The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-13
MILK or HUMAN KINDNESS
MEN AND CITIES HASTEN TO EX-
TEND RELIEF TO THE SORE
LY STRICKEN
SHORT sHRIFT FOR GHoULs
Negroes Caught Robbing the Bod
les of the Dead Executed by
the Troops without
Mercy.

GALVESTON, Tex, Sept. 12 e p. M,
via Texas City and Houston, p. m).-
At a meeting of the relief committee
held this morning reports were received
from the various wards. The chairman
called for armed men to assist in get
ing labor to bury the dead and clear the
Wreckage, and arrangements were made
to supply this demand The situation
IN the city today is that there are plenty
of volunteers for this service, but an In
suffciency of arms. There have been
two or three small riots, but the officers
have managed to queH them. The COM
m1ttee rejected the proposition of trying
to pay for work, letting the laborers Sc
cure their own rations. 1t was decided
TO go ahead pressing men into service
If necessary, issuing orders for rations
only TO those who worked or were un-
able to work All of the ward chairmen
reported imperative need of disinfect-
ants A committee was appointed to Sc
quester all the disinfectants in the CITY
including the lime which escaped wet
ting and to secure more. Houston was
called upon for a barge load of lime.
The relief committee was greatly en-
couraged by the offer made through Her
man Frick and William Cowan of the
White Screwmen's association, rendering
! the services of all its MEMBERSHIP in
number. They were placed at the dis
posal OF the various ward chairmen, and
foremen were appointed for each diyis-
ION. Chairman McVittie announced that
1t was necessary for him to have help.
John Kinlicks and DR.. A. w Fly volun-
teered their services.
Capt. Sinclair Taliaferro, Of Houston,
who did such efficient work during the
BraZos flood, arrived here this rnorninr
He was asked to assist Chairman Nc
Vittie in his work. Dan Henderson an
nounced that Mr.. Van Week, the general
manager of the Southern Pacific railroad,
authorized the committee to draw on
that company for $500. Mr.. Van Week
returned to Houston ON the tug Juno to
send barge load of supplies.
The Galveston, Houston & Henderson
| railroad is operating relief trains over
| its line to Texas City Junction and
thence over the Texas City terminal to.
or nearly TO, Texas City A boat is car
rying dispatches from Galveston to Tex
as City. Arrangements have been made
| TO start passenger. service tomorrow.
| The steamer Lawrence will take pay
! passengers to Texas City. Destitute per-
/ sons who have relatives to go elsewhere
! will be furnished with credentials by the
relief committee and will be taken to
| Texas City and carried by the Calves
! ton, Houston q Henderson to Houston
! free. Mr.. Van Week is arranging trans
portation for them from Houston to the
/ points whittier they are destined. This
/ service will begin at a. m. tomorrow.
WATER WORKS DAMAGED.
TNorI, on he
progressed so satisfactorily as had been
hoped for. The men did not work last
! night Chief Engineer Reynolds has not
been at the works since yesterday morn
ing. Aid McMasters took charge of the
work today. The machinery has been
cleared of the debris and the pipes found
too badly damaged, and plumbers and
steamfitteris and boilermallers are at
work on them. McMaster says he thinks
! it will be possible to get water into the
mains tomorrow.
All saloons were closed by the chief of
police on Saturday At a meeting of
! the general committee with the city Off
cials this morning the policing of the city
was discussed. Mayor Jones announced
! that Adjt. Gen. Scurry would take charge
| of the situation with the soldiers and
! citizen soldiery. The city is patrol;ed
| by about 1900 police officers, special off
GERS, soldiers and deputy sheriffs Dep
uty Chief of Police Amundsen is acting
as chief. Morris Kahn has been ap-
| pointed deputy chief of police Chief
! of Police Ketchum is engaged in other
work outside of the police department.
Sheriff Thomas has charge of the dep
uty sheriffs and special deputies while
j. H Hawley is in command of the mill
tary forces guarding property and pro
tecting the inhabitants during the dis
| turbed state of affairs
Orders were issued to the soldiers AM
police to kill any person caught in the
act of robbing the dead. Up to Tues
/ day morning seven negro vandals haC
been discovered and had paid the zen
atty Of their crime with their lives
! They were shot dead and their bodir.
were carted away with dead victims o.
the storm. No whisky is permitted t,
be sold under any circumstances unles:
ordered by the chairman Of one of the
committees or by a physician who mus
state that it is to be used for medicina
purposes. All persons not having bust.
ness on the streets after dark must b;
identified before they are allowed to pass
! Unless Identification is forthcoming they
are arrested. No person is allowed t.
work in or about any building unless lie
has written permit signed by the chiet
| of police or deputy chief. No person !:
permitted to carry furniture or other
property through the streets unless he
has a written permit from the proper au.
thority.
The police department has issued striot
orders and these orders will be inforcef
to the letter to clear the city of all the
outside sporting element Detective.
from Houston and Dallas have arrived
here. No gambling is permitted, anf
any violations of this rule is prosecutel
to the fullest extent of the law.
RESCUED FROM DEATH
During the storm Saturday night thu
young men of the Boddiker family, with
the aid of a skiff. rescued over forty ner-
sons and took them to the Universit,
building, where they found shelter from
/ the winds and waves.
People tell of getting out of thei1
houses just in the nick of time. The,
tell of seeing people struck by flying tim
bers and crushed to death before thai,
eyes. One man was cut off from his
family just as he thought he had then
rescued and saw them sink beneath the
water on the other side of barrier He
turned IN and helped to rescue the Others
who We're in peril. One woman CARRIE,
her five months old babe in her arm
| from her house only to see a beam strike