The evening times., 1900-09-13

HOUSTON, Texas. Sept. 13.-Latest
messages from Galveston say that the
dead disposed of by various methods num-
Der about 3 3,000. What was feared in re-
lation to the barge loads taken out into
the Gulf has happened apparently
Bodies have been floating in from the
Gulf and have been thrown upon the
beach At first it was supposed that these
were bodies which had been carried cut
TO the Gulf when the food subsidea But
the number thus cast up has increased so
rapidly that it is concluded that many OF
them were from the barges
The mayor was compelled to assign par
ties to the collection of these bodies a
second time The driftwood on the peach
has been collected and the bodies are be-
ing disposed of this time by cremation
This return of the dead, which was
thought to have been disposed of by bur
ial in the sea, tends TO make more l ncer-
tain the real number who perished
Conditions III Galveston are improving.
The water supply from the mainland IS
working. While II cannot be sent through
the island mains. there is enough for ali
needs to be had at the island works. The
ice plant has been working and the pro-
duct is given to any who apply for IL
S. M Gaines Division superintendent OF
the Railway Mail Service, and Joe P. john
ston. OF this division OF the inspection ser
vice. have re-established the mail service
between Galveston and Houston. They
will have two mails day, with the pros
pect OF three in q day or two In Calves
ton, collections are made in the day time
through the business section. Il is not
deemed safe to send out carriers at night,
lest they be mistaken by the guards in the
darkness for Iooters of bodies.
GALVESTON, Sept y. via Texas City.
Sept 13-The robbery aud mutilation of
the dead and the looting Of the houses have
become SO common that tonight fourteen
negroes and two white men, caught in the
act of thieving we're shot dead in their
tracks. This makes a total OF ninety-six
men shot by the troops for vandalism.
Gangs of laborers have been organized
and are busy cutting passageways for We
hicIes through the clogged streets and de-
bris cast to one side, 10 be reno red and
burned as soon as it is possible 10 do
and the scarcely Of vehicles VIII permit.
So many domestic animals were killed or
crippled and floats, drays. and other We
hicles damaged that the thorough cleaning
of the city will take months to perform
The first consideration is the care OF
the wounded, sick, destitute, and Lnbur-
led dead This work is moving forward
systematically and with commemorate
vigor. The dead are being buried where
found. after personal effects are removed
from the bodies and q description of the
bodies is taken These badly decom-
posed are dragged in heaps, saturated
with Oil, and eremated. This may ap-
pear 10 be inhuman, but is absolutely
necessary to protect the lives OF the
living. The carcasses of dead animals
are dumped in the bay or burned
Threatened friction between the civil
and military authorities was remov ed at
a conference held this morning Adju-
tant Scurry was placed in absolute con-
troll. and viii act in harmony with the
Chief of Police and the sheriff in 2o-
neing the city
Orders have gone forth TO instantly
shoot those found robbing corpses Sev-
eral of these ghouls are low in jail in
whose pockets were found a number of
fingers with rings on them which they had
removed from the dead. strong mill
tary guard Will be sent TO Virginia Pofn-
at once to put a stop to the looting of the
dead there.
Orders were promulgated today, rrohib-
iting sightseers from coming to the city
and by tomorrow transportation VIII be
arranged for all who desire te leave the
city.
The list of dead is hourly added to. The
Home for the Homeless Children in the
southwestern part of The town, is COM
pletely demolished. The matron. Mrs.
Hardie, and her various assistants, to-
gether with forty-two little children, per
isbed H. j. Laatts, wife and daughter, and
i A. Labetts, wife and family, are miss
ing. Lucian Minor. real estate man, is
among the dead.
Lime and disinfectants are still badly
needed and reports received from nearly
every coast and mainland town say the
condition at those points also grows worse
every day under the hot sun prevailing
AS soon as arrangements are effected by
which the city can be relieved of some of
IS population, those who are unable. to
pay will be assisted with free transpor-
tation