Evening Star Newspaper, June 3, 1889, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, North; Pratierlnesanipapr fl orth west ‘ennsylvania Are. The Evening Star Newspaper Company, SH. KAUFFMANN, Press own account, at 10 cents Mouth. Copies st the counter, enc! cents PB one year, $6; six months, 8: Tee Werkty Stam—published on Friday—@1 8 Year, postage prepaid. Six months, 50 cents. $2-All mail subscriptions must be paid in advances no paper sent longer than is paid for. Rates of advertising made known on application. ————————Eee SPECIAL NOTICES. . SPECIAL NOTICES. THERE WILL BE ASPECIAL MEETING * of the Me Society of the let of Co- Tunbia, MONDAY, JUNE 3. 1889, 8 FM. at coungctown cor. 6th aud F pe why Morgan. CHARLES E. SER M IVE SAMUEL 8. ADaws, MD. seme SPECIAL ATTENTION it Rec. “Secré TO MANAGING THE BUSINESS OF NON- RESIDENT PROPERTY-OWNERS. IF YOU ‘W. B. MOSES & SON, mer Lith and F sta. n. w., EXPECT TO BE OUT OF THE CITY DUR- Will Offer for week commencing June 100 rolls x E ati ntless Straw matting, at 6 per Toll of 40 yards: ING THE SUMMER, WE WILL BE GLAD | Soo tet Serer mating, wt oop TO REPRESENT YOU DURING YOUR AB- 5 per roll of 40 5 rniture, Carpets, Uj — BH WARNER & CO, Esistery Goods tntertor Decorations, Wall Payers, Ee, aes pase pen at greatly reduced prices. It. fen nt nat on ENC TE THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT CO., corner 15th st. and New York ave. Silverware and ail valuables received on deposit. Storage allabove high-water mark. —— FO! GILL, dealer in bi ‘supplies, 90S. 14 a : ee NOTICE TO BUILDERS AND CON- ‘ TRACTORS. 5s We have 3 feet of water in-our basement and 250 kess of pails on our main floor; we are overweighted, and will dispose of the nails at actual cost for the next day “CHAS. T. CARTER & CO., Gend&l Hardware, des-3t 605 Pa. C—On June 1, 1889, Mr. Av »ploy, and we will as- | t of our Washington ATURE AND ART my31-3t* GLENWOOD CEMETERY. > Iot-owners of Glenwood Trustees toserve for the | idon MONDAY, June 3, at 3 es’ Arinor Muse’ Wht. LORD, President._ cof | OFFICH,OF THE ASSESSOR, DISTRICT | ‘of ColumBia, Washington, Juue 1, 1889. ISON A — Taxpayers on personal property | PERSONAL TAXES.—Taxp 1 rt | are hefeby notified in obedience to law thag they are re- ved to make out abd return to this off a statement their personal property under oath within forty- | hive days from this date, and in default of such return ‘ye | the assessor is required by law to make out such state- rou the best iuformation that can be obtained id thereto a penalty of 50 per_centum. Blank ules can be obtained at this 3 ha of Alsou) 3 munissioners D.O. = ROGER. DEDICATION OF THE TEMPERANCE HHT 8 o'clock, corner Khode | Tent TO-N. {rlsud avenue and Oth st, Evers arrangement hes ; bese made, Grand mesting. | Every invited. Meeting inthe tent cach: eke this week. 1 fe > SMIRT-MAKERS, - H. F. WOODARD & CO. axp <G A LEGAL DICTIONARY FO IMPORTING FURNISHERS, <— chs UP Fink CIVIL Seivic n eu: = ry Dictiouary, the lewal Dictionary for genei 16thend Fate. aw. myS0 | Tse. Oftice 1008 Fst, OL | ~~ ‘LOOD, FLOOD, Saddlery, | rlood Prices, Jed-st* WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPA: Wasuixttox, D. C., June 1, 1889, Mr. T. J. Jomxsgon, having léft ‘the service of this Somupany to eugawe id the practice of patent law, the oltcers of the company take pleasure fn commendin Lim to those in ueedof uu attorney, feeling assure that he wil bring to their servise the same diligence, | Matewrity and ability that be had mauitested here. WM. RAND WM. REDIN WOODWAED, mmeye-st-Law, | ¥ Guuton Law Building, Louisiana ave. << r Secretary. ’ ENT OF J. B. ’ G. T., is postponed F ‘ood tor saine. os ‘$1 per SING, C. of Com. _ a ‘Largest SEPH N. GARDNER. GRADUATE - ¥ tary land school of mied- ivi icine: bas located at or O15 23d street mews Jed-Bt = OUR $12 BLUE SERGE SUTIs IS FasT BP color, coud dressy aud durable. GEORGE SPR. ES 3s 3ASLIGHT CO. iax IS, 1888 E GEORGETOWN ¢ AIRTS TOME. : — #& SPECIALTY, Tw ALL, $03 Fw. ao MANU? PRICE} r CES. GUARANILED BEST QUALITY AND WOREMAN- SHLE. SCHULTZ 3S FIXTURE co., tis nw. 5 = NEW STORE. | NEW Goops. WooD MANTELS. SLATE MANTELS. TILES AND GRATES. 490 LOUISIANA AVE. Jel-3m° S. D. HOUCK, HAKNESS MAKER, dias Peuuoved to cor. 10th aud C sts. Bw. a ou the Grst Wednes- Je1-3t* | Interest and surplus fund... ste. | At the present time there is » general and wide- S00 E. Cap. ét, | spread interest taken in the matter of Building Asso- bPaavese. | Cations. The daily press aud We montuly mag: 5 €__ | are voutilating the subject, aud new schemes aud pl: | are bem brought forward to cach the unw The cnly reai aud true testis this: 1 u.0bey froin ap associativ: ‘pay Luck im order to Le “Ferpetual” will stand tuis test better than any play or scheme yet devised. Thug: We wdvauce $1,000 ou 7 shares, furs total payment of $14 mouth } 100 moutus, or, im other words, you get out 8 | aud pay uack ¢1.400, or giou more than you tak which is the terest tor ibe low ive S years wi Moths. Aby portion, oF the whole of tie debt, cau be paid otf af auy tue, ‘Suares, ca be tanels wi ay thie - gp | aud us back dues required. Persous owning & lot can TS. WHOLESALE AND | five the woney to build a house, aud the monthly dues | will be avout wyat they would have to pay for rent RETAIL MILK AND CREAM DEPOT, | Persous subscribing ior shares as | pave their money retunded aud 5 1 931 D st.n. w. elephone or our wagons. The | t service that cau be obtained at | » President. . Vice-President, reasurer. retary, VIS 12th st. EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, “EQUITABLE BUILDING, 1003 F ST. ASSETS $1,044,781.37. Subscriptions for shares in the 17th issue received WASHINGTON SAFE DEPOSIT Co. | 216 Pa. a | | i ing, 1003 F st. Shares are $2.50 per month, 81.000 advanced on euch share. Pamphlets explaining the objects and advantage of the Assvciation are furnished upon application. Vice hours, ffom 9am. to4-30p.m. On the first Wednesday in egth month te office will be open from Gtosc'cock p.m Advances will be made promptly at 7 o'clock. Es OF STOCK, CHEQUES, | jes. Commercial Utho- EDSEY. Building). | u ‘ton Gas Light oe aameaccioad THOMAS SOMERVILLE, Pres't. ). JO¥ EDSON, See's. mel Se THOUGH TO GLENWOOD CEMETERY. ¢ngton and Soldiers’ Home Railway Co. hes cotupieted the extension of its line by way of 2d and | V streets northeast to Glenwood Cemetery, and will couumence running through cam® from 7tu and New York avenu®o-day, every other car running through. Double-deckers will run to-day. my30-ut “q=> MASONIC HALL ASSOCIATION OF DIS- THICT OF COLUMBIA. Waskinaroy, May 13, 188! Notice 1s hereby given that the bonds issued by the Masvuse Hall Association of the District of Columbia, | dated August 1, 187%, became due and payable on the jet dag of August, 1588. All of suid bo: . | i | which was for 3100, and No. 405 have been presented to the Associati by payment of amount due on same. day of August ISSN, interest on said bonds cease aud unless said above-mentioned bords. Nos. 127 aud 405, are presenjed to the Association for payzueut on or before the Lath day of June, 1589, the Association will apply to the trustees najied in the deed of trust under waieb the peyiwent of said bonds was secured tora release of said dewd of trust. ‘By order of the Directors ot Masonic Hall Associa- NOBLE D. LARNE. New York ave., ES Koom 13. Elevator. Ds Ger LLIE'S ELIXIR AND PILLs, THE BEST OF ANTI-BILIOUS REMEDIES, retary, | THE A AL MEETING OF THE LO’ Used with the greatest success for the last sizty | —— 8 ey OF OSE HILL CEMETERY Years in curing Constipation, Liver Complaints, Pain- | OR in the office of the Cemetery ok p. u., for Managers to serve 185¥, at 9 o'clock Epsemics, Fevers, Diseases of the | ti. purpose of electing e Board of for thy ensuing year. my Z4-cotd THE Boe citrus, Xe receives silverware of valuables on de osit, Sates of all sizes for rent, Vaults fire-proct, urglar-prvot, aoe inside of their new build- fux, with walls 3 feet § iuches thick. Coustruction Bre‘proof troughout. Equipment ufisurpasseed as & safe Deposit Company, Apartinents provuied exclusively for Tuspegtion invited, A FACT WORTHY OF NOTICE AN GUILLIE’S Elixir and Pills bear PAUL GAGE, M.D. ¥ rue de Grenelle, N DE! w York avenue, *: FOUGERA & CO., New York. “y chemists, mb l-m3m-1p rpawau freshing, ladies. myll-lm very axcecable (take for CONSTIPATION, INDIEN oN sap D ‘cousideration. For the past two years I have Leen ‘selling the highest grade Vapor Fluid for stoves on the n it, abd as 8 strouu evidence of its quality and reliability 1 have enjoyed « steady and xrowing ade withou de complaing and I have always sold the one g: 5 wallous for 7c, dehivered. _myl6-3w CHAS. E. HODGELN, 919 7th st.n.w. Bie SUCCESS, PERFECT Gas stovas. 27 Rue Kambu Guaranteed Best aud Cheapest. __"'sid'ay "all Dregwiate, Gas FIRIURES, -B ¢. & MUDDIMAN, 2 Dest. 1206 F street, oe Next to gohnson Bros. sone THIRD TIVE BUILDING A8- THE CONCORD HARNESS. ON SEAT E BUD ast abe pepokerative Building Association of e ssningtoB, DG a stock on LUTZ & BRO. the Fins? MONDAY IN JUNE. 1880 Shares, $2 Per month, ob which @1,000 js, dvanced to purchas | Ss ers. Interest 5 per ceut per annum on wit b 497 Penn. ave, adjoining National Hotel male at the following ‘sts. Subscriptions to stoc! mF ea: A. DEEL, Pree S20 434 st. ow. : - . i st. 1. W: AW. |. BURTE. 410 7th at. SON, Sth aud Marylsud ‘Trunks and Satchels of best makes at low prices, eplz --- OP BE CELLULOID TRUSS never breaks, never Wears out, always clean thd ca be worn while bathing, Inter sale as CHAS. FISCHER’ REMOVAL —I DESIRE TO ANNOUNCE Cry | er med the pate Gael boece Mrs. FISUER devotes ber attention w tne went tuo my office to the She * ha i Estate Broker. RK. ents Scrrs Scovrep | wylsim i AND PRESSED FOR 81. | WU be sold at a discount of 20 a ) . FAHEY, GENERAL CO. Bo wits Come ac Stable Floors Laid with | agpie Se “Soom 108, Lenman Building, daily at the office of she Assucistion, Equitable Build- | Washington News and Gossip. Index te Advertisements, tf eo 5 a i itt iit 3 POLIITIIGM SS eIEIEITAR 5 egg ig FOR RENT (Orrtces). FOR RENT (Stones) iy FOR SALE (Mrsceiiaxrova), GENTLEME WANTED (Misery: WOOD AND COAL GovERNMENT Rec! $274,230; custom: To-pay's Bono Orrexinos aggregated $36.000, as follows: Registered 4 $22,000 at 1067,; coupon 437s, $4,000 at 106 Is Arp OF THE SUFFERERS.—A subscription list for the beneSt of the Johnstown flood suf- ferers was started to-day in the Post-Office de- partment, Gen, Clarkson heading the list with 3100. Postmast: teneral Wanameker sub- scribed $1,000 in Philadelphia vesterday. ReistatTep bx Ma. Pavaie Ir. Palmer, the public printer, to-day appointed Mr. Alex- ander Elliott to be superintendent of the stereotyping foundry. in place of Mr. Furlong resigned. Mr. Elliott held the position to which he was reappointed to-day from the time the office was created until he was re- moved by Mr. Benedict. He was before that incharge of the stereotyping of the Globe printing office. Persovat.—Gov. E. E, Jackson of Mary- land, Allen O. Meyers of Ohio, and Arthur B. Eustis of Boston, are at the Ebbitt.— Hon, John A. Quakenbush of Stillwater and H. M. Cross of Boston are at the Riggs C. 8. Fitzgerald and 8, D, Hamilt« York are at the Arn F. A G. C. Holloway of Cinci son, jr., are at Welcker’ ~ Te Platt and Henry James of New York ave at the Ham- ilton, and not at the Arno as published.—— O'Herman Royer and 8. B. Haupt of Roanoke, Va., David 8. Baker, jr., of Providence, C. Jackson of Middletown,Conn., Jno. T, McChes- ney of Aberdeen, S, Dak M. Hagan of Boston, and T. Augustus i of Brook- lyn, N. ¥., are at the } ji W. G. Moseley of Richmond and W.E. Daggeth of New bedford, Mass., ara at the Hotel Johnson. THE JOHNSTOWN SUFFERERS. Washington Contributions for Their Relief. vutions for the relief of the Johnstown sufferers have been received at Tue Stag office and will be promptly for- The following cont”) Total ..... Any future contributions for this most press- ing need sent to this office will be acknowl- edged and dispatched on their mission of mercy with all possible speed. THE DELAYED MAILS. Pouches Going and Coming to the City by Roundabout Ways. At the city post-office considerable mail for southern points has accumulated since Satur- day. Mails have been dispatched regu- larly for the north and east. A mail from the northwest arrived here from Chicago last night at midnight. It came around by way of New York. Mails for Chicago, the northwest and southwestern points are being dispatched from here by the 4 | same roundabout way. A mail from Pittsburg, dated May 31, arrived here at 2 o'clock this morning. It bad to make a journey through New York state to get here. Mr. Springer, superintendent of the dis- patching division of the city post-office, was getting rid of the mail for points along the coast lide in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida to-day by sending them to Balumore, there to take the bay line to Norfolk. If the Piedmont Air-Line is not ready to- night to take the mails for Alabama, New Or- leans, and Texas, they will be seut to Baltimore to go by the bay to Norfolk, and thence by the coast line. ce ee The New Auditors. Geo, P. Fisher, of Dover, Del., appointed first auditor of the Treasury, as stated in Saturday’s Stak, is well known in this city, for in 1863 President Lincoln appointed him an associated justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and he held that office until 1870, when he resigned it to take the place of United States attorney for the District. At another time he held the office of examiner of claims in the State deparment. As first auditor he succeeds Judge J. Q. Chenowith, of Texas, J.N. Patterson, who succeeds Judge W. A. Day, of Ohio, as second auditor of the Treas- ury, at Concord, N, H., and is a lawyer ofhigh repute. He served in the Union arm during the war, ~ rose to the rank of general, and was endorsed by the entire Congressional delegation of the state. The Weather and the Crops. The weather-crop bulletin of the signal office says: The week ending June 1 has been un- usually cool in all districts except in the south Atlantic states. The rainfall for the week has been largely in excess in Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas, and generally over all states east of the Mississippi, except in northern New Eng- land and southern Georgia. In the remaining districts generous and well-distributed showers ocenrred. The heaviest rains occurred in the middle Atlantic states, where from two to seven ea ey ae 4 injurious in eavy rains e the midale wees damaging Atlantic states, and frosts occurred in northern New York and northern New England on Wednesday, while the weather +in southern New England was favorable for all crops, Telegrams to The Star. IDENTIFYING THE DEAD. Heartrending Scenes in Johns- town. FRESH ADDITIONAL DETAILS. MORE ROBBERY OF THE DEAD, The Situation To-day in the Flooded District. THE DARK DISASTER, No Description can do Justice to Its Awful Horrors. MUTTERINGS OF ANOTHER STORM, BUT THE WATERS ARE RAPIDLY SUBSIDING, ONLY, HOW- EVER, TO REVEAL THE EXTENT OF THE NUM- BER OF LIVES LOST IN THE DELUGE AND FIRE. JounstowN, Pa., June $.—The dark disaster of Friday, with its attendant terrors, thrilled the universe and drew two continents closer together in the bonds of sympathy that bind humanity to man. The midnight terrors of Ashtabula and Chatsworth evoked tears of pity from every fireside in Christendom; but the true story of Johnstown, when all is known, will stand solitary and alone as the acme of man’s annihilation by the potent forces to which humanity is ever subject. The menacing clouds still hover darkly over the valley of death, and the muttering thunder that ever ant anon reverberates faintly in the distance seems the sardonic chuckle of the demon of de- si> he pursues his way to other lands But THE MODERN DELUGE HAS DONE ITS WORST for Johnstown. ‘The waters are rapidly subsid- ing; but the angry torrents still eddy around Ararat, and the winged messenger of peace has »peared to tell the pathetic tale of those who escaped the devastation of Friday. It is smeved utterance to say that no pen can adequately depict the horrors of this twin usaster—holocaust and deluge; the deep emo- that well from the heart of every specta- tor find most eloquent expression in silence— the sileuce that bespeaks man’s recognition of his subserviency to the elements and impotence o avert catastrophe. The insignificance of an life is only fully realized by those who witness such scenes as Johnstown and Chats- wor t and Ashtabula, and to those whose mem- ory retains the picture of horror the dread ex- perience cannot fail to be a fitting lesson, THIS MORNING OPENS UP DARK AND DREARY, Great drops of rain fall occasionally and another storm seems imminent. Every one other homes, feels thankful, though, that the weather still | remains cool, and that the gradual putrefaction | of the hundreds of bodies that still line the | streams and lie hidden under the miles of driftwood and debris is not unduly hastened, This morning the peculiar stench of decaying | human flesh is plainly perceptible to the senses | as one ascends the banks of Stony creek for a half mile along the smouldering ruins of the | wreck, and the most skeptical now conceive the ; worst and realize thet hundreds, aye, perhaps thousands, of bodies lie charred and blackened beneath THIS GREAT FUNERAL PYRE. Searchers wander wearily over this smoking mass, and as occasionally a sudden shout comes | rver the waters the patient watchers on (the U realize that another ghastly discovery has been added to that long list of revelations that chill every heart and draw tears to the eyes of pessimists, mains of victims of flames and flood are plainly visible to the naked eye as the receding waters | reluctantly give up their dead. Beneath al- most every log or blackened beam a glistening or blanched remnants of ribs or limbs rk all that remains of life’s hopes and dreams. Since 10 o'clock last night the fire engines have been busy. Water has been con- ntly playing on the burning ruins, At times the fire seems almost extinguished, but FITFUL FLAMES BREAK OUT AFRESH in some new quarter and again the water and dames wage fierce combat, The chief sensa- tion of the morning has been the united remon- strance of the physicians against the extin- guishment of the burning wreck. They main- tain with a philosophy that to anxious search- ers seems heartless that hundreds, if not thousands of lifeless and decaying bodies lie beneath this mass of burningruins. “It would be better,” they say, “‘to permit Nature’s great- est seavenger—the flames—to pursue his work unmolested than to expose to further decay the horde of patrefying bodies that lie beneath this debris. There can be but one result. Days will elapse before the rubbish can be sutticiently removed to permit the recovery of these bodies, and long ere that every corpse will be a parted mass, yielding forth those frightful emenations of decaying human flesh that in a crowded community like this can give but one result—the dreadful typhus. Every Lattlefield has demonstrated the necessity of the hasty interment of decaying bodies, and the stench that already arises is a fore- runner of impending danger. Burn the wreck; burn the wreck,” A LOUD CRY OF INDIGNATION arose from the lips of the vast multitude, and the warnIngs of science were lost in the eager demands of those that sought the remains of the near and dear. The hose was again turned upon the hissing mass and rapidly the flames yielded to the supremacy of water. It is almost impossible to conceive the extent of these smoking ruins. An area of eight or ten acres above the dam is covered toa depth of forty feet with shattered houses, borne from the resi- dent center of Johnstown. Ineach of these houses it is estimated there were from one to twenty or twenty-five people. This is accepted as data upon which to estimate the number that perished on this spot, and if the data be correct, the bodies that lie beneath these ruins must run well up into the hundreds, if not the thousands. FROM FOUR TO FIVE THOUSAND LOST. Asyet there is no telling how many lives have been lost. Adjutant-General Hastings, who has charge of everything, stated thismorn- ing thathe supposed there was at least 2,000 le under the burning debris, but the only vray to find out ies eee Loge 4 to take a census of le now subtract that from the ae before the food. Said he. ‘In my opinion there are anywhere from 4,000 to 5,000 souls lost.” Battery B, of Pittsburg, arrived in the city this morning under command of Lieut. pard, who went to the “I was sent here by the chamber of com- merce,” replied the lieutenant. “Well, I want to state that there are only From the banks many charred re- | TWO CENTS. should attempt such an act without any au- thority whatever.” THIS SEEMED TO SETTLE THE MATTER, and the battery started back to Pittsburg. In justice to Lieut. Sheppard it might be stated that he was told that an order was issued by the governor. Gen. Hastings stated afterward that the sending down of the soldiers was like the waving a red flag, and would only tend to create trouble. He said everything was quiet here, and it was an insult tothe citizens of Johnstown to send soldiers here at present. ‘The Washington infantry came in over the Bal- timore and Ohio railroad, and when Captain Shannon reported to Adjutant-General Has- tings that gentleman said that there was no need for soldiers’ aid. If any were needed he would order out the state guard. He said he had nothing to do with the independent organ- izations, consequently he would not advise them further than to say there was no need of any soldiers, 4 TRAIN LOAD OF PROVISIONS. Atrain of five carscame in from Cumber- land, Md. this morning, loaded with pro- visions and thirty men to help clean up the debris. The general undertaking rooms are at work, and about sixty coffins containing bodies of unknown people are piled up on the station and platform, juite a pathetic sight was seen this morning on the bridge. Up till to-day Gen, Hastings had his headquarters on the east side of the river, but this morning he came over to the burning debris, followed by about 125 men, carrying coffins. He started to work immediately and ordered men from Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and all eastern towns to do laboring work. e stealing by Hun- garians at Cambria City and points along the railroad has almost ceased. The report of several lynchings, and the drowning of two Italians while being pursued by citizens yes- aay, put a damper on soulless pilfering for a 8. PROMINENT CITIZENS DEAD. Some of the most prominent citizens of this city and of the state are among those who have perished. John Fulton, president of the Con- stitutional Amendment association and general manager of the Cambria ironworks is drowned, with his wife and children. H. J. Roberts, cashier of the First National bank, and John Dibert, a banker, were also drowned, the former's gon perishing with him. The wife and daughter Minnie of Cyrus Elder, one of the greatest authorities on the tariff in the country are dead. H. A. Schoemaker, prothonotary of Cambria county; H. J. Rose, district at- torney; Dr. John Lowman, the wife and eight children of Chief of Police Harris, and the wife and three children of T. W. Kirkland, a well- known jeweler, are dead. ©. T. Schubert, editor of the Freie Presse, is also believed to be drowned, ANOTHER HEROINE. Mrs, Ogle, the manageress of the Western Union, who died at her post, will godown in history as a heroine of the highest order. Not- withstanding the repeated notifications which she received to get out of the reach of the ap- proaching danger, she stood by the instrument with unflinching loyalty and undaunted cour- age, sending words of warning to those in dan- ger inthe valley below. When every station in the path of the coming torrent had been warned she wired her companion at South Fork, “This is my last message,” and as such it shall always be remembered as her last words on earth, for at that very moment the torrent en- gulfed her and bore her from her post on earth to her post of honor in the great beyond. THE MOST AWFUL DESTRUCTION in a single house occurred at the Hurlbut hotel. There were 57 people in the house when the torrent came down, and of these only 10 are living. Four travelers, who were staying at the Hurlbut, went to the fourth floor when the flood came, and after wishing each other “good bye” surrendered themselves to fate. Fate was death to three of them. Those three were John Little, of Sewickly; W. J. Cox, of Phila- delpnia, and R. S. Metz. The one survivor is John Dorsey, of Philadelphia. The register of the wrecked hotel cannot be found, so it is im- possible to give the names of all those who oes in the Hurlbut house. Those whoare nown to have perished are Eimer Brinker and Dr. Brinker, two brothers, two Mrs. Richards, aman named Butler, Mrs., Miss and Lewis Benford, mother, sister and brother of the proprietor. Mrs. Smith and her two children ascended to the fourth floor with the four travelers when the flood came. The woman was drowned and the man escaped. A CITY OF THE DEAD. 7:30 a.m.—Nineveh is literally a city of the dead, The entire place is filled with corpses, At the depot eighty-seven coffins were piled up and boxed. On the streets coffin boxes covered the sidewalks. In the improvised undertaking shops Sampson & Devoreh have embalmed and placed in their shrouds 193 persons. At every place there were dead strewn around as thick as flowers in a conservatory. Most of the bodies embaimed last night had been taken out of the river in the morning by the people at Nineveh, who worked incessantly night and day searching the river. The bodies, when found, were placed in a four-horse wagon, fre- quently twelve at a time, and driven up to Kobert Kerr's and Graham's shop by Harvey | Morehead. Of the bodies taken out near Nine- yeh fully three-fourths are women and the rest children, But few men are found there. In one row at the planing-mill to-day were eighteen children’s bodies awaitingembelming. Next to them was a woman whose head had been crushed in so as to destroy her features, On her hand were three diamond rings, THE DEATH LIST MOUNTING UP APPALLINGLY. The cry is now for more coffins, as the death list is mounting up appallingly. Members of the state board of health arrived in Nineveh this morning and determined to proceed at once to dredge the river to clean it of the dead and prevent the spreading of disease. To this end they have wired the state department to furnish them with the proper appliances, They will take charge of the town to-day, The following are names of the bodies identi- fied: Johnstown—John Diphert, Lewis Weaver, his daughter and child; the wife of Walter 8. Weaver, John Diberts’ daughter, Miss Blanche; Mrs. James Bridges and daughter, Mrs. Kate Young and her grandson, John Far- rell, druggist: Louis Stehr, Conemaugh—August Mickey, Nicholas Elms. Cambria epee 6 Hasch. Washington, Pa.—Fidel Schnel, Louis A. Warner and six children, Mrs. Mary Frank, Miss Lizzie Howe, Mrs. Thomas Cash, Jas, Sex and wife, a boy named Bridges. Howard Q, Roberts, cashier First National bank; H. G. Rose, district attorney; U. 8. Merchant, Ex-Sheriff Ryan and wife and four children; David C. Reed. wife and three children; W. D, Kilby, wife and sister-in-law; Jas. H. Howard, Capt. Patrick J. Connell and sister, Jno. Kinney, Jno. Schieffhaver, Chas, F. Keiss and wife, Jno. Brady, Mrs. Cyrus Elder, daughter and son; Thos. Gore and wife, Abram Eldridge, August Young, Harry B, Eashoff, Cyrus H. Little and sister, Jas. r. Secre- or herrea Jas. Q. Murphy and wife, Jno. a Christ Kempt and wife, Alva Akers, Mrs, M. Ogle and daughter Minnie, the children of Rob’t Sagerson, Mrs. J. H. Smith and three children, Mrs. Morris Wolf, Mrs, Kathenstein and son, B.F. Bi a son of Jas, Gardner, the children of Dr. Poland, Locomotive Engincer Pinder, John 8, McCamon and wife, Mrs. Har- ris and five children, Tom Da mother, and four children; Mrs. Jas. Mertza lost his wife, three cl sister-in-law; Mame Gree: ©. G. Nob Mrs. Eva May Parsons, Leech; mathge of county superintendent of ublic schools, who loses mother, two sie- w,and uncle; May Sharkey, two years old; two ladies supposed to have been Koen tect, the east-bound passenger train, AN INCORRECT RUMOR, The rumor about the death of Col. John H. Linton and family is incorrect. On the south side of the town, where rescuers are at work, are between 500 and 600 bodies. A number of Saag hogey whose names are found in list of were taken out of the debris on the street near the club house. The bodies are dying among the mass of wrecked buildings as as flies, IDENTIFIED AT NINEVEH. A committee of three from Cambria City was sent down the river to examine the bodies a tified the following: At Nineveh ident Mary Lutz, Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. La Mrs. A Thomas, .Wm. Gaftener, ‘ rl A i F Gailor, Mrs. F, Thickenstein, Mrs. Andy Alber- ter, Mrs. Bratz, Mrs. Koebler, Tom Clark, Miss Sarlouis, John Atkinson, Annie McArmey, Emma Hoist, Mrs. Katzler, Gert Sarlouis, Ne: McAmy, Mrs, W. Gaffney, Mrs. Sarah McClay, Uric Zeller, Katie Stinley, Mrs. © Laran, Mrs. John S. Logan, Mrs. John M Wm. Karley. Mrs. Henry Saylor, H. S. Brien, Frank Welford, Charles Boyle, jr.. Mrs. Maggie Nitch, Nannie Lonch, Mrs. Keekan, Mr. Sam- butzki, Mrs. J. S. King, Mrs. Jos. Martzeig, Mrs. Eims, Mrs. Constable. s Cambria—George Bowser, Roger Mountain, Emri Tindara. East Conemangh is almost depopulated. and among its dead are John Atkinson, Mrs. Robert McKenna, Miss Sample, Mrs. John Burt, Mrs. Gus Michiganson, Solomon Loman and daughter Gertie, Alex. Car. Some of the Woodvale dead are Mrs. Ed. Burket and three children, Jessie Harvard, Richard Jones and wife, Mrs. Burke. Jos, Grumbling and seven children, Jas. Wilson, Mrs. J.C. Duncan, W. H. Piosentstein and wife, Franklin Borough, which adjoins Johnstown on the north, is almost entirely swept away. The dead who have been found are Dr. Wi wife and two children; Carrie Devan, Kepper, Peter Rubert, wife and two chil Mrs. Leech and two children, Two u persons were drowne South Fork Mineral City, 6 miles above Jolastow a tirely wiped out. It had about 200 inhabitants, Among those whose bodies were found are Sam'l Page, wife and five children; as. Finley, Nrs, Abe Byers and two children. It is said that fully 150 bodies were found last evening in a sort of pocket below the Peun vania railroad signal tower at Seng Hollow. where it was expected there would be a big find. There were 180 bodies at Nineveh at 9 | o'clock. The inquest will begin there to-day. A resident of Mineral Point says there is no doubt that South Fork dam broke and cé the flood. He says that pieces of the bri and other fragments of the dam were carried down stream, and some were washed ashore at that point. SIXTEEN LYNCHED OR SHOT. 9:15 am.—W. C. Hagen, of Pittsburg. has just shot a Hungarian caught robbing a corpse. The lynchings, shootingsand drowni fiends reach the total of sixteen si lay. The following are the names of i mains lying in the Pennsylvania railroad depo’ There are in all forty-four bodies in this build ing. Miss Mollie Barkehart, two dau Charles H. Roiser, of Cresson; Miss May Downey, Rose Canroy, James Jones and daugli- ter Annie; Frank Daivis. of Steubenville, Ohio; Richard Jones, ex-burgess of Conemaugh; Mrs. | D. J. Walliams, John Myers. A PLUCKY SHERIFF. Ex-Sheriff Dick drove seven Hungarians into | the Conemaugh river at Kerinville this morn- ing, and kept them there until all were drowned. They had been caught stealing from the dead bodies and looting private buildings. Sheriff Dick says that he will stand no mor ponsense of this king, and w: drown every Hungarian in Cambria co! y but that he will puta stop to their fiendish law- lessuess, THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL. The fire in the drift above the bridge is under control, and is being rapidly smothered by the Pittsburg firemen in charge of the work. About 7 o'clock this morning a crowd of batt B boys discovered a family of five peop! the smoking and burned ruins bridge. They took out fatt three children, all terribly burned and muti- lated, The little girl had one arm torn off. TENDER NURSES ARRIVE. In direct contrast to the stories of outrage at the hands of ghouls who have dared to dese- crate the stiff and mangled corpses is the ad- vent of Clara Barton, at the head of her band of merciful angels, the Red ( ciety. Rough, yY men by these tender nurses, of love have made many a battle terrible and bloody. “They about in the big church that sei pital, easing the sufferings of the wounded and calming as best they caa the hailf- vivors. They can be seen oir way through the ruined streets directing the work of dragging out the victims, THE ATTEMPTS OF THIEVES. Saturday would have been pay day at the Cambria iron works. The money— was drawn from the bank on Fri laced in the vaults of the compan t is still there, and is a constant temp ‘on to the many professional and amateur thieves who are on the ground. On Saturday nightan attempt was made to rob the First National bank, all of which, ex- cept the vaults, had been destroy The thieves were discovered by the citizens’ patrol, and a lively chase ensued. 81x of the scoundrels were shot, but it is not known whether any were killed or not, as their bodies would have been washed away immediately if such had been the case. The natural gas has been shut off, and no fire is allowed in the town. ishop Phelan and Fathers Corcoran and | Gallagher are now here. One of the C: churches burned on Saturday. being held at the time. The congregation deserted the church and the body burned with the building. The brick Catholic church in the center of the town is totally wrecked. STORY OF AN EYE WITNESS. holic Exciting Experiences of a Baltimore Drummer on a Train. Baxtmore, Mp., June 3.—C. W. Lintheum, adrummer fora Baltimore firm, arrived here this morning. He was witness to the disastrous flood at Joknstown, of which he tells the following story: My train left Pittsburg at 1 o'clock ‘for Johnstown. The train was due at Sang Hollow at 402. but but was five minutes late. At Sang Hollow, just as we were about to pull out of the station. we heard the flood was coming. Looking ahead up the valley we saw an immense wall of water at least thirty feet high raging, roaring, rushing toward us, The engineer reversed his engine and rushed back toward the hills at full speed, and we barely escaped the rush of waters. We ran bas 300 yards and the flood swept by, tearing up tracks, telegraph poles, houses, and trees. Superintendent Pitcair was on the train. All got out and tried to save the floating people. Taking the bell cord otf the train we formed a line and threw the rope out, saving seven persons. We could have saved more, but many were afraid to let go the dloating debris, IT WAS AN AWFUL SIGHT. The immense volume of water was roaring along, whirling over huge rocks, dashing against the banks and leaping high into the air, and this seething flood was strewn with grinding and crushing timbers, trunks of trees, parts of houses and hundreds of human beings, cattle, dogs, cats and almost every living animal. The fearful peril of the living was not more awtul than the ghastly horror of hundreds of dis- torted bleeding corpses whirling along the avalanche of death. We counted 107 persons alive floating by on pieces of timber, and dead without number. A section of roof came by upon which were sitting a woman and youn; ee A man named C. W. Heppenstall, o} aye waded and le swam out to the <oof, agen ox] the girl in first a then e woman, ‘They us they were not relatives. woman had lost her husband and four children and the girl her father, mother, and ent family. A little came by with his See Both wore as cal ani could be, and yy Was apparently trying comfort mother, They. unl rei hag profered help, and, the bridge below, WENT DOWN INTO THE VORTEX LIKE LEAD. noiselessiy | es a8 a hos- | A funeral was | ! | Faeperickssvro, night living and dead floated by New Florence. At Pittsburg 78 bodies were recovered urday, and as many more were seen flos' Hundreds of people from ill-fated J) are omega: homeless and starving mountains. Very few saved anything, and saw numbers going down the stream naked. The suffering within the next will be something fearful unless prompt is extended A RELIEF TRAIN. Contributions of Supplies Received from Towns all Along the Route. Joxxstows, Pa., June 3.—The relief train from Pittsburg over the Baltimore and Ohio road reachod here at 2 o'clock this morning after an exciting ride up the mountain. All along the road at each town contribu- tions were made to the already well-filled cars of provisions. McKeesport added two to the three laden from Pittsburg; two more were added at Braddock; three at West Newton, and 80 onall the way to Johnstown until, when the latter was reached, the train had ten loaded cars. 8 F i When Johnston was reached every one was anxious to get to work to assist in the work of rescue. A party was made up and started for the lower part of the town, The path was covered with trees, rocks, fences, parts of houses and every imaginable thing. Bureaus, beds, sideboards and furniture of gil kinds were strewn from hill to hill. The whole valley of Stony creek for miles up from Johnstown is filled with de- bris of all kinds. The line of the Baltimore and Ohio has been cleared of debris and it is piled up on each side as high as the top of the cars, When the lower part of the town was reached the scene presented was beyond de- | scription. Halt has not been told, nor never will be, as to the extent of the awful wreck. From the Pennsylvauia railroad to Main street there is nothing standing bat the stone church jand the lar brick school-house. The Mansion house is gone and over one hundred people were lost there. From the timore and Ohio depot Fou can see for ks im every direction, and between the depot and the point there is standin & part of the Morrell block and L two small brick offices that were protected by the Morrell building, The town was at rest | early in the morning. EVERY ONE WAS THOROUGHLY EXHAUSTED with the terrible strain aud the work of the last two days and nights. The town is under martial law and every one who goes about the is challenged and required to gi count of himself. The water has sub- sided to a great extent, aud the streets in the main part of the town are free from water. The falling water has laid bare the terrible work of the flood, and the full extent of the disaster is only being ascertained now. The streets are one sickening, foul- smelling mass of wood and debris, and the rk of searching for bodies has only fairly The latest est from 10,000 to 1 any ace! so th . weight of the disaster as to be utterly unable to give any accurate details or figures, A CONDUCTOR's sToRY, | Frank McDonald, a conductor on the Somer- set branch of the Baltimore and Ohio was at the Pennsylvania railroad depot when the flood came. He said when he first saw the flood it was 30 feet high and gradually rose to at least 40 feet. There is no doubt that the South Fork dam aid Mr. McDonald. fifteen minutes the flood came, The. Decker, the Pennsylvania railroad agent, read me a tele- gram he had just received, saying the South nates put the loss of life at 000. It is impossible to get it of the number lost. Fork had broken, As soon as he beard this the people in the station, mumber- ing 600, made a rush for the bill I certainly think I saw 1,000 bodies go over the bridge. be first house that came down struck the bridge and at once took fire, and as fast as the others came down they were consumed. I believe I am safe in saying I saw a thousand bodies burn. It reminded me of a lot of flies on fly paper struggling to get away, with no hope and no chance to eave them, I have no idea that had the dge been blown up the loss of life would have been any less, They would have floated a little further with the same certain death, Then, again, it was im- possible for any one to have reached the o blow it up, for the waters tthat noone could have done it, w 15 to 18 bodies go over the bridge at the I offered a man $20 to row GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION, | Money to Relieve the Suffering of the Survivors of the Flood. New York, June 3.—The Mail and Express put on its bulletin this morning,““The Mail and | Express gives $5,000 for the relief of the flood suiferers; who will be next?” | Soon after it posted this: 11:30 a. m., $7,600 just received in answer to above. Total 12,600, The American Express company has offered to transport free of charge to Pittsburg dona- tions of clothing or money shipped by duly aa- thorized committees. Mayor Graut will calla meeting this after- noon to confer in regard to relief for the Johns town sufferers. Ex-President Cleveland has been invited, and is expected to be chairman of the committee. | The Call of Mayor Creiger. CurcaGo, June 8.—Mayor Creiger, who is in - Louis, last night telegraphed the following cal “The citizens are requested to assemble in in mass meeting in the council chamber at the city hall Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock to take ch action as may be deemed nece: rela- tive to the unprecedented calamity at Jobne- town, Pa, Dewitt C. Creiger, may AN ODD FELLOWS’ OFFERING. Parmapetraia, June 3.—Jas. B. Nicholson, | Srand secretary of the Independent Order of ] Odd Fellows, this morning telegraphed to Col. | John P. Linton at Johnstown to organize a | committee of Odd Fellows at Alma hall and | draw upon Col. M. Richard Muckle, grand treasurer, this city, for $1,000 for immediate use of the committee. DISTRIBUTION ARRANGED FOR. Prrisevae, June 3.—A. J. Moxham, president of the relief committee, has fully arranged @ storage and district distributing system for relief funds and articles, aud they can be sent directly to Johnstown. —__ OVER FIVE MILLION. | —. |The Estimated Loss in Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburg. Va., June 3.—The esti- mated damage in the county of Spottsylvania and the city of Fredericksburg and vicinity exceeds $5,000,000. The city is entirely cut off from communication with the country by wire or by rail. The gus and electric light plant are damaged, leaving the city in utter darkness, Following is a list of the damage done m Speuytoenia county: Colman's mill-dam broken and machinery damaged; blacksmith- shop and Cruthfield’s mill a ay eo wreck; Smith & Clark's dam gone; wis’ mill washed away. The following are bridges gone: Smith's, over Nye; Colbert's, Gaylor's, Arm- strong’s, over Poe; Standard’s, Vorhees’, Old Court House and Scott's. The following are damaged: Corbins, old Tan-yard bridge and Green Branch, Colman’s, Wilderness and the stone bridge. SHORTNESS OF SUPPLIES. On account of the breaking of the extension dam above the city, which supplies the power for running the extensive flour mills and other manufactures, as well as supplies the city with notified the | drinking water, the mayor bas notitie | le to use sparingly of the water Pibited ite use for power of wo dicripton, 80 seri- iy ag apprehended following the damage done by the flood a few days previous. i. SON FLOODS IN ENGLAND. The water mains are in some Counties Visited by Several The Midland Counties by