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ports fthoappalUng disaster which hasH
strlciien -the-OIty of Galveston do rnot
.seem. "to havafeeaii fnasrnifleit. firrmmii-
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an reports tonlghtiBdlcatethat'' the
Hatas will exceed GOO, while the prop-
ertf Ios cannot "bo estimated, although
xvnrur reacn several million aoiiars: f
-The iBHrlal of the dead .has, already .ie-
CThe lst is only a parffeoneand
names, of all who perished In Satur
day's great 'storm -will never be knowif"'
At the"Jicaiy barracks near San Antonio
a report Js jiirrent-that more than 100,
TTnftea Stjttes sold!ersvlost their, Uyea In
GalVestoa. The repprt, however, lacks
confirmation, u. : .
Today a mass -meeting was Ji&A, and
i liberatcontrlbutlohs were mads tQ"rvthe
lmaBate relief of the destltutejGov
eraefl1 Sayera appealed to President j:
KtolfV for aid. This appeal waa mt by
a.presipt response from the President,
Who "itated that 10,000 tenia, and 60,000
rations had been ordered to. Galveston.
Governor Say era also addrepsod an r ap
peal to each municipality. In the state,
asking for prompt assistance In caring
-for the sufferers,
Teiegg'sfss'- of Inquiry and ielp have
'been pouring in throughout thfe ddy and
Bight from every state in, -the Union, and
In almost every instance substantial re
Jleh? beoffert , , ,, ,
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ger of a Watef famine and strenuous ef
fort are malslhghere to &pply"th buI
fererj. l Iteltef tralha-are lnlr orgah
lzed, 'arid'' will leave heret an early hour
tomorro'w.' r 3 t " r
Reports from the interior confirm the
loss of life and destruction of property
reported In these dispatches last night
Richard Splllane, a well-known Galves
ton man and day correspondent of the
Associated Press in. that city, who
reached Houston -today, , after a terrible
experience, gives the following account
of the disaster at Galveston: "
"One "of the most awful tragedlts of
modern times has visited Galveston. The
city isx In, ruins, and the dead will prob
ably number 1000. I-am Just from the
city, having been commissioned by "the
Mayor and citizens' committee to get in
touch with the outside 'world and appeal
for help. Houston was the nearest point
at which working telegraph Instruments
could be found,-the wires, as well as rteari
ly all the buildings between here'and the
Gulf of Mexico being wrecked.
"When I left Galveston, shortly before
noon yesterday, the people were organ
izing fpr prompt burial of thVdead,. dis
tribution of food and all necessary work
after1 a period ofdlsaster.
1 "The wreck of Galveston was brought
about by a tempest so terrible that no
words can adequately describe Its inten
sity, and by a flood which turned the
city into a raging sea.
"The Weather Bureau records show
that the wind attained a velocity of 84
miles an hour when the measuring in
strument blew away, so it is impossible
to tell what was the maximum.
"The storm began about 2 o'clock Satur
day morning. 'Previous to that a great
storm had been raging in the Gulf, .and
the tide was very high. The wind at
first came from the north, and .was In
direct opposition to the fores from the
Gulf, while the storm in the Gulf piled
the water from the bay on to the bay
part of the city.
People Fled to Higher Ground.
"About noon It became evident that the
city was going to be visited with dis
aster. Hundreds of residences along the
beach front were hurriedly abandoned,
the families fleeing to the dwellings In
higher portions of the city. Every home
was opened to the refugees, black or
white. The wind was rising constantly,
and rain fell In torrents The wind was
so fierce that the rain cut like a knife.
"By 3 o'clock the waters of the Gulf
and bay met and by dark the entire
city was submerged. The flooding of
the electric light plant and the gas plants
left the city In darkness. To go out Into
the streets was to court deah. The
wind was then at cyclonic velocity, roofs,
cisterns, portions of buildings, telegraph
poles and walls were filling, and the
noise of the wind and the crashing of
tho buildings was terrifying in the ex
treme. "The wind and waters rose steadily from
dark until 1:45 o'clock Sunday morning.
During all this' time the people of al-,
veston were like rats in traps. The high
est portion of the city was four to five
feet under water, while In the great ma
jority of cases the streets were sub
merged to a depth of 10 feet. To leave
a house was to drown. To remain was
to court death in the wreckage.
"S,uch a nlghfof agony has .seldom been
equaled. Without apparent reason the
waters began to subside at 1:45 A. M.
Within two-minutes -they had gone down
two feet 'and before daylight the streets
were practically freed of tho flood"-waters.
Popl0 In'tfiMdCKy Wm!SS&ZE ?",Itla"!r
1 In tho meantime, the wln4r'hd veered
j to the southeast. . .
"Vety few If any hHliaiBgs"6iicaped Inv
jury. There la hardly- 'a Maskable dry
J "house 1 the city.. TlieiJlrtpeple who
aaa-eeajed death wew-fft ataylignt
to Tlee? ,the;iirlc e 4eyjtibapest" and
! from .fyaawifor Ujmjjf& onr Tri.
nom streei x saw wwbw'bbwb. four
porpeoti wera In 'one rrii J '
' "The whole of the H wgjweag- front for
three bl(ka4Hfrom ielf were
stripped of every vestige ef Ihaoltatlon,
.the dwellings, establishments and every
structure having been eltker carried oot
to sea or Us, ruins plledJifa. pyramid
lar into, tne.town aqcownngs-to tne va-
garlae of the. tempest.
"The first hurried glance over the city
TVinTsrArf TVViat fh I5r77txinrctiirs- mm.
The Orphans' Home, Twenty-first and
AvenueM, fell like a house, of -cards.
J How many dead children, an& Refugees
are in tho ruins coaldsnot be aacer-
talned J&
Jfaflrmarv.
togethe&with the atiendaata only eight
are understood, to hayejbetn-safed.
"The tbld .Woman's Hohle.qn Rosen
twste avenuo, collapsed. The'ltosenberg
schoolhoa&e Is a imass'off wreckage. The
L Sail HIfh, SchaoL Is butan e&sty shell
crushed and broken. Every church In
''the city with :posslbly 6e orftwoex-.
oeptlons Is In. ruins. j . v J
"At ifcTtforts, nearly fcll the soldfers
are reported 4eaa,ilfeyfrhavlhgbeen n
temporary quarterawhlchl.gaethem nof
protection against the. tempeet'r flood.
"No rpart"has been recelvedrom the
CatholirtoMieAaylum,i4ow$the Isl
ana. nut it seems lmnosBieie.inarat coum
and, but It seems jlmposBlbie,thatit could
ve witVsWool-tne'hurrfcane. It fell
all the Inmafces were without dbibt lost
for thej-wa no aldwlthin raiiJB.w
Ifcay" Front- in RHinif
"Theiay front from? endto,eBd.fi8 In
ruins. Nothfng but piling and thT wreck
of great warehouses remain, The elevators
lost all -their super works and thefr stocks
are damaged by waten ,
"The Afe-savlng station at Fort Point
was carried away, the crew being-""swept
across, thebayul4 iniles, toATexaa ,CUy.t
i. saw uaptain Jtiaynes yesieruay ana
he' told ne that his wife and oni$,of his
crew were drowned. , . ,. ,
"The shore itTexaeCltyeontalns.nough
I wreckage to "rebuild a' clty. Eight per
sons wpa,ware swept across tneveay mir
ing the1 storm were Ticked up there alive.
Five cernsetf were also 'picked Mip.
"Thee were three fatalities In Texas
City. t addition to the living tnd, dead.
whichthe storm cast up at Texas City,
caskets and cofflas frpm one otthe'1 ceme
teries atGaiyfteton weVe lielngfished'out
of thV "water there yesterday 2
t'lxi Jhe.f business portion, tvjo larget
brick ingoings one.occupled ,Wnapp 1 tmnn-abatedury.and theraarvol : he
Bros, and the ether by the Cotton StoWUM" acc6n,paned by sond of
Bros.and the ethe.r by the Cotton
cnanse saieon,- ccuapg&a. n $a uqhb
'Uo teJtStime I Ifeft Galveston tarVe
$eadrhadi,b6n fiaken.fropi the'ruins. They
were: Standley G Spencer, '-maiia'geri bl
the Elder-Dempster Steamship Comiiany;
Richard. Lord, traffic manager xbr George
McFadden & Bros.; Charles. Kelder of
the firm pf Iiammers. & Flint.,
"Howniany more cbrpses there are wlir
not be knownuntil the search is 'finished.
"The. oil mills, the'bagglng factory, the
gas works, the electric light works and
nearly all the Industrial establishments $fv
the city are 'either wrecked or. crippled.
Danger of Pestilence.
"The flood "left a slime about one inch '
deep over the whole city, and unjess fast
progress Is made in burying corpses and
carcasses of animals, there Is danger of
pestilence.
"Some , of the stories of escapes are
miraculous William ''Nlsbett, a cotton
man, was burled In the rulns-of the Cot
ton "Exchange saloon, and when dug out
in the morning had no -further Injury
than a few bruised Angers.
"'Dr. S. O. Young, secretary of the Cot
ton Exchange, was knocked" senseless
when his house collapsed, but was revived
by the water and was carried 10 blocks
by 'the hurricane
"A woman who had Just glven.blrth to
a child was carried from her home to a
house a block distant, the men who
were carrying her holding her highabove
their heads, as the water was five feet
deep when she was moved.
"Many stories are current of houses
, ((Jonoludea on Fifth Paso )
MAINLAND
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ONLY NINE FEET ABOVE HIGH TIPE, AND WHOLLY AT THE MERCY OF THE SEA THAT OVER-
' "WHELMED IT. .
As shown by the accompanying map, the Cjty of Golveqton Is situated on a- narrow island which separates the southern neck of Galves
ton Bay froin the Gulf of Mexico Th highest pplnt of land In the city is but nine fet above extreme hlgrh tide; and in many places tho ,
foundations' of business blocks and residences re put, ft foot or two above the waters of the Quit when the tide Is at the full. The point of
GalvestoriIsland, on which the city is situated, Is npt more than half a mile wide. It was originally a sand spit, as in fact is the. re
mainder of the Island a,t present,1 covered hero and there with such vegetation as could resist the action of the shiftlnr sand. The neck
otthfr bay Insidethe IsUnd is two miles wldo.snde only approach to the city is a rallijoad which spans It. The shipping Is on the
landward side, in a harbor dredged out and ,estondln to ..the Quit through two long Jetties. Thegalo approached from the southeast, and
had aislear awgep of 700 miletf actjssthe .Qulf jromthe Florida. Heys.'-. The water of the Gulf for the list 70 of 80 miles of its track la
comparatively shallow, ranging from" SO fathoms to 12 "or 13, and in such water a gale 'would roll before it a tremendous sea, sufficient
"to overwhelm anyJoity that waa evor bunt I r , i
ONTHEMAINLAND
Desolation in the Path of
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COTTON AND CANE CROPS SUFFEr
The Coantry for Fifty i"BilIe Around
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' DAIiLAS, Tex., Sept 10. The first train
fr'pnvHohston arrived at Dallas last night
ovrjfche Houston .Dallas Central. It
lejf?Hpuston yesterday at 8:30 A.'M and
arrived here" practically 10 hours late.
When It. left, .Texas City wastdesolate
and ''devastated. Buildings had been
wrecked, .roofs had been torn off and
hurled hundreds, of fept through the air.
The electric light'plant had been demol
ished and all night long the city "'had
.been In darkness.
Upon. this. train FW. Tweed and J. A.
L. .Thomas, both )f Dallas, were passen
gers. 'The former spent a thrilling and
membrable night in the Grand Central
Station. He furnished a ' description of
his experience:
"At about 8.30 P. M. the wind, which for
several 'hours had been blowing1 a steady
gait increased In violence, and sign
boards and awnings were torn from their
hangings andwh.lrled through the air
like chaff. In company with about 150
others Iwas In the depot "which, stand
ing as It does isolated, was exposed to
the full force of the hurricane, and the
"flra strong guBt was folfowed by a
apujd, of shattering glass.
'Ths wasrjthe beginning pf a night of
terror. For seven hours the storm, rfcged
wtohiwabated-fury,j?and theraarvof he
cfajhJhg'glasf as one aftor anotlqr nany
Was
rolled up Ittfe sheets of parchment ahd
"hurled hundreds 'of feet away;
j'Toadd to the terror andcconfus!on,
theelectrlc lights suddenly went out and
the biiiidingi was .left In total darkness.
The Toof of the Grand Central Hotel was
torn off, many of Its inmates rushing Into
the streets. Almost simultaneously a wall
went "P from the people In the Lawler
.Hotel, as the big skylight on top was
torn, loose and fell crashing down the
,ebaft
"Seon above the roar nf the wind and
the crashing! of glass' was heard the
souhd' 6f falling bricks. Every one real
ises yie gravity or. tne ( situation, out no
one niade a sound. There' was no shriek
ing? no fainting. Many women were
there, and they stood the ordeal with
such fortitude as to lend courage to even
fthQ' faintest-hearted man. Suddenly the
sound ceased, and only the lower' story
of thd depot, where all had again taken
refuge, remained Intact An Inspection
In the morning, however, revealed th
fact that It was badly shaken and greatly
damaged.
"As my train left Houston after day
light, nine hours late, nothing had been
learned as to the havoc of the storm in
other parts of the city.
"Along the road north of Houston
scenes of devastation and distress were
witnessed. Buildings had been torn down
and the material of which they were"
built was scattered over the ground for
"miles.' Trees had been pulled up. by their
roots and denuded of their branches.
Fields that had been smiling the day be-
dsnahered uauthe ijtjifalkX'SSjSw.
Sdetion aftet'seetlen of the tin roof s
HOW GALVESTON IS LOCATED.
fore with all the great fertility of this
record-breaking year were bare, the
plants having been grasped by "the hur
ricane and scattered far and "wide. Hun
dreds of heads of cattle had been killed
There can be no question that the loss
of life has been something appalling. At
least 40 per cent of the structures In the
towns of Herkely, Cypress and Waller
have been totally destroyed. Twenty per
cent of Homestead Is In ruins. Hearne
was damaged somewhat but I do not
regard the situation there, comparative
ly speakingas serious."
SABINE PASS AND FORT ARTHUR.
Passed Throngb the Storm Virtnally
Unscathed.
BEAUMONT, Tex., Sept 10. The City
of Sabine Pass and Port Arthur passed
through the terrible storm of Saturday
virtually unscathed. Everywhere the wa
ter spread over the town, but it did not
reach a depth sufficient to destroy build
ings. The town pleasure pier was
washed away completely, as was also the
pier In front of the Gates and Elwood
homes. The dredge Florida, property of
the .New York "Dredging Company, which
cut the Port Arthur channel, was sunk
at themouthj of Taylor Bayou. Other
property pf consequence was uninjured.
At Sabine Pass the water reached a
depth, of, aboutthree feet but nothing
except small 4 buildings near the water
front were, washed, away. Several mud
scows and sloops were washed ashore.
TheSouthern Pacific wharves and ware
houses were not damaged In the least, and
tho plumber, ulled on, -the docks did not
float off., ' The railway between this city
dnd'Sablno Pass Isi under water for a dis
tance of 512 miles, but not more than 'four
jnlle 1st washed out The llf esavlng sta
tiojv of Sabine Pass was washed from Its
fqundatron3,1'but tha light tower was not
damaged..
Ed Guenaf land. Albert Deatrldge, two
white men, are probably lost. They were
on the fettles when the storm came. The
life-saving crews were unable to reach
them. ,
There is considerable damage at Sabine,
by water rising Into the streets. It will
be about 10 days before trains can be run
through. Relief trains which went out
on. the, Gulf & ' Interstate Railroad to
points on Bolivar Peninsula had not re
turned at midnight
VIRGINTA POINT DESTROYED.
f Beach Stre-vrn "With Wreclced House
hold Effects From Galveston.
HOUSTON. Tex., Sept 10 The Inter
national & 'Great Northern Railway ran
out two trains yesterday. In the hope of
getting through to Galveston. The sec
ond train left at 5 o'clock and got as far
as La Marque. It remained there until
nearly midnight and returned to this city,
as the trVck beyond Is washed away, and
It was Impossible to reach Virginia
Point, whence boats can cross to Gal
veston. A Post reporter left on this
train ln'the hope of getting through to the
stricken cltyrbut was' compelled to re
turn." '
All along the route are evidences of the
ruin and havoc wrought by the elements.
At Clear-Creek store. andTesIdenceh had
been bjpwn ddWr?W and AtvsPloklnsCEMtheJ
jhavoe wasalmpst complete. "Ixpersons
wera aiuea. ana a numoer oi qeau catue
lined the sloe 6f th road.
Refugees" frorri Virginia Point say ev
erythlrtg'there was swept away, and that
the 'beach was strewn with pianos and
household effects from Galveston. AH
kinds of wild rumors are In circulation.
DAMAGE IN HOUSTON LIGHT.
For Miles Around the City the Conn.
try Has Been Swept.
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 10 The damage
In Houston from wind and water Is com
paratively light. One life was lost here
from falling' wires. At Bayslde resorts,
about 25 miles from Houston, the houses
were mostly blown away and five or six
deaths are known, while 15 or 20 people,
supposed to be drowned, are still miss
ing. West and southwest of Houston for 50
miles the. country has been swept and
losses are heavy, but few deaths are re
ported Big sugarplantations at Sartar
tia and Sugarland. have been greatly in
jured and. the mills are In ruins. Cotton
has been, widely Injured.
The losses on the mainland In an area
"of. more than 50 miles squire are more
'than 51,000,000, with probably a scoro of
deaths:
East Bernard Blown Away.
" EAGLE LAKLE2, Tex. Sept 10c-Three
churches, together with many houses,
were completely blown to pieces. The
rice and pecan crops are ruined. The cot
ton crop Is nearly ruined, and the cane
erop Is considerably damaged. The loss
to this community from the storm Is es
timated at 5250,000 No lives were lost
here, but the town of East Bernard has
boen blown away and three persons were
killed. .
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ELECTION IN MAIN
State Went Republican by
Old-Time Majority.
HILL WA1 ELECTED GOVERNOR
All Four of the Republican Con-
jrrenamen Were Successful The
latest ReturauS.
PORTLAND, Me., Sept 10. Carryinar
out Its traditions of many years, with,
but one break, Maine went Republican
In the .state election today by a-good old
time majority.
The Republican state ticket was elect
ed with all four Congressmen and a great
majority of the Legislature. There waji
every Incentive for voting, and the cam
paign had been a spirited one. The vote
was not quite as heavy as In 1896, but ex
ceeded that of the 1S98 election by thou
sands. The Democrats gained much, sat
isfaction from the earlier returns, show
ing as they did a gain In four years of
from 13 to 20 per cent. This Increase over
the 1S3G votevdId not apply to any par
ticular locality, but seemed to be gen
eral throughout tho state-
The Republicans, however, had rather
discounted the- falling off in the vote for
tho Maine district ticket from that hi
1SSC, and the managers were not at all
surprised at an apparent loss of 13 per
cent shown by the returns from the first
150 towns. Their entire ticket headed by
J. P. HIU for Governor, was elected, as
were all four of the Congressmen Allen
In Reed's old district. Llttlefleld In Dlng
Iey's old district. Burleigh In the Third,
and Boutelle in the Fourth.
The campaign, throughout the state, ex
cept perhaps In Cumberland County, waa
fought entirely on National lssuei. la
Cumberland County, with Portland as a
center, there was fought one of the most
Interesting contests In the state. This
was solely fan the liquor law, Its enforce
ment or non-enforcement, the Republi
cans representing the latter, and a Pro
hibition candidate the former Issue. Tho
fight was a bitter one. Returns to 10
o'clock tonight indicate that the Prohi
bitionists have landed their candidate for
Sheriff.
As to the Legislature, there were few
Democratic gains. This body will meet
in January and re-elect William P. Frye.
Returns from 240 towns and planta
tions out of 312 In the state give Hill, Re
publican. 54.W8; Lord. Democrat, 30,252.
Tho same places four years ago gave
Powers. Republican. 60,574, and Frank.
Democrat, 24.784. This shows a Republi
can loss of 11 per cent and a Democratic
gain of 18 per cent. On this basl3 It la
estimated that the Republican majority
this year will be about 32,058.
Manlcy to Hnnna.
AUGUSTA, Me., Sept 10 J. H. Man
ley, chairman of the Republican State
Committee, sent the following dispatch
to M. A. Hanna tonight:
''Maine stands by the snlendld Admin
istration ot WlUIam McKs&Iey. Tha vot
ers of the Pine Tree State have given
today tlie. largest Republican majority
ever given in the history of the state
to any party, with the single exception
of fous years ago. when our opponents
were completely paralyzed and threw the
smallest vote they ever cast In a Presi
dential year since 1840.
"The Republicans, against a determined
and united Democracy, have carried
every county save one in the state elec
tion, and more than 150 out of the ISO
members of the Legislature. They have
elected our delegation to Congress by ma
jorities ranging from 70C0 to 10,000. We
have carried the state bv 31,000 majority
out of a total vote of 115,000."
More Indictments Expected.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Sept. 10 The Fall
term of the Circuit Court began here
today. The grand Jury, as a result of
developments in the trial of Caleb Pow
ers, is expected to return additional In
dictments in the Goebel killing.
Alabama Hegro Lynched.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept 10 Zek
Floyd, a negro, was taken from jail at
Wetumpka late last night and hanged.
Floyd had entered the sleeping room of
two young women and when discovered
jumped from the window.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS
Texan Storm.
Galveston's death list numbers fully 1000.
Some estimates place It higher. Page L
Texas City and many smaller towns near
the Gulf were partially wrecked.
Page 1.
An appeal Is Issued by Texans in behalf
of the Galveston sufferers. Page 2.
A partial list of the dead was collected
by the Galveston News. Page 2.
China.
The American troops will Winter in the
Philippines. -Page 3;
Germany and England are said" to have
agreed to remain in Pekln. Page S.
LI 'Hung Chang gets his credentials.
Page 3.
Ninety-three missionaries are known to
have been killed and 170 are missing.
Page 3.
Japanese troops will not withdraw from
Pekln. Page 3.
The allies may advance to Pao Tlngf Fa.
Page 3.
Polltlenl.
Republicans carried Maine by 31,000 to
33.000 majority. Page 1.
Roosevelt spoke in La Crosse. Wis., and
then left for Fargo. Page 3.
Bryan made two addresses in Chicago.
Page 2.
The silver parties of Colorado are la con
vention in Denver. Page 3.
Domestic.
President McKlnley went to Somerset
to attend the wedding of his niece.
Page 3.
General Joseph Wheeler retired. Page S.
Local.
Otto Greenhood committed suicide by
shooting himself. Page 12.
Races open at 2 P. M. today at the Irv-
lngton track. Page 5.
Oregon asked to erect a building at the
Buffalo Pan - American exposition.
Page 8
Farewell banquet given to Rev. Thomas
Boyd by fellow-ministers. Page 10.
More than 300 teachers attended the
county Instltuta. Page 10.
Pnciflc Const.
Oregon prune prices boomed by action
of California Fruit Association.
Page 4.
Rumor denied that stock grazing on for
est reserves Is to be restricted.
Page 5.
Astoria canneries ready to Tecelve Fall
run of fish. Page 4.
Ninth annual reunion of Southern Ore
gon soldiers and sailors at Ashland.
Page 4.
Cape Nome steamer fined for carrying
more passengecs than allowed. Page 4.