Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-06-08
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| JOHNSTOwN Pa, June 3.-The wea-
 ther is still cloudy. Nearly two thous-
 and men are employed clearing up the
 ruin and searching for dead bodies,
 which are being constantly discovered.
 Many are mutilated beyond recognition.
 The survivors are suffering from the ra pacity of the tradesmen. One dealer
 was selling four at five dollars sack,
 but when the mob heard of
 1t they took possession of his
 store and gave his flour away
 free, Bodies discovered have been rob
 bed by ghouls. A body of Hungarians
 attacked supply wagon but were re- pulsed, and these wagons now go guard
 ed. Nearly 2000 bodies have already
 been recovered, and conservative es-
 inmates this morning puts the loss at from 1000 to 10000. The first relief train
 bearing provisions and two thousand
 collins, passed over the improvised tres
 els to Johnstown this morning and rail
 way communications were established
 with the outside world. Registers will
 be opened and all survivors are request
 ed to register for the benefit of friends.
 JoHNsTowN-It is not believed now
 that the fire in the wreck at the bridge
 can be extinguished for weeks. The
 suggestion made by physicians yester-
 day, that the bodies be allowed to be
 cremated in the interest of the public
 health, and which aroused a storm of indignation among the surviving people, | is viewed with more calmness to-day, and there is growing sentiment that after all it is the The solution of the problem.
 JoHNsTowN-Among the bodies re- covered this morning the following were identified: Mrs Harry R. Smith and in- | fant, Adolph Nathan, Oliver Ackers, | Harry H. Garder, John s. Buchanan, Dr. W. E. Bearn and wife, l.. l.. Smith,
 Mrs. Thomas Williams, W. E. Hoops, secretary of the Johnstown company, Chas. Marshall, Esquire Fisher and ia mily. Twenty-Five registery officers for the living, opened this morning, and up to noon 5000 out of 34,0O0 the town contained before the flood, had regis | tered.
 JoHNsTowN-Mrs, Frdericks an aged woman, was rescued alive from the attic of her house yesterday afternoon. The house had fioated from Johnstown to | the foot of the mountains. The stirring scene of the past few days have devel- oped daring and courage where it was least expected. Edward c. Will, young foundryman 2T years old, rescued ? people at the risk of his life, making seven trips in light skiff into the rag ing torrent. This Is but one instance in many.
 Up to nine o'clock 150 bodies had been l taken from the ruins. Grave diggers are needed this morning, as hundreds of bodies are lying about with none to dig graves General Hastings has or dsred the Fourteenth regiment here to relieve the Sheriff's posse, who are all worn out. Pittsburg contractors have men at work and are advertising for two | thousand more. The Cambria Iron Works are already preparing to get their works in operetion. Two furnaces will probably be running by the end of the week.
 HARRISBURG, June 4.-The damage to | this county exceeds half million. WASHINGTON, June 4.-Associate Jus tice Gray of the Supreme Court will be married to Jeantte Matthews, daugh- the of the late Justice Stanley Mat | thews.
 NEW YORK, June At is thought the wife of General Lew Wallace has been lost in the Johnstown flood. Three hun dred bodies have just been found op- posite Nine Vas, making seven hundred found there. General Hastings denies the stories of lynching, and rloting on Sunday.
 LoNDoN.June 4.-Americans in Eng land are engaged in collecting money for the benefit of the sufferers by the Johnstown flood.
 WASHINGTON, June 4-President Har- rison presided at a meeting held here to raise money for Johnstown flood suffer ers Several subscribers gave five hun dred dollars each. It is announced at New York that money is pouring in rap :dly for the relief of sufferers. Five thousand dollars was received by cable from the London Stock Exchange. The fund willundoubtedly exceed any here tofore raised in New York for similar purpose.
 ROSEBUD AGENCY, June 4.-The com missioners held their first council with the Sioux yesterday. Gov. Fister ex- plained the provisions of the bills, and the council adjourned to give the In dians chance to discuss the provisions of the act with each other.
 NORFOLK, Conn.,, June Airs. Catha- rine Cunning, niece of Senator Stanford, shows no sign of recovering from her recent attack of insanity and tomorrow will be taken to the asylum at Litch field.
 WASHINGTON, June 4-Secretary Proc 1 %<@f f,,r al, for temporary bridge across the Cone maugh river.
 PHILADELPHIA, June 4.-First news from Lockhaven since last Friday, has been received. All the houses have sixteen feet of water in them but no suffering reported. One life was lost | and several were lost at Millshall.
 JoHNsTowN, June 3.-Developments | every hour make it more and more ap- | parent that the exact number of lives l lost in the Johnstown horror will never l be known. Over one thousand bodies | have been found since sunrise to-day. | The population of Johnstown, surround |
 HARRIsoNBURG. Va, May 31.-In tn | great storm in this city last night, tn. | wind blew a hurricane. Trees wer | blown down and houses were unroofed |
 LONDON, May 31.-The officers here of | the Canadian Shipping O., have receiv- ed no information to confirm the report | that their steamer Ontario has founder | ed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
 HAGERsTowN, Md. May 31.-A terrific | storm passed over the Potomac River, District of Washington County, yester- | day afternoon, leaving destruction in its | track, blowing down buildings and trees and destroying crops. It is impossible to obtain particulars.
 JoHNsTowN, June 5.-The temperature remains low Over six thousand men are at work in the valley, and the work | of cleaning up the wreck and recovering hodies is heinz done systematically The