North Carolina Newspapers

DAI LJJ- VOLUME V. ASHEVILLE, N. C.f WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1889. NUMBER 46. CITIZEN. OUR GOLGOTHA. THE LOSS IS NOT EXAGGERATED. CNF.COiNIZAHI.F.ltOIIF.STA KBN FKUN THI-: UlilMKiU " OF.HKIM. ' " " F.lhein of - Famine. II a r I tlx Their Own Deufl RCHlifnntlou of Wauira and HerotHm of . Hen The Dam Faultily Contracted iener ' on. Relief. Johnstown, June 4. Registers that have lx.cu established in places repre senting u former population of 34,000, have recorded, so fur, a surviving popula tion of U.tMJO, giving some indication of the lust and missing. - Johnstown. Pu., June 4, For thirty -six hours without intermission fire cn ' gines have played on the smoking ruins about the bridge but tlie Humes thai I weak out afresh at intervals in this flouting held of ruins seem to defy the subduing force of tlie water. Nearly. 2, 000 ure employed imlilVereiil parts of the valley clearing tip ruins mid prosecuting tlilticnt seiireh lor undiscovered dead therein. Investigations are not without fruitful results for bodies of the dead, charred victims of the flood and lire, are discovered with undiminished frequency, it becomes hourly more and more appar ent that not ii single vestige will ever be recognized of the hundreds that were rousted in the flames above tlie bridge. IHl'I'ICt'LTV OF IDENTIFICATION. .Since the last sentence was penned a party of searchers unearthed a churred and unsightly mass from the smouldering debris within thirty yards in front of the Associated Press hcadcpiarters. I'nused to such frightful discoveries the leader ol the gang pronounced the remains to be o blackened log and it required the author itative verdict of physicians to demon strate that the ghastly discovery whs tlie charred remains of a human being, that only the trunk remained mid that was roasted beyond all semblance to , llesh. Five minute's search revealed a i. fragment of u skull that at once disintcg- rated of it o wn weight when exposed it) the air, no single piece being larger than a half dollar and tlie whole resembling a remnant of shattered charcoal. Within the lust hour half a dozen dis coveries in ways no less horrifying than this have been Made by senrehers as they rake with slicks and hooks in the smok ing ruins. So difficult is it at times to determine whether the remains are those of human beings that it is apparent that hundreds must be fairly burned to asbes. Thus the number tlmt have lound a lust resting place benenlh these ruins can at best never be more than approximated. UXHAl'STKD 1IY WOKK. Nathan, an iron manufacturer, is -mayor pro tern to-day- He is probably the busiest mun in the United States. For days without sleep,; he slicks nobly to his task. Hundreds of others are like him. Men fall to tlie earth from sheer fatigue. There are many who have not closed their eyes in sleep since they awoke ' Friday morning. They are a hollow eyed, pitiable looking lot. Many have i, lost near relatives, "and all their friends. ' Men and horses is what is most needed to-day. KOIIllbHY AND GKF.KU. Some of the unfortunates who could not go lo the ""relief train" eildeuVt'lred'tir " "obtain flour from wrecked Stores ' in Johnstown. One dealer was charging $5.00 a sack for flour, and was getting it in one or two cases. Suddenly tlie crowd heard oftheoccurrcnee.itnd several desperate men went to the store and baled out flour gratituously to the home less and stricken army.' Another dealer was selling flour at $15 a package. He refused to give any away, but would sell to any one who had money." Otherwise he would not allow any .me to go near it, guarding his store with a shotgun. Bodies are recovered tntohnstown to-day that have been robbed by tlicgliouls that flock to the scene. It. was known that one lady had several hundred in her pos session just Ijctorc the disaster, but when tlie lady was recovered there was not a cent in her pocket. Hungarians attacked a supply wagon between Morrellvillc and Cambria City to-day. The drivers of the wagon repulsed them but they - again returned. A second fight ensued, but after lively scrambling the Huns were aguin driven away. Alter that the driv ers and guards of supply wugous were oermitted to go armed, Registers arc being; oieiied in Johns j town and all survivors are requested to ' register their names in order to give in formation of their satiety to inquiring Irieuds. Postolhecs weieoiieneu hi Kei n villc nnd the fourth ward of Johnstown to-dav. Tlie first mail got in at 9.30 ihis morning and wus enormous lor such n small town. .-. KKI.IKF WOKK. ' h The Knights of I'ythias ha ve received a large donation of money from Pittsburg lodges. An ellort was made to Hold re licious services in Morrcll villc last night. Kev. Ik-ale is making .arrangements for service m Cover s school house lo-niglil. The chamlier ofcommmcrce has made ar , luiigcmciils with the Hultimore & Ohio railroad to transfer passengers from Johnstown to 1'ittsburg free of charge. The train was packed so full that it was impossible to obtain stand tmr, room on the platlorin lust night. The pusscngcrs were mostly children and women whose luces at the windows expressed nothing but relief as the train drew out from the ill fated citv. The Tariir club's relief train from I'itts- "!bufIiTay on til 'iiatthnott fe-Oiriwtracfc to-day and did more good than any mat i has yet arrived. Tramson the Pcnnsvl ' vaniu road cannot reach as many sulTcr ers as those on the Hultimore & Ohio. Coroner McDowell wus with the train' and worked hard. Suiicrinlctidcnt Fat- ton, of the Hultimore & Ohio, is on the grounds and reports thut the tracks are now clear from Johnstown to the city. He is accompanied by chietenginccr Man ning. . iT" ONK VAHT CHAKNF.L. HOISK. The Heltrl. HUH thetlc Hceiies BnrnliiK ICiutcted, Ia- Johnstown, 7.30 a.m. livery moment now the body of some poor victim is tnkln from the debris and the town, or tlie remnants of it to write with accu rncy, is one vost charncl huiise. Scenes at extemporized morgues are beyond the Dowers of description in their gluistlincss, while the moans and groans of suffering survivors tossing in agony with burned aid mangk-d I km lies or screaming in u Idiriuin of lever as they issue from the '.cniiornry hospitals, make even the stoutest hearts tiuil with terror. Nearly '.1)00 bodies have ulready bet-n recovered md as the work of examining I lie wreck age progresses tlieconviction grows that tlie magnitude of the calamity 1ms been approximate. " Conservative estimates ihis morningniakethenumlier lost 7,000. and many men of cool judgment who arc not npt "l exaggerate and who-"have I Ken upon the ground from the first, place tlie number at 10,000. STILL DINNING. Tin- debris lodged against tlie big Pennsylvania railroad stone bridge is. :Uill hunting and the efforts of tlie firemen lo quench or stay the flames are futile. The mass which unquestionably forms a luneral, pyre for thousands of victims who are buried beneath it is burning and is likely to burn for weeks to come, the flames are not active but burn nwuv id a sullen, determined fashion as though iwut upon proving how futile are pain's efforts when the tire god is aroused. And jierhajw after all the hand of Providence is in it, for the suirirestioii made bv uhv- sicinns yesterdny that bodies not buried' i.-e allowed to lie cremated ill the interest of public health, and which aroused such a storm ol indignation among, the sur vivors, is viewed With more calmness to day and there is a growing sentiment tlmt it is, uflcr all, tlie best solution of I he problem. Weeks and months will lie required Lo remove the stupendous mass liy artificial means, and meantime the rotting, putrefying remains of jkkm- hu manity buried therein would be dealing pollution and death to all the surround ing country. The awful desolation of tlie seem- has lieen dcscriiicd often enough already to render a repetition of the attempt here unnecessary. These descriptions have lieen as truthful and graphic as it is ios sililc for men to make lliem, but none nave been udequutc. None could lie. Where once stood solid, unbroken busi ness blocks for squares ami squares, wilh basements and sulicellars there are now level plains us free from obstruction or excavation us the fair fields of Arcadia after they had been swept by the British Humes. The majority and prettier por tion of tlie beautiful city has literally lieen iilotted from the lace o! the earth. Crowds of strangers are curiously wutching the work this morning from the railroad bridges and us far up the river on both sides as the eye can reach. At Johnstown rescuers continue to bring in bodies by hundreds. This morning I'honias Williams who lost his wifc flnd family recovered his wile's remains und took them up the mountain where la dug a grave and buried them himself. I Ic said: '-This is tlie most terrible thing 1 ever had to do, but when 1 bury, them all, all is done." A meeting of the Knights of Pythias and Knights of Labor will lake measures ihis evening for the purpose of getting relief committees in shape and lending their assistance. HKSCt'liD AUVE. Mrs. Frederick, un aged woman, was rescued alive trom the uttic ol lier house yesterday afternoon. The house had floated from what was formerly Vine street to the foot of the mountain. Mrs. Frederick says he experience was terrible. She saw hundreds ol men, women and children floating down the torrent to meet their dcallis, some praying while others had become raving maniacs. Wreckers ure working nearer the bridge lo-duy than at any time since the disas ter. MASONIC Kl'.LlKF.' Tlie siiccial train of the Masonic relief association which left Pittsburg at one clock yesterday afternoon on the liulli- uiore cSc Ohio did not reach here until just iMt'ore uiiduiglit, at., which time it - was impossibu: to do . anything. . Under the eircuinstauces the party concluded to imsshe night in the cars which they did making themselves as comfortable .us possible with packing boxes tor beds and candle boxes lor pillows. The party; is mcliarge ot W. a. llrown. It was sent early t he next morning to Charles M Neely who is in churge ol Uie distribution ol relict here and siient the morning plae tng-thc relief Imiught up yesterday imong the Masonic sullcrers where it would do the most good. In addition to a large (uaiiiuy oi cookcu icmki, sand wiches etc., us well us flour aul provis ions ol every description the rebel com- inittee brought one hundred outfits of clothing for women and a similar liiiin- lier lor girls, iuuI a miscvllaiieous lot tor men and bovs. The women's outfits ure complete and include undcrwure, shoes, stockings, dresses, wraps and hats. They arc all articles acceptable m the present crisis and much suilcnug lias already Ix-en relieved by them. All the CTiiLlcnicn comorisiilL the colli uiittccs are iiidefallgahlsVin their efforts to relieve suffering and render the ener getic and capable direction of Messrs, llrown and Me teiley arc doing excellent work to-day. Searchers started to work early and up to 0 o'clock 10) bodies have lieen taken from the rums. Most of them arc unrecognizable, but they ure heing taken away and buried as last as possi ble. One of the fortunate things ulxiul the whole affair is that in the vast ma jorily of cases where bodies ure almost completely bulled, there is some clothing or something ol that kind which make the identity of the body almost complete PATHETIC SCKNIiS. What is needed here to-day more than anything else, is grave diggers. This morning hundreds of bodies were lying around and there were none to dig graves. This morning at least fitly linieral processions passed the Associated Press headquarters. 11 was not an unu sual sight to see two or three coflm going along, one after another," followed by a numliei- of mourners und soineofllie family, ltis impossible to secure wagons or conveyances ot any kind, consequently all funeral irrocessions arc on loot William Oulfney, an insurance agent at tliis.ulace,juid a. xerv. VtUtuLduu to per: form this morning. On his father's mid wile s side he lost lotirtccn relatives. among them his wile and family. This morning he got a niau to take his de ceased relatives to the gravevard und he Ul the , mournful duty of digging his wile s and children's graves and burying them. In speuking of the mutter this morning he said : "1 never thought that 1 could perlbrm such a duty, but I bad to do it and I did it." No one has any idea oflhe feeling of a man who acts as undertaker, grave-digger and pnll-U-arer lor his own family. The saddest sight to be seen on tlie river hank this morning was tlie case of a Mr. (iiluiore, who hus lost his wile and lamily of live children. Ever since this old man hus been' on the river bank looking for his family, lie insisted on the hrcmcr play ing a stream of water on tlie place where his house formerly stood and wh-.-re he supposed the bodies lay. The ii rmeii recognizing his tecling played thcs.rraiii. Ibr several hours on place this morning; iml at last rescuer got to a place the old gentleman said his house formerly tootl. "I know the bodies, arc Here and ou must find thein." On went tlie rcs- uers alter this plea, when nt last one of he men picked up a charm! skull, evi- lently that of a child. This stirred the ld nian up and he exclaimed : "That is my child. 1 Here lies my lanmv. no ou mil get all of them." 1 he workmen con tinued.. In n K-w moments they came to the remains of the mother and eight chil- Ircn. The heads were completely burned If but there was enough f their clothing k-ft to distinguish tliem by. What was lelt was picked up lyid placet! in coffins-, the I1 gentleman lollowiug closely tlie men who were carrying the collins. A SCICNF. OF Bi;(MI.ATinN. Acre or stiuoklua; Wrack ana Itaiu Work of tli Day. Iohnstown. lime 4. Tlie water has .ecitb-t! in the night almost as rapidly ns t: came, llchiiid it remains a sorry sight. cfore the windows ol the Associated ress headquarters lies a i;rcat skeleton f the dead Johnstown. Great nl ol rocky sand stretch across acres of mud, cres ol wreckage, ares ol unsteady loi tering buildings, acres of unknown dead, cres ol ghastly objee's which nave been igerlv sought lor since 1-rulay, scores ol smoky streaming ruins, acres of sorrow r somcliody. There is every prosiiei-t that the heat will iKvome intense now und the uncci oi il will lien wild to think of. Hundreds of bodies are lying along the river banks mil under piles ol big timlier and trouble a ill come from these liecausc they are hard lo find und harder to dig out. Out in the centre ul the river on the ex- renie edge ot the mass which rests miiust the bridge the Pittsburg liremeii l ive n stream playing ou the wreckage. ; hey are literally in the middle ot tlie river putting out hrc. lionhres are aiming everywhere. Fire is the agent nplovcd to belli tlie committees rid the place of refuse, lly means of fire the ainbria Iron tonipauy has cleared way most of the lighter luniiier and will soon be ublc to work ou heavy piles. The niiDlelioii ol a temporary track and iridgc, which licriiuts passage of trains iver the river lias ken a Messing, as ii Hows men to work much taster and to el tools and material closer at hand. Ill'KYlNO THE UNKNOWN DEAD. This was tlie day set aside by the citi zens' committee for tlie burying of all un- dcntilicd dead that have lieeii laying m nortrtics since Sunday at 10 o'clock. This morning men who were in charge of the burying started to work jid. huvt jK-en iusv all day. Ihere ure no pathetic secttes at these burials. Men who have icen hired to do the work seem to do il list us a matter of business. Doilies arc icing interred in the cemetery nearest the lace where the bodies were found. AWiut loon a procession of about fifty coflinned liodies was seen going up the hill nlxive he railroad. There was not a mourner present and the sight was a ghostly one to behold. It will take scvernl days to urv the bodies now in different gruve yards, as there were tew graves dug until this morning und no implements to dig with. ' However, a large detachment of men arrived from. Pittsburg this morning, und they were put to work at digging graves niniediatelv. Altoirether alxiut J00 bod ies were Inker to different cemeteries this uorning. ' SKVKN HUNDRED AT NINEVEH, Three hundred more bodies have lieen mid opposite Nineveh to-dny. This makes 700 bodies found nt that pbiut. Lost passengkks. It is now definitely settled that nt least roin twenty to thirty people were losl on two sections of the (lay express that kljt.i.'i.Uslmrg atH o'clock. Friday , moni.- ing, and Jlie Johnstown iiccommodation that was about to leave Johnstown that afternoon. There, have been numerous und conflicting reports about how many trams were caught in the flood but trom the most reliable sources it has lieen isccrluined that threetrains were caught by the water, lidwurd McWullough, of the Westmoreland Coal Company, was among the passengers on the day ex press iust-fcriday morning, H?jitajcd posi tively that there were two sections of t In lay express and the Johuslown aecom modalion caught in the Hood. Said he : It IB my opinion that at least twenty ieople were drowned from the trains. In fact I can count that many myself, and the death rate may go as high as lorty I here was one parlor car und three sk-ep- ctb, one express and several . other cars. We did not know of the flood until about hirty seconds More it wason. We heard the whistling of the engines and all who could got away. rhc railroad company" have some names of the missing hut refuse positively to give them out until they are certain the jieoplc have lieen drowned. LYNCIIINCSPKNIKD. Oen. Hastings in an interview this morning slated thai he wished to deny the stories published in certain newspa- iicrs to the eltcct that there had Ih-ch some wholesale rytlrhing and rioting here since Sunday. Said he : "These rcHrts are utterly devoid of t ruth and will only iujiire'lhcpuiiersthat publish them. Auv one here knows that there is no truth in these statements, bul people n way I nun here have no means id obtaining inlorimttion only through the newspiiicrs. I think there is enough truth to tell Mere without publishing false and sensational stories. The burned wreckage against the bridge at Johnstown is lieing dynamited to al low the water to pass in the main than nel. Many skeletons and fragments of of bod. rs are found, Oiiemng this chan nel will take the overflow from the lower tmrt of Iohnstown proper. At 1 1 o'clock the first tWcf train liear iiig thousands of pounds of provisions for the sulfcring and 2,000 collins for the dead passed over tne Johuslown 1 1 hndge across an improvised trestle and -1 track up.au incline Xu.. Juhu&to wjjukpot,. For the first time railroad communica tion is re-established liet ween the stricken city and the ouuide world. Pneumonia nits broken out among the refugees on Prospect II ill. HTOHIICH OF HKKOIHn, Calm Kenlvnallon of Women and Hravt Deed of Men. - Iohnstown, Pa., Tune 4. The sad utory of Concninugh is not without its deeds of heroism. The appalling scene of horror tleveloied daring courage where least exiected, while everyday heroes in the midst of the terrifying scene usually degenerated into arrant cowards, Those who viewed the frightful scenes of fire and flood agree that the hopelessness of the situation was first fully realized by the women, and that in the tender sex was exhibited that dnuntles courage which is Ixirn nf resignation. Mother coolly sacrificed themselves to the fury of flood or fire to save the lives of their chil dren and loved ones. Not infrequently some pale ced woman, clincring with lier child to the floating debris, realizing that tlie supxrt was too frail for the two, would be seen to lilt her precious burden high iqxin the flouting debris and with a busty kiss bidding farewell to all that bound her to tlie world, sink, be neath the waves. ""."'.'-)wii; . , I"" A BRAVE IK) ATM AN. "Hdward C. Willis, a young foundry man of Cambria, whom no one susiecied of having more than ordinary courage, when the Uood was at itsheight and o ptc were floating down the rushing tor rent in hundreds, rushed to his boat, and senseless to the pleadings of of his wife and relatives, shoved his fruH craft out into the angry current, gliding alongside a floating roof upon which a woman nnd two children were kneeling wilh blanched faces and stony stare. . Ile skillfully evaded the obstructions that every miu ute threatened to crush the craft and lilting the terrorized creatures tohisliout shot U'-ross to apoiutofsutcty. A shout of enthusiasm swelled from the timing that lined the bank, but unmoved by their plaudits young Willis repented the peril our journey seven times until twenty-two lives had lieen saved by his indomitable energy. Next day, when most of Johns town was still under wutcr, Willis ascended the stream to the desolate city and again distinguished himself by many acts of lieroism and endurance. A tribute too great cannot lie paid to his noble character. But, after all among tlie he roes that these strange scenes develonil he is only one of ninny. . the phi:hiui:nt activf Me I'rtslde. at it Kellef Meetinic lu WaMhlitKtou. Washington, June 41 Clerks in the war ai d agricultural departments have ach contributed one ilavs piiy to the mill to aid the Johnstown people, lu he na "V department a division cliicl has wen di'sit'iiated to collect contributions. A public meeting to devise meins of uid- ng the sullcrers was ncm acre ims uuer- noon. l here was a large uiieiiiinnce m- luding the comiuissioiicrs of the district, 'residcnl Harrison, private secrclury lalford, M)st-master general Wanama- la-r. secretary Nobh- and many represen tatives of busiueess and social life. l'recident Harrison wasiuaile presiding itliccr of tlie meeting. He said that very tmc present was conscious of the ireumslances for which the meeling was convened and that it would lie entirely stqierfluous for him to attempt to set be iore the audience more impressively than the newspapers -had -already done-the hofrors attending the calamity. He then made several suggestions concerning the methods of prosecuting work of obtain ing subscriptions. A list of vice iwesi- ients including members ot the cabinet, chief justice Fuller, chief justice Kichard- on ol the court of claims, chief justice Hingliatn ol the supreme court ol the dis trict ami 120 of the most prominent bus iness men of the city were chosen and a sccretury and treasurer elected. Culls for subscriptions were made. Alout$10,()00 wus rniseti in tne nun. mining inc suu- scriliers were secretary Proctor, attorney genernl Miller, justice Strong (retired), private secretary Haltord.John w, 1 hom son, Lniiiout 0iera Company, Gardiner G. Hubbard and Geo. E. Lemon. Com mittees were also aimointed to solicit contributions of foot! and clothing and arrangements were made to promptly forward these to their deslinction.' The President, in dismissing the meeting, said : "May 1 express the hoiic that this work will -lie earnestly and thoroughly pushed and that every man and woman present here will go. from the meeting to use their influence in order that these supplies of food and clothing so much and so promptly necik'c! may lie supplied and that either to-night or to-morrow morning well freighted relief may-go from Washington. TUB DAM IUCFF.CTIVi:. Hhale and Clay l'ed In CoiiNiruc- tlon and HI raw to Htop Maks I.ylnit Conductor. Win. Henry Smith, general agent of the Ttssocii ited "Pitss; wlirrwas ta tig h t tn the Hood at Coneniaiigb, makes a statement which is giveu in condensed form liclow Johnstown, June l-i. There is not a doubt that citizens of Cambria county tic(iiently complained ot the dam and that at the time it was constructed a very vigorous effort was made to Hit a stop lo the work. The leader in tins movement was und is a large mine owner iu Cambria county. His mine admins the rcscvoir. Ile says thai tliccnbniikmeiit wus principally of shale and clay and thai straw wus used lo slop the leaking ol water The gentleman referred to said he had not tailed to make a public protest at the time mid to renew it frequently, I niiliaritv with the complaint agai stthe dam caused the neglect ol the rumor of its breaking on that fatal Friday. The reader will note the remarkable conflict between that shale und clay story oflhe mine owners referred to above and the published statement of Gen. Morchead, who had charge oflhe construction that the masonarv wus of solid granite and limestone. The awful disaster would scenf to Confirm the allegation of the use ol unlit materials in theconslructlon, The conductor of the express train at Coiicinnugh on flint fateful day claims to have run through the cars and told the passengers to run to the mountains. The lias8engcrs who survive are anxious t make Iheacquuintnnceof thatcontluclor They certainly neither saw him nor heard him on Friday. His intention may have lieen good, but the good deed was omit ted. When the passengers reuehed the mountain sale they found there two .con ductors iu beautiful white caps. Thci manner was calm and their clothing un SKitlcd. 1 asked one of them why lie did not notify the passengers of the breaking uf-Lhe.dutu.Uc. re Jicdiu jkiuicxxinfusiuu that be had not tune. Wm. IIunhv Smith Mew York Subscription. New V'okk, June 4. One of the sult scriplions of to-d.iy for the Johuslown sullcrers Wiuj that of $5,000 sent by the London Slock Lxchangc. Ihe Mayor i olhcc subscriptions now amount to nearly $100,000. The Stock lixchnnge contributed $0,000. and ArclibishopCar rignn sent $2,500. Hie Adnms lix press ComiMiny to night gave $.,000, and offers to transmit all contributions free The Southern Knires Comtmnv will di the anic. The W cstcrn Union Telegraph Com on n v will scud alt niessnnes in re lation to relief of Jdlmslown sufferers free. tatckhaven Mate. Piiladri.phia, Pa., June 4. Superin tendent Pettit of the Pennsylvania road made his way to the edge of the 1'ity of Lockhaven at U:30 tin morning. He w some of the principal citizens and they sav t lie re is no sulfcring. All of the otises had from six to ten feet ol water iu them, nnd tlie mud is still remaining in the streets and homes. (Inly one er son is known to have Iwen drowned at IxK'khnven, hut several livesare reiiorted lost at Milium, a town about lour miles from Lockhaven. Tlie gravest appre hension has lieen lelt in regard to Lock haven, as Suierinleiideul Pettit's dis patch, received at ten o'clock this niorn- ng, is the first new sin on that Iicleaguered ty since rritlay, und the very l.-iyorable ii Hook is the cause of general rejoicing. The local freight at Lockhaven lorolhcr towns will Ik- slurtcd Ibis afternoon. IMMallcd for Johuslown, Washington, lime 4. Capt. C, H. Scars, of the engineering cor is. lias been Ictiidcd bv Secretary Proctor to report to Gov. Ik-aver for engineering duty -at Iohnstown. He will siqiei intend Ihc con struction of Kiiiloon britlges across the oueniaiigh thai have lieeu ortleretl to It- sent there from West Point and Wilk-tt's point. Captain Sears lelt here for Penn sylvania to-day. More Charleatou Money, Chaki.kskon, S. C, June 4. Tlie citv council to-dav voted f 1,000 for the re- iefol tlie Pcniisvlvauia sullcrers. Tla- xcculivc committee of the CliauiUi ol onimerce suliscrilx-tl ;iS0 in a lew minutes, and apKiiutcd threccomiuiltees to canvas for sultscriplions. Tlie Mer- hauls r.xcluiugc is at work. General uliscriplioiis are starting. Knoxtllle'M Contribution.' Knowii l ii-Tciiu., lime 4. The reliel oiiimitlec to-tlay raised over $1,500 in two hours lor sulleres at lohustown ami iciuiiy, tiov. nearer, oi i eiiusyiviima, was uicgriiplieil to tlraw ou the Ivasi felines e Hank for $1,500. More will Ik- contributed lo-moi row. UenerouH MaHmcliUfM-ttH. Hoston, June 4. The Mas.sUusctts uislalure yeslertlav appropriated $10,- 0OO for the relief of the Johnstown sutfer- lo-tlay the amount was increased to $30, (KM) ii nt I the mailer was rushed through both houses. The ChliicM.- Willi I'm. San Francisco, June 4. A private tele- ram received here this afternoon by the hiuesc, reports thatn hurricane nt Hong ong lias caused the loss of 10,000 lives md great damage to prtqierty. FUI.LII.M OF HHOTIXTION. ProfeMHorii Fur Collect-! Call Mot be l-.iiKUKt-d In Europe, Washington, June 4. Mr. Morris, un attorney of this city, recently wrote to the Secretary ol the 1 reasurer in beltult )l the Catholic Lniversilv ol America located in ..he District of Columbia say ing that the I inversity decided to engage the services of several learned Huromau professor lor the divinity department ot the university und inquiring whether the immigration of such persons would be regarded by the department as a viola tion of the terms ol the alien contract la bor law. He added that negotiations for their employment had lieen suspended K?iuliilg the settlement of this question. 1 he waiter wa reierred to Gen, Hep burn, solicitor of the Treasury and that official has just given an opinion that the immigration of loreign ii'rolessors under any cou tract express or implied would tic learly a violation ot tlie ulicti contract labor law. lie referred to the classes ex cepted from the provisions of tnat law iz. l'rolessiouul actors, nrtisls, lec turers or singers and persons employed strictly us personal or domestic scrv- iiits and gave it ns his opinion that the iroicssors iu question oiii not come witn 'n tlie'cUisses named, adding; that they could hardly he considered as lecturers, ven untlcr the common acceptance ol that term. A copy o! theopiniou hus been transmitted to Morris. Keinarkuble Murder Trial. Macon, Ga., June 4. A siiccial to the Telegraph from Perry, Houston county, in., sit y-8: lorn Woollolk, whoischargcd with the murder of his entire family, con. stmg- of -time ik-isoiiSt- wasHilaced on Irial here yesterday. The murder was ommitled in Hibb county, near Macon, nlHHIi, and the case goes to Houston -ouniy on a change ot venue. 1 he case has U-cn f'ainoiis from the fact that lech lically this is. Woolfolk's fourth trial flic first took place in Macon, lasting several days, lie was eouviclcd lino sentenced to death. The Supreme court evcrscd tins decision giving linn a new trial. Two attempts were made during he present year to try the casein Macon but each time tlie at tempts tailed, owing to dilliculty III securing n iiiry.soachau; I vcuurc wusrruiited to Housloiicounly. Jack the Ripper at work. London, June 4. A parcel containing the lower portion of a woman's body ul in halve, was found in tlie Thames it Ilorslly Down, this morning. Another parcel in wmcli were l lie woman s tuiglis was picked up at Battel sea. I loth were wrapjied in pieces of a woman' drawers in which the name rishcr was marked I'he trunk nnd thighs evidently liclongci lo somebody who was n well develom-d K-rson. The remains had probably lieen n Die water for ten days. Il is feared that Jack the Kipper has again beert at work. - Tlie Halem Commencement. Sai.i-:m, N. C, iinc 4. Salem, is full of visitors the occasion Iwingcommrnccment xerciscs ol Salem rcln.ile Academy which is closing itsMoth. session. Baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Dr. Thamns II. McCuUic of Chaltanoogii. Dr. Daniel C. Gjlman, president - ol Johns Hopkins iinnivcrsity, presented diplomas to twenty-four graduate, ltr.tidman goes from Salem to attend the centennial ex ercises nt the I'nivcrsity of North Caro lina. X Ci orifnrand foionlrtgr. Staunton, Va.,June 4. Monday last a coroner's inquest held on the body of W m. Hush, who died near WnyneslMirq, Saturday, in violent convulsions. The evidence resulted in the arrest of Ma Itushthe deceased's wife, and Peachy Atkittson. chnrccd with causing Hush's death liy administering poison. Steamer Probably Lost. IONIion, June 4. There are fears that the British stcitmc Danish Prince, Capt. Potts, winch sailed trom Swansea, May liH, for Montreal has foundered, Const guards at Skibbcroen, Ireland, have picked up a log book of the steamer, the latest entry in which was made in May. Foreign Travelern at Work. London, June 4. Amcrienns in Eng land are engaged in collecting money for the benefit ol sufferers bv the Iohnstown flood. Alrendy a considerable sum has been raised. A ccntrul Hind is being or ganized. ' THE FHIlDi:MTT NEPHIiW, Death of Ucornc C. F.atoa la This City vcaterday. Mr. George C. Katun, lateofCincinnati, Ohio, and a nephew of Pivsiiktnt Harri son, died of consumption at the resilience of Muj. H. C. Hunt in tlie southern por tion ot this city yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Mr. Ivaton, accompanied by his mtHner, eme to-Aslieville about ftior weeks ago in quest of health, but the disease which In ought about his death hud become so ravaging in ils nature that evenlhc invigorating and health-resorting climate of our mountain-land faded to bring alsiut a change for Hie lietter in the sufferer's condition. Mr. Baton was about thirty-live years of age, and has lieen an invalid lor some time. His re mains, accompanied by Mrs. F.alon, and his brother Mr. Archilxild Faton, who was brought Ihtc from Cincinnati by telegranvycstertlay, will lie taken to that city tliia morning lor interment in tlie family vault at livergi ecu cemetery. A FRANCHISE GRANTED To the Hpartanbura F.lectric Street Railway Company. The Spartanburg corresKindent of the Chai lestou News and Courier, says: "Our count v commissioners have grant ed tlie franchise to the Klectrie Railway Coiiikiiiv, giving tliem the right to ruu on tla.' public roads, provided they do not mtcrlere with travel. Mr. Lettwtch, the agent of the coin pan v, is very sangu- (le.uiiucxpcct to secure a charter at the next session of the Legislature. Tlie imposition is to run from Whitney Mill through town, taking in the depots, and then lo lake the road to Clifton, by way of Glendule.. This will make a lineal least tcH miles long; Tlie Mipulation ol Glendule is 300 to 500; Clifton 2,000 to 2,500, and Whitney will run up from 500 Ui K00. Then our factory popula tion here in town will ruu up to 2,000 when the mill is started."! lie freights and passengers from tlie cotton mills alone ought to pay a fair dividend." M r. LcftwH-li, the gentleman mentioned almve, left Ashcvillc yesterday, after having made, iu company with Mr. Chits. I.andshaw, a thorough investigation ol the ok ration of the Asheville electrk street railway. He was more than ever impressed with the ease and cheapness ol operating an electric line in the city ol the Spnrtuns, und will no doubt make such a reiiort to his people of the ad vantages offered by the Sprague system us to secure its adoption. Siqierintcndent Itaniurd ol the line in this city, is agent for the Sprague company in the South, and will visit the South Carolinians dur ing the next few days. A 1,1.. A HOAX. Jolm Farrlor and Senreant Jetton . of Charlotte, Ihe Vlctlma. Tub Citizen of Sunday morning men tioned tlie presence in this city of John Fntrior, Esq., and police sergeant II. E, Jetton, of Charlotte. They were here en route for Cleveland, Tcnn., iu search ol the thieves who robbed Mr. Farrior's store of $5,000 worth of watches and gold jewelry at Charlotte in March last. Messrs. Furrior and Jetton left here Sun day morning tor Cleveland, only to find uponarriving their, that they had been made the victims of a hoax, presumably liy the burglars themselves. The Char lotte News of yesterduy says: 'It aiim-ars that Mr. John Farrior went to Cleveland, Tennessee, on a wild goose chase. He telegraphed home to day that nfler arriving at Cleveland and turning the town inside out, he found that there were no such parties as Kerr &-iukuut in that.uUicc NoIkkIv knew tliem and no traccof llicmeoiild Is-found It was a sell, but ils object cannot be divined. Our readers will remember that on Saturday morning Mr. Furrior received a lelter from Cleveland, 'Tcnn., signed Kerr & lilkins, stating that a lot ol watches whose description and numliers tallied with the watches stolen from Mr. Fa rrior's store had been found there and were in the possession ol nil ugly looking customer. Mr. rumor was requested t come there in pcrsou,. und accompanied by bergenia Jetton he lelt Saturday alter noon for the place. On arriving atCleve- Innd, they could find no trace whatever of Kerr & lilkins. So another new mys tery is udilcd to the burglary of Furrior' store. F-l'KF.I.Y F-F.MSONAL Mayor J. G. Hall, of Hickory, was here yesterday. F. A. llarnes, Ivsq., of Heudersonvillc, is ut the Grand Central. Mr. Harold Doubleday has returned from u trip to New York. Dr. II. M, Wilder, stqicrintcmlctilof the public building at Charlotte, is in the city, , ,,.,,.,.,.,..,..; Miss Hannah Strauss leaves this morn ing for a week's visit to friends in Char leston, S. C. C apt. Lee Winn, a popular and well known passenger conductor on the Western North Carolina road, was here yesterday. Judge Chas. A. Moore has taken the Hmtfrrn1office-nd-wiII-rnTsideBver the- first term of Buncombe's criminal court, commencing in this city on Monday next, Mr. II, Cone, head ' of the extensive wholesale grocery firm of II, Cone & Sous, Hultimore, Md., is in the city. He is accompanied by his wife, and will re main in Asheville for several weeks. Slate railroad commissioner Eugene P jervey and wne, oi thanes ton, s. C, are at Battery Park, a is also, Mr. and Mrs W.J. Rogers, of Augusta, Ga., and Mrs C. A. Lumar, of Sitvanmih. Manager Eugene Cramer of the Colum bia, (S. C.) oiera house, and wife, were here yesterday. Mr. C. was looking af ter the contract for the furnishing and equipment of the proposed Putton avenue opera house. RESUMING CONNECTIONS. OVER RICHMOND A DF.MVII.I.F. AND COAST UNEIt Bal (be seaboard Un la Blocked A Bridge Gone Other Rail. Newa-Moooablaera dieted Corner stone Laid. ;Ra1.kk;h, June 4. Special. It is st.neJ to-night that to-morrow morning . mad from the north will arrive here on SieciaJ cars. It will tic the first to arrive tier on special cars. It will be first to arrive in five days. I'p to to-night mail, IMissengers and freight of the Richmond & Knnvillr and the coast line system hare gone north over the Seaboard line, but to-day the latter line is simply neglected and.ilsjiassengersaud freight will have to go via the Kkhmond & Danville sys tem. Tlie bridge over over the Nottoway river, thiity-five miles north of Weldon a . imiMtssable, and is exiected to be swept away at any moment. Its long embank ments are not washing away- rapidly and the water spreads over an immense breadth so that transfers are impossible. A ruilwayofticersaidthiseveningthatthe break might be passable in two days or it might be two weeks. The Meherrin river bridge is also threatened. c An inspector of the track of the N .rth Carolina railroad was finished to-day. It was found that a number of improve ments have been made during the year by the Richmond & Danville company, Ies- "" sees, particularly as to bridges. . The corner stone of the new custom house at Wilmington was laid this after noon with imposing ceremonies by the Grand Lodge of Masons. Past Grand aster C has. II. Koberson laid the stone. The Grand Lodge was assisted by Wil mington Commanderv KniirhtsTemnlar. Grund Chaplain John W. Primrose offered prayers and Kev. W.S. Primrose delivered the oration. The gramUury of the United States cir- uit court found true bill to-day against Bennett King and Devereux Stephenson, two of the moonshiner who were cap tured yesterday. King gave a gun to Sugg, with which to shoot Deputy Col lector Bouldin, nnd also waylaid the lat ter, intending to kill him as he was being removed from the place where he hud been wounded. The officers will not stop until they break up what is one of the worst and most desperate gangs of moonshiners in the State. RF.HORTORIAL KlPPLEt, The Good Templars were in session last night. There are at present - thirty-five - uris oners in jail in this city. Swannanoa Bath Hous stock rose seven points yesterday. No marriage license was issued by the register of deeds yesterday. No Raleigh or Charlotte papers were received in the city yesterday. Another fruit and peanut huckster on Patton avenue his canvas tent has rpread. ; ! ; A new engine will be erected by the .... Electric 'Light and Power Co., at their plant to-day, - Reduced rate railroad tickets for the Knox villc June Festival will be placed en sale here Monday. The work of excavation preparatory to the building of tlie Patton avenue opera house has been commenced. - This is a big day at Chapel Hill and Asheville is largely and ably represented aniongUlie University alumtlae. " Tobacco breaks yesterday were unusu-.... ally brisk at all the warehouses, and twice went up a fraction in all grades. The display Of old bones, scrap iron, , tin cans and other nondescript bric-a-brac at Eliick's junk shop, Is wonderful to be hold. The barber-shop, formerly occupied by . Mr. J. M. Bell on south Main street, is being fitted up by Wilkie & Jones as a fruit stand. Two defendant fined $3 each;' two more discharged, and another fined $3, lea red the docke in the police court yes terday morning. The "Y" strawberry shortcake festival was a "go" last night. The attendance was fairly large, and those- present en- joyed tlw occasion. - T No northern mail, wus received in Hie city yesterday. So far there are nine mails due, and the postoffice officials will . catch it" when they arrive. Prof. Tripp completed bis course of lecture in this city lust night. "Cartotta and Maximilian," waa the theme to which a fair-sized audience listened with pleasure. . , - Judson college commencement exercises begin at Henderson villc to-day. Several Ashevillians will attend. The annual sermon will be preached by Rev. A. T. Robertson, of Louisville, Ky. Clinton Baxter, a miniature Ethiopian, was up in Justice Malone's court on a charge of petit larceny yesterday. The youthful kleptomaniac was discharged, the evidence being insufficient to warrant a committal for trial." . " ' " , ' A National Celebration. A subscriber at Leicester requests Thk Citizkn to announce that a national cele- bratiow. It Qa1.ptocon Spima Mountain, in that township, July 4. Speeches are to be delivered on the occa sion by Gen. R. B. Vance, Mitchell E. Larimng and Gen. Tho. L. Clingmnn. Mr. Lanning's theme will be the "Rise and Progress of the Nation." Those at tending this celebration are requested to bring lunches with them. College Commencement. Tim Citizkn acknowledges the receipt of invitations to attend the semi-centennial celebration of the Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington, July 3d and 4th next, and the annual commencement ex ercises of Trinity College, this State, be ginning Saturday, June 8. Diplomas at the latter institution will be delivered by Gov. Fowk, Thursday, June 13. Mr. Chas. T. Rawls has returned from Hot Spring. ,