The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09
AID FOR FLOOD VICTIMS.
coT. sirERs or TEXAS ALLETIATTNG
STEFERINN RAPIDLY.

1,.,.x c,otbinR and Provisions Being Hur-
rted Forward on Speciol Trnins-1O,OOO
p,rsons Yet to lie R"Scucd-ProbRbly
100. 600 Persons Seed Help mt Once.
DALLAS, Tex, July S.-.Reports from tho
pro2o- food district tonight represent the con-
di,,ons "a being nearly the same as they were
iast riyh,. Relief trains have been sent out
from Houston. Galveston. Austin and San An
ionic the only available places on railroad
r,o, IN the direction Of Richmond and Sealy
,,cor,,no,, centres OF distribution. II ia esti-
,,,tai that 10000 refugees hav" been hud-
d'st into camps at Sartarta, Fulshear.
u.w,lcu, Sandy Point. Arcola. San Filipe.
s1rny.ide. Scay and Missouri City, Fully
10000 more IRE on mounds, in the trees
.rl ON the roofs of plantation buildings wait
Inc 10 ha rescued The Brazos seems to be
.lovlv raIhng between Sealy and Richmond.
hut. either at 9tandstlll or rising further
down the valley in Fort Bend and Brazoria
couu',"s.
Th.,uo,t alarming news received here to-day
csr,. iron, Julipp a village on the line Of Fort
pnnI AMI Bra,oria counties. II was repre-
,eptrl that several lives had been lost there
srJfha' several hundred negroes were In dar-
rarnr drowning or starvation: that the water
h, i,holu completely cut of and their condition
Wa extremely p"rllDus Boats were at once
called for and started from Houston Nothing
hp. vet lrou heard from the rescuing party.
-u.,nI.I tr-punec Is being made to the
c,.. fr,i,f Contributions are pouring in
tran, all rurt- II the country. Gov. Savers was
,,.lN ruahIrd to send ont about $4,000 in
ca.n making total money distribution
among the sufferers from the state EXccu-
,,y. ~ aprruXimatey f25.OOU. He also sent
rroyf..pn- clothing and general supplies that
b., mad purchased. there are from t''.poO TO
luuuOO refugees IN the fooled districts who
vii need aid for at least sixty days. and it will
r., iI,Ir u large relief fund to meet their neces-
The ajIroad situation shows no considerable
t.ttrrment. The only resumption OF traffic
note. Iu the flooded district is the running
q f'"'cI,t trains on the Houston and
dry, and My niles south Of Dallas The
Inter nt,uual and Great Northern also an
nnua""T T. lines IN n!eratlon hy way OF Min
-c..rhuirH.
'C'anli,."uo are reported as bad again at
e1.ru' ONO. winch Is working through Dewey
e. HuU~t' II. 7 he weather over northern and
r,n'rl Texas has been threatening all day.
Iicaty ram, fell At D"ni~un. Paris, Bonham.
CIarksN lie. IrNarkana. ana III th"t throughout
nrgrp"r RYI E,y"t Vale Fears haye been
II, tho Er,, and Trinity rivers, hut the menace
Of su II m-fortun"s is l"ssening as the sum
NrsiI%, Re ,. July S.-.Gov. Savers to-day re-
ceN.d terglnm7 from many pG ig az AGENT
b. l s,tua, 6n and suffering Of the thousands of
1oojIr. II is cons"rvatively estimated that
s,u'" want Tn" work of r"sruinG
t. wator-houud .r""u" from trc" TOPS and
not vr' completed over five hundred people
were rescued ia l.ra2oria and Fort Bend
count,"o, today TI"y wer% nearly all in
,h"m hnI br"n cnsing TO branrhe. OF trees
Tor four days without food and shelter.
gram this afternoon from J. j. JuilT,.n prom.
nent rtt2en Of the town If Julitr in Fort Bend
lots Of people ar" still in the bottom. If not
take them oil We need ten good boats quick"
The following telegram was received from
NJ f. Ma-tcrSon Of Aivin
:" tn" condition Of affairs in Brazos bottoms.
the mouth II she river. is alarming. Tn"
sheriff ha- hecn at work all night with all
available boats More boats are being built as
There arc several hundred negroes at Angle
ton sandy Point. Chenango and Columbia in
the cloth they have on
The Governor at once communicated with
III" ",nm!'tee having charge of the boats at
10 he suffering negroes County Judge I. 7.
Curry Of Washington county teIegraphed Gov.
The loss from the overflow in this county is
very great II IS impossible a. yet TO estimate
are in destitute circumstances. So, lar BY a
noble response to the demands Of humanity
orr leOne nave been ablc 10 rtleNe all cases OF
suffering
Many cash contributions for, the relief of the
suffering were received by the Governor TO-
day Among them was 3d. 800 from the Mayor
Of BOSTON. Mass $1,000 from tn" Missouri,
Kansas and TcNh< hallway Company; $1,000
from the National Enamrlling and Stamping
Company Of New York civ: 500 from
~" Hamilton brown shoe Company, st.
Louis The money is being distributed
under the personal direction Of the
Governor. The shipment Of 10000 Govern
ment ratons reached Richmond last night, and
the work Of distributing them among the
going on all day and WI II continue without in
terruption all Of tonight.
,HAIyEsToN; Tex. July S.-Thero is great
danger to citizens Of Clear Lake in conse-
qurn"e ot the food. The work Of rescue
is now centred there. Several thousand ne
groes in the flooded districts have beer saved
nr the boats sent from this city and Houston.
Hundreds Of negroes are cut oil on high ground
near Clear Lake The boats will probably
reach them O-mOrrOw
BOS!ON. july S-This city has sent $500 to
the relief of tn" sufferers by the Texas Hoods.
II is the balance Of the fund raised originally
In 1870
At meeting of the committee OF the City
Government having the matter in charge to-
day il was voted to send tho money. and the
following telegram WINS sent to the Governor
ofTrxas:
You will find to your credit at the National
Bank Of Austin. Tex. $4,000. to b" distributed
70 tho destitute victims Of your recent floods.
icing III" balance OF the fund contributed by
CITIZENS for the relief Of the JohnStown, Pa.
sufferer by flood in 1889"