Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 June 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1889.

man car New Orleans. There were no losses from the first two trains. The corrected list of dead is: MK3. TALBOT (nee LONG), of Cleveland, with two or thre children. CYRUS SCHICK, of reading, and his sister-in-law, MISS KTINSON. wlio Is a sister of Judce Ptlnson. Mrs. Schick saved her lile by going back into tho car to secure her waterproof. JOHN ROS.S of Jersey City. MI13. J. 11. RAKNKY. of Kalamazoo, Mich. M1S3 JENNIE PAULSON and M1S3 BRYANT, of PttUhnrp. . . mm MR. MYSAL, manager of the Mansfield (0.) Base-ball Club. MISa AGNES C. CHJIISTMAN, of Beauregard, Miss. L. PIIILLIT9 (colored), porter of tho Pullman car. New Orleans. MRS. BWIN1F0RD and daughter; MR9. SMITH and child, of Dayton, O., where the bodies have been forwarded. MI?3 HURN'ISfl, of Dayton, 0. ANDREW EWINO. of Meonier. MRS. MARY SWING, of Bellefonte.

Whereabouts of the Saved. Philadelphia, June 6. General Manager Pugh. of the Pennsylvania railroad, was notified to-day that the followingnamed passengers left Altoona this morning to go to Pittsburg by way of Ebensburg: Mrs. C. C. Bacon, Elyria, O.: J. L. Vine, Pittsburg; Mrs. C. Martiu and Mrs. A. Martin, Nazareth. Pa.; D. L. Hickok and wife and M. C. Brewer and wife, Cleveland, O.; Mrs. J. Burgess, Cleveland; E. L. Shropshire, Comanche. Tex.; Mrs. C. II. Loll'erts, Manilla, la.; fonr Chinamen from San Francisco for New York; Mr. S. A. Wilson, North Amherst, O.; II. F. Morey, Toledo, O.; P. F. Elreife. Whitney. Kan.: O. W. Johnston, Seattle, W. T.; Carrie Barber, Manilla, la.; Marly Thompson, Pittsburg; H. Farrar, Mexico; Mary Lewis Taylor, Indianapolis; Charles Hersen, Oshkosh, Wis.: C. llev ward, Cleveland; C. C. Converse and wife, Erie, Pa.; E. L. Nagle, Ohio; Isaac liicks, Cleveland; Mrs. A. II. Haines; Cleveland; Mrs. Nelson, Honesdale, 111. In addition to these, the following left Bedford this morning for the East by way of Cumberland and Washington: Mrs. E. W. Halford and family, Washington; Mrs. J.' W. Latta and family, Philadelphia; John Roberts, Tbos. D. Finletter and Mrs. Mallono and family. General Agent Latta is kept informed of the movements of the passengers at Altoona, but it is difficult to keep track of them, as they are continually scattering. Some have gone to Bellefonte by rail, and others to Bedford in carriages. A train of five cars, carrying 133 eastbound passengers, started from Altoona at 2 o'clock this afternoon over the Pennsylvania railroad for Philadelphia. They go to the Montgomery bridge via Lockhaven. If that structure is not sufficiently completed to allow the train passing over it the train will run on to Sunbury. At Sunbury the passen gers will be ferried across the river in tho ferry steamer located there, and then they will be loaded into another tram and whisked into Philadelphia, probably reaching here about midnight to-night. This is the first train to leave Altoona eastward since one week ago. It is expected that more trains will follow the one now on its way here. General Superintendent Pettit telegraphs from Altoona that Miss Agnes C. Cbristmau, of Beaverford, and a colored Pnllman porter, Phillips, who were on the second section of the day express, are missing. Miss Christman had a ticket from New Orleans to New York. They were seen to come to the front platform of the car and then go back as if to get something. It is supposed they got out of the other end of the car, in which event they were certainly washed away. Descriptions of Miss Christman have been sent to the information bureau at Johnstown. The Mali All Saved. New York, J une 6. The postoffice authorities reported, yesterday, that none of the mail sent through the Hooded district of Pennsylvania has been lost. Even that sent to Johnstown escaped. News was received on Tuesday night that the mail in the postal car on the train that was sidetracked at Conemaugh was rescued by clerk T. C. McGowen, who piled the most important part in a wagon and -drove to Altoona. lie reached Harrisburg on Tuesday morning. J. Lowrie Bell, general superintendent of the railway mail service, said this morning that the accumulation of matter caused by the flood had all been disposed of, and that while delay in the forwarding of mail matter along some of the lines would be inevitable, the internption had ended. He was advised by Mr. Frank Thompson, first vicepresident of the Pennsylvania railroad, that by to-morrow it was hoped that service could be resumed over that system, using the Northern Central from Harrisburg to Williamsport. ON THE TRAIN AT COXEMATJG1T. An A 51 Clergyman Description of the Scene Tie fore and After the Rush of Waters. Special to the Indianapolis JoaniaL DELrm. Ind., Juno 6. Key. J. A. Ranney who passed through the Johnstown horror, and who arrived in this city last night, after a search of four days and nights for tho remains of his aged wife, who was lost, gave the following graphic account of his experience: "At Concmau gh, two miles east of Johnstown, and thirty-rive miles west of Altoona, three trains of passenger cars, some day, parlor and Pullman coaches, and a number of freight cars loaded with coal and lime, wcro drawn up in solid phalanx, with huge engines in the van. The mighty torrent from the mountains had to make a short curve just befor? it reached this solid body of human enginery and strength. This made the approach of the torrent invisible till it was so near that little warning was possible. The blow was awful for power and suddenness. Somoof the engines and raw wcro swent from the tracks down to destruction, wliilo the others were crowded closer together, breaking in the sides of many of the cars. Thirteen of us, strangers to each other, drew close together, and all thought death was at hand. Frail ladies showed wonderful presence of mind and suppressed their shrieks. In the niidst of tin; terror the sweet voice of a woman was lifted upland 'Nearer, my God, to Theo' was snug right there in the presence of death. We all joined in the song. A young man in the party said he felt his last hour had come, and asked me to pray for him. I said to the little company: This young man wants me to pray lor him; let us all pray. After prayer various passages of scripture were repeated, one lady asking, What is that passage of Scripture about God holding the watt r in the hollow of his hand! 1 then repeated tho first verses of the forty-sixth Psalm. "It seemed as though the earth wcro being moved and tho mountains carried down into tho sea before our eyes. Wo were hemmed in for more than an hour. All who remained in this car escaped. We felt that it was a miraculous deliverance. To human appearance our being saved was due to a pile of flocdwood being formed in our front, thus dividing the waters and protecting us. In our number, Misj Minnio Hamilton, of Minneapolis, displayed a beautiful Christian spirit and courage. "On Saturday morning, from the mountain side. I looked over the field of carnage. The wildest wreck and ruin was visible everywhere. It reminded me of the view of the battle-field of Resaca. just after the awfnl slaughter. On Sunday and Monday I repeatedly viewed Johnstown. I must say that it retained beauty in its awful desolation, for far up tho mountain side, away from the valley, were many beautiful homes facing the valley of death." Kev. Ranney is seventy-six years of age. TIIE dam; AND ITS HISTORY. Where the Reservoir Was Located and How It Wat Transformed Into a Perilous Lake. Philadelphia Telegraph. The center of tho great disaster that has laid waste tho valley of tho Conemaugh is foity miles north of the Maryland State lino and ninety-two miles east of Pittsburg. Here, in Cambria county, the Sonth Fork creek finds its source in the western watershed of tho Alleghany mountains. Near its mouth it broadens, spreading out over a little basin and formingthe now memorable Conemaugh lake a lake that was little more than a pond until a dam had been built at its mouth forthe purpose of storing up its waters and increasing their depth Cd exjaiiac, at fixat for commercial and

economic purposes, and, when they failed as a motive, then for pleasure purposes. From this dam tho South Fork is only a mountain brook down to the village of South Fork, four miles distant, where it joins tho Conemaugh river. The stream Hows thence through a fertile region, but hemmed into narrow channels hero and there by the abrupt walls of tho foothills of tho Alleghenies. southwest to Johnstown, where it is joined by Stony creek, another mountain stream that has its source in the mountains thirty miles to the southward. From this point the stream winds with many an abrupt and serpentine turn in a northwesterly direction to Saltsburg, where it meets and joins with Loyalhanna creek, another mountain stream having its source in the Alleghenies, and they together form the Kiskiminitas river, that continues on in the same general direction to its confluence with the Allegheny river at Freeport, or William Penn Junction, thirty miles from Pittsburg. The Pennsylvania railroad follows the windings of the rivers named, with freqnent crossings, all the way from South Fork to Pittsburg, but the main line of the railroad lies nearly due east across country from Pittsburg to Blairsville Junction, twenty-five miles below Johnstown, where it strikes tho Conemaugh river, and thereafter follows its course through Bolivar, New Florence, Nineveh, Sang Hollow, Johnstown, Conemaugh, Mineral Point and South Fork, continuing thence easterly and northerly to Cresson, Altoona and Tyrone. An intimate personal friend of the Elder family. o Johnstown several of the members oi which are known to have been overwhelmed by the liood states that the dam, the bursting of which has caused such disaster and ruin, was a cause of continual anxiety to them, and especially to Mr. Cyrns Elder, the well-known counselor of the Cambria Iron Company. Mr. Elder was so satisfied ten years or more ago that the dam was unsafe, and was so apprehensive that just what has occurred would occur, that he began litigation with a view to either having tho thing removed, or to compelling those responsible for it to put it into an entirely safe condition. He seems, however, to have had but little sympathy from his influential neighbors, and none at all from the men controlling the lake made by the damming up of tho waters of South Fork. For his activity in tho matter he was denounced as an alarmist and a crank, while the fears of the Johnstown people were allayed by statement to the effect that the dam must be entirely safe, as it was periodically inspected at short intervals by engineers connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. As for Mr. Elder, the dam was a perpetual nightmare to him, as ho clearly understood from its structure that it could not be secure; and his friend repretents him as being always debating in his mind whether he ought not, as a matter of duty to himself and to his family, abandon the beautiful home which he had made in Johnstown for a safer locality, in event of ultimate failure in his efforts to cause an abatement of the peril. The history of this dam is only partly told in the givings out with regard to it that have already oecn published, and, according to the statements of the gentleman referred to, it never should have been permitted to exist under the conditions created by the club of wealthy Pittsburger for wnose sole delectation the Conemaugh lake was made by the backing up of the waters of the creek, until a great mass of water, over two miles broad, five miles long and a hundred feet deep, was gathered together in a rift of the mountains. The dam, as has already been explained, was originally built for the storage of a supply of water for the Pennsylvania canal during the dry season. It seems to have been a pretty good construction of its particular Kind, and to have been sufficient for the purpose for which it was made, without being in any wav a remarkable specimen of engineering skill. The dam was originally probably sixty-five feet in height, and it made a considerable pool m the nroad meadow above it, through which wound the channel of the creek. During the time it was in use for the canal purposes it was regarded as involving some peril to tho country below, and on one occasion, at least, disaster seems to have been only averted by very prompt attention being given to warnings, and by an outlet being found for the pent-up waters. After tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company penetrated that region, and the canal was disused, in order to prevent trouble on account of tho dam, a great breach was made in the middle of it, through which the creek ran, and which restored the conditions in the meadow above very nearly to what they were before the dam was built. The creek always was as famous for its trout as it was for its picturesqueness, and this particular spot was a favorite roaming place for artists and a camping ground for sportsmen. The little pool left in tho meadow, which had been the bottom of the old reservoir, suggested to one of the frequenters of the place the idea that, if the gap in the dam could bo mended to some extent, so as to increase the capacity of the pool, the attractions of the camping ground would be added to. Out of this grew a proposition for the or

ganization of a camping-out club, upon a stock company basis, the shares of stock to be put at $100 each. This proposition seems to have inspired certain wealthy Pittsburgers with the notion that there was more in the scheme than was involved in the appropriation of the ground for tho use of a few people who wanted to "rough it" under good auspices during the summer months, and so they organized a company, with the shares at $1,000 each, and this company purchased the ground and proceeded to improve it. One of tho first things done by this comFany was to fill up the gap in tho old dam. t is claim d that this work, so far from being a creditable piece of engineering, which involved great care-taking and the use of all known scientific appliances for the obtaining of every possible security. was a thoroughly perfunctory performance. xuo niiing-in ueiug ior mo most, part of loose stones and rubbish; so that this part of the work, when completed, left the dam in very much worse condition than it was originally. But, apart from this, the standing portions of tne old dam wore far advanced in decay, and were totally inade quate for the new work that they wero called upon to do. The company having, by their tinkerings of the dam, restored the pool and its condi tions about to what they were before the break was made, went ahead with extensive improvements. The idea of enlarging the pool by further backing up the water, so as to form a large lake, appears to have rapidly gained favor, and the upshot of the whole business was that ultimately tho height of the dam was increased to about ninety-five feet, thus forcing the water back into tho gorge for five miles or more. In this way was formed the famous Conemaugh lake, which, with its hotel and summer cottages, was a favorite summer resort of the wealthy Pittsburgers. This increase in the height of the dam, which nearb" doubled it. it must be understood was not made on the only kind of a structure that would have offered adequate security that is, heavy dovetailed masonry securely keved into the hills on each side, and provided with sufficient and reliable sluices but it was piled on top of tho badly-natched and well-rotted old dam. And this old dam, bo it remembered, was never intended or expected in its best days to carry any such load as was put upon it when it was topped with this new work. Bevond all this it is claimed that the newold dam was in no way supplied with such sluice gates and other safety appliances as would have availed to save the valley below iu the event of a break being threatened. SCENES AND INCIDENTS. The Tragic Fate of Danker John Dlbert and Family, as Witnessed by a "Son. JonxsTOWX, June 6. Of all the woeful incidents connected with tho flood catastrophe, the fate of banker John Dibert's family rauks foremost among the most mournful. Mr. Dibert and his whole fam ily, w ith the exception of one son, perished with tho thousands that went down with the awful torrent. When the flood camo sweeping down upon tho doomed city, tho banker gathered his family around him and prepared to meet death. They all crowded around the baj'-window in tho handsome three-story brick residence on Main street and watched their neighbors go down the valley of death by the score, knowing full well that it was ouly a question of minutes, yea, seconds, until their turn would surely come, and they, too, with the multitude of dead and dying, would be hurled down the maddening torrent. Suddenly the big brick house began to waver, then shudder, when a largo stone above the window was torn away, and a portion of the house fell in uih)u the body of the banker's daughter, almost c rushing her. At the eaiuo instant tho Hood riuhed

into tho house and carried tho family down the lacing stream. While this was going on a most dramatic scene was being enacted at the home of William Dibert, the banker's married son. Both houses were located on the same street, and the sou, from where he stood, could almost see the agony of his parents, and brothers, and sisters as they met their fate. The younger Dibert family husband, wife and two children, girls. Laura and Flora, aged twelve and eight years, respectivelywere forced from the ground floor of their home to the second floor, thence to the third, and finally to the roof, by

the rapidly swelling torrents. Even on the roof they were half submerged by the water. When the water reached the roof of Will Dibert's residence, the family formed a circle, clasped their hands around each other's neck, and all bowed assent as the father said: "Let come what will, we will die together." On they held with a terrible fate staring them in the face, yet their courage never failed. They were prepared for anything, and were determined that if one should go all would perish. Suddenly a ray of hope dawnedupon them. The town was illuminated by the burning debris, and by the light they could see the water mark on the steeple of tho Catholic church. The water had commenced to recede. It continued, and their house stood the test. It never moved, and on Saturday the family were rescued, though almost naked. They had lost all but their lives. Where the Responsibility Rests. Johnstown, June 6. Thos. Jacobs, of Morrellville, is one of the oldest inhabitants in the Conemaugh valley. He said today that tho water of the river was much higher in 1837 than on last Friday, even after tho dam had broken, "The whole trouble about this deplorable affair," he continued, "results from the narrowing of the channel of the river and the deflection of its natural course. I remember well," he continued, "when the channel ran down where the mill below the bridge now stands. The channel has been narrowed along its entire course through the town by the dumping of refuse along the banks during low water. Tho Conemaugh has always been a shallow stream. After heavy rain-falls it rises as rapidly as all mountain streams do. Its watershed is large and the hillsides so constituted that tho water runs dows rapidly, causing quick rises and turbulent curreuts. Primarily I hold that the Cambria Iron Company is responsible for narrowing the channel: secondly, the South Fork Club, for not having made the dam secure beyond all possibility of a break, and especially when they caused the dam to be enlarged by raising the breast, and, thirdly, the Pennsylvania railroad for having constructed the viaduct with such low arches and with ribs calculated to catch pieces of drift wood if they happen to strike diagonally on the Eiers. 1 he dam made by the gorge at the ridge is what engulfed the town." Deposits in the Johnstown Hanks. Washington Post. An important matter comes up for adjudication in respect to the affairs of the banks at Johnstown. As the flood did not come until after banking hours, it is presumable that their books and papers were locked in safes and vaults proof against flood or fire. Not so with their depositors. Hundreds of them have been swept to their deaths, often whole families, leaving neither kith nor kin to claim their ?roperty. What becomes of these deposits f he national banks will be looked alter by the bank examiners and the Comptroller of the Currency, but tho State banks, being under the control of the State, will have to be investigated by State officials. It is to be hoped that the statutes of Pennsylvania will be ample to compel a strict accounting for these unclaimed deposits, and a vigorous search for the heirs-at-law of dead depositors. Why the Rich Were Drowned. . FhiladelplUa Press. Walter S. Ottinger, of the Cambria works in this city, came to town from Merchantville, N. J., in company with nearly a scoro of others simply to buy a paper. His relations to Johnstown aro such that he was able to speak by authority. Ho said: "It is tho best people the wealthier and middle classes who must have gone. These lived in the center of the town; tho 6,000 operatives lived generally on Prospect hill, and they may be safe. It was very natural that the plant should have been whertr it was. It is close to the iron mines and at tho junction of two streams. Heretofore, in cases of floods, tho people have simply retired to the Fccoud stories of their homes and waited for the waters to go down. Yon can easily see how this would result in their deaths." Notes of Passing: Events. Miss Clara Barton and the Children's Aid Society have got into effective operation. Notices are posted asking for carpenters, stone-masons and brick-laj'crs, but they do not materialize. Largo quantities of sulphate of iron were placed in various parts of tho ruined city yesterday as a disinfectant. A live horse, with harness on, but so badly injured that it had to be shot, was taken from a pile of wrecked houses yesterday morning. William Mills, the 100-vards sprinter, who belongs in Watertown Mass, and who has a record of 104 beconds. was last heard from in Johnstown, just before the disaster, and it is thought he is among the victims. Yesterday a band-satchel containing 01 in cash, deeds for $'.3(5,000 in property, and yiu.uuu 111 insurance policies was iounu. Mrs. Lizzio Dignam was the owner, and both she and her husband perished in the flood. A young lad named Eddie Fisher, whose mother, and brothers and sisters bad lost their lives in the flood, yesterday com mitted suicide, while in ft lit of despond ency, by hurling himself from the top of a building. Gloom black as ink settled over Johnstown as the sun went down, last night, the colored lanterns of the railroaders being about the only relief to the darkness. Sunt. Duncan, of the Allegheny County Light Company, is still hero awaiting the arrival of his engine, dynamos, etc.. which have 1 . I . 1 A 1 T 4 . neen oiocKauea in incrennsyivania weight yards west of town. OPENING TIIE PURSE-STRINGS. Further Contributions from New York Gov. Reaver's Summary of the Situation. New York, Jnne 6. Jay Gould has sub. scribed $1,000 for the Johnstown sufferers. Mayor Grant received tho following from Governor Beaver this morning, dated Har risburg, Pa.: Wo succeeded in reaching Williamsport last evening, with seven car-loads of provisions by ferrying the rivertwicc. This averts the present danger of lack ot food. The area of the Hooded district increases. The city of Lockhaven i in a distressing plight. Reservoirs and bridges are destroyed, and the city is entirely covered with water, ana provisions and other supplies utterly ruined. We hope to reach them with provisions to-day, as we did Williamsport vesterdav. Both cities need supplies of clothing of all kinds and bedding. Johnstown is heine well supplied in these respect, but the work of clearing awar the wreck and putting tbiiur iu order will be one of weeks. We will need further help of all kinds fora few days. Our money will be husbanded as much as possible for tho future exigencies, which will be quite a pressing as the present ones. Our charitable institution aio opening wide their doors lor orphans and those otherwise ailiieted. Let me thank your people aain for the larirehearted generosity which they have manifested toward our people. I hope there may never be an occasion in .ev lork to return in kind. J AM KS A. BE AVER. Mavor Grant this afternoon asked Gov ernor Beaver if portable houses would be useful. In a few minutes Governor Reaver sent a reply stating that they would bo veryuseiui. as the supply of tents was 111adeqnate. The following telegram, at 4 r. M., was sent to Governor Beaver: You can draw on Mr. J. Edward Pimmona. treasurer of the Conemaugh rUef fund, for $oO,OOO wneuever you neea tne money. Hugh J. Grant, Mayor. Mrs. Henry C. Miner and E. B. De Fresc representing the committee on entertainment of the Conemaugh relief fund, reported to-day that the entire musical and theatrical profession had volunteered their services to the relief of thosuflerers in tho flooded districts. The relief fund of the Mavor of this city has reached lV3.34o. The Chamber of Com merce fund is ?42,0GO. Philadelphia Ral Its Total to J9GOO.OOO. Piii lad KLpniA, Juno Cash contribu tions to the Johnstown relief fund continue to pour in, and a conservative estimate of

the total amount so far collected in this city places the grand total at ;00,000, of which the banking house of tho Drexels holds $306,000. Fiftyfive car-loads of goods have already been started. As 60on as immediate needs can be satisfied, a conference between the Governor, the Mayors of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and representatives of the relief committees of New York, Boston and other cities will bo held, and a definite and systematic plan for the distribution of the money contributions will be arranged. This meeting will prob'ably be held in this city 4 A 1

oil caiumny uext. An Appeal from Pittsburg1. Pittsburg, Pa., June 6. The general re lief committee in this city gives out the following to-nisht: Hon. V. Flvnn. in charge of our laborers at Johnstown, reports that it will require 10,000 men for thirty days, with all modern appliances. to clear the wrecks along the ten miles of destruction, take out the corpses and the carcasses of dead aniuials, and place the city in safe sani tary conaiuon. mis will cost double tne amount now in tho hand of the committee, which does not include the relief for the suffering and destitute, which is very great, all of which has been carefully attended to. The destitute are brought to this city, fed, clothed, housed or sent free to friends all over the land. We ask that the generous subscriptions which are coming from all over the coun try be continued until sufficient funds are provided to complete the above work, of which due notice will be given through the press. William mcurary, Chairman. The amount so far received bv the gen eral relief committee is between $250,000 and $300,000. Among the heavv contributors are An drew Carnegie, Geo. Westinghouse and the Standard Oil Company, who gave $15,000, $15,000 and $10,000 respectively. An Appeal to Catholic Knights. New Orleans. La.. June C Contribu tions are being made at many points in this State and Mississippi for the relief of Johnstown, Pa. In this city the Cotton Exchange committee have raised $2,000, and other contributions have been marie. Tho following appeal was issued to-day: New Orleans, June 6. To All Branches Catholic Knights of AmericaGreeting: The appalling disaster at Conemaugh val ley is humanity's sorest affliction, freighted with universal sorrow, and commanding the promptest and most generous response from the human family to relieve the distress and assuage the anguish of our countrymen of Pennsylvania who have survived this terrible visitation. The Catholic Knights of America have no small share In this great responsibility, and each Knight should at once make liberal contributions to a relief fund to be forwarded to brother John J. O'Rourke, secretary State Council, No. 72, Christian street, Philadelphia, by your local lodge treasurer, for proper distribution. Special branch meetings shoidd be convened to accomplish the desired ob ject, as expedition is all im portant. Fraternally, jAJits uavid uoleman, supremo President. Sympathy from Foreign Lands. Berlin, June 6. The Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, in an editorial, to-day, on the Johnstown floods, closes with a call upon German generosity in aid of the suf ferers. America." it. nava. "liaa never been slow or niggardly in responding to the voice of distress wnen it arose in Europe. Let us now show Americans that Germans, too, can ne generous." Thft North flArrrvin flrtvftlitx onoolrin rr r? lucuuuusiunucaiauiuy. suys: xne Americans are always charitable. The condition 1nln.l 1 . tA Ari 01 tne sunerers by the Johnstown hood demands German assistance." VIENNA. Jnne 6. A fnnd has hfeTi nnt tip1 here for the relief of the Pennsylvania noon sunerers. ine committee having tho fund in charge has requested the use 01 the Stadt Park for a festival for the hnAfit. of the fund. PARIS. Jnne G. Mr. WThitefaw T?eid thA United States minister, announces that the lund being raised at the legation for the icwci. ui iuo sunerers iv tne noou at jonnstown now amounts to $10,000. Chosen Friends Called Upon. Chicago, Juno 6. William G.Morris, supreme trustoe and Acting councilor of the order of Chosen Friends, issued tho following to-day: To the Councils, Officers and Members: Friends The drenrtfnl rfllnmlfTr nf flnni'anii HreatJohnstown,in which thousands have lost ineir lives, appeals to every lover of the race for assistance. H.crni7lmr tYitk nHnolnl which the order of Chosen Fnenda Is founded, we asx every mcraocrto practice Us watch-words now oy uonaimg noeraiiy to .tne rcuei and succor of our unfortunate countrymen. Let vour contributions ho collected hr- mnnniii and forwarded to Mayor DoWitt C. Cregier, of iuicagu, to oe seni to me proper autnonues ior distribution. Act quickly in this great emerAn Unconstitutional Appropriation. Boston, June C The decision of the At torney-general regarding the constitutionality of the resolution passed, under sus pension of the rules, by both houses of the Legislature, appropriating $00,000 for the relief of the flood RnnVrera. wan rArnivrl oy tno tiouse this afternoon. IheAttorneygeneral states that the act. as missed i. nn. constitutional. The Legislature will, of course, accept the decision, and, as hnal adjournment is closo at hand, tho matter of an appropriation for this purpose will have to be droDned . At noou, subscriptions received by Kid- . . . . - aer, i caoouy a. uo., tor tne Johnstown sufferers, amounted to $C8,000. Collecting: Clothing: at Washington. Washington. June 6. The work of gath ering clothing from house to house, to-day, yielded three big vans full, weighing about a ton. Mr. L. S. Emcrv has been 0 sent to Johnstown to take charge of supTillOQ v'rATii linra pPTa t vat a stswv Las sent about twenty-five large boxes of clothing to Johnstown. I'HVO A A VUl lltlLi 111D LlLliljlLl I UllUIII I 1111 General Manacrer Alvev. of the IhHimnrA &, Ohio, says that seven or eight car-loads more of clothing and provisions will be Sent to-night. 1 ho li. & U. lines are clear. anu ineir special renet trains make the distance from here in about eight hours. Relics Found In the Floating Drift. Portsmouth, O., June 6. A largo num ber of relics of the Johnstown disaster were picked up hero in the floating drift. At bciotoville a pocket-book containing So.26, a set of silver spoons marked "S. Y.," a bank book of the r irst National of Johns town, with a credit to Nathan Dyer, and two locks of hair, mementoes of lost loved ones, wero found. Collections at Various Points. Valparaiso. Ind.. Jnne 6. Manv rela tives of Valparaiso people wero lost in the Conemaugh valley nood. lJie Freemasons here aro raising funds for aid. A concert will also be given to raise money for that pnrpose. The Pennsylvania Company borrowed to-day thirty passenger cars from ine unicago, rmrungion iv. ynincy railway and thirty passenger cars from the Chi cago, Milwaukee cc ht. Paul railway. All the Pittsburg, r ort a ne & Chicago railroad carpenters have been taken to Johns town. Baltimore, June C CaptW. G. Forster. inspector of rifle practice in the Fifth Begiment. has organized a relief corps to go to Johnstown and aid in the work of clearing up the aebns and looking lor the dead. Al ready twenty have volunteered to go. Most ot them are members of the r lfth Keiriment, and. while tho corps will be known as the Fifth Kegiment Corps, outsiders are asked to join also. CoLUMnrs. Ind., June 6. At a meeting of citizens held heie last night, a committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions for the relief of the Johnstown. Pa., sunerers. TheCerealine Manufacturing Company has donated $00, and nearly 81,000 was raised to-day. The merchants'of this city have forwarded a large quantity of provisions to tho sunerers. Marion, Ind., June 6. Tho citizens of Marion have responded generouslv to the call for aid from Johnstown. To-day, as a result of the work done by soliciting com mittees, the Board of Trade sent 500 in cash and a thousand dollars' worth of clothing and provisions to the scene, of the dis aster. Connersville, Ind., June 0. The citizens of this citv have, contributed about 200 and the Knights of Pythias lodges 8o0 in cash, and forwarded the same, for the relief of the Johnstown sutlerers. More money and clothing will be sent in a few days. Wheeling, W. Va., June C Wheeling's contribution to tho Johnstown r lief fund has reached, up to this evening, a total of 5S?,o;ci.iX) in cash, besides clothing, etc. A car-load of nails was sent from here to Johnstown yesterday. Louisville, Ky.. June 0. The subscrip tions for the relief of sutlerers in the Conemaugh .valley have increased to $10,

000. Further amounts will be added by

theatrical performances ana the whole forwarded promptly. Greensburg, June C Greensburg Lodge. No. S6, Freemasons, at a meeting on Tues day, ordered fc'Jo sent to the sutlerers in the fated Conemaugh valley, and the same was forwarded to the proper authorities yester day. Bloomington. 111.. June 6. A meeting of citizens was held to-niffht. and 400 sub scribed in aid of the Pennsylvania sutlerers. A committee was appointed to raise addi tional subscriptions. Siielbyvillk. June 6. The sum of $300 was sent from this city, to-uay. to the suf ferers at Johnstowu, ra. More money. with clothing and provisions, will follow in a few days. Mattoon. 111.. June C Matteon people have to-day swelled their donation for the Johnstown. Pa., sutlerers to $300, outsido of the aid expected to be forwarded through secret lodges. Crawfordsville. Ind.. June 6. Mc pherson Post, G. A. R.. No. 7, of this city. has sent $25 to the Johnstown, ra.. noou sunerers. Bourbon. Ind.. June 6. One car-load of provisions and clothing was forwarded to the Johnstown sunerers irom mis piace to-day. Cincinnati. Jnne 6. Cash contributions throuuh the Chamber of Commerce relief committee ior jonusiown, w uaio, io $22,106. , V. . W 1 A. A Erik. Pa.. Jnne & Erie's committees have collected over $10,000 for the relief of the Conemaugh sunerers. Concord. N. II.. June 6. The Legisla ture, to-day, appropriated $10,000 for tho Conemaugh sunerers. ALONG TIIE HI VERS. Great Destruction Wrought In Williamsport and Neighboring Towns. Williamsport, Pa., June 6. The people breathe a little easier now that all appre hensions of further suffering from hunger have been dissipated. The seven cars of supplies brought up yesterday evening by the Secretary of the Commonwealth are ready to be unloaded, and work will begin some time to-day. The track is not repaired far enough to bring the cars opposite the center of the city, and boats cannot get down to where they are. Before evening they will be reached. The Mayor this morning telegraphed the Governor thatenough provisions are on the way to last our people for several days. The relief committee has been exceedingly busy, and is constantly finding cases of suffering. m . . A - l AT r 1 'AS ine casn coniriuuuons irom our own cmzens amount to $ib,uuu. a aisparcn ircra Grand Forks, D.T., says a car-load of grain has been sent from there to our sunerers. The track on the Linden branch will be completed to-day, and trains can then run through to Tyrone. The river is now down to seven feet at this place. The body of Calym Miner, wno has neen missing smco the Maynard-street bridge went down, has been found at Montonrsville, four miles below here. This makes two lives only lost at the Maynard-street bridge instead of the large number which was falsely reported as naving oeen drowned there. Advices coming in show that the loss of property has been very heavy in all places near here. Morris, Tioga county, is. a total wreck. Many mills, dwellings and other buildings were swept away. Ine Pine U reek railroad has suffered greatly. The track is torn away. and a large amount of the bank was washed out iust west of this city, and all along up to Blackwell's and beyond. At Salladesburg much damage was done. Houses and mills were flooded, and in some instances moved and greatly injured. The plank road was torn up, bridges were carried away, and great destruction caused at every point. All along tne lino of tho Philadelphia & Heading track through this city destruction meets the eye. Many cars were lifted from the track and torn to pieces. The number of houses taken away or toppled into heaps of rubbish cannot yet be stated, but it is quite - A A large. Along me enure river iroui gom west from Pine street, debris is piled, ana in some places extends up to Third street, and even further into the heart of the city. In the district above Hepburn the lumber and other drift ar6 piled half as high as the houses. The force of the water can ne im agined when it is stated that a car loaded with coal was carried a distance of five miles, and left sticking out of a piece of the boom. The clothing which has been called for is badly needed, as eo many have lost all but what they had on. even that being wet and no chanco being afforded to dry it. Some large mills aro still filled with homeless people, and freight cars and improvised shanties are used by others. The tents sent will bo extremely welcome, but they may not be obtained in time to get them erected to-day. The weather is cold at present, which makes it severe for those with little shelter, although it is thought to be fortunate for the health of the people, as a hot sun with so much filth might have a bad effect. Word has been received from the Crescent nail-works,on the Northern Central railway, that the place has been nearly all washed away. Many of the houses and a part of the nail-works are gone. The population took reiiuge in a church on the side hill. and are left entirely destitute. A few sacks of flour, which li. F. Carter and a few others had, were distributed, and some has since been carried in over the mountain. Most of the men of the town have gone to work along the railroad helping in repairing it, but their famil ies are left staving wherever they can find ' shelter. About sixty people are in destitution. a Drowned Near Irockhaven. Lockhaven, Pa., June 6. Only one per son is known to have drowned in Lockhaven, but in the county the list of dead numbers twenty-eight. The names of the persons drowned, with, their former postolTice address, are as follows: Lockhaven. James Gilford: Wavne town ship, Wm. Confer, wife and three children; two children of Jacob Koshner; Clintondale, Robert Armstrong and sister; Mockeyill- Tt TT A k 1 . 1 IT.vine, tiouu iianer. Auuruw 11. item, who and two girls; Salona, Alex. Whiting and wife, m. Lmerheiser and wife, widow of Henry Snyder; Cedar Springs, wife of M. Luther Seyler. and three children, (Mr. Seyler was rescued from a tree, and his wife's dead body lodged on a drift pile within two rods of the tree where fceyler was clinging); wife of Chas. Cole and two children, wife of Clem Barner and two children. Nearlv all of the bodies of those drowned have been recovered. Tho damage in the county, including Lockhaven, will reach millions of dollars. Both reservoirs that supply water for the city gave wav, and a water famine seemed imminent, but that danger is over, and water is being turned into the main pipes from the stream itself. There is no gas or electric light. The people are cheered to-day by news that aid is offered and the sympathy of the country extended. Robert I. Fleming is treasurer of the relief fund. Danger threatens now from sickness, if the weather grows hot before the filth can be removed irom the city. All dead animals were removed at once. A number of manufacturing establishments which are on high ground are running again, but the hundreds of men who f ouud employment in the lumber manufacture are idle, with no prospect of work for them. Forty Lives Lost In One County. Philadelphia, June 6. Telegraphic communication was opened with Bellefonte this evening. The Associated Press correspondent there telegraphs: "About forty lives have been lost in this (Center) county. The damage to property -will reach a million and a half of dollars. Details will be sent soou." The Fastest Trains In the World. Philadelphia Prea. "The fastest regular express trains in the United States," said an eminent railroad man, "are now in transit daily between Philadelphia and Washington. They run of an average speed of nearly forty-live miles an hour covering the entire run. Of course, a part of the distance is made at a much higher rate of speed not less than, sixty-five miles an hour. "Are these any regular express trains in the world that make faster timef" 'Yes; on two of the English roads this record is enualed and surpassed over long distances." 'Will American locomotives ever attain a speed of one hundred mils an hourf' Not until the locomotives,-cars and tracks are built ditierentlv. There is 110 comfort, not to speak cf safety, in traveling iasier man sixty mues an nonr."

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A woman has great diihculty ia resiguing herself to tho role of a mere spectator. She resists the wrinkle of the forehead and fills in the crevice. She puts rougo on her lips and black on her eyebrows. She no longer has the haughty smile of youth. From a queen she become's a subject, and her smile has challenges that aro full of humility. Fancy, ouo morning the letter carrier brought me tho following prospectus: The secret of youth. Beauty preserved up to the last day by tne method of Mrue. Sarah, 21 Place de la Concorde. Five hundred enameled women now brave th ravage of time, which it is imposdble to contend with If this method is not employed. With cars and skillful application of Mine. Sarah's system, the reduction of ages is accomplished in the following manner: A woman of GO is brought back to 45. a womaa of bO to 33, a woman of 40 to 22, and a weman of 30 to 19. In all cases and all ages the most rebellion skin is softened to take on the tone and nrmnest of porcelain. Treatment by subscription and by contract. The victim heaved another eigh, and after applying a handkerchief to nereyes she continued: T tried everything, L'Eau Virginal. IEau des Odalisq ues. Elixir Theo, and emptied bottles of Poudre des Sultanes and pots of Creme des etoiles; but I had not yet thought of porcelain. After all, I thought, since industry has succeeded in givingj brilliancy and eclat to a common vessel, why should I doubc the science of an in spired .womanT I jumped into a carriage, J saying to the driver, 21 Place de la Con' cord el The apartments of Sarah were furnished with an extraordinary luxury. A sweet perfume impossible to describe, a sort of mixture of natural flowers, extract of iris and neroli, seemed to indicate that I waa really in the sanctuary of beauty. I seated myself upon a canopy. My heart began to beatiolently. Was 1 really to become ones morSyoung and beautiful! .Iwas only thirty-seven years old, and it seemed cruel to be obliged to already regret the past. At last a door opened and Mme. Sarah appeared. fohe was dazzling. 'Here, ma dame,' said she, 'are the photographs of tho last persons who have come here for tho restora tion of their beauty.' There were some ot all clases in the album of the enamcler 'What said I, 'can it be possible that Mile. X., of the Comedie Francaisc, is porcelain! ies Madamo, she is enameled irom head to foot. For the face, the neck and th shoulders, the fee is 2,000 francs; for the en tiro body, 0,000. Here is tho form of Mile, X., before treatment and there it is after. The difference is striking.. 'WelL inadame' said I. 'I have not 2,000 francs with me just at present, but I will come back to-morrow. e will com mence with the face.' 44 4I will take your name,' said Sarah, turning over her register. 'Let me see, To-morrow, Tuesday, my whole day is oc cupied " ihat is unfortunate "Oht madame, the operation is not completed m a day. It is necessary at first t prepare tho skin. Several sittings will ba necessary. Wednesday at 11 o'clock. Will that suit youT" 41 4Yes, that will do. , 'Well, I sent my chambermaid to sell a bundle of old jewels, and fche brought mc back 5.000 francs. It wasn't enough for the. entire body, but it was sufficient for the lace. 440n Wednesday, the appointed day, Sarah gave me a gentle washing with a lotion, and bathed my face with a tine linen cloth saturated in clear rose-water. Then eho gavo rro a rendezvous for the next day. I save her the 2.000 francs agreed upon, and for six weeks she made me pay in addition five louis for each sitting. But I could notico no change. When I complained, Sarah showed me colored photographs. But,' said I, you are compelling me to come now for a considerable time; whea will I be finished!' You are very difficult to treat.' said she. 'You have a refractory skin. I have taken nineteen little block spots from your nose, and you have still thirty-seven there. I have rejnvenated a portion nf tho forehead, but the temples resist. If yon wish to come to a 6crious result, j'ou must subscribe.' 44 How much will you take me for!' 44 4Let it go at 500 francs a mouth.' "I went down stairs much put out. All the objects that I could dispense with had been sold, ono after another.' 44Andyou gave it up!" I had to. Now, 1 am going to an Italian doctor, whose specialty is to bring back thd color to the cheeks." What, again at HP "Oh. this one is no charlatan. He only asks pav when the result is accomplished.'' 4,But he sells you something, doesn't hep "Little flasks with grams in them." "And they cost how much!" "Thirty francs." "And how many have you taken up to now!" 'Seventy -one!" The Usual Fishing Party. Omaha World. Pfeiffen "Arevou snreyou brought every thing wo need!" Hcoften "Yes, I'vo got & dozen bottles of wine, the same amount of beer, a pint of brandy, a whole lot of things to eat, and games of all kinds." Pfeiffer: "And the fishing tackle!" Heoffen "No. by George, I forgot that. Well, that doesn't matter." Something New tn Kllng. -- Kearney County (Neb.) Democrat. Onion parties are fashionable in Nebraska. Six girls stand in a row, while ons bites a small chunk out of an onion and a youug man pays 10 cents for a guess as to which one it wan. If he guesses right he Sets to ki the other five, but if he doesn't e is only allowed to ki.ss the ono with thi onion-scented breath. This amusement is said to be hight' popular w ith Nebraska 3oung folks Even the Grasshoppers Are Damaged. Milwaukee Sentinel. The grasshopper crop, which a short time ago threatened to be tho principal on in some parts of Minnesota, has been ruined bv tho recent frosts, rain, hail and snowStorms. The grasshopper should bo on his guard against early springs. They are s delusion and a snare. A faik trial of Hood's Sarsaparilla for scrofula, salt rheum, or any affection caused by impure blood or low state of tho system will be KUtlicieut to convince any one of the superior and peculiar curative powers of this medicine. Buy it of VJ (h uggjst. 100 doses one dollsc