Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1894, Page 2

2 HE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 22 7 1893—-SIXTEEN PAGES. fendant is to be the last wtiness to testify on that side, he will hardly take the staad before the latter part of next week. 't is Mated that the story he will tell will be hard- iy iess in length than that told on the stand by Miss Pollard, which consumed the greater part of a day, and that the cross- examination will be no less searching, al- though it may not be so long drawn out as was that of the plaintiz. The cross-examination of Col. Preckin- ridge will be conducted, it is believed, by ‘Mr. Wilson, and his examination of the de- fendant is looked forward to as one of the Most interesting incidents of the trial. Helping Miss Pollard. A dispatch in The Star yesterday from Lexington, Ky., stated that Miss Pollard had been furnished with funds to prosecute her suit by 2 wealthy woman who had taken an interest in her case. According to ® story circulated at the court house today, this woman is a widow, a Kentuckian and a near relative of one of the plaintiff's female witnesses. This woman's interest in the| plaintif’ is not, it ts explained, due to any Feel regard borne by her for ss Pollard, but is said to be due alone to the fact that she hopes, by providing the plaintiff with the funds necessary to prosecute the suit, | te punish Col. Breckinridge for the injury which she believes he occasioned her rela-| tive. There are many stories out as te where, tHe funds come from. A Chicago paper has published a statement by a man out! there, who claims to know that years ago | @ number of young worten, including Miss | Poliard, banded together to assist euch ether in their matrimonial ventures, and mow this band is helping Miss Poliard in| ber suit. | Sister Auzustin's Deposition. When the trial was resumed this morn ing, 2 few minutes after 1) o'clock, Mr.) Sidi announced that he would read the deposition of Sister Augustin of the! Foundling Asylum of Norwoed, Ohio, near Cincinrati. | Ske stated that she of the institution, having been conn with the order of Sistors of the Poor for forty-one years and with this asylum since ssl. The asylum was established for the «ure of infants and unfortunate wvomen | and to offer a place of refuge fer th ter. She stated that the only person e' in the asylum named Louise Wilson w there at the time of taking the deposi tion and had given birth to a child about @ month fore. There was never any person bearing the name of Madeline Pol-| asylum and w the best of her | ¢ the plaintif? was mever an in-/ mate of the he Did not think Miss Pollard could ha’ been there without her knowing it, for she was there in the string of ISS and had no recollection of ever having seen the last summer, when she the taking of the dep aa inmate who w a places to avoid beirg » Louise Wilson nor Madeline Pollard. I when in pubile en, but it was not | De- ponent knew this person, who went by tne Name of Mrs. Johnson. She made this} name public under protest and on condition | that it should not be reed in this trial, but | Mr. Stolt did not rotice this request in} the deposition until after he had read the | name. | Continuing, the deponent said that when | Miss Pollar] came to the asylum last De- cember two gentlemen we one of whom was Mr. Johnson. Mi lard asked her if she recognized her first deponent thought she did not. Agnes asked her what her motives were in bringing this case and Pollard said | it was a desire for justice; she knew there was no money in it and was not after! money, but she did not intend that the defendant sfiould ever adiress any more | young ladies or associations. Sister Agnes told her she was a bad woman and to this | Miss Pollard said: “I was a bad girl, but! Tam not a bad woman.” | During this visit Miss Pollard and the sisters asked a number of questions to find out if possible whether the former was ever an inmate of the asylum. The mat- ter of the location of rooms and the details | of the institute were gone into at some| length. Mrs. Schmidt, now a nurse, but head chambermaid in 1885, was called in and failed to recognize the plaintiff. Miss | Pollard spoke of a girl named Eliza who used to be there as a servant and said that Eliza once brocaht ris wer room, Ae pose of amusing her, a lamp wit begllen in it. Deponent said that there ‘was such a girl in the house, but there was never such a clock - No Record of Louise Wilson. | Deponent was given to understand that plaintiff was in the asylum under the name of Louise Wilson, but a careful examina-| tion of the records in the presence of her lawyers failed to find any such name. De- ponent told Miss Pollard that a girl named | Miss Bergwynn gave birth to a child in) the asylum May 29, 1885, and she pointed | out to the lawyers the name of this young | roman in the books. Then Miss Pollard | : “Oh, yes; that is the name I went by | then I was here. I had so many names t it is hard for me to remember them.” | iss Pollard called it “Burgoyne,” though | was not the way it was in the book. o other child was born in the asylum on | 29; 1885, though an infant was brought | a gs to the house by a midwife » 4 the best ; Bergwynn was pard, but a smaller wom: Probably more then 4) Women had been in the asylum since then. Miss Be n's child dic . and when Pollard saw the entry of this death in the records she threw up her | hands $s though over- come by gr t ath. De did signs of grief on Miss Pollard’s y not hers hewever, any inquiry was ever received at the from Miss Pollard as to the fat ehiid of hers, and the first s the death of this child of Mis: Was last December, wh asylum with her was not at the as: December visit, but from one of her iawy: to the deposition Malion’s nt testimony, » Bradley answer rdge it Mal = m made state] that aresented is she wsbes Luar somes OL ie | also asked as to the altar in | member such a person and could not. ed. | Washington Irving's works, and claimed to find in one of them a Christmas card which had left there nearly nine years be- fore. The Fameus Christmas Card. This now famous Christmas card was at tached as a part of the deposition and was handed around and carefully examined by all of the members of the jury to see wheth- er jhe edges were really broken as though it had not been stored away in a buck all these years. The card was a gaily colored one, with blue silk fringe, of a style £0 popular a few years ago and now consider- ed rather out of date. On it was a saudy bunch of flowers, with beneath it tae to- ken, “With loving Christmas sreetings. The sister said that when sne first saw the card, in December, 1893, che outside cover of the card was rolled; now it was flattened out. Since then it had remained in the book, which deponent had iocked in the cupboard. The book nad been in the cupboard during the nine years. They had | been taken out a good deal by inmates to read them. Nothing was stid by Sister Augustin or Sister Agnes about tne Ch mas card to Miss Pollard. The books ¢ | hardly be said to have been much ased, as the inmates of the house were not, as @ te rule, of the class who read and app Irving’s works. Deponent was sure that Dr. Mary Street had never treaied a n the asylum; did not know any ch and did not remember her ever e even to visit a oati Oa no o. mn did a woman physiviim cver offi- clate at a childbirth In the asylim. She did } not remember that there was ever a ja- tient who was known by one name ant re- ceived mail addressed in another name. the asylum always remain » well and strong and rarely sixteen days. This, she thought, would be an unusually short time. She did not remember that any patient from the asylum in the summer of i885 ent in the carriage, to the house of Dr. Relle Be an in Cincinr The usy no carriage. The article hy in the New York World was read to deponent, and she contradicted a number of minor detatls as to Miss Pol- lard’s alleged stay at the asylum, when she claimed to have gone there veiled and remained so. As to the chapel being on the right-hand side deponent said that only for a brief 3 1SS4 it had been in a building attached the main building. Vis'tors to patients were usually seen in the reception fooms, and, so far as she could remember, none had ever gone to the patients’ rooms. There was a statue of St. Joseph in the but she did not recollect that there was ever one that had a defective eye, as Miss Pollard describe@ it. The statue in the chapel at the time the deposition was taken had two good eyes. Sister Augustin was chapel to show that it was not at all as It had been described by Miss Pollard. Some dis- erepancies 28 to height and size were brought out, but they were not at all strik- | ing. Mr. Carlisle read the deposition so far as it contained the cross-examination cf Sister Augustin. She did not remember chapel, | i Sister “Agnes Regina's saying that there | were three women in the asylum who were veiled. The deponent admitted that was not present when the conversation took place that led to Miss Pollart’s leaving | the room in evident grief, and that tnis transpired prior to Mr. Carliste’s roing back to the rear room to inspect the bool Mrs. Schmidi’s Deposition. Mr. Stoll next read the deposition of Mrs. Lena Schmidt, who had been a nurse in the Norwood Foundling Asylum for eighteen years. She did not remember any patient there under the name of Louise Wilson and had never seen Madeline Pollard there ex- cept when she came there with Messrs. Car- lisie and Johnson, her attorneys, in Decem- ber, 1803. Deponent was present during a part of the conversation then held with the sisters. Deponent came down stairs to see Sister Agnes on some other business and Sister Agnes told her to “come in and see this lady and sce if Pe thi ink she had ever seen her. had tried her best to see if she would re- The deponent The visiting lady claimed that she remembered deponent’s face, but could not remember her name. She heard Miss Pollard say as to why she brought the suit that “I did it for justice and to disgrace Mr. Breckinridg: She heard her say also that he should not keep up in society. She heard Mr. Johnson} say something to the effect that Mr. Breck- inridge would have to stop making ad- dresses in young ladies’ schools. Deponent Was not present and did not hear any con- versation about the death of a child. In the spring of 1885 deponent was employed in doing general chamberwork about the in- stitution and went about in all the rooms. She did not remember anybody who re- mained in her room veiled. Deponent be- lieved she would have remembered anybody In that condition. The deponent said that the book case in the sitting room had been uiere nine or ten years. Every one in the institution had access to it. Her Cross-Examination. The cross-examination was real by Mr. Carlisle. The deponent said she know employe in the institution named who was not in her right mind. she did rot remember Miss Foilurd’s going to Dliz: when she callel in December, 1893, and ad- dressing her as Eliza, She did not remem- ber the appearance of Miss Fergwynn, nor | could she remember a lady who occupied rooms directly over the sitting room in the spring of 1885. There were so many, she said, who came, that she could not remem- ber all. What Dr. DeCourcy Deposed. Mr. Stoll next proposed to read the depo- sition of Dr. W. E. DeCourcy, the physi- cian at the Norwood Foundling Asylum. Mr. Carlisle said that the deposition was immaterial, as it was not claimed that he attended Miss Pollard. He suggested that it 3 only 2 waste of time. Mir. Stoll said he thought there was more in it than Mr. Carlisle indicated, and, Judge Bradley assenting, he proceeded to read it. Dr. DeCourcy said that he had been attending physician at the asylum sin Ise He never knew Miss Poilar¢ Thore had been a girl there in 1884 or ISS named Wilson, but he did not remember her first name. He did not believe he would know her if he saw her. He found the name of Wilson by Ieoking over the books if such a person had been there. He pen it stated in the papers that Miss Nard had been there under the name of Wilson. The deponent said further that there bad been no person there under the name of Louise Wilson who had given birth to a child on or about May 20, 1885. Some of the inmates of the institution were occasion- ally attended by outside physicians, but no female physician had ever attended a pa- ehildbirth. He remembered © had remained * eiled in was a girl who said he knew her. He could not remember the date of this occurrence. The deponent could not remember anything about Miss Burzoyne or Miss Bergwynn. The examination then went into the rules and practices of the in- his presence. stitution, the length of time patients mained there usually after confinement; the location of the chapel and different partments of the institution and the names tn 3 in charge at different times. There was no cross-examination of this de- ponent. Orville G. Brown's Deposition. Mr. Stoll read next the deposition of Mr. Me Rrown of Germantown, Ohio, acher in the Cincinnati Wesleyan College. nent knew Madeline Pollard. He be- came acquainted with her about the middle of Novembe! He referred to i books of college, and then r 1 Wednesday known her m a record, show- he er and ted thi “nt in a conversation class, re- ww t's mother, 4 that Miss Pollard’s board remainder of that made by Mr. S10 for the. gave tue nuie to dir. Thomas Jone: nt his note for Deponent | re-+ ridge was not at the school on Av of Lex- ia little bit and insisted on havi ington for collection. This note was among | the papers left by Jones, who is now dead. | Deponent went to see Rodes on several vc- casions to collect money, and Rodes would | beg off, saying he was “hard up. | Conversation With Kodes Not Read. Mr. Carlisle objected to detailing these conversations between Mr. Brown and Mr. Rodes. Mr. Stoll urged that it had been contended | that Miss Pollard had introduced herseif in this school as being under the guardian- ship of Rodes, and that it was proper to show what was said by Rodes as to the re- lationship. Hl Judge Bradley suggested that that was a | somewhat novel proposition. “There are a good many novel things in this case, your honor,” observed Mr. Stoll. “Yes, [see that,” said Judge Kradiey; “the objection is sustained.” Mr. Stoll read next questions pat to ub witness as to his understanding of the re tionship between Mr. Rodes and Miss Pol-! lard, but objection was made and sustained, as it not appear from whom the depo- nent derived his understanding. ‘The aeponent did not remember € ven Miss Pollard’s mothe or naving heard of her there. ver .hay- the col- Wessie Brown was the deponent’s sister. and she and Miss Pollard got to be “chums.". Miss Pellatd was quite friendiy, too, with a Miss in Lydia Russell ef Cincianati. deponent had. there was no Poliard’s age. The pook that would show such a record, was, he believed, with his father’s papers, but he had searched dili- gently for it and had been unable to tind it. Deponent, from the hooss before him, said Miss Peliard was present at the school on the ith, 1th dQ isth cf April and the AGth of May, 1884. | the books rd of Miss Mr. Carlisle objected to this testimony as it was from a record which the ¢ eponent | had not made himself, but ¥ ply a memorandum made by some other person. | Mr. Stoll said this testimony was proper, he thought, in view of the statement of Miss Pollard that she went away from the | school in April. Mr, Thompson argued that the testimony was admissible and that the records or part of them, had been id i deposition of Wessie |-rown her handwriting. Mr. Thompson urged fur- ther that he did not thin it made am ference what it was that the gefe: used to refresh his memory, if he testii from his memory. After some discussion, as it appeared that the deponent did depend on the records, this part ot his deposition w: excluded. The deponent could not recollect just what date Miss Pollard left the college. He re- membered that Miss Pollard did claim to be called to Kentucky by the illness of a rela- tive, but did know that the published stat: ment made by Miss Pollard that she was away two months was not true. He stated! this, he said, after his memory had been re- — by the entry in the books referred | Objection was again made to this te: mony, depending on the memorandum, ud | Judge Bradiey excluded the testimony. | Deponent said Miss Pollard left the school | finally about the middle of August Saw Col. Greckincidge at the Se Deponent remembered seeing Col. Breck- inridge there one day, but did not remem- ber the date distinctly. He remembered it because he knew Col. Breckinridge was a} Prominent man and there were other cir- cumstances. Miss Pollard was in the habit | of claiming friendship or relationship with | most of the prominent people in Kentucky, | among whom was Col. Breckinridge. He re- membered on one occasion, on her return- | ing from a visit to Kentucky, she spoke of | nearly all the prominent men’ of Kentucky, Col. Breckinridge, Senator Blackburn and members of the state legislature having called upon her. It was regarded as a kind of joke. When Col. Breckinridge came to see her it was a sort of confirmation of her | story, and that was why he remembered it) so well, , Col. Breckinridge’s card was brought stating whom he wished to see, and Pollard went to see him. A little later, Miss Pollard came to Geponent ana saic Breckinridge wanted to for a drive. Deponent thereupon went with her to a drawing :oom, and to! Breckinridge he could take her whe The deponent said Col. Breekinrid returned about dusk that evening and took | her cut. As to Her Leaving School. Deponent was here asked as to her leav- ing the school, and said that he was look ing out for the money and had been pre: ing for the money; and Mr. Rodes had not paid. There would have been no objection to he~ staying if she had paid up. The de- | ponent was asked about Miss Pollard’s put- ting the name Breckinridge in 'r came. He said she was alway claimin kinship | with different Kentucky people, and as a e in the college she used to be called ‘Madeline Vivien Bell Joe Blackburn Breckinridge Pollard” He founda a record of her name as ‘Madeline V. 8B. Pollard.” He knew her as Madeline Vivian, and ouly learned recently that the V stood for an other name than Vivian. At this point the usual recess was taken. After Re ‘The reading of the deposition was resumed | by Mr. Stoll upon the reconvening of court | after recess. The court room was but | slightly filled, the reading of depositions evi- dently holding out little attraction to the throngs which heretofore crowded the room during the occupancy of the nd by wit- | nesses., During recess Col. Breckinri: walked” over to the office of Maj. Mo: chief of police, but Maj. Moore was abe It is believed that the object of the d ant's visit was to consult with the chiof of police relative to his appearance on the wit- ness stand, it being supposed that Moore will be called to the stand on be of the defendant. Just before the trial was resumed after recess Messrs. Butterworth and Stoll of uke her out counsel for Col. Breckinridge had quite a| pleasant chat with members of the jury, who awaited in their box the opening of court, the various newspaper cuts of the | vidently forming the subject of con- | ion, ‘The defendant, seemingly, entertains the | highest respect for the twelve men who are to decide between Miss Pollard and him, and whenever he has occasion to pass them | in entering or leaving the court room he acknowledges their presenee by a most pro- eund and courtly bow. Before proceeding with the trial thi ternoon Judge Bradiey called Mr. and Mr. Butterworth j hii, and, after Yew moments spent i consultation with | them, announced that he would adjourn - the case from this afternoon until next Monday morning, in order that there migiit not be a session of the court tomorrow, | Good Friday. Visits to Mr. Ro: At the beginning of the aftern.on session | Mr. Stoll continued the reading of Mr. | Brown's deposition. Mr. Carlis objected to this part of the deposition because it was | a reference to Mr. Brown's diary as to cer- tain visits he made to Mr. Rodes. Judze Bradley, however, found no objectiva ty the competency of the evidence. At best 't was very remote. Several visits were made to Rodes in the summer of 1884 and the win- ter of 1SS4-85 on financial matters, Mr, Rodes, deponent said, was a farmer and looked like a good, old, plain-looting tar- mer. We don’t care what he looked itke,”” in- terjected Mr. Wilson. But we do,” answered Mr. Stoi Mr. Rossell visited Miss Pollacd at the school a number of times, the lep si continued. There was a pro at the college named Joseph G tis | only relations toward Mis those of a teacher toward were be ad 2 pupil. ponent had seen a letter in whica sie s she was consuming with an uadying icv for the professor, but this was the frst he had heard of it. | Was that the Wessie Brown letter?” | asked Mr. Wilson. | “I presume so,” said Mr. Stoll. Only at the School Gnee. Deponent was certain that ISS4. reasons. inridge was This he remembered for a numbe Was also certain that i never back again after first visit. It was not usual for men to visit girls at the school, would have remembered it 'f Mr ridge had been there. Did not bis heart trouble that Miss ad, but had since learned of an “af- jon of the heart that she had at tion of the deronent. The ox first meeting with Mr. Bre gone into at some length. he was not a politician az any political work for Mr. He said he had also know Breckinridge for some time ps not recall the circumstances nridge was Drown said r done first | when of meeting last summer in Cincinnati, the he was introduced by a Mr. Jone: ne Omitted Port Mr. Carlisle started to omit cemain por tions of the cross-examination as unimp< ant, but Mr, Stoll didn’t seem to 1 is @ chance | » this | Was Present at the Secret Marriage. | mony uniting her to Col. Breckniridge had | plete occupancy of a corporation the pow- | line in the locality. (demand and that there | consideration the horse-ieech det | ning, 1 to see the portions to be left out. Mr. Car-! lisle explained that these were the portions brought out by the examination In chief | which Judge Bradley had ruled out this; morning. When the deposition was taken it was before a commissioner who had no right to exclude testimony or pass upon ob- Jections. These portions, Mr. Carlisle stated, | would act as a waiver of objections made | this morning. Mr. Stoll urged that this | part of the deposition be submitted to the | , court | “Gladly,”” said Mr. Carlisie, “not only | because I have to submit, but because I mel Judge Bradley sustained Mr. Carlisle tn! his contention with the understanding that | as of the testimony seemed? to be) proper it Might be read by the defense if | they saw fit. Neither side could be com- | pelled by the court to read any portion of ; a deposition, but the other side ht in- sist on its right to re it as its own. Miss Pollard Popular at School, ‘The deposition then went on te deal with | the methods pursued in the business of the irstitution to show how ant by whom ntracts were made with students. Miss rd was one of the popular girls at the school. There were forty or fifty scholars nd they were allowed to s callers on Fricay evenings ard oecasionally the were formal receptions. He could not recol- t Miss Pollaré had sent out invita- any of these, but presumed she a iso that she reveived cailers on other evenings.Mr. Breckinridge made oniy | two calls were on the same Vay She went cut with hin that evermg end returned at a reasonable hour. It she had not he weuld have known of it. Miss Pollard, deponent continued, was on intimate terms with his sister, Miss Wessie | Brown, and her relations toward the rest | of the family were of the most pleasant character. i Uninteresting Detail. i A great deal of time was spent in decid- | ing whether various parts of the -Jepositton | should be read by one side or the other, or | whether they could properly be read at ali, Inasmuch as the testimony when read was | with reference to detail of life at Wesleyao | College, it was of comparatively little in- | terest to the audience, and even the jury) did not seem to care whether It was read or not. As a whole the afternoon rather drug- ged. Deponent only remembered one occasion when Miss Pollard as absent from the) college, and his recollection of that was | that she was not away for any ¢reat length of time. ‘The deponent said that he never knew of Miss Pollard wearing glasses. Nor did he ever know of a telegram coming to the school for her. He considered her a_well- disposed girl, ladylike, well capable of tak- ing care of herself, and perfect!y weil avle to withstand improper advances from the other sex. "e object, your honor,” said Mr. Wil- son, “to that answer.” “Yes,” remarked Judge Bradley the nature of expert testimony. Dr. Williams’ Deposition. That concluded the deposition of Mr. Brown, and Mr. Stoll then announced that he would now read the deposittoa of Dr. U. P, Williams of Frankfort, Ky. Mr. Carlisle objected to the deposition on the ground that tt was immaterial. “The party does not know anything, any- way,” explained Mr, Wilson. “Well, then,” remarked Mr, Stoll, “it can- not hurt anybody.” The deposition was handed to Judge Rrad- ley for his perusal. He thought it might be read. Mr. Stoll then proceeded to read it. The deponent stated that he attended tie plaintiff's mother at the birth of a daagh- ter in October or November, IS% There was then a little girl called “Mattie.” about three years old. He was unable, however, to state that the plaintiff was the child ‘Mattie. “itis in ~The Com- NATI, Ohio, March 22 mercial Gazette's Wooster, Ohio, special says: It has leaked out that John Sweeny, jr, a Wooster lawyer, was at Rev. John R. Paxton’s house on the evening of the secret marriage of Congressman Breckin- ridge to Mrs. Louisa Wing. Mr. Paxton introduced him to a strange lady present | as “my cousin from Kentucky not men- tioning her name, and laughingly said that they had just been having a little meeting in reference to reuniting the Pres- byterian Church north and south. The lady was Mrs, Wing, and the cere- just been_performes >. HE OBJECTS VIGOROUSL Mr. Morris Does Not Want a Cross- Town Line on L Street. Mr. W. J. Morris writes to the Cormis- sioners today concerning a cross-town railroad as follow! “Jt is announced that the Engineer Com- missioner has under consideration a Senate | bill granting further cross-town privileges to the Beit Line, and that on account of | some mechanica! difficulties in crossing the cable line at Thomas Circle, the line | was to be shoved another block further | south to L street. It is under. how- evel that a vigorous kick vy property owners has been largely the cause | of the proposition. “It would seem that before seriously co sidering the advisability of giving up so| narrow a street as L to the almost com-| ers that be should have borne in upon the the fact of a demand for a cross-town Is there any such pub- I assert that there is no such is absolutely no necessity for present sacrifice of the rights of L street residents and property owners. | Laying aside as not entitled to lic demand? moment's | ad of the | corporation which would take the earth and | fullness thereof tf if could get the same for nothing or the owners of a badly lo- | cated hall who would have street car lines in every street, provided they bid in their direction, the question is, have the people who have no personal interests to serve, | who would be most injured, any rights tnat | should be respected? “L street is one of the narrow streets, already given up west of Mth street to the occupancy of the telegraph mon Y, whose huge masts, bearing 130 wir. en our windows, theaters, our lives end) shut out just so much of air and space. | Why should it be contemplated to take | away another of some few comforts quite | without necessity? Is it on the principle | ‘to him that hath shall be given and to) him that hath not shall be taken away | even that he hath?" The |. dents are in the latter category. } setts avenue, just north, four time is free from obstructions, and proposed ‘to him that hath shall be in the way of light, air, space, quict and freedom from corporation oceupane’ “There is no existing need for multipli- cation of cross-town lines between M street and G street a yivania avenue west | from 15th street. It is ten years too socn. And when there comes a public demand! it ean better be assured by allowing an ex- tension of the existing line w on P and O streets, the exact midway between U and G. It is certainly an outrage to pro- | pose another cross-town line so far scuth as L street at this time.” as { Cadets Who Have Passed. | Among the cadets recently appointed to the West Foint Military Academy who have successfully passed the examination for admission to the academy in June are H. L. Newbold of Maryland, Cralle of Virginia and Guy V. Hen: at large. ae sae ex Dropped. In Criminal Court, division 2, Justice Cole, today nolle prosses were entered in the cxses of Henry Hirsh alias Charles Hirse, Salo- mon Kaufman, Henry larceny; Jullus claim; Thomas fal Curran Humes, burglary, John I forgery; Wm. slaughter; Chase and James Waters, house breakii and Marten Allen, John Turnetl, | Kurtz and Michael Conway, larceny. | se Democratic Campnign Headquarters. | ‘The democratic natioaal campaign com- | il e forma beadquart mitt epen- | ed next Tuesday evening by a reception to the democratic Senators Representa- , tives. The invitations will be issued to-| morrow. The headquarters are at Worm- | ley’s Hotel and the reception is given with “View to making it a rentezvous tor Con- smen and public men generaily. -e- gehts Templar Services. ning the Columbia Jeries of the Knights plar will merch to the Church of the Reformation corner of Pennsylvania venue and Yd street soucheast, joining in with the congregation of Dr. The pastor will preach the | TM be is’ in the service | by Kev. Dr. Kuaus und ivev. br. Hamma. | Kn On Good Friday « 1 Potomee Commaat | ceed himse’ LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Court-Martial of Commander Heye:- man at Brooklyn. iS ASSCCIATES SENTENCED IKAN Burt, the Half-Breed Murderer, Sentenced to Hang. —-—o--—__ IN NEW JERSEY’S SENATE Sako oh ee. TO TRY COMMANDER NEYERYWAN. Court-Martial ak Seeds fer the Loss of the Kearsarge. NEW YORK, March 22.—The court-mar- tial assembled to try Commander Heyer- man, formerly of the Kearsarse, 4 at the navy The member: Judge Advoc Charles C. Carpenter, the commandant of the Portsmouth navy yard, who, by son of seniority, officia s president the board; Capt. Montgomery Sicard, Capt. dames O'Kane, the commander of the r ceiving ship Wabash, at Boston; Capt. Al- bert Kautz, the captain of the Boston navy ard; Capt. B. F. Day, Capt. J. J. Read, Commander Frank Wildes of the equip- ment office, navy yard, Norfolk, Va.: mander Nicoll Ludlow and Com Richard P. Leary, general inspector of the Katahdin, the new rbor defense ram. It will be seen, from this list of names, that the court-martial is te be an imp: naval affair, composed of men all senior ot- ficers in rank to Commander Heyerman, with the exception of the judge advocate. The latter, however, has no vote in a cour martial, and officiates merely as a prosecut- ing attorney. After organizati tomorrow mornin: conver of the court, in addition to ate Kelley, , court adjourned until —— MURDERER Pf) RT SENTENCED. The Half-Breed Criminal Broke Into Sobs. DOYLESTOWN, Pa., March 22.—Judge erkes today pronounced sentence of death upon Wallace Burt, the half-breed. who confessed the bruta! murder of Mr. and Mrs. Rightley, an old couple with whom he lived. The scene in the court room was very pathetic. When Burt, who ts densely igno- rant, was made to understand the situa- tion he broke down completely and wept as he was taken to prison. The governor will name the date on which he is to be hanged. — ~~. MeKANE’S ASSOCIATES, Jamison Convicted and Newton Pleads Gailty. BROOKLYN, March 22.—After being out all night the jury in the case of Constable Andrew Scott Jamieson of Gravesend brought in a verdict of guilty this morning. | Jamieson was charged with perjury in connection with assaults on Col. Bacon and the republican election watchers at Gravesend on election day, last November. He signed four complaints against members of the party of republicans handed him by Justice R. V. B, Newton, and which were grossly false. Justice Newton appeared in court this morning and pleaded guilty to “offenses in connection with Gravesend election cases. He was sentenced to ten months in prison, with a fine of $700, nsel for Jamieson in closing yesterday made a scathing attack on Justice Newton, denouncing him as the guilty principal and Jeson as the ignorant tool. is in an unenviable situation in said Mr. Patterson. “If the facts were as he himself represented them he was a much more wicked man than has been supposed. He was a magistrate. he not know there was a conspiracy to pro- cure a fraudulent vote? f there was such a conspiracy, Newton in it, aye, ten times deeper .han Me- Kane himself. Newton was the architect of that wonderful puzzle of election dis- tricts. He knew when Col. Bacon and his friends were put into that van that they were guilty of no offense against the law. He went to Coney Island, probably with an agteement with the other conspirators that he'd better let them go. them go. “If he got Jamieson to sign the com- plaints he was guilty cf subornction of perjury, even on his own testimony. New- ton kpew the complaints were false. What did he do? If he had any heart or con- | science or nerve or blood he would have refused to let Jamieson swear to what he | krew was deliberate perju He was black in his heart, by his own evidence. He was five times worse than Jamieson, taking his own story. Ae ACCEPT THE THEY RESULT. Democratic Senators Take Their Seats at Trenton. ) N. J. March 22. TRENTO) ‘The demo- leratie senators were all in their seats at the meeiing of the senate this morning, with the exception of Winton of Bergen, Miller of Cape May and Martin of Hunter- don, They came into the chamber quietly and dropped into their seats without any demonstration. All had a subdued appear- ance, but they accepted the result with all the grace possible. There was a large wd in the galleries and on the floor when President Rogers took his seat. They cheered loudly. Prayer was offered, then the senate began the first business in which both democrais and republicans took part. } among them and address s to ari “presi- dent.” This was in a bill which he wanted to exam: yas placed on the ¢: 3 The governor sent to the senate the fol- lowing nominations: Chancellor Alexander T. i to suc- ceed himself for a term of years at a salary of $10,000 a year. ice of the rt, William J. MaGie, to su ‘The term is seven years and the salary $9,000 a year. Judge of the court of errors and appeals, Col. C. S. Simms of Burlington, in place of Judge Clement. The salary is $8 per diem. Col. Simms is president of the New Jersey Society of Cincinnatus, end is a nuis! ed lawyer. The nomination of McGill and aGie were confirmed, and that of Col. mms was referred to the committee on juaicia’ The following bills were adopted in the senate: Providing for the clectio in second-class counties by chips instead of by ler of the custod supreme ef free holder rards and town- y district: n of laws act; re rymander act, ne the county, in n of the supreme court; life insurance companies from ¢ ting between white an1 colored per acing ri A resolution was ¢ ion. The bill entencel to be hanged their case to the court als on 4 itth permitting crimina for x to cari of errors and opposed n : too mu ‘ape. The bill ‘. A concurrent offered by Mr. F jee, =providin: no municipal corporation shall create a debt exceeding 10 per cent of the ratables, and limits the | amount to be raised by taxes in any years to 2 per cent of the ratables. a. ‘The proposed change in the constit is to be submitted to the people for approval or rejectio; The resolution was referred to the judiciary committee. _—— oo Fourth-Class Postmasters. der of fourth-c today was nu: The cotal masters appointed forty-eight. Of this number thirty-one were to fill va- cancies caused by death and resi, and the remaihder by removals. T! ginia appoirtments were Wisman, vice F. M. Doll ton, R.'H. McGeorge, vice removed. M. Turner, ‘a in Brooklyn this morning. | Commodore | rea- | of} | 115,000 square fee Did | He was told to let! and | ss post-| THE MAHONE SITE See (Continued from First Page.) ball lot, which is the very best today the purposes of the government. If matter should come to the selection of a second choice I shall propese the Johnson | site, north and east of the present building, | about three blocks, high and dry, on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio tracks, and | of ample dimensions. “I have lost very largely my desire for a | Particular locality in my greater desire to pow rt the danger that is so seriously pend- ing.” The Reilding’s Height. Mr. McMillan interrupted to ask if Mr. | Manderson thought 3,000 employes should |be put in a six-story building. He wanted | to know if it were not better to buy enough jland to spread out the building in two or | three stories. Mr, Manderson thought that under the improved and rm ) building there was no dan; MeMill eight story building. Mr. attention to the inflammable materials in t building, and io of tire. Mr. id the new office fire-proof. Modern exp with fire-proof buildings, he went on, not been very re: gs yet the modern methods have tended to make combus' very slow. f the Senate should vote down my amendment for the base ball lot, and also j that for the Johnson lot, then I shall vote with the committee for the present site.” Diterent Costs. in response te a question from Mr, Har- {TIS as to the cost of these different sites, |) Mr. Manderson said that the base ball fot ecntains about 170,600 square feet, and cculd be purchased for about $240,000; the Mahone lot has 137,000 square feet, and will cost from (4) to $275,000; the Johnson jot contains 106,000 square fet, which can be bought for $1 a foot. The proposed |#round of the present site contains about and will cost $1 Against Mahone’s Lot. “T realize,” continued Senator Manderson, hat whenever this lot, whatever may be its number or designation, is spoken of as j the Mahone lot, it is commended immedi- j ately to many Senators on this floor. I am | Rot surprised at this phenomena. FER Reh is no man on this floor who would i? Pp the distinguished gentleman who gives ;his name to this property sooner than would, and if T could believe that the go’ ernment’s interests would be subserved I should certainly vote for the Mahone lot. | But there are many objections to be urged |against tt. It is not the proper shape, it $ not all solid ground and in the near future t likely that the B. and O. tracks now acjoining it will be removed further east. Under those circumstances I shall certainly vote with the committee against any Propo- sition to force off on the governm | Mahone lot.” government this | Senator Gorman gave a brief talk in favor }only way to relieve the employes who are kept in the building at the risk of their lives. Amendment Adop' At about a quarter of 2 a vote was taken on the amendment presented by Mr. Carey in favor of the Mahone lot. It resiited in 27 yeas, 22 nays, and so the committee on | Bublic buildings and grounds was defeated. | After the roll call, and before the vote was ;announced, there were many pairs an- |mounced, and considerable confusion re- |Sulted. There was a brief discussion as to the pair of Senator Du Bois, and Mr. Vest angrily declared that there was something very strange about the pairing. Senator | Harris changed his vote from nay to yea before the announcement, and immediately ; Moved a reconsideration of the vote by |Which the amendment was agreed to. At this point the McGarrahan bill was laid before the Senate, and the printing office bill went over till Monday. The Vote. The vote on the amednment was as fol- lows: In the affirmative Senators Black- burn, Butler, Call, Carey, Chandler, Cul- lom, Davis, Dolph, Frye, Gray,Hansbrough, | Harris, Higgins, Hoar, McMillan, Perkins, | Power, Pugh, Quay, Ransom, Sherman, | Shoup, Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller, Wash- burn, Wilson and Wolcott. | In the negative Senators Allen, Rate, Ber- jry, Blanchard, Cockerill, Coke, Faulknes, | George, Gibson, Gorman, Hawley, Irby, | Lindsey, McLaurin, Manderson, Mills, Mit- chell of Wisconsin, Morrill, Peffer, Turpie, Vest and Vance. ——_o-+—____. DIED WITH HIs HORSES. A Coachman Burned to Death at Jer- sey City. JERSEY CITY, N J., March 22—The | barn of William McL. King was totally de- stroyed by fire at an early hour this morn- ing, and Michael Farrell, aged twenty-five years, Mr. King’s coachman, and three horses, valued at $1,000, |fames. Two men who were passing dis- ecvered the flames and tried to break in and [rescue Farrell and the horses, but were the shrieks of the horses could be plainly heard, and though an immediate alarm was given, the fire department arrived too late to effect a rescue. ——— The Blodget Estate. 2 In the Circuit Court, division 2, Chief Justice Bingham, today the trial of ‘he case of Johnson, trustee, against Kate Van Wyck—action for possession of property in | square north of 157—was resumed, Messrs. | Johnson and Armstrong of Philadelphia for the plaintiff and Mr. W. F. Mattingly for defendant. This action is based on the Blodget claim for what was known in the | beginning of the century as the Jamaica | tract of 400 acres, lying north of Rhode {Island avenue, and is regarded as a test | case. The defendant claims that the action | is champetrous. The case was adjourned to | Monday. : ses eae) | Rehearsal of King Rene's Daughter. The last rehearsal of the choras, under the direction of Miss Katie V. Wilson, which is to render Smart's cantata, “King | Rene’s Daughter.” at Metzerott’s next | week, was held last night Presbyterian Church. The cantata sung through without a hitch. Th First Church male q tet, ‘arland, Simons, Johnston and Moore, is to assist at this concert for charity. <———- Stock Exchange, was Washington Unit wn Railroad cc ton and Belt Hiroad Com. Assoiation bid! ne Fig ed id. West Bnd 105 bid. 720 #sked. io, 100 asked ate Title, 112 Gy bid, Ty esked inter: *Ex, Dividend. Ocean Buildiag, i | FINANCE | of the committee’s bill. He sald it was the! perished in the | unable to do so. The cries of Farrell atid | in the First | AND TRADE | Bulls ia Wall Street Full of Gon- | fidence, ‘DEPLAT OF TARIFF BILL BOP ER | Better Times *Ahead for the Rail ways. - 'GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. i rr. » well-known © stocks over @ holiday resulted in a narrow and uninter- esting market this morning. London was from 1-4 to 1-2 per cent higher, but afd nothing on this side. Foreigners will not participate in local trading again undil next Tuesday, owing to the Easter holidays. | While the volume of business was smail, jcarly trading was strong and confident. | Traders are generally builish, and belief {that th time has passed for profitable undertekings on the short side. All the |!arse commission houses ate advising pur- ses on weak spots and predict a broader jand higher market the yext few weeks. _The one element of discussion in financial circles is the President's attitude towards the Bland bill, and opinions are more con- | ficting then ever as to the final outcome. | One opinion, emanating from sources j Well Informed, is that the bill will i, and that an extreme free coin 1 be rushed through the House within the next thirty days. Should tnis j theory prove correct, the fate of the latter measure ts already known, and a not be seriously considered. The sugres that a veto of the Bland bill implies defeat for the tariff bill is accepted as decidedly probable by snany operators, who are now buying mocks in the hope of realizing \on louble incentive. i et fas of late ‘ncentive. ‘The short interest that it no longer tions of the bulls, | Urely for the success of their ven | more legitimate grounds for capeeoieeant. | The strength of the while un- |doubtedly arising from the covering of | short es, is now believed to be sustained by good buying for long account. The |Prominent place taken by the railroad stocks during the week, it is claimed, is clearly attributable to a recognition on the part of the investment pubiic of the better | times ahead. It is true, of course, that the | Week's market has never for an instant |gone beyond the control of the local room |element, but there has been a fait sprink- | ling of commission buying, which is full of promis€. The bully are encouraged by the gradual relaxatior! in the rates for foreign exchange, and the consequent decrease in the probabilities of gold exports. The larger Shipping houses have taken no gold as yet, and see no reason now —— time during the week. = ugar has worked back to n con- ditions, and, while active, is Sean vacneat in its fluctuations. The element of uncertainty | as to the real amount of protection on the refined product seryes to curb speculation, [Pending something more definite on this | Point. The stock is well supported aronnd | Present prices, and it is believed inside na- nipulation is about to be resumed. The American Tobacco Company's stock was conspicuously activ® at a gain of 1 1-4 per cent to 78 1-4. Distillers’ is believed to j have entered Into some arrangement with the distributing association, the terms of which are as yet unknown. The strength of the stock is attributed to this cause, but the more plausible theory scems to be that the western pool is anxious to make a mar- ket high enough to liquidate tts present large holdings. Chicago Gas sold down 1 1-4 per cent @2 3-8 ex-dividend. Yesterday's meeti < of New Engiand stockholders adjourned without choosing a president or approv- ing plans of reorganization, It is estimated | that nearly seven million dollars will be re- | quired to put the property in condition to compete with other roads in the same ter- ritory. The stock advanced 1 per cent today tn spite of these facts, but the opinion pre- vails that ultimately the New Haven will get control on its own terms. The market dragged through the last hour without any significant changes in prices. Realizing by the rumor brought about a fractional reaction, but taken ai a whole the day’s trading was very satis. factory. oe FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening. the highest the lowest and the closing prices of the New ¥i stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney. members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Mobre § Schiey, No. 5? Broadway: Stocks. American Sugar, American Su, American Tobacco... American Cotton Of | Atehison Canada Southern. nada Pacific. . hesapeake and Ohio. ©... Cand StL. Chicago. B. ana Q. Cine. and Northwestern, “Chicago Gas tC. M. and St. Pani 32M. and St. Paul, pid (..R. Land Pacific: Deu, Lack. and W. Delaware and Ho Denver und Rio Grande. | Dis. and Cattle Feeding” Genera} Electric Tinnois Central. Lake Shore. ae Louisville and Nashville. | Long Island... . . L. N. A. and Chicago. Manhattan [levate Mictigan Central. Missouri Pacitie. National Lead Go. ew York Central nd New Engiand. | N.Y. C. and St. Co | Northern Pacitic.. | Northern Pacitic, pid. North American Ont. and Western. Pacific Mail... Phila. and Reading Paliman P. Car € Richmond Termin: Southern Pacitic Texas Pacitic.. ‘Tenn. Coal and Iron Wheeling & L. E. Western Union Tel Wisconsin Central, | Silver. - | Chicare Grain and Provision Markets, Isby & Co. bankers and Lrokerm, tank building CHICA Ju duiy.... | August x weak Ite” fresh, —-— - Range of the Thermometer. were the readings of the he weather bureav today S), maximum, 83; min