The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-06-12
CARING FOR THE LITTLE ONES.

Grand Work Being Done in ReunitfhS
Families and Providing Homes. 9l
JoHNsrowN, June 9.-NIiss Walk and Miss
Ely of the Northern home for friendless
children returned to Philadelphia yesterday
and took with them the Hoffman family of
nine children. These little ones were found in
en- utterly destitute condition, as both of the
parents and the oldest sister were drowned in
the food. The ladies will return to assist in
the work OF aiding children who have lost all.
Miss B. w. Hinkley, head of the Children's
aid society of Philadelphia at their headquar-
tiers near the Fourth ward morgue, is one Of
the busiest young women of the valley. The
number of applications for children far exceeds
the number of children thus far provided for
Miss Hinckley says the object OF her society is
to unite parents and children, rather than send
them away from JOhnstOwn, although the little
ones will be provided for If their parents are
not found. There are plenty of Johnstown
people who will adopt these children and bring
them up as citizens of Johnstown instead of
sending them to asylums where they will be-
come state paupers. Miss Hinckley cannot
give an estimate of the number of children re-
stored to their parents, but 1t is very large.
Miss Maggie Brooks is the only resident mem
Der of this aid society who was not drowned.
She is a school-teacher here and knows every
child and their parents in the city. She spends
her time in hunting every house for miles
around for parents and children. When a
child is found it is sent to headquarters and
a note and description made of it. When any
of the child's relatives or parents are found
they are sent to the headquarters, and in that
way the families have been reunited. The OBJ
iect of the Western Pennsylvania aid society is
to furnish temporary as well as permanent
homes for the orphans.
Several cases of vandalism and robbery were
to ar nj chf a nj "a "a
containing supplies were broken into and the
contents carried of. What the thieves could
not steal they trampled and ruined. The ma
sonic relief car was also entered and robbed.
Twelve men were arrested for stealing to-day,
but they were released upon returning the
goods. The military guards over in Cambria
City were kept busy last night arresting thieves.
They were placed in the guard-hOuse and this
morning drummed out of town. When they
reached the outskirts of the town they were
warned that if they were caught again they
would be summariIy dealt with.
Many people Rre imposing upon the relief
committee. and in several instances men have
succeeded in getting enough supplies to lastthem
several months. One man was found this after
noon who had nine sacks of -four in his cellar.
besides large stock of provisions and clothing
which he had secured from the committee by
misrepresentation.
This afternoon Private William Young Of
company c, Fourteenth regiment, n. G.. p. COM
mitted suicide in his tent by shooting himself
in the head. He was farm labOrer and re-
sided near Mansfield, Pa. He had been sick
for several days, but nothing in his manner IN
dicated that he contemplated taking his life.
He was twenty-nine years of age, and leaves a
widow and two children.
The body of Miss Bryant, the companion Of
the missing Miss Paulson of Pittsburg was
identified by relatives to-day. 1t had been in
TERED under the name of Miss Wilmington,
but through the published description of ring
worn by Miss Bryant, her friends had the body
exhumed and identified. 1t will be taken to
Wilmington Del.
= Mr.. w. NJ. Ferguson walked down from
South Fork to-day, following the line of the
Pennsylvania road. He said that all the rail-
road tracks from South Fork to the viaduct
were swept away. The old Portage viaduct
is gone. part of the road known as
the deep-cut is half filed with earth and sand,
and the tracks are lost A mile and
a half of tracks, from Mineral Point to the cut,
is lost. 1t will be three weeks before the road
will be open for travel and months before il
will be restored to its former stability.
The work of cleaning out cellars and the de-
struction of dead animals was continued to-
day. The workingmen are disinfechng them