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1 the morning news, 1 . EsTAßLisHin 1850. Incorporated 1888. V ) J. H. ESTILL, President. j DEATH'S _WILD BAH Fully 8,000 Lira Lost by tlie Bursting of the Dam. The People Forewarned but too Skeptical to Flee, Fear* for a Year That the Structure Would Give Way if Subjected to an Unusual Strain—One Hundred Per sons Roasted Alive on Houses That Caught Fire While Floating Down With the Torrent—A. Train Swept Away With Its Passengers. Greensburo, Pa., June I.—The reser voir, the bursting ot which created such havoc at Johnstown, was formerly known as Conemaugh Lake. It is from 200 to 800 feet above the level of Johnstown, being in the mountains. It is about three and a half miles long and from a mile to one and a quarter miles in width and in some places it is 100 feet in depth. It holds more water than any other reservoir, natural or arti ficial, in the U ited States. The lake has been quadrupled in size by artificial means and was held in check by a dam from 700 to 1,000 feet wide. It is 90 feet in thick ness at the base and its hight is 110 feet. The top has a breadth of over 20 feet. Recog. niziug fie men ce which the lake had to the region below, the South Fork Club had the dam inspected once & month by the Pennsylvania railroad’s engine -rs, and their investigation showed that nothing less than some convulsion of nature would tear the barrier away. The steady rains of the past forty-eight hours increased the volume of water iu all the small mountain streams, which were already swollen by lesser rains earlier in the week. A CLOUDBURST. From the best information obtainable it is evident that something iu the nature of a cloudburst must have been the culmination of t e struggle of ther wator against the embankment. The course of the torrent from the broken dam at tbe foot of the lake at Johnstown is almost eighteen miles, and with the exception of one point, the water passed through a narrow “V” shaped val ley. Four miles bolow the dam lay the town of South Fork, where tiro S"Uth Fork itself empties into Conemaugh river. The town contained about 2,000 in habitants. F. ur miles further down on the Conemaugh river, which runs parallel with the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad, was the town of Mineral Point. It had 890 inhabitants, 90 per cent, of the houses being on a flat, and clo-e to the river. Six miles farther down was the town of Conemaugh, and hero alone was there a topographical possibility of the spreading of the flood and the breaking of its force. This town con tained 2,500 inhabitants. Woodvale, wit! i 2,000 people, lay a mile below Conemaugh in a flat, and one mile farther down were Johnstown and its clus ter of Riser towns, Cambria City and Conemaughborougn, with a total popula tion of 30,000. On made ground, and stretched along the right at the river verge, were tbe immense iron works of the Cam bra iron and Steel Company, who have 85,000,000 invested in their plant. Besides this there are many other large industrial establishments on the bauk ot the river. WARNINGS UNHEEDED. The calamity was as si gular as fatal. It is very evident that many lives have been lost by tne foolish incredulity of the people, who wera heedless of the warnings of danger. For more than a year there w,>r fears of an accident of just such a character as the one that has happened. Tne foundations of the dam were considered to bo shaky early last spring, and many increasing leakages were reported from time to, time according tj people who Jive in Johnstown and other towns on the line of thejriver. Ample time was given to the Johnstown folks by t o raiir ad officials and by other gentleman of standing and reputation. In dozens, yes hundreds of cases this warning was utterly disregarded ad those who heeded it Berly in the day were looked upon as cowards, and many jeers were uttered by lips that are now cold among the rank gr :ss beside the river. One poor nameless woman who looked with sightless eyes at gray clouds from the slimy bauk of a meadow below New Flo eaee wore a smile that perhaps had i.g birth in that spirit of ‘Whose afraid!” which has had sucu awful results. A BITTER FEELING. There has grown up a bitter feeling among the surviving sufT -rers against those who ow ned the lake and dam, and damage suits will he plentiful by and by. The dams hi Stony creek above Johnstown broke about noou yesterday, and thousands of feet of lumber passed down the stream. "How cm, anybody tell bow many are □end?’’ said a railroad engineer to me this morning. "I have been at Sang Hollow with my train since 11 o’clock yesterday and 1 have seen fully 500 persons lost in the flood.” fo W. Esch, a brave railroad employe, •aved sixteen lives at Ninevah. A HUNDRED ROASTED ALIVE. The most awful culmination of the awful mght was the roasting of 100 or more per sons in mid-flood. The ruins of houses, out buildings and other structures swept against the new railroad bridge at Johns town, and from an overturned stove or some such cause the upoer part of the wreckage caught Are. There were crowds 01 men. women and childrsi on the wreckage, and their screams were •oon aided to the awful chorus of the hor- H° r ‘n wers literally roas ed in the hood. Soon after the fire burned itself out others were thrown against the mass. There Wer ® fifty people in sight when the ruins suddenly parted and broke uo, and the un fortunates were swept under the bridge into the pitchy darkness. The latest news from John,town is that but two houses can be seen in the town. It is also said that Only three houses remain in Cambria City. CARS CARRIED AWAY. The first section of the day express, which passed here at 9 o’clock, was lying botwee i ®bng Hollow and Johnstown yesterdsy afternoon when the water came down. The nood cut part of the cars, containing about nr J or sixty passengers, loose, and they were carried away, and it is supposed the passengers have perished. A few of tbe occupants of the other cars may have escaped, but it is doubtful. Alexander Kilgore, formerly of this place and who has a great many relatives m this section, was lost in tbe flood. Rev. H agner, wife and three daughters, who were at Johnstown, perished, and a son and uaughtar of Jesse Pader, of this place, were drowned. A. J. Jackson, a Westaru man lineman stationed at Derry, was found drowned this evening. JMflfniitg ffrtog. FULLY 8,000 HAVE PERISHED. Sang Hollow, Pa., June 2, 1 a. m.—The first reports of thel< ss of life were entirely too low. It is believed that fully 8,000 persons have perished. Of these at least iOO or 800 were burue 1 in the fiery furnaoe at the viaduct. Two thousand coffi isirave been ordered for bodies already rescued. BREAKING OF THE DAY. Corpses and Burvlvors Coming Ashore at New Florence. New Florence, Pa., June 1, 9 a. m.— The gray morning light does not seem to show either hope or mitigation of the aw ful fears of night. We are where we drove acr s> tie mountains in the darkness of the early morning at New Florence, fourteen miles from the scene of desolation at Johns! urn, It has been a bard night to everybody. The weary, overworked news paper men, who have beenjwithout rest and food since yesterday noon, aud the opera tors who have handled tne messages, are even now preparing for the work of the day. There has been a long wrangle over the posses ion of the special train f r the press between rival morning news paper men, aud it has delayed the work of others who are anxious to get further east. SEVEN BODIES FOUND.* Even here, so far from the washed out towns, the horror is in our midst. Seven bodies have been found on the shore near this town, two being in a tree, a man and a woman, where the tide had carrie i them. The country people are c iming into the news centers iu large numbers, telling stories of disasters along the river’s banks in seciuded places. John McCartney, a carpenter, who lives in Johnstown, reached hero about 4 o'clock this mor ling. He left Johnstown at 4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon and says the scene when he left was indescrible. The people had been warned early in the moaning to move to the highlands, but they did not heed the warning, although it was repeated a number of times up to 1 o’clock, when the waters poured into Cinder streetseveral feet deep. WRECKING OF THE HOUSES. Then the bouses began rocking to and fro, and finally the force of the current car ried buildings across streets aud vacant lots and dashed them against each other, break ing them into fragments. The i.uildin s were freighted with the poor wretches who so shortly before had laughed at the cry of dauger. McCartney says in some cases ue'counted as many as fifteen people clinging to buildings McCartney’s wife was with him. She had three sisters who lived near. They saw the house in which these girls live! carried away and then they could stand it no longer. So they hurried away. The husband feared his wite would go crazy before he could drag her away, and they left the ■ doomed district aud went inland along the coun try roads until they reached here. IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH JOHNSTOWN. It is said to be next to impossible to get to Johnstown proper to-day in any manner except by a row boat. The roads are out up so that even the e mntrymeir refuse to travel over them in their roughest vehicles. The only Pope is to get within about three miles of Johnstown by special train or by hand car. This will be done by the Asso ciated Press agent wit dn the next hour. The waters are now receding here as rap idly as they rose last night,and as the banks uncover the dead are showing up. Already niuedead bodies have been picked up witu in the limits of this bor ugh since daylight. None of them has yet been recognized. Five of those found are women. A CORPSE CLASPING A BABE. One lad , probably 35 years old, and rather handsome, had clasped in her arms a babe about 6 months old. The dead body of a young woman was discovered in the branches of a huge tree which had bee carried down the stream. All the orchard crops and shrubbery along the banks of the river have been destroyed. The body of another woman has just been discovered ii the river here. Her foot was diso were i above the surface of the water. A rope was fastened about it and it is now tied to a tree awaiting assistance to land it. SAVED FROM A ROOF. John L. Wvbe • and his wife, an old couple, Mike Metzgir a id John Forney wera rescued near here early this morning. They had been carried from their home in Cam bria City on the roof of their house. There were seven others on the roof of the house when it was carried off by the angry waters. Thev were all drowned. They are unknown to Weber, they having drifts 1 on to ths roof from floating debris. Weber and his wife were thoroughly and enclied, and were almost helpless from exposure. Tney were unable to walk whe taken from the roof at this place. They are how at the hotel here. FOUR THOUSAND COLD IN DEATH. New Florence, Pa., June 1, 9 p. m.— At 5 o’clock two more bodies had bean re covered from the wreck and another had been sighted. The la est estimates make the loss about 4,000 lives, and the property loss about $11,000,000. C. W. Popponstill of East End, Pitts burg, distinguished himself by his bravery yesterday afternoou. He was a messenger on the mail train which had to turn the hollow. As the trail passed a point where the water was full of struggling people, a woman and child floated in near the shore. The train was stopped, and Hoppe istall undressed, jumped into the water and in two trips saved noth the mother and child. Among the identified dead were: James McMillin, superintendent of the Cambria Iron Company’s s ore. and his wif , four children and daugh er-in-law. John P. Linton, a leading lawyer, wife and five children. Mrs. Thomas Kirlen and two children. Mr. Nolan and seven of his family. Mrs. VVissenoer. Mrs. Sarah Palmer. Dr. George Wagner, wife and three children. Frank P. Bowman and two children. Mrs. Richard W orthington and seven children. William Howells. Mrs. Ann Howells. Mis. John Reese. Cora, Lizzie and Alv.'.h Reese. Rachael Reese, mother of John Reese. Mr. Pearson, his mother, wife and six children. Mrs. Reckstein. HORRIBLE AND PITIFUL. Oh! the horror and infinite pity of it all. What a journey has been that of the last hoar. Swollen corpses lay here and there, in piles of crossties, or on the river banks, among the tangled greenery. It was about 9 o’clock when the first passenger train since Friday came to the New Florence depot with its load of eager passengers. There were no idle travelers, but each had a mission. Here and there men were star ing out of the windows, with red eyes, and a nong them were tough-looking 'Hu ga rians and Italians who bad lost friends near Ninevah, while worn n were weeping on all sides. Two of the passengers on the train were a man and his wife from Johns town. From every newcomer and possible source of information she sought news. “Ours is a big new brick,” said she with brave front, but her loving brown eyes were moist and ber red lips trembling. “Its a three-story house, and I don’t think SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1889. there s any trouble, do you?” she asked me, and without waiting far my answer, she continued, with a sob, “There are my four children in the house and their nurs *, and I guess father and mother will go over to the house, don’t you?” In a few moments all on the car knew the story of the pair, and many a piiyiug glance was cast at them. Their house was one of the first to go. A BRAVE GIRL’S TRAGIC END. Just before reaching Sang Hollow, the end of the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad, is an “S” signal, and the men in it told stories of what they saw so piteous I could not listen to half of it and command my feel ings. Here are some little odds and ends they told me of: A beautiful girl came down on the roof of a building wnieh was swung in near to the tower. Sue screamed to the operators to save her, and one big, brawny, brave fellow walked as far into the river as he could and shouted to her to to try to guide herself. She was a plucky gi r l, full of of nerve and energy, and sto >d upon her frail support, ii evide it obedience to the command of the operator. She made two or three bod strokes, and actually stopped the course of the ratt for an in stant. Then it went out from under her. She tried to swim ashore, but in a few minutes she was lost in the swirling water. Something hit her, for she lay on her back with her face pallid and expressionless. Men and women by dozens, in pairs, singly, children, boys, big and little and wee babies were there among the awful cunfusion of water, drowning, gasping, struggling and fighting desperately for life. GOING TO DEATH IN PRAYER. Two men on a tiny raft shot into the swiftest part of the ourrent. They crouched stolidly, looking at the shores, while ret ween them dressed in white, and kueellng with her face turned heavenward, was a girl 6 or 7 years old. She seemed stricken with paralysis, until she came opposite the tower, and then she turned her face to the operat ir. She was so clo o tney could see the big tears on her face. The helpless men on shore shouted to her to keep up her courage, and she resumed her devout atti tude and disappeared under the trees of a projecting point, a short distance below. “Do you see that fringe of trees,” said the operator, pointing to the place where the little girl had gone out of sight, “well we saw scores of children swept in there. I believe tha when the time comes tiiey will find almost a hundred bodies of children there among the bushes.” NINEVAH A GRAVEYARD. Just above New Florence is tbe town of Ninevah. It was here that I found the first house. Dead were here, the larg r por tion of whom were women. Hero it was that the awful work of the freshet could be realized. What have been fertile farms look like worn-out brickyards. Great trees have been twisted and torn like weeds and the broken house hold goods of hundreds of houses line the shores for miles. Tnieves of the vilest sort, those who steal from toe dead and the un fortunate. have been busily at work rob bing tbe trunks aud boxes and articles of furniture, and there is nothing worth taking left, except lumber. Every now an 1 then ghastly outlines could be seen in the water baingjswept down the stream. Two miles from the “8. 8.” tower i; the “S. X.” tower of the Pennsylvania railroad, and here it is that the greatest railroad in the world suddenly ends in the river. For more than 1,009 fee r . a wire track is wiped out, rails, ties and even ballast. The north track is entirely washed away. This is the nearest telegraph point to Johnstown, and the delay in gettiugoff newsdispatc les is fairly maddening. Tue Associated Press expedition was the first on the ground, and were ready with thousands of words of specials, but no wires could be had from 11 a. m. until almost 2 p. in. No special trains could be hired, no locomotives were to be bought, and the situation can be appreciated. THE BIG BLAZE. J ohnstown, Pa., June I.—The accumu lation of buildings whic i were swept by the angry waters to the Pennsylvania bridge, piled up fully 50 feet high, have burned t > the water’s edge. Before the buildings took fire many people, dead aud alive, were taken from them, and in several instances the unfortunates were so wedged in that it was necessary to chop their legs off to release them. The Catholic cnurch was also destroyed by fire this morning. A number of people were on the ref hen the structure caught fire, and all of them were consumed in the flames. The damage is as yet in estimable, regardless of the los of life. The Pennsylvania railroad loss will be enormous. An official report of the damage done to the railroad property is appeude 1. Fully half a mile of the track between Sang Hollow and Johns town has been was led out, .and much of the track rail, ties arid all are carried away. The Great the bridge at Johnstown has done great damage. A BOY’3 GRAPHIC STORY. Rescuers on a Bridge Snatched Him from the Torrent. Derry, Pa., June 1. —A special train from Pittsburg bearing officials of the Pennsylvania railroad and the Associated Press and special correspondents, arrived at Bolivar at 11:30o’clock last night. Tha train men were there notified that further pro gress was impossible. The greatest excite ment prevailed at this place, aud parties of citizens were out all the time endeavoring to suve the poor unfortunates that were being hurled to eternity on t e rushing torrent. The tidal wave struck Bolivar just after dark, and in five minutes tne Conemaugh river rose from six feet to fifty feet, and the water spread out over the wholecountry. S on houses began floating down, and clinging to the debris were men, women aud children shrieking for aid. RESCUERS ON A BRIDGE. A larg number of citizens at once gath ered on the county b idge, aud they were reinforced by a number from Garfidd, a town on the opposite side of the river. They brought a number of ropes, aud these weroth own over into the boiling waters, as persons drifted by. iu an effort to save some of them. For half an hour all efforts were fruitless until at last, when the rescuers were about giving up all hope, a little boy astride a shingle roof managed to catch hold of one of the ropes. He caugut it under his left arm and was thrown vio lently against an abutment, but managed to keep hold, and was successfully pulled on to tha bridge, a nid the chesrs of the onlookers. His name was Heisler and his rescuer was a train hand named Carney. The boy was about 16 years old. THE LAD’S GRAPHIC STORY. At mid light your corr -spo ident secured an interview with Hessler. His story of tbe frightful calamity is as follows: With my father I was spending the day at m> grandfather's house, iu Cam bria City. In the house at the time were Theodore. Edward, and John Kintz, Jr., and wife. Miss Mary Kintz, Treacy Kintz, Mrs. Rica Smit i, John Hirscli and four children, my father and myself, Soortly after 5 o'clock there was a noise of roaring waters and screams of people. We looked out of the door and saw persons running. My father told us to never mind, as the waters would not rise farther. But soon we saw houses being swept away and then we ran up to the floor above. FORCED ON THE ROOF. The house was three stories; w • wi re at last fore 4oi the top one. In my frig t I junpied on a oed. It was an old-fashioned on • w ith heavy post*. The water kept risi g, and my bed was soon afloat. Gradually it was lifted up. The air in the room grew close, and the honso was moving. Still the bed kept rising and pressed tbe ceiling. At last the pists pushed tlie plaster. It yielded and a section of t e roof gave way. Then suddenly 1 f ~iud mys If on tho roof, and was being carried down too stream. After a little this roof commence ito part, and i was afraid 1 was going to be drowned, but just tnen another house wit i a shingle root liooted down on which I sprang and remained until uear y dead with cold, when 1 was saved. FATE OF THE OTHERS. When I was freed from the house I did not see my father. My grandfather was on a tree, but he must have b -eu drowned as the waters were rising fA,t. John Kintz, Jr., was also on the tree. Miss Marv and Mrg. Mary Klutz l saw drowned. Miss Smith was also drowned. Joun Hiigchwas in the tree, but the four childru were drowned. Tlie scenes were terrible. Live bodies and corpses were floating down with me and away from ine I would see a person shriek and tueti disapp-ar. Ail along the line were people who were trying to save us. but they could do nothing and only a few were caught. This boy’s story is but one incident, and shows what happened to one family. RECEDING AT F.dffiBPORT. A Heterogenous Collection of Wreck age Floating Past the Town. Freeport, Pa., June I.—The water is recedi g here now, having poached 21 feet. The channel is running full? of 1 igs of all dimensions. Half a million have passed to-day, and a gentleman just arrived from Redbauks says 1,990,009 will pass hero to night. The si earn is swept clear of logs, all s iwed lumber a id sawmills. T.iis mor .- ing the river is full of everything -pianos, organs, trunks, bedding, b>or, lard, oil, soda fountains, etc. No dead bodies have bo m found here, but at Lordsburg six have been taken out. The loss along the Kissi uettao river is beyond estimating. TRAFFIC SUSPENDED. No Trains Running Between Philadel phia and Harrisburg. Philadelphia, Pa., June I.—The condi tion of the river at Harrisburg is such that the Pennsylvania railroad officials decided at 9 o’clock to-night to run no more trains between Philadelp ia and Harrisburg until the water subsides, aud orders were issued to that effect. The last report received from Harrisburg showed that the tracks were submerged at tbe station and the water was still rising. This aMi in of the offl ials closes up the line from Philadelp lia to Pit.sburg, an t it cannot tie definitely stated when travel will be resu ned. Dußoia Deluged, Dußois, Pa., June 1. —Tne heaviest floods in this section occurred Thursday night and yesterday. Rain began falling at 11 o’clock at night and came down iu torrents without intermission un ll vest rday noon. The low lying parts of the First ward were en tirely submerged. Small outbuildl igs were lifted from their foundation and in many cases fljate 1 away. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE. No Tents on Hand Because They Were Never Returned from Charleston. Washington, June I.— Gen. Schofield, Ac: lug Secretary of War, has asked Gov. Beaver by telegraph wiiat the war depart ment can do to aid the sufferers by the flo ids in Pennsylvania. He says the depart ment lias no tents, ail tbeextra ones having been sent to Charleston during the cart i quake, and h iviug never been returned. The President has sent a telegram to the mayor of Joh stown expressing his sympathy for the people of that city, in their dire c damity and saying the See re taryof War is considering means for their relief. Ho also made a contribu ion to the relief fund. SUCCOR FROM INDIANAPOLIS. Indianapolis, Ind., June I.—The relief committee of t e Indianapolis board of tra ie has votd *I,OO > for the relief of the Couemaugh Valley sufferers. OHIO TENDERS TENTS. Columbus, Juno I.—Gov. Foraker this morning sent a telegram to Gov. Beaver at Harrisburg tendering the use of 1,009 teats for the sufferers at Johnstown. WASHINGTON RATHER WET. The Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers Very High. Washington. June I.— The latest reports from Harper’s Ferry say that the Potomac and S enandoah rivers are rising one foot per hour. Canal boats aid oth t drift are running thicker than ever and tho water is rising. It has reached B street and has put out tho fire in tho engine hou e at the Washington monument ani stopped the elevator. Cellars on the tou h side of Pennsylvania avenue are flooded. The Potomac is booming here and the gravest fears are entertained oy property owners along tho river front, and also iu the lower section*of thecit,’. Last uigbt, after a tall of rain aim ,st equivalent to a cloud burst, the lock gate at tne end of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal was cxrrid away by the rising water and washed several canal boats into R >ck creek, w ire they were destroyed. Since then the river has been rising rapidly, and the flood water from Harper’s Ferry, the uppe' trib utaries are swelling it every raiment. Along B street north, in the neighbirhoxi of the Central market, the country produce venders were driven off ear ly ii the day, and the street was turned into a lake filled with floating chicken coops, market trucks and all sorts of odds and ends. Urchins exacted toll from people who were obliged to pass between South Washington and tho business part of the city by building tem porary bridges. Cellars were flooded aud Lnuchdainag) done to property resulted among the commission h uses. IN GEORGETOWN. Up in Georgetown the scene along the river front was exciting. The and icks were under water, and lumber, coal, cement, provisions, aud all kinds of property liad been carried away. Hundreds of men were actively at work trying ~e save mer chandise by removing it from the mi! l * aud warehouses to high ground. Swarms o£ river men floatod about in tlie water craft, sizing and carrying off the treasures of the flood. The shipping has so far es caped serious damage, but tho situation is full of danger. At the long bridge, the water at sun-et was almost level witu tne bridge floor. Several barges had already a truck and suuk. and the railroadmen were making every effort to prevent the accu mulation of drift against the bridge. Tne water is still creeping up, however, an i the bridge is in a precari us condition. If it is earned away to-night, which is by no means improbable, the result will be a serious and long interruption of raili oad traffic be tween tue north arid south. Tne dam at tbe io ig bridge nas been greatly injured and much of the work which had been done upon the Potomac flats at au expense of millions of dollars will be undone. It is not possible to estimate the 10-s is suffered by merchants aud warehousemen, but oue individual had $39,000 worth of coal in one dork. WEST VIRGINIA’S WATER A Regular Deluge Sweeps Away Prop erty and Stops Trains. Charleston, W. Va., June I.— A heavy rain began felling here at neon Thursday an i continued until lata Thursday night, which caused a flood iu the tributaries of tho Kanawha river. The Chesapeake aud Ohio railroad bridge ovei Cabin creek was carried away, booms in Elk and Ooal rivers were swept away aid millions of dollars worth of timber, lumber and rail road ties floated off. PIEDMONT’S PERIL. Pittsburg, Pa., June 1. —A special frera Piedmont, W. Va., say-t: "l iiis place has tieen vis, ted with tbe greatest flood since 1876. Two hundred families livi ig near the river were forced to leave their bouses and fled to the hills. The damage to property in this town is es i nated at $1 i.OiXl. The West Virginia Cent al and Pittsburg railway is under wator be: w en here and Cumberland, Md., and two bridges liavo been swept away. Tne los; in all to that road will be $259,000. On tbe Cumberland and Penn sylvania road, two trestles have been wished nwa . The leas is $29,000, “The Western End road lias tieen impassa ble since Thursday nig it,and itis liard to sav when travel will be resumed. A number of land slides have occurred on tho r ad between here and Grafton. Tho loss to th Baliimore and Ohio company is very hoavy. At 11:30 ,’clock last night the rai ceased falling and the water began subsid ing. No further danjror is apprehended.” TRACKS covered with water. Wheeling, W. Va.. June 1. For twenty-four hours yesterday until 1 o’olook p. m., no trains reached he e from the east. Too Baltimore and Ohio track . long the P tomac, oast of Piedmont, is covered with water for miles, iu some planes being seven feet deep. TWO GIRLS DROWNED. They Fell From Boards Making a Path Across a Wrecked Bridge. Kansas City, Mo., June L—Thursday afternoon twosisters, daughters of a farmer named Dickinson, living south of Leroy, Kan., attended the Decoration day oxer cises in that place, aud started to walk home. The bridge across the Neosho river had boon almost washed away, and two planks were stretched across toe stri igers. The girls started acrois, the older boldine the younger’* hand. Half way acres* one was sized with dizziness and lost her balance, aud both fell into the water aud were drowned. MISERY IN MARYLAND. People Spend the Night in Wagons to Escape the Flood. Cumberland, Md., Juno L—Nearly 100 families moved out of tho lower part of the city lust night iu patrol wagons on account of flooded cellar*. SAMOAN SETTLEMENT. The German Officials Yielded to Ameri can Wishes. [Copyright, 1889. by New York Aaaociated Preta.] Berlin, June 1 —After the seventh plenary sitting of the Samoan conference, held on Wednesday last, the American commission was in a posliion to caldo to Secretary Blaine tha definite acceptance) by the German and English governments of the Washington proposals, limiting the Ger man indemnity and Sam an rights to levy import duties, and some of Mr. Blaine’s amendments to the clau-es relating to the international Samoan policy. Tne Wash ington government, arriving at tho most possible independence of tbe Samoan*, his not t esymp'itiv of tho German official mind, which better co nprehenda measures to protect European into ests and to ex tend Eu op-an influence, but after a slight he i latino, tne German com missioners have invariably yielded whateve concessions America asked in the directi n of Samoan autonomy. O i the other Iran he Americans h ive conceded practically nothing, adhering to their original cl dms. Some snow of conciliati n was made to ward tlie close of the conference by tho Americans, leaving the appointment of t e first resident judge of the Euroreau com munity to End and. Lansdowne’a Evicted Tenants. Dublin, June I.—The evictions on Lord Lansdowne’a Lugga Curran estate have been completed. Eight tenants were ovicted yesterd iy, making twen y-four in all. Strong r 'sista ice was off -red by the tenants and their friends, and the police made several coarges ag.iist them with their bat tons. Nine arrests were made. Fifteen tenants settled with the landlords. A Novel Suicide. Prague. June 1. —A laborer in a rifle factory filled a bottle witli an explosive comoouud, and then seated him elf upon it, ignited the contents and was blown to atoms. Injured at a Fire. Vienna, June L—Fire occurred at a druggist’s warehouse here to-day. Fifteen persons wore serio uly injured, two of them, it is feared, fatally. SILENCE OF THE TICKERS. Affairs on tbe stock Exchange at New York Badly Mixed. New York, June I.— The resolution of the governors of the stock exchange shut ting ff the tickers was carried into effect t is morning. It almost completely checked business. Tire market opened quiet and steady. After the fi. st quarter of an hour business was almost at a standstill, and w >uld have bee i witli 1 rat feature but for a strong movement iu U ion Pacific and the Va derbilt stocks. Tue c rasolidated ex change, which was the chief reason for the actio i taken by the stock exchange, was still in operation, and what pur ported to be stock exchange quotation , out which to a large extent were fictitious, were marked upon the bo ird, aud s -rved as a ba-is for the consolidated members to trade. Little attempt -as inad - after the first few minutes to send out prices by the members of the New York Slock Ex change, and everything At il o’clock was decidedly mixed. THE EFFECT AT CHICAGO. Chicago, 111., June I.—The action of the Chicago B >ard of Trade in cutting off its quotations from all non-me nbers of the board caused age raral shake-up iu the neighborhood of tbe board to-day. Tbe local bucket shop; had swarms of runners out t ying to get quotations from the private wire hous s. At *me of tbejn they were refused admission. At others, no discrimination was made between bucket shop representatives and others. Commiaion rneu already complain ef a new difficulty. A fe v customers who can not now secure coutmu ms qu Actions say they will not trade unless they can be fur nished them. MILLER NOT TO BE JUDGE. The President Said to Have a Great Likin* for Judge Wo^da Washington, June I.—lt is stated that the Preside t has reconsidered his purpose, in view of the very general protests of the newspapers and the lack of approval among his iriends, and will not appoint Attorney G moral Miller on the supreme bench in place of Stanley Matthews. It is also stated that he will not appniut Judge Gresham. It is now stated that he will not appoint Judg > Woods. His liking for Judge Woods is wel, known. He has c im pared him with Judge Gresham, greatly to the advantage of Judge Woods, fre quently in conversation. It is stated that ho has made up his mind whom he will appoint, but will give no positive in formation about it. Attorney General Mil ler leaves for Indianapolis next week for a long visit a greatly disappointed man. It is stated by nis friends that he confidently expected that the President would place him on the supreme bench. However, he will not resign the place he has because he cau’t get the other. CURTIB’ CHARGES. If They Are Substantiated the Govern ment Will Take Severe Measures. Washington, June I.—Gen. Casey, chief of engineers, says he knows nothing as yet, b yond what tins pro a disnatches from Sa vannah give, of the alleged charges by W. R. Curtis against Lieut. Carter and the river and harbor contractors. If Mr. Cur tis can substantiate the charges, Lieut. Car ter v\ill be court-martialed, and Capt. Green’s Ann will be refused tuturo con tracts. Gen. Casey, chief of engineers, said to dav that not having received anv informa tion about the charges of Mr. Curtis agaiust Lieut. Carter and Green & Cos., be had this this morning indorsed the Associated Press dispatch, giving an uccount of them to Lieut. Carter with a request that he promptly report the facts to the engineer bureau. BLAINE PSP'-LS BORE. No Special Envoys to Go to Haytl for the Present, at Least. Washington, June I.—lt is stated that at the cabinet meeting yesterday the Hay tian question was discussed at some length. Hear Admiral Gberardi, who returned on Wednesday from Haytian waters, was at the navy and state deportments yest rday givi g hlsacc >uot of liis doings and of the situation of affairs in Havti. This informa tion was repealed by Secretaries Blain > and Tracy to the cabinet. It. was agreed, t is stated, after discussing, Hecretar Blaine opposing to the oud, that the special envoys should not go to Hayti for the preseut, at. least. Secretary Blaine, wb > dill feels very sore about It, wH provide for Beverly Tucker iu some other way l e fore long. OLD LINK REPUBLICANS MAD. Harrison Giving the Birmingham Crowd Too Much to Please Thom. Washington, Juno i.—The old line southern republican politicians, particu larly the negroes are disappointed and dis pleased by the President’s continued recognition of the Birmingham white men's republican movement. Parsons, who was appointed to day district attorney for Northern and .Middle Alaha na, has beon the most active manager of the Birming. ham movement. He claims to be its founder. As such he has been especially severe tn his comments upon the regular republic m politicians of his section at the various departments and in the news papers, and ail cordially hats him for it, especially ns lie has tuus kept them out of government offices. BABY M’KBK B iPTIZaD. Mary Lodge the Name Washed in by Water from the Jordan. Washington, June I.—Baby McKee was baptized in the blue parlor of the white house at noon yesterday, by the venerable euce of the President and his funily an I at-grandfather, Re.-. Dr.Scott,tu the pres the members of Ids cabinet. Mary Lodge was the name give i the baby—Mary for is mother, Lodge for ono of its father’s E - fli.sh a ice-tors. The water in. which the baby a bap ized was brought from tie nver Jordan several rears ago by Lieut, barker, the baby’s uncle. Believes Legitime Has een Defeated. Washington, June 1. —Rear Admiral Cherar, who ha< rot .rued from Haytl, sys he fully believes the truth of the dispatche saying that President Legitime has been defeated a id Port-au-Prince captured, as President Legit mo’s forces were practically exhausted when Lie admiral sailed iu tho Galena. The state departrae t has not yet received coniirmatio i of the report. Stockslaqer’s Resignation. Washington, Juna 1. —The resignation of P. M. Stockslag r, commissioner of ttie general land office, which was tendered March 5, last, was to-day accept #1 bv the President to take effect June 30. Assistant Commissioner .Stone will act at commis sioner in the meantime. Appointed by the President. Washington, June I.—The President to day made the following app lintments: George B. Fisher of Delaware to be f .urtli andi or of the treasury. J. N. Patteuson of New Hampshire to be second audi ,or of t ie treasury. SEIZURE OF A SMACK. Her Fishermen Said to Have Been Violating Treaty Rights. Chicago, June 1. —A special dispatch from Ottawa, Out., says: The marine and fisheries department to day recivel it dispatch from (lapt. Know I ton of the cruiser Vigalant reporting that he had seized an American vessel. When two miles n >rth of Cape North he discovered part of the crew of the Gloucester sehoener Mattie Win- Mil p engaged in fishing, they being at the time barely two mile* from the land. He imme ii ately proe -c Jed to overhaul the vessel. On boarding the Wlnship Capt. Knowttou, ob taining no satisfactory explanation from the American skippar, made the formal seizure for violation of the Ashing laws under the treaties. The government will await a full re port by mail before ta ring action. The skipper of the Winsnip was not in possession of a license under the mnaui vivrndi. ir. Tupiier, minister of (W.ertea, received a private dispatch last nizht giving further information about the affair. Ad Earthquake in Texas. EL Paso, Tx., June I.—A severe earth quake shock was felt here yes er.lay after noon. Many clerks ran out of business houses i to the streets whin the earth began to tremble. One building was badly cracked by the shock. Georgia’s Editors at Kansas City. Ka iras City, Mo., Ju io L—The Geor gia Press A?-delation arrived here yester day afwrauon, and will leave to-night for Bt." Louis. Tho visitors have been royally | eater tamed by the Commercial Club, I DAILY. $lO A TEAR, < 5 CENTS A COPY. V I WEEKLY, $1.35 A YEAR t CRONIN’S CLOTHES FOUND TWO BMALL BOYS DISCOVER THEM IN A SEWER. Two Strangers Who |Were Near by Ordered the Lads to Destroy Them —The Attempt to Connect the Clan- Na Gael Organization with the Crlm Commented on by a Member. Chicago, Juue I.—Dr. Cronin’s clothes were found yesterday, and another link forged in the chaiu of evidence that sur rounds the murder. The first clew was obtained by the finding of his drawers by Sol Hamburger ami Eldie Bresch, two little boys of Lake Viow. Lewis Ham burger, tbe 18-year-old brother of the first named lad, then notifie 1 the p dice, and oonducti g Lieut. Schu ttier to the mouth i t the Fifty-ninth street sewer instituted a search which resulted in tho uuearthiug of the murdered physician’s pants, e iat, shirt and undershirt. They were buried over a foot under ground and were only discovered by probing in the sand with sharp sticks. The shirt bore tho name of the unfortunate doctor, and the other articles were rca lily recognized as portions of his apparel. The pants in places were deeply stained with blood, HIS VEST CHANGED. Strange to say, howeve* the physician’s vest was missing, and in its plac > was a vest of much ooui’sor material, containing in the pockets five pennies and a cigar. This garment presumably Jbelo iged to one of the murderers or accomplices. For this reason tho police are using every effort to suppress the discovery, hoping that Dr. Cronin’s vest may be discovered in posses sion of one of the murderers. Considerable importance is attached to the fact that when the drawers were first discovered by the little boys a couple of strangers ap peared on tho spot and ordered them to destroy the garineut ami throw away the pieces. This man•'ate was obeyed and no more was though-, of the matter until the older brother was casually informed of the circumstances. the clan-na-gael. B. T. Beggs, a y- ung Dearborn street attorney, is the reputed censor-guardian of the Columbia Club, or Camp 8 of the Olau-nn-Gael. It was In this camp, as the story goes, that Dr. Cronin was tried for treason, in the star chamber proceedings, nud sentenced to death. The police have for some davs had their eyes upon Mr. Beggs, and have been zealously laboring to collect evidence enough to connect the young Iri-h enthusiast and tils camp with the rem .val of Dr. Cronin. Mr. Boggs was seen this afternoon, and lie did fit look at all like a criminal or u- simaiu. He appears to bo about 3J vears -ltd, lias lig t hair ad mustache, blue eyes anti a nekly, open c-uuienanoa. “My belief is,” said Mr. Beggs, “th ,t the oath ot tbe Cla -iia-Uael forbids me to disclose the name of tho officers or mom liors of the order or its obj-cta or proce’dings, therefore I cannot answer your question as to who uro mem bers of the club and whether lam the censor-guardian. However ( will tell you frankly that I hope tho oath of secrecy may be suspended until this thing is cleared up. If the clan does not acquit liself of all connection with this crime it will be totally wrecked and tho Irish in A nerica will per ish with it. I will say we have contributed about $5,000,000 to free Iro arid and 183,000 of it has been stolen, and a horrid murder committed to cover up the theft, and we will not con tribute another cent. But if t.Y> oath of secrecy should be suspended by the chief executive officer of the order the order will instantly be acquitted of complicity in the crime.’’ “ Wlmt makes you so sure about iff” “Well, 1 know positively that if the books of the order should be laid open be fore! the gra ;d jury and all its members sub oenaeil u witnesses it woul<7 be inude plain that the clan as a i order has nothing to do with t e murder.’’ MURDEi* IN AN ASYLUM. Two Keepers ,3”at and Kick a Patient to Death. Minn., June L—Tbe Journal'll Rochester (Minn.) p ’cinl sa-s: A murder committed in the insane asylum here about April I has just leaked out, The vic tim was a patient named Taylor o'ombg, who had been committed for rap.; on a sycar-uhl girl at Stillwater. Coomb, was Hashing the ceiling at the asylum and mutter ing as to what he would do if he had a rev over, when he was attacked tty Edward Peterson and August Bsakniun, who commence 1 pounding him over t ie head with a cane mi l hickory mop h indie. Thun they made him stand up and Benkman commenced to po m l him, knocking him down, and he then Jumped on his chest. Coombs died t> j hours later. A PAINTER’S BTORr. A painter who saw the deed was told that if he disclosed the murder thev Beckman and Peterson), would kill him. The manager of the asylum called in the coroner, > h m> 'e tin ex amination Beckman and Peterson claimed that Coombs’ death was caused by falling from the scaffold. W eu tho facts came out the men were di-toiiarg and, warrants were iisued. aid Beekmau was oriented last nlghl and Pe’erson’s eipture is expected soon. The gr ind Jury will investigate the case Monday. Toe asylum au thuritics siy Coombs was in lust ri ms and easily managed, and it Is declared that his deatu was nothing short of deliberate murder. J VIGILANCE VIPERS. One Man Killed and Another Myste riously Spirited Away. Chicago, June I.—A dispatch from Omaha, Neb., says: “In KeyaPanacounty, Nebra-ka. a settlor named Juhn T. Newell, who has been quite outspoken in his denun ciation of tbe vigilance committee in that county, was found dead in his bed Thuri dav morning with twenty-four bul ot h no j in "his body. About 3 o’clock the same moruing a body of masked men cal! cl at the bouse of a ueighb fling sot Ller and cap.ured George Babcock, who was visiting there, and carried him tff. He has not bee i heal’d of since and he is supposed to have been put out of the way. He was also charged with sympathizing with the rustlers, or catt e thieves.” THREE BrfIKRS CAUSE TEAR3. A Widow Severely Punished for Vio lating a Prohibition Law. Chicago, June I—A ’ispatch from Wichita, Kan., says: “Mrs. Catherine Bobinedt was found guilty yesterday of selling three glasses of beer, and was sen tenced to three months in the c- unty jnil, and was fined S3OO. This is the first in stance in tho state where a woman ha bean sent to jail for vi lating the prohibition law. Tho woman is a widow, with two children and of limited means.” Suddenly Went Insane. Norwalk, Conn., June I.—Mi-s,Thomaa L. Gunning, niece of United States Seiator Stautord of California, became violently insane a few evenings ago at their residence on Mott avenue, and with along stiik-’to drove t eservaute from the house. She j waft subsequently secured and quieie l, but her condition is serious, ami tuere are bub l faint hopes <?f her reeswy,