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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-09-14
Town and County.
Additional Local News.
Crowded Over From Local Pages.
Weekly Crop Bulletin.

COLUMBIA. s. c.. September ii. l9JJ
The week ending 5 Il. m. September
10 II was cooler than the preceding cr".
although the tempelturc continues ,.h.
normally high and it is the GfrH c.,i-
secuLive week of excessive hcar IA,
highest temperature was %, al.d tMr ipN-
est SO.
The ground has again b,cnmn vIy
dry, anl the soil for p!Owiug, noted l,si
week, is lost eX .ept at the few pDin;s
where frequent showers occurred THIS
week. The STAPLE crops are So nearly III +
tured and gathered that even the most
cOpious rainfall would no. improve liz il
yields, but some of the minor crops ul.d
fall gardens could BE- ban.!iltcd
The corn crop is Il very pHO' one nS u
whole, as only early phnntci cora came
10 maturity, while late com is pra III
cally failure over the whole S.atn.
Some corn is being housed
There is no improvement il tie crop.
which is from half 10 tlTcr-iuurliI, "i.!l.
and is being rapidly picked u,d Il fave.
able weather conditions. Tive lirsl !'irt
ing will nearly exhaust Snnr .i.!.l..
Growth has again stopped. and TIE pH,ilc
crop is in sight, either as o,vn crllnn or
as immature bo!s, and on thiS ht@sis II
is estimated that the yiclI viii no y.ly
short. There is some rust and much
premature opening.
In places much hay is being savc,l. but
forage will lie Short ts il rae. Tie cor
tinu,d absence Of soaking rain his l,u'
minor crops into precariouS cnadiinuS.
The ground is too hard and dry for fLll
blowing.
Unior-Santuc: Lands dried yc!y
fast; and rain is needed for gardens,
sowing turnips and all late crops. and for
putting !and into condition for plowiwg:
cotton or ming fast, bOll5 badly affected
'y drought: rust eating up cotton: crop
deterorating; much hay is baiug saved.
i. w. JctCr.
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DcSOlNtiOn and Death.

I[oGsroN, Sept. 10.--A scene of DESC
lation and death not only from Calves
ton, but ~ many inland points in Texas,
Is the condition presented today as re.
suit Of Saturdays storm.
Estimates Of the number of dead are
placed between 900 and 1000.
narrowing tales of the loss of whole
families, and many miraculous escapes,
are told ~ the few survivors who have
thus far reached this city.
The rice and cotton crop throughout
the district, devastated by the storm, is
badly damaged III many places, and in
others totally destroyed
LII the business portion Of the city the
damage cannot DO even approximately
estimated. The wholesale houses along
Strand had about feet of water on
their first floors, and all window panes
and glass protectors Of all kinds were do
mollShed. The top of the Moody bank
building was blown away and tho fix.
lures OF every house Oh this long buSi-
ness thOrOughfare was DESTROYED
On Mechanic street the water was al
most rs deep as on Strand. All provis.
ions i'll the wholesale groceries and
goods OH the lower floor were saturated
and rendered vulueloss. The engine
house of the fremont hotel was caved
III by the falling smokestack and cook
ing was made an impossibility. The
damage to the hotel building will
amount to about s. 900
The powerhouse of the street railway
company was destroyed and the loss OH
machinery and building is estimated at
$4,000. There are no wires of any sort
standing. They are lying in tangled
masses across the street and will have to
be cleared away before horses and ve-
hicles can move about tho streets.
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AN ORDINANCE
q uthoriziN!9 the Issue of Thi. fy-
five Thousand Dollars Coupon
Bonds.

Whereas, st an election held on
23'd day Of August, 1900, y m@jD:i,y
If Tie Qualified electors Of the town
# UnioT, South Carolina, voted IN
favor Of The ISSUE Of thirty five ta0u-
sand dollars Of coupon bonds, as set
l,rth in the petition signed by a
mF Irity ,f the frechoiers Of said
to"n. Now, therefore,
BE it ordained, by Ike Mayor and
A!dermcn, Cf the town cr UAion in
cluacil assembled, and by authority
fsame, that thirty five thousand tll
lars Of coupon bonds lie Issued by tie
towl Of Union, Svu!h Carolina, in de-
..uminations Of one thousand dollars,
OF five hundred dollars cr one hun
drel dolIar5, 10 BE- li!led by the
II yQr, Cieik aud Treasurer, OF said
town, 10 meet tue C, s: Of u sewerage
sys.em tJr said town. Slid bonds TO
h:"r interest at six per caut. per an,
nGm, anl piyahlb tjr'y years after
1aic, with privilege of redemption
.:.sr twenty years from Date.
D,Gc and ra,.fd by the Tuwn
CouGc!l assembled this 3rJ d.y o!
: .ytaHbar, A. ID 1900.
Y. L DEPAs',
At;es: Mayor Pro TEN.
". ID. ARTHUR,
Clerk ana Treas.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS

Remaining in the Post Office al
Union, S. c., for the week endin:
September IA, 1900.
Mr. p M Bradb brew o.
Mrs John Franks
Miss Julia Gibbes
Miss Martha Gregory
Miss York G Jennin = (2)
- Miss Albert Lyons
Mr. Thomas MiIlwood
Mr. G b Mabry
Mi,s Russie Palmer
Mrs A V Rogers
Miss Florence Steele
Persons calling for the above lei.
ters will please say if advertised, anI
will be required to pay one cent for
their delivery.
j. Z. HUNTER, z. M.
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GALVESTON, Sept. 1O.-Tho most ~.
palling calamity III the history OF mod.
ern times has bcfa,l Galveston.
Everywhere there is dc.,. ard rain AMI
desolatlon. y great CO .'l.r, .ai city j.
stricken with misfortune ana her people
appeal to the outside worlo = help.
Estimates Of the loss Of life i'll the city
vary from 600 to 1000. 1t is thought
$500 people in the state have lost their
lives Parents mourn their children and
children are made orphans by the terri
lbc hurricane which swept all Of South
Texas Saturday and Saturday night.
Tho storm commenced raging between
. and 10 O'Clock Saturday morning and
by noon the waters from the Sulf had
inundated the islanu as far inland as
Twelfth street. From there the waters
gradually encroached further inland.
rising about 10 inches an hour. Az 6
O'Clock there was 36 inches of water in
the lobbieS of the fremont hotel, tho
highest point in the city. Across the
street whore the ground is lower, -
horse was drowned. At 8 o'clock tho
water on Market street was level with
the seats OF the cars. After that ic grad.
ually rcccded, but the wind was cy-
clonlc III It's force. 1t reached Il velocity
OF "a miles an hour aud then the instrG.
ments in the government observatory
were wrecked.
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Five Houston People Perish.

HOUSTON, Sept. ll.-At Wall 81 Stabe's
undertaking establishment rest the re-
mains of five Houston people who per.
ished at Seabrooke in Saturdays hurri-
cane. All Of the bodies are so badly
manglcd and bufletcd about by the drift
and wreckage as TO make 1T difficult to
identify them. They were washed
ashore near ;5oabrooke yesterday morn
ing and were sent up to-Houston in the
first train over the LaPortc railroad.
The same train brought the bodies Of
Mrs. Vincent and her two children, who
were drowned at Morgan's Point.
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EVERY HOUSE DESTROYED.
Ground swept Clean-Debris Piled Up
Five Blocks AWAY.

Ground Swept Clean-DebrIs Piled lin
Five Blocks Away.
HOUSTON, Sept. 11.-Additional de.
tails by tug from Galveston say that
west of Thirty third street the storm
swept the ground perfectly clean of tho
residences that once stood upon it and
piled them up in n conglomerated mass
hvo blocks back on the beach. strewino
the plling with the debris and the bodies
or It's many victims. Many OF those
were lying out in the afternoon sun and
were frightful to look upon. The fear
ful work OF the storm was not confined
10 the district along the beach, but took
IN all the district III the Rio Grande and
Denver resuryey on the beach
The waves washed away the Home os
the Homeless and it is thought tlat the
inmates, consisting of 30 orphans and
three lady hlatrons, were drowned Ont
III the Denver re- survey the destruction
was terrible and it is thought that MANY
OF the soldiers at Fort Crockett, together
with number of the residents of that
place, were among the many victims of
the storm.
The buildings on the beach were
washed out into the gulf and their occu.
pants are thought to have perished. In
the north part of the West end the dam.
age was great also, almost every build.
ing was damaged to some extent and
many are completely wrecked. The
cotton and lumber yards which are i'm
that section of the city wore completely
raZed to the ground and much valuable
machinery is ruined. However, the loss
rs not nearly so great in that district az
1t was out toward the beach.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

State of South Car"ina. ! Court "E >'"n,-
County Of Union. mon Peas
f. Il. Munro, as eXecu'riX of WI :.
lam Munro, deceased, plaintiff.
against
George Munro and others. Defendants.
All creditors of William Munro. d .-
ceased, are under order of count require d
to present and establish their demands
before me within thirty days from this
date.
J. II. MCKIssICK, Clerk Of Court.
Union, 5. q, Sept. Z. 1900, 3C-4t.
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LOSSES OF THE RAILROADS.
Track, Bridges, Warehouses, Etc,
Are Completely De tr0ycd.

HoUSToN, Sept. Ii. - The railroads
will suffer the loss of millions of dollars
i'll actual damage to say nothing OF tie
loss by the stoppago of business. VI
Galveston their whaTycs, warehouses,
tracks, etc, arc i'll ruins. Costly byidgc4
connecting the island are III ruins and
must DC entirely rebuilt
The International and Great Northern
and Santa Fc have considerable track
washed out, while the Galveston, Hous
ton and Northern will suffer heavily.
superintendent Aulyey has received
notice that all the track at Senblookc
and Virginia Point with all the bridges
has been washed away and Section Fore
man Scanlin and all his crew at Nudcau
had been lost
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Three Lives Lost at Bernard.

EAGLE LAKE, Tex, Sept. 10.-Three
churches, together with many other
houses, dwelling and business blocks,
were completely y blown to pieces. The
rice crop and the pecan crop are ruined.
iho cotton crop is nearly ruined and
the cane crop is considerably damaged.
The loss to this community from the
storm is estimated by the most reason
able citizens at $250,000 The town of
East Bernard has been blown away and
three persons were killed there.
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LITTLE DAMAGE AT SABINE.
Port Arthur Also Escapes with SIight
Damage.

BEAUMONT, Tex, Sept. 10.-The towns
of Sabine Pass and Port Arthur, news
from which has been anxiously awaited,
passed through the terrific storm of Sat-
urday virtually unscathed. At Port
Arthur the water spread over the town
site, but it did not reach depth to de-
stroy buildings.
At Sabine Pass the water reached a
depth OF about three feet, but nothing
other than small buildings near the wa
ter front were washed away. Several
mud scows and sloops were washed
ashore. The only lives reported lost to
date are Ed Gneuff and Albert Deaf
ridge.
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MILLINERY.

department. crs, asln
York preparing department the attractive
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Citation to Kindred and Creditors.
5 ate of South Carolina,
CuGniy Of Union
IL JASDN " GREER, ESQ rRCBAr
JUDGE


JUDGE.
Whereas, +. VI. Far las made suit
10 iue To giant l!m .1tteIS of alminis-
IiWinn on The estate ;tui eff. c:s Of Mrs.
". l.. Gage, deceased
These a'c, therefore, 10 Gle auI adj
mrrjail ali and singular ;hc kiadr d and
cr~.i'urs OF the s:i M.~. NJ / t,agr.
'Cc.:,S. d, That they br and appear brfUr,
me-. IN tIle Court os PrubIir. to be held
~ Union &. ii Sunt! Carolina, on III
!l,t day of S' p'elmher, E"xi. after puO-
IicaIion thereof, at IL O'Clock in The foe
noon, to ShoY cans, if any lhry !Av,'.
"hy The sd d administration shriL not
be Grlatcd.
Given under NY l9nd and seal hi.
ih Gay OF september
JASON VI GREER,
'ruia', .Iutgc.
pu!I'>li"d "n lh- 7,h day ri ~,I,t
."JJ Ia IL" CA!oN TIMES.
3G.2l.
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SHOES.

We jag rc>i>i"e: bic sinil>nne1ftesf sSoc
y lac @itaGs ;all<s
no ices
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Loss Placed at $50, 900.

DALLAS, Sept. 10.-Railroad and cot
ton men estimate the loss of all kinds Of
property including the cotton crop at
from $4,000, 600 to $20,ODO,OOO.
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nber We guarantee satisfaction to ali

Several very iutnestinS articles wee
l:nav0id ally cEowjed out of this ISSUE
after being put in type. They Will ap-
pear next week.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-28
CAR READY FOR WAR
Tension Between Russia and
Turkey Acute.
GERMANY MAY BECOME INVOLVED.
II the Sultan, Backed by the Kaiser, Re-
fuses to Grant Demands, Serious Com.
plications Are Likely to Ensue--Russian n
Troops md Fleet Modified.

LONDON, March 2S.--5 a. m.--The
Standard gives double-leaded promi.
nence to the following special dispatch
from Odessa:
"There can no longer be any doubt as
to the object of the warhke prepara.
tions now being completed in South
Russia. Nearly 250,0C0 troops have al.
ready been mobilized for active service.
The Black sea squadron, with trans.
ports, is held in instant readiness.
"The tension in the relations between
st. Petersburg and the sublime porte
becomes every day moro acute. The po-
sition is looked upon with she gravcst
apprehension.
"H the Ottoman government, sup.
ported by Germany, should prove stub.
bornly intractable with regard to Rus
sia's concessionary demands in Asia
Minor, serious complications must inev'
itably cnsue. The Russian garrisons in
the Caucasus and along the Armenian
frontier have hcen increased fo.rfoid
and equipped for active service
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-28
IRE:
Caused $4,000 Loss In
Sixth Ward.
Frank ]. Browns Marble Works We're
Completely DESTROYED.

Fire destroyed the Standard Toy
Marble works. located ut 2i9 john
ston ST.. at . o'clock Tuesday evening.
The plant Is owned by Frank J..
Brown and toy marbles miniature
jugs and other clay novelties were
manufactured,
The factory was frame, one
story structure, and contained two
kilns. The fire started from the kiln
in the east end of the building and
when first discovered the smoke was
Issuing from the roof. An alarm was
sent in from box 63, and departments
1 and responded. The flames spread
rapidly through the wooden building.
Practically all Of the finished product
had been sold, bur the knns aud ovens
We're filed with marbles in the biscuit
stage. Mr. Browns loss will reach
$1,000, with an insurance of 1920.
The plant will, in all probability, be
rebuilt.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-28
MONROE DOCTRINE
THEIR REFUGE.
Cubans Say They viii Not Pay French
Bonds Negotiated While Spain
Was In Power.

HAVANA, March 2S.--The Dolphin will
leave for the United States today, carry.
ing the members of the senate Cuban
committees. The senators all say that
they will not talk for publication until
after they have presented their reports,
which they will do SO shortly.
General Monteagudo and Colonel Vii.
luondas assured the members of the
commission that the country was entire.
ly free Of bandits. They assured the
committee that there was no agitation
Ill the eastern provinces and that de.
sire for annexation to the United States
did not exist i'll Cuba.
Senator P]att asked them whether the
Cubans would be disposed to pay the
bonds issued during the revolution.
They replied that thoy We're ready to
pay those issued during the last rebel.
lion, but not those issued in 1865.
In reply to Senator Platt's inquiry as
to whether the Cuhans would pay the
French bonds, they said they would not
as those bonds represented a Spanish
loan.
Senator Platt-What would the Gu
bans do II Franco were to send n feet
and demand payment?
General MoDteagudo-Eit Either they
would stand up for themselves and
fight OF the United States government
would interfere, as it did in order to
prevent Great Britain doing whns she
liked to Venezuela.
Senators Butler and Pettigrew have
arrived here. They say they are merely
paying visit OF personal curiosity.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-28
STATE
Will Pay Million For the
Centennial.
Senate Committee Takes Favorable
Action on Griffin Bill.
Especial Correspondence

especial Correspondence
Columbus, March 2s.--The Senate
committee on finance ON Tuesday even
ing decided, by vote of s to 4, to rec
ommend the passage of the Griffin bill,
providing that the state shall pay ST.
100000 toward the expense of the Ohio
Centennial. The vote upon the ques-
tion of the recommendation of the bill
stood as follows: Yeas, Brorein, Mar
chant, Durham, Hurst, Boyer, Hard
ing, Sheppard, Lawrence; nays, Sieber,
Hanna, Patterson, Archer.
Two amendments were offered and
both were rejected. One, by senator
Sibcr, provided that the centnnial COM
mission of 21 members, appointed by
Ex-Governor Bushnell, should be abol-
ished and that new one, TO consist of
I members, should be appointed by
Gov. Nash. The vote stood: Yeas,
utttic coh, MAI itliiiii, '9l'hSi' 'N'hh"'
Archer; nays, Brorein, Durham, Hurst,
Roger, Harding. Sheppard, Lawrence.
The second amendment, offered by
Senator ATarchnnt, provided that the
amount named in the bill should bc re-
duced by one-half. The vote was pre-
cisely the same as that upon the other
amendment.
Senator Siehcr then moved the bill
be reported without recommendation
The motion lost and the final vote was
taken.
The same amendments as were de-
feated last evening will be offerd upon
tn floor of the Senate. Senator Dun
ham said. Immediately after the meet
ing that he is confident the bill will be
passed as drawn. If IT is not amended
the Democrats. with the possible eX-
ception of Senator Stivcrs. will vote
solidly for its passage. In case the
amendment providing Tor the appoint
ment of a new commission is adopted,
they will probably vote against the
bill. Senator Durham said that the
measure would not come 60 vote un-
til Thursday.
ROBERT o. RYDER.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-28
Aroused by Insane Mans
Wild Talk.
No Foundation For Sensational
Stories Told.
His Parents Have Good Words For
i'm-Was In Chicago.

The finding of an insane man III the
vicinity of the Stone house at Tall
madge has given rise to a number of
startling stories.
1t is claimed that the man talked con-
tinually of some crime that he had
committed. Re refused to tell what the
nature of the crime was but asserted
that it was terrible offense. Afer he
was taken to Kent his wounds were
dressed by DR.. Morris, but late at night
he tore the baudages off and made the
night hideous in the vicinity of the
jail He will be held to await identiii-
cation. The fact that Costello talked
of crime and that ne was found near
the scene of the stone family murder
for which Romie Cotell. sometimes
known as Costello was convicted,
leads to suspicious connecting him With
this mysterious crime.
a special from Cincinnati has the
following in reference to the unfor-
tunate man:
For years James A. Costello has
been the support of his aged father and
mother, who live ut To- West Fifth St,
and while the father and mother at
once recognized from the description
that the unfortunate is their son, they
insist that he could never have been
mixed up in any crime They do not
know just wherc he wns nt the time of
the Stone family murder. but think
he was in Chicago, and many miles
from the scene. of the tragedy.
James A. Costello has worked for
the Stacey Manufacturing Company
on Mill street for about four years.
Much of this time he has put in in
other cities putting in gas fixtures,
etc. for The company. His brother
William. who lives at 1859 Rittenhouse
ST., has worked for this company for
20 years, and for the last ten years
has been foreman in the factory.
James 4. Costello was formerly
working nt Johnstown and Pittsburg.
Pa, but his family has not heard from
him since last Christmas. He was be-
lievcd to be III the east somewhere.
He had never missed sending money
home for years until the last four
months. His father. John Costello.
was stricken with paralysis 10 weeks
ago, and has been confined to his bed
ever since. Roth ne and Mrs. Costello
we've prostrated at the terrible news
of their sons condition.
William will go to Kent today after
his brother and bring him to this city.
From his boyhood Jnmcs had never
exhibited signs of an affected mind,
and his parents are unable to account
for his insanity, unless 1t comes from
sickness. They think he may have
taken sick Mt some time or another
and that 10 keep them from worrying
about him he did not write to them.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-28
PATTERSON
Has Made Himself Very
Unpopular
BY His Work For Voting Machine Bill
will be Defeated.
Especial Correspondcncn.)


Columbus, March Ex-senator Cohen
has won his fight against Senator Pat
terson's voting machine bill. Tho bill
as drawn, provides that any board Of
public officials, charged by law with
the duty of providing material and
supplies for holding any election in the
state may purchase such machines for
use at any or all OF the election dis
tricts under their jurisdiction. Scna-
tor Cohen, after opposing the measure
since its Introduction, several weeks
ago, has finally won so many votes
against it that those who are trying to
secure the passage of the outrageous
hill have agreed to accept an amend
ment whereby the ques, ion of adopting
voting machines shall In every case he
first submitted to popular vote. How
ard Burgess of Cleveland, state agent
for the device, told Senator Cohen to-
day that he would be obliged to accept
the amendment, and the bill, with its
dangerous feature eliminated, will
doubtless be passed tomorrow. 1t may
possibly be defeated even in its amend
ed and harmless form, for Senator Pat
terson has made himself so unpopular
among his colleagues that they find 1t
hard to vote for anything proposed by
him. Senator Cohen rather fnvors the
passage of the bill,as it is to be amend
ed, taking the sensible view that the
wishes of only those voters who have
the public spirit and the sense of the
duty of the citizen in sufficient degree
TO influence them to cast their ballots
arc worthy of consideration.
ROBERT O. RYDER.