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» of the trial on the ground that the man was physicaliy unable to go to trial. Judge Cole overruled the motion, to which an exception was noted, and the jury was then sworn, Judge Cole, at the suggestion of Mr. Taylor, ascertaining that no member ff the jury had formed or expressed an opinion a3 to the gv or innocence of the prisoner, and that yuld render a fair and tmpartial verdi The four indictments. Nos. 19,735, 19,758, 19,766 and 19,768, charred the prisoner with breaking into and robbing the houses of games C. Malcolm, Amanda A. Wall. Robt. H. Young and Floyd T. Frost on the 27th Df August, 1803, January 28, 1894, October 5, 1803, and November 5, 180%, respectively. ir. Malcomb, Mrs. Wall, Mr. Young and = and Mrs. Frost testified as to the break- into and robbing of their houses, iden- tifving their property, which Detectives Weedon and Burrows and Officers Easby and Low testified had been recovered from the possession of the prisoner, who ad- mitted taking the stuff from the various houses. No evidence was submitted in defense, the prisoner taking no interest in the mat- ter and refusing to cay a word, but Mr. Taylor moved that all the cases but that of | . Frost be taken from the jury, claim- ing that no entry by the defendant had been shown. Judge Cole, however, decided that that was a matter for the jury to determine, and overruled the motion. “Neither side desiring to argue the "cases before the jury, Judge Cole briefly charged the jury, instructing them as to each case separately, and the jury retired at 2:25. While the jury was cut Judge Cole stated to Mr. T. C. Taylor that he desired to r: turn the thanks of the court to Mr. Camp- bell Carrington and himself for the able manner in which they had, without com- ensation, defended the prisoner. Thi had done everything possible for him, and the court highly «ppreciated their efforts. phn S* RRS PROTECTION ENOUGH. Pennsylvania Railroad Thinks More Flagmen Are Not Needed. A letter has been received by the Com- missioners from the supervisor of the Balti- More and Potomac railroad to the effect that, after investigation, he does not con- sider the amount of traffic at the rAllroad crossings at 4th, Sth and K streets south- east great enough to require the placing of flagmen at these points at nicht. Although willing to carry out any suggestions the Commissioners may make, he hopes the use of additional men at these points will not be considered necessary. This letter Was sent in response to a communication from the Commissiorers calling the rail- way company’s attention to the numerous complaints of citizens of the referred sec- tion, that there is not sufficient protection aiforded at these crossings to the public. —___ BAIL ASK) BY FREDERICK. Walting the Result of the Injuries to Melatosh. THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1894~TWELVE PAGES. ! LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Ccke Strikers Threaten to Drive Off the Workmen. | Hungarian Women Are More Suc- cessful. PREPARING FOR TROUBLE | CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., April 12.—A mob of 500 strikers assembled at Dunbar before daylight, with the avowed intention of forc- ing the workmen out at the Hill Farm works, but the show of force made by the deputies frightened the strikers off, and they left for reinforcements, moving in the direction of Mt. Braddock. It was given out by some of the strikers that they would return to the Hill Farm as soon as they could augment their force to 800 or 1,000 by men from the Trotter piant | and Mt. Braddock. At Lemont a large crowd of Hungarian women assembled today, and with clubs and stones drove off the workmen. There is no disturbance at the works in this vicinity, though the strikers are mak- ing threatened demonstrations at Trotter and Adelaide. ‘The operators are fuily prepared for any emergency. A large number of deputies were sworn in at Trotter and Leisenring, No. 1 and 3, last night by Deputy Sheriff Richards. The deputies were also taken from the Davidson works to Trotter and the Leisenring. —>___ WILL TALK TO THE PRESIDENT. The White House and the Chicago Post Office to Be Connected. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHICAGO, April 12.—Telephonic communi- cation between the federal building in Chi- cago and the White House will be opened this afternoon, President Cleveland and pliments of the day and carry on a brief conversation. The event is in celebration This morning in the Police Court Lawyer Carrington appeared in the case of Wm. Frederick, the young man charged with | endeavoring to kill James McIntosh with a base ball bat, as published in yesterday's | Star, and asked that bail be fixed. In support of his motion counsel stated that he had a number of affidavits concern- Ing the affair, and he thought they would | convince the court that the offense, in event of the injured man’s death, would than manslaughter. He Mcintosh was a man of violent temper, and that the biow was in- | flicted in self-defense. | Judge Miller made some inquiries con- cerning the condition of the injured’ man, and Mr. Mullowny said he had received word from the hospital that Mcintosh was better this morning, although he was not out of danger. He thought that by to- morrow he would be able to tell more of the man’s condition. ‘The case then went over, and counsel will Fenew the application tomorrow. eae POLICE PROBE A MYSTERY. Efforts to Trace the History of a Den- ver Girl. DENVER, Col., April 12.—Emily J. Free- man, ward of an aristocratic family at Los Angeles, has a romantic history, the mys- tery of which Denver police are trying to dispel. The story reaches Los Angeles,Den- ver and New Orleans and perhaps else- where. Miss Freeman remembers baving | Mved here with an Italian, Mary Cuneo, better known as “the Holy Terror,” in a squalid portion of the city, but to have had fine clothing and costly jewelry. Subse- quently, a woman named Rollins secured Possession of the girl, everything indi- cating her to be a prize. Then she was sent to St. Mary's Academy. The woman Cuneo, who came from New Orleans, was constantly drunk, and the records show her to have been frequently arrested. e was always well supplied with money, at one time having $i when arrested. She has disappeared and the police are now lockin for the Rollins woman in the hope of trac- ing the parenis of Miss Freeman. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 12. Cuneo, the woman menti 3 from Denver in con tery of Miss Freeman, is well xnown to the police of this city. On “Barbary Coast,” where sailors and soldiers revel, and in city prison, she is a familiar character. She has served many terms at the Llouse of Correction for drunkenness and disorder- ly conduct. At present she is enjoying the hospitality of the city at the jail, serving | ut a sentence for drunkenness. When Mrs. Cuneo was seen at the jail, | an, ard she admitted she knew Miss Fri tated that the last time she saw she was in the local prison. When’ closely questioned however, she flatly denied know- ing about the girl She said she (Mrs. Cuneo) had property in Denver. A search through the city prison records of the past years shows only one woman aamed Free- man was under arrest, but the entire name does not tally with that given in the dis- | patches from Denver. —_—~- ficers Elected. ‘The annual meeting of the German Ameri- ean Permanent Building and Loan Asso- ciation was held last ev ning, at the office of the association, 615 .2 street northwest. After subscription to the stock of the asso- | ciation, the following officers were elected by the stockholders, to serve for the en- suing year: President, Louis Kimmel; vice resident, Thomas Heany; secretary, E. H. lock; treasurer, S. J. Block; directors, Francis Sa hn D. King, E. Steinem, arles Fleichmann, Charles liam M. Starr. — Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued by the lerk of the court to the following: Brown M. Heflin and Julia W. Wilkinson; Henry F. Halley and Francis M. James; Thaddeus S Jones and Ida Ballard; Wm. Darr and | Ligzie Howard, both of ‘Alexandria, Va.; Frank Barr and Pauline M. Kaiser. academe The North Capitol M. E. Church. Rev. Chas. L. Pate, pastor of the North Capitol M. E. Church, says that the state- nent made in the meeting of the Methodist Union that under the former pastor of that church “the indebtedness of the church was canceled” is incorrect.as in Mr. Cook's fare- well sermon he cave a full statement of his Work for the past three 5 . and gave the figures of the debt an of the church. tinued Mr. Pate, “that this said, as he labored faitht five years for t him, I can see pla uring zeal his part.” y and well for succeeding 3 nees ef un- and seif-sacrijicing effort on | lea ati Pension Granted. Among the pensions granted today were | the following: District of Col ete. Mary Original Washington; widows, zinal, ik, minor of Norman N. Ross, Washington. Maryland.— Harris Younkers, Millstone; Mexic ivors, ichael H. H ore; Mexican irvivors, Ale Mullin, Clear Springs. Virginia.—Increase, William Mann. Cal- verton; De Military Home. + Robert Howard ity; Pink Jordan, Tanner's Tt was long contest ov town had e+ Treasury Receipts. National demption t cepts, from toms, $491,151 received | train. |for the Washington express to pass. | freight train and i | lars. | charges of discrimination prefe | cifh | homes in the east. of the opening of the post office telephone system here. Wires now connect the post- master’s office with each of the twelve sub- stations in the city. The system will be managed by an exchange with one operator in room 5 of the government building. There will be connection with the public telephone service and also with the long-distance sys- tem of the country. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the superin- tendent of the Chicago Telephone Company will connect the distance wire and the line will be the White House. little speech to the President and the latter will respond. Chairman Machen of the post office commission, who is here, Postmaster General Bissell, present with the President. ——___ THEY DEBATED COURTEOUSLY. opened to who will be Principles of the A. P. Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 12.—Igna- tius Donnelly of Minnesota and Waiter Simms of Michigan met at the Lyceum Theater in this city last night for a debate. The latter upheld and advocated the prin- ciples of the A. P. A., while Donnelly, with- out specifically taking the side of the Ro- man Catholic Church, opposed Mr. Simms upon the lines largeiy laid in that direction. An immense audience listened to the speakers, and vigorously applauded the various points brought out on either side. The combatants were uniformly courteous each to the other throughout the entire de- Discussed at | bate, which was marked by eloquence, log- ical and witty features, and was interesting from beginning to end. No incident marred the geniality of the occasion. —_ SET THE WRONG SWITCH. Wreck on the New Haven Railroad Early This Morning. NEW YORK, April 12.—A serious collision occurred early this morning on the New | Haven railroad at Port Chester. The Washington express ran into a freight The express is due at Port Chester at 3:30, but does not make any stop. The freight train was in the freight yard at Highland street. The switchman in the tower near this point set the wrong switch The latter was made up of seven cars, including three sleepers. The express was running at a high rate of speed. The locomotive crashed into the flames from burst from the wre the wrecked expre: fi Conductor St. Clair and Brakeman Ken- nedy of the freight train were injured. The passengers on board of the express train received a lively shaking up, but none! of them were injured. Those in the sleepers ran out of the cars without waiting to dress. Finding that there was no immedia F ger they returned and dressed themselves. The village fire companies confined the fire to the three freight cars. The engineer and fireman had miraculous escapes and came out of the wreck with a} few. brui: The damage to the rolling stock is estimated at several thousand dol ‘The switchman who caused the acciy dent has been suspended. See GOING TO KENTUCKY. The Interstate Commerce Commission to Investigate the L. and N. FRANKFORT, K. state commerce commission h the Kentucky railroad commis: they will be here next Mond; the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com- pany by the Kentucky railroad commis sioners. The railread company is said to have discriminated against Frankfort flour men. Under the laws of this state it becomes the duty of the state railroad cominis- sioners to notify and assist the federal officers to investigate such cases. ie FEMALE TRAMPERS NOW. Women Organize a Brigade of the Industrial Army, OAKLAND, Cal., April 12.—A_ female brigade of the irdustrial army is being or- Two hundred names are now | Arrangements are being made | ) | for the transportation east. ganized here. on the list. Frank Carter has been elected colonel, and last evening the first drill was had. OGDEN, Utah, April 12.—Governor West received the foliowing telegram from Presi- dent C. P. Huntington of the Southern Pa- You have been misinformed, as | am quite sure neither police nor officers in Cali- fornia loaded men into the cars. We w asked to haul men free and refused, but | agreed to give them reduced rates, as many of them were desirous of reaching their We believ ter care- ful consideration, your peopie will do what they can to help them to their destination, have no inducement to return we: am rtain their condition would be im- proved when they get into the large field of labor of the Mississipp! river. Our company can do nothing, as it is not er- ganized for charity, but for business, ‘ss, but I personally will give $100 toward heiping it is be standing t Union th eved that there is some under- a train will be found on the Ogden t Pacific not far from army will board and ri which Tolga General Tatioc m has gone into four $ east of the cit caused ndustrial army b e is 31,000, nder the decision of Judge Miner, it can be collected from the Southern OMAHA, Neb., April 12.—Kelley’s army of strials have captured a U I nstown, Wyoming, and ar a Strike of Mine Workers Ordered. United } eral strike April 21. FRIGHTENGD OFF BY A SHOW OF FORCE and attack the deputies and men at work! Postmaster Hesing will exchange the com-| Post office with the long-| Mr. Hesing will make aj vill talk with | locomotive caused the | .| that they had seen?” April 12.—The inter-| ne Workers have ordered a | MORE ELOQUENCE Pee Senn Sate ae (Continued from First Page.) of which she has endeavored to place upon | the defendant. These letters, he said, con-} | tradicted a number of the statements made | by the plaintiff, more especially the one that | her mother was not aware that she was in | Cincinnati. Her letters from there, she had | Said, were dictated to her by the defendant j and mailed by him on railroad trains and in other places, in order that there might be no definite postmarks upon them. Many of these letters, she said, were dated by Mr. Breckinridge or dated ahead. here is one person who is alive and well,” thundered Mr. Butterworth, “the wo- man who gave birth to the plainuif in this case, and she could have been brought for-| | ward to prove certainly that she was igno- rant of her daughter's whereabouts. But she was not brought. Others were who did not know. This case bristies with just such | incidents as this, and they imply a serious reflection upon the lawyers for the plaintiff | in view of the tremendous consequences | that this case involves upon the parties and the community. They will ask us why we! did not take this woman's testimony. In answer to this I will only say that we do | not go into the camp of the enemy for our ammunition or for our soldiers.” A number of Miss Pollard’s lett from Cincinnati to Rodes in the sumime "Sd were read to show that from their de- | mands upon him fur money and from cti.er | inherent evidence it was clear that they | | were never written for a blind, or for the! purpose of deceiving the old farmer. This | showed that she had a good hold upon h.m and was working it for all it was worth. Jt} was impossible to harmonize her own suite- ments with each other, just as it is im sible to make them fit to the incont) undeniable s in this cas Phere is a certain sort of people,” said Mr. | Butterworth, “who, it is said, ought to have | particularly good memories. Truth is al-| ways consistent.” Mr. Butterworth then went on to show} that there were a number of sentiments in these letters that could not be reconciled with what the plaintiff had said upon the stand. Upon the stand she had said that) she had told her mother that she had se- cured a position in Cincinnati. The Sisters’ Testimony. “When she answered as truth dictated she at once said that her mother and Rodes did know of her being in Cincinnati, as they un- doubtedly did know. And now I am going to contrast with her statements the state- ments of some honest women, who have no interest in this case beyond the vindication} of the truth—women who have devoted themselves to good works and are bound by spiritual ties to the Master and doing His! bidding—Sister Agnes, Sister Augustine and Sister Cecelia—as to the alleged visit of the rs written ot plaintiff to the Norwood Foundling Asy- lum.” The plaintiff had said that she went to the | hospital as Miss Wilson,but when she found that no such person had ever been there she then quickly shifted around and said that it was Bergwynne. “She had had so many names that it was really very hard for her to keep them straight.” But Sister Augus- tine said that she knew Mrs. Bergwynne| well; that she was then living in Ohio, and that Miss Pollard was not that person. | “Either this holy woman,” said Mr, But- terworth, “‘told a deliberate and conscious lie or else Miss Pollard never gave birth to a baby at that institution. As for me, I am inclined to give credence to the story of Sister Augustine. | The matter of the Christmas card which was found in the copy of Washington Irv- | ing at the asylum was then taken up. Mr. | | Butterworth said that there were even a number of inconsistencies in the stories of the finding of the card as told by Mr. Car- lisle and by Mr. Johnson, not that either one intentionally misinterpreted events, but it simply showed the uncertainty of human | testimony. None would ever think for a} moment of claiming that Mr. Carlisle put the card in that book, but it was beyond a_ doubt put there only hort time before it | was found, by some one and in some way. it was curious that. the plaintit should forget important matters that occurred at the hospital, events the memory of which one would think would be burned into the mind of a woman in letters of fire, while | she remembered, forsooth, that she had left a little veil in the book ten years ago and a rose pressed in the Christmas card. The card showed no impress from the rose Lor any such stain as a rose would naturally leave under the circumstances. The card had on it the initials: W. S. D. These, the plaintiff said, were the initials of Wm. Sey- mour Davis, written there ten years ago. But Dr, Schaeffer, an expert, testitied that the ink could not be ten years old, and was probably only a few months old. Why was! not Davis himself produced? He could have | settled the point all right. But, as usual, | the plaintiff saw fit to bring wit ses who | did not know, in preference to witnesses who did know. A Set-To Between Lawyers. At this point there was an interesting set-to between the lawyers. “Mr. Butterworth,” said Mr. Wilson, in- terrupting him, “you will not have a chance to answer me when I make my argument, so I will give you a chance to answer a question now, for it will play an important | part in my talk. Why is it that Mr. Stoll, who had the possession of these books, did not produce them in the presence of Mrs. Ketcham and Miss Hoyt, in order that they might have © chance to identify them as ks which Miss Poilard had when vas at their house?” use we did not have the books that she had then. Do you mean to y that | producing something that they had never seen would call to their minds something “You are rather getting away from the question.” “No, I am simply getting it on to y Mr. Butterworth wa: 9 y significant tions were being taken as | and in Lexington, where | she was well known, when they were | ing the depositions of Brand, Kaufman and | the others. “That shows how much you know about interjected Mr. Wilson. “Why, do you ciaim that she was there?” “Of course not. Neither was Mr. Breck- inric “Weil, why should he have identity was not in question that he was ever cé Foundling Asylum.’ Mr. Wilson smiled a smile that was full | of guile and took a few notes, as though he were loading up in order that he could been? His Yo one claimed ontined at the Norwood be ready when his turn came to answer Mr. Butterworth. | Mr. Butterworth then went on with his argument. He poke of much of Miss Pol- lard’s testimony as “insufferable rot and balderdash.” ‘On one ion she had | stated that when she in Cincinnati Mr. Breckinridge wrote a letter for her on | | a_ typewriter 2 brought on as to her co r to write | son who was hin if a typewrite: | a letter in long hand, take it to a type- writer to copy on House of Representatives | paper and then sign his own name on it | with a lead pencil. “That's a curious way of insuring se- crecy, 4 Mr. Butterworth. “Why, I might as well take the sun in my hand and ran through the darkness for the purpose of keeping myself hidden. Il this, said Mr. Butterworth, went far er ‘of woman | to Mr.| sits to | s known} a time when it w at | mamma” that her mother was in another part of the | ‘state. Mr. Wilson would probably explain |to them what was meant by this phrase, |“going to see mamma.” As for himself, he could not explain it. The plaintift’s la str upon the cla such a person as Lena |ton, or that no such p a bad house in that cits police of Lexington hac a person had kept a house Mr. Wilson's Memory. | “Now, Mr. Butterworth, on, interrupting him again, at if at statement unintentionally you would like to be corrected. Supposing, then, you look up the deposition of the chief of police and see whether he ever did say anything of the sort.” | The deposition of Mr. Lusby was hunted up and read, and it was then proved that Wilson had a remarkable memory which he uses in following every turn of | the case. The ex-chief of police had tes- tified that he did not know of his own knowledge that there had ever been such a person, although he had heard that a wo- man by that name had kept a house there some twelve or fourteen years a yers had laid special im that there was never min Li on had eve: Yet the of od that such | | Mr. Butterworth insisted, however, that | | the fact of all this had been sufficiently | shown by other witnesses. He then brought | the argument down to the coming of the| | plaintiff to Washington in ISS7, taking the | ground that it was by neither the direc-| | tion ner wish of the def nt that she jhad come. The situation that faced him | then was one of the most ful that can confront a man. To face exposure is worse | for a man of honor and position than to | the simplest | her protection, | face death. The sin that led to such a condition of affairs he would not attempt to excuse for yne minute, but he did not think that the man should be made to suffer vicarious punishment for his sin. This woman exercised an overwhelming power over this man, and she used it to the full. It was a case of “Willie, come. And Willie came.” And yet they had asked the jury to judge this woman woman ne’er was judged before. He was not trying to lft the blame from the man and place it upon the shoulders of ihe woman. He was simply trying to picture ions as they were. hey say that strong men do not yield,” said Mr. Butterworth, earnestly. “Oh, don't they? The most powerful of the emperors of old Rome turned aside and laid down his scepter to seek the smiles of a woman. They say that good men do not yield. Oh, don’t they? Burns, who thrilled the whole world with the sweetness and the purity of his song, had to ask for- giveness from his God for the violations of His law. As to Her Children, Continuing, Mr. Butterworth devoted con- siderable attention to the plaintiff's story of the birth of a child. He endeavored to show a number of inconsistencies in the testimony of Dr. Parsons and the plaintiff. It was a most remarkable mother, he said, ‘o did not even care to know the burial of ber child. He had never heard of such a mother. From Cincinnati to Wash- ington, and babies born all along the way, buried in unknown or forgotten Most unnatural! Was it not more li this city, as she had told Mr. Breckinridge? The incident of the naming of the child Dietz Downing, when she said she ssked that it be named Dietz Carlyle, went far to- ward casting a doubt on her whole story. ‘The matron of the asylum had testified that the baby said to be the plaintif’s was brought to the asylum by a large and very black woman, while Mary McKenzie was a small and light-colored woman. And, again, she stated that she stood beside the coffin | of her little baby at the undertaking estab- lishment, and she had named the day and date. And this date was eighteen days after the records of the asylum showed that Dietz Downing had died. As to the sin that placed him in her power, Mr. Butterworth said condemnation. It is the God in each one = us that revolts at the violations of God’s aw. some other sentinel falls aslee| . of duty. There must be no ications. ane ishment in this case. This is not the of- fense the jury are called upon to judge. They are asked simply to decide the question whether or not this man made a promise of marriage to this woman. The Alleged Offer of Marringe. In scathing terms he denounced the plain- tiff for her outrageous distortion of facts in connection with what occurred in this city. He discussed her story of the 31st of August, when she said she met him at the station and they went for a ride in a hack into the country. It was on this oc- ion that she said he told her that he tered himself might please her. “And he delayed until evening, Butterworth, sarcastically, “before he made the shocking statement that he wanted to make her his wife. And where did he go to tell her this—to place of his sainted wife at his table and in his family, before the world had set- oor upon the grave clothes of his dead wife? “You say,” he said, shaking his finger in the face of Mr. Wilson, “that he took her to a bawdy house. “That's exactly what he did,” said Mr. Wilson, quietly. Mr. Butterworth then went on to dis- cuss the marriage that Miss Pollard had sought. It would have been an unholy al- liance, and heaven would have forbidden the banns. fly, who had lived for years without labor, and she lixed just that sort of an exist- ence. She had had exactly what she wanted. He believed as surely as he could | believe | anythi that he did not know that Pollard knew of Mr. Breckin- idge’s s in New York at the time that she was scouring that city and talking about his connection with great capitalists and his prospective busi- ness trip to Samoa. At this point in the argument a recess was taken for luncheon. After Recess. After recess Mr. Butterworth again took up the thread of his discourse to the jury, referring in the beginning to page 426 of Miss Pollard’s deposition, where she spoke | of her going to Sarah Guest's Strength of a forged telegram from her mother to the school authorities, There Was an incident right here, said the speak er, which he thought would cast some ligh on the characters of the two parties to the suit. On cross-examination he had asked her if she was not afratd to go to Lexington with that man. She had an- swered that she was not; that she had twice resisted him and was sure she could do it again. Ihe fact that she waited at Sarah's for a considerable length of time whtle he went home and then came back is not consistent with human nature if, as she claims, he was viciously pu ing her and endeavo; ing to »verceme her scruples. He had been seribed as a lecherous man, and Sf he on the w actually pursuing her against her will he would never have left her urtil he had consummated his desires. He would not have left her alone to think it over and decide upon the results of what she was going to do. On the contrary, all this went to show that there was a mutual unde: staiding between them, and when they fovnd that Sarah Guest’ v@s not at home | Department under the regime of Postmaster | he left her there, going to his own home, knowing full well that he would fiud her there when he came back. Events That Took Place Here. Then Mr. Butterworth came down once more to the events that took place in this| Mr, Birney Makes a Report on This | ishing supplies for the Indian service city, to show that Miss Pollard deliberately chose to keep to the life she was leading. If she had wished to follow the inclinations that seemed to take her to Breadloaf Inn she might have buried ker past and lived an honest life, But she threw all that away. In the inserutable plans of Providence Mr. Breckinridge’s wife died and then it occurred to her that she might force her- self into his life, to preside over his home. According to her statement, when she r turned to Washington on August 30 he m at the station and in the course of drive that ensued he asked her to marry him. He asked this woman, who he knew was in every way unsuitable to enter his home, to marry him before the bells that rang at his dead wife's funeral had ceased to echo about the hill on which the Capitol stands. All this Mr, Breckinridge denied. He de- nied even that he was in Washington at hat time, and ified that the first time aw the plaintiff! was when he met her he | in New York. M Mr. Butterworth then had Mr. Stoll read to the jury extracts from Mr. Breckin- ridge’s testimony where he told about his subsequent meetings with Miss Pollard, the oceasions on which they discussed the prop- osition that she should go to Berlin for a couple of years of study. She refused to go except as his afflanced wife, and to this he would not agree. After Mr. Stoli had finished Mr. Butter- worth said that this recited fully all that | had been done and all that had been at- tempted. Why was it, Mr. Carlisle had t Mr. Breckinridge was willing to proposed marriage to Mrs. id not to the ladies with whom Pollard was planning to go abroad end several years? The reason was of ort. The circumstances and con ons were altogether different. She would not go to Europe unless he would publish to the world the fact that he was going to marry her. He had offered to raise all the money he could to send her abroad t she might study, if that was really the of her life, she claimed. I not agree to what was impo: and Mr. Butterworth said he was will- e it to the jury, sensible men, he had not done all that in ould. Miss to's nh ‘The Statements to Mrs. Blnckburn. He then took up the statements that were made to Mrs. Blackburn. He admit- ted that that estimable lady had been de- ceived, but it was absurd to believe that Mr. Breckinridge would take Miss Pollard to Mrs. Blackburn to ask her protection for Miss Pollard as his affianced wife, for Mrs. ackburn had already extended though not at Mr. Breck- in ; Mr: indignation at what had ocew was righteous and proper, but, Mr. Butterworth thought, it was not the fault of Mr. Breckinridge at all. had no control over Miss Pollard. He not the master of the situation. She the master. He could no more draw her out of Mrs. Blackburn's life than the ker could turn a comet to one side holding on to its tail. He had every- to lose, She had nothing to lose She held him in He was was by thing and everything to win. her power because she could expose him at any time, and a man like Mr. Breckin- ridge would Infinitely prefer death if he could leave to his children the heritage of an honest name. , ly that there had been a miscarriage in | there were | not words strong enough to express his — But no soldier is ever shot because | had something to say to-her that he flat- | * said Mr. | ask her to take the | This woman was an idle butter- | LEFT A WIDOW Seb James Sabine’s Sudden Death Re- veals a Pathetic Story. A WIFE WHO WAS UNACKNOWLEDGED A Marriage Ten Years Ago Kept a Secret. A MYSTERY OF HIS LIFE —_——— James Sabine, the clerk in the pension jand records division of the adjutant gen |eral’s office who was taken to the Emer- |gency Hospital last evening because he [had taken an overdose of morphine, as published in yesterday’s Star, died last night. Coroner Woodward gave a certifi- |cate of death and the body was prepared |for burial by Undertaker Gawler. It is likely that the remains will be sent to Ver- mont, the late home of the deceased, for | interment. | There is a story in the death. It is a story of mystery and tears. jlthough the information was given to the hospital au- thorities that the dead man was unmar- ried, he leaves unacknowledged wife to mourn him. The Star man who was sent to the hospital yesterday afternoon saw this morning in gilt letters on the directory board of the Metzerott building the name E. Pastoria Sabine, studio. The thought struck the reporter that this might be a relative of the suicide. He inquired if the person was a man or a woman. It was a woman, and the reporter Was soon rapping on the glass door of room No. 16 on the second floor. It was opened by a lady, clad in black, and some- what heavily built. It was hurd to make @ guess as to her age, for her eyes were red, swollen, and brimming with tears; her lips were quivering despite the fact she was attempting to conceal this by com- pressing them. Her hair was slightly out of trim and her general appearance was disordered, through grief. She had evident- ly not slept during the night. As she held the door ajar, The Star man saw ihat in one hand, which trembled as if with palsy, | she had the clipping from The Star telling = the suicide. “Are you Mrs. Sabine?” asked the reporter. “Yes,” said the lady in broken and tremulous words, “I am the | wife of James Sabine. I hate to inflict myself on you in this hour of sorrow,” sympathetically said the | Teporter, “but may I ask you a few ques- | tions about the unhappy case.” ‘Sit down,” said the lady, motioning the isitor to an easy chair. Then before she proceeded with her nurrative she sobbed a little. It was real, genuine grief. As she sat with her head resing on the back of | the chair and her eyes closed the reporter studied her face. The features were those of a woman of unusual sensibility and re- finement. Her nervous temperament was undergoing a despairing strain. Finally she got together enough strength to tell the following story: Her Story. “I met Mr. Sabine more than ten years ago. He was very fond of me. I very fond of im. We loved each other with our whole hearts. On the Sth of March, 1884, we were married at Baltimore by, I think, Rev. Dr. John Leyburn, but I will not be sure of that name. We lived hap- | pily together. We were happily mated. Sometimes a cloud would come over him and he would seem to be regretful of some- thing which had occurred in his life prior to our union. At the end of two and one- half months he told me pitifully and in great grief that something had occurred which would render it impossible that he should ackuowledge to the world that he would threaten his personal safety. outery of grief he would come to me as long as I should live, but he must not let the world into his secret. I offered to make any sacrifice if he would let me share this secret, and perhaps aid him in the trouble. But he would never tell me. I lived on in hopes that some day he would, and that the mystery would be cleared away. Our meet- ings after this grew less and less frequent. I had not seen him for a long time till He was talking with a friend, and I feared to approach him. I did not know whether he would rebuff me cr smile upon me. I turned round and went to H street. On seeing me he had done the same thing, and on Hi street we met face to face. He was much changed and broken. He looked so sad and sorrowful. I, too, had changed. I tried to smile, but waited for him, and he waited for me, and so we passed. It was sad, so sad.” A Lock of Hair, | Here emotion overcame the lady and The | Star man withdrew, but was called baci. If you could only get | Mrs. Sabine said: | me a photograph or a lock of his hair—I | sbould treasure it so much.” The reporter | telcphoned to the hospital and found that | the body had been removed to Gawler’s un- | dertaking estabiishment, and there they re- sed to give up a lock of the dead man’s without an order from the brother, Mr. John Sabine. Mrs. Sabine was a clerk in the Post Oftice rs General Marshall Jewell, and in those days used to read at the receptions given by Horatio Kirg. Sane ase . THE SHEA FAMLY. Interesting Combination. There is soon to be a revival of the affair involving the pardon of John Shea for sell- | ing liquor and the subsequent efforts of the Sheas to have Police Sergeant John Daley indicted for alleged perjury. It now ap- pears that President Cleveland and Attorney General Olney are interested in the matter, and a report of some kind will probably be made, perhaps in the near future. Now that the Sheas have failed to have the po- lice sergeant indicted they are directing their efforts in the direction of the district s oflice, and Mr. Birney has already upon to make two reports. Christy, acting as counsel for the Sheas, wrote a letter, it is said, directly to _the President, making charges against Dis- | trict Attorney Birney for his alleged refusal | to have the Sheas go before the grand jury end make an effort to indict the police ser- | geant. ron Attorney General Olney referred | the matter to Mr. Birney for a report. This | report was soon sent, but it did not seem to be satisfactory, cither to the President or Mr, Olney, and Mr. Birney was directed to make a further report. | This he did, and in the supplemental re- port he embodied a copy of the Police Court records relating to the Shea family, show- ing that there were on the dockets records jof 156 cases against members of the family. This record covers a period of nearly twenty years. . It is thought in some quarters that the present proceedings were instituted in order lo start an investigation concerning the conduct of District Attorney Birney, with a view of giving an excuse for his re- |moval to make room for a democratic suc- cessor, as.Mr. Birney is a republican, hav- jing been appointed during President Harrt- | son’s administration. A Siar reporter called on Mr. Birney this afternoon and asked him about the charges, matter. ——. OREGON REPUBLICANS. Ticket Nominated Adopted by the PORTLAND, Oregon, April 12.—The re- publican state convention adjourned last and = Platform officers for the election in June. W. P. Lord of Marion county, a member of the supreme bench, was nominated for governor. The platform aflirms that the policy of consistent protection is necessary for the advancement and preservation of national industrial interests; condemns the demo- cratic tariff program and denounces the party for discrimination against producers and in favor of manufacturers, chiefly of the south and east; reaffirms the national platform of 1892 in details of money and bi- metallism; condemns the proposition for an it ternational monetary conference; favors construction of the Nicaragua canal; de- mands the enactment of rigid restriction of foreign immigration; for protection of labor against vicious and ignorant classes, and commends the policy of the republican par- ty relative to internal improvement and condemns the democracy. ae Personal Mention. A telegram was received at the State De- partment today saying that Mr. Harry E. Bryan, who is now in London, is improving rapidly in health. was married, something which if he did | “He said that if I would make no sign or | about two weeks ago I saw him on G street. | but he said he preferred not to discuss the | riland Convention, | night after nominating a full set of state | THE TARIFF BILL. General Debate Expected to Close Next Monday Week. There is apparently no disposition on the Part of the republicans to prolong the gen- eral debate on the tariff bill. The general expectation is that by unanimous uagree- ment the general debate will be closed one week from Monday. The debate which will be protracted indefinitely is that on the par- agraphs, and the republicans are eager to reach that. The republicans are undoubt- edly very hopeful of defeating the bill, but they do not expect to do this by filibuster- ing. If they cannot defeat it on a vote, then the bill will pass. It would be impossible to keep up a filibuster to the end of Congress. The Main Republican Attack. The main attack by the republicans will be through the income tax and the sugar schedule. They will endeavor to prevent | the sugar tax from going into the bill, and to prevent the income tax coming out. | ‘They think that the absence of a duty on stgar would compel the two Louisiana | Senators to vote against the bill, and that the presence of the income tax would com- | pel Hill, Murphy and perhaps Brice and | | Smith to vote against the bill. They de- | sire therefore to keep the bill in the most | | unpopular form, and think that they will) | be able to do so. The fate of the measure, | they think, will be known within sixty | | days, and possibly in a very short time, though even if assured that the bill will be beaten they will still want sufficient time ‘to thoroughly discuss the items. Democratic Hopes. The democrats are basing their hopes, which are not oversanguine, upon two things; the necessity to the party that | some tariff legislation shall be had and | the influence of the administration earnest- ly exercised in favor of the measure now pending. In both these reliances is in- cluded the assumption of lack of courage | on the part of the democrats who are) opposing the bill. Hill is getting an im-) mense amount of mail since his speech, consisting almost entirely of letters of corgratuiation. ' ————--_ —___——_ TO PROTECT THE SEALS. Orders Issued to the Fleet in Bering | Sea. Orders have been issued transferring the — revenue steamers Corwin, Bear and Rush from the treasury service to the naval serv- ice, and they will be added to the naval | patrol fleet in Bering sea, under command | of Commander Clark of the U. S. 8. eyed | can. These vessels have been fitted out at San Francisco in anticipation of this serv- ice, and will be ready to start for the ren- | dezvous in the Arctic ocean at very short | notice. They are in command of men thor- | oughly familiar with the sealing grounds and the seals and may be confidently ex- pected to give a good account of them-/ selves in the detection and apprehension of | poachers, whether American, Canadian or of any other nationality. The sailing orders and instructions of | the commanders of the ships on the seal patrol have been completed. The general | tenor of the instructions, it is understood, requires the naval officers to seize any ves- sel found engaged in sealing north of the | 35th degree of latitude, and east wf the | 180th meridian, after May 1 and before August 1. The presence on board, of seal. ing apparatus will be regarded as sufficient | proof of the character of the vessel to! warrant her seizure. The seized vessels, | if carrying the United States flag, will be | sent to the nearest United States port and delivered to the judicial officers there to) await trial. If a British vessel, it will be turned over to the British naval officers, | who will see that she is returned to Vic- | toria. The sailing orders will be kept se-| cret so as not to defeat the purpose of so disposing the vessels of the fleet as to make | it probable that no sealing craft can ven- | ture far into the sealing waters without a | reasonable certainty of capture. Some of the naval vessels will lie in wait in the | ,Reighborhood of Sand Point and at the mouth of the passes between the Aleutian Islands, through which the sealers would | pass from the North Pacific into Bering | sea. A contingent of the fleet will cruise off the coast of British Columbia and south- | ern Alaska, following up the seal herds as | they swim northward. The fact that a vessel, United States or British, has cleared from port before the promulgation of the laws will not suffice to save her from seiz- ure. Her cruise will be cut short and she will be returned to port to be dealt with | by the courts. —_——_+ e+ _______ _ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Another Company. Another company has entered the field in the fight for the garbage contract. It is | the Eagle Company. This morning Col. Hastings, its representative, had a talk with the Commissioners and stated that more definite information would shortly be forthcoming, as President Savoy of the company would visit the Commissioners Monday. He stated the proposition of the company was to erect two crematories; one in the southeast and another in the north- western section of the city. No odors would arise under their system, the gases escaping were totally destroyed by fire. | | The company sells its plant to corpora- tions, he explained, or takes contracts to | destroy ali offal matter. Regarding the “cost, he stated the work could be done | from $1.50 to $2 per ton for collection and destruction. — Service Supplies. Arrangements for the opening of bids for have been completed at the bureau of In- dian affairs. The opening will be commenced | at Chicago on May 15, and in New York on | May 31. A week or ten days will probably be occupied at each of the places. The party going from Washington to attend to the work will include Commissioner Browning, Chief Slater of the finance division, Private Secretary Corcoran, Gen. Whittington, sec- retary of the board of Indian commissioners, and probably Commissioners Lyon and Painter. Several clerks in the Indian bu- reau will also be detailed. The aggregate amount involved in the contracts to be awarded at both places is about $2,500,000. -_ j ta | Rhode Island's Governo: | Mr, Wiliam S. Roose has received a letter from Gov. D. Russell Brown of Rhode Island, in response to an epistle of congrat- uiation on his re-election. After thanking Mr. Roose for his expressions he agrees with him that the sweeping republican vic- tory in Rhode Island will have much effect upon national affairs, and especially the tariff question. “I am personally gratified by the result,” writes the governor, “because during the last week of the campaign the democrats cropped everything and made a personal fight on me."" He concludes by stating that there are only five democrats in the new Rhode Island legislature out of a member- ‘ship of one hundred and nine, and that one of these was elected upon an independent ticket. —__-e>+___ Baltimore Market: BALTIMORE, Md., April 12.—Piour dull and un- | changed—receipts, 35,884 barrels: shi . 31, barre 1235. barrela, "Wheat weak vue GiaGl + GL 4a61%4: July, ments, S814 receipt seh 20.000 bushels: stock,” 989,408 bushels: 31,000 bushels—milling’ wheat by sample, Com steads—spot, 49346; | April, 41 iy, 45 bid: steamer’ mixed, ladle, 12, — > | Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. | Reported by Silsby & Co., bank brokers, | Metropolitan Bank building: pects a CHICAGO, April 12, 1894. Open. High. Low, Close. BS New York Cotton. ‘Month. Open. High. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 37; 2 p.m., 44; maximum, 44; mini- mum, < | would avert gold shipments. FINANCE AND TRADE Encroachments of che Bears Steadily Resisted. FEELING OP THE STREET BULLISH Regular Speculators Favor the “Industrials.” GENERAL MARKET REPORTS dvstrials leading. importance, and fluctuations in the raliroad list were narrow and insignificant. generally are builish ang on all reactions. individual members of this group curities comes up in the course discussion. hostile legislation. With this bugbear re- moved there is nothing to prevent an un- precedented rise in this class of stocks. AS present indications point to a granting of the majority of the requests made in behalf of these companies, more from necessity than good will, traders natural: for- saken the regular list in the Any ing quicker returns in a distinctly speculative. The small investor will up cheap’ dividend-paying: stocks up cheap div! -paying turns from which are a trifie slow, bat r onably sure. A comparison of figures at the close of the noon hour with lest right’s closing disclosed changes less than 1-2 per cent, the most noticeable exceptions being Manhattan, which 2 per ceat en good buying for investment i jaccount, and Delaware and Hu@son, which sold do 1 per cent on The announcement that gold an ovnt of a million and a half and proba- bly mere would go abroad by Saturday's stermrers led to a sudden chenge in senti- ment just before delivery hour. The room element made an attack on the and the list generaliy, but with fect than usually follows a raid carse. American Tobacco was marked per cent to 4 1 ‘on early selling at ted to the pool deciin 89 7-8. In the absence of any decisi the case of Chicago Gas traders to buy the stock up to @ 1-2, a per cent from the opening. Sugar was strong at a gain cent to 94, but sold off during noon in sympathy with the market. The foreign exchange market and higher this morn: on pronounced scarcity bilis. Paris was reported to be adve! was hoped that the strength in to the i , i é 4 ww rs B 5 - & “ Ae FI eit i sf i k H 4 a i i were forced to engage gold however, as the only sure remittances by Saturday's Had London continued to ities, as was expected, it the difficulty arising from sence of all classes of ihe last hour's trading e last "Ss con! without noteworthy feature. ures were fractionally below the opening. —__—— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ; g e & i f 4 i g : | ii aE ‘The follow! the the the lowest and the clos! giprices at the Kew Tore stock Teported oy Corson & Cmeago. B. and Q- Sy Chic. ana Nortnwestern. 1094, Chicago Gas ig De} ire ana Hudson... 141 Penver ané Bio Grande. RSS and Cattle Feeding. 25 General = agireuey’ 2 2 Be iz: i isn = as B27: ie"s 8 1s i $38 o'clock =m. —Metropolttaa United States Electric . Fire Insurance, 100 at 5a: “ sked_ is, Did. “United States Ss, 117% iL ile ton tas So Set Pantie ae eo, Tho aa. OS bid. 30-year Fur b Water stock ‘currency 7s, 1901, 117 bid. Water stock is? 1 120 bid, 3.655, sreney : : by ey, Albay bi asked. Sigs, Sem om erates Miscellaneous Bonds. —Wash town Railroad conv. Washington and G: 129 Lid, 134 asked. Me: conv. 1 bid, 105 asked. Belt Railroad Sa, 85 bid, 6s, 95 asked. Eckington Rallrond 6s, $5 bid, asked. Trust Bs, 1905, Market Com S 4 Washington 5 ‘ r d 112 asked. Washington Market € uy 18 bid. Masoate Hall Association 5s, 125 bid. 106%, asked eked Colum sud eg En 145 bid, 104 bid. Linea! Dit td, ‘Onto, 80 bid, & asked Safe Deposit and Trust Sate Deposit and Tru ington Loan and Tre ca Ratiroad Stocks. —Washington and Georgetown, ) bid, 315 asked. Metropolitan, $0 bid. Colum: ye Oi, 06 asked. Belt, 23 bid. Baking on, nd Flectric Light Stocks.—Washing! bid, 46% asked. Georget: Gas a8 “ United Statex Elec 44% coran, asked. Beopl: bid, St asked. Title’ Insurane bid, 120 asked. mn Washington Title, 8% Telephone Stocks, 3 peake and Potomac, 47% Bio tid, + bid, 30 asked. Miscellancous Stocks.—-Washineton Market, 12 bid. 15 asked. Great Pulls Ice, 137 bid. 130 asked. Bull Run Panorama, 15 bid. Lincoln Hail, bid Inter-Ocean Bul 100 - “Ex. Dividend.