vwpmfm!F B t JDanitetf fntelmM .y VOLUME XXV NO. 248. LANCASTER, PA., FKIDAY, JUNE 7, 1889. PKICE TWO CENTS F iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiviii"viiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiB AM EPIDEMIC FEARED. DIPHTHERIA AS! TYPHOIB FETEE PREVA LENT U JOIRSTOWX. Opinions or TIicmm Connected Willi the Heller and "unitarian Committee. . Disinfectants Freely Uaed. Johnstown, Ia., June 7. "Are the horrors of the flood te give way te the ter ror or the plagueT" ts the question that Is new agitating the valley et the Ceneuiaugl-. Te-day opened warm and almost sultry and the stench thai assails oue's senses aa he wanders Uireugh Johnstown Is almost overpowering. Sickness, In splte of pre pre rautiens and the herculean labors of the nanllary authorities, Is en the Increase, and fears or an epidemic grew with every hour. "It Is ourhnpressieti," said Br. T. L. White, assistant te the State Beard of Health, this morning, "that there Is going te he great sickness here w Ithln the next week. Five cases of malignant diphtheria were located this morning en Bedford street, and as they were In different houses, they mean. rive, starting points rer the disease. AV this talk about the dangers of the epidemic Is net ex aggerated, as many suppose, but is founded upon experience. .There will be plenty or typhoid fever and kindred Ulseases here within a week or ten days In my opinion. The only thing that has saved us thus fur has been the cold weather. That has new glven place te j-ummer weather nud no ene knew s what the" next few days may bring (erth. Kven among workmen and attendants there is already discernible n great tendency te diarrheea and dysentery. The wen are living pilnclpally upon salt meat and there Is h lack of vegetables. I have been here since Sunday, and have tasted fresh meat but ouce.slnce that tlme. I am only cue of the man . Of course the w erst has passed for the physicians, as our ar rangements are new ierfected, and each corps will be relieved from time te tlme. Twenty mere physicians arrlcd from Pittsburg this morning, and many or us will be relieved te-day. But the opinion la general among medical men that there will be mere need for doctors in n week here than there is new." Dr. It. 1.. Slbel, or the Slate Beard of Health, Is In chaige orthe banilary hoad head quurtcrs. "We are using every precau tion knew u te .science," said he this morn ing, " te prevent the possibility of epidemic. Our labors have net been confined te any particular channel, but have been extended in various directions. Disinfectants, of course, hi e (list In Importance and they have been used with no sparing hand. The prompt cremation of dead animals as fast as discovered is nnother thing which we have Insisted upon. The Immediate erection of WHter closets through out the ruins for the workmen was another work or the greatest sanitary lmpeitance and has been attended te. Thcv tee are beltiK disinfected at freiiuent intervals. We have a committee, tee, that superintends the burial of the victims at the cometerios. It is of the utmost 1m 1m 1m poitance iu this wholesale interment that corpses should be Interred a safe distance beneath the surface In order that their poisonous emanations may net find exit through the cievltes of the earth. Anether committee Is making house te house inspection throughout the stricken cltv te ascertain the number of Inhabitants Ineaih standing heiisc.tlie number of sick nnd te order the latter te the hospital when ever necessary. One grant danger Is over crowding of houses aud hovels, and that Is being prevented ns much as possible by the free use of tents upon the mountain side. Se far there Is bnt little contagions dis ease end e hope by dlllgent and systema tic ell'erts te pi event any dangerous out break." Gen. Hastings was asked": " What Is the situation this morning?" " Very geed, se far as ropeitttd. Bodies are being gradually recovered all the time, but nfceursu net in the large numbers of the first few days. Last night we arrested several ghouls that were waudeilng amid the wreck en evil In tent during darkness and were promptly taken te the guard house. This morning they weie given choice of Imprisonment or going te weik at two dollars a day and they promptly chose the latter. "We ere getting oleng very well In our work. Very little tendency te law lessness I am happy te say, is observed." The WaiCt' Mission is doing neble work iu Johnstown. MlssU. W. Hinckley and her assistant, Miss Cernelia Hancock, are the heioinesefthc hour. Wlthiuau hour otter their arrival upon the scene of hor her nr liny had established a bureau nndwrre lccelvlngthe childicu, and wee babies that had been orphaned by the cruel flood and ll.imes. Miss Hinckley said this morning; " Frem Cleveland, Indianapolis, Alteena, Pittsburg, and, lu fact, tluough tlueugh tluough eut all Pennsylvania and thu Eastern states we have lecelved telegrams fiem socletles and families offering te take charge Of certain nuinbers of little ones." Weiecehed thieugh the mayor of New Vnrtf a intiseaze from I.cakes' A Watts' orphanage in New Yerk City, offerlng te receive iJ5 of the orphan children. Of course we gladly accepted the odor. Till: CsC)l.ATEI VALLEY. -cencs nnd Inelduutt llrcerdcd by Im porters reur Men Suvo n THuu sanil Elves. Pittsiiuiie, Ta.. June 0.-As the weik of removing the ruins of Johnstown uud vi cinity progresses, new pictures of distress continue lb be unfolded, and scenes of the saddest character are te be pbserved en all Hides. Under theuew system of operations the submerged streets ere gradually helng exposed te view, and where the workmen are attacking gieat plies of wreckage, new discoveries et human bodies still go ou. The removal of these has new become a matter of such common oeeiirittneo that the sllent inarch of the werkingmeii pall-beards, with their rudely impr ivlsed stretch ers, te the nearest morgue, occasions little or no ceuuueut. In the vicinity of the dead houses, however, walls continue te go up from men and woman who at last discover in the mud-begrlnied end swollen faces or bodies of the dead traces J'l missing friends or relatives. ,.. . The knowledge that it would be initios inities initios sible te keep the dead above ground for biiv great length of time has brought to day many hundreds of poeplo from i various sections of the country, who peer into the faces of the dead or cluster around the morgues lu the hope that they may gather fcoine intelligence of these they i-eek. At the registration etllccs the same anxious crowds nrc also te be seen, scanning the lists of the living and hoping almost as It were against fate. New.that the mcatcst excitement Is ever. all th(?e who have lest property or friends neeui In have been brought te a realizing (use of their misfortune. . neme uasie'i le the snot wheie their home once wax. ex- poet I life', perhaps, te find some vestige of missing property, while ethers stand en and heaps ever their cellars bemoaning the less et nil they had In the world, like men and women with all hope departed. On all tides ure Piled up household utensils and unbreakable preerty much of which will never be claimed v bv the, owners, new silent lu death. ItTs probably due te this fact that a committee was constituted te-day In su perintending the excavations iu tkeiicliilty of banks aud financial Institutions, where treasure Is supposed te be buried, se that it will net fall Inte Improper hands. With out doubt there must be money and valu able personal property under around In til pirtseftheclty where dwelling or bus!- --, as ns houses steed or were washed by the 00 1. It Is no uncommon thing te find an Iren safe heaped up en top of rubbish twenty feet above the ground, or In aome cellar tilled up with sand and stones. At the headquarters of the voluntary reg istration bureau te-day, It was learned that ever 15,000 had registered, which Is mere than one-half of the estimated total popu lation of Johnstown borough and the Im mediate vicinity. Mr. McConnauchey, who has charge of the registration bureau, esti mates from theway the returns are coming In, that a few mere days would run up the total of living te perhaps 20,000. This would still leave a deficiency of nearly 10,000. It Is proposed, as seen as the list can be got ten in shape, te have It printed and posted about the town and vicinity, se that ft may be examined br people, who can report te headquarters if they rind their names are net en the list. In this way It Is thought record mar be secured of several thou sand mere who failed te register under the present arrangement. FOUR SIT. SAVE A 'THOUSAND MVE8. E. D. Eutwistle. general manager of the Jehnsen Steel Kail company, was ene of the four men who worked row beats all day Saturday, and rescued ihen, women anil children from the great mass of debris collected before the stone bridge of the Pennsylvania railroad. He lives with his family in Hexham, a short distance from Johnstown, but at the tlme of the flood he was walking along the south side hills commanding a view of the Cenemaugh creek gorge, down which the torrent caine. At that time a twelve mile current was pouring dewu Steny creek. When the flood rebounded from the south slde hills It turned the current of Steny creek, up which it ran for ever a mile, carrying with It a mass or debris and heuses en which many pcople were bceii. On Saturday mernlug he get four beats, the only ones the Heed had spared, and brought them down te Johnstown. He took ene and William MeClaln, correspond ing secretary of the Johnstown company, Jehn Coffin, civil engineer for the Cambria Iren company, and the Moxham Methodist minister, took the ethors. They worked from daylight te nightfall, nnd Mr. Ent wistle estimates that they saved ever 1,0U0 lives. He himself having taken off ever 300, he says that there were piebably 2,000 peeple en the upper end of the debris, ami most of these were saved. He could net tell hew many were en the end towards the bridge. He related many individual Instances of heroism. Daniel Merrell Stackheuse, n son of Powell Stackheuse, vice president of the Cambria company, well known In Phila delphia, was swept into the Union street school house, the only building left stand ing below Ceneinniigli creek. As seen as he found himself In comparative safety he steed by the window and dragged peeple off the wreckage floating by. Almest 200 peeple found safety iu the school lien se, and, being forced te slay there ever 12 hours without drinking water, much suf fering was experiences!, ltaln water was caught iu the palms of the hands of seme of the refugees and then held te the lips of the crying children. They wero taken out en rails en Saturday. A touching incident, illustrative of wemaulv fidelity, was brought te the atten tion of Dr. ltobert Wharten, who Is en here wllh the Philadelphia Bed Cress se ciety, te-day. Harry Swank, n 20-yoar-eldsouof Jacob Swank, proprioter of the largest hardwaiostero in Johnstown, was te be married In the fall te Dellle Hartzell, an uttructlve voting malden living in ine bills above Newileld. In the great flood Jacob Swank's slore was swept away, being directly In the itli of the current, and he and his wlfe und two small chil dren were drowned. Harry Swank, al though injured, was able te reach a place of safety. His tlancce, whose home was out of the reach of the waters, nt ence came te him, and, having some means, the Im mediate performance of the ceremony was suggested. Consequently the young ceuple went te Somerset yesterday and were made man aud wife. They will reslde temporarily at the bride's homer A man representing himself as a physi cian, entered the mergue last night. Sub sequently General Hastings, being Inform ed that the man was a thief, ordered his arrest and caused hlui and eight men, who had bed arrested ler drunkenness, te be put te w erk. rr.Aits or rj:sTtr.nNCi:. Disease has begun te add te the horrors hore, and the medical relief corps are tilled with the gravest fears that It may spread. Pour children were brought Inte the Bod Bed ford hospital this morning suffering from diphtheria, and the doctors sly they new expect that the de.idly fever will assert Itself within the next forty-eight heuis. The condition of the people Is such as te precipitate, a pestilence when once the guriiis are propagated. The sanitary corps rcalize thedangcrand have redoubled their efforts te prevent It If possible. The day was warmer than yesterday ; the sun was shining brightly, aud it gave premise of still wanner wcather. This will hasten the pestilence If it is te ceme at all, as It will hasten the doeohipositlon of the bodies beneath the debris. The fear of an epldemic has caused the authorities te est throughout the town notices that all unclaimed bodies will be buried twenty four hours after their discovery. The bteucli Is becoming mera distinct dally, and If very warm weather should prevail for a week it would be unsafe for peeple te remain here. Dr. I.ee and ether etlicials of the State Beard of Health moved their headquarters from heie te-day te Pittsburg. They say there are 10,000 car casses et animals lying along the Cone Ceno Cene maugh and Allegheny rivers, uud it Is Im perative that they should be gotten out and burned. They are no leats te be gotten bore und they think they can work te meie. advantage by starting irein that end aud weiking toward this point. The transportation coinmlttee has suc ceeded in sending oe refugees out of tow u. Thev are quartered lu I'lttsbuig, Kockjiert, Uroddeck and Somerset. Chairman Hlnes, of the transportation committee, said this morning that two pio pie curesses from Pittsburg were lu the town yesterday with the view of enticing young girls away for thtlr nefarious purposes, "ff I had get held of thorn," said Mr. Hines, "I would have had them thrown into the river. I am informed by the trainmen that women were found ut the dopetH lu Pittsburg who weie trying te inveigle women and girls te houses of ill-fame. All necessary precautions have new been taken te prevent these women from carry ing en their work." Telegrams haw been pouring lu from all parts of the country and cablegrams from the Old World asking if arieus jier untiu urn nllvi. niiil heseechinir the recipi ents te renlv. These are addressed te the iiostmaster, uurgessiinii police iiepuniueni. Slany nre addressed te persons known te be dead. BepIIes are sent whereverpos whereverpes whereverpos sible te de se. Surgeon General Hamilton, L. S. A., tel egraphed te Dr. Lee te-day that a carload ofcepjieras wuseii Us way hore for disin fecting purposes. insanitv te ni: ri:Ain:n. A staff correspondent of the Philadelphia .wcaicai jiews leiegrapus irem joiiumewu tiie mental couuuieu ei former resident of Johnstew Bravest character, will set In when the affair Is fully comprehended fall te produce man v cases of i temporary insanity. Most of the faces that one meets, both male und female, are these of the most proteuuu melancholia, associ ated with an almost absolute disregard of the future. The nervous system shows the strain it has borne b a tremulousness of the hand aud of the Up, lu man us well as II1U UUIIUU11U til IU" ill', ill ninii us iHlim in woman. This nervous state is further evidenced by a peculiar Intonation of words, the person sneaking mechanically. I while the voices of many reug i-loeklug ; men nre chumkeii imuautu uciiiuiuik nuica of se high a pitch, as te make one Imagine that a child, en the verge of tears, lu speak ing. Crying is se rare that your correspon dent saw net a tear en any face in Johns town, but the women that are left are hag gard, with pinched features and heavy, dark line under their eyes. Indeed, the evidence of systemic disturbance Is se marked lu almost every Individual who was present at the time of the catastrophe thut It U posslble with the eye alone te "The danger of malarial poisoning is, we be ieve, net present, simply because the coudltlens favorable te tile production of sepuraie lue resmriu iiwiu nm-v u"v, such miasms are absent The w titer, sweeping through the valley with enor mous force, bat carried in the majority of caiei the soft mud of tut river bank. (0 and the reaction which "ffi.',,..'"" iV "..' . ,.-.V"'. "' distant low lving bottom lands, and has covered the entire sight of Johnstown with a laver orpure sand and pravel varying In depth from a few Inches te a feet. Aa a consequence efthla all cesspools have net only been thoroughly washed out, but afterward filled with sandt every partlcle of dirt and city tilth has been washedaway, and it would be hard te Hud, hygienlcally speaking, a mera cleanly spot than the main portion of what was once Johnstown. The danger will be the accumulation of new tilth, owing te the large number of strangers living in touts fend the outdoor life of the survivors. There Is absolutely no tise 1 1 sending mera physicians here, save that by their training they mav assist lu the carrying out of measures belonging te the realm et preventive medicine. With the excep tion of a few who are assisting In hospitals, the majority or Philadelphia physicians have been detailed for the purpose of over seeing the thorough cremation of all dead animals. The only ether measures which are adopted are these directed against the decomposition of human flesh, which pub lic clamor will net allow te be touched by tire. All ether attempts te disinfect audi sources of dlsoase without the aid of great heat cannot prove but usolesa, for the bodies as a general rule are piled up In a mass of rubbish made up of old lumber, which is arranged In such, away that It Is doubtful if b river of disinfectants could reach them, the debris acting as a shed. The scarcity of rmre spring water which Is net tainted by dead animal matter Is a Jiresslng evil for consideration, but we leubt ltthls Is as important a tact at Johns town as it Is further down the river, owing te the large amount of decomposing flesh In the water at this latter point. Ne disin fectant can reach such cause of disease save the action of the large volume of water, which dilutes all poisonous materials. The State Beard of Health should warn the people of the portions of the country supplied by the Conemaugh of the danger of drinking its waters for woeks te cenn. A WANIM, SAVF.S HIS MISTRESS' LIFT. Johnstown Special te Philadelphia Inqulrei. A large crowd of poeplo attracted my attention about 0 o'clock this evening en Main street. On going closer I noticed that a number of men and women were sur rounding a deg, which each and every ene of the crowd was anxious te lavish with attentions and endearing terms mere ap propriately bestowed upon a fuvorlle child than upon an animal, " Come here, Bernee, my neble old deg I" said ene woman. " Glve me a kiss ; there Is a dear." "Ah, Romoe," said another, "It was a pity Johnstown had net mere such noble crea tures as you are, nnd there would net be se many poeplo dead here new." The deg. a beautiful water spaniel, whose fur was clipped se us te glve him the np np penrance el n mlnlature lien, steed as quiet and dlgnlflcd among the peeple as If he understood each word addressed te him, taking the ovtdences of appreciation ns matters of cotirse, which he had every right te expect. Soen I understood what It all meant. Bninoe bolengod te Mrs. C. V, Kress, of Washington street, Johnstown. Lust Fri day, the day the lloed-gatos of the Seuth Ferk reservoir breke loeso, that lady went te tlie Heuse or nor slster. Airs. u. a. Kress, ou Main street, taking the deg with her. While there the awfully disastrous waters came sweeping down upon them from Cenemaugh se that all the people lu the heuse were compelled te get Usm the reef. There were seven iu the party and Bernee made a geed eighth. But seen the terrible waves nud floating debris raised horrible havoc with the build ings. Suddenly a big w ave dashed upon the reef. Mrs.C F. Kress wasiknocked off her place of refuge and rapidly floated along with the wild stream. Ne human being attempted te Jump niter her or make any effort for her rescue, because the surg ing flood had already dragged her beyond all human reach, lint Bernee, the lady's deg, forgetful of his own dauger, had ap parently been ex peeling what was coming. The watcrH had no mere than closed above the sinking lady when the deg Jumped after her, and when her dress up- S cared again above the surface he iiiitue lately grasped It between his teeth. It was a heavy burden, buttheanlmal seemed te make a double etfert. Helding the dress lu his mouth he gently but firmly pushed her forward through the waters toward n frume house, w hlcli was still defying the waves. Bernee's neble efforts proved suc cessful, aud lu a few moments Mrs. Kress was able te lay held of ene of the spars ou the frume house, aud drag herself Inte com parative saiety. But alas I It was only temporary safety. Kven befere the woman had realized her escape the devasttng waves came mountain high, rushing ugalnst llie frame heuse. This tlme the building could net with stand. With a terrifle crash the wooden walls seemed te be bursting apart, and ence mere the woman aud her deg were at the mercy of the flood. The neble brute, hew ever, was net le be daunted. Again he clung te his mistress very closely, net as If he were te rescue her from a watery grave, but as if his whole life dopendou uieu her safety. Constantly swimming by her slde whlleshe was borne upon the current, he contrived te keep her head above the water se as te prevent her drowning. Fer ever half an hour the deg battled with the waves for her preservation. His neble, faithful endurance was at last rowarded. He succeeded In directing his valued burden toward Alma hall, and here Mrs. Kress was pulled out of the waters. As she reached the reef unconsciousness overcame her, and during all that time Boineo, who seemed te think the woman dead, harked aud howled In the most fran tic manner. Only her returning breath pacified him, and tben he quietly uud con tentedly hij' down at her feet. This "was the story gleaned from the people surieundlng the deg, nud when I called te son Mrs. Kums nt her sifter's home she verified ewtry particular of the above. Bernee comes from Philadelphia, w here a brother of Mrs. Kress lives, who Is new the possensor of tw el ve wnter spaniels. THE DAY liXIMUWS HOItBOH. A I.Ut of Nineteen t'iihnirfi Who Per ished In 'Hint Disaster. i'hore have been se many ceuuicliui? reports about the less of passengers ou and the damage te the Day uud Atlantic Ex press trains, w hleh were overtaken by the Heed at Conemaugh en Friday, that General Manager Pugh, of the Pennsylvania rail road, ordered a thorough Investigation of affairs. He received the following report from Superintendent Pltcnlrn last night; Ah near us can be learned nineteen lives w ero lest. A pusscuger coach and u bag gage car wero w ashed aw ay. The Ijaggage car has been found. The missing coach may have been carried down te the debris ut the Johnsten bridge. Seme hours alter the flood, tbree Puliiiuu slecpeis came lu contact with u burning car of Iliiieaud were destroyed. Some of the passengers w hose names are mentioned below may be ulive, but they cannot be located. The list Is as follews: Mrs. Talbot nnd iO.) baseball club; Agues ('. Christmuu, Beauregard, Miss.; L. Phillips, the colored Pullman porter, N. Y. ; Mrs. Swineford nnd daiiKhter; Mrs. Smith and child, Davten. O. : Miss Harnlsh, Davten, O Andrew Kwlng, Llgenier, Pa., aud Mrs. Me,,. ,, n. 1l.nuint liin l'u I M" "," "VJnM, P,,"i The trains lav en the side track at Cene maugh when the flood dashed against them. They consisted of two express, one bagKagn, two ixjstal, eight coaches and four i'uuiuans. u lie engineer received ins nrsi warning of the Heed from u construction train which was working cait of Cene- maugh, and when the engineer saw the water coming he ran Inte Ceneiuaiigh at full sieed, with his whistle wide open, and the flood folio Aing right behind liiui. Ne iiasseugers lu the burned Pullmans were i injured, as they were all ou the mountains when they were destroyed. The survivors of the Day Express disas ter at Conemaugh and ether passengers delayed by the floods, left Alteena for ' , " f; w e .&" 1 ',"'"?;'", THE I CJ.D onew i.ne. Fellow nt Is the aj-ureuate of the cash centribi tiuus for the Johnstown sull'erers up te Thursday evening: Thllaaulphla and vicinity, 1813,351- New I two or thinn children. Clcwlimil. I). ; Miss nin.i ?.rii? Stlnsen, orNerristowii, Pa ; Cyrus Shiek, ills ene eiiue i,0.n.L i . t,.i... tnuJ iin.i.,,... ..I reality of the whele ""' ."-", V ,": "u i'.V.VrV. "?'?' V."" .'! vtn cj.aH,...lv .micii. ; Jennie i nuiswii, imsiniin; m-ssiu CiSl Bryan. Plilladelphla , Christian Melzell. .M'urt. -s. J.. nmuuKcr ui tuu .Munsiieui Yerk and vicinity. Vd.l.OOOi rittsburg, t27.,000 through Gov. lien vex, $210,000 f Chicago, 00,000; Bosten, V0,000i Massa chusetts Ieglslaiure, f.10,000) Cieveland, O.. 912,000 1 Washington, D. C, (JO.000; Columbus, ()., 123,000; Baltimore, Aid., 11(1,000 ! Bethlehem, Pa., $15,000 1 Lan caster, Pa., 13,109 Cincinnati, O., fl2,000 New Hampshire Legislature, 910,000 ; Scranton, Pa., 19,500; Paris, France, fti,000 ; Wilmington, Del., ffl.700; Chester, Pa., 17,000; Allentown, Pa., $.",5U0; Wilkes harre, Pa.. f&OOO; Ilasten, Pa., (1,000; Indianapolis, ind., 93,500; Chattanooga, Tcun., 92.7S1 Denver, Cel., 92,500; Teledo, O., 92.000 1 Savannah, On., 91,700; Kansas City, Me.; 91,500; Charleston, S. C,, $1,500; Chambersburg,, Pa., 91,000; Cnrllsle, Pa., 91,000. Total, 99,000,251. Thirty-three Chinamen of New Yerk contributed 9f0 for the relief of the peer peeple In the Conemailgh viilley. THE linSAXINQ OP THE DAM. Unsuccessful Kfrbris te Save It story or the Engineer Who Saw It Ge. The Pittsburg Ounmeretal prints the following scceu ut of the breaking of the dam, from the lips of Jehn G. Parke, Jr., n civil engineer who was engaged ou tiie grounds of the Seuth Ferk club : " On Thursday night the dam was In per fect condition, and the water was net within seven feet of the. top. At that stage the lake Is nearly three miles long. It mined very hard Thursday night I aui told, Ter I slept tee soundly myself te hear It, but when 1 get up Friday mernlug I could see thorn was a flood, for the water was ever the drive In front of the club house, aud the level or the water lu the lake had risen un til It was only four feet below the top of the dam. I rode up te the head of the lake aud saw that the weeds wero boiling full of water. Seuth Ferk and Muddy Bun which emptied into the lake wero fetching down trees, legs, cut timber, and stuff from a saw mill that was up In the weeds In that direc tion. This was about 7:1)0 o'clock. When I returned, Cel. Unger, the president of the club, hired twenty-two Italians, nnd a number or farmers Joined In te work en the dam. Altogether thirty men were ut work. A plough was r.uu along the ten of the dam, nnd earth was thrown In the race ofthedniuto strengthen It. At lliesame time a chanuel was dug en the west mid of the dam te make n slulceway there. 'I'hore was about three feet of shale rock through which It was possible te cut, but then we struck bed rock that it wan Imjiosslble te Set into without blasting. When we get le channel opened, the water seen scoured down te the bed rock, and a stream twenty feet wldeand three deep rushed out en Hint end of the dam, while the wclr was letting an enormous quantity en the ether etui. Notwithstanding theso outlets, the water kept rising at the rate of nbeut ten Inches an in ur. " By 11) I had mude up my mind that li was I in Posslble te save the dam, nud getting en my herse. I galloped down the read te Seuth Ferk te wnru the peeple of their danger. The (olegraph tower Is a inlle from town, nnd I scut two men there te have messages sent te Johnstown and ether points below. I heard that the huly operator had fainted when she had sent off liews, nud had te be carried off. The pcople nt Seuth Ferk had ample time te get te the high grounds, und thcv were able te move their furnltiire tee. In fact, only ene person was drowned nt Seuth Ferk, and he while attempting te fish souietlilng from the flood as It rolled by. It was Just 12 o'clock when the telegraph messages were sent out, se that the poeplo of Johtutewu hud ever three hours' warn ing. "As I rode back te the dam I expected almost every moment te meet the lake coming down ou me, but the dam was still Intact, although the water had reached the top. At about 1 o'clock I walked ever the dam. At that tlme the water was three inches deep en II, and was gradually eating the earth ou the outer face. As the stream rolled down the outer face It kept wearing down the edge of the embankment, and I saw it was merely a question of time. I then went up te the club house and get dinner, and when I returned I saw that a geed deal mere of the outer edge of the dam had crumbled away. The dam did net glve way. At n rough guess I should say that thore were G0,00e,0Oii tens of water In'that lake, and the pressure of that mass of water was Increased by floods rrem two streams pouring into it, but the dam would have steed It could the level of the lake have been kept below the top of the dam. But the friction of the water )iulng evi r fie dam gradually wero it away from the outer face until the top became se thin that It gave way. " The break took place at .'I o'clock. It was about ten feet wide at first and shal low, hut new that the flood had niade a gap, it grew wider with Inui casing rapidity, and the lake went reai lug down the valley, That three mlles of water was drained out In forty-five minutes. The downfalls of these millions of tens was simply Irieslsti Irieslsti bie. Stones from the dam uud boulders In the river bed were carried for miles. Trees went down Uke you might cut a mullein stalk with a swish of your ennu. It was a terrible sight te see that avalanche of water go down that valley already choked with floods. Cel. Unger wus completely pros trated by it and was laid up at the dub house sick from his ex) erleuces." A Ijiiicafclec Oeiiutluii Wiufs. Frem the UultlmereHim. Miss Mollle Bangcrt, daughter of the late Philip Baugurt, nnd Mr. Edwin Kurtz, of Lancaster county, Pa., worn married en Wednesday mernlug it I the rcslilcuce of the bride's brother, Mr. Daniel L. Baugsrt, Ne. 1221 North Carollue street. Beth are iiiembers of the Monneulto church, ami the ceremony was performed ucceullng te the rites of that church by the Itev. Hcuiy Stilckler, of -WayneslNire, Pa. The wedding was te have taken place en Sunday last, but was postpenod owing te the non-arrival of the preacher, who was detained ut llarilsburg, l'u., by the flood. Mr. Strlckler left his home for Bultlmore lust Saturday, but did net reach Bultlmore until Tuesday after noon. Only the IinmeiliHle family nnd a and a few fi lends wero present. A flora wedding breakfast Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz left I'uleu station for their fiitnrn home lu Lancaster county. ALI.KUKII CONSPIHATOIN. Haifa Dezen Clgfiruiuhei-H' Accused 11 Jehn It. ltinlciiy, Ou Trial. All of Friday afternoon was tukcu up lu the trial of Herace d. I'snerfer falsa pre tense. A number of witnesses testified that L'sner's reputation for honesty prier te this charge was geed, The case was given te the Jury this morning. Charles E. Bird, Win. Buth, Win. llebcr llng, Juiues Buth, Chuiles Halt and Jvrry ltltchey, of Berks county, were put ou trial for conspiracy te defraud Jehn It. Itedeay, of Brecknock. According te the commonwealth's testl testl meny.ln the summer eflbbS thedefeiiduuts purchased leuf tobacco of the value of $1,100 from the prosecutor and guve their notes lu payment of the same. Before the notes came due, the defendants sold part of the tobacco, received thoineney for It, convert ed part of it Inte cigars, sold the cigars at less than cost for cash, and then disposed of their remaining property te Jehn J. Stener, for the purjiose of defrauding Bed cay anil ether creditors. On trial. A verdict of net guilty was taken hi the ras0 ,f coiuiue r-in.ii'.n,, ,.,,,1 ,,,',,, , ' Benjamin ia iiuienwealtli vs. Herace G.Usner, lezzlemt'tit ou complaint of Ijibe. The commonwealth' elllcer said the case could net be made out. A Bunk Breaks. The lank of Oinaha, In Omaha, Neb., has closed Its deer. Liabilities between ;), (10O and (70,000; assets neuiluul. The failure Is due te bad leans and mismanagement. INDICATIONS. WAsiu.vaTey, D. t, June 7. Fair, followed Saturday by show P. ers; warmer; winas becoming southerly. -"i !".. HE DID HIS DUTY. Jehn llnrr Save Twe Ciitldrwii-Hurvl-vore Come East. Among the passenger en Philadelphia Express that passed through Lancaster at 3 o'clock this morning were a nuinlier of Jieople en the section or the Day Express which was wrecked at Johnstown last Friday, nnd en Atlantic Express, which was roertcd lest. The peeple lefl Alteena yesterday afternoon and went from thore te Tyrene, thence up the Bald Kagle Valley railroad te Lock Leck Haven, nnd by a branch of the Philadelphia AErle read te Montgemery,whoro they took Uie Philadelphia A Heading read te Sun bury. Frem the latter whence they went te Harrlsburg by the Northern Central read. One of the passengers whs Jehn Barr, brether of Charles II. Bnrr. the well known book nnd nrt dealer of this city, who was a conductor of two Pullman cars en the wreck est train. He wns met nt the station by Ids brother ntulji number of frlends, who congratulated htm en his narrow exca-e from a terrlble death. He had little tlme te talk, as the train wns hurried through. The two cars which wero lu charge of Mr. Burr before the wreck wero destroyed by flre and several of Uie passengera lest their lives. Mr. Barr saved the lives of two little chlldren of M. N. Davis, of the Snfe Harber Iren works, who with his wife and family were passen gers en the train, and have since gene back te Pittsburg. Mr. Barr carried the chil dren te the hills when the alarm was given. He lest nil of his clothing oxcept the uni form ou his back, and ether things In the wreck. On the saiue train with Mr. Barr wns Miss Malouey, a young lady of New Jersoy, who was at flrst reported killed. She was iu a geed humor, hut she as well ns all of the ethers looked fatigued from their long trip. The occupied day conches, ns thore were no sloepers en the trnln. Mr. Barr oxpectod te run through te Jersey City nud return te his home In this city, by Sudnny. Among the pussengers ou the train who came from Alteena were James Miller,1 Michael Gumpf, I'M. Hewuler and Frank Fatrbntigh, who have been working for Jehn L. Arneld In the Mountain CUv. HE DIED VKIIY SUDDENLY. A Hti-oke Chit I eh Auctioneer Hnmiiel IIehm Otriu Several Heets.. Sninuel Hess, one of the host known men In Lancaster county, died suddenly this afternoon at his home en the Mtllcrsvllle turnpike, nbeut n mlle uud a half from this city. He wns In his usunl geed henlth yesterdny, but seen after he arose this morning he had n stroke of parnlyvls. He wnstukeu te bed und Dr. Muhlenberg was sent for. He seen heenme unconscious nnd dlcsl shortly nfler 1 o'clock. Deceased wns ever 00 years of uge. He was horn liiPequealewnshlp.and was a seu of Hairy Hess. In enrly life he was a farmer. He was a Hepuhlicaii Iu politics, and wus elected county treasurer by that uity In 1 81 VI. He next went Inte the coal and lum ber biisluess, which he can led en for several yenrs. He was nppolnted deputy under Sheriff Myers nnd served three years. He thou engaged hi the auc auc teoneering business, which he carried en up te the tlme of his death. He had a lnrgn acquaintance nil ever the county. He lived in the city many years, but about ten years age moved te the place where he died. His wlfe who survives him was a daughter of Christian Llntner. Ills three children nre; It Llntner Hess, of Les Angeles, California; Mrs. Einlen Greff, of Millport, and Chris tian, of this city. DEFEATED IN YOltlf. The l.nncasler Glve Up Anether (Jmun Te ihe Wliltu Itese lliinittts. The Ijinnister ball club lest n game In Yerk ycsteiday. The Yeiks hit Carrell hard, and the features of thogume were the Helding of Swelt7cr and Peak. Gibsen, who has been doing such great service for the club, was struck Iu the neck by n foul tip In the second inning, anil he niade way for Resh, who did very well. The scere wus as fellows : YOKIC. I.ANCAMTKIl. II. II. r. A. K. 11. II. I'. A. Gt'liu-'r. r- a i 0 0 llHheUlli:f,:i 0 0 il 3 u Dniuliy, 1.0 ()lll,2 0 llevcr-r, ,l 0 Ketcu'p,s,l 0 Hwelticr, a 1 HtlvettN, in 1 KtTr,p.. I Itelllnu, c. 1 1 16 0 OUIImeii, c 0 0 10 2 a a a e'Numi-ii, u. u e v e i 0 I Mc'Oet'11,9. 1 0 0 2 t 1 2 ivnk,2 1 a h 'i e y olltisey, r... iioeo 0 0 M'M'agle, 11 12 0 0 7 0 folium, in. 0 0 il 1 1 2 0 Carrell, p.. 0 I U 4 0 lltesh.c. ... 0 0 1 0 Total 7 It '-'7 22 3 Total . .. i (J'-Ji) IS Keller mil for net nimilinr. Yerk . 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-7 Lancuitcr. . 0 01030000-4 Earned run Yerk, 1. Tivo-iine hits Hewrti-r. Hllvrtln. GUI. KtrTcr. Ilinu-u stolen Hollies, Olitlngcr, Ilmei en balls Hrttlt-i'r, I', HOM'rter, AleUt'ltlgun, Jim minis In Htruck out llllsey, Cellliii, IU-.li. Ufl en liuws Yerk, S , I eiiicnster. f. lilt hy pltclKst ....,L II ........, Iknlll.l. ..I-.. f..lll.. 1. . unil tilt 131 1 I. in.iiuic yiuy Vi.iiiiia. g vun , Mc(Jcttli-un, IVak, N'uweir. panned ImllH-Olli- snu, 1 ; llesli, I. llinu or khuip one hour uud nrty minutes. Uiiililre Theiiitts Herner. The peeple of Luucustur should lemeiii lemeiii berlhatnti te-mono wr ulhtriioeu the Har rlsburg club will make Us flrst appearance In Lancaster and they will appear here again ou Whit Monday. Geed games ure pi utilised. William Dean, who was up-Miluted an umpire of the Middle Slates League last week, has resigned. He gives as his reason that the pay was net sufficient. I-adlcs w HI be admitted free te the games with the Harrlsburg te-morrow and Whlt Whlt Menday, ami the management invite it 1 1 te attend. The champl'uishlp game of yi'slurdav were: (Athletic 5, Louisville 1!; Athletic, lit, Louisville.'!; Cincinnati 10, Baltliuure 3; St. Imi1s 0, Columbus .'!; Kansas Clly (1, Brooklyn I ; Philadelphia ll, Washington 1; Bosten' 10, New Yerk 7; Chicago 11, In dianapolis 10; Cleveland S, Pittsburgh; New Huvcu 8, Easteii 1 ; Newark 8, or er cesterii; Jersey City 13, Lewell 7; Wilkes- Parre:).!, llartlenl 17; llarrisiiurg l, iteau lug I. A Hill ( lllobllurCentcsl. I.-ist evening u hill climbing contest be tween bicycle rldurs was given en the hill which leads from Potts' hotel at thCoue thCeue thCoue tega, te the street cur sfubles ou the Phila delphia luriiplkn. The men who started In the race were G. F. Kahler, David Itose, Ah III itelst, Edwurd Grid uud I). II. Mil ler. They w ero started belw cell 7 und 8 o'clock by J. B. Miller, D. F. Greve acting as judge und Samuel Bruiieiuaiinud Huuy Leuiiiau as tuR holders. The men were well finished until they were half way up the hill when Heist and Grid shot ahead. About ISO yards from the stated point He 1st passd his coinK.tter nud finished lengths ahead. Thu dlstance was flve six six teeuths of u mile and the tlme wus 1:11 1-5. The race lias caused a rivalry and another will be held shortly. The dub Is making great prt-'sirutlens for their meeting here en July the Ith und theie will be a very large attendance. Lancaster Tilled! In eutesvllle. Last evening a concert was ghonluthe new ejieru heuse nt C'eatcsvlllc, for the ben tlt of the Johustew 11 simmers. Miss Mag gie Potts, formerly of this city, get It up, aud the uudlence was large. A double quartet of singers from this city took part, mid the features of the entertainment wero the vocal soles of Misses Potts, Itehreraud liewel), and Messrs. Smaling and Uiudls. Arter the concert the ljmcasteriieople were handsomely entertained hy the letlge of Masens of the town ut their rooms, and later by Miss Potts. A geed sum was real lied by tha concert, W..- SEATTLE DEVASTATED. The Business Portion of the City In Ashes The Less Many Millions. A conllngratlen was raging In Se it tie, Washington territory, en Thursday night. Four blocks of huflillnrs were buriilnir. and the Indications were that the whele business tiortlen of the city would be swept awny. The local firemen were helpless, and help was telegraphed for In all directions. At the last ro;iert the Wostern Union Telo Tele graiih eeiuiny had but one who undis turbed. SKATTI.K, W. T., June 7. It Is estimated that the total less by the flre hi buildings alone Is 910,(00,000, and all personal losses will probably reach 920,000,00. It Is thought many persons must have porlthed lu the flames. Giant powder was used te blew up the buildings hi the hope of staying the progress of the flames, but te no effect. It Is reported that iwe men linve been lynched for stealing, The ontlre business portion eftha town Is new nothing but a smeuldering ruins. Frem the jtelnt where the tire started at the corner of Frent and Madisen streets, It spread north nnd south a distance of one mile. Kvury newspaper, hotel, telegraph office, railroad depot and wharf lu the city was totally destroyed. The entlre water front, Including nil the wlinrvesnnd decks, coal hunkers nnd railway tracks, the wholesale quarter, nnd everything south of Union street, nnd west of Second street, and reaching around te the cas works and abeve Fourth street en Jacksen, wns com pletely buriKsl. Whether thore Is much less of llfecau!net yet be ascertained, Thore Is grent priva tien felt among the peer classes, ns nearly overy restaurant mid grocery In the clly was consumed by the lire. The burned district comprises some (H acres. It presents the aspect of a huge even of burning coals nnd threatens even further destiuctteii. The firemen, reinforced by Tnceinu nud Smohemlck, arc. en the ntert. The streets nil through the night were crowded wllh peeple wandering about penniless nnd homeless. The mllltlu nud extra police are te be seen en overy corner guaidlng jirejierty ugnlust thieves and vandals. One hundred arrests have already been made. All of the dally newspuers will publish te-morrow. Words full te desei the the uwful picture of flre and desolation. It Is lika the Chi cago flre nud Uke Chicago, will be rebuilt. Kverylimly seems In geed spirits, as It is hard te reullzn the ilrcudniliicx of this sudden calamity. .MUl'ItEMF. t.'OUHT DECISION. V Niiinlici of laincnster County Cnses Decided, HAititisnune, Pn,, June 7. The supreme court te-day rendered decisions as fellows lu Luncaster county eases! Jehn A. lleliiiiau's appeal, decree af firmed and appeal dismissed at costs of np np pellunt. Jehn O'Ferrell vs. Samuel Moere it al., Judgment afllmusl. Dr. McCermlck vs. llnuimh McElllgett, Judgment ufllrmnd. Horshey's np-wu), decrce a funned aud appenl dismisses at cost of nppeUnnt, Umcaster County Natlenul bank's ap peal, dtcroeatllrmed nud upcat dismissed at cost of appellant. Jehn Fcngley vs. Norbeck A. Mlley, order sitting aside atiai fi, a., nlllrmed with costs, etc. Senater Jehn (.'. Newmeyer was ap pointed prothenotary for the Western dis trict hi place of J. Bewman Hweltr.er, de ceased, Thu court adjourned te meet lu Philadelphia, June '.Tib. Tip (iethtiiir Supply Exhausted. Wn.MAMSi'OUT, June 7. The supply of clothing here Is exhausted, Supplies, howevor, are 011 thu way The cash contributions from nutslde places (110 date) amount le $0,82.1. .Several curs 011 the way here have I 00 ', by dire 'liens of the mayor, run te Leck I nven, descent and Cnguu valley, which they could reach easier and the uoed Is fully us gieat. TELUO It AP1I IO TA I'.-J. Mrs. C. F. Adams, aged HI, died in Qtilncy, Mass., lust night. She was the mother of Hen. Jehn tjullicy Adulus aud Chas. F. Adams, president of the Union Pacini! railroad The Wllllamspert Lumber Exchange will piebably eiect saw mills 011 Chesa peake bay nnd work upthe legs. The body of a woman, sup-msed te be a Johnstown victim, was found lu the river nt Florence, Ind., yesteiday. The llerllch piano weiks ut Pntrrsen, N. J., burned te-day. I,os $MJ,000 In ox ex cess of Insurance. Pennsylvania lullreads announces that passenger trains have resinned running te Pittsburg vln Hurrlsbtirg, Leck Haven und Allegheny valley. Passengers will be transported at Suubury until te-morrow when tbs Montgomery luiilge will be fllnlshud. The Milten people 1110 struggling with mud. A heard of lellef and sanitation has been apxliitcd and (MX) hus been given for Its use. Cudwulader Blddle, of 'the state beard of charities was there last night and has gene mi te Miticy. LOCAL CHIPS. Jehn I. Ilartiuau, Lewis S. Haituiaiiand ("apt. Jehu It. Brlcker, who are Interested lu thu lumber company at Keyes Creck, Kentucky, lull for that place te-day te urrauge for the lebulldlug of ene of their mills, which was washed uwuy hy the flood. Herace Miller has enterisl ball before Alderman Npuriler for a hearing 011 u ehargnef ass.tult anil battery, prefeired hy May May, w hlch offense is alleged t hive been committed en Saturday night last. The Yeung Men's Christian ustojlatlen will tender 11 reception te Him association of Franklin aud Maishall college this eve ning. The fund fur Iho family of Samuel Heck, the man who wus fatally Injured at llel nltsh's building 011 Monday, hus reached 01 nt the store of Harry Schuildt,eu North uecu street. Merris Gershul has left 91 ut thlsotllce for thu same fund. Thefunend of the man w 111 tuke place te-morrow. Geerge Helland, a stranger, wus found very ill link en the streets hy Constable Ehriiiau yesterday and Alderman Decn I eld him for a hearing. One of thu best entertainments of Unkind given in this city for some time is thut of the Tyrolean Wurhlers, w he ure nightly entertaining large audiences ut Piactle's Miciiuerchur garden. A strawberry and lce creum festival by the young folks of St. Stephen's church will be opened nt Me, l'J I'jist King street Satur day afternoon, te continue 011 Whitinon Whitinen day. Thu liusslau Hebrews dedicated their cemetery ou the Wabuuk read this morn ing with the Imposing ceremonies pre ncrlbcsl bv their ritual. uuulit In u Buzz Siw, Jehn Myers, sawyer In 11. F. Skeeu A A Sen's bending works, Seuth Queen street, was caught lu a circular saw this morning. The forellngereftho right hand was severed and portions of the flesh cut from the next finger. Dr. Yeagley attended te the man, who was removed te his home, 607 High street. 1 ,tftr fesfUA?; j - fc TWENTY SPEAKERS. THE HIGH SCHOOL COMXESCEIE.iT T II 3 LIRE NUT OP UST TEAR. .v Last Menth's Action or the Heard ff j Directors Itocensldered-Tlrae Ter 'As Payment or Tax Ext onded. 'tj -llA tlt.d ...nA.la.n . 1 1. r u -A V.? ...u wuuu invoking UI UIU lMUi-BSUir ijv.TI city scnoei oearu was neia en Thursday Ki evening, with the following members ores- 4 ent : Messrs. Belenlus, Breneman, Brown, -.eciiran, l-armstetter, .rumn, Kvans, Urlcst, Hnrtmnu. Ileirener. Kantr. Levar- , -J CTAtil r. Infill Tthnnlil r.l.lt UImh. .. ....., j, u,rK.,.u, .un.aueu, 4im,uui- ,tj u,v, A'auuvTiii, iticr.iugmi, me&uupa, r". Ochs, Pentr, Rnub, Sohrever. Shirk. Stnuf- , fer, White, Wohlsen, Wolf and Dr. MeCer-v t'; iiucK, prosiuem. The minutes of the May meeting were " read and annreved. Mr. MeComsey, of the supetintsndlng 4 coniniiitee, reported that the tearing down 4 of two old school buildings en Chestnut ; '; street necessitated the removal of the schools, but all have been accommodated. Twe were placed In Mr. Matt bulldltur. &' ene In Miss Achmus' and eue at Miss Bub- tffl dell's, corner Prince and Chestnut. This crowds these schools semewhat, bat the accommodations will be sufucieut until the new building Is completnl. The vacancy caused by the roslgnatlen of Miss Barues)lias beeu filled temporarily. The committee thought It best te wait until the end of the term aud the election of . teachers before any transfers were made. ' Mr. Evans, of the finance committee, re ported thtl hllla for fitirmlleM fiimlatirl ilnr. lug the month, and en his motion, the "3 treasurer wasdlrocted lepny the satne. . -grfl ttiu MKti snttnnr. TAitir.ntvi j? Mr. Hart tnan.ef the property committee, $& suiimitted the following report t Ml Lancastkii, Pa., June 0, 18S9. T" 7b thf officer nnd membtra 0 the I,xnca- SI uiwui.aMb.li AIIU Vlillllllliv-JH UII UlllUt- 4 liiKsatid k rounds respectfullv report thai '! ntlU.I.IIUU . iPl.n ..H....IIaa A l...lt.a Vr pursuant te your roselutlon they contracted : wllh I. P. Mayer for the erection of a school vg building en West Chestnut streetin accord & atusl uitli idsna mul mM..ftiAllnnft nrdkrtrA . by C. Emlen Urban, architect, for the snin of 910.H70, te 1)0 completed en or before 1 rlAl.A. K ideii .l ...l.i. ti I aiii- a. !l74 Ce., for warming, ventilating and dry d-2 cieseis ter same, rer 1110 sum or 98,300. f.i nj.i.uiiia ... nwu IU uu iiiimiuhi i wmft 4 progresses In sums which are apportioned j and Included In contracts. i .J .Tnltv T. tT.ni.vilr $ Titos. 11. Cochran, Jehn McKiixtr-s, Hi-XRr Welv, S. F. EntsHAff. TWKNTV SPiCAHCIlS 0n t-OUMKMCKUKNT. Dr. Lovergood said that at the last moot meet ing of tlyi beard a motion was adopted allewimr nil the trrndustes te siinak en mm. fiinlirwiltinll lint- UIikia llinu im ti,l tSAAasl j from Iho host of authority, that the action' j or the beard would de great Injustice te J seme or the graduates. At the beginning - of the aessteu the members of the first ? elasa wero told by the teachers v that upon thomselvos depended whether J or net they would be neloetod te apeak & en commencement day and under these " wiii'iiuiatuiiin tin uiuvvvi w rmxiUMvlvr mJ ' ctleti tlmn tnlcnti. Th ttinilnn jrKH; ...... ...W-. ..v... -- ......n .. sjlnntml. anil thn mntlnn mm Hilnnljul IKaI. all the graduates be allowed te speak, and'i. iuai iiiare ue iwe sessiens en cemmannr ; meet day, wus tiefbre the beard for coo--'. sidorntien. -v, Mr. Hartnun moved te amend thst thn. graduntes te make addresses: baaA B In number as ene year age, itudT'r. one session be held. j v ur. iiauu nievivi that tlie whelcr j.s. he laid ou the table, btlt the metllfTH.i lest. . IS... A...n...1......l .r tfl- it... &. te . mi iiiiuiiiiiiuriit im .ur, Aiuiiuiau ta,k aunpicu, with but a row uisseiitlng votes, s 'a rnoreHKD nkw iii-pAivnmR. ; Dr. Lovergood offered the following Y .uutlnllnt, . ?4 lletelvtil, That a special committee of$; iiiree ue npieinit-i 10 rejKiri 10 llie oearu aij Its next stated meeting, as te the advlaa-' blllty of Issulmr two vear certiflcates te?" theso pupils of the boys' and girls' high 5? soneois who nre unaeia, rrem circum stances ever which they have no control, te completo thn full term of four years se as ir Miiunin nam wn saJ-utiireTs aa mtninma M" Dr. Lovergoed said he offered the reselu tlen bocauseu large number of pupils are h unable te go through the full course at the St) high school, through circumstance ever. wiilch they had no control, and he moved J tlirt atlntidmi tfin rnanlnllnn. K l. I.aI.a.. l.inl.iul tn A....wt I. a. aafAH. . .iv.ii(.i. mul im w niiiviiw uj U-1BI- ring aciieii ter oue meniii logive uie mem-, bars tlme te conslder the-' matter. Mr. PiichrAii'ii ttieVH was lulnntml hv m vaU nf 17 te 10. Jr. ..... Kaiimaii i...va a.a aaaia .uau 3 teudent have permission te examine Mlse 4 t U.vlni.,, a.ir..,Ail ll.al it. a. b..n4ta- ftl Ebennau, daughter of the late Chaa. P. 'M Kberuiaii, with his class ou next Saturday, h' she desiring te apply for a school. The Ai motion was adopted, :;,) Mr. Hchreyer asked rorieavo or atisenca for Mr. Wurfel, who Is new iu Europe. The desired leave of absence was Dranted. Prosldent MeCgriulck announced the fel- f-?J lowing as thu comiallteo ou high school 'W couimeuceineiit : Messrs. Marshall, Grlest, V lluub, Schreyerand McElllgett Mr. Brown, of the Judiciary committee, $:, reiKirted that the suit between the Electrle "i I.lirhl cemtuinv uud audienl liearil had net fi D--- ---a j . -Ml. vel been ad Indicated. lie oxeectod 10 D ' uble te make a final report at the next meeting of the beard. Mr. Hegeuur moved that the action of the beard taken last meeting as Je the time fir the payment or school tax te-t abatement be reconsidered and the motion was adopted. He new moved that the time for pay ment be extended te Augut 1, aud the motion was unauiiiieuly adopted. CITY HUruniNTENDENT'S REPORT. Following Is the repert of the city super intendent for the mouth : Laxcastkk, l'u., June 0, 1W. lttht Hear J of Scheel Vlrtcten. Gkntlemem: Your city superintendent submits the following report ofthepublle schools for the month of Slay ; The number of pupils In attendance was HV.' iu the high schools, 351 In the grammar, O.V. Iu the secondary, 42 in the ungraded, S77 lu the lntermediate aud 1.431 In the ..!,i,ii..'. fritul .1 R7A I 'I he in eraee dally attendnnce was 237 In the high schools, 300 lu the grammar. U0 ,f: in me seceuunry, .s in uie uugrnueu, a-a j lu the Intermediate, nnd 1,173 In the prim- ): ury; total, 3,007. ine nuinucr ortneaewno were present every day was 3. The average percentage was 8.1. The number of teachers present at the teachers' meeting wasUt, The following were absent: Misses lluber, U Zug, Brunlng, Carpenter, Barnes, Etchell, S. C. Uarklns, Cochran, Smaling and Sharp. Ne meetings were culled for the high school teachers, because the tlme of the superintendent was fully .rtAitetml I. .t.tr11.,l.l. .ir n ml lllllll1 till va uiin"a ill uituu.iiiig . .. ...a -- -, In iiliniiiltnn. tn nthflr matlni-H clalnlinir SMi' attention mero iurticularly toward the gi ciese ei me lerui. .... ,i is The number of visits made bythecHf g superintendent was fd ; these made py we . dhectera numbered 144, us follews: Oeo.- a. IieVllOlUS SI, . a. """" a.-.? -M i i...we., ii Win. ifcCoinsey 22. B. K. C Sclinader and J. McKlllips each 7, It H., u.a.,.,,.n il. It. M. Beleulus 3. W. W.-V Grlest 4, Dr. J. Levergood and M. vY.' luuu eacu i. ...... .- Yelume XIII of Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia was received uud placed lu lava teachers' library te-day, Very respectrelly TrarelmtMrfMt. J . . 3 . - -' - sn irtsttiSe jjji sc --. m n . $1 r-i. ."V-a VS
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