| Show AT amm to sl ild the city CLOTHING ENOUGH FOR TWO YEARS hunting up those in need pa june 14 this is the last day for clearing away the effects of flood by the civil authorities tomorrow to morrow the state takes charge of the stupendous work The horror of the situation is not diminished but rather grows search for the dead continues and in all sections and directions they are being found numbers of bodies aro now coming to the surface of the waters and competent judges say as many more bodies been found are lying somewhere in many unexpected places bodies are hourly being found where this will end no human mind can guess today to day opened rainy but as it advanced the sun came out and the morning hours were hot and murky many workmen are leaving because they will not work for a dollar and a half a day which the state proposes to pay it is believed there will be a temporary stopping of work on this account the impending change in the control of the town the exodus of workmen and the flood survivors and the steady rain have combined to make johnstown quiet today to day at all the headquarters work has been narrowed down to the finest possible point and a good many faithful men are getting the rest they needed long ago tomorrow to morrow mr scott throws down the reins of government and adjutant general hastings takes hold at least will be paid out to workmen tomorrow to morrow morning and most of it will leave town with men who earned it the new leaders claim to have a number of plans to introduce by which the work of clean the survivors will be greatly system simplified the military will be retained good progress was made in clearing out the channel of the conemaugh above the bridge today A number of stationary engines and long cables are being used to pull out 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 by personal effects found upon the bodies the state board of health still issues encouraging bulletins although isolated cases of pneumonia and measles are reported generally from the suburbs the spirit of recovery took a firm hold on johns towns citizens today to day everywhere the owners of property were hard at ark cleaning out carpets and bedding and inaugurating a general system of renovation general hastings this evening said the work of cleaning up the city willibe done by contract and negotiations tiati ons will be opened at once with leading contractors several may be employed but I 1 cant say who will atthe work at this time until the commissioner Commissi onet is appointed scott has volunteered his services and will render all the assistance in his power quartermaster baker started out today to day to canvass johnstown proper in order to classify those who need provisions tonight to night his men turned in 1187 names and the city was nearly all visited baker says a surprising amount of need was unearthed A greali many ladies were found bhoge families were really suffering and had failed through a sense of delicacy to apply for aid the humility of seeking relief is removed by the system now behag introduced the expectation is that food and clothing which had been going in large lots to persons will now go to a more respectable and retiring class T T oliver of philadelphia who is in charge of the storehouse store house established in the german catholic church said twenty car loads of provision and clothing were unloaded there today to day enough clothing is arriving in johnstown to supply the city for two years thirty bodies were recovered I 1 today to day all being in an advanced ae of decomposition la one or two instances maggots were at work on them and the flesh was so soft extreme care was unless the limbs be torn from the trunks this afternoon the body of miss CA christman the foreign missionary from new orleans who was on the fated day express was found her body was embalmer embalmed ed and placed in a handsome casket to i await the disposition of friends she was acoman 0 fine appearance and was finely dressed in a light brown dress with braided front on her person was found a draft for a valuable gold watch and a small amount of money june 12 johnstown and the surroundings towns are now under military rule this morning general hastings took charge and soldiers were placed on guard duty at all the commissary stations and morgues A slight rain has been falling all the morning and the city presents s most dismal appearance everything is in turmoil and confusion and little or no work is being j done general bastings says he will have men at work tomorrow to morrow he thinks there will be very little left of the million dollars by pennsylvania by the time the work is done the people were at the commissary station as usual this morning and stood around in the rain several hours before they were served they have the same distressed look as ever since the flood and as tho days roll by their tone does not seem to livon up any in fact the people hero are just commencing to realize fully abo terrible ordeal they have gone through excitement kept them up heretofore but they are conscious of the situation aad if a number of suicides do not follow it will bo something remarkable for the first time since the calamity people commence to talk of their financial losses and this seems to worry them as much as anything else to say that a number of the former merchants are dis heartened is putting it mildly on all sides you will hear merchants es claim its no use we will never recover from this we have lost everything order is coming out of chaos and military discipline has shown its effect at the end of the first day A grand exodus of workmen has been going on all day As fast as the money was handed out of the paymasters window workmen boarded the trains on which their picks and carta were loaded and left johnstown without any expressed regrets work on the ruins has been nearly at a standstill all day but tomorrow to morrow morning general hastings expects there will be 2500 men at work the new plan of canvassing the city and systematizing the distribution of supplies continue to come in freely there is little change in the health situation ten bodies were recovered today to day by the small force of men working A meeting was held at alma hall by the citizens of johnstown today to day at which leading business men who survived the flood were present ee marks were made by several of those present touching tho great work before them and the necessity of individual action to rebuild the town and the cultivation of fortitude to bear up under the burdens so suddenly thrust upon them resolutions were adopted thanking james scott for his untiring efforts to bring order out of chaos the people of pittsburg ia particular and the citizens of the U S generally for their prompt and generous assistance the bureau of registration reported today to day that survivors had registered twice which caused the list to run up to today to day scarcely twenty names were registered showing the work is approaching completion the number oi bodies recovered is 1192 of which have been identified |
