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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13
ONE OF THE DIREST TRAGEDIES
OF MODERN TINES.
CITY A SCENE OF HORRORS
Half the Buildings Wrecked and
Corpses Of Human Beings and AMI
mails Correspondent
OF Associated Press Tells Story OF
the Storm-Losses Yet Unknown

Houston, Sept. l1.-Richard Spill
lane well known Galveston newspa-
per man and correspondent of the AS
ISOLATED Press at that city. who
reached Houston yesterday after a ter
rible experience, gives the following
account of the disaster at Galveston.
zone of the most awful tragedies OF
modern times has visited Galveston
The city is in ruins and the dead num-
Der probably 1000 The wreck at Gal
weston WIS brought about by the temp
est and food which turned the city into
a raging SCI The storm began at 9
Saturday morning aud by noon 1t had
be visited with disaster Hundreds of
residences along the beach front were
hurriedly abandoned, the families
fleeing to dwellings in higher
portions of the city. The wind
was so fierce that the rain cut like a
knife BY o'clock the waters OF the
gulf and bay met and by dark the en-
tire city was submerged
Flooding the electric light plant and
gas plants left the city in darkness. To
so upon the streets was TO court death.
The winds were then OF cyclonic We
locity, roofs, portions Of buildings, tel
egraph poles and walls were falling
and the noise of the winds and crash
ing buildings was terrifying in the
extreme The wind and waters rose
steadily from dark until las Sunday
morning During all this time the
people of Galveston were like rats in
traps. The highest portion OF the
city was four TO five feet under water,
while IN a great majority Of cases the
streets were submerged TO a depth of
ten feet To leaye the house was to
drown, Such a night Of agony is sell
dom equalled.
BY Sunday morning the waters
had gone down 10 two feet and by
daylight the streets were practically
free Of the food OF waters. There was
hardly a habitable dry house in the
city, and when the people who had es-
capped death went out at daylight they
saw the most horrible sights imagln-
able. In three blocks, from Avenue
n to p in Fremont street, | saw eight
bodies A whole business front for
three blocks in from the gulf was
stripped of every yestige Of habiJation,
every structure having been either
carried out to sea or its ruins piled in
pyramid far into the town, accord
| ing to the yagaries Of the tempest The
orphans home fell like a house OF
cards, and how many dead children
and refugees are in the ruins Is not yet
ascertained OF the sick in st. Mary s
inhrmary, together with attendants,
only eight are understood to have
| been saved rhe old Women's home,
on Rosenberg avenue collapsed. The
Rosenberg school house is mass Of
wrecksge. The Ball high school Is but
an empty she'll crushed and broken.
At the forts nearly all the soldiers are
reported dead, they having been in
( temporary quarters which gave them
no protection against the food.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13
FAMOUS PEOPLE

Ex-Goy Francis Of Missouri viii sail
this month for Paris, where he intends
10 launch boon" for the lnternation-
al exposition 10 be held IN St Louis in
1903.
TX Secretary william r. Day, while
at the University Of Michigan wrote
and delivered an Grafton on The ideal
OF congress" rhe other day tho
original manuscript Of this speech was
bought for the university museum for
$3.50.
Charles A Towne is very nervous
and rapid speaker Frequently, when
the excitement ~ his speech gets the
better Of him, bis words come go rap
Ids as 70 be almost unintelligible
President Loubet u France Is the
FIRST chief executive OF that country to
take 20 a bicycle He has been lately
riding one more or less publicly. and
several Partisan papers have. In conse-
quence, criticised him as undignified.
joaquin Miller, the California poet,
announced IN a recent Interview that
in the complete edition Of his works.
which be is preparing for publication
only after his death. his real name,
Cinclnnnatus Heine Miller. viii be
used
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13

the Spanish Amercan war eighteen
months ago, and a mother, who lives
in Chicago where he has until recently
been employed in the comptroller's Of
fee Walters was born in Birming-
ham, England, July 81. 1869. He
served in the English army in the
Soudanese campaign, and had been n
resident of this country several years,
At the breaking out OF the Spanish
American war he was employed in Chi
cago, and at once enlisted in the first
Illinois volunteers, which formed part
Of Skaters army before Santiago
Early in the fighting before Santiago
he was shot through the lungs, and
had been in very feeble health since,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13
SNAKES GIVE FIRE ALARMS.

Kearney, n J.. has a hre-alarm syg-
TEN that acted very queeriy recently
The Gre department received numerous
alarms, but most Of them OF a broken
and indefinite character and the fire
men could not tell from which boxes
they came, neither could they discover
any fire. After the department had
been chasing false alarms for several
days and had vowed dire vengeance on
the practical Joker who vas tamperne
with the circuit .hree snakes were
found in a switchbox Of the alarm
circuit III the cellar at the FIRE depart
ment They got tangled up with the
mechanism, and. In their efforts to get
free. turned IN alarms that aroused the
FIRE department at all hours Of the day
and night
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13

Great ovation Given the Rough Rider
Governor.

La Crosse, Wis, Sept. 1.-THE train
bearing Gov. Roosevelt and party left
for Fargo and the west at IL last night.
There were two meetings yesterday,
one beginning at o'clock for those
outside the city and one at for inhab-
vicinity. Special excursions were or
ganized from Madison, Sparta, Winona
and other localities Gov Roosevelt
addressed both the afternoon and even
ing meetings, which were held at the
Empire rink The immense building
was crowded to its fullest capacity.
The feature OF the parade was a small
company of dozen or more rough rid
ers that appeared to be cowboys, clad
in blue sweaters ana the regulation
hats, Later ii was learned that tho
warriors were newspaper correspon-
dents The democratic mayor of La
Crosse and the republican board Of
public works FLASHED by when the
mayor refused to raise the flag over the
city hall In honor of the day The
board finally triumphed by hauling up
the colors themselves. The afternoon
meeting was called to order by Con-
gresham Ech, who introduced Senator
Knute Nelson of Minnesota After 4
short speech he introduced Roosevelt
who received 1attering applause. The
governor took up and discussed at
length the financial question, imperial
ism and militarism The evening was
OF even greater magnitude and the gov
ernor was enthusiastically received
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13
BEAUTY KILLER.

Starched linen collars are condemned
by beauty doctors, because II rs claimed
that they make the neck strIngy and
otherwise take from IT'S loneliness.
Nothing, however. seems so APP
propri1te with the new wustcodts as 4
mauuish collar aud Tie latter are Ike
Iy to have a new lease Of life Finger
nails are at least 10 be cut 20 conform
TO the shape Of the finger tips and made
reasonably short Talons are out Of
fashion No colorlng IL now added 20
by up-to-date manicurists The
tendency to overlooking has put the
ban Of yulg3rlty on the hitherto popu-
lar practice Philadelphia Bulletin.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13

Madison Sept. II.
Prof, L, 5 Harrington and L, S Baer
are in Milwaukee arranging the exhibit
by the dairy school at the state fair.
The material was shipped recently ana
everything Will be in readiness when
the visitors arrive.
The dairy school has been assigned
one side of the dairy building. This
space has been fitted up To give some
idea CT the work Of the dairy school.
A gasoline engine furnishes power TO
run the separators, churus, butter
workers, etc. and milk is TO be provd-
ed for showing just how butter is
made Some parts OF the butter maxi
ing process will be in operation each
day, on account of the limited space
afforded in the dairy building 1t is pos
sible to do the separating and churuing
ON a small scale. but modern methods
viii be used This part of the exhibit
will occupy one-third of the eighty
loot space assigned 60 the dairy school.
Cheesepakng will be carried on In
another portion OF the space, where tho
cheese vat curd, whey, cheese press,
reunet test, ETC. may be seen Various
lots of cheese viii be exhibited, among
them a new form of print cheese de-
signed by Prof Harrington, six cheeses
made especially to Illustrate the effect
which the richness Of milk has OF the
amount of cheese made from IT, and
several different styles OF the Cheddar
cheese which are made az the school
Both the butter making and the cheese
making viii be carried on by former
dairy students, dressed In white suits,
and an effort viii be made by them to
discuss any points OF interest to visit
ors. Butter makers and cheese makers
are especially requested to bring ques-
tons to ask the dairy students TO an
swer by illustration during the work.
In the center Of the space an exhibit
OF the Babcock test viii be made Many
different types OF this machine Will be
shown, and whole milk skim milk, and
cream testing viii be explained to any
who wish to see these tests made, and
to ask questions about them.
Among other tests shown is the Wis
consin curd test fbis Is dairy
school product and It Is doing a great
work for the cheese Industry OF the
state. In locating the source OF tainted
milk, which is responsible for a great
many poor cheese Acid tests used In
cream rlpening and in selecting milk
tor pasteurization are shown and other
work Of the school Is illustrated by
large pictures and charts
One thousand twenty-five students
have attended the dairy school during
the past ten years and It Is hoped 10
have a reunion of them at the fair.
An educational feature has been at
tached to the butter and cheese entries
for premiums this year Blanks have
been prepared for each exhibitor TO nj
out and send with his butter and
Cheese These blanks win show just
how each tub Of butter aud each cheese
was made After these entries have
been judged by an expert, his scoring
and the makers description Of his but
ter or cheese viii be discussed by com
petout persons.
One OF the novel features OF the ex-
hibit win be q butter model OF Hiram
smith hall, the dairy school building
at the university This model Is about
two feet long.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13
SPEEDY WITHDRAWAL
UNITED STATES TROOPS SOON no
LEAVE CHINESE SOIL
BRlTISH-GERMAN PROGRAM

Rumored That These Powers VIII Re
main in Pekln Regardless OF Att
tlde Of Othera- Some Problems At
tending the Evacuation lndemni-
ty and Guarantees ot Treaty Rights.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13
THE DAIRY EXHIBIT
+ NE ONE MADE AT The STATE
FAIR
BY UNIVERSITY ELEMENT

The Making of Butter and Cheese Ex-
empllfled- Babcock Curd Tests Also
shown Reunion of Pupils of the
Dairy School Hoped-For Occur
ence and One of Interest.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13

CHIC ago sept. II - Cattle - Receipts, 10
market steady good 10 primo -teers j.Gl0
500 poor 70 medium, ! e5a5 -. it0cker- snd
feeder. 2504it. cows and heifers2 I5h: ~
Hogs Receipt yetterdag, j. ioj todsJ, &c
90; Ut ovst. :, 10. Market opess.i steady
closing shade loue- HiGNt ans butchere, =
Ii a. gooa "a choice hesvy sos u , 81 rough
heavy l75n4s0. Light 5IDf'I. bnik Of
sales 5 u 1888
sheep Heceips ~ .sLo~p aud Am bssteady;
sheep s15s $40. lambs +25sre,s5
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13
WISCONSIN PEOPLE.

Or Dave Biorkman, younger brother
OF Prof Bjorkman OF Racine who has
established a lucrative medi al prac-
tee AZ Austin Tex, the past year, has
been rendered the chair Of professor Of
anatomy at the university u Okiaho-
ma. position 81 much importance
which he will probably accept.
John Walters, aged 81 years, died
OF hemerFhaEe al the home VI his
father-ln. Iaw, seweil Shepard, IN APP
pleton. He leaves Il widow 70 whom
he was married since his return from
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13

At Richland Center. Levi Hunter,
aged 90 years, fell and suffered a
broken neck. He stepped into open
cellar way.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13
CHICAGO MARKETS.

The following .able shows tn. open
ing highest, lowest and closing prices
- produce al Chicago yesterday:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-13
PERSONALITIES.

The Empress Eugene has been stay
ing in Paris in the strictest incognto,
but is expected TO return shortly 10
her country place at Marlborough Hill,
Sussex, after an absence Of nearly
seven months.
1t is said that when John Wanama-
kor started IN the dry goods business
N Philadelphia his first day profit
was $685. Though 50 poor that he
could not afford delivery wagon, he
at once spent every cent Of It in adyer-
Using. That was ia 1861 and Mr.
Wauamaker still understands the val
ue Of printers ink
IT Is nearly fifty years since Herman
Vein the English actor, FIRST went on
the stage His professional jubilee
will be celebrated in October when a
series OF twelve Shakespcar.an per-
iormances will be given by himself
and company In the leading towns OF
Scotland, whore the veteran Is exceed
ingiy popular The performances will
be- prlyate-that Is his audiences in
each Of the places visited will make
the arrangements; no advertisements
VIII appear and no money viii be
taken at the doors.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-13
IOWA INDIANS IN BIG LUCK
Additional Payments by FiynR's Help
--McKinIeY Is a Good Fellow.

Guthrie. o. T, March 12.-The Perkins
Journal says: Chief Daniel Tohee, Victor
Dupee, Joseph Vetter and Charles XII
hega, a delegation of Iowa Indians, sent
by their tribe to washington, have re-
turned home after having been in WASH
ington since January 10, lobbying for a
change in the amount of their annual
payments from the government. They
were successful and the result is that
purchase money amounting to $4,000 for
their lands in Oklahoma will be paid in
two senri-annual instaIlments Of $4,000
each. The first payment will be in, June
and the next in January 1901. This will
exhaust the fund due the Iowas for their
Oklahoma lands. Heretofore the Iowas
have been receiving seni-annual pay
ments OF from $500 TO $500 from this
fund, and they had grown tired of delay
in final payment Theer are ninety-two
Iowas on the pay roll at the Sac and
Fox agency.
The delegation succeeded in getting the
commissioner of Indian affairs to recon-
mend a further payment Of s12, 600, TO be
made next May. This money is the ac-
cuulation of the annuity payments which
were not drawn by different Indians who
failed to follow their tribe when it was
removed to Oklahoma. These Indians or
their descendants, are now in Oklahoma
and anxious to draw their money.
The delegation was encouraged to be-
lieve that the Iowas will succeed in their
request. for an additional allotment OF
land of eighty acres each, to be set apart
in the Otoe and Kaw reservations and
foy
make this claim for the reason that they
were given only eighty acres Of land each
by the government when their reserva-
ton was thrown open for settlemnt. This
request for additional land will be sub
mitted in a bill by Delegate Dennis
Flynn.
Within the next eleven months, if pres
ent plans are carried out, the Iowas will
receive from the government the large
sum Of $4,000, which will include an
annual payment Of about s., 600, received
from lands owned by them before coming
to Oklahoma. This Will be the biggest
sum of money ever received by the
IOwas in so short a time, and will
amount to 500 for each member of the
tribe.
I'VE got everything we went after -
said Dupee 1--WE will receive a payment
of $4,000 in May, another in June and
still another in the fall. Dennis Flynn
got the bill through for US and we got
Senator Platt of Connecticut to help US
too. Dennis Flynn is all right; he helped
us right along. We called on President
Mckinley. He's a good fellow. Shook
hands with all of US and asked us about
our country, and how we are getting
along. We were in Washington several
weeks and saw a great deal of the city"
Beggs' German Salve-Guaranteed rem =
edy for piles, sores, wounds, burns end
scalds-a soothing, healing application, OF
wondrous merit. Completely cured me
of a bad sore on my leg, of over ten
years standing" writes VIM. Going.
Omaha, Neb. ]. P. Allen, Dockum &
Higginson, Geo. Van Werden.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-13
ANOS EWING ENR()OIE
To Washington on Some Mys-
FERROUS Errand.
TALKS BY THE WAYSIDE
Of His Party's Bright Pros
poets in Oklahoma
TALKS BY THE WAYSIDI

Hon. Amos Ewing, inspector Of oils Tor
Oklahoma. was at the Carey yesterday
morning and left in the afternoon for
Washington on business, the nature OF
which he refused to discuss. Mr.. Ewing
is a member Of the Republican wing OF
the famous Ewing family Of Ohio with
whom politics is hereditary, hence 1t IS
but natural that he takes an active in
terest in the politics Of Oklahoma He
has held several positions Of honor and
trust under the different Republican ad-
ninistrations and his appointment to his
present position, inspector OF oils, was
made by Governor Barnes. Only recently
a Guthrie newspaper stated that Mr..
Ewing had been rendered an important
government post in Puerto Rico but
when asked to verify or deny the report
ne replied evasively:
1T isn't customary with any man to
have a position rendered him on silver
platter. on the contrary, my observation
has taught me that the old saying
Everything comes TO him who waits IS
played out and a man who wants an Of
ice is obliged to exercise all the hustling
qualities there are within him"
What are the Republican prospects in
Oklahoma this fall -
"Excellent-most excellent! You see,
our people. irrespective of party, are
deeply interested in the success of the
free homes measure and there is a hope
fuI feeling that the bill viii be passed at
this session of congress, in which event
the little giant, Delegate Flynn, viii be
renominated without opposition and his
election viii be a mere matter Of form
Al one time the growing harmong in the
party had been threatened by the spring
ing Of the single convention idea, but it
met with such a storm OF protest from
al parts of the territory. including Mr.
Flynn, that the plan was abandoned and
il is now certain that two separate con-
ventions will be held.
yes. I am q candidate for national
delegate and expect to carry my county
Mr.. Grimes will be pushed for national
committeeman, to which place he is fully
entitled by his years of service in the
interest of the Republican party, and
believe he will win out"
what is the present status of the
charges against Governor Barnes?"
"Oh, the case is closed" was the de-
cisiye answer. And, for that matter, it
was settled as early as last August, and
Governor Barnes presence in Washing
ton during the month Of January was
merely for the purpose Of placing an eff
fectual quietUs on the clamor of the
oklahoma City malcontents. Yes sir, I
repcat Governor Garnes will not only
serve his present term through, but he
viii be re-aoD0inted"
what is the object of your visit TO
Washington, Mr.. Ewing?' persisted the
reDo~ter.
"Wen. young man, that's quite another
story" was the drawing reply.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-13
MAIN THING IS THE MAN
Harry GiIstrap Doesn't Care How the
Ommitfeeman Is Chosen


Guthrie, o. T., March 12.-An the sub
ject of a Republican national committee
man Harry Gilstrap of Chandler has this
to say: There is a good deal of talk
right now upon the question of whom
the Republicans shall select as the next
national committeeman and how the
choice shall be made. It does not matter
much as TO the manner in which the COM
mitteeman is selected-whmethe by the
delegation to the national convention or
by the territorial conventional will
change the result much. The man who IS
chosen. however. should be well acquaint-
ed with the territory and with the work
ing Republicans; he should be a good
organizer and one who could look out for
OIlahoma's interests; he should be one
who can and viii devote the necessary
time to his duties instead of sending a
proxy: and, most of all, perhaps. he
should be independent-he should have no
strings on him. Wheat we mean is this:
a man who is a representative Of a big
railroad company must, if elected nation
al committeeman. consult the interests OF
his company first and those Of the party
or territory later. II he fails TO do so he
pays the penalty. 1t would not necessa-
fly follow that by consulting the interests
of railroad company his efforts would
be in wrong direction. but it is not the
wish of the Republican party IN Oklaho-
ma to have things controlled in that way.
We are not railroad fighters and We don't
want to be, and that IS why we think
IL is best to have for our national com
mitteeman some one VINO IS independent.
What Is true OF railroads applies also 20
any other influence that might prevent
q mans working for the best interests OF
the party and territory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-13

must be left there until his identity IS
made certain 10 them
1t has been currently reported that
there is a flaw in extradition treaty, be-
tween Mexico and the United states,
which may make it very difficult TO take
a prisoner from one country to the other.
veral inst Sea secnheauccvoerrohaNt
Several instances have occurred wnen
such was the case, but the officers anu
cipate little trouble in getting Walcher
and bringing him back to Oklahoma Tor
trial.
Two weeks ago Governor Barnes re-
ceived notice. from Secretary of State
John Hay, that James Watcher had been
arrested in Mexico and that extradition
papers had been forwarded TO Ambassa-
dor Powell Clayton. Governor Barnes
designated Fossett and eKlly as special
officers to go after the prisoner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-13
STATISTICS ABOUT INDIANS
Compiled by the Indian Commissioner
From Agents Reports

Washington. March 12.-The annual re-
ports Of Indian agents which have been
received by The commissioner % Indian
affairs will be printed In the form Of an
appendix 10 the report % the commits
s.oner. They show thzc the entire In
dian population Is Or. SO. OF which mum
Der g s7s wore citizens dress. while p -
wear a mixture az Indian and civilized
clothing. Those who can read number
s35s7. and 3 sn can carry on al ordinary
conversation in English. There are x
2ss dwelling houses built for Indians, l-1s5
q which we're buiIt within the last year
The number az births vas = and ihe
deaths $50. Txeuty-six In3ians we're
kiue3 by whites ard seven whites b. H.
dams. one Indlaa was Killed h Other r.
asans Tire nurber - Indian criminals
punished was -. There Tere slsiS IN
star church members and SIS churca
bull asurs uron the various Tsss--r1 ;so-s-
IRE amount q money contributes alri-s
the last wear by religious ard staer soc.e-
is vas. fer essncatsa-. So, -. For ger
erai eaurch wcrs. *IIs ~ sns sis.a.e from
Nsv YORK Tor the sapport q ire sehooi
established by that state