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I8SC3D IX BHU-VKZK1T UCTIOKS X1CH TUESDAY AXO nUDlt. V 53d YEAK NO- 14. 4 SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY. JUNE If, 190X FIRST SECTION EIGHT PAGES. HAS ACCEPTED THE CROWN Prince Peter Decides to As cend to the Throne ISSUED A PROCLAMATION To Servian People Promising . to Ignore the Past and Rule Justly WAS ELECTED BY SKLTTSCHINA AND SEX ATE IN FIFTEEX MIN UTES AFTEIt SESSION CONVEX ED KINO ALEXANDER HAD A THICK SKULLWAS : IGNORANT. GENEVA, June 13. King Peter an nounced today .that he ha.l accepted the c rown of Hervia, and would assume the title of Peter the First. The King has addressed a proclamation to the people of Bervia that he h tanks thf Servians -who have shown a desire t i honor the traditions of their ancestors, lie promises to be faithful to those traditions, declaring a special Inspira tion from the memories of his regret ted father. The. King promises to ig nore all that hus happened during- the pant forty years' and not to -bear any ill will to those who oppose htm. S He Was a Numbskull. iJelgrade.' June 15. The Skuftchina and Kenate of Servla met In Joint ses sion precisely-at noon, today, and with in nfteui minutes, had elected Prince Pe'tT KaraKeorgevlU h as King of Ser vla. The Ministers of the provisional government sat at the Ministers' table of the hall. prominent figure among them; beiu glue chief of conspirators, Colonel Miichln, Queen Draga's brother-in-law, who was resplendent In his full army uniform. ,A poxt-rnortem examination of the King's remains re--ealed thff ,s? rtt of his Incompetency. The d.octotrs found that the bones of his skull were throe times the thickness of those of, ordinary men. A FLOWER MISSION FIUHT SEUVICE OF THE KIND IN UUEGON. TOOK PLACE AT THE REFORM SCHOOLi. The local W. C. T. Union of Rosedale he lil a flower mission service at the Re form School on Sunday at 2 p. m. Mrs. Stroud .the president of the Union, was acomiunled by about thirty friends. This was the lultlal service of the kind in the state. The following was the program carried out: ' .... Address of Welcome, Superintendent II. K. IHcker. lucrum-, Mrs. Stroud. Mother' address to 'the boys,: Mr. Tim n.n'ii'1. Addres. by L. M. Gilbert, who was with tlie fhol at the beginning, when thcr- was only one pupil, and who was an officer of the liistitution for a year; and who was for a long time connect ed with th Iowa Iteform School, as was also his wife. TtTe address of Mr. tJHbert was very Interesting and, help ful to the boys. i Ilev. Charles Paid win. pastor ' of the Friend' church at Rosedale, read the Scripture lrson and lvl In prayer, and Our Customers Say it topics LICCE THE CARNflVAL i . i ' was here from tlio crowds they sec at The crowds ure simplv the result" of our busi 11CK8 mclliods. We sell ouly goods that give sat , isfaction. Quality is the First Consideration With Us W male the prices lower than the regular stores le-iiusc our exiciises nro lighter and we have no 1hms from bad accounts tomake up. Our great volutuxi of ljusiness enables us to buy at the low est quantity prices. j BUSY. S)ID)S 1 GILQTInlDN And Everything In Ladies9 and Hen's, Fur- nlsliins SALEM'S CIIFAPEST 0,'jC PRICE CASH ST0I1E E. T.3A!!2rtEG, Frofj. : fie also made a 'brief and enthusiastic address.' .!;;"..";:- . . : ' , Then a group oftbe ladies dfstrlbutr ed the boquets of flowers, with texts of Scripture attached. It was intended to march to the Reform' School ceme tery, but this parfof the program was omitted, on account of the rain, and a committee ) was appointed, to decorate with flowers the graves there. The chapel of the Reform School was beautifully decorated, and the whole serire was one of the most fitting and helpful. ever held there; and the ma jority of the visitors went a war with a higher conception of the work done an3 -calculated to be done for the boys al llils institution. THE REPORT ADOPTED ANNUAL SCHOOL'mEETING DREW .! A SMALL ATTENDANCE : CROISAN. ELECTED. The attendance at the annual school meeting at the city ball last evening was very small. There was no busi ness of Importance to transact except the submission of the annual report of the 'clerk of the board, which was read In, full and adopted, the substance of which was .published in the Sunday Issue of the Statesman, except the statistical j report. j" i. The clerk's statistical report for the year ending June 3d. shows that there were 1240 male persons m the district between the ages of four and twenty years, by 1 ths; last census just com pleted. 12&5 females and a total of 2525. showing an increase over last year of 125. There werej thirty-six teachers employed In the schools, this year of which number five were males and thirty-one females. The whole num ber, of days attendance during the year wis 202.867; the average dally atten dance, 1179; six school bouses In the district; nine months of school taught during the year; 1500 legal voters for school purposes in the district; 900 library ; books on I hand, S96 of which were purchased during the year. , The annual financial report shows the fol lowing: , . ! Receipts. . r. Cash on hand June 16, 1902. .$10,795.83 District tax... .. .. . County school fund.. State school fund.. . Rate bills and tuition. Tar redemption and : quent taxes. . !. . V. 20,041.02 9.790.00 3,704.50 64.00 116.48 delin- !':!. -" Total.. i. . " .$44,511.83 Disbursements. Teachers wages. . . . .... .117,027.62 Fuel and school supplies..,.. 1,883.71 Repairs and improving grounds. 924.82 Principal . and Interest of bonds and warrants.. 1. .. 12,813.97 Insurance.. .. .... ...... 42.92 Clerk's salary.. .. .. .. .. 150.00 Janitors' salaries, etc.. .. . 1,509.00 Total.. .. ..$34,352.05 Value school I houses and ground. ... i . .. .. -. .3100,000 Value furniture and apparatus. 12.000 Insurance- on houses and prop erty.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 62,200 Average monthly salary, male teachers. .. .. .. .. .. ..-.. 70.40 Average monthly salary female , teachers.. ...... .. . . .'. 43.84 ; Croisan j Was Elected. Hon. K. M. Croisan being the only candidate in the field. and having re ceived all of the votes cast, sixty in the four wards, at yesterday's election, was elected as idireetor of the Salert (v hool district io : fill the vacancy caused by the illness of M. "11 Cham berlin. ' - ' ;ArtlflctaI rubies are now successfully made up to 12 or 16 carats by M. Ver neul, a scientist of Paris. : - - T 1 PEOPILE Horrible Scenes Attend the Hep pner Cloudburst Disaster PAUL REVERE Leslie Matlock Rides & Horse at Breakneck Down Canyon AKead of Huge Wall of Water, and Warned the People of Lexington and' lone The following Incomplete list, which comprises only those Identified at last reports, is the only names of the "dead obtainable: k . Partial List of Dead. THOMAS HOWAKD AND FAMILY. KRUO 'AND PAMILT. , JAMES JON13S AUD FAMIL.T. DR. JIcSWOKDS.'; V FAMILY OF C. A. RHEA. MR. CARIl'S FAMILY. ' MRS. , CHARLES i ANDREWS AND CHILD. ' , MRS. ROBERT BAIRD AND CHIL DREN. i WELLS, SENIOR, AND FAMILY. JIM MATLOCK. TOM MATLOCK'S FAMILY. DR. HIGG'S CHILD. MTSS ELIOT. MRS. ELDER. BILL COHEN AND FAMILY. HERBERT i BARTHOLOMEW'S FAMILY. r ! REDFIELD. THE ATTORNEY AND FAMILY. W. "M; WALTON AND FAMILY. MR. GEIOER. . JOHN AtEBS. BEN PATTERSON, DRL'OOIST. AND WIFE, i i GEORGE NOBLE AND FAMILY. BOB HINDS AND FAMILY. MR. AND MRS. DAWSON. OCCUPANTS OF. THE HEPPNER HOTEL. ' SEVERAL CHINAMEN. GUY BOYD AND FAMILY. GEORGE INSLEY AND FAMILY. : MRS. TAD BERG. HAROLD JONES AND FAMILY. MRS. ASHPAUGH AND BABI-. MRS. CHARLES CURTIS AND BABY. : CASS MATLOCK. LAWYER PHEiypS AND FAMILY. KERNAN. AGENT OF O. R, & N. AND WIFE. KELLY B AS LEY. ' r WILLIAM BO WEN'S FAMILY. PORTLAND, Or., June 18. A- cloud burst Wpt down Willow creek, Sun day evening destroying more than one half of the town of Heppner, the coun ty seat of Morrow county, and drown In many people.! : The most reliable erports at this time (1 a. m.) Tueadajr, place the number of dead, at 300. More than i one hundred ; bodies were buried In-1 H"ppner today, but . scores : were washed down stream and It will be several days before the exact number of dead will , be known. SPOKANE, Wash.. June IS. A spe cial to the Spokesman-Review from Echo, Oregon, says: N. T. Tooker, of Fairbanks, Morse & Co., of Portland, who was at Heppner when the awful disaster happened last evening by the bursting of an Immense cloud, arrived hem this, afternoon, being the first to bring out the 'news. He was there when the disaster came and remained until 9 o'clock this morning. : He glvees a graphic description of the terrible af fair. He said the rushing torrent came at 5:30 last evening when most of the inhabitants ; were at 'their evening meal. : All were - taken so suddenly without warning, that nothinf could be done to save those who wee caught In- the rushing water. Homes, stores, and all the buildings In the principal portlon-of the town were lorn loose and driven "onward one Jam causing" the water to pile Into another and then sweep away again, causing more buildings- to go. ; A low estimate places the dead at 200. The town . has a j population of about 1500, but this morning only about one-half of the people of the town could located! r, We. do not knor where they have gone unless they have gone down, the, stream. .They-may have gone to the hills; buf this Is very doubtful. The whole affair was one horrible, . sickening scene, with death and destruction being spread -n every A Heart Rending Scene. From the time the flood came untJl It went Into' the regular channel,' of the creek flowing through the i own, was about two- hours, j .;- The cloudburst struck fairly in the canyon-of .Willow creek, six mfldp-above -town. There was jw warning , until the mighty wall of water had reached the town. As.lt came rushing down the creek bed It tore -every tfcing before U consisting of trees, large boulders, sand and earth. When It reached the town the water was- piled over fifteen feet high, as a perpendicular walL splashing, foaming, leaping and creating a mighty roaring sound. ' - ' " - ' ' " . . - . " I The people dfd not have time' to get frrmf their buildings. Those who were on he streets shouted warning to th people as they rushed madly to the hills for their lives. ' I TlHse w ho reached the banks In safety Immediately formed themselves luto small rescuing" parties and work was at oiice Urted In eating thdSS BROWNED that could be reached. Ropes were the only means that we bad Those who were In mid-stream could easily be seen. Their pitiful cries for help could' be beard, but nothing could be done. We couuld only, stand and see them go to their death. The rescuing work was still going on when I came away at o'clock this morning., ' When 'I was leaving fifty bodies had been placed In the Heppner bank, wh,ere the doors had been thrown open and was used as a morgue. We placed a guard over the b.R all night when we allowed the public in at day break. The scene was somet thing aw ful. ' Women came to ; identify their fltlle babies, their grown children and their husbands: father rame to see their dead wives and children. When the people came In on control could be kept over them at all. Moth ers fainted; wives tore tbeVr nair, and men cried like little children. Women fainted, at the same time tearing their clothes nearly from their bodies. As it was Impossible to keep order, all had to be excluded and a committee formed to identify those that It was possible. The worst could not be seen until this morning. One poor woman was found pinned between vto heavy , timbers; another woman was found with her lit tle baby in her 'arms. In some of the houses which had been washed down the street, and which had not been shattered, there' was found dead broth ers and sisters, soipe In 1 each other's arms. It. is eslt ma ted that the dam age done to property alone was $500,000 Some of the brick, and stone buildings were not torn away, ' but there . were some of them moved from t their foun dations. ''.The .buildings on the brgh flat were all saved, although the water reached some of them. !' . ' . ; , A Paul Rvsr' Ride. Leslie Matlock, a young man there, was tTfe hero of the day. . -When the flood first came he strided a horse and rode at breackneck speed - down' the canyon In front of the rushing water to notify the people of Lexington, a small town nine miles below. He .had to .go over a rough and stony road. Thfe night was dark and, stormy ;his horse leaped over boulders', sometimes nearly throwing the rider, but yet nt once losing. his feet- He arrived at Lexington just a few minutes ahead of the flood. The peop?5 were warned and Immediately left for "the hillside, not having time to take anything with them. Every "person, escaped but when the flood had passed only two houses were standing. :- - ' ' Lexington has a population of about 500. lone was the next town down the line. People there were woroed by Matlock by telephone, they left their homes but. as the town is built on a wide flat, very little' damage was done. No "buildings were washed away, but some were moved from their founda tions. , ..' y " j, .;. ; - The dead are being BufTed aa. rapid ly as they can be identified They are simply wrapped In clean sheets, placed in a rough pine box and carried away to , the burying ground, v v Thi Twn of Heppner. . Heppner Is the county seat of Mor row, county. - Both town and county are. new and growing. v .The population of the town was 1250 In 1902; and there were five churches, a public school em ploying eight teachers, two live news papers, the Gazette and Times. It had splendid waterworks and electric light systems; - a : national bank, carrying $500,000 f deposits; two hotels, one of them costing $40,000 twf restaur ants,: four wholesale and retail general merchandise houses, thre grocery three drug stores, one hardware store, two furniture "stores, -one arglctiltura implement house, two saddlery and two Jewelry stores, four blacksmith shops, three livery ftablea, a planing mill, two large grain and wool . w arehouses, a cold storage plant- and seven Saloons. It had a flouring mill that operated day and night,-with- a capacity of seventy five barrels of high grade flour a day The( Heppner Mining Company Is de veloping the Mayflower group of mines. In the Susan vl lie district, with fine gold prospects. The surrounding country, though aa yet thinly, settled, is rich in alt agriculturaland pastoral resources. With a total population of but 4151. the county last year ', produced: 1,000,000 bushels of, whea.t,' worth $C00O, .or more than $109 apiece for. every man, woman .and-child In Its limits. The great prize apple at the Chicago. Expo sition grew on Bock Creek, In Morrow county ; Heppner - handled 5,500,000 pounds ef wool last year, and 'u the trading point for large - sections of Morrow, GrarK-jCrook, . Wheeler, ' Gil liam and Malheur counties.. It was one of the most .prosperous towns in.' the Northwest. - ' The-Town ef Lexlngtan. . Lexlngtort, nine miles below Hepp ner, has a population of 409 - The Wil low Creek valley broadens at that point, so Lexington was not so badly exposed to the fury of the torrent. ' A number of dwellings along the banks of the creek and the Davis flour mills were, however. In great danger. Lexington was visited by a cloudburst in July, 1887, .that avoided Heppner. A num ber of persons were killed by the falling of buildings resulting from the terrific .wind, but the populace escaped the fury of th flood; having been warned in time. ' , . x ' - ;' . The Town of Ion. ;. --. lone Is a thriving village of about 400. six miles below Lexington. Most of the buildings at lone were built con siderably above the reach of the wat ers of the creek, so that people were not irt any great danger, if they re ceived any warning at all. j Stock Farms on the Creek. ' All along Willow Creek, from Its head In the Blue Mountains, is lined with stock ranches, and many dwellings were built very close tp the creek. It Is probable that the list of losses of life will be lengthened when this 60 mile stretch off creek has been heard from. Above Heppner the canyons become steeper and valley much narrower. Stockmen raise considerable fodder by irrigation along the banks of the creek, wherever a. level plat of round coulld be found. Willow Creek empties Into the Columbia a- short d'stance above Willow Station, on the O. R. & N. Governor. Offers Assistance. Governor Chamberlain last ..evening sent the following tek gram to Hon. G. W. Phelps, of Heppner, a member of the House, of the last Legislature from Morrow county: "The sympathy of the. state is with the people of Heppner, Can we repder any assistance or aid In the way of suppliees or tents. Wire particulars." " ' Up to an early hour this morning the Governor had received no reply to his message and it is probablye that it had not reached its destination, on account of the communication having been cut off. ' . . "- v Came Without Warning. Portland, Or., June 15. An appalling disaster befell the town of Heppner, the county seat of Morrow county, about o'clock last evening, "when a cloudburst swept away two-thirds of the town, nd drowned 500 people. Heppner, a town of about 1250 people, is situated in gulch on Willow craeek, and a wall of water, fifteen to twenty feet high, rushed down upon the . inhabitants without warning. At 2 p. m.; 300 bo dies had been recovered. Assistance has been sent by special train from this city, The Dalles, Arlington and the smaller towns nearby. A Later Report. - ; The Dalles, Or,, June 15. The latest reports received here at 5 p. m. by tel ephone from lone, seventeen miles northwest of Heppner, 00 Willow creek, give the number of bodies re covered as 300, and tjie total number estimated lost, over 500. Telephonic connection Is cut off In every direction by the severest electric disturbance ev er experienced in the history of the re gion; two distinct storms having pass ed over .the town! between 5 and 7 o'clock tonight, one bearing, to the northwest towards Goldendale," Wash, and the other to the southwest. No re- (Continued on page 8.) : When "Wisdom goes a-shopping for dry goods now-a-days you'll find the name of ".Meyers' at the head of her list.- She seeks' the offerings of this store because she so well knows that they are dependable. Every day is increasing the number of purchasers who have realized that our offerings of white goods are rich in sterling worthL'and money saving BeGt Hamtnoclis TV ..... . 1 Wc bought this season the largesand most complete lino of Hammocks ever shown in &ileni, &nd are selling Ihcin at ' prices that will tempt you to stretch one from the big cherry tree to the corner of your house. - j r - ? . '. -? Prices vary from COc to $6.50 Wears J Best Loo Us i Best Fits Best Is 1 i Best SffQE ,, Oyer 2000 of as good shoemakers as can be Lad. for -the money are : making ;S0OO airs a! day of 5 this 6ecial shoe for women These slioeoiakors work 61 weeks in tbei year. too. This li by far tlie biggest output' of fine shoes in the' world.'1 ' What males them srlK belief than oUier dm? Try - a iair on and see how they feel on the ioitt--thai ionYilnout. ; ' ' ' WILL DO THE BEST HE CAN President Is Interviewed by a i Delegation of Jews THE B'NAI B'RITH ASSfN Sends Representation to In duce President to Inform ; the Czar OF CONDITIONS IN KISinNEFF THINK BUREAUCRATS HAVE KEPT RUSSIAN RULER IN IG NORANCE OF TRUE " STATE OF AFFAIRS, WASHINGTON. June 15. Through their representative the- .Association B'Nal B'R!th,-Jews of America.' today laid their case before President Roose velt and Secretary .Hay and are coa tent to abide by whatever the execu tive decides is best. By appointment he executive council of the association colled today-at the State Department. Tht interviews w-ith the President and Secretary Hay were satisfactory to the council although it soon became ap parent that - positive action could not be immediately had; upon the sublec nearest them, namely, the betterment of the condition of the Jews lh RussK. The massacre at Kischinef was the principal topic of discussion. , Ths council besought the President to us his good offices to secure the ear of the Cxar. They declared he "was be ing deliberately, kept in Ignorance by. the Bureaucrats who surround him. of . . r . . . . . . 1 . I . me ternDie imwneui uai wb wiim meted out to the jews. It was prom ised that everything "that the executive could properly do without violating the principles of International comity would be done. " . Looking For Sensation. New York. June 15. Developments of the greatest Interest In the investi gation oi .me poui scanuna are xe- peeled , this . week. The . inspectors Hum tv asuiuftivii puiourv quiries with haste yesterday an! the indications are a' crisis Is soon t? come. A Nw InvaatSaatian. Washington, June 16. The postoffi?e Inspectors "will investigate 'the case of H. II. Rand, at present superintendent of the salary and allowance division, as to his connection with f a mining company, also the concern of whlsh August W. Machen was president. There are more wrecks in the Baltic Sea than in any other place in the world. The average is one wreck a day throughout the year. G