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TEyPLETOy, TJKATILLA COUNTY, OTJEGOX, TUESDAY, JUXE 30, 1003.
16.
NO. 4771.
Si.
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.ir Was Flooded for
Length Monday
. .w c TURNED
fROM HEPPNER ROAD,
p.n f Water and of
r" -
.....cRrldoe at Lee's
USiuiiv-
I, Gone and Thousands of
Alfalfa Destroyed.
Mrs I E- Thcrkclsen, of
louse, who started for
u-nri, forced tO
night by a heavy thunder
caught them in the vlcln-
i! nVlnplf in thn
n. auunv -
The storm wnlcii urouo
..... Ut nvnnnt WAR the
IKa rnin nrs nun
JO"
Ll-ll Clnrm
t 1, thi limrn u'fJV,
tfinnrlor and liL'lltnlllE WBB
Jul, II tto "UO iiv; ivx-
WnrP Tip hall KIOIICS
t . il ...nit-,.
Tberever itioy sirucic mo
horses driven by the par
te face me Biorm ana
backs to the wind whilo
took refuse under the rigs.
Mr, and Mrs. Therlielsen
to get home.
n rnr rnnnrrv nn nmnnri
m fiinr nnrv in r- r.nn.
seemeu to extenu irom
to Echo and to have Its
tsriirhnnpo rn l.r liwlrrA1
that Mr. TherkolRon linrl
..me way wnen me roaus
as could be anrl all the
,(, 1 V n V UfoUlll
9 inr i4ATinn ...i l,
aumDcr nf n annc in
wasneti away the bridge
Irlnir 4i.
v6 uuhh uiu I'uuyuu.
wo gulches leading from
P'ace of the storm, and
thft iian- .....1 I n
nHiut lllblieu. KJlW
"v"b. uim uiu omer J8 a
k on tho divide, part
0Df Vflv nnil . i
v ..-j Hm( UHJ ItJHl XU.
longer route.
rcame about half nn hour
ronvprt.r..w.n .1.
- .u iu jour and Hvu ttwt
- r--"-0' " Hwepi over
'.along tho cruek and in
- aiiaiia and ntlinr
taea. A lame amount
we cut and this
-v .icr and wh Hr-nt.
tne linitn.., t .
t u ui a long
ad . Wa,8 81111 "landing
n toto tho ground and
. " so that it can-
Swi!e enliro oxtont
M is not known, for all of
e bUBV nmnM..
11U551D fl tho ,1..
annul ,.tu I
. "wr was imi ni,i
porch of n farmer's
Wl Was stnn,Iln
. " e Or thn Klnrn.
"N. at Noil
"rsnniit ...ui-
."t lama .ii,.
ii ""U m r i mi
Wlrru."oeKs. and
tho work was pushed with all posslhle
speed, but tho trains were delayed for
some time by the aecldcnt.
Relief Wagon Turned Back.
One of the wagons loaded with pro
visions and supplies for the people
at Heppner, which was sent out yes
terday afternoon, was caught in the
storm on Dlrch creek and forced to
return this morning. The load was
taken off and distributed among the
merchants who had furnished it, and
they will take the material back. If
there is any groat damage done to the
various articles the men behind the
relief movement will stand for it,
provided the merchants wish to bo'
reimbursed.
HEPPNEn IS S NEAP OF RUINS
FLOOD IN COMB'S CANYON.
Not
MINGLED
The Known Dead Number 300 Eighty-three Were Identi
fied and Buried Yes'.erday Many So Badly Bruised
That Identification is. Not Possible.
Report of Extensive Damage
Well Confirmed.
It Is reported that thero was a
cloudburst In Comb's canyon last
r.lglit which washed away bridges and
icnces along the entire length of the
gulch. Tho school house was washed !
away down tho canyon and entirely de
stroyed and all of tho hay cither wash
ed away or destroyed.
ROUTE TO CROWS' NEST PASS.
Les Matlock and Bruce Kelly Faced the Instant's Chance of Death to Warn
the People in the Valley Below The Women Have Charge of the
Emergency Morgue. . i
Cut-Off to Be Built Soon Will Open
Rich Country,
Butte. Mont.. June 1C Official
word haB been received in this cilv I tho i.,.i0.i
to the effect that the cut-off from Co-! l
lumoia rans or rtaiispell, on the
Great Northern, to Jocko, on the
Northern Pacific, Is to bo built at
once. Work will be commenced
within fiO days.
The new lino will open up the rich
est country in the state of Montana,
and furnish a direct route from the
Crows' Nest coal fields to the Butte
and Anaconda mines and smelters.
Heppner. June Special to East
Oregonlan. Heppner Is a heap of
ruins. Twisted tree trunks, against
which are piled masses of wreckage,
mark the residence districts, niul
scattered throughout this wreckage
and dismembered
Boy and Girl Drowned.
East St. Louis, June 16. A boy and
girl wcro drowned by the overturning
of a skiff on Railroad avenue this
morning.
COMMON IN HIGH' PLAGES
UNEXPECTED TURN IN
FRAUD DEVELOPMENTS.
Postmaster General's Confidential
Secretary Is Now Under Suspicion
Assistant Bristow Ordered to Investigate.
Washington, June 10. H. Hand,
confidential secretary of Postmaster
General Payne, is to be investigated.
Tho public charges of his having
been connected with Machen have
embarrassed Mr. Payne greatly. He
has known Band personally for ,40
years and vouches for his integrjty,
nut lias ordered iinsiow iu iuvuhu
gate.
JEWS ASK FOR A PROTEST
In-
Representative Hebrews Have arf
terview With the President,
Wnshlnctau. June 10. The excu
tlve committee of the U'nal B'tith
called on President Roosevelt today
and made a formal request that the
government lny before the czar its
views on the Kishlneff massacreij.
The president promised consideration
and will give out an official statement
later.
Oregon Girl at Smith College.
Knrlhnmnlnn Mass.. Julie 10
Smith Collego has 241 candidates for the
University.
GRAIN MARKETS,
IUm. u'littiuia at
rl,;.M"eeK-ralslne the
low i Z,?n.tBy.
tt ne fr0rc2 of mon"
" from here, and
Quotations Furnished by Coe Commls
slon Company R. L. Boulter, Uocal
Manager, 120 Court Street. j
Minneapolis, Juno 10. WheaIn
the faco of our strong and advanMnjr
market of yesterday, cables were
rather indifferent. Bradstreet's re-
nnvt nf thp wnrlll's SUIIIllV SllOWS ft
decreaso of 4,000,000 bushels, a little
larger than last year. Reports of
damage by floods and rust also by in
sects nre coming quite freely. We see
nothing to sell wheat on as yet and
believe it a good purchase- on all recessions,
Chicago, Juno, It.
Onening. Close.
July 7694 75
Sept 73 73
Corn ,,
July .... 48
Oats .,
July 38 39
Minneapolis, June 16.
Opening. Close.
July 78 78
Sept 72 72
Caspar RIckard, of Junction City,
aged 81, and a pioneer of '63, died yes-.terday,
many are bruised and battered, and
have been burled without Identifica
tion. J
J List of the Injured.
The following are Injured:
Kd Rood.
Jim Kity.
.Mrs.fEd Slocum.
Toml.Mntlock.
Whltl.MolJcn.
Sam M'illls.
I List of the Dead.
The following Is the list of dead
recovered up to 6 p. m. today:
James Matlork
T. L. Hockett and two children.
W, M. Ayers and son.
William Walton, wife and child.
Mandy Jones.
A. C. Cicigei.
Mrs, James Jones
Percy Donson, wife and two child
ren. NoraFlorIn.
John'Ayers.
Ada Curtis and child.
Mrs. Tom Mntlock.
Mrs. C. E. Redfleld and daughter.
Seven Chinamen and three Japs.
Mr. M. Kernan and wife, station
agent.
Vesta Andrews.
Pearl Jones, wife and six children.
James Willis and two boys.
Fred Krug and wife and four child
ren. Mr. and Mrs. Dowlson, of tho Fair
store, formerly of The Dalles.
Mrs. Lak Stalter and seven child
ren. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Howard and three
to the cemetery, where relays of clt-, daughters, two of whom were grown.
Izens are serving as a burial squad. Mr. and Mrs. Abe Wells.
Eighty-three Burled Yesterday. George Wells.
pi.htv.ii, wo,,, i,iP,,tlflp,l nnrt i Mr- and Mrs. Robert Morgan and
buried yesterday. Here and there the r i1.''-
searchers see a bit or color in tne
wreckage, and pulling away tho debris
discover a child, or a mud-stained
Three Hundred Dead.
The death list will number nearly
300. An eye witness who saw the
wall of water advance down Willow
creek says that it was 15 feet high.
The advancing flood swept down
Chase street, sweeping all before it.
Buildings collapsed like houses of
cards and were broken to kindling
wood, while their InmatPS were over
whelmed by tho swift waters.
Fighting for Life In the Flood.
Women and children could bo seen
fighting for life In the midst of tho
rush of waters, while their relatives
stood by helpless to save them. Tho
scene of desolation and ruin Is Inde
scribable. Wreckage and mud Is over
'all. while the air Is heavy with tho
smell of preservative chemicals. Tho
homeless are being cared for In tho
courthouse, school house, and In tho
residences of those whose homes did
not stand In the line of devastation.
Women Conduct the Morgue.
The helpful and courageous women
of the town are receiving the bodies
in Roberts' hall. Cutting away the
clothing with sheep shears, they wash
the mu'd from the bruised and batter
ed dead, and when they are Identified
they are placed In hastily construct
ed rough board boxes and hurried out
bit of linen makes a mark where a
baby has lodged In the dirt. When
one of tho recovered bodies Is tho
child of one of the searchers, the
sceno Is sad and pathetic beyond de
scription. '
Collins are everywhere in evidence
and express wagons are being driven
up rapidly containing the dead as they
are recovered.
Flood Came Down Four Streams.
Skinner Fork, Stevenson's Canyon
and Balm Fork all empty Into Willow
creek. Three roaring torrents pour
Mrs. Clyde Wells.
Mrs. Jessie Kirk.
MoFe Ashbaiigh and child.
Mrs. Ed Ashbaiigh and seven child
ren. Dr. P. B. McSword.
Mr. and Mrs. Upsltt and child.
George Thornton, wife and child.
Sam McBrlde, wife and four child
ren. Mrs, J. G. Kelthley and grandson.
Stewart Wyland. i
, Frank Hariman, wife and father.
A M. Gunn and wife.
' Mrs. Pad Burg.
Maud Jveffler and mother.
Grover Wright.
' Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Long and four
ed down these three streams to form c'hlfdren
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Roberts and son.
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desolation and ruin. HInton
degrees. Portland Is represented b creek furnished a IC-foot flood to join
Lucy Persls Parker; Forest arovc Jn the work of destruction. f
Or., by Winifred Marsh, B. L., Pacific f fie "Ride of 'Mattoek" and Kelly.
One of the Incidents that stand
out Is the heroism of I-es Matlock,
who. with Bruce Kelly, roue down the
valley warning the ranchers and the
residents of Lexington and Iono of
the approaching destruction. Lexing
ton was wrecked, but lone escaped
Injury.
.Mrs. Robert Hynd and two children.
Mr. F. Oxley.
Walter Beard.
Iflorrnce Freeh.
Zedda McDowell.
Mrs. Kd Rodd and child.
Mr. and Mrs. JIarry Hanby.
Mrs, Hart.
Mrs. Beach Haines and child,
Aridrew Paterson, of Hlllsboro.
Marion Church.
Mrs. William Esllo and daughter.
Airs. C, A. Rhea anil daughter.
Eunice Brlggs.
Mrs. Douglass, grandson and son,
William Sailing and wife.
Mrs. Sam Morgan and two daugh
SomeRemarkabteEseapes7 r
George Conser and wife, with Dr.
McSwords and John Ayres, were at
Seolnir tho approach- ,
ing flood, Mrs, Conser begged them all ,prgi
to seek safety up stairs, ur flicaworu , Fo1lr grandchildren of George Swag
and John Ayres ran from the house, . Kar(
Mr. Ayres to try to save his family, j Mrs 0 noyrt amJ threo Ihlldron,
Both were swept away and drowned. preg jonney( one of the old plo
Mr. Conser and wife narrowly cscap- neerg of jreppnor.
ed drowning, ineir iiuubo woo Mr. Beakly.
down stream a quarter of a mllo and
lodged, allowing Mr. and Airs. Conser
to escape.
Somo remarkable escapes are ro
nnrtpn. Robert Hynde and W. W.
LIpsett, after floating down on some
drift two miles, were struck with .
floating wicckago. Mr, Lipsett was
drowned, whilo Mr. Hynde escaped
with some injuries. I
Lizzie Mutlock was swept down and
finally lodged iu me arm aim cn.-u.-
Mrs, Eliza Willis and child.
Mrs. Abe Abrahamslck and child.
R. D. 8turgl.
James Roberts and daughter.
Mr. Banks,
Jim Jones,
Scola Jenkins,
D. L, Howard.
J. L. Hock.
Dr. Vaughn and wife,
Portland Sends Relief.
Portland. June 16. In Instant ro-
One voung lady caught hold of a sponse to the call for holp from Hepp
horse'a tall and was dragged ashore , ncr and Lnrlngtou, tho citizens of
by the struggling animal. A good Portland have come forward generous-
ly with money nnd provisions, No
sooner did the nows reach this city
than from every aide came Inquiries
as to what could bo done to gtvo im
mediate assistance Merchant and la
borer, high nnd low, foci tho terrible
calamity ami strive to find sonn
speedy way of extending to tho vie
Urns of tho cntnstroplw insUr.t relief.
Just as soon ns It was found '.hut
thero were still people lil Morrow
county who could apply whatever was
sent, preparations were mado to for
ward, .iionoy and supvlioj to them,
md as quickly ns tho news spread
that contributions would bo caret, for,
subscriptions began t,i conn In.
Special Train to the Scene.
Relief for Iho strt'hen iH-oplo oT
Hepii .r and Lexington Is now lelng
ergamri.l In Portland with all ills
pUrh. Aa soon as tlu needs of tho
survivors are known all tho help ncc s
h.iry vill bo sent Immediately. Al
ii -id) out relief train, wllh physl-hiiu
on board has started from the Union
(lepot and will rush throuif.i to lit'
f-cenc without a stop. Mayor Wil
liams nnd tho chamber of connnerco
nre co-operating and nil that can be
accomplished now la to patiently await
tho information aa to the kind of aid
most In demand. Policemen have
been Instructed to solicit subscrip
tions to the relief fund.
Wreckage Is Being Burned,
Tho wreckage Is being burned after
having been searched for bodies,
Aid Is pouring In from outside
points.
Dreadful Storm at lone.
lone, Juno 10. For over nn hour
last night there was not a living aoul
In lono. A fearful electrical storm
broko over the village and the 1150 In
habitants tool ij the hills fur fear of
a repetition of Sunday night's cntnatro
phe. II seemed all the pent-up fury
of the universe had broken loose, and
denth atalked on every side, Four,
five and six streaks of lightning were
flashing at once.
Torrents of Water.
Water In torrents fell on unprtitect-
(Concluded on page S.)
MANSLAUGHTER
I
15 THE VERDICT
Jury Was Out Twelve Hours
and Returned an Unexpect
edly Light Verdict.
END OF A FAMOUS UNION
COUNTY MURDER CASE.
SHE EOT SID OF THE
UTAH VERSION OF SAMSON,
FOXES AND BURNING BRANDS
Whole Settlement Damaged and In
Uproar Over Foolish Act of a Far
mer's Daughter And the End Is
Not Yet
Smlthficld, Utah, June 10. A girl
named Lemons, desiring to get rid of
a dog, tied rags saturated with kero
sene, to Its lull, and then II red the
combination. Tho dog ran through
tho neighborhood's corrnls and fields,
setting fire lo ripened fields of grain,
to three barns nnd n largo number of
stacks.
The wholo settlement turned out to
save their homes nnd outlying prop
erly. Had tho offender been a man a
lynching would bo Inevitable.
For the Murder of Marcum.
Jackson, Juno 10. Jett, on tho
Btund this morning In his own de
fense, put on a bold front, lie mild
ho never entered Iho door of tho
court house until after tho shooting
took place and went thero from curi
osity only.
I For the Killing of Arch Halgarth tho
1 Elder Gray Is Sentenced to Five
i Years In the Penitentiary His Son
; is Acquitted.
j Union, Ore., Juno IB. The Jury In
the trial or Woodson Gray and his son
Wade, who are charged with the niur-
tier ot A. M. tlalgartli, at Elgin. Ore.,
I Mnreh 20, brought In a verdict this
! morning nfter a 12-bours' retirement,
I llndlng Woodson Gray guilty of mon.
i slaughter. Wade Gray was acquitted.
The trial was commenced Thursday.
Great Interest baa been taken
throughout tho trlnl ns both the do
ceased and licensed were prominent
men or Union comity. The niuruer
wna the sequal lo an old feud. Trou
ble had been hud with tho children
on both aldcH at school resulting lit
the suspension of Grny'H son. Hal
garth, who was a school director, was
accused by Gray of having been re
sponsible for the suspension or his
son, on March 20. Mr. Gray nnd hta
sou passed the Halgarth ran'ch on
tholr way to the country school and
thero met .Mr. Halgarth. The throo
engaged In a controversy. Gray pull
ed a pistol and Hhot llalgailh, but
tho latter managed to overpower his
assailant, nnd held him on the ground
until ho succeded Iu taking Ills gun
away. While on tho ground, tho older
Gray asked his sou to cut llnlgarth
with a kniro. This he did. Inflicting
deep and fatal wounds. llnlgarth
tiled from the loss of blood, (liny ami
his son walked away leaving HalgavtU
lying In the road.
Farmer Adjudged Insane,
Union, Ore., June 10. Sheriff Pen
nington has taken to the asylum J.
Myers, un old-tliuo resident of this
county, he being adjudged Insane by
the county court,
Three-Cent Fares Defeated.
Ixis Angoles, Cat,, Juno 16. Throe
cent railway fares was finally killed In
tho council this morning by a vote
of 4 to 2. This ends Hcnntor Clark's
plan to compete with the Huntington
lines.
GENER08ITY OF ATHENA.
Entire Fourth of July Fund Diverted
to Flood Sufferers.
Ous slater city of Athuna, the lit
tle town out among the hills of the
northwest, has set tho pattern for tho
rest of tho community In tho matter
of self-denial and human kindness. At
a meeting of the citizens huli toduy
It was decided to forego tho pleasures
of the Fourth and sond all tho monoy
raised for tho celebration of the na
tion's birthday to thoso at Iho storm
center who might need tho help of a
friendly hand,
David Taylor, tho mayor of the city,
wag entrusted with the amount, which
was between $460 and .1600, mid left
for tho city of Heppner this morning
where ho will dlstrlbuto the funds us
ho sees best. If the pcoplo In the
town of Heppner do not need mone
tary assistance the money will lie
given to any of the sufferers Iu tho
flooded district who may bo In need.
This action is the result of the uni
versal sontlment of tho place, and was
not engineered by any one person,
but was tho spontaneous oxprosslon
of tho sympathy of tho people
The fact of tho diversion of tho
fund, and tho other particulars wore
learned by 'phono today from Mr.
Boyd of tho Athena Press,
DOWN MAIN STREET.
One Team Starts Several Others Into
a General MIx-Up on Main Street.
Main street was pretty biidly mixed
up this ufternoou by a runaway team
that cainu over tho bridge from North
Pendleton. The team belonging to
W, J. Clark started to run on tho other
sldo of the river and camo across tho
hrldgo at a great pace. They collided
with tho rig of Jesse Fulling Just this
side of tho bridge and then coming
on down Mnln street ran Into a largo
lumber wagon, whuro they woro
caught. By this time tho horses hitch
ed to tho wagon had taken fright nnd
hud backed tho waon over the now
buggy belonging to Ur. Henderson.
Tho horse hitched lo the buggy start
ed to run and went up Alta street,
drugging tho wreck of the buggy be
hind It.
The mix-up was all caused by tho
well meaning act of a man who run
out In the street In front or tho first
team and ultemptud to stop them, Had
ho let them tuku their course they
would not have collided with uny one
nnd there would huvo been no dam
uge done. As It wus Clarke's wagon
was wrecked, the tongue was broken
out of tho fruit wagon belonging to
Wllllom Mlnnls, and tho new rubber
tired buggy bolonglng to Dr. llender
son wus badly wrocked,
DEATH OF JOHN KELLER.
Recent Arrival Passes Away With
Quick Consumption.
John Keller, the brother of Alvlo
Keller, of this city, died at the home
or his sister, Mrs. Albert Rhodes, at
004 Cottonwood street, last evening at
8 o'clock, ufter a short Illness. Mr.
Keller was a native of Nebraska, In
which state no was born August 24,
1886, For some time he has boon
suffering with weak lungs and caino
here about two weeks ago, hoping by
tho chango of tho climate to benefit
his health, bift quick consumption had
appeared nnd the change wns futile.
Tho funeral services will be held
from the residence of Mrs, Rhodes
tomorrow at 2 o'clock In the after
noon, and tho Interment will be mado
In tho Olney cemetery, Rev. Warner,
of tho North Methodist Episcopal
church, conducting them.