The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-09-28

supplies and money are now pouring
In from all over the country, II Is
stated that at least seven flgurcs ARE
needed 10 express the amount ~ cash
thus far received This is being used
iudlciously and the effects OF the pres
oncc OF such large relief are already
apparent.
The death list VIII reach the total OF
i.i31 with the additions sent out today.
only IA comparatively small number OF
the negroes who persisted have been re-
ported. After considering all these
facts. one can hardly do anything else
but conclude that the total to be finally
reached Will be above 6.000.
Judge Mann stated today that In his
opinion the list would go as high az
1000. The exact number of course. will
never be known.
There are no developments which
would lead to the belief that the esti-
mate of property loss of s22, 100000 is
too high. While one occasionally finds
u business man whose property has not
suffered greatly, II must be stated that
the class Is hopelessly in the minority
and that large losses are the rule.
The people are becoming more cheer
full every day and 1t is more than re-
markable to observe the composure ex-
hibited by some of them under the ter
rible circumstances. The Individual
woe has been lost in the communitys
grief and on every hand may be seen
people who have lost their ALL doing
everything in their power to comfort a
nelghbor who perhaps has not been
so unfortunate. Everybody seems to be
doing all they can toward ultimate re-
Mobilization and the determination to
build city which will be bigger and
broader in every way than the one
which has been destroyed appears to
be general
The people are still leaving the city
in considerable numbers but the relief
work locally has now been gotten down
to such fine point that it is likely
that there will be marked dimnution
of the exodus during the next two or
three days. The fears of an epidemic
have been allayed by the presence and
the distribution of medicines and dis
infectants and therefore a feature
which would undoubtedly have had the
effect Of causing many to seek succor
elsewhere, has been eliminated from
the situation.
THANK PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE following
has been received at the White
House from Mayor Jones OF Galveston,
addressed to President Mckinley:
The people of Galveston through me
desire to return their sincere thanks for
the great interest you and the United
States Government have manifested in
their behalf in their hour of trial. While
their sufferings are ndescribable, yet
they have ever In their minds the great
Government which never fails to respond
to the distress of it's citizens and they al
so know that at the head of that Govern
nent Is an upright, Christian gentleman
whose every effort is to relieve the dis
tressed with all the means and power at
his command.
THE KAISER'S SYMPATHY.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 7.-Presdent
has received the following mes
sage of sympathy on the Galveston disas-
ter from Emperor William of Germany:
STETTIN, Germany, Sept. II, 1900
President of the United States of Ameri-
ca. Washington: l wish to convey to
your Excellency the expression of my
deep-felt sympathy with the misfortune
that has befallen the town and harbor
of Galveston and many other ports of the
coast, and / mourn with you and the
people of the United States over the ter
rihle loss of life and property caused by
the hurricane, and the magnitude of the
disaster Is equaled only by the indomitable
spirit of the citizens of the new world
who in their long and continued struggle
with the adverse forces of nature have
proved themselves to be victorious.
1 sincerely hope Galveston will rise
again to new prosperity.
WILLIAM II.
The Presidents reply is as follows:
Executive Mansion. Washington, Sept.
II, 1900.-liis Imperial and Royal Majesty
II, Stettin, Germany: Your Maj
erty's message Of coincidence and sympa-
thy is very grateful to the American Gov
and people, and in their name as
well as on behalf of the many thousands
who have suffered bereavement and ire
parable loss in the Galveston disaster. ]
thank you most earnestly.
WILLIAM MKINLEY.