Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 4, 1889, Page 1

THE OMAHA — . EIGHTEENTH YEAR. CRAZY WITH GRIEF. Burvivors of the Flood Almost In- sane with Anxiety. A MOTHERS'S PITIFUL STORY staried to work immediately and has ordered mer from Philadelpfua. OPERATORS SURROUNDED BY CORPSES, The condition of affairs here is illustrated by the circumstances under which the dis- patches are being sont. It has been neces- sary to establish the headquarters of the As- sociated Press in a building which is being used as one of the morgues, and its tele- graphers are sending distressing news to the ‘world surrounded by the bodies of the dead. The Western Union telezraph is furnishing every possible facility for the transmission of news. Deputy Sherift Rose was patroling the river bank and found two Hungarians attompting to rob several bodies and at once gave chase. The Hungarians took to the Wwoods, when Rose fired two shiots at them, fatally wounding both. From the latest re- ports the men are living, but are in a critical condition, The sheriff has taken charge of Johnstown and ARMED MEN ARE PATROLING THE CITY. People who have property in the limits of the city are permitted to enter 1if they ore known, but otherwise it 18 impossible to get intotown, The regulation seems harsh, but 1t is necessary. The relief committee from Ohio ure pitching their canvas tents on the inside. Nine hundred tents are here and they are being utilized as fast as erected. For the first time since the flood men have been put to werk on the debris at the bridge and are hunting for the bodies that have not been burned beyond recognition. This morn- ing a man, woman and child were taken from the ruins, and from their position they were evidently husband, wife and child. Its A MOST DISTRESSING SIGNT. to see the relatives of those who are sup- posed to be lost standing around watching every body as it is pulled out. They act more like maniacs than sane people. A relief train from Pittsburg over the Bal- timore & Ohio road reached here at 2 o'clock this morning after an exciting ride. Al along the rond at each station contributions were made to the already well filled cars of provisions, and when 1t reached Johnstown the tram consisted of ten loaded cars When Johustown was reached everyone was anxious to get to work to assist in the rescue. A party was made up aud started ANOTHER GIIASTLY DISCOVERY down to the lower part of town. The path hns been made. From the banks many | was covered with trees, rocks, fences, parts charred remains of the victims of the flames | of houses and everythiug imaginable. and floods are plainly visible as the receding | Bureaus, beds and furniture of all kinds waters give up their dead. Beneath almost | were strewn from hill to hill. The whole every log the blackened beam of a elistening | valley of Stony creck for mmiles from Johns- skull or the blanched remnants of ribs or | town was filled with debris of all kinds. The linibs mark ail that remain of human beings. | line of the Baltimore & Ohio has been Since 10 o'clock last night the fire engines | cleared of debris and is piled up on each have boen busy. Water has been constantly | side as high as the top of the cars. When playing on the burning pile. At times the fire ;‘L}gnlg‘l\;ggsgm‘yfw o fl’léf}fif'o‘fi.d the secms extinguished, but the fitful flames sud- bt denly break out afresh in some new quarter T o, it water ard Hara o fares | nOr ever will be as to the extent of the awful (2 t‘)‘*:“" he water and flames wage fierce | yyreck. From the Pennsylvaniu railroad to combat. Main street there is nothing standing but The chief sensation of the morning has the stone church and the large brick school been the united remonstrance of the physi- | house. The Mansion house is gone, and over cians against the extinguishment of the a hundred people were lost there. From the X : 3 4 Baltimore & Ohio depot you can see _for burning wreck. They maintain a philosovhy | plocks in every direction. There is standing that {0 the anxious searchers seoms heart- | only a part of the Morritl block and two less, that hundreds, if not thousands, of bodies lie beneath this mass of burning ruins, small brick offices that were protected by the “It would be botter,” they say, “to bermit Morrill building. nature's greatest scavenger—the flames—to ‘The town was at restearly in the morning. Everyone was thoroughly exnausted with pursue his work unmolested than to expose to further decay the the terrible strain_and work of the last two HORDE OF PUTRIFYING BODIES, days and nights. The town is under martial law and everyoue who goes about the place is required to give an account of himself. which lie beneath this debris. There can be but cne result. Days will elapse before the rubbish can be sufiiciently removed to Tho water has subsided toa ereat extent and the streets in the main part of town are permit the recovery of these bodies, and long ero that overy corpse will be o putrid Her Little Ohildren Set Adrift One by One. A REVOLT AGAINST SCIENCE The Bodies of Loved Ones Shall Not Burn. THOUGHT TO BE A MIRACLE A Flower Decked Statue of the Virgin Mary Escapes the Angry Flood Unscathed—All Loafers Must Leave. The Terrible Aftermath, Jonxsrows, Pa., June 8.—This morning opens up dark and dreary. Great drops of rain. fall occasionally and another storm scems imminent. Everyone feels thankful that the weather still remains cool and that the gradual putrefaction of the hundreds of bodies that still line the streams and lie hid- den under miles of driftwood and debris is not unduly hastened. The peculiar stench of decaying human flesh is plainly perceptible this morniag to the senses as one ascends the bank of stony creck for half amile along the smouldering ruins of the wreck, and the most skeptical now concede the worst and realize that hundreds—aye, perhaps thou- sands—of bodies lie charred and blackened beneath this great funeral pyre. The scarchers wander wearily over this smoking mass, and as occasionally a sudden shout comes over the waters, the patient watchers on the hill realizo that “Well, I want to state that there are only four people who can order you out, viz.: the free from water. e water has laid bare Th has laid the terrible worlk of the flood and the full axtont of tho disaster 1 only boing ascor- tained now. The streets are a + BICKENING, FOUL-SMELLING MASS mass, ylelding forth those frightful stenches i of decaying flesh that, in & crowded commun- ‘i’,fg";g;“’bx"};};;’”f;,‘"o‘,'fl;’ '}’jr‘}’;’g OF Kpavoh ity liko this, can give but one result—dread- | |atest estimates put the loss of lifs at from ful typhus. Every battlefield has demon- | 10,000 to 12,000 bodies. It is impossible to strated the nocessity of hasty interment of | et any ncc‘fllu":. uo'd"w:@ 1{‘.’“\; L\'m'ybom: g e ; E - | 50 thoroughly tired out and overcome by the the decaying bodies, and the stench that al. I ofé’mu TR D) OBt b ready arises is the forerunner of impending | ylo to gve any accurate details or figures. danger. Burn the wreck. The work of wdentifying the dead goes on very DURN TIE WRECK!" slowly and comparatively fow have boon A loud ery of indignation arose from the | identificd. Among those recognized to-day : were Muns Wolf ana wife, Mr. Goldbert, & lips of the vast multitude, and the warnings | ;o opant on Main street, and Mrs. J. Kater- of scionce were lost in the eager demands of | stoin and son. those who sought the remains of near and | The Hotel Hulbert has been entirely dear friends. Hose was again turned upon w:\!hml n“‘vuy lmdK twenty-two persons per- the hissing mass ana rapidly the fiames | isbed in tho wreck, o Frank McDonald, conductor on the Som- yielded to the supremacy of water. It is al- | orget branch of the Baltimore & Ohio, was most impossiblo to conceive the extent of the | au the depot when the storm came, Heé said swoking ruin. Tho area of eight [ lio wasthe first to see tho flood. Tt was or ten acres above the dam s | thirty feev high and gradually rose to covered to a depth of four feet with shattered A IEIGUT OF FORTY FEET. houses, borne from the neighborhood of du“"}’l:fizflé“n ';&‘{ol;mg)ln'i;-:hlthmpslgrct& otk ] p8e )y a C 3 C! e Johnstown, and in each of these houses it i | ,ag potors the flood came Decker, the Penn- estimated there is from ono to twenty or | avivania railroad dispateher, read me o t twonty-five veople, This is accepted as the | gram just reccived, saying the South Ko data upon which to estimato the number thav | dam hud broken, As soon s ho heard this tho 2 i . | peoplein the station, numbering 200, made a D Ol A it ke eor | rush for the hill, I think T saw 1,000 bodies rect, tho cs that lie beneath these ruins | o gyer the bridee. The first house that must run well up into the hundreds if not the | camo down struck the bridge and at once thousands, took fire, and as fast as others came down “There is no telling how many bodies have | they were consumed. I believe [am sane in been lost. Adjutant-General Hastings, who | 8ovinglsaw R has charge of everything, stated this morn- | | OWETHOUSASIE HODIFS BO ::::;; i ing thut ho supposed there woroat loast 2,000 | it reRieed Baot TR O fIERERes Bras people under the burming debris. But the | chance to save them. 1 bhave no idea that only way to find out how many lives were | had the bridge been blown up the loss of life lost was to take a census of the people now | would have been less. They would have living and subtract that from the census be- gzmfl u,},‘fif}: .’.‘:.z‘."“"fl:"‘L‘:..‘"“...,’,::,':‘,,“,t,?’:‘?u‘: fore the flood. Said he: “In my opinion | /0000 to reach the bridge in order to blow there uro anyway from four thousand to eight | 1t up, for the waters came so fust that no one thousand souls lost.” could huve done it. 18aw fifteen or oighteen A MILITARY MISTAKE. bod go over the bridge at one time.” Battery 1 of Pittsburg arrived in this city [ F'rom under the lurgo brick schooltiouse this morning under command of Lieutenant | oveeycornor and place bodios. are being Shephurd, who went to the headquarters of | found and buried as fast s possible, Adjutant-General Hastings in the towerto | A number of bodies have been Teport. The general asked him who sent | found with bullet holes in thom, showing ot aohoms conclzvely that in their maddening fright I was sent hore by the chamber of SUAGIDE.VAS. BRSOBTAD. TO by many. People living here who lost whole famiiies and parts of tamilies hardly seem to realize what a areadfol calamity has befallon them. However, this morning people are governor, adjutant gencral, major general | Fettng to unaerstand the situation, and and commander of tho second brigade. You [ kony 1 'i'{’fl’z".'f."l,"ff’lh&"fir foea ot gyary ' R0 ey ruly city . have mado u serious serious breach of dis- | oGSO Gt of the debris 4t 030 cipline, und my advice to you is to get back | this morning. There was nothing to 10 Pittsburg as soon as possible, or you may | igentify them, as they were burned almost be mustered out of the service. Iamsur- [0 a gelap. {;1' 'thuuulnf however, that prised that you should attompt such an uct | $¢¥00 “‘.“‘“;u'::“d 208 $0.000 £ ‘r"')“')‘iV&l‘:'hz‘:z without any authority whatever.” partially burned. iod to settle the matter, and the A NAMELESS PAUL BEVERB c rted back to Pittsburg. In justice | jjos gomewhere among the nameless dead. to Lieutecant Shephard it might be stated | Who he is may never be known, but his ride thut the ordes was issuod by the governor. | will be fumous iu local history. Mounted Governor Hastings stated, afterwards, that | o8, L ““llf,m ho' " came the sending of soldiers was Hke passes through Conemaugh to Johnstown, HOISTING A RED FLAG, shouting his portentious warning: and it would tend only to creats trouble, He | “Run for your lives to the hills! Run to sald everything was quiet here and it vas an "n;nulu!" i soldiers hero at presont, wondering. Nobody knew the man and some The Wastington infantry came in over the | thought he was & maniac and lsugbed. On, Baltimore & Obio road, and when (fotain | at a deadly pace, rode this man, shrilly ring- Shaunon reported to General Hastings, that ;Im uulu :Al:hv::rmng cry. g ‘!‘llldunf‘aw mumdenlu. however, there came a ¢ ruins down ““‘"l,"“"“ sald ‘("f",‘ was 20 need of the sol- | (yo"ui oig “down the narrow alleys, grind- diers’ aid, und if aay were needed he would | jng twisting, hurling, overturning, crashing order out'the stute guard. and annibilating the weak aud strong. It was A train of five cars came from Cumber- | the charge of the flood, which grew at every visions, and thicty men to help clean up the | ai¥y iR SRS AR BICE W 00 and debris. At the general undertakiug rooms | on raced the rider, and on and on rushed the men were at work and about sixty cofins | waves. Dozens of peoplo took warning and containing bodies of uuknown people were | ran up to the nills. piled in the station and on the platform. POOK, PAITHFUL RIDER! Until to-day General Hastfugs has had his It was an unequal contest. Just as he headquarters on the east side of tue river, but this morning he cawme over 1o the burn- ing debris, followed by about one hundred sud twenty-five wen carrying cofins, He turned across the rairoad bridge a mighty wave fell upon him, and horse, rider and bridge all went out into chaos together, Ifour geutlemen, relatives of members of e Sout Fork tishing club who had goue 0 OMAHA TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4. 1889, learn the fate of their friends at tho lake, have just returned. Thoy report no one at the lake except the custodians and some workmen. The lake is completely dried out. The dam broke in the center at 8 o'clock Friday afternoon and at 4 o'clock it was dry. That great body of water passed out n an hour. ' Messrs.” Park and VanBuren, who were bullding & new drainage system at the Iake, TRIED TO AVOID THE BISASTER by digging n sluiceway on one side to ease the pressure on the dam, They had about forty men at work and did all they could without avail. The water passed over the dam about a foot above the top, beginning at 2: Whatever happened in the way of a clglidl- burst took place during tho night. There had been but little rain up to dark, and in the morning, when the workmen arrived, the lake was full and kept on rising rapidly until 2 o'clock it began pouring over the dam and undermining it. The men were sent three or four tumes duricg the day to warn the people of the danger. When the final break came, at 3 o'c'ock, there was asound like THEMENDOUS PEALS OF THUNDER. Trees, rocks and earth were shot into mid- air in _great columus and then the wave started down the ravine. A farmer who es- caped said the water did not come like a wave, but jumped on his house and beat it to fragments in instant. He was safe upon the hillside, but his wife and two children were killed. No dam- age was done to theclub buildings. Tho whole South Fork is swept, with no trecs standing. The resouing parties who aro at work on the mass of unburned wreckage in the river _above the bridge are finding bodies and fragments of bodies at the rate of ten to fifteen per hour. Tn other parts of the submerged dis- trict many bodies are being taken out. A carcful estimate at this time of the bodies recovered puts it from 700 to 800. The total loss of life most certainly will be from 6,000 to 8,000, A COLD WAVE has struck the town and the people are badly in need of clothing. It is almost impossible to gev anything to eat. The citizens’ commit- tee is muking desperate efforts 1o make the Hungariuns, at Cambria City, stop tneir rob- bing, and men witr clubs will not permit the foreigners to go outside their homes. There seems to be considerable race prejudice at Cambria City, and_trouble may follow, as both Americans and Hungarians are getting worked up to a considerable extent. Quite an exciting scene took place in Johnstown last A Hungarian was discovered by two men in_the act of blowing up a safe in the First National bank building, with dynamite, In a few minutes a crowd was collected and the cry of “LyNem nm? was rmsed. In less time than it takes to tell it the man wus strung up to a_tree in what was about the central portion of Johnstown. Not content with tins the vigilance commit- tee filled his body with bullets. He remained hanging to the tree for several hours, when some person cut him*down and buried him with the other dead. While the searchers were at work in Johnstown proper this morning they came upon a_housc and heard anoise in it. They chopped through the roof and found a man in the top story. They pulled him out, but he was too weak to give his name. THREE HUNDRED BODIES have been discovered in the sand at Kein- ville, near the mouth of Sandy creek. It is now definitely said that only about four lives were lost on the train that left Pittsburg Friday morning last. Conductor Bell, who had cha of the train, stated to-day that in his opinion only four passengers were lost. Said he: “We were between Conemaugh and Johns- town when the engineer saw the flood coming. He guve us word and we ran through the train and told the passengers to run to the mountains for their lives, but the majority of them regained in the cars while the train men ran to the mountains, When the flood came it washed away the car next to the smoking car and left the others remaining. The people in the Pullman car were ducked, but none of them were otherwise injured. The three or four passengers lost were men whose names I do not know." TForty-eight dead bodies are at Johnstown, station, and will be buried as fast as pos- sible. Fifty men are digging graves on Prospect Hill, and the bedies are being interred as fast as possible. Mrs, Fenn, wife of an en- gineer, tells A PITIFUL TALE. Her husband was out. With her seven children she climbed to the second story, then to the attic. Shecheered the frightened children, saying that God would care for them. As the waters were rising higher, she was farced to fasten them, one by one, to pieces of floating timber and trust them to the pitiless waves, all the time speaking words of hope and encouragement, and kissine them good-bye. After all had gone the roof of the house was torn off, and_the frail little mother was washed away with it and rescued sixtcen miles below. Her little brood of seven have not been heard from, and they are supposed to be drowned. She is only one mother of the hundreds similarly situated—one of the multituae. OVER A THOUSAND BODIES have been taken from Kernville to-day. This is official, “The developments every hour make it more and more apparent that the exact number of lives lost o the Johnstown horror will never be known. All estimates that have been made up to this time are conservative, and when all 18 known it will doubtless be found too small. The population of Johns- town and surrounding towns, and the por- tion of the valley effected by the flood is, or was, from fifty thousand to fifty-five thous- and. The Associated press representa- tives to-day interviewed numerous lead- ing citizens of Johustown who urvived the flood, and the concensus of opinion was that fully 50 per cent of the residents of Johnstown and Cambria have been victims of the fire and water, 1f this be true, the total loss of life in the entire valley can nov be less thau 7,000 or 8,000, and possibly much greater. Of 'the thousands who were de- voured by the flames, and whose ashes rest beneath the smoking debris above Johns- town bridge, no definite information can even be obtained, As little will be learned of hundreds that sank beneath the current and were borne swiftly down the Cone- maugh river, only to be deposited miles be- low on the banks and in the driftwood of the raging Ohio. Probably one-third of the dead will never be recovered, and it will take weeks hence to enable even a close estimate to be mude of the number of lives that were lost in that brief hour. That this estimate can never be accurate is undershood when it is remem- bered that in many instances many WHOLE PAMI LIES and their relatives were swept away and fouud a common grave beneath the wild waste of waters, The total destruction of the city leaves uo date to even demonstrate that the names of these unfortunates even found place on the pages of elernity’s his- tory. “All indications point to the fact that the death list will reach over 5000 and 1 my opinion the missing will reach 8,000 in num- ber" declared General Hastings to-night. At present there are said to be 2,200 re- covered bodies. Great difficulties are ex- perienced in getting @ correct list of the Kreat pumber in the morgue. There is no central bureau of infor- mation, and to communicate with the different dead houses 18 the work of bours. The journey from the Penusylvania 4airoad morgue to the one in the Fourth ward school house in Johnstown occupies at least one hour. This renders it impossible 1o reach all of them in one day, particularly as some of the morgues are situated at points ible trom Johnstown. o'clock this evening the 630th body eceived at Cambria city depository At Millville was the body of a girl, fifteen years old, making the forty-sixth corpse received there. ~An angry wark on der wrist looked as if a bracelet had been torn from it. BEVENTY BODIES have been recovered at the Peunsylvania railroad station. Tuose identified are: JMr. Schelbeimer, Mrs. D. J. Wildbam, Fanny Prosser, Mrs, E. M. Parsons, John Myers, James Jon Thomas Thoburn, Mrs. Leach, mother of County Superin- tendent of Schools Leach, Mrs, Lucy Livermore, David Surdny, Mrs. Margaret Frank, Mrs. Mnuf Burkhardt, Miss Mollle James, Frank Davis, Miss Alico Kenna, Mr. Christy, formerly of Butler, Miss Maggie Stoppel, Mrs. Maria Lucas, Mr. Williams. Dr. H. P. Wiison. wl"utrlck Fagan, wife and two grown daugh- rs, John Murphy. Charles Bearn, Mary Callaban. Samuel Hite. Sumuel Blough, ITHE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. Legislative Stimulants Will Not Give it Life. IT IS A MISERABLE FAILURE The Percentage of Sacharine Sub- stance is Too Small—The Utah Marshalship Fight—Other Washington News, 513 FOURTERNTA STRRET, Wastyeroy, D, C., June 8. ‘Will Nebraska try the beet sugar experi- (j}lmrln:l\‘llllgh % Inteident o MenY! inquired Ti Bae correspondent of ohn 8. uchanan, _superintendent of | General Van Wyck to-day. the Cambria iron works and wareba’ises, “Some inducements,” he replicd, ‘‘were Mrs, John W, James. offered by the legislature, among them a Bessio Prosso. Blankmanfeld. bounty of 2 cents per pound for beet or sor- ghum sugar, Mrs. Mary Downey. ““Will it prove successful.” Paul Goddes. Al b o “It never has wherever attempted, in Dela- Mary Anno Owens. ware, Mainc or California. The reports of Anne Jones, 4| the agricultural department claim that the conditions of the soil and climate in the northwest are antagonistic. While tife beet Richard Jories (ex-burgess). Gottlelb Schultzeldeick. +| will grow, tho percentago of sugar is small and not profitable.” George Geddes. H. G. Rose (district attornny.) ““Will it prove moro successful than sor- ghum?" George Helsel. *I do not know s to sorghum. The same OTHER VIOTINS, At the Fourth ward school house a great agricultural department, after testing many years and spending vast sums in experiments number of victims are being prepared for intorment. ~ Yesterday 200 more were dis- posed of, and to-duy as many more rececived and machinery, in the roport of 1888, aftor detailing” fallure in many lo calities says, ‘e oxpectations which wero entar- attention. Those identified are: tained and positively advocated a few s Charles A, Marshall. Mrs. H. T, DeFranc ago, of the establishment of a successful sorghum industry in the great m: A son and daughter of Dr. Poland Mrs, Katzensticn and son. Mr. Long, a butcher, Mose Strause. of the country must now be definitely aban- Frank Wheat. doned. He who would now advis Sadie Gageby. building of a sorghuwm sugar factory in Mrs. Ella Layton. northern Iihnois, Indi Towa or Wiscon- | sin_would either betray his ignorance or malignity.) Tn many climates and soil, continued the general, “there is not much Miss Mury Leyden. The Huribut house porter, more sugar in beets and sorghum than blood in turnips.” posed to be William Henry. Jacob Wild. Mes. dacob wild, rs. W. W. Jones, 4] v wil ople get cheap Howell Powells and two sons, u},[““;,}‘c““.ff.“f;?“ o s, L-vu_orufl l‘I- lfnl«lwm- “Make sugar free. Its parent i l.llhu)r} ayton, cane, and -its home is in the tropi Irs. O'Connell, Iven in Louisiana, within the br Mr. McKay, of the tropics where the cane thrives re: John O. Richard ably well, a handful of planters can not suc- Patrick McNall : cessfully cultivate it without protection that Charles I. BButler, assistan' costs the people £60,000,000 annuaily paid into company, the treasury, and three times as much in the M. Jone: increase of the price paid for f ¢ Hamilton, Now don’t you think it u cr s amuse the “people by offer; per pound to raiso sug government has demonstrated profitubly be done? THE UTAI MARSIALSIIP, Probably the sharpest fizht under the present administration has been that for the marshalship for Utah. It is still waging, and there are no indications as to when it will terminate. eu active and open candidates have entered the field from time to time since the 4th of March, and how many more have secretly sought the appointment only the presidentand attorney neral can tell. Messrs. McBride, Connol d, McGrogor. O'Shinghnessy, Parsons and Nebelker are the well known aspirants. The first two and the last two ure said to have come to the conclusion that they are out of the race. All of these candidates haye been here at the same time and all but two are here now. President Harrison did thik of appointing o man- who haa never lived in the territory, but it is stated that he has come to the conclusion to selcet one who un- 4:.-rCuuuis the local situation and is a resident of Utal, Wasnmixarox Burrau, Tir OMana Bre, } colored, sup art” senat is t treasurer of it can noy Sumucl E. Eldredge, Miss Lywra Humilzon, Mrs. Knorr, whose body has been robbed for oftice Elinor Brinkley, Mr. A. Listle, of Pitteburg. ris H. Wilson. bling Miss Ella Layton, @ Lrakeman on the C., L Co. Miss Jennie Nells, Johin Androws, Frank H. Harris, Arthur Smith, . Currie S, Barbour, ndolvh, Frank Diamond, Aunie Fatlon, A lady supposed to be Firs. Gels, James G..Cox, Mrs, James L. Frouheiser, Amelia tobb, William Penrod, James J. Murphy, Bessio Marphy, A young lady, with the initials “W, H.» | GORMAN'S NEW Tt is very Lane, w AL aole that ex-Governor Me- has just relinguished the mission ;i s, will be nominated by the democrats i 2t Hultimore, Scnator Gorman will try to John Steun prevent this, McLane's success in this di- e rceton would mako him_a powerful quantity PR to succeed the senator from Margland, and Minnie Linton. Gorman prizes his seat in the senate about Charles Ielex Harris. as bigh as his Jife. Charles Rohnke. THE FLOOD IN WASHINGTON. Thomas Mattheiws. More inconvenience and loss are Bertha Hoffmun. in Washington by the bloc! Mrs. B, ¥, Hoffman, than anythi; Florence foffmin, flood. T at this point hus been Fred A. Hoffuan. passed, but thers are no incoming or Outgoing Marian Hoffman. mails between here except to New York. It Joe Hoffnan. cuuses almost & complete suspension of offi- Dr. W. C. Beam, ciat business southwest and northern. No A. Lytle. western mail has been received since E'r Laura Hamilton. The railroads promise both outgoing and in- Mrs, John D. Hornick, coming western traius by Wednesday at the Conrad Weose. farthest. And uow the war department is August Derris. unable to do anything with its s DRAD AT KERNVILIBUARE soldiers' tents and munitions that Three little children of N. Shanks, mere sttojhcipitithe alicod Wsufte Mrs, Walter Dawes, The almost complete destruction of the ML AL S ANes eake & Ohio canal, the property be- Mars. Ream, w to the state of Maryland, and all Mrs, W. Wesley Stuft. canal connection between Cleveland, O., and Mrs, Jacob S Washington and Baltimore, is laientable Luths ase it is not self-sustainin and will not Tt R, fore bo restored. The state of Mary- A T Daaaey. land has kept it up for years at a loss. Otto Coop the longest, oldest and most vopular canal in \ the country. Therc are no more Venetian scenes in the national capital. The water nas receded from the most thickly populated portions of the city and the gondolas, canoes and rowboats navigute the strects no longer, rearc no wharfes in Washington have all been swept away. A portion of the historical long bridge is a wreck, and a izt will be made to provent its re-build- Bl / inz, it being claimed that the causeway Res, Kluney, mothenof Joseph Kinvoy, is & hindrance to navigation. It is the only it railroad bridge over the Potomac hero, The Mrs. Dyer. millions of o '3 put Inv[hc work of re- e Daere cluiming the Potomue flats is provably lost G becauso’ congress refuses o appropriate TR cuough money to protoct the work. Au Ly coidemic of fover is feared from the over- ?;:;:n{‘i?“.:‘x“\‘:}ql orkes, flow of South Washington. The streets are AR LT covered with muck, the cellars fAlled with George Bischer. water, and thore will be a stench when the ST Tnoher. warm 'sun comes out, which will breed the Miss Iischer's servant girl, Kerips of apversl yaricies of fovar, Mrs ey = o 4 “The floods which liave stopped the runming @ RIHRONER. ROU108. of trains in every direction from Washing- KERNYILLE'S CONDITIO! BB ton have added a new feature to the causes Kernville is in a deplorable condition. ‘'he | for delay in the issuance of commissions to living are unable to take care of the dead. | postmasters, and those slready appointed The majority of the imhabitants were | will, in many instances, not be commissioned drowned. A” shanty of boards has been | in time to take charge of their oftices before crected on the only remuining street in the | the middle, if not the latter part, of this town, ‘I'his is the headquarters for the | month, The clerks under the first assistant committeo that coutrol the'dead. As quickly | postmaster gencral to-day began to make up as the dead are brought they are placed in the bonds for the postmasjers appointed on ll;m( ldnud then taken to the cemetery and | the 51st ult. These bonds will have to be uried, o mailed to the postmaster, filled ouv and re- turned hore, when they will be approved and dircetions glven for the issuance of commis- sions and final instructions, 1f it were not for the delay in the mails the work would not be more than a week behind hand. and post- masters appointed from day to day could have their commissions witliin from one to two weoks. asioned e in the mails clse in connection with the Windsor Reese. Ella White. Maggie White, Charies Muscor. Mrs. Edward Brennan, a daughter of Ber- nard Cunz, Mrs, Knolley. Sallie Lav AN AVARICIOUS MILKMAN, A milkman who was evarcharging for milk this moring nurrowly d lynching. In- furiated men appropristed all his milk and distributed it among the ppor and then drove Bim out of town. ] The body of the Hungarian who was lynched in an orchard last” night has been recovered by his friends. ‘Ihe inhuman monster was noticed as he eut off four fingers of & woman’s hand. He dropped the fingers in his pocket, where they were found when 'he was ceptured, The act maddened the men and they took him to an orebard on the hill- side and hanged him, ‘There is but one street left in the town, About one hundred and fifty-five houses are -madmg where onee there swod a thou- sand, A thousand is & low estimate of the lives lost from this town. But few bodies have been recovered. It is directly above the ruins and the bodies have floated down 1nto them, where they burned. A walk through the town revealed a desolate sight. Only about twenty-five able-bodied men have sur- vived and are able to render assistance. d women can be seen with es, bruised faces and cut heads, They were injured 1 the flood, and sinee that have not slept, Their faces have turned kly yellow, apd dark rings surround their eyes. Many of the women have suc- cumbed to nervous prostration. For two days but little assistance could be rendered them, The wounded re d [Continucd on Sceond Page.) ARMY MATTERS. ‘The leave of absence, on surgedn’s certifi- cate of disability, granted First Lieutenant William R, Al crombie, Second infantry, April 23, 1859, is extended four montus on surgeon’s certificate of disabilit Captain Thomas G. Troxel, Seventeenth infantry, having been found incapacituved for active service, will proceed to his home, and report by letter to the adjutant-general of the army. MISCELLANEOUS, A.J. Cratzenberg was, to-day, appointed postmaster at Burr Oak, la. The commissioner of pensions, to-day, ap- Wlnwd the following pension board at apello, [a.: Drs. H. Cowden, L. B. Pow- ers and Frank L. Darrow. Perry 8, Heara, o — Arthur Redmond’s Examination, Piegge, Dak., June 3.—[bpecial Telegram to Tk Bee. |—To-morrow Arthur Redwond will have his preliminary examination before United States Commissioner Coy for killin W.G. Duncan on the reservation. Unite States Attorney W. Murpby will appear for the prosecution and Hon, C. J. Crawford for the defense, Sowe interesting testimony 18 expected, ANOTHER YAOHT RACE. The Valkejrie Not Much Good In Any Respeor. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.] Dover, June 8.—[New York Herald Cable ~Special to Tue Bex, | —The Channel Yacht races were continued at Dover, to-day, the matches being sailed under the flag of the Royal Cinque Ports Yacht eclub. The weather was delightfully fresh and a good breeze made the racing much more effective than on Saturday. The first match was started at| half-past 10, for prizes of £50 and £15, presented by the vice-commo- dore. The course was from the outer mark Dboat on the porthead, past a line indicated by the inner mark boat in line with the flag- staff at the club-house, proceeding round Northeast Varne buoy, then round South Sands' head lightship at the outer mark, and finishing between the two mark boats, twice round, the distance being forty-four miles. Tho entreos were, the Yarena, Valkyrie and Irex. A splendid start was made, and the vessels beat down the course to the Varne buoy with a favorable breeze. Before the craft had all disappeared from view it was observed that the Valkyrie was gradually losing and that the Irex was gerting ahead. The Valkyrie is evidently not built for such heavy breez and when returning from the South Sands' head lightship, it could be scen that the Irex was greatly incrensing the gap between them, The Yarana kept close in the wake of the Valkyrie, but still lost a little at the con- clusion of the first round. The Irex passed the home buoy at 1 hour, 2 minutes, 54 seconds, and was followed by the Valkyrie at 1 28, while the Yarana was signaled at 1:14:38, After turning the buoy. howover, mat- ters began to bear a still more serious aspect for Earl Dunraven's t, and the Irex made more headw The Yarana soon lessened the gap between herself and the Valkyrie, and eventually forged ahead, t—2) In the finish the Irex rounded the buoy at 3 hours, 51 seconds, winning the first prize by £ minutes, and 10 seconds. The Yarana was signaled at 4.9:7, and took second prize, the Valkyrie coming in 51 sec- onds later, her time being 4:0:58. S g J A I0WA NEWS, The Governor's Proclamation, Des Moixes, Ia., June 8.—[Special Tele- gram to Tuk Bee|—Governor Larrabeo to- day issued a proclamation on the Johnstown disaster, in which, among other things, he says “Towa is blessed with abundance, and the misfortuncs of her people in the past have taught them to be generous and sympathetic. We all remember with gratitude the deeds of brotherly love and charity by whichy tion of our common country strove to relieve the suffering in our midst when visitations of Providence were upon us. Now, there- fore, I, William Larrabee, governor of the state of lowa, do hereby ask the people of the state to make speedy and liberal contribu- ticns toward alleviating the distress of their suffering brethren in the east. Let every organization of the state, every church, every school, every lodge, every public and private corporation, proceed at once to take up a collection, &nd let everybody respond to the impulse of his better nature and contribute his mite. Remittances may be made to Hon. V. P. Twombly, trensurer of the state, Des Mo , 1a., o will be receipted for and promptly forwarded by him to the governor of Pennsylvania.” The Supreme Court., Des Moixes, la., June 3.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Be ‘The supreme court de- cided the following cases here to-day : Currie Roan vs City of Des Moines, appel- lant; Polk district; afMirmed. Rosie Wines vs A. Albuugh, Louisa district; afirmed. U. C. Blake, administrator, vs Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad company, appellant, Blackhawk district; reversed. . Kimball, intervenor and appellant, vs S, B. Gafford, recciver; Polk district; re- versed, Jennie C.. Richards, appellant, vs Abe Knight; Carroil district; aflirmes L. R. son et_al, appellants, vs P, ¥, Willoughby et al; Greene district; reversed. Marion C. Howard et al, appellants, vs Henry C. Smith, et al; Marshal district; re- versed. appellant; Pears For Their krienda, WateRL0O, Ta,, June 8.—[Special Tele- gram to e Bee. | —Dr. Bickey and J. K. Jader left this morning for Johnstown, Pa. Mr. Jader went to hunt for his sister, Mrs. W. C. Leuber, who was reported drowned to-night. However, a dispatch was received telling of her safety. Mr. Bickley goes to look for relatives of his wife, A large per- centage of the people of Orange township, in this county, are from Cambria and Son erset counties, and ncarly every person in the township has relatives at Johnstown. Great excitement prevails and news is eagerly awaited, B A Woman Assaulted Isy Rufians, Marcoy, Ia., June 8.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—Saturday evening as Mrs, HY T, Smith, a farmer’s wife, living three and a half miles south of here, was returning home from a neignbor's, she was assaulted by some unknown rufiuns, She was dragged from the cart in which she was riding und was shockingly mistreated. She is still uncon- scious from her injuries, and will probably not recover. The people would make short work of her assailants if they could be found, but no clue to their identity has yet been obtamed, An Accidental Shoorir Des Moixes, Ia, June 8.—[Special Tele- gram to 'Tue Bre.|—Saturday night o small company of ladies and gentlemen were row. ing above the dam, about two miles from Towa City, when a pistol in the hands of one the company was accidentally discharged. The bullet ladged in the body of Jobn Craw- ford, of Bennet, a member of the senior cluss in the law school. ‘The wound is painful, though not considered fatal. e Nebraska and WASHINGTON, June to Tuk Bee.|—Pensi kans: Original wa Pensions, —|Speciul Telegram s grauted Nebras invalid —Daniel M. Bu- chanan, Joseph Morford, George Wilson, William Peters, Sanford Patch, Levi Beemer. Increaso—Ira B, Brewer, Anton Hepp, Michael Braunan, Reissue—Edward Fisher. Pensions for lowans: Original invalid— James A, Winger, John. H. Reese, James Kelly, W. R. Reynolds, Adolph Vogeli, Franklin Prentice, Rovert B. Iichardson, John Gebirts, Jasper Long, James Bowie, Joshua Conard, Hiram J. Gripman, Richara ~ W. ' Martin, Robert M, Downer. lucrease—George, 1' Barnhart, Henry Neely, Fraucis Thomas, jr., Charles B. Hicock, Samuel Smith, Willlam . Wald- ron, Francis F. Wioter, Jacob F. Park, Orland Eddy, Milo Guiles, Orlando 5. Hayt: man, Henry' Chase, Herman I Joseph D, Vandel. Ieissue—Tay; re. Original widows—-Louisa, widow of John 1%, Stibolt; Mexican widows—Harviet, widow of William Cheever, Sadiady Associated Press Meoting. SpuixorieLp, 1L, June #.—The anuuul meeting of the Northwestern Associated Press will be held at the Tremont ho Chicago, Wednesday, June 5, at 10 o'clock, A full aitendance is desired. NUMBER THE NEW SIOUX COMMISSION, Already at Rosebud Agenoy Roady for Work. FAVORABLE TERMS ANTICIPATED A Slight Delay—Boof Issue Day & Great Attraction—The Former Opposing Ohiefs Now in Favor of the Treaty. General Crook's Influenc RosenUD Agexcy, June 6.—Special Tele- gram to Tnr Brg,|—Nearly the eight thous- and Indians composing this reservation have assembled here to-aay. To-morrow, aftor the beef issue of 260 beeves in the morning, the commission will have its first council in the afternoon. This morning the commise sion gave the Indians a feast of fifteen. beeves. Several councils were held last night among the different bands, with grati fying results to the work of the commission nearly all the progressive Indians veing in favor of the treaty, looking upon the £3,000,000 deposited by the government as a heritage to their children, and believing they are re- ceiving a fair compensation for their land. Swipe Bear, the leading chief, and Good Voice, and others, are in favor of the treaty. Thoe chiefs, Two Strike, Crow Dog and and Lance are as yet opposed to the treaty. But it is hoped that as soon as the billis fully explained to them they will recognize its merits and favor it. One strong feature in the successful issue of the treaty here is a majority of the intelli- gent half-breeds, who have much influence are in favor of it. Many of them served under General Crook in ‘76" as Indian scouts, and have perfect confidenca in,him. Red Cloud is expected here tos night, and he is, without doubt, the repres sentative man of the Sioux nation. Since bis return from Washington, last month, after the government agreed o pay $25,000, for the ponies taken from his band in 1876, heisin full sympathy with the treaty, and his presence will have much weight, President Harrison showed excellent judg- ment in his_selection of the * commission, who showed their wisdom 1n comin here first, this bemg the lurges agency; and if successful hore, which they possibly will be, will have powerful influence with the succossful 1ssue of the treaty with the other agencies, The Indians will hold a big council, toe mght, among themselves. Represontative Indians are here from the different agencies and care and caution will have to be exer- cised 1 bring the treaty to a successful is- sue. In uhis, the commission are proceeding in the right direction e e GRS Indians Selecting Lanl Pienrg, Dak., June 8.--[Special Telogram to Tre Bee.|—A clerk in the Indian traders® store at the Cheyenne agency was in the city to-day, and claims to be thoroughly con= versant with the sentiment of the Sioux there, and says seven-cigiths of them are in favor of the treaty. A great number of the Indians around the agency have already gone on the Morenau river to take land in severalty, expecting to sign the treaty, and others are going every day. They will sign because they are afraid they will never get any better terms from the zovernment than the present bill gives. From reports received, confidence 18 grows ing stronger in Pierre that the Sioux col mission will meet no opnosition on the reser- vation except at Standing Rock, and possibly none there. During John Grass’ - visit to Picrre intimation was given by o squaws man friend that the wily chief would sign, and other reports continually coming fro. various quarters show that no~ anxiety ne be had. ——— THE1R1SH NATIONAL LEAGUE, 1ts Meeting at Philadelphia Poste poned on Parnell's Advice. LiNcoLy, Neb,, June 8.—President John Fitzgerald, of the Irish National League of America, to-day issued a circular postponing the meeting of the league, which was to be held July 9, av Philadelphia. This was done on the cabled advice of Mr. Parnell, that such action be taken. The postponement is until after the ending of the present session of the British parliament. Upon the 1eceipt of Parnell’s advice, the members of the ex- ecutive committee of the league were wied his wishes. Thirty-three delegates, inc.ide ing the offivers, replied favoriug compii« co, three opposing it and three could not bé reached. Parnell’s cablegram was in answer 10 0ne from Fitzgerald to Willism O'Brion, urging representation av Philadelphia from across the water, and asking particularly for the presence of O'Brien and some Protestant na- tionalist. President Fitzgerald points out that a similar postponement of the Chicaro convention 100k place in 1886, upon Parnell's adyice, owing to the difficilty of sparin suitable representatives, Mr. Fitz erals adds: “Any statement that the postponement is in any manner connected with the abomina= }ml; murder of Dr. Cronin is absolutely also.” —_—— RELLIGERENT HAYTI The Toussaint I'Ouverture Fires on ° an American Craft. New Yonx, June 8,—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—The steamer Caroline Miller rrived from St. Mare, Hayti, yesterday, She showed no signs of having been made & target, yet Captain Fred Miller, her come mander, asserted that such was the case, The Miller left Cape Hayticn, for a voyag to St. Marc, on May 15 When she ha steamed some distance out to sea o steamer was seen in the distance, It was the Haytien iron-clad ram, Toussaint 'Ouverture, The ram was evidently trymng to overhaul he The Miller's ~ ene gineer was ordered to put on more steam, and the vesscl's speed soon increased pers ceptibly, No sooner wus this observed on the Toussaint, than a shot came whistlin over the watcrs falling a_few yards short o its victim. Another and another followedg while the Toussaint increased ber speeds | The shots now began to fly thick and fust around the Miller, though, strange to say, none of them struck her, Captain Miller ordered the American flag to be raised and the stars and stripes were unfolded st the till the firing continued; the . was now running fully knots, and gradually drew out of the guns. The Toussaint finally gave up the chase and the Miller ran into St. Marc on the 16th unharmed. The firing continued two hours. ~— () Supaty. Cinteaco, June 3.—Tho visible supply for the week ending June 1, ascompiled by thesecretary of the Chicazo voard of trade, is as follows: eleven range of Bushels, Wheat. L+ 20,200,000 .1 Corn By, June protocols drawn up m the Sawoau conference will be signed on tie Sth inst, The American com- wissioners are preparing to leave for howe, S - Heavy Storms in Eagland. LoxX0ox, Jun ~Heavy storms have o¢- curred in the midlands of England, ‘The lower part of Liverpool is under water, Numerous accideuts are reported,