Evening journal., 1900-09-17
Will Rebuild City on More
Enduring Foundation
5000 TO 5000 LIVES LOST
10000 People Are Homeless and DCS-
tiiute Says Mayor Jones in
His Appeal

Galveston. Sept ia week ago
gloom, desolation and despair prevail
cd IN this storm torn city Today hope
and determination have seized the peo-
pie. They realize that the task before
them IS gigantic. yet with the goner-
Gus aid that rs flowing to them in a
broad stream from all parts Of the civ
ilized world, and their own indomit-
able purpose, the sick and wounded
VIII be healed the destitute relieved
end the recuuer0tion of Galveston Will
be speedy The city will be rebuilt and
placed on a more enduring foundation,
and her commercial career started
anew. Such is the spirit displayed to-
day by this grievously stricken people
Looting and the desecration OF
corpaca have ceased since the military
have assumed charge OF affairs, and
they are cooperating harmOniously
with the civil authorities. Sheriff
Thomas is IN charge OF the isolated dis
trict and is directing interment and
the recovery OF property there. United
States Marshal Grant has been given
fun authority by Gen. Scurry, and is
directing affairs on the mainland. aided
by a troop OF rangers. who are ordered
10 make short work OF looters and ar
rest all suspicious characters.
The rangers and the militia and civil
guards stationed at Texas City and Vir-
ginia Point are under the direction OF
Marshal Grant These are the two
points OF ingress into the city He
also has control over all the railways
running into this city and all craft
plying between Virginia Point and
Texas City, and no one can embark or
dlsemhark at these places without his
permission unless having authority 80
10 do from his superior officers.
The destitute wishing to go TO friends
IN the country are given free transport
ctlon and being sent ont OF the city as
rapidly as the limited transportation
facilities at the disposal OF the commit
tee on transportation will permit The
owner OF any water craft or railway
found guilty Of charging more than the
regulation fare will be arrested and Sc
verely dealt with.
The cleaning up and disinfecting OF
streets. stores and buildings goes
bravely on, and the sanitary condition
Of the down town portion of the city
has been greatly improved Mayor
Jones stated today there would be no
let up In the work until the entire city
Is cleansed and disinfected
Mayor Jones and Congressman Nc
Kihben have sent the following report
10 Governor Sayers.
after the fullest possible investi-
CATION here we feel justified In saying
that no such disaster has Overtaken
any community or section IN the his
tory OF our country. The loss OF life
Is estimated at 5000 to 5000 people.
though II can never be accurately de-
termined There is not a home In
Galveston that has not been injured,
while thousands have been destroyed
The property loss represents more mill
lions than can be safely stated Tn
der these conditions, with 10000 peo-
pie homeless and destitute, with the
entire population under a stress and
strain difficult to realize, we appeal
directly in the hour of our great
emergency to the sympathy and aid OF
mankind"
II is found that so-called camera
lends have been shot down, as we'll
as the Ehouls who despoiled the dead.
Two were summarily shot dead Satur-
day by guards, who declare that the
photographers were detected in the
act Of photographing the nude bodies
of dead women and girls. Their cam
eras were smashed by the soldiers and
the negatives were destroyed.
Recent discoveries emphasize the
heroism OF the sisters in charge Of the
Catholic orphan asylum. Il IS shown
that when the sisters found the waters
rising all around the asylum their only
thoughts were for their charges. They
tied The children in punches. and then
each sister fastened TO herself one of
these lunches of orphans. determined
TO save them or die with them. Two
of these lunches have been found un-
der wrecSage, and in each case eight
children had been fastened together
and then tied to a sister.
Governor Sayers asks that tie fol-
lowing be published:
Reports sent out that $500 900 or
$500 coo has elready been paid are alb
solutely false and calculated 70 do
great harm to the needy sufferers on
our coast. No such sum OF money
has been received. or anything ap-
preaching IT, Ii is believed that the
stories have done great harm. in that
they have prevented the contribution
of mCuQV which fo uo corol.. ,.co4..l -