The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-16

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~ al ria OF their ''RtuIr," and hut FOR .
tho fnct that gank OF men might 10 !
moving house or Two while thcy nrv 4
,campainuiur for team OF horses ana
wagon there would be no interferanco
hy Tho ndjutant general lie has, now
oyer, hcen compelled 10 take up the trans
portatun matter Ia MISREPRESENTATION
and within q day or two WI nave WeVf'
thing working In good shape I,
rotaRe tor tho horses IL badly needed.
Thpre have been tons aud carloads OF
euprllee received from ell @.ris OF tne
country for tht suffering residents OF 'l.
yer-,n, hut uoe . wisp OF hay or bnehtl
of Data has como isD..ar the animals, the
s,orm carried away nearly all Of tho
forage there was on tho Island ana IT -
in,ponclble 10 obtain more. unlcss II "
sont I'm from the outside, The strength oil
the horses must be kept up, " the city
Il TO he cleAned speedily, and forage has
booomo an absolute necessity.
Not many OF the dogs OF Galveston SUR
ylSul tho storm and OF those which were
el. noariy all have been Killed. For q
fen days nfter the storm people were Tor
the most part busy with their own woes
and had bat little time 10 give the lower
animals, The result WAS that number
OF dogs went mad because OF lack OF focd
ana wafer. They were shot at tho first
opportunity, and now tf any dog desires
speedy passport out OF galveston II Is only
necessary TOR HIM to set up howl. Al
about the second howl q soldier ~ after
him with a ride. Several horses have been
shot which had evidently become insane
ir-m thc Injuries received In the storm
or because al the lock OF food Two were
Killed last night while running up aud
down the streets at terrific pace.
General McItibbin left fer san Antonio
this morning. accompanied by his aldco,
lieetcnants Perry and Ferguson, He ex-
poets to return withln few days, Mayor
jones having made an especial request
tia, he do 80
'Thcre IA not a great deal more that |
can do" said General MeItihbm THE morn
ing MS he aCoud on the dock The city
IA commencing TO come NJ and the cit
teens here who arc handling matters IN
most excellent way are capable OF dong
that without any directions from me-
Mayor Jones has asked me 10 come back,
however. and | will do 40 am person
ally I'm favor OF burning Ne much Of the
debris as possible and OF burning II as
quickly as the poWor OF man VIII permit,
am not an alarmist BY any means, and l
30 not predict a pcsillence, but | think
that things are coming TO- that point where
pestilcnce may ha possible unlesa prompt
mcAsurcs are taken, aud ther0 is nothing
that will he 80 effective as hra. Burn ay'
eryhng and burn II at once, Tho watel
mains ara working now and there viii bt
no trouble In controlling tho flames siur'
there IS plenty Of water in all parts OF th'
city"
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proylsons continue TO come IN from al
points. hut There y no need for Il all Nh
supplies are handled IN an excellent man
nor and there ls no waste, ktrinRen
orders have been given that all pcopl
who attempt TO procure more than thct
rlghfUl proportion Of the supplies sha
he promptly punished and there have al
ready heon several arreatR for the ofcnat
Several cars OF supplies came In th
morning from points In Texas, and tw
harges hdcu down with government rter,
came in this afternoon.
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During the lste hours Of the everfr
decided improvement was msdc In Il
cNy's condition Electric light wire. u
been strung for several days ns ratAs
as tho lincmeu could work and In =
evening the current was turned on, y
lights we're small incandespept globes a
thoy were hung high upon poles, but IN
wore numerous and relieved the city trS
tho Darkness that has hung over II for
last week
Tho rcsidouts o. Galveston are plw'
In the extreme In their determination
rohuild and make Galveston a greater q
better city than e ever has been beto
but In ono direction, at least, they ha
suffered a loss that III beyond repair \
chs lies IA the extent Of territory wro
cd trom them NY the storm The wat
OF the gulf now cover about 1900
sauaro feet OF ground that was forme
part OF Galveston,
Thla loss has boon suffered entirely
tho south side " the city. whore the
ce residences were bult facing the s
RaA where land was held at a higher v
nation than IN any othcr mart OF the {
with the exception ot the business
trot
lrar three miles aong the shore "
gult this choice residence property
tended and the shore line was 80 chan
nv the storm that az low tide the va
4 $50 feet higher along the entire I'll
miles, In tho eastern mart OF the
there are places where $50 feet is
than tho actual amount Of ground Ia
from the city. II Is n fair estimate, h
over for the entire alsNpcc, The four
tr.n niles Of the beach tel which bur
two years sso, now c'pnd IN water
fore ths etorm thero was a beach In u
81 the hotel slte neacy see feot "
Thtio IS no possibility Of any OF this
being reclaimed
The British steamer Norma and
American steamer Alamo have
noated The British steamer Roma 1
bad way on Deer island, Tho Rr
steamer Kendall Castle is hard egrt
In shallow water at Texas City and
Il british steamer uilareus Is stu ashor
the westward Of Bolivar Point but
thought she can be gotten or with {
parative case. The British stev
Taunton Is hard ashore at Cedar Point,
a Ia believed she too can be nosted v
out great difficulty.
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Colonel W ] Moody, one OF the re
sentative citizens OF Galveston, who