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°o = THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. opposition to the road’s proposition until he tame to examine the bill in detail. Mr. Richardson's Review. Mr. Williams of Mississippi supported the Pesition of his colleague and said he was sick and tired of the “squeezing” plea. At this juncture Mr. Richardson came to} she aid of his measure. So many sige ments had been made, he said, that do not Bt the case that it was necessary to make | B brief review of the matter. Fie spoke of | che two acts of Congress in reference to} this road, that of 1889 requiring grooved | rails and with which the company promptly | cemplied, and the act of 18#), substituting | mechanical for horse power. There were| three possible motive powers—cable, storage | battery and underground electric. The line is so crooked that the cable was out of the question. la thirteen days after the passage of the act tne company bad begun work on the Storage battery system, and eventually ex- ded $324,713 in this unsuccessful effort. company was then left to the alterna- jive of using the underground service, but the time had expired, and new, after these @fforts, honest and sircere in the opinion ef Mr. Richardson, had failed, the road isked for time to put the only possible sys- tem into operation. The speaker then passed on to a con- Bideration of the forfeiture case and was Bt once assailed by questions from Messrs.q Coombs, Hepburn, Washington, Allen, Sayres and Williams, who tried to get him | to admit that the court proceedings had | been regular and that the judgment is valid. Again and again his time was extended, until the tall Tennesseean had occupied the floor for half an hour. At length, wearied by the onslaught and by the per- sistence of his questioners, he sat down, and was succeeded by Mr. Abbott of Texas, Who attacked the position of the company and reviewed the legal aspects of the case. After Mr. Reed had gone into some ab-| struse researches into the law with Mr. | Abbott that were quite unintelligible, Mr. Cobb took the floor to reply to Mr. Abbott's Arguments. | Other Members of the Committee. Mr. Baker of New Hampshire spoke earn- estly against the committee's bill. Mr. | Cogswell of Massachusetts, a member of the committee, said that he had given a Feluctant consent to the report of this bill, reserving the right to vote for any amend- ments in his way of thinking that might, be offered. This section in the bill about | forfeiture proceedings, m his opinion, is absolutely worthless. “If this biil should pass as reported,” he said, “the railroad and the public will get the legislation that} 4s needed, but the road will escape forever from the payment of anything which they Row owe to the District.” ———_+ 2+ ______ ADVERSE ACTION. | Usfavorablie Report by Commissioners on Traction Road Bill. The Commissioners have recommended ad- verse action on House bill 6308, “To incor. porate the Washington Traction Company of the District of Columbia.” The general reasons given in their several Tesponses to the reference to them of bills involving the occupation of 17th street by | street railroads, they say, apply with equal | pertinence to this bill. In this connection | they resubmit the views expressed in their wesponse of the 7th ultimo to reference to them of the bill “To extend the Ecking‘on and Soldiers’ Home railroad.” The exten- gion of the road under consideration, out Tith street, and thence by way of Kenesaw avenue. Park ro &c., would involve the eccupation by railroad tracks of the only two streets in Mt. Pleasant which, in the immediate future,will become suitable drive- ‘way approaches to the Zoological and Rock | Creek parks. The extension of the Rock} Creek railroad out 17th street to Howard venue, recommended by the Commission- | rs on February 21 last, would afford ample} accommodations to that locality, and be consonant with the policy advocated by the Commissioners to encourage the extension of existing lines rather than the incorpora- tion of new companies. —— EX-SENATOR CATTELL DEAD. He Passed Awny at a Private Insane Asylum. CAMDEN, J., Apri! 9—Word was re- ceived in this city this morning of the death | of ex-Unite? States Senator Cattell, who| @ied yesterday at Jamestown, N. Y. Mr. Cattell lived at Merchantsville, near here, and was in comfortable circumstances. A Year ago he was taken ill and went to Dr. Livingstone’s retreat for the insane at Jamestown. He remained there until his deat. Alexander G. Cattell was a member of the | Tnited States Senate from N Jersey | from March 29, 1866, to March 1871. He} was elected as a republican to succeed John | P. Stockton, democrat, who was unseated. He was born at Salem, N. J., in 1816, and Was at one time a banker and merchant in Philadelphia. He was a member of the New Jersey legislature in 1840, and of the con- Stitutional convention of that state in 184. He was succeeded in the Senate by Fred- @ick T. Frelinghuysen. shes “eae SMALLPOX IN QUARANTINE. ‘% Case on the Steamer Veendaam at New York. NEW YORK, April 9.—The Netherlands- ‘American steamer Veendaam, which arriv- ed last night at quarantine, had one case of | smallpox in the ship's hospital for conta-| gfious diseases. Herman Barends, aged twenty-four, engineer’s mess boy, was| taken ill April 1, and was immediately iso- lated by the ship’s surgeon in the hospital with an attendant. The eruption appeared | April 3. The patient was transferred to the Feception hospital, and the steamer is held for disinfection and the vaccination of the passengers. — Lawyer Graham of New York Dead. NEW YORK, April 9.—John Graham, the famous criminal lawyer, is dead. The end came at 4 o'clock this morning, and w: caused by heart failure, resuiting from am Putation of his right leg yesterday after- noon. Lawyer Graham never recovers] consciousness after the operation. panels Jack the Slasher. The case of Jack the Slasher, otherwise George Taylor, is on the assignment for trial in Criminal Court, Di n 2, tomor- Yow. Messrs. Campbell Carrington and Thos. C. Taylor, who have been assigned to his defence, were in court this afternoon and the first-named announced that they Proposed to have some physicians present to testify as to his mental condition. They had endeavored to converse with him, but without success, and as they gave their time to the case he thought the physicians should give their time in the interest of Justice. If the man ts sane the penitentiary Should be his home and if insane the law | should provide for him. | The court said that he had no doubt but the services of medical gentlemen could be had and he suggested that it would be weil | also to have the testimony of some one who | had known this man. Mr. Jeffords said the government had called two physicians who are to make an examination this afternoon. a Wild West Show. Maj. Gordon W. Lillie, Pawnee Bill, has tontracted with King Leopold of Belgium to present his wild west show at the Ant- werp fair, beginning on May The Star liner Illinois left Philadelphi Thursday for Antwerp with the stock, pre erties and workmen, and the performers will leave New York on the We! April 11. | Red on | i Jethro Sentenced. Cart J. Jethro, who took Miss Maud E. | Gilbert, a fifteen-year-old girl from this city to New York under the pretense of placing her on the stage has pleaded guilty a New York, and was sentenced to six months in the penitentiary and @ fine of 0. peer ene nana War Department Changes. | Geo. H. Safford, Ala, and Wm. F. Os- borne, Ark., clerks of class 1, record and pension office, have resigned. James 3. Barbour, N. Y., has been pro-| moted from class $1,000 to class 1, adju- tant general's office. sands —_ Judge Bradley's New Jury. Im Cireuft Court No. 1 this morning, where Judge Bradley is presiding over the | Pollard-Breckinridge trial, the jury for the | April term was called. Ch Eise | Nicholas i Courtland S. Wescott , ed for . Albert M. Lot reported »t found, and was exc e Jurors kecepted until We nesday mornin, then excu: It is believed that a gang of opium @lers which hes been operating in L for a long time aas been :aptured. LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Coxey’s Marchers Cheered by a Sunny Sky. UNIONTGWN SENDS THEM A WELCOME Marshal Browne Comments on the Order Maintained. RECRUITS NOT DESIRED Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BROWNSVILLE, Pa., April 9.—The most comfortable night that has yet been spent by the army of “vags’’ passed without in- cident and the morning dawned bright and clear. All indications point to a favorable Passage through the hills today. Owing to the late hour at which the army arrived last night reveille was not sounded until 8 o'clock, followed by breakfast of bread, bo- legna and coffee at 9 Generous citizens contributed a good supply of provisions, and through them a comfortable sleeping place was also secured. The cash receipts amounted to nearly thirty dollars. The Coxeyites will probably have a big feed at Uniontown, as large supplies of all kinds have been shipped to. that point. No recruits have been enrolled at this camp. Many have applied for admittance, but the leadecs will take no more until the mountains have been crossed. Two more men have been sent back to the hospital at McKeesport. z Before leaving here Coxey and Browne both made speeches, and quite a sum of money was corraled. The crowd is very en- thusiastic. The commonweal band have six pieces, and they play remarkably well. A telegram received this morning from Uniontown said that an escort of one hun- dred men had left there, and would join the commonweal as early as possible. By Associated Press. Many Visitors to Camp. BROWNSVILLE, Pe., April 9.—Visitors arrived in this historic town by the scores today for the exprers purpose of catching a glimpse of the camp of the Army of Peace and watch it as it passed out for Uniontown. Camp Chicago, located on a level piece of meadow near the Bridge- pert bridge and just on the banks of the Monongahela river, was visited by the members of the army early as thoy pulled cut of their warm quarters in Bracebridge Hall into the fresh air. They had enj themeelves and spent such a night of pleas. ing rest as had not been their portion since their departure on this overland trip. This state of comfort was greatly en- hanced by a supper ef unusual delicacy. Cans of corn, peas, tomatoes and other vegetables were opened with great prodi- | gality and sixty gallons of vegetable soup were made fcr the balf-famished men. It was their first treat the way of a decided chang na and weak coffee and hey ted. ‘The anouncemen apply for admissior ‘rmy has de- terred several who are i. sympathy with the move from making application. The men are in excellent spirits and at 10 o’clock stepped out briskly on the march to Uniontown. An his order No. 12 Marshal Browne an- nounced that after Camp Dalzell at Laurel Hill, Tuesday night, the mountainous trip of seventy miles will begin and the fare then will consist of hardtack and coffee, with ham for supper. militia and compares their lawlessness on a march to the peaceful progress of the army of peace. He petitions the men to guar carefully Congressman Dalzell’s Property and to be watchful of the moun- taineers, who are a hospitable people, but a dangerous class when imposed on. reigners need In a blinding snowstorm, with a bitter cold wind accompaniment, Morrison I. Swift and a group of devotees held a meet- ing on Bi pn Common yesterd: after- noon to make arrangements for a battalion of 1,000 of Boston's unemployed to join Coxey’s commonweal army. An appeal to the rich, asking for funds to purchase food and transportation for the Boston contin- gent, was unanimously adopted. Swift then made a speech, in which he denounced the newspapers in general, charging them ‘with sending out biased reports about the Coxey | movement. He said the men following Coxey were like the men who followed John Brown. A company of about sixty-five unemployed men whose avowed purpose is to unite with Coxey’s army of the commonweal has been organized at Baltimore. They propose to tramp to Washington to join the main body and will time their departure so as to meet it on its arrival at the capital. > — SEIZED BY CARAGUA, A Protectorate Over the Mosquito Coast Established. SAVANNAH, Ga., April 9—The British steamship Elliott, with a cargo of bananas, arrived today, bringing a copy of the last issue of the Bluefields Sentinel, with a supplement issued by the special commis- sicter from Nicaragua, Senor Don Jose Madriz, minister of foreign affairs of Nica- ragua, who has arrived and assumed con- trol of affairs. In his proclamation Madriz says he came to arrange all difficulties on a basis of jus- tice. The views and aims of the Nicara- guan government, he says, are to give to the honest and laboring people of the re- serve (the Mosquito coast) a guarantee of peace and prosperity. He provides for the exercise of full power by a provisional council which is to guarantee to ail in- habitants personal safety, liberty, equality and the property rights existing her¢to- fere. No laws are to be made affecting the es- tablishment of religions or religicus cus- toms now existing. No military recruit- ment is to be made. The treaty of com- mercial reciprocity between Nicaragua and the United States is extended to the re- serve. All acts of the provisional council are to be passed on by the Nicaraguan commissioner, so that they will not conflict with Nicaraguan laws. The Sentinel declares editorially for the exercise of the Monroe doctrine. The Elliott saw no trace of the Kearsarge on her voyage. Fire and water have evi- dently removed all vestiges of the historic vessel. P, Belleved Our Government Will Sup- port Nicara; 's Sovereignty. Officials of the Navy Department are confident that the U. S. S. San Francisco arrived at Bluefields, Nicaragua, today on schedule time and that the authorities at Weshington will soon be advised of the ct state of affairs on the Mosquito pecial respect to the aciton of British government in that country. There is ro cable connection with Blue- fields direct, the nearest cable station being Greytown, the eastern Nii n canal, about fifty miles away. icara: The orders of € the San Francisco, were to proceed direct to Bluefields an] to thoroughly investigate the situation there and to repert at once. it Is not likely that he will report his ar- rival at Bluefields or that anything will from him for several days yet ot until he has had time to complete his investigation. At any rate naval officials do not expect to hear from the San Francisco for sev- eral day The cruiser New York, which arrived at San Lucia yesterday from Brazil, will be detained there until it is detinitely known that her presence is or is not required at Bluefields. If, as is ex- pected, Capt. Watson reports affairs quiet in the Mosquito country, the New York will continue her cruise to New York. Otherwise she will proceed to Biuefields and assist the San Francisco in enforcing the } contention of the United States with re- spect to the government of the Mosquito country, as against the encroachments of Great Britain or the interference of Nic- aragua. There is the best authority for the statement that the United States will support the government of Nicaragua in its sovereignty over the reservation with the full understanding that the rights and interests of the United States shall be fully protected. —>__. SNOW FIVE FEET DEEP. A Blizzard Has Been Raging in Maine. BAR HARBOR, Me, April 9.—A blize.nd has been raging here since noon yesterday. The drifts are foui and five feet deep. It's still snowing and blowing a gale. ——_ in Rhode Island for governor $08, and Met- plurality He scores the state | terminus of the | pt. Watson, commanding | The vote last | LAWYERS NOW TALK (Centiaued from First Page.) perate: he believed that the promises then made had been more than redeemed. The outline he had then given had been proved by credible witnesses other than his un- forturate client. He wanted to call atten- tioa to the importance of this case to all of them. had said, three parties to this case—the plaintiff, the defeadant and the community. He accepted that proposition of Mr. But- terworth. He wanted the jury to consider | what that community was and what its relations were to the plaintiff and the de- fencart; what it had a right to expect of them; what each owed to the community. Interest of the Community. The jury, he said, was drawn from and represented the community. The jury sat here to represent the community. case there was a wider community than in ordinary cases—the people of the United States. From the first day they had assem- bled here the press of the United States had been provided with two rows of tables, an evidence of the interest the community throughout the United States had in the case. Neither party belonged to this Dis- trict. The plaintiff was a Kentuckian, born in the congressional district represented by the defendant. She never came here until the year 1887. The defendant never came here except upon public business to repre- sent his constituents in the councils of the nation. The plaintiff was a friendless wo- man of humble origin; the defendant was a man of high position, of distinguished origin and was a distinguished man, known throughout the United States. It would be his duty later on to point out what the com- munity had a right to expect from these = and who had the most debts un- paid. He then addressed himself to what had been developed as to the life of the plaintiff. He first reminded them that the defendant Was a man of prominence and wide influ- ence. He reminded them of how much it was to his interest to find out and to prove anything that might be to the discredit of this poor girl. Certainly they could assume that whatever he could do in that direction, with his wide influence, his power and his wide acquaintance, he had done, and it was before the jury. He sald this plaintiff was born near Frankfort, Ky., the daughter of a saddler, jone of several children; that saddier w: prominent as a Mason and Odd Fellow. |The defendant, as he had said himself, knew her father. He said he had learned at the first interview with the plaintift that the father was dead. The father died in June, 1876, It was in proof that he was | a man fond of books and learning. Shortly , after the funeral she went away with her | father's sister to Pittsburg, and remained there in the family of her aunt, Mrs. Cow- an, until 1880, then she returned to Ken- tucky, and after spending three weeks or a month with her aunt, Mrs. Stout, near Frankfort, she went to her aunt, Mrs. Keene, and there remained until 1883. In 1883 she went to the Notre Dame Convent near Cincinnati, and in| November, 18s | went to the Wesleyan Coliege. remaining there until April, 1884, when she went home to attend the bedside of a dying sis- ter, and remained there until June, 1884, when she returned to Wesleyan College. | Then, in the summer of 1884, to Lexington, where she resided in the house of Miss Hoyt and Miss Ketchum, un- til 1887, when she came to Washington, Leaving out the interval until after the birth of her child, in February, 1888, her | surroundings here were those of the high- lest respectability. | Attacks on Her Character. He would leave for future consideration |the particular communication the defen- (dant said the plaintiff made to him, re- | specting Mr. Rodes, but he would go over here the attacks made on the plaintiff's character. There was no attack made upon her conduct until the period testified to by Mrs. Miller, alias Shindlebauer. This woman was brought by the agents of the |defense to Lexington to give her testi- | mony. She testified that the conduct of the plaintiff was precociously improper and dis- graceful. Mollie Shindlebauer fixed the time and place. She fixed the time as 1877 d 187s and the place as at or near Franicfort. |The account the woman gives of herself was such that he could without much fear, contend on her own testimony that she was not worthy of belief. however, need to do that, as they had proved by credible witnesses that at that period the pleintiff was not in the state of Kentucky, but was in the state of Penn- sylvania. The next attack referred to the year 1883. It was made by John Brand and Hiram Kaufman. Mr. Carlisle thought it would be pretty safe to leave these witnesses to be judged by the jury, as they had char- acterized themselves. They claimed to have known and seen the plaintiff in the year 1833 in the city of Lexington, in the dis- reputable house of one Lena Singleton. The Woman Singleton was not described as a mere casual visitor in the house on North Upper street, where they located her, but said she was living in a cottage the The jury would remember that the testimony of the son and nephew of Mrs. Keene, who lived five miles outside of Lexington, and with whom the plaintiff then lived, con- firmed her own statements and showed the probabilities were against the testimony of tsrand and Kaufman as to the disreputable life they said the plaintift was then leading. They did not, however, rely upon that en- tirely. They had the testimony of two men who had lived in the neighborhood, who testified that no such woman as Lena Sin- gleton had kept a house there in that neigh- borhood. Mr. Benkert had told them that the cottage described was not built till 188: Brand's description of his buggy ride with the plaintiff was denied by the plaintiff and by all the probabilities shown by the testi- jmony. He thought these two witnesses | had painted themselves in such colors as to |make it impossible to believe them. If it had been true that the plaintiff had at that \time led such a life as they nad described |in the congressional district gf the defend- {ant (Breckinridge), it would have been iproved by such a train of credible wit- {nesses appearing before the jury as could |not leave room for doubt, and not by the |depositions of two such men as Brand and | Kaufman. Rankin Rozell’s Testimony A yzed. Referring to what he termed the next at- |tack, the testimony of Rankin Rozell, Mr. | Carlisle said he had ro doubt the jury had, | as he had, obtained some impression of Mr. | Rozell when he appeared on the stand. He | had preserved these tintypes all these years. He had given a deposition out in Kentucky and then had come on here. In his direct \examination here he had not sald that in |his visits to Wesleyan College he had sat \from an hour to two hours with the plain- | tiff on his lap. He had said that in his de- position, and when his atiention was called | to it in his cross-examination he repeated it |here before the jury, saying that he had re- peatedfy sat there with the plaintiff on his |lap, sitting in the open reception rooms of |the college. They had met that with the | testimony of Mrs. Brown, the wife of the |president of that college, which showed that it was utterly impossible that Rozell’s testimony was true. He claimed that he had visited the plain- tiff there three or four times a week, which Mrs. Brown showed could not pos | silly be true under the regulations of the institution, and from which no excep- tions were made, not even in the case of Mr. Rozell, whom Mrs. Brown knew. From 1883, the time of the Rozell inct- dent, forward there was not even an at- tempt to attack the character or reputa- tion of this plaintiff, except in so far as she was connected with this defendant himself. He did not forget, in saying that, the slur which had been cast by the de- fendant in his testimony; he was going to come to them and meet them. There Was no attempt, except in these slurs, to reflect on the conduct of the plaintiff with any other man than this defendant after their meeting in the summer of IsS4. He referred to the alleged mock marriage, said to have taken place at Christmas, | 18 at the house of a respectable country mag jistrate in Kentucky, ‘Squire Tinsley. | ‘Squire Tinsley’s name was included in the | notice given by the defense of those whose | depositions were to be taken; waited, but he had never appeared us a} | witness. The whole story rested on the | | Statement in the deposition of Alex. Julian, | | They had against that the probebilities o: | | the case, the absolute denial of the witness | | that any such discreuitable thing ever oc- | curred, and also a pictvre of Mr. Julian as he had painted it himeelf. Julin.’s Testimony Reviewed. He reviewed Mr. Julian’s testimony,show- ing that everybody at that house was on that morning rather the worse for liquor except himself. He had the disadvantage of being blitd already, and, perhaps,thought it would be more to his credit in his testi- | mony to appear to keep sober. They knew something of his habits, and Mr. Carlisie likened him to be like Mr. Stiggins, who tn | addressing Mrs. Weller’s association of la- dies got up, balanced himself and said: “My opinion is thiz meeti drunk.” He re- | viewed Julian's testimony as to how he had | | los. his sight. Even the man who told that story had to say at the end of his depo: | Mon that he believed this picintif’ wa: they had al Ther» were, as Mr. Butterworth | In this | she went) He did not, | good, innocent gir). | to the mock marriage was utterly unsup- | ported by the testimony of any other wit- hess, though the man in whose house it had occurred had been called as a witness. The defense brought an oid fellow named Wm. Wood, who swore that in 1882, when the plaintiff was living with her aunt, became engaged to the plaintiff, and that when the engagement was broken off she, In a tan- trum, threw the ring he had given her in his face. This kind of testimony, Mr. Car- L said, was put in as “make weights” to show, he supposed, how this plaintiff through her relations with and opportuni- | ties to meet men was prepared to be on her guard and to care for herself when she met this defendant. There was no offer to show anything improper in her relations with Wood. The plaintiff's testimony had explained this testimony of Wood’s. There was no scene of violence, according to her description. The fact that there war some sort of en- gagement the plaintiff admits. He had no fear of leaving that just as it was in the testimony. Now, he said, they had got through every attempt to reflect on the life and conduct of this plaintiff up to the year | 1884, except as to the admission the de- fendant said the plaintiff had made to him et the Wesleyan College on the Ist of August, 1854. It was much to the interest of this de- fendant to show if he could by the best sort of witnesses the disreputable conduct of this plaintiff before his meeting her if she had been guilty of such conduct. But not one syliable of such testimony had this jury heard, except these depositions taken in the defendant’s congressional district in the month of February. If there had been, he repeated, any such disreputable duct it would have been found out a proved by witnesses they could believe. With all his advantages—with the advan- tage of nine years of intimate acquaint- arce with the plaintiff, when he must have learned much of her past history—all that the defendant had produced or could pro- duce was this testimony of Mollie Shindle- bauer, of Brand and Kaufman and old man Woods. “And Rozell,” interjected Mr. Wilson. The Kind of Girl the Plaintiff? W Mr. Carlisle then went into considering what manner of girl this plaintiff! was as shown by the tintypes produced by the de- fendant, and by her girlish letters. They had shown that this Kentucky or- phan girl had lived an innocent life, and | came to the Wesleyan College a pure and | inexperienced country girl. She so impress- ed the authorities of the college. Mrs. Rob- jason, Mr. Brown and Mrs. Brown had shown that in their testimony. They had read Mr. Brown's deposition, notwithstand- ing it was taken by the detense, because of | the good it spoke of the plaintiff. 1t was in evidence that in April, 1884, the lgintif! went home from the Wesleyan Col- iege to the bedside of her sister. They had testimony of the defendant and Mrs. Dr. Street that the plaintiff was dressed in black. | They had Sarah Guest's testimony that the plaintift wore short dresses. They had the | tintypes produced here by Mrs. Brown and | by the defendant, which showed what sort of a girl she was. Mr. Carlisle then hand- ‘ed a tintype to the jury, and as the jurors | examined it, said: ; “Look at that picture of the girl upon | whom he wishes to place more than half of | the burden of their admitied mutual fault ‘even on his own statement. Look at that picture and then upon the defendant and remember the testimony that there was lit- tle difference between his appearance then and now.” Mr. Carlisle then reviewed the testimony of the plaintif! and the defendant as to their first meeting on the train on the way to Lexington. There was nothing, the de- fendant admitted, in the appearance of the school girl to inspire him with alarm or give him warning. There was nothing in the interview, as described by either, that Was not proper, thovgh there were some differe:.ces in the two accounts of the in- terview which would undoubtedly be made much vse of in argument. The defense at- tempted to throw oft right there the re- sponsibility for this first interview. He said that she accosted him first. He even had a reason for going to the end of the car, passing her seat. He had to go to get his coat. They should remember here who this man was. He spoke again of Mr. Breckinridge’s eminent position, the ad- vantages of birth and education he enjoyed and his unusual natural gifts. He reviewed brie: Mr. Breckinridge’s career, referring to his two marriages. His second mar- riage, he said, was to a woman so estimable that in the midst of this case the defendant could not forbear a tribute in his voice and his manner to his deceased wife and the mother of his seven children. Mr. Carlisle showed that at the time of the meeting in 1884 Mr. Breckinridge was forty-seven | years old and a man of wide and varied ex- perience. In addition he had a happy home; that he was beloved by his wife and chil- dren, He confessed on the witness stand that no man ever had less excuse for the wrong he had done than he had. This was the man who met this school girl on the train. The First Letter to Defendant. Mr, Carlisle then went to the communica- tion sent to the defendant by ihe plaintiff from the Wesleyan College. He had al- luded to the admission defendant said the plaintiff had made to him respecting her ;relations with Mr. Rodes. Mr. Rodes was dead, and they could not obtain his testi- mony; they had, however, the letters writ- ten by the plaintiff to Mr. Rodes, and the jury could examine them and see if they bore any evidence of improper relations. iM Brown had testified the deference which characterized Mr. Rodes’ manner to- ward the ,plainiiff. Some ume in 1883 Rodes began writing the plaintiff a letter, asserting his right to compel her to marry him, in acordance with their agreement. It was natural that she should feel alarmed at the possibility of his attempting to force her into a marriage. She recalled meeting Mr. Breckinridge, and she wrote to him for advice and assistance. Mr. Breckinridge had told her that he knew her father. She had told him her father was dead; and, she knew him to be a distinguished lawyer in her part of the state. She says that she was surprised and pleased at Mr. Breckin- ridge’s coming in person to see her in an- swer to her appeal. He, on the contrary, building up the second course of the struct- ure he had started to rear, said he re- ceived from her two communications, the first of which he did not produce, the sec- ond of which he did produce. When this letter was produced the plaintiff, looking at {it casually, and not reading it, said “That (does not look like my handwriting.” When it was brought back to her and she read it through, she said, “I did not write that let- ter; I pronounce it to be a forgery.” At this point the usual recess was taken. After Recens, After recess Mr. Carlisle took up the thread of his argument to the jury at the | Peint where it was broken off at adjourn- ment. Ge spoke of the letter of July 20 from the plaintiff to the defendant. When she first saw it she said she thought it Was not in her own handwriting. Later she characterized it as a forgery. To meet this the defense had put on experts tu testify that the letter was genuine. The jery, he continued, had seen upon what the experts had based thi they saw that their science was not an exact science, and contained nothing more than common sense and experience. The plaintif® had brought no experts to prove it Mr. Julian's story as was a forgery; they were willing to leave! that point to the jury. In none of the | Cther letters in the case was there evidence |of formed handwriting maintained all | through the letter. |For three pages there was a strained attempt to Keep the same regularity of handwriting throughout, something that Was not to be noted in the Wessie Brown | letter nor in the prophecy. Mr. Carlisle then handed to the jury the fac simile of the marriage certificate, and asked them to note the writing, and to especially note the surprising similarity that existed between the portions that Mr. Breckinridge had admitted that he wrote and those that he denied having written. They could base their own opinions upon this and decide for themselves the value of expert testimony in handwriting. The forg- ed letter was of but little imporiance be- yond the fact that it was not genuine. There was but little significance in it be- yond tne form of certain phrases which offered a sort of ledge upon which the de- fense had attempted to hang so much meaning. The Alleged Forged Letter stead. Mr. Carlisle then read the letter to the jury, after stating that it was by no means a diff ult matter to manufact.re such a letter with tne ald of the system of tracing that is cften employed in such matters. The statement that “It was worse than a divorce case’ in the letter contained in essence the plea of the defe dant as laid down by Mr. Shelby in his opening address. If this letter had been writien by the plaintiff, Mr. Car- lisle said, and admitted by her, the defense would have hung upon it the same argu- ments that they ‘iave done. Yet the mat- ters coniained in the letter were so trivial that if the plaintiff had not been sure that it was not a geruine letter of hers, she would have admitted it, or her denial would have been a qualified one. But, in point of fact, she remembered beyond a doubt that she had -.ever written it. It was a curious fact that of all the letters written about this time this was the only one the defense had been able to produce in this trial; this and the note of 1889, in which is observable a formed handwriting and a maturity of style that did not exist in the eariler letters, (Continued on Third Page.) opinions, and) SE TE | ‘A NEW SENATOR)OSPUTED CLAUSE SEVEN) FINANCE AND TRADE Mr. Patrick Walsh Sworn In and Assumes His Duties. MR. WOLCOTT SCORES THE PRESIDENT The Galleries Crowded to Hear Senator Hill. DISTRICT DAY IN THE HOUSE The second week of the tariff debate in the Senate opened today with a full at- terdance in the galleries and on the floor. Immediately after the reading of Satur- day’s journal Senator Gordon of Georgia presented the credentials of Mr. Patrick Walsh, recently appointed by Gov. Northen of Georgia to fill out the unexpired term of the late Senator Colquitt. Mr. Walsh Sworn in. The credentials were read, and Mr. Gor- don then asked that the new Senator be sworn in. Escorted by his colleague, Mr. Walsh then walked around the rear of the entire democratic side and came down the center aisle aud ascended the Vice Presi- dent's rostrum, where the oath was admin- istered. Senator Walsh is somewhat below average height, with long iron-gray hair, and wears a mustache and imperial. Two handsome baskets of flowers rested on the desk assigned to Mr. Walsh, which is the end seat on the last row on the demo- cratic side—a seat which may be regarded as the novice’s seat, for it is the one us' ally assigned .o a new Senator until a mcre cligible place becomes vacant. Senator Walsh. The Georgia delegation from the House was present and congratulated the new Senator when he returned to his desk. S scon as the cerenonies were over Mr. Hoar called attention to the form of the credentials, which began, “To Patrick Walsh, Greeting.” It seemed very desira- ble, he said, that the state authorities should conform to the form of credentials which had become the c.stom and which the Senate had repeatedly held to be valid. The new credentials were not even ad- dressed to the Senate. Mr. Mills offered a resolution, which was referred to the committee on rules, which provides for the more systematic transac- tion of business. The substance of the res- olution is an amendment to rule 22, that when a question has been considered for ten days and a motion for the previous question shall have been made, no other motion shall be in order, but one motion to adjourn. To Limit the Tariff Debate. Serator Allen (Neb.) offered a resolution providing that on Morday, June 4, at 2 o'clock, general debate on the tariff bill should cease and the Senate should begin the consideration of the bill and amend- ments under the five-minute rule, and should proceed until Thursday, June 7, at 2 o'clock, when the final vote on the bill should be taken. Senator Sherman objected to the present consideration of the resolution, so under the rules jt went over until tomorrow. The resolution offered by Senator Wol- cott which came over from last Friday was laid before the Senate. It provides for the negotiation of a treaty with Mexico allowing the coinage of Mexican dollars at United States mints for export to China. Mr. Wolcott on Silver. Mr. Wolcott addressed the Senate in support of the resolution, which, he affirm- ed, did not touch or affect the general ques- tion of bimetallism; it was simply a sug- gestion to a friendly sister republic that our idle mints in the west should be put in operation in the coinage of a coin which had been put in circulation ‘in the -orient. Such a proposal, he said, could not have been made if silver had had more favora- ble legislation, but the veto of the seignior- age bill left us free to act on the resolu- tion. While the seigniorage bill was utter- ly unimportant, the lesson of its veto was invaluable. It was unimportant because it provided simply for the coinage of our idle silver without making any provision for future production of silver. During the discussion of the repeal bill last summer men had arisen in both houses of Congress and avowed the undying friendship of the President for siiver, and asserting that as soon as the infamous Sherman law was pushed aside the first opportunity which presented itself would be seized for the introduction of a bill in favor of silver, for which the President would stand sponsor. If one thing was made clear by the veto, asserted Mr. Wolcott, it was that the Pres- ident was the active, consistent and im- placable enemy of silver. He had been consistent throughout and had never pre- tended to be anything else than an oppo- nent of silver, and he had the friendship of the trust companies and moneyed in- terests, in whose nostrils the word “silver” has been a stench, In some sections of the country the idea seemed to prevail that the President was infinitely better than his party, and the democratic party by universally voting the republican ticket. (Laughter.) | Pose anything less than the free and un- j limited coinage of silver at the ratio of 15 1-2 or 16 to 1. | During this “unfortunate’ administra- tion, he said, he did not intend to favor any half-hearted measure which did not look to the reinstaliment of silver. If it Was necessary to issue bonds, let the men He, for one, did not need a sop in the shape of a little silver bill thrown to him to in- duce hire to give the Secretary of the Treas- ury authority to issue bonds for a definite purpose. The resolution was introduced and supported because it had no connection with bimetallism. Senator Sherman said he saw no objection to the resolution and thought that if ar- rangements could be made to carry it out one hundred millions of silver might be | usefully employed. Senator McPherson (N. J.) opposed it, |and at his request it went over until to- | morrow. Senator Hill's Speech. As the hour of 2 o'clock approached the crowds in the galleries became larger and | all available space was ‘aken. The places reserved for the President and Vice Presi- dent were also occupied, as were all seats in the diplomatic gallery. Back of the seats many people stood up, and if any person leit the gallery his place was speedily oc- cupied from the outside. Many members of the House came over and occupied chairs and sofas in the rear of the Senate chamber, while Senators of both political parties remained in their seats | tention. It was an audience to inspire an orator, When the time came for him to be- gin Senator Hill advanced one row of seats forward from his desk. He read from print- ed slips and spoke with great deliberation and marked emphasis. THE HOUSE. sToday being the second Monday in the month, under the rules of the House it was devoted to business reported from the com- mittee on the District of Columbia. There Was some question as to whether the regu- lar order was not the vote on Mr. Spring- er’s motion to discharge the warrant ts- sued to the sergeant-at-arms to arrest ab- sentees under the resolution adopted March 19, but by unanimous consent the question was waived and the House proceeded with the consideration of the bill under consid- eration on the last District day. This was a bill to extend the period in which the Metropolitan street railroad com- pany should change its motive power. \ x | people in those sections seemed about to? Charge of share the President's contempt for the | against him. \ of the country meet the issue like men. | i | | and gave the New York Senator close at- | Chjection to the British Bering Sea Bill. Relieving Ignorant Vessel Owners of the Penalties for Unlawful Seal Catching. LONDON, April 9.—Mr. Thos. F. Bayard, the U. S. ambassador, was in conference this #fternoon with the officials of the foreign office in regard to the Bering sea bill now before the British house of com- mons. : It is urderstood that the matters discussed included the questions which were brought up in the United States Serate on Satur- day last, most prominent of which was the desire of certain Senators to know whether it was true that the British bill included @ clause providing that all vessels seized whose captains were unaware of the pass- age of the bill regulating the taking of seals shell be released, and the masters thereof shall be acquitted. AS a result of the conference at the for- eign office, the officials of that department of the government are cabling certain as- surances to Washington in regard to clause ec oy part a ‘m2 question), which they expect w! entirely satisfact ee gone officials. gitar n the house of commons today Sir Chas. Russell, the attorney general, who intro- duced the Bering sea bill, assured the house that there was no serious difference of opin- ion between the government of Great rit- ain aad the government of the United States in regard to the Bering sea question. In official circles here much surprise is expressed that there should be any objec- tion made to clause 7. It is considered by the foreign office off- cials that this provision is only what strict justice demands. They say that it is obvi- ously absurd to condemn anyone for an offense which it is impossible to bring to his notice. it is added that when the captain and owner of a sealing vessel charged with violating the provisions of the bill providing for the enforcement of the award are able to show that their vessel sailed before the act was promulgated, they would, of course, be acquitted by the courts; but the seal- ing of such a vessel would be immediately stopped and would result in considerable loss to her owners. In brief, the officials of the government who have discussed the recent develop- ments of the Bering sea question, espe- cially the controversy over clause seven, consider the whole thing a “mare's nest,” holding that the object of the act is to stop unlawful fishing and saying that this can certainly be done by the bill now be- fore the house of commons. ‘The cfficlals who are competent to ex- press an opinion upon the subject say that the clause in dispute does not exempt any vessel from scizure for violation of the provisions of the bill and that it only ex- empts those who have sailed prior to the passage of the biil from the fines which they might incur through unintentionally violating the law, Up to this afternoon the foreign office had received no direct representation whatever from the United States on the point raised in Washington in regard to clause seven; but Mr. Bayard talked the matter over with the secretary of state for foreign affairs and received the assurances referred to in this cable message. Mr. Bayard was assured that the pro- visions of the British Bering sea bill were identical with those contained in the jill drawn up at Washington, but the differ- ences existing in the procedure of the Brit- ish and United States courts render it nec- essary that some of the clauses should be cast in a different manner. a Death of Maj. D. W. Rhodes. Maj. Dudley W. Rhodes, who was well known in this city, died last week at his old home, in Delaware, Ohio. He had been in failing health for several years, but continued to discharge his duties as- sistant marshal of the Supreme Court. Five months ago he was taken to his former home in the hope that the change would prove beneficial. His death is sin- cerely mourned by all who knew him. He had been a resident of this city for a num- ber of years, having come here in 1875 to accept a position in the Post Office Depart- ment. He became the chief of the division of post office supplies. His wife and two children survive him. At the time of his death he was seventy-three years of age and in another year would have celebrated his golden wedding anniversary. The de- Was a classmate of President Hayes at Kenyon College and was a oe friend of the late Chief Justice Waite. wenden Archdeacon Nourt. Yesterday Archdeacon Nouri, D. D., a priest of the Greek Church, delivered ad- dresses to very large congregations at Christ Church in the morning and at St. Matthew's in the evening. Dr. Nouri is a Chaldean and a native of Bagdad, near Babylon. His title is that of Archdeacon of Babylon and Jerusalem. He is of noble lineage, being prince of the house of Nouri, which traces its descent from Nebuchad- nezzar, King of Babylon. He came to this country as a representative from Chaldea and adjacent lands to the parliament of religions in Chicago during the world’s fair. He has an interesting face and is very earnest and eloquent in his manner, speaking the English language very fluent. ly. He was introduced to the congrega- tion of Christ Church in the morning by Archdeacon Gilbert F. Williams, rector of the parish, and in the evening at St. Matthew's he was introduced by the Rev. McKee, associate rector. The Rev. Mr. Jenkins of South Carolina was present at the services of both these churches of Washington parish, taking part in the re- ligious exercises. ——_—_ Wanted Beer. William Carter's thirst for some bock beer got him in serious difficulty. He visited the Washington Brewing Company's place of business and walked away with a quarter eg. A policeman arrested him, and as he had been convicted of theft once before, a second offense was preferred Judge Miller heard the proof this morning and held Carter in $300 real estate security for the action of the grand For his part, he declared, he should op- | Jury. —_—~___ Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular cull—12 o'clock m.—Citizens’ HHonal Batley 10 at 180." American Security and is a . . 1532; 10 at 1331,. eas ea overmuent Bodds — Paited States 4s, registered, a 1007, 213% bid, asked. United’ Stat coupon, 114 bid. Cuted States Se, 1 % — trict of Columbia 5 -year Fund! Ss, 108 “Wid. So-sear Funding Gs. opi. 1101.8 usa! Water stock currency. 7s, Wh. Stock currency 78, bid. 34 111% vid. 113 asked. Bie rege SOS Bonds.—Wasbington and George- town Railroad conv. Gs, ist, 125 bid, 138 asked. Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv. 6s, 2d, 125 bid, 138 asked. Metropol Railroad conv. Gs, 102 ‘bid, 105 asked. Beit Railroad 5s, 85 vid, 93' asked. Eckington Railroad 63, 85 bid, 100 asked. Washington Gas Company @s, series A, 110 Gas Company Gs, series B. 116 b ‘ompany conv. Gs, 128 bi United States Electric Light ‘conv. Be 1st, |, 125% asked. peake and Potomac’ Tei: phcne Ss, 96% bid, 102 asked. American Security and Trust 5s, 1905, F. & A. 100 bid. American Security and Trust’ Ss, 1905," A. & 0., 100 bid Washington Market Company ist 4s," 105 17 bid. “Water ustington Light Infant on Light Infantry 2d National Bank St bid, 325 asked. Bi s, rm st 103' bid. F5 T00 bid Bank of Washington, 310 ks. nk of Republic, 220 bid Metro- litan, 278 bid. Central, 285 bid. Farmers’ and Mechanics’, 190 bid. cd, 140 bid. Citizens’, 1 . Vest nd, raders’, 104 Lincoln, 91 bid, 96 asked. _ Sufe tot gid and Trust Companies. Safe it and Trust, 130 bid, 135 ask ington Loan and Trust. 120 bid. American curity and Trust, *133% Did, 134 ask < as ington Safe Deposit, road Stecks. “Wasnington and Georgetown. 205 bid. 515 asked. Metropolitan, 90 bid. “Col dia, id. Melt, 22 bid. Eckington, 25. bid. Gas and Blectric Light Stocks Washington Gas, 464 bid, 47% asked. Georgetown Gna a8 ‘the United States Electric Light, 180 bid 121. eeked: Firemen's, 42 hid. Franklin, . 72 wid: Corcoran, 0 bid x asked. * uf eo 155 a id 11 bid. Colum ." asked. People’s, 5% ‘bid, Lincoln, 8 bla, Sy asked. Com: mercial, National Union, asked. Rigxs, 7 bid, 7 5% asked. 5 bid. bid Ido asked “Columbia Tite, Gneeta, Petal . 120 a run) ie, 6 7 ; Washington ‘Title, 84 aekea.” © "Mh 7% ‘Telep! Stocks.—Pennsylvapia, 47 asked. Chesa- peake and Potomac, 47% bid, 48% asked. Amert- can Grapbopbone, 3) bid, 4% asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 23 bid, .27 asked. Washington Ma) 12 Miscellaneous — Stocks. rket, bid, 15 asked. Great Fails fee, 135 bid. 145 asked. Bull Run Pavorama, 15 bid. Lincoln Hail, 80 bid. Inter-Ocean Building, 100 asked. Ex. Dividend. soaienesipinan amas John Green, while currying a horse at 424 Temperance alley yesterday, was knocked down and trampled on by the animal and badly hurt by the hoof of the horse. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital Wall Street Now Looking Toward Washington. ATTENTION ON THE TARIFF DEBATE The Importance of This Week's Speeches. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 9—The opening of to day's stock market reflected considerable difference of opinion among traders as to the course prices should take, consequently initial figures were irregular. London was dull and about on a parity with our closing. The market will be dominated during the week by the character of the tariff debate in Washington. Special significance is at- tached to the speeches to be made within the next few days on this subject, as the fate of the measure is largely in the control of the men now scheduled to occupy the at- tention of the Senate in defense of their positions. There was no special news to influence the course of prices in the railway list and no important changes were recorded. The bears lost no opportunity to raid weak Spots, but were not successful in forcing Suk Soe haps et ooah tata es Ro long stock is dislodged by the beat mm neuvering. The Grangers were allowed to sell off under cover of the dullness and a desire on the part of the traders to further real- ize on last week's purchases, Northwest sold down 3-4 per cent to 109, Burlington lost 7-8 per cent to 82, and Rock Island lost a similar amount to 71 1-8 Lake Shore sold off 1 1-8 per cent during the afternoon on moderate dealings. Missouri ic was fairly active, within narrow limits, and — s to have passed through tts boom for e . Considerable interest is manifested in regard to the decision of the Attorney Gen- eral in the quo warranto Seems to be in a position to know with any of certainty just whet decision on sales attributed to the recent Sun pool in_the property. Subsequently, this entire gain was lort. Friends of Sugar are confident that the a result of its opposition. The last hour's trading was dull with pending against Chicago Gas. No ‘ons will be reached. National Lead sold down 1 Sugar was conspicuously strong on early dealings and gained 1 1-8 per cent to 93 5-8 new tariff bill will give this commodity all the protection demanded, or be defeated as prices fairly steady around —_———_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. are the ‘The following the he closing prices of the York G York stock exchange. , No. 80 Open. High. Low. Close. mK 5K 4 if SOx * a 8 a peak ry we ©. C. C. and St. L.. PT) on 40% Poy 4 OES roe 108% oon ic. apa Ni Chicago Gas . Be OH rd C., M. and St. Pai 4 6 C.M. ana St.Paul, pid. wig wig (..R.1 and ‘ 7 Tit Del., Lack. and W..... 165g 16 Delaware ana Hudson.. 18K a Dianna Catt Feeding. Sey sey ae et aD le 4 General Electric ax a a Erie tg Tig Loulsvilte and Nashville, 62° 52 os Long Island... . Sig Bg L. N. A. and C 2% nd a 186 196g 186 1s Michigan Centrai. as tubes beeen “nan Missouri Pacific. ey “Si Nationa) Lead Co ay BF National Cordage Go By My National Cordage, pra cg New Jersey Centr New York Central. -Y-and New Engiand. - ¥.. C. and St. Lonis.. Northern Pacific... Nortnern Pacific, ptd_ North American ‘Ont. and Western. Pacific Mail... { Betpee ss etgege FS 28 Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers and brokers, M litan Bank building: bic Ys Chicago, April 9, 1804. ‘Wheat—April. oy on 62% “ss a” S28 St oe ge. B, & &. 31% = aT 31 co) Fahd m2 ht iS a 32. i} 32. 2 1320 1245 3220 1248 12.30 1250 1230 12) 740 Ta TS z 787 rst 715 z 3 64a Cae 685 memeatjarneees ‘ton. | May... Pos Te ene OF 74 7.78 Ts 784 ‘a; | western super,1.807@ BALTIMORE, Méd., April 9.—Flour quiet— ; do, extra,2. 12.50; do. family, 2.70@3.00; winter wheat patent, 3.25@3.50; spring do. do., 3.60@3.90; spring wheat straight,3.25@3.50—receipts,26, 798 bar- rels; shipments, 138 barrels; sales, 885 bar- Tels. Wheat steady—spot, 634@63%; month, BYE; May, GG; July, GL @ss; OGY, + Steamer No, 2 red, 60 2.88. bushels; shipments, non 944,057 bushels; sales,117,000 bushels; milling wheat by sample, 6076315. Corn firmer—spot, 4, bid; May, 444.@44%; July, 45 bid; steamer mixed, 42% bid—receipts, 64,217 bushels; shipments, 17, stock, 302,409 bushels; sales, 58, southern corn on grade, 444%. Oats firmer—No. 2 white Western, 38@38%; No, 2 mixed western, 36 asked—receipts, bushels; shipmenta, none; stock, 94,807 bushels. Rye dull—No, 2 55@56—receipts, 1,700; shipments, none; Stock, 24,828. Hay quiet—good to choice timothy, $14.500@815. Grain freights steady, unchanged. Sugar dull and unchanged. Butter active imitation, 184 14@15; store p: s fresh, 10@11, Cheese unchanged. > THE INDIANS ARRIVE, Their Message, However, in One of Muste and Song. Washington is under the rule of Indians today. The authorities, however, promise that they are tame. These Indians repre. sent twenty-eight tribes. They come not with curdling whoop, but with song and solo; not knife and tomahawk, but horns and drums. If they are as skillful in the use of these weapons as their ancestors were in the use of theirs, they will not be a disappointment tonight. They are the | brass band and choir of the Indian School at Carlisle, who concertize tonight at Met- zerott Hall and come under the patronage of President and Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary end Mrs. Smith, Judge and Mrs. Browning, and other distinguished people. They reach- ¢a town at moon and ere quartered at the Ebbitt. News has been received here of the death of Mr. Samuel E. J. Galbraith, which took place at St. Thomas, Canada, on Satur- day. He was formerly an employe of the government printing office, and had worked in the newspaper offices here. Mr. Gal- braith, who was in the twenty-fifth year of his age, had been tn bad health for some time. The remains will be interred at Simcoe, Ont, tomorrow,