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VOL. VI. NO. 1.»7* LADIES IN COURT. But the Judge Had Them to • March Right Out. POLLAR D-BRECKINRIDGE- Those Books Were Allowed to Remain in Evidence for the Examination. I Washington, March 12.—The pros pect of hearing Miss Madeline V. Pol lard tell her side of the story in her suit against Congressman Breckinridge, of Kentucky, for breach 01 promise had the effect of materially augmenting the •rowd of people who have endeavored daily, since the trial began, to gain ad mittance to the courtroom. Miss Pol lard’s excited behavior Friday had whet ted the appetites of lovers of sensational testimony, but under lheruling of Judge Bradley, persons not having an interest in the case, either professionally or as Witnesses, were not allowed to enter the courtroom. This resolution was not strictly carried out, for the bailiffs, while able to resist the persuasion of the mencomers, could not resist the impor tunities of the gentler sex, and 14 wo men, young and old. were the objects o! special attention in the courtroom when members of the bar began tiling in. The female spectators sat to the left of the presiding judge on benches cor responding to and facing the jury seats. Four of them were young girls—pretty girls—who laughed and chatted gaily. Miss Pollard entered the courtroom at 10 o’clock, attended by Miss ELiis, of the Episcopal Home of Mercy, ami a lady friend from Cincinnati, who sat beside her throughout Friday's hearing. Miss Pollard was dressed as bn her • first appearance in the courtroom. She said “Good morning” to her counsel, and laughed at sqm,.•tiffing Judge Wilson said. But the antd-s died on her trice as the man whom she is prosetmting enter ed the room at the doorway directly in the line of her . vision. Miss Pollard quickly recovered herself, however, and went on chatting with Judge Wilson. Colonel Breckinridge took a seat al most behind and aliont six feet from Miss Pollard. Fourteen women were, by the direction of the court, requested to leave the room. They looked sur prised, and filed out shamefacedly. Mr. Carlise opened the proceedings by stating that there was a preliminary matter that should be cleared tip before proceedings began. He referred to the production of lour volumes of Washing ton Irving, over which there was a mys terious sparring between opposing coun sel Friday. Judge Bradley said that books were evidently part of the deposition of Sis ter Augustine, of Cincinnati, and as such were suject to inspei tion by both •ides just as any other depositions could be inspected. Major Butterworth made further argument in favor of keeping books sealed, but Judge Bradley dis missed the question with the statement that the “order of court will stand.” The first witness was a young man named Coudert de Laßoche Francis, who testified that he met Miss Pollard at 1817 H street, this city. He had call ed there frequently and had met Colonel Breckinridge there. Miss Pollard told him of her engagement to Colonel Breck inridge. Colonel Breckinridge asked her if he (Francis) knew of their engage ment. She told him she had told wit ness of it. At the conclusion of witness’ evidence the court took a recess for an hour. Dr. Tobe Johnson, a prominent physi cian, took the stand and testified that on May 24, 1893, Miss Pollard sent for him ana he went to see her at 1819 H street. She had symptoms of miscarriage in progress. He attended her tnrongh her miscarriage and for a week after wards. He identified the letter-i. writ ten by Mr. Breckinridge to Miss Pollard. one of them telling her to get a room and send him the price, etc., and another to make herself comfortable in Wash ington and not go to the sanitarium. WHITE INSTALLED. With Solemn Ceremonles He Ucvomri .lei tioe of the Supreme Court. Washington, March 12.—With sim ple but impressive ceremonies, befitting an occasion so important, Edward Douglass White, of Louisiana, was in stalled as associate justice of the United States supreme court. At noon, precisely, the conrt, headed by the chief justice, wearing their silken r robes of office entered the chamber, Jus tice White also wearing a robe, came last In the procession. When court had been opened in the usual form, the chief justice announced that the vacancy on toe bench had been filled, and that Mr. White wav present, ready to take the oath of office. Mr. White then took the oeth and the services were at an end. A GIRL'S ADVENTURE. Wont Play I* Miisprcted to Have Been Practiced ou Her. Ansonia, N. Y., March 12.—Isabella Platt, 15 years old, the daughter of Delos Platt, of Long Hdl, Huntington, went - to the Shelton high school with her sis ter at the usual hour on Thursday. She left the school at 10 o’clock and was not seen again by her sinter during the rest •f the day. At 4 o'clock the family carriage was •ent for the girls, in order to save them a walk of four miles. Isabella could not be found, and inquiries were made everywhere. At 7:30 o’clock Mr. Platt went to ) Derby and asked Dr. C. B. Nettleton, a friend of the family, to come to the house with him, in order to talk over the g girl’s disappearance. Dr. Nettleton went B with Mr. Platt, taking his dog with * him. Arriving at the Platt house, all bwere talking about the matter, when the dog barked and a scream was heard 'Dhav rushed out and found Belle, as «li» THE ROME TRIBUNE. was caiiea, lying m a ueau lame ill tne yard. She was taken into the house and Dr. R. \V. Pmney was summoned. He worked until midnight and then the girl opened her eyes and said: “He gave me something.” She relapsed into delirium again, bnt muttered continually. Among the few connected words she said were “I don t want your diamond ring,” and “Ho brought me to the foot of the hill.” Her condition is still serious, but she has not toH her story, for the doctor re fuses to permit any attempt to talk to her. Her shoes were not muddy, al though the walking was very bad. Conflicting rumors are rife concerning what has happened. One story is to the effect that Isabella was seen talking with a strange woman in a carriage, who gave her something to drink from a bot tle. It is also said that a yaung man called at the school and asked a boy to send out a youug woman, whom he de scribed, but . whose name he did not know. The boy cannot be found. When the messenger who brought Dr. Pinney to the house returned, he met a carriage and spoke to the occupant, wko gave no response. This party confirms the the ory that Belle was brought home. Dr. Pinney refuses to say what evidence of trouble he has found on her person. The girl is exceedingly pretty. THESE WERE HEROES. Men Risk Their Lives to Save Their Com rades from Deuth. Kingston, N. Y., March 12.—Thomas Dunleavy and Edgar Van Gaasbeck, through a heroic attempt to save the lives of fellow workmen, lost their lives at Hickory Bush, a few miles from this city. A Lawrence Cement company’s kiln was lighted, and cement rock had been dumped on tho burning coal. Pat rick Burge injudiciously went down about 11 feet into the kiln to level off the stone through which the coal gas was percolating, and he had hardly got into the kiln when he was overcome. W. A. Vandermark, engineer of tho ho ster at the top of the kiln, saw Burke fall, and with a rope he climbed down a ladder into the kiln to assist Burke. After tying tho rope around Burke, Engineer Vandermark was also over come, and Henry Pin, Thomas Dun leavy and Edgar Van Gassbeck, who were at the top of the kiln, went into the kiln and attempted to rescue their fellow workmen. The coal gas was dense, and the mon worked heroically, and Burke and Vandermark were gotten out safely. Dunloavy and Van Gass beck, however, were not so fortunate in getting out, for before they could reach the top of the ladder they fell back dead. Henry Pin was carried by willing hands out into the air and to his both', where he now is, and it is thought he will die. Dunleavy and Van Gassbeck were un married. Reciprocity Would Hurt Canada. Toronto, March ' 127—Mr. Kerr, vice president of the Massey Manufacturing company, speaking of the reciprocity in agricultural implements, provided for in the United States tariff bill as report ed by the Democratic members of the senate finance committee, said its prob able effect would be the closing up of the Canadian manufactories. Should the Canadian government reciprocate, all the northwest trade would, he said, go to American manufacturers. Charged With Robbins » Hospital. Chicago, March 12.—George B. Dresher, formerly superintendent of St. Luke’s hospital and a leading member of Grace Episcopal church, has been ar rested on a charge of embezzling a large num of money, and is now in custody of agents of the American Surety com pany. He is accused of collecting sever al thousand dollars from pay patients at the hospital, recording them as charity patients and converting the money to his own use. • A Woman Charged with Killing a Boy. Saline, Ills., March 12.—Mrs. Sarah M. Waggoner was held on the charge of murdering Seth Waggoner, 12 years old, eon of her sister-in-law. An autopsy showed that death was caused by trau matic pneumonia, the result of violence. The boy’s mother testified that her sister in-law assaulted him Feb. 15. He died several days ago and the body was ex humed. Stabbed Hr rue If With Scissors. Waterbcry, Conn., March 12.—Mrs. Peter Hackett, wife of a Bridgeport po liceman, committed suicide in a bath room at the house of her sister, Mrs. Brownell, by stabbing herself with a pair of scissors. Mrs. Hackett left homo on Thursday and came her j. It i-< sup posed that she had some domestic trouble. neeplug Beecher's Memory Green. New York, March 12.—A service in memory of Henry Ward Beecher was held at Plymouth church, Brooklyn, marking the seventh anniversary of the death of the groat preacher. The ser vice was held in the lecture room, which was filled with church members. Tho painting of Mr. Beecher hanging there was festooned with roses and rose leaves, •nd was especially lighted. Uncle Dined. Atlanta, March 12. Mr. Juel Chand ler Harris was the guest of honor at th* dinner of the Quadrant club, at the newly appointed Richelieu Sunday af ternoon. Mr. Harris is said never to have been dined before by persona out side of the friends of his home life, and this fact was duly appreciated by the members of the Quadrant club. Weather Forecast, Washington, March 12.—Forecast till Bp. m., Tuesday. For North Carolina and South Carolina—Showers today and tonight, fair Tuesday, varied winds. Georgia, East Florida, West Florida and Alabama—Generally fair Tuesday, varriable winds. Mississippi—Fan northerly winds bearing auutheaaterly. HOME. UA. TUESDAY MOKNING, MAUCH 13, ls) >4. WHERE SHE WENT. The Yacht Intercepted in the Bahama Islands. THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED. The Little Vessel That Quietly Slipped Out of the Savan nah Portis Held Up. New York, March 12.—The World has received a special from Port au Prince, Hayti, via Kingston, Jamaica, which says that the steamer yacht Na talie, whose stealthy sailing from the United States aroused suspicion, has been captured by the Hay tian warships Dessalines and Capoix. The mysterious craft was intercepted off Fortune island, one of the Bahamas. Anus and ammunition being iound on board, she was seized upon information that the munitions of wafr wereiutended to be delivered to Haytian revolutionists. There has been a good deal of mystery about the Natalie. On the night of Jan. 14, when it was very dark, tne Natalie, with her lights extinguished, slipped out of the port of Savannah, reached the open sea and steamed away iu a south ward course. There were reports that she carried mu nitions of war to the Brazilian insurgents and also to the Honduran revolutionists. For three or four days prior to her de parture the Savannah port officials were very uneasy over the suspicious actions of her crew. She lay quietly in port un til the steamship City of Augusta from New York entered the river. Then the crew became very busy. Forty cases supposed to have come from the City of Augusta wore landed on the pier and then put oa board tho Natalie. Some of the persons who claimed tint they had handled them said the boxes weighed about 1,500 pounds apiece. Ail the following day after the load ing of the cases prep n ations were active on the steam yacht. Large quantities of provisions—much more than would betaken on an ordinary cruise--were sent aboard, and later tho yacht’s bunk ers were filled chock-a-block with coal. As the vessel had cruising papers the authorities could do nothing further than make a few useless inquiries that led to nothing. When the next morn ing came the discovery that the yacht had vanished in the night was made, and no one was any wiser than before. Then an invest! nation was begun that led to the discovery that the strong boxes contained munitions of war. This was divulged by the stevedores who •tored away th* cargo. They had been pledged to secrecy, but through some mwnw'ttTn cTfstbins people learned from them the nature of the Natalie’s cargo. The arms consisted of military rilles, Hotchkiss and Gatling guns, and the ammunition to serve them. Then it was believed that, the vessel had shipped this cargo for the relief of Mallo, cornered in Rio harbor. Later It came out that Captain Salina, ths master of the yacht, had told one of th* inquisitive steve dores that the arms were intended for Honduras, where they would be used by the government. But the yacht went neither to Rio de Janeiro nor to Honduras. She skimmed down the American coast and then slanted over towards Hayti. General Mauigat, leader of the Hay tian revolutionists, whois at Kingston, Jamaica, afterwards acknowledged that the Natalie carried arms for hia party. President Hippolyte, of Hayti, was warned by his agents of tho destination of the Natalie, and sent his gunboats tc watch for her. A PREACHER ARRESTED. He Will Go Back to Mississippi to Serve a Life Sentence. Birmingham, AU., March 12.—Rev A. M. Thompson, in charge of the Meth odist church at East Birmingham, wai arrested near the close of his sernior Sunday morning by two policemen in citizens’ clothes, and will be taken back to Jackson, Mississippi, where he will serve out a life sentence imposed upon him five years ago for the assassination of a brother minister in his pulpit while preaching to a large congregation. The cause of the killing was the appointment of the murdered man to the pastorate of Thompson. He was sent to the peni tentiary for life, but soon made his ea cape. He came hero about two years ago, calling himself Rev. W. M. Thompson, and assisted in quite a number of re vivals, proving himself an earnest ex korter and preacher. His congregation was horrified at his arrest and can hardly believe that the pastor is guilty of the crime alleged. He is in jail at present and will be taken to the Mississippi pen itentiary at once. GLADSTONE’S POLICY. Roseberry Promises to Continue un the Line Regarding the Irish Question. London, March 12.—A meeting of the Liberal leaders was held at noon at the foreign office. Ther* waa a full attend ance. Lord Roseberry said it had been thought he ought to make a complete declaration of his policy. There was no need of such a declaration h* said, see ing that there would be no chang* of measures, but only of men. The cabinet had no intention of re ceding from the policy they pursued at the last session. Regarding the group of Irish questions, the party was bound by every tie of honor to continue Glad stone's policy. Beading the Queen's Speech. Parliament has reassembled, and at 2 p. m. the members of the house of com mons were summoned to the chamber of the house of lords to hear the speech from the throne. After the usual for malities at the bar, the queen’s speech was read by Lord Higa Chancellor, Lord LjorscheU. IN ALABAMA POLITICS The Biggest Sensation of the Campaign Just Sprung. KOLB AND REPUBLICANS. Threats Are Made by the Re publican Secretary of the Campaign Committee. Memphis, March 12.—A special to the Commercial from Birmingham, Ala., says: The biggest sensation of the Ala bama campaign has just been sprung. Some time ago the Alliance Herald, the official organ of the Kolbites, began a warfare on Ben Delomos, secretary of the state Republican campaign commit tee. In reply Delomos published a card in several Democratic papers, threatening to make public the vouchers which would show that money was paid through him from the national Republi can committe two years ago to certain Koi bite and Populist leaders, whereby the Weaver electoral ticket which was supported by these two parties, if elect ed, was to vote for Harrison if Ala bama’s vote was needed to insure Harri son's election. Tho Alliance Herald bit terly denied this charge. Now the Greenville Living Truth, a straightout People’s Party paper, edited by j. M. Whitehead, probate judge of Butler county, who was on the Weaver electoral ticket, but who has since given Kolb the shake, the result of a break be tween hiip and the Kolbites, comes out with a lengthy publication exposing the ileal. Among other things it says: “Now. it happens that the editor of this paper was one of the electors of tho I stafeat-liifge. and he desires nothing but I the trulh. Ben D lomos has told the ! truth, and The Alliance Herald is sin gularly ignorant if it doesn’t know it. After tho Lakeview conven tion the Koibite electors were summon ed to Birmingham by Colonel P. C. Bowman, chairman of the Kolb com mittee. Most of them responded, and at Birmingham in Colonel Bowman’s office, in the presence of Captain Kolb, the electors lid sign an agreement that had been written out by Colonel Bow man, or under his direction, and pre sented to them by him, by which they obligated themselves in writing to vote for Harrison in the electoral college if it should bo apparent at the time that Weaver could not be elected. The ed itor of tho paper signed it voluntarily as onepf the electors.” Whitehead’s paper avoids mentioning anything about the money condition by k WWBdr this deal is alleged to have been made, but Delomos declares he has the vouchers which show how much money was made and who got it. The effect of the exposure will be a stunning blow to the Koi bite-Populist combine. Demo cratic leaders believe that this in itself is sufficient to defeat Kolb for governor. POLITICS IN TENNESSEE. A Rilling Which Grew Out of the Second Di-dr «t ( iUiUHi. Knoxville. March 12.—The Republi cans in the second district held a pri i mary to select a candidate for congress Th* contestants were ('o.igressnian John C. Houk and Henry R. Gibson, a prom inent lawyer of this place, and the indi cations pointed to the nomination of Gibson by a fair majority. Congress 1 man Houk and his father, the late Judge Houk, have represented the district in congress for 15 years. During the preliminary canvass Houk charged Gibson had secured admittance to the G. A. R. by frand and produced enough evidence to have him dropped from the rolls. The local post of which Gibson was a member said he was eligi ble and the result was a big split among the Grand Army men of East Tennessee. The next national encampment will be asked to reinstate Gibson. A young man by the name of Cardwell, who was a supporter of Gibson, shot and killed Walter Patterson, a Houk man. This has increased the excitement and more trouble is expected. A Woman's Complaint. Chicago, March 12.—Mrs. Lily L. M. ■ Handt. in a court bill just filed, says she has been compelled to keep a street ap ple stand for support, although she owns property worth $40,000. She alleges that John Gunzenhauser loaned her money to erect a hotel during the World's Fair, und that he afterwards manipulated her property iu such a manner that she re ceives no income and that he has gotten her deeply iu debt. I To Blow Up the Dancers. Bellaire, 0., March 12.—Four dyna mite bombs have just been found in the basement of a hall at Portland, near here, in which there was a ball on the night of Feb. 22. Fuses, each with a charred end, were attached to the bombs. It is believed the bombs were placed placed there for ths purpose of blowfiig ' up the dancers, but there is no theory as to the animus. JUDGE DAVIDSON DEAD. He Was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia Masons. Augusta, Ga., Match 12.—Honorable John Shelton Davidson died suddenly at 10:40 o'clock Sunday morning of heart failure. He has been out of health for the past year and tho last three months has rapidly been declining with a com plication of diseases. He born in Augusta June 17, 1848. and has lived here all his life. He graduated at Asbury institute, Twiggs county, Georgia. He studied law here in 1860, and was admitted to the bar be fore be was 21 years old. He was a succe»sful lawyer, and from his nrac.ticA saved cacMul.ruhlA <- "Wt- I ' auu leaven an estate valued at if lad’.uw. He was grand master of the grand lodge of Masons of Georgia, which office he was called to from the floor—an unusual honor—and he has held that office for 11 years. He served in the senate of 1383-84 as senator from the eighteenth and was unanimously elected president - pro tern, of that body. In 1886 he was again returned to the senate by his constituents and was elected pres ident of that body, which office he held until 1887, since which time he has de voted himself to his profession. Chief Justice Stone Dead. Montgomery, Ala., March 12.—Judge George W. Stone, chief justice of the state supreme court, died Sunday morn ing at his residence in this city. Old age was the primary trouble, but the immediate cause of his death was heart failure. Judge Stone was a native of Virginia, having been born iu Bedford county, that state, Oct. 24, 1811. His parents removed to Lincoln county,Ten nesss, in 1817. He read law at Fayetteville, Tenn., and was admitted to practice in 1834. He located in Talladega. Ala., in 1840. In 1843, on the death of Judge EliShort i ridge, he was appointed to fill the va cancy on the circuit court bench by Governor Fitzpatrick. He held this po sition until 1819. when he located in Lowndes county. In 1856 he was elected to a seat on the supreme court bench; serving this state well in this honorable position until 1865. m 1876 he was ap pointed associated justice of the supreme court by Governor Houston, being elected chief justice in 1881. in which capacity he served continuously until his death. THE HALLIDAY HOME. It Has Been Sold for Debt Under a Mort* Fi Fa. Middletown, N. J., March 12.—Wil ’ liam Van Amee, referee in the foreclos i ure suit, has sold at Bloomingburg the . Paul Halliday, farm near Burlingham, : where Mrs. Halliday, in August last, ‘ killed her husband, old Paul, and Mar- I garet and Sarah McQuillan, and where I two years ago she killed her imbecile stepson, and cremated his body in the house, to which she set fire. The mortgage against the property ; was for SIOO and the costs and the inter ' est amounted to a lit lie more than SOOO. J It was sold for SI.OOO to Morris B. Wolf, ■ a clothing merchant of this city, said to I have been acting for a party of New ’ Yorkers who propose to develop the’>rop I erty, with all its ghastly associa*ons, and make it the site of a sanitarium. ROBBED A TRAIN. Negroes in the Louisiana Swamps Made a Big Haul. New Orleans, March 12.—Negroes stopped a freight train Thursday night, overpowered the crew and carried of? I SSOO worth of coffee to the big swamp in which Julien took refuge after the mur der of Judge Estopinal. Mounted police, men came on the robber band once, but the negroes fired on the officers, and es caped. It is thought Julien is one of tho band, and it is known that the leader is Joo Thomas, who escaped from a convict camp last summer by swimming the Mississippi. Guards shot at Thomas as he swam, and he sank. It was thought he was dead, but recently he tried to kill his father-in-law here. Police have had several encounter* with Thomas’s out law* of late. Tho Lookout Inn in Danger. Chattanooga, March 12.—About 1:20 Sunday afternoon the magnificent sta bles of the Lookout Inn were found to be on fir*. No water was at hand and *oon the stables and dance hall were burned to the ground, together with a number of costly vehicles. The fire nearly caught the inn, which is one of the finest summer hotels in the United States. The loss will be about $7,000. The fir* was caused by two young men who were smoking cigarette* in the building. soon tofire UP. Six Thouiand Men in the Coke Region* Will Get Work. Greensburg, Pa., March 12.—Infor mation from a prominent official of the H. C. Frick Coke company is to th* effect that within two week* nearly every coke oven in the Connelsville region will be fired up. The move will cover at least 90 per cent of all the ovens iu the region; more, it can be *aid, than have been in operation for three years past. At the very lowest estimate 6,000 men who are now idle will be given em ployment. The Hungarion and foreign element generally in th* Connellsville region, it appears, was never so scarce a* now, because hundreds have left within the past few months for th*ir foreign homes. This fact will largely involve the em ployment of American labor at the works. This mon on the part of the Frick Coke company, it is also stated, ia brought about by the great volume of orders coming from furnace companies and mill* in various parts of the coun try. The McClure Coke company will also, it is reliably stated, increase the percent age of working ovens fully 50 per cent, thus giving employment to about 1,500 men who are now idle. Th. Stewart B.tat. In ConrK Saratoga, March 12.—1 n th* case of Warren Dake against Prescott Hall Butler and others, representatives of the A. T. Stewart estate, Judge Leslie W. Russell has rendered a decision adverse to the creditors of J. G. B. Woolworth, who leased and managed the Grand Union hotel here in 1891. The com plaint is dismissed on the ground that the lessees, Butler and others, were not partners of and consequently not liable for the debts contracted by Woolworth during his unsuccessful management. *~•—■ - - • . TRICE HVE CKJNTb. THATJDEBATE Between General Evans and Colonel Atkinson Will TAKE PLACE IN TWO WEEKS Railroads Coming Into Rome Will Probably Give Re duced Rates, The joint debate between General Ev ans and Colonel Akinson, which occurs in this city on the 26th inst, is beginn ing to attract much attenion throughout this section. It is probable that a great multitude will be in Rome on that day, to hear the distinguished speakers. All the rairods leading into Rome will prob ably give reduced rates, which will in duce many from neighboring cdfmtie* to come. This reduction has been made by the roads running into Griffin, and it is nothing but fair that the roads should do as much for Rome. Already the friends of the two candidates are beginning to make preparation for their reception, which will by each party, be made as conspicuous as possible. The executive committee of the Evans club will meet Wednesday afternoon at Mr. Meyerhardt’s office in the court house to make arrangements for his reception and entertainment while in the city. Committees will also be appointed to look after the preliminary 's of the de abte. The'friends of Mr. Akinson will' endeavor to draw out all his supporters, but as they have no offical organization in the country,it is impossible to tell just what steps will be taken by h's friends. Advises from different, parts of the coun ty state that large crowds will be in Rome on that day to yell for their favor ite candidate. The place for the speak ing has not yet been decided on. It will either be in the superior court room or Nevin’s opera house. It is possible tho crowd will be as large as to necessitate the meeting to be held in the < p 'n air. These details will be arranged by the fiends of the candidates within the next few days. Altogether, the day will be interesting and an exciting one. It will develop to some extent the strength of the two candidates in Floyd county. Judging from present appearances it will be safe to say that Floyd will wheel into the Evans column by an over whelming majority. SENATOR BLANCHARD. The Louisiana Represcntativo Takes the Place of Justice White. Washington, March 12.—Mr. Blanch ard took the oath of office as senator from Louisiana. Mr. Peffer's resolution for a investigation of tho nowspaper statements as to some senators having been engaged in stock jobbing specula tions in sugar certificates was laid be fore the senate and ou motion of Mr. Gorman, was laid on* the table by a vote of 33 to 27. 11l tlie Home. This being the District' of Columbia day tho house engaged in consideration of matters relating to the district. Britiah Marine* Withdrawn. The state department has received a cablegram from Minister Baker convey ing a message from the consul at Gre) ■ town to tho effect that the British marines had been withdrawn from Mos quito territory, aud affairs are now quiet there. The Finance Committee’. Worlr. Washington, March 12.—The senate finance committee got to work ou the tariff bill promptly at 10 o'clock with all the members of the committee pres ent save Senators Sherman, who is indis posed, Vance, who is in Florida recu perating his health and J ones, of Nevada, who is in the west. Figures of exports were laid before the committee and they began the con sideration of the bill in detail at once. The committee adjourned at 12:20 with out having done anything save vote down by a strict party vote the proposi tion by Senator Aldrich to have hear ings. Presidential Nominations. Washington, March 12.—The presi dent sent to the senate the following nominations: Jas. If. Milligan, of Ken tucky, consul general at Apia, Samoai Leroy H. Shields, collector of customs district of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va. Postmaster—Virginia, Loo T. Savin, Clifton Forge. Freddy Ueutmrd Get* the License. Baltimore, March 12.—Saturday is always a dull day at the court of com mon pleas, and the office was nearly de serted when Frederick Gebhard, accom panied by several friends, came to secure the license to become the husband of Mias Louise H. Morris. It was readily granted, and Gebhard, after kissing the well worn Bible, carried it off. Two Men Blown Through the Roof. Pittsburg, March 12.— Low water in a boiler caused an explosion at the ma chine shop of Fahey & Faller, Twenty second and Smallman street*, and Engi neer Otto Kellher was instantly killed, and Frank Faller, a member of the firm, was seriously, if not fatally injured. Both men were blown through the root of the building. Xn Eque.trfnn Statu, nt Hancock. Washington, March 12.—The Han cock Monument commission has accept ed the design of Henry J. Ellicott, of this city, for an equestrian statute of General W. S. Hancock, and will con tract with him for its construction. It will be placed oq a granite pedest.-d nearly 25 feet high and very similar > the pedestal of the Scott statute.