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Show WASHINGTON NOTKS. Sccrclnry lllatno Hints Ihat Ho WonU Accrpl Hio Sauiltiatlon Tor Hie rrtaltlerryi THE SCATO or GCNATona HILL, WMITC AND qRICC Hie fluniiillleA I'lacea of 11111 anil Vance Temporarily tignd tu Oilier 'enators. lly Telerrapnto tha Naart Wasiimiiioh, Dec. 17. Tbo J'ot! tomortuw, la niiiinieiitlug on the noujli.a-.lou ot rllv,lieii II. l.lklui, Bicretaryof war, will saji "l,lklns waa ollered Ihe -jitfollo last spilng and Isst summer, hut declined both times, stating that ho could not acc t It while (loir was unprovided for; that thu latter ahoul I bo roonguUr 1 for the time and money speut by him In endeavoring en-deavoring to I ruraole lh Interests of thu Uepubllcau party In Wit Virginia. A few weeks ago lie was again lendtred the bullion, couplet with assurauiej that llitl would get the Circuit Judguabln. lie then wont lo call upon Sir. Illaloe. " 'What effect,' asked l.lklns, lu tlio course of the talk, 'would appoiutment littiiuitoii your Presidential chances neat year?' , "'Aliaoiutely none." was lllalne'a reply, 'sal feel st ( resent that I shall not lea candidate for thu nomination. Hottovar, If there should come lo iue from thu Uubllcan parly an overwhelming over-whelming expression, demanding that I ac t the nomination-, 1 may bo constrained con-strained loputaaldomy leraoual feelings feel-ings an 1 accept thn nomination. In thalcaau, Mr. Harrlnon will be for me, and there will tie no Impropriety lu you being my ftletd also. On the other baud, alioiill Mr. Ilarrlim be thu nominee, I will not be In the race, and Ihervtoru you will l Ills friend. 1 can-nolaeo can-nolaeo how your acieptauoe or devil-nation devil-nation will change Una condition of thluga In tho slightest degree, and I would advlaoyou lo accept the appointment appoint-ment " " 'Whersupou Clklns aooepled.'" agVATgiia' stciTa cuntwteu. The vubllsliod sla'ements that the HeiubllcanBeuatorslivl virtually decided de-cided to contest tho seats ot Heeators Hill, llrlce and White, attracted aomo attention siutung thai Senators toJsy. Careful In jutry fall lo disclose auy-thing auy-thing like an organised movement In that dlrei tint, aul lu fact It appears that the Ilupublloaii Senators Imvu as yet given tho subject little tbourht. A Republican senator today said that the contention In regard to Gov-truer Gov-truer Hill's caio would be sultatasllally as followti That bis continuing to bold, attir the 4tli uf March, 1601, when ha was entitled a atualar, an illlte admittedly Incompatible with (hn svnalorahlp, o;terated as n rentincl-atlon rentincl-atlon of the latter, nud that It had already al-ready done fo. Au Important qjei'.lon Is presented asloh'at long a parsjn thus situated cnuld hoi I the Kovrriiorshtp and keep the soiutordilp vai ant. Tho story ai to llrlce Is that all that la done will be confined to the remarks ma le by Beuator Bherman. Astorleiiator White, It cannot lie learuel that there I any Intention on the art uf thu Hi-iiubllcAna to niaku a LOUleat. HILLS' AMI1 -lXOKi COMMITTER I'l AC1 J. As Sunitors Hill nnd VnnCe hava not i et taken their sens In the Heuotc, the coDimlttiu places Intended for them are temporarily assigned toother senators, wltli the undtrstanllng that they resign thorn In favor of the absent senators when they appear. Beuator Hill will serve on Iho following com ritttrei! Inter slalo commerce, Ttrri torlcs, Immigration, relations with Canada, and expenditure! In public ilepartmeut. Vanie will retain the commltteu places which Uo occupied In tbo IU Congte-s. .tnlluual lotttrnllen er rrolilbl. llenlila. Ciuoauo, Deo. 17. The Nttlonal Prohibition committee meet hern this nlternoou for thu purmsoof deciding upon thu time aul plan) or holding the next national convention to nouiinato candidate for President and Vice-President Vice-President of the United HUtes. II was tleildud that no member of the committee should bs grantod moro than one vote, and that proxies be received re-ceived only from rial leuta of the same Btate lu which the committeeman sending the proxy lived. Tlila throw out a number ot proxies and left lCun- tucky without re) recantation on the committee. Hacli delegation was lint lied to twenty mluutia In pnaentlng Ila choice cl theplaco for tbe convvu. tlon, Ueorgla waa tho first to appear, Allauta's claim being set forth In a petition, Bylvetter Johuajii and Judge North nf Indiana presentol Ibe ilelm of InUIanapolt. A. Hoberta, M, K. fleorgo aud K. L. Olell spoke for Lincoln, Noli. W. T. Wnrdell and W. Jenuliis:s Demorestdld Ihe talking for New York City: K. J. Pennj.Jay Odell and M. It. lalcord appeared for Cleveland; Dr. M. ('. Imltwood for Cincinnati; J. K. Field, Col. Bobleskl an i D. Ward Kink forHt. Louis, and W. II. ltussellfor Harrlman, Teun. A number uf other addnawes were made und the committee went Into executive ex-ecutive sission. Iho cummltteutle-cldetl cummltteutle-cldetl to located tho cent entlon In Ht. Louis, JunuSSth audrJUli next. Ihe ponttat waa betwiin Clevilaud, Cincinnati Cin-cinnati nud Bt. Lonlt, and It took twelve bnltota to decide. The basis of tepn-senlatltti was madn double thu cougnealomtl reprtaentatlou according lo tbo uew a; tortlonnieut, twu dole-gate dole-gate from the DIstrht uf Column! i and ono for uvtry 1000 votu can for l'lsk III lbsri. The Itatiiiil.t .(Iratra I rial DijivrK, Dec. 17, At the llarnaby-Oratea llarnaby-Oratea trial today Kaward ISeoneit was rocalled lo the stand. He Idehtl-lltd Idehtl-lltd several letter which m.aeit between be-tween Mr llarnaby aud Mr. Moriell and Mrs. Morrrlla id Dr. (Iravcs. In diio ut (Irates' htteta to Mis, llaruaby IhefirmitraaH Hint he would i-ollict theruiitfor Mrs. Ilarnlliy' trnanta nuddepoaltit In thu bank, aud linjail tLat hu A o aid aoou rt ctlvu 9 1 trge pay. menl, ler In had a tlnnce to make tin two for her. Ills wife, Mrs. Ilennelt, was now called to thn stand, rlho remembered llii.vliltofDr.nul Mr, (ir.ive with Mrs. llarnaby to her in mo lu the Adirondack. During her visit Mrs. Darnnby nil Ihat she left Dr. Uravis (-0,il In her first will, Hhe thnught till too much. Mia. llarnaby often n-eelred letter from trio doctor. Wltntea roniem-Urol roniem-Urol Ihat Mrs. llirnaly received n lelltrln which Dr. Crave Ihrtateiml lo appoint n guaiillau for her. Witness Wit-ness bad heard Mrs. Uaruaby um-1 um-1 lain to Dr. Grave, but he tjll her that she had not complalneil, Mr. Hlckcy, of Provldmce, who was Mr. Msrmby's wa-horwoman, sal 1 she had kno't n tlio llarnaby family fam-ily over thlity years. Mrs. llarnaby live J In a small house by herself, aud, win n her husband died, situ lol I wit netat'iithnhad led bar but S5S0O a year but she was sstltfltfi with Ihli. rlhortly after litis shu Itiama ac-ipialnled ac-ipialnled with Dr. Oraveaaud suuucd lo liavo been fasilnated with Mm. rleon after -Mr Ibiriiaby said that Dr. Onvea aivlss.1 her to rontct her bus-band's bus-band's will; that lie wanted her lo ilf.ii a taper that Maul Iliraaby was not Mr. llarnaby' child. Wllnesa ad-vised ad-vised her not to do any such thing. AralnMm. llsmaby tuld witness wit-ness t'mt, If llarnaby could give 10u,tvm to his nilstrits, alio should h-ivo her tlghta. Dr. Hravts told her that llarnaby left hi money to his mistreat. Mrs. llarnaby was very anieei tlble to flattery, and by Ihls mi ana (Iraves had gained control over lier. In April laat witness aud Ihe doitor had hot words about the pro er-ly. er-ly. Hoaald that he would bring her In-a In-a inc. and you need nul 1m surprlactl If you hear some day that Mrs. llama-by llama-by baa had a shuck. When Mrs. llarnaby was In California the doctor told wllnesa eaco that hu un Icrstood Mr. lHrniby uss coming home to eel her niotity an I give It to tbo llennttt's. If she attempted anything of Ihe klud he would have hsr eut lo a crazy house or have a gatrdlau appointed for her. Henry Q. Trlciey, corrcspon lent of thn lioetou (Ikie. Icstllled as tn hit Interviews In-terviews with Dr. Oravte, who hail toll him that Mrs. llarnaby ha I Informed In-formed him bu was a benellcUry lu Iter will, but hu did not know tho amount. He told witness ho bad taken chargo ot her Affaire only upon her etirutal solicitation. He alsn reflected upon I ercharncUr, anl declared that he waasirry he ever becanio acquainted acquaint-ed with her. |