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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-10
oRPIcp. 207 S. Jefferson Street,
Opp. Terry Building.
Observation-Disclosures SCANDAL.
The Sensational Case Begun Before a
Large Crowd of Spectators.

WASHINGTON, March 9-There was
enough OF sensation and scandal in the
trial of Madelaine Pollards breach of
promise suit against Congressman
breckenridge, of kentucky, to- day to
satiate even the most expectant in the
fashionably arrayed masculine audience
which crowded the court.
Witnesses we'll known to all detailed
the secret history of tho lives travelled
by the snow-bearded congressman and
the attractive young woman who, seated
only an arms length apart, were mag
nets for the curiosity which always sur
rounds tho personaQes of such case.
Except the half dozen connected with
the case, there were no ladies in court.
Ono OF the lady mpanions of Miss Pol.
lard was one OF the sisters of tho Epis-
copalian house OF refuge, in which Miss
Pollard is sheltered.
The trial was really commenced when
Mr.. Cslderon Carlisle faced tho iury.
leaning languid,y against table, and
In deliberate conversational tones out.
lined the matters which tho plaintiff
would endesvor to prove.
Mrs Blackburn was the first witness.
Among other things she said that on
Good Friday, 1898, Breckenridge brought
.,.iSo oi-1lo W uor In
Washington and said: "Ihave brought
this young lady TO ask for her your kind
care and protection, for expect that in
tho future she will be great deal to
me. AS soon as q sufficient time after
the death OF my wife has elapsed in
tend to marry her"
Colonel Moore, chief of police, tes-
tilted that on May -. 1898, Breckin-
ridge camo into mis- Oil 20, closely fol-
lowed by Miss Pollard. breckenridge
said that Miss Pollard had threatened
his life unless he named day for their
marriage. Breckenridge named May 81.
One of the best known physicians of
the city, DR.. n $. Lincoln, then testi-
fled that Colonel breckenridge had
brought Miss Pollard to him in Nav,
1898, representing that she needed at
tension as she was unreasonable, Jealous
and exceedingly nervous. DIR. Lincoln
was the last witness for the day.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-10
HOUSE DISCUSSES DISTRICT AFFAIRS
Kilgore Makes Serious Charge Against
Capital Papers

kNgore Makes Serious Charge Arninst
Capital Papers
WASHINGTON, March 9.-Tho House
agreed to the request Of the Senate for
conference upon the joint resolution
authorizing the printing of 5000 copies
of the Hawaiian correspondence.
MIR Hager, (Rep, Iowa. endeavored
to ges through by unanimous consent q
bill for an increase OF a pension for
constituent, but Kilgore objected. The
House then went into the committee OF
the whole on tho District of Columbia
appropriation bill, the general debate
to close at o'clock
The argument of Mr.. DeArmond
(Dem., Mo that the general govern.
ment should no longer divid. with tho
people OF the District the expenses of
the District was antagonized by eros.
venor Rep, Ohio, Henderson (Rep.,
lid and Goldzicr Dem mo-.
kilgore supported Diamonds posi-
ton, saying that the people of tho Dis
trict ought to pay their own bills. In
the course OF his remarks, Kilgore at
tackled the newspaper press Of Wash
ington, saying he had never known the
oapers here to fail ito advocate any
scheme. not caring how infamous it
was, that looked to the expenditure of
the public money in the interest of
spectators in and around tho city."
Blair rep, N. H) asked if the
gentleman from Texas made this as an
indiscriminate charge II so he pro-
tested against it
Kilgore said: 81 make the charge
distinctly that they are corrupt and
that they have advocated every corrupt
scheme that has been introduced in
Congress to plumber the treasury in the
interest OF private interests"
When general debate closed Dear
mond's amendment repeating all laws
which require the United States to paw
half the expenditures Of the District OF
Columbia, was defeated-ayes, 30; noes.
81
Dearmond then offered an amendment
liking the Governments proportion OF
the expenses al one-t third instead OF
ono half as now required by law. This
amendmeni was also rejected. Dear.
mond in ade tn point Of no quorum and
tellers were ordered
The call disclc sad tho presence Of 1863
mem bers, aud another vote by teliers
was ordered on Mr.. Dcarmond's amend
ment, and tho amendment was los
ayes, SO; noes. l29
After disclosing Of ton pages OF tho
Oil with bat onN slight amendmsnt,
tho committee ESQ. and at 5 O'Clock
took a recess until 5 o'clock. the even
ing session To be for tho consideration
of private pension bills.
Old papers for sa'a this Office = n
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-10
ELECTION VOID.
Judge Woods Decis-
ion Reversed.
LOCAL OPTION WILL NOT PREVAIL
Judge WhittIe Presents an Ably
Prepared Opinion.

The Result Announced Before "a Crowded
Courtroom and vooiferousIy Received.
Three Points Upon Which the Ruling
is Made-The Court Has Jurisdiction
to Hear an Appeal--One-Fourtho of the
People Actually Voting ut the Proceed.
Ing Election Must Sign the Petition.
A Writ of Election Ia Necessary.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-10
Virginia Brain Products.

WASHINGTON, March 0.-The following
is list OF patents issued to Virginia
inventors on Tuesday. as reported from
the Office OF Patrick O'Farrell, solicitor
OF patents, Washington, D. c.: George
c. Billups, Norfolk, envelope; Nathan
o. Bond, Fairfax Court House, support
ing frame for toilet sets.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-10
FINAL VOTE ON THURSDAY.
Senatorial Precepts Will Be Re .
garded After All.

The Bland seieniorage Bill, Which Went
to Its Third Reading with Such a Rush,
Stiii Open for Debate and Pos IDLY
PETER Wants Investiya.
ton Into II Newspaper story-Another
Bridge Across East River
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-10
Aged Couple Perish In tho r,,n,..

BUFFALO, N. Y, March "a dispatch
from Delavan, Cattaragus county, saws
Fire last night destroyed the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs William Snyder, an aged
couple OF this place Both persisted in
the flames.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-10
THE WEATHER.

Forecast for Virginia: Fair; variable
Winds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12

Young XVII, as from the president Of
the United States, as she is daily be-
sieged by curious tourists, both in per-
son and by letter, and when admitted,
these morbid curiosity seekers always
subject, their hostess to humiliating,
and o4en insulting, questions and
comments. After short conversation
with Mrs. Young, it was easy for me
to believe that she had been the most
popular of Brigham Young's nineteen
wives. She is tall and symmetrical OF
form, dignified and graceful of man
ner, and a brilliant conversationalist.
The silvery locks which tell of the
fifty and five years of her eventful
life are mingled with threads of gold.
reminiscent of the beauty of former
years, and the large blue eyes have
lost nothing of their fire and express
BiveneSS.
Mrs. Young told me that she had
never before submitted to an interview
from q representative of the press.
She was aware that many unauthen
md rntruthful newspaper articles had
been published about herself and her
late husband, and it was to correct the
false impression conveyed in these sto-
ries that she was now willing to talk
to the public
Harriet Amelia Folsom was born Au-
gust %, 1888, in Buffalo, n. Y, the
birthplace, also, of Frances Folsom,
now Mrs. Cleveland. A near relative Of
Mrs. Young, who has taken some inter-
est in the genealogy of the family, says
that Mrs. Cleveland and Amelia Fol-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12
A MIlkMAN'S MISTAKE.
lie Mistook HIS Customers Ear-TYumpe.
for a Milh-Can.

for . Milh-Can.
An amusing story is told Of ono Of
our formerly, well-known Back bay
physicians. says the Boston Herald,
who is now an old man, and so deaf
that he cannot hear anything without
the use Of an ear-trumpet-
1t happened that while he was
spending his vacation at his summer
residence he had occasion to make
some changes among the people with
whom he traded for the necessaries of
life. Early one morning he was
aroused by his wife and made to under
stand that somebody was knocking
violently at the front door. Putting
on light dressirg-gown. and procur-
ing his trumpet. he started OF down.
stairs, prepared TO listen near the door
and ascertain the cause of SO much
disturbance. Intent upon finding out
what the noise was about, he opened
the door a'little way, and, sticking his
ear-trumpet through the crack. ap-
piled his ear to il and awaited develop
ments-
In few moments he felt a luke
warm liquid running from his ear,
down the back of his neck. and on 70
the floor. FHnging open the door. he
discovered that the new n:ikmsn had
mistaken his ear,trumpet for a milk
can. and was leisurely pouring she
contents OF a gallon jug into the end
which had been presented to hi1
through the crack of the door.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12
MORE DEATHS THAN BIRTHS.
4 Rapid and Ominoas Decrease In the
Population 81 France.

=
Population 81 France.
Statistics are very dull. and dullness
Is thing TO be Stunned by all we'll
regulated persons, says a writer in
the Philadelphia Telegraph, but an
article has just appeared in the Jour
nal Officiel which is not quite uninter-
esting to France and the French.
During the year 1892 the deaths in
France exceeded the births by over
twenty thousand. Hitherto the popula-
ton had been about stationary, but this
national deficit is serious. The French,
from the highest To the lowest. do not
care for large families. alleging. justly
enough, that children are expensive
articles. Did not a cook the other day
lay her woes over the death of her first
born open to her sympsthizinF mis-
tess? THAT baby cost me first and
last not less than three hundred dol
lars" ouoth the bereavcd mother.
land after all that expense it only
lived three weeks The birth-rate is
about as usual ia France, a: the ratio
of Twenty-Five births for every thou
sand inhabitants. but the increase in
mortality is frightful, and is at;rib.
uted by the medical authorities en-
tircly 10 grippe, which they state has
made more victims than the great
cholera epidemics ever killed in one
year It is also solemnly Set forth
that the children who were born at
the time Of the war OF 1870 ara adding
TO the mortality by expiring now; bat
as these great medical lights state that
the children born during the siege
generally died in their infancy. owing
20 their priva:io1s. il - dif1cais 20 see
why the mortality among the 'war
babies. "fas they were called. sisouid
have ceased for twenty Whole years 20
spring up again suddenly. However.
there IS the unpleasant fact that ths
population OF France. II something -
no, done, will speedily resemble. in
this large and pleasant land :hs reia-
tire proportions preserved oy single
hucl<lebe-ry sailing grsrely In very
large bowl % milk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12

tormant, she goes out ia TIE victoria,
accompanied either by her husband or
= friend Women. yopng and old.
have discovered this habit OF Mrs.
Cleveland. and are beginning 20 lie in
wait for hcr TO catch her ~ she comes
QUE on The front portico To- enter the
carriage. There Is no privacy for In
mates of che white house, and So when
Mrs Cleveland goes riding she IL
obliged to walk through the public
vcstitmlo and across the public portico.
A day or :wo ago a bevv of schoolgirls
joined the waiting group on the por-
tico. and when Mrs Cleveland came
ont she was obliged tosrun the gan:let
When she returned au hour or two
later funny thing happened A well.
dressed, good-lsoisiztg. middle-aged
woman, evidently q stranger ia the
city, was passing the street gate
when a carriage turned into tho
circular drive of tho white house
grounds. The quick-witted sight
seer instantly surmised that
the occupants were Mrs Cleve-
land and her babies. She saw a chance
10 accomplish Hcr tpnS -felb desire OF
getting a good look a. the presidents
wife and she did not miss IL The race
was q long one and she knew she could
not win it unless something happened
to detain Mrs. Cleveland after sho ar
rived under the porte cochere. Lifting
her clothes in both hands she started
up the circular pathway along the
drive at breakneei< speed. The pass
ers-by and the spectators at the door
appiauded, and, perspiring and pant
ing. she reached the steps just in tine.
for Mrs. Cleveland had stopped to give
an order 20 the coachman. and the en-
ergetic lady was enabled to plant her
self where she could stare the preSi-
dents wife In the face for At lcas. ten
seconds, and could also see the babies
"a they were lifted from the carriage
by tho nurses and carried into tho
house.
As Mrs. Cleveland disappeared In the
vestibule n gentleman standing by
said, adruiringly. To the female
splinter "Weu. you made it,
YES" she said. mopping her face.
folks from my part OF the country
generally do
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12
FRAUDS IN ANTIQUITIES.

Ancient Treasures Manufactured Ia Rus
sis and Freely Sold Is Originals.
The ingenious Russian peasantry
seem to have been developing with
rather restless rapidity taste for an
ing the possession Of its treasures, but
Of passing them off upon eager collect
ors. 1t seems, from recent statement
by NJ. Reinach, says the Illustrated
London News, that within the last fif-
teen years regular system of manu-
featuring antiquities has been carried
on in certain villages IN southern Rus
STA, especially in the governments Of
Kherson and Taurida. 1t is admitted
that the limitations are often as good
as the originals might be-supposing
any originals to exist-sfor the modern
Russians of those parts seem to have
Inherited a highly inventive faculty
from their Greek ancestors.
The objects. ere especially confined
to gold and silver ornaments, in which
the Crimea is generally said to have
been at one time peculiarly rich. The
museum of Odessh has not escaped inn
position, and It is even whispered that
the antiquaries and archaeologists of
that city have on moro than one occa-
sion devoted the time of their meetings
to the discussion and admiration Of OBJ
iects of very doubtful origin. The re-
Elarkable thing about these forgeries,
apart from the skill shown In working
IN an antique style. is the knowi-
edge Of arcisnt Greek which the for
gers display. In one case an inscrip-'
ton of six hundred letters was intro
duced into an ornament, and no gram
NAUTICAL or photographed fault was
discovered by those by whom it was
examined. Terra Gotta figures more or
less resembling those of Tanagra are
also produced in large numbers in
some districts of southern Russia. but
these are chiefly exported. while the
gold and silver objects are retained for
home consumption.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12
GARDo HOUSE.

som Young are cousins, having sprung
i'm New Hampshire Mrs. Young, when
approached on this subject. desired not
to talk. stating that she had no
knowledge of just what hinship, if
any, she bears to Mrs Cleveland. never
having looked up her genealogy. with
my such object in view, but Mas
sachusctts member of the Folsom
family, having traced their genealogy,
SAYS Ahe two famous women are second
cousins.
The Mormon church was a religious
infant when Amelia Folsom was born,
end il was not until she was three
years of age that her parents embraced
the new faith OF Joseph Smith, another
New Yorker
In 1886 the Folsom family moved to
Nauvoo, H., the site of the first Nor
mon temple. but were not permitted to
remain there long, the people having
risen up against the Mormons. killing
their prophet, Joseph Smith. and driv-
ing all his followers out of the state.
The Folsom family went to Keokuk,
and afterwards to Council Bluffs. Ia,
and early in 1860 started across the
plains for Salt Lake, the Mormon city
of Zion. Amelia Folsom was then
twenty-five years of age, and in full
bloom of her beauty, while Brigham
was ffty-nine. Beautiful women were
not plentiful in this then desert valley,
the number of men greatly predomin-
hitting in the small settlements.
President Brigham Young, of the
Mormon church, and his first presi-
dental counselor, Herbert c. Kimban,
rich and powerful, were in the habit of
going ont to meet incoming parties of
pilgrims, and upon learning of the ap-
Proach of the party in which the Fol-
eom family came westward set out TO
meet them and welcome them TO the
Mormon stronghold. Here was the be-
ginning of the romance which was
contaminated in the marriage of Brig
ham Young and Amelia Folsom. It
seems to have been a well-esta5lished
case Of love at Srst sight. The reader
may now listen to Amelia Folsom
Young, as she tells for the first time in
her LIE her own story of her associa-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12

tions and experiences With Brigham
Young.
when did You first meetPresident
Young?" asked.
at was on Octtber 5. 1880, when in
company with Hertert Kimb bali he came
ont into the Salt Lake valley in car.
rage to meet and welcome our party
I was introduced to him then, and after
arriving here he called on US. The
call was returned, and we subsequent
ly visited back and forth frequently,
and went to social gatherings to.
gether."
when did your courtship begin?"
Immediately after my arrival in
Salt Lake"
.'Eow long did It last?"
Until August. 1862, when we were
engaged. In January, 1863, the mar
riege occurred"
did President Young employ pecul-
lar methods of courtskip?"
81 think not. / was aware that he
was the husband of a number Of wives
i did not care to know how many
DAt IlIdt 0lQ hOJ d11CCO Jul OCul tShl Al
the least. President Young was nat
urally dignifed, but was always at
ease with company"
Ibid you take up immediate resi-
dence with your husband after mar
riage?"
mo I remained at home three
weeks, when l took up residence at
al
home. His wives and children all
lived there, and each wife. including
myself, had her separate room. At
that time there were seventy-five of us
in the family, including the hired help.
We all dined at the same table. over
which President Young presided.
Every morning and evening all gath
cred in the large parlor for prayers,
and here also my husband presided. 1
afterward took up quarters at tho
Bee Hive house, but returned to the
Lion house later. and remained there
until the death of President Young,
August %, 1871"
"Was your married life generally
happy?"
Il should certainly dislike to think
otherwise. Why not? We were all
members Of the same family, and
treated each other as such. would
sacrifice anything for the surviving
wives of President Y&lng. and their
feeling toward me I think is the
same"
How many times did your husband
marry after you became his wife?"
Twice afterward; 1 don't know how
many times before. His will should
show that"
Where did you reside after your
death?"
81 went to the Gardo house. This
building had been begun before Presi
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12
HORSE NOTES.

Doy'T give good horse a second
class trainer
BE kind 10 the colts and you viii have
gentle horses
A MARBLE shaft is 10 De erected over
the grave of Dictator.
PARIS killed last year 1850 old
horses for roas.s and soups
. STANDARDIZED tro:te-z Tat can't
trot are poor property for any breeder
10 stock up with
GAZE ard feed are Just as important
factors a. pedigree Il raising Erosting
STOCK az a profit
TIE financial success % breeding the
irottsr depends npOn The financial
prosperity OF the trottSnx sport
THEY are working hard against the
docking OF ,5rses' tails IN London. aES
are tnisS offenders right and let.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12
IdS.atrous Arizonians.

There IS small tribe of Indians in
sout~ern Arizona who are idolators.
They are in reality sun worshipers, but
make small images out of clay with
faces supposed to represent the sun,
although bearing little If any resem-
biance to it. They do not associat e
with other tribes, and ere very rarely
seen by white men. The idols have
large round bodies and heads. with eyes
and mouth and ears. beams radiating
from the eyes over the face. The In
dams have these in their rude houses
or wigwams, and st certain seasons
they hold a sun dance. which is with
them a religious ceremony. They have
no other form OF worship. although a
few of them were 81 one time induced
to abandon their idols by the works Of
the Jesuits.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12
WOOING OF BRIGHAM
The Great Mormon'e Favorite Wife
Describes Their Courtship.
stu Believes in Polygamy-A Family Of
seventy-Fiye Living Under the
Same Roof In Peace and
: Harmony.
rcoPYRIGKr. Iss4.l

IN the "Junior Gardo," handsome
znd comfortable two-story house at
Nos.6 South First West street, in Salt
Lake e City, resides Amelia Folsom
Young, Seventeenth and favorite wife
of the greatest of Mormon prophets,
brigham. Young. 1t was on cold win
ter day Of this new year that 1 called
ON. TIE. former queen Of Mormon So
cietr, and through the courtesy Of
President George Q. Cannon, of the
Mormon church, from whom / bore a
letter of Introduction, was granted an
audience. An interview is almost as
difficult to obtain from Mrs. Brigham
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12
p. Y0CN0.

trrom Photograph Taken fo- This Article
amy without practicing it It would
not be right under the manifesto to
practice polygamy."
"You have no ch;ldren?"
Il regret to say have none am
constantly sensible to the fact that
children would have been an inesti-
msble source of comfort and company
TO me at the present time am living
alone here, though visits back and
forth with the surviving wives Of
President Young add great pleasure to
my home life"
"How many Of President Young.
widows are living?'
There are mae OF US. and, named in
order, are as follows: Zina \. Young,
Emily Partridge Young, Harriet b.
Young, Harriet Cook Young, Mama c.
t. Young, Margaret p Young, Lucy
H. Young, Eliza L. Young and myself
We all held = reunion on Thanksgiv.
ing day, at the residence OF one of
Presiden. Nsung's granddaughter. in
this city" EUeESr TaAvGEsEa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-12

Her Marriage
dent Young's death. I planned the
structure myself. / also planned this
built in 1879. and ] moved into this
house the same year. All of Presi-
dent Young's wives were treated alike
in the distribution of the estate"
"You have the name of being Brig
ham Young's favorite wife?"
Il can't say that he had any favor
ites. He was equally kind and atten-
tive to all in his life time. and left each
surviving one an equal legacy. Twas alb
sent from home at long intervals during
the fifteen years of my married life,
having visited several times in the
east, and having taken an extensive
tour of Europe"
"Do you still believe In polygamy?"
Certainly I do. If poiygamy was
once right. it is still right. There is
no reason why polygamous marriage
may not be as happy as the ordinary
marriage, if it is entered understand
ingly."
What will be the future of the Nor
mon church on this question:"
The same as the past, SO far as be.
lief in the doctrine Of polygamy is
concerned. As to its practice, that has
been declared unlawful by the govern
ment, and the Mormon people have
promised to abstain from polygamy.
They will keep their promise, but they
can believe in the doctrine of polyg.