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Show TWELVE THOUSAND LIVE8 LOST IN TUB OALVK3TON BTORM. (lovanar ";"' litlmat al tha Celaalllee nf III Mood. Oovernor Sayart of Texat furolibea tho Attoclated I'rcn.wlth the folio log: "Tho lot ot life occatloned by the ttorm In Ualveaton and ettcwhere on the oulhcatrn cottt cannot be leta than 13,000 live, while the lost of property will probably reach 8!0,000, 000. Notwtthttandlng thl aevere aflllctlon, I have every confidence that the atrlcken dlttrlcta will rapidly aurvlve and that ualveaton, from her pretent detolatlon aud aorrow, will arlte with renewed atrength and vigor. "To the people of the United Statet, nhote magnificent generotlty and prompt action have done ao much for th reUet ot the ttorm ufferera, I, aa governor, beg to tender my mott profound and mott grateful acknowledgment, acknowl-edgment, ataurlug them that their grneroua benefactlont will be held In tatting remembrance by the people of Texaa. "Tbe altuatlon In all ptrtt ot the trlckcn dlttrlct, ao far aa known to me, la Improved, and will, I believe, thould no have fair weather, continue to Improve. The method ot dlttrlb-ntlngthe dlttrlb-ntlngthe contribution of the people, ha" become ayatematlo and I reduced to the loweat expente pottlble, and In thl I have had the hearty and voluntary volun-tary attlttanco ot the railroad, telegraph tele-graph and telephone companies, all of whom have promptly and without charge trantmlttcd auppllea and met-age, met-age, beside contributing to thr relief ot the tufferer. (lalvcalon I being managed by Ita own tnuulclpal authorltlca, aupplemeiited by the atltanre of committee appointed of Ita best cltlxen, and alto by(tlio aid of Oeneral Hcurry. |