Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-06-12

Feeding the Living and Burying the
Dead ut ,IohnStown.
JoHNsTowN. June lIth.-There is an i'm
pending change in the control of the town.
The exodus of workmen and flood sur
vivorS and the steady rain have combined
to make
JoHNsTowN QUIET TO-DAY.
At all quarters work has been narrowed
down 10 the finest possible caliber and a
good many faithful men are getting the
rest they needed long ago.
tomorrow Mr.. Scott will throw down
the relns Of Government, and A6iutaut-
General Hastings takes hold
AT least 100000 will be paid out t1vor-,-
men tomorrow morning, and the greater
part OF II Will leave town with the men
who earned it.
New leaders claim to have q number of
plans to introduce by which the work OF
clearing up wreCkage and
CARING FOR THE sUEvJvoEs
VIII be greatly systematized and simpr
fed. The military will be retained.
Good progress was made in clearing ont
the channel of the CoEemaugh above the
bridge to-day. \ number of stationary
engines and long cables are being used 10
pull cut 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 from personal
effects found upon the bodies.
The State Board of Health still issues
ENCOURAGING BULLETINS,
Although isolated cases of pneumonia
dyptheria and measles are reported, gener-
ally from the suburbs.
The spirit OF recovery took firm hold on
Johnstown's citizens to-day. Everywhere
owners of property were 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
VIII be done by contract, and negotiations
will be opened at once with leading con-
tractors. Several may be employed, but
cannot say who will get the work. Until
the Commissioners are appointed, Scott has
volunteered his services, and will order all
the assistance in his power"
Quartermaster Baker started out four
men to-day to canvass Johnstown proper,
in order TO classify those needing provis-
ions. Tonight the men turned in l,1S7
names and the city was not nearly all vis-
tied. Baker says that Il surprising amount
OF need was unearthed. A great many
ladies were found whose wants were really
pressing, who had failed through
SENSE OF DELICACY
To apply for aid. The humility Cf seeking
relief is removed by the system now being
introduced. The expectation is that the
food and clothing which has been going in
large lots to undeserving persons will now
60 to more respectable and retiring class
7. J. Oliver. of Philadelphia, who is in
| charge of the store house established in the
| German Catholic Church, said
TWENTY CARLOADS
| OF provisions and clothing were unloaded
to-day. Enough clothing is arriving in
Johnstown to supply the city for two years !"
Thirty-eight bodies We're recovered to-
dav, all of them being in an advanced state
of decomposition. In one or two instances
| the flesh was so soft that extreme care was
, necessary lest the limbs be
TORN FROM THE TRUNKS.
This afternoon the body of Miss C. A.
| Christman, Foreign Missionary from New
Orleans, who was on the fated day express,
was found. Her body was embalmed and
| sealed in handsome casket to await iden-
| tiiCatiOn by friends. She was a woman of
| fine appearance and was dressed hand
somely in a light-brown dress with a
braided front On her person were found a
| draft for S275, valuable gold watch and a
small amount of mOnev,