Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 September 1900 — Page 2

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t . DOtNt . PuMbktl. jASrEB, IN ll W VTi..- saun nffire uepartaiects, aa 11m 6th. snnottnced the appointment Anna H. M i k to be poatrn trees aiohlnah Hawaii Island, ILn .i Tilt National Tubt ( , M 1 1" th. Advanced prices OH nssrshanl at. J wrought iron pipe five per cent. cinin'c was mid in the prieaa of botler tubes ami other gratlsa. TbS sdr vance was made because of tlM ha crtJiPt .Ii the rot tf iron ami t-l she In. or 1 1 i it iron and steel. i - President and Urft, McKinley Will leave Washington, en the nth. for Somerset. IV. to attend the wedding ot Miss Ma.n l HcKialev am! Dr. J-aer. The trip to BllinSIStll will be made by darlieht. Inmiedintfly after tin trrcmony they will depart for l 'antun. (.. to remain nmi dsye. It nan uMCrted at the Austrian for eign office, OB the 7th. Recording te the Vienna COITe s n o 1 1 d e nt of the l.oll dun Daily Mail, that Russia had sgrewd to n compromise, leaving i portion of the troops la Pakts im sendine the nein bode to Tien Tain which has been the military hcadquar ter. Kx-Kecrctnrv Jobl SheraUMI and hU daughter, Mrs. J. 1 McCallum, will soars Hanefleld, .. on the i7th. tot NVafshii'Uton, where they wtU spend the winter. Mr. Sherman's property ut hfanaflehi, which includes etreraJ res in the residence pari of the city has been laid out iu lot, uud will b sold. An earthquake occurred at EJtay Pay. Alaska, on August 11. whlh did mach damage. Hen of the immenee rlecieri which head into Lituya hay were dislodged by the disturb ance and sent crashing into the bay causing the submersion of a linall island and the drowning of the India nf. l'nited States Miniater Irving H Dudley, who left Lima, I'cru, aa the t.th. for CallaO, on his way to the United states, was accompanied to the railway station by an aide do lamp of President Homann. several members of the cabinet, the diplo matte corp. and a aamberof paraonn friends. Failures in the L'nited .State for the calendar month of August, as reported by telegraph to Hradstrcets, number 7o". with aggregated WabHI ties of aMaj0M, and a.-sets of ss !'.' .' t". In iiuuilx-r the failures arc the fewest reported la any month for 11 Boa the past, and the same is true of the liabilities. Tlx" state department ha? received information that, about a year sgO, Mr. Augustin I 'eres, a native of France, but a citizen of tlie l'nited State., died at Puehla. Me co; that nt th' time of his death he owned a half interest in an onyx mine. utnl that he left three children in NeerOrlea who should be heirs to the property. The suit of ex-Q'ieen I.iliuokalani Bpainst ('. p.. Wilson, her one-time; tnutb icntinl adviser, for $1,')0 tjaiiiSges and to eject him from the premises in Honolulu claimed by both Bar tici to the syjt, ,as tM--;i answered by Wilson with a wae cow pin In! in chub he idaims remuneration for M e.it -' servi-e as ao I leer to iier Ilia tv up to 19S. The S'alinn Southwestern and Solonicti Valley railroads were told under the hammer tit 1 i n:i . Kas.. on the 4th. tO Union I'aeitie interests for 1400.000 each. The former runs from Baiina tn McPheraon, and the latter from Solomon tO Heloit. I'.oth have been leased and operated ever tinea their ennst ruction as a )art of the Union Pacific s sr. -in. The wsr department reeeleed informatloa, on the 4th. that the work of Haying a cable from Shanghai to (he I'oo hal commenced. It is in lieeI that unless some accident is encountered, the cable will be com pleted unci in operation within a Wet k. This OQghl 10 make commiunration between Washington und our aflehali in China much more expedi tiou .irdm D. ; kefeller has made Bpellmaa llilmi j. negro college at Atlanta, tin.. present of llaft, The money has been paid Into the treasury of the American Boptttt Home Mission So-iety of New York, which has charge nf the college. A new dormitory, a new uinlng hall, a residence for the faculty, a hospital and heat hag and light plant will be built. e The death of Chief Charter, at his home near the Cheyenne agency, la Booth Dakotfti was announced on the 4th. Charger was oae of the party which help d to rescue w inte eaptivt s from the hoetllea after the . w 1 im maaeocre. 'lie Minnin; memlteri of that party are Swift Bird, Little No Heart. Four bear and Whit Swan. Three of them attended Chief Charter's funeral. lohn W. Haaley, suppoeedhj Inatna. aecored entrance to Irchbiahop Cor ligan'a resitience in New Vorh --ity. on the 5th. and making his way to the dlmngiouau made havoc anion;- the prei. ,te's costly tabic lurniahiags and Other artieba in the room. He wag overpowered and linked up. Ufa grievance aeemed bo ba thai the archLMiop eoaid afford la p;.. to Home to Secure a red feather, while llanlcy'a brethera grave in (uvalrv vva,a neg. hte'.fd.

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Southern Border of Texas Swept by ft Torrential Storm, in Which Thousands Perished. GALVESTON THE PRINCIPAL SUFFERER. Much of Ilia llty MwC ft BW Ml Kulm Tim ll 1 uili-trljr Uolalrd All Hi lllhfr Coast Towns Suffrred -Ma V Kenurlad l oiuplolrly 1trnx (1. Houston, Tex.. Sept. 9. ---.lames C. Timmina, gaaaral saperintendeat of the National Compress Co., baa ju.st arrived from Oalveatoa, after a parti" (imi trip He reports that more than one thousand persons have been drowned, killed or missing, und that , a oases hart been destroyed, lie aSJ s the BSagnltade of the disaster remains to ba told. ihre,- Taoasand Meaa Nr York. Bent, Kh The World today prints the following: "Austin, Tex.. Sept. 9. "Information has just reached me that alsiut three thousand lives have been lost at Galveston, with enormous dest ruction of property. "No information from other points. Signed "JOSEPH BAYEBS. "Governor." THK HOHHOH C..HOW9. LH or .IV Kallmatrd by Thousands i. ike n Tidal Ware. Dallas. TeJ . Sept. '.'. The foUowing telcfrram has just been received from Houston, lev the News: Belief train just returned. 1 hey could not fret closer than six miles of Virginia Point, where the prairie was covered with lumber, debris, pianos, trunks und dead bodies. Two hundied corpses were counted from the train. A larue steamer is stranded two miles from Yirtritiia Point, as though thrown up by a tidal wave. Nothing on be seen of .alveston. Two men were picked u who were Boating across the mainland and they say they estimate the loss of life up to the time they left at 2.04)0. The above message is addressed to Superintendent Felton, Dallas, aa 1 comes from Mr. Vaughn, manager of the Western I'nion telegraph ottiee at Houston. Houston. Tex., Sept. 9. The storm that raged along the coast of Texas last inidit was the Dsoet disastrous that bus ever visited this section. The wires are down and there is no way of finding out just what has happened, but enough is known to make it certain that there has been great loss of life and destruction of prop crty all along the coast, and for 100 miles inland. Kvery town that is reached reports one or more dead and the property damage is sm grant that there is no Stay of computing it accurately. Declined tn Hlsk Their I.ftcouautlvea. Galveston remains isolated. The Houston Dost and the Associated Press correspondents made efforts to pet special trains and tuirs to-day with which to reach the island city. I'he railroad companies decline to risk their locomotives. IlrldKea Wrecked or Weakened. All sorts of rumors prevail, but with nt substantial basis, it is known that the railroad bridges across the bay at Galveston are either wrecked or likely to be destroyed with the weight of a train on them; the approaches to the sragoa bridge are gone and it is rendered uscies.. The bridge of the Galveston, Houston Northern railroad Is standing, bat the drsvwbridges over Clear creek and at Kdgewater are "one, and the road erm not gal trains through to utilie the nridge across the bay. Found seven Head In One Ilona. A tiaiii went down the Colnmbis tap load this morning as far as Chenango Junct ion. The town was greatly dam-i aged, and tic- bodies of nine negroes were taken from the ruins of one house. The train could pn d no further, and came back to Houston, leaving the fate of the people at Angleton. Columbia, Braaora, Vaneeo and Quintans uncertain. Tows Almost Wiped Out. The small town of Brookshirs on the Missouri, Kansas A Texas, was almost wiped out by the storm. The crew of I work train brought in the information. When the train left there the bodies of four persons had been recovered and the search for other.' was proceed i n ir. Hempstead, across the country from Hrookshirc. was also greatly damages, but so far ns known no lives were lost. Hesldrnta Deaertln-f Salilne Faaa. Sabine Peas has not been hoard from to-day. Yesterday morning the last news was received from there, and at that time the w;.ter was surrounding the old town at the pu . and the wind was risinir and the waves becoming high. From the ne town, which is some distance back, It was reported that the water ha 1 reached the depot and was runninir throuc-h the Streets. People were leaving for t lie high country known as the back ridge, and it is believed that all escaped. Maar Urowned rand More Mlaalae. Two bodies have been brought in from Seabrooke, on (iahest on bay, snd 17 persons are missing there. Three persons were drowned nt Morgan's Point, ond others are missing. With the excepüou of those of Mrs.

glcholsea and Mrs. fane Voo,io, the bodies of the Bead bate Md k1 been identified. i.rrai naps M Daiuae at ll t"i. lit Houston one pereOSI u killed, Henrj black, a hack driver. I hs prop arty ansenge Is great, n sneservative SatiaaatS placing it at $-'.m,(MM. The Merchants' and Planters' od mill vvus wrecked, cntailim a loss of f40,(ioO. The Dickaoa car wheel works suffered to the extent of flikooo. The big Mason..temple, which is the property of the grand lodge of the state, Waal part uil I v a recked. Mmii thu relies l)inmril. Kearlj everj church In the city was damaged. Ths First baptist, southern Methcatial and Trinity Methodiat, the hitter a negro church, will have to be rebuilt before thev can be ased again. I'retrnli a Dllapidiiled 4iienrnnee. Many business houses wen- unroofed. The resi, lerne portion of the town presents a dilapidated appearance, but the damage hs thi pari of the city has not been so great as in some ol her. The streets are almost impassable because of the litter of shade trees, feines, telephone wires ,,i . poles. Much damage was done to window glass and furniture. Many narrow escapes are recorded. Tralna Golaa Into the Inknovrn. Another train has left here for Gal Veston, making the third attempt to

day. The two preceding ones have not been heard from, aa ull wires are prostrated. The Santa Fe train, which left here at f :&9 Saturday night, was wrecked at a point about two miles north of Aivin. Mrs. I'rather. of Kosenberg, Tex., was killed, and aeveral others were injured. one Head and Many Injured. The train was running slowly when it encountered the heavy storm, it is reported that the train was literally lifted from the track. Mrs. Prather was thrown across the car and half way through a window. When the car was righted M was found that her head bad been under water, and she was drowned. Five other pasenger were seriously, and several were slightly injured. salilne I'asa Completely Del rn, cd. Atlftnta, ba., Sept. 9. A special to the (Institution from Beaumont, Tex., says it is reported there that the city of Sabine Pass was completely destroyed by the storm. The hur ricane vtas the worst ever known. Mitts II I to I t.HT l DY Tit MX. Want fte assets Its eel el lea vins the I oluniliiti lap llallrond H r med . Houston. Tex.. Sept. 10. A train came in on the Columbia Tap railroad vcsterday afternoon, and ite crew tell a story of death nnd desolation through the country they passed. Conductor Ferguson states that houses, barns, crops and orcharilj have been destroyed and great damage has been done. A. L. Forbes, postal clerk, reported that at Oyster . reek, the train crew and passengers heard cries coming out of a mass of debris. Several persons answered the cries, and found a negro woman fastened under a roof. They pulled her out. mild she informed bei rcs-ncrs that there were ethers under the roof. A further search resulted in the finding of nine dead bodies, all colored persons. W ben the train arrived at Antrlcton, the jail, all the churches and a number of houses had been blown down. Three fatalities are known to have occurred at Angleton, but the train stopped than only a few minutes, and ths number of killed or their names could not be learned. At Angleton the conductor decides! to return to Houston, ami the extent of the damage beyond Angleton was not learned, n the return trip the crew saw the debris of doens of demoUaed houses. At Banday Point several persons w. re badly injured, but no fatalities were reported. At Areola a family named Woffortl had been gathered in the second-story of their house. The apper portion of the house was blown away, ami Mr. WofTord's mother was instantly kille. 1. The hurricane was particularly severe at Brookahire, U7 miles west of Houston, on the Missouri. Katr-.s St Texas railroad. Four dead lendies have Ix-.-n taken f rom t hedebris of wrecked houses, and it is believed others have been killed. It is reported that only four housea arc left standing in Brookahire, wb i b had a population of mo people, The names of the dead at Hrookshire have i.ot been learned. Later reports received from Alvin State that many persons were killed there. Eleirea bodies have been recovered. PRA( TIC Al.l. IIKMOMSHKIl. The Town of lvln Destroyed nnU Seyen Person Kllrd. Boost on, lev, .Sept. a, Heftgar reports are arriving here from the country be'ween Houston nnd (ialvcston along; the line of the Santa Fe railroad. The tornado was the most destructive in the history of the state. The town of Alvin is reported to be practically demolished. Hitchcoeh has Buffered severely from the storm. While lbs little town of Alts Loots is reported without a house standing, ad the tow i of Pearl has b.st oaa half of Its bttlldin I. . D. Carlton, the preaMent of tho business league of Alvin, and a promt Bant merchant there, reports that not a building is left standing in the town, sltner residem e or but inem; stocki of gooda and house furniture arc ruined and c rops are a total leesa II. .:. :.. - M , . . . .,i hi is u iow ii oi hi'oin twelve hun dred Inhabl fonts. even persons were idled in and near the town.

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News by Telegraph from Various Towns in Indiana. Itoad s.er Iniir. Isatlsaspolls. lad . Bent. It. Atta aaj Oenerul Tu lor is in receipt of matt) letters from ull parts of the it ate, the writers af which desire to (Hen whether t'1'.1 will as allowed at Iba aaXI election ta roti for all the road supervisors in their townships or ml for the one nominated iu their particular district. I'ndrr the law every township trustee must, liefre the election, have divided his tovvnihtp into not to exceed four roail districts, and In each district there must be a supervisor elected, lor the information of those who have not 3 et written to him the attorncv een. ral gase cut a copy of an opinion which ie furnished D. . Lambert, of Hun cie. as follow s : "1 haw uniformly hi Id that the SasaaS oi all ot the nominee tor read sufier visors lobs voted tor at tin oomtaa fall elsetten shall tie printed Upon the lOWnshlP ballot, .u.d each af the voters in said township may vote for one supervisor for each illstrtet tn the township 1 do BOt SSS bOSI any otln r 1 o:i.tru lloi. can be glv en to t Ite lw." Peamtaeat uiniatcr Dsed. Anderson, Ind.. Sept. io.- Rev. I. V. MeCarty, a leat ing minister in the l'nited Hrethreii cliurch in HsdlaoB county, die? at t he home of .lohn Kit-h-moTSd, in thhl City, ev. Mr. Met arty returned from Wabash a few days agro, haaiag st tended the conference of bis church in that city, am' ws a given one of the most liesiraide appointments in the district. He has been rttgagcd in evangelistic v;k for the past two vears with stärket! rucers, He leavei a wife and three son-, the oldest beIng Iii. A bo ill live wiek-ago Rev, Mr. HcCarti wa potsonet bj eating canned salmon, sad his rVaibfedee to that cause. He wa- taker to iVsbash SgaittSt 'he ai'vice of his phvsiciai. but so earnest was his t'esire to psrticipate in the proceed Inga that Iiis friem s gave in at the aat. Traeedr. Vfncennea, Ind.. Sept. 10, A tragedy occurred at the Highland Catholic (rphans asylum. Joseph Hughey, foreman of the Highland farm, shot and killed .lohn ( . White an employe. White, who had been drinking, assaulted the other band and bad drawn a gun on them. Hnghejf obtained a warrant at.d wpa deputised to arrest White, who resisted and attempted to pull his fitn. when Hughcy emptied the content- of a shotgun into his groin. White died an hour Inter. Hughej at once came to tiie city and placed himself in the care of the sheriff pending Investigation. s-iio for aaaMHM Hessaares, Anderson. Ind.. Sept. 10. Eberl Ria mots, the Kashvllkl boy who was thrown from a freight train on the Louisville division of the Big Four, near this city, a few weeks ago b,v the trainmen, and fell between the cars atid had his foot cut off. has brought suit against the company, demanding 12 ,000. F.;nmons admits that he was trying to reach his home wltJaOUt paving his fare, but sas no demand was made on him by say member of the train en w . Veeeancea Reptile Killed. Indianapolis, Ind. Sept. in. A r.ittlesnake 4.'. inches lOttB and with six rattles and a button was killed on a vacant lot on Superior strict b William Eitel, a carpenter, who wa- attracted to the place b the excitement attending the discovery of the -nake by William bee, a negro. Lee called Charles Nnylor. a colored plumber, and together they hunted through the weeds for the reptile, bavin l: for weapons lotiL' pieces of pas pipe Violated niid i Mio. r i n. Anderson. Ind.. Sept. d State Fnctorj laspeetor Harvej- Kiehmrils has brought two suits sgninst the Penn sylvaan gia-s fnctorj maaagera for violation of the child labor law of the state. The state officer has been in receipt of many complaints sgninst this management for violations of the child labor law. nnd is now deter mined to do something to put a stop to further violations. Old t murmle Meet. Wabaah, Im .. Best. u. The Four teenth Indiana battery heb Itsanitanl reunion he re. the meet Ittg taking place in Memorial hall. There Wan food atlent ai.ee. Dinner was served in the Ian ca memlH rs of the batter.v. and Wabash was -elected as the p'ace of the meeting next year. The officer elected are: Prrsii cut. Ales Burnsworrh; see retary, Jsmea P. Boss; treasurer. John B. Beeves, Two Set. of Tenehera. Bichmoni . tndM Bept, 10, A novel Bondition xi-ts in the scimols af Dublin, this county, srising from the fact that two s, ts 0f teachers have been employed bj two different school boards. The teachers are all attend ing the Institute lu re this week. There will be but one et of teacher attempt to teach, but both will i xpect pay, a tlu v have contracted for the work. oii for (iii'urii Btetpeaetlee, Windfall. Ind. Sept. Io. An inipirtanf suit has been tiled in the Tiptop circuit court, in which the plaintiff Joseph s. .loin -on. ii tar pea tar i da niands 1 10.000 damages of the de fendnnt, Dr. Pert V Chance, of this place, charging malpractice in ths dressing and treatment of an injur of the shoulder joint. Indiana Municipal lrHiir. Bichmond, Ind.. Sept. in. I'riparnllotts for the meeting of the Indiana Municipal league in thi elt) next month are progressing nicely. A hand Some souvenir of the city it being issued.

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Millions of Dollars' Worth of Propcity and Thousands of Lives Lost at Galveston, Texas. MUCH DESTRUCTION AT OTHER POINTS. upkel the Moras iii aas Part gaposs and He la Onl Our ut llundreda Who Have lost Tliclr ll--teasatae BsVaesa Saa Bessed iiu Been Hi k ii ii. Houston, lex., Sept. 10. The llrt reports from the appalling disaster which has sir, ci, en the i it.v of Oalveo ton do not seem o have been magnified. Communication was bad with tilt island city to dav by boats, and reports received here toniajh1 bad I lata that the death list will exceed 1.500, while the property bs can not be estimated, although it will reach several millions of dollars; the burial of the dead has already begun. The list of dead is only a partial MM and the nuim s of nil who perished ill Saturday's great storm will never Inj lusou n. To-day a maaa-meetiag was held anil liberal contributions were made, for the immediate relief of the destitute. liov, Savers appealed to President .McKinley for aid. Ibis appeal wnj met by a prompt response from the president, who stated that 1,600 tenia and SO.000 rations had been ordered to Galveston, imv savers also ml- ' d re seed an appeal to each munieipalit, iu the state, asl lite; for prompt as ktatance in caring for the sufferers. Telegrams of Inquiry ami aympav , itiv have been pouring in throughout the day and night from every state in the ( nion and in almost every inI rtance nutatantial relief has been of(.re1 The stricken city is in iimiiiheal danger Of a water famine, and , strenuous efforts art making here to supply the sufferers. Hclii f trains are oeing orarnniseo ami win teavc nere at ail early hour tomorrow. Reports from the interior confirm the lors. of life ami destruction of prop rty reported in these dispatches last niffht . i' T dot i i:- i im im E All He Held Hear on I nnli s, r it tsrai i in- i " i.i.i,! . Houston, Tex.. Sept. II.- Among the refugees which the Galveston, Houston A Henderson train picked up at Ln OUSrqttC, which is about four n ml a half miles south of Virginia Point, was Pat Joyce, who resided in the west end of (jalVeStOa, Joyce is in the employs of the const ruction depart in nt ,,f t be Sout hern I'aeitie. Ham Beunn Sasaedav. "It begun raining iu (ialvcston Saturday iiorning, early," said he, "About nine o'clock work was discontinue I by the company! nnd I left for home. I got there about 11 o'clock, i nd found aUntt three feet of water iu the yard. It BOgaft to get worse and worse, the water getting higher and the wind blowing : gftle. Finally the house was entirely demolished. People all around me were I tsdnaiorlng to Bad places of safety, and shriekinir is despair. Nine PWastlaea la the Mhsase. "There w.re nine families in the house, which was a large two story frame, and of the 60 people residing there, myself and niece were the onlv Onea who could get away. I managad to make a raft of driftwood or wreckau'e and trot on it. going with the tide. Suddenly the raft struck some wreckage, and my niece was knocked out of pay arms. I ePjuM not wie bar, and bad to see her drown. Oa and On With the Tide. "The raft was carried on. nnd on with the tide, continually striking wreckage, throwing me from my feet until m.v body was black nnd blue from 1 iu rises, The wind was blowlnc nt a terrific rate. I drifted and swam nil night, tint knowing where I was going or iu what direction. About three o'clock in the morning 1 began to feel the hard ground until I cume to a house, and there n person gave me some clot hes. lost ill He Hnd on Kurth. "I had lost most ,,f mine s,,,,,, after I started, and wore only a coat. 1 was in the water nlwtut seven hours. I have lost nil I had in the world relatives. botUS and all. "The Miller resilience, where I resided, was about three blocks from the gulf, and there were fully eight or ten feet of water in this district when I left. The wind was blowing Saturday afternoon nd night shout 7. miles an hour. How vim. , Were I nst. The people of Gatreoton at first kept within their houses, eonseipieiitly when the water liegan flushing ao-ainst the houses, completely wreck ittg them. BWny lives were lost. I have no idea bow many were lost, but i think that there win be several thousand deaths reported, I was in the storm Which struck (ialvcston in 1ST"., but that one, bad lis it was. was nothing in comparison with Saturday's storm." Tin: BVftBM Rat iitniMi. There trr POW BeWUMM In the Inn n that Bacapjsd Daasaaas, Richmond, lev.. Sept. 11. The most terrific Morn that has ever visited this section of the state has swept this town, and there arc but a few louses that ate not danaaged. Many mildiagS were demolished. The c iiirt MsnM was greatly aaauged. Taut 'a pllt i ehnreh i- a total arret a, while he Methodist church is almost de itroycd. Three Urea were koal la the wlored Bantlsi shurch.

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PROMPT RELIEF MEASUktS. Uufri nl and ttthSf Am i ii, i, ly Affsrdad ItSS Vesas SSweta SsaTe ea. ' 1 1, Washington, Sept. n. pjj, . Inr telegrnins passed W bite House und Texas . Au tlieal to the I'r. s, i the Houston, Tex s, Willi. in, limit . " """-III , Ignited States, Washington, i , I have been ilcputied b I hi . . ami citiaana1 committee oi i to inform you that th-- clt ton ia hi ruins anil aartainl . bundreda if not a thouaand , The tragedy is one af the most M . 1 . a . . i in in recent ca rs. fiel p m i en by the state ami aatio suiV.ring will be appallini IV Ths whole south side of thi itf for three bbxks iu front is swept clear of every buildini hole whs i f f root is a wrei few houses in the city tire real I itabb. I'he water supplv j. mid the food stock dan.. I.'. mlf Ilia bat Ulli. 0.1 ;dt water. All briilires are w.i I.. .i , and stranded steamers litti i Win n I WW this morning ih L for bodies hart begun. I orp aeei , here. Th- tempti St i miles an hour and cart ii sneftt instruments away; at i watet', of the gulf were , whole city, baring risen tbs w... ler has now subsided ami tin r ivors are left helpless amoi wreckage, cut dT from the woi :ept by boat. fHgnad men aim) si-ii.i vxe. I'rrsldent tu t.ii,. inrr, W ashington, 1 . ( Bel To Hon. J. 1) Sayers, (,,,-,, , r of Teas, Vnatin, Tex.: The reports of the great ah ich haa befallen Qalvi to tt points on the eoust of Te u nry profound sympathy foi II ferers, as they will stir the hi ( the whole country. Whatevi is possible to give shall I rs tended. Have directed the of war to supply ratio::- , upon your request, fstgned Xt. McKim i v. A copy fif this telegram v he mayor of (ialvcston aa wi o iov. Bay ant, The Bereraer'a it. .i. Austin. Tex.. The Pre side nt. Wnahlngttni, l Very many thanks for . gram. Vmir act ion will be e-1 preci&ted and gratefully ren I by the peOplS Of Texas I : ? day requested the secretary to forward rationa am.' tcnti i '.., Veston. sMgned JOS. I). BAYERS (iovernor 01 I Ki ll t MOSS ( Till: l si i i (Tara llarton Mnkea an tppesl (I ld for Texas Sufferer Washisujtou, Sept. it, Mb 1 llarton last night issued thappeal in behalf of Texas - The National Bed OrOea st ton, I). ('., is appcaleil to on for help, and for the ptivilegi in the terrible disaster whirl lallen sotitbern and central 1 It remembers the floods of the Hb u i Miselsalppia of Johftatown. and of i'"rt IJova!. with th ir thousands a I ami months of SSrfforiag and Ufi relief, and turns confiflentlv to the people of the l'nited (States ' sympathy has never failed to b provide the relief that is iisked now. Nineteen years of expel on nearly as many field render) v Obligation of the Bed Croi greater. The people have lone ' lis work, and it must again ta sccustomed avenues for their rbarities. It iloes not beseech them ta give, for t heir sympathies are as deep, and their humanity as grei : own: but it pledges to them I old-time Bed Crosa relief work the stricken victims of tins. Belds of suffering and death. "He gives iwiee who ffives quickly. Cost tri nations may ba wired f by snail to our treasurer, tt Flather. Assistant Cashier K Gonal Hank, Washington. D- i to the local Ued Cross conn ' the peil Cross India Famine I l.'.U Fifth avenue. New York ritt HM LS ( rosse Society of New II l.a.. both of whom will rejwirt all die nathms for immediate ncknowledjfS meal io us. CLAKA BABTO!, President American Nati" I ( ross. rh e Ntatanaaa Hreineeiilrnil SSS ivansaa ( ity, Mo., Sept. II. I he S ar announces that with the cot .f t be nd,-, ri bees to t in- Halt CXsncentrndo relief fund, it will transfer the balance remaining from fund, 01,184, to the Qalreston relief fund, The money will be - I to day. The star, in is;is, raJaed v for the Cuban sufferers, and expend" less than $l-oun, leaving tic b avs i table. Celoeaie at the remsnaei f gasaa lienver. Col., Sept. 11. o I reaterday sent the following tel -to (iov. Snyers of Texas: "Ths people of Colorado exb the bereaved nnti aarfortnnat of bar veston thedr sincere aympathy. " the Matter of aid and ass ' arc at your command." Must llUnilrna on ReenrS. Wiuhington, Sept. IL Prof. Will Monte, chief of the area Ihei sa id yesterday t hat t he W i storm w hieb developed hurriiane after renchini: United States nnd did ' II the appaiUng daMiaga in Ttwuk '" oeutraj) la OhhthaMS jraatardayi was rnpifllv losing it BaWWOCtlal rharaeter, the wind nt Oklahoma 1 being reported as blowing si M an hour. It psmdMj will i htatory as one of the pjoai disaal and peeajiar storms on reconl