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The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

Harry Bspp's tve soss have bssa very
sict viii ths typhsid Ssves fos The past thrss
weeks.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03
Money fn Loan

Ifyou want good meal go to the California
Restaurant Opposite AcGanahan 4 Butler's
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

lassitnas, because they thisk they have =.
II they would take Or. J. n. AeL.eaa's
sanasaparilla this hbslins Of wsasisso
would give plse~ 70 visvr asd vitality. Fss
BY l, n. MsANnay.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

On easy terms. Privilege of redemption before
maturity
RosT. H. HOFFMAN, Agt.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

Ifyou want bed, go to the California Restau
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

For SALE.-A span of good, large worl
horses, for particulars call at this office.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03
X. K. BRASTED, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
DELTA, CoLL'

Calls attended Promptly b. day and night.
Office at Residence.
RArEs-ofice prescriptions, 81; Call within
corporation, Mo- outside of corporation. $50,
plus so cents per mile one way. Confnements,
si.0o. plus regular mileage The poor treated
gratuitously.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

Go to the Delta Planning Nil for all kinds Of
Native Lumber
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

Rev. Harry Grsat y sstsodiss the revival
nssEinss bsisg held u oeaaA Junction this
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

T. H. Blsck, sse Of Nostrsse's pronisen'
attoeseys, vas n town several days lest week.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

81. spurlin 4 Co. have just received their
new stock Of hardware and are prepared to
astonish the natives ct the low price for which
they are selling all kinds Of goods in their line.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

Frank Ross passsd through tswn . fs~
Ssys ses easoees - Grad Junctisn.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Henry h Curtis are now prepared to loan
money on land uader the Uncompahgre canal.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

NJ. Diilss's Aaaghtsrs arc sio~iy recover
Ing fsea tyPssA fssss.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

Cowboy Mattresses
at GALE BROS.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

The White Sewing Machine
and fittings, for sale by Gale Bros.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

Abssr Mckee sPsst rssakagisisg viii his
parsafs In Msatrssa.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

Atsssd tie "Chrissn,ss Tres" meeting
Thursday svsaise.
The Delta independent., 1889-12-03

Mn. Tarsa expects 70 opss her hoss' In
aAeat twe weeks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
TRI-STATE FRIFLEs.

A DOG down in Piedmont, W. Va, has two
tails. and he wags them in different directions.
FRANK DAVIS, a hotel clerk in Westfield, was
struck in the eye by a bit of glass from burst
ing bottle of pop which he was opening, and lost
the sight.
JOHN FAHNEsTocK, of Millway, Lancaster
county, Pa, tried to lift such a big fork of hay
for his horse that the effort broke his collar
bone
A NoRRIsTowN shoemaker in saving with a
dull Barlow knife at a string with which bad
boys had tied a string to his dogs tail, inad-
yertently cut piece of the tail off.
ELLA CoNNoR, of Litifz, Pa, aged Q years,
has been sneezing for more than a week at
intervals of a few seconds, save when she slept
The doctor calls it nervous prostration.
JOHN G.. MOORE, of Brookyille, Pa, who
landed in Guthrie on April q with but Is cents,
now holds an $500 claim, owns the only opera
house in Oklahoma, and is exhibiting more
Indians than any other white man living"
A Mr.. REDFowL, Of Morgantown, W. Va,
has a;dog that is trained to act as cash boy. and
with a written order and the money in his
mouth. he will do the marketing properly, his
only fault being that if he meets another
dog he will swallow the money to have a
fight. Mr.. Redfowl has lost ST 50 in this man
ner.
AFEw nights ago druggist Of Columbiana
county. Ohio. who thought he saw a medical
friend coming down the street, hid behind a
tree, and dealt him stiff blow in the back with
an umbrella as be went by. The assaulted man
being startled jumped two feet in the air then
turning he hit the laughing druggist a slug in
the eye. fassers-by prevented further punish
ment, and the druggist FASTENED to his phar-
macy. he bad hit . blacksmith erroneously.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
A NOVEL THEORY.

The action of the State Board of Pardons
in comm uting the sentence of johnson, who
was convicted of the murder of Mr.. Sharp
less, near Philadelphia, reveals rather
novel view of the functions of that board.
The board state that, while they are not
convinced of Johnson's innocence, yet they
are not satisfied beyond doubt that he is
guilty. Therefore they deem it best to COM
mute his sentence to imprisonment for life
in the hope that if any further evidence
should be disclosed establishing his inno-
cence fully, he can receive full pardon.
What the board would do if new evidence
should be discovered establishing his guilt
beyond doubt, it does not undertake to say.
This seems to indicate an idea on the part
of the Board that it is its duty to try over
again cases which have already been tried
and on which verdicts have been rendered
by the regularly constituted courts. It was
the business of the court which tried John
son to determine whether his guilt was es-
tablished beyond reasonable doubt. The
verdict was to the effect that it had been SO
established; and while good many people
dissent from that verdict, perhaps without
sufficient knowledge OF the case to make
their opinion of great value, it is certainly
question of decided importance whether
it is the duty OF the Pardon Board to try
the case over again and to require the pro-
ductions before it of convincing proof of the
guilt of the man convicted.
That theory would make it necessary to
try all murder cases over twice, and to
erect Pardon Board into court of re-
view or rather second tribunal for the trial
of capital cases. OF course the discovery of
new evidence, or the statement that mitigat-
ing circumstances call for action by the
Board are just grounds for its action; but it
is new legal theory for the Board to re-
selve itself into criminal court, and require
capital cases to be tried twice.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG. THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1889.
THE PROGRESS nF THE WORK.

The work or restoration and relief at
Johnstown seems to be going steadily for
ward. That is the leading feature of the
news which was received yesterday; and
while there is still an immense amount OF
work to be done, its steady progress and the
report that no more laborers are needed,
carry the inference that the workers have
got the upper hand, and that it is now but a
question of time until the homeless are
clothed and housed, the dead buried and
the ruins cleared away.
The most urgent work now, and that for
which the present forces seem most likely to
prove inadequate is that of removing the
danger of pollution from the streams. The
public has been duly warned of the necessity
of caution in using river water; but no ex-
pense or labor should be spared in restoring
the streams to a safe condition.
Following the most pressing work is that
of fixing the responsibility for the calamity.
This was commenced yesterday by a West
moreland county coroner's jury, and it will
doubtless be taken up by other tribunals
until the matter has received full are il=
dieial investigation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
LEGISLATIVE WORK.

Among other matters which the State ad-
ministration has possibly taken into consid-
Grafton, but has not shown any signs OF
acting upon, is that of calling an extra
session of the Legislature. Yet it is beyond
question that there is some important matter
for the Legislature to take into considera-
tion, in connection with the disaster.
The question of State aid for the sufferers
by the floods is perhaps an open one. Yet
when the whole country is pouring in its
voluntary contribution the wealthy State of
Pennsylvania might possibly conclude that
it is we'll to do something for the relief of
its own sufferers. But outside of that there
is work Of the utmost Importance for the
Legislature to do in the way of appropria-
tions for sanitary work.
The State Board of Health should be able
to do work of priceless value BY securing
prompt publication of the streams and thor
ough precautions against the spread of an
epidemic that is likely to follow such a
food. But the work that should be done
costs money, and the Board OF Health has
little or none. Its appropriation of $4,000
is petty one in the best of times, and whe. :.
an occasion of this sort arises it is nothing
in comparison with what is needed.
A State administration that was capable
of rising to the occasion would have had the
Legislature convened by this time with a
message stating the reed of sanitary and re-
lief appropriations. 0SS, Legislature may
not be 9 TTery brilliant body.-put it would
,hsSs sense enough to do what is necessary
in view of this disaster.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
MONEY KINGS PALACE

The information that Mr.. Coils T. Hunt.
iugton has paid S450, 900 for a small lot on
upper Fifth avenue, in New York, on which
he will build a miliion-dollar residence, is
one of the items which the newspapers OF
that city are enjoying. Residences costing
million and half for American citizens
afford rather strong contrast to the circum-
stances of the common people under the best
circumstances. But when the corporation
king who indulges in that ostentation has
secured the wealth for it rom money loaned
BY the Government which he refuses to re.
pay, the matter assumes su1 more IN
pleasant aspect. Mr.. HUH5iRg5o7's ''ni-
Iion-ahd-a-half palace ss an admirins
New York cotempo-ary calls II, will dc
more in the way Of making Socialists than
Most could in lifetime,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06

whether it should not have been foreseen,
not necessarily as sure occurrence, but
even as remote possibility. This is prob
ably not the rule of law, which may call for
no more than ordinary care and prudence
in fixing the measure of legal liability.
But the legal liability is the smallest con-
sideration in the case, and the tribunal
whose ruling is involved In this matter is
higher even than the courts of law. For
this very reason, however, the public will
patiently await the careful gathering of the
facts before forming its judgment
Terrible though the catastrophe has been,
seeming, indeed, to involve all possible
horrors that even imagination might sug-
gest, it would add a new shock to
believe that human negligence was a
prime factor in the case. Before the
phenomena of nature, the unlooked-for and
undreamed-of extraordinary dispensations
of Providence, public opinion, however
aghast, can ever but submissively bow.
But in these days, when science is SO quick
in its observation and material resources
are so abundant, the measure of public
expectation from both is rlghtly ootn eonn-
dent and exacting wherever the safety of
life is concerned. So must it continue to
be.
Thus far the bulk Of the statements seems
to point to the belief that no suspicion was
entertained of the insuficiency of the dam
by the experts who were familiar with it;
and that the rainfall was unprecedented
and beyond range of thought or expectation.
But if the facts as intimsted by some of the
newspaper correspondents is on the ground be
otherwise-if in truth whatever they be-it
is due all around that they should come out.
The public will sincerely hope that the
charges conveyed by our New York cotem-
porary may be met and disproved. That an
official inquiry of some sort is necessary is,
however, now very evident.
Whatever the truth is let it be established.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
sHouLn BE FULLY AscERrA1NEp

Discussion of responsibility for the ap-
palling affair at Johnstown is precipitated
by direct charges in the New York Sun that
the dam was such as should not have been
depended upon, and that the provisions for
overflow were of that inadequate character
which ought to have commanded the notice
of prudent people Before deciding upon
this inevitable question intelligently, The
DISPATCH has thought. and still thinks,
the evidence should be formally gathered.
To impute responsibility for the most dread
ful calamity of modern times obviously calls
for at least as thorough an understanding
as may be had of the causes, and of the ex-
tent to which they might have been fore
seen,- If that were in any degree possible.
Now, however, that the matter is up, few
obvious suggestions merit notice.
That the dam was insufficient is 50 terribly
demonstrated that merely to mention the fact
NAV look like cheap wisdom alter the proof.
Nevertheless, it will not do to dismiss the
question on the ground that what happened
was unforeseen. The issue in the case is
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
PERSONAL FACTS AND FANCIEs.

JOHN GILBERT, the veteran comedian. is i'll
in Boston.
Mrs. FREDERICK NELSON, formerly Nor
wegian actress, is "evangelizing' in Salt Lake
City.
MRS. HAw1EY and her little daughter have
gone to Europe, where the Senator will reJoin
them latter in the season.
PROF. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL will reoc-
cupy Elmwood, at Cambridge, Mass, on his
return from England next fall.
LORD BRAssEY has placed the Sunbeam at
the disposal of Lord Tennyson, who will cruise
in it as soon as the weather fulfils the promise
of May.
HENRY W. GRAHAM, the tallest police Off
Ger in New York, is also the only bicyclist on
the force. He is SIX feet and seven inches and
rides 60-inch wheel.
A STATUE of Joan of Arc by Fremiet. now in
the Place des Pyramides. Paris, is to be re-
piaced'by another. and as the present one could
with some alteration be made to fit one of New
York's long felt wants in that direction, she
should not let the opportunity silp.
MRS. sLocuor. Who has just come MP from
South Aineriea ID . tiny craft bJFil5 by her lus-
band says that while she, looks back over her
adventures with pleasure she would not like to
repoat them. The boat is SO small that there is
scarcely any cabin, and there was way of
heating it, no matter howco1d thsWeatber
She and her family suffered more from want of
exercise than anything else, as the boat was
too small to permit of walking on the deck
The voyage would have been very lonely but
that they managed to have plenty of reading
matter aboard.
NoTHING can be happier or more peaceful
than the life at Sandringhap, and whether
alone or entertaining their friends, the Prince
and Princess are an ideal host and hostess
They do not, as a rule, appear at breskfast;b but
shortly after IL they come down and spend the
rest of the day with their guests. In winter
luncheon is generally taken aJ some cottage
near where skating is going on. and the Prin-
cess and the guests join the skaters and walk
with them after luncheon is over. Tea is al
ways ready in the hall at 8, and everyone ap-
pears the men in velvet suits and knicker-
bockers and the ladies in tea gowns. Dinner is
at g. and the evening is passed either in dane
/ ing OF games, and about IL the Prince and
Princess give the signal for retiring, and those
who go to bed early can get to rest; but the
majority of the guests 90 to the smoking room
till an early hour in the morning.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
AIMEE'S WARDROBE SOLD.

Less Than Seven Per Cent of Their Cost
Realized for Jewels and Costumes.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
NEW YORK, June 5-Aimee's wardrobe and
Jewels were sold by auction at James P. Silo's
salesroom, in Liberty street to-day. for the ben
eft of her orphan children. Hermann. the
magician. Mrs. Harry Miner and few other
professional people were present; but. although
Hermann did his share, dealers were the
principal buyers. The buying was consequent
Iy not of sentimental sort, and things were
purchased for their practical value. The CO.
ouettish costumes in which Aimee had charmed
mankind in la Petit Due" La File De
Madame Angot.n la Grande Duchesse," !"
,.Girofie- -Girofia" and others went for few
dollars each, while ordinary gowns and similar
commonplace articles brought much better
The auctioneer estimated the original cost of
the collection at something like 500, coo francs,
and good Judge said that his estimate was
NOT SO much out of the way as such statements
nsnally are. The sale scarcely realized per cent
of thai amount. The jewels were also sold at a
great sacrifice. A pin formed of so diamonds
arranged in a monogram. M A." (Marie
Aimeel. which he said cost $4,000 sold for but
el 550. In spite of his suggestion that it could
he resold advantageously to the Earl of Penn
broke. who has use for it just now. as. accord
inc to Mr.. Sio, he is about to marry Mary An
derSOn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
CREMATION MUST COME.
In No O,her Way Can the Bodies be Dis
posed of.

In No Other Way Cnn the Bodies be Dis
posed of.
JoHNsTowN, June 1.-The enormity of the
devastation wrought by the Conemaugh food
is becoming more and more apparent with
every effort of the laborers to resolve order
out of chaos. Over 100 men have been all day
engaged in an effort to clear narrow passage
from the death bridge upward through the sea
of debris that blocks the Conemaugh for nearly
a half mile. Every ingenuity known TO man
has been resorted to by this crew. The giant
power of dynamite was brought into
requisition and at frequent intervals
the explosions reverDerated through the valley
and sticks, stones and logs would fly high in the
air. Gradually few of the heaviest timbers
were demolished and the fragments permitted
to float downward through the center arch. At
night fall, however, the clearspace above the
bridge did not exceed an area OF 50 feet In
length by 40 feet in width. When one reflects
that fully 25 acres are to be cleared in this way,
the task ahead seems an interminable one.
But there is no royal road. and if the hundreds
I or thousands OF bodies beneath these blaekened
ruins are to be recovered for Christian burial
the labors of to-day must be continued with In
creased vigor
There are many conservative minds that rec
comend the use of the torch in this work OF
clearing the river, but they are not among the
sufferers, and when such counsels are heard by
those whose wives, children, sisters or brothers
rest beneath this sea OF fiotsam and jetsam, the
suggestion Of cremation meets a wild furore Of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
Behrlng Sea Trouble.

These seals are different from the Canadian
fish. The latter propagate in the waters of the
ocean and are cosmopolitan, but of the five or
ten million fur seals which now constitute the
worlds stock, there is not one that was not
born on American soil, barring the few that
still make their home in the Commander
Islands which are situated on the Russian side
of Behring Sea, just across the way from our
seal islands. The seals are different from all
other fish, and being native born, we hold that
they are entitled to the protection of the
American flag. In the act Of July L 1870, to
prevent the determination of fur-bearing ami
mails in Alaska, it was held that it shall be
unlawful to kill said seals at any time upon
the islands of It. Paul and ST George. or on
the waters adjacent thereto by the use of fire.
arms or other means tending to drive the seals
away from said islands," The title of the act
taken in conjunction with this prohibition
g.ves,a full expression of the ground which
this Government takes in the seal fishery ques-
tiOn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
AMERICANS ABROAD.
Those at Paris Send Aid and Sympathy to
the Flood Snfferers-Andrew Carnegie
Offers Some Appropriate Rcsolu-
fious-BuffaIO Bills Mite.


PARIS, June IA meeting OF Americans was
held to-day at the United States Legation, on
a call in tho morning papers by Mr.. Whitelaw
paid +ha ITri,ed statas Minister to exnress
a. r,,,a-,ath,, Sf the Amoricons in paris with
49, s.,ss~o-s - ~, +ha Ioh,s+o,v, cotomitv In
ono ~ W -, -, - tt,o -
sp'te VI inc SHUT Do'ioe .iio iooln' VI 'no Ho-a
nOn were uenseS ;.. paoH anu n' M: pni1 ""as as
unaD,e W Eain I1. 11O 1SH ~ maS
caileu ~ si.e tn,
appoin'u ~. yI- ss., 1ss-,,os.,o 49,;
"io I - - - ~ 90
sec'lAueu " ~.
Resolved, Inat we send across tne Auanllc 10
onr ~ am
SeIt svmnethv' over their lost ones we mourn
with them. and in every pang of all their misery
we have our part.
Resolved, That as American citizens we con-
gratulate them upon and thank them for the nu-
merous acts OF noble heroism displayed under
clrcuhS,ahses ta @ te
a ~, w -, o,or,n,ont ,,yo,, ,rh;as +s
s..r,ii., - ra,,,hIjcsn inetItntons donende. the
,sII,ory Srganjzations sent from distant points to
preserve order during the chaos that supervened
having been returned to their homes as no longer
required within 4s hours or the calamity. In
these few hours the CIVIL power recreated and as
serted itself ana resumed sway Wllnout tle alu oi
Se.., az tnha-ont no,var which remains in tbe
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
NEW YORK NEWS NOTES.
No Such Sugar as Electric Sugar.
rNEW YORK BuREAu sPEcIALs.1


( NEW YORK, June 5-In the trial Of the
Electric sugar case to-day William ID.
.Cotteri1 told how he and Prof. Friend COM
bined to take British strangers into the Electric
Sugar Company He acknowledged having
sent drafts and cable dispatches to Friend from
Liverpool with the request that they be re-
peated back to third parties. Some of these
drafts were sent to Mr.. Latham, of Liverpool,
who had invested largely in the Electric stock.
and, besides, had influenced friends to do the
same. Mr.. Cotterill explained that this cabling
from Liverpool to Liverpool via New York was
necessary because Prof. Friend did not know
enough to properly describe the Importance OF
the great secret refining process to British in
vestors. One of tie dispatches dictated by
Cotterill in Liverpool and sent by Friend In
New York was read to the jury. In it the Pro-
fessor asserted most positively that he was the
only person who possessed the secret for REIN
ing sugar by electricity, and maintained that it
was impossible to produce such sugar as his
without possessing his knowledge He further
more issued challenge for the production OF
sugar of such quality as his and said that it
would be but short time before he would
demonstrate to the world the success Of his
discovery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-06
CARToGRAPHY EXTRAORDINARY.

a good many verr interesting produc-
tOns in the way >6f illustrations, diagrams
and maps of TIE Johnstown disaster were
necessaril evoked by the haste with which
journal attempted to give the public an
ele9of that terrible calamity. The map
which the New York Herald publishes con-
cerning the storm is a very good example of
the curious production which hasty attempts
to portray the topography and course of the
storm necessitated. More time and care
were evidently spent on the Herald's map
than on good many other illustrations of
the disaster and yet it contains some very
peculiar features.
From this map it would be Understood
that the storm included cataclysm that
threw up range of mountains in what has
heretofore been a notably champaign coun-
try, for the map displays a range of we'll
defined hills all the way along the shore of
Lake Erie from Buffalo TO south of Cleve-
land and Sandusky. whese the Oldest in
habitant has heretofore failed to discover
elevated ground equal to the Fifth avenue
hump. The Herald'S map contains large
black squares which in the foot note are
stated to indicate the line of the passage
Of the storm and where the damage was
chiefly DONE" As such squares are located
by the map, both at Cleveland and Pitts
burg, where the storm was a peculiarly
mild and soothing one, it indicates the
manner in which such illustration partakes
rather of the lingo of the photographer, than
of the exact report of the event. Lots of
illustrations, like a good many other fea-
lures of the reports of the disaster, have to
be taken with grain of salt