The Worthington advance., 1900-09-21

SAsy WIEN In6@ @ulSABLer occurred, but
who has since returned, Thursda,
night sent the following telegram t. t.
the war department in reply to til,
dispatches Of Quartermaster Baxter.
Galveston. Tex, Sept. Ito the Hon
orable Secretary of War, Washington
While it might not be significant or WORTHY
Of notice. u have the honor I'd state tia
Quartermaster Baxter's telegram TO tn,
quartermaster general respecting Calves
ton u unworthy Of Q soldier and in no wa,
represents the morale Of Galveston citizen
snip and their determined purpose. TO re
store their city. q r. b. HAWLEY."
The storm-stricken people are pro
foundly grateful for the generous re-
sponse of the world to their appea,
for relief, and from wish to- bt
worthy of the aid extended to then
they are speaking more hopefully 81
reconstruction. 49, =
> Many Leaving the City.
The exodus from the city is sheav,
to-day and hundreds more ar,
eager to 60 whoiare unable to secur,
transportation. Along the bay from,
there are scores of families with de
jected faces pleading to be taken from
the stricken city, where, in spite o
every effort to restore confidence
there is universal feeling of depres
sion. -..:
Opening Communication.
Assurances have been received by
the railroads that they will do all il
their power to reopen communication
and their present plan seems to be
to concentrate all forces on the work
of the reconstruction of one bridge
Crews are coming down the Santa Fe
railroad from Arkansas and st. Louis
with full equipments to restore the
line. Local representatives of the
Southern Pacific have had advices from
headquarters to proceed with repair
work without delay. Telegraph com.
munication has been partially restored,
the Western Union and Postal com.
panies having reached the city with
one wire. Large forces have been at
work along the lines of both compa-
nies and connection with Galveston
has been attended with many Difficult.
ties.
Business Houses Open.
A larger. number of business houses
than on Thursday are open and ad-
vertising their wares at no advance
in the prices. Carts with disinfect-
ants are going through the streets.
The cutters are being covered with
lime. Carpenters are having all the
work they can do. The storm tore
hundreds of roofs off, and the people
who are living in topless houses are
eager to obtain coverings so as to
prevent the destruction of what they
have saved if a rainstorm comes along.
Thus far, however, the weather has
been clear.
Lists Imperfect.
Lists of the living and of the dead
are far from perfect. The identity OF
all who have been lost will never be
known. The names sent out from
here have been gathered with scrupu-
lous care, but at the same time many
errors are found in them.
The known Dead.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 15.-The Post
prints a list of 2,7o1 names of the Gal.
weston dead, compiled from various
sources, but believed to be authentic
There were hundreds of bodies burned
buried at sea and in the sand. of which
no Identification was possible; there
were other hundreds who were buried
on the beach of the mainland, few o1
whom have been identified. There are
many bodies still in the ruins of Gal.
weston, and scattered along the beach
of the mainland and in the marshes
where they were thrown blythe water
Some of these bodies have been sent &C
miles inland along small watercourses
by the rush of high waters. Taking
all things into consideration, there
seems no longer any doubt that the
number of dead will reach beyond the
estimates of 5000 which has been made
by Mayor Jones, Maj. r. G. Lowe and
other reliable citizens of Galveston.
All Very Hopeful.
Galveston, Tex, Sept. 17.-Yester'
day was dreary Sabbath here. Serv'
ices were held in the few churches made
fit for use since the great storm. All
day men and :boys were at work clear
ing away the debris. Only few dead
were found during the day, and they
were Quickly burned, no attempt be-
ing made to identify them.
What a contrast! Last Sunday
gloom, desolation and despair pre-.
vailed in this storm-torn city. Now
hope and determination have seized
the peoples. they realize that the task
before them is gigantic, yet with the
generous aid that is flowing to them
in broad stream from an parts OF
the civilized world, and their own in.
dominable purpose, the sick and
wounded will be healed, the destitute
relieved and recuperation 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 anew. Such is the
spirit displayed to-day by this griev.
ously stricken people.
One can hear no complaining, no
expression of want of confidence, but
only of hope, zeal and determination,
and this: is exemplified by the vigorous
enterprise visible on every hand. Work
is being pushed under 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. s,,s4. ..s}I. ..<.s.: ...,.
City Well Protected e..s,.:
Looting and the desecration OF
corpses have ceased since the military
have assumed charge of affairs, and