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CHAPTER X.

GLIMPsEs OF SEVERAL PRESIDENTS.
Pierce's Nomination Surprise-Mrs Pierce's
Great Sorrow-Shadowy Days of Buchan-
ans Administration u Lovely Harriet
Lane
The nomination of Franklin Pierce for the
Presidency was as much a surprise to him as
to the leaders of his party. In the rivalry
between such political aspirants as James
Buchanan, Lewis Cass, William L. Marcy
and Stephen A Douglas the nomination of
30 unaggressive a politician as Franklin
Pierce had not been anticipated, or thought
of, by either of them
At the convention held in Baltimore June
-, 1852, on the 49th ballot, Franklin Pierce
was made the nominee.
Party discipline was at its hight in those
days, and at the election in November he re-
ceived the vote of every State but four
His life had been busy one entering into
politics he was elected to the Legislature
when 25 years old, and elected Speaker two
years afterwards. He was sent to Congress
in 1893, and to the United States Senate in
1887, barely eligible to that position. The
came lucky star attended him through the
Mexican war, and now crowned him with the
Presidency. In all these positions he had
discharged his duty with much credit to him.
self and his country; but he was not great
man, Notwithstanding bis phenomenal sue
cess.
his Inauguration was attended with much
pomp and ceremony, on account of the mill
tary glory won in the Mexican war.
With marshals and music cheers and
handkerchiefs, Ministers in court glitter.
Congressman and civilians, the new President
was inaugurated. The night was brilliant
with balls and merry-making
Mrs. Pierce entered the White House
bearing the burden of a great sorrow Just
previous to her husbands election she had
witnessed her only child, bright boy of II,
crushed to death in railroad accident.
Under this bereavement and in delicate
health she entered the White House; but
during her residence there, her grief did not
interfere with her duties, socially or officially
She met the demands of the White House
with grace and dignity. There was innate
repose and gentleness in her manner. When
she left she was revered and loved by all
who had ever come under the influence OF
her gentle and exquisite nature.
SO passive and :imid was President Pierce
politically, that he left the Presidential chair
without having advocated a single measure
or done aught 10 solve the gexed problems
that were rapidly approaching solution. leav.
ing TO his unfortunate successor, james
Rnchanan, a legacy of inextricable troubles.
10 going back TO the shadowy DAYS thai
hung over this Republic during the Admins
iratlon of President Buchanan. we canno
touch upon a page of its history without
bringing pang TO the heart of every tru.
patriot. But there was a rift in the clouds
even then for Harriet Lane WAS the presd
Ing genius Of the White House; and neve
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Mary Abigail fllimore:
''She was the rarest and most exquisite
Presidents daughter that ever shed sunshine
in the White House. She survived her
mother but one year, dying of cholera at the
age of %; vet her memory is a benson to all
young American women, especially to those
surrounded by the allurements of society and
high station.
She was not only the mistress of many
accomplishments, but possessed a thoroughly
practical education. She was trained at
home, at Mrs. Sedgwici's school in Lenox,
Mass, and was graduated at the State Nor
NAL School, New York, as a teacher, and
taught in the public schools in Buffalo. She
was French, German and Spanish scholar,
was a proficient in music, and an amateur
sculptor.
'She was the rarest type of woman, in
whom was blended. in perfect proportion,
masculine judgment and feminine tender
ness. In her was combined intellectual
force, vivacity of temperament, genuine
sensibility and deep tenderness of heart.
Words cannot tell what such nature and
such an intelligence would be if called to
preside over the social life of the Nations
house. She used her opportunities as the
Presidents daughter to minister to others.
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Alexander Blackburn, Cambridge, Mass.
writes: I" Interest in the old soldiers and their
battles is hot confined to the GAR. and its
aux iliaries. The men and women who went on
a special train from New England to the great
Baptist anniversaries in Pittsburg stopped q
day ct Getty sburg. and under the guidance of
Capt. Minnick went over the great battlefield.
On Little Round Top We gathered and sang a
song prepared for the occasions, and with
bowed heads united in prayer to the God Of
Battles. We who are comrades rejoice that
such company could find time TO acknowl-
edge the work of the heroes of Gettysburg"
Mrs. Hudnut makes liberal offer to Invalid
Ladies on page q. Be sure and read it.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-08
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Says President Nc
Kinley Desires Peace.
WILL SAIL FOR HAVANA WEDNESDAY
Cuban Annexationists Warned to
Discontinue Their Meetings.
GEN. BLANCO'S HEALTH POOR

NEW YORK. November S--Genera1 Fitz-
fpgh Lee consul general at Havana, will
sail for his post Of duty on Wednesday.
General Lee was reticent today in speaking
of Cuban affairs. but he referred with sat
isfaction to MS Interview with President
Mckinley last Friday.
1t was of course satisfying to me- said
General Lee. to have the President tell
me that my course as consul general met
with his approval. He told me that he hal
received letters from representative me-. Of
all sections who expressed their satisfac-
ton at my retention in office. OF course, I
cannot say what my instructions are, ex-
ccpt that / am to look out for the rights of
American citizens. As to President Nc
kInley's wishes. all that I can say IS that
he desires peace.
Asked as to the effect of General Bianco's
appointment to succeed General Weyler.
General Lee said:
..Of corrSe. hen a comma 1ier is re-
Placed by another in the field 1T follows
that this ne- -.inn9anutr il 10 use Il new
policy. The new general would understand
that even though he received no special
instructions whatever. What General Blan-
cos policy will be, however. 1 cannot say.
General Lee expects to so up to West
Point tomorrow to say goodbye TO his son.
tho is cadet there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-08
STREET EXTENSION CASES
Hearing of Testimony Commenced Before
Justice Cox in District Court.
Three Subdivisions Under Consiier.t.
t5a -
tioh-"ifnesses Introduced by Dis
trict to Testify as to Values.

The taking of testimony in street extern
sion cases 429. How's: 1876 Prather's, and
431, Wright & Coxs subdivisions of Mount
Pleasant, was commenced before Judge
Cox today in the District court, ATTORNEYS
Birney, Hemphill and Voorhees, represent
ing the District. while amoung those APP
pearing on behalf of the land owners were
Il. F. Leighton. John Ridout, Nathaniel
Wilson, Lambert & Lambert, Leon To-
kriner, Wharton Lester and others.
The three subdivisions lie north of FIori-
da avenue, between Brightwood and Sher-
man avenues, and south of Whitney aynue.
the land proposed to be taken being de-
signed Tor the extension and widening of
Sth, 9th, V and w streets, and Vermont.
New Jersey and Sherman avenues
The witnesses presented by the District
as to values We're Louis Behrens Oscar
Nauck and VIM. L. BramhaIl, but Mr.. Ben
rens was withdrawn. The valuations
placed by Mr.. Nauck and Mr. BramhalI ran
from 40 cents square foot to $3.50
After recess the examination Of witnesses
was continued until. 80 o'clock, when the
court adjourned until tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-08
Washington stock EXCHANGE.

Sales-regular call-12 o'clock m-Real Estate
50 cents: 100 at SO cents 1' NV At
District Of Columbia Eonds:-eo-year fund 5s
lol1a bid so-year fund 6s, gold. liz bid. Water
stock as 1871, currency, III bid. Water stock as.
", currency III bid 365s, funding, currency,
Miscellaneous Neutrality-suspicious. Railroad IS,
Metropolitan Railroad ceriiicaes Of indebie.ness.
A, i22 bid. MetropoItan Railroad certifcates Of
road 8 bid ed nsfSa Rai s, faa
50 bid, 100 asked Columbia Railroad Is, lis bid
SERIES II BID 3D.
e. $. Electric Light debenture imp. 1O2is bid
s 1% ana trust s ' and do bad
pid. American Security and Trust IS, A. and o.,
bid. washington Market Company imp. es ' i iio
bid Washington Market Company ext. g. 10 bid
Lishf Infantry ist Is. IS bid bid i0s 'o washington
SatieDa, Bank M Of Washington go
Ts5ms!s and ri Mssaanles 50 bid 10 asked sss
ers,, 90 bid. ss asked Lincoln los bid.
eur surity and Trust. i45 bid $50 asked. Washington
Railroad Sic. ks.-Capital Traction. Sax bid. SIX
asked sa 10 s Metropolitan l2o bid 125 asked cOlum
- Gas q. and Electric Light Cas-
Insurance Stocks-Firemen's 30 bid. Franklin,
Potomac, 50 bid. Arlington, 126 bid, $50 asked.
German American, 1s6 bid. National Union, I01,
bid. Is asked. Columbia, 10E bid, ID asked Riggs
rs bid. Sk asked. Peoples, 5% bid. Lincoln 8
bid. Commercial. bid, Az asked
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title. 20
bid, 100 asked columlia Title. as bid 5K asked
Washington Title, 2h bid, 5A asked. District
Title asked.
Telephone Stocks.-Pennsylvanla 80 bid so asked
Chesapeake and Potomac. IS bid, 30 asked. Ameri-
can Graphophone, bid. 9H asked. American
Graphophone, preferred, xlo bid. II asked. Pneu-
matte Gun Carriage. so bid "a asked.
Miscellaneous Stoeks.-Mergenthaer Linotypa, 132
bid. 134 asked. Lanston Monstype. lsE bid. 20
asked. Washington Market. 10 bid. Great Falls
Ice lis bid LBS asked. Norfolk and Washington
loon asked. Lincoln Hall, 90 asked
xEx div.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-08
ALLEGED CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
Trial of Thomas Mcmahon Now 4,
Progress.

Tfcmas Mcmahon, a young white man.
was placed on trial before Chief Justice
bingham in Criminal Court No. 1 TODAY.
charged with having crimnally assaulted
Susie Semley a young colored woman, the
evening of the Sd of last July near Daish's
mill, lexington.
According to the woman's testimony, she
was walking III the ne ighborhood in COM
pany with Frederick Estridge, colored be-
tween 10 and 1890 on the evening in uues-
ton, when they were approached by sever
al young white men, the defendant, she
declared, being one of them.
A revolver was flourished in their faces.
frightening off her companion. Three of
the men then carried her off to a field
where, after one of them had run off, she
was twice assaulted, she swore by Nc
Mahon, while the other man held her Her
companion, the only other witness offered
by the government, gave similar testimony
Mcmahon was represented by Attorney
Albert Sillers who stated to The jury tina;
IL the assault ever occurred, it was not
committed by the defendant for the reason
that he was elsewhere at the time. A num-
Der OF witnesses Were then presented by
Mr.. Sillers. who testified That Mcmahon was
rot in the neighborhood Of the scene of the
alleged crime at the time it was sworn to
have been committed.
After recess several othe6 witnesses testi-
fed, and shortly before 3 o'clock, argu-
ments to the jury were begun by counsel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-08
CASTING MONEY ORDERS.
The City Post Office to Join the WASH
inEt0n Clearing HrnSe

The city post office expects to become
member of the Washington clearing house.
which is an association of the national
banks of the city formed mainly for the
purpose of convenience in exchanging the
checks that are received by the various
banks. 1t is expected that a representa-
tive of the city post Office will soon meet
each day with the representatives of the
banks for the purpose of receiving the
money orders which have been taken by
the hanks. The messenger OF each bank
will have the money orders made up on
special list and going to the headquarters
CT the clearing house will hand the money
orders to the representative of the city
post office. who will take them to the post
Office and obtain the cash and returning
viii pay to the several banks the amount
due to them
Heretofore the banks have been in the
habit of sending a clerk to the city post
office for the purpose of cashing the money
orders. but this system has been found to
be the cause of the loss of time and so
the change indicated above has been adopt
ed 1t is in use in other cities, and 1t is
believed that it will be found to be of adj
vantage here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-08

Gen. Blanco's Health PoOr-Met a
Chilly Reception.

HAVANA. via Key West. Fla, November
S.-The aEnexationists have received,
through the columns of newspaper of
this city, hint that it will he well to aban-
don their meetings. TIE article in ques-
ton conveyed the intiuiation that the CLUB
was to be proceeded against gam
bling institution, under which pretext it
would be possible 10 cause its members a
great deal of trouble. without going to the
length of accusing them of onsp;racy. The
secret meetings have, therefore, been dis
continued.
Gen. Blanco's formal reception at the
palace a week ago was a very Chilly
affair Outside of the officials and repre-
sentatives of commercial bodies Who at
tended, there were only about thirty peo-
pie present Gen. Blanco is said TO be in
poor health. to be constantly in need of
medical attendance. and. therefore. not
likely to he able to endure the hardShips
Of an energetic campaign against the in
surgeEts.
Personally, Marshal Blanco is we'll liked
by the members of all parties. including
the conservatives. who. owing to their
wealth. generally succeed in Swayina the
masses of the people in Cuba. But the
2utono'nistS and the conservatives are far
from being hand-In-gioye. and no matter
which the new captain general favors he
Is pretty sure TO have the hostility of the
utilt-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-08
TO AWAIT THE RESULT.
The Government Will Not Act Now In
the Competitor Case

The Government Will Not Act Now In
the Competitor Case.
There is the best authority for the state
ment that the administration will not, at
this time, make an issue of the latest ac-
ton of the Spanish government in the
Competitor case.
According to Madrid press advices the
Spanish ministry holds that the protocol of
1877 applies solely to American citizens re-
siding in Cuba, and consequently has no
bearing on the Competitor case The crew
Of the Competitor was tried by a summary
courtmartial for piracy and rebellion and
condemned to death. The United States
protested against the execution of the SEN
tence, and secured reconsideration of the
case.
demand was made for their trial by a
civil tribunal under the protocol of 1877
known as the Gushing protocol. In that
agreement it was stipulated that United
States citizens shall not be tried "by any
exceptional tribunal unless captured with
arms in hand.
On the other hand, Spain contended that
as the protocol expressly limited this priv
ilege to Americans resident in Cuba, ;" it
did not apply to the crew of the Compete
Tor, VINO were captured at sea, while en-
gagged in a hostile expedition.
AS already stahad, Spain acted in accord
snce with her own view of the matter and
ordered thesimem before court-martial
for trial. II Hf
1t was said at the State Department this
afternoon that, while not prepared to ad-
NIT the equity or business of the Spanish
conclusion. the authorities would await the
result OF the present court-martial proceed
irgs before talking any steps in the matter
The only official information received on
the subject was that the trial was to begin
at Havana today and that Acting Consul
General Springer would attend the sessions
to see that the prisoners were fully pro-
tected in all the legal rights.
The apparent ae1uanimity displayed by
administration officials over their failure to
secure civil trial for the Competitor pris-
oners Is probably due to a widespread inn
preston that the men are not likely to
suffer the death penalty or indeed any
serious punishment. even in the event OF
their conviction Of which there seems
little doubt.
This impression is based on adyices,
semi official or otherwise, to the effect that
Captain General Blaneo will shortly grant
amnesty to a large number of Cuban pris-
cners, including all the members of the
Competitor expedition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-08
INQUEST HELD.
Investigation of the Charges Against |
Bessie Smith.

Bessie Smith.
Coroner Carr held an inquest at the
eighth precinct station this afternoon, be-
Smith. colored. whose dead infant was
found in trunk at the house of Mr.. w.
r. Truxton, No. 1912 street northwest.
last Thursday afternoon, as published in
Fridays Star. Bessie Smith, as heretofore
stated, was employed as domestic in Mr..
Truxton's house, having formerly lived in
Rockville. The child. it is said, was put
in the trunk because Bessie did not want
birth, and she stated 10 Detective Rhodes
that the premature delivery was caused
by treatment given her by Mamie Nick
lens, also colored.
The detective. in making the inyestiga-
ton, found that Mamie Nickens is i'll and
did not arrest her. The hearing before the
coroner's jury this afternoon attracted "A
number of persons, among them friends
of the woman from Rockville, all anxious
to hear what the witnesses would say, but
they we're not admitted to the room in
which the hearing was held.
Deputy Coroner Giazebrook testified that
when called to the eighth precinct station
to make an examination he found wrapped
in towel in trunk the body of pre-
maturely born child. Decomposition had
set in and he was unable to tell the color
sex.
Bessie Smith. mother of the child, was
examined. She told the jury that her home
is in Rockville, but that she had RECENTLY
lived at the house OF Mr.. Truxton She
admitted that she had put the infant in
the trunk and said she did so because she
did not want her employer to know any-
thing about it, A colored woman named
Mamie Nicklens, she said, who is her
aunt, gave her sorae medicine and used an
instrument.
She suffered from the time her aunt ad-
ministered the drug until she was taken
sick. Her aunt visited her in September
and the child was born on the 24th of Octo-
ber Witness said she had been very sick
and had not yet fully recovered.
Dr.. George Barrie testified that he was
called to attend the woman, and he told the
jury what the latter had told him of her
condition and treatment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-08
EXPOSITION COMPANY LIABLE.
Must Stand Loss to French Republic
at Worlds Fair.

CHICAGO. November S-Judge Grosscup
of the federal bench today handed down an
opinion, holding the Worlds Columbian
Exposition Company responsible for the
losses to the French republic and the
French exhibitors by reason of the fire on
the night of January g. 1894.
The loss consisted of some fine Beauvais
and Gobelin tapestries and two magnifi-
cent Sevres vases, made for ornaments at
the entrance to the chamber Of deputies.
The French republic claimed $4,000 on its
direct loss and $4,000 more by reason OF
delay and extra expenses attending the
fire.
Half dozen private exhibitors from
France had loss of $4,000 combined The
court did not fix the amount of damages
to be paid by reason Of the fact that II
appeared that some Of the private ex-
hibitors had collected insurance, and the
court desires that 1t appear that the suit
is brought In the interest of insurance
companies. and to be limited to the amount
accepted In insurance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-08
.ID FOR ICE-nOINp vH.IERS
Secretary Long Asked to Send n Re
lief Ship.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. November s.
A determined effort is being made to all
the 3ee whalers now imprisoned by ice in
the Arctic. Ali the California representa-
tives in Congress have appealed to the
Secretary of the Navy. asking that the
government at once send a relief ship to
their rescue The CAN has offered to pro-
vision the vessel. and 5000 in cash has
been promised by the Examiner and the
managers Of the base ball tournament.
If no govern ment vessel is available 1t
is possible that private steamer may be
chartered Many experienced men are CO
the opinion that a relief ship will not be
able TO get within several hundred miles of
the suffering men. but ii is hoped that pro-
visions may be taken by reindeer TO them
overland TO Point Barrow. The success of
this project will depend largely on the
weather, though il is thought TO be feast
Bile.
The chamber of commerce favors imme
date relief and the indications that
some plan of succor will be carried into
effect.