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--THE' APPEAL- I fSFfotV- TfT C ' ll 3 ' lit If Rat a larger dallvetreaUttoa. thaa any other imnptpn la Teanessee, MUiUtlppt, Ark&a. Ml, Alabama and Taut, STABLISnED 1810. MEIUTIIIS, TENN., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5. 18S9. VOL. XLIXNO. 129 . .w GRAVE DIGGERS Are Needed More Than Any thing Else Mn Cnmnollad to Tiler t.ha OrRTaa for Tholr Own Families. The Poor Fellows Act as Undertak ers and Pall Bearers for Tholr Dear Onos Who Were Swept Away by the Flood and Drowned, The Onoo Prosperous Little City a Vast Oharnol House. Every Moment Now the Body of Borne Poor Vlotlm is Found. The Valley Resounds With the Moans and O roans. Tirrt Tli mi a n rS nViaaHvnritlAa TTaita Already Been Heoovered, And the Figure of Lives Lost is Still Kept at 10.0OO. William Honry Smith Investigate the Dam Question and Finds That In stead of Bains' Constructed of Boltd Granite It Wm Built or Shale and Straw Note and Incidents. Johnstown, I'n., June 4. A Poliun of calamity is piled with each passing hour lie ro upon tho Oxsa of calamity already uncovered. Kvery moment now tlio body of soino oor victim is taken from tho debris, and (lie town, or tlio remnants of it, to write with accuracy, is one vast charnel-house. The teem s nt tlio exicm pori.od morgue nro beyond owvrs of do sill pi ion iu tlieir ghastlinc, while moans anil groans of tho suffering survivors. toss ing iu itgoiiy with bruised snd tunneled bodies, or screaming in delirium of fever ns they issue from tlio numerous tempo rary hospitals, make even tlio itotitest hearted quail with terror. Nearly 2,(H) Wlies lisve ulready been recovered, ami ns the work of examining the wreckago progremcs the conviction grow tliat tho magnitude of the calamity ha not yet been spproximutcd. Conservative call males this moruing put tho number of lust at 7,000, and many men of calm judgment and who aro not wont to exaggerate, who have iM'en uwn the ground from tho outset, pluce the number at 10,000. Tho debris wedded against the big Pcnnsylva Yia sluiio biidgo is ajill burning, aud the efforts of tho tin-men to quench or stay tho progress of tho (lames are as futilo as wcie those otGulIivcr' Lilliputian firemen. The.mass, which unquestionably forms A ri MIMtAL t'VIIK VOU Tllol'SAMHl of victims, who lie buried beneath it, is burning and in likely to bum for weeks to come. Tho Haines aro not active, but burn away iu a sullen, determinel fashion as though bent for once iiHn proving how futile nro man's effort when tho fire god is aroused, and, pcrhapn, udcr all, the hand of Providence is iu il, for the sugges tions mado by tho physician yesterday, that tlio bodies not buried bo allowed to bo rrcmsted iu tho interest of public health, and which aroused such a sloim of indignation among the surviving populace, is viewed with more calmness '.inlay, and thero Is a growing sentiment that it is, after all, tho best solution of tho problem. Week and months w ill be required to re move the stupendous mass by srtillciul means, and tneuniimo tlio rolling, putri ty ing remain of poor humanity buried therein, would bo dealing pollution and death to all tho surrounding country. The a fill desolation of the oceno hss been do scribed often enough already to render reetition of tho attempt hero unnec essary. These descriptions have lieen as truthful sud graphic ss it Is possible for man to make them; but Bono have been adequate, none could be. Where once stood solid, unbroken business blocks for squaro after square with basements and subccllura, there is now a level plain ns freo from obstruction or excavation as the fair fields of Arcadia, after they had been swept by tho British (lame. The major Snd prettier portion of the beautiful city , literally been t:d most th pack or rut kartii. .rowds of strsngcrv anxiously watched iho wreck this morning from tho railroad bridge and as far up tho river on both Ides ns I ho eye can reach. At Johnstown proper the rescuer continuo to bring in bodies by the hundred. Thoiuss Williams, the husband who lost his wife and family, recovered his wife's remains and took them up tho mountain, where ho dug a grave an J buried them himself. II said: "This is tho most terrible, thing I hsv ever dnnfl. Hut when I buried them all ha been done." Mrs. Fredericks, an aged woman, wss rescued alive from the atlie In her bouse yesterday afternoon. Tho liou.i bad floated from what was formerly Vin street to tho foot of tho mountains, sirs. Fredericks say her cxerience was terri ble. Wis w hundred of men, women acd children floating down the torrent to meet their death, some praying, while Others actually became raving maniac. Wrecker sre working nearer tbe bridge today than at any time since tho disaster. The special trsin of Iht Masonic Belief Anociutbn, which left Pittsburg at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon on tho Balti more. & Ohio, did not roach here until Just ' -'or midulght, at which time it wna lin liblo to do anything. I'nder the clr- istancc, the party concluded to pas "le night iu tlie car, which they did. making themselves ns comfortnblo ns pos siblo with packing boxej for beds and can dle boxes for pillows. Tho party is in charge of W. S. Brown. It was met early this morning by Charles A, Mcl'eely, who Is in chargo of tho WSTRini'TION OK RKIJEP hero and spent tho morning placing sensi ble relief brought up yoiterday among Masonic sufferers whore it would do the most good. In addition to a largo quantity of cooked food, sandwiches, etc., as well as flour and provisions of every descrip tion, the relief committee brought up 100 outfits of clothing for women and n similar number for girls, and a miscellaneous lot for men mid boys. Tho women's outfit aro complote, and includes underwear, stockings, shoes, drosses, wraps nnd hats. They aro most acceptable in the prcsont crisis, nnd much suQVring has already boen relieved by them. All tho goutlcmen comprising tho committee nro indefatiga ble in their efforts to relieve suffering, and under tho energetic and capahlo direction of Messrs. Brown and Mcl'oely is doing excollent work today. Tho searcher started to work early, and up to 0 o'clock 150 bodies have boon taken from tho ruins. Most of them aro unrec ognizable, and aro being taken a way and buried as fust ns possible. One of the unfortunnto things about tho whole affair is that in a vast number of cases whero tho bodies ore almost com pletely burned there is some clothing or something of tho kind which make the identity of the body almost complete. What is necdod here today more than anything else is grave-diggers. This morn ing hundred of bodies were lying around, and there was no ono to dig grave. Thi morning there have at least rinv rrxKRAt. trot-mmo passed tbe Associated Press he idqunrtcrs. It wss not an unusual sight to see two or three coffins going ulong ono after an other, followed by a number of mourners, nil in the saino family. It is iuijHswiblo to secure wagons or conveyances of any kiud, consequently all funural processions aro ou foot. William (hiffney, an insurance agent at this place, had a very pitiful duty to per form tiiis morning. On his lather's and wife' ida ho loit fourteen relatives, among them hi wife and family. This morning he got a man to tako his deceased relatives to tho grave, and ha had tho iniurnful duty of digging his wife's ami children's graves nud burying them. In sM-nking of the latter this morning he said: "I never thought Hint I could per form such a sail duly, but 1 had to do it, nud I did it No one has any idea of the feelings of a man w ho acts as undertaker, grave-digger and pall-bearer for his own family." Tho saddest sight lo.le seen on the river bank thi morning was tho case of Mr. Gilmoie, who has hut his wife and family of five children. Kvor since the calamity this old man ho been seen on the river bank looking for his family. Ho insisted ou Iho firemen playing a stream of water on the place whoro the bouse formerly stood, and w here he supposed the lodies of his family lay. Tho llremen, rocognUing his feelings, played the stream on tho placo for several hour thi morn ing, and at last tho rescuer got to the plae tho old gentleman said hi house formerly stood. "I know tho Wlies aro thero nnd you nuiHt llud thorn." On went tho roscujrs after this plea. When at last one of the men picked up a burned, charred i-kull, evidently that of a child, this stirred tho old man up, and he exclaimed: "Thct is my child. There lies my family, go on, and get the rest of them." Tho workmen continued, and la a few minutes they cam to tho remains of tho mother sod three other children. Till! IIKAPS W KRK COM PLKTEI. Y HI'MNRD Orr but there was enough of their clothing left to recognize them by. What was left was picked up and placed in coffins, the old gentleman following closely tho men who were carrying the coffins. There was a scene, of considerable activ ity at tho headquarter of Adjutant-General Hsstlngs, on tho east side, early this morning. The Sheriff at this place made a request on (ion. Uniting to call out one regiment of the National Guard. HosUtod that ho did not want them called out on account nfnnytrouble.but to guard against anything that might happen, (ion. lias tings Immediately telegraphed Col. Porch ineni, of Pittsburg, to order out the Kour teeuth Ilegiment. They have not yet answered, but when they do they will be stationed in Johustown proer to guard the buildings from tho act of tho thieve. Gen. Hastings 1 hiring all tho men be can to Secure and remove the debris, and I offering 12 day and their food and shelter. Booth & Finn, the I'ittiburg contract ors, have a largo number of man at work and hsv placard about tho stone bridge calling for L',0K) men, and offering theta t'i a day. The Cambria Iron Work aro al ready preparing to gut tholr work in o ration. It hi probabio that two of tho fur nace will be in oK-ration by the end of Iho week. Men were at work all day yes terday cleaning tho dam out, and this morning tho company had OX) men at work. Gen. Hastings was eeen later in tho dny and when ankcJ what caused him to ordor out the militia (aid: "There I no need of sny troops to quell any disturb ance, but now there are at Ica-t 2,000 men at work in Johustown clearing up the debris, and I think that it will not hurt to bav the Fourteenth Itegiinent hero, as they can gnsrd the banks and all valuable. Hi Hienir consulted me la Hi matter. 11 staled bis men were about worn out, and be thought that we had bettor hav ome soldier. I ordered them." the iLUt-Ai 1. 1 r Rains. At Oast Twwy I'rntM UhIMc Uvea la Ibis Way, JosMrowx, 1'a., June . It la now definitely settled that at least twenty to lorty.peoplo were lost on the two section of th day cxpre that left Pittsburg at o'clock . w., Friday, and the Johnstown nccommodation thnt was nbout to leave Johnstown that afternoon. Thoro have been numerous conflicting rcportH about how many trains were caught in the flood, but from most reliablo reiwrts it has been aiuvrtnincd that three trains wero caught by tho water. Mr. Kdward N. Mct'ul lough, of tho Westmoreland Coal Co., was among tho passengers on the day express cast, oh Friday morning. Ho stales posi lively that there wero two sections of tho day express and tho Johustown accommo dation caught in the flood. Said ho, "It is my opinion that at least twenty people were drowned from Iho trains, in fact, I can count that many myself. And tho death rate may go as high as forty. Thero was one parlor car nud three sleepers on the express nnd several oilier earn. "Wo did not know of tho Hood until about thirty seconds boforo it was upon us. We heard tho whistling of tho en gines, nnd all w ho could ran to tho hills. Among tlio pi.MoiiL'on were two young ladies, ono of whom I think, live iu' Pitts burg, nnd tho other, who had been visit ing rittsburg, lived in New Joraev. They heard tho warning and ran out of tho car, hut it was muddy, ami they wont back for their overshoes, und lieforo ihey could got away thev wero caught by the water and drowned. Tho next morning wo found both of them cold in death. Tho lady from Now Jcrscv had a bouquet which she brought fro:n Pittsburg, mid it was Iving beside her. "Tliecolored porter and one woman wero the laHt from one of Iho sleeping cars. Thn porter tried to save tlio woman and they wore both drowned. In another car an old gentleman w as lost, nnd iu the n.irlor car a womnn lwt her husband nud sister and another l.tdy passenger and her three chil dren were bsL The womsu made a des perate effort to save Iho children, but it was useless to try ns the odds wi re soirroat against her. A woman named Christian, who live iu Mississippi, wo lost from ono of the cars and twelve )awicners in the day couch are iniiuiug. Tho Pullman car took lire and w ere totally destroyed. Ona of Daly' theatrical companies was on one of the trains, but I do not think any of the member wero lost It is said that at least pleven of tho peoplo lost from the train wero Pittsburgers, but it is impossible to ascertain any names. Tho railroad com pany have some names of the misting but return! KJsitivo1y to give them out until they nro certain tho .oplu huve bocu drowned." Adjutant-Cieueral Hasting in nn inter view this morning stated that he wihhed to deny stories published in certain new paers to tho effect that there had been some w holes.ilu lynching and rioting here aince Sunday. Kiid he: "Tin so report nro utterly devoid of truth, and will only injure the papers that publish them. Any one here knows that there is no truth iu these statements, but tho ienple away from here have no means of obtaining iu formation only through tho newipiperi. I think thero is enough truth to tell hero without publishing false and seusatiuiiul stories." aoUtTlllftU A UOl t THAT DAW. II Wa4'nfriM-ll lh MmI Inferior Mdlrrlul- . Ileurjr Niullb Inlka. JoiisxToivM, Pa., Juno 4. I notice that ona of tho Uicinlur of the fish ing club said yesUr lay that tho club had not tiled an indemnity bond, as claimed by a citizen of Iibonnburg, and that no complaint had b'-cn made about tho safety of the dam by any of tho Johnstown i Al iens. Ho I undoubtedly correct abcot lot bond, but I misleading a to the t-..el.ii part of hi stateirciil. Thero is rol a i hnilow of doubt but that citiicu of CVin bri County frequently complained, and that at the liino the dam was constructed a vigorous effort was mado lo put a stop to tho work. Il i truo that tho lender in thi movement w as not a ciliscn of Johns town, but ho was and I a largn mine owner iu Cumbria County. His inino ad joins the n-servoir protiorly. He rvlatn.1 to me on Saturday tlio story of his labors in sn effort to protect the lives and prop erty of thn pH)pl in that valley. Il.i was frequently on tho spot and bis ow n ciiifinocr iiiHpcvled th work, lie says tho embankment was principally of shale, and clavaudlhat straw was used to stop tho lenkinst of water while thn work was going nil. Ho called on tho Hieriff of Csiubrin County anil told him it was his duty lo ai'ply to con it for sn injunction. Tho MuriiT promised to give the matter hi at tention, but instead of going Ix'fore the court, went lo the Cambria Iron Company for consultation. An employe w as sent up to make an ineclion sud liis hqxirt was favorable to the reservoir work. The Sher iff went no fuitlier. But the Bcntleman referred to said ho had not failed to make fmlibc hi proUt nt the lime and to renew I frequently. Thi recommendation for an Injunction and protect were spoken of by citizens of Allooua as a hackneyed sub ject. Continuation was certiinly had alMiiit Forks, Omcmaugh, Mil I vale mid Johnstown on that fatal Iriday. The rumor of an expected break wss prevalent early in the day, but citizens re marked that tho rumor was a familiar in cident of the annual fnxhets. It ass the old story of "wild wolf." They gave up the drat floor to the water, nnd retired up stair to wait until the river should recede, as they bad done often before, scouting the olt told story of tho breaking of tho reser voir. Th reader will see ut once (he ro msrkablo conflict Is-tween I list shale sud clay story of the ilium owner relerred to mIkjvC. slid tho published statement of Gen. Moreliead, who bad chargo of the construction, that tho masonry w as o( solid grsuitssnd limcstono, and was believed to Vm) a enduring a the pyramids of Fgvpt. The awful disaster would seem to confirm the allegation of th use o( unlit material in tho construction. The ntimlMjr of pswenger of the day express known to huvii ht-u lost nre six, besides there are two Iodic unaccounlod for. but who may yet be alive. A conductor who wss nt ('uiiomaugh on that fan fill day claim lo have run through the cars snd told the pa'scngcrs lo run lo tho moiiulsiiis. The pawenger who sur vived sre anxious to niiiku the acquaint ance of Ihst same conductor. They cer tainly neither taw him or heard In in on Friday. Jl.s intention may have been good, hut tho good deed was omitted. When the psNv-ngcrs reached the moun tain side they found there two conductors In benuldul white on. Their manlier was calm and their clothing was un titled. I skcd ono of them why ho did not notify the paswngers of Ilia breaking of th dam. Ho replied In some confusion Hint he bad not tint. His com panion mado a reort lo bis siierlor, which rcrt was carried over tho moun tain by s pawcngor Ihst iiluht, but there wss nothing iu it to indicst thst passen ger were any 1 1 his evuecra. Ho reported tho loss of two trains. In striking con trast to tho neglect of duty of tho conduc tors, it it ideasaiit to note the manly con duct of othora. First always first men lion could be made of the locomotive en gineer and firemen whose bravery nud devtoion wero conspicuous. They never n:gl cted toglvesuch warningnsthcy could in t'.io face ol danger and in some case of certain death. A brnkeineii riding dead head, whoso nnmo cannot bo recalled, rendered splendid service in rescuing women nnd children nt tho risk of his own life. J. S. Alur, Pullman conductor, was efficient and co.d-headed, W. II. WoodVj cook of Iho car Aragon, ainl John II. nugh, porter of tho parlor car, stood manfully by I). (). Griffith, of tho Norwich line, in the rescue of pa.sscn gers. It was Woody w ho stood upon the top of the car Arugon, w ith nxo in hand, ready lo cut the roof to luevcnttho smoth ering of thoso within. Wo think belter of our race with uch examples before us. Wm. Hkskv Smith. acornuiisjr rsnnosiA. This Awful Nalatljr llrrnks On! Anion inrvlvoni f Hi llcxt. Joiinstows, Pa., Juno 4. I'p the ranges' sides of rrospeot Hill, tho same to which several hundred (erritled people Hod to escape tho flood last Friday night, your correspondent scrambled this after noon. Ho came up on a pneumonia scourge which bid fair to do for a num ber of tho ccnpd victims what the Hood could not, lVath has pursued them to their highest places, and terror will not dio. Kvery littlo house on tho hill, and there are a hundred or two of them, had thrown it' door ojien to receive the bruised and half clad fugitives on the dark day of the deluw, and every ono 1 now a crude hospital. Half of the women who bad scaled tho bights were so overoonio with (right that they have boon bed ridden ever since. There had been pneumonia on the hill, but only a few Isolated coses. Today, however, several fresh case de veloped among tho flood fugitives and a local physician said the prospects for a scourngo aro nil too promising. The en feebled condition of the patients, tlio un healthy atmosphere prevsding the valley and the iioccHKtrily close quarter.' in w Inch the people are crowded render tho spread of the disoaso aim st certain. Today a ray of light omiiiu in the nature of a carload of provisions, and a not h or containing clean mattresses und teddiiig from Columbus, O, all specilled for th Prospect Hill sufferers. On this oiuinciifo stand the Cambria City Hospital, and ill this rambling co'.-Iiw-it resemble one in exterior ami comforts -a great w ork is being done through the combined agencies of medical science nnd brotherly love. Tho hospital is iu charge of a corp of Altoona phvsi riuus, which the Pennsylvania ituilroad Company rushed to the' scone tho morn ing niter Iho Hood. Their name aru: M. J. Buck, William Findiav, W. N. Iloss. I . U. Arney, W. S. Itrnix-r, J. K. Harmon, A. L Spangle, Henry Jacob and H. M. Sctlers. J. I. Hicks, attorney for tho Pennsylvania li.iilrosd Company, Is chair man of the alieruatiiiif relief committee. assisted by thn Hon. J. V. Curry, also of Altoona. ilio wards are lull of bruised and siifferinit ones who wore dragged from liio tcclh ol the Hood. About 4 o'clock this evening tho charred body of a young womsu wss uncovered a short distance atHive the stone bridge. Oil her linger was found a slender gold ring, on the plain of which were engraved Ihn initials "K. J. It." She wore a trit-d woolen drexs and a black underskirt. I bo body wss tako n to tbe Fourth Ward schoolhoiise. Several yellow flag w urn noticed tick ing up from thn black wn-ekagn abovo the stone bridge. This was a new plan adopted by the s.inilury rorii to in lieulo at what Kiut Ixclies liS( bts'll located. As it grows dark the Haun are still up, and an other day will dawn upon t.io imprisoned remains. People who had lost friends snd suposed they hsd drifted Into the fatal place, ecrod down into tiio charred m in a vain endeavor to recognise bo loved features. D I I. Ill r Ml.ktHSM. Malksra karri flea lltrlr l.lr-t:4ara '. Will' Kohls t aarnsr. JniiNsroWK, Pa., June 4. The aad !ory of tho Cotiemaiigh I not without it deed of beroisiu. Tho appnlling scene of hoi Mrdeveloied daring onur.ign where leust existed, white every day heroes in Die Iho midst of the terrifying scene usually degenerated into arrant cowards. Those who viewed the frightful vni of fire and flood agree that thn bopcloaiinesa of the ituilioa wss flrwt fully roilir'd by women, ml that by tiie lender c was exhibited that dauntles courage which i born of ristignatlun. Mothor coolly aucriflced tboinselvi-s to tho fury of the flood or Are lo save the live of their children and loved one. Not irifri-quently Soiim ale faced Woman, clinging with her child lo floating debris and rcaliz ng Unit tho sup Mrt was too frail for twn, would bo Ki n to lilt her Precious burden hich uism the floating debris, and with a hasty kiss, did. ding ol farewell to nil that bound her to the wc rid, sink lenesth thn inky ws yes. Kdward C. Will I a young foundry. man of Cambria, tweiny-seven year oil, whom no on ever iujcc ted of xasiiig morn than ordinary courage. When Iho flood ws at it bight and people were lloaliu down the rusbinj torrent iu hundreds, ill rushed to bis bout, and senseless lo the pies hnirs of wife and relative, shuved In frail craft far out into thn angry current. Gliding rapidly along.il. lo a floating roof, iiisin which a woman ao l two children were kneeling with blsiichr-l fare an I stony stsrn, he skillfully evaded Ilia olmtrm tiona Hint every minute lbrrtiiol to crush bis cockle-shell craft, and lifting the terrorized creature to bis boat, shot i iom the cur rent bs k lo the bank whence be cuino. A shout of applause swi'llcd from th crowd thst lined Iho banks, lint unmoved ,y Jdsudils, young Will repeat"! bi perilous oumey, not once, but re.ru line s, until twenty-two live had be- n saved by his indnmitahl energy. 'Iho next day when tho most ol Jnliiistown was still underwater, Will ascen I'd the stream to the dosobits city, and a.'ani d.stinginshed lilmas'lf by man ad ol heroism sud en d ursine. Ibe .tribute loo fnls'iine can not be paid to hi noble character; but after all, among the l.oio'S that these trsiig (reiiisi developed, ho I only on of the many. On rial r Iba Mia-nliSasl Dea4. JoiiNsiown, pa., Juno f - Thi ws the day at aside by the citlr 'i"' coimuiiti-e for tho burying of all lb" uui letitilled deal, that have been laving hi the uiorguu since Suuday. At U o'clock I las morning the men who wore in charge of tho burying started to work nnd have b:'on busy all dnv. Thero are no pathetic scenes at these burials. Tho men who have been hired to do the work seem to do it just as a mutter of business. Tho bodies are being interred iu tho cemetery nearest tho place whore tho bodies woro found. About noon a procession of nbout li ft v coflinod IkhIIcs was feeu going up tho hill above the railroad. There was not a mourner present and tho tiht was u ghastly one to behold. It will take several days to bury the bodies now iu the differ ent gr.ivcvards, n there woro few graves dug until this morning, and no imple ments to diir them with. However, a largo detachment of men nrrivod from Pittsburg this morning, and they wero put to work to dig graves al once. Altogether, nbout ;UHI bodies wero taken to tho differ ent cemeteries this morning. A Verjr Tonrbiii Inrlilrnl. Johnstown, Pa., Juno 4. A wealthy young Philadelphia!! named Oglo recently became engaged Ion Johnstown Indy.Mis Carrio Hielil. They wero l bo wedded in tho middle of June and both parties wero preparing for tho ceremony. The lover hoard of tho terrible Hood, but knowing thai the residence of his dear ono was up in tho hills full little fear for her safely. To muko sure, however, ho slartod (or Johustown, arriving today. Near Iho Fourth street morgue ho met Mr. Hiehl. "Thank God, you nro safe!" bo ex claimed, nud then added: "Is Carrie well?" ".ho was vUtting In tho valley when Iho flood came," was the mournful reply. Thou ho beckoned the young mail to enter the chamber of death. A moment later Mr. Ogle was kneeling nnd kissing lb cold white face. From tho lifeless linger be sbpiM-d a tbiu gold ring, and iu its place put ono of his own. Then ho stole quietly out, one of tho thousands mado to mourn by tho bursting of the bouth Fork dam. l.rtanaMol Orflll kvafs al Altaaaa. Piiit.Aiici.ritiA,- Pa,, Juno 4. The fol lowing persons desire that their friends nt the place named tie notified thai they are at Altoona and well: 11 Orgill. Memphis, Teiin.; Carrio Barber, Manilla, Iowa; J, B. Vandyke, Sudbury, Pa.j E. T. Meyer, Ohio; I wis Wald, Cincinnati, O.; I. I). Homier, Pittsburg. Pa.; Frank K. Felt, Chicago, 111.; M. Prid lie, PilUdmrg. Pa.; 1'riink lluttou, Washington; Delhi llvnd man, Clueinnull, . O ; A. ('. Miili'kcu, Pittsburg, Ph.; J. F. Mitchell, Cleveland, .; Mr. li. P.ulaski, S:. loins, Mo.; M. K ItiHsly, l'ltlhbnrg, Pa.; M. K. Brady, Chi cago, III.; John Koherts, Philadelphia, Pa.; T. J. I'inletler, lliiludelphiu, Pa ; J odd Stewart, Knns.u City, Kas.; l.ulu Cub luight, Logansporl, I ml. ki 'iim mi'Tioi. Valnahle I Isanrlal AM llrlns Renilerrsi ka ( surinsath hull. rrrs. Tho follow ing subscriptions were raised for tho Jidinstown sufferer yesterday: Nlmllo i.rm Illi'lllllStl WM tt.sl l.fiTiil.iu riiics l.i' Uniiiiu f.,tm I hlrsrii M.IXI N.-w Yoik M i.i.'oi liul.Mllr LojrU hi i'itiIc j, in) Mauy other cities will hold mas meet' ilia's tomorrow and the largest aulmcripliou ever raised are exrlod. 1 Ik MlaiMi,t (ril.l I'rllawa. Spis tal IU,m. h In Thi- AsmL Maioi, Miis., June 4. To the Subordi nate 1-odg' Sof Miksinsippi: You sre urg ently leq'lcfled to adopt piompt and ef fective measures for raising money for the benefit of Odd I'elloWS suffering from tho sppslling II khI dis u-tor at Johnstown, Pa. lU iiieinlieriiig how wo wero suivoiod when a ternbl.t xiatilciico walked in our own midst, lei us Show by our n-SKnn lh.it tho irreat lesson of U-nevoleiice and chnr.ly is still fresh in our hearts. Bemil all fund secured by sppropna lion or contriliiilions to J nines 11. Nichol son, No. ill North Sixth street, Philadel phia, Pa. Itontiir C. Psrrv, (rami Msster. TIIK UH. CIIUNIN VAbO. WoodrurT, the llorae 1 ulef. Tail Another bturr, and Quite a New On. Citti'AiKi, III., Juno 4. Tho many con tradictory confession of the imprisoned horse thief, Woodruff, alia Black, regard ing the Cronin mystery, were rpcd this afternoon by a brand new narrative from him regarding the affair. Huriug tbe in quest Puli'.sj Captain N houck, who was on the wilm-ss stand, had testified a to thn Investigations which followed tho art-cat of Woodruff for borso stealing, and retold the whole of Woodruff varied stories Unit men whom he claimed Were named King and Faiiburu, and Ibocsiryiug off of a woman's body in tho trunk. 1 no Cap lain was asked if he bad bad any recent conversations with Woodruff, sud aoourod the consent of Slate's Attorney liug lin ker Is lore reiilyini?. "Ves," ha s iid. "WisHlrufT sent for me Iho day the Grand Jury was in session on thi case, slid we went toiMhor into the private loom at thn Jail. WisMlruff went ou lo say thst there ws Kd many things be hsd not lob I sbmt Ibn ease. continued by saving that bo was in a sa loon on Illusion si reel nesr rraiikliu one sllornoon with King and Kaiihiirn when a strange man enlernl and t'Mik King ssele. Woodiufl said Ibe mau hsd a big roll of money and that be gave some to King and more lo I airburn. Uiey went out to gether and the stranger left thorn nt tb door. Alur be bad gone ixslrutr smd be uaked King who il W 04 slid Kill said. '1 hut Is the great lawyer, Alexander Sulli van.' " Cupt. fvhssi k addud, In ply aluror' qiirstion, that Ihn next day inter Wo-hI-rutl hsd been Indicted (or lioran-atciiling he sent w ord that lis wouldii t talk any more. The iWy Am o lny says that Wool- ruff thi morning dm lured: "I ain't going to got tlio worse ol It, although there are im'0i! trying to give it lo mn. I alii t an It lh Catholic, and I sopposo thn Irish will try to give me the worst of it. but they bad better lk out. If I find limy aro trying to do that I'll mako aoinn of ihomiiiiiik Hale i not more than live iniuubsj distant" The inqinst t'slsy, Ijeshb- Copl, Ss lisai k' Usitiiuouy, developed little that was new or Interesting. Th morning was (alien up in listening to th" evident o of tho pdtceuion who saw the wagon which rarrie( tho trunk containing lr. Ciuuin' bo ly on tho night of tho tragedy and to that of the physician who made thn autopsy. t'spt. Schuack was on lh stsnd over an hour and went over tho livery (table trans actions ol Coimhlln and similar event ss to the newspaper. Woodruff, thn Cap tain said, had III hi latest "confession" declared that Uvtecllvs Cvugliliu wo the man who hired him to drive him to tho Carlson cottaiw. ".Maj." Sampson, a gambler, was tho next witness nud repented his stoiy that Comihliil ouco tried to hire him to "slug" Cronin. The day closed with testimony tending to corroborate Sampson by ono of Iho hit ter's associates, "Hilly" l'ynii. 1.. It. Bucklev, Captain of Clnn-na-Gael Guards, was subjected to a rigorous sweat ItW process tonight In private by Chief of Police Hubbard nnd Coroner Hertz. Cnpt. lluckley was afterward driven nway in it carriage with Chief Hubbard. Thn'Clan-nn-G.'iel Guards is n local independent military company, well nrmcd nnd uni formed, which ba-i often appealed iu pa rades iu Chicago. The majority, if not all of thn members, nro Irishmen or sous of Irishmen. WUITK UlVttlt moa uttUOIDKiid Hold Their Annual Moetlnpt and Elect Olllcer for tlio Your. Perlnl Ptspatch to The An'ul, Nkwi-oiit, Aik., Juno 4. Tho White IJiver Valley Sloik Breeders' Association hold its annual election of officers nt the I'nitod State Kxporiincntal Farm near NcwKrt today, Tho meeting was very largely attended by representatives, farm er and stock breeders of Jackson und ad joining counties, Lancelot Minor was elected president; It. M. Ijilid, ofAu vergne, vice-president; J. J. Flu biff, of Newport, re-elected secretary; l' A. Shatlner, of Wrldon, Ireas urer; Cupt. J. C. McGuire, af Independ ence Couulv; Isaac Goldman and M. I. Itobinson, of Jseksoa County, llo ird of I i rectors. This ussiN'iiilion was nrganir.ed three years ago, uud now numbers ns its members all the most successful farmers and stockbreeder in North Arkansas. It Influence bus betn felt in stock breeding all over the State. Through lis efforts uii experimental farm lias ls-en es tablished one mile from Newport. On this farm tho I'liitcd States Government is now experimenting with forty varieties of unlive grasses. Ihn association has also completed tho I! met ouo-mde lace truck in the Slate. TUB Ji.UEH HUmt CASS. Th Oovernor of Mississippi Withdraws the Kaqiitsltton for lllm, Fus Inl !lial b lo 1 lie A.ssl. Nasiivii.i.k, Teiin.,Juno 4.-iov. Iiwry, of MisH;sippi, tohiy telegraphed Gov. Taylor, withdrawing Iho requisition Issued by him a few days ago for the arrest and n't urn ol James Bush, tho negro urrested at Memphis, to which city he had gone with l.ula Murpbree, a whilo girl from Tallahatchie Couulv. Tho Governor of Mm-isiippi oked Biiih' cxlrudition on a charge of larceny of gsds, but lludi's in lornej staled lo the Governor of Tennes s v that their client was wanted in Missis sippi that ho Plight be lynched. Tin y said ho wss not guiily of sbdiietioti, hut bad in led iiinlcr luslriii lions from Miss Mur pbree's brother, who nsiles in AiIhii-.h, ami who duo led Bush lo brim; the girl tbero in ordor that she mibt no longer bo umli r Iho tldblence of a ceitain n l itive. Gov. Tnvbsf bad not decided wbst net ion he would tako when a lidegrum from Gov. Jowry withdniwiu the reouisiiiiui. Put ussiguiug no h'jsoii I Inn for, look the i.iso out of Ins liainls lrr.irM(lHl Aiailliurnl. WAsniMifox, Juno 4. Tim Picideiit msde the following nppoiiiliuenls today: To Ih receiver of public moneys - John T. Cat 1 1 ii, of Monluii.i, al Itozeman, M. I'.; James J. I'oI.hi, of New Mexico, nt lais Clll'TS, N. M. To lm n gislcrs of bin I ol liiis. -I rank F Hal twin, ol Colorado, nt I'll dilo, Col.; I. ldy I', l cuis, of Montana, ut BoriMiiuii, M. 1'. A I Ira al lUtaaslila, Ark. S- lal Pisil h lo 1 ha Apisral. NswiuuT, Ark., June 4. lir broke out III the rVii'ird printing establishment ut Batekvillo this morning. The citizens turned out, ami so effecdvo was their work thai the Hi mo went so-m under control. The Ibe ong.nated ill the b uler room. L'nalilo lo le.uii the lots or insur ance. Aaj I alorlaniala ArrlJral. Fss at li -i- t- U Iu lh Aims', I. N isiivii.u:, Teiin., June 4. Thoo. Har ris, Sr., one of Iho ohhwl and miwt proiul- lient farmer of Lincoln County, wss fatally wounded near I avetlcG.l.t lust eveiiinrf. A mowing bin In Iwtig in bis hiU'vi inghl in A wheel sml Ihn blade strut k him iu the tin out. He is eighty years old. Ike Stlalr'a lanrni far !. Hss ii ateli M 1 lia A s-sl. N a-iimi I r, Teiin., June 4.- Comptroller Alb n stated toliy that corrcsts.n h in o with ci'iinty ellli isls throtighoiil the Mute led bi'ii to U'lieye that the 1st m.-ri'.-atu lor s) sill rra. li 1 ,'I,iKsi,iksi, i,is will giu Iriiniss. o nil Income of more thuu tl,lll,ISl. t ears Altll a) aasrl'a ksffl. Ijisoox, June 4.- Thero aro feui that Ihn Ihitisli sieniurr liunish Prince, Cupt. Potts, which snlcd from Sw..ti-s-a May L'H for Moutn al, b.is loiiieli rod. 1 he coast K'lanls st r-kihb.-rceii, Ir ian I, have pi ked up the oi( iHMik ol the steamer, the l.itot cutry in which wss made in May. A Walrr fc.oul rnr UulUlln. florist p.ti II lo 1 li A mm al. Nasiivii.i k, Teli ii., Juno 4. A water spout, Si'eoiiipanic.l bv coiisideriibln w iud sud hail, did mip'li dam i.vi near G.i'.i tl.u I'xbiv. Iho rtos worn injuieil snd liees loin up by Ihn roils, Thn rainlall willim twenty iiiiuules inea-ured one inch. - - - a. - 1 hr Itralilwaual Iraubla. ItiMiiotiHip, III., J ii no 4. A notice was p. si o'd at lh ollic of tho Cbii aR i rind Wiliiiin-jtori oal loiiipanv vrsterdav an nouncing that tlio mines would Is i1om lor sn indeliuiln lime, sud notifying all men having tools in the shaft to lake them out. Iks Orlaj In Ik Halls. Th k Aiirn 1 Informed by Mr. Ben ton, the Superintendent of Mail at Ihn Memphis iHisloflhe. lint all Now lork mails wlm II h it here Wednesday nkdit are water hound iu Pennsylvania and cin- mil Ixi forwarded or returned, ou account of Ibe II to Is and washout. Miser 1lrame, I ni l'-Vll.l r.. tit., June 4 -llhsr rhtni. with u I ,i . in. ii- nn ilia talis, ami II leul liu lm la II, i . nil. nisiilirr rlrar sail csil. KMI HKI.I AXS, la., Jim i-Wilor rlrsr Mil oui. AimvJ. Olluwr sul lwr."s, ku lu'iK. ...VhVlllir tn.t IllMA J IM M 11 L.d S lie le siii'l ii.li. Waal'ier t-tisir. l is. N A 1 1 o . June . lllver j; its.'! auj lit- Wi'.it. i'l i l iil I. I A 1 10 1. III. Juii 4 -ItlvarT hs.ll hiiskss and (si Hi v WeslUl UwuU susl wuL TIIE TRIAL BEGINS. Tho Rising Sun Tragedy Revived, It Is Bolnjf Conducted by tho Court at Oroonvlllo. Tho Attornoys for Both 8idos Oot Into a Llvoly Squabble. Tho Point Ilnisod Is, Who Shall Bo First Triod for tho Killing. After Much IJonted Discussion and the Filing- of Dili of Exception, tbe Jud.ro OocUloa That Wbltworta Blmll KlrHt Us Tried. fW!ut Mknlih to Tho Apis-iil. Giikknvii.i .n, Miss., Juno 4. The trial of S. 11. Whitworth, J. W. Hoskiiu and Kim McLean, for the Hieing Sun killing, wits commenced hero today before Judge Winston, of the Circuit Court Tho Slate was reptesentcd by Histriet Attorney Parish; .Messis. Ku-li A tiardncr, of Greenwood; lliMiker A Wilson, of taxing t in; Wynn, Thomas A Grilllii, of Green ville, for the defense. Tho following p pcaied: Judge Hiram Cassidy, of Brook haven; Capt. liwyn, of la-xiuglon; Col. Nelson, ol Woodvitle; Messrs. a It. Cole man and W. S. Hurry, of Greenville; J. M. Liddoll, of Greenwood; J. M. Jayue, Isaac Schlossiugor nnd II. Wutson, ol Greenville. Tho court-room was crow led, every available scat Isdng occupied, and many wero iiuabl to obtain admission. Wheu tho court called the Stale against 8. II. Whitworth und others, counsel for Ibe .Stale announced lh ihm-Ivcs ready. Tho court stated that a severance bad been demanded as regard Hosliu. The defense demanded if thn Stain was ready ns regards all the prisoners. They State said thev were ready as n-iranU Whitworth and McU'uu. Judge Cussidy, , O the defense, deuiandrd Iriul for llos kins, claiinlng priority for him as the llrst ready ou the severauce. Tho Slate claimed Iho right of election uud rccutcd their ri-.ili.iess to iry Whitworth and Mi I, an. Thn court denied tho re ipiest of the deleiis.', who lhereilol look a spi i nil bill ol e. options to the ruling, uiinoiinced their rendiiiess for a trial of Whitworth sud Mcla-un, and demanded a severmiiv. The Stale el -clod to try Whit woilh Hist uud ili'Uisii.h d a special vcuiro. The Imix haulm been brought Into court, liny names worn drawn out an I tint Slier ill wss oidervd to servo notice at once, After consultation with tho counsel oa lint W stiti.A aii.i iii Ki....i.r ii... . " . ... ,I,I , otderi'd the venire returnable nt 10 o'clock a.m., Ind iy. Then fulloMcd ome sharp spsiniiif lalMeen Ihn I'ollll-el us levari Is llinrsa.'s n.viinsl llo-kms snd M lx-an. 'Iho Siam had evidenily ileti ruiiu sj to try hitworih liist. while Ihn d.v. lei iso smiiui.ii.lv tibii'cl'd to tha iloleiiiion ol the otlur two piisoner or nil nidi Ibnlo time awaiting Iho result if Who itnrlli'a fUm. MS J !.... fV.al.lrf raiil Ihn di fonae diid the Mute for each Ir.lll lo Ih aeltlil aa fr mm i...l.l.. IV. - " ' ...... www are n il ly lo try II oak Ins now, or if a spe cial ii'ii iv is il. sireii l.y Hi State let II be k no-Ail now tho,atn tiiioiig'i. Mr. Wilson uud Judge Wvnn objected lo the iliuuiiig of the venire then and thrra llj. nil 1111 1 1 kas l..f.n 1... ..-..at a.. opportiiuily of invest. gating tho liuiue. 1 1 i ...i i . . . i . in-1 uui i iieriiiii'o ii, n't nn, venire i drawn mini il could rcaKoiiahly csh ulato li.ui 1 1 ... t, ...... 1. 1 I.. .......1..1 .'i. i lia ih'leiiso liiod a siH'cial bill of cxil'l- lions. A similar Sirmemelit followml ss roimrds Mi Is nn and It n ifsiiia u.her nuralu in. il;i ton Ills cgiiii't itp,kiiis sud lela-sn III u lileh u revertat assitiMiiuiiili..! '11m StuOfe inniiinl il that it would rrquire a secial i'.-llir.. Ol ,...1. . ..kM Hit. I I . M ll.A U .- ...... ... .. , ..r. , n . ,,V IC" poro d its rul.iig Jiiilgo Cassidy cuiiliuucd i.. in., i.;. II is proli.ilile Hint the case sirainst R. II. W li.lWiirih will iM-enriv nliuui oin., .lava floiil Mild iiicludliij I ridsv. thrro Im-kiit oer pal wi.iiesaia, Tina, Willi tho other trial", w ill consume the remainder of lh term, nud ttastul t rui will uinloubledly be in cessary in order to comjilete the ducket. OailUAItV. J. I. Jn..aaah H I,. I lli.gsit.il III Ilia A .l. Ji ks.iv, Teiin., Juno 4 J. F. Jack- sou a prominent (sruier of this couuty, unda iirothcr of Gen. William II. Jack son nnd Jude Howell K. Jut ksoti, of itli vi 1 !. ilicil ot aiMioluxy at Ins horns live mile west of this city yesterday. l.rrull I aarl a.aaa. S .. inl p... .li Ii lu 1l. e sL Coii win a, Miss., June t. -Circuit Court coiiyciii'd beiu yesterday, Judge L, U, Houston presiding. Thociwl dis set is very heavy and w ill bar My ls completed at thi term. Th triiiinial dockil is very lijit. Advices reeelyod today from Walker . County repoit a tbiealrned strike among the coal miners there. I lu millers held a mass IH' Otiiw yctetdav to decide whether or no. tin y would woik. at the reduction tii.v lo known t atiirday, which amounted lo i cut per Imi on forked, and I'.') cents on shovel coal. Have not betm able lo le.it u ai yet what wo tho result of th meeting. a - Ilia J sUNIh Male tlx as (law. Torr, Kaa., June 4. The resrga liieut ol Iho Wit bibl jobbing rale question began si !f HUo'clm k this afieruoon bofor the Male li iilwar CoiuiUisiio'i. The aea crul maunder snd traffic iiiaun.'er of th railwsysol the Slate an- pr. suit, also repre sentatives from Wichita, Tupcka, la-svco worth, Fori Sootl, iimimria, tiieat HeiiJ, Saliiu and other luwu which aro allvctv I by the question. lalu ol a Jaial Aaaorlallaa. ClilfAdo, III., Juno 4.-Kpieenlallve of tho.brakiiiien' llremen', nd switch men' brolheihood of th l uited Slate met in lei-ret ivssioii In re to.luy for th pnrs- of f. ruling a joint association. Alter son e d k iisaioii a romuuttet'. ws appointed loiIr..ft a plan of consolidation, and Ibe coiilcreiieo adjocrned till tin awning, pending the completion of U Work.