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' - dm mm - . f - - ESTABLISHED T3LEGBAPHIC SUMMAE g ' Ijt Fighting between the Tillman spies and citizens of Darlington, S. C, began at 4 o'clock. Two citizens and wo spies were killed and one spy and three citizens were mortally wounded. The spies then took to the woods followed by citizens. The surv rounding towns are sending aid to the Dar lington people. At Florence the arms and ammunition of the military companyWere seized by the citizens. JVC. L. Harris says that not more than 50 of the 240 delegates7 to the Republican convention willvote against rnsion with the I'opuhsts. tAu insurrec tion has bioken out in 4moa.-7-C. M, Ilusbee, Esq., takes charof the Kaleigh postoiHce April 1st. Thonias'W. Mason, Esq., will deliver the swdress kt the layim of the corner btone aythe Confederate moir; ument at Italeitfh.' .peafcer urisp declines the appointmeny as Senator, basing this 'action upon hirfsense of duty to theDenio crat ie party.vM .Jovefnor Tillmarprders the military cmpahufs from Commbiaai xManmnjMogo tcDarlingtonyThe compa nies of he former place disband rather than ie Governor's orders At 10:10o' clock a train leftColumbia forManning to bring up the military company there Thegreatest vxciu-yu-ut prevailsin Sumter, Darlington and Florence, and,all of the Tillman spies w'bo are captnrejf will be killed, so the men ay. at la o clock midnight the news came that the armed citizens had surrounded the spies at a noint five miles from Florence. Mr. Crisp was petitioned by 150 Democrats of the House to decline the appointment as Henator. The wooden bridgeoverConnelly's run, near' Radford, Va., which was being replaced by an iron one, fell, carrying eight men ilown with it, three of them being killed. There was great excitement at Columbia last night over the Darlington afl'air, and threats were made against the Governor, and also of blowing up the dis pensaries. "-Unless by May 1st England agrees to the Bering sea seal fishery modus riio-mU, the I'nited States will proceed to ar rest all poachers in the closed waters, re "ardless of nationality. , The Secretary of the Navy was. to-day directed to assemble'his rioet on the Paciiic station; FAVOxUNU- FUSION. " jr. C. I j. Harris Says the Republican Convention Will Vote by a Large Majority for fusion with the Populists. Speclar to tie SlessengerJ. . Ualewh, X. C, March 30. Mr. Loge Har ris, leader of the fusion movement, was in terviewed to-day by your correspondent in reference to the statement of Chas. Price, one of the foremost Republicans, that if there was a fusion of Populists and Repub licans he would canvass North Carolina in opposition to it. Mr. Harris asserts posi" tfvely that in the Republican State conven tion not over of its 240 votes will be cast in opposition to fusion and that the con vention will niake'things lively for Mr.Price. Vosiiuait-r fiasbee i Juke Charge. l.specuii io t'ie aiesseuKcr. lUr.EK.ii, X, C, March 30. Chas. M. Bus bee, Esq., received a'telegram to-night from the Postmaster General, informing him that his commission as postmaster here had been mailud and directing him to take charge of the oftice April lt. Fire tings at Work. L Correspondence of the Messenger. Maxtox, X. C, March 30. Last night at about 10:30 o'clock the fire alarm- was sounded and upon a hurried in vestigation by the citizens who quickly tilled the streets it was found that the guard house, which is now just nearing comple tion, was ablaze, but by the concerted tiloi tsof the by standers the dastardly pur pose of the villain who applied the torch was not consummated. The guard house stands near W. S. McXair's turpentine still and quite a quantity ot' dross had been placed upon the iioor by the "fire bug'' and touched off. It would doubtless have burned save for the green condition of the lumber out of which it was constructed. Hardly had this tire been gotten under way when it was learned that the Maxton and Alma railroad depot was in a blaze, and' hi a few minutes the whole building was a mass of ruins. The wind at the time was f (lowing considerably, and a line of freight oars on the Carolina Central railroad came near being consumed, and in all probability would, have been, onlyforthe prompt action of thevi'ire department" in moving them as far as po.-sible from the fire. As it was, some of them were scorched considerably. John Lueien lost about 200 bushels of corn 'besides some coffins, caskets, , etc., stored, the building. The long tongue of the blaze nearly reached a warehouse of the railroad company in which was stored a quantity of hay, the property of A. J. Mc . Kin don and .guano belonging to Carter & Alford. If this-house lisd caught then the cotton factory would have been consumed by the lire as well as several dwellings in close proximity thereto. . It is thought here thai the same person or persons who set tire to the guardhouse also set lire to the- depot so as to distract atten tion from the former that it might be de- Krroveii winie me crovtu was tauicimi . i ) .... 11 . . v . , . i sound the latter. All good citizens are irUmvasthe perpetrators of such a deed wouUl tiave no hesitancy in setting tire to a dwelling nj which were helpless women ami children. A dilligent investigation will be made and if the guilty scoundrel is caught he will doubtless learn a lesson at the hands of outraged justice. iitMi v iiichiikpiI at I us Diece 01 luceuui- Thos. AV. Mason, J-JbO to Deliver the- X - Add res x leeciai to lhe Messenger. 1Ui.kV.1i. "N- C.. March 30Thos. W. Mason, Esq., d Northampton cotinty, will deliver the oration at the laying of thecor- ner -tone of the aorta Carolina omeuerai monument here May 20th. Zcra semou. Ilemeiber, holds theXboards of the ixr'4 Uou;e iiye nights Txginning his engagement on Tuesday evening next. The Uuc-bec Chronicle published"the fol lowing on his recent exhibition aKtbat place: "Those who have not yc-t had The pleasure of attending one of Zer&Bemon's iuostienioyable and instructive enter-taiam-nis at tlie Academy ot Music, should certainly endeavor to do so be fore he closes his Quebec season on Saturday night, or they will miss a first dass treat. The Professor is a really -wonderful man and the attractions which he and hisj talented company offer to the public are are deiightful as they are varied. His magical illusions and extraordinary feats of legerdemain and ventriloquism, bis talking marionettea, the excellent singing and dancing, and the marvellous lue-ghng acts or tua as sistants, all combine to make up a show that lias not been surpassed in tne An cient Capital for many years. s - Guaranteed Cure. xT authorize our advertised druggisi t, fe.ll Dr. Kings New Discover for Con- rvMio-hs and Colds, upon this 'rSZ' Tf vou are afficted with CvST&ld or any Lung, Throat or and will use this remedy 7?" "r. j ZSr,. it a fair trial, and ex as airecteu, s""-v- " ; " rrr. rnu mav return the perienue w ' r,,AA t. .i nUqvBvniir money refunded, i littler caiv ' J w - j -l -.x L We could not make this offer di. we not I,- that Dr. Kings JNew uiwoj Tfc never disappomts Trial bottles f ree'at R. B. Bellamy's Drug Store. Large size 50c. and fl.OO. Johnson's Maenetic Oil kills all pains whether internal or external. Sold at J. H, Hardin's . i - A BLOODY BATTLE V Bl TEEN TILLMAN SPIES AND DARLINGTONIANS. . - Pour Men Killed and Several Others Blortally WojtriUed Spies Pursued to the V0ods by Armed Me a OtherTowns Sending As sistance Militia Dis- - andintf The Spies Surrounded. Special to tne Messenger.l LOREjrcE, S. C., March 30. The Tillmab pies arid citizens of Darlington spilled the first bipod this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Florence and all the surrounding towns have been called on for help F. E. Norment and Lucius Redmond, citi zens, were killed. , K. H. Pepper, a spy, was killed. McLendon. another sdv. was mor tally wounded. Chief of Police A. E. Dar- gan, ii. si. Norment, and Tom Lucas, citi zens, were mortally wounded. At this writing the whole town of Florence is in arms. The Florence Rifles armory was broken into and all their guns and am- iSrtfWrran' "were taken into service bv the citizens of Florence. The spies have left Darlington and taken to the woods. The citizens of that place are following them. . Florence starts out in fifteen minutes 200 mounted men. Sumter, Timmonsville and all other neigh boring towns are following in pursuit. - LATER. 11 o clock r. m. As stated in mv tele gram last night when I left, things in Dar lington were quiet but looked squally and no telling when Florence would be called on for assistance, and that the baby and the game cock counties would respond promptly to any call of emergencies from our sister city. I was in every word correct. . At about 4 o'clock a message was received here from Darlington stating that several citizens and two of Tillman's spies were killed and that they wanted help at once. No sooner was the message made public than1 every male citizen in the streets rushed for their guns, pistols, etc., besides breaking into the armory of the Florence Rifles and taking their guns, equipments, ammuni tion, etc., and at once wired Darlington that they were ready and would assist even unto death. The reply came: "The spies have escaped, meet and kill the last one of them." ' About 200 of our best people repaired at once to Allen's old store on Front street prepared for a hot reception of the mur derers who were expected to arrive on the Cheraw freight. They were not aboard. The Florence people at once lef on horse back and afoot to scour the country with a determination ' of killing the last ,one of them. The true story of the affair'is that Bill Floyd and a man named Rogers, of Marl boro county, became involved in a dispute at the Coast Line depot in Darlington. The spies had gone to the depot to board the train for Florence, twenty -seven in number, under charge of Chief Constable Theo. S. Gaillard. About seven or eight citizens were at the depot. F. E. Norment told Flo d that he was with him. - At this time Mc Lendon, one of the spies, pulled his pistol and fired, killing Xorment. This opened the f usilade and the result was that F. E. Norment, Lucius Eedmond, citizens, were killed; R. H. Pepper and McLendon, two of the spies were Filled. Chief of Police-A. E. Dargan, ;L. M. Norment and Tom Lucas were badly wounded.- No one knows how many of the spie3 were shot; for as soon as they fired they ran to the woods like dogs. The depot at Darlington is about a mile from town. Consequently when the report got up town the murderers had fled. Dar lington at once sent armed men on horses and afoot to scour the woods. It was re ported that the ' spies had gone towards Sumter and had. boarded a Charleston, Sum ter and Northern train at Syracuse, and got off at Oswego. Had they have gone to Sum ter they would have been treated like they would have been had they come to Florence. Florence has sworn vengeanee against Tillman and his gang. Even though he is the Chief Executive, were he himself to plant his foot on Florence ground he would receive the same treatment as his dirty, filthy servants and murderers. Sheriff McLendon was at the armory of the citizens and demanded peace in the name of the law, but he and the chief of police were alone and not a citizen would dare prevent .any seizing of arms, forjif they had there may have been trouble here. Every train coming into the city to-night I has been watched with armed men, and if ths spies should show their face3 they would be riddled with bullets from Win chester repeating rifee. Every gun in the city has been given to the citizens and more telegraphed for. Searching parties left here on all trains and have gone by all roads to scour the woods. - There were three of Tillman's spies here to-day, but as soon as the news came from Darlington they took to the woods, else they would have been dealt with severely, as the balance of them will be when they are caught. The people are determined to cafch them, even the last one, and just and swift punishment will be administered when, they are captured At 10 o'clock to-night a special train left Columbia for Manningfor the purpose of bringing the Manning company, who are itrreadiness to proceed to Darlington. It is not known how many of thexcompany vilj go. HULL LATER.. I 11:10 o'clock k. M.-Florence has a deter mined crowd that will kill the last spy that can be found within fifty miles of our town to-night. When the news from our sister city came over the wires that blood had beehxshed in Darlington, men, old and youn, some that had faced themouth of cannon, declared war against Tillman's spies and would fifett until deathxbut what they woukLhave the blooo cf tee vrkl lainous cowards who assassinated some oi our sister town's best men. The whola city is at this writing resting on arms preparing fo the worst, With every Lkelihood that it will come erexhe rising of cmihor snn. The cowardly" -assassins, an soon as thy fired the first shot at theCoast Line depot in Darlington, fled to the woods and have not been heard from till a fewx moments ago, when telegrams from Dar lington and Timmonsville stated that they were hot orr their footsteps near Ebenezer There is not a man, woman or child of any size but is wide awake waiting to hear the latest from the rascals who murdered our friends in Darlington this afternoon. MniJHT. lhe latest news from the armed posse is that they have surrounded the murderers near kbenezer, rive miles west of f lorence. uur people are not on their footsteps. , ;. - Florence, S. v., Marcn ai, 2:io a. m. The latest reports are that the murderers are in the Mat Muldrow mill section, two ;ia fmm F.henezer. and a posse of 100 JJAIIVO T - .t. rinse on to them. That section of the county is thickly settled with Tilman s ites who will do all they can to assist in the escape of the spies. If necessary they will hitch up their teams and drive Hum to a distant station to enable them to escape, Unless this is done the murderers will be captured before daylight. At this writing trouble is feared in Florence. EARLY MOENINO REPORT. 1 2:o0 a. m. i our correspondent at the time of writing heard that Florence county dispensary store here had been broken open A 1 I i 1. ' . . at an eariy uour mis morning Dy unknown persons, who had destroyed all the bdttles of liquor, beer and champagne by breaking them to pieces and had opened the bungs of all the barrels letting all the liquor run out ana causing a loss to tne state of South Car olina to about $ 15,000. It is a fact, aSyour correspondent has visited the place and has seen the facts as above described. Liquor is iiuHiuK ai a icrnoie rate, or at least from a dispensary standpoint, in Florence. Every body in proud to know that Florence now has no dispensary and when the good people who have only for a few moments gone to their rest, become cognizant of the fact a general hand-shaking and day of rejoicing will be at hand, ft is alleged that the guards prevented the policemen and some who were against this action from tearing down the dispensary. - At anv rate, Florence, Darlington and Sum ter want no Tillmanism or Tillman spies or dispensaries. There has been no reports of any one being injured. Whiskey is flowing in the gutters and even the colored people refuse to drink it. :oa a. m. it is reported here that Gov ernor Tillman ordered the local militia of Columbia to Darlington but they positively refuse to go. All is quiet here at this hour By Southern Press. , Columbia, S. C, March 30. The news rom Darlington is that a ficht occurred be tween citizens and the State constabulary at the depot as the constables were about leav ing. Constables Pepper and McLendon and citizens Norman and L. S. Redmund were Kilted. A dispatch to the Governor from Florence says the people seized the rifles of the troops in the armory and are waiting to attack the constables as'ihey reach that place. . .- Governor Tillman- has ordered out the Columbia and Manning military, and the troops are now getting under arms to repair to the scene of war. Trie three Columbia companies of State troops have disbanded under the great pres sure brought to bear upon them, rather than obey the Governor's orders to go to Darling ton. The excitement here in consequence of this action is at fever heat. Coli-mbia. March 30. A special to the Register from Darlington says: Everything had quieted down last night and the Sumter Light Infantry were to depart to-dav. Con stables Swan and two others of the constab ulary left on the Charleston. Sumter and Northern railroad, and the other constables eighteen in number, went to the depot of the Cheraw and Darlington to depart. The train was late. Not manycitizens were at the depot. Two of them, Paul Rogers and Billy Floyd, had an altercation. Floyd struck Rogers in the face with brass knucks. Kogers fell and Flovd got on him. He was pulled off. Roeers had Quarreled with Constable McLendon early in the week and McLendon had been lined $5 by the mayor for drawing a pistol on Rogers. McLendon had some words with a Mr. Redmond about the Flovd-Rop-ers titrht. Rnme sav Rintmnnil cursed McLendon and McLendon fired at Redmond. Others say McLendon fired at Rogers and that the bullet passed through Redmond's throat, instead; killing him in stantly. Firing then became general and citizens hurried to the scene of the en counter. It was found that the constables had scattered to the woods and four men were Iving on . the ground Redmond. Frank! Norment, a citizen; and Constables Pepper and McLendon. Pepper was shot through the heart. Mcliendon was shot through the stomach and is hying, but will die. Norment is dead. Chief of Police Dargan was shot in the side. Several citi zens were wounded. One hundred and fifty mounted men are scouring the woods for the constables, who are armed with Win chesters and will fight for their lives. Dar lington Guards are under arms, endeavoring to preserve the peace, but the trouble has outgrown their controL Sheriff Scarborough is powerless and under threats of being killed by the citizens if he interferes, has subsided. One of the wounded constables is i a Darlington jail, protected by the local military company. Mr. JNorment, who was Killed, had taken no part in the riotous proceedings of the last few days and had gone to the depot on business of his own. There is greatest excitement all over the State, and the inability to procure liquor at this critical juncture is a God send to the public peace. To-night in Columbia the excitement was at fever heat and threats were made against the Governor and of burning the dispensaries. Governor Tillman wiU uphold the law, no matter at what cost, and will call on the country companies to enforce obedience should the city military continue to refuse to act. At this hour the constables are said to be surrounded in the swamp and slaughter is expected at day light. . Latek Constable i)rennen. one of the three who left Darlington by the Charles ton, Sumter and Northern railroad, and is now here, reports to the Governor that his detachment was fired on by the mob as the train was pulling out, and that at the same time, the other detachment about fo leave on the Cheraw and Darlington road and in sight of them, were similarly set ujpon by the citizens, - i Speaker Crisp Declines the Senator. ' ship. j Washington, March 30. Speaker Crisp has declined the appointment ojf United States Senator to succeed the late Alfred H. Colquitt. I At 9 o'clock the Speaker receiye)d a dele gation of newspaper men who had congre gated in the lobby of the hotel to get a copy of his message to the Governor, which it was stated he would make public to-night. He gave them, a hearty reception and en gaged in a joking conversation upon the present events in the House while his clerk prepared the telegram. The Speaker had notnmg to say in regard to nis aecnnaiion, but produced the message, it is as ioiiows: Hon. W . J. Kortfien, Governor, Atlanta, Ga.: "I have an ambition to represent Georgia in the Senate of the United States and . V. ." 1-, ! tV.A onnmntmanf ...-.11 have given me; but for the present, at least, 1 must put aside my ambition. 1 was. as you know, unanimously nominated Speaker. In accepting this Office 1 have incurred obliga tions to our party throughout the country. A very large majority of the Democratic members have united - in a request that for the remainder of this Congress I continue in the position to which they have elected me. They base this request- upon grounds which I cannot in modesty repeat but which 1 cannot in duty ignore. As Speaker, I feel to some extent responsible for the action ot the House, l reel a pride in its organization, and have a settled pur pose, so iar as my mnuence extends, to have orouent Deiore it, ana nave voted upon, bills which if enacted into laws, will redeem to the tuiiest extent our party pledges. This 1 thinfc will serve the interest of the people of Georgia. 1 am grateful to'you for the honor you have done me. J am grateful to the numerous friends throughout the State who . have seemed pleasea with andxwho have txrged my ac ceptance of this appointment and beg that you and they will believe what I, in the ut most sincerity say that in declining it lam sacrittcing a cherished ambition to what 1 regard as a sensa oi 4ity. IStgnedJ OtABipU; . crisp Lumberton Notes. Correspondence of tne Messenger. Lcmbebton, N. C, March 30 The whiskey which was stolen from the custody of the revenue officers here a few davs ago has been found in an old out-house th hnks of the river a short distance from the town, it is needless to say that onlva small quantity remained uncon sumed, and in order that this might be saved it has been locked up in one of theiron-ceUu f tViu inntv iail. NT ' A meeting is being held this evening to organize a camp of Confederate veterans A 11 tlA fraif. And vegetables together with the crops that were up, have been destroyed by the frost nere as eisewuejc. A site for the agricultural fair has be selected and the ' executive committee is busily engaged in making arrangements for beginning the buildings at once. The mronnds will h instnn the bank of the river about three-fonrths of a mile below the town, and it is contemnlated bv the man agement that a small steamboat will be ran between tne town and the fair grounds ior accomouauun vu passengers. WILMINGTON, N. 0 SATURDAY. MARCH 31, POLLARD -BRECKINRIDGE THE EVIDENCE STILL OF SENSATIONAL NATURE. Col. Breckinridge's Testimony Con tinued He Contradicts the Plain tiff in Many Particulars His . VersionThe Relations Be- tween Himself and the Plaintiff Dramatic , Scenes. w ashington, March 30. From 10 o'clock this morning until shortly after , 4 o'clock mis aiternoon, with an intermission of three quarters of an hour. Col- W. C. P. Breckinridge told more about his relation with Madeline Pollard. He denied that he had eyer promised to marrv her. Miss Pol lard and himself, he said, had made an agree ment that we should" pretend to Mrs. Luke C. Blackburn, the widow of the Kentucky Governor, that he and plaintiff were en gaged to be married in order to avert sus picions which Mrs. Blackburn entertained. but this agreement, he said, was conditional onOho-plaintiff going away out of iha Ls of both of them. The stories of three at tempts made by the plaintiff to take his life were told by Col. Breckinridge with inter esting detail. How Miss Pollard pursued him; how she threatened him with making public their relations; how she gave him the choice of marriage or death after his secret wedding in New York, and how he had made unsuccessful attempts' to send were dant her away from Washington, all narrated bv th aeten During in simple direct language. all this recital Miss -oiiara sat loo ting at Col. Breckinridge and he occasionally turned toward her and seemincW oHHru'oenri himself to her. Only once did she openly resent his words and this was when Col Breckinridge said he told the plaintiff that she was certainly bound in gratitude and a iicoia ue mttu mat to marry Mr. Eodes. Miss Pollard cried nut at. thia that Col Breckinridge was not telling the truth, and Judge Bradley was obliged to ad monish her.' Again the plaintiff nearly created a scene when Col. Breckinridge said she had told him that her mnt.hor her unchastity and had attended her through a mishap. The indications were when the court ad journed at 4:15 o'clock that the direct ex amination of the defendant would close during the morning session on Monday, to which day the court adjourned and that the cross examination of. Col. Breckinridfw would then begin. Mai. Butterworth onened hv defendant a little decorated hWr had belonged to Col. Breckinridge's first wife and which the plaintiff asserts he gave to her. He denied that he gave Miss Pollard the basket or that he knew she hud it after this suit was filed. He did not know how it came in Miss Pollard's possession; he only knew that he had not given it to her. The examination then recurred to the trip from Cincinnati to Lexington and wit ness said:. . I entered the car for LexinHrm and WHS found the plaintiff sitting in it. She not there by any pre-arrangement with me. spoKe to her, and our conversation resulted m an arrangement to meet that evening in Lexington. We agreed to meet at the house of a colored woman named Sarah Gess. I asked her if there was any place in Lexing ton she would like to go to. She said we could go to Sarah Gess.' I exnresseid sur prise that she knew of this place, and she said she had gone there on one occasion with Mr. Kodes." The ..witness Ithan told of point? tei Sarah Gess' house with the plaintiff on their arrival in Lexington, which he said, wasxsubstantially as told by Miss Pol lard. He said he left her at the door of the house, promising to come back after going to his home. He went home, took supper with his family, and returned to the haus in less than an hour.. He had made no such arrangement with Sarah Gess as Miss Pol lard and Sarah testified, in effect that he had gone to see Sarah Gess the night before going to her house. He remained with plaintiff until about 10:30 o'clock and plain tiff elected to spend the night tfiere instead of going to a more respectable place. There were no protestations of love and affection on his part and no talk with plaintiff about neiping ner to secure an education. bhe elected to remain where she was." said the witness, after detailing a conversa tion between Miss Pollard and himself as to whether she should go to the house of a lady she knew, "as less liable to detection. went back the next evening .with some expectancy that I might not find her there. She said the first evening that she wanted to get up early the next morning and take the train for Frankfort so as to be able to see her mother there between the two trains there being an interval of several hours between the arrival of the train from Lexing ton and the departure of the train for Cin cinnati. I did not learn anything from her about the coming of Mr. Itodes to Cincin nati during her absence." V hat was there in her conversation or manner that made herappear an immature young woman.'" 'bhe appeared to be a young woman fully grown and matured and understood matters pertaining to the sexes that a young girl would not know. There never was any thing in her conversation to me, and I never heard it told differently until the tiling of this suit and there never had been any claim on her part to me that she was a maiden." ' When, if at any time or place prior to bringing of this action did she state to you or claim to you that you had seduced her or she you; I believe there have been some statements made as to that?" Col. Breckinridge denied all of Miss Pol lard's statements about his suggesting the blind letter to Rodes and said he was never in New Orleans in his lif e. ! Col. Breckinridge denied having ever seen Dr. Street to his knowledge or that he had ever called upon her. After the visit to Sarah Gess' bouse his next meeting with Miss Pol lard was on October 11, 1884, in Cincinnati. He fixed the date by means of a political meeting on that day. Miss Pollard met him at the Lexington train and they went to a ap-"rbawdy house. t "Whftn .1 1 rl When did you first learn that she had been pregnant?" lhe hrst time 1 learned from her that she had been pregnant was m the summer of 1887, and 1 never had any information from anybody else about the matter. The first time I learned that her misfortune had carried her to Cincinnati was in the winter of 1892. She asked me to help her obtain a place -in Washington for a lady, on the ground that she was the sister of the man who had been her physician during her illness."" Did she in 1887, when she told you of her pregnancy in 1885, tell you where she was confined?" "From what she said, I understood that it took place under the care and charge of her mother, who exercised great care that no scandal should result." As to the last claim on her part, of course that never was claimed. As to the first part ot your question there never was at any time, under any circumstances, in any presence in which the plain tifl claimed in any way that I had betrayed." Col. UrecKinndge, in the iurtner course or his testimony, said he did not know Miss Pollard was attending Sayre institute at Lexington until he saw her with her books on the street, in company with girl pupils of that school .whom he Knew. Bhe then told him she was at school there and board ing at the house oi imss tioy t ana jvlis. Ketcnam. as to miss noyt ana Airs. Ketcham. the witness said he never knew two women who were more highly estima ble. He denied the statement of Miss Pol lard that she received him at night in her room at Miss Hoyt's. "If she received any one in her room," he said, "it was not I."- Highest of all in. Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. . ' '::: AE2ULfTElf FURS T -''Did you know that she was away from .Lexington in the spring of 1885?" This wa ine nme Miss Pollard said she was in the Norwood foundling asylum. f "I knew she was away, but where she had gworwhen she went I did not know." Miss Pollard became red and white by turns vhon rvi -p.w,-- i . - -- wx. cwl luge VJouuuiieu r, j . .erin iais connection. Bhe trem ixuicHixjr aua maae an enort to rise in uer cnair, her head shaking with excite ment ana her hands clinched as if ready to ..'? ., 11 1001 the whispered words of Miss Yi Or amf aah. m no. mi. IjM - in a nnn inrtfra ivi oAn "c witness coma not recall having seen Lue uiaintirr finnnc tha voor 1 boa. k b--. he had no relations with her in that year. Ha said Miss Pollard did not come to Wash- mgion at ma on hnitaHnn rtn ii.. e did all he could to dissuade her. When he found nho wna Hofoi-mmo.1 uj come, ne did all lie could to help her one visited him at his office in Lexington auu-tneir relations, rirnnned fnr liFcntir months, were resumed. She afterwards came to Washington, but he did not . furn ish her money for the trip. He saw her upon the street shortly after his return to VV ashington, but did not see her again for inree or lour months when sh visited him at the Capitol and told him of her condition and he advanced her -all the money she iieeueu. estate whether ou ever At, nnv Hm siaia to the plaintiff or gave her the im pression that you would marry her.' ' - -"Th."kje is not a scientalla of truth hi the matter, and there of that kind between the plaintiff and my self. There is'nt a thread of truth in it at all. Under no circumstances and at. Tin time or place did the plaintiff everkhnw from me the possibility of such an occur rence eyer happening." , "Did you know she had given birth to a child?" "I never knew that, sho had a li"Tri-nrV.?1- she never informed me of it, and f never believed a word of it until Dr. Parsons testi fied on the stand that she had given birth to a child." , Col. Breckinridge aeknnwlodcreri tht u paid the bill brought him by Dr. Parsons for professional attendance on Miss Pollard ltwas50. Dr. Parsons brought it to him about a vear after the i-hnn v.sv, a cording to the testimony of Dr. Parsons the child was born February 3, 1888. Miss Pol lard did not apply for a position in the Gov ernment service when she came to Wash ington, but went to the Catholic- academy where she remained two years and six months, the defendant payingher expenses. During part of that time the improper re lations between them were carried on. There were no relations between the plain-1 tiff and myself from the month of July 1885 to November, 1887. There was an in terval when there were no improper acts between the plaintiff and myself, but dujing which I paid her expenses. "In the fall of 1800 there was an under standing between the plaintiff and myself by which she was to leave Washington. When I returned from, my campaign I found that she had changed her mind and had obtained a place in the Census bureau." "Did you do anything to help her to raise herself." "The plaintiff I knew to be a 'woman of yery considerable talent. I felt entangled with her to some extent through my belief in her statement that she had had a misfortune caused bv me and I did what I could to help her. In the fall of 1890 1 told her that I thought we should separate no good could come out of . our wrongful rela tions, and only scandai and her destruction, and possibly mine, would result unless she left Washington; that, with her temper and her, tact of self-control with her indisposition to do anything ex cept as it seemed to me to e-rnHfv herself, the natural result of such relations would be an exposure in which she and I alike would have to suffer. If she would go an where, only leave Washing ton was what I desired, and I told her I would furnish her with the money that was necessary. I told her it would be no greater burden for me to support her elsewhere. than here, and she was growing day by day less disposed to do anything to break up the relations or to prevent them from becoming known. Every one of my arrangements to preyentcandal was put an end to bv her declaration that she would not leave Wash ington. She went away several times, each time with the understanding that the part ing between us was final, but each time she returned, saying she intended to demand of me the support which - I owed her and that she would remain and make me support her. Some of our interviews were pleasant while some were decidedly un pleasant. Sometimes I lost my temper and said things a man will say when in the po sition I was in. Resuming his testimony after recess. Col. Breckinridge denied, as stated by Miss Pol lard, that he was concealed in a room in Miss Hoyt' house in Januarv 1885, when she, as she says, broke her engagement with Kankin Kosell. I never even heard of Mosell, he said, until I saw his name in the Wessie Brown letter. I was never in Miss Hoyt's house until I went there to look at a vacant room for rent in March 1885. Col. Breckinridge detailed what took place at an interview between himself and Bodes a few days after the first visit to Sarah Gess' house. Rodes had been to Cincinnati, learned of Col. Breckinridge's visit to the firl, and that she had gone to Lexington. Lodes was very earnest in his expressions of intention and desire to marry the plaintiff. At this stage there was another dramatic scene. Despite Judge Wilson's obiection. Col. Breckinridge said Rodes had told him events had occurred to make it necessary for him to marry Miss Pollard. "1 told the piaintirx frequently, said Col. Breckinridge, "that she certainly was bound in gratitude ana by a nearer tie to marrv Mr. .Rodes, and that she ought to marrv him." Miss Pollard rose in her'chair and tried to shake off Mr. Carlisle when he attempted to pull her down. Her eyes were f uU of tears. ana m a Dronen voice sne said, not very loud, but Ioud-enough to be heard through out the court room: "I say he never did. He is not telling the truth about anything." "Keep quiet . Miss Pollard," said Judge Bradley, "or I'll have to send you out." Col. Breckinridge watched the little scene coolly and calmly, and when, Miss Pollard had settled down, he repeated what he tes tified he had said to Rodes. He said he had not met the plaintiff in August, 1892, and consequently had not proposed marriage to her then as she asserted. "Where did you first hear of the exist ence of an engagement between the plaintiff and yourself? ' - "In the Washington papers in May last by reading a notice which she put in. I re ceived several letters from her at the time threatening me with exposure unless I mar ried her.'-, - ' Judge Wilson made a demand for the pro duction" of these letters, but Col. Breckin ridge said he had destroyed them as they were received. Col. Breckinridge described a stormy scene -that occurred in the room of the House Committee on Appropriations in February, 1803, and another at ner boarding house, m the latter of which Miss Pollard made a number of impossible demands upon him talked of suicide, and wound up by present ing a pistol at him with a threat of death, but he was too quick for her and took the pistol from her. "This was the same pis tol," he said,, "with which she attempted to take my lue in the city ot iNew lorK, which she saj s she iook out oi my traveling Dae in the Hoffman house. I have that pistol now." Coming to the Mrs. Blackburn episode. CoL Breckinridge said Miss Pollard first told Mrs. Blackburn thev were engaged, but he told Miss Pollard he would not sanction any such statement and endeavored to induce her to withdraw it. But under her per suasions and upon her promise to leave the city and break up their relations he finally agreed to go to Mrs. Blackburn with her and acknowledge the marriage engagement. When you haveover exerted yourself bys running, lumping, or working, there i nothing that will relieve the soreness oi your joints and muscles so quickly and effectually as Salvation Oil.the greatest cure on earth tor pain, zo cts. 1894. GRISP AND REED J3.a.VJU A. LIV-ELY TILT OVER THE FORMER'S RUTJNGS. The opeacer Declines to Kntoi-tin i Appeals Prom His Decisions, and Kebukes Mr. Reed for Demand- i ing His Reasons Speaker Crisp Cheered on Enter - ins the Chamber. it AstiijtiTON, .March 30. When Snfiafcpr Crisp appeared at the door of the House at noon to take his place for the day he was greeted with applause from the members on the floor, Democrats and Republicans alike joining in the demonstration. There was in the atmosphere no trace of the storm mat brooded over the Chamber yesterday, every one manilesting good humor and sat isf action with the condition of things. As me opeaiter tept on his way up the steps me gaiieries too up the applause, and it rapidly swelled into huzzas, which were kept up several seconds while the Speaker gently rapped for order. Mr. Crisp's face was well nigh impassive, but he would have been more than human had the trib ute been unable to bring an unwarranted sparkle to his eye and a slight intimation of a smile. But in every feature of his bear ing the Speaker plainly indicated th that the new and unexpected sitnatinn forced upon him. After the reading of the Journal.Mr. Reed suggested that it should be amended to show that the Speaker had overruled, for no reason stated, the point of order made by Mr. Pavne. that one of t.h vntoa taton puo. terday had been reported by but one toiler, when the rules required two. He reduced this amendment to writing and Mr. Springer moved the previous aueston on the amend ment. Mr. Reed endeavored to propose another amendmentshowing that for no reason stated the chair refused to permit Mr. Payne to state a point of order. xne speaker ruled that the gentleman from Maine could not propose two amend ments at once, despite Mr. Reed's appeal to Lumen uj uu so, ana put tne question on ordering the previous 1 question on the amendment. On division the vote was ayes, 163; noes, 0. . Mr. Reed made the point of and the yeas and nays were ordered on the motion of Mr. Patterson. The result of the call was yeas, 178; nays, 1 just a quorum. So the preyious question was ordered. The question was put on the nrorjosed amendment The vote was yeas 67 noes 148. "Tellers two of them," said Mr. Reed. lieas and navs." Mr. Springer demanded and they were ordered. lhe vote on Mr. Reed s amendment was y eas, 1 ; nays, 19. So it was not agreed to. ttef ore the vote was announced Mr. Bur rows questioned the correctness of the vote on ordering the previous question and an nother vote was taken, Tesulting yeas, 184; nays, ; jvnicn settiea tne quorum. There were but 174 votes cast for unnrnv. ing the journal no quorum. Soon another vote was reached and the journal was ap provedyeas, 186: nays, 0. Mr. Reed moved to reconsider the last vote and Mr. Sorineer moved tn tahlo Mr Reed's motion, and Mr. Reed moved tn adjourn. Pending these proceedings, a decision woo rendered by the Speaker upon a point of or der from which Mr. Payne, as on yesterday, appealed, and the Speaker declined to enter tain the appeal. Mr. Reed Upon what grounds, Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask? The Speaker The chair der.li nea to. afjif a the grounds for his action except in his own terms, f Applause on the Democratic side. Continuing, the Speaker said he desired to state, that there might be no room for mis understanding or doubt, that no member of the House had the right, after the chair an- nouncea a decision, to arise in his place and demand the reasons for the decision any more than an attorney had the right to de mand of a judge on the bench the grounds upon which he rendered a decision adverse to him. The practice was not followed in any parliamentary body where the proceed ings are conducted in an orderly manner. Applause on the Democratic side. - Mr. Reed said that the chair having said that he (Reed) had no "right to ask for rea- -sons why any decision of the chair was made, and having declined to entertain an appeal from the gentleman from New York, he desired to say it looked to hira like an exhibition of tyranny. Republican laugh ter i The Speaker responded that the, House would judge of events as they occurred and not from the characterization of them by any member, Mr. Reed's motion to reconsider the vote by which the approval of the Journal was ordered was lad on the table yeas, 180; nays, 0. The Speaker was proceeding to lav before the House the President's message vetoing the Bland bill, received yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Boutelle made the point of order that nothing could be submitted to the House save what was contained in the spe cial order under which the House was oper ating. , The Speaker overruled the noint and di rected the clerk to proceed with the reading. ir. lionteiie desired to appeal from the decision overruling his point of order, but the Speaker declined to entertain it, and at 4:25 o'clock, twenty-seyen and a half hours after it had been received in the tlouse, the reading of the message was begun. While the roll call was jn progress a dra matic incident occurred, Mr. Reed had taken his place in front of the clerk's desk, which the rules say is not permissible. He was required by the Speaker to take his seat, and made some response evidently in acqui escence, but remained on his feet until the Speaker.directed the sergeant-at-arms to re quest the gentleman to take his seat, and stated business would be suspended until order was restored. "That is entirely unnecessary," said Mr. Reed, and he walked across the area to his desk and sat down, amid some hand-clapping on the Democratic side The roll call was concluded without fur ther incident. The result was j-eas 165, navsO. . - The Speaker said no quorum had voted, and under the rules the hour then beitg 5:30 o'clock he would declare a recess until 8 o'clock, the evening session to be for consid eration of private pension and relief bills. Nerve Blood Tonic Builder descriptive Dr. WILLIAMS' 50c. 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