Evening journal., 1900-09-13
Relief Committee ImprssSing
Men to Clear Wreckage
900 OFFICERS ARB on PATROL
layOr jones' has Made an Earnest
Appeal for Cash From Distant
Cities

Galveston, Sept. 13.-Conditions at
alveston are fully as bad as reported.
ommunication, however. has been re-
Established between the island and the
ainland and hereafter transportation
q supplies will be less difficult. The
ork of clearing the city is progress
MS fairly we'll and Adiutant General
Il curry, under direction of the mayor,
patrolling the city for the purpose
{ preventing depredations. The most
)nseryative estimate as to the num-
er of deaths places them at 1900, but
layor Jones estimates the loss of life
and around Galveston at 5000
Contributions from citizens of this
ate and also from other states are
oming in rapidly and literally, and it
confidently expected that within the
ext ten days the work Of restoration
/ y the people Of Galveston will have
egun in good earnest and with energy
nd success. or course the destruction
property has been very great-not
sss than $40 600 000-but it is hoped
nd believed that even this great loss
fill be overcome through the energy
nd self reliance of the people.
Reports from various points along
1e gulf coast indicate that there has
zen great property damage done for
.leveral hundred miles. and that the list
re Galveston fatalities and suffering
no !,
cast from Galveston the town OF
dickinson Was laid waste and five peO-
/ lie killed. The towns of Alvin. Alta
.omas Texas City and Brookshire are
trecked and hundreds arc destitute.
Richmond is so badly demolished that
I will take several weeks to clear the
own. Missouri City and Stafford, just
opposite, were entirely demolished,
md the few remaining people at these
places have no homes TO cover their
|ieads. Bav city, in Matagorda ccun-
Iy, is repe ted wrecked, with much
ess of lie. though no Official report
has bees made to that eject. Patton,
Follower, Bolivar Point. QuintaRa,
Belleville, Wharton, Fair
lFiew, Missouri City, Sartartia, Arcoia
lind El Compo are all reported heavy
lWfferers both in point of property de-
|troyed and lives lost.
At a meeting of the Galveston relief
committee yesterday reports were re-
feived from the various wards. The
chairman called for armed men to as
iist in getting labor to bury the dead
and clear the wreckage, and arrange
|ments were made to supply this de-
lmand The situation in the city is that
there are plenty of volunteers for this
Service but an insufiicieney OF arms.
There have been two OF three small
riots, but the officers have managed 10
quell them. The committee rejected
the proposition Of trying TO pay for
work, letting the laborers secure their
own rations. 1t was decided to 60
ahead impressing men into service, il
necessary, issuing orders for rations
only to those who worked or were un-
able to work All of the ward chair
men reported the imperative need OF
disinfectants in the city. including the
lime which escaped wetting, and to OBJ
tain more.
All saloons were closed by the chief
of police on Sunday. At a meeting of
the general committee with the city
officials Yesterday the policing Of the
city was discussed. and Mayor Jones
ANNOUNCED that Adjutant General Sour
ry would take charge Of the situation
with the soldiers and citizen Eoldiery
The city is natrolled by about 1000 po-
lice officers, special officers, soldiers
ana deputy sheriffs.
1
and police to kill any person caught in
the act of rohbing the dead Up tC
Tuesday morning seven negro van,
dals had paid the penalty of theii
crimes with their lives. They were
shot dead and their bodies carted away
with the dead victims of the storm
Adjutant General Scurry's men hav,
arrested hundred negroes, forty.
three Of whom we're found with effect:
taken from bodies. These were order
ed tried by court martial. They wer,
convicted and ordered shot. One negro
had % fingers With rings on them II
his pockets.
No liquor is permitted to be SOLD
under any circumstances, unless order
ed by the chairman of one Of the com
mllleeS OF ny u pi9 9iIidus Nuu mus
state that It is to be used for med
icinal purposes. All persons not hav
ing business on the streets after darl
must be identified before they will b,
allowed to pass. Unless identification
IS forthcoming they are arrested. n,
person is allowed TO work in or about
any building unless he has a writer
permit signed by the chief Of police ol
deputy chief. No person is permitted
TO carry furniture or property through
the streets unless he has q written per
nit from the proper authority.
Mayor Jones asks the publication o
the following.
We are receiving numerous telo
grams Of coincidence and offers Of as