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b4 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. LATE. NEWS BY WIRE. Another Se District Promised. \ THIS ONE IS FROM CALIFORNIA The Industrial Army of Three Mil-| lion Peisons. NO ALARM OCCASIONED THEY HAD NO ARMS, (Continued from First Page.) Loree with the regular business of the trial. Suppress the Depositions. Judge Bradley went on to speak of the matter of the admission of the Kentucky depositions offered by plaintiff, which was {the subject of the argument yesterday afternoon. The judge decided that the depositions might not be admitted as evi- dence in this case on the ground that they Were not in the handwriting of the com- missioner or of the witness made in the presence of the commissioner. In 1789, when the statute was drawn, said Judge Bradley, the typewriter was not dreamed i LOS ANGE Cal. March 13.—The | “industrial army" movement is creating | considerabie sensation here. Over $0 un- | employed organized a regiment several | weeks ago and expect to join their comrades | from throughout the western states in March and to march to Washington. They | sent a delegation to the city council last | night to obtain railroad transportation from Los Angeles to Washington. Gen. Frye, commander ef the army, to-! day sent notice to Secretary of War La- mont of the moving of the army, and in- its constitution and by-laws. A de- mand ts made that Secretary Lamont or- der rations issued to the army from var- fous posts, and provide transporzation. Gen. Frye signifi y States that the army will number 3,000,000 by the time it reaches Washington, and intimates that it | will be just as well to accede to requests. ——_»—_— Nothing Heard Here. | The War Department officials have had mo request for rations from aay one con-| nected with the Industrial Leayue, which | organization Is said to be contemplatias a | aid in force on Washington, and it may be safely predicted that no such requisition | is likely to be honored if it is male. Of course the army officers do not relish the | threat that the capital is to be overrun by @ horde of unemployed and hungry people, | as it would add greatly to the 2urdens of the relief organizations here. But, touching the implied threat of trouble and disturbance in store for the town if the extraordinary demands of the fomenters of this Industrial League move- ‘ment are not gran the army officers | have ni xiety. Ever since the riots kere im the the War Department has real- ized the importance of having at hand / a sufficient force to meet any emergency likely to arise, and they (eel ch: ere | Beed be no fear of trouble from this last sensational movement. The su: made jecularly that it was bel: ed the au-| thorities could deal better with the In-| dustria! League than with the office-secking ade. sstion was | > REFUSED HIS COMMISSION. Werts W ad Not Recognise ‘Treasurer Swain’s Claims. TRENTON, N. J., March 13.—State Treas- urer-elect George B. Swain called upon | Governor Werts this morning with his counsel, Maj. Carl Lentz, and made eppli- | cation for his commission. The ernor Tefused to grant this, as was expected. Mr. | Lentz stated that Mr. Swain jad all his! papers and credentials, and was fully equip- | ped to take the office with the excertion of | his co’ ission. The governor said that Me. in had his credentials from what | Furperted to be a joint meeting of the leg- islature, and in view of the existing com- | plication must refuse to issue the com- mission. Mr. Lentz cailed his attention to | the fact that thirty-eight regular ™ of the joint meeting voted for Mr. appointment, and four senators heid over from last year, but the governor would do nothing. | Mr. Swain will now make a formal eom- | Mand upon State Treasurer Gray for the | office, but refuses to reveal any further | Plans. Mr. Swain and his counsel went to the | office of State Treasurer Gray after leaving the governor and demanded possession of the office. Mr. Gray refused to relinquish | it until Mr. Swain presented his commis- | sion. Mr. Lentz notified Mr. Gray that they would protest against the drawing of any cheeks except by Mr. Swain. | pide aa HIS WORST EXPERIENCE. Capt. Soares of the Briscoe Never Saw Such Weather. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Mazch 13.—The steam- er Virginia Lake, having in tow the dis- abled Briscoe, arrived here today, after havirg: found the Briscoe on Monday morn- ing, nearly eigthy miles southwest of Cape Race. The p-ovisions of the disabled vessel had given out and her crew is in an exhausted condition for lack of food. The Briscoe presented a melancholy spectacle. being battered and smashed in a terrible manner, everything movable being swept! off the decks, and iron plates and stanch- fons twisted into all so-ts of forms. As| the coal had been exhausted, wood had been used for fuel for over three weeks. The result was that all_the spare sear, spars, hatches, shifting boa-ds anda Portion of the main deck sheathing had gone unde- the boilers to ‘make steam. Such a scene of devastation has seldom been witnessed on a steamer, and every-j thing showed the terrible experience through which the vessel had passed. Captain Soares of the Briscoe. says that | in all his experience at sea he never saw much weathe: as they encountered. He | Says that they owe their salvation to the steamer Ulunda, which towed them 150/ miles toward St. Johns, but after their| hawsers had parted the Ulunda was lost| in a snow storm and was not scen again. Capt. Soares says that but for the assist- ance thus cendered he would have been | compelled to abandon his vessel, and in| all probability all hands would have per-! ished. The crew suffered greatly from constant exposure and scarcity of food, and when rescued by the Virginia Lake the men were little more than skeletons, ae PRENDERGAST OBJECTED. my Objectionable This Cell. CHICAGO, March 13. ‘Prendergast, the Murderer of Carter Harrison, enjoys the companionship of George Craig, charged with murder, and Pat Rafferty, who last summer threatened to blow up a large dry goods store unless given money. Rafferty Prides himself on his ability to write verse, &nd last night started to read a parody on “After the Ball.” Prendergast snatched the paper from Rafferty’s hand, saying, “You can’t read obscene literature in this cell,” and then struck him on the mouth and nose. They were mixing up at a iively rate when separate] by the guard. “I could have punched his jaw off had 1 wanted to,” said Rafferty, as he wiped the blood from his chin, “but I did not want to hit the skate. He has only a few days to live, and 1 did not want him to go into the next world with @ worse-lookin a with % mug than he —~__ PATERSON'S RIOTOUS STRIKERS. Workmen Forced From Their Shops by the Silk Dyers. PATERSON, N.J., March 13.—The strik- ing silk dyers created another big excite- ment here this morning. They marched to/| the works of Simon & Auger, broke down the doors and forced the workmen out of; the establishment. They threw the unfinished silk on the floor, turned on the steam in the tubs and burned @ large quantity of the material. The strikers, after leaving the shop of the above firm, then proceeded to the dye house | of Richard J. Berdan, on Water street. The owner threatened to shoot the first man who entered his place, but the crowd} took no notice of his threat and invaded his} premises and ordered operators to cease ‘work. The police are now guarding all the dye in the city. ——— Poor Marksmen in Colorado. PUEBLO, Coi., March 13.—Three high- waymen held up two men here last night. Policeman Stewart fired four shots with- out hitting them, and was then knocked down and his watch, revoiver and club stolen. An hour afterward three m: dered him to throw up his treated it as a joke, and th shots without reaching him, after which they walked out. | her stateme of and no provision was made for deposi- tions ugless they were reduced to writing by the commissioner or in his presence. The statute, how is as it is and must be lived up to strictly. He would conse- quently sustain the motion of the defense to suppress the depositions. Mr. Carlisle rose to enter an exception to the ruling,of the court. that he desifed to read the deposition of Mrs. Mary S. Logan, taken in Cincinnati, but that he would wait to hear if there were any objection from the defens Mr. Butterworth and Mr. Stoll explained | to the court the circumstances under which the deposition was taken. According to thelr story the deposition was taken sten- ographically and afterward reduced to type- writing. It was agreed between counsel that both sides should have a chance to consider the deposition before submitting it to the court. asked that defense be D He given a brief time to look over the deposi- | tion, to see if it had been properly reduced to writing. Mrs. Logan's Deposition. Mr. Carlisle stated that he was in Cincin- nati when the deposition was taken, but that he did not conduct the examination. This wes done by the local counsel, Mr. Guy Maillon. He denied that any agree- ment had been entered into, and he also re- cited the circumstances under which the deposition was taken. Mrs. Logan, Mr. Carlisle stated, was a physician before her marriage to Mr. ‘Thomas Logan, and was called upon to prove the identity of the plaintiff as an in- mate of Norwood Foundling Hospital. Mrs. Logan was in bad health when the deposi- tion was taken, and was utterly exhausted by the consequent strain. She was cross- examined at great length, and much of the cross-examination was of a sort that, if it had been delivered before this court, would ve been ruled out by the court of its own motion as improper evidence. There was a good deal of difference be- tween counsel :s to the circumstances of the deposition, and Mr. Stoll found it nece: sary-to read from the record of the hearin: \in Cincinnati to prove the point he was try- ing to make, namely, that the agreement between counsel covered the deposition of Mrs. Logan, as well as Drs. Buchanan and Perry. Ssamination and Cross-Examination. According to Mr. Carlisle, the record of He then stated | house, in which their offices were located, | and had rooms in it to rent, and deponent had spoken of the place to Miss Burgoyne. The deponent thought she had seen the young woman three or four times at Dr. Perry's and Buchanan's. Deponeat thought it must have been four or ‘ive months be- tween the time Miss Burgoyne called on her | at her office and when she iast saw ler Dr. Perry’s and Buchanan's. Depon | said the young woman was not known at | that house as Miss Burgoyne, but under | nother name, she having changel her | me at the sisters’ to hide rer identity. | Miss Burgoyne said she did not want te | parents of her husband or herself to know | they were ever married. A Man Called. | Deponent said Miss Burgoyne never told | her any of her history. She was very reti- |cent. Once when she went away she told deponent that her mother’s house had been | | burned. That was about all she ever told jher. Once, while Miss Burgoyne was at the hospital, a man called at deponent’s of- | fice—an elderly man—and had followed her | to the house. He asked after the name | Miss Burgoyne bore at the hospital, and which deponent could not recollect, and asked where the young woman was. De- |Ponent told him that she was at the hospi- tal. She could only recali that he was an elderly ; she presumed his hair was turning gray. The deponent again said that the plaintiff might be the same person as Miss Bur- goyne. She was thinner, her figure and hair were different, and she was changed in many ways. She thought Miss Burgoyne wore glasses. She thought she was the| same person, but could not be positive. pints on Cross-Examination, When Mr. Carlisle finished the report of the direct examination of Mrs. Logan he turned the voluminous deposition over to | Mr. Butterworth, who read the cross- jexamination. This was very long. Among the points brought out was the fact that Miss Burgoyne seemed well provided with | money. The room Miss Burgoyne had oc- cupied when deponent called on her was rather a poor room, and not such as a_wo- man of means would be apt to take. Miss Burgoyne was a very Intelligent woman, and they talked considerably about books. | Nothing had struck deponent as out of the fordinary in her appearance. She wore’ | glasses, and when she took them off depo- jnent noticed that thé pupils of her eyes! contracted, as usual in cases of persons a customed to wearing glasses. Before the reading of the cross-examina- tion was concluded the court, at half-past 12 o'clock, took a recess for half an hour. | The Afternoon Session. | Miss Potlard was not present at the after- | neon session of the court. A few minutes after 1 o'clock, when the | court reconvened, Mr. Stoll continued the reading of Mrs. Logan's deposition at the | Point where Mr. Butterworth left off when | the court adjourned. This was in the midst of the cross-examination of Mrs. Logan. | | Further questions elicited from the de-| | ponent details of her visit to this Miss Bur- | goyne at the institute, and ccntinued the, | minute déscription of the house and the | room in which was the young woman vis- ited. The cross-examination went at sur- prising length into the minor facts of the the examination in chief covered something | visit, such as a description of a statue of | less than thirty pages of typewriting, while | St. Joseph in the hospital; whether it was the record of the cross-examination went | P!2ster or marble; whether the name was | ever 100 pages. Mrs. Logan at the time characterized the efforts of counsel for the defense as a persecution. Mr. Stoll this morning read a number of passages from the record of the hearing when Mrs. Logan was examined to give the court a complete idea of whatever agreements counsel had entered it to. ‘The statements of counsel and the reading of the records occupied a_ considerable length of time, much to the disappointment of the audience, who were anxious for scmething far more interesting than this rather long-winded and technical discussion of a legal question. What they wanted was the contents of Mrs. Logan's deposition, not a long dissertation of ner physical condition when the deposition was taken. The defense claimed that the deposition was incomplete, as they had not been given a full and sufficient opportunity to cross- examine the @itness, who had been taken ik before her testimony wus concluded. Mr. Stoll asked for a few moments to discuss the situation with his client and associates to see whether they had any ob- | jection to make to the deposition. Five heads were bent close together about Col. Breckinridge’s place, and then Mr. Stoll said that they had nothing more to Say upon the matter. Ground of Objection. “Then I understand,” said Judge Brad- ley, “that you base your objection solely on the ground that the defense did not have a chance to cross-examine Mrs. Logan as fully as they might wish.” “That is right.” Mr. Carlisle argued that the defense had had all the opportunity they needed and that if the examination had been corduct- ed before this court the defense would have been shut off before. He then went on to state the purposes for which the deposi- tion would be submitted. Objection Overruled. Judge Bradley interrupted Mr. Carlisle to sum up the matter. It was apparent that the rights of the defendant had all been thoroughly protected and guarded, so | long, at least, as cime and space were con- cerned. The examination, he said, filled less than thirty pages, while the cross- examination ran beyond one hundred. The plaintift’s examination had lasted about an hour on a Friday afternoon, while the defense had had all day Saturday. If the objection was based solely upon the claim that the rights of the defense had not been protected he must overrule the objection. “We would note an exception to the rul- ing of the court,” said Mr. Butterworth. Mrs. Logaa’s Deposition Read. Mr. Carlisle then zead the deposition of Mary S. Logan. It stated that defend- ant had been a practicing physician in Cincinnati for several years before her | marriage, he> name then being Mary N. Street. She was at 142 West Sth street about a year, and subsequently moved to other locations. She thought it was in 188% or ISN¢ she moved. In ISS4 and 1885 her office was at 245 West 7th stree! Vhile at 7th street a girl, expecting to be confined in a shozt while, called on-her for treatment. She thought it was in Februar: A woman came to her, a young woman, who gave her name as Miss Monica Burgoyne. The plaintiff was present at the examina- tion in Cincinnati, and Mrs. Logan said there were some things about the plaintiff reminding her of Miss Burgoyne, but she could not identify her positively. Of course, she had grown older and changed. The young woman said she was called ma” for short. She pronounced her name “Rur- #wynn.” The call was made during de- ponent’s office hours, but she could not remember the hour or whether it was morning or evening. She did not remember whether Miss Burgoyne was entered on he: books as a patient or not., There were no charges made against her, and no pay. ment. The woman said she was about to be confined with her first child; that her husband had died or something fatal had happened to him, and there was some family reason to conceal the matter; the deponent believed her. Deponent sald her caller went away, and witness did not ex- pect to see he: again. The deponent continuing, said she had not prescribed for her or examined her to | determine whether her condition was as she had described. = Sabsequent Vi Subsequently the deponent had seen the | young woman again at her lodging. Miss Bergoyne had left word for deponent to call on her. Deponent did not recollect their conversation. She believed she had taken some books for her to read. She did not think there was any urgent reason then to call upon her professionally. This call was about three weeks after the visit of Miss Burgoyne to er office. It was evident from the woman's appearance that t as to her condition was true, Miss Hurgoyne was dressed in decp mourn. ing. Deponent never called again on her, but thcught Miss Burgoyne had called at depcrent’s office.*At the next call she thought Miss Burgoyne told her she had chongel her lodging house. Miss Burgoyne Went subsequentiy to the sisters on the Reading road to be confined, but deponent was uncertain whether at deponent’s or her own suggestion. Ieonent did not recollect the name of the institution, but it was a lying-in asylum, conducted by Catholic sisters. After Her Confinement. The deponent said she had seen Miss Sur- goyne on three or four occasions at the in- stitution. Miss Burgoyne told jeponent that she was eighteen years old. and ce- | ponent thought that her appearance bore out that statement. Depoaent saw her about eight or ten days after her contfine- yne had gone to Dr. PArry's to he deponent was informed that the to Miss Burgone “here in a It was a house which oud been tak- riage. en by Drs. Perry and Buehanan, two fe-| in the case of Mrs. Burgo; he saw her again afterwari, when | | | | | i | | ‘ i on the statue or on the pedestal. One eye | in the statue was defective, and in his cress-examination Mr. Stoll attempted to find out whether it was a case of strabis- | mus or the result of an actident. Mr. Stoll wanted to find out how the statue was | @ressed; whether it had on a robe or a} short coat; whether the figure was standing or seated, and if it had on sandals or shoes. The matter of the size of an altar, which | Mrs. Logan saw at the time of her visit, was also gone into with equal attention to _ the minutiae. Some Very Minute Questions. Mrs. Logan was asked as to the route she followed in going from the chapel to the) room in which Miss or Mrs. Burgoyne lay at the time of the visit, and the size of the chapel and of the room furnished the subject for more than a score of questions, Mrs. Logan said that at the Ume of her visit the young woman was g*tting well and was expecting to leave ‘he place in a few days. Deponent informed the young woman that she had secured a room for her at Dr. Buchanan's. This was done at Miss Burgoyne’s suggestion, but it was a business arrangement between herself and Dr. Buchanan. No contract was medical treatment, but deponent pri she had told Dr. Buchanan, who was a young woman physician just starting into business with Dr. Perry, that Miss Bur- goyne was just recovering trom a confine- ment. Dr. Buchanan gave no intimation of the course of treatment. Deponent told Dr. Buchanan where the young woman had been confined, but did not speak of her by the name of Burgoyne. Did not tell the} doctor that the young Woman had changed her name, but thought she had referred to her by a name which had since slipped her memory. It might have been Miss Wilson, but she was not sure; at any rate it was by the name which the young woman had given to her at the hospital. Why She Selected This Room. The fact that Dr. Buchanan was a phy- sician had nothing to do with the action of deponent in securing a room fer the young woman at her house. She simply knew that these two young women physicians had a large house and an expensive establishment, ; and would, presumably, be only too giad to rent one of the rooms. Whea Mrs. Bur- | goyne was removed from the hospital she was able to ride in a carriage and there was no need to use a cot or call for the services of an ambulance. When Mrs. Logan saw the young woman | at Dr. Buchanan's, there was nothing said about any course of treatment that she had undergene. Deponent thought tbat the room was the third floor fr: but did not | remember such little detatis ‘his, she | herself wes expecting to be married siort- ly and did not suppose she would ever see the young woman or would ever hear of the incident again. Deponent did not know why it was that the young woman preferred to be known at the hospital as a Miss Somebody (this is the name which Mrs. Logan could not recall), rather than as Mrs. Surguyne, as an unmarried woman rather than as a widow. As a rule married women do not go to a hospital to be confined if they have |a home or friends to whom they might go. | Deponent did not know the rules of this} asylum, whether they forbade the admis- | sion of’ married women or not. Mrs, Bur- goyne had given deponent to’ understand that she wes entirely without friends in Cincinnati, though she admitted she had attended Bartholomew School, a high grade private school in that city. When depenent last saw this Mrs. Burgoyne, the young woman was as well as could be expected a fortnight or three weeks after undergoing | this ordeal. Her Financial Dealings. | Mrs. Logan said that she had had ho fi- | nancial dealings with Mrs. Burgoyne fur- ther than the receipt $35, which was given to her as a gratuity. This was about May, 1885. Deponent did remember that after- ward the young woman made her a present of some lace that was handsome <enough, | but that did not cost more than 25 or 5) cents a yard. . | Deponent did not see the child at the hos- Pital, nor did not ask where it was. Pre- | sumed that the child was born alive, for if such had not been the case, she thought, some reference would have been made to, the fact in their conversation. Deponent was interested in the young woman, but no more than she would have been in the case of any young woman in similar ea stances who came under her attention. De- ponent thought that she was perhaps the ;only woman friend Mrs. Burgoyne had in Cincinnati at the time. She was more in-_ terested in the mother than in the child, for | She considered the former as but little more | than a child herself, being only eighteen | years of age. i Mrs. Logan said that the office of Dr.| Buchanan was about ten minutes’ walk from the railroad. She did not know that Mrs. Burgoyne was well acquainted with | Cincinnati. She knew that she knew where | 4th street was. The deponent thought she/| gave Mrs. Burgoyne a note to Dr. Buchanan | of intrcduction, but made no arrangements | for her care there in advance. | Who Kept the Institution. | Mrs. Logan was under the impression , that the institution was kept by both Drs. | Buchanan and Perry, although she had never called there. Dr. Perry was then a| Miss Perry, and she thought Dr. Buchanan | was a married woman. She did not know that any man resided at the house. Whether It was or was not a boarding heuse which | the two women kept witness did not know. | Witness and Dr. Buchanan attended the same medical college. Of Dr. Perry she knew very Httle. Neither of the doctors | solicited boarders from witness. Mrs. Pur-| goyne was the only one sent to them by) witness. ce the spring of 1885 witness had seen her but very seldom. The deponent was then questioned ja,- cerning the length of time reauire? | - in which to recover from the eff ts of childbirth. She differed, and that she s: that ma male physicians. They had taken a large|ter. That Mrs. Burgoyne came to the office | /ed with minute pores. a wound it is held to the fire and {ts tem- | of witness in February, 1885, was not fixed in her mind by any particular thing. She might have come during March of that | year. She told witness that she came to Cincinnati to be confined, and that she wished the matter kept a secret. She said that she was a married woman, that her husband was dead, and that she did not hire the family to know of the birth of the child. Here the witness complainei that she was being persecuted by the defendant's representative; that she had told all she knew, and that she was physically urable to go on. Thereupon the examiner recited that a long discussion between counsel. after which the examination was ad- journed. Sister Cecilia on the Stand. At the conclusion of the reading of this deposition at 2:35 o'clock Mr. Carlisle an- nounced that he had sent for a witness to put upon the stand, and in a moment two black-garbed sisters appeared in the court room. They wore heavy poke bonnets of black crepe. The elder of the two was placed upon the witness stand, and gave her name as Sister Cecilia. She is the much-talked of witness, who was formerly connected with the Nor- wood Asylum. Mr. Wilson at once called upon the clerk to produce the books about which there has been so much question, and the four volumes of Washington Irv- ing's works were at once brought in, se- curely tled together. Mr. Carlisle conducted the examination of Sister Cecilia. Witness remembered that Dr. Mery Street called twice to see a patient at the asylum. The Rooks Brought in, ‘Then Mr. Carlisle took the books in his hand, and carrying them to Sister Cecilia | asked her to tell where she had ever seen them before. “In the clerk's office yesterday.” ‘When before?” “I was presented with a set, either these or like these, by a woman who had been a patient in the asylum. I left them in the library of the asylum. I cannot say posi- ‘tively that these are the books, but my best opinion is that they are the same.” The witness said that in 1885 they had a chaplain who was very deaf. Sister Cecilia said that in 1885 a patient told hem that she was corresponding with) some one through the columns of a Cincin- nati paper. “Do you know Miss Pollard?” “Yes, sir.” “Had a letter from her?” “Once. Where?” “When I was in Pueblo, whence I came here.” Sister Ceci!ia was asked whether in that letter and in conversation Miss Pollard had not described scenes and incidents at Norwood with reasonable accuracy. The question was objected to and argued Drief- ly by Mr. Butterworth and Mr. Wilson. At 3 o'clock the court adjourned till to- morrow. The Police at Court. How thé police came to be sent ¢ the | court house was something of a mystery today. Marshal Wilson denied that he had called for them. Maj. Moore stated that all there was of the matter was that the men had been sent there by authority, just as had been done before. ———— COLLIDED AT A SIDING. Fatal Accident on the Boston and Maine Railrond. BOSTON, Mass., March 13.—The officials of the Boston and Maine railroad say that _the Montreal express, north bound, and the Quebec express met in a head-on collision at Capleton near Sherbrooke, Quebec. The engineer of one of the trains and a train | hand, who was in the cab with him, were killed. None of the passengers were se- riously injured, and it is stated that none of the cars left the track. One of the trains was to take a siding at Capleton to allow the other to pass. It was just mov- ing .on to the side track when the other crashed into it. The Boston and Maine offl- clals state that they have not yet received any particulars of the wreck. —_—_— IMPEACHMENT RECOMMENDED. An Alabama Judge Charged With Aid- ing Murderers. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 13.—The grand jury at Scotsboro’, Ala., has report- ed a bill recommending the impeachment of Judge M. B, Tulley of the ninth Alabama circuit, accusing him of aiding and abetting the Skelton boys in murdering Lanker Ross on February 4. When the Skeltons started in pursutt of Koss, Judge Tulley wired ahead to the operator at Stevenson, for which point Ross was destined, to not to let him get away. When the Skeltons had killed Ross they wired Tulley, “Ross is dead; none of us hurt.” Ross’ friends had wired him from Scots- boro’ that his life was in danger, and Tul- ley endeavored to intercept the message. Failing in this, he sent his dispatch. IE MINISTER SMYTHE’S DENIAL. He Denounces the Story Recently Printed Regarding Him. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star RICHMOND, Va., March 13.—The Rich- mond State this afternoon will print the following lette> from Minister Harry M. Smythe of Port au Prine, dated February “Accept my thanks for your kind pre- science in properly estimating the worth of the story ‘alleged to have been’ detailed by one, Edn.ond Fortune. He has never been in Port au Prince, but got on the steamer at Trinadad. “The story was probably made up entire- ly by the first New York paper which pub- lished it, and in all human probability the man Fortune was as much astonished as people here. fabrication. I presume ere this you have received a denial of the cruel and malicious falsehood from official sources.” aoe= es INDIANA’S MADSTONE, It Was Brought From Scotland Eighty Years Ago. RICHMOND, Ind., March 13.—Indiana now has another madstone, the property of A. M. Thompson of Marion county. It was brought from Glasgow, Scotland, in 1814 by an eccentric Scotch woman named Chloe Stout, and Mr, Thompson pyrchased it of her heirs at Lincoln, Neb. The stone meas- ures three and a half inches in length and; two and a half inches in width, and is shap- ed like a half pear, while the surface is fill- Before applying to perature raised to blood heat. moistened with warm water and appiied. It is said that if the ear be placed on the bare stone while {t is at work one can easily hear it absorbing the poison from the wound. It remains at work generally an hour, but often two hours, and the poison is afterward extracted from the stone by heated milk. = PASSED SECOND READING. The Russo-German Treaty Reichstag. BERLIN, March 13.—The Russo-German commercial treaty has passed its second reading. in the —— Duluth’s New Water P! DULUTH, Minn., March 13. last night sold $800,000 of water and hght bonds. The money, which is to be avati- able at once, will be used to esiablish a dependent city water plant, unless prev by injunction proceedings, which are threat- ened. Work will be besun at once, and will be done by the city. It is the intention to employ, as far as possible, only unemployed residents of Duluth. eS Saree A Big Street Railway Deal. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 13.-A big street railway deal, involving nearly $1,000,- 000 in money and eleven corporations, has dust been consummated by Mr. A. L. Johnson, whereby that gentleman obtains a monopoly of the entire street car system at Allentown, Pa. a Added to Gov. O’Ferrall’s Staff. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 23.--Gov. O'Fer- rall today appointed Nr. Lewis C. Barley of Alexandria, and Mr. Jgo. S. Harwood of this city members of Sis siaff, with the rank of colonel. ~~ Mr. Joseph C. Wilicrd’s Condition. There is very little, if any, perceptible change in the condition of Mr. Joseph C. Willard. He is much the same as he tas been for several days past. He had a good night last night, and has not had for some , time a return of the sinking spells which were such an alarming feature in the carlier period of his critical iliness. | | SUNDRY CIVIL BILL It is Considered by the House in Committee. ANY. POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION Excites Quite a Lively Debate by the Members. THE BLAND BILL At the opening of the session of the House this morning, Mr. Grosvenor (Ohto), as a question of privilege, challenged sume statements made by Mr. Morse (Mass.) yes- terday, under the guise of a correction of the Record. In this statement Mr. Morse said that the District appropriation bill last Saturday appropriated money for seec- tarian purposes, and at the same time had annihilated a Christian bethel situated on a government reservation. Mr. Cogswell agreed with Mr. Grosve- nor that Mr. Morse had exceeded his rights and privilege in making the statement he did, and besides charged that the state- ments made were untrue. There was noth- ing in the bill, he declared, to justify the language used. The Speaker ‘announced that Mr. Morse had transgressed his privi- leges, Mr. Morse said if that were true he was willing to withdraw what he had said, but | Uhis did not satisfy Mr. Simpson, who con- tending that the Morse statement reflected on every member of the House, in charg- ing them with voting money for sectarian | | purposes, moved that the entire statement be stricken from the tion was agreed to without division, On motion of Mr. Hell (Min withdraw from sale gold and y lands in the state of Minnesota was passed. A bill to pension John Phipps and other minor heirs of Charles Phipps of company A, twelfth Maryland infantry, was passed on motion of Mr. Talbott (Md.). Mr. Morse Again. At this point Mr. Morse (Mass.) got the floor, stating that he arose to a question cf privilege, and was proceeding’ te reply to other strictures passed upon nim at tke opening of the session, when the Speaker called him to order, stating that the matter = no wise constituted a question of privi- lege. M Cogswell (Mass.) moved that his words be stricken from the Record on the ground that Mr. Morse was seeking under the guise of a question of privilexe to re- iterate his statement that the District ap- Let me congratulate the state | in that it was not deceived by so baid a! It is then) propriation bill carried money for sectarian purposes. Mr. Grosvenor agreed with this, declaring that when an intelligent, sane man used the language. it should be taken on its plain meaning—a violent assumption in certain cases—and he protested again against this resolution of privileges of the House. This closed the incident. The Armor Plate Resolution. Mr. Cummings then asked unanimous consent for the consideration of a resolu- tion of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Navy to communicate to the House all information with reference to the alleged of the contract between the United States armor plates. Mr. W. A. Stone (Pa.) ob- jected. On motion of Mr. Enloe cfenn.) a resolu- | Hon calling on the commissioner of educa- tion for an explanation of the authority under which an article, entitled “Higher Fd- ucation in Tennessee,” by the late Prof. Lucius Salisbury Merriam, had been printed by the bureau of education. It was passed. The Sundry Civil Bill. The House then, on motion of Chairman Sayers (Texas), went Into committee of the civil appropriation bill. The pill carries $32,306,362, $6,074,620 less than the estimates, and $9,409,928 less than the last sundry civ! bill carried. eae There being no disposition to ind general debate it was dispensed =p — ee of the bill by Paragraph for eran under the five-minute rule, was Mr. Cogswell, the leader of the mi y on the committee, took the first oj reunhy, to give the bill his indorsement. t was, he declared, a liberal bill under ‘the circam= Stances. The committee had been fairly Mberal toward every interest of vital im- Portance. He had never seen a bill framed on more liberal lines, and despite the heavy Teduction made compared with the last bill ha aeapetontd cae not made by im- eing upon needed appropriations. pointed out that la Deatraneiineey aoe Propriations included in the last bili, like that for the Columbian exposition, were no longer necessary. The only feature of the bill which he singled out for criticism was that for the coast and geodetic survey, the appropriation for which was materially re- duced. The cut was deeper than he favored, but as it was in line with the policy adopted by the last Congress he had offered no ob- jection to it. Difference in the Situation. Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) took occasion to call attention to the difference between the situ- ation of the country today and the situa- tion a year ago, when the last sundry civil bill was passed. His colleague (Mr. Cogs- well) had been ri when he said it was a ; liberal bill under the circumstances. last te year the business interests of the coun- ind the laboring classes of the country | had suffered losses which exceeded in the | aggregate all the expenses of the civil war, the cost of the public debt and the money expended since the war in pensions. Money was congested in the banks and the admin- [istration was divided on sharply drawn {lnes. What tariff reform meant no demo- ferat could tell. He went on io point out the difference between the theories upon which the House and Senate tariff bills had been framed, and in conclusion predicted that three years hence a party would be in power which would change the present cir- cumstances. Amendments Offered. An amendment offered by Mr. Bingham | a.) to appropriate $50,000 for the post office and court house at JuNalo, N. Y¥., Was agreed to. One by Mr. Robinson (Pa.) appropriating $15,000 additional for the post office at Chester, Pa., was ruled out on a point of order. }an amendment to appropriate $0,000 for | the repair of the post office and court rouse jat New York city. He explained, on the authority of the supervising archite:t, that no public building in the couairy was in a | worse condition than this. Were it not a | health would order it closed—the health and | the lives of employes were imp2i | Postmaster Dayton had iaformed him that an average of six persons daily were stricken down at their work, and the phy- sicians had attributed this sickness to bad plumbing and the noxious gases and pest holes in that building. Against the New York Post Office Ap- proprintion. Chairman Sayers opposed the appropria- tion, which had not been recommended by | the Treasury Department, under the juris- diction of which the building was. Certain- \ty if the byiiding were in the condition it | Was represented the appropriation commit- , tee would have had some official informa- tion on the subject. | In reply Mr. vunphy stated that he knew ‘the condition of the building, and so did | Postmaster Dayton. They had called the attention of the Treasury Department to it, jand had, he thought, been badly treated. Two thousand lives were at stake. Mr. War- ner and Mr. Cummings of New York vig- orously advocated the appropriation. The New York post office, the latter said, paid a net revenue to the government of $5,000,- uuu, and any request that came from the post office 2uthorities of that city ought to receive careful consideration. The atmos- jPhere in which the employes of that office worked showed that the plumbing was not only defective, but poisoning. ine appropriation, alter much debate, was finally carried, 81-3. Mr. Stallings {Aia.) made the point of ao quorum. The call developed the presence of i91 members, a quorum, and the committee divided on the amendment. The Amendment Agreed to. This time a quorum appeared and the Dunphy emendment was agreed to, 106-78. THE SENATE. ‘The principal business in the morning hour in the Senate today was the approval of the assignment of Senators to committees to fill vacancies, as agreed to by the democratic caucus. A little bit of other minor busi- violation by Carnegie, Phipps & Company | and that company for making armor and. whole for the consideration of the sundry | rge extraordinary ap-| Since | Ar. Dunphy (N. Y.) offered | public building, he declared, the board of | 7 ness having been disposed of, Mr. Stewart of Nevada took the floor at 12:80 in support jof the Bland seigniorage bill. | He was unwilling to have the bill amend- ed, for he believed that to return it to the House would be fatal to it. | Mr. Stewart delivered a silver speech | along the line of his well-known theories. Mr. Lindsay Favors the Bill. At the conclusion of Mr. Stewart's re- marks Mr. Palmer (I1l.) announced that the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Lindsay) wish- ed to speak on the subject, and as Mr, Lind- Say was absent the Senate waited patiently while a page was dispatched to the com- mittee room to summon him. Senator Lind- say prefaced his speech with the assurance that if he believed that any of the unfortu- nate results so freely predicted by some of | the previous speakers would follow the pas- sage of the bill he would be slow in giving it his support. His brief experience in the Senate, however, had convinced him that prophecies, especially on financial questions, were to be treated with some doubt. If he believed the enactment of this bill into law would bring the country to a single silver standard or would stand in the way of an international agreement he would hesitate to give it his vote. According to his under- standing, however, it simply provided for the carrying out of the unredeemed sections of the law of 1800. It goes no further than to provide that the coinage provisions of the act of 1890 should be carried out in the next five years. He denied the assertion made by Senator Sherman and others that the bill permitted the issue of paper money without security, saying the bill did not permit such an interpretation put on it by those Senators who looked for the introduc- ton into our currency of merely fiat money after the passage of the bill. interrupted by Question Senator Linday was frequently interrupt- ed in his speech by questions propounded by Senators Allen, Aldrich, Wolcott and Hoar, which were of a very technical na- ture and hinged upon a narrow interpreta- tion of the meaning of the different pro- visions of the law of 1890. Sane EES eee CAPITOL TOPICS. | | | Pension Measures. | The House committee on invalid pensions today ordered a favorable report on the bill of Representative Martin (Ind) doing away with the requirement of honorable discharge as preliminary to a pension. In many cases death has occurred during a furlough or outside of military duties. In such case no honorable discharge is in existence, and the widow is cut off from securing a pension. The bill makes the death of a soldier equivalent to an honor- able discharge, except when the death oc- curs during desertion. } Several other important bills were refer- red to subcommittees. One of these does away with the distinction between wit- nesses based on rank. Another secks to make a general law for the many special eases of militiamen, teamsters, etc., who are not technically within pension laws, although many of them suffer from wounds incurred during indirect service on the field. The question of investigating alleged irregularities in the medical branch of the pension bureau was deferred. Distributing Tracts. Senator Blackburn of Kentucky ts ergag- ed in a religious propaganda of unusual ex- | tent. During the Moody meetings hé be- | ; came interested in the work of the great evangelist, and not only attended several of* the meetings, but expressed his hope ‘that they might continue. His attitude on the subject was noted not only by some of his colleagues, but by certain pious yeopk of the community, and the Senator was puzzled, as well as gratified, yesterday by | receiving in the mails a large bundle of re- | ligious literature. As they were duplicates, | he might just as well have had only one | copy, So far as his own fate was concerned, and, therefore, took the hint contained in | the quantity sent him, and decided to act |as a distributing agent. The result was | that today each Senator received a neatly | | printed tract with the unusual inscription | at the head, “With the compliments ef Jo- seph S. C. Blackburn,” in the Senator's | handwriting. The Senate is considerably boomer today over the episode. Contested Election Caseq. | The House elections committee spent some time today in deciding on a course of pro- cedure with reference to the cases still un- disposed of. Two of these cases have been | argued, and it was decided to act upon | M them before hearing arguments on the six | cases remaining. The two cases referred to are those of Moore agt. Funston, second | district of Kansas, and Thrasher agt. Enloe (of the eighth district of Tennessee. EAE TAS EAI | DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Graveyard Bi Senator Gallinger today introduced a bill making it unlawful to inter any bodies in |the Graceland cemetery in this city, and punishing violations of the law by fines of | from $100 to $500, Senator Gallinger has reported favorably to the Senate from the District committee | the Morrill bill, Senate 1280, for the ad-| De vancement of anatomical science in the | District, and the prevention of the dese-| cration of graves, ne DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. To Examine Wires, The Commissioners have been informed by Representative Morse of Massachusetts | that a committee of the Massachusetts leg- |islature will arrive in Washingtoa on Sat- urday next for the purpose of examining |the underground electric wires. He re. | Quested the Commissioners to give every assistance to the committee. etal ate! j Head uriers Secured. | Rooms at Wormley’s Hotel have been se- lected by Senator Faulkner and Mr. Law- ‘rence Gardner, representing the natidnal Gemocratic congressional campaign com-| /mittee, as the headquarters of the com- mittee. A Pension Claim, The pension bureau is notified today of , the arrest of Winnia Ragsdale, alias Gallo- way. of Knox county, Tenn., on the charge of filing a false claim for pension. She ha: admitted that she is the sister and not the widow of the soldier. She is held in $250 bail to await the action of the grand jury. Tren ry Balances, The receipts at the treasury today were: |Internal revenue, $155,564; miscellaneous, $15,161. The curren for redemption amounted to $402,- | receive: | 400 and the national bank notes, £306,040, i 3 ‘t End Na- on Gas, 10 at - Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, “hited States 4s, ragistered, 4 asked. United States 4s, ited a — 20-year Famed Ge. gold, 115 id. 107 vid. 30-year Fur _ | stock “currency 7; 113, hid. Water corrency 78, 1903, 120 bid. 8.658, rency, 110% bid. Sige, reg. 2-10x, 100 bid. Miscellaneous | Ronds.— Wash George- town Hailrond conv. Ga. 1 Md, 143 asked. Fashington and Georgetown Railroad conv. Ga, 125 Wid 145 asked. Metropalitan Tatlroad con flroad 5 tock Panding cur- 101 bid, 105 asked. Belt Ra asked. Eckington Ratlrond 6s, Washington Gas Company Washington Gas Company Wasctuzton Gas Company United States. Electric Li Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Amerfean Security and Trust 3s, 4 140 j Me 190° bi 11: T40 asked” Colun 129. bid. i | Vid) West End, 104 tid.” Traders’ | Lincoln, 92% bd. OS asked. Ohie, 100 a | “safe” Deposit Trust Comy National j Safe Deposit and Trust Company, ia, 140 My” Ws i 132 t Washington Loan aed Trust, 129 “+ American Security and Trust, 1 shington and M Gas and Electric Washi 3 46 bid, 48 asked. 47 bid. United | States Electric Tnxurance 8 "8. $2 bid. 50 esked. Franklin, 0 bid. Corcuran, oo a n> Wid. German Americat ‘nion, 11 bid, is oeked. Riggs, 7 bid. s , 38h: shed Lincoln, Th,” bid, Commercial, 5b 6 xsked. Title ‘Insnrance Stocks.—Real F; bid, 120 asked. Columbia Title, ington Title, $ asked. Fstate Title, 112) Hy bid, Tie csked. Ivania, 47 asked. Chesa- . 50 asked. American sked. I'neumatie Gun, Carriage, bi Miscellaneous ‘Stocks.—Washington Market, 12 bid, 915. asked. Great Falls Tee. 120 bid,” 140 oy Bull Run Panorama, 15 bid. Lincoln Hall, Telephone Stocks. —P. peake and Potomac. GrapLoplione, | too early ie ua 19 . is 4 ‘Ont. and Western...) 16iy 16s P: Mail a et a Phila. and Readin, 6 2K an P. Caro... 2... le 18 Richmond Termi 45 4 A Southern Pacific my My MY Kes Paciflc.......... 22.00 Sy She wy wy 1 7 6% i 14K iy 18 a, ay | 1m sy OK Wisconsim © - Silver. | tress FINANCE AND TRADE Sugar Continues to Be the Leading Speculative Stock. TRADERS INCLINED 10 BE BUYERS Industrials Monopolize the Bulk of the Business. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 13.—Teday’s stoch market opened firm around closing figures and continued stro: ouzhout the morn- ing on 2 small volume of business. London was fractionally hig had no im- Traders con- tinue partial to risks on the long side of the market and are generally hopeful of a Successful and protracted bull campaign. The support that has recently come from the purchase of some of the larger commis- sion houses has aided in the reduction of the short interest, and if continued will soon dissolve Ube entire interest. The industrials, Wiule a trie more conservative than usual in their movements, monopolized the bulk of today’s business. Sugar, of course, has paramount claim to the position of leader and continues to justify such distinction. The burlesque in which inside interests are so prominently figuring in their efforts to convince the ever-credulous public that their profits have been ruthlessly destroyed by the action of the Senate committee, goes merrily on, nothwithstanding the Jeers of the crowd. It is difficult to see just how even so slight a protective tariff as is now contemplated can pauperize a concern which last year earned over $35,000,000, and has a surplus fund equal to more than one- half that sum. The radical bull prediction now going the rounds, of for this stock, does not seem at all improbable in view of the facts slow- ly coming to light. Ni Lead gained an additional 1 per and was conspicuously strong at the advence. ae Chicago Gas gained 1 per cent and was fairly active, presumably on covering. The railroad list developed some activi after the noon hour and prices were improv- ed from 1-4 to 1 per cent. Missouri Pacific gained 11-8 per cent to 261-4 and the Grangers worked upward under the jeader- ship of St. Paul, for fractional amounts. Western Union wes inclined toward hrav- there imess during the early hours and was a suspicion of a slow feeding out of stock whenever the market would take it with- out injuring the price. The declaration of the regular dividend of 11-4 per cent cur. ing the afternoon steadied the price ard successfully rebuked another group of bears Wuose operations were based on the passing or reduction of the dividend. While the effect of this action had a good temporary effect, it is doubtful if the course is a wise one considering that the amount was barely earned and may yet nead piecing out with Borrowed funds. Manhattan di- rectors declared the regular dividend of 11-2 per cent, payable to stockholders of record March The market for sterling opened ‘Strong, with rater for sight bills ap vo the gold exporting point. That some gould will go out is now practically certain, but it is in the week to estimate the amount. Money fates and borrowing “oaditivas are Practically unchanged. Bankers con to complain of the'r supply of and the small profit in the interes: count. The clearing house state:aent show exchanges $50,499,558, balances 96.14.14 — the subtreasury’s debit balance 2748,- 613. The last hour's speculation was confined largely to the Grangers, which continued to improve under a good buying demand. The entire list held well and the market showed no signs of retreating from its present strong position. Closing figures reflected slight gains throughout the list. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the openink, the highest and ‘tae Jowest and the closing prices of the New York by Corson & Siecartncy, sescbas Sew Tork, sock stchengn v, New e Se. Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 30 roadway: American Su; American Sag. g ~ estera. «., M. and Pani. . C.. M. and St. Paul, pid. (.. R. 1. and Pacific. .... Del., Lack. and W. Dis. and Cattle Feeding. General Electric . Tihmols Central. Lake Shore... Lonisviite and Nashville. Long a “>. ‘. A.and ——-. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Contrai M XN 3 A] - Reported toy Silely Metropolitan Bawk bu CHICAGO, March 18, 2894. = High. Low. Close, Oo @O, Wh 6 ¥y 2, SN so ay sy Be mi my eae SS 155 a2 30.95 we 1160 6a) 6 ow 6: a 6 5.00 Bs 5.62 8. iS Tst noni Raltimore Markets. LTIMORE, Md., March 13.—Plour dull, en- Rare arm cipts, 41.108 harrels: _shinment ee HO barrels, Waoeat dat! ed Glya6l%: July, as Ibs we busiels; stock. bushels — milling firm—spot, | 41 AM grdty: recetpt M as: steamer mixed, 41 Iid— 106.403 Vasbels; stock, 1,143,268 busheln, 000 tre « 3 stock, 15,310 Kashe od to choter “si ain freizuts quiet and unchanged, ed. Butter stendy —fancy imitation, 1sa%): do. tadle, Tanta: store” packed, B: Légal6: cold storage, 1a Cucese unchan —_— The Old Soldier Pleads Guilty, Jobn Vangilder, the old solidier who at- tempted to kill Mrs. Kate Kline and then made an eTort to kill himeelf by cutting his throat with a razor, wa* arraigned in the Police Court this afternoon on a chat ot attempted murder. He plead guilty, ond the court held him in $500 bonds for the grand ju: Mr, Muliowny suggested that the man's mind was not right and said that the jail physician would see that he received the proper medical treatment. ameneetimnee meee Range of the Thermometer, The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau Sa.m m