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The Omaha Daily Bee. establish El) ,irK m, 1S71 O.UAIIA, TTHSDAY MORMX(J, Sfil'T.KMHEK 11, 1 !)()() T EX PAGES. SIX (5 L 13 COPY FIVE CENTS. DESOLATION ON THE ISLAND t. "I,,,. Site of the City a Scene of K-4$9 Destruction and Gloom, SEA ROLLS BACK LEAVING RUIN BEHIND Recession of Great Wave Makes Its Work More Apparent, ONE LQNG LIST Of DREAD DISASTER SURE TO LEAVE CHINA American Policy in the- Orient Rapidly Assuming Shape. UNITED STATES MAY ACT INDEPENDENTLY Cable of General Ohaffco Points Significantly to Coming Events, DELAY OF POWERS TO REPLY HINDERS NOT Agreement Upon Withdrawal of Troops Likely to Be of Two Sided Nature. ARMY WILL BE SENT TO PHILIPPINES In tin- I'trnt (if An ()ceillon Xrlnlim fur tin' lletiirii of tlx' SnlillerN In (iilnn tin- Trinisfor ('nil lie .Mil ill- Within a Wi-eU. Debris of a Crushed City Hides the Bodies of Hundreds of Citizens Whose Lives Went Out with the Shcck, While Shipping Miles Inland Tells of Strength of Wind and Wave. nOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 10 . Wiehnrd Spilluno, a well known (Inhesion newspaper man and day correspondent of the Asso ciated Press in that city, who n ached Houston today, after a ter rible experience, gives the following account of the disaster at Galveston: "One of the most awful tragedies of modern times has visited Galveston. The city is in ruins and the dead will number prob ably 1,000. 1 am just from the city, having been commissioned by the mayor and citizens' committee to get. in touch with the outside world and appeal for help. Houston was the nearest point at which working telegraph instruments could be found, the wires, as well as nearly al. the buildings between here and the Gulf of .Mexico being wrecked. "When I left Galveston shortly before noon yesterday, the people were organizing for the prompt burial of the dead, distri bution of food and all necessaiy work after a period of disaster. city ui: omi:s it w;i.c; m:a. "The wreck of Galveston was brought about by a tempest so terrible that no words can adequately describe its intensity and by a flood which turned the cit, into a raging sea. The weather bureau records show that the wind attained a velocity of eighty four miles an hour when the measuring instrument blew away, so it, is impossible to tell what was the maximum. "The storm began about 1! o'clock Saturday morning. Pre vious to that a great storm had been raging in the gulf and the tide was wry high. The wind at lirsl, came from the north and was in direct opposition to the force from the gulf. While the storm in the gulf piled the water upon the beach side of the city, the north wind piled the water from the bay on to the bay part of the city. "About noon it became vident that the city was going to be visited with disaster. Hundreds of residences along the beach front were hurriedly abandoned, the families fleeing to dwellings in higher portions of tin' city. Every home was opened to the refugees, black or white. Th" wind was rising constantly and it rained in torrents. The wind was so tierce that the rain cut like a knife. i.r.rr in n itui:ss. "Hy.'t o'clock the waters r the gulf and bay met and by dark the entire city was submerged. The flooding of the electric light plant and the gas plants left the city in darkness. To go upon the streets was to court death. The wind was then at cyclonic velocity, roofs, cisterns, portions of buildings, telegraph poles and walls were falling and the noise of the wind and the crashing of Hie buildings was terrifying in the extreme. The wind and waters rose steadily from dark until l:l. o'clock Sunday morn ing. During all this time the people of Galveston were like rats in traps. The highest portion of the city was four to live feet under water, while in the great majority of cases the streets were submerged to a depth of ten feet. To leave a house was to drown. To remain was to court, death in the wreckage. "Such wind has seldom been equaled. Without apparent reason the waters suddenly began to subside at I :!.") a. m. .With- in twenty minutes they had gone down two feel and before day liirht the streets were practically freed of the flood waters. In the meantime the wind had veered to the southeast. iiohiioh nr.ro mi: visiiii.i:. 0 "Very few, if any. buildings escaped injury. There is hardly n habitable drv house in the city. When the people who had escaped death went out at daylight to view the work of the tempest and flood they saw the most horrible sights imaginable In the three blocks from Avenue N to Avenue i in Tremont street, I saw eight bodies. Four corpses were in one yard. "The whole of the business front for three blocks in from the gulf was stripped of every vestige of habitation, the dwellings, the great bathing establishments, the Olympia and every struc ture having been either carried out to sea or its ruins piled up in a pyramid far into the town, according to the vagaries of the tempest. 1ir.MM.IX M I'' I'M! It 1IOXT. "The first hurried glance over the citv showed that the lnrgest structures, supposed to be the most substantially built suffered the greatest. The Orphans' Home, Twenty-lirst street and Avenue M, fell like a houst of cards. How many dead chil dren and refugees are in the luins could not be ascertained. "Of the sick in St. .Mary's inlirmary, together with the at tendants, only eight are understood to have been saved. "The Old Woman's home on Rosenberg avenue collapsed; the Rosenberg school house is a mass of wreckage. The Hull High school is but an empty shell, crushed and broken. Every church in the city, with possibly one oi two exceptions, is in ruins. "At the forts nearly all the soldiers are reported dead, they having been in temporary quarters which gave them no protec tion against the tempest or flood. "No report has been received from the Catholic Orphan asy lum down the island, but it seems impossible that it could hav withstood the hurricane. If it fell all the inmates were no doubt lost, for there was no aid within a mile. iim; i.oMi mkt or HI I. vs. 'TJie bay front from end to end is in ruins. Nothing but piling and the wreck of great warehouses remains. The elevators (Coutlnued ou Fifth Pago.) WASHINnTON. Sept. 10 The develop ments of the ilny In the Chinese situation still point to a speedy withdrawal of the .'lilted Slates troops from China. Gen eral Chnffeo has added the weight of his pinion to that already cntertnlnud by many ofllclalH here. It Is probably significant that the general's statement on this point was given publicity by the administration. No continuation Is nt hand of the report that Clrent Ilrltuln and Germany have Joined an agreement to remain together In okln. regardless of the other powers.. This being the fact It would doubtless hasten the rearward movement of the American troops, for there Is u firm determination to avoid becoming Involved In nny clash between the powers, such as might reasonably be ex pected to follow the execution of this re ported HrltlHh-Ocrman program. Tno TIiIiikk to He Secured. If there hnve been further responses to the Russian note relattvo to evacuation their purport cannot bo ascertained. This delay no longer Interferes with the execu tion of the American policy. The btato department has a reasonably accurate un derstanding of the attitude of even those powers that have made formal responses to the Russian note, so that the mere writ ten record of their views Is not of Im portance. The part of the prouiem relative to withdrawal that remains unsoiveu is the best means of securing guarantees for the attainment of the few objects set out In Secretary Hay's note of July 3 which hove not been secured Possibly guarantees must bo obtnlncd from two sides, the Chinese government as to tho security of American treaty rights and tho creation of a claims commission. which shall provide for tho payment of In demnity for losses suflercil by American citizens, and for the expenditures on ac count of the I'okln relief expedition. Then It Is entirely powslblo that It mny be re carded as necessary. If any of the allies re fuse to leave l'ckln and pcrstst In n war or conquest, that the Interest of tho United Slates In the mutter of trade of tho "open door" nnd of all rights now guaranteed to tho United States In China by treaty be made u matter of special agreement between tho United States and these warring powers. It does not follow thut because tho United States troops aro to bo withdrawn this autumn from China that American Interests will bo left completely at the mercy of tho other powtrs. Army to (in to !Millliilnrn. On the contrary, such disposition will be mado of those troops that they may. If nec essary, bo returned to China in short order. To this end tho entire army of (ienernl Chaffee will bo quartered In somo of the pleasantest nnd most salubrious portion of tho Philippines. If It -Is wanted again In China tho army can be transported Inside of a week, thoroughly refreshed nnd lilted for effective action. Minister Wu has not yet been clothed with powers by his government to effect a settlement of tho Chinese trouble directly with the Washington authorities. The officials aro Inclined to believe that no such largo power as this will be conferred upon him. though he may, as do tho Chinese ministers In Kurope, play a most Important pail In the preliminaries to the Institution of regular negotiations through commis sloners for a final settlement. APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. on'H'K OK M.Jvoit. OMAHA. Sept. lit. 1PM). -To the Citizens ot Omaha: I lmvi' Jusfljrecelvod the following telegram from Mayor ltrashear of Houston, To.w: HOUSTON. Tex.. Sept. to. Hon. Mnyor, Oinnlin. Nob.: Galveston cut olt from nil communication. Great suffering and los of life kiiown to oxNt there. Damage beyond descrip tion. Aid should he sent to Houston, which Is nearest Imse of supplies and for furnishing help. Have pood organization effected. S. 11. BRASH 1UK. Mayor. The extensive nrcount In the dallly papers of the terrible disaster at Galveston have apprised our eltliens of the great need there Is that Im mediate and generous assistance be given to the people of our gulf sea port. More than a thousand lives were lost and millions of dollars of property destroyed by the great storm. At a meeting of a number of philanthropic business men held In my olllee at p. m. today It was decided to solicit subscriptions nt once through the papers for the stricken people of Galveston. All checks should be made payable to Lullier Drake, treasurer, and should be sent to mo In order that proper credit maybe given In the dally papers as the checks are received. Please send In your contribution today, for the need Is urgent. W. W. trusted, Ksq general manager of the Western Union Telegraph company, has kindly ottered to forward all money by wire as soon as received. UUANK K. MOOUKS Mayor, GOVERNOR APPEALS FOR AID I'rcnlilcnt Instructs Secretary of War lo Ixmc 'IViiIn mill Million lo llu- Slrlelien. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. The following telegrams passed between tho White House and Texus today: HOUSTON, Tex.. Sept. lO.-Wllllum Mc Klnlev. President of the United States. Washington: I have been deputized by the mayor and citizens' committee of Oalveston to Inform you that the city of Oalveston Is in ruins and certainly many hundreds. If not a thousnnd. are dead. The tragedy Is ono of the most frightful In recent times. Help must be given by tho state nnd na tion or the suffering will be appalling. Food, clothing and money will be needed nt once. The whole south side of the city for three blocks In front of the gulf Is swept clear of every building, the whole wharf front Is a wreck nnd but few houses In the city are habitable. The water supply Is cut off and the food stock damaged by salt water. All bridges aro washed away and stranded steamers litter the bay. When I left this morning the search for bodies had begun and corpses were everywhere. Tho tempest blew eighty-four miles an hour and then carried government Instruments nway. At the same time the waters of the gulf were over Hie whole city, having risen twelve feet. Water has now subsided nnd the survivors left helpless among the; wreckage, cut off from the world except by boat. 1UCIIAUD SIUU.ANIC. I'rt'Nlili-ii t i:iirrntfn Sympathy. WASHINGTON, Sent. 10,-Hon. J. D. Sayers, Governor of Texas. Austin. Tex.: GREAT CROWD AT LA CROSSE Governor Roosevelt Addresses Two Immenso Assemblages. REAL ISSUES OF CAMPAIGN ARE MADE PLAIN llonrnl Money null (lie limit-fit I'rr fiiriiiniiee uf Our linden Tovrnriln (he IMi III iipl im-m mill Hie llent of the World I rued, I.ACIIOSSK, Wis., Sept. 10, The train bearing Governor Roosevelt nnd his party left for Kargo nnd the west at 11 o'clock tonight. The special train from this point Is composed of a baggage car. a dining car, supplied especially for the service of news paper correspondents; tho sleeper Kllondale, for the newspaper men, nnd the private coach Minnesota, in which Governor Roose velt travels, with one or two of his friends and his secretary. Thero were two meetings today, one be ginning nt 2 o'clock, for those outside of the city, and one nt S o'clock, for the citizens of LaCrosse and Immediate vicinity. OALVESTON MASS OT RUINS No Accurate Statement of the Loss of Life Possible at Present. ONE THOUSAND A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE May Largely Exceed This Figure When Wreckage is Explored, SURVIVORS ARE IN DESTITUTE CONDITION Practically No Food or Drinking Water in the City Aid Being Sent, from Other Places Big Ocean Steamer Washed Up on the Docks Whole Families Wiped Out. AFRAID TO RETURN TO PEKIN dinner- Snyn Chinese OflleliilM Will llt'iiinlii Attuy iin dniiK' us the Army In ill Cnpltiil, WASHINGTON. Sept. 10,-The following dispatch has been received nt the War de partment: TAlvU (no date). Adjutnnt (Jeneral, Washington: 2, afternoon 4th. Kvldonro accumulates that dlplomntlc relations will not bo resumed here for a long time. Rus sian legation leave very soon for Tien Tsln. Appears to me certain Chinese government will not return hero whilst foreign army remains and If this true our legation can transact no business. My opinion I'ekin to be merely enmp foreign nrmy pending set tlement by powers at other points. "CHAFKKE. DEAD WILL REACH THOUSANDS. CHICAGO. Kept. 10. The following statement of the situation nt Gal veston nnd along the' const, was. received tonight: DALLAS, Tex., Sept. . Charles S. Weill. General Manager the As boclated Press, 'Chicago, III.: From the latest reports which arc consid ered reliable I lio- dlWotk. tt (jtilvr.ton njid along the? const has not .boon exaggerated. The waters of the gulf and bay met, covering the Island to a depth of six to twelve feet. During I his sudden Hood a most terrible storm was raging, the wind blowing about eighty miles per hour. .Many of the dead have been uncovered: others are slill under the debris; others carried out to sea. It Is not possible to give, at this lime, a relia ble report as to t lie number of deaths. From estimates made by reliable persons who have just conic from Galveston, It Is believed that not less than 1 .50(1 and possibly as many as n.ooo persons were destroyed. Of course, the wounded and broken are numerous. The damage to prop erty Is most shocking. Some of the best public buildings and private establishments were wrecked. Thousands of homes were swept enlirely away. It Is quite safe lo set this down as one of the greatest disasters that has ever vls ileil the United States. The loss of property Is Irreparable, the loss of life Is appalling. G. It. D10AI.Y, Manager Dallas News. HI The reports of the great calamity which J Special excursions were organized from dls Iiuh befallen Galveston and other points ,nn, rU of ,,, 8latP n0th meetings wcro SlVt " " 1""ln' M will stir the hearls of the wholo country, i crowded to Its fullest capacity. Tho num- Whatever help II is possible lo give shall be gladly extended. Have directed the sec retary of war to supply rations and tents upon your request. Wll.l.lAM MKIN1.KY. A copy of this telegram was hent to the mayor of (lalvestou, as well as to (Jovernor S.iyres. (iMcriifir Suyer lloiillc. At'STlN. Tex.. Sept. 10. The President, Washington: Very many thanks for your telegram. Your action will be greatly ap preciated nnd gratefully remembered by the people of Texas. 1 have this day requested the secretary of war to I'orwurd rations and teats to CJalveston. JOSKIMl P. S A A' ICRS, (lovemor ot Texas. PATCH UP MILES' CASE llriithcrn Auree Thnl Xn Further A( to in lit Will He Millie In IliciiU (lie Will. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 10. (Special Telegrnm.) Joseph H. Miles, tho tnll Panalro of Kalis City, Neb., who was a defendant In tho sensational suit to break tho will of his father. Stephen D. Miles, Is In Kansas City onroilte home from Colo rndo, where he spent most of tho summer He told today of thoreconclllatlon which has tnken placo hetwoen htm and his brother. Samuol A. Miles, who had at tempted to brenk tho father's will. J. II. Miles received tho bulk of his father's great estate, valued nt $3,000,000. Samuel A. Miles, his brother, recolved com paratively a small portion of It. In the suit which was brought to break the will the claim was made thnt n later will had been discovered. This was not proved to tho satisfaction of the court and tho suit was recently decided in favor of J. II Miles. A notice of appeal was given, but the appeal haB not yet been mado. "My brother nnd I recently had a long talk about tho wholo case." said J. II. Miles at the Coates houso this morning. "He told me that the light would bo dropped and that he Is anxious to have the estato settled so that he can get the share bequeathed to him. It was his money that was used in tho light against tho will. Another suit has, I understand, been started to break my father's will. It Is In the federal court and Is brought In tho name ot somo citizen of Missouri. Rut 1 think this Is Just ono wayt of letting things down easy," TEXAS WILL DU HER BEST Kotcriinr Snjcrx ItoliiK Nrr.v I'nsnl lite 'I'hlliB In .lll People ot StrleUeii City. AUSTIN, Tex.. Sept. 10. When asked to night by a representative of tho Associated Press for an expression as to tho flood situation along the gulf coast, Governor Sayers said: I think It Is tho most deplorable entastro pho In the history of Amorica, and I feel that every possible aid should bo lent to tho sufferers In their hour of great ne-d Krom Information received here, I am led to think that hundreds of families have either lost their dear ones or been berett of their homes, and the ease Is one that will certainly appenl to evervnne. I have taken nctlve steps to raise relief tor every one that can possibly be looked after. I have wired all the city mayors and all the county Judges, asking them lo secure all funds nnd provisions possible, and their replies up to tonight are very gratifying. The assistance lent us by the federal gov ernment In the way of fti.n'iO rations and lo.iiw tents will aid no lit tin in relieving the situation at present. The tlrst duty, of course, will be to look after the living, who are thirsting and In hunger, without either water or palatable food to eat, but I think that within a day or so we will have the relief corps working In good order, I will give the matter my personal super vision and am confident thnt we will see to It that everybody Is looked after. It will require considerable money, however, to do all this. I havo located several as sistants and the adjutant general Is near tho scene of action and they will personally supervise the distribution while I remain hero to answer all inquiries. Terrible llurrlcnne al llrjnu. I3RYAN, Tex., Sopt. 9. A terrific hurri cane visited this section today. Troes, fences, signs, etc., wero blown down, roofs torn from brick buildings, show windows smashed nnd merchandise damaged. Tho greatest damago in this vicinity is to the cotton, which was blown out and twisted In bad shape, Involving a loss which cnn not be estimated, but which will bo great. Diiiiiuki to Coltim t rnp, HOUSTON. Tex.. Hont. 10. Thoro is no doubt tho cotton crop has been consider nbly damaged throughout southern nnd ccn tral Texas. Owing to the excessive rains this year tho cotton has grown to weed moro than ever known nnd In some fields It ranges from tlx to ten feet high and Is very rank with leaf, hers outside exceeded many times those able to get In. It was a most Mattering demon stration, not only In numbers, but In feel ing nnd enthusiasm. Hclvliilc)' u S)iii)iiiii for I'mnperll y. The afternoon meeting was called to order by Congressman John J. Ksch of this dis trict, who Introduced Senator Knuto Nelson of .Minnesota, who spoko upon the issues of tho day with great effect for threc-quartcM of an hour. Ho nsked whether It was wise and propor for the people of this country nt this time to make a change In the ad ministration of the government. Ho con trasted the condition of tho country In dustrially now with what It had been under drover Cleveland's administration. Ho thought no man with common sense could fall to pcrcelvo that tho Industrial situation now was vastly Improved from what It was at that time. Under tho administration of Mr. McKlnloy confidence had been estab lished everywhere and manufacturers had been stimulated until It had brought n (low of gold to our land, until the wealth of the nation now surpassed that of any other country and the governments of Kuropo were down on their knees asking us to lend them money. HiioMi'velt Itpcelvnl nltli Cheer. Senator Nelson Introduced (lovernor Roosovelt, who was received with flatter ing applntife. In tho course of his speech Governor Roosevelt said: We are confronted In this campaign with two Issues, of which they say one Is "paramount" and the other Is "Immediate." The "paramount" Issue Is militarism and imperialism anil tho "Immediate" Issje Is ftee silver. Hiey have Insisted as little as possible upon tho latter. They have been tor It. but not so much for It as to frighten th" gold men nway. Wo know from the Onod Hook that thoso that are not for us .ne .itrntnst us. You enu't be half-heart-edlv for a depredated dollar. You may thnl illfllculty la making up your mind. At Kansas Pity they had great dllllculty In de termining what to do In regard to the t.im'ielnl plank of the platform. If you re member, they were only able to decldo what they thought of the currency by call ing In tho llrst fruits of modern Imperial ism, In the shape of Hawaii to i ast the de ciding vote for them You remember they stood nbout even until Hawaii's representa tives made up their minds for them and enabled them to declare that they had U per cent of tulth In a IS per cent dollar. Dollar anil Mini Klilillr, They havo expressed m.ich alarm as to whether the dollar snmihl be put abne tin man or the man ahead of the dollar, what ever that may meun. Durlnu the last tour years tho republican party has cnntlned It self to the cummnnscnKo uction of putting men within reach of tho dollar and making tho dollar worth a hundred cents In gold when he got within reach of It and thc have left It to him to decide whether It shall be before or behind. That Is an I in -port-tnt matter Kvery man should have a chance of earning a dollar and when earned tho dollar should be a real dollar and not a mere sham dollar It Is a good rule to let well enough alone You nro now doing well. If tho mind of fortune Is heavy on a man at least be can sa tlr.it he Is not to blame for It Do not let U bo our own fault In destroying the prosperity that we now have Hard times (Continued ou Fifth Page,) nOUSTON. Tox.. Ppj)t. HI. Tho following diRpatch wub iTtx'iviMl from (lalvestou bv boat to tlio mainland today: UALVIOSTOX, Tex., Si'pi. 10. The loss of life ma.v be stated at. 1,01)0 of drowned, killed and missing. The loss will run into the millions. Scenes of desolation am! distress are on every hand. Fully 75 per cent of the buildings in the city are more or less damaged. Whole families and communities are being taken from the debris and each minute brings the discovery of some new vic tim. On the gulf side of Tr"inont street the water has made a clean sweep of everything fo: three blocks. All the bath houses are gone. Debris blocks the streets to tho gulf. About 1.000 people took refuge in tho Tremont hotel and all these escaped injuiy. although the building was damaged to the extent of several thousand dollars. Tho Dulit. building, a three-story brick structure, was the lirst large building to collapse. Hitter's saloon and restaurant on the Strand collapsed from the top. imprisoning a number of persons, among whom wore Kichard Lord and F. (!. Spencer, who was killed; the building then gave way with such rapidity that it will be impossible to give an approximate estimate, even of those who were inside. The Rosenborg school, the City and the Halls High school suffered severely. All buildings within three blocks of the beach are destroyed. The city is practically without fire protection. The equipment could not get about, the city, even if there were wires to give alarms. A meeting was hold at tho Tremont hotel to consider means of relief for the distressed and horn less people. Medical attention is badly needed, as are also disin fectants. The mooting sent dispatches to President MeKinley and Governor Sayers to the effort that the appeal bo published at once and that aid bo extended for the relief of tho city. Holiof must come; human lives aro at stake, as actual starvation and death from lack of medical attention face many hundreds of people. Tho moro fortunate ones air working heroically to ameliorate the condition of t heir afllieted fellows, but their efforts can re lievo the distress only in small measure. Individual acts of heroism and self-sacritice aro so many that it is hard to pick out one more worthy of mention Hum another. Tint with all this the condition of the afllieted is heartrending in tho extreme. The list of dead is growing momentarily and the first estimate of 1.000 deaths is considered too conservative. .stohv or as kvh wrrxnss. CiALVFSTOX, Tex., Sept. 10. Six hundred to 1,000 persons killed, a city almost in ruins, the wharf front entirely gone, every ocean steamer stranded and death and destruction on every hand, with a money loss that cannot be estimated nw, are, so far as can be learned at this hour, the result of the appalling calamity that has befallen (ialveston. The great storm has left it helpless and its stricken people aro compelled to appeal to the outside world for aid. The esti mates of loss of life vary between the ligures given, but an accu rate account of the dead is impossible now and the real number killed in the storm will probably never bo known. No one attempts to estimate the damage to business nnd residence properly. The lino steamer Alamo lies upon the top of the Mallory wharf and a big lOnglish steamer was driven ashore at Texas City. Other vessels are aground in different parts of the bay, some hopelessly wrecked. The tug Louise of the Houston Direct Navigation company is under water at Kodtish. Two of the crow were drowned, the remainder escaping in the lifeboat. Yesterday morning a boat was chartered to run from (lalvestou to Texas City nnd on this the Houston Post correspondent had to hurriedly depart. Hut from what he saw and hoard from some of the leading busi ness men ho can assure the public that the people of Oalveston need immediate relief. The object in sending to Texas City was to get in touch with the outside world and let. it know that a stricken city is in misfortune and asks the people of the country to send food, clothing and water. Tho water works are in ruins and the cisterns all blown away, so that the lack of water is one of the most serious of the present troubles. Ruin is everywhere. Fleet ric light and telegraph polos are nearly all prostrated and the streets aro littered with timbers, slate, glass and every con ceivable character of debris. MVi:i,I.IN(iS AM, l).MA(ii:i). There is hardly a habitable house in the entire city and nearly every business house is badly damaged. The school build ings aro unroofed, such edifices as the Hall High school and Uosonburg school buildings being badly wrecked. The line churches are almost in ruins. The elevators and warehouses aro unlit for use. The electric light plant has collapsed and so has the cotton factory. From Tremont to I street, thence to the beach, not a vestige of a residence is to bo soon. In the business section of the city the water was from three to ton feet deep in stores and stocks of all kinds, including foodstuffs, aro total losses. While the Host correspondent was in (Ialveston Saturday night it was a common sight for him to see women nnd children emerging from once comfortable and happy