The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-06

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ion to appeals already rvcevea Tor aid.
one came from Fulshear. Texas today as
follows;
Thousands s.arslngi immediate aid
Wanteo."
FROM other sections OF The flooded dis
trict south " Aearne and between thers
and the mouth OK the Brazos appeals Tor
a.d are coming la. every report Is that
the people are entirely Dersit OF their
houses. food ana clothing.
ANOTHER VERSION.
! 81. Louis, Quly 5-.A special to tae he
puoAc from Dallas, reNs,s. says
An former Hood disasters have been
ecnpscd by the appalling calamity now
central in the vicinity OF sesley ana o.
/ Brookshire.
10 ls estimated that 200 lives have been
iost ana ,ae number may be gnuoh larg-
er. Inc property loss Will reach 50 tar
INTO tnc millions as GO make the Calvert
mood appear nslgnlncent by comparison.
Tonight deputy aheun swearmgton
made THIS statement 10 the Republic cor
respondent over the iong distance tele-
phone from sealey.
am dgmblounded Dy The extent vi
the disaster fuAy twenty lives have
bee lost within "a radius OF twenty-five
miles from sealey Last nigh, and today
nearly l00 have been drowned ia tho vic
unity OK what ia locally known as The
Mound.'
This is small piece Of high land three
miles from sealey, near Old san riApo.
Al nrst when the nOod rushed down upon
the negro cabins IA the bottoms OF the
Bra2os ,th.ee days ago. the alarmed
black population RAN Tor this piece OF
high land for safety. driving their i've
stock with them
The rush Of tho waters was so sudden
they could not get 20 sealey Gradually
The waters rose and oncr5ached upon
their place ol refuge unL tonight there
i5 not more than hau an acre Of ground
out OF water ana that not more than one
foot above tho raging torrent surrund-
ing II tor miles. On tnis are huddled to-
night, raging surging, gesuculatins,
screaming and praying assemblag6 OF 3O0
negroes, death staring them ln the faco
in various forms
Many have been drowned The via
rushing waters are nnod with all kinds
OF noadng bodies OF live stock. and with
houses. outDundngs fences loes. trees.
lumber farm implements. furniture. mer-
ohandlae and other material
'Cllugmg 60 many of tnsse objects are
negroes doomed almost to certain death.
hive given YOU the situation as it ex.
lists ln and about Sealey it la equally as
bad in ana around Brookshire. but [ can
give you no details. / know there are at
least 400 negroes on a small island near
BrOokshire Ina "A condition similar 10 those
on the Mound.
Prom present indications the loss of
NE is likely to reach 500 unless relief
comes promptly"
Havana. July 6.-rhirty-two district
clubs OF the Cuban national party have
held a meeting and decided TO oppose
even The temporary withdrawal OF Gen,
Maxine Gomez from the island. a COM
mission has been appointed 20 visit ala
parts Of cuba and collect subscriptions TO
a fund for building Gomez a nome aud
furnishing him with money enough foc yhe
rest OF his life Tho decison universally
popular. In the opinion OF ali CuDans
even his political opponents he deserves
such recognition after his long service
and self sacrifice in behalf OF tho Cuban
cause.
ono politician who ia yiolsnly opposed
to him said;
| Il believe that this would be the best
method Of removing Gomez from the po-
| litical field, as IL would satisfy hts van
| ity / would willingly contribute sde9 30
! the fund IT / could be convinced that he
would not interfere again Ia Cuban Of
fairs, as 1 consider him ths cnef dis-
| turbing element"
Senior Jose Segrarl0. spain's hrst con-
sul general ia cuba, arrived today. he
was received on landing by "a committee
of Spanish residents and the etire party
took breakfast at the spanish casino.
Harrisburg. Pa. July 5.-The case OF
James IT, Groenewho Is wanted in half
dozen Western states Tor bunc0ing farm
ers was before Governor Stone today
Greene was arrested here ten days ago,
and has since been inj all awiung the ar
lrval OF detectives from the West.
The sherin ana deputy OF Wala Walla.
wash, came here with a requisiton for
tho prisoner Tor buncolng a farmer out of
5000 In that city.
! A Chicago detective also arrived with
a roqusition for theprisoner who is al
legged 10 have buncoed farmers IN n
linois
| Today detective of Westmoroland
county reached Harrisburg with a war
rant for Greene, who is wanted at Greens
burg FOR neecing farmer out of 800 10
1857 All OF tho parties ere represented
| hy council at the hearing before Gov
crnor Stone today
| Tho Governor ordered Greene turned ov-
or 90 the Westmoreiand authorities.