The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 14, 1900, Page 2

STEADY FLOW OF GOLD TO AID GALVESTON SUFFERERS THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1900. ReBERT J-ToBIN Relief Committe e Named by t he| Gover’nor’toMeetThisMornJl ing and Form a Plan for| Canvassing t he State. _—————— the e William ¥ rire Fex, Miss Bolger, Miss v Drescher, Is of Profes. to Gov- Macscy s f Texas vesterda £ As he. Balvation Army - appeal throughout uring the next few days in storm victims. They are d from Ban Francisco and towns if possible not les 4 of provisions, clothing. his end they purpase to make a nxious to sen ng By the Board of Trade: Manheim, Dibbern & Co.. C. E. Whitney & Co... Deming-Paimer Milling W. W. Montague & Co. Hawley Bros Sussmen, Wo Yates & € . H. Levi & Co.. Hooker & Co Del Monte Milling Co. . Hills Bros .... J.G. Ward & Co 25 Wheaton, Breon & 25 Baker & Hamilton. . 50 Coghill & Kohn. 25 Newell & Bro... 10 Scott & Gilbert. 10 " 10 5o 100 50 erRohp as Port Costa Milling Co....... 50 Sherwood & Sherwood .o 20 Gree mum, Well & Michels 2n C. SChilling & €0....000v00ess BO Ameriean Biseutt Co.......... 25 E. J. Bowen ....... cesesan 23 Pacific Const Syrup Co...eovs. 25| J. de Ja Montanya Co.. . 25| s H. Frank & Co. ... & ua; Rinsldo Bros. & Co. 10 ¥. G. Conklin & Co.. 10 | J. A. Drinkhouse Co . Code-Portwood Canning Co. . 20 Kitthe & Co.... | Roth, Blum & ¢ o 2&! Anglo-Ameriean Crockery Glassware C | 25| | Bayers for the sufferers of the Galveston | 4 Willlam Ciaff Co.... Wellpan, Peck & Co. C.F. Weber & Co..... Hoffman, Rothehild & Co..... Italian - Swiss Agricultural Colony PO PR Total . cenens..$1290 B Mayor Phela | 811 Captain Edward Da . Judge John Hunt. 3 5 [ W. H. Breeding........... 10 00 George T. Ma Jr. . e 50 00 san Frenciseo Produce Ex- change ....... .. 650 00| M. A. Gunst & Co. . .o 50 00 Henry Iass...... . .e 5 00 F. T. Musso, Bosvman, Cal.. 5 00 Union Can Company.. 25 00 Lioyd Osxborn A 4.451 50 Previously acknowledged. ceeee s BETTH BO MONEY, FOOD AND CLOTHING FOR THE TEXAS SUFFERERS i S et b | n HICAGO, Sept. 13.—Chicago's f ‘ offering of food and clothing for the Texas left here at 6 lock to-night over the Rock | nd in a speclal train of cars s the right of way over all | other trains as far as Fort Worth. Other | cars packed at Rock Island, Davenport, Muscatine, Topeka, Kansas City, St. Je Wich will be picked up en seph route it is expected the train will con- wenty-three cars when it reaches estination. The train xpected to | . whence it will be taken to Houston the Houston and Texas Central route | a special schedule. | he Chicago ( ring-house Association | for the relief n the Gulf coast. { Sept. 13. — The Catholic America to-day issued an on of Knights urgent appeal for aid for the Texas storm | sufferers 1l remittances will be sent to | Supreme Vice President Blakeslee, Hotel | Lawler, Houston, Texas | From- the army commissary and quar- termaster’s stores here 30,000 rations and tents have been sent by special train over the Iron Mountain road to the Gal- sufferers. Through Nat Wetzel, it of the Western Poultry and | “ompany, 65,000 pounds of produce, provisions and foodstuffs, loaded into two have been sent by express to the | Iveston. TSBIURC pt. 13.—The Carnegle | Company ghas given $10,000 to the | Iveston relief fund. | KA. Sept. 18—A fund of $2500 has 1 here for the Galveston suffer- In addition to this several carloads of provisions will be shipped to-morrow cver the Rock Island. - WASHING Sept. 13.—A telegram has been received at the Treasury Depart- ment from the Collector of Customs at Mobile, saying that the cutter Winona had safled for Galveston with twenty-five tons of provisions and that the Algonquin and Onondaga would be loaded as soon as they arrive. CINCINNATI, Sept. 13.—The relief com- mittee has telegraphed $1000 to Governor veston cars, FREEXETIIIERXR XN EXEEE I XTI XXN ter, and expects to do the same daily, | increasing the amount as time goes on. | COVINGTON, Ky., has responded by | voting $i000 from the municipal fund to | start a relief subscription, and Newport Ky., will make & similar response to-day. DENVER, Sept. 12.—Denver's cash con- tribution to the rellef of the victims of the Galveston flood Gisaster was increased | to-day by subscriptions amounting to $3500, This raises the total amount sent from this city to $8500, | KANSAS CITY, Sepl. 13--Kansas City's | response to the appeal for aid to the Gal- | veston sufferers now aggregates nearly | $10,600. ; LOS ANGELES, Bept. .—Subecriptions | BB B B that the proceeds o FW.DOHRMANMN PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE STATE RELI JAMES LFLPoD “Tnems = PHOTO EF COMMITTEE. CALIF I'WLHELLMANN iy - CONTRIBUTIONS WILL AGGREGATE THREE TILLIONS BY SATURDAY NIGHT USTIN, Texas, Sept. 18,—Governor Sayers aut horized the statement to-night that he has not thought of calling an extra session of the Legislature for the purpose of making an appro the Galveston sufferers. tributions which are pouring in from all parts of people are doing their part in this work of charity. He has confidence in the spontaneous generosi of the people and says that the emergency is being promptly met. priation for the relief of The con- Texas show that the The hearts of the peo- ple of the whole country are beating with sympathy, and no need for legis- lative action is felt., A number of members of the.L the Governor advising that a call for a special sessio not follow their suggestion in the matter. subscriptions of cash are pouring in the amount of gregate $3,000,000 by Saturday night. All of this ~A-E-0-5-0-0-8-0-8-Nu0Eae egislature have wired n be issued, but he will At the present rate at which contributions will ag- amount will be needed. also announced | telegram of Wednesday night offering as- fund now amount | her mite toward alding the Texas suffer- I President Willlam Frh:\“v of the Cham- Ay next the com- | ers. Rev. W. F. Reagor started out to- | ber of Commerce was instrumental in aters of the city will give a ben- | day and in a few hours raised $133, which | having the local Red Cross Society meet rmance, the proceeds of which | he wired direct to Governor Sayers. | vesterday. This organization sent $500 for | led to the fund. | WOODLAND, Sept. 13.—One hundred |the sufferers. The Chamber of Commerce ON, Sept. 13.—Stockton is Te- | and twenty-one dollars was subscribed | Will do all in its power to have as much | sponding liberally to the calls for aid|in Woodland to-day for the rellef of the |money and supplies as possible sent from | from the Galveston sufferers. This morn- | sufferers from the Texas tornado. this city. i was telegraphed, the money CRAMENTO lept. 13.—Money is be- n "}“thlvlli to pay for t:v- nEAmpuu,\‘w.,n.v\-|:|pm this city for the AMERICANS IN PARIS ACT. night band concerts on the | Galveston sufferers. Up he presen paze. Stockion Lodge of Elks No. 28 | weitng Governor Gage has,received no| PARIS, Sent. 18—A meeting of Amerl- v;l .Yy'.-:,:h a4 s',‘\v‘::,fivll\: f]‘x‘al\'nslnn Lodge of | reply from the Governor of Texas to his | €ans, resident and transient, in Parls was held at the Chamber of Commerce h e f the baseball game at | gistance from Californfa. The Governor | to-day for the purpose of devising a Goodwater Grove next Sunday between nor no one else can concelve why no reply | method of raising funds to assist the local and Oakland Elks will be forwarded | 1o his telegram has been sent him. It | sufferers at Galyeston. The United States to the stricken district. The local Red | may be that Governor Sayers of Texas| Embassador, General Horace Porter, was Cross Society has also forwarded $1000 by telegraph Ross over $40 ing here 3 not in Austin when the California ex- ecutive’'s message arrived there, and that ke has not been forwarded to rgent, a local capitalist, raised to-day by subscription, he head- | the list with a goodly sum. It will be phed to Galveston at once. Naomi Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, last night sent $25 to Galveston. The LSEATTLE, Sept. 13.—A relief fund for | Ladles of the Maccabees will give an en- - 3 “”r:"n\. Fn :huff:-rnr.\ was started | tertainment on or about the 27th inst. at a ¥ the Post-Intelligencer | the (‘lunie Opera-house for the benefit of and se been raised 1.;1;4:;..n calling upon the people for aid, | Chamber of Commerce, | be taken up by In the shape of a formal appeal for aid. | The leading musical organization of the city will give a benefit concert. swell the amount into the thousands. COLUSA, ; § ettt el ool oot oo 0 0 e o eral hundred dollars have already the Galveston sufferers. There is every Mayor Humes issued a proc- indication that the benefit by the Cogill- Cooper Company to-morrow night will be seconded by the|a guccess. Sacramento Typographical The matter will | Union this afternoon forwarded $50 for the the daily papers to-day | relief of the unfortunate people of Gal- veston. The Chamber of Commerce will meet to-morrow morning to determine what further stepg should be taken if nec- essary toward sending money and sup- plies to Galveston. the appeal was It is m‘ Sept. 13.—Colusa has given clety, with an assi for Galveston t; the treasurer, and ere donated. include canvassing SRR MISS BARTON STARTS. elected president; George Munroe, banker, was made Francis Kimball was appointed secretary. Resolutions of sympathy with the people of Galveston were adopted and a sub- scription list was opened, with the result | that within fifteen minutes 50,000 francs A committee of seven was appointed to carry out the plans of the meeting, which American colony here. have also opened subscription lists, many Frenchmen having expressed a desire to subscribe. General the French papers WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Miss Clara DISASTERS AT GALVESTON COrMPARED WITH OTHERS IN THE LAST THREE DECADES Notable disastrous of the last three decades in the storm mnd earthquake: visitations ~ Chieago fire, 1871. Boston fire, 1872. ... Charleston earthquake, Seattle fire, 1889, . . Johnstown flood, 1889. .. Loulsville eyclone, 1890. St. Paul (near) cyclone, 1800, St. Lounis cyeclone, 1806....... Sherman (Tex.) eyclone, 1896. . Porto Rico hurricane., 1809.. Galveston hurric and flood ALVESTON she been visited by wind and wave and fire. N has had more than her share of disaster in the sixty-three years of her existence. The first visitation was in her early days, in the late United States by fire, flood, Loss Life. Unknown Unknown 54 Property. $£200,000,000 75,000,000 Four times has forties, when storm and wave together, as in the present instance, swept away the whole town and a large proportion of her inhabitants were lost. Every building in the plice, all of them of wood, was wrecked and carried away. She soon bullt up again, however, and more substantfally than before, and though her streets were often fidgoded with the wind-driven waters of the bay or gulf she escaped further serious damage until October, 1867, when during a storm which then occurred the water rose 6 6-10 feet above mean low water stage, flood the streets and the/lower Stories of all the houses, causing much damage to property, but no direct loss of life. which was sufficient to Agaln, in 1875, there was a rise under the force of Yhe wind of 88 feét, covering the whole island except a small area in the southern part of the city, and doing much damage to property, but wi a shore wind, with a velocity of sixty miles per hour, caused a rise of 5 2-10 feet, city. ith little loss of life. Two years later flooding all the business part of the The mean rise and fall of the tide at Galveston is 1 1-10 feet. but spring tides occasionally rise three feet above and fall two feet below the plane of mean low water. under the influence of heavy winds. In this latest instance the wind, after blowl Fluctuations between much wider limits are not infrequent ng from the north or bay side of the city for some hours and piling the water up against and over the wharves, which all lie on that side, suddenly whipped around to the east, driving the waters of the bay back again and those o These, which are sald to hdve risen to a height of eleven feet, ran through the streets with the velocity sweeping away all the lighter structures but not serjously damaging those more strongly built. The f the gulf against the other side. of a millrace, ‘wind, however, which, according to the observations of the engineer of the Southern Pacific Rallroad stationed there, was blowing at the time some seventy-eight miles per hour, unroofed many of these and wrecked Besides the foregoing instances of wreck from flood and storm, Galveston was on November 13, The flames swept across the residence portion of the city from the bay to a destructive conflagration. tating an area of over 100 acres, embracing forty thickly populated squares. and the destruction was complete. The loss amounted to about $1,500,000, of the United Btates finds its outlet through Galveston, besides her other business, to the demands of commerce, Galveston must stand for time to come. others. 1885, visited by the gulf, devas- The houses were almost entirely of wood n spite of all, however, the city has always been quickly rebuilt and bettered. / One-tenth of the whole cotton crop and on her present site, In obedience Barton, president of the Red Cross So- ant. left hera to-night ist In the relief work. Aid of Herald’s the R EW YORK, Sept. 13.—Touched by | the_ pitiful condition of survivors | of the Galveston disaster, many warm-hearted persons in New | York and in towns throughout the ast forwarded contributions to the Her- for the sick and destitute of the once ir Southern city. Thousands of dollars ere received during the day ich was mmediately forwarded by telegraph to | | the Dallas News at Dallas. The Dallas News to-night informed the Herald that the special relief train equipped witt | money sent by the Herald readers had Dallas left and should reach Galveston early to-morrow. lonel Belo, proprietor of the Dallas News, to which newspaper all contribi tions are forwarded by the Herald, is also owner of the Galveston News and is i | position to thoroughly understand | needs of the situation, and Texas officials | who have been asked for inform: | the subject have joined in a sta | that the grea t need is for more m In all $3763 was received to-day and sent out, making a total of $9218 75 contributed by the Herald readers up to date. Sums ranging from $1 up to $500 were received The Associated Press figures out the | subseriptions here to date as Association, $52,000; May New York Mercantile | Merchants’ fund, $7000 ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF THE DEAD Continued From First Page. | two children; Mrs. J. Peterson and children; | Mrs. Perry and child; Miss Ruth Phelps; Mrs. | Pietell. QL‘K.\'N, John. JRAAB, George, and wife; Nick Raphael; Rcader, family: Willlam Richardson. colored; Tony Rickey and wife: Solomon Ril and wife; J. Ring, proofreader Galveston New: and two children; Thomas Riordan; Mrs. Pat- rick Reagan and son; Mrs. A. and Mamie Rhea of Giles County, Tennessee: Annie Roach; —— Roberts. watchman; Mrs. H. B. Robbins of Smiths Point; Willilam J. Rodefeld; John Rohl, wife and five children; Mrs. A. Roll and four children Mis Ross, daughter of Mrs. Ross of Houston; Mrs. Kate Roth and three children; Ada Roe, colored; Hattle Rowe, colored; A. J. Rotton, wite and two children; Robert Rud- der, wife and four children; S. Ruddger, wife and child; Lerna Rughter; Ida Rice, colored: Fisher Rice, colored; Angelo Redillo, wife and four children. ANFORD, 8., and family; Dr. John B. Sayer. Tom Sawyer, Mrs. Robert L. Saw. yer and three children, Maud and Randle Scha- dermantle, W. Scheirholz, wife and five chil- | dren, D. Schoolfield (colored), Mary Schrader, | Mr. and Mrs. Schuler and five children, Charles | Sherwood and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schook Jr., Charles F. Shark and son, | Mary Smith, Charles L. Smith, C. J. Smith, | wife and five children; Jacob Smith, Wi Smith, wife and children (colored); L. Sodiche, | Frank Solomon and family, Julius Solomon and | wife, Miss Alfreda Stacker, George Stacker, | Dr. Stacker and family, Mr. and Mrs. D. W Stawinski, M. Edward Stawinski, Sting. wife and children, seven in family; Stenzel, wife and three children; Captain T. Stewart and family, Miss Stewart, Miss Mamie St. Glits, Nick Strabo and family, except ome; Mrs. Strickhausen, George Swigell, mother and sis- ter; Symmes, two children of H. C. Symmes. T AYLOR, Mrs. J. W.; Thom: Mrs. W. B. Thomas, wife and dren of Leigh Thornton, Mrs. James Tickel Sr., Mre. Charles Tillebach and two children, Mrs. J. F. Toothaker, Mrs. Btta Toothaker. Mrs. H. V. Trahan and child, Mrs, H. Travers and son Sheldon, Mr. and Mrs. Turn U LRIDGE, Mrs. (colored). \/ AN _BUREN, Ethel; Edna Vaught, ehild | of W. J. Vaught; John Vitecitch and fam- uy. wALLACE. Scott; Earl Wallace, son of Henry Wallace: J. Walsh, wife and child; Mrs. Flora Warner, Martha Warren, Mrs, Charles T, Weber, Mrs, Anna Weber, Mre, F. Weber and family, Mrs. A. S. Warner, Fritz Weldmann; Otto Windberg, wife and Oscar Weis; wife and child; Mrs. Win- Mrs. George Westway, —— Wharton, | 'Liberality of New Yorkers in Reach Galveston r's | al | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroa .!. Afflicted—The elief Train to To-Day. Special Dispatch to The Call. change fund, $2000; Cotton Exchange fund, $534 New York Stock Exchange, $7000; Exe! 3 t.e transport McP port at noon Monday carrying supplies ited through rson will leave this ext for Galveston, ch have been contrib- Merchants’ Association. The 1 of Morgan line =ail ternoon for Galveston with a arge bution of food supplies and clothing for the relief committee, which was contr h the Merchants’ Association. DALLAS, Tex., Sept. al traln with supplies purch: - las News w funds contributed by - ers of the fork Herald left here at Houston and Texas is due at Texas Ci 13, some tima or more pounds It 4 noon to-morrow rricane sufferer: nated by t clothing 1s Rough the Texas family of Walter White, Tom Whittle, M nd Miss Frieda Wilde: Frank Willlams, wite a hild; Annie Wilson, Mrs. W. D. Wins- e White, Alexander Williams, S uel Willlams (colored), M Winmoor, wife and two and child, H. M. Withey, ared); Miss Woods of Joliet, 1l Miss Nannie Woods of Joliet, John Wright. Mrs. Wurselow. UENZ, Lilite, He e sufl EIGLER, Mrs., and Zweigel and two daughters. AT THE CATHOLIC ORPHANAGE—SH Camillus, superioress: -Mary Vincent: M. Elizabet Raphael; Catharina; Gepevieve Felicitus; Mary Finbar; Evangelinst; Banig- nus, ROOSEVELT AIDS. CLARK, 8. D. Sept. 13 — Governor Roosevelt has authorized Colonel W. J. Young of the executive department at Al- bany to issue an appeal for aid on behalf of the Galveston sufferers. Hon. James Plerpont Morgan was named by the Gov- ernor as chairman of such committes and authorized to receive subseriptions. ——e WOODLAND BOY IN GALVESTON. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WOODLAND, Sept. 13.—Master ILea Clark, ten years old, of Woodland, was in the Ursuline Convent, Galveston, and it is believed that he was one of the vic- tims of the tornado. His mother was in Houston at the time and no informaticn has been received from either. —— THE SANTA FE’S LOSS. NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—A. F. Walker, chairman of the board of directors of said to-day that the company's loss due to the Galveston hurricane would not ex- ceed $100000. Mr. Walker was confident of the future of Galveston as a shipping port. Southern Pacific’s Loss Heavy. Jerome A. Fillmore, manager of the Pa- eific division of the Southern Pacifio road, recelved advices from Galve: Texas, yesterday confirming the newsp. per reports of the damage done to the company's branch road between Houston and Galveston. The Southern Pacific s loss will be between $300,000 and $400,0, Five bridges were swept away. The | branch line Is a complete wreck. The company has authorized its manager, .\n} Van Vieck, at Houston, to place a $i check at the disposal of the Galvestou relief committee. —_——— 3 Stops the Cough And works off the cold, Laxative Bromn Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. XNo Cure, No Pay, Frice 35 cents. -