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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. _
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