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THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1894—SIXTEEN PAGES. ign puolie funeti te argued that not an office, be: nor were its duties v pointed out that if the advice and con: of thesenate is refused to a nominee,still the | nominee may be appointed in vacation to hold till the end of the next session. He touchei upon the meaning of the word missioner, and said that if it meant a Jomatic ofiicer, Blount was not a com-| Wissioner, but 2 special commissioner. He | showed that secretaries of legation were | often appointed charge @affaires by min-| isters during their absence, without the ad- | vice and consent cf the Senate. He also! ited preceients to show the power to in-| vest an agent or special commissioner with power to direct naval and military offi- cers. | THE HOUSE. At their request Mr. Catehings (Miss.) | and Mr. Beltzhoover (Pa.) were relieved | from further service on the Pacific ‘railroad eommit:ee, and Mr. Taylor (Ind.) from the | committee on pensions. ! The Speaker acnounced the appoiatment | of Mr. Taylor as a member of the river | and arbor committee. | The House after the call of committee for reports went into committee of the whole and the consiaeratioa of sundry | ¢ivil bill was resumed. ‘The pending ques tion was Mr. Black's point of order against | two clauses in the paragraph relating t soldiers’ homes, requiring the disbursing | Officers of the Rome to give bond and make | an accounting to the Treasury Department, and requiring the od to make annual reports to the Sec’ Mr. Simpson (Kan.), - eral merits of the question. corrupt state of affairs unear Leavenworth Soldiers’ Home. convinced that the policy of placing homes under the War | good one, but he argued that an imvesti tion into the general affairs cf the } should be made. The Sale of Liquor. Mr. Black (IIL) replied to some of the remarks made yesterday in connection with this matter. With reference to the criticism upon the fact that liquor was sold under the authorization of the board of managers at the homes he defended the action of the board. Fifty years of appe- tite, he said, could not be broken, and the which corre- | onde? to the canteen system of the regu-| e and He was not the ariment Was a 5) lar army, had been deemed both wi human Mr. Sayers, chairman of the committee, defended the changes proposed by the bill. They were in the interest of prompt settle- Ment of the accounts and of an orderly system of auditing the expenditures of Public money. | The chair then sustained the point of erder, and the two paragraphs were strick-| @m from the bill. This disposed of the last | Paragraph of the bill, but, by an arrange- | Ment agreed upon sterday, several mem- bers were permitted to submit general re- | marks on various subjects. The Timber Culture Amendment. Haruman (Mont.) and Mr. McCleary ticise the amend- ropriation for the general the instigation cf nded the timber nm.) proceeded to ¢ t th Hoiman eulture and of 1891. Mr. Hartman s bile he did not desire refiect upon Mr. Holman, he knew he had beer imposed upon. ‘The. amendment | Was an outrage and would jive muscrupe-| lous men an o: tunity to Elickmail set-| tlers who had purchased land under that act in good faith. Mr. Latimer (S. D.) defended the amend-| ment, which, he said. was design<d to give | relief to settlers contesting laad cases un-! der the act of 19i, the dying | | } passed ize hours of the Fifty-fi He char: sought to t nar ess vision of th y this amendme was misund «1 and that five or six con- ferees on the bill had no idea of the struction which was to be put upon it. To Detect Moouskiners. C.) opposed jate $50,000 for tie detec- plat of the in-| priation was to be used principally in North Carolina to bribe informers, and there was no justifica- tion for it. <2 that th: sition to approp! tion and p 7 |Tv DELUDED MR. RODES' (Continued ¢ m First Page un he brought elged the receipt of $10, which, she would ask for that summer. Ske wanted him to come the next night, out! not unless he brought the money; he must not come so often, as they were going to see her mother frequently. She gave him some good advice about being careful of his money, and more as to whom he should lend it. Asked tor That Money. The next letter asked for “that money, she needed it to pay her board. She had decided to go to Sayre Institute again, as she would graduate the next June and re- ceive a diploma, which would help her greatly in the world. The letter closed, “come in tonight and bring that with a pretty bunch of flowers. Yours, Madeline.” A letter of August 29 told him that he could come to call the next Monday even- ing if he wanted to, It had been a tine week for the fair, and she had been out Taking the Testimouy. with Miss Hoyt to see the trotting matches, ever which she had gotten tremendously excited. She expressed the opinion that if she had been a man horses would have been the ruin of her. She told of her devotion for her studies, aud said that she was per- fectly in love with her school. Still she thought she would have to let him come to see her some time the next week. A number of other letter? running along through the early fall were read, but they were all in much the same vein. In sev- eral she made appointments with him, tell- ing him just when he might come to see her. A letter, dated December 28, told him that she had had a very merry Christmas, but had missed him. Hoped to see him | scon, as she had something for him. She was ‘not studying that week, and he might come in at any time. If she found she was going out to spend an evening any time she would write and let him know. Manted Him to Cali friday Night. The next letter was dated from Lexing- ton, Ky., January 22, 1886. It asked Mr. Rhedes to come and see her Friday night, | as she wanted to see him especially, and was signed simply, “Yours, truly, M. Pol- lara.” Then Mr. Butterworth read a letter, dated February 23, 186. It was addressed to “Dear Mr. Rhodes;” explained that she was out when he called; told him he could come aay evening he desired to call, and she would lay her books aside long enough to be agreeable; gave some little gossip about her school. Mr. Butterworth next read a letter ad- @ressed by the plaintiff to Dr. Brown of Wesleyan College, from Lexington, Au- gust Ly iss In this she said she had learned from Mr. Rhodes that he was in Dr. Brown's debt for over $100 for her edu- cation, and asked Dr. Brown to destroy Rhodes’ note and accept one from her in place of it, as she was about to take a position as teacher and desired to assume the debt. She asked also to keep the trans- action a secret from Mr. Rhodes. The next ietter read was to Mr. Rodes d s dated March 10, 1856. It just told t she had had a bilious attack, talked out having a letter from Ernest, her brother, about the sale of a horse, and other little matters. She expressed sorrow that she had been so stuptd when Rhodes last led to see her and hoped that she would be well and bright when he ealled next. letter w signed, “Yours truly, M. V. Pollard. what she needed. A| Mr. Butterworth asked If he was not like-, letter from Lexington, July 14, acknowl-/ ly also to go to Towlesburg. She said she a letter from bim| which pleased her very much. The money | he had sent she had used, and now wanted she said, would be the last as | | | Sorry He Was Downhearted. Will the gentle m tell me asked Mr.| ext came a letter to Mr. Rodes, dated at s. “why it with a tax of ninety | Lexington, March 31, 1888. ere een Sane be S08) tet States Care-| | ir anid: ~. “Tans. s68ey “You feat dawns hearted. I you come Friday night I am | sure Miss Belle will not have company und I can talk with you.” It then went on with & quantity of gossip, then it said, “i do not A BIG GIN TEST. = | lixe to hear you say, ‘you bother me,’ for Minny Feesle to te Iadian Head) You do not. I am stupid sometimes, 1 | ithe know.” It was signed: “Good-bye. Yours | ’. B. Pollard,” Mr. But- There has been no mance test in re- the signature, laid con- tye, letter “B," which gnature. 1886, was the date of the of the first nic Harveyized armor plate, that has been| next letter read from Miss Pollard to Mr. awaited with more inter than the test! Rode She expressed in this surprise and of the first of the thirtcen- naval guns | disappointment because Mr. Rodes had not to be made at the proving grouads at In- nd said if he disappointed dian Head tomorrow. Secretary Herbert ning she would never for- issued about 300 invitations to the sive him. This letter was signed, like the | , and it is at most of tiem | two preceding ones, “M. V. B. Pollard.” | be accep i the When Mr. Butterworth finished the read- ent and ing of the letters, turning to Miss Pollard, . all th rs of unable to go. Secretary Herbert the best of health, and he, too, may ne able to go. in that event Assisiaat Sect tary McAdoo will represent him as the host | bf the occasion To Convey the Guest The United States ship Dolphin and the mg Triton and posibly the torpedo boat Cushing, all of which are at the navy yard, Will be used for ti nsportation of the guests to and from Indian Head. The ves- sels will leave the navy yard promptly at D o'clock tomorrow morning and will return | Rbout 4 o'clock. Luncheon will be served! oa the Dolphin, and the Marine Band will| falivea the oceasion with mu: r of the Tests. One of the tests of the huge gun will con- sist of firing the projectile into a great| bank of earth battened down to receive the fiying missile. The course of the shell will be through a number of squares of net- Worked wires, each of which will communi- cate with an ir ment at a distance the Tate of progress of atangement of wires will ma of the shell at different di muzzle of the gun, and will be future calculations. fn the chamber of the gun will recor poyder’s pressure, and each will allow a comparison for purposes of verification. A Ten-Mile Range. Another test will be to fire the gun over the selected range of ten miles down the Potomac. Lookouts will be stationed along the shores st prominent places, and will = ships and boats and will signal the operators at the gun when t fire the weapon. Off will be placed at irtervals with theodolites arranged to record the course of the projectile. The fir: over the range ts not for the purpose of fecuring the distance which the 1,100-pound stell is capable of traveling, for ordnance ‘S say they are sure the biz wedge of steel will go through the air for a distance ne bases of of thirteen miles. The instruments will show whether the shell is steady in its path and whether its ney is direct. It will cost something to make the trial of the thirteen-t gun. for every time the projectile is dt 1 it takes 550 pounds f powder, wh ents per } The projectile its t about 18 per pound. The powder comes from pert and the shell is made at the Washing- ton ordnance shops. The officers will not fre the most costly projectiles at the com- fmz test, but will use an economical shell je of cast iron. Ther2 will be fired per- | haps a dozen rounds. The cost of this num- ber of nds would be about $6,900, | Secretary Herbert said this afternoon that | he had made up his mind to attend the test. | | | ——___e— THE BLAND BILL. The Cabinet Continues the Considera: of the Measnre. The seigntorage bi 1 topies of consi meeting 3] M be ag one of he said: “if I have derstood you correct- ly these letters were written for the purpose of misleading Mr. Rodes. Mr. Carlisle objected, saying question shouid be confined to some par- ticular lette: Mr. Butterworth said Miss Pollard haa stated yesterday that she had written to Mr. Rodes after she went to the Sayre In- stitute for the purpose of misleading Mr. Rodes. mony. While looking it up, he asked the witness about a statement fn a letter that she had been reading W ngton Irving, and usked if she had read shington Irving’s works while at the Sayre school. Not in New Orleans. Miss Pollard said, oO. That letter,” she said, “was dated New Orleans.” “Were you at New Orleans at that time?” asked Mr. Butterwor said Miss F rd, “Mr. Breckin- ridge knows very well I was not. The let- ters are not postmarked at New Orleans. at They were postmarked, as you see, Towlesburs, Ky. They were sent to my mother, who forwarded them to Mr. Rodes. I was in Cincinnati then, very near Lexing- ton Mr. Butterworth asked her again if she ‘Aly - picion, Miss Pollard satd, she at once he the first opportunity of covering it These letters were not written for the ef obtaining money from Mr. but because she thought it neces- ‘i him for money, in order to cion. She had obtained money Mr sdes and used it to pay her She thought all the tuition bills at the Sayre Institute were paid by witness herself. She may have used money Mr. Rodes gave her or money Mr. Breckinridge had given her. Things, she said, were pretty badly mixed up just then. “Did he." asked Mr. Butterworth, refer- ring to Mr. Breckinridge, “supervise any of these letters?” ‘No,"" said Miss Pollard, “except that one from New Orleans, for I knew nothing of New Orleans, 2s I never had been there, ard he knew all about it.” She said she thought this Ietter was written in Cincinnati, in the room over the mattres: ore. ‘These letters,” said Mr. Butterworth, “were then, to use your phrase, blind or wooden letters “Yes, sir, they were,” said the witness. After the meeting with Mr. Breckinridge. - sole purpose was to keep Mr. Rodes king some question I could not up. purpose Roa sary to from answer. Dictated by Mr. Breckinridge. The witness went on to say that the main | letters witness wrote her mother at that time were dictated by Mr. Breckinridge, and mailed by him on postal cars, so her mother never knew she was in Cincinnat!. Some of them were dated ahead. “Some of them," she sald, “were written by Mr. Breckinridge himself on a typewriter, and told my mother that I was learning to write on a type- writer.” Mr. Butterworth havi which brought out a long statement, asked the witness to answer his questions by “yes lop her answers In a fog ig asked a question 1 the witness, le and in had admitted t ee that th sta ge saying tha ion and he did material. that the | He said he would iook up the testli- | that as soon as she had left the hospital | and was able to see him, she addressed him | cinnatl, so he could see her ert suspicion. If she had w , nati, he would 1 | come Ly i might hi j her to the founding um, or found her ata tine when she did not desire to be seen. | Was not at Towlesburg, however. | | A Hypothesis Objected to. | Objection having been made to question- ing the witness on a hypothesis Mr. But- terworth argued that they had a right to | Show the improbability of her story, of | the statement she made to reconcile the | teetimony of her own letters. Mr. Butter- | worth suggested that if Mr. Rhodes would | hunt her in Cincinnati he would certainly |Search for her in a little town that could be searched in half an hour. Judge Bradley said these letters were not dated at Towlesburg. | Mr. Carlisle said the letcers, though post- |marked at Towlesburg, purported to have been written elsewhere and to have passed through Towlesburg pursuant to the ar- | rangement with the mother. | Mr. Butterworth withdrew his question } i and then submitted to the witness a letter she identified as in her mother’s hand- writing. Mr. Butterworth did not read the letter then, but asked to have a recess taken, saying that this brought him to another line of examination. The court then, at 30, until 1:15 o'clock. | | | ‘The Afternoon Scxsion. i | \ | i took a recess | That the long-drawn-out cross-examina- tion of the plaintiff {s becoming tedious to the general public was evidenced this afterncon, when a rather small crowd was | in attendance when the trial was resumed | lafter recess. Quite a number of seats | within the bar were vacant when Mise, | Pollard resumed the stand, and the throng | outside the bar was limited. Of course | quite a number of people sought admis- | sion only to b2 disappointed, and aimong | | them were a man and woman, who, stat- ing to the bailiff at the door that they | were strangers, explained that they desirei to attend the trial as one of th: points | of Interest of Washington. The man was told that he might enter, but that Judze | Bradley thought women cut of place at the trial, whereupon the couple expressed | their surprise and departed. Miss Pollard was rather late in coming tn, being escorted by her counsel and Mrs.. Fills, and clearly showed the effects of the long | examination she has passed through at the hands of Mr. Butterworth. She was paler than at any other period of the trial, and she was hardly as alert in responding to the | examiner's inquiries. Indeed, she appea-ed to be suffering extreme fatigue, and a cer- tain degree of weariness attended her an- swers. Yet, little of her self-possession seemed to have escaped her, and she was seemingly as careful In weighing her words as ever. She too, as distrustful as ever of Mr. Butterworth, and once insisted that the original of a letter, a copy of which Mr. Butterworth proposed reading, should be sent for by the stenographer, that her counsel should follow the reading. 1 Told Her Mother Stories. When the cross-examination was resumed Miss Pollard stats that her mother did know where she was while she was in Cin- ‘cinnati, though she did not know the real ‘rea:on, She gave her mether several stories | to account for her absence from Lexington. |_ Mr. Butterworth sought to find out the | nature of these stories, but Mr. Carlisle ob- |Jected to. this line of questioning. Mr. But- terworth took the ground that it was of | vital interest to his client to find out about | | those explanations, inasmuch as his name had been connected with them. Judge Bradley said that hls recollection of the ex- | ‘amination was that it was such as to make such questions irrelevant, and he would have to sustain the objection. | Continuing, Miss Pollard admitted that her mother knew she was rot in New | Orleans, nor in Mississippi. She insisted | that she had never in her life been in either of these places. She was asked whether her mcther saw her while she was in Ctn- jeinnati, but Mr. Wilson objected that this was not in line with anything brought out in the direct examination. Miss Pollard again told of the letters Mr. Breckinridge told her he had written to her | mother on a typewriter. Mr. Breckinridge | |also told her of scenes and places in New i | Orleans, e might write of them | to her mother, as she had never been there. | She could noi say that he had ever been there, but he seemed to be familiar enough with ‘the town to give her points to write | |about. Mr. bi nridge also mailed letters | |for her, after she left the asylum, from | various points, so that her mother could |learn nothing from the postmarks. Letters |from her mother to her were sent to her |by name in care of M Bergwynn, and [she was supposed to take them as’ such and turn them over to Miss Pollard. The Contract With Rodes. Mr. Butte-worth asked as to the nature of the contract plaintiff had made with | Mr. Rodes. Mr. Carlisle objected because, }as he said, the contract was in writing. |It seemed as though the lawyers for the | defense were in possession of all the lette-s and papers of Mr. Rodes. They had been | very active in securing all these private | documents, and the presumption was that they had the contract as well. He must, | therefore, insist that before the case pro- eceded any further the defense pro-| duce this paper as welh and Mr. Butter- | worth declared that they had neve had|/ | the paper, and Mr. Stoll insisted that in- ‘asmuch as the terms of the contract bad been fulfilled, the supposition was that the contract had been delivered over to Miss | Pollard, and was still in her possession. Mr. Carlisie withdrew his objection. Miss | Pollard stated that it was understood that| | her expenses at school would amount to about $160 a year, and the ag:eement was} that Mr. Rodes should pay this, and for all, other incidental and necessary expenses. ‘The only letters, she said, that made any refere: to money matters were tose that were written from Lexington. Those supposed to be written from New Orleans | made no reference to this matter, and! while she was in Cincinnati it was sup-| posed she had some situation and was self-| supporting. | The books that she had presented to Siste> Cecilia at the asylum, Miss Pollard | said, were the works of Washington Irving, that Mr. Rodes had presented to her on the; Christmas of 1884. The set was in four, volumes. One of the witnesses had testi-| fied that the set presented to the asylum | Was in three volumes, but this, Miss | Pollacd remarked, was a very natural mistake. On the night of October 30 h2 appen at Takoma Park at the residence etalon Miller and the adjoining house and also at the house of an old colored man, at whe house he did considerabl> damage. He next appeared about Mount Pleasant and damaged the residence of Nick Young to | the extent of several hundred dollars. From there he made his way to the city visiting several houses, and then he re. turned to the county, and made his work felt by more than one of the residents. | Several imitators soon commenced work- | ing, but most of them were captured and are now in jail. The officers will have another talk the prisoner this evening. Tomorrow he | will be photographed for the rogues’ gal- lery and may perhaps be taken into court for trial. | Mr. Rodes supposed that while she was in| Cincinnati she had a position, and this sup- position was based upon a statement she had made to her mother and also to him. Mr. Rodes was of the opinion that she was acting as a traveling companion to a lady. | A number of letters read this morning were | re-read to show what she had done with | | reference to requests for money at different | dates. { | Her First Position Here. ‘The first position she held in this city, Miss Pollard went on to say in answer to/ | questions, was in the Agricultural Depart- | |ment, in the botanical division. She held | the position for six months. | It was secured for her by Mr. Breckin- | ridge, and afterward he got her a place in the census office, which she held for a year ‘and a month. She very well remembered | when Mr. Breckinridge was ill and was in Florida, for she werried over his illness so much that she became ill herself. During | this time she claimed to be writing for the press, but this was not true. It was a fic- tion made up between herself and Mr. | Breckinridge to account for many things that would have been otherwise very hard to explain. “Were you not studying for the stage at ith this time?” asked Mr. Butterworth. bee sir.” This in a most surprised tone of voice. “Did you not think of adopting the stage fession ?"" 98.5 Rhing could have been furthe: from my thoughts. The stage does not present itself as a likely place for a plain girl. It is only a place for pretty girls.” Mr. Breckinridge d Mrs. Wing. | Continuing her answer, Miss Pollard) | spoke of he> knowledge of Mrs. Wing and| j her relations. She kn that Mrs. Wing | was in New York w Mr. Breekinri lige | for twelve days and twelve nights, and she! did not understand how such a worldly woman could go with such a man. fhe taxed M>. Breckinridge with this, and he maligned Mrs. Wing to such an extent) that she understood he could never think) of such a thing as marriage with tiat women. _“Did_ you see Mr. Breckinridge in Yor’ Inst spring?” “Fes, sir.” “When?* “Every day about the time you are re- ferring to.” “Did you see him on the Ist of May, Se en Mr. Butterworth. “Where? “At the Hoffman House, where he was staying.” ow “Did you register there as his daughter | and secure a room adjoining the one he had?” “T did.” “Did you attempt to shoot him then and there?” “I did.” “Your honor, I_ mus right here,” said Mr. Wilson, ‘“1vow that I understand about whither this line of crocs- | examination is tending.” Then ensued one of the most important and significant events of the trial. The Secret Marringe. Mr. Wilson said that he had been given to understand that the defense would claim that Mr. Breckinridge was secretly He would like to know whether such was the case before they proceeded any further. He understood from the public prints and from the fact that the defense failed to deny this statement that such was the case and that it would be brought forward in his behalf. Mr. Butterworth replied that the defense would maintain that the defendant was married In New York by Rev. Dr. Paxton to Mrs. Wing, but that it was not a secret marriage. “Do you mean that that marriage was recorded?” asked Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson then went on to argue against the admission of the question about the attempt at shooting. In the,course of a heated address, he claimed that a marriage by Mr. Breckinridge on Apri! 20 would not be In any sense a defense, inasmuch as it was only a violation of a contract he had already entered {nto with the plaintiff. Furthermore, Mr. Breckinridge could not bring in any particular act of the plaintiff as un element of defense for his failure to live up to his contract, because he had failed to plead this or make any reference to it, and had not given the plaintiff an intimation of any such course. Objection Overruled. Judge Bradley overruled the objection on the ground that inasmuch as the plaintiff's lawyers had carried the exa ation Gown to a point after this date it was but right that the cross-examination should go over | the same ground. Mr. Wilson aoted an ex- ception, as he said it was probable the question would arise in this case again. Miss Pollard then stated that she did reg- | ister at the Hoffman House as his daugh- | , ter, having an adjoining room. A Pistol Brought in. ‘After breakfast,” asked Mr. Butter- worth, “did you not draw a pistol on him in his room aud attempt to shoot him, | which he prevented by shutting the door?” “No, no,” answered Miss Pollard, “I did not. Did Mr. Breckinridge tell you to lay the ol down at the door?” No, he did not.” Dida't you threaten to shoot the bell boy if he called him?” “TI did not.” Miss Pollard then explained that Satur- day in the latter part of April or the first of Muy ijast she arrived at the Hoffman | House. Col. Breckinridge got there that night. They were together for the next few days. The next day he told her that Mr. W. C. Whitney and other prominent men had formed a company of some kind, with | a great capital, and that they proposed to send him abroad on business. The next day while looking at one of his traveling bags she discovered a pistol. She put tt away, and later, not believing that he was telling her the truth, she close- j ly questioned bim, and asked him when he would marry her.’ He said: “My darling, I will marry you the last of the month” (May, 1:3). She disbelieved him, and she then told him that if he failed to marry her as he promised she would kill him and herself. She made no scene; made no attempt to shoot him, but finally believed all he sald. Miss Pollard then told of the rest of her stay in New York and her return to this city, as heretofore told by her. She denied that there was any attempt on her part to shoot him at the house of Mrs. Thomas | just preceding their first visit to Maj Moore. She had gone to the stopping place St Col. Breckiuridge.on Jefferson’ place, that ay. Mr. Butterworth said he would finish the cross-examination tomorrow morning. ‘The court adjourned at 3 o'clock until to- morow morning. Will Stick to Mr. Breckinridge. Press dispatches from Louisville say that a letter received there from Mrs. Breckin- ridge Saturday convitces her friends here | that she has no tdea for applying for a divorce. She speaks in the most affection- ‘ate way of her husband, and believes him to be the victim of an adventuress. This | friend deciares Col. Rreckinridge persuaded his wife to the secret marriage because he was satisfied she would not marry him when she had learned the details of the seandal. Breckinridge thought married Miss Pollard would let him alone. Her friends are indignant at his conduct in | the matter, but say she will stick to him through his trouble. ——— CAPITOL TOPICS. ‘The Boatner Resolution, The judiciary committee of the House to- @ay considered the Boatner Union Pacific resolution, of which the committee on I | cific railroads is trying to secure control. It was decided that the lecal questions in- volved in the resolution were such as to give the judiciary committee concurrent jurisdiction over it with the Pacific ratl- roads’ committee. it was thought desira- ble, however, not to make a contest to con- cee committee should handle the e trol the resolution, but to let the Hous cide which subject. A staiement to this effect will be made by Chairman Culberson of the judiciary committee when the question comes befo: the House. A New Judge at Chic Representative Childs was dire by the House judteiary comm tee port favorably his bill providing for an ad- citional district judge in the northern dis- to re- of Mitneis. He wil be ‘ocated ou per annum. Mrs. Madison's Picture. Mr. Compton of Maryland has introduced resolution in the How $5,000 to purchase from E. portrait of Mrs. Dolly Madison, the pic-" ture to be placed in the White House. Denied by the Firm. Mr. Harvey Spalding of the firm of Har- vey Spalding & Sons, attorneys cf this city, has addressed a letter to Senator Lerry, chairman of the committee on public lands, protesting against the remark made in the Senate on the 12th instant by Senator Dolph, a member of the sommittee men- tioned, characterizing as “a gross fraud and swindle” operations by their f reference to certain Oregon land The letter says Mr. Dolph’s statemon an indefensible attack on the character of the members of the firm. Mr. Spalding says the contracts made by his fin with the parties in interest for the pro ticn of these claims in the Court of Claims especially provided that the contracts were to be of no effect in case spezial provision waz made by Congress for the ment of the claims. the effect that if Congress finally passed an act to refund the double payment which it is claimed had been made for certain public lands, this firm could obtain 25 per cent of the amount refunded from every man who received the refund. ————————— Another Applicant. The friends of E. Stanley Toadvin of Wicomico county, Maryland, have presented his name to Secretary Carlisle for appoint- ment as surveyor of Baltimore. ee Bishop Keane's Return, Bishop John J. Keane, rector of the Catholic University, returned to the city this morring about 9 o'clock. His appear- ance was unlooked for at the university, as he was not expected back for two weeks. —s DISTRICT GOV SRNMENT. Wires Taken Down. Superintendent Miles of the District tele- graph and telephone service h»s notified the Commissioners that complitace with their orders he had the two electrics wires which were strung from the top of 21 D street diagonally across D street to the top of building 921 Pennsylvania avenue iaken down before noon and colled up and left on the roof of ¥2i D street. 1 rise to interfere | mar- | ried in New York on the 29th of May, 1803. that once | | the prisoner. ay) Mr. Dolph’s statement was to | |They Think They Have Captured the Original Slasher. CAUGHT SUNDAY IN TENLEYTOWN \The Man Probably Insane and a Pitiful Object. i ary See 1 ‘STOLEN GOODS HIDDE Geo.Taylor,alias Jones, arrested yesterday ‘at Tenleytowy while engaged in burglariz- ing the home of Judge Hunt at the intei section of ihe Roc! nd river roads, alleged to be “Jack the Slasher.” Evit ce of various kinds point to him as being that much-hunted-for person. In his pockets were found the tools that the slasher must have used in his singular work of de tion—razors and sharp knives—and ail were stuffed with small pieces of cloth and dress gocds—mementoes of his little trips. If he be “Jack the Slasher,” though, he will prob- ably never be sent to prison. An tus: asylum will be his future nome, for Taylor is undoubtedly a crazy man—a perfon not of a violent manner, but one whose brain does not control his actions in conjunctiva | with his conscience. When he ¥ disey ered by Milkman Charies Wise sawing the slats on the blinds of the Hunt home he did not attempt to get away,but remained there until the arrival of the officers. A Widifat Spectacle. | He did not seem to realize that he was | being arrested when Officers Eusley and Law took hold of him. He has been at the station since early yesterday :moraing. Half his hours have been spent upon the! floor with his body half raised on the | hands and Knees. His have a dul, | senseless light in them and his forehead is low, retreating and wrinkled. He is a} comparatively young man, probably thirty- | five, and age has therefore played no part | in the bringing forth of the wrinkles. His conversational powers are extremely lim- ited. When asked the simplest question he truggles a long time with his eyes, brows end brains betore h? answers it. In the necnume he keeps bis head half elevated, ike a pleading dog's. ot tis Money. After several hours of questioning and | Several caldrons of patience had been ex- hausted the reporter extracted from the fellow that he was formerly of Richmond, or lived near Richmond, on the farm of a Mr. Timlick. He received $10 a month for working for him. He had saved his money and kept it buried. His “kinsfolk” watched him one day go to his pile. Then they stole the money. Since that time, he said, he has been in awful trouble. Then the fellow’ curled himself up and cried long , and convulsively. Tears, genuine and plen- | Uful in quantity, ran down his face. Then he relapsed into a lethargic state, from which no questions could arouse him. He seemed extremely weak and moved about with apparent difficulty. Every once in a while he cries out not to let the officers hang him. He says they ‘hang burglars and thieves in Richmond. in Georgetown, His uncle, Charles Robertson, whom Ta; lor came on to visit at his home, 504 10th street, was at the station last night. He said the prisoner had stopped at his house about three nights in the week. Where he had been stopping the balance of the time he had never been’ able to learn. Certain indetinite locations were given, but uever found. Taylor would never be able to re- member the number of the house he had stopped at. He acted absent-mindedly and | queerly. Fearing that the man would be| taken sick and thrown unknown about, th uncle wrote a card, with his own name and address on it. This was found upon Taylor | when arrested and led to his identification. Remnants of the clothes stolen from the | residence at Mrs. John Cannon were also found upon the fellow, together with a pocketbook containing a receipt made out} in her name. Among the small samples of cloth cut from the clothing he had stolen and cut up were recognized pieces of apparel jaken from Fort Myer several months ago. When _ asked why he stole the fellow re- plies: “I cant’s help it.” “I'm im t “I'm sick. took my money. y {head aches,” and “Please don't let them | hang me.” H ‘Think They Have Him. The officers are now pretty certain that the prisoner is the man who has done a large amount of the slashing here during the past few months. | The prisoner admits that he has be about at night, and said he was unable to sleep. lay Detective Horne and Precinct D. Burrows continued their inves on of the prisoner's conduct, and procured | evidence enough to convince them that) jack the Slasher” is no one other than | The prisoner says he remembers nothing | of his conduct during the past few months. | This afternoon the officers went to th stable where Taylor spent much of his tl 2, and there they secured evidence fn the shape of slashed garments, and some of the gar- ments had not been slashed. The arth of clothing were found secreted tn an old sleigh, that had been hauled up out of the way. There were coats, sts, trousers ard female wearing apparel, and some of them | have been identified, A’ linen handkerchief, bearing the name “A. B. Wall.” makes it | certain that he Is the man who robbed and | did the slashing at the house of Mrs. Wall, | corner of 4th and Pomeroy streets, in the county. There the burglar also took $250 worth of jewelry and in cash, but these were not fyund in the stable. A white fur cape taken from 4 recovere! i arty of Mrs, Fic Frost of 17 et, Whose how so badly tre pon after the visit Judge Mil garment ing pants, co: a pair of b. and some fe yet to be identified. Seven penkn were found in the sleigh and most of them were sharp enough for ‘Some of them were, perhaps, used on some of the occasions when there was #9 much damage done. None of the money or jewelry taken trom the different houses has been founLand the officers feel fairly certain that ac has them secreted somewhere in the stable. Taylor b tation of being miser- ly, and t k he kas posed of eithe e money cr the They hoy d all the ables. i ers are satisi-d that the} “4 mind iz affected, nis uncle, whe | | was seen by the officers, says he ?ever | noticed anything wrong shout lim. i The Slasher Outrages. | | The frst of the slashing was done about September, whea the officers’ quarters at Fort Myer w to ‘Then there are many other ani vests, amount of several hundred. doilars done. Before that, however, several families in| the county had suffered outrages similar in| nature to the acts of the mysterious Following the Fort My “slasher” appearel on this si river, and visite] the county in the borhood of Tenleytown, where he himself with destroying articies of slothing | found on hat racks. i _— — TILLMAN'S MISSIO His Senatorial Aspirations Strike Real Big Snac. Gov. Tillman of South Cerolina is a guest lof Senator Irby at No. 715 12th street. The jobject of his visit here, primarily, is to |confer with the officials of the Treasury | Department over the recent selzure by in- &ernal revenue agents in the palmetto state of Hquors claimed to be under the | | control of the governor's dispensary assist- | jants. He also wants to have the direct | tax list, so far as it concerns his state, hur- [ried forward to completion. There ts some | polities in the governor's journey north- | | ward also. Senator Butler's term expires on the 3d of next March, and it ts gen- erally believed that Gov. Tillman has been | casting envious glances toward a seat in |the front row to the right of the Vice | President. He has heard, so it is under- h Carolina congression- | a of being favorably | dispose] toward his cand{dacy is not united as cohesively as imazined, but that Con- gressmen Strait is an alllance demo- " “icLaurin, who are vor of Senator But- | aiewever, Gov. Tiliman statesman who comes to Gov. | | «| j is not the only Washington and mixes whisky and_poli- ties, and will probably reach a finai if not a satisfactory understanding on both sub- | Jects before his mission is concluded. POLICE CONFIDENT TIRED OF LiF E FINANCE AND TRADE Two Would-Be Suicides Resened Today by Special Officer Gook. Wall Street Doubtful About a Veto of the Bland Bill, CONFIDENCE HAS SHAKEN Sugar Stock the Most Conspicuous in the Trading. . Both Attempts at the Long Bridge— One by Drowni:.—Saved From the Engine. With the coming of spring a this morning lightly turned to thoughts of death. Had it not been for the prompt | and herole action on the part of Special | Officer R. H. Cook of the Agricultural srounds ch two attempts at cid. RKET REPORTS. would hi proven successful. wrens GENERAL MA Ciicer Cgok, who lives at 1102 Mary- land avenue southwest, had come off duty and was standing at the north end of low - +] opening the Long bridge when, about 9:30 o'clock |, oN YORK, March 20—The can tend this morning, a gente: looking and well-| Win) 0, mueet was dull and featurciam dressed colored woman, apparently: not | "un prices fractionally improved. The rail over twenty years of age, quietly jumped | ®4 Met was more than usually inactive into the river. Without waiting to remove *"4 Svld off on the narrow operations of any portion of his attire the policeman | "°O™ ‘faders. Sugar was the one conspli foliowed the woman and landea in water etalon: of the day's tradiag and bore : ers. ‘The would-be | unmistakable ev inside manipula- cide appeared to be either drunk or insane and it required the united efforts The suger schedule as prepared by the comp © is knewn to contain the color Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, ot Mr. Cock and two other gentlemen to move her to a patrol box. She screamed, focent ree ge to bite them on the way | test and certain other modifications in the to the fourth precinet station, where she | interest of refin for epecul lay on her back and continued to yell for! purposes the snag Paps ee the Salance of the morning. ‘The woman | pressed 4 1-4 por cone the stock was de ed to tell her name, or, in fact, to say | " ; ‘ything. n | Zhe desire to accumulate some cheap other Attempt. After changing his wet clothing for dry garments, the officer returned to the bridge | ard entered into conversation with a num- ber of acquair tances. As a train drawn by | operators who he on - a Richmond and Danville engine approach- | fident of a esto Then pony wood rea- ed this city a young white man was noticed | 80MS Tor believing that the original view 1s seated on the track. He was recognized | {Me Cofect one, as the measare ts not Mke> as Mr. Charles Hammond of No. 22) 12th 3, (0 ,Tecclve the support of the cabinet. street southwest, a son of Mr. John B.| P0uld the bill eventually become 7. law Hammond, the well-known dealer in buiid- |! USt be at a sacritice of the Presilent’s ing materials. When the engine was within | PrSenal opposition to ail legislation tend- ten feet of him young Hammond stretched M&_'© currency inflation and himself on the track before it. erandizement. At that moment Officer Cook took in the | umors of @ disagreement among the situation at a glance, and after a jump he Members of the reorganization committee grabbed the young man by the coat collar | Of New England owing to their inability to and nurled him face forward down a steep | UB!te on plans led to a movement im bank just as the locomotive passed over the | ‘at property, the extent of which was re spot Where he had been lying a moment | S‘ficted by the general narrowness of trad- before. Hammond arose and wanted to, S. Ii is quite probable that tbe road will fight. | Sooner or later be sold out under a fore- He stated that he desired to die and did | C!0Sure, and in this event con:rol will go to not care to have anyosdy prevent him from |e New York, New Haven and Hartford. doing so. He further remarked that he in- | The latter compony refused an option om tenaed to kill himself ut sometime and did | © control around 17, but at present jow not see why he wes not allowed to do so | Prices end in the manner indicated they today. On the way *o the siation he at-| Would be among the highest bidders. tempted to leave the patrol wagon, but| Friends of Chicago Gas are encouraged finally went along quietly, Later in the} bY the fact that no action was taken by day he was released. council om the granting of a charter to @ Officer Cook said that young Hammond, | "val company. Many believe that ihe new about a year ago, attempted to depart this | Company's chances are daily growing les® life by swallowing poisoa, but was saved | Promising and will shortly Msappear because cf prompt treatment at the ey as a menace to the existing corpora- jon. National Cordage gained 1 1-4 per cent on a sudden spurt of activity due to en- cenaieg reports of the company’s com- ition, The signing of the Biand bill produce a reaction and {s practically the only ele- ment working at a tangent to the prevail- ing belief in higher prices. The market broadened out considerably during the af- te oon and prices were improved in con- uence. he Grangers were strong, though ji a hope of securing his signature to the land bill is shaking the belief of nhany years of age, is an expert sw: sometime azo saved zhe life had gone to sleep and then accitentally | tumbled into the river. The alfairs of Uhis morning caused great excitement and at- tracted large crowds to the vicinity of the Long bridge. MUST PAY THE PENALTY. Commissioner Truesdell Says Out Iafluence is of No Avatl. Col. Truesdell’s evident intention not to allow outside influence to sway his de- cisions was exemplified today in a case which came before him involving the re instatement of an ex-member of the police force, who was dismissed during the ad- ministration of Colonel Robert, who, as £ngineer Commissioner, took a great in- terest in police affairs. The gentlemen who called in the interest of this ex-member of the police force are prominent mem- 0 uous gains were recorded, and the of commission orders indicated a investment demand. Sugar regained per cent of its early loss, but rumors |of doubt concerning the granting of the Dutch color test stayed any considerable advance. The closing was fairly active, at frac- tional gains for the da: —— We iugtom Stock Exchange. Sales—recular call—12 o'clock m. Metropelitas Ratiread. 1 at 90. supp! overtiuent Lends. —United Stat registered, bers of the Grand Army of the Republic; | 1907. 1124 bid. 118%) asked. Caned, States ss, in fact, one of them Is a commander. The | poshet: Hw, 114% bid, 111% asked. Cuited States policeman above mentioned being an old |“ Dyisirict of Columbia Bonds.—20-year soldier and also identified with the G. A, R. | 166 bid. 3¢ had enlisted their influence. It is well | Steck curreucy 7s, 1901. 117 bid. Water sto att . as “ curre: 1008, 119 bid. 3.658, Funding cur known that Col. Truesdell was a gallant | furry" 2 00 aa 10% Vid. Sis, rog. 2 Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washiagton and George- town Raiiruad couv. ti, Ist, 125 bid, 140 asbed. Washlucton and Georgetown Ratiroed conv. Gs, 24, Md, 140 asked. leropolitan Ketiraad conv. Gs, Wl bid, 106 asked. Belt Reiirond Ss, 80 bid, 80 asbed. Eckingtoa Kailruad 6s, 90 Mid. 100. asked. W % Gs, series “A, 116 soldier and is a member of the G. A. R. The argument mace to Colonel Truesdell was a strong one, particular stress being laid upon the fact that the officer was an / old soldier. After hearing the gentleman patiently for [here and congratulate you in_ your en- some time Col. Truesdell said: “Gentlemen, while I appreciate your motive in coming | deavors to serve an old soldier, I inust say | to you that this case has been closed. One | of the first things I did upon assuming the Commissionership was to go into this case myself. I gave it careful consideration and finally decided that the officer had been | properly dismissed. Under these circum- stances I cannot and will not reopen this case. As long as I am a Commissioner, with the special branch of the police under my supervision, it shall be my aim to ele- vate the force, and I assure you that if a | man is brought before the trial board and is convicted after a fair trial, I shall not be influenced in my action, no matter how much outside pressure is brought to bear. “If a policeman violates the regulstions he will have to be dismissed and it will be | a waste of time for him or his friends to try to change my action by inilyence. Of rr 1iz conv cont Ud. United States Electric Light i123 bid, 125 asked. € and Bs, Potomac Telephone bs. 96 bid, 1004 asked. Ameri- can Security and Trust 5s. 1905, Fo & A. 100 bid. American Sectrity and Trust bs, 1905, A. & 0. 100 bid. Washington Market Company ‘Ist 16y Did. Washington Market = lu? bid, 115 asked. Washington Market capone eat, Os. 204 bid. 10; eked: Magwue "Mall Xamon ctation 1a bid, " on infantry ist Ga, 108 DA 110 asked. Waskingkes Light infantry 24 7s, 100 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bauk of Wash! Did. 350 asked. Bank of itepubtic, 235 Metro. politan, 270 bid, 297 asked. Central, 285 bid, Peg xed. “Pariers’ and Mechantes’, 190 Wid. Second, 310 Did. Citizens’, 139 Md, 140 asked. Col 130 bid. Capital.” 116 Vid) West End, 106 Lo asked. Traders’, 108 bid. Lincola, 6 tid Ohio, SS ask ee eng mand Trust, 124 bid. 126 asked. Amert- tty and Trust, 153% Did, 1364 asked. gim Safe Deposit, 107 asked. course I am not unmiadful of the fact that | ad Stocks. Washington and ‘to err is human,’ but when a flagrant | 303 asked nitan, § bid, 9 asked: violation of the rules and regulativas gc v-| ay i asked. a od, 3S erning the police or any other department pod 1” . which I have anything to do with comes | 4s tud Electric Light Stocke.— Washiagtee Gea, to my attention, the offenier must suffer | Sates Blectr. Lig vid. "135 aaked. the consequences.” “ Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 43 td, 45 asked. cian nneie akin, 45 bid, 50 neked. Me jtan, 75 id. SENATOR COLQUITT"S ILLNESS. The Attack Last Night is Looked Upon as Serious. Word was received from Senator Col- quiit’s residence, 220 A street southeast, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, to the effect that asked. on Ti ne Stoc Sto asked. Pennsylvania, 47 asked. the Senator is not quite so well today as one 31ST, 5 asked. ‘Poeumetic Gus yesterday. He is suffering with nis throat. | ny ea This afternoon, however, he is resting |15 asked Grest Palle Jee, 120 BiG. 100. asked somewhat more comfortably. Dr. Irving | Boll Run Pa) 18 bid. eS a C. Rosse has been summoned in consulta- | 1),S8ed. uter-Ocean Building, tion with the attending physician, Dr. os THEY WANT BONDS. - jel as serious on ac- a SE vate cy | Me: Cleveland am n unable to walk, | Want o few Bees about the Se in| ees 8 not as well as usual Sun-|_ "volved in the signing of the evignior- his seat in the Senate f.r{®£¢ bill ts the issue of more United States a short time yesterday. The attack came bonds. It is the desire of both Mr. Cleve- on last evening after he returned to his| land and Mr. Carlisle that authorization residence. His throat is especially affected. | be given for the issuance of short term ee three per cerit bonds of small denomina- Damages. jtion, The matter is being pressed with Michael and Margaret | considerable earnestness, it being repre- Walsh agt. W. 8. Anderson for damages by | sented that such bonds must be issued to reason of a dog attacking and biting a | secure the gold reserve, whether the seign- child, the jury in Chief Justice Bingham's |jorage bill is signed or vetoed, unless Court Cricut.» ‘day found a verdict for | coupied with the coinage of the scigntorage age ‘there is a provision made by act of Con- S that all customs dues be paid in goid. is proposition enters into the question - of whether or not Mr. Cleveland will sign (the seigniorage bill. He has indicated @ desire to sign the seigniorage bill if he can see his way clear to do so without ering the gold reserve; but & con- on Which has been presented to him y he bill with the sug- t if the proposition to coin the rage were sent himn coupled with » provision for the issue of bonds or for the partaent of customs dues in gold he would it > by taking this action he could insure thority to issue 3 per vent bonds is little doubt that he would fol In the nia Keported by Silsby & Co., bankers and broke Metropolitan Bank build: CHIC Pork Lard. S.Ribs od that it will Lot nim to issue bonds arain nditions as the fifty amil- ly tssued—selling them at ercome the exceasive inter- strong belief that ff no a is given for bonds that there will be an issue under existing law and » department will be compelled to » bonds on the market at what they nm to fix ait which per cent interest to 3. +2. i DU Passed. ivi bill passed the House New York Cotton. High. was ‘Ove Month. to ot es ws Tune. Baltimore Markets. TMK The sundr without division. — —-— impure Milk. of. Hird, chemist of the health depart- ment, swore out warrants in the Court this afternoon, charging William Car- ley, F. S. Dewey, Eugene Fowler and F. R. Horner with selling milk below ihe stand- ard. mixed west tock, 66.538 Range of the Thermometer. Botter The following were the readings of the ae. aan x; ee ™ cre thermometer at the weather bureau today " ? Food “Indie, i3at4; ‘store | gam. 2» m, 6; maximum, &; packed, 10al2. Eggs weak—fresh, 13. Cheese un z sac ° : 4 jee on