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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14

Joe Reeves, a negro, arrested in
Louisiana, has been lodged in Jail at
Camden on II charge of making a mur-
derous assault year ago on Capt ]. I.
Mcmahon and his wife. The couple
were at supper when the negro called
at the house and applied for work. He
was engaged and invited in to appease
his hunger. Then the negro asked for
tobacco and snuff. and when told that
neither of those luxuries were to be
had he became enraged and, drawing
pistol, fred at Capt. Mcmahon. The
bullet, however, struck McMahon's
suspeuder buckle and glanced off, iu-
fiicting only a slight flesh wound. The
negro then fred a second shot at Nc
Mahon and third one at his wife. But
in the meantime Mrs. Mcmahon had
succeed in reaching loaded shot gun
that was hanging on the wall near by.
The negro then turned and fed, escap.
ing in the darkness.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
Millions of Dollars Worth of Prop.
erty and Thousands of Lives
Lost at Galveston, Texas.
MUCH DESTRUCTION At OTHER POINTS,
what the Storm Did for Pat Joyce,
and He IL Only One of Hundreds
Who Have Lost Their All-sys-
tematic Efforts for Relief Have
Been Begun.

Houston, Tex, Sept. 10.-The first
reports from the appalling disaster
which has stricken the city of Calves
ton do not seem to have been magni-
fed. Communication was had with
the island city to-day by boats, ami
reports received here tonight inli-
cate that the death list will exceed
1900, while the property loss can not
be estimated, although it will reach
several millions of dollars; the burial
of the dead has already begun.
The list of dead is only partial one
and the names of all who perished in
Saturdays great storm will never be
known.
To-day mass-meeting was held
and liberal contributions were made
for the immediate relief of the desti-
tute.
Gov. Sayers appealed 70 President
Mckinley for aid. This appeal was
met by a prompt response from the
president, who stated that 1000 tents
and $4,000 rations had been ordered
to Galveston. Gov. Sayers also ad-
dressed an appeal to each municipali-
ty in the state, asking for prompt as
sistance in caring for the sufferers.
kilograms of inquiry and sympa-
thy have been pouring in throughout
the day and night from every state in
the Union and in almost every in
stance substantial relief has been Of
fered. The stricken city is in immi-
nent danger of water famine, and
strenuous efforts are making here to
supply the sufferers. Relief trains are
being organized and will leave here
at an early hour tomorrow
| Reports from the interior confirm
| the loss of life and destruction of
property reported in these dispatches
| last night
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
NOT BEEN EXAGGERATED.
P00sib1y Five thousand PersouG
Drowned, Besides wounded
and Broken. /,

Chicago, Sept. 1.-THE following
statement of the situation at Calves.
ton and along the coast was received
tonight: 4,
DALLAS, Tex, Sept. 10. =
"From the late reports which are
considered reliable, the disaster az
Galveston and along the coast has not
been exaggerated. The waters of tho
gulf and bay met, covering the island
to depth of six to twelve feet. Dur.
ing this sudden flood a most terrible
storms was raging. The wind blow-
ing about eighty miles an hour. Many
Of the dead have been recovered; 9th.
srs are still nnder the debris; others
still are carried out to sea. It il not
possible to give at this time relia.
bic report as to the number of deaths
From estimates made by reliable
persons who have just come from Gall
weston it is believed that not less
than one thousand and possibly a.
many os 5000 were drowned. o.
course, the wounded and broken were
numerous. The damage to property
is most shocking.
"Some of the best public buildings
and private establishments were
wrecked. Thousands of homes were
swept entirely away. 1t is quite safe
TO set this down as one of the great.
est disasters that has ever visited the
United States. The loss of property
is irreparable; the loss of life is en-
palling.
lSigned] &c. B. DEALY,
Manager Dallas Newa~
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
Road From Mena to Paris.

Says special from Paris, Texas: A
party of surveyors for the extention of
the Paris, Choctaw & Little Rock Rail-
road, in connection with the Memphis
road, has completed a survey from
Mena, Ark, to the mouth of Kiamitia
river, and are now going back survey
ing the line. The proposed extension
from Mena is an enterprise of the prop
erty owners of that place. A road will
be built by Paris capital to connect
with it. The right of way has all been
secured from here to the river, and
work will begin in few months.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
Row in . Colored Church.

On the evening of the 4th inst a dis
graceful row occurred during services
at the Mount Caanan colored church,
Hot Springs. The trouble was the re-
suit of a quarrel between members as
to the disposition of certain church
funds. Charley Pritchard disputed the
right of the women to handle the
funds and Walter York took issue with
him. Pritchard agreed to leave the
matter with those most concerned. To
avoid further trouble, he started to
leave the church, when York opened
fire on him with revolver, firing sev.
eral shots in rapid succession. Pritch.
ard escaped uninjured, but the congre-
cation was panic stricken, jumping out
of the windows and doors in the wild
est confusion.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14

$ 1t is discouraging to hear man
cavorting around on the streets all
day about the exact way to reform,
says Georgia paper, and then have
him go home at dusk and go to bed
even when a reform meeting is in
progress. This kind of man reminds
the Georgia editor of one of his
friends. This friend, at home, argued
politics to his wife, made speeches to
her, and would work himself into
such fury that when he started
down town she followed him to the
gate and begged him with tears in
her eyes not to kill anyone or Undue
his hands in human blood in any way.
When he got down town he was al
ways so conciliatory and~gentle that
IL was impossible to tell what side he
was on or what politics he believed in.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
SAVERS ON THE SITUATION.
Conprehensive Plans for the Relied
of the St0rn Sufferers. s.

Conprehensive Plans for the Relies
of the storn Sufferers. :.
Austin. Tex, Sept. 11.--When asked
last night by representative of the
press for an expression as to the food
situation along the gulf coast, Gov.
Sayers said:
Il think 1t IL the most deplorablo
catastrophe in the history ofAmerica.
and / feel that every possible aid
should be lent the sufferers in their
hour of great need. From informa-
tion received here, am led to think
that hundreds of families have either
lost their dear ones or been bereft Of
homes, and the case is one that will
certainly appeal to every one. have
taken active steps to raise relief for
every one that can possibly be looked
after. / have wired all the city
mayors and all the county judges
asking them to secure all funds and
provisions possible, and their replies
up to tonight are very gratifying.
Assistance lent us by the federal gov-
ernment in the way of $4,000 rations
and 1000 tents will aid no little in re-.
lieving the situation at present.
"The first duty, of course, will be
to look after the living, who are
thirsting and in hunger, without eith-
er water or palatable food to eat;
but l think that within q day or SO
we will have the relief corps work-
ing in good order. will give the mat-
ter my personal supervision, and am
confident that we will see to it that
everybody is looked after. 1t will re.
quire considerable money, however, to
do all this. l have located several as.
sistants, and the adjutant general II
near the scene of action. and they will
personally supervise the distribution
while l remain here to answer all in
quiries."
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
Clara Barton Makes an Appeal for
Aid for Texas Sufferers.

Ala Tor Texas sufferers.
Washington, Sept. 11.--Miss Clara
Barton last night issued the following
appeal in behalf of Texas sufferers:
The National Red Cross at Washing.
ton, d. c., is appealed to on all sides
for help, and for the privilege to help
in the terrible disaster which has be-
fallen southern and central Texas. II
remembers the floods of the Ohio and
Mississippi, of Johnstown, and of Port
Royal, with their thousands of dead
and months of suffering and needed
relief, and turns confidently to the
people of the United States, whose
sympathy has never failed to help
provide the relief that is asked of it
now. Nineteen years of experience
on nearly as many fields renders the
obligations of the Red Cross all the
greater. The people have long learned
its work, and it must again open its
accustomed avenues for their chari-
ties. 1t does not beseech them to
give, for their sympathies are as deep,
and their humanity as great as it's
own; but it pledges to them faithful,
old-time Red Cross relief work among
the stricken victims of these terrific
fields of suffering and death.
He gives twice who gives quickly"
Contributions may be wired or sent
by mail to our treasurer, William Il.
Flather, Assistant Cashier Riggs, Ma
tlonal Bank, Washington, ID. c.; also
to the local Red Cross committees OF
the Red Cross India Famine Fund at
156 Fifth avenue, New York city, and
the La Crosse Society of New Orleans,
La, both of whom will report all do
nations for immediate acknowledge
ment to us.
CLARA BARTON,
President American National Red
Cross.
The Matanxas Reconcentrado Fund.
Kansas City, No.. Sept. 1.-THE Star
announces that with the consent OF
the subscribers to the Matanzas re-
concentrate relief fund, it will trans
fer the balance remaining from that
fund, S2,1s4, to the Galveston relief
fund. The money will be sent to.
day. The Star. in 1898, raised $4,000
for the Cuban sufferers, and expended
less than $1,000, leaving the balance
| available.
Colorado at the Command of Texas.
Denver, Col, Sept. 11.-Gov. Thomas
yesterday sent the following telegram
to Gov. Sayers of Texas:
"The people of Colorado extend to
the bereaved and unfortunate of Gal
weston their sincere sympathy. In
the matter of aid and assistance we
are at your command"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
Governor w,u Appoint Clerks.

Gov. Jones makes the following on.
eial announcement regarding the ap-
pointment of county clerks in counties
where the population is shown by the
census of 1900 to be more than $4,000:
According to my construction OF our
statutes, upon the official announce
ment of the returns of the federal GEN.
sus 1900 the Office of county clerk will
be created in those counties which
have reached $4,000 in population since
the census of $780, 1t is clearly de-
cided by our courts that there is va
cancy in an Office the moment the Of
flee is created, and it is the duty of the
governor to fill all vacancies occurring
between general elections. After the
census returns are announced, but not
before October 81, when the terms of
the present county officers expire,
shall appoint county clerks in those
counties entitled to them. Where
democratic nominations for the Office
were regularly made when other coun-
ty officers were nominated, or where
candidates for the Office had their
names placed on the ticket and were
voted for in the recent general election,
as l am informed was done in some
counties, l would be glad to have Of
fetal certificates of the proper canvass
ing board showing the vote received
by each candidate, and l shall be gov
erned largely by this in making the ap
pointments.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
SITUATION AROUND HOUSTON.
Reports From Galveston Connrm tn
Worst Fears of Loss.

Reports From Galveston Confirm thl
Worst Fears of Loss.
Chicago, Sept. 1.-THE following
statement of the storm situation wal
received at ten o'clock from Houston'
Tex:
up to present time no fall or ac|
curate details of the destructivenes(
of Saturdays storm has been re
ceiyed here owning to the prostra|
ton of wires, destruction of bridge@
etc. The damage in Houston frou)
wind and water is comparatively light
One life was lost from falling wired
At Bayside resorts about twenty-fiv|
miles from Houston, the houses wed
mostly blown away, and five or 81
deaths are known, while fifteen
twenty people, supposed to
drowned, are yet missing.
'West and southwest of Housto1
for so miles the country has bee
swept, and losses are heavy, but fe(
deaths are reported. Big sugar plaj
tations at Sartartia and Sugarlan|
are greatly injured, and the mills Al
in ruins. Cotton has been widely I
jured."
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
ONLY FIFTEEN SAVED.

APtillerists ut Galveston Almost AnI
nihflated-Both OAcers Lost.
Washington, Sept. 1.-THE war de-
partment last night received the fol>
lowing dispatch from Gen. McKibben.
in command Of the department Of
Texas.
San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 10.
To Adjacent-General War Departs
ment, Washington, d. C.-Start first
train tonight. Press reports received
here state that all of battery lost. but
Is men. Both officers lost.
[Signed McKIBBEN.
Ger. Corbin thinks the telegram
means only IS men were saved, but
gives the dispatch exactly as received
by him.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
PROMPT RELIEF MEASURES
" Afforded the Texas Storm
Sufferers.

Washington. Sept. 1.-THE follow.
ing telegrams passed between the
White House and Texas yesterday:
An Appeal to the President.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 10.
William Mckinley, President of the
United States, Washington, d. c.:
have been deputized by the mayor
and citizens committee of Galveston
to inform you that the city of Calves
ton 10 In ruins and certainly many
hundreds IL not a thousand are dead
The tragedy is one of the most fright
full ia recent years. Help must be Civ.
en- by the state and nation or the
suffering will be appalling
The whole south side of the city
for three blocks In front of the gulf
is swept clear of every building. The
whole wharf front is wreck and but
few houses in the city are really hab-
liable. The water supply is cut of
and the food stock damaged by salt
water. All bridges are washed away
and stranded steamers litter the bay.
When left this morning the search
for bodies had begun. Corpses were
everywhere. The temptest blew 81
miles an hour and carried govern
ment instruments away; at same time
waters of the gulf were over the
whole city, having risen 12 feet. Wa,
ter has now subsidized and the sur.
vivors are left helpless among the
wreckage, cut off from the world ex.
cept by boat.
lSignedl RICHARD SPILLANE.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
Col. Monroe's Force.

Hon. T. c. Monroe, auditor elect OF
the state, has made public his list of
appointments to clerical positions in
his Office. Hon. John C. Colquitt, OF
Columbia county, will be chief clerk;
DIR. Avery E. Moore, of Faulkner coun-
ty, chief bookkeeper; Pat H. Miller, of
Randolph county, assistant bookkeep-
er; H. d. Green, of Monroe county, in
surance clerk, and John R. Jobe, of
Pope county, clerk OF the state print
ng board.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
Serious Wreck.

A Cotton Belt work train was
wrecked at Finnis siding, rs miles
from Pine Bluff. The wreck was
caused by car jumping the track Just
as the train was going into the siding.
The engine and several box cars were
smashed up. The fireman, a brake
man and colored laborer were seri-
ously injured.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
PAT JoYCE's EXPERIENCE.
All He Held Dear ON Earth Swept
Away by the Flood.

Houston, Tex, Sept. 11.-Among
the refugees which the Galveston,
Houston & Henderson train picked up
at Lamarque, which is about four
and a half miles south of Virginia
Point, was Pat Joyce, who resided
in the west end of Galveston. Joyce
is in the employe of the construction
department of the Southern Pacific.
Rain Began Saturday.
at began raining in Galveston Sat-
urday morning, early" said he.
"About nine o'clock work was dis
continued by the company, and / left
for home. / got there about IL
o'clock, and found about three feet
of water in the yard. 1t began to
get worse and worse, the water get
ting higher and the wind blowing q
gale. Finally the house was entirely
demolished. People all around me
were endeavoring to find places of
safety, and shrieking is despair.
Nine Families In the House.
"There were nine families in the
house, which was large two-story
frame, and of the so people residing
there, myself and niece were the only
ones who could get away. / man
aged to make a raft of driftwood or
wreckage and got on it, going with
the tide. Suddenly the raft struck
some wreckage, and my niece was
knocked out of my arms. / could not
save her, and had to see her drown.
On and On with the Tide.
''The raft was carried on, and on
with the tide, continually striking
wreckage, throwing me from my feet
until my body was black and blue
from burises. The wind was blowing
at terrific rate. drifted and swan
all night, not knowing where / was
going or in what direction. About
three o'clock in the morning / began
to feel the hard ground until came
TO a house, and there a person gave
me some clothes.
Lost All He Had ON Earth.
II had lost most of mine soon after
I started, and wore only a coat.
was in the water about seven hours.
/ have lost all had in the world-rel-
atives, home and all.
THE Miller residence, where / re-
sided, was about three blocks from
the gulf, and there were fully eight
or ten feet of water in this district
when / left. The wind was blowing
Saturday afternoon and night about
rs miles an hour.
How Many Were Lost.
The people of Galveston at first
kept within their houses, consequent
ly when the water began dashing
against the houses, completely wreck
ing them, many lives were lost. l
have no idea how many were lost,
but / think that there will be several
thousand deaths reported. / was in
the storm which struck Galveston in
1875, but that one, bad as it was, was
nothing in comparison with Satur-
days storm" -
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A burglar was caught in the act OF
robbing a store at Hackett, and was
shot in the leg. He gave his name as
Steele.
1t is reported that Col. s w. For
dyce is to be made president of the
Missouri Pacific system, with head
quarters at ST. Louis.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
Dead snake In . Ksg of Beer.

Three railroad employees working
near Melbourne purchased a keg of
beer and took it to their camp. Each
drank small quantity of the beer and
died in few minutes. When the head
of the beer keg was knocked out dead
copperhead snake was found in it.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
nedl RICHARD SPILLANE.


washington, u. C., Sept. 10.
To Hon. ]. d Sayers, Governor OF
Texas, Austin. Tex:
The reports of the great calamity
which has befallen Galveston and 9th.
er points on the coast of Texas excite
my profound sympathy for the suf-
ferers, as they will stir the hearts Of
the whole country. Whatever help il
is possible to give shall be gladly ex.
tended. Have directed the secretary
of war to supply rations and tents
upon your request.
[Signedl VIM. MCKINLEY.
A copy of this telegram was sent to
the mayor of Galveston as well as to
Gov. Sayers.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14

Major w. III. Haynes, of Little Rock,
one of the best informed cotton men in
the state, estimates the cotton crop for
Arkansas this year at between 775,00O
and 500, 900 bales, an increase over
last year of so, 900 bales. The increase
in acreage, exclusive of that which was
abandoned after planting, was about
per cent.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
The Governor's Reply.

Austin, Tex, Sept. 10.
The President, Washington, d. c.:
Very many tn ks for your tele.
gram. Your actiou will be greatly ap.
preciated and gra tefully remembered
by the people of Texas. / have this
day requested the secretary of war
to forward rations and tents to Gal
weston.
ISigned1 JOS. d. SAVERS,
-
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14

The interior department announces
the disbarment from practice before
it of holland ID. Williams, of Natchez,
Miss, charged with shady practices.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14
Swept Clear of 1t. Fruit.


In fight at Middlesboro, KY, be-
tween Lilly Russell and Ellen Porter.
The Russell woman escaped ITO the
mountains, but was later captured.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14

Fire started in Gentry restaurant at
consumed three store buildings
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14

Although it has been over week
since the state election, official returns
from all the counties have not been
made to the secretary of state.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-09-14

Mr.. J. c. Hall. of -SharKey county,
Miss. has entered suit against the
penitentiary board of control for So
600, claiming the state damaged his
plantation that much during the three
years it was worked by the convicts.
1t has always been understood here
tofore that the owners of Delta PLAN
tations were anxious to lease to the
state, partly because of the improve
ments and the fine condition in which
the lands were always left by the con-
victs, but Mr.. Hall thinks otherwise,
and has made repeated demands on
the board of control for the amount
of damages claimed.
Mississippi Family Wiped Out.
At West Station, five miles north of
Jackson, Miss, George w. Moore. a
prominent merchant, who had been
suffering with periods of insanity for
some time, administered strychnine
to his wife and two little children,
telling them it was quinine to keep
off chills. Within few minutes all
three were dead. Moore then took a
pictol. and firing two bullets through
his own heart, fell to the floor across
the body of one of his little children.
Swept Clear of It's Fruit.
Reports from all available sections
of Texas in the track of the storm
are to the effect that the cotton crop
has been swept as clean of its fruit as
though by the hand of man, and will
be almost a total loss.