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ONE-HALF OF GALVESTON WIPED
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Highest Part of the City Four Feet Under Water and the Wind
Blowing at the Rate of Eighty Miles an Hour.
ONE OF THE MOST AWFUL TRAGEDIES OF MODERN TIMES
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Hplllune. a well-known GalvenWm man
nd day correspond.'nt of the Aocliit
1 TrtH In that city, who rewind
HnUNton today after a. t'rrlbl? xiht-
nee. g!v the following account of
ih iilKir at Galyston:
'One of the most awful tragi-dic of
modern l!m- has vMtrd Gnlvewton.
Th . liy !n In ruin and the dead will
iiroiiiilily nutub'r cn thousand. I :n
lust from the titv, having been mm
iiilon,d by the mayor ami clllZfriK'
committee to vt In touch with the
nuuid world nnd appeal for hlp,
llot'nton n, the nuivt iolnt at
whU-h w. irking teli-irriih intrunirntH
i-ot'lil !) founl. wlr.n am w'-ll an near-
f iv an illinium.' between h-re and the
Btllf of Mexico b-lng wri'k-cl.
"When I lift Oiilvnt'n, shortly b
fr noon yesterday, people -.-r or
g.mliJlng for ih prompt burlnl of tho
Jniil. th dlNirlbutl n of food and all
n-ccary work nft.'r th period of dis
aster. "fly 3 o'clock Pa'.urdty afternoon tho
water of the gulf an 1 bay met. and by
dark the entire city wai submerged.
The flooding of the lotro light plant
left the city In darkne. Tc go out
Into the street wa to court death.
Th wind wai then at cyclonic velocity,
mof, cistern, portion of buildings, tel
rrt)h pole and walla were falling,
and the nole of the wind and the
cnhlng of building waa terrifying
In the extreme.
"The wind and water rose ateadlly
from dark until 115 o'clock Sunday
morning.
During nil tbU time the people of Gal
venton were like rata In trnpa. The
htghmt portion of the city wa from
four to five feet under water, while 'n
the tren majority of cane the streets
were submerged to a depth of ten feet
To leave the h.ouno wa to dnwn. To
remain waa to court death In the
wrecknire.
The water beciin to aubiilde at 1:4:!
a. m. V "thin two minute they had
Bone down two feet, and before day-
Ilitht the atre?t were practically freed
of the flood water. In the meantime
the wind lmd veered to the aoutheast.
"Very few If any building em-aped
Injury. There I hardly a habitable
drv house In the city.
"The flrt hurried (fiance over the
city howed that the largest tructure,
cupposed to be mmt substantially built,
suffered most. The orphan'" home fell
like a heuse of cards. Hew many dead
children and refugee ore In the ruin
could not be ascertained. Of the l-k
In Pt. Mary' hoapltnl Infirmary with
their attendant, only elRht are under-
tood to have been aved. Every
church In the clly, with x8lbiy one
or two exception, I In rulna.
"The bay fruit from end to end la
In ruin. Nothing but piling nnd wreck
of great warehouse remains.
'The Mfo saving station at Fort Tolnt
was cani"d away, the crew Mr-jc cwept
across tne nay fourteen miles to Tex
a City, tv being drowned. It will
take a week to tabulate the dead and
mliHng and to get anything' near an
approximate Idea of the loss.
It Is safe to toy that one-half the
property of the city I wiped out and
that one-half of the residents have to
face absolute poverty.
"Eight ocean steamers wore torn from
their moorings and stranded In the
bay." '
covering the Inland to the dpth of nix
to twelve feet. During thl audden
M.xmI a mo', terrible torm waa raging,
the wind blowing about SO mile pr
hour.
"Many of the dead fiave been un
covered; other are still' under the de
brl; other were carried out to ea.
It 1 not polble to give at thl time
a reliable report as to the number of
d 'aths. Froru ontlmate mnd by re
liable person who have Jusi come
from Galvision. It Is b-Ueved thut not
! !h"in 1500 and pmilbly a many
o S'io iHople w.re drowned. Of course
the wounded lire numerous. The dam-
ate to property I moat (hocking.
"Fon'e of the best public and private
eHtublliliment8 were wrecked. Thou
sands of home were awept entirely
away. It U quite safe to aet this down
us on of the greatest (ilsairter that ha
ever vlslleJ the United State. . '
The low of property. uj Irreparable.
The I.Mrii of life la appalling.
"Q. B. DEALT.
"Manag'r of Dallas New a."
WASHINGTON, Sept 10.-Mla Cla
ra Barton, pr.-aldint of the American
National Red Crag, tonight Usued an
apinal to the oeopl. ot the United
State In behalf of the Buffering people
of Galvetofl, Texaa. '
CHICAGO, Sept. 10. According to the
board of statistic the grain elevator
at Galveston contained 2.223,009 bushels
of wheat
DENVEtt, Sept lO.-Tha following
telegram haa been sent to the Dallas,
Texa. Newa by the Denver Repub
lican: "The Denver Republican haa started
a relief fund for Galveston with a sub
scription of one hundred dollars and
will push the movement with all possi
ble vigor. Denver will respond vigor
ously. WM. STAPLETON.
"Editor."
DALLAS, Tex., Sept 10.-A special
to the Newa from Houston aaya:
Additional particulars of the storm
at Galveston show that about 1500 per
son were drowned nnd ten million
dollars' worth of Property destroyed.
Thcr) Is not a building in the city that
was nut damaged to some extent. All
the bath houses on the beach were de
stroyed and their attendants drowned.
The Sealy hospital waa destroyed and
most of the patl?nta drowned. The
grain elevator were destroyed, one of
them with 1,000,000 bushel of wheat.
The lilch school and the Rosenberg
school buildings were destroyed and
no nna attempt to estimate the
damage to buslmw and residence prop
rty. The fine sK-am'r Alamo He upon
tne too of the Malljry wharf and
big English cotton-laden ateamer wa
driven ashore at Texaa City. Other
vessel are aground In different part
of the bay. me hotHcMly wrecked
m tug Lulse of the Houston Direct
Navigation Company la under water at
Red Fish. Two of the crew were
drowned, the remainder escaping n
the life boat.
yesterday morning a boat wa char
tered to inn from Gaveton to Texa
city, and on thl the Houston Post cor
respondent had hurriedly departed
Krom what he law and heard of some of
the fleeing busiaesf men he can assure
the public that tho people of Galveston
need Immediate relief. The object In
tending to Texaa City waa to get In
touch with the utaide world and let
It know that a atrkken city la n mis
fortune and ask the people of the coun
try to aend food, clothing and water.
The water work are In rulna and
the cisterns all blown away, so that the
lack of water Is one of the most aeriou
of the present trouble. Ruin I every
where. The electric light and tele
grarh Pole are nearly all prostrated
and the street are littered with Urn
bcr. slate, glass and every conceivable
bsrtu ter of debrl.
There I hardly a habitable bouse In
the entire city and n.ar!y every busl
nesa House I bailiy damaged. The
chool building are unroofed such ed
ifice a the hik'h school and Rosenberg
school buildings being badly wrecked.
The fine churches are almost In ruins,
The elevator and warehouses are unfit
for use. the electric lijrht plant htu col
lapsed and so ha the cotton factory.
From Tremont to P street and down
to the beach not a vestige of a resldenci
la to be seen.
In the business section of the city
the water waa from three to ten feet
deep In store, and stock of all kind
Including foodstuffs are total losses.
While the PoBt correspondent waa in
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uuivesion raiuroay nignt it wa a
common sight for him to see women and
children emerging from once comfort
able homea dated and bleeding from
wounds, the women wading neck deep
with bablea In thetr arm. To add. If
possible, to the calamity, the city la cut
off entirely from the world. The tele
graph. inBai'irrnd''tie"e4l)!,.
which connects Galveston with Mexico
la cut.
In sailing for Texaa City yesterday
the Post correspondent used a strong
glass but could see nothing of any of
the bridge which connect the Island
with the mainland, but where the
bridges should be a big ocean vesi
was ntrandeJ.
At Texaa City the wharves are de
stroyed and the water front for a mile
is littered with ruin. Much of the de
bris has been blown there from Galves
ton. At Texaa City three Uv were
lost. The railway track Is wahed
awuv and the only exit was by foot
and conveyance to La Marque, on the
International & Great Northern rail
way. Thi? storm commenced racing between
and 10 o'clock Saturday morning and
by niKn the water trum the gulf had
Inundated the Island a far up as 12th
street. From there the water grad
ually encroached farther Inland, ris
ing about fifteen Inches an hour. At
C p. m. there were thlrty-alx Inches of
water In the lobbies of the Tremont
hotel, the highest point In the city.
Across the streeet where the ground
is lower a horse was drowned. At 9
...The Esmond Hotel..
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KuroiKtn plan. SOc to 1,S0 oar day.
American plan, $1.00 to f 2.00 per day.
PSCAR ANDERSON, Managor.
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C. J. TRENCHAPD,
Custom House Broker.
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A(.ot W. F. A Co., and ptoiflo Kxprf ii Co ..
Commission, Brokerage,
Insurance and Shipping.
CHICAGO, Sept. 10. The following
statement of the situation nt Galves
ton and along the coast wn received to
night: "Dalla. Tex.. Sept.'t10.-Charles S.
Dlehl, Gencrnl Manager of the Associa
ted Press.
Trom the latest report which are
considered reliable the disaster at Gal
veston and along the coast haa not
been exaggerated.
Tho water of the gulf and bay met,
many persons who had taken refuge I o'clock the water on Market street was
in mem Kiiiea.
Eight big steamships In port were
all wr-cked. All three railroad bridges
and the county bridge across to the
mainland at Virginia Point were swept
away and the bridge tenders and their
families drowned.
The loss of property is simply appall
ing. The entire Island was submerged
nnd water was eight feet deep on
Tremont avenue, probably the highest
point In the city.
. GALVESTON Tex.. Sept. 10. Six
hundred to one thousand persons killed,
city almost In ruins, the wharf front
entirely .gone, eVery ocean steamer
stranded and death and destruction on
every hand, with a money loss that
cannot be estimated now, U so far as
can he learned at this hour the result
of the appalling calamity that has be
fallen Galveston.
Tho great storm has left her helpless
and her stricken people are compelled
to appeal to the outside world for aid.
The climates of loss of life vary be
tween the figure given, but an accurate
count of the dead Is Impossible now and
the real number killed In the storm will
probably never be known.
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For the next sixty days our entire
stock of furniture and carpets will
be closed out at less than cost. Call
early and avoid the rush.
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level with the seats of the street cars.
After that It gradually receded, but the
wind was cyclonic in Its force. It
reached a velocity of eighty-four miles
an hour and then the Instruments In
me government observatory were
wrecked.
In the streets the wires were down
telegraph and telephone poles falling
slate, glass and timber flying through
the ulr. At times people would sail
rapidly by In boats and. colliding with
some, obstruction, would be painfully
Injured.
. Lr. &. o. ioung, secretary of the
college, was diivin from his home,
He mounted a board and was whirled
with terrific velocity toward the bay,
Striking some obstruction he wa9 se
verely cut and bruised about the head
and face besides receiving bodily in
juries.
Dr. West, one of the most prominent
physicians In Galveston, was drowned
near the Rosenberg school building
whither he bad gone to attend a pa
tient who was reported to be Injured.
As soon aa daylight came and the
fury of the wind had abated, the work
of rescue and searching for the dead
commenced. In one room the Post re
porter counted seven dead bodies. The
Tremont hotel was made a rendezvous
for the living. The women and children
slept in the dining rooms and parlors
and the men lay on the floors In the
hallways.
The first house to collapse was a new
three-story brick known as the "Dud
llta building." Next Reuter's saloon,
a two-story brick, fell with 'a crash,
killing three of the most prominent men
In Galveston Stanley E. Spencer, agent
of the Cerman Lloyd steamship com
pany, and Richard lord and Charles
Kilmer, the latter cotton men.
At noon the big wagon bridge went
down with a crash, and It is thought
the other bridges. three'In number, are
TROOPS WILL CO
TO PHILIPPINES
There Americans Will Remain
Till Needed in China.
JAPANESE STAY AT PEKIN
T.lal of Niaety.tartc British tni America!
Mluloaarlt Kieva la Hart Beci
Killed -Maar Olbtr Art
Miffing.
LONDON, Sept 11. Lord Salisbury
win return to usuaon wnen aome
fresh development In the Chinese tit
uatlon in expected. Beyond Japan's
reply showing her intention to continue
to occupy Pekln there 1 little to throw
further lltht.
From Shanghai come the report
that Ll Hung Chang haa dispatched
an urgent telegram to tne emprewi
dowager at Tal Tuen Fu announcing
tho purpose of the allies to advance
to Pno Ting Fu and perhaps even fur
thcr.
The Tien Tsin correspondent of the
Standard assert ihat everything in
Pekln Is living on "buller oeef" and
hard tack.
WASHINGTON, Sept lO.-The de
velopment of the day In tfie Chinese
situation still point to speedy with
drawal of the troop from China. Gen.
Chaffee has added the weight of his
opolnlon to that already entertained by
many officials here. It Is significant
that the general's statement on this
point wa glvsn publicity by the administration.
No confirmation Is at hand here of
the report that Great Britain and
Germany have Joined In an agreement
to remain together In Pekln regardless
of the attitude of the other powers.
Should this be true the fact doubt
ls would hasten th reiSSirfWT'
ment of the American troops, tor there
Is a firm determination to avoid becom
ing Involved In any clash between the
powers, such aa might reasonably be
expected to follow the execution of this
reported Qiltlsh-German program.
The part of the problem relative to
the withdrawal that remains unsolved
Is the best means of securing guar
antees for the attainment of the few
objects set out In Secretary Hay's note
of July 3, which have not yet been se
cured. It does not follow that because
the United States troops are to be
withdrawn this autumn from China
our Interests will be left compjetely at
the mercy of the other powers. " The
entire army of General Chaffee will be
quartered In some of the pleasant por
tions of the Philippines.
If they are wanted In China, they
can be transported Inside of a week,
thoroughly refresh-?d and fitted for ef
fective action.
(Copyrighted. 1000, Associated Press.)
SHANGHAI. Sept. 8. John Goodnow.
United Statp consul-general here, after
Inquiries in every possible source.
nese minister ha received an Imperial
edl'.t conferring on Li Hung Chang
extraordinary power for the complete
settlement of tho Chln-w trouble. It
give him authority to make any terms
according to hi own discretion, with
out referring them' to the emperoc
Thi Is unusual authority, and It Is
claimed at the Chinese legation, give
Ll Hung Chang cradentlal adequate
to meet all the objection heretofore
raised a to his powrr to negotiate for
peace. Th edict 1 dated two weeks
ago. but Is Just forwarded from Ll
Hung Chang, Minister Wu delivered It
to the state department thl morning.
j lAt.-NDO.N, Sept. M.-The Chinese
minister in London, it .u understood,
has received credentials authorizing the
opening of peace negotiations. It Is
intimated that similar ' powers have
been conferred on the Chinese ministers
at other capital?, and that their cre
dential are such as will satisfy tha
American and European governments.
LONDON, 8nt 10.-A gpeclat dis
patch from Berlin says that Great
Britain and Germany have agreed not
to evacuate Pekln until full satisfac
tion for the recent outrages has been
obtained.
SEW YORK. Sept. 10.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
Chung Ll, military commandant of
Pcltin. who is responsible for the mur
der of the German minister, has ben
arrested and Is confined under German
Jurisdiction.
PEKIN. Aug. 20, via Shanghai. Sept.
8. A fire occurred last night In a pago
da w here a company of American and
British heliograph operators were at
work. When the smoke of the fire was
discovered efforts were made to extin
guish the flames but they proved futile
and the large wooden structure wa to
tally destroyed.
PEKIN. Aug. 21, via Shanghai, Sept.
S. It is unofficially but reliably stated
that Prince Chlng will produce the em
peror. The situation seems to hang
UDon this:
If Prince Chlng can discover the em
peror, his majesty's rule will probably
be re-established as there is no other
likely candidate. Prince Chlng comes
under the Imperial edict and two other
leading' Chinamen will bo asked to a '
alst in the negotiations for a settlement
one of Whom will probably be Li Hung
Chang.', I.. . .
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PEKIN. Aug. 26, via Shanghai, Sept
K-'-Vesterday a member of the Japanese
legation guided by the secretary of the
Tsung H Tamun .found a body outside
the southeast .gate which was identi
fied as-"Suigl Tama Aktra. the chancel-
or of the Japanese legation, who was
murdered by the Chinese in June. The
body was cremated and the ashes pre
nared for shioment.
Yesterday's conference arranged tha
triumphal march to the palace In the
following order:
Russians and Japanese, S00 each; Brit
ish. Americans and French. 400 eahc;
Germans. 250, and Austrians, Italians
and the marine detachment. They will
enter the south gate at 8 o'clock '
In the morning. All will be dismounted
except the generals and their staffs. A
NEW YORK, Sept. 10. A special to
the Tribune from Washington says:
Unless Minister Conger, in reply to
j questions sent by cable to hira nearly a
'earn that th niimtwr nf RHtish k I v' fl D' direction of the president. ,-'
American missionaries murdered dur-' s'!sJbe"er reasons than are now con-
'c" uric ins coniinu&iice ai re
kin, he will be instructed to remove the
(Continued on fourth page.)
Ing the uprising in China has been nine
ty-three, while 170 others stationed In
Chi Ll and Shan SI provinces are un
accounted for. th?re Is reason for the
belief that they have met the same
fate.
Of those whose deaths have been ab
solutely proven. 22 were Americans. 8
men, 7 women and 6 children: 31 were
British, .) men. 15 women and 10 chil
dren. There Is strong proof that 37 more
were killed at Tal Yuen. Ten men, 13
women and 7 children are known to
have been there.
The list of missing numbers: Ameri
cans, 20 men. 21 women and 20 chil
dren. British. 41 men. 49 women and 13
Children
It Is Impossible to get the numbers
of Catholics klllid, but there were
many French priests and sisters and
some were In the country where the
Russians, are fighting. There were al
so several Swedish and Danish Protes
tants. The massacre and persecution of
Chinese Christians continue everywhere
and It is sold that the anti-foreign
leaders intend to exterminate them.
Earl Ll and minor officials continue
to send memorials to the dowager em
press thanking her for ridding the
country of the foreign people.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 10.-The fol
lowing dispatch has been received at
the war department:
"T,akK (no date) Adjutant-General
Washington. Afternoon. 4th.-Evidence
accumulates that diplomatic relations
will not be resumed here for a long
time. Russian legation leaves verv socn
for Tien Tsln. Appears to me certain
the Chinese government will not return
here whilst foreign armv remnlns. nnd
If th's Is true, our legation can trans
act no business. My opinion is Pekin
lo b merely a camp of the foreiim
army pending aettlement by powers at
other points. CHAFFEE."
WASHINGTON. Sept, W.-The Chl-
Amerlcan legation without delay to
anangnai. ueneral Chaffee a troops will
escort the minitr and legation to Ta
ku and Admiral Remey will take them
on the Brocklyn to the Chinese metrop
olis, making that port the meeting placu
for the fleet. The main American mil
itary force will probably not remain on
Chinese territory after October 1 and its
withdrawal from Pekln may be a mat
ter of less than fifteen days.
General Chaffee has already Informed
the war department of his readiness to
leave Pekin at a day's notice, while h
is fully prepared, if neoesmry, to remain
all winter. The last investigations on
tne subject were sent to him Just two
weeks ao w hen, three days before the
presentation of the Russian note, he
was Informed that transportation ar
rangements would be made to bring
away his troops, their mission having
been accomplished, and he was to make
such disposition as would facilitate
prompt withdrawal and to Inform the
departments as to the length of time he
should require between the receipt of
orders and embarking at Taku. Al
though not ofilcially Admitted, sufllclent
marine transportation for the entire
force is now under orders to assemble
at Taku by September 20. and at least
two steamers will be at the mouth of
the Pel Ho to receive the first troops
on next Saturday.
It is not interpreted by the authorities
that Minister Conger will present any
reasons to affect the disposition of thi
government to have him leave Pekln
temporarily and to remove the troop
from Chinese soil. No conceivable ad
vantage oceut-3 to the president's ad
visers of maintaining the legation in a
city where ther-i are no Imperial olllc
lals with whom negotiations can ha
conducted and wherj it :s har.ily likely
there will be any Improvement in thla
respect for many months, while at
Shanghai there Is constant Intercourse
with the rulers of four-fifths of the em
pire and perfect security of person and
property.
As to the further maintenance of Gen.
eral Claffee's forces In Pe Chi Ll tho
authorities here are now satisfied that
notnmg whatever Is to be gained and
m'ich perhaps to be risked or lost. It
Is agreed tliat th-piii'r fvr wlii'-h thj
troops were landed has been fully ac
complished. These were stated In tha
Hay circular to the powers. '
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