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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1900
Page
2
A Galveston correspondent reports on the devastating 1900 hurricane whose death toll runs about 6 590 with thousands left homeless. Rescue and relief work continue as residents endure loss, begin burials, and plan to rebuild and improve the ruined city.
Reports detail mass displacement and frantic relief efforts in Galveston as 1144 people were fed across ten wards on Saturday. Rebuilding of water mains proceeds amid ongoing casualties, burial squads disinfecting mouths and noses, and electric service destroyed. A relief fund surpassing seven figures flows in, aiding Texans beyond Galveston, as debris removal and sheltering for women and children continue.
Twenty thousand people are fed daily in a disaster zone in Cailveston as supplies pour in from across the country. The aid costs an estimated forty thousand dollars per day and supports four thousand laborers and their families. Distribution is centralized with ward committees and depots, overseen by W. A. McVitie, amid a crowded, predominantly Black applicant line.
Hight Island, a Texas seaside resort thirty miles northeast of Galveston in Jefferson County, was entirely destroyed by the hurricane. About 1,000 residents and visitors lived there. relief teams found more than four dead. The shoreline reported a red is 163 feet.
Washington dispatch notes Bryan’s West Virginia Indiana swings energize farmers and workers while Republican leaders fear a silent precink shift. Indicated gains in Vermont and potential cross states hint at a Democratic surge that could alter electoral balances in 1900.
The piece contrasts Jeffersonian democracy with imperial ambitions and critiques McKinley era policy. It notes a New York paper's interview with William Jennings Bryan, who declines to detail financial plans. The Springfield Republican critique casts imperialism vs Hamiltonian economy as the paramount issue.
The article catalogs numerous commissions set by McKinley era including the First Philippine, Second Philippine, Peace, and Isthmian Canal commissions with costs from $7,000 to $946,000. It notes large unitemized sums in War and Navy budgets labeled National Defense and Emergency and argues that actual costs likely exceed estimates.
The passage links support for the administration to positions on British Boer War, slavery in the Sulu Islands, sympathy for republics seeking liberty, bank control of currency, trust magnates, and rights under the American flag, concluding with a chorus of agreement.
The column notes Mark Hanna’s frank assertion that money is needed to keep trusts in control in the United States. It also mentions campaign demands and Republican rhetoric on expansion while criticizing annexation and political influence on a coal miners strike.
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