Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-09-19


No one has escaped. From the great
dock company to the humblest indi.
vidual the loss has been felt and in
many instances it is irreparable. In
cases where houses have been left
standing the contents are more OF
less damaged, but in the large ma
jority of cases the houses themselves
did not escape injury. 1t will Ger
tainly take time and great deal OF
it to get the city in any sernblance OF
order again, and | doubt even if that
is possible. The attempt to clear up
tho wrcckage and rid the island of
bodies, while progressing well, is
necessarily slow and it will take time
to do the work, that is, if it can be
done at all, which some people doubt"
WHAT GALVESTON NEWS SAYS.
CnlcAGo, ILL.,, September 12.-.T The
following statement was received at
II o'clock tonight:
GALVESTON, TEXAS, September
l2.-CharlesS S. Dichl, general man
ager Associated Press, Chicago:
A summary of the conditions now
prevailing at Galveston is more than
human intellect can master. Briefly
stated the damage to property is
anywhere between fifteen and twenty
millions. The loss Of life cannot be
computed. No lists could be kept
and all is simple guess work. Those
thrown out to sea and buried on the
ground wherever found will reach
the horrible total of at least 5000
souls.
My estimate Of the loss on the is
land of the city of Galveston and the
immediate surrounding district is
between 1000 and 5000 deaths.
do not make this statement in fright
or excitement. The whole story will
never be told, because it cannot be
told. The necessities of those living
are total. Not single individual
escaped property loss. The property
ON the island is wrecked; fully one
half totally swept out Of existence
altogether. What our needs are
can be computed by the world at
large by the statement herewith sub
mitted much better than | could
possibly summarize them. The help
must be immediate II. q. Lowe,
Manager Galveston News.
DEATH TO THE GuOULS.
Houston, TEXAS, September ~.
"A reporter has tclegraphed from
La Porte the story of the robbery
and mutilation of the dead in Gal
weston and the death of the Offend
crs.
The ghouls were holding an orgie
over the dead. The majority of
these men were negroes, but there
were also whites who took part in
the dcsccration. Some of them
were natives and some had been al
lowed to go over from the mainland
under the guiso Of "rclicf work. -
Not only did they rob the dead, but
they mutilated bodies in order to Sc
cure their ghou'ish booty. A party
of ten negroes were returning from
a looting expedition. They had
stripped corpses of all valuables and
the pockets of some of the looters
were 1alrly bulglng out with the fin
gers of the dead, which they had cut
off because they were 80 swollen the
rings could not be removed.
lncenscd at this dcsecration and
multllation of the dead the looters
were shot down, and it has been de-
termined that all found in the act
of robbing the dead shall be summar-
lily shot.
During the robbing of the dead
not only were fingers cut off, but
ears were stripped from heads in
order to secure jewels Of value. A
few Government troops who have
survived have been assisting in pa
trolling the city. Private citizens
have also cndcavorcd to prevent the
robbery of the dead, and on severa!
occasions have killed the offenders.
Singly and in twos and threcs the
offenders were thus shot down until
the total of those thus executed cx-
cecds fully fifty.
SHOPPING