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Lehigh strikers Resume Work.

Pittston, Pa, Dec. 27.-The $500 EN-
ployees of the Lehigh Valley Coal com
pany at the Heidelberg, Dorrance, Pros
pect and Franklin collieries have gone
back to work after being on strike since
last Friday. The men struck because
they were not receiving their pay every
two weeks. They have been assured
that the company will hereafter pay
wages semimonthly.
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ocuiist Brown round Dead.

New York, Dec. 27.--The body of DR.
U. H. Brown of Syracuse, one of the
best known oculists in central New
York, was found in an areaway in front
of the residence of Richard King, a
broker, at 200 West Forty-fifth street
A milkman discovered the body. The
dead mans papers and valuables had moi
been disturbed.
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a nenIucky AnaIr.

Middlesboro. Ky. Dec. Frank
Davis, Buck Caldwell, Estepp Morgan
and Richard Davis quarreled at dance
at Walnut Hill. A pitched battle en-
sued, in which Frank Davis was killed
Morgan and Richard Davis were NOR
tally wounded and ChaGwell slightly
wounded.
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You Get Trading stamps az Ivnebs

You Get Trading Stamps at Lynchs'
and good values for cash. 5lb pals
Jellies, 25c; 5lb Pals Apple Butter, Csc;
51o Pals Preserves, 40c. New Raisins,
Currants, Citron, Orange and Lemon
peel. California Brandy and Pure
Spices for Holiday Baking.
Stnres N. W. Cor. Madison and Fourth SITS.
o'oiSo s. w. Cor. King and Eighth SITS,
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nig penue4t For children.

yineland, N. j., Dec. PA bequest Of
100000 has been placed in the hands of
the directors of the New Jersey Training
School For Feeble Minded Children at this
place by Thomas III. Winter, executor of
the Markham estate. The legacy will pay
off all obligations and give the institution
a cash balance of about 100000.
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Third Street Bridge Broken.

Third street bridge is again out of
order, this time because barge collided
with the draw and damaged the "crib.
bing,"
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Nh. Rem Lee I'm Port AT Inst.

Tacoma. Wash, Dec. 27.-The British
ship Ben Lee, Captain Hunter, has arriv-
ed Ga days out from Santa Rosalia. The
Ben Lee has required over two months
for voyage that ordinarily occupies but
little over two weeks. Reports have re-
peatedly reached here that she had fs1s.
/. red in a storm.
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A. W. GLEASUN,
SEAL Notary Public.

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
Sold bv Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Go to Yerger for Trunks, Grips, Sui
Gases and all kinds of Saddlery, IL Z
Third street.
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Company With Big Capital,

Dover, DEL, Dec. PA certificate OF
incorporation was filed here today for
the Midland Canal Co. OF Fargo, N. d.
Capital stock, 81, 900, 900.
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The WORCESTER Contest.

Boston, Dec. 27.-The Worceste,
mayoralty case, involving tie y6te.
came up before Judge Morton inf the
supreme court, and counsel agreeak with
the judge to have the matter placeh 10
An&e the full bench. Accordinglyt n.
!, sent to tbe supreme ,urt
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For Robes, Blankets, Trunks and
Harness 80 to Yerger. ~ E. Third street.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York
stock Exchange.

New York, Dec 81.
Money on call steady at 5haG per cent. Prime
mercantile paper, 4Aajia per cent. Sterling ex
change firm, with actual business in bankers
bills at $4.s494a4,S5 for demand and at $4.s1s
4slA for 60 days. Posted rates, s4s2 and s4.s51!
a4.sG. Commercial bills, $I.s0Aa4.so24. Silver
certificates 64l.a5c. Bar silver, o4c. Mexican
dollars, SOC. Co,,mment bonds strong. State
bonds inactive. Railroad bonds irregular.
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SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
exposed to public sale at the Court House ,on
Market street between Tenth and Eleventh
streets III the City of Wilmington, New Castle
county and State of Delaware. ,
ON MONDAY,
THE 3lst DAY OF DECEMBER, 1900,
az ciock p. M,
he follow ng desc.ipeo zeal estate, viz:
All that certain lot, piece or parcel Of land
with the frame dwellings thereon erected, situ-
ate in the city of Wilmington aforesaid, bounded
and described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at stake on tine northerly size of
Ninth street, at the distance of log feet from the
side of Walnut street, a corner of n lot now or
formerly OF Benjamin Clerk; thence with his
line and parallel to Walnut street 20 feet to
5root wide alley; thence by the side thereof
easterly 16 feet to corner stake dividing this
from Jacob fuckers lot; thence by line of said
lot and parallel to Walnut street, to the side of
Ninth street 20 feet, thence by the side of Ninth
street westerley 16 feet to the first mentioned
stake and place of beginning, bciI ue more
or less, with the free and uninters, Rfrht
and use of the foot wide alley aforese
alley of 10 feet wide leading into Tenth st.l
common with other owners aud occupants cse
| lots bounding on the same at all times. -
Seized and taken in execution as the property
! of Rhoda Wilson, and to be sold by
JOHN e. TAYLOR. Sheriff.
sherifs Office Wilmington DEL, Dec. ID, 1900.
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Dinner for Poor Children.
al 2 c ciock p. m. ,

Two hundred OF the city's poor chill
dren were entertained by the Kings
Daughters of West Presbyterian Church
Yesterday afternoon. At o'clock the
little people sat down to dinner of tur-
key and ''6xings," to which they did
ample Justice. Delicacies were after
wards presented to them. Following the
dinner the children Joined in pepr-'~
good time. Tonight the childe -
be entertained in the Charls
MemorialMission. when,e
sentation oi> q musicalf2
gram, candytxili be1 =
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Groceries.
It. a Fact
DEATHS.

BIGGER-In this city, on December 26. 1900,
Joseph Bigger.
Relatives and friends of the family are re
spectfully invited to attend the funeral, this
afternoon at o'clock, from the residence o.
william C. Bigger, Delaware CITY. Services a
the house. Burial at Delaware CITY cemetery.
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al or of Famous Gun Dead.

|Au.lh beautiful callepec. 27.-Lord William
shed.,,ol,,, 4ong, inventor of the Arm
trl = writer upon electrical
,sIorrd woes, is dead at his home
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:Ish Contract.

kptvoti 'he,c. 21.-It is the gen
asan pCramps' contract for
Qdy. .des a cruiser for Turkey
IMehe..t the first payment be-
yel r; view is supported by
pa. he porte has formally
Ear 9nothing to Americans
"a Krupps, and the Ger
us; received anything.
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SHERIFF'S SALES.

SHERIFF's SALE-BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT
of LevaIi FaCias. to me directed. will be exposed
to public sale at the Court House on Market
street between Tenth and Eleventh streets in
the city of Wilmington, New Castle county,
State of Delaware
ON MONDAY,
IS THE 3lst DAY OF DECEMBER. 1900.
at o'clock, p. m.
the following described real estate, viz:
All that certain lot, piece or parcel OF lend
with a two story brick dwelling house thereon
erected. situate in the city OF Wilmington afore-
said, bounde1 and described as follows to wit:
Beginning at point on the southerly side OF
seventh street at the distance OF 120 teet west
eriy from the westerly side of Adams street;
OF 2-foot and inches wide alley between tnis
and the adjoining house OH the east and par
allel with Adams street l2S feet to corner;
thence westerly aud parallel with Seventh
street is feet to another corner; thence north
erly and passing through the centre of the party
wall between this and the adjoining house on
the west and parallel with Adams street l2S feet
to the aforesaid southerly side of Seventh street,
ard thence thereby easterly l6 feet to the place
Of beginning, be the contents thereof what they
may. With the free use and privilege of said
alley with others entitled thereto in common
! forever.
| Seized and taken in execution as the property
| of Charles E. Pyle, surviving mortgagor, and to
| be sold by
| Shetiff's Office. Wilmington, Delaware, De-
cember 10. 1900.
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STATE or ONO, Cry OF TOLEDO,

LUCAS COUNTY,
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm OF F. j.
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the
city OF Toledo, county and State afore.
said, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of CATARRH that cannot
be cured by the use of HALL's CATARRH
CURE. -z----
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed ia
my presence, this 9th day of December,
| A. d. 1886.
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S,,ran q NJ .es Guilt.

A.,c f..es Guilt.
kSEs IF IA, surren,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-17
KANSAS GIRL TELLS OF
THE SUICIDE OF WOMEN.

RErIBIIC SPECIAL
Wichita. kas.. Sept. l6.-MiSs Leila
Schneider, formerly OF Wichita, but who
wri,es 10 Mrs. l.. Garnett OF Wichita her
experience in the fo i. she says:
81 know you have heard Of the mighty
storm that destroyed Galveston on last Sat
uE:ay. Ncrds are Inadequate to convey any
real conception OF the Galveston hurror;
the mind becomes dazed and the eyesight
uncertain amid the gre wsorne sceues-deai.
dead! dead! everywhere. Bodies of human
beings. infants and the aged. carcasses of
animals strewn like leaves following w.utry
blasts. are on every hand.
There are countless numbers Of bodies
The hay Is literally alive with them. The
cFopse5 are swept in and out with the
changing tide
My experience Of that fatal night can
never be told. / am simply thankful that
my life was spared.
"Al had when escaped was a bathing
suit. which was early advised 10 do
The sights alonc the shore are horrible
Here face will protrlde above the water;
there the hand of a child: here the long
si!ken tresses of a young girl, Just beneath
the CLASSY surface the full outlines OF per-
ished people.
The scenes drive people insane. I have
seen several women commi, suicide Yes
terday. three days after the storm, vour
girl. who had escaped to find her fathe.
mother. brothers and sisters dead. crept
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far out on the wreckage and threw herself
into the bay
But what was one death. or what would
100 deaths be to the island
Il can never describe the horrible scenes
the sight of mothers. wounded and bleeding
holding their dead children in their arm
looking for their lost husbands
THE dead are hauled out to the barges
and there dumped into the sea. In one of
the city wagons which was hauling the
dead out TO the bay l counted forty-onc
bodies They were piled in Ike cordWoo1
and among them were babies girls, men
negroes. all in one awful burial blent They
were ali bound for the common destination,
the Gulf
AT least one-half OF the city was swept
into the sea-
merciless rain and wind, expecting to be
picked up and hurled into the Gulf at any
moment. My clothes were locked in my
trunk and ! wore only an Old bathing suit
"A moments lulI would come in the storm
and the piercing. heartreniing cries Of
women and children came from all direc-
tions. They were struggling and TOSSING
c!mGirg in desperation to some floating OBJ
ject. From far out the bay came many
cri 5 of women.
The awful night OF terror came to an END
" IN all sides II was enough to drive
Ne mad. hu. did not lose my senses
write to me soon. as / want TO hear
from the outside world"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-17
MORE RELIEF FROM NEW YORK
Catholic Churches and Salvation
Army Take Up Contributions.

RFPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, Sept. lG.-Outside OF the coilec-
lions taken up in the Roman Catholic
churches Of Greater New York to-day and
by the Salvation Army at a mass meeting
in Carnegie Han. comparatively little WAS
done to-day to increase the various relief
funds for sufferers from the Texas disaster.
At the residence of Archbishop Corrisan
this evening il was said that about s25.Ooo
had been subscribed during the day BY par
ishioners in this diocese.
The Salvation Army meeting netted S,0N.
These subscriptions bring the total for New
York up to about $4,000.
The Relief Committee of the Merchants
Association has decided to largely increase
lis purchase Of supplies, and the Govern
nent transport Mcpherson will be detained
unfit Tuesday afternoon.
When the Mcpherson leaves for Calves
ton she Will carry the following articles:
2.Oo0 barrels -four: 1000 bags charcoal: 1900
gasoline stoves; l.O00 barrels copperas: 800
barrels chloride Of lime; 200 barrels solution
of carbolic acid; 500 half barrels cornmeai; /;
5000 bags rice: 5000 bags white beans: 1000
barrels split peas: 1000 drums Goldfish: so
sacks roasted mocha and Java coffee beans;
Is chests of tea: 100 barrels granulated
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J twenty-six miles up the bay and grounded
denied the report that the bottom had been
: torn out Of the ship and that Il had 10 feet
of water in her hold. He said that undoubt-
edly some of her bottom plates were sprung
and that she WAS making little water. but
otherwise she had sustained but little in
jury. The captain believes the steamer
could be successfully foated by dredging 2
channel and he is here to confer with Cap
! tain Clarke of the Bowers Dredging Com
pany.
This dredging company has taken the
contract 10 dredge and float out the British
ship H'larius. the Benedlcta. Kendall Castle
and the Roma. All of these vessels were
grounded by the storm. and Captain Clarke
expresses the belief that each can he sue
cessfully foated by dredging channels to
them.
The most difficult task will be the floating
Of the Roma. partly laden with wheat that
will have to be discharged, and which lies
aground on a reef west of the railroad and
county bridges. She has i0-fcot beam.
forty-two feet wide. yet with but two feet
play Captain Clarke believes he can haul
the Roma safely through. Ii successful In
bringing her to the docks his company will
receive 5000: If not It viii receive nothing
Captain Paige Of the Taunton says that
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sugar: 1000 tirs baking powder. and leo
pals of lard.
Carnegie Hall was filled to-day by per
sons who came to attend the memorial serv-
Ices for the Galveston dead. III der the aus
pces Of the Salvation Army. The Honor
able Charles +. MacLean presided and the
meeting was addressed by Commander
Booth-Tucker and other Salvation Army
officers. the Reverend Father T. ]. Ducey.
Rabbi Plum and the Reverend Doctor Cad
man.
The transport Mcpherson. which was to
sail tomorrow. will be detained. owing to
the request received from the stricken city
asking for further supplies. and especially
calling attention to the need of forwarding
a large quantity of dis.nfsctants.
The Committee of Relief has used up all
the money SO far subscribed, but those at
the head of IT have guaranteed the amount
needed to purchase the additional supplies
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their home at Twcnty-for:th th street ana
Avenue p y. each having mourned The
other as lost. When Mr.. Irwin was rescued
and brought In cut Of the storm. he cartel
about his henumbed body only an old c1rn
sack, which one of the male workpeopie OF
the convent had charitabiy provided.
The only dry garment to be found in tn =
house of the Sisters OF Charity at that
time was a nuns sarb. II was not a tim
for Jest, and when Irwin donned this re-
ligious garb there was none in the as
semblage of unfvftuna;es who smiled Dur
Ing the night of horror Mr. Irwin went
about the building rendering valuable as
sistance TO f.. low sufferers. Mr.. Irwin left
The institution garbed as Sister OF
Charity.
These Were only few Of the incidents
that marked the passing OF the night where
nearly loo persons succe ssfully ba.tlei
with the devastating clements that wr"c ell
the mairh buildings and destroyed a large
number of other structures within the IT,
closure Of the Ursuline Convent property.
The sisters request parents of the pupi s.
who are here from all parts of the stare.
TO sead for their children. The Mother Su-
perior SAYS the damage to the institution Is
incaIculablc
II was at the convent that Doctor Julson
Il. Palmer. general secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association, found 4 haven
of refuge. His home Avenue p y, be-
tween Twenty-thiri and Tweaty-four h
streets. containing seventeen people, had
gone down. and. as II developed, all but
three lost their lives. Doctor Palmer wa,
carried on drift TO the convent. and was
hauled in through It window. He was badly
hurt and now lies at the home of 4 friend.
He lost his wife and only child.
II was at the convent that Mr.. and Mrs
Houens, on Avenue = =. between Twenty
fourth and Twcnty-fifth streets. were res
cued. Mr.. NoucES says the water was -:
feet deep at his place. measurement being
taken by the length of his porch columns
When their house was washed away they
found temporary haven on drift and
were swept toward the convent, but on the
way Mr.. Youcns's grown daughter. l. lie
and his little hos. Henry George. lost their
hold and perished.
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MUST PUNISH EMPRESS AN.
Earl III, Convinced of This, I'M
peaches Officials.

London. Sept. 16-'T learned on trust
) worthy authority that before his departure
Ii Hung Chang. having been Convinced hy
Ills Interviews with Mr. RockhiH and Doc
tor Mumm Won Schwartzenstein, that il
would be useless to discuss any settlement
excluding the punishment OF the Empress
Dowager and her chief advisers sent tai
esraphic memorial to the throne .mpeach-
,rg Prince Tuan. Prince Chuang and TsaiI-
an. Prince Tuan's brother, as well as KanS
~. President Of the War Board and S-h 40
Shu Chiao, Commissioner of the Railway
ana Mining Bureau, and President OF the
board OF Punishment.
Earl Ii, being unable to consult the
Niceroys OF Nankin and woo-Chang, in
hcrlhed their names to the memorial TAX
'ng their consent for granted, but IL appears
that the Woo-Chang Viceroy disapproyes of
'Ee use OF his name. This means a rupture
Win large and Influential party.
Inc stan of Ii Hung Chang includes a
eon CT MARQUIS Tseng Yang Tsung NJ and
1Au Hsueh Shung. The s.ene of embarka-
Non was almost squaiid. Sheng declined 10
accompany Earl Ii on the plea of illness.
IL IS asserted that Earl Ia endeayored tn
OBTAIN from the Sheng-Eaj authorities 90
w tacis, the cost of his recent teIegrams to
sI Petersburg. The Taotai refused to nav
IN the absence of orders
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-17
PORTO RICANS REBEL.
Gerrymandering of the Island Is
Causing Political Riots.
BY MUNoZ RIVERA.

BY MUNOz RIVERA
SPECIAL BY CABLE. :
san Juan. Porto Rico. Sunday. Sept 6.-
Copyright. 1890, by the New York Herald
Conpay)-An anonymous printed sheet. ad-
dressed 10 Governor Allen. was circulated
the day before yes erday. inciting the mob
TO attack thei New Diar:c printing ONE
and The leaders of the Federal party in
th,jr mansions.
The programme was carried out. but ti,e
Federals repulsed the attack. Several were
wounded In the ARRAY.
Intense excitement exists throughout the
country.
(MunoZ Rivera IS the leader OF the Fed
eral party in Porto Rico. The disturbance
which he describes and similar occurrences
which have taken place recently are due
TO the acton of the executive council in
gerrymaRdering the Island OF Porto Rico
In the interest Of the Republican party.
The Executive Council. as stated In The
Republic recently. is composed OF men ap-
pointed by President Mckinney, The Re-
publican party of Porto Rico. IN whose in
terest the island has been districied for
the iasulsr elections, is the administration
psrJyD
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STILL IN NEED OF MONEY.
Gov. Sayers Says Subscriptions
Are Mt as Large as Reported.

Houston. Tex. Sept. l6-The following
note was sen. TO the Associated Press cor
respondent to-day at the request of Gov
ernor Sayers:
Austin. Tex. Sept. 1s.-Reports sent out
from this place. by whomsoeyer they may
be, that $50 600 or 10000 has already been
paid in for the benefit of Texas storm suf-
ferers are absolutely false; made without
authority and calculated to do great harm
to tie needy sufferers along Our coast.
mo such sum of money has been received.
or anything approaching It. / believe that
the stories have done great harm IN that
they have prevented the contribution Of
money which IS still so sorely needed at
Galveston"
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MOTHERS LIFE WAS
SAVED ny 4 TRUNK.

One Of the mothers is Mrs. William Henry
Heldeman. Her babe was christened
William Henry.
Mrs. Heideman's family WAS separated
when they started 20 abandon Their home
When Mrs. Haideman was carried away on
the roof of 4 wrecked cottage shs lost all
trace OF the other members Of the family.
The roof struck some other obstruction, and
the next instant Mrs HeIdenlan was hurled
from her improgisad raft and landed in a
trunk which Was rocking on the surging
waters.
Cramped up in the trunk the suffering
woman was protected TO limited extent,
and finally the crude bark was hurled
against the Ursuine Convent walls and
was hauled into the building The little
babe was born a few hours later. and while
the sisters and sone Of the women in the
building were attending to the mother and
child another chapter In this family history
was being enacted Just outside the convent
walls.
In a tree In the convent yard young
man battled with the wind and destructive
waters while ciing:ng fast to a limb Of a
tree. He knew not where he was He
could barely discern the outlines Of the
academy building. but he did no; know thar
1t was haven where shelter waited him.
While combating with his chances Of life or
death he heard the plaintive cry of a child
near BY. Reaching out with one hand he
caught the dress of a tot who cried cut
Me SHINING
The child had run the mill race buoyed
time to realize his peril.
The young man in the tree was Mrs.
Heideman's brother, and the child which
Providence had sent to him on the waves
was his sisters son. A few minutes after
ward a rescuing party, sent out from tn.
convent In response to cries for help. found
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TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.

Doctor Leon Harrison of Temple israei
is favorabIy considered for the pastorate OF
Temple EmaieI-El at New York.
Swedish Anne leans celebrated the 9-d
anniversary of the fouLding OF New Sws-
den.
The Exposition opens at o'clock tonight
W. J. Bryan visited and attended church
services and departed for Galena, has
Pastor Gott Of Union Mission celebrated
the seventh anniversary Of his connection
with the work.
Joseph Sontag was arrested on charge IF
having held up AM robbed the bartender
IN his employers saloon.
The picnic of this orphans of the German
Protestant Asylum ~ Des Pcres was held
at Hoehn's Grove.
IL J. Dobson who was overcome by the
heat last Saturday Is a patient at the City
fiyspitaI.
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SADNESS IN ADVERTISEMENTS.
Newspapers of Galveston Have Re
stored Normal Service.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.


Hous.o on. Tex. Sept. 1s.--The Galveston
News. which before the storm reached this
city every NOR ing at $40 o'cl ok, now gets
IN anywhere from 10 g.. IN. until D. m. and
this is week after the storm Some OF
tie adver is uen;s in the News are striking.
Garbadf. Eiband Sc Co. make this an
nouncement: "our help has generously
volunteered to work to-day to assist in re-
lieving the necessities of the food suf-
ferers. Our store will be open from a. m.
until p. m Orders from the relief COM
mittee VIII be Il led"
Here is another: II. Hauser. whose name
was In the dead list by an error. wishes to
announce that all goods that have been
damaged by water, will be Oh sale this
week. Everything is thoroughly dried and
worth as much as before. but will cut the
price very low to get them out as fast as
possible"
The bagging mills make this offer. ,The