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rug yAsrNEss or n.
Something That give, nm Idea OF tue
Complete Wreck.

JonXsrowN, Pa. June j. Tho cnormity
Of the devastation wrough, by the Conc
maugh food Is becoming more aud more
apparent with every effort Of the laborcrs
TO resolve order out Of chaos. Over one
hundred men have been all day engaged
In an effort 10 clear a marrow passage from
the death bridge upwanl through the sea
OF debris that blocks the Concmaugh for
nearly half a milo. Every ingenuity
known 10 man has boen rcsortcd 10 by
this crew. Tho giant power Of dynamite
was brought into rcquhition, and at irc-
quunt intervals the roar Of explosion 10.
ycrbcmlcl through the valley, and sticks,
stones and log' would Nv high in tho air.
Gradually few OF the heaviest timbcrs
were demolished anl ilio fragments per-
milled 10 float downward through the
center arch. At nighuall, however. the
clear space above tho bridge did
not exceed an area Of sixty feet
In length by forty feet In width. When
one reflects that fully twenty-five acres are
10 be cleared In this way the task ahead
seems an intcrminablc one. hut there is
no royal road. aud II the hundreds or
thousands OF bodies bcneath these black.
encd ruins are 10 bc recovered Tor Chris
tian burial tho labors OF today must bc
continued with increased yigjr. There
aru many conservative minis that recon.
mend the use OF the torch In this work Of
clearing the river. but they arc not among
the sufferers, aud when sucli counscls are
heard by those whose wives. children,
sisters or brothers rest beneath this sea Of
iloisam and iotsam the suggestion Of cns.
nation meets with Wild furOrc Of objec-
ton. There IL no hope IN the calmcr
minds that this task can be- pursued 10
the end. The progress Of today is hardly
disccrnablc, and Gro two moro days
have elapsed there is little doubt
tho omanaiions Of pulrid bodies will have
become No irightiul ~ 10 drive the hardest
workman from the scene Until that tlmo
comes, however. thorn IL no hope that this
griclsiricken populacc will abandon the
cherished hope Of again gazing upon the
forms Of the loved ones whose lives went
out In the fire and food q the Concmaugh.
The pleadings Of sanitarlnns and the logic
Of engineers alike fail 10 lind an echo In
the minds Of the gfioying and afflicted,
but In few moro days thc Steiner logic OF
nature will assert itself md 10 the face OF
imposSibiliiy the task Of cremation will be-
come Christian duty.
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and until the entire division is repaired
their passenger trans will leave Philadel-
phia over the main line by way OF Will
port, Lock Haven and Bald Eagle Valley,
Philadelphia and Erie over the Northern
Central, taking the main line at Harris
burg, thence to Ebensburg and transported
in wagons to this place. The entire por-
ton Of the road that suffered by the food
will be in good running shape in few
weeks at the latest"
At the First Presbyterian Church, which
is being used as morgue, seventeen
have been brought in. Those identified
are: Mary STROLLER, probably Charles b.
Hoffman, Mrs. John Harris, colored; Miss
Lizzie and George Mcdowell. S. Clark.
The balance arc unidentified. The relief
corps from Altoona found body near
stony Bridge this morning. On his per.
son was found a gold watch and chain and
500 in money, which was turned over to
the proper authorities. This corps took
out some thirty-two bodies or more from
the ruins yesterday. A. j. lIawes, whose
wlfe's body was taken out OF the river last
night, had the body taken up into the
mountains, where he dug her grave and
said: 81 buried all that is dear TO me. AS
for myself, don't care how soon death
overtakes me-"
Five bodies were taken out OF the
wreckage near Diberts bank on Main
street this morning.
Miss Clara Carton, Of Washington, d.
G., the originator Of what is known rs the
Red Cross corps, known all over the
world, arrived here this morning, and will
at once assume charge Of all female relief
corps.
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MOMI, Io nE noNE.
10 VIII Take 10000 Men Thirty Days
60 Clear the wreck.

JonSstowN, Pa, Juno 5.-Wherc
Johnslown's principal stores stood last
Friday are now pitched 1000 tents, anj
before tomorrow night this number will
be doubled. Under this shelter are &C.
commodatcd the members Of the militia
and the thousands Of workmcn who are
trying 10 clear the streets Of this wrecked
CITY. Over 5000 men are thus employed
In Johnsiown proper, 1900 Of these being
tho regular street hands employed by
Contractors Booth 4 Flynn, OF Pii.sburs,
tho others being volunteers William
Flynn arrived in the wrecked city this
morning. and at once took charge Of tho
army Of workmen. lie tod Of the work
that has 20 be done. and tho contractors
estimates show moro than anything else
the chaotic condition Of this city.
at will take 10000 men thirty days Ia
cl,af the ground 10 that the streets are
passablo and the work Of rebuilding can be
commenced, said he, land ! am at loss
10 know how tho work Is TO DO done.
This enthusiasm will soon die out aud the
volunteers will want 10 return home. II
would ,akc all suinmcr for my men alone
~ do what work Is necessary. Steps must
be taken, aud at once, 10 furnish gangs Of
wOrkmen, aud tomorrow / shall send q
communication 10 the Pitbburg Chamber
Of Commerce asking the different manu-.
iaclurcrs In the Ohio Valley 10 take turns
for a month OF NO In furnishing roliois Of
workmcn. shall ask that each establish.
menl stop work for n week at n time aud
send all hands la charge OF n foreman and
timckecpor We will board nnd care for
them here. These gangs should coms for
a week at time, as no organization can be
effected II workmen arrive and leave when
they please"
Mr. Hymns proposition will be taken TO
Pitisburg by Mr. Evan Jones aud Mr..
George Bryan, Of Oliver Bros. Tho gen
tlcmen viii explain tho necessities Of the
case and beg for the necessary aid.
Tho volunteers are doing noble work.
Nearly every town In Western Pcnnsyl-
yania Is represented by from ten 10 hun.
dfed men, and many towns In Ohio and
New York have also furnished quotas Of
laborors. Those volunteers arc working
with n will but before the end OF the
week they will want 10 return home. Men
who como here will DO paid ~ q day and
board.
All the labortr who have boon toiling
with the wreckagc are quartorod tonight,
some in barns, others In tho tents above
referred 10. II was q scene a. Of army
life at tho limo that supper was ready
and the long pine tables were crowded with
men, Stoves were erected out In tue open
air and coal 6rcs heated tho gallons Of
coffee. The beverage was heated ia large
wash boilers, and for one gang Of men
seven boilers fall were cmptiod ia half an
hour, coffee, bread and cheese being the
fac tonight. but more substantial rati0ns
will DO given out tomorrow. A the dark
nos drew veil over the scene the valley
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LET TENNESSEE RESPOND.
Gov, Taylor lssues an Appeal for tn
Aid OF the Johustown Sufferers

Gov, Taylor lssucs an Appeal for tho
Aid OF the YOUNGSTOWN Sufferers.
Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal
NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 3. The follow.
ing proclamation has been issued by the
Governors
Proclamation. State OF Tennessee Executive De.
plrtmcnt-l,ohcrt /. Taylor, Governor
Whereas, The awful calamity that boicll
the iatcd city Of Johnstown, Pa, hurting
thousands OF human beings to instant and
horrible death, and sweeping millions Of
valuable property TO destruction, including
an entire city, is borne to the country in
the public prints in such overwhelming
and hcarirending detail as to excite uni
vorsal commissertion, the almost unpre-
ccdcnted disaster has not only brought
death and destruction, but cntailcd woe
aud sorrow ami suffering upon thousands
who survived, placing them in dircst need;
remembering with proiouudest gratitude
tho magnanimous proligality with which
our brothers at the North have reached
their hands out in aid OF the people OF the
South when earthquake tumbled city
into ruins, when pcstilcncc slew It's thou
sands and whenever aud where ;cr calam-
ity bciclG sorrow levels all barriers and
distinctions and reveals the universal kin.
ship OF man; and. whereas, Tennessee and
Tcnncssceans have been peculiarly aud
abundantly blessed Of God In increased
and increasing yield OF crops and oxccs-
sivc development OF wealth, in profitable
investment aud rapid Accommodations in all
branches OF business and traffic;
Therefore !, Robert l.. Taylor. Governor
OF Tennessee, In the name Of God and
humanity, do invite all and every of the
good citizens OF Tennessee 20 give Of their
abundance In aid OF our stricken brothers
OF Pennsylvania, and recommend that all
the banks OF the state be made rcposito-
ries for donations, 10 DO promptly Tor
warded that distress and suffering may
find spccdicst relief and do further cal
upon the Mayors Of our cities aud towns,
and the officials Of our counties ~ Assem-.
bic their people and reveal IN them the
unspcakablo horrors aud suffering that
appeal to their benevocncc, aud put into
execution such measures rs will secure
the ends hero recommended.
In testimony whereof, | hereunto set
my hand, and cause the Great Seal Of the
State TO bo affixed, ut Nashville, this "a
day Of June, 1889
Rom. l.. TAYLOR, Governor.
by the Governor g. A. MILLER,
Secretary of Stuip
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Fortunately ti'e weather RemsIns Cool
aud Mneh o. ncInE Accumulated.

JouNarowS, Pa, June BIN the midst
Of this scene Of death and dcsolation a 10.
lcnting Providence seems 10 be cxerting n
subduing influence. Six days have elapsed
since the great disaster aud tho tcmpera.
turc still remains low and chilly In the
Conemaugh Valley. When Il Is remem.
bered tina, In the ordinary June weather
Of this locality from two 10 three days are
sufficient 10 bring an Unattended body to a
degree Of decay and puinlaction that
would render II almost impossible 10 pro.
vent the spread Of disease throughout tho
valley, the incsiimablc benefits Of this cool
weather arc almost beyond appreciation.
The carnations from the half mile debris
above the bridge arc but little more oilcn-
siyo than yesterday, and should this cool
weather continue few days longer Il Is
possible that hundreds Of bodies may yet
be recovered from the wreck In such a
state Of preservation as 10 render idcniia.
cation possible. Many hundreds Of vic.
tins, however. will be roasted and charrod
into such shapolcss masses a. 10 preclude a
hope Of recognition by their nearest rela.
ton.
Tho work Of clearing up the wreck and
recovering the bodies Is now being con.
Quoted most systematically. Ov.s 6,OO0
men are now at work In the Various por.
lions Of the valley, and each little gang OF
twenty men Is dife..cd by foreman, who
Is under orders from tho general head
quarters. A. the rubbish Ia gone over and
The bodies and scattered articles Of value
recovered the dchiis Is piled up In one
high mass and tho torch applied. In this
way tho valley IL assuming lcss dcyas.
iatod condition. In twenty-iour hours
more every mass Of rubbish will probably
have been sea.ched, aud tho inycsligi.
tons will be confined 10 the smoking
wreck above Johnsiown bridge. Pitts
burgers arc now la sole charge OF every
thing a. this place. The Fourteenth Reg.
imqnt has not yet been assigned 10 any
duty by Acknowledgement Hastings. In
an Interview this morning ho said. "rhe
regiment was ordered here 10 do guarj
work and take charge Of the place. We
will not declare martial law for the reason
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ONE THOUSAND FUNERALS.
No IIearscs, Few hournerS- Wen Hurry
Ing Their own Families.

JonNsrowN, Pa, June 9Th, gray
mists had scarcely arisen from the hills
this morning until l,0)0 funerals were
coursing their green aides. There were no
hcarser, few mourners, and ~ little SOL
cmnity as iormality. Tne majority Of the
cciIins were OF rough pine The plll bear
crs w,ro strong farmer teams, and in
stea OF six pail bearers 10 one coffin there
wero generally six collins to one team.
Silently the proc ,ssions moved, and ST.
lently they unloaded their burdens in the
lap Of mother earth. No minister of God
was there to pronounce last blessing as
the clods ratified down, except few faith
iul priests who had followed some man
gled representatives OF their faith 10 the
grave.
A fact that has been heretofore over.
looked in the awful strain is the soiled
condition OF the corpsos. Fully one-ihird
OF those recovered have boen 80 manglcd,
bruised or charred that identification was
impossible. In an ordinary floll this
would not have been the case, but here
human bodies were hut the filling in OF
mountain-liko mass OF houses, railroad
tracks, trains AMI other debris which went
crunching through valley three miles
long, How any OF LIES clay retained form
or semblance is enigmalical.
All day long the corpscs wcro being
hurried below ground. Tho unidentified
bodies were grouped ON high Hill west OF
the doomed city, where ons epi,aph must
do for all, and that, the word "unknown."
There are hundreds Of these graves M.
ready, and each day will increase the pro-
portion. The possibility OF identification
| dininishes every hour. Fires are raging
over the tangled graves OF hundreds, and
the partial cremation OF many bodies Is
| inevitable. Others are becoming 80
blackened In their contact with the debris
or through qualification that grinning
| skeleton would show rs much resemblance
TO the persons in life ~ they. Almost
every stroke of tho pick in some portions
OF the city today resulted in the discovery
Of another victim, aud although the tuner
ais OF the morning relieved the morgucs OF
their crush, btiorc night thcy were rs full
Of tho sinking deaf rs ever.
Wherever one turns the melancholy
view OF u coffin is met. Every train into
Johnstown was laden with them, the bet
ter ones being generally accompanied 10y
friends Of the dead Men could be seen
staggering over the ruins with shining
mahogany caskcts on their shoulders.
Several stumbled aud fell into the abound
ing man.pits. Tho hollow houses OF the
dead went bouncing over the stoncs.lkc
drums in funeral march. The colin
llnile appears 20 b. allcviated.
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10000 10 $4,000 LOsT.
Conservative ucn Place the Figure This
High and Mean Nc.

JoHNsrowN, Pa, June 5.-Conserya,ive
men are OF the opinion that the number
Of people destroyed will reach from II, 00C
TO 10000. This view OF it is based on
many fragments of evidence obtained
from over 100 citizens, being careful 10 SO.
lect us intelligent men and women as could
be found. They were chosen from as
many occupations as possible and from as
many social castles. They were asked "a
estimate the percentage Of loss to the total
population, TO tell how many people oil
their acquaintance have disappeared, how
the gatherings OF residents on the streets
and in public places compare with the
same in former times. Their statements
OF facts and estimates were proved as far
as could be, aud the pendulum Of calcua-
ton seems TO be beating time when they
swing from 10000 TO 1900. Il must be
remembered that u very large proportion
OF this loss is made M OF children. How
strikingly frequent Is the reference In
the death list TO "Mrs. Jones and six
children" "Mrs. Smith and five children"
In the morgue the little ones lie in dozens
where the adults are in half dozens, but
there is and has been much greater diiIi-
Guilty in recovering the bodies OF children.
Being lighter and smaller they have often
been swept into out OF the way reces,cs
that are almost inaccessible. IA they are
more easily carried away very great pro.
portion 81 the children have been swept
down tho river and their bodies driven in
under oycrhanging banks, under thickcts
aud in other places where there is only a
sparse population and where the search IL
not carried on In a careful and orglnized
manner. As an illustration Of this. lust
above New Florence some fragments OF
clothing were In full view OF the path on
the river bank. Hundreds OF people
passed the place for three days looking for
bodies, but thought Il was only shrcds Of
worthless clothing they were looking at
Finally somebody poked at the rags siih
a stick aud n swirl In the current brought
a two year old babe 10 the surface.
The drift Of opinion among intelligent
men, physicians, engineers and railroad
men. Is that from 1000 10 ], 800 Of the bod.
les will never be found.
At II o'clock this morning Adiulant.
General Hastings sent the following tele-
gram 10 Gov. Beaver
Gov. BcavcT. Harrisburg. IA.
"Fully 5000 men are at work clearing
OF debris Bodies are now being rescued
In large numbers The Citizens Commit
tee organized and the work II systematic
ally carried on. A detachment Of twenty
men OF the Fourteenth Regiment was de.
tailed last night to guard supply trains
Provisions arr pouring In, and Il Is diff
cult to take caro- Of them. There is no
suffering from want Of food and shelter
Contributions OF money arc more desirable
than anything else.
III. II. llAsrINGs, Adjuiant-G oGeral."
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JonSrowS. Pa, June 6.-Somc over.
jealous military mon caused considerable
excitement near the Morcll Institute, In
JohnsIown proper this morning. by their
outrageous conduct. Some men, employed
by ]. s. Chettell, local contractor. wero
put 10 work at rcscuing bodies shortly
after daylight Two Of the homo soldiers
wcro pairollng tho place, and whom they
saw the men at work they told them they
would have 10 stop operations. This the
mon refused 10 do, saying they had boen
employed by the Citizens Committee TO
do the work. The soldiers gave them ono
minute 10 got away from tho place, aud as
they were Ia no hurry 10 oboy, the guards
fred two shots, but did not succeed in
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FHE MAVERICK CASE.
Tho Inquest Into Mr. Maybriok's Death
Continues.

Continues.
LIVERPOOL, June 5.-1ho inquest into
the death Of Mr.. Maybrick, who is sup.
posed TO have been poirlncd 10y his wife,
was rcsumtd today. Sr. Hopper testiilci
that no had treated the patient for de-
ranged digestion and nervous disorders.
lie had prescribed tho use Of sirychninc
but had never advised the use OF arsenic.
Maybrck had told witness that hc was
acquainted with the medical properties Of
arsenic. Witness stated that in June,
1883, Mr.. Mnyhrick came 10 him and
asked him 10 speak 20 her husband about
the habit Of arsenic taking. 10 which she
said, he was addicted. Mayhrick hal nc
knoWlcdgcl 10 witness that hc had struck
his wife aud given her blncS eve, during
u quarrel about gentleman. Ni,nl ~
further stated that Mrs. Maybrick hal cX.
pressed 10 him rcpungdnco toward her
husband aud wished that che could obtain
n separation from him.
DR.. Humphreys, who had also attended
Mr.. Mnybick, testified that shortly be.
fore the patients death hc hal gwen di-
rcclions that few drops ui solution ~
arsenic b. administered hourly to the sick
man.
The few Drops Of arscnical solution or
dcrcd 10y Dr.. Humphreys were equal 10
onc-illrUnth Of a drop Of a per cent.
solution. A bottle oi moat extract con.
tanned much arsenic.
A waiter ina London hotel identified
Briefly ~ a man who stayed With Mis-.
Maybnck Two days ~ her husband in
Mach last. This testimony elected groaus
aud misses, and the Coroner threatened 10
clear the court.
A letter was read which Mrs Maybnck
wrote 10 Briefly from Jail, appealing ior
assistance and money, aud stating that
everything was known about their visit TO
London. The letter concluded: Appear.
ancos arc terribly Hgiinst me, but before
God, swear ! am innocent"
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DEsrRUorIoS rIsrwnERr.
Inc ,timabie Damages Done ia Central
Pennsy isntfia.

PIrrsBuRG, Pa, June "a special just
received from huntington, Pa, says Tho
late news from suburban districts In this
county, Just received, shows that tho de-
struction 10 property by tho food Is iniin.
itely greater than at lrst reported. Tho
waters arc rceoding. aud tho Juniaia
River Is paasablo In several places Couri-
crs have arrived bearing nows Of tho un-
prcccden,ad food. From Bedford 10
Huntingdon on tho Toyulsiown branch,
and on tho Lewiston on the Juniaia River,
the devastation IL tho greatest In Central
Pennsylvania, except, Of coutsc, n Johns
town. Not house Is left that stood With
In roach Of tho swollen streams here. Tho
damage TO property viii reach 10000,
whilo the other towns In Tho c0uniry have
suffered corrospondingly. At Maploion
the immense tannory Of l. A. Roberts was
damaged TO tho extent Of s2OO,OO0, and
the loss 10 other property will reach $780,
900 more. Tho Powell Furnace At SAXON
sustained a loss u 10000. aud a! that
place both tho railroad and county bridges
were swept away, leaving railroad commu'
nieation with Bedford cut oil. The uunt
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ing1ou Il Broad Top Railroad sustained
but slight damage. For distance OF three
miles below here four miles OF the Penn
sylvania Railroad tracks arc destroyed,
with bridges gone at Minyuuk aud Lewis
ton, the latter having gone down during
the storm last night Railroad communi-
cation with Altoona on the west will be
opened ON n single track by tomorrow.
From here to the junction OF tho Juniata
and Susquehanna Rivers the sweep OF the
flood extended, filling this once beautiful
valley with desolation and ruin. Growing
crops in the lowlands were destroyed, and
IN Smiths valley, this county, the farming
lands, comprisingan area OF twelve by two
miles, have bocn stripped OF every stage of
soil. AS far as known, 800 houses have
been destroyed in this county. Relief
committees are now engaged, and ace
seeking assistance for the destitute.
Three families, comprising sixteen pcr-
sons, living ON the Rlyalstown branch,
named Dean. Holner and Montgomery,
are missing, aud sis feared that they have
been swept away with their homes.
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THE IRON MARKET.
Tho South WIN Not DO Affected by tho
Pennsylvania Out.

Tho South VIII Not DO Affected by the
Pennsylvania Out
Special Dispatch 10 Tho Appeal
NAsnyiiLC, Tenn, juno 5.-rho roduc.
iion.madc by the Thomas Iron Company,
Of Pennsylvania. In the price Of pig iron,
has excited much interest In Tennessee
and other Southern States Tho market
has been carefully watched AMI the out
look generally commented upon. II. =.
Chamberlain, President Of the l.oano Iron
Company and tho Cilico Furnace Com.
pany, operating three large furnaces, says
"undcr the stimulus Of low prices the
consumers now enter the market and stop
20 reasonable extent the effort being
made 10 put up prices all along the line
aud this Il seems 10 me, u exactly what
will happen. My impression Is that wc
have seen the worst OF the depression, aud
that FROM this on the trade will materially
improve"
SIR. Bowron, secretary Of the Tennessee
Coal, Iron 4 Railroad Company, discuss.
Ing tho iron outlook In the South, said
that no furnaces la this section would be
closed hy tho cut In the Pennsylvania
prices, aud that probably not q single ono
would bo In the least affected. Fiyc.sixths
Of the Thomas Iron Company's output had
already been sold.
Mr.. Bowton said further that while the
reduction In price might affect tho Eastern
ma. kot II could not injurc tho southern
market, because not moro than 10 or u
per cent Of the iron produced In the South
zoe, 10 tho East Tho remainder Of Il
goes west and does not compete with the
Pennsylvania iron, none OF which crosses
The Allegheny Mountains, because tho
anthracite iron cannot be made as cheaply
as the coke iron.