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THE APPEAL -
Hai a largor etreulatloa thri
any ether aewspapar In th re.
Clou roai.trUeri by the states at
Tenn o. aUulxlapl, Arkan.
to. Alabama, Itiu sal Lea
it lit a.
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Ibaa tar other aewepaaer la
Imumm, MlMlulppt, Arkaa.
saa, Alabama an it Tesaa,
ESTABLISHED 1840.
MEMPHIS. TENN., TltUJlDAY, JUNE 0. 1SS9.
VOL. XLIX NO. 131
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HARD WORK.
This 13 the Johnstown Watchword.
Kobcdy Need Oo There Who Does
Not Intend to Labor.
It Will Take 10.003 Mon Thirty Days
to Clear the Streota
One Thousand Fuaorals Take Plaoa
In the Little City.
Ko tlnd to the Dead Bo.-IIds Recov
ered From tho Mud.
The Moat Oonssrvatlve Still Cling
to Ela" Figures,
And
Assert That toe Loss of Life
Will Reach 15,000.
JOoo Out of a Population of Over 40,-
OOO Beached by the Flood Register
aa Having Escaped Mr. Lew
Wallace's 8afoty Assured
The Bubtcrlptlona
Pouring In.
JouKKTOWk, Fa., Juno 6. There is no
urceuso ol horror hero today, but tho
situation is resolving itself into something
like order. The relief work litis been so
systematized that tliero is no danger of
any confusion. At the several distributing
depots hundreds sescmblo morning, noou
end night, and, forming inline, are sup
plied with provisions. Men anil women
Willi families are given bread, butter,
cheese, hsru and canned meats, tea or cof
fee and augur, and unmarried applicants
with sliced bread and buttur or sand
wich tn. Something like accuracy is being
reached, too, in tho vatimulc of loss of
life. The most counervativo cstimnto now
puts the Dumber at 10,009. The IKK) army
tents brought on by Adjutant-Oencnil Ax-
I lino, of Ohio, have been divided, and two
white-walled villages now sIFord shelter
to nearly 0,0(10 homeless people. Those
j village are polh-cd and undercharge of
,ien. Axnno. me action oi mo authori
ties yesterday In consolidating all au
thority and vesting it in Mr. J.
III. Scott, of Pittsburg, as dictator,
;j received with favor on all
Landa. Iicbitor Scott lina taken
.bold of the stupendous task imposed ujun
1 him with enorgy, and already bus mapped
' out his work and assigued the direction
if various portions of it to men equally
I xcalou. Already he has 2.500 men at
I " work and bos called for 2,500 more, to
VrHtfiuin ho promises work for sixty days at
' $2 per day and board. Mr. Hcoit, ia nu
interview this tnoroiug, said that lio pro
posed to clear the town ol all wreckage
nnd debris of all descriptions and turn tho
; town sito over to the citizens w hen ho ho
completed bis work, clean and free from
i olmtructions of all kinds. In con vernation
I toilay SupL Iunran, of tho Johustowu
i Street Ituilway, aud ono of the leading
citizens of the place, declared that as soon
ss the people recovered in a menu u re from
the dazed condition in which they hnvo
been since tho catostropho Immodiuto
I measures will bj taken in the direction of
rebuilding, lun win uo a nuc iun
costly work, but Mr. Duncan cxiktIs to
ace a new city spring frutn tho ruin of
Johnstown. Tho work of reconstruct
ing tho roadlwd and relaying lite
i trucks ol the Pennsylvania Ihiilroad la
J being pushed forward vigorously In charge
I ol Knginocr of Maintcnace of Way Nit-
tradgp, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
alroady trains are running down to the
passenger station, while consti action train
are able to go considerably further, lly
night it Is expected that the high embank
mrut at tho big bond of the river which
Uellerted the river from ilscoura on Friday
and which was finally washed away iUelf,
will bo constructed. Although the loss of
the Cambria Iron Company will foot up
into the millions, tho dittructlon of their
lant la not as bad a apprvliendod and
rnorted at first, and ollicers of tic; coin-
f pany now auy they rxect to resuino op
eration within thirty day. A civil en
gineer of tho company who mado a careful
survey of the propecli yoterJay, aaacrted
to the writer this morning that although
tho greater portion of tho valuable build
iiiB and their still more valusblo contents
in the way of Improved machinery is dum-
aged beyond repair, there U ono complete
set of machinery iu tho llosaruier mill tin
( injured, and the manufacture of steel rails
tuay W resuuiod within two weeks.
. Hundreds of Cambria employes aro at
jwork today clearing away tho wreckage,
j aud there is much complaint over tho con
I duct of tho iron company ductal In cut
I ting their men ofT tho general work to their
own premises. The ofliccr of the iron
company Justify their action on the ground
that tho sooner they can g't their work
In operation attain tho bettor it will bo for
tho community.
THC RAILROAD,
the 4Bdlllaa lha Oalral Traaaler
I I'aaaengrre.
JonxiTOWH, Pa, Juns 6. Assistant Su
perintendent Wm. M. tjtoncr and Iloulo
Agent II. C Schoycr, of tho I'ennsylvauia
lUilroad, arrived from Philadelphia at this
ploco lost night. Laving been on the way
since lost Thursday, comingorcrland route
in wagon by way of Khcniburg pike. In
n interview with Mr. b'touer, he said;
"We bavo hired all the two-horse team
In Dlalr, Cambria, Indiana and Klmasburg
Cc-unlic wo could possibly get, and will
trauort all poAsengcra la this manner
Irorn Kbcnsbttig to Johnitowa. General
: crlntendont 11. E. I'ettit ha ordered
tho eutire force from the Altoona sho,
0,000 men in number, to the sec no of the
wnthotit and wilt work under President
TLoujpsou from NorUi CuuibvrUnJ, MX',
ami until tho entiro division repaired
their pniweniKir trains will leave Philadel
phia over tho main lino by way of Will
port, Lock Haven and lSald' Figie Vnlloy,
I'liiluilulphin and Krio over tho Northern
Central, taking tho main lino nt Harris
on, thence to KbenshtirgHml transported
in wagons to this place. Tho entiro por
tion of the road that suffered by the fl od
will bo in good rumiiug sbao in a few
weeks tit tiio latest."
At the l-'irst l'reshytcriun Church, which
is being used as a inorgiio, seventeen
bodies taken from the debris and river
hnvo been brought in. Those identified
are: Mary Stn.ttler, probibly Charles 11.
Hoirinan, Mm John llarriH, colored; Mis
l.izie and tioorgo Mellowed, 8. C.ark.
Tho balanco iiro uuidcutiliod. Tho relief
corps from Altoona found a body near
Stony llridao this morning. On his per
son was found a gold watch mid chain and
Sl'50 in money, which was turned over to
the proper authorities. This corps took
oiit some thirty-two bodies or tuoro from
the ruins yesterday. A. J. llawcs, whoso
wife's body was taken out of Ilio river butt
night, had tho body tnken up into the
mountains, where ho dug her grave and
said: "I buried nil that is dear to me. As
for myself, 1 don't euro how Boon death
overtakes me."
Fivo bodies wero taken out of tho
wreckfltfo near Dibcrt's bauk on Main
street this monuug.
Miss Clara burton, of Washington, T.
C, the originator of what Is known as tho
Hed Cross corps, known nil over the
world, arrived here this morning, and will
nt onco atuumo charge of all foai.ilo relief
corps.
I'J.OOO TO M.II00 I.UsT.
I'onarrvailv Mrs rinre I lie t' I en re This
lllBh and Mrau It.
JoiiKsTowx, Pa, June 5. Conservative
men are of tho opinion that tho ntunWr
of people destroyed will reach from 12,000
to 15.000. Thin view of it is based on
many fragment of evidence obtained
from over 100 citizens, being careful to se
lect as Intelligent men and women as could
bo found. They wero chosen fnim as
nuioy occupations as iowiblo and from as
many social caste. They w ere asked to
cstiiuato tho porcentago of lo- to the total
population, to tell how many people of
their acquaintance hnvo disappeared, bow
the gathering of icMdcnte ou the streets
and In public places compare with the
samo in former time. Their stutuinouts
of facts and estimates were proved as fur
as could bo, and tho pendulum of calcula
tion seem to bo beating time when they
swing from 12,000 to 15,ftk). It mint bo
rcmcmlKred that a very largo proportion
of this loss is mndo up of children. I low
strikingly frequent U thp refeiuncu in
the death list to "Mrs. Jones and six
children," "Mrs. Smith and five children."
In tho morgue tho little ones Jio in dozens
where the adults are in half ilo.ens, hut
there is aud has Ihm'II much gruuter dilli
cully in recovering the Ik lie of children.
Ilcing lighter and smaller they have often
been swept Into out of the'w.iy recess-.
that are almost inaccessible. As they are
more easily carried away a very great pro
portion of tho children have been swept
down tho river ami their bodies driven in
under overhanging banks, under thickets
and in other places where there is only a
sparse population and where tho search is
not earned on in a careful and orginix.!
manner. As an illustration of this. Just
aliove New Florvneo somo (raiments ol
cluthinjj were In full view of Him path on
tho river bank. Hundred of people
passed the place for three d.iy lnokuitf for
bodies, but thought it wm only shrvU of
worthless clothing they weie looking aL
Finally souicIskIv poked at the rngs .v it ti
a stick and a w irl In the current brought
a two year old babe to (ho surhtrs..
Tho drift of opinion among intellir-ni
men, pliykieians, ei)((ineiT ami railin.id
men, is that from 1,00.) to 1,'xk) uf the bod
ies will never le fon ml.
At II o'clock this rooming Adjutant
Oeucral llastinu sent the loilowing tele
gram totiov. Ik-uver.
liiir llmrer, llsril.bux V.
"Fully 3,0m) men are at work clearing
off debris. Il-Klies are now iM'ing rescued
iu largo numlMTs, The Citizens' Coin m li
tis) organized aud the work is systematic
ally carried on. A detachment of twenty
men of the Fourteenth Itegimnnt was de
tailed lost uiuht to guard supply trains.
Provisions are Kuring in, and it is dilli
cult to tnke tarn of tliein. There is no
sullering from waul of food and shelter.
Contributions of mouoyaie wore doairahlo
than anything else.
"1. li. II riM.s, .iljiit.int-!oKeial."
ilia: uai'M wwMK.
I'arlaMSIrlr Ska tsaaiaar Maaavlas tol
aail Mark) la ftrlng Jlrr.Mpll.kwl,
JoiixsTowsi, Pa, Juno ft, In tho midst
of this sccno of death and desolation a ro
lenling Providence seems to be exerting a
subduing iulluenco. Six days have elapsed
sinco the great disaster and the tempera
ture still remain low and chilly in tho
Conemaifgh Valley. When it I remem
bered that In the ordinary Juno weathor
of thl locality from two to thruj day are
utTicicnl to bring an unattended body to a
degree of decay and putrifacllon that
would render it almost iuiosiblu to pro
vout Uie spread of disease throughout tho
valley, the Inestimable bcnoflt of this cool
weathor are almost beyond appreciation.
Tho emanations from tho half mile debris
above tho bridge are but little more oflen
she than yesterday, and should this cool
weathor continue a few day longer it Is
potsiblo that hundreds of bo lie, may yet
be recovered from tho wreck in such a
stato of preservation as to render Identifi
cation possible. Many hundreds of vic
tim, however, will lie routed and charred
into audi shapeless masws as to preclude
hopo of recognition by their nearest rela
tion. The work of clearing np the wreck and
recovering the bodies Is now being con
ducted most systematleallr. Ovr U,0tX)
men are now at work ia llie vsrt'ui kit
lion of tho valley, anil each little gang of
twenty men I dire.ed hi a foreman, who
I under order from tho general head
quarter. Ai the rubbish is gone over and
tho bodies and m attered article of valuo
recovered the deh'l I piled up In one
Llgh moss and the torch sppho-L In this
way the val'ey Is assuiiug a Im devas
tated condition. In twenty-four hour
mote evory mas of rubbish will prolsihly
havo been searched, and tho iuveatlgv
tion will be confined to the smoking
wreck above Johnstown bridga. Puts
burger are now iu sols chargo of every
thing l this place. Tho Fourteenth Jleg
Im nit hu hot yet been assigned to any
duty by Ailjulaiit-Cienorsl Hastings. In
au interview this uiornint. he said. "The
regiment was ordered hor to do guar I
work aud tsko rh4igi of the place. We
will but dvIuie umtiwI law for tho reosva
that there Is no necessity for it. Tho local
police and the citizens who hove been do
ing yoeiimn service nro about, tired out,
and I will a a ji tho regiment to gu rd
work this alien oon ami relievo tnu po
lice." Tho General sent tho following telcg.-.tm
to liov. Heaver this morning: "Tim chief
of Police of johustowu informs mo that
thore wore no depredations hiHt nij;ht., and
everything is quiet this morning. Tho
stories about riots and lynching aro un
true, and are sent out by people who aro
desirous of making scmation.
"l. II. IlASTINllS."
At the Johns'owii station on the east
sido of tho river everything is quiet, yet
considerable work is being done. This is
the chief commissary satioii. and this
morning by 2 o'clock l"i,0tl.) pwiplo were
fed and ubout CO) familios wen furnished
with provisions. Five car lo.ids of clothing
were distributed, and now almost every
One is provided w ith clothiiu.
At the ilill'erent retfistr.ition id.ici' IS,.
000 roMdcius of the devastated district had
registered as alive and well. Tho total
population of the district was between 40,
UO I and 50, IKK). There wero liundredi of
peoplu waiting around the ollk 'a to li.ivo
tlimr names pineod on the list of s.ived. It
is thought that by tomorrow n g'.it ut h ost
X'y pur cent, of the survivors w i'I bo regis
tered. Itager O'Miira, tl o ruperinteiident of
police of Pittsburg, who h is Ih'uii hero for
two days looking for crooks mid pick
iiockcU, aud that tho repons about rob
beries and thieving wero greully exaer
ateil. Said he: "There uru n profcsiiomil
thieves in Jjlinstown, and this is not the
place where they would bo liable to work.
They may come up iu tliu crowded trains
and rob thu passuugers, yet they would
just bo as likely to help with tiiu worU
hero us not. No prulesioaal thief would
work the dead here, us thure it little or
nothing for theiu to giin, aud thoro itm so
many pjlieo that It would bj almost i in
pouiblu fur thetn to evudu detection. All
the better thieving tluit has been done
has U-en dotio by a lot of tramps uud
bums. Ono thing 1 notico hero is that
thoru aro too ui.iny relief ei:uiuittees and
noteuouli woikeis. In fact, lh. ro aro
mora relievers than there am sufferers,
and almost every man you in.'ol has a
yellow ribbon on. A lot of dudes c.inio
down luie, and think more of tilling their
stomachs than tliey do of re.ievio.' the
pisr. Ol cinro I do not refer to the real
coiiiinitteemeii, but to tho sham commit
teemen. What is needed here is people
with picks and shovels, uud they are
bat ly tiueded."
'In is morning 1,100 men arrived here
in charw of Phillip Flinu. Tho lion. Wm.
Fliuii arr.ved later and took chargj of li.j
work, and by 11 o'clock they had siloes-Jed
in doing more work nt clearing
away tlio debits than h.w lioeii donj here
tofore. Mr. Fiinu oiferod the men special
in liiciineiits, but will lii.iko thoiu work.
Several dociors and twenty car-lo.uls of
provisions e.ime up with thu ia boring in.'ti.
This luoridng another delegation ol work.
men camu up from llr.iddo . FicUiii.m
h.id a pick, sliovel, siw or so.no other in
struiuetit ou his shoulder, uud worn pre
p.irud to gi to work immediately. Adju
Unit lieiierul Hastings has r.sjiiestud the
A.sociuUul Press to siato thai this is tho
kind of men that are wanted here too
many c.iuuol IsiHeuU Tlnrty doctors ar
rived Iroui Piiiladcipliia this morning in
clnr-o of )r. Frob.'t. Tho Uoclor -were
thanked for thuir willlniu-st to help, but
Ih ;ir services were declined from the fact
that there are no sick to lake rare of. hi
the Prospect llitspitiil on the hill-top there
is not one p itient, and the only use they
huvt for doctors hero is to utiluj tlioui at
lulsircrs. W. II. Ilevoro has been given
charge of the liiipHimplu embalming cs
talilishmeut In thu Pennsylvania li.tilroad
Msliou by PkiiiJ. !, the Ks-n-liiry ol the
Sinlu lliar i of lleulllu In Ins noiico to
the g.Milleiu in ho has given him authority
to divhirgo nil men w lia uno prof.iuu lan
guage uliuut the place.
nukii i n;iosiiu
II Will Tak lo.noe Mrs Tklrly luys
Clear Ike Mrrs-k.
Jomshiowm, Pa., Jnuo 6. Where
Johnstown's prinvlpul store stiysj last
Friday arc now pitched l.ooj tents, and
before tomorrow night this number will
be doubled. I'nder this shelter a n ac
commodated tho meuilx'ts of the militia
aud tho thousands of workmen who are
trying to clear the streets of thiswr. lcd
ritv. liver "),")) iumi are thus employed
in Johnstown proor, l, J)of these leiug
tho reuular street h.iuds euuiloyed by
Conirai tors (tooth A Flynn, of Pit.sbnrg,
tho others being voluuleers. William
Flynu arrived in the wni ke l city th.s
morning, and at once to-k rhargo of tho
armv of workiiiiiu. lie to d of tho work
that has to be done, and the conductors'
estimate show iihuo than anything bine
the chaotic condition of this city.
"It will take 10,0)10 men thirty day to
cl.-sr tho ground so that the streets are
l- iblo and the work of rebuilding can be
commenced," said ho, "and 1 am ul a loss
to know how tho wotk Is to bo done.
This enthusiasm will soon die nut aud the
volunteers will want to return home. It
would isko all summer for my men alone
to do w hat woik Is necessary. Sies must
be laken, and at once, to furni.li gangs of
workmen, and tomorrow 1 shall solid a
communication to the 1'itUbiirg Chsmlx-r
of Commerce asking tho ul.Tcrcnl manu
facturers In tho Ohio Valley to take turns
for a mouth or so in furnishing rebels of
workmen. 1 shall ask that each establish
ment stop work for a week at a time and
send all hand in churgn of a foreman and
timckeeer. Wo will board an I rare fur
them hero. These gaiiim should com for
a week si a time, as no organization can be
effected If workuieu arr.vo anj Icavo when
they plnaao.'
Mr. Flynn' proposition will be taken to
rittsburg by Air. F.van J uie and Mr.
Cieurgo lirvan, of Oliver liro. Tho gen
tlemen wifl explain tho necessities of tho
case and beg lor the necessary ahL
lb volunteer are doing noblo work.
Neaily every town in WcU'iu Pviinayl.
vania l represented by from ten to a hun
dred men, and many towns in Ohio and
Now Yotk havo also furnished quota ol
laborers. Thuso volunU'jrs aro working
Willi a will, but lforo tho end of the
week they will want to return home. Men
whocomo hor will bo paid f J a day and
board.
All tho lsW'.r who ha.'o boen bjiliug
with tho wreckage are quartered tonight,
some in barn, other iu the toot alovo
leferred to. It was a noun a ol army
life at tho time that supper was roady
and the long piue table were crowded wild
uku. Stoves were erected out in the oen
air and coal fire hosted the gsllon of
coflue. Tho beveiogo was bested In large
wash boilers, and (or on gang of men
aeveu builei full wore emptied lit half ati
li iir, colli, bread anj cluxiao being the
fa.o tonight, bill mor substantial ralioti
Will bo giveu out tomorrow. A the dark
new divw ved over IU sceuo the Valley
became quiet, tho only notss being tho
occasional challenge Ot a militiaman as ho
bado some belated individual obey tho
ordor.i of tho Sherltrand leave the city of
the dead. Johns:owa is und.-r martial
law, imd laborers only are wanted.
OSE TIIUVNAfttt ilVS.r.11 M.H.
No llrarse. Few Munrnrrt-Slrn llnry
In I Tisslr Own t'ainillo.
Johnstown, Ph., June 6. Tin gray
mists had fcarcely arisen from tho hillj
this morning until 1,0)1) funurals wore
coursiiiK their green sides. ( There woie uo
hearse", few ir.oa-nera, and as lit! Ik sol
cmtvty as formality, Tno limjority of the
C. III ask were ol roiltfh pine. The p ill b.-r-ers
w.to strong farmerj teams, umI in
stea I of six pall hearers to onu colli 'i there
wero generally six coll'uis to ono team.
Silently tho proctssiom uiovod, and si
lently they unloaded their burdens in thu
lap of mother enrth. Minister of (iod
was Ihero to pronoiliico a hut blessing as
tho clods rattled down, oxcept n few faith
ful priests who had followed soma man
gle 1 rcprvHcntativoi of their faith to tho
grave.
A fact that has beon heretofore over
looked in tho awful strain is tho soiled
condition of tho corpses. Fully one-third
of those recovered havo bjun s'o m ingled,
bruU'd or charred that identillc ition was
imp siblo. in an ordimry Ho 1 1 this
would not have been the c.i', but hero
liiiui in bodies were but tls' tilhu in of a
inoiiiitHin-liko m:us of Iiou-h-s, railnud
tracks, trains an 1 other debris w hich went
cm in bin through a valley three miles
long. How nny o? life's clav retained form
or semblance is ciilgmaticuf.
All day long the eornse were being
hurried below ground. Tho unidentilled
bodies were ifrouped on a high hill west of
the do lined city, where on e,)i,iiiih must
do for all, and iluit, the word "unknown."
There are hundreds of tbeso graves al
ready, and each duv will lncrei-o the pro
portion. Tho possibility n.' Identillcatioii
iliinitii-dica everv hour. Hrv are raging
over tho lauu'led crave of hundreds, and
the pirtial cremation of many bodies Is
Inevitable. Oilier aro lieeoniing so
bluckoniil n their contact With tho uebiis
or through putrillcation that a grinnin r
skeleton would show uaniuch resemhluuce
to the pemous in life as they. A i most
every sinku of tho pick in soin i portions
of the city today resulted ia the discovery
of an iiher victim, an I alth m jli tliu funer
als of the morning relieve.! lim morgues of
their crush, b -(ore night Mbty wero as full
of the slinking dead lis es-r.
Wherever one turns ike m hncliolv
view of u colll-i is met Kvety train into
Johnstown was laden with Ulim, lint bet
ter ones b'iug geuerallv reomp lined by
friends of the den I. Afea could be simoi
starring over the ru ns with shining
maliiyauy caskets on their shoulders.
S'verai s umble I and fell into thenlsiun 1
lug mini pits. The hollow ho'isei ol the
dead went bouncing over the stmiesjiko
driinis in a funeral insrc'i. lhu colli a
f.iini.ie app.a s to bJ allevaUi.l.
TIIK VKllMll or IT.
laa
I'sisiilrlii Vlrwa.
JouxsrowM, I'j., June 5.' Thucn irmlty
of the d-vastulioii wrought by the Couo
uiaugh ll'sxl is la'coiiiiiig more and more
apparent with every effort ( the Inborers
to resolve orler out of cli uat. Over ouo
hiindnsl men liav ben all d ly engine.!
in an effort to clear a narrow p issigo from
the death br.J-j upwanl thruii;!i tho aea
of debris that bes ss the ('oneiiiaiih for
nearly half a mile. livery ingenuity
knoivu to man has lswn ri)rt,l b by
thiirrrw. Tin ri'int p cr ot dynamite
was bronchi into n quii'llion, and at fre
qilunl Intel .ih the rosr of eiphsioii le
verlH'rated through the valley, an I sticks,
stones and log would 11 high in tho air.
lira dually a few of thu ho.ivlcst timlx-rs
were demolished and tint fragiuuiils M-r-in,
tied to lliul downward thruiigli the
is-uter arch. At nlghtlsll, however, the
tleur 'space aim Uie bridgo did
not exceed an area el sixty fts-t
in leiieth by forty foot In width. When
ouo n Meets I hut fu'ly twenty Mv seres are
to be cleared in this way the task ahead
st ems an intcrmiii iblo one. Itul there is
uo Myid road, and if tie) hundreds or
thousand of bodies bear alb tlnste black
ened ruins are to te recovered for Chris
tian buriul the hi I sirs of today must be
continued with lucriaed vigr. There
am muny cousurvaUv uiiud that room
mend the uno ol the torch in this work of
clearing the river, but tley are not among
the aulli'rers, and when siusi counsels are
In aid bv thciao whisxi wivei.rhd.la-n,
alslers or bri.lheis rest beneath tlua sea of
tlots.nn and ei.im the auvesiion of rru
illation luwt with a wild furore of objec
tion. Tliero is uo hopo in Ihernliin r
mind that this tak ran Imi pursued to
the end. 'The progress ig loduy is hardly
diaccniable, and ere two m ire days
havo claimed tliero Is little doubt
the oinsmitlons of putrid b-slie will have
liceoino so (nghtfulas lodnvu the hardiest
workman from Urn scene. I'nlil that tiimi
comes, however, thorn is no Iiisi thsl this
griel alrii ken Kjnilace will abandon tho
cheiiKhed hope ol agiin ffi'in u;on the
forma of the loved otusi wlioe lives went
out in the lire and (11 if theConemaiuh.
1'hn ples.lings of sanitarians and tho logic
of engineers alike fail to find an echo In
the mm Is of the grieving and atlhctisl,
but in a few more days Uie sterner logic of
nature will assert Itself o-id in the face of
lmriihlhty the ta-k of crcmalioa will bo
com ChiMtian duty,
DKMTHl C IIOSjTiljirwiirBI-,
lar.llmabla lamaaa iNraa la laalral
faaaaslfitMla.
PiTrsnt ao, Pa., Juno 5. A H'dl Just
rcccivod from Huntlngd ia, I'-, says: The
late new from suburban district in thl
couuly, just received, show that tho de
struction to property by lis fl I it Infin
itely greater than at first rc)rto I. The
walor are recoding, and tho Juniata
Itivor la passablo In Wimul places. Couri
er have arrived bearing nca of tho un
precodontiul flood, from Ik-J.'oid to
llunliug Ion on tho IViya''.'jwn branch,
and on the Iowlston on the Juniata Uiver,
tho devastation U the greutesl In Cvutral
I'utiiLSyl vania, except, of comae, Hi Johns
town. Not a bouse hi left that stood with'
in reach of the swollen II reams heio. Tho
damage to property will rv ieli f 00,0f,
whilo the other town la the nuiitry have
stiltured corrosoiidiiigly. At Maplcton
tbt Immense tannery of I- A. lluberl wo
damaged to the extent of f -'M.'Si'l, and
the loss to other property wul leach IX),
tf) more. The Powell Kui nace at Saxlon
uatuiniKl a loa if $10 1,0" l, an J at that
place both the ru'droad aud onnty brldgo
will swept away, leaving raiiija I coniuiu
uiutiuu wilU Lcilord cut oil. l'L Htibt-
inglou P.roa l Top Railroad sustained
but alight damage. For a distance ol threo
miles below here four miles of tho Penn
sylvania Railroad tracks iiro destroyed,
with bridges gone ul M.inyuuk and Lewis
ton, the bitter having g mo down during
the storm last night. Railroad communi
cation with Altoona on the west will bo
ois'iied on n single track by tomorrow.
From hero to the. junction of' Dm Juniata
and Susquehanna Rivers, the sweep of the
ll'xid exieuded, tilling this once beautiful
valley with desolation and ruin. Orowing
crops iu the lowlands were destroyed, and
iu Smiths valley, this county, the' fanning
lands, r imprisingun area of twelve by two
miles, have b.'eu stripped of every singe of
soil, As far us knniui, 300 houses have
been destroyed in this county. Relief
cominiltees are now engaged, and uro
seeking asiistanco for tho destilute.
Throe families, cjinprisin j sixUcu per
aous, living on the U iviiUtowii branch,
named leitii, I loll tier and Montgomery,
uro mitLsiiig, and it is feare.lth.il they have
been swept away with their ho.nc.
.oi vt ii'iiNrT.SiOixT ri4 iai. a in.
His Wnsls nl lbs llomvle.s atnlterrrt
Are tar trsm llslnj Allrsl.lrd.
Joiixstown, Pa., Juno 6.Notwith
stand tho fact that nearly every prominent
city in the I'nited States is raising n fund
for tho Coiieinaugli sull'erers, the wants of
tho homeless aud ntllicted aro fur from be
ing alleviated. At tiio various relief sta
tions today the crowd of applicants was
continuous from morning till night, and
many of tho needy wero forced to wait iu
lino for hours before their turn came and
their little portion was ullotlod out to
them. Hundreds of thousands of dollar
must pour into this stricken valley if leni
tive sullering mid privation is to bo avoided.
Thousands of people uro homeless, and In
these devastated homes thousands lost
their all. Labor uud manufacturing of
nearly every kind is nt a standstill in the
vulley, and weeks or month must ctapso
before thu Cumbria Ironwork and oilier
industrial institutions can possibly resumn
and give employment lo the thousands
that depend upou them forsupHirl. F.vou
u: thu present time, live days al.er Ihu
world was llrst thrilled by the news of
this great disaster, there are hundreds of
hungry sople in thu Cone miiugh Valley
who have no certainty of u breakfast til
morrow. Yet tho country sis-ins im
pressed with tho idea that their every
want Is Is-iug complied with uud that
physical sullering 1 at nil end.
Telegraphic expressions ol commisera
tion are pouring lu Iroiu every citv and
borough throughout thu broad laud, but
snliiiaiilial evidcuee of sympathy aie
sadly Hunting. It is not poil,l that
while KHplo read, wonder and pity every
man expects his neighbor to give or thinks
lliul ere his donation would arrive In the
valley actual ins-essity would lie at an end.
The Mayor of Juliiislowu today received
by cable a copy of resolutions adopted at a
public m -cling today in Puns, France.
The warm hearted Paiisinns express their
deep sympathy with the homeless and ul
Ihcted ( thu Ctineiiiauuh Valley, and stale
that subscriptions have Imhmi op -ned In
various quarters ol the Republic lor the re
bel ol ibeir Auiurirsu neighbors.
I.IAsa4 Aceldrnl laauraar 4(nla.
Jouxsrows, Pa., Juno J. Ouo of the
fealure of the diy was ths arrival of a
laigu numU roI life and accident insurance
skills. Fully 10) of them armed, and
they aro bard at work looldug up the vic
tims who wero Insured In thu diliereiit
companies. Very little inloriintion can bo
priK'Un-d yet, lis there la rcall) no ollb-iul
list ol the I lentill ! I dad, and, evn if
there w us, there nro too ninny people who
cannot br identlfl i I, si that ther.i is httlo
ho,st (or iho iiisuraiico agents getting uny
thing like a complete list. Another lent nro
of tho arriv.i's lislay is the numb -r of pro
fessional an I amateur photo'gniphers w ho
hnvo put in an iippearaiiej on every lull
ido and at plan among th rnlus, as ran
Is) seen lii abundance. A grsy haired
woinin was kinong tlm ajiliciuis for
clolliing nt the di.tiloiiiing i. p , at thu
I'enn.yivanin 1'jiilrond Nation, this morn
ing. An oulllt was mudii up and given
her, but after examining the dress, she ap
proached thu agent In rhargit and asked if
lie would I'XcliNiigs it for a block one, "I
have lo I nil my Isiff.ly," she addi by way
of i!iyv. as Iho tears streamed down her
wrim.li-d face, "and wiuld like lo have
a black Jr.-ss il I coiiM get ono. My bus
bund and lour children are In that awful
pit by tho stono bridgii and I am iilono
now," A black dn-aa was found for hor.
lh l lrsl ess Hrra.rrnl.
Joiivstows, Pa., June 6. Tho llrst
lwdy tnkun from the ruins this mornnii
was that of boy named hivis, who was
found in tho debris, ncsr the bridge. He
was badly brui sd and binned. The re
main Were taken lo tho lindi Making
Mom at Ihu Pennsylvania Railroad sta
tion, whero they were nssignised as thoie
of Willie Mavis. The lxy' mother has
been making a tour of Iho diirerciit
nioigue for Iho past few day and wns
just going through tho undertaking room
alien she saw the remain ol her boy
b lug brought ill. Sho ran up to the te
mains and demanded Iho child. She
seemed to have lost her miud and caused
(pule a lis by her actions. Mio staled
that the bad lit her husband and six
children In the fl sol so I this was thu Hist
one ol the laiuily that had brsm recovered.
Thob-Kliesol a hit le girl named Rruikeu
and Theresa and Kutio I'own of Clifton
strrot, wero taken out ii"fir where the re
mains of Willie Puvis worelound.
'Th Stale olllcer of Iho Royal Area tin in
are hero and have called a im'eliug lor thl
afternoon at Prsipect Hill, 'ihey will
provide for tho fumilie ol tho victim of
tho llood who Wero member of the order.
re. iw Wallare Mara.
WssiiisiiTox, Juno 5. Private Secre
tary Ilulford rocoivod atolegrain thlaafter
noou from hi wife at Altooua announcing
that Mrs. Isiw Wallaee was willi her and
sale. Mrs. Ilalford xK-ct lo leave A I
Uxjua for Washington tomorrow.
Oyeraaalaa aaUlara.
Joussrow.s, pa, Juno A, Home over
zealous military inoa caused considerable
excitement near th Morrull Institute, In
Johnstown proer till morning, by their
outiageou conduct. Homo men, employed
by J. H. Cheltell, a local contractor, wero
put to work at rescuing bodiu shortly
aftor da) light Twool tho homo Soldier
woto palroliug tho place, and when they
aaw the men at work they told the in they
would have lo atop operation. Thl thu
ineu refused to do, saying they Lad been
employed by the Citireiis Committee to
do the work. The soldier gave the in ono
minute lo gel away fioin tho place, and ss
they were lis no hurry lo obey, the guards
Orgd two ib'jU, but did not succeed ia
hitting tho workmen, who started on a run
to Oen. Hastings's headquarters. No one
was there at tho lime, but thu matter was
reported to the lieneral, and ho stated that
the shooter would bo courtuiartialed iui'
mediately if caught.
LET TKNNE.ysHJH ItBSPOND.
Gov. Taylor I-suos an Appeal for tho
Aid of the Johnstown Buflorers.
Hm-lal I'iinwli li to The Apnenl.
Naniivii.i.k, Tenn., June .V-Tho follow
ing proclnniation has been issued by Iho
tiovernor:
l'rocliimni'mi. -Stnle nl 1Vni.c.v-Kx(Viitive lie-iirliinui-liel-il
l Talnr, ii.iveinnr.
Whcrens, The awful calamity that befell
tho fated city of Johnstown, Pa., hurling
thousands of human beings to instant uud
horrible death, und sweeping millions of
valuable proMrty to destruction, Including
an enlire city, is homo lo the country in
tho public print in such overwhelming
and heartrending detail us to excite tint.
verbal couinibs.'ration, the almost unpre
cedented disaster has not only brought
death uud destruction, but entailed woe
niul sorrow aud suU'eiiiig upon thousands
who survived, placing them in direst need;
romembeiing with profomiilent gratitude
tho in ignauiuiutis prodigality with which
our brothers nt tho North havo reached
their hands out iu uld of the x'oplo of tho
South when earthquake tumbled a city
into ru. its, when pestilence slow its thou
sands, und whenever and where er calam
ity befell; sorrow level all hairier and
distinction! and reveals tho universal kin
ship of man; and, whereas, Tennessee and
Teuuisiseeim liuvo been )scu!iui',y nud
abundantly blcsned of (iod in increased
and increasing yield of crops un I exces
sive development of wealth, ill prollt able
iiivestmeiit and rapid uecumiilatioiis in all
brunches of business and trutlie;
'Then-fore I, IU)ls-rt 1 'Taylor, tiovernor
ol Tennessee, In the name ul (iod and
Immunity, do invite all and every of the
good citizens of Tennossee to give of their
abundance in aid ol our stricken brothers
ol PeniiKvlvauin, and iwonimcnd that all
thu bunks of tho State be made reposito
ries for donations, to bo promptly for
warded, that distress and sullering may
llnd ss'ediest relief; and I do further cu I
iihiii the Mayors of our cities und to win,
uud tho ulllcials of our counties, to assem
ble their ivsipla and reveal to tlnvii the
unspeakable horror nud suffering Unit
nphul lo their benevolence, und put into
execution such measures us will secure
the ends here recommended.
In lesliinony whereof, I hereunto set
my hand, and emise the Ureal Se.il of the
Mate to lie allixed, at Nushvillu, this 2d
day of June. I.ve.l.
Ronr. ! Tavi.om, (invernor.
T.y tho tiovernor: ('. A. Miii.i u,
Ss'r'lary ol SUto.
TUB MAVHKICK OAHK.
The Inquest luto sir. UaybrloL's Death
Continue.
I.ivriii'isii., Juiin 5. 'Iho Inquest into
the death ol Mr. Maybrlck, who Issup
piset to have been p' mxl by bis wile.
was rvsuiiitli today. "? r. IIopsr Untillcd
that ha hud treated tho patient for de
ranged digestion and nervous JisorJera.
He had pn'rcriUul the u-s uf slrycluiiiie
but had never advised Ihu use of urscliic.
Maybrick had told wilnen that he was
acquainted with the medical proH'ities of
lie inc. Wilm-sa stated (hat iu June
pv"S, Mr.. Miybriek cauii io huu nud
ll-ked him lo ssMk to her hlishill I ub nil
the liahil ol ursolic taking, lo which, she
ml, he was udd.i led. Mavbm k h i I ue
kliouledgol lo w lines 1 lint be bud struck
In wife and given her a blue)' eve, d inug
a ipiariel ulsiiil a gentleman. Wilier
liinher atated tliut Airs. .iln)lir:ck li t I e-iui'sm-cI
to him rvptiiignncu I m.ird her
liusbaiiil uud wished that he could obtain
a ai'paral.ou Iroiu him,
I'r. Ilumphieya, who had a'so at en ,..
Mr. Mayhnik, te.tilled that shorily Ih
lore the patient' death Initial given di
rections ihst a lew drops ol solution o
arsenic bo admiuuitrred houily to thu sii k
man.
The lew dnn of arsenical soliit ion or
dered by lr. Humidiieys were equal lo
ono-llllii ulli ol a drop vf a I st cent,
solution. A bottle ol meat vxti.M't con
tained much arsenic.
A waiter ill a liudon hotel idelililled
I'.ricrly as man who shiyed with Mis.
Msybiick two days ns her Imsh ind in
Mnrrli last. This tcsttinony elicited gionns
and hi"- s, nn I tho Csitoiivr threalcin d to
ch sr the court.
A letter was read which Mrs. Msyhrirk
wrote to I'.ricrly from J.nl, up nlilig lor
ns.inliinis. and money, and sliding that
rveiylhiiig was known slum! tin ir visit to
1-oiidoii. T he h-ller concluded. "App-ar-uiicisi
are terribly against mn, but before
(ioi, I swear I am iiuns cut."
TIIK I HON MA UK KT,
Thl fiouth Will Not U ArTictel by the
Pennsylvania Out.
Hs-lal h U 1 ba AmssiL
Nssiivn.i t, leiiu., Juno 5. Tho roJuc-
tiou'madu by tho Thomas Iron Company,
of Pennsylvania, In the price ol pig iron,
lis excited much Interest in Tennessee
Slut other Southern Slates. The market
bus Ihsj u carefully watched and Iho out
look generally commented u-ou. II. H.
Chatuberluiil, President ol thoRoauo Iron
C.nnaiiy end the Cilico Furn.ua Com
pany, operating lliren large lurnaces, s-ty
''I'nder the ilimulii ol low price the
consumers now enter tho maiket and stop
to rraaoiiahlo extent tho effort being
made lo put up price alt along tho line,
lid this, It seems to mo, ia cxm lly what
will hapMii. My luipiesiuu I tliut wo
have eccil the Worst ol the deptiissiun, and
that from tin on the trade will materially
Improve."
Mr. Howron. screlry ot tho Tenneseci
Coal, Iron A Railroad Company, discuss
ing tho Iron oiitlisik iu the Ninth, said
that ni furnace in thl section would Isi
cbswd by thu ml In tho Pennsylvania
prices, snd that i rubably not a in,;le one
would Ul ill Iho least allected. Five sixths
ol the 'l b 'mas Iron Company' output hud
alroa ly Iss-n sold.
Mr. Ilowron said further, that while the
reduction la prlco might alio t the Kastern
ma, kd It coul I not Injure Iho Htiiithel n
maikwl, U'cati not more than 10 or 12
hi cent, ol the iruu produced in the South
goes In Iho Fast The roinalud.-r ol it
frs Weil, and do-' not romele with the
ennsilvaiiin Iron, nono of which rrosse
tho Allegheny Mountain, Is-caumi tho
antlir.ii ilo iiun cauuut bo nude a i hcapljr
as thu ( Aa iron.
A. T. Maarr III as.
Tii ixa, Kus., Juno 8. Mr. A. T. Hoj
vrs, who was shot by th burglar yesterday
luoiiiing, died at 10 o'clock lust ulght, and
tho i.ioicy ol Mr. It-igets U Joubtful. .
DB. CUOXIN'S DEATH.
Some Startling Evidence Elicited.
Alexander Sullivan's Aooonnta To
Bo Looked luto Oarofully.
A WItuesa Who Is a Member of
tho Clau-Na-Qael Teatlfloa
That Another Member Bald That
Dr. Oronlu Khould Die.
Still Anothor Bwoaia That Dr. Cronln
Had To'.d Ulra Long Ago That Be
Would Do Murdorod Mich
ael Dairy' Story.
Cnicv.o, III., June 5. -Just before the '
inquest over hr. Crouin was ended for
today tho books of th i Traders' Hunk of
Chicago were brought into the court-room
by order of Juduo shepard. I'.yron L,
Smith, the receiver of the bank, was pros
enl lo explain the bearing on the case,
lly check on (Ho and ledger entries it
was shown that lu tho summer ol ISS2,
Alexander Sullivan had altogether $100,.
iKHlin the bunk. Ol this money. $10,000
und more whs an individual account, the
rent was credited to Alexander Sullivan,
iigent. Iy September 0, 1KS2, thia money
hud Is eu drawn out on check made pny
able to J. T. Lester i Co., broker. It i
the intention ol the coroner to summon a
member of tho tirm to probe tho mutter
further.
Thomas J. Con way, of Ruvvnswood, a
suburb uf Chicago, was the witne.as.
Conway is a meinU'r of Clnn-nn-tiael.
lie began by testifying as to the conduct
of Peter McticcliHii, tho Philudclpbian.
Conway said Mclieehun (old him that hi)
came West under order from tho chair
man of tho I'.xeculivo Committee of the
Cliiii-un tiael. Ilo saw Mciitsdiun in the
company ot Cnpt. Ijiwrenee lluckley, of
the t hlcago Chin liu-d.iel (iinrds, and
heard Die former aiy that lr. Croniu and
hr. Mcl'nhey dew-rve.1 to die. Witness
further staled that he was present at a
meeting ol Camp No. 21, Cl.ui-nu-Ciuel,
illicit the question ol the resolution re
gretting the death oi I'r. Croaiu wx being
discussed.
A iii.iu,.foliu Mms, who baas store on West
Ijile sliecl, sav he was agaiu.il p.isdng
Iho retilutioiis, but crhap the executivo
coinoiiiii-o had siillic.eii'. pro. if to show
that I'r. Crouin was a Riitisli sjiy, uud had
a rnrhl to remove him.
"hi c.ise Crouin was I'.ri.Uh spy, bad
the execiilivo coinmilteo any right lo re
move iiiin'.'" anked Foremaii CliUdlell.
"There is nothing lu the (.''.institution to
that I'lfai't," evasively answered the U-.
lies.
I'uiiick Milany, a friend of IV. Cro
nin. I.vlilled as lo what I'r. Croniu Imd
told it i its in regard to the I'lv.-Migalloii by
(omnillle of lite ( lan tlil-lisei at
I'lifl ilo, ol i lisrgr Ihst AUxmider .kulli
van Imd uppi ipr,aled binds ol ibe ( 'lau lu
his nil n use while a member of lb" lixecu
live I'nKird of "Tr anglo." Mciiurry a-iid
that Croniu inforiui-d him that the charge
were not unly ol m .iipproi nation oi
Inn Is, but lh.it the " 1 ii.mg!n'' luul aunt
men lo their death and to llrilish priaou.
Iho wiiueta cciild not uin.inU-r the
i jict a nit ol money lion. tinned by
I ronin, but il approkiiiiHled a hail
iiullioii Uo'lirs. iho aline.-a then
told of Ins vi.it ti Toronto after
Cumin's deathulid the leniillol luterviens
h iili Renirier huig. Ths Intl. r at lirst
denied having S"iil Ihu misleading ilis
pali his.biit sulos-qiieiilly said lliul hit hud
M ill a sl.ileiueiii of die l.u ls lo 1 rank
N aiilnu, ol this lily. ronin s ai l to the
witness, idler the Hull, do Investigation,
lh.lt ll he wern murdered II Would 1st at
Alcxaudt r Sullivan's in. ligation. Ctoniti
slso said that lie- hie ol I'r. McCahcy, of
Philadelphia, who J tiii'd Cromn in re
porting agini"! llloan si Ihu Ihillalo in
vesiig.ilioii, wns uImi in danger, and that
sn ullcmpl bad b en m.ido to decoy him
sway.
Michael P.trry t. stilled that Lr. Cronio
t-ild huu alsnil o years ago, and many
tunes suns, then, that detectives were
watching him with a view of s.vuring
amiie ovideinii I ruin Ins character and
that, III deUilll ol Is-ing able to do this,
he would 1st murdered. lilies said be
asked Crouin alio In enemy aaaaud he
h pi e I lh.it Alexander Sulhvau wo the
Ulllll.
P. I). Piillivau, Cott blin and Woodruff
were srritigne I li (ore Julgo Williamson
to-lay on a new ludicum ut, which was an
uieiidmelil to t!.u Ihst one found, the
cluing. i In-illg Iho addition of Ihu words
"and others unknown" lo the names of
Iho three lie u. Ail pleaded Hot guilt,
'realn' liiraall al aalllvaa.
Clin mo, III., J ii no 5. A coriraponJ
cut of tho New York rr iM telegraph
the following iuterview with a prorniuont
Chicago ui.-rdiant lo his paper, "lly Uie
way, I'r. Crouin' piiisu.t ol Mr. Sullivan
was uinva-ing and syalematic At first
tho ho.tur had few adherents, btitgradu
ully ho won his wav, until now what you
might rail the Croiuu men of Hi Clan-u.v
liael uutnutiilsir the Alexander Sullivan-III-.
Ihil the latter leader had been
twenty yeans in Chicago, and had devo'.ed
all his ability In elrongthcuiug him
ell In cvety luiiiiicipal doartnient.
Alexander Nilhvan had iho power and the
hillticiicc, tho ollii-ers, so to siK-ak, but
Crouin had the rank aud Cle. Mr. bulli
van is a rest chun hman. lie is a great
'Jiner.' Croniu lol lowed suit. I very
religious society, big or little, that Sullivan
was in, llieiP, Pm). was Crouin. When at
a camp ims-liug If the I 'octor heard that
Sullivan was al another in vhng Cronin
would hortilv adloiirii the ranin mecling
ovit which (ii presided sud hurry oil to
ihrckmato Sullivan. Al a momorable
church lair held in the very armory in
wmcll tlio UlUMere-l l rouiu s n'mio.
dually lay iu st.i'e, hullivau'iaame wa up
to Ui allottid lor as th lav into orator,
Irishman or something ol tliut kind. Cro
uin quietly orgitiiied a coup d'etat, aud
More Sullivan's adherent wore aw.ifo ot
it suddenly rau their leader's uiuio away
down the list uuJ gave the priae to eouio
bodyeli." , ,
TliU I tbo meaning of the paeane I
telegraphed you but week, and which tbo
JrniJ hud exclusively, (torn Croniu'
note of tbo trial below Iho V. li Com
mittce In I'.uiUo, where Sullivn com
plained that Crouin wa hi onemy an 1
Lad sliiiji puxsuci him 4l UUeiaca.