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iraerml - . - - : . - - - nnsr rl Ml.. I., NO. M67. HONOLULU, HAWAII TKRRITORx, SATURDAY, SBJTKMHKB v2 I9(M) SIXTEEN PAOB8. PRICE FIVE 0 a. e flOFESS!ONAL CARDS. ATP HNCTS. . unmn - fHSee Ma M Wo twit 7J aad MM Hts jfNO w turner ry rub- AWFUL GULF WORK OF A COAST STORM H N It I' H. Horn pifcthlo Prae i, ui 'ntlori n to 'tffli and rlv opp ra. U) to 13 a, m . I to a m . Tat, x cira, I to U ml'. Tal Thousands Of Lives Swept Away At Galveston. THE ESTIMATED LOSS TO PROPERTY OVER FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS , mi mi Aim i -m. aw ana. 1 to I A w. ion-ofle w ron si. . . ii : i mm mi . 1 w a. a. ; UI. IM. ITmFWA - i. Whltt IH: T ... , J .ftl. h.eirs I a. J to I end to p m. Kino St.. soar Alapal m I to II a av; I to I aai T to I ri. mm firiSHlNART UtTHOBOfta at CLAFMAM - Veterinary Rurtena PaattM. MM Kmc Kt. Mttio. IM sails toy or nloht promptly r tTSCNtrMA-OMee. Club Hto. stare, 1 1 io I p. , Tel. 4T7 Mommas, nr ua si. Soars abnva Maoonlo T-mplo. Ho- ...ira t a. m. to p. as. miiy loteJ ota . t to 1 n -M I IV Eighty-five passengers on a train near Beaumont were lost. Clara Barton of the National Red Cross Society has arrived here. GALVESTON. Tex., Sept. 15.-841 much progress baa, been made, here toward the it !ai,;litatih of Galveston and- so har i: y arc i1.,. v.uiou.H 1.-: - working. that Ueltora JieKibbeii, who was ortivr- i lu re with his staff to assist the au thcritico as soon as the storm disaster bt irl Galveston, has decided that his i i'. -trim' is no longer necessary and he tias made arrangements to leave for Houston. After having- laruelv assisted In the restoration of local confidence, the withdrawal of Genera McKlbben is tak en to mean, that little is to be done here ! 'it u care for the distressed, until nor mal business conditions have been re st rr.td. In this connection the Informa tion was 'made public through the local Federal authorities that , the War .Depart ment will undertake as sOon as possible the restoration of its property at this point. Associated Press dispatches quoting Kastern financiers on the future of Gal wton were read with much interest. The idea, However, that the status of the city will be changed ftnds'no local adher es The various railroads entering here Have i.etermtned to assist the citizens of abll Most of the Soldiers in the Forts Killed- Appalling Death ' : " ; 1 f :! xt nt f then-ab rr . if. In rebuilaing the city. I if....RliF Akrl Frcm tKo rMir.irx.....r.r.v,rr. ' ' "'1 M J. Polk, of the Santa Fe. b aooav r miv nil "uim JVTVI II ment Giving Its Aid. ISENBERG IS OUT THE PRINCE IS IN Kaleidoscopic Change In Hawaii's Politics. SAM PARKER DENIES THAT HE WILL WITHDRAW FROM THE CAMPAIGN IUU'STi .N. T. x S. pt. 10. One of the following telegrams passed letween the rratel Jloaotfri thai has occurred In hlte House and Texas to-day: thlo country sin. e the Johnstown IM.. I "H it'ST' N, (Tex.). September 10. noo,l In IM!) wh.r. iti 1 WlMMMI McKinley. President of the rnti l Sl:itci: I have necn flennt izel eiroa I'nlnt in la u .,nnn i-v,,. i thlr Uvea, la that r.-milting fr.m th. ,,y th( Aayor and citizens' committee t of men will go to work in the morning of Oalvestcn to inform you that the elty of Galveston Is In ruins and cer- received a very enthusiastic and encour aging message from the headquarters of 1.1s roatL declaring confidence In Galves ton, urging the business community to 1 r ed at once with the work of recon struction and promising every help in tl tlr power. As a result of the receipt of the message Colonel Polk said to the representative of the Associated Press: "The railroad Interests have decided to eombie their forces in Order to rebuild as quickly as possible a bridge from Vir- v ls cm O B WAI.I. a.ntro o na to p. m Ml ' M Ml MuaiciAjta i M. r VK TI-HNKR -Voeol Wlotar trm Htn.l.. 7M Karatonl fltraet 0M0 M'MfXI-fyo MM?. , I'lano, Vnlco 'pit lira, Htnolna on iti I to ant mnoieal ilur ! ti. first imsi bancs in. r NRW to Rat. aV HOU, AMOMTTrrrs) MDM.RIQ 4 PAOS). Arrbltorto and 'tfleo Rooms . Arllncioi M I.: akatchao otimotos lrnlshat at abort ToL Ml; 9. O. oos TTs. 'am. TRAIN. Arrhlioetav-Solta Fort lit. west India hurricane which sweot Tex aa on Saturday. Th entire city of Galveston is wracked, perhaps nno people lost their Uvea, and many millions worth of prop erty was destroyed. othr cities on the Texas coast shar ed a similar fate, but the loss of life in thm aaa not so appalling. Estimates of the number of dead are pla. d l tet n 3000 and 6000. The property I. .a Is Incalculable. Oalveston la practically In ruins. The State of Texas will act through the person of Governor Payers, but the tragedy Is so appalling. Its money loss so great, that the aid of the people of all the Union saay bo needed. It Is estimated that betwron. 4000 nd boon, bolldinars In Gal veston have been deolroyod. Of those that " ir I many will have to be torn down aa a matter of safety. To bury th dead wlh be a task of several days The whole south side of the city from and to end was stripped of every ves M of habitation from the shore I n to a point looo feet north. Fw, If tiny. buildings es. ap-d Injury. Th dead from the graves were wash ad up and cast out upon the waters, and ihe shore of the bay Is littered with corpses, while eight ocean steam ers and many small craft were torn from thir moorings and left stranded miles away from the city, some to bleach and rot. It will be i in. .nth perhaps I.. f..r. a train can reach Oalveston. and all com- v 111 have to be by boat. with thjs end In view. You mav sav to the country that In six days a bridge Will have. I., .in K, ,11, 1 l 1 tainly many hundreds If not a thousand , rtjwSb are dead. The tragedy is one of the the wharf Interests and they have prom most frightful in recent times. Help lsed us that they will be prepared to han must be given by the State and Nation fll ingoing and outgoing shipments by ... . ... t., time t Vi . . ... . ; -i. i 1 . i , or the sufTerlng will tie appalling, r oou, ' ,H ""-- e oi iuk' i I thing and money will be needed at once. The whole south side of the city for we ahall build will be of substantial but ibmporary character. We shall subse quently replace It with a more enduring structure. There Is no reason whv Gal- Col. McCarthy Hints That Isenberg Wasn't Wanted Except as Second ChoiceDelegates Coming to Town Discuss the Chairmanship of Convention. Prince David Kawananakoa yester day announced himself as a candidate for Congress on the Democratic ticket. Following closely upon this surprise came the positive statement in an even ing paper that Samuel Parker would ers searched for Prince David; he could not be found. He dropped into the Achi meeting and then vanished in a hack. what McCarthy says. Col. McCarthy was seen at his home on Beretania street Inst AVAninc onrt withdraw from the race for Congress admitted at once that a letter had been but of regard for Prince David. j received from Prince David in which These two announcements coming on ne nad announced that he was a re one day were enough to keep the lead- cept!ve candidate for the Democratic , , nomination for Delegate for Congress, ers talking, and yesterday the town ..The jetter came to me this morn- f airly hummed with politics. On every ing," said Col. McCarthy, "and with At street corner men stood in groups and was a request that it be not given out three blocks In front of the gulf Is vston ought not commercially to resume ! related to one another the startling nress. 80 1 am not at liberty to I pt i lear of every building, the normal conditions in ten days.' show it to you. Its substance, how- wholfl Wharf front Is a wreck and but 0 president of the Board news- Jt was not a matter of erat ever, is that David has been conslder- ttm houses In the city are really habit- a'd CotewBlikenHdST1 a0"''! SUrpHse that DavId finally came out as nS the offer of the nomination which able. The water supply is cut off and the board, were amonc the ibarrlvals. i a candidate for 11 has been believed all was tendered to him and that while ItM food stock damaged by salt water. Tl ey met General McKibtx n and were along that he had an itching to get into before he was not in a position to ac All bridges are washed away, and J ven to the institution. I,, fl ht , . . . . - ,t cept it, obstacles to his acceptance stranded steamers litter the bay. When Tt" ""' the i..MIdlngf In a badly bat- I ine n&ni ana Wds on,y Kepi out OI " have been removed and he is now will I l. fi this morning the search for but tn1' return it by personal matters that tied his hands, ing to take the nomination if it is of- bndlcs had begun. Corpses were every- ,nmcd Particularly surprising that fered to him. vthi re. The blew eighty-four 'aeriptlon. if the State was unable to bear the Democrats should so immediately I 'x first learned yesterday of Prince miles an hour and then t arried G. cl,n,-n,. at, Tat rnKoro. i David's intention to accept the nomin- N mi I.I. m riartrtelane CO., LTD. Kni li.iilartnas-r. ernment Instrunienta away. At the , . t .ti v it- rs .f the gulf wre over the whole city, Having risen twelve feet. The water has now suV)- 8ld-d and the survivors are left help less among the wreckage, cut off from the world except by boat. "RICH A HD Sl'ILLANE." WASHINGTON, September 10 J. I. Mayers. Governor of Texas: The re ports of the great calamity which has iM-falb-n Galveston and other points on tri'f rang have been at work in the b igness ot. I , let and splendic ation, but the letter did not come to me prosnossa u.v. v... ... Unt 1 this mornintr. It will necessitate ; , in aWiring away debris. The st-rftet- week to tender the nomination. All owr making some changes in our -plans mpany has a large force of rtWn ta . ' k., v,a -hii . ... itiitar wires, removing obstruc- along Prince David was the first choice but they will go on about a3 before ar- iii Work c tkns and putting their track In condi- I of the bosses of the nartv and it was ranged. Of course we shall now elimin- ticn. , . . . v, ate the other candidates who were AdJutfAMoneraJ MeCabh 3nno,,ncPS 1 ,,nly because David flatly refused to m.ntionM, and lhpr no ,,llht thar that by tonight the-water supply will be entertain the idea of being a candidate 1 ; y 1 and to perform the that it was decided to tender the nom- funetlons of modern sanitation. mation to Isenberg. The latter left town before he could be reached otfi i URGENT CALL FOR TROOPS. DALLAS, Sept. IV There is urgent call dally and the leaders now sav they are for fresh troops at Oalveston. ThuSX) tiji r.r it - rr. A .!... .1 j - III' t.tUl!t Ol f AtllC lllj. j;i VIUUIIU oit- ... . j uui Vtllll -L.M'i U LI 1 1 , j sympathy for the sufferers, as they will burying the dead and cleaning up the J tlr the hearts of the whole country. are kick irom me insanitary Whatever help it V R. DOVSL C. m Hurvayor ' ar onVo naw Mufion hl.lg . and Mar. hant Sa; P. O. for typa rftlnf Ol ir I WORKS.-r.natnrs and if and nugmr Ma- tH'wf plants, of Tol IM ' M. Ass. Boo. C r - 'TdrooHs MasTln ear rn .. MoaolMaA TA MR OsirrRAcroRs ntraosae mn Rututar sMoo MMRwi betas, wood it '."It no .Hop, fRtoro Walk " MM . r a) m Man Francises. Jea-. iMSMMMMMi Sao advt Movto. I.bMitenant-Colonel C. 8. Roberta, Adjiitant-Oenoral of the Department of Texas, who was In Galveston on a tour of Inspection, mny have been among the victims at the fort. Of the i:o sol diers there, only fifteen are known to ha .'i. ip.-d. The loss to the owners of buildings, men h indue and personal property probably will prove total, as little or no tornado Insurance was carried. Every Industrial establishment either was d--atroyed or so badly damaged It will be weeks bofore operations can be re-aunr.-'d The i uttlng off of the water supply irom the city adds to the distress. It will be nec.asary to haul water for drinking and cooking purimses for the wrecks pnr.litlf.na lr.,-...... CSn.m.a I . . k. , IS poSSlDie IO gle ordered the Orari.lnk lixVit Infant f shall be gladly extended. Have directed Terrill to Galveston. The company reach the Secretary of War to supply rations ed Dallas today and departed south, and tents upon your request. A special from Galveston says: ' WILLIAM McKINLEY." "There is no concealment to be made of the fact that a pestilence is feared. A copy Of this telegram was sent to Kfforts of the local and military authorl- the Mayor of Galveston as well as to Governor Sayers. "AI'STIN, (Tex.). September 10. The President, Washington: Very many thanks for your telegram. Your action will be greatly appreciated and grate fully remembered by Texas. I have this day v ..f War to forward rations and tents to Galveston. .! iSI i'H D. SAYERS, "Governor of Texas. ESTIMATES OF LOSS. Prince David said yesterday shortly after sending the letter wherein he an nounced his candidacy that he had nev er declined the nomination offered him by the Democrats. He had waited, he said, for the purpose of ascertaining David will be nominated at the Ter ritorial convention. "Wrhat will be done about the Isen berg matter I do not know. We don't yet know where Mr. Isenberg stands anyway, for we went away before any thing could be done towards offering him the nomination. You see at the meeting the other evening there were a number of names suggested as avail able timber for Congress and among them was that of Mr. Isenberg. We what his strength would be in case he 1 aid not exactly decide to offer him the should decide to run. The result of this quiet little canvass of the situation, he tlep are directed now to minimizine this icaiif ana n t isf netorv tn him and so he new danger. They are sending the women had "decided to come out for the nomln SLSS h.1 albS!ePd menaSmust That any agreement had exist retrain for a time at least. There is ed between himself and Sam Parker wcrk for thousands of them and work j not to oppose each other he expressly tbat must be done. The disposition of denied. Mr. Parker had asked him if the people of bodies continues to be one of the largest j he intended to accept the Democratic I bl,rK'S picture there requested the 7uu th?r&Te et in! nomination, and he had replied that he 1 had Nome one locatt .. the city and on the Island thousands of., . , !,, ,T . J x. i i iot-a.ii 40 ii r rlth Th Ua, ' boar 0MBM 4 twenty miles, until ar ms can be made to repair the The city Is In darkness and fire protection. rphans Home, Twenty-first street and Avenue M. collapsed like a house of cards. How many dead child ren and refugees are In the ruins coufd not I... ascertained. of the sick In Ht. Mary's Infirmary, tnoether with attendants, only eight ara understood to have been saved. The old Woman's Home In Rosen- The Rosenberg Torn s t kb r . Don't woar otnr -ir aye 1l(for from 'heap. Improperly berg cONSSaaM i hay oiu ruin your eyee TK1AN. Lm wrnrt. road Co, Qsjsoa St.. os - rWafa - ad Hatbal St SSfj I w AGRNTS. asant to take arlnowit ' "t naSBBBI k aaas Aofei'a oOea King St.. ' I" Anofh.-r plague In addition there ' I ir. Latoat Sugar Prices. Jf "'I, tl-rlugar Raw I , centrifugals. '; MoUasaa sugar. e. Re l ' row. Wed. Med. B. hool house Is a mass of wreckage. The blah school Is an empty shell. Ev ery chun h In the city, with possibly one r two exceptions. Is In ruins. At the forts nearly all the soldiers are reported dead. The bay front from end to end Is In ruins. Nothing but piling and the wrecks of great warehouses remnln. The elevators lost all their superworks. and their stocks are badly by water. Harrowing tales of the loss of whole families, anil many miraculous escapes ro told by the few survivors who have thua far rea ned Houston. The relief trains which arrived there early this morning have the only means of com muni, atlng with Galveston, and deft nlto Information aa to the situation I: scarce. The cotton ani rice crop throughout the district devastated by the storm Is badly damage. i in many places, and In others totally destroyed I'.o ports from Richmond, Texas. Le ila, bring additional Hats of dead and rty losses, and many places cut "f from all communication art yet to lea nl from. W APPEAL FoP. HELP W VMHINGTON. September 10. -The carcasses which need stagnant pools and oc tiles and carcasses attention. The had not decided. He had heard that phase to life that makes a man tremble. Thousands of barrels of lime can be used to good advantage. No exaggeration is made. A committee that will donate a train-load of lime and get here quick will do a greater service than by donating twice the value in money. Send an abun- the decomposing Sam i'arKer naa saia to otners uuu ne are a threatening i did not desire to oppose him but be yond that knew nothing. The surprising and somewhat unbe lievable statement that Sam Parker would withdraw in favor of David ap peared in the Independent in the even- K) bodies have al- DC "f lime and other disinfectants and 1 Dy Mr P it to sea or buried 'I,P a.aner far more Imminent' inv . than starvation. : iMorps are unouned as the bodies are t . .. . 1 .... I 1 i .......1 I. 1 1 ... .1 tU. j w i'uuij un t'lii-'UM-u m iirtiMiif nMil ill" . n t r t rn (1 n t n a 1 ml t ftf hurlol A i still nee is feared from the docomt.osinir "Mr. Samuel Parker has endeared animal matter lying overs where. Iiisin- himself to all the friends of Hawaii by --e shall hold the mass meeting Hon- OALVESTON, (Tex.), September 11. Mayor Walter C. Jones estimates the number of d. ad at 6000, and he is con servatlve. Over 2300 ready been taken ou in trencnes. 1 hese oodles are now aiii A tmiiAtin from TiiteheneV snva- an badly decomposed and they are being I "Country districts are strewn with seemed scarcely possible, and so the ioiried In trenches where they are corpses. The prairies around Hitchcock statement in the Independent was tak- und. others are being burned in the are dott.d with the bodies of the dead. ,.n ,.um Krano sails by the more astute debris where It can be done safely. i"t,,r ' as me oouies are (jf the p(jmk.ians. The article referred Galv. st..n has 1.. . n pi o 1 t.:.-b r ,. .. r , ,.. '. ' . to is as follows: martial law. I'.odi. are b. .ng towed to s- a and cast overboard. Soldiers have shot severul man for looting. Vandals mutilate corpses to ft jewelry and the dead are stripped. Many small towns near Galveston were swept away by the flood. OALVESTON. Sept. 12. It will now never tie known how many have lost their lives In this awful catastrophe. Mayor Jones of Galveston thinks that the dead will amount to "000 and others whose opportunities for Judging are less than that of the Mayor place It as high as 10.000. Forty ghouls have been court-martialed and shot for robbing corpses. Armed men patrol the city and vandals are shot at sight. The sale of liquor has been stopped. The estimated loss exceeds fl.'.OOO nomination but a committee was ap pointed to wait upon him to see if he would accept it. He went to Kauai be fore anything could be done about it. "By-the-way, how did the Advertiser get that report of that caucus anyway? We were all thunder struck when we read it in the paper and saw Paul Isen- You must have located where he could hear what was said. It was plain enough that no one gave the meeting away for some one must have been there taking notes. No one but a news paper man could have told It as well as it was told. "Of course as Mr. Isenberg has never been officially informed of the result of ing. That such action should be taken the meeting, the committee not having arker after the positive man- hich he stated his position to Advertiser man the day before had a chance to inform him of what was done, it will be easy to let the mat ter drop as far as he is concerned, and that leaves the way open for an accept ance of the candidacy of Prince David. "There is no danger but that Prince David will be nominated. All we need ed was his consent to run and now that we nave that tne way is easy tor us. fitting material is badly needed. The bt dies i f Ed. Jaldnick and one of his children bave been found. He was one of the leading Insurance officials In Texas and well known In Insurance circles throughout the United States." OFFERS OF ASSISTANT K. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 15. The follow ing t.lesrram from Mayor Jones was re ceived here today: -OAl.VKsTON, Texas. Sept. 14. To the Associated Press. Memphis, Tenn. I am in receipt of thousands of telegrams of f ring assistance and inquiring about ab sfnt friends and relatives. All of these have been nromntlv nnswored but re stricted communication has probably serv- 'and his friends will stand in a peculiar ed to cause delay In transmission and de- ! light in Washington and their political livery. The telegraph companies are do-' rpstiRe and veracity will feel a severe IrlZVx, t0 ,rer,t0re 'V? m,,t, Shook in the halls of the White House, i ..n munieation with the outside world and ... v.i tm ready partly succeeded and I am ! "W entertain the highest esteem for nyaiired thnt within the r,e-t few ' Mr. Samuel Parker as an individual withdrawing from his candidacy as delegate to Congress in favor of Prince David, and his noble act will not be forgotten. Prince David is the strongest man here in opposition to Wilcox and if there is any common sense or royalty left among the Ha waiians he will be elected. Sam Parker ill be the first man to vote for him and the election of David will mean that the lie will be given to McKinley when he claimed that the people of Hawaii wanted annexation. And when the Prince is elected. Governor Dole Hon The revenue cutter Galveston may normal conditions with reference to tele-! and a representative Hawaiian, and to day next and at that we shall choose the delegates for the Territorial con vention. We shall hold the convention about the first of October. The date has not yet been settled upon, but will be as soon as the Democratic Central Committee can meet. It will bo held in tliis ity without doubt." SAM PARKER TALKS. Samuel Parker, when seen by an Ad vertiser reporter last night concerning his relations with Prince David Ka wananakoa in the matter of the nomin ation for Congressman, said that the interview with him in -xterday's Ad vertiser was correct and that he stood by his statement contained therein H added that the article which appeared in an evening paper, contradicting the assertions in the Advertiser, was writ- Relief la needed for PraPh communication will prevail. The have been lost. -. ,HHI people. TWO THOUSAND IDENTIFIED his honor be it said that he loaned his J ten in contradiction of the facts name to the Republicans to defeat Rob ert Wilcox. It has always been known situation In Galyestion has been In most instances accurately reported and the dls- trca, " f h. ..... 1 ( ' - l, and vicinitv need nt once the a distance among the irienas oi air. rarKfr turn GAl. T.SToN, (Tex.), September 13. of all the people. Remittances of money it was contrary to his wishes and his More than two thousand dead bodies should be made to John Sealey, treasurer i personal interests that he should be have been Identified, and the estimate Rf'. Committee, acknowledgment of 1 COme a candidate for delegate to Con- -.it . . f 1 ..t vt... t.,. , rooo l ...it, -" "e maoe in oue course or time . . . " , : promptly as conditions will permit, ed In Saturday s hurricane, does not "WALTER C. JONES, appear to have been exaggerated. The "Major." city la being patrolled by troops and a fjOVTIlXon'S KSTtMATE OF LOSSES (miens committee, ami a. seniu ance T sTIN t,.I9, ent i . . - of order Is appearing. ,Sat rs received the following official re- A great deal of damage has been done port as to conditions in Galveston: gress. As long as no other man ac ceptable to the voters entered the field Mr. Parker was ready and willing to step Into the breach and to support I J , 1 ....... nn,Ai.i.M,nT,l Incl th. 1," Governor 1 u"u pu,c bu'"'"ci11 . . Wilcox cabal. Air. ranter Dy resign In a in favor of Prince David has gained t the public works along the harbor! -v m"-'. lexas, isept. n. nw. more mentis tnan ne ever commanueu. by the moving back of the shore line. T . Mtt .n T . " V"T and every concession ana gut in tne The beach for mile, beyond 0 Ztmm?E?J?Zom S the territorial government ton Is lined with corpses. Dead bodies to the American people that no such dis-will be at his disposal for his truly pa nre thick for twenty miles. aster has ever overtaken my community triotic and noble action in fighting - r s. . t.ion in the history of our country, aeainst corruption r.nd a policy which would mean the ruin of Hawaii." Last evening fou:- Advertiser report- Ttellef la nniirlnir In fmm nil over the country and from abroad. The money j i In hand amounts to 11,300,101. (Continued on Page 2.) "If I am nominated for Congress I shall most certainly run," said Mr. Par ker. "Of course it is all rather previous at present as I haven't been nominated yet. But if I am. why I shall run most assuredly. No! I will not withdraw in favor of Prince David, nor have I made any such assertion. At Is turns out Prince David will not withdraw in favor of myself." POLITICAL NOTES. H. P. Baldwin, for Senator, and J. E. Kekipi and C. H. Dickey, for Represen tatives, have been nominated by Ma kawao district Republicans. For the remainder of the Maui delegation, the names of Judjje A. N. Kepoikai and M. H. Reuter were proposed for Senators. J. M. Kaneakua is reported as being (Continued on Page 4.)