Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1896, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1896—TWELVE PAGES. tion: Evan P. Howell, Patrick Walsh, Al. Lewis, Pop Brown. Col. J. W. Robertson of Habersham coun- ty is chairman of the committee on resolu- tions. The platform declares for the free, unlimited and independent coinage of sil- ver at the ratio of 16 to 1. CONGRATULATING HIM. Even Gov. Russell Sends Maj. Kinley Greeting. CANTON, Ohio, June 25.—Gov. McKinley's congratulations today included one from ‘Theodore Roosevelt from his summer home at Oyster bay, as follows: “My Dear Mr. President-to-he: As a rule I do not like to try prophecy, but I think it is safe to say New Yerk will give you the largest major- ity by far that she has ever given a presi- Gentizi candidate.” : Ex-Goy. John E. Russell of Massachu- settts says: “No man of all your admiring and loving supporters more cordially and stedly congratulates you and the country than I do. I am your sincere polit- Ical opponent, but no less your cordial and sincere friend. nator Frank H Me- ock, writing from says: Dear President: I you of my vei t personal satis- with your nomination, which was d with a most liberal spirit. and zbsolute fidelity to the principles of our party. We go mito the canvass for your election unfettered by doubtful :e- solves, and will gain a glorious triumph country. You have the right to be oud of the love and respect for you "an people.” dent of the Ohio University sear Major: You may recall that writes: I told you last fall that the result of the State election was a tribute to your per- onal hold upon the confidence of the peo- ple of this state. The result of the co: vention at St. Louis simply carries this thought out to the people of the nation. I have been a close observer of men and pvents for several years, and do not hesi- tate to say that you have won your own somination by the strengta of your char- acter, because the people believe in you. (Signed) “JAMES H. CANFIELD.” Ex-Secretary of the Interior Joha VW Noble “Dear Majer: Piease a tept my congratulations and my hope that you muy be elected President. If we may Yedeem Missouri at the same time it will de additi se for thanks and praise. : rty has justice with it and is thriee THE VOTE FOR SHIVELY. It Was Almost Unanimous, but Cooper Had Some Delegates. ‘APOLIS, Ind. June 25.—At the Indiana democratic state convention y terday Mr. Benj. F. Shively of St. Joseph who was nominated for governo! Teceived 1,643 votes out of a total of 1,74 Ex-C Cooper, the candidate of the gold standard faction, received the re- Tr, 100 votes, The Notification Commitice. OMAHA, Neb., June 25.—Serator John M. Thurston has issued the following notice: “The committee selected by the republi- tan national convention to notify Hon. William McKinley of his nomination for President of the United States will meet at Hollenden Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, June 2 eed by special train on the moi June 29 to Canton, Ohio. The train will return to Cleveland the afternoon of the same day. JOHN M. THURSTON, Chairman.” EVANS AND TAYLOR Interest in Their Contest for the Governor- ship in Tennessee. August Will Prob- ably Tell How the State Will Go in November. Several important state elections, as well us county elections, will be held throughout the country before the November election, and from these may be gathered some idea of how the contest will go in, November. In Tennessee, for instance, county elections will be held throughout the state in Au- eu: E ry county will elect county offi cers and members of the legislature. Be- sides, three judges of the court of chauncery appeals will be voted for at the same. time. ‘The republicans and democrats in Ten- nessee are lining up for these fights, are well organized, and it-is said by Tennes- seeans here that the contest will be the hottest ever waged between the parties in that state. The control of the state is at fseue, and it may be regarded as the final struggle of the republicans. It has been claimed for some time that the republicans have been steadily increasing in strength in various southern states, owing to the acquisitions of former democrats who be- Heve in a high tariff, and also to defections dte to the position of the democrats on the silver question. It is alleged that the changes in Tennessee have been greater than in any other state. The opportunity to show whether there have been changes will be found in the August elections. The result then will likely be the same in No- vember in the election for President and Vice President and state officers. It ts predicted that the hardest fought battle the state ever saw will take place in November between ex-Gov. Bob Taylor, the democratic nominee for governor, and H. Clay Evans, who will be the republican nomine: hey are the two most popular men in their respective parties. Mr. Evans has the prestige this year of having been high- ly hor - Louis, and of being inti- mate with Hanna and McKinley. He is working this for ail its worth in the state, and it will make him many votes. The re- publicans have been claiming the state since Evans was elected governor, they as- sert, and counted out in ISM. The manu- facturing interests of the state are sup- posed to be almost solidly for Evans. Mr. Evans himself has large manufacturing in_ terests, and is popular with the business men of the state. He will have a big cam- paign fund. Taylor will carry the colors of the silver men, and Evans will ficht under the bright stan’ of gold. There wiii be no reason why the election will not be settled on that issue. Governor Taylor predicts his elec- tion by 40,000, while the republicans laugh at this and say that Evans will win by a safe majority. The populists, it is said, will v for Taylor. They had contem- Plated ng with the republicans, but their plan has been changed with the de- Velopments on the financial issues. ——_+- e -___ Gen. Campbell is Insane. LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 25.—Gen. A. R. Campbell, the well-known republican orator, has become a raving maniac. Genera) Campbell's failure of mind is ex- tremely sad. He is a lawyer of high stand- ing and strong attainments and a gifted orator. He came to this city from Kansas, and some months ago his wife died. His loss entailed great suffering upon the gen- eral. whose constant brooding over his con- dition has superinduced brain fever. He Was examined before the insanity commis- sicners and was committed to the High- lends asylum. te —— Mary Abernathy Geis a New Trial. FARMVILLE, Va., June 25.—In the case of Mary Abernathy, twice convicted of ‘y in the brutal murder of Mrs. Jane Pollard in Lunenburg county last June, Judge Coleman of the circuit court has granted a writ of error. Argu- ment was heard ir the woman's case at Cumt and Court Hou She was to have hansed on July 8. Solomon Marable, the principal party to the crime, who is under sentence to hang Jvly 3, will apply for a writ of error also, and his case will be heard this evening. ——.—___ Women and the Tarnerbund. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 25—At yester- Gay morning's session of the North Amer- ican Turnerbund, Mr. George stated that the question relating to the admittance of Women into the Bund would be taken up where it was left off Tuesday afternoon. He announced that there were fifty-three speeches to be made on the subject. The convention will adjourn when the matter is settled. Ameng those who spoke in fa- vor of the motion were Mr. Currin of San Francisco and Mr. Schwab of Chicago. UPRIGHT IN THE WATER Drowning of Little Willie Newton ‘Has Mysterious Features. Found This Afternoon Close by the 11th Street Wharf—Looking for His Companions. Another case of drowring, with some wysterious circumstances surrounding it, came to light shortly before 2 o’clock this afterroon, when the kody of Willie New- ton, a ten-year-old boy, was found stand- ing upright in the water beside the wharf at the foot of 11th street southwest. The little boy was a son of Mr. Thos. W. New- tcn, who resides at 811 G street southwest, and who is employed at Havenner’s bakery. ‘The little boy was missed from his home early last evening, and both his mother and father were noticed going abqut from wharf to wharf making inquiries, to learn if possible the whereabouts of their son. Later in the evening Mr. Newton called at the office of Harbor Master Sutton, and eznnounced that he had been informed that Willie had been drowned. Mr. Newton was accompanied by a little boy named Sorrell, who claimed that he was with Willie when the latter fell into the water that fills the basin near the free bathing beach. Two of Harbor Master Sutton’s assistants entered a batteau and rowed to the spot indicated, where they were met by Mr. Newton and the Sorrell boy. The latter pointed out the Spot where, he declared, Willie Newton had gone under. The policemen grappled for several hours without success, and then it struck them that perhaps the ney had fallen into one of the lakes near the Washington monument, and strength was added to this surmise when it was learned that a yellow-topped wagon had been standing near one of the lakes, and i Willie Newton had gone in the wagon to the monument grounds to cut some grass as feed for a horse. 3 ‘An examination of the lakes, however, showed no result. Late this afternoon the flowing out of the tide disclosed the body of the unfortunate boy standing upright near the 11th street wharf, as stated. It removed without delay, and taken to the morgue ina patrol wagon. , A Star reporter learned that Willie New- ton had been seen around 11th street last evening, playing with several companions, among whom was Irving Hall and two brothers named Stanford. Late this after- neon the police sent out in search of the ecmpanions of the dead boy, to learn, if possible, the reason why he fell into the water. It is considered quite remarkable that any one could fail overboard and the fact not become almost instantly knowr at the point where the little Newton boy lost his life. The wharf, which in winter is used as the principal point for unloading oysters, at all times has a score or more of persons in its vicinity. —— WEATHER FOR JULY. What May Be Expected From the Average for Twenty-Four Years. The following data, compiled from the weather bureau records at Washington, D. C., cover the period of twenty-four years for the month of July, and should prove of value and interest in anticipating the more important meteorological elements and the range within which such variations may be expe@ted to keep for the coming month: Mean or normal temperature, 7 est month, 1 est month, 1svl. with an average of est temperature,103,0n the sth, 1887; lowest temperature, 53, on the 2uth and 22d, 180; average precipitation for the month, 4.84 inches; average number of days with .01 or an inch or more, 11; greatest monthly pre- cipitation, 10.63 inches, in 1886; least month- ly precipitation, amount of pre twenty-four con: on the 2th and of clear day cloudy da: warm- with an average of 81; cold- 2: high- -82 inches, in 1872 tation recorded in any uutive hours, 5.80 inches, th, 187S; average number partly cloudy days, 14; the prevailing winds have greatest Bt been from the south; highest velocity of the7| wind, miles, from the northwest, on the 4th, 187 2Sth, 1s ee The Maulsby Will. The vestry of St. John’s parish today filed a bill in equity ggainst Louisa D. Lovett and Ida Corson, administratrices of the will of the late Anna M. Maulsby and others for a construction of the will. The will provides the sum of $50,000 for a home for destitute women, andthe court is asked to decree the payment of the said sum to the complainants, and that it be made the trustee under said bequest, etc. Attorney James Lowndes represents the vestry. —_+—_. Double Shooting. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 25.—George Stutz, a marine engineer, shot and killed Mrs. Cora Borden in a Polk street lodging house, and then turned the pistol on him- self, sending a bullet into his own brain. Belmont’s Mare Won. LONDON, June 25—August Belmont's Terpsichore II won the Rookery two-year- old, from six starters, at the Sandown Park summer meeting today. The distance was five furlongs. A —————————— Safling Poleward. VARDEE, Norway, June 25.—The arctic steamer Windward, which left Graveserd, Eng., on June 9 for Franz Josefland to bring home the Jeckson-Harmsworth ex- pedition, arrived here today. She will leave for the nerth on Sunday, June 2s. Henry M. Stanley Ill. LONDON, June 25.—The Globe says that the condition of Mr. Henry M. Stanlcy, M.P., the well-known explorer, is serious. Gee Funeral of Mr. Bristow. NEW YORK, June 25—Funeral services over the remains of Benjamin H. Bristow, Secretary of the Treasury in President Grant's second term, were held today in the Brick Church (Presbyterian), the Rev. Dr. Van Dyke officiating. The pallbear- ers were Clarence Seward, Joseph La- roque, Joseph H. Choate, Charles Lanier, Justice Patterson, O. D. Munn, John C. Latham and H. H. Anderson. Among the prominent people who attended were Senator Higgins of Delaware, ex-Mayor | A. S. Hewitt, J. Pierpont Morgan, ex-Gov. Hoadley of Onio, Albert H. Stickney and W. B. Hornblower. Sunday School Workers. BOSTON, June 25.—Tremont Temple was filled today at the praise service which D. iL. Moody conducted. At the business meet- ing Treasurer Bigelow showed receipts for the last three years of $21,969.79, and exe Penses $21,861.28. A special noon-day ser- vice, at which the audience packed Tre- mont Temple, was conducted by Mr. Moody. Among the speakers this evening will be Rev. Dr. A. J. Diaz of Cuba, recently im- prisoned at Havana by order of Gen. Wey- Jer. The Northern Pacific derbilt. NEW YORK, June 25.—Chairman J. Ed- ward Simmons of the Chicago and North- ern Pacific reorganization committee says that he has no knowledge of the reported negotiations by the Vanderbilt interest for the purchase of the terminal properties of the company at Chicago. md the Van- Our Advertising Columns. Read the advertising columns of The Star carefully. They are an invaluable guide to the buyer. You will find the an- nouncements of ail the success- ful business houses and will miss the fake concerns and habitual bankrupts. You won’t find the latter. Reputable advertisers dislike being found in their company. c MORGAN’S STRATEGY Seheme to Consolidate Northern Pacific and Baltimore and Ohie. J. P. Morgan Pulling the Wires and Hemry Villard Credited With the Accomplishment of Results. | CHICAGO, June 25.—The Evening Post has a sensational piece of railway news to- day. It is to the effect that Henry Villard, backed by a large rumber of European and American capitalists, has about completed a deal which will give them a through line from the Atlantic to the Pacific seaboard. The intention of the Villard syndicate 13 to buy the Northern Pavific road and then the Baltimore and Ohio is to be secured at a@ receivers’ sale. It is said the syndicate has already practically obtained control of the Chicago and Great Western road, which will be the connecting link between the Baltimore and Ohio and Northern Pacific. It is also said that the apparent an- tagonism between the Adams reorganiza- tion committee of the Northern Pacific and ‘Villard was only assumed, and that now the deal is all but accomplished, a recon- ciliation having taken place. Should this deal be carried into effect it would not change the relations of J. P. Morgan & Co. toward the Baltimore and Ohio in the least. The B. and O. has for several years past worked in close har- meny with the Northern Pacific and Wis- ccnsin Central Railway Companies, and in Chicago uses the passenger train ter- minals of the latter road. The Wisconsin Central is the connecting link between the Baltimore and Ohio and the Northern Pacific at Duluth, and it is thought that it is the Wisconsin Central which {s now in the hands of J. P. Morgan & Co. for re- organization that is referred to in the dis- patch and not the Chicago and Great Western. For some time past there has been a disposition on the vart of the members of the syndicate who are associated with J. P. Morgan & Co. in their gra: railway deals to keep the name of the house out of the public prints, as it was feared that the business world might become alarmed at the magnitude of the growth of rail- way ownership of the firm, and this was no doubt in accordance with the desire of Mr. Morgan, but those best informed on the subject say that he is pulling the wires the same as ever. —— ANTE-RACE GOSSIP. Cornell "Varsity Has Big Hopes for Tomerrow. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 25.—The misunders: ling which Harvard alleges in yesterday’s race appears differently to- day, in view of opinions of unbiased cars- men. They say Harvard always jockeys before cutting leose from the stakeboats, and the referee was justified and should be commended for making a start in accord- ance with the time set. General satisfac- tion is expressed. Rives, the referee, is a graduate of Co- lumbia, He rowed in-this country and in England on the Cambridge crews, and is a practical yachtsman. He refereed the Harvard-Yale ‘varsity race in New Lon- don in '03. Intetrest now centers in the big ‘varsity, which will be pulled tomorrow. Betting is Guiet. Cornell's victory yesterday shows, and the Ithacans have plenty of money waiting. The Cornell ‘varsity put out at 10 o'clock s morning. The eight were fresh as sies, and took a spin at a 35 pace. This is the highest stroke Cornell has used, and is nearer the ideal of Courtney. Ivanias took ‘a_three-mile full up the river, followed by Ward in his a There is general satisfaction in ansylvania camp over the fact that the Pennsylvania youngsters finished third yesterday. Coach Ward that he had not expected them to win, and he was de- lighted at the stiff race that they were able to give Harvard. ‘The Pennsylvania oarsmen generally re- ed because Harvard was defeated. rd told an Associated Press reporter morning that in view of the fact that Harvard freshmen were conceded to s the ‘varsity before yesterday's race, he could not see any show for the crims: jors to win tomorrow. The Pennsylvantas hope to beat Harvard, even if they do not finish first. The Quakers will row in one of their old shells instead*of the new one which Walters of Troy built for them this year. The old boat is a trifle heavier, but the crew has gotten greater speed out of it. eg AMUSING EXPERIENCE. AN What Happened to Capitol City Wheelmen at Occoquan. A party of Capital Bicycle Clubmen had an arausing experience last Sunday. The annual club run of the club to Occoquan was made, and those participating in it were Messrs. Arthur Mattingly, Norris Mc- Daniels, W. F. Roberts, Joe Leaming, Franklin Jannus, Frank B. Farnsworth, W. €. Allen and Dr. J. Bartlett Hill. The day was warm to an intense degree, and the road riders pursued their usual custom of heightening the heat by scorehing. Long before reaching Occoquan the wheelmen were well strung out, and each man, to be more comfortable, arranged his sweater over his trousers. Thus attired the proces- gion entered Occoquan. Occoquan was founded about 1707, and many of its resi- dents retain the ideas of the proprieties that were then in force. When the bicy- clists hove in sight of the populace there- fore, wearing their sweaters in the manner described, a great shock swept over the community, and a multitude of hands went p in holy ‘horror. Dr. John S. Powell, ex-member of the Vir- ginia legislature, rushed to the front to prevent such awful desecration of the good name of Occoquan. He hurried to the town constable, “Captain” Ledman, who, in addition to his official duties, takes care of the creature comforts of the Population, and demanded the arrest of the wheelmen for indecent exposure. Thereupon a colloquy ensued between the visitors and the officer, which soon took the shape of a personal investigation of the sweater wearers. Each man was turn- ed slowly around as if on a pivot, and at last the constable dubiously decided that while “wearin’ a shirt outside o’ th’ pants Wasn't jest exactly k'rect, speshully on a Sunday, they warn’t no visible indications of exposure sech az wuz contemplated by the law.” Then he added, after a rumin- ative pause, “a sweater ain't @ shirt, no- w.?? The Capital Bicycle men came back, and when they go to Occoquan they will wear garments of a single piece, butto1 the back. Bere —_——.__ Phi Beta Kappa. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 25.—At the business meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa Association today the following officers were elected: President, J. C. Carter of New York; vice president Governor Roger Woleott of Boston; secretary, W. C. Lane of Cambridge; treasurer, Henry G. Denny of Boston. The following were electsd honorary members: Judge C. Chandler, Abner C. Goodell, jr.. Wm. H. Pickering, George B. Hall of Oxford, England, and George A. Gordon. At the conclusion of the business meeting the members march- ed to Saunders’ Theaier, where Geo. S. Morrison of Chicago delivered the annual oration, cfter which the annual banquet was served in Massachusetts Hall, Died in Shame. WILKESBARRE, Pa., June —An un- known man and woman were found dead in bed in a house of questionable Teputa- tion here this morning. It is believed to be a case of double suicide. The coroner has begun an investigation. ——.__ Large Failcre, CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio, June 25.—On application of E. L. Babcock and the Akron Belting Company, J. A. Long is appointed receiver of the Falls River and Machine Company, located here. The company owes $375,000, with assets at $615,000. ‘Tilley’s Dend. ST. JOHN, N. B, June 25.—Sir Leonard Tilley, K. C., M. G., ex-minister of finance of Canada, and ex-governor of New Bruns- wick, died here at 3 o'clock this morning. He was seventy-eight years of age. ” READY FOR VERDICT Jury Will Take Holt Caso Some Time This. Afternoon. Mr. Wilson's Aigurpent for the Heirs-Et-Law. os Sa TRIAL NEARLY ENDED With the opening of the Holt will trial this morning the public intergst in this famous case reached a climax, for the general opin- ion was that this would-be the last day, There was but Httle left“to do, except to finish the arguments and to deliver the charge to the jury.” It was impos- sible to say just when the ‘case would go to the jury, and no one was Willing to venture a guess as to how long the twelve good men and true might take to reach a verdict. ‘The trial began Monday, May 18, and con- sequently has lasted not quite six full weeks. Tomorrow would just round out that length of time, and even if the case should go to the jury, there was more than a likelihood that a verdict might not be given before tomorrow morning, anyhow. Some curiosity has been expressed as to the legal form the verdict will take. Ac- cording to the issues of the case, the jury is called upon to pronounce answers to four set questions—whether Judge Holt wrote the will, whether there was a revocation, fraud or undue influence. The last two questions may be left out of consideration, and the jury will only be called upon to make cate- gorical answers to the first and second. A negative answer to the first would, of course, settle the matter once and for all, barring the possibility of a new trial. Tt is scarcely necessary to say that the lawyers on both sides have done full justice to the case in their closing arguments to the jury. There has been little in the way of eloquence, for the speakers have devoted their attention solely to the matter of sum- ming up the tesumony and drawing their different conclusions from the facts that have been presented. The lawyers for the caveatees left full two hours for Mr. But- terworth to make the final appeal to the jury. He is recognized as an able orator, and the constant attendante upon the trial have felt all along that he was being kept back for a closing burst of eloquence, which would leave a favorable impression of the claims of the caveatees in the minds of the jury. Mr. Worthington used up a large part of the time allotted to his side yesterday, and there was some talk of his being the only speaker for the heirs-at-law, owing to the fact that Mr. Wilson was not feeling well enough to stand the strain of speaking. Called It a Fergery. Yesterday afternoon, after The Star's re- port of the case closed, Mr. Worthington went on with his argument that the im- portant words in the alleged will were all traced directly from corresponding words in Jetters from Judge Holt to the members of the Throckmorton family. He called especial attention to the fact that in his let- ter of September 24, 1873, Judge Holt wrote that, in his opinion, Wlackstone as 2 legal writer was a “standard of the highest char- acter,” while in the will occur the words and- "he said, could another, and one matches the other exactly ‘So it is," said the lawyer, “that we aim that thts will is a forgery, and that the man who forged it had these letters in IMs possession. A man who cannot believe that is not open to the Itght of reason.” Mr. Worthington insisted that the ab- sence of proper punetuation marks in the leged will was good preof that Judge Holt never wrote the paper, for he was un- usually careful in that respe Judge Bradley. Holding the will in his hand and standing up before the jury box, Mr. Worthington continued his argument on the subject of the handwriting, referring again to the various reasons the different witnesses had given for their opinion that the will was never written by Judge Holt. But it was Expert Hagan, he said, a witness for the other side, who made a discovery in Judge Holt’s handwriting that he had never ob- served in the writing of any other human being, namely, that the judge had a way of writing the same words twice exactly alike. Where were these fac-similes? Why, in the will and in the letter to a member of the Throckmorton family, also written on February 7, 15 “Gentlemen, when he said that Brother Wilson and I for once fairly lost our com- pesure and could hardly keep from chuck- ling, he had discovered for himself exactly what we had hoped we would be able to prove by another witness. The resemblance was altogether too marked for the writing ever to have been done by the same person at different times and under different cir- cumstances. Gentlemen, when Mr. Dar- lington saw how pleased we were, he stop- ped Mr. Expert Hagan from pointing out any more similarities between the will and the Throckmorton letter of the same date, and asked him to turn his attention to the Mary Holt letters.” A Strong Intimation. Mr. Worthington created something of a sensation by intimating that the will might have been sent to the register's office by Miss Throckmorton. In the course of his address he said: “You find Miss Josephine Throckmorton leaving New York a few days before this will appeared and going to Cul- peper, Va., wnere she had. relatives living. It nad never occurred to her to visit them before. She comes back here and waits at the Baltimore and Potomac depot for one hour @er her train. “And during that very hour this thing was mailed, and mailed jm the very section of the city in which she was waiting. This coincidence of the mailing of that letter; the coincidence of the date of the will: this terrible coincidence of the words in the will and the words in the letters in the posses- sion of the Throckmerton family, all point to something which you will have to decide upon.” . Mr. Wortnington claimed that Judge Holt would never, under any gircumstances, have named Luke Devlin, as his executor: that his feelings toward his relatives were such that he would Never have left his prop- erty to outsiders. Speaktrig of the gift of $10,000 to Miss Hynes, he argued that the interest accruing from ,the bonds was equivalent to the allowance of $600 per an- num, which he had previously made her. Mr. Worthington Resumes. Mr. Worthington resumed his address this morning immediately upon the open- ing of court. ‘The room was crowded, and many people were unable to obtain admis- sion at all. Mr. Worthington, who had nearly two hours of his time left, began with a con- sideration of the question of revocation. He pointed out that from 1875, when Judge Holt retired from the War Department, down to the time of his death, there were absolutely no relations between him and Mr. Devlin. In 1873, when the alleged will purports to have been written, Judge Holt had made no permanent provision for the support of Miss Hynes, but eleven years later he presented her with $10,000, so that she was assured of an annual income of $000, precisely the amount that he had formerly given her in a monthly allowance. 8 Ing of the will which the judge wrote for Miss Hynes in 1886, Mr. Worth- ington said that it surpassed belief that in that will he should have made provision for the distribution of only $10,000 if he Mad made a will which would in a few years, as he was then an old man, give Miss Hynes a vastly greater sum than that. If the members of the Throckmorton family had told the absolute truth on the witness stand, said Mr. Worthington, then eight or ten eminently respectable people, who were perfectly disinterested witnesses, had stecped themselves in perjury, and should go from this court into the Criminal Court to answer to a charge which might land them behind the bars. The major, his wife and daughter had all testified that the only bad feeling the judge ever enter- tained toward any member of the Throck- morton family grew out of the differences with the major’s mother, and did not ex- tend to any of the others. Yet five serv- ants who had served Judge Holt, Mrs. Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. Jennings and other Witnesses, all testified that the judge had expressed the deepest animosity toward the whole family, and had given orders that not one of them should ever be aliowed admission to the house. If those people, unprejudiced witnesses, had told the truth then the major and Miss Throckmorton did not tell the truth when they testified that there never was a sign of a break be- tween them and the judge, and that the latter was as fond as ever of Miss Throck- morton, who, as Mr. Worthington pointed out to the jury, was interested in the out- ‘come of this case to the extent of $0,000. Yet not a single person could be found who had ever seen them, or either of them, in company after 1881. Refused the Money. “In the year 1891," said the lawyer, “Major Throckmorton was in as dire dis- tress as he could be. He was to be tried by court-martial. He must have money. Mrs. ‘Ihrockmorton wrote to the judge, asking the loan of $2,000. Judge Holt did not deign to answer the letter. Again she wrote and said that she had raised $1,000 and would he lend her the balance. What did that great and good friend of the Throckmorton family do then? He threw it into a drawer as he had done with the first jetter. What do you think now of the kind- ly feeling the judge entertained for the family, gentlemen? “A month later Major Throckmorton so far humbled himself as to write to Judge Holt to implore his aid. He did not ask for money, but only for a letter us to his character and services to lay before the court-martial. And for over a month that letter lay unanswered, and in February or March, 1802, Miss Throckmorton came on to Washington in the greatest haste. She came on the midnight train, saw the judge in the morning and returned to New York a few hours later. Gentlemen, she has told us that the only reason she had for coming was to tell the judge that her parents had raised the money they needed, and were not compelled to call upon him for assistance. When they needed the money they were willing to make their request by mail. When they found that they could get along without it a letter or a telegram would have told the judge. But what did they do? For some reason they thought it necessary to send Miss Throckmorton in person to de- liver the message. Gentlemen, that was a most remarkable statement.” Mr. Worthington’s Closing. Mr. Worthington then took up the mat- ter of Judge Holt’s affection for the Holt family, and compared the feeling with what he felt for the Throckmortons. If the judge had ever written such a paper as the alleged will, he would have toid his ser- vants that when he died they must keep his keys and watch and send for Luke Devlin, his executor, and turn them over to him. But he did not. He told them to send for Wash. Holt. Gentlemen.” said Mr. Worthington, for- cibly, “you are asked to believe, but can you believe that he would have sent for Wash. Holt, whom he had loved for years, knowing that when Mr. Hoit arrived and made a search of the papers he would find this paper, this alleged will, coiled up in a drawer to sting him to the heart? No; gen- tlemen; no. Judge Holt was not that sort of man. “I have no doubt that Judge Holt did write a will, as he told Mr. Washington Holt, in which he named his nephew as his executor; but in the closing hours of his life, as he lay on a bed of pain, realizing that the world that he had known would know him no more, his thoughts turned back, as an old man’s thoughts will do, to the scenes of his childhood: to his old home in Kentucky. Whatever feelings may have been engendered by the war, and which the other side would have you believe re- sulted in the will of 1873, and lasted to the time of his death, had in reality long since passed away. As the light through the casement began to fade and the noises from the street reached his ears as sounds from afar off, his heart turned lovingly to- ward those of his own blood, some of whom he may have ignored in that will, and he decided to let his property go to all of them alike, and I am sure, gentlemen, as I am sure of anything, that Joseph Holt, by his own hand, destroyed that will, leaving his property to be divided among his relatives as the law provides.” Mr. Wilson’s Argument. Mr. Worthington finished his address at 11 o'clock, for Mr. Wilson had decided that he was strong enough to make his speech to the jury Mr. Wilson is a master of logic and rhet- oric, and the manner in which he attacked the validity of the alleged” will held the closest attention of the jury and the au- dience. He reviewed the mysterious man- ner in which the paper came to light, a year after the judge’s death, the remarkable ap- pearance of the paper, and the burns, which, he said, were undoubtedly made for a purpose and in an artistic manner. The burden of proof, sald Mr. Wilson, ted upon the other side to sustain the va- ity of the will. Had they done it? He thought not. In a clear and caustic man- ner he again ran over the testimony of the witnesses who had been summoned to prove that Judge Holt wrote and signed the will, claiming that their testimony would go for little or nothing as compared with the great mass of evidence that went to attack its va- lidity Mr. Wilson then discussed at some length the testimony of those who knew Judge Holt years ago and who had testified that in their opinion the handwriting in the al- leged will was that of Judge Holt, but their testimony’ was of a halting and uncertain 1ature; they thought that it might be, in their opinion it was, and all that; but on the other hand Gen. Horatio King, who had known the judge intimately for years and corresponded with him long ‘after their official relations ceased, testified that the will was nothing but a bungling for- gery; so did Col. Hosmer, Mrs. Briggs, Col. Barr and others. is ‘The jury had been told, said Mr. Wilson, that the will bore a striking resemblance to the handwriting of Judge Holt. Natur- ally, for if a man tried to get up a fictitious will and failed to imitate the handwriting of the man whose will it purported to be, he would Be an arrant fool as well as a knave. It would be very remarkable in- deed if the handwriting in the alleged will did not resemble the handwriting in Judge Holt’s Jetters which are admittedly genu- ine. If any one knew Judge Holt’s handwrit- ing, then Mr. Washington Holt and his daughter Mary surely would, for they were constantly receiving letters from him, and they had both expressed the opinion that the will was not a genuine paper. There were more witnesses who testified that it was not the handwriting of Judge Holt than testified that it was. Yet it was necessary for the other side to furnish the preponder- ance of testimony, and on this evidence alone it would be incumbent upon the jury to decide against the genuineness of the paper. Then Mr. Wilson took up the expert tes- timony, comparing the evidence of Messrs. Hay and Hagan with that of Messrs. Frazer and Carvalho. He claimed that the pre- ponderance of testimony was against the validity of the will. Yet that was-not neces- sary; all that was necessary was the pre- ponderance of testimony should not be on the other side. , Following this, Mr. Wilson considered the legal form and ‘substance of tie disputed will, arguing that the very composition of the ‘paper itself was conclusive proof that it was never written by a man of Judge Holt’s character and legal attainments. Then he took up the matter of Judge Holt’s gift of $10,000 to Miss Hynes in 1881, claiming that Judge Holt felt that he had done all that he was called upon to do for the cousin of his first wife, and there was no reason why he should have made any further provision for her when it came to making his will, cutting off absolutely all of his own blood. Nor was there any good reason why he should have left a fortune to Miss Throckmorton, who was at best but his godchild, and was but seven years of age when the alleged will purports to have been written. In conclusion Mr. Wilson spoke tn no measured terms of Miss Throckmorton's attempts to brand every one of Judge Holt’s trusted servants as miserable perjurers, there was as much reason for believing them as her, they had no motive for lying, there was no $80,000 or $90,000 at stake for them, and after all they were six in number and all agreeing, while she was only one. At the conclusion of Mr. Wilson's address @ recess for half an hour was taken. Mr. Butterworth Speaks. Upon the reassembling of court, Mr. But- terworth began his speech to the jury. As had beon anticipated, there was rather more osatory in his address than had been sought after by the other speakers. Like the others, he began by reminding the jury that there were but two problems awaiting their solution, the question whether the will in controversy was the genuine will of Judge Joseph Holt and, if so, whether he had ever revoked it. It had been brought to their attention that the burden of sus- taining the will rested with the caveatee: They had accepted it and, he claimed, had performed the duty in a manner which #hould satisfy the jury beyond a question. In a rather sarcastic manner he attack Mr. Worthington’s contention that the will Was not the sort of paper that Judge Holt Would have Jeft behind him as his last will and testament. On the contrary, he claim- ed that the will was a clear and weil- drawn legal paper and he questioned wheth- er there was a lawyer in the city of Wash- ington who could draw up a will that would dispose of property according to the wishes of the testator in a more satisfactory man- her than does this one. There was nothing Temarkable in his use of the word “inherit.” So he took up the other features of the will which have been criticised as ld law, secking to dispose of each objection. Drowning men catch at straws, Mr. Bu: terworth said, and this was exactly what the lawyers on the other side were doing when they attacked the will en the Strength of its legal form and on the claim that it was written on a mere scrap of fcolscap paper, such as the judge would never have used for the making of such a formal document as his last will. He admitted that the will turned up in a very mysterious manner, but to his mind the only matter for surprise was that the will ever turned up at all. Who were the ones who were interested in keeping out the will? Surely not Miss Hynes and Miss ‘Throckmorton. “And if it was a forgery,” he continued, “my friends on the other side would have you think that the forger followed it up with a certificate of its worthlessness, and that having written it, he burned and mu- Ulated it as if in an effort to prevent his own aims. Now, who are the ones who | isad access to this paper? Only those who were most interested in its destruction. Who burned the papers at the Holt man- s.on after Judge Holt’s death? Did we or was it the man who had thought all along that he was to be the judge's only heir, and Who felt justified in offering a reward of | $45,000 for the finding of a will? “That this will was burned ts certain, and that it was burned by the only persons who were interested in its destruction is as certain as that | am looking at you, gentie- men of the jury, at this moment. We have @ perfect right to examine the motives that animate human actions, but that is a thing the lawyers on the other side have carefully refrained from doing. “Which is the better theory, that these two women are criminals or that the crime was committed by those who sought to de- stroy this will? “Our friends on the other side have not been consistent for twenty minutes in suc- cession since this trial began, First they claimed that the will was such a bungling forgery that it did not look a bit like Judge Holt’s handwriting; then, as if to give you sentiemen your choice, they swung around and claimed that the similarity was so close that the will could only have been produced by tracing. That the will was a fac-simile—" “Only in respect to particular words, Mr. Butterworth,” said Mr. Worthington, “only scme words, “AN right. Your witness, Frazer, said that he would not venture to say whether or not Judge Holt wrote the will. Then he came to his measurements. I notice Mr. Worthington has not said much to you about these measurements, Yet you go up to the coast and geodetic survey and they would tell you there that a ship could not be navigated about our shores unless they could make more accurate measurements than Mr. Frazer was able to do with the words and letters inihis will by the aid of thata instrument of his that he called a Producer.”* “Projector, Mr. Butterworth, projector.” ‘Weil, projector, then, if you prefer it, Mr. Worthington, though Mr. Frazer cer- tainly used it for a producer.”” Leaving the subject of the will for a time, Mr. Butterworth drew an eloquent word picture of the feeling that existed in Kentucky during the war and immediately afterward. Judge Holt, he said, for es- pousing the cause of the Union, became practically an exile from his well-loved State. Then he told of the carly friend- ship that existed between the judge and Maj. Throckmorton, then a young man. He was fond of the young man, and help- ed him in many ways, so that It was but natural that the major's first-born should have been named Josephine Holt Throck- morton. She loved the old man, and he loved her. “Judge Holt was charged with concealing the jury's recommendation to mercy in the Surratt case, and that as a result of his act Mrs. Surratt died a death that she Would not otherwise have suffered. “When Josephine was a little girl she heard a boy speak of Judge Holt as the old man who killed Mrs. Surratt. Her Uttle arm shot out; it was not much of a blow, but it was the best she could do to punish one who had cast an aspersion on her godfather’s character. Then she went to him and said: “Bon pere, did you ever kill any one?” When he found out what the Httle one mean: and what she had done in his behalf do you wonder that~the old man’s eyes filled with tears and that he clasped her to his heart? Do you won- der that he loved his little protector? Ah, gentlemen, that he were here today to Protect her from the aspersions of those who would have you believe that she was such a knave as to forge or connive at forgery, and such a fool as well as knave as to,send such a mutilated paper as this through the mails!” If the will was made by tracing, said Mr. Butterworth, and the letters of Judge Holt of February 7 and September 24, 1873, were ured for models, it was a remarkable thing that the writer or forger should have traced certain words in the will but not the sigrature, which was the most import- “Speaking of speaking of the measurements of words in the atleged will as compared with Judge Holt’s letters, Mr. Butterworth sald’ that the transparency showed a difference at times varying from cne to two kilometers, Scarcely a person in the crowde? ccurt room smiled at the break or seemed to know that a kilometer fs in the neighbor- hood ot two-thirds of a mile. Mr. Butterworth’s closing was particular- iy strong. ae dalked ll about 3:15 o'clock, after which judge Bradley be; to the jury. -y began his charge The case will probably littie before 4 o'clock. Sees Colorado on McKinley. CANTON, Ohio, June 25.—Governor Me- Kinley is daily receiving assurances from Colorado and other western states of hear- ty support at the polls and assurances that there is no disaffection in that territory on account of the financial plank. eS Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. 50 to the jury a Sept Deposit and ‘Trust, 120 asked, Trost. 11% ‘bid, 122 asked. eee y and Trust, 141 bid, 146 asked. Month, ‘ow. . August tis “Tas September. 655 6.64 October. 658 6.86 November... 00.0022 657 6. Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, Md., June 2.—Fiour quict, changed—Receipts, 21,538 barrels; shipments, 997 barrels; sales, 1,250 barrels.’ Wheat dull and lower—Spot’ and month, 614,@61%; July, od raon rerky bid, & Paegeeh 5 cme, August, Chacha: Sepicmbar, 6 Pome, pide, io. Md, ; 5.000 bushels. See ‘sales, 12: 3. ple, 55@3; do. on Spot and montly, Sieg bid; September, 4 bid, ‘eipts, 1,605 bush 107,088 bushels“Southern white corn, G36; Ao. yellow, B6C36%. Oats very weak 2 white western, 23%@731; No, 2 mixed d Receipts, 42,180 bushels; exports, nom S43 bushels. Rye inactive and lower. 35@36 aearby—Receipts, 563 bushels; stock, 39_bushels. Hay quiet ‘and steady—Cholce timothy, $17 bid. Grain freights dull, unchanzed. Sugar stea wre atier steady—Fanc 125" go “na i, Saati, gies de ta 3 le, is 5 unchanged. stocl ay So Sea eee 2 eabaearee ee iE sttetetsaetst LET wansked a28 a FINANCE AND TRADE Sugar Alone Was Active in Today’s ™ Buying. : STEADY UNDERTONE DOWNWARE The Political Conventions Unset. tle the Market. TODAY’S DEALINGS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, June 25.—The course of prices in today’s stock market was almost identical with the record of the preceding days of the week,a strong opening followed by fractional concessions and a steady un- dertone at the decline being its chief char- acteristics. The trading in Sugar wes again the most conspicucus, as well as the most significant feature of the day’s de- velopments. On a volume of business ag- gregating 5,000 shares during the first hour a sharp decline of 2% per cent to 113 was recorded. The trading within 1 per cent of this limit was unusually lange and offered the first evidence of support since the decline was inaugurated at the close of last week. The buying was principally in the interest of the short account, how- ever, and renewed selling was attracted by every advance of more than one-half per cent. The railroad list was well supported during the activity in Sugar, and gave ad- ditional evidence of a rallying tenden: the real movement being held tn abey: by the prominence and direction of the stock named. A rally is the most to be reasonably expected at this juncture, owing to the many doubtful features of the present situation. The gravest doubts are wholly poltical and not diplomatic. If the currency problem is as satisfac- torily settled as our international differ- ences now give promise of be simistic operator will be comple:ely shorn of speculative capital. ‘The settlement the Venezuelan boundary dispute may not have as decided an influence on values as the demand for settlement had, but it is reasonably sure to have an opposite in- fluence. The Cuban negotiations are being regara- ed in a light more consistent with the facts, and in consequence have little specu- lative value. Some selling of Nashville end St. Paul has been reported, usually by the sellers themselves, on the theory that free silver and the recognition of Cuban belligerency would be proclatmed simultaneously. These operators, trading frequently in amounts too small to make a quotation, are ac deserving of consideration as influencing the general direction of values. If such a recognition of Cuba’s demands is to be made for political purposes it is high time that the announcement should be made. The too generally prociat neither political nor speculative value. The market for foreign exc! reported to have developed s tions of weakness, steady at 4.88. A recession from this p would prevent gold exports, and even now the profit in shipping is dependent upon the added commission. No outfiow is rected by Saturday’s steamers unless t demand improves between now and \omor- rew afternoon. Closing prices reflected the evening up of traders’ contracts, and were not significantly improved. some rates being barely FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Clo American Sugar... 11534 American Sugar, Pid. Ww? Way 101 American Tobacco. GA GA jy American Cotton Oil... -..0. 0... xg AS Atchison... 143, 143; 34% “13% Balto. & Onio. : prt ames ats Canada Southern. < ee) Canada Pacific. : Gx, GO GOK Chesapeake & Gnid, 1 Bie €..C., ©. & StL. Chicago, B. & Q Chic. & Northwest Chicago Gas, Cis. C.M. & St. Pant! ©. M. & St. Paul, Chic. 1954, Dis. & Cattle Feeding.. General Electric. Miinois Central Long Island Traction. Metropolitan Traction. Manhaitan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacite, National Lead Co. National Lead Co.. Pid. U.S. Leather, Ptd.....: New Jersey Central. Xew York Central NY. &N. Eng. Cts. R.1G. ¥ sttiouls. . Northern Pacific, Northern Pacitic, North American. Ont. & Western. Pacific Mail... Phila. & Reading. Pullman Pal. Car Co. Souther Raliway, Pid. Phila. Traction. ‘Texas Pacific. ‘Tenn. Coal & Iron. Union Pacific. Wabash Wabash, Pid. a. Wheeling & L. Erie. * Wheeling & L- Erie, Pid ..... ene Western Union Tel..... “Siig M Silver... 0 0% —— Washington Stock Exchange. Sates—recular call32 o'clock m.—Belt Rallrond Washington an Aailn Lon lw asl ¥%. ¢ Telephone, genthaler Linotype, Lanston Mono- type, 1007s. Government Bonds. 1. 8. de, rexisterod, 10s vid. 10 wid. Uv. gould Gs, 110 bid. currency 7 . 19 bid. i currency 7s, iv48,'110 bid. Fund. currency 3.058, 19 did. Miseclianeous Ronds.—Metropol 106 bid. Metropolitan Railroad 124 asked. Belt Rai Eckington Railroad €s, 1615 lumbia Railroad Gs, 111% bid, ington Gas Company, #er. A, ington Compan; ington ‘Compa and Potomac Telephone Security and Trust 5s, A A., 101, tid, asked. American Security and ‘Trust fs, A. an ©, 101 bid, 103% asked. Washington Marke Company Ist 6s, 110° bid. Washington Marke Company imp. Gs, 110 bid. Washington Marke Company exten. Gs, 110 bid. Masonic Hall As: soclation 5s, 166 Wid. Washington Light Infantey Ist Gs, 90 bid. tional Bak Stocks.—Bank of Waxbington, 278 bid. Bank of 1 , 24 Did. OM. 285 bid, 300 asked. Central, 280 bid. and Mer 180 bid. Second, 133 asked. cus’, 123 bid. Columtia, Capital, 115 bid.” West End, 109 bid, "122 asked. Traders’, 98 bid. Lincoln, “102 Wid," 107 asked. Obie, SS bid. ‘ it and Trust © posit, Sy Mid. -ks,—Oapital Traction sand Electr 44% id. 46 United § 160 Wid. 11 bid, 14 asked. American, Columbia, asked. People's, 5% bid. Linco! Title Insurance Stocks. —Real Did, 110 asked. Colu: ton Title, 3 Miscellaneous 8 nthner Linotype.*119 22» asked. ton Monotrpe, 7 Washington Market, 12 Bid.’ Great al ay 13 ange Lincoln Hail, 90 asked. Mrs, Eliza Curry, widow of Daniel Curry, who was hanged for his share in Phoenix Park murders in Dublin in 1 died in Chicago Monday. The periodical comet of Brooks was re- discovered Sunday by M. Javelle of Nice. Vice President St. John’s private car was attached and chained to the tracks Mon- day at Norfolk in legal proceedings bet weer the Seaboard line and President Winder.