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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
In GOOD CONDITION.

Sovereigns of Industry Hold Their Annual
Meeting.
Grand Council, Sovereigns of Industry,
held their annual meeting last night.
Forty-two councils were represented.
The financial report showed that 81 ,977 80
was received and 1884 48 expended during
the year. Three new councils were added
in 1888.
The election resulted as follows: Grand
President, j. D. Buckley; Grand Vice
President. j. D. Warren; Grand Secretary,
C. B. Wood; Grand Treasurer, j. w. Pat
ton; Grand Conductor, Thomas Llewellyn;
Grand Inside Guard, Samuel Beam; Grand
Outer Guard, Samuel Beam. Past Grand
President Martin installed the officers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
TWENTY-FIFTH WARD REPUBLICANS.
Two Sets of Candidates for Ofces Sug.
aested Last Night.

Two Sets OF CandIdates Tor Umces Sug.
Gested Last Night.
The following ticket was suggested last
night by the Twenty-fith ward Republi-
cans:
Select Council, David Braun; School Direc.
tors August Hitler. Fred Eglesdorf, Charles
B. Dietz, WIN. N. Easton; Alderman, ], N. Jar.
rett and David ]. McGarey: Constable, John
Block, Israel Keefer, 81. B. Lintner and H. H.
Weeden; Assessor, Charles Miller. David Bald.
WIN and Adam Diehl.
Another meeting was held in the school
house and the following ticket was sug-
gested:
Select Council, Will S. Jones and Herman
Rohrkaste; Alderman, Mark Burke: School
Directors G. H. Stoesenbach, Christ Sode
Evan Thomas and ]. E. Cook: Constable Au-
gust Fink; Assessor, Harry Fisher. The
primaries will be held on Saturday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
TR0UBLOUS TINES COMING.

The w. C. T. U. Laying Plans for Remon-
strnnces at the License Court.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
W. C. T. U. in the Diamond Street o. P.
Church Tuesday evening, an interesting
session is expected.
A full board will be present, besides
numerous visitors, as the announcement has
been made that they will lay their plans tor
conducting the usual remonstranees at the
next License Court.
This will be in addition to the Ccnstitu-
tional amendment campaign, as they pro-
pose to keep the saloon keepers busy for
the next few months.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
Excursions West

To California, Oregon, Washington Terri
tory, Colorado, Montana, Mexico, Kansas,
Nebraska and the Great West, every week,
via Wabash Western Railway, at the lowest
single and round trip rates. For particu-
lars, write to or call on A. NJ Breckenridge,
Passenger Agent, corner Seventh avenue
and Smithfeld street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
On the Citfzens' Ticket.

At the citizens meeting of the Thirty-frst
ward the following men were nominated;
Select Council, W. W. Nisbet; Assessor, ]. G.
Hoag: School Directors, Chas. Magel and W.
ID. Thomas; for First precinct, Register Asses
sor. ]. Barnes; Judge. j. Schwarm; Inspector
]. w. Kinson; Second precinct, Judge, L. Fritz;
Inspector, Vim. A. Fry Jr.; Assessor, F. Rick
errs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
PREFERS THE SALOON.
Mr.. Caldwell Snys Washington Whisky
Sold Now Is Abominuble.

Sold Now Is Abominable.
Mr.. Caldwell, prominent merchant Of
Washington, started for Nassau in the
Bahama Islands last night.
He thinks that since Washington adopted
local option, as much whisky has been sold
as before, but in addition the quality Of the
stuff is much worse. 1t is sold usually BY
negroes who carry it around in bottles, and
vend it in alleys and low, out of the way
places.
For all that he believes Washington
county will vote for prohibition. The oil
men will probably declare against it, but
there are not enough voters in'this class TO
change the result.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
An Old School Director.

Robert Lea, of the Fifth ward, Allegheny,
is the oldest school director on the North
side, having served in that capacity for
80 years. When he was renominated on
Friday night he declined to serve, and
committee was appointed to draw up suit
able testimonial.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
Runway Amos.

Amos Curly, of 81 Alpine street, hasn't yet
been found by his anxious mother. During
ser absence last week he had the nerve to
enter the house and put on dark belted
Jacket Otherwise he is the same Amos
who runs away on every occasion possible.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
Their Best Men.

A meeting of the citizens of the Thirty
cond ward was held last night in the
hoolhouse, and the following ticket was
Iggested:
Select Council, John Paul: School Directors,
Silliam Boehme. William Slater, Henry Poke
nd Thomas Mccoy; Assessor, A. Engle.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
Clearance Sale of Breech Leaders.

Target rifles, 81 25, 50, So and upward.
Double shot guns at Sc 70, SS, $40 and S12.
ward. Fine repeating rifles from So upward,
at j. H. JohnSton's, 621 Smithfeld street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
Lost His Hand.

John O'Donnell had his right hand cut
off yesterday at Washington while handling
the bull rope of an oil we'll. He went to
Kittanning last evening for treatment.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
Wesfinghouse-Edison

Wesfing ghouse- Edison
Case still in court.
Westinghouse Piano Club
decided in favor of
E. G. Hays & Co.,
IS Fifth avenue.
After receiving bids from all the leading
houses in the city, the Club of % balioted
for choice of the house to deal with, and the
vote was
Unanimous for
E. G. HAYS & Co.
The names and addresses of purchasers will
appear in the daily papers in the near fu-
ture.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10

LECTURE by Rev. Francis Mccarthy
(native of Pittsburg) in basement OF Cathe-
dral this evening at 7:30. Admission %
cents.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10

CHOICE styles all wool spring dress
goods, in stripes and plaids, new colorings.
.MwFSu HUGUS & HACKE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10

DIR. B. NJ. HANNA. Eye, ear, nose and
throat diseases exclusively. Office. 71S Penn
street, Pittsburg, Pa. s&su
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10

ANGosTURA BITTERs, the celebrated ap
petizer, of exquisite flavor, is used all over
the world.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10

EXTRA good values in black cashmeres,
at zoe, 6Oc and 75c per yd.
MwFSu HUGUS & HACKE,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
SIS, S6 and s. Pants.

For good fitting suit or pants 90 to
PITCAIRN's TAILORING EMPORIUM,
TUT 434 Wood street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10
Whose Hats Do You Wears

BENEFITS,
Corner Wood st. and Fifth ave.
I find them the best.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10

LIVER complaint cured free at 1102 Car
son st., Southside.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-10

WINTER
GARMENTS.
VARIETY OF STYLES.
NOT MANY OF EACH. E
LOWEST PRICES MADE
Jackets. 81 Is, s., sasa
Trimmed Mantles. Astrachan and
Braided, s., Sc, IS and slO
DedEeI DIeCLOIo
fronts or tight-ftting, s.. IS, SO and
sl2-many of these only one-third
original price.
Plush Jackets, IS. 50. $40 and sl2.
Plush Modieskas, $40, So, SIS and
So
Alaska Seal CIoaks or Jackets. win
save you large amounts of money on
best grades.
BIBER K EA5T1N,
fe9-TTssu
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-13
THE FATAL DAM,
It's Owners We're Aware of It's Rotten
Condition.

It's Owners We're Aware of It's Rotten
Condition.
Messrs. II. Singer, George Singer, Louis Clark,
and R. Hussey Binns, of Pitts burg, relatives of
members of the South Fork Fishing Club. have
arrived from the broken dam, says dispatch
from JOhnstoWn.
The lake is completely dried out. The dam
broke in the center at O'Clock on Friday after
noon, and at O'Clock it was dry. That great
body of water passed out in one hour Messrs.
Park and Van Buren,, who are building g. new
draining system at the lake, tried to avert the
disaster by digging sluice-way on one side to
ease the pressure on the dam. They had about
forty men at work, and did all they could with
out avail. The water passed over the dam about q
foot above it's top beginning at about 2 80.
Whatever happened in the way of a cloudburst
took place during the night. There had been
but little rain up to dark When the workmen
awoke in the morning the lake was very full
and was rising at the rate of a foot an hour. 1t
kept on rising until o'clock. when it first be-
gan breaking the dam, undermining it
men were sent three four times during the
day to warn the people below of their danger.
When the final break came at 3 o'clock
there was a sound like thunder, and trees,
rocks, and earth were shot up into mid-air in
great columns, and then the wave started down
the ravine. farmer who escaped said that the
water did not come down like a wave, but
jumped on his house and beat it to fragments in
an instant He WAS safe upon the hillside but
his wife and two children were killed.
At the present time the lake looks like
a huge mud-puddle with stumps of trees and
rocks scattered over it. There is a small stream
of muddy water running through the center of
the lake. The dam was seventy feet high, and
the break is about 200 feet WIDE and there is but
small portion of the dam left on either side
No damage was done to any of the buildings be-
longing to the club. The whole south fork is
swept, with not a tree standing
man named Mcguire says he was standing
on the edge of the lake when the walls burst.
The water was rising all day and was on a level
with q pile of dirt which, he said, was above the
wall of the dam. All Of a sudden it burst with
a report like cannon and the water started
down the mountain side, sweeping before it
trees as if they were chips; powders were
The roar was deafening. The lake was emp
tied in an hour and half. All the water, he
said, is now out. The railroad is in q terrible
thirty feet deep were washed in the tracks On
his way down he's stopped at Mineral Point,
where sixteen houses were washed away and
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reason they think the loss will be found to be
very great. The water came in a wall preceded
by yellowish cloud of mist or foam and as it
caught the blocks of houses it swept them down
together with succession of crashes that was
terrible
Mr.. Felt thinks there were less than 600 people
on the high ground with him. The others went
down with the flood. He saw hundreds of them
go down before his eyes they stood looking
down upon the wreck. No one escaped from
the Hurlbut house, and Messrs. Felt and Nc
Cloud would have been among the lost had they
dined there
!. AS soon as possible the Chicago men began
the work OF organizing relief parties to rescue
the people who were on the houses that had
been swept back into Stony Creek when the
water could not escape below. These people
were wild with fright and Mr.. Felt
secured q clothes-line which was used to send
out raft with strong man to take people of
the houses. river man volunteered for
this work, and with a rope tied Sc
curely about his body, he made many trips
into the flood, and each time brought two
people ashore with him. The other gentlemen
carried these people up to the high ground
where they were cared for by the residents of
that locality They rescued over fifty people in
this way, mostly women and children. They
worked as long as they could see and after dark
the fire at the bridge gave them light to see here
and there the people still clingng tc roofs, some
of whom were rescued. A number of travelling
men who were in the hotels tied tags to their
clothing and shot themselves SO desperate were
they in this scene of terror. Boyh gentlemen
vouch for this.
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STORY OF THE DEUCE.
H1cARTRENDING SCENES IN CONE
MAUGH VALLEY.

William Henry Smiths Graphic Descrip-
ton of the Floods Awful Approach
Mad Plunge of the Aqueous Avalanche on
the City of COnemaugh-How Trains,
Houses. Everything, Went Down Before
the Farce Niagara-AwfuI Scenes of De-
struction.
Mr.. William Henry Smith, General Manager
OF the Associated Press, was eyewitness of
the awful scenes in Conemaugh Valley on the
night of the great calamity. He tells the follow
ang story of the flood devastation:
The fast-line trains that leave Chicago at 8 is
and Cincinnati at p. M constitute the day ex-
press eastward from Pittsburgh which runs in
two sections. This train left Pittsburgh on
TINE Friday morning, but was stopped for an
: eur at YOUNGSTOWN by reports OF washout
@nead. 1t had been raining hard for over six
teen hours, and the sides of the mountains We're
covered with water descending into the
valleys. The Conemaugh River, whose
bank is followed by the Pennsylvania
Railroad for many miles, looked an angry
Good nearly bankful. Passengers were inter
enormous amount of driftwood shoot rapidly
BY, and the train pursued it's way eastward.
AT Youngstown there was long wait, as before
stated The lower stories of many houses were
submerged by the slack water, and the inhab-
ttants were looking out of the second stories
Horses We're standing up to their knees in
mad been washed out; loaded cars were the
bridge to keep it steady, and the huge
poles OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company, carrying fifteen wires, swayed
badly and several soon went down. The
two sectiong ran to Conemaugh, about two
miles this side Of Johnstown and lay there
about three hours, when they were moved ON to
the highest ground and placed side by side. The
mail train was placed in the rear of the first
section, and q freight train was run on to q side
track on the bank of the Conemaugh. The re-
port was that bridge had been washed out,
carrying away track, and that the other
track was unsafe. There was a rumor also that
the reservoir at South Fork, some time ago q
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greatly needed. Money is also urgently
required to remove the debris, bury
and orphans and for the homeless families
Other localities have suffered to some extent in
the same way, but not in the same degree. Late
advices would seem to Indicate that there is
great loss of life and destruction of property
along the west branch of the Susquehanna and
in localities from which get no definite
information.
The responses from within and without the
State have been most generous and cheering
North and South East and West, from the Uni
ted States and from England there comes the
same hearty, generous response of sympathy and
help.
Funds contributed in aid of the sufferers can
be deposited with Drexe1 & Co., Philadelphia /;
Jacob E. Bamberger, banker, Harrisburg !, or
William r. Thompson q Co., bankers, Pitts
burg. All money contributed will be used care
fully and ipdiciously
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the names Of these unfortunates ever feund
place on the pages Of history.
All indications point to the fact that the
deabn-Hst will reach over five thousand names,
and IN my opinion the missing will reach 5000
! In number" declared Gen d. II. Hastings
bodies. The great difficulty experienced in
getting correct list is the great number Of
morgLes. There is no central bureau of infor-
nation, and to communicate with the different
deadhouses is the work Of hours.
IN answer to questions from Gov. Beaver,
Adjt. Gen. Hastings has telegraphed the follow
ing:
Good order prevailed throughout the city and
vicinity last night. Police arrangements are
excellent. Not one arrest made. No need OF
sending troops.
about 600 bodies have been rescued, and the
work OF embalming and burying the dead is 60
ing on with regularity. There is plenty of medi-
cal assistance. We have bountifuI supply of
IoOd and clothing to-day and the fullest tele-
graphic facilities afforded. snd all inquiries
are promptly answered. The Pennsylvania rail-
road will be completed to Johnstown station
Tonight. Have you any instructions or inqui-
ries?
THE most conservative estimates here place
Inc loss of lives at fully 5000. The prevailing
impression is that the loss will reach from s. 900
to 1000 There many widows and orphans,
ana a great many wOunded-impossible to give
an estimate. The property destroyed will reach
100000 to $4,000, 900. Chief Burgess
nan Of ana the l. Relief a Committee ohs are
doing good work. Have made requisition on
Plttsburg forcooking facilities, shoes, and made
up clothing for men, women, and children all
OF which we need badly. Tomorrow morning
we Will have 800 men, with horses. carts, axes,
and other tools, clearing away the debris.
You cannot raise too much money for this
suffering community"
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Joint population of 5000 is dead. Johnstown
is wrecked and certainly 5000 people lie dead in
siding stream. The business portion of the
prosperous little city is obliterated, and for q
mile along Main street the wreckage is piled
fifty feet high.
For miles below the debris of shattered houses
chokes the stream. One hundred and ninety
bodies were picked out of the river at Nineveh
and the majority were buried there to-day
The depot is filled with dead and all the pub
lie buildings left standing used rs morgues.
In Johnstown proper the work of picking up the
dead has barely begun.
There are about two square miles of wreck
age gorged against the bridge and in flames. 1t
is said that 1000 people died there. This vast
drift is still ablaze, and is SO tightly packed
that it will require great engineering to clear
the stream. The river is parted by it, and runs
like a mill-race on either hand.
The lower part of the town along the river
bank is washed as bare as common, and it is
hard to believe that thousands of dwellings
and business blocks SO recently covered the
ground
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several lives lost. At East Conemaugh thirty
houses were carried away by the flood. The
loss of life is large at this point.
THE LOSS OF LIFE.
The Terrible Sacrifice Of Human Life
Will Never Be Known


Will Never Be Known.
The developments Of every hour make it more
and more apparent that the exact number OF
lives lost in the Johnstown horror will never be-
known, says one correspondent. All estimates
that have been made up to this time conser-
vative and when all is known will doubtless be
found to have been too small Over
one thousand bodies have been found
since sunrise to-day, and the most skeptical con-
cede that the remains of thousands more rest
beneath the debris above Johnstown bridge
The population Of Johnstown, the surrounding
towns, and the portion of the valley
affected by the flood is, or was, from fifty
thousand to ffty-five thousand Associated
Press representatives to-day interviewed
numerous leading citizens OF Johnstown
who survived the floods and the consensus of
opinion was that fully 80 per cent of the resi-
dents OF YOUNGSTOWN and Cambria had been VIC
Tins OF the combined disasters Of fire and wa
ter Ii this be true the total loss of life in the
entire valley may reach Is, 900. OF the thou
sands who We're devoured by the flames and
whose ashes rest beneath the smoking debris
above Johnstown bridge, no definite informa-
ton can ever be obtained. AS little will
the current and were borne swiftly down the
Conemaugh only to be deposited hEf1dreds of
miles below on the banks and in the driftwood OF
the raging Ohio. Probably one third Of the dead
will never be recovered, and it will
take list OF the missing weeks hence
to enable even close estimate to be
made OF the number of lives that were
snuffed out in that brief hour That this esti-
mate can never bu accurate is understood when
1t is rememb ered that in many instances whole
families and their relatives were swept away
and found common grave beneath the wild
waste OF We tiers. The total destruction of the
city ieayNs NO data to even demon trate that
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CONDITION OF GRAIN CROPS.
The Prospect for Wheat. Corn, and Oats
in the Western States.

The Prospect for Wheat, Corn, and Oats
in the Western States.
CHICAGO, June 10-The following crop
report will appear in this weeks issue of
the Farmers Review:
The latest reports from our crop CORES
pondents show no Improvement in the con-
dition Of winter wheat Kansas maintains
the high average of two weeks ago and
Ohio and Kentucky correspondingly low
one, the condition Of these States remain
ing about the same from week to week. In
Illinois and Michigan there has been a
slight decline and in Indiana falling off
of about 10 per cent. The condition of
spring wheat is comparatively unchanged
in Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota, but has
improved In Dakota about 5 per cent and
declined in Illinois about per cent. The
condition OF the oat crop has improved
slightly in Iowa and Missouri and consid-
erably in Indiana. In Illinois it has de-
clined few points, while in Ohio Michi-
gan, Minnesota, and Dakota it averages
about per cent lower In other States it
is practically unchanged
Corn promises we'll in Kansas, Kentucky,
Iowa. Missouri, Nebraska, and Dakota.
particularly in the three States last named.
For Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota the
averages are low, owing to hard frost.
Nearly all the counties in Wisconsin report
damages from this cause, while one-half of
our Minnesota correspondents and one
fourth OF those in Ohio Sc I'd similar reports.
Iowa and Michigan have experienced
slight frosts in several counties, as have a
few counties in other States, but no SER
ious damage to corn has resulted there
from. We summarize the reports of our
correspondents as follows, giving the per
cent of condition of grain ops