Evening Gazette

              MMnin® PITTSTON, PA-, SATURDAY, JUNE 8. 1889. I TWUCEm ' | TnCnUl Week. NITMREK 8043 i Weekly EalablUht-ti (830 j SEATTLE'S BIG FIRE. CRONIN'S ACCUSER TESTIFIES. CENTRE COUNTY'S LOSS. THE BROKEN DAM. were of eart h cnly, with no heirt Wall, but only riprapp*l oa the stopes. Much of th« old part is standing intact, while adjacent parts of the new work are wholly carried off. There if*s no central wall of puddle or masonry either in the., new or the old dam. It has been the iulariable practice of engineers for thirty or forty years to use one or the other in building high dams of earth. It is doubtful if there is a single other dam or reservoir in any other part of the United States of over fifty feet high which lacks this central wall. The reconstructed dam also bears the mark of great ignorance or carelessness ia having been mad? nearly two feet lower In the middle than at the ends. It should have rather have crowned in the middle, which would have concentrated the ovei flow if it should occur at the ends instead of in the centre. in the sand and broken nearly every bone in the body of the unfortunate. It was impossible to identify the corpse, and it was taken to the morguu and orders iesued for its burial GOV, BEAVER'S POSITION ft1 POWDE Other Witnesses Swear That the IDead M«n Feared Alexander Sullivan. The Flood Came at Night and Did Frightful Damage. Th!rty-one Blocks in the City's Chicago, June 8. — Detective "Mike" Whalen was tbe first witness called in tbe Cronin Inquest, but he failed to respond. Peter McQeehan, the Philadelphia suspect, was then called, and failing to answer, an order was issued for his arrest. Both Whalen and McQeehan were present, however, when the Inquest was adjourned for thb day, having quietly passed in a short time before, no one appearing to know how they got there. He Will Vote for the Prohibitory So tverwhelming is the stench that the undertakers often hurriedly perform their task of washing a body and preparing it foi burial and then retreat to the yard te await the arrival of the next ghastly find. In some cases it is necessary to inter a body within a few hours, while others can safely be preserved several days. Every possible opportunity is afforded for identification. One body found was that of a gir! about 17 years old, who was terribly bruised and her face crushed into a jelly. Two men and a woman were taken from in front of a store on Main street. Center Consumed. «c r Am:ndment Two Experts Declare That It Was Poorly Built. SEVERAL LIVES REPORTED LOST. SCORES OF FARMS SWEPT CLEAN. THE QUESTION—FOR OR AGAINST. fire Fighters from Places The Bald Eagle Valley Laid Waste for A MASS OF CLAY AND DIRT. Joined Forces wltll the Local lDepart* Seventy Milea— Mlleaburg, Mlllhelm, Co- Tile If iiill Traffic h Ciirtr, Kektrlct li ment, but Were Fowerleaa to Prevent Tbe first witness of tbe day was Police Officer Daniel Brown, who was Dr. Cronin's accuser in the trial in Camp 90, which resulted in the doctor's expulsion from the order. Brown testified that he was a member of the Clan-na-Qael at the time Dr. Cronin was expelled. He belonged to Camp 16 and does still, but has not attended many meetings in the past three years. The charge against Dr. Cronin, he said, was treason, and consisted in reading before Camp 96, a circular sent out by an expelled camp. The witness said he preferred and wrote out the charges himself. He had an emphatic negative answer for every question, intimating that sonfe one else asked or ordered or directed him to make the charge. He was positive in assuming the whole responsibility for making the charges. He was not an officer in the order, and did not hear Dr. Cronin read the circular; but visiting Dr. Cronin's camp, soon afteir it was read, he heard it talked about, and .knowing that the reading of such a circular qyas contrary to the rules of the Qrdw, he preferred charges. born and Other Places—Everything wan an wc nay-Till' P. oliibllor jr Policy Til are Was No Center Wall to Add the Destrutftlon—A Loss of •20,000,000. Inundated—News from Other Points. a Bl«k*lnir to S.n)c» ibal Have Adop:til Ii—Enforcinirui of the 0 R Seattle, Wy. T., June a—The city is a picture of blackened, charred and smoking desolation. Business bouses and homes by the hundreds have been laid in unsightly ruins, and all through the night, red wilh the glare of wholesale destruction, hundreds of people wandered about homeless and penniless. Several lives are reported to have been lost in the falling of walls, but in the confused -state of affairs no particulars can be obtained. The stricken city is being guarded by the militia, and extra police, who afford protection tc property from hundreds of thieves and vandals, who at the first coufuaion began to steal and plunder. One hundred arrests have already been made, and it is taid that two men were lynched. The loss will aggregate #20,- 000,000. Belleponte, Pa., June 8.—In all the history of central Pennsylvania there has never been known such high water or never have they been attended with such disastrous results as that of the last day of May and 1st of June. Ltw au Afiir Coiiklitvrniion. Stability. He Had Stolen *10,000. At the opening of the prent Amendment meeting recently held in Philadelphia, at which Gov. i?e iv.r presided, he tn de a ringing speech which he conc'uded as !• Hows: It lu Been Decided That the Only Way Thursday the Huns held up a supply train on its way over the mountains. Word of the outrage was sent in to Kearnsville. A number of militiamen camped on the hillside above Kearnsville started in pursuit. They came across a crowd of Huns and chased them through Kearnsville up over the hill, but failed to catch them. Trains will be guarded hereafter. A Supply Train Stopped by Ban*. Thursday night a private of Company E captured a man who had been prowling through the wreckaga In his pockets were found $15,000 worth of notes and drafts, many of them negotiable. ' To Prevent an Epidemic of Disease Is Absolutely Pure To Bnrn the Ruins of the City—War in In 1865, and again in 1876, Centre county had floods, bat this time the waters at this place were two feet higher than on either previous occasion. "There are not and there can not be two opieions upon the quession as to whe.her or not the traffic in intoxicating drinks, restrict it as yen may, ii juriomly »Dfl.*cta the community through the criminal and pauper classes. We do not hesitate to say that murder and arson, and bu glary and robbery, and the whole class of crimes at which cur criminal ode is aimed, shall be prohibited. We do mt it quire as to them—will prohibition prohibit? We prohibit them, of course, because Ihty immediately and directly effect the body politic. We enforce the law concerning them as best we may. Cu we logically say that we will not prohibit the cause of the great majority Gf these crimcB fceca so, forsooth, prohibition may not prohibit? The position is illogical arid, therefore, one which I can not take. Weather Cannes an Almost Unendurable Stench—A Woman Rescued Alive After Work has been begun on the ruins ot the Hurlburt house. Of the fifty-six guests at this hotel only eleven are known to have escaped and only nine bodies «ave been recovered.Tills powder never varies. A marvel of pi strength and wholesomeneaa. More econoi than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be so competition with the multitude of low teat, weight, alum or phosoate powders. Sold in cant. Royal Baking Powder Co., 108 St., N. Y. Six Days of Exposure and starvation. Incidents of the Day. Belief on te is built principally upon bills, but notwithstanding that fact, the waters overflowed the lower streets and filled the lower parts of houses. The damage at Bellefonte was very slight, but in the Bald Eagla valley $500,000 will not cover the damages. From the upper end of the valley, at Tyrone, through its entire length down to Lock Haven, the water is spread over the entire valley— almost a mile in width and from three to fifteen feet in depth. Where a week ago was a rich, fertile valley blooming with the promise of beautiful crops, there now is nothing but a barren waste, dotted every here and there with huge piles of stones and debris, the remains of houses and barns and all kinds of buildings torn to splint rs and piled up by the relentless flood. Johnstown, Pa., June 8.—"'Are the horrors of the flood to give way to those of the plague!" is the question that is now agitating the valley of the Conemaugh. The day opened warm and almost sultry, and the stench that assails one's senses as he wanders through Johnstown is almost overpowering. Sickness, in spite of the precautions and heroic labors of the sanitary authorities, is on the increase, and the fears of epidemic grow with the hour. During the flre at Parson's woolen mill a seemingly organized gang of vandals raided a number of private houses and carried ofl nearly all of the valuables. The thieves, wh« wore not Hungarians, as reported, were seen by a number of people, but were so badly frightened by the flre that they were powerless to resist them or to g.ve an alarm. The body of Rev. Lichenberger has been recovered. The body of Dr. Lee was taken from the river at Wheeling. His wife was rescued. Alexander B. Campbell, a New York detective, who is acting here under Gen. Hastings, has returned from a trip to the country, where he located thirty-six barrels of fluur. Teams and men were sent out to bring the stuff in. The house of Mrs. Mills and the house of Jacob Stutzman, Mr. Campbell says, are stocked with enough provisions to last them months. He also located a house in Prospect which is well stocked with diamonds and other valuables. All were taken from the wreck. Despite the vigilance of the guards and best means employed by those in charge, paople get through the lines and ovei the wreckage, where they pilfer unmolested. JONAS ion From the initial point the Are spread nortb and south, a distance of one mils. Every newspaper, hotel, telegraph-Office, railroad depot and wharf in the city was totally destroyed. The entire water front, including all wharves and docks, coal honkers and railway tracks, the wholesale quarter and everything south of Union street and west of Second street, and reaching around to the ga." works and above Fourth street, a» Jackson, was completely burned. It is estimatol that the total loss to the city in buildings alone h easily $10,000,000, and all (Kfaoual losses will probably reach $30,000,000. Lawyer lies was the next witness, and said that in (N»e summir of 1887 Dr. Cronin had consulted with him professionally and had told bun that he had evidence that a conspiracy against him existed in this city. William Starkey had asked him.to testify as an expert in a certain case, and C. M. Hardy had cross-examined him with great minutene s as to his early life. About the same time, Cronin's sister had written her brother from St. Catharines, stating that two men had called on hor recently and questioned her in regard to him, saying that it concerned Cronin greatly in a case in New York. Cronin wrote to New York and found that no such case existed. "At last," continued witness, "the doctor jumped up and exclaimed, 'Alexander Sullivan is as black as hell. He and others are trying to ruin my reputation, and failing in that, they will seek my life.'" 58 & 60 1Vest Market St., "ItiBour impression," said Dr. T. L. White, assistant to the state board of health, "that there is going to be great sickness here within the next week. Five cases of malignant diphtheria were locateCt yesterday on Bedford street, and as they were in different houses A cry for relief has come from the borough of Wood vale for 600 destitute people who are without food. A car load of provisions has been sent up and distributed. Woodvale Wants Relief. *'Tliey are All Gone." WILKE8-BARRE, P. IDlgglnff Out the Bodlus. Yesterday ail utterly wretched woman named Mrs. Fenn stood by a muddy pool oi water trying to find some trace of a once happy homo. She was half crazad with grief. As the wr.ter stepped to her side she raised her pale and haggard face and remarked: "They are all gone I Oh, God, be merciful to them I A husband and seven children wen swept down with the flood, and I left alone. We were driven by the awful flxxi into the garret, but the water followed us there. Inch by inch it kept rising until our heads were crushing against the roof. It was death to remain. Bo I raised a window aud one by one placed my darlings on some driftwood, trusting to the great Creator. As I liberated the last one, my sweet little boy, he looked at me and said: 'Mamma, you always told me that the Lord would care for me; will he look after me now?' I saw him drift away, with his loving face turned toward me, and with a prayer on my lips for his deliverance, he passed from sight forever. The next moment the roof crashed in and I floated outside, tc be rescued fifteen hours later from the root of a house in Kearnsville. If I could only find one of my darliugs I could bow to the will of Ood, but they are all gone. I have lost everything on earth now but my life." But few bodies have been taken out this morning. Five were recovered at the head of Main street and seven in front of Wood, Morrell & Co. 's store and a few other points. The bodies are badly decomposed. In all that stretch of valley for a distance of seventy miles there is not one farm uninjured. The Bald Eagle Valley railroad was washed out more tban half of its length, but has since been temporarily repaired, and there are trains running into Beliefonte over that road. Mot One Farm Esoaped. "The question for us to consider, it seems to me is: Are we ready tj say with sister common wealths who have made trial of the system and have found it eminently successfu', as is shown by abundant testimony, that we are ready to adopt what is believed to result in the greatest possible restriction of this •V /• -TV There is great privation felt among -the poor classes, as nearly every restaurant and grocery in the city was consumed by theifire. The burned district, comprising sixty-foui acres, now presents the aspect of a huge oven of burning coals, as 1 threatens even furthei destruction. The great success attending our sp 'Bales and the immense crowd* daily vis and pu'chasing in every department of Rev. Vichliter's body was about to be dumped in a trench along with a number of unknown. Accidentally, a friend di covered whose body was in the rough box and had it raised from the grave. The body was embalmed and shipped to Philadelphia. In Milesburg the water filled the houses to a depth of from three to six feet, and great damage was done. No lives were lost, however. The iron bridge at that place was washed away, and the Millhall bridge at the lowest end of the valley was destroyed. The loss, independent of the railroad through this valley, is estimated at $500,000. traffic? vast establishment haa induced ua to "The tendency of our sg», in all social problems, is to deal with causes rather than with results. This subject is in the dirD ct line of Bucb iLquiries and in exact accord with the spirit of the age. It is w I so much how we shall prevent murder, arson, robbery, burglary and the whole list of crimes prescribed and punished by our criminal code, but how we shall at one U w strike the cause of muih of the crime which effects and afflicts the body politic ? this week a Ic is almost impossible to walk past the Fourth ward schoolhouse. At least fifty bodies, coffined and not identified, are lying in the open sun there. Some of them have been lying there for twenty-four hours. The sanitary committee has ordered them to be removed, but the order has not been heeded. Hundreds are leaving town, fearing an epi- About 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon som« turpentine caught fire in the basement of s two story frame building at Front and Madi son Btreets. The volunteer fire department responded promptly, but it was impossible tt make any headway against the flames. ThC whole square of frame buildings was soon on fire. The flames leaped across Morion street to the Palace saloon and Opera House saloon, and in less than thirty minutes another square was burned to ashes, taking in Addison S. Smith's grocery, Merchant's wholesale confectionery and a fruit store, J. VV. Lang & Co.'8 drug store, John Spencer's pinmbing and steam fltting establishment, B. J. Graham's tailor shop, Brigar Bryan's pawnshop, Palace restaurant, Simison Brothers' shoe store, Gering & 0'Conneli"s jewelry store and other stores. Origin of the Fire. Rt MARK ABLE REDUCTION SALE Luke Dillon, of Philadelphia, was the first witness after recess He knew Dr. Cronin intimately as an unselfish, patriotic and useful man in tlu. Trish movements. Dr. Cronin had told him that it was Alexander Sullivan's ambition to rule both in Irish and Amo-ican politics, and that this ambition would be the cause of Dr. Cronin's death. Dr. Cronin had expressed himself as believing that Alexander Sullivan bad no more blood in him than a fish. The witness thought at that time that the doctor had Alexander Sullivan on the brain, and that Sullivan was only an ordinary vil ain. He had changed his mind, however. At the time that Alexander Sullivan, Boland and Feeley were tried in Buffalo, Sullivan had protested against Dr. Cronin sitting on the trial committee in such language that he believed Alexander Sullivan responsible for the murder, if not a principal in it. • thereby giving our customers the advat of buyiog now seasonable goods at wood reduced prices instead of waiting until In Penn's Vulley and along the line of the Beliefonte, Nittany and Lemonte railroad the worst damage in the county was done. close of the season. demic. Millheim was under water to a depth of three feet, and being very level sustained severe damage, every business house losing at least one-half of its stock. SILKS—We now present our novel Ji sale of handsome Black gros gram silk inches wide from the most reliable maker, l the wear of which we guarantee. Hay pi Clearing Away the Debris. Booth & Fiinn's big hoisting engines were started yesterday on the Johnstown end of the big wreck. They are making good progress, and are working gradually in the direction of Arthur Kirk and his dynamiters. Directly across the credk from them is a gang of 125 Altoona men and many from otltei places with picks and shovels loosening the drift and burning it, All the Altoona met! are under the direction of James Gardner, a practical lumberman, and one who has had a large experience in this sort of work. Th« big brick school building on the Point com mem'od to crack yesterday and a gang ol workmen was put to work shoveling the mud from the floors and putting props under it The building is a valuuble one, but is probably damaged so badly that it will have to bt torn down. At Coburn the waters spread over the entire town, and in some places by actual measurement were thirty feet deep. To add to the horror of the situation the flood oocurred during the night Families who had not time to take to the hills climbed on the tops of houses only to feel their places of refuge topple and themselves fall into the foaming cauldron of seeming certain destruction. There were drowned a Mrs. Simon Phoust and two children, but had it not been for prompt assistance scores would have perished. At one place thirty-five persons were pulled from the foaming torrent, and many others succeeded in effecting a landing for themselves. Simon Phoust was in Cameron county at the time, and being notified of the fate of his family he smarted for home. In crossing the Sinnemahoning river he, too, fell in and was drowned, and thus the entire family perished. ''The simple question for each individual citizen to settle for lrmself is this? Am I for or against the amendment? Will least my vote for it or will I cast my vote against it on the 18 h of June nex. ? I have carefully considered the question so far as my own action is concerned. I am in no doubt upon the subject. I am for the amendment and will vote for it on the 18th of June if able to reach the polls at my home. I can logically and consistently take no other position." was $1.25 a yard, June price is now $1, June has never before had such a great i CROWD AT THE SUPPLY TRAIN. Another victim of the wreck has been rescued from the ruins alive. Mrs. George Stantler, wife of one of the prominent photographers of the town, was taken from the wreck of a house down near the Point. Tue body of a woman was found near the residence of Henry Haws, which when taken to tua Presbyterian church morgue was supposed to bj that of Mrs. IStantler. Her son afterward viewed the body and said that it was not his mother. The fiuding of the woman alive proved that he was right. Mrs. Stantler was lying when found in a cavity beneath a pile of beams and rafters which he.d up tho mass of ruins on top and prevented them from crushing her. She was unconscious and was just breathing. Her hold on life was a very slender one, and it is not probable that she will live, although she is receiving the tenderest of care. When the news of her rescue after six days and nights of exposure and lack of nourishment spread through the town, hundreds of people crowded about the stretc her on which she was being carried to see her. It is considered almost miraculous that she should have remained alive so long. The rain and cold were enough to kill her, without the bruises and wounds which she received during the C1 ,od. Another Woman Rescued Alive. opportunity; send for sample. they mean five starting points for disease. All this talk about the dangers of epidemic is not exaggerated, as many suppose, but is founded upon much experience. There will be plenty of typhoid fever and kindred diseases here within a week or ten days, in my opinion. The only thing that has saved us thus far has been the cold weather. That has now given place to summer weather, and no MILLINERY—Tou will always find While this square was burning, the Opera house b'ock, on the east side of Frort street, caught fire in the upper stories. This building, a five story brick structure, valued at $120,000, soen yielded to the flames. With it went the Golden Rule baxaar, Harris & Co.'t large dry goods and clothing store, Abernathy's shoe store, Ooose & Co.'s undertaking establishment, La tour's large dry goods bouse and others. The Kenyou block, to the nortb, had to go, too, notwithstanding the wind was from the east. In this block was the job printing establishment of The Evening Tiger and Veneo & Vaugh's music store. us the largest and leading assortment lowest prices for the most stylish milli Special attention given to all order l The remainder of the session was given to the testimony of John F. O'Malley and Lawrence Buckley, who were members of the committee that tried and expelled Dr. Cronin. Their testimony elicited no new facts, being confined to such details concerning the composition of the committee and its action as they chose to remember. Mourning Bonnets and a'l kinda of Gra| Governor Beaver was interrup'ed from lime to time by outbursts of applause, at d, at the conclusion of bis address, the audience responded heartily to a suggestion by Jogbiu L. Bailey, that "three cheers" be given for the Governor. work carefully attended to. one knows what the next few days may Its a time now for pretty 8ATTEN3—price* are 16c 18c. 25c. 35c. Dainty beautiful CBALLIRS 7c. 17c. 30a. bring forth. Even among the workmen and attendants there is already discovered a great tendency to diarrhoea and dysentery. The Some of Booth & Fiinn's men are quitting work. They complain that the stench from the decayed bodies is so strong that it sickeni and drives them frDm their labor. A guard is thrown around 'lie whole district of Johns Minister K(an and the Cronin Case. men are living principally upon salt meat and there is a lack of vegetables." Chicago, June 8.—A Washington special to The Times says that Secretary Blaine has sent a cablegram to Chili requesting Minister Ex an to return by the next steamer. John F. Scanlan, of Chicago—Dr. Cronin's most intimate friend—has recently made several visit* to President Harrison, and, it is said, the recall is to give Mr. Egan an opportunity to testify in the Cronin case. Not Onb Good llouge J .eft Standing. Sanitary Precautions. From the opera house block the fire moved to the square to the south, consisting of two story frame buildings. The Are department struggled with determination to save the most valuable portion of Front street to the south, between Columbia street and Y ester, which contained a row of brick buildings, two and three stories high, where four banks had their offices. This row consisted of a corner block occupied by Toklas,  & Co.'s wholesale dry goods, the Union block, the Parin building, the San Francisco clothing house, and other buildings. In Coburn there is not one good house left standing. Individual losses cannot bj enumerated, but the total loss will aggregate fully $300,000. The valley is strewn with all kinds of dead animals. The Lewisburg railroad from Coburn to Lewisburg, a distance of forty-five miles, is a complete ruin, only fifteen miles of track yet remaining. It will be weeks before it can be repaired fit for travel Exquisite LAWNS at 10c. Magoil BATISTES for 8, 10, 12|o a yard. Sheriff McCandless has been appointed chief to J. V. Patton, superintendent of the Baltimore and Ohio road, and Wi.liam Fiinn has been appointed chief of the entire working force. He has 2,000 men at work. At a meeting held by Dr. Lee, of the state board of health, and Sheriff McCandless, of Pittsburg, with the approval of J. B. Scott, it was decided to establish the sanitary headquarters at Pittsburg. Dr. McCandless said there was little danger of an epidemic originating here, as every precaution had been BAITS noils SUMMER GLOVK8-Cotton gloves 1! Jersey gloves 19c. 25c. Taffeta gloves 3 Silk gloves 39c., in all the new shades, gloves 50c. to $2.00. Splendid choice. SPORTING EVENTS. At Philipsburg no damage worth mentioning was done. FAST BLACK HOSIERY for ladies, Baseball. LEAGUE. Belief onto has been completely isolated ever since last Friday. No mails have reached here in that time and telegraphic communication was not restored until today. The Pennsylvania railroad is now running trains on the Bald Eug'e road, and it is hoped that in a few days better arrangements will be made, although it may be months before the service will be complete. siE'js and guaranteed not to fade, only 26o. At Boston- Boston  New York ... .5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 J—9 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 1—4 NEW SILK UMBRELLAS for rain or ent on river water to 6lake their thirst v There are plenty of springs in the immediate Any epidemic that may follow will originate in Pittsburg aud Allegheny. It has, therefore, been decided to Eturt at Pittsburg and work along the water kay to Johnstown, burning all debris and fiaking use of disinfectants. Dr. McCandless says if this is promptly done the danger ' a pestilence will "«*j verted. "Burn the town," is the oider that has gone forth. This seems to be the only sure method of purification. Chief Dictator Scott ■coincides with this order and says this is the only way of disposing of the debris and refuse. taken and the inhabitants were not depend- Work of the lied Cross Corps. All the telegraph office* were in Central square. It was generally supposed that the eutire water front would go, but it was hoped, if such was inevitable, these buildings could be saved. The explosions of giant powder were fruitless to prevent the spread of the relentless flames. The water was giving out and the stream* from several lines of hose only reached the second story. Explonions of Powder Unel«M. shine guaranteed not to cut or fade 24 inch $1.25, 26 inch $1.45. This lot Till be rapidly sold and early purchasers will reap the DISTRIBUTING CLOTHING AT JOHNSTOWN DEPOT. town, and 110 one employed is permitted outside of the line without a pass from Flinn or the adjutant general Flinn refused to allow the men to leave the town. Fiinn admitted the clearing of the debris would be flhished with 5,000 men in ten days The Pennsylvania Children's Aid society, of Philadelphia, is represented here. Their object is to find all the orphaus and homeless waifs and obtain homes for them. It is feared at the Red Cross corps1 head quarters that the flood has left a parting cur»e hovering over the Coneinaugh valley in the form of the dread distvase, diphtheria. The attention of the medical jx»ople is now directed to Kernville, where the Rod Cross makes no secret of a prevailing disease. Mist Clara A. Barton and Dr. O'Neill, of the Red Cross, have decided to establish a hospital at Kernville, and after much trouble with the local authorities secured a sight and erected their hospital tents, with Dr. Barnes, of Philadelphia, in charge. This morning they are prepared to receive the patients, of which there is a large number. Battries: Radbourne and Ganzetl, Welch and Ewing. At Philadelphia- Philadelphia Washington. .1 1 10 3 8 6 0 0-14 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 0—7 Batteries: Sanders and Clements, Healy and Mauk. beneflt. Orders by mail or telephone receive prompt Pittsburg game postponed—rain. At Chicago- Indianapolis game postponed- rain. ASSOCIATION. At Cleveland— Another Great I)am May Give Way. attention. The Tacoma fire department had come over from Tacoma in sixty-two minutes on the Puget SounJ Shore railroad, but both departments combined were powerless, and the attempts to blow up the Union block were more disastrous to the valiant fire fighters than to anything else. All this row of buildings succumbed, although the occupants had time to get out most of their property. The square north gave way to the fire easily, and soon the roof of the Occidental hotel, the finest hotel in the city, got ablaze. Rochester, N. Y., June 8.—A special dispatch to The Herald from Olean says: The largest artificial body of water in the United States is situated 782 feet above Olean. It is said to be liable to give way at any moment. It was formerly used to feed the old Genesee valley canal, but it is now merely a sportsman's paradise. It is condemned by public sentiment and the state superintendent of canals, Mr. I3hannahan, and also by people residing in Cuba, Hinsdale, Olean and Allegany. In fact the whole Genesee valley has protested against the maintenance of the reservoir, as it is a menace to the people, and is liable to sweep them into chaos, as did the Johnstown reservoir, at any time. Arthur Kirk is gradually proving that h« knew what he was talking about when he said that dynamite was the only proper material to use in removing the debris above the railroa l bridge. Hitherto he has been very much cramped in his work by a scarcity of explosives, but yesterday a big supply ol cartridges arrived and the engineer was com paratively happy. A clear space has been made about two of the piers. The great mass of wreckage is gradually becoming loosened. There is a vast quantity of it, however, that weeks will be required to remove it all. At Philadelphia- Athletic 1 022000200 8—9 Louisville 1 0 1 1 8 1 0000 0—7 BONED WITH KABO. JONAS L0N Batteries: Kuo 'fT and Brennan, Ramsey and Vaughan. At Columbus— Try them and you will wear no other. They peed no "breaking In." Satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded after 3 weeks' wear, even if so soiled as to be unsalable. At a meeting of the finance committee of the relief committee in Johnstown a resolution was adopted thanking the Pittsburg chamlier of commerce for its agreement to continue to act as the agency for furnishing supplies, etc., after the exhaustion of its own fund. Cyrus Elder, one of the committeemen, said last evening: "The situation is greatly unsettled. No provision has yet been made for anything beyond the payment of the wages of the laborers engaged in removing the debris. Johnstown had no debts of consequence, and its municipal government was about perfect. We were fast preparing for extensive improvemou t«. The health of the city was good, and the city was always free from epidemics of all kinds." Dr. Alexander McCandless said to your representative that the sanitary commission had asked the national board of health to St. Louis game posponed—raiu. At Jersey City- Exhibition game, Jersey City, 9; Kansas City, 5. ■58 & 60 WEST MARKET 8T. An Aeronaut's Narrow Kncape. FOR SALE BY A. B. BROWN. A CHILD CAN BUY Auburn, N. Y., June 8.—Professor E. D. Hogau, the aeronaut, of Jackson, Mich., made a balloon ascenson with parachute descent yesterday from the fair grounds. He made the leap when about two miles above the earth, and shot dowa at lightning speed for 2,5011 feet before the parachute opened, and then only half of the surface of the parachute was available. He struck a building in his deHceat and finally landed against a fence. The cause of the failure wa« the snarling of the cords at the base of the parachute. Mr. Hogan stated to a Dispatch reporter that it was the narrowest escape from a horrible death he has hal in twenty-three years' experience as an aeronaut. The burned district covers an area of thirty-one square blocks. The boundary of the burned district is University, Front, Spring to Second, James, Soath, Fourth, Wall and Water streets. TUs comprises the business portion of the city. The residence district escaped. Surgical Operation a) cheap as a man at the The restrvoir is one-third larger than the Conemaugh reservoir, and there is no reason why it should not be abolished by the state at once. About ten years ago this dam burst, letting out fifteen feet of water and flooding the valley for a distance of 150 miles. PREVENTED.—HOW A FATHER AND SON WERE MADE 10 FEEL. LIKE BOYS AGAIN. Star Shoe Store. The rapidly falling water is acting as an impedim- ut to the work, as the river is already quite shallow in places. If it get* much lower there will not be enough water to float the heavy logs. The space covered by this debris is one of the chief points ol interest now, as it is undoubtedly the most dangerous pestilence breeding place in the whole flooded district. All efforts to removt the remaining bodies buried beneath  been abandoned. The pile has  over carefully several times, and alixhe corpses that could be rer*ched have /been taken out. • There are still several hundred in the wreck, but they are too deeply in\bed ded in tho mass to be recovered, and there is no alternative but to destroy the;n. Everybody acknowledges this now, and there will be 110 more liinderancas to the work. Disinfectants have not been used on the pile yet, although they are biing freely distributed through tho town. Curiosity and relic seekers have been warned to keep away from the debris, as disease lurks in the air about it. They pay very little attention to the warning, however, their de ire for plunder evidently being greater than their fear of pestilence. The following narrative of the suffering: of a father and son will prove Interesting to the readers of this paper. O. C. Bartholomew, of Kalkaska, Mich., says: I located In this place five years ago, having formerly resided In Troy, N. Y, My friends there, as well as here, know that I have been a great sufferer from what the physicians called Every pair of Shoes are marked in Plain Figures and strictly one price. Haktkord, Judo 8.—Governor Bulkeley vetoed the bill providing tor a secret ballot. He holds that the bill is too radical, too cumbersome in its details, too expensive, open* the door to fraud aud will result in disfranchising voters. The house passed the bill over the governors veto by a vote of 121 to 38. This was done under the previous question, with no opportunity for discussion. After the vote was declared, Mr. Brandegei protected against the discourtesy to the governor and moved to reconsider. The bill wat reconsidered and tabled, aud the adjourned until Tuesday. Another flvtrct llallot Dili Yetoed. Clothing Wanted at Willlamsport. My line of Ladies', Misses' and Children's Oxford ties are neat stylish and cool. My gent's low shoes are the finest in Pittston. Perinhed lu the llurlbut House. Wiixiamspobt, Pa., June 8.—The supply of clothing here is exhausted and such contributions are greatly needed. Up to date the cash contributions from outside places amounted to $9,285. Several car loads of provisions on the way here have been run to Lock Haven, Crescent and Cogan Valley by order of the mayor, as they could reach those places easier and their need there being fully as great as here. The register and safe of the Hurlbut bouse have been taken out of the ruins iutact. The dead iiuml er forty-eight; twelve survived. The streets are all covered with huge bonfires, which make the atmosphere seem like an oven. Several bodies have been taken from the ruins on the point. The Red Cross society has formed a hospital corps for the benefit of the workmen, many of whom are injured daily. This society has been doing excellent work. BRIGHT'S DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS. They frankly confessed that there «vas no help for me As a last resort. I commenced the use of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, made at Rondout. N. Y., you know. The result is a little short of a miracle. All the terrible synip toma of disease of the kidneys are gone. Who would begrudge the cost of one dollar for such a blessing, or refuse this token of gratitude for be ing perfectly cured f But my recovery waa not more remarkable than that of my son, who, when a boy, fell from a fence, bruising his leg, which was followed by disease of the bone. Large pieces were removed by surgical operations from time to time. His All goods are new and bought direct lrom the leading manufacturers and sold as closc as good goods will allow- Doctors ill Convention. Nsw York, Jaae —The American International Congress of Med.cal Jurisprudence has resolved to make the organization permanent and elected the following additional vice presidents: Judge H. M. Somerville, Alabama; Professor Jdhn J. Elwell, of Ohio; Theo. H. Tyndale, Boston; Edward J. Dorrington, Chicago; Judge L. K. Houston, Aberdeen, Miss.; Sir John C. Allen, of New Brunswick; Dr. Daniel Clark, of Toronto. A full line of foot-gear in atook. Remember the place. A Tragedy oil a Railroad Train. liave the government issue an order to burn everything. As was stated, the task seems too large for state authorities, and the national government has been called on to act iimnemediately. Telegrams are now passing between the authorities, and the chances are that in a few hours all the piles of debris will be in flames. The weather has turned warm and the stench is unbearable. ON GUARD. London, Jtrnfc 8.—A schoolmaster, named Keeling, boarded a train on the Northwestern railway at Birmingham, together with his sweetheart, a young woman named Lester, the principal of a school at Devizes. Before the train had proceeded far, Keeling shot his companion and threw her out of the window of the compartment to which the pair had been assigned. Keeling then finished his bloody work by shooting himself dead. Ihe Train Dispatcher Responsible. Bridgeport, Conn., June 8. — Coronei Holt has rendered his decision in the matter of fixing the responsibility for the recent Housatoaic raiiroad disaster at Trumbull, in which Engineer Look and Brakeman Olds were kideJ. He fiuds that the responsibility rests with J. J. F.ynn, the night train dispatcher, in not sending his orders in time. He also finds F.ynn guilty of negligence in sending out the train from here until he knew where the down train was. He also finds Conductor Curtiss guilty of gross negligence in not communicating the orders he received to the engineer. He exonerates the operators at Btepney and Hawleyville. Presidential Appointments. Towner's star snot Store, Washington, June 8.—The president has appointed Col. John C. Kelton to be adjutant general of the army, vice Richard C. Drum, retired. Col Kelton was notified of his appointment shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The news spread rapidly and he was tendered quite a levee by the officials ami other employes of the department. Capt. James H. Stone, of Michigan, has been appointed collector of internal revenue for th6 First district of Michigan. BLOOD WA8 IMPURE 58 Notth Main 8t. London, June a—Mr. Parnell has written a letter to the municipal authorities of Edinburgh, in reply to a communication requesting him to name the day when it will be most convenient for him to accept the freedom of that city, stating that he will avail himself of the honor on July 20. Edinburgh to Honor Parnell. and tho future to him *as dark and gloomy, expecting to be a helpless cripple for life. But help came when least exoected. -He was Induced to try Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, and as jure as I am writing this grateful acknowledgment, hfs leg is healed up. He now works with me, doing tbe work of an able bodied man, and hopes others who suffer from kidney or blood disorder, will use J N ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, A I)am of IDirU At Kernville. Office in Sax Block, Water street, Pittston, Pa, There has been much discussion concerning the strength and method of construction of the dam through which the death dealing torrents of water forced their way and swept ■down upon unfortunate Johnstown. The result of an examination completed yesterday by two expert engineers, A. M. Wellington and F. P. Burt, the latter associate editor of The Engineering News, of New York, will perhaps remove all faith in the assertions heretofore so strenuously insisted upon, that everything possible had been dono to make the structure safe. Kernville was thickly populated, and thD whole lower end of the town has been destroyed. Not one of every fifty building! standing are on the original foundations. ThC bodies that are being taken out are so decomposed that they cannot be identified. A. Bradinger, superintendent of the Grand View cemetery, sent a message to Dr. Beall, ii charge of the morgue, that no more bodies would be received there except those for per manent burial. Engineer Bourke'a Bravery Rewarded. London, June a—Henry George Bourke, staff engineer on the British man-of-war Calliope, has bee t promoted to be fleet engineer, in recognition of his services on the Calliope when she steamed out of the harbor of Apia, during the hurricane that destroyed the American and German vossels. Money to loan on approved real estate security. Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. JOHN F. IVEBHABT, Dublin, June a—Two Americans, who had just arrived from New York and ware on their way to Westmeath, were arrest ed at Tullamore y»iterday, owing to the suspicious Appearance at their baggage, of which they had a large quantity. Americans Arrested tn Ireland. Bethlehem, Pa., June 4—Sergeant Peter Toner, of the United States steamship Galena, who las been visiting her friends here, has met with a tragic death by falling into the zinc mines at Friedensville. Fell Into the Zlne Nines. Prepared by DR. DAVID KENNEDY. RONDOUT, N. Y ATTORN IY-AT-LAW. Toronto, Ont, June 8.—The bakers' strike still continues, but many of the masters wish to come to a settlement. The men are waiting for the M ister Bakers' association to meet to liscuw the resolution which was gaomithyt to them by the men on Wednesday evening. In all probability the trouble will be arnica ■ ly settled and the men resume work Monday. Th® Toronto Halters' Strike. Offloe la Cohen Block. U North M.in at. Pittatoa. New York, June a—In the case of Private Detective Frank Templeman, on trial for attempting to blackmail District Attorney Fellows and Inspector Byrnes, the jury rendered a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. Templeman was remanded for sentence. Templeman Declared Guilty* tl per bottle. Six for 55. By all druggists.. Proposals. Bo fur as known at this hour only eighteen bodies were recovered in the morning in the Coneniaugh valley. One of these was a poor remnant of humanity that was discovered in the caiter of the road over which wagoni had been passing far the past forty-eight hours. The heavy vehicles had rank deepl} Houlanger Involved In a Plot. Proposal* will be received by the Pcbool Board of Pittston township for the erection of a new school building at Cork Lane. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of the Florence Coal Co In Smlthvllle. Bids will be opeoed Jane 17th,1888, at ? p. m. The board retains the rteht to reject any or all bids. The old schools will be •old on the same date. «•*■ J. M. LAHOAtf, Prea't. Mr. Wellington states that the dam was in twvrj respect of Tery inferior construction and of a kind wholly unwarranted by good engineering practices of thirty years ago. Both the original and reconstructed dums Albany, June a—The governor appointed Michael Conway, of Troy, to succeed .famet Mclntyre, of this city, as state agent for discharged con vie ta. Appointed by Governor Hill. Paris, June 8.—The authorities have again searched the houses of two Boulangisto, and it is reported that documents found in the bouses implicate Gen. Boulanger in an international plot. O M. PARKE, •Ts ATTOiKKY AT b.W A JD SOTACCY PCBU PITT8TON. PA Offloe Sax Building, Water Street. 1 .« t