Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-09-15
DUMPED In THE SEA.
Bodies Of Galveston Dead Being Got
Rid of In Swiftest Manner.
Aliscresnts Found Stealing from the Dead
Are Dealt with summnriiy-DeathL ist
May Reach Ton ThousAnd -some
farueaome 0toriea.


May Reach Ten ThouaAnd- some
Grussome Stories.
Galveston, Tex, Sept. bah at
tempts at burying the dead have been
utterly abandoned and bodies are now
being disposed Of in the swiftest man.
ner possible. Scores Of them were
buried yesterday and hundreds were
taken out to sea and thrown over
board. The safety Of the living Is
now the paramount question and
nothing that will tend to prevent the
outbreak Of an awful pestilence Is
being neglected. Yesterday morning
It was found that large numbers OF
bodies which had been previously
thrown In the bay were 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. 1t will now
never he known how many have lost
their lives in this awful catastrophe.
Estimates run all the way from 1000
to 10000.
Ghouls summsrily Dealt with.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 13.-The ghouls
have been holding an orgie over the
dead ut Galveston. The majority OF
these men were negroes but there
were also whites who took part In
the dissertation of the dead. Some OF
them were natives and some had been
allowed to 60 over from the main
land under the guise Of 'relief" work.
Not only did they rob the dead but
they mutilated bodies in order to Sc
cure their ghoulish booty. A party
of ten negroes were returning from
footing expedition. They had
stripped corpses Of all the valuables
and the pockets of some Of the hooters
were fairly bullying out with fingers
of the dend which had been cut of
because they were swollen and the
rings could not be removed.
Inccnsed at this Dissertation and
mutilation of the dead, the hooters
were instantly shot down and II has
been determined that all found in the
act of robbing the dead shall be sum-
marily shot. During the robbing OF
the dead not only were fingers cut
off, but ears were stripped from the
head in order to secure jewels OF
value. A few government troops who
survived and private citizens have
been patrolling the city and have en-
deavored to prevent the robbing OF
the dead and on several occasions
have killed offenders. II Is said that
one time eight were killed and at
another time four. Altogether the
total OF those executed exceeds fully
so.
Bodies Hanging IN Wire F~nc.s
Houston, Tex, Sept. IA. W. d.
Smith, who went to Galveston o
month ago and who was in Saturday
nights storm, started from the city
Monday afternoon and in walking
from the foot of Broadway to the
Santa Fe bridge, counted 200 dead
bodies hanging on wire fences, to say
nothing of those floating in the
water. lie costructed raft out Of
planks and in company with Clegg
Stewart, made for the mainland.
which they reached after hours Of
exposure. In every direction in cross
ing the bay they saw the feet Of
corpses sticking out of the water.
A boat-owner of Galveston, Capt.
Charles L. Clarke, has been quoted
by n strictly reliable man as say
ing that 10000 would be reached be-
fore the mortuary list Of Galveston
and vicinity would be closed. He
has been about on boats In the waters
around Galveston day and night since
the. storm and bases his statement
on what he has thus seen.
There Is shortage Of horses to
haul the dead and there is shortage
of willing hands to perform the grue-
some work. Yesterday morning II be-
came apparent that II would be inn
possible to bury the dead even in
trenches, and arrangements were
made to take them to the sea.
Barges and tugs were quickly made
ready for the purpose but II was diff
cult to get men to do the work.
Many Sufferers Gning In.nre.
Dallas, Tex, Sept. ia bulletin
from Galveston received here mt II
n. m. says: "The situation grows
worse every minute; water and ice
needed. People In frenzy from suf-
fering from these causes. Scores have
died since last night and number Of
sufferers have gone insane"
Ru.sa Confiscatss Chinese Money.
Pekin, Wednesday, Sept. 5.-The
Russo Chinese bank, which will close
here end go to Shanghai, will con-
fiscate, as part of the indemnity
TO he paid to Russia. the imperial uni
versity fund of 100000 taels depos-
tai Nth 10 aOainet (which the Chi