The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-20
EXTENDING RELIEF FUNDS.
Progress of the work Of pebuIIdtnn
charlottesville Insurance COM
panies Lost S50n. 600.

diuons are fast being restored Ia Gal
weston The work OF clearing the streets
OF debris continues unabated and an re-
lief work Is now thorasishly systematized.
Several human bodies were found to-day
No attempt wls made 70 identify them
ana they were Immediately crcmatcd.
John sealy, the chairman OF the finance
committee. made che following statement
to-day.
An inquiry as 20 the funds Is pertinent
and the public should b. informed Ii the
nrst place ! am not paying 0ut any money
10 anyone except on the order Of William
4. McNitie. chairman OF the Relic. Com
mittee. What Wc are looking after now
Is the immediate RELIEF Of those In dis
iress. such az furnishing clothes. food aud
the payment OF men VINO are Worklug on
the street clearing up the debris and
burning dead bodies ON the 18th instant
We began paying these men $50 per day
and furnishing supplies for their families
Men who are not working und cannot
show tickets TO the effect that they have
p'fn employed gct no supplies
lhe ques ION Of iudici1us distribution
of all funds viii be- taken up by the cen
iral Committee and "A plan worked out for
TIE hest Interest ana henent of an Each
member OF the committee has under con-
slderation some suggestion aud general
plan vi be- perfected al an early date.
a full record o. every subscription has
been kept. which I VIII publish In due
time in connection with the lists Gov.
Sayers has received al Austin The Gov
ernor and I think best not TO publish
these lists until matters are more settled.
] ON ready al any time the Governor ad-
vises 20 pubs tho entire list The May
or is turning over 10 me all moneys he
receives.
Everything is working with perfect
system. harmouiously and inteuigenuy be-
tween the officials and the different COM
mittees. The Governor has aided us great
ly with his zeal and interest Ia our
trouble"
Miss Clara Barton IndIsposed.
The report that Miss Clara Barton is
III and that she has been compelled to
leave Is an error. She T. iudisposCd.
though not seriously so. and remains in
her room. but she Is directing the work Of
her assistants A system has been inau-
gurated and the work is progressing
smoothly in conjunction with the local re-
lief committee.
The Red Gross Society has arranged to
use the warehouses at Twcnty-hfih and
Strand "a supply depot and office
Herbert Talmnge OF Miss Bartons staff
will supervise the shipment OF supplies
Or. Donaldson. chief surgeon OF a New
York newspaper corps. says IL will not be-
necessary for visiting surgeons 20 remain
here for more than two or three days.
He has written an article for a medical
Journal commenting upon the compare
lively small number OF seriously wounded
persons by saying that most Of those 50
wounded were drowned, but says u IS
surprising that more people especially 10
men ana children. did not become 80 from
such trying experiences.
Efforts arc being made 20 opon the pub
lic schools on oct /. the date set before
the storm. for their opening. Three
o. the school buildings can be
made habitable nt slight cost.
Life Insurance LOSSES.
The losses TO the Hfe Insurance com
pauies are estimated at sou 90. Most OF
those who carried oh line life policies
escaped The fraternal orders will lose
quite heavily.
The Gulf Ports Trading Company ad-
dressed letter 20 General Manager Polk
o. the Gulf Coloral1 nd Santa Re Ra'l-
road to-day advising nm that strsnuous
efforts were being ma3D to Givcrt bus'hcN .
from Galveston 90 other ports on rep'
sfntation that Galveston woull q unable
to take car OF the shipments. He was
as ked to-day whe hsr hiz o. would sue
domestic ara foreign hills Of lading for
export shipments through Galveston Col
Polk replied that the representations
we're entirely false. that 81 Is expected TO
have rail- communication opened 10 Gal
weston by tomorrow and to begin the
delivery of coal and export freight here
Friday morning. that orders have already
been ISSUED 20 superintenGenis 10 let Gal
weston freight come forward and agents
have been authorized TO accept freight
for Galveston ana siun dom site ana tor-
eign bills OF iading as usual
The lighthouse department steamer Ar
butus arrived to-day from Key West and
was rendered 10 the general relief COM
mittee.
The wheat situation.
The wheat In elevator "a" Is being
turned over aud put Ia shape 90 deliver 20
vessels There were about 10000 cars OF
wheat on track here and most Of these
show a peculiar condition OF Inspection.
Il appears that In nearly all OF them thete
Is a foot OF wheat on the bottom Of whlcn
the water rose. Il was salt water and
The wheat caked so hard that the fryer
used by the inspector will not penetrate
a. The grain above this water line ep-
fears NOT to have been damaged The
good grain was being transferred oy hand
to other cars to-day.
Hanna & Lconnrd's new elevator began
business tonight The British steamer
EndeaVor went under the spouts and -
taking on a full cargo Of wheat
The most reliable Information obtainable
places the dead between 5000 and 5.5o
Record of Dead and Living.
4 census bureau was established aud
placed IN operation to-day. mortuary
bureau has also been opened where reia-
ivcs or friends ore 20 make oath ~ The
known death OF persons lost in the storm
These bureaus Will materially assist 10 a
more accurate record OF shc dead.
Insurance Inspector J. q. Nouens has
begun 90 80 over the city 20 make de-
tailed report OF the houses destroyed.
The fire Insurance companies are ar
ranging TO refund "a pro rata on policies
on houses ana furniture where they have
been entirely destroyed by the hurricane
and the holders thereof want them can
ceilcd.
Dr. George IT, Lee. inspector Of hos
pitals and dispcnsnrles to-day made
favorable report on the condition Of the
city.
Al "A meeting Of the general relief COM
rpiftee to-day no one was found who would
..ts..,.t,e tbe fnb OF removing the city 8