Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-06-07

WneAC opened at IUc IOr July ana feu to SSB,
but later rose to 9lc and closed at 9ON for June,
81 July, 70 Sept. Receipts car.
NUBs OF NEWM.
The Massachusetts legislature passed
bill giving $4,000 to the Johnstown suffer-
ers.
The great storm and flood has almost
completely isolated Washington since last
Thursday.
ANDREW ANDERSON, full of booze and
wal, committed suicide by drowning in the
Red river at Fargo.
IT is feared the foundation of the Wash
ington monument has been injured by the
high water in the Potomac.
New York has sent to date to Johnstown
$114,297. About 100000 have been con-
tributed from all over the country thus
far.
The Associated Press reports up to Mon
day night showed contributions to the
Johnstown sufferers from all over the
country of $780,, ,O91.
TWENTY-FIVE registry offices have been
opened in the vicinity of Johnstown and
up to Tuesday night about 5000 out of
$4,000 have registered.
SENATOR WAsHBURN who has been in
Washington since Saturday morning is
very sick at the Arlington hotel. His
symptoms are serious.
THURSDAY afternoon Jno. Simmons shot
David Cook at Lowe, Mimi, for derogatory
remarks about Simmons sister-in law
Cook died and Simmons gave himself up
A. T. EDGERs and wife were murdered
Monday night at Topeka, Kas, by bur-
glar. Tuesday night an orderly crowd of
citizens broke into the Jail and lynched
the muraerer.
THE recent high water at Washington
overflow af the POtomac-covered many of
the lower streets and came in dangerous
proximity to Governor Ordway's great
market house.
SOME idea of the awful rush tf the waters
down Stony creek can be had when it is
understood that within one hour from the
breaking away of the dam Friday after
noon, Conemaugn lake was dry.
WYOMING proposes to be state along
with the other territories. General War;
rem has issued a proclamation for an cleo
tion on June OF delegates to the constitu-
tional convention to meet September g.
Ara public meeting called by the com.
misslOners of the District of Columbia to
devise means for aiding the Johnstown
sufferers, President Harrison presided. A
large sum of money was raised at the
meeting.
BISHOP MARTY has been reelected pres
ident of the Catholic Indian bureau. The
bureau has had sixty schools in the United
States during the year and educated 1887
Indian children, the cost being $3.485.45.
OF these children there were 472 in Mime
sofa, $50 in Dakota, 4SO in Montana, 100 in
Idaho and 400 in Washington territory.
Gov. PIERCE delivered the Grafton at
Valley City on Decoration. day and the
Democrat speaks as follows of that gen.
tleman: "Gov. Pierce marched on foot at
the head of the g. A. r. boys to the ceme-
terry on Memorial day. The Ninth Indi-
ana, the governors old regiment, was we'll
known to the editor Of the Democrat as
fghters-having stood shoulder to shoulder
with them on that eventful Sunday-Sept.
20, 1863-when Gen. Thomas little band of
veterans beat back the hosts of the con-
federacy on the bloody field of Chica-
mauga, and saved Rosecrans' army from
destruction. The Ninth Indiana was
among the last to leave the field"
The telegraph relates many sad Incl
dents connected with the great Johnstown
horror, but none more sad than that re-
garding nameless sPaul Revere" u who
went down the valley warning the people
of their danger, but needing not his own
fate. Mounted on grand big bay horse
he came riding down the pike which
passes through COnemaugh to Johnstown
like some angel of wrath of old shouting
his patenti0us warning to 'run for your
lives to the hills" "Run to the hills"
People crowded out of their houses along
the thickly settled streets awestruck and
wondering. Nobody knew the man and
some thought.h he was maniac. and laughed.
On at deadly pace he rode and shrilly
rang out his awful cry. In a few moments,
however, there came cloud of rain down
the broad streets, down the narrow alleys,
grinding, twisting, bursting. overturning.
crashing, annihilating weak and strong.
It was the charge of the food bringing Its
contents Of ruin and devastation which
grew at every instant of its progress. On
and on went the rider, and on and on
rushed the wave. Dozens Of people took
heed of the warming and ran up to the hills,
but to the faithful rider 1t was an unequal
contest. just as he turned across the rail-
road bridge the mighty wave fell upon
him, and horse and rider all went out into
chaos together.