VOL.XXVIII.
TDK CITY COUNCILS.
Proceedings of the Meeting of Roth
Branches l.ast Evening.
Both branches of the City Council met
in their respective rooms hist evenining.
The absceutees in Select Council were
Messrs. Gruber, Honan. Huebner, Kist,
O'Shea and Smith. In the Common
Council the absentees were Messrs. Ar
thur, Flanagan, Matthews ami Neary.
IN THE SELECT COUNCIL.
After some preliminary matters ihc
Mayor presented the matter of the con
tract between the lute borougli of Cone
maugh and the Cambria Iron Company,
by which on consideration of the vacation
of certain streets the said Company was
to, amoEg other things, build a sewer on
Center street to counect with the Conc
maugh river or the Clinton street sewer
in the late borough of Johnstown. The
consent of Johnstown borough had never
been obtained and the Company now
wished that permission. He presented
maps and papers to show what they
wished in the matter. Action postponed
for the time.
The following message was read from
the Mayor.
MAYOR'S OFFICE. I
CITY OF JOHNSTOWN May IS, ISM.)
To the Select and Common Council oj the City ot
Johnstown:
There are a number ol short streets within the
City that should He lengthened. These streets
mar the uniformity ol t,he City highways. These
inconveniences will continue to become more
apparent and troublesome as the City Increases
1 n population and traftic. Many of our streets
arc now too narrow and every opport unity tbat
tends to create street room should be seized.
Tbe extension ol these streets would to some ex
tent distribute the traffic, thus alleviating the
more crowded and Important streets. It Is quite
certain that tney must at some time be extended'
It will cost less to extend them now than at any
tuture time. When we are making a start let us
start In BUCII a manner that our plans when
completed will be for the best Interest of the
future City.
1 would thererore recommend the extension of
the following streets:
That Clinton street be extended to stony
creek street In the Fourth ward.
That Locust Street, tn tkeecond ward, be ex
tended to the Point.
Tbat Jackson street, tn the Third ward, be ex
tended to center street.
That Sherman street. In the Ftttli ward, be ex
tended to Rtverstreet,
In the Fifth and Stxlll wards In the original
plan, there Is an alley running at right angles
with the streets after every se-ond lot. These
alleys are but ten feet wide and are In no wise
useful as publle contribute
nothing to the traftle of the City. And further
they are made the receptlcle of dead vermin,
cats, dogs and chickens, old tin cans, broken
dishes, rubbish from stables, yards ami gardens,
and being between houses where the sunlight
never reaches, they are always wet and soft and
breed clseases while they serve no good pur
pose. They are an expense to the City to clear
of rubbish, to pave and keep In repair. They
cause a break evety ninety-nine feet in the con
tinuity of the sidewalk as they have to be paved
as a road bed, which means cobble stones at
every Intersection.
We arc about to repave Morris street. Would
It not be wise to vacate these useless highways
before we go to the expense of paving all these
openings on the sidewalk". In rear of each lot
between the principal streets there Is a sixteen
toot alley which gives all the alley way necessary
for stable approach. The vacation of these
lateral alleys will not Inconvenience the people,
but will relieve the public of a burden, and I
therefore commend to the Councils the propriety
of their permanent abandonment. This recom
mendat 1 on does not refer to or Include the two
sixteen foot alleys that connect Morris street
with Napoleon and Water streets In the Fifth
ward.
Another rnatier presses upon us. Tho sewer
on Morris street does not carry ot the water. I
believe It Is too small for the amount of water It
has to carry, and the result Is at every rainfall
the water Is backed up Into the cellars on the
line of the sewers. The street must now be torn
up for the track of the Street Hallway. Now
would be the time to relay the sewer If a new
one Is to be put in. 1 therefore call the especial
attention of you bodies yo the matter and leave
to you the responsibility of action. The people
who have paid frontage complain, as they have
right to, ot the Inefficient service of the sewer.
ItlS apparent to a careful observer that a
great many owners of dogs have failed to regis
ter the same, yet still retain the curs to bark,
snap and howl. If these dogs are to be allowed
to remain In the City, the owners should be re
quired to pay the tax, and tho penalty for not
registering. They can do so now by voluntar
ily offering payment ot two dollars with forty
cents costs, and the registration fee lax of one
dollar lor a male and two dollars for a female
dog. If the council will authorize I will appoint
on the first day of June next an active canvasser
in each ward of the City to record the name ot
each owner of a dog In such ward allowing a fee
to said canvasser of ten cents for each unreg
istered dog.
Upon this return an Information will be made
and a warrant issued which will compel the
owner to pay such fine as may be Imposed not
less than two dollars with the costs which In
most cases will amount to about two dollars
more. The line can be much larger. I think
this will work to the financial advantage of the
City and commend It to your consideration.
W. HORACE ROSE, Mayor.
The message was considered seriatim.
In the matter of extending the streets,
Mr. Kennedy moved that the Mayor and
City Solicitor be directed to draw up an
ordinance making the changes. Motion
carried.
In the matter of abandoning the alleys
on the South side, as proposed, the point
of order was raised bv Mr. Kennedy
whether he and Mr. Moses, both of whom
would be affected by the abandonment of
these alleys, should be allowed to vote.
The Chair decided that they could take no
part in voting on the subject.
Mr. Hsws moved that the Mayor and
the City Solicitor be instructed to draw
up an ordinance in accordance with the
Mayor's recommendation.
JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1890.
On motion of Mr. Slick the matter of
the unregistered dogs was referred to the
Mayor and Solicitor, with instructions to
draw up the necessary ordinance.
The following communication was re
ceived from the Mayor:
MAYOR'S OFFICE, T
CITV OF JOHN-TOWN, May 12. 1890./
Tn the Select and Common Councils oj the City oj
Johnstown.
1 herewith enclose the resignations of Joseph
Kuntz and John O'Toole, two of the City Asses
sors, this day placed In my hands. It will now
be the duty of a Joint convention to flu the va
cancies. I therefore call a joint convention of
the Select and common councils to meet on
Friday, May 16, 1890, at the hour llxed by ordi.
nance, there to elect, as required by law, two
persons to the office of city Assessor, to nil the
vacancies caused by the resignation of Joseph
Kuntz and John O'Toole.
W. HORACE ROSE, Mayor.
The resignation of both gentlemen were
then read.
On motion of Mr. Bri.xner they were ac
cepted.
A message from the City Engineer and
the Mayor was read, as follows:
OFFICE OF CITY ENOINEEK, |
JOUNSTOWN, May 12,1890,/
To W*. Horace Rose. Mayor.
DEAR SIR : In order to avoid trouble In the fu
ture It Is necessary that some authority be gl *cn
the city Engineer, to Hx a permanent alignment
of Main street, as a basis tor all future loca
tions, In all that- part, of the former Johnstown
borough lying between the two rivers. The
streets and alleys should be run parallel and at
right angles to one another. As there Is In
nearly all blocks a surplus of ground, tbe dis
position of which would be proper to throw Into
the streets, and alleys, whenever a new build
ing Is to he erected on a corner lot of a block
where there Is a surplus, the building should bo
located In accordance with the original plan of
the town, and the surplus ground of the block
thrown into the street or alley adjacent. This
would cause an awkward looking alignment, of
the streets for a time, but the time would come
when If all new buildings and street corners are
made to conform to the original plan of the
town, the City would have Its alignment of
streets and alleys and Its distances of blocks
according to the original plan. 4
JOHN DOWNEY, City Engineer.
To the Select ami Common. Council of the City of
Johnstown:
The foregoing communication Is respectlully
forwarded to councils for their consideration
and action W. HORACE ROSE, Mayor.
Moved by Mr, Slick that the recommen
dation be concurred in. Amended by Mr.
Kennedy to he referred to Committee 011
City Property. Passed as amended.
An ordinance regulating the passage of
joint and concurrent resolutions by the
Councils of the city of Johnstown.
An ordinance relating to the mode of
the payment ol the City Assessors passed
two readings.
An ordinance repealing ail ordinances
enacted and ordained by the several bor
oughs now composing the city of Johns
town before consolidation, except thbse
relating to streets, alleys, squares, side
walks and sewers, and carrying into effect
agreements with corporations having the
right of way or eminent domain, as also
all ordinances enacted to carry into etlect
any agreement with corporations and in
dividuals which are not obselete, passed
two readings.
The following resolution was passed
unanimously.
Resolved, That, common council concurring
the proposition made by the Cambria Iron Com
pany to build a bridge across the c'onomaugh,
and to protect Woodvale by filling up the bunk
of the river, be accepted, and the Mayor and
controller be Instructed to contract with the
parlies and have the work done.
The petition of Mr. Gardner, for re
funding order for money paid to Johns
stown borough as toll for use of borough
scales, was granted.
Mr. Haws introduced a resolution
stating that, if Common Council concur,
the proposed measure presented by the
Committee from the Board of Trade and
the Finance Committee in regard to the
change of the Stonycreek river be ac
cepted.
Mr. Moses thought that the matter was
not in order, but the chair decided that
it might properly be discussed.
Mr. Kennedy spoke quite at length on
the subject. He was opposed to it and
would fight it to the last. No man wanted
to give up his home to make a river bed.
It was unjust, it was outrageous. It
could not be done ; the people cannot be
made to give up their homes and they
will not do it. No one is able to buy that
land. It should fail and deserves to fail.
Mr. Haws, with the consent of the
second, withdrew the resolution.
The City Controller was authorized, if
the Common Council concur, to purchase
the two small Barnes safes for the use of
the City, as recommended by the Com
mittee.
An ordinance to provide mode of pay
ing claims against the City passed
two readings.
The ordinance erecting a Board of
Health passed third reading.
The nuisance ordinace passed third
reading. The ordinance, which is a sup
plement to license tax ordinance, passed
third reading.
In reference to matter of opening cer
tain streets in the Seventh ward the City
Solicitor submitted the following :
To the President and Members of the City Coun
cils of the City of Johnstown, Pa.:
GENTLEMEN : In the matter in reforence to
opening the streets In the Seventh ward, of said
city, referred by your honorable body to the
City solicitor by proceedings of the 28th ult.
with power to act and report to councils, in
pursuance of which your solicitor did so act, and
submits this his report:
That upon examination among the records and
t
files of the court of Quarter Sessions of Cambria
county, of No. 6 September Term, 1888, proceed
ings as follows appear therein : Petition of Cha|
L. Dick, Burgess of the Horough of Johnstown.
Pa., praying for the appointment of viewers to
view and assess damages and award contribu
tions tor advantages and disadvantages caused
by rcasou of laying out and opening the severa 1
streets and alleys tn the new additions to the
Seventh ward of the borough aforesaid, on
September.3,lßßß, the Court appointed viewers.
On December 3. 1888, a return was made showing
that several of the viewers appointed had de
clined to act; whereupon the court on the same
day appointed viewers to act in the stead of
those who declined. After said subsequent ap
pointment, as your Solicitor Is Informed by 11. H-
Kulin, Esq., who was at that time solicitor of
the horough of Johnstown, the draft was se
cured and the view made in accordance with
said appointment, a d the report thereof left In
the hands of the Sollcller of said borough to be
presented by him to the June Term of Court,
1889; but that in the Rood of 31 May, 1889, the
papers were swept away and destroyed.
Your solicitor would, therefore, recommend
that the proceedings relative to the opening of
said streets be begun anew.
Awaiting your further orders,
1 remain yours ot dlently,
JAMES M. WALTERS, city Solicitor.
On motion of Mr. Haws the matter was
deterred until the next meeting. Council
then adjourned.
ARTIFICIAL GASCON A LARGE SCALE.
A Plant to be lluilt to Manufacture it tor
Private Use In Moxlmm.
The Johnson Company have in course
of erection in their yards at the Switch
Works what is known as a " producer "
for the manufacture of gas from the Lima
fuel oil, now used by that Company for
fuel purposes at their works. The gas
will be made by what is known as the
Archer process. The reducer will be lo
cated near the Rolling Mill office, and
will be conncetid with the pipe system of
the town, which since the ructurc between
the Johnson Compcny and the Westmore
and & Cambria .Natural Gas Company
some time ago has not been in use. The
people of that section will be very glad if
they again will be supplied with fuel gas.
In fact anyone who has experienced the
convenience of a gas lire never willingly
returns to any other means of making
heat.
Newriimper Mi May Iteune in Jolnrttowii.
Pittsburgh Times.
The newspaper men of this city who
worked at Johnstown during the disaster
are contemplating holding a reunion there
May 31st, the anniversary of the calamity.
A meeting has been called for next Satur
day afternoon, when the arrangements for
the celebration will te made.
There were probably fifty or sixty ac
tive workmen in Pittsburgh who
•' hustled " at different times in the Con
em ugh valley during the monthsof June
and July, and the idea is to have a re
union, and talk over the many trials and
hardships incident to the work of gather
ing news. The reunion will also be the
means of reorganizing the " Limeklin
Club," which lapsed after comfortable
quarters were secured.
It was suggested that the menu at the
reunion be made up of canned corn, beef,
salt pork, black coffee and crackers, with
" embalming fluid " as a stimulant. It is
also suggested to carry the idea still
farther, and have a foraging party pro
cure the edibles.
INNOCENT, HIIT IN FKISON.
Perjtiretl Testimony Sent an Innocent Jtian
to the Penitentiary.
ACOCSTA, Ga., May 14.—The dying Q ■
fession of a false witness has give" .0 a
Georgian bis liberty, of which he has been
deprived for sixteen years. Seventeen
years ago William Starincker was tried in
the court of Burke county for the murder
of Henry Chance. The evidence was
purely circumstantial, and because Star
incker had some trouble with Chance a
short time before he was killed the jury
convicted him, and he was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life. He stoutly de
nied his guilt.
John Crane on his dying bed, in the
presence of witnesses, last week con
fessed that he swore talsely against Star
incker, and upon his perjured evidence
he was sent to the penitentiary for life.
Governor Gordon, upon receipt of the con
fession and a petition of citizens, yester
day ordered the release of Starincker
from prison. Starincker returned to his
home in Burke county to-day, and re
ceived a hearty welcome from his old ac
quaintances.
Convention of the Ancient Order of Hlber.
nians.
HABTFOUD, May 14.—The thirty-seventh
National Convention of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians opened here this morning.
The programme began with the celebra
tion of high mass at St. Joseph's Church
by the Rev. William A- Hardy. A short
sermon was preached by the Rev. J. J.
Quinn, of Collinsville, chaplain of the Hi
bernian Rifles.
The convention was called to order at
noon by National Delegate Wilhere, and
adjourned until to-morrow that all might
have an opportunity to see the parade,
which was the feature of the day. It
started from Bushncll Park at 12 o.clock,
and reached tho reviewing stand at the
city hall about 1:45. About 5,000 men
were in line, and it took an hour to pass a
given point. New London county led,
and Hartford county brought up the rear,
The decorations along the line of march
were numerous and beautiful.
MR. RANDALL'S SUCCESSOR.
The Lire and Career of Ex-Mayor Richard
Vaux.
Richard Vaux was born in Philadelphia,
December 16, 1816. His father, Roberts
Vaux, who was also a native Philadel
phian, was one of the authors of the pres
ent school system of Pennsylvania, and
for fourteen years president of the Board
of School Controllers of Philadelphia. He
was also the originator of the system of
separate confinement for criminals, and
for a short time served as a judge of the
Court of Common Pleas. Well educated
himself and an ardent advocate of popular
education, he supervised the education of
his son Richard, who was not sent to col
lee. Richard Vaux was the first law
student of the late William M. Meredith,
and was admitted to the bar just after he
was 20. Before entering upon the active
practice of his profession the young law
student made a trip to Europe as the
bearer of dispatches to Andrew Steven
son, then Minister of the United States at
the Court of St. James. His dispatches
contained an order to the then Secretary
of Legation to repair to Berlin and Mr.
Vaux was appointed in his stead, serving
a full year, when he was relieved by Ben
jamin Rush He then completed his in
tended trip abroad, traveling through
Belgium, France, Italy and other portions
of Europe.
Returning to England he became the
private secretary of Minister Stevenson,
which capacity he served until his return
to America in 1839.
The death of King William occurred
during his residence in London, and Mr.
Vaux participated in the coronation fes
tivities and ceremonies incident to the ac.
cession of Victoria to the British throne.
Returning borne in the fall or 1830 he
found he had been nominated to the Leg
islature by the Democrats of the Ninth
ward, but the Whig majority of 5,000 or
6,000 was 100 great to be overcome, even
by a candidate so popular as Mr. Vaux.
In the following year lie was a delegate
to the Democratic National Convention
which nominated Martin Van Burcn for
the Presidency. From this time forward
his interest in politics was keen and active.'
In 1841 he was appointed Recorder of
Philadelphia, an office he held for seven
years, no decision ot his ever being rever
sed by the higher coui ts. A volume of
his decisions while Recorder was pub
lished, which is now regarded as a stan
dard legal authority.
Mr. Vaux was nominated for Mayor by
the Democrats in 1842, being defeated at
the polls by a few hundred votes. He
was twice renominated and defeated be
fore the consolidation of the city aud was
the first Democratic candidate after con
solidation and was again defeated, his
successful opponent being Judge Conrad.
By this time his blood was up and on the
day succeeding the election he announced
from the State House steps that he would
be in the field at the next election. He
was as good as his word, and what was
better, successful. His administration ot
the Mayoralty, the only elective office he
ever held, whos characterized by the in
troduction of many reforms and the
recommendation of a system of municipal
government which has been practically
adopted in the existing law known as the
Bullitt Bill.
Mr. Yaux has been for more than forty
years president of the Board of Inspectors
of the Eastern Penitentiary. He is a
jnember of the Board of City Trusts, is
identified with the American Philoso
phical Society, the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania, and holds high rank in the
Masonic order. He is the author of an
essay on the life of Joseph Heister, one
of the five Pennsylvania German Gov
ernors of the Commonwealth under the
Constitution of 1790. His most volu
minuous writings are on the subject of
penology, on which he is regarded as an
authority in Europe as well as at home.
Fifty volumes of Penitentiary reports
have issued from his pen besides a num
ber of treatises on crime, its causes and
punishment.
A Democrat of the straitest sect, Mr.
Vaux has not hesitated to criticise un
flinchingly the management of his own
party whenever it departed from the
strictest line of integrity. His whole life
has been a protest against the corruptions
of modern politics. His bold independ
ence of character makes him one of the
most striking and picturesque meu in
public life. He is one of the few men
in his generation who can wait for time
to vindicate his principles, and he pursues
his straightforward course, caring little
who dissents from him.
In personal appearance Mr. Vaux is a
splendid specimen of physical manhood,
bearing the weight of his seventy-four
years with the jaunty, springy step of
forty. His long hair, once tawny, now
plentifully mixed with gray, hangs in a
tangled mass over his broad shoulders.
He wears a full beard and moustache.
He still takes vigorous physical exercises,
indulges in cold baths and never wears an
overcoat, carries an umbrella or rides in
a horse car.
He has been three times a candidate for
Elector-at-Large and once, in 1870, ran on
the Democratic ticket for Congressman-
at-Large, his associates being James H.
Hopkins, of Pittsburgh, and Hendrick B.
Wright, of Luzerne. This is his first
district nomination for Congress.
CONFLICTING EXPLANATIONS.
Rett OHM Given lor the Postponement of tlie
Committee Meeting-
WASHINGTON, Slay 18.—The postpone
ment of the meeting of the Republican
National Executive Committee has given
rise to considerable gossip and specula
tion.
Chairman Quay gives out that this ac
tion was taken owing to the absence of
Mr. Clarkson, who has not yet returned
from his father's funeral, and who, he
says, is an important factor. He asserts
that the committee will Hold its sessions
as soon as Mr. Clarkson returns.
On the other hand it is contended that
Mr. Quay is afraid to proceed with the
meeting, as he fears a row and a red-hot
time, owing to the dissatisfaction that
exists among members of the committee
concerning the management of the close
corporation consisting of Quay, Clarkson
and Dudley. That such dissatisfaction
exists is well attested, and there is uo
doubt it would find an expression if an
opportunity were presented.
Mr. Quay probably saved himself a deal
of trouble by the postponement of the
meeting of the Executive Committee.
There does not appear to be any question
that President Harrison is trying to un
load Quay, and a rupture within the com
mittee was quite sure to occur. The ex
cuse given for the postponement was the
absence of Clarkson, but everybody
knows tuat had nothing to do with it—it
was merely to avoid a row, and the post
ment was made to a time indefinite for Mr.
Quay's personal convenience. lie could
not, of course, afford to resign while
under fire, nor could he afford to draw the
fire of members of his own party at this
time, but it is understood to be his inten
tion to wait until his present troubles
have settled down, and have ceased to be
talked about, and in the fall he will re
sign.
Mil: HI.A/Kl) AWAY.
A It <1 Gang Put to Flight by a Farmer's
Daughter.
KANSAS CITY, MO., May 13.—A girl and
a shotgun put to flight a party of tramps
at Olathe, Kansas, last evening.
Mr. aud Mrs. Frank Duffy left their
farm yesterday morning in charge of their
daughter Clara, twenty-three years old,
and her brother, a boy of fourteen. The
house is near the Fort Scott and Gulf
Railroad, along which tramps swarm.
In the evening thiee rough-looking
men entered the yard and demanded sup
per, threatening dire consequences if
they were refused. Fearing trouble, Miss
Duffy said : " Wait a minute," and run
niug into the house, seized a shot-gun.
Two of the tramps were already making
away with the boy. While the leader
was coming up the steps into the house a
charge of shot met him, and he ran from
the yard yelling with pain. Without
stopping Miss Duffy fired the remaining
barrel into the other two. The shot took
effect, and she was left, with her brother,
master of the situation.
The tramps came to Olathe, employed
a surgeon to dress their wonnds, and
hastily disapj eared. They were badly
peppered, only the fineness of the shot
having prevented serious results.
National Educational Aggoclatlon—Hall
Kates for All to St. Paul, Minn.
National Educational Association and
Council of Education will hold their next
Annual Conventions at St. Paul, Minne
sota, July 4to 11, 1890. Hon. James H.
Canfield, of Lawrence, Kansas, is Presi
dent of the Association. It is expected
that there will be twenty thousand teach
ers present from all points of the Union
and Canada. The railroads have agreed
to sell tickets to St. Paul and return for
one lowest first class single rate for round
trip, plus $2, membership fee. Open to
all persons. The most complete arrange
ments are being made to give the teachers
a splendid welcome to the Northwest, and
to make the meeting a great success.
There will be ample hotel accommoda
tions at reasonable rates. Local ex
cursions are being planned to tho Lake
region, Yellowstone Park, Canadian
National Park and all important points of
interest in the Northwest and on the
Pacific Coast, which will furnish teachers
with tho finest summer holiday trips that
they ever enjoyed.
Among the prominent Speakers to be
present are Bishop Quintard, of Ten
nessee ; Miss Frances Wiliard; Judge
Gundy, of Louisiana ; U. S. Senator Blair,
New Hampshire; Dr. W. T. Harris, U. S.
Commissioner of Education, Dr. Han
cock, Ohio, and Rev. A. E. Winship,
Boston.
For copy of Official Bulletin and all par
ticulars about rates, routes, entertainment
and programmes ask your Railway Ticket
Agent, or address the General Passenger
Agent of the lino you expect to go over,
or addressS. Sherin, Secretary of St.Paul
Executive Committee, Hotel Ryan, k St.
Paul, Minn.
Nearly half the exports of Japan are
shipped to this country.
NO. 4
THE MAYOR'S VETO POWER.
It Is Only a Check anil Cannut Htop the
Puasage of Measure* On Which All the
Councilmen Agree.
In view of the fact that many of our
people hold the erroneous opinion that
the Mayor can, by his refusal to approve a
measure, preveut the same from being
passed, we quote from Section 7 of Arti
cle VI., of the Act of May 23, 1889, creat
ing cities of the third class, which pro
vides that every ordinance or resolution
which shull have passed both branches of
the Council shall be presented, duly
certified, to the Mayor for approval. If
he approves it he shall sign the same, but
if he shall not approve it he shall return
it, with his objections, to the branch of
Council wherein it originated, which shall
thereupon reconsider it. If, upon such
reconsideration, two-thirds of the mem
bers elected to each branch shall pass such
ordinance or resolution, it shall become
effective, as though the Mayor had signed
the same.
THE PRESBYTERIAN DIFFICULTY.
Tin- Conclusion of file Work Before the
Committee of Investigation.
As stated in ycsteulay morning's DEMO
CRAT, the committee appointed at the last
session of the Blairsville Presbytery to
inquire into the difficulty in the Presby
terian Church here, began that work on
Tuesday evening, but without doing much
jidjourned until yesterday morning.
At 9 o'clock the committee met in the
Bible class room. The elders and their
friends were first heard, and then the pas
tor and his friends. The propositions
looking to a settlement of the difficulties
were then considered. At noou the com
mittee adjourned to meet at 1 o'clock.
Tl.e afternoon service partook of two
features. A public service was held in
the auditorium of the church, while the
committee held a session in one of the
lower rooms. The public service was
peculiar for the earnestness and anxiety as
to the result of the work of the commit
tee.
Whatever the result may be it would
certainly gratify and encourage the pastor
at the spontaneous expression of love and
confidence expressed by the congregation
for him. minister who led the
service was so ovetcome that he was
forced to retire and remarked that in all
his experience he had never witnessed a
greater manifestation of love from a con
gregation toward their pastor.
About half past four o'clock the Com.
mittee arose, having concluded the'r de
liberation, the result of which will not be
made known until after they make their
report to Presbytery. However, sufficient
eaked out that justifies us in saying that
two of the Board of Elders will tender
their resignations in the interests of
peace, aud that the raaj ority of the con
gregation having been fully sustained,
the elements which led up to the difficulty
will gradually disappear and the church
will enter upon a new era of prosperity
and usefulness.
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FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE
P E NNSYLVA NIA R AIL RO A l>.
The Conemnugli River to he
Whleued East of the " Deep Cut " So UH
to Make the Roa<i-lieil Secure From
High Waters.
Just east of bridge No. 0, which is now
nearly completed, is what is known as
the deep cut lleyond that the river bco
has been changed from the left side of
the narrow valley to the right side by the
Pennsylvania Itailroad Company so as to
avoid the building of two bi idges. The
channel between the roaif bed and the
bluff has always beeu very narrow, and
the flood wiped the road-bed out of exis
tence at that point. It was all restored,
however and three tracks were laid upon
it, but during the wigh water ot April 9th
last, one ot the tracks was washed away,
and the second endangered. It was plain
that there was constant danger unless the
channel were widened. A force of men
was put to work a few days ago at cutting
away the trees and brush upen the edge
of the bluff, and yesterday work was
commenced at cutting away the bluff for
the purpose of giving the river a channel
of sufficient width. A considerable
amount of hard rock will be encountered,
which will make the work difficult.
A Very Timely Suggestion.
JOHNSTOWN, PA., May 14, 1890.
To the Editor of the Johnstown Democrat.
Permit me through the valuable col
umns of your issue to suggest to the sur
viving citizens of the City of Johnstown,
and others who met that dreadful calamity
on the afternoon of May 31, 1889, when
the Valley of the Conemaugh with all its
beauty, wealth and prosperity wa9 sud
denly changed into a Valley of Death,
and importuno the Mayor to entreat the
merchants, saloon keepers, Cambria Iron
Company and all business places and
shops to close their respective places of
business. On the anniversary of that ter
rible event, repairing to their respective
churches and memoralizc the sad scenes
of that long to be remembered ill fated
day, **•
" Was that your husband you were with
yesterday afternoon ?" asked one Chicago
lady of another. " Yes my husband pro
tempore—Went Shore.