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CL T : ■& -• r UNTY ■ NEWS
VOL. 111.
Great Tidal Wave Sweeps Over
City of Galveston, Texas,
SCENE OF WRECK AND RIJ1 35
Governor Sayers Estimates Loss
of Life at About Three Thou¬
sand-Stories of Death and
Disaster From Various
/ Other Points.
A special from Houston, Texas
"state, that the Westlndian storm which
reached the gulf coast Saturday inorn-
. ing wrought sad havoc in Texas. Re¬
ports are conflicting, but it is known
that an appalling disaster visited the
city of Galveston, where, it is report¬
ed, a thousand or more lives have
been blotted out and a tremendous
property daniuge incurred Meager
reports from Sabine Pass and Port
Arthur also indicate a heavy loss of
■ life, but theae reports cannot be con¬
firmed at this hour.
“The New York World of Monday
printed the following:
“Afstin, Tkx , Sept- mber
Information has just reached me
that about 3,(V.H) lives have been
lost at OalveRtion, with enormous
destruction of property.
“No information from other
other poiuts. Jos. D. Sayers,
“Governor.”
COXjflhMAfROS or GREAT DISASTER.
A special to The Memphis Commer¬
cial-Appeal from New Orleans suys
that advices regarding the awful ef¬
fects of the storm which has been rag-
ing along the gulf coast of Texas arc
just beginning to arrive, and the story
tliey tell is fraught with horror. I irst.
in importance is the nevvs that Oalvea-
4 flat on was the loss oL'tck life by a tidal wave, aud
of there was between
2,600 and 8,t 00. The water is fifteen
feet deep over Virginia Point. Every
effort is being made out of New Or-
leans to get telegraphic or cable com-
runniealion with the Wrecked city, hut
to little avail. One message was re-
reived Sunday eveniuglixing the loss of
life at 2,600. It came by cable from
Vera Gruz and was later confirmed in
a general way.
Great damage aud considerable loss
of life is reported along the line of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad,
There is much anxiety about tho Sa-
bine Pass and Port Arthur.
The last news reoeived from Sabine
Pass was Saturday at noon, aud at that
hour the town was entirely sun
ed by water. The storm had not then
reached its height, not had the tidal
Nvave which ib reported to have swept
over Galveston, been announced,
However, at the time the last report
was sent out the people were fleeing to
the highlands for safety, aud it is
hoped that they may have found
refuge in time. Port Arthur is not
so exposed to the waves as Sabine, but
the damage there is believed to have
been great.
Telegraph wires ^ were down at Port
Lavaca, Rock port, Aransas Pass, Cor-
pus Christ! and Brownsville, on the
lower coast, and grave fears were eu-
tertained regarding the safety of the
inhabitants of those towns.
ai'FEaL for help SENT OCT.
A dispatch to The Chicago Cbroni-
cie from Ban Antonio, Texas, says
that the startling news has just flashed
over the wires informing GCvernor J.
D. Savers that a messenger, at great
' pot hit life, has Just reached Vir-
imia Point from Galveston with the
•port that 2,500 are probably dead as
V»Wibf the fearful storm.
appeal to *R Texas is
for help. The messenger sail
:he grain elevators at the water
iked and hundreds of
collapsed or were car-
,;The greatest distress
T-
ON PBAIRIK,
jjtelegram The was received
iy Delia* News:
Jr SCARCE IN PEKIN. ir-i
..... H \
•• '
. of Troop* Kewmu
%ish, American, Japanese
** |.1 are posting prociama-
Mt b defining tho
respective districts for
Acivatiou of order, promising
tion to the inhabitants and in-
■ i a. resntnptioo of business for
irppse of restoring confidence.
■
the fact that no produce is
®d the various generals have
recommended a partial
1 the troops before winter
1 se of the difficulty of pro-
na.
T1le Official Organ of Clinoli Co un ty.
“Relief train just returned. Tliey
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 up by a tidal wave.
“Nothing can be seen of Galveston.
Tw o men were picked up 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
Superintendent Felton Dallas and came
from the manager of the Western Union
telegraph office at Houston.
ENOKMOCS TKOPEHTV LOSS.
The estimates of property losses
made by citizens of Galveston was
that 4,000 houses, most of them resi¬
dences, have been destroyed. Some
business houses were also destroyed,
but most of them stood, 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 tfce Houston
Post returned from Galveston at three
o’clock Sunday morning. He places
the loss of life at from six hundred to
j one thousand. At Virginia Point tho
houses arc all destroyed. Tho mem-
hers of the new of tho relief train re-
j port four or live colored people drown-
j ed there aud two children of a Mr.
; Wright perished. At Dickinson the
buildings have been blown away and
1 several fatalities are reported,
The hurricane was particularly se-
vere ut Brookshire, twenty-seven mill s
west of Houston, on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad. Four dead
bodies were taken from the debris of
i wrecked houses, and it is believed that
others have been killed. It is report-
ed that only four houses aro left
ing j n Brookshire, which was a village
with a population ofGUOpeople.
Later reports received from Alvin
state that many persons were killed
there. Eleven bodies have been re¬
covered.
At Seabrook Mrs. Jane Woodstock
was killed by a falling bouse; Mrs.
Nickelson and Louis Broquot wero
drowned. S K. Mclthenny, w ife and
daughter and Mrs. Leroy and two
chil dren missing. They were
known to have been in their cottages, deadl
which were destroyed. The
body of a sailor was found under a cot-
tage.
A report from Chenango savs that
eight people were killed,
Not a house in the town of Chappell
Hill escaped damage, and many were
demolished. Business houses also
suffered and a fine gin iH u complete
wreck.
At Brenbam the courthouse was
nearly wrecked and the city ball com-
pletelv so. Every business house and
residence suffered to a greater or less
extent. The fire apparatus is under
lhe the ci, y 1, “ il ul,d u 8 ,iar ' 1
ls maintained for fire duty.
At (iu!U0I ‘ htores W6r « unroofed and
residences destroyed. At Rock island
the Baptist church was t tally wreck-
ed »«veral residences unroofed,
Forty-two dwelling aud busmen,
houses were wrecked at Wallis.
At Fulshear fifty houses were blown
down. One person was killed near
the tpwn by a falling house.
In Hardin county u large amount of
timber was blown down and there was
much damage to property at Village
Mills. No damage was done at Corpus
Cbristi or Rockport, 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 ad-
journed sine it Iiidianopiis him i .y
without promulgating a formal in-
dorsement of the application of the
miners of the anthracite districts for
permission to strike. At the close of
President Mitchell said:
“There is pra : .Iy lo rn • in
the situation si:; e last nigh*. Jf tho
operators do n-.s meet our . ..a 1-
within a given time the strike wil I-
ordered upon the indorsement of .Sen¬
retary WiIboii and myself.
H0MERY1LLE. GA.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1900.
SEW ALL IS NO MORE
Running Mate of Bryan Four
Years Ago Bead at Bath, Mo.
SUCCUMBED 10 STROKE OF APOPLEXY
\Y:i - ‘ ijL; >:c - Four !>»> s Be*
cou&ed \V;»s One of the Wenltlileit
Men In the State of Maine.
Arthur Sewall, vice presidential
candidate on the Democratic ticket
with Mr. Bryan four years ago, died at
his summer home, Small Point, about
twelve miles from Bath, Maine, at 8:15
Wednesday morning of apoplexy, the
strokehaving been sustained fouv days
previously. He was sixty-four years
of age,
Mr. Sewall had not been in good
health for some time, although he was
not considered to be seriously ill. He
bad been advised by his physician to
rest as early as last June, and he at¬
tended the Democratic national con¬
vention in July against the advice of
his doctor. He appeared to have suf¬
fered no ill effects from the journey,
however, and was passing the summer
quietly at Small Po nt when the fulal
stroke seized him. The unconscious¬
ness which followed the attack con¬
tinued until death came.
Arthur Sewall was born in Bath in
1835. His father for years was prom-
ident as a shipbuilder and the sou
fitted himself for the same trade. The
firm of Arthur Sewall & Co. was form¬
ed and the corporation now controls
one of the largest, of American sailing
fleets.
Mr. Bewail also was one of the prom-
ident railroad men of New England.
For niuo years he was president of the
Maine Central ami lie was president of
the Eastern railroad until it was ab¬
sorbed by the Boston and Maine.
For many years he was the Maine
representative on the Democratic na¬
tional committee. Mr. Sewall is sur¬
vived by two sons — Harold M. Sewall,
who was stationed by the government
at Hawaii, and William D. Sewall,who
is in business in Bath.
NATIONALS NAME CAFFERY.
Party fleets In New York, Selects
Presidential Ticket and
Adopts a Platform.
The National parly, the official name
of the third party, met in convention
Wednesday in Carnegie hall, New
York city, and nominated candidates
for president and vice president of the
United Btates. A platform was adopt¬
ed and a title and emblem chosen.
These are the candidates:
For President—Danaldson Caffery,
of Louisiana.
For Vice President—Archibald M.
Howe, of Cambridge, Mass.
There were no other candidates for
the positions, and the nominations
were received with hearty applause.
The platform adopted declared that
this country is threatened on one hand
by a public opinion, misled by organi¬
zed forces, that have perverted a war
intended by the people as a war of hu¬
manity, into a war of conquest,and, on
tho other hand, by a public opinion
swayed by demagogic appeals to fac¬
tional and class passions.
The platform then declares for all
constitutional means to procure the
renunciation of all imperial or colonial
pretensions, and for all constitutional
means to secure a single gold standard
and a sound banking system, a public
service based on merit only, and the
abolition of all corrupting special
privileges, whether under the guise of
subsidies, bounties, undeserved pen¬
sions or trust breeding tariffs.
It was decided that the party be
known as a national party, and that its
emblem be the statue of liberty ou
capitol dome at Washington.
A resolution was passed instructing
the campaign committee, when itshiill
be appointed, to provide pasters for
voters who wish to cross out any name
on the Democratic or Republican elec¬
toral ticket, the paster to have on it
the name of some citizen known to
stand for peace, liberty and sound
money. This is to be done in any
state in which the committee find such
a movement is practical.
VERMONT ELECTION RETURNS.
l*ho Figure* Are All In and Show Repub¬
lican Majority of 30,199.
The election returns for Vermont
nave ail been sent in. A careful scru¬
tiny of the county returns based ou
sfficial returns in all but a few towns,
and in these, unofficial figures being
used, show that Stickney, Republican,
for governor, has a plurality of 31,408,
and a majority over all of 30,192.
Prince Tuan In Hiding.
According to a dispatch from Shang¬
hai, it is reported there that Prince
Tuan is hiding within easy reach of
Pekin, awaiting the result of the pres¬
ent conference of the powers.
WITHDRAWAL
IS UNCERTAIN
Powers- Are Engaged In Consider-,
ing Momentuous Question.
INDEMNITY BOARD PROBABLE
W ashington Officials Have Long
Conference Regarding Situa¬
tion With Hinister Wn.
A Washington special of Friday says:
It known that the government has in¬
ferential 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 in¬
formation concerning those regarding
which no official announcement has
been received it is stated is practically
that which is in possession of the gen¬
eral public and is based on newspaper
reports and the opinions of official or¬
gans of the various countries.
Minister Wit 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 the
department officials were desirous of
conferring with him. For nearly
hour the minister was closeted behind
locked doors with Acting Secretary
Hill and Assistant Secretary Adoo.
None of the parties to the conference
were communicative as to the confer¬
ence, but at its conclusion Dr. Hill re¬
paired to the white house with a port¬
folio well filled with papers.
For several hours peeeding the min¬
ister’s visit Acting Secretary Hill and
Assistant Secretary Adee bad been en¬
gaged 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 re¬
sponse to the ltussiau note on the 20th
ultimo the officials here expressed the
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 I’ekin. That, period of time has
now elapsed.
The reports from the European chan¬
cellories indicate that, officially at
least, this important subject is being
treated with the greatest deliberation,
and at least another week, and prob¬
ably even more time, may be consumed
in framing the last of the answers to
the Russian note.
Meanwhile our government has
pretty well satisfied itself as to the
attitude toward this last proposition
of each and all of the powers interest¬
ed in the Chinese problem. It may be
that this knowledge is regarded as
sufficient upon which to base another
forward and perhaps, iu this case, an
independent movement by the United
Btates toward the ultimate withdrawal
of the troops and the settlement with
China which the government has had
in mind since the beginning of the
trouble.
The consultation with Mr. Wu is
believed to have been inspired by a
desire to learn something of the per¬
sonality of Chinese notubles whose
names have been suggested as proper
to constitute the Chinese side of any
commission which may be made to ar¬
range a settlement of the difficulties.
Mr. Wu is an ardent adherent of End
Li.
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 bands of a single
individual. There have been various
suggestions as to who might be ap¬
pointed 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 like¬
ly three and possibly of only two. It
can be stated upon the highest au¬
thority that there will be upon the
commission some American of pre¬
eminent ability.
ROCKIIILL SAYS “NTT.”
Veracity of Associated PreuR Trusted Cor¬
respondent Im Questioned.
The state department Thursday af¬
ternoon issued the following:
“A cablegram has been received
rom W. W. Rock hill, dated ut
(Shanghai, September 5th, in which he
authorizes the department to deny
emphatically and categorically the
statement mado in certain news¬
papers relating to an interview al¬
leged to have been given by him.
The Associated I’rcss interview with
Mr. Rockkil) was sent from Shanghai
by cable after having been carefully
by a trusted staff correspon¬
dent of the Associated Press.
ODELL IS NOMINATED
For Governor of New York In
State Republican Convention.
PROGRAM WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED
Kx-Govern or Black Made the Nomiuiitinn;
Speech—Timothy Woodrulf Selected
For Second Place on Ticket,"
» t
The New York state republican
convention in session at Saratoga
Wednesday nominated the .following
ticket:
For Governor—B. B. Odell, Jr., of
Orange.
For Lieutenant Governor—-Timothy
L. Woodrqff, of Kings.
For Secretary of State—John T. Me
Donald, of Albany
For Comptroller—William J. Mor¬
gan, of Erie.
For State Treasurer—John P. Jaeck-
el, of Cayuga.
For Attorney General—John O.
Davies, of Oneida.
For State Engineer—Edward A.
Bond, of Jefferson.
The Republican convention, while
remarkable in some respects, was de¬
void of the interest engendered by
strife and uncertainty. The appear¬
ance of such men as former Governor
Black, Hon. Chauucey Depew aud
Governor Roosevelt attracted an audi¬
ence thut filled every available seat in
the great convention ball. A great
majority of the spectators were
women.
The political features of the conven¬
tion were the return of former Gover¬
nor Black to the organization fold, the
demonstration accorded Abraham Gru¬
ber by hi8 colleagues of the New York
delegation aud ike general prominence
given to those who have at times op¬
posed the organization.
It was a rather delicate (ask to irn-
Pobo upon Governor Black the duty of
naming tho man whom he defeated
when an aspirant for (lie same nomi¬
nation four years ago, aud of praising
the administratiu of another whose
nomination to the governorship meant
the retirement of Mr. Black two years
ago. Yet ho performed both tasks
acceptably ing which and was accorded a greet
was excelled iu its enthu-
iasm only by that later accorded Gov¬
ernor Roosevelt. His was regarded by
many as tho speech of the convention.
Chauucey M. Depew’s speech was
thoroughly characteristic. While the
applause throughout the convention
had been generous, it cannot be de¬
nied there was a general apathy, occa¬
sioned no doubt by the certainty of
prearrangement of every detail. It
was not until Governor Roosevelt en¬
tered the hall that anything „p-
proaching the usual convention de¬
monstration was witnessed. The greet¬
ing accorded him was in the same
spirit manifested in Philadelphia.
M’S MESSAGE CORRECT,
Authenticity »>f t.H« llhllculous Cable to
London I* Admitted.
The Chinese minister at London,
Ckik Chen Lo Feng Luh, admits the
correctness, in a general sense, of the
cable message sent to him, according
to Shanghai advices, by Li Ilnng
Chang, iu which the latter is quoted
as saying:
“Our St. Petersburg minister
has persuaded Russia to leave
Pekin. You are useless if you
cannot persuade England.
The minister also says he has Bent a
powerful memorial to Lord Salisbury
argiug him to adhere to the Russian
proposal to withdraw the allied forces
from Pekin, a* he, Sir Ckih Chen Lo
Feng Luh, believes it will pave the
way to a speedy settlement. The min¬
ister also said the Chinese people were
sick of tho war; that the genuineness
of Li Hung Chang's plenipotentiary
powers was undoubted aud that Li
Hung Chung was working in full
sympathy with the emperor, dowager
empress and privy council, ali of
whom favored peace.
Heir to Fifteen Millions.
The will of David Hinton was pro¬
bated at Cincinnati Tuesday. The
estate is valued at from $15,000,000 to
$20,000,000 and Mrs. Charles P. Taft,
the only heir, i* made executrix with¬
out bond. Hinton made many be¬
quests in his will, but paid them all
before he died.
FREE TRAINS WITHDRAWN.
RrtIlroa<!n Will Now IiiNUfc On l’ay From
KIuntlononriiiK
Railroads operating south of the
Ohio and cast of the Mississippi have
departed from the time-honored cam¬
paign year custom of gratuitously
wheeling presidential and vice presi¬
dential candidates and their retinues
about their territory ou electioneering
expeditions.
This year they want money for haul¬
ing candidates’ special trains and they
have agreed to stand out for a fixed
rate per train mile. The national com¬
mittees of the Democratic and Repub¬
lican parties have been notified of the
railroads’ action.
NO. 40.
GERMAN RULER
WILL HOLD ON
Kaiser Declares IIis Troops Will
Remain In Pekin.
SAYS THEY ARE NEEDED THERE
France Is Ready to Come Off, But
Italy and Austria Favor Wil¬
liam’s Plan and Will Stick.
The latest expression as to the atti-
(nde of the powers on the evacuation
ot Pekin comes from the United States
ambassador at Paris, General Horace
Porter, who has advised tho Washing¬
ton authorities that the attitude of the
French government is favorable to the
positiou taken by Russia.
Almost simultaneously with this dis¬
patch from General Porter came an¬
other from the charge d’affaires at
Berlin, giving tho attitude of Ger¬
many on Russia’s proposal. This, in
substance, states that Germany, while
anxious to avoid any friction between
the powers, regards the conditions at
Pekin such as to require the continued
presence of German forces there.
Neither General Porter nor Mr. Jack-
sou gave the text of the answers.
These two highly important commu¬
nications bring the Chinese negotia¬
tions to a very advanced stage, though
they aro not yet concluded, as all the
answers are not yet in. The German
and French answers, however, clearly
indicate the alignment of the powers.
It is generally accepted that Ger¬
many V attitude in favor of remaining
at Pekin will be concurred in by Italy
and Austria. Definite word has been
received in Washington that Austria
favors remaining at Pekin.
As to the purposes of Great Britain,
there is an absolute lack of official in¬
formation, though little doubt is en¬
tertained that since Germany has taken
the initiative Great Britain will follow
suit in favor of remaining at Pekin.
Tho position of Japan is likewsie lack¬
ing iu definiteness, although it is be¬
lieved in the best posted quarters that if
other nations romnin at Pekin Japan
will deem it expedient to remain there
also. It would seem from this that
France is the only government to give
concurrence to the Russian proposi¬
tion, although tho United States has
expressed a purpose of following Rus¬
sia’s course unless the other powers
brought about a modification of Rus¬
sia’s position.
Thus far Russia has not expressed
any purpose of modifying her original
position. It lias been stated authori¬
tatively that Russia has not ordered
the departure of her minister or troops
from I’ekin up to this time, so far as
the United States government is ad¬
vised. It is statod also that no ne.\v
proposition lias been presented, but
that the question is practically the
same as when first presented, namely,
as to whether the troops will remain
or be withdrawn from Pekin.
The receipt of the communications
from Berlin and Paris brought about
numerous conferences Thursday be¬
tween the president, Secretary Root
and Acting Secretary of State Hill,
and also between Mr. Hill and Mr.
Adee. It was gathered from these
meetings that another note was being
propared by the United States, but
the authorities did not feel disposed
to give any inkling as to its natnre,
and it is quite probable that its final
form will await tho consideration of
the cabinet.
SATISFIES ENGLAND.
Germany’s polite refusal to with¬
draw from Pekin is commented upon
with keen satisfaction in London, and
tho hope is expressed that Lord Salis¬
bury will show similar firmness. The
British reply has not yet been form¬
ulated.
Nashville and Mobile Census.
The population of the city of Mo¬
bile, Ala., as officially announced
Thursday is: 1900, 38,469; 1890,31,-
076, showing an increase in popula¬
tion of 7,333 from 1800 to 1900. The
population i’enn., 1900, of 80,865, tho city of Nashville,
1890, 76,168, an
increase of 4,697.
Noble Work of Georgians.
The Georgia funds for the India
famine relief movement have reached
the sum of $5,425.26. This is an in¬
crease since the last published report
of nearly $1,400; a wonderfully large
contribution. The state has nobly
done her part toward the relief of the
famished ones.
For an Eight-Hour Day.
The convention of postoffioe olerks
at Atlantic City ordered a bill drafted
to bo presented to congress fixing
eight hours as a day’s work, and limit¬
ing forty-eight hours to a full week’s
employment. This is the same privil¬
ege as railway clerks and carriers en¬
joy.