Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-12

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Fod Gods sake help US!
(signed) ~. H. STEELE,
Chairman"
REPORTS TO THE GovERNoR.
Relief offered galveston from Every
Point OF the Compass
Austin. Tex. Sept. 12.-OfHcial re.
ports from Galveston to Governor
Sayers are that 400 bodies have been
Identified 200 more are in an .,npro-
vised morgue awaiting identification
and many more are thought to have
drifted out to sea and their identity will
not be known for several weeks. A
telegram from Adjt. Cen Scurry, who
.is at Galveston, to the governor. is as
follows:
Have just returned from Texas City
with several Galveston parties, who
assure me that conditions there beggar
description. Accounts have not been
exaggerated. One thousand lost is too
conservative. While a. portion of the
provisions have been destroyed by
water, sufficient are on hand TO relieve
immediate necessities. The citizens
seem to have the situation well in hand.
United States troops and Company c,
volunteer guard. with citizens patrol.
patrol the streets to prevent looting. 1
requested w. B. Wortham to go to Gal
weston from Texas City for the purpose
of advising me Of the city's most urgent
needs and returned here to report and
ask for further instructions. Irespect-
fully suggest that the distress is too
great for the people OF Galveston. even
with the assistance of Houston, to
stand, and that general appeal for
held would be welcomed. That estimate
I of 10000 destitute does not seem to be
| excessive.
It Is estimated by the telegraph COM
panies at his point that upward Of 1O.-
900 private messages have been handled
out of Galveston by boat to Houston,
thence to relatives and friends in the
4 interior of Texas and other states, no-
tifying them OF their safety, and so
4 great has been the strain OF business
that all telegraph companies have been.
using their full forces all the twenty
four hours without relieving the rusn.
Hundreds of messages pouring in here
bring relief to some and sad news to
others, recording the safety or death of
relatives In Galveston.
From reports reaching the governor
1t Will be necessary to cooperate with
a the federal troops to place all the main
land opposite Galveston, as we'll as the
a island, under martial law. II reports
PREACHING here are true, thieves have be-
\ gun to enter the city for the pur-
i pose OF pilfering the bodies Of the dead.
i The governor has been informed that
a the c mmander Of the Texas troops has
been ordered to Galveston by the fed-
& eral authorities and the governor will
q lend him every assistance possible with
state militia to keep vandalism down.
There is only one road operating to the
J, coast from Houston and that will be
placed under military supervision tenn
II porarily.
4 Governor Sayers is in receipt of a
telegram from Mics Barton. OF the Red
! Cross Society, offering the assistance
of that association, if necessary. and he
ireplied that he would call onsthe society
II he found that its help was needed
According to reports to the governor
the work of recovering corpses con.
4 tinue una bated. and while a number
OF them are so mutilated that the,
!, cannot be recognized. they are being
!, held as long as possible in the hope O
!. securing their names. Quite a numbe
J LOT children are noted among the list.
5 A large number OF state militia tent
= were shipped from here to Galveston
for temporary use on the island. Gov
ernor Sayers received upward of LOO
kilograms during the dag from partie
in the east and west Offering assist
: ance to the flood sufferers al Galveston
: and from various portions Of the stat
j reporting the collection OF money an
: supplies. During the day Governo
Z Sayers estimated that the receipts i
Z money from collections in Texas woul
amount to $4,000. tho 1t appears fror
= reports that great deal Of money ha
been sent direct to Galveston instead Q
coming thru the governor, and tn
amount may be much larger than tina
= stated. Governor Sayers will not max
= known the total amount until som
time today or tomorrow. Quite nun
ber OF eastern newspapers are wirin
n the governor, Offering to establis
= themselves as bureaus for relief fund
e IL desired, and asking what they can q
,f to relieve the situation. A telegral
from New York Informs the governe
- that two relief trains of supplies ha,
left New York for Galveston. The Cir
cinnati chamber OF commerce Wir,
tnat II VIII SeNQ any Ieilel jueSlEeu tHt
z It can give. Chicago. Philadelphia.
le Louis and several other points did lik,
er wise.
1t Houston, Tex, Sept 1.-THE Po
= correspondent was Instructed to, TO
/. ward the following address to the pc,
: Pile Of the United States:
Galveston, Sept. lit is my ooinio
% based on personal Information, thi
g. 5000 people have lost their lives her
IT approximately one third OF the res
Is dence portion OF the city has bee
to swept away. There are several tho
le sand people who are homeless and de
b. titute; how many there Is no way
i. finding out. Arrangements are now b
&, ing made to have the women AMI chi
:. dren sent to Houston and other place
= but the means of transportation a
g limited. thousands are still to be car,
es for here We appeal to you for INN
o. diate aid. WALTER g. JONES
k Mr.. Jones is the mayor OF Galvesto
.. Indicted for Murder.
Marysville. o., Sept 12. The graz
s Jury has returned an Indictment OF Il
ne larst degree for murder against Rossl,
cd Ia. Ferrell for killing Express Messe
e ger Lane.
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