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ALL HELPING
STORM VICTIMS
Money and Provisions Is
Pouring Into Galveston.
PEOPLE VIE IN CHARITY
Dead Bodies Continue to Be Unearthed
From Debris—Some Semblance of
Order has Been Effected.
From all parts of the United States
and many portions of England many
thousands of dollars are pouring into
Houston for the relief of Texas’ desti
tute storm sufferers. Train loads of
provisions and clothing are also hurry
ing towards Galveston, and those of
the refugees who have arrived in
Houston are being made as comfort
able as possible. Estimates of the
number of dead still vary.
Mayor Jones, of Galveston, main
tains his opinion, given earlier, that
ttie nnmber will be no less than five
thousand. Properly losses are mount
ing higher as further details arrive
and some estimate for the city of Gal
veston reach as high as twenty million
dollars. There are 25,000 homeless
people iu the city to be taken oaro of,
and it is a question whether Galveston
can or will rebuilt. There seems to
be a disposition on the part of the
leading citizens, however, to start res
olutely where the storm left off and
raise anew city from the ruius of the
old.
The military is patrolling the streets
and looting has been given a set-back.
Several additional cases have bean re
ported where vandals have been shot
down while robbing the dead, but
troops are rapidly gaining control of
the lawless element.
Though the city appears to be piti
lessly desolated, tho authorities and
the commercial and industrial interests
are setting their forces to work and a
start has at least been made toward
the resumption of business on a mod
erate scale. The liquor saloons have
at least temporarily gone out of the
business, and every strong-limbed man
who has not his own hiimhlo abode to
look uftor is bciug pressed into service
eo that, lirst of nil, tho water service
may be resumed, the gutters flushed
and tho streets lighted.
The further the reapers dig in the
mins the grenter becomes the increase
in the list of those who perished ns
their homes tumblod about their bends.
Oh the lower bench Thursday a search
ing party found a score of corpses
within a slight area, going to show
that the bulwnrk of debris that lies
straight across tho island conceals many
more bodiea than have already been
accounted for.
Volunteer gangs continue tlieir work
of hurried burial of tho corpses they
find on the shores of Galveston at the
many neighboring points where fatal
ities attended tho storm. It will
probably be somo days yet, however,
before all the floating bodies have
found nameless graves. Aloug tho
beach they are constantly being wash
ed up. Whether these nro those who
were swept out into tho gulf and
drowned, or are simply the return
ashore of some of those cast into tho
sea to guard against terrible pesti
lence, there is no means of knowing.
The city still presents tho appear
ance of widespread wreck and ruin.
Little has been doue to clear tho
streets of the terrible tangle of wires
and the masses of wreck, mortar, slate,
stone aud glass that bestrew them.
In various parts of the city the smell
of decomposed flesh is still apparent.
Wherever such instances are found
the authorities are freely disinfecting.
David Mackey a Bankrupt.
David D. Mackey filed a petition in
bankruptcy in tho United States court
at Evansville Thursday. His liabili
ties are estimated at $577,765. He
bas no assets. Mr. Mackey vran for
merly a western railroad king and
owned a half dozen different linos.
“CRIGiNAL NEGLIGENCE.”
Tlic Same Old Story of Children Lock*
ed Up and Cremated.
Near Huntsville, Ala., Friday night
three negro childreu were burned to
death in their home. The father and
mother of the children, Percy Erwin
and wife were away at the time. The
mother was at church and had locked
Ler four children in the house.
The house caught tire in some un
known uiauner and only one of the
children was able to get out. Tho
three bodies were cremated and noth
ing but the bones were left.
HAROIED I HROUGH PALACE.
Allies “Desecrate” Abode of the Im.
perltl Rulers of China.
The state department makes public
fbe following cnble from Minister
Conger, received Thursday morning
through the United States consul at
Che Foo;
“More Russian, German, French
unu Italian tloops arriving. Imperial
pulaco niored August 28. Military
promenade of all nations made through
it —afterward closed and guarded.'
Prince Ching is expected in a few days.
"(Signed) Fowx.ee. Conqeb. ••
Explorations in Patagonia.
By Prof. J. B. Hatcher, Princeton University.
PIIYSIOGRAPIIICALLY, Pat
agonia Is divided Into two
sharply defined regions—an
eastern level and comparative
ly barren plain and a western exceed
ingly broken and mountainous region.
The former extends eastward from
the base of the Andes, where it has
nn altitude of B<XX) feet to the Atlantic
Coast, where it terminates in a con
tinuous line of precipitous cliffs 300
to 400 feet high.
Three distinct features characterize
the topography nnd tend to relieve the
monotony of the broad Patagonian
plains. The first of these is the se
ries of escarpments, from a few feet
to several hundred in height, encount
ered at successive altitudes as one pro
ceeds from the coast Inland toward the
Andes. These escarpments have a
general trend parallel with the pres
ent coast: line, and they doubtless mark
successive stages in the final elevation
of the land above the sen. The sec
ond feature is to be seen in tho series
TEHNELCIIK MAN, SQUAW AND CHILD.
of deep transverse valleys crossing the
territory from east to west and con
stituting the present drainage system.
In so far as my observations have
gone, these are all true valleys of ero
sion. The third and perhaps most
striking feature In the topography of
eastern Patagonia arc the volcanic
cones and dikes, and the resulting lava
sheets, which,covering extensive areas
throughout the central plains, are seen
capping most of the higher table lands
and frequently descending well down
the slopes into the present valleys,
while the extinct volcanoes often rise
majestically hundreds of feet above
the surrounding plntn.
In a line approximating the seventy
second meridian of west longitude,
the Andes rise abruptly from the
plains and form one of the most rug
ged and in many respects most pic
turesque mountain chains in the world.
Many of the.peaks attain an altitude
of over 10,000 feet, quite sutHclent at
lids latitude to precipitate most of tho
moisture in the atmosphere as if is
forced over from the Pacific. Owing
to the southwesterly winds which pre
vail here throughout the year, the at
mosphere during lls long journey
across the Pacific becomes saturated
with moisture, which, together with
the completeness of the precipitation
brought about by ttie advantageous to
pography of the western coast, renders
tills region one with an exceedingly
BALANCING BOCK DUE TO EROSION.
high annual rainfall and consequently
luxuriant vegetable growth in strik
ing contrast to tho dry and compara
tively barren eastern-region, where
the winds, already deprived of most
of their moisture during their passage
over the Andes, are usually dry aud
low. The prevailing winds in eastern
Patagonia, as in western, are south
westerly, and an easterly wind of
twenty-four hours’ duration on the
eastern const is sure to terminate in
a heavy fall of rain or snow.
Not all the moisture of the moun
tainous region is precipitated as rain,
for in the higher Andes severe snow
storms prevail throughout the entire
year, ample for the formation of great
Ice fields, from which extend numer
ous glaciers, many of which reach
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CURIOCB WIND AND RAIN KKOMON IN ANDES OV TAT AGON! A.
from the mountain summits far down
below timber line, nnd some ou the
western slope quite into the sea.
Formerly these glaciers were much
more extensive than at present, and
they doubtless contributed to the ero
sion of the exceedingly intricate sys
tem of mountain gorges and fiords
now forming so conspicuous a feature
of the region.
The slopes of the Andes below an
altitude of 3000 foot are covered with
dense forests, especially on the west
ern side. The variety of trees in the
southern regions is very limited, and
the quality of the wood for lumber or
timber for building is poor. Two spe-
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cies of beech, Fngtis nntarctica and F.
betutoides, the latter an evergreen,
are much the commoner of the trees.
The deciduous beech is especially
abundant, and Is the only tree found
throughout extensive areas on the
eastern slopes of the Andes.
Within the dense forests, lichens,
ferns, mosses, and other cryptogams
grow in great profusion, entirely cov
ering the ground and trunks and lower
branches of the trees. The delicate
foliage and variety and harmony of
colors of these plants, always fresli-
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AN OLD TEIINELCIIE.
etied by frequent showers, enhance
the other natural beauties of this re
gion, niul give to the quiet depths of
the forests a peculiar attractiveness,
contrasting strongly with the rugged
canons and serrated crests of the high
er Andes.
The most conspicuous animals of
the forest region are a small deer, not
quite so large as our Virginia deer,
tlie male with usually only two points
on either li*rn. The puma, or moun
tain lion, is abundant both on the
plains and in the mountains. There
are two species of dogs. The larger,
Cauls magellanieus, is about the size
of a small collie, of a reddish brown
color, and frequents the wooded re
gions. It is rather shy, in striking
contrast with tho sulaller C. azure,
abundant in the plains, of a light gray
Color, and about the size of a small
red fox. The guanneo or South Amer
ican camel is very abundant over tlie
plains, and occasionally enters the
wooded mountainous districts. Among
the birds, two, from tlieir size, are
especially noteworthy, the rhea, or so
enlled ostrich, found In great numbers
on the plains, and the condor, com
mon In the Andes, atony the high
bluffs of the sea const and about the
basalt cliffs of the interior plains re
gion.
The natives of tho eastern and west
ern region belong to two entirely dis
tinct races, differing from each other
in their customs, language, and mode
of life. To (he eastern region belong
the Tehnelches, a large, well-devel
oped and peaceable race, living en
tirely by tlie chase. They construct
their habitations and make their am-
pie clothing with considerable skill
from the skins of the guanaco. In
the capture of the guanaco, rhea and
other game animals and birds they
are exceedingly proficient and show
much ingenuity.
The Channel Indians of the western
region are physically much Inferior to
tiie Tehnelches. They are essentially
a maritime people with all their ac
tivities clustering about the shore,
from which they never proceed more
than a few miles Inland. They subsist
chiefly upon shell fish, the flesh of seals,
fish, and the sea otter and a few edible
fungi indigenous to the region they
inhabit. From the skins of the seal
TEIINERCIiIW TAKING YEKBA.
and sea otter they construct their
clothing, usually exceedingly scanty,
notwithstanding the inhospitable cli
mate. Rude huts are sometimes built
from the branches of trees, but they
spend much of their time in small
open boats made of beech bark sewed
together with whale bone. It is In
the construction of their boats nnd
the implements used by them in the
capture of seals that they show the
greatest skill and resource.
Although the plains of eastern Pat
agonia are exceedingly monotonous
and- uninteresting to the casual observ
er, yet they ere of tle greatest inter
est to the gftflogist nnd palentologist,
for it is the rocks composing them that
contain the remains of the extinct ani
mals that in former times inhabited
this region. In many places along the
river valleys there are extensive ex
posures of the sedimentary rocks rich
in fossil remains, and the high bluffs
of the sea const have proved among the
most, promising localities for the col
lector. —Scientific American.
l.ncoinnbflo Safety.
Apropos of the danyer to horse
drawn vehicles and their drivers from
automobiles, the case of the recent
1000 motor tour of the English Auto
mobile Club should be considered.
The route was over a purposely se
lected hilly country, the object being
to test the staying ability of the va
rious machines, some of the machines
negotiating excessively steep gradients
at a much faster pace than a horse
drawn vehicle could possibly main
tain. Notwithstanding this and that
the several vehicles entered in the
race covered in the aggregate 00,000
miles, not a single accident of any
kind occurred to other users of the
road through any of the motor ears.
The Girl in the Sombrero.
Some of the girls have taken to the
sombrero, and are rigging themselves
out In Mexican garb. The sombrero
is of finely-woven grass, embroidered
with silver, and is a comfortable com
panion, an enemy to freckles and just
the thing for a country jaunt. Mexi
can shirtJhraists, too. are in demand,
elaborate affairs in drawn work, with
hemstitched seams and turned-back
cuffs. Worn together the combina
tion of these two is very striking.
Soft Twntl Woven Wire Mntp.
Woven wire mats are shown and one
maker has a novelty in their treat
ment. lie embodies in the mats pieces
of rope, and these, protruding between
the Interstices of the wire in which
they are embedded, produce a soft
tread that is very agreeable, yet at
the same time they are so fully pro
tected by wire that the durability oi
the mat is not lessened.
It is estimated that it costs thirty
per cent, more to make bread by hand
than by machinery.
OUR WITHDRAWAL
IS NOW EXPECTED
The Word From McKinley Is Only
Awaited By Chaffee
TO LEAVE CHINESE SOIL
Supplies Have Been Stopped and
Famine Threatens Empire.
A Washington special says: The
question of withdrawing the American
troops at once from Pekin is now be
fore the president and a speedy decis
ion is expected and required. There
are differences among officials in Pe
kin on this subject and the issue is
for the president to decide.
General Chaffee was some time ago
directed to hold himself iu readiness
to withdraw his troops.
Undoubtedly he has conferred
with the other commanders as to
the time and manner of withdrawal,
according to the terms of the note.
The sending of further supplies to
him has been stopped and he now
awaits but the signal from Washington
to begin his movement. It is for the
president to give that signal.
Li Hnng Chang and Prince Ching
are the only lights in the east so far as
our government cau see, and it is pos
sible that the present problem may be
solved by a decision to deal with them
immediately, and to accept their
pledge as sufficient for our purposes.
Therefore, the decision announced
Wednesday to facilitate Li Hung
Chang's passage from Shanghai to Pe
kin may be regarded as significant.
Later iu the day it was announced
that Consul Goodnow had reported
that Li would leave Shanghai Friday
for Tien Tsiu. His means of trans
portation are not known, but he may
have a United States vessel if such a
thing is absolutely necessary to his
reaching Tien Tsin. It is not known
that any of the powers is prepared to
object to Li Hung Chang’s visit.
Meanwhile the state department is
doing its best to force the Chinese
government, through Li Hung Chang,
to restore peace in the provinces and
cease outrages upon American citizens
which have been continued up to the
present day.
FIFTY GHOULS EX I'hRfIINATED.
Men on Patrol Duty at Galveston
Make Example of Vandals.
A Houston reporter telegraphed
from La Porto the following story of
the robbery and mutilation of the
dead in Galveston and the death of the
offenders.
The ghouls were holding an orgie
over the dead. The majority of these
men were negroes, bnt there were also
whites who took part in the desecra
tion. Some of them were natives and
some of them were allowed to go over
from the mainland under guise of “re
lief work.”
Not only did they rob the dead, bnt
they mutilated bodies in order to se
cure their ghoulish booty. A party of
ten negroes were returning from a
looting expedition. They had strip
ped corpses of nil valuables aud the
pockets of some of the looters were
fairly bulging out with fingers of the
dead which had been cut off because
they were so swollen the rings could
not be removed.
Incensed at this desecration and
mutilation of the dead, the looters
were shot down and it has been deter
mined that all found in the act of rob
bing the dead shall be summarily shot.
During the robbing of the dead not
only were fingers cut off, but ears
were stripped from heads in order to
secure jewels of value. A few govern
ment troops who have survived are
assisting in patrolling the city. Private
citizens have also endeavored to pre
vent the robbing of the dead and on
several occasions have killed the of
fenders. Singly and in twos or threes
the offenders were thus shot down
until ihe total thus executed exceeds
fully fifty. ’
REBUFF FOR MISS JEWETT.
Boston Agitator Forbidden to Address
Colored Baptist Convention.
Miss Helen Clay Jewett, of Boston,
was a visitor Wednesday night at the
session of the national convention of
negro Baptists, being held in Rich
mond, and sought to make an address,
but was not granted the opportunity
of doing so.
ENGLAND’S FINAL ANSWER.
The Russian Proposition to Vacate
Pekin Is Turned Down.
A London dispatch of Thursday says:
“Great Britain’s reply to the Russian
proposition for the evacuation of Pekin
was sent two days ago, and, as the
Associated Press forecasted, Great
Britain declines to evacuate Pekin
prior to receiving satisfactory guaran
tees from the Chinese government for
the fulfillment of certain conditions.”
Carnegie Donates SIO,OOO.
The Carnegie Steel company, at
Pittsburg, Pa., has contributed SlO,-
000 to the fund for the relief of Gal
veston storm sufferers.
Britons lake Over a Railroad.
Advices from Cape Town state that
the military authorities have taken
ovec the Netherlands railway. Gen
eral Macdonald compelled the Boers
to make a hasty flight from the Vet
river. He captured thirty-one wagons,
quantity of cattle and stores, and 65,-
000 rounds of ammunition.
Cincinnati’s Gift to Galveston.
On Saturday the Texas relif jnd
at Cincinnati was over
ington, Ky., sent $1,200 to Gal 3n.
Barrel of Sermons of the Vtatoje of 17(A.
At Webster, 3. D„ the Rev. W. B.
Hubbard has recently come into pos
session of some very valuable relics
of an early day in the shape of a num
ber of manuscript sermons, written
gpd made into little boeklets by his
great-great-grandfather, the Rev. John.
Hubbard, who was a Congregational
minister in Meriden, Conn., from 17i>!>
Into the nineteenth century. The earli
est of the manuscripts is dated 1778..
The ink has not faded perceptibly and
the paper is in a perfect state of pre
servation. Mr. Hubbard is reading
them to his congregation, who find the
subject matter as intereiting as it
promised to be—Minneapolis Journal.
Depreciation of Money.
In 18"3 a silver dollar was worth one dol
lar and six-tenths in gold. In 1873, eigh’iy
nine cents: in 1833, eighty-five cents; in
188.3, seventy-two cents; in 1893, sixty cents,
and in 1896 forty-five cents. Money may
depreciate but there is one standard stomach
remedy, which has not changed in half a
century, aud that is Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. It always has been tho one unsur
passed remedy for indigestion, dyspepsia,
liver or kidney troubles.
Out of the Public Eye.
“Povou believe that 50,000,000 Americans
continually fix an admiring gazing on :he New
York Four Hundred? ’
‘•Naw; 48.899.60-1 of us never think of thereat
nil until they go abroad and do something to
disgrace our country.”
The llest Prescription for Chill*
nnd Fever Is a bottle of GrOVK’b Tastei.kss
Ohm. Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine In
a insielesr, form. No cure—no pay. Price 50c.
An Assurance.
The Empress—l’m a little afraid our army is.
not up tc date.
KU Hung Chang—Nonsense! Nonsense! I’ve
Jast mobilized a press censor!—Puck.
Dyeing is ns simple ns washing when you
use Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Sold by all
druggists.
Bitter With the Sweet.
“Oh, well,” exclaimed the philosophical kan
garoo nt the zoo, “wo can’t expect anything to
be pertect in this life.”
“No,” replied the elephant, “every peanut
has its shell.”—Philadelphia Press.
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Great
Nerve Restorer. trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. it. 11. Ki.ink, Ltd., Mi Arch St., Phlla., Pa.
What He Would T>o
Wife—Oh, Henry, if I were to die what would
you do?
nu-*band—l don’t know. I don’t like to break
away from the old-fashioned method of burial,,
but cremation is becoming popular.
If you want “good digestion to wait up
on your appetite” you should always chew
a bar of Adams’ Pepsin Tutti Frutti.
An Interesting Point.
First Chinaman—l don't understand the dif
ference between these Christian sects.
Second Chinaman—Neither do I. I wonder
which one controls the most guns.
There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in
curable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Cos., Toledo,
Ohio. Is tile only constitutional cure on tho
market. It is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They cfler one hundred dollars for any case
It fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi
monial s. Address F. J. Ciieney & Cos., Toledo,O.
Sold by Druegists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softons the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle.
Piao's Cure Is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of throat ami lungs.—Wm.
O. Kndslky, Vanburen, lud., Feb. 10,1000.
That Haughty Demeanor.
“It takes generations of good blood and refin
ed rearing to produce that lofty, high-bred air,
doesn't It?”
“Oh, no; any girl who is made head clerk in
a ribbon department can acquire It iu three
days.”—Chicago Record.
SUFFERING AND RELIEF
Three Letters from Mrs. Johnson,
Showing that Lydia B. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound
Cures the Ills of Women
Wrote for ilrs. Plnkhatn’s Advice
November, i897
“ Dear Mrs. Pinkham lam a great
sufferer, have much trouble through
the lower part of my bowels, and I am
writing to you for advice. Menses are
irregular and scanty, am troubled with
leucorrhcea, and I ache so through my
back arjd down through my loins. I
have spells of bloating very badly,
sometimes will be very large and other
times very much reduced.” — Mrs. Chas.
E. Johnson, Box 33, Rumford Center,
Maine, Nov. 20, 1897.
Improvement Reported December,
iBP7
“Dear Mrs. Fisk ham: —I wish to
tell you that 1 am improving in health.,
I am ever so much better than when I
wrote before. The trouble through
the lower part of bowels is better and
lam not bloated so badly. I was very
much swollen through the abdomen
before I took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound. I still have a feel
ing of fulness across my chest. I have
used three bottles of it and am on tho
fourth."— Mrs. Chas. E. Johnson, Box
33, Rumford Center, Maine. Dec. 13,1697..
Enjoying Good Health June, i899
“ Dear Mrs. ITxkiiam :—Since a year*
ago I have been taking your medicine,
and am now strong aud enjoying good
health. I have not been so well for
three years, and feel very thankful to
you for what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound has done for me. I
would advise all who suffer with fe
male troubles to try your medicine.”—
Mrs. Chas. E. Johnson. Box 33, Rum
ford Center. Maine. June 1, 1859.
HDODCV NEW DISCOVERY; e,w-
L> 5 i B O 1 qn:ck relief and ctzrae wr>rK
cas. Book of testimonial* and 10 day's* treatment
frrer. Dr. H. H. GEEXKS 30NS. Boz B. Atliara. G*
That Little Beck For Ladies, SSS:
ALICE MASON. Rochester, N. Y.
IS UJfiiit) fc'HfcßE Ail USE IA.LS. e3
M Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use fS
„: ’ In time. Sold bv druetrUoa.