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Prime Fresh and Smoked Meats.
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BIRD CAGES,
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Boxes, Sash and Doors,
Shingles oticl Mouldings
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j CuroiMso plan. Coo to 1.90 per day.
J American plan, $1.00 to 13.00 per day.
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GOODS.
0 REED
OSCAR ANDERSON, Mansgor.
J. C. PKNDEGA8T, CnUd CUm
VIP
LOSS OF NEARLY
TWENTY MILLIONS
Half (he Property on (he Island
Swept Out of Existence.
OVER FIFTY GHOULS SHOT
Tnlai ( Supplies Ruth to Gilvtitog From
EsM Hi West - Mayor Scads Ap
peal lor Cub lor lit
Komelcii.
GALVESTON. TeX.. P-pr. 12.-S p. m.
via lluton. midnight. An atti-mpta
id burying th dead have been utte-rly
i'biin.1ned and Ni.1l.-a are now be-lng
dirne. ftf In the swiftest manner "-
j slide. Score of ihi-m werw burial to
j il.iv and hundred were taken out to
sen ami thrown ovfboard. The rafe
itv of the llvlnft In now the paramount
I nni-.tlnn and nothing that will tend t
prevent nn ou'.bp-iik of pestilence I
In-lna n-'Kli '-t-l.
This m-Tnln It wn found that largo
nntnl'i i of boillt-a whl. h had, Ix-en pr-vlnu-iv
tl.iown Into the buy wnshrd
lm-k ut" n th shore. rJ the situation
vii ihUK r-n-l'-r.-d worse than tn-for-th.y
w re flr.et lak-n In barges and
thrown Into the water. ,
It will n"Vr he Known Imur mnt.y
Ti-ive lost thi'lr live .n this awful ca
tastrophe. Mayor Join-) thinks the
b ad will amount to several thou.tnnd
an) other. whoa opportunities for
III Istln-c. nr- Ima than that of the may
or pl.t.e it a high hk 10,sX).
n-llif rommltte-a frm the Interior
of the Kline hnv comm.-nred to arrive.
The gr.nt trouble now fe-m to be
that thou tieople who are In the great
iit n-rd ttr the If.st to receive aid.
Many of them are no ba lly maimed and
wounded that thev are unable to ap
ply ! the relief committee and the
committee, are o overwhelmed by di
rect application, that they have been
unnble to .ett-1 out meimenirera.
Very little Mealing waa rtortod to
day and there were no killing. Th?
number of men ihot veeterday for rd)
lilntx the d-uJ proved n aalutary m
.on. Th Ion. of life -imong; the regular
armv atatloned at the barnu-ka on the
bevh no larg. lv overestimated. -There
sre hut twentv-even missing, whereas i
the first estimate of casual tie. In this!
direction was nearly two hundred.
Oeneral McKlbben. V. S. A., ha
assumed entire charge of the city In
a general way. Adjutant-General Scur
ry belnix In direct charge- of the city.
About b'oo women and children were
taken to Houston t'Xlay.
Another tra'n load of provisions and
clothing, making the third w-lthln the
lust Jt hour., arrives! In Galveston to
night. Governor Sayres received over
liort.iw in contributions today. The
steamer Charlotte Allen arrived at
men today from Houston with 10.000
loaves of bread and other provisions,
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. Quarter
mnter Baxter, V. S. A., at Galveston,
telegraphs the war department that the
foi-tipratlon around Galveston are all
destroyed and cannot be rebuilt on the
present site?..
Ho says. "I fear that Galveston Is
destroyed beyon.l Its ability to recover."
CHICAGO. 'Sept. 12.-The following
statement was rei-elved at 11 o clock
toilrht:
"Galveston, Tex.. Sept. 12. TharKs P,
Plehl, Gereral Manager of the Asso
ciate! Tress, Chicago:
"A summary of the conditions pre
vailing at Galveston Is more than the
human Intellect can master. Briefly
stated, the damage to property Is any
tvpeve between fifteen and twenty mil
lions. .
"The loss of life cannot be computed.
All is simply guess work. Those bur-
Ld in the sea and ground will foot
up a horrible total of at least 3,000.
Many estimates of the loaa on the Isl
and In the city of Galveston and Im
mediate surrounding districts arc be
tween 4,000 and 8.000 deaths. I do not
make this statement In fright or ex
citement. "The whole story will never be told
because It cannot be told. The neces
sities of those living are pressing. Not
a slngla Individual escaped property
..REMOVAL SALE..
For the next sixty days our entire
stock of furniture and carpets will
be 61osed out at less than cost Call
early and avoid the rush.
CHARLES HE1LB0RN & SON
loxK. Tho pr.ierty on the Inland la
half wept out of exlM'-nee. What
our needs are can be computed by the
world at large ty a atatemi-nt here
with submitted much better than I
could po.lbly aummarlze th'.-m. IIIp
nunt b"! Immediate.
"Hlgned It. O. LOWE,
t "Manag'-r Oalveta News."
f.AI.VK3TON'. Tx., Hcpt. 12. To the
Associated Press: We are receiving
numerous tch-grams of condolence and
offera of assl.tanc.
As the telegraph wires are burdened
we beg the Associated Press to com
municate this reaponae to all. Nearby
titles are aunplylntr and will aupply
sufficient food, clothing, etc., for our
Immediate, needs. Cltl'-s further away
can aerve ua best by sending money.
c'"hecks should ih? niade payable to
John Healey, chairman finance commit
tee.
All supplies ahould come to W. A.
Mv'ltte,.ch-ilrnnn relief committee.
We have 2",000 people to clothe and
feed for manv weak and to furnlxh
with h'liiRehold gooln.
Moat of th'-e are homeless and oth
ers will require money to make their
wrecked residences habitable. From
thl. the world may understand how
much money we n d. All communi
cant lll plena accept th!a In lieu
of a direct response and be n.sur-l
of the hear.tWt gratitude of the entire
population.
W. C. Jones, Mayor; M. Lasker, J. D.
r'klniu-r. r. U. McM.mter. R. O. Iwe.
Cliiiriiee Owsley, committee.
PALLAS, Tex.. Sept. 12.-A bulletin
from Ouivst n. via Virginia Point and
Houston, retvlvM here nt 11 a. m.. says:
"The situation growa worse every
minute. Water an-1 Ice are needed.
People In freniv from suffering from
thes cau-s. Scor-s have died since
last night anl a number of auffererg
have gone Insane."
HOI'STON. Tex., Bept. 12.-The
ghoula have Nvn holding an orgle ovfr
the dead at Oalveston. The majority
of thc men were negroes, but whites
took part in the tie oration of the
dead. Some of them were natives, and
some had ben allowed to go over from
the mainland under the guise of "re
lief" work-Ts. Not only did they rob
the dead but they mutilated bodies In
order to secure their ghoulish booty.
A party of ten negroes were return
ing from a bxxlng expedition. They
had strlppel corpse- of all valuables
and the pot-kets of some of the looters
were fairly bulging out with flngtrs
of the dead which had been cut off
because they were so swollen the t ings
ci.uM not he removed. Incensed at this
desecration and mutilation of the dead,
the looters were ehot down and It has
be-en determined that all found In the
act of robbing the dead shall be num.
Manly shot.
Purlng the nibbing of the dead r.ot
onlv were fingers cut off, but ears were
stripped from the dead In order to se
cure Jewels of value. A few govcrn
nen' troops who survived and private
citizen, have been patrolling the city
ami have end?avord to prevent the
robbing of the dead, and on several oc
casions have killed offenders. It Is
said that nt one time eight were kill
ed, and at another time four. Alto
gether, the total of those executed ex
cee.ls 50.
HOUSTON. Tex.. Sept. 12.-Order has
begun to take the place of chaos, which
has reigned In Galveston since Satur
day's terrible, storm, and citizens are
recovering from the stupefaction of the
sudden dlsjt?r. All conservative es
timates hav? been shattereel by the es
timates of Mavor Jones, of Galveston,
nnd other prominent and conservative
men. who, in a statement to the As-
j sorhit-'d Press, declare that 3,000 deaths
win rejuit rrom tne storm, uver iw
lives were lost at other points In Texas.
T,.ate advices say 700 human bodies
have been weighted and sunk at sea
som, Identified, but more going to their
graves unknown.
Martial law prevails now and van
dalism Is bdng brought to a sudden
clierk. Sickening details of the vrk
of ghouls In mutilating and robbing
the dead have been received and half
a hundred of these men have paid the
penalties of their crimes by summary
deeth..
The water supply Is now reported as
adequate and thereby one of the worst
feature of the situation Is eliminated
for provisions are being poured Into
the stricken dry by carloads.
Many deaths are resulting from un
avoidable neglect and the sanitary con-
(Continued on fourth page.)
KRUGER WILL
00 TO EUROPE
beveral Transvaal Officials
Leave on German Steamer.
GUERILLA TACTICS ADOPTED
Prtildest Krsjcr Hit Lost (sterol la the
Slrnxile-Asitrlcass Who Fosjht
WIH Botn Now li Deitl
tale Clrcurailiicci.
LOL'nEXCO MAKQUKS. Sept 12.
I'realdent Kruger and several Trans
vaal oftlclaia are staying at the house
of Mr. Pott, consul of the Netherlands.
here.
It la reported that they will sail for
Europe, September 21th. on the Ger
man steamer Herxog.
I.OUP.EN'CO MAP.QUES. Sfpt. 12.-
Presldent Kruger arrived here last
night.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The Boers have decided to make a
formal declaration of jruerilla warfare.
General Botha !. understood to have
dissented from this course but. accord
ing to a Past correspondent with Lord
Roberts' forces, he was overruled by
the other members of the council of
-1 war.
The News correspondent In Belfast
learns through a refugee from the Bo-
ers thit President Kruger w-as at Nel-
spruit on Saturday and that President
1 AN INSTRUCTIVE
BRYAN AT TOPEKA.
The Republican party nullifies
every principle of the Declaration
of Independence. And so today
we are engaged In a controversy
which will determine whether we
are to have a republl: In which
the government "derives Its Just
powers from the consent of the
governed." or an empire In which
brute force Is the only recognlred
source of power. If this Nation
enters upon a colonial career, it
must repudiate the doctrine that
governments derive their Just
powers from the consent of the
governed.
When such an Issue Is raised
there can only be two parties the
party (whatever Its name may be)
which believes In a republic, and
the party (whatever Us name)
which believes In an empire and
the Influence of every citizen Is,
consciously or unconsciously, in
tentionally or unintentionally,
thrown upon the one side or the
other.
Steyp, Vlljoen, Christian Botha. Four-
nle P.nd Delarey were with him. Lu
cas Meyer has oeen deposed from his
command but remains Mr. Kruger's
mllltaiy adviser.
President Kruger .'s said to be feeble
and apparently takes little Interest In
the mllltaiy movements. He remains
In his railway carriage constantly
reading psalms. It Is be'leved that his
ulttn;ate intention is to take flight to
ward Koomatiport.
LONDON. ' Sept. 12. Mr. Joseph
Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonies. Ir. the form of a letter to the
Durham Conservative Association Is
sues an election manifesto. Referring to
the settlement In South Africa, he
said:
"I ibould seriously fear that if. for
any cause, the Liberals were now re
turned to office they would be ready to
throw away. In connection with the
settlement, the position which has been
so hardly gained.
a
"I hope every elector who feels that
the arrogant and arbitrary tyranny of
the Boer oligarchy culminating in an
Invasion of her majesty's territories
requires to be dealt with by a strong
hand will support the Unionist candi
dates at the polls."
CAPE TOWN. Sept. 12. In the Cape
house of assembly yesterday. Premier
Sir John Gordon Sprlgg, replying to a
auesthn concerning the fate of refu
ge?s who hai not been permitted to re
turn to their occupations, said that lf
charltaLle funds failed the govern
ment woul see to it that the refugees
did not starve.
LONDON. Sept. 12. The Cape Town
correspondent of 'he Dally Mall, refer
ring to the question put In the house of
assembly to Sir John Gordon Sprlgg
regarding the refues. said:
"The distress among them la very se
rious Largo numbers, mostly Ameri
cans, are living In caves on the sides j
cf TaH'; Mountain, owing to their In
ability to pay rent."
MAIL ROBI.EhV.
Two Sacks of Register"! Mail Stolen nt
the Metropolis of the Bkevna
River District.
VICTORIA. B. C. Kept. 12-Th steam
t.t Quen City brings news of a big
msll robbery at Port Esslngton, the
metropolis of the Skeena river mlnlnj?
and canning section. The mail was
reidy to be brought to Victoria by the
Queen City and was placed In the cor
ner of the general store at Esalnaton,
v here the postofhee Is located.
Two days before the steamer arrived
the store was entered during the night
and two sacks of registered mall stolen.
The letters !n these two sacks. Post
master Cunningham says, contained
over $3000 in eaah. checks and drafts.
Suspicion fell on some of the half
breeds who were hanging around the
vicinity of the postofflce, and one of
them was arrested. No evidence could
be found against him and he was re
leased.
BATTLE OF BRANDY WINE.
Anniversary Celebrated cn the Battle
field. WESTCHESTER. Pa.. S-pt. 12.-The
123rd anniversary of the battle of
Brandywine was celebrated yesterday
pn the battlefield where, on September
1L 1T77. for the first time the contlnen
tal army car.rlel the Stars and Stripes
into battle. It having been adopted as
the national flag by congress a few
months before.
The ceremonies incident to the cele
bration began at noon when a salute
Lf thirteen guns was fired. This was
i roitowea by a nag raiBing. during; wnicn
thousands of persons Joined In singing
the "Star Spanglsd Banner."
Two cannons presented by the gov
ernment were olaexfd In positions mark
PARALLEL.
JEFFERSON DAVIS' BOOK. VOL.
. , II. PAGE 29S.
The whole science of a republi
can ' government Is to be found
in this sentence from the Decla
ration of Independence: "Govern
ments are Instituted among men,
deriving their Just powers from
the consent of the governed.'
Who, then, had a right to-Institute
a republican government for
Louisiana? Under what princi
ples, then, could a citizen of
Massachusetts, whether clothed
In regimentals or citizen's dress,
come Into Louisiana and attempt
to set up a state government? Un
der no principles, but only by the
power of the invader and the
usurper. If the true principles of
a republican govtrnment had pre
vailed and could have been en
forced when Major-General But
ler appeared at New Orleans, he
would have been hanged on the
first lamp-post, and his successor,
Major-General Banks, would have
been hanged on the second.
Ing the patriots' line of battle. The
orator of the day was Judge Johnson,
of Media,
The celebration was under the aus
pices of General George MejCall Post
No. 31, Grand Army of the Republic.
The visitors Included prominent G. A.
R. men and persons from the sur
rounding counties.
GERMAN MILITARY MANEUVERS.
Plan Is for Repulse of Hostile Fleet
by German Army.
BERLIN. Sept. 12.-The German mil
itary maneuvers in accordance with
plans prepared by Emperor William
have now gone far enough to enable
an analvalo of the scheme. The sup
position Is that a hostile fleet can with
stand a hostile army on the shore af
ter . - the German fleet near
Arcona. The enemy has attempted to
push on quickly to Berlin w-here. how
ever, an army Is formed which moves
by forced marches toward Stettin, re
pulsing the Invaders. Today the hos
tile cavalry and Infantry divisions are
near Pyrlti In Pomeranta.
The weather has been cool and dry
until last evening when a warm rain
set in. Prince Henry of Prussia and
the emperor have been participating.
t-mperor William makes frequent and
successful use of automobiles. He en
camped near Wlldenbruch last nlfrht.
RAINS BRING RELIEF.
Total Number Receiving Famine Re-
lief Now Reduced to Four and a
Third Millions.
LONDON. Sent. 12 I.or.1 Cin-zon of
Keddleston. viceroy of India, has cabled
the India office that good rains have
fallen in Madras and central Bengal
and on the Gang?Mo plain, relieving all
present anxiety regarding the autumn
crops in those tenitoiUa,
The total number now receiving fam
ine relief has fallen to -l,3ai,(W.
METAL MARKET.
NEW YORK. ScdL 12.-Silver. '"62:
lead, unchanx.-d.
WORLD'S MOST
GIGANTIC STRIKE
N2.000 Pennsylvania Miners Or
dered to Quit Work.
MEN WILL BE CARED FOR
Mlocri ol Amtbraclte Coal Will Ccat Work'
oi Mosdsjr Next Presides! of I'nltetf
Mlacworkers His Sijsed
the Order.
INDIANAPOLIS.- Sept. 12.-This af
ternoon President Mitchell and Secre
tary Wilson of the United Mlneworkers
of America affixed their signatures to
a document which will call 142.000 min
ers of the Pennsylvania anthracite re
gion from their work Monday morning
and precipitate one of the most glgantlo
strikes in the history of the labor
world.
The document wa. an official en
dorsement of the request of the an
thracite miners to strike. The official
order to strike was sent to the three
presidents of the Pennsylvania districts.
The order la simply a recital of the pro
cedure of the three district bodies la
applying to the national board for au
thority to strike, nnd a formal an
nouncement that the application Is en
dorsed and a strike ordered.
The order says: "Do not wait for
any further notice to strike, but cease
work In a boly on and after Monday,
September 17. 1900." '
As to maintaining the men during the
strike. Mitchell ?aid:
"When men are fighting for wages
they can subsist on very little. At
any rate it is safe to say that nobody
will starve or want for necessary
clothing. Most'of the men live In the
company housrs and we must consid
er the probability of eviction, but these
things have all been fully considered."
---TERRIBLE TRAIN-WRKC1.-
Nine Persons Killed and Five Injured
on the Illlnels Central.
CAIRO, III.. Sept. 12. A1 terrible
wreck In which nine persons lost their
lives and five others were Injured oc
curred at Beechwood. Illinois, a station
on the Illinois Central railroad, today.
"The dead are: Kate H. Ward. OI-
lie Enright. Ella Williams, of Collins;
Anna Allen. Madg? Margaret. Faith.
Hamilton, Ella Williams, Ada and Pat
Patterson (colored). Anrile Bell (color
ed), all from Chicago. '
The persons killed were occupants
of a special private car of Duncan
Clark Specialty Company, composed of
ten men and seven women, en route to
Mound City, where they were billed to
annar tonight.
At the north switch half a mile north r
of Beechwood. the nivate car. which
was attached to the rear end of the
passenger train, jumped from the rails
to the west anl crashed across the
front end of a switch engine which
stood still upon the track. The car
smashed Into bits of Kindling1 wood.
The cause of the accident was the
breaking' of the rear trucks of the pri
vate car. Duncan Clark, manager of
the company, was among the Injured.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
After Some Bickering Succeed In Nom
inating a Ticket.
SARATOGA. N. Y.. Sept. 12. The
Democratic state convention tonight
nominated this ticket:
Governor John B. Stanchfleid. of
Chemung.
Lieutenant-governor William Mack-
ey. of Erie.
Secretary of state
-John T. Norton.
8. Atwater. of
of Kennsaeler.
Controller Edwin
Dui-hesa.
Treasurer John B.
Judson, of Ful-
ton.
Attorney -general Thos.
F. Conway,
of Clinton.
Engineer and surveyorRussell R.
Stuart, of Onondaga.
Ths head of the ticket was not se
lected without a sarcPstlc exchange of
compliments among the leaders. But
when the will of the convention had
finally been registered. ex-Senator Hill
was the first to propose the unanimous
nomination of Stanchfleid.
WEDDING OF MISS M'KINLEY.
The President Attended the Wedding
of His Niece at Somerset. Pa.
SOMERSET. Pa., Sept. 12. The wed
ding of Miss Mabel McKInley. only
child cf Mr. and Mrs. Abner McKIn
ley, and Dr. Ilerminus Baer, took place
tonlf.ht and was ma-la notable by the
presence of Presldt McKInley, unci
of thd brld".
FAKLING HAS ARRIVED.
3 WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. The war
department has lieen Informed of the
arrival at Manila, on the ninth Instant,
of the transport Pakllng. She ha cav
alry horses on boarJ.
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