Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-16

the United States government when
the news of the horror was given to
the world. Gen. McKibben will COM
municate with the War Department on
his arrival in Houston, and thence pro-
coed to San Antonio to transact official
business which is requiring his atten-
ton Before leaving he was solicited
by the authorities to return, and ex-
poets to do so within the next four or
five days.
The news which was printed here
this morning in the shape of per-
sonal telegram from Vice President
Huntington, of the Southern Pacific,
that that road is not to abandon Gal
weston, has created immense satisfac-
ton and has materially accelerated the
movement for the speedy reconstruc-
ton of the city.
Mr.. HuntingtOn's Telegram
was to Mr. A. H. Bell, of the Galveston
and Dallas News, and read:
Il see it reported that we are to
abandon our work at Galveston. Moth
ing is further from our thoughts. We
expect TO resume work there as soon
as we can. You can assure the people
to that effect"
DR.. w. H. Blount, State health Off
Ger, to-day printed a statement show
ing that no apprehensions are JUST
fed that sickness will result from the
overflow just experienced. He shows
that in 1867, in the midst Of the wide
spread epidemic of yellow fever, a Sc
we're storm occurred at Galveston in
the early days of October, resulting IN
a deposit over a greater portion of the
city of Shiny mud. Not only did not
sickness result, but the cyclonic dis
turbance cut short the yellow fever
epidemic and but few cases of fever
occurred thereafter. In 1875 and 1885
there were severe storms and over
flows, but no increase in sickness &C.
Cured.
Several thousand men are at work
clearing away the debris on the beach.
One hundred and fifty bodies were dis
covered in the wreckage and burned
yesterday. No attempt is now being
made to identify the recovered bodies
Indeed, most of them are found naked
and mutilated beyond recognition. A
New York relief train arrived last night
with a number of physicians and nurses
and large supply of provisions, which
were distributed to-day. Every effort
is being made by the postal authorities
to receive and distribute mail No city
delivery has yet been arranged for
and
All Who Expect Letters
are requested to call at the postoffice.
NO mail is being collected from letter
boxes.
In some quarters of the city to-day
the water works company was serving
customers on the second stories. This
is taken as indicating the rapid head
way being made in putting the plant
again in operation. The British steam
er Norma, and the American steamer
Alamo have been floated. The Brit
lsh steamer Roma is in a bad way on
Deer island. The British steamer
Kendall Castle is hard aground in shall
low water at Texas City, and the Brit
lsh steamer Hilarus is still ashore to
the eastward of Bolivar, but it is
thought she can be gotten off With com
parative ease. The British steamer
Tauton is hard ashore at Cedar Point.
but it believed she too can be floated
without difficulty.
Inc street railway company suffered
a loss of quarter of million, and it's
entire system is torn to pieces. An eff
fort is to be made temporarily to oper-
ate cars with mules
Col w. J. Moody, one of the repre-
sentative citizens Of Galveston, who
was in New York when he received the
first news Of the disaster. has gotten
here and Joined the movement to re-
store confidence. In an interview Col.
Moody said:
Galveston will be rebuilt; it will
be stronger and better than ever be-
fore. On my way home | stated |
would restore my properly whatever bhe
damage might be as quickly as money
and men would do it, and l further
more said that l believed that knew
and understood what the feeling of
the business community of Galveston
was in this respect and that | voiced
it."