latotown Wftfelg fjemnttai VOL. XXVII. HOW TIE SAW IT. The Fearful Experience of Mr. Henry Vler- Ing In the 1 " \ For several day ß after Se flood Mr. Henry Viering, the well-known furniture dealer at the corner of Railroad and Jack son streets, suffered great bodily pain from injuries received on the fatal Friday, ■but his bodily pain was as nothing com 'pared to his mental agony. He lost in ' the flood his whole family, consisting of his wife and throe children. In au inter view he said, substantially as follows : •• I was at home with my wife and chil dren when the alarm came. We hurried from the house leaving everything behind us. As we readied the door a friend of mine was running by. He grasped the two smallest children, one under each arm, and hurried on ahead of us. I had my arm around my wife's waist supporting her. Behind us we could hear the fiood rushing. In one hurried glance as I pass ed a corner I could see the fearful flood crunching and crackling the houses in its fearful grasp with 110 possiblity of escape, as we were too far away from the hill side. In a (huh I saw my three dearcbil dren licked up by it und disappear from sight, as I and my wife were thrown in the air by the rushing ruins. We found ' ourselves in uuioug a lot or drift, driving along witli the speed of a race horse. In a moment or two we were throwu with a crash agaiest the side of a large frame building, whose wails gave way as if they were made of pie crust, and the timbeis began to fall about us in all directions. Up to this time 1 retained a firm hold on my wife, but as 1 found myself pinned between two heavy timbers, the agony caused my senses to leave me momentarily I recovered instantly in time to see my 3 wife's head just disappearing under water. " Like lightning I grasped her by the hair,and as best I could, pinioned as I was above the water by the timber, I raised her above it. The weight proved too much and she sank again. Again I pulled her to the surface ami again she sank This 1 did again and again without avail. ->he drowned in t nit grasp, and at lust dropped from my nerveless hands to leave my sight forever. •' As if I had, not suffered enough, a few moments later 1 saw white ob jects whirling around iu an eddy until, reaching again the current, they floated past me. My God, man! would you be lieve me y It was my children, all dead. Their dear little faces urn before ine now —distorted ill a look of agony—that, no matter what I do. haunts me. Oh, if I could only have released myself at that time I would have willingly gone with them. I was rescued sometime after and have been here ever since. I have since learned that my friend, who so bravely endeavored to save two of the children, has been iost with them." Kueotirauing. One of the encouraging signs of a speedy and thorough clean up of the town is the measure in which the work is be ing prosecuted under the new manage ment. Lots are being relieved of trees, logs and stumps in an incredibly short space of time. The gang of twenty-tive nten under David VV. Harshberger on both sides of Locust street between Franklin and Clinton have accomplished wonders in one short day. The workmen now are dis tributed in small spuads all over town, so that there are not a score or two stand ing off and watching whatja half dozen do. The commendable progress made in the last two days under the new contractors is of the most encouraging character. Let the good work go on at the same rate, and a few weeks will give the washed-out town a different appearance, and enable lot owners to begin to bu'id. Full of Interesting Beading. HolUdaysburg Register. We last week received the first cpy of the JOHNSTOWN DEMOCRAT that has been issued since the flood. It looks well and is full of interesting reading matter. Our friend Woodruff has the sympathy of the craft in the losses he sustained and all hope he may soon be himself again. Thirty-One Drowned. Robert Butler's house, the P. It. It. Ho tel, more generally known as the Field house property, on Iron street, Millville borough, had in it at the time of the flood thirty-one persons, not one of whom is known to have escaped, and none of tii bodies, we are informed, have yei, been found. Knocked Out. The machinery and type in the DEMO CRAT office were more generally wrecked by the flood than we were aware of, and the issuing of the DAII.T and WEEKL 1 "- DEMOOEAT is attended with some incon venience. The condition waß so unfavor able that our reporters and foreman have engaged in other business, and some of our printers have gone to more favored localities. Notwithstanding these little annoyances the DEMOCRAT will be pub lished, and we will " get there all the same." Educated Indian!. INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA., July 9, —One hundred and seventeen young In dians, belonging to tribes in Dakota,Mon- JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1889. OBITUARY DR. L. T. BEAM. Among many other gcod men, valua ble citizens numbered among the victims of our terrible disaster was this eminent physician. The writer of this knew bim well, knew him intimately, knew him for more than a quarter of a century, andean truthfully say a better man, a nobler man, a grander man he has never known ; and while not doubting the creative power of the author of all existence he does not be lieve that a better man, taking him all in ail, was ever created. Possessing in the highest degree the best elements of human nature " none knew him but to love him; nor knew him but to praise." In an exceptional degree he possessed all the elements of the high est type of manhood, kind, courteous, generous, amiable, courageous, honora ble, dignified he drew others to him and held them by the tics ol endearment. Al ways open and frank he had nothing in his business relations with others or in his social intercourse with frieuds to con ceal. lie shunned not the pursuit of a straightforward course by reason of the adulation or frowns of men—not belong ing to that class who " crook the preg nant binges of the knew, that thrift might follow fawning." He was a man that took " fortune's butTets and rewards witli equal thanks ; " and whose *' blood and judgment were so well commingled that they were not a pipe for fortune's fingers in a word, such a man as could be warm •• in one's heart's core, ay, in his heart ol hearts." He was a native of Westmoreland county, l\i., and graduated at the Cinciu nuti Medical School in 1857. For several succeeding years lie was one of the most sueecs-ful practitioners of the Ligonier Valley. During the sixteeu years he lived in Johnstown his large practice not only gave him a deservedly high reputation as one of Johnstown's most eminent physi cians. but placed him upon a prosperous financial basis. lie was a diligent student, and kept hiniself iu tiie advanced line of lite coun try's tliorouguly educated medical men. His library, which was one of the largest private ones iu town, was filled with all late publications ot all lire medical sys tems. As a writer his style was clear, concise ami elegant, ami lie occupied an enviable position among the ablest writers of tiie Eclectic school ot medicine. The following shows the regards of those who were his intimate associates: The National Eclectic Medical Associa tion. at its ia;e meeting, held in Nash ville, Tenn., testified to his superlative worth by resolving, " That we recoguized hiui as otic of the most able, unselfish and successful members of the medical pro fession. * * That we owe him for his efforts, his writings uud his self-for getting exertions in otir behalf an obliga tion which we are unable to pay ; that in all walks of lite lie was brave, just, and faithful—a mau who sou,at only to know the right that he might do It with all his means, and energy ; in a word, that he was an upright citizen, a model physi cian, a careful instructor and the exemp lar of every worthy and manly qual ity." X. Kxcurftion to Atlantic City via the It. * O The announcement that, the Baltimore and Ohio R. li. Co.. will again this sum mer resume their select excursion to the most popular of our seashore resorts, will be hailed with delight by the public, who appreciate the advantages offered in these trips. The low rates, long time limit and the privilege of their best train service running on regular schedule, composed of fast express trains, elegant day coaches, Pullman's best equipment and Vestibuled Limited Express trains are among the ad vantages afforded by the B. it 0., and the stop-off at Washington on the return trip will allow the sightseer an opportu nity to take in the points of interest in and about the Capital before returning home, and form a fitting termination to a week's sojourn at the shore. The first of these select excursions will be run on Thursday, July 18th, 1889, we give below a list of stations showing the time of trains and round trip rates of fare: Train Train Stations. Kate. Leaves. Leaves. Coniiuenee 9 00 10 52 A.M.12 oti A. M. Rockwood soo lias " 14 48 " Johnstown 525 s4O " .a oo p. M. Somerset oo 10 11 " ti 07 •' Meyersdale 850 11 58 " 114 A.M. Byndman 800 la 47 P. M. a os " Cumberland 750 lao " 240 " Correspondingly low rates are made from other stations on the line. The tickets are good Ten days with the privilige of a stop-off at Washington, D. C., on the return journey. A broken truck under one of the cars threw a freight train off the New York Central track a mile and a half east of Hoffman's yesteiday morning, Several cars were badly wrecked and the four tracks were completely blocked for six hours. No one was.injured. The; Pope's Successor. BRUSSELS, July B.—The Rome corres pondent of the Jndependance Belgt says that the Pope at the recent consistory ad vised that Cardinal Lavigerio be selected as his successor. ABOUT TOWN. What the Merchants Are Doing—What Is Going on. Mr. Duvid Dibert has iiad the blissful experience of a second cleaning out of the cellar south cast corner of Main and Franklin streets, preparatory to erecting a large business block. His purpose is to build of brick, and put up a structure that will be a credit to the town. It will contain four large storerooms, and sixteeu offices. But he says the enterprise depends upon the thorough cleaning up of the town, and the construction of substahtiul bridges. What wonderful progress has been made in removing rubbish from somo streets and alleys, very little has been done in cleaning out cellars. Possibly twenty five or thirty have been relieved of the surplus matter lodged in them, and most all of them by their owners. But little of this kiud of work, except hauling the stuff away, lias been done as yet by the State authorities. The fuinily of H. W. Given, merchant on Iron street, in Millville borough, had a sorrowful experience. At the time of the hacked water surrounding the house, cutting off all means of escape, there were twelve of the family at home, and the flood from the reservoir swept the building off its foundation and carried it up the street past the school house, then down lo the Point, where six of them were rescued. Of the six sons, daughters and daughters in law that were lost, only four of their bodies were found. Their hou>e was uot swept away with the first douward current, imt withstood it to be destroyed by tlie returning one. It was the last one in the ward tobe swept away. Roland's wrecked brick building is the only one left in that part of Railroad street. His slock of flour and feed was lost. He, wife and two daughters es caped, but iiis son Louis, wife and one child were drowned. The room formerly iu tiie occupancy of A. Natiiau, drowned, on Main street,goes into the hands of Joseph E. Hess, who is cleaning it tip to be tilled with a new stock of goods. We regret to learn that Mrs. Nullum, lite widow, now at Atlantic City, is only slowly recovering from Iter attr.ck of partial paralysis. The business men who expect to resume at their old stands on Franklin, Main and Clinton streets are now all busy in selling off and giving away the few damaged goods yet remaining. Very little has been realised on things that have been sold. Tlmse who were most fortunate in saving a little of their stocks oil Franklin are William Kramer and G. W. Moses. Petri kin A Miller lost nearly everything, as did the successors of Brinker Brothers. The two small brick stners on the United Presbyterian lot are to be replaced with much larger oues. 11. L. Williams, at the Stargardter stand, ts still in the boot and shoe trade, and has alrerdy received a new invoice of goods. Scott Dtbert's Checkered Front is full of life iu tiiy work of cleaning up and seli'ng. Lou Cohen will continue at his old stand, and add the clothing business to his other branch. John Stengel', John Thomas, Woolf, Soil o,ooo, in addition to 1?150,000 now awaiting his order. This will leave in the committee's hands fsll,- 521.51). -Mr. Simmons, treasurer ot the fund, reported as follows : Total contributions $511,521.69 Forwarded to (iov. Heaver 180,000,00 Awaiting the Governor's order on au thorization of the committee 350,000.00 '1 hese amounts were received yesterday by J. Edward Simmons, treasurer or the fund .- AVtr Yui'k Snuiti-ZritHH{J $118.50 The Hon. Hugh .1. Grant, Mayor 187.05 Engineers, Inspectors and others on the tirth divisions or the new aqueduct, through John C. Sheehnn, secretary— 217.50 Total ...1503.03 Death of it re we.- Goeuner, of Cambria City. This community was startled yesterday by the announcement of the death of Jacob (Jocuuer, of Cumbria. lie was known everywhere as the proprietor of the Cambria Coy brewery, and had a host of friends. While not in the best of health for some time he was able to be about his business on Tuesday, and on Wednesday morning his body wns swollen to an abnormal extent and his condition was found to be serious. He lingered along in great agony till about five o'clock when he died. There was not a property within two squares of his place on Front street that withstood the flood except his own. It was damaged considerable, but it was put in repair and for the past few weeks the brewery has been in operation. Only day or two ago he was up town and call ed at the DEMOCRAT office on business, when he seemed to be in his usual health. Funeral notice will be given to-morrow. All Olil Friend. I.atrobe Advance. Friday, July 5, the Johnstown DEMO CRAT made is first appearance since the flood. It came out in weekly form but will no doubt resume the publication of the daily addition as soon as matters in and about the devastated e ity get in bet ter shape. The office was formerly lo cated Jin the B. & O. railroad building. This was so badly wrecked by the flood as to be unsafe, and Mr. Woodruff, in order to resume the publication of his paper, was compelled to erect a one story struc ture on Franklin street, in which he is now located. We welcome the DEMOCRAT as an old friend, and also the Tribune which is printed in the same building it occupied before the disaster. All Claims of Knlglits of Honor to bo Paid The Knights of Honor aro prepared to pay all losses caused by the flood, and those who are entitled to the money should get their claims in good lega shape, when they will be paid. The loss to the order here was #19,000. HATE you noticed that, now as summer approaches, people on the sunny side of life are less liable to sunstroke than those on the shady side ? THE PUMPKIN FLOOD. Who that has lived in Johnstown, for any length of time has not heard of it ? Our old citizens often refer to it, espe cially in seasons of high water. It got its name from the fact that it swept go many fields lying along the Stonycreek, bring ing down thousands of pumpkins, leav ing the place tilled with enough to make pumpkin pies for all of New England, and to feed droves of hogs and cattle for months. Its date is fixed away back in the thirties—say about 1831 or '32. Nothing like it has ever been experi enced here until the overflow ot two years ago, when water, like a river, poured down Main street, depositing saw-logs and drift in Clinton. Market, Walnut and other streets. Though there was no big stone bridge then at the Point,and though neither the Stonycreek nor the Cone rnaugh had been encroached upon byway of narrowing their beds, some of our " oldest inhabitants " say, the only spot 011 which the town was built which was not submerged, was the lot on the north west corner of Vine and Walnut streets. Thus it will be seen that while the nar rowing of the streams by new embank ments, makes the town an easier prey to overflows, a forty-days'-and-nights'-rain, or a "cloud-burst," is hard to guard against. Odd Fellows Visit. The officers of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, I. 0.0. F. paid a visit to Johnstown to make a personal examina tion of the situation. The officers were Rev. D. Craft, Grand Master; C. D. Free man, Deputy Grand Master; James B. Nicholson, Graud Secretary; M. Rich ards Muckle, Graud Treasurer, also Amos H. Hall, Grand Patriarch of the Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania, and R. P. Cautfield, Past Grand. The Graud Treas urer, deposited for ttie benefit of the des titute children, widows and orphans f30,- 000 in the First National Bank, to be dis tributed by the Committee of which Col. John P. Linton is Chairman, and W. T. Colliver is Treasurer. From Pittsburgh there were present Past Graud Master John A. Myler, Past Grand Master John W. Haney, Past Grand Beggs and P. A. Shanor, Grand Conductor of the Grand Lodge. The Children's Aid Societies. The whole of the good work done by these societies will probably never be known. The work done in this place since the flood by both of the organiza tions can oniy be partially told, as, tuttcii of the w >rk done has been in the shape of help to families aud petrous whose names are withheld from the p The La-tern Socit-lv, w ttu Miss Maggi Brooks as manager, bus been provided willi a '.cut portable building, stationed ui the iniilli end ol the Kernville nidge Thirty persons have been s'-ut by ibis so ciety lo Atlantic Oily with fiec tr -pol lution, and mi additional fanioy •>! three in addition to the above number v.seat last night. Two girls have been .-cut to East Orange, where, in tout beautiful sub urb of New York City, they ate to In trained at 1 tie expense ol the oigatU/ta lion as Kindergarten instrut tors . n en abled to support theiusoivcs. in no diiou to this much general work lias been dom in the way of distributing provisions and supplies to needy persons. The Western Society, in charge of Miss H. A. N. Duncan, whose efficient ser vices and untiring kindnessfis well-known to ail Johnstowners, has equalled the for mer in the amount of work it has done and assistance rendered. They arc com fortably located in the Berlin house, at the corner of Main and Jackson streets. Clasped ill Chubby Arms. William Varner relates a touching epi sode. He was working to rescue those he could. Suddenly a chubby little boy came along clinging to a piece of fencing. Varner reached the fence witli a pole and drew it toward him. Then lie rushed in to the water and snatched the boy from the frail raft. Back to the bank he went with a pair of chubby arms squeezed tightly around his neck. Varner attempted to set his bur den down, but the little arms clung des perately. " You saved me," he cried, and he squeezed with all his might. His arms were forced away while the little fellow struggled and screamed. It was the clasp of an affection born of terror. Young Men's Christian Association. The Young Men's Christian Association has established temporary headquarters in the Berlin hottse at the corner of Main and Jackson streets. General Secretary S. L. Harter, has been at his home at Ber wick, Pa., for some time recuperating, and expects soon to return. In the mean time the rooms are in the charge of Mr. Adam Murman, formerly Assistant Secre tary at Harrisburg, aow Assistant State Sec retary. An attempt is being made to secure room to erect a temporary one story four room building, where young men can find good reading matter as well as good com pany and wholesome Influences. Mr. Murman will remain till August, whon Mr, Harter is expected. NO. 14. MR. DAYltt' THRILLING STORY Of the Wreck of the Day Express. The following account of the flood by Mr. Swift Davis, of Safe Harber. Sir. Davis said : " The Express left Pittsburgh on Friday morning at 8 o'clock, and ar rived at Conemaugh three hours later. My wife and three children were on the first section as were also Miss Paulson and Miss Bryant, whom I was introduced to and asked to take charge of. Soon after we arrived at Conemaugh a portion of the railroad track next to the river had been washed away. On the next track was an open freight train, one car of which was full of lime. Our section, the parlor car, occupied the third track, while the second section had a position on the out side next the hill. The rain was coming down in torrents, andl felt a little uneasy, I knew about the South Fork dam above us and I felt the danger of it bursting. I held a consultation with my wife about the advisability of getting out of the train, but it was raining so hard, and she not being well we decided that if anythiag happened we would have warning enough to flee to the hills. I then talked to the Pullman Conductor and asked him what he thought of the danger, lie said he did not know, but would go over into town and see if he could learn anything. About four o'clock in the after noon we heard an e. etne coming towards us with lightning .me rapidtiy and whistling wildly. It v. . 'die warn ing. I then threw up my window and saw the water comiug. I | tc l up my two oldest children, and tol l.my wife to follow with the baby. When I got to the door I looked around and sw my wife without the baby. " Where's the baby T said I. The conductor has iishe replied. " It was all I could do to ; tve my wife and two children, then, even if the baby had to perish. We went o.it the front end of the car and climbed over the sec ond section, shot over a plank and then ran up the hill a half mile, where I put my wife and one child, and then with my daughter Kate went out to search for the baby and the Misses Paulson and Bryan. My daughter found the baby in another house and took it to her mother. I then continued my search for the two young ladies. I met the Pullman conductor and asked him what had become of them. He •old me that Miss Paulson and Miss Bryan had been saved, but I remaimd up all night iooking for them, but to no avail- Between five and six o'clock it. the even ing the lime in the freight rain caught ou fire from the heavy ruin upon it. The freight cars burned and tin. fire com muni cated to the second section, setting fire to the Pullman sleepers. "I don't suppose the water was oue ■uimite lichiud the engine that gave us the only warning, for when i looked out the wmdow I could sec it rolling dowu n;i- n us. The passengers who got out of ::ie rear end of the car had to wade through water up to their knees, but we did not get iu high water at all. Iu less than live minutes after wo crossed the plauk I have spoken of the water was fully ten feet above it. The water struck the train, 1 think, from the side, and knocked the baggage-car and one passen ger coach oil lite track, A coal tipple tumbled down upon our engine and left us a passage for over a minute. This, I believe, is what saved our lives. The cars that were knocked off the track rolled over, and I saw two men climb out of the window, go down twice and come up, and finally disappear. The tire on the train was extinguished during the early part of the evening, but ignited again about 8 o'clock in the morning. Miss Virginia Moloney, of E'izabethtown, N. J., and a cook employed by the Mc- Collough party were all who remained in the parlor car during the flood and were taken out as soon as the water re ceded. Had we all followed their exam ple and remained iu the Pullman cars the tale would not be lialf so hard to tell. We would have all been saved, Miss Ma loney it was who told me of the fate of Miss Paulson and Miss Hryau. She said that when the engine whistled, the two young ladies ran to the door, looked out, and came back for their wraps. Then they went to the door again and jumped into the raging torrent. That was the last seen of them. Miss Maloney said she would rather take the chances and remain in the car. She did so and was saved. The Pullman conductor handed our baby to Mr. James Dunn, of Chicago, who car ried her safely up the hill to the house where she was found by my daughter." ——+ ♦ • A .lolinHtown Show. On the road in great shape, Three of our men started east yesterday with a view of showing to the outside world some of the horrors in which the flood left our once compactly built place. Two of them, S. C. Poland and Otto Kopelln, will work the picture part, and Reuben Linton will be the spokesman. Some who have seen the show say it is a good one and ought to be liberally patronized. The Pater: " Well, Dr. Raptail, I lika your school very much, and I think I'll put my boy hero. But tell me what sort! of boys do you turn out?" The Doctor J " The bad ones."— Funny Folks.