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one &C the Mos, Pathetic stories OF the
Great Tragedy.

JonNsrowS, Pa, June IA pretty. pale
little woman told part Of her story today as
she ncryously claspod and unclaapod her
hands, aud cried In n quiet, hcaribrcaking
way. Years ago. In the Virginia Valley,
somewhere near Winchester. this sad little
soul met ard loved n hard-working en-
ginecr named Fem. 1hoy woro married
and came 10 Johnslown, where they had a
neat, comfortable home. fcnn made
good wages, their several children were
all well clad aud their mother lived with
her life concentrated upon them. GA the
afternoon Of the food Fem vent 10 the
butchers and passed out Of this short has.
tory in the waters. When the flood came
into the tho Fem house the mother gath.
cred her chicks In the parlOr aud told
them not 10 be afraid, ~ God was there
and would guard them. Up came the tor.
rent, and they went 10 the second floor,
aud again the lttlo mother talked oi
hopes. babe them 10 be Of good cheer, for
papa-heayen rest hm-would Soon come
In boat and take them away. Up, up
aud up rose the water, and now the fam
ily were forced 30 the top story. The
rooms were very low, and soon the heads
Of the mother and children were beating
against tho ceiling. Mamma" said the
eldest child. girl. "would Il not be bet.
ter 10 20 outside aud die Ia tho open air?"
"Yca. dear" said the mother, "we'll
make n raft aud all 20 down together"
She fought her own and her childrcns
ways % tho window aud opened II. She
caught n piece Of plank aud on II put tho
eldest child, with n hearty kiss and q
God bless you" Then she let IL float
away la the darkness and the roar Of the
waves. Six times werc those irail barks
ircighted with precious cargocs and argo-
sizes Of pious trust. Tho children were
frightened, but obedience was part OF their
creed, and they made but little protest.
Now came the turn Of tho last child, Boz.
sic, the four year old. One can fancy what
II meant Tho last and dearest There
was scarce a breathing space In the room
now, and II haste WIS not used death
would como there nj once. 10 a
broad plank Bessie was fastened
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A CURIOUS STORY.
A Man who Claims 10 Was Whipped
by White Caps In Arkansas.
gfs..fsI pI.f..t.I, A.. H.. t.f...f

A Man who Claims 10 Was Whipped
by White Caps In Arkansas.
Special Dlspatrh Ia Tho Appeal
LIrrLg Rock, Ark, June 3.-l'armcr J.
II. Fryer, q Cypress Ridge, Monroe County,
came TO Little Rock today aud tells pitt.
iul story Of how he was treated recent, by
Arkansas regulators. Ills story Is rs FOL.
lows 81 liyein what Is known a. Cypress
Ridge Township In Monroe County, about
twelve miles from Brinklcy. Last Mon.
day night a mob called at my house and
called inc out. | did not respond as
quick as they dcaircd. aud finally
they broke open tho door and said
Fryer We want YOU. My vito
and little child were frightened almost to
death. demonstrated with the mob, but
to no purpose, and they dragged me over
my baby out OF the house AMI took mo a
short distance. There WIS stripped Of
my night clothes, tod to tree and
whipped until was almost blind with
pain. After they had severely whipped
mo | was cut loOse aud told 10 20 home,
but not until | was threatened with death
u ! brcaihed u word Of being whipped"
Fryer says lao recognized some OF the
men In the mob, Que In particular, a ne
gro. Fryer offered 10 strip and show how
he had been lashcd, but his crippled ap.
pcanncc removed all doubt that hc was
telling the truth about being whipped.
lie had an interview with the Governor
who has guaranteed him protection.
WAS the ilrst work Of the regulators
near your homer asked the reporter.
"No, there was a negro taken out and
whipped just as they did mo abou,
month ago.
"Ilow long have you been In Cypress
RidgcH
about twelve Year,. was born In
Alabama and raised la Phillips County,
Ark"
"Ain't you afraid 10 return homer"
81 am not going home. am only going
as Tar n Brinklcy, and there ! can commu.
nicaic with my family. The distance home
from there Is only twelve miles. | will 20
~ Brinklry tonight"
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securely and was blessed as had been the
others. 81 loved them all, OIL l loved
them all, " said the mother, "but | had
two kisses for Bessie, for she was the favor
lite and was such u good child. She put
her arms about my neck and said You
know you said God would take care Of me
ALWAYS, mamma, will He take care of me
now2' told her he would and she need not
fear, and then she was carried away. Pm
not afraid, mamma she call i out, and
heard her, although could not see her,
and that's all; except that the roof was
torn Off aud iloOtcd Off On it, aud some
Italians saved me at kcrnsville, sixteen
miles from here"
"And the children, Mrs. Fem. hopc
tNcy all escapcdP' 1--WE have found two
of them dead Bessie and George, and
there is not mark on Bcssies face, and,
OH | am so tired, They are all gone,
every one, eight OF them, and am going
home to Virginia after all these years to
rest and try TO think" Only one mother
OF the hundreds, only one of the multi
tude,
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mcrc,s Anoihcr nnrs,Inn.

PlrrsnURG, Pa, June 23.-rhc Masonic
fraternity met this morning and received
reports from committees sent TO Johns.
town. The chief point was the terrible
sanitary condition. A committee was app
pointed to ask the United States Govern
mont TO take action ut once. This com.
mitteo telegraphed to President Harrison,
asking him TO send out a sanitary commits
sion Immediately and warning him that
unless prompt action was taken TO remove
dead bodies aud animals from any stream
in which tho Conomaugh omptics the
water would be polluted aud carry plague
germs TO the people. This would ailec,
the country from pittsburg TO New Or
leans. Like messages were sent 10 the
pensylvanin Scnatora
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AIrs. MhnIrn neIea.ea.

Special Dispatch ~ The Appeal.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. June 3 Alexander
Whalcys, who was sentenced 10 impiiaon.
mcnt In the Columbus 90. pcniicn,iary
ior five years for swindling the Govern.
mcnt In pension case, aud who WIS r..
leased through the efforts Of Gen. W. W..
Dudley. oi Indiana, his counsel. aud was
aitcrward rcarrcsicd by order Of judge
Judge Jackson held that Whaloy could not
DO sent to prison for longer term than
three years Judge Key subsequently or.
dcrcd Whalcy'H arrest and released him
ON his own rocognMnco 10 appear July q.
The Judge ailorward heard a motion 10
discharge Whaloy and has sustained H.
Whalcy Is thcicioH free once moro.
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rho London New. on II.

LONDON, June S.-The Daily Ncn, dis.
cussing the danger OF artificial lakes, says;
"Amcrica, where everything is on scale
OF vastness which we cannot experience
seems destined to suffer calamities OF civ.
ilization, as II exhibits its triumphs. on the
most colossal scale. The sympathy OF the
whole civilized world will DO with The pco.
pie Of Pennsylvania in the saddcst, most
striking and most overwhelming misior.
tune that ever beicll people OF the En-
glish race. ="
The other morning dailics refer TO the
disaster IN a similar strain.
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Clark, son OF Charles J. Clark, and two
Shay poys aud Mr. Lewis Aron had started
from the lake on Saturday on horseback
to South Fork Station to take the train for
Altoona. They got no further than Altoona
owing TO washouts, and they are still
there. There was / o one at the lake when
wo arrived except the cus.odians OF the
building and some workmen. A. j. Keat.
ing and George Wilson arrived last night
about Il o'clock.
THE LAKE is COMPLETELY DRIED OUT
The dam broke in the conter at 3 o'clock
on Friday afternoon, and at 4 o'clock II
was dry. That great body OF water passed
out in one hour. Messrs Park and Van.
buren,, who are building new drainage
system at tho lake, tried to avert the disas.
ter by digging a sluice-way on one side to
ease the pressure on the dam. They had
about forty men at work, and did all they
could without avail. Tho water passed
over the dam about foot above and
stopped at about $50 O'Clock. Whatever
happened in the way OF a cloud-burst took
place during the night There had been
but little rain up TO dalk. When the
workmen woke in the morning tho lake
was very full, and was rising at the rate
OF u foot an hour. 1t kept on rising un.
Ill, ut 2 O'Clock, II first began breaking
over the dam and undermining 1t. Men
were sent three and four times during the
day 10 warn people below OF their danger.
When the final break came at o'clock
there was sound like tremendous and
continued peals Of thunder, trees, rocks
and earth were shot up into mid air In
great columns, and then the wave started
down the ravlnc."
THE WATER JuMPKp.
A farmer who escaped said that the wa.
ter did not come down like wave but
jumped on his house and beat Il to frag.
mcnts in an instant. lie was safe up on
the hillside but his wife and two children
were killed. At the present time the lake
looks like cross between the crater OF q
volcano and hugo mud puddle with
stumps OF trees and rocks scattered over H.
There is a small stream OF muddy water
running through the center OF the lake
site. The dam was about seven feet high,
aud the break is about 200 feet wide,
aud there is but small portion % the
dam left on either side. No damage was
done TO any Of the buildings belonging to
the club. The whole South Fork Is swept,
with not tree standing. There are but
ono or two small streams showing here
and there in the lake. A great many Of
the workmen carried off baskets full Of
fish which they caught ip the mud. The
rcscuing parties who arc at work on the
mass OF unburned wreckage in the river
above the stone bridge are finding bodie,
aud fragments of bodies ut the rate o.
from ten TO fifteen an hour In olhel
parts Of the submerged districts many
bodies are being taken out A careful es
innate at this time OF the bodies recovered
everywhere puts Il ut from 700 20 800
The total loss Of life must certainly b,
from G,0O0 TO 5000. They arc bcing
picked up in pockets like ore in all sort.
Of unexpected places.
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MERIDIAN BOARD OF TRADE.
Tho Annual Meeting Held-oratifyIng
Results.

Results.
Special Dispatch To The Appeal
MrupiAN, Miss June 3. The Meridian
Board Of Trade held In annual meeting
today. The lrcasurcr's report shows a
diltcring financial condition, and moro
than usual enthusiasm was manifested by
the members. Trade for the past season,
excepting In the produce line, has boon
satisfactory, but recent cut In rates and
a fair prospect u rates still lover gives
hopeful outlook Tor the coming season. ny
a change in the bylaws tho president TN.
year was chosen By the members instead
OF by the board OF dircctofs Their
choice was Mr. Gcogt 4. Coleman, Tor
mcrly oi Wcs, Point. Mit'., bot now tho
popular President ui the Melton Hard
ware Company. Tie choice gives most
general satisfaction. aud the coming wear
under his administration, u u bclieveh,
will be "a prosperous one for The Exchange.
Tho iir.t yIcc.prrsidcnt Is 4. NJ. Thrcctoott
OF lhrcclooi. Sons 4 Co., and the second
vlcc.prcsilcnt u Henry brooke, OF brooko
a 60. The Board Of Directors are J,
solomnn. 4. G. Carter, l. |. barber, Z. v
Robinson. :. n. Wright, J. u. Mclnnh
o. j. W. Breach.
While coupling ears today grain DOR
fpll upon I. J.. llccSs heat, producing
very Hr lon Mound.
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A BrnEcniaa Killed.

7UITIHI UI'plIcl " Inc AVVVlIl
NASHVILLE, Tenn, juno 3.--JoLn
Charleston, Of Dresden, a brakeman on
tho Illinois Central Railroad, iell from a
train near sharon today and was killed.
Ills muiinicd remains were scattered along
the track Tor a distance OF 200 yirls. The
body was taken " Jackson for inierncnt.
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Liberal REspONsrs.
Many cities Hold PubIic Meetings and
Subscribe Handsome Sums

kilograms TO TuR ArrEAL from various
cities show the call for financial assistance
for the flood sufferers is being nobly 70.
sponded TO:
indianapolis sends 81. 500; Kansas City,
~, 800; Posimasicr.Gcnemi Wanamakcr.
~, lOG fostoillco Department, $1,000;
Massachusetts, legislature, $4,000, Con.
ncctIcut Legislature, S25, 900; Philadelphia.
SliS,OO0. Bethlehem Iron Company,
5000; New York Fourth National Bank,
$1,000; Charleston, ;. c., 500, Cincn-
natl, $4,000.
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\ yielln Of uareauiied Lo,c.

Special Dispatch % The Appeal
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. juno 3-Ruius
Davis. a well known young farmer Of this
county. committed suicide today by blow.
Ing his brains out with doublo.bdrrcllcd
shotgun. An unfortunate loyo uaair Is
a.iI "a bo tho cuttgo
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ESTABLISHED 1910.

NO END TO IT.
The Story of Johnstown not Half Told
The Mind OF Man Cannot Conceive
the Horrors of 1t.
The Press Acknowledges Its Own
Weakness in Telling 1t.
Heartrending. sickening Sights APP
pear Like Horrid Dreams.
Dead Bodies Found in Every I'm
aginable Attitude,
And Like CHASTITY Specters Fright
the Souls Of Men.
The Vain and Hopeless Search for
Dear Ones Continues.
Every Water-soaked and Roasted
Corpse is Closely Scanned.
The Exact Number of Lives Lost
VIII Never Be Learned,
But in the Opinion of Conservative
Old Citizens
Thirty Per Gent. of q Population
of $4,000 Are Drowned.
The Arrival OF Provision Trains Keeps
the People From starvinz-But They
Are Almost without Clothing
The Call for Funds Responded
to Nobly by Many Cities.
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Mr.. A. W. Lockhart, OF McKccsporl:
Mis-. l.ockhurts father. u servant girl, Mr..
Umberhol and son, Peter Brown, Minnie
Linton, Charles Fiizharris, Charles Ronkc
and three unknown.
kcrnyillc Is In doplorablc condition.
The living are unable 10 take care OF the
dead. Tho majority OF tho inhabitants
were drowned.
\ lcan-,o Of boards has been erected on
the only street remaining In the town.
This is the headquarters lOr the committee
that controls the dead. As quickly as the
dead aru brought 10 this point they are
placed in boxes and then taken 10 the
cemetery and buried.
A supply store has opened In the town.
milkman Who was oyctcharging for
mill this morning, narrowly escaped lynch
ing The Infatuated men appropriated all
his milk and distributed II among the
poor, and then drove him out OF town.
The body Of The "llun. who was lynchCd
in an orchard last night, was removed by
his friends during the night. The inhuman
monster had cut of his victims four fin.
gers OF the right hnnd lie was noticed
before hc escaped aud dropped the fingers
INTO his pocket, where thoy were lOund
when lac was captured. Tho act mad.
dcnci the mon. aud they took him 30 an
orchard on the hillside and hung him.
There IL but one street left in the town.
About l55 houses are standing where once
there stood 1000. None Of the large build.
ings in what was once u thriving little bur.
rough have escaped. ono thousand pco-
pie Is low estimate OF tho number Of
lives lost from this town. But few Of the
bodies have been recovered. Il is directly
above the ruins, aud the bodies have
noatod down into them where lhoy burned.
A walk through the town revealed desc.
late sight.
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vania RallrOad station. Thoso identified

sNSNNhs shVoS ANNahhNNs
are:
:. scholholm, Mrs, D. J. wndman,
tanny l'roSser, Mrs. T. NJ, Parsons,
John Myers James Tones
Thomas Thobum, Mrs, Lucy Liycrmoc,
nhNld Surdny, Mrs. Margaret Frank,
Ms. Mollic Burkhardt Miss Nellie James
Frank Davis, Miss Alice X Christie
Mrs Maggie stophel, Mrs Maria Lucas, COLD,
Williams. 10 years old, Dr II, T. Wilson,
Catherine Myers, John Murphy,
Charles Icam, MARY Callahan
samuel llitc Samuel Ruugh,
lhnrcs MUIR, Mrs, John W. James
bessie Prose-, nRnkman Field,
Mr.. Mary Downcy Paul Ocddcs,
VIM, H. Overlook, Anne owens
Ore Lewis, Mary Anne Jones
Richard Jones, Gotlcib Schutzcndcick,
NcOrgc Gcddes, GoOugo Heel
ME-; Leach, mother OF County superintendent Of
The family Of Patrick Eagan, husband, wife and
two grown daughters,
Joun = buchanan. Superintendent of Cambria
Iron Works warehouse.
III. &. Rose, District Attorney
AT THE FOURTH WARD scuooLuoUsE
great number OF victims are being pre-
pared for intorment. Yesterday 200 were
disposed of and today us many more re-
ceived attention. Those identified are:
Charles A. Marshall Mn. II. I. DeFmucc,
sOu uf DR.. Poland, Daughter Of Dr. Poland
Mrs katkcnstoln, Son OF Mrs katzcnsleln,
Mr. Long, Moses strauss
hihhh NNNNlt ENllt NNkthN
Mr Ela Layton, Miss Mary Lcydcn,
Jacob Wild, Mn. Jacob Wild,
Mn W. w JONES' George H. Baldwin,
William Layton, Mr@ Council,
Mr.. Mckay, John o. Richards,
Patrick McNany. Charles r. butler,
Mrs, y. G.. Jones, Jessie Hamilton,
J.. W. McAllcy Mrs. llArrigan,
james Murha, William L. Davis,
Fam u. EldHdge, Miss Laura Hamilton,
Elmer nrinkley, A. |. Little,
Charles N. Wilson, John burns.
Mise Jennie Ncs, John Andrews
tuuk II. Harris. Arthur smith,
Carr, :. Barbour, Gcunc Randolph,
James c. Cox, Mr. James l. FroubcSscf,
Amelia Robh, William leurod,
James W. Murphy bessie Murphy,
Mis- Hotter, NJ /. Davis
A. J. Stcum Mary Davis
Peter Brown, Minnie llnnon,
Charles itzhnrris Charles tuukc,
Thomas Matthews, Bertha Hoffman,
Mr.. II. " Holman Florence Hoffman,
irda Hoffman, Marion Hoffman,
Joe Holman, Dr. W. G Beam,
4. Lyle, Llum Hamilton.
Mr.. John n. Iornick, Conrad Mccsc
August ncrrlS
Hurlbul House porter supposed to be william
Henry.
Howell Powclls two sons-onc two ycan old
the other hut a few days old.
Mr.. knorr. whose body has been robbed Of
valuable.
A female resembling Miss Ella layton aud Nellie
Williams
Annie Falcon, lady supposed to be Mr. Gels.
young lady with initials Nv. H." on ring
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The Exact Number Of Lives Lost
Will Never Be Learned,
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ncENrs AT LAKE, coNEMAuom.

ii:20 Am.-McssrA. III. singer, George
Singer. Louis Clark and H. llussey Binns,
Of Pitisburg. relatives Of some OF the
members Of he South Fork Fish
ing Club, have just arrived from the broken
dam. They oil have friends or relatives
al tho lake al the present time, and being
very anxious as to their fate, they made
daring break through the flooded district,
and, after d careful examination, returned
this morning. d,
Mr. w. Harry Singer, In speaking OF
the trip, said ave left Piiisburg on. the
day express, and got to sang Hollow about
~ O'Clock. We walked up 20 Johnsiown,
but could not get across there. Wo went
M Stony Creek couple OF miles and got
man 10 ferry Us across, and took the
Franglown road around the hill 20 the
lake. Il Is about ten miles from Johns.
town 10 the lake by this road. We reached
the elubhouse at $50 o'clock, wornout by
Inc tramp. We found that Mr.. james
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Every Water-Soaked and Roasted
Corpse is Closely Scanned.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-01-24
CENTRE sTEARNs COUNTY, MINNESOTA THURSDAY

The senate bill to punish fraud in the
sale of grain, seeds and other cereals
was passed.
House bills were passed: To validate
all bonds issued by the city of Minneap-
oils under section 20, chapter 10, OF the
city charter.
To amend provisions of the city char
ter of Minneapolis relating to the revolv-
ing fund.
To prohibit the pollution of the waters
of Lake Minnetonka.
To amend the special law relating to
grand and petit juries in Hennepin
county.
To provide for the payment by Ram
sey county of salaries to the district
judges.
HOUSE.
BILLS INTRoDUCED.-By johnson, II.
F. 11S-To give certain courts of the
state jurisdiction over the waters of the
Mississippi, st. Croix and st. Louis riv-
ers. Referred to judiciary committee.
By Ellingson, II. F. 12O-To appropri-
ate for road across the Fort Smelling
reservation. Referred to committee on
roads and bridges.
By Lane-To amend chapter 142 of the
laws of 1887, being an act for the better
preservation of game. Referred to judi
ciary committee.
By Davenport-To amend section 9 of
chapter 81 of the General Laws of 1876,
providing for the adoption of children.
Referred to Judiciary committee.
By Faricy-To amend section l of
chapter 80 of the General Laws of 1879,
providing for state bounty for the de-
struction of wolves. Referred to COM
mittee on agriculture.
By Cox-To provide bounties for the
destruction of gophers and blackbirds.
Referred to committee on agriculture.
BILLS PAsSED-H. F. l16-To legalize
the plat of La Crescent Houston county,
and two local bills, besides s. F. II
authorizing the village of Montevideo to
issue bonds for floating Indebtedness of
the village.
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Tuesday January Is.
SENATE.

BILLS INTRoDUcED.-By Compton
Appropriating 1900 to compensate for
their services the commissioners ap-
pointed to codify and rearrange the pro-
bate laws of the state.
By Brown-Providigg that persons
doing the business Of abstract clerk,
other than the registers of deeds in the
several counties, shall give bond in the
penal sum of So 200, said bond to be ap-
proved by the county commissioners.
By Brown-To regulate the election
and terms of Office of town supervisors.
By Sampson-Repealing section 4,
chapter 254, Special Laws of 1885, relat-
ing to the salary of the district court
clerk in Polk county.
By Day-Amending the law in rela-
ton to the publication of the state
manual.
By Daniels-To appropriate 800, 600 as
a building fund for the State Historical
society,