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4 -5- C f. 3 ESTABLISHED 1867; TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. The Governor offers ?W reward for Frank Benton, charged with the murder of Wiley Dixon in Wilson county. The President appoints KJ ward H. Strobel, of New York, to be Minister to Kcuador. The Federal Supreme court decides that lager beer is not a spirituous liquor or wine. The same court advances the Sugar Trust cases on the docket and they will be heard in October next.- Two fatal tights occnr in Alabama over the settlement of estates. When the Follard- llreckinridge case was called yesterday Judge Bradley announced his decissions on the instructions prayed for. He granted nine of the fourteen asked by the plaintiff, modifying six of them, refused four and de cided that one was included in another. Of the defendant's twelve prayers six were granted and his substitute for another was accepted, five of those granted being with modifications.- Calderon Carlisle began the argument in the Breckinridge case and consumed the entire session of the court yesterday without finishing. He will re sume his argument to-day. The David son theatre and hotel at Milwaukee were burned at an early hour yesterday, morn ing. The loss is about S225.CXJ0." The roof of the threatre fell in carrying with it a score of liremen. Some were extricated with slight injuries, others more seriously hurt. Six were burned to death. The guests of the hotel escaped uninjured, though a panic prevailed at one time. -Judge Simonton declines to postpone the sale of the South Carolina railroad from April 12th. The steamer Mexican armies at Tort Royal, S. C. On the 23rd inst, she will sail for Liverpool, making the first trip of tlie new line between those ports. The-Brazilian insurgent, Admiral Da Garaa i:i'11hirty-two of the ollicers, confined on Mhe Portuguese warship Mendello, make ':hor escape at Bunos Ayres by seizing a uig tied alongside, cutting the lines and .-teaming away to that city. Xo resistance . was made to their escape. In the second - line of ball between the Universities of Virginia and.. Vermont, the former win by a core of 11 to s, the Vermonters making five of their runs in the ninth inning. The iUunorga'i pipe and iron works, of Lynch burg, Va., were totally destroyed by fire last light. The loss is between $75,000 and ino.iioo. About liOO menjire thrown out of work. -The case gainst M. J. O'Brien, treasure of the Catholic Knights of Amerca has- been settled in the Federal court of Chattanooga. The judgment for f 25,000 is to be settled by payment of $5,000 cash and the sale of land secured by mortgage for the other ?20,'hki. Cholera is spreading at an alarming rate at Constantinople. The bark Belmont, Trinidad for Boston, goes ashore on Beacon Hill bar and ia a total loss. Six of her crew were drowned. She had l,.!7 bags of sugar on board. 3 lie First Crop Bulletin. Sped?. to the Messenger. 11 t. vi.. n, April 9. The lirst crop bulletin of this year was issued by the State this evening. It fays, undoubtedly, the peach crop is ruined, but there will be a small yield of other fruits, especially apples. Wrajes also were badly damaged, but will tow out again, producing something like a half a crop. A good many strawberries were saved' by covering, as were also some potatoes in the Eastern district. The loss of truck was very great. Reseeding is well under way, and there is time for good crops. Wheat, oats, rye, tobacco plants and clover were also more or less damaged by the ce.e. Notwithstanding, there are many .casons for encouragement at the beginning .3i 'lie season. The reports of correspond ents s.how that the weather -has not been favorable for growth of crops, though favor ite for farm work. Vegetation is now oine what behind. The reports from the Kastern district sav tobacco plants are .-lightly damaged. Huckleberries were de-, si.roytd. Wheat and oats suffered very lit tle.; These were worse damaged in the Cen trar district than elsewhere, though they lookt'd badly in the Western district. To in the West- ba-eeo plants were not injured ern district, t here. Some have replanted oats A THOUSAND MILE RACE. Two Rival Railroads Race From Jacksonville to New York. Jacksonville Times-Union, 7th. When the Savannah, Florida and "VYest V1k and Atlantic Coast Line, and the Florida Central and Peninsular and the itichmo.id and Danville announced some divs a-o that each would run a, through .hotnl help i-ra jn from Jacksonville to New Vork, ?eavin on Thursday and at the iL.ir and within a few minutes of e ic h other, nil the linlroad men in Jack sonville aud along the two lines clear to the destination, knew that it was zphig to be a race, a race for a thousand miles and a rac." for hloc1- Jst hefore th race, there ilahtd out orders from n,., .i;..,t,.i,oi-'a nti'e in both railroads to "have the track cleared, to sidetrack ,,w-oi,;n,r fnr the hotel help special. ! tlu.v .lid it and the two trams went through" screaming"- TI,n W n Mr 1' anil Tl. & i-. had the o.lvai.iico nf a. line thirtv-oiRht miles shorter Than the S. F. & W. and Atlantic v;'o:st Line and saved twelve miles more 5,v m,i niimiii'! into Savannah, having f.mrinn i n wsJ t in r at the iutiction. . "be S.F. & W. put in to Savannah and rft tlft...n nnniitis Uicre lor uiunpr I'. i --, 'train wre nk and neck all I un to .Washington. Thursday the v night . - - w rri vial at 9:05 and left at 'S. V. V" I ;,'!). !'. A at ;:1.V Yc-i rd,-y cainc li'O'ii nonnc- men! and .Vw,U-; , ... U. arrived at i:V9 and left temq another special fifte. New York with the an Savannah, Honda that the ' at 3 .rj and the . L-t-' -n arriveu at -le IJich;.' time !;' and "W 1D:1." a ri.l and Danville -ia!i. Honda b'.-ivinsrof the Sav.WL .,ri'rri train from this citv w-as d Pen- j ,,! thp. Klcrida Centra ' left :it, l((::l(i.- " TIlH til , .1... ah, Florida and Western between this city and IS'ew York was twenfv cight hours and twenty minute. aAli- that of th. Richmond and DanvilM and i'loiida Cvtural and Peninsular twv'-nty: "iglit h airs and twenty-four miliums. Then- were just four minutes u if feren c in the titne spent on the. to:1 betwi t a the two trains and that was in f avor i the Savannah, Florida and West ern. t'U'. the average speed made by rite Savannah, Florida and Western, consid ering the thirty-ciht miles longer haul was greater than that of its rival. It w as a close race, nndone of the most remark able and exciting ever run in the world. The actual running time of the trains wtw over forty miU-s an hour. Both railroads run help trains out on the 11 in, and it is whispered arotvnd that it is t- le another race for more Mood. The Kiehruond and Danville says that the Atlantic Coast Line failed to go into the Broad street station in Philadelphia, but went around the city, thus saving thirty minutes. The Florida Central and Peninsular also says it was compelled to wait twenty minutes for a drawbridge on the Satilla river. The Richmond and Danville figures out that its train occu pied only one minute less on me roan than the train of the Atlantic Coast Line, taking into consideration its delay at the Satilla and in entering Philadelphia, it lives the following figures: Richmond And Danville left Jacksonville 10:38 a. m.; Savannah, Florida and Western left at 10:12. Richmond and Danville arrived in New York at 3:45 p.m.; Savannah, Florida and Western arrived at 3:20 p. m. This is a difference on the road of only one minute. The Richmond and Dan ville claim a beat of over a half hour. hi ' SENATOR HILL MAKES A SPEECH AGAINST THE TARIFF BILL. His Attack Upon the Administration A Republican in the Cabinet The Democratic 1 ..i iy the Tail of the Populist Kite No Congratulations . , Ten dered Him Fllibus- terin in the Senate. SENATE. Washington, D. C, April 9. The crowded condition of the Senate galleries this morn, ing might be attributed to several causes the sunny weather and the expectation of hearing Senator Hill speak against the Tariff. Senator Gordon announced that the Senator-elect from the State of Georgia was present, and he moved that he be now sworn in. The Vice-President requested the newly appointed Senator to come forward and take the oath of office. Thereupon, Mr. Walsh, arm-in-aiwi with Senator Gordon, walked to the Vice-President's seat where the oath was read to him by the Vice-President and taken and sub scribed by him. As soon as he had performed this func tion, attention was called by Senator Hoar to the peculiar form of the credentials, which were addressed to Mr. Walsh. He said that it was very desirable, indeed, tnat the.State authorities should conform to the form of credentials which had become the custom and which had been repeatedly held to be valid. He had, however, no motion to make. Senator Mills offered an amendment to the 2-'nd rule, which went over till to-morrow. It adds to the rule a provision that when any proposition shall have been con sidered by the Senate ten days, and a motion for the previous question shall have been made, no other motion shall be in order ex cept one motion to adjourn, until the sub ject matter on which the previous question is moved shall be rinallv disposed of. Senator Allen, 'Populist, of Nebraska, offered a resolution providing that on Mon day, June 4th, at 2 o'clock p. m., general debate on the Tariff bill shall cease: that the Senate shall then begin the considera tion of the bill and amendments under the tive-minute rule; and that on Thursday, June 7th, at 2 o'clock p. m., the final vote ' shall be taken, which went over till to-morrow. . 7 Senator Harris asked unanimous consent that after to-day the Senate meet at 11 o'clock instead of 12 o'clock as at present. Prompt objection came from Senators Quay, Frye and Aldrich. Senator Harris said that it was the fact that it was vitally important for business men to have the question determined ' at the earliest moment, that had led him to make the suggestion. As unanimons con sent would not be had, he moved that on and after to-morrow, the Senate meet at 11 o'clock daily. Senator Lodge objected to immediate ac tion, and the motion went over till to morrow. The resolution heretofore offered by Sen ator Peffer, instructing the Finance com mittee to report a bill repealing all laws al lowing bonds to be issued, was taken np, advocated by Senator Peffer, and was, on motion of Senator Morrill, referred to the Committee on Finance bv a vote of yeas, 36; nays, 13. The Tariff bill was then taken up at 2:06 o'clock. Senator Hill rose to address the Senate. As he began his speech the Senate Chamber presented a sight not often seen in it. Not only were the galleries., including the diplomatic gallery, packed so that there was not a vacant seat in them, while everv space offering standing room was occupied, but there was hardly a vacant chair on either side of the Chamber, and the lobbies back of the chairs were crowded by mem bers of the House and others. Senators on both side settled themselves in their chairs and turned their faces towards the New York Senator, who read his speech from printed slips but with remarkable and well sustained emphasis. in the tirst part of his speech, in which he criticised the foreign policy of the adminis- irauuii, ne surreu up a nppie oi laugnier among Republican Senators by the remark that the Republican party would have to accept some share ot the responsibility for the blunders committed, as the Secretary of State had been taken from its ranks. There was also some amusement caused bv his statement that in adopting the income tax proposition the .Democratic party was being maite the tail to the .ropoiist Kite. ith those exceptions, there was no inci dent in the delivery of the speech, but there was no diminution or interest mamtested from the first paragraph to the last. It oc cupied a little over two hours and held the close attention for all that time, of one of the largest audiences that was ever packed within the walls of the Senate Chamber, it is not often that many Senators remain in their seats during a long speech, but from the hrst sentence to the last ot it, there was hardly a vacant chair on either side of the Chamber. While it was adverse generally to the lanfl bill as reported trom the t i nance committee," it was particularly di rected against the income tax as a scheme of spoliation and as a sectional tax. The Tariff bill, with an income tax in it. was, he said, not retorm, nut was lolly and lmpo- tency. Annlause from the calleries followed the conclusion of the speech at 4:2(1 o'clock, but it was noticeable that none oi the usual con gratulations from associates were offered to Senator im. He retained ms seat ior a rew minutes and then withdrew to one of the cloak rooms. Senator Harris called for the reading of the Tariff bill in extenso, and Senator Aid- rich inquired as to the status of the bill. He was informed by the Vice-President that the debate thus far had proceeded by unanimous consent without the reading of the bill. . Various--questions were put to Senator Harris as to his object in calling for the reading of the bill. He disclaimed that it was anv part of his purpose to cut off any opportunity for offering amendmets. When the bill has been once read, ne continued everv line of it is open to amendment, and then every Senator will select the precise line or point at which he proposes an amend ment. Senator Aldrich suggested ithat nstead of the bill be'm! read formally as proposed by Senator Harris, it should be read paragrapl: by paragraph, and that amendments might be offered as the bill was read. That, he said, was the uniform practice in Tiriff and A nnronriation bills. As Senator Harris persisted in asking that lie bill be read in full, Senator Chandlerex "a1 the hone, sarcastically, that the prejk. - 4r0m Tennessee would not be pre- cenaior . filibustering against the bill, as icurcu iruui fining. he appeared to . was gtill under discus- hile the matter xxset of arriving at sion, without any pro-. -Mourn was made any uecision, amotion to au - voted down oy senator Alanderson, but was f time After some further consumption How in iruitiess discussion ot the point as to . - me omsnouia De proceeded witn, a mono., to proceed to executive business was made by Senator Hale. On this motion no quorum voted. Ail the Republicans but two withheld tneir votes and the rest of the day's session was spent in plain, ordinary, every-day filibustering, such as is frequently" witnessed in the House, and with the same result. No business was done and an adjourn ment was forced at 6:30 o'clock. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. There were but few members of the House present to-day when the session began, and in five minutes the miscellaneous business, under the rules, had been disposed of. By unanimous consent, the pending mo tion to discharge the order of arrest of March 3('th was laid over until to-morrow, and the House took up District of Columbia business. Bills local to the District occupied the en- ni e oessiuu, uuiiung else being brought up As the House adjourned at 5.15 o'clock p m., iue uujciai rau 01 ur. noinian for a Democratic caucus to-morrow nieht tor the consideration of financial measures was reat by the clerk. Cholera at Constantinople. ; Cosstaxtixople, April . Cholera is snreading here in an alarming manner. Calliadi Bey, a Councillor of State, and a ser vant attached to the Greek Legation, were suddenly seized with choleric symptoms yes terday ana aiea wimiu iwius. THE PETERSBURG- DISASTER Another Victim of the Explosion Remains Among the Debris The i City in Mourning-Meeting of the Citizens Law Suits Probable. Petebsburo, Ya., April 8. The deadly ex plosion at the fireworks factory of C. N. Romaine & Bro., in Blandford, yesterday afternoon, and the great sacrifice of life has been the theme of conversation here to-day. Special reference was made to the catas trophe in all the churches to-day, both white and colored, and the most touching prayers were offered for the bereaved fami. lies. The funerals of Messrs. C. N. Romaine, John B. Bland, James Rowland and Robert Rowland, two brothers; James Perkins and Edward Taylor, all victims of the exnlnainn. took place to-day, and were very largely at tended. The scene at the cemetery was in deed a sad one. The funerals of Messrs. C. N. Romaine and John B. Bland, members of the city council, were attended by the council in a body. The funeral of Capt. James T. Tosh will take place on Tuesday morning from Grace EniscoDal church Ha leaves a widow with twelve children. John F. Harris, another victim of the ex plosion, died this afternoon. This morn- ng another dead body was found near the river bands, but it could not be identified. The poor fellow had been hurled through the air and carried a distancs of several L hundred yards. A jaw bone with the teeth wes found bday half a mile, from the scerice of the explosion. Three hearts and any quantity of bones - of human beings were found m the debris. These were placed in a box and buried. Une ot the female operatives in the fire works factory when the second explosion occurred became so frantic with frigbt that she rushed from the building and ran to the riyer bank and jumped into the stream and wouia nave been drowned but for a boat man who happened to be coming up the river at the time in a boat and who rescued her. The head of James Perkins was found this morning some distance from the scene of the explosion. Had the explosion occur red half an htfir later a hundred or more persons would have been killed instead of welve. as the hands in the works were about to be paid off. Dr. H. G. Jjeiarh, coroner, neld an inquest to-day and a good deal of testimony was heard. Pending the examinatiea of wit nesses an adjournment was had to 1 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. The condition of Chief Engineer E. V. Farley is very critical and it is not thought he can recover. To-day -at noon a special meeting of the city coun cil was held and appropriate action taken on the death of Messrs. C. N. Romaine and John B. Bland, members of that body. This afternoon at 6 o clock, pursuant to the call of the mayor, a mas?s meeting of cit izens was held in the Corporation court room to take such appropriate measures of sym pathy and relief as the sad and extraordinary occasion required. There was a very large attendance of Petersburg's most prominent citizens, including ministers of the different churches. Mayor Collier presided, and the meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. H, W. Battle, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church. Over 1,500 was contributed at this meeting. The city council will be asked to contribute to the relief fund and it is expected to make the fund $5,000. To-night Rev. Y . G. Star, pastor of the Washington Street Methodist Episcopal church, preached a special sermon to a large congregation. His subject was "The Voice of God in the Appalling Disaster Yesterday Afternoon. ' it is estimated that 20,000 people visited the scene of the catastrophe to day. Quite a large number came over from Richmond, while many came from the surrounding country for miles. isv the destruction of the hreworks ot (J. N. Romaine A Brothers and the tobacco factory of Bland Brothers & Wright, at least 300 people are thrown out of employment Richmond, V a., April Ihe work ot clearing away the debris from the Peters burg holocaust and explosion ot yesterday afternoon has not yet begnn. The ravaged section is guarded closely by the police, and no one is allowed to go near it on account ot the danger. A fourth explosion in the hre works plant occurred to-day, but no one was hurt. it is not known how many lives were really lost in the disaster, as a regular search has not yet been instituted. It is probable that there are other bodies in the wreckage, as several stray bones . were detected this evening. A peculiar feature ot the awtni catastro- phy is the killing of the two Rowland brothers, l hese young men were near at hand when the tirst explosion occurred and were not hurt. They feared that their home people would be uneasy about them and went home to show that they were nowise injured. They returned to the fire in- time tor the second explosion ana DOtn were killed. Relatives of the dead are talking of insti gating heavy suits against the city for allow ing such a powder storage in Petersburg. HURLED TO THEIR. DOOM. . Milwankee Firemen Thrown Into a Burning: Ruildlns Six Burned to Death Others Uescued Badly Injured. Milwaukee, April 9. The Davidson the atre and hotel, the finest playhouse in Mil waukee, and one of the handsomest and costliest theatres in the country, was de stroyed this morning by fire, which; broke out between 4 and 5 o'clock. The total money loss occasioned by the fire is about 225,000, as follows: Theatre proper and stationery scenery, about ilo,000. The hotel proper is not much, if any, damaged. Shortly after 5 o'clock, when the fire was seemingly under control, the theatre roof fell in, carrying with it a score or more of nremen. borne were extricated with sngnt lmuries. Others were more seriously nun, and the following are missing or known to have been burned to death: Georee Jansen, Company No. 2; Assistant Chief August Jansen, Archie Campbell, hre boat Cataract; Thomas Morgan, ro. i; Frank McGuirk, James ireeman. No. 4; O'N'eil, Crowley, No-. 14; Capt. Linehan. Comnanv No. 4. The following firemen went down with the roof and were rescued: They were taken . . i . i i . i t r j. i '- - - - to Me emergency nuspnai: ljieuu iuiian, of Company No. 1, Central Fire station, Drobablv fatally lmured: Fred Marsh Comnanv No. 5. foot crushed; Fried Shoeder John Yeo, pipeman, No. 4, badly burned and back Hurt. The large building was used as a theatre on the ground floor and the rear, while the portion above the ground floor to the front was utilized by the Hotel Davidson, with an annex extending to the north, which was not damaged by the flames. The hotel portion was well filled with guests, but they all were warned in time and made their escape without injury. Though a panic prevailed, many of them escaping in hasty made toilets, or scarcely none at all to the Schlitz hotel nearly opposite. The fire originated apparently on the stage under the roof. A Total Wreck. Chatham, Mass., April 9. The bark Bel- mont, of Boston, from Trinidad for Boston, d:h 4,837 bags of sugar, went ashore on tin Hill bar during last night's storm Beat total wreck this morning. Six of and is a lost and three were saved by the crew ai - a spar, drifting ashore . - u . Fashion. The Queen i,- -mi published Best Ladies' Fashion Jou price. for the money. Hone better at three Only 50 cts. a year, post-paid, oeuv- h, 2c. stamps by mail for a sample copy. -sides giving general fashion and other news, , It Contains musirauiuua ui v-c.. " - latest Paris, London and New Yrk fashions and patterns. Address ine yueen oi x nauiuu, Union Square. N. Y. It Occurred Jjast Sunday. Owina to the excitement and confusion last Sunday ana monuay iiuuw . Nash"s sermon before ine v omau sionary society of Washington Street Methodist cnurcu as doctor used as hb text the annomtmg of u: w Mr at Bethany, and preached Kjuiivu "j j - -tn ; Hp is man of great heart-power 'and has done a great deal A fnr Christianity in the r.1.1 North State. All who beard him will be glad to welcome him back to Colum bia, at anv t.ime in the future, and hope he will find things more quiet in this usually peaceful city. Columbia State, April sin. WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1894. BEGINNING; OF THE END. ARGUMENT IN THE POLLARD BRECKIN RIDGE CASE. The Judge Passes Upon the Prayers for Instructions to the Jury Mr. Carlisle Opens the Argument He Pays His Respects to Certain Ones of the De fendant's Witnesses. , Washington, April 9. The beginning of the second month of the Pollard-Breckin-ridge trial this morning witnessed the begin- in g of the end in the commencement of the argument before the jary. j There were few persona present when the court convened, but the plaintiff was among the spectators, much to most persons' surprise. It was sup posed she would not caTe to hear her char acter publicly discussed with the freedom that counsel use in such matters. Miss Pol lard looked well and she appeared to be in the best of spirits, chatting with Miss Ellis, who sat beside her. Col. Breckinridge and all his lawyers were prompt, including Maj. Butterworth, who delivered a speech in Cincinnati Saturday night and left that city immediately for Washington''. " . " J udge Bradley read his decision with ref erence to the prayers for instructions to the jury, which were submitted by both sides on Saturday. He granted nine of the four teen prayers ot the plainuif. modifying six of these, refused four and decided that one was covered by another prayer, practically granting ten of the fourteen prayers. Six ot the twelve prayers ot the defendant were granted and a substitute of Judge Bradley's for another was accepted, thus making seven prayers granted, five with 'modifications, and the other five were refused. After makmg.his decision. Judge Bradley 6aid that while the burden of proof rested on the plantiff to show that a contract to marry was enterred into, as the defendant had set up the defense that the contract was not made in good faith, the burden of proof would rest upon him to show that there was an agreement that the contract was not to be carried out and that statements made in the presence of other parties were made with this understanding by both parties. Mr. Calderon Carlisle, began the opening argument for the plaintiff. With out any attempt at oratory, he told the jury that in his opening statement a month ago yesterday he had been exceedingly temper ate, but lie could now say that all his state ments, and more than these, had been proved. He agreed with Maj. Butterworth that there were three parties to the suit the plaintiff, the defendant, and the com munity, and he pointed out the full ac counts inthe"newspapers of the progress of the trial as evidence that the community was deeply interested. ierore going into the legal aspects of the case, Mr. Carlisle reminded the jury of the distinguished career of the defendant and the advantages at his command in prepar ing his defense. He sketched briefly the lite of the plaintiff up to the filing of the suit, a period ranging from 1876 when her tatner died, until 1803; and incidental to this, he paid his compliments to Mrs. Mil ler, alias Mollie Shinglebauer. It had been shown by reputable witnesses on the stand, ne said, that during the period cov ered by Mollie Shingle oauer 1877 to '78 the plaintiff was in Pittsburg, Pa,, and not in or near Frankfort, Ky., as the Shingle- baur woman testified. As to Brant and Kaufman, who swore they knew the plain tiff as an inmate of Lena Singleton's disrep utable nouse in Lexington, Ky., air. uarnsie said it was shown by reputable witnesses that the plaintiff had not spent a single night in Lexington during the period fixed by "these two constituents of a Congres sional district," as Mr. Carlisle called them, and further than that, it had been shown that the house fixed upon by one of these young men, "in the exuberance of his im agination," as the place where Madeline .Pollard lived with Lena Singleton, was not bnilt until 1SS6. "I ask you gentlemen," he said, "not to believe the story of two such disreputable characters as John Brant and Hiram Kaufman. Then he took up the attack on the plain tiffs character contained in the testimony of Mr. Ilankin Kosell, who said he broke his engagement with Miss Pollard "Decause he did not like the way she allowed him to caress her. 10 more tuny snow tne character of Rosell, reference was made to the fact that he had been forbidden to visit the col lege. "Now," said Mr. Carlisle, "we get to 1884, and from that time forth there is not an attempt to attack the character of the plaintiff, except so far as it relates to the de fendant himself. I am not forgetting the slurs he has cast out concerning this plain tiff and old man Kodes. 1 am not forgetting the slurs he has thown out concerning the children she has borne. I am not forgetting the slurs concerning her presence with him at disreputable places I am bearing them all in mind and I shall refer to them when the time comes, but I want you to remem ber that there has not been a claim that she was guilty of any bad conduct with any other man than the defendant from 1884, until this suit was tiled." Aleck Julian, Miss Pollard's "Blind Barna bas" was hauled over the coals by Mr. Car lisle at length. "This brings us up to 1884, when the defendant met her he said. lor mne years the defendant was intimately ac quainted with this plaintiff, and, yet with all the knowledge gained by that intimacy and with all his influence as a member of Congress at his command, all he is able to produce are the . depositions of such dis reputable characters as Brant and Kaufman i 1 1 . 1 1 , ,i .i i t.i: anu iMoiiie oningieuauer, uuu Aieci jwuu.ii and Rankin Kosell and old man Wood.'' The defense, said Mr. Carlisle, had taken the depositions of Orrin Brown and siater, Mrs. Robertson, the children of the presi dent of Weslevan college, but ihev spoke so well and so highly of the plaintiff that the plaintiff s counsel had read the deposi tions as part of their evidence. Mr. Carlisle handed to the iurv several tintypes of the plaintiff taken just before she met the de fendant, where Miss Pollard is represented in short dresses and the other marks of school girlishness. "Look at those pictures" he said with a ring in his voice, ' and see if she appears to be the woman of experience on whom this defendant wishes to place more than half the burden ot then: inu macy. Look at that picture and then look at the the defendant look at the defendant and remember what little difference there was in his appearance then from now." "And now. before we go farther," said Mr. Carlisle, "let us see what manner of man this was who had to go through the train to get his overcoat and who found a schoolgirl in his path." The history of the Kentucky orator was sketched in compli mentary language. It was told how he had had a classical education and every advan tage, social and" mental; how he had gone to the war, and how he had married twice. "And on this stand." he said, "this defen dant has paid a tribute in his voice and in his manner, to his deceased wife and the mother of his seven children. He confesses here on the witness stand that no man had less excuse Tor what he did than he had: that no words could magnify the advan tages which he had; that no words could paint the depth into which he fell in this who met this schoolgirl on that train." The contract with Rhodes was taken up and fully reviewed as a preface to the call of Col. Breckinridge at Weslevan college when Miss Pollard wanted his advice and assistance concerning the threats of Rodes that he would compel her by law to marry him or pay him back the money he had paid for her education. In defending the . . . ... . j . i . . , , -1 plaintm tor writing 10 uoi. xsrecKinnuge after she had met him but once, he said that :. defendant had told her that he had the ha. father nnrl she had stniri she known - , - Mra,tsHnn. This hrnnp-ht 11D knew him by Reputation. - i o ' Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report AESQlHTECtf F3JRB thesubiectof the letter nTnHnced hv f!nl Creckin ridge in which Miss Pollard is repre sented as saying that she wanted CoL Breck inridge to call on her at the college, and Mr. Carlisle had just quoted Miss Pollard's statement that the letter was a forgery when recess was ordered. . Resuming his argument after recess, Mr. Carlisle said: "Just compare the letters I hand you the letter of July 20th and note the points of difference between it and these other letters which Miss Pollard ad mits she wrote, and your opinion will be as good as a barrel of ex pert testimony ." . Mr. Carlisle read the letter of July 20th in which the writer tells Col Breckinridge that what she has to say to him is worse than a divort case and that she likes his face and thinks she will like him. He said there was but little difference in that letter and what the plaintiff had stated, but the plaintiff had examined the letter and pro nounced it a forgery, and out of all the many letters that had been written to the defendant by the plaintiff this and a little note written in 1887, were all that he could produce. Speaking of the celebrated carriage ride, Mr. Carlisle said the fact that on that hot August evening the defendant brought a closed carriage to take plaintiff to a concert had demanded explanation, but the defend ant had not attempted to explain it. He had merely contented himself with saying that he had picked out the carriage without look ing at what sort of carriage it was. Review ing the events of that night from the state ments of the plaintiff and the defendant and what happened the next day, Mr. Car lisle said: "And from that time on until May 1893, she obeyed his eyery behest and was faithful to him every way." Finally, reaching the'time of the alleged promise of marriage, he laid great stress on the testimony of Mrs. Blackburn, which, he said, the defendant had refused to deny. He had left himself two modes of escape, and either one would bring him face to face with a dilemma, on one horn of which he must impale himself. He referred to the cross-examination of two days and a half to which Miss Pollard had been subjected, and said it was one of the most difficult tests to which the human mind could be put. There were only two things that would enable a person to stand a iesi ui sucn a protracted cross-examination. One was a trained mind, a wonderful ability to think, a knowledge of lawyers and their ways, in fact all that was possessed by a clever lawyer; the other was the truth. His client had stood that test without anv of the qualifications of the first instance and the fact that she had not been made to change her direct statements on anv subieet showed that she must have stood the test throgh the second qualification. Concerning the claim of the plaintiff that she had given birth to a child at St. Joseph's foundling asylum, near Cincinnati, Mr. Car lisle quoted the testimony of Dr. Street, who said that she had sent "Mrs. Bergwynn" to St. Joseph's and had visited her there, and of Dr Belle Buchanan, who recognized Miss Pollard as "Louise Wilson," and Dr. Street said that "Louise Wilson" and "Mrs. Ber gwynn were the same. "There was noth ing in the testimony," he said, "to show that anybody but this defendant was the tamer of that child; and he was its father." TTie future relations of the plaintiff and the defendant were reviewed from the standpoint of each and Mr. Carlisle con tended that it had been shown that the guilty relations of the pair were continuous, despite the testimony of the defendant that there had been long intervals in their rela tions, men .air. Carlisle took up the al leged promise of marriage which Miss. Pol lard says was made in Washington on August 31. 1892. (!ol. Breckinridge had testi fied that Miss Pollard was not in town at that time, but it had been proved by an entry in Mrs. Minear's boardhouse ledger that Miss bollard returned on the date name. ' As to the defense of Col. Breckinridge that he and Miss Pollard had merely pre tended to be engaged, Mr. Carlisle referred to the very important testimony of Claude De La Roche Francis, who told of his acci dental eavesdropping at Mrs. Thomas' when Col. Breckinridge said to Miss Pollard that he was sorry she had mentioned their en gagement to the witness. At this point Mr. Carlisle asked Judge Bradley's permission to continue his address to-morrow, and as it was then within half an hour of adjournment the court ad journed. Escape of Admiral Da Gam a. Bcesos Ayres, April 9. Copyrighted. The insurgent. Admiral Da Gama, made his escape from the Portuguese warship Mindello at 2:15 o'clock p. m. yesterday, and arrived at the Buenos Ayres quarantine station last evening. The Portuguese sail ors made no resistance to his leaving the warship. The Mindello and her com panion ship, the Alfonso de Albuquerque, sailed for Montevideo at 10 o'clock this morning. Admiral Da Gama, with a num ber of his officers, was confined on board the Mindello, awaiting the arrival of the Angola, which sailed from Lisbon April 4th to convey him and his followers to Portugal, the rest ot his staff being similarly neia on board the Alfonso de Alquqnerque. Sunday afternoon a tug, towing a lighter loaded with provisions for the Portuguese warships, steamed alongside the Mindello and the lighter was made fast to the warship preparatory to unloading. While the provisions were being taken on board. the warship, DaGama and thirty-two of his officers went on board the tug, cut the lines and steamed away. No resistance was offered by the crew of the tug, which fact suggests a prearranged plan for the escape of the insurgent Ad miral and his men. This theory is very much strengthened bv the attitude of the owners of the tug. They deny any com plicity what ever in the escape of the men and positively refuse to furnish, anv details, but they admit that they expect compensa tion from Da Oama or some one in nis be half. The destination of the fugitive admiral is not known, but there is an unconfirmed rumor that he has been seen in this city This is not unlikely, as DaGama has a host of friends here, many of them of wealth and influence, and he would have no diffi culty in finding an asylum. the South Carolina Koad to be Sold. Charleston, April 9. After hearing argu ment. Judge Charles H. Simonton, sitting in the United States court, refused to grant a petition tor a further postponement of the South Carolina railroad. Last fall the date for the sale of the road was fixed for April 12th. Last weell a petition was filled by E. El lery Anderson, of New York, representing $400,000 worth of the second mortgage bonds and praying that the sale be postponed un til some date not earlier than September 4th next. Opening- the South Atlantic Line Augusta, Ga., April 9. The passenger steamer Mexican, of the Port Royal and Liverpool line, arrived at Port Royal yester day. She will make the initial trip of the new line of passenger steamers from the South to Europe and marks an important era in the history ot southern progress. Large excursions from this section of the country will be run to Port Royal to wit ness the departure of the steamer April 23d. Sugar Trust Case Advanced. Washington. April 9. Chief Justice Fuller announced to day that the Supreme court of the United States had granted the motion of the Solicitor-General to advance the case of the United States vs. the-E. C. Knight company, of Philadelphia, popu larly known as the Sugar Trust case, and that it would be heard on the third Monday of October next. Appointments by the President. Washington, April 9. The President to day sent to the Senate the following nomi nations: Edward H. Strobel. of New York, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Ecuador; Wm. W. Rock hill, of Maryland, to be Third Assistant Sec retary of state, vice Kdwara a. etrooei. Brim 0 CHARGED' WITH ARSON. TWO MERCHANTS HELD FOR BURNING THEIR STORE. A Fire That Threatened the Soldiers' Home The Effect of Pruning Grape Vines Three More Blockade Stills Captured No Law Against Prize Fightins in This State. Mkssengkb Bubeau, Raleigh. April 9. I VI man named Ball, quite near the Soldiers' Home, was burned. It is some distance be yond the city limits. The home was in danger, and so was the county workhouse, and the eighty-five convicts in the latter were handcuffed and made ready for re xnoval. Those grape growers who pruned their vines have lost practically all their grapes, while those who were behind-hand and did not prune will have a fine crop. The Supreme court will to-morrow take up the appeals from the Tenth district. Bishop Cheshire yesterday morning con firmed twenty persons at Christ church here. He preached to a great audience, tak ing as his text "I Know that my Redeemer Liyeth." In the afternoon he confirmed five persons in the chapel of St. Mary's school. The trustees of the Baptist State Female University meet here to-morrow afternoon and those of Wake Forest college to-morrow evening. Col. William R. Richardson to-dav be came the city editor of the new afternoon paper liere. the Press. Johnston county again has the honor of leading all the counties in the number of students at the State University. In the Johnston county store burning case at Selma; Rev, L. W. Mangum and W. Jj- -Bamer are neid to appear at court lor arson. H. T. Nabors, another of the farm, is discharged, as there is nothing against him. Reports came in to-day of three revenue seizures. Deputy Collector Troy seized the still of J. B. Jones, a veteran moonshiner, near Dunn. Jones was arrested. Deputy Collector Woods gets two stills, eac n of ninety-gallons capacity; also a large quan tity of whiskey, near Winstead, Person county. Mr. Waiter R. Henry dechnesthe appoint ment tendered him of Consul to Curacoa. He bad applied for a 5,000. place. It is said that there is no sort of law against prize fighting in North Carolina. A little son of United States Marshall O. J. Carroll has scarlet fever. It is the only case in the city and is thoroughly isolated. The '-water gas" plant has been aban doned. After a careful test it has proved a failure. The gas smoked so that complaints poured in. The Sun's Cotton Review. New York, April 9. The Hun's cotton review says: Cotton advanced 2 points, but lost this and fell 3 to 5 points, closing barely steady, with sales of 71,600 bales. Liverpool advanced. 1 point and closed quiet and steady, with prices unchanged. In Man chester yarns and cloths were ouiet and un changed. The Bombay receipts fwihe half week were 28,000. against 37.000 for the same time last year. The exports of yarns trom tne united Kingdom in March were 19.000,000 pounds, against 16,500.000 for the same niontli last year. The total since January 1st was 56,316,500 pounds, against ,wju,uuu ior the same time last year. The . exports of cloths in March were 474,000,000 yards, against 374,300,000 in the same month last year, and since January 1st, 1,403,862,200, against 1,100,600,000 the same time last year. isew urieans aiopped l to z points, spot cotton here was dull and unchanged. Sales were oa Dales tor spinning, denvenes 800. The Southern markets were generally quiet but they remained steady or firm. The port receipts to-day were 9,375 bales, against 8.195 this day last week, and 18,472 last year, thus far this week, 20,026, against 15,202 for the same time last -weet. The exports were 10,961- bales to Great Britain, and 1,285 to the Continent Memphis, St. Louis, Augusta and Houston lose in the aggregate in stocks 7,700 bales since Friday last, indicating, it is thought, a loss of about 20,000 for the week at the weekly enumerated points. It looks as though the receipts at the ports this week would De nearly oz.UUU Dales, or the same as for this week last year. Whereas, on Satur day it was thought that they would fall 9, 000 or 10,000 below the figures for this week in 1893. This unexpected increase in the crop movement, and selling by German houses, carried prices down to-day. It was, a narrow speculation and one that pre sented few new features of interest. Two Murders Over Settlement of Estates. Birmingham, Ala., April 9 At Limerock to-day Wm. Whitlock and John Gray, brother-in-law, quarreled about the settle ment of an estate. A savage fight followed, resulting in Whitlock stabbing Gray to death. Whitlock fled. . At Larkinville, Thomas Jesse fatally cut Alfred Smith last night at the latter s house. Smith died to-day. The trouble in this case also grew out of the settlement of an estate. Jesse was arrested. Marked Success of Scott's Emulsion in consump tion, scrofula and other forms of hereditary disease is due to its powerful food properties. cotfs Emulsion rapidly creates healthy flesh proper weight. Hereditary taints develop only" when the system becomes weakened. Nothing in the world of medicine has bee7i so successful in dis eases that are most menacing to life. Phy sicians everywhere prescribe it. Prepared by Scott h Bowne, N. Y. Alldrafreisto. BIDS WANTED. jglDS FOR THE ERECTION OP LTJTHSB Memorial Building, corner Sixth and Prin cess streets, are solicited. Tie Flans, Speci fications and Contract may be seen at tne store of Mr. A. D. Wesfeli, on Second street, near Market. Bids will be closed on tne 14th lost., by which time ! ids must be all in. The committee reserve the right to reject any or all the bids. ANDKEW SMITH, " A. P. WE88ELL, - F. B. HA8HAGEN, ap 7 3t Committee. I WOULD BE PLEASED rpo HAVJI ' KLL MY OLD CUSTOMERS AND many new ones to call and give me their or ders for all kinds of FOREIGN A5D DOMESTIC FRUITS. I have to-day AepinwaU Bananas, Sweet Flor ida oranges, extra fancy Florida Grape Fruit, Havanna Hue Apples, California Pears, and also the finest braod of Almeria Grapes in the city. CHOCOLATE DROPS AND CARAMELS AT 20c PER POUND. JOHN W. PLTJMMER, ap T Confectioner, 1SS Princess St. I feet &LvtKtlsrttxtuU. YOUR OPPORTUNITY ! WE HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK OF FINE AND ARTISTIC, ME dium and Cheap Furniture and House Furnishing Goods in the State of North Carolina. COMPLETE FURNISHINGS FOR DWELLINGS, HOTELS, BOARDING 1 Houses, Summer Residences, Steamers, Steamboats, Public Buddings and w CaQ fumish a Hou3e from TP to Bottom, and add one o HEYWOOD S CELEBRATED BABY CARRIAGES with patent Safety Brake and Rubber Tires. . OAK, LOAO LOT : BUYING THE BULK OF OUR GOODS IN Car Load Lots, we are enabled to sell at prices that defy competition and justify our claim as "THE CHEAPEST FURNITURE HOUSE IN NORTH CAROLINA." THE CASH BUYER need go no where else for bargains, WE HAVE THEM, but, To fleet the Demand of the Times, We will add the time interest to the cash price, and sell on the following conditions : $100.00 Purchase, $20.00 75.00 " 15.00 50.00 " 10.00 25.00 " 5.00 20.00 " 4.00 15.00 3.00 And satisfactory arrangements for payments. SISTEIEID & CO. No. 1 6 South Front St; The Cheapest Furniture House in North Carolina. Great Inducements IN: SPRING JMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURES UNLOADING, ANTICIPATING THE PASSAGE OF THE TARIFF BILL. We Bought at Unloading Prices And will sell at prices lower than have been sold for years. We' will quote a few prices: f Fast Black 1-2 Hose, 20c per Pair, or 6 Pair for $1.00. I Former price 35c per pair, ! ' ' ' ' ; ' " ' White Laundried Dress Shirt 50c. Former price f 1.00. Laundried Negligee Shirts, Colors War ranted, $1.00. Former price 1.50i Alpine Hats $1.00. , Former price 1.75, Summer Underwear Suits 90c. Former price f 1.50. -ALL OTHER GOODS ABOUT THE SAME PROPORTION. Shirt Waists 25c, -GREATEST BARGAINS EVER KNOWN.- SUITS MADE TO ORDER. Can save you at least $10.00on a Suit. Anything you purchase if not satis fied return same and get your money back. S. H. FISHBLATE, KING CLOTHIER. 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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