Evening Gazette

              # ••• •*- " r . fuming Jwr (Kagjette PITTSTON, PA., MONDAY, JUNE 3, I8S9 I TWO CEVTS. Ten Ca Week NUnBEH 8038 j Weoklr Etlsbllktaixi 1830 j JOHNSTOWN'S RUINS. JOHNSTOWN'S LOS8. Cox, Philadelphia; Mrs. A. W. Jones, R D. Eldridgo, Mrs. Mary Barbour, Mrs. George Woodward, Jacob Wild, wife and obild, Kate Llnhart, Robert Baldwin, P. McNally, Frank Dimond, William Penrod, P. McAubury, John 8twiner, W. L. Davis, Mrs. Drefaunce, Ellen Harrington, Charles A. Marshall, John Burns,.fohn Andrews, C. R Wilson, Mi's. A. M. Jdnes, M. Little, of Sewickley, the three Misses Hatnflton,Charles Wilson, John Andrews, Mrs. O'Connell, Miss Fercliurch, Porter Mililer, Elmer Binkley. Those represent only a small portion of the bodies sent to the morgu.i. about 65, medium height, large boned, weight 180 pounds, had on abdominal truss; a woman *;ed 60, wavy curling gray hair, bald spot on head, oU-ried open face gold watch, supposed C6 be Mrs. Rev. Raney; the Rev. J. H. Pershing, of Conemaugh has these bodies in charge. The railroad officials say that they have information which leads them to believe that not over seven of the passengers on the trains flooded at Conemaugh were drowned. The first report sent placed the number of dead at fifteen. disa ter wl.ich has befallen the inhabitants of a large section of Pennsylvania, and invoking the effort's of citizens and organizations toward relieving the consequent distress.VERY LITEST. fair city of Johustown. The debris about tbo •ft1 &AKIN POWDI The Biislnru Portion of the City Entirely Pennsylvania Company viaduct had up to this Johnstown, Pa., June 8.—Vies President and Director James McMullan,of the Cambria Iron company, says their loos has been well nigh incalculable, and while it has entered into their revenues they are not daunted nor discouraged, but will begin the work of clearing up the ruins of their mills, preparatory to rebuilding and repairing their works. TUoy will also immediately rebuild the Gau- Obllterated. time served as an impenetrable dair. For The Calamity Unparalleled in Histoiy. Colchbcs, O., June &—A special meeting of the board of trade has been held to raise funds for Johnstown. Governor Foraker delivered on address, and prompt measures of relief were  some cause this barrier seems to haveseparat 15.000 DEAD. ed below tbe-surface, aud ill in to have giv eu the water a vent. It is confidently ex- pected that ero another twenty-four hours HORROBS GROWING HOURLY HIGH WATER AT WASHINGTON. shall have panned a good share of this surplus ier iron works, which was obliterated by A million Dollars' Damage Done—Fish Caught In the Heart of the City. The Fcene Thronged bv Visitors. water will have been drained off, when the Great Suffering Prevails Among the flood. This is the disposition of all the others A dozen of the business men said; Thli following are under treatment at the hospital: Mrs. Nellie Sechrist, Phil and Mattie Lenbergar, Bonheim and Maurice Newman, John Murphy and Sam Long. In one rude box lay the body of a beautiful young woman. "Any one know her?'' called out a committeeman. A crowd passed the box, but no one called her name. On the face was an expression of peace. The features were fine and the clothing elegant. The only disfigurement was an ugly cut on the left temple, sufficient to cause death. "Any One Know Her?" Washington, June 8.—The damage done here by the flood will reach $1,000,000. Of this one-half is damage to the government work on the Potomac flats. The Washington monument is on an island. Center ma'ket is completely surrounded by water. The Baltimore and Potomac depot is inaccessible except by boat. The lower part of Pennsylvania avenue is filled with running water. A big German carp from the government fish hatchery was caught in the heart of the city. Three coal scows owned by Thomas P. Morgan were sunk; loss, $14,000. It is too early yet to estimate just how soon work of exploring the city, proper, will begiu. 0 R "True pluck survives. Our pockets are light, but, if nothing more happens, all of us will be in business again." this much desired ei d may be reacted. S net Those Who Survive. &1 special train loads of news,taper reporters The central portion of Johnstown is as completely obliterated as if it had never had foundations. The river has made its bed upon the sites of the dwellings and a vast area of sand gravel and furrowed grounds marks the old channel. It is doubtful if it is possible ever to reclaim what was once the business portion of the city. The river will have to be returned to its old bed in order to do so, and that is an engineering feat All the above are residents of Johnstown. The only outsider is P. J. Bonar, of Woodvale.GREAT SCARCITY OF COFFINS. arrived this mo-ning All went to woik v i;h JOHNSTOWN'S BUSINESS LOSSES. It h astonishing to find how small a number of injured are in the city. Pew survived. It was death or nothing with the demon of the flood. It is true that not a few escape 1, but they got off almost unhurt. a will rescuing tLe wounded and recovering The corpse of another beautiful young woman lay in the extemporized morgue. Several people say it is that of Miss Ida Fischer, a prominent young lndy of Johnstown.Ghouls at Work Upon the the bodies of the dead Absolutely Pure Anfnl Sights Witnessed by Those Who Dead. ThM powder never varies. A marvel of purity, ' strength and wholesomeness. More economical than tbe ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low te«t. short weight, alum or phosaate powders. Sold onlti in cans. Royal Baking Powdub Oo., X0« Wall 8t„ N. Y. Were First on the Spot, FATAL FALL FROM A WINDOW. RAILROAD PASSENGERS SAFE. What litu Happened During (lie Forenoon at tbe Site of tne Great- THE FLOOD IN VIRGINIA. Lilt of Those on llle Chicago Express The Deluge at Sunbnry. The News In London. The Girl Held Out Her Hnml tis Though hardly possible. The massive accumulation of debris extending from 800 to 1,000 feet along th9 south shore of the Conemaugh and immediately above the bridge is now in complete possession of the flames, and will be until the arrival of further relief from Pittsburg, so that another pang is added to those who had hoped to rescue the remains of their friends and relatives from the debris. Known to Be A I've. Sunbury, Pa., June 3.—This city is flooded. The water reached the top of the river embankments yesterday, and at 7:80 broke into the Third and Fifth wards, compelling the inhabitants to take to the upper stories of their houses. The water reached a point within eight inches of the great flood of 1865. At noon the water began to recede. All railroad and wagon bridges between here and Williamsport are down. Three men who came down from Williamsport in a boat report the loss of twenty-five lives at that place.  London, June 8.—The one absorbing topic of conversation in London is the appalling calamity in Pennsylvania, meager accounts of which reached here by oable. The first reports which reached London aBCLjvhich wero printed placed the loss of life at 1,503, and although it was evident even from the meager details which the cable brought that the calamity must have been of unprecedented proportions, no one expected that the later dispatches would confirm this figure. When, however, with every successive telegram. the figures grew larger, when they were raised from 1,500 to 2,500, then to 5,000, then to 10,000, and estimates as high as 15,- 000 dead began to reach here, the full extent of the calamity came to be realized. est Horror of modern Times. to Find if It Waa lUinlng, and Then The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Adds Its Philadelphia,-June 8.—For the first time in forty-eight hours communication was had indirectly with Altoona at 6 o'clock last evqntng at the Pennsylvania railroad office in this city. The superintendent at Altoona says that the Atlantic express leaving Pittsburg at 8 a. m. on Friday, the Chicago and New York limited (eastbound) which left Pittsburg at 7:10 on Friday morning, and the Seashore express, which left Johnstown early on Friday morning, arrived at Altoona on Saturday afternotAi. All the passengers on those three trains are reported to be well. Altoona sends the fcJlowing list of passengers on the day express from Chicago, which was caught in the flood at Conemaugh, who are known to be safe: Special Telegram to the Evbnino Qazettc. She Fell—Her Mother's llair Turns Common Sense Qaota to the Disaster. Johnstown, Pa., June 3 £3 p. m.—It is es- Gray in a Night. timated that fully 20,000 strangers have come New York, Juug 8. —Catharine Sewell, the beautiful girl who fell from the third story window of No. 102 West Fifty-fourth street, lies unconscious at hor home with little hopes of rtcovei y. Two Thousand Bodies Taken from the to the city on early trains this morning, and every additional train adds to the number of anxious seekers after doad relatives and friends Conemaugh River, and Still Many Thou- will prompt you to save as much money as you can, especially in the purchasing of your clothes. WHAT YOU WANT is the best goods's the most perfect fits, and your money's worth, C\ My line of Blarney Tweeds, Bannockburn Cheviots and French and English Tweeds, Harris' Cassimers, Middle-3sex Flannels, Corkscrews, Serge Diagonals, &c., &c., is the largest in town. sands of People Are Missing—The ltulns The magnitude of the horror increases with tD e hours. It is believed that not less than 'J,000 of the drowned found lodgment beneath the mass of debris in the triangle of ground that the Conemaugh cut out of the banfebetween the river proper and the Pennsylvania railroad bridge. There was the greatest funeral pyre in history. The victims were not upon it, but were parts of its horrible construction. Whole houses were washed into the apex of the triangle. Hen coops, pig stys, stables, the refuse of the gutter, the contents of fewers,whole lumberyards, boom upon boom of logs composed the mass. When the upsetting of a cook stove ignited the mass and the work of cremation began It was a costly sacrifice to the demon of the flood, being a literal breast of Are. The smoke arose in a huge funnel shaped cloud, and at times it changed to the form of an hour glass. At night the flames lit up this misty remnant of mortality. of the Viaduct on Fire and There Is Among the most welcome arrivals of the day was Clara Barton, with her red c osa brigade. This merciful presence has inspired new hope in the hearts of those at work in rescuing the dead and wounded, and their efforts are being Her mother is almost insane with grief, and her brother, the only other m D:nber of her family, has neither rest or sleep. No Hope of Ever Rescuing the 2,000 Corpses Imprisoned Under the Debris. Carlisle, June 8.—The Harrisburg and Potomac railroad track has been washed away for miles, and fifteen bridges have gone down. The large dam at Laurel broke, letting buildings, bridges, trees and other floating matter rush through the Holly Gap, damaging Mullin Brothers' paper mills $20,(XX). The Cumberland Valley railroad's bridges have been washed away in several places. No loss of life is thus far reported. Fifteen Bridges Destroyed. Miss Sawell, who is a tall, well formed blonde, 19 years old, has been in ill health for some weeks, and was under the care of Dr. Kililea. • Virginia's Great Floods—The Calamity Far Surpasses Any Unfortunate Catas- JOHN GILBERT DY:NG. trophe That Baa Ever Occurred In William Henry Bmith, New York; Edward Lyon, Boston; Mrs. J. W. Latta and daughter Edith, Philadelphia; Elizabeth Hounier, Writesville, Pa.; Mrs. Mary L Cowne, Washington; H C. Groch, Sharon, Mich.; Mrs. M H. Smith, Broadway, New York; Mrs. William T. Sergeant, Massachusetts; W. S. Jackson, Philadelphia; Estella J. Kittering, Pennsylvania; Daniel Humphries, Indianapolis; Mrs. Clara DeWitt and child, Dennison, Ind.; John Laughery, wife and three children, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Maggie E. Mulaheny, Indiana; Mrs. Ella Garber, Aurora, 111; Mrs. A. 8. Lippincott, Philadelphia; Mrs. Gussle Cook and child, Dennison, Ind.; Mrs. Fanny Murphy and child, Dennison, Ind.; Harriet Stockbridge, Curwensville; Mrs. G. W. Starkey and child, Chicago; Annie E. Hamilton, Yoi kville, N. Y.; Mrs. Paris Bhick, husband and daughter; Miss Simpvon, C. E McClure, Chicago; Mrs. Gallon and daughter, Pittsburg; Lizzie R. Hunter, Pittsburg; Mr. Leise and son, Pittsburg, George Lees, Pittsburg; Uriah Carroll, R. E. Vaughn, Landisville, Pa.; F. H. Herney, Ii. A. Eagan, New York. redoubled. Great long trenches are being dug, and bodies by the hundreds are being buried without funeral ceremonies of any sort. It is no* estimated that the number of deaths will aggregate fully 16,000. The first reports scarcely afforded an intimation of the terrible Heard a Piercing Scream. This Country—Rascals Meet with Swift The Veteran Actor Dying from Pneu- monia In Boaton. In the afternoon about 4 o'clock her mother left her sitting in the rear room of their third story flat, whde she attended to her household duties. Tiie next the mother knew of her was when she heard a piercing scream. She ran to the rear room and looked out of the window and then fell back in a faint. Johnstown, Pa., June 8.—A scene of horror such as probably was never before seen by human eye met the gaze of the party of newspaper men—the first to reach the devastated city—when they clambered down the mountain side back of what was once Johnstown. It was just daybreak, and each glint of light breaking through the night shades opened up some new scene of the awful tragedy to view. Vengeance. Boston, June 8.—John Gilbert, the veteran actor, is dying in this city, pneumonia and kidney troubles being the causes of his illness. He came to Boston about two weeks ago en route for his summer home in Manchester-by-the-Bea. He felt unwell and consulted his physician, Dr. Jernegan, who advised him to remain here a few days before continuing his journey. He and his wife went to the hoThe of the latter's sister at the South End, and the next day he was obliged to take to his bed. Pneumonia developed from the cold which troubled him and his right lung was seriously affected. An old kidney trouble was also developed, and Dr. Jernegan, who was again called, saw that the great actor was dangerously ilL On account of his advanced age he has not rallied as well as had been hoped, and his family fear the worst On Thursday he was quite comfortable, but now he is restless and much weaker. Dr. Jernegan does not give up hope of his patient's recovery, but that he considers Mr. Gilbert a dangerously sick man is shown by the fact that he hai canceled a vacation trip which had been planned for. Haxrisburq, Pa., June 3.—Adjt Gen. Hastings, who is at Johnstown, telegraphed Governor Beaver that there was much pilfering ahd robbing of the dead, and that one man had been lynched for cutting a ring from the finger of a dead woman's hand. The Adjutant General says 1,500 bodies have been recoverei and that a large number of p rsons who were either drowned or burned to death are yet missing. Bobbing the Dead. havoc which has since bren discovered and which renders any attempt at description en- The young woman had fallen to the stone floor of the basement area, four stories. A young woman in the adjoining house had seen her fall. She says that Miss Sewell walked to the window and reached out her hand, as if to see whether it was raining outside. Suddenly she lost ber balance and pitched forward, turning clear over and striking on her feet, but "all in a heap." As she struck she half raised her hoad, screamed and then lay as if dead. The effect upon the living, ignorant and intelligent, was the same. That volume of smoke, with its dual form, produced a feeling of awe in many that was superior in most cases to that in the awful moment of the storm's wrath on Friday afternoon. Hundreds stood for hours regarding the smoke and wondering 'f it forbode another visitation more its predecessor. tirely beyond the power of any pen. Hungarian Thieves Drowned. The site of the city is still submerged, the viaduct below with its acres of debris forming a dam which holds the waters in. Human bodies seem to be everywhere. Practically nothing remains of Johnstown. The great horror is intensified by the ac tions of a number of Hungarians who have been engaged for seme time pa9t in robbing Convenient llallroad Service. New York, June 8.—The Baltimore and Wdo railroad announces that it is running trains on schedule time between New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. No trains will be run west of Point of Rocks before to-morrow as the track between there and Cumberland is submerged in many places, and the extent of the damage cannot be learned until the water subsides. the dead. Seven of these ghouls were caught YOU ARE WISE Every building in the city has either been entirely carried away by the raging waters or so damaged as to ruin it completely. Whole streets are swept clear of every trace of habitation. Down at the viaduct the debris is heaped up nearly 100 feet high. Frame buildings, brick buildings, cars, furniture and everything conceivable is in the Debris 100 Feet High. It was with a feeling ot absolute loathing that all people hereabouts awoke fc find nothing but a mass of ashes, calcined human bones, stoves, old iron and other approximately indestructible matter, from which only a light blue vapor was arising. in the act this morning and were driven by Several neighlwrs ran and p'ck d the girl up and carried her through the basement and up to her mother's rooms, and Drs. Talbot and Kililea were summone 1. the sheriff and policemen into the Conemaugh river, where they were kept until all were drowned. No mercy will ba shown offenders They found that both of the unfor tunate girl's legs had bDen broken, that she was injured internally, and that she wku severely hurt about tho head. «1D7, Jrcg and you will so remark yourself by, at the earliest moment taking advantage of the large stock and leaving your measure now. The foiling persons, passengers on the day express, are said to have been drowned at Conemaugh: Gen. Hastings took precautions to prevent the extension of the fire to another huge pile, a short distance away, and this will be searched for bodies. of this class, and the most stringent watch will be maintained to check any repetition of this momiug's disgusting spectacle. Policemen from Allegheny and Pittsburg are here, Mrs. J. W. Brady, Chicago; Miss Margaret Patrick, Pittsburg; William Shelter,Newark, N. J. Her Hair Turned CJr.iy huge mass. Carlisle, Pa., June 8.—Details are coming in from the country hereabouts, showing a terrible condition of things. The loss to property will probably reach $250,000. Eight buildings were swept away at Williams Grove and much other damage done there. Terrible Condition of Things. AFTER TWENTY YEARS' SERVICE, Mrs. Sewell was frantic for s Dm D lmurs, and required as much care as her d m..liter. She is a fine looking woman of 85. Sha was recently widowed, and her whole life seemed centered in her daughter. Before the accident her hair was a fine glbssy brown, but Sunday morning it was found to have turned gray from the terrible fright and grief through which she had passed. She was confined to her bed, completely prostrated, and all mirrors were removed from the room in order that she might not see the change for the present. Here and there a human body can be CBen, while arms and limbs, rigid in death, stick cut everywhere. The accounts published of the awful calamity, far from being exaggerated, have not appreciated the terrible reality of this greatest tragedy of the age. The work of burying the dead has begun and has been kept up all day. The bruising of the bodies by logs and other debris and exposure in the water has tended to hasten decomposition in scores of cases, rendering instant interment necessary. Bodies are being buried as rapidly as they are identified. The work ot undertakers in embalming the dead has rendered it possible to keep all those embalms 1 two or three days longer, but this is only desirable in cases where identification is dubious and no claimants appear at ail. The following list of persons at Altoona is sent, • It is known to comprise some of those on the two sections of the day express which was caught in the flood at Conemaugh, and is also thought to be partly made up of those who reached Altoona by other eastbound trains: Doorkeeper 8!mmon«* Face Missing from Washington, June 8.—Visitors at the White House found a new face at the door of Private Secretary Halford's room. The old doorkeeper, Arthur Simmons, had been transferred to the treasury department, and another colored man, George Hall, put in his place. the Wlilte House. and their presence serves as a quietus upon are dow on guard and a more secure feeling the unruly element. Voluuteor companies The prevailing motto The Work of Rescue, Drowned In tlie Flood. prevails. Food, Money and Clothing Needed. There is most urgent need of provisions and THE BEST OF GOODS, After the first party of explorers came many others, bringing skiffs, ropes, ladders and other articles forihe work of rescue. It was not long before the labor of gathering in the bodies of the victims was begun. E. Knee, Miss Grass, Mary E. Moran, Bridget Sulkin, Philadelphia; J. N. Newcome and wife, New London; Mrs. C. H. Leopard, Carrie B. Artier, Malina, Iowa; A. H. Brown, Jersey City; William Stewart, Pittsburg; J. C. Pioretti, Tyrone; Henry F. Fowls, Bangor, Me.; Clara Cobb, Brooklyn; Charles J. Burbridge, Allen Proctor, Morris Ely, Camden, N. J.; E M. Leopard, New York; Mrs. Simon Slick, John L Pine, Reading, I'a.; W. Woody ear, W. E Wa, John R. Mahon, Philadelphia; E. H. McCullough, wife and daughter, Philadelphia; W. E. Winslow, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Mis. Matilda Alien, Philadelphia; John Carr, Jersey City; Emily June, ML Vernon, N. Y.; Virginia Malouey, Mary Wilkins, Woodbury, N. J.; H. Walsh, Philadelphia; A. Wilverson, Mrs. Ellen Oce, Honesdale, Pa.; Prinella Statcerin, Philadelphia; Frank Patton and wife, Freeport, Pa.; Mrs. Fizer, Monroeville,0.; Mrs. Sherman, Nautucket, R. I.; George Sawyer, Bristol, 0.; Mr. Chandler, R. C. Yonn, New York; Abion Allyannes, Fort Monroe; Mary Fitzpatrick, Pittsburg; M. W. Whittaker, Plattsburg, N. Y.; Mrs. McBrady, Chicago; R. Spangler, Illinois; W. M. Meilon, Gertrude Mellon, Milwaukee; John Weby, New York; J. C. Ospont, Tacnoe; S.mon A. Sheppard, C. Keifer, Shippensburg; H. St John, Pennsylvania; J. 8. Over, Jersey City; Huston Porter, Washington; Richard Brown, Mrs. Pauline Willard, New York; Mrs. E A, Eberly, Cannon,N.Y; Martha Livingston, NewYork; Frank C. Gallseveath, Tyrone; Anna C. Smith, Marysville, Pa.; P. F. Bain, New Yirk; C. 8. Thurman, New York; 0. O. Mart/., Orstown; R. H. Wortling, Greensburg, Pa.; O. R. Smith, Pittsburg; Allen J. Fitz, Elmira; R. Van Dike and wife, Sunbury; Rollins8. Dromly, Pittsburg; William Hawkins, Illinois; E H. Hare, Wilkinsburg; E Wolf, Holdbrook, N. J.; James B. Miller, Pittsburg; Orlando Rock wood, Pennsylvania; J. W. Graves, C. A. Bradford, S. H. Bailey, Altoona, Pa.; L H Cameron, Bellwood, Pa.; Mrs. C. 8. Hand, Simeoa C. Hand, W. Baker, John Kline, Vickstown; J. H. Drys, Rochester; G. D. Donaldson, New York. James 11. Stewart, wile and baby, Allegheny; C, H. Baxter, Lima, O; D. Z. Dineuckier, Ohio; A. H. Souder, Omaha, Neb.; James E. Lerms, Washington; E W. Stover, Waynesboro, Pa.; A. M. Oiler, Waynesboro, Pa.; A. M. Shandler, New York; R. F. Johnson, New York; S. Myers, Philadelphia; Mrs. Nelson (colored), Milwaukee; Geo. Sylvester, wife and two children; W. Wilmot, wife and child, Redland; Mrs. E W. ilalfoiJ and daughter, Wushington; Annie Hamilton, Minneapolis; Thornton Robinson, Allegheny; Geo. Kell r, Hurrisburg; John Burris, Philadelphia; GeD. Houseman, Philadelphia; R H. Key, R H. Runney, Kalamazoo; Jits. B. Rauney, Allegheny; Geo. Gaskon's larnily, Ringgold, Md.; Sam Birney, Lorenzo; J as. M. Bufford, W. E P. Bullock, the Rev. J. H. Leiper, Philadelphia; Julia Amboch, Lorenzo; Mrs. M. A. Bleasewell, D. 8. Shearer, N. 8. Davis, wife and three children, Lancaster; Margaret Justico, Dr. Robinson, | Allegheny. Baltimore, June 3.—At Taneytown, Carroll county, Mrs. Charles McFadden and Miss Maggie Moore were drowned in the flood. They were attempting to ford a stream, but their horse and vehicle were washed away. The driver escaped. There is not a public man in the country, or at least one who has been accustomed to call at the White House for the last twenty years, who does not know Himmons. He was born a slave in North Carolina. He came to Washington with some army officers, and during President Johnson's administration was employed in the White House as a dining room servant, and afterward as a messenger. President Hayes' private tec re; ary, Mr, Rcdgers, made Arthur his doorkeeper, aud from that time to this he has been showing visitors in and out of the room of the president's private secretary. clothing. All morning contributions have THE BEST OF FITS, The cars sent out from Pittsburg with provisions for the living were hastily cleared in order to contain the bodies of the dead intended for interment in suburban cemeteries and graveyards handy to the city. been flowing in, but these have in many cases The young lady who hoard the scream and saw the fall was also prostrated with nervousness from tho fright she received. A temporary morgue was established, wires were strung down the mountain side, and a short time before noon the devastated district was again in communication with the outside world. been in the form of cash, and are consequent ly unavailable for immediate use. AND Appealing. A ecarcily Rochester, N. Y., June 8.-—The Pythian Kniglit publishes a mourning edition, and appeals to the order for funds for the families of stricKSn members at Johnstown. It believes that 200 Knights perished there. of coffins also prevails, although each train STANDING OF THE CLUBS. SATISFACTION OR NO PAY. A corps of operators of the Western Union Telegraph company began to send out messages to Pittsburg at 11 o'clock. A party of searchers saw two men robbing the body of a woman. The thieves were caught. In one of their pockets was found a lady's ear, entire, sliced from the head with a sharp knile. has brought ) undreds from Pittsburg, Alle- Summary Up to Date llaseball Absoi of the Leading gheny and adjoining townp. This scarcity The standing of the cl larger baseball association* The National 1 lubs in the thrre * is as follows: ilatlons. IB. F. GILROY, From 8,000 to 10,000 Perlsll. has become so great that all the attempts at providing a separate receptacle for each corpse had to de abandoned, and trenches will now From the best information obtainable at this hour it would seem that tlie total number of lost will not fall below 8,1)00 and it may go over 10,000. To add to the terrible catastrophe it is feared that many of those who escaped to the mountains have perished from starvation and hunger. Those who ran to the hillsides at the approach of tin water are no doubt pressed for food. In the earlobe was a sparkling diamond. The captors placed ropes around the necks of the villains and strung them up to the nearest tree until they were dead. They then cut them down and buried them. •. Boston, June 8.—The mayor has called a special meeting of citizens at his oflice to take steps toward aiding the Pennsylvania sufferers. I%(A1C1 of the Sufferers, Ceague. Murdered In an Insane Asylum. Rochester, Minn., June 8.—A murder committed in an insane asylum here about April 1 has just leaked out. The victim was a patient named Taylor Combs, who had been committed for rape on a 5-year-old girl at Stillwater. Combs was washing the ceiling at the asylum and muttering as to what he would do if he bad a revolver, when he was attacked by Edward Peterson and August Beckman, attendants, who comtnenoad pounding him on the head with a cane and a hickory mop handle. Then they made him stand up, and Backman commenced to pound him, knocking him down and then jumped on his chest. Combs died two hours afterward. A painter who saw the deed was told that if he disclosed the murder they (Bookman and Peterson) would kill him. The manager of the asylum called in the coroner, who made an examination. Beckman and Peterson claimed that Combs' death was caused by falling from the scaffold. When the facts came out the men were discharged. Warrants were issued, and Beck-nan l:as been arrested. Peterson's capture is expected soon. The grand jury will investigate the case, be used, the bodies being laii out in rows and CBUBS. C. L Dick, ex-mayor of Johnstown and several other gentlemen, while patroling that part of the city known as the "Point," discovered a party of Huns looting the houses and 1 obbing the dead. The parties had no guns with them, but Dick leveled his revolver at one of the plunderers and shot him dead. He fell into the river and no further attention was paid to his remains. The city is guarded by over 300 special officers. FROM MARYLAND, covered w.th mud, the only process of interment now possible. The most distressing feature of this is the lack of means for preserv- Boston South Main St.. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Tnk^n Out of Politics. Philadelphia New York... Cleveland ... Chicago — They had to oamp in the bushes, and the women and children suffered greatly from hardship, besides being half crazad with anxiety over the fate of friends and relatives.Baltimore, June 8.—A report conies from Harper's Ferry, W. Va., that eight lives were lost there in the flood. Four of them, two women and two men, were cooped up in one house. Finally it gave way before the pressure of the water, and the inmates were lost. There has been great damage done in the town. ing the identity of the remains. Nothing Pittston, Pa. better can be done however. Pittsburg — Indianapolis Washington Fresh Victims Constantly Discovered, The water is now receding slowly. When the viaduct is cleared off the debris which chokes the arches the real state of affairs can be ascertained. Bach minute discloses additional evidence Games lost A special train of twelve cars loaded with provisions for the sufferers has arrived. of the tremendous and far-reaching effects of The Atlantic ! S. ! rt : 3 « • K The eastern end of Main street, through which the waters tore most madly and destructively, and in which they left their legacy of wrecked houses, fallen trees and dead bodies in a greater degree than in any other portion of the city, has been cleared and the remains of over fifty taken out of the portion cleared. All over the town the searchers have been equally successful. As soon as a body is found it is placed on a litter and sent to the morgue, where it is washed and placed on a board for several hours to await identification.Conemaugh, Wood vale, Kernville, Cambria City and other surrounding towns in the flooded district are as badly off as Johnstown.The bridge of the Shenandoah railroad across the Potomac at Shepardstown was destroyed. At Williamgport, Washington county, Md., the flood was seven feet higher than the highest previous record, and great damage resulted. Between Williams port and Dam No. 0 over twenty houses were washed away, and innumerable barns, outhouses and fences went down in the flood. The damage in Washington county is about 1150,000. Friday's casualty The number of wounded is increasing at a rapid rate, and as a result a CLUBS. lack of proper hospital rojm is keenly felt. At Conemaugh the inhabitants of the low lying portion of the town have been literally wiped out of existence. At Woodvale the percentage of death is even greater than that at Johnstown. Every available house is being utilized, and it Jersey City.. Hartford — Worcester... Wilkes bar re. Newark  A Word to the Wise is Suffioierit. jj is a common sight for a single room to be the receptaclo for alternate dead and liviDg human CLEVELAND^ PARTIAL LIST OF THE DEAD. forms, the latter writhing and groaning under Lowell Easton Names of Those Identified at Sang Hol- Port Deposit, Cecil couuty, has just boen beard from. The Susquehanna river is booming. The current is very swift, and the surface of the river is thick with logs. The town of Port Deposit is flooded from stem to stern. The bridge at Couowingo is reported to be weakening. the pain of broken arms and legs and other New Haven low and Johnstown. excruoiating mutilations. The craah of tumbling timbers and falling walls adds to the unhappy chorus, and to the number of dying and dead. On every hand are vast piles of Games lost Sad Scenew at the Morgue. Sang Hollow, Pa., June 3.—Among the bodies of the dead lying here many are so mutilated and distorted as to be beyond recognition. Several of the others have been identified. Some of the names of those who have been recognized are: Almost Collided with the City of New York The American As*oci day resulted as follows: lyn, 1; Athletic, 4; Cinci The American iation games yester-8t Louis, 2; Brook- Innati, 2; Columbus, Assoclatl The morgue is the Fourth ward schoolhouse, and it has been surrounded all day by a crowd of several thousand people. At first the crowd was disposed to stop those bearing the stretchers, uncover tho remains and view them, but this was found to 1D' prolific not only of great delay, but al.-o of scenes of agony that not even the bearers could endure nor the thousands calmly stand up under. Now a litter is guarded by a file of soldiery with fixed bayonets in charge of a sergeant, and the people are forced aside until the morgue is reached. Nkw York, June 8.—The captain of the Rhsetia, from Hamburg, which arrived Saturday, reports that his vessel had a very narrow escape from colliding with the steam ship City of New York, outward bound, on the morning of Decoration day. A heavy fog prevailed and it was impossible to see a distance of more than ten feet The Rhaetia was proceeding with the utmost caution toward Sandy Hook when the bow of another steamer was discerned scarcely 300 feet distant The steamer was made out to be the City of New York. At once the signal was given to reverse on both vessels, and the course was changed, so that the vessels drifted by one another, almost touching as they It is probable that the Chesapeake and Ohio canal has ceased to be a bugaboo in Maryland politics. It is so badly damaged that its repair by the state will not even be contemplated. The banks of the canal are washed away and great sluices are worn through every mile or go, A million and a half dollars would be rtquired to put it in proper repair.  11; Louisville, 4; Columl ibus, 12; LouisvillepoT John W. Parson, wife and child; Aubrey Parsons, wife and two children; Mrs. John H uderson and two ch ldren; Miss Frank, dauglit.-r of John Frank; James Lightner, wife and sister; Margaret Lightner, Mike Luther, James Bridges, Louis Weinseller and wife, Lizzie Howe, John Lichten waiter, Mis. Andrew Leonard, Mrs. Cush, Miss Katzenmeyer, Miss Broesby, Mrs. Carolina Pollock, John Kurtz, Edward Lightner, John Lightner, Dennis Carroll, Samuel and Rose Hawthorne, Mrs. Joseph Smith and three children, Peter McEnnerny and family of nine, Mr. and Mrs. Hammell, Mrs. H. M Ogle, Western Union telegraph operator; Miss Minnie Ogle, Miss Grace Gorman, Miss YVatkins, Miss Minnie Linton, Thomas Jackson, telegraph lineman; Mr. Rodgers, William Caitber, Catharine Dowling, Miss Beore, Mrs. Latohett, Miss Fisher, Charles Stevens, Thomas Welsh and child, George Coleraine, lvnma Bridges, Mrs. Toker, Mrs. Dowling, Chris Craig. Mrs. Mary Murphy, John Toker's baby, David Dickson, Thomas Klein'? baby, Miss Murphy, John Toker, August Leonard, Francis Callitron, wife and two chilJren; Henry Dietrich, wife and one child; Mrs. Kratzinger. debris from which protrude the suffering THE RECI JORD. BAKING POWDER faces of the dying, pinned in between heavy pieces of lumber, and begging piteously for something to put an end to their misery. The |bj'Q 13 i ° I §■ ?! CLUBS. THE PUREST AND BEST work of rescuing is necessarily slow, and every moment's delay increases the number of dead. FROM VIRGINIA. St. ICoui*.. Brooklyn .. Cincinnati.. Athletic  Kansas City Is made only of strictly pure grape cream of tartar, strictly pure bicarbonate of soda, and a small portion of flour as a Ereservative, nothing else whatever, and - warranted entirely free from alum, ammonia, phosphates, lime, and all the adulterants frequently found in baking powders. The character of materials used, their purity, and the nicety of their - combination, render Cleveland's superior baking powder the most healthful and most economical in use, and it always affords wholesoi ae, nutritious, and delicious food. It is recommended for purity, healthfulness and efficiency by Government and State chemists, chemists of Boards of Health, and professors in institutions of learning throughout the country. Sold only in cans, full weight. Cleveland Brothers, Albany, N. Y. i The whole corps of Western Union Telegraph operators was lost last Friday evening. Among them were Mrs. Ogle, manager, who for twenty-five years has art d as receiver of Associated Press reports here, and her daughter Minnie, also a well known operator; also Misses Gorman and Watkins and three messenger boys who were unable to escape from the building. Tlie Flood In Ulchwoml Subsiding—All Danger la Over. The Flames Abating, Baltimore Columbus Louisville Richmond, June 8.—The river continued o rise all niglit The portion of the city from Fifteenth to Seventeenth streets and running back from the river across Cary, Uain, Franklin and Grace streets, was submerged, Great fear was felt that one or more of the bridges between Richmond and Manchester would be washed away, Fortunately about 8 (x m. the water began to subside, and it is now falling quite rapidly. The worst evidently (s over. (July one life is reported lost All that part of the city known as Rockett's is still under water. No northern mails have been received since Thursday. One mail from the south was received by the Danville road and was hauled in wagons from a point four miles outside of the city. The destructive Are which has been raging Accused of Murder. since Saturday in the vast heap of wreckage and lloatiDg houses which collected around Games lost Chester, Da., June 4— Richard Mitchell has been arrested on the charge of having killed Emma Jenkins, a young colored Woman, whose body has been found in Cheater creek. The two were last seen together Thursday evening, and he admits quarreling with her in Ship Creek woods near where her body, which bears marks of violence, was found. the viaduct of the Pennsylvania Railroad Cow Killed on the Track. pany, and in which between one and two Nashville, Tenu., Jflne 8.— Neill B. Brown, Jr., for many years reading clerk of the lower Louse of congress, was run over while crossing the track of the Louisville and Nashville railroad here and instantly killed. His body was found almost beyond recognition. He was 44 years old and a son of ex-Governor Brown, of this state. His family is in Washington. A Mi*be of the Flood. thousand souls are thought to have bee? literally roasted to death, has somewhat abated, although dense clouds of smoke obscure the It,is thought by many that fully 2,000 persons were burned to death in the debris at the bridge. The Cambria Iron Works company announces that they will rebuild their plant at once, The work of burying the dead is proceeding rapidly, and necessarily with scant ceremony, as decomposition has set in in most oases. How They Were Hecelved. scene and prevent an accura'e estimate of the The above list of names were received by telegraph direct from Bedford, Pa. Bedford got them from Cessna, Pa., by telephone; Cessna received them over the telephone from Martinsburg, the latter place having a telegraph wire to Altoona. The list does not comprise all of those on the day express, as some are known to be still at Conemaugh, and in view of the devious route by which the news reached here their absolute correctness cannot be relied upon. San Francisco, June 3.—Mr. Sprockets rays New South Walej has renewed its contract with the Oceanic Steamship company for carrying the Australian mails. The Canadian fine has been trying to get thii contractThe Canadian Line Does Not Get It, amount of damage done. It will be some time yet before this heap can be explored, and until then the number of its victims h Norwalk, Conn., June 8.—Mrs. Thomas L. Gunning, a niece of Leland Stanford, who went insane a few nights ago and drove the servants out of doors with a stiletto, escaped from her watchers yesterday and again assaulted the servants, who fled from the premises. She was again placed under restraint after a violent struggle. An Insane Patient Escapes. The total number of bodies recovered in the Conemaugh valley up to midnight was about 2,000. Only one-quarter of these have been identified, and it is doubtful if half of those recovered will ever be recognized. At the St. Cloud hotel are thirty-two bodies, one being that of a child born in the water. One body was found near the Johnstown bridge, w hose rings bore the initials "P. C. to G. C." Proposal*. 81 aled propoxate will be received up to the 27th day of May, 1889, for the abutments of tin Iron bridge to be erected In Yatesville. Plana and specifications can be seen at the house of E S Monk in Yatesville at any time. The right is re served to reject any or all bids. E. 8. MONK, Clerk for Council. This flood was nearly ns great as the great overflow of 1877, and but for the past ex|Derience of the people, causing them to take nil precautions to save their goods, etc., the damage would have been much greater. puroly s matter of conjecture. All estimates agree, howeve', that the loss of life is very One of the most touching scenes of this day of horror was the finding of tile body of a little babe in the water near Sang Hollow. It was a child of the flood, having been born In the water. Near by was floating the body pf its mother. Coffeysburq, Mo., June 8.—Postmaster Cunningham has fljd to Canada. He is sail1 to be short in his accounts, a forger to the extent of $4,000, and an embezzler of township funds.  Haa Fled to Canada. great. It is utterly impossible that any could At St Columbia's 'Catholic church there are upwards of 300 dead bodies. The authorities at Johnstown have published the following list of the identified dead: have escaped, as the spot has been for two Another dispatch says that three unidentified persons, supposed to be passengers on the ill fated day express, are at Conemaugh. They aye da-grib.d as follows: A man 5 feet 8 inches in height, weighing probably 1BU pounds, full gray beard, bald head, suppa led to be Cyrus Bhefry; a woman aged HELP PROM ALL QUARTERS. days one leaping, writhing mass ol H*me.». l£x-8ccretary Oarr Much Uettor. inoziw Steps Being Taken In Many Cities to Aid the Johnstown fcufTerers. Albany,. June 8.—Governor Hill has issued a proclamation calling the attention of the people of the state of New York to the The Waters Receding. New Yobk, June 3.—The physician in attendance upon ex-Secretary of State Carr, at the Gilsey house, reports that his patient is improving and that the outlook is very encouraging.DR. P. K. HUBUBR. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, fhere were no dry eyes among tho party of rescuers that tenderly laid the bodies on a |-ough litter to carry them away to the alrpady overcrowded morgue. Charles F. Butler, assistant treasurer of the Cambria Iron works; (Imil Young fuid George 1 landolf, Beaver Falls, Pa.; Harvey Barber, Jonas Murtha, Conemaugh; J G. Out of the Race. About noon to-day there was a prcceptible Columbus, O., June 8.—Lieutenant Governor Lyon has withdrawn from the contest for Ue gubernatorial nomination. lowering of the great pool of angry water which had completely obliterated the once 282 Spring St., West Pittston. Office hours before 9 a. m. aid after 7 p. ». AU calls promptly attended.