Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-15

There is Que man In the EUbitt House shop
VINO turns in u great deal more money tnan
any OF the Others. he Is q lightning shaver, but
he cant cut hair any better Than apprentice.
Yet there is always a crowd OF customers wait
,n ny. ior him, VINO think that he can cut hair as
seem bent ON cutting everybody's hair the
same way. They don't take into consideration
the al fterent SHAPES of different heads. and
make their Gu Us acc rdingly, as they ought IL
Is "a scientific Job TO cut mans hair properly.
Every body can't do IL, although must BARRIERS
think they can"
THE SABINE PASS DISASTER.
Terrible story or the Destruction Of
the Texas Town.
An engine which arrived at Beaumont Texas,
last night over the East Texas railway, had on
board two citizens OF Sabine Pass who had
escaped from the d cd by rowing to the rail-
road track. They give heartrending account
Of the deluge. They say the water began TO in
wade the town from the guilt and the lake to-
gether about two O'Clock Tuesday afternoon
and rose with unprecedented rapidly. The
citizens Of the doomed place did not
realize the imminent danger until IL was
too late TO escape. When safety by flight
was out OF the question the people gathered
In the upper storie s and on the tops of
houses. the water kept rising. and between
three and four clock the smaller houses began
To yield 70 the resistless force OF the water
which turned them ovei on their sides. lille
later the larger houses began 70 give way, and
death by drowning seemed In store Tor every
person 10 Tue place The following is list OF
the drowned: Aiiss Munulw Cham Uers: James
Nonay and family of six; the wife OF otto
Brown and two children, Homer King, wife
aud child; Mrs. Junker and sou; Mrs. Pomeroy
aud family Of nve; Mrs. stewart, u daughter
aad Son; man by the name of Wilson; Mrs
Arthur McRey nolds. Mrs. Mcdonald, daughter
and Grandson; Frank Muliigan aud family;
Columbus Martin and family. About twenty
hNe coiorcd persons, whose names could not be
learned. doubtless Others are drowned who
are Dot known OF. The scenes in Sauine Pass
during the rise OF the waters, and when the
people began 10 realize that they were face TO
lace with death, are said to have been
HEARTRENDING In THE EXTREME
On receipt of the news the citizens OF Beau
mont immediately began preparations for the
relief OF the sufferers. The East Texas railway
placed an engine at their disposal, aud party
oI men procured boat and went To the scene
vi disaster. The damage 10 property very
great lhe wharf property OF the town was
owned by New York capitalists, who also own
tue adjoining lands, aud were aiming To make
Sabine Pass an important port On the gulf
coast
LOSSES AT OTHER POINTS
The loss OF property along the Camero1h parrish
gull coast, anu for some distance west OF Sabine
Pass, was FEARFUL. The mail boat from Cameron
PARISH reports that the water At Calcasieu Pass
Was eight ieei deep at the lighthouse, and that
the entire country east aud west WAS submerge
Tuesday nIgnt, drowning thousands OF cattle
anu running crops. No lives were lost at Lees
burg or Ca,caseu Pass, but the following are re-
porIed lost at Jonnsvn's bayou, La: The sulire
families Of Alfred lambert, Marion Lukes,
Geolge striever,. Charles Blancnet, Rad
name Of Franeswar, besides many Others
whose names have nOL been AsCertaned.
dispatch from Orange, lexas. says: De-
tails OF tne destruction ny the storm ~ 5abine
Pass and JonnsOn's Bayou come in slowly.
Two brothers named fo.neroy were picked
up by the schooner Andrew Baden Ia Sat,i,,e
LAX WMfa v-ai0
hours, ciinging to their capsIzed yHwl. Their
mOtaier anu SISTER, aud MRS. Captain Junker,
i"st son Tne mere repar. ssat MY ms sss
We're LOST NJ the POrter house, where the peo-
pie mad collected as the best place OF safety.
Many persons are missing. Still greater loss
is reported from Johnson Bayou. Whole fam.
lilies were swept away. Not house wHs left
standing within fise miles Of the lake. Par
kes were Orsanixed last night, and left on the
steamers Lamar aud Emmy r., with provis-
iOns and bedding.
THE SUBMERGED LOCALITY.
Galveston dispatch Says: Teegraphic CON-
munication with Beaumont aud Orange, the
nearest points TO the unfortunate town of
SABINE Pass, has been re-estabiished, but the
iA naOitanLs % tnOss places appear u he await
ing tue return vi the relief parties. ~he vii
Inessn tide marx, aud h founded ny q great
swamp Oh tne West ana Lake sabine ON the
n"r.n. IL WAS tubs lake, according 70 the most
experienced navlsators Oh tnis cast, that ue-
sLIOycd me towu. Tue hurricane uf last Sun
Jay ia the " est Inuies blew the water wIIh
great violence toward the Texas coast This
hurricane wave WAS trst noticed THIS coast
ON SUNDAY morning. attaining its maximum
Oh TUESDAY AFTERNOON, aud was main lalned at
nina. Inc HURRICANE itseli did not reach t De
coast ~ all. M scarcely = breath VI wind was
Surfing when the tidal wave first touched the
coast.
BETWEEN TWO HURRICANES.
When its maximum WAS reached on Tuesday
afternoon, however, fierce northwestern gale
sprung up along the whole coast, ana III Saoine
this gale blew the waters out Oh LaKe Sabine AID
drove them toward The gull, wnere the lake
waters were met by the great swell caused by
the hurricane. Tuis resulted In driving the
" Lue country tor ten miles arOuud wilh-
cut moments notice. This account OF sue
disaster is confirmed by our experience here
SaUlne c0nfirins tue above theory. As soon xs
tue collector customs WAs Apprised VI the |
oisaster he ordered the governments tug Pen
rvse to prepare 10 m8ke u trip 10 Sabine, and |
she stxrleu for that place ut O'Clock this alter
noon. The distance 70 sabine 10 eig MY miles. |
wusn she details " tails awful disaster win be |
known. |
THE GALE ON THE LAKES.
The gale was Geit yesterday on The lakes and |
considerable damage done. Al Toledo Chin
nsys sixns and tree: we're blown down. build
unfinished two-story frame building was RACED /
~ The ground. There were no Casualties. Ne
similar damages, The most serious tss being |
70 tue court house ~ Napoleon, which was In |
Iured to the extent q : 1.-Two.
FLOOD In DUHFALn.
At midnight the gale ~ Buffalo was sixty.
ave miles an hour. Twen,y-nine houses were |
by foods In The lower part u t0e
CITY. and 100 persons are homeless. Mrs.. Chss:
Lambert and daughter were drowned, aud /
Otnefs ere reported mixing. Many baildings
were partly wrecked Ny wind. Tue damage % /
BhipplnS ~ rea6 An the lumber yards ON the L
'slsiAnd" were wrecked.
Al Fort Wayne, Ind, yesterday afternoon /
Odd fell0ws Temple, CenItysr's brewery,
hAke's b0ttllng WORKS, Adams Exproas of30e,
tUgether with come o. the principal busine6
buildings, were unrooied. The wind started =
freight car fr0m siding near Old Deposit Ky.
IL ran Oh 70 y main truck and was run Into by .
southb0und Louisville and Nashville freight
Train, causing u wreck. Two unknown trumps
Stealing ride on the cow-cAtcher were killed
A CouRTsarP LAsrfuo TWENTY FIVE /
YEARA-A special fr0n Frederick, Nd, says:
Miss Helen Eaoer, formerly OF Frederick. bat
" no has been living toe sosno years ~ Lurzy,
Va, was married at the Lutheran parsonage -
Frederick yostefdAy morning 70 Prot Frank
5chley. Of that place. Tue marriage produced
u social sensation In view II the
prutracted Couftsnip q the couple, extenoing.
- IL did. over . posioA q aboos twenty-five /
yeAsA
BASS HALL YH1R8RDAY.-At PHILADELPHIA /
Athtetlc, & 6aluWoro, 4. AZ New YOrk-HeW.