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THE J0HNSTOWN CALAMITY
q Jury Says the Fishing Club is Re-
sponsible for the Disaster.

sponsibIe for the Disaster.
Coroner Evans Of Cambria City, Penn,
has found the members of the South Fork
Fishing Club responsible for the loss of ifo
and destruction of property occasioned by
the bursting of the dam at Conemaugh Lake.
At the conclusion Of the testimony the Jury
deliberated for about a half hour, and then
found a verdict against the millionaire MEM
bers of the club. The following is the YER
dict:
We, the undersigned, the jury empan-
nelled to investigate the cause Of the death of
Ellen Hle on May 81, after hearing the tes-
timony, find that Ellen Hie came to
her death by drowning; that the
drowning was caused by the break
ing of the South Fork dam. We
further find, from the testimony and what we
saw on the ground, that there was not sufi-
cient waste weir, nor was the dam con-
structed sufficiently strong nor Of the proper
material to withstay the overflow; and hence
we find that the owners Of said dam were cul-
pable in not making it as secure as it should
have been, especially in view of tho fact that
q population Of many thousands were in the
valley below; and we hold that the owners
are responsible for the fearful loss Of life and
property resulting from the breaking Of the
dam.
John Coho, Abraham Ferner, Fl. B. Blair,
John 81. Devine, John A. Messenger, W. Co.
hick
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KILLED AT THE CROSSING.
A Horrible Accident by Which -Four
Lives Were Lost.

A terrible railroad accident occurred at tho
crossing near the Little Silver, N. J. station
of the New York and Long Branch Railroad
late in the afternoon, by which four persons
were killed. The casualty was caused by q
carriage being struck by train of the Gen.
tral Railroad of Now Jersey.
The carriage contained the aged mother OF
Joseph A. Ward collar and shirt manu-
facturer of New York city; Mr.. Keating, her
son-in-law, a hat manufacturer Of New
York city; Elsie Heating, his little daugh-
ter, and Kate, the little girls Irish nurse,
The three adults were Instantly killed and
the child lived less than two hours.
Theparty were outriding on pleasure trip.
They reached tho crossing just as north
bound Central Railroad train was drawing
out of the station. Afterit passed Mr.. Keat-
ing drove upon the track directly in front Of
the express train of the same line which leaves
New York at $3.50 o'clock. This train runs
through from Jersey City to Long Branch,
stopping only at Red Bank. The train was
running at the rate Of forty miles On hour
when it struck the carriage.
The engine hit the vehicle squarely, with
terrific force and hurled its occupants into
the air. Mrs. Ward was rolled over and over
by the pilot wheel of the engine for a dis
Irish nurse girl was carried about one hun
dred and ten feet and Mr.. Keating about
one hundred and forty feet. The child Elsie
was hurled about thirty feet. The horse was
torn to pieces and the carriage was smashed
into kindling wood.
Mrs. Ward. Mr.. Keating and the nurse
girl were torn to pieces and parts Of their
bodies lay scattered along the side Of the
track. Blood and shreds Of flesh covered tho
tracks and the cowcatcher of the locomotive.
The child Elsie was still alive, but she was
terribly cut and her breast was crushed in.
Mrs. Ward was about seventy years old.
Mr.. Heating was forty-seven years old and
had o wife and several children. The last
name of Kate, the Irish nurse girl, could not
be ascertained. She was about twenty-five
vaorc of
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STOLE A RIDE TO DEATH.
Tramps Killed on Freight Train
in PENNSYLVANIA.

Tramps Killed on Freight Train
in Pennsylvania.
A fatal accident occurred carly in the
morning on the Pennsylvania Road, seven
teen miles from Pittsburgh.
The freight train going east broke an axle,
piling thirteen cars in q mass of wreckage.
Ono car was loaded with whisky, which
ignited, and the flames spread rapidly. Fire
engines were sent to the scene, but efforts
to put out the flames were unavaihng.
The engine is a total wreck, and lies BY the
side of the track. The train crew oil escaped,
but about fifteen or more tramps were pinned
in the wreck. Eight men were known to
have been locked in a car which
was burned to ashes. A tramp
who escaped said there were twenty
five people at least on tho train. Of these but
ten or twelve escaped. One Of the injured,
James Gallagher, died while being taken to
the West Pennsylvania Hospital. He is
from Philadelphia. One man, un-
known, was taken from the wreck dead
A coiored man, name unknown, died on the
way to the hospital. The fourth victim was
q boy, unknown.
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Matricide and Suicide.

A young man murdered his mother and
then sent bullet into his own head in Jersey
City, N. j. The first wound he inflicted on
himself was not mortal. Eight hours elapsed
before the police raped for admission at the
door Of the house where the bloodthirsty
deeds were done. As they entered the young
man fred a second shot and killed himself.
The murderer is Herman Probst and the
victim his widowed mother, Elizabeth, with
whom he lived. Mrs. Probst was about fifty
years old and had been widow sixteen years.
Her sight was injured several years ago and
she was almost totally blind.
She was woman Of kind and sweet dis
position, and her neighbors cheerfully assisted
In the care Of the three tidy rooms which
served as home for the mother and the boy
whom she so deeply loved. She was con-
stantly describing his devotion to her. He was
twenty-six years old, and was considered an
exemplary young man. He was sober and
industrious, faithful member Of the Metho-
dist Church, and spent his leisure at home
making his mother comfortable.
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Dervishes Beaten Off.

An engagement has taken place at Arquin,
Egypt, between force Of Egyptian troops
under command of Colonel Wodehouse, and
body of dervishes. The dervishes were de-
feated and fled. Their loss was 500 killed or
wounded: Seventy Egyptians were killed
or wounded Two English officers were also
wounded. Colonel Wodehouse pursued the
dervishes.
The dervishes attempted to effect lodge
ment on the river bank. Colonel Wodehpuse
immediately advanced and attacked them
with field force. The dervishes made q
stubborn resistance, but were finally forced
to retire. fighting as they went. They we're
of the ground was hotly contested. Two guns
belonging the enemy were captured by the
Egyptians.
Colonel Wrienouse's troops continued the
pursuit of me dervishes and captured 500
men.
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FOURTEEN BLOCKS BURNED.
A Prosperous Town of Washington
Almost Entirely Destroyed.

The prosperous and thrifty town of Ellens-
burg, situated in the centre of Washington,
which but recently had a population of 6O0O
inhabitants, is now but smouldering mound
of ruins and ashes.
1t was almost entirely destroyed by fire
which started in j. S. Anthony's grocery.
Being famed by @ brisk west wind the flames
spread with wonderful rapithty and con-
ttnued OH their mad course until the entire
business portion with the exception of tho
First National Bank and the Lynch Block
had been swept away.
When this had been accomplished tho fire
spread among the residences in the southeast
e1'n part of the city.
The water supply was, inadequate, and
there being nothing but hand engine with
which to fight the flames fourteen blocks
were destroyed before they could be checked.
The loss cannot fall short of 50, 100000.
Among the principal buildings destroyed
are the Stone Bank, Snipes & Co., the
ASHER Hotel, tho Oriental Hotel, the
Masonic Temple tho Odd Fellows Hall, tho
Geddes block, the Fish block, the Postofice, tho
Localizer printing office, the Dexter stable
and others. There were only four stores left.
Not a restaurant, hotel or boarding house
remained, and there were about one hundred
and fifty people destitute.
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Nearly 200 Miners Killed.

An explosion of fire damp occurred in
coal pit at st. Etienne, France. Three hun
1red miners were entombed. A number Of
bodies have been taken out Of the pit.
Two pits were affected by the explosion.
One Of these was inundated, the other was on
fire. Sixteen bodies have been recovered.
Ten Of the miners who were taken out alive
were so badly injured that they died. Sixty
horses were burned to death.
The news Of the disaster spread quickly,
and the mouths Of the pits were soon sur
rounded by crowds Of relatives and friends
Of the imprisoned miners. Many heartrend-
ing scenes were witnessed as the bodies were
brought to the surface. There was no hope
of rescuing any Of the men, all Of whom have
perished.
President Carnotha ordered that measures
be at once taken for the relief Of the families
Of the dead.
Fourteen miners we're rescued with great
difficulty. They were nearly dead. The num-
Der of the dead is now estimated ct 1S5.
Money for the relief Of the sufferers was ar
irving from all points.
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Two DiminutiYe Elephants.

Two diminutive elephants arrived
safely the other day in the British section
of the Paris Universal Exhibition, where
they stand opposite each other, apparent
ly guarding the entrance to one OF the
central courts. No household canary
could possibly be tanner than these hand:
some pachyderms, which are about i've
feet high, and carry gorgeous howdahs,
richly decorated as we'll as their otheg
trappings, with colored enamel and gold.
Even their tusks, the points of which
have been sawn off, are profusely gilt.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.
SENATOR SHERMAN is in Europe.
PARNELL is troubled with insomnia.


, PARNELL is troubled with insomnia.
THE Shah of Persia wears plug hat.
; THE late Simon Cameron began life as Q
printer.
GENERAL BoULANGER's pension has been
stopped.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE is sixty-nine and
an invalid.
THE King of Spain has just entered bis
fourth year.
Rev. DIR. JOHN HALL, Of New York city,
lis worth 81, 600, 900.
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS famous
bangs cover a scar.
STANLEY is reported to be suffering great
.privations in Africa.
WALT. WHITMAN has written a poem on
the Johnstown sufferers.
MINISTER LINCOLN has been banqueted by
the most eminent lawyers of England.
The Empress Of Austria III living in e1
treme solitude at the Chateau de Linz.
PRINCE BIsMARcKs salary as Chancellor
of the German Empire is only about Sl3, 600
a year.
WHITTIER, it is said falls asleep in his
chair when visitors begin to praise his
poetry.
JAY GOULD has the morning papers read
TO him every morning, and pays the reader
S25 week.
THOMAS EWING SHERMAN, a son Of Gen.
eral Sherman, has Just been admitted into
the priesthood.
The widow of General Grant has thus far
received about 100000 from the publication
of his Memoirs"
PRESIDENT HARRISON wants to spend the
summer in the mountains but Mrs. Harrison
prefers the seashore
The wedding presents received by the new
Duchess Of Portland were no less than five
Thousand In number
NJ. TAME, the Frenchman, who is an au-
thority on the English literature, cannot
speak word of our language
MARTIN Irons, the labor leader, who used
to run the railroad strikes Of the Southwest
is now operating small fruit stand In st.
Louis
The win of Allen Thorndike Rice was filed
Tor probate; it gives controlling interest IN
the North american Reriew to Lloyd S.
Bryce.
THE only casual indications that Mr. Glad
stone has entered his eightieth year are an
Increasing deafness and slight huskiness IN
his voice.
Eyes" he said, "my son Don had many ad-
vantages, but had one that overbalanced
them an-poverty."
SIR CONRAD REEVES, the Chief Justice Of
Barbados, is Of slave descent on his mothers
side, and is the first mulatto who has received
the honor of Knighthood.
EX-PREs1DENT CLEVELAND has bean spend
ing a few days with his wife at Marion,
Mass, and has found time to enjoy fishing
trip on the Long Island coast.
SENATOR DON CAMERON will not be can,
tlidate for reelection to the United States
Senate next year, and with the end Of his
present term he will retire from politics.
GENERAL SHERIDAN's estate included
much non-productive property, which has
been drain upon his widows reduced rev.
hnues. The Government pension Of s2500a
year is about the largest single item of in
come.
GEORGE LEWIS, the celebrated English
criminal lawyer, has charge Of two libel suits
brought by Mrs. Mackay, wife Of the "Bo-
nanza" King, against two London papers for
s25, 900 each for saying that her mother was
q washerwoman
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NEARLY WIPED OUT,
A Million-and-a-Quarter-Dollar Fire
at Bakersfield, Cal.


at Bakersfield, Cal.
During recent afternoon fire broke out at
Bakersfield, Cal, in the kitchen Of N. E. Kel-
sey's house, in the same block as the Southern
Hotel. In spite of all efforts it spread to the
adjoining building also, Of wood and then to
the Southern Hotel.
From there it spread rapidly, with the re-
suit that every business house in town is
burned, beside about forty dwelling houses
involving loss of s., $50, 600. The insurance
is $780, 900.
The fire department. could not begin to
cope with the fire, it came 80 quickly, burned
so fercely and spread 10 rapidly. Thirteen
blocks were wiped out. No hotel, restaurant
or business house is left. As soon as the fire
subsidized measures were taken to feed the
homeless. The fire came on SO suddenly that
there was no time to save stocks Of merchan-
disc. One hundred extra policemen have
been detailed to guard the little that was
saved.
Bakersfield is in the northern part Of what
is locally termed Southern California and
has population of 5000.
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A Poetical Cobbler's Sign.

A cobbler on South Twelfth strees,
Philadelphia, has a card on his window
reading as follows:
Here lives man
That don't refuse
To make and mend
Your boots and shoes.
His leather is good,
His work is quick,
His profits aresmall
But he gives no tick,
And when he dies
He fears no Goals,
As he has saved
So many souls.
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Washington.

TIE present Indebtedness of the District OF
Columbia is $50, O,14ao5O, a decrease of ST.
964, 600 since July, 1888.
Mrs. HARRISON, her father, DR.. Scott,
and the two grandchildren left Washington,
for Deer Park, Md, via the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, where they will spend the
summer.
J. B. AGNEw, of Pennsylvania, has de-
clined the Office Of Superintendent of the
Dead Letter Office.
-FOUR new States were added to the Union
ON the Fourth of July-Washington North
Dakota, South Dakota and Montana-and in
recognition Of their coming four new stars
were added to the flag of the nation. The
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ANOTHER FLOOD.
Johnstown, Aiken and Fonda,
N. Y, Swept by a Deluge.
Two Dams Burst With Fatal and
Destructive Results.

A dispatch from Troy, N. Y, says: Re
ports have reached here that three big dams
were washed away near Johnstown, N. Y,
and that a crowd of people on bridge was
carried away and several people were
drowned All the wires were down at the
time of writing, and it was impossible to
communicate with Johnstown.
A telephone from JohnStown said the town
was in total darkness, and nine bridges were
washed away. The electric light plant has
been washed away; also the three skin mills
at Gloversville. One body had been recov-
ered
The water was three feet deep in the town
of Fonda.
At midnight the rain was falling in tor
rents and the noise of the rising waters
could be heard through the dense blacknesS
of the night. The flood was assuming
terrible aspect, and mills and sheds were
being swept away in the mad sweep OF
waters.
Information received at Saratoga, N. Y,
by telephone from Amsterdam stated that
big washout at Aiken, three miles from there.
had torn up 400 feet of track and cut OF all
communication west Of there. Itwas rumored
that the waShout was caused by the breaking
of the dam at Johnstown, n. Y, and many
casualties were advanced as possibilities.
Whether the accident was caused by the
breaking of the dam OF cloudburst was not
known.
Amsterdam reports an exceedingly heavy
rain-storm in that section just before COM
munication was cut off. Aiken is on the New
York Central, and creek which furnishes
water power to several mills runs through
the place.
The accident is one of the emost serious char
acter, involving extensive losses A more
serious character was given to the story by
indefinite rumors that there had been consid-
cradle loss of life.
News from Schenectady, n. Y, says a
cloudburst washed away the Central Rail-
road tracks about five miles vest of Amster-
dam The wreck cf tho freight train,
which blocked all four tracks in
the morning had just been cleared
when some of them were caught in the del
uge. A second blockade occurred more
serious than the first.
The Fonda, Johnstown e. Gloversvile Rail
road loses seven or eight bridges. There was
another bridge crossirg the creek, and on it,
viewing the flood, were thirty or forty people.
The torrent with increased power tore the
bridge from its foundations, hurting them
into the food. Itwas impossible to ascertain
the number saved, but it was believed that
many perished.
At Fonda the Central Hudson Railroad
bridge was carried away almost bodily, tax
ing with it the telegraph wire.
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Two Hundred Injured in Oklahoma.

A great celebration was held at Guthrie,
Oklahoma, and thousands Of people assembled
to witness the feats Of horsemanship and see
the races. Several large excursion trains
came in with visitors eager to enjoy the
holiday and note the growth Of Oklahoma.
A grand stand, hastily constructed, fell to the
hundred persons were injured, over 100 Of
whom are seriously hurt although only one
child was instantly killed The grand Okla
homa celebration and jubilee will long be re.
membered with sorrow. The bruised and
wounded embrace persons from other States
as well as from Indian Territory.
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ANNIHILATED HIS FAMILY.
A Religious Maniac Murders Three
Persons and Himself.

R. D. johnson, well-to-do respectable
citizen about fifty years of age, living about
four miles northeast Of Palouse City, Wash
ington, killed his wife and his son, about
fourteen years old, and fatally shot his seven
year-old daughter He then killed him
self, leaving note stating that he did not
want to live in this sinful world and could
not leave it without his family. He added
that he first gave them strychnine, but could
not bear the sight Of their agonies, so he
killed them with a revolver. The bodies
were not discovered until next morning.
The crime was supposed to be due to tempor-
ary insanity over religion. !.
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Drowned at a sunday-school Picnic.

A sad accident happened at the picnic Of
the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
of Allegheny City, Penn, at Forest Grove,
on the Pittsburg and Western Railroad, by
which five young persons were drowned.
Their names are Nellie Burton, age
eighteen years; May Royal, age sixteen
years; Ida Cassidy, age twenty-five;
Freeman, age twenty. The five named, with
Edward Shaffer, took an old barge and
started for ride on Connaouenessing Greek.
The stream was very turbulent and the barge
capsized throwing the occupants into the
water. Young Shaffer succeeded in reach
ing the shore, but the others went down be-
fore assistance could reach them.
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HE FACED THE TRAIN.

The Dramatic Suicide Of an Insane
Man in New Jersey.
Emil Bronlon, Frenchman who had been
in this country but eight months, committed
suicidei in Newark, N. j., while temporarily
insane. As one of the fast trains on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, bound for Long
Branch, approached the Chestnut
street crossing Bronlon crept under the
guard gates and sprang upon the track, and
folding his arms across his breast faced tho
rapidly approaching engine He was thrown
q long distance to one side by the engine and
bis skull badly crushed. He died within
neyy Minimize
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Havoc by Rain and Lightning.

A fearful rainstorm struck Dubuque, Iowa,
during the afternoon, accompanied by high
wind
Two bows named Corbet and Bennett, while
herding COWS on the outskirts Of the city,
sought refuge in barn and were killed by
lightning.
Considerable damage was done to shrub
berry and trees by the high wind, and corn
and other small grain suffered from the
heavy rainfall which for time amounted
almost to waterspout.
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| SARAH J. MAcKn, a widow of Johnstown
Penn, who lost all her earthly possessions by
1.-THE food, has Just been awarded back PEN
taion and back pay amounting to $685.
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Two Men Killed in Massachusetts,.

At Chelmsford, Mass, Walker Symonds,
Jr., aged twenty-four years, son Of the pro-
prietor of the Robbins Hill House, was IN
stantly killed by the premature explosion OF
cannon. Another man named Sanford was
terribly mutlated, and died while being
taken TO the hospital.
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nARGE quantities Of gold coin from South
America are passing through Antwerp for
Russia and Austria, the same as In the;
Franco-G German war.
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and best ever produced In the TerTitorY.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-19
AHundrrd Ton. OF Money

1t hardly seems possible that the money
paid In one month for ten-cent article,
could, If pennies were used in payment,
weigh one hundred tons. Yet one OF our
bright school boys has figured that this is
true OF Diamond Dyes. To Judge from
the stocks of our dealers in dye stuffs,
Diamond Dyes own the field of package
dyes, and are q complete success. OF
course they have imitators. Nothing
is a success until initiated" But no one
wants to risk a counterfeit when the
gen uine can be obtained at the same
price. Three new colors have lately been
added to the list OF Diamond Dyes:
fast stocking black, Turkey red for
cotton, and brown for cotton.
The manufacturers. Wells, Richardson
Il Co., Burlington, VT, will send colored
samples of these new dyes, with book OF
directions. to any address, free of charge.
These additions seem to have made the
line so complete that any shade can be
matched with same color OF Diamond
Dyes. The beautiful sample book of
shaded colors, lately sent to all dealers in
dyes, will delight the eye of any lady
Its easy 10 dye with Diamond Dyes" is
30 absolutely true that home dyeing is no
longer difficult and disagreeable task.
Almanacs, with tn cir hints as to proper
times for different work, tell US that now
is the time for spring dyeing. This. to
gether with the thought of that hundred
tons Of money, leads US to ask what
school boy can figure how many thou
sands of ladies are now saying that this
is the time to use Diamond DYES.