Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-06-08

l A cOrdOn OI soldiers Is stationed
 arolnd town and no one is allowed to en-
 ter It without pass.
 JOIN S:owN-The loss of life is estima-
 ted at from twelve to fourteen thousand. Twenty-ons hundred bodies have been found. Two thousand at ths lowest l calculation are in the burhed debris in | the river. Three thousand are believed
 to be Tn the unssarched sand banks | around the Clmb.iA Iron Works ard from one two thousand moro are scatter
 ed throughout the valley. Hundreds
 were carried down Broad river and i'll
 never be recovered.
 JoHsTovy Several procureses who | hop 1 to prey upon unfortunate young
 won n arrived last night, but the po- | lice zero lnfO.-pei and all suspiciOus
 chai tc,sr5 were notified to leave town. Up to a oon 72S bodies had been embalm-
 ed a. G,im0r City. 4 number .of bo-
 dies were taken from the debris at
 Ker'viile this morning.
 JoATsr0wN. Even the undertakers
 were unable to remain at work in the | fourth ward morgue this morning
 owing to the stench.
 JoHN@TowN.-A corps of clerks under the direction of the relief committee will
 go to every house in the vicinity and se- | cure the names of the living. The re- lief corps will endeavor to find out who the missing are.
 A revision of the register list shows that only thirteen thousand people were reported to one o'clock this afternoon By this 1t IS plainly apparent that large number of survivors will not take the trouble to register. The great number of bodies not identified seem almost in- credible. Some of these have been ly- ing m different morgues four days. HARRISBURG, June Ex-Governor Der yer says: We succeeded in reacbins Williamsport last evening with seven car loads of provisions. This averts the
 present danger of lack of food. The | area of the flooded district increases. The city of Lockhaven is in distress ing plight, as it is entirely covered with water. Both cities need supplies. cloth ing of all kinds and beddine.n WASHINGTON, June 6.-The civil ser
 vice commission in the report of the in- vestlgation of the management of the New York custom house. says the exam nation of applicants for positions has been characterized by gross negligence and carelessness and further that there has been fraud and that persons without political influence who passed examina-
 tlons, stood little chance of securing an appointment.
 ST LOUIS, June 6.-The National white lead trust has purchased the plant of the Collier white lead company for four and half millions. This gives the Standard oil people control of the entire white lead output of America.
 LONDON, June 6.-The Kurds con- tlnue to commit atrocities in Aremenia. roasting and outraging victims are con stant practices.
 SAN FRANCISCO, June 6tKing Kala- kua is expected to arrive here Saturday on Icelandia from Honolulu, on his way to the Paris Exposition.
 SAN FRANCISCO, June 6tThe sub scriptions to the Johnstown flood fund Tn this city, up to this afternoon, ex- ceeds s30OOO.
 BAKERsFIELD, June 5.-The citizens Of this place who had subscribed 5000 to wards the Fourth of July celebration, met to day and decided to send the col lection to the Johnstown sufferers and let the celebration go.
 ALBUQUERQUE, June 5.-A Santa Fe work train this morning ran into the section foreman's hand-car, one mile above this city, killing the foreman out right and probably fatally injuring two of the crew. The train was backing and did not see the hand-car.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 5lTwenty thou sand dollars have so far, been telegraph ed to Governor Baever, in aid of the Pennsylvania flood sufferers; S15.000 was collected to o-day.
 SAN FRANCISCO, June e5.@Superintend- ent Frank Jaynes of the Western Union Telegraph O., issued orders to all telegraph offices that all messages of regularly organized commitfies in the interest of the Johnstown food suffer CTS be sent free of charge. The Western Union cannot transfer money as its funds are all exhausted, owing to the numerous applicants. Messages of banks and others transferring money will be free.
 JoHNsTowN, June 5.-Over one hun dred men have been engaged all day in an effort to clear the narrow passage from death bridge upward through the sea of debris that blocks the Conemaugh for nearly half mile. Every ingenuity known to man has been resorted to by this crew. Dynamite has been brought into requision. At nightfall, however, the clear space above the bridge did not exceed an area of 60 feet in length and 40 feet in width. Fully 9 acres must be cleared in this way, but if the hundreds or thousands of bodies beneath the blackened ruins are to be recovered for Christian burial, the labor of to day must be continued with increased vigor.
 JoHNsTowN.-Early this morning a thousand funerals could be seen slowly coursing their way over the hill. There were no hearses, few mourners and as little solemnity as formaity. Instead of six pail bearers to one coffin there were generally six collins to one pail bearer.
 BALTIMORE, June 5.-Part of the mon ey, provisions and clothing collected here for the Johnstown sufferers will be forwarded to the sufferers in the flooded districts. In West Maryland hundreds of people are shelterless and almost starving. A number of little villages along the Potomac river have been almost annihilated.
 HUNTINGTON, Pa, June 5.-The waters are receding in the suburan districts and couriers have arrived bearing news | news from some points not before heard | from. Not house that stood within | reach of the swollen streams here is left | standing: The damage to property will | reach S5OO,OO0, while other towns in the | country suffered correspondingly. At Mapleton the large tannery of L. A. Roberts was damaged to the extent of | S200,OOO. Powel's furnace at Saxton | sustained loss of s3OO,OOO Four miles of track with several bridges, of the Railroad, were destroyed. q 4 m n.