Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-08-29
THE REPORT on THE JoHNsToWB
FLOOD.
Tr0m the New York Tnbune.

From the New York Tribune.
AttentiOn Is recalled " the awful Johns
Iown aeOd Of last year By the report Of
The secretary Of the Flood Relief Comnis-
sion, which hAsJust been published. Con-
aieting emotions are excited as one turns
the pages Of this report; sompaIsiOn for
the victims Of the unspsskable calamity Rd
miratiSn for the human sympathy AH PrSe-
tienl and generots as it was vidsspread
which the calamity inspired The ASod
Of dssslatiOH was fairly matebed b. the
iced Of generosity. The number Of per-
sons drowned in the ConemauKh Valley
was, according to the report, 2.142; 90
families having p Membership ranging
freE to 10 persons, we're entirely obht-
erated; 505 children we're made half
orphans; the loss Of property oeeasiOaSd By
the aOsd, as given in the sworn state
nsnts q the claimants reached the sum
Of 1914 los, to which is 10 be added
81, l07 500, rspfessnting the loss sustained
by corporations who made no statements
to the commission.
ItisA relist to look at the other picture
to turn from these narrowing statistics to
those which shsw what the rest Of tho
country and mankind generally did
for the blightSd Conemaugh Valley in Its
hour Of supreme distress and desolAhoA
Those who are fond Of bswalling the de-
rsnsrGey Of the times, who are forever in
uistiRg that the eontemporaneous man
cares for nothing in particular except
moHsy-makinE, who argue that poor
human nature, as they are accustomed to
call it, was never so poor rs it Is to-day,
would de well If they value thor peace Of
mind to avoid this shining record Of coed
Sanaritaus. Evsry State in the Union
and every territory helped to repair the
ravagss Of the Aood. Pennsylvania nat
urally gave the largest sum, since Cone
naugh Valley is part Of her own terri
tory. Her contribution waa 81, 1873, 403-
a. New York came next with S9ll, ,761. =
05; Massachusetts next with $255, 646 70:
illinois next with S2O6, 96S IS; Ohio next
with $500, ,243 OF; New Jersey next with
S1S9, ,6l278. Tho sum total Of these eSn
trUutiOns wsS So, 6Ol, ,5178O-fgurss that
demonstrate what has been SO often de-
mOnstrated before, that the American
people are nothing if net generous heart
ed. Possibly they are open to the charge
Of nAkinE haste to get rich, but certainly
they ear meyer be ACCUSED Of shutting up
their boWe'a Of compassion against the
cry Of the needy 1t is peculiarly pleas
aat, tee, TO recall the last that Eunber
Of foreign csantries helpsd to swell the
relief fund Subscriptions varying in
amount from S43, 9O2 80 to SO 46 wsrs re-
ssived frem Australia, Austria,
British Columbia, Manitoba, Canada,
England, France, Germany, Ireland,
Italy, Mexico. Persia, Prussia, saxony,
Tarksy Aad Wales. Possibly ths world
s not SO 5slash as it is sometimes depist-
ed. Surely usHo Of these deeds Of charity
could have been based On a sense Of favors
to come. They had their inspiration in
unadulterRted loving kindness.
1t is indeed an i'll wind that blows no
body good Even the colossal calamity
ander sonsiaerasloE was not An unmixsd
evil. For whatever tsnds to make man
kind remember that saeh is the brother Of
all, whatever tsnds 10 rendsr the question
Whe Is my naIghbor7 an impsrtinenee,
whatever tends to snforcs the elaiias Of
the Golden Rule, may DO a blight from
ohs pent Of viaw, but from another an
important one it is positive bensfastisa
Times: Before the era Of railroads in
Ell Paso, the rainy season used to begia in
tue latter part Of June and run alOng into
August; but when the iron rails ushsrsd
in the now era q general oyerturn-
iaE Of the aeeustOmed ordsr Of thiags
tOok place; Hnd for Sou1e years past it has
been difficult to define any particular par!
Of the year as the rainy season. Now the
msteorle changes produced by the dis
turbaHse Of fbe old electric currents
throsgh the stretching Of hundreds o.
miles Of iron rails across the country seem
to have breught abOut The establish nent
Of An atmssEherisal equilibrium, with the
result that the old time rainy season hal
come back end may be locked for in future
ysarI to arrive with its old tina regular
ity.
Belt: A tslegrAm from Sheriff Thomp
sen, dated Fort ApaeRs, yesterday, says
have Guadalupe in custody and expect Il
arrest the others tomorrow. 1t is hoped
that the proceedings new naugurAted
against Guadalupe and sertaiR Of hi
band, will reveal the secrets attending th'
murdar Of Ed. Baker.
A ssldisr at Fort Lowell named Nome
was bitten by a 0ila monster which b
vas "fenahng" on Tussday. At last &C
couAts he was ia a PTSeaviouS condition
If he reeoVsrs he will probobiy let Gil'
monsters severely alone in the futurs.
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