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14 al -THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, - ‘ D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1890-—SIXTEEN PAGES, THE CAPITOL CLOCKS. The Time of Congress Ticked Away By Hundreds of Them. SOME NOTED TIMEPIECES. The Old Senate Clock and Its History— Life of a Congress is some- and Others in the Buildin, o> ee Z ONGRESS kills time by nearly a thou- sand clocks. At the hour of noon more than ten thousand strokes of tiny bells sound through the great building. On ‘all ordinary occasions 12 o'clock is the beginning or the end of the day at the Capitol. For the committees itis the close of the day; in the halls of Congress the morning hour begins just when the last hour of the morning hes closed. When the ball drops at meridian on the dome of the observatory, when tho whistles sound and the bells ring thronghout the city and the work- men everywhere begin to rattle their dinner pails, the hands of the elec- tric clocks at the Capitol spring straight to the hour of 12. picking up moment of lost time or dropping a moment they have marked too soon. ‘Then the Speaker's guvel falls and it is the time for morn- ing prayer. High noon is the hour of hours in this mar- ble temple of law and disorder. All the Capitol clocks Ymust mark that punctually, if no IN THE PRESIDENTS ROOM. other hour in the day, and all the belis must strike in unison. At noon Congress has its birth and at noon it expires. It is only on ex- traordinary occasions, like the present. when Congress is hardly its natural self, that it meets from day to day at any other hour. All committees, unless they have received some special dispensation. cease to have power to act as committees when the clock on the mantel strikes twelve. Action taken after that would have no bindivg force. Therefore, the official clock, whose statement as to the hour cannot be disputed, is on the mantel in each of the hundreds of committee rooms. The clock enters very largely into legislative business. Besides starting the House and Sen- ate on their daily course and ending the pow- ers of committees, it measures off the allotted portions of time for bills whose fate depend upon the use of the moments to its credit, and it cuts congressional eloquence into sections varying in length from one minute to sixty. THE SENATE CLOCK. It takes a variety of clocks to keep time for Congress. Some of them are old and curious. some are very rich and ornate. while othe! are plain, every-day clocks. The most cox mon committee room clock is the square black stone, worth from £25 to $35, butin a number ofthe more important committee rooms are old, ornamental clocks. rich with carving or rhaps surmounted by bronze statuary, often of a highly artistic character. In one of the committee rooms there is a clock, on the top of which reclines in an attitude of grace aGrecian oddess a foot and a half long cast in bronze. in the room of the committee on s and means is quito a handsome clock, surmounted with bronze figures of astronomical symbolism. Many of these clocks are works of art, designed especially for some conspicuous place at the Capitol by some ambitious artist, and, like the ornate bronze staircases, stuck away in some dark place where they can be seen by but few. 7, IN THE HOUSE FILE Room. One of the handsomest little clocks in the building is one of rather plain design, made of bronze and alabaster, which gives the time to the toilers in the House file room. The only ornamentation consist of two scrolls of bronze enveloping the lower corners, a low scroo) work base on which the alabaster rests, and a small equestrian figure on the top, which isa plane. There is something about the outline and architectural Proportion of the piece which gives it a peculiar artistic beauty. It is seldom any one comes into the reom without having his attention attracted to that clock. Once some one took such an interest in it that it was stolen and it was some time before it was recov- ered. It has been at the Capitol much longer than any man now there to tell its history. ‘The stone is stained by time. ‘THE FRANZONI CLOCK. The most conspicuous clock in the building end probably the most famous in the country, is the Franzoni allegory of history, which stands over the entrance to the old hall of Fepresentatives, now statuary se a win chariot, the wheels of which rest upon the globe, and it stands the female figare of History in Grecian robes recording the passing events upon s tablet, while the bands of the clock, which revolve about the wheel whereon are marked the hours, indicate the flight of time. Looking up at the figure it appears to be about one-third life size. While the Franzoni is the most talked about and the most artistic clock in the building, there is one which stands in the Senate cor- ridor, Pop eapeyn d crowded into s corner, which is quite as inte: , though making Bo pretense to distinction. It is an old wooden clock about eight feet h, built as substan- tially as an sidoboard. Aman ion is a shield. surrounded by & wreath, on the panel of the door and an eagle perched above the dial, Its principal claim of attention from those who do not tread its his- is its massive appearance and éts apparent ane. Ihle the clock ebice eonated tat on our early day statesmen. It was built in Pennsyil- vania at considerable cost as the official clock of the Senate and stood for many years in the old Senate chamber, where now its the Su- preme Court IN THE SENATE CORRIDOR, All our earlier statesmen set their bulls-eye watches by it,and by it Clay, Calhoun and Webster timed their speeches. With inexorable accuracy it measures off the lives of these great men into minutes, and one by one marked the hour of their death. Its twelve-stroke for years struck out the term of one administra- tion and in the term of another. Presidents and Senators were sworn in by it, and it pos- sesses secrets of state of which history is igno- rant. The man who sat by its side fifty years ago, watched it and wound it. now grown to look like old Father Time, sits and watches the new clock in the Senate, while this old friend stands in a corner deprived of its official fune- tions. For many years this old clock was known for its veracity. None of onr fathers of statesmanship would have thought of doubting its accuracy any more than they would doubt THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY CLOCK. the great truths taught them from childhood. Under the care of Col. Bassett it was never allowed to stop, and being, as it were, the pope of the college of clocks, it spoke ex-cathedra and its time was the time. But on an evil day a fraud was practiced upon it by the deception of man, and since that day no clock in the halls of Congress has been above the suspicion of fraud on certain occasions. Until the 4th of March, 1844, when that clock said it was 12 o'clock no one dared to doubt it. Buton that day, marking the expiration of a congressional term, the Senate found itself inan awkward position. The hands of the clock were close apon the hour which would decree the death of that Congress, but the hour had come too soon and found them not prepared. There was consternation and doubtinthe minds of the Senators, and the Congress wanted a few moments more to live. Just as the hands of the clock were about to mark the fatel_hour the president pro tem beckoned to Col. Bassett and whispered something in his ear. There was something momentous in the words, The guardian of the clock ARC ~<A SBS TIME FOR THE SUPREME COURT, looked grave and seemed in doubt. Then he stepped quickly to the clock and moved back the hands, From that day to this it has been the practice to move back the hands of the clock on the 4th of March every four years, when it has been necessary to steal afew moments from Father Time. The pre- siding officer whispers in the ear of Col. Bassett and quietly the hands of the clock are turned back. The clocks that now give time to the Sena- tors and members in the hells of Congress are modern affairs quite beyond their ancestors in points of perfection. They are built into the structures of the galleries and are too decorous to imdulge in the boisterous striking of the hour or even to tick audibly. THE HOUSE CLOCR, The Senate clock isbut a dial against the base of the gallery over the door. The dial is of blue enamel, ornamented with gold stars. The House clock is more ornate. It is of bronze, about four feet high, standing im bold relief above the main entrance. It is orna- mented with wreaths and scrolls of bronze. Above it a spread eagle perches on a shield, and on either side stands s bronze figure as tall as the clock itself. One is that of an In- dian and the other is a figure in pastoral garb. It is not by this clock, however. that the Speaker measures the time consumed by mem- bers in debate. On his desk is a little chronom- eter not much larger than a watch, which measures out the minutes used in debate. A similar timepiece lies on the clerk's desk in the Senate. When five-minute debate is agreed on in the Senate the presiding officer measures the time by a little hour glass, the sands of which run out in just five minutes. | A WOMAN WHO WRITES Mrs. Southworth Tells About Her Own Literary Work. HOW ROMANCES ARE WOVEN. A Talk With Famous Novelist at Her Georetown Home—Her Methods ef Writing a Novel—Her Own Inter- esting Account of Her Labors, ee OT THE autograph of one who has reached the scripturally declared limit of three score and ten years would be the popular verdict upon the chirog- raphy of which the sign manual given herewith is a fair sample. And there public opinion would err, for the authoress of many books, the woman whose brilliant mind, magic pen and never-resting industry have charmed millions of readers, the deep thinker, the clover satirist, the painter of word pictur: is inevitably nearing that period in hor exist- ence when to the making of many books there shall be an end. A wonderful woman is Mrs. E. D, E. N. Sonth- worth; wonderful in her mental capacity and her power of sustained thought ede taetull fas ae physical maki writing—her chair and desk out on the porch of her Georgetown home—when'a Svar re- porter called the other afternoon to hear the gifted weaver of fact and romance relate some of her professional experiences, é. DEN Seutfivol A pleasant picture it was, In an easy-moving rocking chair sat the writer of more than sev- enty novels. Her dress was plain, black and lusterless; the cuffs of black velvet. A black leather belt, with a huge gilt backle, encircled her waist, while a long gold cham dropped from beneath the white fichu to the watch in the belt, from which depends a fan, ‘The hands are ringless and the thumb ard forefinger of the dexter member were liberaily stained with ins. A more kindly face—intellectual in every feature— never emiled a welcome at astranger. Father Time has failed to wrinkle the forehe or to distor! a feature, so he contented him- self by liberally sprinkling gray hairs in the hirsute crown Dame Nature makes so beautiful in womankind, A sweet, clear voice, never heard save when there is something to be said, completes the sketch, Out on the river—barely a stone's throw a little steamer snorted and puffed and tled: row boats moved more slowly and less noisily over the brown-gray surface. Almost immediately beneath the porch was the northern end of the Aqueduct bridge and every passenger crovsing the Potomac on it was easily visible. ‘To the south were the ills of Arlington, covered with verdure, at the foot of which, all its dirt and squalor obliter- ated by distance, nestled the dark-hued phan- tom of Jackson City. Westward was a great glare of departing sunshine that lit up indis- criminately the towers of Georgetown Univer- sity and ‘the hovels which immediately sur- round that great structure, ; “So you want me to tell yon how I write a novel,” said Mra, Southworth to the reporter. “It is a difficult thing to explain the workings of u piece of mechanism with which no one is familiar.” HOW SHE BEGAN. “I have no method,” said Mrs. Southworth; “Lnever did have. I began without knowing I could write a novel. My first effort was a story for the Washington National Era; it was my intention to complete this sketch in one num- ber, but I soon found that to be impossible, 80 Thad to write a second. then a third anda fourth. By that time I found I couldn't finish it in ten numbers and thus was a lengthy story evolved from a small beginning; so was my first novel—‘Retribution’—written. That was in 1847, and two years later ‘Retribution’ was re- published by the Harpers: the first novel of which I know anything that was ever reprinted from a newspaper or a magazine. ALL FOUNDED ON FACTS, “DoT need facts for my plots?” Yes; my novels are all founded on facts. To give you a clear idea of how a novel is evolved from small beginnings I will tell you about tho writing of ‘Lhe Hidden Hand.” It was in the winter of 1857 and at the very last of the year, I was in very bad health; my sister was dying of con- sumption; all my surroundings were depres- sing to the last degree, and yet, in the midst of that, the brightest and gayest of my stories came tome. I happened to see in a New York paper a short paragraph in which it was stated that a little nine-year-old girl, dressed in boy's clothes and selling newspapers, had been ar- rested. She was homeless and friend- less and was sent to some asylum in Westchester county. That was the origin of Capitola. The newspaper item was a seed which dropped in my mind and germinated there. When the time came for me to write of it [had to make an origin for Capitola, I remembered an incident that had, inthe days of my childhood, occurred just across Benning’s Bridge. An old monthly nurse had been met one night by two masked men, who blindfolded her aud took her up to a house, Still blindfolded, she was conducted to room where afew hours later a child was born to a young woman. The nurse re- fused to make away with the child, al- thongh bribes were offered her. The young mother was also obstinate for the preservation of her infant. Finally, the mother being dis- carded by her family, brought up _ her child, who was well-known in Washington and did well. That was the reality upon which the birth of Capitola was founded. Nearly every adventure of Capitola came from real life. Her bright rejoindera to Old Hurricane were taken from many scenes of the same kind between my sister and her old uncle in Mississippi, Her adventure with Black Donald was taken from somewhat similar adventure, in which figured & woman of Marylaud and a colored rufian who, in 1812. was the terror of the neighbor- hood, Her duel and its cause was also founded on fact: A young girl, brought up among her brothers—wild and hoydenish—was living in Mississippi. She had been misunderstood and offended by a British oflicer. Her male rela- tives treated the matter lightly and laughed at her, whereupon she challenged the officer toa duel. She met the officer accidentally, as I re- lated in the story,and when she was armed. A repetition of her challenge was met with contempt and she then fired at the officer—not with dried peas, as my little heroine did, but with bullets. He was severely wounded and she gave herself up to the authorities, Tho mag- istrate, however, upon hearing of all the cir- cumstances, discharged her. I do not approve d such conduct as she was guilty of,fso and modified it in my little heroine. Capitola’s encounter with Lenoir in the woods pa pmiton by which she escaped was also taken from the adventure and escape of a Maryland girl. The court-martial, its causes and scenes occurred during the Mexican war. ‘The incident from which it was taken was re- lated at uncle's dinner table by Gen. G. P——. “All these separate incidents, from the in- fancy to maturity of my heroine, were like beads; I strung them together. “The character of Old Hurricane might be seen in one in ten of the old planters of Mary- land or Virginia. Liberal, kindly at heart, but overbearing and blustering in manner. PLEASURE IN WRITING. “Despite the depressing circumstances under which I labored when I began that story I took great pleasure in writing it. When I left the mck bed of my sister, where I had been all day, I frequently sat down at my desk; then care sorrow would leave me; the bright spirit of Coalen permed ant t panties coe ER we whi the etary was going ‘thi he New York Ledger the jon Journal thei by the publisher daily journeys from the extreme west end ot Georgetown to the extreme eass end of Wash- ington to see my sister. That may have done something toward forming my writing habit I generally write from noon till midnight A ‘man metaphysician has argued that our cal force is greatest between midnight and noon, while our mental vigor and clearness are most prononnced between noon and mid- night. it theory I have found correct so far as my experience goes. “‘A spell of serious illness has interfered con- siderably with my work and temporarily changed my practice. Ordinarily I labor four di in each week; constan devotedly — cely taking time to eat—from noon to mid- night, It has always been a real joy to me to look forward to the two days holiday—Satur- day and Sunday—and I expect to enjoy the in- terrupted pleasure for some time. My health is better now than it has been for ten years Past.” PLACES FOR WRITING, “Have you any particular room or spot in which you prefer to write?” was asked. “Yes,” was Mrs, Southworth’s reply. “In sum- mer time I like to write in the open air; here on this piazza, Here I can get up and walk; there is ample room for all the exercise I need while Tam at work. The outlook is beautiful; that's why I love this old hut. When the weather is cool I write in the sitting room; from that can also seo the river and the college building.” fou have a favorite desk?’ was suggested. “Yes, On this I wrote my first novel, ‘Retri- bution.’ “This” was a plain stand—a top but about eighteen inches square supported by four legs. Immediately beneath the top wasasingle drawer. “All my subsequent work with a pen.” Mrs. Southworth resumed, pointing to an old-fash- ioned portable folding desk, ‘has been done It was my father’s.” and the authoress it on this, smoothed its antique surface very tenderly; had been her life companion. “Writer's cramp has never troubled mi said Mrs, Southworth in response toan inquiry “T have avoided it entirely by increasing the diameter of my pen-holdcr each succeeding year. You see how large it is now. WITH A TYPEWRITER. “To a limited extent in my case the pen has been superseded by the typewriter, which I have operated for three years past. It has been arelief, a toy. Itis as though a man has his child out walking with hi The child be- comes tired and the father gives him his cane to bestride. The child prances along gaily and is no more tired. Such a relief has the type- writtr been to me. On Frida nights, when my task for the week has been completed, I have frequently sat down at the instrument to make a few notes on which to work during the following week. ‘Ihe change from the pen would be so grateful that on more than one occasion I have roughly written so much of the story as would ordinarily have oc- cupied days, Some have regarded such a combination of mental and physical activity as remarkable, but it is not really so. Woman has a more active cerebellum than man, That can be seen when you watch a gir! of no ex- traordinary capacity play a piece of intricate music on the piano, at the same time keeping up a closely connected conversation, Writing hever was arduous; it is not so now.” “Will you give us any more novels?” was asked. “Oh, yes,” was the reply, with a ring of sur- rise in the tones, “I have two of them on and. Ono is complete, the other is nebulous; requires to be crystalized, Tho two are to be companion novels, although you would hardly think so from the titles, The one I have writ- ten is ‘An Incarnate Fiend; the one I am writ- ing is ‘An Angel Unawares,’ The first is a freer novel than any [have ever written. Most of the previous ones have been so constructed as to please the taste of renders of the Ledgor, but this is without any embarrassment of style. It paints as true a picture of the two pliases of slavery asf could make. I was familiar with the awful institution from my earliest days, and have a large fund of experience from which to draw my material, One phase is the truly patriarchal, where a master would no more sell a slave than he would a child; the other is that in which the black man and woman were no more than cattle—less cared for, in fact. In neither book will there be found an apology for alavery, Iwas dn origi- nal abolitionist, DRAMATIZED NOVELS, “Did I ever have any taste for dramatic authorship? No; I never tried to write a play. Many of my books have becn successfully dramatized, however, and ‘The Hidden Hand’ was played in three London theaters at the same time with profitable results, “Of what I may yet write { now know noth- ing. For thirty years I wrote for Robert Bonner’s Ledger and each year I provided that paper with a ew novel, What is in the future isamystery. Iam very happy here; happy in a devoted son, who is ike avecond self, whose heart 18 in all my projects, and @ ,dear daugh- ter-in-law, who is as loving as though I was her own mother. My own daughter is living in Youkers, N.Y.; she is coming to spend the winter with me, as she always has done. She 'is happily married and prosperous, What more could I desire than I now have?” The sunlight had gone; the river was lost in gloom; the bridge was nothing but two rows of lamps, The snort and puff and whistle of the little steamer were the only sounds in the night air, —_->_—_ NEW BOOKS. THE JEWS UNDER ROMAN RULE. By W. D. MoRRIso! w York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Washington: Robert F. Miller. VIERA, A ROMANCE 'TWIXT THE REAL AND IDE By Roman I. Zcsor. New York: The American News Co. HAND-BOOK OF POLITICS FOR 1890: Being a Record of Important Political Action, National and State, from August, 188s, to Augu: By Epwarp McPurkson, LL.D, James J. Chapman, PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. Vol. 1V. Part 3. New Yor G. P. Putnam's Sons, Washington: Wm. Bal- lantyne & Son. THE COLOURS OF A TMALS, 1890. Washington: By Epwarp Baa NALL Poulton, M.A., F.R/S. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Washington: Robert Beail. A SECRET INSTITUTION. By CLARtssa CALD- WELL LaTaxor. Now ork: Bryant Publisb- \D RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: A Plea for nstitutional Rights of Catholics in the United States. By W. D. HUGHES, New York: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Co. POOR'S HAND-BOOK OF INVESTMENT SECUR- ITIES. A Supplement to Poor's Manual of Railroads, New York: H. V. & H. W. Poor. PRACTICAL DYNAMO BUILDING FOR AMA- TEURS. By FREDERICK WaLKER. New York: n Nostrand Co, : PAYNE'S BUSINESS POIN' ARY OF S is. Publishing Hous RS AND DICTION. New York: Excelsior “NO. 40.” A ROMANCE OF FORTRESS MONROE. By NaNNIE WaITMELL TUNSTALL. Richmond: J. W. Randolph & English. Washington: W. Hi, Morrison, en SS DISAPPEARED FROM THE GALLIA, Dr. Harrison, After Much Hilarity, Is Missing From a Steamer. Dr. James Harrison, a second cabin passenger on the Cunard steamship Gallia, mysteriously disappeared from the deck of that ship some time between Sunday midnight and sunrise of Monday. Dr. Harrison was from Preston, England, He was middle-aged. florid and of full habit, a jolly, good-natured man and had “made himself solid” the first six hours out of Liverpool by liberal patronage of the steam- ship “wine room,” where he treated everybody and became intoxicated himself, At midnight Sunday the doctor was drinking whisky with one of the Gallia’s officers. Até in the morning the three other occupants of state room with Harrison reported that the convivial doctor had not as in his berth, The ship was then thoroughly searched, but no trace of him could be found urser of the Gallia was uncommunicative wi a reporter clambered on bi yesterday. He said briefly: “Dr. Harrison have jum overboard: though we have Bop inady of Ree ‘Wheeling Street Cars Stopped. Matters are in statu quo at Wheeling as far as the street railway strike is concerned. at quite amber of but otherwise thesd wea no evidence of oubta ee 0 is often oan Serene eet stitute for mother’s milk and is a TROTTING HORSE BREEDERs. The Maryland and District Association Ratsing Flyers. NOTED ANIMALS ON THEIR STOCK FARMS—THEIR SECOND ANNUAL RACE MEETING To BE HELD AT BENNINGS ON TRE SEVENTEENTH aXD EIGHTEENTH INSTANTS. Within the past year representative citizens of Maryland and the District of Columbia havo formed the Trotting Horse Breeders Associa- tion for the purpose of improving the stock bred in this section and to givo annualiy a race meeting to test the speed of their colts and to attract the public to races honestly conducted for the reputation of their farms and stock,and where jockeying, pulling, working the pool box and the various other devices to swindle the public so common to the race track can- not play any part. ‘The success of the under- taking is largely due to the secretary, Mr. Benj. White, who resides in Washington, but is inter- ested with bis brother in the Moreland stock farm iu Frederick county, Md. Breeders’ associations are not- new. They have been flourishing organizations for many years in all the states where particular atten- tion has been paid to the breeding of trotting and light harness horses, but such an organizationis new to Maryland and this District and will interest the public more is learned of its aims and purposes and the opportunity is afforded of witnessing its display of fine stock and honestly conducted racing. It was believed by the organizers of this association that the climate. soil, water and other advautagesof breeding fine stock in Maryland and tue District of Columbia were equally as well adapted to that great industry as those of Kentucky or any other state, NOTED HORSES ON THE STOCK FARMS. The first prerequisite of success, therefore, with such exceptional facilities, was to get the blooded stock—representatives of families world renowned on the turf—which has been done, and in Maryland and the District owned by members of this association are stallions whe inheritance of speed can not be sur- passed even in Kentucky. In Maryland are stallions sired by the mighty Almont, Happy Medium, Lord Russell, fuli brother to Maud 5. aaa of the turf); Red Wilkes, Baron Wilkes, irector, Cuyier, Onward, William L. (sire o' Axtell, the greatest colt ever foaled, getting the stallion record of the world, 2.12, asa three- year-old), and the sons of other noted sires too numerous to mention, Recognizing the fact that good mares were essentiul as highly bred stallions in order to produce an Axtell cra Sunol, the stock farms of Maryland have added from year to year to their harems until there may be found on one breeder's farm alone in Maryland the daughters of Almont, Kentucky Prince, Strathmore, Blue Bull, Quward, Daniel Lambert and other sires, PROMINENT MEN AS HORSE BREEDERS. The association is still in its infancy. Or- ganized only last year, with such prominent menat its head as Gen. E. F. Beale of Wash- ington, D. C.; Wm, T. Walters, the patron of art of Baltimore, Md.; Col. L. Victor Baugh- man, controlier of the state of Maryland, Frank Brown, ex-postmaster of Baltimore, Gen. Fe- lix Agnus, editor 07 the Baltimore American, and many other prominent men of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The impression once prevuiled that to be a breeder of horses Was synonymous with being a ‘rowdy,” a blackleg or a gambler; but such impressions no longer prevail. Senator Stanford is well known as the breeder of Palo Alto, Sunol and Norlaine, and Mr, Hearst, California's other distinguished Senator, is famous for the thor- oughbred or running’ horses he bas upon the turf. Millionaire Belmont has done nothing that will better perpetuate his name than be- ing the owner of Salvator, who only a few weeks ago ran a mile, for the pleasure of twenty-five thousand people, in 1.363¢ and beat the world’s record. THE RACE MZETING AT BENNINGS, The Breeder's Association of Maryland and the District will give their second annual race meeting at Bennings track September 17 and 18, when the public willsee yearling colts that look as though they should still be running with their dains trotting miles in 2.40 and three-year-old colts trotung miles better than 2.30, showing the progress and advance made in a few years in breeding fast horses in Mary- land and the District. Such an exhibition will attract every lover of genuine sport. It is re- ported that the judges’ stand will be filled by three members of Congress and the President and his cabinet will be present to witness the races, which will be properly advertised in due seuson. | FOLLOWED AND WED HER LOVER. Her Father Threw Him Out Doors But She at Once Joined Him, Love laughs at stern parents as well as at locksmiths, For some time William Dickinson, @ young man residing in Camden, has been paying attention to Miss Edith Haines, daugh- ter of Farmer Asa Haines of Hartford, N. J. Finally Dickinson proposed and was accepted, but when the subject was broached to Farmer Haines he denounced Dickinson as a dude and threw him out of the house. Next morning Miss Edith packed her trunk, drove to the station and there met her lover. Both took the next train tor Camden, where they were married and are awaiting parental forgiveness, but have heard nothing yet from Farmer Haines. oo —_____ THE POPE AND HYPNOTISM. Probability That the Catholic Church Will Condemn the Practice. Several prominent bishops some time ago, says a cable special fromJRome, requested the Pope to express his opinion on the merits and demerits of hypnotism. The pope in aclear and interesting communication referred exam- ination of the subject to the office of the holy inquisition, requiring it to express its opinion on the effects of hypnotism on the Catholic con- science, No fall decision has yet been rendered, but from what the tribunal has already decided, without going into the scientific and spiritual- istic principles involved, the tribunal will give as its opinion that the church should condemn hypnotism as practiced upon human beings upon the ground that it disturbs human liberty and is dangerous in its effects upon the mental and physical condition of the hypnotized sub- jects. : —-o2-—_____. Baltimore to San Francisco by Sea. A Fall River, Mass., dispatch says: Capt. G. A. Davis has gone to Baltimore, where his schooner, Gov. Ames, now is. She will be fitted out fora voyage from Baltimore to San Fran- cisco, and it is not probable thatthe Ames will be seen about here for some years. She will take coal to San Francisco at the rate of $3 per ton ree The Ames’ owners intend to keep her on the Pacific coast, as it is expected she will be able to earn good dividends there. She will probably transport lumber to Europe. ———+oo—-____ Mrs. Tourgee Goes to Prison. In the supreme court at Buffalo yesterday Judge Lewis affirmed the order for the im- prisonment of Emma K. Tourgee for contempt of court in failing to appear before a referee in Jamestown to answer as to the financial re- lations existing between her husband, Al- bion W. Tourgee, and herself, thus dis- obeying the o1 of Judge Butts of Chau- tauqua county. Mrs. Tourgee was sentenced to y 35 fine and spend thirty-five in jal” rage —————_-____ Alaska Commissioners Still Waiting. Dr. A. H. Kolsaat returned to Chicago from Alaska Thursday night and was at the world’s fair headquarters yesterday. Mr. Kolsaat'’s trip to the United States’ largest de- veloped quite @ sensation in connection with the world’s Columbian commission. In con- versa’ with Gov. Knapp at Sitka he learned that when the widowed of the United = — Be it two citizens, mocra’ other s republican, pag 8 gg fy ex an the governor Alaska Webster Flanagan for Governor of Texas—Sundry Bits of News. The Texas republican state convention at San Antonio adjourned sine die yesterday afternoon. The Cuney wing of the party re- turned home flushed with victory. Save the nomination of Webb Flanagan for governor, they won everything and they lost thie ouly by ® hairs-breadth. Flanagan's only opponent was C. W. Ogden of San Antonio, who received only six votes less than the successfal can@i- date. The full ticket is as follows: For governor, Webster Flanagan of Hender- son; for lieutenant-governor, W. K. McKemsen of Williamson; for attorney-general, J. T. Rague of Fl Paso; for comptroller, Wm. Wert- hoff of De Wi for land commissioner, J. K. McDowell of Childrass; for treasurer, J. D. hmitz of Denton; for superintondent of pub- lic instruction, Dr. W. Lidner of Bexar. The only fight in the convention was over the selection of chairman of the state executive committee. Cuney wanted to get De Gress out and De Gress was determined to star in, and after a short, sharp and decisive battle Cuney put in Lock McDaniel of Grimes county by a very close vote. A platform was adopted, THE VERMONT ELECTION. Verified returns trom all of the 243 towns mn Vermont show a total of 33,318 for Page, 19,214 for Brigham and 1.216 for Aklen and others. These returns from 243 towns make Page's plurality 14,104 and his majority 12,588 The same towns in 1888 gave Dillingham 48,077, Shurtleff 19,046, Seely and others 1.349, making Dillingham's majority 27,682, and showing a falling off in the republican majority of 14. The five towns not heard from gave in 1888 a republican majority of 262, which will not be materially changed. The senate will be made up of 29 republicans and 1 democrat. Accord- ing to returns received here the honse will stand 177 republicans, 58 democrats and 2 Farmers’ League, with three towns—Stowe, Roxbury and’ Troy—unrepresented, leaving three towns to be heard from. One hundred and thirteen towns in the sec- ond congressional district give Grout 16.098, Shurtleff 7,437; Grout's majority 8.661. Ninety- three towns in the first congressional district ive Powers 11.663. Maloney 7,582; majority for Powers 4,08]. Returns are wanting from thirty-seven towns to complete the congressional vote in both districts, A LONG DRAWN-OUT CONVENTION, In the fourth Onio district democratic con- vention the 717th ballot at Piqua yesterday showed nochange. scarcely more than halt of the regular delegates being here now, their places being filled from persons on the street, udge James Gilmore of the Prebie county delegation urged adjournment sine die to re- fer the matter back to the people. Henry Flesh of Miami responded, “Yes, our proceed- ings are aa farce, The ballots do not repre- sent the desire of the democracy of this district.” A recess was then taken and notice given that upon reassembling a motion would be pressed for sine die adjournment. JOUN TEMPLE GRAVES RESIGNS, The political complications in the seventh Georgia congressional district resulted yester- day in the resignation of John Temple Graves as editor of the 7ribune of Rome, the leading paper of north Georgia. Mr. Graves. who en- joys the unique distinction of having been a democratic elector-at-large successively from Florida and Georgia in the two last president- ial campaigns, felt that his allegiance was due to the regular democratic organization, which is about to nominate Mr. Everett for Congress. The majority of the Tribune's directors ana stockholders and of the citizens of Rome favor Mr. Felton, Just nominated by the mass meet- ings. There was vo friction in the manage- ment, and Mr. Graves frankly and voluntarily resigned in order that the views of the major- ity might not be embarrassed by his connec- tion, NEVADA REPUBLICANS, The republican state convention of Nevada made the following nominations: Governor, R. K. Colcord; supreme judge, B. R.. Bigelow; dis- trict judge, K. Rising; Congressma: Bartine; lieutenant governor, J. Pon; torney general, J. D, Torreyson; secretary of state, O. H. Gray; clerk of supreme court, Jos. Josephs; controller, . B, Horton; treasurer, John E, Egan, NOMINATIONS FOR CONGRESS. The republicans of the sixth Michigan con- gressional district nominated Hon, Wm. Ball of Hamburg to succeed Mark S. Brewer, who de- clined a renomination. The nominee is the president of the state senate and acting lieu- tenant governor. The first Alabama district democratic con- vention renominated Congressman R. H. The first Texas district congressional conven- democrats renominated Charles Stewart by acclamation. —_—_—_se0—__ BICYCLE TOURNAMENT. Some Good Time Made in the Contests at Philadelphia. A two days’ bicycle tournament began at Forepaugh Park, Philadelphia, yesterday after- noon, Mr. Anthony of Boston, who contested in the quarter-mile dash, took a header and was carried to the hospital, where it was found he had broken his thumb and a small bone of his left hand, Following are summaries of the principal events: One mile open, safety handicap—W. F. Murphy, N.Y.A. (ecratch), first; W. F.West (90 yards), second; F. H. Garrigues (145 yards), third. Time, 2.56 2-5, Half-mile open, ordinary scratch—A. A. Zim- merman, first; C. M. Murphy, second; W. L Wilhelm, third. Time, 1.23. Quarter-mile, ordinary dash—A. A. Zimmer- A.C., won the final beat trom W. W. second, and C, M. Murphy, 3-5 seconds, Half-mile ride and run, ordinary—W. W. Taxis, first; Frank Campman, second, ‘Time, 1.58 2-5. Half-mile, Philadelphia _ championship, safety—A walkover for J. P. Hazleton, ‘Time, 1.3334. — ~eos—____ THE ATLANTIC CITY SHOOTING. Indications Are for a Murder Trial Next Month, County Physician Reilley, in attendance ‘upon Mrs, Hettie Young, who was shot twice by her husband at the Minnequa House, at Atlantic City, early Thursday morning, was seen last night just after a visit to the wounded woman. He says it is impossible to make any possitiv. statement as to Mra. Young's condition other than that her life depends upon the location and effect of the bullet which entered her right nostriland is now lodged near the base of the brain, He has not been able to locate it yet, but the symptoms indicate that it is onthe brain, There are ten chances to one, therefore, that Joseph F. Young will bo ar- ee in September for the murder of his A dispatch from May's Landing says that 03 a much vetter physical oandiion firet taken ere. HEAVY DAMAGES ASKED. Several Louise-Virginia Collision Suits Brought for Deaths and Injuries. NEW_PUBLICATIONS. J. B LIPPINCOTT COMPANY . Have Just Published MRS. AL. WISTER'S NEW STORY, “O THOU, MY AUSTRIA ‘Translated from the German of Oselp Sebubtn, i2mo, cloth, 81.25, This novel has the same elements of strength and interest that we flud in the author's previous work, “Erlach Courts.” She introduces us into good society Rud imparts to her characters a charm thet is natural sn pleasing. 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