Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1900)
4 THE MOBNING . QEGONIAN, ,WJ5QXfiSDAY. , SEPTEMBEB 12, 1900. OAST SWEPT BARE Terrible Havoc Wrought by the Texas Storm. VILLAGES WIPED OfF THE MAP E4.ve "Lout and Property Damaged in. . Kearlr Every Totvh. la tfce geatk- eastern Part of tke State. t HOUSTON. Tex., Sept XL M a local tinder-taking: establishment In Houston are resting the remains of five Houston people -who perished at Seabrooke in Saturday's hurricane. They arer .,2ra. C. H. Lucy and her two small chil uren. ' Haven Mcllhenny. "Five-year-old sbiTof David Tyce. All the bodies are so badly mangled 4as to make It difficult to identify them. They were washed -ashore near Seabrooke. The same train brought the bodies of Mrs. Vincent and her two children, who -were drowned at Morgan's Point. Mr. Ilhenny xvas xescued alive, and Is completely pros trated. He said the -water came iip "so rapidly that he and his family and' Mrs. "Lucy And her children sought safety on the roof. He had his little son Haven in his arms and the other children were strapped together. It was not long before a heavy piece of timber struck Haven, killing him. Young Tyce was washed off the roof and drowned. Mrs. Lucy's oldrst child was next killed by a piece of Um ber, and the younger one was'' drowned. Then Mrs. Lucy was washed off and drowned, thus leaving Mr. and Mrs. Mc Hhenny the -only occupants on the roof. Finally the roof blew off the house and fell into the -water and -was broken in twain, Mrs. Mcllhenny remaining on one half and Mr. Mcllhenny on the other.-The portion of the roof to which "Mrs. Mcll henny clung turned over, and this was the last seen of her. Thus In a very brief space of time Mr. Mcllhenny wit nessed the loss of his family one by one. .He held on his side- of the roof, so dis tracted In mind as to care little where or "now it drifted. He Anally landed on terra flrma about 2 P. M. Sunday. News from the coast along the Gulf & Interstate Railroad between Sabine and Bolivar Indicates that nc one has been killed. There are "no houses left standing at Patton or Bolivar. The rescue party "has not reached Bolivar, opposite Gal veston. It is reported that the village was swept oft! the earth, and has few Inhabitants left The railroad tracks are tinder water, and the relief party Is on foot. At Qulntana, the port at the mouth of the Brazos River, there are not more than 12 houses left. A number of persons were injured and everybody is In need. Two big tugboats were driven inland about half a mile. At Surfslde, a Summer resort opposite Qulntana, there were 75 persons in the' "hotel. "Women went Into the water to their waists and assisted In keeping the logs away from the hotel, and no one was lost. At Belleville, every house in the place was damaged. One klrl was killed. "Not a house is left at Patterson in a habitable condition. Ono person was killed there. On the Steeland plantation, near Hfmp Btead, the convict buildings, tenant houses and shops were destroyed. The convicts were released on parole, and but four have returned. Of these- two were 'recaptured and the others may be dead. The Stone and Buchanan plantations were swept clear of buildings, but every one escaped. At Waller the destruction Is complete, but no one was killed. t At Pralrlevlew, the Normal School "was badly damaged, but no onevwas killed. At Wharton, an immense amount of damage was done. In the country about the town all the crops were laid waste. Thirteen negroes are reported killed en various plantations in Wharton and Matagorda Counties. In Matagorda County only two houses were left standing. The little town of Missouri City was practically wiped out. No one was killed outright, but there is a large list of injured. At Sartalta, the Ellis sugar plant is In ruins. Three thousand acres of cane and cotton are said to be nearly without -value. The damage outside of the crops 1s estimated at $80,000. Richmond is reported to have been very nearly wrecked. Eighteen persons are reported killed, most of them ne groes. In the country immediately about the town and for 25 miles from town there is not a house standing on the prairie. Most of the dead, so far located, are In two small villages of Heedville and Beasly. One man was killed on the Booth plantation, and the plantation was wrecked. At El Campo. every house has been damaged. At Ariola, two were killed and several injured seriously. At the Howse plantation, two miles west of the railway station, the damage caused by the elements was great. There are 60 convicts quartered on this plantation, and they worked berolcally for the pro tection of life and property. Two boarding cars were blown out on the main line and whirled along the road 36 miles to Sandy Point, where they col lided with a number of other boarding cars, killing two and injuring 13 occu pants. :- A dead child, the destruction of alt houses except -one. and the destitution of some 50 families, Is reported as the work of the hurricane at Arcadia. From 50 other towns come reports that buildings were wrecked or demolished. Most iOf them have injured people in. them, but no dead are reported. There are evidently few churches In. the hurri cane district that are in condition-lo be used with safety. " " OS: THE SASTA; FE. Wreclc and Rein at Many Points Along: the Railroad:. HOUSTON. Tex., Sept. 1L The. Santa Fe's first relief train to Hitchcock to day found conditions along its line similar to those prevailing along the Galveston, Houston & Henderson, In many places homeless Inhabitants of the section trav ersed were housed In empty box cars, while others were sitting on the wreck of their household effects. Many sufferers are destitute, and will have to be given free transportation to places where they are sure of obtaining shelter and suste nance. Every building In Peaflapd was -either damaged or destroyed, but no lives were lost there. At Alvin the story is also gloomy. Be sides the great damage to property that town has the following deaths to report In addition to seven previously reported: Mrs. J. C. Collins, killed by falling tim bers. W, P. Hawley, crushed by debris. W. C. Mebham and wife,' seriously in jured by flying timbers. The town of Angleton severely suffered from the storm, and assistance is, greatly needed. Algoa, Arcadia and Aitolomax show signs of a severe visitation, and many are In need of help. The 12-year-old son Of James Rodacher was killed at Arcadia, Two children lost their lives at Aitolo max. THE GOVERNMENT'S LOSSES. Fortifications at Galveston Seriously Damaged. WASHINGTON, Sept IL General Wilson, chief of engineers, has not yet received any advices as to the losses upon fortifications and river and harbor works, though advices to the Quartermaster's Department Indicate that the fortifica tions have been damaged. The following telegrams have been received: "Galveston, Ter Sept 9. I report ter rific cj'clone with an 11-foot tide. All improvements, temporary buildings, property and stores rat both Jacinto and, Crockett destroyed.and swept clean7. ' "BAXTER, Quartermaster-General.M These buildings are of the kind usually erected at posts for quarters for the troops. A 'second telegram follows: s "Galveston, " Tex., Sept lLReferrlng to my telegram of yesterday, via Hous ton, I urgently recommend that fair com pensation be made to contractors tot their losses, and that they be relieved of their contracts. If fortifications are rebuilt 'at or near their present sites. I urgently recommend that quartere for troops be purchased and built on higher ground In city, centrally located. Wharves destroyed, railroad bridges swept away and building operations of any nature cannot be resumed under six weeks or two months. Two Quartermaster's em ployes lo?t on barge Howard. Both barges totally wrecked. "BAXTER, Quartermaster-General." Captain Baxter has been advised that no action cm be taken upon his recom mendations until further Information has been received. Damase to Railways. HOUSTON. Tex., Sept, 1L The rail roads will suffer the loss of millions of dollars on actual damage, to say nothing o'f the loss from stoppage of business. At Galveston their wharves, warehouses, de pots and tracks are ruined. The costly bridges which connect the island are in ruins, and must be entirely rebuilt The International &. Great Northern and Santa Fe have considerable track washed out while the Galveston, Hoilston & Northern will suffer heavily. Superin tendent Mulvey has received notice that all the track between Seabrooke and Vir ginia Point with all the bridges, have been washed away, and Section Foreman Schanlan and all his crew at Nadeau were lost .. - Sixteen Dead at Hitchcock. HOUSTON. Tex., Sept 11. At Hitch cock 16 lives were lost Two Italian fam ilies of IS people lost 12 of their number by drowning. The following were killed by falling timbers: Ifc and Mrs, JUram Johnson, William Robinson, a child named Domlnico, - Deaths at Velasco. - HOUSTON. Tex., Sept 1L Editor 6. O. Nation, of the "Velasco World, brings In formation of the "deathof 22 persons in and around "Velasco, a& a result Of the storm. Seventeen are negroes. " The names of the five white persons killed are:" T. W. Perrln, wealthy stock broker, Galveston: Rev. Thomas Keehey, Gal veston: Samuel Bly, Clarendon, Ark.; Mr. Parker; Nellie Mills, his grand daughter. The jetty work under construction by the United States Government was un harmed. Lesencnr Cut OS. LESEUEUR. Minn., Sept 1L Not a train has entered this placo today. The Omaha line Is washed out at points wo miles south and one mile north. The rainfall Is the heaviest in years. No Loss at Corpus Cnristi. CORPUS CHRISTI, ,Tex., Sept U. There has been no damage to property or loss of life here. Three Towns Escaped. HOUSTON, Tex., Sept 11. There have been no lives lost at Rockport, Aransas Pass or Brownsville. Storm moving northward Upper Mississippi Valley and Lake Region Visited. WASHINGTON, Sept lL-The West Indian storm, which passed from Texas to Iowa since Sunday, has increased greatly In Intensity during the last 24 hours. uFro.m Iowa t it will' move north eastward, and cause severe gales over Lake Michigan tonight and -over Lakes Huron land Eastern "Superior ilate to night and Wednesday. The storm is also likely to cause severe , thunder-storms and squalls from Eastern Iowa and Eastern Missouri, over Illinois, Indiana, Southern Wisconsin, Lower Michigan,. Northern Ohio and Lakes Ontario and Erie- , .WILLIS L. MOORE, Chief U. S. Weather Bureau. . Hard Rain at St. Paul. , ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1L The tail end of the West Indian storm, which devastated Galveston, struck this city last night and today, making itself -apparent in the heaviest rain ever record ed in the local weather office. In 16 hours there was a precipitation of 4.23 inches, most of which fell between 11:20 last night and 7:30 this morning. The rains caused several bad washouts on the Great Northern, in the northern part of the state, one at Cold Springs and oth ers between Bear Springs and Shevelln. The' first resulted In carrying away a long bridge and a few cars of a -passing train, but'-the engine passed before the bridge went out Two Fatalities . at Chicago. "CHICAGO, Sept 11. The s,torm of to day was one of the severest that has visited Chicago In years. At one time the wind reached a velocity of 72 miles an hour, and at no time during the day was the velocity less than 50 miles an hour. Two people lost their lives as a result of the gale, and a number were Injured. The damage from broken win dows," falling signs and' trees will run Into thousands-of dollars. The dead are: John Braun, "killed by a live wire, and an unidentified man, drowned In the lake by a boat capsizing. Storm at La Crosse. LA CP-OSSE, Wis., Sept 11. A terrific rainstorm raged here almost continuous ly all day. A great volume of water has fallen, and the damage ""to crops and roads will be much greater than that In curred in the cits'. Trains on all roads were, delayed. . MRS. GRACE'S MINES. Mexicans Trying to Arrange a Set tlement With. Her. SYRACUSE, N. Y Sept 11. Two prom inent lawyers of the City of Mexico, Luis de la Barra and Francisco Orellly, are here for the purpose of conferring with Mrs. Mary D. Grace regarding her silver mines in the State of Durango, Mexico. They have come to arrange a final settlement with Mrs. Grace. The property is valued by mining experts at -anywhere from $1,000,000 to $12,000,000. Mrs. Gnce is the principal of the Tompkins School here, and has been supporting her self while seeking to recover the mines In which she became Interested in 18S2, at which time she. lived in San Fran cisco. The mines are now being worked and. the output of ore has been contracted for by Guggenheimer Brothers, of New Tork. They are bankers who deal In silver. William J. Grace, eldest son of Mrs. Grace, Is in charge of the mines. He was superintendent when the property was taken from Mrs. Grace by Mexicans, who have held It for the past seven years. The mines are situated near the village of Nombre de Dlos, about 500 miles north of the City of Mexico. Before Mrs. Grace was dispossessed1 by Spanish claimants under the order of a minor court a smelter and complete outfit of mining machinery worth nearly a million dollars had b'eeti installed. The mines themselves earned this outlay. The property comes back to Mrs. Grace stripped of most of Its valuable machin ery. Even the mules which drew the ore cars were taken away. The pumps were smashed, the smelter was destroyed, and everything that could be 'done to wreck the property was done by the Mexicans when they found that "they' could not longer hang on to the property, j WHAT GALVESTON HflEftS LOCAL RELIEF COMMITTEE ISSUES' ANKAPPBAL. Near-by 'Cities Asked to Open Asy- lams for Women KHd-OntltdjroK Government Sends Sapplies, GALVESTON, Tex., Sept 11. The fol lowing statement of conditions at Jal veston and. appeal for aid . Is Issued,- by the local relief committee: "A conservative estimate of the loss, of life Is that It will reach 3000; at -least 5000 families are shelterless and wholly -destitute. The -entire remainder of" the .popu lation Is suffering In greater or less. de gree. Not a single, church,- school, or charitable Institution, of which'" Galves ton had so many, Is left intact Not a building escaped damage, and half, .the whole, number were entirely obliterated. There Is Immediate need of clothing, -food and household goods'-of all kinds. If near by cities will open asylums for women and children the situation will be greatly-relieved. Coast. cities should send us water as well as provisions, including kerosene oil, gasoline and candles. "W. C. JONES, Mayor. "M. LASKER, "President Island Savings Bank. "J. D. SKINNER, "President Cotton Exchange. "C. H. M'MASTER, ij. "For Chamber, of Commerce. "R. G. LOWE,, . "Manager Galveston News. "CLARENCE 'OWSLEY, "Manager Galveston Tribune." RELIEF ' FROM HOJUSTON. - Another , Trainload of Suppllesior, Galveston. HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 11. Ano-tner train over the International & Great Northern road left Houston at 8 P. M. tonight The train carried men, water, supplies, burial necessities and. other things of which the sufferers are in moLt urgent need. . It is deemed advisable to call the mil itia companies Into service on account of their being well disciplined bodies.' It Is believed they can do -effective work" 111 burying the dead," rescuing the living and doing what general work Is necessary tc Via nnA ' J J On account of the" great number!- of1 applicants xor transportation on reuei trains, the relief committee has ipen forced to deny all those, whose services J are not actually .needed or . who nave i only distant relatives or friends in dls-j tres3 at the storm-swept points. Dr. Aiken, of Hitchcock, accompanied eight Injured personss to the city oveij ,the eanta wo, ana the committee aiii ranged ior mem to oe carea ior-at an infirmary. "" General McKibben arrlyed here at an" early hour this morning with a' number ! of soldiers Following, hlnv. on a 'fast freight are two cars loaded .with 0,00; Tatlons and 1000 tents. These were sent to Galveston this afternoon on a barge.' It is probable they will reach Galveston some time tonight. 9i9ti6ie'9tssec HIS SETTLED PURPOSE. "It thero Is any one who believes the gold standard h a good thins, or that it must be maintained, I warn hlm'ncU to cast hU Vote for me, because I promise him it will not be -maintained. In this country longer than I am able to set rid of It." Hon. William Jen-l" nine's Bryan, Knoxvllle, Tenn., ..Sept. 16. 1800. " ,? tBt(9e996SttS( jGQVERiyaiENT SENDS SUPPLIES. - Tents and Rations for the Galveston Sufferers. .WASHINGTON, Sept ll.-Orders have been Issued by the War Department' for the Immediate shipment td Galveston of 855 tents and 50,000 rations. These stbres and supplies .are divided between St. Louis and San Antonio, and probably will be delivered tonight or tomorrow. -This represents about all such supplies .'the Government has on hand at the places, named, but It Is stated at the depart ment that the order could be duplicated In a day. . . Five Thousand Dead. , , HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 11, 10:45 P. M. The Post correspondent was , instructed to forward ttie following address to the 'people of the .United States: v "Galveston, Tex., .Sept. 11. It is '-"my 'opinion, based upon personal Information,, that 5000 people have lost 'their lives fiere. Approximately one-third of the restdenco portion of the city has been swept away. There are several thousand people "who are homeless and destitute; how many there Is no way of finding out. Arrange--ments are now being made to haye the women'and children1, sent to Houston 'and other places, but. the means of transpor-" tatlon are limited. Thousands are still' to be cared for here. We appeal Ho "you for immediate aid. - "WALTER C. JONES, r ' "Mayor of Galveston." Knights Templar Appealed To. ST. LOUIS, Sept. It William H. Mayor, of this city, grand- recorder ot, the grand encampment of Knights ,Tem plar of the United S.tates, by wire. direc tion from W. H. Lloyd, of San. Fran cisco, grand master, sent the following telegram", to the grand commanders of every, state: "The recent "stornt In 'Texas' has left numbers of our fraters In dire distress. Immediate relief Is needed. Appeal to your commanderles to send at once what they cin." Wlrtf "or -Bend'" to 'Henry B.' Stoddard, deputy grand master, at Gal veston, Tex." y 'Alvln Needs Help; HOUSTON, "Tex., Sept li. The Mayor of A'lvln, Tex., appeals for relief In a dis patch to the Associated Pres3, which" says: ' ' ' - "Alvin and vicinity are absolutely kde- vasfated: In this community alone fully 2000 people are left Homeless and are with out means of support. All business houses are wrecked, and there" is not enough foodstuff in the county to last 10 days. Assistance is 'necessary to prevent actual starvation. Any contribution addressed to the Mayor will be promptly Mlstrib-' uted." Relief Train Front 'Chicago.4 CHICAGO, Sept 11. A special freight train"of 15 cars, running on a passenger, time sche'dulo, and laden with food and. clothing for the Texas sufferers, will' probably start from "Chicago within' 48 hours. The offer to furnish the train Was made by -the Chicago, Rock Island-&- Pa cific Railroad to Mayor Harrison, and-the' Mayor accepted it today. Aside from ne cessities contributed, it Js estimated' $15, 000 has been donated. The Rock Island has also wired Governor' Sayers of -ado-i nation of $4000 for the Sufferers. ,..,., What Tfew York: Will 'Do.'' ' ! - NEW "YORK, Sept 11. Mayor Van Wyck "today Issued an appeal to the'citl-' zens "of New -York for help for thea'uf ferers of Galveston heading the 'appeal with a $500 subscription. Tendoctora "and 20- nurses-from Bellevue Hospltalt have volunteered to go to Galveston andhelp care for the Injured and sick. They will leavo New "York by special train tonight.'. Revenue Cutters-Asked For." HOUSTON, Tex., Sept' il. Messages were sent from here today .asking that revenue cutters' be ordered to Qaiyeston Bay to assist In' transporting provisions1 to .the cltyk Telegrams wereilso sent to New Orleans arid Mobile asking for' tugs. If is .quUe probable that in the next day or two-free communication will be estab lished. r ' ' ' ' "S ,.j Sympathy From Franc b. .,-. . PARIS. ept 11. The French Govern ment has decided to send tp. the. Gov ernment of the United-States' a message .expressing" sympathy with the people of t'fie United States on account of the Gal veston disaster. Standard Oil Contribution. ', jmw YORK, Sept. 11. The Standard Oil Company, has "sent $10,000 to Governor Sayers for the Galveston sufferers, and the New York Merchants' Association has v raised $4850. , 1 A Houston Committee. ' HOUSTON, Tex., Sept 11. A "citizens' 'committee has 'been appointed to take ac tion for the relief of the sufferers at Gal veston' and other,, points where relief Is needed. . . j STORM WAS EXPECTED. Story of the Hurricane. as Witnessed in Galveston. . GALVESTON, Te'x. by Western. Union dlspatch-boNat to Houston, Tex., Sept JO. The terrific cyclone that produced such a distressing disaster in Galveston and all through Texas was predicted -by the United States Weather Bureau to strike Galveston Friday night, and created much apprehension, but the night passed with out the prediction being verified. The conditions, however, were omin ous; the danger signal was displayed on the flagstaff of the Weather Bureau, ship ping was warned, etc. The southeastern sky was somber, the Gulf beat high on the beach with that dismal, thunderous roar that presaged trouble, while the air had that stillnoss that betokens a storm. From out the north, in the middle watohes of the night, the wind began to cqme In spiteful puffs, Increasing in volume as the day dawned. By 10 o'clock Saturday morning It was almost a gale; at noon It had Increased in velocity and was driving the rain, whipping the pools and tearing things up in a lively manner, yet no 'serious appre hension was felt by residents 'remote from the encroachments of the Gulf. Resi dents near the beach were aroused te the danger that threatened their homes. Stupendous waves began to send their waters far Inland, and' the people began a ahasty exit to"secufe place in- the t city. Two glgantlo forces were at work. .The Gulf 'force" drove thwaves with lrreslstl-Wfl- foreo, hlsrh uDon the beach, and the 'gale' from the northeast pitched the wa- ters against ana over me wiiuivra,uu Ing sewers and flooding the city from that .'quarter. - - -1 The streets rapidly began to fill with iwater; communication became difficult and the helpless people were caught be tween two powerful elenients, while the winds ' howled and rapidly Increased, in velocity. ". Railroad communication was cut off .shortly after noon, the track being washed out; wire facilities completely failed at 3 -o'clock, and Galveston was Isolated from the world ' ' The wind momentarily Increased in ve locity, while the waters, rapidly rose and the night drew on- with dreaded apprei -henslon depicted' In the face of every one. Already thousands were cbrayely 'strug gling with their families against the mad waves and fierce "wind for places of r6fuge. The public schoot buildings, ' courthouse, hotels, in fact any place that offered apparently a safe refuge from the elements, became crowded to their ut most. Two minutes of 6:30 P. M-.Just -before the anemometer blew away, It had 'reached'the' frightful velocity of 100 miles an hour. Buildings that had hitherto rstodd, crumbled and crashed, carrying death and destruction to hundreds ot peo ple.j. Roofs sailed through the air, win dow w"ere driven in with a crash or shattered by flying slate, telegraph, tele phone, electric light piles, with their mass of wires, were snapped off like pipes&msj.rand water pipes .were bf okenj What velocity the wind attained after the anemometer blew off Is purely a matter of peculation. . ,. ' . The, lowest point touched by the barom eter In. the press correspondents' office, whch.,was filled' by .frightened inen.'. and women, was 28.04, This was , about, 7:30 P.. M. -It then began to rlae verv slowlv. .and- by 10 P. M. .had reached 2&.00, .the wind gradually subsiding, and by mid night the storm had passed. The water, which had reached a depth o'f eight feet on the Strand at 10 o'clock P. M be gan'to ebb and ran out very rapidly, and by--5 A. M. the crown of the street was free of-water. Thus passed out . one , of the most frightful and destructive storms which ever devastated the coast of Texas. -The 'city Is filled with destitute, be reft and homeless; while in the lmpro- vised morgues are the rigid forms of hun dreds of victims. Whole families am side by-'slde.' The southeastern part of the city was under 10 feet of water, and the barracks, located there, are destroyed, the soldiers having a miraculous, escape from drowning. Many substantial resi dences In the western ind southwetern parts of the city were destroyed and the death list from there will be. large. ," A ' heavy mortality list is expected among the residents down, the Island and 'adjacent to the coast on the" mainland. .as both were deeply , flooded and the nouses were io a great extent insecure. The heaviest Josers by the storm will be the Galveston ,Wharf Company, tho Southern Pacific Railway, and Gulf, Col orado & Santa Fe Railway Company, and the Texas Lone Star Flouring Company. ,. A number of bodies floated In from across the bay but could not be iden tified. Many refugees have been picked up hero and are being given every possible attention- Many others are suffering from In juries and had been in tho water for a long time. The following are some of them: Joe Meyer, badly injured; wife drowned; Theodore Bossott and family of weight injured. The following injured were taken to the Houstoa Infirmary: Wjlllam Jackson, Mark Wlch, L. E. Clary, Tony Reading, P. V. Nevlns. Hen- , ry Decll, O. Colyns, Will Lingren, John Llngren, J. A. Hayman. Tom Blaze, Nick -Junomla, Alexander Kalyarvla,' Nick Annesterman, John -Schofleld, E. E. Scott, D. M. Brown, William Commat, Albert Lockstedt. Of the above most of. them floated in on drifts and rafts and one camo ashore on a piano. One hundred ammunition boxes from Camp Hawley were found near Hltch- tcook and a plledrlver from Huntington ' wharf was driven Inland to within a few hundred yards of the tbwn. The prairie Is covered with driftof all kinds, dead cattle, water craft "of" all sizes, buggies and wagons. ' 'Searching parties had up to noon found a dozen bodies in Hall'B Bayou arid burled them. ' The railroad track from Hitchcock to' Virginia -Point has h'een washed out Sailed for Cape Nome. BAN FRANCISCO, Sept 11. The Gov ernment transport Lawton sailed on her errand of mercy to the far north. With all available stxace below decks devoted to ' 'berths, provided with bedding for nearly ! a thousand persons, besides the regular Complement of officers and crew, the big " transport "will proceed to Cape Nome, stopping at Seattle for supplies. - p Steers Killed in Railroad Wreck. RENO, Nev., Sept. IL A wreck' on the Nevada, t California & pregon extension yesterday deralle"d'14 cars of beef cattle. reducing the cars to kindling , w.ood and Killing zu, neaa oi iat steers, u. ne ,tracK is now clear, and trains are, running as' usual. TO CURE A COLD IN OKE DAY ' Take Laxative Bromo-Qulnlnc Tablets. All druggists remna tne money it it iansto cure. E.-W. Grore-'B signature Is on ench box. 25o. - " . t i DETAILS GROW WORSE (Continued, from First Face.) MIm Eliza Edwards. - ""Mrs. Henry Vogel and three children: Mrs. Shllke and son, an Infant L. J. Youngblood, wife and child. August W. Richards. Johanna HinkeV -. --, Sumptry Fabey. Martin Harrah. .. Martin Herman and two children. Ci H. Pix. Mrs. Heck and son. , William Eggerett and son Charles. AVMuttle, kllledvln rescue work.. ,, ' Adolph Warmarvosky,' mother "and sis ter, reported missing up to Monday night Mrs. John Grothcar- and child. Charles Busch, wife and three children. H. Kauffman, wife and children. . Mr. and Mrs. At Popular and four chil dren.. ' .'.. "Miss May Opperman, Of Palestine, "and Margaret and Gussle"' Opperman. Mrs. Hv' Lucas, two .children and white nurse. " ' "' , . Willie and Cecilia Pauls. Peter S. fctockfelt, wife and six, chil dren, near Hicks' oyster restaurant. George Schoabel, wife and ""daughter. Joseph J. Krauss, wife and daughters. Fred Krauss J. Motter. J. Gautters. Ducos and two children. Mrs. Mattle Olsen and two children. Munson Kelso, Jr. Roy Kelso, baby boy of J. C. Mrs. Roane and three children. Mrs. Bird, wife of Police "Officer Joseph Bird, and five children. Mrs. Dora Armstrong and four children. Sam Loveca, policeman) wife and four children. Mrs. Swanson. Wife of Policeman Martin. William Rice, of the Galveston News. Mrs. Wlndman. Miss Irene Hess. Charles L. Sherwood, wlfo and two children. Thomas Sherwood, wife and three chil dren. Mrs. Anna Marie Annudsen, mother of Deputy Chief of Police Gus Annudsen. Louis Annudsen. Walter Fisher and three children. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and family, down the island. c Wait (son-in-law of Anderson) and family. Frederick Koehler and family. ' Poland Louis, carrier of the News. Colson Mills. Mrs. J. H- Kirby and three children. Mrs. Smith, and , two children, near county bridge. .- , Mrs. and Mrs. J. J. "Kraus. Charles Kampse. "William Burge,- wife and 'child. . Mrs. W. H. Mitchell and, child. Edward Wethseer and. .family. M. Dllz and two children. George Plitz, Sr. Mr. Walden. - George Dorleri arid' wife. ' ' O. M. -Malers, wife and7 child. ' Mrs. Vlllchevelsk and wife, of Hitch cock. . , Walker Jon.es, wife and two children. . 'Mr. Webber, whole family missing. K. T. Childs (contractor). , , ' Miller and f&mlly (partner of Childs). George Cleveland and" family. Works Maree (with James Fascher). Mrs. T. P. Farmer. , t Robert Faucett Mrs. Jones and two children. Neill and family, down the Island. "Mrs. Nolan.- John .Mongan. ' F. Sommers, wife, three daughters and his-son Joseph,' wife and child. ' H.,Klelncke and wife. 1 K. DarIey. ''"Thoriias Fox. Joseph Tarpoy., Joseph Caslgan. Mr. Andrew and three children. Mrs. Ellis and family. Mrs. Slph and daughter. Mrs. Stelgel and all of the family. Peter Homburg. t Johh.Engllsh, wife and child. l a Judge Wedges, Justice of the Peace, and wife. Charles Janemann, wife a"rid daughter. "Mrs. John Faucett. - '"Mrs. Edmundsen. ( Kr. and Mrs. J. F. Boden.. . Press Moody. ' " . Mrs. Balleman. ' Paul Delaya and two daughters. A. Matin. 'Mrs. Frank Williams. Mrs. J. 'L. Deveredge and children Mrs. 'Davis and daughter Grace. . P. 'Leone, wife and children. W. T. Scherwbod. . S. Carseback, 4-year-old child of Theo dore. 'Mr. Davis, whom a reporter met at Ave nue FV and Thirty-fifth street,, where -he was trying to find the body of his wife under the debris, aid that there, were 52 people in the place, including the families of Hatch, .-Rlsby, 'North, Roberts and others, when the building collapsed... PARTICULARS OF THE-DISASTER. Barselonds of Corpses Tossed Into the Bay. HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 11. G. 'L. Russ, passenger conductor on the International & Great Northern Railroad, was among a party of refugees who reached this city at midnight. Mr. Russ said to a reporter: ""I 'will not attempt to describe the' hor ror of it all; that is impossible. When I left Galveston men armed wlthWlnches ters were standing over burying squads and at tho point of rifles compelling- them to, load tho corpses on drays to be hauled to barges, on which they are towed into the Gulf by tugs and tossed into the sea.' As I left I saw a barge freighted with dead on Its journey to the Gulf. This manner of burial Is Imperative; the living must be protected now." Two boats and two teams containing supplies and disinfectants have gone for ward from Houston. Last night large wagons Jostled along the streets with box es 6f prepared food to load them on boats pr cars. The Mayor has sent out calls to the-larger cities of the state for Immediate help. A newspaper writer, who got through from Galveston today, made the follow ing statement: "Tho condition of- Galveston is-heart-rendlng In the extreme. The list ot dead will not 'be fully -known for weeks. The list of missing will swell rapidly as. soon as the .people have begun to report their losses to the authorities, and gradually this list of misBlng will change into the list of dead as the bodies are recovered from the ruins In this city or are picked up on the beach of- the mainland where many of them lie, It Is believed. A meet ing was' held at the Tfemont House, and at this meeting measures were considered for the relief of the Stricken. The con clusion was quickly feached thafthe'cltl zens are not equal to the task, do what they may. "Five miles of La Port track Just north'of Texas City Junctloh were sub merged durlng"the storm. "All thi draw bridges between Virginia Point and Gal veston are -gone. The county' bridge, which edst ' $250,000, and which was 'tho longest wagon structure inthe world, collapsed before the stonri gotunder gooa Headway. An ocean" steamship "pldwea Its way through the pllmg In two other brldgda. " As far' as known the bridge tenders' are "dead. "The first vessel from Galveston after the storm contained the party delegated, to inform the outside world of the. catastro phe and to ask for help. It constated of Lieutenant J." J. Delaney, of the: southern Pacific; E. 'G. Cox, of the firm of Thomas Taylor, & CoA E. L. Porch, "of Welch & Porch, Soujh Galveston correspondent of the Houston Post and Richard Spill ane, of the Galveston Tribune. . Thelrs boat was the steam yacht Piierabe,' owned by Colonel W. L. Moody, and the crew was made up of volunteers, Lawrence V. Elder, superintendent of, , the Galveston Cotton Mills,, acting as englneer,nand,all hahds"belrig Mtbkers. ' " . v , -'"Tho trip across tha'bay was one os RagMarodby B PT" sillaf r' bsssH III I PK LJ BBP ZfctlssssV lit I H "JsWwfvu Jm Ali I - tu--,riVvy Alexander Halg, M. A., M. D., Oxon., F. R. C. P., London, In his work on "Uric Acid in Causation of Disease," gives Excess or Uric Acid In the Blood as the cause of Gout, Rheumatism, CalcuU tit the Kidney And Bladder, Albuminuria, Brighl's Disease, Heart Attic tlons, Nerveas Depression, Nervous headache, Neuralgia, Epilepsy, Insanity, Asthma, Suicide, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Eczema, etc., etc, ThisWatcrSuperiorto all other Lithla Waters and Lithia Tablets. It "STANDS ALOINE" In Uric Acid Conditions. Dr. P. B. Barrlnger, Professor of Physiology and Surgery and Chairman of the Faculty of the university of Virginia: "In more than twenty years of .practice I have used Lithia as an anti-uric acid agent many times, and have tried it in a great variety of forms, both in the. NATU RAL WATERS and In TABLETS. As a-result of this experience I haVe no hesitation in stating that for prompt results I jiave found nothing to compare Buffalo Lmiift Watch &&LL&8& as a solvent of old existing deposits (caicuii) has been relatively limited, and I hesi tate to compart it here with other forms to their disadvantage, but for the first class uoI"hvat BUFFALO UnflAWSTEB alone.- Both springs I and 2 are powerful Nerve Tonics. No. 1 is also a potent Brood Tonic, and is especially Indicated In all cases where there Is Poverty or Deficiency of Bleod. In the absence of these symptoms. No. 2 Is more especially Indicated. SOffMlO LlTHU-VfiirEB b '0r taie by GTOCer3 an1 JDrul8ta enerally. Testimonlalswhlch defy an Imputation or questions, sent to any address. PROPRIETOR, BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VIRGTNIA Springs are open'for guests fram June 15 to October 1st. Th&y are reached from all directions over thePanvHio Division of the Southern Hallway. the most tempestuous Imaginable. Many squalls Btruek the bay just as the Pherabe got out oft the .channel from the Galveston wharves to Texas City. The boat was one time pointed toward the; sky and the next moment downward". The engineer declined to take the boat further than Texas City, declaring that she could not live in such a sea. .Lieutenant Delaney, who was an officer in the Japanese Navy and commanded one of the warships in the battle of the Yalu River, and was later a. Lieutenant in,- the United States Navy, said the trip across the bay was a -far more desperate 'struggle for life than. that during the hurricane of hft night before, and lie also said that in an his experience at sea he never knew of a .craft surviving such- a strain. - "In order to get to Texas City we had to break a way into a lot ot wreckage, and then had to make our way for 50 or To feet walking on wreckage before we could get ashore. From Texas City to La Marque the party went over the flooded prairie in a buggy. A work train on the Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad was below La Marque toward Virginia Point, and we tried to board this train to get to Houston. The con ductor would pay no attention to our signals for him to stop,, and with brutal lndlfferenqe signaled the., engineer to .go" ahead faster." A La. Marque, wgot a railroad hand carjjand pumped pur wayto about 14 miles north' of Dickinson, where Just at dusk we met a train from Hous ton. ' This tram ewe irnanaged to sop." Tho big iron oil tank of the Waters Pierce Oil Company was picked from the Fifteenth-street Pier and carried to Thir tieth 'street. The old Union Depot, in recent years t used aa the office ot the Superintendent of the wharfyards, was dashed to pieces, as were numerous small frame buildings along the water front. Men were sent out Sunday .morning to report the condition of the 'bridges across Galveston Bay, but were unable to reach them. Telegraph communication, was also cut off Saturday. -The linemen "who went out Sunday reported that the rail road bridges were all washed away and that .there .was not sufficient material In Galveston to rebuild the telegraph lines. The .cables .under the channel are gone. The lines will have to be built to the city from the mainland. Strenuous efforts were made on Sun day to repair the damage to the Mexican cable, but on account of the sea. being high, it was impossible to pick up the lost endof th'o cable. Thousands of tele grams, were filed at the telegraph office during- the day with the expectation that they would be sent to Houston for JLrans-mlssion,- but the Captain of the. only available small tug would not venture on the trip with a new crew, his engineer and nreriian "having been lost, while tugs which might be hired were too deep draught to go up the bayou. In the business district not a building escaped injury. The Grand Opera House Is caved in. and the fourth story of the Hotel Grand, a part of the same building, was blown off. The third story of th City Hall was blown .away. The three story building of Rltter's Cafe was demol ished and crashed into the rear of the News building. The fourth story was torn from the Moody building at Twenty second street. The Masonlo Temple at Twenty-first and Postofflco streets was partially unroofed and tho tower torn away. "The upper stories of the Harmony Club Building were caved in and a frame building across the street was demolished. Among other prominont buildings dam aged or destroyed was the Galveston Or phans Home, all tho children being, re ported unhurt; the Sacred Heart Church, one of the largest churches in the city. Is a total wreck. St. Mary's Church, ad joining it, is considerably -damaged, and the athletic building was destroyed. The First Baptist Church is a wreck r the "par sonage adjoining St. John's Methodist Church 'was wrecked, although the front part of the building stands. Several small churches were wrecked. The Ball High School Building Is badly damaged. Officer Williamson and a force of men did good work rescuing a number of peo ple from the frame portion of St. Mary's Infirmary. Over 30 persons were rescued, but quite a number perished. A mother and child, a Mexican woman and child and an elderly lady, while ffoing to the cotton mills, were drowned. While the mill was crowded with people the tower fell, in. killing and Injuring several persons. Over 1000 persons sought shelter In the County Courthouse. A lady and child from St. Louis, names not ascertained, who were visiting the family of Police Officer John Bowe, were lost. Mrs, Burnes, mother of Motorman Burns, and daughter, also per ished. Motorman Parker, wife and chil dren were killed. Mrs. Ben Hill and child Were drowned. Three undertaking estab lishments are- an being utilized as morgues and a fourth morgue was opened in a large building-. -'Some of the draymen at first refused to CASTOR I A Tor IafantB and Children TH8 Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the -Signature of (Z&gfi. BUFFALO LITH1A WATER Of Virginia Springs Nos. 1 and 2, A Natural and Powerful Antidote For URIC ACID or GOUT POISON. , haul over one body at a ttme, demanding the price for a full load for each trip. On Sunday evening, however the few who made this remar agreed to bring a3 many bodies as. their carts would hold. Owing to the-stneets being full of debris, it is extremely difficult to use any kind of wagons. The pilot boat Eclipse has been out since Saturday and unheard from. The American steamship Pensacola. reported to have foundered, has arrived safe and sound. The plant of tho" Galveston Ga3 Com-, pany Is partially demolished and Is out. of i communication. Those who used gas for; fuel are practically helpless. Firewood was swept away, but there is plenty of I driftwood to be had. 1 ( Several members of. the police force wero lost and others lost their families. Tho! force Is greativ reduced in numbers and! at present is insufficient to meet tho de mand upon it. A Strngffle to Get to Galveston. HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 11. Scores ol people are at Houston trying to get into! Galveston. Many of them claim to have relatives there, but it Is not possible to reach the city at present. All the small boats and tugs in the bayou have been taken down to the bay to- be used la ferriage. The great storm covered a large area, of the cotton-growing section of Texas and did tremendous damage to the cropi.' A traveling man who, covers a big area, of the state reports that for 100 milei west of Houston the wind and stormi have wrought great havoc and all chances for a crop have been destroyed. Southwest ot Houston the fields are ruined. In large-icottongr-growlng counties around Houston It Is said crops have been beaten into the ground and are! worthless. i $i Militia May" o Needed. x "DALLAS. Tex., Sept. 11. Attorney.. 'General Scurry, who reached Galveston last evening by boat from Houston, to day sent a courier to Houston' to notify tho militia companies of the state that he would call on them for details for ser vice In Galveston. Captain Roacha, ot one of the Dallas infantry companies, was notified to have his men In readiness for orders. Information leaks out tnat the horrors of vandalism and general looting- have been started by the vicious and criminal element at Galveston. It Is expected that the city will be placed under martial law. No Soldiers Drowned. WASHINGTON, Sept.. 11. Adjutants General Corbin has received a dispatch from Captain Rafferty, commanding- Bat tery O, First Artillery, stationed at Gal veston, Tex., dated Sunday. September 9. It reports no loss of life in hi3 com mand, but says that the records of the post have been destroyed and asks for duplicate records from tha War Depart ment. Died of Hia "Wounds. SALT LAKE. Sept. 12. George Frouse, who wa3 shot in the hold-up ot the Sheep Ranch saloon Tuesday night, died early this morning. After Dinner To assist digestion, relieve distress after eating or drinking too heartily, to prevent constipation, take Hood's Pills Sold everywhere. 25 cents. Tutf s Pills Cure All Liver Ills. Twenty Years Proof. Tutt's Liver Pilis keep the bow els innaturalmotionand cleanse the system of all impurities An absolute cure for sickheadache dyspepsia, sour stomach, con stipation and kindred diseases. "Can't do withopt them" R. P. Smith, Chteburg, Va. writes I don't know how I could do without them. I have had Liver disease for over twenty years. Am now entirely cured. Tutt's Liver Pills v.r M i