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

upon the governors orders, Waller
county. $500: Brazoria county, $780,
Missouri City. $500: White Springs,
SEQ; all in groceries. Clodne. $751;
Hampstead, s25; Duke, 800; Sugar
land, SIZE; Surnyside. $50: Angleton.
$780, also $1,000 in groceries on gov
ernor's order. S. Taiaferro,
Chairman.
The following additional kilograms were
sent out by the local committee:
r. e. Hannay Hampstead.
Houston, July S.--Severa urgent tel
egrams received from Sunnysde.
Please see that portion of provisions
sent by House and promptly forwarded
there S. Taliaferro,
Chairman.
John NJ Moore, Richmond
Houston, July S.No meal here.
Plenty of -four and bacon. Wire MS in
time before your stock is exhausted
and we will give you every pound POS
sible. S. Tallaferro,
Chairman.
S. NJ Quattlebaum, Fulshear.
Houston, July $40 meal on mana.
viii give all assistance. Advise what
you are compelled 10 have
S. Taliaferro, Chairman.
Chief of Police Ed Ketcbum of Calves
ton came in yesterday from the HOOD
stricken district to get supplies for MS
men. and while here he forwarded the
following report to Mayor Jones at Gal
Veston
Hon. w. C. Jones, Mayor of Calves
ton.
sugarland, Texas, July 8, 1S99.-Sir;
Pursuant to instruction from yourself.
l. with fifty men, assisted by Colohei
Richie and Major Levy, proceeded 10
Sugarland to assist in rescuing those
whose lives were in danger by the
overflow. Leaving Galveston at $50
p. IN. the 9Th instant, We arrived at
Sugarland morning of the 7th at
a. IN, with the detachment and four
teen hoa =. Found no organization
for general assistance, but that eacn
individual working like beaver to
render all the aid in his power. Pro-
curing pilots well acquainted with the
districts to be worked over. AT S;3O
dispatched three detachmonts of two
boats each sonth from Sugarland to
the De Walt district on river seven
miles from Sugarland this under COM
mand of Captain Carrow One to the
upper DE Walt district under CAPTAIN
De Boer The third under command
farm thence to the Lowery planta-
ton, all with Instructions to rcndez-
yous opposite Blue Ridge. there TO
form a junction of all the feet under
the command of Major Burke. Each
detachment having with it a compe-
tent pilot well acquainted with the
entire district, our desire being 10 get
the rescued to Missouri City by the
shortest and best route. ! telephoned
Mr.. e. r. Saylor at Missouri City 10
at once send runners to the bottom
south of his town and put himself in
communication with one or all OF
these detachments as soon as posi-
Bile, and thus give me a chain of com
muncation with them through himself
and the rescued, of whom he was askea
to care for. At the same hour above
mentioned under command OF Cap
tain Read, dispatched a feet of six
boats, my heaviest and best to the
westward along the line of and either
side Of the Pacific railway. to work in
the neighborhood of Sartarta, and
thence westward to Richmond. Plac-
ing myself In yoco electric communi-
cation with E. A. Pearson at Rich
mond, ! was enabled through him to
control this western division as my
Instructions to him were to cross the
bridge and signalling my people d.
rect them with his knowledge OF loca-
tions and my authority. My southern
fleet under Major Burke reported the
rescuing and safe landing of twenty
odd people, bringing in at the same
time one who had died rom drowning
and the other from exhaustion. ali
colored. They finished their davis
work at o'clock evening of the 18th.
reporting from Stafford, where ali
were received and kindly treated. Ma
jor Burke reported at headquarters
this morning. Sugarland. that his
party was all we'll. and on their re-
pairing to the boatlsnding aft.r break
fast. found that all their boats had
most mysteriously disappeared.
Captain Carroll organized a searchs
ing party. and Is at this writing look.
ing as assidiously for boats today az
for starving negroes yesterday.
The western division under Captain
Read succeeded in bringing to Rich
mond bridge and Sartartia over 100
peopIe, and is now engaged in distrib-
,lting rations 70 such as are now isolat.
ed In gin houses. barns and dwellings,.
but in safety. This work will con-
tjnue until the present supply Of RAJ