Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-07

day or two longer, but in the hot sun de-
composition will set in very soon. Four
bodies were found in the rear of the stone
bridge this morning. One was identified as
that OF John Wickee. The others were
those of young woman and two small
children.
This morning the workmen found three
members OF Benjamin Hoffman's family,
which occupied a large residence in the rear
OF Lincoln street
THE LIVING AND DEAD.
The real work of ascertaining what the
number of living and dead of Johnstown is
started today. A corps of clerks, under the
direction of relief committee, started out,
this morning, and they will 60 to every house
In this vicinity and secure the names of the
living. Another corps of men will endeavor
to find out who the missing are, and in this
manner it can be definitely known just how
many lives were lost in the flood. A revision
of the register list shows that only 1900
people had registered by / o'clock this after
noon at the different registration stations.
BY this list it Is plainly apparent that a
| large number of the survivors will not take
| the trouble to register. At one of the sta
| tions, consequently, the plan of having reg
isters make Il canvass was adopted. great
| number of bodies are not identified. They
| have lain in the different morgues for four
| days Thousands of people from different
| sections of the state have seen them, yet
| they remain unidentified.
AT Nincveh they are burying all the un-
| identified dead but in the morgues in this
vicinity no bodies have been buried unless
| they were identified.
KEEPING OUT sIGuTsEERs.
A wall has been thrown about .Iohnstown
and nobody can enter il unless it is shown
| he has business in tho city. The pennsyl-
| vanla railroad has been making an effort to
| keep out the crowds, but the Baltimore e.
| Ohio people yesterday brought in u flood of
| people from Somerset Valley. This morning
| w Gpnnrnl IIaa inns han ri nf ho had
| conference with Scott and O'Mara of the
| Pittsburg police, and il was decided to send
Company f, of the Fourteenth regiment to
| Somerset for the purpose of preventing any
| further rush of people this way. A commit
| tee of citizens accompanied the militia
| They will stop off at all the stations along
| the road and demonstrate with the people
against coming TO Johnstown The crowds
growing, and hinder tile work Of
| removing the bodies and cleaning away the
| debris. On the Pennsylvania road side the
gates are practically shut. and it is hoped
| this move Will have some effect on the Balti-
more 81 Ohio. There is but one bridge
across the Conemaugh, and nothing but q
pass from Adiutant-General Hastings or
Scott will carry one over it.
GLOOM BLACK AS INK
| settles over Johnstown as the sun goes down
the colored lanterns of the railroaders being
| about the only relief to the darkness. Su-
| perintendent Duncan, of the Allegheny
| County Light company, is still here waiting
| the arrival of his engines dynamo etc
which have been blockaded in the Pennsyl,
| vania freight yards west of town. There are
tons and tons of supplies in this blockade.
The sanitary question is the para
mount one of the hour. The state
more potent factor than the militia
and the civic forcer combined. This after
noon the work of the board was distributed
DR.. Lee taking relay TO Pittsburg with the
intention of establishing his headquarters in
the city hail. The Office of the sanitary in
spectors will be established there, half of
which go up the river by boat and the re-
| mainder take a construction crew up on the
railroad The latter have adopted crema-
tion as their Cry, and tomorrow night the
| desolate valley will be lit up with bonfres of
the wreckage, which will be
THE PYRE OF HUNDREDS
| of dead bodies. DR.. Morrill, deputy chief of
| the state board of health said to-day
1.-THE point has come in this horror when
| sentiment should be laid aside. To endanger
the lives of the living that the dead may be
identified is no longer iustihable. Besides,
| they are all past being embalmed, and
friends can scarcely recognize the features
any longer. Identification is only possible
| by the clothing or jewelry worm"
DIR. Croft, who is now in charge of the
Johnstown bureau, states that the board of
health and the sanitary inspectors, assured
| the Associated press correspondent this
! afternoon that there is no immediate danger
| Vi III GDlueUllC III IlJLSDuTB. ''InG danger
| is" said he, " that people will be scared into
| being sick. We need thousands of men to
work on the debris and to clear it of car
| casses."
An inspector who just arrived from the
| Woodvaie district reports great destitution.
| There is nothing in town but flour and bacon,
| and very little of that. After noon to-day
| 1t was reported to Chief Gagely, of the police
| committee, that body of alleged rescuers
at the foot of Main street were removing
| jewelry from the bodies they carried away.
| Gagely ordered policeman to go and pre-
| tend to superntend the work, for the pur-
| pose of apprehending the thieves. A special
| police had to be detailed to prevent stealing
from the debris back of the general hospital.
NATIONAL RELIEF COMMITTEE
The relief committee IS to be made
| national in its scope Action to that effect
! was taken at a meeting of the finance COM
/ mittee of the relief organization this after
| noon. The plan was proposed by parties
| high in authority, and has been given the
| official sanction of the finance committee by
the following clauses in this afternoons
| resolutions:
Survivors of the flood are now and must
| be for some time, wholly dependent upon
| issues to them of food and clothing as there
are no goods except those brought in by the
relief committee, and no places in which
| commerce can be carried on. Agencies
| for making such distribution should receive
| grave consideration. II is with the
unanimous consent of this committee that
| anOLnef cOlnHlltJee SnOulu pc appointed for
| this purpose, composed in part of citizens of
| this locality and members appointed by the
| governors of states or by the chambers of
commerce of the cities from which the con-
tributions shall be received, or in such other
way as will give this agency national char
| acter and assure the country that it's most
| generous charities will be iudlclously and
fully applied to the relief of the victims of
! our unprecedented calamity"
| ACTUAL CASH RECEIVED.
| Up to to-day the committee has received in
actual cash contributions S25, 796. 1G, with
S57, ll5.45 promised in addition The greater
| part of this is represented by kilograms from
n distance instructng the committee to draw
| on certain banks. This IS an impossibility,
as there are no banking facilities left here.
The committee hopes that the contributors
| will forward their money by express.
To-day j. ID. Roberts stated that Phiade.
| phia has promised 100000 which is now at
| the disposal of the committee. Governor
Beaver has reported 100000 but has not
made any move to send it, so far as known.
| Pitlsburg has sent about 100000.
FRIGHTENING A LITTLE.
A tonr of the outlying districts OF Johns
town was made to-day by the Associated