Galveston Storm Devastates Towns Across Area
The report details widespread wreckage and casualties from a major storm. Fires and collapsed buildings hit Galveston and surrounding cities including Lexington, Wallis, Fulshear, Rosenberg, Richmond, Beasley, Booth, Calvert, Taylor, and Brenham, with dozens of homes, churches, and businesses destroyed. casualties and property losses mount as floodwater rises in coastal areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Lake
Altair
Rosenberg
Lexington
Wallis
Fulshear
Richmond
Beasly
Booth
Corpus Christi
Rockport
Anxiety at St Louis as Western Union siege for Galveston news
Western Union offices in St Louis are overwhelmed with inquiries about the Galveston storm and its impact. Rumors claim Galveston is wrecked and bodies fill the bay while wires to the city and cable lines to Tampico and Ohatzacolcos are down. Texas towns report wind and rain with Dallas still served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Chappell Hill
Brenham
Calvert
Taylor
Kansas
Sayers
Lake Charles
Port Arthur
New York
Morgan City
Mississippi River
Gulf
St. Louis
Western Union Telegraph Company
Galveston
Texas
Houston
Tampico
Ohatzacolcos
Mex
Western Union
Dallas
San Antonio
el Paso
Galveston on Island as 27 Mile Long Barrier
Indianapolis report details Galveston Texas lay of the land island 27 miles long seven miles wide with a 38,000 population, flood risk, and waterfront facilities. It notes vast grain elevators and bridges linking to the mainland and recalls 1872 tidal devastation of the city’s eastern end and substantial estates including a home valued above 1,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Virginia
Gary
Galveston
Clarkson
Strand Street
Market Street
Tremont
Indianapolis
D. B. Clarkson
Tex
Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Broadway
I Street
President urged to aid Galveston flood victims
Reports from Galveston and Houston request immediate aid in money food and clothing. President McKinley orders tents and provisions via the war department and expresses sympathy to Governor Sayers. Chicago mayor pledges action if needs are verified as widespread. Galveston grain losses total 2 223 000 bushels in local elevators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stilline
Houston
Tex
Citizens’ Committee
Galveston
Secretary of War
McKinley
Sayers
Chicago
Harrison
Texas
Board of Trade
Li Hung Chang Granted Extraordinary Powers in China Peace Talks
The Chinese minister received an imperial edict granting Li Hung Chang full discretion to settle the Chinese trouble and make terms without emperor approval. The edict, dated two weeks prior, was forwarded and delivered to the State Department by Minister Wu, asserting Li’s credentials to negotiate peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Li Hung ‘Chang
Li Hung Chang
State Department
No strike ordered by United Mine Workers leaders
Indianapolis report states the national executive board adjourned sine die without endorsing the anthracite miners demand for a strike. If operators fail to meet terms within a set period, a strike will be ordered with approval from President Mitchell and Secretary Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Wilson
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