The Critic and record., 1891-05-06
'THR CRITIC
EBROED.

Booth hlred the morse ne rOue out OF
Washington from the old Nailor stables
recently torn down to make place for the
new power house of the Washington and
Georgetown cable road. On the day he
assassinated Lincoln, Good Friday, April
II, 1868 he walked over to this stable
and, after inspecting the stock critically,
selected the swiftest saddle horse in the
lot and then careessly threw down $50
bill for the hire. leaving instructions to
have IL sent on his summons wherever he
might be. A colored porter was placed
in charge of the beast, and after nghtlall
a message came to have the horse at the
Tenth street theatre entrance at certain
hour.
The colored hostler responded at once,
and found Booth standing on the curb in
front of theatre awaiting his arrival. He
was then ordered TO take the horse into
alley to the rear of the building and there
await Booths coming. He was in this
position when the heavy explosion of
Booths derringer smote upon his hear
ing lie heard the shot and the disorder
that followed, but before he had time to
reflect the desperate actor limped out of q
rear door, and stating that he was hurt
asked to be lifted into the saddle. This
was the work of u moment, and in another
the assassin was speeding down + street
at head-long run. He turned into Ninth
street. then into the Avenue, and so con-
tinued his flight east to the Navy Yard
and across the Anacostia, never drawing
rein until the pain of his broken ankle
compelled him to stop at the residence of
Doctor Mudd.
1t is stated that some sentries at the
bridge across the AnacOsta attempte to
halt the fleeing man. but he shouted that
he had killed the President, and they,
thinking him some drunken officer. low
t1aiv 1at htt,
thepursuing party reached the bridge and
heard tins report they were deceived by
it, thinking that Booth had an accom-
plCe, and that this person, whoever he
might be, had shouted this bold acknowl-
edgment to throw them off the track of
the guilty man. Some precious moments
were gained by Booth by this shrewd
| device.
The Senate Chamber is undergoing the
usual spring cleaning preparatory to the
laying of a new carpet and general re-
| touching of its furniture. 1t is the Gus
tom to supply each Congress with new
| carpets in the legislative chambers and
as soon as Clerk Mcpherson returns from
| Pennsylvania, where he is now on
| visit, preparations will be made to over
! haul the Chamber of the lower House.
| Quite a number of Senators have man.
| aged to change their seats, or have filed
claims in anticipation of the going out
| Of anumber of members who for years
have figured prominently in that body.
Mr.. Dixon of Rhode Island, for example,
will succeed to the front-row desk so long
| occupied by Mr.. Edmumds, and Mr.
Sanders of Nebraska will take Mr.. Dixon s
seat and Mr.. Dubois the young Senator
from Idaho, will succeed to Mr.. Sanders
vacant chair.
Pefrer of Kansas, the big-whiskered
Alliance man, with becoming modesty,
has made choice of a rear seat OH the Re
! publican side. The desk used by Mr..
Blair near the main door entrance ON the
| Democratic side has been inherited by
Pasco of Florida, and Colqutt of Georgia
has drawn the first-row seat belonging to
Senator Brown, but pre-empted by Mr.
Reagan of Texas during the Georgia Sena-
tor $ long illness. Mr.. Paddock gets good
desk in the front row on the Republican
side-the one lately occupied by Mr..
Evarts-and Washburne of Minnesota has
filed a claim to ingalls, place in the second
row of the same side.
Mr.. Walcott of Colorado, who sat in a
back seat during the last Congress, will go
well to the front in the next, succeeding
Mr.. Spooner.. The new Democratic
have all Jared poorly. They will be es-
tablished in the rear seats recently filled
by Colquitt, Hampton, Walthal and
Pasco. Captain Bassett keeps a record of
all applications for seats in the Senate and
he is very careful to preserve them. Some
times a Senator will file an application
several years in advance so as to cover all
the chances. 1t is stated that Mr.. Dixon
filed an application for Mr. Edmunds
desk long before that Senator's resigna-
ton was made public, and the fact would
seem to indicate that to Mr.. Dixon at
least was confided the intention of the
Vermont statesman to resign his place.
Mile. Marie Decca, the soprano with the
Marine Band that has just returned from
a very successful tour Of the country, said
to-day:
Take it all in all the tour was a very
pleasant experience for me. In all en-
gagements that we filled there were large
and apparently wellpleased audiences
You newspaper men have published short
paragraphs about the bands experience
at Columbus, Ohio and know that the
CRITIC RECORD has already stated that
there was no significance attached toi it.
Before, leaving Washington was in.
formed that the picture Of my grand
father, Thomas l.. Hamer, who, in 1880
was Speaker of the Ohio Legislature
hung in the State Capitol. / visited the
Capitol and took with me wreath OF
Gala lilies with which to decorate it.
While doing so was informed that my
presence was desired in the House, tc
which was conducted by committee
headed by AssembIyman Pennell Of
Brown County. There upon the Speak
er's platform Isang Home Sweet Home
and the 'Star-Spangled Banner and af
terward repeated those familiar selection:
in the Senate Chamber.
cone of the peculiar coincidence in con
nection with my visit to the Capitol wa
the fact that bill was on the callenda
that day TO erect a monument to thu
memory of my grandfather at George
town, Brown County. You know h,
served two terms in Congress and aide;
in the appointment of General Grant ant
General Jacob Ammen to West Point anC
Admiral Daniel Ammen and Commando
Albert Kautz to the Naval Academy"
A gentleman just returned from Nev
York said to me to-day:
Some Of the Democratic politicians il
the metropolis are considering schem
by which they can dump both CLEVELAND
and Hill. There can be no doubt that tn
conservative element in the party, VIII
cannot be Classed as either ClcYeland o
Hill partisans, are pretty well disgustet
on account of the constant wrangle be
tween the friends of the ex-President an,
the Governor-Senator. The scheme tina
is most talked of is TO cast the seventy-tw
votes Of the State in the national conven
tion for either William G. Whitney o
> Arthur =. German 1t is certain that tn
unit rule will prevail in 1892 just as il di,
in 1884, and the man who receives
majority Of the votes of the delegation
will thereforeg get the votes Of all. In lsS
the unit rule saved Grover Cleveland. Il
1892 it will work to some other person
benefit so far as New York is concerned.
Yesterday it was decided by the Human
, Society to establish in this city severa
more drinking fountains. This is cel