Morning Oregonian., September 13, 1900, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNING OKEGONUN, THTJK8DAY SEPTEkfeEI 13,"' 1900.
LAKES
Worst Hurricane That Has
Visited the Section in Years.
MANY VESSELS WERE IN DISTRESS
Steamer John. B. Lyoa Foundered Oft
Conneaut, Carrying: Down
Fourteen of Her Crew.
CLEVELAND. Sept. 12. Last night's
hurricane was the roost destructive that
has visited this section in several years.
The -wind at one time attained a velocity
of CO miles an hour, and it -was then blow
ing directly from the west, having- prac
tically a clear sweep of the wholo of Lake
Brie.
The John B. Lyon, a 255-foot steamer
owned by J. a Gilchrist, of this, city,
foundered above five miles off Conneaut,
and 14 of her crew of IS were lost. The
Lyon was valued at $60,000. The names of
the crew, only two of whom escaped, are:
Captain A. H. Fenghas, master.
L. Carlson, first mate.
Q. Tyler, second mate.
Charles A. Willows, chief engineer.
3. Brown, second engineer.
G. Laskiel, cook.
Mrs. Laskiel, second cook.
J. Spencer and W. Smith, firemen.
"ML JCestoer and M. King, watchmen.
Al Brand and P. Bishop, wheelmen.
3L Robinson, C. Glover and C. J. Stan
esky, deckhands.
The schooner Dundee sank about 15
miles off this port, and the cook, a wom
an, was .drowned, the .master and crew
escaping on a raft.
THE STORM AT BUFFALO.
"Wind Attained a Velocity of Sev-enty-EigJit
.Miles an Hour.
BUFFALO, N. T Sept. 12. Reports
from Crystal Beach, a Summer resort on
the Canadian side of Lake Erie, say that
every dock has been destroyed by the
terrifio wind storm of last night, and all
the boats of the Buffalo Canoe Club and:
many sea yachts anchored there were
completely wrecked. The damage there
has been Very heavy, ,
The wind here attained a velocity of 78
miles an hour.
A woman, while picking up debris in
her yard, took hold of an electric light
wire and was killed. Her husband was
badly injured.
At Bay Beach, the headquarters of the
Buffalo Tacht Club, much damage was
done.
In this city a number of small craft,
several scows and a dock were driven
ashore.
At the- Pan-American grounds several
buildings. Including the United States
building, were damaged. The officials say
the damage will soon be repaired and the
building finished according to contract.
The damage to fruit in this section of
the state Is estimated at over $500,000.
In the Lnlce Michigran Gale.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 12. Bat
tered and damaged by the terrible gale
that swept over Lake Michigan last
night,' the steamer "Pens Marquette
No. 2, of the Pens Marquette line,
arrived In port this morning, after the
narrowest escapes from disaster ever ex
. perlenced by a passenger steamer on the
Lake. Thirty passengers were more or
less injured by the trip, while the fol
lowing were seriously injured: A. Har
ker, Detroit; Mrs. W. Harker; .Maggie
Eglenton, Detroit; Mrs. Martha Derham,
(North Lansing; Conrad Hlbbard, Monroe,
Mich.; Willie Gustie, Detroit; J. H. Fea
"ber, Toledo.
The deck was one mass of broken tim
bers, chairs -and general debris. The life
rafts were blown to pieces -and hurled
through the cabin, where were, congre
gated all the passengers. Scarcely one
escaped injury. The weather was mod
erate until 8 o'clock, when the wind
changed from southwest to northwest,
putting the steamer right in the teeth
of the gale.
AsTiore at Osvrefiro.
OSWEGO, X. T., Sept. 12. The storm
here -was severe. The wind reached a
"velocity of 42 miles an hour. The schoon
er Alberconn was driven ashore east of
the harbor. The crew was rescued by the
lifesavers.
The T. P. Kerrltt, of Hamilton, Ont., is
ashore on Nine-Milo Point. The crew es
caped to the shore.
Ten handsome yachts were dashed on
-the beach here.
BURYING THE DEAD.
(Continued from First Page.)
the letter, to clear the city of all the
outside sporting element. No gambling Is
permitted.
' During the storm Saturday night the
young men of the BoSdlker family, -with
the aid of a skiff, rescued over 40 people
and took them to the University Build
ing, where they were sheltered from the
wind and waves.
People tell of getting out of their
houses just in the nick of time. They
tell of seeing people struck by flying tim
bers and crushed to death before their
eyes. One man was cut off from his fam
ily just as he thought he had them res
cued, and saw them sink beneath the wa
ter on the other side of a barrier. He
turned In and helped to rescue others
who were In peril. One woman carried
her flve-months-old babe In her arms
from her house, only to see a. beam strike
tho child on the head, killing It Instantly.
She herself suffered a broken leg and
bruised body. Eighteen people were
caught In the Grothger grocery store, and
It is presumed that all were lost, as
many have been reported dead who are
known to have been In the building,
which was swept away entirely.
The firemen "burled eight people south
of Avenue O today. The graves were
Bjarked .with pieces of garments worn by
the persons.
Will Love, a. printer on the Houston
JPost, who formerly lived in Houston,
ewam tho bay Monday to reach his fam
ily., -whom .he found to be alive In Galr
veston. Ho swam from pier to pier on
the railroad bridge, and at each rested.
In the' Bolivar lighthouse, which stands
3.30 feet high on Bolivar Point, across the
hay from Galveston, about 150 people
sought refuge from the storm Saturday
evening. Many were unfortunates whose
homes had "been swept by the hurricanes
and Nothers residents of Galveston who
had come to the bay shore In frantic ef
forts to reach Galveston and, their fam
ilies. The refugees spent an awful night
In the lighthouse Saturday night. The
supply of 'fresh water was soon exhaust
ed, and an effort was made to get water
by catching rain water In buckets, sus
pended at the top of the lighth6use. The
experiment was a success in a way, but
it demonstrated a remarkable incident of
ithe force of the wind. The buckets -were
coon filled- with water, but it was salty, I
and could not be used. The salt spray
was carried Into the air over 130 feet, and
was" "mingled with the rain water that
fell In the buckets. From the top of the
light tower several venturesome storm
sufferers viewed the destructive work of
the wind on Galveston Island. Twelve
dead bodies were recovered near the
lighthouse.
Mr. Mutt, a storekeeper, lost his life
after a display of uncommon heroism.
When the storm struck the city he
hitched up a one-horse cart and started
out to rescue his neighbors. Cartload
after cartload he carried in safely to a
.fire company house. On three occasions
the cartload of human beings, some half
lead, others crazed with fright, was- car
ried for blocks by the raging current,
but he landed all of them safely, even to
his last load, when he met his fate. As
he attempted to pass Into the building
on his last trip the firehouse succumbed
to the wind and collapsed. Some of the
wreckage struck Mutt and he was m6r
tally .wounded. t -
The official records of the United
States Weather Bureau give some valua
ble additional Information about the
storm. Unfortunately, the recording in
struments were destroyed or crippled be
yond operation about 5:10 o'clock Satur
day evening. The wind gauge recorded
a two-minute blow at the rate of 1C0 miles
an hour, and was then demolished by the
hurricane, which continued to increase in
violence. While the exact velocity of the
wind was not recorded after the destruc
tion of the Instruments, the Weather Bu
reau representatives estimate the maxi
mum velocity at beween, 110 and 120 miles
an hour. It did not maintain this terrific
rate for any length of time, perhaps for
half a minute, but it was sufficient to
wreck anything that met the full force,
of the storm.
A journal of the local office of the
Weather Bureau contains a report of an
apparent tidal wave of four feet which
swept In from the Gulf between the hours
of 7 and 8 P. M. At that time the wind
veered to the . southeast. At that time
there was a tide of five feet and a terri
ble swell in the-Gulf during the storm,
and before the tidal wave pf four feet
arose this wall of water and increased the
fordo-and speed of the sea that washed
over the city.
Mayor Jones said this afternoon that
he estimated the loss of life In and
around Galveston at BOOO.
FIGURES-NOT EXAGGERATED.
Number, of Fatalities Probably
Underestimated.
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 12. As indicated
in dispatches from here, the magnitude
of the calamity grows. In their effort
to guard against extravagance or exag
geration, the' newspaper men have fallen
below the facts in placlng-the death lists
at about 1000. A boatowner of Galveston
has been quoted by a reliable 'man as,
saying that 10,000 would be reached be
fore the mortuary list of Galveston and
vicinity would be closed. He has been
about on boats lnvthe waters around Gal
veston day and night since the storm, and
bases his statement' on what he thus
has seen.
Barges are now passing between Texas
City and Galveston, a distance of six
miles. They connect with trains that
pass over the Galveston, Houston & Hen
derson and Texas City tracks. The break
In the railroad has been repaired as far
as Texas City Junction. The telegraph
wires are yet broken, but are being rap
idly repaired.
The telegraph offices here are crowded
night and day, and the operators are
literally burled with work. Their meals
are sent to them, and they do not leave
their keys. Yesterday 4000 messages were
at the Western Union office to bo for
warded. J. D. Dillon, commercial agent of the
Santa Fe, has returned from a trip over
the line of his road from Hitchcock to
"Virginia Point on foot.
"Twelve -miles of track and bridges are
gone south of Hitchcock," said he. "I
walked, waded and swam from Hitchcock
to Virginia Point, and nothing could bo
seen In all of that country but death and
desolation. Tho prairies aro . covered
with water, and I do not exaggerate
when I say that -not less than 5000 horses
and cattle are to be seen along the line
of the tracks south of Hitchcock. The
little towns along the railway are all
swept away, and the sight Is the most
terrible that I have ever witnessed. Near
Virginia Point dead bodies could be seen
from the track floating about the prairie.
At Virginia Point nothing Is left. About
100 cars of loaded merchandise that
reached -Virginia Point -on the Interna
tional & Great Northern and the,M., K.&
T. the nlght'of-the storm are 'scattered
over the prairie."
J. W. B. Smith, who -went to Galveston
from Denver a month ago and who "was
In Saturday night's storm, reached the
city yeBterday. He started from the city
Monday afternoon, and In walking from
the foot of Broadway to the Santa Fe
bridge counted 200 dead bodies hanelnnr on
wire fences, to say nothing of those float
ing in the water. He constructed a raft
out of planks, and, In company "with
Clegg Stewart, made for the mainland,
which they reached after hours of ex
posure. In every direction after cross
ing tho bay they saw the feet of corpses
sticking out of the water. Upon reach
ing land they walked to Hitchcock, Mr.
Stewart's home, and found that 25 per
sons had lost their lives there, and" that
In addition, 60 bodies that ha'd floated
ashore had been buried near there. Mr.
Smith Is satisfied that- over 3000 persons
lost their lives. Before leaving Galves
ton he learned that the steamer Pensa
cola, which was driven out to sea ltd
miles by the storm and which was re
ported lost, had returned, and that Its
captain reported having seen bodies float
ing In the water 10 miles put.
Iff ROUGH RIDER LAIfD.
A Hard
Day's Campaigning:
Roosevelt.
for
BROOKINGS, S. D., Sept. 12. This was
a hard day of campaigning for Governor
Roosevelt, and tonight he was pretty "well
exhausted, but his special train will set
out at daylight tomorrow upon a day's
work as arduous as that Just completed.
During the day many receptions took
place and numerous speeches were made
from the rear platform of " the -car and
from specially arranged street stands.
The feature of the day was a meeting
held near the Courthouse grounds in a
tent at this place. A torchlight proces
sion escorted th.e Governor's" carriage
through the streets, which wero lined
by crowds of men. women and children.
The tent was filled. A special excursion
train brought people from a point -as far
distant as Flandreau, and picked up
parties at all Intermediate points. The
speech of Governor Roosevelt was Short,
and mainly devoted to topics already
presented by him. At a late hour Gov
ernor Roosevelt retired to his private car.
A notable feature of the parade at Hu
ron, S. D was 250 rough riders In uni
form, who made a fine appearance. Lead
ing them were 20 young women, mount
ed upon horses and" wearing the Roose
velt hat. The train remained at Huron
an hour or more. Governor Roosevelt
spoke on expansion, calling attention to
the fact that South' Dakota was part of
the Louisiana Purchase, apqutre'd In 180
from Napoleon, to' whom1 lt'fiad been
ceded by Spain. - -
-SONS OF VETERANS.
Natlonal Encampment Elected
OfH-
cers Ladies' ' Aid Society.
SYRACUSE, 2ff. Y... Sept 12. The sec
ond day's session of the Sons of Veterans'
nineteenth annual national enoampment
opened here tod,ay "with about 250 dele
gates In attendance! The university loca
tion matter was taken up. The committee!
in chaTge reported in favor of Mason
Cltyr-and this report" was adopted by a
vote of 142 to 10.
These officers were elected: Commander-in-Chief,
E. Alexander, of Reading;
Pa.; Senior Vice-Commander. A. H
Rawitzer, of Omaha; Junior Vice-Commander,
Charles S. Davis, of Washing
ton, D.'C. The next encampment will be
held at Providence, R. L
The Ladles' Aid Society elected these
officers: President, Miss Blanche Taylor
Hemstreet, Minneapolis; Council, Mrs.
Mary L. Warren, Wakefield, Mass.
Luna B. McDonald, Racine, Wis.;
gie Annie Belle Ross, Congdon, la.
; Mrs.
Mag-
Stops the Cough and Works Off the
' Cold.- '
Laxative Bromo-Qulnlna "Tablets cure &. cold
Is one day. No cure, no pay. Price, 25 cents.
RELIEF IS, SYSTEMATIC
CONTRIBUTIONS POURING IN Oft
THE TEXAS STORM SUFFERERS.
Governor Sayera, Who Is Dlreotlnar
Work, Reports Death, List of
2000 and Loss 910,000,000. '
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 12. Governor
Sayers today made the following state
ment to the Associated Press correspond
ent on the Galveston situation:
"Conditions at Galveston aro fully as
bad as reported. Communication has been
established between the island and the
mainland, however, and hereafter trans
portation or. supplies will be less dimcuit.
The work of clearing the city is progress
ing fairly well, and Adjutant-General
Scurry, under direction of the Mayor, is
patrolling tho city for the purpose of. pre
venting depredations. The most conslder
ative estimate as to-the number of deaths
is 2000. Contributions from citizens from
this state and also from other 'states are'
coming rapidly andllberally,, and it Is
confidently expected that wlthlnHhe next
10 days the work of restoration by the
people of Galveston will have begun In
good earnest and with energy and success;
Of course, the destruction of property has
been very great, 'not less than $10,000,000,'.
but it 1b hoped and believed that even
this great loss will be overcome through
the energy and self-reliance of the peo
ple." ,M
During the day the contributions have
fairly deluged the" Governor, moTe than
5100,000 having been received. Among tho
large contributors aro to be noted the
Standard Oil Company, with $10,000; the St.
Louis Commercial Club for a like amount,
and the Huntington interests for $5000.
'This afternoon Governor Sayers received
the' following report from General Man"- J
ager, Trice, of the International & Great
Northern Railway,. who is conducting the1
operations of the relief corps at Galveston:
- "Houston, Tex., Sept. 12. The cars con
taining the tents and rationB were turned
over to tho barge line this morning and
forwarded -to Galveston, arrangements,
here having been made for all freight to
be handled by barges hauled by tugs from
Clinton to Galveston., and passengers by
our line to Texas City, and, by boat, from
Texas City to Galveston. This is. the best
arrangement that can be made, and It pre
vents delay to either, the freight or the
passenger service, for if we hauled the
freight with the passengers to Texas City,
to transfer from the cars to the boats
would cause too much delay to the pas"-'
senger service. We brought in one train,
consisting of about 300 Galveston people, to
Houston today, and will got another train
load in by tonight, mostly women and.
chfdren, which will mako about COO tha
we will get out of Galveston today. The,
passenger and freight service between
Houston and Galveston is all free for suf
ferers, and we are Issuing transportation
to all points north of Houston to all suf
ferers not able to pay their way."
The following report was also received
from Adjutant-General Scurry:
"Galveston, Sept. 12. Mayor of .Hous
ton ordered Houston military companies
here; 65 men and officers came; SO more
come tomorrow Mayor of Galveston di
rects me to take command. Streets pat
rolled for the purpose of preventing thiev-'
ing. Work of clearing the city progress
ing fairly well. Most conservative esti
mate made of deaths, 2000."
Governor Sayers today began receiving
reports from various points along the Gulf
coast, which would Indicate that there has
been great property damage done for sev
eral hundred miles and that-the list of
Galveston fatalities and. suffering will be
largely augmented. Down the coast from
Galveston the town of Dickinson was laid.,
waste and ilve people killed. The towns
Of Alvln. AltfL Lfimn. TfiXftR Oltv anil"
Brookshlre are wrecked and hundreds are'
'destitute: Richmond Is so badly demol
ished that It will require .weeks to clear
the town. Missouri City and Stafford, Just
opposite, were entirely demolished, and
the few people remaining at those places
have no homes to cover their-heads. Bay,
City is reported wrecked, with much lossj
of life, though no official report has been
made to that effect. Patton. Rollover.
Bolivar Point, Qulntana, Sugar Land,c
Belleville, Wharton, Falrvlew, Missouri.
City, Sartartla, Areola and El Campo are
also reported heavy sufferers, both In,
point or property destroyed and lives lost
Owing to the fact that telegraph service
Is still badly crippled. Governor 9rvri-Vi
cannot" ascertain the exact number, of dcadv
at the points named, but it is approxi
mated at 500. t vf
Reports reaching the Governor show
that the railroads, telegraph and tele
phone companies have suffered an im
mense -loss by the storm. The GoverndV
was Informed today that quite a number
of tugs from New Orleans and other
available points had either arrived or
were en route to Galveston, and by Satur
day the transportation problem would be
solved, so far as getting people from the
island to the mainland was concerned.
Hundreds applied again today to Gov
ernor Sayers for permits to go to Galves
ton, but he refused all, saying that there
were already too many people there, and
In case of emergency the local managers
'of the relief corps were better able to
act on their discretion than if dictated to
by him.
WHAT GALVESTON NEEDS.
Cities Not Near By Are Requested to
Send Money.
GALVESTON, Tex., Sept 12. "To the
Associated. Press : We aro receiving numer
ous telegrams of condolence and 'offers of
assistance. As the telegraph wires are
burdened, we beg the Associated Press to
communicate this response to all. Near
by cities are supplying and will supply
sufficient food, clothing, etc., for immedi
ate needs. Cities further away can servo
us best by sending money. Checks should
be made payable to John Sealey, chairman
of the finance committee. .
"All supplies should come-to W. A. Mq
Vifctle,. chairman of the relief committee.
We have 25,000 people to clothe and feed
for many weeks and to furniBh with
household goods. Most of these ore home
less, and the others will require money to
make- their wrecked residences habitable.
From this the world may understand how
much money we will need. This commitr
tee will from time to time- report our
needs with more particularity, .We refer
to dispatches of. this date of R. G. Lowe,t
Tvnacn xne comimiiee luny indorses, aii
communicants will please accent thie In
lieu of direct response, and- be, assured of
kiic iicui licit, giuuiuuo UJ. WO C1UUC WV
ulatlon. v. W. C. JONES. Mayor;
"M. LASKERyt,, '.-
"J. D. SKINNER, v
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"C. H. M' MASTER, f
"R, G.-LOWE, ' ,.
"CLARENCB.OWSLEY,
r ,-. . Committee. "-
RELIEF WORK AT HOUSTON.
City Filling- "With. People Anxious -to
Get to Galveston, '
HOUSTON; Tex, Sept 12. When the
relief committee footed 'up Its' work last,
night, it was made public' that tho sub
scrlption8 in cash wero in excess of $15,
000, "and"that, in addition to the provis
ions whch- have been forwarded? from
here, the Federal Government has ordered
60,000 rations, which are now on. their way"
from Sah Antonio. Lieutenant Ferguson,
of General McKibben's staff, said that ho
had. received intelligence that-30'0000 addi
tional rations would be immediately sent
A 'telegram fronv-New Orleans' says that
the exchanges there have raised $6000 for
the sufferers: .
Houston has -steadily been filling up
with people from ell parts of thb countryf
deeply concerned 'about the 'fate of rela
tives. 'Many of these have been eager to,
go to-tha distressed city, but tho 'loca
authorities have Issued permits to proceed
only in cases wherogood cause is shown.
Dr. W. C. Wertenbacker, In charge of
the Marine Hospital Service in New Or
leans, has arrived ,to.look after those in
distress in Galveston, and. thejita, rpport
generally to Surgeon-General .JTOymon the
conditions . existing, with recommenda-
L-tlpna as howrbest to -meet them,, t
ST. LOUIS' CONTRIBUTIONS.
Money and Supplies Seat to tfee
j - Stricken City.
ST. LOUIS, Sept 12. In response to the
following telegram received today from
Galvestonthe Merchants' Exchange has
appolnted"a committee to purchase sup
plies for the sufferers there, and a car
load of meal,, another of flourone of po
tatoes and another of miscellaneous goods
,wili be sent immediately: ' ,
'""President Chamber ot Commerce, St.
Lopis: "Thousands dead;'entlre oily desti
tute. Fever threatens to wipe out all
Jlvinp. Send us by speical train disinfect
ants, prepared for order; hay, grain,
everything that can be used immediately
foreman ancTbeast. Call on railroads for
, special service, and wire' us credit for all
money possible. Our needs are "worse
than St Louis' during cyclone.
"J,. H. W. STEELE, Chairman.'"
Liberal 'contributions are being" made by
.the banksUn addition to tho. $10,000 secured
by the Interstate Merchants' Association.
Commission merchants acting independ
ently will send five carloads of vegetables
to Galveston, and the Post-Dispatch will
ship one of supplies and medicines today,
Cars From New Yorlc Papers.
'NEW TORK, Sept 12! A carload of
provisions and clothing for the storm
s'trlcken people of Galveston left over the
New "fork Central last night It was a
'refrigerator Oar attached to the fast
freight v which left here shortly after ,8
o'clock. The oar goes via -Buffalo and
East St Louis to Galvestonr which point
it is thought will be reached-in five days.'
Thenar was s,ent by the New Tork World,
and this paper will send three -more cars'
and a special express train on Saturday. ;
The sDeclal train sent by the New Tork
Journal and Advertiser left by the Dela-
waro. Lackawanna & Western Railroad
,last night. It was made up of two Pull
man'sleeners and an 'express 'car. "In the
i sleepers were 2$ doctors 'and nurses fully
equipped. In the express car were Darreis
and boxes of medicines and luxuries that
Invalids need.
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Orders to Revenue Cutters.
.WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. The President
has received a telegram from Governor
Sayers,, of Texas,, asking Jthat a4 light
draft vessel be sent to Gajveston to 'assist
in communication between the Island and
the mainland. The message was referred,
tb the Treasury Department, and an or
der 'was Issued to 'the' revenue cutter Wi
nona, at Mobile, 'to proceed to 'Galveston
at once. The Lighthouse Board ordered
the lighthouse tender Arbutus, now at
New. Orleans, to clear immediately for
Galveston. - , -
The cutter Galveston, which was an
chored In Galveston harbor at the begin
ning of the storm, Is presumedi to jiave
put to sea. Three days have elapsed since
she was heard from, and there are fears
for her safety.
Roll6Ver People Call for Relief.
BEAUMONT, Tex., Sept'12. A message
has been received from Rollover asking
for 'a boat from Houston. The message
was 'from T. J. Ray,- of the Gulf &. Ship
Island Road, who said that his Bummer
home was gone, but that he and the Beau
mo'ht contingent were safe. He said, how
ever, that there had been considerable
loss of life among residents between Roll
over and Bolivar Point "If is almost in-
credible that the natives could .have all
escaped.
California's Response. (
SAN" FRANCISCO,' Sept. 12. California
is responding quickly' andrgenerously to
Galveston's cry for, &&d.h Already .J3268 has
"been- contributed, Jincludlhg.-a check for
$1000 sent by "the San. Francisco Theatrical
Managers' Association,- in advance of a
combined- benefit ,v to be glvep. Ja (a.rfew
days, the receiptsyof -which are expected '
to run high in .the thousands. The Board'
of Trade' will -'immediately forward a'
draff . . ' .. . s'
Aslcs for Special-Session.
GALVESTON, Tex., Sept.-" 12. District
-Judge William H. 'Stewart has tele
graphed Governor Sayers, 'asking him to
convene the Legislature In special session
to-'mdke a large appropriation for the re
lief 'tof Galveston. "
?-' 'Dallas Subscribes Freely.
XLtAS? Tex,, .Sept. B.'-TJifs city has
sub, scribed nearly ' 515,000 in' cash and six
carloads" of clothing for the South' Texas
flopd..sufferers. " .
AUTHOR OF 'OLD BLACK JOE."
f . ' .
Pittsburgh Unveiled, a .Monument to
i.v; -His Memory.
PITTSBURG,, Sept. 12. A monument to
Stephen Foster, the composer, was un
veiled, in Highland Park, this city, today.
Thre years ago the -Pittsburg Press
calle'd' attention to the, fact that the corn;
poser of "The Old Folks' at -Home," "My
Old Kentucky Home." "Massa's in the
I Cold, .Cold Ground,"' "Old Black Joe,"' and
a score or moro or melodies tnat nave Deen
familiar to English-speaking people the
world pver for more than half a century ,;
wasv 8, native pf Pennsylvania, having'
tieen born In Lawrencevllle In 1826. Fo3T
ter spent most of his life "in Pittsburg and
Allegheny, and upon his death in 1561
hls'body was brought to his home and
laid to rest in Allegheny cemetery. The
Pres's suggested that a public memorial
be erected to his memory and opened a
fund for the raising of money to -secure
It -The response was -most gratifying
and the statue, in bronze and granite,
executed by Mr. Guiseppe Moretti, the
. celebrated New Tork sculptor,, was the
Tesult
The dedicatory exercises were unique.
The bands of Allegheny County consoli
dated for-" the occasion -and the pro
gramme was- confined tothe .sinking of
Foster's most famous songs by a chorus
of- 6000 school children from the pub
lic schools of Pittsburg, Allegheny and
fMcKeesport. the three-cities of the coun-
ityi-The design of the memorial was sug
gested by Colonel T. J. -Keenan, editor
of -.the PreBs, and represents the poet
seated, note DooK.ana pencil in nanu.
catching the inspiration for-his melodies
.from-the fingeTs of an aged darkey. The
memorial -Itself Is said to be one of the
.finest SDeclmens of- MorettL's work, and
hlsrthe first to-be'placed in Highland Park,'
Pittsburg's beautiful pleasure ground.
It is estimated that fully 100,000 people
attended the unveiling. 'Andrew Carne
gie 'was one" of the heaviest-contributors
to the fund.
Battle of -Brahdyvfine Anniversary.
WESTCHESTER. Pa.. Sept 12. The
omrhurfdred and twenty-third annlver-
"shryr'of the Battle pf Brandywlne was
celebrated yesterday on the .battlefield
-where, on September 11. 1777, for the first
time, the Continental Army carried the
Stars and Stripes Into battle, it having'
been adopted as the' National flag by
Congress a few months before. -The cere
monies incident to the celebration, began'
at noon, when a salute of 13 guns were
iflrfid, This was followed by a flag-rais-injr,
during which thousands of persons
joined in singing the "Star-Spangled Ban
ner." Two cannons presented by the
Government were placed in p.osltjons,
marking the patriots' line of battle. The
orator of the day was Judge Johnson, of
Media.
- The celebration was under the .auspices
Mt General 'George 'MeCall Post, No. 3L
'Grand" Army of the Republic. ' Th, visit
ors included prominent G. A. R. men and,
.persons 'from the surrounding counties.
, Double Tragedy Near Rertdjnp. -
V REDDING, Ca1., Sept . 12.-. SPelty,
a tool sharnener. shot and killed h'ls wife
and then killed himself at Harrison. Gulch
tonight Jealousy was the cause.
ORDER BEING RESTORED
BURYING, THE DEAD ANpTciiEARING"
AWAYQALVESTOH TVKEUttJ6,fc;.
Provisions Slowly Arriving? ia tac
Striken City Negrro Vandals
. Executed.
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept 13.-Oi!er has
begun to take, the place t of . chaos which
has reigned In Galveston since 'Saturday's
terrible storm, and citizens are recover
ing from the stupefaction of the sudden
disaster. All conservative estimates have
been shattered by the estimates of fMayor
Jones, of Galveston, and other prominent
and conservative men, who.ln a statement
to th6 Associated Press declare that 3000
deaths will result-from the storm. Over
100 HVes were lost -at other points in
TfiXfis p
Ten million dollars, it Is said, will cover,
Galveston's property loss, -while half .is
much more Is an estimate of that of tho
remainder of the state.
Lata-advices say 700 human bodies have
been weighted and sunk at sea, some iden
tified, but more going to their graves un
known. '
: The water supply Is now reported as
adequate, and thereby ono-of- tho -worst
'features of the situation Is, eliminated,
for provisions aro being poured Into tho
stricken city by carloads, -
Many deaths are resulting from unavoid
able neglect and the sanitary condition,
and superhuman 'efforts are being made to
clear' up tho mass of debris, which- bids
fair to breed pestilence. .
The ghouls have been holding an orgla
over the dead at Galveston. The majority
of theae men were negroes, but whites
took part in the desecration of the dead.
Some of them were natives, and seme had I
oeen allowed to go over rrom- tna main
land under the guise of -relief workers.
Not only did they rob the dead, but they,
.mutilated the bodies in order to secure
their ghoulish booty.
During the robbing of the dead, not only
were fingers cut off, -but ears .were
stripped from the head in order-to secure
Jewels of value. A few" Government; troops
who -survived and private citizens here
have been patrolling the city, and have
endeavored to provent the robbing-of the
dead, and on several occasions. have killed
offenders. It Is said that at one time eight
were killed, and at " another time four.
Altogether, the total of those executed ex
ceeds 50.
Refugees continue -to reach "Texas -City
Junction from Virginia Point all telling
harrowing stories which vary only in de
tail. The situation appears worseas time
progresses. What is most needed is mnns
of transportation across the bay to bring
over the homeless and destitute.
With regard to resumption of direct
rail communication with the island no one
can tell when It will take place. The
Santa Fe. the Missouri, Kansas & Texas,
the International & Great Northern, and
the Galveston, Houston & Henderson
have decided to construct a temporary
bridge for Joint use, and the Southern
Pacific may eventually join In the enter
prise. . ' ,
Mllltla.detachments.have been stationed
at Texas City and Virginia Point to pre
vent the passage of persons who have no
business In Galveston. Eighty-three bodies
had been burned at Texas City, up to last
night All of those floated In from tha
Island. Probably 200 bodies have been re
covered and burled at Virginia Point.
ARRIVAL OF SUPPLIES. '
No Further Danger of Famine at
Galveston. .
.-.GALVESTON, Tex. Sept 12. Today
supplies began to arrive, but so meager
are the facilities that the amounts could
not be handled There "Jare"' thousands
hungry hef e, and; though they haver some-i
thing to eat,, the (fpad gives no nourish
ment It Is -soaked withWater, and pro
visions which have been vtreated to a
bath- are. not very palatable.
?Tho. provisions that, reached here today
came, from Houston by steamer, but
there are bo many, to feed that they did
not , go tax. A crowd quickly, gathered
and they Were distributed in a short time:
Many hurried away with what they got
tp their families; others got cooked food
and ato it .where they were. The sltu-
u-iiuu uyen.noi, joorc so Daa, now tnat tne
relief, has actually come," and more Is on
the Way, but It Is not meant tto be' said
that further relief Is not .needed This
is ridt a question of a dayr but of many
days. .It may be two weekrf. before a
train gets in here. -
There is much to be. done, the first
thing" being' the establishment of a rigid
system, of issuing supplljes. The .nucleus
has already been formedand the regular
soldiers who are still, alive and a num
ber of citizens, nave been sworn in as
policemen, tand aro attending r to .the Is
suing, of rations and directing the efforts
of the searchers for 'the dead and in
jured. As for clothing, many have the
money to Duy, ana those who have not
are being given their necessaries by tho
Relief Committee, but more clothing is
necessary and especially for women and
children, who are "the principal suffer
ers. Along tho bay shore the devastation la
complete, and the full force of the wind
is better appreciated when the great tim
bers and filing are seen twisted' and
broken in two. Many of the residences
that were blown Inside out have a look, of
frailness about them, but there Is
a solidity about this wreckage that shows
the terrible force which must havo been
exerted to. have caused the damage.
A great steamer, the Alamo, Is
jammed hard and fast into tho remains
of the piling of the wharf, where she was
tied up. Out in the stream a Bister ship,
the Concho, lies after her voyage from
New York. The passengers she has on
board have not been allowed to land.
Over on Bolivar another big ship lies,
and out towards the Jetty there Is another.
Toward the mainland, in the mud are a
couple more. Tugs will be here In a very
short time from New Orleans and Mobile
to pull them off, but they will have to go
out of port light, for there Is little left
here, to send outpn them., There is no
dock here that can accommodate these
big ocean-going 'steamships. One or two
pf them are riding at anchor, apparenty.
unharmed. Ot the smaller, craf there Is
llttleleft A couple of steamers and two
tugs "are all that can be seen from the
wharf; though there may. be others whlclj
are away at the mainland. Most of the
mosquito fleet was smashed Into kindling
wood.
Thete are several small boats thrown
high and dry on the 'wreckage of the
wharves, and one Is. far out in the rail
road, yards. How It "got there Is a 'mys
tery, for even the "wind that prevailed
could not have carried it theTe unless It
got up above the wharves first Out In
the water there are a number of wrecks
of vessels. Most of the crews have es
caped. ,
The city "and island, is covered with
carcasses of horses," mules, cows, dogs,
rats and cats. The odor from these and
from tha human bpdles ls'polsoning the
air, and, .it is' a matter of Impossibility
to dispose" of eyen one-tenth of the putre
fying carcasses, this week..' The number of
people trying to leave is reat; not all oi
them want to stay "away permanently, but
they desire to get to relatives and friends
elsewhere to recover from the shock.
They want to get where there "Is plenty
pf "fpod an'd,. drinking water and medl
olne. and not" Bo hiuch sickness that may
prove as fatal as wind and water.
DAMAGED BEYOND RECOVERY.
Army Quartermaster at Galveston
-, t Wants to Move. ,
WASHINGTON Sept 12.-r-The Quarter
master's Department has- received the fol
lowing frbnv-Oalveston:-
.'.tQuartermaster-General, Washington
Reforring to my telegrams, of, the 9th and
10th, I. have, subject to approval, sue
pended Fort Crockett construction con-
stracts, and again urgently' recommend
that contractors be -paid 'for labor and
material, in place and on ground, all
-swept, away and lost beyond recovery.
Fortifications at Crockett Jacinto and
Trav"s 'all destroyed, and cannot be re-
L built on present: sites. Recommend con
tinuance oi my omca nere omy long
enough to recover Crockett office safes
and morning gun when located; also to
close accounts and ship my office and
property where directed, I fear Galves
ton is destroyed byond Its ability to re
cover. Los3 of life and property ap
palling. BAXTER,
"Quartermaster.'
NO IDLERS -THERE,
All
Able-Bodied 3fen. Required to
Bury the Dead.
GALVESTON, Sept. 11 (via Tacht Stella
to Houston, Sept 12)i The good people
of Galveston are straining every nerve
to clear -the-ground and secure from be
meath the debris the bodies of human be
ings and animals, and to get rid of them.
It is a task of great magnitude, and is
attended with untold difficulties. There
is a shortage of horses to haul the dead,
and thera is a shortage of willing hands
,to perform the gruesome work.
Yesterday morning it became apparent
that it would be Impossible, to bury the
dead in long trenches, and arrangements
were made to take themto sea. Barges
and tugs were quickly made ready for
the purposes, but it was difficult to get
men to work. The city's firemen worked
.hard in bringing bodies to the wharf, but
.outside of them were few who .helped.
The work, was In, the hands of Alderman
C. M. McMaster, Captain Charles Clark,
.James B, Hughes and others. These men
(pltched In, handling the bodies them
'selves and urglng.the few men they could
pick up to work.
Rev. Father Klrwln, who went out to
summon men for the work, reported that
it was impossible to get any considerable
number, and. he urged that able-bodied
men. bo Impressed. Soldiers and police
men were sent out, and every able-bodied
.man they found was marched to tho
"wharf front. The men were 'worked in
relays, and were liberally, but not too
plentifully, supplied with stimulants to
nerve uiem ior ineir tasK. ,ai cishuuu
three, barge loads, containing about 700
human bodies, had.been sent to sea, where
they were sunk with weights. Darkness
compelled suspension ot work until morn
ing. Toward night great difficulty was
experienced In handling bodies of negroes,
which are badly decomposed.
No effort was made, after 9 o'clock
yesterday morning, to place the bodies
'in morgues for 'Identification, forlt waa
imperative that the dead should be gotten
to sea as soon as possible. Many of
the bodies taken out are unidentified.
They are placed on the barges as quickly
as possible and lists are made while the
' barges are 'being towed to sea.
A large number of dead animals were
hauled to the bay and dumped in, to be
carried' to sea by the tides.
One hundred and twenty-five men
worked all day yesterday and last night
In uncovering the machinery of the water
works from -the debris. '
Mayor Jones has given very full scope
to .Chief of Police Ketchum, and J.
H. Hawley, chairman of the committee
on public safety, to swear in citizens of
good character as" officers, and has told
them that able-bodied men must be made
to work or get oft the Island. The city,
ho said, was under martial law., Picket
lines have been established around the
largo stores, and guards placed on duty.
The soldiers and police aro Instructed to
shoot any one caught looting or attempt
ing to loot The jails are full, and sum
mary measures are necessary.
Other points of the coast also suffered
and, reports are that the mainland. Gal
veston Island and Bolivar Peninsula are
strewn with dead.
A relief train -from. Houston with 250
,men on board and two carloads of pro-
. visions came dow-n over. the Galveston,
-Houston & Northern jRailroad ye3terday
to within five miles of Virginia Points It
was impossible to" "get the provisions or
any considerable number of the men to
Galveston, so attention was turned to
burying the' dead, lying around the main
land country. 4
It was reported that the steamer Law
rence had left Houston with provisions
and 100,000 gallons of fresh water. There
is. no fresh-water famine here, as. the
pipes-from the supply wells are running1
at the receiving tanks. It is difficult,
however, to get it to parts of the city.
J- where it-Is needed-
Bridge Foreman Patterson, of tha Gulf
& Interstate Railroad, reached Galveston
last evening from Beaumont, having
walked about half the distance. He re
ports that Beaumont did not suffer much
from .the storm; two lives were lost from
live wires.
Colonel L. J. Polk, general manager of
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad,
stated that all of the bridges across Gal
veston Bay are gone, nothing remaining
but the piles. He said it would take 10
dayg or two weeks to restore rail com
munication to Galveston, provided work
can be Instituted at once from the main
land. VANDALISM AT GALVESTON.
Negrro Ghouls Tried by Court-Martial
and Shot.
DALLAS, "Tex., Sept. 12.'-W. H. Mc
Grath, manager of. the Dallas Electric
Company, reached Dallas today direct
from Galveston last night He says;
"Vandalism at Galveston has been hor
rible. The Tnost rigid enforcement of mar
tial law has not been able to suppress It
entirely. Adjutant-General Scurry's men
have arrested a hundred or more negroes.
Forty-three of these found with effects
taken from the dead bodies were ordered
tried by a court-martial. They were con.
vlcted and ordered shot One negrjo- had
23 fingers with rings on them in his pock
et."
No competent authority in Texas
today estimates the dead at Gal
veston under 5000. Fears are en-w
tertained that the number may be"
double those figures within a week from
the finding of bodies in other 'localities.
Sickness and unavoidable neglect are also
occurring and liable to, multiply. An. epi
demic is almost sure to start from the
fiHh and animal matter that Js beginning
to decay. Disinfectants by the carload; are
being shipped from tho larger towns to
Galveston. The big Ice companies, of .Dal
las are today loading trains with Ico de
stined, to Galveston which canont reach
their destination earlier than tomorrow.
' A bulletin from Galveston, via Virginia
Point and Houston, received here, says;
The situation grows worse every minute.
Water and ice are needed. People in
frenzy from suffering from these causes.
Scores have died since last night, and a
number of sufferers have gone insane."
Rivera Cannot. Serve. .
HAVANA Sept. 12. Louis Rivera, ex
Cuban Secretary of Agriculture, now
In Honduras, who was nominated to
represent Plnar del Rio at -the coming
constitutional congress, has wired that
he will, be unable to serve In that capac
ity, as he Intends to remain in Honduras.
General satisfaction is expressed at the
announcement .that Porrero Echayarrla
has been appointed Commissioner of Pub
lic Schools: This is the chief adminis
trative . position, that of Mr, Alexis E.
Frye, Superintendent of Schools, being
secondary,
Governor-General Wood has Issued an
order directing that interpreters for Ju
dicial bodies shall be paid byvthe state,
and npt be litigants, fpr the -translation
Into English In civil suits of documents
which, are to be transmitted into the
English language to foreign countries
through the United States Government
- . Medal ot Honor Legion.
NEW YORK, Sept 12. A reception was
given last, night, at the Brooklyn Academy
of Music, to the visiting delegations of
the Congressional Medal of Honor Le
gion, who are in Brooklyn to participate
In tho 10th annual reunion pf that body.
Among the more distinguished people on
the stage were General Nelson A. Miles, J
Major-General D. E. Sickles, Justice W.
D. Dickie; General Isaac S. Catlln and
General T. Peck, Commander of the Medal
of Honor Legion.
Lieutenant-Governor Timothy Woodruff
wa3 the first speaker, .and was followed
by St Clair McKeiway, of the Brooklyn
Eagle. General Stuart Woodruff made
the principal oration of the evening.
PRESIDENT AT A WEDDING.
Marriajre
of Miss
and Dr.
Mabel McKinley
Baer.
SOMERSET, Pa.. Sept. 12. The wedding
of Miss Mabel McKInley. only child of
Mr. and Mrs. Abner McKInley.. and Dr.
Herminus Baer, took place tonight and
was made notable by the presence of
President McKinley, uncle of the bride.
The ceremony began at 8 o'clock In tho
drawing-room of the McKInley residence.
At that hour the little ribbon girls. In
advance of the wedding procession. Indi
cated the. approach to the drawing-room
by unfolding the wide white ribbons at
tached to the plUars of the hall at tha
foot of the stairs. Following the ribbon
gfrls was Miss Katherlne Endley, a nleco
of the bride, who carried the bridal bou
quet Then came Master Wilbur Schell,
a nephew of the bride,, carrying the wed
ding ring on 'a silver tray. Then fol
lowed, the groom and tho best man,
Lewis H. Baer. Miss Nora Jarvis, tha
maid of honor,, came after, and behind
her was the bride, leaning on the arm
of her father. The bride was met by tha
groom between the drawing-room door
and the marriage bell, in the bay win
dow, under which Dr. D. Parker Mor
gan was waiting them. Dr. Morgan at
once began the reading of the Episcopal
marriage service.
At the conclusion of the ceremony the
groom kissed the bride, and the first to
extend.thelr congratulations were Presi
dent and Mr3. McKinley, They were
.followed by Mr. and Mrs." Ahner McKIn
ley, parents of the bride. The congrat
ulations of the guests were followed by
the wedding dinner, which was served In
a tent on the lawn, save to those who
sat down at the bride's table, which' was
in the dining-room.
The gown of the., bride was simple in
design, but exquisitely fitted. Mrs. Will
iam McKinley wore a magnificent high
neck gown of white lace over pink satin,
with diamond ornaments. Mrs. Abner
McKInley's gown was a beautiful crea
tion of silver gray satin, faced with crepo
de chene.
The private car "Falmouth,"" of Presi
dent Duval, of the Florida Central Rall-
, road, will be used by the bride and groom
on their wedding trip. A porter anu cnec
will accompany the car on the bridal trip,
which will extend to the Pacific Coast,
where visits will be made to the two
brothers of the groom, who reside In
California, and a cousin of the bride, la
San Francisco.
Major Taylor Won Two Races.
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 12. "Major"
Taylor, the colored rider, tonight won tha
one-third mile national championship
paced race by half a wheel from Kimble,
and the two-mile national championship
paced race, sitting up from vthe other
cracks. Summaries:
One-third mlle national championship,
paced Major Taylor won; Owen Kimble,
second. Time, 0:351-5.
Two-mile national championship paced
Major Taylor won; Frank Kramer second;
Owen Kimble third. Time, 4:43.
Dally Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON Sept 12. Today's
statement of the Treasury balances In tho
general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000
gold reserve in the division of redemp
tions, shows:
Available cash balance 5135,005,3."3
Gold 75.454.447
Eruptions
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either inherited, or acquired through de
fective digestion and assimilation.
To treat these eruptions with drying
medicines la dangerous.
The thing to do is to help the system to
discharge the humors, and to strengthen
the digestive and assimilative functions
against their return.
Hood's Sarsaparilla can be confidently
relied upon to do that, according to thous
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" It effects radical and permanent cures.
"I was troubled with eczema for some
time, but hare had no return of the dlscnso
elnce taking Hood's Sarsaparilla." J. G.
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u I was troubled with pimples on my face
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Heed's Sarsaparilla cured me of both
troubles." Miss Alyeu. Wolteb, Box 212,
Algona, Wis.
Hood's SmrsmpstiiiM
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all humors.
hoop's 111X3 are tho beat cathartic.
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