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THE OMAHA DAILY i EIGHTEENTH YEAR , OMAHA MONDAY ; MO&NING. JUNE 3 , issa NUMBER 353 IN A FLOOD OF TEARS Wooplng nnd Walling In Wotor- swept Johnstown. MOTHERS DUMB WITH SORROW. Fathers Groping Hoart-brokon Amid the Ruins. LITTLE CHILDREN AWE-STRUCK. Rich and Poor Sleeping In Touts on tbo Hillsldo. PLUNDERING THE DEAD BODIES. Ilcartlcfls JlnncnrltuiR Quarrel Like Wild ItcnntB Over the Spoils Iii- Citizens Kill Several of the Glioiils. Trenches For the Detul. JOHNSTOWX , Pa. , Juno 2. Men wore nt work In the lower Yodcr Catholic cnmotory nnd the Grand View Protestant cemetery , this afternoon , digging trenches. The bodies that wcro exposed when the waters begun falling uro In bad condition. Some have already been interred. In the haste nnd excitement no definite arrangements seem to have been made for the funeral ser vices. The only suggestion that could bo obtained at Morrcllvlllo was that all the bodies would bo burled and general memo rial services held after the present suffering is alleviated. A COSPUOTOH'S STOUV. In a talk , to-day , Conductor Boll , of the first section of the day express , laid up ut Coneuiaugh on the night of the disaster , said : "Tho first and second sections stopped side by sldo at Conouiaugh , Friday after noon , on account of the washout at Lillys. The second section was next to the hill , the first , on the outside. Suddenly I saw \vlmt looked Hko n wall of water. It was thirty feet high. Wo barely hud time to notify the passoneers , nnd they nearly nil ( led up the hillside. Ono old man who with his son returned , for some reason , was drowned. Two cars went down in the current. 1 do not know how many wcro drowned. Wo saw two parsons on top of the oars. The water sot u > o to a lot of lime , ami the fire caught two Pullman cars , which wuro destroyed , but no person was burned , nil the passengers having loft the train be- foio the curs took fire. There were about one hundred persons on my section , which \vas made up of day coaches. The passengers wont back to the cars , mid lutor were cared for by the people of Conenmugh. Afterward they were taken to Ebcnsburg. They ex pected to f.fo east to Altoona. this afternoon. The friends of these In the Chicago limited need feel no anxiety , as it was not in the Hood at all. " Till ! SITUATION UNCHANGED. The situation hero has not changed , and yesterday's estimates of the loss of life do not scorn to bo exaggerated. Six hundred bodies uro now lying in Johnstown , and u largo iiMmbor have already been buried. Four 'imtnenso relief trains arrived last nlpht , and the survivors are being well cared lor. lor.A A portion of the police force of Pittsburg nnd Allegheny are on duty and bettor ordei is maintained than prevailed .yesterday. Communication will bo restored betwcci Cambric City nnd Johnstown by foot bridge Tim work of repairing the tracks between Sang Hollow and Johnstown is going on rap Idly and trains will probably be running by to-morrow morning. Not less than 15OOC strangers are hero. The handsome brick high school building is damaged to such un extent that it will havi to be rebuilt. The waters attained the height , of the windows of the second floor , Itfl upper stories formed a refuge for mani pcrso-13. All Saturday afternoon two little ( jirlsvould bo Bean at the windows franti cally Lulling for aid They had spent ul night and day in the building , cut off from all uid , without lood or drinking' water , Their condition was pitiable. Lata la the evening the children were removed to hlghei ground and properly cared for. A numboi of persons bad been taken from this uuildiiif earlier In the day , but in the excitement the children wcro forgotten. Now that the waters have receded there is great dauber from falling walls. All da ; long the crashing of walls could bo hean across the river. Library hull was another of the flue buildings of many in the city that is de stroyed. Of the Episcopal church not n ves tlgii remains. The parsunago Is swept away and the rector of the church , Rev. Dillon , was di owned. James M. Walters , nn attorney , "spent th ( night in Altn hall , ana relates a thrilling story. Olio of the most curious occurroacos of the whola disaster was how Walters got U the hall. Ho has his ofllco on the secoiu floor , His homo Is at i)5 : ) Walnut street. H < EIIJS ho was in the house will his family when the waters strucli It , All was carried away. WaltorH family drifted on the roof in anothu direction. Ho passed down uoveral street nnd alleys until ho como to the hull. Hid dwelling struck that eiHIlee , und ho wiv thrown into his own ofllco. About two hundred drod persona had taken rcfugo In the hall mid were on the second , third and fourtl Mnrlcs. The men held a meeting and drov up some rules , which all were hound to ro sped , Walters was chosen president , Key liealo was put hi charge of the ttnl floor , A M , Hart of the second , and Dr. Matthews o lliu fouith floor. No lights wcro allowed , ant the whole night was spout In dark nous. The scones wcra most agontz Ing. Hcarti ending shrieks and sob : nnd moans pierced the gloomy darkness 'i'lic crying of children , mingled will the suppi cased sobs of the women. No om slept during nil the dark night. Many knel for hours In prayer , their supplication niiiitilliii ; with lliu roar of the waters am shrieks of the dying la the surroundlnt houses. In all this misery two women guvi prumaturu birth to children. A 111:11010 : pocroii. Dr. Muthuws U Iho hero. Ills ribs \ver crushed hy falling timber , and his pain ; WVTQ moat severe , yt through it ujl ho at tended the Hick.Vl.en the two women h the house across the street shouted for help bo , with two other bravo youn mon , clluibei ncrois the ( Irlft and ministered to thuli wants. No one died during the night , bu the tvomou and 'children ' surrendered the ! lives on thcu , succeeding day from tuiro and lutigue. MUs Hose Young , on of thu young ladles in the hall was fruitfully cut nnd bruised Yount ; haJ a lo broken. A lour o the west bank of the rlvor for n distance of two miles loaves the mind confused. There nro not over two hundred bodies to bo soon , but whllo the mass of pcoplo walked back nnd fortfi they were strangers. Not ono person in ton that ono mot was a resident of this vicinity. It loads to the bullet that hundreds , parhaps thousands , ara still burled In the mud nnd debris , burned In the awful fur unco at the stone bridge or lodged further down than the searchers have yet gone. That many are burled yet Is also in dicated by the fresh finds every few hours , nd the unmistakable odor that rises from ho acres of lire on the river bank. riiUNimutxo TIII : nnu > . As the roads to the roundabout nro opened lecds of thu vilest natures perpetrated in ho darkness of the night are brought to Ight. Just as the shadows began to fall upon the earth last evening n party ot thirteen Hun garians were noticed stoalthlly picking their vnv nlong the hanks of the Conemaugh awards Sang Hollow. Divining their pur- > ese , several farmers armed tho'msolves nnd taricd In pursuit. Soon their most terrible 'ears ' wcro realized. The Hungarians wuro out for the plunder lying upon the shores. They came upun n dead and mangled body of n woman upun whoso person wuro a num- jor of trinkets , gold jewelry and two diamond mend rings. In their cagornoss to secure .ho plunder the Hungarians got into a light , aurlng which ono of their number severed .ho finger upon which wcro the rings , nnd started uu n run with his fearful prize. The revolting nature of the doo.l so wrought upon the pursuing farmers , who , by this .lino , were close at hand , that they gave im- ncdiato chase. Somoof the Hungarians showed fight , but , bolng outnumbered , were compelled to flea for their lives. Nine of the jrutea escaped , but four ivero literally driven ulo the surging rlvor und to their death. The Inhuman monster whoso atrocious act : ias been described was among the number of the involuntary suicides. LVXOHGD TUB l.OOTnllS. Another incident of even greater moment has Just been brought to notice. At 8:30 : o'clock this morning an old railroader , who had walked from Sang Hollow , stepped up tea a number of men who wcro congregated on the platform of the station at Currunsvlllo and said : Gentlemen , if I had a shotgun with mo half nu hour ago I would now bo a murderer , yet with no fear of ever having to suffer for my crime. Two miles below hero I watched three men iroing along the hanks stealing Jewels from the bodies of the dead wives and daughters of men who have been robbed of all they hold dear on earth. " Ho had no sooner finished the last sentence than live burly men were on their way to the scene of the plunder , one with a rope and another with a revolver. In twenty minutes they had overtaiton two of the ghouls , who were then in the act of cutting pieces from the ears and fingers from the hands of two dead women. With the revolver leveled at the scoundrels the leader of the posse shouted , 'Throw up your hands or I'll blow your heads off ! " With blanched faces and trembling forms they obeyed the order and begged for mercy. They were searched , and ns their pockets wer emptied of their ghastly finds , Iho indignation of the crowd intensified , and when the bloody finger of un infant encir cled with two tiny gold rings was found among the plunder , the cry went up , "Lynch them1. Lynch thorn ! " Without u moment's delay ropes iverc thrown about their necks and they were dangling 10 a tree , in the.branches of which an hour bofoio wcro the entangled bodies of the dead father nnd son. After the expiration of a half-hour , the ropes were cut and the bodies lowered und carried to a pile of rocks in the fores , on the Ii'll ' above. MiyiSTlMtlXO TO THE SICK. A squad of Battery B , under command of Lieutenant Brown , ( the forerunner of the whole battery ) arrived nt the improvised telegraph ofllco nt (1:90 ( : o'cloci : . Ho wont at once lo Adjutant-General Hastings and ar ranged for proper protection. Medical dispensary under Directors Wake- field , of the Cambria Medical society , Stew art , of the Allegheny society , and Milligan , of the Westmoreland socleiy , is doing good work. Dr. Milligan slates thai Ihoy treated UOO patients to-day. They uro nt Napoleon street , , in-Kcariisvillo. No surgical inslru- iiionts could bo procured in the city until 8 o'clock this afternoon. Among their 300 patients the doclors have many wilh faclurcd skulls , and nearly all have broken bones , Ono man had a heavy Iron bar driven through his leg beneath the knee , separating two bones. A thigh ampu- tr.tion was made. A woman has her knee and iho lower part of a limb crushed out of nil shape. Dr. Milligan reported ut G p. m. that seventy-six bodies had been taken out of Koarnsvillonnd eighty-live above the silk works. Chief Evans , of the Pittsburg fire depart ment , arrived this evening with oneines Nos. 2 ami 15 nnd several hose carls and a full complement of men. A large number of Pittsburg physicians came on the same train. Mr. Crousu , Iho proprietor of the South Park Fishing club hotel came to Johnstown this afternoon. Ho says that when iho dam of Conemaugh luke broke the water seemed lo leap , scarcely touching the ground. It bounded down the valley , crashing and roarIng - Ing , carrying everything before it. For n mile its front seemed Hko a solid wall , twenty fcut high. The warning given the stncHcn city was sent from Souih Fork by Freight Agent Dechort. When Iho great wall that held the body of the water began to crumble ul the top ho soul n message beg ging the people of Johnstown for God's sake to take to the hills. Ho reports no serious accidents at South Fork. Uichard Davis ran to Prospect hill when thu water raised. As to Dochort's messsyo , bo says that Just suoh a ono has boon sent down ut each Hood since the lake was made. The warning so often proved useless that littio alienton ! was paid to it this lima , "J can not describe the mad rush , " he jntd. "At first U looked Hko dust. That must have been spray. I could sou houses going down before it Hko u child's play blocks set on end in a row. As It came nearer I could see houses toiler for a moment , then rise , and the next moment he crushed like egg shells against each other. " Mrs. James Davis , her two daughters and son , cun nowheie ho found. At Woodvalo there was a row of bricic tenement houses I'M feet long und thrco stories high. It slood bioudbldo to iho current. A few tenants fled , but many went to tholr attics to watch the fiooil. To-day scarcely a foundation of the row of brick houses can bo found. Super intendent Kiorilund , of the West Pennsyl vania railroad , arrived at Cuito 11. m. . with n car toad of provisions from Blalrsvlllo. | ! MlUlUUSSii : ) SlOirf-kKKIlS. . A inemhnr of the Johnstown eafoty com mittco said to a reporter this evening. "For God's sake , toil them ut PIHsburg lo stop the rusU of slglit-hCiTs to this stricken locality. There Is enough to last for weeks , and ill' } morbid curiosity of thu people can Just ns wall bo gr.Unl''d later ns now. The crowds have greatly embarrassed us to-ilny. The authorities must stop It. " Aiijiu.int-llener.il Hust'ngs ' and Major Snngor have assumed entire charge of Johiibtown and viciulty , and slrict discipline will bo enjoined n am now on as much us possible. General Hustings' headquarters are at Iho Pennsylvania railroad depot. A supply depot is established al this point , and many ncei'y ' pcoplo are being relieved. Tlio bodies that are dug out Ho in the station un til cofllns can bo obtained. They are burled in Prospect Hill. James McMlllon , vice president of the Cambria Iron works , Iti a conversation , thiu afternoon , bald ; ' ! do not Know what our loss Is. Tlio upper mill is a total wreak , bit ing damaged beyond all lopalrs. Thu lower mill U damaged to such un extent that all the machinery and buildings are useless. The mill will bo rebuilt immediately. " The Gamier wlro works , which was com pletely destroyed , IH owned and operated by tlmCambila Iron company. The buildings will be Immediately rebuilt and put In opera tion ns soon as possible. Loss at this point is complete. The laud ou which it stood 1s to- r 4' as Darren uuU desolate us If it stood iu ho midst of the Sahara desert. The Cam- > rln Iron company loses Its great supply tores at this point. The Darmotuh club , vhoro the employes of the works boarded , vns carried away In the Hood. It contained nany occupants at the time. Nona were saved. The losses of the Cambria Iron com- inny nro given nt f rom $2,000,000 to $3,600,000 ; ) Ut little of this can bo recovered. ( TUB nori : imtnoE. Crossing the brldgo which spans the chasm Iu ? by the waters between the stone brldgo and Johnstown , Is an exciting task , It is n larrow rope bridge. A slide , n series of 'rightful tosses from side to sldo , a run and you have crossed the brldgo. The brldgo ) llchos Hko n ship In n storm and within two nchcs of your feet rush the muddy waters of Cononmugh. Ono has to cross Conomaugh it a fieeond point In order to reach Johns- lown proper. This was accomplished by n skiff ferry. The fcirryman clung to the rope nnd pulled the lotd over. After landing , ono walks across n acsolntn sea of mud in which there Is Intcrro.1 the remains of many hundred bodies. It was once n handsome portion of the town. The collars are filled up with mud BO that a person who has never seen the city can hardly Imaglno that houses over stood whcro they did. The work of getting the bodies together for Identification began this afternoon on Sarslleld avenue on n vacant lot. At C o'clock thU was almost entirely covered with cofllns , whllo between them nnd stooping over them were weeping mon nnd women. Although the number was short of 100 , at 5 o'clock others will come , nnd there Is no toll ing what the total will bo. In ono rough box was a piece of paper with the words , "Tlirco children. " To-night they were lifted out and all thrco placed In one collln. The little bodies were almost nude , and their faces wcro bruised and cut. The scone iu St. Columbia Catholic church was awful. Forty or fifty bodies had been carried into It and laid sldo by side. In this church were five children. No ono had iden tified them tliLi afternoon. Their little curls were matted with mud. Their nostrils were filled with sand und their eyes completely covered. TIIC FLooi-s\yurT TOWN . It Is Impossible to describe the appearance of the main street. Whole houses have been swept down the utrctt and become lodged. The wreck Is piled as high us iho second story windows. The reporters could stop from the wreck into the auditorium of the opera house. The ruins consist of parts of houses , trees , saw logs , reels from the wire factory , otc. The houses have their sidewalls - walls and roofs torn up , and you can walk directly into what had noon n second story bedroom , or go in by way of tlio top. Fur ther up town u raft of logs was lodged In tlio street und did great damage. The best de scription that can be given of the general appearance of the wreck Is to imagine a number of children's blocks placed closely together and then draw your hand through thotn In almost every direc tion. At the commencement of the wreck age , which is at the opening of the valley of Conemaugh , ono can look up the valley lor miles and not sea n house. Nothing stands but an old woolen null. Charles Luther is thu mime of a boy who stood on nn adjacent clcvntlon nnd saw the whole flood. Ho said ho heard n grindimr noise up the valley , and lookinc up ho could see n dark line moving slowly towards him. Ho saw that it was a house. High in the nir would bo tossed n log or a beam which would fail back with a crash. Down the valley the flood moved and across the llttlo mountain city. For ten minutes nothing but moving houses was seen nnd then the waters came with a roar and a rush. This lasted for two hours , and then it began lo flow more steadily. HUMANvui.ruitis. . The pillaging of houses in Johnstown ib something awful to contemplate and do- scribe. It makes ono feel almost ashamed to cull himself a. man and know that others who bear the same name , have converted themselves into human vultures preying on the dead. Men arc carrying shotguns and revolvers nnd woo betide the stranger who looks even suspiciously at uny article. Goods of great value wcro bo'ng ' sold m town for drink of . A to-day a whisky. sup ply store has boon established in the Fourth ward in Johnstown. A line of men , women and children extending for a square waited to have their wants supplied. The school house has bcon converted Into a morgue , and the dead are being buried from tills place. A hospital has been opened near by nnd is full of patients. The Pennsylvania railroad is laying its track from Johnstown to the washout. A temporary bridge is being built , and by to morrow ovcnlmr trains will bo run into Johnstown. Communication by rail has been established between Pittsburg and the end of iho stone bridge. Assistant Superin tendent Trump is on iho ground and is au thority for the news. Ho knows nothing of the condition of the truck between Johns town and Altoona. In some place , it is said , the tracks were scoopoJ out to ttio depth of twenty feet. The Pcnnsyvanla railroad loses thirtv-iivo engines and muny cars. The Baltimore & Ohio tracks are now open. The tire in the wreck has spread rapidly all day and the uppar part of the dntt is burning to-night. A fire unglno is stationed on the river bank and others will bo gotten there by the Baltimore & Ohio. The natu ral gas 1ms decn shut off , owing to the many leaks In Johnstown. No fire is allowed in the city. A funeral was being held at ono of the Catnollo churches at the time of the flood. The congregation deserted the church and the body was burned with the building. The citi/ons committee has issued a proclamnlion llml all men who are able for work must re port for work or leave the place. Tnoro is lee much to do to support idlers aud the eom- mittco will not abuse Iho generous help lhat is being bent by friends. ANOTIIIH STOUV. Johnstown is the most complete wreck that the imagination can portray. Probably five hundred houses have been swept from the face of the earth us completely a $ if they had never been erected. The main street from end to end Is piled fifteen to twenty feet high with debris und In some Instances Is us high as the roofs of the houses. This great mass of wreckage fills the streets from curb to curb nnd fiequently has crushed the fronts of build- inijH iu and filled the space with reminders of the terrible calamity. I1 rom the woolen mill above the Island to the bridge , a dis tance probably of two miles , n strip of terri tory nearly n half a mile In width lias been swept clean , not n stick of timber or ono brick on lop of another being loft to toll the tale. All day long men , women nnd children wcro plodding about the desolate waste , trying in vain to locate the boundaries of former homes. Nothing but a wide expanse of mud remained for their contemplation , These losses , however , uro as nothing compared to the frightful sacri fices of precious human lives to bo seen on every hand. During all this solemn Sunday Johnstown has been drenched with the tears of stricken mortals , and the air Is filled with sobs and sighs that como from breaking hearts , Them are scones enacted hero every hour and every minute that effect all behold ers profoundly. urr : ALONK. An utterly wretched womnn named Mrs. Tonn , stood by a muddy pool of water try'nir ' to find homo ( race of a happy homo. Hue was half crazed with grief and horoyos were red and swollen , As the writer stepped tc her sldo she raised her pale and haggard face nnd remarked : "They uro all gone. Oh God , bo merciful to them. My husband and my seven dear children have buon swept down with the flood , and I am loft alone. Wo wcro driven by the Hood Into the gnrrctt , but the water followed us thero. Inch by inch II kept rising until our heads wcro crushed against iho roof. It was death to remain , BO I raised u window , and ono | > y ono placed my darlings ou some drift wood , trusting to the great Creator. As I liberated thu last ono of my sweet llttlo boys , he looked at mo and said : 'Mamma , you always told nio that the Lord would care for mo ; will ho look after mo now ! ' I saw him drift away from sight forovcr. Tlio next moment the roof crashed In , and I jtoated outside to bo rescued fifteen hours later from the roof of iho house in ttio valley. If 1 could only Und ono of my darlings. I could how to the will of God , bu . they are all gnno. I have lost everything on earth now , but my life. " A handsome woman walked through tha depot , wncra u dozen ot more bodies were awaiting tholr burial , Passing from ouo to another , she finally lifted the paper covering 'rom the fnco of a womant young , nnd with traces of beauty showing tllrpugh the stains of the muddy water. With a cry of anguish oho reeled backward , to bo caught by n man who chanced to bo p.vwlnff. In a moment or BO she had calmed herself : sufficiently to take ono more look nt the features of her dead. She stood gazing at the uiifortunato dead womnn , who was n sister of the mourner. The body was placed in n coffin a few mln- ites later and sent nwny to Its narrow house. .These incidents uro but fair samples of the scenes familiar to every turn In this stricken city. The loss of Hfo is simply dreadful , The most conservative pcoplo declare that the number will roach 5,000. The streets have bdcn full of mon carrying bodies to various places , where they await identification since morning , nnd the worn has only just bigun. Every hour or so forces of J men working In various heaps of dobrli find number of bodies buried In the mud and wreckage. It Is be lieved that when the llamas are extinguished In the wreckage nt the bridge , nnd the same is removed , that hundreds and hundreds of victims will bo discovered. In fnct , this seems certain , ns donins of bodies have al ready been found on Uho outskirts of the muss of broken timbers , lioports from outsldi points nro also ap palling. Up toil o'clock to-night ISO bodies liavo bcon embalmed at Nineveh , and there Is n report that 200 moro have been discovered half burled -in the mud on an Island between Now Florence nnd iho place named. At the Fourth ward school house over ONE HUNPllKt ) VICTIMS have been laid out for identification. In many cases tliov have been recognized , whllo In many moro tabs bear the simple word , "Unknown. " Shocking sights have become so common that they hiwo lost their terrors , and the finding of a body hero nnd there at tracts Hula or no attention from the great crowds that constantly line the river banks and crowd all other ndccsslblo places. As this Is being written hundreds and hundreds of homeless men , womo'n nnd children uro sleeping on the hillside under tents that were sent on from Pittsburg nnd other places about thu country. ' Thu Pennsylvania railroad has succeeded Iu getting a track through to the city and provisions enough to meet all immediate wants have nrrived. The pcoplo who nro not disabled are working earnestly for the revival of the stricken city , but it will tnxo months of work to como nnywhero near re pairing the fearful damages , white It is about certain that the list of the loss will never bo made complete. The supply of coffins sent In from Pittsburg and other points is BO great that the relief committee ttlographed last even ing not to send any moro until ordered. Dozens of places have already sent in gener ous sums of money , and pcoplo are encour aged to believe nil ihcir pressing wauls will bo provided for. It will reruiiro several days 10 ascertain anything Hko u definite Idea of life , but it will certainly reach up into the thousands. Every hour brings fresh evidence - donco of the fact that the disaster eclipses anything of the kind in the history of the country , and no ono can. Bay what the final result will be. ALMOST i.TXonm > . A case of attempted lynching was wit nessed this evening near ICcnvillc. A man was observed stealing valuable articles from houses. Ho was seized by u mob , a rope placed around his nock and ho was jerked up into the air. The rope was tied lo a tree , and his would bo lynchers loft him. By standers cut him down before ho was dead. The other mou did not interfere and ho was allowed to go. SHOT A MAX , Ex-Mayor ChalmerDlclc , , of Johnstown , shot a man in Johustownt to-day for robbing a dead woman's bolli' . The 4 > tory related of Mr. Dick is that ho suvy- the man go to the dead body of a woman and-'tnko off sev eral rings that fehc had on. Ho pulled out his revolver flud'fired ; The bullet strucic iho man. He fell forward into the water and his body was washed awav by the cur ront. This afternoon Editor Swank , of the Johnstown Tribune , received n telegram from Senator Quay to draw on him at sight nt the Beaver Deposit bank for $500 ia aid of the afflicted. W. S. Brown , of Pittsburg , of the Amcricus Hcliof corps , to-day notified Captain ICuhn , city solicitor , thai the Pitts- burg masons stand ready to furnish anything that is wanted. * The scenes at supper time show lhat hun ger is beginning to drive sufferers to des peration. They surrounded the freight cars lhal had been fitted up to feed the hungry and shouted for bread. At first these in charge tossed provisions into the crowd , and an awful scramble followed. Children were THAMI'I.EB USDCIl FEET , and women were unable to get food , though they need it. worst Finally the Allegheny and Pitlsburg police stopped the throwing of food and forced the crowd to pass in n single lilo before the car doors. Then there was no moro trouble , though littio children were crying for bread. "Where's that child without stockings I" called out a committee man from thu car filled with clothing. There wcro a dozen shivering littio girls in sight , and us many wore too pooily clothed to pro tect them from the weather , nnd as it is very cold hero to-night , many a poor woman and her children uro suffering. It is estimated that Councilman Williams nnd Undertaker McNulfy washed and pre pared " , " > 0 bodies to-day. The remains ut Morrollvillo uro still in u vacant lot for the night. Hungarians attacked cars standing on the tracks , to-night , to sel/q clothing and pro visions. Ono was turned over to the deputy sheriff and thu rest wcro clubbed. Hungar ians and negroes am causing the most trou ble. All day long they liavo been filling with whisky , taken from the river , on Saturday , and to-night are In A mxur.iious CONDITION. Negroes in Johnstown were selling hams , sacks of Hour and dress goods for whisky. A Hungarian with two companions was caught , to-day , in Kcrnvillo , rilling u body. The indignant crowd beat und kicked the mou severely , placed a rope about the neck of ono of thorn , and swung him up to a tree , keeping him there until nearly strangled. The men were then released anil chased by the crowd , who. it is said , Htonod them into iho rlvor , where they were drowned. A deputy sheriff , named Porter , shot n negro who was robbing a store. The number of persons who searched the dobrls for plunder to-day , Is surprising , Poorly clad laboring men may bo seen car rying away line ornanibntrtl clocks und rich bric-a-brac. Pianos by tbo dozen uro scat tered along thu river , but they are ruined , Ono of the I'ATllBTlOSCnNEH To-day , was a man and wife who drew from a muss of rubbish part of u cradle. They looked at it a moment iu silence and then fell to weeping in each other's arms , for the loved llttlo ono that was gqiio. William Varner is n brq Kcn-honrtod , mnn , Of a family of ten , Just five are missing , A THItlLI.IXO : Miss Fulton , a daughter of Manager John Fulton , of the Cambria. Iron works , together with six ojtnors , had n thrilling experience. They wcro in the First National bank buildiding and were driven to the roof. .AJ , Jnst the buildIng - Ing moved and the ladlch leaned to another roof. This was going down stream and they leaped to another and then , to another. They traveled almost the entro length of the main street on the top of roofs , and finally landed safely ut Vine street. Selecting n Burial SI to. GiiKCNsnuiio , Pa. , Junn 2 , The commis sioners and poor'Ulrbctops of Indiana , Cam bria nnd Westmoreland ( jduntles will moot to morrow nt Nlnovahlo decide upon a plan for tha burial of the deadIt Is likely that n plat of ground will bo selected. Just across the rlvnr in Cumbria county , and it will bo purchased by the thrco counties. Ono or two long graves will bo niado and the unfor tunate dead , us fast as they can bo found , will bo placed thero/ Immediate action will bo taken , as some pt the deal have turned black and are rapidly decomposing. Wjiole- sulo robbery -6f the victims la re ported and . /thieves are .arriving by the score.One unfeeling wretch was Been to rifle _ theipockeU ot u dead [ Continued on Second PREPARING FOR THE CENSUS How the Officials Are Solootod tvnd How Much Paid. ARMY PROMOTION AND PROJECT. The Unjustltliiblo Attack on the I'rcHliluni'B Son CommlsHloncr Tanner on tlio Distribu tion of Tensions. WASHINGTON BUREAU , TUB OMAHA Unit , ) 518 FoUUTRKXTflSTIlltBT , \ WASHINGTON. D. V. , Juno 2. f It Is very natural that there should bo a great deal of Interest taken by the people throughout the country , just nt this time , In the compilation of the Eleventh census. Many people arc seeking ofllecs now , and an army of something Hko10,000 men will al together bo employed In tlio census work. Only a small number of this vast aggrega tion will have employment longer than thirty or forty dnvs. However , the super intendent of the census and his force of clerks are at work now upon the plans for the real work in the Hold , which Is to begin un the 1st of Juno next year. Altogether there will bo 173 supervisors appointed throughout the states and territories , an in crease of twenty-live over the list of ten yours ago. The supervisors will bo ap pointed according to the population and the work which they will have to super intend. They will receive $125 salary , ana are glvrn fl for every 1,000 persons enumer ated in thickly settled districts , and $1.40 nor 1,000 In thinly settled districts. They shall not bo permitted to make an aggregate of over ? 500 for the entire work. This Is very good pay , ns scarcely over forty days of actual work will bo involved. The super visors uro appointed by the president and must bo con Ill-mod by the senate. The enum erators will bo appointed by the superinten dent of the census upon the recommendation or the supervisors , and in the selection of this army of enumerators a very lively light will take place between republican represen tatives and republican senators , each claim- the right to name both the supervisors and the enumerators. The pay llxed lor the numerators is B cents a head for all enumerated , and 5 cents for each sol dier or soldier's widow : 15 cents for a farm , iind 20 cents for each manufacturing estab lishment in the thickly populated regions. The enumerators uro not permitted to IIIUKO more than $1 u day , and in the sparsely set tled districts their salaries nro con lined to $0 a day. Those having thickly settled dis tricts nro expected to enumerate about 4,000 souls ; In the thinly populated districts the salaries will bo llxcu arbitrarily without ref erence to the number enumerated. The ap pointment of the supervisors and the en umerators must take place not later than the 1st of May , lb)0. ! ) as all of the work shall be done in the following June. Most of the supervitlors will , of course , bo determined upon by the end of this year , and about all of them will bo nominated by the president during the first three months of next year. The superintendent of the census has about com pleted a rallsirietjne of the country for the next census , and has determined the number of supervisors each state shall have. Under tnp now apportionment , Nebraska will have tlireo supervisors , an increase of one in num ber in comparison with the number allowed that state under the Tenth census ; and Iowa will receive four supervisors , the same num ber she had ten years ago. SOME AIIMY GOSSIP. The agitation which has existed in army circles for some time over the succcssorship to Adjutant-General Drum , the promotion of ono of the senior captains to be assistant ad jutant-general , with the ranic of major , and the action of President Harrison on the de cision , r.nd recommendations of Hie court martial which tried Major Arms , on the ro th cd list , for tweaking the nose of Governor Heaver , of Pennsylvania , over a dispute re specting a position in the inaugural parade , has about subsided owing to the great and unexpected delay , 'jhcso questions , it was confidently expected , three or four weeks ago , would bo disposed of fully u week be fore the 1st of June. The president , evi dently , docs not consider an emergency ox- istimr in any of those cases , and since h3 refuses to disclose his future actions on any questions , no reliable information can be had. The friends of Colonel S. Whipple and Colonel Kclton continue to contend that the adjutant-generalship lies betwcon those two ntlleers , and the preponderance of opinion is that Kclton will secure the prize. The friends of Captain John Bourke , Seventh cavalry , are exorcising themselves very much in Ills behalf for the assistant adjutant- generalship , ana they are confluent that ho will succeed. Hourko has certainly one of the best records of any man of his rank in the army. Ho was in dancer and withstand ing the severest privations for fifteen or eighteen years , during and immediately suc ceeding the war. Ho is scholarly and u gen tleman. It Is believed that the delay of the president in taking final action on the decis ion of the Arms court-martial is duo to the fact that tha recommendations and the testimony are at variance. It will bo strange if this is not true , as the decisions In tlio Swalm and Lydeeker court-martial cases were the most remarkable in the judicial an nals of the army. President Harrison him self was very much "put out" at the sen tence in these cases , and ho evidently intends to take the Arms matter in his own hands Undoubtedly a better conditloof affairs exists In the army now than has existed ut any time during the past six or eight years. The designation of General Schotiold to bo acting secretary of war In the absence of Proctor is in refreshing contrast to the con tentions over this question , which have arisen from time to time during the past two administrations. ATruiKi.vo iirssa.i. n. HAIUUSOX. As an Illustration of tha unfair and bit terly personal warfare being made on Mr. HuBsell H. Harrison by the democrats in Montana , it can bo stated that no such per son lives In Montana territory , BO far as can bo ascertained , as Hichurd V. Ncgloy , who , It was recently published , had written u let ter to the president , complaining of the al leged interference of iho president's son In polities in that territory , and no such letter as has been published , or , in fact , any kind of a letter written by Ncgloy , has been do llvored at the white house , if the Nogloy letter Is genuine and was written by such 11 person it boars a palpable falsehood on its face in claiming to be addressed und delivered to the president , us no such missive bus ever entered the white house. The democrats In Montana seem to f really fear the popularity , sagacity and prestige of Russell H. Harrison , nnd they are trying to defeat him for nn ofllco at the minds of tlio people before ho becomes a candidate , and oven be fore ho announces his aspirations. It is stated that the speakers the democrats in tend to send into Montana during the com ing campaign , will attack the president's son and cuurgu him with the use of patronage for the purpose of building himself up for senatorial election. Such unfairness , Injus tice and uncalled-for personality has never entered Into u campaign before , Every charge against him is basely false and Is un provoked. The end In view , of course , is to curry Montana for tno democratic ticket at any huzard , and secondly , to degrade the popularity of President Harrison. The president's son has had no more to do with the distribution of federal olllcos in Mon tana than any ether other prominent , active and good republican citizen of the territory , and it can bo further stated that the presi dent has given ether republicans the snmo hearing and the same consideration that ho bus given his son. WHAT COMMISSIONim TAXXKIl SATS. "I am not thtn-sklnnod , and care as little ns any republican about the criticisms and denunciations of democratic- newspapers , but I do not think it sense or fairness to do- wo lor Ibo ileci Uma of Assistant Secretnry Hussoy , nnd give that official credit for the action 1 take myself , " said Commissioner Tanner. In discussing tno car- tooni of the democratic , press to-day. The commissioner continued , "t am willing to bo represented ns pouring out bags of dollars Into eager soldiers' hands , although this Is but n Might of fancy , nnd they may descrlbo mo ns dispensing all of the good things of Undo Sam to 'tho boys,1 but I think there should bo discrimination between the action of the pension ofllco nnd the action of the officials In the Interior department proper , so that each man may got his pralso nnd his ad verso criticism , ns It may bo duo him , I Intend to reverse the order of General Black , nnd have the 75,000 cases for Increase of pensions pushed to completion along with the now applications for original pensions. General Black thought the applications for Increase should stay in the pigeon holes , as lone ; ns there wns application for original pcnslons-to act upon. I shall have no regard for the condition of the surplus in Uia treas ury In considering applications for pensions , It will bo my purpose to grant all just pen sions , nnd to do It promptly , whether our next pension appropriation bill shall bo in creased from ? SO,000,000 to $ ' . (0,000,000 ( , or from $50,000,000 to $11.0,000,000. , The surplus can take care of itself , and these who need pensions can not. " WHAT Mil. STOCKSLAOr.ll WIU , 110. Land Commissioner Stockslajjor , whoso resignation has been accepted , to take effect July 1 , will Icavo the city for his old homo at Cory don as soon as the trains run west out of Washington. Ho has been granted a leave of absence until the 15lh of Juno. Mr. Stoekslagor has not made arrangements yet for the future , nnd the objnct of his visit to Indiana , this time , is to enter Into a law partnership nt Now Albany , or complete his plans for resuming the practice of law nt Corydon. Ho Is ono of the very last promi nent democratic officers to bo displaced by this administration. Ho says his retention was duo to the unsettled condition in and the opening of Oklahoma , the inability of the administration to determine as to his successor , and the fact that ho was u union soldier , and made an acceptable officer. It Is not yet determined who shall bo his successor , but Assistant Commis sioner Stone has been designated Qua acting commissioner. Governor Stone may become commissioner finally. The only thing there Is atralnst his appointment Is his ago. President Harrison believes that there should bo a 'nan younger than one of about seventy years to fill a position requiring the activity that should bo possessed by a com missioner of the general land office. .VI CEI.tNr.OfB. . Thomas J. Shlndlcr has boon appointed postmaster at Albion , Marshall county , la. , vice W. W. Billiard , resigned. James S. Kuymond , of Iowa , was appointed last week to a $1,000 clerkship iu the war de partment. Mrs. and Miss Miles will leave to-morrow for Omaha , if the trains arc running west of hero. On their way homo n fortnight hence they will make a short visit to Mrs. Hen- drlcks , ut Indianapolis. Mrs. and Miss Niles will spend the summer nt Deer Park. First Lieutenant C. H. Honstcol. Twenty- first infantry , stationed at Fort Sidney will remain In tlio city on two months Icavo of absence. Ho Is stopping at IIUO Sunderland place. Col. Swords , the treasury inspector of fur niture , had a caller at his olfico yesterday , who caused somewhat of a commotion ns ho passed through the corridors owing to his striking resemblance to General W. T. Sherman. Ho oueht to look like him , as it was Major Hoyt Sherman , of Dos Moines , the youngest of the celebrated family , awho , while en route cast , dropped in to view the Government treasury and meet his old friend. PEIIUV S. HEATH. The Sioux Commission. Kosnnuu. Dak. , ( via. Valentino ) , Juno 2. The Sioux commission arrived nt tills agency yesterday afternoon , nnd decided to postpone the first council until the third inst. , in order to give those living at the more dis tant points time to bo present. It is be lieved the efforts of interested parties out side the reservation has succeeded in cre ating a feeling of hostility , which will require the utmost nicety of treatment to overcome. There has been a dance bv the Omaha Sioux , at which several chiefs of some prom inence made speeches , the tone of which were favorable. While this circumstance mnv indicatu the growth of the friendly fooling , which was increased by the feast given at the close of the dance , it Is believed the opinions given above arc correct. The Indians do not now want to part with their lands , and if they finally consent it will bo because they nro convinced their interests will be best subserved by such a course. To couvince them of this fact will bo no casv task for the commissioners. Development * in tin ; Gaiuly Case. PAWNEE CITV , Neb. , Juno 2. [ Special Telegram to TUB Hun. ] Until to-day nothing new has been presented in the Gandv case now on trifll hcio. It has been distinguished only the long diawn evidence that was pio- duccd at the other trials , with the defense attempting the impeachment of the state's evidence. Something interesting , however , was developed to-day , when rumor brought out the fact that the defense claims to have proof that one juror had previously said that he wanted to ba on the Gaudy case to sec that the defendant "got In the pen for n term ol years.1' ' This rnpon finds in be lievers. Hy noon , yesterday , the evidence was all In , and , by consent , Judge Hroady Issued his instructions , and the attorneys began their war of words Frank Martin was the drawing card , and nt the evening session the court-room was picked with mon and a largo number of ladies to hear his pica. Martin's speech lasted over two hours. At 11 o'clock the Jury went out and have been out all of to-day without agreeing , Sir. ainolcny Kxplninn. CHICAGO , Juno 'J. ( Special Telegram to Tin : Hr.K.j General Freight Agent Mucku.v. of the Michigan Central road , was inter viewed , to night , on the subject of the re ported indictment of himself and other offi cials of the Michigan Central , for violation of the inter-state commerce law. He said ho supposed it was the result of the charge of discrimination made last fall , when Mr. Strcit , who Is not now In the service of the company , made a certain special arrange ment with Counselnmn .t Co , for through rates fiom points west of Chicago to the east. "Of touroc , " said Mr. Mackav , "you can not indict a railway company , but they have taken the whole freight department of our load. The Michigan Central Is the old est cast bound _ line , and Hi interests arc these of Chicago but it looks ns If some members of the hoard of trade want to use Inter-state commerce law to make grain pay toll to them as it goes through. They don't want it tn go around Chicago , but I suppose wo shall learn more about It If Indictments have bcon found. " A FuRtlvo Ijlglitnlni ; O-ilt. HASTINGS , Neb , , Juno 2. | .Special Tulo- gram to Tin : BIH. ] A bolt of lightning struck the Hostwlck hotel about 10 o'clock this morning , during tlio prevalence of n severe storm of short duration , creating much consternation , The current descended tno Chimney nnd charged the wires of the mcadcscmii light system unit shocked and terrified all tlio inmates. A cloud of soot was blown In from the chimney line In the dining loom and covered the Moor and the tables an Inch deep , and smoaicd the guests eating breakfast. Sheets of llutnu filled the rooms , causing u wild alarm and excitement. Nobody was hurt and the damage was slight. I'nwnuo Oliy Illuli Holiool. PAWNRB Cirv , Nob. , Juno S. ( Special Tel- cgram to Tin : Hii--Tho : ] high school com mencement exercises wcra held , last night , In the opera house. There wcro seven graduates. The evening's ' piogrnmmo , was highly entertaining , The public schools are under the management of Prof , W. ,1 , WUo , this being his second graduating Clans. The school board Iran ungugcd turn for two ycarit moro , SOMETHING OF HOME RULE , It is Hoped the Qouornl EHootloU Will Dlvulffo Intentions. WILL MR. PARNELL BACK DOWN * Tlio Art of Interviewing Glmrclilll-4 Gladstone's Tour to Cornwall nnil the Itottiorod HoportorH Tlio Grniul Old Man's Outlook. Meeting With Celebrities. tin Jamt * Oanlon Ittnnttt , ] Juno 2. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to THE Uni.J It does not do , in these days , for nnyWn to abut himself in n bandbox , and If ho moves about tha world hko other pcoplo ho will very likely come In contiiot with a Qladstonmn , a Par- nolltto , a Salisburyito or oven a Goschcnito , for It Is said that tow odd persons nro to ba found who call themselves by this lastimmo. At nil events ho will Hkoly run ncrosa the largely Interviewed Lord Ilamtolp Churchill. Queer as It Is , although that Interesting RUitlomnn Is golne , for the next month , to dine largely on llsh caught by himself on tha' banks of Norwegian rivers the patent pnrn graph machine will not stop In the victim's absence. Ho will bo maao to supply grist to the mill , once or twice a day. Gladstone Is so hardened an offender that it is of no use remonstrating with him on what Whitsuntide tour ho has marked ou\ for himself , and for the miserable reporters who were just beginning to liopo that they would got holiday , nt least. It must bo re- , mombcrcd that the reporters who can tuka really verbatim notes nro comparatively few in number , and that most of this , description nro engaged in the gallery of the house of. commons. When Gladstone speaks In tha country , especially during recess , some ol these accomplished gentlemen tire required to follow him , and so with the chief writers of the great press associations , who do tha , descriptive articles. They arc compelled to' * go to the principle points on the Glndstonlaa tour. For them , therefore , the news of a Cornwall expedition came as anything but a welcome surprise. It is no Joke of nu expedition , either , so far as I can learn. Gladstone has arranged to speak in something like half a dozen places. , not quite all at once , and to receive no end , of addresses. Ho will rush about in yachts , trains and carriages. If lie can not find something now to say everywhere , ho will , at least , succeed in Impressing his audiences with his unrivaled powers , giving an air ot novelty to the veriest commonplace. In the art of putting things there is no ono equal to him. Between the things ho will have to put and those ho will have to avoid , his work In Cornwall will tax all the ingenu ity ho can bring to It. For Instance , what people want to know is , whore the homo rule question i eally stands. What is homo rule , and how docs Gladstone propose to embody - body it in his next bill ? Dealing with all sides of the subject ho is wonderfully coy about it. Is the scheme of 1SSO really dead , or Is it only sleeping ! , No doubt , Gladstone has attended its funeral as chief mourner , and put up several affecting epithets over its remains , but can , it bo rcsucltatcd at a moment's notice ? Ttie verbal wizard would only tell us the present intentions and opinions with regard to that. Ho would find the whole country intently listening to him every time , bnt the time has not come for such confidence. Gen cr.ilities suftlce for the third year of a parlia ment. As a general election approaches , it Is pos sible that concealment will bo abandoned. Wo shall then know of how many of its ob jectionable and unpopular ffiaturcs the homo rule bill has been shorn. Perhaps Parnell will cause It to leak out how much loss ho Is willing to take thin ho was offered in 1SSU. Some reduction o term ? will certainly have to bo made if the once formidable liberal party Is to bo united. Almost every day , as matters stand , a fresh schism occurs. Tlio great shock of the earthquake is over , but of the cdltlco which survives some corner is continually falling off , or a now crack appears in tlio wall. The place can bo shored up so as to last till election conies around , but , if not , steps can bo taiccn , now and then , to rebuild it en tirely. It is u bad outlook for Gladstone and his chief followers. Anothnr spoil of power for i the unionists would bo the death blow of the liberal party , and that result is fur from im- piobablc , unless Gladstone contrives to make n much more favorable impression upon the public than ho has yet done. This , however , is taking a long look ahead. At present , wo are in the midst of a dull ses sion , and unless the Irishman break sudden ly into dullness , It will bo necessary to ccasa to write to you on parliamentary proceed ings. They will cease to interest anyone but oflk'ial bores. The Scotch local government bill , the Harm drainage bill who ran strike any lira out ol srch materials as these ? They uro very use ful , no doubt , but heavy beyond power of words to describe In every phase of the dis cussion uuou tlioni , Heavier still will bo- comu this letter if I llngnr over them a mo ment longer. A MIIMIIKH or PAHUAMJ-.NT. Sovpiiih liny AdventKt . Drs MOIXI 9 , Ja , Juno 2. [ Special to Tin Hi i : 1 Tlio Seventh Day AdvcnllslH of the northwest hold their annual campnscctlng at this city , beginning next Tuesday. They have hod tents pitched at , Oak Park , a sub- , uib ol the city , for several days , holding u kind of preparatory meeting thoro. Hut the campmcctlng proper begins on Tuesday , ami then runs for a week under high pressure of three mcutings a day. There arc nearly nlno hundrca organised churches In this denomi nation with ten foreign conferences. They hold about forty cunipineotlngs each ycur , relying hirgoly upon thorn for their converts. The incotliu ; hoi o will bo attended by several thousand ol the believer * , and some of the strongest ministers in that denomination will preach and discuss their doctrines. Tholr camp U already qnlto a renter of interest , and being on a motor line , can bo visited by thousands daily. 11' ' An Old Citf/en Dead. * KKIHNKV , 5s'ob. , Juno 'J , ( Special Too- ! gram to TUB HUE , ] Charles Hlacit , un old and respected citizen and prominent stocu- man , who owned u largo ranch on the Island west of the city , died of ui'.vrtlnoins Hut night , UllliMiV | | | rijjhr MoiVuliffn , ST. 1'Ai'i , , Minn. , Juno S. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : ! ! HK , ] Secretary Jamison , of the California Athletic club , to-day wlrol Pat. Killon ns follows ) i-WIll give fJ.MJO for a light botwijon you and McAullKo. Host wo nin do , Answer. " ICillen replied tuat the stake was satisfactory , and tnat ha a > id iiis rwiuger would start for California In the next few diiyH The fight , however , will jii'l. tuopluco ! : , irobablv until August. All of to ! | J,59'J , is > go * k iiMuuncr of ILo Jlh'ht-