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Ho turned in and helped to rescue others
who were In peril One woman carried
her n-montht-ohl babo In her arm from
her houso only to see a beam Birlko the
child on the hend. killing it Instantly. She
suffered a broken leg and bruised body.
Eighteen persons were. cnuRht In tho
OrothRer grocery atorc and It Is presumed
that all wore lost, as many have been re
ported dead who wcro known to have
been In the building which whs swept away
entirely. Tho firemen burled eight bodies
south of Avenue O today. The graves wero
marked with pieces of garments woin by
tho persons.
Will I.ovo, a prlntor on tho Houston Post,
who formerly lived In Galveston, swam tho
bay Monday to reach his family, whom ho
found to bo alive In Galveston. Ho swam
from pier to pier on the railroad brldgei
and at cacti he rested
Slimy Tlini n 1!H IV ct IIIkIi.
In the Bolivar lighthouse, which stands
130 feet high on Bolivar Point, across tho
bay from Galveston, about liiJ persons
sought rcfugu from tho storm Saturday
evening. Many were unfortunates whoso
homes had been swept by the hurricane
ami others residents of Galvestcu who had
como to tho bay shore In their frantic en
deavors to reach Galveston and their fam
ilies. The refugees spent an awful night
in .the lighthouse .Saturday night. The
supply of fresh water was soon exhausted
and an elfort was made to secure water
by catching rainwater In buckets, sus
pended at the top of the lighthouse. The
experiment was n bucccss in u way, but It
demonstrated a remarkable Incident of the
force of the wind. Tho bucket was soon
filled with water, but It was salty and
could not be used. Several nltempts Anally
remitted In a fresh water supply sufficient
to (luench the thirst of the excited refu
gees. Tho salt water spray was shot
skyward over 130 feet and mingled with the
rainwater that fell In tho buckets. Krom
tho top of tho light tower several of the
most venturesome storm sufferers viewed
tho destructive work of tho wind on Gal
veston Island. Twelve dead bodies wuro
recovered near tho lighthouse.
Ilrntc Mil Ill's Sail I'atr.
Mr. Muttl, a storekeeper, lest his life
after a display of uncommon heroism.
When tho storm struck tho city he hitched
up a ane-horso cart and started out to
rescue his nelglibois. t'nrtlcad after cart
load he carried In safety to Klre Company
hoilso No. f.. On three occasions tho cart
load of human beings, some lulf dead,
others crazed with fright, was curried for
blocks by tho raging currents, but he
landrd all of them safely, even to his last
load, when ha Hint his death. As bo At
tempted to pass into the building on his
trip tho Ore house, fluccumhod to tho wind
and collupsed! Somo of tho wreckage
struck .Muttl and ho was mortally Injurul.
Prof. Iluckucr of tho riuckncr Orplnns'
homo of Hallas arrived here yesterday
forenoon and .at onco went to the city
hall. He offered to throw tho doors of
his establishment wide open for tho or
phans of Galvchtou and announced he was
ready to earn for from 100 to 150 of theso
children.
VWntlirr I'iiuhcs lllinin Amii,
Tho official records of tho t'nlled States
weather bureau hove been made up and
forwarded to Washington. The reports
give some valuable additional informa
tion about tho storm. I'nfortunately, tho
recording Instruments were destroyed or
crippled beyond operation about 6:10
o'clock Saturday evening The wind gauge
recorded a two-minute blow nt tho rato
of 1C0 miles an hour and was then de
molished by tho hurricane, which con
tinued to lucreasn In violence. Whllo the
exact velocity of tho wind was not re
corded after tho destruction of tho in
urnment, the velocity was estimated at
between 110 and ISO miles an hour. It did
not maintain this terrlllc rate for any
length of time, perhaps for half a minute,
lull it wiA siltllclent to wreck anything
that met the full force of tho wind.
A Joiirrial 'of the local weather bureau
rontnliis thu report of an apparent tidal
avo of four feet which swept In from tlo
Eiilf ome time between the hours of 7 nnd
R p. in At tho time tho wind veered to
the couthrnst.
Mayor Jones said this afternoon that ho
estimates tho loss of life in and around Gal
veston at Pi, 000.
Vdilltliins to Denlli 1,11.
The following names are added to the death
list- Mrs. Zwelgel and two daughters; Mrs.
riiaffco and child; Mrs. Mary Plerson; Allco
Plerson; Frank Plerson: Mrs. Nelson nnd
laughter, Mrs Johnson; Friedman.
rife nnd son; Mr. nnd Mrs. Dcmpsey: Mrs.
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Maria Lewis i negro i. Mrs Anderaon. Mrs.
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family. Mr and Mrs. George Fnlkenbngcn:
Mrs. II Plem Kuhn and two children; Wllllo
Day. Mrs. James Holland; Mr. and Mrs. II.
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Mrs. John Holland: Mr. and Mrs. K. Charles
I.awson nnd child: Henry Seldenstrlcker;
Mr. nnd Mrs. William Roehm nnd six chil
dren; Charles Schuftz; Charles llodecker;
Mrs. Howard C. Dunning nnd three chil
dren; Alfred I.udwlg, mother and slstcr-ln-law;
ltlchard Dunning; Mrs. HIgglns; A. 12.
Goth nnd wife; Joseph Mnnley, mother and
two nieces; Mr. Manlcy. sr.; Rnvey family,
A. Albcrteon nnd wife: Mrs. Oscar I.lnd
qulst and three children; Mrs. Lackey's
father and mnlher; Mrs. Parle and two
daughters; P. Levin nnd family: Mrs. Jack
Ardcon and nine children; Mrs. Holmes
(negio), school teacher: Henry Dlrekes nnd
family; live of l'clgel family; Adelaide IMo
rldgo (negro); Jordan Tresvnnt; Mrs. Tur
ner; Mrs. B. C. Williams (negro); Prof.
Weiss; Sulla Sexnlls; W. II. Jones nnd child;
Julia Labntt; Joseph I.abatt, Henry J. La
batt; Mrs, Lucy Green; Matilda Woodrow;
Mollle Van Llew; Robert Hughes;
Schofleld; Maria Lowis; Mrs. Washington;
"Grandma" Cuney, mother of tho lalu
Wright Cuney; Agnes Lewis; George Alpln
and wife; Alfred Day; Annie Scott; Hen
Ford; Prof. Gibson and family; Mrs. Ella
Plncr; Kffle Harris; Edith Randolph; Mrs.
King; Cella Wurren: Mr. and Mrs. Gabe
Ileavls; Alex Hell, wife, two sons nnd one
laughter; Mr. and Mrs. Webber: William
I.yle. grandmother and sister; Mrs. Powers
and child; Mrs. August Frank nnd daughter;
Frank Shaw; Mrs. Evans and two dnugh
lors; Mrs. Lucy Uergcr; William Yengcr;
Charles C. Schulz; Fred Schulz and wife;
Mr. nnd Mrs. August Jcfferbrook; Oeorgo
Agin; Mrs. Smith nnd baby; Mrs. Nathan
Moore; Mrs. Snm Anderson; Mrs. Mnry
Scull; Mrs. Wllllamo; Mrs. Thurman; J. It.
llrooks; Vlrgie Lemmon; Mrs. Ulanl:: Mrs.
Florcnco Illand (negro) and (oven children;
Henry T. Davis, sr.; Florence Homes
(negro); Mrs. Miller (negro) nnd five chil
dren; Mrs. Plney (negro); Mrs. Trostmnn
nnd three children; Ida and Cora Patrick,
It. C. Cuney; Mrs. W. T. Knowies nnd two
children; Mrs. Schulir and six children;
Herman Tlx: Sargent; Mr. nnd Mrs.
Dorrfn and two daughters; Corlnne Carter
and family; Herman Martin nnd part of
family; Harry Freltag; Mrs. Ktihnel nnd
two daughters; Fritz WelHcmnnn; Tom
Torr; Mr. nnd Mrs. Toby Adams (ncgrol:
Mrs. Alexander Allen and live children
(negro); C. V. Clark (negro); Mrs. Thomas
Calhoun nnd three children; Mrs. Waring of
Chicago; Perry Jnsters nnd two children
(negro); Robert McPherson (negro); George
Ashe, sr.; George Ashe, Jr.; Mrs. Annie
Duuton: W. A. Dammel nnd wife (negro),
school principal; Ed McDado (negro): Mrs.
Gottlieb and seven children; John Menzel,
wife and five children; John Rnebel, wife
and live children; Herman Van Iluren and
three children; It. Schutte. wlfo and two
children: Assistant City Electrician Wllke.
wife nnd bay; Mrs. Peter Humberg nnd five
children; Prof. Reuhermond, wlfo and two
chlldien; Charlotto Gentry (negro); Ada nnd
Ilattlo Rowo (negio); Oeorgo Rowo (negro);
Rev. nnd Mrs. Thomas V. Cain; John Mc
Gulre: Mrs. Charles Roukes: Otto Router;
Henry Renter; Mrs. Annie Casey; Mr. and
Mrs. Turner; Henry Hell (negro); Arthur
P. Morso (Tribune printer), wife and three
chlldien: Uuck Lloyd (printer) and wife;
Albert Ludwij.-, printer; Will Rice (proof
render, Galveston News), wife and child;
John Christian.
Am fill I'estlloiu'c IVnrt'il,
Al! attempts nt burying tho dead have
been utterly abandoned and bodies aro now
being disposed of In tho swiftest manner
possible. Scores of them wero burled to
day and hundreds wero taken out to sea
unil thrown overboard. Tho safety of tho
living'' Is now the paramount question
nnd nothing that will tend to provent the
outbreak of an awful pestilence Is being
neglected. This morning It was found that
largo numbers of bodies which hail beeu
previously thrown In tho bay wero washed
back on tho shore and tho situation was
thUB rendered worse than beforo they wore
taken in tho barges and thrown into the
water.
Efforts were made today to pick up tho
dend bodies that havo lloatcd back with
tho tide, having onco been cast Into the
sea. This is awful work and fow men nro
found with sufficient nerves to last at It
moro than thirty minutes at u time. All
of tho bodies aro badly decomposed, swol
len to enormous proportions and of such
a dark color that It Is Impossible to toll
except by their hair whether tho corpses
aro white or negroes.
Itcuuliir Soldiers Turning I p,
The loss of life among the regular nrmy
stationed at tho barracks at tho beach
pioves to havo been largely overestimated.
The llrst report was that only eighteen had
been saved. Last night anil today they
tcrned up singly nnd In squads and at pres
ent there aro but twenty-seven missing,
whereas tho llrst estimate of casualties in
this direction nlono was nearly 200. It Is
piobablo that somo of the twenty-seven will
answer roll call later In tho week. One sol
dler reached this city this morning who had
been blown Into the Gulf of Mexico and had
floated nearly tlfty miles, going and coming,
on a door. Another who showed up today
declared he owed his life to n cow. Sho
swam with htm neniiy three miles. Tho
'ov then sank and the soldier swam the re
malnder of the way to the mainland.
IXIlillltcn iin to l.ii'ii of I. Iff,
It will now never be known how mnny
have lost their lives. Estimates run nil the
way from 1.000 to 10.000. Tho former llgure
is given by Lieutenant Perry, an aide on
General MeKibbln s, staff. He said large
numbers of pcoplo had been washed out to
sea nnd probably never would be heard
from again. How many there was of these
Is beyond the powers of those now In Gal
veston to estimate with any accuracy. The
number of dead bodies along tho shore, nc
cording to Lieutenant Perry, has boon over
estimated and will not reach over 1,000. His
estimate Is laughed at by numbers of men
who had been In Galveston earlier. They
claimed that at least 2,500 bodies wete bur
led or carried out on barges before Lieu
tenant Perry nriived. It will be Impos
sible to formulate a list of the dend from
now on.
Mayor Jones still contends the dead will
number 5,000, ami others whoso opportunity
for Judging is less than that of the mayor
place It at 10,000.
Some of the relief expeditions have had
committees large enough to consume ten
per cent of tho provisions which they
brought. Tho relief sent from Ilcnumont.
Tex., arrived thin morning and wns dls
trlbutcd us fast as possible. It consisted
of two carloads of leo nnd provisions and
came by way of Port Arthur.
Wounded OOll Mll'llllllll,
Tho great trouble now seems to bo that
these people who aro In greatest ' need,
through no fault of those In charge of tho
distribution, ure tho last to receive tho
aid. Many of them nro so badly wounded
and maimed that they are unable to apply
to tho relief committee and tho commit
tees are so overwhelmed by direct applica
tions that they havo been tumble to send
out messengers.
The wounded everywhere nre still need
ing tho attention of physicians, nnd de
spite every effort It Is fcured that a num
ber will dlo because of the sheer physical
Inability to lend them the aid necessary
to savo their lives. Every man In Galves
ton who Is nblo to walk and work Is en
gaged in relief work with all of their
energy. Hut desplto nil this they cannot
keep pneo with tho miserable conditions
surrounding them. Wnter can be obtained
by able-bodied men but with great dltll
culty. Dr. W. Shaw of Houston, who is
busily engaged In the relief work, said
tonight that thcro were 200 peoplo at St.
Mary's Infirmary without water. They had
been muklng coffee of salt water and using
that ns their beverage. Very llttlo steal
ing was reported today ami there were no
killings. The number of men shot yester
day for robbing tho dead proved a salutary
lesson nnd It is not expected there will be
ay moro occurrences of this sort.
Tho soldiers of tho regular nrmy and the
National guard aro guarding property and
It is Impossible for thieves to escape detection.
FULLY AS BAD AS REPORTED
Governor Siiyors llccliircn That Con.
illllon ill liitlvcstoii II iin Not
lleon i:iiKneriitcil.
At'STIN, Tex., Sept. 12.-Governor Sayers
today mndo the following statement to the
Associated Press correspondent onv the
Galveston Hood situation:
Conditions nt Galveston are fullv as hud
ns reported. Communication, however, hn
been established between the Island and
the mainland and herein It r transportation
or supplies will be less dillicult. The wivk
of cleaiing the city : r igre-slng fnlil.'
well and Adjutant General Seurrv, under
direction of the mayor, Is patrolling tlv
city for the purpose of preventing depreda
tions. The most conerv Hive estimate nt
the number of ilPiiths places them at 2.0
Contributions from citizens of this stale
and also from other slate nru coming. l'i
rapidly .mil liberally and It Is 'confidently
expected that witl.li. the ntxt ten day
the work of restoration by the people of
Galveston will have begun In gooil earnest
nnd with energy and slice es. Of course
the destruction of propprtv lias be-n vor
great, not les.i than ftn.i0..iiH, but it it
hoped and believed that even this gr-.lt
loss will be overcome through the energy
and self-reliance of the people.
ltcllcf I'miil Item-licN $), .
During the day the contributions have
fairly deluged the governor, upward of
$100,000 having been received Among the
largo contributors are to bo noted the
Standard Oil company, with $10,000; the
St. Louis Commercial club, for a llkn
amount, and the Huntington Interests for
$5,000.
This afternoon Governor Sayers received
tho following olllclal report from General
Manager Trlco of tho International & Great
Northern railroad, who Is conducting tho
operations of the relief corps at Galveston:
HOrSTON. Tex.. Sept 12. -To Governor
Sayers, Austin: Your message of yester
day received. The cars containing th tctin
nnd rations were turned over t. the b'UKe
line this morning and forwarded to Gal
veston, arrangements here having been
mude for nil freight lo be handled by
bargoH and tugs from (ivton to G ilvesto i
nnd pussengers by our line to Texas City
and bv boat from Texas City to Galveston.
This Is the best arrangement that can be
made nnd It prevents delay lo elthr the
freight or tho passenger service, for. if
we handled the freight with the paKsenge.-
to Texas City to transfer from tbo e.i.s
to the boats would cause ti n much delav t i
tho passenger service. Wo brought In one
train consisting of about Una Galveston
people to Houston todav and will get an
other triilnload In tonight, mostly women
and children, which will make nbnut W)
that wo will get out of (5nlvctrm today.
The passenger and freight service between
Houston and Galveston is all free for
sufferers nnd wo ure issuing traiispirta
tloii lo all polntH north of Houston to .ill
sufferers not ably lo pay their way.
I.. Tit ICE.
"djiiliint (ienornPs Iteimil.
Tho following report was nlso received
from Adjutant General Scurry:
GALVESTON. Tex., Sept. 12. -To Gov
ernor Sayers. Austin: Mayor ol Houston
ordered military companies here. Sixty
live olllcers and men came, thirty inmo
come tomorrow. .Mayor of Galveston di
rected me to take command. Streets pa
trolled for purpose of preventing thieving
Work of clearing tho city prcgies'lng
fairly well Most coni-ervatlve estimate
made of deaths, S.Ooo.
THOMAS SCCRItV.
Adjutant General.
Governor Sayers today began receiving
reports from various points along tho gulf
const which would Indlcato that thoro bus
been great property damago done for sev
eral hundred miles nnd that tho list of
GnlveBton fatalities nnd suffering will be
largely augmented. Down tho const from
Galveston tho town of Dickinson was laid
waste and 11 vo peoplo killed. Tho towns
of Alvln, Alta Loma, Texas City and
Hrookshlre nro wrecked and hundreds nro
destitute. Richmond Is so badly demol
ished that It will requiro weeks to clear
tho town. Missouri City and Stafford, Just
oppchlte. were entirely demolished and
tho few remaining people at these places
havu no homes to cover their heads. Hay
City, in Matagorda county, is reported
wrecked, with much loss of life, though
no official report has been mado to that
offei t.
Patton. Rollover. Iloliver Point. Quin
tann, Sugaiiand. Hellevtlle, Wharton, Fair
view, Sartana, Areola and El Cnmpo aro
all reported heavy sufferers, both In point
of property destroyed and lles lost.
Owiug to tho fiiut that tho telegraph
service Is still badly crippled, Governor
Saers cannot ascertain Mini exact number
of dead at tho points named, but It is ap
proximated at S00.
Reports to tho govornor show that tho
railroads, telegraph and telephono com
pnules havo suffered an immenso loss by
the storm. Tho govornor was Informed
today that, quite a number of tugs from
New Orlenns and other available points
had either arrived or wero enrouto to
Galveston and that by Saturday tho trans
portation problem would be sohed so far
as getting peoplo from tho Inland to the
mainland was conceruvi.
LIST OF LOSSES FROM STORM
Over live Thousand Lives Blotted Out by
Wind and Water.
ALL SOUTHERN TEXAS IS DEVASTATED
I, ok on Cotlon Crop Alone IXIiiintcd
fit UI,t)(MMHIt Houston Also llnril
Hit In it 11 mi ne In I Wny
hy till' ."l" nil,
HOfSTON, Tex., Sept. 12. Hase.l on re
ports believed to be accurate, the following
statement Is probably ns nenr correct as
can bo arrived nt regarding tho losses In
Texas as a result of last Saturday's storm.
I.Ives Property
,. , Lost. Loss.
Galveston $10,000,001
Houston 2 ,,OJO
Alvln ji lCio.OOO
Hitchcock 2 7r.i0)
Richmond ;i 75,00
Ion Hend county 13 soo.noo
Wharton 40,000
Wharton countv S ldn.ooo
Colorado county aso.ooo
Anglelon a 75,0-jo
VoIuscj DO.OOO
Other points. Hrazorlu
county 4 3(1,0 0
Sabine lO.oou
Patton , 10,00
Itollever 10,0
Wenne in.ino
Ilellevllle 1 nO.tiiO
Hempstead 1 15,001
Hrookshlre 2 .V,0O)
Waller county H lOO.ix.0
Areola 2 B.OOj
Surtntlu r,M)
Other points IfiO.OOt
Dickinson 7 :w,ti)
Texas City 1 50.000
Columbia S is.oiw
Sandy Point S in.oon
Near Brazoria ....(convicts) IS 1,00)
Damage lo railroads outside
of Galveston 200,000
Damage to telegraph and
telephone wires outside of
Galveston 30.000
Damage to cotton crop (es
timated on overnso crop
of counties affected). (W.OuO
bales at $00 per bale 3,000,001
Losses to live stock cannot bo estimated,
but thousands of head of horses and cattle
have been killed nil over the storm district.
RELIEF FOR THE DESTITUTE
M ' llelnu ItnliMMl In All he
Principal titles Cull In
t ruenl.
HOL'STON, Tex.. Sept. 12.-When the re
lief commltteo footed up Its work Inst
night It wns mado public that the sub
scriptions In cash wero In excess of $15,000
nnd that In addition to tho provisions
which havo been forwarded from here tho
federal government has ordered 60,000
rations, which nre now on their way from
San Antonio. Lieutenant Ferguson of Gen
eral McKibbcn's staff said that ho had re
ceived Intelligence that 30.000 additional
rations would be Immediately sent. Lieu
tenant Ferguson expects to tnko two car
loads of food to Galveston today. A tele
gram from New Orleans snjs that tho ox
changes thoro havo raised money to the
amount of $6,000 for the sufferers.
President Parker of tho New Orleans
Cotton exchange was advised that the
money could bo best expended In the load
ing of a transport with provisions and tho
prompt dispatch of It to tho Island city.
In view of the news that has como from
Galveston of the Intensely unsanitary con
dition of tho city ns a result of the rapid
decomposition of corpses not yet recovered
from the ruins, tho relief commltteo In
forwnrdlng largo quantities of disinfectants.
Tho transportation facilities are steadily
being Improved. All tho local fraternal
orders havo made appeals to their members
to subscribe to tho relief fund cither In
ensh or In theform of food and clothing.
The negroes of Houston have appealed to
their iirethern .throughout the country to
do likewise. .
Houston has been steadily filling up with
peoplo from all parts of the country deeply
concerned about the Into of relatives. Many
of these havo been eager to go to the
distressed city, but as the accession of
any large number of people at this tlmo
would tnx the nblllty of Galveston to pro
vide food and shelter for them, the local
authorities have Issued permits to them to
proceed to the Island city only In cases
where good causo Is shown.
Dr. C. II. Wrrterbacker, in charge of the
marine hospital service In Now Orleans,
has arrived to look after these In distress
In Galveston nnd then to report generally
to Surgeon General Wyman the condition
existing with recommendations as how best
to meet them. Dr. Werterbacker believes
that Iwo camps may have lo be ebtablished
by the government, one for those who
cannot leavo Galveston nnd one for ihoso
who may come here. The national govern
ment will send tho necessary tents nnd tho
local authorities are providing cots In largo
numbers.
CHICAGO, Sept. 12. Colonel R. C.
Clowry. vico president and general superin
tendent of the Western Union Telegraph
company, has tendered the freo uso of Us
wires to the governor of Texas, the mayors
of Galveston and Houston and all relief
committees for tho transmission of mes
sage!. In n lil of tho sufferers by tho recent
calamity In Texas Rev. Homer T. V.'llaon
of Fort Worth, ex-natlonul chaplain of tho
Travelers' Protectlvo association, has Is
sued a call to members of tho organization
suggesting that they rnlso a fund for tho
benefit of tho storm sufferers.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Sept. 12. The Commercial-Appeal
has opened a relief fund for
the benefit of the destitute In Galveston
nnd subscribed $2.10.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn , Sept. 12. Tho
Chamber of Commerce started a Galveston
relief fund with $.100 and appointed a
commltteo to solicit funds nnd called a
mass meeting for tonight.
ST. JOSEPH. Sept. 12.-Tho Commercial
club has appointed committees to solicit
funds for the relief of Texas storm suf
ferers and n thorough rnnvass of the city
is being mnde today with liberal re
sponses. A good sliced sum will bo for
warded tonight.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 12.-Cnllfornln
Is responding generously to Galveston's cry
for aid. Already $3.26S has been contrlb
uted, Including a check for $1,000 sent by
ARITHMETIC AND FOOD.
Seliool (iillilreii Must I'e Heller I'ed,
A young girl In Newport. Ind.. Miss Ethel
Thornton, says no ono has a better light to
speak of Grqpe-Nuts food than she. "I
was in school, but lu poor health, until
Mamma began to give mo Grape-Nuts
food. I began to Improve nt once, both
mentally and physically, and I Improved
so In my work at school that I got 100
lit arithmetic, and during that time 1 gained
1 or 4 pounds In weight nnd am still gain
ing. "There Is no one has a tight lo recom
mend Mm food moro highly than I. Mam
ma neglected to supply It for uhout three
weeks, ami I began to fall In henlth again,
so I commenced the uso of tho food over,
and now I don't Intend to do without
Orapo-Nuts on the table."
It Is well for parents to know that
Grnpo-Nuts food contains selected elements
from the grains, prepared and cooked In
such a way as to present theso food ele
ments so that they can bo quickly digested
and assimilated: tho phosphate of potash
obtained from the Cold grains, nnd con
tained in Grapr-Nuta unltos with the al
bumen of food lo quickly robulld the gray
matter In the nervo centres and brain.
It Is of the greatest Importance that
growing children nnd students bo given
food that sustalus both brain and nerves
the San Franclsio Theatric al Managers'
association in advance of a combined ben
ellt to be given In a few days. The Santa
Fe Railroad company has tendered the
free use of a full train to convey provisions
nnd goods of all kinds and they aro being
freely contributed ,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Sept 12 -Gov-towns
and cities, the exchanges, Oommer
crnor Stephens has Issued a proclamation
calling on the mayors of nil Missouri
clal clubs, churches and citizens generally
to contribute liberally to tho storm suf
ferers of Texas.
CHICAGO, Sept. 12. Robert Malr, Sir
Thomas Llpton's agent here, today re
ceived tho following cablegram from the
well ktown yachtsman:
"Very grieved to see press reports here
regarding terrible calamity, befallen Gal
veston. Sufferers havo my deepest sym
pathy. Send $1,000 for me. LIPTON."
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 12. The people of
Indianapolis and of tho state nt largo are
responding liberally to tho call for help In
Texas.
Governor Mount today Issued a proclama
tion to the people of Indiana asking them
to contribute for tho relief of the persons
In distress.
The two telegraph companies announce
that they will transmit relief money to
Galveston free of charge when such money
Is sent by committees properly authorized
to net.
DALLAS, Tex.. Sept. 12. This city has
subscribed nearly $15,000 In cash nnd six
carloads of clothing for the outh Texas
flood sufferors
CHICAGO, Sept. 12. The Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific special freight of fifteen
cars laden with supplies for the Texas suf
ferers will leave here tomorrow. The train
will run on a passenger schedule to Hous
ton. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. Adjutant Gen
ernl Corbln has telegraphed Governor Sny
ors saying that If tho federal government
can be of nny further service to tho people
of Texas In their present trouble, within
tho limits of the stututes, to telegraph him
In what way.
LONDON, Sept. 12. At a meeting con
vened by tho lord mnyor today It was de
cided to open n relief fund for the sufferers
from the Galveston disaster nnd 1,500 was
Immediately subscribed, exclusive of over
800 raised by the Cotton association.
Tho Ohnmbcr of Commerce passed n reso
lution expressing deep sympathy with the
people of Gnlvestou.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 12. In response to the
following telegram, received today from
Galveston, the Merchants' Exchange has
appointed a committee to purchase supplies
for the suffering thcro and a carload of
meal, another of flour, ono of potatoes and
another of miscellaneous goods will be sent
Immediately:
"President Chamber of Commerce, St.
Louis: Thousands dead; entire city desti
tute. Fever threatening to wipe out all
living. Send us by special train disinfect
ants, prepared food, hay, grain, everything
that can be used immediately for man nnd
beast. Call on railroads for special ser
vice and wiro us credit for all money pos
sible. Our needs nre worse that St. Louis'
during cyclone.
"J. II. W. STEELE, Chairman."
Liberal contributions are being made hy
the banks In addition to tho $10,000 se
cured by the Interstate Merchants' asso
ciation. A number of commission merchants
acting Independently will send two carloads
of vegetables to Galveston and tho Post
Illspatch will ship ono of supplies and med
icines today.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Sept. 12. At a meeting
of 100 citizens this afternoon more than
$3,000 was subscribed for tho Immediate re
lief of Texas' destitute. Tho members of
the local flro department today subscribed
and forwarded $250 for tho relief of desti
tute firemen In Galveston. The Commer
cial Appeal forwarded $7S!) to Governor
Sayers today.
JOHNSTOWN RETURNS FAVOR
Pontile lie inriiibrr Kindness Slioivn in
the Hour of Thrlr Own
Grout Oil mult.
JOHNSTOWN. Pa.. Sept. 12. Mnyor
Woodruff has Issued the following procla
mation: l.ntor and more definite Information of
the fearful destruction of life and prop
erty at Galveston and other cIIIoh recnlls
to our attention the awful calamity In
Johnstown and vicinity cloven years ago.
Whole H'liiares of homes have been swept
away, hundreds of dead are lying tin
burled and thousands of peoplo are desti
tute. This would be a fitting tlmo to show our
gratitude for what the world did for us
lu tho hour of need. Any contributions left
at the lunks lu this city will be acknowl
edged and promptly forwarded to tho au
thorities In charge of tho work of relief.
Already over $200 without nny call for
aid has been subscribed to a relief fund.
Contributions Will He Carried I'roo.
J. P. White, manager for the Pacific Ex
press company in Omaha, announces that
his company will carry any and all supplies
dibtlned for the Gnlvestou sufferers free
of charge, orders lo that effect having been
received from the general headquarters
yesterday. Clothing nnd other necessities
will bo promptly forwarded; the need of
such articles Is urgent.
Ceil I vil I Contribution IteocHeil,
Tho $100 contributed by the Omnha
musical festival has been received by Gov
ernor Joseph I). Sayers and tho receipt
acknowledged In tho following telegrnm:
At'STIN. Tex.. Sept. 12 -Omaha Musical
l'ostlval: Telegrnm received. Very many
thanks for the generous contribution.
JOSEPH 1). SAVERS. Governor
ALMA STREET FAIR IS OPEN
l.nrKC ( rimil I'.njojs (lie tnn- At
tractions nt llnrlnn t'oiiutj'n
( miltnl.
ALMA, Nrh.. Sept. 12 (Special Tele
gram.) Tho slicet fair opened today un
der favorable conditions ah rain yesterday
laid the dust nicely. The agricultural ex
hibit upd live stock nro extraordinary.
Franklin defeated Alma In a ball gamo
by a Bcoro of 15 to 12. East Conkliu, tho
pitcher for the Almu nine, had a leg
broken In blldlng to a base. Tomorrow
Miuden will play Arapahoe. Tho usual
attractions nnd concessions nre present.
Tomorrow the mercantile nnd floral pa
rades will take place. A special train from
I'alrfleld nt $1 for tho round trip will add
to the crowd. The Fairfield band will ac
company tho train. Murphy brothers will
mnke a halloon ascension, aud tho day will
close with fireworks ad a band concert.
D0DDS NAMED FOR CONGRESS
AY) in or I'll ii Itceolves Mlddlc-of-thc-lloml
.V 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 In Fourth No
li rusk n nUlrlcl,
SEWARD. Neb., Sept 12 - Mlddlo-of-tho-road
populists of the Fourth Nebraska dis
trict today named Captain J. R. Dodds of
Wymoro for congress.
II. It. Sler Itelllrus.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Sept. 12. (Spoclal Tele
gram.) Ed. R. Slzer. formerly of Lincoln,
now chief customs clerk al Havana, ar
rived here tonight on a thirty days' fur
lough. It Is rumored that Mr. Slier may
remain permanently in this city.
"My furlough is for thirty days," ho
said, "hut I may decide to stay herd."
Mr. Slier was occompanlrd by his fam
ily. Sliips the I'ouuli inn! iVorL Off (lie
old.
I.axatne Hromo-Qulnino Tablets euro a
cold In one day No I'lirc, No Taj. Price
S3 (.cuts,
GALVESTON SENDS THANKS1
Words Oannot Express Its Gratitude for
Omaha's Liberality. '
CITY WILL BE THOROUGHLY CANVASSED:
VII Monet Sent to Minor Mutiros Will
Mo IVIournnhril 1 111 moil III I ol v
to Those for Wlniiii tl
In Intended,
Mnyor Moores remitted $SlS.t0 Tuesday
to Mayor S. H. Urashenr of Houston for the
relief of tho sufferers In aalvestnn nnd other
Texas towns that were visited by the terrl
bio storm of Saturday nnd Sunday Mayor
Drnshear Immediately acknowledged the re
ceipt of tho money In tho following dis
patch: Received J.1IS.70 and wilt use It nt once for
relief of the distressed peiplo. Words can
not express our gratitude fot Onmhn ,s
prompt response The sintering here Is I"
jimil belief. Mnv we not expect inor
money? One dollar sent ut nice will do
as much good an $5 sent u week later
No effort will bo spared to swoll Omaha's
contribution to $1,000. A systematic can
vass of tho city has been organized by the
mayor. Tho city employes havo contributed
CO cents each to the fund and the council -men
and other elective officers have sub
scribed sums wirylng from $1 to C5 A sim
ilar movement has been started among the
county officials nnd employe.
All motley sent (o Mnyor Moores will bo
telegraphed to Houston Immediately ami
will bo relieving the storm sufferers within
six bourn ntter It Is placed In the hands of
Omaha's chief executive. The telegraph
companies have consented to wire all sub
scriptions without cost.
Tho subscriptions received by the mayor
up to noon yesterday were us follows
Haydcn Hros $ 2,"i 00
Haydeti Dros.' employes Xi TO
Thompson, Hidden AtCo 15 00
Frnnk K. .Moores 2.1 00
Mang.im Ve Co ;t on
J. I. Fruehnuf 1 oo
Thomas Kllpatrlck & Co no no
Robert Prltehard 5 0)
Jnrvis Wine company, Council Hluffn 5 00
C. W. Johnson I 00
Dr I). H. Davis 5 0i
J. O. Phllllppl 5 no
George S. Hunch. Hellevue, Neb .1 11
Dr. J. Cameron Anderson 25 no
A Friend 1 Oil
1.. We.ssols, Nebraska City 5 00
Julius Peperberg, Plattsmouth 5 01
Charles A. Ooss 5 00
Itnv P. J. Judge 2 0)
Graft Implement Co., Wymoro, Neb.. 501
Mrs. Will Ourley 2 ro
Kelly, Stlger & Co lu iki
Omaha Hrewing association 5n iv
Omaha Hrlcklnycr'x union, No. 1 25 00
Metz Hros.' Hrowlng association.. . 50 00
Lee-Clark. Andreeseii company 25 no
City clerk's office 5 00
City comptroller' orllco.
' 50
2 00
51
5 60
I! 01
1 on
r. 5n
5 Oil
2 0i
George v. Holbrook
Charles V. Miles
County Judge'H otllcc
Hex. J, C C. Owens
John Mnthleson
County treasurer's olllce
F. S. Hindi & Co
Sam Scott, license Inspector
City hall employes, by Alfred Hugh.
custodian in no
AV. F. Oerke. market muster 2 m
Mary It. Mnlone 1 ml
Dr. J. H. Ralph 5 n
Omaha Dally Nows company 23 00
W. J. Connell 5 00
James II. Adams 500
George O. Cockrell 2 on
II F. Thomas 2 50
John Q. Hurgner 1 mi
Ver Mahron, Frlck & Meyer 10 01
Walter Molse & Co 10 0)
Riley Hros. Co 10 00
Lent & Williams 5 00
Thomas tlogati 5 00
Huck Keith 5 I'd
A I. Wiley 5 00
John Kerns 5 CO
Millard hotel 5 m
Gladstone Hros 6 00
Dick Donnelly 5 00
Weir D. Coffman 5 no
William I. Klerstead 5 0)
Cudahy Packing Co. employes US 01
Total $705 20
lXHPII.WCn I'OJll'AMUS HIT 1 1 A 1 1 1 .
AYooiIiiioii of llio World llnvo Hill
.Mciiibcrslilp In linli onion.
Tho disaster at Galveston fulls with
fot eo upon the fraternal lusuranco compa
nies and tho trades unions of tho coun
try who aro represented with local organi
zations In that city.
The Woodmen of the World, whose head
quarters aro In Omahu, have a membership
of about S00 In Galveston nnd since Mon
day Sovereign Clerk Yates has boon In
telegraphic communication with that city.
On the day of the storm Sovereign Hanker
Morris Sheppard. whose home In In Tex
nrkana, Tex., was in tho Ill-fated town.
Tho llrst telegram received hy Mr. Yates
announced his safety. Then catno n mes
sage saying that 100 Woodmen had beeu
killed. ThlB was followed by another giv
ing the deaths as tlfty. This was accom
panied by a call for assistance. In response
to which the sovereign olllcers issued u
call to nil camps In tho country asking
them to aid the stricken brethren of Gal
veston. In half nn hour nfter tho appeal
was received tho clerks In the sovereign
office had contributed $10 to the fund, which
was dispatched this morning to local rep
resentatives at GMlveston.
It Is estimated that the order will send
$10,000 Into tho city within the uext week.
This sum docs not tako into consideration
tho payment of Insurnnco policies, which
may aggregate $100,000. If this Bum Is
reached It will probably bo necessary to
Issun a special call.
The Modern Woodmen of America havo
no camps in Galveston, but have several
members residing In tho city whoso mem
bership Is held In other towns.
Among the labor unions the typograph
ical and tho carpenters aro probably af
fected moro Mian others. Tho former has
about seventy-flvn members and the lat
ter about twlco as many. Death benefits
and appeals will take several thousand
dollars from the treasuries of the Inter
national organisations and appeals for aid
will come Inter.
CniifoHsos o Mcnipliln Murder,
ST. LOt'IS. Sept. 12. -John Morgan, the
negro college graduate .vho Is w.inted In
Memphis for murder, was arrested here
today at the request of the police of t tint
city. Ho confessed to having killed Ot'o
llanke in Memphis Septomber 15. and will
b taken back to that city for trial. 1 lo
pleads Hclf-defense.
I'lrui Will llesiinir lltiNlurss,
NEW YORK. Sept 12 L O Schlffer nnd
HE total receipts of The
Omulia Musical Festival to
date are more than enough
to pay till expenses. Re
member that every cent
you pay now for hearing
the Bellstedt Baud goes
toward building a perma
nent auditorium.
lutTer rot I f br k' rs ,. n w lo i
is Ulinouiu ed en M"iul.i. Will '-
clitic l.t ji 1i li. .1111. elm nl tn.lde ill the I "I
tun iAihnifj;e todn. sprcdllj resume btsl-
III .L.
MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE
Gin nil .liny Itcliirns Indictment
tuiilnsl 1'iirrcll for Kllllim IU
press Meiseimer I, line.
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. J,lr ,0'' M'mcil nn Itldb tment of mnr-
dor in the tlrsi degree ngal'isi 1toln II
IVrreii r r kitting Adams E.vprtfs Mca
senger rlurlrs Lane
Acfsfcjsmiry andfhompffy
Cleanses the System
Gently nnd Effectually
when bilious or costive.
Jivsents in the most acceptableiim
the l.urxti'rc principles of plants
Anohvt (n act most bcieflciiiHr.
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