BWWWFS-". ' ' ""'"ii WIHW v- ..--. --,.;,. -..,e ; -zmMmmMmmwmmi w . u J . - i I V (H iV (jflj .fl1ktikMi)ifl '1' it 1tsr?TTTCl; t r kW. ' T .. 'V, M " U ''ff 3 uattfagtef Kl V' & ir4 IlAVVf :i 'VOLUME XXV NO. 240. LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1889. PRICE TWO CENTS I HBaiHT l I Yrt $ urn THE DEAD HUNDREDS OF MEN SEARCHING DE BRIS IN THE VALLEY, FIFTY BODIES FOUHD M A CHURCH. The Pick and Shevel Brigade Doing Their Werk Well MANY MORE LABORERS NEEDED. TheDtath LhtlVew Thought la ftimbrr About 11,(100 or 15,000. THOUSANDS OF SAVED REGISTER. Jbtdljrnntlen Crentrd Byrne mat'ncrctlen ofSeldlcrs They Flre Upen the Men Who Ai-e Working In the Kulns. ticucrnl llnstlrjjs, the Police and Military preserve Order JeHN.'.tr.uN, Jiyie &. The host estimates this morning of the less efllle, based en the registry of the living nnd uuefllcinl pel, puis it ut from 12,000 te 15,000 In the midst of the scenes of death awl desolation a relenting l'rovidenco Eoenis te Ik) exerting iv subduing influence. Five duytt iiave elapsed slnce the great dlsaster and the tcmpcniture still remains low nnd chilly in the Cenciiiuugh vnllcy. When It is rcniembcrcd that in ordinary June weather in this locality from 2 te3 days re sufficient te bring nn unnttended body te u degree of decay nnd putrefaction that would rcuder it almost tmpo.ssible te pro pre vent the spread of disease throughout the vuUey, the Inestimable benellts of this cool Weather nre almost hoyend appreciation. Tfae emanations from the hnlf uiile of debris about the briilge nre but little mere offensive than yesterday, and Hheuld this eoel weather continue a few days louger it is posslble hundreds of bodies may yet be recovered from the wreck in such a stnte of preservation as te reudur identification possible. Many himdrodsef victims, how ever, will be masted und charred lite such shapaless masses as te preclude leeognltien by their nearest relatives. The w erk of cleaning up the wreck nnd recovering bodies is new being conducted most systematically. Over six thousand men Hre at work in various portions of the vulley, and each little gang of '20 men is directed by the foreman, who Is under orders from general head quarters. As neon as the rubbish Is gene ever nnd the bodies and scattered articles or vnlue lccovered the debris i piled up In one high mass and a torch up' plied. In this way the valley is nssitiulng less devastated condition. In -I hours juoie oery mass of rubbllsh will piebahly have becu searched, and the Investigation will be confined te the smoking wreck above the Joluistew n bridge. Flttsbiiigers tire new in sole charge or everything at this place. The 11th regi ment has nut yet been assigned te any duty by Adjutant General J tastings. WOHK roll THIS hOI,lI BUS. In an Interview this morning he said: "The regiment was ordered heie te de Igaard work and tnke charge of the place. "We will net declare martial law fur the rea son that thore Is no nouesslty for it. The local police and citizens who have been doing yeoman service are about tiled out and I will assign the regiment te guard the work thibuflernoeunud relieve the police." Gcn'l Hastings went the following tele gram te Gov. Boaverthis morning; "The chief of potion of Johnstown informs me that thore were no depredations last night, and everything is quiet this morning. The stories 'about riots and lynching art un true and are sent out by people who ar" fleslreur of making sensations." At Johnstown station, en the east side of UierUer. everything was quiet, yet con siderable w erk is being done. This is the chief ceintnisary station and this morning by 2 o'clock fifteen thousand peeple w ere fed and-ubeutrslx hundred families were furnished with prevision". Five car leads of clothing were dlsulbn'.ed and nev )- I t everyone is provided with clothing. ' . the ditlcrcnt registration places 1H,0M) residents of the devastated district had reg istfirtd as all ve nnd well. The total p jii jii latien of this district was between 40,000 nnd 50,000. There were hundred of peeple waiting around the offices te have their names placed en the list of saed. It Is thought that by te-morrow night at least 8.1 per cent, of the survivors will be regis tered. Itegcr 0'Mara, superintendent of Kilicoef Vittsburg, who lias been hore for two days looking for creeks and pickpockets, said that the reperts about robbei ies and thiev ing were very greatly exaggerated, .said he: "There are no piofessioual thieves In Johnstown, and this Is net the place, where Ihey w euld be liable to'werk. They may come up in crowded trains and rob passengers, yet they would just be as likely, te help with the work here as net. 'q professional thief would work the dead here, ub theie is little or nothing for the gain nnd there are se many police that it would be almost impossibly for them te evade detection. All the thieving that has been done has been done by a let of tramps and bums. One thing 1 uotlee heie Is that there are tee many relief committees and net enough workers. In fart there are mere relievers than there are lutllercrs and nlineut every man you meet has a yellow ribbon en. A let of dudes cjmodew n hern and think mero of tilling their stomachs than they de of relieving the peer. Of course I don't rcfer te the real committee men, but the sham committeemen. What is needed here is peeple with picks and shovels and they are badly needed." r.oeu went; tiv Tin: sinvi:i, miniAtir:. Hits morning 1, UK) men arrived herein charge of Philip l'lynn. Hen. William Flynn arrived later and took charge of the work and by 11 o'clock they had siucetsled in doing mero work at clearing away the debris than lias been done here before. Mr. l'lynn has otfered the men special in ducements, but will make them work. Beventy-flve carjicutcis and M carloads of previsions came up with the laboring men. This morning another delegation of work men caine up from liraddeck. Kai-h man had a pick, she el, saw or some ether in stalment en his shoulder and weioputte work immediately. Adjutant General Hastings has requested the Associated Press te state that this is the kind of men that are wanted here, anil tee many cannot be bent. Thirty doctors arrived finiii Philadelphia thlH morning in charge of Dr. Ferbes. The Ulocters-wero thanked for their willingness te help, but their serWces were declined for the fact that there nre no sick te take core of. In, Prospect hes. pital, en the hilltop, there is net ene patient and the only use they haefer doctors heie Is te utilize them as laborers W. II. Uovero has been given charge of th? Impromptu cuibaluilu tbiatilisliment in the Pennsylvania read station br Benja min Lcc, secretary of the HUte Benl of Umlth. In his notice te the getUlrtnati he gave him authority te discharge all men who use profane language about the place. Sema overtcaleus local military men caused considerable excitement near the Merrell Institute In Johnstown proper this morning by their outrageous conduct. Seme men employed by J. S. Chattel, a local contractor, were put te work at rescu ing bodies shortly after daylight Twe or the home soldiers were patrolling the place nd when they saw the men at work they told them they would have te step opera tions immediately. Thin they rerued te de, saying they had been employed by the citizens' committee te de the 'work. The soldiers gnve them ene min ute te get away from the place. As they were In no hurry te obey the guards flred two shots, but did net succeed in hitting the workmen, who started en a run te Gen. Hastings' headquarters. Ne one was thote at the tltne, but the matter was reported te the general, and he stated that the nhoetors would be ceurt-martialed immediately if caught. 1'IITV FOUXD AT A CHURCH. At 1:15 this afternoon 50 bodies were taken from the debris In front of theCathoile church in Johnstown borough. About forty of the bodies were tliose of women. They were immediately removed te the morgue for Identification. At 11 o'clock tlilsmernlngGcn. Hastings sent the following telegram te Gov. Denver: "GovEnsen BKAVi:n,Harrislmrg Fully three thousand men are at work clearing. up the debris; bodies are new being rescued 1 in large numbers. The cit Irons' commit commit commit tee is organized and the working is systematized. A dotuchtnent of twenty of the 1 1th regiment was detailed te guard the supply trains. Previsions are pouring in and it is difficult te take enre of thorn. Therc is no suffering from want of feed or shelter. Contributions of money are mero deslrable than anything else." At the First Presbyterian church, which is being used as a morgue, seventeen liedlcs taken from the debris and river luive been brought in. These identified are Mary Stetler, probably Charles B. IlolV IlelV mau, Mrs. Jehn B. Harris, colored; Miss I,lz7le, Geerge McDowell, S. Clark. The balance are unidentified. The re lief corps from Alteena found a body near Steny bridge this morning. On this person was found n geld watch and chain and $2.M) in money, which was turned ever te the proper authorities This corps took out seme thirty-two IkxIIcs or mere from the ruins yesterday, nun him wifk's uiiavi:. A. J. Hawes, whose wlfe's body was taken out of the river last night, had the body taken up Inte the mountains where he dug her grave and uaid: "I burled nil that is dear te inc. As for myself, Identcare hew seen death evertakes me.' Five bodies w ere taken out of wreckage near Dibert'n bank, en Main street, this morning. Miss Clara Barten, of Washington, I). I'., orlgnater of what is Wtiewn us the lied Cress corps, known nil ever the world, ur ihcdhere tills morning and will at onto assume, charge of all the female relief erps. TO Itf.ML'lLl) THK CITV. Tlie Cumbria Iren "Works te be Itnptdly Put In Order. It Is n question whether Johnstown will be lebullt, but the Indications show that it will. The town and the neighboring boieughs, all popularly known as Johns town, aru largely dependent en the Cambria Iren company, and If it resumes business, as it is believed it will, the rebuilding of the town will probably fellow. Thousands of workmen are engaged in clearing away the rubbish that is scattered all ever the district, and among ether places engaging their attention are tlie office building of the Cambila company, in the town proper, and of the great iron works en the northeastern side of the Ceucmaugh. About TOO men are new employed at the latter. In all parts of the town rubbish is being systematically butiied, after it has been ascertained ten icrlainty that no dead Isxlles remain in it. With the ether eflerts that are being mnde te save what has net been entirely destroy ed the outlines of the streets of the town aie becoming dlsecrulhle. By a geed authority the damage te the Cambria iron works was estimated at J'JJO," (KK), and te the Gautter works $.100,000. General Manager Fulton said it w euld take about 30 days te get the iron works in work ing order again. He said tliocempany had no iusurance against ilamage by water, but would inake an earnest effort te arrange for resuming work nt an early day. The works cover an area of 1!5 acres and give employment te about 8,000 men when in operation. Tills declaration en the nsrt of tliocempany will, no doubt, stimulate the ctferts of these who hope te see Johnstown resteted. In this connection it might lie said that the railroad coiupanicsare making rapid strides In replacing tracks and re pairing the dnnuige that has been dene te their reads te Johnstown. Johnstown proper, as It npjicars from the mountain side, resembles a shoe, the top ending with a kind of isthmus between Steny creek and the Ceneinaugh river, the Ceucmaugh forming the front ofltsupper and Steny creek Its heel and sole, the tee being completed by the Junction of the streams at the railroad viaduct. Only the school iiouse remained en that portion of the town fermerly known as Mlllvillc. Be tween the Ceneinaugh, en the northeast, and the Pennsylvania Hailread, en the nerthwest of the river, about 75 frame houses were thrown together where the storm left them, and thou came n clean sweep marking the ceurse of the tidal wuve across the town from the Ceneinaugh before it suddenly turns te tlie rlgiit, clear ever te isteuy creek and up the mountain. Beyond this open snnce again, and up te Steny crock after it turns te the left, about 100 mero buildings remain, but few oftheinou their original foundations. The lcsidciiccs of the Inte General Camp Camp bell, c.-cengiessui.iu, and of the late President Merrell and Superintendent Mc Millan, of the Cambria eeniauy, were ainemr these standluir in their original pesi tiens, and in nil of them dcsirairiug victims of the storm's fury were enabled te save their lives. In addition te these buildings the Kvangcllstlu Lutheran church, in which tlie clock continues te strike, the Methodist, Baptist and oue or two ether church buildings held te their moorings, nnd sull'ered only treni deluge. The Ger man Lutheran church and the German and Irish Catholic churches were do-treyed. The latter church Is the ene that began te burn about the time el the flood. The tire cnuiMsl n tenijieniry excitement, and issaiU te have attracted many peeple te the secue wne inigni oincnvise nave escaped te tne housetops. KKUNsVII.I.hri DKSTllfCTlO.V. Seuth of Steny .creek the heretofore thickly populated wards of Johnstown Itoretigh, known as KernsviUe, present a most desolate appearance. Probably 'J00 houses w cre upset, broken or ruined by flood, and across Steu creek, in the watt! knew n as Hornerstown, the name distress, cenl'mc-d, however, te a fewer number of houses, was observed. These places, all immediately surrounding Johnstown pro per, and in easy and eoinprehensivn lew from the mountain side, were said te hae had a imputation of fully Ift.rne. in Johns town proper mutely a building that ro re mained was habitable. In the surrounding w arils hundreds of ethers were either wiped out entirely or tendered unlit for use. In Komsyille the excitement was etuiallviis treat as in Johnstown nremr. t Tlie rules relating te travellers were mere closely observed, and in seme cases jwss jwss nerts' were required. Dead lsstles were shown here and there for identification, and regular relief and mail stations were established. The damage te the place was largely due te the relxMind of the Heed after It swcH aciess Johnstown. The wae spie.id against the stream of Steny creek und jwrsud uvtr ICe rtiville te a depth of ) feet in Deme phtvc?, It ntt tvUUv4 thnt I he lumber boom had broken en Hteny creek, and the rush of tide down stream, coming In contact with the spreading ware, in creased the extent of tlie disaster in the section. ' In Kcrnsvllle, as well as in Hir Hir nerstewn across the river the opinion was expressed that se many lives would net have been lest had the people net believed from their experience with former iloeds that there was positively no danger beyond the lilllng of cellars or the overflow of the shores or the river. After rushing down the mountains from the Seuth Ferk dam. the pressure of water was se great that It forced Its way against the natural channel net only ever Kenisville nnd Hornerstown, but all the way up toGrubbtewn, en Steny creek. Frem a point en the Allegheny moun tains, directly east of Conematigh, as It Hews Inte and along the cast slde of Johns town, nothing could be seen of Woedvalo but the solitary woellen mill,thnt had re sisted the tidal wave. Conemaugh bor ough, which lay in the path of the wave, from Seuth Ferk lake, as it came down the mountain, was washed te a muddy level In the lowland, and where the Gautler steel works, of the Cambria company had been, net a vestige of that extensive and valuable establishment was te be seen. thk here's body revxD. The body of the Paul Revere of the val ley and the first man te go down at the call of the demon of death en Friday, was found beneath a mass' of broken trees at the base of the hill west of Johnstown en Tuesday. It was horribly disfigured and the features of the man, who Mcrillccd his life that thousands of his fellow beings might live, were almost beyend recogni tion. Banlel Peyton's name will go down te history among the greatest of heroes. He It was by whom the message, scut from Seuth Ferk by Jehn G. Parke te the effect thut the dam was about te burst, was con veyed. Heedless of his own safety, young Pey ton Jumped en aherse and started oil Ills Journey of warning through Johnstown. Up one street and down another he rode llke mad, yelling at the top of his volce for poeplo te lice te the hills. Some took his ndvlcc, but ethers thought him a maniac and aid no attention te his wild note of alarm. Finally the dam gave way nnd the wnters came rushing down the ravlne and Inte the city. Llke an assassin in pursuit of his lctiui, the angry waters kept gaining en Peyton at every turn. On and en he rode, nnd nearer und nearer cnmotliedelugeof death. At last 11 was within ene hundred feet of him, and coming llke the wind. Finally, the bank heve In sight; a haven of secur ity was at hand. Bofero the brave lad reached It, however, the messenger of denth bad called him from his steed, and herse and rider, evertaken by the water, were swept away Inte the great horenfter. When round young Peyten was lying face upward beneath the renmantH of mas sive oaks, while hard by lay the gallant horse thnt had se nobly dene all in his power for humanity befere he started te seek a place of safety for himself. Peyton was the son of Jelin W. Peyton, ene of Johnstown's wealthiest citizens. A MAN WHO SAVED IK MVKS. lal ward C. Will is a young found rynian of Cnmbiiu, '3 years old, whom no ene ever suspected of possessing mero than ordinary courage. When the flood was at Its height and peeple were floating down the rushing torrent in hundreds, Will rushed te Ids beat, and, senseless lothe pleadings of wite and relatives, shoved hlsfmll crattfareut into the angry eurrent. Gliding rapidly alougslde a floating reef upon which a woman nnd two children were kneeling with blanched faces and stenv stare, he skillfully evaded the obstructions that ev ery miniite threatened t, crush the craft, and, lifting the torrerlzed creatures te his beat, shot across the eurrent back te the bank whence he came. A shut of applause swelled from the throng that lined the bank, but, unmoved by plaudits, young Will repeated the peril ous Joiirney.net one, but seven times, until "J2 lives had been saved by his ludomitable energy. The next day, when most of Johns town wus stilt under water, Will ascended the stream te the dcsolate city nnd again distinguished himself by many acts of heroism and endurance. Tribute tee ful ful ful sonie cannot be paid te bis ueble charaiter, but alter all, among the heroes that tliose strange scenes develeped, he is only ene of the many. MOlii: HAD l.NClllK.NTM. Themas Williams, the husband w he lest his wITe and family, recovered his wlfe's remains and took them up the mountains, where he ilugn grave nnd buried them himself. He said : " Tills is the most tcr tcr rible thing I nver heard dene; but when I buried them, all lias been done." Mrs. Fredericks, an aged woman, was icsxMied allve from the attic in her house In Johnstown. The heuse had floated from what was formerly Vine street te the feet of the mountains; .Mrs. Fredericks says her oxpcrieuco was terrible. She said hun dreds of men, women and children floated down the torrent te meet their death, Mime praying, while ethers had become raving maniacs. W. OafTuey, an Insurance ngentat Johns town, had a very pitiful duty te perferm. On his father's and wlfe's side, he lest 11 lehulv os, among them his w tfe and family. He get a man te take hisdoccased relatives te tlie grave, nnd he had the mournful duty of digging his wife's and children's graves and burying them. In speaking of the matter he said : " I never theugat that 1 could ticrferm such a sad duty, but I had tu de it and I did it. Ne oue 'lias any idea of the feeling of a man who acts as under taker, grave digger and pall-bearer for his own famllv." The saddest sight te be seen en the river bank en Tuesday was the case of a Mr. Gilmere, who has lest his w Ife and family of live children. Hver slnce the calamity this old man has been seen en the rivcV bank looking for his family. He insisted en tlie firemen playing a stream of water en the place where tlie heuse formerly steed and where he supposed the bodies lay. The firemen, recognizing his feelings, played tlie stream en tlie place forfceverai hours and at last the rescuers get te the piace me nut man said tils uouse formerly steed. "I knew the bodies are thore, and veu must find them." On went the rescuers after this plea. When at last one of the men picked up a charred skull, evidently that of a child, this stirred the old man uii and if exc)anel: "That is my child. Theio lies' my family; go en and get the rest qfthcni." The workmen continued and in u few niimite-t they came in the remains of the mother and three ether children. The heads were completely burned elf, but there was enough of their clothing left te recognl7e them by. What was left was picked up and plnecd in refllns, the old gentleman following closely Ihu nicu who were carrying the celli ns. I'MX'MONI.V O.V rilUHI'KCT HIM.. Up the ragged surface, of Prospect Hill, tlie same te which sevcral hundred terri lied people Hid te ckcusj (he flood last Fri day night, your correspondent scrambled en Tuesday afternoon. He came upon u pneumonia scourge, which bids) fair te de for a number of tlin esnijKd vlctimswh.it the Heed could net. Death has pursued thcin te their highest places, and terror will nei me. i.very uiiie nouse en tlie mil (and there are u hundred or two of them; had thrown Its doers open te receive the bruise. I and half-clad fugitives en the dark day of the deluge, and every ene was new u crude hospital. Half the women who bad scaled tlie height were se overcome with fright that they have Ijwh bed-ridden eer since. There hail been pneumonia en the hill, but only a few isolated cases. On Tuesday, however, several fieh aes de veloped among the thxxl fugitives, sud a local physician said the prospei Is for a scourge are all tee premising. The en feebhsl condition of the patients, the un healthy atmesphere qienading the vidlev and the necessarily clew quarters in w hich the Ks-qile are crowded render the spread of the disease almost certain. HOW THK HAM IIUIIST. A dispatch te the .Vew Yerk 7Ywie4,datcd June a, says: There came te Johnstown to day a man w he had scarcely mere than a dercu rags te cover his nakedness. His name l Herbert Webber, and he was em ployed by the Seuth Ferk club as a sort of guard. He supported himself mostly by hunting and fishing en the club's preserve. ByalinostMiperhuiiiaucirerts lie succeeded in working his way, tli rough forest, ami across flood, In erder te uw.crtaln fur him self Ue tenible rpsulltf of thoikluge wllvJl he saw start from (lie Spertmnn's club's lake. He had repeatedlf , he declared, called the attention of the'vicmbera of the club te the various leakagcc-rat (he dam, but he re celved the stcrretyixjd reply that the ma sonry was all right I that Ik had been "built tu stand for centuries," and that such a thing as its giving way was among the Impossibilities. But Wohber did net hesitate te centlnuu his warnings. Finally, according te his own statement, he was in structed te "shut mp or he would be lKunccd."He was giVen teundcrstaiid that the efliccrs of the club were tired of his creaking, and that the less he said about the dam from thencq en the hotter it would be for him. , Webber then laid his complaint twfore the mayor of Johnstown, net mero than n month age. He told' him that the spring freshets were due and that, if they slieitld be very heavy, the dam would certainly give w-ay. W clibcr says that the mayor Jiremiscd te send an expert te examine the lam then, and If necessary te appeal te the state. Somehow theoxpert was net chosen the appeal was net made at Harrlsburgand the catastrophe ensued. Fer threo days previous te the flnal out burst. Webber says, the wntcr of the lake forced itself out through tlie Interstices of the masonry, se that the front of the dam resembled a large watering xt. The force of the water was se tfrcat that onesf these Jets squirted (till .Iwlrty feet hoTlr.entnlly from tlie stone wall. All this time, tee, the feeders of the lake, particularly three or them, mero nearly resembling torrents tiian mountain streams, were supply Rig tlie dammed up body of water with pMlte 3,000,000 gallons of water hourly. At 11 o'clock last Friday morning Webber savs he was attending te a camp about n mllohnck-frem tlie dam, when he noticed that the silrfnce of tlie lake scorned te be lowering. He doubted his eyes, nnd undo u mark en the shore, and then found that ills suspicions were undoubtedly welt founded, fte ran across country te the dam, nnd thore saw, he declares, the water of the lake welling out from beneath the foundation stones of the dam. Absolutely holpless, he was compelled te stand thore and watch tlie gradual development of what w as te be the most dlsastreun lloed of this continent. According te his reckoning it was 12iifi when tlie stones in the contre of the dam begun te sink hccmise of the undermining, and within eight minutes a gap of twenty feet wus made In the lower half of the wnll face, through which the water poured ns though forced by machinery of stupendous power. By 1 o'clock the topping masonry, which bofero had partaken somewhat of the form of nn arch, foil In, and then the remainder of the wall openrd outward llke twin-gates, nnd the great stornge lake wns foaming and thundering down tlie valley of the Conemaugh. Webber liecauie se awestruck at the catastrophe that he declares he was unable te loave the spot until the lnke hnd fallen se low that it showed bottom llfty feet below him. Hew long n tlme clupsvd he says he docs net knew licfure he recovered sutllclcnt power of observation te notice this, but he does net think that mere than tl ve minutes passed. Webber says that hud the dam been repaired after the spring freshet of 1B8S tlie disaster would net have occurred. Had It been given ordinary attontieii in the spring of lbH7 the proba bilities nre thut thousands of lives would net have been lest. Te have put the dam in excellent condition would net have cost tJ5,000. Confirmatory of this statement is tlie fol lowing, sent by Win.Henry Smith, general agent of th0.sseclnted Press, from Jehns town. He says that the cltlzens of Cambria county frequently complained, and that at the tlme tliednm was constructed a very vigorous ellnrt was mnde te nit a step te, ,the, work. It is true Unit the leader in this movement wns net a cltl.en of Johnstown, but he was and is a large iiilue owner In Cambria county. His initie adjoins the reservoir property. He related te me en Saturday the story of Ills labors in an effort te pietect tlie lives and property of the peeple of that valley. He was frequcntly en the snot and his own engineer Inspected the work. He says the embankment wns principally of shale and clav, and that straw was used tu step the leaking of water while the work was going en. He called en the sherilf of Cambria county and told him it was ills duty te apply tet'lm court for the injunc tion. The sheriff premised te give thn mut ter his attontieii, but instead of going befere court went te the Cambria company fur consultation. An cmployewns sent up te make an inspection, and, as bit lepert wns favorable te the reservoir work, the slicritl went no further. But tlie gentleman io ie furred te said he had net filled te uiake public his pretest ut the tlme und te renew ft frequently. iiav lucrftiAtf rAssKNdiuts i.esr. The following dispatch wus sent by courier from Llsinsiiurg te Pittsburg, which it reached June Ith, en June I, by Mr. Win. William Henry Smith, general manager of Iho Associated Press, who was a pasioiiger en the Day lxnrcw. The Ceiicmuugh river, whose bank in followed by the Pennsylvania railroad for many miles, looked an angry flood, nearly bank full. Piisacngeris were Interested In 'seeing hundreds of legs and enormous amounts of driftwood sheet rapidly by. At Johns town there was a long w alt. The lower stories of iiiiiny houses were submerged by the slack water, and the in habitants were looking out of the second story windows. Horses were standing up tetlielr knees In water tu the streets; n side track of the railroad had been washed out ; leaded cars were en the briilge te keep It steady, and the huge poles of the Western Union Telegraph company carrying fifteen wires, swayed badly and seen went down. The two sections ran te Conemaugh, about two miles this slde of Johnstown, and lay there about three hours, when they were moved en te the highest ground and placed slde by side. The mall train was placed in the reur of the first section, and a freight train wus run en te a side track en the bank of tlie Ceucmaugh. Tlie report was thut a bridge had been washed out, carrying away ene truck, and that the ether track was unsaie. mere was also u rumor that the reservoir at Seuth Ferk, seme tlme age it feeder of the Pennsylvania canal, but latterly tne property ei a ciuu ei niisuurg, and used for hunting and fishing, wis un safe) and might break. This made most of (he passengers uneasy, and they kept a pretty geed leek-out for Information. A few gentlemen and seme ladles and chil dren quietly salted thcmselvee, appar ently contented. One gcutlcmuii, w he was III, had his berth mnde up and retired, although advised net te dose. Soen theery came that the water In the rescnelr had broken down its barrier and was sweeping down the valley. Instantly there was a janiu and rush for the mountains. Children were carries! and women assisted by it tow who kept cool heads, it was a race for life. There wus seen ihe black head of the Heed, new the monster destruction, wlioe crest was high raised In the air, anil with this in view even the weak found wings fur their feet. Ne words can adequately descrlbe the terrer that tilled every breast, or the awful power manifested by the Heed. The roiind reiind roiind lieuso had stalls for twenty-three locemo tives. There were eighteen or twenty of these standing there at tills tlme. There was all ominous crash and the round house and locomotives disappeared. Kverylhlng in the main track of the lloed was llrU lilted lu theniraiid then swallowed up by tiie waters. A hundred houses were swept away in a few minutes. The rain continued te fall steadily, but shelter was net te be thought of. Very few passengers saved anything from the train, w sudden wns theery: " Itiin for your lles! The ieorvelr lias broken!'' Many were without lints and, ns their hag gage" was left en the trains, thev were without the means of ieliclng their un happy condition. The occupants of tlie houses still standing en tlie high ground, threw them ncii te tliose who had lest all anil te the passengers of the train. By half-iust .1 the force of tlie reservoir water had been seiit en Iho village of Cenciiinugh, and the Pullman ears ami locomotive nf the second section remained unmoved. This wus Ihs-hiisu lieiug mi the highest und hardest gieiiud the destructh e current of the reservoir lloed hud nsscd between that and tlie mountain, while the current of the river did net eat it away. But the ether trains had been destroyed. A solitary locenioUvo was seen imbedded lu the mud where the round heuse had tftoea. There Is much mtostien as te hew many passengers en this train were lest. Mr. McCiilleugh, manager of the Westmore land coal company, who was ene of them, says he can count at least twenty himself who were drowned. But Mr, Pitch, general manager of tlie Pennsylvania mllnvid, says that he Is mistaken, and that the following is the full list of these drowned from the train t Cyrus Shiek, df Beading. Pa.; Miss Jane Stlnsen, of Norrlstewnj Miss Bessie Bryan, of Gcrinsiitewti; Miss Paulsen, of Pitts burg; Miss Margaret Patrick, nf Pittsburg; an unidentified woman, supposed te lie Hew Mrs. Renev, and a man supposed te be William Shcner, of Newark, N. J. The 11111111811 conductor has stated that no chil dren were drowned. All the train otnpleyes have been accounted for, and, therefore, the story that a perter was drowned cannot be trite. Mr. Piigh also states that nearly all of the Day Express passengers have been located through the Inquiries of frlends, and the seven named nbove are thought te cover the number lest. Miss Bcssie Bryan,aged alieut IS, n rather dcllcate looking young ladv, was accom panied en her lourney by Miss Paulsen, of Pittsburg. Miss Bryan, who is the daugh ter nf Muhlen Bryan, of the tailoring tlrni ofMahlen Bryan A Ce., of Philadelphia, had gene te Pittsburg te attend tlie wed- uing or two trteiuis, which toeKpmco tncre en Thursday last. Thu wedded couple prcceiteil the young ladles, leaving inursuuy mgiit for the home of Mr. Bryan, at Germantewn, Philadel phia, where they are new said vtt be. The Pullman conductor says he shouted te all in tlie car te run and step for nothing. He picked up two children and noticed MIks Paulsen and Miss Bryan searching for thelr overshoes and waterproofs. After the water had geno down n search of the car was made, and It was found thut both the w nterproels were missing. Miss Paul Paul eon's overshoes were also gene, but Miss Bryan's were found. Mrs. Gen. Lew Wallace is said te have been en this train and has net been heard from; her frlends fear Hint she tee perished. PJ-!tlH!ti:i IN TUB M.OOD. ltclatlvca of Lancastrians l,est nt Cone Cene iiinuuh. The Day tixprcss from the West was caught In the lloed nt Conemaugh en Fri day. Sevcrat of the passengers en the train were lest, The following telegram shows Hint thrce of them were residents of Ohie having relatives hore : Oslieti.NK, Ohie, June I, 18rti. lltnry Hahitit, cure Michael Jlnmisfi, ..miciMlcr, ii. c Hettlo Smith's corpse found te-day. Child and Blnnche still missing. j. A. Meuk. ThcsFieople are cousins of Mr. Harnish mid were en their way te visit thcin in this city. They left Pittsburg at :l(l Friday morning and expected te arrive In this city nt i: 15 Friday evening. Hettle Smith Im a daughter of .Inceb Ncfl', of Osberne, Ohie, who left this county tunny yearn age. Illanche Harnish is the only daughter of Gee. Harnish, of Dayton, Ohie, who Is u first cousin of Michael Harnish, of this city. A IKLHOltAM 'FROM SAMVKtl DlMXlt. A telegram was rocelvcd from Mr. Sam uel Dlller en Tuesday evening. It was dated Pittsburg, mid stated that he had ar rived u.nfely at Pittsburg, hut could nei go te Johnstown until he had secured n permit from ihe mayor of Pittsburg, und thut he oxjiectcd te secure, after which he would at once leave for Johnstown, which he expected te reach ulsint nebn te-day. A telcKranl wns received bV Isaac Dlller this morning from Chemist Merrell, of thr Cambria Iren works, n relative of Mrs. Alenzo P. plller, stating ,lhut he can find nothing of Itev. Dlller and family. Mr. Isaac Dlller bases his hepe of his son's safety en Iho belief that he and his family were nt Henrietta, the country home eflhc Meri ells, when thn disaster overtook Johnstown, and no communication can us yet be had wlih Henrietta. Dr. Alexander, who telegraphed yeslor yesler dny that Itev. Diller was missing, hut his wife and child resciied. telegraphed te-day; " Mistaken all are missing. .Mr. Jehn P. Scluium hns recclved a dis patch Muting that Henry Clay Adams, whose dcuth at Johnstown was announced yesterday, has been ieiiud allve. A .MII.I.KIISVlLI.l; MAN MISHINO. Among the missing from this county from the disaster at Johnstown is a well known and popular young iiinn of Millers vlllc, P. II. Uricli. He Iiub been for the Inst six years it traveling salesman for 1). I). HnssitSen, phosphate manufacturers, of Reading, and live weeks age he started en a Western trip. On hist Wednesday his firm heard from him when he was at Mor Mer Mor gantewii) W. Va., en his read home, In which he said he would be at Uulontewn, this state, en Friday night, since which tlme nothing has been heard of him, The (Inn and, his family are imjsIUve that he was en the oxpiess train which suffered in the flood and that he is lest. J. .Milten Hess, the junior member of the tlrni, was caught by tlie lloed at Nor thumberland en Friday and was com pelled te stay for several days. His family were very much worried about him, but he came home safe en Tuesday. He has had n torrlble experience. Henry Kden, whose home is in Holll Helll daysburg, Is new en a visit te Constable Christ Kline, in West Hcmpflcld township. He is almost distracted with grief, us he had two brothers and a slbtcr, who had thirteen children between them, living nt Johnstown. Nothing has been heard of them and he thinks they are dead. Hew lu thn Seventh Ward. Twe Jehn Hlldehrands, living in tlie Seventh ward, have been prosecuted bofero Alderman Burr for drunkenness and dis orderly conduct. Without any provisai previsai provisai tieu these men, who are cousins, assaulted Henry Leenard 011 Tuesday night. Leon Leen ard declined te prosecute 'heiu for assault mid kittcry. iShoetlug nt TnrgetM. At Tells'.Haiii yesterday tlicattcndnuceef shooters was small. These present shot at 170 yards and thohceresof theiualch was as fellows : Out of a poslble 321 : ! Iley . Ikiinuicl . Welfcr jituniiisi ill n i) (1 1112 oie 0 1 .A s B 0 10111011 a 3 2 7 (I S10 0 4 10 .1 10 10 7 I 10 li U a 3 ti-112 u 7 e-iai 1 te 1 -211 IvUIey Demmcl Welfcr I 12 3 0 7 II B 5 12 12 lt;i 10 111 It) I 2 .1 Accident nt HpreiiKer'M llrnwery. Christian Muth, 11 man who Is employed id J. A. Sprenger's brewery, met with a serious accident this morning nlxiiil I o'clock. He was engaged at work 011 a ladder, which sllpwsl mid he fell oil' te the fleer, a distance of ten or twelve feet. He had his urm and nose broken nnd was badly cut, and bruised. He was taken hsine where he received proper medical attention. round 11 Carrier. J. J. Knight, who lives at 210 West King street, caught a carrier pigeon oil Ids premises. It is a blue autwerp with red 011 each wing. Around oath leg Is a small brass baud. The bird may have been in a fly and get lest. Wanted te Hun thn Hetel. Patrick O'latughluu, 11 man from Phila delphia, wus stepping at the Frank lin house up te this morning, Ibut he Is new occupying u cell in tl'& station house. He was drunk tills morn, lug and trhsl te niu the hotel. When Mr. Guyer,the propritter.lold him te bchae he threatened te kill him. Constable Khrmaii whs nearby and he locked the, jiiaji up, Wl LU AMSPOftT IX A 9AI) PLIGHT. Thousands of Peeple nre Homeless anil BnffterttiK for Feed. Governer Beaver has received thn follow ing telegram from the mayor of Wllllams- pert: Wit.UAMrenT, June 4. The situation, expiessedin a few words, Is this. The boom has been cleared of legs, from the principal yards along the river front, nnd the msnulHeturcd lumber has been swept away. The houses of the peer peeple nearest the river hae been carried awny with nil they possessed. Thousands of the peeple are homeless and without any thing but the clothes upon their backs. Previsions are scarce and are most needed quick. Many of our peeple are innbsolute want for the necessities of life. Although bereft of property themselves, our business men have rescinded nobly for present necessities. At the meeting called yesterday ?7,000 in cash was raised. We badly need disinfectants. Dead ani mals and all kinds nf tilth are strewed upon the streets, and grave fears of nn epidemic, are entertained. Stocks of goods or stores In the cent re of the city nre ruined. It is Impossible te cstlmale the less and damage te different kinds of property. Fl e million dollars is a low estimate of the less en lumber alone; ether losses larger, , The surrounding country has suffered as badly. Beems, bridges and villages have been swept away and the less of llfe has been considerable. Judge Cummins Is treasurer of tlie relief fund, and will soe lersenally te the faithful distribution of all contributions. Responsible relief com mittees me new organized In each ward of tlie city and nid Is administered as fast as we get It. Please, Ged, we are net dismayed, and rely en His guidance, the generosity of our own state and country, te aid us In this hour of our dim necessity. One thousand military tents will afford the greatest pessible relief te our peeple, who are new without shelter, nnd the lumber all having gene, ether temporary shelter cannot be provided seen enough. The touts that you might send will be taken charge of by the mayor and taken 'iire of and returned lu as goedcondltloii as possible Send us sevcrul large mess tents, where we can feed tlioKiei)lo In large nutnbers. The low ground where many of these people reside is an unlit place for ilicin te return te ler sanitary reasons. With the tents furutsh a supply of blankets and camp equipage. Maou Feil km man. Te this Governer Boaver has sent the following reply : He of geed cheer, Your rollaiice Is net misplaced. GimI and the country will sus tain you. Will reach ynu With help as seen as Montgomery briilge can lie crossed. I am leading cars here with flour and groceries, notwithstanding the prossure of our own stricken (icople. Will telegraph Philadelphia ut once for previsions and dis infectants. Put your unemployed men te work In removing debris and cleaning your city. 1 will furnish means for wy ing tiieui reasonable wages, and this will answer tlie double pumose of preventing disease and the lawless ness which springs from idleness. May net lie able le semi you touts, The state has no large touts such as you deslre. Bet Bet eor use your market houses and ether pub lic buildings. May lioable when communi cation In established te send you a car lead or ordinary canvass. The country is responding nobly te humanity's call nnd tlie address sent out last night will give n hotter Idea of the sll uatlin, se that I have no fear of any lock of means for furnishing all needed help. Coiumunlcftte with me diretily and freeiy its te your needs dud hew I can co-eporvto lu supplying them. isoitie A3U nui. ,t Frem Rouevo te Sunbiiry, (lie whele alley of the StiKquchauiiii Is a clean swcep of desolation and ruin. Famine, death nnd destruction nre en every hand. The waters began rising en Friday and by Saturday had reached a height of 45 feet In Sunbiiry, u rise of :i.' feet abeve the ordinary level. The most Imperfect communication exists with WtllliimsK)it, while from hoyend there the only Information received Is from vovagers who have llouted down the river In "beats. Willluiiispert wns under water, and steamboats piled en Third and Fourth streets, the principal thoroughfares, all day en Sunday. Families moved up te the second stories nf their dwellings In their flight from deuth. The current washed through the strcets at the rute of seventeen miles nu hour, carrying with It great legs that struck the houses.fiequontly moving them from their foundations. The great boom, containing nlxiut 200,000,000 foci of timber, vulued at ever $2,000,000, was curried away. itciKirts from lxck Haven state that the people are nu tlie verge of starvation. Bread sells at M cents a leaf nnd flour nt V u sack. When the lloed came the people had te climb te the reefs of their hoiises. boatmen rowed about rescuing peeple from the second-story windows, and de manding fancy prices for their work. One heartless w'retch demanded .") for remov ing one family, nnd 111111 the refusal of the man te pay the sum was about rowing elf, when the frenzied husband drew a pistol and threatened te sheet Iho boatman unless he rescued his family. Similar secnes are reported In ether places. The number of 11 ves lest en lsith branches of the Susqtichauiiu reaches fifty, ut least. Sensations nearby have been totally eclipsed by the Johnstown horror, Kveu our neighbor Yerk bus hud a very exciting time since the night of the Heed, when cit izens were wakened by the clamor of bells and warned that a dam 011 the Codoreus was cxpected toglve wny. Many people walked the streets all night, and watched the angry wnters tearing up some hundred thousand dollars worth of property in city and county. The dam did net break, but there wus ruin enough te warrant the alarm. Pontoons en tlie AVey. WAsiti.Nore.v, June 5, The secretary of war hns been Informed that Lieut. Jehn Middle, with thirty men of the ouglneer corps, has left West Point, X, Y., te con struct the pontoon bridge across tlie Cono Ceno Cone lliaugh. ON WKISK'S ISLAND. The .Mirny Oncer Things That Ledged There During the flood, dipt. Jehn P. Weise is In town te-day and he gives a very Interesting account of ids exciting uxporlcitce en the island dur ing the big storm. He says that the Island was se Heeded by wnter that tlie rabbits mid ethor animals, us well us the birds, came up te Ills house. He also no ticed a minx und un animal which he thinks wns nn etter, and is believed t have come down the river en lumber. The captain thinks that tlioi'e are four mid probably flve thousand legs en tlie Island. There Is timber of every kind bethies nearly everything else. A geed cuplsMird filled with dishes was found. A neigh bor or Mr. Wclse, en the Yerk county shore, caught a Inrrul of cod oil and a half barrel of mackerel. The rattle which were caught 011 the Island were afterwards claimed and Identified by a man nuined F.tiuls, who. Iheson un Island farther up the river. The cattle which were en the island at Safe Haiber during the storm were all taken off s.ilcly. At present Welse's island is u very interest ing place te visit. The lumber mid ether things nre Just us the storm placed them and something new is round every day. OpeuliiK t'P the Iteiid. The trains nre running en the Penn sylvania railroad between Philadelphia, and llarrisburg and as far west as Lowit Lewit town. The Philadelphia A. Brie read is nlse open te Sunbiiry. A Pi Iho ltumer. Jnii.ssTew.v Pa., June ft. Advices from PhillpshuiV, Centre county, report great less ot'llfe tlierr, and thafJW bedlei have already lieen recovered. Investigation shows that there is no truth in the report from Phlllpsburg, Con Cen Con teo county, or gunt Ie of l"0 'J tue jecoK'ryef-' Iwllea, CASES BEFORE THE C0UR1 HARRY II. WIlullLRTY 1'LE.tDS GUILTY XTEAMNG CHRISTIAN RICH'S MQISrV - 1 1? Themas Meycr Acquitted of the CD Against Him-Vorrilets la a Ntim-'1 bcr of Casns Ant Ilnndaisxl. if A Tuesilav Afternoon the Jnry In thee or David Bellinger, for the larceny efti coat from Frank B. Kendig, rendersf fj vordlet of guilty with a recommendation! mercy. He was sentenced te undergo Imprisonment of threo mouths. ."! Geerge Amnion was acquitted of as Ing with intent te kill Harry B. Lavcr but was convicted of wounding him carrying concealed ueau ly weapen. yg tiie jury in me assault nna battery ca Hgaiusi wonie 11. wcicn rcnaereaiV verdict of net guilty, nnd Imposed costs of prosecution en Mary 8telger.lUl complainant. L' A vetdlct of net guilty wns taken;! the case of Mary Krause, charged' wH tne larceny et a ureas, nic district awei staled the case could net be made eat Abrnm Hess and William Franklin 1 called for trial en a charge of stealing turkey from David L. Kreider, efStr burg township. Franklin saved county the exponse of a trial by pli gnilty. ' S The commonwealth proved that en I Hth of February Hess and Franklin Wi seen near Krelder's premises driving1 1 turkey away, Mr. Kroider and Ills frlei gavachasote Hessnnd Franklin and) lowed thorn te this city, and secured t,';; arrest. jnniKiiu was caiteu as a witn by the commonwealth und he testified Hess proposed stealing the turkey, co ing it and dividing it. Hess prevented from running out of the field, and while 1 was se engaged he killed the turkey 1 and put It in a bug. ,; Hess went en the stand and put all hlnme for the theft en Franklin, wkbl said stelo the turkey against his pr He positively denied having stolen ' turkey. Tlie jury after a brief dellfc concluded that Hess was one of the tbtev for they rendered a verdict of guilty. -'. Hurry G. Dougherty and Themas Ma Indicted for stealing a horse from Ut of Chlsttau Buch. near Rethsvllle, called for trial. Dougherty pleaded until and Meycr, who Is only 10 years old, 1 put en trial. The commonwealth showed that herse was stolen from Bitch's stable,',! the night of April 3d, and was found 1 day In the possession of Mever, lu the) In Elizabeth .township, nenr Jlrickervll Dougherty was used as wllnesa tart commonwealth, and he said that Me projtesod the stealing, took the herse: I tne stauie, and ny an arrangement 1 between them,-Meycr was le sell the I stolen and divide (he money received him. The dcfeuHO was that Mever hud i tug te de with the' theft of the heree; I Douchertv stelo It and rciiuested Move sell it and Meycr het ' kneWlnthrt ' horse was stolen WM' in nesutssle'it d wlienourrested. -Mever alto showed his- reputation vfer honest, prier, f II I'linr-frn wiu inwrt. hOn trial. . f l , -T 'l Wednesday Morning Ceurt;r.Al o'clock and the trial of The. MenrJ horse stealing, was resumed, Mil mm dltleual facts were proven. Th rendered a verdict of net guilty. Isaae Woller. of GuarrvvWrw and convicted of the rsjjr" ' 'Mil Welnur'a child. ' " Jacob O. Geed was nut ti" trial ler 1 bio eutrv. en ceinnlulnt of 'Kl'u'uaa'; irardner. The testimony Wiewed ' Geed, en the 27th of March.went te a 1 crty which formerly heUmgod,tdvOped,' which is new owned by .Mr. BaunJtardii removed the lock 011 the deer 01 th Inir, rut en one of his own und tkk session of the tironertv. Geed claimed' have a tltle for the preperty. i ,, 1 Geed tins figured tn n liuiuueref and imagines that he was cheated 1 the property and is still tlie owner of J He lias se worried evor his buaia troubles Hint his mind hns become una uucisl en this ene subject. ' crimu-VT nustx kss. ., JohnPentz was irmnted asoldler'al te isHldle Koedn in tne county of Lance :' ..' 1 r.i.r.iniAriuu tai-u. '. Alie iiiumcipui council 01 uuiiini a suggestion of Lord Mayer Sullivan, ndnrited an address of condolence te' sulfercrs by the Pennsylvania floods, ti In tlie race for the Derby staVriuu duy at Kpsem, there were tUirtjJJjf'vj v? The dukoef Portland' "nqrn,n,tj wiuiier. Mrs. J. D. LI iron, of "A .beten. f received a letter from 'her father, Fulton. Konerul manager of Cambria works, ut Johnstown, anneuncing.4'! safety of himself and family. Mr. was among tliose reported te have lest t ll cs In the great disaster. He was at 4 ncllsvllle ut tlie tlme of the disaster. General Lew Wallace, new at Point, telegraphed President Harris resionse te uii inquiry, that his wife "coming out of the great calamity Johnstown Hiife." Several reperta been sent out of Johnstown as late aa night te tlie effect that Mrs. Wallace,! believed te be among the victims disaster. f OPK.S'X.VG TUB BOAD. Thn 1'eunsvlvnula OiHiulnar It LlMt Alteaiitt. L?iJ Fiill.AtiEi.rHfA, Jur jprattr Pennsylvania railroad coinNtnyiiaane te tret the tcmisrary route between II burg and Alteena In running order by I aftaruoeii, the bridge at Jlontgea which is needed te complete the reu far from tin shed. The water la vcrv liluli at that lwlnt, and work! lliorefero been necessarily slew, bull miners of men undercharge of Ylea dent Thomsen nre new In position work mere rapidly, it is thought the I will be fixed up sutllclcntly te permit! running of trains evor it ny ie- utYcrmsm. U.' West of Alteena the progress en te llnoareulso retorted te be pre mere slowly than had been oxpticted. servuth e estimates are tu 1110 enect davs will yet be required te make the 1 from Altoeiu te Pittsburg geed. The t progress Is due In great part te raln,wi lias fallen almost, constantly since bu but which has new ceased. Tiie sunnlies for the dcstltute at WllHamspert sent last ulght will n there te-dav. 1 - . m Twe Cuse rixua. ,- lleubcH Carney wus heard befere At man Spurrier last eveiilng. ine ceaaj ussault and battery was dismissed W1 of evidence and that of arunaeni orderly conduct was fixed en paya costs. l'nt lu a New Claaa. Tills morning Guthrie Bea i. t,.rn, ulass of the Aktrlch window width was brekeu some iWjri und replaced it with another, vi INWtCATTONS "-'i WahiiinuieS'.'" D V., Shew ers, rlcirlugThuradayi 1 ' nry temperature; wHV' 7 'V fc, tA: '-- 4-- itvx Jr 11 '5 - j', ft (X ' r .!--, iui-Mm JrLjh.,-
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