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(jo, y& . V THE BEND BULLETIN. 1 VOL. I. BI5ND, OHJSGOtf, ITRIDAY, JUNJiJ 20, li)03. iNO. 15. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED PROM ALL PARTS OP Till! TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of tha Import nt Happenings of (lis Past Week, Presented In Condcncd l'ormt Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Header. Now complications nro feared In tlio territory ol Aero. Kansas Olty, Mo,, freight linmllari Vinvu til r tick lor a 25 por cent Incrt-ano ol WKKl'H. Tim Chicago University tiropoMs to oxpond fll.OOO.OOO (or buildings and land (or secondary aohools. Tim Hpanlnli budget (or 11)01 esti mate tint ixvoiiilltiirM At 111)3,(100,. 000 mill tlio rtivuimo nt t 200,000,000. Tim National ChlldMiu'a Mourn Bo duly had re-elected all of tlio pretsnt olllcori, ami adjourned to im-ol at Ht. Louis tioxt year. Venoiuo'n linn nipped In tlio lioil h plot to wilto tlio government by means o( fitlMtled douuinenls to lw Incorpor ,tod by rongrois. Tim Socialists ol Germany liavo ro rolled coiiKratulatlona from all part of tlio world, especially America, on tholr victory at tlio (Kills. Mexico piopOMR to compel all algna and advertltomontson all walla to ba In Rpanlah with, if dnalred, tmneln tlom into otlior langusgoa, Tlio HungarUn prominr hat retlgnod and a now cabinet will bo formed. Tlio now rulor of Horvlajs thorn of all power and ia kins in nanio only. Warrants have been Waned for tlio ar rontof two mora persona Involved in tlio poital fraud. " "Hinting attending, a atrwtraratrlke ' at I)iibiiiiio, Iowa, has ro-ultod In the inllltln being called out. I'rom'nont members of tlio National I.lvo Stock Association will try to havo rJocrctary Hltchccck ouatod. A nnvol demonatratlen ia being hold nt Oho Poo, Uhlna, by Japanese and iirltUh llt-ota. A few American ahlpi iru alao prosont. Tlio Michigan foroat fires will cam so Inestlmablo damago unless rain mxy fail. Tim Iluralnn wnr minister, General Korupalln, la being extensively fotod at Tokia. A disastrous flro In n Nowcaatlo, l'jnn.,roal mine waa aturtod by the ox ploalon of gasoline. Tlio Ohlcai(0 union waiters on atrlko partially Acuowlcdgo n defeat, and ninny nro returning to work. Tlio International Proaamon'a Con vontlon opened nt Cincinnati with 300 delegate! In attendance. Ily trying to fill a coal oil atove while It was burning, n Hrooklyn boy and hit sister met with fatal Injuries. The Lnuudryworora' union, of Ghlca KO, by n referendum voto, Juat taken, haa decided ngaliint Another atrlko, Tlio atrlko on tlio New York aubway lias been nbaudonod nnd 110,000 nilnora will apply for work uncomlltlonAlly. Tlio rumor that I'rosldout Clowry, of tlio YYca'.orn Union telegraph com pany, la to resign Ih without foundn tlon. A balloon with four noronauta waa carried out to sen from Marseilles, Km noo. The Into of tlio men la not known. Tho brlcKlnyera' atrlko in Omaha, which tied up building operations for four months, camo to an ond by tho union giving in. Accused of attempting to extort money from employes In a Newark, N. J., hat factory, David ltlrhmnn has boon iluod $000.00 by tlio ilntmnkora' union. Armml with rifles nnd ahotauns. the farmers and aummor residents of Mount Klsco nnd NowcnBtlo, N. . nro looking for tha Incendiary now infesting thoso parts, Tho nntivo ehtofs of Samoa doelroiiB of being present nt tho Ht. I-ouls oxco uitlnii. lmvo Hunt netltlons to Prosldont ItooBOvelt to help Amorlpn Samoans to lo representor. Chicago wnltora nro losing ground In tliolr strlko. Sir Thomas Llpton'a fleet has arrived at Bandy Hook. I'ANAAtA LIKHLY TO KI1VULT. Da feat of the Cmml Treaty Allans Troubl for Colombia. Hnn Francisco, Juno 20 Informn tlon was brought by tho steamship Aonpulco yesterday Hint tho people In tlio ntnto of I'nnnmn nro oh tho vorgo of n revolt with n vlow toward seced ing fro intho United Htiitcm of Oolom bin nnd ncttltiK up nn Inilopundont re public. It Is aliened that tho tltrfiit onml uprlsltiK ttmnnntos from tho un real cnusod by tho reports from Do gota to tho effect that tho dolcgatcs now assembling tlicro for the purpose of passing up tho ratification of tlio cnnnl trrnty.uotwoon tno united States of Colombln and this country nro In n juniority against tho inensuro nnd hnvo nlrendy expressed their do termlnnllon to voto In opposition. Tho report received hero enmo through ofTtrlnl rhnnolu nnd U to tho ofToct thnt tlio people of I'nnnmn nro almost united In fnvor of tho cnnnl nnd thnt thoy hnvo plodR'nt thorn solves to aupport n rovoll with tlio ob Jitct of dcolnrltiK thomselvoii n freo stnto If the convention In llogotn votes ngnlnst the trwty. Ilofore tho Acn pulro stnrtftl for this port tho dele RAtiM were nlrendy nssemhllm; In Ho oln. Tin I.lhornl party which Is now nut of political control hnd bosun n rntnpalRn ni;nlnst tha rntlflrntlon of the trenty nnd hnd surceMfully work ed upon tho middle nnd lower clnsses of tho country InfluoncVs thnt were proving n strong-' nrsument npnlnst tho ndoptlon of nny mnnsuro thnt would Runrnntoo tho United Btntes n hold of nny kind In Colombian nffnlm. It hnd been tnndo to appear to tho Colombians thnt If tho treaty was rat ified tho United Btntcs of America would soon havo control of tho entlro country. POSTAL PRAUO (MOWS ORUATCR. Ornd Jury Will 5oon Return Five More Indictment. Washington. Juno 20. Tho Fcdernl Orand Jury, which haa been Investl Rntlns; postal nffnlrs. U oxpectet to brlnit In live Indictments tomorrow nirnlnst- persona Involved, but may. noTrenort "until Mondny. Asslatnnt District Attorney TnsRnrt. who has tho enites In rharno for tho Rovorn- knent. was at his oftleo carllor than usual this mornliiR. ana was uusiiy cnRnRod In R"lns over tho Indict ments. Uo denied hlmsolf to all cullers. AUIiourIi overy effort has been mndo to keep tho public In Ignor nnco of tho nctlon to be tnken until llio impers were rotdy or presenta tion by tho Ornnd Jury. It Is lenrned on unquestioned niithorlty thnt tho Jury has voted to return Indictments flBnlnst AuRiist V. Mnchen. Dlllsr 11. (lroff. Bnmiiel A Oroff. Ooo. K. Lnrnnx nnd Mm. Loronx. tho two Int- tor beliiR rculdonts of Toledo O. Tho specific charge. It is understood, win bo conspiracy to dofrnud tho Rovern ment. The fnct thnt now Indictments would bo returned nRnlnst Mnchen nnd tho Oroff Urothors hns boon tnlk- ed nf for somo tlmo nround tho court hauso. but It wns not expected mat action would bo tnken mo soon. Tho sonsntlonnl fentura of todny's prob- nblo proceedings Is tho connection of Mrs. Loronx nnmo with tho trnnsne tlons which led to tho arrest of Mr. Mnchen nnd tho OroffB. At tho time of tho nrrest. storlos woro In clrculn tlon that thoro wns n Ro-hotwoon. but tho Information nt hand then wns not cnncluslva enough to estnbllsh. tho Identity of thin pnrtlculnr ifhrty. Whether or not Mrs. loronx ncted In this capacity Is not known, but It hns been suggested thnt this RO-ho-tweon wnn n woman. LAWMAKtlRS TO MUUT. Kansas Requires Money to Rebuild Undue Swept Away by Flood. Topekn. Knn.,.Juno l9.0ovornor W. J. llslloy today Issued tho follow InR proclamation cnlllnk togothbr tho loglHlnturo In poclnl session: "Wliojons tho recent Hoods havo, In nddltlnn to tho destruction of vnst nmountH of proporty, swopt nwny numerous hrhlRos. tho Immodlnto ro ImlldlnR or which Is Imporatlvo, but for which no ndequato laws oxlst, thoroby bringing about nn extraordi nary occasion within tho moaning of tho constitution authorising n upoo Inl nesslon of tho loglslnturo. "Now, thoroforo. I. W. J. Dnlloy, Kavomor of tho Btnto of Kansas, by vlrtuo of tho authority vested In mo by tho constitution, do horoby con vono tho legislature of Kansas In poc-lal-ttOHBlon nt tho cnpltol In tho City of Topokn, on Wednesday, Juno 24, 11)03, nt 2 o'clock p. m., for tho pur poso of ennbllnR counties nnd otlior municipalities to build nocodsary brldnos." Ocnernl Whenton Dead, Washington, Juno 10. Mnjor-flonor-nl Frunlc Whenton, U. S. A., rotlrod, died horo yostordny, ngod 70 yoara. A widow nnd two dnughtora survlvo him, Denth roaultod from n gonoral bronlc lng down in hoalth. FATAL FLOOD Eastern Oregon Cloud burst Kills Many. NO WARNING GIVEN IIEPPNER RECEIVES TUB-FULL FORCE OP THE DELUfie. lone nnd Lexington Suffer' Lc Dtnth Llit Will Reach Fully JOO-Stfcly Lay Only In Fllght-DenJ Are Hurled In Hastily Conntructed Collins Abience of Uouhla Notnble. lone, Or., Juno 10 A cloud which burst on tho hills a. mile couth of Hepp nor nt about 5:30 o'clock Bunday after noon let looso n hungry flood of wator, which swept down tho hillside In a wnll SO feet high and 200 yards wldo. IloachlnR tho bottom of 'tho canyon, tho liquid avalancho roared Its mighty front over tho doomed town, and car ried to destruction nearly overy build ing and human being that lay In Its path, leaving a wosto of desolation to mark Its trail. Tho destroying torrent rncod down tho nnrow gorgo of Willow Creek, Inundating as It reached them tho settlements of Lexington, Iono and DouRlas, but lessoning in fury and In volume ns tho thirsty alkali soil of the valley drank up tho wator like a sponge Ilchlnd It lay nearly 300 dead, drownod llko rats la a trap. The siiddonncss of tho catnSiroDho r.avo tho victims no wsnHncCVrrwhelmlng them for tho main part atf thoy sat within their homes. Immediately nftor tho fatal flood had wiped tho major portion of Hep pner out of existence swift courlors on horsoback sped to warn tho resi dents of tlio valley toward Uio Colum bia of tho coming porll- I-cslle Mat lock, son of an ox-ahcrlff of Morrow County, rodo n wild ride for 18 miles ahead of tho raging waters. His horse dropped dead, but no iiecured anothor. and again nnothor, covering tho OS miles to Arlington In soron hours. To this I'nul Ilovore of Oregon Is undoubt edly due tho fact thnt tho ranchora of tho Willow Creek country bolow Hep pnor lost so llttlo stock and property. Tho Palaco Hotol was tho first build ing to stpm tha tldo, and all tho guests were saved; but houses below tho Pa laco Hotol woro thrown out Info the streot. ovorturnod and wrcckod. Porhaps tho greatest loss occurred at tho llepfjnor Hotel. Thla house, which was run under tha management or Jones & Asuaugh, was carried away. It is supposed that thoro woro about CO guosts In thla hotel, nil of whom nro reported to bo lost Tho proprietors themselves woro saved, but their families aro nraong tho dend. Tho ontlro residence portion of Hop pner was destroyed, but tho business houses, being on htghor ground, and bolng. generally built of brick and stone, woro not so badly dnmnged. Tho schoolhouso nnd courthouse, which stand on a sldchlll. woro saved, hut two churches, tho Mothodlst nnd Presbyterian, woro completely wreck ed. Around tho depot tho receding Hood loft great hoops of driftwood piled as high nnd hlghor thnn tho roof nnd tho rescuing parties woro forced to deinollsh thoso pyramids of timber In'ordor to oxtrlcato tho corpsoa which wero tnnglcd In tho brush. Un doubtedly mnny of tho drowned bod los woro cnrrled by tho rushing waters down tho valley. It Is reported that thrco bodies woro found near I.oxlng ton, nlno miles bolow Hoppncr, but thoro woro no fatalities In Lexington. No systematic effort has beau mndo to find tho dead, 4vho nro undoubtedly dtrown along tho canyon. Kvory nvall nblo man from n radius of C5 miles hns boon prcssod Into service nt Hep pnor Itsolf. Gangs of mon nro nt work clonrlng awny tho piles of dobrls, rocks nnd tlmbor, which lto pllod In Hcppner'a stroota, nnd taking out tho corpsos which nro thus conconlod. About 100 noroons hnvo boon burled In Hoppnor'a Rravoyard today. Owing to tno entlro uusopco or propor raciu tics for corlnc for tho dond, tho vic tims of tha flood woro, for tho most part, Intorrod in common crates. Tho Rhoula who nro usually round, iiko mi mnn vulturos, rlllhiR tho pockets of tho dead In such great dlsastorn ns tho ono which has stricken Hoppnor, are Inthls case, fortunntoiy nusont, nnd tho vlgllnnco committees nnd patrols which woro so noccssnry at Johnstown nnd Galveston floods, soom to bo un nocoBsary In Oregon. A rollof train sent from Tho Dallos reached Iono last night and will pro ceed to Heppnor as soon as possible. A wrocklni: train, with gangs of men to repair both tho tracks nnd telegraph wire's left ln.t night It Is expected that communication with Lexington, 17 miles from Hoppnor, will bo restor ed early this morning. Court street at Heppner, on tho bank of tho stream, Is swept clean as n gravel bar from ond to end. Not oven tho foundations of n long lino of boautlful residences aro left livery business liouito, except tho ho tel, Kalr storo and Odd Fellow's build ing, nlonR tho sldo of tho street on which tho bank stands aro wrocks. A largo building I Jammed Into tho drug storo and several other structures aro In tha middle of tlio namo street Resi dences aro turned over or torn to piec es. Mud, sllmo nnd misery nro every where. Tho water was IB feet high In Hep pner'a streets and roso over tho now courthouse wall. It enmo down Polm Fork, chiefly, hut was a torrent on nil hillsides. Knormous piles of rock and gravel havo been washed down tho canyon five mllos up on Dutter creek. Tho flood camo almost Instantly and laBtod ono hour. Tho peoplo thonght It wns only a repetition of tho cloud burst a few days ago, and were not nlarmed until It was too lato. Houses woro surounded by raging torrentt, which sucked every thing movnblo In to their twisting eddlea and escape was Impossible. Many peoplo slept In tho courthouse last night, and any placo they can make n bed. Mnny peoplo nro arriving at Hopp nor. Thoro aro no beds, nnd visitors will bo compelled to rough it wbllo thoy stay. Provision uro not needed, but rather help to bury their dead and clear away tho dobrls. Tho absenco of Ico or embalming fluids has necessitat ed tho hurried burial of many bodies, which would otherwlso havo been pre served for the arrival of relatives. Thrco llvo babies havo been found whoso parents aro lost and identifica tion has so fnr boon Impossible. Families aro broken to ploccs, tho father alono remains, or a wtfo or son or daughter, and llttlo children loft orphans. Kllaa Connor, a stockralscr of lane. roturncd from Heppner nt 2 o'clock this morning. Ho left tho sceno of the disaster at 6 o'clock, and brings the laiesi nows rrotn mo eccno. "It Is now known," said Mr. Conner, "that at least 27C or 300 people wcro drowned. Ono hundred and fifteen corpses havo been hastily buried in wooden boxes and somo were merely wrappeu in oinnxou. Thcro wero still several wagon londs of dead on their way to tho cemetery when I left Heppner Itsolf has now been pretty well searched, oxcopt In piles of de bris, whero It Is thought that numbers of bodloa will bo found. "Between IoAo and Honnncr." said Mr. Conner, "thoro are groat plica of uouris, nut tno flood passed so quick ly that tlio roads havo not been seri ously damaged. Tho railroad track. nowovor, from Loxlngton on Is badly torn up. It looks straco to seo the heavy steel mils bent nnd twisted like oorkscrows, and tho heavy timbers splintered llko matchwood. In Hepp nor itsoir tno flood swept n clean path a rollo long, nnd ono or two blocks wldo through tho town, following gen erally tho courso of Willow Creek. Tho peoplo of Heppnor seom demoral ised by tho calamity, and men who havo loat their wives, children and tholr nil, go dry eyed to tho work of asslstanco of others." Tho town of Hoppncr, tho principal sufferer from tho flood is 107 .miles from Portland and 45 miles from tho Columbia Illvar. ft contains a popu lation of, approximately. 1400, and Is tho county sent of Morrow County. It Is located In tho valloy of Willow Creek, a considerable stream, which flows north Into tho Columnln. Tho valloy of Willow Creek varies In width from ono-half mllo to a mllo nnd is bounded on elthor Bldo by preclpltlous mountains which render sudden fresh ets not uncommon, although at ordin ary scasous tho stream Is easily ford ed at almost any point At Hoppnor, Willow Crcok Is Joined by Hlnton's Fork, which ontora at tho north ond of the town. Bomo 20 years oro n cloudburst occurred on Hlnton'd Fork and a wall of wator 30 foot In height rolled down tho mountain sldos Into Willow Creek At that tlmo the town was built principally on tho Bouth side of a high bnckbono oxtonding from near tno mouth or tho Fork back to tho mountains. Thoro was llttlo damago to tho town and no lives wero lost Of recent years, howovor, tho town hns grown considerably nnd n large portion of It la on tho north sldo of this natural dyko nnd nlong tho bnnks of tho two streams, directly In tho path of tho flood. North of Heppner nino miios la tno town of Loxtugton, containing a popu lation of thrco or four hundred, nnd nlno miles furthor Is Iono, which, has eight to nlno hundred peoplo. Accord ing to tho latest Information, both of thoso places woro destroyed. A branch or tlio o. jt. & n. roitowe Willow Crock south from tho main line nt Hoppnor Junction to Its tormlnui" nt Hoppnor. Offlclnls of tho company havq recolvod ndvlccs thnt tholr track Is wnBhed away botwoen Douglas and Hoppnor, a dtstauco of 30 miles. GLOOM IS HEAVY HEPPNER SLOWLY RECOVERING FROM EFFECTS OP FLOOD. City Officials Work Industriously and Will Uoforce Martial Law-Orcatest Needs are Money, Suppllta and Dis infectants Relief Money Coming la From All Parts of the Northwest. Hoppncr, Or., Juno 19r-Heppncr needs monoy, provisions and disin fectants Abovo all clso. Money Is want ed to pay mon who aro cleaning up tho town, provisions aro required to feed thorn, and disinfectants aro cs ' scntlal to good sanitary conditions. Tho warm sun Is already raising of fenslvo odors on tho scene of tho dis aster. In two or thrco days moro Identification of dead bodies will grow rapidly moro difficult. In that tlmo tho victims of tho flood will bo plokcd from tho wreckage In tho town. It la bolloved that many bodies woro bomo fnr down Willow Crcok. Their recov ery will not bo so cosy as In tho town, and a largo number may novor be found. Thoro aro high piles of drift at various places down tho crock In which bodies undoubtedly aro col lected. Thieves havo been pilfering tho dead and tho wreckage, and tho authorities will tako stringent precau tions against tho ghoulish practices tomorrow. Thoy aro under orders to shoot down any thief, but thoy fear to do so tor fear qt killing an Inno cent person In among tho many strangers. "Wo'ro going to onforco martial law," declared Sheriff Shutt tonight Every nblo bodied man must go to work or get out of town. Tho sheriff has sworn In over 30 deputies, and ' with tho aid of several marshals, malnX tains good order. Tho presence of many strangers In town makes law abiding cltixons apprehensive. Tho town In In breathless basto to destroy tho unsanitary elements that aro springing up. "Wo'vo got men enough." says Mayor Gilliam, "and don't need any moro. Whnt wo need above all things aro money and food to keep them at work. We havo .many cases of ab ject destitution. In which largo fami lies havo lost a father or ft mother and all tholr worldly possessions. Wo must clean up our city, but It Is a stu pendous Job. This endeavor Is owing to tho living and the dead. Wo es teem highly tho material ovldonco of sympathy from other towns." Rollof money has been received from La Qrando, Hood River. Shanlko. Portland, Athena and tho Elks amounting to $1247. J. N. Teal ar rived from Portland today ns an ncent of rollof. With him came 109 men. who will bo paid 32.50 per day. About half thnt number of men will arrlvo from Pendleton tomorrow. Tho Port land mon havo a camp back of tho town where thoy havo erected O. N. Q. tents and messing tables. MERC1ER PLANS OP DANKS. New York Institution Is to Incrcaie Its Capital to $25,000,000. Now York. Juno 19. Details of tho deal by which It la proposed to morgo tho Western National Hank into tho Nation Dank of Cammerco wero mndo public todny. Under tho consolidation tho capital stock of tho Dank of Com merco will bo Increased from 510,000, 000 to 325,000.000 by tho issuance of 150,000 additional shares, 125,000 of which will bo used' to acquire tho Western National after that bank has Increased Its capital to 312,500,000. Following tho acquisition of tho Wostorn National a dtvldond of nt least CO por cont will bo paid to hold ers of Dank of Commerce stock. Twcnty-flvo thousand shared of tho new stock will bo offered to Dank of Com merco shareholders to tho extent of 25 por rent of tholr holdings on tho dato named at 3140 por oharo,' The directors of tho consolidated bank will bo Increasod so as to em brnco tho directors of both institu tions. It Is understood that Valen tino P. Snyder, president of tho West ern National Dank, will bo selected for tho presidency of tKo consolidated bank. Switzerland Votes Money for duns. Dorno, Switzerland, Juno -19. Tho Natlonnl Council todny. by 97 to 3 votes, granted a credit of $4,340,000 to arm tho 72 bnttorles of four guns onch of tho Swla Field Artillery with tho now Krupp 7.5 centimeter pneu mntlo recoiling guns, nnd to provide 800 rounds of ammunition for each guu,