Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-22

Burning the Bodies to Prevent n
Terrible PestiIence--The Death List
Estimated Mt Five to Six Thousand,
Though 1t VIII Never be Known.
Galveston. Sept 19.-The work of
clearing the streets of debris is pro-
crossing rapidly under the perfect or
ganiZation instituted by military rule
under Adjutant General Scurry. Over
1000 men are engaged on the work
Ntnety-eight bodies are reported as
having been found in the wreckage
and removed yesterday, making a to-
tai of 1861 victims sc far recovered.
The list is far short Of the accurate
number of dead found, because no Of
6cial records are kept Bodies found
are buried or cremated, and no sys-
tematic record has been kept. Over a
hundred bodies were recovered and
cremated on Sunday, and on Monday
as many more. Several hundred bodies
have thus been burned on funeral
pyres or which there can be no exact
record.
The total number Of dead Is still
estimated at 5000 to 5000. The news
paper list is over 1000. The names of
many negroes, Mexicans, Italians and
other foreigners can never be secured.
The water works system Is being
gradually restored and the mains are
now supplying the various hospitals.
The electric lights are also being rap
IDLY pushed.
There are only ten houses in a
habitable condition south OF High ISL
and" says S. II. Spangler, general man.
ager of the Gulf and Interstate Rail-
way company, who returned yesterday
from a tour of inspection OF the prop
erty of his company. There were
thousands OF bodies of dead animals
and about $50 bodies OF human beings
found there. The latter have been
partially buried, but the hands and
feet are protruding from the earth in
many places and there are not enough
people left in that section to bury the
dead"
Mr.. Spangler will endeavor to get a
party from here to go over and COM
plete the work OF burying the dead.
Recent discoveries emphasize the
heroism OF the sisters In charge OF the
Catholic orphan asylum. 1t is shown
that when the sisters found the waters
rising all around the asylum their only
thoughts were for their charges. They
tied the children in punches, and then
each sister fastened to herself one Of
these lunches OF orphans. determined
TO save them or die with them. Two
OF these punches have been found un-
der wreckage, and In each case eight
children had been fastened together
and then tied to sister.
Governor Sayers asks that the fol-
lowing be published:
Reports sent out that $500, 900 or
5000. has already been paid are abb
solutely false and calculated to do
great harm TO the needy sufferers on
our coast. No such sum OF money
has been received, or anything ap-
preaching IL. 1t is believed that the
stories have done great harm, In that
they have prevented the contribution
OF money which is so sorely needed at
Galveston"
The presence OF the troops has had
a beneficial effect upon the criminal
classes. and the apprehension OF a
brief, but desperate reign of anarchy
no longer exists. The liquor saloons
have at least temporarily gone out
of business.
Orders were issued to the soldiers
and police to kill any person caught in
the act OF robbing the dead. Alto
gethe 125 vandals, black and white,
were summarily executed last week.
1t is found that so-called camera
fiends have been shot down, as we'll
as the ghouls who despoiled the dead,
Two were summarily shot dead Satur-
day by guards, who declare that the
photographers were detected in the
act of photographing the nude bodies
of dead women and girls. Their cam
eras were smashed by the soldiers and
the negatives were destroyed