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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-10

the flood. The city was completely
submerged by the backed up waters
of the gulf. Buildings are wrecked,
and dead bodies float about in the re-
ceding waters.
The streets ore filled with homeless;
families, and death by hunger stares IL
the face those who have escaped death
By drowning. Moth ers and children are
searching for the bodies of their hus-
bands and fathers IN the RUNE, and
grief stricken men are audering
around the city on RATS and boats try
ing to locate their missing families.
The waters of the gulf have settled
into the cellars and the buildings have
crumb bled and fallen, damming up the
water in the streets and making the
situation q thousand fold worse.
Hundreds of crushed and manRled
bodies are pinned under tho debris
and hundreds have been caught in the
houses of the lower part of the city
and have been drowned like rats. The
Ball high school and Rosenberg school
have been destroyed. Many people
who sought refuge there have been
killed. The waters weakened the
walls, and fell Without warning, bury
ing the people under a mass of ruins.
Those who escaped death by being
crushed by the walls and heavy tim
bers, were drowned.
special dispatch to the HERALD.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept. TO-
There is ss yet no wire direct to tbs
city from Galveston, but a private tele-
gram this morning to Jake Cohen,
local broker, from his Galveston
partner, who dressed over to Houston,
a distance of fifty miles, In boat last
night, confirms the reports that have
been current here, that the splendid
city OF Galveston is almost wiped off
the earth.
A private message received In the
same way by the manager OF the Pos
tai Telegraph company confirms this
repor.. Al this time any estimate OF
the loes of life and the damage to pro-
perty is impossible, but that thous.
ands of lives have been lost seems to
be authenticated.
Houston suffered also, from a great
wind storm, and the Capitol hotel,
opera house, and other prominent
buildings we're more or less damaged,
some reports cay wrecked. Many
email buildings were wrecked. Only
one life WAS lost however.
Many small towns along The coast
were swept away ard the Inhabitants
killed.
The messages mentioned above ssid
thai the waves swept over the whole
town, tearing down business houses |
snd residences, and drowning the
inmates by the hundreds.
Among property destroyed In Gal
weston was the Water WOrks plant,
and the people are without fresh water.
No boats can get out or take water in
TO them. The suffering 10 terrible
from this alone.
Mayor Hicks has called a meeting at
San Antonio tonight TO raise funds for
the sufferers.
Special dispatch to the HERALD.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 10.-The bs ach
and bay, says tae first autbertic
report through from Galveston, are
covered with wrecks of ships.
Smsll craft have been deposited all |
over the island. crushed and mashed,
and big steamers are high AID dry |
everywhere.
The Mallory lirer Alamo, the Bril-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-10

Continued on 5th page.)
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26
over Twenty Uses for Corn.

The Indian corn propaganda at the
Paris exposition and the conventions
recently held in the west in the interest
of corn producers have brought out
the fact that over 20 important prod
ucts are now manufactured from corn.
One of the most important products is
distilled spirits, the demand for which
has increased greatly since the inven-
tion of smokeless powder, in the manu-
facture of which the spirits are largely
used. Among the other products made
from corn are mixing glucose, crystal
glucose, grape sugar, anhydrous grape
sugar, special sugar, pearl starch.
powdered starch, refined grits, fiourine,
dextrine, British gum, granulated gum,
gum paste, corn oil, corn oil cake, rub
ber substitute, gluten feed, chop feed.
gluten meal and corn germ. With the
present economical methods of manu-
facture not n particle of corn is wasted.
There is no refuse.-California Vine
yardist.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26

furnishes a solitary instance where
statehood was promised in considera-
ton that the people would cease vio-
lating n moral law.
About three-fourths of the popula-
ton of the state are Mormons, and
while many of the Mormons do not live
in polygamy, and have not, they believe
in it, nevertheless. If they did not they
would not be Mormons, for that is the
main tenet of their creed. Since the
recent agitation began those who were
lukewarm in the faith have rallied to
the support of the church. 1t has solid
flied the church, and those who think
that Mormonism is dead, or even dy-
ing, are greatly mistaken. 1t is be-
lieved, and on good grounds, that po-
lygamy is as much practiced now as
ever. There is no way to prove the
marriages, which are celebrated in Sc
cret in the temple, but common report
and circumstantial evidence support
this supposition. 1t should also be
recollected that tho Mormon church
officials never promised the govern
ment to permanently renounce polyg-
amy. Had they done so they would
have renounced their church. Further
more, the officials claim that they have
not the power to do so, as it is ''Divine
command" Consequently they only
suspended" its practice. AS no defin-
ite time was stated, the manifesto"
suspending it can be repealed whenever
the prophet" has ''vision" to that
effect. OF course. the gentle world
will not know of this; such orders are
issued secretly.
During the past year about 10000
converts were added to the Mormon
church-a greater increase than during
any previous year. The total number
in the United States, according to Off
cial church reckoning, is 100000.
In addition to controlling Utah, the
Mormons now hold the balance of po-
litical power in Idaho and Arizona. In
an interview a leading church official
stated to me that the church was push
ing its colonies" into every state and
territory and that fewer immigrants
are being brought to Utah than hereto
| fore.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26

sent that another woman, or women,
should share her husbands affections.
They are more Jealous than the
men. They not only consent to the
husband taking an additional wife,
but urge him to do so. There are
exceptions, but they are few. The
power the husband holds over his
wives is equally strong. According
TO the false teachings of the Nor
mon church, wife cannot enter the
kingdom of heaven except through
her husbands mediation. In the
marriage ceremony a veil is placed
over her face, and also upon her
death. And on the morning of the
resurrection he raises that veil, 9th ar
wise she cannot be raised from the
grave. This not only compels obe-
dience, but inspires fear, and, if her
husband so wills it, she is doomed 10
eternal death and damnation. Such
teachings as the foregoing would be
amusing. were they not 80 sacrile-
gious. Can it be any wonder that
people so stifled with ignorance as to
believe such teachings are so defiant
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26

The reason, he stated, is that Utah
is pretty well filled up and other fields
must be prepared" In other words,
the Mormons have political control of
Utah and are colonizing other states
and territories with the view of con-
trolling them.
Considering these facts, it is not like
ly that the Mormons will give up the
political fight, no matter what con-
gressional legislation may be had. Be-
lieving that their "divine mission" is
to rule spiritually and temporarily, they
may continue even to the point of re-
sisting the government, as they have
done before. Just before our civil war.
when they numbered only 10000 in
Utah, they assassinated United States
officials, drove others from the coun-
try, defied the courts and with an army
of 5000 met the United States army,
which had been sent out to ouell the
celebrated "Mormon rebellion" The
same defiant spirit prevails now. They
do not believe that any human govern
ment has right to interfere with them
that theirs is "divine government"
1t is with this view that the Mormons
emigrated to the then far west, where
they could establish government, and,
though their scheme for an ''independ-
ent" government failed, they furnish
the only instance in this country where
in state grew out of the colonization
of religious sect.
The Mormons have no politics, as a
principle-their first duty is to the
church, and they vote for the Church
candidate" irrespective of politics. In
this union lies their strength. This
unit system always has prevailed, and
| no doubt will so continue. 1t WAS
thought by many that Mormonism
| would soon "die out under the infiu-
| ences of civilization" But it is not
| affected by surrounding civilization.
On the contrary, Mormonism grows
in spite of it. They claim that no
| commission, no law or earthly pow
er, can destroy plural marriages." 1t
has been tried and failed. In spite of
the anti-polygamy laws of congress,
polygamy still exists. 1t was thought
that statehood was the remedy, but
| that has also failed. An amendment
| to the constitution is proposed. But
in order to disfranchise n polygamist
! tho crime must be first proven. Un.
der the Edmunds law many poylga-
mists swore that they were not hv-
ing in polygamy, and, consequently,
voted. 1t will be as difficult now TO
prove secret plural marriage as it
was then. Furthermore, there is u
sufficient number of Mormons not iiv-
ing in polygamy to control all elec-
tions. In an issue between Mormon
ard gentle they are unit. and this,
with their communistio principles,
gives them power possessed by no
othev sect of equal numbers. Very
few gentle" women VOTE. but the
Mormon women never miss a chance,
and it is invariably vote for the
cSurch theocracy.
J. NJ. SCANLAND.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26
NEEDED THE SOAP.
The Availability of Women Shoppers
In n Bargain store Rush Is
Truly Fetching.

It was at department store bargain coun.
ter. for odds and ends. Women squeezed
and elbowed and showed to get alongside the
counter. Frequently two of them happened
to pick up the same bargain at one and the
same. time, and then they both retained their
clutch on it and looked daggers at each other
until the. stronger of the two won the VIC
Tory or the bargain was rent into ribbons. j.
A naughty matron with an electric sen
coat picked up a box containing three cakes
OF imported soap for eight cents at the same
moment that an humble looking little WON.
an in faded tan coat had fastened her grasp
on the box
Il believe / was the first to take hold oi
this, said the matron in the electric sea-
coat, freezngly.
The humble.looking little woman held on
for a minute, studying, her antagonist, then
she slowly relaxed her hold on the box.
We'll, you can have il" she said, amiably
You look as if you need the SOAP"
The, bargain counter is the place to OBJ
serve how they love one another.-Washing
ton Post
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26
ARE FULL OF FIGHT.
Mormons Will Engage in a Titanic
Struggle for Existence.
Tenets l,f Their Faith Not Fully Un-
derstood by Eastern People
-PoIygamy the Keystone
of the Church.
Especial Salt Lake City letter.


To eastern people it no doubt
seems very strange that the Nor
mon church has such a strong hold
upon its members, especially the wom-
en-. Therein lies its greatest pow
er. There are fewer female than male
apostates, and not many of either. The
secret of the power of the church over
women is found in the "Book of Nor
mou," which teaches that woman's
chances for eternal glory depend upon
the number of wives her husband has.
If her h9shand has only two or three
wives he dc,s not stand so well as he
who has seven or eight. In taking these
wives the husband is, according to these
oaneful teachings, obeying the Divine
command, and, through him, his wives
receive salvation. An unmarried per-
son, especially woman, is held to be
of little consequence in this world,
and the creed teaches, by implication,
that an unmarried woman cannot en-
ter into the kingdom of heaven. That
people should believe such odious doc.
trine in this age of civilization is indeed
strange. And those who do believe il
are as fanatical as were the persecut.
ing fanatics of the dark ages who mur.
dered those who differed from them
In addition, the wives of numerously
married man become queens and rulers
in the next world, while those of mar
not so numerously married become
only servants. OF course all womer
want ito be queens and rulers. 1t i:
necessary to make this plain in order
that gentle" readers may understand
why women can sink all feelings o.
jealousy, love and humanity and con
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26

and fanatical? People here who un-
derstand the Mormon people also un-
deystand that the trouble with these
uhdemocratic and un-American inst'-
tutions has just commenced. In the
first place, the Mormon church
teaches that the "saints" are the
chosen people of the Lord" that the
church is destined to rule over the
United States, and, eventually, over
the entire world; that this is the
true" church, and that, in order to
carry out it's destined work, the
church should rule the state. That
is why the Mormon church interferes
in politics. OF course, the leaders
deny this, but their teachings prove
the contrary. In short, they claim
that the church is vested with both
temporal and spiritual power, with
the church-head as the supreme
ruler. 1t is well to understand this
subtle teaching, for behind it lie the
frequent "agitations" and political
troubles of which easterners do not
get avery clear idea. This is why
Utah made so many efforts to gct
statehood. and why polygamist is
wanted in congress. Perhaps Utah
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26

peas and usually three or four are found
in each pod. The pods are short and
stout, nearly black in color and covered
with a coat of velvety hairs. The velvet
bean belongs to the same family as the
cowpea. 1t is a legume or leguminous
plant, and, like the cowpea, the velvet
bean is renovating plant, having the
power to enrich the land on which it
grows.
In any comparison of velvet beans
with cowpeas as renovating crop,
there is one point in which velvet
beans are conspicuously superior.
When frost comes the vines and leaves
settle down together in such a way
that the force of falling rain is broken
and the network of vines is so complete
that the leaves, the most valuable por-
tion, cannot be blown or washed away
With cowpeas the case is somewhat diff.
ferent, the bare stems standing erect
and affording no means of retaining the
leaves in place. On the other hand, bet.
ter implements are required to turn un-
der vines of the velvet beans than to
plow under cowpea vines. 1t is not ad'
visable to attempt to grow this bean in
the north.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26

That the Cucura remedies are all that could be desired
for the aevation of the suffering of skintortured in
fnts and children and the comfort of worn-out worried
mothers has been demonstrated in countless homes in
every land Their absolute safety purity, and sweetness
instantaneous and grateful relief speedy and great
economy leave nothing to be desired by anxious
parents Evidence found in of letters received
from grateful parents testyng to the ncacuable bene
fits they have derived from the of these preparations
In the treatment of nfantie skin and scalp disorders
There is ring Of truth and sincerity about the tesmo
mails here submitted that stamps them genuine and when
mother writes, does Mrs. E. Butler of 1883 Third
Avenue, Brooklyn N Y, in simple, grateful language
of the good Cutcura has accomplished in her home,
parents regard these remedies house
hold necessities. Mrs. Butler says:-
"My oldest boy, nine years, troubled with
al a % Of the Soa on the e
tester much and eject They painful
remedies doctor case
him the CurIcuRA treatment which completely cured him in
ever troubled with ANYTHING like this but thanks
CUTCURA remedies they are all now in perfect health"
What can be more convincing to mother than the
following graphic letter from Mrs. j. c. Freese of 800
South First Street, Brooklyn, N. VI
My baby about four weeks old when he began suffer
from that terrible disease tried remedy thought
would do him good called in the doctor, but his
medicine TO did not know what do with him. He
cried all the time and his face equal to piece of
horrible and looked
had to carry him around on pillow was fairly discouraged
then recommended to CUrIcURA remedies The first time
Ointment SOAR
the end of short week baby entirely cured There
has been trace of since To-day his skin smooth
and soft as q piece of silk"
Another remarkable instance of the effectiveness
the Cutcura remedies is found in the terrible experience
of the baby daughter of Mr.. r. A. Lapham, Ill West
Side Square, Springfield, Ill Mr.. Lapham writes as
follows:-
our little daughter was troubled from her birth with eczema
Her hands, and neck would break with pmpes
which would swell and become terribly nhamcd
out like great beads of perspraon finally this would
the skin would crack and peel off, She suffered terribly
soft mttens her hands keep her from scratching
of our leading physicians good trial. but neither them
helped her In the least purchased CurcURA soAP CUTcUR
Ointment and CUTcURA REsoLvENr She improved
ts troubled although used less
REsoLvENT three boxes of CUTIcURA and CUrcURA SoAP
In few forceful words, Mrs. c. Brand of Conesville
N. Y, vivdly portrays experience common to many
mothers and her letter, which follows, full of comfort
and encouragement for anxious parents:
"Two years this winter boy began break
scay RASH Ineay covered his back and calves
glowing reports of CUTIcuRA remedies and thought
Three cakes of CUrcURA SoAP
one bottle of CuTIcuRA REsoLyENT cured him.
wonderful remedies"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26

The economy of the Cuticura treatment is shown by
the letter of Mr.. w. NJ Michel, of Lexington, Ok,
who spent thousand dollars with doctors, specialists
and medical colleges in vain attempt to find relief for
his little friend recommended the of the
Cuticura remedies and he gives the following of
the cure:-
"My son. when old, breaking
broke shoulder his body
his legs from his knees to his ankles solid sca My family
pshcd tried four and then medical college st. Louis
lars and old srney clap
trying CuTIcuRA remedies. telling he had speke chds
up he began and got he could sleep short and
fat hearty and boy long iching
crying. and worrying. CuTIcuRA remedies cured him."
Three children in one household suffering simultane-
ously from Such the distressing condition
of Mrs. Annie Ring of 515 East Thirteenth Street, New
York City, who tells her experience in these words:-
my second child when months old Three
years old a victim twenty months they suffered
agony Their whole bodies especially their
the suffering Of second child whose whole body
aid as get
DOCTOR but afforded the slightest relief Idecded CUT
Tho first application brought relief in each
fourteen days treatment with CuTIcuRA SOAR and
Ointment the cured the whole neghborhood
Is surprised at the wonderful effect of CUTIcURA"
One of the most wonderful of cures is that of the little
daughter of Mrs. g. A. Conrad of Lisbon, N. H., whose
sutferngs from eczema intense that her hands
had to be tied to keep her from tearing her esh The
mother writes
"when my girl old eczema We
used cold and all kinds of remedies but nothing
her good fact she kept getting wrap
hands and when would dress had
table, for could not hold her. She would kick and
she could she would and
four boxes of CUTIcuRA Ointment cakes of CUTcuR
and the CUrcURA REsoLvENr and she
traces of the humOr left uhfuy say they
have saved her lfe."
1t will afford pleasure to have parents whose little
ones are afflicted with any form of skn scalp, blood
roboration of the facts gven and have doubt that
such appeal will elicit still stronger testimony regard
ing the wonderful curative properties of the CUTCURA
remedies. The full set for complete external and
internal treament costs but Sl25, and consists of
CUTICURA SOAP (25c), to cleanse the skin of crusts
and scales and soften the thickened cutcle CuTIcURA
Ointment (5oc, to instantly allay itching, irritation,
and Inflammation, and soothc and heal, and CUTIcURA
REsoLvENT (50c.), to cool and cleanse the blood. A
single set is often sufficient the torurng,
disfgurng skin, scalp, and blood humors rashes Itch
ngs, aud rritatons with loss of hair when the best
physicians. and all other remedies fail.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26
WANT AMERICAN FLOUR.
In the Course of n Few Years Siberia
VIII BE n Splendid Market for
Our Product.

William Mitchell Bunker, an Ameri-
can travelling in SiSeria, writes: 1--WE
never saw large loaves of bread until
we reached Blagovestchensk. The
bakers made them round and square.
Eighteen inches square or two feet
across are the popular sizes with the
peasants. Siberian flour is inferior,
very inferior, and TO strike an average
it is mixed with American flour. After
seeing these loaves and seeing Siberi-
ans eat them, the Siberian demand for
American flour is no mystery. The
soldiers are nearly all big fellows, and
I was so favorably impressed with
their rugged appearance that asked
a Russian officer to name their rations.
The soldier gets daily three-quarters
of a pound of meat, three pounds of
bread, porridge and cabbage soup, and
tea or tap. When maneuvering his
portion of meat is increased to one
pound. So the army also assists in de-
creasing the visible supply of -four and
increasing the demand for the Ameri-
can product.
"The Siberian consumption of flour
astonishes even after one has seen the
sacks stacked at Vladivostock. Every
boat and junk leaving that port, and
every craft leaving Nicolaievosk, the
great distributing point at the mouth
of the Amur river, carries to the in
terror -four brought from the Pacific
coast, and every steamer stopping at
village or woodpile leaves sacks of
-four. At Khabarovik we were puz-
zled at the fioury appearance of steam
ers, barges and boats and the whitened
clothes of rSustabouts and teamsters.
Our journey on the Amur river solved
the problem. The steamers dropped
-four every few hours, and peasants
who came to the riverside brought for
sale loaves of bread. as well as milk
and eggs. And the demand for flour
must keep pace with the growth of the
Siberian population"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26
THE VELVET BEAN.
Az q Renovnting Crop 1t Has Some
Advantages Over the Cowpen,
Which II Resembles.

A bulletin of the Alabama expert
ment station says: The velvet bean
(Mucuna utilis) is plant which, in
general appearance of leaves and
stems, is nearly similar to the run
ming varieties of cowpeas. The vines
attain great lengths, a growth OF
20 feet being usually made and much
greater lengths being sometimes at
tanned. The beans are larger than cow
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26

The facilities Of the Louisville & Nash.
vile KailIoad for handing tourists It's 9I and
Cuba, Porto Rico, Central America, or for
Nassau, are unsurpassed. Double daily
lines of sleeping cars are run from Cincin-
natl, Louisville, Chicago and st: Louis
through Jacksonville to interior Florida
points, and to Miami, Tampa and New
rean tne ports Of 51at Tor the
jackson Smith, D. P. A., Cincinnati, o.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26

MRS BELVA LOCKWOOD LATE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY
Washington c. the
Presidency of the United
Peruna Medicine Company, she
I hape used your Peuna BOTH for myself and MOTHER Mrs.
Hannah Bennett in her SSh year, and find nDaa6
co kindred diseases; tonic
feeble and old people those dn, and @ unstung
Yours truly, Bekpa A. Lockwood.
IS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-26

It is generally those farmers who
need the education the least who at
tend the farmers Institutes in the
largest numbers.