Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-30

ton Of delegates vss M. MANITOBA
Every delegate that spoke wsa .s,nn,i.
IN favor Of TIlden. vhoae n.r,s -,
Lsays greeted with spplsuse. reso-
lutlon vss passed empowering CHAR.
Ian Baxter 10 appoint the new STAT.
OSnfrai COMMITTEES. The eonvsnt;o,s
adjourned. 'sAs'oo
Freaks af q Isnasie.
ALBANY, May 9.-ToniQht Gwnan
Tromsn. Caroline Schriefer, living ON
nIu street, While insane from the los
oank book. murdered five of her
si1fen, and running with the oldest
uu' nme years old. threw herself in
.Ioa, OF train Of the Central Railroad
eo toe child She had an arm
"Ha 'ok crushed, and cannot survive.
one saiten and One People.
NEW ORLEAss. May BE. A. Burke.
director OF the General Exposition. on
oeine invited by several exchanges
mere 70 a hanquet, in a letter of reDly
1Ss' An era of fraternity has
aaSned upon the American people. He
Is blind. indeed, who does not see that
eeace mas conquered and that sectional
ism - dead The action of the House
IA empnaslzinR by q unanimous vote of
.ns american Senate prociaims a recog-
nition OF the progress of the South,
ana that she has a heartfelt sympathy
witn the people of the whole country.
am profoundly grateful that the Ores
cent city has been chosen as the scene
OF the celeoration which shall mark an
epoch In the history of the Nation and
exsrt an inf1nence ON trade throughout
haIf the civilized world. Ii will afford
1 tn - III
at the Exposition Hail on Monday.
June I'd, at 100 p. M"
One Murderer Punished
NAPOLEON, Ohio, May 29.-WesIey
johnson, "A years old, was hanged here
today for the murder on the night of
October I'D last, of Geo. w. Williams
and wife, who lived on a farm seven
miles north Of this place. The crime
was one of the most cold FLOODED ever
known In Ohio. There was no provo
cation whatever, Johnson killing them
by ohoppinR their heads open with an
axe, the object being 70 obtain money
70 support his mistress. He secured
$26 and q silver watch. The murder
| was not discovered for two DAYS. John
son was arrested. tried here last Febru-
AIRY, and convicted on purely circun-
stantial evidence, but he has since con-
fessed. When the death warrant was
read TO him be remained perfectly cool.
bis meek was broken. large but or
derly crowd surrounded the Jail.
The Grant Il ward lavessigasions
NEW YoRx. May 29.-In the Grant 4
Ward inquiry today Fish. President of
the Marine Bank, testified that con-
tracts in the pass book were numbered
consecutiyely by Ward. Witness KEEP.
| a separate record, but the book was in
the hands Of Mr.. Bangs. Wines 40
knovledged that he had dealings in the
al eyed -four contract. The notes which
be discounted for Grant d Ward he un-
derstood were in payment for purchase
| OF flour for the United States Govern
ment. He was gwen TO understand the
costracts were assigned TO Grant d
Ward for them to fill through some per 4
son whom they should designate. He
had sometimes asked TO see these con-
tracts. bat Ward would tell him they
were confidential and could not be
/ shown. The business Of Grant q Ward,
he was told, could not be disclosed TO
members of other firms for prudential
reasons. Ward said publicly that the
discussion OF these contracts might in
Jure General Grant and affect his pros
poets for nomination for President in
the future. The profits derived from
supposed contracts had averaged from
to 10 per cent a month for the last
year and half. He had never insisted
upon knowing by whose right the COR
tracts we're made. He had been in the
habit Of disoounting the notes If Grant
d Ward at 3 per cent, and then having
them discounted at a much lower rate.
On the pass book appeared records of
loans to various persons. mostly en-
ployees of the firm of Grant d Ward. in
sums from 81, 900 to $4,000. Fish
said he did not lend to these
parties personally, but on Wards re-
sponsibility. The sums so loaned
were made to Grant d Ward. He sup
posed good collateral was given for the
loans. The loans were made In this
way. said he, because they looked bet
ter. He simply took Wards statement
about Mallory and others 10 whom loans
were ostensibly made. He said he had
never informed either General Grant or
U. 5. Grant, Jr., that he was discount
ING these notes at eight per cent. An
entry of November Is, 1888, showed a
loan for forty days at thirty per cent
discount. This, Fish said, meant thirty
per cent year. He had sold the notes
Of Grant d Ward at that rate to several
persons, among others Arthur B. Graves,
a dealer in common and President of
the st. Nicholas Bank. At the rate
at which they were doing bust
ness, Fish said they could afford to dis
count st thirty per cent. He actually
discounted notes at eight per cent and
got other banks to discount them at six
per cent. He might, however, have
taken some Of the notes at thirty per
cent, and then had them rediscounted
at eight per cent. In regard to profit
frols the business. Fish said in 1882 he
drew from the firm of Grant d Ward
his share of about 100000. In 1883 he
received 100000. aud in 1884 about
$4,000. Fish said he ueed to take up
old outstanding claims for the benefit
of the Marine Bank. Indian contracts
we're very large, and prnfits were pro-
pertiouately large. He understood, he
said, the Government had ordered pro-
visions and was willing TO pay higher
price for them. A bundle of checks
drawn by Grant d Ward. and Endorsed
by Joseph ID. Fish, from January Is,
1883, TO March 6, 1884. amounting 10
$3.50, s73, was placed in evidence.
mis- Friends stay ~ Him.
INDIANAPOLIS. May 29.-Hsn. Stanton
]. Peele, late Representative in Congress
from this district. aud who was unseat-
ed In favor Of w. K. English. reached
this city this evening. He vas met by
band and several hundred citizens.
and escorted 10 the Denison House
where q reception was held.
lnceadtaries at Werk.
GALVESTON, May 29.-Information re-
csived tonight from Florosville, county
seat of Wilson county, states that in
oendiaries had burned the county court
house late Wednesday night. All the
court records. together With the records
of deeds and mortgages and osher valu-
able papers we're totally consumed A
large number Of criminal cases we're
pending.
i WASHINGTON.
ess.eee 60 Mske Coed.
wAsHrxerox. May 39.-Six days since