The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-21
ECHOES OF THE DELUGE.
Pennsylvania Pledged for . Mil
lion to Police the Valley.
Resn's o. tho Visit % Gov-rnor Beaver %
th~ Con~maush Valley -Itsms os
Melancholy Interest From the
Delayed District

Delayed Dlstrics
seeing Il believing Governor Desves
Visits Johnstown-Ths state % ths
Rescue.
JoE>srowS. Pa. June Ex-Governor
Beaver. So much inquired for during the
last week. came here to-day. looked a.
she wreck with weeping eyes. conferred
for an hour and half with VIM Flynn.
Jas b. Scott William McCreery. General
Hastings and others who have borne the
burden os the work OF rescue and relief,
and pledged million dollars from the
State treasury. upon conditions which
were satisfied at once. There will be no
extra session % the Legislature. A State
commission, with the Governor al its
head. will take control Of the relief work
on Wednesday.
II was proposed that the state furnish
<i.0o.O0) 70 General Beaver for imme-
date use in clearing up and restoring
Jownsf0wn. In order 70 make the state
whole, two hundred citizens Of Pitts
bur-a. Philadelphia and other portions Of
il viii become individually responsible
unit. the Legislature meets and makes
appropriations that will relieve them
This plan was unanimously agreed 70. 1t
was also arranged that on Wednesday
morning General Hastings. acting for
Governor Beaver. should take charge %
the work OF policing the valley and clear
ing il up including Johnstown and the
surrounding boronghs- Governor Beaver
left al seven O'Clock.
The Governor Of Pennsylvania ana the
Relief Committee.
PfTrsDrRcH. Pa. June 9.-The uncer-
tain relations OF Governor Beaver AMI the
Pittsburgh committee for the relief Of
the Johnstown sufferers. has given rise 10
a great deal ot discussion and no little
expression 81 feeling within the past few
days. The Leader instituted an invests
CATION aud publishes to-day . long article
condemning the Governors seeming neg
lect IN Withholding large sums os money
now IN his possession. aud his hardness
IN needing the popular call for special
Session OF the State Legislature for the
purpose .. apprnpriatirg funds sufficient
70 cover the cost OF the public work But
5000 OF the $4,000 subscribed in this
city has 50 far been used a. the donors
intended-sor the relief az the personal
necessities Of the victims. the balance is
held as a reserve fund FOR the payment u
the wages OF Booth & Flynn's laborers.
This part OF the work, the contributors
have freely confessed. was ia their opin-
ion. the province % the State. which has
= health bureau. They blamed the Cow
-rnor. not the relief committee. for the
diversion Of the fund 10 the lab0ring
gangs from the sufferers. aud were prac-
ticaliy unanimous in demanding that a
special session o. the Legislature, 10 APP
propriate money for the removal OF re-
fuse and ruin. and consequent protection
Of public health. be convened without
further pariey.
II this be done within the next couple
OF days. the relief committee can release
FOR the sufferers beneit the sums ii i
now. ia expectation OF being compelled to
pay Booth & Flvnn. holding IN reserve
IL ii j. not done. the sufferers will prob
ably continue suffering with meager as
sistance.
The Chicago relic. committee, who ar
rived here yesterday. stated very en-
phaticaily that the relief money should.
in their opinion. 90 directly to The suffer-
.rs- They were so emphatic. indeed. that
a story got out creditiag them with de-
Ching 70 turn over 10 Chairman Nc
Creery large sum ~ money they brought
with them 70 be distributed in the manner
lndicafed--that Is. in payment for clear
ing away lie debris.
Said Chairman McCreery last evening:
1T is true that they did al first think the
nancy should 60 direct to the sufferers,
eort after we had explained matters 20
them, they said our action in putting the
city in good condition was perfectly
right. the State being expected 10 refund
the money af;erward. had only talked
20 them ten minutes when they handed
ms check for $1,000. and we have since
receivedtw two other checks from Chicago
The state VIII DO Its Drsv-Out<ide
Contributions = Sacred Trust
JoHSsrowx, Pa. June Ain an inter-
view Governor Beaver said that he had
been over the entire flooded district. and
found the supply deP0ts well filed but
they must soon be replenished. II found
the streams filed with debris and ac-
crmnla'ed drift, in which there Is = pos
sibiliiy % human bodies being Embedded.
nth probability, II allowed to remain.
HAT they will endanger public health.
leaving il impressed on my mir. that the
police powers Of the State must be ex-
ercised 10 restore things 20 their normal
condition. The funds which have come
into my hands in such large amounts and
from 80 many quarters outside the State.
and which have been imposed upon me
as sacred trust will be expended
wholly and absolutely tor the benefit o.
individual sufferers No part Of IL will
be expended in work which is legitimate
ly the domain OF the State under its po-
lice powers. This wish 70 emphasize 50
that all. subscribers to the fund may be
assured their money will be j1dicious
and economically spend for the benefit
OF suffering humanity and not to The work
which should and will be undertaken BY
the State or municipal authorities.
Detectives w. Policemen-A Conflict Of
~ Authority.
3onysrowx. Pa, June lo.-Horace
Mann. private detective. came up from
Philadelphia yesterday. with seven OF his
men. in response to q request OF General
Hastings. Counterfeit policemen and
deputy sheriffs, in the full panoply OF
a tin star and club. were as easy 70 find As
m old tin can. A pair Of shears and .
piece OF stair bnnistcr was all that was re-
quired, and they could not be told from
the genuine. Chairrnan Scott and Cen
eral Hastings issued d supply Of cards 70
Chief 81 Police Hart. 10 be given to all
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