The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-14
GALVESTON NEWS
APPEALS TO CITIZENS.
Urges Them 10 stand by Their
Stricken City In Its Hour
nj Trial

GALVESTON. Sept. 1s.--The following
editorial appears in today's News:
AT the first meetine OF Galveston citi-
gems Sunday afternoon after the great
hurricane. for the purpose OF bringing
order out OF chaos the only sentiment ex.
an awful blow The loss q life s and i' prcp
erty H. appaliing--so great that 1t requires
several days 10 form anything like cor
hearts bns Nth w Tssou, SAG ,e. and s
mert. Of the meeting was that out OF the
awful chaos of wrecked homes and
wrecked business Galveston must rise
7'rhe sentiment was not TIM, OF bury
NE dead and give un the ship but rather
bnry ne dead, sueeor the needy. appeal
Tor aid from q Charitable world and then
start resolutely to work to mend the
bsoken chains, In many cases the work
q upbuildinT must begin over. In other
the sentiment was Galveston will. Dali
weston must, survive and hmm her rlori-
oas , destiny Galveston shall rise again
the storm Of last Saturday night. Ina
stricken citizens OF the town have rnt
been Informed as to the thrill Of .lorror
OF the catastrophe was spread. The A.
soctatcd Press brings the CHEEKY news
that In every town and city IN the United
states, commercial. religious and Chart :
able bodies have organized into relief com
mittees. Al present thousands az dollars
and hundred. 81 ears OF supplies are IN
, Sn s as soor s as 4 is possible to ht
here has been awful the sympathy ana
humanity 81 great nation has been ann
nlS, and very soon the local committees
WIN be enabled To assist the destitute
thousands,
Must Not Despair.
What the News desires most Ia say 10
the surviving victims at last SATURDAY 4 a
catastrophe Il that IN the describing OF
n worldwide sVmrathv which H. ers,,,,
passing US, we mus, not give way ,o ae.
spair. n We have lost an cleo, we atiil
have life and the future. and II Is toward
the future that we must devote the en-
wha, We have suffered, we cannot serret
the thousands ~ orr friends and loved
ones Wit, found in the angry pillows that
destroyed. their nnal resting place Put
tears and grief must not make ps forget
our present duties. The ruin witch 6Aa
d~eolaied Galveston Il not beyond repair
con Is 70 hc abandoned hcnauss ~ me djs.
as,er however horrible that disaster haa
been We have our betnea here even M
thsse homes aro 10 rutns and q We loved
must that affection b. and how u,,leh
more sacred tt must BE- when We fhiak ~
cur loved ones whose duei aansecrates NOT
lash it~ sharf.
at Il tim. for courage n m. highest
order. X "a 9 slric when men and women
show the stun that - IN them. an8 W. rae
make ma i0sticr ACKNOWLEDGMENT ~ tha
material sympathy which The world 4 ~
tending So ne than r. answer hack that
AftRr We ahaii have buried our lead. re-
NeVrj the auwgrinea ~ the STICK ana dss-
tlfute. Nc VIII hravelv undertake inc VAST
work ~ restoration and remuneration
which lies before We m a manner whleh
shall convince tha world that we have
splrN ta nverrsme misfortune asia rebuild
o0r haFne~ In THIS wzv We shall nroyr
nurs.lyss worthy y The boanas tender
ness which Is being shhwrrAd upan &. III
the hour of deselstlcn and sorrow