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J Established 1860. Incorporated 1888. r
\ J. H. ESTII.L, President. )
WORSE'THAM EVER
Lowest Bsn of tie Loss
of Life Now 12,000,
Thousands of Men at fork in
tie Debris.
Order Gradually Emerging Out of
Chaos—Scenes ot Violence Now of
the Past—Relief Work Made Effect
ive by Thorough Systemlzatlon—A
Pittsburg Man Now Dictator of
Johnstown—No Lg.rge Loss of Life at
Phlllipsburg—Magnificent Responses
from AU Parts of the Country to the
Cry of Distress.
Johnstown, Pa., June 5, 11 A. M.—ln
tho midst of this scene of death and desola
tion relenting providence seems to bo exert
ing a subduing influence. Six days have
elapsed since the great disaster, and the
temperature still remains low and chilly in
Conemaugh valley. When it is remem
bered that in the ordinary June weather of
this locality from two to three days are
sufficient to bring an unatte ided body to a
degree. of decay and putrefication that
would render it almost impossible to pre
vent the spread of disease throughout the
Valley, the inestimable benefits of this cool
weather are almost beyond appreciation.
HUNDREDS MAY BE RECOVERED.
The emanations from the half a mils of
debris above the bridge are but little more
offensive than yesterlay, and should this
cool weather continue a few days longer it
is possible that hundreds of bodies may yet
be recovered from the wreck in such a state
of preservation as to render identification
possible. Many hundreds of victims, how
ever, will be roasted and charred into such
shapeless masses as to preclude the hope of
recognition by their nearest relatives.
The work of clearing up the wreck and
recovering the bodies is now being con
ducted more systematically. Over 6,000
men are at work in various portions of the
valley, and e ich little gang of twenty men
is directed by a foreman who is under
orders from the general headquarters. As
the rubbish is gone over and bodi>s and
scattered articles of vain an reel • ■ od the
debris is piled up in one high mass and the
torch applied. In this way the valley is
assuming a less devaitatfd condition. In
twenty-four hours more every inass of
rubbish will probably have been searched
and the investigation will be confined to the
smoking wreck above Johnstown bridge.
FITTSBURC-ER4 IN CHARGE.
Pittsburgers are now in sole charge of
everything at tlii.; place. The Fourteenth
regiment has not yet been assigned to any
duty by Adjt. Gen, Hastings. In an inter
view this morning he said: “The regiment
was ordered here to do guard work and
take charge of the place. VVe will not de
clare martial law for the reason that there
is no necessity for it. The local police and
tho citizens who have been doing yeoman
service are about tired out, and I will
assign the regiment to guard work this
afternoon and relieve the police.”
The general sent the following telegram
to Gov. Beaver this morning:
The chief of police of Johnstown informs me
that there were no depredations last night, and
everything is qu'et this morning. The stories
about riots ami lynching are untrue, and are
Bent out by people who are desirous of making
sensations. D. Hastings.
FEEDING THE POPULACE.
At Johnstown station, on the east side of
the river, everything was quiet, yet
considerable work is being done. This
is the chief commissary station, and
tho people were fed and about
families furnished with provision.
Five carloads of clothing wore distributed
and now almost everyone is provided with
clothing. At the different registration
places 18,0 0 residents of tho devasted dis
trict had registered as alive and well. The
total population of this district was be
tween 40,000 and 50,000. There were hun
dreds of people waiting around the offices
to have their names placed on the list of
saved. It is taought that by to-morrow
Light at least 85 per cent, of the survivors
will be registered. Roger O’Meara, super
intendent of police of Pittsburg, who has
been here for two days looking for crooks
-nd pickpockets, said that the reports
about robberies and thieving were very
greatly exaggerated.
FEARFUL FATALITY.
The Loss of Life Now Estimated at
12,000 to 15,000.
Johnstown Pa., June 5, 1 p. M.—Con
servative me t i iof the opinion that the
number of people destroyed will reach
from 12,000 to 15,000. This view of it is
based on many fragments of evidonce ob
tained from over 100 citizens, carefully
selected from as intelligent men and women
us could bo found. They were chosen from
as many occupations as "possible, and from
as many social classes. They were asked to
a-timato the percentage of loss to the total
population, to tell how many people of their
acquaintance have disappeared and how the
gatherings of residents on the streets and
in public places compare with the same in
former times. Their statements of facts
and estimates were proved as far as could
be, and a calculation shows a list of 12,000
to 15,000. It must be remembered that a
very large proportion of this loss is made
ut> of children. How strikingly frequent is
the reference in the death list to “Mrs.
Jones and six children;” “Mrs. Smith and
five children.”
LITTLE CORPSES IN DOZENS.
In the morgue little ones lie in dozens,
Nvhore adults ero in half dozens. There is
and has been much difficulty in recovering
the bodies of children. Being lighter and
■mailer they have often swept into out of
the way recesses that are almost inaccessi
ble, and are more easily carried away. A
▼ery great proportion of the children have
been swept down the river, and their bodies
driven in under the overhanging banks,
under thickets and in other nlaces where
there is only sparse population, and
where the search is not car
tied on in a careful and
organized manner. As an illustration of
this just above New Florence some frag
tagnts of clothing were in full view of a
fSljc JMofttitt®
party on the river bank. Hundreds of
people passed the place for three days—
looking for bodies, but thought it was only
shreds of worthless clotting they were
looking at. Finally somebody poked at the
rags with a stick and a swirl In the current
brought a 2-vear-old babe to to tho surface.
Tho arift of opinion among intelligent men,
physicians, engineers and railroad men is
that from l,ouo to 1,500 of the todies will
never be found.
WORK ON THE RUSH.
Men Pouring Into Johnstown to Clear
Away the Debris.
Johnstown, Pa., June 5, 5 p. m.—This
morning 1,100 men arrived here in charge
of Phillip Flynn. Hon. William Flynn ar
rived later and took charge of the work,
and by 11 o’clock they had succeeded in
doing more work at clearing away the
debris than had been done hero before. Mr.
Flynn lias offered his men no special induce
ments but will make them work. Seventy
five carpenters and twenty carloads of pro
visions came the laboring men. This
morning another delegation of workmen
came up from Braddock. Each man had a
pick, shovel, saw, or some other instrument
on his shoulder and was prepared to go to
work immediately. Adjt. Gen. Hastings has
requested the Associated Press to state that
this is the kind of men that are wanted here
and too many cannot be sent.
At 11 o’clock this morning Gen. Hastings
sent the following telegram to Gov.
Beaver:
Fully 3,000 men are at work clearing off the
debris. Bodies are now being rescued In large
numbers. The citizens’ committee has organ
ized and its working is systematized. A de
tachment of twenty of the Fourteenth regi
ment was detailed last night to guard the
supply trains. Provisions are pouring in and it
is difficult to take care of them. There is no
suffering from want of food or shelter. Con
tributions of money are more desirable than
anything else.
ORDER OUT OP CHAOS.
There is no surcease of horrors here
to-day, but the situation is resolving itself
into something like order. The relief work
has been so systematized that there is no
danger of any confusion. At several dis
tributing depots hundreds assemble morn
ing, noon and night, and forming in line,
are supplied with provisions Men and
women with families are given bread, but
ter, cheese, haul and canned meats, tea or
coffee and sugar, and unmarried applicants
slices of bread and butter or sandwiches.
Something lire accuracy is being reached,
too, in the estimates of the loss of life. The
most conservative estimates now put the
number at 10,000.
The 900 army tents brought on by Adjt.
Gen. Atline of Ohio have been divided, and
two white-walled villages now afford shel
ter to nearly (5,000 homeless people. These
villages are policed and in charge of Gen.
Atline.
ALL UNDER A DICTATOR.
The action of tho authorities yesterday
in consolidating all authority and vesting
it in B. B. Soott of Pittsburg as dictator, is
received with favor on all hands. Dictator
Scott has taken hold of the stupendous task
imposed upon him with energy and already
has marked out his work and assigned
the direction of various portions
to men equally zealous. Already he
has 2,503 men at work and has called for
2,500 more, to whom he promises work for
sixty days at $2 per day and board. Mr.
Scott, in an interview this morning, said
that he proposed to clear the town of all
wreckage and debris of all description and
turn the town site over to tho citizens, when
he had completed his work, clean and free
from obstructions of all kinds.
REBUILDING PROBABILITIES.
In conversation to-day Supt. Duncan of
the Johnstown street railway, and one of
the leading citizens of tho place, declared
that as soon as the people recovered in a
measure from the dazed oonpition in v -r. eh
they have been since the catastrophe, im
mediate measures would be takeu in rebuild
ing. This will be a gigantic and costly
work, but Supt. Duncan expects to see a
new city spring from the ruins of Johns
town.
The work of reconstructing the roadbed
and relaying the tracks of the Pennsylvania
railroad is being pushed forward vigor
ously, and already trains from the west are
running down from the passenger station,
while construction trains are able to go
considerably farther By night it is ex
nected that the high embankment at the
big bend of the river which deflected the
river from its course on that fatal Friday,
and which was finally washed away itself,
will be reconstructed.
THE CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY.
Although the loss of the Cambria Iron
Company will foot up into millions, tho
destruction of their plant is not as bad as
apprehended and reported at first, and the
officers of the company now say they ex
pect to resume operations in thirty days.
The civil engineer of the company, who
made a careful survey of the premises
yesterday, asserted to the writer this morn
ing that, although the greater portion of
the valuable buildings and their still more
valuable contents la the way of improved
machinery are damaged beyond repair,
there is a complete set of machinery in the
' Bessemer null uninjured, and the manu
facture of steel rails may be resumed within
two weeks.
COLDER WEATHER.
There has been a disagreeable fall of
temperature since yesterday that wiil be
prolific of much suffering and many ills.
The atmosphere to-day is damp and the air
keen and penetrating. This condition of
affairs is favorable to the workers, but
most unpleasant for the houseless sufferers,
and thinly clad women and children were
shivering "this morning under the eves of
every convenient building. The sun has
been obscured the greater portion of the
day.
The sight of the long relief trains rolling
into Johnstown, over both railroads, and
from every section of the country almost
every hour, tends to make the observer
conclude that charity, whether ohristian
or not, is not so rave’ under the sun as the
cynic philosopher would have us believe.
From east and west, north and south, come
whole trainloads of clothing and provisions,
accompanied by special messengers having
funds and a large force of volunteer
physicians, nurses and workers. Accompa
nying a big Philadelphia relief train was a
special car occupied by a corps of surgeons,
who were equ pped with a large outfit of
instruments and medicines. The character
of the supplies sent out from the Quaker
City is most acceptable, consisting of cotton
sheeting, clothes, boots and shoes, hard
breads of all kinds, salt fish, canned goods
—everyth!d|, in fact, in the provision line.
CAMP HASTINGS.
Perched high upon the hill three-quarters
of a mile from the Pennsylvania station on
the Ebensburg road is Comp Hastings,
where several hundred destitute sufferers
are sheltered and fed. The camp is in
charge of Thom is Watt, of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, and W. J. Cam, both of
Pitt-burg, who have organized it thor
oughly. Men have blankets and straw to
sleep on, aud women mattresses, and all are
provided with an abundance of good com
fortable bed clothing. There is no sickness
in the camp, but among the inmates is a
woman who will become a mother before
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE ti, 1889.
REGISTRATION DEDUCTIONS.
The registration of survivors goes on,
but not so rapidly as yesterday. The total
registration to-day is a trifle over 12,000, out
of a total estimated population of tne torrent
swept district from 35,000 to 40,0. x).
Allowance must bo made, of course, for
large numbers of survivors who have
sought refuge with friends in other places,
as well as many who failed either
from ignorance or remissness to register.
But the falling off to-day leads the authori
ties to apprehend that their worst fears
may be yet realized, and that the death roll
will amount well up into 15,000. Visits to
several registration offices to-day and in
quiries among survivors who came in to
register, and a compilation of the replies in
dicate that the proportion of saved and lost
is about equal.
CLEARING AWAY THE DEBRIS.
It Would Take 10,000 Men to do the
Work in Thirty Days.
Johnstown, June 5, 8 p. m.—The enor
mity of the devastation wrought by the
Conemaugh flood is becoming more and
more apparent with every effort of the
laborers to resolve order out of chaos. Over
100 men have been engaged all day in an
effort to clear anew passage from "Death
bridge,” upward through the sea of debris
that blocks the Conemaugh for nearly half
a mile. Every ingenuity known to man
has been resorted to by this crew. The
giant power of dynamite was brought
into requisition, aud at frequent in
tervals the roar of explosions
reverberated through the valley, and sticks,
stones and logs would fallfeigb in the air.
Gradually a few of the heaviest timbers
were demolished, and the fragments per
mitted to float downward through the
center arch. At nightfall, however, the
clear space above the bridge did not exceed
an area of 60 feet in length by 40 feet in
width. When one reflects that fully
twenty-five acres are to be cleared in this
way, tho task ahead seems an intermible
one. But there is no royal road, and if the
hundreds or thousands of bodies beneath
these blackened ruins are to bo recovered
for Christian burial the labors of to-day
must be continued with increased vigor.
USE OF THE TORCH.
There are many conservative minds that
recommend the use of the torch in this
work of clearing the river, but they are not
among the sufferers, and when such
counsels are heard by wives, children,
sisters or brothers of those who rest beneath
this sea of flotsam and zetsam, the sugges
tion of cremation meets with objections. It
is ‘only in deference to the unreasoning
mandate of grief that the Herculean labor
of clearing the river by means of dynamite
and derrick is persisted in. There is no hope
in calmer minds that this laslc can be pur
sued to the end. The progress of to-day is
hardly discernible, and before two
more days have elapsed there is little
doubt that the emanation from the putrid
mass will have become so frightful as to
drive the hardest workman from the scene.
Until that time arrives, however, there is
no hope that this grief-stricken people will
a! audoa the cherished hope of again gazing
upon the forms of the loved ones, whose
lives went out in the fire aud flood of Cone
maugb. The pleadiugs of sanitarians aud
the logic of the engineer alike, fail to find
an echo in the minds of the grieving and
afflicted, but in a few more days the sterner
logic of nature will assert itself, and in the
face of the impossibility of the tasx, crema
tion will become a Christian duty.
TENTS WHERE STORES STOOD.
Where the principal stores stood last
Friday are pitched one thousand tents, and
before to-morrow night this number will
probably be doubled. Undor this shelter
are accommodated the members of the mili
tia and the thousands of workmen who are
trying to clear the streets of the wrecked
city. Over 5,000 men are thus employed in
Johnstown proper, 1,500 of these being
regular street hands, employed by con
tractors Booth & Flynn, of Pitts
burg, the others being volunteers. Mr.
Flynn in an interview told of the work that
has to be done, and the contractor’s esti
mates show more than anything the chaotic
condition of this city. “It will take 10,030
men thirty days to clear the ground so that
the streets are passable and the work of re
building can begin,” said be, “and I am at a
loss to know how the work is to be done.
This enthusiasm will soon die out, aud the
volunteers will want to return home. It
would take ail summer for my men alone to
do the work that is necessary.
GOOD WORK BY VOLUNTEERS.
The volunteers are doing noble work.
Nearly every town in West Pennsylvania is
represented by from ten to 100 men, and
many towns in Ohio and New York have
also furnished their quota of laborers.
These volunteers are working with a will,
but before the end of the week they will
want to return home. Men who come here
wiil be paid $2 a day and board. All labor
ers who have been toiling with wreckage
are quartered to-night, some in barns and
others in the tents above referred to.
When supper was ready the long pine tables
were crowded with men. Stoves were
erected in the open air and coal fires heated
gallons of coffee. Coffee, bread and cheese
was the fare to-night, but more substantial
rations will be given out to-morrow.
INSURANCE AGENTS ON DECBL
They Will Have a Hard Time Looking
Up Their Dead.
Johnstown, Pa., Junes, 11p. m. One of
the features of the day was the arrival of a
large number of life aud accident insurance
agents. Fully 100 of them iiave arrived,
and they are hard at work, looking up vic
tims who were insured in the differonl com
panies. Very little information can be
procured yet, as there is really no official
list of the ldentified'dead, and even if t- ere
was, there are too many people who cannot
be identified, so that there is little or no
hope for an insurance agent getting any
thing like a complete list. Another feature
in the arrivals to-day is the number of pro
fessional photographers who have put in an
appearance. On every hillside and at
places among the ruins they can be seen.
CLARA BARTON ON HAND.
Miss Clara Barton of Washington, D. C.,
bead of the Red Cross corps, known all
over the world, arrived here tins morning
and Will at once assume charge of all the
female relief corps.
All day long corpse* were being hurried
below ground. The unidentified bodies
were grouped on a high hill west of tho
doomed * city, where one epitaph
must do for all, and that
word “unknown.” Here are hundreds
of these graves already and each day will
Increase the number. The possibilitv of
identification diminishes every hour. Fires
are raging over the tangled graves of hun
dreds, and partial cremation of many
bodies is inevitable. Others are becoming
so blackened in their contact with the
debris or through putrification that
a skeleton would have as much resemblauce
to persons in life as they. To-day almost
every stroke of the'pick in some portions of
the city resulted in the discovery of another
victim, and although the funerals of the
morning relieved the morgues of their
crush, bv night they were as full of dead as
ever. Si very train into Johnstown was
loaded with them, the better ones being
generally accompanied by friends of the
NEED FOR ALL THAT 18 GIVEN.
Thousands Out of Work and Abso
lutely Destitute.
Johnstown, Pa., Junes,ll:3o p. m.— Not
withstanding the fact that nearly every
prominent part of the United States is rais
ing funds for the relief of tho Conemaugh
sufferers, tho wants of the homeless and
afflicted are far from being alleviated. At
the various relief statious to-day, the crowd
of applicants was continuous from
morning till night and mativ of the needy
were forced to wait in line before their
turn came and their little portion was al
lotted out to them. Hundreds of thousands
must pour into this stricken valley if posi
tive suffering and privation is to be avoided.
Thousands of people are homeless, and in
the devastated homes thousands also lost
their all. Labor and manufacturing of
nearly all kinds is at a standstill in the
valley, and weeks or months must elapse
before the Cambria iron works and other
industrial institutions can possible resume
ami give employment t > the thousands that
depend upon them for support. Even at
tho present time, five days after the world
was first thrilled by the news of this great
disaster, there are hundreds of hungry
people in Conomaugh valley who have no
certainty of breakfast to-morrow.
BEAVER'S BULLION.
The Governor Has Already Received
$125,006 for the Sufferers.
Harrisburg, Pa., June s.—The follow
ing contribution* by check and draft for
the relief of the Pennsylvania sufferers by
the flood, have been received by Gov.
Beaver to date: Citizens of Glenwood
Springs, Col., $515; citizens' committee,
New York city, $50,000; Chicago Jewelers’
Association, $1,500; citizens of Clay Center,
Kan., $54; citizens of Columbia,
Tenn., $500; William Uifly, Maucli
Chunk, Pa., $250; Alva Adams,
Pueblo, Colo., SSO; Montrose (Pa.)
board of trade, $100; New Haven, (Conn.)
chamber of commerce, $1,000; Cjnrade &
Taylor, Pottstowu, Pa., $1,000; citizens of
Providence, B. 1., $5,000; citizen* of Chilli
cothe, 0., $600; Farmers’ Fertilizer Com
pany, Syracuse. N. Y., $500; citizens of
Knoxville, Tenn., $1,500; relief committee
of Newport, Ky., $398; Mutual Life Insur
ance Company, New York, $10,000; Paw
tucket (It. I.) Business Men’s Association,
$1,200; citizens’relief committee of tfebeu
ectady, N. Y., $1,000; Sau Francisco Re
lief Association, $10,000; Gov. Foraker
of Ohio, $14,000; Ascension Branch
Sugar Planter's Association, Donaldson
vilia, La., $400; citizens of Hartford, Conn.,
$458; John S. Covington, New York, $25;
citizens of Sacramento, Cai., $500; Adams
Express Company, $5,000; Hebrew Benefi
cial Association of Los Angeles, Cal.,
$1,000; New Haven chamber of commerce,
(additional) $1,000: citizens of Baltimore,
$2,000; citizens of Ilion, N. Y., $400; citi
zens of Chester, Pa., $3,000; W--t Presby
terian church, New York, $1,700; citizens
of Woodbury, N. J., $500; J. Gallingar, 177
Hkst Eighty-second street, New York, $5;
citizens of New Orleans, $250; state of Con
necticut on accouut, $10,000; citizens of
Plainfield, N. J., SI,OOO. Total $125,966.
WORK AT WASHINGTON,.
Hopes That SIOO,OOO Will be Raised
in That City.
Washington, June s.—The commis
sioners of tho district have postponed all
but the most pressing duties for the work
of collecting and forwarding contributions
to the Pennsylvania sufferers. They got
ready a train full of supplies to-day to re
deem tho promise of the President made to
Gov. Beaver yesterday,and wiil prepare an
other later in the week. Among the supplies
prepar ed to-day was a quantity of disin
fectants which Surgeon General Hamilton
purchased. About $20,000 has been raised
in money here and a score of agencies are at
work gathering more. President Harrison
has signed the subscription papers of sixty
c Hectors by the commissioners. It is hoped
that the total value of all the contributions
will aggregate SIOO,OOO.
THE TRAIN.
A train of thirteen freight cars loaded
down with provisions and olothiug for the
Johnstown sufferers, pulled out of the
Baltimore aud Ohio railroad station at 10:30
o’clock to-night. Teu of the cars came
through from Philadelphia and Baltimore
and three w ere filled with supplies furnished
by Washingtonians. The train will go
through on passenger time and is expected
to reach Johnstown before Bo’oloclt to-mor
row morning.
All sorts of entertainments are being ar
ranged here for the benoflt of the sufforors,
and considerable money will be raised.
The citizens’ relief committee to-day voted
parr of the proceeds of the Willard hall
"meeting of yesterday to the purchase of
ham, flour, potatoes, bread and other nec
essaries, as it was thought more immediate
relief could be secured if supplies were
purchased hero, than if money was sent to
Johnstown and purchases there made.
GOTHAM’S GENEROSITY.
Nearly SIO,OOO Taken in at the
Mayor’s office Yesterday.
New York, June s.—Mayor Grant sent
a dispatch to Gov. Beaver to-day, announc
ing that nearly SIO,OOO had been taken in
during the day. The subscriptions at tho
mayor’s office, it is stated, will to-day ag
gregate at least $130,000. These are the
amounts contributed already from
various exchanges and commercial
bodies. Stock Exchange, $32,.
000; Chamber of Commerce $28,0)0;
Maritime Exchange, $10,000; Produce Ex
change, $6,000; Cotton Exchange, $7,400:
Consolidated Exchange, $2,000; Re and Estate
Exchange, $570; Metal Exohaige, $1,275;
Jewelers’ Board of Trade, $1,500; Mercan
tile Exchange. SI,BOO. Dispatches from
nearly every city in the United States give
details of an ever-growing fund.
PHILADELPHIA'S GREAT WORK.
She Has Already Made Up $550,000 In
Cash and Sixty Carloads of Goods,
Philadelphia, June s.—The enthu
siastic and good natured rivalry existing
betwoen the various collectors of funds,
clothing, etc., in this city for the Johns
town sufferers has been the means of swell
ing the amount of cash subscriptions to
about $550,060, while donations of food and
other necessaries are so numerous that
some difficulty is being experienced in
handling them. Thirty-one carloads in all
have been shipped, and it is thought that
fully as mucu is awaiting shipment. A
portion of the contributions are being sent
to Williamsport and other places on the
west branch of the Susquetianna.
PARIS HAS PITY,
The Municipal Council and the Ameri
cans Raise Funds.
Paris, Juno s.—The municipal council
have donated 5,000 francs to the Johnstown
sufferers. A largely attended meeting of
Americans was held at the United Btates
legation to.day, which was presided over by
Mamste^Reid^Fortythousandfrasca
were subscribed on the spot for the relief of
the Johnstown sufferers. The Aniericau
bankers ail agreed to open subscriptions the
next day at their banking houses. “Buffalo
Bill” subscribed tLe entire receipts of ono
entertainment to be given under the
auspices of the committee.
Flour from Minneapolis.
Minneapolis. June s.—The citizens’
committee to-dav voted to send 2,000 barrels
of flour to the Johnstown sufferers. The
order was divided among all the mills so as
to get tho flour as early as possible.
Minister Lincoln '4 Fund.
London, June s.—Minister Lincoln is
receiving large contributions for the fund
for the relief of the sufferers by the floods
in Pennsylvania.
Chicago's Cash Contributions.
Chicago, June s.—lt is estimated that
Chicago’s casli contributions for the Johns
town sufferers to date aggregate about
$90,000.
Boston Raises $50,000.
Boston, June 5. —Boston’s relief fund for
the Johnstown sufferers now reaches over
$50,000.
HAVOC IN HUNTINGDON.
Several Lives Lost and Property
Greatly Damaged.
Pittsburg, Pa., June 5, 10 p. m.—A
special just received from Huntingdon,
Pa., says:
Late news from the suburban districts in this
county shows that the destruction to property
by the flood is infinitely greater than was first re
ported. The waters are receding and the Juniata
river is passable in several places. Couriers have
arrived bearing news of an unprecedented
flood. From Bedford to Huntingdon, on the
Rosstown branch, and at Lewistown, on tho
Juniata river, the devastation is groat. Not a
house is left that stood within roach of the
swollen streams. The damage to property
will reach $600,000, while other towns in the
county liave suffered correspondingly. At
Mapletou the immense tannery of L. A
Roberts was damaged to the extent of j 200,000]
and the loss to other property will reach SIOO,OOO
more. The Powell furnace sustained a loss of
SBOO,OOO, and at that place both railroad bridges
were swept away, leaving railroad communica
tion with Bedford cut off. The Huntingdon
and Broad Top railroad sustained but slight
damage.
TRACKS DESTROYED.
For a distance of three miles below here, four
miles of the Pennsylvania railroad tracks are
destroyed, with the bridges gone. From here
to the junction of tho Juniata and Susquehanna
rivers, the sweep of the flood extended, filling
this once beautiful valley with desolation and
ruin. Growing crops in the lowlands were
destroyed, and in Smith’s valley In Blair
county, farming lands, comprising an area
of twelve by two miles, have been stripped of
every vestige of soil. As far as known 300
houses have been destroyed in this'coimty. Re
lief committees ure now engaged seeking assis
tance for the destitute. Three families, com
prising sixteen persous, living on the Rosst >wn
branch, are missing, and it is feared that they
have been swept away with their hninii^
FALSE RUMORS OF DISASTER.
I’liilliDSburg Probably Escaped With
out Loss of Life.
■(Philadelphia, Juno s.—lnquiry at the
Pennsylvania railroad offlea in reference to
tho report from Johnstown that there had
been great loss of life at Phillipsburg,
Center county, resulted in absolute failure
to confirm the rumor. The superintendent
at Tyrone reports that the Tyrone and
Clearfield branch, which runs from Tyrone
to Curwensville, a distance of forty
seven miles, is entirely cleared.
Phillipsburg is half way between these two
places, on the route mentioned, and the
mountain stream at Phillipsburg is crossed
by a railroad bridge, which must necessa
rily be all right. General Manager Pugh
says he does not believe there is a word of
truth in the rumor or that any lives at all
have been lost at Phillipsburg. Railroad
people would certainly have received infor
mation of any such terrible lo.s of life, as
theirs are the only wire intact in that re
gion.
GOOD NEWS CONFIRMED.
Philadelphia, June 5, 2 p. m.— General
Manager Pugh of the Pennsylvania rail
road has just received the following dis
patch from Supt. Blair of the Tyrone and
Clearfield railroad, on which Philiippsburg
is situated:
Tyrone, Pa, June 5.1889.
There were no lives lost and no property de
stroyed at Phillipsburg. We only hear of ono
life lost on the Tyrone and Clearfield railroad
that of a lady at Clearfield last Friday evening
I do not think over three lives were lost at Lock
Haven. 8. 8. Blair.
WESTERN MARYLAND’S NEEDS.
Money and Provisions to Be Supplied
From Baltimore.
Baltimore, Md., June 5. —Part of the
money, provisions and clothing eollected
here are to be sent to the sufferers in the
flooded districts in Western Maryland, who
are sick, homeless and helpless. A Williams
port (Md.) man was here to-day and told of
the destitutioil and suffering caused by the
floods along the line of the Potomac river
and canal in Western Maryland. While
the loss of life will not excied twenty,
owing to the warning given tiie people, the
destruction of property was immense.
Scores of houses wore swept away, leaving
hundreds of people shelterless and almost
starving. In Williamsport alone, on Sun
day, thirty homeless and destitute families
were fed, and at Point of Rocks at least
forty families are nearly destitute and suf
fering. The same is true at Sandy Hook
and other littlo villages along the Potomac
river, some of which have been almost an
nihilated. All along the track of tic angry
flood are pitiable scenes of suffering, and
many families are living shelterless along
the river banks. The people were mostly
laborers working on tho canal, and all their
earthly po-sessions were swept away with
their homes.
An Address of Condolence.
Dublin, June s.—The municipal coun
cil. at ttie suggestion of Lord Mayor Sulli
van. has ail' pie l an address of condolence
to the sufferers by the Pennsylvania floods.
HARD ON TRUCK FARMS.
Tbe Drought and Lack of Transporta
tion Ruinous in Their Effect#.
Charleston, S. C., June s.—The rail
road blockade, owing to the washing away
of tbe bridges in Pennsylvania, Maryland
and Virginia, has caused a loss of many
thousands of dollars to the truck farms in
this vicinity. Tbe potato, bean and berry
crops are just at their harvest, and hun
dreds Of carloads of vegetaides and fruit
are now lying ut tbe sidings awaiting trans
portation to New York aud Boston. No
malls from tbe north have reached here
since Saturday last and no vegetable trains
have left here since Suuday. The
situation is very distressing. To add to the
distress, the summer crops are perishing for
want ot rain, while the floods have been so
and Los trims in the north. The farms
in this vicinity where most of the vegeta
bles are raised are parched up. A slight
shower on Friday last is all the rain that
has fallen here for over six weeks. In the
city, where the peop’e chiefly depend upon
cisterns for their drinking water, there is
CRONIN'S KILLING.
A Friend of the Dead Man Tells of the
Letter’s Fears.
Chicago, June s,—The CroninJ inquest
was resumed this morning. Patrick Mc-
Garrey, a friend of Dr. Crouin, testified at
to what Dr. Cronin had told him in regard
to the investigation of the committee of the
Clan-na-Gael at Buffalo of the charges that
Alexander Sullivan had appropriated lunds
of the Clan to his own use
whilo a member of the execu
tive board or “triangle.” McGarrey
said that Dr. Cronin informed him that the
charges were not only of misappropriation
of funds, but that the “triangle” had sent
men to their death and to British prisons.
The witness could not remember ttie exact
amount of money mentioned by Dr. Cronin,
but it approximated *500,000.
HIS VISIT TO TORONTO.
The witness then told of iiis visit to
Toronto After Dr. Cronin’s death, and the
result of his interviews with Re
porter Long. The latter at first
denied having sent the misleading dis
patcher, but subsequently said that he had
sent a state.neut < f the facts to Frank 8 an
lan of this city. Dr. Cronin said to the wit
ness after the Buffalo investigation, that if
ho were murdered it would lie at Alexander
Sullivan’s instigation. Dr. Cronin also
said that the life of Dr. McCabe of Philadel
phia, who joined with Dr. Cronin in report
ing against Hullivan in the Buffalo investi
gation was also in dangor, and that an at
tempt had been made to decoy him away.
M’OEEHAN’3 CONDUCT.
Thomas J. Conway was examined. Con
way is a member of the Clau-nu-Gai-l. He
began by testifying us to the conduct of
Peter McGeehan of Philadelphia. Conway
■.aid McGeehan told him that ho came west
under orders from tbo chairman of the
executive committee of the Clan-na-Gael.
He saw McGeehan In the company of Capt.
Lawrence Buckley, of the Chicago Clan-na-
Gael Guards, and heard the former say
that Dr. Cronin and Dr. McCarthy deserved
to die. The witness further stated
that lie was present, at the meeting of Camp
No. 34, Clan-Na-Gael when the question or
resolution regretting the death of Dr. Cronin
was being discussed, John M. Mo-s, who
has a store on West Lake street, rose and
said he was against passing resolutions, be
cause perhaps the executive committee bad
sufficient proof to show that Dr. Cronin
was a British spy, and the ex ‘cutivo com
mittee bad a right to remove him.
All of the witnesses were asked if they
had ever heard of throats against the doc
tor’s life by Mr. Hullivan, and each replied
by saying no.
locomotive engineers.
Chief Arthur Says He will Never Sanc
tion Another Strike.
Chicago, June s.—The Evening Journal
says:
There is trouble in the ranks of the Brother
hood of I. icomotive Engineers. Chief Arthur
is a candidate for re election, and as such lias
been making a quiet cuuvass of the various
lodges of the brotherhood. Last week a secret
meeting for this purpose was held in this city.
There were upward of 2.K) 1116111110™ present,
representing lodges in Illinois. Michigan, Indi
ana, lowa and Wisconsin, 'and with
their defeat by the “Q." momentarily
expected, a reduction of wages on the Sunta Fe,
and the recent discharge by the Alton of a Urge
number of brotherhood men fresh in their
minds, they were not at all satisfied with the
chief's optimistic speech. A member of the
general grievance committee got the Boor,
and, addressing Chief Arthur, said: "Your
speech this morning picture 1 our organization
as impregnable and resistless, and lieiiig so, it
had nothing to fear from any misfortune that
might threaten, hut that no misfortune did
threaten. Now, sir; if you believe such estate
of things exists you have been Incorrectly in
formed of affairs. The truth is a reduction
of wages is expected to he
made before long on a number
of western roads. Such action we do not pro
p ise to accept, because we do not believe it
justified. W’e, therefore, desire to know
whether, in the event of a reduction being
ordered, despite our opposition, you would
sanction a strike?”
TIIB CHIEF’S REPLY.
Chief Arthur did not like the question, but
there was no help for it. He had to answer.
With compresed lips he rose to his feet, looked
at the determined faces before him. and said:
“Under no condition of circumstances of which
I can conceive shall I ever sanction another
strike." A murmur of surprise, tinged with In
dignation, arose, but ceased as the cnief con
tinued: “My reason for this deolsion is two
lold. In the first place, lam opposed to strikes
on general principles. In the second place, a
strlko would bo practically suicide; for, owing
to ttie inexorable laws of supply and demand
and the large number of unemployed engineers
In the country, it would take hut uu exceedingly
short time to fill our places. ’’
“But, sir,” broke in the questioner, “suppose
a reduction of wages should occur on the
Union Pacific system, where the Brotherhood
is so thoroughly equipped as to obtain the
grunting of everything they ask, would not you
authorize a strike to resist it?”
Without a moment’s hesitation Chief Arthur
replied: “No, sir, 1 would not. I trust—i be
lieve that no reduction of wages is to be made;
but should there he, and the men follow my
advice, they will accept t e reduction. I shall
never sanction another strike.”
Cnief Arthur stopped and the meeting ad
journed wlitterings of discontent have been
heard ever since. It was known that the chief
ha l u strong dislike to strikes, but that his con
servatlsm was so extreme os his speech showed
was never dreamed.
A MURDEROUB ROBBER LYNCHED.
3peedy Avenging of a Terrible Crime
at Topeka.
Topeka,J Kan., June 5.—A. T. Rodgers,
who was shot by a burglar yesterday morn
ing, died at 10 c’olook last night, and the
recovery of Mrs. Rodgers is doubtful.
Shortly after the murderer was captured
last night by the police, people surrounded
the jail on all sides to guard against any
attempt to remove the murderer elsewhere.
It was an orderly assembly and perfectly
quiet, composed of all classes of citizens
and largely of substantial merchants, law
yers and others of the city. Heveral meet
ings were held within locked doors, and it
was decided that should ilrs. Rogers die
the jail should be stormed at 9 o’clock last
night. I’olice guarded the entrance to the
jail.
FRIGHT OF THE PRISONER.
The prisoner was terribly frightened, but
denied bis guilt, and told several conflicting
stories, which were readily fou and to be
false. He gave his name as Nat Olyphant,
and his home as Pueblo, Col.
At 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Rev.
Mr. McCabe addressed the crowd from the
jail balcony ami advised law and order. He
was listened to (attentively, but after his
speech there were, for the first
time, cries of “Throw him out!”
“Lynch him!” During tbo evening the
crowd increased, and at 7 o’clock the jail
was stormed. The officers made a desper
ate resistance, and it was 11 o’clock when
the unfortunate wretch was dragged out.
He showed astonishing courage, and when
asked if he bad anything to say, replied
that ho was guilty. His last words were:
“Be sure you 1 reak my neck.” He was
hung to a telegraph pole at Sixth street and
Kansas avenue.
Gen. Early at Winchester.
Winchester, Va., June s.—Gen. Jubal
A. Early arrived here to-dav on his first
visit since the war. Numbers of old sol
diers and many citizens paid their respects
tv
( DAILY. $lO A YEAR, 1
< S GENTS A COPY. V
I WEEKLY, $1.25 A YEAR \
FIREONAWILD RAMPAGE
FULLY 160 BUILDINGS BURNED AT
JACKSONVILLE.
It Broke Out at 1:30 O’Clook In the
Morning in a Restaurant Now Used
as a Storeroom—lncendiarism Bus
pected-Bridge Street in the Vicinity
of Brooklyn Bridge Badly Scorched.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 6.—A tre
mendous fire originated in an old unoccu
pied restaurant on Bridge street, near
Brooklyn bridge, at 1:30 o’clock this morn
ing. The restaurant was used as a store
house by the An heuser- Busch Company,
and the fire is believed to have been of in
oendiary origin. So rapidly did the flames
spread, being fanned by a brisk breeze, that
by the time the fire department reached the
spot they became uncontrollable, and the
firemen who had crossed the bridge to get
a better position at the blazing mass, found
themselves cut off, and the flames
had full sway, licking up with
amazing rapidity surrounding houses,
which burned like so much tin
der, owing to the long continued dry
spell. Soon the stores and buildings of
Morris Cohen, dry goods; C. Simons, dry
goods; D. E. Edwards, barber; Louis Gar
ner, barber; E. A. Ricker, saloon; Antony
Bendette, store; Tom Baxter, saloon; the
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company’s of
fices; Rucker & Johnson, saloon: the Way
cro* cottage, owned by Capt. J. W. Fitz
gerald ; the California Cheap John’s estab
lishment; the Cuban cigar store and the
Cuban restaurant were all ablaze, and as
the roaring mass soared upward it was
seen that the Barrs house, on old hlslorio
mansion, was doomed, and finally that, too,
was uiire.
THE WnOLB OITT IN PERIL.
“The city is doomed,” was then the cry,
and it certainly looked as if nothing cou'd
stay the fierce blaze, which commenced to
spread westward among a large number of
shanties which lined Bay street. There were
no firemen at this point, they being cut off
on the othqj side of the hridge. One after
another of these little homes caught and
the scenes as the terrified families moved
their belongings away from the flames
baflled description. The Elmodelo factory
at this time looked as If doomed. But
toe fire department, having by almost
superhuman efforts reached this portion of
Bay street, began to play on that building,
and when the Barrs bouse fell witli a crash,
sending millions of cinders into the sky, it
was seen that the cigar factory was saved.
ONCE MORE TO THE BREACH.
The ohief then ordered his exhausted but
gallant firemen around to the north side to
fight fire, which was slowly but surely
sweeping northward up Bridge street, de
vouring all in its track from the bridge to
Hawk street. The wind, whioli hitherto
had b.en blowing strong, now seemed to
become lighter, and hopes began to he en
tertained that the fire would not be as de
vastating os was at first anticipated, but II
was by no means under control.
VICTORY AT LAST.
The gallant firemen, spurred on by the
efforts of the chief, kept 1 up their fight, anti
finally ti e fire was seen to be about to
yield. The burnt district reaches on Bridge
street from the railroad tracks on the
bridge, winch is considerably injured, to
Adams street, and ail the houses on the
west side of Bridge street for four blocks
succumbed, with the exception of Frasier’s
store, at the corner of Adams street, from
Bridge to Hawk street. From the creek,
every bouse wns burned with fcbe exception
of Grant’s residence, at the comer of Hawk
and Adams streets.
It is estimated that 150 houses were
burned, and inauy of these, being small
shanties occupied by colored people, were
of course not insured. Tne loss is esti
mated at about *150,000, with about
*05,000 insurance. Dawn broke this morn
ing before th. flames were completely
under control, but alt day the fire depart
ment have been playing on the burning
debris to koep it from breaking out afresh.
NOTES OF THE FIRE.
C. C. Collins lost about 11,500.
Rickers’ loss is estimated at $5,000.
Miss Lucas’ loss, tv/o buildings, is $1,200.
C, F. Power’s loss is estimated at $2,200.
E. W. Gillen lost eight houses valued at
16,030.
J. VV. Garvin loses on bis stables and resi
dence, $2,000.
Mrs. Patterson lost about $2,000. Her in
surance is unknown.
Barrs property was valued at $3,500. The
insurance Is $2,500.
J. W. Fitzgerald lost about $3,000. His
insurance is unknown.
Thomas Glayborne lost about $2,000. His
insurance is not known.
Morris Cohen lost by the fire at least
SIO,OOO. His insurance is $3,500.
Higo Myers lost $15,000. His insurance is
about SII,OOO.
Simon, the dry goods man, loses about
$12,000. His insurance is unknown.
J. H. Geter lost twelve buildings, prob
ably worth $5,000. Ha has 110 insu rauc j.
NO LOSS OF LIFE.
The report that a woman and throe chil
dren were burned in the fire is untrue.
Cinders several inches in length fell a quar
ter of a mile from the conflagration. Three
and a half squares one way and four the
other was the extent of the hio’s ravages.
W, H. Fereubach lost four stores. Hi*
loss is SO,OOO, with no insurunce.
Morris Cohen’s brother-in-law is the only
person known to have been injured by the
fire. He was slightly burned. An old
loaded cannon which was lying near
McCann’s wood yard exploded duri ig the
fire and caused a sharp report. The shell,
a tweuty-poui.der, was found over 1,000
feet away, over Conroy’s store.
J. E. T. Bowden lost two bouses. He
estimates his loss at $3,500. He has $2,000
insurance.
Paul G. Phillips was elected chief of
ponce by the new council vice James Hoev.
F. J. Pons, Jr., son of the state treas
urer, and Miss Lossie J. Smith were mar
ried at 4 :30 o’clock this afternoon at the
Catholic church.
J. N. C. Stockton, J. D. Kelly and C.
Hopkins, the new county commissi mers,
took their seats to-day, vice Dr. Hy Robin
sou, F. F. L’Engln and Alex Wallace.
The city council will extend the tiro lim
its, and the burned area will before long be
covered with handsome brick structures.
Among tiie tenements destroyed were nine
houses of ill-fame.
POWDER UNDER A OHUROH.
Dastartly Attempt to Blow up *
Methodist Congregation.
Chicago, June 5.—A dispatch from
Pomeroy, 0., says: “Monday night while
services were being held in the Free Metho
dist church near this city, an attempt was
made to blow up the building. A lot of
powder had been placed under the church,
to which a fuse was attached and lighted
but it missed fire. Fully half a peek of
blasting powder was taken fr m under the
building after the attempt was disc iverei
by the congregation. At least 10 ) verso is
would have been killed had the powder been
Ignited. *L
