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4 THE MORNIHQ OREQOKIAy, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1903, HUNT FOR THE DEAD Mournful Task Still Goes on at Heppner. WORKERS ARE ALL TIRED OUT Islington Call for Aid-Forty Per bobs Destitute, and Rellet Passes TkeBr-Fidelity ol a. Be reaved Doff. (Continued from First Page.) which must be rebuilt. Nine teams are hauling piles to the river banks, and it Is expected that all the necessary piles will be driven before noon tomorrow. As soon as' this Is done, the 203 tracklay ers will throw down rails from here to Heppner and a temporary line may reach the scene of the cloudburst by Sunday. Telegraphic connections between Hepp ner and the outside world were made last night for the first time since the disaster of Sunday afternoon. Owing to the press of business, an expert "Western Union operator was eent from Lexington early this morning. An equally rapid teleg rapher was sent from the dispatcher's office In The Dalles office to handle the 2Lextngton end. On arrival of the com mercial man at Heppner, the accumu lated dispatches were worked oft, .and this evening the line Is getting into work ing order. There are two wire systems between Portland and Heppner one owned by the telephone company and the other owned by the "Western Union and operated by them m conjunction with the O. R. & N. The cloudburst carried away the "Western Union wire between liexlngton and Hepp ner, and the telegraph and railroad com panies could put no messages through. Late yesterday the O. R. & Co. se cured possession of the telephone wire from this point to Heppner. They con nected It nere with their telegraph wire and put receiving instruments at the Heppner end, thus making a direct tele graphic line. This is, of course, only a temporary expedient, and the work of 'repairing the wires used by the "Western Union and railroad companies la proceeding apace. E- A. Klippel, superintendent of tele graph of the O. R. & N., Is In charge of the work. All his energies are being di rected toward the hasty erection of a line ihat will carry some of the business, and so relieve the congested condition of the ex-telephone wire. "After we get the line up," said Mr. Klippel. "we will go over It again care fully and construct It properly. "We can do this without Interrupting Its service. The first thing to do is to get up a wire of some usefulness. "We have a large force of linemen' at work, and I hope to have a wire of our own established be fore Thursday night." T. "W. Gouldlng. of Seattle, district su perintendent of the "Western Union, Is on his way here to work, in conjunction with Mr. Klippel, in the erection of the line. Tonight six miles of wire are in good condition, and it Is jhoped that the remaining three will be put up tomor row. For the first time In about eight years. Lexington is a full-fledged rail road station. In that period the O. R. & N. Co. has not thought the business warranted the keeping of an agent here, but the present emergency has made things different. The big depot, which has stood vacant so long", resounds with clinking telegraph instruments. Busy op erators and men rush up and down the platforms, and at night the waiting-room Is filled with dozing people. Fred Hart, of Heppner, has been checked in as agent. "The way things are," said Mr. O'Brien. "Lexington makes an excellent base of supplies, and we have established a tem porary station here." BODIES FOUXD AREV140. List of the Dead "Will Perhaps Reach 250. HEPPNER. Or.. June 17. (By As sociated Press.) The latest summing up of the situation In Heppner today shows that about 140 bodies have been recovered. A list of known people missing, approved by the local authorities, shows over 60 who were cither maimed or drowned in the washout- Later flndo of victims show that the bodies were mangled in the overwhelming crash. Remains were picked up today by earchers In 100-foot drifts from three to five miles down the "Willow Canyon. The bodies were completely nude. There were many strangers In the town, and It Is conceded that the complete list of killed and drowned will reach 250. About 40 business houses have been wrecked or completely demolished. From the latest developments It seems quite probable that bodies of victims may have been swept into the Columbia River 43 miles away, The children of a few families of strangers who were camping near the town have not been found, and it was admitted today by those in charge of the morgue that in putting away the first bodies of killed on Monday, too great hnste was used and insufficient identifica tion was made. Of the eight bodice brought in today, one is a Chinaman. There is an unidentified woman about 30 years old. light haired. Provisions Are Plentiful. Heppner Is fairly well supplied with provisions and no want from this source is anticipated since the arrival of large consignments of coffee, bread, meat and flour from outside towns. Hood River has sent in ?218 cash. Other towns have re oponded. J. X. Teal, at the head of the Portland Relief Corps, arrived here today with 110 men. and immediately started the work of assisting the local committees. The City Council has voted today to pay men $2 per day. if they were unable to donate their services in relief work, and JB.50 for men with teams. lone. The Dalles, Hood River. Boise City and other places have sent in tenders of iood, Jnoney and supplies. The town is completely at a standstill and money could, "be used with greater efficiency than anything else. Hovr Dead Were Buried. Until last evening only rough board boxes were to be had for coffins. Rough pieces of lumber were nailed together to place the dead in. and this morning, when en -undertaker succeded in hauling In some caskets, the graves of those having surviving families were opened and the bodies were laid In new .caskets. Ministers from 'Milton. The Dalles; and Pendleton worked la relays, performing the last rites. The procession keeps going in termlttingly all day. There ,nas been little work for physi cians to attend the sick. Of some 14 per sons who were conflend to their beds with bruises and wounds, one, Abrahamslck, In dead. Mrs. Herbert Bartholomew, who was badly hurt Internally and had two ribs fractured, will recover. James Fitx, who was thrashed about in the flood, is up. Fitz's face was beaten to a Jelly. He recollects nothing of the awful-dash la the water. An Old Man's Peril. Of the few who escaped the fury of the flood, Julius Kelthly. 70 years old, had the most thrilling experience, and possesses the clearest recollection of what hap pened in an incredible short space of time. The brave, sturdy old pioneer has recov ered from a shock of a ride in the mael strom of waters for a milo and & half down the creek, and is assisting in the relief work. "I was upstairs In my house .when the crash came," ho said, "and the flrat thing I knew there was swirling water all around. The houea split in two and the roof parted at the comb into two sections. All I could see was a sea of water, and trees and houses rolling and tumbling. There was a deafening roaring. I found myself on top of the roof, floating at a dazzling pace. The section whirled around several times. The only fear I had was that one house would tumble over me. I saw my wife in the water within three feet of where I was. I reached out my band and clasped hers. I called upon her then to help lift herself and Jump on the roof with me. She was speechless with fright, but took my hand. I pulled with all my might, but could not raise her. It seemed to me that she was fast, although she did not say so. Then another gi gantic eddy thrust us apart, and I went under. I arrived at the surface just In time to recover my breath and fought my way through the debris eddying around me. "A second time I got upon the roof as I came up right alongside of it. I again saw my wife and she recognized me. 1 tried to pull her out but she was dragged down. Mr. Harris was on the roof part of the time with me. and I pulled him out once, but he was dragged down. I kept on the roof and, although several times big timbers and sections of houses came near smashing me, I drifted on for nearly a mile and a half below the town where I was helped out of the eddy when the waters In the main current subsided." Forty- Easiness Houses "Wreclcea. Of the 40 business places in the town swept away, demolished or partially wrecked and ruined by water, the larg est were Gilliam & Bisbee's machinery warehouse, Garrigues & Sons warehouse and the opera-house controlled by them. Yeager's furniture store. Burns Bros.' grocery store. Noble & Campbell's har ness store, a lodging-house kept by A. Adams, Cantwell's bicycle store and Cohen's millinery store. "Where the buildings are not half-crushed and swept away, the contents of the stores are almost completely lost, as they were covered with mud and water. Gar rigues loss is placed at 515,000 to $25,000. Not a trace of the opera-house can be seen, excepting the piano, which was found four blocks from the side of the building. Every farming Implement, ma chinery and vehicles in a 60x60 warehouse in the rear of the main building Ib lost. One mowing machine alone Is preserved, and it was bolted to the wall of the main warehouse. The other machinery was in a shed addition in the rear, near the bank of the creek. A tree trunk, roots and all, .was driven through the wall of the warehouse.' It is absolutely Impossible today to ob tain an estimate from proprietors of business houses of their individual finan cial losses. Twenty thousand dollars was given as the loss of the firm of Gilliam & Bisbee. Crovrtls at the Morgne. The entire town is in mourning, and the condition of business is not considered. As the hours pass, the crowd keeping vigil at the doors of the morgue, which is in Oddfellows' Hall, grows In num bers. Most of them arc patiently watch ing the Incoming bodies, longing and dreading to see some beloved face. The crowd of mourning watchers was on duty most of the night, although there was little hope of sought-for ones coming in during hours of darkness. Persons from a distance continue to arrive to sympa thize with or Join the numbers of be reaved. Many pathetic scenes are en acted as lost relatives are found and identified. No hope is entertained that of the missing any will be found alive again, one of the most remarkable facts of the disaster is that many victims, evi dently those In the water longest, are stripped absolutely of every stitch of clothing. Some of the bodies are bat tered, and numerous contusions and abra sions of the skin and crushed skulls and bones indicate the horrible manner of death. "While the waterspout descended Into a narrow canyon at the head of town, the greatest volume of water must have started on Us death-dealing path right In the edge of Heppner. The vol ume of water, from the evidence of de struction and the gutted course of its current, must have struck at a point op posite the Courthouse. Scattered along the edge of the canyon southeast are several frame houses, which .scaped, al though they were on the -line of de markatlon. The flood spread apparently where the course of the creek kept straight rtorth. Instead of following the bed. the main current cut diagonally across to where the creek makes a west ward turn. Town Filled "With People. Heppner' homes are filled up, and every piece of bedding In town Is In use. Hun dreds of strangers, visitors, and labor ers on the streets are sleeping In out houses, under haystacks and trees. Blan kets have been distributed by the relief corps, and the City Marshal's deputies force every wayfarer to go to bed. "When the search for the bodies was ended at S o'clock. IS had been exhumed, some of them being brought In IS miles. Some of the remains have been preserved In good shape. The Identified today are: Earl Dennis. Mrs. Iva Balrd, James J. Roberts, Clara Long, a Chinaman. Robbie Stalter, S years old; Mrs. "William Estes, Maude Elliott, Clara Long, James Long, Bertha Frlstoe, Mrs. r A. Rhea, Blanche Estes, Nora Adklns, Mrs. M. B. Haines, Mrs. Banks; one body not known. The num ber of recovered bodies altogether is 140, as given out by County Clerk Crawford. Ed Root, one of the wounded, died to night. Police Guard the City. The town is- under patrol of a large vigilance committee tonight. Armed men, commissioned Deputy Sheriffs, are watch ing every part of he city. It is Impos sible to walk two blocks without being challenged. Every one abroad Is forced to show a passport. Pedestrians are or dered Indoors or" abed, and. as no liquor is to be had for love or money, the un ruly element is kept down. It Is only by the most determined strictness that dis order has not followed in the wake of the dreadful calamity. Stealing has been going on, it is reported, but a careful guard is kept of exposed contents of houses and"-stores. Jewelry and money thefts from bodies of victims have oc curred, but as far as possible these ghoul ish practices have been checked and a close watch Is kept The. greatest need of the town Is chemicals, teams- and scrapers, wheelbarrows and hoisting derricks. LOSERS BY THE FLOOD. Orrners of Balldlagra That "Were "Wrecked or Demolished. HEPPNER. Qr.. Juno 17. Special.) About 100 dwellings were demolished or wrecked "by the cloudburst. The heaviest loser is Tom Ayers, who had. the finest house and grounds In town. Mr. Ayers owned five houses close together, and two Chinese laundries, all of which he figures was worth 517,000. though he spent much more money on them than that. Only a few lone bricks marks the place where stood the most beautiful home in Hepp ner. and where Mr. Ayers had placed nearly all the earnings of his lifetime. Following are the owners of the dwell ings demolished or wrecked: Fred Krug, four, houses; A. Abraham sick, two; Ed. Hale, Henry Blahme. Pat Berry, Lou Howeth, "William Lord, "William Barrett, Mrs. George Gray, A. B. Stanley. J. D. Brown, Sam McBrlde, Jake "Watenberger, Joseph L. Hockett, George Thornton, John Rasmussen, Dr. B. F. "Vaughn, James Fits, John "Woodard, Crabtree, William Ayers, Jr., Mrs. !W. A. Kirk, Tom Ayers. Mrs. Kate. Percy Dawson, Sheriff Shutt. Ws. "W. Lipsltt. A. M. Slocum, T. R. Howard, Kelster. J. K. Carr. George "Wells, "William Ayers, Alfred Ayers, Star Lodging House. C. A. Rhea, Dr. McSwords, George, Conser, Oscar E. Minor, Judge Keihtley, Abe "Wells, George Swaggert,' Augustus Mal lory, "William Mallory, Clyde "Wells, James Matlock, Tom Matlock, W. L. Morrow, Mrs. John Elder, Phil Cohen. P. C. Thompson. Guy Boyd. Ben -Mathews, C. E. Redfield, Frank McFarland. James RobertB, Robert "Wills, Timms, A. M. Gunn, two: George Noble, Methodist parsonage, Elmer Morrison, D. B. Statler, Ed. Slocum, Mrs. Emma "Welch, Tom Quaird, two; Farmers' Home, Leslie Matlock, Robert Hynd. Mrs. L. Lealand. Mrs.' Frank "Willis, Mrs. Shipley, Mrs. Hamilton. Miller Beakley, Mrs. Lefllcr, Mrs. Henry Padberg. two; W. "W. Smead, Mrs. L L. Van "Winkle, two section houses, James Long, Mrs. Charles Oney, William LeTrace, Ed. Ashbaugh. Sam Schuler, Mrs. Cantwell, two;' Shelly Baldwin. John Jenkins, Captain "Wood, Oscar Minor, Episcopal church. The fol lowing business buildings were demol ished: Heppner Hotel, Gilliam & Bisbee's warehouse. Opera House, Rear ware house of P. S. Garrigus, Borcher's sal oon, Patterson's lumber yard. Chinaman's restaurant, two Chinese laundries. Busi ness buildings wrecked or washed from their foundations were: Binns Bros., grocers; J. H. Kinsman, butcher shop; J. L. Hockett, notions; Noble & Campbell! harness; Mrs. C. A. Rhea, millinery; Mrs. Jerry Cohen, millinery; Falri Merchandise Store: Dan Horner, saddlery; "Whlties & Meadows, livery stable; J. L. Teager, furniture; block owned by Tom Matlock, Tom Ayers and Garrigues; Episcopal church. RELAYING THE TRACK. Reads of O. R. &. Are Supervising; the IVorJc LEXINGTON, Ky., June IS. (Special.) At Lexington or in its Immediate vicinity tonight are the heads of nearly every de partment of the Oregon Railroad & Navi gation Company. J. P. O'Brien, super intendent of the road; M. J. Buckley, as sistant superintendent; "W. H. Kennedy, chief engineer; E. A. Klippel. superin tendent of telegraph: W. Ballons, road master; "W. A. Storie, foreman of bridges and buildings, and many assistants are here furthering the good work of re-establishing connections by rail with Hepp ner. Carloads of supplies, steel rails, ties and timbers are still arriving here at 2 o'clock A. M., and up the road the bridge crews are working all night. The big pile driver is In operation and It is expected that a greater total of work will bo done in the next 24 hours than ever before in the history of the road. SALEM COLLECTS FUXDS. Volnnteern "Were Ready to Help at Heppner. SALEM. Or., June 17. (Special.) The citizens of Salem have contributed nearly $1200 for the aid of the sufferers at Hepp ner. Of this amount, $100 was donated by John H. Albert, ;100 by the Knights of Pythias and 5100 by the hopdealers. The work of securing subscriptions has been in the hands of a committee composed of H. A. Johnson, J, N. Brown, R. J. Flem ing, M. "Wlprut, L. R. Stinson and E. Ho fer. Conflicting reports have been received here concerning the needs at Heppner. "When the dispatch from Representative Phelps to Governor Chamberlain asked that men be sent. 25 residents of Salem volunteered to go. Today a dispatch was received from Mayor Gilliam, of Heppner, saying that no men are needed, and the menxwllL not go. Head Consul Falkenberg, of Denver, has telegraphed Professor "W. C. Hawley, one of the head managers of the "Woodmen of the "World, asking authority to appeal to the organization for relief of those suffer ing in the Heppner disaster. Professor Hawley saya that the head managers will undoubtedly give the permission, and that a large sum will be raised. The Woodmen have a considerable balance of the relief fund contributed at the time of the Gal veston disaster. Grand Secretary L. R. Stinson, of the Knights of Pythias order, has received word that Grand Chancellor J. W. Ma loney, of Pendleton, has Issued a call for contributions from all subordinate lodges for relief work at Heppner. UMATILLA TOWJfS GIVE FREELY. Pendleton, Free-water and Athena Vote Relief Fands. PENDLETON. Or.. June 17. (Special) Mayor T. G. Hiley convened the City Council In special session today, and that body voted J500 toward relief at Heppner. The County Court or Board of Commis sioners will donate $1000. The little village of Freewater, contain ing but about 200 inhabitants, today through the City Council voted J300, and J was raised in addition by private sub scription. The Masonic lodge has voted $300. the Elks $100, the Knights of Pythias $100. the Woodmen of the World $100. the Oddfel lows $100 and the Red Men $100. Athena has given her Fourth of July, 'fund of $400. The Pendleton Progress Club will meet tonight to determine whether or -not Ihey will tarn over the $1500 now subscribed for a celebration at this place. DEAD AATD MISSING. Revised. List of. .the Fatalities at Hejpaer. HEPPJCER. Or.. June "17. Spec'lal' aln.fr correspondence.) The following is a list of the dead who havebeen Identified-so -fax as known this morning: " " V ABRAHAHEICK. A. - ."" AD AltS" MRS. ; , AYBES. WILLIAM.' ATRES, MRS. WILLIAM, JK.7. .and.' tTf o children. ATRES. J. I , ATRES. T. W. . ANDREWS. VESTA. . ANDREWS. MABEL. ADKINS. NORAH. ADKINS. MRS. and daughter. - ASHBAUGH. MRS. ED. and three-children. A8BAUOH. MOSE. baby of. " BAIRD. MRS. R. I. and child. ANDREWS, B. BANKS, LEVI, and wife, , : - BEARD. "WILBUR, "end family. - BEARD. WALTER. BEAKLER, MR. -BOTLUS. ALICE. BRIGQS, EUNICE. BURG. MRS. PAT. CURTIS. ADA. and child. ,' ' . ' J ' CHURCH. MRS. MARION. COOLET. WILLIAM. CHRISMAN. . DA-VTDSON. MR. AND MRS. J. R. . DAWSON. rSRCT. DAWSON. MRS. TERCT. DAWSON. CHILDREN. DENNIS. CARL. DENNIS. J. H. E. . . ' ' DAWSON. MR. AND MRS. J. R. DAVIS, MRS.,N. x DOUGLAS. MRS. and two children.-,'. ELLIOTT. MAUD. - X ESTES. MRS. LLOYD. E3TE3. MRS. WILLIAM. - - ESTES. BLANCHE. - - FARMER. MR. FISHER. FRISTO. BERTHAT" " FRENCH. FLORENCE. FLORIN. MRS. NORA. GBIGER, A. C. GUNN, A. M. GENTRY. B. . GURDANE. MRS. HVNBY. HARRY. HANLEY. MRS., and child. HAMILTON, TILLIE. HAINE3. MRS. M. B. HAINES. HAZEL. . . . HIND. MRS. R. F.. and two babies. HARRIS. J. J. HART. MR3. RANSOM, and daughter. HART, R. C. and wife. . , HOWARD. NELLIE. HOWARD. MRS. TOM. arid daughter. HOWARD. MABEL. HOWARD. TOM R. HOWARD. E. R. HOCKETT. J. L., and two children. HARRYMAN. FRANK. HARRY. J., of Long Creek. HYND. MRS. R. P.. and two children. JONES. JAMES. JONES. MANDY. JONES. MRS. JAMES. JONES. MRS. PEARL and two children. JONES. PEARL. JONES. ZELMA. JAMES. B., wife and daughter. JENKINS. CHARLES. JENKINS. STELLA. KRUG. FRED AND MRS., and two children. KRUGE. GEORGE. KERNAN, J. M. KERN AN. MRS. J. M. KIRK, MRS. JESSIE. KEITHLEY. MAUDE. KEITHLEY, MRS. JUDGE, and grandson. KINTZLEY. GEORGE, and wife. KELLY, . L1PEETT. W. W.. wife and child. LEFFLER. MAUDE. LONG. CLARA. LONG. JAMES, wife and daughter. LOONEY. PRESS. MALLORY. MABEL. MATLOCK. JAMES. MATLOCK. MRS. TOM. McBRIDE. SAMUEL. N. MeBRIDE. ANNA. McBRIDE, WILFRED. McBRIDE, ALMA. McSWORDS. child of Dr. W. P. McSWORDS. DR. W. P.. and child. MCDOWELL. ZEDDA. ,. . . MORGAN. ROBERT. . -MORGAN. MRS. S. N. :S .-! " MeCLARY. CHARLES, child of. f-.T " OXLEY. FRANK. ' OXLEY, baby of Frank. REDFIELD. MRS. C. E. RHEA. MRS. C. A, and daughter. " ' ' ROBERTS. ORA. ROBERTS. JAMES, wife and on. ROOD. MRS. ANDREW, and baby. STALTER. LEA. STALTER. FERN, and children. STALTER. ROBBIE. BTALTER. LOUIE. THORNTON. GEORGE, and little girl. THORNTON. DORAS. VAUGHN. DR. B. F. VAUGHN. MRS. B. F. WALTON. MRS. KATY. WILLIS, JAMES. WILLIS. FREDERICK, and baby. WILLIS. MRS. ELIZA. ' 1 : WELLS. MRS., and child. WELLS. GEORGE. WRIGHT. GROVER. WELLS. A. S. WELLS, HARRY, ailssinfr Bodies Not Recovered. Four children of Fred -Krug. babr of J. K. Carr, Mr. Swanson, wife and daughter. A. Abrahamaiqk. Mrs. Harry Hanby, one child of Percy Dawon, four children of James Long, one child of Mrs. Iva Balrd, Mrs. Clar nc Andrews and one child, two children of Mrs. Llllle Hamilton. George Kintzley. Bertha and Ida Hamilton. Id and 12 years old. Elsie Jones. Mrs. James McBrlde. Mrs. Clyde Wells, Abe Wells, Mrs. Robert Morgan and child, Mrs. George Thornton. J. L. Hockett, Johnny Ayers. four children of Edward Ashbaugh. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Sa'llng. one child of W. W. Llpsett. one child of W. K. Carr. Mrs. Gus Boyd and three children. Mrs. Beach Haines. John Harris. Blanche Redflejd, Mrs. Frank Harryman. daughter of L. W. Brlggs. W. A. Fisner, of Haystack. Or.. Mrs. John Woodard. Nora Adklns, three children of Mrs. Dsn Stalter, W. A. Fisher, Mrs. Guy Boyd and three children, Mrs. F. L. Van Winkle, child of James Willis, Mrs. Samuel N. Mc Brlde, child of Mrs. R. L. Balrd, four children of K. Ashbaugh, Mr?. George Thornton, Mrs. .Alexander Gunn, Mrs. Lcffler. William courch. Miss Swanson. Kepi'iver Hoicl restfter was found this morn ing, and the following are names of those lost in the holl: Z J. W. BRADY, Tacoma. . KELLT. MR. CALHOUN. BRUCE GRAY, Tacoma. ANDREW PETERSON. Hilliboro, " MR. AND MRS. JENKINS. . FRISTO. HALL SPRINKLES. MRS. A. M. GUNN. JOHN STEIN. FOUR CHINAMEN. WIDOW AND DAUGHTER COMING. Late Dr. McSvrord's Daughter "Was Studying in Massachusetts. WOLLASTON. Mass., June 17. (Spe cial.) Mr?. P. B." McSwcrds, wife of Dr. McSwords, who was drowned In the Hepp ner flood, and their daughter are in town with L. A. Brown, station agent at Wol laston. and brother of" Mrs. McSwords. The daugter same here four years ago to attend the Qulncy High School, and will graduate this month. With her mother she was preparing to return to Heppner when news of the flood came. They will not wait for graduation day, but will start at once for the West. Dr. McSwords was, a native of Ohio, and graduated from the Dartmouth Medical School, serving a term at the Bellevue Hospital clinic and later studying in Ger many. DROWNED IN BIRCH CREEK. M. F. Carglll Overtaken br Cload liurst "Willie on Way to Heppner. PENDLETON. Or.. June 17. (Special.) M. T. Cargill met death in the terrible rain storm near the headwaters of Birch Creek. In Coombs Canyon. Monday tven lng. while attempting to reach Heppner. His body was not discovered" until this morning. It had been washed down the canyon eight miles. The horse which e was riding could T'ot be found. The body was terribly bruised. Cargill was. a.xnaj about 30 years old. and lived In this city. The storm on Coombs Canyon. Monday evening was almost a cloudburst. Three teams going' from Fendleton-'tO' Heppner were forced to turn back, but Cargill at tempted to go- on and met his death". A sshoolhouse In district 45 was washed down the river. Bllskee's house, 4and jll Inmates were washed three-quarters pf a mile down stream. Hall fell as big as walnuts. HAILSTONES THAT DO NOT MELT. Slnsralar Phenomenon Os,erved"on Heaps ot Debris.' THE DALLES. Or.. June 17. (Special.) A number of citizens ot this place who accompanied.. The Dalles' relief train to Heppner on' Monday morning returned home today. All 'report the same sad story of death and destruction, with Its heartrending incidents. They also 'report witnessing the arrival, at Lexington ot 100 laborers from Portland; also at Heppner Junction the delegations from Sumpter and Baker City, equipped with tools to help clear away the debris and search for the dead, which was the most pressing need In ae devastated district. The most singular condition reported is that every collection and heap of debrit Is thickly loaded with hailstones which have not yet melted, despite the warm weather since the storm.- In addition to the tralnload of prov!s- ions, horses, vehicles and rescuers sent out "by 'j.ne Dalles on Monday morning. the relief committee todays circulated a petition, raising $1000 In an hour. FIfteea hundred dollars In all has been raised to- nlgat. - r The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Dawson and Dr. McSwords were brought to this city today, the first two for burial "here," the last-named for -shipment to his family in ZanesvUIe, O. The body of Mrs. W. A. Baling, formerly Miss Mattle Stroud, of thiscity, who "was killed with her husband, has not been re covered. ALBANY RAISES RELIEF FUND. Three Hundred to Be Forvrarded to Mayor Gilliam. ALBANY, Or.. June 17. (Special.) In reply to his Inquiry as to what was most needed by the sufferers of Heppner, Mayor W. H. Davis, of Albany, today received the following dispatch: "Heppner, Or., June 17. No help needed at present, byt money, and that badly. FRANK GILLIAM, Mayor." Mayor Davis Immediately circulated a subscription paper which was liberally signed by the business men and citizens generally. The B. P. O. Elks headed the subscription with $50 and others contrib uted In proportion. This evening about $300 had been contributed and the work, was not completed. The money will be for warded to Mayor Gilliam immediately. NEED MEN AND MONEY. Governor Chamberlain Receives a Message From Heppner's Mayor. CORVALLIS. Or.. June 17. (Special.) Governor Chamberlain received here today the following telegram: "Heppner, Or., June 17. Governor Chamberlain: The people remaining in Heppner appreciate your message. We require laboring men and money to jay them. It will take 330 men at work to clean debris. People of the state respond ing nobly. G. W. PHELPS." Governor Chamberlain suggests that all contributions be forwarded to the Mayor of Portland. DALLAS RESPONDS VERY QUICKLY. Sends One Hundred and Ten Dollars to Aid Heppner Sufferers. DALLAS, Or., June 17. Mayor J. C. Hayter, of this city, today received a telegram from the Mayor of Heppner asking financial aid from the clilzens of Dallas. The matter was Immediately turned over to Postmaster C. G. Coad and County Clerk U. S. Laughary. "who at once carried subscription papers through the principal streets and at the end of two -hours had collected the neat sum of $U0. This amount has been tele graphed to the Mayor of Heppner. HOOD RIVER RAISES ?400. First to Get Its Contribution to Ref ugees. HOOD RIVER, Or., June 17. (Special.) Hood River, with- a population of 1200 people, has raised $400 for the aid .of the Heppner sufferers. Word was received tynlght that the $230 forwarded Tuesday was the first cash contribution to reach the devastated city. Hood River people feel they have a right to be proud of their work. Undertaker E. Bartmess returned, this morning from Heppner where he went Monday Avlth nine caskets. Mr. Bartmess worked night and day until his return. Besides his work Mr. Bartmess' donation to the Heppner fund was $75. Forest Grove People Are Interested. FOREST GROVE. Or.. June 17. (Spe cial.) A paper Is being circulated here to- day by Mayor F. T. Kane to raise funds Welcome Better for clothes, dishes, pots and pans, floors and doors and yet more economical. GOLD DUST drives dirt before it makes everything clean and bright lessens tb.2 housewife s cares. Witn UUL.U DUSTS aid wash-day ceases to- be "Blue Monday." It makes it possible to have snew white clottm without rubbing- them to pieces on the washboard. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, ,.030. for the Heppaer sufferers. Hon. Frariik GlUians.. the Mayor ot the stricken town, wired this morning- that the situation there is appalling, and what money could be raised by the citizens of Forest Grove would be earnestly appreciated by the peo ple of Heppner. OREGON CITY RECEIVES APPEAL. Ttfo Hnndred Dollars Contrlnated "by Citizens. OREGON CITY, Or., June 17-. (Special.) Mayor G. B. Dimlck today received from Mayor Frank Gilliam, of Heppner. a tele graphic appeal for aid In behalf of the sufferers of Heppner. The citizens of Oregon City have subscribed more than $200 in cash, which will bo forwarded to the sufferers as soon as the subscription list Is closed. ; LA GRANDE IS GENEROUS. Relief Fund Will Reach. ?2COO Clothing- to Be Sent. LA GRANDE, Or., vJune 17. Fifteen hundred dollars has been collected for the Heppner survivors. Tne fund will reach $2000. Much clothing will be" sent. Boise Preparing to Give. BOISE. Idaho. June 17. Mayor Alex ander today received the following dis patch from Heppner, Or.: "Heppner. Or., June i7. Mayor Boise. Idaho: Situation appalling. No help needed iat present but , money, and that badly. FRANK GILLIAM. Mayor." The Mayor at once called t a special meeting of the City Council, inviting cit izens to be present. A committee was appointed "to solicit funds for the suf ferers. . Astoria. Responds to Appeal. ASTORIA, June 17. (Special.")-Mayor Surprenant xeceived a telegram this af ternoon from Frank Gilliam, mayor of Heppner, appealing for aid. Mayor Surprenant . Immediately appointed a committee to solicit subscripting to the fund and each of the banks has agreed receive donations. A goodly sum is ex pected, to be. raised - . aioro Sends Another Committee. MORO. Or.'. . June, 17. (Special.) There being no account from the committee which left for Heppner-yesteraay, another committee, representing all the secret or ders and the City of Moro, was dispatched to the scene of the disaster today with full power io assist In every way possible the unfortunate sufferers. Everett Sends Money to Heppner. EVERETT. "Wash., June 17. (Special.) One hundred dollars has been sent to Heppner sufferers from this city. GLOOM IS HEAVY. (Continued from First Page.1) wedding ring. The sister-in-law of a man named Harriman. of Pendleton, was un covered today. He and she lost their live3 together. He was a consumptive patient, and was camping for his health In a tent in "W. L. Morrow's yard. She was Maud Elliott, and served him as nurse. Great quantities of hall are yet in the debris.. In the opinion of many persons, this element added to the destructlve ness of the flood. The ruins are weighted down by tons and tons ofunmelted hall. How Mr. Llpsett Died. . A pathetic tale Is told of the death of "W. "W. Llpsett. He was floating on a raft of drift, and" pulled Robert Hynds out '-of danger. After he had done this he said he wanted to take .another look for his wife and baby. He walked back on the raft, fell off and was drowned. Joe Kline snatched a rope as he ran from XiIb house to escape. The rope was the means of saving the life of A. Lun dell. Kline threw an end of the rope to Lundell and pulled him out Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith rushed from their house as the flood came on. But the rain beat so fiercely in their faces that they took shelter In an outhouse. The outhouse was turned over In the flood, door down. Smith knocked off one of the boards and with his wife escaped. Dead bodies have been disfigured by hogs below town. Sheriff Shutt has ordered- farmers to pen up their hogs, on pain of having them shot. ' . Oscar Minor declared today that he could find fragments of his house and -furniture In every heap of wreckage be low the site of his home. His loss Is probably the largest of any individual's. A cat floated from the heart of town near ly a mile down stream in a heap of wreckage. It seemed none the worse for Its experience. Saved Iy a Tree Limb. Mrs. William Ayers, Jr., rushed from her house and grasped a branch of a friendly tree. She held on until the flood abated and rescue came. Tom Ayer"8 house took the place of Gilliam Bisbee's warehouse on the other side of the street. Everything Ayers owned in the town was destroyed. He was one of the largest property-owners. "When I found the members of my im "Let the GOLD BUST twins do yam werkw" OLD DUST .KewYork, Boston. St. Louis Makers of OVAL FAIRY SOAP ONE LUNQ !May be gone and jet the remaining lnng wm De ampiy saiaaent 10 sssiam a vigar , ous vitality. " As a general thing few peo ple mage more use ot com lungs man is equivalent to a healthy use of one lung. These facts are all in the favor of Sic man or woman with weak lungs, even -when disease has a strong grip on them. Many a person living in nealth to-day has the lungs marked by the healed scars of disease. Dr. Piercea Golden Medical Discovery makes weak lungs strong. It cures obstinate, deep seated coughs, bronchitis, bleed ing lungs and other conditions which, if neglect ed or unskilfully treated, find a fatal termination in consumption. I had been troub led with Inpg dis ease and pleurisy for a number or years and the trouble had almost become chronic, writes A. S. Elan, of Howe. Ia. "Hud rOTa1 Vlnria of medicine frota different physicians without much benefit. At last wrote to Dr. R. V. Pierce and got his advice, and beyan using his Golden Medical Discovery. I have nsel twenty-five bottles. When I commenced taking it I had no appetite, ray system was comoletely rnn-dcwa. had no ambition to do anything. Now I feel better than I did beibre I got sick. Hare a good appetite and am able to do my work. I sin cerely recommend Dr. Pierce's Golden' Medical Discovery to all who are aGIcted as I was.' Those who suffer from chronic dis eases are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free All correspondence strictly private. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets assist the action of the R Discovery mediate family safe," said he, "I was so rejoiced that money never entered my head." Tom Matlock held onto his wife as long js he could. He never saw her again after she slipped from him. Elizabeth Matlock saved herself by clinging to the tail of a horse. The animal was lost, but she was swept under a pile of debris. She was rescued after the subsidence of the water. The house of H. W. Bartholomew was wrenched away and slid high upon two fallen poplar trees, as if on skids. The child of Mr. and Mrei E. D. Rood was Isolated all night on a jam of drift Monday morning the child was rescued. The parents succumbed. G. W. Phelps ran Into his house at the approach ot the torrent. The flood met him Inside. He and his family spent the perilous period upstairs. The house held its ground, but was badly damaged. Two Japanese cooks In the Palace Hotel. "Ben" and Tom Ika, each saved a woman. One of the women was unconscious when rescued. Heppner had four Japanese, one of whom was drowned. A safe, weighing about 1000 pounds was washed through the town a quarter of a rrH I MEN ONLY I O STRICTTY RELIABLE. DR. TALCQTT &CO. "WEAKNESS.' That condition commonly known as "Weakness" is In reality on'wof the e most simple of men's aUme.J. ana a one that yields promptly and complete- m ly to correct treatment. For genera- I tlons past physicians have been hand- 1 Ins down a. moss-gTown theory to the O effect that prematureness, loss of power, s etc, are due to nervous derangements a brought on through dissipation, and to ' this day the treatment commonly em- ployed by most physicians and special- ists Is a nerve-stimulating one that O Jtcltes the organs to temporary actlv- 9 lty. but which In the end cannot fall to aggravate the real disorder. ""Weak- T a nees" is nothing more than a symptom " m resulting from a tender, swollen and 2 inflamed condition of the prostate T gland. This prostatic disorder is moat frequently due to early dissipation or r to Injury caused by some contracted disease. My treatment Is a local one 9 entirely, no stimulants or tonics be- 9 lng. employed, and Is In every Instance promptly effective In restoring the s prostate gland to Its normal state. As 9 this Is accomplished full and complete a 0 strength and vigor return. Such a q O cure is absolute and permanent, and 0 by no other method can a Ilka cura ba 0 effected. Colored chart of tho Organs ; m sent upon application. Dr.Talcott&Co. Portland Office, 2504 Aldr St. Q 1 Good-byo