Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-20
CONDITIONS IMPROVE
order Gradually Coming Out OF
gChaos In Galveston,
SUNDAY AN ORDERLY But BUSY DAY
ServicSA Were Held In IA Few Churches
BuI 'hs work Of BuryIDg the Dead
WSal Husily On -RnilroHd Come
lnunicnIIOn TO be mnd SOON

Galveston, TeX.--This WAS drearJ
Sabbath in Galveston, Services vert
held u The lew churches lnIue lit lol
use since the great storm All day
men and boys were at work clearing
away The debris. only II few deau
were found during the day, and they
were quickly burned, no attempt bc
Ing made 10 identity them,
The military authorities and the civl
authorities are now cooperating har
mol4Ousiy IN Galveston,and GUnsel qtnt
ly there is loss lootlng and desecrut
ing uG corpses Sherih Thomus IL IL
charge Of The isolated dlsalct aLu "A
directing interment and the recovery
OF property there.
United States Marshal Grant hui
been given iul authority by Gcncr.
Scourry aud is directing affairs on the
mainland, aided by troop Of rangers
: who are ordered to make short worl
OF looters aud arrest all susplcloul
characters. Tho rangers and the mill
tia and civil guards stationed at Texa,
CAy aud Virginia Point are under tho
direction Of Marshal Grant, These ar,
the two points OF ingress in the city
lie also has control over the railway
running into this city und oil craft
plying between Virginia Point ani
Texas City und no one can embark OF
dlsemburk at these places without his
permission unless having authority Ia
do 30 from his superior officers.
The destitute, Wishing 10 60 to
friends in the cOu .ry,are given trans
portutlon aud are being sent out Of the
city as rapidly as the limited transpor.
tuition facilities at the disposal OF tho
committee on transportation will per-
init. The owner OF uny water craft or
railway found guilty OF charging more
than the regulation fare will be ar
rested and severely dealt with
The cleaning up and dlslnfecting OF
streets, stores and buildings Is being
diligently carried on, and the sanitary
condition OF the downtown portion of
ihe city has been greatly improved.
Mayor Jones stated today that there
would be no abut rent In the work
Until the entire cb.y is clea",- -nd dis
infected.
Dry goods stores and clothing houses
resemble great laundries, and every
available space is occupied with goods
hung up 10 dry, for this purpose.
Those merchants have done rushing
business, and SO have the restaurants,
but their stocks are very limited, and
fresh meat difficult to obtain.
Since all the railways terminating
here have united upon one bridge, and
are pushing the work night and day,
with large force reconstructng It,,
while the tracks ure being restored on
0he island and mainland by large Forces
| II Is confidently asserted that IL
weston will have communication di-
rectIy by Wednesday next. IL this Ia
done II will relieve the existing situa'
ton wonderfully, as all supplies are
now being brought in by boat.
The injured and sick, under the
thorough system inauguratcd by the
bonrd Of health and local physicians
nided by volunteers from the outside
ure receiving every care and attention
and doing as well as could be expected
under the circumstances, which are
being improved daily
c. NJ. Robinson, chief grain Inspector,
received the following telegram from
Ilammand d Snyder, Of Baltimore;
"Our exchange has raised over $4,000
in the interest Of your unrortunates.
More ITO follow
This firm shipped from here by the
Spanish steamer Ramon de Larrinagn
for Ncwcnsllc.on-Tyne over 100000
bushels of wheat. While lying at the
wharf she was caught in the storm
but rode it out safely and sailed i'm
medntrly after its subsldcnce.
All the churches In the city being
either wrecked or ruined. with one or
Two exceptions, divine services were In
most cases suspended. Mass was eel
ebrated at ST. Mory's cathedral in the
morning and was largely attended
Father Kirwin preached an eloquent
and feeling sermon, in which he spoke
Of the awful calamity that has bcfol'
len the people.
After expressing sympathy with the
afflicted and distressed, he advised all
TO 90 to work and bury the dend. That
was their first duty; the next way to
bring the nnmcs of the widows and
orphans to the church and they could
rest assured of the ,infortunntes being
cared for.
Now that the water works are run
ming, some OF the streets lighted, many
others nearly cleared OF debris and
telcgraphlc COMMUNICATION with "a
outside world rcestabllshed,the peopd
of Galveston are anxlously looking for.
ward to the establishment Of rail
communication They will not have
70 wait long, for the work of relayinn
yle tracks and rebuilding bridge
across the bay is being pushed will
great energy The officials in charge
of the work believe That they will hf
able to run trains into Galveston union
depot ON Thursday.
The forests are burnRng at Nome aua
Nnllaa saAA ~. H.