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


carried four boats to Sartartia.
Mr.. Jules Hirsch. representing the
II Eyer: Mr.. G. j. Palmer, The Post, and
Mr.. II. w. Cortes. the Business League
went on the Brookshire train and returning
In the evening reported that the river al
Brookshirc was falling and that they had
sufficient supplies there, together with
money contributions sent direct, to last
for at least week or ten days.
Mr., Hirsch telegraphed Mayor Brashear
from Brookshire as follows:
Hon. S. II. Brashear Houston, Texas.
Brookshire, Texas, July 6.--Yester-
day over thirty people rescued with
boats. No need for boats seIt today,
All the boats that were here and those
of today forwarded to Simonton Switch
to be used along river from there to
Fulshear and Richmond. The four
sailors that came with us went with
them. About 5000 destitute people be-
ing fed here. Committee OF citizens
here doing all in power to alleviate
distress; provisions on hand sufficient
for about n week. Jules Hirsch.
Mr.. Ferguson, chairman of the relief
committee at Brookshire, wired The Post
last night as follows:
Brookshlre. Texas, July 6.-Stock on
hand at p. M. forty sacks bacon, ten
boxes bacon. two and a half barres
molasses, fourteen sacks and barrels
bread, SS7 sacks meal and flour, Six
hundred people waiting for rations.
We are feeding about 5000 people
weekly. j. II. Ferguson.
Chairman.
The following kilograms and appeals in
dictate the condition of affairs further
down the river from Brookshire:
Mayor Jones, Galveston
Richmond 6 undar watpr and hoats
are necessary to rescue the people.
Get all skiffs you can as quickly as
possible and forward in care of South
ern Pacific. Houston. They will send
extra out Immediately on receipt OF
them. Prompt action is necessary. No
time to be lost. Answer care South
ern Pacific. Jules Hlrsch
In response to the above Mayor Jones of
Galveston wired Mayor Brashear that he
had arranged to send sixteen boats aud
sailors and about 10 o'clock last night a
special train pulled in from Galveston over
the Galveston. Houston and Henderson,
bringing in sixteen large life saving yawls
and a life saving crew of forty three able
bodied men under command of Chief Of
Police Captain Ed Ketchum OF Galveston,
Mayor Brashear had already made all
necessary arrangements at this end of tho
line and the bots and life saving crew
went through last night over the southern
Pacific to Richmond.
From the following telegram 1t would
appear that Governor Sayere had been
successful in his appeal to the general
government
Hon. S. H. Brashear, Houston. Texas
Austin, Texas, July 6.--From what
points do you advise distribution OF
10000 government rations TO bs
III, taIrt
consideration The delay necessary to
reach east side Brazos river
Thomas Sourry,
Adjutant General.
in response to the above the mayor adj
vised Adjutant General Scurry that in his
opinion Richmond, Fulshear and Sealy
were the best points for distributing these
supplies.
Mr. S. NJ. Gordon a large planter near
Richmond left his place yesterday and
came to Houston, where his family reside.
Out OF some 1000 acres in cultivation about
twenty or thirty will escape the food.
He reports all plantations in that vicinity
ruined and where about 5000 bales would
have been the crop about 200 will be
raised.
Mr.. McQueeney, division superintendent
of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San An
tonic, wired yesterday concerning the con-
dition at Richmond that the county court
house and churches there were full of des-
titute negroes and some whites. He wired
the company 10 send work teams imDle-
diately and boats, food, provisions and
anything else they may have to send.
Messrs II. d. Taylor e. Sons OF this
city received a phone" message yesterday
from w p. Fordtran o. Missouri City cay
ing that from 200 10 500 negroe.Ahad come
to Missouri City and Staffords Point and
beyond living on watermelons had abso-
lutely nothing TO eat. The message re-
quested that supplies be sent to G. w. Ar
mold at Missouri city.
Later on the following message OF like
import was received:
H. ID. Taylor & Sons, Houston.
Stafford, via Missouri City, July g.
Three hundred families destitute food
sufferers ask relief at once.
W b. Cochran, NJ. D.,
&. G.. Roone,
w. j. Chambers.
j. T. Dorrity,
j. G. Adamas.
5<t
Messrs. Frank Bonner, Jeff d. Bryant,
VIII Kendall and w. G. Thompson. who
went out on the train TO Fulshear yester-
day, returned In the afternoon, reported
that the entire bottom in the Fulshear
neighborhood was flooded and that the
river there was rising at the rate OF nVe
inches per hour There was not foot OF
ground in the bottom that was not Hooded
with from i've TO thirty feet OF water.
This years crop in the Fulshear country
is totally destroyed. Messrs. Bassett d
Wneton's loss on that fne plantation VIII
be at least $4,000 The starving negroes
al and around Fulshear are becoming des-
perate They were under the Impression
that the supplies taken out by the commit
tee were sent by the government and were
about to take possession of them by force.
They were finally restrained by Mr. Bon
ner telling them that the supplies were
sent out as the result OF private snbscrip-
tion and were for those first VINO we're
most in need and that II they would put
be patient their time would come.
The PROVISIONS sent to Fnlshear yester-
day will probably last Two days after
which they will need more assistance,
The railway agent at Fulshear had been
notified by the company TO give the SUI.
ferers free transportation to any point
along the line to which they might desire
70 go. The train carrying the above named
ccmmittee took out 122 sacks OF meal, 70
sacks OF -four. barrel OF syrup, 22oo
pounds of bacon.
No boats are needed at Fulshear, as all
the people In that section are safe.
At Whites Switch, nine miles across
from Richmond there are 400 negroes IN