Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, September 10, 1900.
WIND'S FURY SNUFFS OUT 3,000 LIVES.
Terrible Tale of Loss of Life and Destruction of Property In Texas.
WORST IS NOT YET KNOWN.
Communication With Galveston, Where Thousands Are Supposed to Be Dead, Completely Out Off. Four Immense Bridges Which Connected Galveston With the Mainland Are Completely or Partly Wrecked and Cannot Bear Weight of a Locomotive. Relief Train Was Forced to Put Back to Dallas, Being Unable to Get Within Six Miles of Where the Hurricane Was Most Furious—The Prairie Was Strewn With Lumber, Debris, Trunks and Dead Bodies—Two Hundred Corpses Were Counted From the Train—Two Men Who Were Picked Up After Floating From Galveston Estimate the Loss of Life There at 3,000—Telegraph Systems, Railway Lines and Buildings Completely Demolished and Crops Are a Total Loss.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—The World this morning prints the following:
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 9.—Information has just reached me that about 3,000 lives have been lost at Galveston with enormous destruction of property. No information from other points. JOHN D. SAYERS, Governor.
DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 10.—The following telegram was received from Houston by The News:
"Relief train has returned. They could not get closer than six miles of Virginia Point, where the prairie was covered with lumber, debris, pianos, trunks and dead bodies.
"Two hundred corpses were counted from the train.
"A large steamer is stranded two miles this side of Virginia Point as though thrown up by a tidal wave.
"Nothing can be seen of Galveston.
"Two men were picked up who floated across to the mainland, who say they estimate the loss of life up to the time they left at 2,000."
The above message is addressed to Superintendent Felton, Dallas, Tex., and comes from Mr. Vaughan, manager of the Western Union office at Houston.
STORY OF SURVIVOR.
Mr. Trimmins, Who Escaped From Galveston, Tells of the Appalling Effects There.
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 10.—The West Indian storm which reached the Gulf coast Saturday morning wrought awful havoc in Texas. Reports are conflicting, but it is known that an appalling disaster has befallen the city of Galveston where, it is reported, a thousand or more lives have been blotted out and tremendous property damage has been incurred. Meagre reports from Sabine Pass and Port Arthur also indicate a heavy loss of life but these reports cannot be confirmed at this hour.
The first news to reach this city from the stricken city of Galveston was received last night. James C. Timmins who lives in Houston, and who is the general superintendent of the National Compass company arrived in the city at 8 o'clock last night from Galveston. He was one of the first to reach here with tidings of the great disaster which has befallen that city and the magnitude of that disaster remains to be told because of his endeavors to reach home. After remaining through the hurricane of Saturday he departed from Galveston on a schooner and came across the bay to Morgan's Point where he caught a train for Houston. The hurricane, Mr. Timmins said, was the worst ever known.
The estimates made by citizens of Galveston was that 4,000 houses, most of them residences, have been destroyed and that at least 1,000 people have been drowned, killed or missing.
Some business houses were also destroyed, but most of them stood, though badly damaged.
The city, Mr. Timmins avers, is a complete wreck, so far as he could see from the water front and from the Tremont hotel. Water was blown over the island by the hurricane, the wind blowing at the rate of 80 miles an hour straight from the Gulf and forcing the sea water before it in big waves. The gale was a steady one, the heart of it striking the city about 5 o'clock Saturday evening and continuing without intermission until midnight Sunday night when it abated somewhat although it continued to blow all night.
Of his own knowledge, Mr. Timmins knew of only one house succumbing with fatal results, though he heard of many residences being carried away with inmates. The house that he saw destroyed was the Ritter saloon and restaurant at 2019 Strand street, a principal street of the city. This three-story building was blown down and nine men, prominent citizens, were killed.
Secretary Bailey of the Wharf company and several waiters and customers saved themselves by jumping from the upper story just before the crash came.
It was reported that the Orphan asylum and both the hospitals were destroyed and if this proves true the loss of life will be great, as these institutions were generally "crowded *and as they were substantial buildings the chances are that many had taken refuge in them.
The water extended across the island. Mr. Timmins said it was three feet deep in the rotunda of the Tremont hotel and was 6 feet deep in Market Square.
Along the water front the damage was very great. The roofs had been blown from all the elevators and the sheds along the wharves were either wrecked or had lost their sides and were of no protection to the contents.
Most of the small sailing craft were wrecked and were either piled up on the wharves or floating bottom side up in the bay. There is a small steamship ashore three miles north of Pelican island but Mr. Timmins could not distinguish her name. She was flying a British flag. Another big vessel has been driven ashore at Virginia Point and still another is aground at Texas City. At the south point of Houston island, an unknown ship lies in a helpless condition.
The lightship that marks Galveston bar is hard and fast aground at Bolivar Point.
Mr. Timmins and the men with him on the schooner rescued two sailors from the Middle bay who had been many hours in the water. These men were foreigners and he could gain no information from them.
REPORTS FROM DALLAS.
Country About That City is Stormswept and Reports of Disaster Still Pour In.
DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 10.—Telegraphic communication with South Texas is cut off about 100 miles north of Houston. Rumors of dire disaster are flying thick and fast without being in any way authenticated. The last wire the Western Union had to Houston went down at 1:30 yesterday morning. This wire was working so badly at that hour that whatever information Houston had to impart could not be made out. The storm center is rapidly approaching Northern Texas and its fury wrecks all telegraph lines in its path, doing vast damage and killing people in scattered localities.
A cyclone has demolished a part of the town of Smithville, on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway. A number of persons are reported killed. The railroad and telegraph companies have gangs and wrecking trains out attempting to work their way south, but the fierceness of the storm makes it impossible for them to gain any headway, having to seek shelter in order to save their lives.
The four immense bridges from four to six miles each in length, connecting Galveston with the mainland, are either wholly or partly wrecked.
The storm at Temple was severe, and fears are entertained that the city is badly wrecked. The railroad officials say it is impossible to move trains south of Courtney. Northbound trains from Houston last night were from 15 to 18 hours late.
A private message from San Antonio states that a serious disaster occurred at Corpus Christi, Rockport and other coast towns, the nature of which cannot be determined.
A bulletin from Smithville states that the grain elevators and other large buildings at Galveston had been washed into the bay.
All the railroads southward from Dallas issued a bulletin instructing their agents to discontinue the sale of tickets or accepting freight for the south until further orders. All the efforts to reach Sabine Pass and Port Arthur have failed.
ALONG THE SANTA FE.
Towns Between Houston and Galveston Almost All Demolished.
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 10.—Meagre reports are reaching here from the country between Houston and Galveston along the line of the Santa Fe railroad. The tornado was the most destructive in the history of the state. The town of Alvin is reported to be practically demolished. Hitchcock has suffered severely from the storm, while the little town of Arta Loma is reported without a house standing. The town of Pearl has lost one-half of its buildings.
L. B. Carlton, the president of the Business league of Alvin and a prominent merchant there, reports that not a building is left standing in the town, either residence or business. Stocks of goods and house furniture are ruined and crops are a total loss.
Alvin is a town of about 1,200 inhabitants. Seven persons were killed in and near the town.
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| Richard Croker. |
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| David Hill. |
PAGE TWO—EDITORIAL.
An Interesting Struggle.
From all accounts it seems that Richard Croker and David B. Hill have locked horns to see which shall secure the mastery of Bryanism in this state. At the Bryanite State convention in Saratoga, to-morrow, the reporters promise the most terrific struggle ever seen in a convention in the United States. Croker humiliated Hill in Kansas City, and the latter has spent the intervening time in making ready to down Croker to-morrow. But so far as can be discovered by the press accounts it looks now as though Croker will be likely to make a finish of Hill for all time. According to the reporters, each is like Shakespeare's hero, shouting at the top of his voice "Lay on MacDuff and d—d be him that first cries hold, enough!" It is a beautiful fight so far, and will be watched to the finish with great interest. Hill is in favor of the nomination of Bird S. Coler, comptroller of the city of New York, for governor, and Croker is for the nomination of any man who can beat Hill and Coler.
There is quite a lively local interest here to see on which side the three delegates from Cortland county will line up. Hill claims them, but it is the opinion of the best informed Democrats in this city that Tammany will get them. Croker has much more to offer than Hill.
NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
To be Resumed for Some Time is Gen. Chaffee's Opinion.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 10.—The following dispatch has been received at the war department:
TAKU, (no date). Two afternoon, fourth, evidence accumulates that diplomatic relations will not be resumed here for a long time. The Russian legation leaves very soon for Tien Tsin. It appears to me that certain of the Chinese government will not return here while the foreign army remains and if this is true our legation can transact no business. My opinion is that Pekin is to be merely a camp for the foreign army pending a settlement by the powers at other points." Signed, CHAFFEE.
TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE.
New Boundaries for New Town—Inspectors of Election.
The town board of the new town of Cortlandville, which comprises all of the old town of Cortlandvllle outside the limits of the [new] city of Cortland, has fixed the boundaries of the election districts of the new town and named the polling places and appointed the inspectors of election as authorized by law under the changed conditions. There are now four districts outside of the city: No. 1 in the northeast part of the town, including the village of McGrawville and adjacent territory; No. 2 in the southeast part, including the village of Blodgett Mills and adjacent territory; No. 3 in the southwest part, including the settlement of South Cortland; and No. 4 in the northwest part.
The polling places and inspectors for the four districts are as follows:
Dist. No. 1—Polling Place—Village hall McGrawville.
Inspectors—Nelson W. Smith, David P. Ayres, Charles B. Warren, Howard Masten.
Dist. No. 2—Polling Place—John Hubbard's hall, Blodgett Mills.
Inspectors—Oscar D. Smith, Elbert Crane, Charles Freer, Daniel Burt.
Dist. No. 3—Polling Place—Whiting's hall, South Cortland.
Inspectors—Clinton Lamont, Henry Cummings, Walter Wilcox, Cyrus Hatfield.
Dist. No. 4—Polling place—Traction company's car barns, north of fair grounds.
Inspectors—Philip Miller, Wm. A. Smith, Michael A. Kernan, John Kernan.
The exact boundaries of the four districts are as follows:
District No. 1—Commences at the southeast corner of lot No. 90, running thence west on the south boundary line of lot No. 90 to the southwest corner of said lot No. 90; thence north on the west boundary line of lot No. 90, to the centre of said west line; thence west on a line through the middle of lot No. 89, to the center of the west line of said lot No. 89; thence north on the west line of said lot No. 89 to the northwest corner of said lot No. 89 and the southeast corner of lot No. 78; thence west on the south boundary line of said lot No. 78, to the southwest corner of said lot No. 78; thence north on the west boundary line of said lot No. 78 to the center of the highway leading from the city of Cortland to the village of McGrawville; thence westerly along the center of said highway to the middle of lot No. 77, thence north on a line through the middle of said lot No. 77 and lot No. 67,to the center of the north line of said lot No. 67; thence east on the north line of said lot No. 67, to the northeast corner of said lot No. 67; thence north on the west line of lot No. 58 to the town line between Cortlandville and Homer; thence east on the north line of said town of Cortlandville to the northwest corner of the town; thence south on the east line of said town to the place of beginning.
District No.2—Commences at the southeast corner of lot No. 90; running thence west on the south boundary line of said lot No. 90; thence north on the west boundary line of said lot No. 90, to the centre of the west line of said lot No. 90; thence west on a line through the middle of lot No. 89 to the center of the west line of said lot No. 89; thence north on the west line of said lot No. 89 to the northwest corner of said lot No.89 and to the southeast corner of lot No. 78;thence west on the south line of said lot No. 78 to the south west corner of said lot No.78; thence north on the west line of said lot 78 to the center of the highway heading from the city of Cortland to the village of McGrawville; thence westerly along the center of said highway to the middle of lot No. 77; thence north on a line through the middle of said lot No. 77 to the center of the north line of said lot No. 77; thence west on the north lines of said lot No. 77 and lot No. 76, to the center of Port Watson-st. bridge over the Tioughnioga river, being the east line of the city of Cortland; thence south on the east line of said city of Cortland to the southeast corner of said city; thence west along the south line of said city to the west line of lot No. 75; thence south along the west lines of lots 75, 85 and 95 to the southwest corner of said lot No. 95 and the south line of said town of Cortlandvllle; thence east on the boundary line between Cortlandville and Virgil to the center of the Tioughnioga river; thence southerly along the center of said river to the south boundary line of lot No. 9; thence east on the south boundary line of said lot No. 9 and lot No. 10, to the southeast corner of the town; thence north on the east boundary line of the town to the place of beginning.
District No. 3—Commences at the southeast corner of lot No. 94, on the south line of said town; thence west on the south line of said town; to the southwest corner of said town; thence north on the west line of said town to the northwest corner of lot No. 71; thence east on the north line of lots No. 71, 72, 73 and 74 to the west line of the city of Cortland; thence south on the west line of said city to the southwest corner of said city; thence east on the south line of said city to the east line of said lot No. 74; thence south on the east line of lots No 74, 84 and 94 to the southeast comer of said lot No. 94, the place of beginning.
District No. 4—Commences at the northeast corner of lot No 57 on the north line of the town; thence west on the north line of the town to the northwest corner of said town; thence south on the west line of said town to the southwest corner of lot No, 61; thence east on the south line of lot No. 61, 62, 63 and 64, which is also the north boundary line of District No. 3, to the west line of the city of Cortland; thence north on the west line of said city to the northwest corner of said city; thence east on the north line of said city to the northeast corner of said city and the center of the river; thence south along the center of the river being the east boundary line of said city to the center of Port Watson bridge and the south line of lot No, 66; thence east along the south line of said lot No. 66 and the south line of lot No. 67 to the center of the south line of said lot No. 67, thence north along the middle of said lot No. 67 to the center of the north line of said lot No. 67; thence east along the north line of said lot No. 67 to the northeast corner of said lot No. 67, thence north along the east line of lot No. 57 to the place of beginning.
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| Cortland Normal School. |
FOOTBALL SEASON.
Cortland will Probably Have Two Teams This Year.
Scarcely has the last decision of the baseball umpire been given and the curtain dropped at the close of the baseball season when the scene is shifted and the swarthy football player is brought out and placed on exhibition. Cortland will have many chances to see numerous contests with the pigskin.
The Normal team will again organize with many of the old players back in line. Manager Moon is already here and will play back of the line. Pierce is expected to-morrow and will play his old position at fullback. Hall will play center again this season. He played a fine game last year and a great deal is expected of him in this year's work. Carty, Down and Gleason of the last year's team, will be here this year and play in the line. Aside from these there is much good timber that is anxious to make the team. Byrns is considered a good man and will probably make the team. Robb, Wallace, West and Conrad are candidates for positions.
The Normal will get games with faster teams this year than it has ever played with before. A Cornell coach will be here Thursday and hard work will be begun. The first game will be played Sept. 22 with the Syracuse university team at Syracuse. Colgate university, Hobart college and the Athens Athletic Association have been scheduled. Manager Moon states that the team will play teams from schools out of its class for the simple reason that other Normal and high school teams have become tired of being continually beaten by the Cortland Normal. Last year the team was beaten but once, and that by the Mansfield Normal team. The Cortland Normal team is the only one of its class that has ever had a team picture in "Spalding's Football Guide," the last year's team appearing in the 1900 book.
Aside from this, there is a movement on foot to form an all-Cortland team, and a meeting will be called some time during the present week to see what can be done toward forming such an organization. Fifty dollars is needed at the outset for suits, etc., and, if liberal donations can be secured, the team will be formed.
Cortland has a fine lot of players and a strong team could be gotten together. The probable players for the team are: Maycumber, Smith, Townsend, Mills, Davis, Per Lee, Seacord, Holden, Richards, Chapin, Haskins, Stoker, Williams and it may be that Bill Gannon will take a hand in the sport.
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| Mahan's Music Store. |
REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS
Opened in the Mahan Building—Pictures and Buttons Now Ready.
Republican headquarters have been opened on Court-st., in the west portion of the Mahan building on the lower floor. H. C. Harrington will have charge of the rooms. A goodly supply of McKinley and Roosevelt pictures have been secured and any one desiring can obtain a set by calling at the rooms. Campaign buttons may also be secured.
N. H. WINTER'S BARN BURNED.
Cause Unknown—Live Stock Saved—Oats and Hay Destroyed.
At about 10:40 o'clock Saturday night an alarm of fire was rung in from box 124 on Owego-st. The flames had been discovered by several people at about the same time in the barn of N. H. Winter on Winter-st., near the Lehigh Valley railroad tracks. The department responded promptly and soon had the flames extinguished, but not until they had almost completely destroyed the barn. There was no wind that night or there might have been more damage done, for the barn was surrounded by other barns and houses, all of which stand very close together.
The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. Winter says that so far as he is aware no one was in the building later than about 7:30 o'clock at which time he unloaded a load of oats that had just come from one of his farms. A lantern was used at that time, but Mr. Winter held it himself and says he knows he didn't get near anything inflammable with it. The fire of course could have had no connection with that event any way, as it occurred fully three hours later.
There were in the barn at the time four horses, a number of wagons, harnesses, several crates of apples, about a ton of hay and about four hundred bushels of oats. The horses, wagons, harnesses and apples were saved. The hay and oats were burned. Mr. Winter says that he could not replace his barns for $400. He had an insurance of $200 on it, placed with Davis, Jenkins & Hakes. There was no insurance on oats or hay.
The Orris hose cart tipped over on Tompkins-st., going to the fire. One of the company was sitting in the back of Reilly's delivery wagon pulling the cart. He had hold of the rope instead of the handle and the cart didn't steer very well with the rope. It is believed that the rope slacked enough to permit the standard under the handle to catch in the pavement. At any rate it suddenly flopped over. It was quickly righted up and made up lost time in getting down to the fire. One wheel was damaged a little by the upset.
The Science Club.
The first meeting of the Science Club for the season at the Hatch Library building last Saturday evening was well attended and very interesting. Mr. F. E. Whitmore had prepared the matter for his remarks on "Pollination" or "Plant Fertilization" with great care, and had on exhibition a very handsome collection of drawings in colors illustrating the subject. He explained the parts of blossoms and flowers which are involved in pollination; pointed out the importance of it; considered the methods of dispersion of the pollen by water, wind and insects; the allurements presented by flowers to the insect world in pollen, honey, scent and bright colors; and the modes of reception of the pollen, under the headings of opening, aids and guards. Mr. Whitmore also showed some interesting specimens of retarded or prevented development of grain where pollen had been artificially excluded, and also some striking examples of the results of cross fertilization. Two excellent microscopes aided in making clear the machinery of pollination. After concluding his remarks, Mr. Whitmore submitted to the members a quantity of choice pears—in which the pollination had evidently been all that could be desired—and these were discussed with lively appetites as well as interest.
Following the regular subject for the evening, some general business was transacted. Among other things, the meetings of the club were declared open to representatives of the press.
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| Dryden Fair building used by DPW for storage in later years. |
Dryden Fair.
There are enough special attractions in store at Dryden fair, Sept. 18, 19, 20, to take up the entire time between the races every day. Who will win the $50 bicycle offered by Nathan Hanford of Ithaca in the floral bicycle parade? And who [will win] the$25 wheel offered by the City Cycle Co. of Cortland? Remember that three high grade sewing machines can be won as prizes, as well as a $35 potato planter. Twenty-five dollars in cash goes to the best team of carriage horses. There will be a wedding, a shooting contest, a baby show, a men's hitchup race, a slow race, and an unparalleled exhibition in all departments. The best races will be on Tuesday. All stock except horses will be shown on Wednesday. Thursday is horse day. Don't fail to come Tuesday and stay three days—the first is as good as the last, and all will beat the record. [Paid ad.]
Married at Dryden Fair.
An invitation is extended to all to be present at the Dryden fair grounds on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1900, when there will be married by Rev. R. W. MacCullough, D. D., Ph. D., in front of the grandstand, a high school graduate and a business man, the names to be announced at the time of the ceremony. Messrs. Beard & Peck of Cortland have charge of the details of this interesting event, and are the donors of the $50 parlor suite as a wedding gift. [Paid ad.]
TO RAISE GINSENG.
M. H. Crosley of Truxton Engages in a New Enterprise.
Mr. Myron H. Crosley, who has been a progressive and successful farmer in the town of Truxton, living on the Shackham road between Truxtou and Fabius, has retired from his farm and moved with his family to Truxton village. He will now deal in live stock and as a side issue will raise ginseng. This is a new enterprise for Cortland county. Mr. Crosley is at present fitting up a hothouse and garden on the north side of East river in Truxton village, near the Lehigh Valley station. The roof of the hothouse will cover a quarter of an acre of land and will cover 25,000 plants. The plants alone, aside from the expense of the hothouse will cost $500. Mr. Crosley says that he intends next season to enlarge the hothouse to include 75,000 plants, which will cost $1,500.
Mr. Crosley says that the Chinese war has advanced the price of the ginseng root or drug to such an extent that he considers his new venture a first class investment.
Tinker's Falls.
TINKER'S FALLS.
A Charming Resort in Truxton Near the County Line.
Probably a comparatively small number of people in this city or even in the county are aware of the fact that there is a most charming resort in the extreme northern part of this county known as Tinker's falls. These falls are located in a deep ravine nearly in the center of the 800-acre farm of J. H. Rowley, who resides in the town of Truxton, but receives his mail in Apulia. The falls which are nearly seventy-five feet in height are just 50 rods south of the town and Onondaga county line. It is near Labrador lake, where so many Truxton people pass the heated summer months.
Mr. Rowley recently invited a STANDARD man to take a look about his property and to his great surprise a short distance from the family residence a deep and narrow ravine was entered over two-hundred rods in length with almost perpendicular rock-ribbed sides extending hundreds of feet into the air and continuing back to the falls beneath which is a cavern over fifty feet in length. It is a beautiful spot. Picnic parties from Fabius, DeRuyter, Cuyler, Truxton and Apulia often visit this cool and secluded retreat accompanied by bands of music. The falls could be made one of the most attractive and popular summer resorts in central New York with but very little expense. Mr. Rowley says he intends to fit the place up wish that end in view.
BREVITIES.
—The regular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary will be held in the Y. M. C. A. parlor Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 11 at 3:30 o'clock.
—The chorus choir of the First M. E. church will meet for rehearsal at the home of Dr. C. H. Jones, 6 Monroe Heights, to-morrow evening.
—New display advertisements to-day are: A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8; M. W. Giles, Egg Beaters, page 8; C. F. Thompson. Peaches, page 5.
—Members of the W. C. T. U. are requested to attend the funeral of Mrs. Ellen I. Dodd at her late residence, 14 Franklin-st., on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
—The funeral of Mrs. Wm. Dodd will be held at the house, 14 Franklin-st., Tuesday at 10 o'clock. It is expected that Rev. Dr. Taylor of Binghamton will be present and take part in the services. The burial will be at Homer.
—Cyrus Townsend did not play ball in Utica yesterday, owing to a bad case of oversleep. While the 6:55 train was pulling out from Cortland, the first baseman was trying to figure out in his dreams what his batting average for the season would be.
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