Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-06
GOV. BEAyER's DISPATCH.
He Thanks Mayor Grant for Supplies
of Money and Clothing.

Of Money and Clothing.
New YORK. June 6.-The following dispatch
was received this morning by Mayor Grant
from Gov. Beaver:
"HAREIsBuRG, PA, June 6.
Hon. Hugh J. Grant, Aoyor Of N,to lork;
Good morning. your honor. Succeeded
in reaching Miliamsport last evening
with seven car loads OF provisions by fer
rylng the river twice; this aVerts present
danger of lack of food. Area flooded
district increases. City of Lock Haven in dis-
tressing plight. Reservoirs and bridges de-
stroyed City entirely covered with water, and
provisions and other supplies utterly ruined.
Hope TO reach them with provisions to-day as
We did MIIiiamspOrt yesterday. Both cities
need supplies of clothing OF all kinds and bed
ding. JoLnstown is being well supplied in
these respects. but the work of clearing awny
the wreck and putting things IN order will be
one OF weeks. We Will need iuriher help OF
ali kinds for few days. Your money will be
husbanded as much as possible Tor the future
eN;gencles which viii be quite rpessing
present ones. Our charitable institutions are
opening wide their doors for orphans and
those otherwise afflicted. Let me thank yorr
people again for the large-heartcd generosity
which they have managed toward our people.
L hope there may never be occasion IN New
York TO return IN kind. JAMES A. BEAVER"
Devastation in Central Pennsylvania.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. June 6.-The devastation
in Central Pennsylvania is very great Not a
house is left that stood within reach of the
swollen streams here. The damage is 500 OO0
while other towns IN the county suffered corre-
spondlngly. A. l.. Roberts immense tGnnery
at Mapieton was damaged 500, 900; other los
ers Will reach SlUO.OOO more. The Powell fur
mace at SaNtOn lose 300 900 and both the raIl-
roads and county bridges were swept away.
-Four miles of the Pennsylvania tracks are
destroyed. with bridges gone II NAYS, Manyunk,
and Lewiston, the latter bridge going down
last night. Growing crops in the low LANDS
were destroyed. Relief committees are seeking
assistance for the destitute end assistance a.
coming i'll slowly. Three families. comprising
l6 persons named Dean. Hafn,r and Montgom-
cry, are missing. and IL Is believed they were
swept away with their homes.
In the Cumberland Valley.
CUMBERLAND, Pa, June 6-Ihe food in the
Cumberland valley has passed. and the loss is
estimated at S3OO.OO0. No loss of life. Capt.
Pratt, manager Of the government Indian train
ing school. of this city. teiegraphed Governor
Beaver. Offering hIs own ana the services OF 10
Indian men, trained nurses, with six assistant
Indian girl nurses, anywhere IN the fioodce
districts, with their own ratlOns and tents.
Governor Beaver replied. thanking Captain
Pratt, saying he was well supplied with labor
ers and nurses. adding: ''Ihe tables have
turned in the Indian problem. Your generous
offer trea; as !. harbnger OF the coming OF Q
better day tor the Indians and better relations
between him and the white man."
Relics Picked Up.
PORTSMOUTH. OHIo, June ca large number
of relics of the JohnstoWn disaster were picked
up at this point IN the floating drift. At Sciota-
vile pocketbook, containing S5.26, a set of
silver spoons marked IS. ", bank-book of
the First National Bank of Johnstown with
credit to Nathan Dyer. and two locks of hair,
momentoes OF lost loved ones, were found
Blind Tom Believed TO Have Perished.
PITTsBURG, PA, June 6.-Among those be-
lieved to have been swept away by the food is
'.Blind Tom," the well-known pianist. He,
with his manager, left this city on Friday
morning for Johnstown. and as they have not
been heard OF since, II is thought they are
both drowned. Being strangers, and one Of
them a colored man, 1t Is more than likely that
ii their bodies were recovered, they were un-
identified.
A Clergyman's Experience on a Train.
DELPHI, IND, June 6.-t has been known
for several days that the Rev. J. A. Ranney and
parents of Mrs. Chas Harley, of this city, were
one of the Inflated trains oyertaken by tine food
in Conemaugh valley, and no tidings could be
received from them. Yesterday afternoon
trains brought the Rev. MIR. Ranney to this
place. worn out and broken hearted. To a cor
respondent he said: Mrs. Ranney and 1 were
on the train at Conemsugh when the food
came. The occupants OF our car rushed for
the door, where Mrs. Ranney and i became
separated. She was one OF the first 10 jump,
and l saw hcr run and disappear behind the
first houses in sight. Before could get out
the deluge was too high, and with a number Of
others 1 remained in the car. Our car was
lifted mp and dashed against one loaded with
stone and was badly wrecked, but most of the
occupants were saved. As far as 1 know all
who Jumped from the car lost their lives. The
rest of the train was swept away i searched
for days for Mrs. Ranney and could find no
trace Of her. / think she perished The mind
cannot conceive the awful sight presented
when we first saw the danger. The approach
ing wall OF water looked ike Niagara, and huge
engines were caught up aud whirled away as II
they were wbeelbarrows."
Mills,. the Sprinter, Missing.
WATERFOWL, Mass, June 6.-Wm. Mills, the
lo0-yards sprinter, who belongs here, and who
has a record of l011 seconds, was heard from in
Johnstown before the disaster there, and it 10
thought he is among the victims.
A knights Of Honor Distress Call.
PHu.ApELPHIA, June 6.-Tbe supreme dictar
tor of the knights of Honor. Hon. A. r. Savage.
of Auburn, n. Y, has issued an Official distress
call for aid of the food sufferers in Pennsylva-
MIA Lodges are directed TO forward contribu-
tions to J. w. Branch, supreme treasurer, 81
Louis
Telegraphic Briefs.
The Aberdeen packets have stopped running
owing 10 the strike Of seamen aud hremen.
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