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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1900
Page
1
Houston dispatches describe the Galveston disaster with scenes of mass death. Officials estimate thousands dead and injured as martial law and debris clearance proceed. Mayor Jones appeals for aid as homes vanish and streets fill with wreckage and bodies.
Galveston Texas reports heavy loss with 40 to 50 killed at Lucas Terrace boarding house and 92 children plus 11 nuns killed at the orphans' home which was destroyed. Remaining regular soldiers few, with 23 drowned at Camp Hawley and seven at Bolivia. Photos 1% price this month. Bennett's 28 EB. Wash.
Clark, 116 North Illinois Street, advertises his photographs as the best option at the lowest price for the public.
A compiled report lists numerous Texas towns with casualties and destruction from a disaster. Hitchcock reports fifty bodies buried. Texas City eighty three dead. Arcadia fifty families destitute and one boy killed. Seabrooke five perished. Morgan's Point residents drowned. Quintana and Patton with heavy damage and fatalities. Surfside flooded with no deaths. Belleville and Patterson homes damaged or uninhabitable with fatalities. Hempstead plantation destroyed with two missing. Prairie View damaged with thirty black residents reported dead. Missouri City nearly wiped out. Sartartia and Harlem sugar plantations ruined. Richmond almost wrecked with eighteen deaths. El Campo and Ariola with multiple deaths. Howze Plantation mills ruined.
In Houston dated Sept 14 a report notes 2300 bodies recovered by Tuesday night with more still arriving at Virginia Point. Most cremated or sent to sea. Authorities expect a new census to determine total death toll. Burials listed include 200 at Virginia City 66 at Hitchcock and 83 at Texas City.
Miss Mabel McKinley, president's niece, and Dr. Hermanus Ludwig Baer wed in a formal Somerset ceremony at Abner McKinley's summer home. Attendees include President and Mrs. McKinley and cabinet members. Music by Toerge's Orchestra and Earl Ulrich provided. decorations feature white and pink, with a white rose backdrop and a hanging bell from the White House conservatory.
Grace May, in Columbus, files for divorce from William Jones whom she married at 13 two years ago. She alleges abandonment, curses, slapping, heavy drinking and infidelity. her attorney is John T V Hill. She says her mother urged the marriage on her deathbed. the couple later moved to Indianapolis before Jones returned to Columbus, leaving her destitute.
Miss Retta Burkhart, 45, was found dead on a hill near Martinsville after a Monday night incident. Louis Baker confessed to the murder, saying they quarreled and he choked her to death. bruises and a broken neck were noted. Baker, from Johnson County, admitted bashing her head during the choke.
A man named John Braun died when struck by a Hoe wire and an unknown man drowned after his boat capsized in a lake. Several others sustained injuries in the incident.
A steamer carrying 375 excursionists from Holland Michigan reaches Milwaukee port following a harrowing voyage marked by peril and distress. No further details are provided in the brief dispatch.
The steamer Lawrence, carrying 50 people, is declared lost after wreckage is found north of St Joseph Michigan. Divers and rescuers search the area as authorities confirm the ship has gone down.
Indiana residents urged to aid storm sufferers as Governor Mount announces a relief effort. Western Union offers free handling of relief messages and funds to flood victims.
Galveston Texas on September 12 reports troops and police patrolling the city after mobs. Soldiers killed several looters and a shooter who attacked them. About 25 ghouls said to be slain for vandalism or failing to halt.
A Galveston dispatch reports about 30 ghouls shot down as mobs surge after a woman attack. Soldiers guarding St Marys hospital exchange fire leaving many dead among rioters and looters. A black man killed a white woman and soldiers killed another marauder. violence erupts overnight as shootings continue.
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity covers 36 hours to 8 p m September 13. Expected fair conditions with cooler air after a Tuesday storm. Morning temperature 61 with noon 73 and 2 pm 78, Wappenhaus notes hot spell ends for 1900. Storm moved north toward the lakes and then to New England. Coastal areas remain warm along the Atlantic seaboard.
Mrs. Willa Granger, colored, fights police after allegedly stabbing her husband at his Mill Street home, leaving a four inch throat wound. They had separated a week earlier and met at Fourteenth Street. Police needed three officers to restrain her and place her in a cell.
Lockard of 1323 N Delaware St recounts staying at the Capitol Hotel in Houston when a Saturday night storm unroofed the structure and wrecked Galveston. He reports an 80 mile per hour wind and air filled with shells blown from the beach.
A Chicago report notes peak winds of 74 miles per hour during Tuesday, snapping signs and wires as the city braced for severe weather. The volatile conditions disrupted transit and prompted precautionary closures across several districts.
Watt Crowe night chief operator of Western Union receives a telegram from Horace G. Crowe manager of the Postal Telegraph in Galveston Texas stating his family is safe though homeless. He notes the city depends on outside aid for relief.
A fragment mentions Hoyt's cure for poisoned brood and feed for a horse named Janes. The text references Duatiess Osts as a related term, but details are unclear and fragmented.
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The county council reduced the poor farm allowance to 28 004 for the coming year, down from 28 874 asked by commissioners. A precisely 106 cut from physician funds and 19 116 approved for Ju Hetta hospital. The board tentatively supports 40 weekly for experts Lesley and Ayres to audit school fund books, with at least one member optimistic final approval will occur smoothly.
A Shanghai telegram dated September 10 reports a mixed allied force attacked the Hung Tang forts near Taku. It states allied losses were very great, with many killed.
Acting Secretary Hill informs Minister Wu that the United States will aid Li Hung Chang on his journey to Pekin. The U S government will instruct its commanders to cooperate with American forces to facilitate his travel and protection.
Sept 10 dispatch notes allies marching toward Pao-Ting-Fu while Prince Ching meets Sir Robert Hart with secret results. Ching bears an imperial decree. The Russo-Chinese bank moves from Pekin to Shanghai. Russians seize 5,000,400 taels of imperial university funds to fund troops, part of indemnity leverage.
Charles Hanson, 28, of 8 EB Market St, is arrested after a safe at Youngmar Bros saloon on 8 Southeastern Ave is blown open. Police found razors, knuckles, two revolvers, ridges and fuse in his room. Detectives suspect a planned multi safe theft by a gang led by Hanson.
A strange wind Tuesday into Wednesday disrupted postal telegraph lines from Crawfordsville to Lafayette and west to Texas. Wind peaked around 5 pm at 48 mph, snapping a hollow sycamore on Tenth Street and shattering lights at Newby oval. Telegraph wires running east and west suffered most while others were unharmed.
Benj T Fisher aged 77 dies after a long illness seven miles east of Indianapolis He lived near New Bethel for 50 years and was a well known Franklin Township farmer The funeral is set for Thursday at 3 p m at New Bethel
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