Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-20
DUMPED IN THE SEA.
Bodies of Galveston Dead Being Got
Rid of in Swiftest Manner.
HEIscrsanta Found Stealing from the Dead
Are Dealt with sumrnnriiy-Death List
May Reach Tea TbOUsand-Some
GruesOEne Stories.

May Reach Tea TbOUsand-SOme
GruesOme stories.
Galveston, Tex, Sept. 13.-An at
tempts at burying the dead have been
utterly abandoned and bodies are now
being disposed of in the swiftest man.
ner possible. Scores of them were
buried yesterday and hundreds were
taken out to sea and thrown over
board. The safety of the living is
now the paramount question and
nothing that will tend to prevent the
outbreak of an awful pestilence is
being neglected. Yesterday morning
it was found that large numbers of
bodies which had been previously
thrown in the bay were washed back
upon the shore and the situation was
thus rendered worse than before they
were first taken in the barges and
thrown into the water. Tt will now
never be known how many have lost
their lives in this awful catastrophe.
Estimates run all the way from 1000
to 10000.
GhOuIa SummariIy Dealt With
Houston, Tex, Sept. 13.-The ghouls
have been holding an orgie over the
dead at Galveston. The majority of
these men were negroes but there
were also whites who took part in
the desecration of the dead. Some of
them were natives and some had been
allowed to go over from the main
land under the guise of relief work.
Not only did they rob the dead but
they mutilated bodies in order to Sc
cure their ghoulish booty. A party
of ten negroes were returning from
a looting expedition. They had
stripped corpses of all the valuables
and the pockets of some of the hooters
were fairly bullying out with fingers
of the dead which had been cut off
because they were swollen and the
rings could not be removed.
Incensed at this desecration and
mutilation of the dead, the looters
were instantly shot down and it has
been determined that all found in the
act of robbing the dead shall be sum-
marily shot. During the robbing of
the dead not only were fingers cut
off, but ears were stripped from the
head in order to secure jewels of
value. A few government troops who
survived and private citizens have
been patrolling the city and have en-
deavored to prevent the robbing of
the dead and on several occasions
have killed offenders. It is said that
one time eight were killed and at
another time four. Altogether the
total of those executed exceeds fully
so.
Bodies Hanging on Wire Fences.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 13.-J. w. B.
Smith, who went to Galveston a
month ago and who was in Saturday
nights storm, started from the city
Monday afternoon and in walking
from the foot of Broadway to the
Santa Fe bridge, counted 200 dead
bodies hanging on wire fences, to say
nothing of those floating in the
water. He costructed a raft out of
planks and in company with Clegg
Stewart, made for the mainland,
which they reached after hours of
exposure. In every direction in cross
ing the bay they saw the feet of
corpses sticking out of the water.
A boat-oWner of Galveston, Capt.
Charles E. Clarke, has been quoted
by strictly reliable man as say
ing that 10000 would be reached be-
fore the mortuary list of Galveston
and vicinity would be closed. He
has been about on boats in the waters
around Galveston day and night since
the storm and bases his statement
on what he has thus seen.
There is a shortage of horses to
haul the dead and there is a shortage
of willing hands to perform the grue-
some work. Yesterday morning it be-
came apparent that it would be i'm
possible to bury the dead even in
trenches, and arrangements svxere
made to take them to the sea.
Barges and tugs were quickly made |
ready for the purpose but it was diff
cult to get men to do the work.
Many Sufferers Going InSare.
Dallas, Tex, Sept. ia bulletin
from Galveston received here at II
a. m. says: 1.-The situation grows
worse every minute; water and ice
needed. People in frenzy from suf-
fering from these causes. Scores have |
died since last night and a number of |
sufferers have gone insane"
Russia Confiseates Chinese Money.
Pekin, Wednesday, Sept. 5.-The |
Russo-Chinese bank, which will close |
here and go to Shanghai, will con-
fseate, as part of the indemnity |
to be paid to Russia, the imperial uni |
versity fund of 100000 taeIs depos- |
tied with it, against which the Chi |
nese drew for the payment of their |
troops.