THE ODD FEIiOWS Who amute lookert-on in Congress will be cleverly paragraphed an&ptclured by Frank Q. Carpenter in JVXST sujrvAr's so-paqe disbatcb. FORTY-FOUKTH TEAK. LITTLE LEFT TO 00 The Hood Commission About "Winding Up Its "Work. BESULT OF- ITS LABORS. Nearly Three Million Dollars Contri buted and DiTided AMONG THE STATE'S SUFFERERS. Provision Made for the Fotnre of All Or phans and Widows. THE LOSS OP LIFE ESTIMATED AT 2,500. The Johnstown Flood Commission is winding up its work. At Philadelphia yes terday the amount of money deposited yet to its credit was reported to be 5236,971, which was reduced by yesterday's meeting to a little over 570,000. Provision has been made for all the orphans of the flood to re ceive 550 a year each until they arrive at age. The widows will also be taken care of. The total amount received by the commis sion from all sources was 52,982,072 68. IRrECIAI. TTLEGEA1I TO THE DISPATCH. J Philadelphia, January 16. The Johnstown Flood Belief Commission took steps to-day, at a meeting held at the Manu facturers' Club, looking toward a final wind up of their work. They were in secret ses sion all day, and at the conclusion rendered a statement of their operations. Governor Beaver presided at the meeting. The other members present were Eeuben Miller, J. B. Scott and S. S. Marvin, of Pittsburg, and Francis B. Beeves, Bobert C. Ogden and John V. Huber, of Philadelphia. Mayor Fitler was present for a few minutes during the session. The report of the Secretary was presented tothemenibersimmediatelyafterassembling. The total cash received by the commission was $2,982,072 68, of which amount 51,225, 872 83 came from every section of the country and the world; 5600,000 from Phil adelphia; 5560,000 from Pittsburg, and 516,199 85 Jrom New York. WIIEEE THE MONET WENT. Johnstown and vicinity received "2,430, 393 09 of this amount. The other expendi tures were as follows: Belief for other lo calities, 5232,264 45; distributed as expressly directed by donors, 52,271 85; office expenses at Harrisburg, 51,398 42; general expenses, 1.318 78; first payment on annuities to or-1 phans, 516,100; making a total of cash ex pended of 52,683,747 11; leaving a balance on deposit at Harrisburg of 5218,325 57. In addition to this balance at Harrisburg, there is an undistributed fund in Johns town, at present, of $36,384 03, and there has been appropriated to other parts of the State 517,735 55. After this Is taken ont there remained at the time of the meeting, to-day, an available balance of 5236,974 05. This was rednced at to-day's meeting to 570,631 40, by the payment of claims amounting to 522,442 65, and other ap propriations. PBOVISION FOE OEPHANS. Mr. Beeves, from the sub-committee ap pointed to make provision for the care of the orphans made by the flood in the Conemaugh Valley, reported that he had made an arrangement with the Girard Life Insurance Annuity and Trust Company, of Philadelphia, which will insure the sum of S50 a year to each orphan nntil they arrive at the age of 16 years. The commission has found 322 orphans in the flooded district, and for the purpose decided upon for their support there was appropriated S115,000. This sum has been so arranged for distribution that when the youngest child arrives at age it will be entirely extinguished. The flood left 116 widows, and for their support the sum of 5179,471 has been paid. They will also receive for the use of their children the Bum of 595,250. This latter sum will be distributed in annual payments, which will be regulated in accordance with the ages and number of the children. A HOSPITAL AT HAND. One of the pressing necessities brought about by the flood was a hospital. At the present time there are a great many suffer ers who still feel the effects of last summer's disaster. The condition of Johnstown is such that sickness is sfill occasioned. To provide for this, the commission to-day decided to build a hospital at Johnstown costing 540,000. Messrs. Scott, Miller and Beeves will have charge of the construction of the building. In furtherance of this same purpose, 55,000 was appropriated for the hospital at Williamsport. The commission considered an appropria tion for aid made to them by the Young Men's Christian Association of Johnstown, and decided not to grant it, as itdid not come tinder the objects for which the money was appropriated. No estimate was attempted to be made of the vast amount of food, clothing, furniture andhoushold effects that was sent to the afflicted districts. ONLY THE CASH BEPOETED. The sums stated in the Secretary's report only included the actual cash that came into tbe hands of the commission, and is also exclusive of the money that was sent direct to the people of Johnstown. Of the money sent direct to Johnstown there is at the present time from 5100,000 to 5150,000 undistributed. The balance of 570,631 40 will be largely disposed of in the payment of a number of unadjusted claims that have been presented, but have not yet been investigated. The commission proposes issuing a com plete historical report of their work, from the day they were appointed until they dis band. In this there will be published a complete history of the flood, the move ment started by the people to render aid and the manner of distribution, A statement will be made telling exactly where every dollar that the people contribnted has gone The work of the preparation of this im portant work was to-day placed in the hands ot Robert C. Ogden, Thomas Dol&n and S. S. Marvin. THE COMMITTEE PEOUD. .!. ,;" 7 7,"""" I . uc Buuu uuu were sen w tue aiaiciea districts recently have done the most good, and the commission feels that this is a vin dication of their policy in not being in too great haste to commence the work of dis tribution. The commission has made a most careful investigation to ascertain the actual number of lives lost in the disaster, and now at this late day they are o( the opinion that 2,500 is the highest figure at which it can be placed. It has been definitely ascertained that 2,280 persons disappeared from the val ley of the Conemaugh. The bodies of 1,675 of this number have been recovered and identified, 044 bodies have been recovered and are unknown, and the remainder, 605, are missing. SOMEBODY'S LOVED ONES. The commission has gathered the bodies of all the unclaimed dead that were buried hastily at the time of the flood, and rein terred them in the Grand View Cemetery at Johnstown. For this pnrpose a plot of ground consisting of 2,200 sauare feet has been purchased. In this plot there are now buried 741 bodies, of which tbe names of only 87 are known. During this work of re-interment especial efforts were made to identify the bodies, and for this pnrpose special trains were run for miles around to Johnstown by the railroads, and 52 additional bodies were recognized. The bodies that were recovered veze picked up all the way from the Conemaugh to Westmoreland county, and 1 was found down the Mississippi river at Cairo. After tbe completion of their work the Commission adjourned at the call of the Chairman. ABOUT THAT DAM. An Expert Opinion That la Uelnjt Withheld to Avoid Legal Complications In slnuatlons That Leave so Roam for Doubt, rerscui. tzleosak to tub bispatcim New York, January 16. Alphonse Eteley, one of the committee appointed by the American Society of Civil Engineers to examine the South Fork dam, to the breaking of which the Johns town disaster was due, said to-day that the committee's report, which the soci ety on their recommendation decided to withhold until after the settlement of the complications that had grown out of tbe disaster, contained nothing of importance that had not already been pub lishedaltnough the facts, he added, are probably presented in a more connected form than they had been elsewhere. The committee was appointed by the so ciety immediately alter the catas trophe, and it was at the scene as soon as railroad connection had been re established. It consisted of James B. Francis, of Lowell, Mass., Chairman; Max J. Becker of Pittsburg, President of the society and Cnief Engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Southwest lines, William E. Worthem, of New York, and Alphonse Eteley, Chief En gineer of the Croton Aqueduct Commis sion. The committee constitutes, according to Secretary John Bogart, New York State Engineer, as good authority upon engineer ing subjects as can be found, - Mr. Eteley said: We decided to withhold tbe report, because if it were published wbilo these law suits are pending, It might appear as though we were voluntcring expert testimony on a legal matter. We do not wish either to be called as witnesses in these suits, nor do we care to drag the name of the society into the difficulty. When the cases are settled in the lower courts. I see no reason why we should longer withhold our re port. Wo made our inrnstlcatlcns personally, and did not even Intnxsr-mlnhte details to other parties. All tbe measurements were our own. Mr. Eteley said that the society's action forbade him from speaking of the nature of the report, but he would say that the com pany might have found that tbe rain falls just previous to the disaster had been unprecedented, and caused the dam to be subjected to a greater pressure than was ever before known. By this, however, he said he did not mean to convey the im pression that the dam was free from faults in construction. PORTUGAL'S POSITION, The Dignity of tbe Government Will be Ab olmcty Maintained The Indigna tion Against England Con tinue! to Increase. Lisbon, January 16. Prime Minister Pimental was absent from the Chamber of Peers to-day, owing to a severe attack ot influenza. In his absence the Minister of Justice delivered a declara tion on the dispute with England. His remarks were similar to those made yes terday in the Chamber of Deputies by Senhor Pimental, who declared that the Government would protect its interests as far as was possible and maintain its dignity absolutely. A recriminatory debate fol lowed, but all agreed in denouncing the British ultimatum. Several colonial Governors, including the Governor of Mozambique, have resigned. Twentv royal marines have been arrested for making a demonstration against En gland. It is understood that a British squadron will visit the Tagus shortly. Portuguese merchants contemplate boycott ing England and refusing to receive English money. Several of the leading English commer cial houses of this city and Oporto are pre paring a protest against the. English ulti matum. They regard the dispatch ot British men-o'f-war to Portuguese1 waters as' harmful to their business. TDEN ABOUT FAIE PLAI. Tbo Airo-Americans Want lo Export Sena tor Morgan, of Alabama. Chicago, January 16. In the Afro American Convention this afternoon H. C. C. Astwood, of New Yorfcj in troduced a sarcastic resolution asking Congress to appropriate 5100.000,000 to fur nish transportation to the unhappy white citizens of Alabama, South Carolina and other Southern States who may desire to settle in more favored localities free from Afro-American majorities, and especially naming Senator Morgan as a "Moses" to lead the emigrants. The rules were suspended and the resolu tion was unanimously passed and ordered sent to Washington. THIS CAL1S FOR GORE. Portuguese Force a Teasel lo Pall Down the English Flag. London, January 16. A French Cap tain named Trivier says that while aboard the British steamer Lady of Nyassa, on the Shire river, the Port uguese compelled the crew to haul down the English flag and hoist the Portu guese colors. Trivier declares that the English have lost all prestige through their pacific policy. The natives ascribe the gentleness of the English to weakness, and think that Portu gal is the stronger nation. Editor Parke Sent to Prison. London, January 16. The trial of Mr. Parke, editor or the North London Prest, on the charge of criminal libel preferred against him by the Earl of Enston. was con- OI uoeumg tne .can ol JSuston, ana was sen. Kucea w one yeari unprijonmenV A STEANGE SUICIDE. Sllai Laura Dixon Kills Heraetf Became "of n Former Sweetheart'" On"ei- Be Wanted to Get a Divorce nnd Marry Her. Elizabeth, N. J., January 16. Miss Laura Dixon lies dead at her home on Elizabeth avenue, from the effects of a pistol shot in the right temple. She was alone in the honse for a short time last even ing. Armed with a 38-ealiber revolver she entered the parlor and deliberately sent a bullet into her head. Miss Dixon is 23 years old. She for six years kept company with George "Weimar, a young man promi nent in temperance circles, and Past "Worthy Patriarch of Lincoln Division, Sons of Temperance. He finally discarded the girl and married a young German woman of New Brunswick. Miss Dixon felt his action very keenly at the time, and has never seeu her faithless lover since until Tuesday night, when she met him at the celebration by the division of its twenty-fourth anniversary. She was in high spirits that evening and carried on quite a flirtation with some of the young men present Laura says that "Weimar came over to her and upbraided her for her conduct, and promised if she would make up with him again he would procure a di vorce from his wife and marry her. She says she indignantly repelled his advances and told him to go about his business. The next dav she was observed acting strangely about the house and seemed to have something serious on her mind. Dur ing her mother's absence last evening she seized her lather's pistol and fired two shots, only one of which took effect. She was fonnd lying on the parlor floor, the revolver tightly clutched in her hand, and the blood oozing from the wonnd. Two physicians were summoned and they, probed for the ball, bnt were unable to find it. She was a pretty brunette of quite a vivacious disposi tion. Miss Dixon died at 2 o'clock this aft ernoon. MOODI'S MISS10NAEI PLANB. Men to be Educated for Work In the Slums of the Cities. Chicago, January 16. The men's de partment of D. L. Moody's new Evangeliza tion Institute was opened to-day with ad dresses by Mr. Moody and several promi nent local clergymen. Large numbers of people visited the building during the day. The institute will aim to train missionaries to get at the masses in city and country. The idea, as announced, is "to turn out aggressive men to go into gambling dens and slums to lav their lives along side the abandoned and to save." Accommoda tions have been provided for 100 students. The training is to be largely through con tact, under guidance, with the actual work. The cost of the building was 5125,000, and was met chiefly by well-known Chicago business men. In addition to the regular corps of in structors the plan is te have present a con tinuous Succession of prominent Bible teachers from centers in this country and Europe. Filty men started this afternoon in the course of instruction. They were from widely scattered States, from Canada, and quite a percentage lrom across the At lantic ALLISON RENOMINATED. No Other Nome mentioned Before the Iowa Republican Caucus. Des Moines, Ia., January 16. The scene at tbe Bepublican Senatorial caucus this evening was one of unusual interest Ex-Governor "Walden made the nominating xpeecb. -Ifa-ro'erred to the pablicfeareer of Senator Allison, his present position as among the greatest men of the nation, and he ranked him in the highest class. Allison's greatest power was shown in financial mat ters, and tbe country made more progress under legislation proposed by him than dur ing any other period. As there were no other candidates to be presented, the roll call was ordered. It re sulted in the unanimous vote for Senator Allison and he was accordingly declared the nominee. Senator Allison was brought into the hall by a committee and received with applause. He made a speech thanking the caucus members warmlv for their action. lAWRENCEYILLE'S PROPOSED PAUL Chief Blgelow Sees the Secretary of War About It. (TBOK A STAIT COlUtESKWDE-fT.J "Washington. January 16. Mr. Ed M. Bigelow, Chief ot the Department of Public "Works of Pittsburg, came down to-day to consult Bepresentative Dalzell on an inter esting matter. He wants to ascertain if it would be possible for the Government to turn over a part of the arsenal property in Lawrence ville for the purposes of forming a public park. Mr. Dalzell took Mr. Bigelow up to see the Secretary of "War about the matter, and that gentleman promised to give it his atten tion and make inquiries as to the present condition and uses of the ground desired. HAJ0R CLARE INDICTED. Ho Will Have to Plead to tbo Charge of First Degreo Assault. tErZCIAI. TKLE01MM TO TIIE DISPATCH. Netv Yoek, January. 16. The grand jury found an indictment to-day, for assault in the first degree assault with intent to kill against Major "William Hancock Clark, for shooting at "Wilton Bandolph in front of the Southern Society's club house, in West Twenty-fifth street, Friday evening. Major Clark, it is expected, will appear in the General Sessions to-morrow, to plead to the indictment and giye bail. Not less than five years' imprisonment and not more than ten is the penalty for .assault in the first degree. IMPORTED UNDER CONTRACT, And Then Turned Adrift In a Stnte of Entire Destitution. New Yoek. January 16. Nine men called at Castle Garden to-day, and said they were rubber workers whose passage had been paid to this country, with the promise of earning 550 per week from the Astoria Bubber Company. The wages were cut down till they were only 18 per week, and then they were discharged. They are now destitute, and having fam ilies in England they wanted to be sent back. All the men hail from Manchester, England. A Compromise Candidate In Sight. "Washington, January 16. The contest over the Oil City postofiice will be settled about the end of the month. There are about a dozen candidates, among them being ex-Postmaster Bishop and Messrs. McKim, OberJy, Colbert and Dyer. It is understood that Mr. Oberly will be selected as a com promise. A Demonstration at Paris. BY DDNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY." PABIS, January 16. The Portuguese residents of Paris will hold a meeting to morrow to protest against the conduct of England and to thank France for her sym pathy in the African troubles. Nothing to Sny, Jnst Yet. ' ITBOX A STATy COttBKSPONDENI.I "Washington, January 16. Congress man Bay refuses at present to state the re sult of his conference last night with the candidates for the McKeeipwt postoffice. "Vs?? paIwri PITTSBURG, FRIDAX A GUN THAT KICKED. i Ex-Governor Foraker Called on to Tell All That He Knows About THAT BALLOT-BOX F0EGEET CASE. Congressman Grosrenor Added to the list of Cross-Examiners. H. HALSTEAD WAS WARNED IN TIME. Foraker Thoujrht it Worth Haling If Camptetl Was nominated. The Ohio ballot-box sensation is being in vestigated by Congress. Bepresentative Grosvenor, who doesn't like Foraker any too well has been added to the cross-examiners, by request of Sherman and Butter worth. Foraker is on the stand. McKin ley was the first witness. , "Washington, January 16. Bepresenta tive Struble, who has the grip, was the only absent member of the special committee ap pointed by Congress to investigate the Ohio ballot box forgery when the body began it; session to-day. Chairman Mason laid before the committee a communication signed by Senators Sherman, Stockbridge and Mc pherson, and Bepresentatlves Butterwortb, Breckinridge (of Kentucky), McKinley and Justin B. "Whiting, reciting that, as it is desirable to have a full and impartial investigation, they request that Bep resentative Grosvenor be allowed to appear before the committee to aid in examining witnesses and render other assistance. This request was granted, and Bepresentative Grosvenor said that while it was admitted that the paper which was to form the basis of the investigation was forged, all the gentlemen concerned desired to appear and testify to that fact as well as to any other facts that they might know bearing on tho subject. Bepresentative McKinley was the first witness. He said that the paper shown to him bearing his alleged signature was first shown to him by Bepresentative Butter worth, just before Congress met. It is not his signature. His first intimation that his name was signed to the paper was received through Judge G. "W. O'Neill, of Lebanon, but he does not remember whether that was before or after the retraction. "When the whole paper was published, after the elec tion, by the Commercial Gazette, his name appeared attached to it JUDGE HABUON'S WORK. Judson Harmon, a lawyer of Cincinnati, who was Governor Campbell's counsel, was the next witness, and said he never saw the forged papernntil this morning. Some time in October last George J. Murray told him that this paper was a forgery an d had been gotten up in his office. "Witness started to get proof, spending the next day in getting three affidavits by G. L. Murray, F. L. Millward and Frank Davis (these affidavits were put in evidence). The next day, in company with J. N. Jordan, he called on Mr. Halstead, of the Commercial Gazette, and demanded to see the paper. Mr. Hal stead said that the paper was locked up in the safe deposit, but showed a photographio copy. "Witness told him that srzsrzr'; far Has .t-.t k I,- -i.j-..i-U: , x i;ri was declared neither Bide to print anything, and Mr. Halstead withdrawing a Columbiad editorial abont to be published. Next day witness saw the retraction, and got one from Mr. Halstead, stating that he was convinced that the paper was a forgery. The persons making the affidavits were told that they were wanted only to seenre a retraction. The photographic copy of the paper ex hibited by Mr. Halstead had all of the signa tures attached Mr. Halstead had cross examined the witness to discover whether he knew of the other names. As the other names, beside Mr. Campbell's, had not been publicly mentioned, witness thought that it was the part of decency and wisdom to Bay nothing of the retraction. HE HAD HIS DOUBTS. Mr. Halstead believed that the paper was genuine, but acknowledged that something had happened that afternoon to cause him to investigate its authenticity. Mr. Hal stead did not say where he got the papers. Witness had his suspicions, but Mr. Hal stead denied their truth. Wood had told Murray, when the latter upbraided him for misusing his office and his young men, that the whole matter was a mistake; that it was not intended for publication, but to force the wicked Democrats to give up the Topp letter. This was a proposition by George L. Topp to a contractor to sell gravel to the city and divide the profits. Mr. Campbell was understood to be about to spring this letter npon the Republicans. Witness thought Woods' story was fishy. Bepresentative Grosvenor asked if Topp had not afterward been found to be insane, and had not died in the insane asylum, to which question the witness, replied in the affirmative. Amor Smith. Jr., Surveyor of Customs of Cincinnati, took the stand and was shown the forged paper, which he said he had first seen at Bepublican headquarters, October 6, last. It had already been published with Mr. Campbell's signature. Witness said when it was shown to him by Mr. C. L. Kurtz, that he believed it was a forgery; but consented to deliver it to Mr. Halstead, which he did, with the statement that he did not believe it to be genuine, pointing out a peculiarity of the ink, in support of his statement. Mr. Hal stead smiled, and said they seemed to have used indelible ink, but he appeared to be lieve it to be genuine. After the expose, witness learned that Mr. Halstead had seen the paper before. His (witness') reasons for supposing the paper to be fraudulent were based upon its appearance, the ink and the remarkable similarity of the three Campbell signatures. FOEAKEE OIT THE BACK. Ex-Governor Foraker took the stand and was shown Exhibit A (the forged paper), and asked to tell all he knew about it. He said he had no personal knowledge of who executed the paper. After his nomination, June 27, L. N. Hadden, Assistant City Solicitor, came to see him and talked about the political situation. It seemed probable that Mr. Campbell would be nominated by the Democrats. Hadden thought that Campbell would be a very strong candidate, saying in explanation, that he would have the support of some leading Republicans mentioning Major Butterwortb. Hadden said his reason for supposing so was that in the financial results of Cam bell's ballot box bill, Messrs. Butterwortb. and McKinley were both interested. He undertook to pro cure written evidence of his statement. Witness vaB busy, and did not hink of the matter until July 8, when not having heard from Hadden, he wrote him, asking for the evidence. Hadden did not answer. Hadden bad mentioned Wood as a party interested. September 28, after tbe Musio Hall speech, witness saw Had den, when he mentioned Wood as a party interested who conld furnish the paper. Witness wondered how he could communi cate with Wood, believing it to be his dnty to get possession of the paper to make up legitimately. A telegram came to the Gov ernor's office, Columbus, August 6, asking whether he conld help the sender (B. G. Wood), who was an applicant for the position of Smoke Inspector. That night witness started from New York, telegraphing. Wood to meet him at Columbus oa Tuwday, MftjAKT 17, 1890. Another telegram came from "Wood August 9 asking his indorsement of his application. "WHAT WOOD WAS WOETH. "Witness returned to Columbus on the 15th, and received a telegram irom "Wood saying he was coming. Wituesi saw "Wood and talked about his qualifications for Smoke Inspector. Witness had a general knowl edge of "Wood at that time, bnt did not know much abont him personally, and had never heard a word to his discredit His business relations would' have commended him to anyone. "Winess said hewas willing to recommend him, as he was1 willing to do "Wood that favor. He told "Wood he should be willing to do a favor for him, and told him he wanted that paper, "Exhibit A." "Wood seemed a little confused, but ad mitted that there was such a paper, and made a clean breast of it, telling of the ballot box bill and contract, and of the chain of circumstances, and saying that the paper was in the custody of Powell Orosley, counsel for his company. Wood told of the failure of tbe bill with the last contract, but said that a new contract had been drawn up and efforts made to get Gov ernor Alger's signature. Witness was also told about another and worse contract the steel gun contract and said there had been some business in connection with the Modoc lands. Witness was more interested in the ballot box business, and Wood promised to send the papers. At this point the committee adjourned. after granting a request by Bepresentative Outhwaite that Governor Campbell's ex amination be fixed foe Monday, January 27, as he was very busy at present ENDED IN A DBAW. . Bob Ingenoll'a Legal Combat With Miss Cammrrer a Close One Tho Defend ant an the Stand Some i Funny Admissions. " ISFZCIAI. TKX.EOUA1I TO TBB DISHTCn.1 New Yoek, January 16. The combat between Colonel Ingersoll and Miss Caro line Cammerer, who is suing Clemens Mul let in the Supreme Court for 8100,000 dam ages for breach of promise, ended to-day in a draw. All the ingenuity and apparent ingenuousness of the lawyer could not lead the lady into an admission that would con vict her, even by reasonable implication, of having been aware before she engaged her self to Muller that Mr. Mailer was not divorced from his insane wife. As Miss Cammerer left the stand, alter having been a witness for two days and a half, Lawyer Lewis leaned back and said: "That ends our case." 'When Judge Ingraham suggested putting the defendant on the stand, Colonel Inger soll pleaded that he had no time to talk with "him about his testimony. The Judge Insist ed, and the defendant took the stand. He turned the chair around to put his face to the jury and his back to Miss Cammerer, -and squared himself. He said that he had met Miss Cammerer at the Bichters, October 9, 1885, and again at the same place late in the same month. He spoke then of having had a sick wife for three years. He never spoke to her of any engagement whatever, he said, until they were going up to Bhine beck. Then he said: "Well, yon know me pretty well now, and know what kind of a man I am. If you are willing to come and Jive with mi until my wife dies, and marry tne then, I will giye yon the house and lot I 'live in." Miss Cammerer, Mr. Muller said, accepted the proposition definitely, to bo into effect after her father bad examined the papers, and pronounced them all right, bnt she said: "There are two conditions to my ac ceptance. In the first place, yon must promise, nner your who dies, to nave a priest marry us. xne second condition is jls m&? k i $-". , j - ri'iJWWwiroon - Ja --seen cstung miner ri5XiWttrooniad -keen estting noisy, and at this them was such ar sensation that the judge had to hammer his desk for a moment to restore order. Mr. Muller, in response to a question from a juryman, said Miss Cammerer was to live with him as his housekeeper. Muller's examination had not concluded when court adjourned. SIX ON ONE SCAFFOLD. Indians Who Faced tbe Mooao Witbont an Apparent Tremor. Foei Smith, Aek., January 16. An extraordinary execution took place here to day, when six Indians expiated their crimes on the scaffold. Nine men were to have been hanged to-day, but the sentence of one was commuted to imprisonment for life by President Harrison. George Tobler and Charles Bullard, tbe two negro murderers, have been respited until the 30th inst They received the respite with bad grace, saying that if they are to be hanged they would prefer going with the rest. The six Indians were hanged at noon in the United States jail yard for murders commit ted in the Indian Territory. They bore the ordeal with much nerve, standing on the scaffold fully 20 minutes while preparations were being made. The work, however, went with precision and dispatch, and when the fatal drop came there was bnt.a Blight groan from one of them, a gentle swing of six black bodies and not a twitch or a shrug. All were dead in from three to six minutes, and George Maledon, who had hanged 75 persons before, performed the work. POSTPONED BI THE GRIP. Another Continuance of the Celebrated Fleck Divorce Case. rSPEClAL TELEGRAM TO TOE DIS"ATCH." Nev Yoek, January 16. The Flack conspiracy case again wasted the time of the Court of Oyer and Terminer to-day. Post ponement has come to be regarded as the natural result of any attempt to bring this case to trial. On Monday last, when it was called, an affidavit by Dr. Phelps was read, stating that Joseph Meeks, the referee in the Flack divorce case, was very ill of la grippe, and an adjournment was granted. This morning a doctor appointed by the Court confirmed Dr. Phelps' affidavit that Meeks was unable to appear, and the trial was adjourned for the rest or the term. The next sitting of Oyer and Terminer will be held in April, when, if none of tbe other defendants get sick, there is a remote probability tbat this notorious case will be disposed of. . ' GOING TO BE MISSIONARIES. Four Young Negroes bent Hero From Li beria to be Educated. New Yoek, January 16. Four young negroes of the Karoo tribe arrived here to day on the bark Liberia, from Liberia, where they were born. They were sent on here by Miss Sharp, a missionary in. Mor avia, to be educated at the Central Tennes see College at Nashville. They are consigned to the care of Miss F. M. Hodge, of Brooklyn, who will send them on to Bev. E. W. Kieler, of Hash ville. Their parents are heathen, who be lieve in polygamy and no clothing. It is their intention to become missionaries. Got 812,000 far a Lee. rsrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! New Yoek, January 16. A jury to-day directed the Second Avenue Street Bailway Company to pay George Ackersloot, 8 years old, $12,000. Young Ackersloot was run down by a Second avenue horse car and his left leg was cut off, last October. He sued the company, through his guardian, for $25,000. A New Trial for Falber Boyle. BAiEiGH, N. C., January 16. The Supreme Court to-day granted a new trial to Father Boyle, the Catholic priest con victed of -asMult and .sentenced to be hanged. , W PAETISAN POLICY Wanted in the Platform of the Seced ing Sisters of the W. C. T. U. HAEM0NI0D8 CO-OPERATION NEXT. A State Branch of the Xew Organization 2faw Being formed. LADIES SIEET1NG IN PHILADELPHIA, In Response to a Call Signed by Aetrre Workers la Many ConnUes. A State branch of the new non-partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union is being organized at Philadelphia. Mrs. Joseph ii. Weeks is Chairman of the Com mittee on Cons titution. Telegrams of greet ing were received from all parts of the country. rSPECIAL TELEOBAH TO TBB niSPATCU.1 Philadelphia, January 16. The dis content and lack of h?rmony that have ex isted for some time in the ranks of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Pennsylvania, to-day resulted in a division and the formation by the seceders of a new and independent organization. The split was brought abont by the frequent in dorsements sf the Prohibition party and its methods by a number of the mem bers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. A call was issued two weeks ago for the conference -which was held to-day in the hall of the American Sunday School Union. The call was signed by Mrs. Ellen M. Watson, Mrs. Joseph D. Weeks, Mrs. H. C. Campbell, Mrs. B. D. Bowman and Mrs. B. C. Christy, of Allegheny county, and one or more active workers in nearly every county of the State. MB3. -white's addbess. Mrs. Judge White, of Indiana, called the meeting to order. After devotional exer cises, led by Miss M. S. Shepherd, of Mans field, Mrs. H. C. Campbell, of Allegheny, read tne scriptures, which was fol lowed by Mrs- Judge White's ad dress. She began bystating that differences in opinion in methods of work and the best manner of accomplishing practical results have, during the last few years in this State, grown so rapidly, and are now so conspicuous, that harmonious co-operation among those who have sincerely and con scientiously differed is manifestly im possible. An actual separation seems to be a practical, wise neces sity, if the labors of very many women are to be continued and used most effectively against the common enemy. The partisan policy of the last few years of the National Women's Christian Temper ance Union, and the present marked ten dency in the same "supporting direction of the State organization of Pennsylvania, have disturbed their meetings and interfered with harmonious and effective work. She concluded: NOT SITTING IN JUDGMENT. We do not meet to sit in judgment on the course of our sisters who approve the partisan system, but to formulate such constitution and rules as will perpetuate the principles of the original W. C. T. U. It is conceded that the scenes of the discordant dis cussion of the Pittsburg Convention of a year ago, and those of the recent Chicago con vention bring, mora reproach, discouragement anefetTtJ-1nstian-irot3etr'than- two separate organizations, one pursuing the par tisan policy and the other positively prohibit ing it. Mrs. Hugh Campbell, was called to the chair. She presented terms of tbe partisan methods. It charged that the operations of the politicians were concealed behind it. On a motion ot Mrs. Weeks, of Allegheny, a vote of thanks was tendered to Miss Shep herd. PREPARING FOB BUSINESS. Mrs. Weeks also offered a resolution tbat the meeting proceed to organize a non-sectarian and non-partisan Women's Christian Temperance Union. This was agreed to, and the following Committee on Constitu tion was appointed: Mrs. Joseph D. Weeks, of Allegheny, Chairman; Mrs. M. M. Ha ling, of Venango; Mrs. D. Price, ot Chester; Mrs. C. B. Jones, of Allentown; Mrs. C. B. Boney, of Philadelphia; Miss Shepherd, of Tioga, and Mrs. Judge White, of Indiana. A letter was read irom Mrs. Swift, former President of the Women's Christian Tem perance Union, who is at present in Europe: "My sympathies," she said, Vare with you. I have no patience with people who war on both sides of tbe fence." Telegrams of greeting were then read from several parts of the country. A MOTHER'S TERRIBLE DEED. She Attempts to Kill Four Children nnd Endi Her Own Life. rSFECIAL TZLEOBA1I TO TUX DISPATCH.! WABSATV, MINN, January 16. Post master MoLean got out of bed early this morning to build a fire in the kitchen, and while he was gone his wife bolted the bed room door, nnd, taking a revolver from a bureau drawer, shot three ot her chil dren. Two of them died instantly. The third, a mere babe, was shot through the lung and cannot live. The mad woman then poured carbolic acid down the throat of her fourth child, and completed the tragedy by swallowing a dose of the poison herself. She is now very low and may not recover. The child to whom the acid was administered is also in a critical condition, Mrs. McLean has been despondent and nervous for some time, but it was not thought tbat her mind was affected. The postmaster ran to the bedroom door as soon as he heard tbe shooting, but was unable to force an entrance until the tragedy was finished. THE TRANSGRESSOR'S WAT HARD. A Bank Tbief Captured Two Tear After lie Ban Atrar. ISrlCTAI. TZLEQBAU TO THE DISPATCn.1 New YOBE, January 16. Chief Brooks, of the United States Secret Service, to-day captured Henry H. Jackson, formerly pay ing teller at the United States sub-treasury, who stole $10,000 from the' funds nnder his charge on October 18, 18S7. Information was received at the sub-treasury to-d3y that Jackson was in this city, and Chief Brooks' detectives were placed on his track. Jackson was arrested at the Allman House and was taken to the Chiefs office in the postofiice building, where he was fully identified. A commitment was then made ont under direction of the United Slates District Attorney, and Jackson will be beld to await the action of the grand jury. Kl-ner Likely to Succeed Himself. ISPECIAL TELEQKAM TO TIIE DISPATCH. I Haeeisbueg, January 16. Chairman Kisner, of the Democratic State Committee, arrived here to-night to make arrangements for the meeting of the committee next Tues day. He is a candidate lor re-election and will likely lead the Democratic forces iu the next campaign.1- BIortnlitT Among Buckeye Statesmen. Columbus, January 16. Representative John B. Lawlor, whose illness during the Senatorial contest caused so much anxiety, died to-day. Bepresentative Brown, of Hancock, and Senator Ashburnj ot the Fourth district, are seriouly ill. NO M0BE LITIGATION. Text of tbe Agreement Which Tnkee the Stewnrt Will Caio Oat ol Court Judge Hilton Has Agreed to a Compromlir. New Yoek, January 16. The. following statement was given out by the lawyers in the Stewart will case this afternoon: Tbe Stewart litigations are ended. The effect of tbe settlement is as follows: First Judge Hilton retains all that he re ceired daring Mrs. Stewart's lifetime and all that he has ever claimed the right to retain. except tbat he has released the estate from its 1 indebtedness of 9S7.3o7 88. Second All parties Interested under the will receive what the terms of tbe will entitle them to. Third The testamentary Intentions of Mrs. Stewart in respect of the cathedral receive their f nil effect by the conveyance of an addi tional quantity of land, abont doable the quan tity of land conveyed to It by Mrs. Stewart In her lifetime, and (500,000 in addition to the $300,000 which the cathedral now holds against tbe estate and in addition of the property upon which Mrs. Stewart expended upward of S2.000.C00 during her lifetime. This gives' the estate left by Mrs. Stewart, after the payment of legacies and of the Cathedral endowment, to tbe persons entitled under her will in the following proportions: Charles J, Clinch takes three-tenths, Sarah N. Smith three-tenths, the three half sisters of Mrs. Stewart one-tenth cacti, and tbe children of Mrs. Charles E. itatlex one-sixteenth each. The above provisions are all set forth in detail, surrounded by legal verbiage, in an agreement made on tbe 15th inst. (Wednes day), between Henry Hilton and all the other litigants. THE I WILL BE SHOT. Brazil's New Kepoblic Take Radical Meas ures to Prevent Treason. rSPICIAI. TELEOItAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 New Yoek, January 16. The British steamship Ambrose, which left Tara on January 5, arrived to-day. Captain Crimp reports everything quiet at Para. There was a rumor that Da Fonseca had died on January 3. Tbat the revolutionists were alarmed by the demonstration of December 18, is shown by the decree of the provisional Government of December 25. Here is" a copy of the decree: All individuals conspiring against the Gov ernment constituted by the people, tbe army and navy, or Its delegates, who -promote, by their writings or by tbeir acts, any civil revolt.or canse military insubordination, or who attempt, by subordination or any other method, to in cite the officers or soldiers against their su periors and tbe Republican regime; or who spread in the navy or army false ideas, by first getting the soldiers Intoxicated and attempt to make them Insub ordinate, will suffer military punishment as se ditions persons, being tried by a military com mission appointed by the Jllnister of War. "Military punishment" is another way of saying that the guilty persons will be shot. . STUDENTS WIN THE FIGHT. A Yale Professor Declines to Retract and is Forced Our. New Haves', January 16. Frederick B. Honey, who for some years past has been the instructor in mechanical drawings at Ya!e Scientific School, has been removed from his position. Prof. Brush announcing to-day that Profs. Bichards and Dubois would fill the vacancy temporarily. The dismissal ends the worst quarrel which has occurred among members of Yale's faculty for some time. Mr. Honey ordered freshmen to purchase their drawing instruments of afirm in this city, but instead they purchased them from a junior who canvassed their class iora Philadelphia firm. Mr. Honey then an nounced he would mark the students ab sent if they used the instruments. Upon this the Board of Directors stepped in and told Mr. Honey he must retract. He would h not nnd was dismissed; -. - FREE FIGHT IN OPEN C0DET. The Mary Washington Monument Responsi ble for a Lively Row. Fbedebicksbubc, Va., January 16. The third day's proceedings in the Mary Washington Monument libel suit opened this morning. The court room was densely packed with people from all parts of the country. Matters progressed smootnly until Attorney Fitzhugh tried to throttle Attor ney Dickson, counsel for plaintiff, during the latter's examination of the witness. Dickson told Fitzhugh that he was a - scoundrel, where upon canes, inkstands, fists, etc., were used promiscuously, and for a time there was a general riot in court, which caused Judge McLaughlin to suspend proceedings until later in the afternoon. Great excitement prevails, and more trouble is feared before the suit is ended. AVERTED A PANIC. A Grammar School Superintendent Exercises Grent Presence of Mind. ISFZCIAI, TELEQBAM TO TBI DISPATCH. I Baltimore, January 16. A few pails of water quenched an embryo blaze, and the presence of mind of Principal George B. Long averted what might have been a disas trous panic-ot Grammar School No. 13 this morning. There were upward of 400 chil dren in the building, 200 of whom were girls. An old range in a back classroom broke down, the coals fell out on the floor and the smoke issued through the door into the main room. Principal Long remarked quietly: "School is dismissed for the day. Don't make any noise on the stairs." All the 400 children filed out and Lone extinguished the Dlaze with a few pails of water bVore the fire company, summoned by his assistant, arrived. MAH0XE NOT INDICTED. The Grand Jury Decides Ho Did Not Do the Election Shooting. Petebsbueg, "Va., January 16. In the Hustings Court to-day the grand jury re turned, "Not a true bill" in the case of General William Mahone, charged with feloniously shooting Herbert Harrison on the night of November 5. A PREMATDRE EXPLOSION Kills Four Men and a. Number of Others are Badly Injarcd. Nashvilli, Tehn., January 16. Four men were killed and several others badly wounded by the premature explosion ot a blast at a camp near Johnson City on the Atlantic and Ohio Bailroad this morning. Not Quite Burled. ISFZCIAI. TILIOKAM TO Tni DISFATCn.1 BBOOKXYIT, January 16. Mrs. W. O. Parks, wife of a dentist of this city, has nar rowly escaped being buried alive while in a trance. Her daughter discovered that her mother was yet alive, and revived her by pouring a teaspoonful of brandy in her mouth. Merchants buffer by Fire. Youngstowi-, January 16. Fire to night caused a loss of 530,000, divided as fol lows: C. A. Huether, boots and shoes, $10, 000; John E. Boyle, merchant tailor, S10, 000; Emil Fisher, druggist, $5,000; the Dei bel estate, $3,000; John Iruog, meat market, $3,000. A Fearful Famine In the Soudan. CAIRO, January 16. Authentic new has been received of terrible mortality among the natives in the Soudan, due vto famine resulting from lack of rain during tbe au tumn. An Aged Bishop Dead. Lancaster, Pa., January 16. Bishop Peter Nissley, of the Old Mennonite Church, .uiea waaeaiy uu morning, sgea TO-MOBBOWS ISSUE Witt be a)?'' e number, containing SINE! COLUMNS. It will carry ail. Z, of the day and a charmintf , b THREE ' cents;;..' lilfious ray v-i, v The New Open-Heartli Steel? J Stands Marvelous Tests. THE HfmTOB EXPLAINS Why Details of His Ecvolonizlng Device Are SecreL. A TON OP STEEL PE0M TWO OP ORE. Yesterday's exclusive news from Indian apolis, given in these columns, of mighty steel mills there and here to make the new open-hearth product direct from the ore, is supplemented with a talk from the Pitts burg inventor. He and another gentleman hint at but are not yet ready to promise great thing3 for the new process, all to bo perfected and made clear within the next few weeks. Interest in the new process of making; open-hearth steel, discovered by 3Ir Charles Adams, of this city, is increasing with each succeeding experiment, nntil those inter ested have come to consider the invention a complete success. Samples of the product are at the office of the Iron and Steel Im provement Company, in the Hamilton building, where they were shown to a Dis patcii reporter yesterday. The samples simply show the quality of i the material. They nave been submitted to the most crucial tests. A piece of cold steel two inches wide and six inches long, with a one-eighth inch hole was placed, under a steam wedge and the hole increased to an inch without a break or crack in the steel. This was repeated with several pieces with the same result. Similar pieces were tested by bending double under a steam ham, mer with no signs of a crack. Other pieces were pulled apart to test the tensile strength. The tests have been most satisfactory, show ing that the steel is of a good quality and yet of a fine silky fibrous texture. Com pared with a piece of a Bessemer steel rail, the product shows to be of a finer composi tion. nrVEHTOE ADAMS EXPLAINS. Mr. Adams was asked to give some de tails about the process, but he declined, say ing that the company had not gotten to that point yet where they could consistently give an explicit explanation. Mr. Adams, how ever, practically confirmed all that has hitherto been published in The Dispatch regarding the enterprise, which simply amounts to this. That while the new com pany is not seeking to out-do any other en terprise, a process has been discovered which will revolutionize the steel industry; that a large plant will be erected for the manufacture of the steel, and that all oi the money necessary for the operation of the process is in sight. Mr.Adams very reluctantly answered some of the statements made by various partie3 who seem to be looking on the scheme from a laboratory and not a practical point of view, and who have without knowing any thing about the process made-very broad as sertions about its being impractical and not a success,. Said Mr. Adams: -- - $$ CLAIMS IT IS A SUCCESS. There is no doubt whatever abont our proc ess being a snecess. You have the evidence be- tore you. The only question now i3 tbe cost of manufacture, and it Is easy to calculate that as compared with the cost of Bessemer steeL We make the steel dlrecs from the ore, using two tons of ore at JW per ton to prodnce a ton of steeL Bessemer is produced from pig Iron at S2S per ton, in which there is a 25 per cent loss vj axiuauon. The statement tbat any process is perfect, or tint-It .cannot be improved npon 13 a mistake. We have made no boasts about our process. Is is a private matter just now, and we used all possible means to keep it from tbe public until we conld get all tbe details arranged. The statement tbat we were compelled to go ont of Pittsburg to get capitalists to take hold of the enterprise is unjust, not only to ourselves, but to Pittsburg manufacturers. NOT A IiABOB-SAVnTG DEVICE. I tried to have a test made at Olenwood and the people refused to take hold of it because they wcro afraid of Interference from tbe labor organizations. Tbe latter got an idea tbat tbe Erocess wonld cut down Tabor. Ic will not, owerer, have any such effect. Oors is a practical experiment Every heat is tested, and tbe first unsatisfactory test is yet to be made. We are working now to see what the product can be placed on the market for. We have every advantageous facility, we raise the ore and handle our material with hydraulic machinery, and I think in a tew days we can invite tbe steel men of tbo country to investi gate tbe marvel of tho age in this line. Prom another gentleman, who is in a po- sition to be informed as to facts, and who seemed sufficiently cautious to not over-estimate or talk at random, the following addi tional particulars as to the process were gained. He said: OK A KEEJ SCENT. While The Dispatch is recognized by those Interested in the Adams steel process as being one of the most enterprising and wideawake newspapers in the country, we were hardly pre pared to see it learn anything about the work which has been going on at Indianapolis before the time had arrived to attract attention and while wo supposed tbat all tbe matter was be ing kept profoundly secret. A very considerable amount of steel has already Decn made and the value of the process so thoroughly demonstrated as not to admit of tbe shadow of a donbt as to its doing all tbat ia claimed, and more, too. And when we get ready to give full particulars, in the course of two or three weeks. The Dispatch will be able to tarnish its readers, among the very first, with data which will prove of more interest to tbe steelmakers and consumers of the country than anything in tbat line which has developed In recent years. A TRADE SENSATION PEOXISED. The results will bo of such a character as to satisfy the most doubting Thomas that this is as much an age of progress in the steel trade' as in any other line. In fact this matter is bound to attract as much attention and en thnsiasm as did the inventions of Edison. Tbe samples of steel shown yon to-day haro been pronounced by oiperts as the best they have overseen, which were not made in cruci bles, and we produce it at a cost so much less than can be done under any process now in general use, that tbe steel trade will be startled when they come to know the facts. While not in a position to confirm the accur acy of tbe statement published in your issue of this morning; as to the "largest steel plant In the world" beirig located in Indianapolis, I can say to you positively, that within the next nine months we shall have in operation at soma point In the country a plant with a much larger output of steel than any now In operation. CAPITAIi ENLISTED IS AMPLE. We are not making a bla for any capital, aa we have enough already enlisted to carry ont what is proposed for tho present, nor do we care how many self-inflated chemists, who profess to know it all, may challenge our statements, or claim tbat we cannot make avast change In the methods of steel manufacturing. This Is an age ot the most remarkable nrogress, and foe any man to presage tbat this or that will not follow in any line, is to set himself up as mora infallible than all the rest of mankind. And n o one who has a fair amount of deliberate con--, mon sense should make such rash statements as we hare seen recently emanating from par ties in Chicago, whose prominence is of such a character as to lead ns to expect something more sensible, and savoring less of egotism ana prophecy. The steel manufacturers and consumers will not therefore decry the "Adams process" in ' advance, dui wait a little while, until they can observe results, and it the same are not fully up to all our claims, we shall be willing to be tbe MhntUnf fhal.lnloair.n .li.Tl -.... .1 patiently for the present, as "those laugh bestsfa'- -- " VtL j aw .uu.e urn 19 J MW fb lltUlU. A.. ". l; afe&. ". :& ii ". a'r,: - .