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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17
IL CULTURED SINGERS
They Will Ho Admitted, hut Dust Go IInc
II They Arc SOt.

lHcy VIII 10 admitted, lIut llust GO bnck
II They Arc Not.
WASHINGTON, March lG. - Supcrin-
tondcnt Stump. OF tho bureau Of immi-
grafton, to-day received through DR..
Sonner, tho immigration commissioner
Mt New York, protost from George
Cans, tho secretary OF tho Chorus
Singers Protective Association, ngainat
tho landing OF a number Of chorus
singers expected 10 arrive Now York
to-day, who havo been engaged to sing
in "Utopia," which begins q season in
New York oil tho Goth instant. Tho
protest says that there arc now $500
chorus singers out OF employment in
Now York whose business would bo in
jured by tho importation Of these con.
tract sinGOrs. md further that their
landing would be violation Of the alien
contract labor law.
In responseSuperintendent Stump in
structs DR.. Senner that il it is ascertain
cd that each chorus singer sings for q
livelihood and Possesses cultured talent.
she should be admitted. II selected for
this performance and singing is not her
regular means Of support, she should
not be landed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17
M'KASE'S STEALISGS
Amount to at Leust 5000, ,OOO-Thc Tow
Must Lose tho Money.

Amount to at Leust 5000, ,OOO-Thc Town
Must Lose tho Money.
New GoRK, March lG.-rhc first Off.
cial announcement OF tho amount OF
bonds which John y. McKune has fail
cd to account for to tho town OF Grave.
send was made to-day by tho board OF
audit OF the town. Charles L. Overton,
n member OF the board, speaking for
his associates, said he had gono over the
entire bond issue and found that Nc
Kane had failed to report for at least
100000 OF tho bonds, aud had disposed
OF some OF them in an illegal manner.
Friends OF McKane declare that it
makes no difference what tho outcome
OF tho Investigation may be, rs tho es.
tate OF Mckano is exhausted and the
town must lose the money. Tho tax
payers investigation committee have
developed more Irregularities in the
operations Of the excise board in the
saloon licenses and hack licenses.
1t 10 said that violence is threatened
those who give testimony against New
ton and Sutherland with view OF en-
barrassing the investigation Of accounts.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17
THE TARIFF BILL
May bo Reported to tho Senate
Next Tuesday.
SEVERAL CONTEMPLATED CHANGES

As Result of Suggestions Made by
Republican Members of tho Senate
FinIncG Committee - Tho Demo-
Gratis Also prupuso to Transfer q
Number of Articles to tho Free List.
The Treasury Department Estimates
Tint tho Bill Gives Larger Rev.
cnuo Than at First Thought.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16.-Two
distinct sensations were furnished to.
day in the Pollard. .Drcckinridgo breach
Of promise trial. The foremost was tho
appearance OF the slender plaintiff on
tho stand as a witness in her own be-
hall. but the one Of greatest interest to
legal circles was tho corrobaration OF
the rumor which has been for several
days after that Colonel Breckenridge
was secretly married to Mrs. Louise
Wing in New York last April, three
months before the public ceremony in
Cincinnati.
When Colonel Breckenridge was
shown the dispatch from New York, he
refused to admit its truth, or to contra
dict 1t. His counsel and law partner,
Colonel Shelby, however. confirmed the
report, as did Attorney Stoll. Tho lat
tor said when inquiry was made wheth-
or the defense would be based on this
earlier marriage:
at would not bo proper to forecast
our case at this stage, but will say Col
onel Breckinridge is to take the stand
very soon and it will all bo made known.
Until then, neither Colonel Breckin.
ridge nor his counsel would ,bo wise TO
discuss the defense. AS for the mar.
riage certificate filed by DR.. Paxton, OF
course that speaks for ITSELF"
1t is improbable that this secret mar
riage will constitute new legal factor
in the Gaze, for while it occurred on tho
Goth OF April, the representations
which Colonel Breckinridgc made to
Mrs. Blackburn that Miss Pollard was
his fancee, were made prior to the Sc.
cret marriage, the promises made in
the presence OF Major Moore, the Chief
OF Police, being those which were aub-
sequent TO the secret ceremony.
In giving her testimony to-day Misa
Pollard was decidedly nervous at first,
but, Notwithstanding tho strain under
which she laborcd, was remarkably self
possessed and careful in her choice OF
words. She looked directly toward
Colonel Breckenridge, seldom lifting her
eyes from his face. Her language and
manner were those OF we'll bred lady
she sounded her vowels broadly with
the accent heard in the drawing rooms
Of tho four hundred, and her answers
10 the cross.examination OF Gjor But
terworth were often turned back upon
him keenly, making boomerangs OF his
questions. While sho was on the wit
ness stand, her companion, Mrs.-Ellis,
from the house OF refuge, occupied a
chair but m arms length away, keep
ing watChful eye upon her charge.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17
TROY ELECTION RIOT,
Ross, Brother Swcnrs Tint He Saw Sht

Ross, Brother Swcnrs Tint He Saw Shea
Shoot Him.
Troy, n. Y, March l6.-At tho in.
quest in the election murder. Hall Ross,
brothers OF the murdered man, testified
II saw Shea about twice at my
brothers; the first shot was apparently
directly Mt the body, as Robert was q
tall man. When my brother fell Shea
came up and lowered the revolver and
fred into his head"
In the examination OF William Quig.
ley, the counsel for the defense under.
took to draw out tho names OF the local
officers OF the A. P. A., but the uues-
tions were ruled out.
Several witnesses testified to seeing
Shea shoot Ross. The inquest will be
continued tomorrow.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17
STUBBORN WAITE.
Tho Populist Governor Sovoroly
Denounced by Denvoritos.
THE VAR WHICH He PRECIPITATED
BY His Defiance of tho Courts Said
to Havo Boen Nocdlesa.
FEDERAL TROOPS STILL IN DENVER

To See That Peace is Maintained,
but tho State Military Force Rest
ing-Thc District Attorney Declares
In Effect That Governor WAito VIII
bc Prosecuted For Murder If Loss
of Life FOlluws-BuSlucss Men Want
Him Tried as to Ills Snnity-Thc
Chamber Of Commerce Circulatcs n
Paper, In Which 1t is Declared That
tho Whole Trouble IL Unnecessary
and Unwisc-.i Peculiar state of
Affairs,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17
TWO SENSATIONS
1n tho Pollard.Brool1lnridgo Breach
ofProm!so Case Yesterday.
MISS POLLARD TELLS HER STORY.
Moro Than u Match for tho Shrowd
Lawyer on Gross Examination.
BRECKENRIDGE SECRETLY MARRIED

ht limo Whom lie Was PlcdgInG
Himself In tho Presence of Others
10 Marry tho Girl He Had Wron:cd.
Tho Plaintiff unmnslIs tho lIypoo.
rIsy Of tho Man Who Has Hccn
Posing us II Teacher OF OIoraiR
How tho Exemplary ChurGhmnn,
Silver TouEuod Orator and States.
man Led n Double Lirc-Tntlmatc
With Miss Pollard While His Law.
iuI Wifo Was LivlnG-Iiis Promise
OF Marriage.
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MISS PoLLAND's TESTIMONY.

Tho Plaintiff IN the Case, on the Witness
Stand, Tells n Straight Story.
WASHINGTON, D. G., March lG.-Thosc
who managed to run the gauntlet OF
the circuit court this morning were un.
usually numerous and distinguished in
appearance. They were able to got IN
early sight Of the principals in tho case
for Miss Pollard and Col. Breckinridge
appeared earlier than has beer their
custom. the plaintiff looking somewhat
worn by tho strain OF tho trial, the stall
wart congressman, bcaming with his
perennial freshness and shaking hands
with tho array Of lawyers and relatives
around the tables OF tho defense, while
his slender antagonist busted herself
with her morning mail, which sccmod
TO include n great variety OF epistle.,
the import and sources OF which can
only bc conjecturcd, though tho most
OF them appeared TO 10 written in femi-
u;nc hands.
Once Miss Pollard turned to flash q
quick glance from her black eyes in the
direction OF tho Kentucky statesman
but did not catch his attention, for he
was absorbed in the comments OF the
morning papers upon his case.
After the lawyers rad rustlei their
papers Tor quarter OF an hour there
was ripple OF great surprise, for no
less parsonage than tho plaintiI her.
sell walked around to the witness stand
and took q seat directly facing Colonel
BrcckInridSe and the whole room full
oil men.
My father was n saddlHr," said she
cody, IN response 10 an Interrogation.
ale died in 1876"
ibid anything impress bis death
upon your mind?" asked Mr.. Carlisle.
My father was an Odd Fellow and a
Mason; members OF the grand lodges OF
the state attended hia funeral"
''ile lett no estate" she continued.
1.-TWO OF my sisters we're taken to live in
the Odd Fellows home. My mamma
said | was born on the 30th OF Novcm-
Der, 1866"
She had always supposed that to be
the date OF hor birth and had attached
it 10 all her papers on file in the civil
service bureau.
"Ar. Breckenridge endorsed all those
papers" she said, gazing directly ut
him.
THE PROMISE TO MARRY.
"When did Mr. BrcckiuridCc NEE.
you in lS922' asked Mr.. Carlisle.
'In one of the last days o; August,
1892. He met mo at tho Baltimore 4
Ohio depot in Washington. IIc nut
both arms around me, kissed ME, drew
my arm through his and led me 10 a
carriage. He told me that all his chill.
dren had grown up, that hc had deter.
mined to marry mo, and l said | would
marry him" She had stoppedlat % La.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17

Police Stone Is missing his forces at
tho city hall. Gume Warden CALI.
colt tonight sworO in $50 deputies
who under s,nto law hNvo tho poworI Of
deputy Uhcrils to guard tho GOVERNOR
and do his bidding.
A meeting Of prominent citizens was
hold In Judge Ycnmau's Office tonight.
at which tho question Of tho governors
sanity was seriously discussed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17
4 NEW SENSATION.

BreckinrIdGo Was Secretly Married to His
Present wife Before lie Publicly An
nouncGd Ills Engagement to 1Iiss Pol
lnrd-AdditIonaI Evidence of His Deceit.
full Course.
New YoHK, Mrrch lG.-Tho Ersning
Post will say: 4 certificate OF the mar
riage OF W. c. P. Breckinridge, to Louisa
r. S. Wing, dated April 90. 1898, was
scnt to the health department yesterday
from the residence in this city OF the
Rev. DR.. John R. Paxton, formerly OF
tho West Presbyterian church. It sets
forth that DR.. Paxton oiliciated at the
ceremony and it was witnessed by
Elenora n. Collier and Mary L. Paxton.
1t is thought that tho document may
play an important part in Miss Pol
lard's suit against Congressman BrcCkin-
ridge. The congressman was publicly
married. to Mis-, Wing last July, but
since tho trial Of the present suit, it has
been limited that the, defense would
prove that there was former secret
marriage would show that the defendant
was not legally in position to agree to
marry Miss Pollard at the time. accord.
ing to witnesses for the plaintiff, he did
so contract. One OF the chief witnesses
for the plaintiff, Colonel Moore, chief OF
police OF Washington. testified that Col
oncl Breckinridge and Miss Pollard went
to his Office on May l3 OF last year and
that in his presence tho congressman
declared he would marry Miss Pollard
on May 81. Before that timo, as is now
shown, he was married in this city TO
his present wife. Under tho rules OF
the bureau OF vital statistical marriage
certificates should be filed for entry in
the books within thirty days, but they
may be legally recorded at any limo
within year and then formally regis
tered.
DR.. Paxton's house at 81 West Forty.
sixth street is in charge OF Charles +.
Butler, colored man. Tho doctor is in
Allegheny City, Pa, and Is not ex-
pected homo until April /.
It was Butler who mailed the certiii-
cato of marriage to the bureau OF vital
statistics on Wednesday. Butler said
to-day that on Tuesday 10 received n
telegram from DR.. Paxton directing
him to look for tho certificate, and il ho
found it to send it to tho board OF
health.
After long search tho certificate was
found among other papers in DR.. Pax
ton's desk.
Butler wrote his initials G. F. B. on
tho envelope for return il not delivered.
He said he knew OF the importance OF
tho document, and did not want it to
get lost. In explanation oi the delay in
filing the certificate Butler said to-day
that DR.. Paxton was taken i'll day or
two aftcr he performed the marriage,
and went to the Presbyterian hospital
Later he went west, where he has since
remained.
LATEI!-A DEFECT.
1t now appears that the certificate
was not correctly made out. In it the
name OF tho groom is given as G. P.
Breckinridgc, while the age OF the
bride is omitted. DR.. Nagle, registrar
OF tho health department, has written
Rev. DR.. Paxton, notifying him OF the
defects OF the certificate, and demand
ing an explanation OF the failure 10 re-
port within ten days after tho perform
anCe Of the ceremony, such failure be.
ing in violation OF law and subjecting
DR.. Paxton to q penulty OF $40.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17

HARgIsDURG, Pa, March l6.-Colonel
Andred ]. Herr, ono OF tho best
known and most successful lawycrs in
Central Pennsylvania, died sndGonly
from neuralgia OF the heart this even
ing,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17

For WcM Virginia, Western Pennsylvania and
Ohio, fair. followed BY increasing cloudiness;
slightly warmer; southeast winds
TIE TENPgEATUEE YESTERDAY,
M furnished By G. SCHSEry. druggist, corncr
Market and Fourteenth streets
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17
MIR. WILSON'S CONDITION.
Gaining Strength Slowly and Still Conilnct
to His Bed,

to His Bed.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 1G.-A
dispatch was received to-day by Repre-.
sentative Strauss, OF New York city
from Representative Wilson as follows
GUADALAJAEA, MEX, March Is.
Strengthening slowly; still in bed.
(Signed) WI. Wilson.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17

Attorney Stoll asked il sho still had a
certain note from Colonel Breckenridge,
which was mentioned casually, and
Miss Pollard replied II presume it is
destroyed. Colonel Breckcnridge al.
ways told mo TO destroy oil his letters,
aud l obeyed until recently" Miss
Pollard also testified concerning the
birth OF her second child in 1855, and
recounted the numerous fashionable
boarding houses in which she had been
installed BY Colonel Breckenridge. Miss
Pollard produced, on request OF her
counsel, all the letters and kilograms
from Colonel Breckinridge that she had
preserved. They abound in terms Of
cndearment and advice affecting her
condition. There was also n copy in
Miss pollard's handwriting OF n note
she had sent tho defendant, which hc.
gun: "My dear Willie"
Miss Pollard testified that Col. Bresk.
inridse had taken her with him on sew
eral occasions when he went out OF the
city to address religious bodies. He
had given her no reason for the several
postponemcnts OF tho dates fixed for
their marriage and she had never do
manded any until the scene in tho Of
fee of Col. Moore. From the night he
took mo to Sarah's, in 1884" said Miss
Pollard dramatically, there never was
a suggestion OF discontinuance OF
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-02

Senator Proctor 10 the owner OF one OF
the most valuable marble quarries in the
country. and his home at Proctorville, In
the Green mountains, possesses a beauty
unrivaled In mountain districts. His
eldest son Is manager OF the works.
Some idea of the value of these quarries
and the enormous amount OF work per-
formed ear be estimated from the fact
that there are $4,000 names ON the pay
rolls OF the company. and the village of
Proctor is made up entirely of the EN-
ployees,s There are 500 cottages in the
yillage--beautiful little two story dwell.
iings-that are rented at 81 per month
and always kept in the most perfect
repair. The drives in and around the
neighborhood are solidly macadamized
by the hard marble siftings from the
mines. and one may drive for miles over
the picturesque roads ON a roadway un-
exampled for smoothness and freedom
from dust.-Washington Post.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-02
M'KIsLEY's MESSAGE.

A Short Ses.ion and Little ,Legislation
Would BE the Proper Thing.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. B. Governor
Mckinley in his message to the legisla-
ture says:
"Your honorable body meets at a time
when the state is suffering from pro-
longed industrial depression, for which,
%unhappily, there appears no immediate
prospect of relief. The people will de-
mand that their representative shall
practice economy in public expenditures,
which necessity forces upon them in
their private expenditures.
A short session and but little legisla-
ton would be appreciated at a time like
this
Real estate and other tangible prop
erty, now, he says, pays the large share
Of taxes, while other varieties Of prop
erty which are intangible, either wholly
escape or bear a disproportionate share.
He suggests ''that the tax commission
which was appointed to and which did
make a report recently upon the subject
of tax revision, be continued for such
time as it may be deemed wise. !
1t is a bipartisan body. It's report
shows that the burden is very unequally
distributed, and inclines to the view that
corporations as a class do not have their
full share.
The governor warns against tax legis-
lation framed so as to confiscate capital
or drive it out of the state.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-02
The Judge Long Decision.

WASHINGTON, Jan. at is expected
that the decision in the case of Judge
Charles Long of Michigan against Com
missioner of Pensions Lochren, seeking
restoration of his former pension rating,
will not be rendered before the latter
part of next week. 1t is possible, how
ever, that it will be delivered by Justice
Bradley of the district supreme court on
Tuesday. The opinion has not yet been
prepared, as Judge Bradley wanted to
consult various legal works recognized
as authorities on the subject.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-02
COUNTY COURT.
Judge Williamson Holds His Semi Annual
Session and Disposes Of the Fol-
lowing Gases.

Promptly at 8 o'clock this forenoon
Sheriff Fox called the regular January
session OF the county court to order, in
the court house, Judge Williamson, pre-
siding. Clerk of Courts Preston was on
hand with his docket land the calendar
Of cases was called and disposed OF as
follows:
Elizabeth Hines VS.. VIM. Lee. Farm
or & Farmer for plaintiff; w. @.
Beaman for defendant. Continued by
consent.
Sieberling, Miller & Co., vs.. Jas. Davis.
d. ID. Holdridge for plaintiff. VIM. Nc
Grath for defendant. Referred to F. L.
Soper.
State of South Dakota vs. John Bar
tholl. +. L. Soper; settled as per order
Of court on file.
No other business appearing, court
adjourned, sine die.
House for rent. CHAs b. KENNEDY.
/ have q customer who wants to trade
IL good work horses and a new thresh-
ing machine for land.
CHAs. B. KENNEDY.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-02
Scientifically Gauged Western Rivers.

Scientifically Gauged Western Rivers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The determine
ton of the problem of the amount Of
water to be used for irrigation In the
West is the object of an investigation
now in progress at the geological survey.
The scientists of the survey have COM
pleted a chart showing the 'mean an
nual run off in the streams of the United
States" 1t was compiled under the
direction of Geologist g. II. NOEL, and
the first map of the character ever made.
1t is the result of about IA years of
study, though only six years ago has the
investigation been conducted on an ex-
tensive scale. During the past six
years all the large rivers in the United
States have been gagged by survey
scientist.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-02
OVERTIME OF CARRIERS.
The Special Commissioners VIII Begin His
Investigation Next Month.

Ane SpGclaI CunlmIssiOnef w III A5eE1n E1lS
Investigation Next Month.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. - Assistant
Superintendent William Hill of the
delivery system Of the p~ostofice depart
ment, who has been designated by the
court of claims as commissioner to ex-
anime into the overtime claims of letter
carriers, will enter upon his new duties
or Feb. 5. He will retain his present
position, and will get an additional sal
airy of $4,000 per annuln. His duties
will occupy him at least a year, during
which time he will visit all the large
cities east of the Mississippi river. His
tour of investigation will commence in
New York. 1t is probable that another
commissioner will soon be appointed to
investigate the claims in cities west Of
the Mississippi river. The salary of this
position viii be 5000 per annum The
aggregate amount represented by the
overtime letter carriers claims through
out the country is estimated at $3.50, 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-02
st. Paul's Cash Account.

ST.. PAUL, Jan. City Treasurer
Miller has completed his annual report,
showing the receipts and disbursements
for 1893. This is the first time the an
nual report was ever issued the last d ~
of'the year. The balance on hand Jan.
1. 1893, was $685.. 3S1.99 The ledger
shows a balance of $74, 65S. 55. The total
receipts for the year were $4,555. 972. 07;
disbursements, 81. 1870, 3l3.52.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-02
PERSONAL ITEMS.


Marion Krom went home to Mitchell
to-day to spend vacation.
Mrs. M. e. Cogley who spent New
Years with Mrs. Margaret Flynn re-
turned home.
Miss Ella Hollenbaeck returned to
her school duties at Milbank on the
morning train.
Messrs. Ned Stott and Ed. Beadle
with their wives returned from Howard
this morning.
DIR. Clough returned from the west on
the morning train. He has a number OF
very serious cases between Winfred , nd
Howard.
Attorney Frizzell left for Sioux Falls
this morning to attend to legal causes
which come up before Judge Jones in
the Minnehaha circuit court.
Adam Albert ret urned from Nebraska
last evening. He has concluded to To-
cate ut Davis, a new town in Turner
county this state and go in to the harness
business on his own account about the
middle OF the month.
Chas. II. Bennett, OF Pipestone, Mimi,
cousin OF Judge John E. Bennett, de-
ceased, took the north train here this
morning for Clark, s. D., to be present Ut
the funeral tomorrow. The deceased
judge will be buried with Masonic
honors and q large attendance OF the
prominent men Of the state will be
pre- emit.