The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-06-21
~aAPPENINGS N THE EAST

SoicLutukH Nilleys uuu I'LL WORK hereafter
done in clearing tho wreckage will be un-
der the supervision of Adjt. Gen. Hastings.
A moro cheerful and hopeful feeling pre-
walls and is daily increasing. and work all
over the valley is being pushed with vigor.
The horror of the situation has not dimin-
fshed. but rather grows. Search for the
dead continues and in all sections and d.
rcctions bodies are being found. A number
of bodies are now coming to the surface Of
the waters. md those whose work has
madc them competent judges say as many
more bodies as have been found are lying
somewhere. Tho provisions sont to tho
valley don't seem to have reached the
right places. A number of carloads OF all
kinds of supplies have been sent to Nor.
r~ellville. ind us there was no damage done
there by the flood this stuff has been mis-
applied. A prominent citizen OF Morrcll-
willie said: There is q largo class of peo-
pie here who have not lost a thing in tho
flood. yet every arriving train finds themin
line ready to receive their share. 1t is safe
to say that these people have secured
enough provisions to last them six months
II clothing enough to last lve years."
Hereafter the commissary departments
will be in charge of Col. Spanglcr. assistant
acknowledgement with three assist
ants. There will be two post commissions
ers and eleven district commissaries. the
latter in charge of the licutenants OF tho
National guard. 1hefr duty will be to find
out all the needy and make a list Of them.
and make reauisition on the quartermas-
Il fnS. ronaru1 fnr rroy;o;ono nr1 .1:,AssL-A.
them as fast as possible. 1t is tho inten-
tion to induce citizens to take hold. and MS
soon MS possible tho entire commissary
department will be turned over to them.
Identification of bodies has become SO
nearly impossible that they will be buried
from this on as soon as found.
An express on the Pittsburg. Fort
Wayne and Chicago at Canton. Ohio. ran
down a horse and buggy containing Law
rence n Peter .S,rcb. brothers. and two
boy brothers. Edward and Frank Seifert.
All were killed.
Word has hcen received that a terrific
windstorm passed through Port Leyden.
Lewis county. and the lower portion of
Jefferson county. N. Y. q few days since.
overturning trees. fences ndbuildings and
doing much damage. One house was
picked up and carried about 100 feet. and
an old gentlem IN and lady living therein
were injured. Tho destruction 10 crops.
fences md orchards is saidtobe verylargc.
In Port Lcyden the buildings md sheds Of
the iron WORKS were totally demolished.
Scarcely II chimney is to be seen In all
Port Leydcn and the streets were simply
impossible because of the debris from tho
trees and houses. Mrs. Spain. who re-
sided in the town Of Florence. was killed by
her house falling upon her. This is the
only fatality heard OF.
"A boiler exploded in the Mahoning
Valley iron works near Youngstown. o..
killing James Robertson and badly scald-
Ing John Mcpherson and William Edwards.
AT Niagara Falls. tho other afternoon.
'Jacko" Walker. n bontman. and Frank
Davy. were drowned. They started in a
boat from tho shore above the inlet Of the
hydraulic canal for the head of Goat Island.
but lost control of tho boat. which was
drawn into the current and carried over
Horse Shoe falls.
by the upsettine of IL skiff on the river
Mt Pittsburg. Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Car.
roll and daughter were drowned. Mr..
Thomas ind Mr.. Carroll were rescued and
placed under arrest to await the investiga-
ton Of the coroner. It is said the men
were intoxicated and unable to manage .
boat properly.
Tho West Coast Telephone company. at
New York. has received notification from
Santiago. Chill. that after u long fight the
courts there have snnctioncdt the extradition
OF VIM. A. Bushnell. alias Gerald +. Han
son. and he has been handed over to De-
tective Reilly who left New York in Octo-
ber. 1883. He arrested Hanson for a 1O.year
old forgery Of $4,000 on Butler. Stillman T.
Hubbard. after he had succeeded. under
the namo Of Hanson. in stealing $25 200
from tho West Coast Telephone company.
OF which he was agent In Chill. Il is one
Of the most extraordinary ~extradition cases
in years. There is no treaty between the
United States and, Chill. and the prisoners
delivered ~ q act Of courtesy TO Uncle
Sam. the man made many friends in San.
tiago. The town tool sides. . duel was
fought and wagers Of thousands Of dollars
were made that he would never be brought
back 10 New York.
-T1e notorious Mrs. Emma g. Norton.
The NE Of the proprietor o. the st. Louis
afsadepsrs house, wAossl01fals1 w q