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THU MORNING fCWS,
Established 1860. Incorporated 1888.
i. JtL Iii>TILL, President.
DENVER A CAMP OF WAR.
A Bloody Conflict Escaped by a Hair’s
Breadth.
The State Militia Pitted Against the
City Police Force and a Posse- Both
Sides Ready to Fight to the Death.
The Governor Appeals to Gen. Mc-
Cook, and Federal Troops Sent to
Preserve the Peace.
Heuver. Col., March 15.—The political'
light waged by Gov. Waite culminated
t, day in most exciting scenes, and mob
violence was imminent many times
the day. Fortunately the common citi
zens were calm and collected, and the
prompt action of leading citizens
in leaving their business and ap
pearing in solid bodies to beg
for time to cousider the situation
carefully caused a delay that probably
prevented bloodshed, rioting and the as
sassination of Gov. Waite. In all proba
bility had a shot been tired, a mob would
have quickly formed that would have
i untured the governor before official as
sistance could have rescued him. At 6
o’clock the intelligence that the governor
had called upon Gen. McCook to preserve
the peace settled all talk of contest be
tween the militia and the police, backed
by as fearless a lot of deputies sworn in
by the sheriff as could be possibly gath
ered together.
“Sohpy" Smith’s crowd of sports had
been sworn as deputies, and they were
placed at the city hall to await orders.
From 8 o’clock until long after dark a
dense mass of humanity was packed In
front of the city hall, and upon the streets
adjacent. They cheered and chaffed and
joked, yet did not appear to express indig
nation at the situation.
THE MILITARY.
On Fourteenth street the First regi
ment of the Colorado National Guards
stood flanking the Chaffe Light Artillery,
eons.sting of four Gatling guns, with
cassions filled with ammunition. Their
position commanded the entire front of
the hall, and at one time the body was
under motion to attack the hall when the
arrival of Secretary Lorenz with a
message from the governor stayed the at
tack. This was for a half hour's delay to
permit another conference lookingtoward
a peaceful settlement.
From the time the United States troops
were called out the most intense anxiety
prevailed. All sorts of rumors floated
about. The sheriff issued an order to ar
rest the militia and take their arms away.
A friend of the deposed members of the
fire and police board went out
of the city hall to apply for a war
rant to arrest the governor. Commit
tees of the most influential citizens
were arguing with the hoard, with the
militia, with the governor, and with the
police, but nothing was accomplished.
The governor declared that he would
order the militia to fire upon the city
hall regardless of the crowds of specta
tors, and the police hoard within as solid
ly maintained their position to resist at
tack. N
TltE POLICE READY TO FIGHT.
The police .stood with guns in hand
ready to charge if necessary, and Chief of
Police Stone said he would die before he
would surrender. Meanwhile business
was practically suspended and crowds
gathered on every corner and upon the
tops of the adjacent buildings.
Soon after (i o'clock this evening. Chief
of Police Stone received a teiplione mes
sage from Gen. MdCook stating that he
had ordered troops from Fort Logan to
protect the chief and aid him in preserv
ing order. Soon after T. M. Patterson
asked on behalf of the governor for a com
mittee of arbitration, nut the city hall
people declined to agree, saying that they
made a similar offer in the day and it had
been refused. Then the attorney for the
governor made a similar request and it
was also declined.
it was not until this morning that the
people realized the extent of the trouble
and the determination of Gov. Waite to
have his way regardless of the courts.
When they read in the morning papers
that he had ordered out the militia they
were loath to believe even then that any
trouble of a serious nature would arise.
But as the day passed the fears of all be
gan to rise.
OPENING OF THE DAT.
As early as 9 o'clock this morning curi
ous spectators began to assemble around
the city hall building, and by 11 o’clock
Larimer and Fourteenth stieets for a
block in each direction were literally
packed. At 10 o’clock two waeons loads
of breech-loading shotguns and ammuni
tion were unloaded at police headquarters
in the city ball. The department was
now equipped with a shotgun and two 45
i bit's revolvers for each man, in addition
to tlie regulation club. A quan
tity of dynamite cartridges was also
stored in the police vaults in readiness
i r any emergency. "We will hold the
city hall against all attacks from the out
s;! '. .if it takes dynamite to do it," was
tin- expression of Chief of Police Stone.
Ac have 110 men on duty, and they will
" hero as long as they are needed. !fthe
► ''Ci’nor wants bloodshed we will give it
tu niui, but he cannot have the hall."
•he crowd about the armory was nearly
ils croat as that assembled at the city
‘■nil. and when the militiamen began to
“rrivc. they found it difficult to make
• v.ay to their headquarters. The
nn ‘iiia started from the armory promptly
aI o’clock. Adjt. Gen. Tarsney was in
mriuuid, assisted by Brig. Ueu. Brooks,
•‘t 15 o’clock Brig. Gen. Brooks, accom
• ' m 'ed by four aides de camp, rode up to
1 city hall and stated that the gover-
Ilul "s orders must be obeyed.
the goveknok in his rooms.
L°v. Waite remained in his private
r ‘ nis at the Douglass House all day and
• itted no one but his closest friends
!| til a committee of citizens from the
' number of commerce called upon him
i au ’ ki the day. The result was a failure
get him to consent to anything. "I
‘ ill order themiiitia to fire," he reiter
•’’■'l The people may assassinate me if
•hey will, but l propose to have my way.”
• his wag the situation when Gen. Mc
>k asserted his position and prepared
preserve the peace.
HISTORY OF THE TROUBLE.
• he history of this trouble dates back
f-oii.e weeks. The crisis was delayed be
-1 ause’the governor preferred to wait until
•he extra session was ended before lie
acted. To understand the situation it
must be known that some years ago the
• lU/ : ( ‘ n s of Denver asked the legislature
"give them anew Charter that would
"ike the police, fire and publie works de
partments out of the hands of the
municipality and put in the hands of
hoards appointed by the governor. It
was believed that this would result In
removing the matter from the corruption
1 politics. Gov. Waite has shown a de-
fpje jEofftmg
sire to make these departments subserve
his political ambitions, and lias tried to
make ail of them political boards,
filled with populist followers. The
board of tire and police has
been changed repeatedly to suit
his wishes. Two resisted, but the gov
ernor won his ease before the supreme
court, which declared that he could re
move for cause. When he demanded the
removal of members. Martin and Orr, re
cently they refused to go until the couats
should so decide.
THE GOVERNOR IGNORES THE COURTS.
Gov. Waite, relying upon the decision
of the supreme court in the first case, did
> not wait for the courts to tell him how to
proceed. He declared that the members
had violated their trust by placing special
policemen at gambling houses contrary to
law, and he appointed two new members.
The deposed members applied to the dis- ;
trict court and obtained a temporary in- \
junction to restrain the governor, '
the mayor, and the new mem
bers from taxing possession of
the office of the police aud tire board by
force. This was objected to, but after ar
guments had been heard, Judge Graham
declined to remove the injunction. Then
after several days deliberation the gov
ernmeht decided to ignore the injunction,
and so issued last night his order to the
militia.
During the excitement around the city
hall, a man named Hyles fell from his
perch on a storm door entrance to the hall,
striking head first upon the pavement
fracturing his skull. He will die.
It is said that a warrant for the arrest
of Gov. Waite has been sworn out, and
will be served by a posse of deputy
sheriffs to-night.
THE FEDERAL TROOPS ARRIVE.
Denver. Col., March 15, 8:45 p. m.—The
United States troops have arrived from
Fort Logan, and are under command of
Gen. McCook. Gen. Brooks, of tlm state
troops, says the old fire and police board
will be given an opportunity to fight or
quit.
The regular troops, 600 strong, arrived
at the Union depot at 8:15 o'clock by a
special train from Fort Logan. The
militia was sent back to the armory and
at 9 o’clock Gen. McCook ordered the
troops to bivouac at the depot until morn
ing. He has held a conference with Gov.
Waite, at which Adj. Gen. Tarsney and
Brig. Gen. Brooks of the Colorado Na
tional Guards were present.
The monster crowds are slowly dis
persing and the police have gone out on
their regular beats. No mob violence is
now anticipated.
CALLED AS INSURRECTION.
Platt Rogers, counsel for the governor
said to-night: “It is insurrection, clearly
insurrection, under the law and under
every day rules. The action of the police
department is open insurrection, and the
governor would he justified iu
putting wit down. The signing of
a document agreeing to resist the
will of the governor, which no one denies
was done by those who are in the police
department, the engaging of hi, aimed
force, the barricading of doors, all consti
tute an insurrection, under the state'
military and federal laws. The governor,
as head of the executive department of
tho state, has certain duties prescribed
under the constitution and the
state statutes to perform and
among those is the appointment
and removal of the lire and police
commissioners. The supreme court of
this state has laid it down in the plainest
language. Gov. Waite has the right to
remove his apisintees for cause and the
district court had not the slightest ex
cuse for interfering. When the members
of the hoard who had been removed, took
such elaborate steps to prevent the will
of the governor being carried out they
were violating the law.”
ALL THE MILITIA CALLED OUT.
Denver. Col., March 15., 11:30 p. m.—
Late to-night Gov. Waite issued an order
calling out every company of militia in
tho state. They are to come to Denver
immediately, ready to act. The Colorado
National Guard consists of two regi
ments, one with headquarters here and
the other in Pueblo. The entire force
can muster probably 1,200 men. The
governor says the companies here are not
sufficient to cope with the crowds and
police force. They cannot reach Denver
before Saturday.
The sheriff will attempt to cause the
arrest of the governor, Adjt. Gen.
Tarsney and Brig. Gen. Brooks early to
morrow morning. The United States
troops will remain in the city until peace
is assured, and the prominent men will
continue to urge peace. As Gov. Waite
seems insensible to arguments looking to
arbitration, peace can come about only by
the withdrawal of the city hail people, or
by some action of the courts that will
restrain the governor. The situation now
looks serious for to-morrow.
A CLUB HOUSE BURNED.
The Handsome Pickwick Building at
New Orleans In Huins.
New Orleans, La., March 15.—The
handsome Pickwick club building, at the
eorner of Canal and Carondelet streets,
was almost completely destroyed by fire
this morning. There had been a meeting
at the club last night, but only the man
ager, bookkeeper and porters were in the
club this morning at 7:20 o'clock when
the fire was discovered in the neighbor
hood of the kitchen caused by an electric
wire. An alarm was turned in ns soon as
the blaze was discovered, but
before the department reached the !
scene the flames had gained such
headway that th" building was doomed.
The fire spread rapidly through the four
stories of the club, and then burst through
the roof, and not until 10 o'clock was the
blaze under control.
The building was four stories high, the
Norman largely prevailing in its urohi
ture. It was built ten years ago, of Phil
adelphia press brick, with Celtic limestone
trimmings, and was owned by A. &N.
Heine, of Paris, and was worth SIBO,OOO.
The furniture was valued at $40,000.
Many valuable paintings and statuary
were saved. The insurance on the build
ing is SIOO,OOO and on the furniture $84,000.
THE INSURANCE.
On the stock and furniture the insur
ance carried was as follows: M. J.
Smith, agency', $2,000; Phoenix Cos., of
Hartford, $0,000; Liverpool, London and
Globe, $0,500; Home Insurance Company,
800,000.
The building is insured for SIOO,OOO, as
follows: Home Insurance Cos., New Or
leans. $25,000; Sun Insurance Cos., Now
Orleans, *25.000; Scottish Union, of Ldin
burg, $10*000; Queen. of America, New
York. $10,000: Mechanics and Traders, of
New Orleans. $5,000; Pelliean, of Man
chester, $5,000; Teutonia, of New Or
leans, $5,000, and Home, of Atlanta, £ra.,
SS,O(H).
A Revolutionary Paper Seized.
Berlin, March 15.—The police this
morning entered the office of I.)er Sozia
list. the most extreme revolutionary
newspaper in Germany, and stopped the
presses, w'hich were printing next Sun
day's edition. The whole issue was seized
and the editor arrested.
SAVANNAH, GA„ FRIDAY. MARCH 10,1894.
MISS POLLARD S DOWNFALL
A School Girl in Short Dresses When
Lured to Her Ruin.
The Colored Proprietress of an As
signation House at Lexington on
the Witness Stand—Col. Breckin
ridge Installed the Plaintiff in the
House as His Mistress—The Story
That the Plaintiff Was Intimate
With Col. Swope Denied.
Washington, March 15.—Miss Pollard
entered the circuit court room this morn
ing just as the crier rapped for order and
began his “Oyez.” She was accompanied
by Mis3 Ellis, an elderly lady, from the
Episcopal House of Mercy. All the at
torneys in the case were present when
Miss Pollard entered. Col. Breckinridge
had come in a minute before, and took his
usual seat immediately behind the plain
tiff. As usual the court room was well
filled.
Sarah Guest, a colored woman from
Lexington, Ky., dressed in deep mourn
ing, was the first witness. She is the
woman whose deposition was objected to
by the defense a few days ago, and not
admitted to evidence by Judge Bradley.
Her examination was conducted by E.
Farrell, who was the attorney for Miss
Pollard in Lexington. Sarah Guest was
questioned minutely concerning her life
and antecedents; how long she had lived
in Lexington and other questions of a per
sonal character. She knew Col. Breckin
ridge she said, ever since sho was a little
girl. She had lived in Lexington for
twenty-five years. The witness identi
fied Col. Breckinridge and Miss Pollard.
MISS POLLARI) AT HER HOUSE.
The substance of her testimony was to
the effect that she kept an assignation
house; that Col. Brecinridge brought
Miss Follard to her house the first time
about ten years ago to remain from Fri
day until Monday; that Mrs. Guest ob
jected to so long a stay; that Col. Breck
inridge overrode her objections and the
girl remained; that Col. Breckinridge
visited her each da.v and evening and that
she saw evidence that Col. Breckinridge's
visits to the girl wore in keeping with the
business of the house. She had heard
Col. Breckinridge tell Miss Pollard that
she must eat breakfast early and “got
down there” to meet Mr. Rhodes on
Monday morning.
A SCHOOL GIRL IN SHORT DRESSES.
Mr. Farrell, asked if there was any
thing about Miss Pollard's appearance
that indicated her age, and after an ob
jection to this by Mr. Shelby had been
overruled, tiie witness answered that her
dress came to her shoe tops. She looked
like a school girl between 17 and 18 years
old. Sometimes she wore her hair in a
plat and sometimes on top of her head.
Led by Mr. Farrell the witness said
Col. Breckinridge and Miss Pollard came
back to her house a year later. Col.
Breckinridge had iometo the witness a
year ago last summer, and asked her to
take Miss Pollard, but she had Refused,
saying “she did not keep company now.”
REQUESTED NOT TO TESTIFY.
Col. Breckinridge had come to her
again last fall, after the suit was filed,
and'asked her not to testify against him,
and also to keep Mary Scott and Mary
Wilson, who had lived at her house, out of
the way, “because he did not want thorn
to get them.”
•“’Did he ever mention the name of any
man in connection with Miss Pollard?”
asked Mr. Farrell.
“Yes, sir; he asked if Miss Pollard had
ever come to my house with Col. Swopo.
I told him she had never been there with
Col. Swope.”
Col. Swopo was killed by Col. Cassius
Goodioe in Lexington some years ago, and
a story circulated a few months since
connected his name with that of Miss
Pollard. This story was indignantly
denied by Col. Swope’s relatives, and no
evidence to support it was ever brought
to light.
“How many times was Col. Breckin
ridge at your house with Miss Pollard?”
asked Mr. Farrell.
“About fifty times.”
“Over how many years did these visits
extend?”
“Over about three or four years.”
THE CROSS EXAMINATION.
Mr. Shelby conducted the cross exami
nation of Sarah Guest. Ho waded right
in without preliminaries. “Sarah,” ho
said, “how many years have .you been
keeping an assignation house in Lexing
ton'”
Sarah hesitated and appeared embar
rassed, and finally said, “about eight or
nine years.”
“How long have you known Mr. Far
rell I”
“Ever since he was a young man grow
ing up." and a smile went round the court
room at Mr. Ferrell's expense.
When Claude Delaroche was on tho
stand a few days aeo he stated that lie
had met Miss Pollard at No. 25 Lafayette
square, in this city', where she boarded.
Mrs. Lucrotia Marie Minear, who
leases No. 25 and keeps boarders there,
was the next witness, and she gave testi
mony concerning Miss Pollard’s residence
with her, but there was nothing in tho
testimony that was of particular signifi
cance.
A LAND OFFICE CLERK CALLED.
A lady who gave her name as Mrs. Kate
W. Burt, a clerk in the general land office,
was the next witness.
“Do you know Miss Madeline Pollard?”
asked Judge Wilson.
“I have heard of her," said the witness.
“But do you know her'”
“Is Miss Pollard here,” asked Mrs.
t Burt. Miss Pollard haij not returned, so
; Mr. Carlisle went for her, and while he
was gone Mrs. Burt said she had boarded
in a house at the corner of Thirteenth aud
i L stress, in this city, and while there
i had seen a young woman whom she be
! lieved to be Miss Pollard, but she was not
: certain on that point. When Miss Pol
lard returned to the court room, Mrs.
Burt recognized her. Miss Pollard had
lived at tho Thirteenth street house,
about IMB7, for about ten days. She was
there under the name of Mrs. Foster.
Mrs. Burt had seen Col. Breckinridge at
the house once, but merely at the door.
"Lto you know what Miss Pollard’s con
dition was at the time—that she was about
to becomo’a mother?” asked .Judge Wilson,
and Mrs. Burt nodded assent.
Cross examined by Col. Thompson for
the defense, Mrs. Burt said when Col.
Breckinridge came to the house she heard
him inquire for Sam Walter, of Kentucky,
who boarded there, hut who was absent
at the time. < !01. Breckinridge had gone
up stairs to “Mrs. Foster’s” room, but
she did not know how long he remained
there.
HER HOME AT LEXINGTON.
The owning of the deposition which
Mr. Carlisle began to read was the signal
for an exodus from the court room The
depositiqp was that of Mrs. M. A.
Ketcham, of Lexington. Ky., who knew
Miss Pollard during 1884 n,-> srt, when she
boarded at Mrs. Ketcham's house while
attending Sayre Institute in that town.
Janies C. Rhodes called regularly every
three weeks at Mrs. Ketcham's house to
see Miss Pollard, and her mother came
once or twice while she was there. The
deponent did not see any signs abou’ Miss
Pollard that indicated that she was
about to become or had become a mother. :
Mrs. Ketcham was asked if Prof.
James Lane Allen, the Kentucky novel
ist, had called on Miss Pollard at her
house, but the deponent did not remem-'
her having seen him.
SWOPE NOT A CALLER.
The reading of Mrs. Ketcham’s depo
sition was continued after the recess. It
was shown by the deposition that an at
tempt had been made, through questions
asked the deponent during her examina
tion, to implicate Col. Swope and other cit
izens of Lexington with Miss Pollard, but
Mrs. Ketcham’s answers were all |o the
effect that Miss Pollard had acted* in a
modest manner, as a chaste and good girl.
To the knowledge of Mrs. Ketcham, Col.
Swope had never come to her house to
see Miss Pollard. When itliss Pollard
came to board with the deponent in 1884,
she wore dresses to the top of her shoes
and was apparently a young school girl.
Mrs. Ketcham also testified that Col.
Breckinridge had a room at her house for
a snort time while Miss Pollard was
there.
AGREED TO MARRY RHODES.
Mr. Farrell, the young lawyer for the
plaintiff from Lexington, read the deposi
tion of Miss Mary F. Hoyt, sister of Mrs.
Ketcham, who testified that Miss Pollard
told her that she had agreed to marry
James C. Rhodes on condition that he
paid for her education. Miss Pollard was
absent from I.exington from July 0 to
Sept. 2, 1888, saying slio had gone with
her aunt.
“Did you know Col. A. M. Swopei” was
asked the deponent. .
u Ags. ' ’
“Did he call on Miss Pollard?”
“To my knowledge he never called
upon Miss Pollard while sho was at my
house.”
Miss Pollard, said the deponent, occu
pied a down stairs room leading to the
street, but Mrs. Hoyt did not think that
Miss Pollard could have received any vis
itors there without her knowledge. Like
her sister, Mrs. Hoyt had never noticed
anything about Miss Pollard that was not
proper. Miss Pollard had left the Sayre
institute because of humiliation over the
action of Mr. Rhodes in telling the princi
pal there that he was [laying her tuition
‘on condition that sho marry him.
STORY OF THE PRINCIPAL.
The deposition of Maj. H. B. McClel
land. principal of Sayre Female Institute,
where Miss Pollard was a pupil, was next
read. 'The major produced the school
records, which showed that Miss Pollard
was absent a great deal during her first
year at the school—some times for a week
at a time. Tho deponent did not know of
any acquaintanceship between Cot. Breck
inridge and Miss Pollard, and he had
never seen anything about her to excite
suspicion bb to her chastity.
The court adjourned until to-morrow
morning.
VIRGINIA'S COUPONS.
A Court Rules That the State Is Not
Bound to Receive Them For Taxes.
Richmond, Va., March 15.—An opinion
was handed down to-day in the supreme
court of appeals of Virginia of great im
portance to the commonwealth and its
creditors. The decision in brief is that
the entire coupon contract is void. The
ease in point is that of the common
wealth vs. McCulloch, from the corpora
tion court of Norfolk. /This case, and
several others of the same kind, was
argued by the attorneys for the common
wealth, and the question decided by the
court of appeals to day was raised for the
first time by Messrs. Scott and Pollard In
the Norfolk case
The decision of the court is based on
the decision of the Fnited States supreme
court in the case of Vashon vs. Greenhow.
Under the c upon contract funding dull of
1871. a: 1 the McCullough bill, it wffs nro
vided that tho coupons should he re
ceived for all taxes due the common
wealth.
NOT BOUND TO RECEIVE THEM.
But in the Vashon case the supremo
court of the United States decided that
the state was not bound to receive coupons
for school taxes, and the Virginia court
of appeals now holds that ns the coupon
contract is illegal in one particular, it is
illegal as a whole, and thereforo void.
The decision involvoices 1850.0000f out
standing coupons, which were not funded
under the Olcott settlement. It was the
purpose of the holders of these coupons to
tender them for taxes, and. to compel the
state to receive them or compromise with
the holders, but this decision forces them
to accept the Olcott settlement or
nothing.
Judge dissented from the decis
ion of the court as being wrong both in
law and in morals.
HOGE TURNS REPUBLICAN.
He Tenders His Services to the Roan
oke City Committee.
Roanoke, Va., March 15.—C01. John
Hampton Hogo, late consul to Amo.v,
China, but who got no farther than San
Francisco, from which place he was re
called by President Cleveland, has re
nounced his allegiance to the Democratic
party and appeared before the republican
city committee last night and tendered 1
his services to that party.
A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.
It Reports the Sinking of the Ship
Santa Marie.
Pensaeola, Fla.. March 15. —A bottle
was picked up near Santa Ro3a Island
to-day containing a small piece of paper,
apparently toru from a book, upon which
was written with a pencil: “Sprung a
leak and Will go down in an hour; ten
miles west of Havana; ship Santa Marie,
March 1, 1894.”
Arrested for Pension Frauds.
Washington, March 15.—The commis
sioner of pensions was notified this after
noon of the arrest of T. H. Allen and .1. J.
Sanderson of Natchez. Miss., charged
with illegal transactions in prosecuting
pension claims.
Columbia’s Primary.
Columbia, S. C., March 15.—The city
democratic primary to-day resulted in no
nomination. Mayor Fisher and Aider
man Sloan wiil run over in the second
race, which will De held next week.
Kossuth Growing Weaker.
Turin, March 14—Ixuis Kossuth is
rapidly growing weaker. Pneumonia has
supervened and his fever has greatly in
creased.
A BOMB IN THE MADELEINE. I
The Man Who Carried It Killed and
Several Others Wounded.
Four Persons Arrested on Suspicion
of Being Connected With the Author
of the Explosion Attempts Made by
the Excited Citizens to Lynch the
Prisoners.
Paris, March 15.—At 2:80 o’clock this
afternoon a bomb exploded just inside the
main door of the church of the Madeleine.
One person, supposed to be the author of
the explosion, was killed and several
others were wounded. The explosion,
which was evidently premature, muti
lated in a horrible manner the man who
was carrying the bomb. It is generally
believed that it was the intention of tho
miscreant to throw the bomb into the
midst of the worshippers, who were gath
ering for the afternoon service.
Four persons have been taken into cus
tody on suspicion pf being accessories of
the man who was killed. The police had
the greatest difficulty in getting their
prisoners to the station, tho mob which
had gathered, making several attempts
to seize the prisoners and lynch them.
The Madeleine, or church of St. Many
Magdaline, one of the oldest places of
worship in Paris, has a large congrega
tion and is especially well attended dur
ing the devotions of tho routed season.
.The afternoon or vesper services were
about to begin and worshipers were rap
idly filling the edifice when tho explosion
occurred.
STORY OF THE ABBE.
Abbe Le Rebourse, who is attached to
the church of the Madeleine, was stand
ing near the inner swinging doors when
the explosion occurred. His version
of tilt affair is this: The
man carrying the bomb had
passed through the main entrance
with the stream of worshipers who were
pouring into the church and was about to
pass tho swinging doors. He hud his
hands in his coat pockets. One of the
doors released by a person passing
through rebounded violently, and struck
the man on the arm. The blow caused
him to jerk his hand from his pocket, and
with it came the bomb, which fell upon
the floor. Then cauio the explosion, which
hurled persons near by in all directions'
When sufficient order was restored to en
able an investigation to bo made, the
body of the man who had carried the
bomb was found lying Just outside tho
swinging doors.
HORRIBLY MANGLED.
His clothing had been torn into shreds
and his entrails were protruding from a
great bole in his abdomen, the most of
which had been blown away and was
scattered about the space in the lobby,
while the walls, tho floor and the cloth
ing of many who stood near were bespat
tered with blood and fragments of the
man’s flesh.
- Upon examination of the horribly mu
tilated body, a number of nails and
hits of iron with which the bomb had
been charged were found imbedded in
the flesh and in tho cavity in the abdo
men. A revolver was gripped tight iu
one hand. The man was miserably clad,
and had few articles in his pockets.
Upon the body was fouud a pockotbook,
which contained a number of clippings
from newspapers, together with photo
graphs of the anarchists Ravachol, Vail
lant, Lepine, and Raynal. The men ar
rested have been arraigned before a
magistrate, and are now undergoing ex
amination.
DA GAMA’S FLIGHT.
The Brazilian Government May De
mand His Surrender.
(Copyright 1894, by the United Press.)
Rio de Janeiro, March 15.—The Ameri
cans who had manned the government’s
warships were paid off to-day. They will
leave the city on the first ship sailing from
this port for New York. K. A. Brinley,
who commanded the crew of the dyna
mite gun aboard the Nictheroy, was dis
rated at Bahia, because he kept the gun
out of order. Tho government officers
suspected him of being a traitor, and pur
posely renderfrig the gun useless.
The French warship Magon, on which
Admiral Da Gama sought refuge just
prior to the surrender of the insurgent
fleet, cruised off tho coast for a short time
and then returned to port. She transfer-)
red Admiral Da Gama and eight other in
surgent officers to the Portuguese war
ship and then put out again. Several
hours later, a French mail steamer was
stopped as she was leaving port, probably
because the federal authorities suspected
that she carried the insurgent admiral.
Her captain proved-to the satisfaction of
the Brazilians, however, that none
of the insurgents were aboard her.
MAY DEMAND OAMA’S SURRENDER.
President Peixoto and his cabinet are
considering whether they wtll demand
from the Portuguese the surrender of
Admiral Da Gama. It is known that the
insurgent admiral was more anxious to
get an asylum under the British flag,
which has been more or less at his service
since the beginning of hostilities. He
applied for passage aboard a steamer of
: tho Royal Mail Steam Packet Company,
whose vessels ply between South Ameri
-1 can ports and Southampton, but the cap
tain declined to carry him.
Tho Nictheroy s dynamite gun is to bo
mouuted at Fort Santa Cruz.
The United States warships will sail on
Saturday.
A PORTUGUESE RUMOR.
Lisbon, March 15.—According to dis
: patches received here from Rio to-day
| Admiral de Gama is aboard tho Portu
i guese warships Mmdello. with 500 of his
sailors and marines. The dispatches say
the refugese will be brought to Portugal.
CITY OF MEXICO’S SEWERAGE.
Work Begun on tho Project For Com
plete Sanitation.
| City of Mexico, March IP.—The Oris
j ozo project for effecting the complete san-
I itary improvement of this city is to be
1 rapidly carried out. Five hundred men
have been at work to-day flushing the
sewers with a strong current of fresh
water, after first effecting the sterliza
tion of the decomposed masses witli lime,
sulphate -of copper and other cheini
j cals. A deposit of SIO,OOO
1 for the faithful compliance of the under-
I taking has been made. The names of the
archbishops of Mexico, the Secretary of
War and other conspicious figures, as
well as many prominent engineers and
private citizens, appear in the list of sub
scribers to the company organized for tho
great w ork.
BULLS IN THE TARIFF BILL.
A Narrow Escape From Cutting Off
$10,000,000 of Revenue.
Washington, March, 15.—The present
discussion of the tariff bill in full com
mittee, although not producing many
changes in the schedules, is bringing to
light some extraordinary defects in tho
bill One of these was discovered yester
day, which, had it not been found out in
time, would have reduced the revenue
yielding [lower of the bill by upward
of $10,000,009. The last page of the
bill ar made public by the Senate
is a long distance from the first,
but the legislation found in tho last few
paragraphs controls the whole hill. One
of these paragraphs, section 102. provides
‘.that an net to reduce the revenue and
equalize duties on imports, and for other
purposes, approved Oct. 1, 1890, and all
acts and parts of acts not inconsistent
with this act. are hereby repealed.”
EFFECT OF THE CLAUSE.
Tliis was absolute repeal of the McKin
ley law, and Mr. Vest, in committee yes
terday, moved that it be stricken out for
very obvious reasons. The internal reve
nue tax on tobacco, manufactured to
bacco, all the regulations ns to license
taxes, and the sale of leaf tobacco are
contained in the McKinley law, and
nothing is sain about them in the
Wilson bill. Tho intention was. of
course. to permit tho present
law to stand in thoso respects.
Had not the sweeping character of the
repealing clause been detected in time
these provisions of the McKinley act
would have been wiped out and the gov
ernment would have found itself power
less to collect a dollar of internal reve
nue tax on manufactured tobacco, except
in the shape of cigars and cigarettes.
The free leaf provisions would also have
been eliminated from the present law.
CARLISLE IN CONSULTATION.
Secretary Carlisle and Assistant Secre
tary Hamlin were in consultation withitlio
Senate committee on finance this after
noon concerning the administrative fea
tures of the tariff Dili. It is understood
that Mr. Carlisle coincided with some
of the opinions expressed by
tho republican members of the
committee and some amendment of that
portion of the bill will lie made. The re
publicans are attacking the administra
tive part of the bill where it is materially
different from tho existing law, whleii
they claim is as good a system as can bo
devised.
The opinion is gaining ground that the
bill will he reported to the Senate on
Tuesday next. No agreement has been
made, but tho republican members! will
not object, provided they are granted the
following two weeks to make preparation
for tho debate before it shall begin, and
it now appears probable that this conces
sion will be grantod.
THE COAL SCHEDULE.
William Lamb, of Norfolk, in behalf of
the bituminous coal interests, has re
quested Senator Voorhees to have the
following alteration made in tho text of
the Wilson bill, it does not change the
schedule, but wiil prevent any miscon
struction of the Intention of tho law: In
stead of “coal, bituminous nud
shale, 40 cents per ton,” to read,
“coal, bituminous and shale, 40
cents per ton of 28 bushols, 80 pounds to
the bushel," and instead of “coal, slack
Or culm, 15 cents per ton,” read “coal,
slack or culm, such as will pass through
a half incli screen, 15 cents per ton of as
bushels, 80 pounds to tho bushel.”
PASOO AND CALL CLASH.
The Latter Objeots to an Appointment
on Personal Grounds.
Washington, March 15.—Tho executive
session of the Senate to-day developed a
difference of opinion between Senators
Call and Pasco, of Florida, as to tho pro
priety of confirming tho appointment of
H. W. Long, to he register of tho land of
fice at Gainesville in that state. Mr.
Long was appointed at the instance
of Mr. Pasco and Mr. Call objects
to his confirmation on the ground
that ho Is a personal enemy of
his, ami raises tho point of the propri
ety of the appointment of a man to of
fice who is personally obnoxious to one of
the senators from the state from which
the appointment is made. The appoint
ment was reached to-day but went over
by mutual consent until Monday. The
committee on public lands was evenly di
vided in its vote upon recommending con
firmation.
The nominations of W. H. Wilton for
surveyor general of Florida and N. D.
Wainwright for receiver at Gainesville,
are also tied up pending the disposition of
Long’s nomination.
BENH AM GOING TO BLUEFIELDS.
He Will Leave Rio at Once on the San
Francisco.
Washington, March 15.—The Secretary
of the Navy to-day cabled orders to Ad
miral Benham at Rio directing him to
proceed at once with one ship to Blue
fields. No particular ship is mentioned,
but it is understood that the San Fran
cisco, upon which the admiral now has
his flag, will execute the order. She is
faster than tho other ships except the New
York, which, however, is not available
for the duty, but can hardly reach Blue
fields in less than three weeks. Tho
state department has had no
advices from Nicaragua or Mos
quito since Monday, when a dispatch
from Minister Baker brought the in
formation that the British and Nicara
guan forces had both been withdrawn
from tho Mosquito reservation.
It is well-known, however, at the de
partment that affairs are unsettled, and
the presence of an American ship is
needed as a salutary measure, if for
nothing else.
MRS. CLEVELAND’S PLANS.
She Will Remain at tho White House
Until June.
Washington. Murch 16. —Rumors that
Mrs. Cleveland and her children are to
leave the white house for any winter ro
sort arc declared to bo without founda
tion. Mrs. Cieaveland has had no idea of
leaving Washington at the most cn.oya
ble season of the year. Although the
President will very likely take another
excursion by boat shortly, his family will
not go away until June, when they will
take up their residence for the summer
at the Buzzard Bay cottage.
Hatch's Anti-Option Bill.
Washington, March '14.-The House
committee on agriculture to-day began
the consideration of the Hatch “anti-op
tion” bill. The measure was read and
by unanimous consent its consideration
was proceeded with under the live-min
ute rule. Under this rule the measuvo is
ojien to amendment. The discussion to
day vv as very earnest, the inclination
being to perfect the hill and report it as
soon as possible to tho House.
DAILY. ftO A YEAR. . |
5 CENTS A CORY
WEEKLY, 61 44 A YEAR. |
BLAND WINS INTHESENATE
His Seigniorage Bill Passed By a Vote
of 44 to 31.
Ten Republicans Among the Sup*
porters of the Measure Nine Domo*
crats Voted Against -The Votes of
the Three Populists In the Affirma
tive List Applause In the Galleries.
Washington, March 15.—1n tho Senate
to-day a resolution was offered by Mr.
Gallinger, rep., of New Hampshire, and
laid over temixirarily, calling on the sec
retaries of ,tho treasury and interior for
tho names of all clerks appointed, pro
moted, reduced or dismissed in their re
spective departments since March 4, 1893,
with the state to which each is credited.
At 12:80 o’clock the Bland seigniorage
bill was taken up. and Mr. Carey, rep., of
Wyoming, continued his speech, begun
yesterday, against it. He characterized
tho bill as the worst blow aimed at silver
since the demonetization of silver in
1873.
The next speech on the subject was
made by Mr. Dubois, rep., of Idaho, He
said that lie took no comfort in voting for
the bill, it was not the kind of
silver legislation that suitod him.
Ho should like to vote for
a free coinage measure.
MITOnBLL ALSO WANTED MORE.
Tho next speaker was Mr. Mitchell,
rep., of Oregon. Ho said that he should
vote for tho bill, not because he believed
it wont so far as it ought to go in tho in
terest of silver as a money metal, but bo
cause it was a move on the legislativa
checker board in the right direction.'
Like the senator from Idaho, he would
mughprefer that it was a free coinage
bill; and then ho would vote for it with
great pleasure.
Mr I 'aimer, dem., of Illinois, opposed
the bill, and quoted Mr. Hewitt’s state
ment thrft it proposed to coin a vacuum. It
was. indeed, lie said, a vacuum: for it was
admitted that if the whole mass of stiver
purchased under the act of 1890, were put
on the market to-day it would bringmany
millions loss than the amount necessary
to discharge tho treasury notes issued
for its purchase. He believod the bill to
be so defective that the silver which it
required to hqcoined would remain inert
in the treasury, and that not a single sil
ver dollar could be put into circulation
under it.
TIME FOR THE VOTE.
Mr. Pettigrew, rep., of South Dakota,
had just begun an argument in favor of
the bill when Mr. Harris rose, and in his
most impressive tones said: “Mr. Prest
den, the hour of 2 is recorded by thut
clock [pointing to the clock over the main
doorwayj and at that hour the unanimous
agreement of tho Senate is that the final
vote shall he taken on the passage of this
bill I ask for thut vote. ”
Mr Davis, rep., of Minnesota, asked
that Mr. Pettigrew should be allowed to
finish his speech.
Mr. Harris—l object. If I were to yield
to the senator from South Dakota I would
feel bound to yield to other senators. I
yield to nobody.
Mr. Kylo, pop., of South Dakota, asked
that Mr. Pottrigrew might be allowed to
have all his speech printed in the record.
The presiding officer, Mr. Vilas, dcm.,
of Wisconsin, ruled tho quostiou to ha
“Shall the bill pass?”
THE HILL PASSED.
The vote was taken and the bill was
passed. Yeas 44; nays 111, as follows:
Yeas Messrs. Allen. Hate, llerry, Black
burn. Hlanchnnl, ilutler. Call, Cockrell. Coke,
Colquitt, Daniel. Dubois, Faulkner, Ueorgo,
Cordon, Hansbrough, Harris, Hunton, Irby,
Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Llnilsay, McLaurtn,
Marlin, Mitchell of < >rcgon. Morgan, Pasco,
Peller, Perkins, Pettigrew, Power, Pugh,
Quay, Ransom, Roach. Shoun, Stewart, Tel
ler, Turple, Vest, Voorhees, White aud Wol
cott 44. '
Nays Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Hrlca, Caf
fery, Carey. Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dolph,
Frye, Oalllnger? < .lhson, Gorman, Hale, Raw
ley. Higgins. Lodge, McMillan, McPherson,
Mandorson. Mitchell of Wisconsin, Morrill,
Murphy. Palmer. Platt. Proctor. Smith,
Stockhrldge, Vilas, Washburn and Wil
son—Hl.
APPLAUSE IN THE GALLERIES.
When the result was announced thero
was hand-clapping in the galleries, which
breach of order was rebuked by the pre
siding officer. Then the spectators began
to desert the galleries: and the Senate
chamber resumed its air of quiet languor
and respectability.
The republicans who voted for the bill
were: Messrs. Dubois, Hansbrough,
Mitchell, of Oregon, Pettigrew, Power,
Quay, Shoup, Stewart, Teller and Wol
cott.
The democrats who voted against it
were: Messrs. Brice, Caffery, Gorman,
McPherson, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Mur
phy, Palmer, Smith and Vilas. The three
populists, Messrs. Allen, Kyle and 'Peffera
voted for It.
A joint resolution heretofore introduced
by Mr. Harris, dem., of Tennessee, for the
appointment of a commission to be com
posed of the Secretary of the Treasury,
the Secretary of War and the Attorney
General, for the settlement of claims and
counter-claims between the United States
government and the state of Tennessee,
arising out of the transfer of railroads,
was taken up and passed.
Mr. Teller gave notice that he would
try to get the McGarrahan bill up for ac
tion next Monday.
After a short executive sessions tho
doors were reopened at 8:20 o’clock, and
executive business was resumed and con
tinued until 4:10 o’clock, when the Senate
adjourned until Monday.
No business of general interest was
transacted after tho executive session.
The seigniorage bill cannot reach the
president before Monday, as it was not
signed by the presiding officers of the two
houses at tig) time of adjournment.
COST OF GOVERNMENT.
The Expenditures so Far This Year
$52,000,000 Ahead of the Receipts.
Washington. March 15.—The expendi
tures of the government for the eight
months and a half of tho present fiscal
year have exceeded the receipts $52,000,-
000, the figures being: Receipts, $211,-
400,000; expenditures, $2611,400,000. This
ratio, if carried out to the end of tho
fiscal year, wiil make the net deficit
about $74,000,000.
F. E. Brownell Dead.
Washington, March 15. Francis Ed
win Brownell, who was a private in Ells
worth's lire zuoaves, of New York, and
who killed Mr. Ja -kson, proprietor of the
Marshall house in Alexander, after Jack
son had shot and killed Col. Ellsworth,
who hauled down tho confederate (lag
which was floating over the Marshal
house the day after the ordinance of se
cession passed, died here this muruiug.