Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-16
The Drug Stock Was Destroyed OF
Badly Damaged.
EVERY ONE ENGAGED
CLEANING THE CITY.
The Maierworks started and Ice Plant
Resumed Telegraph Line, Are
Working Banks Resumed
and business Begun.

needed here. Those here arr worn out .
with guard duty, burying dead. cleaning
up wrcckage or sick from unauitary
condition. Governor Saycrs has ordered
the Craddock Light infantry Of Terrell
to Galveston and others will follow.
No concealment is made Of the fact
that postilenco Is feared. Efforts of the
local aud military authorities are direct.
ed now 10 minimizing this new danger.
They are sending women and children
20 the interior As fast as possible. All
Hblebodiod men must remain for the
time 40 least. There is work Tor thou.
sands aud work that must be done
The disposition Of bodies continues q
be one of the largest duties and. besidei
this, there are yet in the city aud on the
island thousand OF carclsse- whichnee
attention
smgnant water in tho streets is dilei
with al manner ~ decomp1siug mnttoi
and i.a threat agniust tho living which
make. men tremble. Ten thousand bar.
rel. oi lime can be used to good advan
tagc.
Despite an this more hopeful feeling
Is observable everywhere and the ltul.
tion Is frightening rapidly Water ha'
boon turned 0n. The sewers and closets
ar flushed. Tho downtown portion oi
the city /. being rapidly cleaned of de-
bris and filth and cutters and streep
disini,ctcd. Buildings ar, being
cleaned and floors scrubbed. Damaged
10 stocks ara being removed and aired.
Carts arc going through the streeti
sprinkhng lime und a solution Of car
bolic acid and di-iuiectauts over the
dead and docnyng matter. All Is being
done with military precision.
Emergency ho.pitals have been estab
ished In each ward 70 the treatment Of
the sick and wounded The Ursuliue
convent has been converted into gen.
eral hospital for the reception aud care
Of the more serious patients with full
corps of physicians and trained nurses.
All public and private hospitals are I'LL
oil 20 their capacity with sufferers.
Medical supplies are much needed Al
the drug stocks in the city are either de.
siroycd or badly damaged because Of
water.
Banks and some other branches oi
business have resumed Others are nc
lively preparing 10 resume. Prepara
tions for rebuilding have been going on
In the business part Of the city. The
railways and the wharf front are beinG
rapidly cleaned Of debris.
Telegraph and telephone companie.
are rushing things The Western Union
has five wires strung 20 their downtown
office aud connections made with thu
outside world The Postal have their
wires four In number. in working order
Many dead are reported hourly as be
ing unburied. especially in the Kincai'
addition. lntermont and cremation o
human bodies and carcasses Of animal
l. being vigorously prosecuted.
Only about six houses remain betweel
South Galveston and the city limits
Probably Of 1000 living down the ISLAM
at least one-third are lost There ar
200 bodies ON the beach between Oh
Mott place and the city limits. Eigh
teen pcoplc In that neighborhood ha
gotten together and been burying th
dead. They are out Of provisions an
altogether have but a..
The Texas Ice and Coal Storage CON
pany anpounces that they are ready q
deliver ice In any quantity, 100 pound
or less, ut the factory, free on doctor
prescriptions for sick persons and wi
sell 10 anybody 100 pounds for 30 cent
90 pounds for IS cents, % pounds for
cents, 10 pounds for cents. These Al
the lowest prices at which ice has ev'
been sold in Galveston; ice has been th
one luxurious necessity that has bee
missed and the fact there Is suppl
and at low prices is very cheering new
Wholesale houses are also announcin