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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-11

was totally wrecked and several resi-
denoes were unroofed.
At Eagle Lake the damage amounts to
$4,000 20 cotton crop aud residences.
At Affair residences were leveled.
At Rosenberg several persons were
injured. Three persons wers killed in
the country near there.
Many houses were unroofe1 at Lex.
ington.
Forty-two dwellings aud business
houses were wrecked at Wallis.
At Fulshear 80 houses were blown
down. One person was killed near the
town by falling house.
At Richmond three negroes were
killed by the collapse of church. Three
others were killed a, Beasly. a suburb.
and one az Booth.
No damage was done at Corpus
Christi or Rockport. on the lower
coast
At Walter half Of the business houses
in the town were demolished.
Not house in the town Of Chappell
Hill escaped damage, and many were
demolished Business houses also suf.
fercd.
AZ Brennan the courthouse was near.
" wrecked. and the city hall complete,
IL So Every business house and resi-
dence suffered to a greater or less extent.
At Calvert many houses were unroof'
ed and the damage % crops Is immense.
At Taylor several houses suffered, but
none wrecked. Cotton in that vicinity
will b. cut one-hnlf.
/ 4 Missouri, Kansas and Texas train
was wrecked at Savers and one passen
ger badly hurt
A dispatch from Lake Charles sayi
that passengers from Port Arthur 70
port the town four feet under water
One of the New York Drcdge company
boats was wrecked and several lives lost
~ Morgan city considerable damag,
was done 10 the rails aud bridge by
boat being blown into H.
a trip over the storm stricken section
along the Mississippi river. starting
some 30 miles below the city and reach
ing % the gulf shows "a damage of abou
SlO0,OOO'to the rice crop Truck farms
poultry, cane and other damage vii
double the amount.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-11
APPEAL FOR AID.
The President Asked Co Contribute to
the sufferers at Galveston.

the sufferers at Galveston.
Washington, sept. iO.-The president
has received a Telegram from Mr.. Still
line Of Houston, Tex. in behalf Of the
mayor and citizens committee II Gal
weston, which in a few words gave the
president the general situation in Gal
weston, and says that money. food and
clothing were needed Immediately. He
calls upon the president for aid
The president replied stating that he
had instructed the secretary Of war "a
Immediately furnish tents and proyis.
ions for the destitute people in Calves
ton aud expressing his sympathy lior
the sufferers.
President Mckinley also sent q tele,
gram Of sympathy 20 Governor Sayers
IA which he says he viii instruct IA,
secretary Of war 20 supply tents and
provisions 10 the Hood suffers upon hii
request Governor Saycrs has not gel
been heard from
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-11
SITUATION OF THE CITY
Galveston T. On an Island rwcnty-sevcn
Mile. Long and seven wide.

hhlN'stun u On IN island iWeutN-NeNcn
Miles Long and seven wide.
Indianapolis. Sept 10 d b Clark.
son of Galveston. Tex. whose family is
probably swept away was an anxious in.
quircr nc the Associated Press Office
here Sunday night Speaking Of the
city, is location, population, and food,
that have inundated the city, he said;
Galveston is situated on An island
extending east and west for q miles and
is soveu miles IN rs greatest width north
aud south. No city coule be- in greater
danger with such a horrible visitation
as, has now come to Galveston. In no
part Of the city with its 5000 popula.
ton is IL more than six feet above the
sea level. The fat condition not only
points TO the desperation Of the stua.
ton OF the people NJ such time as this,
but their danger may be considered en-.
phasiled when It is known that exactly
where the city is built the island is only
/ a. miles wide.
ION the bay, or north side Of the city
Is the commercial section with wh arves
stretching along for nearly two miles,
lined with sheds and large storage
houses. In that portion Of Galveston
| there are three elevators: one Of 800,
900 bushels capacity, one u 1000, OOC
and the third Of 10000. The island
from the north side Is connected with
the mainland by railroad bridges ant
the longest wagon bridge in the world
the latter nearly two miles long
"In 1872 the entire east east end o
the city was swept away by the tida
wave that followed a terrific storm tina
swept the gulf coast for three full days
Then the eastern land on which build
ings stood was literally torn away.
Tits ON the south side Of the city
beginning within 80 yards Of the medium
gulf tide that the wealthy rssiden
portion is located and which was tn
first part Of Galveston 70 be stricken b
the full force Of the recent storm an,
food, All the eastern end Of the cit
must certainly be washed away and /
this quarter, between Broadway aud
street some Of the handsomeat and mo.
expensive residents are located Their
was located there one home which alou
cost the owner over sl.OOo,OOO, Most q
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-11
j. q. MINKERT

The Eagle is authorized to am
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-11
rrr.Idsnt A.h. lor Inform.lIon.

Washington, Sept. TO- By direction
Of the president Adjutant General Cor.
bin has telegrnphed 20 General McKib-
bon, the commanding officer Of the de-
partment of Texas, asking him TO report
Immediately upon the situation as af
fested by Saturday. storm and especial
IL as 20 government property The wal
department has one post, Fort San ia
cinto, on Galveston island. manned by
company o Of the First artillery.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-11
IL is COMMISSIONED.
Given Absolute Power 90 Make Peace
Terms with the Various Nations.

tiNen Absolute rover io MAKE Peace
Terms with the Various Nations.
Washington, Sept lO.-The Chinese
minister has received an imperial edict
comforting on Ii Hung Chang eXtraor.
binary powers for complete settlement
Of the Chinese trouble. Il gives him
authority to make any terms, according
10 his own discretion, without referring
20 the emperor. This unusual authority,
IL is claimed at the Chinese legation,
gives him credentials adequate 10 meet
all objections heretofore raised as 10 his
power 10 negotiate peace. The ediot is
dated two weeks ago. but has just been
forwarded from Ii Hung Chang. Min.
istor WI delivered II to the state de
partment.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-11

Chicago, sept. Mayor Harrison
viii issue a proclamation calling upon
the people Of Chicago to contribute 90
the aid Of Texas sufferers just a. soon as
ho learns they are In need OF help.
~ find that condition % widespread
suffering exists. said the mayor. Il
will not await the usual official uotihca.
tion, but viii ~ 10 work Ia advance Of
word from Governor Savers and know
the people Of Chicago viii give gener.
ously."
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-11

New York, sept l0.-The World
send, Telegram 90 Governor Sayers
nj Austin asking for information as 20
the storm in Texas and the following is
his reply:
Information has just reached me
that about 1000 lives have been lost at
Galveston with enormous destruction of
property No information from other
points.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-11
NO STRIKE ORDERED.
Executive Hoard Leaves the Matter q,
over Tor several Days.

over Tor several Days.
indianapolis. Sept iO.-The national
executive board Of the United Mine
Workers Of America adjourned Sunday
sine die without promulgating a formal
endorsement Of the application Of the
miners Of the anthracite districts for
permission 20 strike. II the operators do
not NEE, the miners demands within a
given time a strike will be ordered upon
the endorsement Of President Mitchell
and Secretary Wilson.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-11
whenl IN G.l,e.len EI.,.lor..

Chicago. Sept 10. According 10 the
board Of trade statistics the damaged
grain in the elevators nj Galveston con.
tanned >. 223, 900 bushels Of wheat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-30
How Quickly We Can Think.

Prof. Riehet, in his lecture on
"Nerve Vibrations" said that the rate
Of transmission of nerve impulses
could not be more than ten or twelve
times a second Prof. Riehet states
that if one tried to think set Of words
II succession he could never pass that
speed, and could not receive a more
rapid succession of sensations on the
same organ. This period. then, might
be called the psychological unit Of
time" L the rapidly were greater,
sound, electricity, and light would be
perceived as independent fluctuations
not continuous sensations: were it
slower, one would see the motion OF
the hour hand of watch and the
growth of tree.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-30
why He Tore His Hair.

An editor who is well known in Fleet
street once began leading article
thus: Tomorrow is the anniversary
of the death of Louis Philippe. The
editors writing was not of the clearest,
so when he received the proof it ran:
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the
death of Sam Philips Justly indig-
nant, he wrote on the margin: Who
the dickens is Sam PhiIips?' Having
reproved the printer he went home, but
at breakfast the following morning
when he turned with pride to the arti-
Gle, which he considered better than
usual, he tore his hair, for it began
thus: Tomorrow is the anniversary
of the death of Sam Philips. Who the
dickens is Sam Philips"--srare Mo-
ments.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-30
GREAT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.
Austrian Finds a Subtle Matter Which
He Calls "Electroid.v

Francis Ryehnoweki, mechanical
engineer of Lemberg, Austria, has dis
covered a strange and very subtle
matter, which he called "e1eetroido be-
cause of a certain affinity with cleo
tricity Electroid. produced by rpe-
cial apparatus built by the inventor.
is obtained by the dissolution of GER
tain matters under the influence OF
the electric current. 1t makes noise,
and at the same time refreshing
scent and cool breeze are experienced.
This discovery induced Mr.. Ryehnow-
ski to make machine capable Of re-
freshing the air TO such degree that
those present during the experiment
had the feeling that the window was
open, although this was not the case.
Electroid is very subtle matter, but
it seems to be a fluid, and it can be
gathered and preserved. While falling
On a plate It reflects in shape OF
shining sheayes Tie commission APP
pointed by the Austrian government
to investigate this discovery reported
that under the influence of eleetroid
plants grow rapidly and the buds Of
flowers unclose while one Is looking at
them. Electroid annlhilates microbes
and thus preserves organic matter.
These are physiological influences of
eiectroid. Among mechanical phe-
nomena the commission reported that
the influence of electroid is not
stopped even by brick wall and
glass; that it attracts solid bodies and
makes them shine like moonlight
makes them move and attract other
bodies; finally. that it acts on photo
graphic plates and produces sharp and
distinct lines, such as were formerly
possible only with a very powerful
lens.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-30
The Thrifty Yankee.

The Kennebec Journal tells of man
who catches seals, cuts off the noses
and gets the 81 bounty offered by the
state of Maine, after which he collects
the tails and HES himself to Massa-
ehusetts, where he collects the bounty
offered for the tail of every seal caught
In Massachusetts waters. Then he
returns to the pine tree state to work
the skin into gloves, hats, pocketbooks.
etc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-30
For Sale by WALKER DRUG COMPANY
Loss by War.

A German army officer estimates that
in the century just closing no less than
S0,oo0,000 men have been killed in war
In civilized countries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-30
IDEAL COVER FOR THE FEET
Advantages of Ioccasins Over the Or
binary Shoes or Boots.

advantages OF moccas1ns over the Ut
binary Shoes or Boots.
From Harper's Magazine: The moe
casin is the most rational and COM
Portable of all footwear. In moccasins
the feet have full play; they can bend
and grasp; there is nothing to chafe
them or impede circulation. In moe
casins one can move like an acrobat,
crossing slender and slippery logs,
climbing trees, or passing with ease
and security along dizzy trails on the
mountain side where slip might mean
sure destruction. The feet do not stick
fast in the mud. IN the north, where
the mercury is far below zero and no
ciy5.izea boot will protect the feet
t-t..i ezing. the savage suffers no in
.-s.f fnce. His moccasins, stuffed
@itf 4,led grass. let the blood course
free: The perspiration may freeze on
the iiay Ia a solid lump of ice, but the
Eset= remain warm and dry The buck
skin moeeasin, Indian tanned with
deerss brains and wood smoke, always
drys soft after wetting In autumn,
when all the leaves and tHigs are dry
as finder, a man wearing shoes makes
a noise in the forest like troop of
cavalry, but in moccasins he can move
swiftly through the woods with tia
stealth of a panther. The feet are not
bruised, for after enjoying for time
the freedom of natural covering, these
hitherto laundering members become
like hands, and feel their way through
the dark like those of a cat, avoiding
obstacles as though gifted with a spe-
cial sense. Best of all, the moecasin
is light. Inexperienced sportsmen and
soldiers affect high-topped laced boots
with heavy soles and hobnails, imag-
lining that these are most servieeable
for rough weather. But these boots
weigh between four and five pounds.
while pair of thick moosehide moe
casins weigh only eleven ounces In
marching ten miles a man wearing the
clumsy boots lifts twenty tons more
shoe leather than if he wore noceasins
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-30
sew +57oz.sc e. Il . "a - (. -. IA.

A Japanese woman, said by the New
York Tribune to be the first who ever
applied for naturalization papers IN
this country, surprised Samuel D. Ed
lex, the clerk of the United States Cir
cuit court, in the Federal building,
when she appeared before him, for a
woman who wants to take out papers
Is always an object Of curiosity. She
said she was Miss Mine Harada and
She signed her name IN a firm, legible
hand. She gave Toxic as her native
place. An interpreter was necessary
to explain the terms of the oath by
which she was required to renoqnce
Ter allegiance to the emperor of Japan.
In the rest of the questions she got
along well. She is Sc years old and
unmarried. Miss Harada took out he
FIRST papers. She has been in this
country six years.
The Collecting Mania
Berlin furnished an extraordinary
exhibition of the collecting mania re-
Gently. The German postoffices uses
numbers for the months in stamping
letters, and on Sept. 9 collectors de-
termined to obtain the usual sequence
of mines from district Office No. SO,
whose stamp on that day would read
99.9.999 A mob of over a thousand
persons stood outside the Office when
it opened, so that the police had to be
called on to keep it in order and all
available help was sent from the gen
eraI postoffiee to handle the mail mat
Ter. The rush continued during the
day and at night the police had to use
force to disperse the crowd that was
awaiting after the closing hours and
to enable the officials to leave the Of
office. Sixty thousand pieces of mail
we're stamped during the day.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-03-23
Worlds Largest 1hsatsr.

The Degollada theater, the front OF
which was damaged by the recent
earthquake in Guadalajara, Is probably
the most costly and certainly the most
modern of the city's great buildings,
and it is accorded the distinction Of
being the largest exclusively theatrical
structure on the continent. It's corner
stone was laid in 1856, and although
at the present day 1t Is not entirely
completed, some $4,000, 900 have been
expended in its construction. 1t is four
stories in height, and covers an area
Of 11,127 square feet. The interior
plan is modelled after the great Pa
.risian playhouse, the boxes being ar
ranged in tiers about the three sides
of the auditorium, while the fourth is
entirely taken up by the stage, which
has length of 155 feet by 90 in
depth.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-03-23
n..r :. = peroxide blonde.

It isn't the fault Of one of the most
respected guests of Moor Park, Los AN
geles, CAL, If. as is suspected, MS nai'
has been shameIessly dyed. he is only
bear and could not protest. NoDody
knows how much the ambitious parH
commissioners paid to add a grizzly 10
the park menageries. The commas
sioners were inclined to be extraVa-
CANT for once, because they had long
wanted grizzly, and grizzlies are HARD
to get. What many persons claim to
know quite definitely, however, is that
this bear is not grizzly. AS the story
goes. this animal was once common
black bear, or "buzzard,' a worthless
cowardly, ILL., steemed scavenger that,
according to the hunter who captured
him, had not the right to live. SO ne
tried to get up fight between the
bear and the dog. AS this was inter-
fered with, the hunter permitted a
flippant minded barber who claimed TO
have ef7ectual hair dyes to try his hand
at the bear. Well fortified with whis-
ky, the barber undertook to bleach
the bear.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-03-23
Decorating the Bay Window.

A bay window affords tho opportu-
nifty for decorative notions. The re-
cessed window suggests low seat
running round it, upholstered in arts
tic tapestry and framed with curtains
Of harmonizing coloring. 1t is easy,
At the cost Of little thought, to pro-
duce something picturesque five have
the ohief material ready to our hand.
In a large room an ordinary window
was so cleverly treated by q young
housekeeper that in effect it was IRE
cessed." This effect was gained by
an archway which stood out at dis
lance of about two feet from the win
dow. the sides being shut in with
screens and with palms in tall stands
and seat being arranged beneath the
window.
Another way OF "recessing" is ~
means of two brass arms jutting out
from the wall, one arm on either side,
these connected in front by brass
pole, hung with curtains draped at
each side. Curtains should also hang
from the side arms and shut in the
window. Finish with a window seat
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-03-23
nepinninea of Authors.

Nearly all the women who are proml-
nent today in literature began to write
original compositions Of some kind or
another as soon as they could hold a
men. Mrs. Meade has produced over
100 works of fiction, and is still a lady
in her prime, says the Pittsburg Dis
match. Mrs. Hodgson Burnett began
her literary career in earnest at the
early age Of Is. Reverses had come to
the family by reason Of the cotton fam
inc. and she was anxious to help the
family funds. Edna LyaR began to
write stories when she was about nine
wears old. She wrote, as she SAYS, for
the 10y of writing" and because she
could not resist the craving to describe
the beloved heroes and heroines who
Allied her young imagination"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-03-23
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
Is Americas Greatest Blood
A Commercial Opportunity.

COmmerclal opportunity
instead of looking with apprehension
20 China as a possible competitor in
the markets of the world, 1t should be
the earnest and constant effort Of our
government and people to stand for the
maintenance of the equality OF COM
mercial opportunity which we possess
under existing treaties with that en-
pjre. We have our share to do in
building the thousands Of miles of rail-
roads still wanting In China, of sup
plying her with all forms of machinery,
with electric plants, and with all the
cppurtenances Of productive industry
and civilized progress for which China
offers. and will continue to offer, for
generations to come, the greatest mar
ket in the world. Never, surely, was
the bogy of over-production invoked
with so little reason to brighten enter
Prise and to repress the growth Of
commerce, as with reference to an in
>d,,strious race of $50, 100000. of a ma
ton Just awakening from the slumber
of centuries.-"Commercial Possibiii-
ties of China" by James S. Fearon, In
the January Forum.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-03-23
Peace or War.

In the olden days, when the spear
was used as weapon of war, men had
to be very careful how they carried
It, If they were in strange country
and bore their spears with the point
forwards. it was supposed they were
bent on mischief, and was regarded as
q declaration of war. IT, on the other
hand, they carried the spears on their
shoulders. with the point backwards,
their visit was taken as visit Of
friendship, and there was no disturb
ance OF the peace.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-03-23
A Symbolic Clock.

A curious clock found among col
lection of cart nouveau" treasures Is
fashioned somewhat on the plan OF an
,ld.time cuckoo clock. The face is a
,quare of brass adorned bya symbolic
iesig in copper, green and brown
bronze and silver. In each OF the lower
corners of the PLAGUE is big snail
with pinkish copper head and bronze
she'll. Long, green flower stems waver
up each side, terminating in the upper
corners with great pinkish and silver
ooppies. Directly in the centre OF
the PLAGUE and above the face of the
clock is a girls head, round face
with big sleepy eyes and flying silvery
hair. The clock is small affair,
hardly six inches square. 1t is fast
ened fiat against the wall and has
brass weights suspended from long
brass chains,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-03-23
To Nv Friends In Georgia,

Many of whom have known Of my long
suffering from that dreadful affection,
Eczema: II am proud to testify to the
wonderful merits of Tetterine, which
has cured me as sound as gold dol
lar, after spending more than $4O0. 90
for other remedies without the slight.
est relief. VIM. NJ. Tumlin, Manager
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Associa.
ton" soc. box at druggists or by mail
from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-03-23
Evire,ess Teleg Apply In Warfare.

Apropos of the use of the Marconi
system of wireless telegraphy in the
war in South Africa, 1t is interesting
to note that it has been proved the
cannonadipg does not interfere with
the transmission of messages. The
apparatus has been worked success
fuIv and messages sent while the
largest guns in the British navy were
being fred.