-v .y "rur--?.) r - g . " v WHAT DO YOU WANT? Sasv i .AIZ It is anything in reason you can obtain it v s cheaply and quickly hy advertising In TUB .Dispatch columns. " FORTY-FOURTH TEAR. 10 OF THE FLOOD, tystematic Attempt to Ascertain the Number of Victims and The. ALUE OF THE PROPERTY. lifficnlt to Hake Even an Approx imate Calculation. 'HE FIGURES VARI SOME THOUSANDS. 'eople Well Posted Think There Were About 6,600 People Drowned, While Others Multiply That Number Several Time Property Danased to the Extent of From 86,000,000 to 610,000,000 A New Registration Being Diode Compar isons With a Late. Census-Estimated XjOSSCS In Each Ward and Borough The Relief Commission Issues an Address to the Public on the War the Fund Will Be Distributed A Resident Rcprcsentntire Selected. A systematic attempt is being made to earn as near as possible the number of ires' lost and the value of the property de- troyed by the breaking of the South Fork lam. The task is a difficult one, and the .atest estimates differ as widely as any here- t .ofore given. The lowest number of deaths aow guessed at is 5.000 and the largest 19,000, which would give as an average ind conservative number, about 12,000. IFBOU A ETAIT CORKZSrOXDEXT.3 Johnstown, June 27. Various estimates of the number of lives and property in the flooded districts have been made, but prob ably no -man can come nearer the truth until the Board of Inquiry determines it by act ual canvass, than C. B. Clark, formerly connected with the reportial force of Tub Dispatch. Mr. Clark is familiar with the people and the territory, and up to Hay 4, had completed a carefully collated can vass of the people in Johnstown and the con tiguous territory. He was about ready to issue his directory when the dam broke, and washed ont the Conemaugh Valley. Since the disaster Mr. Clark has been over the ground, and has been employed in the bureau of information, collecting statis tics of the living and the dead and the amount of property destroyed. Mr. Clark estimates the loss of life at 5,000. He says it may.be higher, but certainly it will not go lower. Hon- the Reports Differ. Tie reports of. the number of bodies buried differ. A. week ago Mr. James McMillan thought 3,700 bodies had been recovered. Dr. Beale, who had charge of the morgue, has a record of over 2,400 bodies buried when he handed the control over to the State. At the bureau of information they bare a record of only 1,600 bodies. This simply shows how carelessly the work was done in the early days of the work after the flood. Mr. Clark, who was on the ground soon after, says a number of bodies were buried by people who came into the town without making or preserving any records. How many were consigned to the grave without a trace remaining no one knows, but the num ber is not small. For this reason the actual number of dead will never be known. At present a number of clerks are taking a list of survivors in the devastated terri tory, for the purpose of distributing the money on hand among the people. Their report will not be ready before Saturday. At Least 9.000 atlssing. Mr. Thomas Bichards thinks there are 16,000 sufferers, and that 5,000 escaped with out losing anything, making the total saved about 20,000, and leaving over 9,000 missing and not accounted for. Harry" Keller, in the Bureau of Informa tion, says he has a great many names of dead that the Eev. Dr. Beale has not, so that his number" of 2,400 dead could be easily swelled. From June 3 to June 13. GO cases from Johnstown were treated at the Mercy Hospital and 17 at the West Penn; from the Cth to the 15th of June, 10 were treated at the Homeopathic Hospital, and six still re main in the Allegheny General Hospital. These reports are only partial, and the com plete list of sick and injured has not yet been determined. According to Mr. Clark, about 2,000 lives were lost in the first four wards of Johns town. The houses were nearly all washed away. The population of these four wards was 5,272, and if Mr. Clark's calculation is correct, almost half of the people were drowned. In the Fifth ward The People Were Warned and many got out. The houses are badly wrecked, and Mr. Clark puts the number of lost at 100. The population of this ward was 1,504. Part of the Sixth ward was badly torn up, and he estimates that from 25 to 30 people went down. The population was 1,948. About one-half of this ward is on the hill. Mr. Clark believes 50 will cover the loss in the Seventh ward. Horner and Baumer streets, running parallel with the Stony river, and some of the side streets were completely carried off. There were 497 people living in Grnbbtown, and none were lost except a few who happened to be in the town. This town is np the Stony creek, and escaped the disastrous effects of the water. According to Mr. Clark's directory the population of Conemaugh was 3,971, and he thinks from 500 to COO of the people were drowned. One-third of the houses were washed away. Thirty houses are left -in Woodvale, but they are on the hillsides. The population was 1,219, and "about 500 are missing. Some Severe Losses. Both Conemaugh and Woodvale suffered severely from the flood. The population of Millyale was 2,680. In the first ward nearly ll the property is gone. Mr. Clark esti mates the loss of life at 300. , In Cambria borough 2,902 people lived, and to-day there is not a house left on Wal aut and Front streets, and only a few on Chestnut street .Mr. Clark's estimate of thalossofliieis500.""ln East Conemaugh. the population was 1,074, and ho could not give an estimate of the dead. Adding up these figures Mr. Clark's total number of dead is over 4,000, but bethinks his calculations in the first four wards of Johnstown and Woodvale and Conemaugh were too moderate. As nearly as Mr. Clark can determine from a canvass of the territory and a com parison with the directory,, 3,000 houses, at an average valuation of $2,000 apiece, were destroyed. He includes the contents of the houses in this estimate. This would make a loss of $6,000,000 that falls directly on the property owners. Mr. Clark puts the total loss of property from the flood at $15,000,000, but he believes the figures will finally dwindle down to $10,000,000. Not a Bad Judge. In the absence of anything more definite, Mr. Clark's estimate of the dead and losses has considerable weight. Probably no man is better able to make these calculations than he is. Mr. Clark is busily.engaged completing statistics with the view of de termining the exact losses of life and prop erty. On the subject of losses, Captain Kuhn said this afternoon: "I don't believe the valuation of realty in Johnstown was more than $10,000,000. This does not include personal property, and I have no idea what men kept in their houses. There is no use exaggerating the losses. I notice this ten dency. One man whom I know was sold out by the Sheriff puts his losses at $18,000, and another who claimed the benefit of the $300 law not long ago, when I tried to col lect a bill from him, claims he lost $3,000. Outside of the Gautier works the loss of the Cambria Iron Company will not be more than $100,000." Some Figures Too nigh. The most startling report yet sent ont out from Johnstown appeared in an after noon paper, to the effect that 19,000 people were missing. At the Bureau of Informa tion Harry Keller stated that it was true that only 16,000 had been registered, but they are not half through with the work. The bureau has three men employed every day collecting names, and they expect to regis ter at least 10,000 more. The population of the flooded districts was 29,125. Mr. Keller doesn't think the number of dead will go over 5,000. Israel. THE COMMISSION MOYES. An Address Issued to the Public How the Fond Most be Distributed A Real. dent Representative Selected. IsTecial telegram to tux dispatch.! Habkisbubg, June 27. TheBelief Com mission appointed by the Governor to see that contributions were judiciously distri buted among the sufferers by the flood held a meeting in this city to-day. As a result the following was issued to the public, signed by Governor Beaver, Mayor Fitler, Thomas Dolan, John Y. Huber, Robert Cogden, Francis B. Beeves, James B. Scott, Benben Miller, S. S. Marvin and H. H. Cummin: Tbat the donors of the funds in the hands of the Flood Belief Committee may know bow tbeir cenerous gifts are to to disposed of, and tbat the expectant recipients of the same may not form erroneous views of and foster im proper expectations for the same, it is now officially declared and announced tbat the f ol lowing principles shall govern the distribution oi reiiei: First That the said fund is in the nature of a charity to the needy, and not as a general in demnity for losses sustained. Second Tbat a distribution per capita would be manifestly unjust, as It would po alike to the rich and poor, and alike to all loiterers, no matter what their needs or extent of their suf fering. Third Tbat a 'distribution of percentage on the amount of losses would be manifestly un just, as it would result in giving the largest sum to the person having lost the most, without1 regard to the value of tbe remaining estate of snch person. Fourth Tbat this fund cannot be used for the benefit of any private or public corpora tion. Fifth Tbat tbe fund must go only to tbe most needy sufferers from the floods, in accord ance with and in the spirit of the trust im pressed upon it by tbe donors. At the unanimous request of the Commis sion. Hon. Hugh H. Cummin was requested to proceed to Johnstown and remain there as the resident representative and executive officer of this Commission in the Conemaugh Valley. A COLLEGE REUNION. AInmni and Undergraduates Preparing to Camp at Sit. Grett n. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THX EISPATCH.l Mt. Gbetna, June 27. Extensive preparations have been made' for the enter tainment of the alumni and undergraduates of Trinity College, of Hartford. Conn., of whom from 200 to 300 are expected from Pennsylvania, New York and the Hew En gland States. The tents for the accommo dation of visitors have been placed in semi circular form in one of the most eligible points on the fine camping cround. The tents are supplied with all conveniences and scores of lamps will light up the sur roundings at night. Men will be on hand to clean the tents and make up the beds every morning; wagons will make frequent rounds, supplying water, ice, towels, etc The camp will be in charge of a police office rand assistants who will not allow strangers to enter. A large'canvas pavilion has been erected near the camp with table and chairs, where meetings can be held. The reunion will begin to-morrow. The Pittsburg alumni are expected to arrive in the evening. Bobert H. Coleman, the owner of Mt Gretna Park, is an alumnus of Trinity College and will spare no trouble nor expense to entertain his college friends. Tbe details of the reunion are under the im mediate supervision of Allen D. Hoffer, Mr. Coleman's right-hand man. KNOCKED DOWN A BRIDGE. A Train Hurls 14 men From the Top of the Stroctare. CHICAGO, June 27. A train of the Stock Yards Company struck one of the temporary supports of the main span of the iron via duct over Q street, In South Omaha, about 9:30 o'clock this morning and knocked the whole structure to tbe ground with a tre mendous crash. Fourteen men were on top of the structure at the time, and fell with the ruins. Eight were hurt, and one of them, Fred Annacer, of Des Moines, will probably die. THREE B0IS DROWNED. Thry Go Swimming and Get Ont of Their Depth In the Bine Hirer. Kansas CriT, June 27. Three boys from this city, their ages ranging from 12 to 14 years, were drowned in the Blue river at Sheffield, near here, this afternoon. Their names were Edward Comp, Fred" H. .Brice. Frank Oviatt They were in bathing with a number of comrades and got into water over tbeir depth. Before assistance could reach them they were drowned. Their bodies were recovered. Declines In Favor of l.arkln. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TEX DISr.ATCH.1 "Washington, Pa., June.27. Hon. J. Murray Clark, of Canonsburg, has been prominently mentioned as a Democratic candidate for State Treasurer. He states, however, that be is not a seeker after office. and is in favor of John B. Xarkin for this joEice. LPOt ffilje partita EEAL ESTATE PBAUDS. ExlcnsIveForgeries of Deeds nnd Mortgages Discovered at St. Paul A Nambrr of Persons Implicated Several of the Gang Arrested. ' Sr. Paul, June 27. Last Saturday a real estate man named Stensgaard nego tiated a loan of $4,500 with W. D. Jenney, of Harrisburg, giving as security a mort gage on a block of land valued at about $15,000, owned by a wealthy brewer of Mil waukee named TThlein. Stensgaard pro duced a deed showing that he had purchased the property of TThlein for $12,000. It turned c-ut that the deed was a forgery. Stensgaard protested that he purchased the property of a man whom he supposed was Uhlein. In connection with the real estate fraud it is now learned that this is only one of a series of frauds, and that a gang of real estate sharks and swindlers has long existed in this city. This gang has for some time been con ducting extensive operations by means of forging signatures, using fictitious names and selling and making bogus mortgages. TJp to the present time the TThlein is the mosf prominent case, but before the investi gation is ended it will bo found to be but a small portion of the vast amount of fraud and robbery which has been going on dur ing the past two years. Becorder M. J. Bell estimates that he has several hundred bogus deeds and mortgages filed in his office by the gang, and that the total of the whole must reach $100,000 Be sides Stensgaard, the police in this city have to-day arrested F. J. Draper, a local lawyer, Avery Chad wick, Leonard Partello, John Toll, M. M. Cummings, Sydney Carver and George Klngsley. F. A, Carlson was ar rested at Anooka on a telegraphic order from this city. LOOKING AFTER SOLDIERS' ORPHANS. The Commission Organizes and Appoints Invrstlgatlng Committees. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUX DISPATCH. 1 Habbisbubg, June 27. The Soldiers' Orphan Commission met here to-day and elected Governor Beaver President, Senator Gobin Vice President, and Thomas Sample, of Pittsburg, Temporary Secretary. The sentiment at the meeting seemed to be in favor of getting rid of four of the schools and placing the phildren in them in other insti tutions. Committees were appointed to visit the eastern and western schools, with a view of ascertaining which can be best disposed with in the movement to curtail expenses. These committees are to report the result of their investigation on the 29th of July, when the commission will hold an other meeting in this city. Strong suspicion prevails that the syndi cate is playing a big hand to have the com mission rent its buildings for the accommo dation of the children of soldiers. Several of its representatives were in the city to-day looking after the interests of ex-Senator. Wright and his partners. Some of the ap pointments made to-day by Department Commander Stewart as members of the com mission to represent the Grand Army of the Bebublic, are regarded as particularly friendly to the syndicate. The Grand Army members are Colonel Frank Magee, consid ered an excellent selection, G. Harry Davis, of Philadelphia, Thomas Sample, Pittsburg, A. C. Beinoche, Lancaster, and Mr. Shirk, Erie. HIS NARROW ESCAPE. Two Confidence Men Verv Nearly Do TJp a Wheeling Citizen. rEPECTAI. TELEOBAM TO THBPISPATCH.1 WheelTnoWVa., June 27". Walden Worley, a wealthy Belmont county farmer, about 75 years of age, came within "an inch of being the victim of two Pittsburg confi dence men about 2 o'clock this afternoon. The men came here about a week ago, and are known as Copenhagen and Davis, the former tall and spare and the latter short and heavy. They pretended to want to buy Worley's horse," Copenhagen representing himself as the son of a "Wheeling banker. They finally agreed to pay $300, and Copen hagen produced a frightfully bad $1,000 bill for worley to change. Worley only had $400 in his clothes, but went to the bank and drew $500 more. Just as Worley was coming down the bank steps with the cash in his hands, Copenhagen waiting with the bill on the sidewalk, George Bobinson, who bad been watching the racket, ran up, drew Worley aside and put him on to the game. Davis and Copen hagen escaped. A CELLAR SDDDENLI SINKS. . The Family Supplies of a Wilkesbarro Citi zen Toko a Tumble. Wilkesbabbe, June 27. As Conrad Shafer, a plasterer, was eating his breakfast at home on Miner street, in Plains, this' morning, he suddenly heard a great clatter of dishes and glassware about the house, accompanied by a heavy rumbling that shook his frame residence from top to bot tom. He hastened to the cellar and there he discovered that over half of the bottom had fallen ont. taking with it the stone fo una at ion and the garden plot in front of his house, together with all his household supplies. Upon examination the hole was found to be 25 feet deep. Mr1. Shafer and his son at once procured a ladder, placed it in the cave and descended. They iound that it was a chamber of the Henry colliery, operated by the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, which had been worked out. Further investigation showed that the coal and slate had been mined to within ten feet of the bottom ot Shafer'a cellar. TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS. Sewer Gas and Blasting Powder End the Lives of Three Men. Kansas Citt, June 27. Thomas Lin quist, John Best, J. H. TOnter. Otto Al bach and George Schultz, laborers, were making a sewer connection at the house of J. M. Hobson, at the corner of Eighteenth and Flora- avenue, when by mistake Lin guist knocked a hole in the sewer vault The escaping gas overcame him so suddenly that he died almost instantly. Winter and Albach jumped into the ditch to rescue him and they too were overcome by the foul gas. Schultz finally recovered the bodies of all from the ditch. Winter died this even ing and Albach is in a precarious condi tion. M. Hill, a t large grocer, was blasting away a bluff in the southeastern part of the city this afternoon. The fuse on one of the blasts failed to burn properly and Hill ap proached to examine it Just as he stooped over it the powder ignited from the fuse and blew his head off. THE STRIKERS STILL FIRM. An Attempt Olado to Start the Carnegie Works With Outsiders. rsrxciAL TsxroKAM tothb DISPATCH. 1 ' Beateb Falls, June 27. The strikers at both the wire mill and the 12-inch mill of Carnegie, Phipps & Co. "remain firm against the proposed reduction of wages. At the 12-inch mill a roller from Pittsburg has been given charge, and is attempting to run the mill with green hands, but so far has made little headway. At the wire mill an attempt has been made to run with Hungarians and negroes, but it has not proved satisfactory. The strikers say that they are provided with ample funds from their unions ,to prolong the strike for an indefinite period, andwill go in at the reduction. PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1889. TWO GEEAT ANIMALS Groomed.' and Trained to Meet and Hammer Each Other TILL ONE OF THEM GIVES UP. Sullivan and Kilrain Nearly Prepared for Their Meeting July 8. THEI CANNOT FIGHT IN LOUISIANA. The King Will frobaMy ba Pitched la the Stats of Mississippi. As the time approaches for the proposed Sullivau-Kilrain prize fight interest in the condition and spirits of each of the pugilists becomes of more importance. The friends and tramers'of each man of course expect their champion to win. IEPECTAL TII.EC BAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New Yobk, June 27. Two of the most perfectly developed animals in the world are to meet on July 8 next, in this country, to fight before what will probably be "the largest crowd that ever witnessed such an event, a battle that is expected to settle the question as to which is the most abundant ly endowed with strength, endurance, and with that sort of intelligence tjiat belongs to animals of that class. Preparing for the event, each of the animals has been for some time in the hands of men specially skilled in that business, and the training has now so far developed that intelligence as to the condition of the animals becomes almost as important as the news of the fight itself. It is worth noting that the contest will be one not only between the particular animals engaged in it. but between different systems' of training, for the iwo animals are being prepared for the contest after different ideas. science, pube and simple, as experience has developed its relations to athletic development, is the basis upon which one animal is being put into condition. Traditions of physical training and the in telligence and opinions 'of the animal itself are the basis used in the development of the other one. The animals themselves don't count for much at this stage of the game, but the opinions qt their trainers are of legitimate value. A trip to the different parts of the country where these trainers and their ani mals are at work develops differences that are significant and interesting in their ideas as to the fight Anyone who wants to receive positive ast surances as to what the issue of the fight will be should go to Baltimore and see Charley Mitchell. Mr.Mitehell isn'tbrag ging exactly, but there is a general air of confidence about him that is charming. He talks quietly but emphatically, and seems to believe wnat he says: "lam just as sure," he said to a Dispatch man, two days ago, "that WE SHALL WIN THIS FIGHT. as I am that it will take place; a good deal surer, in fact, for I am beginning to think that there will really be a fight, and I've known who would win it, if there was one, all along." To back up his words, he trots out his animal Jake Kilrain, tall, broad and solid looking-, .thajuotareot health-and- strength, -with-sreertain 'Intelligence in his face ana in his eves that is usually lackine in ani mals of his sort "He is in perfect trim," says Mitchell, "sound as a dollar, confident of himself, and every way just what I want him to be for such a fight. He was all right when I took hold of him; he had never broken himself down by drink or other dissipation, and that counts lor a great deal in an attair lite this. I believe that the fight will be a fair and honest one throughout, and that Kilrain will certainly win it. There was never a stronger or better fighter lived than he is to-day." QUITE A DIFFEBENT TALE. There is a very different tone in the talk at Belfast, N. X., where William Muldoon, the wrestler, is training the animal that will oppose Kilrain. He says : Sullivan is in better shape now tbat he ever was in his life before. He has never had snch a training as he has now undergone. If he ever could tight be can do it now. I don't know whether he can fight or not. He never has bad to fight yet; all his contests have been with men who could not force him at all. He has to meet a different sortof a man this time, and one that will make him nzht or get licked. Kilrain is no quitter; he will fight until he is knocked out, and beside bis strength he has a good deal of intelligence, ana is fquite a gentleman for a prize fighter. His stake in this fight is as big as Sullivan's; it is life or death with both of them. It is going to be a square fight, and a hard one, and tbe nest man is going to win it. I shall be contented, whichever way it coes, for I shall know that if Sullivan is beaten it is be cause Kilrain In the better man. This prize ftgutinR business is not in my line. I took charge of Sullivan because I believed him to be the most perfect specimen of phys ical manhood in the world, and I knew tbat he was good for nothing unless properly handled. I baa said a good deal about my opin ion of Sullivan's ability, and I had a pride in showing that I was right I be lieve now as strongly as ever tbat my estimate of Bulllvan was right; if Kilrain whips him it will be, not because I have over estimated Sullivan, but because I have under estimated the possibility of physical develop ment To my mind, Sullivan is now as good a man as can be made. As to the fight itself, Mr. Muldoon says: NO QUICK KNOCKING OUT. I don't believe there is going to be any quick knocking out, and I don't allow any ono to en courage that idea in Sullivan. There is no man living who can strike a harder blow than Sulli van, bnt Kilrain knows that as well as I do, and he isn't coing to be hit if he can belp it in one round or fifty. I have a little money to bet that the fight will end in half an hour, but I am fully prepared to see it go on three hours, and am training Sullivan for a fight of that length. He takes every 'day three hoars of walking and running over the country roads, and that gives him as much leg exercise as he would get in a fight for the same time. All his other exercises are calculated In the same way, to make him fight to last through three hours in the ring. The animal idea is being carried ont in the training of Sullivan to an extent never before attempted since the old days of such fights. But it is based upon science, and not upon arbitrary traditions, which were the foundation for the rigorous customs of the old trainers. Muldoon has made the science of physical development -his study, and he is practicing upon Sul livan as' he might upon a race horse or any other animal he had to train. Sullivan's own will has been absolutely subjected to that of the trainer. SULLIVAN'S SPXBIT CONTBOLLED. . Not only have his eating and his drinking, his work, play and sleep been controlled by the rules of the trainer, but his very spirit has been broken andbentto suitthe trainer's ideas, and for the time being the bump tious and self-confident fighter of other days has been changed into a silent and almost sullen animal, going stolidly through a re quired round of exercise day after day, with no satisfaction but the privilege of erowl ing and the prospect of whipping Kilrain at the end of it This is a radical departure from the old ideas as to training for such fights, tbe role having been to keep a man's confidence in himself and his own powers screwed up to the highest possible notch. He is entirely isolated from his old friends and companions. KILBAIN IN THE NEW STYLE Kilrain, on the, other hand, is being" trained after tbe prevailing style, witt'xa- few modern improvements. He is settled down in an ordinary tavern, a few miles out of Baltimore, where his friends visit him whenever they please, and his exercise is directed in a great measure by himself. His trainer is his friend and not his master, and his own intelligence is consulted all the time as to his condition and work. He works much less than Sullivan, and he indulges himself more. Bichard K, Fox's representative, My. Fitzgerald, said to-day that Stevenson had already wired Sullivan's backers, naming the '"place fortho great fight, in accord ance Hfh the custom, which compels the side that wins the toss to notify the other side of the location se lected Bs a battleground at least ten days before the fight The exact spot fixed upon will, of course, not be made pnblio, but Governor Nichols' proclamation makes It certain that the fight will occur in Missis sippi instead of Louisiana. GENERAL'CAMERON'S OBSEQUIES. Preparations Made for the Funeral and tbe PnlUBearers Selected. rSPECIAI. TELEOBAM TQ THE DISPATCH.1 Habbisbubg, June 27. The remains of General Cameron arrived here this evening on a sppcial train and were taken to the old mansion on Front street, from which they will be buried on Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. It was the oft-expressed wish of General Cameron that his funeral should be devoid of all ostentation, and in his later days he indicated a desire to be interred by the side of his wife, who died about 15 years ago,without unnecessary delay. In deference to his wishes the funeral will be as simple as uuuiuie. no notice win De sent out to nis friends inviting them to attend the obse quies, but all. will be welcome. The pall bearers will be J. M. Forster, Insurance Commissioner of Pennsylvania; Major Luther Bent, Superintendent of the Penn sylvania Steel Works; Colonel J. W. Jen nings, President of the Commonwealth Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Com pany, of this city; Lane S. Hart ex-State Printer; John Weiss, Chairman of the Dau phin County Republican Committee; Colonel James Young, of Middletown; Arthur Brock, iron mannfacturer of Leba non, and William J. Calder, of this city. Bev. George F. Chambers, of the Pine Street Presbyterian Church, will have charge of the funeral ceremonies, which will be conducted at the residence of the de ceased. Senator Cameron will be unable to attend the funeral, ' owing to the late hour at which he received the information of the serious condition of his father. He will not sail for home until Sunday. , ALLEGHENY'S COMMENCEMENT. The Resignation of President Williams Causes Something of a Sensation. (SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TRX DISPATCH. ,Meadville, June 27. The fifth and last day of Allegheny's commencement ter minated in the graduating exercises proper, and in the conferring of degrees. The class of 1889 numbers 32, from which ten essayists were selected by competitive examinations. The attendance was large and a vast deal of interest was manifested in the proceedings on account of the recent nnlooked for and unexpected resignation of President 'Williams. The ex-President officiated in the distribution of diplomas and his closing remarks to the class were deeply affecting. The Board of of Trustees and Control met this morning at 9 o'clock to act upon the resignation ot the President, but adjourned to meet on July 23 When an official head will be chosen. 'lax-President Wheeler wasr unanimously elected Vice President, who will be acting President until a President is chosen- This evening the President's reception to the graduating class was largely attended, ex President Williams officiating as the host. The senior promenade was participated in by a large and fashionable assemblage, and was a decidedly enjoyable event. There is much regret expressed over the resignation, but there is not the slightest friction per ceptible in the faction or governing bodies. THE HOMEOPATHIC IDEA, Officers Elected by tbe National Institute for the Ensnlng Vear. Minneapolis, June 27. This was the third day's session of the National Institute of Homeopathy. At noon the election of officers was held. Dr. A. J. Sawyer, of Monroe, Mich., was elected President for the ensuing year. Dr. Sawyer is the nestor of homeopathy in Michigan. He is some thing over 60 years and the honor was ten dered him in recognition of his life-long services in the cause of the science. After the President the following officers were elected: Vice President, Chester B. Higbee,' St. Paul, Minn.j Treasurer, F. TJ. Kellogtr, New York City: General Secretary.P. Dud ley, Philadelphia; Provisional Secretary, T. N. Strong, Ward's Island, N. Y.; Cen sors, Dr. B. B. Bush, Salem, O.; T. F. Smith, New York City; A. O. Cowperth waite, Iowa City, Iowa; Millie J." Chap man, Pittsburg; C. B. Kenyon, Bock Island, 111.; Necrologist, Henry D. Payne, New York. After considerable discussion, Waukesha, Wis., was chosen as the next place of meet ing. W. Ty Hnlmer, New York, A. N. Wright, Buffalo, and A. H. McClellan, Pittsburg, were chosen delegates to the In ternational Homeopathic Convention in Paris next August. GREEDI PENSION AGENTS. They Are Charged With Taking Half of a Widow's Claim. Philadelphia, June 27. The case of Dr. A. N. Fretz and David Kline, of Fleet wood. Pa., charged with faking an illegal pension fee, was heard to-day before United States Commissioner Edmunds. Mrs. Het tie Fredericks, of Fleetwood, an aged woman, who could speak only "Pennsyl vania Dutch," gave her testimony through an interpreter. She testified to having made application for a pension and that upon re ceipt of a check from Washington for $1,086. the defendants had gone with her to a bank in Beading to have it cashed and had re tained $513 CO, or one-half the amount as their share for assistance rendered her in securing the pension. The defendants were then placed under $1,000 for a further hear ing next Wednesday. MINERS ON STRIKE. They Want the Same Price as Paid In Ad Joining Regions, SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Phillitsbubg, June 27. Coal men here have information to-day tbat miners at Galitzin, Lilly and South Fork are on a strike for SO cents a ton; that miners at Frugality, Coal Port and Hastings will be out this week, and that the strike will ex tend to the Punxsutawney field. The rate heretofore 'paid was 45 cents. As a continuance of the 50-cent rate in Clearfield and Beech Creek regions depends upon a like scale in the regions now on strike, inuch anxiety is felt among operators and miners as to the result. Captured by Pittsburg Bidders. Johnstown, June 27. At a meeting of the Commissioners of Indiana and West moreland counties this afternoon, at New Florence, the contract for the building of the bridge washed away by the flood at New Florence was le to tbe Pittsburg Bridge 'Company for ?U,900. There were Iff bids. The Nineveh and Blairsville contracts' will be let on Monday, Biftmtrl. NEAR TO THE END. Rapid Approach of the Last Scene in a .Now Famous Murder Trial. - THE TESTIMOHI IS ALL HEAED And Now the Lawyers Are Reviewing the Evidence Against Sr. HcDow. THE DEFLECTION THEORI KNOCKED OUT As Exceedingly Able Argument Made by Prosecuting Attorney Jerrey. The lawyers are talking in the Dawson McDow murder trial, the testimony having all been given. Dr. McDow acts cheerfully, seeming to rest secpra in the belief that he shot Captain Dawson while the latter was trespassing on his property and threatening his life. JSPICIAL TILEOBAM TO THS DISPATCH.1 Charleston, S. O., June 27. The Mc Dow trial is nearing its end. The testimony was closed to-day, and District Attorney Jervey made the first argument on behalf of the prosecution. Nothing startling was de veloped upon the witness stand. Dr. Mellow came in 20 minutes before the I trial opened. He appeared to be in the best of spirits, and talked and joked with his friends. The prosecution called its first witness in rebuttal. Dr. B. A. Kinloch, Professor of Qlinlcal Surgery in the College of South Carolina, said he had seen the body on the night of the killing, after the post mortem was performed. He gave it as his opinion that the bullet had taken a forward course, instead of a backward one, after entering the body. This of course in dicates that Captain Dawson, when shot, was not standing in front of Dr. McDow. THE DEFLECTION THEOBT BUINED. Dr. Kinloch's testimony knocked spots out of Dr. Forest's deflection theory. The witness said that the bullet might have de flected if it struck the backbone, a rib, or a remarkably tough tendon. In this case a deflection seemed to be impossible DfT McDow smiled when Detective John Hogan was called to the stand. Hogan said he sat in the patrol wagon with Dr. McDow, when the latter was taken to jail on the night of Dawson's death. While on the road to jail the doctor looked at his hand cuffs and said: "Bad! badl bad!" He added that he would shoot any man who would try to cane him. He showed the de tective his hat and a dent which he said had been made by Captain Dawson's cane. He volunteered the remark that he was a physician, and that he knew where to shoot to kill. MoDow smiled when this was brought out A DISINTEBESTED WITNESS. The witness said that he was perfectly free from bias and prejudice toward the prisoner. As he left the stand the District Attorney asked that the jury be allowed to visit Dr. McDow's house. Mr. Cohen ob jected. Judge Kershaw said that he was unwilling to let the jury go to the house unless it was necessary. With the dia grams in evidence he did not think it neces sary. " The prosecution then recalled Dr. Mitchell. He is the physician who held the autopsy on Captain Dawson's body. The witness iUfUnot think: that the bullet ''had been deflected. He insisted that the simplest thing, such as a muscle, or even a tissue might have deflected it. Dr. Mitch ell had not heard the testimony of Prof. Kinloch. "Would yon have much respect for a man who said that only bone could deflect a bul let?" Mr. Cohen asked, in cross-examination. The witness replied that he should doubt such a man's knowledge of physiology, anatomy and rnedlcal science. THE JEOSECUTION BESTS. Here the prosecution rested for good. Governor McGrath expressed great surprise that they had not placed the Chief of Po lice of the city of Charleston on the stand. The defense also rested. Mr. Jervey went into the solicitor's room, brought ont the blood-stained clothes that Captain Datfton wore, and Dr. McDow's hat, 'and placed them on the railine near his table. The space in front of the jury box was cleared so that no one remained between the Dis trict Attorney and the juror?. The prosecuting officer arranged his notes and confronted the jury. His right hand rested upon the table and his left upon his hip. Dr. MoDow -polled his gold watch from his pocket and glanced at the time. It was high noon. He then rested his cheek upon his hand and prepared to listen to the argument against him. Mr. Jervey made an able argument. In his closing remarks he said the defense "complained that Captain Dawson had no right to enter McDow's house. The shoot ing occurred in Dr. McDow's office,"Tiot in his house. Dr. McDow himself, however, had repeatedly sneaked into Captain Daw son's house, for the most disgraceful pur poses. He was SEEKING A VICTIM in the poor Swiss girl. She was peculiarly situated. With the exception of Mr. and Mrs. Dawson.she was entirely friendless. The Doctor was disgracing his own wife and family. As an excuse for his conduct the Doctor said that the poor girl was not a member of Captain Dawson's family, but only a servant. Are we to assume from that that servants are fair game for such a man? She was closer to the family than a servant, for she was the governess of the children. It was Captain Dawson's duty to protect her. He could not discharge her on rumors alone, and he took a just course in endeavoring to ascertain-what ground there was ior these rumors. You saw her upon the stand. You know the disadvantage from which she suffered when the poor child was compelled by law to stand a cross-examination such as. is seldom heard in a court room, conducted with an ability that this bar is proud of. She did herself credit. She told tbe truth, although at times it compromised and mortified her. Compare her bearing with that oi Dr. Mc Dow when he was on the stand. When counsel asked him whether he thought his conduct toward her was gentlemanly, "he replied: "Well, , hardly she was so will ing." WBONGED HIS FAMILY. Mr. Jervey closed his argument by saying that Dr. McDow had grossly wronged his wife and child. He told this man that his wife was a German and that he married her for her money. This statement was intensi fied by the iact that his counsel admitted that his story was her story. Here Mr. Jervey abruptly closed. It was not an impassioned speech. It was deliv ered with no attempt at dramatic effect There were no sweeping1 gestures and no rhetorical flourishes. It was a plain speech, delivered in a plain manner. Dr. McDow smiled during the District Attorney's refer ences to the poor Swiss girl. When Mr. Jervey referred to his wife and child, how ever, the expression of his face became dark and ominous. The District Attorney spoke for an hour and three-quarters. Mr. Cohen, of counsel for the defense, begged off on account of rheumatism in the shoulder, and the court adjourned until 10 A. H. to-morrow. Judge Kershaw said that he would keep the court in session to-morrow until the case was ended. Mr. Cohen will be the first speaker in the morning. Governor McGrath is. to follow him, and Mr. Mitchell, of the prosecution, will make the final argument -A LATBOBE'S WEE0K. The Bodies of the Engineer and Flremai Have Been Recovered Endeavoring to Remove the Engine Front the Creek Other Vic tims Barled Tnere. Gbeensbubo, June -27. The workmen at the wreck have not yet succeeded in get ting the engine out of the creek. It is lying upon a box car, and it is expected that the bodies of several men will be found there. A track was laid this afternoon to the. "wrecked engine, but every effort to move it has proved fruitless. Searching' for the dead was practically suspended in the effort to get the engine out The car underneath is crushed into the bed 'of the stream. Near the engine is the immense slack pile, from which two or three bodies were taken out early yesterday morning, and when that is scattered it is probable that others will be Jbund. Work was suspended for the night at 7 o'clock this evening. More men will be put to work in the morning. Shortly before noon the bodies of J. E. Caldwell and G. F. Fralich. the engineer and fireman, respectively, of the wrecked engine, were reached. They were found lying alongside of the cab, and an immense mass ot wreckage had been piled on top of them. Caldwell's left arm and right leg were broken and a gash several inches long and very deep was in his forehead. Fral ich's chest was crushed in, and there was scarcely a single part of his body that was not more or less bruised or crushed. The list of bodies recovered now reaches 12. The remains of Edgar Caldwell were taken to Manor, by his father this evening. Those of Fireman Fralich were shipped to Altoona by directions of Superintendent itcairn. The wreck crew is in charge of E. Pitcairn and Oliver Mowery, of Derry, and James Smith, of Walls. AFTEE SULLlTAi!,. Indictments to bo Returned Against Hlra and Six Others on Saturday Very Strong Evidence Prodnoed TheMem- bers of Camp 20, Clan-Na-GaeL SriCIAL TELEORAM TO Till TJI3PATCH.1 Chicago, June 27. The grand jury will finish its work on Saturday, and return in dictments against not less than seven of the alleged principals in tbe murder of Dr. Cronin. This grand jury has guarded the testimony given before it with jealous secrecy. Important evidence has been ad duced and will materialize in something substantial before Saturday night It is almost certain that an indictment will be returned against Alexander Sulli van. Tne grand jury has come into the possession of a chain of facts which tends to prove that Alexander Sullivan was the arch-conspirator in the plot The jurors have fought shy of hearsay evi dence and have endeavored to pin the wit nesses down to facts which have come under their observation. Everything indicates that a squealer has been found and the chances are that P. O'Snllivan is the man who has consented to tell what he knows and thereby save his neck. The prosecution has the complete list of members of the Clan-na-Gael Camp 20. For two days the 60 odd members who made up this famous group have been climbing up the stairs of the criminal court build ing and filing into the jury room. Many who are positively known to be members of the camp have sworn under oath tbat they are not and never were associated with the notorious group. Others have revealed the secret workings of the camp. LCCRETIA H0RGIA ODTDONE. A Massacbnsettts Woman Poisons HerHjis band and Sons for Their Insurance. rSPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TUX DISPATC1L1 Holyohe, June 27. Mrs. Lizzie Bren nan is under arrest, charged with killing her husband and two sons by mixing arsenio with their food. Thomas Brennan, the 18-year-old son, died at 3 o'clock this morning under such peculiar circumstances that the doctors were led to believe he was poisoned. They reported the case to Chief of Police Whitcomb, who examined into the case this afternoon and secured evi dence that prompted him to arrest Mrs. Brennan. A possible motive for the awful crime exists. Every member of the Brennan family was insured for sums varying from a few hundred dollars to $2,000, each policy being payable to Mrs. Brennan. Her policy was made payable to one of her daughters. H WILL BE LYNCHED. A Fiend Who Takes Ills Revenge Upon a Dumb Brute. rSPXCTAL TELEOBAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.1 Fbanklin, June 27. A fiendish and cruel crime was committed at Freyburg during the past two evenings. Some un known fiend entered the stable of W. A. McKissack, a prominent farmer, and cut off four inches of the tongue of a valuable blooded colt The colt was not killed, and this morning Mr. McKissack entered his barn to look at it, when he found that dur ing the night the miscreant had returned and cut on his ears close to the head. The animal was almost dead from loss of blood, and was killed. The entire neighbor hood is searching for the man who com mitted the outrage, and declare, if discov ered, they will lynch him. ELECTRICITY. WILL KILL. Edward Qnlnn Comes In Contact With a Line Wire and Dies. , I6PECIAL TILEOBAM To TBI DISPATCH. New Yobk, June 27. Edward Qulnn, foreman of the dynamo room in the Brush Electric Light factory, was killed last night by a charge of electricity from a live wire. He had got np with his head among a net work ofinsulated wires. He had been there only a minute or so when he uttered a groan and fell to the floor. There were burns on his hands and the imprint of a wire deep enough to sink a lead pencil io, on the right side of his face just at the base of the brain. His heart ceased to beat within ten minutes after he fell. A MODERN SIEGE. St Louis Gamblers Threaten to Storm the Police Headquarters. St. Louis. June 27. The police still hold the gambling outfits captured in4he big raid, despite the threats of the constabu lary to storm the Central police station and recover the implements by force. The latest move made by the gamblers' attorneys is to threaten the arrest of Vice President Overall, of the Police Board, Chief Huebler and others on the charge of resisting a constable's process. The gam bling utensils are guarded by a squad of police day and night Ready to Investigate. rSPXCUX, TELEGRAM TO IDS DIr ATCH.1 Habbisbubg, Jnne 2J. The commission appointed by the Legislature to inquire into the management of the charitable and cor rectional institutions of the State for the purpose of arriving at a feasible and uniform business system organized "hereto-day by electing Senator Beyburn President, and Representative Walk, ot Philadelphia, Sec retary. The Legislature appropriated $15,000 to pay the expenses of the commis sion, - WbA . . y. Tfc f ". v o ANY ONE CAN MAKE MONEY Who ha a good article to sell, and who adver Use vigorously and liberally. Advertising la truly the life of trade. All enterprising and "judicious advertisers succeed. THREE CENTS , 5. P 1WN NR (itf KhriHRM MIA1A1IU VA. O.KXJJL VJ-fciLL vfc "tSays the Civil Service Law X Enforced. COMMISSION WILL VISIT All the Important Offices in the Country for Inspection. ONE SMART POSTMASTER WAS FOUND. Tie Fourth-Class Olflets Should be Talen Ont , Practical Politics. Civil Service Commissioner Boosevelt pledges himself to enforce the law in tbe most rigid manner. -Every effort is to be made to place the classified service upon a strictly non-partisan basis. For this pur pose frequent inspections will be instituted. Mr. Boosevelt favors the extension of tha law even to the fourth-class postoffices. rsrECIAL TILSCBAM TO THX DISPATCH." Washington, June 27. Civil Service) Commissioner Boosevelt, referring to-day to the Western trip of the commissioners, said: "At Chicago we were particularly well pleased with the spirit of the new post master, Colonel Sexton. We realize that ha has a difficult task before him, for the last administration of that postoffice hasn't been what it ought to be. But Colonel Sexton showed himself to be a wide-awake, vigor ous man, who not only is going to make a good postmaster, but has every intention of finding out what the civil service law is and obeying it in spirit and letter. At Cincinnati we believe that the post master is guided by the civil service law, and at Indianapolis we have no doubt that the postoffice will profit by our visit, and will hereafter be conducted in strict con formity with that law. At Grand Bapids, Mich., we simply started the system, the office having only just come into tbe classi fied service. In Milwaukee we found the condition of affairs very unsatisfactory. A R1XAET FOSTMASTEB. "Mr. Paul, the Postmaster, so far as wa can find out, is one of those men who thinks that he can do better than the law, and the course that he has pursued is the exact course, which, if we did not interfere, would bring the whole civil service law into utter disrepute. We made the very strongest re port that that we conld short of askinz for his immediate removal. "We did not ask for his removal, because he informed us, or at least he informed Governor Thompson in my absence, that his term was already out, that he was, in his own words, 'hanging on till his successor should be appointed.' From time to time, as we get the opportunity, we intend to visit all the important postoffices and custom houses of the country where the law ap plies, bnt there is so much work fo do at Washington tbat we can only make com paratively short trips. "We feel fully convinced that the great est service we can render the cause of Civil Service reform is to make it evident that the law is. to be honestly enforced, and that there is no back door by which it can be evaded. We have been pntting. up the bars at a pretty lively rate so far, and I think people are now beginning to understand that the commission means business. - TO BE BIGIDLT ENFOKCED. Bather than see the law evaded, I prefer to see jio law at all. I believe that nothing wonld help American political life so much as tchave this law not only rigidly enforced, but extended so as to take in as far as pos sible the entire body of public service in the United States." "Not the fourth class postoffices?" "If I could get at them I would take in the fourth-class postmasters, too. I think that at present there are more Congressmen who keep in power because they know how to manipulate fourth-class postoffices than because they render good service to the country, and when you see a Congressman from a country district denouncing the civil service reform law you may conclude thatthat man devotes his time to peddling patronage and not his talents and energies to the service ot the republic." MORE HONORS FOR PHELPSr He Is Being Treated as a Social Lion at the ' Capital. Washington, June 27. William Wal ter Phelps, the newly appointed Minister to Germany, is receiving a series of social honors before he leaves Washington as gratifying in their way as the official honor conferred by his appointment. Last night he was entertained at dinner by Congress man Hitt, where he met Secretary Blaine and representatives of the diplomatic ser vice in Washington. This morning, in company with Secretary Blaine, he break fasted informally at the White House with President Harrison. MCOIED TO HER DEATH. A Yonng Woman Foand Mnrdered Upon si St. Louis Driveway. rSFICIAL TXXXOBAJC TO THS DISPATCB.J St. Louis, June 27. A mnrder that re sembles in many features the Chicago boule vard mystery of a year ago, was committed on a popular driveway this morning. The victim is Anna Weiss, a young girl from Jefferson City, Mo., and the evi dence indicates that she was lured to this city, taken out for a drive and murdered. At 5 A. X a lamp lighter, while ex tinguishing the lights on Union ave nue, discovered thn body of Miss Weiss, half-concealed in the tall grass by the roadside. He saw a stream of blood trickling from the nose and observed that the dress was half torn from the body. The police were summoned and they made examination of the body and the surround ings. The neck was swollen and discolored, and the condition of the clothing showed that there had been a desperate struggle. A small satchel, containing a pocket book and some underwear, was found in the grass, while about twenty feet away a silk um brella with the word "Anna" engraved on it was picked up. A LEGAL FICTION Because a Man Commits Suicide HeisAe Quitted of Murder. tSriCTAL TELEOBAM TO TUX DISPATCH.1 Philadelphia,', June 27. A rather queer legal fiction was enacted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer to-day when District Attorney Graham submitted the bill charg ing George McCann with having murdered his wife, Maggie, and a verdict of not guilty was taken. McCann is the man who chopped his wife to death with a hatchet and afterward committed suicide in his cell at Moyamen sing prison. A New Point oa ProhAHIea. Topeka, Kan., June 27. A ease was appealed to the Supreme Court to-day un der Kansas prohibitory law which is likely to become famous inasmuch as it is the first case involving the legality of the sale of liauor in the orizinsl packaze. The one. W& n. fnnv tion involves an entirely new phase of tk , ' prowBitoxj uw ia uus. osate. sy N v 1 jiJtSAjisi tti
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