PLENTY OP I t BUT 10 LEADE Apparent Weakness of the Mammoth Majority in the House. NOT A WHIP HANDY. Mr. Catchings Tries Hard to Hold tF Down the Job, but Fails. SPORT FOR THE REPUBLICANS In the Erst Demofratic Row at-the Begin ning of Real Work. An Economical Move Opposed at Once and a Compromise Necessary Springer Dividing the Honors With Catchings Burrows the Understudy for Tom Reed An Adjournment by June Now Looked For Several Sena tors Suffering With the Grip Speaker Crisp to Be Laid Up for Some Time Debate and Resolutions on the Hebrew Aid Project No Lack of Precedents Speeches to Be Made on the Subject. SPECIAL TELXGKArirtC LETTER. Bureau or The Disr vtcii. 'ashijgton; D. C, Jan. 5. J Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee, having been duly elected President pro tempore of the House, to net in the absence of Speaker Crisp, is therefore to .be regarded as the leader of the Democrats on the floor, although this distinction will-no doubt be contested by Representative Springer, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Mr. Catchings, of Mississippi, member of the Committee on Rules. The latter gentleman is said to be the closest adviser of Speaker Crisp in the Home. He was given a chance to-day to show his abilities as a manager on the floor, but, owing to a bad course, did not meet with signal success. The Republicans, in fact, were given an opportunity to enjoy a little family row on the Democratic side, which they took advantage of to the fullest extent. Need of a Democratic leader. The Democrats of the House have for many years lacked a capable forceful and . ready leader ou the iloor one who can ad vocate a party proposition and carry it to a vote tuccessfully. This is what Mr. Catch ings could not do to-day. The first proposi tion made after the meeting of the House was in the form of a resolution from the Committee on Rules, which provided, among other things, that hereafter private bills should not be printed until after they had been acted upon by a committee. This was the first partymcasure of econ omy brought forward in the present Con gress by the Democrats, and yet it was im mediately attacked by half a dozen mem bers, and an hour's debate started, which uas as lively and as serious as if a question of great importance was under considera tion. Messrs Blount, McCreary and others op posed the proposition, and spoke of the necessity of printing at least a few copies ot all bills. Saincr Entirely at the Spigot. Mr. Catchings defended his resolution as best he could, but was obliged to accept an amendment, and when the resolution finally passed it provided that hereafter 100 copies of all private bills should be printed for the ue of members. An attempt was made to cut this number down to 25 or 50, but Mr. Cummings, in a one-minute speech of peculiar effectiveness, showed that the dif ference of cost in printing 25 bills and 100 was too small to be worthy of considera tion. Mr. Catchings was good naturcd through out the skirmish, and kept his temper re markably well, but his 'voice was so poor that be could not be beard in the confusion. While Mr. McMillin was in the chair Mr. Springerdid not allow Mr. Catchings to have all the honor of leadership, by any means. The wearer of the red roe was constantly on his feet, and made a motion at least as often as the man from Mississippi did. Four Thousand Bills to Be Filed. The House has transacted no business as yet, for it will require ali of the day to morrow to complete the task of introducing bills, which was commenced to-day at 1:30. An unusually large number of measures will be introduced, and it is likely that there will be over 4,000 on the files by to morrow night. The committees will not get to work on them before next week. The Republicans looked very happy over the Democratic squabble to-day, and some of them wanted to participate in it. Mr. Burrows, however, who sat down in front and acted as the partv whip in the absence of Mr. Reed, who was detained from AVash ington by the illness of his wife, motioned them to keep Mill and let the family row go on. The Republicans obeyed their orders theyalnajs do and did not get- into the fight. Looking to an .Adjournment in .Tnne. The leaders of both Houses declare that there is a united purpose to secure an ad journment no later than the 1st of June, and to this end work will be at once pushed on the various appropriation bills and other measures of necessity, in order that they may get before the House for consideration and action in season to allow the gramme oi haste to be carried out. pro- Several Senators are suffering with the prevailing epidemic of grip which is wide spread in Washington at present. Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan, has been seriously ill ever since Congress adjourned for the holidays. Senator Grav has such a severe attack that he has been in bed for more i than a week and cannot come to Washing ton for sortie days yet. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, is not yet well enonch to appear in liis seat, and last night Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, succumbed to t'.ie prevailing malady. He was iomewhat better to-day, but is still quite ill. Crisp Laid Up lor Two More W-cks. Speaker Crisp has been so utterly pros- i t rated that, although he has been in bed for almost two weeks, he will not be able to sit up for two or three days yet and will not venture to go to the Capitol until after the middle of the month. Scores of other prominent people, including Secretary Fos ter and his assistant secretary, General Net tleton, have suffered protracted and even dangerous sieges, but luckily all are now considered to be out .of danger. The subject of Russia's treatment of the Hebrews was under consideration at both ends of the Capitol, to-day. The Senate adopted Mr. Washburn's resolution author izing the Secretary of the Navy to employ a vessel for transporting the flour donated by the Western millers, and the House would undoubtedly have taken like action, but for the objection of Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, the famous door-kicker of the billion Congress. No Lack ot Precedents to the Case. Representative Raynor, of Maryland, himself a Hebrew, presented a long resolu tion under the call of States protesting against the cruelties of the Russian authori ties, and Representative Elija Adams Morse sent up a shorter one. To The Dispatch reporter Mr. Raynor said to-night that there were many precedents for the adoption of such a resolution as he has introduced, and that he intended at the first opportunity to address the House on the subject. Mr. Morse's resolution reads as follows: Whkueas, It lias come to the knowledge of our people that 6,000,000 suhjects of the Czar ot all the Russians, known as Israelites or Jews, are at present subject to the most cruel and relentless persecutions, banished Irom their homes on the most trivial pre text, without opportunity to soil their be longings, thus otten -lvcn into exile and straiiKC lands, destitute and penniless: and, Whereas The exodus of so large a people is impossible and impracticable; therefore, bo ic Keolved. That the Representatives of tho United States in Congress assembled, recog nizing the fatherhood of God and tho brotherhood of man, desire to express our svmp.Uhy w i i h these unfortunato people in this hour of their diro distress. Tho President's "Words Indorsed. Resolved, While it is against the policy of this Government to interfere in the affairs of othcrnatlons, yet in view of the appalling fates recited above, and considering tho friendly relatior that have alii ays existed between tho Car's Government and our oun, we commend the action of the Presi dent of the United States in offering his friendly and good ofhees to secure from the Czar's Government an amelioration of the condition and a surcease of -persecution on this unfortunate people, and that the honor able Secretary of State be requested to for ward to our Minister at St. Pcterburg to His Majesty's Government, a copy of these resolutions. Mr. Morse has probably had these resolu tions in his pockets for a long time, as they appear to be the same in terms as those which he unsuccessfully endeavored to have incorporated in the platform of the Repub lican party of Massachusetts at the last State Convention. He had made a caucus of the delegates w ith some show of success until a member of the Platform Committee asked him how many Russian Hebrews -he had known and seen in the course of his life. Mr. Morse replied, "None," and his resolutions were discarded, only to appea again to-day in Congress. A MOB AFTER A JUDGE. BLOOD FLOWS AGAIN IN THE KANSAS COUNTY-SEAT WAK. Officers Protecting the Court Shot Down Tlie Military Is Appealed for and Gov ernor Humphrey Sends a Company to the Seat of W ar. Toit.ka, Jan. 5. The killing of a Sheriff and his deputy recorded elsewhere in this issue is an outgrowth of the Seward county scat war. Judge Botkin, of Seward county, was to hold court at Springfield to-day. Seward county before its organization was part of Stevens county. There is n county--cat war on between Springfield and Arfca lon. A mob composed of the old Stevens county faction were determined that Botkin should not hold court at Springfield. The Sheriff and posse were on their way to escort the Judge to his court. Last 'night Judge Botkin, Sheriff Lunn and six deputy sheriffs held a meeting at the house of the Judge. They decided to scout the country between the Judge's house and the Court House, and started from the house of the Judge at 3:30 o'clock this morning. They came upon the mob, composed of about 40 men w ith Winchester rifles, and a fight ensued. It lasted until daylight. Sheriff Dunn was literally riddled with bullets. All the other officers escaped and went to Spring field, where they barricaded themselves in a private house. The mob pursued them to the town. Laribee flanked the mob, and, reaching the house, told the Judge of the result of the battle and urged him to fly with his family to Arkalon. This alternoon Governor Humphreys re ceived a telegram from Judge Botkin, dated Arkalon, urcing the Governor to send the Adjutant General with troops to Arka lon on a special train as quickly as possible. The Governor responded by sending a com- pany with instructions to proceed to the seat of the trouble at once. A GARZA STORY DENIED. The Bold Mexican Revolutionist Has No Backers In New Orleans. New Okleaxs, Jan. 5. Special.- The story sent out that the headquarters of the Uarza revolution had been discovered in New Orleans is without foundation. Senor Zamera, Mexican Consul, is certain that there is no revolutionary headquarters here. Colonel Thomas Boylan, head of a de tective agency, says that he was emploved to watch Colonel Sandotal, a Mexican rev olutionist, and a friend of Garza's, who visited New Orleans some months ago. Sandoval called on a number of Mexicans of this city. He was kept under close sur veillance, but did nothing to warrant any suspicion, and returned to Laredo some time ago. Colonel Boylan agrees with Senor Zamera that the Mexican revolu tionary party has no headquarters here. SCOOPING IN SUGAR BOUNTY. One Louisiana Planter Who Will Get Over a Quarter of a Million. New Orleans, Jan. 5. Special. The Elm Hall sugar plantation of Leon Good chaux, in Assumption parish, closed the rolling season yesterday, having turned out the immense sum of 4,250,000 pounds of sugar, on which Mr. Goodchaux will get ?S5,000 bounty from the United States. jit is but one of a dozen plantations owned by Mr. Goodchaux, who will be the largest individual receiver of bounty in the United States, and will receive something more than $250,000 from the Government DIED TWO DAYS 100 SOON. A Fanper Who Inherited a Large Fortune Passes Away In Omaha. Omaha, Jan. 5. Last Monday word was received in Omaha from Tullogohobegley, County Donegal, Ireland, that Henry J. Phillips, who was supposed to be some where in Nebraska, had fallen heir to a large estate left by his uncle. The information was published, and to day it was discovered that Phillips died a paiiper atSt. Joseph Hospital, in this city, Sunday night. x BOOKIES ROPED l A Set-Up Job on the Pool sellers in a Number of Western Cities NETS A HANDSOME SUM. At Least $100,000 Paid Out on Tick ets That Weren't Winners. TELEGRAPH OFFICIALS PUT OUT. They Have No Explanation Keady That Just Fits the Swindle. WIBE-TAPHNG THEY DO NOT CREDIT ISrECIAI, TZLEGr.AJt TO THE DISrATCTI.l New Yobk, Jan. 5. Dispatches received from the West to-night told a sad tale of the sufferings of poolscllers in Kansas City, St. Paul, Omaha, San Francisco, Minneapolis and other frisky towns, owing to a mistaken telegraph report of the results of the first two races at Guttenberg. Putting all the stories together it looks as if a conspiracy had been formed and worked with success. The horses that the men inside the com bination are said to have puttheir money on were Congress in the first race and Rosa, G in tho second. Congress was a 10 to 1 shot in the five furlongs. Bosa G sold at 7 to 2. The conspirators are said to have played" these two straight and place and in combinations. The first reports put the losses of the pool sellers in the West at ?35,000. Afterward the figure was raised to 5150,000. Just what the facts are regarding the conspiracy and the losses is a little uncertain, but there is no uncertainty about the fact that the names of the" wrong horses went out over the Western wires for the two first races. Donblo Losses in Some Cases. The real winners of the races were In sight of the five furlongs and Brooklyn of the Bix and a half furlongs. Insight so"ld in the pools at 20 to 1 and Brooklyn sold at 8 to 5. If the holders of tickets on these horses did not throw them away after the faUe results were announced the book makers will have to add the payment of these long odds to the direct loss. Just how the trick was worked is as yet a mysterv. The racing reports are gathered by the Western Union and sent first to the central office in this city. From there they are distributed all over the country. The service is under a special manager, Mr. D. Mitchell, and for safety especially it is sent upon the quadruplex system wires. "We heard of the matter first from Chi cago," said day manager Thomas M. Bren nan to-night. "It was nearly 5 o'clock when we got the first inkling of it, and it was too late for us to make any cffectUc in vestigation of it. Nearly all the men em ployed in that service had left the office. Improbability of Tapping Some Wires. "It is possible that a wire was tapped on the quadrjiplex lines that has been done but it is not probable. On th.ise lines the instalments and lines have to be carefully, balanced electrically bv resistance. To cut the line and get it working again would re quire great skill and a complete set of quadruplex instruments and powerful bat teries. "There is another argument, too, against the false news having been sent out by means of tapping the wire. If it were tapped every signal would have had to be carefully repeated by the fraudulent opera tors. That would have made a break in the time between the sending and re ceiving offices. Our clocks are a check upon this, and as nearly as we have ascertained there was only a few seconds difference between the times the right mes sages were sent and the wrong ones got to Chicago. The investigation will be con tinued to-morrow." IIow It Worked Kt Kansas City. A special from Kansas City says: Five well-dressed men worked 'the pool rooms just across the Kansas line this afternoon for ? t, 000, and it is said that the poolrooms all over the country were similarly vic timized. Wires were tapped between Gut tenberg and New York City after the first two races tc-day at Guttenberg, and fic titious results were sent to the various pool rooms of the country. Two of the five sharpers here were arrested at the Union depot to-night and 1,348 recov ered. The three with the balance escaped. Maltby & Co. were the heaviest losers. The poolrooms did not receive notice of the fraud for half an hour after the men had left, and their arrests were purely accidental. The men arrested were fashionably dressed and were strangers in the city. One locked himself in the toilet room of a Union Pacific car, but the officers secured a stepladder and put a revolver to the transom. One man gave the name of Kobert "Vincent Kintz, and acknowledged that he had been a pool room gambler for years. Omaha Booklet Save Something. A telegram from Omaha says: A clever scheme to rob the poolrooms here and in many other places was discovered this after noon before much money had been lost. Several strangers at the Diamond pool rooms just before the Guttenberg; races started playe'd $200 on Congress, a 7 to 1 shot. When the result of the race came in congress was announced as the winner, and the strangers cashed their tickets. On the second race they played their money on Bosa G at 7 to 2. When the message caroe'in, sayingllosa G had won, the Diamond proprietors be came suspicious and refused to pay until they had wired New York. A message was at once sent and a replv was received, showing the horses named had not won. In the meantime the strangers had disappeared, leaving the money played on Rosa G in the poolsellers' hands. Just how the scheme was worked is not known here, hut it is evi dent the wire was tapped. Worked Away Out on the Coast. ' A telegram from San Francisco says: Heavy betting at the pool rooms in Oakland to-day on two Eastern races led to the dis closure that show bookmakers have been victimized to the extent of many thousand dollars. In the first race at Guttenburg, Congress despite the fact that odds were 8 to 1 asainst the horse was backed heavily to win by a couple of sporting men, who also placed considerable money on Bosa G, a 4 to 1 shot in the second race. A local bookmaker found that these two men stood to win $4,100 if Congress and Bosa C. took first place. This aroused suspicions which were not allayed when cipher dispatches were received from those points announcing that both horses had won. Inquiry was made by telegraph to New York, and the re ply received by the "bookies" was to the eflect that an organized effort had been made to swindlethe pool rooms by means of bogus dispatches, and it was stated, among others, that the Omaha bookmakers lost Sti.OOO and Kansas City and Denver $3,000 each in this way. The Same Game at Denver. A telegram from Denver savs: Two I strangers giving their names as Perry and JH'Kiiia little ucuu in UJU UUUUb AUbllll and Co.'s pool room for the past few davs. They have laid an occasionaLbet on several races with indif- I ferent results until to-day. This after noon Congress, a horse in the Guttenburg races, was put on the board as a 10 to 1 shot Perry invested 300 on this horse, and great snrprise was caused when the returns were received showing that Con gress had won. Mr. Perry pocketed his 3,000 and qnietly disappeared. Shortly afterward the man Rogers placed 100 on Bosa G at 15 to 1. Strange-to say, i this horse proved a winner also. The cashier of the firm paid the' man, who lost no time in leaving the room. This last extraordinary luck set the pool sellers to thinking, and they requested the Bace Bureau in New York to verify these winners. Immediate answer was received, showing that these horses had not even got a place in their respective ''races, and that the pool room had been duped. The wire had been tapped1 somewhere east of here and false returns Bent in. Detectives are after Perrv and Bogcrs, who lost no time in getting out of town. EIGHT DAYS IN A. BOX CAR. Airnil, KESOLT OF A HUNGARIAN'S SPKEE IN FITTSBUKG. Crawling Into it Car to Sleep, lie Is Carried to Janesvllle Over- a Week Without Bread or Water Eating His Shoes and Sucking Damp Coal When Discovered. JAnesville, Wis., Jan. 5. Special. Eight days locked in a box car without food or water was the experience of Paul Chetek, a Hungarian laborer, who reached here to day from Pittsburg. Among the cars that were switched in on the track leading to the Janesville Machine' Company's build ing this morning was a car filled with coal for John Plowright, a dealer in wood and coal. When Mr. Plowright broke the seal on the door of the car and opened it he was horrified at discovering a man there. The man was. unable to walk and could scarcely articulate, he was so weak for lack of nourishment. Plowright summoned as sistance and the manias taken into the engine room, where he was made as comfort able as possible. The poor fellow's clothes were in a sorry state, and he seemed to be about half naked and two-thirds frozen. When he could talk he told a terrible tale of suffering. He said he had been em ployed at street work in Altonna, and on Christmas evening he went to Pittsburg to spend the holidays. He met a number of friends there, and in visiting various saloons Decanie intoxicated. He wandered into the yards of the Pennsylvania Bailroad Com pany, and crawling into a freight car half filled with coal, stretched himself out to sleep off his intoxication. When he regained consciousness the doors of the car were fastened and th'e car was in motion. There were no end doors, and he was a prisoner. He nearly perished for food and drink, and was reduced to the extremity of chewing the uppers of his shoes for nourishment and sucking damp lumps of coal for moisture. When he left Altoona, Chetek says he weighed 172 pounds. To-day his weight was 97J. While in a critical condition, the physicians say he will probably recover. MARIE BLAINE'S LATEST. She Secnrcs a Change of Venue for Hor Divorce Suit Tho Now Famous Judge Aikens Will Not Decide for DTer Secre tary Blaine's Position Misrepresented. New York, Jan. 5. Special Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., has gotten a new Judge out in Dakota," Within the last week. EFer,ca3e' W tetjome up .in the. February term of court in Sioux Falls, Si D., before Judge Aikens. Mrs. Blaine acquired her legal residence in Sioux Falls, and for several months was one of the most interesting members of what was known as the "New York Colony." To-day Mrs. Blaine's counsel, Edgar M. Johnson, said thrcase would not be tried in Sioux Falls before Judge Aikens, but in Deadwood before Judge Thomas. This change of venue, if 'such it can be called, will cause much specu lation, especially as Judge Aikens has been very recently, and is now, under a scathing fire of criticism from the ministers and newspapers of Sioux Falls and from other Northwestern journals. Mrs. Blaine's attorney refused to be quoted in regard to Judge Aikens, but said that all he knew was that Judge Thomas w ould try the case at Deadwood. "The testimony is all completed so far as we are concerned," said Mr. Goodrich, Mr. Blaine's attorney, to-day. Mr. Goodrich disavowed very positively the rumor that the Secretary of State was endeavoring to bring about a compromise in the case before the testimony reached the court. DBEW A DIEK IK C0UET. A Husband Attacks the Defendant In a St. Louis Trial. St. Louis, Jan. 5. An exciting scene occurred in the Court of Criminal Correc tion to-day. The court was trying the case of George Jones, cqjored, charged with an attempt to criminally assault Mrs. Dr. Charles H. Grabby, on December 8 last. His victim was on the stand when the prisoner was given permis sion to interrogate the witness. He asked her if sh6 would swear it was he who had assaulted her. She re plied that she would, and positively identified him, whereupon ' he called her a liar. He no sooner uttered the word than Dr. Grabby, who had been sitting by his wife, pale with suppressed anger, jumped up, and, with a dirk in hand, sprang at the prisoner. Before the infuriated husband could hurt the prisoner, however, the two deputies caught him and took him from the court room. After quiet had been restored the trial pro ceeded. THE GEIP BAD IN BOSTON. A Heavy. Death Bate and a Significant 1 Cnincldeice. Boston, Jan. 5. Special.' In the big la grippe epidemic of 1890 the week during which the highest number of deaths oc curred was that ending January 11, when there were 41G. Strangely enough, that week corresponds with the present week of this year, which also promises to have the greatest number of deaths during the pre vailing epidemic. There have been 180 deaths reported at "the Board of Health up to noon to-day. It is now probable that there will be even a larger number of deaths for the week ending on Saturday than there has been since the fatal week in 1890. Last week there was 318 deaths. A PEAEY BELIEF EXPEDITION Decided Upon by the Philadelphia Academy of Xntural Science". PrnxADELPniA, Jan. 5. Special The much-talked-of Lieutenant Peary Belief Ex pedition was to-night decided upon by the Academy of Natural Sciences, upon the recommendation of the council. Prof. Heilprin said to-night: Nothing whatever has been determined upon except the fact that tho Academy will send an expedition. As to wlio will leid tho expedition no one as yet can sav, for that point lias not been considered. It will most probably have been decided upon, though, by tlio council bofore tbe next meeting of the Academy, a month hence. The Iron Trnde Looking Up. Readikg, Jan. 5. No. 2 anthracite blast furnace of the Brooks Iron Company, at Birdsboro, this cpunty, resumed operations to-day after a year's idleness. This is one of the largest furnaces in the Schuylkill Valley. ' MODERN MIRACLE Scientists Witness n Pnblic Production of Sodium and Alummuni AT INSIGNIFICANT COST. Processes That Are Astonishing Ex perts by Their Simplicity. A PRECIOUS METAL MADE CHEAP. Aluminum to Be Had Terj Soon for Fifty Cents a Found, and METALLIC SODIUM FOE SETEN CENTS rSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Newark, N. J., Jan. 5. Procesess of making metallic sodium were demonstrated in public to-day by theThowless Aluminum Syndicate of Newark,. at the works, in this city. Nearly 100 persons were present, and among them were many interested New Yorkers and Broofclynites. In the party were Prof. A. It Eaton, Prof. Brenneman, Prof. Lodi, Dr. J. T. Geisler, Dr. Leonard Waldo, Durand Woodman, Walter H. Kent, H. B. Baldwin, Rev. William Berg fels and Alexander Le Long. An array 'of ingots of the pure metal piled upon a table in the office first attracted attention, and then Orlando M. Thow less conducted the party into the sodium department, where the glow from the out lets of two retort furnaces streamed ghastly over the faces of the party. Mr. Thowless stood upon one of the brick furnaces and explained how he made the sodium by a continuous process, by which 110 pounds of the usually evanescent metal were turned out in 24 hours by each retort, and in a form which enabled him to keep it in airtight drums for months. Sodium That Can Be Easily.Kept. Heretofore sodium in a metallic state has been kept only by submerging it in naphtha or other hydro-carbons, but the product from these retorts is of a peculiar nature, which enables the producer to keep it in definitely, as long as moisture doe3 not come in contact with it. He handed around two casts of it which had been on hand for two months. It was whitened on the out side, but a cut made i ith a knife disclosed the bright metal inside. Sodium, Mr. Thowless declares, is worth $1 a pound in ton lots, and within a few years has been as high as 55 a pound. He says it now costs him 7 cent3 a pound. He makes it by allowing a thin stream of caustic soda to trickle into peculiar retorts .charged with gas retort carbon or coke and heated with a coke fire and natural draught. The metal trickles from a spout below the retort into a crucible-shaped mold, while irom the same spout an. intensely white flame is emitted and casts a glow over the whole room. The Key to Good, Cheap Alnmlnnm. The retorts andiurnaces are- fed night and day by three men, and as fast as the metal cools it is stored away in iron drums. The production of cheap sodium, Mr. Thowless say3, is the key to the cheap production of pure, soit aluminum ot a better quality lor working than can be got by the electrolytic process. After seeing the sodium process the party went to the aluminum shed, where six fur naces were reducing aluminum in clav cruci bles. The crucibles were charged with aluminum-bearing mineral and common salt. In this experimental plant Mr. Thowless is using cryolite, which comes from the only cryolite mine in' the world. This mine is at Eigtot, or Arksuk, on the west coast of Greenland, and is owned by a Philadelphia firm. It is a fluoride of aluminum and sodium that answers the purposes of demon stration admirably, but inpractical working on a large scale some mineral richer in aluminum, like fibrolite, bucholzite or cyanite, will be nsed, as these contain G3 per cent of the metal, while cryolite has only 13 per cent. Fnro Aluminum In Two Meltings. To the charge of cryolite a quantity of common salt is added, and the heat quickly reduces all to a liquid mass. Then a slim, pointed rod is thrust into one of the casts of sodium, and the cast is forced down into the contents of the crucible. In a few sec onds the sodium disappears, and the me tallic aluminum is thrown down to the bot tom of the crucible. A second melting renders it pure, and it is then cut in bars and ingots, from which it can be drawn into wire or rolled into sheets of any thickness, or.beaten into foil if necessary. Mr. Thowles,s says that he can produce aluminum of great purity for 50 cents a pound, even on his present scale of work ing, and the price can be still further re duced if the processes are carried on upon a larger scale. His metal is singularly white, and has a pleasant ring when struck. In the party to-day were a few men who had not handled the metal before, and it was amusing to see the waste energy they put forth to lift a slab of it which weighed about seven pounds and looked as though it might weigh a hundred-weight. It is asserted by -scientific men that if aluminum can be produced so cheaply that it can he substituted for iron for some uses it will, owing to its great strength and light ness, be of the very highest value to the world. ANOTHER COLLISION. Two Wabash Trains Come Together TVIth Terrible Hesults. Hannibal, Mo., Jan. 5. Two passenger trains on the Wabash came tocether at Aladdin to-day, where they were to have passed. The east-bound train had the right of way. It pulled into the depot at Aladdin and was waiting for the west-bound train to take the side track. It came along, but jumped the switch and crashed into the standing train. Both engines were completely wrecked and both engineers instantly killed. The train took fire, and both smokers and 'baggage cars and one chair car were consumed. John Conswell, fireman of the eastbound train, was serioifsly injured, and Henry Warboys, fireman of the other train, cannot live. The number of Italians killed is now placed at four, and it is saifi that eight passengers were hurt, but none fatally. CINCINNATI'S SNOW SIOKJL Three Inches of Flakes Had Fallen Up to 11 O'clock Last Mght. Cincinnati, Jan. 5. The heaviest snow storm of the season prevails in this city to night. Up to 11 'o'clock three inches had fallen and the storm still continues. A WOMAN'S SEASON DETHBONED By Seeing Dior Ilmbtind Killed by a Pass ing Locomotive. Alliance, Jan. 5. Special. A pitiful accident occurred on the Pt. Wayne Bail road, near Perrysville, this afternoon. Clark Miller, a farmer, aged 35 years, at tempted to drive across, the tracks ahead of the eastbound express, but was caught by the train and instantly killed, his body being thrown 50 feet. When the trainmen returned to the cross ing they lound Miller's wife, who had wit nessed the accident from her doorway. 100 yards away, kneeling by the dead body ot her husband, her reasou dethroned. As the conductor came up she shuddcringly asked him to kill her. Neighbors tried to take her away, but as the train started again she tried to throw herself under the wheels. Miller leaves three children. STRU.CK THE WRONG PLACE. A KUsSIAN IMMIGRANT MAKES A VERY BAD BREAK. Only One Day -In America When He Com. .rrTits a Crime for Which He Will Serve 19 Years Ho Attempts to Rob a Girl of Her Purse in Broad Davlight. New York, Jan. 5. Special. Morris Wolf, a muscular Russian, was tried to-day in the General Sessions before Judge Cow ing for robbery in the first degree. Tessie A. Rogers testified that she and her younger sister were walking in Sixth avenue, in the afternoon of December 12, when Wolf ran up behind her and tried to twist her purse, containing about 510, out of her hand. She struggled, and Wolf twisted her arm and threw her down, struck her in the face, and made her nose bleed. At that moment Daniel Ingram, a telegraph lineman, ran to her assistance, and. drop ping the purse, Morris ran. Telegraph Lineman Ingram corroborated her testi mony. Detective Sergeant Cottrell wai getting off a car when he saw Wolf knock Miss Eogers down and run away. He caught Wolf and found an open knifpin his hand. He had to use force to get tv'c', fe from Wolf. Miss Lizzie Rogers'-' ,) i.-'oiony corroborative of her sister'sSs.-', V ., prefer that he was hurrying down , "" "--" "'", "s. ;(,,. ij N. nue, when he ran against Miss Rogeo -'o,, knocked her rmrle from her haY J4 He was about to stoop down and re-i store it to her with an with an apology, when her sister began to cry, "Stop thief," and afraid of being arrested, he ran. He did not have a knife in his hand, and the knife produced was not his. On cross examination he testified that he landed in this city from the sailing ship Alexander, from Cronstadt, December 11, and had been in this citv just 24 hours when he was ar retted. He was a barber by trade. The jury took but one ballot, convictine Wolf within five minutes. Wolfs counsel asked for clemency on the ground that Wolf was a foreigner not able to speak our language, and that he had been in this city but 24 hours when he was unfortunate enough to get into trouble. The Judge re plied: The fact that ho had been in onr city but 24 hours only magnifies liis crime. Europe Is apparently ridding herself of all her cranks and criminals and sendinir tliem to us, and the wonder is to me how they slip through Castle Gaiden. Xoia day pases but some of these lascals from abroad com mit crimes affecting either tho life or the property of our citizens, and it Is time that an example should be set to them. Tlioy must be taught that whether they havo been in our commnnity 21 hours or 24 j ears, they must obey our laws or expect to be se verely punished if thev don't. Tho ex treme penalty under the conviction is im prisonment in State prison for20years. I deem it my duty to make an example of this man, as a warning to otlier evil-disposed men who come to our hospitable shores from othor countries and immedi ately start ont on a career of crime. I sen tence you. Wolf, to State prison for ID years. 'I am .innocent! I am innocent!" ex claimed. Wolf, as he was led from the bar. - CARNEGIE ON SMOKE. He Says Firtshars's Ttnisancs Cannot lie Solved by Palliative Measures lie Is a Prohibitionist on This Subject Total Abolition tho Only Itemedy. Last night's late mails for The DlSPAIcn brought the following from New York. It is self explanatory: Xew York, January 2, 1S92. My Dear 3Irs. OsMej : Your favor of December 22 received. Per haps, no one estimates as highly as I do, the injury to Pittsburg's futuro, which smoke threatens to inflict. I think about it often, and always with pain. I fear tho evil, how ever, Is not to bo removed by any regu lative laws. In my opinion It would be wise policy for Pittsburg to pro hibit the use of raw bituminous coal lor fuel within certain limits, until it can be used smokelessly. Coko and gas made from coal would eventually not cost much more than coal now does, used In its present costly manner. Public opinion is not yet advanced to this point, but the only way by which rittsburg can remain or become so desirable a place of lesidencd as to attract or keep the most valuable class of people is to banish the smoke nuisance thoroughly. Refinement, culture, arRstic development, most of what gives sweetness and litclit to life is involved in this smoko question; and as far as I know at present, it is not to be solved by any palliative or regulative meas ures, such as I understand you propose. I am greatly obliged for your kind invitation to attend and address the meeting, but you see my views are much too radical. I am not a regulntionist, but a prohibitionist, having not a particle of faith in anything less drastic. Yours very truly, Ahdhew Carseme. Mrs. John M. Oakley, Ben Venue Place, East End, Pittsburg, Pa. THE PATE OF AH ACTEESS. Miss Mary Bird, or the the Straight Tip Company, tturned to Death. Cnfcrs'NATl. Jan. 5. Miss Mary Bird, a member of the "Straight Tip" company, playing this Week at the Grand Opera House, died to-day from the effects of burns received last night. She was about retiring at her hotel, when her clothing caught fire at the grate from some inflammable substance accidentally spilled. She ran down stairs betore assist ance reached her, and was so horribly burned that she died to-day. FOG LEADS TO AN ACCIDENT. The Driver of a Loaded Omnlbns Loses His Way, but Drives Ahead. London, Jan. 5. Leeds was yesterday the scene of a severe road accident due to the prevalence of fog. The driver of a loaded omnibus completely lost his bear ings, but went blindly ahead, with the re sult that the horses and omnibus were pre cipitated into an excavation. Five persons were seriously injured. TABLE OP CONTEXTS. Topics. Page. Lively Keopenlng of Congress. li Gamblers Work the Wires. 1 Aluminum Still Growing Cheaper. 1 The Exposition Election close. 1 Interesting Local Politics 2 Labor Trouble at Homestead 2 The Interest Millage Increased S Classified Cent-a-TVord Ads 3 Editorial and Social. 4 The Symphony Orchestra Criticized 4 Inter-State Commerce Iteport G The Postofllco Attracts Business. G Ingersoll Criticizes Ills Critics 7 Sherman Still GettlngThere 7 Balkeley IsGovernorof Connecticut 7 News ofNelghhoring States 8 Sporting EvontH and Gossip. 8 New York's Legislature Organized 9 Women Tell IIow to Manage Ilnshands... O Hie Criminal and Civil Courts 10 Yesterday's Oil Developments .....10 Financial and Commercial Markets 11 Itoutine Work of Congress. 13 Important Congressional Bills. ;..13 FIGHTING FOR LIFE, Desperate' Struggle for the Supremacy in the Ex position Society. YOTES NOT YET COUNTED. The Opposition Shows Up Stronc Against the Eegulars. FATHER SHEEDY OPENS THE DOOE. His Eloquence Gains Admission for Paro chial Schools. K0YEL PLANS FOP. A NEW MUSIC HALL Two meetings of the Pittsburg Exposition Society were held yesterday afternoon. The first was the regular annual meeting for the reading of the reports and the election of new officers, and n as of a decidedly routine character. The second was. called half an hour after the first adjourned, to consider a resolution, and was much the most enter estinc of the two. The element in the society which is opposed to the old Board of Directors and which has been termed the "kicking crowd," were on hand in force, and, although they took no active part in the proceedings, thev nsed their rifht tn . 0, j --a '0 ballot freelv and a sreat amount of 'f,.,-. j" ''ft,nK was done on the regular ticket, yJ ',.- n"AT of "kickers" tickets r'r nthe effect will p. writing, as the be can Election ntalucd Boa is and find 4ne ed after counting 57 tickets, ag that the scratching had been so general that several hours would be re quired to count all the votes. They will probably resume their labors this afternoon and the result will hardly be known until this evening. The regular meeting was the largest the society ever held, and the United States Court room, where it was held, was almost filled with the. life managers and the di rectors in attendance. President John Bindley called the assemblage to order and proceeded at once to business bv the read ing of the annual report of the Board of Directors. A. F. Keating, the society's Treasnrer, followed with his report, and then President Bindley asked if there was any new business to be suggested. The silence that followed for a full minute was taken for a negative answer and then tho election was announced. Frank Hopper and W. S Brown were chosen tellers and H. W. McKee judge of election. The Opposition Showed Up Strong. Before the election opened Mr. Bindley announced that in addition to voting for a board of 13 directors the life managers would be called upon to vote upon the ques tion of changing the method of voting to the "rotary system," or one by which the directors wonld be elected for a. term of years, so arranged that only a portion of the board would be elected each year. Another matter to be voted on was a change of by-laws requiring that ballot boxes and election records be filed with other records of the society instead of turning them over to the persons elected as heretofore. Mr. Bindley announced the names on the regu lar ticket, which was the old board, but made no allusion to the other. The oppo sition ticket, printed in much the same style as the regular, was freely circulated, however, and was made up ot the following members, viz: Charles Donnelly, B. A. Ell iott, J. M Schoonmaker, John Bindley, E. J. Unger, A. P. Burchfield, A. W. Cadman, ILK.E. Arnold, H. Buhl, Jr., Cliarles F. Klopfer, W. B. Lupton, John Hays and Peter Dick. The second meeting was called to order by P. F.' Smith, at the request of J. G. Weldon, who desired to have action taken on a resolution of thanks to-the old Board of Directors. The first meeting had formally adjourned a half hour previously, and many of the members having voted had left the room, so that a bare quorum was left. It had been intended to adjourn again as soon as the resolntion was adopted, but after the vote had been taken, being unani mous in favor of the resolution, J. Leo Mc Shane offered another resolution, reauest ing the new Board of Directors to give free admission for one day in the season to all the school children in the city, the day to be selected and set apart by the board. Impossible to Admit All School Children. A discussion followed as to the advisa bility of such a step, several members being opposed to it on the ground that the build ing would not hold only a fractional part of the school, children. President Bindley covered all the ground of the objectors when he said: "Those not connected with the directory can have no idea of the trouble resulting from turning several hundred school chil dren loose in the Exposition. They take complete possession of the building, and we are rendered powerless to manage them. The exhibitors object, saying their wares are damaged and frequently ruined by the irrepressible youngsters, and Jmany of the patrons stay away on school children's days to avoid the annoyance. Personally I am fond of children, and am willing to do all in my power to promote their en joyment, but the idea of having a day when all the children in the city will be admitted free is to my mind out of the question. The building would not begin to hold them, and there are other reasons odvious to any per son who will consider the matter." Mr. McShane thereupon suggested that his resolution be amended to suit the views of the board, but including all the school children, a certain number on days to be selected by the board. Before action was taken on the suggestion, Eev. Father Sheedy snowed the basis of McShane's motion. Said he: Where Councils Made a Mistake. . "A great injustice has been done by the directors in the past. Under the conditions of the city's grant of land privileges to the Exposition at the Point, they are com pelled to admit the children of the public schools to the Exposition once each year free. The City Councils made a mistake by neglecting to extend this privilege to th'e other schools. There are schools in this city the attendants at which are not more able to pava their admission than are those at the public schools. I am interested in a school in the First ward and I know there are many children attending it whose parents not only cannot afford to pay their admission but who never get to the Exposition. They are children of citizens and taxpayers and have as much right to go free as any other children. Is that kind of discrimination right? It is-a narrow, unfair and unjust policy, and it works both ways. When tW-se children cannot get the same privi- . ffge as thoir neighbors attending the public : : .. '.v-ttr A. tl
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