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OT7 , o rr I IU :L JJ UJ I U I u i h I P I I IV LI J ' . i ESTABLISHED 117. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. According to the Secretary of War, (ien. McCook cau use hi8 troops at Den ver only for the purpose of protecting the Federal Government until Governor Waite confesses his inability to preserve upUt by State authority and calls on hi.nforaid. -Then the Federal general steps in, and is answerable to the Presi dent alone. It was rumored in Wash ington City yesterday that CoL Breckin ridge and Mrs. Wing were secretly married in New York on April 29th last, three months before the public cere mony was performed, and before he took Miss Pollard to the home of Mrs. Black burn as his future bride. Col. Breckin ridge told a reporter that he could not talk now, but when.he went on the wit ness stand he would tell the whole story Miss Pollard testifies in her own be. half, giving th history of her life. She says that irAjigust, 1892, Col. Breckin ridge asked her to marry him. The session closed with Miss Pollard still under cross-examination. The wreck ing steamer Orion starts for Roncador reef to assist in raising the Kearsarge. An immense mass meeting of work : ingmen in Pensacola was addressed last night by Grand Master Workman Sovereign.- The Battle house, at Mobile, was burned late last night. The loss is estimated at $300,000. Miss Clara Burton makes a report on the work of the Red Cross society among the suf ferers on the South Carolina Sea Islands. The order will need no more assistance from the public. Jerre Horlbeck, hanged in the Berkeley county, S. C, jail yard for murder, attempts to com- ,iiHt suicide a short while before the exe cution. The disagreement in the . Southern Railway -and Steamship asso ciation has been practically settled. The certificate of marriage of Col. Breck- nride and Mis. Wing, just filed in New York, shows that they were married m that city April 29th, 1893, by Rev. John l. I'axton. a Presbyterian minister, at his residence. Dr. Paxton says he was r. nested to withhold the marriage cer i ilk-ate' by Col. Breckinridge, because lib wife had been dead only nine months, mid after the public marriage he was urged to suppress the record. Dr. seoii, brother of Mrs. Breckinridge, re iitses to say whether he forced Col. Kreekinridge to marry his 6ister soon after the death of his first wife. At an early hour yesterday morning the state troops at Denver were ordered to retire to their armory. The Governor announced in the evening that he would probably submit to the proposition to leave the matter to tho Supreme court, but at a late hour had done nothing. ! fe had a long conference" with Gen. McCook. The latter says the Federal troops will remain in the city until peace is restored. J0n request from Governor Waite to withdraw the troops, Gen. McCook said he could do nothing more till ordered by the President. The cjues i'tou of the Governor's sanity has been raised. Troop3 all over the State are ing assembled at their armories. A cation of JNew lorn Dansers visit Washington to urge the President to veto the Seigniorage bill. They say they .subscribed the $50,000,000 loan on assu- ran ce that the President would not sanction any Congress. silver legislation at this Xtie Breckinridge Secret Marriage. New York, ; March 16. Although Congressman Breckinridge was married to Mrs. Louisa S. Wing, in this city, on April 29, 1893, the marriage certificate was not filed at the bureau of vital statis tics here until to-day. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. John R. i ' axton, at that time pastor of the West i'rr-''Vterian church, at his residence, -0"Vl West Forth-sixth street. The Vrtuirate jvhieh came by mail, contains ih-se details to the contracting parties: 'roc'm-Wn:- C. P. Breckinridge :(,.M05years:resiJenLengton,Ky I 1 J ' 111 1 ttX.l I. 1 1 A. & X.J m .uaiuiiK Wide-Louise R. S. Wing, born in Kentucky, widow, second marriage, maiden name Scott. to the marriage were Mary L. I'axton and Eleanor fM. txllier. The certificate was mailed to the bureau of vital statistics by Charles I. ; Mer. a colored man in charge of Dr. -u' residence, upon Dr. Paxton s 1 axtoi. - orier. The bureau has noti telegraph. that the certificate fails lied Dr. l'axu a reuuirement3. to comply with Df tne bride, and state the - , .; i tVia vUJCM'C Liiv the official station anu . rrQ i- re. person oy wnoiu iiit" i . within quires a report of the marnu pisin ten days, me uunui v iw - ife his failure to comply, with this requ ments. He has incurred a peuanjr w , PiTTsuvka, March 16. Dr. J. R. Pax ton in an interview relative to tne Breckinridge-Wing marriage, said: "I married Col. Breckinridge and Mrs. Wing on April 29, 1893, in my study before two witnesses, of whom Mrs. Paxton was one. Col. Breckinridge re ZuvsUti me Jiot to return the marriage oSSy for some time, as his .wife was dead only about-nine months. - Mrs. winrr somnrted tne request x "t,'- in .innfl Iheir public marriage in Ken- n,r.i-,r frnL- nlace and he wired me to . uppress the return of the first marnage I again agreed, as he was an old nend ...7i,i.m,t cf mine, but lately he has. repeatedly wired me to come to Washington as a witness. I would if my instead. I wired the man in charge of my house to put tne marriage entry on record. lnis was I don t know oi any law that I broke." The confidence that people have in Ayer's artMnarilla as a blood medicine is the legiti mate and natural growth of many years. It .... K.n handed down irom parent tocniiu, Slid is the favorite family medicine in thou sands of households. ATarr.h 16. The wreck- okku, . Newport :KJlXrnineTt day break for the on Roncador -Teckof the riearsare x Carribean sea. reei ffjJed on Trial. -Ahnut two years ago . x-r, r-ai iatps & Co., San ordered from J. f- imTons Liver Francisco, a bottle o Regulator on trial, and . fcaie . from Itvheenitsuse in expelling- v?j)09O the svstem'and regulating the the liver that from an order of ont ai a t;.-., Ardor has risen to a dozen bv. ties at once. B. V. Lawrence, i An Ounce of Prevention, is cheaper than any quantity of cure. Don tgive children narcotics or seda tive. They are unnecessary when tbe infant is properly nourished, as it will oe if brought up on the Gail Borden Lagle Brand Condensed Milk. , POLLARD-BREGKINRIDGE THE PLAINTIPf TESTIFIES IN HER OWN BEHALF. She Gives the History of Her Liife Details of Her Acquaintance With. the Defendant Her Testimony -Given Without Hesitation The Defendant's Secret Marriage to 'Mrs. Wins. Washington, March 16 The news from New York that the marriage of Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge and Mrs. Louise Wing had taken place Becretly in that city on April 29th last, according to the marriage certificate, three months before the public ceremony, was spread about the court room where the breach of promise case was being tried this even ing and created great interest Counsel, however, were unable to see what bear ing this marriage could have on the case, for testimony has been given that the engagement of Col. Breckinridge and Miss Pollard existed nearly a month prior to the date of the secret marriage, as given in the c-.ri'.lc ate which has just been filed in New York. Mrs. Julia C. Blackburn, the widow of Governor Luke Blackburn, of Kentucky, who testified in the case on March 9ih said that on Good Friday night in 1893, Col. Breckin ridge brought Mrs. Pollard to he apart ments at the Portland, in this city, and presented her as his future wife, asking Mrs. Blackburn to give the young woman her protection during the engagement. Good Friday in 1893 came on March 3Jst, wniie tne secret marriage is recorded as having taken place April 29th of that year. -5 Miss Pollard testified on the witness stand to-day that "on one of the last days of August," in 1892, CoL Breckin ridge had asked her to ' marry him and she had consented. Col. Breckinridge was told by a re the New porter that the certificate of Y ork marriage had been hied bureau of vital statistics, and with the asked if he would say something about it. JSo, 1 have not anything to say. he said. "It will all come out later. I must not talk of these things now. You will have to wait until I go on the stand. then you will hear the whole story. No, I really can not say anything about it. Mr. btoll, of Lexington, one of Col. Breckinridge's counsel, said laugbingly, patting Col. Breckinridge on the back: "Oh, you just wait until we get this old fellow on the stand, and then you'll hear the truth. But we are keeping quiet just now." Miss Madeline Pollard told the story of her life to-day to a court room full of men. She was on the witness stand from early morning until adjournment, and the tale she told was a romance. She wa3 somewhat theatrical, very plain tive and confiding, and gave her testi mony without hesitation. Her bright ness, her keen wit and her appreciation of every question were particularly noticeable. For snch a sensational case, her testimony was free from vulgar and suggestive details. Once when she was asked to tell of a conversation with Col. Breckinridge about her coming confine ment, she burst out, Half weepingly, with a protest against being made to say such things berore so- many men, and the question was withdrawn. Cold type cannot depict the ris ing and falling of her plaintive voice, the tone of her demure little ac knowledgements about her early life, and the 3harp yet courteous replies to in quiries of the defendant 8 attorney, Maj. Butterworth. bhe proved the most in teresting witness of the now-noted trial, and every word she uttered was listened to with attention, She told how she had liyed as a little girl; how James Rhodes an uncouth, old man, had made a con tract with her to pay for her education on condition that she would pay him back or marry him; how CoL .Breckin ridge came into her life; how she passed for nine years as a pure, innocent gin; of the alleeed proposal of marriage after the death of Mrs. Breckenndge, ana oi what followed the defendant's marriage to Mrs. Wing. Her cross-enamination was in progiess when the court; ad iourned. I i . Arter a whispered consultation ueiween . . , u i l i Messrs. Wilson and Carlisle, of Miss Pol lard's counsel, and an examination of some letters. Miss Pollard took the stand, amid a buzz of excitement in the court room. I Miss Ellis took her seat next to Miss Pollard, who erave her name in a firm manner, and answered Mr. Carlisle's rmestions in a steady voice that some times became almost too loud. Mr. Carlisle's preliminary questions wpr about Miss Pollard.8 parentage TTpr father was a saddler. When he died in fS86 all the Odd Fellow and Masonic lndo-PS in Kentucky sent delegates to Frankfort to attend the funeral. Tn answer to Mr. Carlisle, Miss Pollard aid: "In the very last days of August 1892 Mr. Rreckinridge met me at the Baltiraoi e and Ohio Railway station, "How did he creet you?" "He drew me to him, kissed me, and rmt mp in a carriage, and we were driven into the country." "What did he sav in the carriage?" "Hp. told me that he had something to ' tell me, and he said he was vain enough think I would be glad to near it. je . , children were all grown up now Said L1- ti-,i . -rr Tiann whv Tip auu - -r TTo nalrpri mp if should not . . J qj t tnA ilim would marry " WOUld. . rir,(r trii "Where were youstopp-'? stay in Washington.-1 "nnrino- vour few-days stay at this time was the subject of marriage men tioned?" . .. 'Yes, frequently. - 'Did he say anything about when the marriage should take place? " Ypfl. he said, he waited rouneeu months after ihe death of his first wife before taking a second wife and. he thought a year would be sufficient to wait for our marriage. "Did you agree with him r "No I said more consideration was due his children; that we should wait at least two years." Miss Pollard was also questioned con cerning her residence at Nc , 25 Lafayette sauare, where sne nam - ' . , j i f,iantlM!.nd said ridge caiieu Wifers Hmp that a year alter ms T i Z efficient to wait. "I saw him , ' a-v Bnm times twice a day and durrng tne eve. . M,,0 iiiard Haid she had cominun u fo-f rf har engagement to Mrs, Thomas, who lived at o. r,ri niao to Claude De La Roche Francis. She told of the conversation with Col. Breckinridge which Mr . Francis said he overheard. In which Col. Brecfc inridcrp said hp was sorrv she b.ad told Mr. Francis of their engagement. She alar. tnA the storv of her presentation to m T.nke Blackburn by Col. Breckin ridge as his future wife and of his piac-jno- hpr in Mrs. Blackburn's charge, as "mv future wife.'1 as testified to by Mrs, Blackburo a few days ago. She was asked concerning; her visits to Dr. N. b. , i onA Mai. Moore, the suoerin- teu which occasion, according to ;;ip . - Jir rl Dr. Lincoln and Mai the testim-aeJunrjdga acknowledged Moore. CoL i. her. uia ornmsementu. , Pollard, .'.'1 was "In 1884," said Mu . . Cincinnati to summoned from school m sister was gO W . X'w " very ill. Mr. Rhodes put me on the cars. A gentleman was in the car. and coming over to me. he said: 'Your face is familiar; don't I know you? I said: No, but I know who vou are. You are CoL Breckinridge-' He sat downon the other 6ide of the aisle, and asked' me if he might come to see me, I said my aunt and my mother would be very glad w see mm at r ranKiort. mat was all that was said." Questions by Mr. Carlisle brought out the history of Miss Pollard's engagement to James C. Rhodes. She had met him and he asked her to marry him. She 6aid she did not want to marry then; she wanted to get an education first. He said if she would marry him he would pay for her education. She did not an swer that she would marry him, but (to use hei own words) "I told him that if he would pay for my education I would either marry him or pay him back with interest. He agreed, and a paper con taining the agreement was drawn up and signed in the presence of my mother." Miss Pollard said she did not keep the letters written her by Rhodes. She always destroyed them. CoL Breckinridge and Mr. Stoll ex changed? smiles at this answer. 1 In one of these letters." she- said. 'Mr. Rhodes said he could compel me to marry him or pay him back. I could not pay him back, and I . did not want to marry him. I did not know a woman, man or child to whom I could Jnaxlax adyice until I thought until I thought of Mr. Breckinridge. I wrote him, asking if Mr. Rhodes could compel me to marry him. He answered that letter in person, coming to see me at Wesleyan college in Cincinnati, where I was a pupiL I saw him in the drawing room of the college, and he said that was not the place to have a con fidential conversation. He asked if we could not get ud some sort of a relationship so that I could get permission to go out. I told him it was not necessary to be related, and we could get permission. He said, looking at a paper in his hand, that there was a concert - that evening and we could go there. He obtained permission to take me out from young Mr. Brown, the principal's son. That evening Mr. Breck inridge came back m a closed carriage to take me out. It was a warm, sultrv June evening, and I objected to going in a closed carriage, but he said he had a throat affection, so we went out." Mr; Carlisle did not ask what happened in the carriage. "When did you see mm again?" "The next morning at the public library by appointment. He said he wanted to take me to Lexington. We went to Lexington Friday." w here did you go after reaching Lex ington?" - 'To Sarah Guest's." What time was it that you arrived in Lexington?" "About dusk. "How long did you staythere?' "Until Monday morning." "Who was with you at Sarah Guest's from Friday night until Monday morn- ing.-' Mr. Breckinridge was there most of to at the time." What did Col. Breckinriece sav you on the evening of your arrival Lexington about Mr. Rhodes?" "Nothing." 'What did he say about Mr. Rhodes on the following Monday morning?" Mr. .tsrecKinridge came to Sarah Guest's terribly frightened. He said Mr, Rhodes had been to Cincinnati and found out that I had gone with him, and that 1 must catch a train and go to Frankfort where my mother lived, which I did." "Who suggested that you leave Cin cinnati and go to Sayre institute ?" "Mr. .Breckinridge. Miss Pollard told of going to see a fe male physician, Dr. Mary Street, in Cin cinnati in 1885, at the direction of Mr. Breckinridge to make arrangements for the birth of her first child. She gave Dr. Street the name of Mrs. Burgoyne. She went to St. Joseph's asylum at Nor wood, where she registered as "Mrs. Burgoyne." Her baby was born on May 29, 1885. and two weeks later she went to the house of Drs. Perry and Buchanan to re cuperate, Miss Pollard identified- the four volumes of Washington Irving that have hgured in the trial. They were given to her by Mr. Rodes at Christmas 1884 and she gave them to Sister Cecelia at the foundling asylum. . Miss Pollard had given her testimony without any noticeable marks of nervous ness, except in a rising tendency of her voice at times and an inclination to talk too fast. She speaks with a little lisp, and what might be called a fashionable accent. Her story was told with infinite detail, as if she had rehearsed it time and time again. She looked Col. Breck inridge squarely in the eyes while giv ing her testimony, without appearing to do so. Taking up her life at Lexington after the birth of her baby, Mr. Carlisle asked Miss Pollard who paid for her tuition and board while she was at Sayre insti tute. - "Mr. Breckinridge, of course," was the reply. "Miss Pollard," was the next question, 'who was the father of the child born on the 29th of May, 1885?" "Mr. Breckinridge," was the a'nswer, long drawn out for the sake of emphasis. In answer to direct questions, Miss Pollard said that Bhe had never at any time been intimate with any man ex cepting Col. Breckinridge. She told of the f requent changes of residence during her life in Washington, and the changes of name also, corroborating upon these points all the witnesses who have pre ceded her. She said sue came to Wash ington from Lexington in September, 1887, at Mr. Breckinridge's desire. "1 had to go somewhere," she said. After several changes of residence, Mr. Breckinridge took her to a little house in South Washington occupied by an old woman called "Aunt Mary, and she remained there until her second baby was burn, in h ebruary lo. After that she went to live at a convent on Massachusetts avenue between Thir teenth and Fourteenth streets, and re mained there two years and six months. Taurine-oart of this time she was em- oloved in the Government service, the rest in stuayvng, cmo iuo uoicuu ant three or four times each week dur ing thatperiod, .... Her third illness was the one in which she was attended by Dr. Tabor Johnspn, as testified by the doctor, oucn a- case is not complete without the conventional packages of love letters ,jana mey were producod next for Miss Pollard's examin ation. "These are all Mr. Breckinridge's letters she said. She was also shown twelve telegrams, addressed to her. 'Yes, all are (Mr. Brecmnnoge s tele grams' was ner comment.. In answer to jut. wusic, " lard said Col. Breckinridge left Wash ington on Wednesday nigns, 17, ly3. i , , - Then Mr. oamsie reau 5icgiaai letters from CoL Breckinridge to auss nii- writtpn while he was away on i .this trip, from Lexington, Covington and . i -KTlo- DTTorir rlav he tele- telk other piaces. v --r. graphed her assug n ouo "TV, ' VT ner to make herself comfortable, and to occupy herself. The letters were not at all cf the amorous kind; they were friendly, but jnoi too muc so. They were s&ed "iours" or "Yourejruly" and "Sincerely" and bad no heading. Col. Breckinridge, Miss Pollard raid, was delivering political speeches in Kentucky Aftoi-vortpcml n'lattfir was read from Alias Tnifi in fJol. Breckinridge, acknowledging that she had pub,hshed the announcement of their engagement, and that she was sorry for it. This was evidently in answer to a letter from CoL WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY, MAECH 17, Brokinridge taking her to task for the publication. The letter began: -'My Dear Willie," and was signed, "Your loving Madaline." Miss Pollard resumed the stand as the court was rapped to order, with Miss Ellis sitting by her side. She was di rectly in front of and about fifteen feet from CoL Breckinridge. During the morning session while Miss Pollard was giving her testimony, the defendant sat in listless attitude, but not taking his eyes off his accuser. At the afternoon session he took an active, interest in the proceedings and made suggestions to his counsel. The last question asked by Mr. Carlisle was as to how long the intimacy existed between CoL Breckinridge and. the plain tiff, and Miss Pollard answered, loudly and distinctly, emphasizing every sylla ble: "From that night when he took me to Sarah Guest's in 1884, there was never any suggestion of the discontinu ance of that miserable sin, until Col. Brecktnridgej with all his protestations and promises and vows of affection, left me on the 17th day of May, 1893." Maj. Butterworth tried to stop Miss Pollard, telling her to simply answer the question, but he was plucked by the sleeve by CoL Breckinridge and Col. Thompson, and desisted. But be could not have stopped Miss Pollard she went right on. , ; This concluded the direct examination and Maj. Butterworth began- the crefcs examination. - Maj. Butterworth began by an ex amination into Miss Pollard's age," and she told him. as she had told Mr. Car lisle, that she had believed until this suit as filed that she was born in 1864. but she had since then learned from her mother and sister that she was born on November 30, 1866. In her early years her father had spent much time in teach ing her. Maj. . Butterworth asked: "Did teach you much history?" "Not so much as Col. Breckinridge taught me, afterwards," was the answer; and it took the crier nearly a minute to stop the laughter. 'Miss Pollard's 'answers were bright and sometimes witty, and kept pace with the keen-minded Maj. Butterworth. - Miss Pollard sketched her life at Crab Orchard, how she left to go to her aunt's in Pittsburg, where she remained until August. 1880, when she returned to her mother's in Frankfort. " Mr. Butterworth's cross-examination brought an acknowledgment from Miss Pollard that besides her "contract,' as she called it, with Mr. Rhodes to marry him or refund the money he expended upon her education, she engaged herself to a man named Rozell while at Wes leyan college, Cincinnati. "Did you tell this engagement to Mr. Rhodes?' " "No, sir." "Did you break off with Mr. Rozell?" "Yes, while Mr. Breckinridge was con cealed in a sitting room adjoining and heard me break my engagement with Mr. Rozell. " There was one sally that created a roar. Mr. .Butterworth asked Miss Pol lard if Col. Breckinridge had recognized her on the train at their first meeting, and Miss Pollard said: "He crossed the aisle and asked if he did not recognize me and, by the way, that is a common trick, of his, recognizing people he doe3 not know. Miss Pollard, in answerto other ques tions, said she had seen many things in Col. Breckinridge during their nine year's association that she did not like, including this trick of recognition, but she had not found him out then. - At 3:15 the court adjourned until to morrow. The Sun's Cotton Review. New York, March 16. The Sun's cot ton review says; Cotton declined 7 to points, then rallied and closed at a net decline for the day of 5 to 9 points, with the tone quiet but steady. Sales were 97,300 bales. Liverpool declined 1 to 2 points, closing barely steady. Sales were 10,000 bales at steady and un changed prices. In Manchester yarns were in moderate demand. Cloths met with a fair business. New Orleans de clined 7 to 9 points and recovered about half of the decline. Spot -cotton here was dull and unchanged, with no sales. Southern markets were quiet and un changed. ' Port receipts, including 3,176 at Brunswick, were ll,4o2 bales, against 15,596 this day last week and 7,584 last year; for the week- 68,164 bales, against 69,036 last - week and 47,473 last year. New Orleans receipts to-morrow are estimated at 4,500 bales, against 3,521 this day last week and 4,653 last year. Interior receipts for the week were 12,669 bales, against 12,465 last week and 13,673 last year; shipments 35,529 bales, against 39,946 last week and 28,735 last year; stocks, 263,753 bales. against 289,352 a week ago and 357,700 last year. Liverpool gave the bulls a stab in the back. That was what it really amounted to. It was the unkind est cut of all, for Liverpool was ex pected to pat the bulls on the back and encourage them and not treat them in this cavalier fashion. Beside the Liverpool news, there was the- movement to the interior towns to make the bears rejoice and the bulls grumble. ' The Interior receipts were nearly as large as for the same week last year. As for the loss in inter rior stocks, it is only 16,602 bales, where as the bulls had been hoping for 20,000 to 25,000 bales. It-did not make matters look much brighter to find that the receipts at the ports, instead of reaching 75,000 bales, as some had predicted, were only 68,164. Putting these figures along side of 47.473. the receipts for the same week last year, took all the bullish hue out of them. Then again the Southern markets were dispirited and three of them declined. There was Tsome local and Southern selling here andLiverpool also sold a little. Prices fell. Then they railhed a little on the buying of shorts and a lessened pressure to selL Bufc the speculation was tame and uninteresting, Mrs. Breckinridee's Brother to Talk. Refuses Louisville, March 19. Dr. Preston Scott, brother of Col. Breckinridge's wife, refused to-day to answer the ques tion if the statement was true that he had compelled Col. Breckinride to marry his sister immediately after the death of the colonel's first wife. His face flushed as he said that the matter only concerned the members of the two fam ilies. Dr. Scott visited the newspaper offices of this city the day before the Breckinridge-Wing wedding here and insisted 6n the publication of the fact that the marriage would take place then, in spite of the fact that Col. Breckinridge had nreviouslv denied a statement to that effect. It is not known here if Dr. Scott or his sister will testify in the Pollard Breckinridge case in Washington. Highest of all in Leavening 1 -jsasas AE03JLTEEI2f . F3JRB HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. THE SESSION DEVOTED TO THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL. The Effort to Abolish the Coast and Geodetic Surrey Gen. Sickles Re lates an Interesting Incident Improvements of the Mis-" , sissippi' and Missouri Rivera the Subject of Adverse Comment. Washington, March 16. After unim portant routine proceedings at the open ing of. the day's session the House went into Committee of the Whole on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bilL The pending question was on Mr. Enloe's amendment directing the Dockery Com mission to investigate the coast and geodetic suryey with a view to deter mining whether or not its work can not be more effectively and "economically performed by the Navy and Interior De partments. The work of the survey and the ad ministration of Superintendent Menden hall found warm defenders in Messrs. Outhwaite, Mahon, Covert, Sickles and Hooker. Gen. Sickles related an interesting in cident in connection with the, interna tional geographical convention in Paris several years ago. He acted as the rep resentative of the American Geological society and had on exhibition a modest collection of the scientific Dublications of , rthe Government, largely the productions ne I f tv, v.. vuw vrcbov, CIUU fCUU-CtlU BUIVCJ VJIl the occasion of a visit to the congress by the Russian Grand Duke, that officer and his staff spent an hour examininar the books, more time than he gave to all the rest of the exhibits in the room. At the end of the inspection the Grand Duke said: "General, that work of your Gov ernment is an example to the world; if you complete it, it will do you more honor than any achievement a Govern ment has made in the scientific depart ments of knowledge." Every book in the collection, said Sickles, received either a medal, diploma or honorable mention. v. On division, the vote on the motion was announced ayes, 53; noes; 71; and Mr. Enloe demanded tellers. This vote was announced as ayes, 31; nays, 105. The amendment was lost. Mr. Enloe Baid, in taking farewell on the subject for the present, that he be gan the fight against the survey two years ago, and that as long as he was honored with a seat in the House and the survey was conducted as it is now, he should renew the nght at the first oppor tunity, until it was either reformed or abolished. Mr. Hopkins, Repifblican. of Illinois. moved to strike out the provision of the bill directing the Secretary of the Navy to re-organize the office force of the sur vey and reduce the number of employes or their salaries or both so as to bring their compensation within 125,000 a year a reduction of $18,000 from the appropriation carried in the bilL He said that it was a cowardly subterfuge on the part of this Democratic House to bring about what they had declined to do on Mr. Enloe's amendment to abolish the survey. The following amendment was pro posed by Mr. Dingley: "Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to effect the civil service rules in so far as now applicable to the coast and geodetic surveys. This was agreed to without a division. but on Mn Hopkins' motion to strike out, the vote was ayes, 51; noes, 95. Mr. Keed raised the point of no quo rum, and tellers were ordered. Ihis developed no quorum, and further action on the motion was postponed until to morrow by consent. Later, after consultation, it was agreed that the amendment which Mr. Hopkins had moved to strike out should be made to read so that the Secretary of the Navy shall reduce the number of employes of the ofrice force of the survey, or the rate of compensation, so as to bring the ex penditures therefor down to the Bum of $125,000, thus putting a limit to the re duction and abandoning the idea of re organizing the force. As thus amended it was satisfactory to Mr. Hopkins and he withdrew his motion, and the survey was finally passed. Apropos to an item concerning the Missouri River Commission, Mr. Wilson, Republican, of Washington, spoke" against the discrimination exercised against the great section of country he represented in this bill and in the River and Harbor bill yet to be reported. He said he could get for the improvements in the Northwest only from o to o per cent, of the engineers' estimates, while for the Mississippi and Missouri rivers the whole amount of the estimates were appropri ated. In one case where an appropria tion was made no estimate had been sub mitted to the committee, and they sent out to get one, so that the appropriation might regularly appear, "it tne com mittee can afford to give me and my as sociates only 5 to 8 per cent, of the esti mates they can afford to give you (addressing Southern Democrats) only 5 to 8 per cent, tie was unaDie, ne con tinued, to get even a Democrat appointed to an Indian agency in his State, who lived there. But that office and others in the Indian service have been filled by appointees from Texas, Mississippi, Ten nessee, Georgia, and other Southern States. "I am afraid," he continued, "that Georgia will be depopulated before the term of the Honorable Secretary of the Interior shall expire." Mr. Catchings, chairman of the Com mittee on Rivers and Harbors, in reply to Mr. Wilson, made an extended state ment of the work done by the Mississippi and Missouri River Commissions and defended the policy of continuing their contracts, inaugurated in 1890, under which the annrooriations for twelve large improvements are now being made. At 4:55 o'clock the committee rose and the House took a recess until o o clock, the niffht session to be for the consider ation of private pension bills. Telegraphic Sparks. Pensacola,- Fla., March 16. At an immense rally of workingmen to-night Grand Master Workman James R. Sov ereign was introduced by Hon. W. D. ChiDlev. and is now addressing the largest audience ever assembled in Pen sacola.. Mmm.w.. Ala..' March 16. The Battle house, the finest hotel in the city and directlv ormosite the United States Cus torn house, is on fire, The loss is esti mated at 300,000. Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report 1891. GOVERNOR WAITE'S WAR. The Situation Unchanged Geo. Mc Cook; Declines to Withdraw the Regulars The Governor's Lunacy Suggested. Denver, CoL, March 16. At an early hour this morning Governor Waite in vited the squad of militia that had stood guard about ids home last night into the house for breakfast, after which he oi dered them back to the armory. He then wended his way quietly to his office in the Equitable building and soon after was closeted with Gen. McCook, whose quarters are in the same building. This evening tbe Governor announced that the proposition to submit to the Su preme court the question of rightful claimants to tne omces of commissioners would probably be accepted by him, but he wanted a little more time to trunk over this. Up to a late hour he had not given his final decision, nor had he issued his proclamation to the people of the State, which he had also promised. The militia is ready to assemble at a moment's notice. Their conduct yester day on-the street has received much praise. Though the mighty " crowds pushed and jostled them, scoffed at them and occasionally poked a soldier in the ribs, they stood throughout the seven hours without making any bad breaks. The troops spent -the night at the Union depot, but to-day they occupied the vacant battle of Gettysburg building on Champa street. "The troops will remain," said Gen. McCook, until all signs of trouble are ended. We shall keep the peace, pre vent bloodshed and preserve the Federal property from attack. The men have rations for eleven days. Meanwhile we shall await instructions from Washing ton." Governor Waite regrets having called out the troops. He stated to Gen. Mc Cook in the conference that a man had told him that the general had intimated that he was ready to order out the regu lars when the Governor should call upon him for that purpose. Gen. McCook de nied this. ' He has fully shown his posi tion, and after a long talk he satisfied the Governor that he had been deceived. Gen. McCook advised the Governor to withdraw the militia. This he refused to do and requested the withdrawal of the Federal troops. To this Gen. Mc Cook answered that he could do nothing further without orders from the Presi dent. During the afternoon a number of prominent men assembled to consider the advisability of proceeding against the Governor on the question of his sanity. A committee was appointed to call upon Gen. McCook and find what he proposed to do, and another committee will look up the lunacy laws. The question of lunacy is spwing solely ior tne purpose of preventing the Uov- ernor from proceeding with the militia without the advice of any one. It is an extreme act, only to be attempted as a last resort. Hon. Caldwell Yeaman was at the head of this matter. During the day all sorts of rumors were current and the people were in a con stant state of expectation. From every city where a militia company is organ ized, came the report that companies had assembled awaiting; orders from the Governor. Judge Graham said: "I shall take no action on the application made to me for a writ of attachment for Uovernor Waite for contempt, unless there is some change in the situation. Unless thero is a new display of force at the city hall or somebody is hurt or some other import ant change in the present status of things occurs, the situation does not call for action on my part.' A Clever Insurance Agent. We take the following pleasant re ference to a Wilmingtonian from the Southern Tobacco Journal, of Winston: "Mr. Louis C. Phillips, manager for North Carolina of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance company, is in the city m the interest of his company. Mr. Phillips began life in the newspaper bus iness and is as clever a fellow as ever wore out shoe leather. He drifted into the insurance work some six years ago and has been prominent in that line of business ever since. "For some time he was located at Lex- nigton, Kentucky. -but last year came back to the State of his birth and is now manager for his company with head quarters at Wilmington. His company is one of the best, and those who buy its policies can rest assured of having their insurance in safe hands." The Human Electrical Forces! How They Control the Organs of the Body. The electrical force of the human body, as the nerve fluid may be termed, ii an espe cially attractive department of science, as it exerts so marked an Influence on the health of the organs of the body. Nerve force is ni-nduced bv the Dram ana conveyea dv means of the nerves to the various organs of the body, thus supplying the latter witn tne vitauty necessary 10 in sure their health. The pneumngastric nerve, as snown nere, may oe saiu to be the most important of the entire nerve sys tem, as it supplies the heart, lungs, stomach. bowels, etc., with the nerve force necessary to keep them active ana healthy. As will be seen by the cut the long nerve descending from the base of the brain and terminating In the bow els is the nneumoeastric , wnue tne numerous ni-i tie branches supply thef heart, lungs and- stom ach with necessary vi tality. When the Drain becomes In any way dis ordered ov irritao; or exhaustion, the nerve force which It supplies is lessened, and the or gans receiving the di minished supply are con- sequently weal tcenea. Physicians generally fail to recognize. the imnortance 01 in is fact, but treat the organ itself instead of the cause of the trouble The notea specialist, rraniuin sines, ni. i., LL. B., has given the greater part of his life to the study of this subject, and the principal discoveries concerning it are aue to his enorw ' Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine. Ihe unri valed brain and nerve food. Is prepared on the principle that all nervous and many other difficulties originate from disorders of the nerveceDters. Its wonderful success in caring these disorders is testified to by thousands in every part of the land. Restorative Nervine cures sleeplessness, twpvnm niratifLt.fnn. dixzinesa. hvsterla. sex ual debility, St. Vitus dance, epilepsy, etc It is free from opiates or dangerous drugs. It la anlri nn a nnaitive euarantee bv all drug gists, or sent direct by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., naif hart, ina., on receipt 01 pn.ca, 11 per Dotue, six DOtues ior express nrenaiq. &11 by ' 3. Bellamy Wilmington, ft O OPERA-HOUSE Monday, March lOth, JoseDh - Arthur's - Realistic - Duma. " THE STILL ALARM, LSO A.UTHOB OP M BLUE JSAJiS." "Still Alarm" is a Yivl1 Drama on the Metro politan Llfe"of the Famous New York Fire De nartment. Presented by the original and ex ceptionally strong cast, headed by the sterling young acvor, WILLIATl S, HARKINS. marcH M-tt LJ A PERJURED WIFE. SHE FALSELY ACCUSES HER HUSBAND OF LARCENY. Proposed New TeleDhone PintTn Make War on the University Mat ters Before the Railway Com missionExtract From the Agricultural Depart. ment Bulletin The Simmons Case. Messenger Bureau, . ( Raleigh, March 16. There was a habeas corpus case here to-day before Associate Justice Walter Clark. A negro named Will jrnfs,ii. was taken before the justice, who found that McCullers' wife had committed per jury by swearing that he had stolen some property, whereas she was the thief. McCullers was released . and a warrant issued for the wife. A magis trate had improperly allowed the wife to testify against her husband. Persons are at work here canvassing the city for a new telephone exchange. With 300 subscribers the rate will be $20 a year for business houses and 15 for residences. It will no doubt be estab lished. Revenue Collector Simmons returned to-day from Washington. There are no new developments in resard to hi firmation. It is now said that an effort will Ho made to make the fight against the State University in the nomination of mem bers of the Legislature. It is also said that the Baptists are leading in this movement, which has for its object the cuttingoff of the annual appropriation j to the University. 1 lne Kauway Commission has dis missed a complaint of the Winslnn. Salem Chamber of Commerce the commission, this being of discrimi nation in inter-State rates in favor of Roanoke and Richmond against Winston-Salem, asking reference to the Inter State Commerce Commission. The matter is dismissed because it has al ready been adjusted and no further ac tion is demanded. A, petition of citizens of Kelford, for a depot there, is dis missed as the Norfolk and Carolina rail way has built a station there and the business does not demand further rec ommendation. A petition for a depot at McLeansville is also declined, as well as one ior a treignt ana passenger depot at Palmyra. A request for a depot at Abbotteburg will be complied with, the preparations there being such as the business of the place demands. The Department of Agriculture's monthly bulletin is being sent out to-day. in it iommissioner itoDmson says: "We present the first analvsis of com mercial fertilizers for this season, and call the attention of farmers to the same. The farmers can hardlv realize the value of the work done for them by the State Board of Agriculture in protecting them in the purchase of commercial fertilizers. The work is great and the results are felt annually all over the state. A low grade, inferior fertilizer or fertilizing material cannot be registered at the de partment for sale in this State. The farmer should know that the fertilizers purchased each season are duly regis tered and on sale in compliance with the law. The condition of fanners in North Carolina is one which gives us great as surance at this time, and should encour age our people very much. In the North, and particularly in the North west, the suffering and destitution amongst the one-crop farmers is such as to cause great apprehension. So great is the depression that many are writing this office in search of new homes in a mild climate where a variety of farm pro ducts may be grown. The financial de pression has affected our farmers but lit tle: they may not, and m many cases have not much, if any, cash, but they have plenty to feed man and beast and a prospect of a good crop before them. The climatic conditions have neyer been better for ithe furtherance of all farm operations than we have enjoyed in this btate this year: and that, too, while tne great Northwest has been swept by the blizzard and buried in snow. We are sure that our section must ultimately be come the great garden and dairy of the eastern half of this great country. Let our farmers see to it that they grow a sufficiency Of food stuffs, so that the pro blem of "What shall we eat?" may be solved; then put in all thevcotton and tobacco that can be well tended, and no more. This isthe only safe course for our people." " WIRE POULTRY AND DIFFERENT Two, Three, Four and Six Feet Widths With this you can make a neat, Baib - -Wire - and. - "7"Ixe - Tails. Plain and Galvanized Copper and for quotations. N. Jacobi Hardware Co. THIS WEEK 1 -: THIS WEEK I " ; We shall receive our full supply of PIECE GOODS for ojir Merchant : Tailoring : Department. Next Week Our Stock Neckwear. Underwear, MERCHANT TAILORS, OLOTHIER3 AND GENTS' FURNISHERS. , Bargains in THREE EXCEIXBKT 7 AND IX OCTAVE WeW Upright Pianos "VtTK CALL THE ATTENtIOS vr im ruowv . j IS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. WALTER C. SHOEMAKER, OF PHILADELPHIA. CABINET ORGANS IS GREAT VARIETY. PRICE 5 CENTS. Nerve Blood Tonic Builder Sand ft descriptive WULIAK9 KEDIOHBC&. BrockrlllcOnU WAN TED KOOM AND BOARD IN PRI vate family. Location must be soath ot Princess street. A ddress ANDREWS, care Coe Fear Lumber Co. . x i mar 17 n SOLD AND EXCHANGED, 6 PIANOS AND 4 Orsans. Will have more read In six wwk. JOHN BAKER. . . j - marit . THREE HUNDRED FAT CHICKENS AND tour hundred dozen Birrs, all fresh. We will begin a slaughter sale of same to-day at 7 o'clock avm., lasting all day. It will pay yon to attend. L. B DOZiER & CO., Brooklyn Bridge, Wil mington, N. u. mar 17 St L08T POCKBTBOOK, Party can have what n NAVR rNAllVK PartT can have what mnnin U in umn if they will leave the pocketbook at this office. i . mar IT It FOR SALE A VERY DESIRABLE RE8I dence on Nnn street, near Front. All modern Improvements. Apply to W. M. CDMMINQ, Real Estate Agent and Notary Public I mar II sat tneswed "CMR SALE AT A BARGAIN A BEAUTIFUL a.' bDildinir sit on Wriehtsville Sonnd. size 80 'P. it M nexl Col. Rogwr Moore's place. W. M. CUMM1NG, eai Kstate Agent . mar IT sat tnea wed T7 LEG ANT BANANAS, EWEET NASSAU juv ana riorum oranges, Annies, Dried Peacnes. Apricots and Cherries, Prunes, Dressed hlck- ens, Alaska Salmon lSc, Marrow Fat Beana, Split Peas, Chocolates, Cocoas, Buckwheat and Maple Sap. I have Inaugurated a "bargain counter " Call and see it. o c. kNYO WU1TTKD. mar 17 B OARDBRS WASTED ANY ONE WISHING private nd regular board can get It by call ing at this office. Breakfast hours from 6 to y. dinner from lSHo 2, supper 6108. Convenient to any business Can get rooms furnished or on furnUhed. Table board also a specialty. - Price very low. Address L-, care Messenger office. inn 13 iw ELECTRIC BELLS, SEWING MACHINE Mo tors, Fans, Burglar Alarm outfit and all small electrical supplies. Bells adjustedr-batter-ies replenished and all work done at short no tice at ZIMMERMAN'S, Third Street opposite city naii. menu LADIES-A FINE LINE OF USEFUL House hold articles, consisting of Asbestos Stove Polisher, Stove Mat, Flat Iron Holder, Flat Iron Rest, Bating Paper, Ac. will be! brought to your attention by MRS. E. H. KBITHLEY. Orders left at her house, 310 South Fourth street, or at CHAS. M. WHITLOCK'8, S65 North Front St. ttl receive attention. m j mh JOHN C. 8TOUT, ARCHITECT AND BUILD ER. Plana and specifications prepared at short notice. No charge for preliminary draw ings. Satisfaction guaranteed. I Jan 14 ly T7OR SENT STORES, OFFICES AND Dwel A lings. For Bale Houses and Lota for cash or on long time. Apply to D. O'CONNOR. Real jestate Agent. feb4 PIANOS TUNED, VOICEDiAND REGULA ted $3.00. All Musical Instruments repaired and tuned. JNO. BAKER, 88 North Front. Res idence 216 South Fifth ; feb 88 DR. W. H. WAKEFIELD, OF WINSTON, N. C will be in Wilmington at The Orton, on Thursday, Friday and Patnrday, March I5ih, 16th and 17th. Practice limited to Bye, Bar.Nose and Throat. 1 mh 4 to 16 T7 LECTRIC BELTS. SEWING MACHINES. Vj Motors, Fans, Wet and Dry Batteries, Zincs, wire and all small electric supplies. Wall papers. window sQaaes, etc. HalL ZIMMSKMAN Third street, opposite City mar 4 tf RE. WARD HAS THE FINEST PRODUCE In the city. Oranges, Lemons, Butter,Eggs, Chickens, Turkeys, Geese, Sweet Potatoes, Irish Potatoes, Onions and Onion Sets for planting, Collards, Buckwheat Flour, ci. Wire Coops and Egg Crates for sale. 813 Market street, city. CRAYON PORTRAITS FREE. I WILL MAKE Cabinet Photographs from! now until April 30th, 1S94, for $3.60 per dozen. I will give a 14x17 Crayon Portrait, made from any picture you may desire, witn eacn aozen, i requirea ai uma 01 sitting. s gra C. ELLIS, Photographer, mington, N. C. 114 Market St., Wil- - mh 1 TF YOU WANT ANTIS-WEAB BUTTON A Holes and first class work send to the Empire Steam Laundry. W. S. DUNLAP, Prop, feb SS STORES, MARKET AND WATER STREET8, Dwellings and Offices for renu Valuable and cheap property for sale. J. G. WRIGHT, Real Estate Agent, 114 Princess street. Estates taken charge of, rents collected, Ac. -. feb 18 NOTICE. WB ARB FULLY EQUIPPBD TO repair all kinds of Musical instruments. Tuning and Repairing Pianos and Organs a specialty. Instruments kept in order by year! contract- Address GEO. HAAR'S MUSIC HOUS 122 Market St GHAS. Mr WHITLOCK, AT 305 NORTH FRONT STREET, JJAS A FULL LINE OF ttlLL SDPPLIES and can fill your wants in the line of Machinery Ac, prompUy. FENCE SIZES OF MESH. substantial and economical fence. Brass Wire, all sizes. Call on us or write of Clothing Now Making. ALSO,- Show Case Articles,&c OCX Square Pianos. SQUARE PIANOS AT VERY LOW FIGURES. This Wek. " j JE. Van LAER, Noa. 4.0& and 404 North Fourth St. I 1 ,t 1 1. I! . K -5 I ' 1 - i- t H
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