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MACON, GA., THURSDAY; APRIL 12. 1894.!
I Weelily, *1.00 n Year.
| Single Copy 5 Oeuta;
quiet day •
IN BOTH HOUSES
Srea t Cslm and a Small Attendance
of Members' on Speaker
Crisp's Side.
JTMUCH WRANGLING INDULGED
,pr»pr.»iS"«= Prevoted » TI.rn.t.
D*moer»ti by the Mlnorlty-
|e»*«or George line » New
Retrenchment Idem*
vmhln^ton, April 5— A preat calm
i a small at tendance of members
ire the two prominent tlilnps notable
the ball of t,he house today when
jker Crisp called the body to order.
, e readinj; of the journal evbked no
Ucbin. althoueh Mr. Payne. Kepub-
jn. ct N*w York called attention to
re-panccs upon votes taken yea
rly as they appeared in the Journal
i in the Record. The journal wm»
jared to be correct and approved
thout objection.
The credentials of J. F. Izlar, the
j'.v-elected member from the First
trict of South Carolina to succeed
iW j e y were read and he was aworn
office.
Mr. McCreary asked unanimous con
st for the present concideratiou.which
granted, of the bill to enforce and
ve effect to the recommendations of
e Paris tribunal of arbitration for th«
ewrration of the further seal Ashing.
The bill was read and Air. McCreary
plained the provHibn*.
Mr Din^ley, Republican, of Maine,
ft-rrinrr to the provision providing for
ie seizure of American vessels by Brit-
h officers upon condition that reclpro-
,1 r'jrht* be jrrnnto«l American officer*
. s-.ize British
i- wus in pusuunce to any part of the
nrJ K y ‘be arbitrators or wo* taken
om one of U»e various treaties louk-
' to the suppression t>t the slave
system and hav'ng a bona flde mem
bership of not H y. than 1,000 persons,
or a regularly . ■ ^ 0 *ated Institution
of learning, shall *9 <tted to the
malls as second-class and the
postage theroon shall be as
on second-class matter and ,. •*
This amendment provoked a lo. ^
cussion and no action upon It » j
reached.
The committee arose at 5 o’clock and
the house adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
Washington, April 5.—Notice was giv
en by Air. Hill tuat on Monday next at
2 o’clock he would Eubmit some remarks
on tile subject of the pending tariff
bill.
Air. George offered a resolution,which
wa3 referred to tne judiciary commit
tee, instructing that committee in view
of the depressed condition of the coun
try, the low prices ot agricultural and
other ptcducis. the Indebtedness of
nuny of the p-.-ople and increased
value of money, to prepare and report
a bill reducing by 2u per c-nt all offi
cial incomes not protected from reduc
tion by the constitution of the United
States.
’’That i* worse than the Income tax,”
Mr. Gray remarked.
A resolution was offered by Mr. Al
len, Populist of Kansas discharging the*
linance committee from further consid
eration of the bill tn repeal pait of the
resumption act: and, on objection by
Mr. Sherman. the resolution went aver
without action.
Mr. Ha neb rough’s bill appropriating
noo for th° destruction and exter
mination of^the noxious plant or weed
cactus occupied tne time of the senate
until 2 o’clock. wl.*m the t iritr bill was
taken up. Mr. Peffer took the floor to |
speak upon It. but was caked by Mr.
Call to give way to a motion to go Into
executive sessi’on. Mr. Peffer complied
with the request. The motion was made
and Mr. Harris opposed it, demanding
die yeas and nay*. The motion was
agreed to—yeas 31; nays 19, and the
senate proceeded to executive business.
Tile executive session continued until
5:15. when the senate adjourned until
tomorrow.
LONG WAS REJECTED.
THE DARK DAYS
AT DARLINGTON
Have Had a Flood of Light Turned On
by the Investigations of
. the Coroner.
CONSTABLES ARE THE PRINCIPALS
The Soldier, la D. Paid OO and Allowed
to Return Home— 4 lllgld Eum>
ilo Slade by the
State Ofliciulie
i tuition
BRECKINRIDGE'S
ROUGH ROAD
The Coquettish Madge Put Upon the
Stand Again n Rebuttal to
Defendant’s Testimony,
THE OLD MAN IN A TANGLED WEB
Alias Pollard Gives More Evidence en
the Uaby Feature or the Case—It
books a Little Better For
the Woman#
The Bitter Fight Between Call and
Pasco Ended at Last.
Washington, April 5.—After a light
lasting through the executive sessions
Mr. Call of Florida today succeeded
In having Henry W. Long, to be regis
ter of the land office at Gainesville,
Fla., rejected. Although It required
three days to do this It was not due
at any time to a lack of friends on
sels*"asked"whether i the side of Mr. Call, but to the absence
i-le.
!!r. Hitt, Republican, of Illinois, a
PrcVr of tlie foreign aiiutra commit*
•*•. replied that the «*ct!on was drawn
/ tlie gentlemen wljo reiueaented the
ibunal and wan deemed essential to
Ac enforcement of the provisions of the
Itvd.
it wan ba**d upon the terms of the
rwty of 187® for the oppression of
;? slave trade.
b’ll was read a third time and
t‘s*d without n division.
‘ x rr .p'„- , sp{.-,r,atlr.r.~ then
^peotlng fa Hurt** to go on record on
• veto of the Bland seigniorage bill.
Mr. Bryan of Nebraska said he had
■en Informed bv Mr. Bland that n vote
paid not be asked until Saturday, nnd
t realizing the possibility of s’ vote
hterday he had obeyed a summon*
l lrft the house. ”If I had been
rrrent." he continued, “I should have
oted to pass the bill over the presl-
:* ’* veto and wtmld have favored *
iwnable time for debate.”
“If you had been present yesterday,”
r.-rJ-ct#Hl Mr. Boutelle, ”you would
*t have had a chance to pay that.”
Mr. Swan-ton. Democrat. of Virginia
aid that if he lui i beep present he
‘ ■nil have voted "earnestly and sin-
r !y to pas* the bill over the veto
id would like to have submitted a few
•T.irki.”
Mtv-.-s. Barthold, Republican, of Mls-
Nrt aril Draper, ItepuMlcan, of Mus-
huset* *aM they would have voted
• ln»t passing tho bill over the veto.’
iho libuso resolved Itself Into com*
of tlie whole upon the general
ipmprUtion bill and Mr. Hatch. Dem-
r, U of MKsourl took the chair.
Mr. Sayres of Texas asked unanimous
fn.?r.t for consideration of »t»e urgent
• ^trncy tin reported yesterday.
Ur. Reed askedthe probable amount
t?flct*ncies thj houso would be asked
t» cover.
Mr. Sayers told him I* would be
—it su.onn.ooo er jn.ooo.ooo.
Alt.r securing from Mr. Snyere an
*in\l»ii|nn that the neceultles of the
' otic service required the speedy
•ire of the bill. Mr. Reed said no
ration would be made by the Rc
PflOllcans.
On ihl. side we always bow to
“M. he added.
The bill was read. It carries, as re-
Z-l.' rom the committee, n total of
%,r - Cannon (Repuhltcsn) of Illinois,
I?,! ” lat the present congress, not-
KWandlng the great total of nppro-
inaiions for the current fiscal year.
brolien the record for urgent de-
piracy bills and additional approprta-
».”• as they more properly were.
°; :e under consideration waa the
®* * he -cries and the total amount
i, c y tiie flve waa It.571.577.
*•. buyers offered an amendment
Mvernl changes In the law re-
n s lo the census bureau. The most
i, i l i ta . nl wer, “ lo extend the time for
tollf . n * the ' v °ik of the bureau
52® ■[“Of ’-'l, tut. to March , 18»5; to
' .i. 2 n,l ? r lo lh,> P-n*lon bureau the
, W.nn dtent and sailors who served
V1 . 1 lIl >lon army, with the surviving
| r 01 the soldiers and sailora; to
vmh ,E at,! '•><• reports on tishertes
.... nurleuliural report, and to
th. cen *'* *'“■’**■ of an abstract of
Tt.. . 8 n ' u exceed 250 pages.
nh ’ h Piesent law requiring the publl-
th. JL?; U'e names and addresses of
, j i ' ‘“T 5 an '* ealiors and aurvlvlng
thereof I. repealed by the
i . The abstract or digest of
t, .. K n *“* will be ready for dlalrtbu-
t... ‘ —ugust I next. The amend-
t, ;.. ./ 8 " asreed to. as was also an
suteHM *' v ' n * the department of
/ • e, . t,,r PHntlng. The hill waa
in r * 10 1 ,lf ti°use and pasaed.
u, . n J'tetitlttee of the whole the house
■lilehi'.s UI ’ ’Postal appropriation
her,.. * raa partly considered week
voting quorum, and when the
vote was finally taken today Mr.
Lone was relented by a vote of ex
actly two to one. there being 32 for re
jection and -H for confirmation. The
debate today ranged dangerously close
to sensationalism and was for a time
very acrimonious between Mr. Paaco
and Mr. Call,' the contending senators
from Florida. Mr. Pasco, It is said,
contended that Mr. Call bad at no
time entered any protest to the nomi
nation. but Mr. Call met this with the
remark that he had written a letter
to the secretary of the Interior and
that he had gone there to oppose the
nomination with Senator Cordon. He
‘said he waa prepared at any time to
have accepted any man who waa n
good Democrat and not personally of
fensive to him. but that the Florida
delegation had seen fit to unite upon
a man who waa his personal and po
litical enemy, and he could nothing
else but oppose him. Half a dozen yea
and nay calls were had on thl* ques
tion today.
After a prolonged debate the vote
was taken on the motion to table the
motion to recommit the nomination to
the committee, which was defeated by
a majority. Then came a roll call on
the motion to recommit, which was
also treated In the same way. Mr.
Dolph then took the floor and argued
In favor of the nominee, concluding
his remarks with a motion that action
be postponed two weeks with instruc
tions to the committee to have a hear
ing. Mr. Coll and his followers were
unwilling to submit to anything but
final and decisive action, nnd this mo
tion was defeated by n majority of all
votes. , „
Mr. Illlt. who was n friend of Mr.
Call, tried to settle the matter without
friction by moving that the whole cane
be postponed Indefinitely, but Mr.
Chandler opposed this vigorously, and
said the senate was bound by either
yea or nay to say to the president
what they thought of the nomination.
Mr. Chandler characterized Mr. Hill s
motion ns unprecedented and entirely
outside the practice of the eenate. Mr.
HU! thereupon withdrew
and the final vote was taken, with the
result that the nominee was defeated
by a vote of 32 to 15.
Upon the motion of Mr. Pasco the
Injunction of secrecy was removed
from the proceedings.
Newman D. Watnwrifht, nominated
to be receiver of public moneys tn Flor
ida. was confirmed without opposition.
The case of Oeorge W. Wilson,
nominated to be collector of ‘nteniaj
revenue tn Florida, which Mr. Call
will atso contest, was permitted to go
over for a future session
Darlington, April 5—There was no
Incident today to disturb the peace ot
the place. No one thought of any fur
ther -trouble and everything is fust
getting back luto the regular channels
Business Wb.eli has been paralyzed
since last l-'riduy Is being revived,
with the assurance that untie
ground for further apprehension. The
troops are making themselves at home,
and, but for their guard duty, would
have nothing to do.
The hearing of the testimony before
the coroner's Inquest, which began yes
terday. has been pfretieauv cutlet.; At
3 o'clock Coroner Parnell adjourned
to await further advice from Gen.
Rlchbourg. Two witnesses were ab
sent. but suffic.ent have been exam
ined to purmlt an intelligent verdict.
None of the evidence will be given out
until the conclusion of the hearing,
when it will ho supplied by the court
A strict guard was maintained all day
aud-noue excepting witnesses were al
lowed to approach the court room.
Last night the sixteen constables were
examined and ell were taken to Co
lumbia, excepting McLendon, who has
been sent to Florence pending the ver
dict of the coroner's Jury. V'liil" the
evidence Is not given it Is under.ttoou
It makes McLendon and Calrt the prin
cipals. _ „ ,
The inquest over Henry Gr-fn, col
ored. killed yesterday by Dr. H. D.
Payne, was not field today, as tho cor
oner was engaged.
Gen. Rlch'oodvg ha* orders to break
np c-imp tomorrow morning and leave
for home. The pay roll of the men
hore lias been made up aud allows
$r>,(K)0 to the forces bere.
Two constables came Into town to
day. They were not recognized by cit
izens, hut as eoou as the fact was re
ported to Gen. Rlchbourg by Cupt.
Thompson, they were taken into the
country and started for North Caro
lina. This was thought Itcst as a l>io-
cautionary measure.
The embargo on the dVtsiorn Union
telegraph olHce at this place tats pot
yet been raised, and ull telegrams
have to be submitted for li<«pectlon.
A squad of meu guard the entrance
to the otllce. No news dispatches are
received.
MaJ. Blalock, who took an Inventory
of the stock In the dispensary, reports
a shortage of -$310. Tlje special com
mittee that weut to Columbia to con
fer with Governor Tillman reported
to a meeting of citizens. They said
that neither side hail made uuy prog
ress, and It was finally decided by the
committee to have Mayor Dargcu anil
Gen. Rlcbltourg confer and telegraph
Governor Tillman what they thought
had better be done. Governor Tillman
will meet the troops at Columbia nnd
thank them In person for responding
to his call. Tonight thanka were given
Capt. Thompson anil bla command,
tho Darlington guards.
A VERDICT RENDERED. '
Darlington. April 5.—The coroner's
jury has rendered Its verdict to hold
McLendon for the killing of Nornunt.
Cain for the killing of Redmond, and
that Redmond killed Pepper. The mi
litary court will first submit Its re-
p'ort to Governor Tillman, but it Is un
derstood to concur as to the facts as
they have b*en published. The coroner
is now making out the commitments for
AFTER THE MEDDLER.
The CommlMloner of Education Ac
knowledges His Error.
, Washington. April 5.—The speaker laid
before the house a letter from the com
missioner
the two nten.
THEV CALI. IT TYRAN'NT.
Tillman's Official Family Disapprove of
His Recent Conduct.
education in reply to
resolution of the house Ulreetln* him to
Inform the house hy what o-uthority hJ
published at public expense an “ttack
,, n the elate of Tennessee, and whence
he derived authority to exercise a cen-
rtorshlD over the educational system in
!?ate. The article in question was
Lniktlfl "Higher Education In T<?nnt»*
nut* *' »n*i f*h*irg r, l the ttate with txflns
rr\ Iw h«sr tru»t. nUsardly and un-.
reJiSwi” *n.l held up to ridicule the
EriJTle institutions of learning of the
"iwo commissioner -ay. In February
some fifty eoptes of this circular were
received »t the bureau, sad copies of U
were rent to the Tennefeee senators snd
J . Enloe ant Richardson.
HrfTTSli given to the picas. The day
after’making it pubim. It w«s ^* r «J
T;e„Tn r :2 ht wcrV h ( irmVaM' .0
. the work, reflecting with eome
t-'-'-r .:.v
, l ; n of Mr. Crawford (Demo- ment of IK fxcui were learned,
-orth Carolina mow of the j J^Vurtlwr distribution of the article
conclusion the commission says that
J^rimbe underset ..admitting
r' VI, tha , the document conuinel ob-
&,lonaG* witter. .ti Ual It was not
£„1T carefully a* “ »*“>“« hav * b * ra
: regulotto:
Spring.
for Inland mall trans* j
iWed to be set aside ,
hf* services on lines |
f postage stamps, etc., j
t in them—ItH under
warrant the !
offered the following
'That hereafter a!! pe- .
atlona luiml from
edUad carefully — chsricter
Mas ur however, that tne cnar*cier
was discovered so s^n af»<*r
1 LticaUon a* «o soahle him to i»re-
the distribution, I
,° r publication, at stated ^pet, be »•>*• thst this^expUnatu
hhd at frequently aa four net: will remove tke_fiutxrm«nss^^ .
■ r. 1,;. , r under the auspl c* I h, has tentuivd to . ,,1™- I same, ago.
Went or fraternal society to ex-rclse ceusorvh ^ t , u uw.
&f l-«iUed under the lodge 1 - 1 — 1 system of on
Ch.irl-.ston. April 5.—It now transpires
that Governor Tillman's omrlat family
Is woefully divided in regard to his
course In calling out tho soldiers and
Issuing his recent proclamation. Every
one of the cabinet, except perhaps Mr.
Mayfield, deprecates his conduct and
several of them are outppeken in thetr
denunciation of Tillman's tyranny. This
Information comes direct and Is true.
In addition to this. Secretary of State
J. K. Tindall. Incensed because Tillman
Issued tlie police Droclamatlon and bad
bis name signed to It while he (the sec
retary of slate) was in Charleston. As
Is well known, all proclamtlons are
signed thus; "B. R. Tillman. Governor.
By the govervor: J. E. Tindall. Secre
tary of State.
It Is not a mere form, but the sec
retary must sign it In his own name and
atlix the great aeal of the state to the
document Issued. When the talk of
Tillman's Issuing his proclamation first
began Secretary Tindall expressed the
most unmistakable disapproval of the
s heme, and after the proclamation was
Issued Secretary Tindall slated to an
entirely re-pnn-ible gentleman of
Charleston that he had given no one
authority to sign bis name and that his
chief clerk Sail been given explicit or
ders n'ot to affix the great seal »f the
snite except tn bis (the secretary's)
presence.
U Is no wonder, therefore, that Sec
retary Tindall was atrnzed to read the
proclamation in the News and Courier
w.th bla own name appended.
RESTORED Cr.TL AUTHORITY.
Columbia. April 5.—The following
proclamation waa dwnt -d by the gov-
arnor tonlcht:
••Whereas. By the proclamation is
Saturday. March 21. »ht' counties of
Darlington and Fir rence war* de lated
of [ to he tn Insurrection and the millt ry
ord*r««l there 10 aupptesa
. Washington. April 5.-C0I. Breckinridge
formally closed hts defense today. The
witnesses called on his betvMf were ex
amined. apparently with a view of dis
proving the statement of the plaintiff
that she had gven birth to a male child
In Washington city on February 3. lSss.
Then the rebuttal testimony for the
pisiuiiil letssii, situ continued uuiii
Journment. The most Interesting and.
perhaps, the moot Important testimony of
tlie day was that given by Miss Louise
Lowell, the typewriter who had done
copying for Col. Breckinridge at ghe
capitol, snd Mary Vancy, a colored cook
at the house of Mrs. Thomas, with whom
Miss Pollard lived from February to May
of last year.
Miss Lowell swore that she had copied
for Col. Breckinridge letters In hts hand
writing to "My dear sister Louise," and
"My dear Spitfire." and her synopsis of
these allowed that the letters were of
•an amatory character. The defendant In
his testimony and denied that he hod
maintained any communication with Miss
Pollard during 18SS, when the letters were
written, while the plaintiff aseerted that
she received letters from him In that
year addressed "My dear sister l-oulsa,"
"My dear Spitfire," "My dear Madeline,
and other terms of Intimacy.
Mary Yancey, the colored cook, swore
positively to an acknowledgment by Col.
Breckinridge of hla Intention to marry
the plalntllf. According to the wltni
Col. . Breckinridge complimented tier on
her cookery, and after mentioning the
plaintiffs name, said: “We want you
to come with us when we go to house
keeping In the fall.”
Tomorrow rebuttal testimony will be
submitted, and then the defense will
probably Introduce a few wltneoaes In
sur-rehuttal. It is probable that alt the
teatlmony will be In when the court ad
journs tomorrow night, unless the case
be token up by arguments over tha ad-
mlsaabillty of evidence.
Judge Bradley's remarks yesterday at
adjournment about "human buzzards,
watching the carrion of sensationalism”
one-th"r4r of'the scats In the court room
were occupied.
Mine Pollard came In about flve min
utes alter Judge Bradley had taken hie
■eat. Site was closely followed by Col.
Breckinridge and his attorney. It waa
supposed when Col. Breckinridge flnlehed
hla testimony yesterday Uiat tf.e deiend-
ant would reat hla case, although Mai.
Shelby announced that more teetlmony
might be Introduced. There waa some
surprise, therefore, when Silas Pollaru
was cafied to the stand this morning,
not as a wltnemx but for the defense.
Miss Pollard, what time waa your
tnhy born In IMS?" asked MaJ. Butter-
worth.
••My baby was born at rexm on the
third day of- February, and aa I had
promised Mr. Breckinridge ''
She etarted to aay something more,
but MaJ. Butterworth Interrupted her and
said she must confine herself to the ques
tion asked.
Miss Pollard said she gave her baby up
two hours after It waa born, snd It was
taken to an asylum on Fourteenth street,
a Protestant foundling asylum, by an old
midwife named Aunt Mary. It waa at
her house the baby wtut born.
Do you know whatlur tha child waa
Christ -ned?"
"I pinned a little note en my baby's
clothing with the name of Dletl Carlyle
on It. I was reading Thomea Carlyle at
the time. One of hla heroea waa called
•Dlest'. The name waa selectsd became
It waa very different from Mr. Breckin
ridge's or mine."
'Did' you see the child while it was
living at the asylum?"
"aa aoon «• I wee obis. I went to the
asylum with Dr. Persona I do not re-
member whether It waa before or after
I went to tho convent on the 21th of
March.”
Other questions were saked by Msj.
Butterworth as to her visit to the asy
lum to see the child; os to how non
after that viatt Che child died, who the
undertaken was, who nursed the baby
tn Us illness snd other Inquiries, evi
dently made to recure Information that
will enable the defense to Investigate
the whole truth about the little found
ling.
, Miss Pollard said aha had gone to the
asylum only once, because she "pledged
her word not to go again.”
Mrs. Udie, who had been matron of the
Washington Foundling Asylum in !(H,
waa called and produced a record book of
the arylum for the time during which
Miss Pollard’s baby waa born. The book
contained a slip of paper under date
of February 3. IMS, which the witness
■aid was pinned to a child brought to
the asylum on that day by an old col
ored woman. Mrt. Lldle said the name
on the slip was "Diets Downing" sad
not "Dlest Carlyle.”
On the slip waa written In a feminine
hand: "Pteaae name my baby "Dietz
Downline.”
Mr*. Lldle said that after looklnf st
Dr. Parsons she could Mjr that tho 1st*
ter had never been to the d*yiuS2 to Ur
knowledge.
Mr. WlUUun B. Moore, wrho wu chief
of the vtUl statistics office of the health
d?s*»rtroent of the District of Columbia
In February, 1M. testified that he hsd
examined the records end found that
there was no return mide by Dr. Per
sons of a birth occurring on February 3.
"We rest, if your honor pleese.” said
Maj. Bjtterworth wrhen Mr. Moore had
stepped dowrn.
The first witness ctl!«d In rebuttal by
the plaintiff wmt Dr. William A. Cowan,
superintendent of the Western Pennsyl
vania Hospital at Pittsburg- He Slid be
resided at Pittsburg from 1ST* to UM.
"Are you related to the plelntilf?” Mr.
Cur. isle asked.
"Yes, sir; first cousin, through
mother.”
Objection waa made by the defen
the admission of bis teatlmony upon
nlcal grounds, but after a
Bradley decided that the
xdmUsiUe to rebut the r
continuously with his family, near Pitts
burg,’ from 1876 to 18S0, and attended
fcchool during that time -with his sisters.
On cross-examination Dr. Cowan Axed
the time of Miss Pollard coming to hi*
home by the fact that her father had
decided after returning to Kentucky from
the notional Democratic convention of
1876, to which he was a delegate, nud the
witness remembered that his mother had
gone to Kentucky and brought Miss Pol
lard back to Pittsburg. He *u.id he tnow
also that Mbs Pollard was with his
family In 1878. because her brother, a
telegraph operator, had volunteered to yo
South during the yellow fever and hud
died from the disease while Miss* Pollard
was at the Cowan house. The witness
said he had taken a trip West in 1876
and the plaintiff was at his house when
he returned.
Mrs. Brown of Cincinnati took the
stand. She w&s the vice-president of
Wesleyan college In Cincinnati when Miss
Pollard was a student there, when the
Intercourse between the plaintiff and de
fendant began. Mr*. Brown produced
the record of the college for the year 1883
and identified the entry under Miss Pol
lard’s name. Objection was made, but
Judge Bradley admitted the record on the
ground that it was newly discovered evi
dence.
Mrs. Brown told sn interesting story
of how she had found this Important
piece of evidence. ’She had put It in an
old sideboard, lock©! It up there and.
forgetting all about It, had given the
sideboard to a friend. The key to the
drawer in which the book lay was lost,
and nobody thought of breaking open
the drawer to see If the book was there.
Last week the key turned up accidentally
and the drawer was apened. She said
♦he entries were made by her son, Pro
fessor Orrin Brown.
Judge Bradley decided that the record,
could not be produced as evidence of Mies
Pollard’s age. but he allowed Mrs. Brown
to read the rest of the entry, as follows:
"Eighty-third session, beginning Sep
tember 18. 1893. Pollard—Madeline Vivian,
entered November 20. Name of parents
or guardian: Mrs. J. D. Pollard; resi
dence, Frankfort, Ky. French. Latin,
rhetoric, elocution; not classified.”
Guided by Mr. Carlisle, Mrs. Brown
proccsdad tor contradict M«*. Kankln
Rosell, who had testified he broke bm
engagement with the plaintiff because the
allowed him to "kiss and hag her” In the
reception rooms of the coil;ge.
Mrs. Brown said the rules of the Insti
tution provided that gentlemen could be
received by pupils on Friday evenings
only. They were rec »ived exclusively In
the four big communicating rooms on the
f.rat floor. Mrs. Brown remembered
Rakln Rosell as & visitor to the college.
"Certainly not," said Mrs. Brown, ‘n
answer to i question whether the rules
of the college permitted a student to^en-
.tertain a guest for
CHATTAHOOCHEE'S
FATAL SLUICE.
Columbus Records a Terrible Struggle
For Life of Five Men in
the River.
A BOAT CAPSIZED AT ROCK NO, I
And Its Human Freight Sank Beneath
the Surging Waters, nnd Only One
Was Saved—A Father Saw
Ills Son Go Down.
hour and a half
’to two hours In the reception room*.
Mrs. Brown added that even the (Iris
who were enraged were not permitted .o
see their fiances except on Friday even-
tnsa. end then publicly.
•The last Ume 1 saw Mr. Rosell per
sonally." aald the wltnees, "was on the
occasion of the literary conteat between
the two societies In the collere, when
Miss Fbllnrd won a noted victory for her
society In the presence of 500 people "
Mrs. Brown said she had seen Mr.
Rodes. Miss Pollard's ostensible guardian,
and she described him aa "a country
gentleman of pure habits, of pure tongue
and os reverential In the presence of a
lady aa It were possible to be. He seemed
to think a great deal of Miss Pollard In
the pureat way. Hla manner toward her
was unobjectionable In every way, and
ho bad a great admiration for her Intel
lect. oa many others had."
The court also examined Mrs. .Brown,
and to Judge Bradley's question, she
■aid the reception roome at the college
were always open and pupal and teacn-
ers constantly going through them.
There were no especial privileges granted
Rosell.
Sirs. Brown l»ft the stand without be
ing allowed to tell about the manner In
which Rosell was forbidden tho privi
lege* of the college. •
Mia* Louise Lowell, the typewriter who
hsd testified that Col. Breckinridge had
brought her * letter to copy beginning
"My dear elster Louise." and bad also
employed her to address several envel
opes to Miss rollsnl. was recalled by the
plaintiff and asked by Judge WUson to
Ull What was discovered In tha ‘‘alsttr
Louise" letter.
The writer.” she said, -spoke of the
great disparity in their ages, that no
two persons In tho same family with so
great a difference In their see could
love each other so dearly."
'Waa that the substance?”
‘ That waa th* whole tenor of the
letter." ,
Miss Lowell hsd a tolerably clear recol
lection of other letters she had coplej
far Mr. Breckinridge. They were femll.
lar and affection it* and enjoined caution.
One was addressed. "My dear Spitfire."
All the letter* handed her by Cot. Breck
inridge to be copied were in manuscript,
which was taken away when she bad
finished copying It.
Very much out of breath, Mary Yan
cey, the servsnt girl, at Mrs. Thomas',
where Miss Pollsr.1 boarded, end where
Col. Breckinridge said she attempted to
take hts life, took the stand. Mary was
shewn the little deeerstlv* that
belonged to the late Mrs. Breckinridge,
which bliss Pollard sail waa given her
by the defandant end which Col. Breck
inridge aald he had not seen sine* It was
taken from hla home.
"Have you ever seen that basket?”
asked Judge Wilson.
"Thousands of times," said ?.lary.
"Did you see It one day when Col.
Breckinrlds* took lunch at Mrs. Thomas'
house?"
"Yea, sir. I saw Mias Madeline sitting
la the pertor on tha sofa with tha basket
In her Up and CoL Breckinridge beside
her. 8he used the bosket for a work
basket, nnd It had a Mu* bow and blue
■Ilk lining.”
Mery was allowed to tell what hap
pened when t.'ol. Breckinridge railed on
Miss Pollard Ilia dtt> after the luncheon.
"1 opened do doah fur him.” she said,
"an he sed ter me. Miry, .1st sir one
oh do nicest lunches I ever eat tn all de
diye ob my Ilf*. Miss Pollard tell m *
you always put It up In d.tt way. and
w en w* go to heuaikecpin' In dc fall I
wan* you to come and lib tvld us.’ I says-
■No. ’cause I nsb been wld my people
sixteen yeslu tile Of ot> dls ment.’ •’
"What month was that?”
"May laat yeah.”
Tlie defense made repeated objection
to this Uctlniony. but Judge Bradley al
lowed her to answer at! qu-otionx put
to her. She said eha remembered very
well when Cal. Breckinridge ant Miss
Pollard drove away from Mrs. Thomas’
In a cab. It waa on May M, tiert. Mary
said that when Col. tirecklnridg* came
to the house he alarays put hla arms
arcund hla Pollard atvl kissed her.
"How often did CoL Brecktarfllge call
at Mrs. Thomas’?' asked Maj. Butter-
worth. In cross-examination.
"Very often." said th* witness. "Some
times twice a day. sometimes three
time*."
■When fat April did COL Bre-kinridge
commence to call on Miss Pollard?'
"Ye*, sir.” aald Mary. In evident tur
rets* at Maj. ~
"AprtL He '
Columbus, April 5.—tSpeclaU—A sad
and terrible tragedy occurred In the
Chattahoochee river at the foot of
Eleventh street, at 4 o'clock this af
ternoon. A small boat capsized at
sluice No. 1 and In Instant live men
were struggling in the embrace ot an-
f gry, irencheruua nnicro. Guo si.u.s
remains to tel! the tttory, nnd b? Is mi
old. feeble man. while four, whoso
names are added to the long 11.4t of tho
Chattahoochee's victims, were In the
very flower of young manhood.
Old man O. W. Driggers survive*,
while his son Milton, Will Lavender
Will Adams aud Will Hideahour per
ished.
“We started to ride to the wharf,”
said old man Driggers, "and tbs boat
capsized ns we approached rock No.
1. I wont down with Hldenhour and
Adams clinging to me. I managed to
shake them off while under the water.
It sesuicd that I would neve-, never
rise to tint surface. At last l rose, only
to hear despairing cries of 'save' me,
save tue,’ from the four boys as 1 sank
a-’ll it. The second time 1 rose I saw
only my sou; heard on!" his cry of
‘save me, I am gon?.’ Jttst then the.
overturned Iwnt struck me and I
caught the eml of It. I floated down
the river a short dlscar.ee uud waa rea
died."
The old man's grief wag terrible.
Thousand* of people gathered at tho
river bank to watch the efforts to re
cover tho bodies of tho young men, all
of whom belonged to good but not
prominent families. Adams* body was
recovered about 5 o'clock Search for
the other bodies U stlj going on. Tho
tragedy has proven a terrible thick
to thc-communlty.
COXEY'S INDUSTRIAL ARMY.
The Wanderers Left IMttsborg Under
- -p,- Police Escort
Pittsburg, April 5.—Under the super
vision of forty police niul the heads of
the police bureau of Allegheny City,
the common weal army, about 207
strong, left tbelr guarded enclosure at
Exposition Park at 10:30 o'clock this
morning. The men were glud to get
off after tlielr virtual Imprisonment.
Aa the men drew out of the park on
time at South avenue, they were met
by the citizens' escort, .100 stroug, un
der G. A. Burrows. Tbo streets were
a seething mass of humanity, but tbo
people were very orderly. The column
marched through the crowds «o tho
Union bridge, then up Duquesne way
to Sixth street. Market street. Fifth
avenue, fhnltblleld street to the south
side. Frequent cheers greeted the
army nod Gen. Coxcy front the crowd
on all sides. The Pittsburg police
made no extra preparations, only the
day farce being ordered In duty. They
handled the crowd easily and without
trout tie.
Before leaving the ball park the
army gave three rousing cheers for the
good people of Allegheny and Pitts
burg and groans for the police. Tho
procession through liotb cities was led
oy a one-time millionaire, J. D. Karna.
once tbo most prominent figure (n <b»
Pennsylvania oil region, and for whom
Karna City waa named. The exit
from Pittsburg wax unattended by
special incident.
At the city line the Pittsburg escort
dropped out of the line. Homestead
workmen, 500 strong, with a brass
hand, took the position occupied hy
tho Pittsburg escort, nnd took tho
army to camp. Tho route waa
thronged with enthusiastic people.
THE UNIOXTOWN TRAGEDIES. 1
Ninety-five of the Murderous Strikers
Languish In JaiL
Union town. Pa.. April 5.—Yesterday's
imgle events in the coke regions ap
pear to have had a sobering effect on
uie strikers, and It la ixixdly tvofcwbl*
there wilt be a repetition of such bloody
work. With die tUstovtry of th* hoi
ks of eight Hungarian strikers in the
woods near Dawaon. the fktaUUen of
yesterday are Increase! to tan. with
many more seriously Injured than was
first known. The eight dead strikers
food this morning were undoubtedly
killed by the party pursuing the Pad
dock murderers. No definite Informa
tion an to tfm ruse- of the death of
tha etgtac has been obtained np to this
time. The arrest of PreeMent Davits
of the dtetrtrtt organization has had a
demoralizing effect on the strikes.
Davie was landed In jail here this
miming at 9 o'clock, (halved with
compHrlty In the murder of Chief En
gineer Paddock. Davis waa the ninety-
fifth striker irm.ua for the Paddock
murder. Davts wild he wsa aorry tor
yesterday’s ooru(Traces, hut the for
eign element could not be controlled.
He feels certain that he cannot be con-
nected wkh the killing of Paddock.
He will wk for a habeas corpus heart**
at ooce, snd expect* to be discharged
on ball. _
The general feeling tmntm the mom
intelligent strikers la ttat they ramioc
' ‘ so much feeting stirred up
by yesterday's trouble*,
the unproptUous rime