Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-12

Houston. Texas, Sept. l2-Order has
min TO take place Of chaos which
,.s ,sIgned IN Galveston since Satur-
Avs terrible storm, and citizens are re-
.-r.rlne from the SPECIFICATION Of their
,s3sn disaster All conservative es-
gn,,ss have been shattered by the es-
.,,,,ss OF Mayor Jones, Of Galveston,
.,s other prominent and conservative
,s, who In a statement to the Assoc
.sts5 Press declare that 5000 deaths
,.pl result from the storm. over one
tr,ttal lives were lost at other points
I, Texas Ten millions OF dollars, 1t Is
enid will cover Galyeston's property
n.. while half as much more is an es-
innate Of that Of the remainder OF the
State
late advlces say 200 human bodies
have been Weighted and sunk at Sea-
.gne Identified, but more going to their
graves unknown
DOWN WITH THE GHoULs.
Martial law prevails now and vandal-
l,n Is being brought to a sudden check
s.ckenlng details Of the work Of ghouls
IN mu,aatIng and robbing the dead have
been received and half a hundred OF
tsas. men have paid the penalties OF
their crimes boy summary deaths,
The water supply Is now reported as
ADEQUATE and thereby one Of the worst
features Of the situation is eliminated,
hr provisions are being poured into the
stricken city by carloads.
Many deaths are resulting from un-
ayodabIe neglect and the sanitary con-
dtIons and superhuman efforts are be-
!ng made 70 clear up the mass Of debris
which bids fair TO breed pestilence.
a, noon today the telegraph compan-
iss are said TO be swamped with press
and private tclegrams; enough business
Is piled IN the Offices to keep all wires
busy for twenty-four hours and new
material is being refused. Several tugs
should arrive here from Galveston and
they win add their thousands Of words
Of press matter and hundreds OF ph-
waite messages to the already congested
wires,
sfarrr trvrINNT DAT. TNnINTfn
Houston. Texas. Sept, l2.-Refugeca
continue 90 reach Texas City Junction
from Virginia Point all telling har'
rowing stories which vary only In de-
tan The situation appears worse as
time progresses, What Is most needed
IS means OF transportation across the
bay TO bring over the homeless ana
destitute
With regard to resumption OF direct
rail- communication with the island no
one can tell when II will take place. Tho
Santa Fe the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas the International and Great
Northern, and the Galveston Houston
and Henderson have decided to con-
sLuct a temporary bridge for joint use,
and the Southern Pacific may eventual'
y Join 10 the enterprise.
Militia attachments have been sta'
Toned az Texas City and Virginia Point
70 prevent the passage Of persons who
have no business in Galveston. Eighty
Three bodies had been burned at Texas
CIiy W TO last night. All Of these
located IN from the island Probably
Z" bodies have been recovered and
buried al Virginia Point
THE TERRIBLE THIRST.
Dallas Texas, Sept. IA bulletin
Tom Galveston via Virginia Point and
Houston received here at II a. m. says;
Inc situation grows worse every
minute. Water and ice are needed. Peo-
pe 10 frenzy from suffering from these
'4uses. scores have died since last
usaI, and a number Of sufferers have
gone Insane"
THOUSANDS OF TELEGRANfs.
Houston, Texas, Sept. l2.-The W, Z,
UtsTaph company today sent to Gal.
.gsloh Dy tug several packages Of tele.
grams GATED from nearly every city In
we country. There are over 1000 Of
Lv messages Two thousand others
lad been sent previously on trains and
uysIs, II Is expected communication
aHl b. established with Galveston In
@o Gays at the outside
4htIe are no wires into Galveston
SWssplle reports TO the contrary. and the
''e4'dn cable has been torn loose.
WANT LEGISLATURE CALLED.
Galveston. Texas, Sept. l2.-Dlstrlct
SCslge VIM II. Stewart has telegraphed
,v.NeIhor Sayers asking him 70 con-
,ene me legislature In special session
, !" MAKE large appropriation for the
relief u Galveston.
GHouLs ORDERED SHOT DOWN.
Houston, Texas. Sept 1.-THE ghouls
49, ueen holding an orgie over the
o. AT galveston. The majority Of
men were negroes, but whites
,'OA part IN the desecration Of the
.al. some Of them were natives and
- .Nt had been allowed TO 20 over from
wy. mainland under the guise OF relief
SSorSets. Not only did they rob the
SS,au out they mutilated bodies in or
~, W. 10 secure their ghoulish booty. A
sss'y or ten negroes were returning
',o'n iooting expedition. They had
~ 'llel corpses Of all valuables and
wy wy. pockets Of some OF the looters were
10y Dulglng out with fingers Of the
40 which had been cut OF because
IlD'g were 80 swollen the rings could not
,p ..I,ehsed at this dissertation and mu-
,,ttauon Of the dead, the looters were
.sao, down and Il has been determined
s'at all found In the act OF r0bbing the
4tSd shall be summarily shot.
Safins the Tobblng Of the dead not