Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-24
A DAY OF REST.
The People at Johnstown Attend DIVINE
Service in the Open Air.


Service I'm the Open Air.
THOUSANDS or ExcuRsIoSIsrs rHRoSo TEE PLACE
AND EAGERLY SEARCH foR RKLics-sURorox-
CENTRAL READS REPORT ON THE SANITARY con-
prrioS OF TEE rowS-xuKs or DksoIATios.
Yesterday Johnstown was flled with excur-
sionists all day, and it estimated that sf lesst
twenty-five hundred strangers were roaming
on the drift IN the river. in the str pets, and on
the piles Of wreckage, where for three weeks
only workingmen have been seen They
swarmed all through the town. staring ana
iousiy at the natives and expressing amazemess
~ the great destruction of life aud property.
CHURCH SERVICES IN THE oPES AR.
The town people and the workingmer rested
The strain has been very heavy upon them and
they needed cessation from work. All the
churches held services. many Of them being in
open air. some of the ministers used old dry
good boxes for pulpits. Dr.. Beale. pastor Of
the Presbyterian church, held his services at
the corner OF Main and Adams streets When
be mounted the old box there were not moro
,hAn dozen people in his congregation. He
began 10 sing familiar hymn and people be-
gan 10 gather from all directions Ii was a GU
rious gathering. There were all nationalities
and all classes in the congregation. Rev Dr.
Beale said he thought 100 OF the members Of his
ee eS4c NoNb al the krtat CatatuOTnt.
he knew that 66 were lost, aud he thought that
, ,nose whose bodies are vet TO be found would
bring the number up to 100.
Just above DIR. Beale on Main street. Rev.
Dr. Fox, of Pittsburg had an open-air service
IN front of the Presbyterian church General
and Mrs. Hastings General Niley senator
Matres and James b. Scott, one of the Pitts
burg members of the relief comnissio, at
tended the service. Mrs. Hastings and one or
two other ladies' were nroyided With chair bnt
the rest of the congregation stood
Father Tahanev celebrated four rnasses i'm
front OF the Catholic church and thew vere ,he
most largely attended services in the nlace
All the other denominations had services in
different parts of the town.
srRarox-arx,.,, ,,.r,.u
sr.-oo.. -, -. "a
u.., Ae"is W. he"o' al uenerh
hastings request, rode all through the devas-
tated regions, and then submitted 10 General
Hastings the following ranor,.
"After a car.,ui ,,'e-.o,..I ;.....,. -, A.
whole of the devas,iS sssca =, INL Lon y. sA1
have The bonor - $50. - ~
able 10 discover an,rhin,s I;lai.' -, 49, ~
serions enia,.,o;. 60 ,te W ptouuoe
round,nrs of the S,arsna, ~ "Au su.
thar mas haan nd 80 -. ..I - =.
tbe vIcinitv Of ,h; an
duce an e,;da,; -, .,i 20 pro
based upon nv knowiedsre q, ., fn,.Ie.,i.
of measles Tia, ,1ro,,a;ieb a,.- az .-is
mart ~ ,ba - o. 80 e t..e 80
were renorred 80 49, 1890 as. .ls va nAioa
sci,.ntit Ss,..s 80. ." . Va .Ie oVoiuaS' a
c,n-ad -, = - $500 $500 ue ilOussI "'eu 'na, ~ was
decomposing straw The on.nion bas be.n con-
! firmed by nnumerable sporadic cases that have
occurred since the war, and the opinion Of a pro-
Nv snec'lt,nT ,n Is based upon tnat knowiease
without DELAY his ,n,orss $50, =. ,s'a
the tents or the ,-orL,,ii,, -, -, s..S
the straw now in use e.no.sd 20 a.. ac,,o,' 20
the sun. B.sides rms zee notb;ns, ss..s,.
some defective drainage ali Of uh,ch can r
turned in omen ,evcrs s,,d 81 49, -
WITCH Their. Is no exit for ,he - -. I'm IN
filled with few cartloads Of ssnd Ina 100
! unable to find any cause from which an nj;
demic other than that Of ,o,.a.l.s 60, h., -
dered exeepting that 81 ,,,sIar,a u,b,sh - -.
| Result of decayine vegetable nstter oyer vbich
your careful scrutiny mas mo control :"
he also saws uucoria is nr.ysiIino amo,, ,h.
workmen, caused. DIR Foster tbinfs hy .s,;ns
fresh sugar-cured hams - e-e
Gen Iiastings said tho, al - c,-ooo. A.
eraI Ready r,con,,o,,,d., -, 'iss ~ .,
upon promptlv Inc strs.. ahon, ~ 49,.
4 camps was burned LAT MIGHT an5 ha-ass,ss -
straw u.ed lac th. xvorl,,,.s,,> IN - - .S.-
disease uticoria referred 20 H. n pa -
semales the hives A nnrhor =, - ..'.aN;
man and several Of the sold;ars O.. ss..s
Their races and bod,es O. I;,.~ail. --.N.s.S
with red pimnles col parchrnaU, -. a. 60
! teenth r.rim.nt has "a hsd cass "a - -.
Iieut barnett DIR sll,msn 80 !, LII 90. La
near IN a ,lay or tro s.,-rI y, -. 80 ulsaP
been suffering with This d,ssasa ~. -, h>,s
Yesterday
| -
| 50 y. pisoLAfios.
| NotWltnstandlng all the work that has been
done in clearing away the debris the spectacle
of the disaster is sill one of appallinu desola.
tiop savs a pb;oaalnh;. - - -.
! Great rnonnds tbst ma ha ,ha h,,iaI f' =.
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