Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-06-12
DIGGING In DEBRIS.
Exhuming the Bodies of the
Dead In COnemaugh.
THE STATE TO TAKE CONTROL.
Isolated Cases of Disease Developed
Generous Relief Being
Extended.

Associated Pres Dispatches to the HERALD
| JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 11.-This is the
astday for the clearing away of the effect
of the food by the civil authorities. To
morrow the State takes hold of the stu
pendous work. The horror of the situa
ton has not diminished, but rather
grows. The search for the dead contin
ues, and in all sections and directions
dead are being found.
Numbers of bodies are now coming tc
the surface of the water, and competen,
judges say that as many more bodies as
have been found are lying somewhere
In many unexp acted places bodies are
hourly being found. When this will end
no human mind can guess. The day
opened rainy, but as it advanced the Gun
came out and the morning hours were
hot and muggy. Many workmen are
leaving because they will not work for
$3.50 day. which the State proposes to
pay. 1t is believed there will be tenn
porary stopping Of work on this account.
CHANGE IN THE CONTROL OF THE TOWN.
The impending change in the control
of the town, the exodus of workmen and
flood survivors, and the steady rain have
combined to make Johnstown quiet to-
day. AT all quarters the work has been
narrowed down to the finest possible
calibre, and good many faithful men
are getting'the rest the needed long ago.
Tomorrow Mr.. Scott throws down the
relns OF government, and Adjntant-
General Hastings takes hold. At least a
hundred thousand dollars will be paid
out to the workmen tomorrow morning,
and the majority of it will leave town
with the men who earned it. The new
leaders claim to have number of plans
to introduce, by which the work of clear
ing up the wreckage and caring for the
survivors will be greatly systematized
and simplifed. The military will be
retained.
CLEANING THE RIVER CHANNEL.
Good progress was made in cleaning
cut the channel of the Conemaugh above
the bridge to-day, number of station
airy engines and long cables being used
to pull out the heavy timbers. The
morgues are about to be abandoned on
account of the bad condition of the
bodies that are being recovered. Identi-
fication is almost impossible unless by
the personal effects found upon the body.
The State Board of Health still issues
encouraging bulletins, although isolated
cases of pneumonia, diphtheria and
measles are reported, generally from the
suburbs.
REGAINING THEIR COURAGE.
The spirit of recovery took firm hold
on Johnstown's citizens to-day. Every
where owners Of property we're hard at
work clearing out their cellars, drying
carpets and bedding, and inaugurating a
general renovation. General Hastings
this evening said. "The work of cleaning
up the city will be done by contract and
negotiations will be opened at once with
leading contractors. Several may be
employed, but I cannot say who will get
the work at this time. Until the Com
missioners are appointed, Scott has vol.
unteered his services and will render all
the assistance in his power"
CLASSIFYING THE NEEDY.
Quartermaster Baker started out four
men today to canvass Johnstown proper
in order to classify those needing pro-
visions. Tonight the men turned in 1857
names, ard the city was not nearly all
visited. Baker says that a surprising
amount of reed was unearthed. A great
many ladies were found who were really
suffering from want, but who had failed
through sense of delfcacy to apply for
aid. The humiliation of seeking relief is
removed by the method now being intro
duced, aud it is expected that the food
and clothing which have been going in
large lots to undeserving persons will
now 60 to the more respectable and re-
firing class.
T. J. Oliver, of Philadelphia, who is in
charge OF the storehouse established in
the German Catholic Church, said /:
Twenty carloads of provisions and
clothing were unloaded there today.
Enough clothing is arriving in Youngstown
to supply the city for two years."
REVOLVING SIGHTS.
Thirty-eight bodies were recovered to-
day, all of them being in an advanced
state Of decomposition. In one or two
instances maggots were at work on them,
and the flesh was so soft that extreme
care was necessary lest the limbs shnuld
be torn from the trunks.
THE ILL FATED MISSIONARY.
This afternoon the body of Miss G. A.
Christmsn, the foreign missionary from
New Orleans, who was on the fated day
express, was found. Her body was EN-.
balmed and sealed in handsome casket
to await the direction of friends. She
was woman of fine appearance, and
was dressed handsomely in a light-brown
dress with braided front. On her person
was found a draft for 1915, valuable
watch and small amount of money.
The Typos I'm Convention.
DENVER, June 1.-THE thirty. seventh
annual convention Of the international
Typographical Union convened here last
night. About two hundred delegates
were present. After appointing several
committees they adjourned until today.
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