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PBICE TW O CENTS. TUESDAY EYlNim JUNE 16, 1903.. Is*-' $61,*IO' : SE01I^ -^ Investigation of City Acoounts Re s veals Peculiar Facts on Hau j - gan Shortage. Becords Show He Received Over $80,000 When No Longer City Treasurer.- Of This Amount, Books Show Only About $20,000 Turned Over ! to Hulbert. : ':- Andrew C. Haugan's last day in office . s s city treasurer of Minneapolis was marked by a $61,000 increase in his short age, which had already reached in the hundreds of thousands. The last day he was in the office, seven weeks after his resignation had been accepted by the city council, one week after his successor had been elected, and on the day after the bond of. that successor had been approved by the council, Andrew C. Haugan was permitted to hold office and take in as that one day's business $80,671.12, more than $61,000 of which thereafter became ., part of the "Haugan shortage." This in substance is one of the proposi- - * tions known to have been reported to the council committee on accounts of city of ficers by P. N. Stacy, examiner, and one of the facts upon which that committee desired a week to ponder before submit ting it to the public. As Mr. Haugan is dead his friends are disposed to take a charitable view of this latest discovery in the city's accounts and to attribute this portion of the shortage as they have a large share of the rest to the misdeeds of others. In other words, they support the oft-repeated assertion of Mr. Haugan himself, that he was made to bear others' burdensto play the scape goat. However that may be, the story told by the city's books remains. Pending the report of the committee, The Journal has made an investiga tion of its own, which substantiates the above rumor and brings to light an astounding set of facts. What the Books Show. The ledger and journal and trial balance book of the city controller, which a repre sentative of The Journal examined . yesterday, show that on the day after C. . S. Hulbert became city treasurer by the " approval of his bond by the city council, A. C. Haugan, late treasurer, was per mitted to receive, thru the tax settlement between the county auditor and city con troller, the following sums: The January tax settlement, amounting to $36,- 705. The November-February delinquent taxes, $38,- eio.oo. Court fees and licenses, $5,.'356-03. In other words, a total revenue aggregating . $80,671.12. The books also show that of this $80, 671.12, only $19,535.64 was turned over and . applied, on the various funds, leaving a net sum of $61,135.48 of appropriation pure and simple, which the controller there- , upon charges up as "Haugan account." Mr. Haugan's Retframat. A* The history of A.e Hauga nV retire ment from office in 1897 and the election of a successor, Is as follows: Jan. 25 Haugan tendered resignation *lo the mayor by reason of inability to se cure bondsmen. Jan. 27, council accepted resignation, and after balloting for a successor, elected JIV. G. Nye, then city controller. Jan. 29, Alderman Kiichli introduced in jthe city council a resolution charging A. C. Haugan with conversion and misap propriation of funds and calling upon the county attorney and grand jury to inves (tigate and prosecute. -'' "Fel 15, C. A. Nimocks, in behalf of the city committee on accounts of city offl cers, rendered a report showing Haugan shortage. Feb. 15. W. G.' Nye not having quali fied within the time prescribed by law, the council declared the election annulled, and thereupon elected J. H. Thompson * city treasurer. Feb. 24, J. H. Thompson declined the honor and declination was accepted. Feb. 24, C. A. Nimmocks made second report to the effect that Haugan had loaned $709,995 of the public funds to his political friends. Feb. 26. W. G. Nye was again elected city treasurer. March 12, Mr. Nye resigned and C. S. Hulbert, present treasurer, was elected. March 13, Mr. Hulbert filed his bond With the city clerk. March 18, at a special meeting at 2 p. m., for the purpose, Mr. Hulbert's bond was approved by the council and he was duly qualified as city treasurer. March 19, Mr. Haugan was still in the treasurer's office and collected $80,671.12 of public taxes, court fees and licenses, f which he turned over $19,535.64, retain ing the remaining $61,000. March 20, C. S. Hulbert finally took possession. Controller's Ledger. - The proof of Haugan's appropriation ftfter his successor was duly elected and qualified, is found in the books of the city controller. The following is a transcript , : of the controller's ledger account with A. C Haugan from Jan. 1 to March 19, 1897: CITY CONTROLLER'S LEDGER "F," PAGE 4. A. C. Haugan, Treasurer. 1897. .-, Jan. 1, to balance Jan. 28. December settlement Jan. 21. sundries Feb. 28. sundries ' March 10, January settlement '*' March 10. February account P. & II. March 19, sundries Feb. 28, sundries Total $663,457.20 J897. Jan. 3t, by sundries $151,479.06 Feb. 28. by sundries 63,306.57 MarcU 19, by sundries 19,535.04 Debit balance March 19, 1897.. The above ledger entries -wereverlfled by the corresponding journal entries on pages 165-9 of journal "G," showing that the various items making up the $80,671.12 were received by Haugan on March 19 and that various proportions or "short ages" were charged to the various city funds, Jess the $19,535.64 turned over. Where the $61,000 Went. There yet remains the questionWhere did the balance of $61,000 go? That question is answered by the city controller's trial balance book, page 16, and journal "G," pages 165-70. Comparing the trial balance of Feb. 2S with that of March 19, we And that the balances which A. C. Haugan, treasurer, owed the various funds changed as fol lows: ^ General fund, $81,001.69 increased to / $107,973.13, or $26,871.44. Permanent, improvement, $57,882.93 in- & creased to $63,569.72, or $5,686.79. ? % Waterworks "fund, $43,643.53 increased to .%.?& $45,738.99, or $2,095.46. . -\ *T : v"'. &. Permanent improvement ^revolving, J/-5|$121,201.3'4 increased to $127,485.85, or .,.', *y S6.284.51. f- Interest fund, $39,210.17 decreased to ?- 822,360.91, or reduced $6,849.26. - * 'Department charities and corrections " reduced from $3,638.23 to an overdraft of '' , $976:61, net reduction of $4,614.84. 1 t,- PERKINS EFFECTS STRIKE DANGER 1 RECONCILIATION IN SINGLE DAY J. Pierpont Morgan's Lieutenant Says His Chief Is Not Antag onistic to Boosevelt, He Himself Is Credited by Observers "C With Having Patched Up 'vi'hrir1 Story of Jim Hill's Enmity Toward the President Who Had Praised Him. New York Sua Special Service. Chicago, June 16.Walter Wellman, in a New York special to the Record-Herald, says: President Roosevelt and J. Pierpont Morgan have been reconciled. Mr. Mor gan is not one of those Wall street finan ciers who are trying to defeat Mr. Roose velt's re-election to the presidency. For this statement I have the highest authori ty. I am furthermore informed that the reconciliation between the president and Mr. Morgan was brought about by George W. Perkins, who is at the head of the Morgan banking house in the absence of Mr. Morgan. Mr. Perkins said to a friend that the statement attributed to President Mel len of the Northern Pacific, to the effect that $10,000 could not be raised in all Wall street for the Roosevelt compaign fund, must be a mistake in so far as Mr. Mellen's reported quotation of what Mr. Morgan had said in that connection. Mr. Perkins was very sure that Mr. Morgan had never said anything of the sort and he did not believe that Mr. Mellen had actually uttered the words attributed to him in the recent reported interview. At any rate, Mr. Morgan was not to be classed among the New York financiers who were trying to defeat* the president Perkins Roosevelt's Friend. Mr. Perkins is, and long has been, one of President Roosevelt's ps3onal friends. It was Mr. Perkins who arranged the final deal for settling the coal strike, and It was also Mr. Perkins who fixed up the understanding as to the anti-truSt legis lation. Mr. Morgan's young and able lieu tenant has now won another *edal as a diplomatist by patching up a peace be tween his powerful chief and the man in the White House. While Mr. Morgan and the president have been reconciled, the president and Jim Hill are still at loggerheads. The treaty of peace does not include Mr. Hill. He is on the war path against Mr. Roose velt, and there are no signs that he will come in and stay upon the reservation. The story of Mr. Hill's grievance against the president, as I get it upon high au thority, is most interesting. J. J. Hill's Grievance. When he sat down to write his first message to congress in the late autumn of 1901, Mr. Roosevelt was filled with thoughts concerning the upbuilding of the west . As a dweller in the west and a writer upon the west, he was earnest and sincere in Jiia*admiiatio .fortoemen had played' a^ parl^itt 'the^dvvelbpment that region. Among these men Mr THiU stood forth conspicuously in the" presi dent's mind* So, in writing his first mes sage to congress, natura&y he wished to pay a high compliment to Mr. Hill. As he wrote the paragraph concerning the de velopment of the west, it was extremely laudatdry of the man who had thrown a hew line of rails across the continent so laudatory that a level-headed New York friend to whom he read his words, suggested that perhaps he had slopped over a trifle, and that a little pruning would be advisable. President Roosevelt saw the wisdom of this sugestion and cut out some of the warmest sentences. Nevertheless the words which remained were so commen datory of Mr. Hill that that gentleman was very much pleased. In fact, he was never in his life more pleased. After the message had been sent to congress and published in all the newspapers, Mr. Hill expressed his gratification to some of his New York friends. He said it was the finest tribute ever paid him. "I shall have the president's words framed and leave themj as a heritage for my children and grandchildren," he ex claimed. Lunched with the President. He was so much pleased that he took a trip over to Washington for the express purpose of telling President Roosevelt how delighted he was, and at the White House luncheon compliments were ex changed in the most friendly fashion. Mr. Hill had some business which kept him in New York some time, but finally he started for his home irj St. Paul. Be fore reaching his destination he learned that, by the president's order, a suit was to be instituted by the government which, if carried to its logical conclusion, would involve the indictment and incarceration in jail of the,, aforesaid James J. Hill. Under which circumstances it is not at all surprising that Mr. Hill has ceased to be one of Mr. Roosevelt's ardent admirers and is, to the contrary, on the warpath for scalps. M. PLEHYE MAY BE SUSPENDED Debtor. .. $472,988.7 .. 93.046.18 .. 8.778.44 6.968.40 30,705.00 38,610.00 5.356.03 104.30 The Czar Is Said to Be Dissatisfied With His Report on Hishinef Massacre. Credit. .$234,321.27 . 429,135.93 Total Continued on Second Page. [hm ^fey^ ^^^^^ New'York Sun Special Barrio*. * " London, June 16.The Moscow corre spondent of the Morning Leader gives under reserve a rumor which meets with credence in quarters usually well informed to the eect that M. Plehve, minister of the interior, is likely to be superseded shortly. It is known In official circles that there was recently a protracted and very grave interview between the czar and M. Plehve. The former was not fully satisfied with the minister's explanation of certain late events, it being at variance with the re port of the officer specially sent to Kiahi nef to investigate. i -:$i BVBBO'S TATt SATES XXFE. A i Denver, Col., June 10.Ralph M. Eastley, sec retary of the National Civic Federation, was saved from being dashed to'death over a precipice while scaling Pikes Peak by grasping a burro's tail. Seeing his perilous position, Eastley de cided this was the only means which could hope to save his life, and the burro carried him safely out of harm's way. Eastley still retains In a-neatly done up handle the bunch of hair which he pulled from the burro's tail in the struggle. v.v, RAILROAD IS CONFISCATED. " ^ Puerto Cortes, Honduras. June 16.The gov eminent has confiscated the railroad running from. Puerto Cortex to San Pedro, a distance of fifty-eight miles, and which..is owned by the Honduras syndicate, an American corporation, of which Senator Chauncey M. Depew of New York is president, and Henry h. Sprague Is vice presi dent. , ... * i' ,V IS NOW AVERTED * " ^ National Association of Steamfitters Expelled From American Fed eration of Labor." the Truce. Strike of Chicago Waiters Is Prac tically Over and Restaurants Resume Business. - Scranton, Pa., 'June 16.President Mitchell's advice has prevailed, and all talk of strike has been silenced. The con vention of the anthracite~~Sfihe workers to-day unanimously adopted resolutions providing that each district should vote separately on the election of the repre sentatives on the conciliation board. Fol lowing this, the delegates in the different districts voted separately, after which the convention, by arising vote, ratified the who", or . r r - T1T .. T r TTrl r action of the convention. AnotherT-nTiiminuin reso lution was adopted providing that all grievances, instead of being threshed out in debate, should be given to the concilia tion board for consideration. The convention adjourned at 11:50- o'clock to meet again at 2 p.m. Adjourn ment was taken for the purpose of giving the operators an opportunity to either ac cept or reject the action of the conven tion in indorsing the action of: the execu tive board in appointing the members of the board of conciliation. There is^ no doubt that the operators will accept the action of the convention. President Mitchell told the convention there was on advance in wages yet due the miners. The average price 6l coal has not been higher than $4.52. By the end of June^he average price will have reached $6.62, which . will entitle the miners to a 2 per cent increase. Presi dent Mitchell said he had seen these fig ures and had reason to believe they were correct. .... The operators' members of the concilia tipn board are In Scranton, and it is al most certain they will accept this morn ing's action of the convention.settled^ao It is prob able that everything1 will be as to avert the possibility of a strike. PILOTS CAN'T STRIKE If They Do, Their Government. Licenses Will Be Revoked. New York, June 16.By a decision of the local board of. steamboat inspectors, the right to strike of ertgmeersr masters and pilots of vessels plying in waters con trolled by the government Is denied and the penalty of forfeiture of license is im posed. The local board rules as follows: The decision of the solicitor of the treasury in interpreting the provisions of section 4449, re- I vised statutes, as applied to an agreement of certain Mississippi river pilots who..con tinned in refusing to pilot "over the rapids.a steamer of any description, which is piloted by any person who does not belong to a pilot's association," as "an agreement which is in^ffeet a conspir acy to refuse to serve as pilots, jand must be con sidered to the hindrance of Commerce within the meaning of section 4449, revised statutes, and for this reason renders the officers who are parties to the same justly liable to suspension or dismissal by revocation of their licenses un der the provisions of section 4450, revised stat utes, without any farther act of misconduct on their part. 4, Trouble for Steamfitters. Chicago, June 16.-After a prosperous existence of over ten years, the National Association of Steamfitters lost its stand ing in the American Federation of Labor last night because it refused to amalga mate with the United Association of Plumbers. The flue'stion as to which or ganisation should live came up before the annual convention of the American Fed eration at New Orleans,\ which, in turn, left it to arbitration-" Early this spring both unions submitted their case to .Frank L. Rist, who recom mended amalgamation. ."'. President- Gompers ordered the two unions to amalgamate by June 15. A t their recent convention the steamfitters refused to. d o. as ordered, asking for a hearing before the federation at its -next convention. They decided further to main- S I i|[H' S=S* v^f" tamthe^0*ani2 it up unle**"absc The ptmtouhi . ._. . Chicago. ' Jointly the two organizationsy^Sg pontrol over- 80.000 "vorker*^*,^v'"^Y.J'' * * President Mitchell's Advice Prevails ' and Anthracite Miners Will Not Go on Strike. * - Li ST Restaurants Reopen:' Chicago, lit, Jun,ft 16,So many of the waiters and -other striking hotel and res taurant employes have, asked .to be rein stated, that nearly All of the restaurants and cafes that have been "closed for sev eral days,- have either opened or an nounced their Intention to do so. The conditions in all the hotels are satisfacs tory. Everyjjne of them In which strikes were called is running in some fashion, and most ,of then} are giving regular service. ~ , , - * f7 , - TRIED TO IRIBE GO n. OFFICIAL George Eaton Offered Assistant Sec retary of-the Treasury $1,000 - ' and Is Under Arrest New York 8ua Special ttervloe. , V , Washington, June 16:The secret service caused-the attest to-day of George J3. Eaton,-a bank cashier of Corning, N. Y., on a ehftrgeof having attempted to SOMEBODY IIKES U. S. ANYHOW ^ ' ^Colombia^You Cant Dig in My Yard^-1 Dont Like You^Any More! NicaraguaYou 0an Dig in My Yard, Sammy. -.... MMr ^.... M , iiiimitimtiiiiiimiiimnniiimnMiiminiiiimiimiiin|iiiin bribe Horace, A. Taylor,?! assistant secre tary of the treasury. - --.. iir. Taylor has the supervision of all ihfe public buildings of the country, in cluding *postoffices, and among his duties is the selection of sites for buildings authorized by congress in various cities. Representatives of the supervising archi tect's office are sent out to examine sites ,which. are offered for this purpose and their reports go to Assistant Secretary .Taylor for final action. Congress at the recent session made an appropriation for a postoffice building at Cornlng'.and $15,000 was designated as the maximum amount to be paid for the site. .Several offers of sites were made and there has been a contest for some time among rival real estate firms and persons having building lots to sell. . A few days ago, Assistant Secretary Taylor received a letetr from Eaton, who js cashier of a private banking institution of Corning, urging thata certain site- in which he'w as interested,be selected for the Corning public building. He told Mr. Taylor that if this site should be selected M would make a profit of $2,000, and he rproposed-to divide this amount with Mr. Taylor on condition that he should select the site in question. Mr. Taylor has selected scores of build ,ing sites for the government and he has .listened to all sorts of arguments from in terested property holders in different cities, -but this was the first time an out and out bribethadEaton'soffered been to him. '' Upottr . receip of letter he imme - diately turned the document over to Chief Wilkle of the secret service and on this evidence a warrant was sworn out and Eaton was arrested. It is proposed to prosecute him under the state statutes which make it a felony to bribe or at tempt to bribe a federal officer. FOSE DIED OPT Priest and His Household Would Have Been Blown UpFeud ~ at Pierz. Special to The Journal. -r,." ,*?c '.'*. * *.*-' Little Falls, Minn., June W.-^ix pounds of dynamite were placed on the porch of the home" of Father Pfeiffer, a priest at Pierz. The fuse died out before reaching the explosive. The explosion would, no doubt, have wrecked the house and killed the priest and four other inmates. The trouble at Pierz is over the public and parochial schools, and-the community is cut up into factions. There is no clue. Jf^ ''- . , . -'J-\ - '&% MONET T6* FLOOD VICTIMS. *~*' New York, June IB.-Additional funds to the amount of $9,000 have been sen from this city to relieve the wants of the destitute in the flood stricken districts. Of this sum $4,000 was tele graphed to Topeka, JCnn., alike sum to1 City,' Kan., and the remainder to Gainesville. The committee has now received contributions amounting to nearly $25,000. Probably $5,000 more will be distributed to the sufferers to i day. ^ ** w ' *:r GANAL QOESTIOP ^ BOBS DP AGAIN and refuse- to give itJt 'necessary, '.of.tooth unions'are in Nickraguan Minister Harries to This Country to Urge Central Amer- *,{ dean Route. ' .-4 President Is Out of Patience With v: ' Colombia' and May Advise Acceptance. Public Sentiment hi South American Republic Is Opposed to Ratifi- . :A-,- cation of Treaty. New York Sua Speoial Service. ,. Washington, June 16.Stnor Sanchez, minister of Nicaragua to the United States, will' arrive in Washington soon, andi it is stated on good authority, will at once enter into negotiations with Sec retary of State Hay for framing a treaty between the two countries looking to the building of an isthmian canal by way of the Nicaraguan route. , " - President Roosevelt is known to be much disappointed over - the delays that have prevented the ratification of the Panama canal treaty by the - Colombian congress. He believes that Colombia has not acted in good faith and does not intend-to do so in the future. The negotiation of a treaty with Nica ragua and Costa Rica, the. president thinks, will at least have the effect of im pressing on Colombia the necessity of im mediate action in ratifying the treaty. Those familiar with the canal situation agree that there would "be little difficul ty - itt negotiating with Nicaragua and Costa Rica a treaty that would be ac ceptable to everybody' concerned. The rights of the Panama company and the value of its concessions to Colombia would not have to be taken into consideration. The concession of the Maritime Canal company in Nicaragua has expired and that company, according to the statement of its. secretary, would hot be opposed to Ihe United States undertaking the con struction of the Nicaragua canal. A strip of territory of reasonable width could un doubtedly tje secured from Nicaragua and the right1 1AZB.mm WD WEDNESDA Y I #|STORtCfc'*- to build the canal could prob - ably be obtained for considerable less than tthe lump sum of $10,000,000 and the annual rental of $250,000 which Colombia wants for a similar concession. Colombian Treaty Beaten. Bogota, Colombia, June 16.The Pan ama canal treaty will not be ratified by the Colombian congress called to. meet June 20. This: is the concensus of the best-Informed opinion in the republic. Congress would .not, dare ..to. defy the wishes of a majority of the people. If the matter should be left to a public vote a test would show an overwhelming ma jority antagonistic, to the. proposition. Public opinion is against the canal. Even those who heretofore have appeared most enthusiastic for the treaty now realize their cause is lost. LONDON IS RAIN-SOAKfiD .-rf Water Descends "As Tho the Spout '\ Wuz Hoff an Everlastin' y - , v New York Sun Special Service. London, June! 16.London is in the slough of despondency. For nearly a week the weather, has been both very wet and unseasonably cold. For three days past the rain has been falling as if, to quote a cockney wit, .''The spout wus hoff an heverlastih' ..teapot." Not since 1879 has so wet a spell been known .at this season' of the year. Then the rainfall for June was four Inches". Altho the 14 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK. A WALE OF JRTATE R | f! ^ - RUSHED O N THE TOWN Eye Witness of the Awful Flood Disaster at * - Heppner, Ore., Describes the Attack ~ of the Elements. Residence Section Is in Ruins and Corpses Are Strewn Along the Gully About One Hundred Persons Have Been Buried in Common CratesRelief Trains With Doctors, Nurses and Supplies Are on the Way-Many Bodies Carried by the Torrent Down ~the Valley. THE DEAD NUMBER POUR HUNDRED Spokane, Wash., June 16.Direct advices to the Chronicle from Heppner, Ore., at 10 o'clock a. m., state that thus far the bodies of 200 victims of Sun- day night's disaster have been found. Two hundred more are supposed to be hidden in the ruins or have drifted down the valley. An estimate this morning places the total number of dead.at 400. About all of these were in Heppner, it being thought a few perished in the valley be- low the towij. To-day's reports indicate that the number of injured is com- paratively small. "More provisions are needed," is the report from Heppner. Other needs seem "fairly well supplied. Portland, Ore., June 16.A special to the Oregorilan from lone says: David Mc Atee, a .business man of Heppner, whose residence is on a ranch above that place, was an eye witness of the flood disaster. In company with Frank Spaulding he Heppner about 10:30 o'clock Sunday night on horseback. "On Sunday afternoon," said Mr. Mc Afee, "there was a severe rain storm ac companied by much wind and lightning. I was standing in ^front of the house and noticed that a cloud of remarkable dense ness approached the top of the hill on the east side of the canyon, I turned for a moment when a roar caused me to look again at the hill. I saw a wall of water, whose height I would be afraid to guage, rushing down the mountain carrying im mense trees and timbers on its crest and tearing the very rocks from their founda tions. "The terrific storm struck the upper part of the town first. The residence-of Thom as Howard was the first to fall and his entire family was drowned. In the Krug home also, every person was drowned, as was the case in the Hale and Baling res-' idence. All of these houses Were about four or five blocks above the business center." ' .-*', Palace Hotel Saved. The house of Abram. Hamsick was en tirely, demolished. The Palace hotel was the first building to stem the tide and all the guests were-sa-ved, -but-the houses-be low the Palace hotel were blown out into the street, overtifned and wrecked. The, .residence of G. A. Rhea was carried,away and the entire family, consisting of his wife and three daughters and Miss Ad kins, a cousin, were lost. Rhea himself was absent in Portland attending the Ma sonic convention. ,. C. E." Redfield, whose *MSdehe ^was completely destroyed, ,was also abseht-with Mr. *Rhea~ih Portland and his wife and baby were drpwned. . The body ofi Mrs Riedfleld is tanong the ruins. A. C. Gieger!s house was carried away and Mr. Gieger was drowned. His family is in the east. George Cancer's house jwas next reached, but the family succeeded in saving their lives by. rushing to the upper stories, the house being carried down .the creek three quarters of a mile." When reached by the rescuers it was seen that the .house had been broken in two and Mr.. Concer was in the water up-to his neck holding his wife up on the roof and keeping her from slipping. Dr.: MeSward and J. Ayers, who .were living in the same residence, were drowned* Stories of Casualties. - Oscar Miner's house was next demol ished and.Mrs. Miner drowned. The rest, Oi the family succeeded in saving their lives by clinging to the roof. All of the Wells family were lost and the house car ried away. With the. Wells residence went the house of George Swaggert. Mr. Swaggert's two married daughters were drowned with their flye children. . The Mallory house was carried 150 yards and was found lodged against a store and Mr. Mallory, a crippled old man, was found safe, holding a baby. - Jim Matlock's house was next. Mr.- Matlock was ^drowned, but his family was saved. Dr. Higgs' house also went. . Here one child was drowned, but the rest of the family escaped. Mrs. Elder was drowned in her residence. The houses of Mr. Boyd and Mr. Fallon were also destroyed and both families lost. .Mr. Barton succeeded in saving all per sons in -his residence, altho. they were badly bruised. The house itself was washed away.-. , , . " Fifty Hotel Guests Perished. * Perhaps, the greatest.loss of life oc curred at the Heppner hotel. This house, which was run under- the management of Jones & Ashbaugh, was carried away. It is supposed that there were about fifty guests in this hotel, all of whom are said to be lost. The proprietors themselves were saved, but theirtamilies are among the dead. ... The house of Ben Patterson, Mr. Sunn and Mr: Noble Were entirely demolished and all persons in these three families drowned,, as were the families of James Jones and Henry Blair. The barn of Dr. Swinnburn and the big livery stable of Whities & Meadows were entirely de stroyed. E. J. Farnesworth and Phillip Cohn were' also drowned. ''".'. Residence Portion Destroyed. The entire residence portion of Heppner was destroyed, but the business houses, being on higher ground, and being gener ally built of brick and stone, were not so *adly ' damaged. -The/schoolhouse and courthouse, which stand on a hill, were saved, but two churches the Methodist and Presbyterian, \ were.., completely wrecked. v Around the station the rising water left great heaps-of driftwood piled higher than the roof of the statipn and the rescuing parties were forced to demolish these 'py- ramids of timber in order to extricate the corpses which were tangled in the brush. Undoubtedly many of. the drowned -bodies were carried by the rushing waters down the valley. No systematic eflTort has- as yet been made to find the dead who are undoubted ly strewn along the canyon. Every avail able man within a radius of sixty-five miles has been pressed into service at Heppner. . Gangs of men are at. work clearing away -the "piles of - debris., and rocks which He - in Heppner's streets and taking 'out the' corpses which are thus concealed. ^ - * "# v V'~( ^'/'i,j.i One Hundred Burled Tn*Crates/ About 100 persons have been buried in Heppner's graveyard to-day. -Owing to the entire absence of proper facilities for caring for the dead, the victims of the flood were for the most part Interred in common crates. A relief train. sent from the Dalles, reached lone last night and .will pro ceed U - Heppner as soon as .possible. A J wrecking train, with tangs of men to re Teapot."- '* monthalread is hot yet half oyer,: thos,e figures have ' y been passed. Three inches and ar half fell during the last six days, Saturday and Sunday alone being responsible fbr more than an Inch and a half. Remembering this is Ascot week, it-Will be understood .that half of London , is in the depths of despair over the ^mfavora ble weather, --_ Kansa s pair both the tracks and telegraph wires, left lone last night. It is expected that communication with Lexington, seventeen miles from Heppner, will be restored early to-day. On board the Dalles train are five doctors, six trained nurses/ also a committee of twen ty Elks and another of six Eagles, with" all' necessary drugs and supplies to care for the sick and wounded, There is also a car of provisions. left MRS. CHURCH. , B. GENTRY. ... * THREE JAPANESE... ,- , -'.. SEVEN CHINESE. ' MRS. GUERDANE. ^ *-. ' GEORGE KENTSLBY AND WIFB. MRS. O. C BOYD AND THRB CHILDREN. A. S. FELD. "^. ^ HARRY WELLS AND GEORGB WELLS. MRS. CLYDE WELLS. MRS. CURTIS AND CHILD. MRS. NORA ADDINS. " ' BABY OF J. K. CAR. ^ MRS. DAVE HAMILTON AND TWO DAUGH- HARRY HANDLEY, WIFE AND CHILD. -1 BERTHA FRISL0W. -.BAtrVi.'SPoAa? In addition to the foregoing are twenty babies and strangers that were not iden tified. HOW LEXINGTON WAS SAVED Young Leslie Matlock's Wild Ride to Give - I t Warning. Spokane, Wash., June 16.A special to the Spokane Review from Echo, Ore quotes N. T.-Rteker of Portland,,who wit nessed the Heppner disaster, as follows: "It is estimated that the damage done to property alone was $500,000. Some of the brick and stone buildings were not torn away, but some of them were moved from their foundations." The goods in some buildings were saved. When-the. merchants opened for business they sent word to the relief committee to come and take what goods were wanted. Relief trains are coming from all direc tions to the assistance of the dead. They could not come by rail for nine miles of track was washed away. All communi cation was prostrated. Leslie Matlock, a young man, was the herp of the day. When the flood came he mounted a horse and rode at break neck speed down the canyon in front of the rushing water to notify the people of Lexington, a small town nine miles lelow He had to go over a rough road and the night was dark and stormy. He arrived at Lexington Just a few minutes ahead of the flood. The people were warned and Immediately left for the hillside. When the flood had passed only two houses were left standing. S&loaica. TurkeySeveral conflicts have re- ceWBlMtefsInd Ja*l|Hc*fo$i between insurgent bands apo tne Turkish troojis. Some thirty Bui- ' garians hate been kffied and many wounded. vrzz" g DEAD A ND Ml SING Long List Does Not Include Children and Strangers Not Identified. j , lone, Ore., June 16.A list of the dead or missing, as near as could be ascer tained last night, is as follows: JAMBS MATLOCK. ~ . MUS. TOM MATLOGK. J. S. HOCKET AND TWO CHILDREN. - SON OF WILLIAM AYRES. W. W. ALLEN, WIPE AND DAUGHTER. * MANDY JON:SS. MRS. JAMES JONES. A. C. CREIGER. PERCY DAWSON, BABY AND TWO BOYS. MRS. NORA FLORBIN. MRS. ADA CURTIS AND BABY. MRS. C. D. REDFIELD. ' - BLANCHE REDFIELD. i KERNAN. * ,' VASHTI ANDREWS. PEARL J0N:E6 AND FAMILY. MRS. ASHBAUGH AND SIX CHILDREN. " DR.VM'SWASIV CHRISUAN. . GEOBGB^THOBHpON, WIFE AND CHILD. '-? MRS. MSITBSSrAND GRANDSONr^^ "- MR. AND MRS. GUNN. ', ,/ MRS. PADPERCf. ..-.. -: 9f . MAUD - LBTEFE R AND MOTHER, -,-.- . GR0VBR WHIT. MR. AND MRSfl_LONO AND 1TVH CHIL- . ORA ROBERTS. , V V V . " ' MAUDE KEITHLBY. . ._. MRS. ROBERT HYNDB A^fD. TWO- CHIL- DREN. ,'-' FRED OAKLEY. - ALICE BOYLUS. WILBER BEARD AND FAMILY. FLORENCE FRENCH. ZEDDA 'MCDONALD. NELLIE HOWARD. FRED WILLIS. ' . ED REED, WIFE AND BABY. PRESLEY LOONEY. - . - r". MRS. HENBY. R. O. HART AND WIFB. JENKINS FAMILY. CHARLES McLARBY'S CHILD, OF PBNDLH TON. MRS. ESTES AND DAUGHTER, EUNICE FRIGGS. MRS. CLYDE WELLS. : ANDREW PETERSON OF HILLSBORO. KELLY. - J. J. HARRIS. MRS. WOODWARD. MRS. N DAVIS. MRS. ELIZABETH WILLS AND DAUGHTER. MRS. ADAMS. FAMILY OF GEORGE SWIGGERT. D. JAMES, WIFE AND DAUGHTER. J. L. MEYERS. T. W. AYRES. MRS. BEACH HYND. HAZEL HYND. MRS. GUY BOYD. FISCHER, OF SHRAY. MRS. C. L. ANDRBWS AND FOUR CHIL- DREN: DR. K. F. VAUGHAN AND WIFE. MRS. 0..A. RHEA. MRS. LLOYD ESTES. MRS. WILLIAM MY-BRS, JR., AND FOUR CHILDREN. MRS. ABRAMS AND DAUGHTER. .' * MRS. JAMES JONES AND TWO DAUGHTERS MRS. J. WOODWORD. BANKS AND WIFE. JOHN SPEER, OF PORTLAND. F. A. PETERSON. J. M. COOLEY. . " ' . ASSESSOR F. T. DARLING AND WIFE. - ! : JAMES WILLIS. . FRED KRUG AND FOUR CHILDREN. MA. AND MRS. DAWSON AND FOUR CHIL- DREN. STOLTER FAMB0Y. TOM HOWAR, WDJB AND '1'WO DHILDKBN. M'BRIDB FAMILY. OF SIX. HERMANN, WIFE AND FATHER, LIPTZ AND CHILD. ABE WELLS AND WIM. - - " ,'w4s- 3 i i t THB CHILDKN'.*