Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-07

! Ike charge of certains numbars of the
tie ones. We received through the mayor
OF New York a message from Leaks 4 Watts
Orphanage, in New York city, offering to re-
ceive some Of the orphan children. OF course,
We gladly accepted the offer. Indeed. We can re-
spond to many more such offers. 1t is yet i'm
possible TO estimate how many children will
fall upon our hands. but il will probably run
into the hundreds"
THE LITTLE ONES HAPPY.
A stroll through one Of Miss Hinckley's
little nurseries and found score of little ones
playing and laughing gaily oblivious of the
cruel blow that had been dealt them. In one
group nine children of the same family were
seen. the Oldest not over fifteen years.
They we're Germans and both father and
mother had through the inscrutable ways of
Providence found watery grave, while the
nine little waits had escaped in the floating
debris of their humble cottage.
To WHOM DRAFTS SHOULD TO SENT.
Numerous kilograms have been received
here from all portions of the United States
aking to whom drafts for relief should
be RENTED. In many cases checks and
drafts have been addressed to Mr.
James b. Scott, the chosen dictator of the val
ley, and this was probably the most proper
person to whom to max, sc remittances
said Col. Scott to-day, that as things are be-
coming more and more settled every hour.
would recommend that all drafts
and checks hereafter be sent to
William r. Thompson, treasurer of
the grievance committee. Pittsburg That city
is now really the financial point most of our
supplies must necessarily be purchased there.
Let all general remittances b. in the form of
drafts and no confusion can possibly arise"
TIE CONDITION IMPROVING.
What is the condition OF the valley now?"
at is improving with every hour. The per-
feet organization which has been effected
within the past day or two has gradually re-
solved all the chaos and confusion
into semblance OF order and regulation.
OF course we have to proceed in
a somewhat arbitrary but not unjustifable
manner in many cases. and at times l have
been forced to exercise an authority which.
while 1t might almost seem despctic, was, |
hope. judicious. l have at all times endeayored
to be discreet"
"Are many bodies being discovered now?"
Very few; that is to say comparatively ~ fe W.
Or course as the waters receded more aud
more between the banks we have come upon
bodies here and there and they were exposed to
sight. The probabilities are that there will be
a great many bodies yet discovered under the
rubbish that covers the streets. and our hope
and expectation is that the vast majority of all
the dead may be recovered and disposed of in
a ChrIstian-ike manner"
"How about the movement to burn the rub
bish bodies and alI"
NO GENERAL BURNING.
81 do not think that will be done-at least only
as a last extremity. While there is great
anxiety in regard to the sanitary condition all
possible precautions are Oeing taken,
and we hope to prevent any disease
until We shall have time to thoroughly
overhaul the wreck OF course, as fast as each
pile OF rubbish is searched il is heaped up and
the torch applied, but that is the only burning
that Will be done. There will be no general
conh!gration, because, in my opinion. there is
Necessity for 1t. Property that Is OF any value
Is extracted from these heaps of debris before
the fire Is applied, and it is certain that no
house will be burned that is worth repairing
Naturally, in this scene of general devastation,
we DO not have all the consideration for minor
matters that we would have had at local dis
aster of less frightful character. Strict orders
have been issued this morning, let
me say, to arrest any person found
throwing any rubbish or dirty water of any
kind in the streets, not only in Johnstown
continue this work Of searching the wreck un-
til the miasma becomes SO strong as to defy
science, and then We may well recede.
do not believe, however, that that time will
ever come.
THE GREATEST CONSIDERATION Is BEING GIVEN
10 tnls matter OF the recovery OF the
dead and treatment of the bodies after
discovery. l think an impression has
gone abroad that the dead are being handled
here very much as one would handle cord
wood, but this is great mistake. AS soon
as possible after discovery they are
borne from public gaze and taken
to the morgue. where only persons
who have lost relatives friends are admitted
or course the general exclusion is not applied
to attendants, physicians and representatives of
the press, but it is righteously applied
to careless sightseers. We have no room for
sightseers in Johnstown now. 1t is earnest
workers and laborers We want, and of these We
can hardly have too many"
GOV. BEAVER ARRIVES.
Governor Beaver arrived here about o'clock
this morning on the train bearing the regiment
from Philadelphia. His coming was kept a
profound secret. The object Of his visit is to
confer with Adjutant-General Hastings and
others as to the disposition of the relief funds
MORE DIsINFEcTANTs NEEDED.
The sanitary condition of Kernville is bad
and more disinfectants are needed Four per-
sons were found sick and there is no morgue in
the town. Rev. Mr.. Read says there are still
1000 bodies in the ruins at kernyille.
Zill Gruber, of Kernville. on Friday morning
last bad jet-black hair, moustache and beard.
That night he had a battle with the waters
On Saturday morning his hair and beard began
to turn gray, and the hair now is well streaked
with white. Gruber attributes the change to
his awful Friday nights experience.