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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
SEVERE STORM AT RICHMOND.
Streets Strcwn With Dchris-All the
Higher Buildings Damaged.

Richmond. Va. Sept Bottle severeSt
storm for many years was experienced
here last night. The streets are
strcwn with debris. but fortunately there
was no loss of life. All the higher build
ingS are damaged and the churches are
injured i'll various ways.
During the fury of the gale a section
of the stceple of the Broadway Metho-
dist Episcopal church toppled over. The
Stceple of the Third PRESBYTERIAN church
was relieved of part of its support and
left in Il dangerous condition. Damage
was also done to Grace Episcopal church.
Many of the large factories had their
roofs carried away. The Pace Tobacco
company. Richmond Chemical Works.
Richmond Ice company and several
other concerns were among those TO lose
roofs and sustain other damage. The
Exchange hotel was roughly dealt with.
TimberS from falling roof smashed
into the quarters occupied by Fireman
kesslar. His young daughter was
badly cut and bruised about the head.
but not dangerously hurt. Many minor
casualties were reported along the streets
from falling trees and flying debris.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
REpUDIATES BRYAN.
Judge Wood. Populist Elector Says He
Will Not Vote for Bryan.

Greenvllc. Tex, Oct. 1.-(Special.)-
Judge II. W. Wood is one of the cleo
tOrs-at-large for the state of Texas for
Bryan and Watson. He is also editor
of the Greenville Gladiator and one of
the recognized leaders of the populiSt
party in this state. Judge Woods said
TO your reporter this morning:
You can say to The Statesman that
| will not vote for Bryan under and
conditions. Yes. | am in earnest Bry-
an has signed his day of grace. We
sent our letter of notification to him
three weeks ago and he has not accept
ed it. He accepted the nomination of
the silver democratic convention and of
the silver convention at st. Louis. He
Dragged ut Brooklyn the other day that
he was the nominee Of three parties. yet
does not accept the nomination from Us.
You know | have been honest and con
Scientious in my support of Bryan, both
personally and in the Gladiator, but |
have said the last word for him that |
intend to. The policy of the Gladiator
will be changed from this time on
Judge Wood was talking to several
populists ut the time. and they all alp
proved of his course and said they were
against Bryan, too. Judge Wood is in
line with the other leaders of his party
and his example will be largely followed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
REHEARlNG REFUSED.
The Case of Inman n Co. vs.. The Cot
ton Belt Road.

Galveston. Tex. Oct. 1.-(Special)-
The court of civil appeals has declined
TO grant Il rchearing in the case of In
man X Co. vs.. The ST. Louis Southwest
crn Railway Company. lnman X Co.
sought to ship cotton from Frost and
Blooming Grove for Houston via CorSi
cana and the Houston and Texas Cen.
trail Railway. The railroad company de
clined to route it that way, but offered
to carry it via Tyler and the Interna.
tional and Great Northern railway.
lnman X Co. localed the cotton to
Corsicana and the railroad shipped it tc
Houston. In this suit they sought tC
recover the excess in freight occasioncd
by re-shipment of the cotton as we'll as
damages for delay and vindictive dam
ages for failure To comply with ship
per,s request to route The court of APP
pealed allowed the claim for cXceSsiv,
freightS, but disallowed the rest. The
feature of the decision. however. wa.
the courts finding that Il shipper had tn,
| right Ia route his business. Both partie,
made Il motion for rehearing. The cas-,
will probably 90 higher.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
A DOZEN LIVES LOST.
Storm at Savannah Tuesday Was Yer!
Sevcre-Property Loss, S1.0u0,OOO.

SpNcFt-l TOltTlN l.OSS, .l'oN'''''.
Savannah. Ga. Sept. 3O.-Thc hurri-
cane which swept over Savannah yester-
day at noon cost nearly dozen lives and
entailed financial loss of nearly $1,000
600. Each report that is received is
worse than at first. 1t was thought only
one death would be the result of the hur-
ricane. but the number has increased
until there are eleven persons reported
dead. ms follows.
]. Willis Johnston.
Capt. c. +. Murray. tug Robert Turner,
and the following. all cOlored:
Mary Warning.
Eliza Beatty.
Fannie McFall.
Ruby Williams.
Julie Johnson.
An unknown woman and an infant.
\ great many persons We're injured.
Among prominent buildings damaged
by the storm are: City Exchange, Duff
fly Street Baptist church. st. Phillip Afri-
can Methodist church. Central Railway
warehouse. ST. Patrick's school. Georgia
Hussar's armory. Henley Hall. City Mar
ket Electric railway power house. Vale
royal mills. Commercial Guano company's
factory. Jones Marine railway, Fawcett
Bros. wholesale grocery building. Henry
solomon X Sons wholesale grocery NJ.
j. Doyle's retail grocery. and hundreds of
residences We're injured and the most
beautiful trees in the city are down.
The loss to shipping will amount to over
100000. The most serious casualty
was the capsizing in mid stream of the
Savannah river of the Norwegian bark
Rosenius. grounding of Morgan bark Cab.
drifting of Norwegian bark II. u. Met
calf. and the total loss of the tug Robert
Turner. The steamer Governor Stafford
of Beech and Miller line is aground in
Copper river. and small craft has suffer-
ed much, many naptha launches and
small sailing vessels having gone ont to
sea-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
CENSUS OFFICE REPORT

Washington. Oct. 1.-Carroll D..
Wright. commissioner of labor and in
charge of the work of the closing Of the
eleventh census. says in his annual re-
port to the secretary of the interior that
the clerical work of the census office is
now substantially completed and that ia
bles are in the hands of the printers.
Mr.. Wright says he will be ready to
report to congress by December for a
permanent census bureau. He says he
has been i'll correspondence with stats.
tlcians relative to uniform census Of
the civilized nations of the world in 1900
and expects to submit n report to con
greSS at the coming session.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
SOME BELIEVE THE POPuLlST
WILL GIVE UP THE FIGHT
IN DISGUST.
EXPLANATION LOOKED FOR TODAY.
He Is at Home in Atlanta, but All Ell
forts TO Interview Him Have Failed.
Quoted as Saying That McKin
ley Will Win.

Nashville, Oct. IA special to the
American from Atlanta, Ga. says:
Tom Watson is at his room at the
Kimball House surrounded by a pha-
lanX of populistic brethren tonight, and
is shut out from the rest of the world
so absolutely that all efforts to get from
him anything about his movements or in
tentions has proved unavailing. The air
of mystery that surrounds him has per-
haps been in Il measure responsible for
the many rumors that are atiOat These
have taken definite shape i'll the state
ment that he is certainly going to with
draw from the pOpulistic ticket i'll dis
gust. Tom will neither affirm nor deny
this rumor. He is as dumb as the pro-
verbal oyster The story goes that in
the peoples party paper tomorrow he
will eXpain his position fully and that
the effect of it viii bc mis- withdrawal.
Today Watson spoke ut Stone Noun
tain. He made no direct allusion to any
idea of withdrawing. ana, indeed. left
his hearers strongly impressed with the
belief that he proposed to stick. come
what may.
This afternoon the Evening Journal
contained story published over Wash
ington date line which intimated strongly
that the withdrawal was in sight. 1t
spoke of Watson's disgust ut the treat
ment he has received at the hands of
other populist leaders. The story had
the appearance of grapevine"
The fact that Watson's paper is pub
lishcd from the Journals presses gives
credence to the belief that is general here
that the Journal has had tip. whether
he comes off or not. Watson is disguised.
He is quoted as having said to friend
that he believes Mckinley is going to
win.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
DRAMATIC AND TRAGIC.

Savannah. Ga, Sept. 30.-ThiS city's
experience with the West India hurri-
cane yesterday was dramatic and tragic.
For an hour the people of Savannah
lived and died. Never in the history
of the city was there such widespread
excitement. Even during the hour of
the storms most terrific sweep. hundreds
of people. many of them wives and
mothers, Drawing the falling trees and
timbers and the gigantic force of the
wind, rushed TO the streets in Il frantic
effort TO find kindred and loved ones. 1t
was Il stampede and PANE
At 9:30 o'clock in tine morning the sky
was darkened and the breezes chilly.
There was no sign of an approaching
hurricane, 1t came up suddenly. At
10 O'Clock the wind began to blow mt Il
great force and the rain poured down
in torrents. At II O'Clock the flood was
on in all its fury and for the next two
hours the city was mass OF Wreckage
and ruin The principal thoroughfares
of the city were badly Gagged in Il few
minutes after the wind began to blow.
Many delivery wagons, carriages and
hacks were caught in the streets and
could neither go backward nor forward.
They were compelled to stand during the
destructive sweep. Their horses were
killed and number of wagons smashed.
One driver was caught beneath Il falling
telegraph pole and killed instantly. The
stores in the retail center were unroofed
almost without exception. Many of the
buildings were smashed in by falling
trees and poles. In the suburbs of the
city. where the houses were smaller and
less liable to stand the storm, there is
but little left but wreck and ruin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08

the gun shops were damaged slightly by
the stripping Of the roof.
A special bulletin issued by the wealth
er bureau states that for one minute the
wind reached 80 miles an hour.
T.. w. Blount. Il member of the inter
state commerce commission, was II
Beattys restaurant Mt the time of th'
storm last night and was carried i'm
the cellar by the force of the wind an.
so badly bruised about tn" head IA
and body that he has been unconscious
ever since. 1t is feared he is internally
injured and that he may rot recover
The storms damage here is estimated
TO run from a quarter to half million
dollars. No lives were lost. but scvera
persons were injured. Several houses
were blown down.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
CERRENCY STATEMENT.

Washington. Oct. 1.-The monthly
statement of the comptroller of currency
shows the amount of national bank notes
in circulation September 30 was S2333.,
33O.5O1. an increase for the month of
S4.025.JS1. and for the twelve months
$40. 1S9. 1913.
The circulation secured by lawful
money amounted to S1S.3S4,33i. which
is decrease for the month of Sti4S,329
and for the year of S9.03l, 800. The
amount of United States registered bonds
on deposit to secure circulating notes
was S23S. I113.200. and to secure public
deposits. SO, $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
sEvEREsT GALE EVER KNOWN
Swept Over Syracuse Early IeSterda,
Morning.

Syracuse, n. Y, Sept. 30.-1'he most
severe gale ever known here ragged be
tween the hours of $3.50 and $50 this
morning. Thousands of dollars worth
of damage was DONE No lives are re-
ported lost The telegraph, telephone
street railway and fire alarms were de-
moralized. Trees were uprooted houses
unroofcd. chimncys blown. over ana
chaos prevailed for a time. The big
grand stand at Kirk driving park =
completely demolished. The Yates hotc.
was badly damaged by falling cornicc
and the immense plate glass windows
forced outward by the suction of the air.
Several fires were reported from nearby
towns.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
WILD WINDS IN WASHINGTON.
Buildings Damaged and Trees Raced
Wind Blew 50 Miles an Hour.

Washington. Sept 30.-Rcports recciv-
ned this morning from the suburban towns
.al,1ut Washington show that great dam
age was done throughout the surround
Ing country. At the Catholic university,
Just outside the city. the dormitory in
process of construction. was demolished
Al Rf8akland. IL few miles out. the town
hall was partially destroyed and many
other buildings unroofcd and otherwise
damaged On the outskirts of the city
few localities escaped. The train shed
ut Alexandria was blown down and the
debris is across the tracks. Hence the
trains that left Washington late last even
Ing left over the Southern railway and
Chesapeake and Ohio, having passed
Alexandria. Three trains due in Wash
ington this morning from southern points
on the Southern, Chesapeake and Ohio
and Atlantic Coast line nave not been
heard from, and are stopped NJ some point
south Of Alexandria.
In this city the papal legation was I'M
rooted and the Chinese legation damaged
about $500 Communication 10y tele-
graph and telephone with the outside
world is absolutely stopped.
Reports from Rockville. Md. and 9th
'Cr small places along the Metropolitan
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio show
fhe storm did great damage. but no loss
"Dt hi" was reported The Episcopal
church in Rockville was demolished and
4 tree fell upon the Episcopal parsonage
wrecking Il portion of it. Houses were
unroofed and trees blown down in the
smaller towns outside of Washington.
Great damage is reported in the farm.
ing districts, where all grain in stacks ol
shocks has been strewn over the ground
Many barns have been blown down.
The White House was slightly injured
10y the storm. portion of the copper
-oohnS being stripped off and other dam
;l-e done. The tall flagstaff from which
The signal was given to the city that III,
president was in town disappeared com
pietely In the beautiful grounds sur
rounding the house. twenty-five of tn,
splendid trees. elms, SycamoreS. walnut.
and MaEnolias. some of great age ant
historical associations. We're completely
leveled. while fully fifty of the SURVIVING
trees suffered the loss of their tons an,
principal branches. and are permanent,
defaced. The vast pile occupied by tn,
state. war and navy departments wa,
touched on the south side by the storm
and lost portions of its roofing and man,
of the states, while Il structure erected h,
the signal service for the study of cloud
was partially demolished. The new
naval observatory building suffered in tn
same fashion tn the extent of about $1,000
At the Washington navy yard the hi
ship house was partially unroofed AM
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
KEARBY AT CENTER POINT

Center Point. Tex. Sept. 3O.-(Speciall
Jerome Kearby, populist candidate for
governor. spoke here today at the fair
grounds 20 an audience of 100. He
was enthusiastically applauded. Gov
ernor Culberson will speak tomorrow
Afternoon and will he answered at night
by Hon. ]. T. McMinn, populist candi-
date for justice of the supreme court
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
FOUR FATALITIES
In Alexandria, Va. Caused by the
Severe Storm-Others Injured.

Alexandria, Va. Sept. 30.-Thc storm
relatively was more severe III Alex
andria than in Washington. There were
four fatalities and three persons were
more or less injured.
The dead:
w. u. Stewart, killed by falling walls.
Mrs. Holt, asvisitor from North Caro-
lima: killed i'll bed.
An unknown colorcd woman.
Tillman Dics. colorcd. died from
shock.
The injured: Lester Corbin, Charles
ADAMS. struck 10y falling brick. and Miss
Stewart. sister of W. ID. Stewart.
Alexandria churches suffered severely.
The First Baptist church was completely
demolished. ST. Elmo Baptist church
was also wrecked, and Robert chapel
lost its spirc. Nearly every business
block in town was more or less dam
aged and hundreds of private houses
lost their roofs. The loss i'll and around
Alexandria is estimated mt S4OO,OOo.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
SIX CHILDREN KILLED.

Pottsville Pa, Sept. 3O.-LaSt nights
storm blew down the coal breaker ut
Natalie. belonging TO the Pennsylvania
Anthracite Coal company. Six tenement
houses belonging to the company were
destroyed 10y fire and six children. in
mates. lost their lives. The fire origi-
mated from Il stove overturning in one
of the summer kitchens from the shak-
ing of the winds.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
\ BILL IN EQUITY.
Suit of the United States Against Three
Gable Companies.


New York. Oct. Limited States At
torney Mcfarland has introduced in the
United States circuit court bill in
equity in the suit of the United States
against La COmpagne Francois dies Ca
hleS Telegraphcquc. the United States
and Hayti Telegraph and Gable company
and the United States Hayti Gable com
pany. The bill. which covers forty pages
of type written matter. alleges that the
different corporations are combining and
conspirng together for the purpose of
monOpolizing Il part of the trade and
commerce between the United States
and foreign nations To the irreparahc in
jury of the people and business interests
of this country. An injunction is asked
for so as to prevent the three corpora
tons from carrying ont their unlawful
agreement and from the establishment
of their connecting cables on the shores
of the United States. The report states
that La COmpagne Francois dies Gables
Telegraphcque is the successor in inter-
estS of companies heretofore known as
La Compagnc Francois du Telc-
graphcque, Paris and New York, Socate
La Francois Telegrapheque SOusmarins
and other French companies in the own
erShip of transatlantic cables compriS-
ing Il submarine system starting from
Santiago de Cuba. running to Hayti San
Domingo. Martinique and Guadalupe
and thence to Dutch Guiana. French
Guiana and Brazil; also Il direct line
from San Domingo to Venezuela. All
these cables are in operation under con-
cesSionS which give the French company
the sole right to land and use them be-
tween those places and the United States
for periods running from twenty-five to
sixty years. These concessions were oh,
tanned between the years 1865 and 1890
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
ONE KILLED AND SIN INJURED

Baltimore, Sept. 30.-It is reported
from Texas. II small town in Baltimore
county. that one man was killed and
six injured by last nights storm
All the regular steamers of the ChcSa-
peakc Bay lines have arrived and report
terrific weather mt sea.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
DEED on TRITST

Sunset. Tex. Oct 1.-(Special) -G.
W. Garrison, dealer in general merchan-
disc, today filed deed of trust on his
stock of goods and 300 acres IF land
valued at $4,000. to secure debts
amounting to $4,000. naming w. Z.
Day as trustee.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
CULBERSON AT SANTONE.

San Antonio. Tex. Oct. 1.-(SpeciaLl-
Governor Culberson spoke here tonight
to an audience of about 1000 people. His
speech was similar to those heretofore
made by him during the campaign and
was devoted mainly to a defense of his
administrations
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
RUN OVER BY 4 TRAIN

Marshall, Tex. Sept 3O.-(Special.)-
\ peddler named r. +. Eddings, about
81 years old. was run over by freight
train AZ $50 yesterday evening. four
miles west of town. Some think he was
murdered and put on the track.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
SUSPICION OF FOUL PLAY.

Richland. Tex. Sept 30.-(Special)-
Last night an old man named Dobson,
who had been working in the blacksmith
shop with Mr.. Thompson. was run over
and killed by the train. His money was
play.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
LOOK OUT FOR MORE BLOOD.

London. Oct. 1.-The Vienna cores
pendent of the Daily Mail telegraphs TO
his paper rs follows:
The powers have agreed upon specific
settlement of the eastern question hon
orably to all parties and amply guaran-
teeing the security of the Armcnians.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
COTTAGE RITRNED

Tyler. Tex. Oct. IAN unoccupied
cottage belonging to ]. b. Parker was
destroyed by fire this morning. Loss
$4,000; no insurance.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08

among insurance men is that Florida
losses will foot up S2,0O0O00. This
seems, however, an excessive estimate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
RESIDENCE RURNED.

Gainesville. Tex. Oct. 1.-(Special.l-
The residence and household goods Of
Mrs Sarah +. Atacherson We're burner
this morning. Insurance; $4,000.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
GROWER AGAIN.

President cIeveland's message
has relieved the situation with
those papers hunting for some
thing to comment on, and with
some them of the relief was
great.
The part of his message which
has attracted most attention,
and the ambiguity Of which has
been so differently construed, is
that which relates TO the Cuban
question, uppermost in the Amer.
lean mind since the result Of
November Sd was made public.
Though Mr. Cleveland has
learned the English language 30
perfectly he can use words TO
conceal his real meaning, and
though ON the Cuban question
"he wires in, and virus out, /"
till you are in doubt wlether
the hand that made the mark,
knew what ii was about, yet IL
has received notice from high
authority across the ''salt
pond"
The St. James Gazette, of Lon.
don, a leading English political
journal has this comment: THE
condition in Cuba undoubtedly
gives the United States the right
to call upon spain TO enforce her
authority speedily, or acknowl-
edge that her inability TO 81 ,.
press anarchy has deprived her
Of her right TO be considered az
governing the island"
Other European papers ex-
press the opinion that the pres
ident will defer any action In
the matteT-shifting the re.
sponsibility upon the other fel.
'ow, Maj. Mckinley, a rather
delicate intimation that he will
adhere 10 his tactics during the
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
Prosperity I'm Mexico.

The Asheville Citizen says:
PROF. ]. M. Tiernan was in
town yesterday and today, re-
turning to Salisbury this after
noon. He is just from Mexico
and on the way to Chicago to
buy mining machinery. Prof.
Tiernan is engaged in gold min.
ing about 80 miles from the
Pacific in Mexico, and will re-
turn theLce in about three
weeks. His interests there are
continually growing more i'm
portant and prosperous, and re-
quire all his time. lie reports
Mexico as the most prosperous
country on earth today, and
says that money is, II anything.
too plentiful there. Capital ia
pouring into the country, labor
is we'll remunerated and silver
dollars form the sole current
fund Ct the people. /"