The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-14
Further Investigations Only Serve to
Add to Death-List and Horrors.
MANY LEAVE THE STRICKEN CITY
Bulk Of the Population, However,
Only Temporarily Panic
Stricken-The Presence OF
Troops Has Beneficial
Effect on Criminal
Glasses.
1Rx Associated Prcss.l

(By Associated Prcss)
GALVESTON, TEN, Sept. 13.-Galves-
ton is beginning slowly to recover from
the stunning blow Of last week, and
though the city appears tonight to be
| piteously deserted, the commercial and in
dustrial interests are setting their forces
to work, and a start has at least been
made toward the resumption of business
| on moderate scale.
The presence OF the troops has had
| beneficial. effect upon the criminal classes
| and the apprehension of prlet out
desperate reign of anarchy no" ho
| longer exists The liquor saloons nave at
| least temporarily gone out OF business,
| and every strong-limbed man VINO mas no1
| his own humble abode to look aiter IS
| being pressed into service. so that nist
+, OF all the water service may De resoii
| the cutters flushed and the streets lishteu.
| The further the ruins are dug into the
| greater becomes the increase in the lst
| of those who pershed, as their houses
| tumbIed about their heads. On the lower
! beach yesterday searching party iouho
| a score of corpses within small area,
| going to show that the bulwark OF deorls
| that lies straight across the island con-
| ceal many more bodies than nave been
| accounted for.
.I wish to say, however, said Mayor
Jones, I'VE have made such arrangements
as will make it possible for us to feed the
! needy until we can get in our supplies.
| We are relieving every case presented to
| u.s. 1 think within day or two. our
Transportation facilities will be sufficient
| temporarily to meet all needs. Galveston
has helped other cities in their distress,
despite her size, and we are consoled ny
! the generous response of the country 10
| our appeal"
The Relief Committee is striving TO
| systematic its work, and there is un-
| doubtedly distress here which ought 70 De
| believed promptly. Weazen-faced, bare
| footed children were engaged yesterday on
| the streets early appropriating spoiled cast
| off stocks of food The committee mas IN
| structed the local drug stores TO proV,de
| the poor and needy with medicine at the
| expense of the relief fund.
BODIES FOUND
| Volunteer guards continue their work OF
| hurried burial of the corpses found on the'
! shores Of Galveston Island, at the many
| nelgnboring points, whose fatalities at
| tended the storm It will probably ba
! MANY days yet. however, before all the
| floating bodies have found nameless graves
! along the beach. They are constantly pc
| ing washed up. Whether these are thoSe
| who were swept out into the Gulf and
! drowned or are simply the return ashorei
| of some of those cast into the sea to guard
| against terrible pestlence, there Is no
| means of knowing. In any event the
| Associated Press correspondent IN trip
! across the Bay yesterday, counted seven
| bodies tossing in the waves with score
| of horses and cattle, the Stencn from
| ,Inhpara bic.
In various parts of the city the smell of
| decomposed flesh is still apparent
| Wherever such instances are found the
| authorities are freely disinfectinS Only
| to-day a babe lashed to mattress was
| r1icked 1,p under a residence in the very
| heart of the city and was burned
| WIDESPREAD WRECK.
| THE city still presents the appearance of
! widespread wreck and ruin. Little mas
\ been done to clear the streets OF the terri
bIe tangle of wires and the mass OF wreck
| aoe mortar. slate and stone and glass that
| hestre,y them. Many Of the sidewalks are
fmpa assable. Others are so thickly covered
| with slime that. walking on them Us out
| of the question. As a general rule SUP.
| stantial frame buildings wishstood better
| the blasts Of the gale than those OF brlck.
| In other instances, however sfnaii Wooull. l
| hnuses have been pumped down in streets
! or backwards squares away from where
| thev originally stood Here and there bus
| mess men have already put men TO work
| to repair the damage done, but IN the
| main the commercial interests seems TO oe
uncertain about following the lead OF those
| who apparently show faith IN the rapid
| rehabtat tion of the island city.
| The resumption of the newspapers at
| ter a suspension of several days is having
| a good effect, and both the News and the
| Tribune are helping in the Succor OF the
distressed.
LEAVING THE CITY.
| Many people have left and some may
never return. The bulk Of the population,
however, is only temporarily panic
| stricken, and there are mony who look
| upon the catastrophe as involving only a
! temporary halt in the advancement OF the
| city.
! What is most hothering business men at
present is wnat attitude the railroads.
and especially the Southern Pacific, are
! to assume with respect to recontruc-
| ion. The decision of the transportation
| lines viii do more than anything else to
restore confidence.
Big ships, new arrivals, rode at anchor
| to-day in front of the city. They had just
| reached the port and found the docks and
pier damage so widespread that no ac-5
commodaion could be given to tnem. The
steamships reported ashore in early re-
ports are, save two. the Norwegian
steamer Giller and the British steamer
Norma-still high and dry. No examina-
fion is as yet possible as to the CONDITION
of those still on the sand, but the big
| r11ps H. c. Wilmott has arrived from New
orleans and her assistance is TO be given
| 10 saving these vessels which can be got
fen into deep water again. The destruc-s
tion Of the bridges of all the railroads en-
| taring the city, which were each about
three miles in length, make the work Of
recoI,s tructinn stupendous undertaH king
ABSoLUTE DAIiKNESs.
one OF the most serious results Of the
storm has beenzth stripping of the elec-
tric light and street car plants. The city