Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-04

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the day, bringing the wharves once more
to view. Hundreds of fish were left be-
hind by the receding stream, and wei Q
caught with their hands by boys ard
men who searched through the wet gras 9
and elsewhere for them. The Fish Com
mission spread large nets out in the
river near the Monument for the purpose
of recovering as many as possible of the
German carp which escaped from the
breeding station. Besides carp, a mill
lion young shad, two inches long, were
set at liberty by the flood. Several
schoeners and large boats have been left
high and dry. There are fears expressed
that the foundation of the Washington
Monument might be seriously damaged,
and careful examination will be made.
Long Bridge, which it has been feared
all along would be swept away remained
intact until this afternoon, when one Of
the spans next the draw broke loose and
started down the river. One other span
will have to be cut away, and tomorrow
the work of repairing the bridge will bs-
gin. 1t is badly wrecked and torn, and
will cause considerable loss to the Penn
sylvania Railroad. j. Lowrie Bell,
Superintendent of the Railway Mail
Service, states that the transportation OF
mails is in a confused state. The New
York Central is clear, and last night
a special train containing the &C.
cumulated mail for the West was
dispatched. The mail from the west was
coming east on the same line. The
southern connections are interrupted, but
mail matter is now being sent by the
Chesapeake Bay line to Norfolk, and
thence to Weldon, N. @. From that
communication is maintained. Tomor-
row the Piedmont Air Line will reach
| Alexandria, and then the mails will be
sent there fran this city by ferryboats.
Captain Folger, in charge of the Navy
Yard, has reported to the Navy Depart
ment that the yard will cleared up and
put in working order by Wednesday.
The damage by flood will not exceed
IS 900.
The President, tonight, received from
P. McQuaid, President of the Jackson
vile Auxiliary Sanitary Association, q
telegram saying that that body had
placed $4,000 subject to the Presidents
sight draft, to be used for the Johnstown
| flood sufferers. AT the invitation of the
President, the Commissioners OF the Dis
trict met him in conference this evening.
| As result, meeting of citizens will be
{ held tomorrow, and President Harrison
| will preside.
THE TROOPS CALLED FOR.
HARRISBURG, Pa, June 3.-Governor
Beaver arrived this morning from An
| napolis, and has been in communication
with Adjutant General Hastings at Johns
town. He received call for troops from
Sheriff McCandless. of Allegheny county,
| who telegraphed that the situation Is
such that it is positively necessary to
send at least four or five regiments of the
National Guard to prevent pillage, rob-
berry aud bloodshed.
Adjutant-General Hastings telegraphs ::
"Have perfected an organization. DO
not think it necessary to call for troops
Be assured everything will be done
within possibility to relieve the survivors
and care for the dead"
The Governor, although perceiving no
necessity for calling out the troops, or
dered the Fourth Regiment ready at a
moments notice to march to the scene
of the disaster.
General Hastings telegrsphed the fol-
lowing to the manager of the telegraph
company OF the city: "You had better
inform Governor Beaver that this morn
| ing's reports give the number of lost at
between II 900 and Is 900.
| THE ROBBERS OF THE DEAD.
| "The greatest disorder prevails. The
place is infested with thieves and van
dals, who are robbing the dead and ap.
propriating everything they can lay
hands on. These people are eating al
most everything in the shape of pre-
visions sent here for the flood sufferers. !"
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVES AT WORK.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-General Scho-
field, Acting Secretary of War, called at
manned with the President for several
means of relieving the distress prevailing
slant communication with the State
authorities on the subject.
IN THE INTEREST OF HEALTH.
PITTsBURG, June 3.-The Masonic
fraternity, at meeting, this morning
telegraphed President Harrison, asking
him to send out a sanitary commission
and warning him that unless prompt
action is taken to remove the dead bodies
of men and animals from the streams
the water will be polluted and carry
plague germs to the people from Pittsburg
to New Orleans.
| LOSSES BY FLOODS ELSEWHERE.
BALTIMORE, June 3.-The loss of life
by floods in this State, as far as known,
amounts to nine.
ELMIRA, N. Y, June 3.-The damage
by food in this city alone exceeds half q
million. A dispatch from Corning says
''The food in this district is the greatest
ever known. Most of the country from
Corning to Hornellsville is flooded. The
loss in Steuben county alone will exceed
a million. The Fallbrook Coal Company
lose nearly million. Fifty miles of track
between Ansonia and the Jersey shore
are washed away. 1t will be weeks before
it can be rebuilt. Thirteen bodies have
been picked up between Ansonia and
Stakedale Junction, yet no regular search
has been made"
RESIDENTS OF ETIwANDA DROWNED.
| POMONA, CAL, June ga dispatch
was received here today from Bakersfield,
Pa, announcing that Philip Clarkson,
his wife and infant son, residents of Eli
wanda, this county, were drowned in the
food at Johnstown Friday. They had
been East since February, and about a
week ago went to Johnstown to visit a
relative who is proprietor of hotel
there. Clarkson and family were in the
dining-room when the food came into
the building. They Immediately went to