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YOL. XVI I.
ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 2G 1881. TWELVE PAGES-
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WORSE THAN MURDER,
PARTICULARS OF THE VILLA RICA
RAPE AND KILLING.
'One of tho Voit SUbolie«l/7rlp90 that B73r Dis
tract d » Civilized Community-- in Outratc
a Weak and Simple OXindod Gir.—Ihe
Killing of the ilra:al Bap!*;.
Villa Rica is again quiet and the terrible
tragedy of Tuesday is now a thing of the past.
Thun day the town was perfectly‘free, from
any excitement whatever an l the general
opinion of every person w is that vengeaneo
hod been rightly ineete t out to one who richly
deserved it. The negrt who gave his life for
the heinous crime bo committed was John
Johnson. IIo was a young, burly, heav
negro ond had been liviug in Villa
Eica for a number of years. His
Victim was a pure, inoffensive girl
seventeen years of ago. She is tho daughter
of a well-to-do farmer who lives about two
miles from the town- and has always been
considered weak minded by those who-kuow
her. Her nnrno is Emma Morris and her
father, Oat Morris, is known throughout the
county. Mr. Morris’s farm is a well improved
one. On it there is an elegant spring which
ts quite a distance from the house. Tlio fami
ly drink the water from this spring. On
Tuesday morning about ten o’clock tho young
lady ldt the heuso to go to the spring for a
bucket of water. The path to tho spring loads
through n -grove and wheu she reached this
grove
THK KKGRO 8UDDKXLY SPBANO OUT
grabbing her by tho shoulder led her into tho
woods. As soon ns the negro laid lii.s hand
upon the young lady she realized her danger,
mid began screaming for help, but her eu-
treaties wero cut short by Johnson’s largo
hand, which he clasped over her month. Once
in tho thicket the muscular
negro ' had no. trouble in
cuting tho terrible crime he had been
ternidating for more than a mouth. Theu
bruised and almost lifeless the lady remained
in the thicket for some time. Finally her
strength relumed and with a full knowledge
of the horrible crime which had been com
mitted she sought her home and told
her mother what had happened. Mrs. Morris
was sick in bed and the news was a severe
shock to her, but she bore up with great for
titude until her husband came in from tho
field to his dinner. Then alio imparted to him
tho terrible intelligence,and from his daughter
Mr. Morris ascertained that the negro was
John Johnson. She know him well and could
not possibly be mistaken. Mr. Morris's lirst
impulse was to hunt Johnson down
AND BLOW HIS It RAINS OUT,
but he was a peaceful und conservative man
ond after reasoning awhilo went to Villa
Eica, and securing Dr. Gilmer, re
turned to his home. Tho doctor quickly
substantiatedTho girl’s story and Whon ho de
scribed tho brutal treatment she had received,
and tho horrible brutoc3 and wounds that had
been inflicted upon the young lady, the father
could no longer retain himself and quickly
returned to Villa Eica, where ho made known
the outrage. Soon a half dozen determined
citizens organised themselves into a squad -and
staitcd out in search of Johuton. - The search
continued through tho entire night without
sWcets, but Wednesday morning Johnson was
found concealed in the woods, and when call-
UdVu to surrender, quietly walked -aj*-rfo Jho
StlTCUUS. -As »o*»n mm he rtmohert them he
was securely tied, but while this was being
done lie calmly told thorn why ho was arrested
the cViir.e
irig to occ°mplish it for more than a month,
and that on Monday ho would have succeeded,
hut was scared away from his plaoo of con
cealment by some one. Ho then returned
Tuesday morning, and in n heartloss way told
Hew HX-CBKPT T1IKOU01I THK WOODS
to prevent any one from delecting him; how
be concealed himself uenr tho spring
path, and how ho sprang upon
tho young lady immediately niter
tho young lady immediately niter
ho passed him. His story was cnoug b to
1 * J t I.!. ! • _ I..41. L..I I.!.
have produced his instant death, but his can-
vero law abiding men ond decided to
and
Th ‘y
tors were
moke the proof of his guilt doubly
then let the law take its course.
pressed into service" two other negro men
and then led the threo to Mr. Morrises home.
The young lady wos asked if oitbor ouc of tho
thice negroes was the guilty man; without u
moment s hesitation she pointed her Auger ut
Johnson and said,
"TE8, HR IB TURMAN."
Tho other two inon wero
released and Johnson was taken
to Villa Eica, where a warrant
charging him with the crime was obtained.
Then ho was arraigned before Justices 8tono
and Turner, and upon bis owh statement was
committed to jail, The county jail is at Car
rollton ami Johnson was placed in tho town
calaboose to uwait removal tho next
day. His arrest and trial crq^cd
seme excitement in the town, but there ^as
, no (ulk of lynch law. The excitement spread
to tho negroes, and among them there was
seme talk of
AN KrrORT TO CEI.RASK JOHNSON.
These threats wero made known to tho mar
shal, and a squad was organized to guard -the
calaboose during tho night. This only mode
the negroes worse, and a few appeared on the
Streets armed. This brought out more whites.
The town calaboose has no conveniences in
it, and about eight o’clock Johnson
framed on excuse by which he
was brought outside. A guard was
neor him, but Johnson thought tho chauco a
good one and started to run. As ho sprang
nway some one of the guards fired ft him. and
Jobnren rolled over dead. The reportof the
gun was a signal for a general gathering of
blacks and whites. Quickly the *faot was ex
plained, and wheu the negroes ascertained
that Jc bn son had been killed, they wont wild,
end vowed they would burn the town. Their
threats, however, were quickly quieted by tho
marshal notifying them thot, unless they dis
persed, he would arrest them.
The person who fired at Johnson was
A CURD WJTn A SHOTGUN
and the entire load took effect in tho back of
tlie negro’s head, near his neck. His death
wos ihfctnntcncuus. The body remained where
it fell oil during Wednesday night, and
«arlv Thursday morning a mes-
•»<igtr was tent to Carrollton
lor ihe coroner. lie did not arrive until into
Thursday evening and the body was not
touched 'until he came. Dunug the day
everytody in Villa Rica and for mile
ar< und cam* into the village and looked up
the deed negro. The dsy was
quiet and no one app.-e-
Kends r j.v trouble with the negroes. Persons
who were in Villa Rica Thursday, and who
can.c into Atlanta by the Georgift Pacific that
Slight, ray that no cue kn«?ws who fired the
shot.
Johns* n was a thick, heavy set negro. fte
wet about twenty-eight years of age, end
Weighed cue hundred olid forty pounds. lie
was jet black. Since he was killed it haa been
a* cert cued thot the recent burglaries in and
about Villa Rica were his work.
A GO VERNOR'S DANGER.
Mnnhnta Iollcwltiff the Governor of Texas
—The Charges.
Galveston, August 22.—Tho roportad arrest
of Govcn or I:eland at Houston is false. Gov
ernor Ireland, accompanied by Hon. Barnett
Gibbs, candidate for lieutenant governor;
Congress-men Welborn ond Miller, together
with about one hundred delegates to the late
convention, arrived at Galveston last evening.
Marshal Tracy informed a representative of
tlxfoceocintcd press that he had no inlcntiou
ol arresting the governor during his attend
ance upon the slate convention at Houston.
The marshal has no fears that the governor
will seek to avoid the service
of tho warrant, and hence ho
has cetocted •another time mil
i dneo for the arrest of the governor under the,
’roncois affidavits. The famous mis‘.•".•na
tion case of Emil Francois originated hero in
1870. He was tried uuder the statolawof
1858, which makes it u penitentiary offjnse
for a white person to ninrry.a negro—tho ne
gro not being amenablo. The case was ap
pealed to the'supreme court of Texai, and
wps there ofiiriiK-d. It was thou carried be
fore United States District Judge Duval, and
THE WAR BEGUN.
A Fleet Fight OH Sooohow in CThioU tbs Chinese are
Defeated, After Sinking two French Chips-
Contradictory Reports From tho Two
Capitr.L—Oilier Foreign News.
lOiillict with tho four
teenth amendment. Judge Duval concurred
in the decision of the circuit court. Ex-United
States District attorney 0. C. Garland, who
was tlif-n, as now, connected with' the cate,
appealed to Circuit Judge Woods. That offi
cial thought the writ of iiob.ca» corpus should
issue, and instructed Garland to lay tho mat
ter before Duval, but Duval died uni Judjo
Turner was unpointed to tho vacancy. Turner
declined to take action, inasmuch us* Francois
had then been in tho penitentiary
long enough for the question ol jurisdiction
to arise. Garland then sent tho papers to
United States Judge Morrill, of tho-eastern
district at Galveston, but they wdre returned
to him without act ion., Upon the nppbintipont'
of Sabin the application was again •mad-v but
refuted. Eubwqucntly tho matter was brought
Up by Judge 8abin, who called Garland home
from Ct liLccticut for the purpose ol.proseeut.jag
tho cr.*e. The question involved* is.
the \ulidily of ante-bellum statutes!
since tho adoption of tho fourteenth
amendment, ami nil decisions so
fur ol loth elate and federal courts lutvo boon
that tho state law* docs not conflict with tho'
federal constitution. The question liss never
f onc to the supreme court of the United 8tatas.
t is held that the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments wero to prevent discrimination
against tl.c negro, while this law discriminates
against whites.- As to the suit brought by Gar- i
land in behalf of Francois, charging Governor
Ireland with conspiracy to defraud Francois of'
his citizci ship, it is regarded by Governor Ire
land as of trivial importance, and by the fede
ral authorities here as more foHy. *
GOMEZ UNDER ARREST.
Ho Give* Ilia Version of the Death of the
Cnptnlu of tho Julln linker.
Nr.w York, August 22.-—Potcr Gomez, alias
John Williams, who was steward of the
schooner Julia Baker, whose - captain, James
Lewis, is supposed to have been murdered by'
Wnlktr, the mate, was a passenger on board
tlic steamship C’ienfucgos, which arrived here
this morning. Immediately upon reaching
the pier, tlio purser gave to tho poliqoman
fealed instructions from tho chief of police
and tho United Stales consul at Nassau, giv
ing information in regard to Gomez, and ask
ing that h© be psresteo. The policeman took
that tho cargo of tho .Julia Baker had bcou
stolen, that it was suspected that the captain
hr.d been murdered, and that Mato- Walker
and Gomes were believed to havo takpn part
in both crimes. Gomez was taken before
United States Commissioner Shields, who hold
him for examination.
Gomez stated to a reporter that he shipped
ns steward on board of the .Julia Baker in June
lost. They sailed from this port on Thursday,
He did not know tho date. Cnptniu Lewis wa*
ill. He was no better next day, and they lay
ofTRcritonlc until Monday, and then ut tho
order of tlic mate went on their courso for Mar
tinique. The captain grew worse, und on tho
next Friday died. Ilis body was thrown over-
board. They sailed to Long Key, in thu Bi*
hnmns, where the mate sold a deck load of
lumber, ond said ho was going to Trinidad for
n cargo of fruit. Gomez says ho thought this
suspicion?, and at the next port they touched,
Orange Key, he left the vessel, lie say* ho
docs not think onyono was responsible for thu
captain’s death, but thinks the mate did wrong
in disposing of tho cargo He says he obtained
seme of the money. Gomez wa s hell in $25,0UI)
bail for examination.
London, August 21.—Adispatchfrom Pekin,
of this dale, to the Times, says: TJio French
consul lowered his flag nt one o’clock to-day.
The interests of the French subjects have boon
intrusted to tlio Russian minister. China ab
solute y refutes to admit the French claims.
There wos a conference to-day betwecea 1
Fong Fa, Chinese minister, mid Primo Minis
ter Ferry. It was without result.
The following- is nn official resume of the
France-Chinese situation: Notwithstanding
tho successive respites granted Cliiua
by France end tho moderation of ^ tho
French <flicials having tho negotiations in
charge, China has finally refused all satisfac*
tic-n ft r tho Lang 8ou treachery, and recalled
its plenipotentiaries to Shanghin. Francois,
thcicforv, compelled to present China with tho
laft tuminojis, M. Potenotre, French uiiuia-
tor to China, has been instructed to acquaint
Tfc-ng Li Yainer of tho vote of parliament,and
aho with the fact that tho iudcinuity has been
definitely fixed at 8,000,000 francs, payable in
ten years. Unless ■ the demand
shrtild linvo been complied with in
f«4> -eight hours, Admiral Courbet would
take tho necessary steps forthwith to sejuro
the rcpa:ation duo France. Tho term of grace
expired nt ouc o’clock this afternoon. Tho
French charge d affairs were ordered to quiet
1’clkin immediately, and join M. Patenot o at
n: t : n .1...:... 4l.« ,1...
bbanglrsie. Li Fong Foo, during tho day,
asked lor nn audienco with M. Ferry, anil nn-
licurcrd to him that he had been ordered to re
turn to his post .at Berlin. The Chinese min
ister hade Mr. Ferry farewell and received his
Ayt kin dispatch to the Times saya thatTsung
Li Yemen professes to be prepared for war t »
the end. Thoy are secretly hoping, howevqf,
to involve neutral powois in thcquarrel respect-
Jug IH« treaty *p.°»ta. ✓ -
It fs reported in Paris that tho Chineq*
government nt Pekin has given a final rotusgl
to the Flench demand for indemnity and tJjo
.The Bulbil admiralty i* arranging
crcosu tlio Britibh squadron in t'hin03e wntw*;
so ns to afford motcclion to Briliah subjects MX
China.* t . *.*.
Li For.g Tao, Chinese minister fo Frauo^,.-
has leceived his passports. • *-*£
London, August 22.—A special dispatlS
frem.Shanghai to Reuter's telegram eorfip'i’Jik
pays that Vicomte dc Somalia, French repk£*
fen l a live at Pekin, immediately after Jgwer.i OR
the French flog at tho legation, started for
Shanghai.
Admiral Courbet-has been instructed^)
bombard the arsenal at Foochow this morniuj,
nml to land a detachment of tropps and deslro
tho war material and stores aceumalat^d th :A,
which are of initnen60 valnc. This, action JS
intended as a reprisal fqr tho astiAn of
Chinese nt Lougson. At tho aftmo timojfe
French fleet off Keelung havo been ordere'iA’
upy tho port and * • *—
the indemnity demanded
Adispntclifrom
COLONEL KION’S DANGLE.
I’robnMy o
Ills Death Bml from a Tussle
With Lula Ilurat.
WiNNftuor.0, 8. C., August 21.—[SpeclaM—
Colonel James If. Rion, of this place, is suffer
ing with a peculiar hurt which alarms him
self and hit friends. When Lula Jfurst gave
her fir?t performance in Columbia, about two
months ego, Colonel Rion was requested to go
upon the tlngo and test the girl's powdr*. Ho
did m und a lively tussle ensued, which
greatly amused the assembly. Although a
small mm. Colonel Rion is very strong and
wiry, and ne made a very good aland against
thc*<Gcorgia wonder." After tho entertainment
Colonel Rion discovered that in the struggle
he bad ruptured n blood vessel in hi* arm,
and a physician who examined tire hurt pro
nounced it a serious affair and advised tho
colonel to be very careful. Tho arm continued
toj*ive hi*T. much pain and ho vainly sought
relief in sundry remedies suggested by his
medical advisers. Lately the injury has
assumed, nn alarming phase. Soincthiug -
n&ture of blood poiaoniug has
and his health is breaking
uewn rapidly. Hi* friends are seriously troub
led about hi;icondition. Tho doctors ’declare
that if the blood poisoning cannot be conquer-
frd, death will Ik; the result. Colonel Rion has
for many years been eatcemed at one of the
moat ablo and successful lawyers in South Car
olina. He lives in elegant'stylo in this town,
Mtrrcundcd by an intare ting family. His h-
brmy is said to be the finest In the state. Col
onel Rion has tha sympathy of the entire com
munity in his trouble nod the fervent wish of
all ia that he may recover his health.
A Ship of Death.
New YofcK, August 19.—Tho consul at B.:r-
ath e» ho* k-Iegrr.phed t!:ut the ship Braea-
IZolsting tho German Flag.
Bcvlin, August 2U.—Dr. Xachtigal/special
along the w«»tt coa*t of Africa to Augra Peguj-
ta, on board the German-man-of-war Mo; we,
has hoisted the German flag over the territory
south of the Congo, which belongs to a Ham
burg merchant named Woermanns. These
merchants had concluded treaties with the in
land chiefs, who ceded to them all their sover
eign rights.
dalle left 8t. Luria for New York on the ltlth
imtnnt, with cholera. This is
the Biltiih steamer which left Calcutta
on the 4th of June, bound for Eemcrara and
New York. Cholera broke out during her
pattige. and on her arrival at Table Bay,
July 4tli, she was reported to have~bad 18
fatal cases. There were 651 coolies on board,
of whom 28 had been down With cholera.
The steamer took in coal at Table Bay, and
left for £t. Luria, where she arrive l ou the
."0th inst., er.d was placed in quarantine. The
health vflicer in New York was nt once noti
fied by telegraph. No apprehension is felt al
the surgeon general * office, as the vessel
will be prrq-erly eared for on her arrival at
the New* York quarantine, by tha health of
ficer at that port.
Private IVbiatUr a Victim.
DrT.rui, Ind., August 10.—Tho body of Pri
vate Whistler, of the Grcely party, was ex
humed this morning in the presence of hit
relatives At the family cemetery in the coun
try. His identity was fully established. Tne
face and neck are well preserved, but the flesh
is all cut from the back and limbs. The in
testines were in place, but imply* The stom
ach mly contained a email amoutef hair and
mossy stuff.
says
Ibero to .
The Pall Mull Gazette, this after
that Chinn will not issue a declaration of w.i ,
but will inform Franco and tho' neutral pow
ers Hint tlio will regard a repetition of tho
Kclung incident, or an attack on Chinese
territory ns an ipso facto declaration of
China will ask the other powers, and especial
ly England, to lie strictly neutral. Tho
English colony at Hong Kong has boon the
Lust) of operations nguinst Tonquin. China
expects, in c«?o tlio French attack is ronowed,
that the Euglibh^olonista will bo rclcosod of
their duties us neutrals. It is quito certain
sho Chinese will immediately cross their
touthcin frontier and invade Tonquiu.
Le Paris denies that reinforcement* havo
been ordered to China. Tho question whether
Franco will carry tho war into tho interior,
the .pa j»ei says, to not under consideration for
Ibe present. Franco will only occupy Foo
chow and Kclung. Lo Temps believes Franco
has no idea of blockading thu open ports of
China. If found necessary, it says those will
be chosen that will least interfere with inter
national commerce. Lc Temps call* attention
to the absence of an actual -declaration of war.
A dispatch to tho Times from*Foo Cliow says
tho French ships have been forbidden lo ontor
the Toku roadstead. Seventeen thousand
rifles and a qunutity of dynamite and gun
cotton have been landed. Musked batteries
nro being erected. Tho Times llong Kong
dispatch says the French residents are leaving
tho city. Two thousand French soldiers uro
momentarily expected to orrivo there from
Tonquiu.
London, August 23.—A dispatch to the
Times, which left Foo Chow at 7 o’clock this
morning says;
At 0 o’clock Inst night, Admiral Courbet offi
cially announced that he had receive! order*
from IV : Is to make reprisals. Tlic British vice-
consul and the doctor left their anchorage last
night, and reached tho English gunboat* nt mid
night. It Is reported tlmt Li Fong Pao has Leon
instructed by imperial decree to settle tlic dispute
ou tho best terras possible.
A dispatch from Shanghai of this morning
ys that Admiral C’ourbct hn^announce 1 hi*
HoubIod, of tho Pacific mail ateumriiip com
pany, ;#ny® in the event of war
between^ Franco ond China great
benefits would m emo to his company. China
has a sjnendid licet, officered by Englishmen,
that would to threaten the business of tho
French ^ Mcssngcries company, tho largest
blCAUitdiip company in the world, that a great
deal of it would ho diverted to tho Pacific mail
steamship company. In case England en
cages, all she must do evidently, wo wouhl
Luve more business ut tho highest rates than
we could Iran die.
Threo ironclads of the Russian navy will
rtnit ipQHcdialcly to reinforce tho Russian
licet in phincee waters.
Lon don,.August 23.—A dispatch which left
Pl.nnghtti »t six o’clock this evening says
Till; KANSAN DEMOCRATS
the<:_ ... I
two French rebels were sunk.
A telegram from Pekin announces that Li
Hung Chang has been instructed to make
pacific, advances.
The Exchange telegraph company,
flulhorfty of tho Chinese embus*/, state
F*-o Chow was bombarded by tho French
this morning
It is leper ted that Li Fong Pao lias receive
n dispatch cf two hundred words from his
government, in consequence' of which ho ap
prised Prin e Minister Ferry that ho had
postponed his departure from raris. Le Paris
believes the object of dispatch was to sound
Li Fong Pro concerning the chances of sub
mitting tho quarrel to arbitration. Later news
rhowa that Li Fong Too left Paris nt 8 a’clook
this evening.
THE NEWS OF THE NAVY..
Tlio Grcely Disposition of til® Ofll
cers—Department Decisions.
Washington, August 23.—A telegram was
received ut tho navy department to-day from
^nnmamler Wi dts announcing tho arrival oi
the United .States ship Ynntic at Woodshnll
this moiniiig from Newport, and that ho has
ordered tho tug .train to tho wreck of tlio Tal-
epoora. Ho says ho will tnko Commander
Merry cud send tho remaining men of tho
Tnlajiooia to I ho Wabash nt Boston. Tho oth
er r.flWcr? of tho vessel lmvo been sent to their
homes. .The Yulitic will proceed to tho wrcel
end relieve the train, which will then bo or
dered to-Newport with such public proporty
oe may hove been saved.
Before Iho rin-tis nml tho Bear, Greeley ro.
lief jd< Diners, are put out o
commission nml Fold, in nccordanco
with m t <’f congress providing for tliolr
puichnVe, congress will bo asked by tho navy
deportment to authorize their retention in tho
(civicStuA Miivoy vessels. Tho treasury ofll*
rials w<uld ideo like that one of tho vessols bo
tranifjjed to tho revdnuo niarino, loba used iu
iUiisir#off the coast of Alaska.
Amrvf the claims for mileage under tho
Gnthufio--decision, pa»»cd by tho Accounting
cflidiww tho treasury during tho past week,
is thnWlf Rear Admiral Thomas G. Bolfrigo
for £15.1r and that of Commodore 8. Nicholson
or $M#,'
Tho lwfivnl coal board, of which Commander
Luc© ii ! presidont, in accordance with tho
rcquestjjof Secretary Chandler, havo in
vestigated tho subject of tho comparative
merit* w. anthracite and bituminous coal for
ordinary naval use, and reached tho eonolu
rion thu* semi bituminous coal, especially if
sniokci^B, is tho best for such uses. Anthra
cite is ‘^vgarded as tho best quality and bi
tuminov as tho third.
doy's.date, sny» tha .v..- \x
T SIBLEY MILLS AFLAME.
soy
intention of bombarding tho arsenal at Foo
Chow to-duy. Tho French consul in Hliiinghai
lias lowered his flag. Advicca from Pekin of
yesterday state that tho governors of Yauntu
and (Juangs hud received'the imperial order*
to mnrch with their force* into Toiiquin. A
dispatch to tho Times, which loft Foo Chow at
2:10 p.m. to-day, nuyn: Hostilitio* began
this afternoon at 2 o’clock. At 10 thi* morn
ing the French government had received no
news from Foo 0h<*w. I.i Fong Pao, the Chi*
lietc minister, ha* not yet left Puri*. Le
Martin and Le Fruncais us*ert that Ttung
has telegraj»hed him not to h ave Franco. A
Chinese clflcial telegram stnte* Hint th 1 ;
French aie desirous of a settlement. This
message was sent, however, before it wsj an-
noui.ctd thut thu French hud begun *flriugon
Foo Chow, «t 2 o’clock this afternoon,
Tilt l*O»ITI0X OV TBR NKfTSlI.H,
Thu merchant* and underwriter* of L>n-
held a meeting to-day, to co.niJ«r the
L< bring of the Franco-Clifnese difficulty
neutrals. An Primo Minister Ferry had an
nounced that the -bombardment of Kclung,
would not create a state ot war, but w*>
simply a means of furthering French nop-
tiations with China, irn.uiry was raised in
the meeting whether Admiral Courbet would
admit English or German vesrcli loado l with
erms into Foo Chow. One neutral vessel, it
wos stated, was bow en route fur that port,
with a cargo of dynamite ordered by the vice
roy. The meeting resolve.! to urg Karl
Gi tnville, secre tary of statu for foreign af
fairs, to press Wane© to deli no her
intention regarding neutral*.
It is senii-officially stated in Paris that inas
much os Franco has not declared war, neutral
eels going to China are not subject to restric
tions which would be imposed in a state of
actual war.-
The Eastern telegraph company has given
notice that owing to the ho*tiiitii
Chow, telegrams to that point will be accept
ed only at the senders risks. Such telegrams
would have to go from Bhanghai to Foo Chow
over the wire* of the Chinese government
*“ SDVAWT40SS TO IXItlClI^.
F>.w York, August 23,—President J. B.
of 'Mighty Tltoiumml
Dollars Inflicted.
Augusta, August 22.—[Appeal.]—At 4
o’clock this afternoon, a fire broka out iu the
picker room oftbo Sibley mil!, top floor, caused
by u match or some ignite bio sub*tanoo run
ning through the machinery after opening
tho bales and turning into tho pickor. Thu
fire extended down, burning tho interior of
four floors, leaving tho basement without dam
age, except from water. Tho pickor
houso is located immediately in rear of tho
main building of the mill connected with tho
mill and separated for protection in just such
cares ns this. Tho fire did not extend at all
to the niniii factory, ond wns put out mainly
by the admirable flro apnratus of the Sibley and
King mills, which are so connected ns to bo
used together by underground hoao. Tho
city flro cngiucor went out ond greatly a:i*ist-
cd in tho rapid extinction of thu flames, and
(ho prevention of extending to tho main
building. The fire burned about ^>uo hour,
and (ho flro service at tho factories worked
perfectly. Tho damage was variously estimated
to-night from thirty to sixty thousand dollars.
The picker house, worth eight. thousand
jin nor iiuudu, wumi iigni* . i)ii r iii3Hi)f|,
uninjured, but the interior wus burned
out. Tho inachiucry of the picker rooms was
very valuable, and nearly all is a total wreck.
It to thought by some tHat two or threo months'
ill be occasioned, but tho officers think
delay wil.
a ftw week* will suffice to* put
cbincry. The insurauco is with a great many
companies, and the loss will foot up about one-
(enth the (lie insurance on tlio whole mill.
The Sibley 1* tho finest mill south or north,
ami its eulvution from fir* to-day was a most
frrtunatc escape. Tho mill has already cost
«ov?r n million dollars, and this firo will provi
a big backset.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
The Message of Governor Cameron on
the Hinto Debt.
Rirnuoxn, Va., August 19.—Governor Cam
eron to-dny sent to thu general assembly a
mcstBgc, in which ho lays before that body
tho numerous facts iu relation to tlio financial
matters, aud makes various suggestion* and
recommendations. He first* refers to tlio suc
cession of vexatious suit* brought nguiiizt tlio
i-tnto since the adjournment of the legislature
in March last, nouo of which, how
ever, hare resulted in serious interruption-
of (lie public revenue. Collection* have been
hatibfbctory, end establish tho fact that tlio
income under tho present rate of taxation will
be ample for all purges, including tho re-
Jeraplion of all coupon* semi annually on
I ini J liv ll.rt ■ nf Vnli.ti.-v I 1 lllfi*
<1* created by tho act of February J I, 1882.
He does not believe, however, that the cadi
balances are sufficient to meet the current ob
jects nml at tha some time cover the expendi
ture of f!00,000 monthly in tho purchase of
Riddlubtrgtr bonds. The effect of that policy,
while depleting tho treasury, ha* not boon to
stimulate the market value of state securities,
lie therefore suggests that the monthly pur
chase* Lc limited to $25,000. ,
Referring *te the treasury the governor say*
there is at present over $!,200,000 which will
not be materially increased before Dec«tuber
next. This amount i* subject to heavy deduc
tions before it con be made available for tho
of IheccmMonwealth, Including $135,000
deposited iu the Planters aud Mechanic*' bank
{I’ct< rsburg, failed, credited to the fund for
use, but not now available for any purpose*.
In this connection the government recoin*
>1* mi investigation of the dealing* of the
Mate with that brink.
A Troublesome Nut Grata.
From the Hprfng Place. Ga., Time*.
There is a nut gra** infecting some
cur gardens hereabout* which
becoming exceedingly troublesome
annoying. No known agen-
. . known ^
cy exists for its ^extirpation. Every remedy
has been tried to kill it out which po**ibly
could be devised by skill and scjence. One
nut will germinate ten thousand spars which
* * ‘ id tn<
pring tip during one night, and the threads
circumventing all other sort* of vegetation.
The more yon kill It out the better it thrives.
If it continue* to spread and turf it not many
i ^ar* hence Ibis grass will defy incision .even
— • * -
- ten elephants and a thumb lancet.
Take Strong Ground Agubist the Prohibition
Amendments.
Toprka, August 22.—Colonel A. S. Everest,
of Atchison, was mini© permanent chairman
of (he dcmoora(ic state convention, nud If.
Miles Moore, of Leavenworth, seterotury. Colo-
ncl Everest, ou taking the chair, made quite
a long speech, in which he denounced tho re
publican party. Ho took strong grounds
against prohibition, nud made nn earnest ap
peal for the resubmissiou to the people of tno
prohibition amendment.
TIIK KKSOLUTIONS DRI'ORTZD.
The committee on resolutions then reported
the platform, which iudorsc* tho resolution of
the Chicago convention and tins candidates
Dinned by that body, commoud* tho adminis
tration of Governor Glick ns wise and pure,
nudmitnes u number of mnrked advantages to
tha people of tlio state obtained by it. It
declares that altptiblie lands of the United
States should bo opened to actual settlement,
anil therefore favors tlio opening to settlers of
all Midi laud* in tholudiaii territory,denoun
ces the arrest aud removal of actual settlor*
fn.in nidi lands by United 8tntcs troops, aud
declares the refusal by tho United States gov
ernment to permit tlio question rclatiugf to tho
titlcs-fb lands In tho so-called loiliuidCrritory
to bo decided by tho United States Burts, to
Lc nn outrage upon tho rights of nlPcitizsn*,
and a cowardly evasion of a direct call tqgnn-
Fiver a question of vital importance to su-jb cit
izens; opposes tho importation of foplg
per labor uniter contract to compete wi
citizens, and opposes convict labor as J
opposition to tlio froo labor of our coun
tub rnomni.TioN ©ukstion. <
On tho subject of prohibition, tho rtfcolution
says the constitutional prohibition lfits boofi
fruitful of discord, perjury and discriminating,
ho* not lesseued th© evils of internnorandD,
but rather destroyed tho pure flrosiife influ
ences which muit ever bo tho loving poftor to
POISONED BY HIS WIFE.
Ward; that
quiceccd in by a majority ol our people; that it
is an assault upon tho pcreonal liberty of
tlio citizen; that it lias destroyed und literally
confiscated private property without any com
pensation; and that ills not in harmony with
the spirit of a free people to dictate to tho in
dividual wlint lio snail cat, drink or wear, or
what tho religion, if any, ho shall possass. In
view of tho foregoing and othqr reasons, thoy
demand tho resubtnission on tho prohibitory
amendment, and plcdgo themselves to work
unceasingly for this object. Tho repeal of tho
present obnoxious und unjust law for tho en
forcement of prohibition is doinaudod, and in
its steed-to recommended a well regulated
licence syotcin, rigidly enforced, whereby tho
interests of tempcrryicc may bo promoted and
A Brutal Cria* Committed by a B*ss and Wicked
Woman Who.Forstteul of Her Domoatle Da-
Ucf. Poiaoc* Her XIuMund In Cold
Stood—A Terrible Tula of Crimo.
Tuesday last Atlanta developed a highly sou*
Rational case of wife poisoning stepping aside
for a moment from the dull routine of suicides,
to givo the rejiorters a fresh class of news.
Annie Wilkinson, a negro woman who re
sides at 234 West Mitchell street, put a largo
quantity of arsenic in tho coffee Tuesday night
ot supper and induced her husband to drink
copiously of the poisoned fluid.
This virtablo Lucrctia Borgia is as black os
ink and her fnco very much resembles tho aco
of spndps while her lean angular figure makes
hcrony thing but attractive. She is the sea-
ond wile ot tno tnau to whom
she gave the arrenio last night
and if rumors be correot nu inordi
nate desire to enter a third matrimonial al
liance caused her lo commit tho deed which
lias placed her behind tho prison bars.
With Jasper Wilkipoon tho woman has lived
at 23-1 West Mitchel street about three mouth*.
Tlio marital relations between tho husband
and wife
W RRR NOT THIS IW.KASANTK.ST,
nml frequent quarrel* and less frequent fight*
were heard by their neighbors. Iu tho aamo
house with the Wilkinsons a negro man named
Hollingsworth resides, nud he and his wifo
declare that, tho Wilkinsons wore
alwSy* quarreling and fighting
when together, unless thoy
were asleep. Wilkinson 1ms been working
for tho East Tennessee transfer company and
Las tho reputation of being sober nud indu*-
trlou*. Ills work keens him from homo all
day, and when he reaolie* homo at night ho
wonts his supper. Tuesday night when no got
tho liberty of tho citizen bo rostered. Tho
committee then unv:
We reiterate tho view* of your candidate for
president, In his letter of ucecntnuec. that laws
noiiii. huu iviiii.ii mu niuiu.unH won nwim cur
zcDfelilp nud public welfare, *ro unwise and voxu
tloni.
Tho resolutions were unanimously adopted.
TIIK IIKS(!UUIH8t«NIBTM AT WORK.
At tho afternoon session of the resubmtorion
convention tho report of tho conference com
mittee came up again, ond whilo being dis
cussed tho coiniiiittco from tlio democratic
convention appeared and announced that they
bad nominated C. N. Holliday for lieutenant
governor, and invited them to com© ovor and
witness tlio nomination of the remainder of
the ticket. This announcement was received
with great npplauso, and after tho appoint
ment of a resubintoaion state central commit-
fee, the convention adjourned • with ttyreo
cheer* for Click find Holliday, and wont over
to the democratic convention.
FUSION WITH TIIK RKHUBMISRIONISTR.
Tho conference committee reported, recom
mending that the reflubinissionists bo given a
plarcon tho democratic *tato tickot. Tho re
port tv ns adopted and tho convention pro*
cetded to jioiiilnntu state officers. Governor
Glick was renominated by acclamation, Tho
governor ackrowlcdgcd tbo honor ill a long
speech, reviewing liis administration and de
claring in favor of tho resub-
miridoji of tho prohibitory amend
ment.. C. K. Holliday, reuthmtosionist,
republican, was theu named tor lieutenant
governor, whoreuiion a motion was inodo to
npjMiint a committee of threo to invito and es
cort the resubmiision convention to tho demo
cratic convention, to sco tatter nominate their
ticket. Tho ihotiou wus carried, and a few
minutes later the members of tho rnsubmtosion
convention appeared in tho hall, and wore
greeted with cneers. Tlieir chairman. J. G.
Colder, was invited to tho platform, and mado
a brief speech, declaring for Gliok and resub-
mission. Otlior speeches wore made, and
then tho nomination of tho candidates pro
ceeded, with Holliday’* nomination
mado unanimous, and tho ticket
was completed ns follows: Secretary of stato,
Eugene Hagan; attorney general, G. R. Smith;
auditor, Hugh N. Gavigau; treasurer, W. O.
Huttmun: superintendent of public instruc
tion, 8. W. J. Keyes; chiof justice,.K. W. P
('ntiipbcll; associate justice, T. A. Hurd. A
state central committee was then elected, and
tho convention adjourned. An imntens© rati-
deathu meeting wos then held.
THE ORIGINAL REPUBLICANS*
Celebrate the Thirtieth Anniversary of tbo
Perty.
Strono, Me., August '19.—On the 7th of
August, 1854, a county convention wo* held
Logon grumbling with his w’ifo about it'. Tho
wc-tnan accepted th»eballengo and while still
quarreling sullenly prepared supper. Wilkin
son, it seems, is very fond of cofleo qt»d finding
dodo on thu table, asked his wifo to mako a
pot. She aroso from tho table and entering
a spinll closet in which tbo provisions
were kept got some ground coffee and put It
in n half gallon coffee pot. Sho then went In
to the yard and filled tho pot with water from
the well. It did not take tho hot fire u groat
whilo to briug tho coffee to n boil aud then
Wilkinson drank freely of
tbo beverage. His wife, howover,
WOULD NOT TARTK IT,
and when Wilkinson rcmnrkod that it had a
peculiar taftc sho retorted by advising him
not to driuk it if ho did not likdit. 8oou after
supper, while sitting in tho back yard talking
to tno Hollingsworth family, Wilkinson begnu
tempts to vomit, and
filially foil over in tho grass and begun groan
ing terribly. Hollingsworth feared that some
thing was wrong, aud asked Wilkinson what
ho had entefi for supper. Instantly Wil
kinson declared that ho had boon
poisoned, nml asked Hollingsworth
to get tho coffcu pot. During this time tho
woman wus in tho houso and wheu Hollings
worth entered her room and asked for tha cof
fee jM>t, she requested him to go about hi*
'“- »«*. Hollingsworth quietly took tho
doffed pot from the In bio and started into
tho back yard. On hi* way. ho picked up
a uuccr and when ho reached Wilkinson
poured Romo of tlio coffuo into it. Tbo pecul
iar color and tho presence of soinutbiiiK on
tho surface streugthed tho suspicion, Hol
lingsworth entertained, niidlwhcn Wilkinson's
wife came iuto the yard and attempted to got
the saucer uway ho was almost convinced
that foul play had been exercised.
Tho woman osked for tho saucer laying that
there wus nothing wrong with the coflao and
tried to tako it. by force but Hollingsworth
would not givo it up until sho promised to
DIIINK WHAT WAX IN TIIK MAtoicR.
Ho then handed it to bur but sbo quickly
dashed tbo saucer to th* ground,
breaking it into a dozen pieces*
This convinced Wilkinson too that no hail
been poisoned, find turning to Hollingsworth
he inked him to take tho coflbe pot to a doctor
and havo it examined. Hollingsworth sign!-.
(ltd his willingness to do so, but whon hn
aroso to start Anna Wilkin
son sprang at him aud attempted
by lorco to take tho pot away. Hollingsworth,
ruther than fight hor, ran around tho houso
severs! times and finally hid the pot under
the house. Tho woman took a box of matcho*
and tried to find it but failed. Finally Hol
lingsworth got tho vessel nway, and going to
Schumann's pharmacy, asked Dr. P. J. Bcbu-
msn to examino It. Tho doctor did as re
quested, and without any troublo found
loi/i, m t.uuittj ruiiiuuuuii nun uvm
hero which organized in the name of tho ro
ot, nml auoptci
claimed by the people in Franklin county that
tbo convention gsvo birth to tho republican
party of tho United States. “*
party of tho
id diluted, but the surviving members of tbo
Tho claim
convention assert that it was first to formally
adopt the nemo "republican” and a dis
tinctively republican platform. They say no
records can be produced to offset Choirs,
which they have preserved. At any rate they
arc celebrating tho thirtieth anniversary oflho
convention to-day. Tho date was postponed
from tho 7th to the 19th in order not to inter
fere with other celcbrutlon*. Tho celebration
is under the direction of a general commit
tee, composed of one member from each town
in Franklin county, lion. J. W. Porter, of
Strong, acting as chairman, and an executive
committee or four. Mr, Blaine, Governor
ltabic and Uaimibsl Hamlin are tho chief
orators.
The Cholera Record.
London, August 23.—Tho steamer Barnoe-
tnone. from tho Mediterranean, is lying at an-
tnone, from me Mcnuerranean, is lyingai an
chor in Laugh Foyle, and is flying the yellow
(leg. It is feared there is cholera on board.
There were four deaths from cholera at Tou
lon tost night and two at Marseilles. The gov
ernment intends to break np camp near Tou
lon nud distribute the troops among other sta
tions. Owing to the appearance of the chole
ra ut Geneva, Dr. Costello advises tho imme
diate inspection of travelers at Laptainc, tho
tint railroad station of tho frontier,
Tlic reportof the ravages of tho cholera in
the southern deportments of France for tho
iifist (went*-four hours, is os follows: He-
rfiuit, 9 deaths; Garde, 2; Ahdu, 12. Th©
daily bulletin of thnprogres* of tho cholera in
Italy is as follows: Bergamo, 3 deaths, 13 new
cases; Compobasio, .4 deaths, 8 new case*;
C*uneo r 2 deaths, 13 new coses; Genoa, 15 new
; Carara, 4 deaths, 5 new cnees; Parma,
_ new case; Naples, J new case; Cesenza, 1
newcas*; Turin, 2 deaths; Carte Maurizio, 3
deaths and 4 new case#.
The stowoway landed at Waterford, Ireland,
ing tho examination—no analysis was neces
sary, the quantity of arsenic being so great—
he was listening to Hollingsworth 7 * story, nud
when ho had heard it all ho
advised him to get a policeman
and bavo tbo woman arrested, saying that the
man whs drank
rorriB re on that vkhski. could not livr.
Hollingsworth repaired to the city prison at
> once end. retorting the case to Mounted Officer
Clark, sskiu him to go out. Tho officer coin-
J dicd. and when bo reached Wilkinson’s house
blind it surrounded by about fifty negro
women and half as many mon. He had no
difficulty in finding Anna Wilkinson, but when
thewomeu ascertained that the coffea had
really - been poisoned he experienced
tome difficulty in getting his prisoner away
from the crowd. The women particularly
werecinmorou* for tho prisoner, saying that
sho ought to bo hung anil that they would
swing her to a lamp post in a second. The
prisoner did not pay any attention to theso
threats, mid when questioned by Officer Clark
about the matter sullenly refused to talk. Dr.
Johnson had been summoned during Hol
lingsworth’s absence and was doing all ho
could to save tbo men’s life when tbo
officer reached the place. Mustard had boon
administered internally and externally and
sumo reaction had been produced, but tho
darkey’s condition was considered beyond
hope. The woman was taken to tho city pris
on and locked up.'
sue tiowoway itD'icti bi naicrwni,ireiiiu i i.
from the steamship Cranmore, from Liverpool
for Baltimore, ana who was token to tho in
firmary ill with what was reported to be
Asiatic cholera, hss died. No one can bo in
duced to bury the corpsc^tUhougb a reward la
efferered.
A Vicious Animal.
From the Wrlghtsvllle, Ga.. Recorder.
The other day as Mr, James Dick* was re
turning from Mr. J. C. Snell’s to bis home in
WrighuviMc, tho horse which ho was driving
wns attacked and scvercly-cut by a largo hog.
Thu horse became frightened, ran a short dis
tance at full speed, and thus escaped from be
ing more seriously injured. Tha' bleeding was
profuse and th© wound so severe that Mr.
Licks was foretd to leave his horsa
with a neighbor, and get other conveyance to
Wrightsville. The horse is badly injured,
•nd it to feared that ho to ruined for iifo. Tho
1 eg fs certainly a very vicious animal, and
should Dot t o allowed to run at large. Tho
owner should not even wait fora "cold spell**
to give him tho sorcthreat and headache, but
ho abould be executed at once without benefit
of clergy, faud forever debarred from a Happy
entrance into the kingdom of "hog-heavuu. 1
America* Retaliation.
London, August 20.—General E. A. Merritt,
American consul general, announces that tho
Ktiro!*an exporters of cattle to the United
Htatee must hereafter obtain a permit from Iho
commissioner of agriculture ofVasbington.b-'-
fore they will be allowed to land iu
America.
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