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Ten Thousand Lives.
RELIEF PARTY SAY LOSSES
MAY REACH THIS
ALARMING NUMBER
IN TEXAS.
Forty Millions in Property Como.
Six Thousand Houses in Gal
weston Conc and Three
Thousand Lives.

Dallas, Sept 10.-The relief
forces sent to Galveston by the
railroad have wired that the loss
OF life in that city and along the
coast will exceed five thousand and
may reach ten thousand.
The reports of the railroad of
ticials state that the numb of
lives lost at Galveston alone will
exceed three thousand.
Now the awful prospect of
famine confronts the survivors on
almost all sides at Houston and
Galveston.
Including the cotton crop, from
fifteen to twenty millions were
lost, and with Galveston and
Houston 1t will be as much more
From Virginia points north and
south along the bay front, and
such places as Texas City, Dick.
inson, Hitchcock, Seabrook, AL.
vim and intermediate points.
The number of dead bodies
that were gathered up by the res
cue trains and sailing crafts,
reached, at noon, more than seven
hundred.
Hundreds were swept out to
sea.
Six thousand houses wore de-
stroyed ut Galveston.
Provisions are scarce and hum
drsds of corpsss are floating in
the streets.
The situation is appalling.
The big British steamship o
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ALVIN WIPED OUT.
Not a House Left Standing in
Altaloma.

Houston, Tex, Sept 9-Meagre
reports are arriving here from the
country between Houston and
Galveston. Along the line of the
Sante Fe road the tornado was
the most destructive in the history
of the State. Hitchcock has
suffered severy from the storm,
while the town of Altaloma is re-
ported without house standing.
l. Carlton, president of the
Business League of Avin, and a
prominent merchant there, reports
that not a building is lett stand
ing in the town, either residence
or business. Stocks of goods and
household furniture are ruined
and the crops are total loss.
Alvin is a town of about 200
inhabitants. Seven person were
killed in and near the town.
The storm centre is rapidly
moving toward northern Texas
and its fury wrecks all telegraph
lines in It's path, doing vast dam
age and killing people in scatter
ed localities.
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TIE LEDGER.
Th Hrlow S. Carter,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER ~, 1900.

Managers of Hebron precinct
IN Spartanburg county reported
HCyts name erased on all the
tickets issued by the county secre>
tary.
Spot cotton in Liverpool fifteen
cents That's the news that came
in the early morning hours at the
cotton exchange Monday. One
and quarter cents advance.
Greenville News.
Things look very rosy for the
cottontot. Many Of the big mills
IN this country and England are
ont of cotton, and they have got
to have tiff not Immediately
then later on. Shutting down
only delays the matter; and if the
farmers will hold on for good
prices they will get them. -
Greenville News.
A special to The State from
Williamson tolls of three shoot
ings: IN Friday night Robert,
the IS year old son of Jas Chsnd-
Ter, in Groenville county, went
out with his gun to route chicken
thieves and accidentally shot him>
self, dying almost instantly. Jas
Dyson accidentally shot his nep~
hew through the arm at Pelzer
Saturday morning. And Satur.
day afternoon Pat Hindman
serious y wounded j A Boulan bv
shooting him in the mouth. Thus
shooting WAS without provocation.
All the parties are white.
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RELIEF TRAIN BLOCKED.
Found Prairie Covered With
Debris and Dead Bodies.

Dallas, Texas, Sept 9.-The
following telegram was received d
from Houston by The News:
Relief train just returned. 1t
could get no closer than six miles
of Virginia Point, where the
prairie was covered with lum ber,
debris, pianos, trunks and dead
bodies. Two hundred corpses
were counted from the train. A
large steamer is stranded two
miles this side of Virginia Point,
as though thrown up by a tidal
wave.
Nothing can be seen of Calves
ton. Two men were picked up
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GOV. SAYRE'S REQUlSITION
He Wants 10000 tents and 3D.
600 Rations-The Request
Granted.

Washington, Sept 1O.-Gox
Sayres, of Texas, has applied tn
the War Department for 10, COO,
tents and 50,0 rations for i'm,
mediate use for the sufferers
from Saturdays storm. Ae,iwp-
Secretary Meiklejohn issued AN,
order granting the request
These tents will be sent from San,
Antonio and jefferson Barracks.
Mo. 1t is expected that larpes
portion OF the rations can be pro
cured at San Antonio. II po,
they will be sent from Ksssa,e
City.
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Major Hart Married.

Ma or James + Hart was mar
ried at Chatham, Va, last We'd
nesday afternoon at 1:3O to Mrs
Rebecea G Grier, of that city.
1t was the intention of the newly
married couple to GO to Washing
ton and other cities on short
bridal trip, returning to York
vile today, or perhaps next
week. k.-Yorkvi.le Enquirer.
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Diptheria is epidemic in the
region round about YorkvIlle.
The total number of cases re,
ported during the past few weeks,
says the Enquirer aggregate more
than 100. Only three deaths had
occurred up to- last Saturday-one
white, and two negro children.
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The State board purchased
nearly 5000 barrels of whiskey
and about the same amount in
case goods last week to he distri.
buted to the dispensaries for sale
during the coming month.
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A Most Narrowing Accident.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Newberry, Sept 9.-Quite a
serious accident occurred to Mr.
John Davenport of Deadfall sec
tion yesterday evening while put
ting up round lap press for Mr
Bob Schumpert about four miles
from town. In some way he was
caught in the press and his skull
was fractured. He is not expect
ed to recover.
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OVER EVERY TOWN
In Texas, the Death Angel Keeps
His Vigil.

~ tSnoS, tIS LSatII huScI
His Vigil.
Houston, Tex, Sept "a train
came in on the Columbia Tap rail-
road this afternoon and it's crew
fell story of death and desolatlon
in the country through which they
passed. Conductor Ferguson
states that houses, barnes, crops
and orchar is have been DESTROYED
and great damage has been done.
A l. Forbes, postal clerk, reported
that at Oyster creek the train
crew and passengers heard cries
coming out of a pile of debris.
Several persons answered the cries
and found negro woman fast
ened under a roof. They pulled
her out and she informed her
rescuers that there were others
under the roof. A further search
resulted in the finding of nine
dead bodies, all colored persons.
When the train arrived at
Angleton, all the churches, the
jail and number of of houses
had been blown down. Three
fatalities are known to have oc
Cured at Angleton, but the train
stopped there only a few minutes
and the number killed or their
names could not be learned.
At Angleton the conductor de-
cided to return to Houston, so
that the extent of damage beyond
Angleton is not known. On the
return trip the crew saw the debris
OF dozens of demolished houses.
At Sunday Point several persons
were badly injured, but no fatal.
ties were reported.
At Arcola a family named
Wotford had gathered in the
second story Of their house. The
upper portion of the house was
blown away and Mr. Wofford's $
mother was instantly killed.
The hurricane was particularly
severe at Brookshire, 27 miles
west of Houston on the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas railroad. Four
dead bodies have been taken from
the debris of wrecked houses and
1t Is believed that others have
been killed. 1t is reported that
only four houses are left standing
in Brookshire, which had popu
lation of 600 persons. The names
Of the doad at Brookshire cannot
be learned tonight.
Later reports received from
Alvin state that many persons
were killed there. Eleven bodies
have been recovered.
At Seabrook Mrs. Jane Wood.
stock was killed by falling house;
Mrs. Nicholson and Louis Broauet
were drowned. S X McInhenny.
wife and daughter, and Mrs. Le-
Roy and two children are missing.
They are known to have been in
their cottages, which we're de-
stroyed.
The dead body of sailor was
found under a cottage.
AT Brazoria six people were
killed by falling houses or we're
drowned last night, including
George Duff, son of Hon j f
Duff. Judge Duff was himself
severely injured. Reports state
that only the court house and two
other buildings are standing there.
A report from Chenango SAYS
that eight people were killed.
RELIEF TRAIN BLOCKED.
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The dlspensary at Kingstree
was robbed Saturday night of
$136 worth of stuff. This makes
the fourth or fifth time this dis
pensary has been robbed.
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Wreak a Sad Ruin in Poor
Galveston, Gulf City.
THREE THOUSAND LIVES
WERE LOST.
Trains Were Blown About as
Eggsheis by the Wind Which
Carried the Deep Before
it and Dragged Great
Buildings Down.

Chicago, Sept "a dispatch
to The Chronicle from San An
tonic, Tex, says: The startling
news has just flashed over the
wires informing j d Sayres that
messenger at great risk of his
life has ust reached Virginia
Point from Galveston with the
report that $500 are probably
dead as a result of the fearful
storm. An urgent appeal to all
Texas is made for help. The
messenger said that the grain ele,
vators at the water front are
wrecked and hundreds of build
ings have collapsed or we're car
ried out to sea. The greatest dis
tress is said to prevail.
Houston, Tex, Sept 9, 10 p m.
The West Indian storm which
reached the Gulf coast Yesterday
morning wrought awful havoc in
Texas. Reports are conflicting,
but it is known that an appalling
disaster has befallen the CITY of
Galveston, where, it is reported,
thousand or more lives have
been blotted out and tremsnd-
Gus property damage incurred.
Meagre reports from Sabine Pass
and Port Arthur also Indicate a
heavy loss of lite, but these re-
ports cannot be confirmed at this
hour.
The first news to reach this CITY
from the stricken city of Calves
ton was received tonight. James
Z Timmons, who resides in Hous-
ton, and who is the general sup
erlntendent of the National Com
press company, arrived in the
city at s O'Clock tonight from
Galveston. He was one of the
first to reach here with tidings OF
the great disaster which has be.
fallen that city and the magnitude
of that disaster remains to be
told because of his endeavors to
reach home. After remaining
through the hurricane of Satur
day, he departed from Galveston
on schooner and came across the
bay to Morgan's Point, where he
caught train for Houston. The
hurricane, MIR Timmvns said, was
the worst ever known.
lhe estimates made by citizens
OF Galveston was that 1000
houses, most of them residences.
Lave been destroyed and that at
least 1000 people have been
drowned, killed or are missing.
Some business houses were also
destroyed, but most of them
stood, though badly damaged.
The city, Mr. Timmons AYERS,
Is complete wreck, 50 far as he
could see from the water front and
from the fremont hotel. Water
was blown over the island by the
hurricane, the wind blowing at the
rate of so miles an hour, straight
from the Gulf, and forcing the
sea water before it in big waves.
The gale was steady one, the
heart of it striking the city about
3 o'clock yesterday evening and
continuing without intermission
until midnight last night, when il
abated somewhat, although it con
tinued all night.
Of his knowledge, Mr. Timmons
knew OF only one house succumb-
ing with fatal results, though he
heard of many residences being
carried away with inmates. The
house that he saw destroyed was
Ritter's saloon and restaurant, at
0tn0 C1..l -.
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81 no PER ANNUS

@o'o" III eho oaJ ~ tue DSiR u q
of tho storm.
About a hundred and fifty skill
ing vessels of every description.
were wrecked. Six steamers
ashore in tho bay.
The whole city was in dark ness.
last night, and water is selling nj
one dollar pint.
New Orleans, Sept 1O.-Thg
following was received from Nir
Hayes, n wellknown newspaper
correspondent throughout the
south:
Houston, Tex.-I have just ar
rived from Galveston by boat.
Storm destroyed SIC, 100000
property and 1900 lives host.
National aid asked for.
Reports from Sherman, Texas
say that the cotton crop in the
Central and Southern part of tbe-
state are terribly damaged by the
storm. 1t is impossible at this.
time to tell the full extent of the
damage, but it is feared that nsore,
than half is lost.
Galveston, Sept 1O.-Stautias,
as soon as the water began to ye-.
cede relief party began The
work of rescuing the wounded
and dying from the ruins of thsir-
names.
The scenes that were presented
cannot be told of in prosaic
manner. 1t Is not possible to do
1T. Screaming women bruised
and bleeding, some of them bear
ing the lifeless forms of children
in their arms, men broken and
sobblug, bewailing the loss of
their wives and children; streets
filled with floating rubbish, among.
which there were many bodies Of
the vi Tins of the storm, copst;-
tuted part of the scene.
In every direction, as far rs tbs,
eye could reach, the scene of desc
latlon and destruction continued
The report from St Marks in-
Urinary shows that only eight
persons escaped from that hos-
pital. The numbef of patients
and nurses could not be ascertain
ed, but ordinarily the number OF
inmates was seldom under 100
EVERY HOME A TOME.
There is scarcely one of the.
houses left standing which do not
contain one or more of the dead
as well as many of the injured
100 SOLDIERS PERISH.
The loss of life among the sol
dlers in the barracks, which wers.
destroyed, must have been fuIy
100, and perhaps later reports ~ilE
swell the list.
Washington, Sept 1O.-The
II e
following dispatch was received
here this afternoon from Calves
ton, under today's date.
"fifteen hundred to twenty-six
hundred persons killed, a citv AL
most in ruins, property loss
of $3.50, ,O0C, 900, the wharf front
entirely gone, every ocean steam
er IN the harbor stranded, with .
money loss that cannot be esti-
mated nov, is, so far as can hx.
learned OF this hour, is a resume,
OF the appalling calamity that has.
befallen Galveston.
The loss of life is placed by so1ae.
at 10000. The streets ara,
strewn with the remains of drown
ed, sixty bodies being found in oce,
| block"
uOV. SA1RES REQUlSITION
He Wants IN OOo +or.
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WANTED-ACTIVE MAN of good
Character to deliver and collect In
South Carolina for old established
manufacturing wholesaie house. 5000
a year, sure pay. Honesty more than
experience required. Our reference.
any bank In any city. Enclose self
addressed stamped envelope. Manu-.
facturers, Third Floor, 334 Dearborn
ST., Chicago.
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down and nine men, prominent
citizens, were killed.

customers saved themselves by
jumping from the upper story
just before the crash came.
1t is reported that the orphan
asylum and both hospitals were
destroyed, and if this proves true
the loss of lite will be great, as
these institutions were generally
crowded: and as they were sub
stantial buildings the chances are
that many had taken refuge in
them.
The water extended across the
island. Mr. Timmins SAID it was
three feet deep in the rotunda of
The fremont hotel and was six
feet deep in Market street.
Along the water front the dam
age was very great. The roofs
had been blown from all the ele-
vators, and the sheds along the
wharves were either wrecked or
had lost their sides and were of
no protection to the contents.
Most Of the small sailing craft
were wrecked and were either
piled up on the wharves or float
ing side up in the bay. There Is
a small steamship ashore three
miles north of Pelican island, but
MIR Timmins could not distinguish
her name. She was flying
British flag. Another big vessel
has been driven ashore mt Vir-
ginia Point and still another is
aground at Texas City. At the
south point of Houston island an
unknown ship lies in helpless
condition.
The lightshlp that marks Gal
weston bar is hard and fast aground
at Bolivar Point.
Mr.. Timmins and the men with
him on the schooner rescued two
sailors from the middle bay who
had been many hours in the water.
These men were foreigners and
he could gain no information from
them.
A wreck of vessel which
looked like large steam tug was
observed just before the party
landed. In the bay the carcasses
of nearly 200 horses and mules
were seen, but no human BODY
was visible. The scenes during
the storm, MIR. Timmons said,
could not be described. Women
and children were crowded into
the fremont hotel, where he was
seeking shelter, and all night
these unfortunates we're bemoan-
ing their losses of kindred and
fortune. They were grouped
abolt the stairways and the gal,
leries and rooms of the hotel.
What was occurring in the other
parts of the city he could only
onjecture.
The city of Galveston, he saws,
is now entirely submerged and
cut Oft from communication. The
boats are gone; the railroads cam
not be operated and the water is
SO high people connot walk out by
way of the bridge across the bay
even shonld that bridge be stand
ing.
Provisions will be badly needed
as a great majority of the people
lost all they had. The water
works power house was wrecked
and a water famine is threatened,
as the cisterns were all ruined by
the overflow of salt water. This.
Mr.. Timmons regards as the most
serious problem to he faced now.
The city is in darkness, the eIec.
trio plant having been ruined.
There is no way of estimating the
property damage at present Co
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A case of small pox is reported
in the vicinity of Catawba, in
Chester county.
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who floated across to the mainland.
They say they estimate the loss of
life up to the time they left at
1000.
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The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-23

weekday services win be: First mass
at 90 O'Clock; second mass OF which the
Bishop will be the celebrant. al T. and
third mass AZ 7.3o. Confessions are heard
each Saturday from 40 .. m. until ,
O'Clock.
on Christmas day there will be services
al $50 o'clock a. m. when a solemn pom
flfical mass will be celebrated, at g. al Z.
at s. al O. and AZ 1870. when high mass
will be celebrated. The Sunday School
will meet AT 2 o'clock.
At the iO.N mass will be given the
Christmas musical programme as fol-
lows.
.I.aetentur Coelr' (MelviD.
Mass IN a Jonn wiegandl.
Omertory. 'Adeste Fideles' CNovello).
90 salutaris' PctrD,
''Tantum Ergo" HammereD.
"Iaudate Dcminum." chant.
The choir consists OF twenty-five voices
under the direction OF MIR. F. +. Reoarsr'
choir master.
At the Sacred Heart Church there will be
three masses on Chritmas morning. the
first mass viii be az O'Clock. the second
al T. and high mass at 10. The choir Will
for the first time In this city, render
"Stearus Mass IN f." Whilst not Ohm
cult il iv a very pleasing and meiodious
4
deles." by Novello. Benediciion win the
Blessed Sacrament will be given imme-
dlately after high mass. The choir Il
composed Of:
sopranoz-Mrs. II r. Aitick. Mrs. Z. NJ.
Dodd. Misses Katie Cleary. Nellie Dooner'
Annie Mcclure.
Aitos-Mrs. NJ. T. Taylor. Misses Marie
IaMotte and Mary r Donovan.
Teuors-Mcssr. John NJ Mcbride. James
p Deacy. Julius b. Gaudry and William
J. Riley
Bassos-Messrs stratford b. Woodbury.
and Philip ?. Friherg.
Organist-Mrs Kate s. wilson.
pirector-Mr I'd NJ. Conner.
Al 81. Patrick's Church services VII!
be held al z o'clock "a. m. al $50. AMI
at 1870. and vespers and benediction az
p. m
on Christmas Day masses will be ceie-
brated at O'Clock a m. at !. at $50 and
AZ 1870. At the high mass, 1870. viii De
sung the customary programme OF Christ
mas music as follows:
Marzo'e mass IN G.
"Adeste Fideles." (Novellol.
The choir g. composed OF. sopranos.
Mrs Barber. Mrs. YoungloVe. Misses
Uslna. REILLY. Brennan. Doherty. Hogan.
Kennedy and Harm. and Mrs. Macarthur:
altos. Mrs. Huhncr Masses Gleason. Nc
Phcian. O'Brieu ami Kennedy tenors.
Messrs. Clarity. Butler. Nolan. Goodwin.
basses. Mcssrs. O'Leary, Goette, Meow
ern. Bell Hogan Tho soloists will be
Mrs. Barbor. Mrs. Younglove. Misses
Brennan and Gleason and Messrs. Carl
~ and Gocito Mr.. Joseph Steeg IS d.
rector.
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his praetorian guards. spending the time
in revelry ana feastiug Ia me STA ie
We see a babe shining with brightness
and on one side his mother stands. ard
on the other his foster father. Joseph. In
front are the shepherds singing praise IN
Hih honor From this We draw
two very striking lessons-the lessons Of
poverty and humility. Here we have two
Rings. Compare them.
Augustus surrounded by wealth and lux
ury. and proud and naughty reigns DER
an earthly kingdom But remember o
reader. Augustus has long since taken from
his royal head that crown. and has laid
his scepter aside and has forever win
all his earthly greatness persisted. hut
the babe Ia the manEer Is God ana hi1g
OF Kings. His crown mas never been taken
from Him nor His scepter laid aside. nor
has His greatness diminished, time mas
only intensified "a.
Since the birth Of Christ this beautiful
institution Of giving and receiving pres
ents has been COMMUNICATED with IN
creased fervor hy every family home, ~
giving 20 their children presents ana
toys. Look into the house OF a poor man
on Christmas eve. ana there you VII
sec little children barefooted and ha'f
clad. telling and asking their parents what
would they like to have And this same
20 the same house on Christmas and see
with what delight those poor children VIII
show YOU what Santa Claus has given
them. Each will vie with the other and
say that theirs h the best. but this is
caused by the love which these poor chill
dren have for their TOYS. But 90 into
the rich mans home and there you viii
see a great collection OF toys But in the
hearts OF the majority OF rich children
there Is that evcr-aching desire FOR beg
ter things
The feast OF Christmas is enjoyed by
rich and poor as the above testlnes The
Intense happiness that IS brought to these
poor children b. due IN part 10 the inspira-
ton OF this beautiful festival and Of the
observing OF the birth OF Christ in the
many ladies 20 gentlemen % the societies
and guilds who have Tor their object 20
make the poor children as happy as the
rich. and this Is the only time the poor
are equal 70 the rich. In all this broad
land this joyful custom is not more re-
ligAously or toyfully observed than In our
own Savannah.