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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
The Mayor of Houston Inausurates
Relief Measures.


Houston, Tex, Sept. 11.-At an in
formal meeting held at the police
headquarters late Sunday night and
presided over by Mayor Brashear, it
was decided to dispatch train over
the International & Great Northern
to Virginia Point at as an early hour
as supplies and volunteers could be
provided and secured. 1t was to be
composed as follows:
One company of firemen; one COM
papy of policemen and volunteers;
one yawl from the city park and
lot of smaller craft belonging to the
citizens of Houston will also be sent.
Groceries will be sent from num-
ber of wholesale and retail houses CT
the city. The matter of surgeons and
medicines will be left to the selection
Of Or. j. b. Massie, city health officer,
who also accompanies to the party as
chief surgeon.
Undertaking supplies are also TO be
furnished. Included with the
above the mayor has sent oat the fol-
lowing circular:
'The damage from the storm along
the coast is reported as almost be-
yond description. Hundreds of lives
are said to have been lost and
many are destitute. A relief train
is now being made up. l am i'm
PEELED by these conditions to ask the
merchants of the city to contribute
supplies for temporary relief until or
ganization can be effected. | will
furnish transportation from stores to
depot.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
Horrible Scenes.

HoUsTON, TEXAS, Sept. 9.-Among
the passengers who arrived here on
a relief train from Galveston is Ben
w. Dew, an attache of the Southern
Pacific. Dew had been at Virgins
Point for some hoGrs, and said that
be saw 100 to 80 dead bodies float
ing out on the beach at that place
Conductor Powers reported that
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
DAMAGE AT EAGLE LAKE.
Many Buildings Demolished and
Crops Ruined.

Eagle Lake, Tex, Sept. 11.-Three
churches, togethre with many houses,
v re completely blown to pieces.
The rice crop and the pecan crop
are ruined. The cotton crop is nearly
ruined, the cane crop is considerably
G3maged. The loss to this commu-
NJ y from the storm is estimated by
the most conservative citizens, at
s250,000. No lives were lost here, but
the town of East Bernard has been
blown away and three persons were
killed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
Letitia a. wreck.

Brookshire, Tex, Sept. 11.-Letitia
is a wreck. The houses which stood
in the place, including the depot, have
bs IN blown to the ground, and the
& lbers from some of them carried
for miles. Mrs. Sophia Schultz was
li led. She was 73> years old. Mrs.
Amelia Quade was fatally injured.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
PAT JoYCE's EXPERIENCE.
All He Held Dear on Earth Swept
Awssy by the Flood.

Houston, Tex, Sept. 11.-Among
the refugees which the Galveston.
Houston d Henderson train picked up
at Lamarque, which is about four
and a half miles south OF Virginia
PC.nt, was Pat Joyce, who resided
In the west end of Galveston. Joyce
Is Ia the employe of the construction
department of the Southern Pacific.
Rain began Saturday.
ait began raining in Galveston Sat
urday morning, early" said he.
About nine o'clock work was dis
continued by the company, and 1 left
for home. / got there about IL
O'Clock, and found about three feet
Of water in the yard. II began to
get worse and worse, the water get
ting higher and the wind blowing a
gale. Finally the house was entirely
demolished. People al around me
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
Correspomdent's Report.
THE STORM AT RICHMOND.
There Are Few Houses in the Town
that Escaped Damage.

Richmond, Tex, Sept. 1.-THE most
terrific storm that has ever visited
this section of the state has swept
this town, and there are but few
houses that are not damaged. Many
buildings were demolished. The court
house was greatly damaged. The
BAPTIST church is total wreck, while
the Methodist church is almost de-
stroycd. Three lives were lost in the
colored Baptist church, Henry Ram
som and two children, coiored; one
person was killed at Booth and four
lives were lost at Reasly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

Two men were picked up who flo tted
across to tue maiuland, who sey
they estimate the loss of life up to
the time they left al 2000'
The above MESSAGE is addressed to
Superintendent f. lion, Dallas, aud
comes from Mr.. Vaughan, manager
of the Western Union Office at
HOuStOn
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
Relief Measures mt Denver.

Denver, Col, Sept. 1.-THE follow
ing telegram has been sent to the Dali
las (TeX.) News by the Denver Re
publican:
The Denver Republican has start
ed a relief fund for Galveston with
subscription of 500. and will push
movement with all possible yigor.
Denver viii respond vigorously.
"WILLIAM STAPLETON, Editor"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

JUSTICE WILLIAM GRADY, OF
Pratt City, Ala, a well-known Irish
leader and a prominent politician,
has been incarcerated in the Jail at
Birmingham by order of Judge
Chas. S. Swayne of the Federal
Court, the sentence being ten days
in jail and $25 fine for contempt of
court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

Hon. JAMES c. r. MCCALL, Secre-
tary of the State Republican Execu
tive Committee, has been appointed
by his brother, Nominea John E.
Mccall, as Chairman of the Repub'
lIcan State Campaign Committee.
He will succeed Hon. A. NJ. Till
man, who retires from the commit
tee for the reason that he is a
Federal office holder.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

THE Democratic Executive Com
mittee. of Hickman county, has re-
organized by electing w V. Powers,
Chairman, and w. P. Russell, Secre
tary.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

AIDED by the monthly crop re-
port, which shows a decrease in
percentage, together with the de-
structive storms in Texas, the price
of cotton has taken big jump. On
the New York exchange yesterday,
September cotton sold up to l0.50c, as
against $500 Saturday night.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

GEORGE THOMPSON, a prominent
and wealthy farmer Of Springfield, &,
KY. lett his home to hunt squirrels.
When found after an all night htsearch
he had blown off his head with his
shotgun. The Coroner's jury rem
dered verdict of suicide.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

THERE has been a reat shift to
BRYAN during the past ten days, and
the developments are most gratity-
ing to the Democrats. The letters
of Messrs. Olney and Wilson are
having much effect upon the gold
Democrats, and the Democl ic
leaders are counting New York in
the Bryan column.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

RICHARD OLNEY, Secretary Of
State during the Cleveland Admins
tration, has declared his intentions
of supporting Bryan for President.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

SENATOR PROCTOR. of Vermont,
attributes the loss in the Republican
vote in Vermont to the return of the
gold Democrats to the regular Demo-
cratic fold.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

VICE-CHAIRMAN Fayne of the Re-
publican National Committee, says
he believes there is more dis8 ffection
among the Democrats in Kentucky
than in 1896, and as matters now
stand he thinks the Republicans
have a fighting chance in that State.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
Lawrence County.

Special to the HERALD:
LAwRENCEBURG, Sept, 10.-Returns
have been received from all the districts
in this county except one, showing that
Boyd's plurality over Padgett will be
about 125.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

GEORGE w. MOORE, a prominent
merchant of Jackson, Miss, while
insane, poisoned his wife and two
children and then killed himself.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

twenty. five cnrpses had been re
covered by the life-saving crew,
many of them women; that many
other bodies wsre floating and they
were using every eudeavor to get
them all out.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

The Republicans are making eX.
tensive preparations for their cam
paign in Tennessee, and will start the
ball rolling at once by sending out
about a car load of campaign litera :
ture, received at Nashville head
quarters day or two ago from the
National Committee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

The district committeeman will meet
this evening Mt Dickson to canvass
the vote, and until then the official
figures cannot be given. The complete
unofficial returns from Maury county
are as follows:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

Mr.. JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS has
resigned the position of chief edi-
torial writer on the staff Of the At
lanta Constitution, which he held for
many years and filled with distin-
guished ability. Mr.. Harris was i'm
pelled to give up Journalism by the
desire to devote his entire time to
purely literary work.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

l,l21. This gives Padgett a plurality
over Poyd of 1877. The 4th district, it
is understood, will give Boyd plurality
over Padgett OF 10. which will reduce
Padgett's plurality to l72.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
NEWS AND COMMENT.
A RURAL free delivery has been
established in Montgomery county.

SYLVAN B. BALwIN, who has par
ticipated IN various Arctic eXpedi-
tions, will undertake another voyage
to reach the pole in 1901.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

THE returns from the State cleo
tion in Maine show gain Of Is per
cent. in the Democratic vote and a
Republican loss of IL per cent, as
compared with the vote cast four
years ago. On this basis i is figured
that the Republican majority in that
State this year will be about 32,878.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

Gov. MOUNT has notified the Ma
tional Republican Committe that he
can not promise to speak outside Of
Indiana. He says he is needed at
home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
IS. H. BRAsHEAR, Mayor.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION AsI0aaD.
Gen. McKibbOn Asked to Report on
tie Situation,

tie Situation,
Washington, Sept. 11.-By direction
of the president, Adit.-Gen. Corbin
telegraphed Gen. McKibbon, the COM
manding officer of the department of
Texas, asking him to report immedi-
ately upon the situation as affected
by Saturdays storm, and especially
as to the government property. The
war department has oneApost, Fort
San Jacinto, on Galveston island,
manned by Co. o, of the First artil-
lery.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
The Voice Of Experience.

Say, conductor, have | time to
bid my wife Goodbye"
"Dunnn-depends on how long
you er been marriedm
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
Giles County,

Special to the HERALD:
PULASKI, Sept. 10.-All of the returns
from Saturdays primary are in excel t
the 4th district. The vote is as follows:
Padgett, l, 30S; Whitthorne, 180; Boyd,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

THE hurricane foretold by the
Weather Bureau struck New
Orleans. destroying Metairie bridge
and killing a child. At BGra, just
below the city, two men were
drowned. About thirty miles south
OF Miami, Fla, two vessels were
driven ashore, and IL is feard the
crews went overheard. Considerable
damage was done at West Palm
Beach.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

Houston, Tex, Sept. 11.-A scene of
desolation and DEATH not only at Gal
weston, but at many inland points in
Texas, is the condition presented as
result of Saturdays storm.
Estimates of the Dead.
Estimates of the number of dead
are placed between 1900 and $500.
The property loss will aggregate
many millions of dollars, although no
accurate figures can be given at pres
cnt. The streets of Galveston are
mostly under water, wires in hope
less tangle, and dead bodies are thick
ly strewn among floating debris. No
complete list Of dead is obtainable un-
til the water recedes.
Narrowing Tales.
Narrowing tales of the loss of
whole families, and many miraculous
escapes are told by the few survivors
who have thus far reached this city.
The relief trains which have arrived
here are the only means of communi-
cation with storm-swept Galveston,
hhh NCuililS lilOIllullOu DIS 10 INC
present situation is scarce.
Crops Destroyed.
The cotton and rice crop through
out the district devastated by the
storm is badly damaged, in many
places, and in others totally de-
stroyed.
Reports from Richmond, Texas
City, Letitia and Eagle Lake bring ad-
ditional lists of dead and property
losses, and many places cut off from
oil communication are yet to be
heard from.
A Correspondents Report.
New Orleans, Sept. 1.-THE follow
| ing message Yves received from Mr..
Hays, newspaper correspondent
well known throughout the SOUTH
Houston, TeX.--I have just arrived
from Galveston by ooat. Storm de-
stroyed ten millions of property and
1900 lives lost. National aid asked
| for "
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
RESULT IN THE DISTRICT.

The following table shows the returns received the
cast the various counties of the Seventh Congressional District
in Saturdays Primary
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
For the Flood Sufferers.

New York, Sept. 11.-Jefferson Sc
ligman, of j. & W. Seligman q Co.,
of this city, has contributed $1,000 for
the benefit of the sufferers by the
Galveston floods. The firm will also
act as an agent in receiving and for
wardlng contributions.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

RECAPITULATION.- Whitthorne's
plurality over Padgett 1856; Whitthorne's
majority, 130; total vote cast, 3,6'4.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
Estimates Loss at 1000.

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 9.-The fol
lowing telegram Just received from
Houston by the News:
Relief train just returned. They
could not get closer than six
miles OF Virginia Point, where
the prairie was covered with lum-
Der, debirs, pianos, trunks and
dead bodies. Two hundred cOrpses
were counted from the train. A
large steamer IL stranded two
miles this side Of Virginia Point. as
though thrown mp by tidal wave.
Nothing can be seen Of Galveston.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
TRAIN WRECKED.
Lifted Bodily From the Track-one
Killed, Many Injured.

Houston, Tex, sept. 8 The
Santa Fe train, which left here at
1905 Saturday night, was wrecked at
point about two miles north of
Alvin. Mrs. Prather, of Rosenberg,
Tex, was killed aud several were
injured. The train was running
slowly when it encountered the
heavy storm. 1t is reported that
the train was literally lifted from
the track. Mrs. Prater was thrown
across the car and half way through
a window. When the car was re-
moved it was found that her head
had been under water and she was
drowned
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
Millions of Dollars Worth of Prop.
erty and Thousands of Lives
Lost at Galveston, Texas.
MUCH DESTRUCTION At OTHER POINTS.

What the storm Did for Pat Joyce,
and He is Only One of Hundreds
Who HIVE Lost Their AII-Sys-
tematic Efforts for Relief Have
Been Begun.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
1T IS SIMPLY APPALLING.

TIE LOss OF LIfe Is Now BeIng EstI-
mated at Ten Thousand.
Dallas, Tex, Sept. 11.-Houston g.
Texas Central railroad officials have
received bulletins from their general
Offices in Houston, that the loss of
life will reach 1000 in Galveston. The
Missouri, Kansas d Texas relief forces
near Galveston and along the coast
telegraphed at noon that the loss of
life will not be less than 5000 and
uiay reach 10000.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
NATION WILL RESDER AID,

The National Government VIII sap
ply Tents aaa Feed.
waEhington. Sent III. .-~-l-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14

Prevented BY warm shampoos with CUTTcURA
soar. and light dressings OF CUTICURA. pur-
est OF emolilent skin cures. This treatment
AZ once stops falling hair. clears the scalp Of
crusts. scales, and dandruh, soOthes irritated.
itching surfaces. stimulates the hair follicles,
and makes the hair grow upon clean. whole
some, healthy scalp when AL else faila
49, A--srkcsfths v--lt. rarrga n asD q. coNF.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14
WHETTHoRNE.

Three boxes heard from will increase Padgetfs plurality
Boyd in Hickman 400.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-14


ticipated IN various Arctic expedi-
tions, will undertake another voyage
to reach the pole in 1901
RICHARD OLNEY, Secretary of
State during the Cleveland Admins
tration, has declared his intentions
of supporting Bryan for President.
GEORGE w. MOORE, a prominent
merchant of Jackson, Miss, while
insane, poisoned his wife aud two
children and then killed himself.
THE Democratic Executive Com
mittee. of Hickman county, has re-
organized by electing w V. Powers,
Chairman, and w. P. Russell, Secre
tary.
Gov. MOUNT has notified the Ma
tional Republican Committe that he
can not promise to speak outside Of
Indiana. He says he is needed at
home.
SENATOR PROCTOR of Vermont,
attributes the loss in the Republican
vote in Vermont to the return of the
gold Democrats to the regular Demo-
cratic fold.
GEORGE THOMPSON, a prominent
and wealthy farmer Of Springfield,
KY. lett his home to hunt squirrels.
When found after an all night search
he had blown off his head with his
shotgun. The Coroner's jury rem
dered verdict of suicide.
VICE-CHAIRMAN Fayne of the Re
publican National Committee, says
he believes there is more disa ffection
among the Democrats in Kentucky
than in 1896, and as matters now
stand he thinks the Republicans
have a fighting chance in that State.
Ihb puOllONuo al 2 IA
tensive preparations for their cam
paign in Tennessee, and will start the
ball rolling at once by sending out
about a car. load of campaign litera-
ture, received at Nashville head
quarters day or two ago from the
National Committee.
AIDED by the monthly crop re-
port, which shows a decrease in
percentage, together with the de-
structive storms in Texas, the price
of cotton has taken big jump. On
the New York exchange yesterday,
September cotton sold up to l0.5Oc, as
against 9,50c Saturday night.
THE returns from the State cleo
tion in Maine show gain Of Is per
cent. in the Democratic vote and a
Republican loss of IL per cent, as
compared with the vote cast four
years ago. On this basis t is figured
that the Republican majority in that
State this year will be about 32,878.
THERE has been a reat shift to
BRYAN during the past ten days, and
the developments are most crafty
ing to the Democrats. The letters
of Messrs. Olney and Wilson are
having much effect upon the gold
Democrats, and the Democla ic
leaders are counting New York in
the Bryan column.
JUSTICE WILLIAM GRADY, OF
Pratt City, Ala, weil-knOwn Irish
lead n and a prominent politician,
has been incarcerated in the Jail at
Birmingham by order of Judge
Chas. S. Swayne of the Federal
Court, the sentence being ten days
in jail and $25 fine for contempt of
court.
Hon. JAMES c. R. MCCALL, Secre-
tary of the State Republican Execu
tive Committee, has been appointed
by his brother, NOMINEES John E.
Mccall, as Chairman of the Repub
lIcan State Campaign Committee
He will succeed Hon. A. NJ. Till
man, who retires from the commit
tee for the reason that he is a
Federal office holder.
Mr.. JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS has
resigned the position of chief edi
torial writer on the staff Of the At
-. r~u..;t,s;on ,rIfoh he hold foi
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20
Christmas Fried Chicken,

SINCE the chicken, removing the pin
feathers and oil bag. Divide at the joints
and remove the leg, thigh and breast
bones, being careful to keep the meat in
good shape. Wipe with clean, wet cloth,
dredge with -four which has been season
ed with salt and pepper. If not well COW
cred, dredge again with flour. Fry out
several slices of fat salt pork and cook
the chicken carefully in the hot pork fat.
1t should be uniform brown ON each
side, and use fat enough to keep it from
burning. Arrange the chicken on a hot
dish with the legs and side bones at one
end, wings and neck at the other and the
breast in the middle. Serve with a gravy.
Pour off the fat that may be left in the
pan, wipe out the Drowned crumbs, re-
turn the clear fat, about one tablespoon
of it, stir i'll one rounding tablespoon of
flour and when well mixed stir in one cup
of hot milk. Season to taste and when
thick strain it over the meat.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20
OAK AND MlSTLETOE.
Tree and Plant Were Both Regarded
as Sacred by the Druids.

To the Druids the oak was a sacred
tree and fire Il holy element. In many
English country households at the pres
ent time the Yule log is dragged in on
Christmas eve with song and dancing,
rolled into its proper place at the back
of the great fireplace and a fire built in
front of it, just as the custom has been
from time immemorial in the forests of
Germany and the Scandinavian PENN
sula.
To the Druidical priests the mstletoe
was sacred plant, vested with many
mystic virtues. and by the English, Ger
mans and Americans today the mistletoe
is regarded with something akin to SUI
perstitious reverence.
Among the pagan Germans every
neighborhood, every village, had it's sa-
cred tree, and at the midwinter festival
a circle of fires was kindled round it, and
the people danced about the holy plant.
Sometimes torches were fixed to it's
branches, and the chief decorated it's
limbs with new swords, shields and other
arms and armor for his men and bright
garments for the women; hence the
Christmas tree. an institution which ante
dates, probably by thousands of years,
the date of the Nativity.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20
Praying to sINriss KringIe.

In some parts of Germany, Scandinavia
and Holland the custom is for all chill
dren to say a prayer at the chimney cor
ner on Christmas eve to Kriss Kringle,
asking him to fill their stockings for
Christmas morning, and many hopes and
fears are confded to him. Kriss Kringle
is a corruption of Christ-Kindlein, who
is supposed to descend the chimney with
gifts for all good children, and has in
Germany quite superseded st. Nicholas
or Santa Claus, the patron saint of
children.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20
c D WARD |. WALKER.
A FAMILY STANDBY.
OswEGo, N. Y, d,

OswEGo, N. Y, Dec. 10, 1899.
Downs' E ixr is family Standby with
US, ard has b. en- for TIVE, ty ears 1t is
cur ia ling refuge from al colds and
pulmora y troubles. My children have
been raised on it prsctica ly. Furt' er
recommendation from me would be super
fuous. Wishing you tie comp iment of
the season, am, 81 cerely " urs,
A B. COGSWELL.
All druggists refund. the m ney if it does
n cure any cough, cold, or ling trouble.
TAsk your dealer for the Household
Almanac for 1901, free. 1