The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-06-13
NOBLE WOMEN,
Caring for the Little Ones Or
phaned by the Johnstown
Disaster.
Disease IN Epidemic Form Threat
enlng the Lives Of the
Rescuers.

ings this morning said: "The situation
is very good SO far as reported. Bodies
are being or sdually recovered all the time
but of course not in the large numbers of
the Fl rst few days. Last night we arrested
several ghouls that were wandering amid
the wreck on evil intent during the dark
ness, and they were promptly taken to the
guard house. This morning they we're
given the choice of imprison-
ment or going to work at 81
day and they promptly
chose the latter. We are getting along very
well in our work, and very little tendency
to lawlessness, am happy to say, is OBJ
served. The Waits mission is doing no.
BILE work. Miss II. N. Hinckly and her
assistant, Miss Cornelia Hancock, are he
roiaes of the hour, and within an hour sf
ter their arrival here they had established
a bureau and were receiving children and
wee babes that had been orphaned by the
cruel flood and flames.
Miss Hlnckly talked oheerfully of
her work to an Associated Press
reporter this morning. eve have
been very busy from the first hour"
said she, "and feel that we have been able
to render good service. Within few
minutes we had received notifca tion of
perhaps hundred orphan children, and,
as the press was kind enough to send out
our addresses, we were within few hours
more in receipt of offers from all over the
country to take charge of some of the lit
tie ones. From Cleveland, Indianapolis,
Altoona, Pittsburg, and, in fact, through
out all Pennsylvania and the eastern states,
we have received kilograms from societies
and families Offering to take charge of a
certain number of children. We received,
through the mayor of New York, a mes
sage from Leaks & Watts orphanage, in
New York, offering to receive twenty
five of the orphans. Of course we
gladly accepted the offer. Indeed
we can respond to many more of such
kind of offers. 1t is as yet impossible to
estimate how many children will fall upon
our hands, but it will probably run into
the hundreds"
AN FEARED
YOUNGSTOWN, June fare the horrors
of the flood to give way to the terrors of
plague?" is the question tEst is now
agitating the valley of Conemaugh
To-day opened warm and al
most sultry, and the stencil
that assails ones senses as he wanders
through the remains of Johnstown is al
most overpowering. Sickness,in spite of
precautions and herculean labors of the
sanitary authorities,is on the increase and
fear of an epidemic grows with
every hour. "Itis our impression" said
DR.. L. l.. White, assistant to the board Of
health, this morning, "that there is going
to be great sickness here within the next
week. Five cases of malignant diphtheria
we're located this morning on Bedford
street, and, as they were in different
houses, they mean five starting
points for the disease. All this talk about
danger of an epidemic is not exaggerated
as many supposed. Founded on all ex-
fever and kindred diseases here within a
week or ten days. 10 my opinion, the
only thing that has saved us thus far has
been the C Did weather that has now given
place to SUNNI or weather, and no one
knows what the next few day may bring
forth"
DR.. R. L. Sibbel, of the state board of
health, is in charge of the sanitary head
quarters. We are using every precaution
known to SCIENCE" said he this morning,
"to prevent the possibility of an epidemic.
Our labors here have not been
confined to any particular channel, but
have been extended in various directions.
Di5infectants of course are first in i'm
portance and they have been used with no
sparing hand. Prompt cremation of dead
animals as fast as discovered is another
thing which We have insisted upon.
The immediate erection of water closets
throughout the ruins for the workmen was
another work of the greatest sanitary i'm
portance and has been attended to. They,
too, are being disinfected at frequent in
tervals.
MORE SUBSCRIPTIONS.
New YORK, June 7.-Subscriptions still
continue to pour into the Office of Mayor
Grant for the Johnstown sufferers. He
has in his hands now about $4,000 to be
transmitted. Governor Beaver, of Penn
sylvania, telegraphed to the mayor to-day:
81 am in receipt of your telegram
authorizing me to draw on your
treasurer for $4,000 additional. 1t
is safe where 1t is, and we have no imme-
date necessity for it. 1t may not be
needed until next week; We will draw upon
you when necessary and will advise your
treasurer of draft" A telegram was also
received from Mayor McCalvin, of Phila-
delphia, asking that money be sent to pay
for help that was being sent to Johns
town in the way of laborers and supplies.
FOUND IN THE WAGON ROAD.
HOMETOWN, June $50 far as known
at this hour only eighteen bodies have been
found this morning. One of these was a
poor remnant of humanity that was sud
denly discovered by tsamster in the CEN
ter of the road over which wagons had
been passing for the past forty eight
hours. Heavy vehicles had sunk deeply
in the sand aud broken nearly every bone
in the purifying body. 1t was quite i'm
possible to identify the corpse, and it war
taken to the morgue and orders issued fop
its burial after few hours exposure to