THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
EIGHTEENTH YEAR OIMAHA THURSDAY , MOKNING , JTFNE C , 1889. DUMBER 355
MARTIAL LAW IN JOHNSTOWN
A Great Demand For Laborers and
No Loafers Wanted.
ONE THOUSAND FUNERALS.
With Mttlo Formality nnil With But
Few Mourners tlio Nhinclcss
Dctid Arc Hnrrlcil Un
der Ground.
Tlio Work or RclloP.
JOHNSTOWN , Pn. , Juno 5. Six days liavo
elapsed stnco tha great disaster nnd tlin tem
perature remains low nnd chilly in the Cono-
tnnugh valloy. When It Is remembered that
In the ordinary Juno weather of this locality
from two to three days nro sufficient to bring
an unattended body to n degree of decay nnd
putrefaction that would render It almost
impossible to prevent the spread of disease
throughout the valley , the inestimable bene
fits of this cool weather are almost beyond
appreciation. The emanations from the half
rallo of debris , above the bridge , are but lit
tle more offensive than yestordaynnd should
this cool weather rontinuo n few days longer
It Is possible that hundreds of bodies may
yet bo recovered from the wreck in such n
state of preservation as to render identifica
tion possible.
The work of clearing up the wreck nnd
recovering the bodies Is nowbolnir conducted
most systematically. Over BIX thousand
men nro at work In various portions of the
vnlloy , and each gang of twenty men Is
directed by a foreman , who Is under
orders from general headquarters. As the
rubbish Is gone over , and the bodies and
scattered articles of value recovered , the
debris Is piled and burned. In this way the
vnlloy Is assuming n less devastated condi
tion. In twcnty.four hours moro every mass
of rubbish will probably have been searched
and the Investigation will then bo confined to
Tin : SMOKING wuncK
above the Johnstown bridge. The Pitts-
burgers nro now In solo charge of every
thing at this place.
NO IIIOT3 AND LYXCIIINOB ,
The general sent the following telegram
to Governor Beaver this morning :
' The chief of police of Johnstown In
forms mo there were no depredations last
night and everything is quiet this morning.
The stories about riots nnd lynchlngs are
untrue and uro sent out by people who are
desirous of making sensations. "
At Johnstown , station on the cast side of
the river , Is tlio chief commissary station.
This morning by 2 o'clock 15,000 people were
fed and about six hundred families were
furnished with provisions. Flvoicarloads of
clothing were distributed nnd now almost
everyone Is provided with ciothintr.
At the different registration places 18.000
residents of the devastated district had
registered. The total population of this dis
trict was between forty nnd fl/ty thousand.
There were hundreds of people waiting
around the ofllces to have their names placed
on the list of. saved. It Is thought that by
to-morrow night at least 85 per cent of the
survivors will be registered.
EXAOnilllATCH STOKIKS OP THIEVING.
Roger O'Mara , chief of police of Plttsburg ,
Who has been here for two days look
ing for crooks and pickpockets , said the
reports about robborles nnd thieving wcro
greatly exaggerated. Said ho : "There are
no professional thieves in Johnstown and
this is not the place whore they would bo
likely to work. They may couio up in the
crowded trains nnd rob the passengers , yet
they would be Just as likely to help with
work hero ns not. No professional thief
would work the dead hero , as there is little
or nothing for them to gain and there are ao
many police that it would bo almost Impossi
ble to evade detection. All the
liltlo thieving that has been done has boon
done by a lot of tramps nnd
bums. One thing I notice hero Is that there
nre too many relief committees and not
enough workers. What Is needed hero is
people with picks and shovels and they are
badly needed. "
nuNimras OF WOHKCIIS AIIIHVK.
This morning 1,100 men arrived here , and
by 11 o'clock they had succeeded in doing
more work at clearing away the debris
than has Been done heretofore. Sovonty-
llvo carpenters and twenty carloads of pro
visions' catno up with tlio laboring men. This
morning another delegation of workmen came
up from Braddock , each man bringing tools
with which to go to work immediately. The
adjutant-general stated to the Associated
Dress that this kind of men were wanted
here , and too many can not be sent. Thirty
doctors arrived Iroin Philadelphia this morn
ing ; They were thanked for their willing
ness to help , , but their services were declined
from the fact there nro 110 sick to care for.
TWELVE TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND LOST.
Conservative men nro of the opinion that
the number of people destroyed will reach
from twclvo to fifteen thousand. Tills IE
baaed upon fragments or evidence obtained
from over n hundred persons , care being ta
ken to select as intelligent men and women
as could bo found. They were chosen
from as many occupatlonB as possible and
many social classes. They were asked tc
estimate the percentage of loss of the tola !
population ; to toll how many people of their
ucquuintnnccs have disappeared ; how gath
erings of residents on the streets and , In pub
lie places compare with the same In forinci
times. Their statements of facts anil
estimates wcro proved , as far as could be ,
and the calculation seems to run between
twelve to llftecn thousand , It must bo re
inouiborcd that u Inrgo proportion of the loss
is made up of children.
In the morgue the little ones He in dozens
whore adults nro In half dozens , Hut there
is and has been much greater dlftlculty In
recovering the bodies of children , Being
lighter and smaller they were often
swept into out of the way re
cesses that were almost Inaccessible ,
nnd n very great proportion of the chlldrci
have been swept down the river nnd their
bodies driven In , under overhanging banks
It Is the opinion among Intelligent men
physicians , engineers , railroad men am
others that from a thousand to lifted
hundred bodies will never be found.
MOIIK MOSBY MII : : > EI ) .
At 11 o'clock Adjutant-General Hastings
sent the following telegram to Governor
Heaver :
"Fully three thousand men are nt worl
clean HIT off tliu debris. Bodies arc now
being rescued In larco numbers. The citl
zcns' ronnnlttco htiu organized and the worl
U systematized , A detachment o
twenty nuiii of the Fourteenth regi
ment wan detailed last night to guard
the supply trains , Provisions are pour
Ing in and it is dilllcult to
take care ot them. There Is no suffcrlm ,
from want of food or shelter. Contributions
of uionuy uro more desirable tlmu anything
else , "
The state onlcers of the Uo.vnl Arcanum
are horu und have called n meeting for tills
afternoon nt Prospect lull. Tlmv will nro
vldn for the families of the victims of tin.
Hood who were mem tiers.
I'll'TV MOIIK IIODIEB FOUND.
At 1:15 : this afternoon lifty bodies were
taken from the debris of the Catholic churcl
in Johnstown borough. About ilfty of the
bodies wcro these of women. They were
immediately removed to tlio morgue foridcn
tlUaitlou ,
IICCKMSSS MIUTAUY MIIX.
Some over-zealous local military men
mused considerable excitement near the
Worrell institute in Johnstown proper ml !
morning by firing upon some men employed
by the citizens' committee to rescue the dead. .
The BOldlera told them to ccaso work , und
upon their refusal llred. but did not hit them ,
The matter wua reported to General Hastings -
ings , who stated that the nhoDlcra would be
conrt-murtiu'.cd if caught.
THE \VOHK OF IlttHAIII.
Assistant Superintendent Stoner , of the
railroad , arrived from Puila-
dclphla last night , having mndo his way
overland , in wagons.-from Edonsburg pike ,
starting last Thursday. In an interview
Slonor said : / "Wo have hired all the teams
In Blair , Cambria , Indiana and Edons
burg counties wo could possibly got ,
nnd will , transport nil the passengers
in this manner from Kdonsburg to Johns
town. The entire force from tlio Altoona
shops , 0,000 in number , have been ordered to
the sccno of the washout nnd will work until
the entire division is repaired. The entire
portion of the road which suffered from the
flood will bo In good running shape In a few
weeks at the latest. "
Clara Barton , of Washington , the origi
nator of the well-known Keel Cross corps , nr-
rived hero this morning nnd will nt once assume -
sumo charge of all the female relief corps.
Hundreds of the employes of the Cambria
works' employes are at work to-day clearing
away the debris , and there ls much com
plaint over the conduct of the Iron company
officials In taking their men oft the gen
eral work to their own promises.
The ofllcors of the company Justify their ac
tion on the ground that the sooner they get
their works In operation the better It will bo
for the community.
CLKAniKO UP.
Whore Johnstown's principal stores stood ,
last Friday , are now pitched 1,000 tents , nnd
before to-morrow night this number will
probably bo doubled. Under this shelter nro
nccomodatcd the members of the mllltln and
thousands of workmen who are trying to
clear the streets of this wreickeel city. Over
llvo thousand men are thus employed in
Johnstown proper , about fifteen hundred of
thcso being regular street hands , hired by
contractors , the others being volunteers.
William Flynn , of Pittsburg , contractor ,
arrived in the wrecked city Jthls morning ,
nnd at once tookchnrgoof the army of labor
ers. In an Interview ho told of the work
that has to bo done. The contractor's esti
mates show more than anything the chaotic
condition of this city.
"It will take 10,000 men thirty days to
clear the ground so the streets will bo passa-
able , and the work of rebuilding can bo com
menced , " said ho , "and I am at n loss to
know how the work Is to bo done. This en
thusiasm will soon dlo out , nnd the volun
teers will want to return home. It would
take all summer for my men alone to do
what work U necessary. Stops must betaken
taken at once to furnish gangs of workmen ,
nnd to morrow I shall send a communication
to the Pittsburg chamber of commerce ask
ing the different manufacturers of the Ohio
valley to taltn turns for a month or so In
furnishing reliefs of workmen. These gangs
should come for a week at u time , as no or
ganization can bo effected if the workmen
arrive and leave when they please. "
voi.uxTnr.B3
are doing noble work. Nearly every town
In western Pennsylvania is represented by
from 10 to 100 men , and many towns in Ohio
and New York also furnish a quota of labor
ers. These volunteers are working with a
will , but before the end of the week they
will want to return home.
Men who como hero will be paid $2 a day
nnd board , All laborers who have been
toiling with the wcckasc are quartered to
night , some In barns and others iu the tents
above referred to.
LIKE AHMY TIMES.
It was a sccno ns of army life at the time
that supper was roadv , and the long pine ta
bles wcro crowded with men. Coffee , bread
and cheese was the faro to-night , but more
substantial rations will bo given out to-mor
row. As darkness drew a veil over the
scene the valley became quiet , the only noise
being the occasional challenge of a militia
man as ho bade some belated individual obey
the orders of tbo sheriff and leave the city of
the dead.
Johnstown is under
MARTIAL LAVT ,
and laborers only nro wanted.
The relief work has been so systematized
that there is no danger of any confusion. At
the several distributing depots hundreds as
sembled this morning , at noon and at night ,
and forming in line were all supplied with
provisions. Many women with fam
ilies are given bread butter , cheese ,
ham , canned moats , tea or coffee and
sugar , and unmarried applicants are sup
plied with sliced bread und butter , or sand
wiches. The action of the authorities , yes
terday , in consolidating all authority nnd
vesting it in J. B. Scott , of Pittsburg , as
dictator , is received with favor on all hands.
Dictator Scott has taken hold of the stu
pendous task imposed upon himwith energy ,
nnd already has mapped out his work and
assigned the direction of various portions of
it to men equally zealous. Scott , in an inter
view , said ho proposed to clear the town of
all wreckage and debris of all descriptions
and turn the townsito over to thocitlzons
when ho has completed his work , clean and
free from obstructions of till kinds.
In a conversation , to-day , Superintendent
Duncan , of the Johnstown Street railway ,
and a loading citizen of the place , declared
that immediate measures will be taken in
the direction of rebuilding.
This will bo a gigantic and costly work ,
but Duncan expects to sno a now city spring
from the ruins of Johnstown. The work of
reconstructing the road bed and relaying the
tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad Is being
pushed forward vigorously , and already
trains are running down to the passenger
station , while construction trains are able to
go < : onsidorubly further.
Although the loss of the Cambria City
Iron company will foot up Into the millions ,
the destruction of their plant IB not as bad
as apprehended nnd reported nt first , and
officers of the company now say they expect
to resume operations within thirty dayti.
Till ! UliLIIU' THAIN8.
The sight of the long relief trains rolling
Into Johnstown over both railroads from
every section of the country almost every
hour of the twenty-four , tends to make the
observer conclude that charity , whether
Christian or not. is not so rare under the
sun as the cynic philosopher would have us
believe.
Tim registration of survivors goes on , but
not so rapidly us yesterday. The total reg
istration to date Is only n trifle over 12,000 ,
out of a total estimated population in the tor
rent-swept district of from S5,000 to 40,000
last Friday. Allowance must be made , of
course , for the large number of survivors
who sought refuge with friends In other
places , as well as many who have failed ,
either from Ignorance or remission , to regie-
tcr. But the fulling off to-day leads the au
thorities to apprehend that the worst fears
may yet bo realized , and that the death roll
will mount sadly up in the live figures.
A THOUSAND l'UNKHAI.8.
The gray inlsta had scarcely risen from the
hills this morning uiitll a thousand funerals
were covering their grcensido. There were
no hearses , few mourners and as little so
lemnity ns formality. Instead of six pall
bearers to ono coflln there were six coffins to
onn team. No minister of God was there to
pronounce the last blessing as the clods rat
tled down , except a few faithful priests who
hud followed some mangled representatives
of their faith to the grave. All day long
corpses were being hurried below ground.
Tlie unidentified bodies were grouped on n
high hill west of the doomed city , where ono
epitaph must do for all , and that is the word
' UNKNOWN. "
Thbro are thousands of these graves al
ready , und each ; day will increase the pro
portion. The possibility of Identification
diminishes every hour. Fires nre raging
over the graves of hundreds , and the partial
cremation of many bodies Is inevitable.
Although Urn funerals of the morning ro-
1 loved the morgues of their trust , before
night they were ) as full of the dead us ever ,
The enormity of the devastation wrought by
the Conumaugh flood is becoming more and
moro apparent with every effort of the la
borers to resolve order out of chaos. Over
a hundred men have been engaged all day iu
the effort to clear the narrow passage from
the bridge upward through the sea
of debris that blocks the Conomaugh
for nearly half a mile. Kvery ingenuity
known to man has been resorted to by this
crowt Glnnt powder ttiiel dynamite ) Lfivej
uOun brought. Into requisition , anil at fre
quent Intervals the roar of explosions re
verberated through the valleys , and sticks ,
btoncs nnd logs would ttf high. In the air ,
Gradually a few of the heaviest timbers
were demolished and the fragments permit
ted to float downward through the ccntei
arch. At nightfall , however , the clear space1
about the bridge did not exceed an area ol
nuo feet in length by 40 ft-ut in width. Whe-i
inn. ' reflects that fully twcuty-li vo acre * ur <
o bo cleared In this way , the task ahead
scorns nn Interminable one , but there Is no
royal road , nnd If the hundreds or thousands
of bodies beneath thcso blackened ruins nro
o bo recovered for Christian burial the la
bors of to-day must bo continued with In
creased vigor.
SENTIMENT VS SCIENCE ,
There are many conservative minds thnt
recommend the use of the torch In this work
of clearing the river , but they arc not among
lie sufferers , and when such counsels nro
icard by thoao whoso wives , children , sis-
: crs or brothers rest beneath this sea of
lotsnm nnd Jetsam , the suggestions of cre
mation moots Indignant objection. It Is
only in deference to the unreasoning man
date of grief that the herculean labor of
clearing the river by means of dynamite and
derricks is persisted In. There Is no hope In
; alinor minds thnt this task can bo pursued
to the end. The progress of to-day Is hardly
dlscornablo nnd ore two moro dnys have
elapsed there Is little doubt the emanations
of the putrid bodies will hnvo become so
frightful as to drive the hardiest workmen
from the sccno. Until that time arrives ,
however , there is no hope that this stricken
populace will abandon the cherished hope of
again gazing upon the forms of loved ones
whoso lives wont out la the lira and Hood of
Concmaugh. The pleadings of sanitarians
nnd the logic of engineers , alike fall to find
. clio In the minds of the grieving and af-
llctcd , but m a few moro days the sterner
ogle of nnturo will assert itself , and crcma-
.ion will become n Christian duty.
MOIIE HEM *
Notwithstanding the fact that nearly nvery
prominent city In the United States Is rais
ing funds for the relief of the sufferers , the
wants of the homeless and nflllctcd nro far
From bcincnlloviatcd. At the various sta
tions , to-day , the crowds of appllcantsjwcro
continuous from morning till night , nnd
many of the needy were forced to wait In
Hue for hours before their turn came ,
nnd their little portion was allotted
to them. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars must pour into this stricken
vnlloy If positive suffering nnd privation Is
to bo avoided. Labor and manufacturing of
nearly every kind is at a standstill in the
vnlloy , and weeks or months must elapse
before the Cambria Iron works and other
Industrial institutions can possibly resume
anil give employment to the thousands that
depend upon them for support.
TWO HUNDRED I10DIES
were recovered from the rulus to-day. Some
wcro idontlllcd , but the great majority were
not. This number included all the morgues ,
the ono n't the Pennsylvania railroad station ,
the Fourth ward school , the Cambria City ,
Morrollvillo , ICernvlllo nnd Presby
terian church , At the latter place
n remarkable state of affairs ex
ists. The first floor has been
washed out completely , and the second , while
submerged , was badly damaged but not
'
ruinc'd. The lloors nnd pows were drenched
and mud has collected on the matting nnd
carpets an inch deep. Walking is attended
with difficulty , and undertakers nnd attend
ants with arms Dared slide about the slip
pery surface at a tremendous rate. The
chancel is filled with coffins , strips of mus
lin , boards and all undertaking nccosor-
ics ; lying across the tops of pows , are
a dozen pine boxes , each contning a victim of
the flood. Printed cards nro tacited on each.
Upon them the sex and full description of
the enclosed body Is written , with the name ,
if known.
THE UNDEHTAKEIIS1 LUNCH.
Ono of the most grizzly nnd nauseating
sights to these unaccustomed to scenes of
death is the lunching arrangement for the
undertakers. These men uro working so
hard nnd conscientiously they they hnvo no
time for meals , und huce boilers
of steaming colTce , loaves of bread ,
dried beef and preserves aro.carrled into the
charncl houses and placed at the disposal of
the workers. Along comes one of the weary
tellers , his sleeves rolled up , apron in front
and perspiring prolusely despite the damp
weather. Ho has Just finished washine a
clammy corpse , and has daubed it
with cold water , manipulated It about on
boards , and , in the Interval before the body
of another poor wretch is brought in , gets a
cup of coffee nnd a sandwich. With dripping
hands he eats his lunch with relish , setting
his cup occasionally beside the hideous face
of a decomposing corpse , und totally obvious
to his horrible surroundings.
TIII : ciiANicr rienACHEn.
At tbo Fourth ward school house , where
most of the undertaking work is being done ,
there was some slight trouble over the ques
tion of liquor. Kev. Mr. Heal , of
the Presbyterian church , has charge of
this morgue and objected to the undertaker
drinking whisky. Inasmuch as n man with
a cast iron constitution could not work at
anything in this place without a stimulant
of some kind the undertakers protested
against Bcal's unreasonable prejudice , it Is
said , und threatened to cease attending the
bodies. This had the effect of modifying
Bcal's temperance scruples.
A OLOOMY OUTLOOK.
As the days roll on and the heaps of debris
are penetrated , it becomes more and more
apparent that the death list will bo moro
than llvo thousand , and the general Im
pression Is that the victims will number
between eight and ten thousand. The deeper
the wreck drifts nro penetrated the greater
the number discovered. On Franklin street
thirteen were found in a cluster to-day , and
a few minutes afterwards twelve moro wore
found. Dr. Leo , of the Pennsylvania state
board of health , was to-day naked what in
his opinion wcro the prospects of an epi
demic in the Conomaugh valley. Ho said :
God only knows. No man living csn toll
what will coma out of those piles of drift and
wreckage. To-day wo started a portion of
our corps of sanitary inspectors into the
thick debris and in a little while the bodies
of lifty dead animals , mostly horses , were ro-
inovcu and hauled away for burial. If this
percentage is kept up hero , there
is u fearful amount of decomposing animal
matter to bo removed or encountered. I have
to-day ordered the surgeon general nt Wash
ington to forward unlimited quantities of
disinfectants to Johnstown. There is moro
promised from up tbo mountain , nnd I hope
to bo able to have the whole city fortified
Inside of a few days ,
FITTY IN ONI : IIOOM ,
A house to house canvass was ordered by
the sanitary authorities to-day , nnd its reve
lations , so tar ns it went , were startling In
the extreme. It was found that four und
even six families are being crowded
Into a Hinglo house ; that us
high as fifty slept iu one room ;
that the doors nnd windows were
loft closed to shut out the Blench nnd the
dampness , and that as n result , pneumonia
( the existence was first discovered by the
Associated press correspondent ) , wns gain
ing an alarming foothold. It in estimated
there are nt least n hundred well defined cases
of the disease in Johnstown to-day.
A FALSE ItU.MOIi.
Investigation shows there Is no truth In the
report that nt Phllllpsburg yesterday there
had been great loss of llfo , and that 213
bodies were recovered.
AMIUtlCANS AIUtOAI ) ACTING.
Subscriptions JIniicloel In JTty Trav
elers nnel Chnrltnblo Foreigner * * ,
{ Copyright J8S3 tni Jamc * ( loitlnn JJcniKtM
LONDON , Juno 5. fNow York Herald
Cable Special to THE Bic. : | The London
editor of the Herald has received the fol
lowing contributions for the relief of the
sufferers by the floods : Duke of Newcastle ,
15 ; L. S. D. , 1 ; and Montague Maries , 2.
Nothing official has1 yet been done by the
American legation to help the sufferers , in
Pennsylvania , over which sorrow has just
now thrown Its sombre shadow ; nevertheless
the Americans are showing their practical
sympathy with the unhappy people whoto
homes and lives have been ruined so end-
denly ,
Minister Lincoln received tbo follow
ing subscriptions , yesterday : Frank Wil
liam Jones , 100 ; Anson Phelps
Stokes , 100 ; Charles H. Marshall ,
50. These sums have been deposited with
Messrs. K. S. Morgan & Co. , and will bo
forwarded to Philadelphia. A number of
o tier subscriptions have ulso been received
'rom Americans temporarily resident in Lon
don , towards relief fund raised for sufferers
> y the recent flood In Conomaugh Valloy.
Mr. Boll , general manager of the Lion
fire Insurance company , yesterday , sent the
'ollowlng cablegram to the president of the
Jnltcd State * : "Tho directors of the Lion
Flro Insurance- company , limited , desire to
contribute $1,000 to the roltof fund for the
sufferers by the flood. "
The members of the London stock ex
change , hearing thnt Tom NIcKolls had
cabled 1,000 to Now York , In
aid of the sufferers , Immediately
opened n subscription nnd already
1,600 have boon collected , which will en
able Mr. NlckolU to send a further sum of
C500. A long cable was , to-day , received
from the mayor of New York , thanking tile
subscribers for their kindness nnd gene
rosity.
the Sail Intelligence.
\CopyrlaM \ tSS3 l > u Jama Gordon Hemittt.1
QUEBNSTOWN , Ire. , Juno fi. [ Now York
Herald Cable Special to Tun Br.n. | The
: ntnau line steamer City of Now York ar
rived at Quecnstown this evening. She had
on board 630 American passengers , many of
whom came from Pittsburg ,
A most affecting scone was witnessed
when they read the newspapers containing
accounts of the awful disaster in Pennsyl
vania. The papers were purchased at the
rate of n shilling each.
The American Colony in Paris.
ICopi/rfnM 1SSS by Jitnrei Qonlon Hemicit.1
PAUIS , Juno fi. [ Now York Herald Cable
Special to THE BEB. | A meeting was
called by the United States minister , yester
day afternoon , to tune steps toward express
ing the sympathy of the Americans in Paris
with the sufferers by the calamity in Penn
sylvania. It was very lareoly attended , by
nearly nil the prominent members of the
American colony , as 'well as many tempo
rarily In the capital. Whltolaw Held was
called on to preside , and explained the objects
of the meeting In feeling terms. Resolutions
were presented by Andrew Carnegie , which
were unanimously adopted. They not only
expressed dec ] ) sympathy with the sufferers ,
promising to send money immediately for
the pressing needs of these who have lost
their all. Among them was the following :
"Hesolved , That , ns American citizens , wo
congratulate them upon , and thank them for
the numerous acts of heroism displayed under
circumstances calculated * to unnerve the
bravest. Especially do wo , admire them for
the capacity shown for local self-government
upon which the stability of republican insti
tutions depends ; the military organization
sent from distant points to pre
serve order during the chaos that
supervened having been returned to their
homes as no longer required within forty-
eight hours of the calamity. In these few
hours the civil power recreated and asserted
itself and resumed sway without the aid of
counsel from distant authorities , but safely
by and from the inherent power which ro-
malns in the people of Johnstown them
selves. "
Speeches were made by General Alex R.
Lawton , ex-minister of the United States to
Austria ; General Meredith Reed , and ex-
Mayor Hewitt , of Now York. Nnto Salis
bury , In a few words , in the name of Colonel
Cody , offered to give nn exhioltion of the
Wild West , the entire proceeds to go to tlio
fund raised iu Paris for the Johnstown
sufferers. This generous offer was received
with hearty npplausa : , A s'pocial committee
was appointed to act with Mr. Salisbury and
his associates to prepare the details of this
bcnetlt.
The chairman also appointed committee ,
consisting of J. II. Hayes , John Sollgman
Evans and Nate Salisbury , to take charge of
all moneys raised by subscription and for
ward the same promptly to Pennsylvania.
The resolutions were cabled to the mayors
of Johnstown nnd Philadelphia , to show the
sufferers that the Americans in Paris are not
unmindful , in the midst of pleasures , of the
duty of sympathy with. such distressing cir
cumstances.
Meantime a subscription has been opened ,
and ox-Mayor Hewitt started it with a largo
sum , others quickly followed his example ,
and in n very few minutes a largo amount
was subscribed. The Paris municipal coun
cil , Friday , voted 5,000 francs to aid the suf
ferers. _
Ianmq ; Greater Tlmn Itnpnrtctl.
HUNTINOTON , Pn. , Juno 5. Late news
from the suburban districts of this county ,
Just received , show the destruction to prop
erty by the flood ns infinitely gfcater than at
first reported. The waters are receding , nnd
couriers have arrived bearing news of the
unprecedented flood from Bedford to Huntington -
ington , on the Roystown branch , and on to
Lewistown , on the Juiilata river.
The devastation Is greatest in central
tral Pennsylvania , except , of course ,
Johnstown. Not a house Is loft that
stood within reach ol the swollen stream.
The damage to property will reach (000,000 ,
while other towns iu the county have Buffered
considerably.
At Mupleton the immense tannery of L. A.
Houorts was damaged to the extent of
? 200,000 , nnd the loss to other property will
reach S100.UOO moro.
The Powell furnace nt Saxton sustained a
loss of ? ; jX,000 ( ) , and at that place both the
railroad bridges wcro swept away , leaving
railroad comunlcatlon with Bedford cut off ,
For a distance of miles below hero
the Pennsylvania trucks nro de
stroyed. with the brideos gone nt
Manayunk und Lewistown. the latter having
gone down during the lieavy storm last
night. Growing crops in the low lands were
destroyed und in Smith's valley , this county ,
farming lands , comprising an area of twelve
by two miles have bccrr stripped of every
Vestige of soil. So far us known UOO houses
have been destroyed in this county. Three
families , comprising sixteen persons , living
on the Hoystown branch , are missing und it
is feared have been swept away with their
homes.
An Appeal to
CincAno , Juno 5. The following was sent
out by Grand Master J. C. Smith , of the
Free Masons of Illinois , to-day :
To the Masonic Fraternity : Remember
ing with heurtfolt gratitude the generous
bounty of our Pennsylvania brethren
when Chicago lay in ashes , the Free Masons
of Illinois are now 'called upon tc
aid the afflicted craftsmen in the
Conomaugh valley of that state.
As the destruction of tlio imperial city ol
Chicago was a national 'calamity and the
greatest disaster by fire { hut lius ever befal
len the Anglo-Saxon rnce. so Is the flood In
fair Conemuugh valley of Pennsylvania the
greatest of its kind that has over befallen
our people. Your grand .master has just returned -
turned from Pittsburg , , where ho was
nt the tluio of this terrible flood , nnd
knows personally of the great loss of prop
erty and greater loss of llfu. Ho can tnero <
fore moro intelligently appeal to you on behalf <
half of the brothers of Johiibtown and
vicinity. You ur6 requested w con
tribute according to your means ol
the generous county un All-Wise Providence
hau voflchsafcd you that our brethren may
be afforded some relief from their Bufferings
by hunger or the Inclemency of the weather.
Make your contributions In money and send
by draft , express or money order to Wlloy
M , Kgan. grand treasurer , chamber of com
merce , Chicago.
Dead In n Cabin ,
WILLIAMSPOUT , Pa. , Juno 5. At Little
Trout Run , on I3lg Pine creek , six men had
been employed peeling bark. Since the wutct
subsided search was made for the men , and
all were found In their cabin drowned. The
city continues In darkness. This oycnine
on Kecviul l'uv \
JOHN II OBERU RESIGNS ,
The Indian Oommlsslonor Will Stop
Down July 1.
THE OMAHA POSTOFFICE SITE.
It Will Ito Sottlcif Some Tlmo Tills
Week Kx-ConjrrosBinnn Xliomas
Mentioned For Imnel Com
missioner.
WASHINGTON BDIIBAU , Tim OMAHA. URB , )
513 FoUUTKENTnSTtBr.T , >
WASHINGTON , U. C. . Juno 6.1
The secretory of the Interior has accepted
the resignation of John H , Obcrly , commis
sioner of Indian affairs , to take effect July 1.
Supervising Architect Wlndrlm said to
TUG BBC correspondent this afternoon :
"I intend to lay the report of Assist-
out Secretaries Batchollor nnd Tlchenor
and myself , nnd lso of Clerk Avery , on the
Omaha pablio building site before Secretary
Wlndom on Thursday or Friday of this week ,
and I have no doubt ho will pass upon It
without delay. Clerk A very is in Washing
ton now. Ho has Just returned from Omaha.
No further Information Is necessary to en
able Secretary Wlndom to take final notion. "
Mr. Avery Is now at work upon his report ,
which Is based upon Information ho obtained
on his recent visit to Omaha , nnd It is under
stood n verdict has been ranched , and that It
only lacks the official signature of Win Jam
to make It finnl and ofllulnl.
OLAHKSON CLEANING HOUSE.
The carpets xvero taken up in the private
ofllco of First Assistant Postmaster-General
Clarkson , to-day , and it cost several hundred
appointments to fourth class postmasters.
There was n suspension of the appointments
at ho time , and a great crowd congregated
around the hallways Impatiently viewing the
work of the carput beaters. Postmasters
who want extra allowance for clerk hire nnd
for extra duties should make their applica
tions immediately , so that they can bo con
sidered in time to come in at the end of this
month , which finishes the present fiscal year.
I'lKH'S Al'l'EAL.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Chand
ler has rendered n decision in the appeal of
of Lobridgo M. Pike , from the decision of
the general land ofllco , March 20 , 1SSS , in the
contest of Pike vs Sidney S. Bradley , can
celling Pike's timber culture entry No.118 ,
Sioux City scries , for the north } < / of the
southeast } of section 23 , township DO north ,
range 42 west , DCS Moincs land district .ami
reinstating Brudloy's timber culture entry
No. 2.V1 , for the described tract. In Septem
ber , 1SS3 , Bradley brought suit against John
H. Brokaiio to recover rents for the use and
occupancy of the tract described , and while
the suit was pending Pike intervened nnd on
trial in the circuit court of O'Brien county ,
la. . Pike's testimony , and that of Brokano
and other witnesses was taken iu Pike's behalf -
half , and upon this testimony the Jury de
cided in favor of Bradley. The assistant
secretary Is satisfied that Bradley has been
imposed upon.
THE Al'l'EAL CASK OF THE 0. n. & Q.
In the appeal case of the Chicago , Burling
ton & Quincy Railroad company from the
decision of the commissioner of the general
land ofllco , Secretary of the Interior Noble
to-day ordered thai the company's applica
tions should bo allowed and the list should ho
submitted' for approval as soon as practicable.
The commissioner of the general land office ,
by'letter of July 28 , 1S8S , transmitted the
testimony taken at the hearing had , in pur
suance of the directions in the departmental
decision of March 'JO , 18SS , for certification
of the southwest ! f of the southeast X of
section 7 , township 71 , north ranzo 23 west ,
und the northeast ft of the southwest % of
section tl , township 70 , north range ! ! 0 west ,
DCS Moincs , la. , land district. These tracts
were offered forsalo m 1850 , nnd on Novem
ber 23 , 1851 , Jeremiah Shcphnrd ( lied a pre
emption , declaratory statement for thosouth-
wcst lunrter of the southeast quarter of sec
tion 0 , township 71 north , range twenty-eight
west , together with othnr lands. On Octo
ber 4 , 1854 , Daniel Strickland filed a pre
emption declaratory statement for the north-
cast quarter of the southwest quarter of sec
tion 11 , township 73 north , ranco 80. Final
proof bus never been offered in either of
these filings , but they both remain uncan-
celled on record. The Culcaeo , Burlington
& Quincy Railroad company , us successors to
the Burlington & Missouri Railroad com
pany , claims thcso tracts under the grant of
May 15 , 1856 , to the state of Iowa , and on
December 17 , 1878 , applied to have them
certified. These lands fall within the grant
limits of said roads , as shown by a map of
dcllnito location , April 7 , 1S57. The com-
misslouer of the general land ofllco.
In n letter of July SI , 1884 , held
that the company must prove that these pre
emption claims were abandoned prior to the
dellnito location of its road , before the tracts
could bo approved for UH benefit , they being
within the six-mile limit of its grant. The
company furnishes affidavits to meet thcso
requirements. On March H. 1SSO , the gen
eral land ofllco decided that those tracts
could not , under the rule of that office , bo
convoyed to the company , notwithstanding
the ovidcnco rurnlshcd of abandonment by
the parties making the HHngs , prior to the
railroad grant. The tracts involved wore , at
the dates of the respective pro-cmption filing ,
subject to private entry , and proof in support
of such filings should , under the law , have
boon submitted within twelve months nttcr
settlement. This period had long expired
before the definite location of the road. The
secretary of the Interior holds that under
thcso circumstances the company was , under
the practice then existing , required as' a
conditional precedent to the passing of title ,
to.show that no pre-emption ritilit to said
tracts existed at the date of the definite loca
tion of Its rond. This has been done to the
satisfaction of the office.
AI'PCAI.S I'llOM DECISIONS.
The lund case of Curl Clark against J. F.
Ilawllnu's , on appeal from the latter from
the decision of the commissioner of the gen
eral land'ofllco of May 23. IbSS , holding for
cancclatlon the homestead entry of Raw-
lings for the northeast quarter of section 1J ! ,
township east 3 north , ranco 2U west , Mc-
Coou , Nob. , land district ; the secretary of
the interior to-day bunded down a decision ,
in which ho afllrmod the decision of tlio gen
eral land office. Rawllng.1 mndo a home
stead entry for the tract In dispute on March
22 , 18S4 , and on September It ) , 1SS1 , made a
commution proof before the local ollleers ,
but ho did not offer to pay for the land , and
his proof was not acted upon , but simply hold
by the local ofllcors. On Juno 17 , 1SS5 ,
he filed an affidavit in the local of
fice , stating that he had not until that
time been nole to get the money , and asking
that his said proofs bo then considered nnd
accepted , In order to suvo him the expanse of
roadvertising In making new proof. This
the local officers declined to do , but on the
sumo day forwarded tlio proof to the general
laud office. The commissioner refused to
render a decision on the fuels presented , and
demanded additional Information , Rawllnga
answered that ho had not abandoned the laud
as his homo , und hud been absent no
more than his employment ns engineer on u
railroad necessitated. Before the decision
was rendered Clark instituted a contest nllcg <
Ing abandonment und failure to reside upon
the lands us required by law. The local land
officers decided in favor of the contestants ,
nnd on appeal the general lund ofllco af
firmed the decision , The bubstanco of the
specifications of error urged In the appeal
from the decision of the commissioner is that
the same is contrary to and not supported by
the evidence. Secretary Noble reviews the
case at length.
DANIEL ouiiHNfcin's CASK.
First Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Chandler , to-day , affirmed the decision of thu
general land ofllco iu holding for cancella
tion the homestead entry of Daniel Guern
sey , for north half of northeast quarter , and
north half of northwest quarter of section
11 , township S north , range 1)7 ) west , McCook ,
Nob. , laud district , Guernsey mudo home
stead entry on March 20 , 1SS4 , and Juno 4 ,
18SU. A f pccial agent of the general laud
-4 = ! -
office reported that ho had mndo personal
examination , nnd found no Improvements
upon the tract , except n very small board
shanty , cheap and uninhabitable , having ono
window , from which the glass was nearly all
jrokcn out , nnd nothing at all in the shanty.
Upon this report the entry wns hold for can
cellation. Plaintiff's council insisted that
nnsmuch as the ontryman Is a citizen of this
"glorious republic. " nnd "among the llrst to
: > rlng into civilization that small portion of
the great American desert , " thnt this tract
should bo nwnrdcd to him , Asslslnnt Sec
retary Chandler replies to this appeal for
sympathy by saying : "While great credit is
duo the zeal manifested by the pioneer of
civilization , and duo consideration should bo
given to the toll , privations nnd hardships
which ho has undergone and endured , yet it
will not do to lose sight of , or ignore , the net
under which the ontrymnn is seeking to avail
himself of the boncllt of the bounty of the
government. The law Is a Jealous and con
servative mistress , blind to every other con
sideration than the observance of its
mandate , "
THOMAS roil THE LANO rricn.
Ex-Congressman John R. Tlwnas , of
Illinois , Is being talked of very freely now
Tor the commlsslonershlp of the general land
ofllcc. Ho has boon offered the assistant
commlsMonshin , but declined It , , nnd it Is
now said that he Is slated for commissioner.
MiscniHNious. :
Washington I. Wcrrlck , of Iowa , wns to
day appointed a special timber agent of the
Interior department with a salary of $1,300 a
year and traveling expenses.
AIIMY MATTKRS.
With the approval of the secretary of war
leave of abscnco for live months , to tuko ef
fect on or about Juuo 15 , Is granted Captain
Daniel Robinson , Seventh Infantry.
Sergeant Thomat Casey , company I , Eighth
Infnntry , now with his company at Fort
Robinson , is transferred to company B , First
infantry , ns a private , and will bo sent to
the station of that company at 'Fort Gaston ,
Cal.
Lieutenant Boucstool , of the Twenty-first
infantry , left for New York this afternoon to
witness the marriage of his sister.
TCIISONAL.
J. , T. Barker , of Nebraska , called upon
President Harrison today.Puniix
Puniix S. HEATH.
WESTBUN PACKING 1NTKUKSTS.
The ninrlcctincr of HOJIS Knirly Ijlu-
oral the I'nst Week.
CINCINNATI , Juno u. [ Special Tolcgram
to THE Bci ; . ] To-morrow's Pnco-Currcnt
will say : The marketing of hogs in the west
has been fairly llberal the past week , some
what exceeding the preceding week nnd con
siderably ir. excess of the corresponding titno
last year. Packing returns show 255,000 ,
handled for the week , against 2-10,000 the
preceding week and 210,000 last year from
March I. The total Is 2,715,000 , against
2tSO,000 : a year ngo.
The Chief Too Conservative For the
CHICAGO , Juno n. This evening's Journal
says : There is trouble in the ranks of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Chlof Arthur is a candidate for re-election
and as such has been making a quiet canvass
of the various lodges of the brotherhood.
Last week a secret meeting for
this purpose was held in this city ,
There were upwards of 200 members
present , representing lodges In Illinois.
Michigan , Indiana , Iowa and Wisconsin ; and
with their defeat by the "Q , " a momentarily
expected reduction 01 wages on the Santa
Fo and the recent discharge of a large num
ber of brotherhood men by the Alton frcsli
la their minds they wore not at all satisfied
with the chief's optimistic : speech. A mem
ber of the general grievance committee , ad'
dressing Chief Arthur , said :
"A reJuction of waucs is expected to be
made before long on a number of western
roads. Such action wo do not propose to ac
cept , because wo do not , believe It Justified.
Wo therefore desire to know whether in the
event of a reduction bamR ordered despite
our opposition , you would sanction a strike I"
Chief Arthur did not like-the question , but
saw there was no help for it , and answered :
"Undor no condition of circumstances ol
which I can conceive shall I ever sanction
another strike. "
"But , sir , " broke in the questioner , "sup
pose a reduction of wages should occur on
the Union Pacific system , where the brother'
hood Is so thoroughly equipped as to obtain
the granting of everything they ask , would
you authorize a strike to resist it ? "
Without a moment's hesitation the chief
replied : "No , air : I would not. 1 trust 1
buliovo that no reduction of wugcs is to be
made , but should there bo , and they follow
my advice , they will accept the reduction , I
shall never sanction another strike. " Chl'jl '
Arthur stopped and the meeting adjourned.
Murmurs of discontent have been hcarc
ever since. It was known that the chief had
a strong dislike for strikes , but that his con
sorvatisin wi.s so extreme as his speed
showed It to bo it was never dreamed.
OllOMN'S FOUlSBOmXGS.
Several WltneascN Testify to Ills Fein
of Alexander Sullivan.
CHICAGO , June 5. Just before the Inqucs
over Dr. Cronln was ended for the day , tin
books of the Traders' bank , of Chicago , wen
brought Into the court room by order o
Judge Shepard. Byron Q. Smith , receive ]
of the bank , was present to explain thch
bearing on the caso. By cheeks on file ami
ledger entries It was shown that In the sum
mer of 18SU Alexander had altogethot-iSlOO.OOi
in the bank. Of this money $10,000 anil
more was an Individual account
The rest was credited to "Alexander Sulll-
vnn , agent. " By September , 1SS2 , this mono :
had been drawn out on checks mudo pnyubh
to J. T. Lester & Co. , brokers.
It Is the intention of the coroner to sum
mon a member of the firm to probe tin
matter further.
Patrick McGarry , Michael Barry , Maurici
Morris and Joseph O'Byrne , members of tin
Clun-na-Guel , nnd friends of Dr. Cronln
gave testimony to the general of
feet that Dr. Cronln had said te
them ut different times that hi
expected Alexander Sullivan to Instignti
some one to kill him. All were asked 1
they had over heard of threats against tin
doctor's llfo by Mr. Sullivan , and each re
plied In the negative.
Thomas J. Conway , n Clan-na-Gaol man
says he had come west under orders frou
the executive committee of the Clan-na-Gaol
At a meeting of Camp 24'Conwuy ' continued
resolutions regretting Cronln's death wen
opposed because , perhaps the executive coin
mittca had proof to show that Cronln was i
British spy , .
Alexander Sullivan's attention was callci
to the testimony of Receiver Smith this af
tcrnoon nt the inquest. Mr , Sullivan suit
there was nothing whatever In the Trade
bank account which could not and would no
be satisfactorily explained whenever an ;
proper Judicial proceeding required it , A
any time during thu past six years ho couli
have obtained and destroyed the checks if Use
so desired , hut us there was nothing to con
ceal anybody having any right to an explan
ation could.havo It , and ho will explain n
the proper time.
OlirlmluiiH
LONPOX , Juno 5 , Missionary loltorsjio th
anti-Slavery society say that the Mahdlst
have made western Abyssinia u desert
Whole flocks and herds have been destroyec
Thousands of eliriatlans have been tlinnyi
Into slavery , thousands of others have bee
butchered , and hundreds of the noblest In
habitants have been taken to Mecca n
slaves iu violation of truutius.
IN THE RAILROAD SWIM ,
Annual Mootluff of the Chicago &
Hook Island. J
SURE WAR IN FREIGHT RATES , i
4
Tlio Burlington & Northern Throws
Down the anuntlot The Altnii
Kluklnirem Ijlvo Stoolc Trnlllu
GoliiR For the U. P.
Nearly a Million Itohlnel.
CmcAdo , Juno 5. [ Special Telegram to
Tin : Bii.l : The anntml meeting of the
stookholdors of the Chicago & Kock Island ,
oad was hold to-day. In splto of predictions
.0 the contrary the meeting was entirely har
monious. R B. Cooley , of Hartford , Conn. ,
who was expected to do some violent kicking
on the management of the road , expressed
ilmsolf as well satislln.l. Of the 41(1,000 ( ,
shares Issued , iCit.lOO wure voted. Of thcso ,
Mr. Cooley cast 18,012 for Henry If. Mor
gan , of Hartford , for a sent in the director
ate. The old board of directors wns reelected -
elected , however , John DoICoven , of Chicago
cage , taking the plnco of Francis H. Lowe ,
deceased. The re-elected board mot at the
close of the stockholders' mooting , and unan
imously ro-eloctod the old officers of tho'
rend as follows : H. H. Cable , president ;
David Dews and W. G. Purely , vice presi
dents ; W. G. Purely , treasurer nnel
secretary. The following execu
tive committee wns also elected :
Hugh Kiddle , K. K. Cable , David Dews , ,
H. K. Bishop and Benjamin Browstcr. Thu
annual report shows a dollclt of $974,2:14.23 :
as follows :
gross i
penses i
S3"m , & '
river , gross earnings , $4,721,470.00 ; operat
ing expenses nnd taxes , $1,033,078.42 ; not
earnings , ? OS'i,403.18 ; total net earnings ,
S4i'JlVI2'J.20 ; ; net Increase , ? 0Oo7,259.GS ; the
Interest on the bonded deltl ) rentals , divi
dends at fljf per cent and premiums amounted
to $31,403.110 , leaving a dotlclt for the year
'
ending March ill , of $074,231.22. The statement -
mont for the lines west of the Missouri is
from Juno 1 , 1SS7 , to March ill , 18S9. As
compared with the above , thu last annual re
port showed gross earnings of $13,50'J , < 27.17 ,
and net earnings of ? 4,707,007.31.
This Slonnq Wnr.
CiHCAno , Juno 5. [ Special Telegram to
Tun Brif.J Ono of the stormiest freight
meetings over held In Chicago was that of
to-day , held by the St. Paul lines to discuss
the 40 per cunt reduction of rates. H ended
by the Chicago , Burlington & Northern
throwing down the gauntlet , by the an
nouncement of another slack In rates , this
time to moot the lake and rail , Lake Superior
linos' rate of 70 ccuts , New York to St. Paul.
This is a cut from the 31-cont Chicago-St.
Paul rate to 23 coats. The row started from
the beginning of the meeting when the com
mittees reported that nothing favorable tea
a settlement had boon received from
the lalco and rail lines. 'Within
llvo minutes every road present
was jumping on the St. Paul , all charging1
that road with starting the slush in rates by-
cuttlng the original 50-cent rate to 33 cents ,
via Grand Haven. The St. Paul official * at
tempted to defend their action , but were
falny overcome by the force of numbers. '
Excited language , that would not look well
in print , was freely used and the St. Paul
was charged nn all sides with catting and
manipulating rates as it saw fit. The Chicago
cage , Burllugtun & Northern expressed per
fect willingness to restore rates , provided
other lines would do so und then produced
confusion , worse than worse confounded , by
the anncuncomcnt that , beginning Juno 10.
it would meet the Duluth lake and rail rate
of 79 cents , an additional cut
of 0 cents below the 84-cent
basis , Chicago to St. Paul. There
wns no possible hone of agreement , but. before -
fore the meeting broke up In confusion a
committee of six was appointed to mcot the
lake und rail lines in St. Paul next Saturday
to discuss the situation. The Chicago , Bur
lington & Northern wants it distinctly under
stood that it Is perfectly willing to settle ,
but only when rates to St. Paul , via Dulutli
and Chicago , are made the same.
Moro Itows Imminent.
CHICAGO , Juno 5. [ Special Telegram to
Tun Bnn. ] The general managers of lines
interested in Omaha and Kansas City live '
stock traffic mot to-day to consider the de
mand of the Alton for a division of this
traffic. The hearing was before Chairman
Walker and Midgloy , of the executive board
of the Inter-Stnto Commerce Railway asso
ciation. The St. Paul , having the longest
line , has been taking almost all the trafllo
formerly carried by the Alton. Under the
rules of the association a division of tha
traflle can bo demanded where ono line it *
carrying moro than its duo proportion. The
case was argued in full , General
Manager Chappcll , of the Alton , lead-
< ng the discussion. Ho did not
hesitate to call a spade a spade , and rend the
riot net to the St. Paul , in u way the latter
despised. I\Ir. Chnppeil openly charged the
St , Paul with cutting rates and manipulating
in underhand ways to gain the traffic. Ho
said ho hud affidavits of nil he charged , and.
dared the St.'Paul to demand their produc
tion. In plain words ho demanded that tha
alleged illegal trafllo of the St. Paul bu cur
tailed , In cusu this wns not done he gave
fair notice that the Alton would adopt meas-
\irse.s for its own protection. Ho did not say
so , In so many words , but every official pres
ent understood him to mean that the alterna
tive would bo the withdrawal of the Alton
from the Presidents' association. No de
cision will bo rendered by the executive
board for ten days , Exactly a corrosnoudinif
cane comes up , to-morrow , when the Rock
Island and Burlington will demand u division
of the Union Pacific bullion traffic.
ilailroael Consolidation in Utah.
&ALT LAKI ; CITV , Juno 5. | Special Tele
gram to THE BKH.I Adircetors' meeting 1ms
been called for July 11. In this city , to con
sider the consolidation of the Utah Central ,
the Utah Northern , the Oregon Short Hup ,
the Salt Lake & Western , the Utah & No-
vudu , the Ogdcn & Syracuse , the Idaho Cen
tral und the Nevada Pacific Into ono corpora
tion. It Is confidently predicted here that
tlio consolidation will take place , nnd that
Salt Luke will bo the headquarters of tlio
entire system ,
NortliwiiHtorii AKHoolntcel Prnsw.
CHICAGO , Juno 5. The Northwestern As
sociated press mot this afternoon In annual
meeting , at which the following ofllcorb wcro
elected t Protident , D , N. Richardson , Day
onport Democrat ; vlro-prcsidont , George D ,
Perkins , Sioux City Journal ; secretary , H.
W. Clendonnin , Sprlngllold Journal ; treas
urer , A , Stone , Pcoriu Transcript ; executive
committee , W. II. Honricksoii , Qulney Her
ald ; Spencer Smith , Council Bluffs Nonpar
eil , and 1C , Rosowntur. OMAHA Bui : . The
sumo gentlemen constitute thu board of di
rectors. Itoutino matters In the way of
now contracts und other business wcro har
moniously transacted ,
ailnni'H I. OHO Their
OKAS * VALLUV , Cal , , Juno C. The Idaho
mine , in which lire broke out Monday night ,
was shut down yestenlav to smother llm
flumes. Besides Krank Curler , who wua
killed while trying to reach Thomas Uunstim
and John Kulph , two Imprisoned men , thq
latter two ulbO lost their lives.
A luiulilicin |
CONTOIIK , N. H. , Juno G , In Joint session ,
to-day u ballet was taken for governor , thoru
i ; huvlng heeii no choice by the people. Davlel
| Uoode.-n , republican , was declared elected ,