SEVENTH YEAR.
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1889.
NO. 324.
THE GAZETTE'
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OEBSOiT OPPIC1A.LS.
Uovemor x- p""""r-'
Beo.of Mate G. W. McHnde.
Treasurer (t. W. Webb.
foot. Instruction E. B. MctSlrov.
Judge Seventh District .J. H. Hirtl.
District Attorney . K. tills.
MOIiBOW COUNTY.
JointSenator J. P. Wagn.
Bspresentntive 1
ouoty Judge Wm. Mitchell.
' Commissioners J. 11. c.ly. J. A.
Thompson. . . ,
Clerk C. L. Andrews.
" Sheriff T. B. Howard.
" Treasurer ..Geo. Noble.
' Assessor J. J. McUee.
' rjorreyor Julius Ke.thley.
School Bup't J. il.rJtanley.
J'oroner A. J.Bhnbe.
B EPPNEB. TOWN OFFIOEBS.
Hoi Henry Blackmar..
Aouncilmei Nelson ,'"l?t
Harrow. E. L. Matlock, George Noble, J. B.
Nattei ana W. J. MoAtee.
itMorder W Rea.
Treasurer W. J. Leessi.
Marshal George Bitters
aa:x:rrxTs:x4 societies.
Doric Lodge No. 20 K. of r. meets ev.
eryTue(Mlftyeyeningat7.80o'clock tn I.
MSlM ' ' 8o,oulnmg' DroU",r' oor-
' P. O. Bobo, C. C.
E. it. rSwiKBUBNE. K. of B. 4 S.
The W . C.T, U. of Heppner, meets evory two
weeks on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in the
Baptist church. MRS. W. tt.LL.LjS,
Mrs. Otib Pattirsox President.
Secretary.
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PEOFESSIOhIj.
PHANK KBr-,IOO
AT TOR N EY
- LAW.
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Agent for Jarvis Conkling Mortgage Trrst Co.
Office in First National Bank,
Beppner, Oregon.
OTW. REA.
Attorney-a t-L a w, 1
Q Notary Public and
Justice of the Peace.
HEPPNER, OGN.
OFFICE OPEN AT ALL HOUUS
0. W WRIGHT. J. N. BHOWN,
Albany, Or. Notary Public Heopner,
wkight & brown,
Attorneys At Law.
Will practice in all courts of the State. Loans
made on patented land. Insurance and collec
tions promptly attended to.
Opposite Gazette Office, Heppner.
' W. B. ELLIS,
Atto nev-at- Law
AND
Notary - - - Public,
HEPPNER, OREGON.
(Prosecuting Attorney for Seventh Ju
dicial District.
'M'ill give prompt attention to any and
all business entrusted to him.
OFFICE on Main Street, oyer Liberty Mar
ket . A. CORNISH.. A, A. J AVNE.
Cornish & Jayne,
ARLINGTON, OREGON,
Criminal Defence A
esypeoisaity.
" TOITBOSIA.Ii.
CHAS. M. JONES'
Heppner Barber Shop !
In the
CHy Hotel. West Main St., Heppner.
r IIE
HOT AND COLD BATHS
AT ALL HOURS.
IKA, G. NELSON.
The Tonsonal Artist,
I located next door to
SALOON,
HeDDner. Oregon.
MEAT MXISETS.
LIBEBIY
MEAT MARKET,
McATEB BROS., Proprietors.
BEEF, MUTTON AND P011K CON
1 stautly on hand at reasonable prices; also
ibolonua and pork sausage, head cheese, eto.
Mew Bed front. Main street, Heppner. 118
YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE FOR
ANY NEWSPAPER
Or M:eJ5ire "Vov Want
AT THE
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MONEY SAVED!
By Qatting jonr Painting and Papering Done by
R. A. FORD.
SIGSI
. PAISTINQ
A Specialty Shop, First Do. Sooth of Brewery
NATIONAL BANK of HEPPNER
D. P. THOMPSON. ED. R. BISHOP.
President. Cashier.
TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BL SIXESS.
COLLECTIONS
Made on Favorable Terms.
EXCHANGE BOUGHT & SOLD.
Opposite Minor's Hotel,
HEPPNER, OREGON.
First National Bank
' HEPPNER,
C.A-BHEA, FBANK KIXLOGO,
President. Vice-Prasidwt.
George W. Conser, Cash ier.
Transacts a General Ban king Bosmeaa
EXCHANGE
Ob all part of th world
Bought and Sold,
Collection node at all points on Sea
sonable Terms.
1150,000 to loan on iinprovfid
farmi at 8 per cent.
r t ROYAL rS5'01S J
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never rnrim. A marvel of parity
BtreiiKtli and wholenomeneHB, More ecunomicit
than the or din ft ry kinda. and cannot bo sold in
competition with the multitude of low test, short
weight, alum or ihonplmtR powdcrR. Hold onlt
in cans. KOYAL BAKING POWDKK ('().,
28I-3S2 10b Wall Street. N. Y.
NOTICE OF INTENTION.
Land Oftire at LaGrande, Or., May 15, 1889.
Notice is hereby given thai the following
named settler has hied notice of her intention to
niakefimA proof in (tupport of her y'aiin, and
that naid proof wiU bo umde before the county
clerk 'f Morrow county at Heppner, Op,, on
July 2, 1HS9, viz:
Emma Kilcup
Ds.No.8598. fortheNWJi Sec. 14, Tp. S B., R
2tE.
(She tiames the following witnesses to prove her
continuous residence upon and cultivation of,
said land, viz:
Calvin Fountain, of Heppner, Or., John Wad
dell. Peter Smith, Kitt Hayes, of Lena, Or.
Any person who deaii'eu to tproteht against the
allowance of Duch proof, or vtho knows of any
substantial reason, under the law and the regula
tions of the Interior lepartment, why such,
proof should not be allowed, will be given an op
portunity aL the above mentioned time and place
to cross-examine the witnesses of said claimant,
and to olfor evidence in rebutta. of that submit
ted by claimajt.
322-8,' II en nr. RiNEHAnT, Register.
NOTICE OF INTENTION.
Land Office at The Dalles. Or., May 13, '89.
Notice in hereby given that the following-named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
Sroof will be made before the county cle-k of
lorrow county, Oregon at Hcppaer, Or., ou
July5, 1889, viz:
John Johnson,
D. 8 No. 5!2fl, for the Klt NifiJi and N'4 NWH
Beo. 8, Tp. a 8, R 24 Jfi.
He names the follow tnff witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cult-vation of.
said land, viz:
Ansust Ciiarlston. J. 8. Young and Andrew
M. Peterson, (JoottHberry. Oregon; Chas. Andr
eon, Light Mile.
Any person who desires to protest against the
allowance of suoli proof, or who knows of any
substantial reason under the law and the regula
tions of the Interior Department, why such proot
should not he allowed, will be given an opportu
nity at the above mentioned time and place to
cross-examine the wit ileuses of said claimant, arid
oifer evidence iu rebuttal of that submitted by
claimant
321-820 F. A. McDonald, ttonister.
NOTICE OF INTENTION.
Land Office at La Grande. Or., April 26, '89.
Notice is hereby given that the ful.owing
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of hisclf.im, and
that said proof will be made before the county
clerk of Morrow county, at Heppnor, Or.,
on June 8, IWK viz:
George lfr. McHargue
D.8. No. 7719 for the 34 SK4 NWH B EH, and
8W NEfe section 14, Tp 3 S, It 27 EW M.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of.
said land, viz:
John Byland, Jasper Griffith, J. S. Elliott, Sam
M. Teed, f Heppner Ore.
Any person who desires to protest against the
allowance of such proof, or who knows of any
substantial reason, under the law and the regula
tions of the I nterior Department, why bucIi proof
should not be allowed, will be given an opportu
nity at the above-mentioned time' and place to
cross-examine the witnesses of said claimant and
to offer evidence in rebuttal of that submitted
by claimant,
319-24 Henry Rinehart, Register
NOTICE OF INTENTION.
Land Office at The Dalit. Or., May 1ft. 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has tiled notice of bis intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the county
clerk ot Morrow county, at Heppner, Or., ou
July 11, 18t9, viz:
James I. Webster
Ds. 5042 for thpSE REH Pec. 35, Pp. 8 K., R,
26 E., and B(f NKi and Lot 1, Bee. 2. Tp. 4 H., K.
26 E. W M
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous resilience upon and cultivation of.
said laud viz;
James Tolbf-rt, A. 8. Gnmage, John IIidrix,
W. H Hush, ail of Ht.pper. Or.
Any person who desires to protest against the
allowance of such proof, or who knows of any
substantial reason, undei the law and the regula
tions of the Interior Department, why su ih proof
should rot be allowed, will be given an oppor
tunity at the above mentioned time and place to
oiotfs-exnmin the witnesses of said chii:iiant,
and to oiler evidence iu rebuttal of that submit
ted by claimant.
322-2? F. A. McDonald, Bogistor.
NOTICE OF INTENTION
Lard0fficeatI.aftrande.Or.. May 7, '89.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler him nkd notice of his intention to
commute and make final proof in suppor of his
claim, and that said proof will he made before
the county clerk of Morrow county, Or., at
Huppncr, Or., on June 32, 1SH9, viz:
Joseph B. Nelson,
Hd. No. 4310. for the NWJ4 8ec 23, Tp.5 8, R 28
K. W. M.
Henamesthefollowing witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of,
said land, viz:
YYayiund K. Casey Bylvester W. Floreon. Fred
Bnckhart and Wm. Warren, all of Heppner, Or.
Ai y person whj desires to protect against the
allowance of such proof, or who knows of any
substantial reason, under the law and the regu
lations of the Interior Department, why such
proof should not be allowed, will be given an
opportunity at the above-mentioned time and
place to cross-examine the witnesses of said
claimant and to otter evidence in rebuttal of that
submitted by claimant.
821-26. Hknbt KlNEHABT, Register.
NOTICE OF INTENTION.
Land OffioeatLa Grande. Or.. April 10,
Notice is hereby given that the following-named
settler has filea notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the comity judge,
or in his absence before the county clerk of Mor
row couuty, at Heppnor, Oregon, od July 8,
188U, viz:
Richard McCIaron,
Hd, No.22ft!i, fortheNl-i HR 8W4 gee.
29, and NW NK Sec. 32, Tp. 3 8., K. 27 E.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, riz:
Will Walhridge, E. C. Walkings. E. F. Camp
bell. W. M. Kuoh, all of Heppner, Oregon.
Any person who dt-sires to proles against the
allowance of such proof, or who knows of any
substantial reason, nnder the law and the regula
tions of the interior department, why such proof
should not be allowed, will be giveu an opportu
nity nt the above mentmnM time and place to
oross-4xamine the witnense of aid claimant,
and to offer evidence in rebuttal of that submit
ted by claimant.
323-23 HENKY KlXEHAET. Register.
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TELEGRAPHIC!
Fresh Facts as Told by the
Wild Wires.
THE CRONlN MYSTERY.
Statements of th Morning Dented Id the.
Afternoon.
The.Civil Seivicf The Northwest Newsy
Notes A Terrible Flood lu Pennsylvania.
(Special Grapevine System, via Rawdog.)
Chicago, May 21). Several important
liuks iu the cbnin of evidence counect
iiiK the ciroumstaucea gumiuDdiuK Dr.
Croain's death, were brought before the
ur&ad jury yesterday.
Milkman Merles testified that shortly
after he saw a man resembling Cronin
go tip the steps of the cottage, he heard
.sounds like pounding and crnoahint;.
Young Carlson, whose parents own
the blood-stained cottage, learned from
a Swedish truckman who brought the
furniture to th cottage, that it oame
from rooms at 117 Clark street, opposite
Croniu's office. A description of a man
who bought this furniture and took it to
117 Clark street is now in the hands of
the police. Young Mrs. Carlson gave a
description of the man who hired the
cottage.
COllHESPONDKNT LONU'S STORY.
The attorney sent to Toronto by Dr.
Cronin's friends to see C. L. Long, the
newspaper correspondent who wrote fic
titious interviews with the dootor, has
returned. Long was laboring under a
great nervous strain, but could not be
brought to confess, in spite of the fact
that Cronin was dead, that the alleged
interviews were not gcuuine.
While the attorney was in Toronto he
met "Billy" Starkey, a Chicago attorney,
who left the city to escape going to the
penitentiary for jury bribing. He found,
upon investigation, that Starkey and
Long, who were professional short-hand
writers in Chicago six or seven years
ago, were on terms of friendly intimacy,
aud that about the time the fictitious
dispatches were wired to Chicago they
were in daily consultation. From this
there is deduoed the ooiolusion that
Starkev bad a hand in conoooting the
dispatches. He knew Dr. Cronin as well
as Long, if not better, for he was engaged
in an effort made to compel Cronin to
make a certain statement before a justice
of the peaoe.
NOT THE SMITH HE MEANT.
The intimation in several of the morn
ing papers that Williard J. Smith may
possibly know something more of the
Cronin oase than has yet been suspected
brought that gentleman in this city from
Riverside. He went before chief Hub
bard, and, nfter again denying any com
plicity in the murder of Cronin, at the
suggestion of the ohief, visited the jail,
and Detective Coughlin was brought
from his cell.
Coughlin, when asked if this was the
Smith that be meant when he stated that
he had ordered a buggy for Tom Smith,
of Hancock, Mich., deolared that he was
not. This seemed to settle the matter in
the chief's mind.
It is understood that the police nre not
salisfied that Smith has no knowledge of
the case, and still regard him with some
suspioion. It is understood that he is
under surveillance.
NO MORE STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS.
Woodrnff Says He Has Talked Too Mneh
Already.
Chicago, May 29. There have been
no new developments in the Cronin case
to-day of a startling nature. The au
thorities say thi.t the report of the pro
ceedings before the grand jury as printed
in the morning papers, and a portion of
which was used in the dispatohes, was
greatly exaggerated. They claim that
there vas no suoh testimony as that ac
credited to Carlson, and that nothing
particularly now was adduced before the
jury.
Capiases, in Bcoordance with the in
dictments, were served on three persons
to-day.
Woodruff, when seen by the reporters,
refused to talk further about his con
fession, saying that he had said too much
already.
Coughlin would have nothing at all to
say, either to the reporters or to the chief
of police, when the latter visited him.
The coroner's jury assembled this morn
ing, but after consulting with the state's
attorney, the coroner deoided to post
pone the inquest further until next Tues
day. It is understood that it was the de
sire of the authorities that this be done
for fear that some testimony might come
out before the public inquest which
would retard the public work.
Chief Hubbard, when seen by a re
porter to-night, said that there was
nothing new to be said ; that they "vere
busy working on several clews, but that
no fresh arrests were contemplated.
DOUBTS ABOUT THE GRAND JCRY.
It Is Composed of too Many Irishmen to Snlt
the Authorities.
Chicago, May 29. It is stated to
night upon apparently good anthority,
that the present grand jury w.ll not be
asked again to give the Cronin case any
further consideration. The serious charac
ter of this announcement is best appreci
ated when it is remembered that a con
siderable number of t e members of the
present grand jury are Irishmen, or of
Irish descent
While State's Attorney Longenecker
is as voiceless as a sphinx as to the
reason for declining to continue the in
vestigation under the present jury, those
hii-b in authority do not deny that the
question of nationality baa much to do
with his decision.
This evening Byron L Smith, receiver
of the dfnnct Traders' bank, in which,
it ia said, some of the funds which
Cronin bad mysteriously referred to in
his pamplet regarding the alleged steal
ings were deposited, was closeted with
Chief Hobbard for an hour or more.
This would indicate that the authorities
have widened the scope of their inquiry
beyond the responsibility of the perpe
tratora of the mnrder, and are acting on
the inuendoea of the dootor's professed
talking.
The police are busy all day searching
every oonoeivable spot in the vicinity of
the Carlson cottage, and the plaoe where
the body was found in the eudeavor bi
find some traoe of Cronin's clothing, and
the oase of medical instruments, of which
no traoe has been found. The under
clothing found by the Widow Hamburg
er's children, proves not to be that of the
dead man.
WOODRUFF'S STEP-FATHER.
Be Declares the Boy to Have Been Wild aud
Wayward, but a (Irent reword.
San Francisco, May 29 The Civ oni
cle bus secured an interview with Harry
Black, the step-father of Frank J. Black,
alias Woodrnff, indicted in Chioago,
Tuesday, for the mnrder of Dr. Crouin.
The step-father says: "Frank hue al
ways been a wild, wayward boy, his
many escapades making his mother pre
maturely old. She is now in bed on ao
oount of the disclosures against him
during the past few days. Frank J.
Black is a good name, but it is not his
true name."
' Continuing, Black said: "I have beer,
sending Frank between 8200 and 8300 a
year to help to pay his personal expenses.
April 1, 1 received a letter from him from
Chicago, saying that he was coming to
San Francisco. Then I reoeived a short
letter from him written on a bill bead of
D. E. Dean's livery stBble, 406 Webster
avenue. It was from this stable that he
seonred the horse and wagon on the
night of Croniu's murder. After he was
arreBted a few days sinoe, I received a
letter from him in which he stated that
he was in trouble. Last week I received
a bill for $25 for the damage done the
horse and buggy on the night of Cronin's
murder. I am positive that Frank had
nothing to do with the murder. He waa
too big a coward."
SHIFTLESS EXAMINATIONS.
How Ignorant Men Are Given Places Under
the Civil Service.
New Yobk, May 29. Civil Service
Commissioner Boosavelt has brought be
fore the board the matterof examinations
for positions in the customs servioe here.
The examinations for entrance to the
servioe take up three days. It was the
habit of the officials to allow a man to
oopy the questions and then retire. Next
day those to whom the questions bad
been given would take examinations aud
pass perfectly, having had nil the answers
marked on the outside.
Roosevelt, by a skillful examination of
men who bad passed examination and
wore iu the service, showed that they
were now unable to do the simplest
problems. A young man named Hol
lander, a clerk appointed under the oivil
servioe examinations, made a wof ul dis
play of ignorauce. When Roosevelt asked
Hollendor to wri'e these figures, '2
plus i, minus the witness wrnte,
"2 plus 44" aU(l broke down on the
minus sign, saying that he bad forgotten
it But on his examination papers these
identical figures were correotly written,
and he was asked to explain how that
happened.
"I knew them then, but I've forgotten
them," be replied.
Being asked to read seventeen thou
sandths in decimals, witness promptly
rendered this answer, "nought seven
teen." When similarly questioned as to
five one-thousandths, he said they meant
the same as the other figures. When he
was asked to read the figures 1,203,082,-
039 aloud, be rendered them thus :
Twelve thousand, nought, three, nought,
eight, two, nought, thirty-niue," and
brought down the house.
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN.
He Is Said to Have Retained a Leading
Chicago Lawyer.
Chicago, May 30. The stntement will
tie published to-morrow that Alex. Sul-
iivau has engaged A. S. Trude as counsel,
md that within the last three days the
two had frequent consultations.
A reporter called on Mr. Trude this
evening, and asked bim about the matter.
Oh, I have known Alex, siuoe he was
:i boy," said Trude, "and I have beon
cousulted by him. He knows nothing
about the Croniu ulfiir. This is a ques
tion of tail-pulling. You see every Irish
man is trying to twist the British lion's
tail, aud in their ardor they get jealous
and jump ou each other. In the Phila
delphia convention the greatest Iiish in
tellects clashed. Alexander Sullivan
oame out on top, electing Henry Sheri
dan as delegate. This made Sullivan a
mark for the jealousy of every prominent
Irishman who did not belong to his
party. W. J. Hyues, of Chicago, used
to be a friend of Sullivau s, but the
Philadelphia victory cost Sullivan his
friendship. This time is seized upon by
bis enemies to ruin him, but there will
be a reaction."
In talking of the alleged diversion of
the funds of the C'lan-na-Uael, or United
Brotherhood, Mr. Ttude said: "That
has been explained a dozen times, and
in five minutes any impartial man oau
understand that Mr. Sullivan has be.'u
as clear frt m misdoing as a sunbeam "
Mr. Sullivan when seen by a reporte",
said that he had not formally retained
Mr. Trude, but had counseled with him
as a meufi.
LIO.IOE TO INDIANS.
Henry Miller Fined ia the United States
Conrt.
roBTT.AND, May 28. In the United
States distriot oourt this morning Henry
Miller pleaded gui'ty to furnishing liquor
to Indians, and was fined 85, which be
immediately paid. Miller said he was
up at Pendleton and an Indian begged
bun for a drink of liquor, which he gave
to him. without any desire to protil by
the transaction. The court dealt very
leniently with tbe accused in imposing
the peualty. It would seem that inas
much as a murder has just beeu com
mute 1 on tbe reservation and all "n ac
count of the furnishing of liquor to In
dians, that the wretched fiends wlm give
It to tbein would cease their operations.
THE CU0SIN CASE.
Nathlng ef Importance ihvelopd Coroner's
Inquest To-morrow.
Chicago, June 5. Nothing of impor
tance developed to-day in connection
with the Cronin case The coroner's
jury will begin the inquest to-morrow.
C.,..lank in nAnmiliHtintf ttffaiuSt Sill-
bvao, the ice man, Woodruff, Long and
Detectives (Jong turn ana Bmnu.
A CITY DESTROYED.
The Disaster Caused by the Bursting of s
Biz Reservoir.
. Dbrrt, Pa, May 31. An Oregonian
dispatch of this date says: A flood of
death swept down the Allegheny moun
tains this afternoon. To-day and to
night almost the entire oity of Johnstown
is swimming about in a rushing, angry
tide; dead bodies are floating about in
every direotion, and almost every pieoe
of movable timbar is carrying from the
doomed city helpless humanity, drifting
with the raging waters. Got! knows
where. The disaster overtook Johus
town about 6 o'clock this evening.
HOW TUB WATERS CAME DOWN.
As Time Passes the Magnitude of the Horror
Increases. v
Pittsbdro, Pa.. May 31. A atiddeu
freshet is reported in the North Fork
river, east of Johnstown, Pa., in the Alle
gheny mountains. Two thirds of Johns
town is said to be under water and the
railroads and telegraph lines are washed
oiit: -
Pittsburg has had no wire communi
cation with Johnstown for three hours.
AN AWFUL DISASTER.
Pittsburg, May 31. The flood at
Johnstown has resulted in an awful catas
trophe. It ia said that the reservoir above the
town broke about 5 o'clook this evening,
and an immense volume of water rushed
down to the city, oarrying with it death
and destruction. Houses with theiroccu
pants were swept away aud many people
drowned.
There is no communication with Johns
town, but the telegraph operators in the
Penusylvaniarailroad tower, twelve miles
this side of Johnstown, say that at least
twenty five bodies have floated past.
The wires are all down, aud no trains are
runuing east' of Blairsville, whioh is
about twenty-five miles west of Johns
town There is no way to go to the scene
of disaster, and full particulars oan
hardly be obtained to-night, althongh
every effort is being made to do so.
There will he uo trains through to the
East before to-morrow.
HORROHS OF A NIGHT,
Thrilling Experiences Related by Survivors.
Johnstown, Pa June 2. The situ
ation hero has not changed, and yester
day's estimates of the loss do not seem
to be exaggerated. Six hundred bodies
are now lying in Johnstown, and a large
uumber have already been buried. Four
immense relief traius arrived last night
aud the survivors are being well cured
tor.
A portion of the polioe force of Pitts
burg and Alleghany are on duty aud
better order is maintained than prevailed
yesterday. Communication has beeu
restored between Cambria City and
Johnstown by a foot-bridge. The work
of repairing the tracks between Sang
H. (How and Johnstown is going on rapid
ly, and trains will probably be running
by to-morrow morning. Not less than
15,000 strangers are here.
Tbe handsome high school building is
damaged to such an extent that it will
have to be rebuilt. Tbe waters attained
the hight of the window sills of the sec
ond floor, Its upper stories formed a
refuge for many persons. All Saturday
afternoon two little girls could be seen
at the windows frantically calling for
aid. They had spent all night and day
in the building, cut off from all aid,
without food and drinking water. Their
condition was lamentable. Later in the
evening children were removed to higher
ground and properly cared for. A num
ber of persons had been taken from the
building earlier in the day, but in tha
excitement the children were forgotten.
Now that the waters hive receded,
there is greit dimmer from the falling
walls. All day t"ii; the orashing of the
walls could he heard across the river.
Before daybreak this morning the sounds
could not hut m ike one shudder at the
very thought of Ihe horrible deaths that
awaited m my who bad esoaped the de
vastating floods.
Crossing tbe bridge whioh spanned
the ch.is n dug by the waters between
Stonebridge and Johnstown an excitiug
task. It is a narrow rope bridge. A
slide, a series of frightful tosses from
side, a run, and you had crossed. The
bridge pitched like a ship in a storm.
Withiu two inches of your feet rushed
the muddy waters of the Conemaugh.
One had to cross the Coucmaugh at a
second point in order to reaou Johns-
town proper. I his was acoom hshed
by a skiff ferry. Tbe ferryman oluug to
a rope and pulled the boat over.
After landing one walks across a deso
late sea of mud, in which there is in
terred tbe remains of many human bodies.
It was once a handsome portion of the
town. The cellars are filled up with
mud, go that a person who has never
seen tbe city can hardly imagine that
houses ever stood here. Four-story
houses soldly built with brick wem
swept away. Nothing but a small, two
story frame house remains. The walk
to the wrecks of the houses was inter
rupted in many places by small brancn
streams. Occasionally could he seen
tbe remains of a victim. J he stencn
arising from the mud is sickening to an
extreme degree. Along the route was
strewn wares of every eouoeivaule kind
c f a store.
TUATTKItllllll.lt NIOI1T.
Two Women Give Birth t Childrri In the
Midst of All tli Horror.
Library hall was another of tbe fine
buildings of many iu the Oil' that were
destroyed. Of the Episcopal church Dot
a vestige remains. The parsonage is
swept away and the rector of the obnrch,
Rev. Mr, Dillon, was drowned,
James M. Walter, su attorney, sprut
tbe night in Alms hall, and relates a
thrilling story. One of the most curious
ocourrenoes of the whole disaster was
bow Walters got to tbe ball. His bonis
is at 133 Walnut street. He says he was
in the bouse ilh his family when the
waters struck it. All was oarried away.
Walter's family drifted on tbe roof in
another direction. He passed don seV
eral streets aud alleys until he came to
tbe hall. His dwell in g struck thai edi-
dee and he was thrown into his own of
fioe. About 200 persons had taken refuge
in the ball and were in tbe second, third
and fourth stoiies. T e men held a
meeting and decided upon some rules!
which all were bound to respeot. Walters
was chosen presideut and Rv. Mr Beale
put in oharge of the first fl. ir; A. M.
Hart, of the second floor, and Dr. Mat
thews of the fourth floor. No lights
were allowed and the whole night was
spent iu darkness. Theo-icsof children
mingled with the suppressed sobs of
women. Nj one slept duriug all of the
dark night. Many knelt for hours iu
prayer. Tueir supplio itions were mingled
with the roar ot waters and toe ehrieks
of the dying. In nil this misery, two
womeu gave permanent birth to children.
Dr. Matthews is a hero. Several of
his ribs were crushed bv a timber and
his pains were most severe, yet through
all he attended to the sick. When two
women in a house across the street
shouted for help, he, with two other
brave young men, climbed across the
drift and administered to their wants.
No one died during the night, but
women and children surrendered their
lives on the succeeding day as the result
of terror aud fatigue.
Miss Rose Young, oue of the young
ladies in the hall, was frightfully cut
and bruised and one leg was broken.
A tour of tbe west bank of the river
for a distance of two miles leaves the
mind contused. There are not over 2U0
bodies to be seen, but, while a mass of
people walked back and forth, they were
strangers. Not one person in ten that
one met was a resident of the viciuity.
It leads to the belief that hundreds, per
haps thousands, are still buried iu the
debris, or have beeu burned the in
awful furnace at the stone bridge, or
lodged further down than the seuroheis
have yet gone. That mauy are buried
in the mud yet .is also indicated by a
fresh fiud every few boms and the uu-
miBI likable odor that arises from the
acres of debris on the river bank.
I'l.UNIIKlUNU THE DKAI).
Atrocious heeds of Villains Two of tlieni
ilu.is; by the t'itizens.
Tales of indesoribuble horror have
come to light, and dreils of the vilesi
nature weie perpetrated in the darkness
of uit'bt. Just as the shadows began t
fall upou tbe euith last evening, thirteen.
Hungarians were noticed stealthily pick
ing their way ulmg the banks of the
ConneniauKh towards Sang Hollow.
Suspicious of their purpose, several
farmers armed themselves and sturttd
in pursuit. Soon their most horrible
fears were realize!. The Hungarians
were out for plunder. Lying upon the
shore they came upou the dead and
mangled body of a woman. Upon her
person were a number of trinkets of
jewelry and two diamond rings. In
their eagerness to secure the plunder the
Hungarians got into a squabble, during
which one of their number severed the
finger upon whioh were tbe rings nnd
started to run with his fearful prize.
The revolting nature of the deed so
wrought upon tbe pursuing farmers,
who by this time were close at hand,
that they gave immediate chase. Some
of the Hungarians showed fight but
being outnumbered were compelled to
flee for their lives. Nine of the brutes
escaped, but four were literally driven
into the surging river aud to their death,
the inhuman monster whose atrocious
action bus beeu desorihed, being among
the number ot involuntary suioides.
Another incident of even groatol
atrocity has just beeu brought to notice.
TWO VILUANS LYNCHED.
At 8 :30 o'clock this morning an old
railroader, who hud walked from S.hi:
Hollow, stepped lip to u number of men
who were congreguled on the platform
of the station at Sulurnville and said :
"Ueutlenieu, had I a shotguu with me
halt an hour ago I would now bo a mur
derer, yet with no fear of ever having to
suffer for my crime. Two miles below
here I watched three men going nlonu
the banks stealing j we Is froiuihe bodies
ot the dead iviv s mid daughters of men
who have beeu robbed of all tbey held
dearoiieiir.li.'' He had no sooner fin
ished the last sentence than fire burly
men ere on their way to the soene of
too plunder, onu with a Ooil of rope and
another with a revolver. Iu t venly
miiiutt-s tbey had overtaken two cf their
viutims, who were then iu tbe aot of out
ting pieces from the ears aud fingers
of two dead women. With the revolver
leveled at tbe BOoundrolH, the leader of
the posse shouted : i'brow up your
hands, or I will blow your . heads off."
With blanohed faces aud trembling
forms tbey obeyed tbe order and begged
for mercy. They were then searched
and as their pockets were emptied of
their ghastly buds the indignation of the
crowd intensilieu and when the bl"Oily
finger of nn infant child with two tiny
gold rings was found among the pluuder
in the leader's pocket, the cry went up,
'kynoh tnenu lynch tliomT' Without a
moment's dely ropes weie throwu about
tbsir necks and they were dangling to
the limbs of trees iu the brandies which
an hour before was entangled the dead
bodies of a father and son. After the
expiration of half an hour too ropes
were out and the bodies lo ered and car
ried t a pile of rocks in the forest on
toe lull aoove,
IN OKATH'S VALLEY.
At Ijraat Five Thousand. People W'err
Ol'OWNSll.
Johnston, Pa.. Juno A. Developments
every hour makes it more and moie lip
pareut that toe exact number of lives
lust iu tue.lohuxtoii horrer niil never be
known. All of the estimates that have
been made up t this lim i have been
conservative, and when all is known
oJ.IJ "ill doubtless b found to be too
small. Over IUjj bodies have been
found sin.'e suurise to d y aud the iuosi
skeptical Concede that tne remains of
thous.nia more rest heueath the debris
above Johnston btidge.
A SCAltCITV OF COFFINS.
Bodies IMard in Kouua lloxrs and Imme
diately Hurled.
Ever since the reoovery of the first
hs,lv tliM rwiitnlHH liuvn not hail floor
enough Collins for tbe dead, although
hundreds arrive daily, anu owing lo
the decompwutd condition of most of
iha Iwulia tliMV liuvo to he hoxed no
in rough board boxes aud buried at
once.
It will pav all those wanting anvthing in the line of
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AN AWFUL KhCOIin.
Ono Thousand Bodies Discovered In the
Vicinity of Kernvllle.
It had not been generally believed
that the district in the neighborhood ot
Kernville wmild be so extri ineiy pro
lifio of corpses lis it has proven to lie.
An associated pressaorrespoiidciit vi-ited
that part of the tovii wheie b.,th the
river and Story creek have done their
worst.. He found that within Ihe past
twenty-four hours almost l.OjO bodies
oad been recovered or where n silit.
I'he pluce is one great depository of
dead liodies.
Every day adds a long lint to the
tear ones lost.
One hundred and fitly petsons were
taken out of the sand nlon' Stony citeli
this morning.
One hundred and seventy-live bodies
were recovered to-day nt Mo'rrell, four of
whom were still alive, but severly injured.
(jlrund View oemetery has 3i)U buried in
it, all of iv horn mot their ilentb iu the
Hood. There aro3j0 men digging graves.
There are 700 dead bodies in the hos
pital ou Uodford street, at Conuemaugh.
One hundred ond fifty bodies lie at the
Sobool House hospital on Adttms street,
Connemuitgb.
Three hundred bodies were found to
day in the Bllllll htmlia 11 1, .net U!,it,v i.vccAr
in the viaiuitvuf the Baltimore nml Ohio
ililroad.
Eighty-two bodies havn boon found e.t
r: i.
uueveii.
The horrible recovery of bodies near
lie vicinity of what was once the 13. AO.
epot. at Johnstown, is inereiimni; with
frightful rapidity. Half of the unknown
re mangled or burned or crushed he-
yond recognition.
A UOHHIiH LANDS IN JAIL.
iNDRrENDF.NCE, Or., May 20. Thomns
Slogan who lately cam-j here from San
Francisco, last night broke into Alex.
Davis' Mom at the Citv hotel and stole
me suit of clothes and o revolver, all
valued at 825. He immediately Bkipped,
but wns caught at Eola to-day by
Uurshul Wayno William and brought
back and lodged in jail here. Ho was
examined and bound over to appear be
fore the grund jury. In default of bail
he will languish in jail nt The Dalles
until court convenes next fall.
:AI, FlHI.D.-i.
Sherman County in tlis Leiul--.(,oid Mines nt
Oar Door A Hull Strike.
Wasco Ohservor.
Iaist week while Mr, Geo. Penadoni,
living about six miles east of to-wi, was
sinking a well he came upon n line vein
of coal. It is of the very beat quality,
as sonic of it has been tried by experts
who pronounce it A 1. The distuuoe
from the surface to where the coal was
found is only about eighteen feet. Tne
vein tends to dip and is in a wedge
shape, showing t at it widens out as it
goes downward.
Fi oui the present indications there is
an immense amountof this much-valued
article only a few feet from the surfaco,
of good quality and in paying quantities.
We had a short conversation with Mr.
A. B. Jury, who showed us a sample of
the coal, nnd who also stated that ho in
tended at once, iu partnership with Mr,
Buuadotu, to send East for a boring
machine and sink down on the ledge 100
feet or more.
We have never yet seen a prairie oouu
try like the section lying between the
two rivers but what it was underlaid
with coal beds, and have often wondered
why this ooiintry should bo an exception.
With this new industry Sherman
ooiinty can now be termed us one of the
leading counties in the stato. Willi their
immense wheat fields, underlaid with
rich layers of ooal, she presents to the
speotator the best induoc-meiits. -
We shall endeavor to keep our readers
posted ou the woikiug of this new find,
and any new discoveries m i lo in Ihix
l;uo shall lie noted with pleasure.
NORTH Wll LUN IN I FHt-.sH.
Heversal imil MoilillcHtl.ni of Lind Di riKluns--.
Povtal Not'-s foul 1'iileiitri.
Washington, May 2'J. James A. For
Ward was refused by the eoiumissione
of the general land ollice a patent for hi
pre.emptiiin Oash eutrj ot laud in seelior.
28, township id noith, range illeait, in
the Spokane Falls distiiet, WiiHhiiigtini
Territory, the reason assigned being thai
Forward had im.de a prior filing f.n
another tract. The clniuiml proved thai
he had been forced to ahundun bis prim
claim, because while he hud made tin
first settlement upon it, lie fouud on
going to the laud oldee, sixty miles away,
that a homestead entry for the property
had beon recorded two days before. Sec
retary Noble has, therefore, reversed the
Heppner, Oreg.
commissioner's dcoisiou.
In the case of Nathaniel Scott, who
appealed from the commissioner's de
cision holding for cancellation his tim-
ber-oiiltnre entry for land iu seotion 18,
township 5 south, raiige 21 east, in The
Dalles l.nnl distriot, Assistant Secretary
Chandler has issued an order modifying
the coiim.i-sioner's decision, so as to b1
low of a hearing to determine the re
spective rights of Scott and G. H. Neel,
between whom a uiisundergtauding had
arisen.
IlItSEItVHD BANKING AGENTS.
The comptroller of the ourrenoy has
approved as reserve agents the follow
ing: For the National bank at Spokane
Falls, W. T. ; the Continental Natioual
bank, of Chicago; for the First National
bank, the Chnso National bank, of New
York; for theSpokaue National bank, the
Chemical National bunk, of New York;
for the Urowne Natioual bank, Ihe Han
over National bank, of New York; for
the Exchunge Natioual bank.
PATENTS AND POSTAIj NOTES.
The following have beon granted pat
ents: Oregon Ferdinand Gundorph, ot
Portland, gravity clock escapement; John
II. nnd S. II. Kedfelt, of Liukville,
breech-loading firearm.
The following have been ooinmissioned
postmasters: Oregon Amity, Yamhill
ooiiuty, 11. S. Simpson, vice T. J. Jelli
son, removed; Independence, Polk ooun
ty, M. A. Robertson, vice John T. Ford,
removed.
THE SURVEY OF PO0ATELL0 TOWNSITB.
Washington, May 23. Saoretary
Noble to.day approved the instructions
given by the surveyor-general of Idaho
to his deputies for the survey of Poca
tello townsite, Iduho. The work will bs
gin at once.
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A FAMOUS BATTLE-GROUND
On the banks of the Tippecanoe, a
small stream which enters the Wabash
itiver in Indiana, was fought the terrible
battle of Tippecanoe.
In this great struggle of frontier times,
the allied western Indians under the
chieftainship of Elshwatawa,, the
"Prophet" wore defeated in November,
1811, by the A medi ans under the com
mand of Gen. Wm. II. Harrison.
It was a desperate, hard fought battle,
ami much depended upon the result.
Had the Indians been successful, all
barriers of defence for the early settlers
would have been overthrown and the
deadly tomahawk would have been
active In the rapid extermination of the
remaining pioneers. Onjthe other hand
the fortunate termination of the contest
put an end to further attempts at open
warfare by the Indians. The rich terri
tory, so long overrun by hostile savages,
was thrown open for settlement, which
rapidly occurred as soon as the newiol
the great victory became widespread.
Naturally great praise was rendered to
the success arid intrepid bravery of Geu.
Harrison and he was honored in many
ways, lie afterwards served as Com
mander of the Army of the Northwest,
and when Indiana was admitted to State
hood, he was selected to represent the
IState in the United States Senate. In
18H0 he was elected President and his un
fortunate demise occurred shortly after
being insi gurated.
Toe forty seiond anniversary of the
Battle of 1'ipi ei anoe found the gallant
grandson of "old Tip" leadinir his forces
t ' a nre it iiol tical victory which resul ed
in the el.-aion .,f G n. ben. Harrison ss
l'resnlei t of the United States.
The Harrisons have been a hardy race
of men, spiting from old lo cabin stock,
wli rli is a nittivi. nt guarantee of its
genuu eue-s Hbeiever louud. Real
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been in.ule lo re-disi over Some of the se
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t'.r la nous U.d Log Cabin Sarsapanlia,
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After all, each Individual has, at all
times, the great battle of life or death to
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cessarily be given to the best weapon
whiclt science can offer humanity in the
great contest.