V " FLOOD NEWS. , J?" . The Dispatch will continue to publish f AH the details of the Johnstown Disaster, which is furnished by a large staff of com petent correspondents located at the scene. PORTY-FOTIRTH YEAH. 15000 Is the Awful Total of the Latest Estimate of Deaths. IN THE GREAT FLOOD. Of These the Bodies of 3,200 Have Already Been Recovered. 10,000 UNDER THE DEBRIS And No Hope of Recovering Any of Them, as They Must Be Burned. A DAY AMID THE RUINS. iSeieral of tlie Sad Tales That Haven't Yet Been Told. SOME SICKEmG SIGHTS. A Graphic Fen Picture of the Johnstown of To-Day How the Day I. Spent by the Survivors, Guards and Relief Corps Sightseers Not n Good Working Class ot Feoplo Beautiful Girl. Found Among the Dead General Hastings i Making Slany Friends Hen Beyond the Age When Tears Flow How Hearts Are Hardened to Horrible Sights Even Kel atiTca Appear Apathetic The latest estimate of the number of bodies buried beneath the rnins at the stone bridge is by Superintendent Patton, of the Balti more and Ohio railroad. Mr. Patton says he thinks at the least calculation there are from 8,000 to 10,000 human beings and 16,000 dumb animals sleeping in the smold ering debris. These figures, added to the 3,200 bodies already recovered and those sot yet fopd, would bring the awful total up to at yit"15,00a WhTIcrossIng'theSnountain yesvaxTOm5aas.Ic - t - - JchaifcK7 - l a Dispatch correspondent came across a little knot of workmen engaged in burying the dead. In one immense tomb twelve coffins were lowered. They were the re mains of a few of the unknown dead whose identity will never be known in this life. fFEOM A STAFF COBBESPOlfDEXT.J Johnstown, June 4. "When the mighty rush of waters tore down the Conemaugh Valley 40 feet high, the people on the hill sides witnessed an awful sight The death dealing agent was mad with rage, and the wails of infants, cries of women, the terror of men, crashing houses, lessened not the fearful velocity of the raging wind. Its ears were deaf to the feelings of humanity, and nothing but death and ruin followed in its track. In ten minutes it was all over the valley, had spent its intense energy, and then came the reaction. The Turn of the Flood. Checked at the Pennsylvania viaduct, tohich stood like adamant against the mighty strength of the flood, the angry waters poured over the country and up the Valley creek, carrying houses miles from their foundations. The heavy engines on the Pennsylvania were picked up and wafted like chips. The blackened and rusty tender of a locomotive can be seen now at the bridge. On the Baltimore and Ohio side heavy freight cars, loaded down with iron and steel, were twisted and torn of! the wheels. ,1 "Where flowers and green trees were to be seen a few days before, there now lies on the sod a mass of debris, caught among a mix ture of almost every article to be enumer ated under the sun. A Day In the Johnstown Rains. Mr. J. B. Youngson and Colonel Hill are caring for the people and workmen on the Baltimore and Ohio road, or in that part of the town. They have thousands of during cups and boilers to make coffee. Early in the morning the men can be seen climbing out of the cars where they have tried to sleep, sitting up all night Fires are re kindled at once, for there is no lack of wood, and soon the foaming coffee is handed nronnd. Old soldiers in the place are re minded by the scene of the bloody days of the Bebellion, and their minds go back in retrospective view to tile previous war times. Some ot the 61c kenlng Sights. The weather was :ool on Sunday and Monday in this rem tant of a mountain town, but still there is an awfnl stench. There are so many de: d horses that have been neglected in preference for human corpses, and their bo ies are fast decom posing. If the sightseers on the ground would go to work son of these decaying bodies could be removed and buried, bnt they won't work, and thankful are the peo ple of Johnstown that tlley are not thieves. The morbid curiosity to Isee the dead under the pretense of searching for friends is con stantly guarded against. 1 3&e majority of the bodies recovered are nude, but they are put into coffins at once, and only the head and breast can be seen through the glass. There are A H amber of Beautiful Girls and children among the corpses. I stood yesterday and looked at the face of a hand some young lady who is supposed to have been in the day express. Her features are well outlined, and her face had been most lovely. The general expression indicated that she had been vivacious in her day, and full of life. Her tongue was wedged be tween the lips and teeth, and could not be pushed back. The lady was not bloated, but bruised horribly. But this is only one instance. The scene in the Fourth "Ward School is revolting. The bodies are lying on tables covered with mud and slime. The stuff drips to the fir, and the people wading around in it have converted the filth into sticky ooze. General Hastings' Great Henrt. General Hastings spent considerable time at the school house directing the men. The bighearted General could not have been kinder. The poor people have learned to love this man, and his generous deeds will not be forgotten. "When he speaks, even when he calls aloud to the men, there is pity and sympathy in his tones, and the people know it. All day, all night the embalmers' from Pittsburg have been working with the bodies. It is sickening to see a long rent made in the abdomen or in the limbs, where the embalming fluids are put into the bodies, but one soon gets used to the bloody sights. Men have gotten beyond the age when tears flow. They are too weary and terrified to weep. In fact, those who have lost friends and relatives appear to be apathetic, but deep down in their hearts there is an aching pain that can never be healed. Iioss of Property the Least. People have lost everything. The work of years has been carried away, bnt the loss of property is nothing. It is the dead that can never be replaced. The intense excitement keeps up every body. Men have been working steady since Friday night, and they are beginning to look haggard. Tbey lie down on the sand and in their tents, bnt they can't sleep. Their brains are in a constant whirl, and the thumping of the apparatus works on like the ticking of a clock. When the night comes on they pray for the day, and when daylight is here they are not contented. -The people do not know what they want Such scenes have never occurred in Penn sylvania before. Some of the men, crazed at the loss of children and wives, are im bibing deeply. I saw one poor such man to-day. His brain was Mad From tho Whisky he had drank, and his two brothers, who also had lost everything, were straggling to hold him. His yells "were fearful, and he threw down his derby hat and trod it to pieces. No attempt was made to arrest him. The Pittsburg officers understood the situation, and they gently assisted the brothers to take bim to a place'of safety: I saw Dr. Smith, of the Gantier Works, trying to lift the body of John Diebertonto a wagon. The wife and mother were lying in coffins on the ground. A crowd of mor bid people were standing near by, looking at their mill. "Some of you men help me,"" said Dr. Smith, but they paid no attention to his request Then all the fire in his soul was. deeply stirred, and begot frantic Deeply Stirred by Anger. - rI have money, he cried, "lots of it in Ohio. I will go there and leave these peo ple. Oh, if we only had men here who wonld work." "You are right, Dr. Smith," said The Dispatch man. "Did you ever see me when I wasn't right?" he answered, bnt some helpers ar rived about this time, and tried to calm him. The bodies of the baker and his fam ily were soon loaded up, and the fiery and indignant Mr. Smith fell better. While working under high pressure, and nervous, I was stopped to-day by a guard, who would not recognize a pass from Gen eral Hastings. He asked me to walk back a mile to see the Sheriff. I could not help speaking sharply to the man, but in an in stant I regretted it He was a man Doing His Duty, who had lost his own family. "What man could not admire such devotion to principle under such a dire calamity? I could go on grinding out little details of the kind I have been relating by the yard. The reporters have become such hardened people that to see one body pulled out is nothing at all. The boys are continuallv 'looking for bigger items than this. The sympathy o! people here is universal. The calamity has been so general that the sufferers feel that everybody has been treat ed alike. Grouped together, the sorrows of each other assist in keeping up the strength and courage of all. In the excitement and hurry of the present Loss of Friends Is Forgottenj but the time will come, when it is all over, and the busy world gradually drifts back to business, forgetful that such a town as Johnstown ever existed, then it is that the sufferers will realize what they have lost Hearts then -will be fnll of grief nnd de spair, and the time for sympathy will be at hand. Michael'Martin was one of those on the hillside when the water was plowing -through the town. The spectacle was ap palling. Women on the hills were shriek ing and wringing their hands in fact, peo ple beyond reach of the flood made more noise than the unfortunate creatures strug gling in the water. The latter, in trying to save themselves, hadn't time to cry and shriek. Michael Martin said: What Michael Martin Snw. "I was on the hillside and watched the flood. You ask me what it looked like. I can't tell. I sever saw such a scene before and never expect to again. On one of the first houses that struck the bridge there was standing a woman wearing a white shawl. When the house struck the bridge she threw uj) her hands and fell back into the water. A little boy and girl came floating down on a raft from South Fork. The water turned the raft toward the Kernville hill, and as soon as it struck the bank he jumped -;n the hill, dragging his little sister with him. Both were saved. I saw three men and three women on the roof of a house. When they were passing the Cam bria Iron works the men jumped off and The Women Were Lost. "Mr. Overbeck left his family in McMil lan's row an d swam to the clubhouse. Then he tried to swim to Monell's residence and was drowned. His family was saved. At the corner of the company store a man called for help for two days, but no one could reach him. The voice finally ceased, and I suppose he died. Bose Clark was fastened in trie debris at the bridge. Her coolness was remarkable, and she was more calm than the people trying to get her out 7 " - w 't I " "- --- "-.f &w w. ... , .-..,. m VVMMMN 4AW1U Uigjinutu ViU I UtUlCU, I Knmrpnn.thin TTMnU.t -E... .SflB w She begged them to out her leg off. One man worked six hours before she was re leased. She had an arm .and leg broken. I saw three men strike the bridge and go down. "William Walter was saved. He was anchored on Main street, and he saw about i Two Hundred People In the Water. He believes two-thirds of them were drowned. A frightened woman clung to a bush near him. Her long hair stood straight out About 20 people were holding on to trees in the neighborhood, but most of them were lost." John Bees, a policeman, got ont on the roof of his honse. In a second afterward the building fell in on his wife and drowned her. She waved a kiss to her husband and then died. Two servant girls were bnrned in the Catholic priest's house. The church also was consumed. Pat Lovell lost two children. His house is still lying near the depot, having caught on as old foundation there. He stayed for 24 hours and pushed the debris away with a pole. The Weaver and Caswell families got out on the roof of their double house and all were saved. There were 14 of them. Isbael. UBDER MAETIAL LAW. The Ruins of Johnstown In the Hands of the Militia No One Allowed On, tho Streets at Night Several Pil ferers Arrested and Warned. ITBOH JL STAFF COBBXSPOjrDINT. J Johnstown, June 4. The town is now in the hands of the militia and the deputy sheriffs, and it's safe to say that Johnstown never had more protectors of the peace with in her borders than she has at present The sheriff has issued a proclamation, and all persons who don't observe it will get a taste of martial law. The proclamation issued to-day by Sheriff J. P. Steineman is as fol lows: The hand of Providence has fallen heavily upon the citizens of Johnstown and vicinity. The survivors of the disaster are in need of food, shelter and clothing. There is a disorder ly element of foreigners seeking opportunity to commit acts of vandalism. Now, therefore, I. the High Sheriff of Cambria county, do issue this, my proclamation, calling npon all good citizens of the county to assist in pre serving the peace and alleviating the wants of the suffering survivors. After nightfall all citizens will keep off the streets of Johnstown and neighboring boronghs. I have called on the Governor to send troops here to assist in preserving peace if necessary. No Mercy Shown to Pillagers. The deputy sheriffs and the police officers of the town were given orders not to allow any one to pass through the lines of the city proper. The deputies were armed with guns, and the men given to understand that no mercy was to be shown pillagers, by whom the city is now overrun. The depu ties stated that they would shoot anybody on sight who was found in the honses of the drowned people. This had the effect of mak ing Johnstown a very quiet place to-night. The Fourteenth Begiment, which was posted at different parts, was not called on to quell any disorder. A great many people who lived in Johns town, and who bad business over near Cam bria City to-night, protested against the order prohibiting them from passing through the lines. There was no help for it, however, and they had to remain on this side all night One of the Hardships. One man who said he wanted to get to his wife and family, from whom he had been separated since Friday, and by whom he was mourned as dead, tried to pass through the lines, but failed. He then made a de tour of the vicinity and approached Johns town from the southern end. Whether he succeeded in waking his family up and joy-, fully surprising them in the middle of the night, may be conjectured. Another man was shot at by the guard, but he wasn't hit Lieutenant Leggett, ot the Fifth Begi ment, N. G. P., of Johnstown, with a squad of 30 men, took possession of the debris gorge, early this morning, and suc ceeded in saving a number of people's val uables from being stolen. His men arrested seven men who had picked up articles of silverware, etc The men were released for the first offense, and warned not to go down on the debris again. One of the new guards shot at a man who refused to move away from the place where he was searching. The shot did not take effect, bnt the man didn't give the guard an opportunity to get another crack at him. McSWIGAtf. TEN THOUSAND PEE1SEED. Tho Estimate of an Eyewitness, Who Had nn Awful Experience. IFBOICl 6TAFF COBBESFOirDErT.J Johnstown, June 4. Frank Flick, Superintendent of the-Calumet Iron Com pany, of Chicago, and Silas McCloud, a prominent merchant of that city, were among the guests at the Hurlburt House at the time of the flood. In a conversation with the writer this morning, Mr. Flick gave an accorlnt of his experience at once graphic and terrible "Ten thousand people beyond a doubt J succumbed to the ravages of the flood," said Mr. Flick, "and instead of the accounts sent out by the papers being exaggerated they were the very reverse. I was on the streets of Johnstown 10 minntes before the flood in all its fury burst upon the city. Twenty thousand people had heard the fearful warn ing -that the dam was about to burst and were fleeing to the mountains for safety. That more than half of them could have escaped to the higher ground before the water submerged the Talley seems to me an absolute impossibility. For this reason lam inclined to belieye with Adjutant General Hastings that 10,000 lives have been lost "Why, sir, there were fully 2,500 people fled with us, and yet when we reached a place of safety not more than 500 could be seen within a radius or a mile, nor would one-third of this number have been among the saved had it not been for the heroic work of an old river man who dragged scores of people out of the waters near the base of the hill by means of a rope which he threw in and pulled out a score of times freighted with half dead human beings, himself in imminent danger of succumbing to theinfuriated and demoniacal waves,beat ing about him on every side "After we had reached the land in safety, we made our way to a forest amid the hills where an immense blazing fire was built Divesting ourselves of our water-soaked raiment, in the costume of onr first parents, we stood about and shivered until our clothes had been thoroughly dried. Then we donned them and did all in our power to relieve our fellow sufferers." ( Connelly. The America. Clnb'i Good Work. tFBOlt A STAFF COBBXSFOXSEXT.J Johnstown, June . H. W. English said that the Americas Clnb had 40 men at Johns town. Tbe clnb has sent ont already ten cars. They shipped a carload of cooked meat over the Baltimore and Ohio. Theolubls sending ont cars every daj. PITTSBURG-. "WEDNESDAY, JUNE' 5, 1889. K DEEDS Six Ghouls Captured in the Act of Robbing Graves. THEY ARE ARRESTED; And an Angry Mob Attempts. to Try Them by Lynch Law. $. ALL ARE LODGED IN JAIL rmOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. Johnstown, June 4. Another dastardly deed has been committed by a horde of un godly foreigners, who were caught in the act of robbing dead people in the cemetery of Morrellville, The first rumors of grave robbing were murmured around different places this after noon, and Lieutenant Leggett, of Company H, Filth Begiment, N. G. P., was immedi ately ordered to investigate the matter. Just at the moment when the doughty little officer had his men in line to march off to' the cemetery, a woman came running along the Pennsylvania Bailroad crying so bit terly that the outbursts of her grief would have aroused the sympathy of a stone. I was standing on the Pennsylvania Bail road bridge when the woman, whose name I afterward found to be Mrs. Horner, came running along. As soon as she saw Lieu tenant Leggett she ran toward him. "For God's sake, Captain," she said. "There are some fellows robbing my husband's body in his grave. Please" do come and stop them." Created a Genuine Sensation. The word created a sensation among the crowd, which plainly indicated that every body felt like lynching the inhuman brntes. Lieutenant McBoberts and Lieutenant Leg gett and a number of Pittsburg policemen at once ran toward Morrellville, followed.by a crowd of people. I slowly followed the people, with Mrs. Horner. "They buried my husband 'this after noon," she told me going along the road, "and I was at his, grave for a few minutes after, when the men came up. They rudely pushed me aside, and I began to remon strate with them. They told me that they bad the authority to do whatever they chose to." In the meantime we reached the ceme tery, and at the entrance of the gate I saw six men, closely guarded by a number of policemen, but an angry crowd was con stantly and closely behind them, and All Kinds of Menaces were uttered by the people. "Lynch the fellows," "Heme's a lamp post," '"Hang, them," "Striyg them up," such and efen stronger expressions were heard all around, bnt the police succeeded in keeping every body at bay until they crossed the pontoon bridge. The news of the arrest of the six men had rapidly spread everywhere, and when the men arrived at the bridge there were a lot of men awaiting the officers and their pris oners. Unfortunately for the situation the men had to go over the bridge in pairs, and the officers could not keep the crowd away from the grave robbers. The men let the officers heading the posse pass over the bridge, and then a man with a revolver in his hand jumped forward, cutting the prisoners off. ''Now you die, yon grave robbers!" he shouted, and at the same time Bo Fulled the Trigger, but his pistol missed fire, and before he could shoot again the officers had turned around, and they once more regained the upper hand. It was a desperate moment and quick action was required on the part of the po lice. Hurriedly they hustled their men through the crowd, pushing them with their maces until they at last succeeded to get them into the tent of General Hastings. From here they were placed in the hands of the Johnstown police, to be lodged in the temporary jail fixed up for that purpose. The angry crowd continued to follow, but they were thwarted in their efforts. Heinbichs. STEUNG UP BY THE MCE. Another ot the Worse Than Beastly Hun garians Meet. His Fate. IFBOH A STAFF COBBESFOHDXNT. Johnstown, June 4. The exhibitions of lawlessness that have taken place have been told in the columns of The Dis patch, and some of them appear elsewhere this morning, i One startling case is reported to-night from Sheridan station, five miles below Johnstown. Lewis Hogan, an at tendant at the Bedford Street Hospital, is authority for it A Hungarian was caught maltreating a corpse, and was at once Strang up by the neck by an infuriated crowd, and riddled with bullets, ihe authority for the story was a participant in the vengeance wreaked on the fiend. This is an extreme case, but it indicates to what lengths things might go if not held with a firm, hand. The persons who come to prey on -the town are numerous, and would be more so if there was any laxity in pun ishing them. Simpson. MRS. GENEEAL IEW WALLACE Said to Hivo Been Drowned on Board of tho Fatal Limited. OTtOM A STAFF COBEESPOOTJEKT. Johnstown, June 4. This afternoon I met Brainard Bovison, of Indianapolis, a prominent iron man of that city, and a friend of President Harrison. He states that Mrs. Lew Wallace, the wife of the au thor of "Ben Hur," was in the fatal limited that was washed away. She is certainly dead. General Wallace is in Washington, and is greatly alarmed about his wife. Mr. Bovison was in seaVch of Mollie'Bichards. The body of her sister Carrie was reoWercd on Monday. 1L ' v4- The young ladies are daughters of Mr. Richards, of the Hecla Copper Compaliy on Lake Superior. TheylefttheirhomeinlYpsi lanti last week to visit some of their friends in the Cambria Iron Company. They ap rived here on. Wednesday, in time) to 'be caught and killed in the flood. Thfcy- were in the Hurlburt House when the torrent washed them away. Mr. Bovisbn, their uncle, is almost distracted; ISBAED. THE LIST STILL GROWS. .Over 3,200 Dead 'Bodfes Handled at the Morgues A Farther List orThoso Iden tified Sad Errands of Survivors.' rrnou a staff corresponhext.i Johnstown, June 4. The list of dead bodies handled at the different morgues up to G o'clock to-day nuinbers over 3,200. Each hour swells the list, and it is expected that by to-morrow "the nnmber will reach 4,000 corpses. The scenes at the morgues to-day were about the same as those wit nessed yesterday and Sunday. There were few startling incidents. One man who was at the morgue on Fourth street said that he was in search of his affi anced wife, who had just come to this country from Europe She arrived in this city Monday week last, and was stopping with a lady friend on Main sTreet The young man stated his name was Gustave Ulrick, and he had arranged to be married to the lady next Sunday. He had corn completed all his arrangements, but the Jflood of Friday dashed his hopes to the 6uuuu uy urowmag uuf Bweeuienre. The Jtirl was 20 years of age and her parents live in Germany. She has no relatives.in this country. The yonng man was crazed with grief, and could not control his emotion. At the Pennsylvania Bailroad morgue an bid woman, who was probably 70 years of age, was looking for some trace of her son with whom she lived in Woodvale. Her husband and three other sons died within the past two years, and the one she was look ing for was her only support He was home with her on Friday afternoon. "When the Storm came up she was swept away with the house, but was picked up at a point below Lockport. Her son affectionately bade her good-by '. when the waters swept the house away. ' At the Fourth street charnel house 41 bodies were received up to four o'clock. The names of those who were identified are: W.B.HABBIS.' SOPHIA BLOUGH. 30HN COBTAJN. who was the agent of P. 1). Nickerton & Co. JOHN EOALE. . " J. C. WEAKLAND. W. SPITZ. CAPTAIH J. A MORROW, of Mt Savage, Md. D. W. LAYTON. A LADY supposed to be Mrs, Murphy. CARRIE DIEHL. C. P. ST. JOHN. JENNIE WELLS. The undertakers at the Pennsylvania Bailroad morgue handled the bodies of the following persons, who were identified: ALICE KENNA. HAUTIE H. SMITH, ol Osborne, O. CATHERINE and PATRICK MYERS. EMANUEL BLOUGH, CHARLES MUIR. J. S. BUCHANAN. DAVID SWANEY. FRANK SEIBERT. JOSEPH POTTER; Sn. MARGUERITA WINTON. MARrHA MORGAN. MRS. MARY KEEDY. MRS. ROSE ZELLER. MRS. AGNES MCDOWELL. CAMPBELL PAYTON. CHARLES BISHOP. GEORGE MCDOWELL. JENNIE PAYTON. SAMUEL E. HAULKAMP. "here were about 50 who were not identi 3ed. ' " - " At St. Columbus morgne 17 bodies were re ceived. Those Identified were EMMA NIXON, grand-daughter of A. J. Haws, one of the prominent millionaires of the town. MRS. HENRY KRATZER. MRS. EDWARD HOWE, of Railroad street. whohad546onherpergon. She is the mother of tbe ex-treasurer of Cambria county, Thomas E. Haws. MRS. LAMBERT, of Chestnut street MRS. FINNOLL. MRS. PEARCE. JULIA BISHOP. JOSEPH SLICK. MRS. LOUTHMAN. J. WEISSE AND SON. KATIE FRANK. Some of the people recovered at Nineveh are: FRANK WOOLFORD. JOHN SHUFFLEIN. E. J. MELDRIN, Blackllck station. EDWARD JUST. MRS. MABYFITZPATRICK. MRS. FRANK FLECKENSTEIN. MRS. GARVES MRS. JOHN HEMHAM. WILLIAM OAFFNEY. CHARLES BO YOE. MAGGIE FB1TZ. SMITH McCLAREN. W. J. Gilmore and his brother Abraham are the only survivors of a family of nine persons. The names of the lost are: ANTHONY A GHiMORE. A L. GILMORE. W. H. GILMORE. FRANCIS GILMORE. MRS. PROSSERnee GILMORE. FRANCES FIELD, her niece. The following additional people are re--ported as being lost: MRS. MOSES OWEN AND SDX CHUr DREN, 53 Conemaugh street Johnstown. CHARLES DELANEY AND MOTHER, Johnstown. DR. H. W. MARBURG, father-in-law of Lieutenant Leggett 122 Market street MR. AND MRS. HINES AND TWO CHIL DREN. THE FINK FAMTLY, Conemaugh street. It is authoritatively reported that 20 mem bers of Company H, Fifth Begiment, are drowned. Among those known to have perished are: PRIVATE W. N. NORN. ROBERT MrLLER, formerly a resident of Jersey City and who worked at the Cambria mill, is one of the latest reported dead. He is said to have lost his wife and two children. ELIZABETH BURKHART, mother of Roberjc Miller, is reported among the drowned; also her son Charles. At Nineveh morgue it was reported that nearly 300 additional bodies had been re ceived. Very few of them were identified on account of the features being unrecog nizable. At Kernville and the Millville morgues there were about a dozen more-re ceived. Upon the hill where the bodies were being interred five of them have been lying on the ground since yesterday await ing identification by friends. The coffins were placed out upon the ground and no one left to guard them from the destroying hands of vandals. The bodies, when sot identified, are interred in ground owned by the Cambria Iron Company and under the latter's direction. McSwioan. THE DEBRIS MUST BE BURNED. No Other Way .to Get Kid of Six Acres of Dlienie. tFBOlt A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.! Johnstown, June 4. Dynamite had little effect on the gorge where so many vic tim Jof the flood are burned to death. Per sons with sensitive nostrils declared to-day that a stench was already arising from it, and it has almost been decided that the six acres of debris must be bnrned. There seems to tie no other way to get rid of it SCOTT IS CIF The Pittsburg Goionei is Now in Entire Charge. MR. MOXHAM RESIGNS The State Board of Health is Looking After the Sani tary Situation. A WARNING ORDER ISSUED. rFBOM A STAFF COEBESF01TDEXT.J 'Johnstown, June 4. Colonel James B. jo: Scott, of the Pittsburg Chamber of Com merce, is now in command of the town. President Moxhan. resigned and Colonel Scott was unanimously chosen for the place at a meeting held this afternoon. There were some local jealousies, but the real reason for the Moxham resignation was the fact that the business oi the Johnson Switch Company is demanding 'his immediate at tention. It is the desire of the company to start their works as soon as possible, and Mr. Moxham's presence is necessary to the ex pedition of business. Because of the local jealousies it was deemed better to have an outsider at the head of affairs. General Hastings was warmly supported by some, but wonld not permit his name to be used and the choice of the meeting centered on Mr. Scott, who has been doing the excellent work at Morrelville. Pittsburg Commended. There were many warm words for Pitts burg during the progress of the meeting. Her services in behalf of the sufferers are great, and "are recognized by everyone in Johnstown. There are more Pittsbnrgers here than any others. The Chamber of Commerce is the backbone of the relief movement, and Pittsbnrgers and those from that vicinity are in charge everywhere. It was in recognition of this that a Pittsburg man and a member of the Chamber of Com merce was chosen to take charge of tbe government of the devastated city and its surroundings. General Hastings pledged the same ac tive snpport to Mr. Scott that he has given Mr. Moxham, and others did the same, ac companying it with the statemont that Gov ernor Beaver has in his possession $250,000' that is subject to the orders of the local committee. Mr. Moxham remained with Mr. Scott for some time after the meeting, explaining to -him the machinery of the existing government, and a meeting of the, chairmen of the various committees was calledjnto consultation with the new dic tator. The First Command. All committees and officers are continued virtually as they have existed until further notice. As soon as Mr. Scott was elected he announced that those who can assist are asked to stay and those who cannot assist must go. "All right," exclaimed Captain Jones, jumping up with a good natured smile on his countenance, "I'll take the next train," but the new autocrat quickly replied, "twill first exercise my power as dictator, by ordering you to take your seat." Captain Jones satown. The Sheriff's proclamation, the arrival of the Fourteenth Begiment, and the election of Mr. Scott have placed things on an en tirely different footing. Though martial law has existed in name it has not existed in fact. The guard have beeen lax and people have gone about with a great deal of free dom, and quite necessarily the sheep with the goats. Mr. Moxham has done every thing within the power of a man with the material at hand. There will be different material now in charge and the lawless ele ment will be held in check from now on. Thanks for Mr. Moxham. Mr. Moxham's efforts have been heartily appreciated, and on retiring to-day the local gentlemen in attendance on the meeting voted him, on behalf of the citizens of the vicinity, their hearty thanks. Mr. Moxham responded by saying he had done nothing that would would not have been done by anybody who was half a man, and he re quested all who had served under him to continue at their posts under Mr. Scott un til he could make his own arrangements. The Secretary of the State Board ol Health is of the opinion that the bodies taken out of the rivers after to-morrow cannot be held for identification, but must be buried at once. He has fears for the health of places on the streams below here, and to-day issued the following proclamation: The State Board of Health of Pennsylvania has satined itself that tbe waters of tbe Cone maugh, Allegheny and Ohio rivers must becomo contaminated as a result of tbe recent disas trous flood at Johnstown. I therefore earnestly urge all persons who are obliged to depend upon these streams for their water to use no water for household purposes that has not been previously boiled. By order of the board, Benjamin Lee, Secretary and Executive Officer. Work of the Sanitary Board. The sanitary corps has secured a place for a depot of supplies not far from the general headquarters, and it is at the latter place that Dr. Lee will make his own headquar ters. Dr. Matthews, of Johnstown, is at the head of the local sanitary corps, and it is supposed will be continued in that capac ity by the new dictator, as the gentleman at the head of the local government is now termed. Dr. Matthews is assisted by an other local physician and a corps often laborers. The depot being a building that had been badly wrecked by the flood at first had to be prepared for occupancy. To-morrow the work of distributing disinfectants will be commenced. The city will be districted for efficient work. Dr. Baker, of Pittsburg, and 13 sanitary police, are here, but were put to work as guards. To-morrow Dr. Lee will have them under his command. "There are other people who can do the guard duty just as well," he said. "These men are needed here for other purposes of greater importance. Johnstown has so regular health officer and I suppose for the present I must act in that capacity. No one can Transport Bodies From Here without a certificate from the health offi EPS A SPLENDID MEDIUM. cer and I will have the necessary printed forms here to-morrow. Thai bodies in the debris musf be in very bad shape by this time. A few warm days would produce a condition of things that would spread pesti lence far and wide It will be necessary probably as early as to-morrow or the day after to inter bodies as fast as they are recov ered. This is necessarily hard on the rela tives. In fact it is terrible but the living must not h7crificed for the dead. The stateofarjofejsctis indicated in the fact tha6TH.a very strong odorattheVte.; "j f tte company store buiH7ZLi7"DngfSwrsL a premonition of things thai'50 Dr. Lee has received the folhs5 gram from Burgeon General Hanfisgn: "This bureau is ready to render any aid in its power If yon desire it. I have ordered Dr. Carrington from Pittsburg and he will con fer with you. You may retain him for a few days if you need his services." Simpson. A DRUNKEN MOB Attacks Prominent Citizens of Cambria, Shooting One and Nearly Drowning Another, Mistaking Them for Robbers. FEOSI A STAFF COERESPONDEXT.J Johnstown, June 4. About 9 o'clock: last night a gang of men broke into a freight car, loaded with whisky, which was standing on a siding at Bolivar, and stole several barrels of the "red 'eye." They rolled one of them down toward Bolivar bridge and there tapped it by knocking out the bung dn'd they then proceeded to get gloriously drunk on the whisky, and in a few minutes were ripe for any deviltry. Upon seeing a gang of men down on the riv er bank they immediately started toward them. One of the drunken men shouted: "There are some Huns down there rob bing corpses. Let's give them a ducking in the river." He had no sooner said this than one of his companions drew a revolver from bis pocket and flourishing it in the air, started for the supposed Huns. The latter were unaware of tbe crowd coming down upon them, and the first they knew of it was when they heard a shot abont 50 yards from where they were- The men looked up In surprise, and one of them ducked his head-as he heard the bullet whist ling past his ear. The Drunken Hoodlnms Began to YeH at the supposed robbers, anifthe man with the pistol fired another shot. This time tho ball took effect in the shoulder of. one of the men, who nttered a piercing yell of pain as be felt the sting of the bullet. One of his companions by this time had drawn a revolver and returned the fire of the man on the bank. In a few sec onds the drunken" individuals were almost upon the searchers, who did not scare worth a cent. The former then saw that the men were not Huns, bnt as they thought they were robbers, it made little difference to them, and they pro ceeded to carry ont their threat to throw them In the river. The little crowd of searchers naturally ob jected to the cold bath in view of the fact that two of them had been In the river for abont two hours Friday afternogn. One of the drunken men grabbed hold of a searcher and attempted to throw him off the mess debris upon which they were standing. -Aright then ensued be tween both' parties. Several shots were ex changed by tbe men with the revolvers, bnt with the exception of the man who received the bullet In the shoulder, no shots took effect. One of tbe attacking party was by some means precipitated into the river, and before he could be rescued by his companions be waa swept away by the current. Another of the Intoxi cated citizens was thrown into the water, but ho managed to catch upon the debris, and was pulled out of the water. It was then discov ered that the men who, had been attacked were , Weil-Known Residents. of Cambria City and Mlllvalle. Two of the men bad lost their whole families, while an other succeeded in saving none but his wife Thebodles of several of the latter's children had been found near where the men were searching, and it was supposed that others might be found at the same place. The man wbo received the bullet in bis shoulder lived in Cambria and was taken to a house in Bolivar, where it was sup posed a physician could be found. The man wbo had done tbe shooting was sober by this time and wanted to carry bis victim on bis back where he conid be treated properly. Upon as cending me oank trie wnissy was discovered, and with one accord the men attacked the bar rel again, bnt in a different manner from the first attack. Several of them got large stoner. After knocking: the head In they allowed tbe liquor to run out, and afterward started the barrel rolling down the hill into the river. It has since been ascertained that the man who was shot was Thomas Tempora, whose house was swept away with his whole family. He was almost crazed at his loss, and the bullet in the shoulder will prevent him from search ing for tbe bodies. Nobody knew who the shooter was. McSwioan. STILL DIGGING OUT TE DEAD. Two Hundred More Bodies Found at Nine veh and Several at Other Paints. rFEOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.! Johnstown, June 4. Bodies are still being recovered between New Florence and Johnstown. Solar as could be learned no corpses have been fonnd at Derry, Bolivar or Blairsville. The people in these places are still searching, but the mud and debris is so deep that nothing of any account can be done. At Sheridan station a piano was lifted up and three bodies were found under it At Morrelville some boys digging in the sand unearthed another corpse. About 15 were recovered at this place altogether. Coroner Ambrose holds inquests on the bodied as soon as recovered. Eight bodies were recovered at Lacolle, 30 were found at New Florence on Sunday, 14 on Saturday and there were three found on Monday. None were iound to-day. One of the bodies at New Florence was recognized as Bopp, a saloonkeeper of Johnstown. Mr. Brainerd Bovison said that H. P. Wasson, a prominent drygoods merchant of Indianapolis, was on the day express which was washed away. At least nothing has been heard of him since he left He states also that a public meeting was held in Indianapolis on Monday and $3,000 was subscribed at once. This amount has been swelled to $10,000. At Nineveh nine more bodies were found. One was recognized as Miss Harney, of Greensburg. About 258 bodies are now lying ia this place Coroner Hammer is there and he holds inquests as the bodies are found. I met the coroner's clerk with the names of 200 of the dead. I tried in every possible manner to get the list, but without avail. The4.S0 per body in the business was more important than to have these names scattered broadcast The young man snouiu nave a- tin mco-j. ior devotion to duty. Israel. SIGHTSEERS IN 7HE WAT. The Militia Disperse Thent by Threats of Instant DeaiU. t FROM A STAFF COBBESIT1NDENT.1 Johnstown, June 4. Tfc Vsy has been prolific of incidents of more iul ordinary interest The work of blsstlrrg the debris from about the stone bridge was greatly in terfered with by the immense numbers of curiosity seekers who throngect the bridge About 3 o'clock Lieutenant Leggett com manding a squad of the Fifth Begiment, National Guards of Pennsylvania,, marched upon the bridge, and drawing hia men in line, ordered everybody bni the militia men from the bridge ou p&m of Instant death! Such a scattering as followed has not been witnessed here since the. disaster ee-curred. it "W.A2CTS 01 any kind can beet ba satisfied by advertise ia the colnmni of The Di- THREE CENTS in Many of Them Brought to Pittsburg for Shelter. SCENES IN A CHURCH. The Second Presbyterian Temple Made a Place of Welcome. IMPOSTERS WERE THERE. Childless Married People Seek ing for Children They May Adopt A RIOT IS EVADED HERE TrouWe Oier the Departure of laborers to Clear Up the Dehris. THIS CITY LOSES S500m A Graphic Story Told by a Passenger of tha Wreck of the Day Express A Wall of. Water Fifty Feet High Sweeps Down the Valley Two Old Ladles Drowned The Fourteenth Begiment, Sent to theFIooded District to Preserve Order, bat It Mm. ters Less Than Three Hundred Men More Troops May be Needed Yet. "Five hundred refngees from Johnsiowa are expected to arrive in Pittsburg to-night Without 'bomes or money, many without father or mother, sister or brother, and hungry for food," was the message deliv ered late yesterday forenoon by the General Belief Committee to the ladies at tha Chamber of Commerce No instructions were necessary. If noble, brave and tender hearted can be applied to the men of Pitts burg, whoalmost as one man have rushed to the aid of suffering humanity; if stolid, men who have not wept for years will weep for unknown dead, and caress with almost filial devotion one who has-sulTered at r' S others have, what words can do justice to the mothers of these same men, the women of Pittsburg. The Women Were Heady. They were unfaltering tongues that made the reply, "We shall be ready," they willing hand3 that went to work to fulfill the promise. It seemed as though all tho pent-up emotions, the charity and com passion of a lifetime were displayed. Mes sengers were sent to all parts of the city. Into the fashionable homes of the East End,' to Allegheny, to Mt "Washington and all parts of the city. Soon the ladie3 came, ISO of them, all prepared. A Harbor of Refnge. The Second Presbyterian Church. Penn avenue and Seventh street was chosen for the reception of the refugees. Tables were improvised eight of them with accommo dations for 400. On them was set cakes, bananas, oranges, with a tincup, knife; fork and spoon at each place. In an impro vised kitchen were the solid and more sub stantial foods and the dainties for the sick; With their aprons on ready for work were colored cooks. In the hall were cases upon cases of bread, bundles of clothing and other supplies. The Committees In Charge. The ladies at once formed themselves into various committees, and went to work with, a business-like spirit to provide ior tha reception of the unfortunate people. The Executive or Central Committee was formed first, and consisted of Mrs. H. C. Campbell, chairman, Mrs. W. McCreery and Mrs. Q. A. Kelly. The Dining Boom Committee consisted of Mrs. E. A. Grapp, and Mesdames Burt, Bonnet, Leifcher, J. T. Patterson, Tanner, McDowell, Millon, Lenhart, N. Patterson, Hamilton, Long and Jemison. The members of the Supply Committee were Mrs. J. B. Herron, Chairman, and Mesdames A. P. Burchfield, William Emery, John McCreery, Joseph MoNaugb ton, John Young, P. Beyner, A. W". Book and Sellers McKee. The Directory Committee was composed of Mrs. George A. Kelly, Chairman, Mrs. Allen Kerr, Mhs Maggie Park, Miss May Swift Mrs. Sarah Scott Mrs. Boba Brown and Miss Margaret Clark. The Clothing Committee consisted of Mrs. Donnell, Chairman, Miss McCreery, Mrs. Gorman, Mrs. J. Irwin, Mrs. A. Alston, Mrs. A. H. Wallace, Mrs. Wylie Steven .son, Mrs. Lee H. Mason. Where They Will Go. Arrangements were then made for theV reception of the homeless, with the follow ing institutions: Helping Hand, 175 Federal street AUetteny.i 15 persons. Home for Friendless, Washington street, Allegheny, 60 persons. Boys Home Anderson street 12 persona. Christian Home, 133 Locust street 6 persons. ' Emmanuel Church, Allegheny avenue and North. 30 persons. Allegheny General Hospital, Stockton ave nue, id persons. Colored Orphans' Home Walnut street, Alle gheny, 20 persons. Home for Children, 96 Washington street. ' Pittsburg. SO persons. t Orphans' Asylum. Ridge aad Grant streets. Allegheny, 15 persons. -r -t Homoeopathic Hospital, Fourth avesno, 3S 31 -? H I 3I ,cAi jSL
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