Willmar tribune., 1900-09-19

Wednesday and there were no .AAa,l.
ings. The number of men shot down
Tuesday for robbing the dead proved
a salutary lesson. and it is not ex-
pected that there will be any more
occurrences of this sort. The soldiers
OF the regular army and of the ma
tlonal guard are guarding property
and it is impossible for thieves to es-
cape detection. r. n
Efforts were made to pick up the
dead bodies that have foated in with
the tide, having once been cast into
the sea. This is awful Work, and few
men are found with sufficiently strong
nerves to last at it more than 30 min
utes at time. All of the bodies are
badly decomposed, swollen to enor-
nous proportions and of so dark a hue
that it is impossible to tell, except by
the hair, when any hair is visible,
whether the corpses are those of
white people or of negroes.
Assistance Badly Needed.
The local relief committee sends out
the following:
Nearby cities are supplying and will
supply sufficient food, clothing ETC., for
immediate needs. Cities further away can
serve US best by sending money. Checks
should be made payable to John Sealy,
chairman. Of the finance committee. All
supplies should come to w. A. McVitie,
chairman relief committee. We have Is, ,OOd
people to clothe and feed for many weeks
and to furnish with household goods. Most
OF these are homeless and the others will
require money to make their wrecked resi-
dences habitable From this, the world
may understand how much money we will
need. This committee will from time to
time report our needs with more particu-
larity."
Mayor Jones said Wednesday after
noon that he estimated the loss of life
in and around Galveston at 5000.
Hard to Compute.
Chicago, Sept. 13.-R. G. Love, man
ager. of the Galveston News. sent the
following statement at midnight:
IA summary of the conditions prevailing
at Galveston Is more than human intellect
can master. Briefly stated, the damage
to property is anywhere between SIS, ,00, 600
and $4,000, 900. The loss of life cannot be
computed No lists could be kept and all
is simple guess work. Those thrown out
to sea and buried on the ground wherever
found will reach the horrible total of at
least 5000 souls. My estimate of the loss on
the island of the city of Galveston and the
| Immediate surrounding district is between
4,0OO and 5000 deaths. I do not make this
statement in fright or excitement. The
| whole story will never be told, because it
cannot be told. The necessities of those liv-
ing are total. Not single individual es-
capped property loss. The property on the
| island is wrecked; fully one-half totally
swept out of existence altogether. What
! our needs are can be computed by the
world at large by the statement herewith
submitted much better than can possibly
summarize them. The help must be i'm
mediate"
Can't Bury the Dead.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 13-All 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
burned Wednesday 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 neg
lected. Wednesday morning it was
found that large numbers of the
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. It will now
never be known how many have lost
their lives.
Tells of the Situation.
Austin, Tex, Sept. 13.-Gov. saSer.
made the following statement on the
Galveston flood situation:
| "Conditions at Galveston are fully as bal
as reported. Communication, however ha:
been reestablished between the island ant
the mainland, and hereafter transportation
of supplies will be less difficult. The worl
| OF clearing the city is progressing fairly
we'll, and Adjt. Gen. Scurry, under dtrec
| t1on of the mayor, is patrolling the city fol
the purpose of preventing depredations
The most conservative estimate as to the
number of deaths placed them at 1900. Con.
tributtons from citizens Of this state and
also from other states are coming in rap
! idly and Hberally, and it is confidently ex.
pected that within the next ten days the
work OF restoration by the people of Gal.
| weston will have begun III good earnest
and with energy and success. OF course
the destruction of property has been very
great, not less than $4,000, 900, but it is
hoped and believed that even this great
| loss Will be overcome through the energy
and self-reliance Of the people,"
| Reports from Other Points.
Gov. Sayers began receiving reports
from various points along the gull
coast which would indicate that there
has been great property damage
done for several hundred miles
and that the list of Galveston
fatalities and suffering will be
largely augmented. Down the coast
from Galveston the town of Dickinson
was laid waste AND five people killed
The towns of Alvin, Alta Iona, Texas
City and Brookshire are wrecked, and
hundreds are destitute. Richmond is
SO badly demolished that it will re-
quire weeks to clear the town. Mis-
souri, City and Stafford, just opposite,
were entirely demolished, and the few
remaining people at these places have
no homes to cover their heads Bay
City, in Matagorda county, is re-
ported wrecked, with much loss of life.
though no official report has been
made to that effect. Patton, Follower,
Bolivar Point, Quintana, Sugarland
Bellevi!le, Wharton, Fairview, Missouri
City, Sartartia, Arcola and Ell Campo
are allreportec heavy sufferers, both in
point of property destroyed and lives
lost
! ~ Probably 500 Dead.
Owing to the fact that the telegraph
service is still badly crippled, Gov.
Sayers cannot ascertain the exact num-