Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-14
DIslNFECTANTs ARE NEEDED
$LOOO,O0O Already Raised For
RelIef-Three Negroes Hune
In Tennessee.
GERMANY TO OFFER US BONDS

disposing of the dead continues. Sever
al hundred bodies are still buried be-
meath the wreckage. The deputy sher-
if and the police are now policing the
city during the day and the militia take
charge at night. There are really few
prominent dead in the list of dead
People killed were mostly working
people or small tradesmen, small pro-
fessional men and families
The reason for this is the greatest
force of the hurricane was exerted
against the east end and west end
and the water front, while in the cen
ter of the city where people OF greater
prominence lived, there was not so
much loss of life.
Galveston, Texas, Sept. 14-G. w
Boscneke, assistant engineer of the
Southern Pacific railroad, received or
ders from New York to prepare plans
at once for double-track steel bridge
across Galveston bay, ten feet higher
than the old one and to proceed with
all the force possible. Engineers are
making a survey. A conference was
held at the Office of City Health Officer
Wilkinson today. After thoroughly
canvassing the future health of the
community, it was decided to accept
the offer of the United States marine
hospital service, to establish a camp
at Houston, where the destitute and
sick can be cared for. A message was
sent to the surgeon general asking the
department to furnish 1000 tents of
four berths capacity also several hun
dred barrels of disinfecting fluid. An |
other very important move in the di |
rection of the sanitation and health Of |
the community was made by the health
department in calling for drays and
men to clean the streets.
Galveston, Texas, Sept 14-J. C
Stewart, grain elevator builder, after
inspecting the grain elevators and con
tents, said not 2 per cent of the grain
in the elevators had been damaged.
Wheat would be loaded into vessels
just as readily as they woull come to
take it. Bailey put large force of
men to work clearing up the wharves.
They are damaged but little Con-
gressman R. B. Hawley, who was il
Washington at the time OF the storm
arrived in this city yesterday. He said:
"We must rebuild our city on differ
ent lines and in a different manner
that viii resist gales as tLey do ir
other places"
Galveston, Sept 14-At the meeting
of the general committee yesterday, a
committee was appointed TO meet Gov
ernor Sayers. The committee will
leave for Austin this afternoon The
committee on correspondence sent the
following telegram: Our most urgen,
present needs are disinfectants, lime
cement, gasoline stoves, gasoline, char
coal furnaces and charcoal. Nearby
towns may send bread For the re.
mainder of our wants money will be
the most available because we car
make purchases from time to time
with more discretion than miscellan-
eous contributors would exercise. We
are bringing order out of chaos and
again express our profound gratitude
for the assistance so far received"
The Mexican Gable company expects
to establish communication via the
City of Mexico this evening.
The Western Union has succeeded
in getting up temporary wire.
Austin, Texas. Sept 1.-THE fund
for the relief of the Galveston suffer
ers now aggregates nearly s1,OOO,OOO
it probably will reach $500, 900 by to
morrow night Most of this amount
is in the hands Of Governor Sayers
who will direct the work Of expending
it.
Houston, Sept. 1.-THE Post" today
prints a list of 2.7O1 names of Calves
ton dead, compiled from various
sources. There were hundreds of bod
les burned buried in the sea and il
the sand where no identification is pos
sible. Bodies are still in the ruins a
Galveston and scattered along th'
There seems no longer any ,loubt tina
the number of dead will reach beyons
the estimate of 5000. About $500
refugees arrived here from Galveston
and are being cared for as well al
possible. The transportation of th'
people from Galveston to the interio
will now proceed faster. also Fhe trans
portation Of provisions.