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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1900
Page
1
Railroads reopened to Texas City Junction as Houston telegraph office remains overwhelmed. Officials report the storm killed 5100 people, a figure considered not excessively high given the disaster’s scale and the city’s communications strain.
J D Dillon reports from Texas as Galveston and inland areas reel from the storm. He walked twelve miles south of Hitchcock through flood and wreckage noting 5000 dead or dying horses and cattle, desolated prairies, bodies along the rails, and widespread ruin from Virginia Point to Galveston. Rescue efforts surge. rail and telegraph lines repair slow. relief funds mobilize while Captain Clarke and others describe the scale of devastation and mass funerary tasks.
Reports say the passenger steamer Lawrence with about 50 aboard, last seen near Milwaukee, was foundered in a severe Lake Michigan gale. Rescue efforts mounted as wreckage drifted, and thirty injured on the Pere Marquette No 4 and Flint.
Lone masked robber halted a Burlington westbound passenger train five miles east of Haigler Nebraska at noon and stole about $60 in cash two diamond rings a diamond stud three gold watches and other small valuables from men passengers. Burlington offered a 1000 reward for capture. The assailant described as about 25 brown hair and 5 ft 8 in tall wore blue overalls and a linen hat.
Word from a former Santa Fe office employee indicates Harold Robinson is safe. The report notes his association with a Santa Fe eatery and auditor’s office in the Gulf company, with no word yet from Kirk Rowley or relatives in Galveston. Weather forecasts show rain and wind with turmoil over ship communications and aid efforts expanding from Chicago and St Louis. Galveston storm relief funds are being started in Liverpool with ongoing government preparations and telegraph service constraints.
Dispatch from the military attaché indicates Kruger has fled and taken refuge in Portuguese territory as signs of end to the war emerge. Botha remains inclined to continue fighting while Reichmann is authorized to depart for the United States. notes suggest Boer resistance is collapsing.
A London dispatch reports the Boers plan a formal switch to guerrilla warfare with small scouting bands. General Botha reportedly dissented but was overruled by the war council. Kruger is said to be feeble and at Melepruit with leaders including Vitiven, Christian Botha, and Delarey. The deposed commander remains as adviser, and Kruger aims perhaps to retreat toward Kroonstad.
A 1900 Associated Press dispatch from Sept 5 reports four thousand allied troops including 200 of the Fifteenth Infantry under Major Robertson advancing on Sheng Hae Sien and Tie as boxers threaten the Tien Tein region. Gen Dorward commands the expedition with Japanese siege guns, German cavalry, and a large Lae force, amid reports of foreign casualties.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a political notice urging citizens to participate in elections. It references officials and campaigns but lacks clear names, dates, or places due to damage.
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