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PBICE TW O CENTS. TUESDAY EYlNim JUNE 16, 1903..
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$61,*IO'
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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. . -\
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:
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.
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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.
.$234,321.27
. 429,135.93
Total
Continued on Second Page.
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New'York Sun Special Barrio*. * "
London, June 16.The Moscow corre
spondent of the Morning Leader gives
under reserve a rumor which meets with
credence in quarters usually well informed
to the eect that M. Plehve, minister of the
interior, is likely to be superseded shortly.
It is known In official circles that there
was recently a protracted and very grave
interview between the czar and M. Plehve.
The former was not fully satisfied with
the minister's explanation of certain late
events, it being at variance with the re
port of the officer specially sent to Kiahi
nef to investigate.
i -:$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. , ... *
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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-
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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.
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, 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.
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- '&% 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. ^ **
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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
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Water Descends "As Tho the Spout
'\ Wuz Hoff an Everlastin'
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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.
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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.
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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. -
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