The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-09

SEVERAL HUNDREDS Of REFUGEES
tue WATER IS STILL SLOWLY RISING
Yrhousands OF Fertile Cultivated
Acres Have Alrcndy Bees cov-
cred By the Flood.

/ Friday night sent special train out on
the Columbia Tap with a quantity otpro-
visions for the destitute neRroes. intend
ing to go as far as they possibly could.
| AS told In yesterdays Post, the train
could get no further than Howden. :
small station twcnty-one miles from
Houston. The car containing provisions
was showed by hand. but only got one
mile. Here tho car stayed until morning.
when the provisions were distributed
among the sufferers at Julif and Sandy
Point by wagon.
| Another train carrying boats left Hcus-
ton at II o'clock yesterday morning with
three boats which were put on At Julin
and put In immediate service. Still an
other train departed from Houston at
about 4:S0 in the afternoon. which car
ried provisions. In addition to the crew,
which was in charge Of Conductor Tom
Ferguson. Mr.. Il. G.. Murtain. the local
freight agent of tho International and
Great Northern at Houston. and repre-
sentative Of The Post, and number OF
negroes were aboard. The first stop was
made at Arcola. about nineteen miles
from Houston. where n quantity of staple
| goods were left. At this point there are
about 175 negroes. The larger portion
OF them are from the House plantations
near there. They were in bad state
and needing food badly. J. r.. Fem, J.
ID. slagle and w. G. Wood took charge OF
the provisions, and at once began the
distribution
Previous trains of the Columbia rap had
| not been able to get any further than
Howden but Roadmaster Moss had n
| gang of twenty -four men Mt work crib
( hing" the track: that Is, placing ties under
| the rails parallel Herewith and knocking
q stake down to hold II in place. At
| Howden four box cars were placed oil
| siding for use of the refugees.
After delay at this point the train
went slowly on, preceded by several hand
cars, the road gang making close aud
careful examination OF the track. The
| water covered the rails for distance OF
n mile in some places as much as six
inches. From there on the track is high
| er and the train was out of danger.
| At Juliff, Ave miles further on. there
are several hundred negroes in box cars
and In the GIN on tho Juliff place. Here
40 sacks Of flour. ten sacks of meal and
twenty -one sacks of bacon were unload
ed. This WAS the frst lot Issued OF the
$1,000 pounds of bacon and 200 sacks OF
-four purchased by T. w. House OF Hous-
ton by order OF Governor Sayers and nifty
sacks of meal and thirty-six OF -four and
bought from contributions seSt to Tho
Post. The negroes had had rations Is
sued to them in the morning, but nothing
since then and tho provisions were much
appreciated, Mr. John Julin was in
charge of the food
At Sandy Point, the next station. there
were some 200 negroes in the immediate
vicinity OF the depot in gin houses and In
| box cars At Sandy Point 160 sacks OF
| -four nfty-one sacks of meat and ten sacks
pf laft In charge OF w, w.
Whatley and w. b. Utlcy At Masterson,
| another couple OF hundred negro refugees
were assembled; S13 sacks of -four, twenty
sacks of meal and 5000 pounds or bacon
were placed In charge of j. II. Baker,
VIM Masterson and II. Tankersley.
mile further up the track was considered
dangerous TO pass and the tram pro-
ceoded no further. Bonney, Chenango ana
| Angeton were notified and those that
| are needy VIII receive necessary rations
at Masterson.
| On tho return trip the balance Of tho
! provisions, consisting OF forty sacks flour.
| ten sacks of meal and 1000 pounds OF ba-
icon, We're left.
plies we're left to last about ten days. Tho
| committees are we'll acquainted with tho
negroes and their needs and everything
will be judiciousy distributed.
The negro people. men, women ana onil-
dren. are very sadly in need OF clothes,
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than what they are wearing and that Is In
bad shape.
The water Mt the points named was
still rising Yesterday though the rise was
slight one. The water Is covering
greater area than on the previous day,
however. and 1t is now on the prairles
on the east side OF the railroad track Al
Jullff there was perceptible rise and in
front OF one of the Julff residences the
water was ten feet deep.
Rises were also reported at Sandy Point
and Maeterson Al the former place about
fifty yards from Cleveland's store, the
water is eight or ten feet deep. Every ono
expects the water to soon begin recedlng
Plantations in this section are flooded
with water and corn and cotton crops are
believed to be total loss. Only those
who have sugar cane Will have anything
saved Mr.. John Juliff has 100 acres OF !
his plantation under water, ITO acres 10
cane, 600 In cotton and the balance In
corn. Mr. Juliff had made conservative
estimate that his crop would bring him
In $4,000. II the cane Is saved that Will
likely be all. In the Arcola. Burnside and
River Place and plantations OF lit. W.
House are about 2400 acres In cultivation.
OF this there are about 500 acres In cane
the balance in corn and cotton.
Mrs y. Bingham, at Juliff. has 100 acres
In cane and about 400 in cotton and corn,
The Perry place has 200 and the White =
LANCE, at Sandy Point. generally raisfs
about 500 bales OF cotton and 100 barrels
OF sugar.
The Darlington plantation, near Sandy
Point. owned by p. ]. Willis q Bro. o.
Galveston and leased by Captain 5. p
Porter, has about 1000 acres In cane. co..
ton and corn. On the Ransone, Master-
son and Cleveland plantations, st Sandy
Point. there are 400. 400 and $50 acres. re-
spectively. In corn and cotton. There arc
400 acres in the Cash place and on tne
PaIo Alto plantation there are probably
300 or 400 acres In cotton and corn. nyexys
inch OF ground mentioned above n way 4
under water. These estimates were ~
cured from Mr.. Juliff. Mr.. Cleveland aue
others, who are known 70 BE- reliable an j
are as near correct as they can - - $40 4
time. .A2l q n "a
The loss OF live stock Is said r. " conrE
siderable and every one Of The piApfation4fj
named above have lost bpreae, cattl> ~ K
mules BY the overAovipg wefer. 4! Fl