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THE HEPPMEB, OBEBON, C?L?MITY.
The Humber of Victim? Fully Five
Hundred.
One Hundred and Fifty of the Best Resi?
dences Swept Away.
The Dalles, Ore, June 16.-A tele?
phone message from lone states that
the latest find in the rains of the Rep?
pner indicates that the loss of life
will be much greater than at first sup?
posed. The casualty list will foot up
500 and many of the bodies will never
, be recovered. The property less and
destruction of buildings alone will ag?
gregate probably a million dollars.
This is regarded as a? conservative
estimate. One hundred and fifty of
the best residences were swept from
the earth. The debris is piled along
the railroad track to the height cf
'freight cars. The relief work is pro?
gressing at a satisfactory pace.
James Kernen, the Oregon Railway
and Navigation company agent, met his
death at the telegraph key trying to
call Portland to inform the outside
world of the impending calamity
One of the most thrilling adventures
was that of Tom Shuter, who with
his family, was carried down stream
in his house for a mile and a half.
His wife ind two children climbed
into the upper rooms. Below town it
crossed the creek to the west side,
where it lodged in debris 150 yards
from the canyon bank. Shuter then
took his two little ones and swam a
hundred yards. He landed the children
and then rescued his wife.
Seventy-five men are digging graves
on the hillside. Prompt measures are
being taken to prevent a plague The
weather threatens to become hot and a
relief corps to clean the town is
urgently needed.
H. R. Baird of Portland lost his
wife and three children. They were
visiting her father. Mrs. Clarence
Andrews and three-children of Seattle
are among the lost; Her husband is in
Sitka, Alaska. She is a. sister of
Mrs. Baird.
HORRIBLE CONDITIONS.
lone, Ore., June 16.-The names of
189 persons whose bodies have been
discovered or who are missing and be?
lieved to be dead as a result of the
Reppner flood, have been obtained, in
addition to the bodies of seven Chinese,
three Japanese and 22 strangers and
babies, names unknown, go to swell
the list.
Silas Connor, a stock raiser of lone,
returned from Heppner at 2 o'clock
this morning. He left the scene of
the disaster at 6 o'clock last night.
"It is known," said Mr. Connor,
"that at least 275 or 300 people were
drowned, 115 corpses have been
hastily buried in wooden, boxes and
some were merely wrapped in blankets.
There were still several wagou loads
of dead on their way to the cemetery
when I left. Heppner itself has now
been pretty well searched, except in
piles of debris, where it is thought
great numbers of bodies will be found.
"Between lone and Heppner," said
Mr. Connor, "there are great piles of
debris, but the flood passed so quick?
ly that the roads haye not been seri?
ously damaged.
"It looks strange to see the heavy
steel rails Ijent and twisted like cork
screws and heavy timbers splintered
like matchwood.
"In Heppner itself the flood swept
a clean path a mile long and two
blocks wid3 through the town, going
generally the course of Willow creek. "
A SURVIVOR'S STORY.
Pendleton, Ore., June 16.-Three
men who survived the flood at Hep?
pner-R D. Ball, J. J. Kelley and A.
P. Bradbury-have arrived here, aft?
er having witnessed the destruction of
the town and assisted in ?he work of
rescue. Mr. Kelley said : "The rain
was not falling in Heppner, but could
be seen some distance away. Sharp
flashes of lightning were accompanied
by the howling thunder. Then sud?
denly the thunder died away, and a
low noise was heard, very faint, at
first, but growing louder. The city is
situated on Willow creek, which
makes a sharp turn above the city. As
the noise grew louder and louder, the
people became frantic. Then in a
moment the van of the flood burst into
view around the curve of the creek,
carrying on its crest the cabins and
houses which stood in its path. The
people made a raab, to the hills, but
were too late. The flood was upon
them The little river in ive minutes
was transformed into a roaring torrent
400 feet wide and 20 feet deep. Houses
were lifted from their foundations
and carried on the swirling waters.
People were carried away in their
homes and forced to crawl out on the
roof. Then as the houses moved down
the stream they caught on to the trees
and hung there until morning, when
they were rescued." .
Street Car Strike in Richmond.
Richmond, Va., June 17.-Not. .
street car wheel has turned today in
Richmond or Manchester, or on the
line of the Richmond and Petersburg
Electric Railway. Not a car was run
out of the barns *this morning. The
motormen and conductors have entered
on the long-expected strike, which is
for an increase of pay, the nine hour
day and recognition of the union. It
is announced by representatives of the
company that car service will be re?
sumed tomorrow, new men to run the
cars being expected tonight. The
striking motormen and conductors have
been formally notified by the company
to report for duty tomorrow morning.
An extra force of policemen has been
provided, but so far there is not a
hint of trouble.
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LICENSED WAREHOUSE IN GROWING
DISTRICTS.
The strong movement on foot to
finance the entire cotton crop of this
country in the United States and to
hold the cotton as near the fields as
possible is winning closest attention of
business men.
If the plan that has been proposed
to accomplish these results is success?
ful it will amount to the saving of mil?
lions to the farmers and cotton handlers
of the south.
Among the leaders in the movement
is Mr. James McGowan, of the firm of
Inman & Co., of this city, who is also
a member of the New York cottton
exchange and one of the committee
entrusted with the development of the
plans for the new departure in the
method of carrying on the cotton
business.
New York telegrams, which were
published in The Chronicle yesterday
morning, gave indication of the pro?
gress of the plan. These dispatches
did not give the plan in full.
At the office of Inman & Co. the
salinet features of the proposition
were pointed out yesterday to a
Chronicle reporter.
The idea, in brief, is to have the
New York cotton exchange, the re?
cognized authority and guarantor on
all matters relating to cotton, to license
warehouses throughout the cotton belt
and supervise them through regularly
appointed deputies so that certificates,
which will be negotiable at any bank
or money market, can be issued on de?
posit of the staple in these licensed
warehouses. As the matter stands
now, authoritative warehouse certi?
ficates can only be issued on cotton
that is transported all the way to
New York a?d put in storage at the
few licensed warehouses that the New
York cotton exchange maintains in the
wicinity of the metropolis.
Under the present plan the cotton
must stand, the heavy expenses of be?
ing freighted to New York and being
handled two or three times or else it
must be put on deposit in some of the
European markets and held there at
large interest charges.
In lien of either of these two ways
of holding on the dealer who is full on
cotton must now sell at the market
quotation and gain or lose on the deal
according to the price that^day, with?
out any chance of waiting*for a bet?
ter fignre, which, in his judgment, he
may expect.
It takes a very large amount of
money to handle the cotton crop and
New York being the great money mar?
ket of this country, the thought is to.
develop a plan whereby a merchant in
Augnsta or elsewhere in the cotton
belt can buy up cotton, store it in a
warehouse near home and enjoy the
same borrowing facilities in the metro?
polis as if the cotton was stored there.
This plan, if adopted, will permit
the southern cotton men to buy in un?
limited quantities and enable them to
hold it until a profitable price is offer?
ed. For-instance, take the condition
of yesterday's market. The price for
spots was 12%, and there was no cot?
ton to offer tor this figure. If there
had been a licensed warehouse situated
in this vicinity a great deal of cotton
could have been held and a much bet?
ter price realized than that at which
it was disposed of as soon as it could
be rushed to the market.
There would also be a great saving
in. cotton for export. Under the
present usage big exporters'have to
store their cotton in New York until
sold, for the obvious reason that this
is the only way by which money can
be raised on it. Say, then, th?t the
cotton is sold to a spinner in Europe.
Already the southern merchant has
paid the shipping to New York, where,
if there had been a licensed warehouse
in this vicinity, fie would have been
spared the heavy handling charges in
New York, as well as the difference
in freight between either of the near
ports and that of New York, which,
all told, would have been the saving
ef possibly a dollar a bale.-Augusta
Chronicle.
Attorney General Knox Determined
to Put an End to the Custom.
Washington, June 17.-United States
Attorney Reese, of Montgomery, Ala,
was at the department of justice today
in response to a request from Attorney
General Knox, who wished to confer
with him in regard to the progress of
the prosecutions of persons in that State
for peonage. Although the Attorney
General is not disposed to discuss for
publication the status of the cases in
which prosecutions have been begun,
or the extent of the peonage system
in Alabama it, is known that a large
number of cases are under investiga?
tion, and that in addition to the ar?
rests already made it is expected that
warrants will soon be issued for a
still larger number. It is said that
the system is not in operation to any
considerable extent near the cities and
large towns, but that in some of the
more sparsely settled sections it is quite
common. The officials of the depart?
ment of justice are determined to de?
stroy it and to that end every discov?
ered case will be vigorouslv prosecut?
ed.
St. Petersburg, June 17.-Kroushe
van, the notorious Jew baiter and
editor of the Anti-Semitic organ in Kis
hineff, the Bessarabetz, the articles of
which are believed to have been large?
ly responsible for the massacre of the
Jews m Kishineff, was attacked by a
party'of Jews in the street here today.
He was stabbed in the neck by one of
the Jews. The wound is not believed
to be fatal. His assailant was captur?
ed and proved to be a former student
of the Polytechnic School at Kieff.
J. H. Tillman asked bail and it was
refused. He asked a continuance and
got it. Ile now asks a change of
venue, necessarily either to Edjjefield,
his home county, or Saluda, once a j
part of Edgefield. For a man with !
such a clear case of self defense, he
evinces a strange reluctance to face !
his trial promptly and in a straight- j
forward manner. -Spartanburg Jour?
nal
PUTTING BOWN PEONAGE.
OVER-RIDING. THE COURTS.
Federal Government Wants to Cali
Out Troops to Prevent Enforce?
ment of Civil Process.
Washington, June 17.-Secretary
Moody had a conference at the de?
partment of justice today with At?
torney General Knox as to the right
of the Government to proceed with
work upon its war vessels regardless
of the interference of any Courts, and
even at the expense of calling in Feder?
al troops to insure the continuance of
the work. The case in point is that
of the cruiser Galveston, at the ship
yard of the W. R. Trigg Ship-building
Company of Richmond, Va., whose
contract for the vessel the Govern?
ment declared forfeited on May 14 last
because of the insolvency of the com?
pany. The principle involved is re?
garded as vitally important to the
navy. The Attorney General will not
render his opinion for several days.
The supply creditors of the W. R.
Triggg Company have notified the
Government of their intention to ap?
peal to the State Courts of Virginia for
an in-junction stopping further work
by the Government upon the Galves?
ton, which it was intended should be
launched next Monday. Rear Admiral
Bowles, chief constructor of the navy,
has advanced the contention that no
Court has a right to interfere with
work upon a Government war ship.
The Administration is much concern?
ed over the probability of delay in the
completion of the warships under con?
struction by the companies of the
United States Ship-building Company
as a result of the financial troubles of
that concern. The President is anxi?
ous to find means by .which the Gov?
ernment may protect itself in case com?
plications arise. It is believed that
such a means has been found in . the
contention made by Admiral Bowles,
which; if sustained by the Attorney
.General, ' gives the Government the
power to order Federal troops to in?
sure the completion of a war vessel
duly contracted for by the Govern?
ment.
SERVIA ANO ITS PEOPLE.
Servia, which is a kingdom of the
Balkan peninsula, is a compact terri
tory with an area of over 18,COO miles,
and the surface is, on the whole
mountainous. The mountain groups
are mostly clothed with fine forests. It
is essentially an agricultural country,
the principl crop being wheat, maize
and other cereals, and grapes for
wine.' Fruit trees, especially plums,
abound and from the plums the brandy
of the Servians is made. Great num
bers of cattle and sheep are kept, and
there are flour mills, breweries, coop
erages and similar works in opera?
tion. Clothing and carpets are made
by the women in their own homes.
The Servians are a well built,
stalwart race, proud and martial. by
temperament, with a warm love of
home and country, of dance and song,
hospitable, brave and energetic, but
at the same time quick-tempered and
prone to violence. They are a primitive
people, and cling to old customs and
beliefs, and are thoroughly democra
tic in their institutions. The most
striking feature of the social lift) is
the family community, or zadruga
There are no paupers, no asylums, no
"homes" in Servia.
The capital is Belgrade, a city of
nearly 70,000 inhabitants. Thi conn
try was f orm?rly an autonomous depen
dency of Turkey, but si nee the treaty
of Berlin in 1878, it has been an inde
pendent constitutional monarchy. The
population in 1884 was 1,901,736*; in
1890 it was 2,162,759, including 150,000
Roumanians, 34,000 gypsies and 25,COO
of other nationalities. Besides there
are about 250,000 Servians in Montene?
gro, 1,300,000 in Herzegovina, and
2,350,000 in A astro-Hungary.
The people of Servia belong to the
Greek Catholic Church. The highest
authority of the Servian Church is the
National Synod, consisting of the
Archbishop of Belgrade and the Bish?
ops of Nisch and Zica. Education* does
not reach a very high standard and is
not generally diffused, although atten
dance at the primary schools is free
and compulsory. Besides a university
at Belgrad, with less than 300 stu?
dents, there are a military academy, a
theological seminary, an agricultural,
commercial and some technical
schools. The elementary schools num?
ber nearly 700 and are attended by
about 52,000 children.
Servia is a constitutional and here?
ditary monarchy. The king acts as
sole executive through eight ministers
-foreign affairs, war, finance, justice,
interior, political economy, public
works, religion and education. The
legislative power is vested in the king
and the national assembly. The de?
puties of the latter are elected by the
people every third year-one for every
4,500 votes in each province. Besides
this body there is a senate of sixteen
members, eight chosen by the king and
eight by the national assembly. The
body acts as a permanent state council.
Tlie army embraces all men capable of
bearing arms between the ages of 20
and 50, divided into three classes-the
standing army, with peace total of
14,COO and a war total of 70,000; the
second and third class each numbers
55,000. The French metrical system of
weights and measures is in use, and
the coinage system of the Latin union,
though the franc is called a dinar and
divided into 100 paras.
The language of the Servians be?
longs to the southern division of the
Slav tongues and has for its nearest
congeners Bulgarian, Slavonian and
Russian. Although somewhat influ?
enced by the Turkish, it is the softest
tongue of all in the southern division,
has a complete grammar and readily
lends itself to poetic composition.
Some of the native literature has been
translated into English.
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RUSSIA TO SERVIA.
Czar's Queer Welcome to King Pe?
ter as Sovereign of Servia.
St. Petersburg, June 18.-An official
note was published in the Gazette to?
day recognizing Prince Peter Kara
georgevitch as King of Servia and wel?
coming his accession. The note de?
clares that it is incumbent upon King
Peter to avenge the assassinations of
King Alexander and Qneen Draga. The
note says :
. "The Imperial Government, while
hailing the election of the new
monarch, scion of a glorious dynasty,
and wishing all success in the task he
has so well begun, as the supreme
head of the Servian people, which is
allied to Russia by tfes of religion,
can, nevertheless, not refrain from ex?
pressing the confident hope that King
Peter will be able to give evidence of
his sense of justice and firmness of
will by adopting measurse at the out?
set to investigate the abominable
misdeed which has been committed
and to mete out rigorous punishment
to those traitorous criminals who have
stained themselves with the infamy
attaching to regicides. Of course, the
entire Servian nation or army cannot
be held responsible for the crime
which revolts public conscience, yet
to wiuld be dangerous to Servia's in?
ternal peace not to exact expiation for
the revolution carried out with viol?
ence by the military. Such neglect
would inevitably react in an unfavor?
able manner on the relations of all the
States with Servia, and would create
for Servia serious difficulties at the
very commencement of the reign of
King Peter the First."
MORE JEWS MURDERED.
Berlin, June 17.-The Tageblatt to?
day, in mail advices from Lodz, Rus?
sian Poland, gives an account of the
disturbances here on Monday last.
About 5,000 young workingmen, Jews,
paraded the streets in an orderly man?
ner but as a Socialist demonstration.
The police, in view of the number
of those engaged, called on the Cos?
sacks for assistance and then the police
and Cossacks charged the workingmen,
beating them with the fiat of their
swords and with their fists and merci?
lessly continuing the beatings after a
number of the men had been arrested
and were helpless and further beating
them when the prisoners were taken
into the police station where, accord?
ing to the mail advic?s, blood "ran in
rivulets." It is reported that ten en
thusiasic young men were beaten to
death and that of the 100 who were ar?
rested all were seriously wounded.
Surgeons worked for five hours sewing
up wounds after the fury of the police
had been spent.
Jewish Massacre Prevented.
Berlin, June 18.-The Tageblatt's
St. Petersburg correspondent tele?
graphs that a report gained circula?
tion at Novgorod Ssjewersk, in jjjthe
Government of Chernigof, precisely
similar to .that which caused the mas?
sacre at Kishineff, namely, that the
Government had ordered the exter?
mination of the Jews. The people be?
gan to make preparations most openly,
talked the matter over publicly and
appointed May 2, coronation day, for
the massacres. Terror seized the
Hebrew population, which assembled
in the synagogue on the day appointed.
There were 5,000 persons within and
without the building, waiting the be?
ginning of the massacre, but the
police paraded the streets in force and
prevented the gathering of mobs, al?
though some persons formed crowds
and shouted "Strike the Jews dead !"
The day, however, passed without any
serious outbreak. The marshal of
the aristocracy, Prince Galitzin, and
several priests of the Russian Church
attended the coronation celebration
in the synagogue, so as to reassure the
Jews. Their presence exercised a
restraint on the populace.
Another Postal Scandal.
Washington, June 17.-As a result
of alleged indiscretion in matters per?
taining to the award of contracts for
printing the money order forms of the
Government, James T. Metcalfe for
many years superintendent of the
money order system of the postoffice
d?pannent, was removed from office
today by the Postmaster General. A
full investigation of the case will be
made later. The dismissal is the re?
sult of acts of Mr. Metcalfe in opposi?
tion to the bid of Paul Herman, of
Rutherford, N. J., the lowest.bidder
by $45,000, and in favor of the next
highest bidder, the Wynkoop,
Hallenbeck, Crawford Company
of New York._
The Secretary of State has granted
charter to the Naval Stores Manufac?
turing Company, of Manning, the
capital stock of which is $50,000. A
Levi is president, and F. C. Thomas
is secretary and treasurer.
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