Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" The Bamberg Herald. ! a 1 ? ? _ ^r~^>? , ZZZZ=Z ?^ y ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG, S. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13.1900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. | ? ; _ . ! ? 'I HUNDREDS OF * Great Tidal Wa\ ! City of Galv i--' SCENE iff WRECK AND RUIN T " J> ' \ Governor Sayers Estimates Loss of Life at Ahout Three Thou* sand?Stories of Death and Disaster From Various ? ?* Other Points. 4 + A special from Houston, Texas, state that the West Indian storm which reached the gulf coast Saturday morning wrought sad havoc in Texas. Reports are conflicting, but it is known that an appalling disaster visited the city or Galveston, where, it is reports ed, a# thousand or more lives have beds blotted out and a tremendous property damage incurred. Meager repvta from Sabine Pass and Port Art^ire also indicate a heavy loss of 1 if0$*bdfr4fcse reports cannot be confirmed at this hour. "The New York World of Monday printed the following: * "Austin, Tex., September 9.? Information has just reached me that about 3,000 lives havs been lost at Galvestion, with enormous destruction of property. "No information from other other poiuts. Jos. D. Saters, "Governor." - confirmation" of great disaster. 5 * ' A special to The Memphis Commercial-Appeal from New Orleans says that advices regarding the awful efk fectsof the storm which has been raging along the gulf coast of Texas are just beginning to arrive, ana tne story they tell is fright with horror. First in importance is the news that Galveston was struck by a tidal wave, and that the loss of life there was between 2,560,and 8* 0G. The water is fifteeu fee# c|e?p <?ver Virginia Point. Every etftrtpfe~i>fefcg made out of New Orleans to get telegraphic or cable communication with the wrecked city, bnt to little j?iful. One message was re-c%Hte<?S4dday evening fixing the loss of life at 2,600. It came by cable from Vera Cruz and was later confirmed in a general way.Great damage and considerable loss of life is reported along the line of the lliraouri, Kansas and Texas railroad. There is mnch anxiety about the Sabine Pass and Port Arthur. The last news received from Sabine Pass was Saturday at noon, aod at that 1 hour the town was entirely snrionnded by water. The storm had not then reached its height, nor had the tidal ware which is reported to have swept over Galveston, been announced. However, at the time the last report was sent oat the people were fleeing to the highlands for safety, and it is hoped that they may have found ^ - * * * . ? r\' * * _ ii _ ? Texnge m time, -iron Aryaur is not 00 exposed to the waves as Sabine, bat the damage there is believed to have been great. Telegraph wires were down at Port Lavaca, Rockport, Aransas Pass, Corpus Christi and Brownsville, on the lower coast, and grave fears were en- : tertaioed regarding.the safety of the inhabitants of those towns. APPEAX FOB HBIiP SENT OUT. A dispatch to The Chicago Chronicle from San Antonio, Texas, says that the startling news has just flashed over the wires informing Governor J. . D. Sayers that a messenger, at great risk of his life, has jnst reached Virginia Point from Galveston with the report that 2,500 are probably dead as a resalt of the fearful storm. Aji urgent appeal to all Texas is 1 made for help. The messenger said *tfcaf the grain * elevators at the <~^ter front are wrecked and- hundreus of buildings have collapsed or were car- ; ried out to sea. The greatest distress is said to prevail. DJEAD BODIES ON PRAIRIE, The following telegram was received from Houston by The Dallas News: FOOD SCARCE IN PEKIX. Partial Withdrawal of Troops Recommended By Commanders. The British, American, 'Japanese and Russians are posting proclamations in Pekin defining the jurisdiction of their respective districts for the preservation of order, promising protection to the inhabitants and inviting a resumption of business for the purpose of restoring confidence. A scarcity of food seems inevitable, owing to the fact that no prodnce is Arriving, and the various generals have % ' accordingly recommended a partial withdrawal of the troops before winter sets in because of the difficulty of provisioning them. . 1 N6R0TER declines place. Ex-President Harrison Accepts Position >, 4 ; Tendered by MeKinley. I A "Washington special says: ExPresident Cleveland has declined the president's appointment as a member of the international board of arbitration under The Hague treaty. ExPresident Harrison has acoepted. Another Plague Suspect. ; < A special from Glasgow, Scotland, gays: Another bubonic plague suspect was removed to the isolation hospital Sunday. BICE CROP ALMOST RUINED. Farmers Alone the Mississippi River Severely Hurt Ky Storm. A trip over the storm strickep seotion along the Mississippi river, starting some thirty miles below New Or* leans and reaching to the gulf, shows a damage of about $100,000 to the rice crop. Truck farms, poultry, cattle and olhy damage will double the amount. The river rose six feet during the storm and flooded the section. ! LIVES LOST re Sweeps Over eston, Texas. "Relief train just returned. Tbcj could not get closer than six miles of Virginia Point, where the prairie was covered with lumber, debris, pianos, trunks and dead bodies. Two hundred corpses were counted from the train. A large steamer is stranded two miles this side of Virginia Point, as though thrown nn bv a tidal wave. ? r - if ? "Nothing can be seen of Galveston. Two men were picked np who floated across to the mainland. They say they estimate the loss of life up to the time they left at 2,000." The above message was addressed to Snperiatendent Felton Dallas and came from the manager of the Western Union telegraph office at Houston. enormous property loss. The estimates of property losses made by citizens o{ Galveston was that 4,000 houses, most of them residences, have been destroyed. Some business houses were also destroyed, but most of them atood, though badly damaged. The city is a complete wreck from the water front and from the Tremont hotel. Water was blown over the island by the hurricane, the wind blowing at the rate of eighty miles an hour straight from the gulf and driving the sea water before it in big waves. The gale was a steady one, the heart of it striking the city about 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon and continuing without intermission until midnight, when it abated somewhat, although it continued to blow all night. a correspondent's estimate. A correspondent of the Houston Post returned from Galveston at three o'clock Sunday morning. He places the loss of life at from Six hundred to one thousand. At Virginia Point the houses are all destroyed. The members of the crew of the relief train roport four or five colored people drowned there and two childreu of a Mr. Wright perished. At Dickinson the buildings have been blown away and several fatalities are reported. The hurricaue was particularly severe at Brookshire, twenty-seven miles west of Houston, on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad. Four dead bodies were taken from the debris of wrecked houses, and it is believed that others have been killed. It is reported that only four houses are left standing in Brookshire, which was a village with a population of600people. Later reports received from Alvin state that many persons were killed there. Eleven bodies have been recovered. At Seabrook Mrs. Jane Woodstock was killed by a falling house; Mrs. Nickelson and Louis Broquet were drowned. S. K. Mcllhenny, wife and daughter and Mrs. Leroy and two children are missing. They were known to have been in their cottages, which were destroyed. The dead body of a sailor was found under a cottage. A report from Chenango says that eight people were killed. Not a house in the towfi of Chappell Hill escaped damage, and many were demolished. Business houses - also suffered and a fine gin is a complete wreck. At Brenham the courthouse was nearly yrrecked and the city hall completely so. Every business house and residence suffered to a greater or less extent. The fire apparatus is under the ruin 8 of the city hall and a guard is maintained for fire duty. At Guston stores were unroofed aud residences destroyed. At Bock Island the Baptist church was totally wreck ed and several residences unroofed. Forty-two dwelling and business houses were wrecked at Wallis. At Fulshear fifty houses were blown down. One person was killed near the town by a falling house. In Hardin county a large amount of timber was blown down and there was much damage to property at Village Mills. No damage was done at Corpus Christi or Bookport, on the lower coast. At Richmond three negroes were killed by the collapse of a church and three others were killed near there. STRIKE ORDER WITHHELD. Walk Out of Anthracite Miners Is {In Temporary Abeyance. The national executive board of the United Mine Workers of America adjourned sine die at Indianoplis Sunday without promulgating a formal indorsement of the application of the miners of the anthracite districts lor permission to strike. At the close of the session President Mitchell said: "There is practically no change in the situation since last night. If the operators do not meet our demands within a given time the strike will be ordered upon the indorsement of Secretary "Wilson and myself." BOXERS CUT WIRES. Belated Messages From Pektn Are Jnst Now Beaching Shanghai. Mails received in Shanghai from the north bring a bunch of belated messages, with a notice from the cable office at Taku, dated August 30th, saying that the office, being five days behind on government messages, is not able to undertake other work. The wires to Pekin were being cut daily by "boxers," although restored as rapidly as possible by the British and Americans. i tn a rr*avo JSlSfl tUJnrijitaiiu^s Are Injected Into Chinese Muddle By Action of Germans. Advices from Liondon state that the deadlock in Pekin apparently continues. It begins to look as if no solution would be sustained, at auy rate before the arrival of Count von "Waldersee at Tien Tsin. Germany seems to have introduced a new complication by endeavoring to organize some kind of offensive movement in the province of Chili. tOYERNOR WAS MISTAKEN. Superintendent Slaton of Atlanta Public School Refutes Charges Made Concerning a Book. Major Slaton, superintendent of the Atlanta, Gn., public schools, i6 indignant at the charges made by Governor Candler in an interview regarding a history which the governor said was used in the schools of Atlanta, and which contained ten pages devoted to Abraham Lincoln and one line to Robert E. Lee. Major Slaton stated that not only himself, but the teachers of the schools and the members of the board of education were displeased with the assertion of Governor Candler about the bock. "'Eggleston's history has never been 1 ' ' * * * lit i- ft nsou iu ids scuoois or Aiiania, saiu Major Slaton. The book was examine'! several years ago and was not accepted ou account of its uufairness toward the south. I am surprised that j the governor should make such a statement that the book is used in the Atlanta schools. "While he did not say the Atlanta public schools, the general impression is that he meant as much. 'The article containing the interview with the governor was resented at the meeting of the Normal school by all the teachers assembled. The Atlanta public schools are not the only schools m Atlanta, and I understand the governor's son, to whom he referred as having the book in his possession, has been attending a private school during the summer. It may be that he studied Eggleston's book at that school, but one of those histories has never been in the pnblio schools of Atlanta. "I waut it understood thattheteachers of the Atlanta schools are loyal both to the Union and to the sonth, aud that no book which" is not perfectly fair to our side of the question will ever be used. "The teachers are indignant as are the members of the board of education, and I feel it due the public schools of Atlanta to make a correction and to assure the governor of the state of Georgia that he is badly mistaken if be thinks such a book is used in the public schools." CABLE FROM CHAFFEE Tells of Entrance Into Palace Grounds In Pekin?General Rarwr AIca Ppnftfts. I^M? t J A The war department Thursday received the following belated cablegram: Take, China, (Xo date.)?Adjutant General, Washington: Pekix, Angust 28.?The officers and soldiers of Cliipa relief expedition send tbanks to the president and secretary of war for message of congratulations. Formal entry of the palace grounds made today at 3 o'clock, salute of twenty-one guns being fired at the south and the north gates. Troops of all nations participated, the United States by a battalion 350 strong, composed of details from each organization present at taking of city. Palace vacant, with exception of about 500 servants. General Barry left for Manila today. Danish cable, Shanghai to Taku, open for business, connect with our wire. Chaffee. ' The department also received the following message from General Barry: Taku, China, (Xo date.)?Adjutant General, Washington: All quiet at Pek?n. Supplies promptly unloaded, forwarded when dispositions determined. All supplies received. Troops comfortable for winter. Xo communication with Chiuese officials after August 28. James II. Wilson, brigadier - i- T%.i_:_ x _ JLUV UUI iiVM-w v bureau bad given notice for three dayt struck New Orleans Friday afternoon, the wind reaching a maximum oJ forty-eight miles an hour. In tht city the damage was restricted to th< destruction of the Metarie bridge, tht blowing down of felephooe wires, anc a child killed. " " - V*_ -h-'Ai .. > WITHDRAWAL IS UNCERTAIN i Powers Are Engaged In Considering Momentnons Question. INDEMNITY BOARD PROBABLE Washington Officials Have Long Conference Regarding Situa Ml 7!xL. 117 nun vv un i tiniMcr uu. A Washington special of Friday says: It known that the government has inferential knowledge of the attitude of all the powers regarding the Russian proposal, but it is still awaiting official advices as to some of them. The information concerning those regarding which do official announcement has been received it is stated is practically that which is in possession of the general public and is based on newspaper reports and the opinions of official organs of the various countries. Minister Wu arrived in Washington from Cape May late Friday afternoon and proceeded directly to the state department. It is understood that he had received an intimation that tho department officials were desirons of conferring with him. For nearly an hour the minister was closeted behind locked doors with Acting Secretary Hill and Assistant Secretary Adee. None of the parties to the conference were communicative as to tho conference. but at its conclusion Dr. Hill repaired to the white house with a portfolio well tilled with papers. For several hours pecediiifc the minisfer's visit Acting Secretary Hill and 1 ceiotnnf Wu/iKiforv liloa lin/T lipon PH a^OIOKHJV M\.VI T 1&V?WW MVVU g3ged in short conferences, and it was gathered that the negotiations relative to China were approaching another phase, and that another announcement of some kind was iu preparation. When the United states made its response to the Russian note on the 20th ultimo the officials here expressed tho belief that about a week's time would be required to determine upon the next step, and at the end of that time it would be definitely known whether or not the troops were to be withdrawn from Pekin. That period of time has now elapsed. The reports from the European chancellories indicate that, officially at least, this important subject is being treated with the greatest deliberation, and at least another week, and probably even more time, may be consumod in framing the last of the answers to the Russian note. , Meanwhile onr government has pretty well satisfied itself as to the attitude toward this last proposition of each and all of the powers interested in the Chinese problem. It may be that this knowledge is regarded as sufficient upon which to base another forward and perhaps, in this case, an independent movement by the United States toward the ultimate withdrawal of the troops and the settlement with Chiua which tho government has had in mind since the beginning of the trouble. The consultation with Mr. Wa is believed to have been inspired by a desire to learn something of the personality ot Chinese notables whose names have been suggested as proper to constitute the Chinese side of any commission which ruay be made to arrange a settlement of tho difficulties. VV11 ,o on nrrlonfc Rrlharfint of Earl It seems to be regarded as highly probable in official circles that when the time arrives for the negotiations for the settlement with China this government will appoint a commission for that purpose rather than place the negotiations in the hands of a single individual. There have been various suggestions as to who might be appointed upon such a commission but it is positively stated that as yet no definite selections have been made. As to the numerical strength of such a commission the general impression seems to be that it would not consist of more than five members, more likely three and possibly of only two. It can be stated upon the highest authority that there will be upon the commission some American of preeminent ability. MIXIXti DKAL IN PROGRESS. Mnny Millions ofEncllih Capital May It? Invested In Colorado. John Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer, sailed from Liverpool "Wednesday for Boston on the Cunard line steamer Saxonia, and on the result of his visit hangs the investment of a large amonnt of British capital in American mining properties, as the representative of a syndicate composed of Wehrner, Beit & Co., J. B. Robinson, J. P. Morgan and other capitalists. Mr. Hammond will examine a group of mines in" Colorado. If be reports favorable, it is said the syndicate will purchase the mines, the price being $7,000,000. XKWLAXDS RENOMINATED. i Xovatla Democrats and Silver Republicans Act In Unison. The Democratic and silver Repub. lican parties in Nevada effected fusion at a convention Friday and nominated Francis G. Newlands for congress. The platform indorses the Chicago and Kansas City platforms, holds that the silver qvestion is one of the important questions of the campaign, opposes trusts, condemns the administration's Philippine policy, opposes alliances with foreign nations, extends .sympathy to the .Boers. "50 SIGNIFICANCE," SAYS HANNA. Senator Gives His Views oti Result of Vermont Election. At Cleveland, O., Thursday, Sena* tor Hanna was asked for an expression J on the result of the election in Verf mont. He said the temperance ques} tioy entered largely into the issue in j that state, and that he did not believe j there was any particular significance I in the result, so far at least as the na* J tional campaign is concerned. general volunteers, goes 10 jream 10nigbt. Rockhill, Sbangbai, telegraphic commnnicatiop. Pekin. Tien Tsin bad. Extreme heat ended All conditions satisfactory. Go to Nagasaki tomorrow; take first transport to Manila. Barry. General Barry goes to Manila to assume the duties of chief of staff to General MacArtlmr. Patrick Institute to Close. It has been officially announced by Major J. M.'Patrick that as a result of the recent death of the principal, Colonel J. B. Patrick, the Patrick Military institute, at Anderson, S. C., with an excellent record for thirty years, would retire from the educational arena. ROCKHILL SAYS ">TT.? Veracity of Associated Press Trotted Correspondent Is Questioned. The state department Thursday afternoon issued the following: "A cablegram has been received from W. W. Rockhill, dated at Shanghai, September 5th, in which he authorizes the department to deny and nofonrnriMllv Mild litai i j nuu %MW statement made in certain newspapers relating to an interview alleged to have been given by him. The Associated Press interview with Mr. Rockhill was sent from Shanghai by cable after having been carefully prepared by a trusted staff correspondent of the Associated Press. SENTENCE IS HELD UP. Judge CantrJll Overruled Bill or Exceptions In Caleb Powers Case. At Georgetown, Ky., Wednesday, Judge Cautrill overruled the bill of exceptions in the caso of ex-Secretary of State Powers, convicted as an accessory to the assassination of William Goebel and sentenced for life. An order was made suspending the execution of the sentence sixty days in order to enable tbe defendant to proenro a transcript of the record to be filed in tbe court of appeals and an appeal was allowed STORlfRfr NEW ORLEANS. i Predicted Hurricane Strikes Crescent Cltj Wltli Terrific Force. Tim hm-vir>nna nf wind the weathei I SOUTH CAROLINA I \ STATE NEWS ITEMS. ? w c\irsN?e\rrv-3rNj5rvocvJtc^j > The Statrt froi* AnsociaJion. President Albert H. Anil, of the State Press Association, is anxious to have a large meeting of the association this year. It has been arranged that the meeting will be held after the primary and at a time when pretty much everyone can go 0:1 a few days' resr. Mr. Anil gave out this concise statement relative to the annual meeting: I desire to call the attentiou of the State. Press Association to the annual meeting which is to be held at Harris Lithia Spriugs on the 18th inst. An interesting aud instructive programme has been arranged and ."Mr. ?iarris,tlie proprietor of the springs, is making extra preparations to give the editors and members of their families a most delightful time. I trust that we will ( have a large meeting at this time, for I am snre it will be both pleasant and profitable. Those who desire to attend and who have 110 tran'portation should write to C. C. Langston, secretary, Anderson, S. C., who will obtain transportation for them over any line of road except the Columbia, Newberry aud Laurens railroad, and those who desire transportation over that road should write to me nt Columbia, S. C. In regard to the annual trip, arrangements have been perfected by which we will make a trip to Old Point Comfort. This is a mcst delightful resort, and I am sure will furnish rest and recreation to all who may avail themselves of it. Wo will leave Cross Hill, which is the station at the springs, for Richmond on the evening of the 20th and ruu direct to Richmond, where I am sure the day can be pleasantly spent, leaving that city on ihe night of the 21st for Portsmouth; thence to Old Point Comfort, arriving there in time for breakfast. Arrangements have been made with the leadiug hotel at Old Point Comfort for board at a very reasonable rate. ** Qualifications For Registration. Several inquiries have recently been received relative to tbe right of supervisors to register voters for the ap proar-hing general election. The following letter from Beaufort county will explain the situation as complained of: To his Encellency, Miles B. McSweeney, Governor of South Oarolina, Columbia, S. C.?Sir: I have the honor to respectfully ask some information in regard to the registration law. I find that the supervisors of registration of Beaufort county are refusing to allow citizens, who have the necessary qualifications as are required, to register uolcss they present a tax receipt. If I understand the suffrage provision of the constitution of the state of South Carolina, it simply says that all male citizens twenty-one years of age, coming up to the necessary requirements of the constitution, are allowed to register without presenting their tax receipts. Now, on the other hand, the supervisors hero claim that you must present a tax receipt before you can register,which is altogether wrong and is not incompliance with the constitution of the state by no means whatever. I invite your attention to this matter for a specific purpose, one that is demanding profound consideration immediately. The first Monday iu October is the last chance that any can register at all before the national election comes off, hence this urgent request. If it pleases your honor to send an early reply upon this, also an accompanying letter to the supervisors of registration at Beaufort, S. C., giving them some information along this line, instructing them (as the law requires) to allow all male citizens having the required qualifications to register without having their tax receipts, you will confer a great favor upon both white and colored citizens of this county. We know they can't vote at any eleotion without having their tax receipts, also presenting there registration receipt, but their is no way to prevent a citizen from registering without having a tax receipt if he has all the other necessary qualifications that are required. Thanking you in advance for any information or statement you may deem necessary to give at your earliest convenience, I am humbly yours, Frank T. Thompson, Corresponding Secretary Port Royal Precinct, Port Royal, S. C. A reply was sent to the secretary stating that he would find the law upon the subject in the statute, of March 5, 1896, at page 31 of the statutes of that year. The constitution of the state does not require the payment of any tax before registration, but it does require the exhibition of the receipt before being allowed to vote. The statute of 1896 is different from the constitution, it appears, and Governor McSweeney cannot undertake to settle local questions of this kind and the parties interested must have these questions of difference settled. South Carolina IragodieM. Less Holland, employed in the freight department of the Seaboard road, at Columbia, gave un order to Frank Rutherford, a noiro, about moving freight. The urgrj cursed and struck him in the head with a piece of iron. Holland instautly plunged a knife through the man's heart. Robert Chandler, nineteen years old, of Willinmston, fearing thieves were in the yard, went out with a gun. It was accidently discharged, blowing off his head. At Pelzjr Pat Hindetuau pursued and shot <lo:> n J. A. R ?ulan without provocation. The mau shot was running backward, holding up his hands and begging for his life. Inn inn IlnnifH of Civil VT?r. The Atlanta Journal says: We are g'al to know that the Indians who fought and fell in the service of the southern Confederacy ar? t? be honored by a heroin memorial. It will be erected by Captain S. E. White, of Columbia, S. C., who witnessed rnuoh of the valor aud endurance of the Xadiaos in the Confedei rate jar my. - w ' T'%'' ' v" " I The overwhelming majority of thou people of ] ml ia 11 Territory sympa- ( tliiz J wi?h the south in the civil wcr and a large number of Indians took up arms in her defense. They fought superbly, eliciting the admiration of their white comrades. Sum i of them were commissioned . office! s of acknowledged merit and abili'y and several half-breed Indians rose to the rnuk of colonel. A history of the Indiaus in the civil war wonld be very interesting and there are Indian veterans of the Confederacy who are capable of writing. IVrhv.ps Cap tarn White by erecting a monument to the Confederate Indians will move somebody to write the story of their heroic deeds. ' Colore*! ('omp.iny J>i*b>inde?i. Governor TdcSwoenry disbanded the Capital City Guards, a Columbia colorcvl militia eojnpany, which engaged in riotous conduct on the state capitol grounds on Labor Day. M. R. Cooper, secretary of state, lias forbidden colored militia to use the capitol 1 grounds hereafter. In the police court the rioting members were fined ?4-0. and some double that amount. fur contempt. This is the best drilled company in the state,white or black, and has been largely supported by white people. But stringent methods wero deemed necessary to avoid another clash. 'ibe affair of Labor Day was caused by two young white men driving into the ranks of the negro company and enraging its members, who were not justified to the extent they went, clubbing the inoffensive with rifles. The negroes have 10,000 rounds of ammunition, which they bought themselves. * * * Ofltavr Wtv* Kxcltetl. As a result of the tension in Columbia because of the di&bamlment of the Capital City Guards, Coroner Will Green, sitting on his piazza a few evenings since, imagined that Bingley Gary, one of the quietest old negroes in the city, insulted a lady. Green ran out with a 41-caliber pistol and asked the lady if she had been iDsnlted. She was too frightened to answer. Green fired on the negro, who was carrying a shotgun to a gentlemen at the gun clnb grounds. The bullet divided the barrels of the gun before | reaching Gary's body and so saved his life. The lady stys Gery asked her I very politely directions about street cars. The negroes are further incensed. PRESIDENT'S LETTER Accepting Nomination of Republican Convention at Philadelphia Is Given to the Public. President McKinley has sent in his . Isvlixv*. 4l?A rAminolion iCIICi U1 11WCUlUUtC VI VUC uuuiiuuiiivx made by the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia. Nearly the whole letter is devoted to the Philippine policy and the report of commissioners sent to the islands is reviewed at length. A few words are devoted to trnsts. Of the Democratic platform the president says in part: "The Chicago platform of 1896 is reaffirmed in its entirety by the Kansas City convention. Nothing has been omitted or recalled; so that all the perils then threatened are presented anew with the added force of a deliberate reaffirmation. Four years ago the people refused to place the seal of their approval upon these dangerous and revolutionary policies, and this jcrt they will not fail to record again thoir earnest dissent." ROOSEVELT'S "TYRANTS." Rough Rider Spenks In Sarcastic Vein to Detroit Audience. The iniital meeting of Governor Roosevelt's western tour, which waa held in Detroit, Mich., Thursday night., was all that the governor's most ardent partisans could have desired in the point of attendance and enthusiasm. The fioor and galleries of the great hall were crowded and many were unable to obtain standing room. The vice presidential candidate received a tremendously enthusiastio greeting. When the governor arose to speak the great crowd arose almost en masse, and remained standing and shouting for some time. The governor's speech occupied about an hour in delivery and was listened to throughout with thoughtful attention, and the telling, sarcastic and witty points were quickly caught and applauded. The governor gave the audience an object lesson when he asserted that our soldiers in the Philippines had less to fear from any body of armed bandits in that conntry than they had to fear from the principles of the Kansas Citv nlatform and the sue cess of the Democratic ticket. He said five members of the regular army were present and he asked them to stand up that the audience might see their tyrants. Five soldiers from the Fourteenth infantry, at Fort Wayne, who occupied a front seat, when invited arose and were applauded until their cheeks glowed with blushes. "Now," exclaimed Governor Boosevelt, "behold your tyrants." The audience shouted with laughter. "There are here," continued the governor, "five soldiers to 40,000 people ia this audience, which is a larger percentage of tyranny in thiB house than the percentage of the regular army bears to the whole number of the people of this country." ANXIOUS FOR HARMONY. New York Democratic Leaders Hold a Secret Conference. A New York special says: There was an important conference of the leaders of all factions of the state Democracy Friday at the Hoffman house. Richard Croker, ex-Senator Edward Murphy, Frank Campbell, Perry Bellmont,State Senator McCarren, Coporation Counsel Wbaleu and ex-Governor Stone, of Missouri, who looked after the interests of the national committ.'p in his pmmcitv an chairman of the sub-committee of that body, were present. The conferees were pledged to secrecy, and about all that any of them would admit was that au earnest effort, and partially effective, had bean made to secure harmony. GALVESTON H( Details of Fearful The Outsit NEWS NOT EXAGGERATED On the Contrary, No Pen Can Depict or Language Describe the Awfulness of the Situation?It Is Simply Unparalleled. . A special of Monday from Houston, Texas, says: The first reports of the appalling disaster which has stricken the city of Galveston do not seem to have been magnified. Communication was had with the island city Monday by boats and reports received indicate that tho death list will exceed 1,500, while the proporty loss cannot be estimated, although it is known it will reach several million dollars. A mass meeting was held in Houston and liberal contribntions were made for the immediate relief of the destitute. Governor Sayers appealed to President McKinley for aid. This appeal was met with by a prompt response from the president, who stated that 10,000 tents and 50,000 rations had been ordered to Galveston. Governor Sayers also addressed an appeal to each municipality in the state, asking for prompt assistance in caring for the sufferers. Telegrams of inqniry and sympathy poured in throughout the day and night from every state in the union, and in almost every instance substantial relief has been offered; Reports from the interior confirm the loss of life and destruction of property reported in previous dispatches. COnRESPONDSJTT's SETOBT OP DISASTEB. Richard Spillane, a well known Galveston newspaper man and day correspondent of the Associated Press in i that city, who reached Houston Monday after a terrible experience, gives j the following Account of the disaster at Galveston: "One of the most awful tragedies of modern times has visited Galveston. The city is in ruins and the dead will number probably 1,000. I am just from the city, having been commissioned by the mayor and citizens' com-J mittee to get in tonch with the outside world and appeal for help. "Houston was the nearest point at wn.Irinn laloffrnnh i n Rtrnm ftnts "U,VU " v* ?v.v0.-r _ could bo found, the wire?, as well as nearly all the buildings between here and the gulf of Mexico being wrecked. When I left Galveston shortly before noon yesterday (Sunday) the people were organizing for the prompt burial of the dead, distribution of food and all the necessary work after a period of disaster. The wreck of Galveston was brought about by a tempest so terrible that no words can adequately describe its intensity, and by a flood which turned the city into a raging sea. . "The weather bnrean records show that the wind attained a velocity of eighty-fonr miles an hoar when the measuring instrument blew away, so it is impossible to tell what was the maximnm. The storm began at 2 o'clock Saturday morning. Previous to that a great storm had been raging in the gulf and the tide was very high. The wind at first came from the north and was in direct opposition to the force from the gulf. While the storm in the gulf piled tin water up on the beach side of the city, the north wind piled the>water from the bay on to the bay part of the city. "About noon it became evident that the city was going to be visited with disaster. Hundreds of residences along the beach front were, hurriedly abandoned, the families fleeing to dwell ings in higher portions of the city. Every home was opened to the refugees, black and white. The wind was risiDg constantly and it rained in torrents. By 3 o'clock the waters of the bay and gulf met and by dark the entire city was submerged. The flooding of the electric light plant and the EX-CITY TREASURER SHORT. Experts Finish Examination of Books of City Official of Brunswick, Ga. After four weeks of public suspense, during which time the books of ExCity Treasurer H. H. Harvey at Brunswick, "Ga., have been gone over by expert accountants with the object of discovering alleged discrepances, the announcement is now made that Harvey is short $21,600. Martial Law a Necessity. Information leaks oat that the horrors of vandalism and general looting have been started by the vicious and criminal element at Galveston, It is expected that the city will be placed nnder martial law. TEXTS AND FOOD FURNISHED. President Orders Th*t Help Be Extended to Destitute Flood Sufferers In Tezsi. President McKinley has instructed the secretary of war to immediately furnish tents and provisions for the destitute people of Galveston and expressing his sympathy for the sufferers. President McKinley also sent a telegram of sympathy to Governor Sayers, in which he says that he will instruct the secretary of war to supply tents and provisions to the flood sufferers elsewhere on his request MANY MISSIONARIES SLAIN. Consnl Goodnov 8ectires List of Christians Murdered By Chinese. John Goodnow, the United States consul general at Shanghai, after inquiries from every possible source, learns that the number of British and American missionaries probably murdered duriug the uprising in China has been ninety-three, while 170 others stationed in Chili and Shan Si DroYinoM are aaaooonated for. -v- '' ' ' . )RROR GROWS [ Calamity Given J Je World. ' V -' * ;*< gas plant companies' factories left the city in darkness. "To go upon the streets was to conrt death. The wind was then at cyclonic >1 height?roofs, cisterns, portions of buildings, telegraph poles and walls were falling and the noise of the wind ~j%3& and the crashing from the buildings were terrifying in the extreme. "The wind and the waters rose ; ;^| steadily from dark antil 1.45 o'clock ^ Sunday morning, During all this time the people of Galveston were like rats in traps. The highest portion of the city was four to five feet under water, while in the great majority of cases the streets were submerged to a depth of ten feet. To leave a house was to drown. To remain was to court death in the wreckage. "Such a night of agony was poesf- -Wg bly never equaled by people in mod- c* ern times. Without apparent reason, the waters suddenly began to sudside at 1:45 a. m. Within twenty minutes ' * they had gone down two feet, and before daylight the streets were practically freed of the flood waters. In the M meantime the wind had veered to the southeast. Very few, if any, build- <y?j ings escaped injury. "When the people who had escaped death went out at daylight to view the work of the tempest and the floods - . they 6aw the most horrible sights im- 111 aginable. "The whole of the beach front for - three blocks in from the gulf wale ' 5^9 stripped of every vestige of habita-j tion, the great bathing establishments, the Olvmpia and every structure having been either carried oni to sea or its rnins piled in pyramid far ipto the j town, according to the vagaries of the v-gJSM tempest. ' 'The bay front from end to end is in '-y ruins. Nothing but piling and the |s wreckage of the great warehouses remain. The shore at Texas City, fourteen miles away, contains enough wreckage % to rebuild a city. Eight persons who were swept across the bay daring the % storm were picked np Monday mornAnother account of the disaster says:, The most appalling calamity in the > history of modern times has befallen m| Galveston. Everywhere there is death i and ruin and desolation. A great com- % mercial city is stricken with nriafor- - tone and her people appeal to the out- '% side world for. help. Estimates of the loss of life in the f city vary from 600 to 1,000. It is . > thought 2,500 people in the state have lost their lives. Parents mourn their Sgjw children and children are made or- f phans by the terrible hurricane which swept all of south Texas Saturday and . ^ : Saturday night. The damage to business and residence property is beyond computation. s ^ The city is almost ruined. The wharf ~ front is entirely gone. Every ocean j ^ steamer is stranded. The fine steamer -gj Alamo lies unon the top of theMallory 1 wharf, and a big English cotton-laden steamer was driven ashore at Texas . ;J $g City. Other vessels are aground in | different parts of the bay, some hope- ;d lessly wrecked. m No pen can depict or language ade- M quately describe the awfulness of the M situation. It is simply immense* un- If paralleled, and even those who went ' -.f] through the experience of the storm ' } | and survived are so dazed they can hardly realize the enormity of fha loss. V^| % Debris is everywhere. Electric light and telegraph poles are nearly all pros- M trated and the streets are littered with || timbers, slate, glass and every con- 'M ceivable character of debris. Starting as soon as the water began *. ' ? to recede the work of resouing the r wounded and dying from the ruins ofcj: their homes began. The scenes that were presented beggared description. Screaming women, bruised and bleed- . ing, some of them bearing the lifeless $jj| forms of children in their arms, men t:| broken and sobbing, bewailing the loss of their wives and children; streets filled with floating rubbish, among I which there were many bodies of the ; 'M victims of the storm constituted pert of the scene. In every direction as ' far as the eye could reach the scene of : desolation and destruction continued* v*j NEW PAPER FOB ATLANTA. % . j Will Be An EreBlag Jonrnnl Under TTnraa '.^5 ' of "Atlanta Dally X??i.M ^ Within thirty days?probably by m October 1st?Atlanta, Ga., will have a new afternoon paper. It will be known :v2S,; as The Atlanta Daily News, and will1 ' tM be ran and praotically owned by news* | paper men, the majority of whom are at the present time oonnected with. M 3 The Atlanta Journal. || This announoement, while of eon- |f siderable interest in sonthern journalism, does not oome in the nature of a surprise. The plan to provide Atlanta with a new afternoon paper has been on foot for some time. p GENERAL WHEELER RETIRED. M Will Visit Alabama and Than Take a Trip Abroad With His Daughters. 8 At noon Monday General Joseph I Wheeler, considered one of the most picturesque figures in the United States IS army, retired to private life, having Jf reached the age limit of sixty-four years. General Wade will be temporarily in charge of the department of the lakes until General Otis, appoint- \jyjE ed to the place, arrives. General Wheeler will go to his home in Alabama, and following he and j his daughters will take a trip abroad. .JSW WONT SC I 15 SEPTJEKBEB. i|j Manchester Cotton Mill Men Will L?m \>-J| Spots Alone For m Month. , |Sj At a meeting of the cotton spinners JJ of Manchester, England, it was decided 2a practically unanimously not to par- i chase American spot cotton during the ? month of September. Four-fifths of | i the employers in the trade were repre- M It is anticipated that the decision M will lead to the closure of scores <& /$ mills for several weeks.