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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11

Now, once more the city boarder is
walked by the rattle of the milk carts
and roar of the beer and ice wagons In
the early morn. The farmers wife has
taken down the hanmocks and stuffed
away the old straw hats in the garnet
till next year Summer is ended.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11

What irrigation will, do for the arid
lands of the west is well shown in the
case of Pasadena, Cal. Fifteen years
ago the land where the city now stands
sold for 81 an acre. It was irrigated and
orchards planted upon the soil. Seven
years after being supplied with water
the land sold for from $500 to 81, 900 an
acre for fruit raising. The spot that had
been desert suddenly became the most
fertile and delightful part of the whole
state
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11

Already the ancient observer tells US
there is going to be long, cold winter.
He has said the same thing every fall since
the memory of man. This time he says
the fruit skins are very thick and tough,
and the corn husks are heavier than usu-
al and straw is tougher, and he knows
this means hard winter, because he
knows it. Now let him try the goose
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11

Napoleon said at st. Helena: before
this century closes not cannon will be
fired in the world without the permission
of the United States"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11

RI fiA.f.g2. z III 77OfIs -Hir a pin Of
=. e3aak rsss.riik I seila 81 jacobs on n
III q fAsaee ~ nais fsscc Il dorn the Nsroat.
~ go. tfssa sAei 10Th The on Gius
,solse siSe. icy mi eat and Be cured.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11

Some one says the City of Paris should
be called the drummers' ship, because
she is SO fast, referring probably to her
speed.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11
naI,nrsflelil Cal Oct IA "a,

Bakersfield, Cal Oct. fS, 1888.
i have rsed st. Jacobs Oil for sorehcad OF
cliickens With prompt permanent cure One
bottle viii arro 10 to 10 cnickcns; 2 to drops
ciircz Nliyez i. JAS. BETHAL.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11
FOR cHlcgEm CHOLERA.

j recommend IL as a sure cure. It has saved
me many doli.fs. Il. A. KUENNE,
Breeder Of Fine Fowls.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11
At Dal-s.:Isrs AND DEAIEas.

IliEcHaRlEs a.VoeELEa CO.. saIllmsrs, u.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-09-11

Half Fare--5 Harvest Excur-
SionS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
THE DEAD AT NINEVEH.
The Town Transformed Into a MorEue-Sad
Scenes EverYwhere-15O Bodies
Found-ARother Story of
the ConfR grafton.
tFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.


NEW FLORENCE, June 1.-Up to the
present $50 bodies have been found at
Nineveh The work train is out now col
lecting the bodies. Two were picked up at
Coketon within the past few hours; one at
Bolivar; two at Lockport; woman and a
baby at Blairsville Intersection and two
more at Lacolle. One boy was taken out
alive at Cokeport. A large woman. sup
posed to be Mrs. John Alexander, was
found at Bolivar. She had an ugly cash in
her forehead and her face and body were
horribly bloated. This is generally true of
most of the bodies. Decomposition has COM
menced already.
Every nour bodies are beiug found.
Many of them, it is believed, will never be
found. The chances are tha some of the
bodies have been carried to the Ohio.
Many of the bodies taken out at Nineyeh
were handsomely dressed. Their shoes were
fine and what shreds of garments hung
about their persons were of the best and
finest quality. The poor women suffered
most from the effects of the flood. The iuci-
dents connected with gathering the bodies
are truly pathetic. The men use long
stretchers and stow the bodies away
in the cars. Little children lie side
by side with grown persons on temporary
shelves. They have practically transferred
Nineveh into a morgue.
Another eyewitness of the burning at
Johnstown states there must have been ]. 900
people in the houses. Many of them were
burned up alive held by the timbers. Re
liable persons estimate the loss from 5000
to 5000 people. The bodies are nearly all
bloated and some of them cannot be recog-
nized ISRAEL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
RESCUED IN BOATS.
Harrisburg Also Was Treated to n Taste of
the FIood-Easfern Journalists Who Arc
Sidetracked omewhere-Condition
of the Railroad Tracks,

HARRISBURG, June 1.-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 Paxton creek, swept
away bridges and reached the first stores of
houses. Last night hundreds of families
were in distress and feared to leave their
homes. Mayor Fritchy conducted the re-
lief expedition. 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 Susquehanna river at this point is 1S
feet above low water mark and rising every
hour. Independence Island is completely
covered. The tracks of the Pennsylvania
Railroad south of here are covered by about
two feet of water. Trains from the East stop
here, and the probability is that it will be
several hours before traffic to the West will
be resumed Advices Just received from
points up, the river say that the beautiful
fish houses of Harrisburgers, about ten
miles from here, were washed away, as were
sheds and outhouses of every kind.
Great embankments here caved in, cul-
verts and sewers are demolished and great
trees laid prone. A party of newspaper
men, representing New York and Philadel-
phia journals, came here early this morning
with the expectation of reaching Johnstown.
Finding travel at q staDdstill from this
point, some of them went down the Cumber-
land valley with the intention OF boarding
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
APPEAL TO KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
The Grand Chancellor Asks the Order to
Aid the Sufferers.

The Grand Chancellor Asks the Order TO
Aid the Sufferers.
The following strong appeal for aid to the
sufferers was issued last night:
OFFICE OF THE
GRAND CHANCELLOR, X. OF p, I
WHEATLAND, June l, 1882
To the Members of the Order, Greeting;
BRETHREN-The dire calamity which has be-
fallen the city of Johnstown, in our state, has
appalled the entire country by its fearful loss
OF life, The suffering which it will entail upon
the people of that stricken city calls
forth our most earnest and heartfelt sym
pathy The members of our order in that city
have suffered, and in many cases have lost
their ALL They need relief, and at once.
Therefore, as Grand Chancellor, call upon
the brotherhood throughout the State to act
promptly. Let your contributions be liberal.
and the responses show that we have not for
gotten the teachings enjoined upon us by our
order.
Let all contributions be forwarded to Broth
er George Hawkes., G. K. Of RS, who will
acknowledge the receipt of the same. l leave
for the scene of the calamity tonight to ascer-
tain what will be necessary for our future
action At present our brethren and their
families need our help, and let us extend it.
GEORGE HAWKES., THOMAS PERRY.
G. K. of R. s. Grand Chancellor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
THE AUTOMATIC CHAIR.
Drop a Penny Into the Slot and Get q Seat
London Scheme.

Visitors to London commonly complain that
there is nowhere to sit down. says the London
Globe. Our streets are absolutely seatless:
there are few benches in our public buildings,
but they are hard and comfortless, and. hard
and comfortless as they are, are nearly always
occupied by the professional loafer to the
true, there are plenty of seats, but in the pub
lie ones the sitter is haunted by the fear that
previous occupants have not been all that
might be desired in the way Of personal habits,
and in the private ones he Tor she) is perpetu-
ally bothered by the collector coming round TO
collect his dues.
There really may be future, therefore, for
the automatic chair which has lately been
brought out. The mechanism Is simple The
seat Of the chair is hinged at the back and IN
its normal position is folded up against the
back and cannot be pulled down. But Dy
dropping penny into slit in the usual man
ner the seat is released and can be pulled down
tIce that the behavior of the chair when the
sitter gets up may lead to difficulties For, like
the strapontins with which theaters are ire
quently seated nowadays, the seat when re-
leased from the sitter's weight at once resumes
its normal position and can only be sat upon
again on payment of another penny. So that
to an excitable gentleman, who frequently got
mn 10 admire the view, the seat might prove an
EXPENSIVE convenience. The inventors state,
however, that this arrangement can be altered
by leaving a stick or umbrella or even =
newspaper on the seat when one rises. But II
il be so the youthful pirates OF the street VIII
not be slow 10 find it out and by means Of .
stone or a stick will keep these seats down
forever-or, at least, until the policeman comes
extensively adopted IN Paris, 20 it may well -
tried In London.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
FIRE AND WATER.
A Strange Panorama to be Seen at Cambria
City Yesterday.
rrHon STAFF oonRrsFosDrSr.l

City Yesterday
rFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
CAMBRIA CITY, june LA sight which
will not be witnessed again by any of those
who have seen it, and which no one wishes
to see again, horrible yet grand, was that
which was presented at Cambria City to-
day. The Conemaugh river had cut for
itself a new channel, and whirled and
foamed beyond the west pier Of the railroad
bridge. Its tossing waves were almost as
vicious and as noisy as the whirlpool rapids
OF the Niagara.
The sharp head of the old channel of the
river at the junction with Stony creek,
threw the debris brought down with the
mighty food to the east bank, and lodged it
against the piers of the railroad bridge.
AS it accumulated the flow of water through
the stone viaducts was impeded, and the
west embankment was swept away by the
terrific current. The bridge remained in
tact, but it was useless, because it no longer
bridged the stream.
But it was in the great mass of debris
that interest centered to-day. Stretching
up from the bridge piers almost to Stony
creek was tangled mass of rafters, beams
and broken boards, acres in extent. In the
midst of this were many houses, apparently
intact.
As the buildings were brought crashing
against the immovable bridge piers on Fri
day night, an overturned stove, in all prob
ability, set fire to one of them. That fire
continued and spread all night and to-day.
Slowly, yet surely, one great element pitted
itself against another, and sought to render
complete the ruin and destruction.
A grander panorama could not be con-
ceived. There was the roaring, turbid tor
rent, the bright flames and glowing embers,
canopied by cloud of smoke, and great
lake of water surrounding houses which
looked strange in their isolation.
Over the yet unburned portions of the
wreckage could be seen men wandering
about, some seeking plumber and others the
living or dead bodies of the inmates of the
f1ood-beaten houses.
Several dead bodies were rescued from
the flames, but no living mortals. And it
is certain that wreckers found much treas
ure which they appropriated to their own
uses. DAWSON.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
ACLAN-NA-GAEL DENIAL.
One of the Officers Repudiates All Idea Of
the Orders Connection With the
Croniu Murder-The Seal of Sc.
1rnv he


CHICAGO, June 1.-Mr. J. F. Reggs,
young Dearborn street attorney, is the re-
puted senior guardian of the Columbian
Club, " or Camp 96 of the Cian-na-Gael 1t
was by this camp, as the story goes, that DR..
Cronin was tried for treason, in star chamber
proceedings, and sentenced to death. The
police have for some days had their eyes
ugon Mr.. Beggs. and have been zealousIy
laboring to collect evidence enough to con-
meet the young Irish enthusiast, with his
camp, with removal of DIR. Cronin. Mr..
Beggs was seen this afternoon and does not
look at ali like criminal or assassin. He
appears to be about 80 years old, has light
hair and mustache, blue eyes and ruddy
open countenance.
my belief is, said Mr.. Beggs, "that the
oath of Clan-na-Gael member forbids him
to disclose the name of the officers or MEM
bers of the order or its objects or proceedings.
Therefore, cannot answer your questions
as to who are members of the Columbia
Club, and whether / am the Senior Guard
ian. However, will tell you frankly that
hope the vow of secrecy may be suspended
until this thing is cleared up.
If the Clan-na-Gael does not acquit
itself of all connection with this
crime it will be totally wrecked, and the
Irish cause in America will perish with it.
People will say, we have contributed
about So, 600, 900 to free Ireland and. $50, 900
If it has been stolen and horrid murder
committed to cover up the theft, and we will
not contribute another cent But if the
oath of secrecy should be suspended by the
chief executive officers of the order the order
will be INSTANTLY acquitted of completely in
the crime.S
'What makes you so sure about it?"
"Well, 4 know positively that if the books
of the orden should be laid open before the
grand jury, and all its members subpenaed
and EXAMINED as witnesses, it would be
made so plai1 that the Clan-na-Gael, as an
order, had nbthing to do with the murder,
that such thing would never be thought
of again"
"You must Admit that several Clan-na-
Gael men were connected with it,"
'I don't thinAthat is clear. Woodruff is
not Clan-na-GaeI. McGeehan was said to
have extricated himself from suspicion. The
evidence against Qoughlin does not seem to
me to be very strohg. P. o. Sullivan is in
a worse fix. But / don't think that enough
Clan-na-G Gael men have been connected with
il. nor have they bSen closely enough con-
nected with it, II justify the belief that
Cronin was tried andAexecuted by the order"
"What do you thi of the work OF the
police?"
''It is all prosecuted on the theory of
club action and as loAg as they work on
that theory they will fail. They will have
to look in some othd direction for the
motive or they will ne Ter accomplish any
thing. Therefore eat hestly hope, and in
fact may say that eA Apect that in a short
time the order will be liberated from its
oath and will soon aftarward he entirely
and universally exone1hte from having
any connection with the murder"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
with IL bodies and thought he had counted
10 as they were loaded IN.

with IL bodies and thought he had counted
10 as they were loaded IN.
Very Hard TO Recognize.
The Identification of the bodies was very
slow. Ninety out of every 100 OF the corpses
were badly bruised about the head and face,
evidently from contact with the enormous
masses of debris in the river. AT Nineveh
only z out of the 81 bodies had been identi-
fed last evening, and of the z only 8 bore
the necessary cards of Identification. These
were Joseph jackson, q repairman on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Mrs. McNarry, of
Johnstown, and Hubert Bryan, of Johns
town, a boy about 10 years old.
1t was not at all remarkable that apathy
took the place of grief on the part of many
relatives, as well as the onlookers. The
sight of so many dead bodies had a benumb-
ing effect and caused many bereaved per-
sons to treat their loss lightly. One man,
who had lost his wife and three children,
talked as cheerfully as a person who had
lost no one, and a man who had only lost
his mother spoke about it in smiling man
Der
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
ELMIRA UNDER WATER.
Half the Pretty City Submerged - Great
Damage TO Properfy--PeOple Hum
CRY and Suffsring--The Worst
Elnnd for Mnnv Yenra.


Damage TO Properfy--People Hum
CRY and Suffering The Worst
Flood for Many Years.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPA ArcH.i
ELMIRA, N. Y, June 1.-EImira is half
under water, having the greatest flood
known in its history. The freshet COM
menced at 2 a. NJ, and continued rising
until IN the evening, when it began to sub
side. The rain, which fell from Thursday
until this morning. filed to overAowing the
streams and tributaries of the Chemung,
flooding the whole valley. The larger part
of the Fifth ward and nearly all of the
lower part of the city have been inundated
since o'clock, the water being from to 8
feet deep.
All the cellars in the business part of the
city are full of water, to the great damage of
goods stored therein. The dyke protecting
Riverside Park, which is owned by Colonel
D. c. Robinson, broke about o'clock, en-
tirely submerging that beautiful resort.
The food swept on, entirely surrounding
the residence of Ex-Governor Lucius Rob
inson and covering the Maple Avenue
Driving Park. Workmen, trying to reach
home after their days labor, have found
themselves cut off from their families by the
vast food. Some even had the hardihood
to wade up to their armpits long distances
to reach their homes and carry provisions to
the suffering ones there.
Many families went without food this
evening and can find no relief. Boats have
been called into service and exorbitant
prices are being charged to ferry the people
through the streets When the food broke
into Water street and rose 20 inches higher
than the first floor of the Rathbun House,
Lawyer Jacob Schwartz was at the clerks
desk conversing with guest. He jumped
upon a chair and telephoned for boat,
which was rowed into the hotel and took the
legal gentleman to his ofisl
This is one of many similar incidents. A
hasty estimate puts the entire damages to
houses, furniture, stores, merchandise,
streets and public and private grounds at
not less than 5000 Immense damage
has also been done in Big Flats, Corning
and other places in the Chemung valley.
Houses and barns have been swept away by
the score, bridges demolished, thousands of
acres OF grown crops annihilated, while
business has been suspended.
The only other food that approaches this
in magnitude was that of March II, 1866,
when ice gorges on the Chemung and New
town creek blocked the waters until dams
were carried away and a serious flood re-
suited.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02

Republic department with his wife and
boys two days ago. He is coming back
here on June Is. to give dinner to Mr..
Gladstone. Mrs. Mcclellan, widow of Cen
eral Mcclellan, and her daughter, are in
London for the season, and Mrs. General
Logan started from Paris this morning and
will arrive here tonight, bringing with her
the season in London.
Mr.. Michael P. Grace, whose eldest
daughter, Eliza, was presented to the Queen
on Wednesday, is in London engaged in
dustriously in giving dinners to English
friends and organizing grand South Ameri-
can financial schemes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
WIPED OUT BY WATER

that this is the death-knell of the place.
The Cambria Iron Company people are Suen
heavy losers that they may remove tnslr
immense plant to a better location. II the
company should do this, it would seal tne
fate Of the flooded city. The Cambria iron a
Company has always been the malnstay OF
the place.
Tom Henderson, a railroad brakeman, Is
missing, and it is feared he VIII be num-
bered among the dead.
Gus McHugh and four chloren were
drowned Mrs. McHugh happened TO be
visiting at the time and escaped.
The neonle are starving. Every train go
ing ont is loaded down with provisions.
ISRAEL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
MARYLAND'S FLOOD.
Risen Rivers Are Creating Havoc in That
Stafe-As Yea No Loss of Life is
Reported-The Suspension of
Travel is Complete.

Keported-The suspension OF
Travel is Complete.
BALTIMORE, June lon the Baltimore
and Ohio, at GaIthersburg. the water is said
to be 9 feet in depth. A message was re-
ceived from the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company requesting the Baltimore and Ohio
to allow it to bring the Pennsylvania trains
that are shut up in Wheeling, W. Va, over
the Baltimore & Ohio's line. The Balti-
more and Ohio would be glad to grant this
request, but the road is not able to bring its
own trains to Baltimore, owing to the dam
age on the road.
An Ellicott City special says: Hundreds
of people line the banks OF the Patapsco to-
day watching the rushing flood, which has
receded but few inches since last night.
Nothing since the, food of '68 equals this.
All communications further west by rail are
cut of. Half the bridges that spanned the
river at Gray's station have been carried
away The contents of dwellings were re-
moved. Several buildings have been swept
down the stream. The only death reported
is that OF William Hudson, a -four packer
at Orange Grove, below Leicester. Last
night as he was returning across the suspen-
sion bridge it was struck by huge log and
broken. Both man and bridge were swept
away.
A special from Frederick says: The rain
has poured necessarily since Thursday
night. The wheat crop in this county has
been damaged to an extent that cannot now
be estimated, and early fruit has been de-
stroyed. The Potomac, at Point of Rocks
and in Virginia, is rapidly overreaching its
banks and the damage there will be great.
Advices from Westminster say surrounding
lands are inundated, and many of the
workmen are unable to get to their homes.
Between New Windsor and Linwood and
between Linwood and Union bridge the,
Western Maryland Railroad is covered with
water to the depth of one to three feet by
The waters of Little Pipe creek and the
track is washed away for considerable dis
tance. The extent of the damage cannot be
ascertained until the food subsidies.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
sHAR0N,s sYMPATHYn
Some of Her Citizens Are Missing, but
Money is Plenty.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPArcH.l
SHARON, June Ia relief meeting,
called by Burgess Willis to raise money for
the Johnstown sufferers, is now in progress
at the Sharon Rink ard subscriptions in
large and small amounts are pouring in.
The total amount will aggregate, all told,
nearly $1,000. The Western Union Tele-
graph Office has been center of interest all
day to many people who have friends in the
ill-fated city.
Several Sharon citizens, who had rela-
tives and families in Johnstown, left to-
night for Pittsburg in hope of getting
through to ascertain the fate of friends. B.
F. Watkins, of the Shar6n Steel Casting
Company, was in Johnstown with his fam
lily and no word has been received from him.
From reports it is believed that daughter
of Mrs. John Hilands, with her husband,
has been drowned.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02

Johnstown. The most Of us escaped to
Ebensburg. from whence we got over the
mountains to Blairsville and over the West
Penn Railroad home.
81 have read the papers to-day, but 1 can
assure they have not given half the facts.
From the suddeuness with which the water
rushed down the hill, am sure that the
people were taken by surprise and that at
least 5000 were drowned. All the smaller
towns around Johnstown are swept away.
Never in my life have I experienced any
thing like it and 1 hope / never will
again."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
WILLIAMsPORF CUT OFF.

No Communication to be Had, and the Town
IL In Danger.
HARRISBURG, June 1.-The wires to
Williamsport are still down. A dispatch
received from that city by way of East
Reading says the lumber boom had broken
at A. M, and the water was rushing
through the upper end of the town. About
2 o'clock this morning word was received at
Williamsport that the boom at Lock Haven
had broken and that the place was over
flowed
Since then no news has been received as
to the condition of affairs, as the wires be-
tween Williamsport and Lock Haven went
down Immediately after the sending Of the
dispatch, and communication has not been
restored,