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12,000 Dead on . (he Texas Coast. S20,000,000 is the Property Loss. Houston. Tes, Sept 19.-Gov Sayers tonight wired the toiiowiag statement to the Associated Press : "The situation tonight io ali parts of the stricken district, so far as known to me, is improved, and will, I believe, should we have fair weather, condone to improva. The method of distributing the bene?ac?ioa of the people bas become systematized and has been redaced to tbe lowest expenses possible, and io this [ save had the hearty and voluntary assistance of the railway, express, teiegrapb and telephone com? panies, all cf whom nave promptly and without charge transmitter supplies and messages, beeide contributing to tbe relief cf tb: sufferers. Galveston i? being mantled by its own municipal authorities, tupplemeot'ed by the assist? ance cf committees composed of its bese citizens act! also by the aid of Gen Scurry I am also informed that the I IJcited Stati s marsbai, Dr Gract, has -rendered au'i is rendering mest valuable aid. "The lo:?s of lito occasioned by tho storm ia Gil veston and elsewhere on tho sournero coast cannot be iess than j 12.000 live?, while th? io*? of property wili probab c aggregate ?20.000 OOO. j Notwithstanding this severe sifiietioa, I j have every confidence that thc stricken districts wilt rapidly revive and that Galveston viii fronj her present desele? ction aod sorrow arise with renewed strength and vigor.;t THE GENEROUS ACTORS. Washing!cn, Sept 19.-The raaticees given by aii'thc theatres ia Washing too today fer the beoefil of the Galves? ton victims resulted in total receipts of ?2,948. Six play bouses devoted ail their receipts for the afternoon to this fund Their subscriptions to tbe fund made maioly through newspapers 60 far show a total of $8,392. Civil Law Replaces Marshal ?ffi?tia Will Rama?n as a Pre? caution. Galveston, Tex., Sept. 20-This evening Mayor Jones proclaimed that martial law would cease at noon tomor row aod thc civil authorities would as? sume directions of municipal affairs This was dooe at the suggestion of Gea Scurry, who expressed the belief that coodi icos had reached snob a stage that the oivii authorities were ?abie to cope with the situation. This, .'however, does oot meao the immediate withdrawal of the militia They are to -cooperate with tba city officiait? in the .enforcement of order and will continue oo duty as a ?art of the goveromeot "Since mart .-il law bas prevailed io Gal? veston good order bas resulted. It was feared io same quarters that wheo it became known that the militia had given way to civil authority the looting and robhery which began after the storm and optioned uatit the declara? tion of martial law, might recommence. The military forces will be used as a check on this character cf crime, how? ever. and will ta all probability remain here ?'or tbe next 20 days Tn-' shootiog cf negroes by military men for lo-mo^ bas had almost salu? tary <f?ict arid bas to a measure ter? rorized the offenders; still tbere are cares of robbery reported daily that arr- being seit wiih severely Lib. r ic Galveston is a; premium There ts no: ao idle ai-'- io the city. Regardless o' static:, or position, a mat-: n.-es: vrr-rk The merchant and h:s el? rk ?ire working side by eide aiocg wl'b he mee who have kaowo notbiog ba* hard work eincc the time of their childhood \r> te- a cosmopolitan force new %' work on the cry avenue.*: white men K?>? black working io such ?angs ut?'r.' one bead is a daily scene. Today crder< were issued to impress every able ^ociiei mat? for ptreet service O^r 500 u:tn were eecured uoder this order 'oda? tbt-re are over 2.000 men eftgigsd tc the work. S ill this force i- oot sufficient, and more men isa>! bc recured. Meo for this service are t.> De imported from the interior of tbe Sta?c The wurk cf removing thc dead from the debris'etiii cooucaes The prevail tog method vi tit?position i* crematioo. and a? each corpse is taken <;ut it is thoroughly satiated with coal oil and tbrowr? -oto a blzz og fire This pian cf if:cir,fi;atioo har1 been entirely soc eessfui a::d the bodie? are auic!*iy de ??trov d Fcoeral pyres ?rc blazing throughout 'bo city, and \u this way GraWestvn is ridding b-rseif of ber dead. Two Steamers Sunk Liverpool, tcp' 18 -Tao British steamer Gordon Castle and tbe German steamer S torn: am collided in ?J?rdigare bay munday night and both vessels sarek Twenty of thc persons on board the Gorioa Castle wcro lost. The Stormaro cut the Gordon Castle ia twain in a dense fog. Thc Gordon Castlo sask immediately, her boilers exploding. The Stormam floated for an hour. Her boats 9aved a few of thc Gordon Castle's passeagars, who wera taken to Fombrey. ! FIGHTING IN ! THE PHILIPPINES. I At Least Sixty-Seven Men Killed and Wounded. Manila, Sept 19.-During the last j seven days there has been a distinct j increase of insurgent aggression. i particularly near Manila, along the ! railroad and in the provinces of Laguna, Morong, Bulucan and Pam pauga. culminating Monday in an engagement uear Siniloan, at the east end of Laguna de Bay, in which ? j detachments of the Fifteenth and ; Thiriv seventh Uni;ed States infantry j " i i regiments, 90 men al! told, met a j i thousand insurgents armed with rifles and entrenched ! The American loss was 12 killed, j including Capt David D Mitche? | and Second Lieut George A. Cooper, j both of the Ffteenth infantry, 26 wounded and 5 missing, who are I probably dead. The enemy had been pursued for j several days There are rumors of attacks on the j railroad and of. trouble in Manila j Refugees are arriving here from I Laguna, Morong and Pampanga i provinces The natives of Marnia j are restless, and many are leaving the city The hostile demonstrations j are particularly marked along the j railroad and along the shores of! Laguna de Bay The insurgents ; have attacked garrisons and outposts j lu some cases the}7 have charged towns, fleeing when pursued The Manila mai! escort of 30 men j was attacked at Cabugao Lake, a two j hours' fight ensuing. Cabugao was j also attacked, the telegraph ci?ice ? there being destroyed The insur- j gents have burned the village of Rosario They have been cutting the telegraph wires and railroad at certain points Armed insurgents have developed in the districts of San Jose, San Mateo and Mariquina. In the pro? vince of Nueva Ecija ration wagons with an escort of ll! men were at tacked and the wagons burned Five members of the escort are still miss ing A dispatch from Cebu describes several attacks upon American garri? sons near the capitol The American casualties outside the Saniloan engagement it is difficult to ascertain, but they are at least 15 The Philippine commission held a long session today and passed the civil service bill. Confederates in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga, Sept 19-Atlanta Camp 159, United Confederate Vet eraos, at its last meeting adopted a resolution couched in strong lan? guage, taking exceptions to a resolu? tion passed at the recent encamp ment at Chicago of the G A. R. relative to southern school histories It was held by the G A. R r?solu tion that many of the histories used by southern school children gave a partisan view of the historical facts of the civil war After giving briefly several inci? dents in the war the resolution adopted by the Atlanta camp con- j eludes : "In the language of the resolutions of the Grand Army, we of the south also call upon all patriotic citizens ;.o aid in banishing from our schools ali books and teachings of a partisan, sectional or disloyal character, but we remind our fellow citizens of the Grand Army of the Republic that so long as the northern schools are sun plied with books that teach that the war between the states was organized rebellion designed to destroy the ; Union, that Jefferson Davis was the j arch traitor, while John Brown was a hero and a martyr, that Robert E. I Lee, Albert Sydney Johnson and j Stonewall Jackson were guilty of; treason, that Semmes, Tatuali, Bu cha?an arid Waddell were wicked pirates and the southern armies weFe bands of rebels, the adoption of these resolutions by the Grand Army of the Republic is but a hollow farce "The resolutions themselves teem with partisan anger and misrepresent ation Whenever the unfar partisan j books of the north arc corrected and j ali evidences of hatred to the south ! eliminated therefrom, it will then be j time enough for our Grand Army ? friends to call for reform in the mat j ter of southern histories " Salt Lake, Utah, Sept 20-While! Gov Wells and Secretary of State j Hammond were iu Idaho last night ! to meet Gov Roosevelt and escort ! h:m to this city. Judge () VV. Powers of Sait Lake, a Democrat, was ap pointed United Stairs senator to fill the existing vacancy Toe appoint me nt was made by the president of the senate who is acting governor, according ti) the constitution Washington, Sept 20 -Director of iii-:-' Census Merriam stated today that thc announcement of the cities is practically comp!rte i, as no bulle tin wiil be issued for a town under 20,000 Ti);- burean, he said, pro bably will begin next week announc? ing the population iA the S tat ea. The fust wi'I be Arkansas and ??ier< - after they will be issued i:? aipbabeti cai order, beginning with Alabama It is thought thai, ail (A States will be given out be ?ore congress assembles. The returns from the several States will K!SO show the population of cities under 25,00 ! Cotton Growers to Meet. i A cotton growers' convention is j called to moot in Colombia, S C , during fair week The following is the fuil text of the call and plan cf work : The Cotton Grower*' association is hereby called to meet in Columbia on October 31st at S:30 p m A st3te convention of cotton grow? ers met at Greenwood, September 12th, 1900 It was then decided after due deliberation to perfect a ! State organization and officers were ! duly elected for one year until Sep- i tecaber IStb, 1G01. It was decided to compactly organize each county in this State with a view of getting a more accurate report of the ginning and marketing of the cotton and to inter? change views and information from ali the cotton States, for the purpose of obtaining fair and just prices for our cotton and cotton seed products Upon my suggestion an adjournment j of the Cotton Growers' convention at ? Greenwood was had to meet in j Columbia during fair weak at my j cai: : therefore. ? named October i 3lst, at 8:30 p. m. as tho time for the convention to mett ir) the city of Columbia at the county court house. ! Let each county be fully represent- j ed by delegations The number of delegates io riot to be restricted. j Ail counties are urged to organize ! at once by electing a president, one j vice ptesideut, secretary and treasur- j er and advising board or executive j committee The constitution and bylaws of J the State of Georgia have been adopt- ! ed as far as they apply to South Caro- j lina. j Bonded warehouses to be estab- j ?shed at all local markets wherever i required by the banks and members j ' of the association ' Warehouse receipts to be issued : aud negotiated at nearest bank-as collateral security for money borrow ed. Each producer shall control the in dividual 6a!e ; if be desires to dis pose of his cotton before minimum price fixed by the association is offer- ] ed by the buyer he shall be at per j feet liberty to do so. A fair and just price for cotton and cotton seed can be fixed and maintained in open markets in the south by united concert of action, by holding back the surplus crop, if any l there be, and marketing the crop ? during the twelve months of the year i1 to meet the demands of the mills in , all parts of the world ? Ginners throughout the cotton belts will be supplied with postal cards addressed *o headquarters of the State bureau, with request that each Saturday night the number of - bales ginned that week will be forwarded The secretaries of the county j organizations will be in close touch with the producers and careful esti mates made on existing crop condi j lions will be sent weekly to the board The cotton grower bas tbe crop be? ter in hand today than be bas had for 30 years and he is warned that - he has no reason to become unduly 1 alarmed over the report that the mills are closing down to depress a fair price of cotton. You are reminded that when cotton sold as high as 30 cents a pound it was manufactured Let us organize, ?et us work, watch j and continue to labor All parties interested in growing, marketing, ginning and handling of the crop are invited to send dele gates. The bankers, merchants and I warehousemen are invited to parti- , cipate io the convention J. C Wilborn. FROM THE ' WIRES. San Juan de Puerto Rico, Sept. 19. -Tho plant of El Diario, organ of thc Federal p?rty, was completely destroy ed by a mob "last night Tbe type aod pressed were smashed. Thc sup? posed oaose of the disturbance were ar? ticles attacking Mayor Egc.zoo, who ie a Republican No arrests were made. Munoz Rivara, the editor of the paper, ?3 perpariog a protest to Gov. AUe? on the ground that no protection was j afforded by thc authorities. The pro- J test will be scot to Washington. Minneapolis, Sept. 19 -An or- j gaoization ha? been formed to control i sea food. It will be incorporated under j the laws of New Jersey this week aud is baoked by New York. Mioneapolis | and Berlin capitalists. The name of j the company will be thc National Sea Food Company. Ali the largest pack - ? ing concerns in ?he country that deal j io sea food have entered the com bio a- ? rion, which will commence operation? \ as soon ss the ncxD lobster and soft i shcii crab scacon opens. For a year or ? two tho corporation will not attempt to contre! the oyster and clam output, as the laws nov? in force regardio;> tbe Chesapeake bay beds w -u'd not permit j this, but an attempt to include oysters j .tl- L l l " I '.no clam? vvi.i ne mane later. i" C Murphy, who was ^ervtog a life sentence for ti.<: murder of Treas jr er Cope?:, of ?rac?eburg County, an-.i .V. H Collins, a !;ur^i:ir afro -;?..rv:: a ? ?fe ~? L.':??: c. KsOapeil ?'?'M thc pons CM:ia ry on Wednesday nigh; hy *aw *:::.? iwav thc V??Zci taeir ceil door and v ; bo msoji wall. Both arc j vbz?a arc desperate characters A ew>i'?: of $200 ^ eft red <??r the arr<^r -f Murphy ana S10U for Collins: Bandits Raid a Bank. Carry Away 813,000 cf tbe Yellow Metal, Holding off Officials With Guos. Wioneoucca, Nev, Sept 19.-The Fir.*' National bunk w*s robbed t;? about ?13,000 *t noon tuday by fbree caen who entered the iront, door of the building and *i'n revolver-' ciarte <?ii present throw up their hands Tber.-r were five people ic the hack at the !<tn:-Cashier Nizoo. Assistant Cashier McBride, Bookkeeper Riii, S:enr:?ra pher Calhoan aod a horse buyer named Johnson The robbers threatened with instant deatn tho first mso who made a show ->f resistance One ronber ar the point of a pistol made Cashier Nisoo open tho sate and take from ii three sacks of gold coin. They threw (bi? ir; an ore sack together with all too poid foio in rb* i f?t3^ drawer. The-1 robbery then marched :bc Sv? men civ j throagb a bael; d-.or to an ailey wber-j I torcu horses were waiting. Thc- caen ! wore kept covered with goos until the ; deiDoradot'i CDOor.tcd their horses a:?d i escapee: i oe wooie a?rsir occurrec tu ! bot 5ve miootes. An zlzrvi v-.-a-- q*i?ck i i-y given and several shoes' were fired I at tbs desperadoes a-- (nev sr>ed ihre;:,';:: fowti but ?,i-Roat effect. Tb?? rc.*: bsr. ! returned the ?-bots bu: no on;; sss bi*". j O?icsra and ar:::ed citizens have starr, i : in pursuit ol ino robbers ~/no took j course up th,? river. A posse bas :.?!?.-. j r=r;irted from Gold Conda to bead th(-r;i ; off aod it is !r:::n?rht they cannot escape ! li<?;t:?rV. A'.vf;:! Pligrnt. _ T. .".I. Kizgins, Editor Seneca. (Xii* .) New.- j was a 111 tc ted for y*ara w:.:h i'i'cs th.-it i?.> d'<e- j tor or remedy helped uu:il he rried Bucklen'i j Arnica Suive, ile wrircs ?w<- :. >ses tvhyJIy j cured him. It's the surest Pile cure on t.-ir:h ! in l the best salve in the world. Cure jmr- j toteed. Only 25 cenrs. Sold by J F. W DeLorme, Druirsis?. 5 ASK YOUR FRIENDS ! YOU FIND THAT THERE ARE ?ORE %? M J?*** S'S A Ul : riMllPI Csed by people who know a good pimo tbat ?ny otber make. 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