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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-19

mos. | ana = ana 81 ana 81 run Adlle b'LHt'h
Richmond and Clifton Forge, and daily except
Sunday between Balcony Falls ana LeAing
ARRIVE RICHMOND
5:t5 DINA J. daily
Soo am. -THROTGH PASSENGER daily.
30 am.-ACCOMhODAtiy cait se-s".
4 CONNECTIONS
At Clifton Forge with CHESAPEAKE sno VI
railway for the south, West, and Northwest.
Slcepers 10 Cincinnati and Louisville.
Al LyLcnpLrg with Norfolk Alu Wee's'
railroad Tor all points south. oou;nea1i.
Southwest. and VIRGINIA aidlAnd railway 70
gil points North and South
At Richmond with Associated Railways 70
all points IN the South. and Richmond. ffeci
icksburg and Potomac railroad Tor the Ncrti
At Lexington with Baltimore and Ohio IA.
road, making close connections Al heTYef
Ferry 20 and from Pitlsburg ana the We
also TO points North end East.
Sleeping cars ynchburg 10 emphis. New
PAiA sNEfPING- AIRS BETWEEN
RICH MOND and LYNchBU nc. BERTHE.
81.
Trains marked daily except sunday, 'Dsis +,
Tickets sold 70 At points. Oihoes: loco
Main street, and at the Richmond AMI Ale
shany depof. Eight and Canal streets
JOHN X. hACHUhDO.
7de5 Gea'I Passenger Ase. I.
RICHMOND FREDERICKSBURG AMI
40 POTOMAC.
THROUGH ALL-RAIL FAbG-FRElGhf
LINE TO AND FROM BALTIMORE,
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK,
AND EASTERN AND
WESTERN ClTIEs.
ONLY TWELVE HOURS BETwE6b
RICHMOND AND BALTIMORE
IN EACH DIRECTION.
Correspondingly quick time to other poinu
Through bills OF lsden issued at low rates.
q. 4. TAYLOR,
oc2 General Freight Agent.
PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND AND
l. NORFOLK STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Appointed sailing days every III EsDAf
and FRIDAY at Il NJ. and every SUNDAY al
5A NJ Freight for tuesdays and FRIDAY
steamers received till llJ A. VI. FOR sun.
days steamer till Z. VI. saturday rroAsn'
received daily I'LL 7. VI. al.
Fare 10 Philadel phia..... ......'''''.'to "
For further information apply 20
j. w. MCCAkRlCh.
General Southern Agent
once. Rocketts-
WP. CLYDE X CO.,
de8 General Agents. Philadelphia
BOOTS AND sHOEs
T OTIS RICHaOND, -
PRACTICAL -
acO1 Ann sHOf NAkEB
No. ia Il. MAIN SrRnur
RICHMOND. VA.
Repairing quickly and neatly done.
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ESTON b Ell WIN,
FINE ART FU RNIIU RE
No. Is Governor Street.
RAILROAD.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL
" WAY COMPANY.
scHEDULEIN EFFECT MAY l2rH issa
LEAVE RICHMOND.

LEAVE RICHMOND.
Ts5 A. VI. Local. except sunday FOR gIft.,
Forge. Does not run west ~ i..f
ton Forge.
e,OOA NJ Express. daily. For Old Point ana
car {, Old Point.
liO5 A. NJ. Express. daily. For Cincinnati
Pullman ParlOr Car to Charlotte
vile and Pullman Nesthule nnfol
sleeping car Charlottesville f0 II..
Cinnatl. Connection In Union sf.
ton FOR an points West.
2:5J p. NJ. Express. daily. For Old Point arI
Norfolk. Pullman Parior car n
Old Point.
5:i5 P. NJ. Accommodation. except Sunday
r. +. 4 l.. Junction.
s:l5 p. ~ New York and Cincinnati Nosfnu.e.
Limited. daily. Pullman SIDor.rs
car 10 Hinton. connecting af Clan
lOttcsNllic. with " NcsfINIIn |...
ted for Cincinnati and lou stI|r
Connects m Union Station f0I
West and south
ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
745 A. VI. Daily. From Cincinnati and Louis
vile.
1855 A. NJ. Daily. From Norfolk ana 0d
sS5 P. NJ. Daily. From Cincinnati anI Louis.
Vile.
5I5 P. NJ; hEscept sunday from clifton
7:aOP. NJ. Daily. From Norfolk and o.a
Point.
Station: Broad street near Seventeenth
Ticket Offices. 100 east Main street ana al
c. and o. Railway station.
n. ". FULLER.
General Passenger Agent.
j. 7. HARAHAN. General Manager.
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On Trains Nos. "a and % slecping-cars C.
tween New York and Tampa, Fla, (yia JAG
sonyille). On Trains Nos. IL. and ~ sleep
H., cars between Washin yton and Charles
to On Train No. 7s sleeping cars between
New York and Jacksonville. On Train NO:
y. sleepng-cars between Washington ana
Savannah
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HUNNICUTTS RHEUMATIC CURI
A UNITED STATES MARSHALL TELLS HIS TX
PERIENCE.
ATLANTA, Ga, February =. 1879.

ATLANTA. GA. February 4, ISIS.
Hunicutt Rheumatic Cure Co.:
Gentlemen-It affords me pleasure 10 add
my testimony 10 that Of the many who indOfse
your Hunnicutts Rheumatic Cure. had been
constant sufferer from rheumatism Tor years
when / determined 10 try your cure, ana 20
my surprise and delight one bottle was All
found necessary 10 relieve me OF all symptoms
of rheumatism. and deem IL but Justice not
only to those who originated this cure. but 70
all Others who may be suffering from the
same cause. to say this much In confirmation
of what il claimed for tins medicine, Yours
resnectfully. JOHN W. NELMs.
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TRAINS NORTHwARD.
DAILY. tDsily except SUNDAY
sTOpPfNG PLACES

Nos Il and p makes no stops. No. % stops
on sigma at Centrala. No. ls stops only on
signal At Chester. Centraia and Manchester.
No. Is stOrs on signal at all regular stations.
No. % stops on slgua. oil regular stations'
ana Also at Iemrlef 7 d Port Maitnan. NOS.
52. 30. "a, $50, 81, 81, ana 80 will stop at all
stations for passtns Is. ..,,,
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nlCHnOND. FREDERICK SBURG
IL AND POTONAC RAlLROA D.-screduie
commencing APRIL 2lst. 1887 - eastern
standard time:
T3s an. leaves Byrd street station daily, stops
only at Ashland Junction, Milford.
and fredericksburg. Sleeper q
Washington and New York.
llO- sm. leaves Byrd street station daily. a1
cept Sunday. Farlor car 20 Washing
ton
625 N. leaves Byrd-street 5tstio- daily
sleeper 20 New York.
$50 am. arrives az Byrd-streot station daily
Sleeper from New York.
s3s pm. arrives at Byrd street s@tion daiiy
stops at FTedcriCketurf. Milford.
Junction and Ashla Al. Sleeper frCm
WashinRtf ami New York.
l0.iO Opi. arrives AZ Byrd-sirect station dsllf
EXCEPT SUNDAY. Parlor car from
Washington.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
Gas am. leaves Eliza. Arrives al. Ashland at
1913 ann.
40 pa. accommodation. leaves Bytd atreei
station arriyca ~ Ashland at pun.
500 pm. leaves Eta; arrives At Ashland al
Bi5 pm.
G.i5 am. arrives Elba. Leaves Ashland at 800
am.
s:8j am. accommodation, arrives a. nyrd
street station leaves Asnlsat ~ 1857
B.59 pm. srrives az eta leaves Ashland 81
STkYLOR. General Ticket Ageut
f. T. o. AYcEs. General SUPERINTENDENT.
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAIL
TWO DAILY TRAINS TO NORFOLK,
TWO DAILY TRAINS TO LNNCHBU re.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY -. 1879
LEAVE RICHMOND.
$40 A. NJ. Daily, Jid Richmond and Petersburg
railroad. Leaves Petersburg llJ'
A. NJ. daily; arrive Norfolk LOO
e.,OA A. NJ Daily. Uia Richmond and Petersburg
railroad Arrive at Petersburg lO5J
AN. No. 3 leaves Petersburg 1913,
A. NJ for farmyilie, Lynchburg,
Roanoke. Bristol. Knoxville, aud all
points South and West THROUGH
COACH TO kADfOkD.
ZOO Z. NJ. Daily ria Richmond and Petersburg
railroad. Arrives az fetersbug al
1850 Z. NJ leaves Petersburg e.lO 7
~, daily. arriving Norfolk lV:D Z
NJ. THROUGH CAR TO NOR
FOLK.
.O0 p. NJ. Daily. yia Richmond and Petersburg
railroad. arriving az Petersburg al
1850 Z. NJ. connecting with Train NO.
l. leaving Petersburg at 100 Z. NJ.
for FarmNile. Lynchburg Roanoke.
POcahontas. Bristol, Knoxville, Cnat.
tanOOga. and all points south and
West. ....,...
PULLMAN SLEEPING-CA CAR ACCOhMODA
TfONS.
No. Sleeping Petersburg 20 Bristol
without change. leaving petersburg udliJ hi
1855 F. NJ. Pullman sleeper Lynchburg e
Memphis, without change.
Mo- Pullman sleeper Lynchburg 20 New
Orleans and Roanoke 10 Chattanooga, without
change.
Tickets, baggage-checks, and all information
can be- obtained az Richmond and Petersburg
Railroad depot A, ". CARRIERS, 100 Main
street, and at the COmpany's Office, Di East
Main street. -
W. b. BEVILL,
General Passenger Agent.
CHARLES G.. EDDY, Vice President.
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Our home druggist talks of the great success

OF II. r. c.:
ATLANTA, Ga, October 10, 1855.
Dear Sir.-We have sold large quantities OF
your Hunnicutt's Rheumatic Cure. ana nave
never known any other preparation 20 give
such universal satisfaction as a remedy for
Rheuma ism. We consider IL the On.y reliable
rheumatic cure on the market. Yours. etc,
HUTCHINSON x Bro, Druggists.
Il Whitehall street.
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sTEAMsHiiPs.
COR NEW YORK

.LU DOMINION sTEAMsMpCON.
PArY.
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LEAVE ARRIVE
Richmond. $40 am. Norfolk. lu Oh
Richmond. '1NOpm. Norfolk. 10 80 pr
Norfolk. $50 am. Richmond. ll;tO PM
Norfolk. $50 pm. Richmond. 10 pm
These trains also make ciost connections
for Farmville. LyncDburg, ana souIo
western points and ali stations On tue NOrtos
and Western railroad.
M. SuLLY,
SUPPLEMENTARY.
4. L. p. MYERS.
General Superintendent
TN. EMERSON, General Passenger AGENT.
sOt HAAS. Traffic Manager. zap Is
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mos / and and 81 and 81 run daily between
Richmond and Clifton Forge, and daily except
Sunday between Balcony Falls and Lening
toni
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RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AMI
40 POTOMAC.

ONLY TWELVE HOURS BErWEhb
RICHMOND AND BALTIMORE
IN EACH DIRECTION.
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AN ECHO OF THE CENTENNIAL.

RUFUS r. Wilson.
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Correspondingly quick timeto other Poihu
Through bills OF lsden issued at low rates.
q. 4. TAYLOR,
oc2 General Freight Agent.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-06-07
PEN ETCHINGS.

The Horrible P cture Can Never Be
Filled In.
SANG Hollow. Pa. June 4.-The Asso-
ciated press correspondent was the first to
cross to John,town proper by means of a
basket suspended from a cable, as passen-
gers are removed from wrecked ships. here
the scenes were magniied in their horror.
Here we're the residences of the little city's
most wealthy and intelligen people.
Clnder. Market. Ma II. Locu-t and Wash
nEton streets have been swept clean and
bare of all buildings Of whatever character,
any their lnha Jltant@ seen to have fed into
the STR cts at the first warning n da ger.
and the others rushed - their deaths: for
tuo7e who r manned n their houses had
81 Opportun.t y TO fee 10 the upper stories
Where the no Ises were frame. they hoated
from their foundat. onS aud many were
saved. The Hote. Hur but. brlck struc-
ture, had slxty-tve guests and sl1ty-three OF
these we're killed ~ the falling IN OF the
o1rs and walls.
ne NJ r:eN libra y. the school hous 5.
aims hall. general stores and Offices OF the
iron company aud one other brsck building
are all Of probably 20 u ldlngs that have
nct been tuated from thar foundations or
oaved IL The s1oua aouct which = forty
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-06-07
THE WEST.

A VERGE gale ragged in the lakes on the
night Of the 30th the wind reaching We.
locity Of forty miles an hour at Chicago,
fcrtv-two at Milwaukee and thirty eight
&c Green Bay. Much damage was done to
shipping, but no lives were lost
AN organized band of masked men
from Marinette Wis. have raided a noto.
torious pinery dive at Peshtigo, wounded
the watchmen, drove out the inmates at
the muzzles Of guns and burned the prem.
Ises to the ground.
Tx Illinois House has passed the Sen.
ate bill TO restrict the circulation of GER.
tain flash" papers 1t makes it IN.
lawful to sell, lend or give away, or
otherwise distribute TO any minor any
book, magazine, pamphlet or newspaper
devoted 70 the publication OF, or princi.
pally made up Of, criminal news, police
reports or accounts OF criminal deeds or
pictures and stories of deeds Of bloodshed
lust or crime.
AMONG number of threatening letters
Ioand In DR.. Cronin's effects was one
signed The Committee Of Seven Of the
q B."
CHICAGO. June 2-Thomas Murphy and
man named Wilson have been arrested
"a suspicion Of being implicated in Cron.
ms murder. The police refused 10 state
what the evidence was against them. and
wen denied they had been arrested.
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RESERVOIR RENT.
Towns Flooded all Along a
Narrow Valley.
Hundreds Of People. TVd and live
Seen Floating Down V, .Ch the Cur
rent--Houses, Horses and People
II the VIM o Communicated
With the Flooded District.

PIrrsBURG, PA, June 3.-The flood at
Johnston has resulted in an awful catastro-
ply 1t is SAID that the reservoir above the
to an broke and the immense volum of wa
ter rushed down to th9 city carrying with It
death and destruct on. HOUSES with their
occupants we're swept away and scores,
probably hundreds of people were drowned.
There j. no communication from JOhnstOwn
but a tele raph operator ON the Pennsyl-
vania road at Sang Hollow, about twelve
miles this side of JohnstOwn, says at least sew
t ty-tve dead bodies have tloated past. The
wires are all dow and no trains are running
east of Blarville, which is about twenty-five
miles wet Of Johnstown. There is no way
to get o the scene of disaster, and full par
ticllars can hardly be obtained, althor !
every effort is be ng mad to do so. III
VII be no trains tn Ough for some time.
The latest reliable information 7 ceived
fire. IN John town comes through Pennsyl-
wanna railway officials, who say that over , n
dead bodies hav been counted floating down
stream, at JOhnStOWn alone, while along
me line many additional lives have been
lost. 1t is asserted that there are but two
housesin JOhnStown proper entirely above
the water line.
\ special train bearing Pennsylvania rail-
way officials and large number of news
pa er men, has left this city Cor the scene.
Ielegraphic communication is entirely cut
Off, and until a number of repalrmen and
operators, with necessary instruments, open
up at the neare point, but little reliable
information can be obtained.
A special faOm Greensburg, Pa, says: A
report has just reached here that the greater
portion of JOhnstOwn has been flooded and
hundreds of lives lost. Houses are floating
about, and the people, who are free are
panic stricken and fleeing to the mountains.
At point near New Florence elghty-hve
persons have been seen tloatlng down the
river on driftwood. One report comes that
but two roofs of the houses in Johnstown
can be seen. The Covetown and New
Florence bridges have been washed away,
and all the buildings along the Conemaugh
between New Florence and Johnstown have
been carried away. The railroad towers
nave been abandoned by the operators.
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THE LATEST.

SPRINGFIELD, Neb, June 2.--The vigil"
lantes who recently inaugurated reign
of terror in Keya- Paha County, on the
northern frontier of the State, by putting
out of the way men charged with cattle
stealing have broken out again. John I.
Newell, a farmer living nineteen miles
northeast of here, was found dead in his
bed yesterday morning with twenty"
four bullet holes in his body. He lived
alone. There is no clew to the
identity of his assassns. but there Is
little doubt that he was killed by
the yigilantes, as he was very outspoken
against them, and was charged with har"
boring "rustlers," as the cattle thieves are
called. Another farmer named George
Babcock, living in the same locality, was
surprised at the house of his brother-in- =
law at three o'clock in the morning by a
body Of masked men, who carried him
away. He is supposed to have shared the
fate of Newe, The anti-vigilance people
among the settlers are armlng, and 1t is
probable that there will be more blood
shed. --~a
CHICAGO, June 2-J. E. Fitzpatrick OF
the central police detail, received the fol-
lowing dispatch from his brother Peter,
who was chief of police of Cambria
borough, across the river from Johns
town: Rose her husband and
child, and my wife and three
children were al drowned. Some oil
| Bob's children were also drowned" The
| persons referred to in the message are
| Rose Brady, Captain Fitzpatrfck's sister;
| James Brady, her hus band; Ellen Brady
her daughter; Mary Fitzpatrick and bel
three children, two boys and one girl
"Bob" refers to another brother living
there, who had nine children.
HASTINGS, Neb., June 2.-David Crinka.
low, alias KID Hawkins, the gambler
charged with killing Frank FausIer, also
a gambler, last November at the Southern
saloon in this city, was acquitted of muir
der in the district court. Upon his &C.
quittal authorities from Kansas City re-
arrested the kid for murder committed
in that city some time ago
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. June 18th,
streams have overlooked and the railroad:
leading into the city are greatly damaged
The bridges are gone. Many trains fol
the north are detained and the city is full
of strangers. The first train since Thurs
day came through on the Chesapeake 8
Ohio yesterday.
HnLsBoRo, Va, June 2-Ths storm II
this part or the country has been very de
structive- The damage can not be esti
mated. Hillsboro has suffered severely
from loss OF houses, stock, barns, fences
and other property.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-06-07
KANSAS CnuRoHu

Chetopa Statesman: \.
church OF this city has &C.,
to Rev. Hervey to assun. 4.
OF the church for the ensuIn, i. =.
we understand aat L i.
cepted. Mr.. Hervey Is an ! 1.
earnest, able and faithful
this part Of Kansas, and L. -.
fortunate in securing bis uIsl-..
Wellington Press. n, ! /.
Thorpe has presented hisn.lr.~.
pastor OF the Presbyteriaa -
this city. This action % 4, -
a surprise to his eongegataa !.
understand there is ! tn, n.
averse to accepting IL Ithh
effect at the meeting oi Tia -.
in October, and no doubt IL. !
time steps will be taken ID g.
reverend gentleman to puaIa !,
For four years he has aduiasa
holy office ably and acOvai | J
people Of his congregation, Al -
parture would be a serious i
people and to the town.
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WORSE AND WORSE.
The Number Of Tn 3se Who Persisted
Estimated at Eight Thousand or

The Number Of Tn 1se Who Perished
Estimated at Eight Thousand or
More.
SANG Hollow, Pa, June 4.-The first ac-
counts sent out of the Johnstown disaster
are far below the widest estimates placed
upon the extent of the calamity, and instead
of 1000 or 1900, it i probable tho death
list will reach 5000; many say 10000. 1t is
now known that two passenger trains, Sec
tons of the day express, on the Pennsylva-
MIA road have been thrown into the madden
ed torrent and the passengers drowned.
| These trains were lying on siding between
JOhnStOWn and COnemaugh stations.
The awful torrent came down the narrow
detile between the mountains, distance OF
nine miles and with fail of 800 feet In that
distance, sweeping away the villages OF
South Fork, Mineral Point, WOOdvale and
| COnemaugh, leaving but one building stand
| ing, wooden mill, where but an hour be-
| fore had stood hundreds, and daShlng on
| with the roar of q cataract and the speed OF
| the wind upon tie fair city at the foothills.
| The great Gautier Steel works sat in the plain
and the city below it, the railroad tracks
bounding it at the base Of the mountains on
| the north. Here the trains we're standing
when the tide of water, like catapult came
| down on them with such reSlStleSS tore that
| the heavy trains, locomotives, PullmanS and
Ill were overturned and swept Gown the tor
| rent and were lodged against the great St he
viaduct along with tOrty-One locomotives
from the JOhnstOWn round house, the heavy
machinery and pOnderous frame work OF
the Gautier mill, the accumulated debris OF
more than q thousand houses, furniture,
bridE yes, lumber drift and human beings.
The low arches of the stone viaduct chOked
up Immediately and the water backed over
the entire level of the valley upon which the
city stood to the depth of what from the
water works, Indicate thirty eight feet. Il
the great sea thus formed hundreds, perhaps
thousands Of 20 PIE were struggling fOl
} life.
The scene is one of the most narrowing
possible for the ina GlnatlOn of man t.
conceive. The accumulated drift gOrged VI
, at the viaduct to a height of forty feet anC
then took fire from the upsetting of stove,
Or lamps. As the fla es cracked and roar
: ed among the dry TIMER of the floating
houses, human bodies were seen plnlOneC
between the house roofs, locomotives, irOI
beams, freight, passenger, Pullman anC
+ baggage cars, heavy iron beams, the greed!
flames licking with haste their diet of hu
, man flesh. From intanc, a few days old, Il
the wasted figures of are were burned befor'
the eyes of the behOlders and no rescue
from such fate was possible. The deal
+ has been computed at not less than 500
} and the number may exceed t at estimate
, but until the waters have abated, the worl
Of removing the dead from this tremendou
mass. it will be impossible 10 tell how man
ives have been lost.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-06-07

COLUMBUS, o., June 4.-Governor Foraker
sent telegram to General Ian es \. Beaver,
rendering the use of tents up to as high as
one thousand for the sufferers a j, hnstowr.
He sent similar TELEGRAM to General Man
ager McC rea, of the Pen ylvania system.
The governor also sent telegram to Gen
eral Beaver stating that W. G.. Deshler, of
this place, had suggested a call for help and
proposing to start a subscription with $500
from himself.
General Manager McCrea has answered
the governor from Pittsburg saying that the
tents are badly needed, that at least 500 are
wanted, and he will furnish cars to load
them at c lumbus free of transportation.
McCrea asked the governor to confer with
the chairman of the Pittsburg Relief assO-
citation at the chamber Of commerce build
ing, as the situation is most p.tiable and not
the half has been told.
The governor has telegraphe1 to VIM. Nc
Creary. Chairman, Pittsburg, that Adjutant
General Axline has left here with go tents
and that more can b furnished if needed.
The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-06-07
HARRISBURG FLOODED.

Many Families In Distress-Brid0es
Swept AWay-The usQuehanna
Very High.
HARRISBURG, Pa, June 4.-The great rain
storm has entailed great loss here. In the
east and south ends of the city the water
rose above the banks of Paxon creek, swept
away bridges, and reached the first stories
of the houses. Hundreds of families were
in distress and forced to leave their houses.
Mayor Fritchle conducted the relief expedi-
ton which utilized all the boats to be had,
and while the rain came down in torrents
he and his assistants did good work. While
thus engaged the mayor and one of his
officers narrowly escaped drowning.
The Susquehannah river at this point is
eighteen feet above low water mark and
rising every hour. Independence island is
completely covered. The TRACKS of the
Pennsylvania railway out there are covered
by about two feet of water. Trains from
the east stop here and at this time the
prJbab lily is that it will be several hours
before traffic to tn west will be resumed.