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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14

, vass of the city is being ma. =.
liberal !', responses. A gooa maze ll1 v'ta
will be forwarded. e0oa-sized SID
Memphis, Tenn, Sept i :,
mereial-Appeal has openod ne Con,
lund ffo'r the benefit Of tho aa.I : relief.
uaLvtston The paper heads dsS tha
'''outl0ns with subscription ' os CO., son \
knoxville, Tenn, Sent !, : 'zoo'
chamber '.. of commerce started ! The
r ,l!lo with $500 and appointea relief A
mlttee to solicit funds and ND os,, com M
the work. 10 further
Dallas Texas, Sept. 14-rh;,
mas subscribed nearly s15coa I y clty
ana SIX \, carloads of clothing f., ea Is
south Texas flood sufferers. '0f the
South Bend, Ind, Sept. 14-As
SUIT suit OF OF, citizens meeting a subsa, r.
ton list was started for stoa, suoscrip-
IN Texas The studebaker,s BINS p.af
Manufacturing company stsrtsa BROS ,
Guy iund by a donation Of sSoo :. .us
the Oliver Chilled Pillow comna 'uv' an ana
ed 5000. company add,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14

of volunteers, Lawrence V. Elder, SUI
perintendent Of the Galveston cotton
mills, acting as engineer and all hands
being Stokers
Many Squalls struck the bay just as
the Pherabo got out of the channel
from the Galveston wharves to Texas
City. The boat was at one time point
ed toward the sky and the next mo-
ment downward The engineer. de-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14
Fe StatiOn.)

yond the control of the authorities.
The powers in control had been quar-
reling. Tuesday night at o'clock
every citizen soldier under command
Of Maj. Fayling was called in, dis
armed and mustered out Of service.
Chief of Police Ketchum then took
his command. During an hour and
half the city was unguarded and the
hooters held high carnival. AS the
majors work was unusually brilliant
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14
STORM HORROR INCREASES.
Latest Estimate Of The Dead Is
$1,000. w..
NINETY NEGROES ARE SHOT.
An Earlier Report Said Only Fifty Loot
ers Were Slain by the Authorlties--
City of Galveston In an Awful Condi-
iion--Dead May Reach 10000.

Galveston, Tex, Sept. 14.-(By cat
Houston 1.-THE last days of Pompeii
were not as terrible AS the last days
of Galveston. Bonfires are burning all
over the city. These are the funeral
pyres of a thousand corpes cast back
on shore at tide. The cremation has
been necessity to prevent epidemic.
The negroes refuse to work and the
townspeople are paralyzed with fright
and suffering, or are making prepara-
tons to leave the doomed island.
A thousand men, women and child
rem have crowded into catboats, life
boats, sloops, schooners and single
steamboat, the Lawrence, all bent on
escaping from the city. Nearly all of
them have lost some member of their
family. Not one of them carried a
valise. The women wear not hats. ara
unkept and i'll clad. They look as il
haunted.
Ninety Negroes Shot.
At night ninety negroes were shot
by the citizen soldicry while footing
and mutilating the bodies OF tine dead
for plumber. The ninety probably do
not represent tenth Of those who
were engaged in the ghoulisli praeticc
The situation has got beyond the con-
troll of the authorities. The powers in
control have been qllarreiing. Last
night at o'clock every citizen soldier
under command Of Major Tayling was
called in, disarmed and mustered cut
of service. Chief Of Police Ketchum
then took charge and the major was
relieved of his command. During an
hour and half the city was I'M
guarded and the looters held high car
nival. AS the majors work was un-
usually brilliant, the citizens are furi-
Gus. Last night the main thorough
fare was intensely dark and deserted,
not lamp in the city being lighted.
Life Is Held Cheap.
Life is held cheap in Galveston. The
awful presence of death of the great
and the small has made men calfous.
and shooting or killing attracts little
o. no attention. No one walks the
streets unarmed and no one is permit
ted to be about at all except on a pass
first obtained from the mayor.
General McKibben, U. S. A., COM
mander of the department of the gulf
and Acknowledgement Scurry of Texas,
are on the ground and are advising
with Mayor Jones and Chief of Police
Ketchum.
The loss of life this morning is esti-
mated by conservative people at 5000.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14

than Texas City, declaring that she
could not live in such sea.
Lieutenant Delaney, who was an Of
ficer in the Japanese navy, and who
commanded one of the war ships in
the battle of the Yalu river, and who
was later lieutenant in the United
States navy, said:
1.-THE trip across the bay was far
more desperate struggle for life than
that during the hurricane of the night
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14
DECLARES 10000 ARE DEAN
""p'' Charles Clarke Makes .
from the StricL., <,.,

o"p'' Charles CLARKE Nlakrs p.
FRO" the Stricken City.
Galveston, Tex, Sept. II (via HIM.
ton' Iex'' Sept. 10,-Captain charIs,
Clarke a veteran boat owner 80 nv,
veston' declares that 10000 pers S@'s
were killed in this city by nurricans
and tidal waves. 0"Ne
HE has been about on bo,ts ~ ~.
waters around Galveston day and n;aht
since the storm and bases HE stat a
ment on what he thus has seen
The newspaper statements from h,uo
nave been too conservative In tbo;r
effort to guard against eytrayagance or
exaggeration the newspaper men hava
SO far fallen short in their estimate,
or the loss Of life. Reports at fret
placed the death list at about OOO
Many persons gave much higher fig.
ures. but it was feared that thew wera
eXaggerations, hence the reporter,
made allowances for excited menta,
conditions and cut down the estimate,
1t is beginning now to be recognizod
that the big figures were nearer cor
rect.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14
Perilou>s Grip Across the Bay.

Perilous and Fitting in the extreme
was the voyage of the first messengers
sent out of Galveston to tell the world
nf the city's great calamity. 1t consist
pd of Lieutenant J. J. Delaney of .he
southern Pacific, E. G. Cox of the .:rm
If Thomas Taylor & Co.. E. l.. Porch,
NJ WEIGH G. Porch, and two newspaper
,,cn Their boat was the steam yacht
phersbo. owned by Colonel w. l..
=.,ccdv. and the crew %'s made up
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14

though unavoidable neglect, killed
most of them. That hundreds OF
others will die in the same way is
probable even If no pestilence breaks
out. Several persons have already
gone insane from their sufferings.
But in immediate horror these
things are trifes compared to the saw
agery of vandalism and the almost
equal savagery Of the punishment that
must be melted out to offenders. Many
roughs and criminals succeeded in
reaching Galveston before the authori
ties awoke to the need Of keeping them
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14

The latest news from floodswep
Galveston increases the horror of thu
picture left by the terrible tidal wave
at least Ten thousand persons were
swept into eternity by the wind ant
wave that set in at o'clock Saturday
morning. and continued for twenty
four hours. The following report is
from correspondent at the scene OF
~fhe dreadful calamity.
The exodus of the people of Calves
ton, fleeing from hunger and pestilence
and thousand-fold suffering, has begun
in earnest.
At least 1000 men and women had
taken advantage of the transporter
ton facilities furnished by pressing
into service all available small boats
and sailed to Texas City and Virginia
Point. O ter thousands are ready to
leave as soon as they can secure pas
sage.
Must Get Them Away.
Mayor Jones says that there are at
.cAst ,00G women and children and in
-jurcd mel! whom it is imperative to
take away at once to avoid great nor
tally among them.
Their going is q blessing to them,
and it will be an equal blessing to
those Wh( remain behind. The citi-
zens' committee is using every effort
10 encourage the departure OF all who
will go, and especially of the women
and children. It is furnishing free
transportation to many. and in this it
is assisted ly the railroad companies.
Survivors Taken NORTH.
Word was received from General
Manager Tricc of the International &
Great Northern Railroad that suffer-
ers would b., carried free to Houston
from TeXa City. where most of the
heats land, and that transportation to
points still further north would be
furnished to people unable to pay their
way. The Galveston, Houston & Hen
derson roa | will also operate RELIEF
trains and c;,rry refugees from Texas
City to Houston
The establishment Of this passenger
service out of the city and Of relief
freight service from Clinton to Gal |
weston to lring in supplies. which is
promised, will greatly relieve the sit
uation at Galveston, but it is still bad !
enough.
May Convene Legislature.
There is much talk of asking Coy. ,
savers to c: II special session Of the |
Legislature to come to the relief Of |
Galveston and appropriate large sum
for it. District Judge William H.
Stewart las telegraphed the request to
him
All OF the jerrors of the previous
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14
rr,,, Held Up by Lone Robber'
in Texas.

Denver, Sept. l3.-Burllnston Iran
NJ = Known as the Overland Flyer
WAS held up by a lone hlgnwayman
st 2 o'clock, five miles east OF Hal Ign
81 ~ near the Colorado line. the
S'' , a socured about $500 in cash and
,bly twice that much in DIAMONDS as
catches, then made his escape " by
s,ng the train to stop: ne w ven.
.nah both sleepers, but did not mo- =
,c,t the chair cars. The rallroa' -
t'' have offered $1,000 for his cap ;,
,nre and posses have started out ~ a.
directions.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14

out, and they, added to great numbers
OF the lowest negroes and most dis
reputable whites in the city, have been
roaming at will, cutting off the fingers
and ears OF corpses for the jewelry
upon them. assaulting women, robbing
persons and houses and causing terror
everywhere.
Ninety Negroes Shot.
Tuesday night ninety negroes were
shot by the citizen soldiery while loot
ing and mutilating the bodies of the
dead for plumber The ninety probab-
ly do not represent tenth of those
who were engaged in the ghoulish
practice. The situation had got be-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14

Brewing company $1,000; First Ma
tional bank. Edward P. Allis company
and Filler & Stowell Manufacturing
company, $500 each. Many smaller Of
ferings sWelled the total to more than
$4,000.
j. G. Root, sovereign commander OF
the WOodmen Of the World at Omaha,
has issued call to all camps in the
United States for immediate aid for
Texas sufferers.
California is responding generously
to Ga!vcston's cry for aid. Already
s3,2GS have been contributed, includ-
ing check for 81 900 sent by the San
Francisco Theatrical Managers as
ISOLATION. The Santa Fe railroad will
convey provisions free.
NIIssouris Gov crnor Calls for Aid.
Gov. Stephens has issued a proc
lamation calling upon the mayors Of
all Missouri towns and cities, the eX-
changes, commercial clubs, churches
and citizens generally to contribute
literally to the storm sufferers Of
Texas
Thee hambcr Of commerce at Knox
vile, Tenn. started Galveston relief
fund with $500 and appointed COM
mittee to solicit funds.
The chamber Of commerce at Knox
phis, Tenn, more than $4,000 was SUBJ
scribed for the immediate relief of
Texas destitute.
Dallas, Texas, has subscribed nearly
$4,000 in cash and six car loads OF
clothing for the south Texas flood suf-
ferers.
Indiana Liberal in Its Gifts.
The people of Indiana are respond
ing literally to Gov. Mounts procla-
nation asking aid for Texas storm
victims.
A carload of provisions and clothing
for the storm stricken people Of Gal
weston left New York city over the
New York Central. The car was sent
by the New York World. The special
relief train sent by the New York
Journal and Advertiser left the same
night. In the sleepers We're twenty
eight doctors and nurses In the ex-
press car were barrels and boxes Of
and Injuries! Public sub
scTiptiOns to the city's relief fund now
amount to $4,000.
Mayor Weaver OF Louisville, ex-
pressed to the mayor Of Galveston a
draft for $4,000 the donation OF
Louisville to the sufferers.
The people Of Nashville, Tenn, have
SO far contributed 81 ,465 to- the fund
for the relief of the sufferers in Texas.
Chicago, not forgetful of its own
great disaster in 1871, has subscribed
money high in the thousands and sent
4 whole train load of provisions direct
to Galveston.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14
DEATH LIST NAY *
-. REACH 10000.
Galveston Horror fbe fg>orsf
Calamity of Century.

the citizens were furious. Tuesday
night the main thoroughfare was in
tensely dark and deserted, not lamp
in the city being lighted.
Life IL Held Cheap.
Life is held cheap in Galveston. The
awful presence of death Of the great
and small has made men callous, and
a shooting or killing attracts little or
no attention. No one walks the streets
unarmed and no one is permitted to be
about at all except on a pass first OBJ
tanned from the mayor.
Gen. McKibben, U. S. A., commander
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14
FIFTY GNOtLS SHOT DOWN.
Their Pockets Bullying with Jewel.
Adorned Finger, Of Victims r

ihelr rockets Bullying with Jewel.
Adorned Finger, of Victims.
Galveston, Tex, Sept. II (via Hous.
ton, Sept. l3).-Ten ghouls-eight ne
sroes and two whites-werc caught
after robbing bodies. Their pockets
were filed with fingers and ears, cut
from corpses. These pieces of flesh
bore rings and jewels. The negroes
were shot down.
In all about fifty ghouls, despoilers
CT the dead, have been shot down, and
a negro who attacked a woman has
been killed. Martial law regns here
Eiends who, like buZzards, thrive' d!
such times as this, are shown no
mercy, are given no trial. The ~oraeS;
are to shoot them down and thes 4
ders are obeyed.
horde of negro rowdies attacl 4
squad of soldiers guarding St. M
hospital, Monday night. Hundre#
shots were fired and sixteen ne,
we're killed. Every hour during
hight other shootings of negro thieN
we're reported at headquarters. Tue
day morning a negro attacked whitN
woman and murdered her in the most
FLOODED manner. The soldiers
caught him and blew his head off. RY
ports of many similar cases havG7
reached headquarters. The public is
used to terrible crimes. 1t is almost
unmoved by these reports.
Eight marauders caught looting the
bodies and wrecking stores Tuesday
night were killed by the soldiers. IN;
pillagers have become bold, cutting on
fingers to secure diamond rings.
Houston, Sept. ia reporter has
telegraphed from Laporte the story OF
the robbery and mutilation OF the dead
in Galveston and the death OF the Of
tenders.
The ghouls were holding an orgle
over the dead The majority OF these
men were negroes, but there were also
whites, who took part in the desecra-
ten of the dead. Some of them were
natives and some had been allowed 10
20 over from the mainland under the
euise of relief" work.
Not only did they rob dead ou'
they mutilated bodies in d or 10 Sc.
cure their ghoulish booty. A arty Oh
ten negroes we're returning \ nm
footing expedition. They had rip
ped corpses of all valuables' anu tnc
pockets of some Of the looters were
fairly bullying out with fingers OF 'ne
lead. which has been cut OH because
,hey were SO swollen the rings coulo
not be removed.
1ncensed at this dissertation ana 'lu-
.ilation of the dead the looters were
shot down and it has been determined
hat all found in the act OF rooolns 'ne
load shall be summarily shot.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14
HELP FOR GALVESTON,
The Standard OIL Company Contributes
$4,000.

New York, Sept. 14.-The Merchants
association of this city was notified
that word had been sent to Gov. Say
ers of Texas by the Standard Oil COM
pany, authorizing him to draw upon
the company for $4,000. The subscrip-
lions received by the Merchants as
ISOLATION amount to $4,S5O. A carload
of provisions AID clothing for the
stccm-stricken people Of Galveston left
over the New York Central. The car
goes via Buffalo, where it was switched
to the Lake Shore, and from thence
will go through East st. Louis to Gal
weston, which point, it is thought, will
be reached in five days. This car was
sent by the New York World, and this
paper will send three more cars and
special express train on Saturday. The
special relief train sent to Galveston
by the New York Journal and Adver-
t!ser left by the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western railroad 1t was
made up Of two Pullman sleepers and
an express car. In the sleepers were
twenty-cight doctors and nurses fully
equipped. In the express car were bar
rels and boxes of the medicines and
luxuries that invalids need After
reaching Buffalo the train was taken
over the Wabash to st. Louis and over
the Iron Mountain system to Houston.
Texas.
May Convene Legislature.
Galveston, Texas, Sept. ~ (via Hous-
ton, Sept. 14).-District Judge William
H. Stewart has telegraphed to Gov.
Sayers asking him to convene legisla-
ture in special session to make large
appropriation for the relief of Calves
ton.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14
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days are still with the sufferers. The
lack OF ice ar d medical supplies adds
to the tortured Of the sick and injured.
The stencil from the many bodies I'M
buried I'D to Wednesday was almost
uncomfortable. The lack of disinfectants
makes the peril of disease each day
greater.
Danger of Endemic.
The danger or pestilence at Calves
ton now is frightful. All attempts to
bury the dead in an ordinary way
have been abandoned. Hundreds OF
cnrpses have been taken out to sea
and thrown overheard. Some of them
have been washed back upon the SHORE
in frightful condition. Z
The safety Of the living is para
mount conside~ Atom, and the work OF
disposing Of T. e corpses OF men and
the carcasses of animals must be done
The work is almost too horrible to
endure. Strong men faint after half
an hour Of it. Faces SO discolored that
whites cannot 70 told from black and
swollen and di tDrted bodies are seen
everywhere.
Die from Neglect.
Many injured persons, perhaps fifty
An. all. Though there is no way of keep
ing count, havt died in the temporary
hospitals since Sunday. Neglect,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14

Galveston, Texas, Sept. 14.-col. Il,
G. Clowry vice-president and genera
SUPERINTENDENT of the Western UNION
Telegraph company, has rendered 'n ~
free use of it's wires to the governor u
Texas. the mayors of Galveston anu a
Houston. and all relief committees 10,
the transportation of messages IN a.
Of the sufferers by the recent caialn'''
in Texas.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14

Richmond and Hitchcock each re-
port sixteen lives lost. Alta Iona,
Arcadia, Seabrooke, Velasco, Belle
vile. Arcola and many other towns
have from one to --,syht dead
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-14

before. In all my experience at sea
l never knew OF a craft surviving
through such a strain. To get into
Texas City we had to break way
through lot of wreckage and then
had to make our way for fifty or sew
enty-five feet walking on wreckage be-
fore we could get to shore"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-28

WHY STALLCUP RESIGNED,
Another Version of His Reason for
Leaving once.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteiligencer
TACOMA, April GA new version was
given today of the reason why Judge
John G. Stallcup resigned his position as
a member Of the state board OF control
II Is stated that for some time past the
Judge has given Gov. Rogers to under
stand that ex-Mayor Fawcett would not
be a candidate for governor. Judge STALL
cup expected that Mr.. Fawcett would be-
elected mayor, and knew that In that event
ne could not become a candidate for gov
ernor, since his adherents and appointees
would not permit him to resign and allow
Republican council to choose his sue
eessor. This theory OF Mr. Fawcett's po-
litical future was entirely upset by his
failure of election. The consequence was
that his candidacy for the governorship
nomination placed Judge Stalcup in a
rather embarrassing position with the re-
suit that he promptly handed the governor
his resignation. Judge Stallcup is only
one OF scores OF prominent fusionists who
Will very soon have to take sides In the
Impending struggle for the control OF the
Pierce county delegation between the sup
porters of the rival candidates
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-28
NEW JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS.
Dissatisfied with Outlook and Going
TO California;

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelllgencer.
TACOMA. April 26.-Scores Of the unfor-
tunate Japs who were miSied into emil
grating 10 America by the alluring tales
of japanese immigration agents. have al
ready had enough Of railroad work in the
Interior. and are now on their way to Cali
fornia. After landing at the Sound cities
they were taken under the friendly
guidance Of Japs who have resided In this
country for years, and are familiar with
the system by which large numbers OF
japanese laborers have been put to work
on Northwestern railways. These acch-
mated Japs secured the new arrivals work
on the mountain divisions of the Northern
railroads. and sent them East OF the noun
tains.
Yesterday and today several score OF
them returned with long faces and SORROW
ful tales they were paid 20 cents a day,
which was satisfactory TO them. being sew
eral times as much per day as they could
earn in Japan. After working a week they
found that they were being charged for
board at the rate of 81 Is per week This
left them net earnings OF only 2i5 per
week, IL they worked full time When
they complained to the Jap boss who also
boarded them. they were told that his only
way OF making any money on the side
was to charge this way for board. and
they would accordingly have to pay IT,
Dozens q the Japs thereupon quit and
came back TO town as best they could
some walking all the way and some steal
ing rides They are now arranging with
their Jap acquaintance In Tacoma and
Seattle for the loan of money wherewith
to go TO California, where they hone TO
do better
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-28
DIAMOND DRILL EXPERIMENT.
Republic Mines Testing It's Value by
Practical Use.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Intelligencer.
REPUBLIC, April E-The diamond
drill that has been in operation on the
Stray Horse for the last four weeks, has
been removed to the Golden Lion by the
owners, Messrs Knight * Stone.
The contract was finished on the Stray
Horse yesterday, and the drill Is TO be
given a thorough test In the camp, as
several more contracts have been drawn.
As to what is the result of the drill
operations on the Stray Horse Ii is not
known, but IL is believed that the de-
velopments were very satisfactory. Fire
boxes of cores from the drill. weighing
about 1000 pounds, were shipped 70 the
owners OF the mine at Spokane by Thurs
days express.
Development on the Stray Horse, prior
to the drilling, comprised n D-foot tun-
mel into the hill from the west. At the
face a 50-foot winze has been sunk From
the bottom of the winze a drift was run
on the ledge.
The work OF the drill consists of two
holes with a total length of about 100
feet. Beginning at the bottom of the
50-foot winze the first hole was run in
a southwesterly course to length of
nearly $50 feet with an incline of about
81 degrees. In the drift, 30 feet from the
first hole the second hole was run about
go feet in a northeasterly direction, with
the same incline. The drill hole is about
inches in diameter The drill is about
10 feet in length set with diamond cut
tiers. and IL hollow to allow OF the core
for its entire length. To the end of this
Is l0-foot sections are screwed together
as progress Ia made.