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2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. THE CASE OF DR. NOURI! LATE NEWS BY WIRE. | [ae : ___ | He Complains of Being Robbed and Shut | Tariff Fight in the Canadian Parlia- | Upin se Ascii | ment. | Hi | He is Now in This City and His Case is | MANITOBA I AFTER LOWER DUTIES | Before the State Depart- ment. Coal Miners Looking With Inter- | est to Washington. The papers in the case of Dr. Zamcrin | | Nouri have been transmitted to the Depart- | ment of State by the Turkish minister. Dr. | Nouri alleges that his property was stolen |at San Francisco, that he was illegally | ees committed to the insane asylum at Napa, | THE OPENING DELAYED (cai, ana that the case against those who | had caused his troubles had been dismissed | | by the courts of California, after his tor- | mentors had confessed that they had first poisoned him, then robbed and at last had OTTAWA, Ont., Feb. 17.—The coming ses- sion of the Canadian parliament, which Dpens at Ottawa, March 15, is looked for- him committed to the asylum. ward to with interest by the people of the| |The man who has thus been abused is Dominion. | His Pontifical Eminence, the Most Venera- ble Prelate, Monseignor, the Zamorim For the past four weeks the members! Nouri, John Joseph, Prince of Neurl, D. D. of the conservative party cabinet have THE DAY FIXED For the Trial of the Famous Breck- inridge-Pollard Case. DEFENDANT APPEARS IN COURT TODAY eS ees Both Parties Express Opposition to Delay. THE KENTUCKY TESTIMONY Judge Bradley this morning fixed for the 8th of next month the trial of the case of Miss Madeline V. Pollard against Repre- sentative Breckinridge of Kentucky, in which Miss Pollard syes the Congressman for $50,000 damages, alleging seduction and breach of promise of marriage. Both sides 4L.D. (by Divine Providence), Chaldean been collecting information concerning | possible changes in the high tariff which | now rules. A well-known conservative member of parliament from Menitoba was in Toronto “this week. He says: | Ambassador of Malabar, India and Pers! | the discoverer of Noah's Ark and theGoide! Patriarchial Archdeacon of Rabylon and Jerusalem, Grand Apostolic Ambassador or Mountains of the Moon, the Sacred Crown's Supreme Representative Geaeral of the Holy Orthodox Armenian Patriarchal Im- “Manitoba and the northwest are bound | to have lower duties on agricultural im- plements. As matters now stand one a2gri- periality. These are the titles which the gentleman | Informed the court that they were partic- ularly anxious that the case should be tried at the earliest practicable time, although counsel for Miss Pollard were willing and anxious for a much earlier date than those representing the defendant. The court room was very much crowded when Judge Brad- ley ascended the bench, most of the prom- cultural implement company has practically @ monopoly in the sale of implements to the farmers of the northwest and hold the uotes of nine-tenths of them. The average north- western farmer is a poor man and has a hard time making both ends meet. “He insists on growing nothing but wheat and the low price of that grain has made him poorer than ever. It will be seen that the tariff is not wholly to blame for ais condition, but the farmer thinks it is, and | will vote against any protection by the jovernment. At the bye election in Win- nipeg, two months ago, the feeling in the northwest was indicated when Hugh John Hi Macdonald, son of the late Sir John Mac- | donaid, resigned his seat in the house of | commons. in the election which followed, | Hion. Joseph Martin, liberal and free trader, Was chosen by a large majorit The Canadian coal miners are looking forward anxiously to the decision of Con- regarding the Wilson bill, as the mar- et for Nova Scotia and British Columbia coal are in the United States. season the duty en ccal was con- widerably reduced, and the duty on sugar | slightly lessened. The farmers of Quebec will again ask, through Mr. Pope, the member of pariia- ment from Compton, to have corn placed im the free list, but it is hardly possible the Wovernment will grant this request, which | Was refused last session. The opening of parliament has been de- ferred until a very tate date in order that the government might see what action Con- ress may take in respect to the tariff be- lore parliament meets. This is the ostensibie Feason given, but it is said that whatever course Congress takes the Canadian tariff Will remain unchanged. penelope soa LIEUT MANE INDICTED. ! Me is Charged W the Murder of | Capt. Hedberg. CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—The federal grand Jury today returned an indictment charg- fag Liect. Maney with the murder of Capt. Hedberg at Fort Sheridan. All the witnesses in the case were heard Over a Week ago, but no vote was taken on the question and an indictment was found today. It took but a few minutes to settle the case. There was no questicn as to te killing. In view of the evidence,” said a grand te “there was nothing to do but to Ing in an indictment for murder.” ‘The time of the hearing of the case nas mot been set. A capias was issued for the arrest of Maney, who has been at liberty under $10,000 ba! THE MANSFIELD RIOTERS. Thirty-Seven F nd G Jury at Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 17.—The jury in the case of the fifty-eight coal miners charged with rioting in the Mansfield region returned a sealed verdict this morning, find- ing thirty-seven guilty, and twenty-one innocent. The latter were discharged, and the ty-sever convicted were remanded to for senterce. ans MeKANE HAS HOPE. eae “ ‘Will Not Give Up His Office Until He Has to Do So. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. 17.—His coun- sel and a friend called on John Y. Mc- Kane this morning and found him cheer- ful as well as more hopeful that his pros- pects will improve. It is sufd that he will be tardy in resigning the office of super- visor, as he can only be deprived of it when the court has passed sentence, and he has been refused a stay, pending an a@ppeal to the higher court. aie LIKELY TO DIE ANY TIME. The Condition of Steele Mackaye Has % Become Alarming. CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—Steele Mackaye, the dramatist, who has been lying ill at the Hotel Richelieu for some time, is reporzed as being unconscious today, and likely to die at any time. The chief trouble is the inability of his stomach to retain nourishment, and his con- dition is described as starving to death. ‘The Santa Fe Railroad has tendered to Mrs. BMackaye a special car to convey him to California. where his physicians believe he can recuperate. _—— SHAKEN UP, BUT NOT HURT. | i &@ Pennsylvania Express Rans Down a Freight Trai HUNTINGDON, Pa.» Feb. 17.--The At- Jantic express on the Pennsylvania railroad, while running at a high rate of speed, ran into a freight train here this morning, de- molishing three engines and a number of loaded _ grain cars. The wrecked cars took fire. The passengers on the Atlantic ex- press were pretty badly shaken up and the trainmen escaped by jumping. at Huntington. nal MADMAN AT A BALL. He Wildly Flourishes a Loaded Re- volver, Which Goes Of. BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 17.—When the fire men’s ball was about to break up this morn- ing at 3:30 o'clock, a man rushed into ma- ehipery hall of the Mechanics’ building, dis- laying a revolver and acting as if wild. Yomen screamed, and some fainted. A man rushed forward to seize the madman and knocked the revolver out of his hand. As it fell it went off, wounding a man by the name of James Mallory. The madman was taken to station No. 16 and put into a padded cell. He has since then given his name as Charlies Williams. His place of residence is not known. . —- Mrs. Lease Wen't Be Bought Of. TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 17.—It is stated by Persons professing to have inside informa- tion that Mrs. Lease has refused proposi- tions made on behalf of Governor Lewell- img that she stop her fight on the state ad- ministration, that she immediately resign trom the state board of charities, keep out of the populist state convention and as soon as the storm is over accept a place en the board of regents of the State University. In addition the expenses of her fight were algo’ to be paid by Governor Lewelling. 7" —— € CINCINNAT Feb. v Le. O'Brien, aged sixty, died suddenly at 12:40 this morning. He was about as usual yes- terday. Before retiring last night he was striexen with lockjaw, suffered intensely all day and last night until relieved by death. Col. O'Brien spent his life with the Pennsylvania company, most of the time @s general passenger agent of the Pan Handle system, west of Pittsburg. On be. ing succesled by E Ford in 1880 he} was hern agent, with heac He was state senator ate to the national convention ninated Tilden. ze ——- The President's Reception. in question bears and which are appended to his photograph. Dr. Nourt at present is the guest of Rev. Dr. Easton, pastor of the Eastern P:esby terian Church of this city. A reporter fo: The Star called on Dr. Nouri this afternoon, and in a joint interview with the two gen- tlemen elicited the following statement: Dr. Nouri came from thé Orient via the steamer China and landed at San srancisco June 23, 1892. He came, it was said, by the direction of missionaries in India, and went to the house of Dr. Easton, who was then @ pastor of a church in that city. He took rooms at the American Ex-| change Hotel. Hi two trunks and a valise, which were filled with valuable documents, creden- uals. manuscripts, vestments, jewels and decorations and antiquities. He Meets Dr. Smith. While at that hotel he fell into the hands of a man named Dr. George 8S. Smith. This man took the doctor to his home at Seal Cove, San Mateo county, where the two remained for several months. On March 12 last he bought a ticket from San Francisco for Chicago, there to attend the parliament of religions. Then Smith represented, it Is said, that it would be im- possible to cross the mountains at that sea-| son of the year; that all the trains which had started out had been snowbound, and that thousands of people had been frozen to death. ite induced Nourt to go with him to his rooms, which were at 1316 1-2 Missouri street. On the night of March 13, Nouri Says that he felt he was about to have en attack of malarial fever, and Smith, who claimed to be a physician, administered a Potion. During the night Nouri was taken vio- lently ill, and Smith administered an emetic and the next day, under the plea of taking | Nouri before a body of medical men to have his stomach examined to locate the cause of his trouble, carried him down to the city hall, left him in an anteroom, had a consultation with Insanity Commission- ers E. Windelle and J. E. Lewenthal. Then, at a word from Smith, a deputy sheriff seized Nouri, carried him “in great disgrace" across the court and put him in the van. He was shipped to Napa and re- mained there for three months and two weeks. During this time he claims to have been wretchediy treated by the asylum au- thorities, Superintendent M. A. Gardiner and his assistant, Drisback Smith. He was not allowed, he said, to communi- cate with his friends in the outer world, and was forced to perform the most menial work. One day as he was in the grounds a strange lady, Mrs. Wixom, was attracted by his oriental costume, and spoke with him. He told her his story. She carried a letter from him to Mrs. Cornelia E. Easton, wife of Dr. Easton. Finally Released. The latter wrote to the authorities, and, after a good deal of correspondence, in which the asylum people stated, It is said, that Dr. Nouri had never been a fit subject for the place, he was let out on leave and has not yet returned. When he reached San Francisco he procured warrants for the ar- rest of Dr. Smith, his wife, Susan Smith, and their confederate, one J. H. LaHurrey, on a charge of grand larceny. At the preliminary hearing it is said that they confessed to having administer- ed arsenic to Dr. Nouri, having worked him off as an insane man, and on the day after his departure for Napa had broken open his trunks, sold part of their contents | and destroyed others. The jewels with which Nouri’s medals were set were taken that was in them. During a brief absence from San Fran-! cisco, which Nouri took by the advice of nis physician, the cases against the men were nissed, as Dr. Nouri says ‘‘mystertous- ‘The vajue of the goods stolen the ioser places at $20,000. He came to Washington a short time ago to bring the matter before the ‘Turkish minister, who in turn has brought the case to the attentiop of the State Department. Dr. Nouri is a typical oriental, with an exuberant flow of converse and a terrific fund of adjectives. He was born in Bag- dad on February 7, 18%, graduated in Mes- opotamia in 1 and solemnly ordained at Bajirmiapolis in IS84. He was conse- erated grand archdeacon in Babylon in 1885, and is said to have discovered the ark and the golden mountains of the moon on his eighth Armenian expedition. He has made many trips around the globe, and speaks English with great fluency and rapidity. —__—_—_+-e+—____ EQUAL SUFFRAGE WON. Tumultuous Scenes in the Trans-Mis- ippi Convention Last Night. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17.—The trans- ssippi convention of last night passed a resolution memorializing Congress to en- act legislation devoting to the various states and territories all arid lands within the boundaries susceptible to irrigation, prescribing such conditions as will secure the lands to actual Sdttlers through pur- chase from the state. An ineffectual at- tempt was made to pledge the convention in favor of the system of irrigation and control of arid lands by the general gov- ernment. A resolution was introduced declaring it the sense of the convention that the right of elective franchise should be ex- tended to the female as well as the male inhabitaats of the republic. The resolu- tions caused a disturbance that was tur- bulent and uproarious as it was unexpected. The convention worked itself into an al- most hopeless tangle. The equal suffrage plank was finally adopted by a vote of 251 to 211. The scenes which followed the announce- ment of the vote were more uproarious than have been witnessed since the con- vention met. Hats were thrown into the air and the hall rang with the cheers of the successful contestants and sympathiz- ers in the gallery. ——>___ COLDEST OF THE SEASON. The Mercury Drops to 24 Degrees Be- low Zero in New York te. MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., Feb. —Last night was the coldest of the season. The temperature was 6 degrees below zero at the outskirts of the city. GLENS FALLS, N. Y., Feb. 17.—The ther- mometer registered here as low as 24 below zero at 6 o'clock this morning. This is the t cold recorded here this s YARK, N. J., Feb. 17.—Mrs. thirty-five years of age, of Silver ke, Bloomfield, died in an ambulance e: his morning while on her way to the Ne ark City Hospital. Mrs. Kane was found at idnight lying unconscious on Gaston ave- nue, odside. She was on her way home and had been overcome by the cold. When found she was nearly frozen stiff. SL on. Fannie we Property consisted of | sold and the medals sold for the metal | inent_ member$ of the bar being present. The defendant was also on hand, sitting | beside Messrs. Phil. E. Thompson and W. A. McKenney of his counsel, while just oppo- site sat Messrs. Calderon Carlisle and Jere | \ M. Wilson, representing Miss Pollard. The plaintiff, however, was not present. Mr. McKenney stated to the court that Col. Enoch Totten, on whom he defendant Breatly relied, was in Florida, having been compelled to leave the city because of ill health. He would not return until about the 15th of next month, and as he would | require several days then to get ready for | the trial of the suit, the defendant asked | that the case be set for some day after the 2ist of March. Studied Delay Charged. Mr. Carlisle stated that Col. Totten had been-notified that the plaintiff would press the case for trial, and left the city fully aware of that fact and of the fact that the case would be reached in a few days. It appeared to counsel for the piaintiff that the policy of the defendant had been one of Studied delay. As an illustration of that belle he instanced the case of a witness whose deposition had been taken out west the other day. The witness, an infirm lady, Was subjected by defendant's counsel to a eross-examination lasting over six hours. The issues in the case had been made up in September, and since then the plaintit had at all times been ready for trial. The asking by the defendant that a dey be set hext month was clearly a disguised mo | ment for delay. In making that request the defendant had set forth nothing re- quiring an answer from the SRS The the defendant had intimated th delay wus desired because of his abs but the plaintiff also had ent witnesses. | Yet she had no fear of being unable to se- | eure their attendance when needed. Mr. Wilson stated that pliintif’s counsel | had g-eat respect for Col. Totten, and would willingly accommodate him, if he were the only counsel the defendant had. But the defendant had other able counsel here and | two or three able non-resident counsel.cne of the latter being particu! y able in the con- sumption of time. So the request for delay, | On the eve of the case being called the de- | fendant had given notice of the taking of the deposition of about one hundred wit- | nesses in Ohio, Kentucky and Vi-ginia, and the inference was justified that he desired in that expensive way to overwhelm the plaintiff. The defendant in so doing was straining a point, and was not complying with the rules of the court. He should state, under oath, what he expects to prove by those witnesses. If he should do that the plaintiff would probably admit all he hoped to prove by them. Intentional Delay Denied. Mr. Thompson explained that the defend- ants did not expect the case to be called so soon. For twenty-five years the courts had, at each term, begun with case No. 1 on the calendar, instead of going through it. Hence, Col. Totten had informed the de- fendant that there was no probability of an early hearing of the case. He wanted | no continuance. The defendant would jit allow it. Neither had he tried to evade a trial of the cas In fact, he would en- deavor to force a trial during the present | term of the court, which ends with the | close of March. Mr. Thompson denied that his client had wished any unreasonable de- j lay, or had resorted to any other methods | than those he had a legal right to employ. | People would see, before the case was con- cluded, whether the plaintiff was acting | honesty and fairly, er whether her suit | had been entered for vindictive purposes. | The defendant had been criticised for pro- | posing to go into the past of the plainuff | in the taking of the disposition referred to, but the plaintiff had gone back nine years in her life, and, asserted Mr. Thompson, she had shown matters which tended to sdis- grace her. The poverty of the plaintiff ‘ had been referred to, but, said Mr. Thonip-~ son, the defendant was a poor man, and while the plaintiff was able to have eminent counsel with her he hed to devend upon such counsel as he could get. | “We only ask, your honor,” concluded Mr. Thompson, “that you set the case for some day during this term of the court. We vill then be ready for trial, and if the case is then postponed it will be done by the plaintiff.” “You can bet,” exclaimed Mr. Wilson, that we won't postpone it.”* “And neither will we we,” Thompson. replied Mr. The Court's Decision. \ | | | In disposing of the matter, Judge Brad- ley said the court was fully aware of Col. Totten’s physical inability to try a case at this time, and while the absent counsel waa | entitled to the fullest consideration in the matter the court realized that Col. Totten | Was not the only counsel retained by the | defendant. The defendant not only had | other able counsel, but was himself a law- yer of marked ability. It was most proper | that a day certain should be fixed for the | trial of the case. Counsel for the defendant, t seemed, had not been as diligent as they | might have been, and they should have | known that the case would be called about this time. It was not true that it had been | the practice of the court for twenty-live | years to begin at case ND. 1 at each term. | It had been done frequently before, and was done by the direction of the District Supreme Court. Therefore, {t could not be said that the defendant had been taken by surprise. It was clearly apparent last month that the case would be reached at about this time. However, both sides de- clared an earnest wish to have the case tried at the present term of the court, and | after examining the calendar Judge Brad- ‘ley explained that March §, 13 and 14 were open dates. | | | “I think, your honor, Breckinridge. “that the ceptable.”” “Any open date this month?” asked Mr. | Wilson. | “The 27th," the court replied. | “Then, your honor,” remarked Mr. Car- | lisle, “that day would suit us. | Mr. Breckinridge thought the 27th instant | impracticable, and Mr. McKenney remark- | ed that if the case was set for that date | Col. Totten would insist upon coming back | and if he did return then he would do so at the risk of his life. He therefore asked the other side not to insist upon that date. | Judge Bradley cut the matter short by remarking that he would put the case down for trial on Thursday, the Sth of next | month, and with that understanding the | | matter was concluded. | Depositions Taken at Lexington. | A Lexington, Ky., spectal to the N York World gives the foliowing account of | | the testimony taken there yesterdiy in the | Pollard-Breckinridge case: Catesby Hawkins, a carpenter, that he knew Madeline Pollard moved to Bridgeport with her f: was a saddle and harness maker, | at that time a little girl four or five s | old, and he believes that her age at the | present time could not be less than t three or four. From the time her he knew her continuously interrupted Mr. 3th would be ai | | testified when she A KNOWN QUANTITY. It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday a sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the preceding week. It would seem self- i evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection, but The Star is alone in this custom as far as Wash- ington is concerned. Below will be . found the statement for the week just past. The average circulation exhibited is believed to be nearly, if not quite, double the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contemporary. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, Feb, 10, 1894. | MONDAY. Feb. 12, 1894. | TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 1804... | WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 1894. | THURSDAY, Feo. 15, 1594.. | FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 1864. Total. Daily average. ee I sotemn!y swear that the | Fesents only the number of copies of Tus EVEN- ING STaRcircuiated during the six secular daya end- | ing Friday, February 16, 19°4—thet 1s, the num- berof coples actually sold, delivered, furnished orinatled, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted were returned to or remainin the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me tuis seven- teenth day oi February, A. D. ists CHAS. W. DARR, Notary Public, D. O. when Julian and Miss Pollard were taken upstairs and put to bed. He did not know whether Julian stayed there all night or not, but he (Hawkins) was to have gone home with Julian; but after waiting a considerable time for Julian he went home by himself, arriving at his home some time in the morning. Hawkins further said that Miss Pollard at that time was a bright, pretty, attrac- tive girl, and that the talk about Madeline | in the neighborhood was that she was rapid. John O'Toole, a former resident farmer at the Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum when James Rodes was in charge of the ground cultivated by that institute, wi rext called. James Rodes told him that he Was using his money to educate Madeline Pollard, who had promised to become his wife when she finished her education. On this account Rodes was always hard up and wanted to borrow money from the witness that he might give it to Miss Pol- lard, who, Redes said, was continually after him for money. Redes was then a man of about fifty years of age. Miss Pollard’s Childhood. Mollie Shindlebower, whose home is in Memphis, Tenn., and who is known there by the name of Miller, testified that when she was a little girl she lived in Frankfort, | where her parents died, and she was taken into the home and family of Mrs. Stout, an aunt of Miss Pollard, In the same year Mrs. Stout removed to bridgeport, and she eee ea Ee fant esehtae inn | srentalong,| | Wallelthere, Stiss uuamd vic | fendant desired and was endeavoring to | ted oe and remained about three cause delay for appare othe: reasons, | Months. Madeline's conduct while at the house of her aunt caused trequent family disturb- ances, und upon one occasion her aunt called leline into her room and chastised her severely. She received many young men for visitors whose reputation was bad. she took rides with them at night, often stay- ing out as late as 10 or 11 o'clock. Her con- duct became such that the neighbors talked about it, and she bore the reputation of be- ing wild, her actions frequently in the pres- ence of gentlemen being such as to excite comment. Madeline Pollard afterwards visited Frankfort, and there she bore the reputa- tion of being a rapid girl. While at the residence of Mrs. Stout, Madeline's broth »r, Ed Pollard, made an indecent remark to the witness in the presence of Miss Pollard, which the latter did not rebuke. The wit- hess stated that she left the home of Mrs. Stout in 1877. She afterwards moved to Lexington and entered upon a public life, and led that life until about eight or tcn years ago. John Brand testified that he knew Miss Pollard, and that he first met her at the house of Lena Singleton, who occupied a smail tenement in Sd street. This was in xs He called at the house to see Lena "ton, who was “the reputed mistress ames Rodes, then farmer at the lunatic asylum. Lena Singieton’s house was known as a disreputable place. When Brand was admitted into the house a woman that Miss Singleton told him afterward was Miss Pollard ran out of the om = Siseppeared. Some days after- wa e called again, and this Y introduced to repent woman, whose name he could not recollect. He afterward saw Miss Pollard at the same Place ‘in conversation with Rodes. On one occasion he called there with Jim Rodés, and Miss Pollard was there. He did not call frequently after that, for the rea- son that he and Rodes fell out about his visits to Lena Singleton. He understood from Rodes that he was educating Miss Pollard, or would educate her, and that after she completed her education he was going to marry her. After that time he saw Miss Pollard. In 1885 he frequently took Miss Pollard bugey riding; would pick her up on the street, take her several miles in the country and bring her back, putting her out upon the street, never taking her to her home, which, he said, he never knew. He had to of J | quit taking her out riding, for he was afraid | jof his wife, who, he said, was a jealous woman. On cross-examination he was asked if he had ever said anything improper to Miss | Pollard. He answered that he might have | done so. A SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL, It Will Be Given at Albaugh's Opera House in April. Managers Albaugh of this city and Ford of Baltimore, acting upon a suggestion in The Star, have arranged for a week chiefly of Shakespearean plays by Mr. Creston Clarke and the company formed to celebrate the April Shakespearean 330th annive:sary in this neighborhood, the young tragedian appearing for a week at Albaugh’s Grand Opera House, commencing April 2, with the support of Miss Martha Ford and a goodly company, thus testing the promise of young America to fill the place in this country now occupied on the English speaking stage by Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. At a recent meeting of the Women’s Lit- rary Club in Baltimore, Miss Martha Ford recited the “Star Spangled Banner," and the American of that city says: The state- ly lines were rendered with beautiful ex- pression and seemed to ring out with new g under her fervid and dramatic enunciation, She was enthusiastically ap- plauded, and, after repeated demands from the club for an encore, she recited a short selection from ‘The Merchant of Venice,” repeating Portia’s lines on “The Quality of Mercy,” with admirable effect. _- DONNELLY'S LICENSE. It is Decided That the stitute Had Prior Loc The attorney for the District has decided that James D. Donnelly is not eligivle fo- a license, because his place of business as a deaier in liquor was not located or estab- lished previous to the erection or occupancy of the Emerson Institute. His place is at 1ith street. ee Gen. Gordon's Lecture. Many friends of Gen. Gordon have en- deavored to get him to repeat his lecture on the closing scenes of the war, which was delivered before a vast audience at Con- ntion Hall recently, for the benefit cf the veterans of bot blue and the gray, It is understood now that the lecture will be repeated on one of the last days of this month. —— MIGHT BE NOMINATED. of the Men Talked of for the HE IS RESPONSIBLE| Edwin Sheppard of Brooklyn, who was the The Rejection of Peckham Was Due’ principal counsel for the prosecution in the : | J. Y. MeKane case, is he! the Pres- to the President, | csi cared og! ident to nominate Judge Edgar Cullen to | the vacant associate justiceship. | PACTS ABCOT THE NEW YORK ELECTION 'rresisent ts name acme ‘itn oetcise ee | New York for the Place, and it was at once Several Senators at the Capitol today jlearned that it was the intention of the i : said if he wanted to secure a man in the Mr. Cleveland's Closest Cabinet | same circuit he might select Simon i. ala- Friend and the Machine. | College. | , He was once a republican, but has since | become an independent, though New Eng- land republicans say he is a mugwump. PROMISE TICKET: Another name mentioned outside of the A coM New York circuit is that of Wm. L. Put- | nam of Portland, Me., who is now circuit judge in the first judicial cireuit, and was A Senator who voted against Mr. Peck- = b ham gave to a resentative of The Star first term. Senators Aldrich of Rhode Is- | RS peace of certain aspects of land and Chandler of New Hampshire | the case not heretofore alluded to in the say | newspapers, and which, as he believes, had | f | an important influence in bringing about the result obtained. “I have no desire,” this Senator began by | | firmation if he should be nominated. | = . LOCAL B | DEPOSITS IN LOCAL BANKS win, who is now professor of law in Nate; named by President Cleveland during his | spcak in high terms of Judge Putnam, and | there would be no doubt of his con- FINANCE AND TRADE. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. Dispatch to The Evening Star. Y YORK, Feb. 17.—Speculation this mcrning dwindled into a professional inter- | changing of securities at fractional profits. | There was no real business in sight and | Modest attempt to mark up prices at opening uncovered such a stock of | Speci 1 § lit above statement rep- | saying, ‘to detract from Mr. Hill's promi- | nence in the contest. He organized the) opposition to confirmation, and to a certain | extent led it. He is a plucky man, and a capable manager. It is true, however, that Of District Funds Collected on Ac-| orders as to make continued count of the Permit System. | Impossible. It was notable, however, tha: The first controller has stirred up a hor-| *rokers for prominent bear operators were net's nest®at the District building. This; >Y3INg in stocks at every concession, and morning he called upon the Commissioners | ©OSiderable short stock was covered during ae Mr. Peckham’s defeat was largely due to the President, and to the absurd arguments for the purpose of directing attention to the Miss Pollard by another | employed by certain democratic leaders and newspapers in urging the Senate to in- dorse the appointment. “The most absurd of all propositions to those familiar with the facts is that the Hill wing of tne New York democracy is sione tainted with the Maynard episode. Whai- ever of wrong there may have been in that transaction, and however culpable Juige Maynard himself may ve, both wings of tne New York democracy have enjoyed the | usufruct of it, and the nearest friends and upporters of Mr. Cleveland ave since carried themselves towards Judge Maynard in a way fully authorizing the assumption that they must have condoned his offense. Some Inside Facts. “The facts justifying this assertion ure these: Last fall when the time had come for conferences between the two factions on the subject of a state ticket Col. Lamont made half a dozen visits to New York to consult with Richard Croker and the repre- sentatives of Senator Hill. The -.achine was all-powerful. The ticket had practi- cally been named without any sort ef ref- erence to the administration's wishes or interests. Not an administration man had been slated for anything. George B. Mc- Clellan, jr., Croker’s protege, was to head | the ticket for secretary of state and Isaac | H. Maynard was to be the candidate for | judge of the court of appeals. Iut at the | last moment the machine leaders consented to a truce. It was represented to them that peace was better than war, union better | than division. The proposition could not | be gainsaid, and a combination ticket, war- ranted to bring both factions to the polls, Was substituted. In this transaction Col. Lamont represented the administration. Cook Meyer of Brooklyn, an out-and-out Cleveland man, was put at the head of the ticket in place of young McClellun and a friend of Senator Hill from Syracase, who had been slated for treasurer, made way for Hugh Duffey of Cortland, an‘ cid neighbor and warm personai friend of Col. Lamont. But Maynard was not disturbed. Lamont Accepted Maynard. “Lamont and his friends accepted him, and in putting Meyer and Duffy on the tick- et with him pledged him their support. These things were not done in a corner. The campaign progressed, with Meyer and Duffy working for the whole ticket, May- nard included, and urging their supporters to go to the polls and not only assist them to office, but Judge Maynurd as well, to a full term on the bench. In fact, so anx- ious were the administration people to give evidence of their faithfulness and sincerity that Col. Lamont traveled all the way from Washington to cast his vote for the ticket he had helped to make. The morning after the election the metropolitan newspapers ail contained descriptions of the colonel’s arrival at the polls; how he alighted from his carriage, and made his way through the line to the booth carrying rather os- tentatiously a straight ticket in his hand. That he deposited the ticket in the box no- body has ever doubted, or can doubt. Here we si therefore, the President's nearest friend and confidential adviser help- ing to make a ticket with Maynard’s name on it, supporting that ticket in the brief campaign that followed, and voting for it at the polis in a way to encourage others to do the same thing. If this had not heen agreeable to Mr. Cleveland would he not, and should he not, have rebuked it? And since he did not rebuke it, is it not entirely fair to say that he approved it? “The rejection of Mr. Peckham by the aid of republican Senators like Mr. Morrill, Mr. Allison, Mr. Manderson and others, who take a just and seemly view of matters, is the answer to the question. The talk to| them that Mr. Peckham was being opposed by the Hil people because of his activity | against Maynard struck them as being comi- cal when they considered that the man who had sent Mr. Peckham’s name in stood committed himself to Maynard through the activity and public support of his closest cabinet adviser, the Secretary of War. They Were utterly unable to reconcile the two things, and their vote for rejection was their method of expressing their disgust pram the whole illogical and inexplicable | affair.” “Then the Maynard episode wil not work?’ was asked. “The Maynard incident is closed, so far as the President is concerned,” was the re- ply. ‘Maynard's conduct has been justly | characterized and whipped by the people of | New York, but the record shows that the! | President had no part or lot in adnfinister- ing that whip, and it does not He in the | mouth of his friends to claim anything for him on that score. The Supreme Court va- cancy ought to be, and must be, filled with-! out reference to the faction fights in the! ranks of the New York democracy. | “Senators here have had these fights so! much before them of late that they have | been studying them and have arrived at | conclusion about them. They are not en. amored of either side. Of the two, however, | they are beginning to lean more toward Mr. | Hill's than toward the President's. Mr. | Hill makes a compact, keeps it, and stands | by those who stand by him. The President | at times seems to be willing to keep bad | company for the profit that may be in it. | but afterward to throw over the people who | have lured him, when he compact has) failed and his partners stand defeated and | discredited.” | | | HAWAIIAN MAIL. | It Reached Here Yesterday—What the | Budget Contains. | The Hawaiian mail for the Secretary of | State, which arrived at San Francisco last | Saturday, arrived here yesterday and will be laid before Congress early next week, provided the President does not regard it is “incompatible with public interest” to make it public at this time. This mail carriés Minister Willis’ official chronicle of events in Hawaii up to the Ist instant. It is said that his budget includes President Dole’s fifty-page letter, the copy- ing of which took so much time, and Min- ister Willis’ reply thereto. With the excep- tion of Mr. Dole’s letter, the dispatches have not yet been made public. The impression is growing that Minister Willis will soon return home from Hono- | lulu and that Minister Thurston will soon be called upon to make another trip’ to Henoluiu. The coincident absence of the two ministers from their accredited st tions will not necessarily meen a sev ance of diplomatic relations, but will in- dicat> merely that there is no longer any special occasion for those officers to re- main at their posts at present. Their duties can be performed by charge d'affaires. No official information can be obtained on the subject. ~~ + e+ ISTRICT IN CONGRESS, Fs | D | | ‘She Columbia Suburban Railroad. Mr. Richardson today introduced a bill in the House amendirg the charter of the District of Columbia Suburban Railroad Company by making the following change in the route: Along Maryland avenue north- | east io F street, to ist street west, to G methed In vogue of deposttipg certain pub- | the two hours of business. There was nc important news to influence le moneys in local banks. He stated that | tM Course of prices, and fluctuations were all money collected from the property hold- th Tesult of a combination of room ers on account of the permit system haa ollowing out a plan to been deposited in local banks, which, he the market. The thought, was contrary to law. is still as pronou These deposits amount to a considerable | ginning of the sum in the course of a year, and there is | Show no every reason to believe that there will be signs of improvement considerable opposition to the controlicr’s ‘#riff bill is an unknown proposition. to its text and its practical According to the report of the collector | Washington ad: of taxes $234,266.22 were deposite? in local all the essential banks last year to the credit of this permit serve alternately fund. The controller wil! bring hie sug- and bears. r gestions formally before the Commissioners to what the final next | that commodity | argument at the m | verse to the inte: Distillers, too, is | influe | | | | i * i ' i it i a8 E | FH ii es f Es | a i ——$$$-@——___ IVY CITY BOOKMAKERS. i i & : £ i ; i Their Cases Will Proba! Not Be Tried Until Next Month. 2 Counsel for the indicted Ivy City book-| ity of the House reakers are desirous of having the case tried) The situation in the at the earliest day practicable, and they | ng and ener have endeavored, it is understood, to have ough The recent severe District Attorney Birney set the case, and go curtailed the also the one against President Engeman of west that railroad earni the Ivy City Jockey Club, for trial some day | later refiect the falling rext week. It is not at all probable, how- | this cause. The ever. that the cases will be tried so soon, | Shares that many although Mr. Birney is also very desirous |® Protection to grain of an early trial. There are several impor- ™aterialized, but tant cases awaiting a hearing before the improved Pag Criminal Court, and they will probably be ¢vent unitkely. | disposed of before the cases against Enge- _ Chicago Gas ts again man and the bookmekers are called. Hence, Scheme to establish the latter cases will hardly be tried until po Bed a ont [little Hikelthood of their being | Among the most important price may be mentioned a per cent i Distillers to 1 3-4 per cent to 7 1-4 lost 1 1-2 per cent to 1-4. 1-2 point on reportet decrease for the second week this and Burlington lost 3-4 per on renewed selling. The bank statement shows that have not been decreased ma‘ | count of heavy bond paymen' of $12,000,000 in lawful money partly offset by an increase of over lions in loans. The surplus is now ually working beck to normal }and the supply of currency | burdensome. The statement in detail is as follows. | Reserve sisereased $11,096,873: loans > | creased, $5,743,300; specie decreased, $9,212.- | 700; legals decreased, $2,930,200; @eposits decreased, $4.184,100, and circulation | creased, $447,300. || The market for sterling and continental | bills continues firm with no increase 1: demaad and continued scarcity of all of commercial paper. Wheat Dall, bat CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—Wheat day, but firm on better receipts. Trading was vented a marked —— opened unchanged at clining 1-8, advanced to 59 1 i ge ti nevs and follows closely , @s both are tested equally fl l : i i i 5g & 38 &, i i j eake é ext 8 a i HE | rival vor ! E i — DISTRICT GOVERNMEN as #8 i i i i rf Notes. In reply to an inquiry the attorney for the District has decided that the law does ret contemplate or authorize the appotatment of assistant inspectors of liquor licenses. The question was asked by the federation of liquor dealers. FY i | i i F rs | e i HE ee CAPITOL ‘TOPICS. To Revise Patent Laws. A bill has been introduced by Representa- ive Robbins of Alabama for a commission to be appointed by the President to revise the laws concerning patents and trade- i ——————+e+______ CUSTOM HOUSE SCANDAL. Investigating the Disappearance of Official Records at Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 17.—Special Agent Wood of the Treasury Department recently had oceasion to look up some foreign man- ifests in the office of the custom house here. He was astonished to find that they were all missing. On investigation it is alleged that Dep- man had sold the whole uty Collector Til permission from the department records.” lot under to sell them as “useless as official An investigation was begun this after- moon behind closed doors. mer- chants have alleged overcharges and the destruction of the manifests does away with proofs on the subject. Collector Moloney has succeeded recently ex-Col- lector Hopkins, and says he signed an acknowledgment that he found the office in proper condition on the former officer's representations. ——_—_. Petition From Massachusetts Demo- crats. BOSTON, Mass., Feb. —A petition to the United States Senate finance commit- tee has been signed by democrats, asking for the retention of the 1-4 of a cent a Pound duty on sugar provided in the origi- nal Wilson bill by the ways and means committee and abolished by the House. Among the more prominent democratic | signers are ex-Gov. Wm. E. Russell, Josiah Quincy, Amos W. Stetson, C. C. Seat -» Feb. 17.—One of the most brutal and bloody prize nights ever held in this city took place last bight between Wm. Russell and Nelson Dillon for $100. It was att Yale students, lon, covered closed and practically blind, cried for quar- ter in the fourteenth round. | Rettonal Coruag’, ta ordage, New Jersey Cent Sew York Ceatr —- a = C. and St. Louis Won by the Edison Company. Northern Pacitic . HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 17.—The Unitea | © : States circuit court of appeals has sustained | c Judge Shipman’s decision in the suit of the Edison Electric Light Company against the Wearing Electric Company of South Man- chester. This confirms Judge Shipman’s or- ger issuing an injunction prohibiting the de- endants from making the “Novak” incan- descent electric lamp.” sie eal The Printed. heeling & Lake A copy of the tariff bill, as revised by the | Wheeling & L. E., Senate finance committee, was received to- | Wexern Cnton Tel day from the printing office. Tenn. Coal an: Umon Pacitic Provision Markets. Keported by Si ‘o., bankers brokers, Metropolitan Bank iat ao . CH ie 17. 1894. Low, “Chose, ited i és ' 1 1134 b cy SS SL SON ct” | “Tiettict of’ Colntuia Benaettesene Ponting Se, Sia 84% BAN Baty | aautg nd, "Warerstonk Togh. 115" od 38% 37% | Soyer Funding on oid 0 jater 37% BR career, Ts, las, 120 bid. Fesding cur- dE IG Georg. 3% | cot Taina” contin, Sete MES Ba MBO ase. town 5 timore Markets. BALTIMORE. Ma., Second, Farmers’ apd - 19) changed recelgts. | bia." Cine", {op "86, 190 astra Colona, Sis b i: a : bid. ital. m Bod, 106% . Bi bid: Bebruaey ‘pid: Sue RBG! | Traders. 100 bid. Lincoln, 91% bid. steamer No. 2 36 bid—receipte, 6.507 bashes; |, Railroad | Stacks.— Washington on Qeorretown. shipments, 21,665 bushels; stock, 1.18) er? - as os As oo, sales, 52,000° bushel: le, Columbia, 55 bid. 6 Capt Ca 60. Com” stronz—sp: || Street, 18 bid. Eckingtou an@ Soldiers’ s 41%; Mare! 5 ' Insurance Stocks. —Piremes's, Tor ata bustin; se k 45 bid, 50 asked. Nevonaiian tg maa 126/000 bushelssouthern corn < by sample, 4344 | Unton,” 17 asked. rade, #1ag2. Oats quiet—No. 2 white west- | Corcoran. rlington, ia. eked.” People's, Bie, bite te re nid Com : do. ‘on, 5 ern, : No. 2 mixed western. iaidig—stock, | American, 172.181 Gushela. "Rye duil—No. 2. Bo stock Bake | Ow. Did, mercial, & bid. Hay quiet and steady to choice | Hlprein, Tie wd. Guaeree. 5 4 $15.500819-50. Grain fret its ules. Uh Mid. 120 asked. Columbia Title, Sa, Bitel Butter frm 2 pou imitation, 20a21: mery, 21038: do. | Washington, Title, Ts somes. FIRE AT BAY ST. LOUIS. a grown up young lady fifte | No Smallpox on the Baltimore. street, to Sth street, and thence over ex-| imitation. 30u21: do, ao ladle. | gd a8 naked. Georerines Gann, The President's public reception this af- | years old. He recollected beir | Some anxiéty has been excited in naval isting tracks to 7th and racers | Cheese firm—tancy New York, 12\al3%. . k-—— 2 ecarte Tight, 125 is b ternoon was 4 ‘The resump-|Sixteem Dwellings and Business | $,9,,f0U% in the neighborhood of ~| circles by the report that smallpox had = seer eacanacn | ———— | Cheanpeal ‘fowune at bia 80 eaped Houses Burned. marriage between Miss Pollard broken out on the TU. S. 8. Baltimore, now | ee oe eee Atmaince’ 2 Will! che case of the Mansfelf, Pa, rioters| Ancien Onsmrtene 2 Wenltagton Da 1” NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 17.—A special to| Jvian, brother to Ira Julian of Pranttort.|lyine at Hong Kong, China. It seems, 2™ending the Court o! Dpeals act, to Pro-| was given to the jury yesterday at Pitte- bid. Great Falls Ire. 118 bid. 140 ape ia ae oe " They had all been drinking a however, from advices received at the Navy vide for a deputy clerk at $2,000 a year, to | burg. Ron Panorama. 17 bid. Pneomatic Gua ey eee See Mine, TO) ice itull, Sie kiee that, Alen Department that the disease has not ap- provide that at least three terms of ‘the| This has been a week of record breaking. | 350d. Tincoin ‘Halt, 70 "oid, ports the business portion of the town de-| was, but could not say whether \ 1. | peared on the Baltimore at all, but that court shall be held each year, and giving | In wheat, in silver, in some forms of iron nate, Devestt sed Treg _Comoattes. t being stroyed by fire. Sixteen residences and bus- lard was drunk or not. The witness there is one, case op board the U. S.S. the court power to prescribe what part of | and steel, in Conneiisvilie coke cna in well- | Sie, Dezsit, and “Prost Comnaag. bard the censorship or Private sec sree gases ware burned. Loss not yet| she had been drinking like the others, | Concord, which 1s closely quarantined in the proceedings of ‘the lower court shall | Known cotton and woolen menle ute ieee Sank. American Becomes ant Seat, . penowa: insurance light. _ Whisky and wine. It was about 12 o’clo , the same harbor. ] | constitute the record on cases of appeals. | prices ever known have been made.