Evening Gazette

              NUMBER 8040 | Weekly Eaublltbeii 1830 j PITTSTON, PA- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5. 1889. I TWO ce vr*. I TmOWHI Week. less than $500,000. Our upper works are completely demolished." A great number of citizens subscribed $100. An aggregate of (10,000 was subscribed. Peiiiapi more valuable than the money subscriptions were the large quantities of food aDid clothing donated by scores of merchants throughout the city. Just at the close of the meeting an effort was made tc pass a resolution thanking the president for his serrices-as chairman of the meeting and for the interest he had manifested in the p-oceedings, but the president begged the gentleman who offered the resolution to withdraw it, and then, declaring the meeting adjourned, quietly left the hall. THOUSANDS HOMELESS. SPORTING EVENTS. IRISH-AMERICANS! &AKlMc POWDER AMONG THE DEAD. light is a sad one. Many bodies are not claimed. Sixteen bodies have been taken there, all being females but two. Another car load of coffins has arrived. Giin. Hastings has instructed his assistant, Maj. A. L. Spangler, to organise the following dejjartmeuts of distribution: Beef and meats, clothing, tinware, flour, coffee, sugar and tea. Maj. Spangler has also organized a special department including Kernville, W Jed vale, Cambria City, Morrellville, Conemaugh and other towns, and in each of these he will establish branch depots, and from these assistants will distribute the necessaries to the worthy. This scheme will enable those in charge to give to all who are needy and prevent imposition. The principal depot is at the Pennsylvania passenger station. A portion of the platform has been wired off, and large tables, filled with all kinds of good, substantial, cooked and uncooked food, arranged along the whole length of it. Police are on guard, not only to repress the eager crowds, but also to prevent the incoming of loafers, who are very abundant. Those asking aid are admitted to the wired passageway, and as fast as their wants are attended to, their baskets filled and addresses taken, they are hustled out at the other end, where also are stationed several officers, who narrowly scan each outgoer, in order that he or she may not duplicate the visit in the same day. Aiayor Spangler says: "We have an abundant*) of everything except boots and shoes, and there should be a supply of them immediately. Each applicant is s-upplied with a day's rations either for himself or his family. Those who do not have families and are hungry are given lunc'.ies from the supplies we keep on hand all the time. Money is of no use just now. Many ap-*. plicants have money and are willing to buy, but there is nothing to buy in the city and wo can sell nothing." Distribution of Supplies. Hundreds of Houses Carried Away at Williamsport. Baseball. LJCAOUK. The large dnr goods store of P. A. Cobalt was the only Sore left from the flood. It is said he had about $20,000 worth of stock on hand, but gave it all away to the flood suf- ▲t Boston— Boston  Philadelphia. . Your Votes to Deth-one 1 01000000 2—4 .1 01000000 0-8 King Alcohol. Scenes and Incidents in the [ Streets of Johnstown. Batteries; Clarksun and Bennet, Sanders and Schriver. At Washington— ferers. CONSIDERABLE LOSS OF LIFE. Washington 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8—5 New York 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1—8 Batteries: Keefe and Mack, Keefe and Ewing. At Chicago— THE HOME AflAINST THE SALOON A family of ten persons named Berher came here lost Wednesday from Rhode Island. The father and several sons secured work in the Cambria iron works. All were drowned except Harry, a 18-year-old son. The little fellow has been taken In charge by a-lady living out of town. He says bis uncle, Thomas B. Pugh, lives in Westerly, R. I. Late Reports Show that the First News GRAVE DIGGERS WANTED. of the Damage Done by the Floods Was An Appeal from F. P. Cummlngg, President of the Catholic Total Abstinence Generous College Boys. Not Exaggerated—No Suffering at Lock Cleveland 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 x—5 Batteries: Gumbert and Sommers, Beat in and Sutcliffe. Chicago .0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1-4 Union of Pennsylvania- Some Qooil Bereaved Fathers Obliged to Bury Their Families Themselves. Ithaca, N. Y., June 5.—At a meeting of the faculty and students of Cornell university $1,000 was subscribed for the Johnstown sufferers. Two student* named Kress, who are cousins, lost their parents and homes in the disaster. Professor W. D. Williams, of Cornell, lost his father, three sisters and ai] uncid in the Johnstown flood. Steps have been taken by this city to send aid to the stricken region. Haven. Advice, Williamsport, June 5.—The houses of the poor people nearest the river have been carried away with all they possessed. Thousand* of people are homeless and without anything but the clothes upon their backs. Provisions are scarce. Dead animals and all kinds of filth are strewed upon the streets, and grave fears of an epidemic are entertained. Five million dollars is a low estimate of the loss on lumber alone. Other Josses will be larger. At Pittsburg- From the c e rati ton Diocesan Index Burying the Unidentified Dead. Pittsburg- Indianapolis game postponed on ac count of rain. To no rsce on earth is liberty more sweet than to the children cf Irel ud F »r that her sois bare bnred the breast and lifted the sword on ever; field where bihve m r, b to and died; IjC it hor exiled children have bidden adieu forovir t D that sunny land whose every foot has been cossecra'ed o freedom by the blood of their kindred; of it hor piets have sung in the dear past, before the inn foot of 'tyranny polluted her ait and and daik oppression curtained her Ullsides, "Hre the Emerald gem of the Western World was set iu the crown of a stranger." Yesterday was the day set aside by the citizens' committee for the burying of all the unidentifl d dead that have been lying in the morgues since Sunday. At 10 o'clock in the morning the men who were in charge of the burying started to work and were busy all day. There were no pathetic scenes at these burials. The men who were hired to do this work seemed to do It as a matter of business. The bodies were interred in the cemeteries nearest the places where they were found. About noon a procession of fifty coffins was seen going up the hill above the railroad. There was not a mourner present, and the sight was a ghastly one to behold. It will take several days to bury the bodies in the different graveyards, as there were few graves dug until yesterday morning, no implements to dig them with. A largo detachment of men have arrived from Pittsburg, and they were immediately put to work digging graves. Altogether about 300 bodies were taken to the different cemeteries yesterday. At Brooklyn— Brooklyn  Kansas City  ASSOCIATION. DYNAMITE IN TITB DEBT1IS. .1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-5 .0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2-8 Batteries: Lovett and Reynolds, Swartzeli and Donahue. At Baltimore— AbsoIuNy Pure Till , powder never varies. A marvel of pi stiength aad wholesomnaeaa. More eoona than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be so competition with the multitude of low lest, welftht, alum or phoa «te powders. Sold m cant. Royal Bakiho Powdbb Co.. 10S N. Y. It Fails to Separate the Mass of Wreck- age Above the Bridge. New Brunswick, N. J., June 5.—The students of Columbia college have raised $15C for the Johnstown sufferers. Tba scholars in the public schools and employes in the factories are active in the case and are collecting money and clothing. The young lady students here are greatly worried, as no word lias been received from their relatives at Johnstown since the catastrophe occurred. A contribution of $1,000 was sent, and it is expected that $2,500 will be raked. The clergymen are active, and collections will be made in all churches on Sunday next A consignment of clothing and provisions will be sent to Johnstown. Baltimore 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0—8 Cincinnati 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0—8 Batteries: Foreman and Quinn, Duryea and Keenan. At Columbus— Many More Bodies Have Been Recovered, Tho surrounding country has suffered just as badly. Booms, bridges and villages have been swopt away and the loss of life fcas been considerable. but They Lie Unlnterred and Menace Columbus-St. Louis game postponed on account of rain. At Philadelphia— No game. Louisville not arrived. j Common Sei the Health of the Living—It la Now Reasonably Certain That from Twenty Huntington, Pa., Juno 8.—The terrible destruction to life and property throughout the Juuiata valley by the flood cannot yet be apprcx mated. In this city the inhabitants were forced to fl;e for their lives at midnight Thursday, and by daybreak the chimneys of the houses were visible above the rushing waters. The water rose thirty-flve feet above low water mark, being eight feet higher than the last groat flood of 1847. UTJIKR OAlfES. to Forty Paasengers on the Railroad At New Haven- New Haven 1 00 30000 9—6 Lowell 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0-6 Batteries: 8worback and Warner, Sullivan and Qunossio. At Jersey City— WheL the iron hand of oppression boro too heavily upon them, they bade farewell to the ashes of their kindred, and sought peace ind freedom in a foreign land. And here to this sheltering haven they have carrl d the customs and habits that poverty taught them at home, and, while freed from ihe slavery of a despotic government, yet to many of thoae homeless wanderers the slavery of drink clung with au uncompromising tenacity, No slavery, even in the dark midnight of Ireland's gloom, ever weakened the arm of her defenders more ihan did the awful ourse of intemperance. Bmmett died for Ireland's free loin, O'Connor lent the power of his mighty genius to give her children religious liberty, and the gentle Matbew wore out his young life to free bis ccuutrymen from a thralldom worse than death. Tha purity of his life, and the self abnegation he taught,have borne rich fruitage in every land where the Irish wanderer has strayed, and here in our own dear America, his glorious deeds and christian example live on forever, inspiring and ennobling all who heed the leason of a virtuous life. Aai you, IriahDAaericana, bora under a free flag, and descended from an ancestry whose davotion to humanity and religion has been tha admiration of history, Inspired by the traditions of a glorious past, if you love your God and Country, II you value your proud birth-right, and glory in the enjoyment of civil add religious liberty, should you not examine wlth'careful scrutiny the great q ieetion of to-day, that is destined to contribute so much to your future weal or woe T i Trains Caught in the Flood Perlalied. In AH, About 2,500 Corpses Have Been will prompt you to save a much money as you can especially in the purchasini of your clothes. WHA' YOU WANT is the bea goods's the most perfect fit! and your money's worth My line of Blarney TwecC|i Bannockburn Cheviots an French and English Tweed* Harris* Cassimcrs, Middle sex Flannels, Corkscrew! Serge Diagonals, Ac., &c., i the largest in town. Brought to Lighl—The Fourteenth Reg- rittaburg's Share of the Good Work, Jersey City 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 0-8 Easton 2 0 0 0 800 1 *—6 Batteries: Lan lman and Haflford, Sullivan and Moore. At Newark— Duty—Relief Funds Are Reaching Mag- Iment Has Been Called Out to Do Follce PiTTgBCRO, June 5.—The local relief committee yesterday had its bands full of work and its coffers rapidly filling with contributions, the steady diain on which, however, removed all possibility of a disastrous flood of money. Tbe cash torrent, nevertheless, swept away hunger and cold front the destitute who poured into Pittsburg On every train from Johnstown, and the big, open hearts of the Pittsburg public provided them with temporary homes. Every public institution was called into requisition, and many private hous g have opened hospitable door* to the homeless. nlflcent Proportions and Everything; t Possible Is Being Done for the C«im- It is now definitely settled that at least twenty, and perhaps forty, persons were lost on the two sections of the day express that Twenty, Perhaps Forty, Perished. „ Dr. W. B. Lowman, of Johnstown, is in charge of the medical relief corps. He is assisted by over 300 physicians. Dr. Lowman says Medical Relief ami Those Who Need II, Newark ...0 2 0 0 0 0 0 ,1 0—3 Wilkesbarre 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0—6 Batteries: Miller and Trott, Roach and Murphy. At Hartford- Hartford 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 8—6 Worcester 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 x—6 gatleries: Q'Connell and Moolip, IJurkett  Wilson. At Toronto— fort of the Survivors. Ali the bridges crossing the stream at this point are washed away. This loss alone will jijrfoxinl'Ue $200,000. To add to the sufferings of the people Huntingdon! merchants raised the price of nearly every lieoessary of life. Pour cases of drowning are reported in tbe immediate vicinity of this city, though whole fa nilies living along the Raystown branch, whose homes were swept away, are still missing. Along the R lys-own branch more than fifty farm bouses were swept away. Johnstown, Pa., June 5.—While the total loss of life at Johnstown and the surrounding boroughs of Cambria, Morrellville, Kernville and Conemaugh will never be known, yet a fair attempt is now being made to ascertain it within a reasonably fair limit. This is being done through a bureau of registration. Twenty-eight agencies have been established within the flood districts, and all survivors have been notified to register themselves and their families at once. There were 29,600 people residing in Johnstown and the boroughs named before the terrible catastrophe, and 9,000 have so far-4"egistered. When the work of registration is finished, it will be known about how many persons are missing. The work is wry -carefully and thoroughly done, special care being taken to prevent duplications. "The first day or two very few injured leopie were seen. They are coming in now Dy lhe score, sickness is getting alarming, tnd we see our duties multiply hourly. Servcus prostration, pneumonia and fevers will be and are the most frequent ailments, and pneumonia is sure to be very prevalent be »use of exposure in the water and dampness. There are over 3,000 fick in the general hospitals here and in the boroughs already, and there will be three tim.'S as many. We must arrange to disinfect the city immediately. Two car of disinfectants have already received from Pittsburg, but a tram load wilfbe required." The list of the recovered dead keeps up its appalling growth, but the list of those recognized is not so large, owing to the (act that many of the fcdies recovered are burnt beyond recognition or decomposition has sat in, The ascertained 1 gt of 2,300 bodies has been augmented by 138 more in Johnstown, Cambria and Kernville; a large number at Woodvale and, it is said, 32 at "Nineveh and vicinity. The undertakers are becoming fagged out, many having worked day and night for seventy-two hours. Toronto 1 0 2 0 1 0 8 4 8—14 Buffalo 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0— 8 Batteries: Serad and McQuire, Fanning and Dealy. At London— The Pittsburg ladies have taken the work of relief in band, and it is certain to be done JtKith efficiently and tenderly. An organ zatiop has been effected and preparations made on a scale commensurate with the occasion. A force of men has been mustered in to meet eyery inccming train from the east wjth carriages and take sufferers at once to the Second Presbyterian church, where they are fed and, tlDo.-e who need it, clothed. Their bodily wants relieved, they aro taken from the church and placed in the various temporary kopm Lock Haven Heard From. London-Syracuse game called at end of third loniug because of rain. At Toledo— Philadelphia, June 5.—Superintendent Pettit, of the Pennsylvania railroad, made hie way to the edge of the city of Lock Haven. Ho saw gome of the principal citizens, and they say there is no suffering. All tbe houses had from six to ten feet of water in them, and the mud is still remaining in the streets and houses. Only one person is known to have been - drowned at Lock Haven, but aeyeral lives are reported lost at Hill Hall, a town about four miles from Lock Haven. AS THE RECEDING FLOOD LEFT JOHNSTgWN. left Pittsburg at 8 a. m. Friday and on the accommodation train that was about to leave Johnstown that afternoon. There have been numerous and conflicting reports about how many trains were caught in the flood, but front mo t reliable sources it has been learned that three trains were caught by theiwater. Mr. Edward McCullough, o( the Westmoreland Coal company, was" among the passengers on the day express east on Friday morning. He states positively that both sections of the day express and ihe accommodation were caught in the flood. Said he: Toledo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2—4 Rochester 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1—6 Batteries: Smith and Sage, Barr and Toy. At Detroit- Detroit 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0—4 Hamiltou 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—2 Batteries: Smith and Weill, Qreer add Oidfleld. At Chipagp—First race, five-eighths of a inile, Milii'j R, first; Buckthorn, second; LhIu QKb, thirdj time, 111)}, Second race, tbree-(J fters of a mi-e, Banta Cruse, first; Dakota, second) Crispino, third; time, 1:88. Third raoe, three-quarters Of a mile, Heldelgtein, first; Charlie Shawhan, second; Englewood, third; time, 1:28%. Fourth race, seven-eighths n' a mile, Leman, first; Long Chance, second; Redleaf, third; time, 1:31. Fifth race, one mile, Lewis Clark, flrgt; Schoolmaster, second; Solid Silver, third; time, 1;40. Kama. Superintendent Morgan, of the Cambria Iron company, who is regarded as an exceptionally level headed man, has returned There were 1,000 workmen sent pi|t on a special train last evening armed with picks, shovels, etc., and they created a deeded sen? wit ion as they marched down Fifth avenge. The tools and equipments on tb« train weft valued at $50,000. YOU ARE WIS ).|vei Lpst In New York States. CoftNl&fG, Jf, Y., June 5.—The loss by the flood in gteuben pounty is estimated at $1,000,000, Jn tbe rush for safety here a boy named O'Brien was drowned. Nearly all the county between here and Hornellsvllle was under water, and tbe damage to farms Is enormous. From Ansonia, Pa., to Jersey shore, on tbe Pine Creek division, tbe railroad track is reported washed away for fifty miles. It is reported that eighteen bodies have been found between Stokeedale junction and Ansonia. "It is my opinion that at least twenty people were drowned from the trains. In fact, I can count that many mi-sing myself, and the death rate may go as high as forty. There was one parlor car and three sleepers on the express and several other cars. We did not know of the flood until about thirty seconds before it was upon us. We heard the whistling of the engines, and all who could ran to tbe hills. Among the passengers were two young ladies, one of whom, I think, lived in Pittsburg, and the other, who had been visiting her in Pittsburg, lived in New Jersey. They heard the warning anil ran out of the car, but it was muddy and they went back for their overshoes, and before they could get away they were caught by tbe water and drowned. The next morning we found them dead. and you will so remarl yourself by, at the earliea moment taking advantage o the large stock and leavin( your measure now. The prevailing motto STATE AND NATIONAL AID. Arthur Kirk, of Pittsburg, yesterday began preparing to cear away the raft of wrick above the bridge. Clearing Away the Wreck. Governor Heaver and l're«i(lenj; Harrison — 4Klnn OnaB**-* Hariusbubo, June 5.—Governor Beaver bag been silting by a Western Union operator for ten hours directing movements at Johns' town, giving information to President Harrison as to the condition of affairs in the Hooded district, and getting news from the various parts of the state on the subject He received a long dispatch from the mayor an 1 other citizens of Williamsport, showing the wrecks accomplished by the freshet and the destitution ezisti ig in that city. The dispatch reports that thousands of people are homeless; that actual want prevails, and that prompt support is urgently needed. The loss of lumber alone is e timated at (5,000,000, while other damage done by the flood will exceed that am unt. Owing to the unprecedentiy high water the necessary supplies cannot be obtained at Williamsport. The governor has telegraphed to Mayor Fitler, of Puilade'phia, and Mayor Kennedy, of Reading, to dit-pa'.ch food trains to Williamsport, and in response to a request of the governor President Harri on had a similar train started from Washington. First Vice President Thomson, of the Pennsylvania ruikoad, has devised a plan by which the provisions can be transported to their destinations. The trains will be met at Sunbury by asteambjat, which will carry the supplies to a point beyond where the bridge at Montgomery station stood, when they will be loaded on a train for Williamsport. Doing Everything Possible. 4iI can give no idea," he said, 4iof the " of *■' 1 take, but it will be If liquor was banished from our fair commonwealth, would the future for you and me be brighter or darker ? Do you waat to clothe your wife and children with the money wrung frem the trembling fingers of your neighbor, whose wife and children are freeing and starving for the necessaries which that money would buy f Perhaps his father and yours, in the forgotten past, p'ayed together in the oM laid, and knelt at the same altar to receive the Father's bleeslng, It may be that together under the shamrock in the "ule of the Sea," your sire and his rest there in their quiet gravea, and here, in the land of the strauger, you deal out ruin and destruction to him because appetite haa clouded his judgment. Have you no pity for bis lost manhood, for his wrecked life and murdered hopes, that you, perhaps have helped to destroy in order to "support your family T" Will you still continue to place the stumbling blocks of dissipation in the way of his poor to'tering footsteps. Will you help drag him down until another grave is made in the pottera' field f sngth of time it will take, but it will a TIIE PENNSVI.VANIA RAILR()AD RIUDME. At 8*. Lou's—First race, (our furlongs, Indian Princess, first; Millie Williams, second; Romain, third; time, 50 sec. Second race, seven-eighths of a mile, Poteen, first; Ker. meese, second; third; time, 1:90. Third race, one and a half miles, Queen of Trumps, first; Beth Broeck, second; Lady Hemphill, third; time, 2:40%. Fourth race, one mile, Clara C., first; Mollies Last, second; Comedy, third; time, IA4X- Fifth race, steeplechase, full course, Linguist, first; Lijero, second; no third; time, 5:0l. The loss of property is enormous At least 15.000,000"feet of logs have been swept away and all the bridges are gone. Weston, Portville and Eldred were submerged. A report comes from further up the river that several lives have been lost THE BEST OF Q00D8, MERRY MARRIAGE BELL8. THE BE8T OF FITl A Colored Hero. Justine Gray and HIm Matthews Wedded "The colored porter and one woman were lost from one of the sleeping cars. Tue porter tried to save the woman and they were both drowned. Iti another car an old gentleman was lost, and in the parlor car a woman lost her husband and sisters, and another lady passenger and her three children were lost The woman made a desperate effort to Bave the children, but it was useless, as the odds were so great against her. A woman named Chiistian, who lived in Missouri, was lost from one of the cars, and twelve passengers in the day coach are missing. One of Daly's theatrical companies was on one of the trains, but I do not think any of the members were lost" work of w'efcs. I have b$d some experience in blasting wrecks, but this is a job of unprecedented magnitude. I cannot tell yet to what extent the current of the river, as we bring it back to its channel, will assist the dynamite. The solid reft is about 400 feet wide by 1,200 feet Jong; and, since burning down to the water, it is about 80 feet thick. Say that it will average 15 feet of tree trunks, heavy timber*, locomotives, railroad iror, machinery, and wire from the works, all tangled and wedged together as only a flood can do it. The work of a fl ;od is the work of a maniac without p'.an or intelligence. It has no beginning and no eud. There is no keystone to it Every great stick of timber, every mass of iron is a separate key." Washington, June 5.—The nuptia's of Justice Gray and Miss Jeanette Matthews, daughter of the late Justice Matthews, were last even ng solemn'z d at the home of the bride in this city, on the corner of Connecticut avenus and N street, which was elaborat 'ly decked with flowers for the occasion. In Washington. At Jerome Park—First race, purse, one mie; Cortez first, Bohemian, second, Sluggard, third; time, 1:45}#. Second race; Fordham handicap, mile aud a quarter; Orifinmme, first; Firenzi, second; Taragon, third; time, 2:11J£- Third race, purae, 2-year* olds, mile and three-quarters; Mazimus, first; Bill Letcher, second; Gunnison, third; time, 1:18X- Fourth race, Arrow stakes, 3-yearolds, 1,400 yards; Madstone, first; Orator, second; Daylight, third; time, 1;23. Fifth race, purse, three-quarters of a mile; Enquiress, Ally, first; Beok, second; Fred B., third; time, 1 (20. Sixth race, purse, selling, mile and an eighth; Long Kuight, first; Pocatello, second; Satisfaction, third; time, 2:00}$.  AND  SATISFACTION OR MO PAY. from a tour of the entire flooded district. He declares that only about 15,000 persons are now alive where 29,500 lived and had their being before the flood. THE BRIDGE OF DEATH. PI. F. 61 Rev. Dr. Leonard, of St. John's church, was tho officiating clergyman, assisted by Rov. Dr. Hamlin. The bride descended the broad s!airway and entered the room on the arm of the groom, preceded by the two usher?, Messrs. William C. Endicott, Jr., aad Blair Lee. She wore a gown of creamy satin, wade with full front of crepe lisle, which soft material also trimmed the V shaped opening of the oorsage and formed pufflings on the elbow sleeves edged with lace. Sweeping down to "the edge of the long train full ihe graceful folds of the tulle veil, caught In its piaoe by a fragrant cluster of fresh orange blossoms, which also ornamented the bosom of her corsage. In her white g'ovtd hands she carried a bouquet of the delicate pure white roses known as the bridal rosa, which was tied with long s reams of white satin ribbon. AO it Gen. Hastings maintains that the death i'st may not exceed 8,000, and of this number ue thinks 8,000 bodies will never be recovered. Mr. McConnaughy, the chief of the bureau of registration, said that he is convinced that the number who perished is fully 10,000 or more. South Main St.. It is said that at least eleven of the people lost from the train were Pittsburgers, but it is impossible to ascertain any names. The railroad company has some names of the missing, but refuses to give them out until they are certain the people have been drowned. Mors Bodies Found Opposite Nineveh. "With the dimensions I have named the solid raft conta ns about 7,200,000 cubic feet to be blastid and wrenched away. Our plar is to begin at thj foot of the raft in the first arch of the bridge, removing the light wreckage and ashes and taking out such bedies and frngmonts of bodies as may be brorght to view. Then we will bore holes in the large trees and timbers at that spot, load them with dynamite and blow them to pieces. When we have broken up a small piace in that archway we wl 1 turn the water into it by means of a bracket dam across the new channel. We will work up and across stream, taking out the remains as fast as we uncover them. The bodies will not be injured by the dynnmite. It is the nature of that explosive that, though vory powerfu1, its effect is limited to the matter inim diately surrounding the charge, differing from black powder, which tearvi a wide area, though much less completely. The current may wash some bodies away as si etious of the raft break up, but no others that are in there will be lost. I have 200 men (aid the work will be pushed as fast as post-ible. CONDENSED NEWS. Threfe hundred more bodies have been found opposite Nineveh. This makes 700 bodies found at that place. Although the governor has ordered a carload of tents to Williamsport, they are insufficient to meet the demand. The United States governm nt is also being drawn on for tents. Mrs. Harriet Hulibard Ayer's attorneys announce that James M. Seymour has hurrendered. Tho 500 shares of the Rtcamier Manufacturing company controlled by Seymour have been handed over and a note for $7,000 has been given to Mr. Seymour. Mrs. Ayer has taken possession. But you say, I dou't sell drink, but I am in favor of tbe liberty of the individual, and shall vote to defeat the Constitutional Amendmen*, because it interferes -with the liberty of my neighbor. - Prohibition is tbe doctrine of extremists who are seeking the derruction of Pitts ton, P Adjt Gen. Hastings states that he wishes to deny stories published to the effect that there has been wholesale lynching and rioting here since Saturday. Says he: C'»pt. W. R. Jones and Evan Jones held a consultation anil arranged the scheme for clearing the streets. Clearing the SlrteU. Pontoon* to Bridge the Rivers, The governor ha* suggested to the president that pontoons be sent to Jo instown to be swung across the streams and used to take the mountain debris over them. The president has telegraphed that they have been ordered to be shipped. Judge White, of Indiana cjunty, and ex-Senator Huff, of Westmoreland, have been roquest.xl by the governor to organ z 3 forces to remove the debris on the Conemaugh and Kiskiminetas rivers, and that ho will see that funds are furnished. "These reports are utterly devoid of truth. Every one knows there is no truth in these statements, but the people away from here have no means of obtaining information only through the newspapers. I think theie is enough truth to tell here without publishing false and sensational stories." "Men and fire will do it," said Evan Jones. "We bave about 2,000 in all. We'll just gather up and cast all this truck out on the flats there and set fire to it The wind will The mutilated body of a woman found:in the Thames, near London, was at first supposed to 1*3 that of another victim of "Jack the Ripper." It was afterward allegetf by the police, however, that the tody had been a subject of medical dissection. businrss recognised by law through generations of the paat, and as long as it does me bo harm, I shall vote to continue it. I am not responsible for tbe injury it does to others. *CASH* The ceremony over, the guests adjourned to the dining hall, where an elaborate collation was served. Those present were Mrs. Stanley Matthews, Paul and Miss Eva Matthews, Mi s Grant, Justice and Mrs. Miller, Justice and Mrs. and the Misses Wood, Justice and the Misses Strong, Justice and Mrs. Field, Mrs. and Mi s Waite, Miss Lucy Corkhiil.How can you speak thus, through whose reins courses the blood of that grand old race whoee champions hire fought and died on land and sea io defence of right and justice T How oan you forge the chains that will bind in hopeless slavery your Irish brethren, and continue to make them the butt and soorn of the civilised world f Think well before you act and know that it is io your power, if you so desire, to sweep this monster sin, in one bold stroke, from every Irish home in Pennsylvania, and silence forever the voice of reproach to your race. If you vote to continue the truffle, then the responsibility will be yours. And remember the fiuit of yoor ballot may be a future generation of drunkards. Then strike while the opportunity is yours, or lose it forever. Tour* fraternally, A Word to tht Wlat it Sui More Grave Diggers Needed. Trouble among the strikers at the Clark Thrtal works, in Newark, N. J., is reported. HEADQUARTERS What is needed here now more than anything else is grave diggers. Hundreds of bodies are lying around, and there is no one to dig graves. During the morning fifty funeral processions passed to the cemetery. It was not an unusual sight to see two or three coffins carried along, one after another, followed by a number of mourners in the same procession. It is impossible to secure wagons or conveyances of any kind, consequently all the funeral processions are on foot While riding In Rotten Row, London, Mr. Henry Matthews, home secretary,was thrown from hi* horse and fell heavily to the ground. He was somewhat shaken up, but otherwise not injured. The Fourteenth regiment has fejen d rected to proceed to Johnstown to do police duty. Justice and Mrs. Gray left for the neighborhood of Boston, where they will remain until they sail early in July for England and the continent. Wyoming valley Lumber Nothing has baen heard from Lock Haven, and the greatest fear is felt by the governor that dread!ul information will be received from that place within a short time. The governor has received a contribution of $10,- U00 from Haven, Conn. A dispatch to the governor from Williamsport says $7, UK) has been subscribed by the busiuest men tor the relief of the sufferers. The latest information received through the mayor of Williamsport is that many hjusefi were carried away, and thatthesan tary c6 idition of the inundated portions of the city is horrible, requiring tho immediate appl.catiou of disinfectants. A disastrous wreck occurred on the North Penn road near Sellersville, Pa. A freight train was wrecked and both tracks were blocked all day. A tramp was killed and another fatally hurt Hiram Meek, the engineer, was badly injured. A broken axle was the cause of the accident THE WRECKAGE AT THE BRIDGE. Murdered by a Burglar. scattor the ashes, and there won't be anything to remind tlie citiz nsof their trouble." '•The sanitary question is becoming a serious one to the cities down stream, as well as here. The water that washes among these decaying bodies go s on down to the *nfluent pipe, through which the people of Pittsburg and Allegheny got their drinking wa er. It'o horrible to tbinfc of." Topeka, Kan., June 5.—One of the most startling tragedies ever enacted in this city occurred yesterday morn'ng. At 4 o'clock the Hon. A. T. Rodgers was fatally shot by a burglar.and Mrs.Rodgers was shot so that her recovery is doubtful. At the hour named Mr. and Mrs. Roger*, who s'eep in a second story back room at their home on Third street, were awakened by the entrance into the room of a man from the outside. Mr. Rodgers started to grappe with him, followed by Mrs. Rodgers. The burglar fired as they oloei d in on him, the ball taking effect in Mrs. Rodgers' groin. A fierce struggle ensued, but Mr. Rodgers finally got the pistol away and pounded the villain on the head, driving him from the house. Latest reports are that both Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers are fatally injured. LARGE 8TOC.K y wall (Msoned large alu BILL TIMBERS, In an hour a hundred tents were up, and the men were tearing down the mountains of lumber and logs and piling them ready for the flames. Great billows of flames have been reaching up toward the lowering clouds all day, and now the streets are passable to all parts of the city, although the debris is by no moans all removed, nor will it bo for several days. There will be clear ground next Monday between the rivers, upon which Johnstown people may again build and again grow rich and great. Some philosophic residents have even come to regard the flood in the light of a solid advantage; and, if it had not swept so many lives from the earth, they would think it was absolutely so. Johnstown is sure to rise again. The action of the Cambria Iron com|-.any has been infectious. Those that have money will rebuild at their own expense, and thos) who have no money, but have gpod property, will borrow the necessary lu ids. There are no mortgages 011 any real estate to speak of. The city owes nothing, in fact is in splendid financial shape. Those who have money can lend it here to private citizens at £oo£D interest, or invest it in bonds issued to pay for new bridges, buildings, streets and whatever elsi new is needed. In a year or two Johnstown will be more than herself again. The population lost will be replac.yl by people who will  in the Cambria Iron works and new factories and industries that will be star ted. nun*. Mine prop*, William Gaffney perform d a very pitiful duty during the morning. On his father's and wife's side he lost fourteen relatives, among them his wife and family. He got a man to take his deceased relatives to the grave, and he dug his wife's and children's graves and buried them. In speaking of the matter he taid: LUMBER, Louis M. Cole, general ticket agent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, died yesterday afternoon at Baltimore of paralysis. Ha was born in Frederick county, Hd., seventy-five years ago. He was first employed in the freight department in 1843, and was promoted to be general ticket agent In 1852. rough and dreaaed Bhlnglea tj Lath, Blind*,| Q Cord Wood, Li' ut. Liggett, commanding a squai.ron of the companies of the Fifth regiiront, has placed guards all over the burning dobris and given orders to shoot all persons not woi king who would not keep off the wreckage. Doors, Window*, W •II klndi of dtffoult Q 8111*1 Fence Porta, Plckeu, •to., etc., etc. "I never thought that I could perform such a sad duty, but I had to do it, and did it No one has any idea of the feelings of a man who acts an undertaker, grave digger and pallbearer to his own family." YVilliauisport, The News says, was not the only sufferer by the flood, tut all tha towns in the vicinity were visited by the waters with tearful effect. P. P. CUUU1N09. William sport, Pa., Uaj 23, '89. Baluatradea, A five pc*ind can of dynamite has been expUvlerV htnong the wreckage at the second pier thi weDt end of the stone K/idge. It made a terrific report, but failed to dislodge anv of the debris. Hull Bros., of Detroit, the largest retail grocery firm in Michigan, are heavily involved, and have executed chattel mortgagee aggregating more than f100,000. The firm's creditors an chiefly Detroit parties. The asset* will probably mora than pay the lia bill ties. The embarrassment is attributed to the fact that they sold goods at too cloee a margin. wood-work. Working »t Washington, VERY LATEST. Ill*h fla shed K ► Estimate* made. The saddest sight to be seen on the river bank was the case of Mr. Giimore, who has lost his wife and family of five children. Ever since the calamity this old man has been seen or the river bank looking for his family. He lUsisted on the firemen playing a stream of water on the place where the house formerly stood, and where the bodies of his family were supposed to lay. The firemen, recognizing his feelings, played the Stream on the place for several hours. Finally one of the men picked up a charred «kull, evidently that of a child. This stirred the old man up and he exclaimed: Washington, June 5.—President Harriaov. I.tti been in telegraphic communication all day with Governor Beaver at Harrisburg. As a result the secretary of war has given orders t at pontoons be sent immediately from Wist Point and Willett's Toint, N. Y., to bridge tlie Conemaugli rtfir. 'the cabinet met t J consider tuuaus of sending provisions from Washington, and a relief tro.Ui wa; started for Johnstown. work MONEY FOR THE SUFFERERS. £talnad glaaa, Nalla, Beat INtoUtiaa. Mew Haven, June 5.—Assistant Bank Examiner Allen reports that the surplus of the Merchants' National bank, May 31, was $83,- 3.Y& The January statement gave the surplus as $100,100. The bank officials plaoe their loss by the irregular certification of checks at $60,648. The bank voted some time ago to reduce its circulation and sell United States bonds, the premium on which wid add $11,000 to the surplus. The bonds of the delinquent officers are worth $25,000 more. The New Haven Merchants' Bank's Loss. H Builder*% hardware,  The ('resided at a Meeting in \V»Hhin;t)»n—Thousand* Subscribed. Connect with Telephone*. Washington, June 5.—The meeting for the re»iof of the Johnstown sufferers at Wi]- lard's hall brought together many prominent public officials, army and navy offioers and citizens, and n'sulted in generous contributions and donations of money, provisions and clothing. President Harrison presided, and made a brief but eloquent and impressive speech, iliac torched the sensibilities of all who heard h:m, and elicited from his audience frequent applause. Ic was an enthusiastic meeting, and the responses to the president's call for immediate subscriptions were prompt and liberal. The district bar gave $455; Attorney General Miller, $100; John W. Thompson, $500; National Metropolitan bank, $500; National Bank of the Republic, $500; Private Secretary Halford, $50; Secretary Noble, $*-.'50; George H. Lemon, $500; Bancroft Davis, $100; Secretary and Mrs. Proctor, $500, and Auditor General Lynch, $100. The annual convention of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steal Worker* convened in Pittaburg. Two hundred delegate* were present The eastern delegates are detained east of the breaks in the Pennsylvania railroad tracka President Weibl's address waa brief. He said that the scale oommittee had taken all mattars into consideration during ita deliberations and is prepared to present a scale which no manufacturer can ignore on grounds of pecuniary loss on acoount of its adoption, neither will the work-, men suffer because of the terms specified. THE NUMBER INCREASES- Paint, From 13,004 t* U,tM Tfee*|hl la Roe!n end U Office end jtrdi L. near D„ L. & W. da Pol, W«t Pltt»to«, |_i and opposite L Sinclair House QD Pfttrteo.) Have Been Leu. New Jcriey Prohibit! on Utit. SrecUl Telegram to the Evemxo Qammcttm. P.. per, Tbentos, N. J., June 5.—The state centrft? Prohibition committee met yesterday and resolved to staud squarely by the Prohibition principle and have no affiliation w.th other parties G n. Fisk denied the story that he would support the Republicans because of their local option plank. The state convention was fixed for July 16 and 17 at Asbury Park. A full ticket wUl be nominated, and it is thought that George Lamont, of Somer;«t, will be the candidate for governor. Johkbtown, Pa., June 6, 3 p. u.—The etc., etc., eto. "That is my ohildl There lies my family I Go on and get the rest of them." Johnstown registry shows the namee of 1.0,- 000 who are sa'e from the flood. Beat estimates this morning place the number of deal from 12,000 to 16,000. An overland mesaage from Phillipsbu-g thia forenoon aaya that 300 Uvea have been lost there by floods. Thous- The workmen continued, and in a few minutes they came to the remains of the mother and three children. The heads were completely burned off, b'lt there was enough of their clothing left U recognize them by. What was left was picked up, coffined, and the old gentleman followed the men who carried them away. PITT8T0N, PA. San Francisco, June 5.—A Chinese firm In this city has received a private cablegram stating that 10,000 lives have been lest and jreat damage done to property by a hurricane at Hong Kong. Frightful Hurricane in China, This is the feeling of all prominent Johnstown business men and it is bound to count. Secretary Stackhouse, of the Cambria Iron company, is superintending the work of the 900 ir.en, who are clearing away the debris in and about the works. When asked what he thought of the destruction at present, he said: Philadelphia, June & —Joseph Brohaton, the official notary for a down of the largest financial institutions in this city, has disappeared from his home and office at 328 Spruoe street, leaving behind him an unknown in- i debtedneas, of which, however, naarl. $9,000 was entered up in judgments in oourt yesterCD*7 . J A Missing Philadelphia*. LOWEST PRICES. Two Kxclse Bills Vetoed, Anot her Defeat for Women's Suffrage. | anda of people at Wood rale borough are now oampcd in the hills and are atarvirg. They Important notice. issWUI Unclaimed Dead. | Fourteen bodies remain unclaimed at the Cambria City morgue and two at Morrell▼ille. At the Peelerville school house the A .banv, June 5.—Governor Hill has vetoed the Ci osby excise bill an 1 the Vo.lder liquor tax bill. Hartford, Conn., June 5.—The house has Je eated the bill giving women the right to rote on questions pertaining to the sale of intoxicating liquors. "Our lo-s will not be quite as much at the lower works as we first supposed, probably are ao far above Jobnatown that relief partiea are not yet able to reach them.