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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06

| The cold. raw weather of yesterday was thousand times more welcome tc the homeless people of Johnstown than the brightest spring day that over dawned upon the beautiful valley of the Connemaugh. The odor of the decaying human flesh. which became more and more perceptible as the mercury rose in the thermometer Tuesday, would have become positively unbearable within an- other twelve hours of sun.
 The progress of the work of removing debris and recovering bodies Is discour- agingly slow. The entirely inadequate force which Is at work among tho debris Is, to be sure, accomplishing wonders, but the really important work, that which l sands, even millions of people, can hardly be said to have commenced. The debris above the railroad viaduct, with the thou sands of corpsee which it is supposed to contain, Ia practically intact.
 The tremendous explosions of dyna- mite have cleared but a small space above the second arehway of the bridge, through which 1t Is intenfed to floa de- bris off and work uponsthe bracket dam which is cut off, the new channel of river between Johnstown and the viaduct has not been commenced. MT. Kirk claims, however, that more real than apparent progress has been made.
 Capt Jones says with an adequate force he thinks he can have the debris cleared up in about two weeks. He can employ about 1000 men to advantage.
 The dynamite Is placed in holes bored into the timbers; after log has been broken chain Is attached to its parts and 1t Is then hoisted by machine on the bridge and dropped into the current of the river.
 A powerful windlass has been con- structed at point 1000 yards below the bridge, and q rope attached to 1t is fastened to the edge of tho debris. In this way the course between one of the six spans of the railroad bridge has been cleared out. Where dynamite has been used to burst logs another span has been freed of the debris, a space of twenty by forty feet being cleared.
 President Stackhouse, of the Cambria company,was at the works yesterday with all his workmen clearing away the rub bish and wreckage. He said to re- porter that he expected to have the works in blast within thirty days. I've will not lose more than SlO0,000." He continued: i've have not lost a dollar by injury to our machinery, for it is heavy and withstood the strain very we'll" Mr. Stackhouse's estimate Is de- clared by stockholders who have made their own as too low. They say the com any will be lucky If it escapes with less than S50O, ,0OO loss.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
SCENES .lT THE BRIDGE.
How Tessie Downs and Her Mother
 Met Death Together.

The most picturesque scene yesterday, perhaps was near tho stone archcd bridge over the Conemaugh. great railroad derrick had been fitted up and anchored to the track. Immense grap- bling irons swung over the side of the bridge into the vast mass of wrecked cars. houses and people. A hawser ran over the pulleys to monster locomotives and when the word was given off went the engines. pulling sometimes the black ened trunk of large tree out of the heap, or perhaps some particularly ob- stinate beam which defied the efforts of the men below to float 1t off into the stream.
 Every half hour or so there was a de- tonation and the mass was loosened, but not enough to be noticeable. This Is part Of the contractors effort to make course through the mass, but the pro- gross is very slow. Yesterday he had not dug out more than twenty-five or thirty cubic feet, and there are 6,2OO, ,OOO to be removed. AS the con tractor says, 1t will be weeks before this Is all cleared, although no search Is being made at this point for bodies, and there are as many of them there as in any other place. Still every few minutes there Is call for 0 sheet and the fragments of some dear brother no longer in the flesh are gathered up carefully with pitchforks, placed In the sheet and laid on the bank whence they arc taken to the Prospect Hill school house where all the bodies of the unknown unfortunates await inter- ment with the others.
 Brought out of this place was a woman's s head, black and shrlveled, and yet the diamonds glistened in the ears. The forward man of those who carried the sheet stumbled, the head rolled to the ground, and the gems. shaken out of the ears, fell back into the ruins.
 Over in Johnstown proper the work men found many bodies, among them those of four or tlvo commercial travellers. Pinned to the breast of each man was bis business card and his name and address. They had been stopping at the Hul1bert house when the waters rushed In, ond, seeing that death was inevitable, they had provided a way for their friends to learn of their fate.
 One of the most curious and touching events was the finding of little Tessie Downs, the beautiful child of an old man who has become almost reckless on ac- count of his losses. The little one was carried by the torrent to the Cambria Iron works, where her body was found covered up with mud and sand. It had drifted down into a cellar through a nar- row opening, the only one in the place. When tho big men discovered her and lifted her out one of them got some water and gently wiped the face.
 "Why! it's Tessie Downs !" he cried.
 They all knew her, and, accustomed as they have been for the past few days to such pictures, many of them wept. That was in the morning. In the afternoon, very near the same plac e, the corpse of n woman was found, and while it was be- ing borne away old man Downs rushed up and asked the bearers to let him see 1t. He turned back the cover.
 "It Is my wife, he said quietly, and followed them to the dead house,
 So mother and child must have died very close to each other.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
BIG FIRE IN JACKSONVILLE
Sixty Buildings Burned d-Loss Esti
 mated at S2OO,OOO.

sixty Buildings Burned Loss Esti.
 mated at S2OO.O
 JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June 6. - The most extensive fire that has visited Jack. sonville for many years has occurred. It broke out in the rear of the building on Bridge street, formerly used for the elec- trio light plant. A high wind was pre- vailing and the fire spread rapidly north. ward until it had consumed everything that was combustible in an area of five blocks bounded by Hawk street on the west, Adams on the north. Clay on the east, aud the creek on the south.
 The buildings were mostly wooden and of inferior character, but many business firms were located among them. At least sixty buildings were burned, the majority being homes of colored people. The loss is di1llcult to estimate, but will probably reach s2oo,OOO. The insurance Is light.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
Mrs. Lew Wallace snfs

WASHINGTON, June 6.-President Han rison has received a telegram in response to an inquiry from Gen. Lew Wallace, dated West Point, stating that the latter s wife had come out of the great catas- trophe at Johnstown safe. It was sup posed that Mrs. Wallace was numbered among the dead of the calamity.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
TYPHOID EPIDEllIC
Rsa Cross Skaters Will Find Thousand
 to Nurae

JoHNsTowN, June 6.-Miss Clara Bar ton, the famous president of the Red cross Society, has arrived from Washing. ton, via the Baltimore and Ohio road She was accompanied by her field mar. shal. Dr. Hubbell. Miss White and Dr. dustave Augustine, both of Washington. They reported for duty to General Hast. ings, who will make use of their services as soon as additional medical supplies are received.
 The startling statement was made by physicians yesterday that 1000 cases oi typhoid fever and pneumonia are under treatment about Johnstown. The threat. ened epidemic seems to be already hero.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
100 Ladies Wanted.

And 100 men to call on any druggist for a free trial package of Lanes Family Medicine, the great root and herb rem- edy, discovered by Dr Silas Lane while in tho Rocky Mountains. For diseases of the blood. liver and kidneys it is a positive cure. For consumption and clearing up the complexion it does wonders. Children like it. Everyone praises it. Large size package, 50 cents. At all druggists.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
Tanning by Electricity.

Leather is now tanned by electricity.
 Tho process consists in subjecting the hides in contact with ordinary tanning of current of electricity on revolving drum. Tho saving in time Is very great two to four days instead of three to nino months-while the cost Is reduced to four cents instead of feiSht.-Exchange
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
From New York and London.

NEW YORK. June 6.-The London stock exchange. through Prince &. Whitley, sent a messenger yesterday morning ito the mayors "iiic. with a check for S2, 800. This make, s 800 received from the Lon don stock exchange during the past two days. UP to noon today the total sum subscribed in New York for the Johns. town sufferers reached Sl35 5,OOO
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
To Aid the Johnstown sufrerer.

NEW YORK, June 6.-The Jewish Hun- garian congregation, Oheb Zedek, at a special meeting called by the president, Joseph Grosner, decided to open head quarters at their synagogue in Norfolk street for the purpose of receiving dona- uons and contributions for the Cone. maugh valley sufferers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
Help From the Pacific Cons.

Los ANGELES, Cal, June 6.-One thousand dollars for the relief of the Hood sufferers was forwarded to Governor Beaver by the Hebrew Benevolent so. eiety of this city. Another s1, 1,OOO was raised during the day by the council committed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
Association Games-Wedne esday.

Association Games-Wednesday.
 AT BRooKLYN. Brooklyn. ............I 0 o 0 3 *-4 Kansas City. y...........0 o O. Base hits-Brooklyn. 5; Kansas City.s. Errors Brooklyn. 8; Kansas City. l. Batteries-Caruthers and Bushong, Sullivan and Donahue.
 PHILADELPHIA. Athletic ..............2 1 8 ? 0 o All Louisville ............O s 8 l o O-lO Base hits-Athleto. H. Louisville. 12. Errors Athletic. 6; Louisville 8. Batteries - Weyhine and Cross. Stratton and Cook.
 ooLuMius Columbus ............O 8 0 0 o O. St. Louis. .............l 0 0 O 0 *-4 Base. hits-Columbus. 6; St. Louis 8. Errors Columbus. 0; St. .Louis 5. Battories-Baldwin and Peoples. King and Boyle.
 AT BALTIMORE. Baltimore. l 0 2 0 0-l2 Base hits-Baltmore. H. Cincinnati, l. Errors Baltimore. 4; Cincinnati. 10. Batteries - Kilroy and Tate. Mullane and Keenan.
 Atlantic cAssoclation-Xyedn
 JERSEY CITY. Jersey City y..........S 0 o o-1S Easton ...............0 0 0 O. Base hits-Jersey City. 8; Easton. 3. Errors Jersey City. l. Easton. 8. Batteries-Daly and Burke. Handiboe and Moore.
 AT NEWARK. Newark. . O. Wilkesbarre ....0 0 0 0 O. ( Base hits-Newark, 0; Wilkesbarre TO- Errors Newark, 8; Wilkesbarrc. o. Batteries-Dooms and Trott Jacobs and Williams.
 AT NEW HAVEN. New Haven ..........0 ? 0 0 0 o O. s Lowell. o 0 o ( s-- { Base hits--New Haven. 8; Lowell. 10. Errors New Haven. 6: Lowell, G. Batteries-Hornel and Cahill Burns and Murphy.
 AT HARTFORD. Hartford ........... 0 U 0 O. Worcester ............2 0 % } 1 ~-i Base hits-Hartford :; Worcester. 10. Errors Hartford, 6; Worcester 1. Batteries-Winklemar And Derby, Burkett and Wilson.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
schenectndy,s Contrlbutton.

SCHENECTADY, June 6.-Schenectady's s first contribution for the relief of the Conemaugh Valley sufferers amounts to sl,OOO, embracing the Evening Stars relief fund of S2OO and contributions oi the employees of the Edison Machine works to the amount of $500.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
MURDEROUS BANDITS.

After Killing Two Railroad Omclalo
 Two of Them are Shot Dead.
 HELENA, June GA gang of mountain bandits made an attack upon the depot at Silver station, on the northern Pacific road, yesterday morning, and murdered Agent Jobst and Telegraph Operator Burrell.
 The sheriff and posse followed after the escaping murderers, and killed two of them. The rest got away with the treas- ure box, containing S200, 1000.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
BASE BALL RECORD.
National League-Wednes
 AT WARRINGTON,

New York............0 l 0 . S- Washington. .........0 O. Base hits-Washington. 5. NewYork. 6. Er- rors-New York. 8; Washington. g. Batteries Welch and Murphy. Person and Clark.
 AT BOSTON,
 Bo ,ton ..,.....0 } o O. 1 Philadelphia. { 0 0 0 0 l. 5 Base hits-Boston. II: Philadelphia, g. Errors Boston, Q; Philadelphia. 8. Batteries Madden and Ganzell, Casey and Clements.
 AT CHICAao-MoRNING GAME. Chicago. .........0 0 o 2 o l. t Cleveland. ......0 o o 0 o 2- ' Base hits-Chicago. 9; Cleveland. 1o. Errors Chicago. l. Cleveland. 3. Batteries - Dwyer and Darling. Bakely and Snyder.
 AFTERNOON CAME. Chicago. ...............O 8 ? 0 o. Cleveland ...........1 N Base hits-Chicago. 9; Cleveland. 10. Errors Chicago. 1; Cleveland, {. Batteries-Hutch hinson and 6ommers. OBrien and Zimmer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06

gan Furniture companys building near Oakland has been burned. Loss S9O, ,OO0
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
c. w. D. OR D E R2
5000.

Benefits are a first-class all wool suit of clothes, any size or patterns may choose from our window. They are nearly all of Sl4 quality, and will cost you only
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
WHERE PESTILENCE LURKS.
Ten Thousand Bodies in the Debris q Johnstown-Dynam mite to the Rescue.

| "oH"stO"H-OyHWWA 10 tne Nescue.
 JoHNsTowN, Pa., June 5.--The esti. mate on the total death in the terrible disaster that befell this city Friday has not been changed today. There must be at least 10000 bodies in the debris at the bridge that will never be recovered, be. sides the 1,80O or more horses and cattle there also. This, added to the 4.OOC bodies recovered and the 1000 or so that yet may be found, would make total o. more than Il, 900.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
CHILDREN ON PARADE.

A Ao AhhU0A FAEA0o OI IAo nEOOAAy1
 Sunday schools.
 BROOKLYN, June 6.-Yesterday after noon, between the hours of and Go o'clock, 6O,O0O children connected with the evan gelical Sunday schools of Brooklyn, paraded in the city of churches.
 Ex-President Cleveland reviewed the Clinton avenue division.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-09
A New Doctors Story.

Few people know it outside of Phila-
delphia, but the first man sent for when
President Garfield was shot was old
Sam Gross, one of the most celebrated
surgeons ever produced. While the
present Sam Gross, his son, is known
all over the world as cancer operator,
and people come from England and all
over Europe to have operations per-
formed by him, members of the old
school think the old man could handle
knife better than any one. But to
return to my story: Somebody wired
Immediately for old DR.. Gross to come
down to Washington. The old man
went down and went to the White
House and applied for admission, tell
ing who he was and what his mission
was. "You can't come that game
around here, you old crank" said the
doorkeeper, regarding him with brutal
suspicion. 'We have lots of you fell
lows coming here, and you better skip,
or I'll have you run in" Old Gross
was Kentuckian and his first inclina-
ton was to pitch into the insolent door
keeper. On second thought and chok-
ing with rage he got back in his car
rage, drove to the depot and returned
to Philadelphia. People at the White
House wondering at his not coming
made inquiries and found a man an
swering his description had been there
as above stated. An apology was inn
mediately telegraphed and the old man
asked to return. But Gross was not
that kind of a man. He wired back
that he was not in the habit OF being
treated that way and didn't propose to
give any one an opportunity to repeat
the insult. Finding he was determined,
thay wired for DIR. Agnew, who, though
a good surgeon, was not Gross by any
means.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-09
DISADVANTAGES of an Elixir of Life.

Dr. brOWn-SeQuard, the eminent
French physician, the most eminent
authority on nervous diseases ia the
world, it is said has at last discovered
the long-sought elixir of life.
This elixir hyperdermically inserted
into the veins of the most decrepit oc.
togenarian will make him q young man
again. He will sport and play and
gambol in all the hilarity of rejuvenat-
ed youth. DR.. Brown-Sequard himself,
who is seveuty-two years old, like tie
brave man that he is, tried his own
medicine. In a few hours he begun
to feel young and misehievous He
soon went to skipping rope, like
school girl, and would have kept this
exercise up indefinitely, if the skipping
rope had not kept tangling in his long
gray beard.
DIR. Brown-Sequard, who might have
become Millionaire by keeping the
secret to himself and selling his med
icine at dollar bottle, has, with I'M
exampled generosity given the secret
TO the world. What magnanimous
example for DR.. Aver and DR.. Hood,
and DIR. Hostetter to initiate! The aed-
icine is m ,de by pounding the vitals of
live animals in a mortar, extracting
the juice of the mixture, and storing it
away for future use. There seems to
ho univ
should not be his own Methuselah, and
live on indefinitely in spite of the
heartfelt remonstrauces of his heirs.
Right here practical difficulty oo-
trudes itself. The earth is now pretty
we'll parcelled out among the men now
living. If they continue to live in
definitely what will their future de-
scendant.s, who will want the earth just
as much as their ancestors did, do?
The earth will all be appropriated by
these chronic patriarchs. In the course
of time all men born into the world
will come upon a planet that doesn't
belong to them, and which they find is
already claimed by u few thousand
year-old men who refuse to give it up.
Of course, the lawyers profession
will languish. There will be no willie
to fight over, and, consequently, little
money in the business.
There will be absolutely no show
whatever for doctors; and as people
will remain on this world indefinitely,
the clergyman will find his occupation
gone. 1t is also a very gloomy outlook
for nurses and undertakers.
So many people being suddenly
thrown out of employment, it would
not be strange if great labor difficult
ties should arise. In fact, great in
dustrial panic may be looked for.
But, possibly, these fears are all
groundless. Perhaps DR.. Brown Sc
guards elixir will not work any better
than the three thousand. elixirs that
have been discovered before it.
Yankee Blade.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-09
Just a Fit.

Ii boy sees a coat that fits him he
sometimes puts it on before he knows
it; or we may say the same thing in
other words, "A guilty conscience
needs no accuser."
Two school-boys had quarreled and
finally had engaged in real stand-up
fight. The teacher got wind of the af-
fair and called the combantants before
him.
He struck me-" said one of the
boys.
HE said l stole his knife" said the
other. ae
II said somebody stole it," said the
first boy.
"Well, you meant me-" replied the
other.
"Why, Charlie" said the teacher,
'if Willie had told me that somebody
had stolen his knife, it would not have
made me angry. should not have
thought that he meant me-"
SWELL, but you don't steal. " was the
ready answer.-Youth's Companion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-09
An Old-Time Duel.

In the duel between De Witt Clinton
and John Swartwout back of w .
hawken, in 1902, Clinton hit Swart-
won't five times, and each time Swart-
won't demanded another shot Once
he was hit in the arm, then in the leg,
then in the finger, and finally some
where else; but while struggling on the
ground in great pain he insisted that
he should have another chance, though
his antagonist was as yet uninjured.
In view of such ridiculous persistency
Mr. Clinton finally cast his pistol on
the ground and walked off, with the
remark that he had no patience with a
man who did not know when eth er his
wounded honor or his wounded body
was satisfied.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-09

matter to the corporation of Dublin?
1t all comes out of the taxes. and the
Unionists are the l1rgest ratepayers in
Dublin, so it is excellent sport to spoil
them for the benefit of Mr.. Parnell.
These facts are put forward to show
the people of Edinburgh how deeply
the capital of ireland is indebted to
Mr.. Parnell and his friends. Perhaps
the time is not far distant when they
also will be called upon to pay in
creased taxes for the benefit of patri-
otto Lord Mayor, and to accept the
estimates of the friends of the party in
in power. without any regard to econ
omy and public interest. -Edinburgh
Scotsman
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-09
Mixed Grammar.

At u village school not many miles
from Canterbury precocious boy, be-
ing asked to parse the sentence, "Mary,
milk the cow" went on accurately till
he came to the last word, when he said:
"Cow is pronoun, feminine gender,
third person singular. and stands for
Mary" Islands for MaryP" asks the
master in establishment. Eyes, sir, )"
responded the urchin with grin, 'for,
if the cow didn't stand for Mary, how
could Mary milk the cow?"-London
Society.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-09
What Mr.. Parnell Has Done For Dublin.

What Mr.. Parneu Has Done For Dublin.
Anything which bears upon the pub
lie services of Mr. Parnell and his
party must be of especial interest to
the citizens of Edinburgh at the pres
ent time. As nobody is able to indi-
cate any particular service which Mr..
Parnell has rendered to Edinburgh, it
may compensate in some measure for
the lack of Information on this point if
some account is furnished of MIR. Par
nell's good Offices to the citizens Of
Dublin. At the Dublin municipal cleo
lions of 1881 the Parnellites obtalnd a
majority in the corporation, and sig
.nalized their accession to power by
raising the Lord Mayors salary from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year. The use of
the Mansion house costs the city e.
500 per annum more, and these emol-
uments were granted for the express
purpose of enabling the Lord Mayor to
discharge the functions Of his Office in
the matter of public entertainment.
The present Lord Mayor draws the sal
airy but does not provide the entertain
ment. This is small item compared
with what follows, however. On Dec
ember 81, 1881 there was or edit bal
ance on the total of the corporate ac-
counts of f2S, 1853; on December 81,
1887 there was debit balance of f5, :
553. Again, on December 81, 1881 the
mortgage and bonded debts on the
City Estate, the Improvement fund and
the Water fund amounted to 1861, 664;
on December 81, 1887 the amount OF
these debts had increased to FL, 49,
009. This increase is not due to any
Tightening OF taxation, for the taxes
have steadily grown under Nationalist
administration. until they now reach
the extraordinary total OF 9s. Id. in the
FL. Think what this means, oh work.
ingmen! We have before US an assess
ment notice Q889) for a house in Dub
lin of the annual value OF f6, for which
the rates are e., 14s., Cd. How would
our Edinburgh working men like to
pay rates such as these. amounting to
about onc-half of their rents? The
beauty and economy OF Nationalist ad-
ministration would como forcibly home
to them if they had once some slight
personal experience OF its working.
And now we come to Mr.. Parnell's
own share in this expenditure. Mr..
Parnell has q quarry on his estate from
which paving stones-or sets. as they
are technically called-are supplied at
the rate OF 24s. per ton TO the corpora
ton OF Dublin for the paving OF the
streets The Dublin tramway COM
pany import their sets from Wales.
and pay l9s. per ton. 10 quality. the
Welsh sctts are said 70 DO superior
and better dressed; hut vbat doas that