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case had claimed that he had been led
astray by the girl. Nothing could be far
ther from the truth. 1t was simply as the
defendant himself had admitted. There
was no struggle, no protest 1t was simply
that there were two people who were to-
gether and who were both willing to violate
GODS law for the sake of gratifying their
passions IT was something to be greatly
deplored. but it was something that has
occurred time and again in the past and
Will occur In the future. The only way to
prevent it is to inculcate in our children
such an idea of morality that everything
OF the sort would be utterly repugnant to
them.
At the time Of this meeting the plaintiff
was twenty years of age, instead of seven
teen. Instead of being an innocent and
guileless girl she was one who had trodden
many and devious paths.
All this had been proved by the testi-
mony of the witnesses for the defense
and II 1t was not true it was within the
power of the plaintiff to disprove it, but
that had not been done. The alleged forged
letter. too, was undoubtedly in the hand
writing of the plaintiff. When she was
asked to read it to the jury she said she
would like to examine it, for often when
she could not recognize a letter by the
writing she would know it by the contents.
She did not want TO see the contents to
know If it was her letter. She knew it
was. She only wanted to see what was in
it to see if it would hurt her case, and as
soon as she was sure that it would she de-
MED that she had ever written it. Further
more, the authenticity of the letter had
been proved by the experts and the plain
tiff had not even cast a doubt upon it by
bringing expert testimony on the other
side. Mr.. Wilson mad said that 1t was
easy to get expert testimony to prove any
thing and yet they had not brought any.
No expert would ever risk his reputation
upon such statement.
A Dramatic Climax.
Then came one of the most eloquent
climaxes of the speech. Efte. speaking of
the glorious history and antecedents of the
Breckenridge family Mr.. .Butterworth rushed
towards Mr.. Breckenridge, and in dramatic
tones told him that unless that letter was
written by Miss Pollard he was a force.
EITHER you have forgotten your glorious
ancestry and have turned a common forgcr
or else that woman is a liar.
Then, in a calmer tone, Mr.. Butterworth
told The jury that if a man of the intelli-
Gence of Mr.. B-eckinrdge had undertaken
to win his case by forged letter he would
have written such letter as would have
clnched the matter beyond doubt. He
would have cleared the chasn.. He was
mot such an unmitisated chump as ever
to build up such a bridge as would only go
half way across" He would have finished
up the business once fo- all.
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THE HOUSE.

Immediately after the reading of the Jour
nal today Speaker Crisp ruled on the point
of order raised by Mr.. Reed yesterday
against Mr.. Sprlnger's attempt to withdraw
the motion made by him last Saturday to
discharge the warrant issued to the ser
geant-at-arms during the recent deadlock
to arrest absentees
He held that as the House was dividing
upon the motion when II adjourned the
motion could not be withdrawn. He also
held that the vote upon this motion became
the regular order, and the clerk was di-
rected to call the roll. The republicans re-
Trained from voting. This was in pursuance
of the plan decided upon by Mr. Reed and
his colleagues TO force the democrats to
produce quorum on this motion. The
democrats were 23 short of a quorum as
shown by the result of the roll call: l4l35.
A call of the House developed the presence
OF 2ll members. The vote then required on
Mr.. Springers motion. Again no responses
came from the republican side
Again the democrats failed to muster a
quorum. This time they were is short. tie
vote resulting, HI. AS it was apparent
that the democrats could not secure a
quorum today. Mr.. Dockery moved to ad-
journ, and the motion was carried and. at
lao p. m, the House adjourned until to-
morrow.
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LATE NEWS BY WIRE.
War Again Opened in the Coke
Region.
THE SITUATION BECOMES CRITICAL
Workmen Driven Away by the
Strikers.
SHERIFFS FORCE OVERAWED

UNIONTOWN, Pa, April 11.-War has
'Iegun again in the coke region, and the
situation today Is most critical. Rioting
and raiding have been the program from
early morning, and fierce battles have been
averted only by concessions on the part of
} the companies
ga The first Indication Of trouble was in the
form Of an armed mob of 400 strikers
which assembled at 7:30 today at the
Youngstown works of the H. c. Frick Com
pany. near here. About sixty coke draw
ers were in the pit when, on a fag-given
signal. strikers swooped down upon the
plant from every direction. The workers
fed for shelter to the company's store,
which was guarded by only six employees.
The 400 Huns in the mob demanded that
Iorkmen be given up. This was refused
at first, but after several attacks the work.
men were given up. They were treated to
all sorts of insults, and some of them were
beaten.
Sheriff Wilhelm was notified at once, and
started for the scene Of the trouble. The
rioters had left for the LeiSenring works,
taking the Youngstown workers with them
The sheriff gave chase with twenty depu-
ties, overlook the mob and ordered them to
ed that they were on the public highway
and they had equal rights with the sheriff.
A deputy took charge OF one OF the men,
when the strikers surrounded the posse and
forced the authorities to give up the man.
The sheriffs force then fell back and the
strikers continued the march toward Leis-
erring. Twenty more deputies have left
here to join Sheriff Wilhelm. Trouble is
Inevitable. as the strikers are all armed.
At the Youngstown plant il is said an at
tempt was made to shut off the air from
the mine, which would have resulted in
suffOcation and death for the workers.
There were thirty-three delegates at the
cokers' convention at Scottdale yesterday,
said to represent the whole region, and they
by vote decided to continue the strike. Be
fore the convention assembled it was hint
ed that the majority of the delegates want
ed the strike declared off. or at least COM
promise on the Frick scale. The failure to
end the strike in this way is now blamed
on the delegates, who are not employed at
any OF the plants. and who are strongly in
Favor Of continuing the strik,.
Resolutions Were passed indorsing the
scale Of prices presented by the scale COM
mittee, viz: 90 cents per 100 bushels for
mining and all their labor in proportion,
warning all the people against exaggsrat-
ed reports of newspa pers and to continue
the strike until the demands are gained.
Michael Barrett was elected president for
the district He is old leader and served
a year In the worthouse for completely in
the strike of 1891, when seven strikers
were killed at Morewood. II was rumored
last night that a warrant had been issued
for Barrett'S arrest as an accessory to the
rfOt and killing last week.
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New York Cotton.
PROPOSED SHIP CANAL.
A Connection between Lake Superior
and the Mississippi.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 1.-THE commit
tee Of the chamber of commerce having
in charge the matter of a proposed shin
canal between Lake Superior and the Mis-
sissippi called on Prof. winchell, state
geologist, for information on the water
supply for the eastern end Of the shin
canal, the congressional committee ON
canals being doubtful of the suficiency OF
the water supply. A letter just received
from Prof. Ninchell states that the prob
able route OF canal is a tract OF lake
country ten square miles, easily accessible
and convenient for use, which has water
abundantly sufficient to feed the canal on
the divide and at all lower stations" OF
course there Is still more water available
from the larger streams
The committee will report on the bill to-
morrow.
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IowA's COLDEsT MARCH.
The Month Which II Has just Passed
Through.

DES MONIES. Iowa, April 1.-THE first
report Of the Iowa crop and weather serv-
Ice just issued, among other things says:
Farming operations were begun three weeks
earlier than the average Of recent years in
the central and southern districts More
than half the usual amount of small grain
was sOWn before the 10Th of March The
daily mean temperature Of the first and
second weeks of that month was sixteen
degrees above the normal. But the last
week IN March brought winter and biz
zardS and temperature close to zero in all
parts OF the state. 1t was the coolest
weather recorded in Iowa in the past de-
cdde FOR March The sudden reversal of
v Gather cO1ditiO1S was damaging 10 all
spring grain that reached the germ and the
reseetinS Of oats Winter wheat also suf-
fered severely, but as the acreage of that
crop is quite small the loss will not be ap-
prec1able- All early and tender varieties of
orchard fruits suffered severely, especially
In the southern districts.
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CLAIMS TO BE COL. HETH.
The story Told by n Convict in an
Iowa Prison.

ANAMOSA. Iowa. April ia convict
now confined in the Anamosa penitentiary
claims he is the Col. Heth who commanded
Heth's division of HilPs corps at the battle
Of Gettysburg. He describes accurately all
the maneuvers OF the battle exactly as set
forth in the official records of the War
department There is scarcely a spot six
inches square on his body that has not a
wound. He claims all of these were re-
ceiyed In the army. Letters have been writ
ten to ascertain the truth of the mans
statements and establish his identity, and if
ne Is found to be what he claims. a pardon
viii be asked for from the President.
Heth Is seventy years old, and he and his
son have been in prison for three years for
stealing cattle. Judge Parker of Indian ter
rltory, who sentenced him. says they carried
on cattle stealing a large scale, shiDpiag
10 Kansas City Heth claims personal
acquaintance with Secretary Smith and SAYS
the Secretary's father was in the army with
him. People are inclined to believe his story
A letter has been written to Secretary
Smith In regard to the old man
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RnItimore Markets.

BALTIMORE. Nd, April n.-F1our quiet, IN
changed-receiPts, 6,S36 barrels; shipments. 2 Sas
barrels. Wheat dull, at a decline-spot, 62i.a62T
May, 62Sia625S, July. 6slsa64S. steamer No. 2
red 5Sl.a59iS- receipts SIP bushels; stock ae9-
ao5 bushels; sales. 354.ooO bushels milling wheat
by sample. Oia6S. Corn easy-spot, 46s.a+SAs
April. 45a+5i.: May. s3a.a44: July. - lid:
steamer mixed, 44i.a44A-receipts, u go bushels
shipments lab bushels: stock. 292. GC6 bushels:
sales. $4,000 bushels-southern corn by sample.
46a4l. Oats strong-recepts. 5000 bushels: stock.
lol.222 bushels. Rye dlli-stock, 23.92s bushels.
Hay dull-good 10 choice timothy, S450aSi5. 90.
Grain freights weak am unchanged Sugar dun
and unchanged. Butter hrm-fancy creamery, Pa
20 do imitation. laa20: do. ladle. l6al1: kood
ladle. l4ala store parked. l3al4. Egss nrm-frsh,
loi.all. Cheese unchanged.
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SHOT THE WIDOWS sUITOR.
He Had Been In the Barn Cutting the
Horses Tails.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. April 1.-THE Com
mercial Gazette Bellaire special says great
excitement prevails at Cameron, Monroe
county. Ohio. over a fatal shooting affair.
Berhart Martin fatally wounded John Bo-
len.
Martin lives with his widowed mother-in-
law, Mrs. Barbara Mellot. Bolen was in
fatuated with the widow. but was cast off
Bolen continued to annoy her at night.
Martin heard noise in the barn. and TAX
ing his gun. went to investigate. When near
the barn he saw a man leaving the build
ing and called upon him to make himself
known. Upon refusal, Martin fired and the
man, who proved to be Bolen. dropped with
a heavy load of shot in the bowels. Bolen
had been in the barn dsiguring the wild
oWis horses by cutting their tails off. Bo-
len died this morning Martin is at liberty
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WILL WORK INCEssANTLY.
Paper Mills Which Have a Govern
ment Contract,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 1.-THE ex-
tensive paper mills OF Alexander BaIfour &
Sons at Port Richmond will shortly be
running night and day. The present force
OF employees numbers 200 h0lds but the
awarding to the firm by the United States
government Of the contract for supplying
all paper used in the internal revenue
bureau Will necessitate a large increase in
the force, as the contract calls fo- 500 600
pounds Of paper
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A SENSATION PROMISED.
Several Residents of Indianapolis
Charged With Bank Wrecking.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, April 1.-THE
trial Of Francis A. Coffin. p. S. Coffin and
Albert s. Reed. the defendants in the In
dianaIclis Cabinet Company case. under in
dictment for aiding and abetting Banker
Haugbey Of the Indianapolis National Bank
In wrecking that institution, began today.
The Cabinet Company has branch estab-
hshmeLts in all the leading American and
European cities, and some sensational facts
involving more than 81 100000 are promised
to be brought out by the evidence.
4 jury was secured and the case pre-
sented-
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GAMA'S ESCAPE.
No Official Information Of Ii mt the
state Department..

The Secretary of State has received no
official Information OF the escape of 'he in
surgent admiral Cana, from the Portu-
guese man-of-war. which was taking him
and his officers to a place of safety in
Portugal The latest dispatch from Min
lister Thompson at Rio contained nothing
more important than q request for ,,,-mis-
sion to come home on leave OF absence
This request will undoubtedly be granted
and Mr. Thompson will probably ,1aKe his
appearance in Washington in the course of
a few weeks.
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THE NEW JERSEY ELECTION
\ Source of Delight TO Mr.. Hill and
Opponents of the Tariff Bfu

Senator Hill and the other opponents of
the tariff bill are greatly delighted over
the fact that amid the general defeat of
the democrats in New Jersey. the only
place where democratic gains We're made
WAS in Paterson, the home of Representa-
tive Cadmus, who voted against the Will
son bill in the House.
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UNION TRANSFER STATION.
A Policy That Will Improve the Street
Railroad Situation

II the policy of the Commissioners is
carried out the railroad situation in Wash
iEgton will be highly improved After several
months of careful study and considera tion
the Commissioners have decided upon a
scheme of union transfer stations for
street car companies. The primary OBJ
1ect OF this is to prevent the city from
being gridironed by more railroad COM
panies and at the same time bring about
a system of transfer which will answer
all purposes. The scheme was originated
by Capt. Powell, the Engineer Commits
sioner, who has given the study of street
railroads considerable attention since he
has been connected with the city govern
ment. Briefly, the scheme of the Com
missioners is to establish at central points
in all sections of the city commodious sta
tionS for the transfer of passengers from
one line to another. 1t will be seen at a
glance that such an arrangement would
allow citizen living in Anacostia to reach
Georgetown on one fare. and will do away
with the necessity of one railroad using
the tracks of another.
Location of the Station.
In the report of the Commissioners on the
Great Falls railroad bill, which was print
ed in yesterdays Star, there was a pro-
vision for union transfer station at or
near the north end of the Aqueduct bridge.
1t was also provided that all railroads en-
tering Georgetown from the Aqueduct
bridge, or the west, should terminate at
this station ard that the Washington and
Georgetown railroad should extend its
tracks to that station. This is the begin
ming of the scheme; for If this charter is
granted, as recommended by the Commits
sioners, the intersecting roads at that
point must stand the expense incident to
the erection of a station. 1t has been de-
piiRl to locate another one OF these sta
tions at 7th and Florida avenue, where
four street railroads intersect; another will
be erected at the intersection of H street,
Maryland avenue, 18th street, Bladensburg
and Benning road; another will be located
on B street between 9Th and 7th streets
northwest. a short distance west of the
Baltimore and Potomac depot, and still
another near the Washington end OF the
new Pennsylvania avenue bridge. 1t is
understood that the railroad companies are
in favor of this scheme.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening, the highest AMI
stock market TODAY, as reported Oy Corsoa
Mccartney. members New York stock exchange
Correspondents Messrs- Moore a Schley, No 50
Broadway.
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SpecinI Attorney Amounted,

Attorney General Olney has appointed
John r. Aust of Carthage Tenn, a special
attorney in the Department of Justice, 40
defend government suits in the Court of
Claims
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Range of the Thermometer.

The following were the readings of the
thermometer at the weather bureau today:
s a m, "a: 2 p. m, IS; maximum. IS;
minimum, 80.
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GEN. sLOCUM WORSE.
A had Night Passed by the Gallant
Veteran.

NEW YORK, April 11.-Gen. H. w.
slocum was worse this morning. He passed
q bad night
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Wheat Was Weak.

CHICAGO. April 11.-whcat was weak
today on free liquidation of May. After
opening 3-s lower at 81 Ia, May sold down
cent. At the break. Partridge became a
free buyer and q reaction to 81 IA followed.
Weak cables aided IN the decline
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A party of business men and railroad
officials were in conversation yesterday,
when one OF the business men remarked
that he knew OF no class Of professed
business men who were as inconsistent
in their action as were the passenger men.
He then went on 10 say: "A few lays
ago the roads c4ntering here were asked
to make a 1-cent-a-mile rate to Indian
aDolis on Labor day and. IL practicable,
every day the races and the State fair
were in progress. The representatives OF
the roads got together. labored three hours
and finally decided that IL would be unwise
TO set such a precedent. the Pennsylvania
lines. the Vandalia and the Lake Erie d
Western voting against making. such a
rate. while the MonOn, the indianapolis,
Decatur < Western. the Big Four and the
c.. n. & ID. favored the reduction on La
Dor day. if no other, but under the rules
of the association TO reduce a rate two
thirds must favor ii, so IL was defeated,
yet the same Pennsylvania official, the
same Lake Erie * Western official, is
now giving a acknowledgements
rate To Chicago and return. No wonder
the passenger men are becoming a laugh
ing stock over their novel ways Of dong
business" Other cases equally inconsistent
were alluded to by others present One
OF the railroad men said: "Well. L am
Thankful that / am a freight man, where
such inconsistencies are net allowed by
our superior officers
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To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
The survivors of the First Corps of the
Army of the Potomac will hold a reurion
at Room 2, in the courthouse at Pittsburg,
at z p. m, on Sept. IL. The memories OF
that old corps rise in majestic grandeur,
even when its record in that great war is
but plainly told. 1t will stand in history
as conspicuous as the Old Guard of Ma
poleon. 1t fought, unassisted, the battle
of the second day at Bull Run, and re-
manned on the field within a hundred yards
of the enemy. When the army finally re-
treated from the field ii covered the re-
treat of our retiring troops, Dudley cutting
the bridge across Bull Run under the
directions of General kearney. At South
Mountain il held the extreme right and
swept the enemy from it's summit. At
Antietam il drove Lees left back in the
cornfield around the bunker Church, be-
the field, while it opened the battle oe
Fredericksburg with one OF the most gall
liant charges, assisted by the Pennsylvania
Reserves, in the history of the world. AT
Charlottesville il assisted Sedgwick. and
then joining Hooker. occupied the extreme
Gettysburg with $500 and came out with a
loss of 6.059. In the Wilderness, Spottsyl-
vania. North Anna, Cold Harbor, siege OF
Petersburg. Five Forks, and on TO Apo
mattox, the valor OF tie Old First Corps
aidei in the hard fighting and final victory.
will meet Fairchild, Gen. John c. Robin
son. who is now blind, Beath. Wagner.
Proctor. Dudley. Osborne and others. We
welcome one and all. j. III. ST1NE,
President First Army Corps.
Union City, Ind, Aug. 81.
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AMUSEM ENnS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rom,s Cabin,

The Hyer sisters; Walter Espey, a popu-
lar colored actor; the little child actress,
Helen McCabe; the three famous buck and
wing dancers, Pearl Woods and the broth
ers Grundy; fifty other people, two car
loads of SCENERY, twenty ponies and bur-
ros, a pack of Siberian bloodhounds and a
number of speciality performers. will go to
make the performance of Uncle Toms
Cabin by Edward +. Davis's COMPANY at
English's Opera House. beginning with a
Monday matinee. The engagement is for
three nights, with a special Labor day mat
inee and another on Wednesday,. The COM
pany will give a street parade Monday
morning.
Cleveland's Ministries follow at English's
next Thursday and Friday nights, with
Billy Emerson and other burnt-cork nota-
bleS in the company.
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At the meeting of the Board of Public
Works yesterday morning the following i'm
provement resolutions were adopted:
For paving with asphalt the wings of
streets and alleys crossing Meridian street
from Seventh to Twelfth street.
For bricking the south sidewalk of Wy
oming street from Delaware to High
street.
The following vouchers were approved
by the board: Street repair pay roll,
$SSS.24; sewer gang4 $l19.10; bridge gang,
S179.7 20.
A delegation of property owners on Will
Jams street asked that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company be required to remove
the switches laid by it in Railroad alley"
The property owners say the alley was
never vacated.
A delegation of South Side citizens, head
ed by ]. c.. Adams, called upon the board
and presented a resolution adopted at a
meeting of Southsfders a few nights ago
thanking the board for seeking to secure
a S15.O 0 apprOpriation for Garfield Park.
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away, there being no business of any kind.
Some OF these were laid out for specula-
ton.
A few weeks ago parties established
formation bureau. They conceived the idea
that they could save the railroad COM
panies a good deal of money by converting
their establishments into a union ticket Of
fee. Having written the general passen-
ger agents, il is stated, and not receiving
much encouragement they have now writ
ten the general managers regarding their
enterprise.
NJ. w. Mansfield, superintendent Of the
Indianapolis & Vincennes, while on his
pleasure trip visited Boston, where he
called on w. D.. Ewing, general supt rim
ten1ent of the Fitchburg road. and 10y him
vas shown the new Union station at Bcs-
ton. Its train sheds are rather larger than
those of the Union Railway Company, Of
this city, having eighteen tracks, but, taken
as a whole. the structural work IS - no
means on as grand a scale rs the station
here.
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Defective Cement Walks.

John S. Duncan came before the Board of
Public Works yesterday and asked the
members OF the board to inspect the new
He said the walk in front of his place at
76 East Washington street Is three inches
lower than the other parts of the walk.
The members of the board went with him
to view the work and found it as he had
said The contractor says he followed the
specifications and papers of the engineer
and made no mistake in the work. The
board said the walk would be put in proper
condition.