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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
snhstantiol TOWNS the better buildings. to

substantial towns the better buildings. to q
certain extent. remain, but in d damaged
condition. Those who are least able to bear
it have suffered the loss OF everything. me
most pressing needs. SO far as food Is con-
Ger ned have been supplied. Shoes and
clothing of all sorts for men. women and
children are greatly needed. Money Is also
urgently required to remove the debris, Dury
the dead and care temporarily for widows
and orphans and for the homeless
families. Other localities have suffered to
some extent, 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 Sus,
uuehanna and in localities from which we
can get no definite Information. What does
come, however, is of the
MOST APPALLING CHARACTER.
and it is expected that the details will add
new horrors to the situation. me responses
from within and without the state have been
most generous and cheering. North ana
South, East and West, from the United
States and from England there comes
the same hearty se1n the Pppes
cities and individuals and committees, prl-
vate and municipal corporations, seem to we
with each other i'll their expressions OF sym
pathy and in their contributions OF substan-
lial aid. But gratifying as their responses
are, there is no danger of their exceeding the
necessities of the situation. A careful or,
ganization has been made upon the ground
for the distribution of whatever assistance Is
furnished in kind. The adjutant general of
the state is there as the representative OF the
tention in connection with the chief burgess
Of Johnstown and committee Of relief to to
furnished. Funds contributed in ald
of the sufferers can be deposited
with Drexel & Co., Philadelphia; jacob E.
Bomberger banker Harrisburg, or William
r. Thompson & Co., bankers, Pittsburg. All
money contributed will be used carefully ana
judiciously. Present wants are fairly met.
A large force will be employed at once to re-
move the debris and bury the dead, SO as to to
of the commonw ealth, and others whose un
selfish generosity, is hereby heartily apprecl.
ated and acknowledged. may be assured that
their contributions will be faithfully hus-
banded and judiciously expended, and that
every effort possible will be made TO bring
their benefactions to the immediate and
direct relief Of those for whose benefit they
are intended. JAMES A. BEAVER.
By the Governor.
CHARLES W. STONE,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04

piano. alone and solitary amid a vast
expanse of chars and music stands,
and played another piece. The only
other encore was accorded to the eX-
quisite Bocchirini minuet, and was
hearty and appreciative. In many other
instances the applause was vigorous, and
many OF the artists could have given an
encore had they seen fit, without any
any criticism. A very notable feature
of the applause was the selection of the
most tuneful pieces and those which
would naturally catch the ear of
everybody. How this will be
tonight, when the classic strains of
Wagner, which appeal only to the culti-
waited ear, are the sole pabulum, remains
to be seen. Still, the audience was lib
eral in its bestOwal Of approval, and not
one of the eminent artists who sang or
played last night can go away and say
they were not appreciated. Carl Ter
RAIN remarked after the performance:
eyes; great success! magnificent! No
one can complain; most appreciative
audience"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
THE UNKNOWN DEAD.
Sickening Sights in the Embalm-
inc Room.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 1.-Two hun
dred and fifteen bodies were received at
the Pennsylvania railroad depot during
the day. After being washed they were
placed in caskets and arranged in long
rows on the depot platform for identi-
fication. Only few of the number
were recognized. Some were so terribly
disfgured as to be wholly unrecogniZa-
Bile. The waiting rooms, in which
the embalming was done, presented
sic1ening sight. Human forms, fright
fully burned OF cut or bruised, were laid
upon rough board table, washed and
cOffined. Ii they were not recognized
in a very short time they were placed
on wagons and taken to the Adams
street school house, where they will he
kept as long as possible, and then
buried in a grave bearing the legend,
unknown" The destruction of life
at East COnemaugh was less than re-
ported, not more than twenty-five hav-
ing persisted. The property, however,
for three squares up from the river was
totally destroyed. About :25 OH Fri
day afternoon word was telegraphed
from South Fork that the dam was
breaking. Almost Immediately the
whistles of several locomotives were
blown so long and loud that the people
realizing that something was wrong,
rushed from their homes and seeing
the water coming fled to the mountains.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
MELODIC GEMS.
The Opening Concert a Grand
Musical Success.

The Opening Concert Grand
Musical Success.
The overture to civilian Tell'' was a
fitting piece to commence the festival
with. The grandest overture ever writ
ten, with the exception of Tampa"
which only equals not being able to sur
pass the masterpiece of RossiDi. was an
appropriate prelude to selection from
the greatest of the greatest composers.
The great overture needs no description
being so we'll known to all the lovers of
the beautiful. 1t was played as well as
it is possible to play it, and Zerrahn
demonstrated before it was well under
way that he was thoroughly
in sympathy with his orchestra
and knew exactly what he was doing.
Every one must recognize his ability
after hearing that rainstorm in quick
tremolo on the viOlins, followed by the
ssRanz DIES Vaches." The sweet notes
of flutes, oboes and clarionets floated
through the air as it far-away dis
lance, and formed lovely prelude to
the march announced by fanfare of
trumpets. The difficult music of the
march and finale were perfectly executed
and the SaccatO notes on the viOlins
were admirably executed. As the
tempo increased and the lingering be-
came more difficult, Max Bendix's mar
velOus execution was very noticeable as
he sat in the orchestra playing his vio-
lin as if it was part OF himself. When
the last grand notes of the overture
ceased at the drop Of the baton, a
whirlwind of applause re-echoed
through the hall, acknowledged re-
peatedly by Carl Zerrahn's bow.
Sig. Campanari then sang the aria from
"Ernani," commencing intellect"
Campanari has a good presence, and his
voice is baritone of remarkable power.
1t is not exactly sweet, but is a voice
which the owner makes good use OF.
His high notes are noticeably better
than the low, but the aria which he
sang last night scarcely gave him
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
CRY FOR MEN.
Work for Willing Ha nds. but No
Room for Slugg ards.


Room for Slugg ards.
Special to the Globe.
JoHNsTowN, Pa. June 3.-Three days
have passed since the floodgates were
opened and the waters rushed down
upon the mountain city. Order is slowly
arising out of chaos. The survivors are
slowly realizing what is the best course
to pursue. The great cry is for mem
men who will work and lot stand idly
by and do nothing but gaze at the ruins.
The following order was posted on a
Notice-During the dav men who have
been idle have been begged to aid us in clear
ing the town and many have not refused to
work. We are now so organized that EN-
ployment can be found for every man who
wants to work and men offered WORK who re-
fuse to take the same who are able to work
must leave Johnstown for the present We
cannot afford to feed men who will not work.
All work will be put forth and strangers and
idlers who refuse to work will be elected
mittee.
Officers were stationed at every ave-
nue. and railroad that enters the town.
All suspicious-looking characters are
stopped. But one question is asked.
1t is: "Will you work?" If an affirm
alive answer is given man escorts him
to the employment bureau, where he is
put to work. If not he is turned back.
The committee has driven one or two
men out of the town. There is lot of
idle vagabond negroes in Johnstown
who will not work. 1t is likely that
committee will escort them out of town.
They have caused the most trouble
during the past terrible days. 1t is a
fact, although disagreeable one to say,
that not few of the relief committees
who came to this city came only out of
curiosity, and positively refused to do
any work. but would hang around the
cars eating the food. The leaders of
the committees then had to do all the
work. They deserve much credit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
HOW THEY ESCAPED.
Hairbreadth Escapes---The Pa
thetic Case of James Elgin.

ddIrUrcdutu TLSCdpcS..-lu 0 L u.
thetic Case of James Elgin.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 3.-Tkere
were some remarkable escapes. Mrs.
John Gels was standing on Main street
as the flood struck the houses and por-
ton of brick house fell on her. She
was rescued through one of the win
dows. Mamie Greenwood was in her
house talking to her sister when the
building was struck, and her father,
mother and two sisters were drO wned,
while she was caught in an eddy and
whirled around into safety. Mrs. DR..
John K. Lea, whose husband is lost,
hung by her arms, suspended
for four hours in the wa
ter, supporting at the same time
her aged mother until both were
rescued. The most pathetic case yet
brought to light is that of James Elgin.
He had come to JohnstOwn to attend
the wedding of his sister Ellen, which
was to have taken place tonight. He
knew of the fact that a terrible disaster
had taken place, but had no idea that
his family was involved. His agony
may be imagined rather than described
when learning OH his arrival yesterday
that his mother and three sisters had
been drowned and his father demented
over the terrible Affections. The old
gentleman was crying like child and
asking those he met: Ibid you see
them? Did you see them 60 down?
They will come back for the wedding
tonight. She is gone for her bridal
xuraafh ,,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
FOUND IN A CORN PATCH.
An Accidental Discovery of 1873
COrpSeS.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 3.-To-day a
corn patch of about an acre in extent, at
Nineveh, was dug over by volunteer
force and 1873 corpses were uncovered.
The manner in which the CHASTITY find
was made was purely accidental. A
man walking over the field kicked at a
clump of mari and overturned it, and
uncovered woman's face. This indi-
Gated rich find, and the people around
were called in to assist, with the results
above stated. This increases the list of
dead in Nineveh to $50. The new dead
were found under about four feet of al
luVial deposit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
Rlowine I'm the Debris.

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, June 8. = The
twenty-five acres Of debris accumulated
by the Pennsylvania bridge over the
Conemaugh will be dynamited to-mor-
row. The idea is to disintegrate the
mass, start logs down the river, catch
the bodies thus dislodged and inter
them as rapidly as possible.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
ENTERPRISE.
An Expensive Trip for New York
Newspaper Men.

10 HNsTowN, Pa, June 8. 1t rained
New York newspaper men for half an
hour this afternoon. None of them had
reached here before. The Sun men got
cut off at Harrisburg, went back to New
York, then to Albany, to Buffalo, to
Cleveland, then to Ashtabula, then to
Pittsburg and here by special train on
the Baltimore & Ohio. The Tribune.
World and Herald men went down from
Harrisburg to Chambersburg and drove
from there here, 14O miles, without
getting out of their carriages. 1t cost
these men $670 to get here from New
York.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
HOW 1T OCCURRED.
Messages Of Warning Withheld by
Officials.

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, June 3.-About IL
p. m. Thursday, May 80, the storm burst
upon the city of Johnstown and con-
tinued until 80 a. m. Friday. At 8 a.
M, the torrent began to pour into the
city from the creeks and rivers. At 10
a. m. there was no outlet for the people.
The first message from the lake at
South Fork was received at 10 a. m. Fri
day that the dam was weakening. But
port. laughed to scorn this message,
saying they had heard such news be-
fore. The second came at II 80 a. m.
1t was to the effect that the dam was
likely to burst any moment. At 2:30 the
final message was received, advising the
people to flee to the mountains for their
lives, as the dam must surely burst
within an hour. There was no such
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
FORCE OF THE FLOOD.
A With Twenty-Seven
Engines and 200 Cars Carried

away.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, June $40 give
some idea of the destructive power with
which the volume of water from the
lake struck East Copemaugh. it is only
necessary to say that it took the round
house with 81 engines in it, 200 freight
cars. and about 20 passenger cars, in
Guiding Pullman cars. One train OF
passenger cars on the track was full OF
passengers. The conductor and en-
gineer ran along the train warning the
passengers to flee for their lives. Some
started, and portion remained and
went down. How many persisted is not
known. The track, depot. freight house
and coal sheds are entirely washed
away. The mail matter on the east
bound train held there was saved in a
miraculous way by two or three engines
washing against the train. The mail
was not even wet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
WHO WE'RE THERE.
st. PANTS Best society Seen at the
Festival.

A slight analysis would be in perfect
keeping with the nature of the occasion
and some of its modest studies and in
cidents. The individuals of the audi
ence must be seen to be appreciated.
Dark. rich cloaking was the rule. A
startling contrast was here and
there encountered in white swans
down cloak, loosely thrown over
the shoulders of a pretty young
miss just out of her teens.
A flute of whispers went through the
audience, especially the ladies, when
the story was given out that Gov.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
Sorefy Stricken.

HARRISBURG, Pa, June 3.-A mes
sage was received to-day from Williams
port stating that meeting had been
held in that city this afternoon, at
which the following was authorized to
be issued to the public: g
The city of Williamsport has been sorely
in the state of Pennsylvania. All have suf-
fered great loss. Large numbers Of our citi-
zens are wholly destitute. and suffering Tor
the necessaries of life. Those of our people,
able to do so are giving what they can, but
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-04
Foreign Talent and the Local
Elite Receive a Popular
Ovation.
Magnificent Orchestral and
Choral Work Developed
by the Conductors.
The Initial Event of a New
Era of Art in the State
Capital.
Scenes and Incidents of the
Premier Concert Of the
Festival.

HE great June festival.
which has been awaited
with pleasurable ex-
pectancy by the music
loving public of st.
Paul. opened last night.
the audience at the
inaugural being a rep
resentative and critical
one. Never before in
the history of musical
events in this city was
there such genuine en-
thusiasm manifested as
by the 1900 attentive
listeners seated in the
auditorium of the PeO-
pies church. Z h e
grandest success that
has attended any effort
to place before an APP
preciative public the
A-1A IL IL
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TOO MUCH ZEAL.

Gov. HILL will learn in time that moth
ing is so hurtful to candidate as to
have an Overzealous organ. In review
Of the GLOBES recent article pointing
out Gov. HILLS mistake in vetOing the
SAXToN ballot reform bill, the Buffalo
Times says: when the st. Paul GLOBE
makes plea for a Western candidate
let it be based upon honor and not upon
the defamation of New York's splendid
governor"
The GLOBE has made no plea for a
Western candidate, nor has it DETAINED
New York's splendid governor. On the
contrary we have uniformly spoken of
Gov. HILL as brilliant and dashing
leader in New York state politics, and
it was because he had so many qualities
that would befit him for national lead
ership that we deplored the one great
mistake in his political career. The
most that we have said that could be
construed into a plea for Western can
didate was our reference to the Repub-
lican partiality for Western candidates.
and their usual success when they had
a Western man at the head of the ticket.
While there are unquestionably num-
Der of Western Democrats who are fit to
head the Democratic national ticket. the
GLOBE is not urging them for the next
nomination, nor have we any geograpll-
ical prejudices in the selection of can
didate. 1t is principles, and not men,
that we advocate. The GLoBE is for
ballot reform. first, last and all the time.
and the choice of candidates is matter
of only secondary consideration.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-27
A WRONG VIEW.

If it is true that there are home seek
ers camped on the borders of the Sioux
reservation, expecting to get in shortly
and pick out choice claims ahead of the
rush, they will do we'll to make their
cabins habitable for the winter. Re-
cent inquiries of the general land Office
by interested parties elicit the state
ment from Commissioner SToCKsLAGER
that the lands have not been surveyed
or the townships subdivided, and he
gives this version of the situation:
SIN the event of the Indians ceding
to the government any portion of such
reservation negotiations for which have
been. and still are pending) the lands
thus ceded will doubtless be surveyed.
Until congress shall have formally ap-
proved any cessions of said lands which
may hereafter be made, no action will
be taken by this department in the mat
ter of surveying the lands or authoriz-
ing the opening up of the same for set
Element"
Of course so decisive a statement
would not be made if the matter had
not been fully canvassed, and the con-
struction of the authorities adviSedly
determined. This action, or rather pro-
posed non-action, of the land Office upon
the naturalization of the law by the
ratification of the Indians and procla-
nation of the president, is not what
has been anticipated, and does not
seem to be warranted by the
object of the law OR its letter. This
may look preSumptuOus in the face Of the
statement of Mr.. STOCKsLAGER. but:the
act provides for proclamation by the
president that its conditions have been
complied with, and consequently it is a
law in full panoply. No ratification by
congress or any other party can be
needed, else it could not be law until
then. The cases where action by con-
gress is referred to in the act are those
in which the Indians take land in sew
crafty and patents issue. This is not
the requirement with the Sioux reserva-
ton. The act says further that the
100000 appropriated for the survey
shall be Immediately available on the
issuance of the proclamation by the
president. This certainly does not con-
template waiting for another congress
to meet and approve measure already
complete and operative. The land de-
partment has seemed to Dakota people
at times to indulge in eccentric views,
and this may be easily classed with
such. Effort should be made to i'm
prove it, as it will cause useless delay
of year in opening these lands.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-27
RAILROAD BUILDING.

The anticipations that this would be
one of the great railroad uilding years
do not seem to materialize with the
requisite aIertness. The developments
of the Atchison system, which loaded
itself with over 1000 miles of road in
advance of sustaining business and at
the expense of financial disaster, has
had retarding and depressing effect.
Conservatism and caution are increas-
ingly visible with the railroad magnates
and great corporations. An authority
of considerable weight estimates that
without some sudden and unexpected
change of policy the aggregate Of new
roads this year will not exceed that of
1883. This may be taken as somewhat
dyspeptic view, but there is DISPOSE
ton among capitalists to look with less
than usual favor upon railroad invest
ments. This may measurably account
for the depression in the iron interest.
Still, the Northwest will get liberal
share of the new roads. Most of them
will come within the business radius of
the Twin Cities. as the rapid develop
ment of this section will neceSsitate the
construction of new roads and extension
of the present great lines.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-27
MODEL FARMING.

AS one OF the incidents of the develop
ment of the South. leading railroad
in Georgia is establishing OH its line
model farm as an advertisement of the
resources of the country. 1t is designed
not only to show the visitors and home
seekers the possibilities of the soil and
climate, but to serve as all object lesson
and example to the producers of the
region. 1t must needs be in measure
all experimental farm. 1t will test
various products and determine their
adaptability and the methods requisite
for their success under the local condi-
tons. There is probably better field
for this illustration there than in most
other parts of the country, as attention
has been confined mainly to one or two
crops, and the people are slow to get
out of the old ruts. The progressive
features of agriculture also need special
exemplifcation. There have been oc-
casional and limited attempts of this
character in some parts of the Western
states, and favorable results have en-
sued. 1t is possible that the enterprise
that pushes roads into new regions
might still find useful opportunities of
this nature.