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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11
APPEAL TO GOVERNMENT.
(Rv the Associated Press.l

Washington, Sept. 1O.-The following
kilograms passed between the White
House and Texas today:
Houston, Texas, Sept. 10, 1900
'"To William Mckinley, President of
the United States, Washington, ID. c.
Il have been deputized by the mayor
and citizens committee of Galveston to
inform you that the city of Galveston
is in ruins and certainly many hundreds
if not a thousand are dead. The tragedy
is one of the most frightful in recent
times. Help must be given by the State
and nation or the suffering will be ap-
palling. Food clothing and money will
be needed at. once. The whole south
side of the city for three blocks in front
of the Gulf is swept clear Of every build
ing The whole wharf front is wreck
and but few houses in the city are really
habitable. The water supply is cut off
and the food stock damaged by salt wa
ter. All bridges are washed away and
stranded steamers litter the bay. When
l left this morning, the search for bodies
had begun and corpses were everywhere;
wind blew 81 miles an hour and then
carried government instruments away, at
the same time waters of Gulf were over
whole city, having risen twelve feet. Wa
ter has now subsidized and the survivors
are left helpless among wreckage, cut
off from the world except by boat
(Signed)
RICHARD SPILLANE."
Washington, D. c., Sept. 10, 1900.
ITO Hon. J. d. Sayers, Governor of
Texas, Austin, Texas.
"The reports of the great calamity
which has befallen Galveston and other
points on the Texas coast excite my pro-
found sympathy for the sufferers, while
they will stir the hearts of the whole
country. Whatever help it is possible
to give shall be gladly extended Have
directed the Secretary of War to supply
rations and tents upon your request.
(Signed) "WILLIAM MCKINLEY"
The above message was repeated to the
mayor of Galveston, Texas.
Austin, Texas, Sept. 10, 1900.
"To the President, Washington, D. c..
"Very many thanks for your telegram.
Your notice will be greatly appreciated
and gratefully remembered by the people
of Texas. l have this day requested the
Secretary of War to forward rations and
tents to Galveston.
(Signed) "JOS. d. SAVERS,
Governor of Texas"
LETITIA A WRECK.
Brookshire, Texas, Sept. 10.-Letitia is
wreck. The houses which stood in the
place, including a depot, have been blown
to the ground and tho timbers from some
of them carried for miles. Mrs.
Sophia Schultz, formerly of Houston, was
lyi1Io6
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11
MORE LIVES LOST.

Richmond, Texas, Sept. 1O.-The most
terrific storm that has ever visited this
section of the State, struck this town Sat-
urday night at 1O:9O, destroying everything
in its path. Many buildings were totally
destroyed. The court house was greatly
damaged. The Baptist church is total
wreck, while the Methodist church is al
most destroyed. Three lives were lost
in the colored Baptist church, one person
was killed at Booth and four lives were
lost at Beasley.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11
TEN THOUSAND TENTS
And Fifty Thousand Rations for the Texas
Hurricane Sufferers.
(By the Associated Press.l

Washington, Sept. 10.-Governor Say
ers, of Texas, has applied to the War De-
partment for 10000 tents and fifty thou
sand rations for immediate use for the
sufferers from Saturdays storm. An or
der has been issued granting the re-
quest. 1t is expected that a large portion
of the rations can be procured at San
Antonio. If not they will be sent from
Kansas City
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11
DEMOCRATIC GAINS IN MAINE.
Republican Loss Eleven Per Cent. Demo.
cratic Gain Eighteen Per Cent.
(By the Associated Press.)

Portland, Maine, Sept. \10.-Returns
from 240 towns and plantations out of 312
in the State give Hill 64 ,64S; Lord 80, 252.
Same places four years ago gave Powers
(Rep) 60572, and Frank (Dem.) 24,784.
This shows Republican loss of IL per
cent, and a Democratic gain of 1S per
cent. On this basis it is estimated that
the Republican majority this year will
be about 32.97S.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11
EFFECT A CORNER IN SPOT.
W. P. Brown and Company Buy Up the Cotton
at New Orleans.
(By the Associated Press }

New Orleans, La, Sept. 10.-The New
Orleans cotton market opened sixty points
up this morning over Saturdays closing,
the feature of the day being the corner
ing of the spot market by W. P. Brown
and Company, the leaders of the New Or
leans bull movement
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11
A TOWN BLOWN AWAY.
Three Lives Lost at East Bernard. Crops AL.
smost Ruined.
(By the Associated prose

Eagle Lake, Texas, Sept. 1O.-Three
churches together with many houses.
dwelling and business, were completely
blown to pieces in Saturday nights storm
Crops of all kinds are almost ruined. The
loss to this community is estimated at
about $25O,000. No lives were lost here
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11

but the town of East Bernard was blown
away and three persons were killed
there.
NEW YORK OFFERS AID
New York, Sept. 10.-The Merchants
Association of this city today sent the
following telegram to the mayor of Gal
weston:
1--WE have read with sorrow of the ter
rible disaster that has visited your city
for the second time in recent years. Any
thing we can do among commercial in
terests to aid you and your fellow cti-
zens in your dire distress we will do to
the extent of our ability. If you desire
will form a committee at once and solicit
publicly such things as you may indi-
cate as being of most use to the people
to help in supplying immediate wants
Kindly advise by wire our expense"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11

Bishop Horner, who is lying i'll of ap.
pendicttis at Asheville, is reported some
what improved
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11

When criminal loses his shadow the
detective is apt to be puzzled.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11
DEAD PUT AT FIFTEEN HUNDRED.
Report of Mr. Hayes Who Went to Galveston
by Boat
(Bv the Associated Press !

IBy Ine ASSOcIated Press.J
New Orleans, La, Sept 10.-The follow
ing message has been received from Mr..
Hayes, newspaper correspondent, we'll
known throughout the South:
Houston, Texas, Sept. 10.-I have just
arrived from Galveston by boat. Storm
destroyed ten millions of property and
fifteen hundred lives lost. National aid
asked for" -
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11

A Democratic campaign club was
formed by a large number of Nash and
Edgecombe counties citizens, Saturday. ].
O. Gravely was elected president. T. NJ.
Arlington and E. L. Daughtridge. vice
presidents; r. T. Thorne. secretary, and
P. c. Sestal, treasurer. There was much
enthusiasm.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11
FULL POWERS GIVEN Ii.
By an Imperial EdiCt Received in Wash
ington.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated PresS)
Washington, September 10.-The
Chinese Minister has received AN i'm
perial edict comforting on Ii Hung
Chang extraordinary power for the
complete settlement of the Chinese
trouble. 1t gives him authority to
make terms according to his own dis
cretion without referring them to the
Emperor. This is unusual authority,
and it is claimed at the legation, gives
Ii Hung Chang credentials to meet
all the objections hereafter raised as
to his power to negotiate for peace.
Minister WI delivered the edict to the
State Department.
PEKIN MERELY A CAMP.
Washington, September 10-The
following dispatch has been received
by the War Department:
"Adjutant General, Washington.
1.-TWO afternoon fourth. Evidence
accumulates that diplomatic relations
will not be resumed here for long
time. Russian legation leave very
soon for Tien Tsin. Appears to be
certain Chinese Government Will not
return here while foreign army re-
mains and if this is true our legation
can transact no business. My opinion
Pekin to be merely camp foreign ar
my pending settlement by powers:
(Signed) CHAFFEE.
AGREE NOT TO WITHDRAW.
London, September 10-A special
dispatch from Berlin says that Great
Britain and Germany have agreed
not to exacuate Pekin until satisfac-
tion for the recent outrages has been
obtained.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11
d Jos. D. SAVERS,
Governor of Texas.
LETITIA A WRECK.

Brookshire, Texas, Sept. 1O.-Letitia is
a wreck The houses which stood in the
place, including depot, have been blown
to the ground and tho timbers from some
of them carried for miles. Mrs.
Sophia Schultz, formerly of Houston, was
killed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11
THE WORST ON RECORD.

Liverpool, Sept. 1O.-The report of the
United States Department of Agriculture
showing the general average condition of
cotton on September 1st was not received
until after exchange hours. 1t is regard
ed as one of the worst on record.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-11
INJURY TO THE COTTON CROP.

Houston, Texas, Sept. 10.-There is no
doubt that the cotton crop has been Sc
riously injured throughout Southern and
Central Texas. Owing to the excessive
rains this year the cotton has grown to
weed more than ever known and in some
fields it ranges from six to ten feet high
and is very rank with leaf. The wind
has whipped and twisted the stalks, beat
ing the open cotton out of the burr and
the rain has beaten it into the ground
so that it is ruined.
THE DAMAGE TO RICE.
Jennings, La, Sept. 10.-The Southwest
Louisiana rice crop has suffered consid-
cradle loss from the storm that swept
over this locality Saturday and Sunday
night. Rice men estimate the damage
at 10 to Is per cent of the crop.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The Grundy Republican comments as
follows on the recent transfer of the
Iowa Contra. to the NJ. & st. L.: THE
Iowa Central has al last been sold after
much denial and dickering on the part
of the officials. It is one Of the best
roads in this section of the country, and
the hands into which 1t has passed will
reap large reward if properly han
died. 1t will open new avenues and OPP
crate on larger scale than ever, since
1t Tag an outlet thru to ST. Louis The
traffic of the road has always been
well handled, but with the management
in the hands OF the Milwaukee & st.
Louis people a doubling up Of business
may be expected.
The Waterloo Reporter states that the
alleged case OF smallpox which wac re-
Gently said to exist in Waterloo cost
Blackhawk county s3se.2s. The bill in
detail includes carriage, guarding. cloth
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07
"a CALAMITY FOR FRANCE.
Jamont.s Resignation so Regarded
by People Of Tint lscpublic

Paris, July 6.-Pnblic opinion in.
France regards Gen. Jampnt's resigna-
Lion aa national disaster. Even that
conservative governmental organ, the
Temps, DECLARES that the dislocat.on of
the army .lias gone too far. and ii is
evident that a dssire for vengeance is
iblindigg the government to the danger
Of such drastic measures.
The Temps says: I'm Gen. Jamont's
case tlis letter of resignation Vas aigni-
fed and correct. The reasons which led
TO his resignation were legitimate for
the measures taken by the minister of
war We're not beyond reproach The
Sad state of affairs between the govern
ment and the army must be brought to
a Close
The Journal DIES Debats cries. ..The
misfortune is that those who do not see
are leading the country TO an abyss of
revolution.
The nationalist press of course, is
traying with anger, and declares that
/ the government is working TO ruin the
army and hand over the country to its
enemies.
Frank Chauveau. vice president Of
the senate. interpellatsd the govern
lment yesterday over the resignation#of
Cen. lamont. He said he wanted TO
tgive those who disapproved the meas
ure chance to disengage themselves
from the responsibility for the act. He
declared the situation was extremely
grave and eulogized Gen. lamont. He
asked the senate to vote the order of the
Eday, a resolution regretting the meas
ureS the government had taken to dis
Iorganize the army.
Premier Waldeck- Rousseau defended
the action Of the ministry and secured a
vote approving his acts by a majority
| of 40 against 50.
President Loubet is deeply affected by
Cen Jamont's retirement. He looks
aged and careworn.
At the conclusion Of the session the
senate ordered Waldeck- Rousseau's
speech defending the governments pol
| icy posted on the walls Of France.
Fear Of an army coup d'etat by the
concerted action OF Gems. Delanne and
lamont during the night led the gov
eminent to take unusual precautions.
The boulevards and the Champs Ely
sees for their entire length were sprin-
killed. with sand and cinders to prevent
tie cavalry horses from slipping In the
event of mob.
Serious trouble is anticipated on the
national fete on July IL.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are Ia
nous little pills for liver and bowel
TROUBLES. Never grippe. All druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07
TESTED AND FOUND TRUE.

Gen. G. II. Grosvenor, who is general
" regarded az a spokesman for the adj
ministration, contributes a ringing ar
ticle to the July North American Re-
view. IN which, in reply to Mr.. w. J..
Bryan's announcement in the June
number Of that periodical, he discusses
the issues in the presidential campaign
az they are seen from the republican
! point OF view Gen. Grcsvenor repudi-
.ss the !; the republican par
/ III A. under the necessity Of adopting a
hdefensive or an apologize attitude, in
Asmuch ~ its achievement in bringing
~ country from the state OF desperate
asspsssdon 10 which It lsnguished In
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07

1896 to the condition of unparalleled.
prosperity which it enjoys in 1900, is the
best possible proof of the wisdom of the,
policy for which 1t stands. The repub-
Slican party, he contends, has kept every
promise it made to the country, and to
at can be most safely Entrusted the prac
3tical solution of the grave problems
connected With the finances of the re-
public, with the so-called trusts. and
With our new trans-oceanic dependen-9
lcies. One OF the most important issues
before the country, in Gen. Grosvenor's
Judgment, is the reelection of William
Mckinley, Who has served the Ameri-
can people Wisely and We'll in circum
stances of unprecedented difficulty.
Abraham Lincoln was confronted
With the single question of his duty to
overthrow rebellion and save the union.i
bu. hare have tlronged upon the adj
|miniatration innumerable questions
Questions of constitutional construction,
questions of the poWer{of the president
at home and abroad. questions of the
RELATION OF inc annexed lsiana2 70 u &
United States. All these questions have
been met by the administration and
practically solved i'll the interest of our
country and ofgthe countries thus being
assimilated No such power was ever
in The hands OF a human being. within
Isthe two past centuries, as has been
placed i'll the hands of William MelSin-
ley Net only has it been his duty, UNI
dsl the constitution. toSenforce the laws
| Of congress and of the country a home.
but he has found himself possessed OF
power without Imitation He has found
himself making decisions regarding
iquestions of enormous import whore
There Was no court of appeal. and yet II
inaay be stated with absolute confidence
lsthat{ there has been no act of his that
saNorsd of tyranny, oppression, wrong
or indifference to Guty or failure TO do
Justice to ALL"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07
GOLD DEMOCRATS PROTESTING.
|Eastcrn M en- Assert That They WAN,
Not Vote for Bryan and His Plat


New York, July Gold democrats
of this city are inclined to think that
the reassertion Of 16 to in the demo-
cratic platform SO overshadows all the
other announcements as to deprive
Bryan Of all claim to their support.
Whether they will take any steps to
unite upon ticket of their own re-
mains to be seen.
Henry Hentz, prominent as gold
democrat. said yesterday:
The platform upon which the con-
vention has nominated Mr.. Bryan must
necessarily be obnoxious in the high
est degree to all gold democrats. II
certainly, on the whole, is most often
sive to me. can not support Mr.. Bry-
an with this absurd and fanatical reit-
GRAFTON of 16 to and this revolution
airy mounting about government by in
Junction.
There is but one thoroughly sane
plank in the platform-the declaration
of anti-imperialism. But while yield
to no one in my condemnation of the
policy of Imperialism, question wheth-
err .mcbocracy is a Whit better. 1t is
'mobocracN' that Mr.. Bryan and his
government by injunction platform
threaten US WITH
There is not the remotest possibili-
ty of the eastern democrats uniting on
the platform adopted at Kansas City,"
said ex- Mayer Abram S. Hewitt yester-
day. The 16to i plank may help the
party in the south and west, but 1t will
Ginjure 1T in the east. ] don'tSsee how
any eastern democrat can vote for Mr..
Bryan or any one who stands on such q
platform.
Ernest Harvier, president of the In
dependent Democracy of the Fifth as
isenbly district said:
,.Whatever favor is due Mr.. Bryan
and his party for his emphatic denun-
citation of Imperialism will be sup-
pressed by their stand on the cur-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07
Mlss0URIAN PARApoxEs.


No other state of the forty five pre-
SCENTS so many striking antitheses as
Missouri. says Charles NJ. Harvey in the
July Atlantic.
Tho most of the parallels which ran
thru Missouri intersect Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois on the east, and Kansas.
Colorado. Utah, Nevada and California
on the Vest, there's generally a broae
between it and the Others il.
politics, Missouri being democratic and
the rest Of these usually republican, ex-
cept as, therise Of populism and the APP
pearanee of the silver issue have tenn
perarily injected cross currents in poli-s
tics. and have recently put rnost of the
states, Nest of the Missouri construct
lively ON tEedenocratic side. While. i'll
Its aggregate. Vote, Missouri is reliably
Democratic, its principal city, st. Louis
has been more uniformly republican for
years past than any other large town in
the United States except Philadelphia.
ON an east and wesi line, Missouri is
situated near the middle of the country
and belongs socially and indussrially in
the same group az Ohio. Indiana, llli-
nnia and Kansas, vet ii is generally
called a southern state. In the popular,
conception Missouri figures az an 5agri-
mi $50, II
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07

ing, nurse l$155.oo);; furniture destroyed,
meals, city marshnl's expense, tent and
physician (sss). The Reporter says
There Is no disposition to find fault
with the expense created. IL the case.
was smallpox: but there isn't one per-
son in thousand in Waterloo that is9
willing to believe that it was anything
more than an aggravated case of chick
lenpox.''
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil thinks
Bryan is pressing that crown of
lthorns rather sharply upon the brow Of
l4democracy.''
As the Denison Review looks at it,
| Bryan's race for the presidency will be
l.another case of "off agin, on agin, gone.
lsagin"
Has anyone heard the name of
1 Dewey mentioned recently?r asks the
Sioux City Journal.
AS far as being a dictator is con-
lcerned, !" says the Deg Moines Capital,
Mark Hanna Is so far behind w u
Bryan in the business that it is ritlicu-s
llous 10 mention thestwo gentlemen in!
THE same breath
The democratic Sioux City Tribune
hsaysiof Bryan: He is the nominee, the
platform, the voice the bouncer@of the
democratic party. OF allmen who have
been konored by it none have eve, be-
1 strede i as he does With the possible
Exception of Andrew Jackson. Louis the
IN exclaimed: The state. am the
tstate. So if ii We're not for the republic
lean organization Bryan might remark
3of this country. 1, is a dangerous ex-s
|Ealtaticn. and almost of necessity fatal
4 ITO his own party Human nature is
4 such that ii resents the imputations in,
AIR. Bryants attitude
The Aines Times observes that the
sale of the Iowa Central railway 10 the
4 NJ. & ST. l.. would indicate that the ex-
tension of the Story City branch north
sIWest will now be a sure-enoush thing
Ias a connection in the vicinity Of TT.
4 Dodge. with the NJ. & ST. L., would
make of the Story City branch n popu-
liar line.,'
The Odebelt Chronicle declares that
the Sioux City Journal getssits support
from northwestern Iowa and its politi-
I zeal opinions from the reservation
4 MIR. Cntt Sees business Prosperity
washington Post]
Mr. George w. Gait. Of New York
1 husband of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
4 the great woman sutfragist. is regis
i tered at the Shoreham. Mr.. Gait does
Il not come under the heading of .'un-
4 known husbands of well -knoNn wives e
for he has won distinction on his own
account. He is best known. however
i where dollars arelthe thickest being
5ii5one Of the prominent members of the
Il Atlantic Gulf and Pacitic Company,
1.-THE great contracting concern that has
y .justselosed deal with the government
Ito build the dry docks al The League
sElsland and Mare Island navy yards,
each of which Viii cost over /, million
dollars. He is now in Washington 10
i5confer With government officials re-
lssarding some proposed changes in the
specifications.
d Mr.. Gait is just in from business
"Trip thru the vest. extending as far as
II TEXAS. i n answer TO a query as to po-
litical conditions In he sections he had
visited he said ..I am nota8the roIiti-
81 clan Of the family. and am afraid my
IL views would not be OF interest 10 the
q m.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07

Americnn Whist League. Ninxnrn
Falls. n. ". July D-ll. 1000
Forzthis annual congress the Chicago
4 Great Western railway will. on July s.
1 II. sell thru, excursion tickets on the
certificate plan, good toreturn July 49,
at fare and one-third for the round
trip. For further information inquire
of ]. a. Ellis. ticket agent, Marshall
town, Ia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07
Pain or Shine,

The station agent is on duty. On his
exact communication Of train orders
depends thousands Of lives, and millions
Of dollars in property, each day. In his
haste he runs out in the rain or the snow
hatless and unprotected. Then comes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07

The increase in the fire loss of the
United States and Canada during the
current year, says the New York Jour
nal OF Commerce and Commercial Bull
letin. has been abnormal. The records
show q total loss of slo329s 800 for the
first six months Of the year 1900, az
against s05,5s9.75o for the same period
of81S9a, In the first six months OF 1893
the loss was s58.237. 100.