The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-16
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS,
County Comm SSiOnerS win Canvass
Returns on City COmmiSS on.
MUCH INTEREST N THAT GULF STORM
High Wind, but II Is Not Regarded
as an indication that the Hurri-
cane Is at Hand.

county commissioners Will meet tomorrow
60 canvass the vote OF the recent election
for city commissioners. There win I've no
contests filed and the canvass will result
in the announcement Of the lection of w
T. Austin and a. T. Norman W n Aus
tin having been appointed chairman OF the
commissioners by the governor will on the
announcement OF his election, tender his
resignation to accept the appointment of
the governor vnllery Austin, real estate
mon Of this city has been selected to sue.
| coed w H. Austin when the resignation
is rendered
1t is stated positively that there viii be
no obstacle placed In the way of the Ell
commissioners by the present city Officials
aud it Will therefore he only necessary for
them TO qualify and take Charge Of the
municipal affairs, The city. council WI !
meet the MAYOR aud board Of aldermen
VIII resign and turn the affairs over to
thom
plcte charge OF the municipal alfnlrs OF
the city and II hcrculean task confronts
them IN carrying out the measures for
which the commission was created,
Interest in that Storm.
Galveston, Texas. September 15rhe
following message was received at the
weather bureau at Il O'Clock today; Ad-
visory II a. NJ, storm central near the
western extremity Of Cuba WIN rtcuree
over gulf Monday. Considered unsafe for
vessels to cross gulf during the next two
or three days. Garrl7tt
While this warning was intended My
for mariners IL was no sooucr learned mat
the hurricane had pissed from the Car
lhhCau sea into the gulf than the people
here hccnmp grcptiy Interested In uS move
mcnts The weather bureau has Kept us
ull force of men MT work today VIII ch Is
unusual on sundays aud all have been Kept
busy answering questions in regard to tae
movements of the storm
Observer Taylor who Is temporarily In
charge oT the weather bureau has owen
out an the information he has received -
regard 10 the storm ana has stated ina II
was entirely too early Tor any ninf'n mere,
II Is expected that the storm VIII vecnffv
tomorrow MS Indicated In ia" disuatrh
quoted above and la that event " VII
not come tu Galveston. lt has vari.d ltnm
tho usual course of the West india hur
ucaucs IN that IT came south of Cuba IN
/ stead of north of Cuba ami az the ioSt
report it had passed from the Caribbean
sea into the gulf. Tue reports received
do not state the velocity OF the Wind for
the reason that II has not struck any port
as vet Havana and Key Wcst hoth report
high winds which indicate a Velocity Of
more than TWENTY-FIVE miles per nour
ff the storm does come directly to Gal
weston Ii rs not thought that 1t could
reach here before Tuesday
Northeast winds caused hy the hurHcHle
prevail here this evening hut his does ,gt
Indicate that the storm Is near here nS I g
wind Is Influenced some time In this loc1l
ity by storms which are In the great lHkcA
This is said to h~e been the case during
recent storm In Lake Michigan,
The weather bureau officials here to-
night are uuahlc 10 make any predictions
In regard to the course of tine storm, tiigh
baromctois are reported nt Jacksonyllle,
Fla, and other points along the Atlantic
coast. showing that the storm is not going
"a that direction. This would naturally IN
dicate that II was still coming westward
The Washington forecast for Galveston TO
mOir " Is high northeast winds, Indicating
the storm confer 10 be southwest of iial'
weston ~ was predicted in the forecast
I today that the hurricane would rcCuryc
tomorrow As II could not reach Calves
fon before Tuesday II II comes directly
here the rcculVc tomorrow would cause ~
90 miss coming TO Galveston.
The center of the storm is siill thought
( 10 hp In the gulf west Of Cuba.
a warning from New orleans this after.
noon advisel that there would proximity bc
q storm ou the East Texas coast and there
[ rs also a disturbance In the gulf east Of
Corpus Christi Neither OF those is con,
uccted with or caused by the hurricane,
from the fact that the warning against
I the lattcr ucludrs all ships, II Is supposed
( tla the hurricane is Of considerable pro
portion.