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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-03-07
A Night Of Terror.

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-09-20
HES|1UAT|QN ii GALVESTON
Stcrekeepers Resuming Business
10 City.
EVERYBODY Is CLEANING UP.
itty-Thousand People Being Relieved
Galveston to BE Rebuilt on tho Island
Chairman OF the Finance Com attic.
Enthusiastic About City's Rise.

Austin, Tex. Sept. 17.--Relief COM
mittees from Galveston. Velasco and
other points along the gulf called on
Governor Savers, asking him for i'm
mediate assistance. Fifty thousand
people in the devastated district are
in need Of food. clothing and money.
The governor assured the committee
that everything possible would be done.
He sent out several hundred thousand
pounds Of bacon and -four to various
points, with the promise that more
would follow daily. Need of cash for
the relief work is still great.
A more hopeful feeling is observable
everywhere and the situation is bright
ening rapidly. Water has been turned
on and sewers and closets flooded. The
downtown part of the city Is being rap
idly cleaned Of debris and filth and
cutters and streets disinfected. Build
lngs are being cleaned and floors
scrubbed. Damaged stocks are being
removed and aired. Carts are going
through the streets sprinkling lime and
a solution Of carbolic acid and disin-
fecting dead and decaying matter. ALL
Is being done with military precision,
thanks to martial law. State Health
Officer Blount expressed belief that
there Is no danger Of epidemic from
conditions resulting from the storm.
Emergency hospitals have been estab-
lished in each ward for treatment of
the sick and wounded. The Ursuline
convent has been converted into a
great general hospital for the reception
and care OF more serious patients, with
a full corps of physicians and trained
nurses. All public and private hospi-
tails are filled to their capacity with
sufferers.
I'm thirty days you will not know
II is the same city" said John Sealy,
chairman of the Finance Committee.
I'VE have sent over the state for 1000
carpenters. 1000 additional masons,
and artisans of all kinds.
Galveston will rise greater and bet
ter than ever. This is what we desire
to impress upon our good friends OF
the North and East"
Conservative estimates now place
the loss of human life at about six
thousand.
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Of the department Of the gulf. and Ad-
jutant-General Scurry of Texas, are on
the ground, and are advising with
Mayor Jones and with Chief Of Police
Ketchum.
In all other respects the city Is
worse off than on the morning after
the tragedy. A terrible stencil perme-
ates the atmosphere. 1t comes from
the bodies of thousand unburied dead
fostering in the debris that cannot be
removed for weeks on account of the
paucity of laborers.
The loss of life Thursday morning
was estimated by conservative people
at 5000. Besides the thousand or
more bodies yet pinned beneath the
wreckage hundreds of cadayers, all
putrid and bloated, float beneath
smashed-up piers. Hundreds of bodies
are floating in full view in the bay.
Every ude brings scores back 10 the
shore. During the early part OF We'd
nesday trenches were dug and bodies
thrown into them, but it soon became
al lmpOoolDlllly u UuIy all the ueaQ,
and the health authorities decided
upon cremation as an expedient
Funeral fires were built and torches
applied.
In one pile eighty-three bodies were
incinerated. Thursday morning the
charred remains Of 1000 victims lay
smoking on the shore.
Food Famine Is On.
A food famine is now on, as well as
tE:t Ct water. The best hotel in town
served Thursday for breakfast to its
400 patrons small cup of black coffee
and one slice of bread. But one res
taurant is open; unseasoned coffee Is
all that can be obtained here. Horses
and cattle stray through the streets
untethered. The water is so contami-
mated with filth that even these dumb
beasts refuse to drink 1t. The commit
tee ON public safety has Communicated
the food owned by merchants in the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-09-20

New York. Sept. 17.-Bertha Chum-
ko. a servant, Il years old. was locked
up, charged with poisoning three chill
dren of Louis ElKin, wholesale pa
per manufacturer. The poisoned chill
dren are Louis. years old; Arthu'.
8, and Cathariue. years. Louis will
die, It is thought. The girl broke a
Dresden china lamp. costing $3.50,
Mrs. Elkin told her that she would
have to pay for the lamp and refuze
to give her the weeks pay due. The
girl, II is alleged, threatened to get
even" At dinner roast chicken was
served. When Louis had eaten a
small piece he said his lips were burn
ing. The boy fell back in his chair
unconscious. The other children
tainted after they had eaten some o,
the fowl. The servant fed. When ar
rested she denied the crime before she
was accused.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-09-20
KNOWN DEAD NUMBERS a,7or.
No Longer ANY Doubt That the Total
Will Reach 5000,

No Longer ANY Doubt That the Tots,
VIII X, ach 5000.
Houston, Texas, Sept. l5.-The Post
today prints list Of 2.701 names of
the Galveston dead. compiled from va
rious sources. but believed to be au-
thentic.
Galveston, Sept. 1.-THE work of
disposing of the dead continues. Ow.
ing 10 the condition of the bodiei
found now, the plan of taking them 70
sea was abandoned. except in a few
instances. where 1t was found advls-
able to consign them to watery graves.
About 300 bodies were reported to
have been buried or cremated and
there are several hundred bodies bur,
led beneath the wreckage still. Thir,
ty-two sand mounds marked with
small boards, attract attention on the
beach near Twenty-sixth street, and
tell the story of where about seventy.
five bodies were laid to rest. In tn,
extreme western part of the city abou,
sixty bodies were cremated witt
wreckage OF the homes Of the unfor
tunate victims.
Sheriff Thomas has deputized If
teen members of the Screwmen's as
ISOLATION as deputy sheriffs. They
were assigned to the duties OF cleaning
the streets OF debris. The men were
assigned to the different wards and
instructed to enforce law and order,
and at the same time to look after the
work Of cleaning tie city. They were
ordered to put all ab!e-bodied men to
work, and to report all those who re-
fused to assist in ire labor.
City Health OfIicer Wilkinson is
sued orders to all druggists to furnish
medicine to the poCr who were known
to be In need and 20 send the bill to
the health department.
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Montana to Raise Big Fund.
Helena, MCnt.. Sept, IL Mont
sECCND GALE NON RACES.
Wind blowing Fifty NlIn. Az Our !.ioag
Gulf Coast.

Wind blowing Fifty NIIn. Az Our aiong
Gul. Coast.
New Orleans. La. Sept l5.--The
wind has been blowing fifty miles an
hour all night and weather conditions
indicate that another tropical hurri-
cane Is brewing In the CALF. The ba-
rometer is not falling as rapidly as
it did before the great gale last week
but the storm center is perhaps quite
a distance out. In other respects the
conditions are the same as last Thurs
day and Friday. the atnfosphere heavy
and low-lying clonds scuCding swiftly
from horizon to horizon.
Local forecasters say that these
tropical gales frequently follow one
another and they call attention to the
three storms in the autumn of 1898,
when the Florida keys were swept for
nearly a fortnight.
A warning has come from the Unit
ed States weather bureau at Wash
ington, for ships not to put to sea. The
wires connecting with Port Eads have
blown away. Just before they fell the
wind was blowing fifty miles an hour.
1t Is believed by the weather bu-
reau that the storm is much more
serious near Beaumont, Texas. than
anywhere else. and it is feared that
great damage is '-'ng done. The
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-09-20

| Brewing company $1,000: First Ma
tional bank, Edward p. Allis company
and Filler & Stowell Manufacturing
company. $500 each. Many smaller Of
ferings swelled the total to more thar
| $4,000.
J. C. Root, sovereign commander OF
the Woodmen OF the World at Omaha.
has issued a call to all camps in the
United States for immediate aid foy
| Texas sufferers.
California is responding generously
to Galveston's cry for aid. Already
s3.26S have been contributed. includ-
ing a check for 1000 sent by the San
Francisco Theatrical Managers as
ISOLATION. The Santa Fe railroad will
convey provisions free.
MLssourrs Governor Calls for Ala.
Gov. Stephens has issued a proc
lamation calling upon the mayors OF
all Missouri towns and cities. the ex-
| changes, commercial clubs, churches
and citizens generally to contribute
literally to the storm sufferers Of
Texas.
Thee hamber OF commerce at Knox
Vile, Tenn, started a Galveston relief
fund with $500 and appointed a COM
mittee to solicit funds.
The chamber OF commerce at Knox
phis, Tenn, more than $4,000 was SUBJ
scribed for the immediate relief OF
Texas destitute.
Dallas, Texas, has subscribed nearly
$4,000 in cash and six car loads OF
clothing for the south Texas flood suf.
ferers.
Indiana Liberal In It's Gifts.
The people of Indiana are respond
ing literally to Gov. Mounts procla-
nation asking aid for Texas storm
victims.
A carload OF provisions and clothing
for the storm-stricken people of Gal
weston left New York city over the
New York Central. The car was sent
by the New York World. The special
relief train sent by the New York
Journal and Advertiser left the same
night. In the sleepers were twenty
eight doctors and nurses. In the ex-
press car were barrels and boxes OF
medicines and luxuries. Public sub
scriptlons to the city's relief fund now
amount to $4,000.
Mayor Weaver of Louisville, ex-
pressed to the mayor Of Galveston a
draft for $4,000. the donation OF
Louisville to the sufferers.
The people of Nashville. Tenn. have
so far contributed s1.465 to the fund
for the relief of the sufferers in Texas.
Chicago, not forgetful Of its own
great disaster in 1871, has subscribed
money high in the thousands and sent
a whole train load of provisions direct
to Galveston.
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out. and they, added to great numbers
of the lowest negroes and most dis
reputable whites in the city, have been
roaming at will, cutting of the fingers
and ears of corpses for the jewelry
upon them, assaulting women. robbing
persons and houses and causing terror
everywhere.
Ninety Negroes Shot.
Tuesday night ninety negroes were
shot by the citizen soldiery while loot
ing and mutilating the bodies OF the
dead for plumber. The ninety probab-
ly do not represent tenth Of those
who were engaged in the ghoulish
practice. The situation had got be-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-09-20

A Mr.. Jennings. after losing his
wife, started out and after twelve
hours in the water succeeded in reach
ing main land. where he was picked
up and sent to Houston. Messs. Jen-
nings and Clinton resided in the same
neighborhood and were very intimate
They hardly expected to meet under
such circumstances. but now they are
together. each with all his loved ones
gone and In destitute circumstances.
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tang two OF his sons on a piece Of
drift. They were being blown about
on this when their raft struck some
object and split, and the father was
compelled to witness the horrible sight
of his last two children drowning. and
without power to assist them. After
drifting and swimming for several
hours he reached the mainland and
was taken to Houston. He was terri
bly, bruised about the head and body.
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STORIETTS.

While the Cuban teachers were at
tending school at Cambridge this
summer, a boy was engaged to dis
tribute tickets to the teachers for
an approaching concert. President
Eliot, standing by, thought he might
possibly attend, and extended his
hand for ticket. The boy gave "a
glance at him and remarked. scorn.
fully: You amt no Cuban!"
A few days ago, n resident of this
:ity, while travelling in the William
cite valley, wanted to cross the river
ut place where il was about four
hundred yards wide. The only boat
IN the neighborhood belonged to an
freshman, and il was very cranky
looking one. would l be safe ia
crossing in it?" asked the traveller.
pointing to the boat. "Yem be just
as safe" responded the lrishman,
good-naturedly, las IL you were in
Gods pocket"
Uncle Tom" an old negro of Lex
.ngton, Va, who saw a great deal of
General Lee during the civil war.
having been employed as cook at
headquarters, confessed that only
Dnce had he heard anything disre-
spectful said about the idol of the
south. In relating the incident, he
said: ''One night, erbout de middle
oh de war, j seed GURUS man go
inter de gin'l's tent. He cum ont, en-
whin he got ter whar wuz he wuZ err
hippin' en- er-roarin' and er-snortin'.
'Whut's de trubble? / SEE ter i'm.
'Trubble,' SEE he. 4 ies got orders ter
ride forty mics ter-night wild er
messidge, en- here tits er-snowin' en-
er-blowin' en- er-sleetin' lax all hell
possessed. I'm darned eff know what
Gin1 Lees er-thinkin' erbout.' Well,
sir, I Jest looked at i'm fer a minnit
en- thenesez ter i'm: 'Fo Gawd. I
doan' reckin yer does know whit
Gin1 Lees er-thunkin' erbout. Man,
sir. ef one er Gin1 Lees thots wuz
ter get inter yer haid 'twould bus
it OPEN"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-09-20
GaEVesfo1 Horror the 6gIorsf
Calamity of Century.

The latest news from fioodswept
galveston increases the horror Of the
picture left by the terrible tidal wave.
1t least ten thousand persons were
wept into eternity by the wind and
wave that set in at o'clock Saturday
morning, and continued for twenty
our hours. The following report is
rom a correspondent at the scene of
NE dreadful calamity.
The exodus of the people OF Calves
on, fleeing from hunger and pestilence
md thousand-fold suffering, has begun
earnest.
At least 1000 men and women had
aiken advantage of the transporta--
non facilities furnished by pressing
INTO service all available small boats
and sailed to Texas City and Virginia
Point Other thousands are ready to
'eave as soon as they can secure pas
sage.
Must Get Them Away.
Mayor Jones says that there are at
east 1000 women and children and in
iured men whom it is imperative to
take away at once to avoid great NOR
tally among them.
Their going is a blessing to them,
and it will be an equal blessing to
those who remain behind. The citi-
Gems committee is using every effort
to encourage the departure of all who
Will go, and especially of the women
and children. 1t is furnishing free
transportation to many, and in this 1t
is assisted by the railroad companies.
Survivors Taken North.
Word was received from General
hanager Trice of the International &
Great Northern Railroad that suffer-
ers would be carried free to Houston
from Texas City, where most Of the
boats land. and that transportation to
points still further north would be
furnished to people unable to pay their
way: The Galveston, Houston & Hen
derson road will also operate relief
trains and carry refugees from Texas
City to Houston.
The establishment of this passenger
service out of the city and of a relief
freight service from Clinton to GAL
weston to bring in supplies, which is
promised. will greatly relieve the sit
uation at Galveston. but it is still bad
enough.
May Convene Legislature.
There is much talk Of asking Gov
Sayers to call a special session of the
legislature to come to the relief of
Galveston and appropriate large sum
for It, District Judge William II.
Stewart has telegraphed the request to
him.
All Of the terror of the previous
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South Bend. Ind, Sept. 17.-Five
men, all living at Kankakee, ILL.,, were
injured in a head-end collision on the
Indiana, Illinois & Iowa railway six
miles south Of South Bend. They are:
Christian Dimeo, Joseph osilinsh,
Martin Alberts, Henry Schultz. Will
lam Toppe. The men were brought to
this city and taken to a hospital They
were on a south-bound work train
which crashed into a south-bouno
freight.
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Conductor T. ]. Powers OF the Gal
weston, Houston and Henderson, took
out a relief train from Houston early
Monday morning and picked up sew
eral refugees from Galveston. One Of
these is w. S. Clinton. engineer in
the fertllizing plant of the Galveston
stockyards. His family consisted of a
wife and six children. When his house
was washed away he succeeded In get
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-09-20

the citizens were furious. Tuesday
night the main thoroughfare was in
tensely dark and deserted, not lamp
In the city being lighted.
Life Is Held Cheap.
Life is held cheap in Galveston. The
awful presence of death of the great
and small has made men callous, and
a shooting or killing attracts little or
no attention. No one walks the streets
unarmed and no one is permitted to be
about at all except on a pass first OBJ
tanned from the mayor.
Gen. McKibben, U. S. A., commander
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yond the control Of the authorities.
The powers in control had been quar-
reling. Tuesday night at o'clock
every citizen soldier under command
Of Maj. kayling was called in, dis
armed and mustered out Of service.
Chief Of Police Ketchum then took
charge and the major was relieved of
his command. During an hour and a
half the city was unguarded and the
looters held high carnival. AS the
majors work was unusually brilliant
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though unavoidable neglect, killed
most OF them. That hundreds Of
others will die In the same way is
probable, even II no pestilence breaks
out. Several persons have already
gone insane from their sufferings.
But in immediate horror these
things are trifles compared to the saw
agery of vandalism and the almost
equal savagery of the punishment that
must be melted out to offenders. Many
roughs and criminals succeeded In
reaching Galveston before the authorl-
ties awoke to the need Of keeping them
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Die from Neglect.

Perilous and exciting in the extreme
Sas the voyage of the first messengers
sent out of Galveston to tell the world
nf the city's great calamity. 1t consist
I'd of Lieutenant J. J. Delaney of the
southern Pacific, e. G. Cox of the firm
n Thomas Taylor & Co., E. l.. Porch.
~ WeIch & Porch, and two newspaper
mon. Their boat was the steam yacht
pberabo, owned by Colonel w. l..
,oody. and the crew was made up
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Perilous Drip HcrosS the Bay.

than Texas City, declaring that she
could not live in such a sea.
Lieutenant Delaney, who was an Of
ficer in the japanese navy. and who
commanded one OF the war ships in
the battle of the Yalu river, and who
was later a lieutenant in the United
States navy, said:
THE trip across the bay was far
more desperate struggle for life than
that during the hurricane OF the night
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of volunteers. Lawrence V. Elder, su-
perintendent of the Galveston cotton
mills, acting as engineer and all hands
being Stokers.
Many squalls struck the bay just as
the Pherabo got out of the channel
from the Galveston wharves to Texas
City. The boat was at one time point
ed toward the sky and the next mo-
ment downward. The engineer, de-
clined TO take the boat any further
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Lover Stabs Himself.

South Bend. Ind, Sept. l5.-Henry
shotwell, aged twenty-five. lies at Ep-
worth Hospital in precarious condi-
ton from a self-inilicted stab near the
heart. he having attempted suicide
after a quarrel with his sweetheart,
Laura Nelson.
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before. In all my experience at sea
l never knew of a craft surviving
through such a strain. To get into
Texas City we had to break a way
through a lot OF wreckage and then
had to make our way for fifty or sew
enty-fye feet walking on wreckage be-
fore We could get to shore"
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Belgrade, Sept. i7.-The guard at
King Aiexandsrs palace in smederevo
has been increased by two companies
on account Of the existence Of a plot
to MURDER tae s'aSs of gS1mssn. and
Seryia-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-09-20

No matter what ails you, headache
to a cancer, you will never get well
until your bowels are put right
CASCARETS help nature, cure you
without a grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine. put up in metal boxes, every
tablet has c. c. c. stamped on It. Be-
ware of limitations.
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Richmond and Hitchcock each re.
port sixteen lives lost. Alta Iona
Arcadia, Seabrooke, Velasco. Belle
vile, Arcola and many other towns
have from one to eight dead
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-09-20

In 1873 n silver dollar was worth one
dollar and six-tenths in gold, and in
1896 forty-five cents. Money may de-
preciate but there is one standard med
icine. which has not changed in half
century. and that is Ilostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters. IL always has been the
one remedy for indigestion, dyspepsia
or kidney trouble.
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city. None can now be sold TO any
body without consent Of a special COM
mittee. The need of the city is dire.
the restitution is awful. Not BUSH
ness house is open. Warehouses are
all wrecked with rare exceptions.
Nearly all bushes is suspended. Peo-
pie are yet too busy mourning for the
dead. The city treasurer when asked
to estimate the loss to business proper
ty and real estate, said: The assess
ed valuation and property was $780,
900. The loss will exceed two-thirds
of that"
1t was learned upon unquestionabls
authority that the military under Ad-
jutant-General Scurry had slain not
less than seventy-five men, mostly ne
groes, guilty of robbing the dead. Two
thirds of this number were shot down
in their acts Of atrocity.
Give Thousands for Galveston.
Liberal contributions are being made
by the banks at St Louis. in addition
to the $4,000 secured by the Interstate
Merchants association.
Milwaukee residents are determines
to raise $4,000 inside of forty-eight
hours for the Galveston sufferers. The
Schlitz Brewing company wired $1,000
to the mayor of Galveston; the Pabst
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO RELIEF FUNu
Many Cities r pidiy Raising Money for
Starm Sunarars

Storm Sufferers.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 1.-THE fol-
lowing contributions are reported to
the Relief Committee as being sub
scribed:
New York s143,449, st. Louis, s46,-
3l2, Chicago $4,000, Boston $4,000,
Pittsburg $l76SG. Philadelphia sl6,-
1874, Kansas City. Mo. s13, 400, San
Francisco $4,000, Standard Oil Co.,
$4,000. Andrew Carnegie Steel Co.,
$4,000, Paris, France $4,000, Liver
pool. Eng, $4,000. Louisville,
KY. $4,000, Covington, Ky, 10000,
Milwaukee $9,257. Denver sS,4OO,
Santa Fe railroad $1,000. Cleveland, o.
$500, Cincinnati $3.50, Los Angeles
$4,000, st. Paul s3,G4O, Mobile $500,
indianapolis 5000. Detroit s2,GOV,
Toledo s2,55S, Topeka, kas. $500,
Columbus, o., S2,33l, Pueblo, Colo. ST.
600, Washington. d. c. $1,000, Daven-
port, Ia, $500, Grand Rapids, Mich.
s1,l20, Springfield, H., $4,000. New
port, KY. $1,000, Seattle Wash.
$500, Kokomo, Ind, $500, Rock Island,
ILL.,, $3.50, Dubuque $500. Dixon, Ill.
$500. Joliet, H., $500. Des Moines 500,
Montana to Raise Big Fund.
Helena, Mont. Sept. IL. Montana
will raise big fund fog The relief OF
the Galveston sufferers. Mayor Ed.
wards Of Helena has peeu delegated
treasurer. local paper has already
secured several thousand dollars from
the first days appeal, aal it is ex-
pected that $40 900 @: $4,000 will be
raised