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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-15
NEWS.

lNIrY TREASURES OFFICE,
~ Room No. 2 City Hail.
Alexandria, Va, April 15, 1889.
DELINQUENT STATE TAX PAYERS, TAKE
NOTICE.
AT the May term of the Corporation Court, st
the front door of the Corporation Court House on
Fairfax street, will offer at PUBLIC SALE all
the REAL ESTATE belonging to delinquent tax
payers for the year 1887, q description OF which
can be seen at my Office, or at tho Clerks office Of
the Corporation Court
apis M HARLOW, City Treasurer.
DAT MACKEREL COD FISH aud SMOKED
l. BLOATERs for sale by
mL2O &c MILBURN.
l. feb12 J. c. MILBURN.
UNREST QUALITY SALAD OIL for sale by
L apo ]. G.. MILBURN. I
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-15

waters. The Trenton's band then struck
up "Tbe Star Spangled Banner" and the
Americans on shore answered The patriot
| ic air with wild shouts of encouragement.
The Caliope passed safely out of the
harbor and steamed far out to sea. she
returned to port on Tuesday and had suffer-
ed very little damage except the loss of her
bowsprit and some boats
The captain of the Vandalia. seeing no
hope of saving his ship, headed her for the
shore, and in endeavorDg to reach the SAN
dy beach unfortunately struck the reefs and
| filled with water before she could be beached
| within about fifty yards from the stern of
the Nipsic. The captain, paymaster, pay
clerk, Lieutenant of marines and many men
were washed overheard The vessel was
completely submerged, and all hands had to
take to the rigging, where they remained
until the Trenton was driven alongside
about o'clock in the night, when most OF
the officers and crew got on the Tronton,
excepting Lieut.. Ripley. who jumped into
the sea just before the mast gave way, and,
with great difficulty, SWAN to the shore.
He then procured a whaleboat and, with
the aid of Samoans, got q line out to the
wreck. The loss of life on the Vandslia WAS
the commander, three officers and thirty
nine seaman and marines. Divers have been
engaged since Monday. On Tuesday the
safe was recovered, which contained about
900.
The Trenton, meanwhile. was gradually
coming closer to the land. She had her
bridge ports broken in, which left an open
ing, and the sea came in in great quantities
through this opening and the hawser pipes.
getting into the fires. This was unfortunate
and fatal to the chances of the vessel. The
engineers were unable to keep up the steam
When it seemed impossible to keep her of
the reefs her officers ordered the whole crew
of $50 men to mass themselves solidly in the
port rigging. The wind acting on them
gradually forced the vessel back into the
bay. This action threw some thirty five
tons of humanity to the side whore weight
was most needed and presented sai!
area of four thousand square feet. All
hands were ordered to the pumps, which
were kept constantly going all day. About
8 O'Clock the Trenton had drified down to-
ward the Olga, which vessel was then about
five hundred yards from the reef Both
ships tried to avoid touching, but collision
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
PHILOSOPHY AND LESSONS.
Rev. DR.. Felton's Discourse at the Christ M.
E. Church Last Night.


E. Church Last Night.
A very methodical and systematically ar.
ranged lecture was the discourse of the Rev.
DR.. FELTON, at the Christ M. E. Church on Penn
avenue last night on the theme: 1.-THE Philos.
ophy and Lessons of the Johnstown Disaster -
The reverend speaker took his Scriptural
text from the tenth verse Of the twenty-ninth
Psalm: 'The Lord rideth upon the floods and is
king for evermore."
''The events of the last few days." the
speaker commenced, developed two things
the wonderful destruction of human life and
property and the wonderful response of SYM
pathy and assistance of men. In contemplat-
ing this great catastrophe there are two classes
of thinkers. The one believes that such a Ca
lamity could not have transpired within the
province of God. who is all powerful and
good and hence he says: There is no God
The other thinker says that it is perfectly
reconcila6le with the idea Of God, goodness
and law"
The speaker then claimed that these events,
properly considered, prove the existence of
Goo and government by reference to facts,
and that such effects are in harmony with great
laws generally known. Then he gave iilustra.
t1ons from the effects of the laws of force and
gravity, the laws of decay and recuperation..
"God," he continued, governs our relations
to all these laws and forces by the law of intel.
ligence. and when we put ourselves in harmony
with His laws and utilize them they produce
for our good, but when we put ourselves into
antagonism to them we are destroyed"
This closed the philosophic treatment of the
subject, and the lessons the speaker drew from
his text were that man must not disregard
Gods natural laws in his relation to them and
his utilization of them. Man has made great
progress in the past in the control of forces of
nature to his interest," which is proved by the
decrease of human deaths.
At the close of his discourse the Rev. DR.
FELTON, said:
"ln the face of such calamities men become
brethren. Want is the request and Christian
impulse is the supply"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
CHILDREN IN GREAT DEMAND.
Benevolent Societies Very Anxious to Re-
ceive Johnstown Orphans.

Benevolent Societies Very Anxious to Re-
ceive Johnstown Orphans.
lFRoM sTAFF CORRESPONDENT
JoHNsTowN, June 9.-"There is great rivalry
among benevolent societies all over the coun-
try to see how many Johnstown children they
can collect" said Miss Hancock, of the Child
ren's Aid Society of Pennsylvania tonight.
mine children were taken to Philadelphia to-
day to the Northern Home for the Friendless
by Miss Walk. think it is a great mistake to
remove the little ones from Johnstown. unless
they have no friends. The various benevolent
societies are wild on the subject, and they will
take Johnstown children for the advertisement
when they would not accept others. Our work
here is not to remove the children. but to care
for them until the remnants of the families can
be gathered together. We have been discuss
ing all day what to do with boy who has an
uncle. claim it Is mistake to take him away
from his friends.
THE name of every child that is placed in
homes or in families is recorded on slip that
is placed in hreproof safe. We make out
complete record so that the child and friends
in the future will know where 1t came from.
regret that the benevolent societies are trying
ceiving supplies of food dainties, clothing, etc.,
and as fast as we get them we distribute the
articles where they will do the most good. We
over the country"
Rev. Mr.. Cornet and DR.. W. F. Sawyer will
receive children at the Red Cross headquarters
for Scranton. Mrs. Alston. Miss Lysle, Mrs.
Hutchins, Mr.. Orr and Miss Wilcox, repre-
senting the Children's Aid Society of Pitts
burg, have been in the city for two days looking
for children. They sent two orphans to Pitts
burg this afternoon. ISRAEL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
Drawing PuIpitLessons From
the Great Calamity.
WHAT DOES 1T TEACH7
Seven Of the Local Clergy Answer the Ques-
tion for the Benefit of Their Hearers-
Views of Rev. Messrs, Purves, Barnett,
FELTON,, Leak, Reid. McCrory and Boyd
Tho Last Named Censures the Rail.
road.

"The Lord sitteth upon the food. Yea, the
Lord sitteth king forever"
1t was from this text that Rev. George T.
Purves, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, preached yesterday sermon entitled,
lessons from the Flood"
The text was, in the speakers opinion, the
earliest description of a thunder storm. The
poet takes us to Mt Lebanon, and describes
the sublimity and the devastation of mount
ain storm. Moreover. he does not merely de-
scribe nature, but regards nature as the servant
of God, and sees in its awful forces symbols of
of the power and authority of the deity.
The words of the text had been brought to
the speakers mind by the Johnstown disaster.
1t would be sad if such calamity did not make
its impression upon all minds and hearts. He
did not pretend to understand it. God was his
own interpreter, but he did know that God
sitteth upon the foods" and he felt that some
good might come from the catastrophe if by
means of it we could get clearer ideas of life
and duty.
The first lesson that he would draw from the
Hood was commentary upon the weakness of
human life. We need to be aroused by great
events to realize how slender hold we have on
life. What perils surround us. We may build
great cities, but they are liable in q twinkling
to be swept away. Human life is like candle
that is soon Snuffed out
The second lesson from the flood was in the
revelation it gave of what was best and noblest
in human life Communities, like individuals
get their best lessons from their sorrows. Glass
barriers are broken down, and in the presence
of great calamity rich and poor. high and
low, stand side by side and hand in hand.
Sympathy, fraternity and human love come
like lights in this darkness.
The third lesson was that God was the soy.
eregn arbiter of mems lives and fortunes
There is no alternative between recognizing
this and blank atheism. If we take atheism
and say there is no God, we take none of the
bitterness from the calamity, the wan faces of
the dead still stare at us, homes are still desc
late, and we have taken away all the conso-
lation of religion. There remain no flowers
of hope to strew upon the nameless graves.
The fourth and last lesson was that there re-
manned one possession indestructible to man.
Houses and railroads may 60 fortunes be
swept away but the inner character remains
That he carries with him into eternity and the
inner life of the Christian is beyond the reach
of all storms and tempests
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
THINGS PUT UNDER BAN.
Rev. }. T. McCrory Dwells on Warnings
and Consequences of Neglect.

Rev. }. T. McCr0ry Dwells Warnings
and Consequences of Neglect.
Rev. j. T. McCrory, of the Third United
Presbyterian Church. yesterday took for his
subject in the morning, Genuine Christianity
and its Spirit as Brought Out Dy the Recent
Dreadful Calamity" and in the evening, 1.-THE
Voice of Warning Unheeded, and the Conse-
quences."
He took for text in the evening. Ezekiel,
xxxiii 7-9:
So thou, o son of man, have set thee watch
man unto the house OF Israeli therefore thou shalt
hear the word at my mouth, and have them from
When say unto the wicked, o wicked man,
thou shalt surely die; II thou dost not speak to
quire at thine hand.
Nevertheless. If thou warn the wicked of his
way to turn from 1t; IL he do not turn from his
way he shall die in his iniquity but thou hast de-
Rev. Mr.. McCrory did not treat the question
in the style that would indicate that those on
whom the Tower of Sloan fell we're worse than
their neighbors but seized the occasion to stir
up his hearers TO sense of the alIpresence of
death in all forms and in all places. He said
the Bible was full of warnings. Warnings to
those who make calculations that ignore the
infinite power OF God; warnings against de-
pendence on mere human agencies to protect
against damages; specific warning to parents,
to teachers and preachers and to Christians,
against the neglect of their VOWS, etc.; warn
1ngs to the young against forms of evil, gam
bling, dancing, theater-going. drinking and
bad literature, and finally, warning to all
against putting off preparation for meeting
God
In reference to the last clause, the speaker
asked how many people in Jobnstown deliber-
ately put of preparation for meeting God
until it was too late. Death comes without
warning. not only on the street. in the street
cars as we'll as in the imminent deadly breach,
but in the household and under a clear sky.
The text seems to give the minister consider
able latitude in the character of watchman.
At the morning service about $500 were
raised for the relief of the Johnstown suf-
ferers,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
MENTION In BRIEF
OF Services Over the Dead, Ali for the Liv-
ing and Efforts mt Restoration.

OF Services Over the Dead, All for the Liv-
ing and Efforts Mt Restoration.
BRANCH 62l Of the Irish Land League, Of
Manchester. at a meeting yesterday donated
$40 to the flood sufferers.
THE Bingham Street NJ. E. Church of the
Southside contributed S43 50 to the food fund
at the morning service yesterday.
CINCINNATI banks have sent $500 from
banks, So 600 from secret societies and 5000 in
general contributions, making total of s65, 200
up TO date.
The German-Austrian Association met yes
terday afternoon in their hall. 925 Liberty
street. The sum of SO was voted to the relief
fund for the Johnstown sufferers.
The representatives of the G. A. r. Post Re.
lief Committee who went to Johnstown will
report on the situation at a meeting to be held
at P. M. tomorrow in Post 162 Hall.
The remains of Mrs. Brady, wife of Squire
Brady, of Johnstown, who died at Mercy Hos
pital, have been removed to the vault of ST.
Mary's Cemetery pending interment at Wood
vale, near Johnstown.
FUNERAL services were held yesterday
afternoon at the morgue by the Great West
ern Lodge Of the Knights of Pythias over the
remains of Aleck Kecke, one of the flood
victims, who died at Mercy Hospital Saturday.
AMONG the saved at Johnstown, not included
in any published lists, were John W. English,
wife and child formerly of Milroy, Miffiin
county. John johnson, wife and seven children
were lost-only one child, a boy 8 years old,-
being saved.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
THE LAW OF NATURE.
Its Forces Brought About the Great Disas-
ter Mt JOhnstOwn.

Its Forces Brought About the Great Disas-
ter Mt Johnstowu.
THE Great Calamity" was the title which
the Rev. T. ]. Leak, of the North Avenue NJ. L.
Church, Allegheny. had chosen for his sermon
last night Applying to the text from Luke
xiii, 4, he said:
There are events In the history of our race
which startle US to the very depth of our ma
lures. We have all read the story of Sodom
and Gomorrah. We have read of the outpour-
ing of the lava from the mountain of Vesuvius
and the destruction of HerculaDeum and Pom.
peii. We have read Of the great floods and
famines in China. But never has a disaster of
such magnitude been brought SO close before
US as the one which occurred last week.
l:How many questions crowd themselves upon
our minds when we conceive such a thing as
the calamity at Johnstown? There is at first
the question of our relation to God and His
relation to the disaster. Some people say it is
the fultillment of prophesy. Others say it is
the penalty for the sinfulness of the people.
But do not look upon it in that light
II do not think that moral sin will ever be
punished by great physical disasters. Neither
do think it came upon us to teach us a great
lesson. Because, do we understand the lesson?
No! Well what good is lesson to us which we
cannot grasp?
~ believe it is simply the.result of the work.
ings of the laws of nature. The Lord put those
laws into force at the beginning of the world
and he does not interfere with them unless IN
very extreme cases. In those cases he has
made known to us the reason of his interfer-
ence"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
THE WOMEN'S WORK,
Headquarters of the Relief Society Kept
Open All Day Yesterday.

Headquarters of the Relief Society Kept
Open All Day Yesterday.
The work of the Ladies' Relief Committee
was carried on at the Second Presbyterian
Church as usual yesterday. The Sunday school
exercises wee abandoned for the day and the
front doors leading to the schoolroom were
locked and all who had business with the Re-
lief Committee were admitted at the side en-
trance. The church services were conducted
as usual.
In the committee room but little work was
done besides caring for the refugees who were
received on Saturday. Inquiries were made
during the morning for three persons, sup
posed to have been lost The committee
learned, however, that the ones in question
were in this city alive. and directed the inquir-
Ing friends where to find them. In the rush of
business however, the committee forgot the
names of the people.
At O'Clock in the morning Frank Reynolds
ana wife, OF Harrisburg, asked for aid They
were detained at JOhnstoWn by the food and
are on their way to Chicago. Jessie Proctor,
also of JohnstOwn, was taken care of by friends
on the Southslde. John ]. Lewis and child
Margaret, came in at LAS P. NJ. and wish to be
sent to Wilkesbarre. Donations still continue
to pour in, many boxes of clothing and other
articles being received yesterday which arrived
from distant points Saturday night
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
TIE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY

Blnmed in Some Measure for the Disnster
by Braddock Preacher.
Rev. DR.. T. N. Boyle. of the Methodist Epis.
copal Church in Braddoek, preached last night
on the topic Some Lessons on the Johnstown
Disaster" He quoted the sayings of some
who were inclined to put the blame of the dis
aster on Providence. and asked the question.
did God build the dam?"
His argument was that Providence had
nothing whatever to do with it. He said if If
had there would be no consistency in swearing
in jury to make an effort to put the RESPONSE
bility on some person else.
Rev. Boyle held that according to natural
laws and the extra work that had been put on
the dam, it could only stand so much pressure
and in consequence of this being more than it
was prepared to bear had given way, causing
its volumes Of water to pour out, sweeping
death and destruction before it.
He held that the Pennsylvania Company were
in measure responsible, as they should have
let go its contents when they had no further
use for it. He said that what the people wanted
Congress to do now was to establish a depart.
ment of public safety for the National Govern
ment, that it could come to the rescue and
make provision for the people in cases of this
kind.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
QUIET AT THE DEPOTS.
But Few Persons Applied for Passage to

JOhnstown and All Were Refused.
The publication of the fact that positively no
trains would be run on either road to Johns
town all day yesterday, had the effect of keep.
ing awav from the depots thousands of useless
sightseers who would otherwise have besieged
the ticket offices. Those who did put in an
appearance were informed that under no cir
cumstances could they get east of Bolivar, and
the prospect of walk of 20 miles each way was
either not very encouraging or their desire to
see Johnstown had diminished greatly as they
decided not to go. But very few people, how
ever, essayed to go out to the stricken city.
The efforts put forth by the railroad officials
and the persistent appeals of the newspapers.
have borne good fruit; sightseers are daily be-
coming less in number. The people are begin
ming to recognize the fact that only good hard
workers are needed at Johnstown, and people
who have no business there are in the way, and
only succeed in hampering the work of those
who are trying to do good.
The only three trains that went to Johnstown
yesterday were relief trains laden with provis-
ions, and were sent out over the Pennsylvania
Railroad One left at o'clock in the morning
another early in the afternoon and another at
8 O'Clock last night.
No passengers will be taken east of Bolivar
during the week, except those who are provided
with the proper passes from the Citizens Com
mittee.
The crowds at the Baltimore and Ohio depot
were smaller yesterday than on any other day
since the flood. All day long tie station wore
deserted appearance, and the only persons
visible most OF the time were employees of the
road
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
DOCTORS DON'T HITCH.
Another of Those Mooted Disngreements, at
Very Bad Time.
rBY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

a. rBY ASSOCIATED PREss.l
JoHNsTowN, June 9.-It leaked out to-day
that there had been a tremendous row among
city doctors. When the call was first issued it
seems that Doctors Dickson and ]. Guy Nc
Candless took charge of all physicians who re-
ported to the Chamber Of Commerce. They, it
is claimed got number of young students
and inexperienced doctors and brought them
here. Experienced city physicians, who were
not of their school, were told, it is claimed,
that they were not needed.
DR.. Dickson and his brother physicians came
here, it is said, under the expectation that
many operations would be performed. When
they arrived and found such was not the case
they returned to the CITY, remaining only two
hours in Johnstown. Others followed them,
until there were no physicians TO attend pa
tients until Philadelphia doctors arrived. They
have now returned home.
A Pittsburg physician said this afternoon
that if it were not for the doctors here from
other points in the State this city would be in
a bad way. Pittsburg experienced physicians
will not come, claiming that they have been
snubbed when their services were first offered
A lively scene took place at the Union depot
last Sunday when the volunteer physicians
were refused.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
CAUGHT IN THE VERY ACT.
Four Men Arrested While RobbIng the
Wreck of Store.

JoHNsTowN. June 9.-Four men were ar
rested this morning by Chief Hart for robbing.
They were found in the ruins acting as working
men. Chief Hart suspected them and detaileda
man to watch them. The detective caught them
in the act of robbing store and ndinstantly placed
them under arrest They were placed under
guard and then driven out of town, with
warning that if they returned they would be
severely dealt with.
One of the men was from Philadelphia, one
from Pittsburg and two from Johnstown. Their
names were not taken by Chief Hart.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
TAKE HEED OF 1T.
A Lesson Drawn From the Calamity in the
COnemangh Valley.


At the Union Park Chapel, Allegheny, the
Rev. ]. H. Barnett gave discourse to his au-
dience last night upon the subject: THE VAL
ley of Death. Impressions, Facts and Lessons
Gathered On the Spot"
The speaker gave his audience very vivid
description of the scenes in the devastated
city, and at the close of his remarks he went
on to say:
"Does it not seem very remarkable to you,
that in this great age of electricity, railroads,
telegraph, telephone and even church bells the
people were not apprised of the advancing
danger? Well, they were. but they did not
heed the warning. 1t was the old story of cry
ing wolf too often.
1T is the same in our Christian life The
people say: oh. we have heard thar story about
Christ so oftenp
Mark you, my friends, that such will not be
the case with you. The question of eternal
life and salvation is always put to you, now
take heed on it and do not disregard it"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10
DRIFT PILES IN THE OHIO.

West Virginia Health Officers Firing Ac.
cumulatiOns as They Find Them.
WHEELING, W. Va, June 9.-This morning
DR.. George 1. Garrison, member of the State
Board of Health, accompanied by committee
of Councilmen, went up the Ohio about 20 miles
above this city, on an inspection trip. On the
up trip number of large drift piles were To-
Gated, notably those at the head of Wheeling
Island, at Burlington, Ohio, at the Sisters
w. Va.
Some of these masses of debris, all appar-
emily from JohnstOwn and surrounding Dor.
oughs, were very large, and in two instances
there was terrible odor of decomposing flesh.
On the down trip several of the accumulations
were fired and will be destroyed. The expedi-
tion was at the instance of the Ohio and Penn
sylvania State Boards of Health.