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The IRRIGATION SURvEY.-Major Powell, the
director of the geological survey, reports to the
Secretary of the Interior the result of
OF the survey during the month of August
last He states that his assistants
were so widely scattered that it was impossi-
BILE to get together the information sooner.
He states that 5.16S square miles were sur
veyed in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
New Mexico and Nevada The work of survey
ing the large dam at Ell Paso WAS completed.
NAVAL RETIRED LIsT.-Carpenter H. r. Phil
brick and Private f. W. Shelton of the marine
corps have been placed on the retired list
Gunner A. Hartman has been found temporarily
unfit for duty, but not permanently incapaci-
tated for active service. Commander Geo f.
Davis has been ordered before the retiring
board on the 14th instant. A retiring board
consisting OF Col. G. d. Hibb, Lieut. Col G. w.
Hayward, Maj. G.. G. Goodloe and Surgeon A,
P. Magruder will assemble at the Navy depart
ment on the 18th instant Lieut.. Col e. w
Collier and Capt. W. II. Brown Of the marine
corps will appear before it.
POSTMASTER GENERAL WANAMAKEa is rapid
not alone in the dispatch Of business but in his
personal movements. Yesterday afternoon he
went over to Philadelphia on the O'Clock
train. He returned this morning reaching the
department at l1:3O. This afternoon at
2:30 he took the train for Philadelphia
for his usual visit to his home and his
Sunday school. During the three hours that
he was at the department today he cleared rp
his desk and attended to all the business that
was brought to his attention. Within ten m in
utes after leaving the train at the dep ot in this
city he was at his desk. looking as fresh and
bright as If he had strolled down from
his residence on l street after a comfortable
breakfast and glance at the morning papers.
This is not a usual weekly experience with Mr..
Wanamaker. 1t is his custom to go over to
Philadelphia late Saturday afternoon and re-
turn early Monday morning.
CHOLERA IN BAaDAp.-John Henry Haines
consul at Bagdad, reports under date of August
~, that cholera is raging throughout that
vicinity. People were leaving Bagdad in great
numbers. Fifty-nine deaths were reported in
one day.
PERsoNAL.-Dr. and Mrs. R. v. Pierce and
Miss Ida B. Pierce, Of Buffalo, NY; Ralph
Trsutman OF New York, ]. G. d'Amaral valente,
Brazilian minister, J. Hoogerreof and wife,
U.S.N, Louis F. Monteagle and wife of San
Francisco, Cal, Norman Finley of Philadel-
phia, 3. B. MacFarlane, wife and child of
wayne, Pa, are at the Normandie.--Hinds-
dale brass band Of thirty -one men Of Hinds-
dale, Nh, and Moses b. Palmer Of San Fran
cisco are ct the Sc James II. burst Of
Peoria and ]. Bailey Of Utica are ct
Wulards-W. Scott Of Boston and W. Endi-
cott, U.SN., are at the Ebbist-E. Burdett
o. Boston and b. Clark Of New York are at the
kigg.-T. Ling Of London and W. Thompson
OF Montana are at the Arlineton.--S. White
Of Brooklyn Is at wormley y'a-Ex-Congres
man Ira Davenport Capt silAs Casey, Gen.
Augur, MI. L. 2. Letter and Senator Edmunds
and family are In New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-12

PHnApnRzrA, Oct 1.-The Psnnsylvsnia
road -psepis day ahsolutsly The oharee theI
thsy have put large blocks of Knight Tcnplor
return tshs6 n tlhe hands Of scslpsss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-12

SENTENCE CoMMUTED.-The President has
commuted the sentence of two years imposed
on Mansfield and Edward Hills, convicted in
Colorado for violating the postal laws there, to
six months OF actual Imprisonment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-12

A Tsrrs Hauis, lad, TIE s1aIlisa Ax3eIl -
cssdsd in beating By ~ e.ooo1s yse.rdey ens
Cslilss.h 1lly 61asl Azsslf 1nishs& sbss0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-12

s. D. BRowN of Kentucky has been appointed
apost Office inspector.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-12

The THIRD VENEZUELAN CoMMIssIoNER-The
two commissioners appointed by the United
States and Venezuela for the settlement of
claims against the latter country have chosen
Hon. John V. 4. Findlay of Baltimore as the
third commissioner. Mr. Findlay, who is a
democrat, has accepted the position.
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The Bank as the west End.

The new national bank to be located in the
western part Of the city viii be opened for busi-
ness, 1t i expected, about the lst Of yanusry.
The following are members Of the board ol
directors - st present instituted: John W.
Foster, Calvin Wilmer, Geo. J. johnson, A p.
Fardsn, John z. Beau, Walter Wilcox, Oven
o Hare, Geo. W. McIiihsnny, Frank I. Raw
iings, John B. Carmody and Geo. VI. Linkina.
The building at the northwest corner ~
Pennsylvsnia avenue and iesh strsst 49, bsen
leased and viii be httsd up for ~ - e ehe
bank. The ccrital Of the baak = go, o,oo9
Ths dirscsors have not ELECTED e0sses - yeS
but ENACT 10 do 20 In q shors -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-12

CHOLERA IN BAaDAD.-John Henry Haines,
consul at Bagdad, reports under date of August
~, that cholera is raging throughout that
vicinity. People were leaving Bagdad in great
numbers. Fifty-nine deaths were reported in
one day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-12

RS,OFFICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND
~ Potomac Telephone Company.-A dividend
70 per share will be payable the 2lst day of
October 1sS9, to the ckhoders OF record at the
OF the til day of October 1882 at
the ONCE the treasurer of the company, ol9 14th
u. Nv. Washington ID. C..
The transfer books will be closed from the 18th to
the LIST of october inclusive.
SAMUEL NJ BRYAN, President.
CHARLES q. BEEBE, Treasurer.
Washington, d. C.. October 10, 1855, OcI0to2lin
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06

JoHSsTowN. June 5.-The town is now in tbs
hands Of the militia and the deputy sheriffs
and u Is safe To say that juhnsiown never had
more protectors Of tie peace within her hort-
ers than she has az present. The sheriff la.
lsSsll, = i1rp I. al Al feFssfRa ~ llf
don't observe II VIII gef "a TASTE Of martial law
The deputy sherifis and the police Officers oi
the town were given orders not 90 allow any
enc 10 pas through the lines ef the city
proper. The deputies are armed with gtms
and the niCn given to understand that nc
mercy was 70 be- shown riiage-s by whom the
city is now 0y errun. The deputies stated that
tles would 7fiout uybodf ON sight who was
found la the houses ~ the drowned people.
tnc of the new guards shot at a man who
refused 90 move away from the place where
De was searching The snuf did not take
effect. but thc man didn't give the gaird an
opportunity tp yet another crack AZ him.
Ali day. all night fho enbalmers from Pitts
burg have been working svith the bodies. j
b. -irkeuiug 20 See iul- rent made in The alb
dumen on in the limbs, whore the embalnins
fluids are put into the bodies. but one soon
gets used to tte bloody sights Men have got
ten beyond The age when tear fiuw. They an,
too weary and terrified 10 weep In fact. those
who have lost friend. appear 20 be apatietic,
bat deep down in their hearts there is an ach-
ing pain thai can never be healed.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06
HER HAIR TURNS WHITE.
A Thrilling story of the Escape of Tive
Mothers and Their Children.


PTTsBURG, June 5.-Mr. w. 4. Craw-
ford. cooperstown merchant. with his
wife and family arrived in Pittsbure
yesterday. His wife was one of the res
cue'l from the great Johnstown horror
Her i ir has turned white from the aw-
fui experience and she looks weak and
pale. Mr.. Crawford tells the story OF
their escape:
My little family left me, he said,
''tISo months ago for a visit N Harris
burg. On their way home they stopped
AT Johnstown 20 visit friends. the family
of Mr.. John Fulton, general manager If
the Cambria Iron company. They were
there when the food
And here Mr. Crawford stopped.
There was all the pent-uD emotion Of the
suspense and torture and danger of
long hours agd DAYS in his faltering
voice. His wife came to his hsp.
Yes, daughter and | were visiting
with Mrs. Fulton. Mr. Fulton was away
at Connellsvile. We had had some warn-
ing of the high water and had taken up
our carpets. Shouts and cries warned US
for our lives. We made for the roof OF
the house. 1t was a three-story brick
structure. How we got our children up
there ! shall never know ! remember
Mrs Fulton was the last 10 come up
through the hatchway TO the roof: and
that her clothing was drenched. But
there we were at last. Mrs Fulton, her
two little girls, my daughter and myself
and a hired girl-there alone upon the
roof Of that floating house, borne upon
by flood of rushing waters.
What did do: | shut my ewes and
clasped my little girl and prayed. Ii
seemed but moment, another floating
house bore crashing down upon Us. We
could feel the house beneath US passing
out from under us, leaving US with the
roof alone between Us and the water,
HilG that itseF fast giving way. II
thought it was death we faced. and nv
heart was breaking for my little girl and
for my husband. And here Sir. Craw-
ford inteTposed, fearing the nervous
strain upon his wife.
Marvellous enough he said these
two women and four girls. with moth
ing ieft them but the frail roof in that
terrible flood, We're saved. With des-
perate strength. taking their little ones.
they made their way to another roof
against which theirs swung and from
that were taken into the upper story of
a house not driven from its foundations.
There they stayed, packed ia iarkened
hall all night, and from there they were
finally rescued This Is in brief the
story
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06

JofINsTOwS, June .. Tuesday was the
day set aside BY the citizens committee
for the hurying of all the unidentified
dead, that have been living in the
morgues since Sunday At 10 o'clock the
men who were in charge of the buryine
started TO work. and have been busy al
day. There are no pathetic scenes al
these burials. The men who have beer
hired 10 do the work seem 10 do il Just
as a matter of business. The bodies are
being inferred in the cemetery nearest
the place where the bodies were found.
At noon a procession OF about fifty
collins was seen going up the hill above
the railroad There WAS not mourneT
present and the sight was a ghastly ont
60 behold. Il VIII take Sc eral DAYS tC
bury the bodies in the different grave
yards, as there were few graves dug
and no implements to dig them with. A
large detachment of men arrived from
Pittsburg and they were Immediately
put 10 work at digging graves.
Altogether about 300 bodies were taker
% the different cemeteries.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06
TAE NEWs FRoM PITTseuRe.
soldiers. Citizens, Provisions and Money
sent to Aid t'Ic Johnstown Sufferers.

Soldiers. Citizens, Provisions and Money
sent to Aid the .Iohnstown Sufferers.
PiTTsBURG, June 5.-Sixteen passen.
ger coaches ON the Pennsylvania road
were standing on the Liberty street
tracks last evening waiting to be loaded
with laborers to render whatever assist
ance they could at the scene of the flood.
A policeman stood at tile entrance of
each coach to see that no mere curiosity
seekers and loungers boarded the train.
Wagon load after wagon load Of meat.
bread and other solid provisions were
also being loaded into the express cars
and coaches. The men who go 10 give
helping hand are composed of nearly
every nationality of the world. Each
man carried pick AK. shovel or crow
bar. The street was packed with citi-
zens watching the molly crowd. and
when the train started cheer went up.
The men are under orders from the
Chamber of Commerce The train
started on its destination about . o'clock.
At I o'clock in the afternoon four
companies Of the Fourteenth regiment
left the Union depot for Johnstown.
Governor Beaver having called for them
early in the morning. At4 p. IN. other
members who missed the first train left
To join their comrades.
kilograms have been passing between
members Of the relief committee here
and at the scene and between railroad
officials. One of these especially is not
calculated to be reassuring, and is little
less than alarming. 1t was from mem
ber of the relief corps there, and said:
For Gods sake hurry the troops The
situation here is indescribable."
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06

JOHNsTowN. June 5.-The Rev. Beale
who has charge OF the principal morgue
states that acts ofthe most exiIe-ne van,
dalism continue to occur throughout the
ruins. The depredations reach even &C
the morgle, where numerous individ-
uals have found their way under the
pretense Of looking for dead friends and
relatives. and have engaged in picking
pockets and extracting money from the
clothing of the dead. He SAYS that they
have a competent. working and
thoroughly honest lot Of people there,
but they are unable to watch everything
that goes on. so that these goddess scoun-
drels can easily pursue their vocation, il
they use little precaution, without fear
of detection.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06

JoHNsTOwN. June IA man who was
employed by Capt Jones was discovered
purloining valuahles from residence.
He was set upon by an infuriated mob
of workmen and but for the Intervention
Of Capt Jones he would have been hung
up to the nearest telegraph pole. He was
sent 20 the lookup after being searched
bv Capt. Jones. This is probably the
only time the peace was disturbed ON
tins side Of the river up 70 noon.
At Cambria City over 80 hungarian
houses were carried away, and of 300
Hungarians employed in the mill over
one-half are missing. Spllarae denies
the stories that the Huns are rpbbing,
and saws they are treated inhumanly
and some are in a starving condition
without food or clothing, and are
treated like dogs when they apply for
aid.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06
BRIEFS ABOUT THs FLOOD.

The loss to the Pennsylvania road viii run
mp into millions.
GOV Beaver has ordered all members OF his
stan 10 report 10 him atJohnstown at once.
G. a. X. posts are responding libcrally 10 the
fund. Many Of their comrades have found
watery graves.
Many OF the rescued survivors have arrived
N l'ittsburg and are comfortably housed by
kind-heartel citizens.
Charles u. Dewulf, a travelling man from Al
toOna. Is still missing, and il is believed hs,
perished In the waters.
The Huns were not the only ones who were
guilty OF robbing the dead. Many professional
thieves were on the scene.
Three hundred more bodies were found yes-
terday afternoon opposite Nineveh. This
makes lOJ boIies found at that point.
Nine thousand persons out OF 1900 recorded
their names al the twenty-hv registry Offices
opened Tuesday morning for the living.
Allegheny City sent six car loads OF provi-
sions TO Johnstown this morning. Over s01
N money was also sent from the same city.
5. Il. Bradford, Of Pittsburg. who was re-
ported drowned. returned home at a late hour
Tuesday night coming 10y way Of Erie, Pa.
\ woman was taken into a morgue with s5OO
IN gold and silver on her person. She probably
lost her life In the attempt 10 save her money.
Tue body Of Joseph Ross the first victim OF
the Hood. has been recovered. Ross was cross
ing the street on n mule when the flood caught
him.
ing been on duty constantly from the first
Many Of them fall 10 the earth from sheer
fatigue.
Pittsburgsrs have established a bank at
Johnstown and will receive all contribut ions
and handle all warrants ordered by the proper
committee.
1t will take weeks to ascertain the total
number drowned Mell-infOTmed people az
iohnsiown still insist that 1000 Is not placing
the number any too high
Maj. Frank X. Patterson has teiegraphed to
friends in 'ittsburg that his wife and chill
dren, who were reported lost on the day ex-
press, are safe az Ebensburg.
For the first time since the food communf-
cation by the Pennsylvania railroad was re-
established between the stricken city and the
outside world on Tuesday noon-
VIII Reed OF Pittsburg has been sworn in as
mayor OF Johnstown b. Gen. Hastings. His
first official act was to close all the saloons
and empty what stray whisky he could lind
into the r1ver.
The water departments Of Pitisburg and Al
legbeny and many prominent physicians urge
every family IN the city 10 use no city water
for drinking and culinary purposes unless il
has first been filtered and distilled.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06

JcHNsEaWN, June 5.-Thc day mas been pro-
tiic Of incidents OF more than ordinary inter
est: The work OF blasting the debris from
about tie st0ne bridge was greatly intcrfered
seekers who thronged the bridge About 8
o'clock Lieut. Lecgett. commanding a SQUAD OF
the ffth regiment, National Guards of Penn
sylvaniA. marched upon the bridge, and draw
militiamen from the bridge on the pain Of in
slant death. such "a scattering as followed
has not becn witnessed hcre since the disaster
occurred.
Gen. Hastings spent considerable time at the
school house directing the men. The big
hearted general could not have been kinder.
The poor people have learned tolove this man,
and his generous deeds viii not be forgotten.
Nhen he speaks. even wnen he calls aloud e
the men. there Is pity and sympathy in his
tones. and the people know II.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06
SOUTH FORK LAKE.

SOUTH FORK. June "a number of
rumors have been flying around as 10
what had become of two or three of the
PittsbUrSers who were supposed to have
been at the lake. There were hut three
or four gentlemen there, and they went
overland % Cressou and from there east
and are presumably now at Pittsburg
Col. Unger started east Monday for the
purpose of reaching Pittsburg via the
Philadelphia & Erie. He was deeply
gIieved over the affair. A story pre-
vailed here that the Pittsburg Sports
mans club had failed on an indemnity
ing bond Of -. 900, 000, but il proved to
be Incorrect Another story i
in circulation that the club
intends 10 at once com
mencn 70 repair the damage done the
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06

tlere are rom s.OgU 80 1900 human
beings and 1900 dumb animals sleepinr
in the smoldering debris. These figures.
added 20 the 5000 bodies already recov-
cred and those not yet found. would
bring the awful total up to at least
$4,000. While crossing the mountain
yesterday from Sang Hollow to Johns
town a correspondent came across a little
knot Of workmen engaged in turying;
the dead. In one immense tomb twelve
collins were lowered. They were the
remains of a few of the unknown dead
whose identity viii never be known in
this life.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06

JOH;.sTOWx. june >. Bodies are still being
recovered between New Florence and Johns
town. 50 far rs could d. learned no c0rllscs
have been found at Derry, BolivcT or Blairs-
Vile The people im these places are still
searching. but The mud and debris j. so deep
that nothing of any acrouEt cun be done.
At hurreilic some boys digging in the sand
uucarihed another corpse. About fifteen
were recovered al this place altogether.
Al Nineyeh nine more bodies werc foulic.
One wac recognized a. Miss HaFney of GreCns-
burg. About - bodies are now lying at THIS
place. The cor0ner's clerk hss ;i.e L:laies CT
an of he dead
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06

JoHSsTOwN. June 5-~Ten thousand renf,le
beyond doubt succumhed 20 the rayagts Of
the fiood. =" said Mr. Flick. -'and instead Of the
uccouuts sent ont by the pape-s being eN-
uggerated they were the very reverse. was
ON the streets OF iohustown ten minutes be-
tore the Good ia all its fury burst upon the
city. Twenty thousand people had
heard the fearful warming that the
dam was about to burst and We're
fleeing 90 the mountain for safety. That
tlore than half OF them could have cscapeu 10
tine higher ground before the water submerged
the valley seems 20 me an absolute impnSsi-
hiliiY. For this reason am inclined to be-
lieve with Adil, Gen. Hastings that 1000 lives
have been lrysf -
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06

JOHNsTowN. June 5.-Chief J. 0.
Brown Of the department Of public
safety has arrived here with gangs OF
firemen and police to relieve those
on duty who are tired out. There are
sixteen firemen under the control of
Chief Evans. who relieves Chief Steele.
Detective OMara has charge Of the fresh
police and Lieut.. Roberts. who has done
able work. will go home 60 get some rest.
Superintendent Baker OF the health de-
partment and 1870 men arrived ON the
same train and win report to the under
takers.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06
WILLIAMSPORF'S PLIGHT.
Mayor Foreman TeIegraphs the Governor
of the DePl rabie situation of
the People.

e-N-f AnN 10frEhot
of the DePi rabie situation of
the People.
HARIJsBCRG. June 5.-The following
telegraphic correspondence passed yes
terday between Governor Beaver and
Mayor Foreman of Wiliiamsport:
WLLIAMsPor. June T.
GovERNoR BEAyER-The situation Is this
The boom has been cleared Of logs from the
principal yards along the river front and the
manufactured lumber has been swept away
The houses OF the PEOPLE nearest the river have
been carried away with all they possessed
Thousands of people are homeless and without
ANYTHING but the clothes upon their backs
Provisions are scarce and needed quickly
Many Of our people are in absolute want for
the necessities OF life.
We badly need disinfectants. Dead ami
nais and all kinds of NTH are strewn upon the
streets and grave fears OF an epidemic are
entertained Stacks OF goods Of stores in the
center OF the city are ruined. II Is impossible
70 estimate the loss and damage to property.
Five million dollars Is a low estimate on lum-
Der alone. Other losses larger. The surround.
ing country has suffered Just as badly. Booms.
bridges and villages have been swept away and
the loss Of life Is considerable. Judge Cum
minis, treasurer Of the relief funds. will see
personally to the faithful distribution Of all
contributions. Responsible relief committees
are nov organized in each ward in the city
and aid is administered a. fast rs we get IL.
Please God, we are not dismayed. and RELY on
HIS guidance, the generosity Of our own state
and country 10 aid us in this the hour Of dire
necessity.
One thousand military tents viii afford the
greatest possible relief to our people who are
now without shelter. send US several large
mess tents, where We can feed the people in
large numbers. The low ground where thee
people reside i anundt place for them to re.
turn 70 for sanitary reasons
lSigued MAYOR FOREMAN
Ire governor replied:
BE OF good cheer. Your reliance is not mis-
placed. cod ana the country viii sustain You.
VIII reach you with help as soon as Mont
guinery bridge can be crossed. Am loading
cars here with flour and groceries, notwith-
standing the pressure Of our own stricken peo-
pie Will telegraph Philadelphia at once Tor
PROVISIONS and Rlsiutectants. Pat your uuem-
ploycd men TO work in removing debris and
cleaning your city. ! viii furnish means fol
paying them reasonable wages and this will
answer the double purpose of preventing dis
ease and lawiessness which springs from idle
ness MAY not be able 80 send you tents, but
may be ahIe 10 .eEd canNnss.
Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 18??-????, 1889-06-06

lake, and this story created the most
intense excitement. and around the sta
tion several men enphaticalIy stated
that they would shoot the first man that
ever attempted 10 repair it. As far as
has been learned by the expressions
made South Fork would not be a very
pleasant place, to say the least. for any
member Of the club to be Just now. for
the expression appears TO be general that
had they eXerciced proper care the acci-
dent would never have occurred The
Cambria county courts were to have
opened on Monday. but on account OF
the terrible calamity and the loss of ala
the indictments with District Attorney
Rose It will be postponed and an effort Is
to be made 10 have the grand jury call
the attention Of the court to the accident
to see who is responsible.