The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVTH YEAR, No. 102, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 15, 1899 Page: 5 of 10
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Lovojoya office
a colonel
Tho trouble is only beginning and
ear tho mortality Is going to bo
tho doctor
uitl continued Thero
v t > n our dealn8 t Sugarland
there are seventy persons sick at
Duke and throughout the floodod dis-
trict the conditions aro very bad
I believe the camp at Duko Is In
tetter shnpo than any other In tho
Brazos valley yet I expect wo will have
eeveral deaths there within tho next
lew days Thero aro now 1600 Ufa
gees at Duko Wo have twenty peo-
ple in hospital today and thero aro
lots moro who ought to bo there and
who will go thero lust as soon as wo
get tents to put them In
We havo established a bath car
ba > o ordered two dozen wash tubs and
will have the men and boya batho one
day and tho women and girls bathe
a following days In other ways wo
have done everything pos3lblo to Im-
prove the sanitary condition but four
of my cases are In a very serious way
and I fear two deaths are going to
take placo within twentyfour hours
I am putting In half of my time at-
tending to the sick at Duke It I
could I would remain tlioro altogether
until the conditions get better
Tho people hero In Galveston can
help us greatly If they will make con
tributions of clothing Anything will
do Frocks for children skirts or
waists for women underwear of any
or all kinds will be serviceable but
most of all we want something for the
children Tho poorest cast off clothing
> 7 tenants tho following seeds should bu
ilanted at once Juno corn for meal sup-
Ply sorghum for syrup making cow peas
iwcct potato vines turnips and beans In
some cases Irish potatoes can be safely
planted for fall crop but some caro and
ludgment are necessary to safely grow tho
Irish potato Tho following may be con
sidered a standard rule Select potatoes
not larger than a hens egg between tho
15th and 30th of July Spread thinly on
soft ground where they will be partially
shaded but exposed to strong light With
in two or three weeks they should bn
somewhat green on the exposed side and
Perhaps sprouting Then Is tho time to
an4 tDey can B0 DUt ln tno around
mi
a little earlier if season la favorable Do-
w ridge the land In covering potatsss
out coyer to a depth of three or four iacnes
on welldralned land It is customary to
nam wholo potatoes using three foot
ws and planting eighteen Inches apart
la tho drill
Fof work stock
the following crops
Jr be Paned before the 20th of tha
month th oats may bo safely plauted
later Cow peas sorghum millet rust
proof oats and Juno corn Oats should
J e4 d at the rato of two and a half
nre bushels cer aero sorghum ut
1 tw bushels ner acre cow peas one
JM a halt bushels per aero and if ciro
Si UBa i 0De bushel of Juno corn will
Ew acrc Tbl corn should bo
l Jl bottoms on five or six foot
thre9 to four icet D0ttcm
stalk
1 lB to b Preferred to arly
V0
m im cadwarfca Northern kinds because
l Will bear heat n much better Uds
W <
JCKNESS IN FLOOD DISTRICT
r
l t t
ore Deaths From Disease Than There
Were by Drowned
< j lT ston Texaa July 11 Thero
deaths In tho Brazos
lava been more
rallsy alnee the flood from disease
tm I w reported from drowning
ild Dr Dllllngor to a reporter this
sornlng
The doctor Is In charge of the refu
Duke and came In today
se camp at
A reporter mot him
of a Galveston man woman or child
would bo a dross suit for those unfor
tunates at Duke Ploaso Impress upon
tho public the necessity for clothing
The difficulty wo have to overcome
Is enbancod by tho fearful crowding
In ono box car there arc fortythree
white persons seven of them 111 Tho
mosquitoes aro so bad that tho doors
of tho box cars hava to bo closed at
night Just think of the fetid atmos-
phere those unfortunates take Into
their lungs
A great many of the cases of ma
larla I am treating are of very bad
form A child I have under my caro
has been vomiting blood Tho water
has fallen only four feet at Duko and
the people can not return to their
homes In tho bottoms There Is good
eating such as eating goes la the
Brazos country for the refugees and
there is a fair diversity of It but thero
is so great a demand and bo much
need for medicine that 1 do not wasto
a grain
When you consider tho amount of
sickness at Duko what must it be at
other places where physicians and
medicines aro not to be found I am
fighting my best to keep the dlscuso
from spreading at Duke but It U a-
very hard Job Duko Is but a hamlet
Imagine what It Is to put 1500 home
less people thero at one time without
sanitation proper clothing or any of
tho necessities for proper living
Dr Dllllnger says that tho smell
from the back water of the flood is
very bad It takes a person with a
strong stomach to stand It He has
some malaria In his system himself
but Is fighting It off The days aro
terribly hot and the mosqutoe3 are
very bad at night
It was evident from the way Dr
Dllllnger talked that be considers that
tho worst and most grewsome story
of the Brazos valley disaster is yet to
be told
REPLANTING OF FLOOD LANDS
tome Practical Suggestions from Prof J II
Connell of A and M College
To the Editor of The Post
College Station Texas July 12 Tho
rater will soon recede from the many
quire miles of flood land In tho Brazos
nd other river valleys of this State and
he planters are at once confronted with
he question What can I do with these
aads this tenant labor and this work
lock At tho request of a number of
Irazos valley planters who have suf
ered seriously from the flood I make a
etr brief suggestions through the papers
if ths Stato basing tho statements mado
in experiments conducted by the Texas
itatlona at this place and at other points
n Texas and hope that some o ihe
ingestions may prove of value by ln
llcatlng the linos of work that may now
> e safely attempted
In considering the matter of pitching
tfops tho farmer must provide 1 for
aborers 2 for work stock 3 for sales
rops and I will thereforo discuss the
ilwtlng question from these standpoints
To reduce tho cost of a ration consumed
the early maturing kind since tho hot sun
does not Interfero with tho growth of
peaB as It does with tho giowth il corn
seven days from germination which indl
cates that It would bo a fairly safe crop
for those plantations from Brazo3 county
south If soaked seed wero planted at
onco In the mud without uso of plow Tho
first killing frost need not be oxpeeed
according to average conditions through
out this latitude until November which
would allow 115 days In which cotton might
make after July 20 Nearer tho coast
frost will como later and thero are moro
chances for tho cotton crop planted now
It Is likely that the farmers In some ot
our Western counties such as Johnson
Coryell and Lampasas have a surplus ot
seed that may bo secured In quantity
Unless a very late fall season Is epected
would not advlso planting cotton in tho
river bottom above Brazos county
Within tho next sixty days will bo suf-
ficiently early for alfalfa planting and all
Brazos valley farmers should make It a
point to put In a largo acreage In alfalfa
Tho yield will bo light throughout the
fall and I would not advise cutting It but
early next spring when feed for work stock
will be very scarce It will prove of tho
greatest posBlblo value Plant on moist
land at tho rato of twenty to twoutyflyo
pounds of seed per ncro seed usually
costs 10 or 12 cents per pound Cover seed
as for turnips
Thero Is abundant tlmo to secure seed
and plant a large acreage to blackeyed
beans California beans and this crop
always in demand upon our markets
are nntevcn for curing a p of sevi priced eottou Earnestly vours
from
n ° e
J
jrom any variety > nf pea that may bel 05 V
o
Planted hut the chancos aro better with I
rw
MILAM COUNTY SlIFFBItEIIS
T Want
Seed or Various BorU nt
n Once
D TeiaS July Another mass
neeu °
they need for replanting 1200 bushels
corT i m 1ed m bushels of kafflr
111
IImV of Mexican Juno corn
ta0 of mlUet 8Cea a m buaD
BekMtP t M C0Unty T urer John H-
and h Iesally authorized to receive
WnSV doaitlo Mr Blckett
I Ctt 0n V ° SayCr8 °
n Uon ea
Professor Aerlculturo and Director
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TIIK IJAIUtlXGTOX PLANTATION
Wnler U Very Slovr In Leurlnis Ura
turia County
Galveston Texas July 14Captaln
porter lessee of the noted Darrlngton
cltln was held this evening
tn m
iM8oo < 1 offerers ot Milam county and I plantation at Sandy Point In Brazoria
county Is In th city today He was seen
this morning at the office of the Texas
Laud and L an oompany whoro bo was
in consultation with Major Thomas J
The Darrlngton plantattm U of ECOO
acres of which 1600were In cultivation
when the flood came down the valley
Of the 8600 acres said Captain Por-
ter In rejponse to a question 5000 were
submerged The people In Braroria county
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011000 MELONS
n re Been Shipped from Sam
Patricio County Thla Seaaon
Slnton Texas July 12 San Pa
tricio countys watermelon record
tor 1S99 places her at the head of
every other county In the State as-
a melon producer
Mathla leads with 600 cars then
comes Slnton with 95 cars Ingle
tide 25 cars Arantas Pass Portland
and Gregory 10 cars making In the
aggregate 631 cars which have been
hipped estimating 1000 melons to
tho car will make 631000 tnelb ns
Prices have ranged nil tho way
from 15 to 100 per car 20000 Is
a conservative estimate of the
amount of cash which has como
Into the county from this crop
The Post correspondent believes
that 1000 cars of watermelons will
bo produced from tho fcrtllo soil
of San Patricio county next year
had ample warning of the approach of
the flood but they didnt believe It was
as bad as reported and they didnt take
the precautions that thoy might havo em-
Ployed Tho waters aro receding very
slowly I left Sandy Point last evening
Dp to that tlmo tho fall had been about
three feet
Captain Porter was asked how high the
waters got
Boats camo over tho fence nca r the
houio In which I live and thero wore from
three to four feet of water In my house
That tells It about as well as It can bo
told unless I say that my crops aro
ruined I had 3S5 acres In sugar cano
S00 or moro In cotton and tho remainder
In corn
Captain Porter will return to the plan-
tation today
Mojor Gorce who was sitting near by
while Captain Porter wa3 talking re-
marked that tho crops on tho Barring
ton plantation before tho flood wofe tho
prettiest ho had ever seen
Tho flolds were as clean as a garden
sild tho major Except In the corn that
was laid by thero was not a sprig of grass
to bo seen
The labor employed on tho Darrlngton
plantation Is convict
Captain Porter saved all his stock ex-
cept ono mule
SPECULATORS TURNED DOWN
GDVEnKOn IlRFUSEn TO mnCHASE
SEEDS OF TIIEJL
ApxieulH for AM from Mlltim and
Falls CouuMe Were At-
tended To
Austin Texas July 14 Appeals for aid
wero received bytho governor today from
Milam and Falls counties From Milam
county It is reported that 30000 acres wero distress
EorIo liuUeM Firnt Train
Eaglo Lake Texas July 13 Tho first
through train from Houston for eight
days passed through on tho Southern Pa-
cific today It was two hours late but
people eoemed glad to see It Everybody
have
ere
extra hungry for fresh news
DELAY HELPS THE CRIMINAL
SPKBDV THIAfc HiSUITS IX PUNISH-
MENT OF TIH1 GUILTY
Judire Clint Delivered a Straight
Clinrji to tlie Oranil Jury Will oh
He Called In Special Heimlon
Dallas Texas July 14 Tho Dallas
county grand Jury today met In extra
session according to Judgo Clints call
In bis charge to tho Jury Judgo Clint said
among other things You havo boon
called together in special resslon to in-
vestigate violations of the felony law I
want to Impress upon you tho fact that
speedy trial usually results In certain pun-
ishment when tho defendant la guilty The
great fault with tho courts of the Stato
has been the delay that has been too otteu
exercised In tho trial of men charged with
violations of the law Next to acquittal
the criminal desires nothing so much us
delay Delay la dangerous In tho extreme
to that certainty Of punishment that must
be practiced upon all guilty men If prime
Is to be decreased and a wholesome re
Bpcct for the law brought about
I want > ou gentlemen to bo certain
to pass upon all Jail cases no matter how
long 11 takes AVhether you Investigate
violations of the
any other law at this
time must be determined by you
The killing of Prof Lipscomb by John
T Carlisle was the controlling factor lu
judge Clints resolution to ronvoko the
grfpd Jury in extra session That body
ha adjourned to meet on the fourth
Monday In August
THE RELIEF MOVEMENT
Seed and Medicine Are Now the Greatest
Needs
SEND US MEDICINE OR COFFINS
nye One of he Appenla for Aid to
the Central Committee The Col-
lecting Committee Work
Inundated and that about 750 people aro cro n ot c ° tton
plant Tho governor sont 1500 to each
Tho sales crops that may be phutd j county
within tho next eight days would Include Today ho succeeded in obtaining quantl
Supplies Itccclvctl at Ucllvlllc
Bellvlllo July 14 Two carloads ot sup-
plies composed of meal flour bacon lard
sugar and coffee and a large amount of
clothing were mado up at Brownwood
Fort Worth and Albany and shipped bore
to be distributed by tho commlttco among
the bufferers of tho flood district Theso
supplies were much needed and will cer-
tainly bo appreciated by tho unfortunate
families and equally so by tho citizens ot
this Immediate community as it lifts a
great burden from their shoulders
Some of the planters will replant por-
tions of their farms as coon as tho condi-
tion of the ground will permit them In
early corn millet etc so as to piovido
enough feed to carry what stock they
saved through the coming wlntor Thors
will also be somo cotton replanted but
this will be very limited as It Is too lato
In the season to oxpect much of cotton
Is wfls Erabblng tor a Post as thoy
They must bo kilndried however and beeQ cut 0 from t elKhL days aai w
done by
this can bo most economically
subjecting them to a temperature of Ho
degrees for fifteen minutes This Is best
dono by building a series ot troughs over
the rear of a cotton gin or grist boiler
further directions for kilndrying will bo
given on application
One of the chief obstacles In the way of
replanting our valley lands will bo found
in securing the seed Planters should put
themselves In correspondence with the
large seed firms of tho Stato and arrange
for immediate planting ot all land that Is
to bo put to corn sorghum cow peas or
T H Thompson Co of Hous
millet
B0 at ton Texas Soed and Floral companyof
iome 8eca Cfln Probably be < I Dallas Austin Seed and Floral company
cured of firms and wUl co
Ferd Staffle San Antonio Aus1 Austin are reliable
ndr1ana Floral company of Austin J operate with planters In securing deilra
Texas their use Every acre that
Daiii8 Seed na Floral company oflble seed for
las this will bo
lle dlfl throughout season
n eecllnB Peas would advlso the doubly hard to cultivate next Jr r UbM
u feed
unlcsi
whlPP orwll d sorganlzed and
nf or speckled kind will
imes o t rC a ° r UnKno vilwhlch is some for stock Is raised on the f
abomledthe Wonderful Tho chances feed bU1 5an n LlVv
Chairman Taliaferro ot the local relief
commlttco returned from Itlchmond yos
tcrday morning whoro he went at ths
suggestion of Governor Sayers to conter
with Mr Solkor tho chairman of the
Richmond relief committee with tho view
ct making Itlchmond tho point ot distribu-
tion for Fott Dead county and placing the
work In the hands ot tho county Judgo
Tho result of Captain Taliaferros visit Is
that he recommendB that matters be left
as they aro for the prosent as he says
It is yet Impracticable for Richmond to
supply the east aldo of the river Ho
says Itlchmond fa now supplying 2150
refugees concentrated west of tho river
nt Richmond Crnbb Booth Thompsou and
Rosenberg and that th y now have on
hand at Richmond twenty days rations
for this number of people
A telegram was received yesterday from
Governor Siyero stating that ho had or-
dered shipped to Houston from Tcnncsseo
ono car load of Irish potatoes and that he
can probably send from 500 to 1000 bushels
of peas from Marshall within tho next ten
days
Mr J II Ferguson writes from Brook
shlro that ho is about out of provisions
with 700 or S00 moro to feed and only
enough on hand to feed 200 Tho peopln
thcio also need mcdlclno and seed for re
replanting
+ + +
Mr G O Garrett writes from Whites
Switch that ho received tho ton sacks of
meal from tho committee but needs about
ninety sacks moro He sajs ho has 900
to feed and he Issues ono sack to oory
ten which Is less than onohalf pock to
each If tho commltteo cant send meal
Mr Garrett says send him corn and ho
will grind It Ho concludes by saying
Send mo medicine or you will havo to
send somo coffins
Mr A J Btrobel of Chenango writes
to tho committee saying Tho crop hero
Is a total loss There will not bo twonty
bales ot cotton raised In this neighbor-
hood AH live etock Is lost Many will
not havo teams to mnlto crop with This
section Is truly In a pltlnblo condition
Thero aro about 600 people In my section
objects of charity nothing to live on and
without credit The dlsastor Is so great
that no one man or Arm can relievo the
It Is now too lato to mako a
It would not maturo and
in need of assistance Froru Falls coun would bo a useless cxpendlturo of money
ty tho Information came that many people Tno only crop that would now maturo
lost their crops clothing and dwellings would bo sweet potatoes If wo could get
and have neither food nor seed to re I PS or vines also millet Juno corn Irish
potatoes soighum peas and most any
kind of vegetables such as turnips cab
bage etc This would help tldo over tho
oats early varieties of cotton alfalfa Iish ties of peas and somo other seed to bo aisastor until they could plant noxt years
potatoes and blakeyed peas According Bent to the overflowed districts for ro crop These seed would have to bo do
to data handed n by our agrlcultuiUt Planting Somo ot tho speculators who nated as the destltuto are unablo to buy
Mr Ilttuck the earlier varieties ot oot navo becn trying to corner the seed mar j thorn I would suggest tho donation of
ton have given the first open bill la kot in anticipation of a big demand fioai cotton seed for planting noxt spring Tho
ninetytwo to ninetyseven days from ilmo tho Hooded section loosened up today and i condition in this section is general all
lower
ot germination Tho later kinds require > < 1 ° too governor somo offers at
112 or 115 days for first open boll Tho figures than they were quoting twenty
earliest varieties that can bo procured fur hours ago but the governor pasted
aro Welborns Pet and Kings Imprjed tbe m P nd refused to buy from them
while Bohemian Is moderately early A Todlly the governor received a letter
small quantity of seed of the first twe from Hempstead complaining that the
kinds may be had of Texas Seed and supples sent to Waller county arc being
Floral of Dallas Jeff Wolborn inequitably distributed Irom tho county
company iu
Lono Oak Ark Frotschor Seed company Jldgo of Waller county who Is In chaigo indorses the statement ot Mr Strobol as
of New Orleans La Tho Bohemian s ed ° f tho distribution a letter was received being correct Ho says tho roadmaster of
Ado
may bo secured in considerable quantity however to the effect that all bona I tho International and Great Northern told
through C F Moore Bryan Texas Tho sufferers aro being taken care of and that im Ia3t nJght that thB watjp WM nlne
Bohemian variety begins opening ninety a list of all thoso who aro being helped is feet over tho tra f th f
with tho when
Columbia now Tho water Is getting out
tho apportionment of the aid received Is o tll0 Dottom very aiowly > <
completed
along tho river pot only In the bottom
but all along tho prairie This overflow
extends out live miles further than tho
overflow of 1885 It io equal to tho over-
flow ot 1852 and not qulto equal to the
overflow of 1SS3
Mr Bonney who has been Investigating
tho condition of affairs in this section
+ + +
The following delayed letetr was turned
over to the committee yesterday
To the Mayor
Rosenborg July 8 The great Brazos
rlvor flood has left many of our families
In destitute circumstances Any provi-
sions or clothing bedding etc that tho
charitably Inclined peoplo of your city
feel llko donating will bo worthily bo
stowed An organization has been formed
to sco that proper distribution Is mado
Tho need of provisions Is urgent Ship
all donations to It T Mulcahy president
relief committee Rosenberg Texas
It T Mulcahy
T E Proctor President
Secretary
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W B Utlcy wires from Sandy Point
that he is besieged hourly for medicine
Ho says bo would bo willing to furnish
tho medlclno at cost It medical services
could bo secured
This and the other points requesting
medicine wero supplied yesterday by tho
committee
+ +
A request came In yesterday from It E
Hanncy of Hempstead for seed of quick
growth to be used at Hempstcid and Sun
njslde
R A Harlock wires that Navasota and
Courtney In Grimes county are tho only
points In that county needing assistance
and would be glad to have a supply of
sorghum and peas
peasf + +
Tho following cash donations wero re
ceived jesterday
Will 31 IMuu IIUI > OO
UnnU Cnrnlll n 00
C A MulClnncy S 01
II II IIuiiiili > OO-
H 31 MrAdlian Jr 1 OO
It II Iliimin Jr 1 tU
P II TlmiiMii 1 MO
II A Chudwlekt Jr 1 On
Men WlllUMh 7 IO
A Ml Hill Woodvllie
thratiuii Hoimtou Pont 10 7R
1rcil Miubort SO
W Ilarkell 3
pco > rtHon >
Ione 1 OO
Wutrra Mf
fVtllluinii tSO
Iudkln r
iUiii Morrison
I Smith r °
P Huuer l °
Total W 75
Total io dote 9131154 07
+
Tho following supplies were received
yestrrday
Miss G A Sydney clothing bundle of
cjolhlnc from Paris Texas by express
J S W M Rio older on Keller for
25 worth of oupplle clothing and sup-
plies from Fifth ward 10 packages cloth-
ing 1 sank meal I Back salt ltd beam 1
sack grits contributed by Mrs Winter
Mrs Bert Mrs Owens Mrs Sedden Mrs
l
HOUSTON DAILY POSTf SATURDAY MORNING JTTLT 15 1899
Knight Mrs A < TJ Herd Mm M J
Krohn Mrs J D BcatUe bundle of
clothing tolored relief committee 10
sacks clothing
+
The citizens soliciting committee or
ganltcd yesterday and issued ihe following
requests
To tho Cltlrena of Houston
Office of Soliciting Committee for
Flood Sufferers Houston July 14
Tho Undersigned committee appoint-
ed by tho chairman of the central
commlttco for tho pUrposo of solicit
ing hinds for the flood suffcrws do
sire to announce that said committee
will begin an active canvass of ths
city today Saturday July 15 1899
and will call for donations ot money
lor tho flood sufferers Money la need
ed for food medicine clothing and
seed Ten thousand flood sufforors
have becn assigned to the city ot
Houston and these people aro utterly
Bnd absolutely helplnss nnd needy
Let all cltltens bo prepared to rccelvo
tho commlttco and help thcra with
cash donations today
K Raphael
O C Drew
E W Taylor
Wm Christian
Soliciting Commutes
To the rastors Rectors Rabbis and
Ministers of Churches In Ihe City
ot Houston
Houston July 15 aontlomcn The
undersigned committee to solicit
funds for tho flood sufferers roallto
thnt tho pastors rectors rabbis and
lnlnlstors of churches In this city are
In sympathy with tho movement of tho
central committee under whose chnrge
somo ten thouaantl destltuto sulTororo
by tho flood have been placed by the
governor of tho State of Texas Thoso
people havo lost their all and must
bo fed clothed nnd their sick treatod
until seed can he planted and food
grown upon their now desolated
flolds This takes money nnd in order
Io organize n systematic movomeut to
collect funds from tho charitably In-
clined tho undersigned committee
proposes to you tho following method
Cut out this letter nnd on Sunday
next July 1C 1899 let this appeal
for funds ho read from your pulpits
supplemented by such appropriate ro
marks as you may feel called upon to
rnako to your congregations Then
let collections be taken up for tho
flood sufferers to bo sot asldo for that
purpose These collections you will
then plenso enclose with tho nnmo of
your church nnd congregation Indorsed
thereon and forward same to Mr S
Taliaferro chairman ot tho central
committee Houston Asking your
hearty cooperation In this worthy
and charltablo cause yours very truly
15 Raphael
O C Drew
E W Taylor
Wm Christian
Soliciting Commlttco
N B Since drafting the above ap
peal the commlttco Is advised somo
churches took up collections for tills
purposo last Sundny We therefore
rail upon those churches nnd congre
gations who have not done so to re
spond to tho Sunday collections for tho
flood sufferers Hebrew organizations
may tako up collections on tho Sab
bath following Committee
Tim COIiOUUD COMMITTItJK
Mnken nn Appeal < < > HMp < itCf
tsven ut Emancipation Park
To tho Editor of Th Tost
Houston Texas July H Pleaso allow
mo space In the columns ot your pnpor
to say a few words For thhty years I
havo beon trying to learn how to Bpenk
when to speak and to whom I now think
It b time for mo to speak a few words
to tho poopla ot Houston relative to the
sufferers who are now in tho city nnd have
becn for the past eight or ton days under
my Immediate supoivision as chairman of
committee On Friday July 7 wo landed
m tho
nnd In tho next throo days this number
was increased 200 and thoy continued to
como until tho number had reached over
400 Thoy havo becn proporly clothed and
fed by tho llboral donations received from
tho citizens and for tho last four or five
days wo havo beon sending them buck
to their homos as fast as possible through
the kindness of tho Aransas Pass and
Southern Pacific railways Yesterday I
visited the grounds and mado a thorough
examination ahd found thero 107 mostly
old men women and children who must
do cared for a few days Jnngor Tho com-
mittee has dono Its bost to provide for
tholr comfort but now supplies aro about
exhausted and for tho committee to care
for theso who nie there food of a sub-
stantial nature muBt be forthcoming As
to wearing apparol the commlttco had a
Burplus supply and has turned fcame over
to tho whlto central committee to be dis
tributed among tho sufferers in districts
mostly needol A meeting to he bold on
tho grounds last Thursday was arranged
for In order to lvo tho genorousbeartod
persons who hnd not had an opportunity
to Bbow their liberality a chanco to do so
but tho Incloment weather materially in-
terfered thus preventing us from getting
many donations wo might havo gotten I
find thirteen sick persons on the grounds
who woro compelled to havo linmodlato
treatment Dr F R Robey E II Ram
sey 8 M Lyons and W H Scott wlll
donors reporting the remainder If thero
bo any 1 want to again stato that this
rommltteo has not and will not rocclvo
any aid from any other source saving the
vory liberal peoplo ot Houston acting
upon this arrangements have beon per-
fected to bold services on the Emancipa
tion grounds on Sunday afternoon for the
of soliciting further help for the
purposo
states now will reach 2600 In this vicinity
John V Aetln of Mumford was In town
today and he thinks tbo damage to this
crop will be SO per cent
j >
ISLAND CITYNEWSITEMS
Deadlock in tke CmucII flat M feu
Briken
THE GAtLABER CASE Tft BE CONTINUED
Marriage of Surgeon Lanclne aad
MU Morion C m ell Two
Suits or Danafti
Qalvcston Texas July 14 Th city
council met again tonight for the purpose
ot electing tho remaining city officers but
the deadlock could not be broken and noth-
ing wns dono There were rumors ot n
compromise all day but when It came to
a show down It was proved that nbthlng
bad been gained by tho conference Dr
Wilkinson was put In nomination for city
health physician but tailed to reoelve
a auffldTont numbor ot voteB to be elected
The protost ot the citizens by mnos
meetings doesnt soom to affect the aldor
men In tho least
SUIT FOR DAMAGES
H L Noyloa of Walllavlllo has brought
suit In tho civil district court against the
Singer Manufacturing company for 20000
damages
Plaintiff in his petition alleges that he
en mo to Galveston last October In a boat
which ho anchored at tho wharf While
ho wns tip town the goncral ra anngor for
tho Singer company bonrdod plaintiffs
boat and carried samo to Walllsvllle in
Chambers county Texas without permis-
sion of tho plaintiff and leaving plaintiff
In Galveston without any means ot gottlng
home thus causing him dolny nud expense
Tho said genornl manager nUIng for do
fondant on reaching AYnllUvllla forcibly
willfully nnd maliciously broke opou tho
house or building In which plaintiff ron
ductod his business nnd seized a numbor
ot machines numbering twelve nnd throw
Bald bowing machines in tho Trinity river
Said machines wero reasonably worth 10
each making 120 Each nud all defend-
ants acts nnd tho purposo qf defendant
wit8 to break plnlntlft up In business
Georgo II Henchman today brought
suit In tho civil district court against tho
GalvoBton Ln Porto and Houston and the
Galveston nnd Western rnllroads for dobt
Ho alleges Indebtedness ln tho sum ot
3000 with Interest nt S por cent since Jnn
uary 1896
MAY UH MICA
Charles Clarko Co who have the con-
tract for dcopenlng tho Port Arthur ship
canal nnd tho slips near Port Arthur
struck a bed ot rocky stuff while digging
near thu elevator at Tort Arthur and their
work has beon very much delayed
Tho cutter ot the drcgo has been blunted
and thu operations of tho gongs havo been
seriously Interfered with All this cuusud
a good doal ot sw oaring but Instead ot
thnt It appoara that the firm has toason
for rejoicing Somo spoclmens ot tho
stuff dug out by tho dredgo havo been
brought over hero nnd nro on oxhlbltlon
nt tho offlco of Charles Clniko Co Thoy
npprar to bo mien If that Is a fact It la
likely that tho bed ot stuff found by tho
dredgers mny provo of considerable voluo
Mien Is of considerable commercial value
It Is used In making Isinglass In tho mak-
ing ot high explosive ln tho making of
fine polishes and in various othor ways
Tlioro Is said to bo a good domand for
certain varieties of nilcn especially that
formed by the disintegration ot crystalline
rocks
LONOINOOAMPBELD
This morning nt 11 oclock Dr T C
Longlno surgeon ot Battery G heavy ar-
tillery United States army was married
to Miss Morton Campbell eldcit daughter
ot Colonel and Mrs Josoph F Campbell
The woddlng took placo at tho rcsldenco of
tho brides paronts West Broadway Rov
Mr Carter of Graco Episcopal church offi-
ciating Dr Longlno has beon ill with
typhoid fovcr the past thrco wcokB and
had to bo taken In tho nrmy nmbulnnco to
tho Campbell residence Tho ceremony
was porformod In tho parlor with tho
groom prostrate on a couch Only the
mombcrs ot tho family wero present Dr
Longlno comes of ono of the first families
of Georgia and is a most charming young
man Tho brldo Is ono ot tho best known
young ladles In Galveston and has spent
much of tho past four years lu travel
Thero wero no invited guests on nccount
of tho eovoro Illness of tho groom The
couple wero to have been married next
September
3ALLAHER CASE CONTINUED
Messrs Skinner and McDonald attor-
neys for Virgil Gallaher tho matrlcldo re-
ceived a telephone message today from
the district clork ot Brazoria county at
Angloton saying that tho Gallaher caso
i would bo continued and that witnesses for
trnlv i ii nn1 rrAnn V
eratuitonlv hut h P mPnin L ° T < > defendant need not obey tho subpoenas
fnd unMi hi hln tlint bavo been served on them this week
h rnrnUhn
io fr n ° y B ha11 hav °
nir BEci Jh
i Tho message further stated that a spe
J hl Sr hc0e yoU 00 clal judgo would bo elected at Angloton
uuLZ0 Jm S a PMl lZ yV ° glV0l noxt Monday who would adjourn court
miuo hlii rIvnV b n TEh ° V 0 folH l > V U Tho great flood is still on ln
nilinn J nJinleei 1 Brawrla county and It is Impossible to
° b n w turned or vacated tho
lU hiV0
2 EOt jurors and witnesses to court
f rO 1n < 1fVth0 ifltte0 wlu thn Present witnesses for tho Stato need not attend
J alpubl ° a record of Its work nox t Monday and will be served with
with tho and
names amounts of the several
subpoenas again It Is not known whethei
the caso will como up at all at this term
of court
LORDOALLOWAY
Married at St Albans Vt Juno 29 1891
Richard Lord of Galvoston and Margaret
Galloway of Boston no cards
Mr Lord Is well known throughout
sufferers Rev II Watts will be ln chargoj Texas and Is very popular The couple
of these services and a most excellent time are now making a tour of Canada
Is expected The general public Is Invited
to be present and most earnestly asked toj HOTI9L ARRIVALS
come out prepared to glvo cheerfully and At tho Troraont J I Brockman Houa
llborally for the suffering people In con 0n Henry B Kohn Houston T O
elusion allow inn to say that we ought Wood Cleburne H Hellycr Texas W B
to bo proud that wB live In a country Hodges and son Texas Dr D A Dlllln
whero charity knows no color in the hour B r city C B Kastorllug New Orleans
of doepest distresses of n human soul h H Kcsslor La Porto R S Gano
Through tho kindness of Mr Theodora Lguisvlllo CharleB J Raucb Now York
Holier my employer I havo been per Bernard Hossaok St Louis T H Greden
mitted to give my tlmo to looking after
theso poor and needy peoplo for the past
ten days without cbargo or remuneration
Faithfully yours H Taylor
Chairman Colored Central Relict Com-
mittee
Seed Preferred to Money
Hearn Texas July 14 Governor Say
ers has ordered shipped hero for distribu-
tion among the sufferers 200 bushels mil-
let seed and 125 pounds turnip reed
Chairman Brady requests Tbo Post to
state that a great many want to plant a
crop of somo feed stuff such as millet
sorghum etc and If any others are going
to make donations for this place he pre-
fers seed to money
More sufferers aro before the committee
today and the number Chairman Brady
Missouri Kansas and Texas railway Jake
Glllroan J I Dennis Houston J O Rob-
ertson New York Edwin Schlelo Cincin-
nati Dave Kretgsbaber Louisville J A
Wblttaker city R M HolloycJI Beau-
mont L V Cowan R M Wynne Temple
A Hitter Philadelphia Mark Weiss
Beaumont J h Johnson St Louis 13 N
Brown Houston B Hlrschfleld New
York
Well Knoivn In Texan
San Antonio Texas July 14 Lleutenr
antColonel Gilbert O Smith whose death
Is reported from St Louis was until three
yearn ago chief quartermaster of the de-
partment of Texas and was well known
throughout the State His daughter Miss
Emma rpcently made the long Journey
to Manila ln order to marry Lieutenant
Pegrnm Whltworth to whom she had be-
come engaged before he was ordered to
the Philippines with his refluent th
KlghUanth Infantry
jsii Via v wsV
W
Bk
m
y Jtjtflrit
Men from Four Conntlce Hara Veen
In Pursuit of Itlm Since Lait
Monday
Goliad Texas July 14 Abo Brown the
negro who murdered nnd raped a Bo
hemian girl about 10 years old last Mon
day morning five miles from Mlddlolown
Goliad county was run down near York
tewn at 11 oclock today nnd ln trying to
mako tho arrest was killed by Deputy
Sheriff Albert Lyons and potiso bt Runga
Tho negro wns armed with a corn topping
knife that he used In cutting tho girls
throat and would not surrender
Tho counties ot Goliad Bee Karnes nnd
De Witt have each had overy available
man out night and day since tho crime
was committed last Monday Tho brush
was very thick and It was difficult to fol-
low his ttall He was killed about eight
miles from tho scene of the murder Thirty
shots wero fired Into his body
Cuero Texas July 14 Tho news was
received this morning about 10 oclock that
a posso headed by Deputy Sheriff lyiotz
or this county and A Lyons of Karnos
county hnd killed tho negro rapist and
murderer near Yorktown Tho posse had
been notified ot bis presence ln that
neighborhood and proceeded to hunt for
him When found bo rotusod to surren-
der although repeatedly urged to do ho
and when tho officers attempted to arrest
him ho resisted with a knife and waa
killed while resisting arrest
Ho was wanted for tho murder of the
Polish girl ln Goliad county last Monday
nnd every officer and a large number ot
citizens ln this section had been bunting
him over since Ho was klllod about eight
miles from tho scene of his crlrao A
reward ot 500 hnd been offered by Gov-
ernor Sayers for his delivery In tho Go
liad jail
LYNCHING IN GRIMES COUNTY
AN UNKNOWN NECJIIO STTtUNO OT
NIlAIt IOLA
Ha Hnd Murdered n White Day WH >
Wm Out Iluntlnir With
II 1m
Nnvasotn Texas July 14 A negro
whose name Is not definitely known hero
tonight was lynched by a mob ot furious
citizens near lola ln North Grimes at 5
oclock this evening
Tho negro wont to the homo of a whlto
boy named Lemuel Sharp living on Roans
prairie proposing that they go squirrel
bunting Sharp took bis gun and when
three mllos from homo the negro secured
the weapon and put both tho loads into
Sharp hitting him ln the boad back and
neck When tho hunters failed to return
home a search was Inaugurated and Sharp
found dead The negro fled but was cap-
tured north ot lola today and hanged this
evening
STREET DUELAT NEW BOSTON
ONE MAN DEAD AND TWO OTIIEUI
PATALIY WOUNDED
Three Other Men Were Alio Shot
Men Were In Court Ilecauae of
Provloua Trouble
Texarkana Texas July 14 Bowie coun-
ty Texas has again been made the scene
of a desperate battle between Its citizen
and as a result one man Is dead two fatal-
ly wounded and three badly Hurt Tha
shooting occurred at Now Boston Texas
tbo county Blot twentythree miles wait
of Toxarkana The participants were Will
Hayes Hall Hayes and Simon Hayes on
one side and Jack Frlcks John Frlcks Tom
Fricks and Ira Smith en tke other AU
the parties woro related Tha fight oc-
curred at Sbedlebar saloon and drug
stora A year ago the Hayes and Frloka
families fell out over a barbed wlra feace
It
between their farms Last Sunday Kail lM
and Will Hayes attacked Smith at a church t v fe
but no one was hurt AU were arrested
however and today they appeared for
r if a
tin
J
on Smith who felt dead at tke tUttrei v
ley Fop a fow minute the battle > li
hot one yvbenrltwaa bveriltwaa tvmtfJrMt
that only Smith waa ie adWMl5Haye 4 r
waa mortallywounded ndMaMwrtlairMl <
and Tom Frlcka wsra badly aurt lsrMe >
been knocked aent el a U Is net
whose chota killad 8a lta4 Wak atW
merchant waaatruak lak tfce
atray bullet Jee Meaning
VMi aot tt ft ttevMr 1
TSQl
mtamCE
1 or men who want to 1 > stronger yuuhcert
and free from thrtffacta ot past errors ItIs
tts upon request
Dr M A M McLaughlin
JS3 Main Street > nla Texas enr
City National Bank
RAPIST BROWN WAS KILLED
IUSSI5TRD AIinnST WHBN
DOWN BY TUB POSSE
nuv
Kit
7 h
trial at New Boston Both sides entered
the Sbedlebar place and before loaf a light
darted Will and Hall HayM > nttfd tra < tfi
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