The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVIth Year, No. 159, Ed. 1, Monday, September 10, 1900 Page: 3 of 12
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Eitn the propcrtj ilnranRC lit thin
ulst < > undoubtedly liucn over
Mtlnisted In Mrect reiiortu im tho
iffBfi witnessed nra In in any In
llnncf more iippiillliiK to tlie eye
thin they nre In rinllt A fev
it of clear icallicr ntul rapid
nork by carpenter tinner nml
irlcklarert Trill ninlio u minUir
til chaugc In ii hut nmr hcciuh to
be t terrible illKiixtrr
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Uoir inrli a storm cnulil hnvn
inept through n fit ot Triltll houIn
id nltli nil tin ImrlliiK of tliiiliorii
llttlnir of riiofn nml tivlistliifc
ended In
er the storm had wrought Tho
aiecce t tho opara houso wns dotalmH
f U o a m
Many ladles who
upon tho streets making
purchases
nflatho evening being
ovortaken by
rHlalncd ln tho Boros nl
J ual ihei could reach their homea
w ifety
UmasTvell tfce currents
were taken from
We wires as In many places tho
l weracoved with wires which but
Tvlliorc wcre aMve wlth dojth
great day
for tho kodak fiend
crt
I otcgrapher and the re
eocoV y8 0rk wl PeiP8tuat ° ho
tiltV h0 mclt deatruetlvo ntorm
l t
no
record was kept ot
r itTl Ve0CU > SIr McNabb the
W t IT Weither orver at this
Ntir eeps a Blstcr ot the um
tol out fnim raDf101 ana s no wlud
eroli
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HUR p muill > Itiionn
louu Mh l r13 aIsta ° ot twelvo feet
p m2i > o io M t par
t ma aii lally obfitructing tho street Tho con
lmso I > w
< n inmiin tfnit of the house vvorc broken ami
wa
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Tho storm la technically classed as
cyclonic hurricane Tho storm center wis
according to Mr Lees idea about twenty
miles south of Houston
whero tho w ud
attained Its hlffhest velocity and fjo move-
ment of the storm waa west
+
Considering tho great velocity ot the
wind and the length of Its duration tno
damage in Houston Is much smaller than
might bo Imagined tboush all sartj of
03lmatcs wore heard upon tho streets yo
torflny ranging from ridiculously largo
amounts to very conservative ngurcs
The Post nrescntj with this report some
roofed and damage to stock Ham 1on
partially unroofed court house
torstalncd
A new cottage In course of construc
tion was destroyed at 1D20 Oak direct
It wis owned by Mrs L A Ueatty who
cuimates damnsc to tho mme at S00
A house at 1702 Spring utreot occupied j
by Mrs J H Kerr was thrown oft tho
Pillars and overturned Tho furniture
was severely damaged
A Uostary house In course ot con-
struction at 1C Stanloy street was blown
down The same was owned and occu-
pied hy Mr 0 H Schultz who paoa
amount or damact at 510 to J400
Thi > left woadin opprench ot tho Sabino
street bridgo wai irrr up for a dlsMro
of probably 150 feet Tho fiouth ontrnaeo
Is completely choked up by dobri3 and
Is almost Impassible
The St Joseph church et the narrow
end of Houstcu acruo lr a complete and
total wreck The maznluceut structuro
Su vzIa tho Timportant t Xn
cascsbut it is not oFsumed that this glass mark
cavora the place where the oauonH ot
tho eutro l03s as trivial damage such as Got roonce dispented A Post reparier
tumbled down fences sheds and nuthouses
are not given In tho details and the loss
to shado trees and shrubbery can In no
way be estimated In dollars and cents nor
can they be restored as readily as build
ings and fences
Among the more notable damages In tho
city may bo mentioned tbp following
Dlckeou Car Wheel works Houston Orig
company building unroofed and damage io
stoee Randolph Sons building in
Intcnievcd Ko Thmas F ninneld at I
his home adjoining tte demolished edi-
fice He states that tho building showd
no filgns ot the calamity thit uus to ren-
der U forever unfit for warship but that
It fell without wirnlng He estimates
the building at 10000 lots Tho hell
was precipitated a distance ot seventy
feet This bell has an untold history and
was tho first bell In Houatan to cull to-
gether a congregation years ago It has
seen service n a great many houres if
worship In thlo city It is proposed to
rebuild at onre
A store occupied by W T WIntore 250D
Washington street had tho catlrn root
Bros building unroofed and damage to bDwa K Inylug open tho Block ot gro
stock Masonic tomple f rt ni1 cerlcs that cre within to the Juries of
iisine fiercely for Hour nficr limir he win Damage to ttock and building
Uoeks damaged Houston Wholesale No estlmater at 50
lion company unrooted and atock Th ° African Methodist church on Wash
uged Electric Street railway rower homo ° Jf1 Vf ptlallj 0 U
i waj proclpltated to the ground a distance
imihi
toildiDK without kiuiiiK nii blown down and building un j r threo foot wrecking tho entire con
mlmlne n rore or more or iuo roofed Sweoncy Coombs opera house tcnt3
pie 1 Indeed liejoml liumiiii coniiirc
Atnilon
Tbe onlj ilpatli in llounton trnic
atleto tlir Ntorin nn thnt of llfiir
CBIirL nliime cltHtriicllon hy coin
Isi In idnliifl mHIi ii 11m > li <
tdoirn itoit
badly toro anl coulents ocrner Washington
and Southern IMclfie
erosslng was en
damaged In roof Capitol hotel unroofed tlroly overturned and demolished Tho
Butes wafehouse blown down II Wad smio was used ae a saloon and occupied
dell unroofed and stock damaged mci by J ° nlast0 > ftI ° alio cnnbUble of
u nhaneyllle l > os on building and coti
ican brewery Lnlon Compress company ents are cstmuted at 2000
Vftlle It WS6 Imposfclblo during thB aamage chiefly In the lo3s ot tho r as totally destroyed and presents in ap
frewlente ot tho storm to got anythlag palling scene with Baioke ctackj scat
Gplres
lks i detailed rcrort of tho damage or + + t
injtbtog approximating the aggregate
inali hen tho storm abutcd abouc 3
Itered right and left bent and brokon
Tho streets covered with wreckage an tank Prcwn lure and there Damage
thronged with peoplo presented pic to machinery is considerable and will
LaUumnhohad been housed In their tutonuo appearances with beautiful alntlj Sl vMwXoTo 1 ° D U i imp03
fi ttt or dayal l t
itcrci durlag the nlghtK in hallways and tices spreading their foliage across fie Bi fe to placo an ostlmato on th > la3
mri place of security began to move sidewalks Interspersed with fallen tele but It Is supposed 15000 will cover the
tboat ipoa the debris and wltc 1a B3
covered street phono polos strngs of tangled
Ths Inman catton sustained o
J the crowds grew larger and during lutely Impassable to vehicle travel hence log blown entirely off the building Other
nsc n extent f the injury of the plant
M I manv of ihn filshtseerern rntnripri It
0OO00880O ia ery smn n will nat Interfere win
i o horseback travel as tbo most oxpodltiom operations
At a spxlal meeting ot tho omethed of getting through tho sceno ot Tho damage to the National Cotton Oil
Building Trades Assembly hold wreckage > company can not be ascertained at this
Sjcday time but It Is considerable Tho larg
at n m i rm a iu
mZl V L I Iost reporters were sent out during tho In
1 plpo tno Jwr pm of lho plant
t ea ny the different unions oday usslned to the different warda of tho was uprooted and thrown acraaa tbo press
that the men under their aIld tho details ot tbo more eerloia room piecipltating thousands of sallcna
u
jjrisdctlca work on all
1 oilrs ot
Jiangs caused by the storm in
J preference to other work It was
i w declared tint no union will
tlrince the present scale of wages
0
eceoe ec < > oeoaa
tte entire day the streeta wore filled with
f In tho and
building Inundating
damages occurring throughout tho city aro BceJ
ho raacnnery The roof of lhc
given by wards
First and Sixth Wards
Hon of tho city and Its suburbs
aro broken Otherwise the building has
sustained no serious damage
St Paul colored church on Edward
street Is nearly a total wreck The right
wing of the building is a complete ruin
h uao Is completely torn on and exposos
the Immense stock of seed to tho weath-
er A greit many other minor damage
irited at SO0 Part of tho contents aro
destroyed
lng stands on one end conLflts broker
and damaged
The large Hawthcrnc school on Houj
iTno bell tower is destroyed and all the aro
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HOUSTON SUFFERED FROM STORM
GREAT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY BUT
ONLY ONE DEATH RESULTED
The Story of the Losses as Gathered From All
Parts of the City
jtlte Hoo < < < om nml carrcil
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RELIEF MEETING CALLED
Pr6clamation by the Mayor of Houston
A meeting of several citizens v an held last night at the ofllco of Wold
Jfc Novllle Captain S Taliaferro presiding It was decided to charter tbo
Btoamer Lawronco to mako tho trjp to Galveston taking water and provi-
sions and to relievo the poor people ot Galveston as much us is pch bio
Captain Tlmnilno was present at the mooting and stated that fresh water and
coDked food were needed 1
To tho People ofHouston
The news from our slstor city of GaUcston and along the coast Is appall-
ing Tho worst news may bo > ot < o come Otir citizens should bo proparod
to meet Ilia awful conditions an fulfill tho duties which will bo Imposed upon
hem of relieving tho distressed as far as may bo in their power
Relief Boat to Leave This Morning
A moetlng h hereby called to lako placo nt tho city eounrll chamber Mon-
day September It 1 1U0O at 030 u m totuko npproprlato action In tho
premises
Lt our people be < > ndy with their services and their mnann In Hits hour
ot affliction It id probable that ro Hot tinlua will be run at convenient In-
tervals and thos0 who will rendoi immqdlcto aajkitaneo tdiould communicate
nt once with the underwlgncd or with the respective railway ngont
a If Brashear Mnyor
September l o6
o
to tho tnhln gave way necessitating tho Buffalo street graves tombstone and
were destroved on account of the
use o bayou wator fpr Hevornl hour fonco
Hoot wns blown off building oeoupled by lrKO treoB falling across them
Louis Schilling Olror damage Imminent Se r l0U ° 0n < D y I Kapnor u
Blinds Lcsi ho S < J ward arj Util wrocrt Out
and gutters totally deatroyod
ij tcr abutters and roif oro In evidoneo
Iverywhere The 1oib tan be estimated at
Second Ward
Tho Second ward came In for Its Rharo
ot damco and while thoro are few
prominent buildings of a public oharuc
tcr In this ward Hie aggregate damage
are In evidence Tho d image ii sa great hero was pronortionatolv a largo na In
and Sixth as to Impair work far saveral weeks i
A trip through the First oth o thc cty <
I A drug store on Washington atrect
wards of the city out through Chanty tenanted by Mrs M B Wade la partlaloj Th Electric street Hallway power
3000 ln actual figures tho result will t
Tho Houston Mill and Elevator torn Tfl0 southwestern Oil compjny plant at moro Konovally folt by tho public than
pany corner Tenth and Railroad strcct3 uouston Heights Is a partial wreck aa > other individual damage In tho city
Is very badly damaged Tbe roof Is wholly Barns andiIorago buildings are utterly a It causes a genoral suspension of
demolished Tho smokestack Is down and destrojed The largo stack Is down and street car travel until tho damage can
lies acroib the railroad track blocking thr 0C 0JnCVby b ° rct > alrc < 1 Tho spewfio damage to the
A h 0u J M Dulaney of
tha paswge of any train into the siding joustcn Heights was biown oft fivefoot powcr hoUEO consists of the fulling ot
The rear cad of the Houston infirmlry pillars and seriously shakon up wrecking the eracke stack and tho falling ln of
Is a partial vvrewk The building is sev the interior of tbo building Lots about tho roof damaging tho machinery to
ered In thc center Barns and fences J5 e TeiiAmcc of Mr Cnarc3 rant 8 oh a xtont that another day may
totally destroyed J was eonsldfrably damaged being preclpl olaDSO before street oar travel is ro
Tho colored school on Colorado and tated a dlatance of seven feet Tho con sumod in addition to this
Dingham is severely damaged The build J tents were nearly destroyed Loss aboat trouble the company trollay wires
° br
Th Houston Height Brick company l f ft l ° USh
oul tbo elt aDj
> though
it
wts entirely destrojed Nothing hut a waa
pile o debris marks tho placo where It ho Sabbath larco forces of ropalrcts
ton avenue is slightly damaged Nearly once stcod Machinery li a total wreck j wero at work yesterday In gottlug tho
of i in the build as The Houston Heights boulevard pre iinn in shape A
the glass
all large panes scnt3 a j5Cene lo remlnJ ono he cut
forest day Kvervwhero hugo trees up i < > there Is no damago to tho Clt
reotod block the roadway It is impossl lzcns Electric Light plant lopated iu
ble to pass tho obstructed road j this ward the company has been conaid
Forest park shows evidence ot having crably delayed by tho blowing down of
passed a severe ordeal Tho onUre
ltB
poles and wires throughout tho city
t urn nis e pcrlenco la mu large glass fronts aro wrecked I pround
Wslcal
ofcrrv i
Mo tcf < ti tona and Ills obscrva A cottage tonantod oy i
UtLv ay Bl8hta storm he siys IWaltcndorf at 1813 Ed ard
fence is down and outbuildings and shols
blown away In the Interior of the whlch will result in keeping tho city la
Mr Klcbard The damage In tho Sixth ward is not
darknets until tho lines can bo repaired
The details of the damago and casual
aro
as
The overturned Tho contents ara by the negroes and poorer claascs but I
toilxtvmit p0sfs estimate of from wator8oakej Partially aml rulBed Mrs Waltors the damage W In evldeneo tn tho rent SfacaIer corner Chenovert and JMfi
Th aQ n0Ur ns about cor dorf and her children 3pant the night in denco portion of tho ward Telegraph n ° Ha tin roaf blown away and stock de
Icrm ranfall accompanying the a chicken coop after tho house collapsed poles barm rlectrto lamos and wjrea ttroyed Jay water damage done about
i 42 having hada narrow escapn from death nnd outbuildings offer tu view whorovcr ii oq
followlns h Christ church on Blugham anl SablUe tho eye ress
M the r mi ° rcadlnBS oa le partially demolished It will never ba The end Dt tne Texas Ccntra Cus Warnecke mwhlne shop on Ohcno
WatMa n of Mr J M Le0 > used as a hcuto of worship asin a the rhDnS wCI rnnslderaoly djmaged All tfcu V0H betwec < Magnalla unl Commerce
Cwbi ° nt of the Houston and Texas center of the 8 cture JJi Dcl > rl8 main stacks are down The ecrmgattct building blown down and a large part cf
Tl ripe that convovs the arcwlan vvrtnr Catholic cometery on Iteynolds and
In the Business Center
The business center of tho city present-
ed a vory dilapidated uppcaiiinco yestor
day The 6troet wore filled with debris
trom tho buildings and the wires woro
a tangled mass Show windows In most
of tho business houso had been broken
loots blocked passage on Bomu of tho
utreots but the thoroughfares wero
thronged with peoplo commenting upon
and lamenting tho dreadful work of the
storm
Tht following Is a dotailed rocord of tho
dumago in the main business portion
ZlV10 VoloiZ o U TZrr > r Tm TH roof is a serially lu eVroVedjTamaVe danTabauTjlOCO
i v bameter at thla point is inc u ty repairs red Leai about JZW HouMon Oak Lawn and Magnolia ral1
street ot which Tho Orand Central depot also aueta nod iy company ton Commerce ureal shads
anything Mow ths In A church on Hickory ul tho
All tremendoun
iAi k a mtio damaite Unci dntrnmi nnt vm n to many fragments
imaged
flroat Northern
of office roof dc
facturlng company dor
Bmanuol aveuuc
Ilenktv ft Pillot building corner Milam
and Congress street awning down
Cotton Exchange root damaged
JliTPs Charlton foot of Milam a part
of front of building and awning
W D Cleveland Sc Co coffee house
front blown ln
K Hcltminn 1000 on warcbouso
Tho Western Union and Poatal Tele
VA L A
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HOUSTON DAILY POST MONDAY MQRNEST SEPTEMBER 10 1900
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srapb companlea are unable teF estimate
their1 tons
The Converse trulldlug loss J200 on
building Flaxman Notion company 4200
Klrkland Morrow1 damage to build-
ing and atock J300 t
Kouaton Ice and Brawlug company
2000
American Brewlw association J2000
Central Dry Goods company 200
Lewis Bros Co J400
Gus Japhet 1100
A I Nolms building 1000
Jap hot Co J1000 on building and 250
on stock
Dr Iliamlon Hod Cross company 250
on building nnd 100 on stock
I oscan building 1500 II Aloxandor
on oandy stock 2000
lien lllcsncr on building 2000
Howard F Smith company on wro
houec5 3500
Hutchlns house on building and furni-
ture 5000
Houston Notion company ttock 2500
J llornbergor en bulldlng il000
J F Meyer on Htock xnd building
1000
Dickson Car Wheel tompany loss
100000 the building being entirely down
Fourth Ward and Fair Grounds
The Fourth ward nnd Fair grounds
vnre no less unfortunate than tho other
portions of the city ami groat loss waa
sustained by tho property owners
tbrouhout that district
Tho following is a list of tho places
Buffering tho most serious damage
Mueller residence corner Uagby and
Ilosallu front blow off several hundred
dollars loas to house and furniture
Two story rusldcnco of Den Wolff Gon
ceo and dnclllc part of upper front sec-
tion blown olT 200 or J500 damage
Twostory barn belonging to J 11 Unr
uott two lino carriages dvslroyud build-
ing u total wreck colored family In up-
per story unhurt
iFivink Hurley flvoroom cottage tn
course ot construction iouso about
ready for shingles loss to contractor
about 4300 near corner Elgin nud Mi
lam
Judgo Lock McDanlol corner llagbyi
i and luam stablo blown down Family I
unhurt vacant store corner Tuam and
Fain low belonging to A Osborne ot
Dallas bndly damaged almost fallen
over
Ilosldenco of Hov TMo AVIlson corner
Stewart nud Milam small house and
contents destroyed
Uenldenco owned and occupied by Hon
N G Klttrell blown over and an out-
house bavlng Bretlon aliout four feet
stiuarvi torn oft roof houso deluged
damaged about 150 worth
Haseball Dark fences all down roof
off of grand stand
j IM h Grimes store Tuam find Smith
almost fallen ocr belonged to Galvos
ton and Houston Jnvestirient company
Mr Grimes was agent for Oalvuston
Oorfeo company Slock of groceries and
coffee damaged J150 worth
i Trinity Methodist Hplscopal church
corrvr Travis and Hell utcoplo blown
down lnsldo damaged total 2 > 00
Magnolia lodge colored MaBons name
block twostory frame olT foundaton
almost total lost building and content
loss about J1M0
A snmll grocery atom on Milam street
between Capitol and Toxaa avenues o
poslto the Gorman Lutheran church was
completely demolished
i The fire Saturdny night was M F ltob
eru homo on Ilromond ntteot caused by
tho house falling and a lamp exploding
i No 7 engine house doors wero blown
down The Fannin street school cupola
Is off nnd tho windows are broken la <
daraago heavy
In tho Fair Grounds all outhouses
are
down
tbroush tho colling 1 Causing coimtlow smoke stack blown down and blacksmith uv line anrrey of Prof JemUon in tho
bricks to fall Into tho living rooms Othir shop destroyed damage done 500 etable of Itov Mr Brown ivas smashed
tamagu also done J SI Mark church on International nnd y um falling debris
Tho hmso neiuplrd by F J Smith No Great Noithorn track blown to the Tho frame work ot the rcaldonees being
2 Preston street was sorlouiily damaged ground valued nt J000 built hy Pierce lelselman and F J
J B Boll Intornatlonil
liron and debris lie everywhere nnd oil Shutters gutter and roof complete and Groat iudricr are down
t lwUMS bown
J 11J llJIIIJll UwlLUU press MCUIltlUU
blown awa > Loes 150
Tho Water Works company was dam j
rged seriously A lnrgo roil shed
i0Wll
10x100 feet was demolished Falling den und International and Gmat Northorn
rls emiscd tho water main to break seat tracks the ontlro huildlmt was blown
lering thoussnls ot gatlrjne ot Water over l damage done abut 5000
tho placo literally inundating the prrp Ofllorod church on Gorman and Cheno
ort streets blown down boyond repilr
erty Tho onglno room was more or less tf
S ° P wo downs j J II Durnott rosldtnco corner Milam
valued at 00 land Hidloy tower out of place chlmueya
Houston Daily Press corner Oeraian
u
M irom that time one as day approach that rendorcd several of the streets aUalsiBnl damage mainly to the roof a damaged tho walls being blown toeethr va tiod at SU00
Chnmbuts residence corner Milam nnd
Gray twostory brick section of upper
side blown off
Store corner Milam and Plerco part of
uppor front blown off
Fifth Ward
The storm struck the Fifth ward with
the samo fury that characterised ita forco
In other portions it the city and lioavy
Iosbck were suatnlnod by tho largo man-
ufacturing plants of that locality Thore
are several ot thotio plants en which the
damage sustained has not yet boon esti-
mated and estimates that liivo been made
nro in some eases likely to bo smaller tlun
the actual loases au they are nearly all
based on tho damage that can now ba
i > ceu
Uy far tho heaviest losses In tho ward
SZ1 wttltamtii etril
vlllo and the Houston Heights disclosed overturned tho roof Is wrecked and houso Is located In this wardand the and the elm was piled in hoapa along tho 1
idry of the plant completely dc
FCClng the wreckago and tho > e folloarlns damage done to that sec blawn jnto tho B Uota ia ostlt damage to this plant though only about sldcvalks For nwhlio bunt and torn tin Imollshed whllo tho main foundry whoro
the car wheels are made Buffered thc loss
ot its roof and was otherwlao badly dam-
aged The machine shops ot tbo company
aro Intact and very little damago waa
noted there A low cstlmato of the total
loss at the plant U 15000 This however
may bo Increased as tho debrla Is cloared
away
Near the car wheel works Is tho Crystal
5 pL ° 1 l0V ln lrS2 J J1 build companys plant Tho damago bus
main building unroofed damago to
ing furniture and furnshngs jloOOU
Abbott Cockle Co uamage to atock
306 damago to building orvned by
Ooorgo Urown 1000
James Ilute damage to slock on Texnn
avenue and two warehouses ou tho uorta
sldo of Butfalo bayou 1000
h M Itieh damage to building occupied
by Jamee Dute 500
Matrot llros A Co damage to block
40P0
Houston Light Guard building occupied
by Mlitrot Bros Co damaged 1000
B W Camps building back of Klrst
National bank end caved in S00
Kirat National bank wator 200
SuiifletCcntral offices wator 800
Albert Chitnono water on furniture
500Krupp Tuftly damago to atock from
wator 500
Ed Kiam window glaas boken 200
stock not Injured
K H Cawtbon Co damago to build
iDg 100
Hamilton Brot roof blowu off stock
damaged fully 1000
1 A Randolph Sou damage to stock
10000 to building 250
H Waddell roof gone damago to stock
and bulldln 2U000
Houston Drug company damage to
stock eC0 to bulldlnK owned by K M
trxluoti hero U also heavy but no estlmatej
of tho actual damagee was made Tha
smokestack Is down and tho roof of th
boiler rooms vvnj torn oft and scattered
around promiscuously Tho boiler rooms
are filled with debris The ammonia con-
densers wore blown down and pretty bad-
ly torn up
Tho Bayou City warehouses ot the Union
Comtiross company aro In tho samo no gh
borhood and aro literally torn to pieces
The Union Compress company own the
International and Hayou City warehouses
and comprosaes and tho International la
also almost a total wreck The damage to
thfflo two Industries Is cstlmatod at
3fi00 each or 7000 for both
Tho roofs over sovcral of tho Cleveland
comprots warehouses have been blown off
and one of tho sheds or gallerle3 was ut-
terly demolished It Is estimated that
1000 will cover tho damage to tho Clove
land plant
The Mecca or Sauter hotel corner ot
Providence and McKce tstrcets lost the
ontlro roof and tho second story was al-
most destroyed Tho damago Is placed
nt 2503 Some ot tho planks from tho
walla of the hotel wore blown across tho
street and penetrated the root of Ed Rob-
erts residence
The Houston East and West Toxna
freight offices and warohouse waa badly
damaged but no estimate has beon made
The Knights of Tytblas hall on Mi Koi
stroet and Liberty avenue was damaged
to a considerable extent all the window
having been shattered and a rortlon of tha
roar wll blown down
MellhennyH pickery gin and eotton
proas Is a iotnl ivrcclt
Two rej dences In tho vicinity ot Odin
ttTenuo and Contl street were sorloiuly
damaged one was unfinished and it waa
totally deqtroyed Tho othor was a now
house but was occupied It was blowu
several feet off ita pillars but remained
upright thought badly leaning
Tbo largo blacksmith shop of J Fogarty
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KIAMS
NOTICE
We beg to announced
that our stock was
not damaged in any-
way by the i late
storm
This
Time
Next
Week
You will be
doing what
every other
well regu-
lated boy is
doing go-
ing to
school and
when you
go you will
certainly
want to be
dressed as
well as the other boys if not
better Most of the boys get their
Clothes here because they wear so
long and cost so little for the time
tiiey are worn and because they
are stylish We want all the boys
to be our friends
SCHOOL SUITS with short Trousers
some with Vests fi50 250 up to
fGoo
NEW FALL HATS all the stylish shapes
and colors 150 100 and 50c
SCHOOL CAPS Golf Hobaxt and Eton
styles 50c and 25c
MAMMOTH CLOTHIER
Agency Howes Celebrated 1 00 Hats
CAWTHONS
Saturday nlglvts storm destroyed our
show windows and sluns but
Not a Dollars Worth
of Stock Damaged
Our store will be open as usual this morn-
ing at 7 oclock
K II CAWTHON CO
Clothiers Ilnttcrs Furnishers Tailors
t12 and 014 Main St under Capitol Hotel
on Providence and Matfltt streoto was
totally wrecked
Portions ot the root ot tho Houston in
flrmarj woro blown nway and tho recently
built addition was almoat razed to tho
ground
The now Second Baptist church Is
twisted out ot Bhapo and tho windows are
till guno
Tho Vino streot colored Methodist church
Is one ot the most complete wrecks In
tho ward Debris from file church fell
on tho root of the parsouage anil almost
wrecked that building atao
A houso on Nance street belong lo Jesso
MrKee lo down and tho adjoining resi-
dence belonging to C Bender Sons la-
in a very dilapidated condition
Tho plant of tho Aomo Lumber company
Is considerably damaged as in alao that of
the Phoenix Lumber company
The entire front of E Mahonoya gro-
cery cirnor of Wood anl Cllne streets is
down and during tho storui everything In
tho store was brokon that would bwak
Tho roof is entirely off ot Kinnegan
CoVi hide and wool house and tbo place
Is otherwise damaged
Tho Howard Smith storage warehouse
on Daly placo aro ln pretty bad shape but
no estimate of tho damago is available
Tho Southern Pacific repair shop build-
ing was almost completely demolished
but a largo force of men went to work yea
terday to rebuild It
Tho American browory Is damaged to the
xtent of 3000 both of the smokestacks
and the roots ou two of the warehouse
having been blown down
Tho rear ot the Jlcuke lco plant Is an
vtter wicck and both of tho smokestacks
aro down A part ot tho plant Is running
Vut with an abbreviated flrnokestack
The damago at tho American brewery
consists mostly ln the loss ot Its fine
A TEXAS WONDER
Halls Great Discovery
Ooe small bottle ot Halls Grwit Discovery
eurS all kidney and bladder troubles re-
moves gravel cures diabetes seaitaal ends
alone weak and lame backs rheumntlam una
all irregularities ot the kidneys am bladder la
both mm and woincu bladder trouble In chil-
dren It not sold by you druggist Hlb
icnl by mall on recoipt of 100 One small
bottle Is tno montW treatment and will cnr
anv ceeo above mentioned nrB W Hall
Sola Manufacturer V O Box CO St Louis
Ho Send for testimonials Sold by all drug
Slats and Houiton Drug CompaiV
Pino Camp County Texas April 1 13 < S0W
Dr K XT Hail I will say Uiat jrou have
discovered the greatest Kidney medicine eu
earth I have bad Kidney Troublo for four
leen years and e o bottle of your Kldasy
medicine has rured mc It will cure all
Kldnov troubles < md I Juit feel like Ulllas
jou hat cr at work your medlclno will do
Hlatbetteeat on earth
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