The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-04
Five Hundred More Bodies Found
Down the Island and Twenty
One in the City.
WILL PAY ALL MUNICIPAL DEBT.
One British Steamer Floated, but
So Far No Effort Has Been
Made In Release Other
Stranded Ships.
RETTBLIC SPECIAL.

| RETTB1.IC SPECIAL
| Galveston. Tex. oct. Out Of debris n,
Avenue r and Thirty-sevcnth street yester-
day were taken the bodies Of two boys. one
was the corpse Of Il lad of u. the other was
that of 4 little fellow of {
Claspcd tightly in the rigid right arm OF
the older boy was the body Of his baby
brother. The left arm nf the elder boy was
shattered. and he had evidently been pain
fully injured before death overlook hin:,
hut. brave and faithful 10 the last, he had
| protected his little brother.
The hero was Scott NcCloskey. son of
Captain Charles McCloSkey. one Of the best
known of seafarinS men In Galveston.
Peter Callahan and the men who found
tho bodies gave them temporary burial on
Mr.. Callahan'S place near by. An old trunk
served for their coffin.
Captain McCloskey lost his wife and three
children in the great storm. The body of
his wife has not Yet been found
II a monument is ever built in commem-
Grafton of the great disaster. the name of
12-year-old Scott McCloskey should be
placed high among the list of the heroic
dead.
Provisions have been made for the pay
ment OF interest on all outstanding citS
bonds up to January 1. 1901 amounting ap-
proximately To about s5Do- The bulk of
these bonds are held by New York per
sons. This does not include 5000 interest
on the i0-year limited debt bonds which
We're sent to New York on the lst- Ar
rangements have also been made TO pay
all city employees In cash AT the end of each
month up TO about February !. 1901. The
money is to come from the special reserve
fund and from taxes. which are coming III
at a lively rate.
effect that within the last ten days i'I
bodies have been burned and buried in that
locality. Six corpses Were found to-day
just east of Nottingham. about eight miles
down the island.
To-day the body of ]. f. B. Aguilo: late
county chairman of the Democratic Exec
utive Committee. was found in Il mass
of debris on Twenty-eighth street and Ave
nue. Pi.. The body was decomposed be-
yond recognition. hut was identified by a
bunch Of KEYS found In the trousers pocket.
The British steamship Benedict. which
was blown loose from her mornings at the
wharf by the great storm and grounded
was fioated to-day and berthed at the
wharf. When she grounded she had over
this had TO be lightered to get her eff. A
Board OF Survey will be held 10 determine
her seaworthiness.
stranded in Galveston Bay. They are the
Roma. the Hilarius. the Kendall Castle. the
Tiunton and the Red Cross So far no ei-
fort has been made to float them. and TO do
SO Will require great amount OF dredging.
The tug Louise Of the Direct Navigation
Company, WHICH was Will ner
| tow at Dollar Point Reef by the Storm
| when James Casey and Joseph Fitzner. tive
| of her crew. were drowned. was raised and
| towed back to Houston to-day. Later The
| tug will be taken to New Orleans to be re-
| paired.
Seven hundred and seven bales Of cotton
! on the barge at the time have been recov-
| cred. The cotton was replevined. thS
| coast farmers who seized IT, refused to de.
| liver il up unless they received salvage
| This is a matter the courts will have 10
| determine. The Direct Navigation Com.
pany will soon be fully equipped for the
transportation of freight between Houston
and this city.
| Twenty-one hodies were recovered from
the debris In Galveston to-day, making q
| total of 1885 officially reported as recov-
| cred since the storm.