The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-09-21

story is told by Dallas citizens who re-
turned Tuesday night from Galveston.
They declare that negroes and many
white persons are hourly committing
the most atrocious acts of vandalism.
jim. Griswold, division freight agent of
the Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe, who was
in that city during the storm, and had
a narrow escape from death. said:
'Ears and fingers bearing diamonds were
hacked off with pocket knives and the mem
bers placed in the pockets Of vandals. The
bodies of women who wore fine clothes
have been stripped of the last thread and
left to tester in the sun. The residences
left standing have been broken into and
jevelry and silver plate stolen. saw me-
gro woman carrying large basket of sill
verware that was not hers. At Texas City
/ saw an ole man. considerably under the
influence of liquor. His pocket protruded
d roll of bills as big as my arm. which he
claimed to have found on the bay shore.
Upon all hands this horrible work Is going
on. The offenders are generally negroes,
although there are some white men who
have demonstrated that they are sufficiently
devoid of honesty and manhood to partici-
pate in these ghoulish deeds. AS soon as
the storm subsidized the negroes stole all the
liquor they could get and. beastly drunk,
proceeded with their campaign of vandal-
ism. Troops are needed at once"
Situation Improves.
Galveston, Tex, Sept. 15.-The city
has finally lifted it's head from be-
meath the weight of woe which has
been pressing down, and from now on
it's rehabilitation will be sure, and if
money is received it will be rapid.
The first real attempt to clear away
the great mass of debris piled along
the beach front for distance of sew
eral miles was begun Friday.
A Telegram of Protest.
Much attention has been attracted
by the dispatch of Quartermaster Bax-
ter to the department expressing the
belief that Galveston has been hope
lessly ruined. Congressman Hawley,
the only republican member of con-
gress from Texas, who was not in the
city when the disaster occurred, but
who has since returned, Thursday
night sent the following telegram to
the war department in reply to the
dispatches of Quartermaster Baxter.
Galveston, Tex. Sept. 13.-To the Hon
orable Secretary of War, Washington:
While 1t might not be significant or worthy
of notice, 1 have the honor to state that
Quartermaster Bakers telegram to the
Quartermaster general respecting Calves
ton is unworthy Of soldier and in no way
represents the morale of Galveston citizen-
ship and their determined purpose to re-
store their city. r. B. HAWLEY."
The storm-stricken people are pro-
foundly grateful for the generous re-
Spouse of the world to their appeal
for relief, and from a wish to be
worthy of the aid extended to them
they are speaking more hopefully of
reconstruction.
Many Leaving the City.
The exodus from the city is heavy
to-day and hundreds more are
eager to go who are unable to secure
transportation. Along the bay front
there are scores of families with de-
jected faces pleading to be taken from
the stricken city, where, in spite of
every effort to restore confidence,
there is universal feeling of depres-
sion.
Assurances have been received by
the railroads that they will do all in
their power to reopen communication,
and their present plan seems to be
to concentrate all forces on the work
of the reconstruction of one bridge.
Crews are coming down the Santa Fe
railroad from Arkansas and ST. Louis
with full equipments to restore the
line. Local representatives of the
Southern Pacific have had adOices from
headquarters to proceed with repair
work without delay. Telegraph COM
munication has been partially restored,
the Western Union and Postal COM
panies having reached the city with
one wire. Large forces have been at
work along the lines of both compa-
MES and connection with Galveston
has been attended with many difficult
ties.
Business Houses Open.
A larger number of business houses
than on Thursday are open and adj
vertising their wares at no advance
in the prices. Carts with disinfect-
ants are going through the streets.
The cutters are being covered with
lime. Carpenters are having all the
work they can do. The storm tore
hundreds of roofs off, and the people
who are living in topless houses are
eager to obtain coverings so as to
prevent the destruction of what they
have saved if a rainstorm comes along.
Thus far, however, the weather has
been clear.
Lists Imperfect.
Lists of the living and of the dead
are far from perfect. The identity of
all who have been lost will never be
known.
The Known Dead.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 15.-The Post
prints list of 2,701 names of the Gal
weston dead, compiled from various
sources, but believed to be authentic.
There were hundreds of bodies burned,
buried at sea and in the sand. of which
no identification was possible; there
were other hundreds who were buried
on the beach of the mainland, few of
whom have been identified. There are
many bodies still in the ruins of Gal
weston, and scattered along the beach