The true Democrat., 1900-09-22


trio Lights and Street Cars. BY Hard
Work Both Systems are About Restored.
Galveston, Tex Every hour brings
Galveston nearer tn normal conditions,
and the improvement OF each day
shows a decided gain over that Of
those preceding. 1t will be weeks and
perhaps months before the CITY will be
In good running shape, but matters are
fast rounding into condition, which
compared to the existing chaos in the
early part Of the week, is comfort and
happiness.
MONEY NEEDED.
The great immediate need Of the
city at present Is money-not SUBJ
soriptions but cold hard cash. It ls
needed In every direction and for
multitude Of purposes. The most i'm
portant Of these Is to pay the men
who are cleaning up the streets.
Adult. Gen. Scurry said: I have net
dollar to pay the men who are work
ing in the streets all day long. I am
not able to say to a single one Of these
you shall be paid for your work. I
have not the money to make good
the promise. I hope and believe that
tho country will understand the stu
alton. We must have this city
cleaned up at any cost and with the
greatest speed possible. If 1t is not
done with ell haste and at the same
time, done well, there may be q pesti-
lence, and IL it once breaks out here,
1t will not be Galveston alone that
Will suffer. Such things spread and
1t is not only for the sake Of this
city bat for others outside of this
place that I urge that over ell things
We want money. The nation has been
most kind In Its responses to the sp-
peal Of Galveston but from what l
hear, food and disinfectants sufficient
for temp orary purposes st least, are
here or on the way. The country
does not understand 1t cannot under
stand, the awful destitutiop prevailing
here. Of all the poor people here, not
one has anything. The majority Of
the fam lilies here could not furnish a
single room in which to commence
housekeeping even though they had
the money to rebuild the room. These
people have absolutely nothing except
what is given them by the relief COM
mittee. .5.
BURNING BODIES.
The work Of burning bodies Ia still
going on, they being hurried to the
Hres as SOON as possible after being
taken from the water. For the past
few days there have been numerous
great fres along the shore, and In
every one Of these there were any
where from three to twenty bodies.
There Is no longer the slightest at.
tempt aE Identification. No effort is
made to ascertain whether the body is
that Of white or colored person. All
of them have been 30 long In the
water under blazing sun that it
would be: exceedingly difficult to deter
mine the identity Of body unless by
the clothing, and In most cases the
bodies are entirely destitute Of gar
ments. Pull them out of the water o.
soon as seen and throw them into tho
flames % soon !, as taken from the
Tater@fB the order, and it is mopt
efectaully carried out. rhe residents
Of Galveston are Of the opinion that
there are more dead than the outsiders
coming In are generally willing to ad.
NIT. It is beyond all possibility that
any actual count will ever be had, but
the best evidence obtainable, and al
lowing for those bodies which have
been cast up by the waters after being
once thrown into the gulf and twice
counted and for, the numbers that
were carried out to sea and will
never be heard Of, total list of the
dead cannot be far from 5000 and
is under that figure rather than over
It, The people Of Galveston say chat
they know that it will amount to
anywhere between 5000 and 10000,
and the estimates are for the most
part in the neighborhood Of the
larger figure.
DIFFERENTIATED THE DOGS.
Not many Of the dogs Of Galveston
r
survived the storm, and Of those
which were left nearly all have been
killed. For 9 few days after the
storm people were FOX the most part
busy with their own woes, and had
but little time to give the lower ami
Crushed Under Tons Of Rock.
Birmingham, Ala. --Matthey, the