The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
GALVEST0N'S CONDITION
Is BEING RAPIDLY IMPROVED By SYS-
TeMATIC WORK
STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN SEAtY
AS to the Use OF the Relief Supplied.
shipping Business Resumed - Rail-
way Traffic to Open Today-Bodies
sun Being Found-Loss of Life In
surance Companies-Estimate ofEx-
pert wreckers as to Time and Cost
or ofClearing Away the Debris

OF Clearing Away the Debris
Galveston, Texas, September I9.-
Nomal conditions are fast being e.
stored in Galveston. The work of
clearing the streets Of debris continues
unabated and all relief work is now
thoroughly systematized. Several hu-
man bodies were found today. No at
tempt was made to identify them and
they were immed late;y oremated.
John Sealy, the chairman of the e.
nance committee, made the following
statement today:
An inquiry as to the funds is peril
nent and the public should be inform
ed In the first place 1 am not paying
out any money to any one except on
the order Of VIM. A. McVittie, chair
man Of the relief committee. What we
are looking after now is the immediate
relief Of those in DISTRESS, such as fur
n1shing clothes, food and the payment
of men who are working On the street,
cleaning up the debris and burning
dead bodies. On the 18th inst. we be-
gan paying these men S1.5O per day and
Men who are not working and who
cannot show tickets to the effect that
they have been employed get no sup
plies.
1.-The question of judicious distribu-
ton OF all funds will be taken up by
the central committee and plan work
ed out for the best interest and benei
of all. Each member of the committee
has under consideration some sugges-
ton and general plan Will De per-
fected at an early date.
"A full report of every subscription
has been kept, which 1 will publish in
due time in connection with the lists
Governor Sayers has received at Aus
tin The governor and l think best
not to publish these lists until matters
are more settled. 1 am ready at any
time the governor advises to publish
the entire list. The mayor is turning
over to me all moneys he receives.
"Everything is working with perfect
system, harmoniOusly and intei,1gently
between the officials and the different
committees. The governor has aided
us greatly with his zeal and interest
I in our trouble
The report that Miss Clara Barton is
i'll and that she has been compelled to
leave is an error. She is indisposed.
though not seriously so and remains in
her room, but she is directing the work
of her assistants. A system has now
been 1naugurated and the work is pro-
crossing smoothly in conjunction with
the local relief committee. The Red
Cross Society has arranged to use the
warehouses at Twenty fifth and
Strand streets as a supply depot and
office. Herbert Talmage, of Miss Bar
tons staff, will supervise the shipment
of supplies.
DIR. Donaldson, chief surgeon of
New York newspaper corps, says it
will NOT 1r g.
geonS to remain here for more than two
or three days. He has written an ar
tfcle for medical journal commenting
upon the comparatively small number
OF seriously wounded persons by say
ing that most of those so wounded
were drowned, but says it is surprising
that more people, especially women and
trying experiences.
Efforts are being made to open the
pubic schools on October 1st, the date
set before the storm for their opening.
Three of the school buildings can be
made habitable at slight cost.
The losses to the life insurance COM
panies are estimated at $500, 900. Most |
OF those who carried old line life poll |
cles escaped. The fraternal orders will |
lose quite heavily.
The Gulf Ports Trading Company
addressed letter to General Manager
Polk, Of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa |
F'e railway, today, advising him that |
strenuous efforts were being made to |
divert business from Galveston to |
other ports on representation that CAL |
of the shipments. He was asked todayl
weston would be unable to take care
whether his line would issue domestic |
and foreign bills of lading for export |
shipments through Galveston. Colonel |
Polk replied that the representations
n iro1x fol %1,1%
to nave rail communication opened to |
galveston by tomorrow and to begin /
the delivery of local and export |
freight here Friday morning; that or
ders have already been issued to super
intendents to let Galveston freight |
thorized to accept freight for Calves
ton and sign domestic and foreign bills
of lading as usual.
The light house department steamer
Arbutus arrived today from Key West
and was rendered to the general relief
committee.
The wheat in elevator "a" is being
turned over and put in shape to de-
liver to vessels. There were about 1 600
cars Of wheat on track here and most
OF these show peculiar condition OF
Inspection It appears that in nearly
ali OF them there is a foot of wheat on
the bottom to which the water rose. 1t
was Salt water and the wheat caked so
hard that the 'tryer' used by the in
speclor VIII not penetrate it. The grain
above this water line appears not TO
have been damaged. The good grain
was being transferred by hand to other
cars today. Hanna and Leonard's new
began business tonight. The
BRUSH steamer Endeavor went under
The spouts and is taking ON full cargo
Of wheat
The most reliable Information obtain
able places the dead between 5000
and $500. A census bureau was estab-
lished and placed in operation today.
mortuary bureau has also been op-
ened wherer elatives or friends are &c
make oaln OF the known death of per-
sons lost in the storm. These bureaus
VIII materially assist in a more accu-
rate record of the dead.
Insurance Inspector ]. G. Youens has