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tlie streets and trying to get temporary
bridges ready. .
The Coroner will liold an inquest to-morrow
and take testimony. The majority of
the manufacturing establishments that Tvere
either partlr or totally destroyed will he
rebuilt at once, and this will give immediate
employment to a larpe number of men.
Bice, Robinson & Fo?gan, refiners, have
already piven orders for considerable ma--tcrial,
and will make their refinery more
complete than before. Hon. J. P. Thomas,
owner of the International Refinery, will
be here from St. Louis to-morrow, but the
Secretary of the compauy, H. P. liowald,
says the works will be rebuilt. The Cres
cent Refinery is in complete ruins, and Mr.
Sehwartz has made no plans for the fujure.
Mistakes In the Identifications.
A report was current to-night that a mis
take had been made in reference to the identi
fication of the remainsof three of the Binceu
lieimer family. It is stated that three mem
bers of the "Whalon family have been buried
in the Itiugenhcimer coffins. As the re
mains of the members of this family were
charred beyond recognition it is tuought
that the authorities will not allow the grave
to be opened.
Joseph Seep, who returned from the Con
ference Committee at Oil City states that
the Pittsburg and Philadelphia committees,
alter consultation with local committees of
Titusville and Oil City, decided to give
Titusville 65 per cent of the relief fund and
Oil City 35 per cent.
The prompt action of the joint commit
tee will save an immense amount of trouble
in the future. The Relief Committee is pro
vidinc for S00 destitute people, and the con
tributions of cloth'ns that were received
from Buffalo and Meadville to-dav will very
materially assist the ladies in their grand
work. Pirrilt
WORK OF THE WOMEN.
The Relief Committee Ald Many of the
SnQerlns Tlio Wealthy Torn Out T.n
Ilafse to Contribute to the Welfare of
th Devastated Community.
Titusville. June 8. r.$jirf. The
work of the "Women's Belief Committee
reveals the fnll horrors of the destitution,
misery and sufiering at the Hats. There is
no attempt to systematize the plan ofreliefl
All that is required is appeal for help.
These hardy Pennsylvania working people
are averse to making known their poverty
and this adds another hill of difiicnlty to
the many which the philanthropic and over
worlced committee are climbing;. The relief
headquarters are in Old City HalL
This evenins it was filled with anxious
mothers with their families. In the center
of each little weeping group was to be found
a listener with rcadv cars and pencil, and
none went away that did not carry more
than their arms could comfortably hold,
and, had they desired it, they could have
returned for more. Titusville has not
waited for heln from abroad. It was a
curious sight to see the carriages of wealthy
men driving through the flats loaded with
the novel burden of tubs, brooms, buckets
and potatoes.
The ruined district is practically aban
doned to the clearing laborers, the sight
teers 'and a few women who wander dis
consolately around the scenes of their fromer
home-happiness, telling each other how
lovely were the little houses with which
they had surrounded themselves. The
moment a member of the Belief Commit'ee
appeared she was seized and perforce had
to climb stairs up and down. Here had
been a cozy parlor, there a completely ap
pointed kitchen or a newly built addition.
The people seem in a halt" childish state,
and show more relish for a kind word or a
touch of the hand' than lor a well-stocked
market basket.
Mrs. Cadwallader, prominent in the Be
lief Committee, said to-day that money was
the most pressing need. Contributions
offered for clothing have been pouring in.
livery wardrobe was robbed of its abun
dance, every larder of its plenty. In the
iirst confusion everyone premeditated the
formation of a chief "committee so 'that at
first there were a dozen or so committees
working unwittingly at cross purposes.
They have all coalesced to-day and aflairs
are in spick-span shape.
FrounJIeadville came a carload of pro
visions and clothing to-day and several in
dividual contributions from Oil City peo
ple. Tnc distress is all gradually "being
grasped in an adequate manner. All the
suffering entailed, though, can never be
told to the public. In the headquarters to
day the women repeated stories and de
scribed scenes in tones of little above
whisper.
GIVING UP THE DEAD.
A Burned Ilndy Taken From the Allegheny
Kiver Near Kennerdel'.
Franklin, June a 5;wciaL The Al
legheny river is slowly givinc up its dead.
The body of a man was taken from the
river near Kcnnerdell, five miles below
this city, to-day. There is no means of
ascertaining his name. The little finger on
his left hand is missing. He was evidently
a laboring man, and was burned about the
head and hands, showing that he is un
doubtedly a victim of the disaster.
The work of searching for the dead among
the debris which lines either side of" the
river is being kept up, and more bodies will
probably be tound. franklin sent 2,000 in
tothe Chairman of the Itelief Committee at
Oil City last evening and other contribu
tions are following it.
CHAHGED THE CSEEK'S CHANNEL.
rifly Teet of the Cliffs Washed Aivny by
the Rush of Waters.
Titcstille, June a The mighty rush
of waters has actually changed the channel
of the creek so that one of the refineries,
which was situated 200 feet from the bank
of the creek, is now in the center of the
new channel and a number of dwelling
houses which were high on the bank
CO feet from the creek are now on the very
edge of the creek because the SO feet in front
of them has been washed away completly.
Scores of men and teams are kept busy to
clear a passage through the streets, which
are filled with pieces of houses and all kinds
of iron and timbers.
BISMAECK HONORED HIM.
rnneral or One to Whom the Prince Once
Sent a Brass Cannon.
Titusville, June a To-day the funeral
of Fred Leures, one of the victims of the
fiood,and his wife and child took place. Mr.
Xieures was the one to whom Prince Bis
marck sent a brass cannon taken from the
French in 1871, for the purpose ot being
cast into a church bell in Titusville.
This was in leturn for the generous con
tributions of the citizens of Titusville to
the Sanitary Commission of the German
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LAST NIGHT'S MEETING.
llie Mayor Requested to Retain the Gnard
Until After Sunday.
OIL Citv, June 8. Special At to-
night's meeting the Mayor was requested to
keep the guard on duty here until after
Sunday night, in view of the many tramps
and vandals that have invaded Oil City.
The Belief Committee was asked by the
Board of Health to aid in clearing away the
rubbish. This was the most important busi
ness transacted to-night. The total of the
relief lund has been increased to 47,000.
S1XIY.0NE ASE MISSING.
Seven Are Addrdto the Fast-Crowing List
ot lltnkTille Victims.
Titusville, June a Special The
following is the authentic list of the miss
ing, which swells the total number to 61:
Mrs. Xewton Orjora, three Whalen chil
dren, two Engelsky children, the Ormer
boy. Doubtless there are many more of
whom no knowledge can be obtained, and
only time will swell the list.
EXTIRPATED FIRES,
The lowering Heavens Open
Their Portals and Bain
Quenches the Flames.
'BUSINESS HAS KESUMED
And Merchants Give Freely to the
Keedy Poor and Destitute.
ACTIVITY PREVAILS IN OIL CITY.
Theories That the Fire Had SeveralSi
multancous Origins.
SIMPIjT A TAPID RISE OP THE WATERS
Irnost a staff connESPOJfDKirr.l
Olij Crrr, June 8. The lowering heavens
opened their portals this evening and rain
poured down in deluges, beating out the
fires that have been steadily burning for the
last 72 hours. The sadness of death still
hangs heavily over the citizens, and the
bustling activity that usually marks this
enterprising place is conspicuous by its ab
sence. The business houses were opened
again to-day, and many instances of private
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philantropy were enacted by merchants
TLOODKD WASHINGTON"
who gave gratuitously of their stores to the
needful ones.
Over the creek in the devastated districts
the scene has been transformed from a spec
tacle of desolation to a scene of activity.
Two hundred men with their axes, picks
and shovels have been working throughout
the day cleaning away the rubbish and zeal
ously searching fr the dead. The reward
of their labor is at times grim and ghastly
touching. Here and there is picked up a
remnant of baby clothing, a half con
sumed Bible, a blistered photograph and oc
casionally a crumbling bone from some con
sumed body. The laborers are stoical to a
certain extent and view with the indiffer
ence of familiarity the awful sights.
Debris Still Floats Downward.
The creek and river is rapidly falling,
and upon the lusty current of the former
splintered debris still floats down from the
scenes of disaster above the city. Sight
seers ot an classes stana upon me many
lofty eminences about the city and view
with wonder the desolated regions.
The scenes about the undertaking estab
lishments are unchanged. Frantic mothers,
grieving fathers, loving wives and ten
der husbands rush into the damp, dark
rooms each time a body is brought in. Oc
casionally an identification takes place and
is followed by scenes of wildest grief.
About 7 o'clock a woman of some 45 years
of age rushed into the undertaking rooms of
Paul & Bro. and fell in.a faint before she
reached the charred remains of a young
man just brought in. "Upon being revived
she viewed the corpse, and, failing to recog
nize the one she sought, burst into tears of
bitter disappointment, and was led away
with her form shaking with sobs.
rnneral Corteges on the Streets.
Funeral corteges pass through the streets
with pathetic frequency. Sometimes the
hearses are followed by a lone line of car
riaces, but more often the mourners, njim
berinc twos and threes, sadly walk beside
the dark vehicle. The interments were
fewer in number to-day, but were none the
less impressive on that account. The
funeral of" Edith Freeman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. C Freeman, occurred this
morning and Mrs. Jolie Hawke's.this. after
noon. The destruction to animal life heretofore
almost unnoticed has been summed up bv
the Board of Health with the result of 150
cats, 75 dogs, nine horses, six cows and
many goats. The banks of the river where
the "water overflowed have many bodies of
dead small animals such as rats, mice, cats,
eta, and many dead fish are also found in
the river and upon the banks. All four
classes of life suffered, the human, animal,
historical and vegetable, as well as minerals
and earthly things. The dual elements had
their ghastly run and everything suffered.
"West.
THEORIES AB0DT THE FIRE.
Several Common Origins Found by a Close
Investigation or 1I13 Facts How tils
Crerk Wag Suddenly Changed Into a
Dltghty Rushing River.
Oil Citv, June a Special Although J
three days have passed no exact and coher
ent account of what occurred has yet ap
peared. The people will tell you that they
were standing on the bridge over Oil creek,
that they were watching its waters rising
and groaning and hissine in their endeavor
to push through the narrow space between
the steep hills, that all at once these waters
spread out to whirl around the cottages of
the laboring men in that low lying district
Then some will say that a flash shot from
the locomotive on the bridge, that the thin,
white mist hanging low over the water
burst into a blaze, and that a roar like the
discharge ofa hundred cannon pushed up
against the sky. A huge cloud of smoke
came, and then everything was on fire, and
that there were terriblecriesand tramplings
and prayers and curses.
Others will tell it differently, but all
agree that the valley was changed in a
twinkling trom a waste ot roaring water to
a sheet of fire, laden with odors anil shrieks,
as though hell had yawned.
Since the flood of fire and water every
thing has been so confused that no definite
inquiry into causes has been made. It was
said that the Spartansburg dam burst, and
there the matter rested. Your correspond
ent is convinced that the bursting of this
dam had little to do with the flood.
Waves Sapped the Uenzino Tanks.
It will be remembered that the rain had
been falling all of Saturday afternoon, and
jthat with the night the downpour drove
every living thing within doors. Then Oil
creek rose and overspread the low-lyin
district 01 xiiusviue. jsoir, tne Spartans
burg dam was a low, weakly-built obstruc
tion across the path of the Oil creek, seven
miles above Titusville, where the hills
closed together to form a basin behind.
This dam made a broad, shallow pool in the
basin, but could scarcely shut in enough
water to release a mighty wave at its bunt
ins:. It is pretty well established that at about
10 o'clock on Saturday evening there was a
cloudburst a half mile above the dam. This,
with the increased volume of water pouring
in from the bulging streams thatemptylnto
the basin, caused the water to fight furiously
for an exit from the basin. The dam was
swept away, but that was only an incident
As this water descended it found relief by
spreading over the level on which Titus
ville is built. There was no huge wave;
there was simply a rapid rise in the creek
that changed it into a river, and made its
waves sap the foundations of benzine tanks,
ordinarily high and dry.
7 lie White Mist on the Benzine.
It is the general belief, established by ex
perience in this oil region, that benzine will
not explode in the open air. The testimony
is that the whole surface of the valley, after
the benzine tanks had discharged their con
tents, was overlaid with a thick white mist
not more than three feet high. It is prob
able that the soggv, water-soaked air would
not permit the gas from the benzine to rise,
but held it in a mass, packd as though in
closed by the iron walls of tanks, and when
the long, white, slowly rising fumes from
this mist touched a hot surface, a bed of
coals for instance, there was an explosion
that shook the valley and stopped nearly
every clock in the town.
It has been shown clearlr tha none of
the fiery water from Titusville reached Oil
City. The benzine and oil discharged from
the Titusville tanks burned itself out near
Titusville. The fire at Oil City, although
of exactly the same character and arisinc
from similar causes, was an independent
fire.
As a further proof that no tidal wave
passed down the Oil Creek Valley, it will
be recalled that the Oil City disaster was
at 11:40 o'clock in the morning, while the
Titusville disaster was at midnight. As
. !,, uvo pia(.es are oniy is mites distant,
I and as the creek was running at a mill-race
the two places are only 18 miles distant,
STREET, TITUSVILLE.
pace, the. tidal wave, had there been one,
would have reached Oil City hours before
the time of the explosion. '
LOSSES, TWO MILLIONS.
What a Ride in the Rain to Rnmevlllo Re
vealedThe Creek Made a Clean Sweep
Through the Town, but No Lives Were
Lost.
Oil Citv, June a Special. Eain fall
ing straight from the heavens envelops this
place to-night with a veil of gloom, and the
T.illey of Oil creek is covered by the same
storm of the elements.' This afternoon, in a
ride to Rouseville, rain poured down con
tinuously and swelled Oil creek a half more
than its normal size. It banks are full of
rubbish which is being swept down by the
current.
Itouseville, once a growing, prosperous
town, is now desolate. No lives were lost,
but the individual losses will excel those of
Oil City in comparison to the size of the
town. The creek made a clean sweep
through it. General "Wiley said this after
noon; "The destruction up the creek is
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ACME REFINERY, TITUSVILLE.
ten times that which has been reported here.
Titusville lot more in an hour than Oil
City did in a day. The heaviest losses in
Oil City were by the large manufacturers,
while those in Titusville were all bv
small capitalists who could not afford t'o
be losersof what they have now sustained."
There is nothing to be written except the
personal experiences of the people who were
in the flood and the losses of the victims.
The former will fill volumes and the latter,
when fully compiled, will aggregate at least
2,000,000.
RELIEF MONEY APPORTIONED.
Sixty-Five Per Cent to Go to Tllnsvltle and
Thirty-Five to Oil City Meeting oritep
re.eme'.ive Citlzsns or Several Inter
ested Cities
Oil Citv, June a Special Repre
sentatives of Oil City, Titusville, Philadel
phia and Pittsburg met to-day in the
National Transit building to discuss
the proportions of relief to be ap
plied in the two suffering cities. Cap
tain J. J. Vandergritt occupied the chair.
Rudolph Blakenburg, of the State Relief
Board, told touchingly of the affliction in
both towns and drew a terse comparison of
their needs. Mr. Seep, of Titusville, con
tinued in the same vein, and when he had
concluded Mr. Hukill, of Oil City, moved
that 65 per cent of the fund be applied to
Titusville and 35 to OH Citv. The nercent-
ape was to be reapportioned if the exigen
cies of the situation required it. In offer
ing the resolution Mr. Hukill said he be
lieved he expressed the sentiments of the
people of Oil City, and the other members
ot tne un uity committee supported him
in that statement.
Mr. Blankcnburg complimented Oil City
for its bcautilul spirit and said he should
be proud to tell the generous offer to the
Philadelphia people. A Conference Com
mittee was appointed composed of two
representatives irom each ot the afflicted
cities. The committee will receive reports
similar to those to be sent to Philadelphia
and Pittsburg of the money received and
expended.
CHICAGO WILL BESPOND.
Mayor Washbnrne V III Retnrn
CompU-
inent A fter 21 Tears.
Titusville, June a Mayor "Washburne
has wired our Mayor that Chicago will do
its part in this hour of our calamity, as
Titusville did in 1871, when Chicago called
on the world for assistance, and Titusville
responded with f 15,000 in cash and a train
load of provisions, etc.
The generous people and places are be
ginning; to send in their contributions to
the Finance Committee or the Mayor di
rect. By far the largest single contribution
so farls from the Standard Oil Company,
namely, f 25,000, which is to be applied to
Titnsville and Oil City and immediate
points.
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A WIFE'S SAD VIGIL.
At the Kuins of Her Former Home
She Awaits the Coming of
HER HUSBAND, LOST IN THE FLOOD.
Endolph Blankentrarg Tells of What He
taw In the Oil Regions.
THE MAYOR CALLS FOR CONTKIBUTIONS
Rudolph Blankenburg and Robert S. Mc
AVade, the sub-committee of the Philadel
phia Relief Committee, returned to Pitts
burg from Titusville and Oil City at 6
o'clock last night. At 8:10 they left for
Philadelphia. Both the Philadelphia
gentlemen were greatly impressed with
what they had seen in the stricken districts.
Both had been to Johnstown in the calamity
of 1889, and both are familiar with the
wrecks of flood and fire.
"I have seen enough misery and distress
to-day to last me a life time," Rudolph
Blankenburg said. "Graphic as are the cor
respondents, their flowing words fairly afire
with correctness, leave the melancholy
picture incomplete. The desolation at
Titusville is greater than at OH City, al
though the Oil City wreck is complete.
The distress there is wide-spread. Hun
dreds of women and children are suffering
for the necessaries of life. Numbed
and dulled by their overwhelm
ing, misfortune, they seem unable to
tell the sad story of their
woes. The dead and dying seem to them as
interesting pictures and the unhappy liv
ing, pricked to the marrow by their own
suffering, are oblivious to the misery of
their fellows and even yet they do not
appreciate the enormity'of the calamity
that has overtaken them.
Women Taralyzed With Grlel".
"At Oil City to-day; I saw women wear
ing the weeds of widows wandering aim
lessly through the ruined section of that
city. They seemed to be going no
where in particular. Their blanched
faces, expressionless as marble, told
in a mutely eloquent way the suffering
that was consuming them. I attempted to
talk with some of those unhappy women,
but I could get from them no information.
Their eyes, from which no teafc had
drained, were burning in their sockets and
all seemed paralyzed with grief.
"One woman sat on the charred and black
ened ruins of her former home. Her hus
band, in his efforts to save his family, had
perished, and his remains have not yet been
found. "With her little boy, probably 4
years old, this woman sat looking into
the ruins. Upon her knee she held her
little son. "When I approached her she was
humming incoherently some childish
lullaby. She showed no evidence of weep
ing. She seemed to look longingly into
space like a frightened doe. AVhile she
caressed her little one her little body
swayed back and forth in constant time with
her doleful song. I had to speak to her
twice before she noticed me. Then she
said she was waiting for her husband. From
a workman nearby I learned that her hus
band had had been lost in the flood. The
expression of that poor woman's face seems
to be standing out before me now. It was
intensely painful. It was distressinglv
sad.'-'
Conference at the Union Dpot.
Before leaving for Philadelphia last night
the Philadelphia Committee met with the
Pittsburg Committee at Superintendent
Pitcairn's office at the "Union Station. It
was decided upon the suggeston of the Oil
City and Titusville Committees to distribute
therelief fund in the proportion of 565 to
Titusville and S35 to Oil City. On this
basis Treasurer Thompson will, this morn
ing, send to the stricken cities $10,000
which has already been placed in his hands.
At the meeting it was decided that the
Mayors of Pittsburg, Allegheny and Phila
delphia will at once issue calls for addi
tional funds. In accordance with this ar
rangement, Mayor Gourley last night
issued the following to the citzens of Pitts
burg: Tlio Pittsburg Relief Committee visited
the Union station this evening for the pur
pose ot meeting our sub-commtttce, Cnptaln
J. J. Vandegritt, John Eaton and Goorge
Iltird, who weio accompanied by ilr. Ku
dolph lllankenbcrg and Sir. Kobert AlcWade,
of Philadelphia, on their return of their
tour of Inspection at Titusville and vicinity.
On their arrival the Pittsburg committee
nnd these gentlemen held a meeting 111 the
office of Mr. Robert Pitcalrn, of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, In order that we might re
ceive from them a report of the situation.
These gentlemen reported that Titusville
has a Relief Committee composed of the best
men of the city, as Is the case In Oil City.
Agreed L'pon the Division.
At a Joint meeting of the committees of
Titusville and Oil City, at which onr sub
committee and the Philadelphia committee
were present, it was unanimously agieed
that all money collected, or to bo collected
for the sufferers should bo divided between
the two cities, 63 per cent being paid to
Titusville and 35 per cont to Oil City. This
basis is entirely satislactory to the commit
tee of each city. It was also unanimously
ngieed that the Oil City comuiu
teo should take charge of all
tlio c.fferers in the territory of Oil City and
up t and Including Petroleum Center; that
tlio titusville committee should take charge
of all the suffers in the territory above that
point. Our committee directed the tieas.
urer of our funds, William K. Thompson, to
forward to-morrow morning siu.uuu, sending
$6,500 to the Itelief Committee of Titusville
and 3,500 to the Itelier Committee of Oil
City.
The sub-committee of our committee that
visited Titusville reports that In Oil City
and vicinity there are about 630 people who
must be cared lor lor some time to come;
they report that in Titusville and vicinity
theic are not less than 750 or 800 persons
that are in similar condition.
In the judgment ot Mr. Rudolph Blanken
berg and Mr. McWade, of Philadelphia, and
Captain J. J. Vandergrilt, Mr. John i-aton
and Mr. George Hurd, of Pittsburg, a large
amount of money will be necessary to meet
the necessities of these stricken people. Oar
committee thereiore urge upon the good
people of our own city the propriety of send
ing their contributions promptly ana liber
ally. Up to this morning's report tuey have
received at oil City ias.uuu.
All checks should lie made to William K.
Thompson, Treasurer, and sent to him at
Fourth avenue and Wood street.
A Victim of Fire and Flood.
The body of an unknown man was found
in the Allegheny river at Natrona yester
day afternoon and from its appearance it is
supposed to be one of the victims ot the oil
country flood. Both hands are burned and
blistered, but it does not look as it it had
been in the water many days.
Coroner McDowell sent word to 'Squire
Drury to hold an inquest in the case and to
get a complete description of the body and
wearing apparel. Before burial, however,
it will be brought to the city for the pur
pose ot possible identification.
THE FUND IS GROWING.
Over 82,000 Collected Testerday for the OH
Country batterers The Committee In
dustriously at Work Arranging for the
Benefit at Carnegie Hall To-Morrow
Sight.
The Allegheny Belief Committee was a
busy body yesterday, and all of the mem
bers worked hard securing aid for the suf
ferers in the oil region. Over $2,000 was
collected yesterday, artd the prospect? are
that the committee will raise at least f 10,000
before they will be satisfied. A meeting
was held in the Mayor's office last evening
and the collectors gave in returns lor their
day's work. At the concluiion a telegram
was sent to Titusville telling the .Mayor to
draw on Treasurer Maclerron for Jl,200,and
to Oil City, giving the Mavor the right to
draw for $1,000. Word was received from
Oil City acknowledging the J1.000 wired
Taesdav night. Titusville has not yet
responded.
There was a mistake in ihe afternoon
papers the committee desire corrected., J.
P. Ober-was credited with having given ?L
His subscription was $100.
Active preparations are being made for
the concert to-morrow evening at Carnegie
Hall for the benefit of the sufferers and its
success is now assured. A. Koenig, G.
Eisenbeis and TT. Baird form the arrange
ment committee. Tickets can be secured
from Mr. Eisenbeis, 113 Federal street, or
from Alex. Ross, Federal and South Dia
mond. The subscriptions yesterday were:
Enterprise Savings Bank,$15; W.J. Jamison,
$10; W. W. Davis, f5: W. Beckfleld, $5; cash,
$1; Mis. M. W. Sproiil, $5: cah, $1; Theodore
hpronll, $10: V. Anili'iosson.$5: Utillis Baird,
$25; Koantz Bros . $10: W. Munhall, $75; Dr. J.
II. Wright. $10; Miss 31. Sterritt, $5; Ed Craig,
$10; Troy IIIIl Mannerchor. $10: cah.
$1; Dr. J. S. Philips, $10; Kopp
Voegtly, $100; D. Lutz & Pon, $100;
J. C. Lnppe & Son, $100; Ilenrv Lenz, $100;
Martin Lappe, $50; P. L.Obor& Bro. Slewing
i;ompanv, s; 11. j. Jieinz coinnanv, $iw;
Kmil Winter Company, $100; Woelfel &
Linke, $25; J. F. Beilstem, $25: P. II. Ittel, $10:
II. W. Ahlers Co., $20; William Beekert.
$10: L. Eichcnlaub, $2: Henry Gerwig, $10; J.
Groetzinger & Co., $25; Theodore Hcuskin,
$2; AGroetzinzer & Son, $50: Frank bnun
ders, Armstrong countv, $10; William Ken
newig, $1: William Wettach & Co., $25;
J. Boobycr, $25; A. Loch. $20; cash,$I; C. II.
Knlbfell, $1: Douglass & .Mackle,$50; D. S.
Thompson, $10; Stras3bei-ger & Joseph, $25:
Thomas Kenyou. $5; cah, $1: Muuden &
Addy, $5; II. Wevmaii. $3; John Lnnoto, $1; B.
G. Dash, $1; M. Josenbans, $5; cash, $2; Thos.
Brown, $2; E., J. Linnekln, $1; A. Andries
sen, $20; S. Ritchie, $2; S. Retzen
steln, $1; Charles Reizenstein, $20;
Mrs. E. Moss, $1; Geo'rge CL Johnston, $10; R.
ft J. II. Elton. $10; C. Gilleland, 50c: J. C.
Holmes, 50c; W. u. Elliott, 50c; II. R. Ster
helm, 50c; William Costello,50c: A. Schreiber,
50c; cash, $1; G. N. Lacock, $5; cash, $1: Will
iam Zollcr, $5: II. J. MclSnde, $5; Charles
Ehlers, $5; W. Bader, $5; John II.
Bgrn, $5; John Dollman, $2; Mr.
Hercl'onroltber, $2; Enoch James, $2;
Mr. Geilach, $1; A G. Kress, $2; W. Kimber
lin, $2; cash, $1: Koehler & Streng, $10: Peter
Lcuz, $5; Marshall, Kennedy ft Co., $100;
Koeulor Bios., $10; Adam Michel, $5; cash,
$3; l Plltt, $1; J. Diekroczor. $5; Anthony
Enning, $1; A. G. Ehlers ft Son, $1; cash, 50c;
Mis. K. Weber, 5; E. A Letzkers, $5; casn,
$1; W. Rummcl, 50c: Pittsburg Iron Paint
Company, $10: Lntz isios., $5: Geo. Eichler, $5;
Mr. Bloedel, $1: J. B. Jones -ft Bro.,
$10; Frank Fertig, $5; David u. Jones, $1;
James Riddell. $1: James Horrocks,$10; John
R. Henrick, $50; Thomas Runnyer. $2; John
P. Ober, $100; Christ. Brcuning, $5; Peter
Steuernagel, $3; A.Roetlilein,$3; Paul Thoma,
$2; Charles L. Walther, $5; Eberhardt ft Ober
Brewing Company, $200; J. Lament. $2; Jos.
Hack, Jr., $2; Henry Baker, $5; A.
Kallock, $5; W. C. Stavinz, $25;
Jir. iiraun, $10: w. J. lierr, r-,
D. D. Young, $1; C. D. Gass, $1; T. S. Fisher,
$1; George Wegel, 2: C. C. Ludwlg, $5; C. G.
Hooves, $1: Spang, Clmllant ft Co., $250; Geo.
C. Oi tli, $5: Flank Fertig, $5; M. Miessleln,
zac; ileurv lhsen, 60c; Joseph stem, '25c; Jos.
Loeltlrr, 50c: Mrs. C. Muehibroner, 50c; An
drew Fleig, 75c; A. J. Lang, $1: Mr. Scliaiff,
25c; ' W. F. Behn, $1; Adolph Bntz,
25c; A. Rcisfer, 50c. Charles Dierker. 50c;
J. G. Heckman, 50c; J. F. Kinzig, $1; C. L.
Faulhaber, 50c; G. P. Lang, $5; Caroline
Lang, $5; Kllle Lang, $1; Peter Lauster, $J; P.
Rieueck, 50c; M133 Eberhart, '25c: cash, $1;
De Haven ft Co., limited, $50: The Coiiin
Manuiacturlng Company, $25; T. McAnally,
$5; P. Flaherty, 50c; B. Marks, 50c; George
Wittmer, Jr., 50c; Wittmor Bros., $1; C.
Bicitwciser, $2; C. L. Baer, $1; B.
Milkosky. 50c: II. Falck. 50c: 1).
Davis, Jr., $2: Peter Guibert, 50; A
H. Miller, $i; Evans Bros., $1; William
Brown, $2; P. Yost, $1; P. Wall, $5; Calvin
Well. $100: J. R. Reed, $25; H. U. Hoene, $25;
Mrs. L. C.McCul lough, $20; John McClurg,$10;
J. J. Porter, $25; Mis. U. Welser, $3; Lind-ay
ft McCutcheon"; $100: First National Bank,
$100; second National Bank, $150; John Pott
erfleld, $10J:S. Bachman, $1; Dr. R. B. Mowry,
$10; Chas V. Scaife, $'25; Second U. P.
Church, Allegheny, $10: J. P. Knox, $10:
Alex Chambers, $10: Kiefer ft Stltel, $100;
Kunkel ft Joiden, $25; John Bader (Troy
Hill), $5; J. P. McKenuey, $10; Pittsburg Lo
comotive Works, $100: Reymer Bros., $100;
Captain Hagen, $5; Hon. W. D. Porter, $25;
Tiiomas Jamison, $10; John Hood, $10; C.
Zulndine, '25c; Miss Belrret, 25c.
The total collections made in Allegheny
are about $5,200. The committee will meet
again this evening.
THE OENEBAL FUND.
It Has Been Swe'Ii-d to 813,334 25 and Is
in Treasurer Thompson' Hands.
The contributions to the relief of the suf
ferers in the oil country have reached
513,354 25. Those turned into Treasurer
Thompson yesterday were as follows:
Tho McConwayft Torloy Company, $200;
Slcmans, Sleeth ft Black, $150; W. II. Hamil
ton ft Co., $100; A Dempster, $100; Standard
Manufactuiing Company, $100: Hotel Ander
son, $100; Campbell & Dick, $50; Hon. J. H.
Reed, $50; Wilson Snyder Manufacturing
Company, $50: James P. Haines & Son, $50;
F. H. Lloyd, $50; Wolf, Lane ft Co., $50; Scott
ft McLaln. $25: Joseph Eichbaum $25; James S.
McCord, $20: J. P. Kelso, Burgettstown, $10;
W.J. Bender ft Co.. $10: M. F. Hippie, $10;
Mrs. S. B. McLanghlin, $2: J. B. Hindman,
$5; James M. Bell. $20: S. W. Black, $25; A. C.
F.. $20; Wm. A. Caldwell, $25; cash, $2; W. F.
B , $5; W. J. W., $1; Aithur Stewart, 50 cents:
T. M. B., $1 50; H. Sampson, $25; B. F., $5;
Oliver McClintock ft Co.. $100; Curry ft Metz
gar, $50; Shoenberger ft Co., $250; cash, $2;
Bissel & Co., $50: ca-h, $10; Henry A. Porter
fleld, -$10; emnloyes Bailey, Farroll ft Co,
'$34; Josiali Folsom, $2; cash, $4; D.. $20;
fll. J. snerni, $iu; jvntionai xudb
Work, $500: Samuel Chadwiclr, $10:
W. J. C. $10; S. J. Conner, $3; tho
Y. P. S. C. E. of Fourth -'Avenue Baptist
Church, Plttsbnrg, $5: cash, $1;' U. Baird Ma
chinery Company, $50: Marvin ft Herd
branch United States Baking Company. $200;
Jarecki Slanufnctnring Company, Pittsburg,
$50; H. A. M.. $50; lion Citv Brewing Com
pany. $200; Win. Bakowell ft Son, $100; Miss
Sarah Campbell,$20; Pittsburg National Bank
of Commerce. $250:! Hilary B. Brnnot, $10;
Kinzer ft Jones Manufacturing company,$25;
Jas. B. Scott 4 Co.. $250: Robinson
Bros., $50: M. L. E $25: Eureka Literary So
ciety, Southside, $5: J. F. Denniston, $25;
George K. Stevenson ft Co., 1100: cash. $10;
Demmler Bros., $:0; H. J. King. $10; T. I).
Casev ft Co., $25; Pittsburg Times, $250;
C. L. Magee, $500; cah, $1; C.
A. Evans, $5; J. W. Klnnrar. $5;
Lawrcncevlllc, $5; II. W. Potth, $25; M. W.
House, $5; Gettv & Co., $25: Edward Davis,
$2: Murphv Coleman,$l: W.E.Von lloniihoist,
$10; P. C. Knox. $100; J. C. Vankirk ft Co., $10;
cash, $10; seventh Avenue Hotel, $25; W. II.
Spain, guost. $15; J. B. Carroll, $5; cash, $2; R.
A.Clark,$l; J.II.Ashbridsre, $1: F..M.Parker,$l;
O. D. Greenlee, $50; A H. Loan$5: H. T.
Johnson, $1: J. E. It., Lazearvllle, W. Va., $1;
Dunbar Bank, Dunbar, Pa., $5: Bailey-Farreil
Manuiacturlng Company, $100; Mrs. Mary E.
Hill, $10; Miss Nancy Kennedy, $5; A. E. F.,
$5: H. M. Bredln, $5; J. t S., $10; J. II. W., $1;
Press Publishing Company, $100; D. A. Car
ter, $10; M. J. Roihweiler, $5.
INHUMAH QH0ULISHNES3.
Deed of a Man Vtho Found a Woman's
Hand and a Lock of Hatr.
Oil City, June 8. Special Theghoul-
ish spectacle of a man well dressed and of
good appearance standing upon one of the
most prominent corners in the city with a
ghastly hand from some dead woman's body
and a tress of singed dark hair, made him
self prominently conspicuous as he proudly
and laughingly displayed it to the horror
stricken passcrsby. The man went about
the street with his horrible trophy for a
while, and then getting a point of informa
tion that he was being looked for by the
police turned it over to another man and
hastened away in the darkness
The second possessor was arrested shortly
afterward and was taken to the police
station,,wheie he was most rigidly cross
examined by Chief of Police Kay. He was
finally liberated after receiving a severe
scoring for his inhumanity, and the mem
bers of the dead body turned over to the
undertakers, Paul & Bro., to awnit the
finding of the body to which they belong.
IF In search for a roomy don't fall to read
the rooms-to-let, cenl-a-word advertising
columns of THE DISPATCH.
1,000 Bunches or Flowers
At 60c former prices $1 50 to $2.
Jos. Horns & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
BOc, Worth 7Gc
50 doz. children's line corded hats; also, 25
doz. children's corded bonnets.
A. G. CAMruELL & boss. 27 Fifth avenue.
Doir Quixote fought wind mills. Buzine
fights roaches, bedbugs, etc., and kills them
every time. 25 cents.
Dr Witt's. Little Early Risers. So griping,
no pain, no nausea: easy pill to take.
WARNED IN A VISION.
The Oil Git j Disaster Prophesied 'by
an Indiana Kegro.
FORETOLD A FBIGHTFDL FATE
That Wonld Fpread as Far Down as Pitts
tmrjr Four Weeks Ago.
SUPPOSED EATINGS OF A CE1ZY MAX
A special teleeram from Anderson, Ind.,
to the Dispatch received last night savs:
One night fully four weeks ago "William
Stoner, of this city, an intensely religious
man, was found walking the streets at mid
night preaching lustily and warning
the people against the vengeance of
the Almighty. He claimed that
he had had a fearful vision
and that he had been delegated to warn the
people of a lrightful fate that would begin
in the oil regions of Pennsylvania and
spread to Pittsburg. Fire and flood would
literally wipe out the cities and the destruc
tion would be more complete than the
Johnstown disaster.
Notwithstanding the unseemly hour the
speaker had attracted a number of people
about him, for his far-reaching voice had
aroused nearly every sleeper in the neigh
borhood. It was taken for granted by per
sons on the ground that the man was
simply crazv, and the officer held to
the same belief, when he escorted Stoner to
jail and locked him behind the bars. JJut
the colored man insisted from the outset he
was not insane, and protested against the
action of the officer who broke up the meet
ing. He claimed that he had received a reve
lation to the effect that Pittsburg was to be
destroyed by flood and fire and had been
sent out to warn the people of their im
pending fate. It was on Sunday
night that Stoner was arrested. He
had attended church that day,
both morning and evening, and
seemed to take especial interest in the de
votions. After returning home from the
evening service the man put in the hours
until bed time reading the Bible and sing
ing hymns. Nothing more was thought of
the occurrence until the fearful news from
the oil regions came to hand and the proph
ecy was remembered and is the sole topic of
conversation.
TRAMPS IN LARGE SQUADS.
They Arrive on the Trains and Terrorize
the People of OH City Secret Orders
Given to the Military A Private Patrol
to Be Organized for Protection.
Oil City, June 8. Special Mayor
Hunt issued a secret order yesterday after
noon to the military now on duty here to
double the guard in the Third ward and
place patrols in all parts of the city. Last
night the most prominent citizens discussed
the advisability of formulating a citizens'
patrol and the latter will probably be done
the first thing to-morrow morning. The
people about the city are considerably
agitated and many of them have armed
themselves and the locks upon the doors of
private dwellings have been made doubly
secure.
The catise of this state of affairs is ihe ar
rival of a great number of tramps and other
hard characters. One freight train alone
brought into the city this evening a body of
vagrants numbering 32 men. They dis
mounted irom between freight cars and cat
tle cars and other places of concealment
about the train, and'scattered over the aris
tocratic Southside. The police are trying to
dispel the people's fears by giving out the
assurance that the vagrants have simply
come here for the purpose of imposing upon
the relief committees, but it is very evident
irom the stern order to arrest every person
who fails to givea good account ot himself
that the officials apprehend much work: of
vandalism.
The bridges are doubly guarded and
every street corner in the business por
tions of the city as well as at the quarter
streets, in the residence districts, are being
patrolled by either police officers or
soldiers. Captain C. F. Spencer, of Com
pany D, Pennsylvania National Guard, says
he has given explicit orders to his men, and
as they could he depended upon at all
' times and have bad good military training,
there would be little opportunity for the
tramps to commit any depredations.
The little jail under the city hall
has been crowded ever since last
night and other people, are being
broueht in with startling frequency. The
guards are searching the alleys, and when
anybody approaches bring their bayoneted
muskets in most unpleasant proximity to
the cheit. "Women are permitted to pass
unquestioned, but every man, whether
dressed in r ch clothes or poor, is stopped
and put through the rigid examination.
Between the hours of midnicht and 3
o'clock this morning 17 men were arrested
and placed in the jail, and off and on ad
ditional arrests have been made. There is
much trepidation felt among the more timid
here and there. There has not been an un-'
escorted woman upon the streets since the
fall of night.
IHBEE MOKE BODIES FOUND.
Two TjKen From the Klver and the Other
From Among the Debris. . .
Oil Cut, June 8. Special Coroner
Snowden received a telegram to-nigh t.aboutO
o'clock, from the Allegheny Valley Railroad
agent, Charles Bcfhner, at Natrona, bearing
the information that the body of a young
man had been taken from the river at that
place at about 11:20 o'clock. A good gen
eral description was given of the corpse,
and it is supposed to be the remains of Ben
jamin Xcrwilliger, making, it the supposi
tion proves correct, the third dead member
of the Terwilliger family. Coroner Snow
den -wired the agent to forward the body to
the city at once.
This'morning a badly burned body resem
bling the missing man, Frank Eakin, was
taken irom the river at Kcnnerdell station
and will be brought here to-morrow. At
the ruins of the Seneca street bridge the
missing body ot John C. Hawke, whose
wife and child have died from injuries re
ceived in the wreckage, was found and taken
to the undertaking establishment of Paul '&
Son.
FOUB THOUSAND MES3AGS3.
Twenty-One Operators Iteqnlred to Attend
to the Telegraph Business.
Titusville, June 8. Among the 4,000
telegrams which have been received here
the past three days there are about 150
which the telegraph company has been un
able to deliver, forthe reason that the per
sons addressed cannot be found. About CO
cablegrams have been received from Europe,
REMNANTS
OF
FINE WALL PAPER.
If you wish bargains in Remnants of Wall
Paper brine tho meaiureniont of your
rooms on FltlD.W, as wo have a big lot of
remnants that we will soil cheap.
J. KERWIN MILLER & CO.,
No. 513 Smlthfield Street,
riTTSBUKG.
Jc2-70-Th
FINE STATIONERY,
ENGRAVING. AND PRINTING.
W. V DERM ITT & CO.,
9SIXTH AVENUE.
ap9-Trsa
making inquiries about friends here, and
had to be answered to allay fears.
"Where four operators can attend to car
rent business of the two telegraph compan
ies here, it kept 21 operators busy day and
night for three days, receiving and sending
messages both private and press. The best
men on the reportorial staff of the metro-
iolitan press were here and kept the wires
lot, detailing the calamity tor their re
spective papers and the public.
HOK0B HT STBAHOE EHVIB05!
A Coir That XJvrd In a Parlor and Feasted
on Lacs Curtains.
Oil Citt, June 8. Special.' Even a
flood had a ludicrous side to its element of
horror, and amid all the crying there is still
something to laugh at- The story was
told at the relief headquarters to
day. "When the flood reached Me
chanic street a family named Leiplin
made for the second floor, and were then
rescued. Mrs. Leiplin is a large woman,
weighing nearly 300 pounds, and was with
difficulty taken through a small window.
For several days the house was not visited,
nnd when it was the family cow irom an ad
joining outhouse-was found to have been
carried by the current through the kitchen
door into the parlor, where it stood in three
feet of water.
Iu the exigencies of the circumstances
the cow had become conscious of the pos
session of a taste for window curtains. The
lace was rapidly disappearing down its
mouth. Mrs. Leiplin owes her name to her
marriage and not to her birth, for she a
good-natured, witty Irish womau. In her
broad lingo she exclaimed: "I've heard of
pigs in clover and pigs in the parlor, but
this is the first time I have met a cow that
lived in a parlor and ate lace." Mrs. Leip
lin was waiting for relief when she told the
story.
ONE MONTH OF BARGIANS
AT
GROETZINGER'S
IN
Carpets, Curtains,
Mattings, Rugs, Etc.
Wo begin taking stock on Julyl. To
lessen the labors of that occasion we wtll
offer special inducements to buyers in every
department during the entire month, of
June.
Our big stock of Remnants went out in a
hurry, but we are making more every day,
and will continue to sell them at ONE
THIRD tbeiractual value.
Moquette Carpets, 15 to 40 yards long, at
65c to 85c a yard.
Tapestry Brussels, 10 to 40 yards long, at
40c a yard up.
Ingrain Carpets, 18 to 30 yards long, at 20o
a yard up.
200 Rolls China Matting at $5 per roll of 40
yards.
100 Bolls China Hatting at $5.
We still have aDout 75 pairs of the
SILK CURTAINS AT $9 A PAIR,
WORTH $18.
200 Large Fur Rugs, in Wolf, Fox and
Black Goat at $2 50, worth $5.
627 AND 629 PENN AVE.
my29-Trssa
BIBER & EAST0N.
KEEP COOL.
Delicate Pongee Silks.,
Gorgeous Printed India Silks.
. Silk Tissues and Grenadines.
Cool Sheer Cotton Dress Fabrics.
Lisle, Silk and Balbriggan
Underwear and Hosiery.
Parasols and Sun Umbrellas
AT
MIDSUMMER
PRICES.
BIBER & EAST0N,
05 AND 50T MARKET Si
N. B. Ladies' made-up Wrappers
and Tea Gowns at $i, 1.25, $1.50,
$2 and up.
Summer Wraps, Evening and Sea
side Shawls at reduced figures.
jeO-TTSSU
A
BACKWARD
SEASON
Prompts us to unload our im
mense stock of Hats. White
and Colored Tuscan Straws
and Milan Braids, ranging in
price from $1.50 to $3, we
offer at
25 CENTS.
435 Market-St
437
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1
RETT ADVKBTT5EMEKTS.
The Leading
Dry Goods House.
Pittsburg, Pa,
"Wednesday, June 9, 1331
JOS. home & co:s
PENN AVENUE STORES.
Parasolsl .
Parasolsl
Parasolsl
UNPABALLELED BARGAINS
IN
PLAIN, FANCY AND MOURNING
PARASOLS.
REMARKABLE REDUCTIONS
IN PRICES.
. Having purchased at
An Enormous Discount
The entire stock of one of Philadel
phia's most celebrated manufacturers
of Parasols, comprising the greatest
variety ever presented by any one
establishment,
We Will Close
Out Every
Piece at Atiout
One-Half
Regular Prices.
Black Coaching Parasols 1.50, ft,
a
$2.25, $3 each; 50 per cent
under former prices.
BLACK LACE-TRIMMED PARASOLS.
Formerly ftS.oo, now $12.00.
Formerly $ n. 00, now $ 6.30.
Formerly $ 8.00, now $ 5.00.
MOURNING PARASOLS.
Formerly J8.50, now 6.00.
Formerly $6.00, now 4.00.
Formerly 5.00, now 3.00.
Formerly 3.00, now 2.00.
Formerly 2.50, now $1.25.
FANCY COLORED PARASOLS,
Plain lace trimmed and chiffon
trimmed,
Formerly io,-now 6.oo
Formerly 7.50, now $5.00.
Formerly $6.50, now 4.00.
Formerly 5.00, now $3.50.
Formerly 4.00, now 2.75.
Formerly $3.50, now 2.25.
Formerly 3.00, now S2.00.
Formerly $1.50, now 1.00.
ALSO, '
OUR OWN. IMPORTATION
OF THE
LATEST AND FINEST
Parisian Parasols.
$45 ones will go at 25.
$40 ones will go at 20.
35 ones will go at $ 17.
Purchasers at this great sale of
Parasols will save from 50c each on
the cheapest ones to $20 each on the
finest ones.'
The goods are all perfect, new,
stylish, clean and fresh, and at the
prices offering are
UNUSUALLY GREAT
BARGAINS.
JOS. H0RNE & CO.,
609-621 PENN 1TENUS.
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