WHfiRE ROLLS ' 1 S. ' THE OREGON M O'clock, T7M i ? on northerly winds.- ... r-: . a V5 1 i , l : vol: II. KO. 86., I: r POUTLAITD, 'OREGON, V TIIDBSDATH ITVENINtJ.: JUNE 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WSSmMmMmjm GRO W SCENES : , . . -H-i'JW'W ui ii .11 uiiii.i it i i.hi.., imi..i.i.i..i ii. npiyi ,. ,F,i.iiM,,..i , .jjhuhi,ii il i-i.nf .iimnyyi ihii,iiwiiij ipn-i m -h Survivors and Sympathizers Working Day, and Night to ; AlleyiateSuff Living and Bury the Living's Dead. ! . ?KPPICER. Or Jun 18,Th Common- Council met ln it- nlghtn.- . eonaulUtton rerrllng- th prodlfloui amount of work that confront th atrtcken cltUeni. Tha decision (.hat waa reached U axpraaaed 1n the following I' atatement made by Mayor Gilliam aa tba aeaaion ended: "Our otBcera will bo ln , atmcted to notify every man who will not work to, get out of town., Wo will not longer, tolerate Jdlera, and will refuae to be taxed by peraona who oome here from eurloalty who tax pur' f canty reaoure'ea and irapoaa upon good nature. Pro (' vialona are brought here under heavy coat and under adveree conditions. Uany peraona have been caugh t' atealing from dead bod lea; looting vacant uaea aUverware and other valuable have been rifled from houae wrecks; Jew- ry haa been' pilfered and human fiends have been -and are among ua nd prey off the mlafortunea of peraona already atrtcken. -: Hereafter It , will be either work or leave town; .The order will be Imperative.", ' I .. waa aeciaea,io put me nirea crewe or roruana men at worn clearing s the debris from town, leaving volunteers to go below the village and aearch for - dead bodies.'. The volunteer! are largely persona who have loat relatives and friend; and are, therefore, deeper interested In ascertaining whether or not . human bodies are hidden in the huge piles of driftwood ; scattered along the creek for mllea. .. .... Bodies are being found miles befow Heppner today; some havlnj( been un .- earthed at Lexington, and some even as' far down aa Douglae, It1 mllea from ,'; - here. . ".-v-V; ' ' The work of the executive committee haa been well aystematised and perm anent headquarters established at the First National Sank.' A guard Is sta tioned at the door and military strictness la observed, . managing men carrying on all duties. . ' The work haa been divided Into departments, and things move .better today than heretofore. , ' ' ' ' "'- V They Oaaaot BeaUse. ' ' 4 Even now, four daya after the disaster, people acarcely realise the extent f the appalling caiamltyor enormity of tlwfUsk to be performed In rehabil itating the town. The Immensity of It all grows lnone's mind aa each hour . passes. The need of help Is not yet fully realised. Soorea and scores of homeless, some sick and bruised from their awful ex perience of being knocked about in a sea of swirling waters. In the midst of heavy timbers and lurking rocks. , . i , - Mrs. Jim Willis, whose husband and two children were drowned, is left ,: with a little baoy.y Mrs. Willis Is terribly ; Injured and - has nothing left from V Her home and is, unable to care for herself. Her case. is but one of many Kr Hinniinflfl vtr f An. Af rfnaa matter ini wrAikl Anui(Vii.Htia- ' moved. After u Xhts only the beginning naj been -made In the work of plao- and with a rush the Journey on the flood tide was begun. Mrs. Oxley was standing on the see ond floor, of her home with her young: lnisnt tightly grasped ia her arms. She was' compelled to holdTonOto a rafter to keep from being thrown violently to fWg Heppwt where in Thousands of dollars win b needed in the first portions, of the work, ahd other thousands in assisting people whdA are destitute. The ood; judgment of the executive committee and the high 4nae of honor, aasurea careful exoend ltures of all funds contributed, by various towns There will Be no waste, nor njr foolish; expense incurredv'K' ' ;':v' ; "f'-.'V. ..--..:-'. '.'i-'; ''!' ' '.. tnlawtimvlximm. 'Pendleton and "Umatilla County have sent 500 men. who are working like beavers.. Fifty' from that county have gone back after laboring to exhaustion. Fout-horse teams of provisions have come from Pendlflton ,. and , Echa - The Dalles ha sent vefy large 1 atorea, supplement to their magnificent offering of the first day. . . (By John E. Lathrop.) 1IEPPNER, I June 18. Long before daylight this morning 109 men equipped with picks, shovels . and other. Imple ments ..to be used In aearch-work had assembled at the ' First National Bank corner, there awaiting Mayor QUI lam, who 'had gone home at I o'clock this morning to get c, few hours' rest, which he so greatly needed. At 4:30 o'clock tfie ' Mayor , appeared, accompanied by Sheriff Shutt and two members .of the relief committee wh'q had been appointed to overssi the t re i- some tasks of look ing for the dead today. - Without hardly a wrd the willing tnen were divided into gangs and sent to different sections of the devaatated own , where work was immediately be- nn 'ana sun progresses. , rues ox de bris are being , scattered, and at ' noon today a point four miles below the city -JL.liad"been reachedf in rather, a superficial search. .More thorough work will fol . low, but it la the instruction of those in .charge to go -over, the ground as quickly, ns possible In order' that, the dead " animals may be burned on the piles of rubbish that are gathered and .are! (hen '.'set '.afire. ' .' .' V Two Bodies of Children. It Is reported that two bodies of chil dren were found under .the .wreck of a barn three miles below ' this place : 1 Work of burying, the i dead must pro ceed with the greatest rapidity, for the weather is very warm and the carcassea ,of dead, animals are fast. 'decomposing. i'V.The strenuous work of the telegraph Operators at this place haa been too -. tQh, and last night C W. Lamar was Rostrated by the awful strain.' His sjCplae wis at once supplied by Charles r Shockey of Pendleton. The work of bringing Jnte the wrecked city ) tle . graph and telephone communications is ' due to the almost heroic efforts of Leonard Larame of Pendleton, Frank Bankin and Carl Churchill. ; -Last night there were three blocks iij the. business Prt of the town supplied with electric . lights. "The telephone office, has been crowded. since the evening of the flood, Notwithstanding that Jthe) line was" not Jn operation until Monday afternoon, and then only at , Intervals. However, per; , sons stood in the office all night wait ing to end communications to friends ' and relatives,' telling of ' the awful ;'- horroKf'V-f "i Ii 7j&-?-r-T--. -Today It is almost; Impossible to get tommunicatlon to the outside world and so many are the messages that,- In A Sense, bear no" importance that the ; Executive Committee hag; ; been" coin .polled to issue the following to the pub lic: . t' ""-fWetJho Executive Committee of this A Stricken trlty- feel compelled to ask the : general public to refrain from sending messages "except on . occasions Of im portances The wires are now so taxed that It ia impossible for this committee to transmit or receive official messages. or to receive or transmit messages of vast importance to the unfortunate peo ple whose needs come first "HEPPNER EXECUTIVE COM." The Dalles has opened a free lunch counter here and Mrs. Mary K, Brtttain was placed In charge. The institution has fed 1,000 persons during the last 24 hour. ; i The City of The Dalles has wired Mrs. Brlttain to draw on that place for any amount that may be needed to carry out the work of supplying the suffering. Vf'-'' v Work' in the Mot iul Tne work' of searching Is becoming extremely, arduous, as the sun- Is stream- ',i-r:ts;sw.'a". The pile of debris that washed ln front of the Palace Hotel and"iavel that structure i O r R ' r - J ' S Map of Northern Oregon, showing relative location of Heppner and the flood-stricken district the stench of .the,, dead animals Is be coming awful. It has been suggested that, s corps of physicians be called to the- field as it is almost certain that disease will eventuate from the unsan itary condition. ; , ; At 1 o'clock today it lreported from Lexington that the dead1 bodies of a man, woman and little girj. were found near tHe Ralney ranch. !" The bodies were brought here, but have not. been iden tified, iii ;l" t,--' - As the hours pas the stern realities of the awful" situation becomes more acute. At first the people were terror- Je4i.Lthe:n the wereLfranUciut now It is the great grief of those who are yet living' and who4 have lost, not bnly their t, worldly possessions, ?but s their wives, or husbands, or little children that saddens the hearts of the stoutest- men. , This afternoon, there waa aeen a lone woman sittings on . the broken railway track a mile from ' town. There In the hot sun with bared head she sat: with her face in her hands. Approaching her she. said she wanted' to die as she had lost mother, husband and her two little girl. ' Such are a few of the grief pictures at Heppner. w, , MRS. OXLEYJS PERILOUS I nlr UN Int tLUUU v -r (Journal Special Service.) HEPPNER. June lO-Mrs. Frank Ox- ley, wife of the : drowned ' manager': of Minor's Stock Farm, had an experience during the Heppner disaster of Sunday evening the least detail .of which she will never forget to her- dying day. -t t Irs. Oxley' s husband "had gone to" the barn tb get the uaual supply of niilk and -while'' there saw with dlamay that the waters of Willow Creek were sweep ing, house after bouse from its founda- Ion. ' Ha ' rafted to- hla hoitti with possible speed and had Just reached there when the - waters caught the ' building ture earns In contact with an obstruction. When near Clarka place, about 'two miles from tma' city; the' residence struck a floating leg with terrific force. completely demolishing the home within an Instant. - The force of the collision swept the baby from the arms of Its mother-and the' next minute the three members of the family were struggling in tne waters. Mr. Oxley . and; the, child i wera, both rowned, but the wife was successful in getting ' hold of some large floating debris and after a four-mile ride in that perilous manner she was able to gain the shore by reason of the debris strik ing a high .. place from v where willing hands Soon succeeded in rescuing her. After the Journey down the .creek Mrs. Oxieys body was all but nude, the rush ing waters and the sharp rocks all com bining to tear every garment to shreds. SALEM' LENDS-A . s A HAND OF HELP , SALEM. June 18. The relief commit tee for the Heppner sufferers, organised here yesterday morning, worked -a few hours dur(ng the afternoon and 'suc ceeded in bringing Salem's contribution up to f 1.100, the citizens generally giv ing liberally toward the alleviation of the sufferers. Among the larger con tributions were: Central Lodge, No. 18, K. of P., $100; Hon. A. Bush, $100; Hon. J. -H,- Albert,- $100 ;. Hon. John , Q. Wil son, $50; Chemeketa Lodge, No. 1, I. O. O. F., $26; Eastern Star,-i$20;, peniten tiary officials, $50; county I officials. 127 fff - ; slonal men of the city, young and sturdy., of unquestioned integrity, and their addition to-the ranks of the searchers would be valuable. They were much disappointed, therefore,, when a message was received by Mayor C P. Bishop yes terday . afternoon, fromaMayor ' of - Heppner. - declining srll atd " xcpt money, and the proposed expedition aa a consequence did not start When later a telegram: was ' received to the effect that- armed men we're -needed to prevent looting the matter was referred to the Oovernor's office, and as sthe Governor was in Portland. Private -Secretary W. N. Gaten, telephoned the information to .uovercor vnamoeriam ror nis action, banks. Just as the waters had reached a 'point .where they overflowed. Mr, Dunn ran Into hla home and, in company with his wife- end a number of neigh bors, who. had been -hastily -summoned, hurried. to the foothills with all pos Bible sneed. . fcTha-antlra'-.roV -rVt houses "fn whlcli neighborhood Mr. Dunn's home is lo cated, was swept away, with the ex ceptlon of the, former's place. No trace of the missing homes can be found, RAILROAD "BEING T " RAPIDLY.--REPAIRED (Journal Special Service. HEPPNER, Or., June. 18. The O.' R. & N.- track has been repaired to about three-quarters of a mile this side of Lexington, and will be four miles - this side by night, leaving but Ave miles to be, repaired. Supt O'Brien stated to The Journal at noon today that he expects to run a train into Heppner,' Sunday night One hundred men are at - work under Chief Engineer W. H. Kennedy, on the bridges. Two hundred - trackmen and laborers are also working. Sumpter and Baker City delegations arrived last night and this morning, and the sturdy fellows cajne prepared for business. . T. W. Oouldlng. superintendent of the Western Union, Is at Lexington this morning to look after putting In wires. Today has been exceedingly warm, and the authorities are beginning-to worry over aanltation. Conditiona are such as to cause grave apprehension, as the' water-is .bad and decaying matter adds to the trouble. ' J. N.. Brown and U. -A. Johnson cir culated the . subscription ' paper, and Mayor C. P. -Bishop received subscrip tions at his store, and the matter of raising the fund was the work of but a few hours. , Men volunteered to go to Heppner and give their time to assisting in the work Of clearing- the -town of the , debris and searching for the bodies of the dead. The men. so offering their services are among the leading business and'profes- SEARCH WORK' GOES ON SYSTEMATICALLY r (Journal Special Service.? """ "" "" HEPPNER. Or., June 18. The exec utive committee Is working systematic ally today, with-Leslie Matlock, captain of. couriers; J. A. Woolery, captain of commissary, and Otis -Patterson, cap tain' of workmen.' The" executive com mittee repeats its appeal for money, with understanding that -supplies arranged for otherwise than by contributions can be sent from numerous towns. The Portland relief committee brought yesterday 109 men, fully provisioned for ten days' and furnished with tools. J. N. Teal and R. T. Cox have charge of the crew, which is working hard be tween here and Lexington. WOODMEN OF WORLD " LIBERAL DONATIONS - OF MANY DWELLINGS HEPPNER, June 18. That himself and family were not ; drowned in the deluge on Sunday afternoon is ' consid ered a miracle by J. A.-Dunn, s-brake-man on tha Heppner branch of the O.. R.. & N. Mr. Dunn's home . is near the depot The evening of s. the awful . disaster he was standing at the window of an out- The Woodmen . of the World have taken aggressive steps toward relieving the Heppner sufferers. Last Monday night' the Portland Unlbn Degree Camp, which is the representative of nine camps of this city, appointed a com mittee, consisting of F. Olarno. J. N. Woodworth and Herman Schade. with I full pnr QJEPt in nrmlp Tht. 1 POLICE MYSTIFIED OVER QUEER CASE Blood Spots Found at the Entrance to a House on Front Street, and They Think There Was a Crime Committed. With nothing but three pools of clotted blood and the marks of a wo man's shoes to serve ss a clue, . J. W. Crocker has called the Portland police to aid him in locating both victim and principal In a 'possible murder myitery discovered this - morning at 188 Front street Indications point to there having been a struggle between a woman and some unknown "assailant, the former having been repeatedly stabbed and Anally thrown into the river, only a block and a half distant. The house is not yet completed and stands at least. 300 feet from any other building, thua offering comparative im munity from .observation to one who should contemplate the commission of Ing this morning to work upon the house discovered the gruesome evidences of foul play. That the blood was spilled during the night is well known, for there were no 'stains yesterday" at'I,,!.: o'clock In the afternoon. There were two great pools .of blood on the walk In front of the house and another Just within the doorway In the hall. In each of these the footprints of a woman could be plainly traced. ' The workmen at once notified Mr. Crocker, who resides near, and he in formed the police. A detective visited the scene of the supposed crime, meas- ' ured the tracks and then protected the bloodstains from molestation until fur ther investigation could be made. No one . residing In the vicinity of the scene of the supposed tragedy beard the crime of murder. Carpenters return- unusual noises during 'the night BIDII FALLS IN Another New York Horror WhereinJJves Are Lost ' Fifty Employes Carried Into ? Cellar by Collapse. : r CLOTHES ELBE 1PPED Loading of the Third Story of the Factory with Overweight Responsible for the Dire Calamity Today, 'olice Have to - Rope in the Scene in Order to Keep Out the Frantic Relatives of Un fortunate Victims. committee immediately dispatched a rep resentative to Heppner, whose reports were received yesterday morning; bv wire. The committee then got in tele graphic communication with Head Con sul F. A. Falkenburg, the chief exec"- utive of the order at Denver, Colo., with the result that "the following telegram was received about 6 p. m. yesterday: "DENVER, Colo.. June 17. J. M. Woodworth; Secretary W. O. W. Relief (Continued on Second Page.) P . v -t ft" " a .... ,m, .. "5T" Vv','"1 "-'Ji 1 Y If - 2 vr t J at j ; ''I J (Journal Special Service.) NEW YORK. June 18. Four persons are missing and seven were injured in the collapse of a factory building on Norwalk street at 11 o'clock this morning. The second and third floors of the building were occupied by a paper box concern and 50 employes were carried Into the cellar and burled In a maas of debris. The overloading of the third floor caused the collapse and carried the other floors before it" in falling. Within five minutes of the time of the collapse an Immense crowd had assem bled and ropes were stretched about the demolished pile to keep the frantic relatives of the operators from rushing into the ruins. It will be nightfall be- Garments for Many Women anoLChildren .Are .Needed at Heppner, all of Their Cloth- -ng 8ei ng Lost. "; --irr: :::::: J, N, teal, Representing the Portland Relief Committee, .' Telegraphs that More -Food Be Sent at Once. , -' , Local Business Men .Still at Work Collecting -Funds and Supplies for the Willow Creek Valley Folk. ' ' The local relief committee la , still hard at, work gathering In supplies and funds for the Heppner flood sufferers. And the members of the committee state that they will continue to work until they have done all In their power to aid those who have suffered by the recent cloudburst . The committee has secured. the store- rooms at 414-418 Front street, opposite the Flatiron Building, where they will . receive all supplies of clothing that may " be donated for the HepnQsT people. , Last evening J. N. Teal, who. Is at Heppner In charge of the Portland relief supplies, sent word that many women -and children were in need of all: sorts of clothing, which should be sent up as : soon aa possible. Ladies' stockings, un- NEW YORK, June 18. Maurice- Al bert, the owner of the building that col lapsed this . morning, haa been arrested for -negligence, two moro oi mo iij- Jured have been removed. SEVEN HUNDRED HANDS STRIKE (Journal Special Service.) KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 18. Seven hundred frelghthandlers on all the rail ways except the Great Western , and Missouri Pacific struck at 1 o'clock this afternoon for an increase of wages. -'' "0JSw so s . x, " 'VV''' ,'mnnJM -JBaaa..j.i,.-,.. 1ti-t..' nnAii This residence was washed a distance of 200" yards and landed In the main street . it DR. ISAAC LOVE DEAD (Journal Special Service.) NEW YORK. Jpne 18,-r-Dr. Isaac Love. a noted surgeon and medlcal editor, died of apoplexy today on. board the liner Auriana as the ship waa coming up the bay. He became famous .through the advocacy tf a plan to turn con victed criminals over to surgeons, so they might be experimented on for bene fit of humanity. HUGH-M'INTYREiDEADr - IV ' (Journal -Special Service.) "NEW YORK. June IS. HuglT Mcln tyre, the famous "racing" man,, who was for years secretary Of the- Brooklyn Jockey Club, died . in Brooklyn this morning. f Mclntyre was long connected la the editorial capacity with the Spirit of the Time , Later he founded Sports man. : 'i5.';.:.S::i TO REIMBURSE JEWS 1 Joarnal Splargervlce.yj" ' BERLIN, June 18. The Jewish Asso ciation; here has received news that Prince ' Urusoff, the new - Governor- of Bessarabia has orders from the Csar to richly compensate the'" sufferers of the Klsbjneff mussacrt lor .their losses - Ing should be sent to 414 Front street and It be forwarded to the points where It Is needed as quickly ss it can be. Mr. Teal wired to the committee this morning from Heppner that more food supplies should be rushed to that city at once, aa many of the folk there- were la great need of a change of food.' His request asked that the following articles be shipped from here this evening in order that they might reach Heppner to . ; morrow: ,' "".'"" 'l One thousand loaves of bread, 20 cases . of salmon, 10 sacks of sugar, 10 eases of milk. 10 cases of crackers, S drums ' of cheese and 300 cases of canned fruits, corn and tomatoes. ; The supplies asked for were purchased at once ahd will be forwarded tonight. Chairman --I.- N- Fleischner stated- this morning that the local relief committee was ready to send anything that waa . needed in the Willow Creek Valley tbat'; would aid those In sorrow, and help to, clear up the debris. "But" said ' Mr. , Fleischner, "we are' going about this .' work in a business-like manner. Tele- v grams sent to us asking for aid must . come from a person or persons who are . known by the committee to be parties thatare in charge of,Some part of the relief work on the scene. It is better to move a little cautiously In this mat ter, and do everything right at the time It is' dbnei."! ..i-i- i . , Olotblagr Irapplled. - The Hebrew Ladles' Sewing Society j have made and turned overs to the local relief committee a large number of women's andr-chlldren's. clothing. Which i Will be shipped i tq Heppner at -- ones, i The '. clothing was' made Into various sties, and It is hoped that it may reach th flood sufferers before tomorrow. It i Is reported that many other Portland. ' sewing societies have been busily en-, gaged making garments for the clduifi burst victims. , . '. BISHOPtCONAl : ' (Journal SpecnV Service.) "TLOS" ANGELES, June 18 Rh-r-Conaty was InstaUed in the tirr Los Angeles and Monterey thU n-nrn're at St'Viblanas Cathedral ir-rr-Ive ceremonies. A '- v - , ered by Archb!v ; :'- P, Harnett aa-I A '- - . ' 1 ' '-