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An Important Matter.
The so-called "Poll tax" or "Suffrage''
amendment wbich is to be voted upon
along with the Prohibition amendment
on the 18th of June is intended to eure a
defect in the present constitution which,
upon a contested election, would furnish
ground for the disfranchisement of tlie
voters of many election districts. Under
the present constitution, an election held
by the voters of an election district at a
polling place outside of an election dis
trict is void.
The "Poll tax" ch* "Suffrage" amendment provides that every male citizen
twenty-one years of age, otherwise qualified, shall be entitled to vote at the polling place of the election d ist net of which
he shall at tta time be a resident, and not
elsewhere; ttat is, while lie must boa
resident of tta district in which be offers
to vote, his vote will be valid if cast at
the polling-place of his election district,
whether it ta located within or without
such district. Under the present constitution, his vote would not be vallid if cast
at a polling place located outside of tta
election district in which he resides and
oilers to vote. This provision adds
greatly to tta importance of tbe "Poll
tax" or Suffrage amendment. Its adoption will prevent many contested election
cases and will permit tta voters of town
ships lying adjacent to boroughs to vote
at polling places in such boroughs, as
they have been doing tm fifteen years, but
in mauy cases it would be a hardship to
tbe vo'era of sucb townships if they
would be compelled to change tbeir polling places, as they will be if tlie '"Poll
tax" or .Suffrage" amendment should be
defeated. a______a
Every voter who would do away with
that corrupting influence in the politics
of Pennsylvania, the tax qualification of
the voter, who would give the poor man
wbo is oftentimes obliged to move from
one election district into another within
two months next proceeding the election,
a chance to save himself from disfranchisement, and wbo would validate elections held by the voters of townships at
polling places in boroughs, should, therefore, vote "yes" on tta "Poll tax" or
"Suffrage" amendment. This matter
should be thoroughly discussed by the
press of the State and placed before tbe
people in its proper light. There is danger that tta interest taken in tiie prohibitory amendment will withdraw attention from the important proposition which
accompanies it.
[Adveiitisemknt.J
A Protest from the Bar.
Tbe protest of numbers of the Lar » h-eh
waa punted last week-in the Philadelphia
'liittes is among ths very strongest woids
that havo been aaid against the adoption
of tta amend ineuf. to tbe Constitution i inhibiting the inanu faotore or sale of in tox i
eating liquor-. Among tbe names attach-
na to this forcible document are those of
th* foremost lawyers ot tbe Common-
iwealtii. They re, resent both political
parties and doubtless represent a wide
variety sf opinion as to tbe general policy
mt restrictim ur prohibitory laws. But
tbey are united in (he belief tbat "if such
•a i-liangf in lam ia erpedieut it .should be
cnail**, M ail changes of iaw have hitherto
Ik*. 11 mud -, by statue enactment,"
Thia touches a point ia the present oon
troversy ttat kas never been satisfactorily
met liy tbe advocates of what is called constitutional 1'iohibi. ion. Tbe Constitution
i* meant to be Ml organization of govern-
jneLt aad a declaration of rights guaranteed to tba individual citizen, and all police
•regulations and definitions of criminal of-
.'eases are by it left to tta Legislature,
which has ample power to regulate or pro-
liibit the-manufacture or Bale-of liquor,
aud without whose action even a eonstitu-
<inual provision p«uld be at best only par-
tially eliucU-o, it prohibition ia dnsired
fey tta people of the State, an Aet of Assembly is clearly the proper and constitutional means uf patting the cspeiinjeut ia,
loroe
Bot Um protest of (he members of tbe
fear pi-eseuts not only a negative, tat a
pobitive objection to (he attempt to pnt
into tta Constitution matters which sbould
he left ta ft entirely to Legislative action.
Such a poliey eannot but tend to subject
Aba Constitution to constant amendment,
leading to doubt and confusion ia its construction, and diminishing 'the honor and
reverence ia which it is held by all men
and all parties,"
Such is tbe deliberate judgment if very
many of the ablest, most thoughtful and
most respected jurists both of Philadelphia
and of Pittsburg, meu whose personal and
professional character, whose knowledge
oflbe law and tbe value of whose experience and observation will be universally
.acknowledged. Beyond question tbere
MK sound lawyers and nprigbt men wbo
Jaek more favorably upon tbe proposed
amendment to tbe Constitution, bnt this
(protest leases little donbt as to tbe preponderating sentiment of tbe bar, and the
argument ia presented so briefly yet so
forcibly that ft cannot fail to make a deep
.repression.
The prohibitiouists of Pennsylvania are
playing a desperate -gama in a desperate
j»ay. Foreseeing tbe probable defeat of
tons titutional prohibition and realizing
tb _t another state defeat means a deatn
blow to the scheme of reforming men by
statutory enactment, they are attempting
to avert jdeteat by circulating among republican voters a tlir^i.t to hold the managers
oflbe Bepublican pa»ly responsible for
.he «tefeat of the amendment, jf it ahonld
ibe defeated. Such tactics may woik u
Pennaylw-pia but tbey would not be worth
Si picayune in J) akota.
H,bat Prohibiten Will Ito.
The more the voters of Pennsylvania
consider the Prohibitory Amendment the
more glaring its inconsistencies, injustice
and unreasonable character are brought
into view. It does not take a sensible
business man long to form au opinion as
tto tbe consequences of the adoption of tta
measure, white tta industrious and intelligent farmer, tta capitalist and tbe property-bolder ua not a whit behind him in
reaching tbeir conclusions. Tbey may be
all temperance men, and very properly be
opposed to tbe indiscriminate sale of intoxicating liquors, but after serious consideration and thorough inquiry into the question, tbey are compelled to acknowledge
tbat the proposed plan for "abolishing the
evil" is not feasible, since it wonld result
ia a system of clandestine selling and
drinking of liquor smuggled into tbe
State, li*_j*eby increasing drunkenqfiis in
the face of tta law established for its prevention. Tbey toa that instead of "crushing the life ont ot Ike hydra," as tta
orators of tbe measure nay tbey wiil do,
uuder ita working the progeny of ibe
uraonr.____j> will ba bred iu secret places
and app<~_r in due time to overran the
Commonwealth ia greater numbers and
' wore hideous and repulsive form.
$00 Ladies Wanted,
And 100 iuac to call on any druggist for
a free trail package of Lane's Family
Medicine, the great ioo£ and herb remedy,
disco*eied by Dr. Silas Laue while is tta
Rocky Mountains. * For diseases of the
-■btoo^**iiss_i____\ kidneys ft ia a positive
•oare. For constipation and clearing ap
tbe completion it does wonders. Children
like it. Everyone praises it. Large size
package, 50 cents.   At aU druggists.
The school board of South Lebanon
will ta ready to meet applicants for
-schools on Saturday afternoon, June 15,
at tits Woi. Penn llotel, (Bollman's),
Lebanon, Pa-
A Sound Legal Opinion.
E. Bainbridge, Muuday Esq., County
Atty., Clay Co., Tex. says : "Have used
Blectrio Bitters with most happy results.
My brother also was very low witb Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but was cured by
timely use of this medicine. Am satisfied
Electric Bitters saved bis life."
Mr, D. I. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave,
Ky., adds a like testimony, saying : He
positively believes he would have died,
had it sot been for Klectrie Bitters.
This great remedy will ward oft, as well
as cure all Malarial Diseases, and for all
Kidney, Liver and Stomach Disorders
stands unequaled.    Price 50c. and $1. at
(Ete, Geo, Boss ._ Co'e,
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ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAYBY
JOHN BRESLIN,
SI M. Ninth Street,     -W    Lebanon, Pa.
VOL. 40.-NO. 48.
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1889.
WHOLE NO.-2079.
IH DEATffSVALLEI.
The Gruesome Work Along the
Banks of the Conemaugh,
AND   STILL THE  H0ER0B GROWS.
Conservative Estimates Place the Number
of Victims at 15,000.
THE    DEFECTIVE    RESERVOIR    DAM.
Sorrow's Sway Still (Continues in th*
Melancholy Vale, bat Practical Forces
Are Diligently at Work Evolving Order
Oat at the Chaoa of Johnstown's Ruins.
Gunpowder and Fire Employed in Removing tha Debris—Engineer Park's
Graphic Recital of the Scenes at the
Breaking af tha Dam—William.port*.
Tale of Ruin.
Johnstown. Pa., June 8.—Governor
Beaver will call a special session of the
legislature.
Adjt. Gen. D. H. Hastings sent a telegram to the governor at Harrisburg declaring that an extra session of the legislature for the purpose ot making an
appropriation of $2,000,000 for the relief
of the people of Johnstown was important. Gen. Hastings was at the wire and
had a long and earnest talk' with the
governor. He told him that in his judgment a special session of the legislature
should be called at once. He said he
had carefully gone over the situation
and* had sought the opinions of others.
He was extremely anxious to know
how the contributions were coming in,
and said that it would be necessary to
make heavy daily drafts on whatever
amount might be raised outside is order
to keep the work going on. He said if
the contributions reached a million it
would take that amount to clean out the
city debris and pay the people of Johnstown and the men who were employed
from outside.
The State Should Give «2,000,000.
In addition he thought the state should
give $3,000,000. Gen. Hastings told the
governor that if he thought his (Hastings') judgment too high he would be
glad if Governor Beaver would come to
Johnstown for a day or two and look it
over.
After the talk over the wire with
Governor Beaver Gen. Hastings said:
"Th.** work that is going on now so
nicely cannot last longer than a week or
so at the outside unless the money for
conducting tt on a permanent basis is
tarnished either by the state or the people of the United States."
It ia stated on almost undoubted
authority that Governor Beaver has decided to call an extra session of the state
legislature.
A. Deplorable Picture.
Pestilence, hunger, insanity, A feeling among the inhabitants almost of
despair. A comprehension that the disaster is worse than ever before estimated.
This is the condition of affairs at the
end of the first week since Johnstown
waa annihilated and the Conemaugh
valley devastated for miles.
There is no longer an attempt to estimate closely the loss of life. It will certainly be 10,000, and perhaps 15,000. The
seven days of mourning and searching
for tiie lost have exhausted the survivors, and now tbe shock is more
keenly felt than when the disaster took
place.
Many Mental and  Bodily Ilia.
Despite the best efforts of the noble
men in charge here, hundreds go hungry
from ignorance or neglect to apply Tor
{pod; hundreds are siok in hospitals with
pneunjoriia. diphtheria  and  other dis-
THE BKIDGE Of DEATH.
eases, and several cases of insanity have
appeared, and an epidemic of mental
troubles is feared.
Months and millions will be required
to put thp valley \n anything like ita
former conditjoai. Yesterday 8,000 men
worked hard and dynamite' was freely
used, but the result ia scarcely appreciable. Not one-hundredth of 1 per cent,
of the debris has been removed, and the
work grows more difficult as it proceeds.
Brave and strong men are needed here.
Those who cannot come and work can
send oioney.   There will never be enough.
DISEASE   IJJ  THE  AIR.
Fear of Pestilence  Induces Worknii-ii   to
Abandon Their Poets.
Johnstown, Pa., June 8.—It is feared
at the Red Cross corps headquarters
that the Apod has left a parting curse
hovering .over the Conemaugh valley ia
the form of the dread disease, diphtheria.
The attentions of the medicaj people are
now directed to KemvtJIe, where tba
Red Cross makes no secret of a prevailing epidemic.
Miss Clara A. Barton and Dr. O'Neill,
of the Red Cross, decided to establish a
hospital at Kemville, and, after much
trouble with the local authorities, se-
secured a site and erected their tents
with Dr. Se. ns, gf Philadelphia, in
charge.
Workman Giving CTp,
Some of Flynn's men are quitting
work. They complain of the stench
from the dead bodies. It is so strong
that it sickens and drives them from
their labor. A guard ii thrown around
(he whole distriot of Johnstown and no
one employed is permitted outside pf the
line without a pass from' Flynn or tba
adjutant general. Flynn refused to
allow the men to leave tiie town.' Flynn
admitted the clearing of the debris
would be finished with 5,000 men in ten
days.
The tKe-jkii t,-iib«vn*,!.-!c.
The stench arising from the _i«.*bf _, l£
becoming   almost   unbearable   in   thb
neighborhood of the bridge and \v6rE-
mea are finding serious difficulty in remaining at their work for more than a
/ew hours at a time. Disinfectants have
fiat !?e**n put ou the pile yet, although
tbey are being freely distributed through
the town.
Curiosity and relic seekers have been
warned to keep away from the debpis as
disease lurks in tbe air about it. They
pay very little attention to it, bowever,
their desire for plunder evidently being
greater than their fear of pestilence.
The Red Cross society have. formed a
hospital corps for the benefit of tbs
workmen, many of whom are injured
daily. This society has been doing tot.
.collent work.
Dynamiting the Debris.
Arthur Kirk is gradually proving that
pft knew what he was talking about
when he said that dynamite was the
only proper material to use in removing
tbe debris above lne railroad bridge.
Hitherto he has been very much
cramped in his work by a scarcity et explosives, but now a big supply of cartridges has arrived and tba engineer k
comparatively happy. A clear space
has been made about twp of the piers.
The great mass of wreckage is gradually
becoming loosened. There is such f
vast quantity of it. however, that weeks
will be required to regjove al}.' Tte
rapidly falling waters ia'acting as aa
impediment to the work, as the river is .
already ouite shallow in pjactg,   UM !
gets  mucb lower  there   will   not  be
enough water to float the heavy logs.
Trying tn Fix Responsibility.
Coroner Evans' jury, impaneled on
the case of Mrs. Kite, of Johnstown, to
endeavor to fix the responsibility for tiie
disaster, held another session in Kemville and adjourned until next Wednesday. In selecting tbe case of Mrs. Hite
Dr. Evans was careful to get a flood victim about whose identity there oould be
no doubt and whose death by tbe flood
could be thoroughly authenticated. At
tbe next session testimony as to the
safety of the South Fork dam and tbs
culpability Ot the proprietors will b<
taken. 	
CLEARING  THE  WRECK.
An Immense Amount of Time and JLaboi
Required for the Work,
Johnstoww; Pa., June 7.—Five thousand men were yesterday at work clearing
away the debris on the island. Last
evening the number was increased to
8,000. Gangs came in from Hollidavs-
burg, Sandpatch and half a dozen other
places and reported for duty. They
were put to work at once, most of them
without any breakfast.
Mr. Flinn estimates that it wiQ take
10,000 men sixty days to clear away the
wreck. At this rate it wffl require $1,-
500,000 to pav for tlie work. This (foes
not include the expenses. Five million
dollars will not be enough to put Johnstown in shape for rebuilding.
The Efficacy of Flre.
Dr. Graff has been given charge of the
sanitary commission. Dr. Graff talked
at length on the different plans of sanitation for the flooded district, and finally
said: "There is but one sura, safe plan—
burn everything. I think the order will
be issued to burn everything all over the
district. This is the surest plan to prevent any contagion or epidemic; tat understand there is ao immediate danger
of epidemic as long as the weather keeps
aa cool as it is now. There is not so
much danger from decomposition and
putrefaction unless the weather changes
and becomes warm."
Dr. Graff's plan of disposing of the
debris above the bridge is to scatter oil
over it and burn it.
Powder Mora Effective Than Dynamite.
The first blast of gunpowder fired at
the bridge proved more effective than
any of the charges of dynamite heretofore used and hurled fragments of debris 200 feet in the air. Mingled with
tt was a round fragment which looked
-Ste the trunk of a human body. It fell
back into the water witb a splash and
glided into tbe swift current under the
bridge before it could be pulled ia.   Ex-
filosion after explosion of dynamite fol-
owed tbe blast of gunpowder, the
detonations coining ao close together
that they might almost be taken for tbe
continuous discharge of heavy guns. An
opening 400 feet long, which runs back
in aome places fifty feet, was made daring the afternoon.
Endeavors to Save the Dam.
In conversation with a press representative Resident Engineer Park, who
was on the spot When the dam broke on
Friday, saw
"(bi Thursday night I noticed that the
dam was In good order, and the water
was nearly seven feet from the ten.
When the water ia at this height the
lake is then nearly three miles in length.
It rained hard om Thursday night, and I
rode up to the end of the lake on the
eventful day and saw that tiie woods
around there was teeming with a seething cauldron of water. Col. Unger, til*
president of the fishing club that owns
the property, put twenty-live Italians to
work to fix the dam. A farmer in tha
vicinity also lent a willing band.
"To strengthen tlie dam a plow waa
run along the tpp of it and earth was
then thrown into the furrows. On tbe
west side a channel was dug and a sluice
was constructed. Wa cut through about
four feet of shale rock, when we came
to solid rock which waa impossible to
ent without blasting. Once we got the
channel open the water leaped down to
tbe bed rock, and a stream fully twenty
feet wide and three feet deep rushed out
on that end of tho dam, while great
quantities of water were coming in by
the pier at tba other end. And tben ia
the face of this great escape of water
from tit* dam it kept raising at the rate
of ten inches an hour.
Hope Abandoned.
"At noon I fully believed that it was
practically impossible to save the dam,
and I got on a horse and galloped down
to South Fork and gave toe alarm, telling the people at the same time of their
danger and advising them to get to a
place of safety. I also sent a couple of
men to the telegraph tower, two miles
away, to send messages to Johnstown
and Cambria and to the other points on
tba way. Ite young girl at the instrument fainted when tiie news reached
tet and ytaa parried away. Then by the
timely warning given, tlje people at
South Fork bad an opportunity to move
their household goods and betake themselves to a place of safety. Only one
person was drowned in tnat place and
tie was trying to save an old washtub
that was floating down stream."
Three More Rescued Alive.
A mother and daughter were rescued
alive Wednesday suffering from the
nervous shock and hunger. They were
at once removed by rescuers and placed
in charge of friends. Both wil J recover,
as neither was badly injured in a bodily
sense.
It is reported that late Wednesday afternoon a little boy was taken from the
ruins   alive,   and    after    considerable
trouble resuscitated aad given over in
charge of hia father.   It tes since been
learned that his name is Eddie Schoefler.
From 15,000 to 20,000.
In a conversation wi£h Gen. Hastings
be estimates the number of persons losf
as nearly 15,000; others even go further
and quote aa high as 20,000. The stories
printed in regard to lynchings are ^pure
fakes, and have no foundation in fact.
The military authorities state that if any
such stories are sent out again those who
send them wil. get into trouble.
Handling Bodies Is Dangerous Work.
Superintendent Brodinger, of the
Grand View cemetery, says his men are
in need of 200 pair of rubber gloves.
Ibe bodies brought there for interment
JOHNSTOWN BEFORE THE FLOOD.
are so badly decomposed that it is becoming exceedingly dangerous to handle
them withont rubber gloves and coffins
jyith any regard to decency.
O-Hclal Ust ot PtMspm-'or-f Lost.
Pittsburg, June 7.—The official railroad reports of tiie dead and tte missing from the east bound trains that left
Pittsburg last Friday now give the number at fifteen passengers and the colored
porter of the Pullman car New Orleans.
There were no losses from the first two
trains.
The corrected list of dead is: Mrs.
Talbott, uee Long, gf Cleveland, with
two or three children; Cyrus Schick, of
Reading, Pa., and bis sister-in-law, Miss
Stinsoi., who ia a sister "of Judge Stin-
son. Mrs. Schick saved bes life by going back into the car to secure her
waterproof, John Ross, of Jersey C|ty;
Mr*. J. B. Ranney, of Kalamazoo,
Mich.; Miss Jennie Baulson and Miss
Bryant, of Pittsburg; Mr. Misall, manager of tbe Mansfield, O., Baseball club;
Miss Agnes C. Christman. of Beauregard, Miss.; L. Phillips (colored) porter
of tlie Pullman car New Orleans; Mrs.
Swineford and daughter Mix. Smith
and 'child, of Dayton, O.; "where tte
bodies have been forwarded. Miss
Burnish, of Dayton, O.; Andrew Ewing,
Ligonitr, Pa.; aba. Mary' Swing, Bellefonte, Pa.  "__
THE  DAM  DEFECTIVE.
Made of Mad and  tlie   Safety  Sluiceway!
Kept Closed.
Johkstown, Pa., June 6.—The broken
dgm. wi.<.r£ &<_ terrible Co ssaia ugh w*
aster had its beginning, is receiving attention now tbat the first thrills of horror over the catastrophe itself have in
some measure begun to subside.
Numbers of correspondents and others
have visited the dam, and no one who
bas seen it confirms the stories of its
elaborate structure and fine masonry
which have been told in different quarters. Indeed, the general verdict of
thus e visitors seems to be that there was
no masonry thare. The dam is declared
to have been merely a heap of mud,
faced with sough stones and filed in
somewhat with shale.
The Sluiceways Closed.
Tears ago, when the reservoir back of
the dam vvas used as a feeder to tbe
Pennsylvania canal, tiie dam was in better shape, and tt is said that there were
sluiceways which could readily be opened
so as to relieve the reservoir u ibe pressure of water became too great.
These sluicss had been kept closed by
the South Fork Flailing club since they
came into possession of the place, m order that the game fish might not escape
to the river below.
Experts have declared that bad these
extra sluices been kept in order and operated there is no room to doubt that tte
terrible calamity in tbe Conemaugh 'valley could bave been averted.
Tlie Dam Improperly Planned.
Not only do those who have visited
the dam declare that its material waa insufficient, Mt- they also assert tint it
was not lined out on an improved basis
of engineering, There was no attempt
to give it extra strength by curvature.
Its 400 feet of length stretched straight
across tte end of nie gap.
Wten tte water made its way
through the dam it formed a ragged
break 300 feet in eqtent, going way to
the bedrock. This made a flood wave
200 feet wide by 75 feet deep.
It is littie wonder that nothing above
that fatally stanch railway bridge could
be found to resist such a torrent.
Keaste*, Typhus and Pneumonia.
Measles have broken out among the
children to an alarming extent. Typhoid
fever is making its appearance, while
the prevalence of pneumonia is causing
much uneasiness.
Additions to the Death Roll.
The following are additions to the list
of dead: Henry Ludwig and wife, Mrs.
Morrell Swank and 6-ycar-old son, Airs.
George Ilager, Mus Laura Hamilton,
Jacob- Wild, wife and daughter, Mrs.
Jane Bridges. Mrs. Aaron Davis and
three children, Woodvale; John G.
Alexander and wife, Woodvale; Mrs.
Martha Alexander, Noah Evans, wife
and four children, Mrs. Reese, Mrs.
Mary Fitzharris. The remains of a man
and girl were found near tbose of Mrs.
Fitzharris; Samuel Long, died in the
hospital from injuries; Hamilton Clark,
Mrs. Lizzie Ga'.laghcr.
Ite following bodies were found and
are now lying in Ite Pre.bvterian
church: Joseph Williams, Mrs. John T.
Harris and three children, Dr. Marbury,
AB TBE RECEDING FLOOD LEFT JOHNSTOWN.
Carl Wener, wife and child; Jessie Bending, John B. Clark, Hamilton Clark,
George and Lillie McDowell, aged 3 and
5 years; George O. Kree, Mary E.
Neary, Moses Fisher, two unknown
women.Mary O'Coanell, Mrs. Rosenthal,
Claus Brush, Philip Constable.
Funds llecfclved hy thp   Governor.
Haurisbcvg, June 6.—-The following
contributions by check and draft for the
relief of Pennsylvania sufferers by flood
bave been received by Governor Beaver:
Citizens of Glen wood Springs, Col., $50,-
000; citizens committee Kew Ten city,
$50,000; Chicago Jewelers association,
$1,500; citizens of Clay Center, Kan.,
$54; citizens of Columbia, Tenn., $500:
William Lilly, Mauch Chunk, Pa., $'-50;
Alva Adams, Pueblo, Col., $50; Montrose, Pa.. Board of Trade, §100; New
Haven, Conn., Chamber of Commerce,
$1,000; Coffrode & Saylor. Pottstown,
Pa.. $1,000; citizens of Providence, R.I.,
$5,000;' citizens of Chillicothe, Ohio,
$600; Farmers' Fertilizer Company,
Syracuse, N. V., $50; citizens of Knots*
ville, Tenn., $1,500; rebef committee of
Newport, Ky., $398.47; If utual Life Insurance company of New York, $10,000;
Pa wtucket, ft. I., Business Men's association, $1,200; citizens' relief committee,
of Schenectady, N. Y., $1,000; San
Francisco Relief association, $10,000;
Governor Foraker, Ohio, $14,000; Ascension branch sugar planters, no amount
named: association of Davidsonville,
La., $400; citizens of Hartford, Conn.,
$453.98; John S. Covington, New York,
$25; citizens of Sacramento, Gal., $500;
Adams Express company, $3,000;
Hebrew Beneficial association of Los
Angeles, Cal., $1,000; New Haven
chamber of commerce (additional),
$1,000; citizens of Baltimore, $3,000;
citizens of Ilion, N. Y.. $400; citizens of
Chester, Pa., $3,000; West Presbyterian
cburch, New York, $1,709.94; citizens of
Woodbury, N. J.. $500; J. Gallinger,
$177; East Eighty-second street, New
York, $5; citizens of New Orleans, La.,
$250; state of Connecticut, on account,
$10,000) citizens ot Plain field, N. J.
$1,000.   Total, $125,066.33.
DELVING D*  THE  DEBRIS.
Dispensing; Food and Clothing—Scenes  in
the Stricken Ta wn.
Johnstown, Pa.. June 5.—Superintendent Morgan, of the Cambria Iron
company, returned from a tour ot the
entire flooded district, He declared that
only about 15,000 persons are now alive
where 29,500 lived and bad their being
before the flood.
Adjt. Gen. Hastings maintains that
the death list may not exceed 8,000, and
of this number he thinks $,000 bodies
will never be recovered.
Mr. McConnaughty, tte chief of tte
bureau ef registration, said that be ia
convinced that the number who perished
is 10,000 or more.
Purging with Flre.
Capt. W. R. Jones and Evan Jones
held a consultation aad arranged tte
scheme for clearing the streets.
'f-___m are you going to do it?" asked
the citizens committee. "Men and fire
will do it," replied Evan Jones. "We
are - about 2,000 in all. We'll just
gather up and cast all this truck out pn
tiie flats there and making nice, big
piles of it. set flre to it; that's all. The
wind wfll scatter the ashes and there
won't be anything to remind you of
your trouble.
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 reached up toward the lowering clouds and now the streets are passable to all parts of tte city, although tbe
debris js by no means removed, nor will
it be toe several daya, There will be
clear ground next Monday between the
rivers upon which Johnstown people
mar again build and again grow rich
and great.
How Supplies are Dispensed.
Gen. Hastings lias instructed his assistant, Maj. A. L. Spangler, to organize
the following departments of distribution: Beef and meats, clothing, tinware,
flour, coffee, sugar and teas. Maj.
Spangler has also organized a special department, including Kernrille, Woodvale, Cambria'City, Morrell ville, Cone.
rcaugh and other towns, and in each of
these te will establish branch depots,
and from these assistants will distribute
the necessaries to the worthy. Tbis
scheme will enable those in charge to
give to all who are needy and prevent
imposition.
Tlie principal depot is at the Pennsylvania passenger station, A portion
of tbe platform has been wired oil and
large tables filled witb all kinds o*" good
substantial cooked and uncooked ''o xl
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, wbo are very
abundant. Those asking aid are admitted to tte wired passage way and as
fast, nn their wants are attended to, their
basifits filled and addresses taken, tbey
are mistied out the other end, where
also are stationed several officers wbo
narrowly scan each outgoer in order
that he or she may not duplicate the
visit on the same day.
Some of Those Identified.
Among the identified bodies recovered
are Emma Zimmerman, W. B. Harris,
Alice Veil, Sofia Blough, John Cartain,
agent of F. D. Nickerton; John Roalew,
J. C. Weakland, IC S. Pitts, Capt, J.
A. Morsow, of Mt. Savage; D. W. Lay-
ton, lady, supposed to be Mrs. John
Murphy; Carrie Giehl, C. P. St. John,
Jennie Wells, Joseph Williams, Mrs.
T. T. Harris, Maggie Surah, William
Harris. Dr. Marlborough, Carl Wener,
his wife and child; Hamilton Clark,
Georgie and Willie McDowell, C. D.
Knee, Miss Lambert, Mrs. Lizzie
Gallagher, Mary C. Neary, Mary
O'Connell, Moses Fisher, Mrs. Rose
Steel, Claus Brushn, P. E. Constable, Charles Hoffman, Mrs. E.
Umbrock, Mrs. Edward Howe, Mrs.
Nixon, Mrs. A. Lambert, Mrs. Fennell,
Julia Price, —. Bishop, Joseph Slick,
Mrs. Louth mer, Mrs. Bay, Jennie Frank,
Mrs. Rose Zoller, Mrs. Agnes McDowell,
Campbell Peyton, Charles Birchof.
Josiah Ross. George McDowell, Jennie
Peyton, Mrs. Henry Kratzer, Alice
Kenna, Hattie Smith, ci Osborn, Green
county, Ohio; Catherine Mover,Emanuel
Blou-jii, Cbarles Murr. T. L. Buchanan. Daniel Surftiftey, James Pot-j
ter, Margaret Vinton, Martha Morgan,
lbs. Mary Keely. Katie Frank,
Mrs. W. J. Gilmour, four children, niece
and mother, beside 103 unknown. The
dead reported from Woodvale are as
follows: William Tross, wife, Conrad,
William and Katie, and four other children; entire family, Joseph S. Challer,
wife and two children: Mrs. John Tucker
and-two daughters, William Beck, trite
and two children; Mrs. William Allison
Mrs. Sarah Barber and her fonr children. Edward Barker, wife and two
children were crushed; Edward
Brennan, wife and five children; Mrs.
Patrick Bermon and fonr children; Mrs.
Thomas Jones and two children; William Baker and seven children, also liis
sister, Dollie Baker; Joseph Schey and
wife, Richard Jones, wife and daughter;
Mrs. Burkbart, Mrs. Dr. J. C. Duncan,
Mrs. Hoops and three children, Mrs.
Smith and two children, Edward Thomas
and wife, John Half and tbree children, James Broken lost three children;
E. B. Evans, wife and two children;
Herman Oiler, wife and child; Mrs. B.
N. Smith and three children, Mr. St uft,
George Gettys, Dr. Joseph Patton, wife
and daughter,
3,300 Bodies Recovered.
The list of dead bodies handled at tlie
different morgues alreadv numbers over
3,200.   Each hour swells' tte list, ai d it
is expected that by to-night the number
wiQ reach 4,000.
The subscriptions for the Johnstown
sufferers to date approximate as follows:
Local, $200,000; from other places, $500,-
000; total losses, $25,000,000.
Letting tho Bodies Barn.
The hand of providence is in it. The
suggestion made by the physicians that
the bodies not buried be allowed to te
cremated, in the interest of publio
health, and which aroused such a storm
of indignation among tbe surviving populace, is viewed with more calmness;,
and there is a growing sentiment that it
is after all the best solution of tte prob.
lem. Weeks, months will be required to
remove the stupendous mass by artificial means, and meantime tte rotting,
Eutrefying remains of poor humanity
toted therein would be dealing pollution and death to oil the surrounding
country. The awful desolation of the
scene has been described often enough
already to render a repetition of the attempt here unnecessary. These descriptions have been as truthful and graphic
aa it is possible for mart to make them,
but none liave been adequate, none could
be.
The Gov. rnoi**s Appeal,
/ Hauki sptiKG, June 4. — Governor
Beaver has issued an appeal to the peo
pie of the Uuitc.l States in wbioh after
reciting the appalling facts in regard to
the flood in the Conemaugh valley, te
says tbat while the most pressing need
for food has been supplied, shoes and
clothing are greatly needed, and money
is urgently required for burying the
dead, clearing the dangerous debris and
caring for the homeless and suffering.
The governor adds that late advices
indicate great loss of life and property
TEA1M   BUNKING   OS   FLOODED   TRACKS   AT
STEELTON.
along the west branch of tiie Susque?
hamia. and in localities from which no
definite information can be obtained.
Such facts as have come, however, are
appalling, and it is expected that the details will add new horrors.
The offerings of add have already been
large and widespread, and the governor
a ss u res contributors that their gifts will
be wisely and promptly distributed.
STORY OF  THB SISASTER.
The Terrible Details of the Awful Catastrophe (jrai-liically Portrayed.
Pittsburg, June S.—The awfnl catastrophe at Johnstown is by all odds the
most stupendous fatality ever known in
the history of this country. The latest
reports from the scene of horror put the
loss of life at 10,000. On Friday the
city of Johnstown was a prosperous
place with a population of more tban
20,000—today it is a wreck, buried he-
neath tte waters. The horrors of the
affair are absolutely too, great to be realized unless by those who have seen the
ruined homes, the scattered families, the>
bodies of the dead swept away by hundreds and the heartrending anguish of
the living. Ae entire smiling yalley,
of wliich Johnstown was the center,
presents today an awful aspect. Ten
thousand people are reported dead.
Tbe survivors are left without food or
shelter, beggared at a single stroke and
exposed to great privations.
Johnstown Before the Deluge.
Johnstown A before the flood, waa located at the (Toot of a valley wliich at
that point is little more than a gorge.
It lies in a point of land between Cope-
maugh creek and Stony creek, as Pittsburg lies between tbe Monongahela and
the Allegheny. Stony creek and Cote.
maugli creek come together there and
form the Conemaugh' river. The atone'
railroad bridge spans the Conemaugh
river jnst below tte town. The massive
stonework stood firm—fatallv firm. The
big lumber boom up Stony creek burst,
and the rushing water hurled its thousands of logs into the flooded sections Of
Johnstown and Kernvill borough, lying
just across the creek.
Bombarded hr -Logs.
It was worse than a bombacrdment of
heavy artillery. The foundations we.e
already undermiuded and tte heavy logs
crushed through bouses as if tbey had
teen built of paper. Tbe flood swept
everything clean as it 'went, and while
freat masses of wreck were carried away
own tte river, through the wild mountain gorges, so. much of it caught on the
bridge and tte hill wbich, above tte
bridge curves bad from tte river, that
a dam was formed and the water backed
still further up into the town.
The Conning of the Flood,
At 3 o'clock Friday evening a rush of
water came roaring into Johnstown. It
poured down Conemaugh creek in a
great wave—like a wall of water, sweeping everything before it. The immense
iron works of the Cambria Iron oompany, employing 7,000 men (the second
largest iron works in this country), were
lmiicd out of sight, except tbe rbofs and
chimney tops, and those soon began to
crumble and disappear under the battering of the floating timbers. Half the
town seemed to be lifted from its foundations and swept away at once. The
town was now afloat. Many had taken
warning and fled to the higher ground,
but thousand of men, women and children were swept away, their teact-r-und-'
ing cries rising above tbe crash oi (te
.mashing byu^ea.
DOES PROHIBITION PROHIBIT.
Ia view of the vote on the proposed constitutional amendment on tte 18th of June
next, this is an important question. The
question is not only a most important one,
bat is close at haud. All our people are
inter*, sted in it, and every voter is called
upon to consider, and act npon it. In
Pennsylvania it is not a question which
can be decided by our experience, because
heretofore we bave never had any prohibitory laws, or prohibitory constitutional
amendments. Tu get light upon the sub-
juct, therefore, we must look to other
States, and be guided by their knowledge
and experience. Maine, Kansas aud Iowa
bave tried prohibitory liquor laws, and prohibitory constitutional amendments. These
sister Slates all bave a moral, intelligent
and patriotic people, and their history and
experiences in tbis important matter an
weil worthy our careful consideration.—
We bave not space to-day to present tiie
history and results of prohibition in all
three of these States, bat will confine wbat
we have to submit to the State of Maine.
The prohibitory liquor laws have been in
force in that State for more tban thirty
years, and the principal waa incorporated
into her State Constitution by a popular
vote of more thau three to one. Neal
Dow haa been the great temperance leader
and apostle of prohibition in that State for
the last iorty years. Hm ia a man of great
intelligence and high character, and no
man in the nation ta better qualified than
he to give a truthful statement of the results of prohibition in Maine. As the best
evidence attainable upon tbe question we
therefore anbmit the following recent letter from him:
PROHIBITION IN MAINE.
Villa! Keal liotv wriresaPbllsdelphlan
on itie S-rfbJeci.
The TTet* te ita "Echoes of the Street,"
printed a few days ago an extract from a
letter of Neal Dow's ou tbe failure to enforce absolutely Prohibition in Maine.—
Joseph II. Toung, Esq , sent the paragraph to Neal Dow asking tot a more detailed statement. Mr. Young sends the
Pi ess tte following letter, just received
from Neal Dow, in reply :
"Dear Sin: Tour note of the 21st is
received, enclosing a slip from the Philadelphia I'reis of that date, whieh I insert
bere as apart of my reply:
"Neal Dow makes an amazing confession as to the failure of Prohibition ia
Maine in a recent letter, "for more than
twenty years," be says, "I hav* been is
every Legislature in Maine, often with
hundreds of petitions, asking lor such
amendments to tbe law as would make it
thoroughly itl'eetive. These efiorts bave
always failed and tte grogshops keep on
pretty much as they did twenty years
ago."
'"The Maine iaw was enacted ia 1185,
Ite immediate efiect of it was to close up
all tte distilleries and other manufacti r.t s
of strong drink, so that to-day we have
iMt a distillery or brewery ia the state, of
which there wen many—seven of tte
former aod two of tbe latter being in this
city. Another effect of tho law was to
abut up immediately all tte wholesale
liquor shops and to drive ont of tte liquor
trade every man who had or witjiea to
bave aay lecognition as a good oitiaen, so
that tte traffic where it continued at all
was on a very small scale.
■ "The volume of tte liquor traffic to day
is not more than one twentieth of ite former magnitude, aud bas not been larger
for many years. This fractiou of the traffic lingers more or less on the sly in our
cities and large towns, while all oor rural
districts and small towns and villages,
containing more tban three-fourths of our
population, is practically free from it.
"The low grog shops, few in number
and small in operation, exist because of
certain defects in our law, which toe m _,ny
yaars I have earnestly endeavored to have
corrected. For more than twenty yean I
have been to every Legislature, often with
hundreds of petitions, asking for such
amendments to tbe law as would make it
thoroughly effective. Tbese eflorts have
always failed and tbe grog-shops (tbis
lingering fraction of tho liqnor traffic)
keep on pretty much as they did twenty
years ago. There is not a word of this
whieh implies a failure of Prohibition.
"As the result of Prohibition our people
save directly and indirectly more tban $24,
000,000 annually, which under aay form
of license would be spent, lost, wasted in
drink. One result of this saving is that
Maine ia now oue of the most prosperous
States ia tbe Uuion, while in tte old rum
time it was undoubtedly the poorest, our
people spending in drink tbe hill value of
all their property in every period of twenty
five years.
"In 1S84, after more than thirty years
experience of tbe benefits of Prohibition,
onr people put it into constitution by a
majority of 47,075, tte affirmative vote
vote being three times larger than the
negative. The word 'failure' ia never
heard here in connection with Prohibition.
It comes to ua from afar as an echo of the
despairing cry of the liquor leagues ahd
tbeir allies, Wbo see ht Prohibition tbe
sure and only policy by which tbe country
can be saved from their dreadful trade.
Respectfully, Neal Dow."
Portland, Me., Mareh 23, 1889.
Other iutelli sen t and distinguished men
of the State of Maine uuited iu giving
like testimony as to tits be^igceot result
of Prohibition ia that State
Bon. Charles A. Boutelle, one of tbe
most prominent figures in the House of
Representatives, member of Congress
from the Fourth district of Maine, had
this to say about prohibition in bis State.
Nelson Dingley, jr, ex-Governor of
Maine, and now Congressman from the
Second district, became interested and
emphatic in discussing the subject.' He
said:
"Tbere are no laws in existence but
that are violated. Tte laws of God are
no exception. Tte Prohibition law in
Maine is enforced just as successfully as
tte laws against gambling, larceny, murder and otber crimes in otter States.
Because there are secret thefts, it is no
argument, therefore, tbat tits laws regarding larceny and robbery are a fail ara
There are violations of the liquor law iu
Maine, bet they are almost exclusively
confined to large cities. In tte country
and in tbe larger towns the law is successfully enforced.
"When I my, that Prohibition is a
success,' I say. tbat the manufacture and
open sale of the liqaor is completely wiped ont, and the influence (tf the saloon
and dram shop upon tbe community is
abolished. We bad ia our State a class
of good men, moralists, wbo insisted
that whisky was a necessary evil, aad in
stead of abolishing it, its sale should be
restricted by higb license. They failed
to see at tte time the educational power
of tte law; that by abolishing tte traffic
it was made unpopular. As a result of
prohibition the public sentiment of Maine
is vigorously against tte liauor traffic."
COMPENSATION TO BREWERS.
The Law Made Them Rich and Sow it
in I o Hake Tta em Poor.
PITY THB POOR  (?)   BREWERS,
Brewers bave done business from year
to year under a license and thus have had
a monopoly. They stand behind the
saloon keepers and the saloon keepers bave
had a monopoly of their business by reason of a license. If tbe amendment carries
by a voto of the people this saloon monopoly will cease and the breweries will close
business. Is this legal robbery ? Let us
see. What is fair for tbe saloon peeper is
fair for tte rich brewer. What is sauce
for the goose is sauce for the gander. If
the saloons are all closed the brewery business will of course be ruined without any
express law for if no beer is sold none will
be made. So ic comes to tbis the people
dare not close the saloons because that
will rain the brewer business.
The law has been closing saloons all
over tbis nation, Last year five thousand
of tbem were closed ia Philadelphia aud
if tte law is a success more will be
knocked ont all oyer tte state. Mow if
it ia right to curtail any man's business or
to knock out one man's business entirely
it ia just as right to knock them all out.
Every year poor men and women are
refused a license. Wbo pays tfeew for
their loss. Oh, yon aay, they "are poor and
of sm;ill {.caount. Not so. The poor
man's one lamb is as much to him as the
rich man's whole iiook..
But will the law rain tte rich brewer?
Now His land will be there; his houses
will be there; bis engines will be there,
also his horses, wagen and kegs. What
will be gone? Only his mash tubs. Be
can turn his establishment into a manufactory and in oor opinion be and bis heirs
will bo much better ofi than if he continue
to push the beer business. The amount
of brains and money necessary to run a
brewery successfully will te worth more
in some otber business.
Finally, total abstinence, high license,
religious and moral suasion, as well as
prohibition laws all teach such a closing
up the demand for liqnor as must successful eventually destroy the saloon and
tbe destruction of the brewery. Of this
coming storm of publio condemnation of
the traffic the brewers bave taken no notice
and now would have ub believe tbey bold
the key to the situation; tbat there can be
no progress on thia law—no temperance
reform because it will ruin their business.
By the way wh; do tbo liquor leagues so
much dread tbe amendment if it a ill not
prohibit. The reform must go on gentlemen and you must make tte best of it.
Your traffic has done too much mischief
and created too mach misery to excite
any sympathy. The decree has gone forth
that the business of drunkard making is
about to be closed and woe to bim who
deliea the decree.
TO say that brewers aro" robbers aud
tbat therefore the pnblic may rob tbem
would te neither true in fait, s.uud tew,
nor good morals. We do not take their
property, not one iota of it. We ouly say
tbe business done tbere sball cease. Yon
must go somewhere else with it, anywhere else. It is a noxious trade, the
source of bad morals, bad health, and in
all respects the product is injurious to the
public welfare. AH lawful trades and
occupations are subject to tbis same law.
Slaughter houses, coke ovens, dying establishments and the like. Tbe manufacture
of oleomargarine was prohibited in this
State in 18S5, and of obscene literature and
pictures in 1887 without compensation.
Any trade or business is lawful until declared otherwise.
Tbo business may, in tbe long run, turn
out to be unprofitable, even if it were allowed to remain. It certainly will be so
if total abstinence prevails, and generally
does anyhow; so they ean lose nothing but
imaginary profits at most, and no one can
expect compensation for that.
pit schweffSjrenner.
Pennsylvania Deitsch.
From the Mauch Chunk Democrat.
Schliff    town, Yooney der 4c, 1889.
Mister Drooker :—Om Soondawg war
ich sheer 'n bolwy shtoond fore miner
deer g'bnckd un hob de leit gawatched we
se feibei g'marched ate in de ka.rricb.
De rcajority waura weibsleit—^'hirety
weiver, olt un yung, un grossy un klainy
maid. Un consht denka, so waura all af
gadress'd io era beshty au fineshty Soondawgs claider, un a yeader fun de mons-
leit hut ai shoe so shae uf gatdack'd g'hot
os se gaglitzerd hen os wa 'n sbpigglo
glaws, na about de helft fun eoa hen era
bicber by sich g'hot. New sell w.ir olles
rech sba>. Pe k ton ieb is evva doch de
kuerrioh for der Soondawg, uu es is mer
sheer gotly fore cooma os 's meer selwer
nix shodda date waun ieh aw my Soon-
dawg's claider uf brusha date uu my shoe
blacka un 'n _ht_ind up collar aw du uu
mit shteppa ia de kterrich. Awer ieb hob
gadenkt ieh Weih derhame, »u waa amohl
de leit all in der kerrich sin, ua wan ieb
on nix sQOty>ht denka con lawf ieb amohl
so te der shtill nur ons Kitzaldeifors, un
gae tzum hof deerly oi dorr ioh tie k ioh, so
fun hinna bei, un grawd hm dort in de
bar shtoop nn pro wear ous tzu iimu wa>r
olles dort ig-=--.u lor a wenuiuh txsit fer-
treiba. Awer fun sellam bub ich allaweil
nix weitcrs tin sawga, exoopt os dar Kitzelderfer druf insist hut os ar i-ixforamc
da eon SooiKlawgs. Awer ich __n_ der
now my opinion expressa weaga de flney
uf gadrcssdy weibsleit os om Soondawg iu
de kmrrich Bi garaarched siu. Bs maws*
si os se gooty un frummy chrisbu : in, according tan era eagny notions. Awer de
rale wohret is os ec all mituouuur nix sic
os counterfeiters, except yusht _. pa**r iun
do oity weiver, an ich eon's proofa wass
ich sawg. Wags te 'n counterfeit ? Ei 'n
ferfelshtiog. flbbas os gook'd os we
noddte.lich, uu's rale airlicli diug, awer
wann mer ou de wohret coom'd fluud mar
ous (s 'a 'n batroog is, set's rale ding. Se
du'n geld counterfltta~gold mit messing ;
silver mit blei; sti moke wajrsbt mit flue
gachupty oity shoe un saig mehl; booter
mit darin-fet fun dody aisle, uu sheer
olles os mer denka oon du'n do rascals
couuteifitta. Un now, du'n nock gor de
feinshty ladies era eagny hinner dale coun-
terfitia mit denna fashionable bussles, un
shem ma sich net amohl om bella Soondawg in de kau'iich nijmarcha un ayaaders
proweer de leit weis maucha os era binuer-
dale feel gi Hisscy ia os seller onner fraw
eras !
Now, is 's net orrick, an a grossy shond
os de fashions tiorra net amobl g'satisfied
sin mit era burner dale we de noddoor 'a
ena gevva but, un os se 's improofa an af
filla mit olta tzeitunga, loonipa uu so
shtuft fersbteckled unner da claider I—
Wanu ioh now noch leddich wa. r, un a notion tet for Q*js gooka tor 'n fraw, date
i?h i:ii.h Det foola lussa mit anes fun sella
tussles os se hea far '* binner-dale tsa
couuteifitta.
Wanu s« now ao'd constitutional brobishen uf kiega daita geaga do bussels,
hinna odder forna, don date ich aw ni
gie derfore. Awer so long os 's lawful Ja
for weibsleit Soondawgs in de kerrich tzu
gse mit era counterfeit hinoei-dals, is 's net
mainer oe recht os de monsleit sich aw eb
mollis tnjoya kenna un a glav.s beer nemma wanu ebber see uf sitz'd ous Kitzelderfers. Pit ScuwEFfelbreivner.
NINE! STBAI6HT
The Lebanon drays Pile ap Three more
Victories.
The game of base ball on the fair
grounds on Wednesday between the Col-
1 nmbia club and tte Gays was a onesided contest all tte way through, and at
the end of the nine innings the score was:
IHSIKGS.
^Van°n _^ 8*085021 1-24
Co.umbla looiooooe-2
^ Batteries.-Grays, Kline and Goodhart;
Columbia, Bollinger and Levergood.
On Saturday the Wilhelm Club of
Reading suffered defeat forthe second
time at tbe hands of tbe Grays. Tte
Wilhelm had strengthened their team for
tte purpose ot "doing np" the Grays, bnt
the following score shows the scheme did
not carry:
I-THINQ8-
Lehanon, 0102111080 2—L-.
Keudiug  0014020210 0—6
Uatteries-—Grays, Kline and Goodhart;
Wilhelm, Hull, Brown a nd Harding.
The Lebanon Grays defeated a picked
nine on Monday afternoon, tte proceeds
of the game being intended for tbe Johnstown sufferers. Both sides indulged
in heavy slugging, with tte Grays on
top.   Tho score is as follows:
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of postage by us. Subscriptions can
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Grays.........
Picked Nine.
IKXISGS.
...5 S 6
....0   2   5
SOO   0—21
004 e—li
Batteries:-Grays,   Goodhart,   Haul-
man  and  Louser;  Picked  Nine, Donmoyer, Hummel and Fisher.
Ktcked to Death.
Manheim Sentinel.
On Snnday afternoon Henry W. Grein-
er, a H-year-old-soa of Mr. Min S.
Greiner, wheelwright, of Mount Joy
township, near Mastersonville, met with
a terrible death. The boy was riding a
spirited colt and when a short distance
from home the auimal, from some unknown cause, suddenly frightened and
reared, throwing him to the ground, but
be held on to the rein of the bridle, when
tte horse kicked and struck him a fatal
blow oa the back of the head. He was
accompanied by several of Iris school
mates a ho rendered immediate assistance, but bis injuries were so severe that
be died almost instantly.
His funeral was held on Wednesday
forenoon, and was attended by a large
concourse of lelatives and friends of the
family.   Interment at the Hill Church.
Personal Items.
Picked Vp Here and There and Tacked
<Tnder one Cover.
Mr. L. M. Leibig and wife, of Rockbridge county, Va., are visiting friends
in this county.
—Mrs. Tobias, of Zeading, is visiting
her brother, Dr. J. G. Fritz, on Lehman
street.
—Miss Richie Rodgers, who has been
on a visit to the family ef Joseph Few,
at Altoona, has returned to this city.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Millard, of North
Tenth street, this city, are oa a visit to
friends in York connty, Pa.
—Mr. E. H. McGinley, of St. Paul,
Minn., dropped ia our office last week to
pay his paper and havo a little chat. He
looks healthy and the west seems to agree
with him.
—Mrs. John Grimes, of Richland, is at
present on a visit to friends at Davenport, Iowa. j/*'
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—Mr. Ezra Bowman, w*f_-and three
children, of Altoona, Ilinois, are visitin
friends in Palmyra.
—Prof. H. M. Roth, of East Berlin,
Adams county, Pa., was chosen as principal and teacher of the Hammelstown
High School.
—Mr. Jonathan Hertzler and Mrs.
Reuben Boyer, of Harvey county, Kansas, are at present visiting friends and
revatives at Richland.
Jutiutitown Sufferers.
Tte Christ Presbyterian church on
Sunday collected $700 fur the Johnstown
sufferers.
Mr. W. C. freeman, of Cornwall, has
sent -.2.000 to Drexel & Co, as a contribution by the family,
Maj. M. A. tilierst, has received a telegram fivin Maj. Harry P. Mover, Third
Brigade quartermaster, dated Johnstown:
"Arrived O. K. and reported for duty'.
Condition cannot be described. Tell my
family and friends I am safe."
Lebanon's contribution lathe Johns
town sufferers now amounts to $6,887.86.
Kleinfelter st* itie.
Ua Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and
10, the quarterly conference of tte Evangelical association of Myerstown circuit
will be held bere. Revs. Benjamin Swoyer
presiding elder of Lebanon district and G.
D. Sweigert will be the officiating clergymen Tte auetionon Saturday evening
at the wholesale and retail shoe store of I.
N. Dissinger was largely attended....A.
K. Sechrist has been appointed postmaster
here... .Co. Supt. Snoke beld the annual
examination of teachers for Heidelberg
township....Messrs. Edwin Stewart and
Jacob Kunkelman, carpenters, wbo work
near Annville, missed the train at tbe latter place, on Saturday evening aud walked
home, a distance of about 17 miles in 3^
hours.
West  Myerstown.
The prospects for a new shoe store are
better The funeral of Mrs,   Spangler
was largely attended Menno Bowman
and family of Lebanon were the guests of
I*. T. Hibshman oa Sunday....Mrs.
Frank Baney, of Lebanon visited her
father-in-law, on Sunday....!. T.Hibsh-
man spent a few days in Jonestown the
fore part -of the week.. John Barto contemplates going to Johnstown for work
next week.
It in never too late to mend a sprained
ankle, swollen limbs, stiff neck, or any
pain or ache, if you but use tbat sovereign
remedy Salvation Oil, tte greatest oure ou.
earth for pain.   Price 25 ets.
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Lei ter MJat^
-.i-JANOr., Juke u, 1cS9.
Mrs. Ida Bias. Sarah S, Brandt, Mrs. c. Kal-
tou'.K, Mias Lijsiiu ueam, Mrs. tieoive Schael-
•«ir.
US-T8.—Cyreal Beard. Sam'l. Tassel Ueorge
Dean, Sylv«-8tar lick, Irvin H. Hercer H P.
Heisey,Peter fie*, . e-ney U-xlsow, Josh. "K
■olt (2), Kev;J. P. Johns. >n, TiiusLei-iuniski.
Kli.in O. MeCtpidllss, Join MUler,' 'M. E.
O'Neal, Edwin Belgi,e, Isaac Seagrlt-t, C. W.
ShUlits, George 1106, Jacob Umberger.
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Commencement at Schuylkill Sent
inatf.
Tbe following is the calender for commencement week at Schuylkill Seminary,
Fredericksburg : Monday, June 17, senior
examination; Thursday and Friday, June
20 and 91, undergraduate examination;
Sunday, June 33, Baccalaureate sermon
by Rev. C. H. Egge; Monday, Jane Hi,
a. in., annual meeting of board of trustees and  executive committee,   p, m.
musical soiree.   Tuesday, June 25, afternoon,   junior   entertainment;   evening,
annual address before the Philalethian
literary society, by Cor. J. H. Sbirey, of
Philadelphia; Wednesday, Jane 26 a. m.,
commencement; p. m., Alumni meeting.
Peculiar Affliction.
l/ttltz Record.
Abraham Miuuich, an aged farmer,
living west of Lititz, several miles, about
two weeks ago Lecame sadly and peculiarly afflicted. It was on a trip to Dau.
phin county that he began to experience
a {lain In his head and dimness of the
eyes, which rapidly grew worse and now
be is totally blind, besides suffering great
pain ih bis head. Dr. Shenk is the attending physician and is doing all he can
to alleviate tte man's trouble.
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U. B. Aid Society at Johnstown.
The U. B. Mutual Aid Society officers,
referring to reports of insurance losses in
some of the papers, state that the amount
of insurance at tbat place is not over $40,
000, and the losses so far ascertained are
only $(i,Q0G; aud that from a report of one
ofthe agents in tbe vicinity miiled on the
4th of June, they are led to believe that
their losses will bs comparatively light.
Horse  Sale.
On Wednesday a large stone i..i-c.i
down tbe bank at Sheik's stone quarry,
Jackson township, and struck a horse
breaking a leg and a number of ribs. It
was necessary to kill the animal, which
was done immediately and the carcas
taken to the new phosphate works which
will be put in operation in a few days.
Accident.
Milton Eby, employed at tbe Lebanon
Manufacturing Company's Works aad
residing at the Sand Hill north of the
dty limits, on Friday fell from a crane
and received internal injuries. Dr. W.
T. Bruce was summoned to attend to the
injured man, who was at once conveyed
to hid home.
Prospective Opening of Mt. Gretna
Division, Cornwall 4b Lebanon
Division.
The road is a two foot gauge, laid with
steel rails and stone ballasted. Its equipment will be of the highest standard and
reduced to harmonious proportions with
tte engines, and cars of the modern
American Style. The road starts from a
point near the entrance of tbe park and
skirts the north side and western end of
lovely Lake Conewago, then climbes its
way up the mountain side around Horse
Shoe bend to the summit of Governor
Dick, the highest point In tbe South
Mountains, where a vision of enchanting
beauty meets the eye on all sides.
An observatory 60 feet high, replacing
the old structure erected by the U. S.
Geological Survey several years ago, and
a large Pavilion, 60 feet square, will add
to the attractions of the surroundings.
The nearer the approach to the opening
of the Mt. Gretna 2.arrow Gauge Division of the Cornwall * Lebanon, the
deeper the interest grows on the part of
Sunday Schools and other organizations,
who being wise, have arranged foii their
dates. beyond the chance of disappoint
ment. The inauguration ot this novel
service will add an interesting chapter to
the history of railroading. It is alone of
its kind ln the United States.
Its completion will be officially announced in a few days.
From the reports received from the different Sunday Schools that have signified
their intention to take part ia the Lutheran Union Convocation to be held at
Mt. Gretna Park on Tuesday, June 25th,
it is now believed there will bo very
nearly six thousand in attendance.
The dancing Pavilion, on this occasion
and the space immediately surrounding
tt will be filled with seats to accommodate
many hundreds taking part iu tte exer|
cises.
_De«./.s.
Sadie, a four-year old daughter of
Samuel E. Light living, ao North Tenth
street this city died last Monday morning
of menbraneous croup. The funeral
took place on Wednesday morning. Interment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
Raymond, son of Harry S. Weaber,
aged five year, died of tlie samediseavRn
Sunday morning. Funeral to-day (Tues-
day)
Salt Bheum
With tta intense itching, dry, hot skin
I often broken iuto painful cracks, ar_d the
| little watery pimples, often causes inde-
I seribable suffering. Hood's Sarsaparilla
' ba* wonderful power over this disease.   It
• > • ''••*? a • ! t*ie hum**"*,
ml-.'.    ..I*      r      .    .:,.. ..___.-...   „_._..., C5...'.d
for book containing many statements of
cures, to C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries,
Lowell, Mass.
Sunday School Exercises.
At the Hi-sion of the Lehman Street
Mission School to bo held next Sunday
morning, a number of prominent ministers will be present aud pains will be taken to arrange an interesting programme.
AH friends of the school are coidially in-
yitfcd to be present.
In the Beceiver'8 Hands.
On account ot the many losses in tte
llarrisburg Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company, and tho suits instituted
by those who have lost animals insured
in tt, the company has been compelled to
be placed in the hands of a receiver.
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First Picnic
The Germania Social Club has decided
to bold a picnic at Mt. Gretna, on Saturday, June 15, for tbe benefit of the
Johnstown sufferers. The narrow guage
will be formally opened on that day.   A
large attendance is desired.
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VOTES.
Manager Buck has secured the Lancaster professionals for Wednesday, and
tbe York '-Hayseeds" for Saturday.
Saturday's game was closely contested
and furnished lots of excitement for tbe
spectators.
The Bemarkable Cures
Whicb have been effected by Hood's
Sarsaparilla are sufficient proof that this
medicine does possess peeuliar curative
power. Iu tbe several cases of scrofula or
salt rheum, wben other preparations had
been pow.rless, tbe use of Hood's Sarsaparilla has brought about the happiest
results. The case of Miss Sarah C. Whit-
tier, of Lowell, Mass., who suffered terribly from Scrofulous sores;that of Chai Ies
A. Roberts, of East Wilson, N. Y., who
bad thirteen abscesses on his face and
neck; that of Willie Duff, of Walpole,
Mass.., who had hip disease and scrofula
so bad that physicians said he could not
recover, are a few of the many instances
in whioh wonderful cures wer j effected by
tbi* medicine.
Oh Satukdat morning between the
hours of 1 and 2 o'clock, tbe large barn
of Mr. Jobn K. Light, residing near the
Red Bridge, Swatara township, was discovered to be in flames, and before timely-
aid could arrive, tte barn witb all its
contents was burned to the ground, barring the horses and several of the cows.
The fire was of incendiary origin. It is
known that bad blood exists in the neighborhood, and it may be possible that the
deed was committed by an enemy of Mr.
Light, wbo in this manner believed that
he was getting even with him. We learn
that quite a numder of farmers in the
neighborhood are on the watch day and
night, fearing that at an unguarded nn-
ment their barns would be set on flre.
"He is well paid that te well satisfied."
This is wbat a happy mau up-town said
when te threw away -his empty bt ttle
after be had cured his cold with Dr. Hull's
Cough Syrup, tte favorite.
Dk. Habvky Seltzek, Daniel Car
many and Wm. Bollman have bought the.
two legged colt ot farmer JKreider an i
bave him on exhibition in this city.
Next week they will exhibit him through
Lancaster county.
George A. Chbist's butcher shop at
Union Deposit, whith all his butcher
paraphernalia and a large quantity of
meat, was burned ou last Tuesday niffct
Bemarkable Nerve.
The early history of America te full of
instances of men having great nerve. But
we are rapidly becoming the most nervous
people on earth. The recent increase of
insanity, epileptic fits, headache,backache,
neuralgia, sleeplesness, nervousness, dyspepsia, fluttering of the heart, etc., points
to an early decay of the race, unless this
tendency is checked. Nothing will cure
these diseases like Dr. .Miles' Nervine,
warranted to contain neither opium nor
morphine, Sample bottles free at Dr.
Geo. Ross & Co's drugstore. Don't fail
to try it.
At the meeting of the teachers and
officers of the First Reformed Snnday
school, beld last week, it was decided
that the school celebrate the coming 4th
of July at Mt. Gretna Park.
Didn't Want a Girl.
Last summer my wife's health was all
run down, and sbe wanted me to hire a
gill lb do the work. In a little while I
fonnd one I thought would suit ter, when
to my surprise she said I need not hire any
one, as she felt much better, and thought
another bottle of Sulphur Bitters would
cure her, Donald Gbey,
'  41 Worcester square, Boston]
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