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Freight received from 7 a. m. until 5 p. m.
Returning. boats leave Nor-walk at 5. p. m.,
and South .‘oerk at 6:30 p. m. _
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Pleasure Tours.
- III-Gan} January 30th, February 13:11 and
‘ “37111, March 13th and L’Tlh. Two
weeks 1!} the land of flowers on bus first four
tours. wml} tickets for last tour are good to
return until May 31st._ Special :raim or Pull-
man sleeping and dining cars. Rate from
New lurk $50.00. from Philadelphia $48.00.
Proportionate rates from other points.
WA HiNGTON January ~18th, February
__ 8th, March ist and 22nd.
' ADr1112fl1 andMay 3rd and filth. Three day
tours to the Rational Capitol, Circling rail-
road fare and hotel accommodation. Rate
from New/Tori; $13.00 and $13.50. from l’uila-
dolphin $11.00, '
Tourist agent and chapsion accompany
each party. .
For tickets..itinernries, and in l information .
apple to tourist vacuums South ii'ourthstrect.
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street, llroox yn. or 205 \‘t’ztslilncton street,
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I received the three Souvenir Spoons, and think they are lovely. Please
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washing powder I have ever used, it makes my clothes so beautifully white
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LAWRENCE, Mass, Sept. 25, ’93.
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OF LADIES1 1ND GEXTLEMEN'S
GARMENTS 1
mac“: up or ripped to look like new.
f: 1nd cloves, Cleaned, 10 Cents Up.
All goods done at the shortest notice.
Office and Dve Works: ‘
Broad River, : : : : Norwalk.
Goods called for-and delivered free of
charge.
Lace Curtains Cleaned. ,
ounnus can If. LeftQt netts s: Fan‘i
; riugton’s Store on “'all Street, ‘ a
Smartest
»Genuine Saratoga water in block-tin
lined barrels direct from the celebra-
ted spring is for sale on draught by
JAMES HADDEN, at the corner 01'
Wall and River streets. ‘ .
THE WATER j
Is brought direct from, Saratoga and
is dispense-i in precisely- the same
condition in which it flows from the
spring at Sermons and is sold at 5 cts
our ideas.
, Exhibits Auctioned on: _
CHICAGO, -March 9,—All the unsold ad'—
misslon tickets to the'Wo'rld’s fainabout
3,500,000 in all, have been sold to a local
‘lpeculato‘r for about $11,000. There are
about 11 different styles of tickets, includ;
lug the souvenirs for Chicago and Manhat-
tan days and the children’s souvenir tick:
ets. ‘ -
. “'While the price paid is a fair one,” said
Treasurer Seebergcr, “I. think the pur-
" chaser will be able to make a. good thing
of his investment. The tickets are very
fine specimens of steel engravings and cost
the exposition con puny $2.6635 per thou-.
sand, so that we just about get our money
back on what are left; over.” ' ' ' .
~Sale by auction of abandoned \Yorld’s
fair exhibits is in prcg‘ress in Jackson park.
It is being conducted by Collector of. Cus—
toms Clark for the ;j :1rpose of realizing the
value of the duties n the goods. .Eighti
rooms in the. building were filled \vith'as‘
miscellaneous a lot of stuff as was ever got,
together. \Viues from France, bamboo.
from Java, fish {mm Norway, statuary
from Italy, sedan chairs from Turkey,
with any an". stint of miscellaneous articles,
the entire lot \ clued at 33,503), were offered
for sale. The opportunity to secure bar-
gains and souvenirs of the fair- attracts
large crowds. '
Pcslmasters Koniinated.
. WAsmxorcx, March 9.-—The president
today sent the following nominations to
the senate:
Postmaster; — Stephen H. Hall. Norwich,
Conn.: David L. Godley, “'hitestone. N. Y.;
Charlesl’l‘. Sammie, Northport. N. Y.; G. Ed'-
ward Laing. Schuylcrsville, N. Y.: Frank L.
Stowell. Olean. N. Y.; Albert L. Rider, Rhiuc-~
beck. N. Y.: Aloysius McArdle.\Vest Seneca,
N. Y.-, John H. Mullins, Pittston. Pa.; John H.
Payne, Oil City, l’a. ,
He Died In Jail. p
ROCHESTER, March 9. —- The death of
James Maxwell of Geneva at the Ontario
county jail at Canandaigua, it is alleged,
was indirectly due to the brutality of the
Geneva police officials. Last week Max-
well was forcibly removed from a sick bed
at his home and taken in a hack to the po-
lice station, where he was kept until Sat-
urday and then taken by train to the coun-
ty jail.
Inventive Genius Above Par.
IVASHINGTON, March 9. —- The largest ,
number of applications for patents received
in any week so far this year is recorded at "
the patent office for the week ending
W'ednesday. This fact is shown in a state-
ment prepared at the office, based on the
official reports. The number was 899, which.
makes a total of 6,729 applications await-
ing the action of the examining corps.
Big Fire In Binghamton.
Brxenanron, N. Y., March 9.-Fire de—
stroyed the building occupied by the Bing-
hamton' General Electric company. The
loss is estimated at $16,000. The block ad. .
joining was destroyed; also C. B. Smith’s
and C. H. Hall’s cigar factories. The loss
on the factories is $15,000. The lithograph~
ing plant of Silber & Case is a total loss.‘
It was inventoried at $36,500. ‘
Serious French Naval Charges. '
TOULON, March 9.——The evidence which
is being furnished to the coinmiSSion
charged with investigating the allegations
made against the French navy and the
coastl'defenses of France increases the grav¥
ity of the charges made. In substance, it'
was asserted that the majority of the'
French war vessels \vere practically use-
less. ' ’ ' -
A Missing Siam Body—Pound.
W'ARSAW, Mich, March 9. —John McDon-
ald of Java, Wyoming county, disappeared
from his home on Feb. ll. His body has just
been found between that place and VVeth-
ersfield Springs. He was lying at the foot
of a. tree. He probably became overpow-
ered by exhaustion and exposure during
the furious storm on the day following-bis
disappearance and froze to death.
For Quick Traveling-
VICTORIA, B. '., March 9,—Under the
contract with the (,‘anadian government
for the Anglo-Alienation steamship, serv-
ice a trip frOm Australia to England will
be made in 25 days. The trip across the
Pacific is to ,be madein 16 days, across the
continent in 4 days and across the Atlantic
in 5 days.
Lightning Struck a Illinlster’s House.
MACON, March 9.—During a severe light:
11ng storm - the house of Rev. B. ‘W. Gra-
ham was struck by lightning and almost
entirely destroyed. His wife and "several
children narrowly escaped death. A light-
ning storm at this season of the year in
this "inimitv is considered phenomenal.
A Nebraska. Bank Closed.
HARRISON, March 9.——The doors of the
Bank of l—larrison were chased, and the in-
stitution is now in the hands of the state
banking: hum-.1.
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livers, those whose livers are slug-
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They’re tiny, sugar-coated, anti-
bilious granules that every child
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v always fresh. ‘
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Lasrrv. —They absolutely cure
Constipation, Indigestion, ‘Bilious
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pay you $500 in cash.
Particulars of the Collision Between
, British and Portuguese.
ASSURANCE or MB. RHODES.
He Had Told the Telegraph Officials That
They “’ould Be Protected In Their
“’ork, and He Kept His \VOrd.
Details or the Conflict. '
PORT NATAL,.March 9.-Particulars re-_
garding the collision'which has taken
place near Tete, on the, Zambezi river, be-
tween the forbe loaded from the British
river gunboat Mosquito and the Portu-
gueseiwho had been interfering with the
British party engaged in constructing the.
telegraph line from the British sphere to
connect with the British east coast line
have not yet; reached here, but there is no
doubt that the encounter must lead to
prompt measures being taken by the Brits
ish authorities. ' ‘
As cabled yesterday afternoon, a British
:pnstructiou party had been attacked near
:hc town referred to, and Commander Carr
3f the Mosquito felt called upon to protect
the telegraph line builders. Commander
Carr thereupon landed "a detachment of
sailors, who were fired upon by the Portu-
guese and who returned the enemy’s fire.
The Mosquito party then seems to have
been pressed by numbers, for Commander -
Carr asked for re—enforcements, and it was ,
also reported that the Portuguese governor
. was on his way to' the scene of the encoun—
ter with two Portuguese gunboats and a.
forceof troops. - . '
The collision between the Portuguese
and the British on the Zambezi river is due
to an attempt of the Mozambique com-
:pany to obtain pecuniary benefits firom the
African 'I‘ranscontinental Telegraph com-
pany, which is engaged in extending its
telegraphic system from Fort Salisbury,
in Mashonaland, in order to connect with
the system of telegraph lines extending
from Cairo down the east coast of Africa.
The line referred to was to have crossed
the Zambezi river in the vicinity of Tete,
the capital of the l.’ort‘ugucse territory of
Kilimane. ‘
The officials of the British Telegraph
company resisted all such attempts and
complained to the colonial. secretary of
Cape Colony, the Hon. P. H. Faure, who
placed the matter in the hands of the pre-
mier, the Hon. Cecil Rhodes, who, by the
any, is said to be the author of the idea
which resulted in the formation of the
African Transcontinental Telegraph com-
pany, registered in London,1and who is re-
ported to have originated the plan to con—
nect the company’s lines with the east
coast of Africa. system. .
Mr. Rhodes.7 Assurance. ~
The premier seems to have assured th
officers of the telegraph cornpany that they
would be supperted in their protest against
any unjust demands" made by the Portu-
guese, and the commander of the Mosquito,
as well as the commanders of other Brit-
ish gunboats on the Zambezi river, was
instructed to support the telegraph line
Construction party against oppression upon
the part of the Portuguese.
:‘The Portuguese, accordingto the‘ story
\ told, failing in their attempts to obtain pe-
. cuniary aid from the British Telegraph-
company, commenced a series of petty an~
.noyances which gave rise to a very bitter
feeling between the British and the Portu-
guese, and which caused much inconven-
ience and some suffering to the telegraph
people. For instance, it is claimed, the
.Portuguese commenced a system of boy-
cotting the supplies of fuel and provisions
intended for the construction party, and
'finally went so far as to boycott the sup-.
plies of fuel and provisionslntended for
the British gunboat Herald, a steel stern
wheel vessel of the Mosquito class, of 82
tons, intended for use upon the rivers of
Africa.
The commander of the Herald, Lieuten-
ant Allan T. Hunt, protested vigorously
against this boycott and after succeeding
“in obtaining the necessary fuel and provi— '
sions by lending his sailors (the natives, by
order of the Portuguese authorities, refus-
ing to handle the wood and food intended
for the British gunboat) made a formal
complaint to the authorities of Cape Col-
ony, who in turn sent a. formal protest to
the Portuguese governor, and also notified
the home government of the treatment the
British gunboat had been subjected to. It
is understood that the British foreign of-
fice has this matter in hand and that com-
plaints as to boycotting on the Zambezi
river have been communicated to the Por-
tuguese government and are now the sub-
ject of an investigation upon the part of
the governments of Great Britain and
Portugal.
Later Details.
Some particulars in regard to the colli-
sion between the British and Portuguese
have just been received and show that the
matter is much more serious than at first
supposed. The first reports received here
seemed to show that only a few shots had
been exchanged between the telegraph
construction party’s supporters from the
gunboat Mosquito and the Portuguese who
were interfering with the progress of the
telegraph work.
It now appears that the collision was.
commenced by the firing of two cannon
shots from the Portuguese fort as a warn-
ing to the British party to stop work and
leave the banks of the Zambezi river.
These shots, it also appears, were fired
after a long exchange of communications
between the official in charge of the con-
struction party. and the Portuguese au-
thorities, the former claiming that he had
a perfect right to continue his line through
the Portuguese territory, as an understand-
ing to that effect existed betWeen Great
Britain and Portugal.
This is denied in substance by the Por-
tuguese officials, who claim that the Por-
tuguese colony is entitled to compensa.
tion for the use of its territory by the Af-
rican Transcontinental Telegraph compa-
ny, and who insist that the telegraph line,
will not be allowed to proceed uny'i'arther
until this matter is settled to the satisfac-
tion of. the Portuguese authorities.
Commander Carr Appealed To.
In spite of this notification, the British
construction party continued work, where-
upon the two shots were fired from the
Portuguese fort, and a number of boat-s
loaded with Portuguese native soldiers
and police under the command of Portu-
guese officers shortly afterward put out
from the shore, crossed the Zambezi river
and uprooted the _telegraph poles erected
by the British. The construction party re~
sisted the attack’upon the work, and some
shots are said to have :been exchanged,
though no loss of life is reported.
The telegraph company official in chargs
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of the.Works when the Portuguese landed
and began pulling down the telegraph
poles appealed to Commander Carr of the
British gunboat Mosquito, which was ly-
mg close to the Shore where the British
party was at work, asking for protection
against the Portuguese. Thereupon Com-
mander Carr notified the Portuguese offi-
cer in command that he would open fire
upon the-Portuguese if the work of con-
structing the telegraph line was‘interfered
with any htrther,.antl the commander of
the Mosquito also immediately sent for re-
enforcements,.as~he was far outnumbered
Ind in a. very dangerous'position.
The Portuguese are reported to; have re-
plied that they would insist that no fur-
therwork'shculd be done upon the tele- _
graph line, and also'sent for re-enforcc- ‘
ments, which, when these details‘were for-
warded from the scene of the collision,
were on their way to the point on-the river
where the Mosquito was doing everything
possible to hold her own until re-enforce-
mentsredched her. '
Though these are the only official facts
which have reached Port Natal from the
Zambezi, it is said that sinceZthe departure
of the messengers sent by Commander Carr
for re—enforcements there has been firing
between the Mos uito and the Portuguese
forts, and that t- ere has also been a fur-
ther conflict between the Portuguese and
the construction party, which has resulted
in loss of life.
The Mosquito is not expected to have
been able to reply effectively with her rap-
id firs guns to the fire of the much heavier
guns mounted upon the Portuguese forti-
fications, and it is therefore feared that if
the report of a further and much more seri-
ous conflict is correct the next news re-
ceived here may tell of considerable loss of
life upon the side of the British, who are
so much I ' "numbered as to be unable to
make any ‘ 1;; like a determined resist~
ance to th. ; art‘uguese.
, A Divorce In High Life.
BOISE CITY, March 9.—Judge N ugent
granted a divorce to Florence Miller. The
story involved is one, of two continents.
Mrs. Miller is the daughter of the late
Colonel Henry Cooper of Milwaukee. The
' -..;d husband is a son of William Mil-
ler, formerly a prominent linen manufac-
turer of Scotland. Mrs. Miller’s mother,
after the death of Colonel Cooper, married
Cou‘nt-Sargardi.‘ She cleared the count’s
property. The value is said to run into
the millions. The ground of divorce is
. drunkenness and cruelty.
Burglars Trapped.
- VViCHITA, Kan, March 9.—Two men en-
tered Pierce’s' jewelry store, and holding
up the proprietor proceeded to help them-
selves. A watchmaker coolly stole up to
the front door, locked it and then turned
0n the burglar alarm. The robbers es-
caped by jumping through aplate glass
window. One of the robbers was captured
in the pursuit. He made a terrible fight.
Diamonds and necklaces were found hid-
den under his shirt. The other robber es-
caped. .
FINANCIAII AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange. - .
NEW YORK. liarch 8.—Money on calleasy at
1 per cent. time mercantile paper, W.
Sterling exchange firm, with actual business in
bankers’ bills at 84.889.604.08M for demand and
at 84.87®4.87V4 for 60dnys. Posted ratcs.‘84.bfl
@4.89}§. Commercial bills. [email protected]§(. Silver
certificates, 58%@59%; no sales. Bar silver,
9%. Mexican dolla . 48. Government bond-
firm. State bonds du 1. Railroad bonds strong.
.Tho share speculation became strong shortly
after 11 o'clock, the active list selling up
Delaware and Hudson 2% and Cordage profor-
red. 1%. Some of the specialties were weak.
St. Paul and Duluth and Pittsburg, Chicago.
Cincinnati and St. Louis preferred each de-
clining 1: per cent. Consolidated Gas fell oil
1%. but rallied K. Alton and Terre Haute pre-
ferred sold at 101% against 155. the last pre-
vious sale. The news of the senate subcom-
mittse's report was received in the exchange
without creating any special change in the
market for the industries affected thereby, save
perhaps to strengthen slightly the dealings
therein. the market at the time being on the
upward turn. Distilling advanced 1% on good
buying. Sugar sold up 1%. broke as. ad-
vanced V4 and at noon lost the gain. Lead
afterla rally of % declined 94. The preferred
receded % per cent. There was no perceptible
increase in the volume of business in these
shares, and as the street understood pretty well
what the subcommittee would report there
was very little in the actual making of the re-
port to influence the speculation.
. Closing prices:
“'Atchison .......... 137/; N. J. Central ...... 116
Bur. & Quincy._... 59% North American" 4
C.. C.. C. & St. L. . . 38 Northern Pacific”
Chesap‘ke& Ohio. 18 Do pref ........... 18_
Chicago Gas..... .. 64%, N. Y. Central ..... 1m
Cordage ........... 16%; Omaha ............
Cotton Oil ......... 29% Ontario & West.. 16%
Del. & Hull ........ 137 Pacific Mail ..... . . 17
Distillerss‘ Trust. 23% Reading .......... 2%
Erie ............... 17 'lRichmond Term. 4%
General Electric.. 43% Rock Island ...... . '0
Hocking Valley... 20 Silver Bullion..... at:
Leckawanna ...... 167% St. Paul .......... .
Lake Shore ........ 127% sugar Refinery... 94%
Lead ............... 31% rTexasPacific......
Louisville& Nash. 47% Union Pacific ..... 18%-
Missouri Pacific... 24% VVabah pref ...... 14%
Northwestern ..... 105%, \Vestern Union... 87%
New England... . . . 12%
General Markets. ~
NEW YORK. March 8.—FLOUR—State and
western dull and easier to sell: city mills p23.
1
outs, [email protected]; winter patents, $8.35@3.
city mills clears, [email protected]; winter straights.
[email protected].
\VHEAT—No. 2 red opened firmer on better
cable news. but as trade was. dull and outsiie
support lacking prices soon reacted. and» t
noon the market was weak: May, 64-}é@64%c.:
July. 66%@66 15-160.
RYE—Nominal. _ ,
CORN—No. 2 opened firmer and quiet, but
turned easy at midday with wheat: May.
43 5-16@-43%c.
OATS—No. 2 was dull, but steady: May, 35%@
35%c.; track. white state. 39@42}éc.; track,
white western. 39@4W;c.
PORK—Quiet: new mess,[email protected]; family,
[email protected].
LARD—Easy: prime western steam, 87.37%;
asked. . '
BUTTER—Somewhat demoralizcd; state dai-
ry. 15@2lc.:'state creamery. 15@17c.
CHEESE—Firm: state. large. 954@1:Zc.: small.
10%@13c. *
EGGS—More active and higher: state and
Pennsylvania. .l7@17}éc.: western. 18c.
SUGAR—Raw firm: fair refining, 2 18-16c.:
centrifugal. 96 test..33-16c.: refined firm. but
quiet:
411-160. ,
TURPETINE-sauiet: 336.3329“
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‘ IMPORTANTTMATTER OF AGE.
It Will Have Much to Do With the Deal-
. sion of the Suit—Tho Defendant's Allo-
L gations—Tlie Case Put Over Ono
Day—The Jury Secured.
WAsn‘rucrox, March 9.——The dingy little
white courthouse of the District of Colum—
bia, an oldfashioned specimen of architec-
ture standing in Judiciary square, fronted
by imposing white marble pillars and over-
looking a status of Abraham Lincoln, will
be the theater for weeks to come of the
most sensational episode of litigation
known to the passing generation of-Wash—
ingtonians. , _
Congressman \V. C. P. Breckinridge, long
titled. the silver tongued orator of Ken—
crushed, 5@5 23-160.: powdered. 4%?!)
tucky, son of a. Presbyterian minister, vet-
eran of the Confederate army, 3. member
of one of the moat distinguished families
of his state and heretofore conspicuous as
a politician and churchman, began today
'the role of defendant in a suit for $50,000
damages for breach of promise and seduc-
tion brought by Miss Madeline Pollard,
also a Kentuckian. '
'Last August this suit was filed, a few
days after the second marriage of Colonel
Breckinridge. Since then both parties to
the suit have been engaged in taking testi-
mony in Kentucky and Cincinnati, the at-
substantiate her assertions that Colonel
seminary at Cincinnati, was the father of
her three children and had made repeated
promises to marry her, while the state—
msnts secured by Mr. Breckinridge tend to
bla'cken the character of the plaintifl.
‘ ' Miss Pollard I Writer. .
Miss Pollard for a year held a clerical
position in the census bureau at Washing-
ton and has done . muCh writing for, the
Madeline Vinton Pollard and occasionally
as Madeline Breckinridge Pollard. During
, the months between the filing of the suit
and its trial she has lived in a house of ref—
uge of the Episcopal church in Washifig—
ton, and her brother, who was edittor of a
weekly paper in Kentucky, has been in the
city as her adviser. ‘
Judge Bradley tries the case. For Miss
Pollard appear two of the best known
Washington attorneys, Judge Jere M. Wllr
son and Calderon Carlisle. Colonel Breck-
ing part in his own defense, with the able
assistance he will receive from Colonel
Phil Thompson, an err-congressman from
Kentucky, Who is a brilliant lawyer. Colo-
nel Enoch Totten, one of the strongest
acted with the defense, is in Florida be<
causeof wea health and will not return
until the lot , for which reason the de-
cure a further postponement of the trial.
One of the most active workers in the ar-
rangement of the defense is a. 'son of Colo-
nel BreCkinridge, who has been untiring
in' his efforts in his father’s behalf. The
man is considered of the most vital im-
portance to him, since his campaign for re-
election to his seat will be conducted this
summer. In Washington society and par-
ticularly in Kentucky circles the greatest
interest is manifested in the case.
Great Crowds. . ’
Half an hour before 10 o’clock, the time
for the court to open, the corridors swarm-
ed with curious people endeavoring by
every device to pass the gantlet of door-
kcepers. Amongathc curious were several
old ladies, half ashamed of their presence.
ley had giveniorders to exclude every one
but those havinga legitimate interest in
~ the case. ’
in the case were the attorneys for Miss Pol-
afterward the most conspicuou -: nersoriagc
of all, Colonel Breckinridge of rm... azcky,
arrived. There was a ruddy glow of health
on his face, fringed by the snow white
beard and locks, which would make him a
figure to be noted in any assemblage. He
was accompanied by Ben Butterworth,
the well known err-congressman from Ohio,
who had been engaged to take the place of
Colonel Totteu in the defense. '
Colonel Breckinridge sauntered over to
the reporters’ table, where he shook hands
with some of his friends. ,
“How are you feeling, colonel?” one of
them asked. “First rate?”
“I should ea, I was,” was the answer. .
There was no trouble in securing a, jury
in the trial wentlover till tomorrow. Miss
Pollard was ”about to start for the court-
house when the trial was adjourned. . She
was accompanied by a lady friend who has
remained with'her much of late, but her
' lawyer sent a messenger to meet her with
the announcement of the adjournment,
and she returned home. She will be pres-
ent. tomorrow and throughout the trial.
When the trial begins tomorrow, the open-
ing statement for. Miss Pollard will be
made by Mr. Curlisle, and Colonel Brock.
inridge’s law partner, Mr. John Shelby of
A Matter of Age. _
Miss Pollard avers that when she met
. , Colonel Breckinridge shortly before the al-
leged betrayal she was a. .scho'olgirl of 17.,
was then a “young =
woman between 20 and 22. years of age.” .' ‘1 '
This was in the spring of 1884, so that Miss.
He claims that s
Poollard’s age now would be 2-? according
Breckinridge.
evidences given at the trial, and much in-
: terest is shown in'its settlement as tending
to establish whether 'or not the plaintifl
offense was committed;
. ..."
torneysfor Miss Pollard endeavor-mg to'
newspapers, sometimes under the name of «
lard. Messrs. \Vilson'and Curlislc. Soon '
for the case, and after the jury was sworn .
Lexington, Ky, will reply for the defense. ,
to her own statement and between 30 and
32 according to the estimate of Colonel .,
Outhis disputed question there will be: ' " '
was OR a responsible age when the alleged“
Breckinridge seduced her when a girl inn .
inridge, it is understood, will take a lead- _ . '
Washington attorneys, who was to have _
tense has unsuccessfully endeavored to se- ,
issue of the] charges against the congress- .
So small is the courtroom that J 'udge Brad— .
First on the scene of active participants .
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