The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-06-14
A BETTER SHOWING.
Registration Reduces tho Supposed
Number Of Johnstown Victims.

Governor Beaver Objects to the Relief
Funds Being Used Up I'm State Work
Thrifty People Loading Up with
Provisions.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 10-The work OF
registering the survivors of the flood is
going steadily on. Up to last evening
there were about q, 900 registered and the
list IL still increasing. The number of the
lost is placed now at 5000 by those who
held 1t would reach 10000 q week ago. A
conservative estimate is between 8 500 and
1000 Up to date there have been ], 6OJ
bodies recovered.
Sunday was the tenth day since the dis.
aster in the Conemaugh valley occurred,
and the extent of the fatality can be ap-
preciated when 1t is stated that bodies are
still being found wherever men are at
work. One Of the morgue directors being
asked: How many bodies were recovered
yesterday" replied: 20, not very many :;
l believe there were about ffty.eight al
together"
The loss OF life has been so great that
forty bodies found in one day, even il It
| was the tenth, was considered . light
showing.
| The remains thatlare now being removed
are far advanced in decomposition and
physicians in charge are advocating their
cremation as fast as found, as it is i'm.
| possible to handle them safely.
OF the fifty -eight bodies recovered yes.
terday many were identified but not
claimed. Forty Of them were buried i'm.
| mediately and the undertakes say that
all bodies will be hereafter buried as soon
| as found. Among those recovered were
| Charles Kimple, an undertaken of this
| city. He had a wallet in his pocket con.
| tanning S. 600. The body Of another un.
| dertaker, John Henderson, Of Henderson
| & Alexander, was also recovered. The
| body of Silas Schick, one of the best
known travelling men in the country, was
| found in the ruins of the Hurlbut House.
He was in the employ of the Reading
Stove Company.
RELIEF MATTERS.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa. June 10.-Governor
Beaver, Colonel Schoonmaker, William
McCreery, s. S. Marvin, H. j. Gourley,
w. R Ford, j. H. Scott. Thomas NJ. King.
Mr.. Mccoy, Captain w. X. Jones, Adju-
tant-General Hastings, Reuben Miller aud
Sheriff McCandless held a consultation
yesterday over the situation. The Gov
ernor INDUCED in a long talk, reviewing
the situation and making many sugges-
tons, and William McCreery, chairman Of
the relief committee then made a long
statement and said he thought it was time
the relief committee were relieved of the
work of clearing away the debris by the
State
The Governor said all the necessary
money could be raised. There were 200
men who would become responsible Tor
So 600 each, and he would give his bond to
the State Treasurer for 81, 100000 with
those 200 men as bondsmen and the State
Treasurer would then pay out the 81 600.
coo for the necessary work. When the
Legislature met the money withdrawn
from The treasury could be appropriated.
He said that the money already sub.
scribed should be used entirely for the re.
lief of the sufferers and the money from
the State Treasurer be used for restoring
the vicinity to its condition before the
flood. All debts already contracted
for the removal of debris should h.
paid. but all money paid out for THIS pur-
pose from the relief fund should be re-
funded, so that every cent subscribed Tor
relief of the stricken people should be
used for that purpose alone. The Gov
ernor has $780, 600 in his hands now for
the relief fluid. A committee of sevsn
well known men of the State will be APP
pointed to distribute the relief fund and
the present relief committee is to continue
the work of relief till the commission is
appointed. After the commission has
been appointed, the future operations of
the Pittsburgh relief committee rests with
it.
In an interview last night Governor
Beaver said that he had been over the en-.
tire flooded district and found the supply
depots all we'll filled, but they would soon
have to be replenished. 1.-THE large
amounts" he continued, land from SO
many quarters outside OF the State and
which have been imposed upon me as a
sacred trust will be expended wholly and
absolutely for the benefit Of individual
sufferers. No part of it will be expended
in work which is legitima,ely the domain
of the State under it's police powers. This
l wish to emphasizes so that all contribu-
tors to the fund may feel assured that
their money will be judciously and eco.
nomicaly expended for the benefit OF suf-
fering humanity and not on the work
which should aud will be undertaken by
the State or municipal authorities"
VANDALS BUSY IN JOHNSTOWN.
YOUNGSTOWN. Pa. June H. - Several
cases Of vandalism and robbery are re-
ported. Last night number of cars con-
tanning supplies were broken into and the
contents carried of. What the thieves
could not steal they trampled and ruined.
The Masonic relief car was also entered |
and robbed. Twelve men were arrested,
but were released upon returning the |
goods. The military guards in Cambria |
City were kept busy last night arrestng |
thieves. They were placed in the guard |
house and this morning drummed out OF |
town. When they reached the outskirts |
of the town they were warned ii they were |
caught again they would be summarily |
dealt with.
TIRE NINEvEH DEAD
GREENsBURG, Pa, June 10-The jury |
impaneled by the coroner of Westmore-
land County to inquire into the cause of |
the death of the 21S persons whose bodies
were picked up at Nineveh, has rendered
a verdict that each of them ''came to his
death by violence due to the flood caused
by the breaking of the dam of the South
Fork reservoir, and as we'll the aforesaid
coroner as the jurors aforesaid do certain
ly under their oaths find that the deceased
died of violence caused by the action Of
the food or there is such strong suspicion
of such violence or other unlawful acts as
to make an inquest necessary"
"A young couple were recently mar.
ried in the highway in the town Of Har.
wintown, Litchfield County, Conn, under
which show the genius of
young people on marriage bent Fred