Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-12
STILL FINDING MORE BODIES.
The Waters Giving Up the Dead
at Johnstown.
CHANGE IN AUTHORITY.
The State to Take Control OF the
Work To-Day--Citizens Taking
Part and Getting Ready
For Business.
The Horror Not Diminished.

| ooupc ouheS uOlu anu Ill WOrR uOne aItef
to-day will be under the supervision Of Ad-
iutant-General Hastings. One of the first
things to be done by General Hastings will
be the discharge Of 500 policemen now doing
duty here. 1t has been decided that they
should not be paid out of the relief fund.- but
that the county whose sheriff deputized
them, should pay for their services. Some
persons look for trouble from this source.
All the men employed by Booth and Flynn
will be paid off to-day and discharged and
transportation furnished for as many as do
not wish to work for the state
| A more cheerful and hopeful feeling pre-
walls and Is daily increasing, and work all
over the valley is beng pushed to-day with
vigor. The horror of the situation has not di-
minshed, but grows The search for the dead
| continues, and in all sections and directions
bodies are being found. A number of bodies
| are now coming to the surface Of the waters,
aud those whose work has made them COM
| petent judges, say as many more bodies Us
have been found are lying somewhere.
Notwithstanding this is the twelfth day
| since the flood, most of the newspaper CORE
| spondents are still without sleeping accom-.
modatons of any kind, and as on the first
day are sleeping in barns, brick kilns and
other places without cots or blankets. Cots
have been sent, they are told, but some one
else gets them. The supply of provisions is
improving some, and they now manage
fair meals daily. The provis,
ions sent to this valley don't seem
to have reached the right places. A number
of carloads of all kinds of supplies have been
sent to Morrellville, and as there was no
damage done there by the flood this stuff has
been misapplied. A prominent citizen of
Morrellville said this morning. "There is a
large class of people here who have not lost
thing in the flood, yet every arriving train
finds them IN line ready to receive a share.
1t is safe to say these people have secured
enough provisions to last them Six months,
and clothing enough to last five years.
After to-day the commissary departments
will be in charge of Col. Spangler, assistant
quartermaster-general, with three assistants.
There will be two post commissaries and
and eleven district commissaries the latter
IN charge OF lieutenants OF the National
Guard. Their duty will be to find out all the
needy and to make a list of them and to
make requisitions on the quartermaster-ge gen
eral for provisions and to distribute the
same as fast as possible 1t is the intention
to induce the citizens to take hold and as soon
as possible the entire commissary depart
ment will be turned over to them.
But two bodies have been received at the
Fourth ward morgue up to noon to-day and
it is quite likely. that after to-day no bodies
will be taken to any of the morgues because
of the bad state in which they are found.
There is now but little attempt at identiica-
tion.
The impending change in the control of
the town, the exodus of workmen and flood
survivors and the steady rain have COM
bined to make Johnston more quiet to-day.
at all headquarters work has been narrowed
down to the finest possible calibre and
good many faithful men are getting the rest
they needed long ago. Tomorrow Mr.. Scott
throws down the reins of government and
Adjutant- General Hastings takes hold. At
least 1000 will be paid out to worhxnen
Of It will leave '7 town N with m men men
who earned it. The new leaders claim
| by which the work of cleaning up the wreck
age and caring for the survivors will be
greatly systematized. The military will be
retained.
Good progress was made in cleaning out
the channel OF the Conemaugh above the
bridge to-day A number of stationary en-
gines and long cables are being used to pull
| out the heavy timbers
The morgues are about to be abandoned on
account of the bad condition of the bodies
| being recovered. Identification is almost
| impossible unless by the personal effects
| found on the bodies The state board of
health still issues encouraging bulletins, al
| though isolated cases of pneumonia, diph-
| liberia and measles are reported, generally
from the suburbs.
The spirit of recovery took firm hold on
| the citizens of Johnstown to-day. Every
where owners of property were hard at
| and bedding, and inaugurating general
renovation.
General Hastings this evening said "The
| work of cleaning the city will be done by
| contract, and negotiations will be opened at
once with the leading contractors. Several
| may be employed, but can not say who will
get the work at this time. Until the COM
| mission is appointed Scott has volunteered
his services, and Will render all assistance
| in his power.
| dQuarter Baker star ted out four men
| TO canvass Johnstown proper in order to clas-
sify those needing provisions. Tonight the
men turned in !, 1S7 names and the city was
| not nearly all visited. Baker says II surpris-
| ing amount of need was unearthed. A great
| many ladies were found whose families were
really suffering who had failed through a
| sense of delicacy, to apply for aid. The hui
| mility of seeking relief is removed by the
| system now being introduced. 1t is the ex-
| pectation tn at the food and clothing which
has been going in large lots to undeserving
persons Will now go to the more respectable
| and retiring class. Il. j. Oliver, of Pniladel-
| pha, who is in charge of the store house
establishment iI the German Catholic
| church said
| "Twenty carloads of provisions and cloth
| ing were unloaded there to-day. Enough
| clothing Is arriving in Johnstown to supply
| the city for twenty years"
Thrty-eight bodies were recovered to day,
| all of them being in an advanced state Of de-
composition. In one or two instances mag
| gots were at work on them and the flesh was
| SO soft that extreme care was necessary lest
| the limbs be torn from the trunks
| This afternoon the body of Miss @. A.
| Christman, foreign missionary from New
| Orleans, who was on the fated day express,
| was found. Her body was embalmed and
| placed IN a handsome casket to await the
| disposition of friends. She was q woman of
| fine presence and was dressed handsomely in
| a light brown dress with braided front.
Chicago's JohnstOwn Com mittee.
CHICAGO, June 1l.-Cty Comptroller Ona-
| han and other members OF the committee
sent to Johnstown TO see to the distribution
| of Chicago's contribution for the suffer-
| ers who survived the flood, returned this
morning. Onahan denied the truth of the
report telegraphed from Pittsburg that he
| was dissatisfied with the management of the
| funds and that he had withdrawn S27, 900
| given over 10 the Pittsburg committee, be-
| cause the money was being diverted from the
| purpose for which IL was intended and used
| to pay for clearing up the debris of the val
| ley. All money now sent to Pittsburg viii
| be used to assist actual sufferers.
Dams swept prAway.
MILWAUKEE,, June 1l.-A special from
| Westfield. Wis, says the dams of the grlst
| and puln mills nj IawrAnce on Duek crack