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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1900
Page
1
The Sept 18 Galveston dispatch reports improving conditions after the hurricane, with city departments organized and aid incoming. Death toll estimates rise toward 6000, property losses around 22.5 million dollars, militia redeployment debated, and relief work tightening as epidemics fears fade.
Reports from the coast describe devastation at High Island in Jefferson county with more than 400 dead found. Beyond the loss, 39 miles of Gulf and Interstate railway line between Bolivar Point and High Island are said destroyed. Red Cross leader voices urgent needs for surgical dressings and medicines as relief work continues. Emigrants reach New Orleans aboard Helogoland as Bermuda endures a tropical hurricane.
In Santiago on September 18, the black party won all provincial delegate seats while white groups declare annexationist aims. A large parade of about ten thousand colored supporters marched with skull and crossbones badges and torches, and a mock funeral for the Republican party was held with a thousand participants.
The county bans shipping out of the county north ward except to quarantine yards for immediate slaughter due to Texas fever brought by cattle driven across the county. Inspectors are investigating similar conditions in Dewey county. In Guthrie Oklahoma Territory a 15 month old child of George Wiles died after a boiler disaster scalding him. In Glasgow one plague victim from a four member family has died.
I G N Excursions announces low rates for trips to St Louis Fair October 1 to 8, National Baptist Convention in Richmond September 17 to 22, and Mexican Independence Day celebrations in Mexico City Saltillo and other points. Tickets and sale dates available through ticket agents or write D J Price G P and T A Palestine Texas.
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