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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-22
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Nine. Patti, accompanied by her hus.
band, Nicolini, and General Sherman,
called upon the President yesterday after.
noon.
The affairs Of the Signal Service Bureau
were under discussion in both houses OF
Congress yesterday. In the Senate Mr..
Logan, while disclaiming any hostility TO
the Signal corps, said he bad been attacked
In the newspapers by articles written in
the Signal Service Office and paid for with
Government money. This he could prove.
In the House Beltzhoover attacked the ad-
ministration Of the Signal Service Bureau
under Hazen. " r =
2 The Secretary Of War has transmitted to
the House the following dispatch from
Engineer W. L. Marshall, atvicksburg,
Miss., February 10: inspected the works
Of Lake Providence on Thursday. No
damsRe to the works, that could be dis
covered. by the present food. Everything
10 in good condition here. These dykes
are now submerged" No information con.
cerning Plum Point has been received OF
the department ' ' '
No information OF the loss Of the United
States steamship Ashuelet has been received
at the Navy Department. The report, how.
ever, was not all discredited, as the vessel
was not considered very seaworthy; In fact,
Bhe was 0 lRughing.stock among naval Of,
ficers. She was paddle-wheel, thin. plated
iron ship OF 1870 tons displacement, and
was what is known as Q double.endef. She
was built In 1883 for purpose Of river navi
cation during the war, and was used In the
blockade.
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KILLED WITH JOY.
The Sad Ending of n Woman Who Sud-
denly Finds u Daughter la a Friend,

The Sad Ending of Woman Who Sud-
denly Finds n Daughter In a Friend.
READING, February 2l.-A romance
came to light to-day in place where peo-
pie don't usually look for romances.
Twenty years ago, Lavina UlricS, OF Kutz-
town, this county, then sixteen years Of age,
was admitted to the Berks County Poor
house. She has been content to live out
the drudging life OF pauper all these
years. About week ago she determined
to visit her old home and her parents. A
woman who had been an inmate OF the
institution for year, and whom she had
madea conidante inmany matters, strong
ly. advised her to do this. Layina went 10
kritztown, but her father was dead, and
she was informed thather mother had been
removedito the Berks County Poorhouse
about a year before. She returned disheart-
ened, confident that her mother was not
there, being personally acquainted with
nearly all the inmates.
Arriving at the almshouse the keeper in
stituted an Investigation and discovered
that the old woman who had advised La.
vina 10 seek her parents, was in reality her
mother She was usually called "Aunt
Mary" around the house. Both had
changed SO much that they did not know
each other. The old woman was 80 over.
come with Joy that she died, and her body
was removed by friends to Kulztown. The
daughter, now a woman thirty.six years OF
age, has expressed wish to lead differ.
ent life than subssting on public charity,
and will be taken away in few days.
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BY THE ADAMS PROCESS
IRON MADE DIRECT FROM THE ORE.
A New Method to be TrIsd-rhs Features Of th,
.'Ssw Deal" IN Making Irou-RsureW or the
Situation In the Coke rlslds-The Re-.
sumption ofthe 81. Louis Steel Mills.

PITTSBURGH, February 2l.-There have
been several processes for manufacturing
iron direct from the ore tried in this city,
and all have been more or less successful
in producing an excellent quality, but un-
fortunately the commercial results were
not fayorabIe-the cost OF production being
so great as to render the processes prach-
cally unavailable. As all finished iron
made direct from the orc Is superior to
that from the ordinary method, the prob
lem has been to devise q direct process
that would possess the additional advantage
Of cheapness. The Adams direct process fur
mace is regarded as having solved this prob!
lem, at least it has in the estimation OF
some heavy Pittsburgh capitalists. who
have recently purchased the pghtto man
ufacture in Allegheny and Bedford coun-
ties, except the reserved right OF the ven
dors Of the patent to produce from their
own plant 100000 tons annually. As the
purchasers are temporarily absent from
the city, permission to use their names
could not be secured to-day, but 1t may be
stated without violation OF confidence that
they are connected with widely known
oil refinery corporation and have unlimited
capital at their disposal wherewith TO push
the new enterprise. It is understood that
the consideration for the right was $780,
900 !. II, Itl lEEI tb p, III
It Ia probable that the first manufactnr-
ing will be done at Linden Station, near
the mouth OF Four.mile run. A building
and machinery, erected by the Siemens.
Anderson Company for producing under
the Siemens direct process, will be utilized,
though OF course this will be a mere start,
inasmuch as the new company intend to
manufacture extensively. The owners OF
the unsold part Of the right, heretofore re-
ferred to, will also soon begin the construc-
tion OF q plant in this city Of 100000 tons
yearly capacity. f hIE FlHifRI
In the Adams process furnace is used
which costs no more than pudding fur
nace. Untechnically described, II consists
Of pudding without the ordinary intermet
diate process Of making pig iron and re!
heating. The ore is charged into the fur
mace and it comes out in balls ready for
the squeezer and hammer, and thence to
the rolls for finishing without reheating,
Heats have been made from cold ore in
less than one hour, and the iron has come
to mature" in-less than thirty minutes.
Sheet iron of No. 25 wire guage has been
made without piling or reheating.
It is further asserted in favor Of this pro.
cess that it succeeds to an important de-
gree in eliminating phosphorus and sui.
phur from ores, thus rendering available
for the production Of good quality ofiron
many ores that are troublesome to handle
by the old process OF blast furnace and
pudding. The saving in production Of
finished bar is placed at about so per cent
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ABogus LORDS Brief Career.

OTTAWA, February 2l.-Two weeks ago
gentleman claiming to be Lord Cantyre,
son Of theRev. Canon Allen, Somerset
shire, England, arrived in the town Of
Perth. Society went into ecstacies over
the young noble, and he was not long in
findinga young lady-an heiress, in pos.
session Of S25O,O0O-willing to accept his
attentions. While crossing the Atlantic he
had been introduced to the young lady,
who was then returning from Germany,
where she had been attending school. He
was introduced to her guardian, whose
house was thrown open to him. Every
thing went smoothly for q. time, but
the pseudo Lord laid claim to
titles which Burke's Peerage had failed to
record. He also claimed to be a novelist,
who had written under the nom de plume
OF James A. Payne" Proposals OF mar.
riage were made and were accepted by the
young lady, and 1t was only through in.
quiries made by her guardian, Of friends
10 England as to the Identity Of the young
Lord that the fact OF his being most sue.
cessful imposter was revealed. Finding
his well.laid plans frustrated be has crossed
over into the United States, where he may
find largertand more promising field ior
his operations. V4YF.
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OTTAWA, ONE, February 2l.-A gentle
man holding large landproperties in Man
itoba stated to a correspondent today
thatit is feared the Red River Valley will
suffer greatly during the coming spring
from an overflow Of the river. The
Meteorological Office reports that the
snowfall in Manitoba up to the end oi
January was 'eighty-seven per cent over
the average OF the last eleven years up tc
that date. The rivers in Manitoba all run.
ming north commence ut their source in the
south, but owing to large quantities OF ice
in the lakes Blocking the mouth OF the
rivers the wateris forced back, causing II
TO overflow banks and inundate the coun'
try. The gentleman referred to, who is q
practical engineer. states that he will moi
be surprised TO hear Of six feet Of water
over the main street at Winnipeg when q
q tlaW sets in
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C0NSIDERATE SUICIDE.
THOUGHT he WOULD KILL SOME ONE
And Coa.qusnty Hu,s Hln..lrts Keep from con'
nlttIps Crims-A Terrible Tragedy In Tea.
assses-El.etion ofths Directors Ofths
Whssiiur = Lake Erie Railroad.


Special Dispatch to the IntellIgencer.
: FAIRyIEw, O., February 2l.-About Q
O'Clock last evening this community was
thrown into great excitement over the in.
telligence OF the suicide ofsamuel Comp
ton, about 50 years Of age, living four miles
west OF Fairview. Mr.. Hoover, friend and
neighbor, seeing Compton in the stable
near the house, asked him what he was
doing. Compton said he was getting out
some things he had loaned to neighbor.
Compton then returned to the house and
told his wife that he was going out to the
sheep pasture to salt some sheep. This
was the last seen Of him until he was found
hanging dead in the stable. - --5
Itseems he tied rope around a beam,
got into an old buggy, after which he
fastened the other end OF the rope around
his neck and jumped from the buggy, in
which position he was found cold and stiff
two hours later. A small slip Of paper was
found in the house by the wife, stating that
he was becoming insane and that he would
take his life before he became any worse.
The unfortunate man leaves wife but no
children. y.B-
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AsENsATION SPOILED.
NoTruth In the Reported Scandal Abou
the President.

hoTruth In the Reported Scandal About
the President.
WASHINGTON, February 2l.-It may be
stated, on the authority of one Of the
parties most deeply interested, that there
is not the shadow Of a foundation for the
stories that have been published about an
assault on the President by Assistant Sec.
retary of State John Davis. The cruel re-
port Of a scandal with which the names Of
the President and Mrs. Davis were con.
nected Is the outcome Of certain marked
jsalousies growing out OF Mrs.
Davis giving her services in the choos.
ing OF decorations for the White House q
year or more ago, and society gos.
sips who might have had better business
are responsible for the whole trouble. As
stated, the matter was first heralded in
a Pittsburgh paper. The correspondent OF
the New YORK Truth, after reviewing the
account above referred to, says ''The af.
fair is by no means new 10 Washington,
and has been canvassed in gossipy circles
for some time passed, with the result that
the lady in question was placed somewhat
under the ban Of society. It is asserted
by some that nothing further than indis.
cretou can be truthlully charged against
this lady, and absolutely nothing against
the President, who is powise at fault"
President Arthur's friends are very indig.
nant at the publicity given to q story that
has no foundation In fact, and the action
oil. the Pittsburgh Di,paish Is sharply criti.
cized for publishing 10 sensational story,
without frst ascertaining its authenticity.
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BRIEF TELgGRaMs,

The killing Of Dr.. Packard, at crossing
last December, cost the Maine & Central
railroad 5000.
Balloting for United States Senator Ia
still tho favorite amusement Of the Michi.
gan Legislature.
Three bodies were stolen from the st.
Chalastique Cemetery, Canada, last night,
by medical students. I.0.
Donald Smith, recently buried in potters
field, Philadelphia, swindled dissenting
ministers friends oithe society, of Edinburg,
and other organizations out Of SIS, ,000..
1t is reported that Z. NJ. McGillin & Co.,
Of Cleveland, who yesterday sold their dry
goods house in youngstown for $l93,000,
have bought the dry goods establishment
Of G ossag 4 Co., Chicago. ..
W. T. Allen & Co., Wholesale grocers Of
Chicago, assigned yesterday morning. The
amount Of liabilities and assets have not
yet been reported, and the firm say they
expect TO settle aud continue business.
A meeting Of the bondholdsB and credi.
itors OF the city Of Memphis was held in
Baltimore yesterday. A proposition was
agreed TO to fund oil unfunded bonds and
Judgments at fily per cent, practically re-
instating the "Flipper compromise bonds"
In the case Of the alleged insanity of Hon.
Perry H. Smith, well.known politician
and millionaire Of Chicago, the Jury
brought in q verdict TO the { fleet that be &
a distracted person. The motion for the
appointment OF a conservator OF his estate
will be made in few days.
Judge Williamson, yesterday, in charging
the Grand Jury lmpanneled In the Crimi.
nal Court OF Chicago, for the February
term, drew their special attention to the
general practice Of carrying concealed
weaponE and II was their duty, he said. "a
indict alFpersons found carrying danger
ous weapons. Crimes and violence arising
from such babit demand rigorous meas
ures. The statute provides for such OF
lenses fide OF $500. The Judge called or
the Grand Jury to see that the law in thil
regard was rigldly enforced.
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RIVERS AND HARBoRs.
A Disquisition ON the same by the Com.
- meree Committee. =. !

WASHINGTON, D. G., February 2l.-br
Page, in behalf Of the House Committee
on Commerce, submitted to the House Of
Representatives voluminous report to &C.
company thenew River and Harbor bill,
which they, recommend for passage, The
committee advert to ithe last bill OF this
character and say: "The President, ex-
ercising his constitutional prerogative re-
turned The. bill to this House without his
approval, and Congress, exercising It's con-
stitutional right by a two.thirds majority in
each house, passed the bill notwithstanding
the objections OF the President, and It be-
came law. Thereupon the newspapers
at the great railroad centres raised, a hue
and cry against the act, and against
those by y, whose votes 1t had
passed, boistering the - attack with
every possible form Of misrepresentation
and personal abuse in the endeavor to
blind the people 10 their own best interests,
At the reassembling Of Congress the
President, In his annual message, took
occasion. 10 again advert to the ap-
propriations for rivers and harbors and,
evidently misled by the official balance
sheet expressed the hope that mo similar
measure will be deemed necessary during
theipresent Congress" Asif in harmony
with this :intimation the Secretary Of War
disregarded in part several provisions
Of the law. He failed also to
furnish to the Secretary Of the Treas.
ury the Chief Engineers estimates oi
appropriations required for the service OF
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884. as re.
quired to be transmitted TO Congress in
.'the book OF estimates" by provision
OF law. This left your committee in the
dark. Hence they reported resolution
which wss adopted by the House, calling
upon the Secretary OF War for the reports
and estimates Of the engineer department
aforesaid and certain other iniorma.
tion touching the appropriations
and expenditures for rivers and
harbors, to which the Secretary Of War re-
turned an answer January 4th, 1888.
Upon receiving the reports and esti.
mates OF the engineers your committee
proceeded to examine the same
and found that number of important
interestBo Of river and harbor works would
not have dollar left at the expira-
ton OF the present fiscal year,
ending June 80, 1883; thata failure on the
part Of Congress to make appropriations
for the coming fiscal year ending June 30,
1884, would inevitably result in great loss
to the government. in the matter
Of i"plants' filling up the channels
and otherwise, and that such failure
would be equivalent to throwing away
vast sums already expended in the inter.
est OF commerce and rendering worthless
many incompleted improvements.
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who. After Abusing Her Step. Child
Kills II Inn with Dose n fStrychuine.


DETROIT, MlcH., February 2l.-Elizabeth
Newington, a masculine appearing woman /,
who has outlived two husbands and Is now
living with a third, was arrested to-day at
Flat Rock. a village about twenty miles be.
low this city, charged with the murder Of
her step child. boy OF eight years.
Several days ago AMI, the boy, died
suddenly under circumstances of a
suspicious nature. An inquest was
held and evidence adduced which not
only proved that the little fellow had been
the victim OF the most outrageous treat.
ment by his step-mother, but indicated that
she was directly responsible for his taking
of. 1t appeared that the woman had
driven off her husbands children and all
had remained away except the boy, who
was 80 small that he could not take care OF
himself, and every little while be would
return home, only 70 be driven off by the
woman. Once she attempted to cut his
throat, but he succeeded in getting
away and secreted himself in a neigh.
boris barn until nearly starved, when
he again appeared at home and be.
sought bis step.mother 10 give him
something to eat, promising to go away and
not trouble her again. It Is claimed she
put strychnine on piece Of bread and
then covering 1t with butter, gave It to the
boy TO eat. He was shortly after seized
with convulaions and died in few hours.
No physician was summoned and It was
given out that the boy died from the effects
Of exposure, having ran away from home.
The woman was lodged in the County Jail
here. She refuses to talk about the alleged
murder. H.l =
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WARRINGTON, D. G., February Gloon.
gresham Belfsrd on being questioned
this evening concerning the testimony
given In the Star Route trial to-day, 10 the
effect that check for 5000 had been
drawn on his name by S. W. Dorsey, re-
piled in the most emphatic manner as fol.
lows: Ineyer had any dealings Of finan.
cial character, public or private with Sen.
ator Dorsey in my life to amount TO a sin;
gle cent. II any check was drawn in my
name I never saw II and never heard Of It
until my attention was called to state.
ment this evening. II check was drawn
in my name itmust have been presented
by and paid to some other party, II paid at
al. This evening went to Colonel Inger-
soils house for the purpose OF requesting
him to call me and give me an opportunity
TO declare under oath that the evidence
given 10 false in every particular 30 far as
Il seeks to involve me in the Star Ronte
business.
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IDA CoNovER,s FREAK.
A Young Girl n no Left Her Home TO Fol.
low n salvation Army Lieutenant.


low n Salvation Army Lieutenant.
WILLIAMSBURG, N. Y, February 2l.-A
young man dressed in the uniform Of the
Salvation Army entered tue StaRg Street
Police Station last night accompanied by a
girl Of II years, whom he held tightly by
the arm. The girl entered the station re.
luctantly. Her eyes flashed with indigna-
ton as she looked into the face Of her COM
panion and made sharp remark to him in
an undertone. The young man exhibited
to Sergeant Fickett the following despatch:
Trenton, N. j., Feb. ls-To Staff Captain
Brown, at Headquarters, Lyceum, WASH
ington street, Brooklyn: Did strange girl
arrive there Friday with Lieutenant Moflat?
II 80, hold her. Answer Immediately.
Mary Conover." 81 am Lieutenant
Mofatt," said the young man, land
this, girl is Ida Conover. Her
mother seems to think that she eloped
with me, and say solemnly that nothing
Of the kind has happened. l took part in
Salvation Army services in Trenton and on
Friday came 10 Williamsburg. l met
this girl on the train, and having been ac-
quainted with her / conversed with her. /
did not see her again until tonight, when
she came to our services in the old brewery
building in Ten Eyck street" The Police
Sergeant decided to hold the girl till he
heard from her friends. She Is pretty
little thing, with large, dark eyes, and
was still flushed with pleasure at
the novelty Of being away from
home. She said to reporter that she had
never been in New York or Brooklyn be.
fore and that she had left home in pet
because her mother scolded her. She also
said that Moffatt did not expect to meet
her on the train. "And where have YOU
been since Friday?" asked the reporter.
"0h," said the girl, with laugh, II didn't
have much money to get along with and
thought Id find Moffatt In Brooklyn, 30 l
came over to the Salvation Army headquar-
ters In Washington street. ] slept In the
houses of different women oil the Army.
Tonight heard that Moffatt was in VIII
liamsburg and so / came over. He was
just mean enough to take me here"
And why were you 80 anxious 10 find
Moffatt? Was he attentive to you In Tren.
ton?" "0h, gracious, mol" and the girls
big eyes opened wide In astonishment.
"Wby don't you know be's q married mani
l only just was acquainted with him and
thought I'd like TO see him again. / was
tired OF the Salvation Army folks. don't
like them bit. But Motiatt needn'tthink
I'm going 10 stay home. I'm tired OF
home and Ill run away again when get
thapn u ...H..
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TuE frs. annual report Of Senator Davis
Wes, Virginia Central & Pittsburgh Rail,
way Company makes good showing. On
oeS904 tons Of coal mined during the year
the company made net profit OF $4,000.
On the thirteen miles OF completed road
from Piedmont to Elk Garden, the gross
earnings were S5S,295, the net earnings
$3.50. The total net earnings for the year
weress7, Al. The company is therefore able
TO state that interest on the first mortgage
bonds for the next fifteen months has
already been earned. The road is com.
pleted to Abraham's Creek. nine miles
beyond Show. 1t is intended to push 1t
twenty.seven miles beyond to Davis, strik.
ing the Cherry forests Of Tucker county,
about three-iourths Of the extension being
ready for the rails. ..e..
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THE SCHOOL DISASTER.
The COroner'a Investigation Into the
Causes orthe Sad Anair.


NEw YoRK, February 2l.-The Coroner
this morning selected jury to investigate
the causes Of the fatal school disaster yes
terday. Crowds to-day visited the place
and discussed tho terrible affair. Many
were loud in denunciations Of the clergy.
men in permitting the staircase, which
they say has been in frail condition for
some time past, to remain with
out being properly strengthened. It is
thoughtthe injured will all recover. The
bodies OF the dead children will be brought
10 the Church Of the Most Holy Redeemer
tomorrow morning, where the funeral ser.
vices will be conducted. The church will
be diaped in mourning. The bodies are To
be enclosed in neat rosewood caskets, bear.
ing on the silver plates the names and ages
OF the little unfortunates. 1t Is thought
they will all be inferred in Calvary Gene.
terry.
An examination OF the records Of the
building department fails to show that the
report on the condition OF the school had
been made. An inspection Of the build.
ing shows that the doorways were only
two and a half feet wide and opened in.
wards, fairly on the ends OF the benches,
80 as to allow no passage room, and with
aisles narrow and blocked with stoves,
The exits everywhere opened on dark
an d narrow hallway,