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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-01-09
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE
BEST LINE.

WEST: Kansas City to Nebraska,
Denver, Utah, Pacific Coast-Two
TRAINS DAILY. Weekly California
excursions.
NORTHWEST: To Black Hills, Mon
tana, Washington, Puget Sound, via
the short Billings route, the time
saver-5O to 500 miles saved. Tour
ist sleepers Tuesdays and Thursdays,
Kansas City to Seattle.
EAST: Unquestionably the best
trains via Chicago or st. Louis.
NORTH: To Omaha. st. Paul, Min
neapolis and the northwest region.
HoMEsEEKERs' EXCURSIONS to the
West and Northwest.
1900 MILES OF STANDARD RAILROAD
The main travelled road in the Loui-
siana Purchase.
Wide-vestibuled, Pintsch-lighted
complete trains of chair cars (seats
free), Pullman sleepers.
All Ticket Agents can ticket via
the Great Burlington Route.
For details, ask your ticket agent
or l.. w. WAKELRY.
Genn Pass'r Agent, st. Louis, Mo.
L. ]. BRIcKER.
Trav. Pass'r Agent, Kansas City, Mo.
HOWARD ELLIOTT,
General Manager st. Joseph, Mo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-01-09
Alcohol for Automobiles.

The majority Of motor cars are
now driven by petroleum; a French
engineer recommends the use of al
cohol instead of it, and motors are
being altered SO as to consume it
There is no fear Of explosion with
alcohol, and it is said TO be less cost
ly than petroleum.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-01-09
Many Good Sized Cities.

According to the latest bulletin
issued by the bureau Of labor there
ale 40 cities in thv United States
having population Of 10000 or
over. The bureau has been collect
ing and compiling mass of muni-
cipal statistics, and for purposes Of
correct comparison has broken away
from the last census population fig
urcs. now nine years old, and made
estimates of IFS OWL Massachus-
e;ts leads off with Il cities of 3d.
000 and over, Pennsylvania with l3
and then comes New York with II.
Ohio with 8, Illinois with 6, and
Indiana and Texas with Is each.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-01-09

Al newspaper becomes as much a
standard article as we'll known
brands Of breadstuffs or groceries.
A brand of coffee is advertised un-
til people call for it and will not be
satisfied with any other. 1t is the
same with the newspaper. After
ten years of continuous publication
a paper becomes standard article,
and is therefore just so much
better than q new One.-Ex.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-01-09

The worst after effects of Influenza
arise from deraDged functions of the
liver. Clear the blood at once with
with Herbine. for it will strengthen
the liver to withdraw from circula-
ton the hillary poisons. Price so
cents at W. B. Frames.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-01-09

Persons who lead life of exposure
are subject to rheumatism, neuralgia
and lumbago, will find a valuable
remedy in Ballard's Snow Liniment; !;
it will Danish pains and subdue in
f1ammation. Price 25 and 90 cents
at w. b. Frames.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-01-09
Spend il at Spsig|s's (!

Just a little dollar on its mission
sent, makes a lot of people glad each
time a coin is spent. You pay 1t to
the butcher for meat to give you
strength, he takes it TO the grocer
from whom it goes at length, some
pretty bit OF cloth or lace, his better
half to buy, or helps to get her winter
hat to make her rivals sigh. The dry
goods man sends on the coin to pay
his market bill, and though the coin
is often spent it stays dollar still;
and every time it's spent at home
some act of good is done, in loom
ing' local industries ere the setting
OF the sup:
But if you take that shining coin
and 1 break the local chain, the
chances are that from afar twill not
return again. If once it passes out
of town the butcher and the baker,
the grocer and the dry goods man,
the cook, the undertaken, the car.
penter. the carriage wright, the
-everyone-will lose ere
the settieg of the.sun.
Just keep the little coin at home
just keep it moving we'll, and every
time it changes hands, somebody's
goods twill sell. That sing.e little
dollar has thus wOnderouS power
to make somebody better dozer
times az hour. Just try a loaf o.
Spiegle's bread, made of PLANsIFTEF
FLOUR, grown in the Beautiful Indiar
Territory, and made in Ardmore.
jan2d1m
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-01-09
s. S. CURES RHEUMATISM.

will address and invite the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11

hurricane the Cromwell Line steamer, the
Louisiana. arrived at this port to-day from
New Orleans
The Louisiana passed through the storm
unhurt and brought her thirty passengers
safely to land. but not one OF the number
cares &c repeat the experiences Even the
ships veteran commander. Captain T. p.
G. Halsey. who had been in seven great
hurricanes. was very glad to reach port.
II don't Ike TO speak OF anything out
side OF the big record" said Captain Haisey
to-day, ''but | think the wind blew at the
rate OF more than a hundred miles an hour.
1t went rapidly from the north to north
northeast, then to north-northwest. west.
southwest and south. We were about half
way across the Gulf when the storm center
passed us. and the sea which It raised was
50 severe that we hove to from II O'Clock to
3 The gale held until about Il o'clock that
night, when 1T began 10 moderate"
At one time while the Louisiana was
hove to. 3 big wave swept over her and
sent its crest into the engine-room ven-
tiIators, giving shower bath to the men
below. and one of the links of a stack guy
rope was carried away.
Wrecks were seen on September {. when
the Louisiana was passing the Florida
Keys just east OF the Tortugas was seen
a three-masted schooner ashore. East of
Sombrero a bark was seen ashore and
partly dismasted, and another bark was
sighted, stranded about fifteen miles west
OF Gary's Fort reef. Captain Hslsey said It
was Impossible for him to make out the
identity Of the unfortunate vessels
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11
MILD STORM DUE HERE TO-DAY.
Hurricane From Texas Has Spent
It's Force in the South.

Local ForecastsF R. ]. Hyatt says that
what is left of the storm which wrecked
Galveston and rayaged the southern part OF
Texas will pass over st. Louis to-day, prob
ably before noon. When it reaches here its
great strength and fry will have been
broken and dismembsrec. II will be felt In
the form of high winds and rain
THE storm viii be heading for the north
east when II passes through this city Il
proos bly, viii sweep through the valley Of
the Ohio and finally reach the sea through
the st. Lawrence Valley. BY the time IL
reaches the Atlantic Its strength will b
about spent. There is no danger of fhs
storms reforming between here and Cal
weston There Is tco much friction The
conditions on the southern coast were ripe
for the hurricane. II was hot. with n gen
practically full unbroken sweep from the
West Indies.
ut was one OF the regular storms which
come TO rs as a present from the Antilles
with moro or less fury every year about
this time" said Professor Hyatt 1T was
thought by observers that IL would follow
the Gulf stream and strike somewhere on
the Eastern coast. The barometrical condi-
tons protected that section, however, and
fofced the storm west. Rains are reported
IN southern Texas to-day. quite heavy In
most sections.
No reports have been received from Gal
weston. san Antonio, Corpus Christi. Palss-
tine and Amarillo. II is probable that the
wires are down at these points or that the
apparatus in the observation offices was
demolished by the storm. l believe that the
storm VIII have cooling effect upon the
weather here"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11

Houston Tex. Sept ia. Y Kellogg,
civil engineer in the employ of the Houston
and Texas Central Railroad in Texas City,
went to Galveston Saturday morning. Mr..
Kellogg relates an interesting story of his
expertences getting into Galveston. OF the
storm and its effects and how he managed
to get out Of the city and into Houston
again, arriving here yesterday afternoon.
..When we crossed the bridge over Gal
weston Bay. going into Galveston. said
N, kellogg. "the water had reached an
elevation equal to the bottom caps Of the
nile bents. or two feet below the level OF
the track. After crossing the bridge and
reaching a point some two miles beyond. we
were stopped by reason Of a wash-out OF
the track ahead and were compelled to wait
one hour for a relief train TO come over the
Galveston. Houston and Henderson track
.Durtng this period Of one hour the wa
ter rose a feot aud one-haif. running over
the rails Of the track. The relief train sig-
nailed US TO return half mile to hgher
yro,,nd. where the passengers were trans
fsrre1 the train crew leaving with the
passengers and going on the relief train.
.sThe water had reached an elevation OF
eight or ten inches above the Galveston
Houston and Henderson track and was
1owiug In westward direction at lsETihc
speed. The train crew was compelled 10
wade ahead OF the engine and dislodse
driftwood from the track
AT Ills we arrived at the Santa Fe Union
Depot At that period of the day the wind
was increasing and had then reached a
velocity OF about thirty-f1ve miles an hour.
.,After arriving at Galveston Immediate
" went TO the fremont Hotel, where i re-
mained the balance of the day and during
the night. At $50 the water had begun TO
creep into the rotunda Of the hotel and by
o'clock Il was twenty-six inches above the
floor of the hotel. or about six and oue-half
feet above the street level The front win
COWS Of the hotel were blown out. the roof
was torn off and the skylights over the ro-
tunda fell crashing on the floor below.
Many Hungry In the Streets.
THE refugees began 10 come into the hotel
between $50 and o'clock until at least 500
or 1Oo0 persons had sought safety there.
The floors were strewn with people all dur
fng the night. Manager George Horst did
everything in his power to help the suffer
ers from the effects OF the storm and to give
them shelter. When the wind was blowing
from the northeast it was at a velocity OF
about forty-five miles an hour, but at S
O'Clock IL had reached the climax, the speed
then being fully loo miles.
THE vibration of the hotel was not unlike
that of box car in motion. tried to sleep
that right, but there was 90 much noise
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11
FATE OF TROOPS IN DOUBT.

Washington, Sept. lo.-The War Depart
ment tonight received the following dis
patch from General McKibben. IN command
OF the Department Of Texas:
san Antonio, Tex. Sept. 1o.--To At-
jutant General. War Department, Washing
ton. ID. c.: Start first train tonight. Press
reports received fere state that all of bat
terry lost, but fifteen men. both officers,
lost.
(SignedD ''McKfBBEN."
General Corbin thinks the telegram
means only fifteen men were saved. but
gives the dispatch exactly as received by
him.
The only United States troops in Calves
ton during the storm was Battery o. First
Artillery. under command OF Captain Will
liam g. Rafferty,. Second Lieutenant J. C.
Nichols was the only other officer on duty
at San Jacinto.
The exposed position OF this post causes
the officials OF the War Department to fear
for the safety of its garrison
The Government has been constructing
fortifications at Galveston, but had made
no particular preparation for defense
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11
BY ]. c. McNEALUS.

REPTBL4c SPECIAL
Dallas, Tex, Sept. 1o.-All reliable infor-
nation that has been received up to this
hour comes from the advance guard OF the
relief forces and the linemen sent out by
the railroad. the telegraph and the teie-
phone companies. None Of these reports
place the number of dead at Galveston At
less than 1,50o and some of them predict that
5000 will be nearer the mark.
No one places the property loss at Calves
ton at less than s10.ooo.Oo0 while Manager
Vaughn of the Western Union Office at
Houston wires Manager Baker at Dallas
that Galveston as q business place is
practically destroyed"
No direct wire communication hsa yet
been established with Galveston. Such con-
nectson is not likely TO be established earlier
than tomorrow. The Gulf Coast, back for
a distance approximately twenty miles, is
one vast marsh. and in many places the
water is from three to ten feet deep. max
ing progress toward the stricken city slow
Although Dallas is 800 miles from Calves
ton, ali efforts for direct communication
center here. as X Is the reIaytng point and
Headquarters of the telegraphc and tele-
phone systems OF the State. Hundreds of
linenen were hurried to the front Saturday
night and Sunday morning from this city
to try TO put wire affairs In workable Or
der. Less than half 4 dozen Of fifty wires
between Dallas and Houston have thus far
been gotten into operation.
This Is because the windstorm extended
inland with terrific force for distance Of
100 miles and destroyed telegraphic. tele-
phonic and railroad connections to such ar
extent as to nearly paralyze these channels
OF communication. With the best OF wealth
er conditions 1t VIII require at least a
weeks time TO restore these systems to
anything like their normal state.
Along the coast for hundred miles both
ways from Galveston is a scope of country
that Is nearly as badly isolated as is Cal
weston itself. In this territory are not less
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11

against hurricane. A deep channel was be-
ing constructed there by the tetty system,
two jetties having been built across the bar
out In the ocean. This channel runs in an
easterly direction from the main land, and
passes the island upon which Galveston is
situated. the city lying south OF the chan
mel.
The fortifcations ara built Of concrete on
the sand and could easily be seriously dam
aged by heavy storm.
Besides the fortifcations, the Government
is much interested IN the harbor improve
ment. Congress appropriated sS,coIro ten
years ago for improving the harbor at Gal
weston, and the work was placed under con-
tract. This money has been expended in con-
strlicting jetties and other works for the
protection OF the channel.
There are in the fortificatfons OF Calves
ton eight and ten-inch modern high-power
guns ffteen-pounder rap;d-fire guns, i.7-lo-
inch rapid-fire guns, six-pounders and
twelve-inch breach-loading morters. Be-
sides the fortifcations the Government Is
much interested In the harbor improvement.
Three years ago Congress appropriated S.
eQ1.0po for improving the harbcr at Calves
ton This money has been expended in con-
structing jetties and building revetments
for the protection Of the channel
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11

MANY HUNGER AMID RUIN.

and confusion from the crashing OF build
ings that L could not get any rest
Il arose early Sunday morning. The sights
in the streets were simply appalling The
water on fremont street had lowered some
eight feet from the high-water mark, ieav-
ing the pavement clear for two blocks north
and seven blocks south of the fremont ho-
tel.
The streets were full OF debris. The wires
were all down. Every building IN the busi-
ness district was damaged TO scme extent,
with but one or two exceptions. notlceabIy
the Levy building and Union Depot, both
of which remain intact and went through
the storm without a scratch.
THE refugees came pouring into the heart
Of the city. many OF them having but little
clothing. They were homeless and without
food or drink. and many had lost their GlI
and were really in destitute circumstances.
Mayor Jones issued G. call for a mass meet
ing. which was held Sunday morning at
O'Clock, and It was attended by a large num-
ber Of prominent citizens. Steps were taken
to furnish provisions and relieve the suffer-
ing Of the refugees and bury the dead.
"A conservative estimate of the number
of people killed or drowned Il from loo to
LEGO persons.
Early in the morning Il was learned that
the water supply had been cut of, for some
unknown reason. / presume that IL was
caused by the English ship, which was
blown up against the bridges. cutting the
pipes. At all events, the city Is without wa
ter, and something should be done by the
citizens of Houston TO relieve the situation.
People who had depended on cis.erns. of
course, had their reservoirs swept away.
and there are but large reservoirs to be
found in the business district.
THE scene on the docks was terrible. The
small working feet and the larger schoon-
ers were washed uo over the docks and
railroad tracks In frightfui confusion. The
Mallory Docks were demolishea. The eis-
vators were torn IN shreds.
Three ocean liners were anchored Of the
docks and seemed to be in good condition.
The damage done to the shipping interests
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11
promise to forward from Houston by boat,

promise to forward from Houston by boat,
as early as possible"
Notwithstanding discouragenien of this
kind. the customers have almost invariably
insisted on having their messages sent
Sonse of the scenes at the local teiegra pm
Offices have been most pathetic.
In one box ear at Virginia Point are the
corpses CT seventy victims Of the storm :
work in Galveston. the bodies having
fioated to the mainland at that point. The
bodies are mostly those of women and chill
dren. At least three-fOurths OF these bodies
will be buried without having been identi-
fed by relatives and in many cases no doubt
the bodies of entire families are lying in
this car.
This Information was brought in by q
members of a rescue party who has just
arrived Virginia Point. where the bodies
were found. is five miles from Galveston
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11

tress make the situation even more appaIl-
ing
Foodstuffs We're swept away, the little
remaining being water-soaked and in 4
state of fermentation, and now useless.
The city got its water from artesian wells
thirteen miles away. on the mainland. the
supply being carried through mains across
the bay: these mains were either broken
or swept away. cutting off the supply. There
are no wells on the island. and the over
ground cisterns were all blown down.
No boat can be had to carry water down
Buffalo Bayou from this city, and the quick
est relief for the water famine viii. no
doubt. have TO come by boat from New Or
Iears-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11
Marine Intelligence.

= New York. Sept. lo.-Arrived: Californian,
from Glasgow: La Bretasne. from Havre;
Amsterdam, from Rotterdam; Tauric, from
. liverpool
Cherbourg. Sept. 10, s a. m.-Arrived
Deutschland, from New York for Ham,
burg; Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, from
New York. for Southampton and Bremen
; Antwerp, Sept s.-Arrived: FTiesland
from New York
! Hamburg, Sept l0.-Arrived: octavfa
from San Francisco via Valparaiso etc
4 Sydney, New South Wales, Sept, TO-
!, Sailed: Miomera for Vancouver.
Liverpool, Sept 1e.-Arrived: Umbria from
New York
Bremen. Sept 1D.-Arrived: Friedrich der
Crosse from New York for Bremen
Glasgow, Sept 10-Arrived: Kastalia
from Montreal; Unitarian from Montreal.
Yokohama, Sept. l0.-Arrived previously:
City Of Pekin from San Francisco via Hon
plulu. for Hong-Kong.
I southampton, Sept. 1o-Arrived: Kaiser
wilhelm der Crosse from New York via
/. Cherbourg, for Bremen.
Glasgow, Sept S.-Sailed: Ruenos Ayres
for Montreal.
I Nuroan, Sept 3.-Sailed: Steamer Inver-
Gess from Yokohama, ETC., Seattle.
Bremen. Sept. s.-Sailed: Princess Irene,
Cherbourg ana New York.
Bremen. Sept. 10.-Arrived: Aller, New
pork, via Southampton.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11
vanced IS to so points over Saturdays best

vanced IS to 60 points over Saturdays best
figures.
Relief work for the Galveston sufferers
was vigorously begun in Dallas to-day on
receipt Of an appeal from Governor Sayers.
The City Council appropriated $500. A mass
meeting Of citizens appointed soliciting COM
mittees, as did also the Odd Fellows and
the knights OF Pythias. Ten thousand dol
lars in cash had been subscribed by night.
A special train was started for Houston
tonight over the Houston and Texas Cen
trail Railroad. carrying committees OF Odd
Fellows. knights of Pythias and citizens to
render aid and distribute RELIEF in the storm
district.
At the request of many persons in Dallas.
telegram was sent TO Governor Sayere
this afternoon. by j. c. McNealus, secre-
tary of the Dallas County Democratic
Executive Committee. inquirirg Of the Gov
ernor requesting his idea Of calling AN ex-
ira session of the State Legislature. Gov
ernor Sayers this evening replied as fol-
lows:
Telegram received. I will do nothing IN
til 1 can hear directly and authoritatively
from Galveston. except 20 call upon the
people to render assistance"
STATE LEGISLATURE MAY
RE ASKED TO PHOVpDE RELIEF.
As there il approximately a surplus Of
s. 0e), 600 cash in the State Treasury. it IS
reasoned that the, people of Texas would
indorse the Governors action should he
conclude TO call a special session to FUR
nish public relief to the smittan sections of
the State.
A bulletin received at p. nj. at the Hous-
ton and Texas Central headquesters in Dali
las from the headquarters OF the company
In Houston stated that a courier from the
relief forces had just arrived. He stated
that signal reports from men sent forward
to Galveston Island to the relief parties on
the main land read:
Sixty dead bodies in one block. Six hun
dred ccrpses recovered and 400 mora ie-
ported. People dying from injuries and
sickness and for want of fresh water Sur
vivors threatened with starvation and dis
ease. Doctors nurses and fresh water
needed al once
The telegraph offices at Dallas have been
besieged- all day with men and women anX-
ious to hear from friends who were Ia CAL
weston when the hurricane came on. Mes
sages OF Inquiries have poured in from all
parts of the United States. over 10000
messages were piled up In the Dallas offices
to-day. The officers have uniformly had
to inform the customers:
I'VE can't reach Galveston; can only
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11
RELATIVES ARE IN GALVESTON.
Furniss Fears for Safety of Parents
and Sisters.

Earnest Furniss. son of Anthony FGrniss
Of Mapiewood, is very anxious sbou. the
safety of his father. mother. and three sis
ters, who were in Galveston when the hur-
ricane struck the place. They left their
home two weeks ago to visit relatives In
Galveston, and the last heard from them
indicates that they ere still there.
Young Furniss has made every effort 70
reach his parents by wire. but has been IN
successful Furriss. Sr., Is employed in the
offices OF the Missouri Pacific Railway In
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