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SUMMARY WAY OF DEALING
WITH LOOTERS OF DEAD
BODIES.
TWO CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES
PLACE LOSS OF LIFE AT 2000
AL'STTN. Tex.. Sept. 12.— Governor Savers to-day made the following state
ment to the Associated Press correspondent on the Galveston flood «;'tua
tion:
"Conditions at Galve«=ton are fully as bad as reported. Communica
tion has been re-established between the Island and the mainland, however, and
hereafter transportation of supplies will be less difficult. The work of clearing
the city is progressing fairly well, and Adjutant General Scurry, under direc
tion of the Mayor, is j>»trolHng the "city for the purpose of preventing depreda
t!ons. The most conservative estimate as to the number of deaths Is 2000. Con
tributions from citizens of this State and also from other States are coming In
rapidly and liberally, and it Is confidently exDeoted that within the next ten
<5ay* the work of restoration by the people of Galveston will have begun in good
ea.rr.est and with energy and success. Of course the destruction of property has
been very great, not less than J10.00Q.M0. but it is hoped and believed that even
this ereat loss will be overcome through the energy and self-reliance of the
people."
During the day the contributions have fairly deluged the Governor more
than flOO.000 having been received. Among the large contributors are to be noted
•.ho Standard Oil Company with $10,000. the St. Louis Commercial Club for a
Ike amount and the Huntlngton interests for $5000.
This afternoon Governor Sayers received the following offlclal report from
>neral Manager Triea of the International and Great Northern Railway He
* conducting the operations of the relief corps at Galveston
"HOUSTON. Tex.. Sept. 12.-The cars containing the tents and rations were
ttrrned over to the barge line this morning and forwarded to Galveston arrant
inents here having been made for all freight to be handled" by barges hauled bv '
tugs from Clinton to Galveston, and passengers by our line to Texas Cltv and bv
boats from Texas City to Galveston. This is the best arrangement that c£n be
made and it prevents delay to either the freight or the passenger service for
If we handled the freight with the passengers to Texas City the transfer 'from
the cars to the boats would cause too much delay to the passenger sr rvlr e w<!
brought in one train consisting of about 200 Galveston people to-dav and Jm LVf
another tralnload !n by to-night, mostly women and children which will rn/iTn
about COO that re will get out of Galveston to-day. The passenger and freight
service between Houston and Galveston Is all free for sufferers and we aii l«m
!np transportation to all points north of Houston to all sufferers not able to a "
The following report was also received from Adjutant General Scurrv
"GALVESTON. Tex., Sept, 12.-Mayor of Houston ordered Houston mllltarv'
companies here; sixty-five men and officers came; thirty more come «o-morrnw
Mayor of GalveFton directed me to take command. Streets patrolled forth
purpose of preventing thieving. Work of clearing the city progressing well mw
conservative estimate made of deaths 2000." ' 6 "' -* losl
Governor Bayers to-day began receiving rer>orts from various nolnts »!„„
the gulf coastn which would indicate that there has been great pronei-tv *n
dene for several hundred miles, and that the ltet of Galveston fatalities and siiT*
foring will be largely augmented. Down' the coast from Galveston the town of
Dickinson was laid waste and five people killed. The town of Alvin Alta 1,0m-,
Texas City and Brookshire are wrecked and hundreds are destitute. Rich *
is bo badly demolished that it will require weeks to clear the town Missouri
City and Stafford, Just opposite, were entirely demolished and the few' people re
maining at those places have no homes to cover their heads. Bay City in Ma"
tagorda County. Is reported wrecked, with much loes of life, though no ofnVlni
report has been made to that effect. Patton, Rollover. Bolivar Point Quintan
Sugarland, Belleville, Wharton, Falrview, Missouri City, Sartartla, Arcola and
El Campo are also reported heavy sufferers, both In point of property, destroyed
and lives lost.
Owinir to the fact that telepraph service !s still badly crippled. Governor Say
rrn cannot ascertain the exact number of dead at the points named, but It Is ap
proximated at WX).
Reports reaching the Governor show that the railroads, telegraph and tele
phone companies have suffered an Immense loss by the storm. The Governor
wa? informed to-day that quite a number of tugs from New Orleans and other P
available points had either arrived or were en route to Galveston, and by Satur
day th* transportation problem would be solved »o far as getting people from the
island to the mainland was concerned.
Hundreds applied again to-day to Governor Sayers for permits to go to Gal
veston. but he refused all. saying that there were already too many people there
and in case of emergency the local managers of the relief corps were better abl«
to act on their discretion than if dictated to by him. : .._-- "
Quartermaster General. Washington: Refer
ring to my telejrrams of 9th »nd 10th. I have,
subject to approval, suspended Fort Crockett
construction contracts and ajraln urgently re
commend that the contractors be paid for la
bor and material In plac* and on irround. all
swept «.way and lost beyond recovery. Fortifi
cations at Crockett. Jacinto and Travis alt de
stroyed and cannot be rebuilt on present «lte.
Recomirend continuance &! my office here only
long enough to recover Crockett office safei and
morning gun. when located: also to close ac
counts and ahlp my office and property where
directed. I fear Galveston is destroyed beyond
its ability to recover. Loss of life tad prop
erty appalling.
BAXTER. Quartermaster.
"WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.— Tho Quarter
master's Department has received the fol
lowing from Galveston:
FORTIFICATIONS ARE
LOST BEYOND RECOVERY
"With regard to resumption of direct rail
communication with the Island no one can
tell when it will take place. The Santa
Fe, the Missouri. Kansas and Texas, the
International and Great Northern and the
Galveston, Houston and Henderson have>
decided to construct a temporary bridge
for joint use. and the Southern Pacific
may eventually join in the enterprise.
MHitla detachments have been sta
tioned at Texas City and Vlrglna Point
to prevent the passage of persons who
have no business in Galveston. Eighty
three bodies had been buried at Texas
City up to last night. All of these floated
In from the island. Probably 200 bodies
have been recovered and burled at Vir
ginia Point. -. - v
HOUSTON. Tex., Sept. 12.— Refugee*
continue to reach Texas City Junction
from Virginia Point, all telling harrowing
stories which vary only, in detail. The
situation appears worse as time pro
gresses. What is most needed Is means of
transportation across the bay to bring out
the homeless and destitute.
SOLDIERS TO KEEP OUT
IDLERS FROM GALVESTON
Mr. Van Vleck, manager of the South
ern Pacific Railroad, authorized the com
mittee to draw on the company for 15000.
Mr. Van Vlerk returned to Houston to
send a bargeload of supplies. The Gal
veston. Houston and Henderson Rallroadi
Is operating relief trains over Us line to
Texas City Junction and thence over the
Texas City Terminal to or nearly to
Texas City.
The situation In the city to-day is that
there are plenty of volunteers for this
service, but an insufficiency of arms.
There have been two or three small riots,
but the officers have managed to quell
them. The committee rejected the propo
sition of trying to pay for work, letting
the laborers secure their "own rations. It
was jdeclded to go ahead Impressing men
Into service. If necessary. Issuing orders
for rations only to those who worked or
were unable to work. All of the ward
chairmen reported the Imperative need of
disinfectants. A committee was appointed
to sequester all the disinfectants in the
city, including the lime which escaped
wetting, and to secure more. Jlouston
was called upon for a bargeload \f lime.
The relief committee was greatly encour
aged by the offer of the White Screwmen's
Association tendering the services of Its
50) members. They were placed at the
disposal of the various ward chairmen
and foremen appointed for each division.
QALVESTON. Tex.. Sept. 12. 2 p. m.
(via Texas City and Houston 6
p. m.).— At a meeting of the relief
committee held this morning re
ports were received from the various
wards. The chajrrcan called for armed
men to assist in getting labor to bury th*
dead and clear the wreckage, and arrange
ments were made to supply this demand.
MEN IMPRESSED
INTO SERVICE
AT GALVESTON
WOUXD CALX LEGISLATURE.
Special Plsnatch to The Call.
GALVESTON. Tex.. Sept. 12.-D'strict
Judge W. II. Stewart has telegraphed
Governor Savers, asking him to convene
the Legislature in special session to make
a large appropriation for the relief of
Galveston. ,. ¦'-:•"»;•¦•: -"-J
--TOUSTOX, Tex. Sept 12.-rne
ghouls have teen holding an
orRie over the dead at Galveston.
The majority. of those men wete
nrgroos, hut whites took part In
the desecration of the dead. Some of
them were natives and some had been al
lowed to go over from the mainland under
the guise 'of "relief" workers. Not only
did they rob the dead, but they mutilated
bodies in order to secure their ghouli&b
booty. A party of ten negroes were r«
turninpr from a looting expedition. Th»y
had strlnpod corpses jf all valuables and
the pockets of some of the looters wrr°
fnirly bulging out with fingers of the d*ad
which had boon cut off because they were
•¦¦•o swollen the rlngj could not be? re
moved.
Incensed at this desecration and mutila
tion of the dead the looters were shot
down, and it has boon determined that all
found robbing the dead shall be summar
ily dealt with. Tn robbing the dead ears
were also stripped from the head in order
to get the jewelry. A few Government
troops who survived- and private citizens
have been- patrolling the city and/have
endeavored to prevent the robbing of tho
dead and on several occasions have killed
offenders. It is- said that at one time
eight were killed and at another time
four. . Altogether the total of those thus
executed exceeds fifty.
¦ Twelve negroes were shot by order o?
a court-martial. Their pockets were
found to be full of human fingers and
jewelrvof which the, dead were stripped.
DALLAS. Tex., Sept. 12.— W. H. Mc-
Grath manager of the - Dallas - 'Electric
Company, reached Dallas to-day direct
from Galveston last night. He said:
"Vandalism at Galveston has been hor
rible. The most rigid ..enforcement cf
martial law has not been able to suppress
It entirely. Adjutant General Scurry's
men have arrested a hundred or • more
negrofs. Forty-three of tbes\ found
with effects taken from dead bodies, were
ordered tried by court-martial. They
were convicted and ordered shot. One
negro had twenty-three fingers with rings
on them In his pocket."
NEGRO GHOULS
ARE SHOT WHILE
ROBBING BODIES
water Increased the force and speed ot the
?ea .that washed over the city.
Mayor Jones said this afternoon he esti
mated the Ios3 of life In and around Gal
veston-at 5000.
JCUUS FERGET,
CHARLES BOSS.
T"). BOSS.
MRS. FRITZ FEITHER.
K.VGLEHART.
MRS W. J. JOHNSTON and two children.
MRS. JOHN' HOLLAND.
MR. and MRS. CHARLES LAWSOX and
child.
HENRY ZEIDEXSTRICKER.
MR. and MRS. WILLIAM ROEHM and six
children.
IHARLFS SCHl'LTE.
CHARLES C. O'DECKER.
MRS. H. DKNXIXG and three chlldnn
ALFRED LUDWIG. mother and sister-in-law.
RICHARD DUNNING.
MRS. HIOGINS. -
A. GOETHE nnd wife.
JOE MANTLET, mother and two nieces. •
MR. MAN LEY SR.
RAVEY family.
A. ALRERTSOX and wife.
MRS. OSCAR LIXDQUIST and three chil
dren.
Mrs. LACKEY'S father and mother.
MRS. PARK and two daughters.
P, LEVIN and family.
MRS. JACK ARDSOX nnd nine children.
MRS. HOLMES, colored, school teacher.
HENRY DIREKES nnd family.
Fixe nf FIEGEL family.
A DALAI 1) B ULRIGE. colored.
JORDAN THESVANT.
MRS. E. C WILLIAMS, colored.
PROFESSOR WEISS.
W. R. JONES and child.
HENRY J. LABATT.
MRS. LUCY GREEN.
MATILDA WOODROW.
MOLLTE VAX LIEW.
ROBERT HUGHES.
MRS. WASHINGTON: "
"GRANDMA" CUNET, mother of the I«t8
Wrizht Cuney.
ACNES LEWIS.
-GEORGE ALPIN and wife.
FRED DAY.
ANNIE SCOTT.
BEN . FORD.
PKOFESSOR GIBSON and family
MRS. ELLA PINER.
EFFIE HARRIS.
EDITH RANDOLPH.
- MRS. KING.
CELIA WARREN.
MR. and MRS. GABE LEWIS.
ALEXANDER HELL, wife, two sons and
one daughter.
¦ MR. and MRS. WEBBER.
WILLIAM LYLE, grandmother and sister.
MRS. POWERS and child.
MRS. AUGUST FRANK and daughter.
FRANK SHAW.
JI11S. EVANS and two daughters.
MRS, LUCY BERGER.
WILLIAM YEAGER. ?
CHARLES SCHULZ.
KRED SCHULZ and wife.
MR. and MRS. AUGUST JEFFER BROOK
GEORGE AGIN.
MRS. SMITH and baby. ...
MON EY NEEDED TO FEED
AND CLOTHE 25,000 PEOPLE
GALVKSTONvSe.pt. 12.— To the Associated Press: "We are receiving numerous telegrams of condolences and offers
of assistance. As the telegraph wiresare burdened, we beg the Associated Press to communicate thisl response to
all. Nearby. cities are supplying and will supply sufficient food, clothing, etc., for immediate needs. Cities further
away, can serve us best by sending money. Checks should he made payable to John Sealey. chairman of the finance
committee^ All supplies, shouldcome to W. A. McVittie. chairman of the relief committee. We have 25,000 peo
ple to clothe, and , feed for many- weeks and to furnish with household goods. Most of these are homeless and '•• the
others will require, money to, make;. their, wrecked; houses habitable. From this the world may understand how much
money we need. This committee' will' from time; to ;¦ time report our needs with more particularity. • We refer to dis
patches of this, date of R..G. Lowe, which* the: committee fully indorse. All communicants will please accept this In lieu
fof direct response, and be assured of the heartfelt gratitude of 'the. entire population!
W.C.- JONES (Mayor), M. LASKER.J. D.' SKINNER, C.H.McMASTER. R. Q. LOWE. CLARENCE OWSLET. Com
mittee.;.- ' ¦ -. ; ' ¦ • \ . _•¦"•• ¦ . ¦¦-¦'•¦ ¦ ¦
to pier on the railroad bridge and at each
he rested.
In the Bolivar Lighthouse, which stands
130 feet high on Bolivar Point, Across the
bay from Galveston, about 150 peoplt
sought refuge from the storm Saturday
evening. Many were unfortunates whose
homes had been swept by the hutricar^
and others residents of Galveston who
had come to the bay shore. In frnr.tic ef
forts to reach Galveston and their fam
ilies. The refugees spent an awful night |
in the litrhthnuso Saturday night. The
supply of fresh water wan soon exhausted
and an effort was. made to secure water
by catching rainwater In buckets sus
pended at the top of the* lighthouse. The
experiment was a success In a way, but
it demonstrated a remarkable incident of
the force of the wind. The bucket was
soon Oiled with water, but it was sally
and could not be, used. The salt watt r
spray was shot skyward over 130 feet and
mingled with the rain water that fell m
the .buckets. From" the top cf the light
tower several of the more venturesome
storm sufferers viewed the destructive
work of tho wind on Galveston Island.
Twelve- dead bodies were recovered near
the liphthor.se. '
Mr. Mutti. a storekeeper, lost his life
after n display of uncommon heroism.
Whr-n she storm surrek tho city he hitched
up a one-horp« curt nnd started out to
rescue Ills neighbors. Cartload after cart
load he carried in safety to a fire company
house. On three-occasions the cartload of
! human beings, some half dead, others
crazed with fright, was carried for blocks
by the raging currents, but he landed all
of them saftly even to his last iead. when
he met his t'.eath. -As he attempted to
pass into tho building on his last trip the
firehoure succumbed to the wind and col
lapsed. ..Some of the wreckage struck
Mvtli and he was mortally Injured.
The official records of the United States
Weather Bureau give some valuable In
formation about the storm. Unfortunately
the recording instruments were destroyed
or crippled beyond operation about "5:1Q
o'clock Saturday evening. The wind gauge
recorded a two-rrilnute blow at the rate
of 100 miles an, hour and was then demol
ished by the hurricane, which continued
to increase In violence.
While the. exact velocity of the wind
was not recorded after the destruction of,
the Instruments, the Weather Bureau re
ports estimate* the maximum velocity nf
between 110 and 120 miles .in hour. It did
not maintain, this terrific rate for anv
length of time— perhaps, for half a min
ute—but It was Fiifflclont to wreck anv-'
thing that met the.full force of tho storm
A,' journal of the local ¦ office of ¦ the
Wonther Bureau contains a report of an
apparent tidal wave of four feet which
swept In from the gulf between the houra
of 7 nnd 8 p. m. 'At that time the wind
veered to. the. southeast, and there was a
tide of live feet and a terrible swell In
the gulf during the storm, and before the
tidal wave of four feet rose this wall of
DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AT GALVESTON.
GALVESTON. Sept. 12. 2 p. m., via
Texas City ani Houston. C p. m.—
Mayor Jones has announced that
Adjutant Gentinl Scurry would
take charge of the situation with
the soldiers and dtlzen soldiery. The
city is patrolled by about 23J0 policemen,
special policemen. soKHers and Deputy
Sheriffs. Deputy Chief of Police Amund-
Fen is acting as Chief. Chief of PMI.-e
KeU'hum Is engaged in other work out
side r>f the Police Dcrartmor.t. Sheriff
Thomas has charge of the Deputy Sher
iffs and special deputies, and J. It. Haw
!ey Is In command of the military forces
guarding property and protecting: the In
habitants during the disturbed state of
affairs.
Orders were issued to the soldiers and
police to kill any person caught in the act
of. robbing the dead. Up to Tuesday
morning seven necro vandals had been
discovered and had p^id the penalty of
their crimes with their lives. They were
shot dead., and thoir hodies were carted
away with dead victims of the storm.y
No liquor 13 permitted to be soi. under
any circumstances unless ordered by the
chairman of one. of the. committees or by
a physician, who must state it Is to be
used for medical purposes. All persons not
having business on the street? after dark
must be identified.' Unless Identification Is
forthcoming they are arrested. No person
is allowed to work In or 'about any, build
ins unless he has a written permit from
the police. No person is permitted to car
ry furniture or other property through th3
streets unless he has a written permit
from the proper authorities. *
The Police Department has Issued strict
orders, which will be enforced to the let
ter, to clear the city of- all the outside
sporting element. No gambling is permit
ted.
During the storm Saturday niqrht »the'
young men of the Boddlcker family, with
the aid of a skiff, rescued over forty peo
ple and tock them to the university build
ing, where they found shelter from the'
wind and waves.
People tell of retting out of their houses
just In the nick of time. They' tell of see-
Ing people struck by flying timbers and
crushed to death before their eyes. One
man was 'cut off from his family just as
he thought he had them rescued, and saw
them sink beneath the water on the other
side of a barrier. He turned in and
helped to rescue others who were In peril.'
One woman carried her live months old
babe in her arms from her house, only to
see a beam strike the child on the head,
killing it instantly. She herself suffered
a broken leg and bruised body.
Eighteen people were caught In the
Grothger grocery store and It is presumed
all were lost, as many have been reported
dead who Were known to have been In the
building, which was swept away entirely.
The firemen burled eight people south"of
Avenue "O to-day., The graves were
marked with pieces of- garments worn by
the persons. Will Love, a printer on the
Houston Post, w-ho formerly '.lived . in
Houston, swam the bay Mor.5ay ¦) tc
reach his family, t whom he found t to be
alive in Galveston. He swam from pier
CAPTAIN CLARKE
SAYS DEAD WILL
NUMBER 10,000
HOUSTON, Sept. 12.— As
indicated in dispatches
from here, the magni
tude of the calamity grows. In
their effort to guard against
extravagance or exaggera
tion, the newspaper men haM%
fallen below the facts in plac
ing the death list at about one
thousand. A boatowner of
Galveston, Captain Charles
Clarke, has been quoted by a
reliable man as saying, that
10,000 would be reached be
fore ttie mortuary list of Gal
veston nnd vicinity would bs
closed. He has been about in
boats in the waters around
Galveston day and night since
the storm and bases his state
ment on what he thus has
seen.
STRICKEN CITY
PATROLLED BY TWO
THOUSAND MEN
MRS. NATHAN MOORE.
MRS. SAM ANDERSON.
MRS. MARY SCVLL.
MRS. WILLIAMS.
MRS. THURMAN.
J. R. BROOKS.
VIRGIE LEMMON.
MRS. BLAND.
MRS. FLORENCE BLAND. color*! «n<f
seven children.
HENRT T. DAVIS SR.
FLORENCE HOMER, colored.
MRS. MILLER and five children, colored."
MRS. PINET. colored.
MRS. TRPSTMAX and three children.
IDA and CORA PATRICK.
C. CUNET.
MRS. W. T. KNOWLES and two ehl!.1r»n.
MRS. J. STHVLER and six children.
HERMAN TIX.
SARGENT.
MR. and MRS. nORFFE and two daughter*
CORINNE CARTER and family.
HERMAN MARTIN and part of family.
HARRY FREITAG.
MRS. Kl'HNEL and tvo daughters.
FRITZ WE1SEMANN.
TOM TORR.
MR. and MRS. TOUT ADAMS. eolor»d.
MRS. ALEXANDER ALLEN and five chil
dren, colored.
CY CLARK, colored.
MRS. THOMAS CALHOt'N and three chil
dren.
MRS. WARING of Chlcaso.
PERRY JASTERS and two children, colored
ROBERT McPHERSON, colored.
GEORGE ASHE SR.
GEORGE ASHE JR.
MRS. ANNIE DTTNTON.
W. DAMMELL and wife, colored, school prin
cipal.
ED M. DADE. colored.
MRS. GOTTLIEB and seven children.
JOHN MENZEL. wife and five children.
JOHN ROEBEL, wife and five children.
HERMAN VAN BUREN and three children.
R. SCHUTTE, wife and two children.
ASSISTANT CITY ELECTRICIAN WILKE.
wife and boy.
MRS. PETER HUMBF.RO and five children.
PROFESSOR RUEHRMOND, wife and two
children.
CHARLOTTE GENTRY, colored.
ADA and HATTTE ROWE, colored.
GEORGE ROWE, colored.
REV. and MRS. THOMAS W. CAIN
JOHN McGUIRE.
MRS. CHARLES R0VKES.
OTTO REUTER.
HENRY REUTER.
MRS. ANNIE CASET.
MR and MRS. TURNER,
HENRT BELL, colored.
ARTHUR P. MORSB; •»:!<, and three chil
dren. Mr. Morse was a printer on the Tribune.
BUCK LLOYD, printer, and wife.
ALBERT LUDWIG. rrlnter.
WILL RICE, proofreader Galveston New*.
wife and child, t
JOHN CHRISTIAN.
rNALVESTON, Tex.. Sept. 11 (via
v —^ Houston. Sept. 12).— The following
names are added to the death list: •
MRS. SWIGEL. and two daughters.
MRS. CHAFFEE ami child.
MItS. MART PIERSON.
ALICE PIERSON.
FRANK PIERSON.
MRS. NELSON and daughter.
MRS. JOHNSON.
FRIEDMAN, wife ar.d son.
MR. and MRS. DEMPSET. •
MRS. MARIS LEWIS, colored.
MRS. MATTIE ANDERSON.
MRS. ANDERSON.
READER family.
HOFFMAN family.
MR. and MRS. GEORGE FALKENHAGEN.
MRS. H. CLEM KUHN and two children.
WILLIE DAT.
MRS JAMES HOLLAND.
MR. and MRS. H. LOCKMAN.
SAM WILLIAMS, colored.
MRS. NATHAN MOORE.
Hundreds of Names Added to
the; Roll of Unfortunates
Who Lost Their Lives in
the Galveston Horror.
All Attempts to Bury the Dead
Abandoned and Safety of
the Living Now the Par
amount Question.
/ — \ ALVESTOX. Sept. 12,8 p. m., via Houston, midnight. —
\J{ All attempts at burving the dead have been utterly
abandoned, and bodies are now being disposed of in the
swiftest manner possible. Scores of them were buried to-day,
and hundreds were taken out to sea and thrown overboard. The
safety of the living is now the paramount question, and nothing
that may tend to prevent the outbreak of pestilence is being neg
lected. This morning it was found that large nunibers of bodies
which had been previously thrown into the bay washed back
upon the shore, and the situation was thus rendered worse than
before they were first taken in the barges and thrown into the
water.
It will now never be known how many have lost
their lives in this awful catastrophe. Mayor Jones
of Galveston thinks that the dead will amount to
7OOO and others whose opportunities for judging
are less than those of the Mayor place the number
as hi&h as 10.000.
Relief committees from the interior of the State have com
menced to arrive and, as usual, they are too large in numbers
and to a certain extent are in the way of the people of Galveston
arid an impediment to the prompt relief which they themselves
are so desirous of offering. Some of the relief expeditions have
had committees large enough to consume 10 per cent of the
provisions which they brought. The relief sent from Beaumont,
Texas, arrived this morning and was distributed as fast as pos
sible. It consisted of two carloads of ice and provisions. The
great trouble now seems to be that the people who are in
greatest need are the least likely to receive the aid. Mary of
them are so badly maimed and wounded that they are unable to
apply to the relief committee, and the committee are so over
whelmed by direct applications that they have been, unable to
fend out messengers.
The wounded everywhere are still needing the attention of
physicians, and despite every effort it is feared that a number
will die because of sheer impossibility to afford them the aid
necessary to save their lives. Every man in Galveston who is
able to walk and work is engaged in the work of relief with all
the energy of which he is capable. But despite their utmost
endeavors they cannot keep up with the increase of the miser
able conditions which surround them. Water can be obtained
by able-bodied men. but with great difficulty. Dr. Shaw of
Houston, who is busily engaged in the relief work, said to-night
that there were 200 people at St. Mary's Infirmary without wa
ter. They had been making coffee of salt water and using that
as their only beverage.
TEN THOUSAND SAID TO HAVE PERISHED IN THE
TERRIBLE TEXAS DISASTER
LXXXVIII— NO. 105.
SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1900.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.

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