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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-01-04


The MARYLAND CENTRAL K. r. COMPANY was
reorgsnlzed, on the Goth Of December, under the
same name and the property conveyed to the
new corporation by the purchasers at the trus-
tees sale, which took place on the 10 h ult.
The consideration Of the conveyance is $780,
600 OF the capital stock and $50 900 first mort
gage bonds drawing per cent interest for ten
years and per cent. for twcuty years after
issue. The first mortgage bonds will be dis
tributed under the scheme of reorganization TO
the holders Of the old first mortgage bonds of
the Maryland Genital Company, they receiving
par and accrued interest In new bonds. The
sto ok will be distributed to the second mort
gage bondhoders, they receiving par and &C.
crued interest in new stock.
The new corporation was organized by filing the
certificate in the office of the Secretary of State
at Annapolis, on the Goth ult. Mr.. WIN. Gill
NOR will be President of the new company, and
Mr. +, W. Kerchner, Secretary and Treasurer.
The new board Of directors are the reorgsniza-
ton committee consisting OF Messrs. John X.
Cowen, George s. Brown, George e. jenkins,
Hugh b. Jones, William Gilmor Edward Miller
and NJ A EIousenan, who represent parties
interested in the Deer Greek and Susquehanna
Railroad. These directors will serve until the
regular election TO be held by the stockhold.
ers on January 10Th.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-01-04
OEHM'S ACME HAIL,
. AND z w. BALTIMORE STREET,
One Door from Charles,
BAITINORE, MD,

DEL AIR TURNPIKE CO-Notice is here
- by given, that there will be a meeting OF tho
stockholders of the Bel Air Turnpike Company,
at the office of Geo l.. Van Bibber. Bel Afr,
on SATURDAY, JANUARY 18th. 1889, at
O'Clock. p NJ, for the purpose Of eectng a Pres
ident, six Managers Tn asurer and such other
officers as the Company may require, to serve for
the ensuing year. by order OF the President and
Managers. WIN. l.. AMOSS,
2ldec Secretary
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AT OEHM'S ACME HALL.

BOY'SSUITS.
All that we say OF Mems Suits and Overcoats
applies with specia emphasis TO Boys Clothing.
were the leading clotners in Baltimore and the
oaF Trip 10 i Rfi 6u
Boy Hattery aud Furnishing Department.
FURNISHINGS
Shirts, Cuffs, Collars, Hsndkerchiefs. Hosiery,
Neckwear, Undcrwear-evcrything you want In
This line y less than exclusive furnishing stores ;
and our stock is fresh, immense and exquisite.
HOLIDAY GIFTS.
Ladies, are you seeking neat, beautiful and
approp late gifts for father. husband, brother,
or somebody else's brother? New London i'm
portations of
Smoking Jackets, House Robes,
Lap Robes, Carriage Robes
SILK Umbrellas, Silk Suspendtrs,
And every possible article OF use and ornament
Tor a gentleman's home and visiting wardrobs
Remember the Holiday Season. and that Oekus
Acme Hall is ready for your commands by mail
or In person.
A male to order suit is a magnificent present
from wife to husband. or from the bOyI and girls
to father. Make note of this.
Price-list of Furnishings, Self -measurem emit
Catalogue aud Samples, sent free on application
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HEALTH, sUoUoR AND STORY.
More Typhoid Fever -Ohio's Big Heart
One Woman's Experience.

More Typhoid Few r--Ohio's Big Heart
One Woman's Experience.
JoHNsTowN, PA, June Two addi-
tional cases of typhoid fever were reported
this morning from Minersdale, making a
total of seven in that village alone since
yesterday morning. Measles are also be-
coming considerably prevalent on Prospect
hill, where a refuge camp is established.
b. +. Minimum, a wealthy contractor
of Springfield, o., arrived this forenoon
with dispatch from Gov. Foraker, offer
ing 1000 trained laborers for Johnstown, to
be sent on at once If needed. The dispatch
further stated that if anything else was
needed, Ohio stood ready to respond
promptly to the call.
AT THE CoMMIssARY.
At the commissary station at the Pennsyl-
vania railroad depot there was considerable
activity. A crowd of about 1000 people
had gathered about the place after their
days rations. The crowd became SO great
that soldiers had to be called upon to guard
the place until the relief committee was
ready to give out provisions.
CARLOADS OF CLOTHING.
Several carloads of clothing arrived this
morning, which was to be disposed of as
soon as possible. The people were badly in
need Of clothing, as the weather has been
very chilly since Saturday.
The number of people missing from
Woodville is almost incredible and from
present indications it looks as if only about
fifty people of the borough were saved.
Mrs H. L. Peterson, who has been resi-
dent of Woodville long time, is one of the
survivors.
FOUND HER OWN NAME ON A COFFIN.
While looking for Miss Paulsen of Pitts
burg, one of the drowned, she came to
coffin which was marked, ''Mrs. Fl. L.
Peterson, Woodvilleborough, Pa, age
about so, size feet inch, complexion dark,
weight about 200 pounds. This was quite
an accurate description of Mrs. Peterson.
She tore the card off of the coffin and one
of the officers was about to arrest her, but
her explanations were satisfactory and she
was released.
PLENTY OF TINE TO ESCAPE.
In speaking of the calamity afterward,
she said: "lhe people of Woodville had
plenty of time to get out of town if they
were so minded. We received word shortly
before o'clock that the flood was coming,
and Pennsylvania railroad conductor went
through the town notifying the people. /
stayed until $3.50 o'clock, when the water
commenced to rise very rapidly, and ]
thought it was best to go to the hills.n
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resulted. The crest of the old dam had not
been raised in the reconstruction OF 1881.
The old overflow channel through the rock
still remains, but owing to a sag Of
TIE crest in the middle of the
dam only So feet of water in it, instead of
feet, was necessary to run water over the
crest and the rock spill-way, narrow at the
best, had been further contracted by close
grating, to prevent the escape of fish,
capped by good-sized timber and in some
slight degree also by a trestle foot bridge.
The original discharge pipes at the foot of
the dam had been permanently closed when
reconstTuci ed, and this, while minor mat
ter compared to the others mentioned,
further reduced the possible rate of maxi
mum discharge.
THE NET EFFECT.
The net effect Of all these differences of
condition was that the dam as it stood was
not much safer against an excessive flood,
apart from its inferior construction, than
the original dam would have been with a
crest only three and half or four feet high
above the bottom of the rock spill-way in
stead Of seven feet. 1t is impossible to say
If the riprapping of the new part or
the dam was as good as the old or not, since
1t has been wholly carried away. A large
amount of old rip-rapping and slope wall
still remains intact, and is of excellent
quality. 1t does not appear that there was
any great amount of leaking through the
dam before it broke. The destruction came
from the water flowing over the top. Mr..
wellington said that no engineer of renown
and good standing for such work could
possibly have been engaged on it since,
in the particulars mentioned, it violated
the most elementary and universally under
stood requirements of good practice. He
did not believe that any other dam of equal
hight had ever been constructed in this
country wholly of earth without some
kind of special protection against leakage
or abrasion by water in the center of the
dam.
HALF EARTH AND HALF ROCK.
The estimates of the original dam indicate
that it was made about half earth and half
rock, but if so there was little evidence of
it in the broken dam. The rip-rapping was
merely "a skin on each face, with more or
less loose spauls mixed with the earth.
The dam was 70 feet above water,
2 to l inside slope, IL to l out
side slope, and 20 feet wide on the top.
The rock throughout was about l foot
below the surface The earth was pretty
good material for such a dam, if it was to
be built at all, being of a clayey nature,
making good puddle. To this the fact of
its standing intact since 1881 must be as
cribed, as no engineer of standing would
have ever tried to so construct it. The fact
that the dam was reconstructed one after
twenty years abandonment, made it especi-
ally hard on the older part of the dam to
withstand the pressure of the water. Mr..
Wellington left for Pittsburg this evening.
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WORK AMONG THE WAITS.
Noble Efforts Of the Mission Among
the Orphaned Children.


JoHNsTowN, PA, June THE waits
mission is doing noble work in Johnstown.
Miss FL. N. Hinckley and her assistant,
Mrs. Corneia Hancock, are the heroines of
the hour. Within an hour after their
arrival upon the scene of the horrors they
had established q bureau and were receiv-
ing children or babies that had been
orphaned by the water and flames, Miss
Hinckley talked cheerfully of her work to an
Associated Press representative this morn
ing. "We have been very busy from the
first hour" she said, "and feel that we have
been able to render good service Within a
few minutes we had received notification of
perhaps hundred orphan children, and as
the press was kind enough to send our ad
dresses, we were, within a few hours more,
in receipt of offers from all over the coun-
try to take charge of some little ones.
A FEW HEARTS GLADDENED.
SIN many cases children reported to us
have subsequently had their little hearts
gladdened by a sudden apparition of mother
or father, who, after all, was not lost in the
food, but had found friendly refuge on the
river miles below. From Cleveland, In
dianapolis, Altoona, Pittsburg, and, in fact,
throughout all Pennsylvania and the east.
ern states, we have received kilograms
from societies and families Offering
to take charge of certain numbers
of little ones. We received, through the
mayor of New York, a message from the
Leaks and Watts orphanage in New York
city, offering to receive twenty-five of the
orphan children. OF course we gladly ac-
cepted the offer. We can respond to many
more such kind offers. 1t is yet impossible
to estimate how many children will fall
upon our hands, but it will probably run
into the hundreds
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Editor Joseph Swank Of the Johnstown
Daily Tribune, takes very hopeful view
OF the situation: "Jonstown will be re-
built" said he to-day, "and on the same
spot as before. 1t is useless to attempt an
estimate of Johntown'S loss, but would ap-
proximate it at S15,000,000 in the city
proper, and S25, ,0O0, 600 including the
suburbs. As for the Cambria iron
WORKS, have the personal assurance of Vice
President Powell Stackhouse. who came on
from Philadelphia yesterday, that the COM
pany will repair and rebuild on the old site.
Their loss will not exceed 100000. There
Is ono national bank, one savings bank and
possibly the private institution of John
Diebert q Son, which will open up as soon
as they can get their affairs straightened
out. Sheriff McCaudl IS thinks national
officers should take hold of the sanitary
work in order to give it a national character
he does not disparage the work Of the state
board, however
RECOVERY OF A CLERGYMAN's FAMILY.
The body of Rev. Alonzo P. Dilter, rec
tor of the Johnstown Episcopal church, and
those Of his wife and child, were recovered
to-day under circumstances both sad and
strange. Four Episcopal clergymen, VINO
had been sent there by Bishop Whitehead,
were working about the ruins near Lincoln
street, when they came upon the body of
their late brother Clasped in one rigid
arm was the body of his babe and in the
ether his wife, whose arms were about his
neck. They were removed in those posi-
tions, and will be so buried tomorrow, an
Episcopal clergyman officiating.
Father Smith, pas.or of the Catholic
church Of Ebensburg, Cambria county.
reached here to-day after a two days
journey from South Fork. He says the
residents of Mineral Point, Coopersville,
Dutchtown, East Conemaugh and other
small settlements along that valley are in
destitute circumstances and need supplies
of groceries and clothing. Reports from
seventy and eighty lives were lost between
Woodvale and the hamlet of South Fork.
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ALL QUIET AT APIA.

The Rival Native Leaders Holding
Their Forces Together, However.
SYDNEY, N. s. W., June THE steamer
Lubbock has arrived from Apia, Samoa,
with advices to May 2S. Everything was
qdiet. A truce was maintained between
the contending natives. Owing to reports
that additional German men-of-war were
on their way to Apia, Mataafa had
recalled his followers, and it
was expected that 5000 of his
men would assemble in one camp shortly.
Tamasesese and 1900 adherents remained
encamped at Apia.
All he men-of-war had left Apia. The
British man-of-war Rapid had sailed for the
Fiji Islands. The American steamer Nipsic,
conveyed by the steamer Alert, had gone to
Tutulia for coal. and from there they were
to proceed for Auckland
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PAssENaERs PLEAsED.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Treated
Them Splendidly.


Them Splendidly.
PHILADELPHIA, June 7.-East-bound pas
sengers who left Altoona at 9 o'clock yes
terday afternoon reached this city at 4.45
O'Clock this morning. A number of passen-
gers on the Inflated day express were in
cluded in the party. The passengers were
ferried across the Susquehanna river at
Sunbury, owing TO interrupted communica-
tion at montgomery bridge. There was no
difficulty attending the passage of the river
at this point, ,as the water runs smoothly and
the passengers were conveyed on a steam
boat, There were 1872 passengers on the
train, part of whom we're destined for New
York. They are united in unlimited praise
Of their treatment by the officials of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, by whom
they were furnished with money and pro-
vided with every comfort that kindness
and thoughtfulnesS could devise.
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WHERE TO SEND MONEY.
Pittsburg Now the Center Of the
Financial Operations.

JoHNsrowN, Pa, June THE Asso-
ciated Press agent at Johnstown has
received numerous kilograms from all por-
tions Of the United States asking to whom
drafts for relief should be remitted. In
many cases checks and drafts have been
addressed to James B. Scott. chosen dicta-
tor of the valley, and he was probably the
most proper person to whom to make these
remittances. IL wish you would now state
to the country said Mr.. Scott to the
Associated Press representative to-day,
that as things are becoming more and
more settled every hour. I would recon-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-08
TRAINS MEET ON a CURVE.
Two Engines Demolished and Mum
ber of Cars Ditched.

MOBILE, ALA, June THE north
bound freight No. ~, on the Mobile and
Montgomery division of the Louisville and
Nashville road collided at PerdiIo station
with a gravel train this morning. The
trains met on a curve at a good rate Of
speed and both engines were demolished and
a number Of cars were ditched. The engi-
neers and flremen escaped by jumping.
Several hundred yards OF track were torn
up and trains were delayed nearly six hours.
the negligence Of the hagmen. A wrecking
train went up, and while the wrecking crew
were at work j. G.. Clifford, master
mechanic Of the road at Mobile, was pain.
fully injured by a piece Of scantling flying
aQafnst him.
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oHARLEsroN's coNTRIeUTIoN.
She Has Already Given $4,000 and iH
Not Yet Through.

Not Yet Through.
CHARLESTON, =. c., June 7--President
TuDper of the Chamber of Commerce has
forwarded 81, 100 to Drexel & Co., for the
Pennsylvania sufferers. This, with other
contributions, makes over So 500 contributed
by Charleston. Interior towns are con-
trlbuting literally. Collections will
be taken up in the Catholic and other
churches here on Sunday for
sympathy is expressed on all sides for the
living, and sorrow for the dead. A relief
train Of ten or twelve cars loaded with pro-
visions, clothing and vegetables, contributed
by the people Of Charleston and towns on
the line of the S nth Carolina road, will
leave Lere tomorrow for Pennsylvania.
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be sent to William r. Thompson. treasurer
of the finance committee, at Plttsburg.
That city is now really the financial point,
as most of our supplies must necessarily be
purchased there. Let all general remit
tances be in the form of drafts, and no con-
fusion can possibly arise.n
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Traffic Resumed.

PHILADELPHIA, June THE Pennsyl-
vania railroad is at last able to announce
the resumption of the running of through
passenger trains from New York via Phila-
delphia, Harrisburg. Lock Haven and the
Allegheny Valley railroad 20 Pittsburg.
This includes ferriage at Sunbury.
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ties met with here. We have a splendid corps
at work, The reports published are not over
drawn. Everything useful to the surviving,
who have lost all, is greatly needed.
CLARA BARTON, President Red Cross,
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A Telegram from Miss Barton.

WASHINGTON, June 7.-The following
telegram was received here this evening:
JoHssTowN, Pa, June z, 1885.
d. S. Sotomons, V7ce President Red Cross,
Washington. D. c..
xou have no idea Of the delays and dificuI.
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ON a FLAMING TREsrLE.
People on Lightning Express Have
q Miraculous escape

MIRACULOUS escape.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, june 7.--The south
bound lightning express traia Of the Ala
bama Great Southern railroad, due here
about 2 o'clock this morning. met with seri-
GUS accident about one and a half miles north
Of Carthage, Ala, on q trestle knownas the
Carthage gravel pit trestle. The trestie
was on fire, and before the engineer dis
covered it, and could stop his train, he ran
into it. The fireman jumped from the en-
gine. Seventy feet of trestle vas consumed
and also the engine, mail car aud baggage
car. Most Of the mail was saved. No one
was hurt.
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New York's Fund Sta ,ement.
Aueusta to Give $4,000,

AUGUSTA, GA, June THE citizens of
Augusta will contribute 81, 900 in money
and supplies to the Johnstown sufferers.
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WEAKNESS OF THR DAM.
Sne Structure So Badly Made Up as
to DISGRACE ita Enpinaer


JoHNsTowN, Pa. June IA. n. Well
ihgton with f. P Burt, associate editor of
tne Engineering Nel0s of New York, has
JUST completed an examination of the dam
winch caused the great disaster here. Mr.
wellington states that the dam was in
every respect of very inferior construction,
auu OF kind wholly unwarranted by the
soou engineering practices of thirty years
ago Both the original and reconstructed
ualnS n were of earth only, with no heart
s1a, Jau, but only rip-rapped on the
mopeS The original dam, however,
was made in rammed and watered lay
erS' which will show distinctly in the
W W Tvs stability, but it was to all appearance
sT ply dumped in like an ordinary railroad
nu, or, II rammed, shows no evidence of
SOou erect from it. Much of the old part
- - sanding intact, while the adjacent parts
VI 'ne new work are wholly carried off.
NO CENTRAL WALL.
There was no central wall of puddle or
Ln SSInry either in the new or old dam. 1t
LAS Las Deen the invariable practice Of engi-
tbe reers Ior thirty or forty years to use one or
NJ oVner IN building high dams of earth.
49," 5,u" IL Is doubtful if there is single other
stIul stlu or reservoir in any part of the United
oos! oeates OF over so feet high which lacks this
tSeu'ral wall. The reconstructed dam also
iosa pears the mark Of great ignorance or care
iiessness, 1t having been made nearly 2 feet
90 sGwer In the middle than at the ends. It
Srould V,s!l, rather have crowned in the middle,
s anlen would have concentrated the over
low low II 1t should have occurred at the ends
instead of in the center.
Aow HARM MIGHT HAVE BEEN AvERrED.
os aad 1I the break began at the ends the cut
~ tt.4 tne ater would have been so gradual
"a ~ n1tle or no harm might have resulted.
s-sa 1-au 1ne dam been at once cut at the ends
81 nsn the water began running over the
hons.e Iae sudden breaking would have
rroIo nrol az least greatly diminished possibly
''0n8eo 50 that little harm would have
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SIXTEEN BUILDINGS BURNED.
An Alabama Town Visited by q
Destructive Blaze.

DbbITuCbIV6 bIdZ5.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, June IA special
to tie Advertiser from Eutaw, Ala, says:
'News has just reached us by wire from
Livingston as follows: "A very destruct-
i've fire broke out here this morning about
$50 o'clock in the block west of the artesian
well district, destroying sixteen buildings
owned by the following people: w. d.
Mcknight, Miss G.. Lockard, G. H. Howell,
s. ID. Little, K Chapmal, w. 4. Smith,
Wetmore 65 Wetmore, Altman g. Pattoa. a
barber shop, j. .. Scruggs. Arlington 50
l.. Kirkland. The origin of the fire Is rot
yet known. There is no insurance on the
buildings or stocks Of goods.'n
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THE LOADS SEPARATED.

Before being loaded on the cars the vari-
GUS contributions are assorted, provisions
being placed in one car and clothing and
bedding in another. and when filled they
are conveyed to Harrisburg, where they are
distributed for Lock Haven, Will
Transport, Johnstown aud other points.
Nine carloads were sent out this
morning, making about sixty cars sent thus
far. A dispatch was received last evening
from Gen. HASTINGS stating that stoves
were badly needed In Johnstown, and this
morning a car was loaded with cooking
stoves, contributed by dealers, and started
on its journey to that place over the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad.
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MURDER AND INoBNDIARIsM.
Two Robbers Kill Minister'S W ife
and son.

NASHVILLE. TENN, june lie. r. Rey-
nolds and Themas j. Lloyd have been ar
rested in Scott county for murder. They
went to the house Of Rev. Jacob Harness
during his Absence and murdered his wife
and son. After ransacking the house and
securing $74. they fred the premises to con-
ceal the crime. It is reported that the
prisoners have sincs BEEN taken from Jail
and lynched.
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WASHINGTON, June Col. John G. Kel-
ton was to-day appointed adjutant general
Of the army to succeed Geu Drum. retired.
he was born ia Pennsy yiyania III 1882, aud
is graduate Of West Point.
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PH1LADELPH1A's PHILANTHROPY,

Goods Already sent.
PHILADELPHIA, June THE announce
ment made on Wednesday by the citizens
committee that the present needs of the
sufferers, as far as clothing and provisions
are concerned, were supplied, had no effect
whatever in putting a stop to contributions
of these goods from the people. All day
long there was an almost continuous line of
wagons at the freight station of the PENN
sylvania railroad, all loaded with boxes,
cases and barrels, containing goods of every
description for the sufferers in the interior
of the state.
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ALL ABOARD FOR WASHINGTON.

Through Traf1c by the Piedmont Air
Line Resumed.
WASHINGTON, June THE repairs to the
long bridge having been completed. through
train service by the Piedmont Air Line has
been resumed to all points south and west.
Ferry transfer to and from Alexandria has
in consequence been discontinued, and
trains arrive at and depart from the Balti-
more and Potomac passenger station as be-
fore