal tender notes, $.300,497,215. These
figures show a decrease of $1,507,070 in silver
dollars, an increase of $8,450,810 in silver cer
tificates; an increase of $12,249,020 in gold cer
tificates; adcereaec of $18,600,927 in nntionnl
bank notes and a decrease of $.109,457 in le-
jpd tender notes. The result is an apnaront
I ncresec of $222,676 in tho aggregate circula
ting medium of the country outside of tho
emeunts held in tho treasury. This apparent
inrria??e, however, is duo to an increase of
SI2,249,020 in gold certificates, which ii tnero-
y circulation in tho form of certificates of
gold, which was already in the hands of tho
pi i pic ami the bonks. In other words, tho
scarcity of paper currency caused
>y the decrease in the nation il
ank circulation induced tho people
o use their gold, and they denosited it to ob
tain more convenient gold certificates. De
ducting, therefore, this $12,249,020 show* a
II nl contraction for the seven months ending
June SO, 1884, of about $12,000,000. In addi
tion the exportation of gold from tho country
xeredod the importation during tho same
y tried by $32,494,326, while the gold produc
tion of the mines of the country is estimated
to have been about $12,000,000. -The net Iojj
i f gold w as therefore about $20,000,00 ). This
edded to the contraction of other forms of
currency before shown, to amount to
about 12,000,000, make* tho total
contraction of circulating medium of tho
untry outside of the tressury of about $32,-
COO,Ltd. It is asserted in the office of tho
c?? wptroller of the currency that the Me-
Ph?? non bill, which failed to become a law,
would have at once added about $30,000,040 to
the national bank circulation of the country,
and would have compensated for the severe
contraction which has occurred.
HE WILL NOT RUN.
A TALK WITH EX-STATE TREAS
URER RENFROE.
He Scys that He !??? out of Folities and Cannot bo
Xnduoed to Bun for Hlo Old Otfloe of Ststo
Treasurer-Ho is Now Snucly Fixed in*
r-laooatthe Dade County mines.
\ w re thrown for Outwaite with seven
, x> * f u-ns making him Then Ho king
chi nr???d it* 25 vrt. - to Outwafte, giving him
the u uiSnatfon ami 18 to spare. The nomina
tion v un then made unaniinotts. Out waite U of
Geitn^L parentage, 40 years old, and an able
i??wy r. He has twice*been elected pro??ecut-
iug ii'U-ri. iy of this county, the republicans
flA
_*> mu a man against him.
pot ulsr and will make bis murk in e*m-
, wh* re he is sure U> go, as the district
ha- ft democratic majority of over 5,000.
Folma Must Fay Her Debt*.
Mo&tcomeey, Ala., August 1.???The su-
n me court of Alabama, in the case of Amy
_ Co., of New York, vs. Selma* hold that the
new cor juration of Selma being the same ter
ritory and corporators of the precedent citv of
Selma, is its successor, and liable for the debt
end bonds created and issued under the old
chatter of the city, which had been repealed
bv the legislature, tfhfs was legislation simi
lar to that or Memphis find Mobile, and tho
court here holds that any clause* in the char
ter imy.aiiing liability for old debts ore inop
erative end unconstitutional.
The Klefotsd Railroad.
Ntw Ynac.Augtut 1.???The following persona
resigned to-day as directors of the New York
eli vateii railroad company: Jay Gould,Sidney
Di jon. Cyru* W. Field, Sam Sloan, ilnsscll
Fate, R. M. Giilawav K. M. Field, George J.
Gould, J. II. Hall. W. E. Conn, Jos. K. I. Na
varro and If. I. Dimmiek, and the following
w ere elected to fill the vacancies^F.T.Thomp-
**?????, T. W. Pearsall, J. A. Cawing, Simon
Wortnser, A. C. Barnes, J. J. Slocum. C. W.
f bapin, Jr.. Cyrus W.. Field, Sr., J. V. Co??k-
rait, Y. K. Day, B. W. Leonard end Mailc
Hopkins, Jr.
A Constitution' man met Hon. J. \V. Ren-
froe, ex-treasurer of the state of Georgiatyej-
tcrday.
Colonel Rcnfroe is in excellent hoalth and is
genial, happy and contented. Tim Constitu
tion n?cn remarked on his absence from the
city. Coltnel Renfroe replied:
???I cannot well bo here, although I canaidor
this mjr home and shall always do so. I am
managing the Dado coal company for Gover
nor Brown, which takes moat of my time, aj it
is an immense concern."
"I thought you were railroading?"
??????So.I have been. I have juiftejmpletod tho
Anniston and Atlantic railroad, and at you
know, have done considerable railroad build
ing iu Georgia. I had a bid in for tho entire
Anniston and Atlantfc railroad when I made
the contract with Governor Brown to mnnago
the coal mine. I then hoped that my bid for
the railroad would not be accepted???but it wai,
end I therefore built tjie railroad, and ran the
ci al mine at the name time."
'???You are out of politics?"
???Yes, I am, except when I can help my
friends; then I nin always in."
???Row about your old oliicoof Btuto troaa-
urrrV" .
???J am glad you asked mo that question, for
it gives me an opportunity to answer many
persons at once. Hero arc some letters now,
(pulling a bundle out of hi* pocket,) requesting
mo to offer for the place. I have other letters
of the some sort at home, and wherevor I go
I am asked the satno question bv partial
friends who believe that I ought to offer again
and that I can bo elected. You may
say for mo and I hope tho auswer will ren di
them all, that I would not oiler for tho offica
again under any consideration. Tho fact is I
could not a (ford to, for it is without doubt tin
poorest offico in tho gift of tho pooplo. That
is a hard way to characterise it, and yet it is
the true way. It is a Very laborious ofiles to
fill, aud the great responsibility, the cnormou*
Lond and the small salary makes it tho moat
und< sirablo ofiico in tho gift of tho people.
Why, sir, it is worth tho salary to make the
bond. Under tho present law a security has
to go before a magistrate and make affidavit
that lie is worth the amount signed for over and
above all debts, liabilities and executions
of all kinds, which oath has to bo attached to
the 1 oud. and u lion is created by tho bond iu
favor of the state on all ol his property from
tho munent he signs tho bond, and it is a tw??)
hundred thousand dollar bond, at that. Why,
the state of New York, where tho treasurer re
ceives and disburses eight million* of dollars
annually, requires a bond of only fifty thou
sand dollars t Our law isAvrongl What docs,
this heavy bond amount to, anyway, if a man
is dishonest? Tho treasurer handle* two mil
lions ol' didhirs, and if ho were disposed to bo
dishonest, his bond would not protect tho
state even if it were collected. Tho honoity
and integrity of the man is all tho security tho
state hns at least no matter what tho nrnouut
of his bond is. I say, therefore, I would not
have tho oilico now if it was tewlcrod jno ns a
gracious gift. I get a much lorgor ??? salary
where I am without tho great responsibility,
and with very much less labor."
???And, then," said Mr. Bcitfroo, reflectively/
"when I do rnythlng mcrltorii
it is apnrccwled. ??? Not so will
learned while I was stato treasurer from very
1 ittcr experience tho truth of tho old adaga
that republics nro ungrateful,
held that offico for six long years
md If there ever was one thing
above another that my whole heart and soul
wus i?? ileslro to disclmrgo the duties of tho of
fice to the satisfaction of the people of Goorgia.
I sacrificed everything to that one purpose, I
labored earnestly to cut down expense*
wherevor and whenever it was in my power
to do so, and I know that I did by a change of
pol???cy eavo the state thousands ol dollars.
For example, it hail been customary in tho
trci surir???s cflico to pay commissions to bank
ers and brokers to sell and negotiate her
bonds.* I sold $542,000 of so veil percent bonds
in 1870 at a premium of $2,312 moro
than enough to pay mj sal
ary for tho year. I isiucd
???old and exchanged $2,298,000 of six per cent
bonds in 1877, and also $100,000 of four per
ccut bonds In 1870 and 1880. All of this 1 did
without paying one cent of commhsions, a
feat which up to that time was unprecedented,
as commissions had always boon paid for every
bond sold. I was not oven paid iho usual fee
for extra work for signing over $75,000 of cou
pons,which fee would hovo amounted to nearly
a year's salary at tho prlcos paid to former
treasurers. There is another item that 1 will
mention. It had always beeu tho custom to
pay the fiscal agent of the stato in Now York
from a quarter to a half per cent, which
amounted from two to four thousand dollars
a year. As soon as 1 got hold in tho treasury
1 put n atop to that, and by this ono item
saved enough to the state every year to pay
my salary aud that of my clerk. Iu addition
to this I have in my possession now nn agree
ment fig nod by the officers of the. National
Fork I auk, who I appointed fiscel agent, that
besides making no charge for pitying tho state'M
debt ok it matured in New York, they would
lend ti> the state money whenever it needed it
at five per cu t per annum. This wr t on con
tra* t I now have in my poscssion, and were it
still in force tho state would have uo trouble in
getting all tho mouey it wanted and -would
never have to pay sev
ore many ether items
could mention If it were proper. 1
' But you will not oiler again for the offico?"
'No, sir. I feel very grateful to my friends
??? I /..lit. rliti.iiAl'nln 4 f. I *wl
CATTLE EPIDEMIC.
Tlio Texas Fever Causes the Death of fiOO
Ileail???The Details From tho Herds.
Chicago, July 29.???N. A. Adams, of Man
button, purchased two hundred head of Colo
red o steers r.t Knutas city last week, and
thirty-one herd of them have died with
Spanish or Texas fever. One car load was
stopped hero, and out of that six have died.
These wero taken to Manhattan and are quar
nbtined in the shipping pons there. Up to
three o???clock yesterday afternoon twenty-five
hud died.
:TT)c arrival of a number of sick cattlo
having been reported at tho Union stock
yards m this city, an examination was made
by a number of vcteriu&rios this morning,
who uro not yet ready to submit nn of
ficial report. The fact is known, howev,
that they have agreed that tho disorder
Texas lever, superinduced by driukiug water
strongly impregnated with alkali. The cattle
lmvo been securely quortored and isolated
The So in the lot that ore unaffectod nro to bo
s???augbtercd subject to tho inspection ot tho
hioHh department. Those that are unnblv to
mover are being shot, nml thoso that
d.o * "
and fuliy cppreciato their kind expressions,
esp* daily in these letters of Doctors Rudidll
and Turner. But as 1 said before, I coul l not
consent to take the office under any considera
tion if it wero offered to me. It
it a matter of profound satisfaction to
me that in retiring from tb# treasury I was
able to point the people of Georgia to tho ex
alted financial condition of our great stato and
to fei-1 that in ail matters pertaining to the
state's welfare within the scope of my official
authority, I have exercised sleepless vigilance
nr:d in all matters of economy I have been
watchful. In the systematic methols iu the
many details of the office and the legal expen
ditures of large amounts of money for the
state, I have faithfully ilischurged
my duty and turned over to
my successor .every cent of the state???s mon ey
that had ever come into my hands. I now
prefer to remain a private citizen for the re
mainder of my days, and to devote my time to
repaying those friends who, through ihfck
end thin, stood by me with a devotion that U
rarely equaled."
Colonel Renfroe spoke with much feeling
at d evident sincerity, but looked moro cheer
ful and contented after ho had had his say on
this subject and dismissed the matter from bis
mind.
There is no happiness," he said, ???Dae be
ing sn independent private citizen, with your
hands full work and a competency for your
h mily. That is the highest happiness that a
man c??n get in this or any other country."
Conviet Labor Slust flo. **
Liitlf. Roce, August 1^???The lessees of the
ate penitentiary to-day received notice from
__je citizens of Pope county to take the convicts
cut cf the ccsl mines there within tea days.
The people ate drier mined not to let convicts
work in the county.
oofiy will be held in quarantine for further
developments.
Another train, consisting of twelve cars con
taiuing 240 head of cattle, arrived this
morning. They wero branded
smr.e ns the herd which was found
to bo ikccnsed yesterday^ aud nro in south
western Kansas. Fifteen wero found doa.l in
the cars. Filly-five lmd boon thrown out
deed on the way, and a great many others
were siek and hau been trampled on.
A dispatch fiom Roadhouse, says that six-
tear carloads ol???rattle from IndianTerritory ar
i fved at the Chicago and Alton stockyard* Sun
dtfy night. Nineteen head had died on tliuron
from Kansas City, and it was believed that tho
whole lot were infected with Texas fever. All
that could slam! up in carloads wore forwarded
to Chicago. The remainder???seventyMw.
head???wero dead Monday morning.
Wajsuieoton, July 30.???The following is tho
substance of nfl interview with Dr. Salmon
vetornnriun of the agents* bureau, on tho cat
t?e disease now prevalent at Chicago and the
west.
???H*vo you received any reports regarding
the outbreak of tho cattle disease in tho west?"
asked an associated prcea reporter.
???Yes. IVe have a few telegrams from Kan
sas; Nebraska and Colorado, notifying us of
tho outbreak of the disease tind.asking nssist-
nt.co. We look for such telegrams about this
tiino of tho year."
???Will you render any assistance?"
???Wo can givo them nothing but advioo.
The Ir.w provides that tho commissioner of
rgriculturo may expend tho appropriation in
cc-operation with the stato authorities, only
when necessary to prevent tho disease
from spreading to other states. There is no
danger in this caso of its spreading to other
states."
"Please explain?"
???The disease afreets only native cnttlo, nn 1
is not communicated Irom them. They
(nice it from tho plnco* where
tho southern arrivals have boon pastured. TUo
i out hem animals do not sicken, Lutthoj'alono
communiento tho disease."
???W hat is disease? Texas fever?"
???I have no doubt'of it. It does not como
Irom Texas alone) however# but from many
pert ions of tho south."
???Is not tho outbreak in Chicago an evidence
that the disease is carried from state to stato?"
???1 think not, ns tin* contagion cnttlo which
Arc iillo-u-'l in Chicnir??rprobably took it ft
the pens where *niitliqrn caltl**'h.ivo been f-d.
'Jim nilerifd cattle wif' dio and tho dismso
ill Olid '"???.b thiMli.???T
surprising," iontinuod Dr. Salqion,
???Ubat people don???t lourn tlm nuMire of. thfs
thing. Hero, wo have this outbreak.year
after year, yet measures to provont it are not
taken."
???What steps nro necessary to provont it?"
???Southern cattle should only bo moved in
winter. Thoy may bo moved thou without
danger of communicating tho disease. South
ern cattle, as l have said, don't sutler irom tho
disease, and it is only discovorablo in their
system by close jH??stniortcm examination.
They nro not injured as beuf. Wo shall try to
see it wo cqii exercise somo control over this
matter, but it is difficult to determino what
our ??owe rs nro under tho now'lnw. There is n
provision which, I am inclined to think, will
prohibit any interference with the shipment of
cattle direct to markot. The danger is not so
great in that case, of course, os when thoy aro
???cut north to bo herded for a time. In tho
one case tboy infect only tho pons whore they
are fed, nnd tho*cnps in which they aro trans
ported aud in other pastures.
MORE INFECTED CATTLE.
A dispatch from tho stock yards announces
that nine car loadf moro of cattle alfocted with
Texas fever have arrived hero. Thoy came
over tho Burlington railway from Kansas City,
and belonged to tho same parties who sont in
tho others. They were treated in the same
way. Thoso affected with tho disease wero
shot and others isolated.
OREELY AT HOME.
The Arrival of the Expedition in Portsmouth
One Dny Alirnd of Time.
Portsmouth, N. II., August 1,???Cotnmandor
Fell ley's vessel, the Bear, and tho Thetis, of
the Greely relief expedition, arrived hero this
morning, one day earlier than expected.
Becntary Chandler ordered the plan of
reception and naval review nrrnngod
for to-morrow/ to bo carried
out to-day, which was accordingly dono*
Lieutenant GreoW???a wife and mother aro hero,
ond a great number of distinguished persons
have gathered to do him honor. Tho Tonnes*
see, the Talapoosa, tho Alliance and a number
of other navul vessels and whalers, tho Bear
oi.d Thetis took part in the review, aud tho
burbor was crowded with private craft.
A numerous company of invited guests, in
eluding many dfstinguV
w inguished person* and tho
families of naval officers, wero carried by the
nave) steoni launches to the flag ship Tenne.v
ou the quarter-deck of which tho chief
JMmcnits were held. Here Becretary Clnn i-
ftr received the commanders of tho Thetis, tho
Pear and the Alert. Lieutenant Grcdy
did not leavo. his ship, , but
afte: an affecting scene ??? with his wife and
mother, who came on board, he was visited by
cretory Chandler and Commodore Luco.
After a half on hour spent in convorsatipu and
g> net ????1 handshaking, tho commanding
i/fficer?? of the relief ships returned
m their vessels. Many were the
npj cals made by ull. classes of people to See*
nn ry Chandler to permit them to go on botrd
???the Thetis to catch a glimpse of the arctic
hiroGrecly, but these requests were invaria
bly refined. Just before dark Lieut mi ant
Grcely, hi* wife, mother, brotber-iodaw were
taken Bihor* in the Hating admiral's barge,
and were driven to tho residence of that o ii-
, whete they will remain until they go to
[New bury port. The other survivors re nan
on board the Thetis for the present. Ge??o el
lin/cu accompanied K/crctarjr Cba idler on hi*
visit to tho relbf ???-qumhoii, and not fied the
survivors that they wofeftl be prom ??ted as ??? ??-m
as tl.ev were w* il r n* ugh to occupy the p *i-
tion tiiut w??uld he open* d for ifaem.
Kmployea Discharged.
Fitt8??cro, July 30.???'The Westingbonse air
broke company have notified 215 or their em
ployes that their services will not be required
longer than next Saturday. Tbi?? wholesale
discharge is attributed to the dullness of
trade.
The Lewhton Mills Shutting Down.
Lewiston, Me., July 30,???Mills number one
and two of the Ltistsa corporation are to be
shut down until September 1, on accuuut of
over-production.
THE HANGMAN'S ROPE
Vbe XXtfiglnff of Wilson Slovens in Zdfftflald, Couth
Carolina???'Tho Story of HU Crimo Hjtold???
StvirglDc Off of Qsvertl Brutal
Murderers Over in Alsbama???Sto.
Edoepikld, B. C., August J.???A very inter
esting and suciessful hanging took piano horn
to-day. The victim was a ninoteon-yoar-old
negro man named Wilson Stevens. Karly
this morning people began to bestir themselves
as if something ???unusual was on tho tapis.
Groups of negro men and women could bo seen
at tho street corners in earnest converse, nnd
tho roads from the country wero early' dotted
with negroes who enmo to sen tho hanging.
Somo of them came a Uistaucuof fifteen miles.
But none of them wero allowed to outer tha
grounds where tho sen Hold was placed. Thu
gollows, a very substantial structure, was
built in tho yard near tho jail. It was only
partially concealed by the building itself, and
the beck nnd sido walls. Persons who stood ih
the public square could see tolerably well
dhnt was gomg*on. About thifty witnesses
wero present. Tho sheriff, his deputies, num
bers of tlio murderer???s family, lawyers, doe-
torn nnd newspaper reporters wore tha only
persons permitted to approach tho placo wluro
lhe gallows Mood. They wore around the
sen Hold mid had a favorable view of tho exe
cution. Tho rope was ono of tho customary
size and material which had
been thoroughly tested. Tho full was
betwetn four anil five feet. Tho trigger was
arranged in the usual way. Last night was a
slcepUss one for the culprit. Ito passed the
hours iu devotions, nml this faorning was up
by limes. Heaton hearty meal nnd thou
washed himself and donned ft now suit of
clothes furnished him by tlio deputy alterin'.
The jailer, Mr. Covar. treated him very
kindly, nml the criminal seemed to appreciate
what was done for him. l'reachors nnd dea
cons attended him in tho dismal w itches of
the mom, and strove earnestly to bring to his
mind ft realisation of his crimo und tho awful
nature of tlio impending doom. He joinod
with them In tl(,eir devotions and
manifested a mellow deposition. Ho
contested to them and subsequently
admitted to thoso around the gallows that Iu
had committed the crime, nnd described with
particularity how it was done. Ho did not
secin much frightened when brought face to
face with tho instrument of death. IIo per
mitted tho cxccutiouor to place him iu tlio
center of the platform, then to pinion his
bands ond feet. Tho disnml death warrant
was B'lemnly rend, lie gave utterance
to liis thoughts in u somewhat
incoherent way. Tho closing oxopcisca of re
ligion we re finished nnd then the black cap
wus placed on tho culprit's head, tlio noose
having In on dcltly adjusted around his neck.
The trigger was touched. The machinery
aettd perlectly. Tho felon's taking ofT was
neer-nipllshcd with dexterity, decency nml
dispatch.
WHY UK WAN lIANQltl*.
In the morning of November 14,188.1, Henry
Bteilc-r, un .old Gcriiiun peddlur, vinitod this
town and displayed his wares. When ho loft
here In the afternoon of the same day ho was
urcominnicd by-Wilson Stqvons, a colored
boy, a Lout eighteen years old, \yho ugrood to
??ei to. ht?? fcUidts and wngonor through the
country. N. nr nightfall they halted at n dor
sorted old mill, about twelve mile* from thw
town, oud encamped for tho night. <??wit'**r
was sun to conceal oii his person n wad <??r
iiiomy and l ohio valuable trinkets. Cupidity
Impelled tho hoy.to commit! ft foul murder.
While the old German was sleeping serenely,
Stave ns stealthily approached him, and with
two powerful blows with' a billet of hickory,
queue),! d his life flame. Thun he rifled hi*
pockets ni d fled, l'arties going along tho
road early the next morning discovered the
corpse lying near the mill. Tho skull was
erUHhcd and a heavy piece of wood was found
near by clotted with lialr and blood. Btevou*
was tracked to his own house ami found sit
ting in the porch. When charged with tho
crimo ho vehemently repelled the accusation,
but so strong wero tho circumstances against
hint that subsequently ho confessed his guilt
ond implicated two other negroes. Thoso
alleged accomplices wore arrested,
and turned loose for want of
evidence against them. When found Htovons
hod on his |K*rson n wail of molioy and tho hat
and shoes of the deceased. In his confession
the murderer stated minutely all tho details of
the tragedy. Ifo said that robbery was his
motive, and finally admitted that ho hail corn*
milted tho deed single-handed and alono. His
trial was merely formal. Ho was convicted
cosily and tho judge sentenced him to dio on
the gallows to day.
THE ROPE ELSEWHERE.
Tlio lllnrk Cap Files Off, .Showing a III*.
tornd Countannnee.
Cambridge, Md., August I. ??? Frederick
alias ???Bug".Cephas (colored,) was hanged ill
private at noon to-day for the murder of Mrs*
Celia Bush Murphy on the 7th of last April,
He spent a quiet night, sleeping soundly from
nine o???clock until five this morning. He mndo
a few remarks confessing tho crime, ami
prayer being offered tho black cap was adjust
ed. Jlcbade good-bye to his attendants, and
professed his readiness to die. Wbou tlio
sher iff cut the rope, the cap not having b urn
securely fastened on. flow ofr, uxporiiig hi*
distorted features. The scene, was sickening.
Death resulted in a few minutes from strangu
lation. ???*
ANOTHER EBIOIltrUL RXECtirloN.
New YokiG August 1.???Alexander Jefferson,
a negro who, iu a jealous rage, killed Henry
Hicks and Emma Jackson, also colored, and
hiGiJy kiileii Anna Johnson, arid Hlighlly
WMitjdi d hi* brother, Celestial Jclfersm, at
Mrs. Jockeon's residence on Buffalo avenue,
Brooklyn, was hanged, this morning in the
Ufrsmrc of about 400 spectator*. Jalfen m
Jan claimed all along that at the time of the
nrntnission of the crimes he was insane, and
therefore was quite williug that the surgeon
ht tild examine his brain. Should they find
that he was insane, ho said it
would not benefit him any, but it would via-
tilt ate his lawyer in the fight ho made for
him. Shortly after tho rope was cut ami Jef-
lerson's body shot up info the air, tlio knot
???lipjH d round under lib chin, ami hi* neck
wap not broken. For a moment he wm mo
tion Uss, and then ho kicked, struggled and
groaned as be slowly strangled. By a desper
ate ??tlottr he got lifs right hand up to the ropo
and lore the black can from his face, exposing
its contortions and bis staring eyes. After bo
fore lire Jtrlsck cop away, hi* hand fell down by
his ride. The contortions and the convulsions
ot his b*xly continued for about five iniuufos.
in- was pronounced extinct in eight minutes
*o tht hi Ay wnssent to the morgue.
THREE MEN HANGED. '
Goorgo nml Ailmiy Hughes, nnd Gaorge
Smith Itnngcd.
CiiATTANOooA.Tonn., August J.???[Special.]???
George Smith, George and Asbury Hughes, all
white, who burned Henry Porter's residence
near Carpenter???s station, March 25th, 1883,
suffered death for their crimo to-day. The
hanging was private. Tho juil was surrounded
by on armed guard to preserve order, and no
untoward event happened to mar
tlio solemnity of the occasion. The scaffold
woh erected on the south side of the jail
wall. The unfortunate culprits died protesting*
innccence to the last moment. Tho fatal drop
sprung at 1:14 n. in. Bmith???s neck wus
broken by tho fail nnd he died apparently
without much suffering. Both the Hughes
boya died in great agony. Their necks were
rot broken and death was caused by strangu-
lcfion. AH three prisoners professed religion
and wore baptised in jail this morning by
Bev. J. J. Person, of the Missionary Baptist
church. A largo crowd came to town, but '
i?? no but representative* of tho proa* and im
mediate relatives of tho men were allowed in
Giu enclosure. It -wr.* an orderly affair iu
every respect, no disturbance whatever oc
curring.
TIIE STORY UP THE CRIME.
On tho nignt of March 25, 1Hh3, about nluo
o'clock, Henry Porter and family wore seated
in tlio chrFrful pnrlnr of bin handsome and
palatiol^eeidoncc on Porter???s Bluff, on the top
of Fni.il mountain, near Carpenter's station,
in Jackson county, Ala. A knock wa< heard
nnd on opening the door a masked partyrush-
! in,
money.
olv
Mr. Porter
hand, nnd demanded
from tlu norMi, and
it was report! d lie had n largo sum of mouoy
in tho house. On Mr. Porter refusing ??lio
demand for fivo hundred dollar* tho ruffians
tern mo enraged, nnd commenced to firo pro
miscuously, but no one was iu-
juitd. Being foiled in their at
tempt* at robbery, ono of tho party
Flipped Into an adjoining room and set firo to
the: building. Hi eing their homo on firo the
family escaped ni best they could. Tha house,
with al? its valuable contents, was burned to
the ground, nnd thousands of tlolinra worth of
property swept
Mia* Htandisli,
tiorgue.
Hint nml Imtauliy Killed.
Galvunto*, AuguU I.???The News* Fort
Wmtb special says; Iu a quarrel last night ha-
twren John Gailovyiy, saioooht, and ^<>Ii<u
Officer William Hushing, Galloway wa?? shot
und instantly killed; Hushing was arrested.
At a dance last night in Tilden, David
Martin was called out, shot and killed by En
gineer Murphy. Murphy was jealous of
Martin. The murderer is at large.
Why Doff Killed Hparioelf,
Mocrt Steburo, Ky., August I.???In Pow
ell county y> sterday James Doff, ou returning
1 r me, found Csriar fipurlock in bed with hit
wile, lfoti drew a pistol and shot Kpurlock
M vcrsl limes# killing him instantly.
fume, was at tha
Hjno visiting Mr. Porter. Hhe had iu Iter
trunk fittcen hundred dollars in cash, which
was burned. ,
The unfortunate family wore forced to friko
(???heller in n dilapidated cabin in tho mount Jus,
where they* remained through tho savrest
winter over known in that region, brok m
down iu health from the terrible expomro of
(hrt fate 1 night. Mr. Porter sucailiiiba.l to
his sufferings and diod. Mr*. Porfer bjenmo
itouc blind, nnd now in u stato of dementia
from which slio can never recover. Kvcry-
thing possessed by that oneo happy funny
wimtnV.cn from them, nnd they were left v>???ry
poor indeed.
George Smith,-Asbury and Goorgo Hughe*
nr.d one Grayson, nil white, wvro arrested on
Htppicion, and on their final trial were convic
ted of arson in tho first degree, whi&h is n cap
ital u fie tire in Alabama. The jury brought in
a verdict sentencing Georgo'Smith, Georgo
and Aabtiry Hughes to bo hanged, and Gray
son to tho 'penitentiary for life, tho latter hav
ing proven that ho was jmt at the burning of
the hdtlse, but was cognizant of tho nfnir.
The ease wii* appealed to tho supremo court
nml Iho decision of tho lower court w\i*
affirmed* They were sentenced to bo Jiaugod
on Friday, August l, f 1884.
V.IAR8HAL BRYANT.
Ifo Hum Como to Oust General I.ongstroot
uiul Anhuiuo tho Du Mo* of HU Office.
f John ????? Bryant ha' arrived in AUnufu and
is happy In the possession of tho prlxd ho has
covcuu n> long. That is. ho is almost in poa-
sessioti of if,-for in ft fow days ho will be mar
fhnl of tlio northern dintriet of Georgia. A
t'oKSTiTt'Tiox reporter called on Mr. Bryant
nt tho Grant house Friday und ask nl when
he expected to take . chnrgo of
the intiffin.Ph offico. Ho ranlledi
???Just ns soon as my bund is arranged. That
will bo In a very few days I suppose. My
commission has been forwarded to Jttdgo Mo-
Cay, who will turn It over to mo when tho
Uma for $20,000 is properly nmdo out and ac
cepted,"
???When wero yoii appointed?"
??????Lost Friday afternoon. As you
know them has been dis
satisfaction with General Long troit
for a le/.g time at Wanhiugfou. 8aver.it in
spectors examined info the condition of Ids of
fice nnd advised his removal. >*or some rca- .
son the president did not request bis resigna
tion until the result of tlieHiirlnger investiga-
ting committee showed up tlm ullairs of -tlttf
i Mice moro completely. General Lotuptroat???s
resignation was requested. It did not
come in duo time, but on the contrary a letter
was received from tho general lost Friday
declining to resign. Tliot afternoon^ ho was
suspended and I was appointed. As soon ss
I could arrango tnv affair* 1 canto to Atlanta"???
???lists you nnytliing to soy as to th???> man
ner iu which you menu to conduct the office#
or a* to you appointments?"
???Nothing until I am placed in charge.
Though General Longstrnei luis boon suspend
ed, ho will be marshal until I tun quslifi tJ.
There is a thing or two 1 would like .to say in
referercncc to my appointment. I do not
in ci. ti to reflect on General Long* tract in any
wsv, though 1 sec ho has said that it is int|KM-
???iblo for a man like Brvant to sueetal- him in
tho office. Tho general has changed his opin
ion of mo recently, os you will uco by this
palter."
Mr, Bryant then produced an indorsement
of his character as a loan, und his stmling
r.s a republican, doted July, 1881. It was
signed by a dozen names, General Longntroct???s
up pi iiring second on tho list. Tho paper
spoke ol Bryant in tho most fluttering toruts.
Mr. Brfunt continued??????The statenimtthat
my appointment won a reward for th* sup-
port I gave President Arthur at ~ CWoago. fa
fa fee. Tho Georgia delegation thers
w era entirely harmonious. The
president lisa been very friendly
to n?? ever since what was calioJ ???Hs-??
syndicate," and the other republican leadars
came info harmony two years ago. Ha has
not always heeded our udvico as to appoint
ments, but he never appointed a umn for
Gt org/a office over enr protest. I have been
a candidate for the mo rshaUh ip for two ye an,
oud 1 don???t know that thoro woa any
other candidate. I was indors.d by
the regular nnd recognized republican organ
ization in tho state, We arc naturally well
disposed toward President Arthur -bcoause ho
ha* been kind to us. We knew he was a can
didate for the nomination just as you an 1 the
public generally knew it. Never did we have
one intimation of the fact from him or from
n??y member of his cabinet. Our support
of him was purely voluntary.
General Longstrect was to be removed any
way, and the president appointed me, 1 ??up-
jiose, because the leaders of tho (tarty in two
state ??ik;d him to do ??o."
For whae term w*re you appointed 1"
Under the tenure of office act I am ap
pointed vice Longttrect suspended end my
appointment extends only to the adjournment
???I the next session of congreet."
Mr. Bryant said that he though he would
be ready with bis bond in a few days, and
then he .will make a formal demand on G ut-
erol Longttrect for the marshal's office.
Mint HU htepfnther.
CivctRSUTi, July 31.???The Commercial
Gazelle's fibelbyviile, Ind., dhpat.- ??? ???
Joel Maw, Jr., come home drunk Tue* i iy
night aud abused his family, when Chari- *
W right, hi* stepson, shot and fatally wounded
him. The affair happened at Marietta, nine
inika eo*t of here.
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