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THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Penasylvaria Avenne, Cor. Lith Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMA) N, Pree’t. Wow York Office, 83 Potter Building. Is served to subscribers in the ity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Week, or 4c. By mail—anywhere in the Unt States or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents pet : mon Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; With foreign postage . $3.00. (Entered at the Post Oiice at Washington, D. 8 second-class mail mat [>All mail subscriptions must be Rates of adv nown paid in advance. a ation Vou 84, No. 20,844. A SHORT-LIVED LOVE Rosell, Who Was Engaged to Miss Pollard, Testifies, HE TELLS ABOUT HIS COURTING More About the Letter That the Plaintiff Repud ‘tes. INCIDENTS OF THE TRIAL ee ee The Pollard-Breckinridge trial took an interesting turn today. The appearance on the stand of Rankin Rozell, the man to whom Miss Pollard became engaged while she was at the Wesleyan College, in Cin- tinnati, revived interest among the specta- tors, who were getting a little tired of the testimony of experts on handwriting. Miss Pollard also appeared in court today. She ‘was not there when court opened, but was Miss Pollard entered the court with her companion, Mrs. Ellis, and accustomed seat beside her law- Miss Pollard in ‘Isse. @rawn from a tintype produced in court by Mr. yers. It must have been interesting to her to hear her quondam lover describe the course of their love making. When Rozell described her as permitting affectionate demonstrations and sometimes sitting on his lap Miss Pollard showed much agita- tion. She trembled violently and seemed about to speak, but Mr. Carlisle, who was sitting beside her, touched her arm and spoke to her in a low tone, and she re- mained quiet. . There was about the usual attendance at the court this morning. The court room Was not at all crowded, but, of course, there Were many who were not admitted by the court officers. A favorite place for those who are refused admittance to gather is about a window in the north corridor. By looking through this window, across the Barrow courtyard and through another win- dow, one can get a view of an interesting section of the court room. Mr. Breckinridge WASHINGTON, D. ©., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. — Che Evening Star. TWO CENTS An index to nadvertise- ments will be found on Page 3. the engagement “between she and I,” or the relations “between Mr. Rodes and she.” | He did not allege anything in his relations with Miss Pollard that was improper. They became engaged, and he claims to have ceased to love her because he lost confidence in her because she permitted him to hug and kiss her. He brought out all of their courting and love affairs before the court, and even produced the inevitable tin-type. According to Mr. Rozell Miss Pollard claim- ed to him that she was born in 1863. “Col.” E. B. Hay Continu The first witness placed upon the stand this morning was “Col.” E. B. Hay (not a Kentucky colonel, as Judge Bradley said yesterday). He was recalled for further cross-examination by Mr. Wilson. Before commencing Mr. Wilson made a demand that the now famous disputed letter be placed in the custody of the clerk of the court, in order that the lawyers for the plaintiff might have an opportunity to ex- amine it. This request was at once granted by the defense. Beside Mr. Wilson this morning sat a Keen-looking man, who had not been seen in court before. There was an tmpression that he might be a “chirography sharp,” especially as he was in consultation with Mr. Wilson and evidently giving him points for questions. In answer to questions Mr. Hay said that he relied upon the general appearance and on the specific characteristics of handwrit- ing in judging of its authorship. The latter he regarded as the more important, how- ever. With the aid of the blackboard and a Piece of chalk the witness wrote a number of letters to show what he meant by spe- cific characteristics. Mr. Hay said that by the general character of a writing he meant the “tout ensemble.” Mr. Wilson made him put this in “plain English.” In the work before him—the comparison of the two letters in the case—Mr. Hay said there was a marked resemblance in the gen- eral appearance of the two, and after con- sidering this he would go to work on the Specific characteristics of the two. Some of His Former Testimony. Mr. Hay was asked if it was nct true that he had testified before a congressional committee as to the authorship of an anonymous letter which was sent to Mr. Springer of Mlinois, offering him $5,000 to decide in favor of Washburn in the Wash- burn-Donnelly contest. Mr. Hay said that he had done so. and his lawyers are in the line of vision. It was evident today that the plaintiff in- tends to offer expert testimony to meet that of the defendant regarding the disputed letter. When Mr. Wilson was cross-examining Mr. Hay this morning there was a stranger sitting by his side who was carefully ex- mining the letters and making notes. So far as this letter is concerned the trial may become a battle of experts. Mr. Hay was recalled this morning for further cross- examination by Mr. Wilson. Ordinarily the cross-examination of expert witnesses em handwriting is uninteresting to specta- tors, but Mr. Hay has a faculty of making it attractive. Mr. Hay flluminated his talk with a dash of humor; then the cross-ex- amination went into many of the mysteries of forgery which the witness had explored, @nd any one among his hearers who aspired to becoming a “Jim the Penman” @ot some very good suggestions as to how to most successfully deceive experts. It was known that a deposition had been made by Rankin Rozell, the former lover of Miss Pollard, but most of those in court ‘were surprised when Mr. Rozell was called and appeared in person on the stand. Mr. Shelby, who examined Mr. Rozell, Mr. Wilson read from the records of that trial to show that in one instance he had said that he relied more on general appear- ance than on specific comparison, and then @ little later on in the same examination had said that he relied more on the specific comparison. His attention was called at the time to the fact that he had answered both ways. Mr. Hay said this morning that it had been a long time since that hearing, but that if this was in the record {t must be so. A number of other instances were read by Mr. Wilson to show that in the investi- gation as to whether a man named Finley had written the letter Mr. Hay had given several directly opposite and contradictory answers, but the witness said in answer to @ question this morning that he could har- monize those answers without difficulty. “Did you not in this court some time ago Pronounce a writing to be a forgery which afterward proved to be genuine?” asked Mr. Wilson. ‘0, sir,” said the witness. at case was that, Mr. Wilson?’ asked Ww Mr. We'll Butterworth. “Never mind that case just now. bring it up later.” 2 Some Technical Questions. The witness then went on to answer a number of technical questions with refer- ence to the difficulty a penman would find in imitating certain writings. Mr. Hay sald that he himself could imitate pretty closely every letter in the famous Wessie Brown paper, separately, but he thought it impossi- ble for any one to imitate them as a whole and at the same time get the general char- acter of the writing. He then went on to describe a number of the difficulties that a enman would meet with in an attempt to imitate or “assimilate” a writing. Mr. Hay was asked if he understood the work of “tracing and combining” in repro- ducing a paper. He said that he did and had himseif made a tracing for a case in court which passed as the original paper until he was called upon to testify that it was a tracing. He did not, however, re- member a case in the Criminal Court, which brought out the fact that he is a man of some importance in Nicholas county, Ky. He ts master of the Masonic lodge, a @chool teacher, and recently was elected superintendent of county schools. He is Paw-boned and tall, looking much like the typical Kentuckian from the mountain dis- twicta. He has a light mustache. His dis- WS cect set Citil yee gusbiion gard for grammar indicates that some- What Itberal ideas prevail probably Nicholas county regarding the qualifica- tions of a school superintendent. It is the ™man and not the grammar they are looking for. This morning it made some of his hear- | @s who are sticklers for conventionalities in | | Mr. Wilson called to his attention, in which certain naval vouchers which the experts decided to be a forgery were in reality the genuine document and so admitted by the party interested. Mr. Wilson tried to call the case to his recollection by reminding him that in that case two of the most fa- mous experts in the country had pronounced a genuine paper to be a forgery. He could not, however, remember the case with eny clearness. He did remember that in the Finley case there were experts called from all parts of the country and experts from abroad furnished their opinions, and there | een: a very wide divergence of opinion. “By the way,” said Mr. Hay, “I wish you would ask me whether I was ever paid for that case. They had twenty-five days’ hard work out of me, for which Congress still owes me.” “I might remark,” said Mr. Butterworth, feelingly, “that the United States govern- ment never pays for anything when !t can avoid it.” “Perhaps it only likes to pay for value re- ceived,” was Mr. Wilson's comment. Tracing and Combining. On examination by Mr. Butterworth Mr. Hay explained more fully what he meant by tracing and combining, and explained how the work was done, either by means of an illuminated barrel with a glass over the top or of a “camera lucida,” which casts upon the paper a reflection of the writing to be copied. He gave it as his opinion that the alleged forged letter in this case could not have been traced. It was not an “as- similated” letter, and tail, using the blackboard for purposes of illustration, the reasons upon which he based this opinion. Continuing his testimony, Mr. Hay said that it would not be a difficult matter to y ilar characters in a writing, and if one failed the first time he could try again and again. When it came to joining the letters and making a lengthy “assimila- @@ grammar shudder to hear him talk of (Continued on Second Page.) he gave at some de- |b! They Are Relieved of Temptation to Crime. SLOW PROGRESS OVER ROUGH ROADS The Army Marches Without Its Commander. RECRUITS IN THIS CITY ALLIANCE, Ohio, March 28—It was the intention of the leaders of the com- monweal army to break camp about 8 o'clock today, but the start was delayed until nearly 9. The next camp will be es- tablished at Salem, which is distant thir- ? teen’ miles. The itinerary plans to arrive there at 2 o'clock, but the roads are very rough after the thaw of yesterday and the severe freeze of last night, which will probably cause some delay in the march. Recruits have come into the camp here which will swell the marching force to the number of about 2U0, all told. The soldiers passed a comparatively com- fortable night with plenty of fresh straw for bedding and when the reveille sounded appeared cheerful and enthusiastic. Camp- fires were soon blazing and the fragrant smell of boiling coffee and frying ham filled the air. Pork and bacon fried and sizzled over the hot embers, and men with great hunks of bread stood by to sop up the hot gravy as it accumulated in the Pans. It was not unlike the scenes about the thousands of camp fires in the south more than a quarter of a century ago. Food Has Been Plenty. Food is plenty thus far, and as long as the men have all they want to eat and fairly comfortable quarters in which to pass the night there will be little incentive to raid the hen roosts, pig pens and sheep folds cf the farmers along the line of march. A curious crowd assembled about the camp to witness the manner of life which was so quickly taken up by some who are new to soldiering, and others whose aimless lives have been devoted to getting all the comfort possible out of existence without earning it by the sweat of their brows. Quite a number of boys and men accom- panied the army on its advance, to see more of the novelty, but a mile or two of tramping satisfied them. Nearly 200 in Lt The start was made with 198 men in line, by actual count, including the self- appointed officers. At the time of leaving the place for the noon bivouac had not been decided upon, but a stop will be made when hunger overtakes the crowd. The veiled lady, who passes as the wife of the unknown assistant marshal of the army, arrived from Cleveland last night,’ but did not accompany her husband when the army left for the east. Sunshine and smiles greeted the army as they filed through Alliance, on their road to Salem. About 700 people, curious and in- credulous, witnessed the parade through the square here. Thirty-five men managed to get on freight trains, eastbound, intending to camp with the army again tonight. Before breaking camp Marshal Browne had a serious talk with his ragged band. Two of the men had a serious fight about midnight in the tent, in a dispute over the ownership of a straw bed. “Unknown” Smith said to his command that if anything of this sort occurred again he expects to be on it with both fists. Owing to the gorging by the men, who have as many meals a day as they wish, by simply “coming again,” meal tickets will be introduced at Salem. Then the commonweal will be one man, one meal. Marshal Browne has received a message from Columbiana that the citizens of Lee- tonia will serve a hot lunch on the line of march tomorrow. NOT POPULISM. Senator Allen Gives His Opinion of the Coxey Movement. Senator Allen is quite indignant at the statements that have been frequently made to the effect that the Coxey movement is an acute phase of populism. “I wish you would say for me,” he said this morning, “that I regard the movement absurd and useless. It is the work of a man who, if not a knave, is crazy, and who does not represent any of the principles of our party. There are none of our people, so far as I have learned, who are in any way connected with the af- fair, and I should be very sorry to hear of any of them getting fooled by the promises that Coxey and his folks are making. Such a demonstration attracts to itself the worst elements,who are glad of a chance to pillage with the audacity that comes to a large mob. All the vagabonds, all the idle n.is- chief makers, all the tramps of the country would be glad to hear of a successful pro- gress from Ohio to Washington, for it would only pave the way for similar move- ments in the future, and might lead to a vast amount of trouble and ruin, “I do not believe that Coxey will ever reach Washington, for if his following is not wiped out by the cold weather and scat- tered by discouragements, the authorities of the states will doubtless take proper measures to stop the march. Then, too, the movement is not well founded. While the improvement of roads is a fit subject for agitation, there is a good deal of doubt whether the government has the right to appropriate money for such a@ purpose. There is no need for this method of demon- strating a popular demand; the right of pe- tition is still active, and the subject can be, it already has been, called to the atten- ion of Congress by peaceful and harmless means, rather than by a hostile demonstra- tion such as Coxey has inaugurated. The people of this country, I take it, are too practical for such a foolish, idiotic attempt to coerce the Congress. The populists, too, are too much in earnest in their belief that there is a good prospect for their party to belittle themselves by joining any such crusade.” RECRUITING THIS CITY. Col. Redstone Says 250 Groups Are Waiting for Coxey. Coxey’s army in Washington is gaining | strength. This afternoon no less than nine |men were assembled at the headquarters in | Rechabites’ Hall and sat around in various postures which showed they had been sit- | ting for a long time, and that steady loaf- jing had become rather irksome. Spread out over a table, behind which sat “Col.” Redstone, with an air of resignation worthy |of one of Fox’s martyrs, was a great big, {broad-backed man, who enunciated the principles he believed in. His particular {hobby was the down-trodden state of the | District of Columbia, and the way its peo- |ple were writhing beneath the grinding | heels of official satraps. The Star man asked “Col.” Redstone what he contained in the way of information. ye have nothing to give out today,” responded the reformer. “How about the recruiting offices which are said to have been established around town?” queried the reporter. “I know nothing about them,” was the re- ply. “I don’t know that there are any, or where they are located. I do know, how- ever, that 205 groups, which will join the people on their arrival here, have already been formed.” “Do these groups consist of the Coxey locks of five?" don’t know whether they number five cr fifteen individuals,” responded the | colonel.” “I will not know this until the reports are handed in. I don’t know when I call for the reports. I don’t think I will call for them tomorrow. | The “colonel” was as negative as a brand new photographic plate. While he con versed with the repofter the “army” looked on with approval for the colonel and undis- guised scorn for the scribe, Senate Subcommittee Begins Work on the Local Measure. Georgetown High School Rec ed—Providing for Compulsory Permit Work. mmend- The subcommittee of the Senate com- mittee on appropriation, consisting of Sen- ators Gorman, Cockrell and Allison, having in charge the District appropriation bill met at 10:30 this morning for the first time. They occupied about two hours in a close examination of the bill and a hasty consideration of the various items. Col. Tracy, the superintendent of charities, appeared before the committee upon their invitation and went over with the Senators | a number of paragraphs relating to ap- Propriations for the poor and for the chari- table institutions of the District. No defi- nite action was taken by the subcommittee | today on any item of the bill, and it was | not determined just what line would be laid down for the future consideration of the| measure. There have been a number of | applications received by the committee for | hearings upon various subjects, and the| committee will endeavor to systematize | these arguments so as to consume the | least possible time. The necessity for haste | upon this measure is not so pressing row | as it might have been were the legislative | tracks clear for business, but the tariff | bill, the debate on which ‘begins on Mon-| day, will effectually block all other bills for some weeks to come, and thus will give the subcommittee on the District bill, as well as on other appropriation bills, plenty of time to examine the schedules, Amendments Introduced. Several amendments to the District bill were introduced in the Senate today. Mr. Hunton of the committee on the District! reported favorably an amendment offered | some time ago making an appropriation of | $9,000 for grading and graveling Albemarle | street from Connecticut avenue extended to| Grant road. This amendment was intro-| duced by Senator Gibson at the request of | Capt. Powell, the Engineer Commissioner | of the District. The amendment was sent | to the committee on appropriations at Sena- tor Hunton’s request. Senator Sherman introduced two amend- ments, which were referred to the commit- tee on the District. One appropriates $14,000 for paving Ist street extended from S to W street. The other appropriates $100,000 for | the purchase of a site and the erection of a! building for the use of the Business High | ool. Senator Faulkner introduced an amend- ment, which was referred to the District committee, It proposes to insert the follow- ing proviso under the head of ving and curbing roadways: “That the Commissiun- ers of the District shall, upon application of | the owners of a majority of the front feet of abutting lots, grade, macadamize, pave and curb one or re squares of any pub- lic street. One-half of the total cost of such improvement shall be assessed against the abutting property, levied and collected as provided under the compulsory permit sys- tem, and for this purpose the sum of $30,000 is hereby appropriated.” Western High School. Senator Martin from the District com- mittee reported favorably the amendment offered by Mr. Wolcott, providing for aj{ Western High School, and asked that it be referred to the committee on appropria- tions. This amendment makes appropria- tion of $100,000 for the purchase of a lot and the erection of a building for the use of the Western High School. Accompany- ing the amendment 1s a letter from the} District Commissioners in which they de-| clare that they are in favor of such ap- propriation. There was also attached a letter to Senators Gallinger and Martin, composing the subcommittee of the Dis- | trict. committee having the amendment in charge, signed by Edgar P. Berry, S. Thomas Brown, J. G. Waters, and John Marbury, jr., explaining the pressing need for such a building in Georgetown,and aa let- | ter from Trustee Jesse Wilson to Commis- | sioner Ross asking that such an amend- ment be submitted to Congress. Both of | these letters show that the present quar- ters are sadly inadequate and that the | proposed building should be erected at once to accoremodate the growing demand of the Western High School. See ee BRAINS AND BEAUTY. New England Female Wage Enrners Protest Against the Tariff Bill. Modern Hebes and reincarnated Junos, | dainty blondes and stately brunettes, in a word, enough female loveliness to win all } the prizes at all the beauty shows in cre-| ation came down from New England yes- | terday to beard the members of the Senate finance committee in their lair and make them promise to keep the Wilson tariff bill | from passing the Senate. The alluring ag- | gregation is honoring the Tremont House with its presence, and individually is com- posed of the following ladies, all of whom are wage earners in great mills of the north. Mrs. Army Lees, Matamsca cotton mills, | New Bedford, Mass.; Mrs. Martha Ho- worth, Grinnell mills, New Bedford, Mass.; | Mrs. Harriet Branch, Phoenix Woolen Company, East Greenwich, R. 1.; Miss) Emily L. Young, Motter & Buffington Jew- elry Company, Providence, R. I.; Miss An- | nie Devereaux, Kent & Stanley Jewelry | Company, Providence, R. I; Miss Agnes Pohiman, Barkell Manufacturing Com- pany, Fitchburg, Mass.; Miss Margaret Brooks, Mitchelt Manufacturing Company, | Fitchburg, Mass.; Miss Elizabeth Tyler, Roxbury Carpet Company, Roxbury, Mass. Miss M. Wright, Roxbury Carpet Compan: Alston, Mass.; Miss Alice Yerkes, Ameri- | can Net and Twine Co., Greenwood, Mass. Miss Minnie Spearing, Manville Manufa turing Company, Manville, R. I.; Miss Hat- | tle Freeman, Harris Woolen Manufacturing Company, Woonsocket, R. I.; Miss Mary J. H Ryan, Social Manufacturing Company, | Woonsocket, R. 1.; Miss Florence Briggs, | Taft Company, Anthony, R. I.; Miss Edith | Wolstencroft, Whittenton ate neat | Company, Taunton, Mass., and Miss Anna / Ryan, New Bedford Company, New Bed-! ford, Mass. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster has charge of the double octet of charm and attractiveness as the representative of the Women's Ke- publican Association of the United States, under whose auspices they were brought here. All the ladies are extremely antag- onistic to the passage of the Wilson biil, and express their views with the directness | and force of bright intelligence. They are a unit in saying that if the bill becomes a law it will result in starvation to the mill hands of New England, as the factories and cot- ton mills will, in their opinion, be compelled to shut down. They went to the Capitol this afternoon to begin their crusade, and susceptible Senators will doubtless ascer- tain the effect of brains and beauty when the combination is exercised in opposition to pending legislation. p oe Not Officers of the Government. The Attorney General has decided that persons belonging to the following two classes are not officers of the United States within section 4 of the anti-moiety act of June 22, 1874. First, informers, who, after conveying information of frauds on the cus- | toms to the collector, are appointed by him | spectal inspectors for the purpose of making. seizures, without further compensation than |their interest in possible moieties arising | therefrom, and second, persons appearing lon the weigher's pay roll as temporary laborers, but who at the time of obtaining |and giving the information are off duty— that is, receiving no pay. The question was raised by the collector of the port at San Francisco. Se ae A Copyright Construction. | Attorney General Olney has rendered an opinion to the effect that the international |copyright act of March 3, 1891, does not |prohibit the importation of uncopyrighted lithographs, although these lithographs may | be copies of copyright paintings. | trae FEEDING COXEY’SMEN |4PPROPRIATION BILLISENATE AND HOUSE Many Routine Matters in the Upper Branch of Congress. SENATOR PEFFER'S BOND RESOLUTION A Contested Election Case Rule Reported in the House. MR. REED’S CRITICISM ‘When the Senate met today the galleries were well filled, but the attendance of Sena- tors was not large. The desk of the late Senator Colquitt was still draped with its sable emblems of mourning. Several executive communica- tions were laid before the Senate by the Vice President, among them being one regarding the investigation of the appraiser's office of the Boston custom house, and also one re- garding the supply of reindeer for Alaska. Senator Dolph of Oregon introduced a joint resolution, declaring that the treaty between the United States and Great Britain regarding the construction of a ship cana! at Nicaragua—commonly known as the Clayton-Bulwer treaty—“is no longer in force.” Resolution of Inquiry. Mr. Pettigrew (South Dakota) introduced two resolutions, which were agreed to, one calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information regarding changes made in the weight of fineness of silver coins of silver standard countries, and also calling on the Secretary of the Interior for information as to whetfer the sugar refineries have com- plied with all the provisions of law in re- gard to the taking of the census. A resolution was introduced by Senator Frye and agreed to, inquiring of the Sec- retary of War whether subordinate employ- es and laborers engaged by engineer officers | on works of public improvement have been employed or discharged for political reasons. Mr. Peffer's Bond Resolution. Mr. Peffer (Kansas) offered a resolution directing the finance committee to prepare a bill for the repeal of all laws authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds or other interest bearing obligations without specific authority of Congress. It was tem- porarily laid on the table. Simulation of Silver Coins. The resolution offered several days ago directing the committee on judiciary to in- quire whether the existing statutes are suf- ficient to punish simulation of silver coins by coins of like metal, weight and fineness, etc., was laid before the Senate by the Vice President, and after a short discussion was agreed to. Senator Stewart thought the existing statutes were as ample and as specific as human Ingenuity could devise, and asserted that prior to the demonetization of silver such simulation could not have occurred, because there was no profit in it unless in- ferior metal was used,when the cotmterfeit- ing could be easily detected. Senators Sherman d Cockrell in a few words advocated the adoption of the resolu- tion, the latter remarking that even if the resolution was harmless it could do no harm to refer it to the judiciary committee. He also got in a little thrust at Senator Stew- art by remarking that a like examination might be made into all financial measures passed by the Senate since Mr. Stewart had been a member of that body. The Cherokee Bonds. Senator Berry (Ark.) had been waiting, with some show of impatience, to call up the resolution authorizing and directing |the Secretary of the Treasury to receive at the subtreasury in New York from R. T. Wilson & Corpary, or assignees, the money, amounting to 40,000, to be paid to the Cherokee raticn, and to place the same to the credit of the Cherokee nation. At lest he succeeded in getting it before the Senate, but Senator Peffer moved its reference to the cor mittee on Indian af- fairs. and a brief d'scussion followed. Sen- ator Peffer’s motion was voted down, as was also an amendment proposed by Sen- ator Pettigrew providirg that the bonds sold should not be exempt from taxation. Senator Berry moved to lay the amend- ment cn the table, and his colleague, Sen- ator Jones (Ark.) spcke in opposition to the |amendment and advoceted the adoption of the resolution, as prevented. He said that Congress, after mature deliberation, had purchased from the Cherokee nation a strip of land, for which it was to pay the sum of $8,000,000, but not heving sufficient funds on hand to pay the full amount in cash it had issued deferred payment bonds for the balance. It was also provided at the same time that the Cherokee nation should have the right to turn these bonds into cash. These people, than, were simply exercising the authority conferred upon them by Con- gress in selling the bonds to Wilson & Company. As it was st:pulated in the con- tract that the money so received should not be deposited in a private bank, and as an arrangement was made to deposit it in the subtreasury, where it would be safer, they simpiy wanted authority given the Treasury Department to receive it until the Cherokee council cculd decide what dis- position to make of it. At present the Secretary of the Treasury had no authority to receive the money. The motion of Senator Berry to lay the amendment on the table was carried and without further debate the resolution was agreed to. The McGarral Then, at 1:30 p.m., upon the motion of | Senator Call (Fia.), the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business. At 2:10 the doors were again reopened and the Senate took up the McGarrahan bill, Senator Morrill (Vt.) speaking in opposition to the claim. THE HOUSE. When the Speaker's gavel fell today there | Were less than eighty members on the floor. The House proceeded with some routine business, pending a report expected from the rules committee for the disposition of the contested election cases of O'Neill vs. Joy and English vs. Hilborn. Letters from the Secretary of the Treas- ury and the Attorney General were trans- mitted, asking for additional appropriations for the secret service and the United States courts. Several bills were passed, among them a bill to pension Thankful Robbins; to pension Moses W. Carpenter; to pension Lucy Brown; to authorize incorporated companies to act as sureties for performance of con- to authorize the clerk of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbla to ap- point an assistant at a salary of $2,000 per annum, and regulating other features of administration of that court. An amend- ment repealing the provision requiring the court to sit every month caused a discussion between Mr. Reed (Me) and Mr. Culberson (Texas) as to its effect on expediting justice, Contested Ele Cases Rule. The foliowing rule was reported from the committee on rules by Mr. Outhwaite of Ohio. Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this order the House proceed to consider the contested election case of O'Neill vs. Joy, from Missouri; that after two hours’ debate thereon the previous question be considered as ordered on the resolution reported from the committee on elections and on any substitute that may be pending thereto; that then, without inter- vening motion, the vote be taken first on the substitute and then on the resolution reported from the committee. That immediately after said case ts dis- posed of, the House shall proceed to con- sider the contested election case of English ‘vs. Hilborn, from California; that after two hours’ debate thereon the previous question be considered as ordered on the resolution as reported from the committee on elections or on any substitute that may then be pending therefor; that then, without inter- vening motion, the vote be taken ‘irs: on the substitute and then on the resolution reported from the committee. This order to continue from day to Gay until both cases herein mentioned are dis- posed of. A Point of No Quorum. Mr. Outhwaite demanded the previous question on the adoption of ihe rule. The vote on ordering the previous question re- sulted 1640. Mr, Reed made the point of no quorum. The yeas and nays were thereupon order- ed. Many members had come in since the House met, and the progress of the roll call was watched with keen interest, Mr. Outh- waite Coing energetic wcrk as a whip. The republicans refrained from voting. The vote resulted: 179 yeas. 1 nay—one more than a quorum. The Speaker voted in the affirmetive. The result was greeted with applause. This is the first time for a week that the democrats have mustered a quo- rum. Mr. Outhwaite then made a brief ex- planation of the rule. Mr. Reed’s Criticism. Mr. Reed criticised the disposition to hustle through these cases without discus- |sion. He said the purpose of the republi- cans had been to call attention to a great joutrage, the House and the country being jin the habit of paying little attention to }election cases. He said it was proposed to unseat Mr. Joy, not because he had failed to receive a majority of ballots, but because the judges of election had failed to put their initials on a certain number of bal- lots placed in the ballot box. In the case of Hilborn he said it was propceed to reject the ballots cast and take the depositions of the voters, who were the same men against whom, as inspectors, the charges of fraud = been made, causing the rejection of the icts. Mr. Outhwaite replied, saying that more time for discussion of these cases in the |first place had been offered. He also re- | viewed the action of the Fifty-first on election cases, and pointed out the quick disposed ;/manner in which cases were then of. | Mr. Patterson (Tenn.) said he it there was an implied agreement on the part of the minority of the committee to consider this case yesterday morning, and that the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Reed) was alone responsible for wasting yester- |_ Mr. Reed said the gentleman from Ten- nessee (Mr. Patterson) had confessed that the cutting down of the time had been decided upon as a punishment for delay | by the republicans. He was glad to see that the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Outhwaite) come to an approval of the action of the Fifty-first Congress, which he was in- clined at the time to withhold. A Motion to Recommit the Rule. Mr. Reed moved to recommit the rule with instructions to report a rule allowing further time. The Speaker was inclined to think that this motion could not be enter- tained. Mr. Reed argued the case on technical grounds. The Speaker ruled that the mo- tion to recommit was equivalent to a sition to amend. Amendments were rot in order after the previous question had been ordered. Therefore the motion of the gen- tleman from Maine (Mr. Reed) was not in order. On the question of adopting the report of the committee Mr. Outhwaite demanded the yeas — at ar oa Ste ee devel- oped of a quorum, ublic again refrained from voting. saan The Rule Adopted. The vote on the adoption of the special rule was 172-7, including the vote of the Speaker, and it was agreed to, a bare quorum voting. RACE TRACK BILL. Reported Today in the Senate by Mr. Gibso: Senator Gibson today reported with amendments the bill, Senate 1680, entitled “A bill to more effectually pre 42.t gambling in the District of Columbia.” This is the famous race track bill, about which there has been considerable controversy during the past two or three weeks, and which is intended to permit bookmaking at the two tracks now instituted near this city at reg- ular race meets in the spring and fall with- out opening the door to winter racing, such as was attempted here last winter by Enge- man and his followers from New Jersey. The bill as originally drawn and introduced by Senator Blackburn Provided only for the spring and fall meets of the Washington Jockey Club at Benning, and pressure was at once brought to bear on the District committee to secure an amendment to the aye bag not discriminate in favor of the Benning track as aga’ city track. ing inst the Ivy t the last meeting of the District com- mittee, held on Friday last, amendments were adopted to the bill for the purpose of obviating all objections, and Senator G:b- Son was directed to report this revised measure with a favorable recommendation. The bill as handed in today provides “That the act of January 31, 1883, shall not apply to bookmaking at the spring and fall m -«t- ings of the Washington Jockey Club at Ben- ning and the Ivy City race track at Ivy City, organizations duly incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia; pro- vided, however, that such meetings occur between the Ist day of March and the 15th day of December, and not to exceed a period of eighteen days each; and provided, further, that there shail be but one spring meeting and one fal! meeting of each of the within named associations in each year.” =>: NICARAGUA CANAL, Thought That ator Morgan’s Bill w Be Recommended. The Senate committee on foreign rela- tions now has under consideration the bills before it looking to the reorganization of the Nicaragua Canal Company, and the friends of the enterprise in the Senate are very hopeful of securing a favorable re- Port at an early day. The subcommittee appointed to consider the details of the question and prepare a bill which would meet the requirements of the situation is understood to have submitted a report to the full committee today recommending the adoption of Senator Morgan's bill, with some amendments. This bill provides for the reorganization of the canal company, with a capital stock of one million shares of $100 each, for the issuance of bonds, the payment of which shall be guaranteed by the national treas- ury and for the cancellation of the stock of the old company, and prescribes the method of procedure under the reorgani- zation act. It is not supposed that the bill will go through without opposition. Senator Davis opposed the bill in the Senate before he be- came a member of the committee, on the ground that the frequency of earthquakes in the isthmus would probably interfere with the usefulness for commercial pur- poses. There are other members of the committee who are not committed to the enterprise and several Senators not mem- bers of the committee are inimical to it, and many have an influence with the com- mittee against it. There is, however, thought to be a safe majority for the bill in committee, and there is little doubt that the bill will go on the calendar with a fa- vorable report. The friends of the bill assert that the scheme for building a canal across the isthmus, under the auspices of the United States, has made material progress in the public estimation within the past few years, and attention was called to the fact by a member of the committee that the Presi- dent had changed from the attitude oj hostility which he occupied nine years ago to one of open advocacy, and that the legis- latures of various'states and the chambers of commerce of several large cities had memorialized Congress in the interest of the enterprise, advocating the building of the canal by the government or with its support. It is also asserted that the House commit- tee, which originally opposed the measure, has changed in sentiment, and is now in a fair way to report a bill similar to the Mor- gan bill, ‘SPEEDY DECISIONS Tricks of the Law Told by Congress- man Reed. LAWYERS NOT ADVERSE 70 DELAY The Bill Amending the Court of Appeals Act Passed. TERMS OF THE COURT | court out calling in any of the justices of Supreme Court of the District. All to dismiss appeals and other motions may be heard by two justices, provided that it im any cause heard before two justices the court shall be divided in its opinion the decree or judgment of the lower court Shall stand affirmed. The bill iit authorizes the tment of a reporter for the court, who serve out compensation. med Bea: HEE surd in the way our courts |managed in that respect, to suits involving great Everybody knows today that on railroad is a a i H Fi tt : if 3ehd8 Be H District and as if this bill were going to make it worse.” Mr, Culberson said that with a session three times a year the judges will decide just a’ many cases as they would under the present system. Mr. Reed said he thought this would not be the effect. month is to facilitate the filing of appeals, not to dispose of them in the Court of peals; because the Fx do can do anyway, and this will yers every — —_ prepare their appea in the court ready to be they can be reached. “In one case,” said Mr. ponement is for a month, may be for four months, it is only gains four months, while gets only a month.” He said that in his district there monthly sessions of court in all months of the year, and the result ly administration of justice. & now give | E LI i ; i i i Be #8 if as There was no further objection to the Bill and it was passed without division. ——$$——-2-——_$__—_—$_ SENT TO BISHOP FOWLER. The Protest Against Dr. Naylor's Re moVval and the Resolution. Bishop Hurst's reception of the commit- tee representing thirteen of the twenty Methodist churches in the Washington district and his refusal to forward protest against the removal of Dr. H. Naylor as presiding elder and « for his reappointment to Bishop have not had the effect that was or expected. The various resolutions were adopted by each of the official of the churches represented on the tee, together with the findings of the mittee itself, were forwarded Bishop Fowler in Minneapolis, together with a request that immediate attention be given to the matter and an early reply returned. In case Bishop Fowler takes no notice of the communication, it is understood that petition of remonstrance and demanding redress will be circulated for signature among the members of all the Methodist churches in the Washington district for individual signatures, which will be sent to Bishop Fowler, in order to prove to him how nearly unanimous is the feeling against the removal of Dr. Naylor. Conservative Methodists state that they regard Bishop Hurst's declaration that the acts of a bishop, no matter how obnoxious they may be to a large majority of the crenng byt the — cannot > semeee against is entirely at variance tents and purposes of Methodism, and smack too much of the one-man power, which, they claim, has been the bane of another great church. In any event, the protesting Methodists in the case of Dr. Naylor are determined to keep the question alive, and the assertion is made that it will be steadily discussed on all in order to solidify the sentiment of the church against such methods and bring it to bear on the general conference to be held two years hence. _— Georgetown Collector. The President has practically settled the question as to who shall succeed Capt. Johnson as collector of customs for George- town, and the nomination will be sent to the Senate within the next five days. It is known that the selection is confined to one of three persons, namely, Mr. Manogue, Mr. Stevens and Mr. Hutch- ins, all residents of Georgetown. ee Fourth-Class Postmasters. The total number of fourth-class post- master? appointed today was fifty-one. Of this number twenty-seven were to fill va- cancies caused by death or resignation and the remainder by removals. The Vir- ginia appointments were: A! L. W. Hylton, vice E. Hatcher, removed; Harvey Mills, C. J. Roberts, vice 8. 8S. Boys, re- i & signed; Long Creek, Miss Eddie B. Chis- holm, vice E. V. Chisholm, dead; A. Holmes, re- wood, J. H. Stoner, vice J. moved.