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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1900
Page
2
A violent storm pounded a cotton district causing three thousand deaths and widespread destruction. Show windows shattered and merchandise damaged as crops were blown and twisted, leaving heavy losses in the harvest area.
Memphis report cites Great damage and loss of life along the M K and T railroad corridor with Sabine Pass and Port Arthur under threat. Towns on the lower coast including Port Lavaca Rockport Aransas Pass Corpus Christi and Brownsville report telegraph outages and grave fears for inhabitants.
A severe storm in Waco and the Brazos valley left fruit trees uprooted and cotton fields flattened. Winds reached 60 to 70 miles per hour for about 14 hours, destroying late peaches and other fruit crops. Central Texas vineyards show extensive damage from the gusts.
The Mississippi flood south of New Orleans caused about 100000 dollars in damage to rice crops and similar losses to truck farms cattle poultry and other property. The river rose six feet and flooded the region. The disabled steamer Oteri was towed to Port Eads with all aboard safe and will be towed to the city for repairs.
El Paso reports the heaviest rainstorm in years affecting areas to the north south and west over recent days. Details remain scarce but officials note significant precipitation from the storm system crossing the region and spanning multiple locales.
Central tracks are washed away in several places this side of Chihuahua and trains are running very irregularly. The Southern Pacific tracks are gone in several places in New Mexico, and no through trains have arrived here from the West since Friday night. The Santa Fe is experiencing the same trouble north of El Paso.
Sheltering residents flee to higher ground as Sabine and Sabine Pass report rising water and washed tracks. A passenger train near the old town found the line cut, while rice fields on 11 000 acres owned by Beaumont Irrigation suffer near total loss. Gulf Inter-State lines also submerged with fears the office could be washed away.
Reports detail widespread ruin from a cyclone striking towns including Walter, Chapel Hill, Brenham, Guston, Rock Island, Eagle Lake, Altair, Rosenberg, Lexington, Wallis, Fulshear, and Village Mills. Homes, churches, schools, and public buildings suffered severe damage. several fatalities and injuries are noted, with losses to crops and timber.
A Beaumont dispatch says Port Arthur is reported safe but Sabine Pass remains unclear. Telegraph lines are down. a rescue train headed to Sabine Pass has not reported in. Strong winds and heavy rain wreck houses, cut utilities, and flood crops across Jefferson County with losses estimated up to 500000 dollars.
A Port Eads report cites six lives lost off Southwest passes as a storm worsened there. The Monarch towed six barges from Sabine Pass to Fernandina, broke its tiller, anchored the barges, then searched South pass for repairs. No trace of the barges or six keepers was found. Water ran waist deep as residents sheltered in the lighthouse.
A relief train from Virginia Point to Houston returns with Conductor Powers’s son among the dead. The disaster's aftermath and ongoing hunt for missing friends and relatives unfold as authorities confirm casualties and seek survivors.
A baggage watchman from Virginia Point dies after saving others as two freight trains derailed in a Saturday storm. Rescue crews recovered 25 bodies by yesterday, including 10 women, while Galveston suffers widespread destruction with thousands feared dead. Eyewitness accounts describe 75 mph winds and drifting wreckage filling the gulf and bay.
A Texas hurricane, begun near Galveston and reaching Houston Hempstead Chapel Hill Brenham and the Brazos bottom, laid waste property and caused many deaths. Telecommunication and rail service were disrupted as the cyclone swept through the state with heavy rain and widespread damage.
A San Antonio dispatch to the Chronicle says Governor Sayers receives word from Virginia Point via messenger from Galveston of a gulf storm disaster. Two thousand people may be dead as grain elevators at the water front are wrecked and hundreds of buildings collapsed or swept away. Severe distress is reported.
Springfield dispatch reports General John A. McClernand showing slight improvement. He takes nourishment and his strength is somewhat better today after his illness.
Notice details a proposed amendment to Section 5, Article VII and related sections of Montana’s constitution concerning the Supreme Court. It describes submission to electors at the next general election, quorum rules, possible expansion to five justices, appointment of district judges to sit in cases, and ballot wording. Official certification dates from 1899 appear with archival seal and secretary declaration.
Reports say Prince Ching begins peace talks with Count von Waldersee in Tientsin. British and German moves complicate the situation as Li Hung Chang awaits imperial edict on new negotiators. The court reportedly fled Pekin amid Japanese shelling while Prince Ching remains the sole high official.
The Tokyo foreign office reports General Yamaguchi saying Colonel Shiba escorted Prince Ching to Pekin. The prince will arrange affairs and return as the Japanese occupy the district. The area is quiet, Chinese commerce resumes, but railway service south of Yang Tsun is active while farther links are uncertain.
An immense crowd saw Major Marchand depart Marseilles on a steamer to China. He will represent France on the international commission handling diplomatic questions among foreign corps. Nationalists tried to gain political mileage. Paris mayor attended the farewell. The departure was quiet elsewhere in Hongkong during the night.
A vintage ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as curing a cold in one day with the slogan No Cure No Pay. The price is listed as 25 cents.
Labor Day celebrations in Billings were staged by city trades and labor unions. Activities included a park program with speeches by union leaders, a free evening dance, and several races with prizes. Wool shipments from Bitter Root Valley to Silberman Bros. headed to Chicago capped the day.
William J. Bryan kept a quiet Sunday in Chicago after church and dinner with General Joe Wheeler at the Auditorium. Democratic leaders called for social chats as he rests several days before starting a national tour.
Ilinois Steel company Bay View plant will restart after ten weeks idle with 900 workers returning to four mills. Workers approved the new wage scale late tonight, based on the past two years, ensuring net earnings near those in that period.
Port Townsend reports steamship Thomson bringing 200 passengers from Nome amid destitution and fear of death as a Bluestone creek strike news triggers a stampede. Captain notes early Nome claims look promising. Nome largely free of disease except among some Indians near the southern village.
The steamer Deutschland completed its New York to Plymouth route in about five days eight hours ten minutes predicting a five day four hour final arrival at Scilly Islands. The voyage beat the prior mark by roughly three hours and thirty five minutes. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was sighted and overtaken in the race.
An editorial style warning laments quack remedies and touts Dr. Bennett Electric Belt Co claims. It denounces unsafe belts with verdigris discs and promises a physician backed, patent protected apparatus with a money back offer and free book.
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