The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-09-20
ALL VERY HOPEFUL.
A Determined Spirit Animates
Galveston Survivors.

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iceswere held in the few churches made
fit for use since the great storm. All
day men and boys were at work clear
ing way the debris. Only a few dead
were found during the day, and they
were quickly burned, no attempt be-
ing made to identify them.
What a contrastl Last Sunday,
gloom, desolation and despair pre-
vailed in this storm-torn city. Now
hope and determination have seized
the people; they realize that the task
before them is gigantic, yet with the
generous aid that is flowing to them
in a broad stream from al parts OF
the civilized world, and their own in
dominable purpose, the sick and
relieved and regeneration of Calves
ton will be speedy and the city will
be rebuilt and placed on a more en-
during foundation and her CONNER
cial career started e Such is the
spirit displayed to-day by this griev-
ously stricken people.
One can hear no complaining, no
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only of hope, zeal and determination,
and this is exemphfied by the vigorous
enterprise visible on every hand. Work
in being pushed under a systematic
plan of operation that is rapidly bring
ing order out of chaos. The search and
burial or cremation of the unfortunate
victims within the corporate limits is
being rapidly prosecuted by a large
force in organized squads under mill
tary direction. Down the island and
on the mainland the work of inter
ring the dead is conducted with the
same system.
City Well Protected.
Looting and the dissertation Of
corpses have ceased since the military
have assumed charge of affairs, and
they are cooperating harmonious
Iy with the civil authorities. SheT-
if Thomas is in charge of the
isolated district, and is directing
interment and the recovery of
property there. United States Mar
shaI Grant has been given full author
ity by Gen. Scurry, and is directing af-
fairs on the mainland, aided by a
troop of rangers, who are ordered to
make short work Of hooters and arrest
all suspicious characters. The Rangers
and the militia and civil guards sta
toned at Texas City and Virginia
Point are under the direction of Mar
shall Grant. These are the two points
of ingress into the city. He also has
control owe all the railways running
into this city and all craft plying be-
tween Virginia Point and Texas City,
and no one can embark or disembark
at these places without his permission,
unless having authority so to do from
his superior officers.
The cleaning up and d~isinfecting of
streets, stores and buildings goes
brayely on and the sanitary condition
of the downtown portion of the city
has been greatly improved. Mayor
Jones stated there would be no let up
in the work until the entire city is
cleansed and disinfected. Dry goods
stores and clothing houses resemble
great laundries and every available
space is occupied with goods hung up
to dry. Fortunately the weather is
clear, hot and dry for this purpose.
Since all the railways terminating
here have united upon one bridge,
and are pushing the work night and
day, with Il large force reconstructing
it, while the tracks are being re-
stored on the island and mainland by
large forces. it is confidently asserted
that Galveston will have communica-
ton directly by Wednesday next. If
this is done it will relieve the existing
situation wonderfully, as all supplies
are now brought in by boat,
In the Churches.
All churches in the city, either be-
ing wrecked or ruined, with one or
two exceptions, Divine services were
in most cases suspended. Mass was
celebrated at st. Mary's cathedral in
the morning and was largely attend
ed. Father Kirwin preached an elo-
quent and feeling sermon, in which
he spoke of the awful calamity that
had befallen the people. After ex-
pressing sympathy with the afflicted
and distressed, he advised all to go
to work in burying the dead. That
was their first duty; the next was to
bring the names of the widows and
orphans to the church and they could
rest assured of the u~nfortunates be-
ing cared for. Father Kirwin said:
"We will build a more secure, a
larger, a better city here, and need
never fear a repetition of the calamity
Of the century"
The keeper of the life saving sta
ton at the western extremity of the
island got in Sunday. He re-
ports the station gone and that
a frightful scene of desolation exists
there. He reports that $50 bodies
were buried there: that the prairie
and marshes are strewn with the car
cases Of animals and reptiles and
that the stencil is sitting.
Awful Conditions in Coast Country.
Dallas, lex, Sept. 1.-THE coast
country is beginning to be heard from.
A bulletin from Hitchcock says:
Country districts are strewn with
eorpses. The prairies around Hitchcock
are dotted with the bodies of the dead.
Scores are unburled as the bodies are too
badly deeomposed to handle and the wa
ter too deep to admit of burial. Any in
qulrles about the dead should be addressed
to 7. ]. Williams. A pestilence is feared
from the decomposing animal matter lying
everywhere. The stencil is something aw-
full. Disinfecting material is badly needed"
Hryan nj Columbus.
Columbus, O., Sept. 15.-The Ohio