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Galveston Overwhelmed by al Wind and Wave. Three Thousand Lives Lost, ?4,000,000 Worth of Prop? erty Destroyed. Great Damage Done in Other Cities and Many Lives Lest. New York. Sept 9.-The World tomorrow will print the followiog: Austin, Tex , Sept 9 -Information has just reached me that about 3,COG lives have been lost at Galveston, with enormous destruction of proper ty No icormation from oilier points Joseph D Sayres. Governor Chicago, Sept 9.-A dispatch to The Chronicle from San Antonio, Tex , says: The startling news has Sashed over the wires informing J. D Sayres that a messenger at great risk of his life has just reached Vir ginia Point from Galveston with the report that 3,500 are probobly dead ss a result of the fearful storm An urgent appeal to ail Texas is made for help. The messenger said thal the gain elevators at the water front are wrecked and hundreds of build? ings have collapsed or were carried ont to sea. The greatest distress is eaid to prevail. Houston, Tex . Sept. 9, 10 p m - The We6t indian storm which reach? ed the Gcif cost yesterday morning wrought awful havoc in Texas Re? ports are conflicting, but it is known that an appealing disaster has befallen the city of Galveston, where it is re? ported, a thousand or more lives have blotted out and the tremendous pro perty damage incurred Meagre reports from Sabine Pass and Port Arthur also indicate a heavy loss of life, but these reports cannot be con? firmed at this hour Tho first news to reach this city from the stricken city of Galveston was received tonight James C Ticonaons, who resides in Houston, and who is the general superintend ent of the National Compress com? pany, arrived in the city at 8 o'clock tonight from Galveston. He was one of the first to reach here with tidings of the great disaster which has be fallen that city and the magnitude of that disaster remains to be told be cause of his endeavors to reach home. After remaining through the burri cane of Saturday, be departed from Galveston on a sch coner anu came ?cress the bay to Morgan's Point, where he caught a train for Houston The hurricane, M r Timmons said, vras the worsl ever known. The estim?tes made by citizens o? Galveston was that 4,000 houses, most of them residences, have been destroyed and that at least 1,000 people have been drowned, killed cr are missing Some business houses were also destroyed, but most of them stood, though badly damaged The city, Mr Timmons avers, ie a complete wreck, 60 far as he could see from the water front and from tbe Tremont hotel. Water was blown over the island by the burri cane, the wind blowing at the rate of 80 miles an hour, straight from the Golf, and forcing the sea water before it in big waves. The gale was & steady one, the heart of it striking the city about 5 o'clock yesterday evening and continuing without itu termission until midnight last night, when it abated somewhat, although it continued all night. Of his knowledge, Mr Timmons knew of only one house succumbing with fatal results, though he heard of many residences being carried away with inmates. The house that be saw destroyed was Ritter's saloon and restaurant, at 2109 Brand street, a principal business street of the city This three story building was blown down and uine men, prominent chi zens, were killed. Secretary Bailey of the Wharf company and several waiters and caetomera saved themselves by jump iog from the upper story just before tbe crash came. Ic is reported that thc orphan asylum and bo'h hospitals were destroyed, and if this prove* truo the loes of ltfe will be great, as these institutions were generally crowded, aod as they were substantial buildings the chances are that many had taken refuge in them The water extended across the island. Mr Timmins said it was three feet deep in the rotonda of the Tremont hotel and was six feet deep in Market street. Along the water front the damage was very great. The roofs bad been blown from all the elevators, and the sheds along tbe wharves wers either wrecked or bad lost their siles and were of DO protection to tbe contents. Most of the small sailiog craft were wrecked aod were either piled op on tbe wharves or floating side up in the bay. There is a small steamship ashore three miles north of Pelican island, but Mr Timmins could noi distinguish her name. She was 6yiog a British flag. Another big vessel ba been driven ssbore at Virginia Poinl and still another is aground at Texa? City. At the south point of HoustoE island an unknowo ship lies in a help less condition. The lightship thar marks Galvstor. bar is hard aod fast aground at B ?Hi var Point. j Mr Timmins aod the meD with bim i on the schooner rescued two sailors from the middie bay who bad been J many boura in tbe water. These men j were foreigners and he oould gain no j information from them. A wreck of a vessel which looked 1 like a large steam tug was observed just before the party landed. In the bay the carcasses of nearly 200 horses and mules were seen, but no human body was visible. The scenes during the storm, Mr Timmins said, could not be described. Women aod children j were crowded loto the Tremont hotel, ' where he was seeking shelter, acd all fMiiht these enfortuDaces were bemoan ( j i:*-; their losses of kiodred and fortuoe. j They were grouped about the stairways ; 3nd thc ??ntleries aod rooms of the j b?te's Whs: was occuraing in the i other parrs of thc city he could only j coojscture. j Thc ci:y of Galveston, be says, is j now entirely submerged and cut off : ?rom communication. The boats are j gooe ; the railroads cannot be operated j and tbe water is so high people cannot walk out by way of the bridge across the bay even should that bridge be standing. Provisions wili be badly needed as a great majority of the people lost all they bad. The waterworks power house was wrecked and a water famine is threatened, as the cisterns were all ruined by the overflow of salt water. This, Mr Timmins regards as 'he mest serious problem to be faced oow. The city ts io darkness, the electric pliant having been rained. There is no way of estimating the property damage at I present. So far as he could see or hear, Mr Timmins says the east end portion of the city, which is tho resi? dent district, has been practically wiped cut of existence. On the west ? end, whtch faces the Guif on another j portion of the island, muah havoc was I dcoe. The beach har been swept clear?. the barb houses are destroyed and many cf tbe residences are total wrecks. Sabine Pass and Port Arthur Complete Destruction Has Befallen Them. Atlanta, Sept 9 -A epeotal to The Constitution from Beaumont, Texis, says it is reported there that the city cf Sabine Pass was completely destroyed by tbe storm The hurricane was the woret 8ver known. Memphis. Tenn, Sept 9 -A specral j from New Orleans states tbat a message j was received this evening fixing tbe j loss of life at Galveston at 2.600. Tae j message came by cable from Vera Cruz. i Memphis, Tenn, Sept 9 -A special i to The Commercial Appeal from New i Orleans says : Advice5 regsrdi?s the ? awful efjfcis of the storm wbi-;b has ! been raging aiosg the Guif ccsst of ; j Texas are jast beginning to arrive, ar:d ? ???e story they to 1 i is fraught with i h?rror. j First in importance is the news thai: j Galveston was struok with a tidal wa?e and thai the loss of life there was between 2.500 and 3.000 The water is 15 feet deep o*er Virginia Point. Every effort is bebg made out of New Orleaos to get tele? graphic or cable communication with the wrecked eity but to no avail. One message was received this evening fixing" the loss of life at 2,600. It came by cable from Vera Crae and was later confirmed in a general way. Great damage and considerable less of life is reported along tbe line of tbe Missouri, Kansas aod Texas railroad. There in much anxiety about Sabine Pass and Port Arthur The last news reoeived from Sabine Pass was yester? day at noon aod at that boor the town wa? entirely sorroooded by w*ter The storm had oot then reached tts height oor bad tbe tidal wave come which is ! reported to bave swept Galveston. However, at the time the last report was eeoc oat the people were fleeiog to the highlands for safety and it is hoped that they may have found refuge io time Port Arthur is not RO exposed to the waves as Sabine, but the damage there is believed to have been great. Telegraph wires are down at Port Lavaca, Rockport, Araozis Pass, Cor? pus Christi and Brownsville, on the lower coast and grave fears are enter? tained regarding the safety of the in? habitants of these towns. Greenville, Sept 8 -Friday night, about 8 e'clock, Frank Chandler, the eighteen-year-old soo of one of our mest prosperous farmers, accidentally shot himself, dying al uost instantly. Mr Chandler's family lives oear Lender mao, ll miles below this city. They were sittiog in the front piezza siogieg, w hen 5beir dog ran down about 100 yards to a grove, barking fiercely. Frank Chandler got bis gun aod with two brothers went to see what the dog had treed The dog was io a ditch, wbicb was filled with brosb. Cbaodler took bis gon by the barrel and punched in the bruth with the stock of his gun It 16 supposed that a limb caught the hammer of the gan, oaapiog it to dis? charge, the load entering his heart, causiog death. Washington, Sept 8 -Ex Presi dent Cleveland has declined the Presi dent's appointment aa a member oi tbe international board of arbitration under The Kague treaty Ex Presi dent Harrison has accepted the ap pointment. Galveston in Ruins. The First Reports of the Awful Tragedy Not Exaggerated. ! APPEAL TO PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL AID. ! Houston, Tex, Sept 10.-Tbe first j report? from the appalling disaster, j which has stricken the city of Gaives S ton, do not seem to have beeo magni? fied Communication was had with the island oity by boats today, and reports received berc tonight indicate that the death iist will exceed 1,500, while the property loss cannot be estimated, although it wiil reach several niil?on dollars. The bunal of tbe dead has already began. j The names of ali who perished in {Saturday's great storm will never be known. At the army bracks near San Antonia, a report it carrent that more than 100 United States soldiers j lost their lives io Galveston. This i report, however, laoks confirmation. The stricken city is io imminent dan? ger of a water famine, and strenuous cit >rt8 are making here to sappiy the sufferers. Relief trains are being or? gaoized acd will leave ber at an early hour tomorrow Reports from the interior confirm the loss of life and destruction of property reported io tbese dispatches last night. AN APPEAL FOR AID. I Washington, Sept 10.-The fo?ow I io? telegrams pa?Sid between the I White House and Texas today : Houston, Tex, Sept 10. 1900. Wi'.iiam McKinley, President of thc United Stace?, Washington, D. C : I have been depa;iz3d by the mayor and citizens' committee of Galveston to I inform you that, the city of Galveston i is in ruins and certainly many huc I dreds if nota thousand are dead. The j tragedy is ooe of the most frightful io I recent times. Help must be given by tbe State and nation or tbe suffering will be appalling. Food, clothing and money will be needed at once The whole south side of the city for three blocks in from the gulf is swept ciear of every building ; the whole wharf front is a wreck and but few bouses io tbe city arc realiy habitable. Tbe wa? ter supply is cat off and the food stock damaged by salt water. All bridges ! 3re washed away and stranded steamers i litter the bay. When I left this morn ling the search for bodiee had beguo, ? corpses were everywhere ; tempest j blew S-i miles an hour and then carried i government instruments away, at same j ticic waters of gulf were over whole j city, having ri.~ec 12 feet. Water has ' new subsided and the survivors arc left j helpless arnonn tbs wrettta^e, cut off j from the xforic except by beat. Richard Spillane, j Washington, Sept 10, 1900. Hon J. D Sayers. Governor of Texas, Austin, Texas : The repcets of the great calamity which bas befallen Galveston and other points on the coast of Texas excito my profound sympathy for tbe sofferers, as they wiil stir the hearts of the whole country Whatever help it is possible to give snail be gladly extended. Have direoted the secretary of war to supply rations and tents upon your request William McKinley. The above messtge was repeated to the mayor of Galveston. Austin, Tex. Sept 10,1900. Tbe President. Washington : Very many thanks for your telegram. Your notice will be greatly appreciated sod gratefully remembered by tbe peo? ple of Texas I have this day request ed the secretary of war to forward ratioos and toots to Galveston Joseph L. Sayers, Governor of Texas. Washington, Sept 10.-Gov Sayers of Texas has applied to the war depart meat for 10.000 tents and 50,000 rations for immediate use for the suf? ferers from Saturday'* storm. Acting Secretary Meikeijoho issued ao order granting the repuest. The tents will be sent from Sao Antonio and Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Ic is expected that a large portion of the rations can be prooured at San Antonio. If not they wiil be sent from Kansas City. The Philadelphia Record remarks as follows: "What will become of Mr Bryan's broad interpretation of the declaration that 'Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed,' when he shall be asked what be thinks of the constitutional disqualification of the negro voters in the Southern States?" It will be dead easy for him to answer that by replying that there is no absolute constitu tioual disqualification of negro voters in the Southern States any more than there is in some of the Northern States Every negro can vote who qualifier himself to vote. Wilmington Star. CASTOR! A Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of I The Horror Grows Worse. j Mayor Jones, of Galveston, 1 Says 3,000 Dead ; 10,000 ( Destitute. - j Food and Clothing Needed From I All Who Will Give. j Memphis, Tenn, Sept ll.-Autheo tic information from the 6torm swept city of Galveston reached the Memphis office of the Associated Press shortly after 9 o'clook tonight. Thc intelli? gence came io the shape cf a telegram addressed to the Associated Press rrom Mayer Jones and five of the most prominent citizens of Galveston. The telegram bears date of Sept ll and states that a conservative estimate cf the lose of life in Galveston is that it is not over 3,000. Five thonsand families are reported destitute and the destruc? tion to property is great. Followiog is j the telegram in full : Galvestoo, Tex, Sept ll. To the Associated Press, Memphis : A conservative estimate of the loss of life is that it will reach 3,000 ; at least 5,000 families are shelterless and wholly destitute. The entire remainder of the population is suffering in great or less degree. Not a single church, school or charitable institution, of which Galveston bad so many, is loft intact. Not a boildiog escaped dam? age and half the whole number were entirely obliterated. There is- imme? diate need for food, clothing aod household goods of ail kinds if nearby cities will opso asylums for women and children thc situation will be greatly relieved Coast cities should send us water as well as provisions, iociuding kerosene oii, gasoline aod candles (Signed) W C Jones, Mayor M Lasker, President Island City Savings Bank, J D Skinner, President Cotton Exchange. C H McMastcr, For Cnarabor of Commerce. ! il G Lowe, j Manager Galveston Ne^s. Clarence Owsley, I Manager Galveston Tribune. ! Houston, Tex, Sept ll -Thc Post I \ \ correspoodeat was instructed to for? ward thc following address to the peo? ple of the United States : Galveston, Tex, Sept ll. It ts my opinion, based on personal information, that 3,000 people have lost their lives here. Approximate!) one third of the residence portion of tbe city bas been swept away. There aro several thousand people who are home? less and destitute. How many, tbere is no way of finding out. Arrangements are now being made to have the women and children sent to Houston and oth? er places, but the means of transpor? ten are limited. Thousands to be cared for bere. We appeal to you for immediate aid. Walter C Jones. Mr Jones is mayor of Galvestoo. HILL VERSUS CROKER Saratoga, N. Y , Sept 8.-The name of Bird S. Coler will be present? ed to the Democratic Convention and will be kept on the roll until a nomina? tion is made. This statement was made on the authority of David B. Hill, Elliott Danforth and Charles S. Bacon Richard Croker will control the organization of the Convention and probably the selection of a tioket. Tbis statement is agreed to by all the delegates and leaders present. To defeat Mr Coler he may use Senator Mackey or Edward M. Shephard. The situation, therefore, is that the adherents of Senator Hiil will compel Mr Croker to openly defeat Mr Coler io the Convention, and if be succeeds io that be will be compelled to seleot the candidate to beat Mr Coler. It is asserted that it will not be Mr Daofortb, or Mr Stancbfield, or Judge Earl, or io fact any man connected with that seotion of the party favorable to Mr Hill, for that leader bas obtained their promise not to allow their names to be considered while Mr Coler's name is before the Convention. Elliott Dm forth allows himself to be quoted to? night as follows : "Mr Coler's name wilt be presented to the Convention and will uot be with? drawn until a result is aoncuoctd. I am no: a candidate as long as that is a fact." COTTON IS KING. ! _ Wildest Day Ever KDCWD on the New York Exchange. New York, Sepe 10 -Tne intensity t of excitement and activity of specula j Hon on tne cotton exchange today were without a parallel. Fluctuations far exceeded anything recorded, the extreme beiog 100 points with relapses frequent and violent. The markett opened irregular and excited with prices 43 to 61 pointa higher cn an irresisti j ble rush of baying in which every i branch of the trade took part. Sellers ; were few aod far between and without exception parties having heavy prefix wi'hin reach. Many of these imme? diately took the bull side again and were still long ar. the close tonight. Following the call the market seesawed at a breath taking rate with the move? ment in the main gradually swinging I toward higher prices. As the corning I progressed speculation broadened until j the market waa beyond the control of i even tho bulls. Sensational sst backs ! followed cerve-tryiog bulges which kept, operators of no matter what belief on the jump to keep pace. The Eng? lish market; showed corresponding gyra tions and private cablea denoted com? plete cbaos in Liverpool with thc bulls, however, beiog carriod aiong by tbe advance. On the iocal exchange Sep? tember sold up to 10.50 as agaiost 9 50 j Saturday night. The best ievel of tbe j later months was 50 to 71 points above Saturday's final figures. The founda? tion of bull ideas aod the chief cause of the terrific bail speculation was tbe news that the bes? section cf thc crop country had been swept by a tropical storm, the cquai of wbicb was not kuowo Reports frcm crntrai Texas wore vague and totally unsatisfactory, j which fact tended to increase the fears j of short and rho big crop theories Liverpool was simiiarly inflaeocsd, us well as tbe New Orleans market. Estimates pointing to a loss of 750,000 j to 1,000,000 and tbe announcement that spot cottoo was in enormous demand south at Jsv higher prices intensified the convictions of the bells. The government report fer September, usually the most important of tbe season, cutting comparatively little figure as an influence. The general condition was given at 68 2 as again?* 76 last mooth. 68 5 io September iast year 79 8 in 1898 and 78 3 io 1897. This average included 77 for Texas, as contrasted with 83 on Aug 10 and 61 on Sept 10 of last year. At ll 45 a. m., the failures of L. G. Schiffer and Gay L Schiffer were announced, these broken? being caught by the openiag I rise. The announcement of their sus j pension did cot seriously disturb thc j market as tbey were tro077n to bave j ! unimportant, cbiigatiens outstanding, j I The bull fever reached "ns height in the j j last hear, and under a .-light, flurry of ! prcfi' taking near fb^ close prices I settled back a ?es? points. The close ; wa? irre?ulcr and excited with pr'ces ! net 46 to 90 points higher Estimates j placed the total transaction? at 1,250.? j 000 bales : or 150,000 more than ever ' before recorded. Some Bryan Epigrams. The ability of Bryan in argument and his charm as a public speaker are recognized of all men. Ile is logical, earnest, argumentative and convinc? ing. But he is also attracting atten tion now by the way he embodies great truths or political principles in a short sentence Here are some samples from his recent speeches that may be classed in the muitum in parvo category : The extremes of society are really not as far apart as they appear. As misery is lessened the security of property is increased ; human life is protected in proportion as happi? ness is promoted The labor organization bas been foremost in advocating the reforms which have already been secured. We cannot afford to bring into this country those who cannot amalga? mate with our people. The attempt to ose the injunction of a court to deprive the laboring of trial by jury should alarm all our people It is inconsistent to invest aoy judge with the three fold power-first, to make the laws ; second, to bring accusation against those charged with the violation of the laws, and third, to sit in judgement upon the case. The fact that the United States sen ators are elected by legislatures, rath? er than by the people directly, lessens the laboring man's influence in securing favorable federal legisla lion. The only domestic use for a large standing army is to suppress by force that discontent which should be cured by legislation To support a permanent army of 100,000 men requires approximately one half as much money ss is an nually expended for education in the United States Imperaliem involves a departure from principles which were univer? sally accepted in this country until within two years Delaware is a small State, which usually doesn't attack much atten tion, but the conditions are now such, with Republican divisions and the change in popular sentiment, that the Demociats feel hopeful o? carrying that ^tate for Bryan aod ? securing two United States Sena j tors besides. Massacre of Missionaries. Shanghai, Sept 7.-Ten American missionaries and three American children, two Danish missionaries/ and oue British missionary, stationed in Shan Si province, were murdered late in July, according to accurate report? received today They were j stationed at Fen Chow Fa : The Rev j and Mrs C VV. Price, the Rev anc ! Mrs E. R Atwater, all o? the Ameri I can board, one child of Mr and Mrs ? Price, and Mr and Mrs Atwater's j two children : Mr and Mrs A T. j Lundgren, Danes, and Mis6 Eldridge. ; British I Stationed at Tai Ku : Tbe Rev anc I Mrs D. H Clapp, the Rev G. L Wii j Hams, the Rev F VV. Davis, Mies ? Rowena Bird and Miss Mary L Part j ridge, all of the American board j The Fen Chow Chu party left the I station under a Chinese escort for tbe j coast and were murdered en route. I The Tai Ku party were killed at that ? station. i Mr Joel Chandler Harris has re? signed the position of chief edi? torial writer on the staff of the Atlanta Constitution which he held for many years and filled with distinguished ability Mr Harri* was compelled to give up journalism by the desire to devote his entire time to purely literally work. Powers, the Kentuckian convicted of complicity in the murder of Goe bel, may be excused if he put some faith in the idea that 13 is an unlucky number. He was nominated for office June 13, 1899 ; arraigned July 13, 1900, as one of 13 conspirators named ; was defended by 13 law? yers ; his sweetheart was the 13th witness ; the evidence showed thar 1.300 soldiers were ready io defend him ; he gave Coulton $L300 to pay the expenses of the mountaineers : he took $1,300 with bim when he fled : the evidence closed Aug 13. 'I ?fe m m Used by people who know a good piano tbav any otner make. Its because Stieff Pianos are better and cost Jess than others. Moving, TuniDg end Repairing ; Accom? modating Terms. Catalogue and book of" suggestions cbeerfallv given. CHAS. M. STIEFF. Wnrerooms. 9 North Liberfy Strfc-t. F*c:ory-b'iocs ot' E. Lafayette Ave. Aiken and Linvale street?. BALTIMORE, MD. ASK YOUR FRIENDS! YOU FIND THAT THERE ARE MORE SUMTER INSTITUTE For Young .Ladies and Giris. The thirty-third scholastic year opens September 18th. 1900. For circulars and in? formation, address Mrs. L. A. Browne} or > Principals Miss E. E. Cooper, ) Sumter, S. C. Aug 8 _ 1801-1900. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, S. C. A. B t B S , A. M., LL.6., L. I. Coarse*. Spring Courses free for Teachers. Fourteen. Professors ; 33,000 volumes in library ; ex? cellent laboratories, class rooms, gymnasium infirmary, athletic grounds. Tuition $40,. other fees $18, a session ; tuition remitted,to needy students Kxpenses $135 to $175 a session. Certified Pupils from forty-five Ac? credited Schools enter its Freshman Ciaes without examioHtion. Entrance and Normal Scholarship Exami? nations held at every county 6eat, Friday. July 20, 1900, by County Superintendents. Next session opens Sept. 26, 1900. For catalogue, address, F. C. WOODWARD, President. June 6 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TSE HEAD OF TEE STATE'S ED? T7CATI01TAL SYSTEM. Three academic oourses leading to Degrees. Professional courses io Law, Medi? cine and Pharmacy. . Summer School for Teaohers. ( Scholarships and I Loans to Needy. Tnirini S?fiftJ Free Tuition to Can 1 UlllOIl OUUi didates for Ministry.. I Minister's Sons acd ^ Teachers 51*2 students besides 161 in Sommer School. 38 teachers io the faculty. For catalogues and information ad? dress F P. VENABLE, President, 7 ll Chapel Hill, N. C. SURVEYING. ~~ SURVEYING ?nd Civil Engineering wcrV protrpt?v ?od HcenrhHv done U\ LO RIX G LEE, Civil Engr. Mny 23-6 ?