Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
contributions POUR IN.
Thousands of Dollars Are Co
ing to the Flood Suffer-
erS in Texas.
RESPONSES ARE LIBERAL
Generous People do Creditable Work
in Furnishing Relief For the
Destitute Inhabitants.

Estimated That Fsom 10000 to
100000 Are i'm Absolute Want
Government Rations Being Dis
tributed Throughout the Flooded
Districts.
Austin, Tex, July 11.-Gov. Sayers
has received kilograms from many
places adjacent to the widely inundat-
cd district of south Texas. giving
graphic description of the terrible situ-
alton and suffering of the thousands of
people. 1t is conservatively estimated
that there are from 10000 to 100000 in
absolute want. The work in rescung
tile water-b bound people from tree-tops
and other places of refuge from the
high waters is not yet completed. Over
five hundred people have been rescued
in BraZoria and Fort Bend counties.
They were nearly all in Il famished
condition when found. Some of them
had been clinging to branches of trees
for four days without food and shelter.
The Government received the follow
ing telegram. from j. j. ,Iulifl. a prom
inent citizen of the town of .Iuliff, in
Fort Bend county,
Lots of people are still in the bot
tom, if not drowned. We have no boats
or dry land to take them on. We need
ten good boats quick"
The following telegram was received
from NJ. E. Masterson. of Alvin:
''The condition of affairs in BraZos
bottoms. from Sandy Point. Fort Bend
county. down to the mouth of the river,
fs. ,1,r, 10,
with all his available boats. More
boats are being built as rapidly as pos
sible'
There are several hundred negroes
AT Angleton, Sandy Point Chcnango
and Columbia in absolute need. Thay
have no food and only the clothes they
have on.
The Governor at once communicated
with the committee having charge of
the boats at Duke and urged that inn
mediate relief be sent to the suffering
negroes. County Judge f. =. Curry. of
Washington County. tele@raphed Gov
ernor Sayers as follows
"The loss from overflow in this coun-
ty is very great II is impossible as
yet to estimate the amount. About
1000 people in this county are in deSti-
tute circumstances. so far by n noble
response to the demands of humanity
our people have been able to relieve
all cases of suffering"
Many cash contributions for the re-
lief of the suffering have been received
hy the Governor. Among them was
$500 from the Mayor of Boston.
Mass: ST 900 from the Missouri. Kan
sas and Texas Railway Company: ST.
900 from the National Enamelling and
Stamping Company of New York City:
$4,000 from Milwaukee, 5000 from
Minneapolis: $1,000 from Detroit
Mich: S4.100 from Chicago: 500 from
the Hamilton Brown Shoe Company.
St Louis. Kansas City. Topeka and
many other places have also contribut-
ed literally both in cash and provis
ions. The money is being distributed
under the personal direction of the
Governor. The shipment of 10000
Government rations has reached Rich
mond. and the work of distributing
them among the needy people who are
gathered here has been going on since
and will continue without interruption
The boats sent from Galveston and
Houston succeeded in saving several
thousand lives. Nearly all of the refu-
gees were on the verge of starvation
rs they had had nothng. to eat for four
days. The children especially are in
n deplorable condition. and physicians
say that many of them will die rs Il
result of the exposure.