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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-04-27
H. B. CARTWRIGHT & BRO.
No. 4
BAKERY.
SOUTH SIDE
OF PLAZA.

DERHAKES CASTOR OIL AXLE GREASE will last four times as long
as the cheap grease that retaiS for almost Il much. Suitable for car
riages as well as wagons. One pound tins, 124c.
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small Cran wrecked.
AID is WANTED.
Gov. snyers says the TcNns storm II
the Most DepiorabIe Catastrophe
la the History of America.

Austin, Tex. Sept. When asked
Monday night by a press representa-
tive for an expression as 20 the food
situation along the gulf coast, Gov.
Savers said:
II think il l. the most deplorable
catastrophe in the history of Amer
lea and | feel that every possible aid
should be lent the sufferers in their
hour OF great need. From informa-
ton received here. | am led TO think
that hundreds OF families have lost
their dear ones OF been bereft of their
homes and the case is one that will
certainly appeal % every one. / have
taken active steps 10 star; relief for
every one that can Dee possibly looked
after. ] have wired all the city may
ors and all the county Judges asking
them To secure all funds and provis-
ions possible and their replies up to
tonight are very gratifying. The
assistance lent us 10y the federal gov
eminent IN the WY OF $4,000 rations
and 900 tents will aid no little in re-
liesing the situation al present"
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STATE NEWS PICK-UPS.
FIRE AT A STOCK FARM.
and Ornament. Valuable stations,
Narrowly Escaped Death.

Lexington. KY. Sept. -Four of
the stations at La Belle stock farm.
near this city. had a narrow escape
from death by fire at an early hour
Thursday morning. They were Sir
Walter and G.. w. johnson. owned by
ii. X. Knapp, of New York; Magian.
property of Perry Belmont, of New
York. and Ornament, owned by II. p.
Headley, the owner of the farm. The
stud barn caught fire and was par
tally consumed when the fire was dis
covered. Sir Walter and Magian were
with difficulty taken from the barn.
and Ornament and G.. w. Johnson
from the adjoining paddocks. For
tunately none of the horses tried TO
run into the fire and they escaped
without a scratch
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SOLDIERS DROWNED.
Ont OF 100 Men stationed at Fa-t
snn Jacinto Only Fifteen Made
Their Escape.

san Antonio. Tex. Sept. li.--At mil.
itary headquarters. department o..
Texas, the Information is that Of
800 men stationed az Fort San ia.
cinto, Galveston. only Is escaped
Further information is that the cap,
tain in command is among the vic.
Tins. Lieut.. Col. {. 5. Roberts. I'D.
juiant general. department of Texas
is in Galveston on a tour Of inspection
IL is not known ~ he is among tho
small number az the fort who escaped
President T.. II. Il. Green. of the
Texas Midland railroad. Monday wired
Gov. Savers 10 draw on the treasurer
of his line for $500 in aid of the flood
sufferers; An relief supplies orig.
mating on the line 81 his road viii
be handled free of charge.
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NO GUNS WIRE USED.
Their Difficulties with Fists
-QuarreIed over Politics. q

Frankfort, ny, Sept. s.-Represent-
ative Barton. of Pendleton county,
and Sergeant-at-Arms Ben Hensley
had "A fist fight in the lobby OF the
Capitol hotel Friday afternoon, in
which Ilensley was knocked down and
his face badly bruised by Barton.
who is the smaller man of the two.
IIensley is also from Pendleton coun-
~. and served two terms as meme
Der of the house several years ago.
They are both democrats. and quar-
relied over some Pendleton county To-
cal affair which grew heated. Bar
ton says Hensley called him a liar
before he hit him. Hensleys fore
head was cut, but Barton says he
did not use a knife. Barton is a can
didate for speaker.
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Miners Called Out.

Middlesboro. Ky. Sept. Notices
have been posted at the mines in this
district by the United Mine Workers
union. ordering all the miners out
until September 10, the date set at
the Coal Creek conference, when the
operators and miners will meet again
TO consider a contract for the COM
ing year. The mines here have been
working this week, but all union min
ers stopped Thursday, pending the
settlement. The Pineville Coal Co.
signed the agreement, and its mines
will not shut down.
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eorrrnmrn, oncr. ncIn.

Dallas. Tex, sept. 1.-THE follow
ing message was sent by President
Mckinley 20 Gov. Joseph ID. Sayers.
at Austin:
Washington. Sept. 10.-Hon. Jo-
seph ID. Sayers, Governor, Austin,
Tex; The reports of the great ca
lamity which has befallen Galveston
and other points on the coast of
Texas excite my profound sympathy
for sufferers. as they will stir the
hearts of the whole country. What
ever help II is possible TO give shall
be gladly extended. Have directed
the secretary of war to supply ra.
tions and tents upon your request.
"Wm. Mckinley"
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Frankfort. Ky, Sept. 10.--The fail
term of the Franklin circuit court be-
gan Monday. 1t is anticipated that
the grand jury will reopen investiga-
ton of the assassination OF Gov. Goe-
bel, and additional indictments may
be returned.
The case of Jim Howard, the Clay
county feudist who is indicted as a
principal in the murder, will be called
some time during the week. but it is
not certain that the case win go to
trial, as eN-Gov. Brown. Judge Sims
and other attorneys who defended
Caleb Powers are said 20 have declin-
ed to defend Howard. aud SO far as is
known he is without legal counsel.
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The orphans home, Twenty-first
street and avenue NJ. fell like house
Of cards. How many dead children
and refugees are In the ruins could
not be ascertained. OF the sick in 81.
Mary's infirmary, together with the
attendants, only eight are understood
10 have been saved. The old woman's
home on Rosenberg avenue collapsed,
the Rosenberg school house is a mass
of wreckage. The Ball high school is
but an empty shell. crushed and bro
ken. Every church in the city with
possibly one or two exceptions Is In
ruins.
Soldiers Dead In the Forts.
At the forts nearly all the soldiers
are reported dead, they having been
in temporary quarters which gave
them no protection against the tenn
pest or the food. No report has been
received from the Catholic orphan
asylum down the island. but IL seems
impossible that IL could nave with
stood the hurricane. II IL fell all the
inmates were no doubt lost. for there
was no aid within a mile.
The bay front from end 10 end Is
in ruins. Nothing but piling and the
wreckage OF the great warehouses
remain. Tho elevators lost all their
upper works aud their stocks are
damaged by water
The life saving station AT IT. Point
was carried away, the crew being
swept across the bay IL miles TO Tex
as City. 1 saw Capt. Haines Sunday
and he told me that his wife and one
OF his crew were drowned.
Enough WreckREe 10 Build n CITY.
The shore al Texas City contains
enough wreckage 10 rebuild "A city.
Eight persons who were swept across
the bay during the storm we're pick
ed up there alive.
Five corpscs were also picked up.
There were three fatalities in Texas
City. In addition TO the living ami
dead which the storm east up at
Texas City. Baskets and collins from
one of the cemeteries az Galveston
were being fishcd out OF the water
there Sunday.
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A Graphic Account Of the Horrible Ca
tastrophe by Newspaper Man
and an Eyewitness.
Wreck Brought About by q Tempest and
Flood Which Turned Calves.
ton Iato a Raging Sea.
The Nambcr OF the Dead Exceed.
Fifteen Hsndred-NearIy Every
buiidiaE Ia the City Either
Destroyed or Damaged.

Houston, Tex, Sept. li.-Richard
Spilianc, well-known newspaper
man and correspondent in that city.
who Deached Houston Monday after
a terrible experience, gives the fol-
lowing account OF the disaster al Gal
weston.
One Of the most awful tragedies
81 modern times has visited Calves
fon. The city Is In ruins and the
dead viii probably number 1900. /
avn just from ihc city. having been
commissioned 10y the mayor aud citi-
pens committee 20 get Ina touch with
the outside world and appeal for help.
Houston was the nearest point az
which working telegraph instruments
could bc found. the wires. a. well a.
ncarlN all the buildings between here
and the Gulf Of Mexico being wreck
"a. When left Galveston shortly be-
fore noon sunday. the people were or
ganiziug for the prompt burial OF the
dead. distribution OF food aud all nee
cssart work after a period of disaster.
The wreck of Galveston was brought
rt'"f'' H ~ NNANNI ~ ~ NNAAANAf tAAMA
no words can adequately describe SIS
intensity, and by "a Hood which turn
81 thc city into a raging sea.
The Velocity OF the WInd.
Tho weather bureau records show
that che wind attained "a velocity OF
SO miles an hour when the mcasur-
ing Instrument blew away, 30 IL b.
impossible Go tell what was thc max
imum The STORM began 40 o'clock
saturday morning Previous TO that
q great storm had been raging Ga the
gulf aud The tide was very high. The
wind mo- first came from the north
and MSS in direct opposition To the
forrc from che gulf while the storm
from fhc gulf piled the water upon
the breach side of the city, the north
wind piled The water from the bay
on 90 che hay part OF the city.
About noon DO became evident that
She cIiy was going TO bee visited with
disaster. Hundreds OF residences
along The beach front were hurricdly
abandoned. the families hccing 90
dwellings la higher portions of the
city. Every home WIS opened 90 the
refugees. black or white. The wind
was rising constantly and b raincd
IN torrents
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Miner. Advised 60 get Ready.

Shamokin, Pa. Sept. ll.-Georgo w.
Bartlein. secretary of the Shamokin
}1strict. United Mine Workers of
IN nerica. received the following dis
tch at O'Clock Monday night from
III Ssident John Mitchell at Chicago;
efforts now being made to settle
IA, strike will be declared in few
StHs. Advise miners to get ready.
W all the $4,000 men strike, It ia
.ATued by mine workers officials
.thdt the strike can be won in 30
DAYS. There is. il is said, plenty Of
aid in sight TO maintain the strikers
and their families. The organizers
%rnd officials of the bituminous dis
'triets have been called here and all
report favorably on the ability to
prESent diversion of coal.
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octogennrinn Weaded.

Lexington. KY, Sept. 1O.-Immedi-
ately after the morning services in
Broadway Christian church Sunday
Rev. Mark Collins oficiated at the
marriage of Nelson Hamon. aged so.
a Scott county farmer, and Mrs. Eiiz-
abeth Sutton, aged 63, assistant SUI
perintendent of the sewing depart-
ment of the Eastern Kentucky Insane
ASYLUM
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l.. q \. Changes.

Middlesboro. KY. Sept. s.-The re-
cent changes in the superintendent
place on this division Of the l.. & n,
whereby j. w. LogsdOn went TO
Louisville. and o. b. Hollingsworth.
of Louisville. came here as superin-
tendent. causes a change in the mas
ter of trains Office also. and il is now
announced that John Harris. who has
had this place. will be transferred 10
the short Line at Louisville. He Will
be succeeded here by Alex. Frazier,
formerly train dispatcher of the
Short Line.
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VIII Attend Fam Festival.

Nicholasville. KY, Sept. s.-she
Business Mems club of Cincinnati
have extended to the Commercial
club here an invitation 10 be present
on club day at the fall festival on
September 22 The invitation will be
accepted and a special car chartered
to take the members.
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SHIPPING DAMAGED.
Eight ocean Steamers Torn From
Their MoorinEs aud stranded
In the Hay.

The Mistrot house. in the west end,
was turned into a hospital. All of the
regular hospitals of the city were un-
available. OF the new Southern Pa
cfc works little remains but the pill
ing. Half a million feet of lumber
was carried away and Engineer Bosch
Ike says as far as the company is con
cerned IL might as well start all over
again.
Eight ocean steamers were torn
from their moorings and stranded in
the bay. The Kendall castle was car
ried over the fats from the Thirty
third street wharf To Texas City and
lies in the wreckage of the Imam
pier. The Norwegian steamer Gyller
is stranded between Texas City and
Virginia Point
swIrIed Through the bay.
An ocean liner was swirled around
through the west bay, crashed
through the bay bridges and is now
lying i'm few feet of water near the
wreckage OF the railroad bridge.
The steamship Taunton was carried
across Pelican Point and is stranded
about ten miles up the East bay.
The Mallory steamer Alamo was torn
from her wharf and dashed upon
Pelican fats. and the bow of the Brit
ish steamer Red Cross, which had
previously been hurled there. The
stern of the Alamo is stove in and
the bow of the Red Cross crushed.
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Paris. Sept. 1.-THE members Of
the California commission Monday
evening celebrated the admission OF
California in September, 1850, into
the American union by giving a proWi
enade concert and ball at the Unite
States national pavilion. ~
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Gold Mining Co.

Middlesboro, Ky. Sept. s.-A COM
pany has been organized for the pur-
pose of developing the gold mine re-
Gently discovered in Hawkins county,
Tennessee. j. VI. Goodloe and b. +.
Ferguson. OF Big Stone Gap, Va. ara
interested i'm the company.
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PoDuIIst Nomination.

Louisville, Ky, Sept. s.-Populsts
of the Fifth congressional district
Friday night nominated w. +. Parker
Cor congress. He is the father of ex-
Populist National Committeeman 10
A Parker.
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SLIME COVERS TIE STREETS.
There D. Great Danger OF "a Frsti-
Ien~c-Thc burial of the Corpses
aud the Carcasscs.

In the business portion OF the city
two large brick buildings, one occu-
pied by knapp Bros. aud the other
los the Cotton Exchange saloon. coli
lapsei Ia the Cotton Exchange sa-
loon there were abou: IS persons.
Most of them escaped. Up 10 the
time ! left Galveston three dead had
been taken from the ruins.
How many more corpscs are there
will not be known until the search D.
finished. The cotton mills, the bag
cling factory, the gas works, the clec-
trio light works and nearly all the
industrial establishments of the city
are either wrecked or crippled. The
food left slime about one inch deep
over the whole city. and unless fast
progress Is made In burying corpaes
and curcassrs of animals. there il
danger of pestilence.
some Of the stories Of escapes are
miraculous. VIM. Nishitt. "a cotton
man. was buried in the ruins OF the
Cotton Exchange saloon. and when
dug out in the morning had no other
injury than a few bruised fingers.
Carried Ten Blocks.
Or. :. O. Young. secretary OF the
Cotton exchange. was knocked sense
less when his house collapsed. but
was revived 10y the water aud was
carried ten blocks by the hurricane.
\ woman who had just given birth
TO child was carried from her home
To house block distant. the men
who we're carrying her having TO
hold her high above their heads. as
the water was five feet deep when she
was moved.
Many stories were current OF
houses falling and inmates escaping.
Clarence y. Ouslcy. editor Of the
Evening Tribune. had his family and
tho families of two neighbors in his
house when the lower half crum-
hlcd and the upper part slipped down
into the water. Not one in the house
was hurt.
or the Lavine family, six out of
seven are reported dead.
OF the Burnett family. only one Is
known 10 have been saved.
The family of Stanley q. Spencer,
who met death in the Cotton EN-
change saloon, Is reported TO be dead.
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Georgetown. KY Sept. Caleb
Powers has been sentenced 10 the PEN
itentiary for life. He has been
doomed to spend the rest of his days
in the prison walls of Frankfort.
The man found guilty of accomplish
ing the death of senator Goebel
came here by the 1i:4O a. m. South
ern train.
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4 nrnft for s2.ooo.

Colorado Springs, Col, Sept. 11.-At
a meeting Monday night called by
Mayor Robinson n draft for $4,000 was
ordered sent to Gov. Sayers, of Texas.
to he used to relieve the storm suf-
ferers. a
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Have England. sympathle..

London, Sept. 1l,--All the mornih,
papers contain editorials expressing
sympathy with the United States il
the Galveston disaster.
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One of Them stnbbed Her.

Middlesboro. Ky, Sept iO.-Ncws
from Hyden. Leslie county. says that
Mrs. Peace was stabbed several times
by two sisters named Allie and Julia
Morgan. and will die. IL is said that
Mrs. Peace had reproved one of the
girls They met at church. and the
afTrov followed
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Chicago Relief Fund.

Chicago. Sept. ii.--Up to midnight
$1,000 had been subscribed by Chica-
g'os-ns toward the relief of the stormt
sufferers in Texas. The big packingsi
houses at the stock yards have eacls1
contributed $1,000 worth of stores.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-09-14

Lancaster. Ky, Sept. s.--A fine ship
ment of walnut logs bought by
Cincinnati firm left here Friday COR
New York and thence to Germany.
II is said to he one of the best lotA
of walnut ever shipped from hero.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-09-14

Washington. Sept. ll.--Brig. Gen.
Innis q. Palmer, L. 5. A., retired. died
at Chevy Chase. Md. Monday night
of kidney complications. He will be
buried in the National cemetery at
Arlington.
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Indicted for Murder.

Lexington, Ky. Sept. THE grand
Jury Thursday returned an indict-
ment for murder Ieains, JOh1 "a.
Ludwig. cnaI ged with killing Martin
Stevens. follow workman, at the
Armour building, about wo months
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Cnnyictcd OF Forgery.

Richmond, Ky. Sept. Luther
Creekmore. a well-known young man
Of this city. was tried in the circuit
court ON charge of forgery and
given two years in the state prison
AT Frankfort.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-09-14

Down the channel 10 the jetties two
other ocean steamships lie grounded.
Some schooners, barges ana smaller
craft are strewn bottomside up along
the slips OF the piers. The tug LtCi-
Use, OF the Houston Direct Naviga-
tioa Co.. is also a wreck.
II will take a week TO tabulatc the
dead AMI the missing and TO get any
thing near an approximate idea OK
the monetary loss. II is safe to AS
sumo that one-half of the property
of the city is wiped out and that one
half of the residents have TO face ab-
solute poverty.
~ Texas City.
At Texas City three of the residents
were drowned. One man stepped into
well by mischance, and his corpse
was found there. Two other men
ventured along the bay front during
the height of the storm and were
killed. There are but few buildings
at Texas City that did not tell the
story of the storm. The hotel is a
complete ruin. The Office of the
Texas City Co. has some OF the walls
standing, with all the upper walls
stripped Off. Nothing remains of the
piers except the piling. The wreck
age from Galveston Filters the shore
for miles and is = hundred yards or
more wide.
small Craft wrecked.
For ten miles inland from the shore
IL Is a common sight 20 see small
craft. such as steam launches and
oyster sloops. The lifeboat of the
life-saving station was carried half a
mile inland. while a vessel that was
anchored IN Moses bayou lies high
and dry five miles up from LaMarque.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-09-14
The Tour Postponed.

Belgrade, Sept. 1O,-The Official
Journal announces that the tour of
King Alexander and Queen Dragina'
who were married August 8, has been
postponed owing to the delicate con-
iition of her majesty.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-09-14

NV York. Sept. lO.-A cable spc'
q SAYS: "Rumors are current in
clubs that Lord Roberts
y leave Pretoria at the end of this
<hth and sail for England, after
fling short halts at BloemfOntein
~ Cape Town.
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HOUSES COLLAPSED.
The Largest and supposedly the
Most substantial Structures suf-
fcrcd the Greatest.

The first hurried glance over the
city showed that the largest struct-
ures, supposed to be the most sub
stantially built, suffered the greatest.
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THE CITY SUBMERGED.
Drowned out the Gas aud
Electric Light Plants.

The wind was ~ fierce that the
rain cut like knife. BY . o'clock
the waters of the bay aud gulf met,
aud hy dark the entire city was sub
merged Tho flooding of the electric
light plant and the gas plants left the
city n darkness. 70 20 upon the
streets was 10 cour; death. The wind
was then al cyclonic velocity; roofs.
cistcrns. portions Of buildings. jcle-
graph poies and walls were falling.
aud the noise of the wind and the
crashing of the buildings were terri
fAing in the extreme. The wind and
waters rose steadily from dark until
1915 o'clock Sunday morning. During
all this time the people of Galveston
were like rats in trap. The highest
porta ~ Of the city was four to five
feet WIDER water, while in the great
ana jority of the cases the streets
were submerged 20 depth Of ten
feet To leave a house was 10 drown.
To remain was to court death in the
wreckage.
NiEht OF Agony.
Such n night OF agony has seldom
been cqualed. without apparent rea-
son the waters suddenly began TO
subsidc az l;4S a. m. Within 20 min
utes they had gone down two feet.
and before daylight the streets were
practically freed OF the food waters.
In the meantime the wind had veercd
To the southeast.
Very few. IL any, buildings, escaped
injury. There Is hardly "A habitable
dry house in the city. When the peo-
pie who had escaped death went out
at daylight; to view the work of the
aempest and the floods, they saw the
most horrible sight imaginable. In
the three blocks from Avenue 10
Avenue Z. in fremont street, | saw
eight bodies. Four corpses were in
one yard. The whole OF the business
front for three blocks in from the
gulf was stripped of every vestige of
haditation.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-07

Among the members who have come
to Congress for their first term is Repre-
sentative Pedro Perea. OF New Mexico. who
is one OF the wealthiest rancheros of the
Southwest
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Leighton. of
Capitol Hill, have invitations out for re-
ception on the 18th instant, when Miss
Freda De Forrest Foss will be introduced.