The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-15
YHH STRICKEN PEOPLE
Braciug Up Under the Inspiring
influences at Work,
A RAINY DAY AT JoHNsTOWN
Iuterferss With the Clearing Up
Prooess...DynamIto Used Freely
Gov, beaver Issues a Procla-
matIon-BodIcs Recovered.

JoHNsTowN, Pa June 14,-Johns
town is-drlppipg tonight, and amor
dreary place could scarcely be imagined
With two thousand men on his pay
roll, Adjutant General Hastings coult
have turned Johnstown upside down
but as 1t was, work was intermittent ant
unsatisfactory, However, a big hole
was made in the wreckage and the stont
bridge and several Of the main busl
ness streets were pretty well cleared out
Every effort Is being made now to gel
the business men Of Johnstown on theil
feet again,
Tonight an informal and brief con,
ference was held between General Hast.
ings and representative merchants. Jos,
Masters, John P. Linton, Hermann Bau'
man, Alexander Kennedy and John
Thomas were constituted committee To
receive the lumber intended for the con-
struction oi rough business houses,
The flood was especially severe upon the
stores, and scarcely one remains that can
be occupied without weeks OF renoya-
ton and repairs,
The State Board Of Health issued no
bulletin to-day, but DR.. Croft reports
everything Status quo. The hospital
records for the day show more new cases
than ever, and at the Bedford street hos
pital, the only public one, 1856 prescrip-
tions were made out against s5 yesterday.
Bronchitis and stomach troubles seem to
be the most prevalent, while
measles and pneumonia are increasing,
slightly. The damp weather and recent
excitement have reduced the vitality Of
the people, and physicians report that
stimulants are most needed. Eight
bodies were recovered from the ruins to-
day, three being identified, They were
William B. Hess, prominent merchant,
Capt 0'Connell, an old resident, and
Mary IIolleman, his house.keeper. The
bodies OF an elderly lady and q fair young
girl were found clasped in each others
arms, and reclining on q sofa. The fve
others were so Charred as to be unrecog-
nizable.
Governor Beaver and his recently up.
pointed commission are expected here
tomorrow. AdJutant General Hastings
processes ignorance Of the object OF their
visit.
The first train through to Altoona
went through Johnstown at II o'clock
this morning. Several hundred more
men arrived tonight and hoist
ing engines are coming In on every
train. Tonight the electric light plant
Is being removed to the vicinity Of the
stone bridge. The wreckage will be
lighted up and work continued unceas.
ingly until the last remnant is removed.
The commissary departments are still
flooded with clothing and bread. The
latter Is piled up like mountain. The
rain keeps II moist. There was
q sugar famine to-day, but the
arrival OF the consignment Of fresh
beef for several days stopped all grum-
bling. Heavy charges OF dynamite have
been put in the wreckage all day, and
several workmen were injured by flying
debris, one seriously.
The vacancy caused by the death by
flood Of District Attorney Harry NJ. Rose,
Of Cambria county, has been filed by
the appointment oi Hon. John Fenton,
Of EbenRbnrg.