latotown Wftfelg fjemnttaiVOL. XXVII.

HOW TIE SAW IT.

The Fearful Experience of Mr. Henry Vler-Ing In the 1 "\

For several day ß after Se flood Mr.Henry Viering, the well-known furnituredealer at the corner of Railroad and Jack-

son streets, suffered great bodily pain

from injuries received on the fatal Friday,

\u25a0but his bodily pain was as nothing com-'pared to his mental agony. He lost in

' the flood his whole family, consisting of

his wife and throe children. In au inter-

view he said, substantially as follows :?? Iwas at home with my wife and chil-

dren when the alarm came. We hurried

from the house leaving everything behind

us. As we readied the door a friend of

mine was running by. He grasped the

two smallest children, one under each arm,

and hurried on ahead of us. I had my

arm around my wife's waist supporting

her. Behind us we could hear the fiood

rushing. In one hurried glance as I pass-

ed a corner I could see the fearful flood

crunching and crackling the houses in its

fearful grasp with 110 possiblity of escape,as we were too far away from the hill-

side. In a (huh I saw my three dearcbil-dren licked up by it und disappear from

sight, as I and my wife were thrown in

the air by the rushing ruins. We found

' ourselves in uuioug a lot or drift, driving

along witli the speed of a race horse. In a

moment or two we were throwu with a

crash agaiest the side of a large frame

building, whose wails gave way as if they

were made of pie crust, and the timbeisbegan to fall about us in all directions.Up to this time 1 retained a firm hold on

my wife, but as 1 found myself pinnedbetween two heavy timbers, the agonycaused my senses to leave me momentarily

I recovered instantly in time to see my

3 wife's head just disappearing under

water."Like lightningI grasped her by the

hair,and as best I could, pinioned as I was

above the water by the timber, I raised

her above it. The weight proved too

much and she sank again. Again I pulled

her to the surface ami again she sank

This 1 did again and again without avail.

->he drowned in t nit grasp, and at lust-

dropped from my nerveless hands to leavemy sight forever.

?' As if I had, not suffered enough, a fewmoments later 1 saw white ob-jects whirling around iu an eddy until,

reaching again the current, they floated

past me. My God, man! would you be-lieve me y It was my children, all dead.Their dear little faces urn before ine now

?distorted ill a look of agony?that, no

matter what I do. haunts me. Oh, if Icould only have released myself at that

time I would have willinglygone with

them. I was rescued sometime after and

have been here ever since. I have sincelearned that my friend, who so bravelyendeavored to save two of the children,

has been iost with them."

Kueotirauing.

One of the encouraging signs of a

speedy and thorough clean up of the town

is the measure in which the work is be-ing prosecuted under the new manage-ment. Lots are being relieved of trees,

logs and stumps in an incredibly shortspace of time. The gang of twenty-tive

nten under David VV. Harshberger on bothsides of Locust street between Franklin

and Clinton have accomplished wonders in

one short day. The workmen now are dis-tributed in small spuads all over town,

so that there are not a score or two standingoff and watching whatja half dozen do.The commendable progress made in thelast two days under the new contractorsis of the most encouraging character. Let

the good work go on at the same rate, anda few weeks will give the washed-outtown a different appearance, and enable

lot owners to begin to bu'id.

Full of Interesting Beading.HolUdaysburg Register.

We last week received the first cpy ofthe JOHNSTOWN DEMOCRAT that has beenissued since the flood. It looks well and

is full of interesting reading matter. Ourfriend Woodruff has the sympathy of thecraft in the losses he sustained and allhope he may soon be himself again.

Thirty-One Drowned.

Robert Butler's house, the P. It. It. Ho-tel, more generally known as the Field-house property, on Iron street, Millvilleborough, had in it at the time of the floodthirty-one persons, not one of whom isknown to have escaped, and none of tiibodies, we are informed, have yei, beenfound.

Knocked Out.The machinery and type in the DEMO-

CRAT office were more generally wreckedby the flood than we were aware of, andthe issuing of the DAII.T and WEEKL 1"-

DEMOOEAT is attended with some incon-venience. The condition waß so unfavor-able that our reporters and foreman haveengaged in other business, and some ofour printers have gone to more favoredlocalities. Notwithstanding these littleannoyances the DEMOCRAT will be pub-

lished, and we will "

get there all thesame."

Educated Indian!.

INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA., July 9,?One hundred and seventeen young In-dians, belonging to tribes in Dakota,Mon-

OBITUARY-

DR. L. T. BEAM.

Among many other gcod men, valua-ble citizens numbered among the victimsof our terrible disaster was this eminentphysician. The writer of this knew bimwell, knew him intimately, knew him formore than a quarter of a century, andeantruthfullysay a better man, a nobler man,

a grander man he has never known ; andwhile not doubting the creative power ofthe author of all existence he does not be-lieve that a better man, taking him allin ail, was ever created.

Possessing in the highest degree thebest elements of human nature

" noneknew him but to love him; nor knew himbut to praise." In an exceptional degree

he possessed all the elements of the high-est type of manhood, kind, courteous,

generous, amiable, courageous, honora-ble, dignified he drew others to him andheld them by the tics ol endearment. Al-ways open and frank he had nothing inhis business relations with others or inhis social intercourse with frieuds to con-

ceal. lie shunned not the pursuit of a

straightforward course by reason of the

adulation or frowns of men?not belong-ing to that class who " crook the preg-nant binges of the knew, that thrift mightfollow fawning." He was a man thattook " fortune's butTets and rewards witliequal thanks ; " and whose *' blood andjudgment were so well commingled thatthey were not a pipe for fortune's fingersin a word, such a man as could be warm?? in one's heart's core, ay, in his heart olhearts."

ABOUT TOWN.

What the Merchants Are Doing?What Is

Going on.Mr. Duvid Dibert has iiad the blissful

experience of a second cleaning out of thecellar south cast corner of Main andFranklin streets, preparatory to erectinga large business block. His purpose is to

build of brick, and put up a structure thatwill be a credit to the town.

Itwill contain four large storerooms, andsixteeu offices. But he says the enterprisedepends upon the thorough cleaningup of the town, and the construction ofsubstahtiul bridges.

THE JOHNSTOWN RELIEF FUND.

Ib ttu Editor of the Johnstown Democrat.There should be no difference in refer-

ence to the method of distributing theJohnrtown relief fund. The custodiansof the relief fuads all over the country,amounting to millions of dollars in theaggregate, do not know what is requiredby the stricken people of the Concmaughvalley and the money should be distribu-ted by men who live in the region and are

with the great business interestsof the flooded valley. The question sim-ply Is, getting the money subscribed Dy

the people to relieve the dire distress ofthe people into their hands, and themoney be forthwith sent to them. There

should ie no further delay in delivering

over to the inhabitants of the Conemaugh

valley the money that is theirs by right.I regret that the junketing sub-commit-

tees sent to Johnstown ostensibly to dis-cover the most pressing needs of the suf-ferers only appear to furnish pretext fordlay. Thus far the various commit-tees have not been satisfactory. Theonly one thus far of all the volunteer vis-

itors who seem to have thoroughly ap-preciated the distressful condition of thepeople of Johnstown was the Mayor ofSt. Louis, who gave out his money on

every hand to the sufferers. The impov-

erished sufferers of Johnstown shouldrevere the memory of the kind-heartedMr. Noonan, Mayor of St. Louis.

Let the money be sent immediately andproperly distributed among the people

who need it lirst. G. KELSON SMITH.

Settling Up the Johnstown Fund.New York Sun, of Wednesday.

What wonderful progress has been madein removing rubbish from somo streets

and alleys, very little has been done incleaning out cellars. Possibly twenty-

five or thirty have been relieved of thesurplus matter lodged in them, and most

all of them by their owners. But little of

this kiud of work, except hauling the stuffaway, lias been done as yet by the Stateauthorities.

The fuinily of H. W. Given, merchanton Iron street, in Millville borough, hada sorrowful experience. At the time ofthe hacked water surrounding the house,

cutting off all means of escape, therewere twelve of the family at home, andthe flood from the reservoir swept thebuilding off its foundation and carried itup the street past the school house, thendown lo the Point, where six of themwere rescued. Of the six sons, daughters

and daughters in law that were lost, onlyfour of their bodies were found. Theirhou>e was uot swept away with the firstdouward current, imt withstood it to bedestroyed by tlie returning one. It was

the last one in the ward tobe swept away.Roland's wrecked brick building is

the only one left in that part of Railroadstreet. His slock of flour and feed was

lost. He, wife and two daughters es-

caped, but iiis son Louis, wife and one

child were drowned.

He was a native of Westmorelandcounty, l\i., and graduated at the Cinciunuti Medical School in 1857. For severalsucceeding years lie was one of the most

sueecs-ful practitioners of the LigonierValley. During the sixteeu years he livedin Johnstown his large practice not only

gave him a deservedly high reputation as

one of Johnstown's most eminent physi-

cians. but placed him upon a prosperousfinancial basis.

The Conemaugh Valley Relief Commit-tee met yesterday. There were present

Mayor Grant, President Smith of theChamber of Commerce, J. Edward Sim-mons of the Fourth National Bank, ex-

President Orr of the Produce Exchange,

ex-Park Commissioner John D. Crirc-mitts, and Banker Walter Stanton. Thecommittee asked for information as to thesituation at Johnstown, and a despatch

from Governor Beaver was read by Mal-colm Kerr of the Corporation Counsel'soffice, which suggested that the commit-tee should indicate what amount could beplaced at the disposal of the Johnstownauthorities. Mr. Orr said the whole fundshould be placed at the disposal of Gov-ernor Beaver. On motion of Mr. Crim-miits, however, Governor Beaver was au-

thorized to draw t?2'>o,ooo, in addition to

1?150,000 now awaiting his order. Thiswill leave in the committee's hands fsll,-521.51). -Mr. Simmons, treasurer ot thefund, reported as follows :Total contributions $511,521.69

The room formerly iu tiie occupancy ofA. Natiiau, drowned, on Main street,goes

into the hands of Joseph E. Hess, who iscleaning it tip to be tilled with a new

stock of goods. We regret to learn thatMrs. Nullum, lite widow, now at AtlanticCity, is only slowly recovering from Iterattr.ck of partial paralysis.

lie was a diligent student, and kepthiniself iu tiie advanced line of lite coun-try's tliorouguly educated medical men.

His library, which was one of the largest

private ones iu town, was filled with alllate publications ot all lire medical sys-tems. As a writer his style was clear,

concise ami elegant, ami lie occupied an

enviable position among the ablest writersof tiie Eclectic school ot medicine.

The business men who expect to resume

at their old stands on Franklin, Main andClinton streets are now all busy in sellingoff and giving away the few damaged

goods yet remaining. Very little hasbeen realised on things that have beensold. Tlmse who were most fortunate insaving a little of their stocks oilFranklinare William Kramer and G. W. Moses.Petri kin A Miller lost nearly everything,as did the successors of Brinker Brothers.The two small brick stners on the UnitedPresbyterian lot are to be replaced withmuch larger oues. 11. L. Williams, at

the Stargardter stand, ts still in the bootand shoe trade, and has alrerdy receiveda new invoice of goods. Scott Dtbert'sCheckered Front is full of life iu tiiy work

of cleaning up and seli'ng. Lou Cohenwill continue at his old stand, and addthe clothing business to his other branch.John Stengel', John Thomas, Woolf, Soil<fc Thomas, llohmauu Brothers, E. Zang,C. G. Campbell, Cohen & Marx, AbeCohen, W. S. Weaver, ou Main street,will be ready in a few weeks to offer to

their customers lines of new goods" cheaper titan ever." Tito administra-tors of the V. Louther estate have not yet

decided whether to resume business or

not. Dr. H. T. DcFrance, temporarily

located on Franklin street, expects to get

back into his old place, corner of Mainaud Clinton, when proper repairs aremade to the building.

On Clinton, C. O. Luther's store, andFoster & Quiun's will be among the mis-sing ; but Bantley fc Froenheiser, A. G.Utecht & Co.,Carr,Oglcville & Horten, C.Ruth, and Frank Maloy will resume at

their former stands. Wm. Updegrave isnot certain as to what lie will do. Hemay stock up again, but not for some

time.

The following shows the regards

of those who were his intimate associates:The National Eclectic Medical Associa-

tion. at its ia;e meeting, held in Nash-ville, Tenn., testified to his superlativeworth by resolving, " That we recoguized

hiui as otic of the most able, unselfish andsuccessful members of the medical pro-fession. *

* That we owe him for

Forwarded to (iov. Heaver 180,000,00Awaiting the Governor's order on au-

thorization of the committee 350,000.00'1 hese amounts were received yesterday by J.

Edward Simmons, treasurer or the fund .-

AVtr Yui'k Snuiti-ZritHH{J $118.50

The Hon. Hugh .1. Grant, Mayor 187.05

Engineers, Inspectors and others on thetirth divisions or the new aqueduct,through John C. Sheehnn, secretary? 217.50

Total ...1503.03

Death of itre we.- Goeuner, of Cambria City.

This community was startled yesterdayby the announcement of the death ofJacob (Jocuuer, of Cumbria. lie was

known everywhere as the proprietor ofthe Cambria Coy brewery, and had a hostof friends. While not in the best of

health for some time he was able to beabout his business on Tuesday, and onWednesday morning his body wns

swollen to an abnormal extent andhis condition was found to be serious. Helingered along in great agony till aboutfive o'clock when he died.

There was not a property within two

squares of his place on Front street thatwithstood the flood except his own. Itwas damaged considerable, but it was put

in repair and for the past few weeksthe brewery has been in operation. Only

day or two ago he was up town and call-

ed at the DEMOCRAT office on business,

when he seemed to be in his usual health.Funeral notice willbe given to-morrow.

All Olil Friend.I.atrobe Advance.

Friday, July 5, the Johnstown DEMO-

CRAT made is first appearance since theflood. It came out in weekly form butwill no doubt resume the publication of

the daily addition as soon as matters in

and about the devastated e ity get in better shape. The office was formerly lo-cated Jin the B. & O. railroad building.

This was so badly wrecked by the flood as

to be unsafe, and Mr. Woodruff, in orderto resume the publication of his paper,was compelled to erect a one story struc-

ture on Franklin street, in which he isnow located. We welcome the DEMOCRATas an old friend, and also the Tribunewhich is printed in the same building itoccupied before the disaster.

All Claims of Knlglits of Honor to bo Paid

The Knights of Honor aro prepared to

pay all losses caused by the flood, andthose who are entitled to the moneyshould get their claims in good legashape, when they will be paid. The lossto the order here was #19,000.

HATE you noticed that, now as summerapproaches, people on the sunny side oflife are less liable to sunstroke than thoseon the shady side ?

his efforts, his writings uud his self-for-getting exertions in otir behalf an obliga-

tion which we are unable to pay ; that inall walks of lite lie was brave, just, andfaithful?a mau who sou,at only to knowthe right that he might do It with all hismeans, and energy ; in a word, that hewas an upright citizen, a model physi-

cian, a careful instructor and the exemp-lar of every worthy and manly qual-ity." X.

Kxcurftion to Atlantic City via the It. * O

The announcement that, the Baltimoreand Ohio R. li. Co.. will again this sum-

mer resume their select excursion to themost popular of our seashore resorts, will

be hailed with delight by the public, whoappreciate the advantages offered in thesetrips. The low rates, long time limit andthe privilege of their best train servicerunning on regular schedule, composed offast express trains, elegant day coaches,Pullman's best equipment and VestibuledLimited Express trains are among the ad-vantages afforded by the B. it 0., and thestop-off at Washington on the return

trip will allow the sightseer an opportu-nity to take in the points of interest inand about the Capital before returning

home, and form a fitting termination to a

week's sojourn at the shore.The first of these select excursions will

be run on Thursday, July 18th, 1889, we

give below a list of stations showing thetime of trains and round trip rates of fare:

Charley Zimmerman has a new stablenearly completed, and will soon be readyas of yore to aocommodate the public,

and " the rest of mankind," with horses,

carriages, buggies and wagons.

Mr. Stephen Varner,one of Johnstown'sbest policemen, is laid up for repairs out

in Richlond township. We,hope for hisspeedy restoration. His wife says stepsare being taken to erect a house in place

of the one swept away.

Train TrainStations. Kate. Leaves. Leaves.

Coniiuenee 9 00 10 52 A.M.12 oti A. M.Rockwood soo lias

"

14 48 "

Johnstown 525 s4O " .a oo p. M.

Somerset oo 10 11 " ti 07 ?'

Meyersdale 850 11 58 " 114 A.M.Byndman 800 la 47 P. M. a os "

Cumberland 750 lao " 240"

Correspondingly low rates are madefrom other stations on the line.

The tickets are good Ten days with theprivilige of a stop-off at Washington, D.C., on the return journey.

A broken truck under one of the carsthrew a freight train off the New YorkCentral track a mile and a half east ofHoffman's yesteiday morning, Severalcars were badly wrecked and the fourtracks were completely blocked for sixhours. No one was.injured.

The; Pope's Successor.BRUSSELS, July B.?The Rome corres-

pondent of the Jndependance Belgt saysthat the Pope at the recent consistory ad-

vised that Cardinal Lavigerio be selected

as his successor.

Among the new firms ou Main street

is that of McMillan & Co., composed ofJames ;A. McMillan and 11. L. Coulter.They are located at 219, and will carry on

the plumbing, gas and steam-fitting busi-ness.

WELCOMED BACK. ?

Altoona Mirror.

We welcome the JOHNSTOWN DEMOCRATback to our table of good newspapers, andwish Brother Woodruff increased patron-age, fair sailing in wider channels overthe sea of journalism, and with no break,

ing of dams to overwhelm or impede hisprogress.

MRS. M. A. MOCLUKB and son William,of New Bloomfield, were in the cityyesterday.

JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1889.

THE PUMPKIN FLOOD.

Who that has lived in Johnstown, for

any length of time has not heard of it ?

Our old citizens often refer to it, espe-cially in seasons of high water. It got itsname from the fact that it swept go many

fields lying along the Stonycreek, bring-ing down thousands of pumpkins, leav-ing the place tilled with enough to makepumpkin pies for all of New England,and to feed droves of hogs and cattle formonths. Its date is fixed away back inthe thirties?say about 1831 or '32.

Nothing like it has ever been experi-enced here until the overflow ot two yearsago, when water, like a river, poureddown Main street, depositing saw-logs

and drift in Clinton. Market, Walnut and

other streets. Though there was no bigstone bridge then at the Point,and though

neither the Stonycreek nor the Cone-

rnaugh had been encroached upon byway

of narrowing their beds, some of our" oldest inhabitants " say, the only spot

011 which the town was built which was

not submerged, was the lot on the north-west corner of Vine and Walnut streets.

Thus it will be seen that while the nar-

rowing of the streams by new embank-ments, makes the town an easier prey to

overflows, a forty-days'-and-nights'-rain,or a "cloud-burst," is hard to guardagainst.

Odd Fellows Visit.

The officers of the Grand Lodge of

Pennsylvania, I. 0.0. F. paid a visit to

Johnstown to make a personal examina-

tion of the situation. The officers were

Rev. D. Craft, Grand Master; C. D. Free-man, Deputy Grand Master; JamesB. Nicholson, Graud Secretary; M. Rich-ards Muckle, Graud Treasurer, also AmosH. Hall, Grand Patriarch of the GrandEncampment of Pennsylvania, and R. P.Cautfield, Past Grand. The Graud Treas-urer, deposited for ttie benefit of the des-titute children, widows and orphans f30,-

000 in the First National Bank, to be dis-tributed by the Committee of which Col.John P. Linton is Chairman, and W. T.Colliver is Treasurer. From Pittsburgh

there were present Past Graud MasterJohn A. Myler, Past Grand Master JohnW. Haney, Past Grand Beggs and P. A.

Shanor, Grand Conductor of the GrandLodge.

The Children's Aid Societies.

The whole of the good work done by

these societies will probably never be

known. The work done in this place

since the flood by both of the organiza-

tions can oniy be partially told, as, tuttcii

of the w >rk done has been in the shape ofhelp to families aud petrous whose names

are withheld from the pThe La-tern Socit-lv, w ttu Miss Maggi

Brooks as manager, bus been provided

willi a '.cut portable building, stationed ui

the iniilliend ol the Kernville nidgeThirty persons have been s'-ut by ibis so-

ciety lo Atlantic Oily with fiec tr -pol-

lution, and mi additional fanioy ?>! three

in addition to the above number v.seat

last night. Two girls have been .-cut to

East Orange, where, in tout beautiful sub-

urb of New York City, they ate to In

trained at 1tie expense ol the oigatU/ta

lion as Kindergarten instrut tors . n en-

abled to support theiusoivcs. in no diiou

to this much general work lias been domin the way of distributing provisions and

supplies to needy persons.The Western Society, in charge of Miss

H. A. N. Duncan, whose efficient ser-

vices and untiring kindnessfis well-knownto ail Johnstowners, has equalled the for-mer in the amount of work it has doneand assistance rendered. They arc com-

fortably located in the Berlin house, at

the corner of Main and Jackson streets.

Clasped illChubby Arms.

William Varner relates a touching epi-

sode. He was working to rescue those hecould. Suddenly a chubby little boy

came along clinging to a piece of fencing.

Varner reached the fence witli a pole anddrew it toward him. Then lie rushed in-to the water and snatched the boy fromthe frail raft.

Back to the bank he went with a pair ofchubby arms squeezed tightlyaround hisneck. Varner attempted to set his bur-den down, but the little arms clung des-perately. " You saved me," he cried, andhe squeezed with all his might. Hisarms were forced away while the littlefellow struggled and screamed. It was

the clasp of an affection born of terror.

Young Men's Christian Association.

The Young Men's Christian Associationhas established temporary headquarters

in the Berlin hottse at the corner of Main

and Jackson streets. General Secretary

S. L. Harter, has been at his home at Ber-wick, Pa., for some time recuperating,and expects soon to return. In the meantime the rooms are in the charge of Mr.

Adam Murman, formerly Assistant Secre-

tary at Harrisburg, aow Assistant State Sec-retary. An attempt is being made to secureroom to erect a temporary one story fourroom building, where young men can find

good reading matter as well as good com-pany and wholesome Influences. Mr.

Murman will remain till August, whonMr, Harter is expected.

NO. 14.

MR. DAYltt' THRILLING STORY

Of the Wreck of the Day Express.

The following account of the flood byMr. Swift Davis, of Safe Harber. Sir.Davis said : " The Express left Pittsburghon Friday morning at 8 o'clock, and ar-

rived at Conemaugh three hours later. Mywife and three children were on the firstsection as were also Miss Paulson andMiss Bryant, whom I was introduced to

and asked to take charge of. Soon afterwe arrived at Conemaugh a portion of therailroad track next to the river had beenwashed away. On the next track was anopen freight train, one car of which wasfull of lime. Our section, the parlor car,occupied the third track, while the secondsection had a position on the out-

side next the hill. The rain was coming

down in torrents, andl felt a little uneasy,Iknew about the South Fork dam aboveus and I felt the danger of it bursting. Iheld a consultation with my wife aboutthe advisability of getting out of the train,but itwas raining so hard, and she notbeing well we decided that if anythiaghappened we would have warning enoughto flee to the hills. I then talked to thePullman Conductor and asked him whathe thought of the danger, lie said he didnot know, but would go over into town

and see if he could learn anything.About four o'clock in the after-noon we heard an e. etne comingtowards us with lightning .me rapidtiyand whistling wildly. It v. . 'die warn-

ing. I then threw up my window andsaw the water comiug. I | tc l up mytwo oldest children, and tol l.my wife to

follow with the baby. When I got to thedoor I looked around and sw my wifewithout the baby. " Where's the baby Tsaid I. The conductor has iishe replied.

" It was all I could do to ; tve my wifeand two children, then, even if the baby

had to perish. We went o.it the frontend of the car and climbed over the sec-ond section, shot over a plank and thenran up the hill a half mile, where I put

my wife and one child, and then with mydaughter Kate went out to search for thebaby and the Misses Paulson and Bryan.My daughter found the baby in anotherhouse and took it to her mother. I thencontinued my search for the two youngladies. I met the Pullman conductor andasked him what had become of them. He?old me that Miss Paulson and Miss Bryanhad been saved, but I remaimd up allnight iooking for them, but to no avail-Between five and six o'clock it. the even-

ing the lime in the freight rain caught ou

fire from the heavy ruin upon it. Thefreight cars burned and tin. fire com muni-cated to the second section, setting fire to

the Pullman sleepers."I don't suppose the water was oue

\u25a0uimite lichiud the engine that gave us

the only warning, for when i looked out

the wmdow I could sec it rolling dowun;i- n us. The passengers who got out of::ie rear end of the car had to wadethrough water up to their knees, but we

did not get iu high water at all. Iu lessthan live minutes after wo crossed theplauk I have spoken of the water was

fully ten feet above it. The water struckthe train, 1 think, from the side, andknocked the baggage-car and one passen-ger coach oil lite track, A coal tippletumbled down upon our engine and leftus a passage for over a minute. This, Ibelieve, is what saved our lives.

The cars that were knocked off thetrack rolled over, and I saw two men

climb out of the window, go down twiceand come up, and finally disappear. Thetire on the train was extinguished duringthe early part of the evening, but ignitedagain about 8 o'clock in the morning.Miss Virginia Moloney, of E'izabethtown,N. J., and a cook employed by the Mc-Collough party were all who remainedin the parlor car during the flood andwere taken out as soon as the water re-

ceded. Had we all followed their exam-ple and remained iu the Pullman cars

the tale would not be lialf so hard to tell.We would have all been saved, Miss Ma-loney it was who told me of the fate ofMiss Paulson and Miss Hryau. She saidthat when the engine whistled, the two

young ladies ran to the door, looked out,and came back for their wraps. Thenthey went to the door again and jumped

into the raging torrent. That was thelast seen of them. Miss Maloney said shewould rather take the chances and remainin the car. She did so and was saved.The Pullman conductor handed our baby

to Mr. James Dunn, of Chicago, who carried her safely up the hill to the housewhere she was found by my daughter."

??+ \u2666 ?

A .lolinHtown Show.

On the road in great shape, Three ofour men started east yesterday with a

view of showing to the outside worldsome of the horrors in which the flood leftour once compactly built place. Twoof them, S. C. Poland and Otto Kopelln,will work the picture part, and ReubenLinton will be the spokesman. Some whohave seen the show say it is a good oneand ought to be liberally patronized.

The Pater: " Well, Dr. Raptail, I likayour school very much, and I think I'llput my boy hero. But tell me what sort!of boys do you turn out?" The Doctor J" The bad ones."? Funny Folks.