The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-13
Wired by Gen. MCEbbGR From
Galveston to Washington.
Battery 0, First Artillery, Lost
20 Men.
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS
Money and Supplies Pour In
to Stricken District.
People Are Responding From
New York to California.
TALK OF REBUILDING.
A New City to Rise on the
Ruins of the Old.
Leading Citizens Have AL
ready Held a Meeting.
People Are Responding From
New York to California.
TALK OF REBUILDING.
A New City to Rise on the
Ruins of the Old.
Leading Citizens Have AL
ready Held a Meeting.

Washington, Sept 1S.-The war de-
partment has received the following
from General McKibben, who was sent
to Galveston to report on conditions
there:
Houston, Sept. 12.-Arrived at Gal
weston at D. m, having been ferried
across the bay in yawl boat It is i'm
possible TO adequately describe the con-
dition existing The storm began about
a m Saturday and continued with
constantly increasing violence until
dated: the height of the tide was from
IL to Is feet The wind was a cyclone.
With few exceptions every building in
the city is injured. Hundreds are en-
tirely destroyed. All the fortifications
except the rapid-fire battery at San
JacintO are practically destroyed At
San Jacinto every building except the
quarantine station has been swept
away Battery o, First artillery, lost
2S men. The officers and their families
were all saved Three members of the
hospital corps lost. Names will be sent
as soon as possible.
Loss of life on the island is possibly
more than one thousand. All bridges
are gone, waterworks destroyed and tel
egraph lines are down. Colonel Rob
erts was in the city, and made every
effort to get kilograms through The
city under control of citizens and per-
fectly quiet. Every article of equipment
or property pertaining to battery o was
lost. Not a record of any kind is left.
The men saved have nothing but the
clothing on their persons. Nearly all
are without shoes or clothing other
than their shirts and trousers Clothing
necessary should be purchased.
There are probably five thousand cit
liens homeless and absolutely destitute
WIN must be clothed, sheltered and fed
Have ordered 10000 rationS and tents
for one thousand from Fort Sam
7fe=a aT-xy
eral to ship $4,000 rations by express
Lieutenant Perry will make his way
back to Houston and send this tele-
gram"
RELIEF GOING FORWARD.
st. Louis, Mo, Sept. 13.-From the
army commissary and quartermaster'
stores here, 10000 rations and 900 tents
have been sent by special train over the
Iron Mountain road to Galveston suffer
ers. A special train carrying the New
York Journal relief party en- route to
Galveston, Tex, arrived here this morn
ing over the Wabash, and left immed-
lately over the Iron Mountain on spe-
ciai schedule time. The party numbers
about 80 people, consisting of physicians
and nurses, occupying two sleeping ears
and baggage car loaded with medi-
cines and supplies.
Through Nat Wetzel, president of the
Western Poultry and Game company,
10000 pounds of produce. provisions and
food stuffs, loaded into two cars, have
been sent by express to the people of
Galveston.
San. Francisco, Sept. 13-Already near
" $4,000 have been contributed to the
Galveston relief fund in this city and
other places in the state have also given
generously A train laden with supplies
will start for Galveston tonight. It will
stop at Fresno and Tulare to pick up
car loads of fresh and dried fruit and
may also take on more cars at Los
Angeles The mayor, the banks, the
Red Cross soc'fty and the newspapers
will receive and forward all donations
that may be offered.
Governor Gage has appointed num-
Der of prominent citizens to act as
state relief committee with authority to
appoint subcommittee.
Pittsburg, Sept. 1s-The Carnegie
Steel company has given $4,000 to the
Galveston relief fund.
Cincinnati. o.. Sept 13.-The relief
committee has telegraphed 81 900 to Gov
ernor Sayers for the sufferers from the
disaster and expects to do the same
daily, increasing the amounts as the
time goes on Covington.- KY, has re-
sponded by voting 81, 1000 from the munich
pal fund to start relief subscription
Newport will make a similar response
today.
LOSS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Washington, Sept 13.-GeneraI John
n Wilson, chief of engineers, U. S. A,
has been endeavoring to communicate
with the Office of the engineers in
charge of Galveston. to ascertain the
conditions Of government property in
that city.
Under the engineer corps are the forti-