Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 39, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 June 1889 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER. C. IWAXI'S, I'uliHein JASrKR. - INDIANA.

CURRENT TOPICS. THE XEWS IX BXIEF. Cristoral Fkrnaxpkz, the Calwn, kldaaper, wa executed at Jovellauos oa the 4th. Mrs. Joh.v A. Looa.v will open r school for yog ladies iu New York or Chicago shortly. All the London papers, of the 3d. contained leaders deploring the dUaster at Jhatowu, Pa., and sympathizing with Awtrica. The Standard Oil Company hat bought teu acies of ground just east of Terre Haute, I ml., om which they will ereet an Immense oil-tauk. At TaneytcwuT MdT, Mrs. Charles McFaddeR anil Miss Magsle Moore were drowned, on the 1st, while attempting to ford a stream during the flood. Miss Clara Dartox went to Harrisburg, Pa., oa the 3d, to supervise the work of the Bed Cross Society i relieving the distress at Johnstown. The President did not attead church, ou the 2.1, hut was busy all day arranging 1 with Governor Heaver hy telegraph for the relief of the stricken district in Pennsylvania. Tex ralnes.employins: six thousand men, will be indefinitely shut dowa on account of the floods in the Coaemaugh valley, the pumps being under water aad the pits iotly flooded. The President, on thw 3d, appointed Chas. L. Kuapp. of Now York, Consul -General of the United States at Montreal, aad Alex. J. Reed, of Wisconsin, United States Consul at Dublin. The citizens committee at Minneapolis, Minn., on the 5th, voted to send 2.0CW barrels of flour to the Johnstown sufferers. The order was divided among all the mills so as to hasten shipment. Ox the 1st the United Slates revenue cutter Richard Hush, under orders to proeeed to Behriag sea to protect the seal fisheries from illesral sealers, left San Fraucisco bound for the North. The Times' counsel, assisted by the counsel for Mr. Paruell, began, ou the 3d, an inspection of the private letters of the latter. The correspondence covers a period of six years, aad comprises 5,00) letThk public debt statement for May showed a decrease in the debt for the month of $M,70i,S77.20; decrease since Jane 30, $72,,10.'U9. The total debt, less cash in tlie treasury, was$l,002,902,531.19. Ix the Joint session of the New Hampshire Legislature, ou the 5th, David C. Goodell, Republican, was elected Governor of the State, receiving 1J votes to 115 for Charles Amsden, Democrat The iaangurstlon took place on the fith. Oxe of the heaviest losers by the recent floods in Maryland is the Reading Railroad Company. They owned and oontroled the Susquehanna & Tidewater canal, which Is nearly obliterated. The company paid $350,000 for the canal. It was recently announced that sickness prevented King Kalakaua of Hawaii from going to the Paris Exposition. It is learned from good authority that His Majesty, although desiring to pay a visit to the exposition, lacked the Hecess&ry funds. The National capital had a stream half a mile wide flowing through it heart, on the 3d, caused by a big rise la the Potomac. Immense damage was done to Government property, and it was feared that the famous Long bridge would succumb. The silver miners in the Ural mountains of Russia, struck, on the 3d, and set oa Are the houses of the managers la Ekaterinburg. The factories adjoining were also set on fire, and seven persons, who were in the building, were burned to death. Couxski. for Kemmler, the condemned murderer, will appeal oa habeas corpus proceedings, iu Buffalo, ". Y., for a review of the verdict, on the ground that death by electricity is a cruel aad unusual punishment, and therefore unconstitutional. It was expected, on the 3d, that the protocol to be drawn up by the Sanioan conference would be signed by the representatives of the three governments concerned on the 8th. The commissioners were then preparing to take their departure from Herliu. Farmers, living in the couatry bordering on the Conemaugh Valley, who loaded wagons with provisions for the detltute survivors of the flood, had to fight their way into the stricken cities agaiust the thieving Huns who tried to capture their precious freight Justice Ghat, of the United States Supreme Court, and Miss Jennuette Matthews, daughter of the late Justice Mat thews, were .married at the bride's residence la Washington on the 4th, A large number of distinguished guests witnessed the ceremony. To add to the horrors of the situation la the devastated district in Pennsylvania, ghouls la human form set about robbing the dead of jewelry, etc. The fact coming to public knowledge vigilance committees were formed, and summary punishment was meted out to a number of the miscreant. Neill S. O'Brikx, Jr., of Nashville, Teaa., for maay years reading clerk of the Lower House of Congress, was run over while crossing the track of the Louisville & Nashville railroad in Nashville, ou the 2d. and Instantly kilted. His body was grouud almost beyond recognition. 1 Governor Hili. of New York issued a proclamation, on the 2d, calling the at teatlon of the people of that State to the disaster which had befallen the ialiau Rants of a large Section of Pennsylvania, and lavokitig the efforts of citizens and organizations toward relieving the couse quent distress. ' Ox the 31st Postmaster-General Watia tunttir mtk.i(ti?Mkl m tiittn tut a iittn in tu - . ,f j ...... .T . ' . ... ... - I.i... . ... . . . VeUgato and rejiort upon the condition ami ueeus or. tne .ew vorK uity tot-o: lice. This commission U the result of j 'iafertnit rfeutl liM Ixlwfiiu 1ot master Van Colt aad the uncials of the J'ost'oHee Department.

PERSONAL AND MNErtr Mrs. Cathkri.mc Ooslkstz wan arretted at West Point, HuntiHgtou County, Iud., on the 21. ou the charge of bigamy, the eomplaiulug wUhms heljig Louis Kitsell, her former hutbud whom she had left some months ago. '.sh left Wabash, lad., aad n ewt to West Point, where she married Jaeob Coblentx. Thk Valkyrie whs defeated iu the race off Dover, Kuiclattd. oa the 3 1, both th Irex aad the Yaratta showing her their hels. The Irex came in lirst in 3;,Vi;51; the Yaraua second ia i::7, aad the Valkyrie last ia 4:9;S. Mrs. Mayhkiok. who, it Is allegel. pdMned her hushaud at Uvtfriool, wart so ill that she was uaahle to appear In court oa the 3d. It is alleged that Mr, Mayhriek. before his death, wrti Ut his brother that if his illnM proved fatal au autojmy ought to be held. The Connecticut House, on tho .Id, concurred with the Senate In passing the resolution appropriating ii',tJ for the flood sufferers In Pennsylvania. Thk Pennsylvania Railroad Company Is making every effort to repair their road. Five train load of workmen wero sent to the flooded district ou the 3d, aad over seven hundred car loads of building material. It is reported that two Hungarians found the body of a lady who had a valuable necklace on, between Woxtvale and Coaemaugh, Pa., oh the 3d. The devils dragged her out of the water aud severed the head from the body to get the necklace. Sheriff Dirtc aad a posse got Into r flght,ou the 3l,with a gang of looting Huns at Cambria City, Pa., The Huns got the better of him, and ho called oa a squad of Hattery B boys, who charged with drawn saber's, aud hooa had thw crowd on the run. A mono the prominent citizens of Johns -town, Pa., who perished in the great deluge, was Judi;e Fulton, general manager of the Cambria Iron Works, which lost without insurance .',500,000 worth of property. Judge Fulton's wife aud children were also drowned. The steamer Bessie Morris, from Montreal for Sydney, C. B., went ashore, on

the morniuiof the 8.1, near White Point, N. S., and is supposed to be a total loss. The crew were saved. Before Its depletion by the awful cal amity of the 31st, Johnstown, Pa., had n population of 20.0JO. A new canvass of the city is to be made as a means of ascertaining, approximately, the number of the lost. The movement for raising funds for tho relief of the sufferers by the flood in the. Conemaugh Valley Is wide-spread and general. The result will prove th oneness and uoble-heartedness of the American people. Balfour's bill to facilitate the buildintr of railroads in Ireland was read the first time in the British House of Commons on the 3d. The Red Cross Society for Monroe County, N. Y., met at the mayor's office in Rochester, on the 3J, for the purpose of raising funds for the Johnstown sufferers. Past Supreme Chascklor Johx D. Ltmax, of the order of Knights of Pythias iu the United States, with his entire family, wife and four children, were drowned at Johnstown. Pa. The United States Court for the Indian Territory was opened In Mnscogee, on the 3d. Over 300 oases, nine-tenths of which are civil, have been docketed for the present special term. hii.e the people of the whole country are vieing witti each other in sending prompt and efficient aid to the flood-suf ferers of the Conemaugh Valley, a few dealers in the stricken district have shown how mean human nature can be by charging famine prices for the provisions they offer for sale. The receding waters of the flood at Lewiston, Pa., left debris piled up in the streets ten feet high. American residents and sojourners In England are collecting large sums for the benefit of the sufferers from the Pennsylvania floods. A large central fund is being established, Into which all collections will be paid and from which sums are drawn as needed. Jos. Brobstox, notary for a number of financial institutions in Philadelphia, has disappeared, leaving debts to an unknown amount. The Postmaster-General, on the 4th, tent circulars to about one hundred leading post-oflices to get statistics of Sunday work, with a view to reducing such work if possible. The Wool-Growers' Association has pe titioned the President to call a special cession of Congress to adopt measures iu the Interest of the wool industry. The Connecticut House of Representa tive., on the 4th, defeated the bill giving women the rlnht to vote on questions per taining to the sale of intoxicating liquors. The annual convention of the Amalga mated Association of Iron and Steel Workers met iu Pittsburgh, Pa., ou the 4th. Hiram Meek, fhe engineer, was badly laiurcd. and one tramp was killed and another Injured In a wreck on the North Pennsylvania railroad, near Senersvuie, Pa., on the 4th. Ooversor F. D. Warrev of Wyoming has Issued a call for a convention to meet July 4 ami frame n Constitution for the State of Wyoming. There are fears expressed ttiat tue foundation of the Washington Monument at the National Capital may have been seriously damaged by the receut Inunda tion, aud a careful examination will ue made. Father Davix, a Catholic priest, was murderously assaulted and badly injured, at the scene of the Johnstown dis aster on the 4th, uy a Hungarian witn whom he remonstrated for robbing the bodies of the dead. The Garibaldi Legion and many other Italian societies of New York City made their annual pilgrimage, on the 3d, to the house on Staten Island in which Garibaldi once lived. The late flood In the west branch of the Susquehanna was unprecedented. Every bridge on the river from Sunbury to Clearfield, Pa., was washed away. For the first time la the city's history, the Democrats of Norwich, Conn., made a clean sweep, on the XI, electing their entire municipal ticket, with the exception of second sheriff, by a majority of over 300. The Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier, of the 4th, snys: "We havo learned to know what timely help means In a season of disaster anil distress, and we at least should give without waiting to be askd." President Harhiso presided at the meeting held in WaihiRgtou. oa the tth, to raise money for the relief of the floodstricken districts of Pennsylvania, and made an eloquent and Impressive steuch. Tea thousand dollars was sulwcribed before the meeting adjourned, and still more valuable subscrlptioas of food and clothing were donated, bjr inrohanU of the city, tor immediate dU patch.

The report, eirettlate on tfw 4 th, of tha Iom of )i,(AK lives ia China, taras nut to hare been a mUUMdertftantUug. A ChiArm la San Fraaeiwoo who received the news of the PMnylvati disaster, made the facts known to thalr country men, who, iu clreuUting tkm story, transferred tlw to China. lNrtTRfCTlOXH were isiw! f row Ottawa. Out., on the 4th, to release the captured Aniericau scboouer Mattie Wlnshlp, upon tho American tuul giving security for value. O.vthellth the coat guards at Skih bereeu. Ireland, picked up th lug-book of the British taiiihip Danish Priuo Captaiu Pott, which sailed from Swansea ou May for Moutreal, aud there are fears that the ship fouuttered la the heavy weather which prevailed off that coast. Jotter Ckakhs, viee-pretfideat of the City Bank of Wabash, lud., was adjudged iusane on the 4th. The various funds etabllshd lu Philadelphia for the relief of the sufferers iu the Conemaugh Valley bad reached a totrf! of over $;),lM0 on the 4t-h. Ix ClailKme County, Teuu., Mariou McCarthy ambushed and killed John. Pierce, ou the 4th. after a quarrel over pay for a hired horse. The Massachusetts Legislature, on the

4th. pasted the resolution appropriating $jw.uw tor tue reuusyivama sunerers. It Is asserted that the Vatican is becoiaine seriously alarmed at the position which Russia has rsceutly assumed of interposing objections to the continuance of Catholic missions in the Balkan States. The English syndicate has bought the the Ballautlne brewery at Newark, N. J., the second largest iu the country. Ox the 5th, President Harrison appointed John Vlgueaux. a Democrat, United States marsh'il for Western Louisiana. He was recommended by Louisiana Republicans for his effort in protecting negroes from violence in the November election. Jacksonville. Fla., suffered a loss of 6160,000, ujkiu which the insurance was but light, on the 5th, by a conflagration, which consumed every thing for an area of Ave blocks, bounded by Hawk street ou the west, Adams on the north, Selay ou the oust aud Creek on the fouth. Ax extensive fire occurred at Biloxi, Miss., on the night of the 4th, resulting in the destruction of twenty-five buildings, at a loss of S75.000, upon which there was but $20,(100 Iusuraure. Belated Pennsylvania railroad passengers, the uncertainty of whose fate had caused much anxiety, arrived in Pittsburgh on the 5th. Their experience had beeu one of hardship and exposure. The journey from Altooua was made via Ebensburgh. From the latter iwlnt to Johnstown the journey was made in wagons. LfRD Salisbury entertained Prince Albert Victor at dinner on the evening of the 4th. Mr. Lincoln, Araericau Minister, was among the suests. ukohge c Kato.v, ot Cincinnati, a nephew of President Harrison, died at Abbeville, N. C, on the 5th, of consumption, aged thirty-five. The remains were taken to Cincinnati for interment. D. H. Dyer was elected mayor of Guthrie, Okln., at the election on the 4th, boating A. V. Alexander by 310 to SOU. Mr. Portkr. the new United States Minister to Italy, presented his credentials on the 5th. A newly-married couple were found in the ruins of the Johnstown Methodist Church, where the ceremony that made them one had juit been performed when the fatal waters overwhelmed the structure. They wer so tightly clasped Ir each other's embrace that they had to be buried together. The miniter, together with nearly all of the guests, escaped. Judge Sullivax, of tho California Superior Court, has set July 15 for hearing the motion of Sarah Althea Trrv to appoint a receiver for the Simron estate, and refuses to recignize the. injunction from the United States District Court. Up to the 5th Pittsburgh's donations for the 11km1 sufferers of the Conemaugh Valley In money aud goods, amounted to a quarter of a million dollars. LATE NEWS ITEMS. the national reunion ot Elks was to have begun at Pittsburgh, Pa., on the 9th. The reunion has been postponed until July 16, owing to the disaster at Johus town. Amoxo those believed to have been swept away by the flood in the Conemaugh Valley, were "Bllud Tom," the well-known pianist, and his manager, who left Pittsburgh on Friday mornihg for Johnstown, aud have not beeu heard of since. It is thought they were both drowued. Deing strangers, and one of them a colored man, it Is more thau likely that If their bodies were recovered they were unidentified. The post-office authorities report that none of the mail sent through the flooded district was lost. Eveu that sent to Johnstown escaped. Portions of the wreckage of the Conemaugh Valley began to pass Cincinnati on the Gth. Not much of It was caught, and nothing of iuterest or value was found. Disastrous floods are reported from different parts of Bavaria with considerable destruction of projierty. The crops were ruined In many localities. The Mattie Wlnshlp, detained at Halifax by the Dominion authorities, furnished bond, on the ftth, and commenced getting ready to sail for tho mackerel grounds. The business portion of the city of Seattle, W. T., was practically wiped out by a great conflagration on the evening of the (kh. The Marchioness dc Chesteler, belonging to one of the oldest of tho noble families' of Belgium, was found murdered Iu her IkmI at her residence, the Chateau ..ll . A ft .1 A jtouioaix, at mous, ou uie morning or the nth. Wm. Mills, tho 100-yards sprinter, who lived at Watertown, Mass., an 1 who has a record of 10 H seconds, was last heard from In Johnstown, just befotu the disaster there, and it is thought he is among the victims. The dock laborers of Glasgow, Greenock, Belfast aad Londond-jrry joined the teaman's strike on the 9th. The mayor's fund In New York City for Johnstown had reached, on the thh, $13,000, and the Chamber of Commerce fund .42.0U0. Other funds are also Increasing rapidly, CoUxskl Tor Judge Hilton assert that the overtures for a compromise of the Stewart will case came from the contestants. The terms of the proposed settlement have not been made public, The New York Commercial-Advertiser, of the 0th, says a deal is being arranged between the County Democrats and the Republicans, with a view to increasing the strength of the Republicans in the Legislature and ousting Tammany from control of this city. Relics of the Conemaugh Valley dUft. terare being constantly pickl up all aleag the shore of the Ohio river.

STATE INTELLIGENCR Brcaukx a Mr. Kwift, of Ktkkart, said taut a Mi Davis, f the saa tows, etwwe.t tobaceu, wkw she HtKe4y ehwl tat -gum, ha was legally eoutpeUed to y hr dawta to th amount of $3 0. SkYMjUk lepwts da mag to waternteluM Nut nutmeg plant trom oold weather. , JF'rcKoxviM.K had a mad d'g exhibition tit oihs-r day aud is kitting wtf surplus os h In in coawquoHee. iUlMJK LAXtltHMC, of Lafayette, has decided that thw use of pigMtis and Eglih Wiow as targets ou which to test the skill as nisrkini is not a violation of the law pusd by the hut Ligislatvire, wtak'li make It an otfeuse to ue donwMl ' fowl at tsrtts. Th court ho ds that a plg'on in not a dOHierie fowl, aad uadsrthe law ot lbS7 it is no uu"i to ch-jot an EaglUU sparrow, Valparaiso ha 1.24 male InutbUantt cvr twenty -on years of aga. Only one I colored. 'Iiik twenty-flrst annual meeting of th i Grand lodg, Knights of Pytbisy, of luUUhm, began ut Indianapolis on the 4th IlHt. F. M. Axurus U wanted In Peru for forgwry and swindling a number of people by stting territory that did not belong to itn for a patent gate-roller. Chaki.kh Jones, r oolord barber, who attempted to kill Prof. Layne, at Kvausvllle, has been sentenced to the penitentiary for seven years. At Scottsburg Willard Morrlioit was elected county superintendent of school. RsOtXKKK White, of the Wabash ruilway, was instantly killed, the other mornIns, at Cl mer' Station. At Richmond, B. F. Wisder, Democrat, was re-elected superintendent ot the county schools. ' At Logausport, while an unknown boy wns attempting to rob a bird's nest in a tree prujacting over the Wabash river, the liinb broke, precipitating htm. Into the raging stream. His body has not bes-n recovered. 1'kksiiient McKeax, of the Vatid alit Hue announces that his road will carry free all goods aud prov.sious for the Johnstown sufferers. A similar announcement Is made by the Indianapolis and St L.uis road. UrKKXFIKLD's iKHce raided a gambling room there, the other flight, and captured eiht young men between stx.een aud twenty-two years of ae. Sim Cov ha returned to Indianapolis. Jon.v W. Doxoiiok, aged about sixty (years, died at Richmond of heart dtteute, suddenly exp.riug while at work bulling rags. 1 J. J. Brown, chairman of the Citizens' Relief Committee at New Albany, oif the 3d, sent ? 30 J to the proper authorities for the relief of the Conemaugh Valley sufferers. L O. Dale was ejected school superintendent iu Wabash County. Arraham Miller, aged 27 years, of Fatitieid, wa taken to the insane asylum at Indianapolis, a few days ago. While boarding a passenger train at Elkhart, lUlph Emery, ageJ 17, bad both tet crushed on. O.v the lt the board of trada of Indianapoli forwarded $1,000, and on the 3d, thaugh the board of trade and from other sources, about '2JjO additional was secured for the relief of the Johnstowa suff,iers. The i ail way aad telegraph companies will fo.ward supplies and messages free of ch irge. A handsome monument has been erectd to the memory of Jesse Miller, at Wabnuli, by a working girt at Elkhart, to whom he was engaged to be married at the time of bin death. Tub Gent Guard militia, of Columbus, are having trouble over their own camp. StveR of the members refuse to pay the tine asessed them for non-attendance at drill, and they were ued by Captain IL K. Valentine. The first of the eases cam up for trial on the 31, and in the trial the fact was developed that Captain Valentine had never taken the oath ot oftlc;, although he had received his commission. The case 'was dismissed on that ground. Et M. Aldhed was acquitted of manslaughter at AmlersoH. The Indiana Conference of the M, K. Chuich will hold its fall session at Hockt ort on the 3d ot next October. Valuauaiso wit probably raise the l.quor tic-use to $'J.VX At Braz 1 John Arm strong, convicted of a muidt rous assault on Taylor Johnson, was seutcned to the penitentiary lor tlir.'u years. John Pointer, for robbery, was sent up tor two years. Ma.mk D. Kklley, a wealthy citizen ot Mitcheil, was seriously injured In a runaway sccidetit Mrs. Shermax Havens, of Shelby County, had her hand terribly mangled on Decoration Day by the explodpit of a hot-guu cartridge f lie was ban llinR. Little River Ditch" which is to dra'n 20,000 acre iu Allen, Whitley and Huntington Counties, nnd which h to cost $137,003, Is reported nearly An! died. Mariox offer if.UOoO in cash, th riy-flve actes of land aud a natural gas well for the location at that place of the Toledo, St. Louis ami Kanas City machine shop. Chas. Elder wa arrested at Li wren clurg for t.urg:ary. Part of the stolen property wa lound in his p issesdon. Scott County olllcinls have ornamented the court-hcute park with Virginia liter. 1 otter's clay of roo! quality has be?n found lu a six-foot vein near Wen Union. A heavy peach crop Is reported In Southern Indiana, and it is thought the earlier liuit will be in the market by the middle ot this month. A little I ov named Frank Danlrd, of New Albany, had his eyesight destroyed while playing with gun-powder at New Alhany. Bedford cltlren propose to sue a chairfactory at Hloomington, wh'ch, alter negotiating and arranging to move to llidfor I, was Induced by a bonus from Bloomintr'on to remain where It was. Vincex.nkk aud Montezuma will sink test wells for oil and ga. A CAMl- of the Sons of Veterans has bea organlzsd at French Lick, being the fi st of the kind In Orange County. Thomas Drake Is Captain; George Purdue, First Lieutenant; Wesley Kimbrelt, Second Lieutenant; Jame Wells, Q, M.S.; J. C Collins, O. K.; O, F. McNaujhton, chaplain; J. S. Burton, S. P.; Alonzo Gllliat, S.G. The farmers In Knox County are alarmed by the appearance of a strange tiny green bui on the wheat It Is an entirely new vMtor. 1 ho wheat heads are covered with It and Its effect Is greatly fear-il New Albany manufacturers Inve adopted the plan of paying employe by Rie hour, and letting those who choose to work were than elcht houi j dally, do i.

LEStfCD CHARITY.

Meeting af the Cltlsraa at WahltrtW MH44 Prompt Mwur for the Kltf at tho Rnarlag at .WilllaHMpurt, Pa. lriiat HurrUoa's .Mr-M ( Mta MeatlHgatatt, law Liberal Kwahh. Wahhimitox, June . Tha HWtlug for the relief of the J oh us ton h sufferers at Wlllard's Hall yasterday afternoon brought together many prominent public oWciaU, army aud navy oflU'or and citizens, aud resulted iu g'neroits contributions aHddouaiions of money, provisions aud clothiuft. President Harrison presided, and made a brief but oloqueut and impressive speech that touched the senslbilitUsof all who heard hlm.aud alieited from his audience frepit?ut applause. His arrival in the hall was the occasion of loud applause. District Commissioner Douglas called tho meeting to order, and introducing the President to the aiidieuee, invited him to preside over their deliberations. ' President Harrison, in taking tho chair, spoka a follows: Kvery txwty t viluy Is tlnirelitgl.v oonsettm of theelreiimstanee which have ronvened thl meeting, It would he lmtMsHle to state more Impresfctvely than thMWRananihava alrasily done the tlistrehlng IneUleuts attending the calamity which has fallen upon the city of Johnstown and the nelirhttoring hamlets, ami upon a lant section ot Pennsylvania situated upon the Sifxpiehanna river. The xrim peneil of Pore wimlil Ixi Inadetjuiite to portruy the ltorrorsof this visitation. In such meetingsas we have here in the National capital, and other tike Katheriiu that am taking il-ien In all the rcltlei of this I ami, we have the only ravs of hope and light in the general irloom. When mi ch a calamitous visitation falls upon any section ot our country, we can do no more than put about the dark picture the golrtun Winter of lovo and charity. lApplaitife, It Is In such tires an ihcsft that the hroitierhOfMt of man is welded. And where Is sympathy and help more appropriate thaH here In the National csmttat? I am glad to say that early this inornlnjr. from a city not lonu ago vlslti-d with M!-tilece: not long ao ltelf appealim; to the charitable people of the whole land for relief the city of Jacksonville. FI. there came the etil of that tide of charity which Mowed towatd It In the time nt Its need. In a teleNin from the S.inltary Relief Asrrlatlnn authorizing me to draw uion them for two thousand dollar for the relief cf the Pennsylvania suffjrer. Applauc.l llut this Is no time for spmh. Wli'lo I talk, men and women anil children are suff Tine for tho relief which we plan to give One won! or two cf practical, suggestion, and I wilt id;te thit meeting In your hands to give effect to your Impatient benevolence, I have a dl. patch from the Governor of Pennsylvania al vlln;jine that communication hns Just been opened with Wllltatnsport. on a branch of the Sunpiehanna river, and thit the Ioes in thut section have been appalling: that thousands of people there are homeless and penniless, and that there is an Immediate call fur food to relieve their necessities. He advises me that any upplics of food that can be hastily,, withered here should be ent via Harribtnr to Willfaanport. where they wilt be distributed. I suggeit, therefore, that a eommltteit be c.mttitutett hsring In charg tho epeedy collection of articles of finnl-the occasion I U'-h that the ttells might well be rung through your streets to call the attention of the thnughtle to this great exlgenry la order that a tram, load of provision may be dispatched to-nlirht or In the early morning to thl suffirin people. I suggest, necondly, a many ut these people have had the entire furn'shing of their houses swept away, and have now only temporary shelter, that a committee be appointed to collect such articles of clothing, and especially bed-clothtnir. as ran be spared. Now that the summer season I on. It can hardly lx that a houne in Washington can not sparo a blanket or a coverlet. And, third, t suggest that from the substantial business men and bankers there be appointed u '"committee who shall collect awney, For after the first exigency Is past, there will be found In thec commuidtles very many who have lost their all, who will need aid In the reconstruction of their demolished homos aad ia furnishing them so that they may be again habitable. Need I say, la conclusion, that as a temporary citizen of Washington it would give sae great satisfaction If the Xatlonat capital should so generously respond to this eall of oar distressed fellow-eltlzens as to be conspicuous among the cities ot our land. lAnplmisel 1 feel that, as I am new calling for contributions, I should say that on Saturday, when first apprised of the disaster at Jamestown, I telegraphed a subscription to the mayor of that city. I do not like to speak of any ihlng so personal as this, hut I felt it due to tr.-,self aad to you that I should say so much as this. After the President concluded his address a number of vice-presidents, the secretaries aud the treasurer of the meetipg w! selected, and working committees were appointed. It was an enthusiastic meeting aud the response to the President's call for immediate subscriptions were prompt and liberal. The District bar gave t."5; Attorney-General Miller. $100; John XV. Thompson, $W; the National Metropolitan Bank, $501; National Bank of the Republic, $.YK); Private Secretary Halford, .7), Secretary Noble, $1S0; Geo. J I. Lmnnn. j.Vtf; Bancroft Davi, ji00; Secretary and Mrs. Proctor, .'iO), and Auditor John Lynch, 4-100. A great number of citizens subscribed $100. An aggregate of $10,O0J was subscribed. Perhaps more valuable than the money subscriptions were tho large quantities of food and clothing donated by scores of merchant throughout the city. Just at the close of the meeting, an effort was mndo to pass a resolution thanking the President for his services as chairman of tho meotlng, and for tho interest he had manifested In the proceedings; but the President begged the gentleman who offered the resolution to withdraw it, ami then declaring the meeting adjourned, quietly left the hall. EFFICIENT WORK. Forwarding I lie Mall Under iMHIeultles -Oeitlug Into ItnuiilHg Order icln. Nkw York, Juno f. Superintendent Jackson of the Hallway Mail Service yesterday received a dispateH from Chief Clerk Gore of tho Harrlsbitrg, Pa., postoffice station, that Clerk T. C McGowan, who was on the train which left Pittsburgh last Friday, reported to him la poison last ntght. Clerk McGowan, In his report, states that nil clorks and mall ou the train were safe. After the calamity, he says lie secured a mule team and wagon, and loading the wagon with letters, drove over tho mountains to Ebensburgh. He then took a train for Crcsson, and from there went by engine to Alioonn, where the mall was delivered to train No. 30. Mr. McGowan then made his way to Lewtstou. ItHrylnsr the Peml. JoHXSTOWtf, Pa., June 5. Yesterday was the day set aside by the clllzeiis'coiimilttea forthe burying of the unidentified dead that were lvlng ia the morgue. At tea o'clock the men started to work and were busy all day. There was bo imthetlc scenes at these burials, the men tlolnsf the work lu a very matter-of-fact way. At noon a procession of fifty coffins were seen Roing np the hills. There were no mourners and the sight was a gastly one to behold. It will take several days to bury the bodies lu the different graveyards, as there were 110 graves dug until yesterday morning. A detachment of men arrived from Pittsburgh yesterday Meraing and started ledW Kraves.

A NARROW ESCAPE.

Hrr ot Ike Hhssvshi hT tkw Oatttr f tk. t'amkrlH Ir CMiMSMsay's stores wli HI fellow Clerks shS Twelve Thhh I Mixes Ih Ck Tkttlr KfTurU la KmImk Others. Johxrtow.s, Pa., Juite 7. Thomas 34a. gee, th caMler of the Cambria Iron Company's general store, tells a thrilllug story of tho manner Ih which he ami his fellow-dorks escaped from the waters themselves; how they mved the money drawer, aud rescued the live of uinttteeit IKKipla during tho prKre f the flood. He says: "it was tttteen minutes pan four o'clock whan the flood struck our building with a crash. It seemed to jmiut In from every door aud window ou a sides as well at from the flKrs above h. 1 was standing by tha sare, which w.h w at the time, aud siiatchwl the tin box, which contained over twelve thou, sand dollars in cash, and, with the other clerks at my heels, flew up the stairs to the second floor. 'In about three minutes we were up to our stomachs iu water, and starte I to climb tc the third flood of the builditi. Here we remained with the money until Saturday moriiinir, when we were takeu out iu boats, Besides myelf there were iu the building Michael Maley, Frank Balsingerm, Chris Mintxmeyer, Joseph Berlin and Frank Burger, all of whom escaped. All Friday night and Saturday morning we divided our time between guarding the money, providing for our own safety, and reecuiuir aud feeding the poor peopla who were floating by. We threw out ropes aud gathered log? and timbers together until we hail enough to make a r.ift, which we bound together with ropes and used In rescuing iwople. Besides this, we cut large pieces of ciuvas and oil cloth and wrapped It around bread aud meat aud other eatables aud threw It out to those who went by on house tops, rafts, etc., whom we could not rescue without getting our raft in the drift and capsizing. We must have fed one thousand people in this way alone. When wo were rescued ourselves we took the money out to Prospect Hill aud sent for the justica of the iieace, who swore us all In to keep guard. We remained ou guard until Monday night, when the soldiers came over am. escorted us back to tlte office of the Cambria Iron Company, where we placed the nouey iu the company's vaults. THE LOST"" TRAINS. Latest Reports of tU Dead aad Missing I'liiseHger nf the K tt-ltiiiiiil Tr.tlH Csoglit by the l'looit at Jiilnislnwii. Pitthruruh. June 7. The official railroad reiKirts of the dead ami miasiug from tho east-lMiuiid trains that left Pittsburgh last Friday now give the number at fifteen p tssengers and the colored orter jt the Pullman car New Orleans. There were no losses from he first two trains. The corrected list of dead Is: Mrs. Talbott, nee Long, of Cleveland, I)., with two or three children. Cyras Schick, of Beading, arid his sister-in-law. Miss Stinson. Mrs. Schick saved her life by going back Ut the car to. secure her waterproof. John Uosk, of Jersey City. Mrs. J. B. Itanuey, of Kalamizoo, m'i. Miss Jennie Paulson aud MUs Bryas. of Pittsburgh. Mr. Misall, manager of the Masse.i (U.) Base-ball Club. Miss Agnes C. Christman, of Ikaaregard, Miss. L. P. Hnllii (colored), nrter of the Pullman car New Orleans Mrs. Smith and child, of Dayton. Q.p where the bodies hare been forwarded. Miis Hurnish, of Dayton. O. Andrew Ewing, Ligouior. Mrs. Mary Swing, Bellcfont. WHAT IS NEEDED. The Need of the lmr4l Relief Committee to llrlug Order Oat uf the Chaes In the Cauemauth Valley. Pitthhl'hoh, Pa., June 7. The general elief committee in this city gave out the 'ollowiug last night: Hon. W. Flynn. in charge of our laborers at lohnstowa, reports that it will require tea thousand men for thirty days, with all modern ippllanees, to clear the wrecks alone the tea wile of destruction; take out the corpses and 'he carcasses or dead animals and place the ;ity la safe sanitary condition This wilt cost louble the amount now in the hand of the 'ommlttee, which does not Include the relief for the suffering and destitute, which is very reat. all of which has been carefully attead ed to. The destitute are brought to this city, fed, slothed, housed or sent free ta friend all over the land. We ask that the generous subscriptions which are coming from all over the reentry be continued until sufficient mads are provided to eoniplete the above work, of which due Kdlee will be given through the press. Signed William McChebrv, Caalrmaa. The amount so far received by the geniral relief committee Is between two hundred and fifty and three hundred thousand dollars. BLASTING "THE DEBRIS. fionpntt-der anil Iiynamlte Itesnrted to at Last to Clenr Ihe IlelirU From the llrlilge nt .loHoatown. Johnrtowx, Pa.. June 7. At forty-five minutes past seven o'clock yesterday morning thw first blast of gunpowder was fired at the bridge. It proved more effeettve than any of the charges of dynamite heretofore used, and hurled fragments of debris two hundred feet Into the air. Mingled with the debris was a round fragment, which looked like the trunk: of a human lndy. It fell back into the walcr with a splash, aud glided with the swift current under the bridge before it could bo pulled In with pike poles. Explosion after explosion of dyaamile followed tho blast of gunpowder, the detonations coming no . close together that they might almost be 1 taken for the continuous discharge of heavy guns. Au opening tour nuiiureu feet long, which runs back In some places fifty feet, was made during the afternoon. Kellrs of thn FI oitl. Portrmouth, O.. June !. A large number relics of the Johnstown disaster were , picked up at this point in the floatiui; drift. At Sclotovllle a Mtcket-book containing 5'.l. a set of silver spoon marked "S. Y.," a bank-book of the First National of Johnstown with a credit to Nathan Dyer, and two locks of hair, -ere found. I'lck-Ups Aniens; the Debris. Johnrtow.v, Pa June 7. A live horse. With harness on, but so badly injured that it had to be shot, was taken from a pile f wrecked houses yesterday morning. Tents for laborers to sleep In are arriving from Washington, and fully five thousand men are at work. it lthoiiht that Sidney McCtoud and L F. B. Delp, of Chicago, and V. F. Dow, of New York, are In the ruins. Fifty men were arrested yesterday for loafing about Booth Flyan's tent and stealing the provisions from the workiHglNHH. Notices are posted asking for earR ters, stonemasons and bricklayers, but: they do Mot material la.